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Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26
RESTS WITH THE PEOPLE.

Even though it may not be able to accomplish all that it ought in remov- ing the rotten political conditions which exist in the state of South Caro- lima, the democratic state convention has recognized the need of reform and a firm stand against Bleaseism. It is to its credit that it has adopted a new set of rules for the state primary, which while not the same as governs state elections. places greater obsta- cles in the way of fraud.
 Conditions in that commonwealth have demanded radical attention for a long time, but it has remained for the practices under the present governor and the system which he has built up for furthering his political future to make it impossible to wink at them further The choice of delegates to the convention indicated reform action, and even though less than might have been done within reason, the action taken indicates progress in the right direction.
 However, as in all such cases, the job has ony been commenced. Rules have been made to bring about a re- form, but unless they are lived up to and enforced, they fall short of their purpose. It therefore rests with the people of the state of South Carolina to let it be known that public senti- ment is in accord with the determina- tion to down Bleaseism and forever end the career of a man who defies courts, institutions and laws for his only welfare and political betterment. The people of the state having 1t in their power should be heard.
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ALRANIA,s FUTURE.

The king of Albania did not go to his throne with the expectation that he would find it a bed of roses. There was nothing to give him such an inn pression. Trouble was well developed all over it in such a manner as to make it impossible to underestimate its extent. Albania had, however. been taken from Turkey, and it was open to a new ruler which honor fell to former Prince William of Wied, and he ac- cepted after much thought over the advance knowledge ofN existing condi- tions Thus, even with the assumption of a hard task for the greater credit which might come from the successful handling of it, the difficulties which are being experienced there at the present time are only those which were forecasted.
 Except for the jealously and rivalry which exists in that region over the securing of additional territory, Alba mia would today be divided among several of the Balkan states. which fully understand its people and which could have administered the govern ment thereof with less friction and without doubt to the greater satisfac- ton of Albanians. Albania had to take what she got, and the Balkan states likewise, because Austria and Italy So decreed Thus are these nations look ed to at present for help by the new king, and there promises to be plenty of chances to render it before the sub jects of the prince are made a united, loyal people Albania has far from a peaceful outlook.
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ELIMINATING THE POLES.

The city of Springfield is concerned at the present time with an interest," ing proposition which cannot fail to be closely followed by other. cities which are engaged in the commendable un- dertaking of removing unnecessary and unsightly obstructions from the business thoroug ghfares, and particu- larly where the oldttme layout estab- lished crooked and narrow streets. The movement under way there is for the elimination of the trolley poles and the restoration to the business houses and the public of valuable sidewalk space. It means that the trolley company must be able to reach an agreement with the property own- CTS whereby the supporting wires can be attached to buildings instead of to the poles. It means concessions upon the part of both for while the prop erty owners are conceding an encum- brance, if they do. the company is al so giving up its pole rights which are always zealously guarded.
 The idea has been tried out with success in Atlanta. Lynn and Holyoke. It has it's good points without any i'll effects and contributes materially to the greater freedom in the street. In conIfection with the steadily growing movement to get wires underground and thereby eliminate many other large and unsightly poles the under taking in behalf of the trolley poles is timely and had it's good points, and Springfield is not the only city which can appreciate the advantages of do- ing away with them. They would be missed. but happily SO
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26
Turn The Baby'S
 Tears 10 Laughter
A Gentle Baby Laxative Will Quickly Relieve the Usual
 Cause of the Trouble.

It is often difficult to tell just what is the matter with crying, peevish baby or child too young to express it's feel ings in words, but as a general rule the mother will find that there is a ten dency to constipation, which has brought on a headache or nervousness. The little one has no pain, but feels "out of sorts"
 The first thing to try is family remedy containing good but mild lax atiye properties, and many mothers will say that their choice would be pr. Caldweil,s Syrup Pepsin. Thousands of mothers keep it in the house for such emergencies, among whom may be mentioned Mrs. John Kirch, Jr., 1527 Abstract Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa She has been giving 1t successfully to lit tie Walter, whose picture we present at three months, when he weighed 1432 pounds He is healthy laughing youngster today and Mrs. Kirch glad ly gives Dr. Caldwelfs Syrup Pepsin credit It saves many an illness and many large doctor bill. for by admin istering it promptly when the first symptoms of illness are noticed it pre- vents serious ailment.
 It is so pleasant tasting that no child will refuse it, and as it does, not gripe. the child is glad to take 1t again. A bottle can be obtained of any druggist for fifty cents or one dollar, the latter being the size bought by families d.
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s'sMove on therei"
 Bonden pulled heavily at his cigar in studied abstraction of the limb of the law. The policeman advanced a step nearer, believing hoarsely:
 T tell you to get a move on youi You've been obstructing travel on this corner. for quarter of an hour. Now
 ~Sea here.D the bundle of obstinacy waved the emblem of authority into silence. I'm going to stand here un- til I've finished this cigar. You m1gnt as we'll rest on that.
 The policeman made move Tor the mans collar. I'll give you an illus tration of the way this city keeps its streets navigableI" he roared
 Bondell smiled grimly and stepped out of range of the policeman's mus cular arm. Suddenly he became con fidential.
 "A young sprig asked my permis- sion to marry my daughter just few minutes ago, and Eve sent him around the corner on an errand.
 well, if he gets back before I hn- ish this cigar he can have the girl; if he fails to show up in time he doesn't get her. That's the long and short of it."
 The policeman surveyed Bondell to me- he said. that you have a rather f1ckle grasp of human destiny. What kind of an errand did you send this young feller on?'
 '.Not much of anything. Just told him to go down and ask the Stillmans for quotations. They're gone to-day and the office is closed. It hadn't ought to take him long to find that out"
 Now. see here!' exclaimed the bluecoat, that ain't fair. If that young man is any good he will hunt all over the Empire state without the information wanted. You will have time to grow bald-headed smoking cigars before you set your. optics on him again. That's my opinion" You might as well go about your business retorted Bondell. This is my affair, not yours. I like to see a young man act promptly; and I'm giving him this for test. He's good enough for the most part
 He is. is he? Did you ever see him before?"
 '.Of course I have. He is one of my clerks. I'm a broker" "Oh," sighed the officer. I sup posed by your actions that he was some stranger you had picked up on the street. You are more intelligent l that I thought you were ''Now clear out!n clustered the broker Give me any more of your You will. eh? Not till you've got | through with that cigar, l presume. 1 By the way, you ain't puffin' as fast | as you might, seems to me" The officer wandered down to the next block, runfnating. At the turn 1! of the corner he met a young man l dashing breathlessly along the walk. | He promptly laid a heavy hand on | the young mans shoulder. |
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26
EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
Pretending to Know.

There is in the world a worse thing than being ignorant; it is the fear of seeming ignorant.
 Ignorance is no disgrace if a man is aware of 1t and honestly confesses it. In fact, it is a relative term; we are all ignorant, each in his degree. and the higher one is in the scale of wis dom the more good he ad- mits his limitations. The words most on Socrates lips were: T don't know
 A wag in France has put one over'' on the distinguished stateman of that country and all Europe is roaring.
 He wrote to the members of the municipal council and of the chamber of deputies, proposing to erect a sta- ed precursor and educator of democ- racy." His letter was on paper upon which was the printed heading, Com mittee on the Centenary of Hegesippe Simon" There was also a quotation drawn, naturally. from the works of the distinguished author, When the sun rises the clouds vanish"
 The circular epistle extolled the great and unappreciated work of the '.precursor," and added that some un- known wealthy man had offered to pay for the statue.
 Favorable responses were received from nine deputies, an ex-minister, fifteen senators, and three counselors. They had never heard of Simon, but life is short and history is long, and one cannot be expected to have heard of everybody. In any event, 1t would not cost anything, and why not come in on this movement, which would doubtless be duly exploited by the newspapers?
 Many more might have allowed their names to appear on the committee had not Leon Bourgeois smelt mouse and warned his colleagues.
 Then it all came out. There never was a Hegesippe Simon save in the fertile brain of the gentleman who had devised the hoax.
 How many a man has been made a fool by his silly vanity-by his fear to say frankly, T don't know!"
 Let us here charitably not speak of those who rave over old masters and haven't the slightest idea of what they signify; of those who burn in cense before The Walkyrle," yet in wardly prefer The Merry Widow; nor of those who publicly adore the cubists while what really pleases them is the art calendar of brew cry. Why be disagreeable? We all practice our little bluffs.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26
FAMOUS TRIALS
TRIAL OR ARCHBISHOP OF CAN TERBURY.

The trial of William Laud, the ceie- brated archbishop of Canterbury of the reign of Charles l., was one of the most remarkable of any ecclesiastical trials in history. He was one of the very few of the high churchmen of England to have so offended as to have lost his head on the block.
 The archbishop tried to carry out the wishes of his monarch and which he himself believed to be right, but he was not in accord with the spirit of the times or suited to the temper of the people. He made a serious ous but a fruitless effort to attemtp to repress puritanism. but the penalty he paid for trying to serve Charles was the hatred of the English parliament and of the people generally. E
 The attempt of Laud to force upon the people his own severe ideas re- garding religion, public morals and methods of worship. and finally his reattempt to establish episcopacy in Scotland, led to his arrest on March 1, 1641. and his Imprisonment in the tower.
 Laud was first stripped of his honor then he was exposed to many indigni- ties and intustices, and was finally brought to trial before the house of lords on Nov. 22, 1643 on a charge of treason and other crimes. The actual trial did net begin till March 12. 1644. There was hardly even the semblance of judicial impartiality at the trial. The few members of the house of lords who still remained at Westmin- ster strolled in and out. without car ing to obtain any connected idea of the evidence on either side. They had made up their minds that Laud had attempted to alter the founda- ton of church and state. and that was enough for them.
 Among the many charges brought against the archbishop were: That he had traitorously endeavored to subvert the laws: that he had denied the authority of parliaments; that by threats and promises to the judges he had perverted the course of justice: that fin his own courts he had sold justice and had taken bribes; that he had caused divers canons to be made contrary to the kings prerogative and the laws; and that he had endeayored to subvert the true religion, etc.
 At the trial, after these charges were read to him, the archbishop
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arose and said in part. 1t=is a great affiiction to me to appear at this bar as criminal though l should be ac- quilted I am not very soltcitous about my sentence, for, thank God. have spent my time so that l am neither ashamed to live nor afraid to die. Nor can the world be more weary of me than I am of the world. But if none of these things whereof these men accuse me merited death by law, and though I may not in this case appeal to Caesar yet will do their lordships' justice, never doubting but God will protect my innocence
 The trial dragged on during the entire summer of 1644 and 1t was not until Oct. II that Laud's counsel was heard on points of law. On the 18th q petition for the execution of Laud was presented to the commons by a large number of Londoners, and on the 31st the commons, dropping the impeachment resolved to proceed by an ordinance of attainer. As the lords delayed the passage of this ordinance, they were threatened with the intervention of the mob. Finally, on Jan. 4, 1645. the house of lords passed the ordinance
 The archbishop had in his posses sion a pardon from the king dated April, 1643. This he rendered to the houses but though the lords were in clined to accept it it was rejected by
 
 usual barbarous form of execution treason might in his case be commuted for beheading, and, though the com mons at first rejected his request. on the Sth they decided to agree to it
 Being brought to the scaffold on Tower hill on Jan 10, he mounted 1t with an air of great resolution and cheerfulness and began his speech with the following text of scripture;
 Let us run with patience, the race that is set before us. looking unto Jesus" etc. He denied all the ac- cusations against him and declared himself friend to the church of Eng land, to the constitution and to the parliament.
 After a prayer he moved forward to take his place at the block Sir John interrupt him with theological ques- tions Laud answered some of them and then turned away and after prayer laid his head upon block He was behesded in the seventy-second year of his age
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26
CROPS AND DISTRIBUTION.

According to reports of conditions which have been gathered by the sta- tistical department of the United States Chamber of Commerce. every thing points to great fruit year. Suf- fciently encouraging is it to warrant the expectation of a record breaking yield of berries. cherries, grapes, peach es, apricots, pears and apples The whole list is due to feel the kindness of nature in a way which should make the entire country happy and this comes at time when bumper crops are being promised as we'll Surely much can be expected from the horn of plenty if the basis for the predic- tions are trustworthy.
 And yet with all these indications and warnings of big crops of fruit nothing is heinz heard about any ef- fort being undertaken for better dis tribution. There have been big fruit yields before and it is unusual if some section does not have that ex- perience almost every year but little effort is made to get the full benefit thereof. How often is the absence of a market reported in tIeis section of the country for peaches and apples? AL most every year there are reports of fruit being left to rot in orchards or thrown to the hogs. when not distant communities are either paying high prices or going without. Big crops amount to. but little unless the way is provided for moving them. The question of distribution is one which should not be dodged because of the benefit which it would be both to the producer and consumer. Big crops mean little unless the people get the good of them and to do that there must be preparation.
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would be no need Of a state tax.- New Britain Herald.

No place in Hartford has its eye so closely upon the crisis which has been precipitated in the affairs of many families by the blight which has come upon the stock of the New Haven road as the probate court. There are many estates left in trust the maintenance of widows and orphans made up wholly of New Haven stock. The husband and father invested in the stock in his lifetime, with the firm belief that he was placing his money where thieves would not break in and steal,'' and the income would be as steady In It's quarterly flow as the passage of calendared time. How badly was this confidence placed is manifested now almost daily at the court. Widows and orphans have been deprived of income by the stopping of the dividend by the railroad company. Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26
MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT.

In the course of a year there are but few opportunities when the cleo tors have a chance to make use of that valuable possession, the vote. It's greatest worth lies in the exercise of the right and 1t is therefor import ant that full and wise use of the same should be made whenever possible.
 For the assurance of a businesslike and efficient administration of city af- fairs the republicans have placed be- fore the citizens list of candidates for city offices that cannot fail to command the respect and confidence of the taxpayers and voters in general. It is headed by one of Norwich's strong and substantial business men, while throughout are representative citizens who have the interest of the city at heart, first, last and all the time. They stand for an active, eco nomical and effective conduct of the city government in all departments.
 With the city election less than week off there should be determin- ation upon the part of every voter, ir- respective of party. to get to the polls next Monday and record his demand for the best city administration, the one which will accomplish the great est good for the greatest number and wherein the same attention and thought will be given to the enact ment of city affairs as to private en- terprises and interests This lies within the power of the stay-at- homes for the uncast vote contributes nothing to the attainment and main tenance of good government, but rath- CT does it silence for the future those very voters who neglect their duty to self and city by remaining at home. There Is nothing more important than a city election. Every day affairs are there involved and no mistake should be made in the selection of those who are to handle the municipal govern ment for the ensuing year.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Business, of course. is conservative If it were not for conservatism there wouldn't be any business long. But there will be no relief from the agi- tator and the radical until the victims quit wringing their hands and get out and hustle to put conservative men in places of power.-New London Tele- graph.
 There is plenty of room for the ex- press companies provided the mana gers are enterprising, intelligent and capable of meeting the public needs in a considerate, reasonable and adequate way. However, that means a pretty complete change of policy, attitude and methods. If the express companies suf- fer or die the fault is clearly their own.-Bristol Press.
 It is absurd to suggest that pro- viding an extravagant body with more money to spend will make it economi- cal. Were it not for the veto power of the governor which was exercised so we'll at the close of the last legis- lature, New Haven's tax bill would be much larger than 1t really is and so would that of other towns and cities in Connecticut. The state ought to live within it's income and then there
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26

It might not be bad idea to scat ter a few safety first" signs about the town for the safety of the man in the street as well as the occupant of the fast going vehicles, or what's bet ter, put an end to speeding.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26

It isn't necessary to tell the ultimate consumer in these enlightened days that the tariff hasn't kept the prom ises. One Monday glance at the Sat- urday pay envelope is enough.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26

There have been sufficient evidences of too much speed in the past few days, without trying to start race with our motorcycle department.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26

The only consolation Yale has from the showing of it's crew thus far is that it never really strikes it's gait until it arrives at Gales Ferry.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26

While Wright declares that the over ocean aero trip is impossible,he doubt less realizes that Beachey is constant ly doing the impossible and is avail
 able
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There is plenty of room for confi- dence over retaining Americas cup, inasmuch as there is no connection be- tween golf and yachting
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26

Congress has approved the further deficiency bill" As our operations in Mexico are far, from the end, how will the next bill be designated?
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ready familiar with it's merits. Re- suits are always guaranteed or money will be refunded.
 Syrup Pepsin is for all the family from infancy to old age, and because of it's mildness families should prefer it over all other remedies. It Is ab- solutely safe and reliable. You will never again give cathartics, pills, salts or such harsh physics. for they are us- ually unnecessary, and in the case of children, women and elderly people are a great shock to the system. and hence should be avoided.
 Families wishing to try free sample bottle can obtain it postpaid by ad- dressing pr. W. B. Caldwell, 41s Wash ington St. Monticello.s III. A postal card with your name and address on it will do.
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The man on the corner says: tE5ven during a cleanup and paint-up week there is nothing in the drugstore which will make a wrinkle look young.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-26

Those who are trying to set forth the Mexican situation in Esperanto get but small audiences. It's hard enough to understand it in straight English
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It is but natural that with each ela- tion over the peace conference at Nj agara there should be some discour- agement.
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When Colonel Roosevelt gets started on his amalgamation process he is likely to be sued for desertion.
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There are some people who regre- the end of every season except wher it concerns housekeeping.
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It is lucky thing for the fellow who predicts congress will hold all summer that he doesn't fill an office under the control of that body,
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

New Haven directors too i'll to testi- fly should understand what a relief 1t has been for MT. Mellen.
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Among the young ladies of Borneo elongated ear lobes are regarded as mark of beauty
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REPUBLICAN, CITY TICKET.

Mayor. ARTHUR r. I.ATHROP.
 Aldermen. GEORGE R. RAVENS, CASPER k. BAILEY.
 Councilmen. HENRY BEAUSOLEIL, WILLIAM S. MURRAY, PERCIVAL W. CHAPMAN, CHARLES BUTLER CHAPMAN.
 City Clerk. ARTHUR G. CROWELL. City Treasurer. :. FRANK H. WOODWORTH.
 City Sheriffs. GEORGE w. ROUSE. CHARLES w. BURTON. Water Commissioner. HUGH BLACKLEDGE.