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Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-05
BETTER THAN CALOMEL Thousands Have Discovered Dr. k Edwards Olive Tablets are a Harmless Substitute

! Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets-the sub- stitute for ca1omel-are mild but sure laxative, and their effect on the liver is almost instantaneous. They are the re- suit of Dr. Edwards determination not to treat liver and bowel complaints with calomel. His efforts to banish 1t brought out these little olive-colored tablets.
 These pleasant little tablets do the good that calome1 does, but have no bad after effects. They don't injure the teeth like strong liquids or calomel. They take hold of the trouble and quickly correct it. Why cure the liver at the expense of the teeth? Ca1omel sometimes plays havoc with the gums. So do strong liquids. It is best not to take calome1, but to let Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets take its place.
 | Most headaches, "du1lness" and thai lazy feeling come from constipation and a disordered liver. Take Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets when you feel ''loggy" and "heavy." Note how they "clear" clouded brain and how they "aperk up" the spir- its. 10c and 25ca box. All druggists.
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WORKING A CURE


 ''That stout man over there makes me think of my boy" the out-of- town customer told Wilkinson, as they went into the private office and shut the door. Tt makes me laugh every time think of it."
 Have chair and tell me about it. '' Wilkinson said affably. ''Try cigar out of that dark box. What's the joker"
 Well, you see that boy of mines only l2.' the customer went on. 'But he's awfully fat. They call him Dit of sarcasm. but he surely is fat! Or course, we don't say 6 word about it. but I suppose the fellows make him remember. There isn't any req son in the world why he should be fat, either because my wife and and all our folks are laths, so imagine he'll lose it after while. But just now he has times of perfect misery, particu- larly when the other boys are around"
 T know how it is" Wilbirson laughed sympathetically. T had fiery red hair that stood up in lump son top and the names that had to an swer to ranged all the way from Sun ny to 'Bricktop' and back again It's pretty bad at the time, but guess it's good training."
 Like cod liver oil, it makes man of you, ch?' the other man laughed. Well, anyhow. 1t sort of preyed on the kids mind, this being fat. and he read all the ads to sec whether he could find somebody who'd cure him. lie worried about it in secret, you under stand, and we didn't know. his moth CT and l, that he was quite 50 fussed as he really was. Finally, last time went to see a man at one of our branches, down near ST. Louis, that boy gave me a letter to mail for him." h, Ill., inson asked. '"The poor kid must have been worried to have written a letter. It takes something terrible to get most boys to that point
 These are days of typewriters," the customer chuckled. I've got an old one at home that the kids use and when it isn't too dirty or too full of oil it works fairly fell"
 Makes their literary labors seem like play, I suppose?''
 Well, that was a pretty good jet ter. if I do say it," the customer said. I'm miserable spcller myself"
 Evidently you opened it." Wilkin- son said. 'FWbat was the text of it2 Sudden reduction desired?"
 Something like that" the other man answered. He told his height. something non-injurious that would cause him to lose the proper amount of flesh as soon as might be safely possible. As l said, it was a good let ter and well expressed and I wasn't a bit ashamed of it, you bet"
 T should say not At 12 I was no 1etter-writer myseli."
 T thought about it whole lot" the customer went on seriously '"The more I thought or some fool doctor str1nging that poor kid along the more certain I was that I wasn't going to allow it. Everything the boy needs is exercise, anyhow. He sits at home too much, that's all, being too fat to be lively at sports and too lazy to trot around on his own hook. So I decided to take the matter in my own ahands."
 "Practicing without a license, eh ?"
 Maybe" the other man returned.
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quicker a concerted move can be made towards starting the fight over widespread area the better will be the results.
 President Pack of the American Forestry association doesn't make it any too strong when he declares that the white pine and other five leavsd pines of the United States and Can-s ada are threatened with extinction by the white pine blister rust, a fungus disease, imported from Europe, and unless it is checked 1t will wipe out our white pines valued at $260,000,000 as our chestnuts are being wiped out by the chestnut blight.
 The disease is preventable, but not curable. Much depends upon the ef- forts made towards stopping the prop agation.~ The spores propagate on the currant and gooseberry bushes. Just as long as no effort is made to eradi- cate such breeding places the white pines must suffer, and just as long as such stock as we'll as white pine seedlings can be transported freely about the country, whether they come from the infested district, or not, the greater will be the spread of the dis ease. Perfectly reasonable measures can be adopted for meeting the situa- ton. There is value enough involved in the white pines to warrant deter mined action and 1t remains to be seen whether the various states in the east and north can be brought to a proper realization of the situation. There should be no question as to what they ought to do. but the great problem appears to be to get them started before 1t is too late.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-05
LAX ENFORCEMENT OF REGULA-
 TONS,

What amounts to a much needed criticism of the lax enforcement of the law relative to the stopping of automobiles while electric cars are taking on or letting off passengers, is furnished by member of the United States Geological Survey, T. Nelson Dale, at Springfield, when in a letter to the Springfield Republican he tells of two members of his family nar- rowly escaping injury while alighting from cars. He expresses his amaze ment at the lack of regulation and declares that in Washington no auto Is allowed to come within ten feet of either end of a trolley when stopped for the convenience of passengers.
 What MT. Dale complains of in Springfield, he might find occasion to do elsewhere in many other cities. It Is a situation which the Philadelphia Ledger has found it necessary to pro- test against in that city where a mo- tor truck knocked down a pedestrian who had just alighted from a trolley car and proceeded on it's way as if nothing had happened, which it refers to as 'but one of many daily cases of the reckless driver and the 'shut-eye sentry, who is ca1lously indifferent to indignant complaint because he knows that nobody higher up particularly cares who is run down or who isn't"
 It is this failure to enforce the laws and regulations which makes them worthless, and which encourages auto drivers in their violation. There are many cities. and Norwich is amongst them, where more attention should be directed to the upholding of this pro- tection to people boarding or leaving trolley cars
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Anyhow, I had an old lettnr-head of customer of our who sold medicine and called himself a company. The name sounded like a big concern and was quite sure it would be certain to impress any boy of 12 with it's inn portance, so wrote out the answer myself and mailed it on the train so it wouldn't have the postmark of any town. used a strange typewriter and there wasn't thing about the letter to connect me with the affair at all"
 What the dickens did you tell him 20
 T told him the strict truth" the out-of- town customer answered with laugh. T said he was not in need of medicine at all but should exercise more. told him that if he would run up and down Stairs on errands for his parents and go to the store for his mother several times a day he would soon lose a considerable number of pounds"
 "It strikes me you were killing two birds with one stona," said Wilkinson, much amused. Tt certainly was a clever stroke"
 That's what thought, myself" the customer declared. 'Bnt my hoy had the last word. Of course he never do with the matter, so when asked him if he had heard frc4n the doctor knew he had no idea that was to blame for the prescription"
 Did he decide to follow the doctors
 Not he!" laughed the out-of-town customer. 'F4e said he had heard from the man, but that he had no intention or dolng as he suggested. He said tho man was no physician at all, he could easily see that-nothing but a quack!" -Exchange. #
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Weather Prophets.

MT. Editor: After each failure of his dire predictions to come true I have hoped Uncle Horace would not have the nerve to again expose himself to the ridicule of his intelligent fellow citizens, but my hopes have been in vain.
 In all his many efforts to forecast storms has he succeeded on more than one occasion?
 To anyone with a slight knowledge Of astronomy or meteorology his meaningless talk about the planets and central force of the earth" would be Imaginable were they not so pitia- ble.
 Conscious of his almost continuous failures, thus of his inability, what can be his nature in wishing to fright en timid women and men a dozen times a year, unless we charitably as- sume him in his dotage?
 Windha1n county also has her pro- phet. He predicts political, election and war results, as well as the weatfl- CT weeks in advance. I have kept careful tab on his pretenses, and fin spite of his frequent self -commenda- tion, have yet to find his first accur- ate prediction.
 Is any other state as highly blessed CD as eastern Connecticut in the way of prophets?
 Voluntown, Dec. 4, 1916.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Lincoln and Lee.

MT. Editor: When I first began to read the letter signed c. B. Montgom- cry or A Cloud Digger" as I have taken him to be, I thought I would treat 1t as it deserved, with silent contempt, for the reason that it was an ungentlemanly one to say the least
 but afterwards I decided to make a reply. If the southland is all that he terms it would 1t not be an act of charity for him to visit some of his good long-faced Christian brethren and collect funds to send a missionary down into the heather country so that the 'iasy white women" and the "re- bel traitors" might have an opportu- nifty to repent before their souls should be forever lost? Then again would not his dying pillow be made easier, would not his crown be filled with more precious gems. and would he not find waiting at the Golden Gate, ready to receive him in case he should be so fortunate as to reach there. Sher- man, Butler and last, but not least, John Brown? Has MT. Montgomery in his travels in the south been to Thunderbolt, near Savannah, Ga, and seen the fine school for colored peo- pie also other schools, and are the Negroes obliged to live there if they are i'll treated, and where there are
 longer no slave-owners to mistreat them? 'Tis true that in most places in the north they receive bigger
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-05
GREAT RETAINS NEW CRISIS.

That Great Britain is undergoing another of the important crises of the war Is made plain by the demand for another shakeup in the cabinet. This has been in the air for some time but it has been brought to focus by the resignation of David Lloyd George, minister of war; in whom the country has unbounded faith, but who has manifested his dissatisfaction with the manner in which his country is prosecuting the great war.
 Blunder has followed b1under There has been lack of decision and an apparent failure to take advantage of opportunities when opportunities were presented. This has. brought about dissatisfa ction and a demand for a change even to the dropping of Premier Asquith.
 While there is still as strong a diff ference as ever between the political parties in England. such can hardly be attributed to the present trouble It is apparent that Great Britain is looking for the greatest efficiency in the prosecution of the war and it does not believe that 1t is getting 1t. It needs, cabinet which can meet the emergencies as they arise. meet them with prompt decision and overcome some of the dilatory practices which hayee featured the past. Tho feeling thaTGreat Britain has not been doing It's part in the manner which 1t should is evidenced by the prime minister ad- vising King George to consent to a reconstruction of the government with a view to the most effective prose- cution of the war. Certainly if all that is needed is to get the right men in the cabinet to improve Great Brit aims position it is but natural that the people should demand 1t and have their demands respected.
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wages, but they have to work all the harder. Why does he show so much hatred for a people who never could have injured him? Has his life be- come so embettered and his nature so warped that he can see no good in them? Are not the southerners up on the whole acknowledged by all- even many-of the northerners to be loyal and hospitable people? Then why IS he so bitter towards them?
 IT l was a woman suffragist I might discuss politics, but as I know too lit tie about them and am only interested In the party that is trying to put the liquor dealer out of business, I have nothing to write upon the political subject.
 wis, nor any of the Confederate lead CTS were educated by the United States government. but had they been they were nevertheless gentlemen and It's only the narrow minded envious Unionist who would dare to cast a slur upon them. and if the low, ignor- ant white hands were called in to help the Negro slaves or servants out when tn busy seasons opened, and many things that were wrong and de- grading occurred could the slave or Negro owners prevent it? Not at all
 A study of Lincoln and Lee would lead to broader citizenship. Out of the agony of out civil conflict rose two men who in moral stature and In sight into affairs were almost super human-Lee and Lincoln. Between them was remarkable likeness. Both were natives of the south; but in the World-old struggle bequeathed from England, one became the champion of the Puritan, the other the embodi- ment of the cavalier. Lincoln was the child of shiftless parents; Lee was the best born man ill America. Lincoln was homely and often at first sight gave offense. Lee was handsome and never failed to command admiration Lincoln forged through harassing ad- versailles, that he might mount and uplift. Lee refused emoluments and honors that he might stoop to serve, Lincoln hailed the outcome of the contest with malice toward none. with charity for all. Lee gretted it with the manly statement, T believe it is the duty of every citizen in the pres ent condition of the country to do all in his power to aid in the restoration of peace and harmony" Lincoln in the hour when his spirit triumphed was defeated in body. Lee at the time when his body was defeated tri- umphed in spirit. If we subscribe to the plea of Lomar, My countrymen know one another and you will love one another. We should earnestly study the soul Of Lincoln and the soul of Lee.
 SOUTHERNER.
 Norwich, Dec. 3. 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-05
RUSSIA AND POLAND.

It is noticeable feature of the ad- dress made to the Russian duma by Premier Trepoff that he deals with the Polish question. This may, or may not, have been the result of the recent action of Germany and Austria in granting freedom to the Poles in certain sections which they had con- uuered from the Russians, but the declaration was nevertheless expected as the result thereof. It was neces- sary that Russia should at least re- lterate its promises in regard to what 1t intends to do for the Poles follow Ing the war.
 This the premier sets forth in posi- live terms when he says that one part of the task before them is to recover the kingdom of Poland temporarily detached by force of arms. But that ne declares is mot enough for i've must wrest from cur enemies terri tories. formerly Polish, beyond the old frontier. We will then reconstitute Poland, free within its ethnological boundaries, but inseparably united with Russia"
 Such is what the Poles have been looking for. It means that the Rus sian idea of restoring Poland Is to in- elude therein all that was formerly Poland, and not simply such sections IS 1t may be able to secure from the enemy. This of course includes iPrus- jan Poland about which much anxiety has existed ever since the Teutons made their move for a free Poland. Each side has thus set forth it's posi- lion and it rests for the Poles to de- tide where they are going to throw heir influence, or whether they are roing to remain passive and await de- Telopmcnts.
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self which is to be classified as i'm moral and therefore, harmful for tha

self which is to be classified as inn moral and therefore harmful for the community, then it makes no differ ence whether the opening of them is for neede charity or not. If they ale wicked institutions, they should be kept closed. If they are not wicked. then it will soon be in order to inqui whether it would not be a good thing for the morals of a cosmopolitan city like this to exercise a larger measure of tolerane in considering the question. The Puritan Sunday of the founders is a thing of the past. The need of study ing closely the social influences in city like this, in order to get the most there is out of life for the populace, is upon us. We shall make nothing by flying in one anothers faces, red with excitement. It is an important subject and it has got to be considered.-New Haven Journal-Courier.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS


 Jacob Schiff, the famous New York banker, having declared that the worst temptation that besets young men is young women, cynics. testers and oth- CTS are having no end of first class fun about that doctrine. The sober inside of Jacob Schiff's cynical remark is that as a comment on life 1t Is both bunk and punk, so far as it relates to the great majority of women in the world of today. We all know that kind of women MT. Schiff had in mind, but thank God their number is com paratively few. It is beyond all doubt or question that Gods best gift to man is woman-tfle dearest, best, most helpful, most inspiring and sweetest creature ever possessed by mankind. In this Thanksgiving time every right minded man in this land will thank God tbat he had a precious mother and there are millions who can with equal fervor thank God for precious wives sisters, daughters and grandmothers who sweetened all life while they lived. New Haven Times-Leader.
 The great increase in the number of automobiles has come within a very few years. Ire streets and highways were designed for a slow moving traf- ffc less dense than now obtains. It is true that many pedestrians are incon- ceivably careless, and that this is the cause of many street accidents. But nobody can aosolve automobile drivers on this account. Some of them take no proper account of the dangers to which they subject other traffic and they expect the man on foot to keep out of they way. It is as sure as can be that certain drivers, who can be identified at will, will sooner or later have an accident because they do not make safety the first consideration. These are the fellows who should be spotted by the police, the careful auto driveEa azd<the public. They should
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-05
WHITE PINES ENDANeEREpe

Steps have already been taken by organizations and by states, for the purpose of checking the spread of the white pine blister rust. There is arge section of this country which is threatened by this disease and the
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The stock insurance companies are to make an active effort to have the tax law of 1915 repealed. Their coun- sel have already commenced the cam paign. Possibly they can show they are entitled to relief, but in order to do so they will be obliged to produce the figures. Such talk as one repre- sentative induIges in, we were tax ed because we had the money" will win neither sympathy, relief or re- spect. Perhaps that astute legal mind can show how poverty may be taxed and yield required revenue. Strange, indeed, th9t money and property should be taxed!-Bristol Press.
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The price of turkeys is said to have taken a decided drop. but there is ChristnIas coming of course which will permit of another tryout of the boy cott unless conditions continue favor able
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The man on the corner says: Joy may come in the morning but not when there is any possibility of there being any jump in the price of food supplies.
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How are the central powers going to look upon the action of the Dutch and Spanish ministers, who advised Constantine to yield to the allies de- mauds2
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Thankful as we must be for the mild weather thus far, it is impossible to overlook the fact that as the day will soon begin to 1engthen the cold will also begin to strengthen.
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From the entry which December has made, it Is to be hoped that it con- tinues to produce the same kind of satisfactory weather till the finish.
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With the food speculators holding out for high prices and the consumer refusing to buy, it looks as if the for mer would do most of the worrying.
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Seldom is there a list of vessels sunk by German submarines but what contains one or more from Norway
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Germany is willing to make peace If 1t can have it's say about it. Upon that basis. other nations are certain to balk.
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Thomas Mott Osborne has been bar red from Sing Sing prison. There are many inside who would welcome just that kind of treatment
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be disciplined every time the law d. lows it. But the law will have to be made more stringent to reach every case and teach habits of care.-
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EDITORIAL NOTES,

An open switch Is a mighty poor Insurance of safety on railroad lines where express trains are running.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-05

Cigar smokers who have always been annoyed by the bands which won't slip off and can hardly be torn without the risk of tearing the wrap per, have often wondered why they were put on. They ad dto the cost of the cigar to the marufacturer and no longer signify superiority because the cheapest cigars have bands as well as the best. A manufacturer, in the New York Sun, writes that they are used to identify the brand because the interruptions sellers use the box for cheaper cigars sometimes. The hands of superior cigars are sometimes inai- tated and put on cigars of poorer quality. According to this whatever their purpose is they fail in accom- plishing it besides being 9 nuisance Waterbury American.
 It has been discovered that our great storage houses are crammed with food, held by speculators to force up prices. It has been discovered that Hundreds of acres Of vegetables in New Jersey have routed ir the fields because it didn't pay the farmers and gardeners to ship their produce to the adjacent market at the prices niddlemcn offered them. In Oregon, Michigan. West Virginia. Pennsylvania and other states apples have been left to spoil in the orchards for the same reason. Louisiana potato growers have been forced likewise to let their crops rot, while consumers in the north were starving for potatoes. There is an state and federal governments should deal with promptly and drastically.- Meriden Record.
 If the opening of the moving picture houses Sunday evening is an act in it.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-05

If the opening of the moving picture houses Sunday evening is an act in it.