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Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
THE RIGHT COURSE.

It was not so long ago that, follow
 ing the commission of crime iu the state of Kentucky by a colored resi- dent of that state, that the governor was called upon to protect the life of that man from a mob which had determined to resort to lynching. The governor made a long and earnest ap- peal to the people. to those who wefe bent upon taking the law. into their own hands instead of permitting it to take it's regular course through the courts, and he impressed upon his hearers the wisdom of following his advice.
 The case has since gone to trial. The murderer has been found guilty and the sentence has been imposed in ac- cordance with law. There was evil dence sufficient to bring about convic- tion instead of resorting to snap judg- ment and the possibility of avoiding a mistake was overcome, and now the penalty will be carried out as 1t should be under the authority of law.
 To the people of Kentucky there ought not for a moment to be any question as to the better oS the two courses. To have proceeded with that intended plan of taking the accused from the authorities and stringing him up to tree or possibly destroying his life in other and more horrible ways would have been a blot upon the good name Of Kentucky. It would have been a weak example of respect for law and order to other states, but those excited people listened to the sound and sensible advice of their governor and the result is that Kentucky has strengthened it's position in the main tenance of the law. It has followed the course that should be taken in each and every case of the kind.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01

|tients get nothing but cooked foods. and they fairly revel in them. They have tonics, too and it is remarixHble to see the improvement In their con diet for "debilities" consists of oatmeal g1-uei, linssed grusl. boiled turnips and scalded oats. Later they get crushed oats and chopped hay. and almost be- fore they know 1t are in the con-- vaIescent ward.
 The operating rooms with their bis beds spread upon the concrete floors. tended for human beings. For all ex- cept the most minor operations an anaesthetic is administered.
 rrThe horses take the chlcroform re-- marxably we'll" said the officer conn., manding one of the hospitals to the correspondent of The Associated Press. 'I don't think we have lost but one patient in the last six months" he added.
 Patient" seems most appropriate designation for the horses. They are very pictures of patience until they reach the stage of convalescence. Each a hospital chart which tells his age. color, where he came from, what he shall have to eat and drink and take. when he shall have nice hot bath and various notations as to his condi- tion and behavior. There is a personni touch about the treatment of the horses which in itself bespcaks the esteem in which they are held. Walk a kind word or two for his patients. It seemed particularly human thing to do. And he patted most of them and called many by name.
 This old charger" he said of one, "is a great favorite in the hospital He has been one of the bravest of the brave, has lost an eye in battle. and so we call him Nelson. I am going to send to Paris and get him a good tu1o he front ESQ none of the other horses will have chance to 'swank' 1t over him. It won't really be glass eye. because l they are made of composition not so fragile. The horses do not mind the artificial eyes at all and they look awfully well in thern.'
 So thorough is the work of the vet erinary service that if patient de- Yelops a contagious disease all the horses in the unite from which he came are called i1 for disinfection ard examination. So successful is the work that S2 per cent. of all sick cases and casualties" are returned to active service.
 "If we were dealing with human beings" said the officer commanding, i've could run the percentage up to the nineties. But unfortunately in deal ing with the horses we have at times to weigh their cases in the scales of pounds. shillings and pence In other words we have to decide whether 1t
 
 old to be of much service when he is cured. or will the course of treatment be so long and expensive as to out weigh the value of future usefulness? Tn striving for war efficiency and the highest poten tiality of horse power all these things must. be considered. It Is the old, old story again of the survival of the Attest. There is no other way" Some idea of the number of Aneri- can horses doing their bir" in the war can be gained from the fact that 40 per cent. of all admitted to hospital come from the United States.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
Doctor Tells Ho1U To Strengthen
 Eyesight 50 per cent In One
 Weeks Time in Many Lnstances

and expense of ever getting glasses. Eye troubles of many descriptions may be wonderfully benefited by following the simple rules. Here is the prescription :: Go to any active drug store and ret . bottle of Bon-Opte tablets. Drop one Bon-Opto tablet in fourth of a glass of water and allow to dissolve. With times daily. You should notice your eyes clear up perceptibly right from the start and inflammation will quickly disappear.
 If your eyes are bothering you, even q little, take steps to save them now before it is too late. Many hopelessly blind for their eyes in time.
 Note: Another prominent Physician ts whom the above article was submitted. said. Bon -Opto is . very remarkable remedy. Its constituent ingredients gre well known to eminent eye spec iaiists and widely prescribed hy them. The man ufacturers guarantee 1t to strengthen eyesirht 50 per cent in one weeks time fn many instances or refund the money. II cap De ohtsined from any tions feel should be kept on hand for regular use in almost every family" It is cold in this city by Ice & Osgood.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The number of careless drivers of automobiles is still legion. One day a driver jumps his car over the curb and sweeps. man and woman over the side of Yellow Mill bridge-by some wonder failing to kill them The ner at forty miles an hour" (estimat- ed) and upsets with seven passengers,
 We don't believe the forty miles an hour." If an automobile ran at forty miles an hour through one of our crowded streets, people who saw it would drop in their tracks of astonish- ment. But the fact is none the less, that the driver was silly and reckless or he would not have taken the curb at such speed. As for the other driv- CT who leaped the curb and bowled people over the side of a bridge, what can be said in his behalf?
 . The fast is, as anyone who watches the machines in our streets can testi- fy, that all of them are driven habit miles an hour-sometimes much less than that, yet too fast for the coadi- ton of the streets, for the condition of the cars, and for the safety of traf= fic.
 We need a definite speed limit about twelve miles an hour within the city fire Hmits.-Bridgeport Telegram. to destroy all cats, but is to do away with a lot of half-starved, wandering 2 animals with which every city-or town of 5000 or more inhabitants is infest- ed. Those who value their cats should be willing to pay a license and this owners of dogs. Such a law would pave the way to getting rid of lot of animals which are no other than yer min.-New Haven Union.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

man who wishes to serve when need ed, but decides not to make the navy life profession, the fleet reserve now exists.
 It has been our aim in the past to demonstrate .he advantages, in health, education, etc, that a young man in the navy enjoys. This was recruiting on a peace basis; from now on we must enlist the man who is thinking. first, of the service he may render his country in time of peril. The adyan- tages of navy life of course still exist, but, regardless of favorable or unfa- vorable condition, the fleet must be filled up now.
 WHERE TO ENLIST IN THE NAVY: 962 Chapel street. New Haven.
 Postomce building, Hartford.
 62 Cannon street, Bridgeport
 34 North Main street, Waterbury, Postomce building, New Britain Postoffice building, Ansonia.
 Postomce building, Meriden
 Postohice building, Stamford
 In addition, any second, third or fourth class postmaster will arrange Tor exaInination. transportation to a recruiting station. and enlistment
 FRANK H. WEAVER lieutenant (j g), U. s. N., retired
 Recruiting Officer
 New Haven, Feb 2S, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
MUST STAND UP FOR RIGHTS.

Ie there has been any belief that Germany would recede from its posi- ton in regard to its unrestricted sub- marine warfare it must have been dis pelIed by the address of Chancellor Hoilweg to the reichstag, when he indicated that Germany is un- der no obligations to respect the lives ef neutraIs, that international law amounts to nothing when it stands in the way of Germany attaining its ob- 5eet and that it intends to pursue its course notwithstanding the effect which it may have upon non combat ants or humanity in general.
 There is also reasons for reaching the same conclusion from the manner n which the Laconia was attacked nnd sunk without warning. But per hapsfE the most surprising thing in con- meet On with all this Is the attitude of the German chancellor when he pre- tends he cannot understand why the United States should object to such a policy of wanton destruction, to such acts of desperation and to such prac- tices the like of which should never be supported by a nation that considers itself civilized and leader among na- lions.
 This country has sought a protec- ton of it's rights and the lives of non combatants. It had reason to expect that they would be respected and it is asking no more of Germany in this di- rection than of any other nation under similar circumstances. but when Ger many absolutely refuses to show such respect and commits such outrages as it has, there is nothing else for this country to do but to take steps to see that its rights on the seas are not tramp1ed upon.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
A STRONG NAVY NEEDED.

The need of a strong navy for this country has not been created solely by the existing state of international af- fairs It is need which 1t has been impossible to overlook and one that has been accentuated by today's situa- tion. And in this connection Con- gressman Richard P. Freeman from this district in his address to the lower house some days ago makes it evil dent that he Is a big navy man. He not only recognizes the need of hav- ing such a first line of defense but he appreciates the great handicap which exists through not being ablo by such means to give the proper protection to nations rights or to safeguard its interests and properties.
 And when Mir. Freeman looks back into history he finds excellent ground for his position, showing as he does that such great leaders as Philip the Second of Spain, Louis the Fourteenth of France, the great Napoleon and Ger many at the present time, although able to overrun large portions of Eu- rope were unable to set a single sol dier on the soil of England because of the navy which guarded it's shores.
 With our long seacoasts this country needs similar protection. It can not be safely lodged. It ought not to be side tracked, for as Mir Freeman says, ours should proceed to build at once and continue to maintain forever a navy sufficient to prevent any other nation in the world from transporting troops across either the Pacific or the Atlantic oceans.' It is such a position that ought to be shared by his fellow members in congress.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
STREET DANGERS

The need of impressing upon children the importance of understanding and avoiding the danger of the streets and highways may be required more in the larger than in the smaller communi- ties, but there are instances almost every day which make 1t plain that such advice cannot be looked upon as wasted whenever and wherever given. It is perhaps that the best effects may be obtained following some such sad and laInentable event as occurred on Washington street Tuesday evening where it was impossible for the driver of an automobile to avoid a six year old girl who had attempted to cross the street in front of the machine, but 1t is nevertheless important that de- termined efforts should be made to educate the children in the necessity of looking out for themselves while crossing the street.
 There are responsibilities which pe- destrians must assume. and this ap- pIies to grownups and children alikG as well as there are those which fall to the drivers of vehicles. It is where each one does his part that the least number of fatalities and accidents oc- cur. It is impossible to tell when one is going to be confronted with danger of this character and the best way to meet it is by educating the people to a recognition of the peril and drilling into them the necessity of doing their part to avoid it. Stop, look and listen is excellent advice when it comes to negotiating a railroad crossing and it can invariably be used with excellent results when it comes to getting across the streets and this is particularly true when streets. as they often are, are used ast playgrounds.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
ELEANoR's POPULARITY

DO you think.''>I asked Cousin Fan nie about a week ago, that it would be much work to make a silk com fort?''
 ssWhy in the world do you wish to make a silk comfort ?" inquired moth- CT, looking up from her mending bas- ket. T wish to make one for surprise for somebody. Now, don't ask me for whom it is. mother. for that's a se-
 There are always secrets in the air when a family birthday is drawing near" remarked Cousin Fannie know ingly. "Tll help you make g. comfort. Lucille. with pleasure"
 stNow, mother. positively no guess ing.n I said laughingly. How good you are, Cousin Fannie: I'll go out ding"
 T selected two charming shades of tobacco brown in soft satin, and when mother saw my purchase she asked me at once why had not bought law ender and purple, as she had somehow fancied I would.
 These coIors are much more dur able and unusual" I answered. and mother appeared quite pleased to have me so practical in my ideas.
 I was disappointed to find that she and, Cousin Fannie were going out that afternoon. but I determined to begin the comfort. As lilly is good seamstress, I had her run up the breadths of satin on the machine. When this was done I sent her to the attic to bring down the quitting frames. We set them up and got the comfort all ready to tie, and thought Cousin Fannie would be much pleased to see our good progress.
 But fear she and mother must have become unduly tired at the settlement meeting, for neither of them was very pleasant or enthusiastic over the com- fort Cousin Fannie gasped when she saw the quilting frames in her room, and mother asked me frequently why lilly hadn't finished the ironing.
 'sWhy, 1 needed her to help me- I explained.
 'To-Inorrow is Tilly's day out, and the laundry should have been all done because Friday is cleaning day"
 "Oh, mother, what is the use of be- ing so frightfully rigid about house. hold routine? Can't lilly stay home tomorrow and finish that tiresome old ironing"
 '.No dear, it seems to me that I can never even indulge a generous inn pulse without conflicting with some sordied detail of our decidedly bour- geois housekeeping! Sometimes, mother, I really feel like giving up
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
Eorhiddina by Law.

MT. Editor: From time to time those who have resented intrusion upon what they consider personal rights in the matter of drinking have predicted that this infringement is but a step ping stone to others. If liquor may be forbidden by law, in- the face of the fact that the majority want to use it, why not tobacco also? And if tobacco. why not coffee, or tea or meat, as the faddists may decree?
 As to tobacco, the W. c. T. U., even in the tobac eco state of Kentucky. has long been "resoluting." In some states laws of the kind already have been enacted. Kansas, one of the prohibit tion pioneers, now comes forward with another bit of "advanced' legislation as to tobacco.
 The Topeka Capital of Feb. II, 1917, gives the news thus:
 "The sale of cigarettes has been pro- hibited in Kansas for several years Now the cigarette is to be made a complete outlaw, and a person possess ing or smoking a cigarette is made guilty of a misdemeanor"
 The measure referred to was recom- mended for final passage by the Kan sas house in committee of the whole. From the cigarette to other tobacco products is but a short step. And after tobacco. what? Is this, the land of the free. soon to be a land plastered with signs reading 'Forbidden?''
 Very truly yours
 T. M. GILMORE, President National Model License Louisville. vhTssi ky, Feb. 21, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
The Fleet Must Be Filled Up Now.

Md. Editor: As you doubtless mo- ticed, ina recent Washington despatch, the United States navy enlisted 1,40O men during the first 20 days of Feb ruary.
 Of these, ss, or per cent, were en- listed in Connecticut. The population of Connecticut is less than per cent of the total for the country. Whea trouble comes, men of Connecticut do not merely wave flags and hold meet. ings-they servei No other conclusion can be drawn from the splendid show ing in recruiting in this state during the last few weeks. To fill up the feet however, this average must be maintained for about a year. A man. of-WarS-man cannot be improviSed over night; nor can a. dreadnought In case Of war out status afioat will de- pend on our naval strength on the day war is declared. The first line of to muster it's full strength at once
 The time is rapidly approaching-if 1t IS not, in fact at hand, when every American must be ready to fulfill the obligations that his citizenship en- tails. It is particularly necessary that raptitude for naval work should realize the paramount necessity of filling up the complement of the fleet now, either by enlistment in the reg ular navy or, in the case of honorably discharged ex-Service men, by enroll ment in the fleet naval reserve. It is realized that some men may be de- sirous of serving and yet unwilling to obligate themselves for four years. For this reason the "one year clause" pro- vldtng for an honorable discharge Gin time of peace), after one years ser vice afloat, is now incorporated in the shipping articles. For the ex-service
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01

1 trying to do anything or being any ..Now. Lucille. don't talk 60 fool l lshly, dear, and please don't cry. You know it always makes your head ache dreadfuly. Perhaps we can get some one to come and do the ironing. You can go over to Sarah Conroy to- morrow. to see whether she will come"
 Very we'll" agreed. After leaving Sarah's I went on downtown to look at collection of | drawings that David Robinson had mentioned to me. It was an agree able surprise to meet David. He in sisted that lunch at his club. It was late when I got home, ae David had proposed that we walk, l flushed and martyred. just finishing the ironing herself. "Why did you do that?" asked inn patiently.
 Because Sarah Conroy didn't come, waited till noon for her, or for you to report. Why didn't you telephone l me. Luci1e?"
 Why, Sarah wasn't home, but I left a note for her to come right over as soon as she returned. I thought she had probably. gone somewhere in the neighborhood.' Mother looked at me in that exas- perating way of hers and I went on: T don't understand why Cousin Fan nie let you do this. She is a splendid ironer."
 "-She is also splendid comfort maker" said mother. She has been working on that comfort all day. I think she is anxious to get those quilting frames out of her room.
 T thought that if she were going to help me it would be handy for her You know she seems, to mind having a sewing muss in her room, while 1t disturbe me frightfully. Pm so sen- sitive to disorder"
 We'll sighed mother, T know Fan nie is glad to do it for your grand mother"
 Tt isn't?"
 No. mother, dear; it's for Charley Merrill. He and Peter Burlingaace are setting up bachelor quarters and I promised to make house warming present, and I thought a handsome silk comfort just the thing.''
 Why, Fannie and I supposed of course, that it was for your grand mothers birthday. You certainly are"
 You had no reason to jump to that conclusion, mother. But if you think granny would like one I'll be delighted to help make it Of course I can't af- ford to pay for the materials"
 No, I suppose not,' remarked mother in a repressed manner that is excessively trying to my disposition. Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
STORIES OF THE WAR
The Majesty of Armenia.

The following is a statement on the conditions in Armenia by Israel Fang will:
 T saw all our women and my moth CT torn to pieces by the monsters who disputed for possession of them,' says the old Princess in Candido, "and was left for dead amid a heap of corpses. For three hundred leagues around similar scenes were going on without any omission in the five prayers a day prescribed by Maho- met
 'It is impossible in reading the evidence as to the treatment of the Arn1enians in the Ottoman Empire not to be reminded of this and other episodes by which Voltaire strove to disconcert the optimism of his Pan gloss Episodes which however seem ed to transcend the license of even satirical invention and to have no warrant in the actual facts of media evai history.
 Alas, we now know that voitaire'ss s ina gination fell below not exceeded the diabolism of human nature at these woments when maddened by war lust aggravated, let us charitably ad- init by war panic, 1t ,returns to that pre- historic animal nature through which the soul has slowly struggled.
 From more than one area of the war zone, from Belgium, from Gall Cia, from Turkish Armenia the same story reaches us; the same dread saga of the wanderings of whole popula- tions under the spur of massacre, rape, hunger. Little children fall like flies by the wayside and new children are born on the march. Mothers go mad. Girls throw themselves into the rtv- CTS. Men are killed and buried like dogs.
 '.But Belgium has almost all the world for her friends and the faith in restoration goes before her exiles like a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night. Even the Jews of the pale, torn and tossed between the alternate victors begin to find organ ized help and behold some faint g-eam of Zion upon the political ERfizon. On Ararat alone no ark can rest. For Armenia alone there is the cry with out answer, watchman what or the night.
 "Only for a minority can there be political redemption, let us at least bring physical salvation to their agon- izing remnant.
 Sister nations, I have been accus- toned to think the Armenians and the Jew. Both hail from, sisterlands of the cradle of civilization. Both come trailing clouds of glory from the pur pie days of Persia and Babylon. Both have borne the shock of the ancient and mediavel empires and of the mil itant migrations of their races and both hold to their original faith for if the one was the first preacher of Je- hovah, the other was the first nation to profess Jesus And sisters too in
Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-01
The Gift of One Lady.


 si.. Editor: As I passed the Red Cross headquarters in the Thayer building on Tuesday afternoon the 25 comfort bags given for the soldiers abroad by their beauty attracted my attention and reminded me of the joy with which such a useful gift is re- ceivcd by men who are engaged in the periious duty of serving their country under armsN
 wish the lady who presented these comfort bags to the Red Cross could really be conscious of the gratitude they incite in the breasts of the brave men to whom they will seem almost like a blessing from heaven.
 The little things these useful bags coTrta ined meet a need which the soI- dier has no way of meeting, and they do prove to be a real comfort to the soldier at the front.
 Knowing what they mean to the sol dier I feel like joining my thanks and blessing to those which will well up in the hearts of men later for the thought of them and the deed. A VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR.
 Norwich, Feb. 2S, 1917.