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Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04
How LoNo WILL THE wAR LAST.

There is an abundance of opinions as to the possible length of the Euro pean war. Of course this is something the combating nations have no con- frel over and the most astute scholar cannot accurately estimate
 Wars last just as long as there is money, men and resolution if the pur- pose Tor which they are being waged is not attained.
 as this can be a long war. Never since the world began has there been such an array of men and men-slaying ma chimes arrayed in deadly conflict, and to those who dream tl1e war may last za years it may be well to say there are well founded doubts as to it's pos- sibly lasting for 25 months
 With expenses at fifty million dol lars day, to say nothing of money losses, and with power to maim and Kill more men from sun-up to sun down than were ever slaughtered be- fore there will soon be disease break ing down the forces and then plague is net improbable.
 What the length of war will be no man knows. The American Civil war considered at first a 6O-days' stunt, lasted through five weary years with eest to all parties approaching four billions in money, and the loss of half a million healthy, muscular yegng men, to say nothing of the thou sands crippled. Looked back upon It can be truly described as "a feast for vuitures and a waste of life.
 The war will last till the contestants have FeaPed all the misery and bur dens they can stand and then it will cease as suddenly as it began.
 The length of the purse and en- duFaHce is usually the length of war.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04
VACATION TYPHOID.

New York's health officer warns those who are going to the country for health and recreation to beware of unsanitary camps and resorts.
 It is timely warning, for there are too many people at this time of year seeking health in unhealthy places and the result is a period of sickness which often ends fatally.
 In seeking a place for summer rest and pleasure it is always well to bear in mind the peril of poor drainage and camp slexenliness and lamentations matter left on top of the ground to breed disease.
 The one disease from which vaca- tienists suffer more than from any other is typhoid fever-a filth disease and preventable. yielding promptly to sanitary regulations.
 No one can afford to be ignorant of sanitary laws, or unmindful of the cost of negligence when spending a few weeks in the country for feere- ation in warm weather.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

like new girl and am now relieved of all these troubles. hope all young girls will get relief as have. I never felt better in my life. Miss BERTHAA. PELoQUIN, Box 116, Sterling, Conn.
 Massena, N. Y.-"I have taken Ly- dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and 1 highly recommend it If anyone wants to write to me I will gladly tell her about my ease. was certainly in Q bad condition as my blood was all turn ing to water. had pimples on my face and bad color, and for five years had been troubled with suppression. The doctors called it .Anemia and Exhaus- ton, and said I was all run down, but Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound brought me out all right Miss LAvIsA MYREs, Box "A, Msssena, NY.
 Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
 Girls who are troubled with painful or irregular periods, backache, headache, dragging-deEn sensations, fainting spells or indigestion, should immediately seek restoration to health by taking Ly- dia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04
How to Get Rid
 of Drink Habit

The irresistible, craving desire which drives all drinking men on and ulti- mately wrecks them physically men tally and financially, can be removed by the Neal Drink Habit Treatment in three days, without the use of hy- podermic injections. Don't ruin your life. Don't let your husband, son or father become a hopeless drunkard. Act at once and investigate the Neal Treatment. It is a safe. sure. vege- table remedy that has made thousands of sober men out of hopeless drink ards. Call and get proof and refer enees, or write or phone for book of information. 1902 Chapel St.. New Haven, Ct; tel. 5540 (day or night).
 DRUG HABIT SUCCESSFULLY
 TREATED.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04
LIFE TOLL FOR SHORT CUTS.

EtF r. Il CEL fQR 0r70hl 1l ls
 The short cut is delusion and 2 snare to those who make 1t and a source of continuous aggravatien te others.
 The newsboy, the letter carrier. the grocer's clerk and the bill carrier cut across lawns to save steps: and the general habit of cutting across lawns at corners Is so common that most corner-lot owners protect their lawns with wire screen.
 The most pernicious short cuts are made on railroad track beds and 1t is surprising how many have lost their lives in America by this folly.
 In the past A years 2So.0o0 tres- passers on railroad property have lost their lives in the endeayor to take the shortest route to their destination and Heaven only knows how many have been injured. The record of one western railroad was 10 killed and { seriously injured in May and June, and the printed statements show these accidents could not have been pre- vented-neither could they have hap pened but for the shortcut idea which prompts the deaf and near sighted and the old and infirm to take the risk.
 It is foolishness to do it.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

month and was very
 weak. I 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 yegeta- ble Compound, and decided to try it, and it has made me feel
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

A Nevada woman made a safety de- pasit box of her stove and when she built fire burned $50 in currency, ruined a $50 watch and melted s14 in silver coins. The stove is a poor place for treasures
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

Few boys are ambitious to be the early bird They are willing he should have the worm.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

The month of asters and geldenrad is upon us and then comes the month of severe frosts
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

It is estimated the war in Europe will cost about fifty millions a day. Wrath is expensive.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

New York has a woman prison com missioner. and she has decided that the hunger striking female prisoners shall be denied publicity. If it can not be advertised will they do it?
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

When Uncle Sam retires from Vera Cruz the flag will be flying and he will bring away with him the regards of the people
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

There are not likely to be so many warships at the opening of the Panama canal as was expected. They have louder call elsewhere
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

It is not probable Germany will walk into Paris this time as it did in the days of Napoleon III.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

The man on the corner says: I am reminded by war and rumors of war that the Salvation Army Cry suits me besti
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

The dove of peace finds a safe rest ing place on the peace palace at The HaGue.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04
OTHER VIEW POINTS
EnsIand's Position.


 Englands position is enigmatic To what extent she is pledged is uncer- tain, many of its obligations being of the vague kind which ministers may make, but which only Parliament can ratify- Certainly England is not Pledged to support Russia but Russia can hardly be involved without involv- ing France, and relations with France nave gone so far that England could not without inputation of peFfidy see her destroyed. Thus the continental ties formed in recent years for the in suranee of peace now take links in a chain which threatens to drag Eng land into quarrel in which she has no concern. With the balance of mower England has on the cen1rary the very greatest concern: the prime object of English statecraft has tradi- uonally been to prevent any nation rem heeeming paramount in Europe she opposes German dominance just as q century ago she opposed that of Napoleon But the dominance of Rus sia would please England even less. and if possible her statesmen would rather hold aleef. It is nlain, how ever that holding aloof is likely to be once spread.-Springfield Republican.
 A Possible Labor Famine,
 One of the possible develepments of a Tar reaching general European war has already been foreseen and serious lY considered by heads of several great industries. labor famine is by no means an inprebability It has been estimated that in twelve counties of the anthracite region between Sd. .00e and l66,0ae subjects of Austria Hun gary are at work. Of these. 3o, oo0 might return to fight for their ceuntrv in event of the issuance of a general order. Already AustriaHs and Hun garians have applied in large numbers t9 their consul in Philadeiphia for transportation back to the continent. How many other industrial sections of thls eeuntrF might be depleted in this way there Is no way of knowing.
 The very possibility of such fam inc Is impressive. It is one of those things people do not stop to think about until the situation presents it. self and the trauhle Is actually at hand Until such 8 time as this, we hardly realize to what extent our machinery Of pFpduction is kept running by for elRn- bern laborers. Suddenly depriyed af large numbers of these work CTS we should in all probability face serious situation for which We would hardly be prepared. The possibility of a labor famine is but one of large number of menaeing asneets of modern war fare The world has become an end lessly inter-related aggregation of peo- pies and nations: but start, with the its fellow one of these units and the whole pile of jack -strasys is set in cemmetion.-New Haven Register,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04
Have The Bulletin Follow You

Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for vacation trips can have it follow them daily and thus keep in touch with home affairs. Order through The Bulletin business office.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04
IN STERLING
 LIVES 4 GIRL
Who Suffered As Many Girls Do-Tells How She
 Found Relief.

Sterling. Conn.-''I am a girl of 22 years and l used to faint away every
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The army worm is not malicious. He simply wants enough to live on.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

Going to the shore Merchants day? You'll be in good company if you do!
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-04

country has depended upon foreign ships to do. It's freighting, now 1t faces an opportunity to place its flag upon the ocean to promote its own trade and should do so at once,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-06
THE MIGRATORY BIRD LAW.

Enemies OF the migratory bird law
have secured a decision by a federal
court in Arkansas to set up against the
! decision handed down on the other
side by a federal judge of the same
rank in South Dakota during the
| spring. So the fight for the enforce
nent OF this valuable act is so far
| about even. The cases have been car
| ried to the U. S. supreme court with
! the prospects that final decision will
/ be rendered in the course of perhaps
/ IS months.
While the cases are pending the law
will be enforced everywhere except in
/ the districts where federal judges may
/ pass adversely upon #.
Judge Jacob Trieber in the U. S.
district court at Jonesboro. Ark. May
q declared the law unconstitutional.
Judge J. d. Elliott of the district court
in South Dakota gave a favorable deci-
sion April IS.
Many of the best attorneys In the
country have volunteered their SER
vices in aid OF the U. s. department OF
justice in unfolding the validity of the
act. July 1 the sum of $4,000 appro-
priased by congress Will become avail
able for the prosecution OF violations
of the law.
Meanwhile" writes William T.
Hornaday. the laws ardent champion.
"the negotiations for the international
treaty are going right on, Just as rap
idly and as satisfactorily as is posi-
BILE in such a matter. The Canadians
realize that in protecting the migra-
tory birds We are doing our best to
give them a square deal. In due time
the treaty will be signed. and present
ed to the United States senate for rati-
fcation; and when that is done, we
believe that the senate will ratify ii.
The resolute action Of the senate, 45
TO II. restoring the house appropria- |
tion of $4,000 for the enforcement of |
the migratory bird law, by two yea-and- /
nay votes, shows once more that the I
United States senate IS an impregnable |
Gibraltar OF wild life protection, and /
even foes within are powerless to turn |
II over to the enemyi"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-06
TRAGEDY OF PRISON LIFE.

The death OF 'Davy" Truax, aged
50, OF Joy when released after a 25-
year prison term at Fort Leavenworth
gives the world a glimpse OF the fear
full tragedies which are being lived
daily in every prison in the land We
are accustomed to think OF criminals
in our penitentiaries as something less
than human, or so Injured to the lives
they are leading there as to be past
caring. AS matter of fact with a ma
jority of them the confinement and
isolation and dreary routine serve IN
some respects TO increase their sensi-
bilities. The little things take on for
them a significance unknown in the
world at large. A hope nurtured
through a term OF years under such
circumstances assumes a significance
which one leading a life of freedom
can have little conception of and when
IL is blasted the shock is like unto
parting with life itself.
This man died of joy when the hope
that he had cherished of being free
before the end was realized. Thereby
he undoubtedly was spared the anguish
Of death from disappointment which
would almost certainly have been his
fate had he lived to learn that the
world as he had once known 1t had
and there was no place in II
where an ex-convict is not found out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-06

open hostility to a measure OF such
vital importance to the vast army OF
union voters. and there was a surpris-
ing absence OF nays on the roll-call.
The fact that some congressman
played politics on the issue does not de-
tract from the wisdom OF the action OF
the house. To subject trades unions
10 the same legal definition as monopo-
lies OF capital would be to disrupt I'M
ionism and throw the whole Industrial
world into chaos. The result would be
an economic and social upheaval which
would not improbably lead to civil war.
As passed by the house. the exemption
section does not protect trades unions
in violating either the moral or statute
hws. but merely legalizes them In
their legitimate operations and re-
moves a threat OF judicial dissolution
which has been hanging over their
heads for II years.
The senate should follow the house
lead and pass the exemption sections
regardless Of the heavy pressure be-
ing brought to bear upon It by anti;
labor interests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-06
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth District.

tive work is frequently done. The
chief sleuth in this work is Miss Mary
Rice. daughter OF the late General
Americas v. Rice. of Ohio.
Said Miss Rice: Here is q poor
uneducated, old man who IS vague
about his dates-he only knows that
he served during the war'-and states
that he WAS on the U. s. S. Letter p.
This is a long call to the Ienapee.
and yet this is the service that must
be picked up from the meager data
given.
Another man says that HIS vessel
was the New Ocean. There never
was such a ship in the navy, but when
a call is made for his service on the
U. s.. S. Neosho, it is found immed-
lately, and all the facts furnished
dovetail to a nicely.
THE attempts of those preparing
declarations to spell the names OF YES
sells Theoretically the way they are pro-
nounced by the old sailors often COM
plicates matters. But everything pos
sible is done to smooth matters out"
The high water mark for pensions
has been reached and passed. No
matter how satisfactory it may be
from the standpoint of economy,
there was a feeling of sadness in the
house when the pension appropriation
bill for next year was brought out
from committee and was seen to have
fallen of s11,000,0O0 from the amount
for pensions this year.
The old soldiers are fast going. The
largest amount ever appropriated for
heir pensions was this year, when
he sum of $3.50, 5000, 900 was taken
rom the treasury for pensions. Next
,ear it will be S169, 100000 and the
amount will decline rapidly every |
'ear thereafter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-06
Carbon Monixid and Canaries in Mines

I American Medical Association, was
whether canaries become susceptible
| to the poison after several or many
exposures. The smallest amount of
gas which will affect man is O.05 per
cent. The same percentage produces
very slight symptoms in mice. Two
tenths of l per cent is very dangerous
to man. When the proportion of car
bon monoxid is obs per cent canaries
will show distress usually in from to
IL minutes, and with OF per cent OF
the gas in from two to six minutes.
Much longer time is required before
distress appears in men, although in
the case of some persons the effects,
when they do appear, may last for
hours. Men cannot stand collapse
from carbon monoXid as animals can.
After distress and collapse canaries
and mice recover quickly if given fresh
air. In man, recovery is often a mat
ter of days; and long-standing after
effects are by no means rare. Men
may feel distress, especially if they
work hard, in the presence of OIL per
cent or under of carbon monoxid, when
animals at rest in their cages do not
Blu" II. oOnlSblLueS inherent dHlIndIS
of the same specie appear to be affect
ed differently by the same proportion
of the gas; hence, more than one
should be used at a time. Fortunately.
no acclimatization of canaries appears
to occur, so that these birds do not be-
come less useful or a possible source
of danger. Guinea-pigs, on the other !
hand, appear to become immune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-06

THE Modern Woodmen OF America is
the largest fraternal beneficiary society
in the world. Its head camp law com
Tnittee believes II is large enough 10
demand OF its chief local officers their
undivided loyalty. and in the amend
rnents proposed for adoption at To-
ledo IS one which provides that no
member while filling the Office OF
ether consul or clerk Of a local Wood
men camp can hold any similar posi-
don in any other like society. II pass
ed. this would be a hard blow to the
professional local Office holder who
makes II a business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-06

But the bureau is very careful to
have these two points proven. In the
case of the soldier, even though he
may not possess the documents prov
ing his claim, the proof is usually
easy to obtain, since the boys Of
neighborhoods usually enlisted at the
same time. served together during the
war, and kept track of each other aft
erwards. Such claims can be estab-
lished by verbal testimony.
But with the sailor who relies only
upon his memory many difficulties
arise. He cannot locate his former
The bureau aids in col
Letting proof, and some clever detec-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-06


ing records and I've played
At working corners up in stocks and
wheat:
Such things have lost their charms for
me; I've made
The whole great round, the circle Is
complete.
woman. wine and song-bahi Not for
There's nothing left to long for any
more,
There's nothing left to do or taste or see.
The world has not another thrill in
store"
But fate was kind to him who thus COM
planned:
It came to pass by happy chance. one
day,
That. all alone and with his pockets
drained,
He on a far-ofr shore was cast away.
There. where his voice could reach no
friendly ear
And where remittanoes could not be
Hard masters made him toll from year
to year
And every time he ate Ills soul was
glad.
He longed for things that he could not
obtain:
The prospect of a day or two of rest,
The chance to save little extra gain,
Sent new thrills trooping gladly through
his breast.
He sat him down no more with Iistless
signs.
But with the hope of winning liberty
He worked and looked ahead with eager
Till Death was kind enough to set him
free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-06
NEW HOUSES AND HEALTH.

New houses are constantly offered
for rent in large numbers in the
United States and real estate agents
are naturally anxious to fill the houses
on their lists with tenants as soon as
possible. Probably a little investiga-
tion would show the desirability in
this country of requiring a certificate
that a new house will not endanger
the health OF its occupants before fam
lilies are allowed TO move into IL. Such
municipal regulations are proving val
liable in England. Toward the close
OF 1912 the Portsmouth CEngland) cor
poration decided that thereafter no
new building intended for human habi-
tation in that borough should be occu-
pied until it mad been certified as sani-
tary in every respect.
DR.. A. Mearns Fraser says: "The
principal evil that IL will prevent is
the occupation OF houses before they
have had time TO dry" He adds: Il
would far sooner live in a house with
defective drainage than in a damp
house; the results from the latter are
more insidious in their onset and more
difficult 10 overcome. Dampness IN
doubtedly greatly favors the incidence
of consumption. bronchitis. rheuma-
tism. heart disease and diphtheria
Probably children are more susceptible
to the III effects OF damp houses than
ADULTS"
The departments OF health OF our
:ities might well take up this ques-
ion. says the Journal OF the Ameri- !
an Medical Association. Probably /
most American municipalities already
ave the legal power necessary 10 re-
uire such certificates and the ques-
on IS only one Of making the regu-
.tion ard establishing the custom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-06
EXEMPTING UNIONS

The unanimous vote by which the
house passed the amendment TO the
antitrust bill. now pending before con.
gfess. practically -egalizing trades IN
ions and farmers cooperative organi
zAtions. puts the issue OF exemptine
these organizations from the genera
category OF trusts" up TO the senate
President Wilson has indicated thai
the section as passed IS satisfactory 20
him. The opponents OF labor will con-
centrate their forces on the senate, IN
the hope OF yet defeating the exemr
ton section by means OF the various
ezpedients used TO kill legislation IN
the upper house.
The unanimity by which the house
adopted the exemption provision need
not Of course. comments the Peoria
Journal, be taken as an indication that
L was unoDDosed. An anti-union lobby I
las been putting forth indefatigable ef- /
orts 10 Kill of the provision and has I
Tot been without representatives IN
he house membership. Political dis
Tetion, however, would not permit OF