Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 4, 1910, Page 12

mnnur s page. IIISINI".SS NEWS """"“""‘"‘" ## WHAT IS GOING ON TCRIGHT Moving Pictures and Illustrated Songs at Breed Theater. Vaudeville and Motion Pictures at Auditorium. Vaudeville and Broadway Theater. Drill of Fifth Company, C. A. C., at Armory. Shetucket Lodge, No, 27, L O. O. F., meets in Odd Fellows’ Hall. No. 6, K. of P, Motion Pictures at Wauregan Lodge, wneets in Pythian Hall Norwich Central Labor Union meets in Lucas Block. St. James' Lodge, No: 23, F. and A. 3., meets in Masonic Temple. Thames Lodge, No. N. meets in Foresters’ Hall St. Mary’s T. A. and B. Society meets in St. Mary's Building. E. O P, ANNCUNCEMENTS Frank A. Bill offers rubbers, rubber bowts and arctics, high and low cut, the best makes, and at lowest prices. BREED THEATER. “The Geisha Who Saved Japan,” Thrilling Feature Picture. The Breed theater held a large and representative audience last evening to witness the great Japanese picture en- titted The Geisha Who Saved Japan. This picture was a most delightful novelty in the motion picture line, and d‘me entrancing settings for the various scenes, taken in one of the finest Japanese gardens, coupled with the accurate portrayal of the difficult parts assigned to the clever actors, make this most novel plicture a great success. There is a sensational plot to this silent play, and the charac- | ter of Mimosa San is a dainty bit of character conception, the little fur-] tation scene in particular being es- pecially fetching. The pretty scene in the geisha’'s house, where the paper walls are slashed by the spy, reveal- ing the much-wanted Matsuda, is an- other portion where the atmn)spherel $s so correctly supplied. that one has | much difficulty in believing he is in | America instead of the land of pop- | ies. ¥ The educational part of the pro- gramme is well supplied with a su- perb Russian picture that is very com- plete and thriiling. Miss Florence Wolcott returned to | the Breed and last evening sang as her concert song the very pretty high class song of Bischoff's entitled Jamie, Dear, later singing the illustrated song dealing with child life, entitled Could You Love a Little Girl Like Me? THE CHRISTMAS GIFTS Of a Great Life Insurance Company. The policyholders of the Metropolitan | Life Insurance company will read the ‘hristmas Announcement” just issued | that famous organization with a Hvely feeling of self-congratulation; and even those who have no personal oconnection with the company will e amine the apnouncement with deep in- terest and appreciation of the spirit in which it is made. The Metropolitan Life Insurance company, during all the period covered by its remarkably successful conduct of life insurance as a purely business proposition, has created and consist- ently maintained a bond of human | sympathy between itself and the great multitude of people who are both con- tributors to the company’s prosperity and dependent upon it for their own re Hef in time of need. This company has voluntarily paid to its policyhold- ers, within a period of seventeey vears, twenty—five millions of dollars MORE THAN THEIR POLICIES ENTITLED | THEM TO—twenty-five millions in ex- cess of the company’s promises or the policyholders’ expectations. The voluntary distribution of cash benefits that make up (with the ex- ception of four millions added to re- serve liability) this stupendous tota hes taken place at pretty frequent in- tervals. Whenever a period of de- creased mortality, or of lessened ex pense in proportion to volume of bus ness, or of excess interest earning: has created a fund from which su stantial bonuses could be paid, it has | been applied for that purpose. A fresh | announcement of bonuses payable by the Metropolitan Life is now taken more or less as a matter of course. This year’s Christmas announcement @eals with industrial policies. All poli- | eyholders who pass the aze of 75 in | the year 1910 receive a bonus sufficient | to pay their further premiums for a | full year; policies of 30 years’ dura- tion are awarded sums covering six months’ premiums, and so on down to | the policies issued between 1896 and ! 1905, which are awarded bonuses cov. ering five weeks’ premiums. During 1910 each death claim pay ment on an industrial policy will cover not only the face of the claim (that is, all that the beneficlary is entitled to by the terms of the policy), but | there will be paid an ADDITIONAL sum varying from 5 per cent. to 30} per cent. of the claim, acording to the | lfength of time the policy has been in | orce. i | | | | changed. STRUCK BY ICE CAKE. Violent Recetion in Meriden for New Haven Physician. - A Meriden exchange says: Knocked into the middle of State street by a giant cake of ice which fell a distance of about 60 feet from the roof of the I S. C. office, was the u.n- pleasant experience which befell Dr. I Blumenstein, a prominent New Haven physician, Sunday afternoon. He was picked up in a dazed state of mind and taken to the office of Dr. Cooke, where it was found that he had sustained a fracture of the left collarbone, He is aged about 60 and lives at 60 Congress avenue. That Dr. Blumenstein was not killed on the spot is marvelous, and had the ice struck a few inches to the right there is no doubt that death would have occurred. The cake of ice weigh- ed in the vicinity of 100 pounds and gathered terrific velocity as it de- scended. Dr. Blumenstein, with two compan- ions, had come to Meriden to attend a lodge meeting. They alighted from the 2.12 train and were going up State street when the ice crashed down to the sidewalk where they were passing. Dr. Blumenstein and one of his com- panions were sent hurtling to the street, and pedestrians thought that they were killed. Several passersby rushed out into the street and found the doctor badly dazed, while his companion was nearly as bad off. The third man, who had escaped the ice, stood weak and help- less on the sidewalk, his narrow escape and the suddenness of the accident having rendered him speechless. Picking up the physician, who ap- peared to be the worse off, se voung men directed him to the office of Dr. Cooke, to which place he was able to walk without assistance. Dr. Cooke found that the left collarbone was badly fractured. He reduced the frac- true and Dr. Blumenstein was able to leave for his home on the 4.03 train. CANADA’S BUMPER CROPS. Increase 23 per cent. Over 1908 and Are Valued at Half a Million. The market value of the field crops of Canada this year is estimated by the census and statistics office at 100, an increase of no less than 100, or about 23 per cent. over r's harvest. The total acreage rop this year is 30,065,556 as compared with 27,505,663 acres last year. Of the increase in value of crops $54.640,000 is due to the larger yields of wheat, oats, and barley. The total wheat crop this vear is placed at 167,744,000 bushels, valued at local market prices at $141,320,000. The total values of the wheat harvest n the Northwest provinees is $121,- .06 and the rest of the Dnainion 30,760,000, as compared with $72,424,- 000 and $18,804,000, respectively, past year. THREE HUNDRED TRAMPS SHORT | Midletown Patronaga During the Last Year Was Not Up to the Standard. The records show that 1,019 tramps svere given accommodations at the almshouse and police headquarters during the year just closed and that number about 300 less than the previous vear, says The Middletown Press. This is accounted for In the opinion of Capt. Kincaid by the re- markable mild weather during the arly part of December. When the weather turned cold the heavy snow storm interfered with travel and the number since the storm has been small. During the year 1908 the number. of tickets issued was in ex,cess of 1,300. CONNECTICUT RIVER BRIDGE. Plans for the New Structure. to Be Erected at Old Lyme. Engineer Edward W. Bush of Hart- ford is preparing plans for the pro- posed highway bridge over the Con- necticut river between Old Lyme and Saybrook by the state. Plans and specifications for the abutments and masonry will be completed about Feb. 15 and those for the steel superstruc- ture about the middle of August. The bridge will be 1,800 feet long: nine | Epans of 200 feet each, and will have a Sherzer roller-lift draw. The bridge commission is composed of D. D. Blakeslee, chairman. N. Shepard of Portland, Ct., and James H. Day of Saybrook. Francis T. Miller Attended. The New Year's reception given by Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt at their residence in New York was attended by Francis Trevelyan Miller of Hartford, editor in chief of the Jour- nal of American History, in New York. The Vanderbilts gave a luncheon to the Listorians and scientists who have been gathered in convention at the Waldorf | Astoria during the week. A. W. Hyde a Partner. Alvan Waldo Hyde has been admit- ted as a member of the law firm of | Gross, Hyde & Shipman of Hartford, the name of the firm remaining un- Mr. Hyde, who is the son of William Waldo Hyde, of the firm, was garduated from Yale university in 1902 and b been with the firm since his n to the bar. Twenty-eight Sudden Deaths. The report of Coroner Stephen B. Davis of Middletown for the quarter ended on December 31, shows that there were 28 sudden deaths in the county during the past- three months. | Many of them were from accidental ICE PRICES Te Be Lower in Hartford and Vlcxm!y This Season. | The Hartford Times says: One of the good things beginning with the New Year is a decrease in the price of ice. The Hartford and Springbrook Joe company and the Trout Brook Ice eompany, the two largest dealers, have decided, in view of the favorable pros- pects for an abundant crop of ice, to reduce the prices, and the lower rates went into effect this morning. To the heavy consumers who buy in ten ton lots, and use a great quantity, the new price will be 20 cents per hundred, a reduction frem 30 cents. For the r dium consumers the new price i cents per hundred, instead of 40 cents, For the famlily trade the price is now 40 cents per hundred, a drop of 13 cents in price. Both- companies are cutting ice 11| inches thick for the daily supply to their customers. The ice is of fine | quality and free from snow broth. | ‘With a cold spell coming so early, and | giving a ohance to begin the ice har- vest, and with the possibility of more | cold “snaps” later in the winter, both companies expect to have no trouble to harvest a full crop of 80,000 tons. | With a shrinkage in the houses, in | transportation by freight in the cars, and on the wagons, the above amount will not be more than 40,000 tons when actually placed in the consumers hands. Should the weather become mild and stay so, after the present cold spell, it may be necessary, if the crop is thereby shortened, later in the year to Increase the price. But th. companies de not fea: J; that, and hope for a full erop, whi will keep the price down. ¥ce is now being cut in| ‘West Hartford and South Wethersfield. The icehouses in New Hartford, burn- | ed last year, have not yet been re- placed, and to make up for the short- age in not being able to cut there this season, arrangements have beem made with the Berkshire Ice company, ice will be cut on that com- and distributed through the list of suicides. On Lima, Ohio News. Louis E. Thayer, a former Meriden newspaper reporter, has taken a place as associate editor of the Lima, (O.) News. Mr. Thayer left Collinsville, his home, a féw months ago as ad- vance agent and manager for Augus- tine, a hypnotist. The tour was dis- continued some weeks ago. Pretty Good Proof. A fitting epitaph for Leopold’s tomb would be: “The good die young.”—St. Paul Dispatch. SANATIVE Antiseptic Cleansing is Best Accomplished by the Cuticura Remedies. Complete local and constitutional ueatmenc for distressing, debilitatin; conditions from whx Tound on page 5.9 J the 'ound on 5 (s} uticurp‘g ‘wrapped a.bout tha Cuticura Ointment. The pure,sweet,gentle, yet effective ties of the Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and o Pills, mtmm;l ‘them women, especially mothers, for pre- serving, punl , and beautif pl.hn skin, scalp, hair, and hands, for treat- ment of inflammatory and ulcerative conditions, as well as most efficacious medicinal sfienu in re!tori::kto lnd'-h. wh an utypde we vrnwo-m. LOST AND FOUND. LOST—] Sachem St. elt in. Finder leave at 51 an jan3d receive reward. 1S no navdru-lnx medium E ern Co! ticut The lotln for '::I;:. lfin % pofl 2 housekeeper in !‘l-fly _Apply at this office. J‘I‘l«l m hustling lefln Otllc 32 2 n aach emmty and f CASH PAID for boot hidy furs at J. P. Barsto thrae’dgyl in the w“k. A. C. Bennett. dec27 T WANTED—A stenographer that has had actual experience. Address in self- addressed envelope, stating experience, “Sjt:nrgrwher." care Bulletin Co. n SEWING MACHINES, slot machines, cash registers, tvpe- writers, music boxes, carpet sweepers, clothes wringers, clocks and all kinds of repair work; cutlery sharpened and g}l:‘nsmlthlng, and supplies for all ma- chines. SEWING MACHINE HDIPI’I“L. Tel. 100 West Main St. Al . Mgr. and Expert. decll ALL KINDS OF RAW FURS bought and sold and tanned. Taxldermist work done. Mitchel Laramie, 719 Main St., Willimantic. dec8d WANTED—Raw furs. Will _pay Boston and New York prices. At H. A, Heebner’s Harness Store every Thurs- day. Arthur C. Bennett, novdd WANTED-—Ruptured people to call at our office, 765 DMiain streat, Willi- mantic. We want to show you hHow we treat rupture. Twenty years’ study of mechanical treatment of ruptare. Thousands have been relieved and mauy have been entirely cured of their mup- ture. If you have troubls with your or your rupture troubles yoa, come and consult us. No charge for office examination. Bond tor free book on rupture. Dr. Cooke Truss Ci Eghart Dart, Rnp(uro Epecl-ll-L oct30d WANTED AT ONCE Several Lathe Hands, also Screw Machine Hands to fo to Bridgeport. Conn. Free Employment Bureau. 43 Broadway, Central Building. S. Reeves, Supt. WANTED Good family cooks, general house girls, one c(llored woman cook, $5.00 per week. J. B. LUCAS, Room 32, Central Bldg. dec2d The Vaughn Foundry Co. IRON CASTINGS *urnished promptly. T.arge stock of patterns. No. 11 to erry Street jan22d T. F. BURNS, Heating and Plumbing, w“92 Franklin Street. S. F. GIBSON Tin and Sheet Metal Worker. Richaréson and Boyntos Agent for Furnaces. 65 West mauin dec7d : Do It Now | Have- that old-fashioned, unsanitary \plumbing replaced by new and mod- ern open plumbing. It will repay you in the increase of health and saving of doctor’s bills. Overhauling and re- fitting thoroughly done. Let me give vou a figure for replacing all the old plumbing with the modern kind that will keep out the sewer gas. The work will be first-class and the price reasonable. J. E. TOMPKINS, 67 West Main Street. Sireet, Norwich, Conn iuglsd |- 'DR. C. R. CHAMBERLAIN Lenta/" Surgeon. In charge of Dr. S. L. Geers during his last iliness. 161 Main Street. Norwich, Conn. nov2ea b practys 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 notice. oct2d —— OPEN— Del=-Hoff Cafe Business Men’s Lunch a specialty. Also Regular Dinner, fifty cents. | 159 HAYES BROS. Props. | General Contractor All orders racelve prompt and careful attention. Give me a trial order. Sat. isfaction guaranteed. THOS. ). DODD, Norwich Telephone 43-2. Norwich, | J. F. CONANT. 11 Franklin Streer. Whitestone 5c¢ and the J. F. C. 10¢ Clgars are the Dest om the market Try them. marléd NEWMARXET MHOTEL, 715 Boswell Ave. First-ciass wines, liquors and cigm:s. Meais and Weilch zarebit serve: to order. John Tuckie. Prop. Tel 42 & Euy the Metz Plan Car and assemble it yourself. Order now for spring. Agent, A. B. Simpson, 82 West Main St. City. oct26d We are headquarters for NARRAGANSETT BANQUET ALE. Family trade supplied at 60c per doz. . E. Wright. 8§ Cove St. Tel. oci30a MME. TAFT, Clairvoyant and Palmist. has been call- ed out of town. The public will be notified upon her return. novi7a | | FOR SALE. \s of ”;:I iAl.-—-About 3 A 6= ook lot dflllrlbl. bnl.fll ok pair of horses, elght ears sound, work any p Yeetent 5300 Tha " Address L K., o. Box 377, Putnam, Conn. Ja.n FOR SALE—Two black and tan fox- hound bitches, 5 months old. Bred from foxdogs. Price $6 and $8. F. P. Rob- ertson, Quaker Hill, Ct. 3 FOR SALE—Covered mi new gear; prl.en low for a Address L wagon, uick sale. . Ennis, Danielson, Ct FOR SALE CHEAP. Solid mahogany bar and mirrored back fixtures, a capacious icebox, one wall showcase (for bottles, etec.), ana office fixtures, all matching and in ex- cellent condition. These fixtures may be very well adapted to a barber shop or drug store. Apply Mrs. E. ¥. Namara, Slater Ave., City, or Mr. John B. Leahy. New London, Ct. dec3ld TO RENT—Furnished room, with steam heat. Apply to Mrs. Rowell 69 Church St. Jandd TO RENT—Store fitted for xroceryor grovulon ‘businoes. Agpal 350w 5 A. 'ro “Mnee roonu in the Bill heat furnished. Inquire rdF ’L. Hut.chlnl 8‘! Shetucket Street. ec: TO RENT—Upper tenement, 7 rooms and bath room. Enquire of J. Brad- ford, Bookbinder, 105 Broadway. dec3d TO RENTFirst cluss store im nu- honey block, West Mai Inquire honey Bro: Stable, Falls Ave. nov!ld TO RENT—A lenemont of five rooms on one floor; al a flat of elght rooms and bath. Inquire at 31 Washington Street. noviid TO RENT—Store 56 Franklin St, in the Hartley bullding. Apply to J. Hartley, or at the store. nov1od RENT-—Desirable front office also furnished rooms in Central build mg;t.l.‘dedam heat and water. J. B. Lucas. oc REAL ESTATE BARGAINS, 40-acre tlrm oa comtorubh 8- room kouse, 1 4 miles to city. $700. 4 acres, 1 mile to city, handy to trol- | ley, fine new 8-room cottage finished in cypress, hot and cold water, bath, new barn, price $3.000. ‘The best 175~ nrq tarm in New Lon- don eounty for $5,00¢ & 0d ~ investment properties in euy of Willimantie. Three furnished cottages on Fisher’s Island at bargain prices. If you want a farm, country home or city property. call at TRYON REAL ESTATE AGRNOY, 715 Mala Street, Willimantie, Conm. Iyisa For Sale or Rent Cottage of eight rooms, steam heat, bath, laundry, eelectric lights, etc., near car line. Apply A. L. POTTER, 18 Broadway. jan4ad SALE HORSES I have 15 horses that I wish to sell right away. They are .all acclimated and well broken and gentle. They are not fat, but good horses. Come and see them. ELMER R. PIERSON. Telephone connection. WHITNEY’S AGENGCY, 227 Main St., Franklin Sguare. fleal Estate and Insuranoce FOR SALE COTTAGE—In East Norwich, nearly new; only ten minutes’ walk from post- office; seven rooms; steam heat; in good order. Easy terms and cheap. Roosevelt Ave., No. 68, near the Bleachery, Greeneville; six room cot- tage, with larg 22 cultivated gar- den. v terms. w price. B St., Ne. 27, very cheap five- room cottage, with large g_""d garden. Very little money require janld novisd FOR SALE 50 Shares Preferred Stock —of the— C. H. Davis & Co. Imc. A Quarterly Dividend at the rate of 7 per cent. has just been declared. JAMES L. CASE, 40 Shetucket St., Norwich, Conn. FOR SALE To setile an estate the property of the late Robert Breckenridge, situated at 65 and 69 Prospect Street, consist- ing of one two-tenement house and two cottages.. All rented and in fairly good repair, Apply to J. W. SEMPLE, Adminis- trator, corner 8th Street and Central Avenue. nov3od $450 WILL BUY a 6-acre farm, small house, some wood and fruit. Place is situ- ated 1-4 mile from a city, $250 down, balance, on mortgage of 5 per cent. Send for Wilcox’s Farm Bulletin. A new tract on the seashore—over 40 lots, 50 ft. frontage on ocean, 150 ft. deep. Price $250 each. Little down, balance as desired. W. A. Wil- cox, Real Estate Broker, 41 West Broad St., Westerly. oct22d m‘ImONflEIwL(IANED on onds, atches, Jewel: and Securities of any kind at n':! deal with. (Established 18732.) THE COLLATERAL LOAN CO. 142 Main Street. Upstairs. AHERN BROS., General Contractors 63 BROADWAY “Phone 71%. junza Face and Scalp Mas- -sage. Shampooing and Manicuring. Orders taken for combing. UNDERWOOD, 51 Brondway. CHANGE IN ADDRISS, DR. N. GILBERT GRAY, formerly at Hodge's Stable, is now io- cated in rear of No. 8§ Frankilin square Tel. 574. mayl9d s. TO LET—On Brecadway, next to the Wauregan Hotel, two rooms, suitable | for oré’nu or areumukur- also in the same bullding, - lnr'e "ht and dr’ basement room, feet b; fee g e e purp on. or stora o Apply to Willlam H. Shlelds. STORE TO RENT at 61 Franklin ltraeg suitable for most any kind of usiness. Moderate rent. Bull.tln Office. trest; SUICAbs for the Dalne "“’?h = et; sul 4 O e pain o ainiitar Dustnesa " P41t RASIES NOTICE! To Rent. To right party, modern conveniena at_33 Otis _St. Tnquire N. 234. six-room flat, with s, on lower floor, J. Ayling, or telephone noviéd Paints THE PAINT OF QUALITY Looks Best! Wears Longest! Covers Most! It’s for your interest to use them. ““There’s a reason.” — ASK US — CHAS. 086000 & O, 45 and 41 Commerce Sirest, MARSHALL'S Rgcoes™ | 164 Main Street. |} Here you can buy ALL KINDS of Dress Goods, Silks and Coaf Linings, Etc., at pri 1o to 31c per yard LCWER than any “Big” Store prices. A guaranteed saving of from 10 to 30 per cent. Agency for LeWando's Best French Dyers and Cleansers. With Norwick Cir. Library. - WALL PAPERS Our first consignment for Fail and Spring recelved. | Styles the Best, Prices the Lowest. | - Call ana see them. { Now taking orders for Painting, Paper Hanging and Decorating. P. F. MURTAGH, Telephone. 92-94 West Main St. octl9d NORWICH DAILY LUNCH, 40 Franklin Street. TRY OUR RECULAR DINNER—c. SPECIAL SUPPERS | With Tea or Coffee—15¢c. Open frem 6 a m. to 12 p. m. E. GALY, Prop. sept8d DENTISTRY The dental business established by my brother, whose assistant I was for many years, will be continued by me, essisted by Dr. V. D. Eldred. It will be a pleasure to see the farlner customers of my brother and now ones as will favor me with tholr patronage. Extracting 25c and up. novisd DR. CHAS. B. ELDRED. The Norwich Wicke! & Brass Co, Tableware, Chandgliers, Yacht Trimmings and such things Refinished. €9 to 87 Chestnut St. Norwicii Conn. octéd Rev. I. W. Williams Testifies. Rev. I. W. Williams, Huntington, W. Va., writes us as follows: “This is to certity that I used Foley’s Kidney for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble and am free to say that Foley's Kidney Remedy will do all that you claim for it.” Lee & Osgood Co. wp—— o THE mn SNOWFALL, flm"y bqun in the Ml- Had b With & sl ""’"“ ‘;'p":'.'“wh pine and fir and hemlock Wore ermine too dear for an earl, And tho& oorest twig on the elm tree ‘Was ridged Inch deep with pearl From ! new-roofed with Carrars Oa'nu ntlcleorl muffled crow; The stiff were softened to swan's daw And still 'fluttered down the snow. I stood and watch. low ‘The nolsele: wzf-kb{) u:;."l:a And the sudden flurries of mwblrd.l. Like brown leaves whirling by. I thoulht of a mound in --un Aubura little headsto: BL00 How gne 3. kes wnro toldlng it ‘entl 1d robins the babes in the woo own little Mabel ‘Father, who ' malkes ow 2" A!\d I teld of the good All-father ‘Who cares for us here below. 1 looked at the snowtall, thou:h«t of the leaden sky rched o'er our first great ser- it al Again That a Wha).:l“thnt mound was heaped wo I remember tho gradual patienc: That fell from that clorl’ldl.fl(a p Flake by flake, healing d ding The scar of our de-p plunxad woe, And again te the ohild. T whispered, ‘““The snow that husheth all, Darling, the mereiful Father Alone can make it fall.” Then, wlth eyes that saw not, I kissed And lfie kissing back, klln was given to her sister, close umder deepening !na'. —James Russell Lowell could net Folde TO A NEW BADY. Gogd morning, little baby, With your 1ips all dew ampesrted! Permit me to present yeu To an Interesting world It is full of fads, they tell 3 It conur ns the false and g;.‘ ut whatever may be In it, It was made, my dear, for You! All the thinkers who are thinki At the brawny aons of toH, = e seeds at are w SPro| 1. From its recreating soilr jactng, All the prozovhmu-: pllnn’nk All the uchemes Coalescing and progre v In the Cosmic ehb and fiow. Are xrcpnfln for your pleasure, maturing for your goo W. htv. made -ome failures, ut we've done the best we otmlll Pray aocept therefore our greetin And our maximum of she ‘ ) In_the spirit we present lb— y ocml'nllld us, baby dear! in ¢th By tor Soavesiy ™ €he Ameriees VIEWS AND VARIET!ES Clever Sayinge. 4 “May I Xiss your beaufiful baby? “Certainly, madam. One moment, please, Nurse, fetch me the aatiseptic gausze.”—Loutsville Courier. “What s the oldest form cf liter- ature? *I dunno, but I guesy some of the mrusical omedy kku must at Lo — reach back prett; enrl; Cleveland Plain Bo- % “So mamy prize ngm- end with = tlow on the jaw.” “Of course. That'« 'he part of the bo? in prisé Aghters that is overtrained.”—Clevelana - er. “Well, Effie, I ho; you have been & Httle mother to po.-r brother whi'e been out?™ “Oh, yes, I have. I've smacked him quite & let!“—fLondon Opinion, ctor—Johnny, 1 see the pills I e you have made you well again. ow did you take them—with weater or with cake? Small Johnny—I usad them in my popgum to sheot at the cat.—Chicago News. Baron Munchausen had just heard of Dr. Cook’'s pertormnlca’ “AR" he sighed, as he turned over in his grave. “faking has improved wonderfully #ince my time on earth.”—Detroit Free Press, A change of tenors had besn made in the church choir. Eight year oid Jessle, returning from the morning service, was anxious to tell the news:. “Oh, mother!” she exclaimed, “we have @ new terror In the choir!"™—Woman's Home Companion, “Well, well!” surprisedly ejaculated the patent-churn man, who had not vislted the hamlet before in several months. “When did you ohange the name of this hotel to the Taft house 7" “Right after we bullt that big bay window,” replied the landldy of the hostelry at Whittlesville.—Puak. MUCH IN LITTLE There are 14, 000 oysters of tfufl -ll- in a ton, Kissing and shaking hands are rare- ly practiced In Japan. Japanese dead are buried in a squat. ting posture, chin upon knees. There is a record of wheat gwowing in China as far back as 3000 B. C, The first recorded ThankssFvnmg was the Hebrew feast of the tedser- nacles. Japanege mothers do wot kiss Sheir children, though they may press their lips to the ferehead or cheeks of a very young baby. Petroleoum is found in northern Si- am at Muang Fang, and in the Malay peninsula, but no attempts have bHeen made so far to develop the oil ndus- try in Slam. The average price of common brick at the kiln decreased from %6 In 1807 to $5.78 in 1908, while for vitrified paving brick the cost in 1907 was $11, 02 as compared against $19.90 last year. Japanese inns furwish fresh tooth brushes every morning free to every guest, The brush is of weod, shaped like @ pencil and frayed to a tufty brush of fiber at the large end. The greatest hindrance to the de« velopment of Asia Minor is the ab- sence of bridges at three points where the Fuphrates is now erossed by ferries. It is now proposed to build ‘bridges. Petroleum jis today one of the prin- cipal elements of traffic in the port of Rouen. In 1908 more than 250,000 tons were imported, this amount being sur- passed only by the tonnage of coal, woods and ‘wines. The well helonging to the Penn- sylvania Ofl company, which was brought in on July 4, 1909, at Dos Bocas, about half way between Tam - pico and Tuxpam, Mexico, and which later was cempletely destroyed by fire, has been pronounced by several ex- perts to have been the :mhn wall that has ever been known in the his- tory of the ol mdéustry of the world, % been el(lm-tu fmm its outpnt 300,000 to 600,000 barrels daily. . The og has noth! on_ Do Cook in {ho s a2 coming cvents,—