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Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-29
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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MT. Editor; It must be apparent to you that Seeker After Truth Is only seeker by courtesy. His argument snoWs that he has found the truth. tr anu IS pound to stick to it. However, III tne multiplicity of quotations and corroborations let us not forget that ne started out with the assertion.
 These signs shall follow them that oeneve; enumerating the signs. one or Whlch was casting out devils. Others taking up serpents, drinking poison without hurt, laying hands on the sick TOT tnelr recovery. Reader merely call ed attention to the fact that this pas- sage, assumed to be Marks statement. was not his, and hence. admittedly doubtful itself, was not adeouate to substantiate Seekers contention Reader, of course might take up the other corroborative passages, adduced Tn the reply, but any one of them would furnish matter for a sermon too long Tor your columns We must not pc diverted from the core of the ar gument, which requires the signs which must follow them that believe. The unchangeableness of God, does not enter into our calculation at all nor the elements that distinguish mir acle from work of nature Reader ooeS not know what these consist in, neither does he know the man who does know this. The work of navi- gat1ng the air is not analogous to
 miracle. Navigating the air by bodies heavier than air has been accomplish ed ever since a bird flew The state ment quoted, that "All the people Gin capitals) cried out in appreciation when Jesus at one time cast out a devil," is all right, but there were very important exceptions-enough who looked at the act in another way, sufficient to vitiate the effect of the miracle. and to prove our contention that miracles are not convincing signs
 The whole nation among whom Jesus wrought all his mighty works, are standing proof of the inadequacy of wonder working.
 Seeker was all right when he asked of the church to show works of char ity, equity and benevolence for Chris tiantty seven days in the week long A hundred cents on the dollar thir- ty-six inches to the yard and sixteen ounces avoirdupois, to the pound, is what the community is looking for from the church and when they get these they will excuse it--as they can very well do-from handling SCOT pions or healing the sick or other works of supererogation.
 ONLY A READER, 1 Norwich, Jan. 2S, 1914
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BETTER DISTRIBUTION.

When it is related that postoffice and agricultural department experts aEe collaborating to bring the pro- ducer and consumer Of several of the important things that enter into the high cost of living into direct business relations through the agency of the parcel post. it will be recognized as a move in the right direction. This it is proposed to accomplish by perfect ing containers which will permit the satisfactory transportation of butter, eggs and vegetables so that the house holder is put in direct touch with the producer
 While this effort is confined to de- veloping the parcel post and reveal ing the opportunities it presents from both ends, tho question of a better dis trfbution of produce in large auanti- ties for the benefit of the raiser as veil as the buyer cannot be over looked The lesson of one is bound to have its effect upon the other, if the idea can be properly worked out. If it will open up the way for the over coming of waste it will render a ser vice which will be of lasting value What Is greatly needed is a method of cooperation which will distribute the large crops in every line so that those who are in need of such every day necessities, OF perhaps 1uxuries, may get the benefit thereof, instead of permitting such products to go to waste and thereby have an important effect upon the maintenance of high prices. Even if this departmental &C., tiyity only means the beginning of some progress in that direction. it should be encouraged.
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CONTROL OF ELEcTRIcs.

It is an interesting question as to what extension of power may be granted to the interstate commerce commission in view of the broadening out of the trolley systems and the re- quirement that in New England at least, they must be separated from the railroad system. The big trolley sys- tems have grown since the commits sion was created and it is therefore without direct power, as to their oper- ation and regulation. It Is an inn portant question as to what will be done concerning the regulation of these lines which are steadily growing and reaching not only into the country, but becoming interstate propositions. Bills affecting the situation are being urged in congress and arguments are being made for federal and state su- pervision of such lines.
 How extensive some of these sys- tems are is indicated by the state ment from one of the witnesses who declared that there are 325 electric railway companies operating 17,00o miles of track which are engaged in an interstate business, but only small percentage of their business is of an interstate character.
 It is undoubtedly true that there are many railway lines which would be affected by the extension of the power to the interstate commerce cornmis- sion for their control. It is therefore important that it should be determined whether there would be benefit therefrom over and above the control which would be exerted by the various states which issued the charters.
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THE UNIFIED woRkERs

If is impossible to look through the report of the United Workers annual meeting without being impressed with ths magnificent work which it is do- ing. It is unquestionably one of the great quiet forces which are constant ly at work for the betterment of con- dftions and the relief of the sick and unfortunate, about whom little or nothing is known by the general pub Ho. It is an organization which is called upon to deal with many prob len1s which are common to every city and in such work it deserves the hear tisst support and ccmmendation
 However charitable work is under taken there ts no city which has an organization of this character more admirably equipped for handling ths many problems which are encountered. It represents the growth of years and the result of well conceived ideas for the necessary relief work which is steadily demanded
 It is thus plilanthropic organiza- ton which should elicit ths interest, community. It is through such CO., operation that it can be made to &C., conplfsh the greatest amount of good and serve in the best manner the pur- pose for which it was intended. It is manffesiy a work which should not be left for a few. In union there is strength and in a united backing of the United Workers in it's many avenues of help there is bound to be a still greater benefit to Norwich from this organization. Its opportunities are constant and it cannot but be realized that the great amount of good it can do is bound to be reflected in a better Norwich.
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WATCH YOUR STEP
Talking Through the Nose.
BY THE CONDUCTOR

'They's a preacher in St. Louis says he knows how to can pigs squeal
 T always thought they saved that cut in tn stockyards when they killed ev'ry noise you hear you can use 1t to tune your piano with. He says he tunes his'n ev'ry time hs hears a mule brayin' or fly buzzin'.
 Lizzie an me ain't got nc plano yet cause it takes s4 @ month to buy a since we got married. By jing, I'm glad of it, If she goes to gettin' a piano in tn house an I ever come home an see a shoat settin' on tn stool tun- in it I'll get a divorce or we'll have spareribs for supper.
 That's where birds an' animals got it all over us humans. Thay make their noises like nature made 'em When dog parks he baFfs cut 0 his mouth. An when a bird sings he sings cut O his throat. But when most peo- pie sing nowadays they shriek like they need eiIin', It's get Sc all us Ameri- cans talk through our noses. If yeu listen te a lot of people gabbin' you hear 'efn go yen, yeh. yeh, yeh,' like their lungs was up in their topnots somewhere.
 ''Pm gonna practice taikin' down deep in my gullet. People pay more attention te fellew if he's got a veiee that rumbles. Anybody can talk like a tin pan If us humans don't quit lettin' our music boxes grind through our noses we'll get to maxim noises under eur hat an have to stick a tin whistle in it so people can tell what we say.
 Eleventh Street! Next stop 18th Street.
 Let efa eff befere yeu ge to gettiH' enl
 Leak where yeu stepI.s
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THE CANAL TOLLS QUESTION

When 1t is made known that Presi- dent Wilson has expressed himself upon the question of Panama canal tolls 1t is readily understood that it is a matter which needs early adjust ment. The fact that he has taken a position against the existing legis- lation which gives the use of the canal to American coastwise traffic free i'm dicates his determination to bring this matter to a head. The Adamson bill now before congress undoubtedly offers a ruiddleground which can be taken without harm until an interpretation of the Hay -Pauncefote treaty is ob- tained or the wisdom seen in with drawing from the previous action. It is not to be supposed that the country is determined to exceed it's treaty rights, and while the canal was con- structed by this country at its own expense, it was not for the sole bene- fit of the American shipping which will use it. It was constructed for the benefit of the world and for what ever benefit all branches of business in this country could obtain there from
 American shipping needs all the en- couragement which it can get. but 1t should be equally distributed Amer ican coasting trade is already protect ed against invasion by foreign ves- sels and is thus assured of that bus mess Exempting the tolls gives them additional protection which is not need ed and which ought not to be required for the stimulation of commerce which Is already well guarded. There is an important question involved for the railroad and shipping interests of this country as well as the international opposition. It is in need of a solution upon the best and fairest basis. pos sible
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MARKING Potso

Enthusiasm is wonderful thing bat there are times when it leads be- yefad the bounds of wisdom, and loses it's value through overdoing. Regard Less of the merits of the anti saloon cause, it is not surprising that there is much criticism ever the effort in New York state by ths Anti Saloon league to have the c6nHzH0H skull and cTossbonAs poison labels placed upon every bottle of beverage which con- tains alcohol, The zeal with which the league members are pushing their cause is inspiring, but the attempt to obtain such Legislation locks like over doing 1t.
 As the New York Commercial says: Poison labels are designed to prev vent accidents. Their usefulness would dis appear as soon as they were put on what 5. large part of the people regard as ordinary beverages. Not ehe drink a In the whole stats would refrain a[ sight of such 6 label It would be treated as 8 joke and would actually increase tfe consumption of liquor gR- tii the novelty wore off. That is hu- saazs HaI5sFA. SsEae EHeB are as big E6sas assEf aFfHl<iRg w3sis3xey as staeFs are a5Sa% asking the state isgisiatH*e 10 d3elass if saGf&eR.- In 4ke sad a 4RsE=
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medical profession now is and hereto fore has been organized is irrational. That theory is that a doctor is one whose business it is to cure man when he is III. The physician is to wait around until there is human breakdown. He is a repair man sim ply.
 Would 1t not be better for him to devote his energies to enabling human ity to avoid breakdown? An ounce or prevention is worth a pound of cure, 1t it not? And is it not cheaper to spend money to obviate wrecks on a railway than to spend money in clearing away the wreckage?
 In the coming state, therefore, physi- clans will be chiefly occupied in the public schools. There boys and girls will be taught to know their own bod ies and the proper functions of all the parts thereof.
 They will be drilled also in the ra- tional exercise of their bodies. Gym nastics will be the first care of teach CTS.
 Physicians will also find employment in the protection of public health. They win be engaged in the investigation or all fOodstuffs. preventing private greed from selling poisonous or non-nutrl- tious comeStibleS.
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s1OO-REwARD-s1oo

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being n constitutional disease, requires con- stitutianal treatment. Halls Catarrh upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing it's work, The proprietorS have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testim onialS.
 Address. K. H. CHENEY & CO, To- ledo, Ohio,
 Sold by all Druggists, 75e
 Take Halls Family Pills for eonsti- batiou
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Request to Norwich Women.

MT. Editor: With the prospect of an active campaign against equal franchise, suffragists are moved to make a request of the women of Nor wich. To those who have become fixed and immovable antis, by reason of an underlying sense of the inferior ity of our sex, a distrust of women generally, or a satisfaction with con- dftions as they now are. it is useless to appeal. However, to the woman who eS yet has taken no part for or against suffrage, we would say, When an opportunity is given you to sign a paper or a petition against woman suffrage. do not ask yourself if you wish the vote. Say, rather, Am I willing to do all in my power to keep sire of her heart? Do I know enough about this subject to go on record as opposing such women as Jane Ad- dams, Maude Nathan, Florence Kel- ley and Julia Lathrop? Do the opin- ions of such men as Abraham Lincoln, John D. Long, Max Nordau, Harvey Wiley. or Phillips Brooks have no weight with me? If 1 have inherited no desire for political freedom, no wish to be citizen of my country, am 1 willing to try to choke the love of freedom and justice in the heart of my sister,"
 Ponder on these things, investigate the records of the suffragists trace the advance of woman and see how bitterly each step has been opposed and what predictions of dire calamity have attended each advance, learn how much you already owe to the brave pioneer suffragists, and we have little fear of the result of your de- Alterations Truly, the first mistake was in permitting women to learn the alphabet We. mothers of the race, have seen the light and shall move upward and onward in spite of re- Straining hands.
 ANNIE BREWER AUSTIN. Treasurer Norwich Equal Franchise
 League.
 Norwich, Jan. 2s, 1914.
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like new girl and am now relieved of all these troubles. I hope all young girls will get relief as have. I never felt better in my life. Miss BERTHAA. PELoQUnS, Box 116, Sterling, Conn.
 Massena, N. Yer have taken Ly- dia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound and highly recommend it. If anyone wants to write to me I will gladly tell her about my case. was certainly in a bad condition as my blood was all turn ing to water. I had pimples on my face and bad color, and for five years had been troubled with suppression. The doctors called it 'Anemia and Exhaus- tion, and said was all run down, but Lydia E.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound brought me out all right. Miss LAvIsA MYREs, Box "A, Massena, N. Y.
 Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
 Girls who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache, headache, dragging-down sensations, fainting spells or indigestion, should immediately seek restoration to health by taking Ly- dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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WIVES OF DRINKING MEN.

 You can save your drinking husbands and sons by giving them the Neal Drink Habit Treatment Your hus- bands may be fighting the drink habit with all their will power. but when the irresistible craving for alcoholic stimu- lants comes on they cannot resist and the result is another "big drunk" No doubt they are discouraged by repeat cd failures and ruin staring them in the face; you should act for them. at once, and send them to the Neal lnsd- tute. The Neal Drink Habit Treatment is a safe sure, vegetable remedy that removes the craving for drink in three days without the use of hypodermic in- jections. Call and get satisfactory proof and references. or write or phone for book of information.
 The Neal Institute, 1902 fChsPei St,
 New Haven, Conn., Tel. 554O
 tday or night.
 DRUG HABIT SUCCESSFULLY
 TREATED.
 J. N RUSSELL. A A,
 New Haven, Conn.
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tain number would be poisoned acci- dentally by drinking something else than whiskey. It seems incenceivable that any legislative body can commit the folly of passing such law"
 Regardless of the labels the bev- erases will be drunk and 1t Is open to serious doubt whether any such weak ening of the purpose of such labels on dangerous poisons ought to be per mitted Poison labels should be strengthened rather than weakened.
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Bad Crossings.

Mir, Editor; Any citizen who travels on the road to Taftville knows that the double trolley tracks make a cross
 ing that takes up the whole road just before you get to Coyette's blacksmith shop and it is very dangerous one toe. Are the state police waiting until someone is killed before they will take netice of it? Myself and baby were very near death at this crossing the other day. l was going towards Nor saw 8 large peddler's team about to cross the tracks so l stood still and waited fer it te pass. when te my hor- Rar, saw an auto trying eeaL ass EhA
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Worms the Cause of Your Child's
 Pains.

A foul, disagreeable breath, dark cir eles around the eyes, at times feverish, with great thirst; cheeks flushed and then pale, abdomen swollen with sharp cramping pains are all indications of worms Don't let your child suffer Kickapee Worm Killer will give sure relief-It kills the werms-whiIe it's laxative effect add greatly to the health of your child by removing the danger GUS and disagFeeable effects of waFms and parasites ffem the system. Kick apeo Worm Killer as health pro ducer should be in every household. Perfectly safe. Buy d box today. Price 25c. All Druggists ar by mail. Kiekasee Indian Med. Go. Phiis. CT St.
 Louis.
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EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
Health.

Tn the coming days of cooperative democracy the medical profession will also be absorbed by the state.
 We admit that the postoffice. the public school and possibly banking. railways, telegraph lines and express companies will some day be taken over by the people. Why not public health also?
 It Is much more important that the bodies of the body polite be well and strong than their money be safe guarded.
 The whole theory, upon which the
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team, which 1t could not do unless it ran over myself and baby. We were in luck, for it stopped just in front of us. Now that auto should not have tried to pass that team until it had gotten over the tracks and it should have run slow, too.
 There is another bad crossing also, further up. when you leave Norwich avenue to go onto the Jewett City road. The trolley track and the Pone- nah track form a very dangerous crossing. Autos go by at full speed and they don't blow their horns, either. expect every day someone will be killed I hope these two crossings will be looked into and that proper signs will be put up.
 MRS. EUGENE J. CARROLL.
 Norwich, Conn. Jan 2S. 1914.
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month and was very weak. l was also bothered a lot with female weakness. I read your little book Wisdom for Wo- men, and I saw how oth e rs h ad been helped by Lydia E.
 Pinkham's Vegeta- ble Compound, and decided to try it, and it has made me feel
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Uncle Sam is te lose faithful and conscientious emPieye iH Norwich, than whom there is As ene better eauiPPed, barring his superior, fer the handling of the pestoffice business. but iR fegFetting the loss which the de- PartmeHt must suffer, we cannet re- fFaiH from esRgEatuiatiHg the eeHa- PaHy whicA has secured the services sf Assistant RsstRasteE -Raaia
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That former Minnesota college 1ec- tufer who claims to have the proper dope for breaking the bank at Monte Carlo may be laboring under the same deiusion as great many others who depend upon that kind of work for a living.
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If it remained for the mayor of New York te hasten action on the establish hent of civil rale in the canal zone he has certainly accom- plished good results. The canal opening and the zeae government promise to have the difeetisa ef the man who is best fitted t6 give it
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It makes little difference in which direction advertising is used it can be depended upon to pay if judieieusly and honestly done. The British army recently got into communication with 5o,eoo possible recruits thereby, who had not been known of before.
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The bandit who made the porter secure the loot of the passengers prob ably figured that he was just hasten ing the delivery which was bound to come before they left the train.
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Col Goethals has had experience enough to know that a change from the canal zone to New York doesn't t mean an easier job.
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Has kinc's Reoard,

King George must be ful of admir- ation for the man who stopped Queen Mary at the door of a museum and told her she would have to check her umbrella.-Chicago Record Herald.
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It is reported from the Philippines that they are baseball crazy in Manila but from the activities of the Federal league 1t isn't necessary to go so far away from home to discover the synp- toms
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The man on the corner says: Sum mer or winter it's all the same, one man swears by his thermometer and the next one at his.
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With the alleged degeneration of the Ala skan reindeer there is a good chance to test out the merits of eu- genics
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It ought not to be a difficult task to convince New Haven of the value and economy in fireproof construction for schoolhouses
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When a western man drops dead from laughing at a joke it is difficult to imagine that it was the best joke he ever heard.
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It is impossible to report progress in aviation without an accompanying list of deaths.
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izes ere this what it means to be at the head of a trust busted monopoly.
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The president jogs congress prop erly whom he urges the ratification of the arbitration treaties.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

There are times when it looks as if January was going to be pretty near all thaw
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There are semi official statements now that the identification of the New Haven railroad, as far as 1t has pro- grest, has not paid. Wait awhile After electric locomotives replace steam engines. and the company stops paying out money to housepainters to avoid damage suits, there may be enough saved each year 10 restore the dividends.-Waterbur Republican.
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IN STERLING LIVES A GIRL
Who Suffered As Many Girls Do-Tells How She
 Found Relief.

Sterling. Conn. .--'.I am a girl of 27 years and I used to faint away every
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few weeks. A New England winter is a layer cake of an infinite number of layers, none of them appetizing or healthful-Ansonia Sentinel.