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Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-08
UNAVOIDABLE TO TUITION.

With the opposition which it aroused there was nothing for the committee on education in the general assembly te do but decide on an unfavofable re- port for the bill presented which would have required the payment of $l0 tuition fee by all high school pupils. and this report when presented in the house will meet with prompt approval The proposed measure has had the hearty support of George L. Fox of New Haven. but there was general ep- position, through recognition of the fact that 1t would withdraw privileges of education which are now available for the children of the state, and make of high school education course, privileged for those of wealth. but fur ther removed from the poor.
 The idea that the opportunity of con tributing to the maintenance or h1gn school education would make 1t more appreciatited by the pupils is deserv- ing of but little consideration when it is realized that by such action It would be withdrawing the opportunity which is now extended to each and all in the high school course. It must De remembered that without the tuition charge much sacrifice has to be made not only by parents. but by pupils in order to avail themselves of the chance of obtaining this step to 2 better edu- cation The fixing of tuition would simply be placing an obstacle in the way of those who would be least like Iy to obtain the advantages if they were not made attractive to them as thev are at present
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tors from whom received only tempo rary relief. I decided to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound fair trial and also the Sanative Wash. have now used the remedies for four months and cannot express my thanks for what they have done for me.
 eff these lines will be of any benefit you have my permission to publish them. - Mrs. SADIE WILLIAMS, 455 James Street, Elkhart, Indiana.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conl- pound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful drugs, and to-day holds the record of being the most successful remedy for female ills we know of, and thousands of voluntary testimonials on file in the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to prove this fact.
 If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta- ble Compound will help yOu,Write to Lydia E. E.Pinkham MedicineCo. (confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for ad- vice. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman, and held in strict confidence.
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were locked up anyhow. Well, ding my buttons, if Billy Bryan didn't say to MT Cuban You tell that minstrel show of yourn to put on tn back pedal. We aint gonna have any old home week for crooks An them Wall street guys all come runnin' down to Wash ington to get Bill Bryan to let em name a guy to go to China an put it over tn Chinks for a million bucks or two. Bill says to 'em, .Ain't you tn guys that's been talilin' bout me for sixteen years, an tellin' all around l didn't know nothin'?' An them bank fellows says to him, Now, Bill. we got our fingers crossed all tn time we was callin' you names. We knoWed you'd get us, Bill. honest, we did. But let us slip one over them Chinamen this once, please, Bill. an we'll never make shoots at you ag'in.' Bill wouldn promise em. If he ever ketches MT. Wall Street out alter dark, he'll make them bulls an bears look like they jus come out O Noah's ark. l would mt miss Twin tn next four years for tn whole dog goned Panama canal. Billy Bryan ain't president, but he s the ring master an they're all gonna jump thro his hoop!
 Wait till they get off. please.
 Careful now, gettin' on! Careful!
 Watch your step.'
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-08
wHITMAN,s GREAT WORK.

District Attorney Whitman continues to add to his victories in the pursuit of the graft ring in the New York police force. and vice in general in the metropolis and his accomplish
 ments are such as to deserve the strongest support of the entire city. He has waged q hard and successful fight against the strongest kind of op- position, such as an organized system is able to produce. That he has been successful is due to the getting at the heart of the problem at the start talk ing the prosecutions into his own hands and away from the influences which the police had been in the habit of exerting. It was his recognition of the handicap which the police force was to him in the fight against crime and his ability to counteract it, which gave him the upper hand and the lever which has made it possible to win his battles.
 The conviction of the four ex-police inspectors for conspiracy in connec- tion with the Sipp matter marks an- other important inroad which he has made into the condition of the sys- tenn. How it has operated for it's own protection and benefit. regardless of the purpose Tor Wnlcn II IS supposed to be organized, has been gIaringly re- vealed, and yet the half has not been disclos9d. It is among the officials that the system has shown up worst and to the district attorney must come the credit for having accomplished it. It should have the effect of bringing about an improvement but it all lies within the power of the people and the backing which they give such off cials as Attorney Whitman.
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AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM.

A many sided and certainly an in- teresting situation, has been created by the action of California in insist ing upon it's alien land bill. The sign ing of the bill will simply be the start of the matter with many important phases 10 follow. The conflict of treaty rights and reserved state rights holds the center of the arena, for as the Baltimore American says this reser- vation is not sufficiently explicit to permit of judgment in advance as to the exact relation that state law and action may have to the engagements of the nation to its fellow sovereign powers. Upon the very face of the situation the federal tie must be suffi- clentlv binding 10 enable the general government to assume the honorable and responsible engagements that con- stitute national existence The old Articles of Confederation that were su- perseded by the federal compact had this Iooseness in addition to domestic defects. The intent of the framers of the constitution was to provide d compact between the states whereby the general government should exer- else powers not reserved to the states whereby the congeries of states could discharge all the duties and sustain all the responsibilities of organic govern rnent"
 California has acted. The next move win undoubtedly be the test of that action before the highest court in the land and whatever the outcome there will likely be negotiations instituted for new treaty relations between the two countries. It gives the depart ment of state a problem which will require the exercise of the best judg- ment, but it must be met and met right.
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COUNTRY SCHOOL YEAR.

The schools of Connecticut and Rhode Island are held up as an ex- ample to the country in the matter of providing education in the rural schools. and it is the fact that the need of keeping school nine months or more in the year is recognized because of the benefits which it produces, that brings them to the attention of Dr. P. P. ClaXton, United States commission CT of educat ton. who is urging a con certed movement for better rural schools throughout the nation. It is largely through the attention which is given to the school efficiency, the attendance and the length of the school year which places these two states among the leaders of the na- tion. The average length of the ru- ral school year is a little less than seven months and many are consid- erably below the seven months aver age. City schools hold to the nine months terms but it is in the coun- try districts where there is q wide spread tendency 10 neglect education.
 Tn the opinion of pr. Claxton there should be nine months of free school ing for every child in the rural dis tricts. which from the existing circum stances WOulu mean JndL period or school for all children in the coun- try NegIecting the education except for but a small portion of the year means that pupils are unable to com plete the grammar school course be- fore they reach an age when they give up school entirely. It is by the in- sistence upon and the encouraging of more education that the best results can and will be attained, and it is the rurah school which needs plenty of at tpntion
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SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SWIM.

The importance of knowing how to swim is emphasized by the many drowning accidents from overturned canoes or rowboats which have been reported this early in the season, and particularly the Boston affair wherein a half dozen lost their lives at one time. In this instance the fact that the children could not swim, was as in most of such cases, the cause of the unsuccessful and pathetic strug- gle in the water. Those who could swim were able to save themselves and those who could not lost their lives Those children, however, were no different than thousands of others. who are not given the opportunity of securing this needed protection for use in such times of danger. There are schools where it becomes a part of the system of education and is urged upon the children for the benefit which it will be to them both as a precaution- ar-y measure as well as the benefit which will be derived from it as an exercise
 There are too many cases of drown ings and far too few people know how to swim and this holds true even among those who follow the water for a living As an exercise or sport there is nothing better than swimming, bringing into play as it does muscles which are not otherwise used and aid ing in the development of the body in manner which is most desirable. With the large number who are con- srantly subject to the dangers of the water, and the many deaths which re- suit from inability to swim. it is sur prising that a more determined effort is not made to overcome this condi- lion. There is no telling how great an insurance policy the knowledge of swimming may become.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-08
Deafness cannot Re Cnrea

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear There is only one way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies Deafness is caused by an infiamed con diti0n of the mucous lining of the Eus- tachian Tube When this tube Is in- homed you have a rumbling sound ol imperfect hearing. and when it is en- tirely closed Deafness is the result and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it's normal condition. hearing will be de- stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh. which is noth- ing but an infiamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halfs Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free
 F. ]. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. Ohio
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for consti- patton.
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empted classes. There is, how ever, no wholesale exemption and Sen ator Borah calls attention to the fact that the limitation does not apply to other funds which are at the disposal 0 fthe department of justice-Spring- field Republican.
 Not until the same prompitude in beginning work, the same earnest at tention to the business at hand the same effort to utilize every minute of working time that prevails in any bus mess esta blishment, is thoroughly in culcated in the minds of teacher and pupil, will the schools of New Britain be returning just due to the taxpayers who are investing money in the sys- tem.-New Britain Herald.
 The replacing of Republican post masters in Connecticut is not proceed ing at a rate that is very alarming It seems to be a foregone conclusion that present officials will be permit ted to serve out the terms for which they were appointed. Any other policy of course, wauld prove retractive against the Democrats, who natural ly, are anxious to succeed themselves in power at hington-Ansonia. Sentinel.
 The voters of the Second Congress
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T can, too!'' declared Bimkins. He said it defantly. much as an injured small boy would have said 1t. Bim- kins' wife insists that he is nothing but a small boy anyhow.
 She regarded him now reprovingly. You never get a. meal in your life" she reminded him. You can't find your collar when it is staring you are a glittering example of the most successful kind of helpless man. I'd as soon think of turning 3year- old loose to play on the railroad track as to let you go over to Michigan alone to camp out in a summer cottage that has been shut up all winteri Write te a florist to go there and set out those shrubs and look after the garden!'
 Bimkins politely snorted. His blood was up. He had to refute his wife's remarks about him or die in the at tempt.
 T am goingl" he said. And he did.
 He telephoned from downtown to the effect that he was taking the night boat across the lake. To his wife's wild queries as to his plans for getting food for himself he loftily re- piled that he would attend to all such things. Later he called her up again to get full directions about making coffee.
 Mrs. Bimkins groaned, Don't try II, Sne begged. .BOn up some tree bark, if you must. because you can't poison yourself with that - but with that stove-Why, sometimes even I can't work it. Y Youd better make teal"
 'Coffee!'' roared Bimkins, violently T will make coffee!" That was his last word.
 He was gone three days. When he returned he looked singularly chast- ened, and he ate meal which was wonder in the matter of bulk.
 "Oh, I got along beautifullyt' Bim kins insisted. "The stove Well, of course, if yeu insist on having a tin sardine box and calling it stove that's your lockout. but am going go ever there again. That stove you stuffed 1t full of paper and wood and lit it and coaxed and argued with it and petted it up and then it took hot enough to boil wateri r."
 Didn't you open the drafts?
 Bimkins blinked sDrafts?'' he in quired. What are they? Gas stoves don't have 'em Why should wood All the dishes in the pantry were dusty. I don't see why they should get dusty in the country with nobody around-I suppose you left 'em that way last fall. And I should think you'd have known that a woodpile Jeff outdoors all winter would be "s.r There isa always dry wood in the
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 sional district, which includes Holland, Windham, New London and Middlesex counties, supposed they elected Hon. Bryan Mahan to congress last No- vember. The distinguished New Lon don democrat seems to spend more time over on Capitol Hill in Hartford than he does in Washington. Hartford appears to be an especially attractive spot for him, if reports can be credit ed. He has gone back to his first love- the lobby. Will some one kindly in form us how a real democrat can serve the people and the lobby? It's time Congressman Mahan woke up and attended strictly to his congress sional duties. The people (and this includes a great many good demo- crats), aren't asleep. They don't relish in the least Congressman Mahan's lobby activity, and they aren't bash ful about saying so either-Rock- vile Leader.
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any good until 9 neighbor told me how her hands were cracked open and bleeding and that Cuticura cured her. I had been to SO much expense buying remedies that did no good that I sent for samples of Cuticura Soap and Ointment before using. They worked wonders. They stopped the itching and in less than weeks time it had healed entirely. after using a full-sized box of Cuticura Ointment and a cake of Cuticura Soap, costing but 75c.' (Signed) Mrs. W. E. Lewis, Nov. 25, 1911.
 For treating poor complexions. red. rough hands, and dry, thin and falling hair, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have been the world Is favorites for more than generation. Sold throughout the world. Liberal sample of each mailed free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Ad- dress postcard ''Cuticura Dept.T. Boston;
 R8-Tender-faced men should use Cuticura Soap Shaving Stick, 25c. Sample free.
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Senator Borah has done good serv- ice in pointing out that in addition to She other undesira ble features of the proviso in the sundry civil appro- priation bill eXempting labor unions and farmers organizations from pros ecution under the Sherman law the thing is a piece of hypocrisy. The lim- itation is simply that the appropria- tion carried in this bill for the de- partment of justice shall not be used in prosecuting bodies of the two ex-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-08
WATCH YOUR STEP!
MT. Bryan as Secretary of State.
by The Conductor.

I bet them Cubans an Mexicans that thought Billy Bryan was goin' to give 'em the Chautauqua salute has got another guess coming They been readin' so much bout him teachin' a Sunday school class. all them brunette bad men forgot Billy d quit lecturin
 on Peace at a dollar a head. You know that little cub nations only out on parole. Us Americans had to spank Cuba after we'd licked Spain An n we told Cuba. Now if you'll be good
 we'll let you run your own country;
 but if we ketch you playin horse again, bangll go tn lid They had a lection down there an one fellow beat another one for president They ain't good losers. an tn guy that got licked was goin' to get even by turnin' all tn crooks out O jail. before he quit bein
 president. I guess most O his friends
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Indications that he intends to carry on his fight for many years yet are given by the statement of William Haywood that four hours day are enough for any man to work. This simply means one steady round of strikes and agitation with an easy job for Haywood.
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| c m a l e weakness, pain and irregulari-
 ties. The pains in my sides were in- creased by walking or standing on my feet and I had such awful bearing down feelings, W as de-
 pressed in spirits
 and became thin and
 pale with dull, heavy
 eyes. | had six doc
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-08

The reports of canoeing accidents are only forerunners of many more and of the usual number of accidental drownings. all because the proper care is not taken to prevent them, or of failure to profit from the almost daily lessons in the experience of others.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-08

The ways and means committee be- lieved that a duty of fifteen per cent. on wool was needed The president said free trade and the committee vielSed, not because it was the thing. but they were willing to let the coun- try and business suffer. and give rec ognition to the one man theory over experience.
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When the assassin of the king of Greece took his own life he relieved the country of a task that would have accomplished the same thing and which would have saved much trouble had he taken his last step first.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-08

Arizona is trying some advertising of it's vast territory by planning a more drastic bill than California, but with Utah removing ali such restrictions it can be readily seen that there is little to fear from a1isr invasion and some- thing to be desired.
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skin on my leg just above the knee. The eruption was small pimples which itched dreadfuIIy. When I scratched them they would scab over and they itched so nights that I scratched the scabs off in my sleep. They spread rapidly. I used witch hazel, different carbolic SoIuac F,1,t rc%binn ~I;J iH
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Syracuse appears to be patterning its laborers strike after the type of the Buffalo labor disturbance, q ten dency in such disputes which is de- p1orable and calling for urgent discour- agement,
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partisan citizens tickets are all right in municipal campaigns, pro- vided they are what they are labelled Too often they are trump" caucus con traptions mongrel enough in appear ance but with a strong strain of one bad kind. Much can be told by the relation of the men favored for norn- ination with the objectionable mem bers of party organizations.-Wa bury Republican
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There are tive eertainties after the passage of the Underwood tariff bill the shouting of the democrats because 1t has passed and like demenstra- ten from those whe aFs injured, for the same reason,
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The California incident has served to demonstrate that the mil<ado and his people have many friends in this country.
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A western state has an experience where a cold storage egg led to a we'd ding. Ordinarily it might have led to trouble.
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Happy thought for today: It isn't so much about recognition by other countries as it is by Mexico that President Huerta Is concerned.
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Other congresses have worked for months in the building of tariff measure, but the Sixty-third Congress does no real work at all-simply does what MT. Underwood tells it to do, while President Wilson breaches in polished language his doctrine of greater efficiency. It is no task for democratic congress to pass a tariff bill.-Torrington Register
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With Stefansson ready for his Arctic trip there ts no record of his taking Dr. Cooks guide to the north pole as a necessary aid in his explorations.
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By this time the English militants ought to realize that it is not exactly complimentary to be caught in com pany with a. bomb.
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Paris is to spend sss,o0o to enter tain King Alfonso of Spain, but 1t would be sad to relate if after certain rumors it was found they had failed to protect him.
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The tariff and the temperature are making progress in opposite directions without much interference except talk
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Womcr's skirts seem to be getting into the condition of the money mar ket-steadily growing tighter.