Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 30, 1909, Page 4

Barwich Ballefin ; and gaufia’. 113 YEARS -OLD. onth; ” year. Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as second-elass matter. Telephone Calls: ggfinln Business Offce. 4.0‘0.... ~ étin Rditotial Roo-u. etin Job Office, 35-6. Willimantie Office, I..— 2. -ruy Bullding. Telephone, 210. : H : : Norwich, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1909. 'The Circulation of The Bulletin has the largest cir- culation of any paper in Eastern Connecticut, and from three to four -Narvneh. It is delivered to over ‘80.0 of the 4,063 houses in Nor- 2 wich, and read b: ninety-thres per .um. of the people. In Windham H 31t is dolivered to over 900 houses, H Zin Putnam and Danfelson to ovel 51.100, angd in al’ of these places 2 is considered the locsl daily. Eastera Connecticut has forty. : nine tewns, one hundred and sixty. 2 five post office districts and forty- one rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is =old town and on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut CIRCULATION 1501, average 3 L ] s s g 2 ° ° 1907, average.....ss. 1908, lvlrlne..-u-.»n—7 543 - |} sesssesssesrsncesssssnstsassssersesassene: mmnnnum-nnnn-uuu-oun-nn».nun-n " [ NOT QUITE ONE FOR ALL. ‘The American Red Cross soclety bas printed 50,000,000 stamps, nearly four-fifths of which are now in the hands of the dealers and will soon be in demand at the shop counters. It is not quite a stamp for every person liviag under the flag, but the time is coming when the demand wiil equal that. ‘This is the most widely popular form of benevolent methods which al- truistic ingenuity has devised. Eighty per cent. of the proceeds of the Christ- mas stamp sales will be distributed among the several states and other agencies making a fight against tuber- culosis, the remaining 20 per cent. to be pald Into the Red Cross treasury as und to meet the the expenses of 1 work. In this way great good is done every year without the thought of tax or burden, and recognizing that a small part of the holiday moneys cannot be better invested, these stamps are be- coming more and more popular. PRISON PROFITS. There is a rational movement on foot which recognizes that a criminal's family should be entitled to a part of the profits of his labor when in pris- on instead of being left totally depend- ent in squalor and want, A Boston paper asks, “Is this justice in its best and truest form? and it does not take an intelligent citizen long to de- cide that it is not. It is the opinion of Penal Commis- sioner Vernon D. Skinner and Prison Commissioner Mary Boyle O'Reilly, of Massachusetts, that the profits of pris- oners’ labor should be turned over to a fund for the benefit of families left to struggle at home. They have seen the evils of the present method and they are well qudlified to point the way to reform. The state takes tribute of a man’s Nberty when he violates its laws. It should not continue to levy toll on those who have not offended, when the remedy is plain, say they, and this is right. It is time that the unfortu- nate families of criminals were better treated. THE NAVAL INQUIRY REPORT. The Swift commission appointed to Inquire into the organization and effi- clency of the naval service of the country will soon make its report, and it s to be hoped that the whitewash bucket and brush has been iost and that a report will be received which may serve as a foundation for radical reforms which will tell to the nation’s cpedit in the future. ‘The younger men of the navy have ‘been openly epposed to present naval metheds and have appeared before congressional committees in opposi- tion to them; and it Is now rumored that the charges of the “insurgents” have ‘been substantiated. The bureaus are to be handled without gloves. The navy yard administrations are to be shown up. The general lack of co-or- dination In the department, the “fat- headedness” of the barnacles and the fundamental weaknesses of the service are to be pointed out. “As far back as the administration of President Grant,” says a contempo- rary, “congress was urged to reorgan- ize the bureau system. This has been held responsible for the slowness with which the inventions of Ericsson were adopted, the low ebb to which the navy fell after the civil war, the ex- periments with costly freak construc- tions and the almost criminal waste ot money in the navy yards. Congress has taken no action to bring about re- forms. The bureaus represent a very valuable asset to influential members of congress. A bureau head can help & eongressman immensely, help him to find & place for a job-hunting constiu- ent, promote an officer, give shore leave to some and punish others with continuous sea service, engineer ¢on- tracts and recommend expenditures for the ‘pork barrel.’™ It will be an excellent thing for the country if things are so changed that political graft will be taken out of this, department and its efficiency greatly increased. There is never any limit to mean- ness, as is being shown by the evi tion of strikers from their houses by a Ludlow (Mass.) cerporation. Tyraunv never looks worse than when practiced beneath the Stars and Stripes. One of those lost miners at Cherry, 111, left this note: *“What is a fellow going to do who has done the best he can?’ How few of us think the other fellow s doing the best he can. ‘congress,” but if recent orders emanat- Ing from his department should be carried rigidly into effect he might be Jjustified in so considering himsélf. The department has forbidden clerks “di- rectly or indirectly, individually or through associations, to sollcit an in- crease of pay or to influence or at- tempt to influence in their own inter- est any other legislatien whatever, either before congress or its commit- tees, or in any way, save through the heads of departments in or under which they serve, on pain of dismis- sal from the government service.” The first amendment to the consti- tution says: “Congress shall make no law re- specting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there- of; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, or to petition the government for a re- dress of grievances.” In view of this provision, the post- office department appears to be in dan- ger of going a little too far. What congress has no right to do, the post- office department certainly will not as- sume power to enforce. A NEW DEVICE FOR FIRE-FIGHT- ING. Any new invention to stop the rav- ages of fire on land or sea iz always of public interest. An Australian has discovered a method of checking fires on shipboard which is likely to prove invaluable. George Harker, noting that there cannot be combustion without oxygen, and that the discharge from the funnels of steamships con- sists of deoxygenated matter, reasons that if the products of combustion pouring out of the funnels of a burn- ing steamship can be forced into the hold, they will drive out the atmos- pheric air and act like a blanket on the fire, To put this theory into eéffect he has invented am apparatus consisting of a small motor operating a fan to draw the furnaces’ fumes from the funnel, supplemented with devices for washing and cleaning the gases and forcing them into pipes through which they may be distributed to any part of the ship. It is said that the Harker apparatus is not only effective in the main purpose for which its inventor designed it, but it also kills all the rats in the hold by the simple process of suffocation. Such an invention as this may in the future take the place of the great tank and sprinkling system now em- ployed as a safeguard by factories and other great works. OPINION OF A SENSATIONALIST. ‘Within a week Professor Upton of Brown university has told an intelli- gent audience that it was not possible for any man to fake up polar ohser- vations' and records so as to fool a board of experts, and that if the Geo- graphical soeciety of Denmark should decide that Dr. Cook reached the North pole the verdict ought to be ac- cepted by the people; but Walter Well- man, of Arctic balloon fame, who knows a sensational subject as soon as he sees it, and who has success- fully worked as many of them as any American news writer, says that the whole busipess can be easily faked, and that D2 Cook is a faker. Walter Wellman's statement after his many failures and the endorsement of Dr. Cook by Danish explorers,” cannot be regarded with any seriousness. It is not so long ago that he was gibing Peary for his slow methods and tell- ing him he would reach the North pole by balloon first and made it prof- itable by the use of his nimble pen. ‘Wellman got away for the pole twice and lit on a nearby island. He has come no nearer the Pole than Peary has to reachfhg the peak of Mt. Mc- Kinley. Mr. Wellman does not ring true, EDITORIAL NOTES. The reader who wishes to know the color of the eyes of the Sj}hinx should go to Egypt and find oul A Chicago minister believes in com- pulsory marriages; but not in the abolishment of the marriage fee, Speaker Cannon is charged with calling art “the silly luxury of the rich.” He is dense along these lines. The average loss of life in this country in mining for the past twenty years has been fifteen hundred men a year. Commander Peary has decided that he will not lecture. He appears to be conscious of the fact that he has said enough. The old naval officers do not think that it is necessary to ride 90 miles to qualify for efficient work on ship- board. They're right. Colonel Bryan gives out that he sees a great democratic victory; but he has seen so many of them before that they are;no longer significant. The guarding of the forests of the Adirondacks from fire has proved to be most profitable, and the system s to be made more perfect. Right over in New York they think that the presidential turkey is Rhode Island's only claim to fame. They should read about the Dorr war. ‘The momentous question whether an American girl has a right to chew gum in school is soon to be decided by the 'suprfme court of Mississippi. The man who stays out until two o'clock in the morning to see an eclipse ‘of the moon would find some other excuse if he did not have that. ‘The latest from the Atlanta Consti- tution: Shop, shop, shop, from early morn till night; and shop, shop, shop, until the purse hangs limp and light. The turkey trust did not have its’ way. ' Turkeys the day after Thanks- giving were selling cheaper in Chi- cago than liver sells for now in New England. The Boston city government is about to make a new ordinance regulating the character and sale of fireworks in that city. Such local laws are every - where needed. Happy thought for tod: It has been figured out that nine-tenths of = woman's intuition is suspicion; but what the other tenth is arithmetiz doesn’t disclose. Those Mm hua their last payday just before Christmas will not be de- barred from trading in any Nerwich store. ' The late comer with spot eash is never unwelcome. Canada's wheat crop.is estimated at 168,386,000 bushels, or 43,636,000 bush- els more than last year life held promise of superlative happi- ness and wonderful fulfiliment, and the shock of it rendered Margaret Desmond incapable, momentarily, "Tud i -‘mgn'feared sh going weakly and she e was to faint. When returning strength enlhled her to move, the secret was hers—all had been said that mattered. Her' fiance and her sister were in love with one another! Margaret drew back unseen from the entrance of the arbor and refreated noiselessly across the lawn. She avoided the house, feel- ing a sudden antipathy toward human companionship, and leaving the grounds, crossed the golf links to the path that led to the cliff. Below the edge of the cliff, and accessible only by a difficult rocky path, was a grass-grown shelf over- looking the waters of the bay. She had been here often ‘with Fergus; here they had built their air tles and planned ‘that wonderful ure. She sank wearily down upon _the turf and tried to apply her mind to a rearrangement under the new con- ditions. But her head throbbed se it was almost impossible for her to think, and the weak, sinking feeling in her heart urged for complete rest. But"that would not do; she must not rest. She must gather her scattered wits and try to determine how to meet the future without flinching. First, she must give Fergus his freedom. He would never ask for it; of that she was certain. . He would crush this new love and keep his promise if she remained silent and al- lowed him to do so. But that would not bé right; Margaret’s natural ten- dency toward self-denial forbade it. She must give him up, and then— Somehow she could not get beyond that fact. Giving him up seemed to be the end of all things. Nothing but the blackness and bitterness of de- spair could follow that. Oh, it was cruel, cruel, she cried in a sudden burst of passionate resentment. All her life she had had to give up one cherished plan after another in favor of her sister Edith. Her minl traveled back to the days of early, childhood and she remembered the Incident of the doll. How she had yearned for that doll! How she had loved it! And when her father, who seemed al- ways to understand, had brought it home to her, she thought life could hold no geater joy. Then Edith want- ed it, and when denied had gone into a rage, and screamed and kicked until her mother had given her the doll. Margaret recalled, with a rush of self pity, how she grieved over the in- justice of the thing, and how her pa- tient fortitude had been looked upon as indifference. “Margaret is not the -least bit sen- sitive,” her mother would sigh; “just like her father—no more heart than a stone. Now poor, dear Edith is just heartbroken over the least little thing.” Dear old dad! Margaret longed with a feeling of tenderness to be able NEEDLEWORK SUGGESTIONS. Paris Transfer Pattern No. 8085. Design for French corset cover to be transferred to cambric, linen or cottoa lawn, nainsook, China silk, messaline or any soft sheer material. The em- broidery is done in French and eyelet with white mercerized cotton or silk floss, although some would prefer a touch of color. The slits, through which ribbon is run, are worked with the short over and over stitch and the dots in the center of each scallop are worked in eyelet stitch; the scallops being buttonholed. Any desired initial can be furnished. A frill of Valen- ciennes edging gives a finish to neck and armholes. Price of.pattern, 10 cents. Order through The Bulletin Com- pany, Pattern Dept., Norwich, Conn. b Paris Transfer Pattern No. 8073. Edging design, 2 1-2 inches wide, 3 yards long, for the lower edge of petti- coat, dress, drawers, children’'s wear or any ruffling. To be transferred to linen, cambric, Victogia or Persian lawn, nainsook ahd similar material. The scallop is heavily padded and worked in buttonhole stitch; the blos- soms and leaves done in outline stitch. If the design is to be used on silk, satin or flannel, it is well to Go all of the embroidery in solid stitch. Price of pattern, 10 cents. Order through The Bulletin Com- pany, Pattern Dept., Norwich, Conn. The tragedy came at a time when of er knees trembled | just being brave. A sudden rush of tearl blinded her. It was not right— y her any attention. She could not bear it! She had mot the strength! Bravery was for stronger souls than hers. She would go mad! The hissing rush of the waters be- low her checked the onrush of her thoughts. It was the tide coming in. Soon the rocks at the foot of the cliff would be covered and the waves lap- ping far up Its face. Lapping and crooning their song of rest and peace. Rest and peace! Why not? Just a moment’s poise on the brink—a down- ward plunge and the torture and the heartache would be done. Heaven would forgive her—it had sent her more than she could bear. Amd per- haps she would see her father and he would whisper to her of the beauties of spiritland. Apd when they found her lifeless, wave-tossed body they would think it ‘was an accident, none would censure, none would blame, The sun was sinking now behind the hills and the shadows had lost their outline. Margaret rose and moved toward the edge of the sheif. She leaned out and peered down the dark wvaters below, then 4 back, shuddering, her face covered with her hands. Was it right? she questioned; would she be forgiven? Oh, for a ray of light for guidance. Borne on the breéze that now stir- red gently came the soft, sweet toll- ing of a bell. It was the bell on the cenvent in the ndjol.nin: city. How often, seeing some the patient- faced sisters going ‘bout on their er- rands of charity, had she wondered if tragedy had ever touched their lives. Into her heart stole & ray of comfort, a sudden hope. Oh, if she .might—if only she were good emough—if she coudd purge herself of the wickedness of the last few minutes! _She sank to her knees and with bowed head whispered an earnest prayer. Presently she raised her clasped hands to heaven. She climbed the rocks to the brow of the cliff and gazed at the peaceful scene that lay before her. Lights were twinkling here and there in the cottages. The convent bell still sound- ed the note of welcome and she went toward it in the deepening twilight, her mind serene end tranquil in the contemplation of its beautiful project, her eyes aglow with ethereal Yl'hb- Boston Post. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. A Cannonade. Mr. Editor: Will you kindly allow the writer, who believes in honest poli- tics, to show where “Josephus” Cannon is hoisted by his own petard. And, flguratetvely speaking, is extinct, de- funct:” so politically dead that none can doubt it. If Tammany will gather up the junk nothing more need be sald about f{t. The Bulletin of the 24th inst., says, editorially: “It is no easy matter nowadays to say something new about Speaker Cannon, for the vocabulary appears to have been exhausted upon him. Too true. An analysis of Uncle Joe’s contracts and inconsistencies is be- yond human eadeavor. Few men of correct instincts can uphold him in most particulars. Mr. Cannon said last Thursday night in his address before the Knife and Fork, Spoon and Cork- screw club in XKansas City, in sub- stance, as follows: “Senators Commins and- LaFollette call themselves republicans, but if they alre, then I (Cannon) am something else.” That's just it! He is something else. But it doesn‘t behoove a good old man of 78—right here—to quote from the vocabulery ani tell just what he is. Cannon set the pace the first day of the session (1909) of mixed politics, when he acted in unison with Tam- many and Pat McCarren democrats and a few southern representatives. His front elevation is now manufactur- ing Cannon campaign buncombe for 1810. Listen to what he says at the windup of his address: “I am perfect- ly willing to trust the verdict of a prosperous and happy people in the election of November, 1910.” How good in him to trust the dear people —don’t it? Those who are trying to keep up with Uncle Joe’s ducking and side-stepping realize that they are ruining thaLo political digestive or- gans His litical activity, working 25 hours every week day and 30 hours on Sunday, must cause his mental, me- chanical and mdrphosistical apparat- us to need a forced readjustment. The people could make a good trade by sending such men as &mnon to the brush, and taking on more B's and H's, like Bulkeley, Brandegee, Hill and Higgins. . J. W. MILLER. Bristol, Conn., Nov. 27, 1909. They Do the Main Thing. Sir Thomas Lipton says it is a good thing to be born poor. Andrew Carne- gie has expressed a determination to dle poor. These fellows have got it right. The main thing is to live rich, —Toronto News. Still Unexplained. London critics find that New York is becoming intelectualized. Perhaps this accounts for the overthrow of Tammany, but it does not explain Tim Woodruff's vests.—Washington Post. Absolutely /725 Pure,--. Gyu@}‘i l Norwich, July 26, 1909. o of 'ncuflm &a.uuu;mm JAMES E. McDUFF Ventriloquial Mimic PLUMIAG AND GASFITTING. Ihe Vaughn Foundry Co. IRON CASTINGS san22d T, F. BURNS, Heating and Plumbing, .32 Franklin Street S. F. GIBSON Tin and Sheet Metal Worker. Agent for Richardzon and Boyntoo Furnaces. 66 West Main Street, Norwich, Conn decia WM. F. BAILEY (Successor to A. T. Gerdner) Hack, Livery and Boarding Stable 12-14 Bath Street. HORSE CLIPPING A SPECIALTY. Telephone 883. apr2sd Fancy Native Chickens Fancy Native Fowls Faney Native Ducks Just the thing for Sunday dinner. Apples, Basket Grapes, Malaga Grapes, Oranges, Grape Fruit, Eto. PEOPLE’S MARKET, ' 6 Franklin St. JUSTIN HOLDEN, Prop. Floral Designs and Cut Flowers For All Occasions. GEDULDIG’S, Telephone $68. 77 Codar Street. Jy26a novidd QUALITY in work should always be considered, especially when it costs no more than the inferior kind. Skilled men are employed by us. Our prices tell the whole story. STETSON & YOUNG. may27d AHERN BROS,, General Contractors 63 BROADWAY ‘Phone 713. Brown & Rogers Wish to announce to the publie that they are all ready for the Fall Paint- ing and Paperhanging, in all of its branches at living prices, with Com- petent Men to do the work at short notice. oct2d Evening School NOW OPEN TUITION and SUPPLIES FREE Also in Tafiville Scheolhouse oct26d Electricity for Power CHANGE IN PRICE junsa The price to be charged to persons and corporations for alternating cur- rent electricity for power changed by the underllfnld to effect on September 1st, 1909, that is to say, all bills rendered as of September 1st, 1809, for :lternating current alec- tricity for ;ower as shown by meter readings tal ‘n August 20-24, 1909 to hav, b ed since the last previous mdl be aceording to the fol- lewln‘ uchoaul 1 0 500 Kilowatt Hours, 5¢ per kilo- watt Hour. Over 500 Kilowatt Hours, 5c for first 500 and 2c for each additional kilowatt hour. EXAMPLE, Number of K. W. H. used......... 1000 500 K. W. H, at 5 cents. $25.00 500 K. W. H., at 2 cents. 10.00 $35.00 JUHN McWILLIAMS, GILBERT 8. RAYMOND, RDWIN A. TRACY, Board of Gas and Electrical Corrmis- sloners. iysea NEWMARKET MOTEL, 716 Boswell Ave. FPlret-class wines, liquors and clgass. Meals and Wolc:" u?m nervec to order. John Tuckie. Prop. Tel 42-& WHEN you want to put your llui :'u. bb“ re thn public. [:0:: is ‘no h um W‘ o aly - e Thursday, Dec. 2, at 8.15 p. m. W:fl Brewster's Millons with the original New York company and production. “The Storm at Sea,” a picture long to be remembered. Prices. ....25¢, 35¢, 50c, 75¢, $1.00, $1.50 Seats on ‘sale at the Box Office, Wau- regan House and Pitcher & Service's on Tuesday, Nov, 30th, at 9 o’dock. Cars to all points after perfosmance. Greatest War Picture Ever Made, FLORENCE WOLCOTT, Prima Donna Soprano, in Selected Songs. Matinee, Ladies and Children, 4. Bo novisa Music. CFED Open House Glee Chub Direster of {00 o Singing Gless Private Instruction at Studio, reom 42, Central Building. nov27d NELLIE S. HOWIE Teacher of Plano, ~ Room 48, / Central Bulldiagh CAROLINE H. THOMPSON Teacher of Musia 46 Washington Street. B of 29 Thames St Lessons given n my residence the home of the Same meth fiud at lchnwul Conumtorv n. oc F. C. GEER TUNER 122 St Tel. 511, Norwich, Gt A. W. JARVIS is the Leading Tuner in Eastern Connecticul. 'Phone 518-6. 15 Clairmount Aye sept22d JAMES F. DREW Piano Tuning and Ileum Best V'ork Only, 18 Perking h. s "Pnone 4u2- l. sept23a The Norwich Nickel B Brass Ga, Tableware, Chandeliers, Yacht Trimmings and such things Refinished. €9 to 87 Chestnut 8t. Norwicii, Cenn. oct4éd Removal Sale for next two weeks Mill Remnant Store, 201 West Main St, All kinds of yard goods, the finest rem- nants, pieces in dress goods, silks, §ot« ton gpods, et at very w pl‘k‘f SPECIAL: Two thousand k valued from 50c_to $1.00 per va rice 19¢, 28c, 3%¢. 48¢c a yard. n and see them a REMNANT STORE, 201 West JOSEPH BRADFORD, Book Binder. Blank Books Made and Ruled to Order, 4 108 BROADWAY. Telephone 262. The Fanning Studios, 31 Willow St. are showing some very pretty Chairs and other pieccs of Furniture. Call and see them. Also Wall Papers, Lace Curtains, Shades and Up- holstery Goods. ni. Come novtbd FUNERAL ORDERS Artistically Arranged by HUNT + * The Florist, Tel. 130. Lafayette Street. Junied ——OPEN— Del-Hoff Cafe Business Men's Lunch a specialty. Alsa Regular Dinner, fifty cents. y%a - HAYES BROS. Props. L T R e S e IR s e IR MR S AP0 PSSR . s I3 B 1 SISO ... 4SS F < TGTNEN . 5o . S NGB SR . SRR TN oS Vi, y oot i)