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toms duties ailready collected by the United States at Vera Cruz? What arrangements are you willing to make with the United States re- garding the $1,000,000 of customs col- fected under General Funston's regime, on which France has a first lien? ‘What guarantes will you give for the general protection of foreigners in Vera Cruz, the clergy and other refugees there? In view of the position taken by this country these are proper questions and in view of the attitude taken by the administration towards the copstitu- tonalists sheuld have received atten- tion long ago. The silence of Car- ranza does nething to help the sitva- tion. Zorwich Gullefin Y mnd Goudied 126 YEARS OLD price 13c u weeksy 500 = venr. N E“fa‘fif:‘a‘:’h Po5 oMo ¥ 2. Willmaatls Oftes, Room 2, Murray SpiMing, Telephone B10. o Norwioh, Thursday, Oct. 15, 1914, A CONNECTICUT OPPORTUNITY. The states making up the New Eng- lahd@ sectfon are generaily looked upon as manufacturing states and they are toa very large extent, the value of their manufactured products running up into the biilions, but it is nevertheless a section of the country where there £tlll remains plenty of opportunity for greater development of agricultural pursuits, Many are the instances of what oan actually be done with New England soil, Tt may have been culti- vated longer but it is possessed of great Dossibilities yet under right treatment. Regarding Commectfcut Chairman Elljott of the New Haven road in a recent address declared that “She has $517,000,000 of capital engaged in man- ng and the manufacturing pro- duet is valued at $490,000,000, Agri- culturally she stands second to Maine and Massachusetts In. the value of her crops, and the value of her farms have increased over forty per cent. in the last census period. ¥er con- sumption of food products amounts to $80,000,000 a year, but she produces less than $20,000,000, so that this state presents a great opportunmity for the energetic farmer.” There can be no doubt but what Connecticut can do more with its till- able and unused land than it is doing at the present time. That such is rec- ognized is indicated by the increased farm value within the last ten years, but such should be continuwed. until Connecticut produces nearer . the amount of food products it requires. If the possibility exists tt should be recognized and improved, THE PENSION COST. 0T AVErEGS.cs. Lisaesros 4812 One side of the tremendous cost ‘N 8 | of war is disciosed by the announce- ——ee—— | meht by the commissioner of pensions g: 3 3 that the expenditures for this purpose REPUBLICAN TICKET. in the last year in that department United States Senator reach a total of over 172 million dol- B _ jiars. - Ordinarily the current expense don. Cidn Governar. involved, the lives lost and the desola- tion caused are thought of when the H. HOLCOMB, Southington. Lieutonant Governer. cost of war is considered, but here CLIFFORD B. WILSON, Bridgeport it is nearly fifty years since the Civil war closed and yet this country is paying an enormous sum each year as| a result thereof. By the commissioner's report - the opinion is expressed that the time has arrived when such annual expenditure will continue to show a decrease, His last figures record a drop of two mil- lion from the highest flgures and he Jas hopes that it indicates the arrival of the time when such amounts will decrease instead of increase. Such a point It was thought had been reach- ed when the fifty miliion - dollar mark was = passed thirty or miore years ago bdut since then it has more than tripled, jumping ahead .many millions at a time after the same. feeling of having reached the Imit had been expressed, ‘Whether or not it is & turning point, for such must be reached within a few years, the great expense which this country has been to in adminis- tering aid and rellef since the great intermal conflict, is one of the great lessons against war. It is a cost which may not be thought of in the heat of passion, but it exists long af- ter the making of peace as a drain upon the resources of a country. e EDITORIAL NOTES. i : 3 E. WHITON New Lon~ £1070RN . BARNES, Norwich. an-mm H. BEWITT, Stoaing- { M. TA' . O%OMPBON, Pom- fret. 3640, DENNISON TALCOTT, Vernon. Sheri = ki R-m;m-“";w Hollend 1s having as much trouble = BMLE RSON with its Belgium line as this country is along the Rio Grande. 'FOR®ET FIRE PREVENTION. - The ection which has been taken Ty iis governor of Massachusetts, in iSwpping ell hunting until there has When the Mexican street car men have to strike for excitement it looks as if war had been boycotted. Some bomb thrower in New York apparently thinks the European cath- edrals are recelving too much atten- filwh. is In accordance with the de- 25 on. mands of the situation. It is a fire ymv.avu measure which is made mecedsary by the drought and the ab- sance of caution which is too preva- 1:: smong the frequenters of wood- land. Madwachimsetty {s not the only state which is experiencing the harmful re- “Aults of forest fires for from one end fo the other of Connecticut the coun- [tryside is engaged in fighting the destructive and dangerous progress of ‘stch fires. While the hunters are not .the only people who travel through ithe woods causing fires, andsall hunt- ers are by no means guilty of such negligence, yet the most effective method of overcoming such loss, as s bound to follow, is by the exertion of every means of prevention. v‘tnl- ‘being stopped, an Important ob- ject of visiting the woods is removed and without such frequenters, until /the drought 1s broken, whatever care- lsssness they are responsible for is ‘dhecked, just ag long as the danger from the tinder-ltke leaves and under- brush exists. Porest fires not only demand the use of mmch time in fighting them, which cgn b6 well utilized in other ways just 10w, but they emdanger dwellings and ,other property, and destroy valuable ‘timber in various stages of growth. -1: the state can afford the owners of any additional protection by dflln‘ enuc-n. now is the time to do it. Massachusetts has set a good example. Those who consider that the world’'s series games are “fixed” or commer- clalized have a chance to change their minds, Those who were planning on wit- neesing the fifth game in the series had their anticipation without the worry. — The man on the corner says: There are a lot of political candidates who are going/to hecome strong advocates of smoother roads. —— Seeing the great game of baseball by the megaphone has developed the l 't that there is no chance to talk 'k to the umpire. There is every reason to belleve that the apron and necktie social must give way to the cotton dress function, as a war time measure. Everyone felt sorry for Brussels ‘when it was taxed $40,000,000, but we can now sympathize with Antwerp and the imposition of the $100,000,000 tax. England’s embargo on wool ought to open. up the market for the large amount of raw material which Uru- guay produces but doesn’t use in man- ufacturing operations. Austria has placed on trial 25 men charged with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and wife, bat only recently Austria was trying ‘to make us belleve Servia aia it. CARRANZA’S SILENCE. " There appears to be no disposition upen the part of the existing govern- ment in Mexico to encourage the with- ‘drawal of the American troops at Vera Cruz, however much that may be de- ‘sived, end even thougn plans were made wherepy they would now be on ‘their way home, the prospects are that iSheir stay in Mexico will be indefinite. { General Carranza in such a position ;%3 he holds at the head of the consti- Tt will take a day or so for the ef- fects of the finish in the world’s se- riee to work off, but when it does there promises to be enpugh war to talk aebout to prevent comversation from lagging. A Texas congressman Sees no reason ‘town’s wants. why all of Uncle Sam’s meney should not be poured into the south, but that is the disposition which is encourazed by giving the control into the hands of the south. — e Harvard is threatened with the loss of ten million dollars if it does not discharge Prof. Munsterberg, and it will probably lose, but at the same time there is a magnificent opportu- nity for a-sacrifice hit by the pro- fessor. _ .*ationalists has either failed to find time to answer the questions from this country or take stepe to wee that athers in greater authority do so and pon the reply this country is golng to e governed concerning General Fun- stow’'s departure. What this country ‘wants to know is: ATe you golng to reassess the citi- 7eme of Vera Cruz for municipal taxes alysady paid by them to the United Staten and will.you re-collect the cus- “I ses that the Skoper girl is going to get married, isn't she?” remarked Chaj 'k casually. phar] z “Mercy, goodness!” was the greeting given this plecs of news by Mea. Chap- “Whom to? And with her nose, o her samdy complexiont I, never saw = girl with less sdea of style] Who on earth told you?” “Nobody told me” sald Chapbark married this year, sure as shootins! k my words!” “Oh!” said Mrs. Chapbark, disgust- edly. “I thought you really knew something ebout it. I suppose it might happen that she chloroform along: Otherwise she’'d never do it of he were in his Mght mind! She's too “Too homely ™ “Exactly! Too homely.” “Elvira,” said Chapbark. “that shows how little you know about it! It doesn’t matter whether a girl is a icature when she makes up her mind to get married, and the Skoper girl has made up her mind!” “How do you know “Well,” sald Chapbark, ‘“observe the Bkoper porch. And 1 heard Cassie Skoper herseif telling vou a while ago that she Was not going away this sum- mer, as usual, because she thought that dear brother and father needed her at home to make things endurable for them in hot weather. That remark- able consideration was what first aroused my suspicions. “For years now. dear brother and father have broiled and stewed in town while Cassie Frisked around summer resorts with the rest of the family, ut- sie has suddenly developed acute hear- ing and has paused, shocked, in her tracks. ““This must not be’ says Cassie ‘Horrors! Consider the woe of papa and brother—how heartrending! How appealing to all that is noblest and tenderest {n the feminine heart! How LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Voters of Bropkiyn. Mr, Editor:—One of the largest and harmonioys Republican caucuses held in Brooklyn is only a few days old. but, age does not count in the political wigwam of the rats. Bither direct or some DO ve beneficiary have commenced to try end something, in the harmonious rank$ of the Republican party. The writer ac- cepted the unanimous Republican nom- ination for representative and wishes to.inform all that he is a republican and belleves 'in republican principles. If any one approaches you relative to this matter with ive on his tongue and mischief in hid heart say to him, “One moment please, why are you interested ?” Republican voters you can not af- ford to turn down your candidates as Mr. William Touchette was turned down. The republican party will I am sure, in the future repay in part at least the debtiyth zy owe to Mr. Touchette, for the ‘work he has done for the republican party. I wish to say that I was one of the 106 that voted a straight Tepublidan ticket. ‘The writer believes he Is competent, has the time without sacrificing time, that belongs to other town business fo represent thé town of Brooklyn. He also believes that he is alive to the His work in pushing the lighting of our streets to a success- ful completion, the watér meter ques- tion, which so far as he is concerned is still undér consideration, and shall try m the best of my ability to convince e Crystal Water Co, that it will work to the mutual benefit of all to install ‘water meters, in, the fire district of East Brooklyn. The writer believes that he had as much to do in bring- ing about the final adoption of parcels post by the national legislature as any layman in this or any state. I have many letters from all of our congress- 'APPROACHING EVENTS men and senators in answer to my re- peated written arguments in favor of this act. Fellow republicans, if you belisve T am honest in my promises. alive ® the wants and protection of the farmer, a hustler, and competent to 'represent you, suppor# me, yourselves, and work to corivince your democratic friends that T am the man all things considered best suited to represent the town of Brooklyn. In conclusion, T wish to say, that T trust that you will vote for the entire republican ticket. But whether ycu give meiyour support or not, support the balance of the ticket. You have never had the opportunity to vote for cleaner or more able candidates than the repubHcan party. has nominated this Fall. Remember Lincoln and the pros- perity of the country under republican administration and not only vote but work_for the success of the Republi- can Party. W. E. KEACIL. Dani€ison, Oct. 14, 1914. If You Want Good Thiigs THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES ON HAND AT ANY TIHE Minced Ham Boiled Ham Sausage Potato Salad Roast Chicken Shrimp Salad 15 POUNDS GRANULATED SUGAR FOR $1.00 THE QUALITY STORE Otto Ferry, Prop. Fish Cakes Cabbage Salad \ Fresh Pork and Saussge . Roast Meats with Dressing THESE CAN BE HAD AT REASONABLE NOTICE Crab Salad CLAM CHOWDER ON FRIDAYS BAKED BEANS ON SATURDAYS they fleed a gentle hand to make life's burden easfer! So down she plunks herself at home, utterly ruining all their poker party plans and spoiling their evening’s comfort. “No more can they come home, kick oft thelr shoes behind the vines on the front porch and put their feet on the rail, having peeled off their coats and removed their cellars. Instead of two chairs and plenty of space, what they find now is an art rug, thirteen palms and rubber plants in jardinieres that break if you kick 'em, a lot-of porch flower boxes full of vines that draw sniders. a swi d sixteen chairs up- holstered with fat pillows covered with cretonne that spots If you look &t i, te say nothing of laying them down In cigar ashes or even tumbling your dusty shees on them! “And Cassie, in the frilllest of frifls, arches evebrows if and brother dare to appear without shav- ing, powdering, climbing into their din- ner coats and hunting up thelr mono- cles! You see, she’s got to have a complete background if she has any, and they are part of the scenery, the sight of which is designed to smite the heart of some young man with a longing for just such a regular mag- agzine advertisement home! “A case of imported ginger ale went in there “n"d‘iv'l and sonre charged water today, and I'll bet there are two gozen lemons in the icebox this minute! “I don’t see that all this is anything at all but a laudable desire to make home happy!” protested Mrs. Chap- “You haven't any right to—" 'VVIR"' hissed Chapbark. *“I saw her smile beguilingly over the porch railing at young Grill as he came home from work tonight. He was hot and dusty and she was as enticingly 'cool as a pond lily. I heard her cooing ‘way across here. She sald {t must be terribly hot in the city amd she, was 80-0-0 sorry for him. And 't it lonesome with his folks away, and for him to come over this evening. Young Grill earns $5,000 a year and belongs to a country club and has a runabout, and I think she’s got him picked. Yes, T can see Cassie designing a new mono- gram efding in G right nowl Grill's the man!" “Utter nonsense!” said Mrs. Chap- bark, “He'S friends with her brother and has always gone there—" “To see brother heretof inted out Chapbark. Cassie's ecl led to change all that! He's a good “bet and Miss Cassie is taking it “You're so suspicious!” declared Mrs, Chapbark. “She's just being ordinarily polite! Young Grill wouldn't look at her—he always has gone with fluffy, pretty girls—" “He’s a human and he can't hold out against porch hammocks, palms, ginger ale fced and sympathetic Cassie on a warm, desolate evening! You watch out!, There he goes in now—and Cassle shooed brother off in his auto right after dinner and father is at the club! He's_settling down to stay, too, Grill is! Hear that joyous laugh!” “Mmmmmm!” murmured Mrs. Chap- bark, sitting up. in intense interest. “N . wouldn’t that be the funniest if he ald—I never d -— shel had her hair dressed, too! Oh, Henry! I believe you're right!” “Surest thing you know!” said Chap- bark, gratified. “You'd better pick out a wedding present during these tre- mendous _bargain sales right now!”— Chicggo News. ommvmWrostl These are the days of water conser- vation, even if there have been no alarms from the municipal offices con- cerning the supply Those who have noticed the condition of ponds and lakes throughout the surrounding country can understand what a test g ey Apply Sloan’s Freely for Lumbage. Your attacks of lumbago are not nearly so hopeléss as they seem. You can relieve them almost instantly by a simple application of Sloan’s Iiniment on the dack and loins. Lumbago is a form of rheumatism and yields per- fectly to Sloan's, which penetrates quickly all in through the sore, ten- der muscles, limbers up the back and makes it fi Get a bottle of Sloan’s Liniment for 25 cents of any druggist and have it in the house— against colds, sore and swollen. joints, rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica and like allmente.” Your money back if not satisfi but it does give almost in- stant ef. Your Fall Cold Needs Attention. No use to fuss and try to wear it out. 1t will wear you out instead. Take Dr. King's New Discovery, relief follows quickly. It checks your cold and soothes your cough away. easant, antiseptic and healing. Children like b Get a 50c bottle of Dr. King’s N iscovery and keep it in the houae “Our family cough and cold doctor,” writes Lewis Chamberiain, Manches- ch, Ohfo. Money back if not satisfied, but it nearly always helps. Call At The Quality Store Frankfurters Sliced Bacon ’ Celery Salad Chicken Salad Tuna Salad 340-342 Franklin Street Catarrh, of Bron: chial, Tubes Exposed to Cold Drench-. ing Rains Mr. George A. Douglas, No. 49 East 131st St, New York, N. Y., writes: "Anmyw‘rkumpdlmt&neml; of my time out doors, m oflmpm been drenched by sudden rains, chilled by extreme cold, and I moon found that | had a bad case of catarrh of the bronchial tubes. “I tried plasters and medicine, but nothing I did seemed to help me until I took Perund. “This splendid medicine took right hold of me, drove every bit of the disease out, and built 'me up until § felt stronger than I had for years. “Whenever I have been exposed now a couple of doses always restores me. Peruna is an ua’l protector in all sorts of weather.” This is a typical case of bronchial catarrh. It is very prevalent, winter and summer. Peruna is a recognized standard remedy. Those who object to liquid cines can now procure Peruna i- ‘b= the present situation is on the city's water supply, but all should realize that when therc is a drouth there is reason enovgh for using the water at hand so as to waste the least possible quantity.—Waterbury Republican. Some of the Yyounger generation want to kuow when campaign speeches will begin this year. It has been de- cided by both sides that it is not re- ally recessary to dc much talking =s the public seems to be pretty well post- cd on what has taken place and what may be expected.—Middletown Press. il ‘VWhen Miss Mary Hall, one of Con- necticut’s three or four women lawyers, voiced her gentimlonts regarding ile administration ¢f justice in the police court yesterday she expressed views with which many of us concur at times if not at all times. Miss Hall believes the probation system is over- done, that many offenders against - clety are overceddled, which results in encouraging them in crime instead of discourazing them, and she is also of the opinion that bit of the correciive treatment parents used to give their sons—and daughters if necessary—in the older days would relieve the courts of many of their juvenile problems— Hartford Post. DRUNKENNESS is a curable disease, which requires treatment. The ORRINE treatment can be used with absolute confidence. It destroys all desire for whiskey, beer or other intoxicants. Can be given in the home. No sanitarium expense. No loss of time from work. Can be given secretly. If after a trial you fail to get any benefit from its use your money will be refunded. ORRINE is prepared in two forms: No. 1, secret treatment, a powder; ORRINE No. 2, in pill form, for those who desire to take voluntarily treat- ment. Costs only $1.00 a box. Come in talk over the matter with us. Ask for booklet. 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These cob-webby laces are very dainty and attrac- tive, there being a large assortment of new designs. Fashion is running to a profusion of Laces and Nets this season—particularly for tunic skirts for afternoon and evening wear, for the shoulder, the sleeves and the waists. These lacy effects are all liberally used by leading ' designers and dressmakers, and our Lace and Trim- ming Department will demonstrate how well able we are to meet all calls for laces for the new style gar- ments. the Interesting Follow Among the Trimmings GREAT VARIETY OF BANDS FRINGES, ETC. of Jetted tod” Beaded Bands in whits lw—l-d Fringes in gold, silver -nd jet—Rose-bud Trimmings in many colol rystal, Rhinestone and Peari_Trimmings in all widthe—Pearl Sning gomeOrrich Festher e stricl - l:“f'lt"fi ail of the newest and * est of the clurmlnl’.th ngs which been brought out this season for decorating the dresses of vanity fair. 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