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Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08
SEVEN FAITHFUL DAYS.

Five years ago this week the world stood upon the brink of the yawning chasm of war In his fugitive refuge in Holland today, William Hohenzol- Tern may recall his boastful threats to teach the world what it meant to offend Germany. While throwing ev- cry obstacle in the way to prevent any failure in the plan of the German war lords. the kaiser and his arch conspirators were using every effort 10 put the onus of beginning the con- niet upon those who would be the enc mics of Germany.
 After Belgrade. the Serbian capi- taI had been bombarded and occupied on July 29 by the Austrians, the plot thickened fast and the stage of Eu- rope was soon filled with the tread of mastering armies Germany knew the match that would fire the powder magazine and she promptly applied it. This was the rumor of the mobilization of her own armies which travelled on the wings of the wind to St. Peters burg Russia answered the threat with instant orders for mobiliza ton and the German war lords sat back and smiled that Der Tag for which they had been preparing for forty years had arrived.
 The last despairing efforts of Eng land and France to preserve world peace had been for nought and Bel gium likewise declared for mobiliza- tion on the same day as Russia.
 With more heroics from the Ger man leaders as to what the good Ger man sword was to accomplish in the demonstrati ton that might would con- quer over right, Germany declared war on Russia on the first of August. calling upon Italy to support the covenant of the Triple Alliance, but that nation answered that she would remain neutral France also issued mobilization orders on the first of the month, and Germany followed this two days later by declaring war upon France and making. the astounding proposal to Belgium that German troops should be allowed to pass through King Albert's territory to att tack the French. Belgium's noble re- fusa1 to accede to this violation of her neutrality guaranteed by the Hague convention, led to the occupation of Luxemburg by 100000 German troops.
 England promptly declared war ups
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08


 It's positively marvellous how speed fly it acts. Blessed relief often comes in two or three days at most, even in cases with profuse bleeding that have resisted all known treatments and operation really wonderful results have been accomplished.
 The author of this amazing discovery desires all sufferers ito know that he does not want cent of anyone's money unless Miro Pile Remedy de- cisively conquerS even in the worst
 cases and he has instructed druggists all over the country to guarantee it in
 every case of blind, bleeding or pro truding piles.
 IMPORTANT - What is known as itching piles are not piles in the true
 sense of the word. although this con dition may accompany true case of piles. For this condition Miro Pile Ointment has been prepared, in such cases it is not necessary to take the
 internal prescription. If your druggist cannot supply you we will gladly send either of the above mail charges paid
 on receipt of price. Internal Treatment
 S1.50, war tax Sc; Ointment soc, war
 tax Pc extra. Guaranteed Remedies Co.,. Elyria. Ohio.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08
Cleaned from Foreign Ex-
 chsuces

It is rather curious that while it has always been possible to admit distin- guisheG \SreignerS to the Order of Merit. Marshal Joffre is only the sec
 ond F'renchman to receive this high British honor. Until the king gave the O. NJ. to Foch last year. Japan was the only foreign country which pos seSSed members of the Order. Prince Prince Oyama having been appointed some years ago. All the foreign O. Ms have thus been Military mem bers.
 Of the score or so of British O. Ms th>e are but three survivors of the dozen selected by King Edward to be original members when he founded the Order to mark his. Coronation in 1902. They are Lord Morley, Lord Rayleigh. and Sir E. H, Seymour. Nowhere will aerial communication be of more value than at the far flung outposts Of the empire
 For instance. the many islands of the three groups which form the Gill bert and Eflice Islands Colony in the Southern Pacific lie on an average 50 miles apart. There is break of 190 miles between the Gilbert and Ellice and Uni- pups. Communication is now slow s-4d uncertain, but a few seaplanes wNuld work revolution,
 and the n1aJOrity of the islands pos seSs lagoons where landing could safely be effected even in rough wea- ther.
 1 The old thirteen at- table, super stitition has just completed TO- nance in real life. On armistice night a merry party were sitting down to an impronptu dinner in West-end res taurant when a lady discovered that they numbered 13. and threatened to withdraw.
 Somebody suggested that one of the men should go into the street and bring in the first wounded or lonely officer he saw. He returned with a representative from overseas. A jolly dinner followed. friendships were formed, and at their victory dinner on Since there is no difficulty in obtain ing justices of the peace it would sure ly be no bad thing if the minimum age of 30 suggested by the lords for wo-
 men justices were made applicable to
 men also.
 There was recent case when a young peer, of much tenderer age, was appointed to the bench. and the justice of the great unpaid would pro- ba bly, be more consistent if a certain maturity were required for all of both sexes. A justice of the peace in the early twenties is not likely to know very much about law which may be described as useful if not essential to the office.
 Among the collection of naval med : aIs, the property of the Marquis of Milford Haven. which is to be sold next month. is a thin silver plate the Eastern Hemisphere on one side, the Western on the other-known as 'Drake'S silver map"
 When Drake was on a mission in the Netherlands in 15S6 he charged Michael Mercator to draw him a map of the world showing the track of his voyage, to be hung in the Queens Gal
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08
FURNITURE

immune. Then I've tried taking her into the shops and showing her good furniture, but she only looks at 1t cold1y and says that things nowadays are not made the way they were when she was girl Once tried chang ing our living room around and hld- ing a lot of jutting vases and steel engravings with moth patches on them and mother nearly had mysteries. so I had to put 'em back. Only last month I tried to get her to let me have lot of awful old silver cake dishes and tongs and things melted up, so we could have some good looking can dlesticks. Do you think she would let me? She would not.
 "Oh, well. it's her house; she can do as she chooses with it. I suppose But one thing I've decided. When I'm old and my children come around and tell me that my things are out or date and that tastes and styles have perfectly hideous and ought to change back to black walnut things with marble tops, I'm going to listen to them. shan't pretend that my generation is the only one with prop CT standards san't-
 Wont your" her friend inquired sweetly "Oh, yes. you will. You'll cherish your saRging old overstuHeo chairs and your silly little writing desk and your colored prints of Watts Hope and whistfer's Mother and nothing that your daughters can say will induce you to part with them You'll still be pretending that you think it's convenient to use a tea wagon and you'll want bright chintz cushions when every one else is using pSs--+od reI~-et You will
 T win not!"
 .,,. IrInk you won't" went on the friend. who was wise in her gener- ation, but you will just the same There isn't thing you can do te keep from getting old, you know Jane.'
 Mercy! I guess that's so." agreed Jane: ''But even when I am old I'm not going to be unreasonable. ."-Chica- go News
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08
PACKING PROFITS.

Out of the pages of the Congress sicnal Record of no very distant date come an array of figures that cannot fail to interest the puzzled citizen who strives desperately. though un- satisfactorily. to reconcile the sky high prices he is called upon to pay for meat with the claims of the five big packers that their business is not all a bed of roses and they must not be blamed for high price of meat pro- ducts.
 Representative Ricketts of Ohio was the man delving away at some expla = nation for the high cost of living. who in the course of his remarks succeed ed in introducing and having printed in the Record a statement made by a packing company about the profits made by the bis five.
 This is what was printed in the Recerd:
 One thousand dollars invested in worth s52. 900.
 One thousand dollars invested in Swift & Co six years ago is now worth S2o, 900.
 One thousand dollars invested in Morris & Go. three years ago is now worth Ses, ,ooo.
 One thousand dollars invested in Cudaky Co. six years ago is now worth s2s,ooo
 One thousand dollars invested in Wilson & CO. two years ago is now worth ST0Oe
 Along with these figures. Congress man Ricketts referred to some other figures taken from the federal trade commissions report on the big pack CTS as follows:
 The big five packers, jointly or separately, wield controlling interest in 5T4 companies minority interest in in g. a total of 7G2 companies, and nsctiities, largely food products.
 Spe aking ef earnings, the congress man declared: The earnings of these five big concerns in 1908 were $17, ,000.- = coo The earnings in 1917 were sSo,- Coo.9oo. The earnings in 1918 were something like 's1oO, 900 900, and I doubt not that the earnings in 1919 will be in the neighborhood of $15C,- eo0,0oo. By earnings. I mean not the gross earnings. but the net earnings.
 Probably the packers will say that there is something wrong about these figures presented by Congressman Ricketts. But the man in the street is bound to feel that he has plausible ground for believing that there is some connection between the T5c steak he and hundreds Of thousands of others are paying for and the gol- cen stream that runs into the coffers cf the packers
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08
AUTOS AND FREIGHT RATES.

Part of the woes of the trolley roads it is generally conceded. has been brought about by automobiles. Privately owned cars furnish trans portation to families who formerly used the trolleys. and lure away still more nickels from the trolley register through complimentary rides to fam fly friends. Further and serious in- roads into the trolley road receipts are made by the active and proposed op- position of the public jitney and auto bus service.
 The trolley operators tell us that there is a point beyond which fares cannot be advanced without defeat- ing the purpose for which the ad- vance is made-an increase in reve- nue. May not the same apply to the freight rates on the railroads which when boosted too high would drive thousands of manufacturers into shifting a big part of their short haul freight handling to auto trucks?
 Under the Plumb plan now urgently advocated by the railway employees, with it's wage rate raise and it's in- evitable result of freight and pas- senger rate advance. how long will it be before the burden of freight charges upon hundreds of big manufacturers may not drive them to auto trucks ? Thus again may the self-propelled vehicle, travelling the highways. as sist in bringing the railroads to the same pass in which the trolley com panies now find themselves.
 War-ti necessity gave an inn pressfve demonstration of the possi- bilities of auto truck freight in the Hong lines of laden trucks that swept to the Atlantic seaboard with every conceivable sort of material for the armies abroad. The lesson will not have been lost upon the American manufacturer if freight rates are pushed to an unhearable charge.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

tude to the president of the United States for the honor conferred and rendered a dinner to General Graves and the American staff. In proposing a toast to General Graves the Japan ese general stated that 4the harmony and cooperation which exists between American and Japanese forces in Si- beria is largely due to the wise manner in which General Graves has guided affairs"
 General Otani said that he had is- sued an order to the Japanese forces in Siberia informing them to the be- stowal of the medal and urging them to redouble their efforts ito promote and to make still stronger the spirit of concert and friendship existing be-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

No discovery of recent years in the field of medicine has caused such a stir recent discovery that piles can be sue cessfully treated and cured at home druggists as Miro Pile Remedy.
 It has been proved that so-caued ex- ternal remedies applied or inserted into the rectum cannot cure piles and at the best only give temporary relief. This is also true of surgical operations which simply remove them after for nation, but in wise acts on the source of the trouble.
 This prescription, although taken in formally, is not digested in the stom- aeh. but is rapidly passed un- changed to the intestines in a short time reaching the exact place where by it's soothing, healing action 1t first allays all infia ammat tion and then by direct contact with all ulcers and piles causes them to heal and disappear for ever.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

Samuel Turner. a British manufac- turer, on return to England from a stay in America said he was stag gered" by the result of his visit. .T found that in hardly any industry are we able to compete with the United States" he said. There is only one hope for us and that is to bend our backs to the task of raising our pro- duction per man to the level of the United States.s
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08
 STORIES OF THE WAR
D. s. Medal to Jap General

D. s. Medal to Jap General. Correspondence of The Associated
 Press)
 Major General William $. Graves, the American commander in Siberia, recently presented the Distinguished Service Medal to General K. O:ani, senior allied commander in Siberia. In doing so General Graves said he de- sired to testify to the courteous and careful consideration given by the Japanese commander to all questions placed before him.
 General Otani expressed his grati-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

on Germany in supporting its pledge to guarantee the neutrality of invaded Belgium, and the meeting of armed enemy forces began on Aug. 5th when the Franco Belgian troops under King Albert checked the Germans at Liege.
 President Wilson offered his good offices to the warning European DOW. CTS and the rnomentous week close4 with the declaration of war upon Russia by Austria.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

Although the League of Nations is to reduce wars to the vanishing point the two new liners to be built by the shipping board will be constructed so that they can be readily converted in- to commerce destroyers.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

Abstracted Bostonians are so much given to "jay walking that safety lanes are now provided for them to cross the streets.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

While the country should get all the benefit possible from the restriction of drink that is dangerous. it is yet to be demonstrated that Lady Nicotine is in the same class
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

Shellshock appears as a new enemy to Cupid A New York man declares that shellf1re in France blasted out all the love he had for the girl he left behind him" in Manhattan
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

While we fume at dog days, it may help to know that in the process of time they will some day synchronize with Christmas and New Years.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

The man on the corner says: The railway men gave it the right name when they called it the Plumb bill; looks like a lemon to us
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

It looks like fifty fifty, congressmer to give up their summer vacations the president to give up that speech making excursion.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

The Turkish government has con- denned Enver Pasha to death, but the news would be more reassuring if any body knew the present whereabouts of Enver Pasha.-C1eveland Plain Dealer.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

The secret is out. They say Burle- son sent his Chinese cook to the Washington post office to help sort the mail.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

. With Honduras closed as a refuge for criminals, business in Bulgaria ought to pick up little.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

Line busy" is bad enough, but telephone out of order leads to the heights of exasperation.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

Prince Aage of Denmark scores a ten-strike when he declares the United States is Gods own country.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

The end of a perfect day-50, 900 people marooned at Coney Island by the trolley strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

Refinery output of 41.oo0,60o pounds of sugar per day is yet not enough to satisfy the American sweet tooth.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

The one-time serviceable nickel now needs one or two copper crutehes to get by on.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

In a tidal wave of robber price in- vestigation, innocence will be a good life preserver.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The auto left alone at the curb gets stolen at last.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08
Pile Sufferers! Clever Ohio Chemist Says This Great Prescription Taken
 internally Has Never Failed

Even chronic cases of 20 to 30 years, standing. with Profuse bleeding, have been completely cured
 in from three to ten days.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08
Aduertisa fur Him.

tween the armies of Japan and the United States"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-08

The Real Question. The New York World tries to am swer long standing question by say
The spectator., 1919-03-11
SAGE AND SULPHUR
 DARKENS GRAY HAIR
It's Grandmother's Recipe to Restore Color, Gloss and At-
 tractiveness.

Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly compound ed. brings back the natural color and lustre to the hair when faded, streaked or gray. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home, which Is mussy and trouble some. Nowadays, by asking at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sul. phur Compound" you will get large bottle of this famous old recipe, im- proved by the addition of other in- gradients, at a small cost.
 Don't stay gray, Try 1t! No one can possibly tell that you darkened your hair, as 1t does 1t so naturally and evenly. You dampen a sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time: by morning the gray hair dis appears, and after another application or two your hair becomes beautifully dark. glossy and attractive.-Adv.
The spectator., 1919-03-11
Weekly Health Talks What Is the Cause of
 Backache?
BY DOCTOR CORNELL

Backaehe is perhaps the most com. mon aiIment from which women suf- fer. Rarely do you find anybody free from it. Sometimes the cause is ob. scure, but Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., a high medical authority, says the cause is very often form of catarrh that settles in the delicate membranes of the feminine organs. When these organs are inflamed, the first symp- tom is backache, accompanied by bear ing down sensations; weakness, un- healthy discharges, irregularity, pain. full periods, irritation, headache and a general rundown condition. Any woman In this condition is to be pit jed, but pity does not cure. The trouble calls for pr. Pierces Favorite Prescription, which Is a separate and distinct medicine for women.
 1t IS made of roots and herbs put up without alcohol or opiate of any kind, for Dr. Pierce uses nothing else in hls pre- scription Favorite Prescription IS nat ural remedy for women, for the vegetable growths of which it is made seem to have been intended by Nature for that very purpose. Thousands of girls and women, young and old, have taken it, and thousands have written grateful letters to Dr. Pierce saying it made them well. In taking Favorte Prescription, it is reassuring to know that it goes straight to the cause oi the trouble There is but one way to overcome sickness, and that is to overcome the cause. That is precisely what Favor ite Prescription is intended to do.
 Send lOc for trial pkg. of Tablets Address Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
 Constipated women, as well as men. arc advised by Dr. Pierce to take his Pleasant Pellets They are just splendid for COS tiveness.
The spectator., 1919-03-11
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

Oy local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear There Is only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness and that is by a constitutional remedy HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustaehian Tube. When this tube is intiamed you have a rumblng sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t Is entirely closed, Deafness is the result. Unless the inla mmation can be re- mai condition, hearing may be destroyed forever. Many cases of Deafness are caused by Catarrh. which Is an infiamed condition of the Mucous Surfaces.
 ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot be cured by HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE.
 All Druggists 75c: Circulars free.
 F. J. Cheney & Co.,, Toledo, Ohio.
The spectator., 1919-03-11
Important to all Women
 Readers of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women nave kidney or bladder trouble and never suspect it.
 Womens complaints often prove to be nothing else but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease.
 If the kidneys are not in a healthy con- dition, they may cause the other organs to become diseased.
 You may suffer pain in the back, head ache and loss of ambition.
 Poor health makes you nervous. irrita- ble and may be Respondent; it makes any one so.
 But hundreds of women claim that Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring health to the kidneys, proved to be just the remedy needed to overcome such conditions.
 Many send for sample bottle to see what Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder medicine, will do for them. By enclosing ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,, Binghamton, N. Y., you may receive sample size bottle by Parcel Post. You can purchase medium and large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
The spectator., 1919-03-11

Every mother realizes, after giving her children California Syrup of Figs" that this is their ideal laxative, because they love its pleasant taste and 1t thoroughly clsanses the tender little stomach, liver and bowels with out gripping.
 When cross, irritable, feverish, or breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, Mother! If coated, give a teaspoonful of this harmless fruit laxative" and in few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the bow els, and you have we'll, playful child again. When the little system is full of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, di- arrh9a, indigestion. colic-remember. a good 'inside cleansing" should al- ways be the flrst treatment given.
 Millions of mothers keep California Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a teaspoonful today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask your druggist for a bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has directions for babies, chill dren of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Beware of commercials sold here, so don't be fooled. Get the genuine, made by California Fig Syrup Company."-Adv.