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Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15
A WIRELESS

and children were seen huddled to. gether on deck; men rushed to and fro, and the flames ragged.
 Can you hold out little longer?" flashed the wireless.
 We're sinling!" came the answer.
 Jump called the rescuers Well save you,"
 l Only few brave ones obeyed the command. for they were afraid. A life boat was lowered, but the pillows were high, it could not reach the sinking vessel. "Jump!'' they shouted to those clingiag to the side of the vessel. and a few uore ventured. They were bringing them in now, haIf-clothed and dripping with sea water. Mrs. Sands watched them in horror dazed. Suddenly she gave a cry and caught in her arms girl they had laid on deck. "Isabel!-Speak to me. Isabel!' she ! shrieled.
 i The girl was unconscious. Her long wet hair hung over her face. The paleness of death was on her features, but one could tell even then that she not, and the hands were still. "Isabel-my child!n called the mother but the cold lips did not an | swer.
 i The passengers gathered about tc give aid
 sThe girl is dead,' some one said and the quick ear of the mother heard 1 My Godl" she cried, she can't be i dead-Save my child-save her!" she pleaded with wild eyes. looking fol help from those who stood near. l And they gave their aid, trying t6 1 put life into the apparently lifeless l form.
 The mother knelt by her child. rub l ping her cold hands, never ,iring never giving up. calling in endearine i terms, and praying in angulsn:
 "Oh, God! give me back my child; 1 Through the long night she woult not leave her post or give up. "She must livei" was her cry, ant l others, seeing her, renewed their eff forts. The storm had passed. The wine was calm. A faint streak of ligh appeared in the eastern sky. Th' mother still bent over her loved one and in the early morning light tn pale lips moved and the egelid opened.
 Yes, it's mother. darling" tn,
 woman quavered. the great, pent-ul
 flood of tears rushing to her eyes.
 "Mother--do you know" shuddere'
 the girl-'I wanted to die-why dit
 you not let me-that is why I jumpe' l-I wanted to get -from-hirp-
 Forget all that, dear" was the re
 ply, you are saved, thank God! You
 mother is here-We are going home!
 "Home!" cried the poor outcas
 "No!-never!-T is no home fo he!"
 Yes, darling, home," was tn
 mothers answer. Were going hom
 where love and forgiveness, and hop
 await you.
 With a weary sigh the girl reste her head on her mothers breast an loving arms enfolded her.-Bosto
 Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15
IN THE PROPER PLACE,

It required but q short time to dem
 onstrate to Chicago that the schools were not the place for the teaching of sex hygiene Such decision has been reached following actual expe- rience and what was introduced as lectures in, the public schools has been discontinued. The possibilities of good in such q course sWayed the board Of education when 1t was first discussed and it was believed that a fair test was the best method of determining it's real worth. Such a test has been held and its effect upon the children noted with the significant result that it has been brought to an abrupt end
 There is, of course. a eason for this action and the Richmond Times Des patch unquestionably hits it when it says: Tt matters not how competent and sincere may be the men and wo- men who attempt to teach sex hygiene in the schools, The formal publicity of its presentation to a group of chil- dren lessens it's effectiveness. Truths which will impress one child for lift if told by a parent will have an in- evitably disastrous effect upon some members of any group to whom they are revealed by any other person
 There is something in the congregate adolescent mind that seeks not the
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

The great ship ploughed the main. The waters rose dark and the sky was overcast. A woman paced the deck. impatient and sad For months she had travelled in foreign lands seeking her child. From city to city she had passed only to learn that the girl had just left. Never tiring, the mother kept on until at last every
 trace of the girl was lost Some said she had sailed with the man she fol-
 lowed on an unknown vessel, go-
 Ing to distant ports; others said she
 had died and was buried in an un- known grave but none were sure, and
 the lonely mother was returning 70 the home made desolate. But in the
 mothers heart there was no resent
 ment, no reproaches for the lost one,
 only sorrow and longing that refused
 to be comforted.
 Comrades on the voyage looked With
 pity on the little. pale woman in gray.
 They wished to help and cheer, but she responded to none, and no one
 knew her story. Silently she entered
 the saloon when the bugle sounded
 and ate a few morsels. Then she
 restless walk on deck. Now and then
 she leaned over the rail anu gazed
 into the rushing waters 6eloW-What
 it her child were there?
 A shudder passed through her
 frame and she turned away to pace the deck once more.
 They were five days out and all
 were talking of home they were near
 ing Homel--the woman shuddered
 as she heard 1he word. The home to which she was going would be made more desolate by her return, when she must tell them ali hope was gone. She had been so sure of finding the lost one, There was the father, for years a cripple, yet working brayeiy at his shoe makers trade all the while, sitting in his wheel char and moving himself briskly from room to room: and Maude, but thirteen, nobly taking her mothers place and caring for the family. Paul, eight, and Baby Tom, five years old He had never l outgrown his name of baby.
 "Pn take care of dad" he had as- sured his mother, when she went Six months she had been from them so long a time it seemed! but il
 wouldn't matter if only she had found her quest
 The wind was rising and the waves were high. Twill be a rough nightN 1 observed a sailor, passing along the 1 deck But Mrs. Sands needed not rough or calm was all alike to her i Wilder and wilder it grew and tho ! storm came on in its fury.
 | Suddenly there was a commotion or 1 deck Quick orders were given, ant ! as quickly obeyed. Sailors rushed tt i their places. The machinery ereal<et i and groaned. The great ships course i was turned. Stokers worked in 2 i fearful heat, for the engines were 1 strained to their utmost.
 ] Out of the space from far ava! i had flashed a message and the wire i less had caught it:
 A SHIP ON FIREi
 1 Over the pillows they sped. Far ol 1 the horizon a faint trace of smoke Wa
 seen then the burning ship. Womel
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15
ASSISTANT PosrMAsrERsHIPs.

There are limits beyond which con- gress ought not to be encouraged to go and such is apparently the reaii- zation of President Wilson when he indicates that he is opposed to the idea of eliminating the assistant postmas- ters of the country from the civil ser vice. For this fiatfooted declaration of his position upon this important question the president is to be com mended In view of the laxity which he has permitted with civil service and the maintenance of the merit system the attitude which he has taken was called for The attachment of the rider to the postoffice appropriation bill in itself is sufficient to call for the vetoing of such a plan should the op- portunfty present itself, but such brazen attempt to overthrow civil ser vice for the purpose of building up the political machinery through the spells system deserves the strongest kind of opposition and none too soon has the president declared himself upon this subject.
 The postoffice department must be operated as a business proposition There is sufficient political control in it's conduct at the present time with out endeavoring to increase it and work harm to it's efficiency. Far bet ter would it be to extend rather than to curtaiI civil service. Assistant post masters hold their places because they have the proper experience and aual- ification and they are not kept there unless they are fit. It is thus for the best interests of the government that they should be chosen and retained for merit rather than politics. The presi dent is right. He should have no diff ficulty in bringing to his support fair minded congressman.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

table Compound, and now 1 feel like different person. I believe there is nothing like Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound for weak women and young girls, and would be glad if l could influence anyone to try the medi- cine, for know it will do all and much more than it is claimed to do. - Mrs. CLARA FRANKS, R. F. D. No. l, Maple crest Farm, Kasota, Minn.
 Women who suffer from those dis tressing ills peculiar to their sex should be convinced of the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to re- store their health by the many genuine and truthful testimonials we are con- stantly publishing in the newspapers.
 If you have the slightest doubt that Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vegeta- ble Compound will help you, write tOLydia E. E.PinIxhamMedic Go, (confidentiaD Lynn, Mass, for ad- vice. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman. and held in strict confidence.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15
WATCH YOUR STEP
BY THE CONDUCTOR
Rain Crows.

T caught Lizzie cryin' last night when I got home, an it didn't take me long to find out her sister'd been tellin' her something mean some other girl said about her. That sister O Lizzie's is a regular rain crow. You know them crows always fyin' around just before it begins to sprinkle ou know it's goin' to splatter pretty soon when you hear 'em craakin'. It may be an hour fore they's any rain, but durin' that whole time them crows won't forget your fun's goin' to be spoiled. l ain't got no use for rain crow. Every time you hear one O them it aggravates you worse'n the rain does when it comes. Sister s one O them kind. She never can hear thing nasty about somebody else sis ter's right there with both ears, an she's plumb out O breath gettin home to tell it to Lizzie. Me and her don't gee a little bit. Sisters brains is curdled. She's so 'fraid t won't rain death cawin'. If anybody'd hand that girl a bouquet to give you she'd tell you they sent it for your funeral. She gets so mad tellin' you what some knocked said about you you wonder why she didn't get mad at tn knocker. But that ain't sister She'll purr like a tabby cat to get the knocker to talk in an eggs her on by SaYin: You 1on't say! Amt it awful?' Crows ain't much good. anyhow, let alone rain crows. Nobody minds gettin' wet but you hate to get told all tn time you're goin' to get wet an then have lem tell you how wet you got. I'd rather be old hen layin one egg any time n be a rain crow.
 Watch out gettin' off
 Wait for 'em-don't get on yeti
 Now, come along. all aboard, Watch your step!'
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15
Thin Folks Who
 Would Be Fat
Increase in Weight Ten Pounds or More
A Physicians Advice

'Td certainly give most anything to stay that way" declares every excess siyely thin man or woman. Such a result is not impossible. despite past failures. Thin people are victims of mal-nutrition, q condition which pre- vents the fatty elements of food from being taken up by the blood as they are when the powers of nutrition are normal. Instead of getting into the blood all the fat and flesh producing elements stay in the intesJInes unJll they pass from the body as waste.
 To correct this condition and to pro- duce 8 healthy normal amount of fat the nutrIttve processes must be artifi- nature has denied them. This can best be accomplished by cutting Sargol tablet with every meal Sargol is a scientific com l1ination of six of the best strength giving, fat-produclnG eie- ments known to the medical profession food and turns the sugars and sLasches into rich, ripe nourishment for the tis- sues and blood and its rapid effect is remarkable. Reported gains of from ten to twenty-five pounds in single month are by no means infrequent. ct solutely harmless. Sargol is sold by Lee & 0sgood and other good drug gists everywhere and every package contains d guarantee of weight in- crease or money back.
 Cautfen:-While Sargol has produced remarkable results i'll the treatment of nervous Indigestion and general stom it's remarkable nssh producing effect be nsed by those who are not wiling to increase their Weight ten pounds .ol more.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15
THE BOSTON ELECTION.

The result of the Boston election is a sad commentary upon the effort to place the best men at the head of municipal government. From party standpoint it would have made no diff ference who was elected. both Curley and Kenny being democrats but for the city's welfare it was important that the better man should be chosen, as such rather than the organizations S preference, What these men stood for and what they represented should have awakened sufficient interest to have given a rounding majority to the one whose record showed him to have stood consistently and persistently for good government
 Congressman Cur1ey is however. the choice at the election. He comes under the wire by small majority and those who stayed away from the polls have as usual sacrificed the part which they could have played in securing for Bos- ton the candidate who stood for it's highest interests during a period of four years. The result is not an en- couraging one for Boston. It is di- rectly opposite to the movement which recently swept the new mayor of New York into office.
 Boston has gone on record as en- dorsing Congressman Curley and his methods. By their votes Boston cit fzens have said that they wanted his guiding influence, such being the de- claration of the stay y-at-homes IS well IS of those who cast the majority of the ballots. It can hardly be said that such result is to the credit of the city from the outlook, but it lies within his power and remains to be seen whether the new mayor of the Hub can lift himself from the influence of the circle in which he has dwelt and make good.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15
EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
A Great Victory.

Tn accordance with the enlighten- ment of the future the Panama canal is our first great victory, a victory not by the spilling of blood and the tre- mendous murder of modern gunnery, but a victory over stubborn nature, by the powers of science, of organization and of the will of man.
 Great advantages are expected be- cause of the new waterway. But greater than improved navigation, stimulated commerce and any eco homie benefit is the consciousness that our government is not a helpless and graft ridden imbeeile, that the mag nifeent men of our army and navy can construct as well as destroy, and that the people, as well as the feudal trusts, are able to do great things.
 The methods of our government in Panama are a lesson to our industrial captains, for the masters and work men of all the world. in efficiency and economy.
 The government first of all rendered a district always supposed to be un- inhabitable by white men as sanitary as the latitude of New York. Does not this teach all nations that epidemic diseases and the mortal tax of such plaques as tuberculosis, typhoid fever yellow fever and the like, can be remedied anywhere? We found out the cause of disease, removed it, and now the canal zone is as healthful as the banks of the Wabash.
 Besides this our government has avoided labor troubles, has fed its workers better and more cheaply than any private concern could have None has constructed sanitary and pleasant homes for it's employed has protected them against the exploitation oi moaey sharks. has furnished decent means of amusement, has encouraged initiative suggestions, and altogether has held it's army of workers loyal anC compact, and resisted every inroad o1 the hungry politicians st home. What great business has ever beer done so well?
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15
CONCERT

The Young Peoples Symphony Orchestra (5o pIayers), E. E. Baker, Director, will give their first Concert in Slater Memorial Hall, Tuesday Evening, January 2oth, 1914. SoIoist, Miss Rose Bryant, contraito.
 Second Concert April 28th.
 Reserved seats for course of two concerts s1.O0 each. Single concert 75c. At the store of Geo. A. Davis, Broadway.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

ties. If Waterbury owned her local trolley lines (and ran them as oannily as it could and should) our city would have something which would double discount the municipal water supply as an investment and would be it's more valuable possession. And so with other Connecticut cities. Yet because our city governments have not been faithful in one thing, they are unfit to be rulers over many things. Thus the one great chance in a generation is lost=WaterburN Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

OO1npOuIlu HdS uOiiS more for me than anything else, and l had the best physi- clan here. l was so weak and nervous that I could not do my work and suf- fered with pains low down in m y right side for a year or more. I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Times are changing Until recent iy the real result of the progressive m0Y Yeinent was to elect democratic of fieeholders. There are at least half dozen in Massachusetts who felt it was time to stop. It is a position in which large number of the rank and file of that party would have taken the same stand
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

With the signing of a contract with moving picture men concerning his army and it's operations, General Villa is getting financial assistance and making the writing of Mexican history easier. in one fell swoop.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

The brave men of the Gregory who Fisked their lives to save the crew of the sinking Oklahoma have been rewarded and promoted by the ship owners. but the greatest satisfaction they will receive is the knowledg ge that they did their duty.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

It is fortunate thing for that Mex ican refugee army that Texas isn't experiencing the present New England weather
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

It is a noticeable fact that when the New Hampshire commission inves- tigated the sanity of Thaw only his New Hampshire keepers were called to testify.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

4 New York woman says it is inn possible to reform woman dressed in bed ticking so the stripes must go. Fashion is getting new converts every day.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

The man on the corner says: Just at the present time very little com plaint is being heard about the hu- midity.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Hurried Husband-T say, porter, have I time to say goodby to my wife? Cuts.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

The one conclusion TO he drawn from the investigation and adverse report on the Hawthorne charges concerning Atlanta penitentiary is that they re- suit from inexperience and biased ideas.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

It is approaching the time when the new styles in straw hats are going to be closely looked over.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Facilitating between a sane and in sane condition is going to be a handy thing for Harry Thaw if he ever does obtain his freedom. He ought to make 8 capital Dr. Jekyl and MT. Hyde.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Unless all plans fail this is the last winter which Cape Cod. with it's many dangerous curves and corners, is going to be able to keep up it's big wrecking operations.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Those who have been fearing that the bulbs would get too early a start have wasted their worry.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

The crook must realize that booty is a dangerous companion both before and after making it's acquaintance.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Whether the cold waves are pre- dicted or not, it is generally possible to detect their presence
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beauty of the lesson taught, but the ugliness of the teaching
 The action in Chicago is bound to be of extreme value to each and every city whenever that matter is consid cred. It does not mean that there should not be instruction in the inn portant matter, but it does show that it is the home and not the schoolroom where such instructions should be given.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Electricity is extensively used in the city of Calcutta and other Oriental cities in the East.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Wireless telephoning is now success ful up to 300 miles. Marconi says that the Atlantic will be spanned very soon
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Gloves made of silk sized" with lead are used to protect the hands in X-ray work.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Southern Italy is to have a thir. teen million dollar electric water power plant, Nearly 150,000 horse power vii be developed.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

In nutting new lightning conductors on St. PauTs Cathedral, London. a part of an old lightning rod installed by Benjamin Franklin 140 years ago was found.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15
FARMERS WIFE
 TOO ILL TO WORK
A Weak, Nervous Sufferer Restored to Health by Ly- dia E. Pinkham's Veg
 etable Compound.

Kasota, Minn. -"I am glad to say that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

And still it is hard to convince an iceman that it is cold enough.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

It is estimated that there are ST. 900 electric vehicles in use in this country of which 25,000 are pleasure cars. Chicago holds the city record with 2S5O vehicles
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Dayton, Ohio, has a new electric bulletin board where the important items are flashed in luminous letters It can be read for distance of foul blocks.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

It is claimed that fully 100000 horse power can be developed iron waterfalls in the National Forest re serve of this country.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15
EpIToRIAL NOTES.

Boston has failed, to profit from Tammany rule in New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15
OVER THE ELECTRIC WIRE.

The electric delivery wagon is in common use in most large cities.
 The ordinary hashlight is q very ex- pensive device when figured on horse power
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

Of course, if the New Haven cannot hold trolleys, why should the New York Central and the Pennsylvania railroad companies? The same sauce for goose and gander-New Haven Journal Courier
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

There would be great business opportunity right now for Waterbury and other cities of Connecticut il American municipalities were so Con, stituted as to he able to take ad. vantage of great business opportuui,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-15

We can't see disaster We can see real help. The decision fits well into the process of wiping the New Haven slate clean and beginning a new reck- oning in which there shall be recog- milton of and consideration for funda- mentals too often despised by those who in the past set for themselves as the guide of their rule their own whims their own desires, their own much overrated power=Hartford Times.
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Vincent Astor has refused to turn socialist. He has a better head on his shoulders than some of the men who would advise him.-Meriden Journal
 Congress has a worthwhile task ahead of it, in enacting laws to pro- tect the public from exorbitant prices and unfit food originating in abuse of cold storage.-Bridgepor Telegram.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-10-30

have seen before. The markings on the paper suip
are of considerable size and commence sharp ana
abrupt, but the ending is not sharp or distncG
There is trailing out of spots made by the zisxas
lines The total length of the echo is thus made
larger than that produced by the primary blast.
This shows that there is some kind OF CLOUD
about the object of different density from the sur
rounding air and that 1t is Of considerable size
The logical conclusions drawn are: the object ID
of great size it is stationary and 1t has something
about it that modiaes the echo. Consequently tne
record on the paper strip resembles that obtained
from both large, solid object and cloud. There
fore it must be large iceberg surrounded by cold
air. We change our direction so as to pass 1t on
our port side at q distance Of half mile. Fortu'
nately we have barely passed when the fog lifts