Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 14, 1911, Page 4

“Borwick §u and @oufier. ther kinds of exercise This editor says: “There is | haps no easier or more entertaining way for the average person who mot the time to g0 or to take a few days off for some other spring sport, than walking, and walking in ") this season, regardless of the discom- Nerwioh, Tueeday, March 14, 1911. e —————————— EIGHT MILLION PEOPLE. It 1s expected that the new Canadian census of this year will show an ad- vance of between 30 and 40 per cent. Jdn the population. The census com- missioner the other day s=aid to a represemtative of the Ottawa Citizen: “The census will show the total pop- ulation of Canada to be nearly 8,000,- 000, In 1901 it was about 5371,000. The estimate is largely based on the immigration figures for the past ten years and the natural increases during that perfod. ‘The commissioner said that he felt that the maritime provinces would show a slight increase. Unfortunately for these provinces, however, many immigrants who originally intended to settle in some part of them had been lured further west. He thought, how- ever, that in epite of the small immi- gration to the eastern provinces they would show an imcrease over 1901. All the other provinces of the Dominion would show substantial increases. The provinces of the northwest would par- ticularly loom big in the matter of population. . He also thought that they would show an increase of more than 100 per cent. over the census of 1901. There was an official census of these provinces takem Iin 1906. The total increase for the three provinces at that time over 1901 was 92.1 per eent., the population in 1901 being 419,813, and in 1906 303,363, He thought the three prairie provinces would make an even better showing during the last half of the decade. The gold and silver mines of north- ern Ontario have cafled many settlers in that direotion, amd it is expected that the fine farming lands in that countsy will attract many new settlers in the future. FEW FAT MEN IN PRISON. The president of the New Engiand ¥at Men's club recently at a dinner of the elub delivered a defence of him- self and of his fellow heavy men. And this is a part of what he had to say: “If you oomsult the criminhal records, vou will find that crime decreases in men in preportion with the number of pounds they weigh. Criminals weighing ;more than 200 pounds are rare. There are no criminals weigh- ing more than 250 pounds. All this has a reason. Corpulency is but the result of’a good and honest disposi- tien. Any man who is right minded and d hearted will necessarily ac- quire flesh. If all men were fat the diveroe court would soon go out of business. Fat men love their homes. Fat men make the best fathers.” This is a real good puff for fat men and who shall say that it is not de- served; but perhaps there are no more thin men in prison in proportion to their number than fat men. Fat men are too cautious to do anything which will require them to flee, for they stand no chance of escape with a thin policeman in pursujt. As the New- buryport News remarks: “The only kind of rascality they could carry out in goed shape would be that which leads & man to sit comfortably in an office chair and plan how to separate another man from his money. And there are fat men who do this.” But what's the use! The fat are jolly good fellows and the men enjoy their company and them a hand when they need it. We are all glad there are no more of them in jail, but perhaps they haven't any more piety to the square inch than any of the rest of us. MAKING FOR PEACE. In spite of monarchial governments amd the ambitions of kings, the public mind is gradually becoming averse to war, which shows the trend to be for permanent peace. - ‘The military academy at West Point Iacks students in the art ‘of war. It now has 128 vacancies. Last year of 584 candidates named for appointment 122 falled to appear for examination for one reason or another. The population of the country is sufficient to furnish all the able-bodied men thin lend youth necessary for keeping this mili- |- tary academy to the maximum and the fact that it is at a 1ow minimum makes evident that military training is becoming more and more distasteful to the youmg, and it is a good sign from every practical and humanitarian point of view, It has heen well said: “If the study, discipline, brain force, nervous energy, quickened ambition, concentrated pur- pose and tofl now put forth by thou- sands of splendidly equipped; Mighly intelligent men, in thé army and navy in hypothetical preparation for hypo- thetical war, cpuld some day be en- listed In the reaMties of life and add substantial gains to the immediate practieal good of mankind and if the millions and billlems of tressure that finance thelr undertakings now could be likewige transmitted inte wuseful money circulating through the marts and pocketbooks eof useful men, the worléd would undergo a magic trans- formation within a decade. And, once reaMzing the inestimable benefits of the change, natiens never would make war any mor Missour{ may yet become proud and haughty, says the Toledo Blade. Be- sides being the home of .Champ Clark and the mule, she has produced more cerncob pipes than any other state. Colonel Bryan has decided that he will not e a candidate for the presi- dency again, and it does not look as if he was likely to be sufficiently urged to break his reésolutiom. There are nine millien peeple in New York state; and, yet, wheam it comes to breaking a dead- leck they appesr to be whelly withou power. i - The man with an aeroplane has to g0 up enly seven miles to find the temperature %0 below sero. His re- treat frem emeessive summer heat is easy. { New Yerk is atfll reachimg after suburbs,’ and is said.to have designs upen at least five. Has she an ambi- tion to excel Lemden in pepulation? forts of muddy roads and slushy lanes, is far from a distasteful pleasure to most people. b “Morning walks for those within the city are as free from the discomforts of mud as is a walk in midsummer and the air is bracing and invigorat- ing.. Even the invalid, if able to get out of doors, will take on a new lease of life in this season and the ordi- narily healthy individual may add sev- eral months, if not years, to his life, by getting the morning walk habit now and sticking to it tLroughout the next six months at‘least. There is no ‘better spring tonic to be had at any price.” . There are no exceptions to be taken to these averments. The open-air walk not only improves the physical vigor but is one of the best nerve tonies, It will prolong life. THE WATERBURY REPUBLICAN'S NEW PRESS, « The fact that the Waterbury Re- .publican has just put in a $25,000 Hoe Parallel Quadruple press, with control high-speed folder, with_a capacity of putting out all folded 600 .18-page papers a minute, or 36,000 an hour, tells not only for permanence, but foreshadows an increase of business. It is the largest and speediest press in the state, with one exception. De- geribing the press, The Republican says: + “The complete machine will be 3 feet long, 7 feet high, 10 feet wide, and will weigh 45 tons. It ig driven by two motors, one of 40 and one of 6 horsepower, and is operated by the Kohler system. It is composed of over 20,000 pieces, and with the stereo- typing machinery filled two freight cars. The press and drive installed will cost only a little under $25,000. “While putting in the new press and taking out the old, and getting out a newspaper seven days a week, the pressroom has worked under diffi- culties, and The Republican has not been as well printed as usual. This will be soon corrected, now that ‘the daily job ef moying is over, and there is time to make adjustments. The Republican will soon’be a better print- ed paper than ever.” The Republican need not apologize, for it is doing well It is always a brightly edited, well printed and read- able sheet and The Bulletin wishes it the future growth which such enter- prise promises. EDITORIAL NOTES. The snowflakes are up and the back- bone of winter is broken. The latest news from Kentucky says that the hip pocket is going out ef fashion there. It is said for a fact that war is never any worse than it looks in the newspaper headlines. Mr. Ballinger has a friend in th president and plenty of friends at home, so he is not in dire straits. It takes a smart governor to make a legislature work by the clock, or take particular notice of the calendar. Such days as Monday are inviting to the crocuses and dandelions, and they will soon be looking up at the sun. ! ‘The cold storage loss on eggs is now stated to have been two and a half millions, which represents a pile of eggs. The posts from which the American troops have been withdrawn will migs the trade if they are not left open to the enemy. March 17th shows how devoted men can sustain a holiday without the permission of kings or the approval of governments. Nevada only has seven-tenths of a man to the square mile, and yet she thinks she is some pumpkins in the galaxy of states. — The governor who orders a legisla- ture to stop killing time may not know that he is interfering with a popular industry, but he is. . It is estimated that the extra ses- slon of congress will cost the people a million, but congress will not mind a little thing ltke that. The American commanders say that twenty thousand troops along the Tex- as border cnn" eep the insurrectos as snug as a bug in a rug. Happy thought for today: The man who cuitivates a grouchy disposition ought to think of himself once in a while as a horrible example. LETTERS. TO THE EDITOR' The Men Must Wake Up. Mr, Editor: I was feading not long ago of what happened in ome of our Western states. In one of the large cities they elected a man to a very responsible office by a large majority. Soon after he took the office they saw their mis- take. He was not the man for the place. But what could they do? It so hap- pened’ not long after the man took the office that the women were grant- ed the ballot; so the good women as- sisted. the men in ousting the man from his office, and elected a man as his successor by a large majority. ‘While we have many good men who are willing to. make sacrifices and act for the good of the people, we have another class that are good in a way, but are indifferent—don’t want to_get mixed up. in politics and willing” to let things slide. » ‘We will say mothing about the other class now. Editor, I have never been much in favor of women voting. I am beginning to thinK if some of our eastern stal say the little state of Commecticut, should grant the wo- fmen the ballot they help put the right men in office: and if those men who den’t want the women to vote don’t awake and be up and doing the wo-- men will get the ballot and, perhaps, some offices. A’ SUFFRAGETTE. Not yet. Norwich, March 11, 1911 The High Cest of Living. e Mr, ‘Editor: We are told on sup- ‘to be good authority fhat the cest of living is not confined to United States, but is werld wide. the ‘Why sheuld it not be? -Like -causes The following letter from Cedar |- Rapids, Ia., was sent The Balletin by a ,professional gentleman who desires to express his views of the new light | he has received from experience: The commission plan is in operation in this city and has for threa years last past. I was one of its most enthusiastic advocates, and bably as much as any other one man to procure its adoption by our city. I have had a most ample opportunity to. watch its workings, and now I have to :;t;zt exceedingly that I ever support- Very.many reasons: In the first place it puts too much power. in the hands of a few men. The commissioners of; our city seem to have divided up the work, 'and each of the four commissioners take a separate department to look after; thereby di- viding the responsibility. This plan don't work® well. & Of course, in a few instances where you get superior men to fil these po- sitions it 4s all right, but jvhere you gzet ‘weak men, then there is trouble. ow, such a salary is paid to the com- missioners and the mayor that they are required to give' their undivided at- tention any time to the government of the city, and it seems to me that this is a yicious idea, for it has had the operation here of causing these com- missioners and mayor to spend all their time in seeing how much taxes they can get out of the people, and how many improvements can be made; and the result is they are running the city in debt °constantly. They have gone to extremes in both directions— both in assessing taxes and in ex- pending money. If you could always be sure of get- ng just the right kind of men to fill le various positions, there would not be so much objection to the system, but produce like effects, no matter where. Being world wide is sufficient evi- dence that the cause for it must be world wide. Some writers have said the tariff is the cause. This is un- reasonable, if it be true that the high cost is world wide, because there are free trade countries, and it-is the same there. That there is some one primal cause, world wide, no one can deny. Being world wide, it must be the same primal cause in a free trade nation as in a protective tariff natien. There is a vast difference between the high cost of living, and the cost of high living. It seems to me, that in order to locate the cause of the high cost of living, it is, first, to understand the meaning, what is meant by high cost of living. In short, is it not that the income is less than the necessary output? Does it not mean that the income will not allow anything to be put by for a rainy day after the neces- sary wantg are supplied? There must be some powerful factor working si- lently. I quote from the report of the Mon- etary Commission of 1896, page 51: “Whenever and wherever the mutter- ings of discontent were hushed by the fear of increased stinding armies, the foundations of society were honey- combed by powerful secret political societies. The cause at work to pro- duce this state of things was so sub- tle, and its advance so silent, that the masses were entirely ignorant of its nature.” That the high cost of living creates discontent no one will deny. As intimated in the above quotation, something. unknown to the people, the nature of it is unknown to the people, is taking away from them too much of what they produce. People talk flippantly about millions and million- ajres, as though it were natural, Did it ever occur to you, reader, how long a man would haye to live to produce a million dollars, commencing at, say 20 years old, working 300 days a year, and receiving $5 per day. and saving every dollar, someone else to feed and clothe him? By the time he was a millionaire he would be 683 years and 8 months old. Did you ever think of the power of interest to accumulate? Did you ever figure out which would accumulate a million first, 2 man hav- ing $5 per day, or $6 drawing 10 per cent. interest, compounded annually? Figure it out for your own satisfac- tion. Only think of it. A man must work 666 years and 8 months, and $5 will get the same amount in a little less than 129 years. 'When we con- sider the amount of interest computed every business day in the year, the aggregate must be something enor- mous, even at the ordinary rates. Then coupled with this is the fact that, in the final analysis_ interest is not paid with money, but with wealth, the products of labor. Under this world wide system, the wealth producers of this or any other nation cannot escape paying interest After producing all the products, and giving up about 3-5 of that product for interest, how can the cost of living be otherwise than high? It is impossible to make 2-5 equal to 5-5 or the whole. o J. C. VALLETTE. North Franklin, Conn. g A Tale of Two Brothers. ‘When the civil war broke out, John T. Markham of Clarksville, Tenn., was among those who enlisted on the side of the confederacy. He was born in Ireland, but in his boyhood his par- ents came to this country and settled in the sunny south. He was 30 years old when he marched off to the war in- 1861, leaving behind him an invalid father and a mother with a baby boy in her arms. The baby was chris- tened Charles H. Markham, but the family' always called him “Chuck.” John Markham was captured’ and brought to Chicago in September, 1862. For seven months he was held a pris- oner of war at Camp Douglas. Then he was exchanged. Friendless and penniless, it took him many weary weéks to work his way back to the little home town in Ten- nessee. When he did reach, there it was _only to find that his father had died during his absence and that his mother had married again and moved away, taking little- “Chuck” with ber. “They’'ve gone north somewhere, but just where nobody knows,” the towns- people told John Markham. And all his efforts to find his mother and lit- tle brother were futile. - Finally he gave up the search for them and went to Mississippi. He worked there and in other southern states as a well dig- ger, bricklayer and plasterer. For several years he has been an employe of the Illinois Central railroad at Hop- kingville, Ky. Such has been the life of John T. Markham. In 1881 a boy of 20 asked for and got a job as a section laborer on the Santa Fe railroad in Kansas. He did not stay long in that job, for a chance came to do the rough work at a lit- tle station on the Southern Pacific line. He had brains and ambition, and they kept him moving right up the railway ladder. In 1887 he became a station agent himself at Deming, N. M: Ten years later he was district freight and passenger agent of the Southern Pacific at Fresno, Cal. In Just ten years more he was made gen- eral freight and passenger agent of that company’s. lines in Oregon. “In 1901 he became vice president of the Houston & Texas Central railroad. Three years later he succeeded Julius Kruttschnitt as vice president and genera) president of the is Central rail- road. His name? ‘ell, he was chris- you the say that in my - 'Mcme-n :dopflnxit."f many are watched its operation closely and if your people want to adopie a ‘that will enable the city government to pile up taxes to the utmost lmit, ‘the “‘commission plan is a good meth: od of doing it. Taxes have steadily in- yor 2t heart have the <ity government lot public utilities alone, and do not at- temapt to have the city own them. you do You will be sorry for it. Take for instance our water works—the city was ambitious to own the water works, :&high had r'llwen u;d operat- y_a private company for years; they firally succeeded in purchasing it and have been running it now for a number of years, and what is the re- sult? Wespay more for our water di- rect than we did before, while we have to pay_taxes to pay the interest upon the indebtedness created by the pur- chase of the plant, and in addition to { this the citizens are not accommodat- ed as well as before, nor is the courtesy shown them. 1 was once a firm advocate of the public utilities being owned by munici- palities, but if the Lord will forgive me, I will never vote for the purchase of another one. I have lived hers 33 years, and I have carefully noted these things. I am now 75 ycars of age and think that I can speak from observa- tion and experience. If I can give you any further in- formation I shall be glad to 4o so. and plasterer working for the Illinois Central railroad chanced to see the name of Charles H. Markham on an order issued from the office of the president of the company. “That may be my brother ‘Chuck,’” the old man said to his fellow workers. “Your brother president of the road! “You’re crazy!” they jeered. But the old man clung to his idea and finally he mustered up ‘courage to g0 to the telephone office in Hopkins- ville and over the long distance wire he talked with the brother = from whom he had been parted for half a century. Yesterday the private car of Charles H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central raflroad, arrived at Hopkinsville, Ky., and, awaiting the conting of “Little Chuck” was John T. Markham, well digger and plasterer.— Chicago Inter-Ocean. Interested Legislators. No man has a right to a seat in the legislature who is the attorney of any interest that may be concerned in legislation; and any man who is such an .attorney and acts for that interest, By word or deed,ought to be spurned by every honest man. There is no more’ contemptible conduct than that Miss Florence, Browne, Soprano. of a man who accepts an official posi- tion and then turns it into the service of himself or ‘his principal. ‘We can never get an honest, unsel- fish public service unless we discrim- inate closely in this matter. Look into the motives of a man vt for some law, and if he is doing it as an attorney for some interest or is mere- 1y rendering a personal service to some private enterprise, and if he is, ex- glose and oppose him every way possi- e. These outrages are practiced in ev- ery legislative body, and we can nev- er see clean, honest governmentsuntil the guilty ones are outlawed. It should be found out whether any leg- islator is the attorney of some inter- est concerned in legislation, and if there is such a one, his seat should be declared vacant. He is unworthy of it. —Ohio State Journal. Mexico. Sesame has been grown in commer- cial quantities on the cost lands of the state of Guerrero for ‘the last 15 years, and is at present the most im- portant crop.of this section. The de- mand and supply have increased year- ly, the increase in the crop for the present season being from 10 to 20 per cent. Farming methods throughout the coast country are primitive, and after planting, preferably) in freshly cleared lard, sesame receives little cultivation, except keep! down the growths of weeds and bushes. The land is not re- seeded the following year, the seed left from the old harvest being sufficient for the new year. The crqp is planted in September and October and har- vested in December. Statistics as to the yield are very unreliable, estimates running from 800 to. 1,500 pounds per acre. The crop for 1909 amounted to about 1,600 tons. Of this, 110 tons were ysed by the local soap 'factory; the remainder was ship. ped to the Mexico City market and to Spain direct. The average price was $56 gold per ton, and the farmers were paid about $40 gold. The price offered for the crop of the present season in Mexico City is between $70 and $75., This increase in price will doubtless lead to a greatly increased production next season.—From Consul Marion Letcher, Aenvglco. | Health and Beauty Queries BY MRS. MAE MARTYN. Madge: For your hollow cheeks and wrinkled face I recommend frequent applications of a gqod greaseless com- lexion cream jelly, also brisk massag- ng. By stirring together one ounce almozoin, two teaspoonfuls glycerine and one-half pint cold water, allowing to stand over night, you will have an extra floo .complexion cream jelly.*Use this also’ for massaging. It will clear up. your skin fine, removing all dirt from the pores, nad soon you will find imur complexion smooth, &un‘p, fresh- ooking and unwrinkled. is is an ex- <cellent cream for treating blackheads, freckles and roughness of the skin, an will rid_your face of those very large pores. I have never found anything te equal almozoin cream jelly for im- proving a complexion. 9. R. O0.: If your superfluous flesh proves annoying and distressing, try he following fat reducer which has given éxcellent results: Dissolve four ounces of parnotis in 1% pints hot water; when cool strain and take a tablespoonful of the Mquid before each meal. This remedy is harmless. By avoiding very rich foods and taking plenty of exercise, you will find this remedy will cut down your weight very rapidly. Nadie: T strengthen your weak eyes and rid them of that dull, overworked look, put in each.eye daily two or three drops of a fine, strengthening tonic made by dissolving an ounce of crystos in a pint of water. This eye tonic is very soothing and strengthening and by using it regularly, in a short time it will make your eyes strong, clear and sparkling. I find it unequaled as a good eye tonic for treating weak, inflamed, expressionless eyes. Lovera: (a) Don’t worry. What if your hair is a little thin, looks string; and is_hard to do up and make 100! nice. There is a remedy for all this. Shampoo your hair once in two weeks with, a teaspoonful <of canthrox dis- solved in a cup of hot water, rinsing afterwards in clear water. The rich, cleansing lather will please you. This will rid your scalp of dirt and dandruff and make your hair soft and glossy. Your hair will dry quic¢kly and be so fluffy and nice you will forget your hair troubles. But don't wash your hair with soap. The alkal in soap ruins the hair gloss, makes it streaky and dead looking. (b) To make an excel- lent skin whitener and _complexion beautifiet, see answer to Miss E. R. Miss E. R.: A lotion that will help your red hands, dark face and neck ed Charles H. Markham, but when | a vaby the family call him “Chuck.” ~The othier day am old well digger ?em‘nenfiy can be made b, dissolving four ounces of spurmax ‘half n - one-: pint of hot water and a.ddini two tea- spoonfuls of glycerine. This lotion will whiten and beautify your skin and take away that coarse, muddy - look _you have. ig much better than face powder, as it does not show on the skin and will not rub off easily, like the powder dees when you wear a_ vell Spurmax lotlon is inexpensive and will give any sallow, oily skin a pinkish, youthful appearance. It is flne for cold sores, tan, freckles and as a protection 10 the face against winds and changes of weather. I am sure you will like spurmax lotion very much. Jessie Fi.: Some sage dressings are beneficial to the scalp, but I never rec- ommend them on account of the danger of staining or discolorlgg the halr. If you want a good, dependable remedy for dandruff, Lchln; scalp and falling hair, try an ounce of quinzoin dissolved in one-half pint each of aleohol .and water. This will put your hair and scalp in a healthy condition, Apply the tonic twice a week, rubbing it gently into the hair roots. It is free from oil and makes a fine dressing for the hailr. I know of many who were troubled with “hopeless” cases of dan- druff and falling hair that found this an ideal tonic. Mercedes: You say your complexion 1s lifeless 1nd_r§ou are constantly tired and drowsy. is comes from too little cxerch? and an over-indulgence in heavy foods, causing a sluggish condi- tion of the blood and a lack of proper nourishment for theé body. Here is a simple and inexpensive recipe for an excellent blood tonic and bo«fy builder. Buy at any drug store an ounce of kar- dsq; and put in a half pint of alcohol, then add a half cup sugar and hot water to make a full quart. Take a tablespoonful before each meéal. This tonic e: 1s_impurities and enriches the bloo It will give you renewed energy and your complexion will as- sume its natural health-tint. Marjorie: Cutting the hairs on your lips and cheeks only causes them to sraw in thicker and darker. Powdered lelatone is the best thing to use. Get an ounce of delatone at.the drug store and with some water mix enough pow- der to maké a thick paste. Spread on hairy surface and let remain two or three minutes, then rub off and wash the surface and you will find the hairs are gone. While delatone is a trifle expensive it is reliable and seldom requires @ second application. 1 POLI'S Afternagns at.2,~ Evenings ALL WEEK, THE POLI PLAYERS Presenting In The Bishop’s Carriage Souvenirs of Mr. McKnight ‘Wednesday matinee. _No advance in prices for St. Patrick’s Day. Next Week. “THE CHRISTIAN" PR 3 758 T e ey MUSIC. 'WILLIAM L. WHITE, Piano Tuner, 48 South A St., Taftville ¥. c. GEER TUNER 122 Prospect 8t, Fal. B11. Norwich, O% Latest Novelties Chignon Puffs Cluster Curls «.__for the New Coillures Gitson Efl;ilet Kl 67 Broadway ’Phone 505 The Boodwin Carsel . and Lingarie " WOPE(S FOR EVERY FIGURE. fllfl“'r‘s ALTERED AND REPAIRE). Bock Beer *On Draft or in Bottles. Team Delivers Everywhera. H. ' JACKEL & Co. Tel. 136-6. cor. Market and Water Sts, Our Two Big Furniture Stores offer you many bargains in Furniture and Floor Coverings You copld select no better time to furnish - your home with up-to-date Furnitura- and: Rugs at a saving of cost than NOW. The-large assortment*of high qual+ ity and econstruction of our goods, combined with the present economical prices, makes this a rare money-sav- ing opportunity. Better investigate while the stock is at its maximum of completeness. SHEA & BURKE, Norwich and Taftville . Beautiful Spring is in sight ; and so are our Carriages, ‘Wagons and Harness. Now,, it is “your rrivilege to maka comparisons and get prices. Wa would ‘consider- it. a favor to éee omr "lines before ‘you buy. It is the best stock we ever had, that thig locality demands, and represents the hest woric of the factories, at the lowest prices. THE L: L. CHAPMAN (0. 14 Bath Street, - Norwich, Conn. F. C. ATCHISON, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Room -1, Second Floor, Shannon Bldg. : Night "phone 791. Floral Designs and Cut Flowers For-AllAOmu‘om. 4 GEDULDIG’,S. Telephone 168 . T2 Codar Stren rising medium iw Eas fin:gtlt:n ‘fiu{ te The Bul~ L