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Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-19
DkNIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS

stopped Wednesday on account of low water.
 F. G. Crosby of West Medferd, Mass. is the guest of MT. and Mrs A. 4-' Reed.
 Albert Bernier enters the Rhode ls- land College of Pharmacy in his second year, next Tuesday,
 Visit from Supreme President.
 Henry T. Ledoux. supreme presi- dent of Union St. Jean Baptiste so- ciety, was in town Wednesday. Walter k. Hall of Springfield is the guest of friends in town.
 Mrs. Hendrick of Amherst. Mass, and Mrs. Baton of Oneco, Conn, daughters of Henry Baton, who died last week, returned to their homes Wednesday.
 Arthur C. Topliffe of Providence was in town Wednesday.
 MT and Mrs. E. A. Waldo of Florida are visiting MT. Waldo's mother, Mrs. s. S. Waldo of Maple street.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-19
BALTIC
Crowd at Second Night of Firensn's l Fair-vanasse ssyisny Marriage.

For the second night the Fire mems fair was held in sprague hall. Tuesday evening. with good crowd present. The entertainment consist ed of concert by Miss Miners or chestra, vocal duet by George Cada- rette and Edward Brown, and drum solo by Master Lorie Genard. with pi- ano accompaniment by his mother, Mrs. M. Genard. Dancing followed. and was well patrohfzed. The fire company has received a number of valuable presents and check for their fair. Tho proceeds will go towards furnishing their new rooms. The en-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-19
Uncle Ezra Says

"It don't take more'n a gill uv effort to git folks into 8 peck of trouble" and
 a little neglect of constipation, bilious nesr, indigestion or other liver de- ransament will do the same If ail- ing, take Dr. Kings New Life Pills for quick results. Easy, safe and sure, and only 25 cents at Lee 6 os-
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tertainments each evening are under
 the direction of Miss N " Milner.
{ Local Small Notes.

MT. and Mrs. Thomas Banford. and son. are visiting in New York. They will visit the Catskills before return ing. As1l --r sis. lrss.74 s Emilia Se8ignyf were married at ths new St. Mary's church this week.
 Miss Kathleen Trihey of Montreal. who has been the guest. of Miss Fi deIs Donahoe the past few weeks, has returned home .. -a..-r ,..A....s |. . |, Travellers In, s~itzsriand sl
 g,Letters have been received from M. H. Donahoe and daughters Agnes and Anna who are travelling abroad. Their last letter was mailed in Swits- erland. They expect to visit Ireland the first of October. All are generally enjoying the trip
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-19

Tuesday.
 Louis Rathbone of Hebron was in Colchester Tuesday M
 A number from here went to Ham- burg Wednesday to attend the fair.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-19

ASTORA has met with physicians O pharmaceutical societies medical
 with results most gratifying The extended Castoria the result facts ndutabe evidence that 1t haless Sec0ndThat que the siaes the perfect absolutely
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-19
Sic Him. sei..l

If Penrose can be kept mad long enough, we,ll- get the whole story, Philadelphia Record.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25
CR1PPLING THE FOOD AND
DRUGS ACT

The journal Of the American Medi-
cal association, discussing the Nc
Cabe- Wilson-Dunlap conspiracy to
oust DR.. Wiley from the bureau of
chemistry, says that the food and
drugs act was seriously crippled both
by the inadequacy of the punishment
meted out to its violators and by the
interminable delay in bringing cases
to trial. Good examples of the laws
delay are found in two notices of judg-
ment recently published. One of these
records a case in which an offense
committed in January, 1910, finally
came to trial in April, 1912. The pub
lie document giving information about
this case was not issued until Septem-
Der 27, 1912. The other case described
was one of misbranding committed in
August, 1910, and brought to trial in
April, 1912. The public was given in
formation about this case September
27, 1912. Both of these were clear
cut cases of misbranding. In one, the
defendant declined to contest the
charge, and was let off with the mere
payment Of costs; in the other, plea
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25
STAMPING OUT BUBONIC
PLAGUE IN HAVANh 4

Bubonic plague (Black DEATH brc k,
out last summer in Havana, severa
cases developing before its preserce
was known. Three hundred years ae
such an occurrence would have be -
followed by fearful outburst of IN,
plague, which would have killed from
one-duar,er to one-third of the pec-
pie. the only remedy for which would
have teen charms and incantat;ons.
II this bad occurred any time Def ne
the Spanish-American war, when Fla
vana was under Spanish rule, an en-
demic Of months duration would prob
ably have followed. But it is known
now that plague is carried by the raj
and the flea. Havana is now mod
ern city with paved streets and a
adequate sewer system. Best of al
the health officer, DR.. Juan Guiteras.
we'll known scientific authority on
tropical diseases. No time was wasted
IN professions, charms or relics. Ha-
vana was cleaned up and the rats
were exterminated. In recent issue
OF The Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association, DR.. Guiteras tell
now the epidemic was checked. He
says that general order was give.
to clear all premises of rubbish, refuse
and used-up material. For many day.
the amount of such stuff, including
street sweepings and garbage, carried
out to sea in lighters, was increased
from the normal daily output of 45O
to 1000 tons a day, with an average
of 500 tons.
The orders to wash out the floors
daily with carbolc solutions for the
destruction of fleas were cheerfully
obeyed, not only in the infected dis
trict, but throughout the city. In the
more exposed localities they were car
ried out by the disinfection brigades,
whose work cannot be too highly
praised.
A deratization service and rat bri-
gades for the poisoning and trapping
of rodents were created. A premium
of five cents was paid for each rat.
Up to Sept. 1874 rats were killed.
The result was that the plague was
quickly stamped out with only the loss
of few lives.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25
INSECTS AS CARRIERS OF IN
FICTITIOUS DISEASES

Scarcely second in Importance to
bacteria, the primary agents in infec-
tious diseases, are parasites and other
insects, the active and often indispen-
sable mediums in the spread of such
diseases. This question has not been
exhaustively studied, and it is possible
that scarcely more than a beginning
has been made in determining what
insects may act as carriers. Mention
need hardly be made of the two spe-
cies of mosquito, the house-fly, the
flea, the tick, ETC., as well-known car
riers. Surgeon NJ. F. Gales of the U.
5. navy states in recent bulletin
that on shipboard reaches, to which
hitherto little attention has been paid
as carriers of disease, are responsible
for the spread of typhoid, diphtheria,
tonsilitis and tuberculosis. If this is
possible on board ship it is no less pos
sible in the congested quarters of cit
les, tenements, rooming-houses and es-
pecially hospitals. The experiments
of DR.. M. j. Rosenau of Harvard, re-
Gently reported before the information
al congress on hygiene and demo-
graphy, says the journal of the Amer
ican Medical association, indicate
that infantile paralysis may be carried
by the common biting or blood-suclS-
ing stable-fly.
Communities must perforce depend
largely on medical men and boards of
l.eaith for the prevention of disease
Therefore medical men and boards of
health must know not only what
agents may act as carriers, but also
what means may be of service in ex-
terminating the pests.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25

of guilty was entered and fine of
five dollars was imposed How much
of a detriment is law which is so
enforced that it may take two years or
more for given case to come to trial
and when finally brought to trial re-
suits in mere nominal fine? One of
the best preventives against law viola
tion is newspaper publicity. Many
firms of the large and respected"
type which, under present conditions,
do not hesitate to misbrand or adulter-
ate foods and drugs, would think
twice about doing so if they found
that the newspapers of the country
would give wide publicity to their
trial and conviction for such misde-
meanors But the average live news
paper does not want to deal with facts
that have become ancient history be-
fore they reach the public. "There
are more ways of killing cat than by
drowning it," and there are more
ways of killing law than by failing
to enforce it.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25
A HIGH ASPIRATION.

Cliff Laube has an aspiration
To mould the minds of this generation
With words of fire he would stir
mems souls
And point the way to higher goals.
Now, we all admit, that's high
ambition,
And it ought to gain him recognition
But in order to succeed
He must show men what they need.
He cannot teach mankind lesson,
Until he studies the land question
A few speculAsors. now command
All the values that attach to hand.
And, he cannot make mankind con-
tent
Until they get that increment.
If he can show how to do it,
He will be their best loved poet.
B. HAUGHEY.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25
BLESSED BE NOTHING.

Our greatest bother is what we have
gathered together for our comfort ard
convenience. We never realize this SO
much as when we go to move. Then
ont of closets and storerooms, from
bureau drawers, and from under beds,
from the upper shelves of the pantry
ard the library, emerge a motley herd
of cid and fuzzy and wormeaten books
and clothes and chairs and bric-a-brac,
to stand before us tormenting us to
decide whether we shall throw them
away or keep them another seven
years. Finally we pay excessive
freight on them-and store them in
new closets, cellars, holes, drawers
and upper shelves.
We envy Thoreau, who, in his cabin
by Walden pond, had no furniture;
he saw a pretty stone one day and
gave it house room, but when he dis
covered that it had to be busted every
month or so he threw it away and was
free.
Every library has books, to the ex-
tent of fully nine-tenths, that ought
to go. We cannot muster courage to
give them to the secondhand man
you nc ice, ! say give. DR.. Holmes,
in his old age, had reduced his col
lection of books to forty or fifty.
On my desk | find collection of
6istracting litter. Worthless old let
tiers, pamphlets, abortive essays, notes
and tokens cling to the work table
like barnacles. Oh, that some benevo-
lent housemaid would burn the mess
without my knowledge. l should be
angry, but saved.
Verify, "a mans life consisteth not
in the abundance of things he possess
eth" Thereof consists his despair
We are obsessed, hag ridden, smother
ed and devoured by our lares and pen
ates.
Baggage is the curse of travel.
Start for Europe with three trunks,
and your life will be labor and sorrow.
Most of the time when you might be
viewing the Pitt palace or the Coli
scum by moonlight you will be chasing
the lost trunk, the old oaken trunk,
the iron bound trunk, the moss COW
cred trunk you packed up so well.
! knew newspaper reporter who
went east without even a change of
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25
HONESTY IN PUBLIC HEALTH
WORK

The attitude of the public toward
epidcmics in past years has been
either one of mystery or of panic.
Pestilence has been regarded as some
thing to placate by magic or to flee
from in terror. But in the last half
century, disease has been largely
robbed of both it's mystery and its
fearsomeness. We know it now as a
product of natural causes, to be met
and overcome by common sense and
expert knowledge. The Importance of
social conditions in the production of
disease has been recognized, as well as
the public responsibility for its exist
ence. The public and the physician
are now recognized as co-workers in
the suppression of disease. If part
ners in this work, it is only fair that
both parties should know the facts,
and that, in times of epidemic dis
ease, the public should be told the
whole truth. This important obliga-
ton of the modern health officer is
recognized by DIR. Juan Guiteras,
health officer of Havana. In recent
issue of the journal of the American
Medical association, in an article on
bubonic plague in Havana, DR.. Gui-
teras condemns the old policy of sup
preston of facts and says: Il have
contended for the following funda-
mental rule in sanitary practice
Work must be done in broad day
light; the people should know what we
are doing, and what to expect. If We
never deceive them, they will believ1
what we say; we obtain their cooper
alton, we minimize panic, and we car
begin active operation at once. A
this is the most elemental commo
sense; but, strange to say, the general
acceptance of this golden rule ha
been slow and difficult Only last
year the presence of cholera was cor
cealed in several communities. Sue
ae'ssption was dangerous to the In
fected region, and, to the uninfecte;
neighbors, it was cruel and inhuman.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25

burg hygienist, Prof. X. B. Lehman, /,
to investigate the charge. He has
found that the amount of this COM
pound produced depends somewhat on
the rate at which the tobacco is smok
ed. The slower the current of air
through cigar, the smaller is the
amount of prussic acid formed. The
entire amount found, however, is too
small to account for the effects. So
far the burden of the blame for the
effects of smoking would appear to
rest on nicotin. Investigations made
by the London Lancet indicate that
the ordinary cheap cigaret contains
the least nicotin in the smoke and
the pipe the most, the cigar occupy
ing an interme diate position. Assum-
| ing, then, that nicouin is the essen
| TALLY injurious substance IN tobacco,
the cigaret would appear to be the
| least harmful form, provided that the
amount of tobacco consumed was no
greater in this form than in others
The general impression, however, is
| that cigaret-s is the most per-
nicious form of indulgence in tobac-
co. This might be accounted for IN
part by the facts that the form OF
| the cigaret makes it possible for
young persons to indulge in 1t wher
| they would not smoke cigars or pipes
that in older persons it lends itself tt
overindulgence and that the smoke
may be inhaled with less irritation anc
therefore, that more of the product:
may be absorbed into the system. Fur
ther Investigations indicate that th'
most injurious forms of smoking arr
not those in which nicotin prevail!
but those in which there is large
proportion of furfural. Furfural L
about fifty times as poisonous as or
dinary alcohol There is proba
bility that the least harmful tobacco
will turn out to be that which yield
minimum of furfural in the smoke
Although the amount of nicotIn pres
> ent in the cheaper grades of cigaret
is practically negligible, the amour
of furfural appears to be sufficient II
itself to account for the bad effects at
tributed to cigaret-smoking The us
, of tobacco in its various forms is S
general that the subject is of almos
universal interest. The Journal of tn
American Medical Association think
that the smoker is entitled to knoN
the dangers and the safest methods
using tobacco, while educators an
all who have anything to do with tn
young, whether by example or by pre-
cept, will appreciate scientific fact
with which to back up wise deduction
from experience.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25

older trees. Apple gra- IS one or two
years old are safer to plant than older
ones-and they will bear fruit just as
soon as the older trees. At least, in
sist on frst-class fruit trees. One
year-old apple trees should be straight
whips from three to four feet high.
Two-year-old apple trees are gener-
ally branched and sholld have the
lowest branch not over two feet from
the ground, and should have four or
more branches.
As soon as the trees arrive they
should be unpacked ard heeled-in in
some shady place, as on the north side
of a building, or stored in cool cell
lar. They should be K pt cool to re-
| ard the growth of the bids, and moist
to prevent them from ying out. In
| heeling-in the trees dig trench and
set the roots well down in the moist
| soil and tramp the earth well about
them. If the soil is rat quite damp
| it is best to settle it gbout the roots
with water. If the weather is drying,
and especially if the t, ee looks rather
diy on unpacking, it is best to bury
thea root and top in moist soil If
| evefytl ing is in readiness to plant the
trees when they arrive, they may be
planted at once. Should they appear
crtr, it is best to soak them in fresh
water from twelve to twenty-four
hours before planting. Trees planted
l in a shriveled condition are seldom
able to revive, while the same trees
freshened in soil or in water may
make IA successful growth.-By 0. B.
!, Whipple.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25
SOME NEW EVIDENCE ON
THE TOBACCO QUESTION


The consideration of tobacco and
its dangers has heretofore been large
ly based on the amount of nicotine
contained in the smoke. But there are
are other products of tobacco which
must share the responsibility. Among
these are carbon monoxid gas, prussic
acid, furfural and some others. AL
though all of these compounds admit
tedly are poisonous, their danger de-
pends on the quantities in which thew
are taken. Recently Investigations
have been made of some of these toxic
and the results are of con-
siderable interest. The fact that the
action of certain kinds of tobacco has
been attributed to the prussic acid in
their smoke has induced the Wurz-
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25

linen; when his shirt got soiled he
threw it away and bought new one.
How many men go through life
dragging a mountain of impediments.
They spend their energy acquiring
things they wish they could get rid
of. The first part of their life they
are buying house and paying off
the mortgage; the latter part they de-
vote to trying to sell it for half what
it cost them. The woman is as bad.
Her bird and cat and blue tea set
anchor her with chains of brass and
triple steel.
Let us who are perforce humble,
therefore, rejoice that failure and
low station, mediocrity and obscurity
have their compensations. We, the
tramps and scribblers, shoemakers anc
day laborers, who are not endowed, te
whom tomorrow is uncertain, may re
joice in this, that to be a success II
this world means trainload of bag
gage, hordes of hollow friends, distan
relatives suddenly becoming tender
and intimate, hundreds Of hungry eye
look out at US from the jungle of thu
unemployed, many hand that woul'
strike US for pure envy, and our shar'
of King Solomon's vexation of spirit
To have none of these things ma.
irk us. But blessed be nothingl /
also has it's good side, for it mean
that we can be genuinely sincere ant
earnest when we pray: Give us thi
day our daily breadl" For the goo
God alone knows where it is comini
| from
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25
PERFECTLY REASONABLE.

my family dates back to the flood"
"Now that can't be so, Mac. Your
folks didn't belong to Noah's tribe. y
mo; but he took along a MacIn-
tosh when he saw how it was going
to rain"
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25
MIXING RIGHT IN.

well, how's the new nurse? Has
she made herself at home?"
Eyes; trifle too much so. She
started right in to pick out a name
for the baby. We thought we'd at
tend to that ourselves"
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-25

The street railway employees of
Sheridan, Wyo., have organized
union. a
The Bourbon news., 1912-08-13
Negroes Fight Fatal Duel.

In a pistol Guel at Jacksonville, this
county. Thurs Jay night James Parker
was shot and killed by James Nichols
and the latter was motally wounded.
Both are nergoes. There were no wit
nesses to the shooting, but Nichols
made the statement that as they walked
toward the lodge room he and Wake
got into dispute about pistol which
had been stolen. and that Walker, who,
he saws, had q pistol in his hand. began
firing on him, wouuding him once in
the knee ard once id the groin before
he could draw. he then began firing.
Walker was shot once IN the wrist and
three times in the body and died in a
few minutes. Coroner Rudolph Davis
held an inquest over The body Of Par
ker.
The Bourbon news., 1912-08-13

they were the guests Of Miss MaI
Margolen. They were ACCOMPANIED bI
! Miss Margolen. who Will be thell
guest for several weeks.
Mr.. j. H. Ewalt continues quite i'll
at his home on Ingles avenue.
| Miss Maude Day is vlsitiane
friends in Lexington and attending the
fair.
Mr.. Thomas Best has moved to the
residence of Mrs. Hedges on Cypress
street.
Mrs. Rebecca Rudisill and Mrs.
Elizabeth Freeman fare visiting in
Louisville.
Miss Margaret Leer, of Columbus,
O., is the guest of Mrs. 0. P. Carter,
in East Paris.
Miss Norma Hark. of Portsmouth,
o., will arrive today for a visit to
Miss Willie T. Summers.
Mr.. James E.. Kern has returned
to Cincinnati after visit to relatives
and friends in this city.
Mrs P. A. Thompson and chill
dren are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
j. Thompson. in Covington.
Miss Willie 7. Summers has re-
turned from visit to friends in Car
rulton. KY, and Portsmouth, q.
a-Mr. Il. F. Alcock, of this city,
was among the visitors at the Blue
Grass Fair in Lexington yesterday.
Mr.! John Lytle, of Cinninnati,
was guest. Sunday of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Omar Lytle, in this city.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Albert ArkIe, of Gin
cinnati, we're guests Sunday of MIR. and
Mrs. Bailey Arkle and other relatives.
Mr.. B. F. Laughlin has moved
Nineteenth street to that of Mrs.
Tucker on Pleasant street.
Miss Sue Ford, who has been Wis
ting relatives here Jor several weeks,
has returned to her work as teacher
in mission school in Mexico.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Swearingen, and
little paughter, Elizabeth, are visit
ing Mr.. Swearingen's father, Mr.. w.
G. Swearingeo, at Carthage, Ohio.
Mrs. Sulia Frank and daughters,
Misses Helen and Carrie. who have
been spending several weeks at Lake
Chautanqoa, N. Y, will return today.
Mr.. George Ashurst who has been
confined to his home for several
weeks as the result of an operation, is
recovering rapidly and is now able to
sit up.
Mrs. Il. D. Harris has returned
from Cincinnati. where she has been
the guest of her daughter. Mrs. J. w.
Dale. Mrs. Dale accompanied her
home Sunday.
Mr.. Walter Martin and daughtes.
Louise and Margaret, motored to Crab
Orchard Sunday, where they spent the
day with Mr.. Martins uncle, Mr..
Thomas Napier.
Mr.. ]. Nj. Woodward, of Winches-
ter. father Of Mrs. B. f. AdcocK, of
Paris, is dangerously i'll at his home in
that city. Mr.. Woodward was here
last week on a visit to his daughter
when he was taken i'll and compelled
to return home.
The five months. old daughter of
Mr.. William Perkins. residing on the
Cane Ridge pike died Saturday night
after brief illness. The remains
were taken to Millersburg Sunday
afternoon and inferred in the Mill
cemetery.
The Bourbon news., 1912-08-13
Successful Sale OF Lots.

The Adcock Realty Co., of this city,
conducted a very successful sale of
lots IN Lexington, Friday. A tract of
land lying on the Versailles pike had
been plated into seventy lots. which
sold for an average OF about S150.
Mr. u. T. Adcock, Of this city. is at
the head of the finn which conducted
three successful sales in the past year
in Central Kentucky towns.
The Bourbon news., 1912-08-13
Real Estate Transfer.

The following deeds have been re-
corded IN the office of County Clerk
Peare. Patton in.the past fewdays:
DR.. d. s. Henry to H. B. Arnold
house and lot in Paris $1,000.
Il HenrysNeal to Louise K. January 2
lots in Paris, 81 and other considera-
tions
John S. Jones to H. T. Ingram, lot
in Paris, S225.
The Bourbon news., 1912-08-13
Thumb Lascerated.

MIR. w. I. Thompson, a farmer re-
siding on the Peacock pike near this
city. had his thumb badly Iacerated by
horse Friday morning. Mr.. Thomp-
son had gone to the barn to feed and
picking up bundle of coats attempted
to put it in manger when the animal
in reaching for the sheaf caught his
thumb between his teeth.
The Bourbon news., 1912-08-13

A CORPS of civil egineers was engag-
ed last week in making a survey at
tire Louivsille & Nashville crossing of
the Peacock pike near this city. The
crossing, which is one of the most dan
gerous in the county, will be elim;nat-
eG, the company planning to lower its
tracks and construct an overhead
bridge to accommodate traffic. This
will necessitate the raising of the pike
on either side of the company's right
of way and an immense fill will have to
be made