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Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

That New York young woman who tried to squeeze $50,o00 out of a well known New York attorney without cause was in almost as bad a predic- ament as the Thompsonville girl who had been married several weeks and didn't know her husbands name.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

such pa1n 8 in m y sides, and terrible backache so that I could hardly stand.
 I took six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's V e g table Com- pound, and now l can do an y amount of work, sleep good, eat good, and don't have a bit of trouble. I recommend Lydia E.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

1 Turkey denies massacres in Persia. Let us hope it is a fact that nothing
 of the kind has occurred and 1t will
 be to Turkeys credit if such a thing | never occurs again.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Much sympathy was recently ex- pressed over the order to rnuzzle the dogs, but there is a greater amount due to the farmer who must shoot his cattle
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Italy has called it's Alpine troops for service and it is evident that Austria is aware that someone is at home over there.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
OTHER VIEW POINTS

With the jitney bus becoming com mon in all progressive cities the ques- tion arises: will it pay a man to buy a priced car, or should he spend his carfare on jitney and save up enough to buy a high-priced car?"
 There's a question on which some women will insist on voting. Water bury Republican.
 If ever there was time for con- fident forward action on the part of idle capital, it is today. Is it possi-
 ble Thomas Edison told the truth when he said, the other day, that a lot of the present generation of Amer ican business men lack nerve, vision and initiative.-Norwalk Hour.
 Sprinkling streets is necessary
 city work and the better and more
 complete the service, the better it will
 be for the city and the people. As new streets are included in the list, so must the cost increase and the larger the bill becomes the greater will be the desire to have the work done by the city if it can be done at a less cost than at present. Under
 the present system the sprinkling is done as we'll as it can be done by con-
 tract.-New Britain Herald.
 President Wilson had pleasant news for his callers yesterday. He seemed to think so, any way. He told with apparent satisfaction that the defi- ciency would not be as large as was
 feared. It will be only 26,00O, 600
 Notice the "only" please! A deficiency ] of 5000, 900 in face of the fact that congress enacted an income tax law ard laid a war tax. Raymond Hitch cock, the comedian, recently put the | situation correctely, if humorously. He said: "We have a tariff without a rev enue, and a war tax without war; New Britain Record.
 New Jersey is considering law to
 regulate dazzling headlights on auto- mobiles, appointing @ state commiS- sioner for that purpose. with power tC examine automobile headlights. There | is a demand for such action in Con- necttcut. In cities where arc lights
 are frequent on the streets, there is
 no cause for the use Of automobile headlights at all, ns the side lamps are
 sufficients. Headlights are a cause o1 accident. rather than a preventive un- der such circumstances. Trolley cars
 are not permitted to use their dazzling headlights in the cities under any cir. cumstances, and trolley headlights must be turned off while approaching l traff1c in the country. Yet some o1 the automobile headlights to-day vie with trolley searchlights for blindins hrilliancy, and are doubly dangerous
 inasmuch, as the vehicles which carry
 them are not travelling on a fixed
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

It is going to be somewhat of Q mathematical problem to prove thai this war is going to be worth all it costs, iS
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

i It has been some time since a new
 president has taken upon his shoul-
 ders the multitudinous troubles of the 1 Mexican republic
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

For some reason or other the tug of war is not getting very much at tention in naval preparations.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

Every legislature must realize that 1t
 can render as great service to the commonwealth by the prompt killing of certain measures as by the passage Of others
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

About the state ''the velvet ham, mer" is making its appearance. Just now Norwich Is getting an overdose
 of the sledge hammer and the hack saw.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

CT rely on you to turn out a reg ular man tailored effect l said. and she replied duly that she would do the best she could. I tried to inspire her with enthusiasm. but when I said
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

The man on the corner says: The way of the transgressor may be hard but very rarely is 1t lonesome.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

It makes no difference whether they are shot down, killed by bombs or drowned, such taking of non-combat- ants lives is not warfare.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
EDITORIAL NOTES,

They appear to be doing almost everything with Old Glory down ff Mexico except saluting 1t.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
P|MPLES RED
 AND D|SF|GUR|NG
Came on Face. Then on Arms. Itched So Would Scratch. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. In Three Weeks Healed.

eS Poplar St., Boston, Mass.-"My trouble began with pimples spreading on my arms. They were very reddish and they itched so that began to scratch them and that caused eruption. They first came on my face and they were so red and disagr- ing and my face itched so at night that would scratch them until they became bleeding. I would get to bed about nine o'clock and fall asleep about twelve.
 "I used remedies and creams but in the morning they would be worse. After about five or six weeks I saw the Cuticura adver- tisement in the paper. I used the Cuticura Soap and Ointment three weeks and was completely healed. The trouble was gone" (signed) I. Hammer. Oct. 16. 1914.
 It Is easy to claim to speedily heal itching skin troubles and to promote and maintain a good complexion. clear skin. clean scalp. good hair and soft white hands but quito another thing to do so. CuticlIra has been successfully doing this work throughout the world for thirty-six years.
 Sample Each Free by Mail
 With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad- dress postcard "Cuticura, Dept. T, Boa- ton." Sold throughout the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
WOMAN COULD HARDLY STAND
Because of Terrible Back ache. Relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
 ble Compound.

Philadelphia, Pa.-"I suffered from displacement and inflammation, and had
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
tra ok, and are all the harder to avoid. bridgeport Telegram.

track, and are all the harder to avoid. Bridgeport Telegram.
 Frankly we cannot agree with the impatient deductions of the Waterbury Republican that attendance at legiSla- tive hearings in general Is waste of time and a developer of peSs1mlsm- Undoubtedly it is true that scant cour- tesy Is often shown the residents or cities and towns who register thelr preference for or protest against pro posed legislation. On the other hand, mischievous bills without number have been handed over to the waste paper collector because 1t has been developed at hearings that the general public will have none of them on any terms. Not always is the voice of protest needed or the kick vigorous and unit ed landed on the solar plexus of the law making power. Justice frequent Iv miscarries and the mountain of leg islation often labors and brings. forth a mouse. But taken all in all the voice of the protesting citizen, no mat ter whether he Is from Waterbury or some less vociferous municipality, is heard when there is logic in his argu- ment, force to his kick and unity in the delegation of kickers or boosters, as the case may be.-Anson1a sen tinel.
 Among the other objections to re- ducing the liquor license ratio to one license for each 1000 of population sight should not be lost of the pos- sible demoralization that might result from having county coneInissioners empowered to decide who should keep and who lose his license. It certain ly opens q pretty wide field to the en- frightened imagination. - Hartford Courant.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to every suffering woman. Mrs. HARRY FISHER, 1925 Dounton St., Nicetown, Pa.


 every suffering woman. "-Mrs. HARRY FISHER, 1925 Dounton St., Nicetown, Pa.
 Another Woman's Case.
 Providence, R. I.-"I cannot speak too highly of your Vegetable Compound as it has done wonders for me and I would not be without it. had dis placement, bearing down, and backache, until I could hardly stand and was thor oughly run down when took Lydia E.. Pinkhan's Vegetable Compound. It helped me and am in the best of health at present. work in factory all day long besides doing my homework so you can see what it has done for me. give you permission to publish my name and speak of your Vegetable Compound to many of my friends. Mrs. ABEL LAW SON, 126 Lippitt St., Providence, RI.
 Danger Signals to Women are what one physician called backache, headache, nervousness, and the blues: In many cases they are symptoms of some female Arrangement or an infiam- matory, ulcerative condition, which may be overcome by taking Lydia E. Pink ham Vegetable Compound. Thousands of American women willingly testify to its virtue.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-03-31

mess before the public. there is no medium better than through the ad- vertistng columns of The Bulletin.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-25
First Baseball Glove

ABOUT SG,GS a baseball team came
10 Rockford Ill. to play our nine. They
called themselves the "Cnconquered
Clippers OF Illinois" and Dlastered our
town with big posters. We made up
our minds TO give them :, drubbing,
anu At the end Of the game the score
WAS Rockford. 20: Clippers, U.
There was little chap playing third
base who grabbed everything that came
that he wore a kind OF glove. When
asked what IL was that he wore on his
hand: He told me that he was a ma
chiniSt and had got his hand badly
hurt the week before. and he showed
inc the wound in his palm He said
the boys DID not want him TO play i'm
THAT game. but he got a piece OF thin
sheet Steel and made it slightly con-
cave. but So that il did not quite touch
the sore place. He then made short
glove To cover all the hand excepting
the first joints OF the fingers, and
doubled the leather in the palm 50
that he could slip the plate between.
asked him If il hurt, and he said II
did not. and that he could take hit
one ana hold it better with the glove
! than without II. That is the whole
story don't think that Spaldins ever
talked To the little chap with the iron
iist. as the boys dubbed the third base
man. but everybody in Rockford 1,naIr
ABOUT the NIT. and he may have pot.
the ldea from him. anyway that a,as
! the hrst glove that any ballplayer ever
wore.--All Outdoors
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-25
News Of Fifty Years Az

\ big political meeting was geld in tho City
Hall last night to give the people chance to
Mes.rs. Harbour and Pendlcton ana tho ire
rressible Martin Meredith l.pscombe. the thrse
tent.
kct. residing 1T the corner ,;elviderc and
Cary Streets. in Sidney. instantly killed his wife
Win pistol last night. surprising her TO he 4
burglar who had gotten into the house.
4 number OF cigarmakers OF the city met Last
night and organized Il, CiRarmakers' Union.
reunited ,coun t" The one s .ee,ed are
Thomas shay. president: Joseph Levy. vice
president: Richard Bennett. secretary y con-
niittce was appointed to report to and ask for
membership in the Grand Natona. Association
OF Cigarmakers.
Charles W Fulton has consulted to become
OF which Lynchburg is the center
Dr. John II, Woods his withdrawn from the
congressional in tic Albcmarle District
and ia 6tcs +. Ioh',sou. OF the Bedford District
has also Withdra Both gentlemen give
their reason for withdrawing that there Is no
use in wasting time running for and getting
elected Congress when the radicals and the
governmental authorities have no idea of ad-
hitting congressman from tn. -vuth this
time.
The irini OF cantain. H9nrS wirz was pro-
"ccded with yesterday. The feeble prisoner
could not sit m, but was brought into court and
laid on 81. sofa While Il witness giving
testimony that Captain Wirz deemed untrue he
half arose from tho sofa and. in very excited.
though feeble. way contradic:eG the witness
AID declared he had documents prove that
he was not in 100 miles OF hndersonvile at the
t!me the witness claiMed have him
mistreatinG prisoners there
Tho railroad bridge over the I,appahannock
River 1t Frcder!ckshura. "hicli completed
Il fev days ago. is declared TO be the best AMI
strongest railway bridge ever constructed in
tho South
Mrs. Parthenia harris. wife Of IIrmar iar-
riS uas brutally murdered IN Granville" County
y. tIh 40 h.,I fp~n l., in-
lonEed TO the Harris family. When the coorsi
woman vas arrested she confessed her crime
and cool:. told how she beat thea woma MS
brains with :, stone.
hea'inuarte- in New Orleans. after making an
extended inspection tou- throughout Tc~as. He
reports everything in sp!endjd condition In tho
Lone, Star state and says there can be no
doubt now o. the loyalty Of the Texans.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-25

let's would slip on Father and he
were great cronics. They were own
cousins. and were said to look alike
Another contemporary OF Artemus
Waid'H whom ] met was a STOPPING, ell
dcily wiling" man who walked with n
cane. ! called at his house in the even
ing. and called early because had
been told that II. went To bed with the
chickens We sat in his Kitchen In tho
gradually increasing dusk OF III. twi.
HIGHT.
Yes. knew Charles Brown he
said. and helped lower him into the
ground. His body WAS brought here
about the beginning Of summer from
England in metallic casket all scaled
and soldercd up. The caskct was cut
open at his mothers request. and we
see II WAS Charles inside. There was
funeral a. the house. attended BY a
few OF the ncighhors. and then we went
TO the c"metcrr at South Waterford
We didn't have a hearse. but used q
two-s""'"d 'priu% wagon. as was the
custom hero. Ky taking out the seat.
room was made for the box. and tho
driver would sit UP on that. rhc others
went In thor owl, teams
w hon charles waa ircrc OH his sum
MGR visits he didr', do nothin' except
have EooG time. II. was a lazy crit
Ter. and he would lay around on The
grass on go TO ride or do ANYTHING he
sec 1T. II Mas kind OF a rcstful va
cation, ! should cail ii. but after lie
went INTO the show business guess he
may have worked some getting ready
Tor tic winter carpaign. lie wa3 4
brtGh'. witty fcller--no mistake about
that He had u "ein OF wit that all
IN. Browns had CYRUS. his brothc-.
he was .rctty cute. 100
i.rtemus died in England on March
o. 1861. and til. will Is dated February
% OF the same year. II is not the eX-
traorninary document that the popular
ma Siuntion pictures. and its most inter
est NIX portions are these:
- dcsir. that my body may be
buried H. Waterford, Me give the
, library Of looks bequeathed TO me by
my late Uncle Gavin Fariar aud those
that hive been added b, me 20 the hov
or S!:l who at an examination TO be
held between the :irst day Of January
and the first day OF April Immediately
! succeeding my '."coasc shall lie de-
clan ed 10 DC the tast scholar in Water
iosd Upper Village. such scholar TO be
and under ;he age OF eighteen years.
heQuSnti the residue of my estate
toward Ior.linS a fInd for the found.
Ing OF an asylum :or worn out printers
IN n" United Sta'rS. and 7 direct that
The same lac pad 10 Mr.. Horace
Greeley. oil New Yo,k'
Whatever pc sonal piorerty tho
idnor!St had Ia his possession in Eng
land at tn" time lie died mysteriously
, disHpt .a"td but a Few thousand doI,ars
were realized on his house at Yonkers
! This went 20 children who were rela-
rves ii his horne town. His mother
had enorS! oropert$ to supply her
own simple vans as long IS Sic lived
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-25
Riley and Poe

II may he OF interest TO learn that the
birthday OF oae American poet. James
Wh,corb Riley. October :. 1919. was
Edgar Allan Poe. wao died NJ Bait
more ON that day ana ear. Poe's
eccsntriv,tics and IRREGULARITIES of con-
duet nee. not be commented upon here.
The placid lie OF the Hoosier poet.
himself great ;tdn.rer Of poc. his
sympathy with his fcllow-men and
humber neiShbors, have caused to flow
out to him flood OF affection such
rs has rarely come 10 any man. Zoe
had the unfortunate faculty of making
enemies. while our jim evidently with
out EFFORT. makes only friends.
pues grandfather VASE, soldier in The
war OF the revelation and a friend OF
Lafayette. I'oe's father WAS student
at law, and fell in love with AN Eng
fish actress named Arnold and mar
ried her. They both died young. and
At nearly the same time, leaving three
orphan children Edgar was adopted
and educated by John Allan. = wealthy
merchant Of Virginia. At the early
age OF five years Edgar was taken to
England. and was sent to school near
London till he was ten years old. For
Il time he was i'll college at Charlottes-
Vile. Va. and later for less than a
year in the military school at West
Point. During the excitement in favor
of the independence OF Greece. he start
ed for that country. but was found at
ST. Petersburg. from which place some
friends sent him home.
Soon after his return he published y
volume entitled, "Al .Aaraaf. Tamerlanc
and Other Poems" These were written
from the age Of sixteen to eighteen
years. I'm 1885. while employed to write
for the Southern Literary Messenger. he
married his cousin, Virginia GLENN.
who at the time OF their union was
about fourteen years old. After this
he was engaged Oil the Gentleman's
Magazine, Grahams Magazine and other
literary periodicals. About 1874 he
wrote THE Raven" which is the hest
known OF the productions OF his pen.
II may be of interest to those who
are familiar with the handwriting OF
our Hoosier poet TO know that the
handwriting Of Poe was. like that of
Riley. characterized by its beauty and
delicacy. and was at the same time
clear and readable. Poo was horn at
Boston. Mass. February 10. 1909. 80
that at his death he was forty years
old,-Indianapolts News,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-25
ARTEMU5 WARDS BIRTHPLACE

Waterford, Me. the birthplace and
boyhood home OF Artemus Ward Is
about nifty miles north Of Portland and
half dozen miles from the nearest
railway station Waterford village is
comfortable. sleepy little place
whose homes cluster around a small.
tree Swallowed common. The houses
arc nearly all wooden. are painted
white and have green blinds The viii
iaSe supports two stores and a church
AT end OF the common is n
siSnboard. which reads. 10 Miles to
Norway Other places roundabout are
sweden. Denmark Paris and Naples.
writes clifton Johnson in the Spring
neld Republican. Waterford itself
has Punkim street. and what is now
Fern Avenue was formerly Skunk
called Biackguard. whitn took its
name from tho character Of the poo
pie VIII" used to live there.
II found the village deiiehtCJl la it's
Iuiet serenity. and IL particularly APP
peaiod |" the fancy ia the evening
when the cows were driven from the
outlying pa Sturcs TO their home stabl. =
ana came paciu" along under the clms
Of the common. while the cowoells
hung on their necks gave forth !, dull
toned music II WAS Il much livelier
place at the time Charles Farrar
i'ro"n better known as Artemus
Ward. was born there in 1894 Many
cmiErants passed through il on their
way 10 the West. and the stages were
crowded with passengers in pursuit Of
business or pleasure. The hotels pre-
scented AN especially busy scene on the
arrival OF the stage. and tao several
stores had a large trade in furnish
Ing supplies 10 iuinbermen one Of
these stores was kept by Artemus
Wards father who died in lsi1.
The hunorist DIED in 1861, which is
not so long ago but that people can
he found in his homo region who re
member him distinctly one OF the
village women said TO me: The place
has not changed Il great deal since
he WAS Il boy here. II is about the
same size. there is the same white
chGTch and many Of the same houses
stand around the common. The old
THROWN House" where Charles WAS
born. burned in 1871. but Aunt car'!inc.' -
as his mother was called in Waterford
mad long before moved to what had
been her mothers house That is here
yet substantial, two-story build
ing, under the elms on the borders
OF the common. ANA /; is still owned
in the family.
After Charles had left Waterford
and become famous ne usually returne d
every year To spend the summer with
his mother. He wasn't VERY strong
lie was tu5crcU!ar. Hts hands were
whittier than any wonan's almost They
were small and long, ana recall hclr-
ing my Il Their sa! that Charles couldn't
wear bracelets because his wrists were
as large IS his II +ndS. and the brace
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-25
: EEN ON THE SIDE
tonpenSntiOp.

I'll say this for Septeniber--
Though shes no friend Of mine
Sometimes she does remember
The sun is meant TO shine.
These days OF gorgeous beauty
Make me forgive the jade,
quite as an act OF duty.
For stupid breaks she's made.
And these fair nights. when Hlis;ens
The moon. bright stars among,
know the wild elf listens
To hear her praises sung.
Yes. like the girl whose forehead
4 rinSlet did entwine.
September. bad. is horrid.
hut when she's good she's iine.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-25
From the spanish.

otor traveller. peruse the grave
W., >othihS Venture Nothing Have
VINO pin'nE for an isle remote.
i,Hred not entrust himself afoat.
no. TO 'oerstep the crawling tide.
NC or dreamed OF frightening his
stride:
VINO waited by the rivers brink '
Until the stream should bring hin,
drink;
VINO the ripe clusters came 10 see
Ihen starved beneath tho cherry tree
lie LETT world which others found
AND others laid him In the ground.
Morris Bent. in Saturday Reviaw.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-25
The Faucet Turned On.

The spelling of the word faucet" is blind.
As il is pronounced in this particular IL refers
TO an advertising locomotive in trousers
Don't know you've heard this he said
Friend Of mine travelling in Indiana engaged
a berth ahead OF time. AT a station next AN
aged woman entered the sleeper. All OF the
lowers ami uppers We're taken. Ny friend, being
chivalrc fellow, gave his place to the old
woman and went TO the smoking car. where he
up all night. The next morning at the ca :
inS station he sent his wife this message: Gave
berth TO an Old lady last night. Am all in His
wife is sport She wired back: 'Congrat ula :
lions and best wisheS.'''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-25
Gernany's Iai,h Discreditcd

D OS1T1NE statement BY the master OF the
1 British steamship Grossly that he saw 4
German submarine sink the HeSper;an.
coupled with the testimony pf experts. based
on the character OF the explosion. that the
vessels destruction was due to Il torpedo and
not TO a mine. casts discredt Germany S
disavowal Of responsibility. Ia addition. sur
vvors have produced fragments OF the agency
of destruction. whic have been identified as
portions OF q German torpedo Constant
repetition OF such charges OF duplicity makes
diplomatic relations with Berlin increasingly
difficult. If relations arc To continue. this
government must he able TO believe what the
German government says
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-25

common courtesy. 1t is the basis Of all
relations in life business and social. People
like IL in correspondence. even with strangers
Letter writing 1t used to be is lost art
Let the little courtesy that has been left re-
main. Fads may be necessary in fashions
and certain functions. They have no place
in business.