Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 3, 1909, Page 4

Comu.fun Illlfll um ob | Willimantie Office, Bullding. Telephone, 210. Norwich, Friday, Dec. 3, 1909. T e ps————— e 179} 1908, average. ofeae 7 543 n—AND eeseesasessssasesssensrasessesressssansel DR. COOK’S RETIRACY. ‘There are two statements now be- fore the country ocongcerning Dr. Cook which in any case but this would eith- er one by themselves be accepted as rellable. lowyer, Weilington Wack, says Dr. hes gone to Naples, in poor physical condition, for the purpose of quietness and rest, with a view of regaining his health. Dr, Cook’s brother, on the other hand, declares that he is In New York in good health and hard at work upon his forthcoming book. \ Dr. Cook, whether in the jcountry or out of it, Is saying nothing, and one would say In view of such statements was unfortunate in the character of his friends. It is not probable that two persons 80 closely afllied to the doctor have ever made these statements. It looks on the face of it like the weakest and most Inconsistent faking the reading public has had imposed upon them. Dn Cook’s papers have gone to Den- merk, and this outburst of scandal and pretended defence is resorted to for the purpose of destroying confidence in hdm and his story. With Walter Weliman saying that much a story can ecasily be faked and Professor' Upton of Brown university saying that it is beyond the power of any man to fake such a story, intelli- gent readers shouid not be puszzled to decide which epinion is the more relia- ble. The story of Dr. Cook will soon be fn the hands ef the Danish experts d there is not the slightest fear that can succeed in fooling them. As . Upton says: “Their verdict should be accepted by the world.” The verdict ‘will not be long delayed, for if it takes them no longer to decide upon Cook’s data than it did the American Geo- grephical society to decide upon Peary’s, the world will kriow early In the new year, if not before, whether Dr. Coek reached the North pole or not, > THE SHORTNESS OF WATER. Southern New England is today shorter of water than it has been within the memory of the oldest in- hapitant. There are farms in the suburbs of Norwich which have never gone dry in the memory of man that are flow without a drop of water, and the city hydrants are supplying water for horses and farm stock in various di- rections; and farmers are driving their cattle a long ways to water daily. This same condition of things ex- tends clear into western Massachu- setts, and, on December 1, several manufacturing plants at Springfield, Mass., including the United States arsenal, were obliged to suspend op- erations for the day, 5000 persons were thrown out of employment, and the water supply of 45,000 residents, or more than half of the city's popu- lation, was shut off as the result of the water famine. For several weeks the supply in .the Ludlow reservoir has been diminishing, and on Decem- ‘ber 1 there was not enough water in the reservoir to force its way through the mains. Some few manufacturing establishments were able to keep in operation by utllizing the supply of water in the sprinkler tanks on . the roofs of the buyildings. Such supplies, however, would last only a few hours. This compelled Springfield to con- nect their water mains with all the accesstble ponds and Yakes outside the city, which Is expected to give e sufficient supply to tide over upon. For winter to set in with such a lack of water would be the most unfortunate avent ever known to its history. ‘When Henry H. Richardson, father of triplets, following three twin- straights at. Providence, R. I, told & newspaper man that the “H.” in his name must stand for “Hooray!” he showed he was a joker and an op- timist, if an everyday workingman. The London doctor who says man has more organs than he needs, ought also to know that if it did not cost so much to get rid of the smallest of them, they would have to go. Now that an epidemic of matrimony is said to be sweeping ever the coun- try bachelors should have a care. It takes something more than vaceina- tiom to niake ome fmmune, Happy tho t for today: TIf people could lose er undesirable qualities a8 mf:mv .a'!ol‘;“thdr tem- _pers, what a fine werld would be Postolfice st Norwich, -class matter. no bullm- stamps -mz-fl may confuse them or be something else. This is the reason y requires that the stamp shall be put upon the dack and. not upon the face of the mafled let- ter or package. It can readily be conceived that some other \might resort to a similar scheme, or that the get- rich-quick schemers might avail themselves of a little joker of faise pretence to beat thousands out of the people, hence every government, even this, may have to put the ban upon this method of raising funds for the public benefit and protection. ‘We know and our government knows what the Red Cross stamp is, and the people are going to buy those 50,000,000 during the present month. This stamp is just as applicable to all packages expressed or sent by mu- senger. CURING A DANGEROUS HABIT. The resolute course being taken by New Jersey authorities to stop the carrying of concealed weapons must have tho desired effect. To make law effective the punishment must be un- Inviting. Last week, Judge Foster of the Monmouth county court sentenced one man to a year in the state prison for this offense, and on Tuesday last he sent another to the same place for three years for the same crime. In the second case the lawbreaker was particularly quarrelsome and danger- ous, and the court gave him the full extent of the law. This habit is prevalent in quité a number of countles and heavy sen- tenges everywhere mark the deter- mination to break it up. Viewing these cases, it is not likely that the culprits will on coming out of prison fee] like resuming the hip-pocket pis- tol habit. It costs too much if caught. REBATE OR GRAFT. ‘The Holyoke Telegram must be ac- corded commendation for the presist- ent way in which it looks after the municipal administration in the in terests of the people. After having exposed a rotten ice monopoly whic! involyes the whole city administration, it brings out the following compari- son which ‘either mirrors stupidity or rebates: “The treasurer's books and the vouchers and bills on file in his office, show that between the dates Septem- ber 16 and October 30, 1907, the fire commissioners spent $1.940 for fire hose without advertising for proposals or giving any other concern than the favored one a chance to submit prices “The fire commissioners of Holyoke paid $1,940 for 2,000 feet of firo hose from the Combination Tadder com- pany of Providence, R. L “The Springfield fire department purchased 3,050 feet of fire hose at a cost of $1,995.70, as compared with the $1,940 that the Holyoke department paid for $2,000 feet, or less than two- thirds of the length of hose that the Springfield department secured Ior ils money.” A glance at this comparison shows that the buyers were either gouged or given a rebate for the tradz. Th2 difference in the cost is so small that explanations are not likely to fir. EDITORIAL NOTES. The reader who is likely to forget to do Christmas shopping early might tie a cord around his left forefinger. It is now proposed by the Atlanta Constitution that the carly Christmas shoppérs be called the “Joy-shoppers!” A dozen or more of the new fall books are devoted to the game of foot- ball. There is nothing killing about them, 4 1f Commander Peary and his friends are to be believed, Dr. Cook has no rights that any white man is bound to respect. The Chicago professor who says that “he just loves to sew buttons on his pants” lets his love run in a use- ful channel. It beats all what an amount of gloom a few thousands of striking switchmen can cast over a great coun- try like this. It has not been settled yet whether the classic Thanksgiving proclamation of the governor of Vermont was origi- nal or stolen. A Vermont man got two vyears'in state prison for stealing 72 cents from a railway station. That was hard- earned money. If ‘the Garden of Eden should dbe discovered, it is doubtful if it would make a good dahlia patch or chrysan- themum plantation. Cuba will stand for = peace when Uncle Sam has a collar and chain at- tached to both factions and has them permanently tied up. The Atlanta man who kicks his wife out of bed every morning ought to re- sort to some other exercise for a little while, to give his partner a rest. {aa i) The Ohio girl who sold ten pounds of love letters to the rag man did not know how to keep a secret. She may have received a special price. The old Cannon Inquisition-commit- teemen must be feeling that their chances for dirty work were never showing a brighter, prospect than now. ‘The Western Union Telegraph com- pany stretched 130 miles of new wire in this state last year, showing that extension is still possible and profita- ble, The Second District Contest. The campaign for Uncle Nehemiah Sperry’s congressional gaiters, in the Second Connecticut district, is evi- dently on in earnest, and the fight is going to be between Major John Q. Tilson of New Haven and Colons “Andy” N. Shepard of Portland, for mer senator from the Thirty-fourth djstrict and a present member of Gov- ernor Weeks' staff, At a banquet given in Colonel Shep- ard's honor last week his congressional boom was formally launched, and the argument put forth that it is high time the congressional nomination came to the Middlesex county sectlon of the district, New Haven county having monopolized it for more than a gen- eration. It is generally understood, and on the authority of Congressman Sperry himself, that the present in- cumbent, who has represented the dis- trict for the last twenty years, will not again be & candidate, which leaves the field open and clear M ‘whosoever will ‘beyond the blue-ridged hills r e blue-: s, 8 glorious darkness, and night had drawn her lhrrvmhhuworlhm—mho( Up from the val far white moon with her long train of radiant courtiers, casting won- silver fillagree over the thick ullm of the grand old oaks and slen- der pines, lonely sentinels on the mountain ‘side, sailing up, up, unti] she .ntted over the w heights of In- 'l'h. swift, sharp clatter of a horse's hoofs rang out on the summer night, now slow and cautious as a dangerous bend in the mountain was reached, now fast uul ‘brave as the road ran evenly alon; But thn black horse and its rider were not the only ones abroad that night in the mountains. Up a narrow rocky path to an overhnnfmt clift, where one would scarcely imagine a bird could stand in safety, a girl, dark- the | £y yond haired and slender, climbed with ease and grace and shading her eyes with her hgnd gazed far down the steep incline, For a short distance nothing wad visible but the winding silver road and the moonlit woods, but further down the black horse and its rider pounded along in a cloud of du ‘The girl stood for instant, pen- slve, thonghtful, poised like a great white bird on the mountain’s peak; then, with that graceful carelessness inherited by every child of the moun- tain, she descended the rocky path, leuplnx lightly from crag to crag running swiftly until- she mch\d the tiny veranda of her home, breathless but happy, for it was to her the black hor: was bringing its rider, e a child of the mountain, he a descend- ant of an old and noble race. An- other moment and the horse of mid- night hue stood at the foot of the garden. From her retreat on the veranda Irene Valdemar watched its rider l" ht and come swiftly .l? the path, although she appeared to be un- -wlre of his presence, her eyes, deep and dark as a starless night, a~~ar- ently fixed on the silver crested peaks of the mountain, she was in reality admiring the dark, handsome south- erner, Richard Lee, who had so strangely come into her life. A hunting expedition in the moun- tains, losing his way In the thick wood and seeking shelter at the Val- demar cabin, was the beginning of their acquaintance, and Richard Lee suddenly discovered that the moun- tains in the springtime were far more beautiful than the gay, stifling city, and he had lingered in the valley of Anverness, riding every evening on his horse that rivalled the darkness of the night up the steep incline to the home of the fair Irene. Tonight she waited for him just as she had waited so often since the eventful evening that the dark, hand- some stranger had knocked lightly at the door seeking the hospitality that is so freely offered in the mountains. Many castles In the alr had the fancy of the little mountain girl reared since then, and always in her dreams she -was Irene the princess and Richard her adoring prince. But tonight there was something wrong, something she could not de- fine In his usual happy, careless spirit. A grim sense of foreboding seemed to have enveloped them both, and they sat for many minutes, neither speak- Jdng, both busy with their own thoughts. ‘The night had all the still calm beau- ty of a dream, the air was heavy with the breath of honeysuckle, the little man at large, having been elected to succeed the late Governor George L. Lilley, wants to represent his home district for various reasons—prineipal- ly because the “at large” congressman is essentially a sort of fifth wheel, with little or nq influence in the distribution of patronage. The major's boom for the Second district nomination” was properly inflated Monday night at a dinner given to tha reegubllmn state committee and a number of other in- fluential party workers in the Gradu- ates’ club, New Haven, and the fight may now be considered in progress, with Uncle Nehemiah as an interested innocent bystander.—Hartford Post. That Taft Portrait for Yale. Yale will not have a portrait of President Taft if it depends upon the Marquise Cecilie de Wentworth of New York and Paris. This artist was com- missioned to paint a likeness of the president for Yale. Lee MecClung of New Haven, the new treasurer of the United States, undertook to arrange the matter at the White house. He was unable to make any appointment for the Marquise de Wentworth, ac- cording to report. It was said that the president was too busy to give sit- tings to the marquise. According to gossip, the president’s refusal was due to a report that reached him some time ago of a mis- understanding between the marquise and Henry White, American ambassa- dor at Paris. In some way Mr. White is said to have incurred the displeas- ure of the artist, who is reported to have criticised the ambassador with a freedom which was very distasteful to him. White is said to have report- ed the Incident to Washington, and when the president heard about it he ig reported to have declined Mr. Mc- Clung's request made in -behalf of his alma mater, and, incidentally, of the Marquise de Wentworth.—Washington Despatch to the Hartford Courant. When Ketchum Found the Lord. The story of old man Ketchum— James N. Ketchum of Hartford, Sul- lican ‘county—which the Rev. Mr. Waugh of Monticello, uses effectively in his exhortations, is rather unusual, Mr. Ketchum never “found the Lord” until at the age of 85 years he was thrown from a load of feed down a fifty-foot embankment. His skull was cracked and his neck was permanently deformed so that he could not turn his head. Physicians could do nothing for his neck, but he immediately sought and found religion. Shortly after- wards he accidently fell ‘against one of his horses, and In grasping its tail caused the an'mal to kick viciously. The horse’'s hind heels caught him squrarely under the chin, and he was picked up for dead. Examination proved that while the old man was severely injured, the kink in his neck was entirely gone, and he is today en- joying health and ‘happiness. The moral s such as one chosses to make it—Buffalo Commercial. London’s Lead in Birth Rate. A fact which stands out e picu- ously in the registrar gener re- port is the excess of births over deaths in London, compared with the princi- pal capitals of Europe and other cen- ters of dense population. .The nat- ural increase of population last quar- ter in London a thousand *living is 13.1. ‘The nearest to this is New York, with 11.5. Berlin, Vienna and Brussels do not vary much, with 6.8, 6.1 and 6.2. Paris is only 3.1, while St. Peters- burgh has a death rate exceeding the birth rate by 0.1. \ Considering from the ‘point of view of the number of deaths of children under the age of one vear, London is Jn an almost equally favorable: posi- tion. On the basis of 1,000 births, Lopdon’s infant mortality §s 109 and New York's 169. Brusels, Berlin and Vienna are again all nenrl) equal— about 185. but Paris here stands at the head with the death rate of 104.— l.ondon SVecm T.kbnn the Census. . and | it d “I shall ‘miss the gan rather weakl: “Yes?” she was careless, in of feeling carefully lovely face, clear and pale as exquis- ite cameo. He stared sharply at her for a mo- ment, striving to pierce the disguise, l-tnl there were. She bore the 1. Never would the Jady wvender note curve perfect mun n o! a of tha lips in scorn at the mountain girl to “Then you do not For an instant the abruptness of the question caused her to nearly iose the self-control she had fattled for so bravely, but again the pride of the K;ldamm rose up fierce and war- {3 “For a summer friendship,” she re- :nrn!eqd.' coldlys Then. almost harsh- y, Not» Again his eyen. stern, thoughtful, gmy. sought her face, striving to bat- ter down the barriers of her pride, but the heavy lashes fell over” clear, unshadowed eyes, hiding the fires that blazed in their midnight The simple India m of her gown might have been shimmering satin, the beads twisted around the slender white column of her throat priceless diamonds, the mountain lau- rel twined in the heavy dark waves of her hair al coronet worth a king's ran- som, and Irene Valdemar might have been a relgning- empress, 80 regally haughty she appeared as she gave him her hand in silent farewell. It all seemed a part of an unhappy dream as she watched iim go swiftly down the path. Without a ard glance he leaped to his horse, and horse and rider went dashi down the mountain and out of her life for- ever, Late in the autumn, fires blazed all over the mountain of Inverness, burn- ing the leaves and brush that had ac- cumulated. A rough mountaineer, finding a tiny lavender note among a pile of leaves, picked It up and glanoed at it carelessly. “Richard, dear,” it read, “mother is very ill. Come im- mediately. Helen.” The note had no significance for the mountaineer and he tossed it back amid the flaming leaves. For an in- stant it quivered llke a thing alive, then burst into flame and lay in a heap of ashes, a tiny memorial to the saddest of all sad words, “It -might have been.'*—Boston Post. that there are 7,000,000 farms in the United States and he has ordered printed 9,000,000 blanks on which the 45,000 farm enumerators will take the data that is to be required of all the farmers. The printing business is pe- ing boomed by that census director. A mere matter of 9,000,000 blanks is too small to be considered more than a sample of what he wants done beiore the census takers get out among tho people next spring. But that 9,000,000 blanks will be on 4,500 reams of paper and weigh 234,000 pounds, without considering the ink. The cost of the blanks for farms in full is set at $13,- 660, which means nearly $1,500 a mil- lion. The press in the government printing office on which the farm blanks will be printed makes 9,000 revolutions an hour when very, busy, and as four blanks are printed at a time the product should, be 36,000 an 53 biG oR LITILE SPOTS. shape again in short charge but little t:r the service, Lang’s Dye Works, Tmn. 157 Frankiin St. Something torthe Home WE ARE OFFERING A FEW SUG- GESTIONS. If you have money to spend for Xmas buy something for the home. The there is nothing more suitable for holiday gifts. Visit our store and we will help you solve the always difficult problem “what shall I give” \ Shea & Burke $7-41 Main Street. nov26d A BARGAIN IN LADIES’ Watches $12.75 buys a O size 156 Jewel, nickle movement, in a 20 year gold filled hunting case. Quality guaranteed. ¥ JOHN & GEO. . BLISS GEORGE G. GRANT, Undertaker and Embalmer 32 Providence St., Taltville. Prompt attention to day or night calla Telephon. 9-21. asrMMWFawl MAKES STOMACH TROUBLE VANISH Indigestion, Gas, Heartburn and Dyspepsia Go and You Feel Fine in Five Minutes—Just a Little Diapepsin . . Regulates-Any Out-of-order ‘Stomach. " ‘Why not get some now—this mom- ent, and forever rid yourself of Stom- ach trouble and Indigestion ? A dieted stomach gets the blues and grumbles. Give it a good eat, then take Pape's Diapepsin to start the digestive juices working. There will be no dyspepsia or beiching of Gas or eructations of undigested food; no feeling like a lump of lead in the stomach or heart- burn, sick headache and Dizziness, and your food will not ferment and poison your breath with nauseous odors. Pape’s Diapepsin costs only 50 cents for a large case at any drug store here, and will relieve the most obstinate case of Indigestion and Upset Stom- ach in five minutes. There is nothing else better to take Gas from Stomach and cleanse the stomach and intestines, and, ‘besides, one single dose will digest and pre- pare for assimilation into the blood all your food the same as a sound, healthy stomach would do it. ‘When“Diapepsin werks, your stom- ach rests—gets {tself in order, cleans up—and then you feel llke eating when you come to the table, and what you eat will do you good. Absolute relief from all Stomach become thoroughiy and this time, Remember, if your stomach feels out-of-order and uncomfortable now you can get relief in five minutes. ONE: HUNDRED §14. SUITS AND OVERGOATS SELLATST .-z oy The Yaughn Foundry Co. IRON CASTINGS m{-uum“#mmm.dl.u..l Janz2d T, F, BURNS; Heating and Plumbing, : _“91 Franklin Strest. S. F. GIBSON Tin and Sheet Metal Worker. Agent for Richardson and Boyntos Furnaces. -Wod- Street, Norwich, Cona. BAD_GOLDS "lhnbo‘ mlfi-ii's gou h Syrup P setoger o} X s riod of are; all rec- M! for i gar.un*'& Milwankee, Wis. * TRIAL BOTTLE FREE » of Dr. Bull's Syrup to all who will write for It and mention t! Addres: A basket full of clothes just received from us is cer- tainly much more inviting than a tub full of di clothes to be washed. Do you know, about the WET WASH v WAY? :i?'ou do not you have not ved the question of suc- cessful housekeeping. Norwich Steam Laundry 193 Franklin Street. ‘Phone 808. nov1TMWF Fancy Native Chickens Faney Native Fowls Faney Native Ducks Just the thing for Sunday dinner. Apples, Basket Grapes, Malaga Grapes, Oranges, Grape Fruit, Ete, PEOPLE’S MARKET, 6 Franklin St. JUSTIN HOLDEN, Prop. novisd Floral Designs and Cut Flowers For All Occasions. GEDULDIG’S, Telephone 868. 77 Cedar Street. Jnu QUALITY in work should always be considered, mec‘llly when it costs no more than kind. Skilled men are mployvd by us. Our pficu tell the whole stor/. STETSON & YOUNG. It Will Be a Lucky Friday for the Man Who | =" Will be at Hirsch & Co.’s This Morning Between 8 A. M. and i2.30 P. M. NORWICH, Dec. 2~—The mest im- ht_reo! will do two days' business. | " Think of it—fine quality Men's anq Youths' Overcoats in all the new styles, including the latest shape coats In fancy and plain fabrics, at 37. Suits of strictly all o black, While this lot of 100 garments econ- portant thing in this world is TIME. | sists of one-of-a-kind odds and -nds, In four hours and & half this morning | models and broken lots—nevertheless | Botice. Hirsch & Co. Wauregan’ Block, Main yowll ‘find every size from 33 to “ ast. Positively not a garment in the lot worth less than $14. Specimen garments are ohovn in front window. AHERN BROS, General Contractors 63 BROADWAY "Phone 713. Brown & Rogers Wish to announce to the public that they are all ready for the Fall Paint- ing and Paperhanging. in all of its branches at living prices, with Com- petent Men_to do the work at short oct2d NEWMARKET MOTEL, 716 Boswell Ave. m-u— U end cl fll-.ll'-‘ m Meais and | order. jun3a | L “SEALED INSTRUCTIONS.” STORY OF THE WHITE HOUSE. MISS FLORENCE WOLCOTT, Prima Donna Soprane, in Selested 8ongs. Matince, Ladies and Children, I 8o novisa music. CHARLES D. GEER Open House Glee Club Peoples Singing Clase Private Instruction at Studio, room 42, Central Building. Dirsctor of { nov27d NELLEE S. HOWIE, Teacher of Plano, Room 48, Central Bulldiage CAROLINE H. THOMPSON Teacher of Music 46 Washington Street. L. H. BALCOM, Teachey of Plane, eacher of Flawe. o Lessons given st my resldence ew &t the home of the pupil, Same methed used at Schawenka Conservatory, Un. oct v F. C. MEI * 122 Prospect 8¢, Tel. B11. Norwieh, ©F A. W. JARVIS is the Leading Taner in Eastern Connecticut. 'Phone 518-5. 15 Clairmount Awe, sept22d JAMES F. DREW Fiano Tuning and Repairiag Best Vierk | Only, 18 Porkine Ave Wid-winter Millinery Mrs. W. . Rogers’ Parlors, 71 Union Street. Everything up to date. Prices reasongble, nov2ed The Norwich Nickel & Brass Ca, Tableware, Chandeliers, Yacht Trimmings and such Refinished. €9 .::‘:1 Chestnut 8t. Nerwick, Cenm Removal Sale for next two wmr Mill Remonut Store, 201 West .?l All kindyg of y'll" &00ds, the finest ram. Dl fn dress ‘ood- il MILL REMNANT STORK, novidd 201 West Maln = FUNERAL ORDER$ Artistically Arranged by HUNT ¢ * The Florlgt, Tel. 130. Lafayette Street. Jumien Have You Noticed the Increased Travel? It's a sure sign of mg The ‘omen 28 et the open air. We fu method, ‘and Iif yaull I‘l. one ef eur teams you'll say MAHONEY BR! I- FHI- Avenus. mar)7d ——OPEN— Del-Hoff Cafe Business Men's Lunch a speciaity. Dinner,