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Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Miss Larned's Missionary Papers
NO. III.

en- gathered from far ana near in that
same old Ashford territory, TO pay the
last tribute of respect TO Windnam
county's first war martyr, General Ma
thaniel Lyon-not even was there suen
an outpouring of feeling reused by loss
10 deeper conservation Veterans OF
the church militant, aged ministers
and deacons, young men and women
already looking forward to mission
work, friends OF missions of every
name and denomination OF all the adj
Joining towns were present Prayers
were offered by our good old Elder
Green and other church fathers. The
sermon was given by. Rev. GuEtavus
Davis OF Hartford, the most brilliant
young minister of the day. And then
the father of the deceased missionary
came forward as one baptized with
new spiritual power, testifying his en-
tire submission TO this mysterious dis
pensation Of Providence, and his pur-
pose TO take up the work unfinished by
his son: to go himself TO Africa, ana
do what he could for the betterment OF
its sanitary and spiritual condition.
Can we wonder that this seemed in
deed a Pentecostal season and that
Inspirations went out from II still
potent in distant lands.
DR.. Skinner at once resigned his
pastorate and proceeded to carry out
Ills purpose IWOuBn past HlIuuiS d5Cs
he was vigorous in mind and body, OF
wide experience, both In clerical and
medical practice He felt an especial
call to grapple with the deadly fever
so obstructive TO all civil and spiritual
progress, and it was as missionary
physician ne entered upon his new
field. His fine presence and hopeful
words, his medical skill and sound
Judgment gave hope and courage to
the disheartened colonists. He proved
emphaticalIy the right man in the right
place, healing. preaching, admfnistrat-
ing laws as temporary governor, allay
ing local animostities and feuds, and
merits a high place among the band
Of noble men who have helped evolve
a prosperous and independent state
from such chaotic and antagonistic
elements.
DR.. Skinner gave the remaining years
Of active life to this helpful service,
three times crossing the Atlantic Died
at hts sons, in Greenport, Long Island
in 1857, in his 10Th year.
ELLEN d. HARMED.
Thompson, Feb. 10, 1903.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
AGITATION FOR FREE LUMBER.

There is loud demand for the abo-
lition Of the tariff on lumber and there
Is arm belief that It will tend TO
help quicken building in all parts Of
the country as well as win the cut in
prices OF steel
Not only the farmers. but all enter
prising citizens, are protesting against
the maintenance Of tariff under pres
ent conditions.
One Of the agitators OF this subject.
himself a farmer. says: Rightly or
wrongly. the farmers believe that what
amounts to a lumber trust practically
controls the price OF lumber all over
the country. They know that the
price OF lumber has increased any
where from rs to 200 per cent. in the
ten or fifteen years; they also know
from the publications Of the depart-
ment Of agriculture that our forests
are nearly exhausted and they can
net understand how congress can for
moment permit any portion OF the
tariff on lumber, whether rough or fin
ished, to remain at time when our
forests are dwindling and the price OF
lumber is endlessly ascending. The
way the farmer figures Il out, he is
taxed 10 per cent. on every post he
buys; so per cent. on every box shook.
81 Q thousand feet on every rough
board and from $3.50 to $3.50 a thou
sand on the finished lumber he NAV
require, all for the purpose OF Great
ing tariff wall which makes his
lumber higher enormously Increases
che value OF the standing timber held
by spectators. and encourages the
destruction Of the remaining forests.
which eventually can only be regard
ed as a national disaster.
The farmer knows full well that If
he could not raise cereals and provis-
0ana enough to feed the country the
consuming millions would knock the
tariff off these commodities in q fash.
He knows very we'll that the present
timber crop, which is practically the
only crop that can be raised is nearly
exhausted, comparatively speaking.
and he cannot understand any process
of reasoning which undertakes to de-
fend the tariff on these commodities"
The policy OF this country is not to
enrich the few but to benefit the many
and It does appear as II this claim
for free lumber would be a blessing TO
those who have capital TO invest in
building and the idle workers who are
hoping for better times.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
THE SQUARE DEAL is
NEEDED.

II IN being averred for fact that
the square DEAF has never reached
the postofice department at WASH
ington, yet, and this seems to be the
opinion OF men in the postal service
as we'll az citizens out OF 1t.
what In generally demanded Is
more uniform rates and less red tape
and better business methods in every
thing. and. the hope is not being con-
ceeled that when Secretary Hitchcock
comes to the head Of the department
that there will be more snap and less
bother.
In Massachusetts, the discussion Of
this matter by the press is quite gen
eral. and one paper says;
I'm March we shall have a new
postmaster general. We suppose
they have all been good men, but none
cT them have shown courage enough
70 cut the red tape OF the department
or 20 scrape of the barnacles that
have been accommodating for years.
The square deal somehow has never
reached the postofice department"
The Salem News, commenting up
on the above, says:
Tt must be said. in all oandor, that
Postmaster General Myer, during his
brief service, has done his part, not
only in scraping of the barnacles, but
also in calling the attention Of con-
gress to reforms that are possible
only through the cooperation Of that
body II his successors continue the
good work he has thus inaugursted,
Il won't be long before well-based
criticism Of a number OF features will
lead to remedial changes Of advantage
both 70 the people and to the Depart
ment"
The postofnce department cannot be
brought to the mark at once because
IT Is under congressional control, but
with live men TO the front there is
reason to hope that the square deap
win soon reach the department. It
rs improving all the time.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
THE PRODUCTION OF GOLD.


The decentralization of silver has
not worked the havoc which was pre-
dicted, nor has results shown an in
sufficiency of gold. The output OF gold
last year exceeded four hundred mil
lions and broke all previous records.
It was four times the amount Of the
gold mined in 1887.
Since 1898 the worlds stock Of gold
in banks, government treasures. ETC.,
has nearly doubled, and the whole
stock of sold including what has gone
into the arts has more than doubled.
January /, 1884, these stocks in banks
and treasures totaled $1,915, 053, 600.
The worlds product since then has
been S4,113,573,34s. The visible stock
is now $685., 100000, the amount esti-
mated to have gone into the arts
81, 1o1, 94T,570. leaving s941. 1S2,77S to
be accounted for as in the pockets OF
peoples, private. boards, absorbed in
the orient or used in the arts beyond
the estimates Of the mint.
The countries that have yielded the
greater part of this increase are South
Africa, United States, including Alas
ka, Australia, and Russia. Australia
alone Of these is yielding less than
FIVE years ago. But Canada, whose
output chiefly from her side Of the
Klondike reached 1,s50i97 ounces in
1900, dropped 10 464,400 ounces last
year. But on the American side of
the Alaskan line the production has
grown from 1,o33,377 ounces in 1906
and Ss4,424 in 1907 to 1.117,52S last
year. nearly as much as Russia's and
about one-third Of that of ell Aus
tralia Colorado last year yielded
1,10s,522 ounces, making with Alaska
almost half OF the total American pro-
duction. South Africa's output, how
ever, Is 40 per cent. of that of the
vphoIe world
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
He CERTAINLY SHOULD BE.

Ths question Is being asked II Rear
Admiral sperry, commander Of the
round-the-w world feet should be made
a vice admiral.
He is an able and brave son OF Con-
necticut and everybody in the state
believes that Admiral Sperry should
be thus honored for the great task he
has performed to the honor Of his
country.
Rear Admiral Evans, who was wor-
thy TO occupy such a high place,
elbows q generous spirit when ne says
without fear Of contradiction that
Rear Admiral spsrry should be made
a vice admiral!
The press Of Connecticut should
stand solid for the Advancement of
Rear Admiral sperry to vice admir-
ship.
Many outside papers see the justice
~ such an advancement of the man
who exhibited to all nations this coun-
try's feet Of model battleships
The Philadelphia Evening Times,
recognizing the justice Of it. says:
Our navy has long been singularly
ofcered. Before the battle Of Manila
4 had no admiral. After that victory
Commodore Dewey was made admiral,
thus placing an Unreasonable Official
distance between him and the nearest
rear admiral. Moreover, the office so
specially created for Admiral Dewey is
a life office.
Rear Admiral sperry has met and
fulfilled the requirements Of a great
and onerous task in a manner so
sound, creditable and satisfactory
that some requital or acknowledgment
is his proper need. Rear Admiral
Evans. talking from his retirement,
says he hopes Sperry viii be made a
vice admiral Evans knows and is IN
selfish. His wish is ours"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Emperors Food REGULATED hvI.,,,

Although the majority Of the royal
personages are noted for their lavish
dinner tables, there is at least one
reigning monarch whose meals are of
the simplest. This monarch is the en-
peror Of China. His whole life is lived
in obedience to the most stringent ETH
quette and his food is all regulated for
him by statute. SO strict arei the laws
governing the imperial household that
when he desires a new dish he has to
pass a special decree before he can
have it, and the court physicians keep
strict watch over his appetite Should
he show a special liking for any par
ticular Wand the chances are that they
will persuade him not to take it, under
the pretense that It may prove inJuri-
Gus to his health.-Dundee Advertiser
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
votinn and n. Poll Tax.

A bill which denies a man who re-
fuses to pay his poll tax the privilege
of voting seems upon the whole to be
a reasonable proposition. The sum Of
money is not a large one but the
principle involved is very important.
The injustice of collecting the tax from
persons whose owenrship of real es-
tate renders collection easy, while
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
A case u Nervousnesa.

An English woman who has been
doing some semi-sensational dancing
and much exasperating self-adverurs-
ing is quoted as accusing American
women of prudishness and mock mod
esty because they tolerate Salome
and object to her (the English wom-
an's) bare feet. She quotes one
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

The Indian commissioners saw that
there are 300. 600 Indians in the coun-
try, and that they are increasing.
Give them a gooi public school edu-
cation and make citiznns OF them.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

Before congress appropriates sts5.-
600 for the proper interment Of Paul
Jones remains, it would do well to
reimburse General Porter for the
$4,000 he spent on them.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

are allowed to go free. has long occa-
stoned bitter feeling. The admission
OF public authorities that they are I'M
able to collect a perfectly legal inn
post is also humiliating one
Bridegroom Telegram
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

According to Consul D. r. Birch of
Alexandria, the final authentic esti-
mate fixes the size Of the Egyptian
cotton crop, now being marketed. at
from sz5,o0O,ooo to CSC, oOO, 900 pounds.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

A fleet Of first class battleships costs
as much as the Panama canal, and
such fleet, to be kept in trim, has
to be built every Is years. That's the
way the money goes!
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

American woman who saw her dance
as saying of it: ~Oh. this is not 50
bad; had so hoped it was going to
be dreadful" That remark betrays
not prudishness nor vicious taste, but
lean
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

An English critic does not regard
the construction Of the Panama canal
as business" but the Japs undoubt-
edly see that there is business In it.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

Old Boreas was on a tear on Thurs
day. and did considerable damage to
signs and blinds and windows. He
alone can defy the Norwich police
with impunity.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

The warship without tunnels has
been brought out by Great Britain in
the Indefatigable. Internal combus-
ton engines take care Of the smoke
and the gases.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

II Oregon should build a railroad
upon its own hook, It would be the
first state to start in as a. builder.
It is customary for states to buy out
old roads.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

Massachusetts has no less than If
teen Sunday bills before Its ,legisla-
ture. Sunday is made more Of an is
sue than there is any necessity for.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
Many Don't KNOW.

A good many people who think mar
Rage a failure do not realize how much
more sadly they would have failed II
they had never married. - Chicago
Record Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

The pessimistic gentlemen who new
er expected to see the feet come
home again are disappointed-they
cannot say, Il told you So"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

New England Is now on the safe
side Of a water famine. There we're
never more cities on the verge at one
time before.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

On the days when the saloons are
closed they say that all thirsts are
fully provided for.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

Street grades are laid in up to date
cities by city datum; but so many
cities have no datum that city streets
are too often without grades.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

The New York family that made
its cook a present Of $500 showed
proper appreciation Of good service.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

It costs the nation a billion dollars
every ten years FIR its coffee, tea and
cocca. We are great 5ott drink con-
sumers.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

Cholly-Doctor, / want something
FOR. my head. DR. GTuffly--My dear fell
low, wouldn't take 1t for a gift.--Uni-
versalist Leader.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

Happy thought for today: The
dimple in a maids cheek does not
always make a dent in a lads heart.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

When the feet came home It had met
tho full bin and had no explanations
10 make
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

Boys go wild to see moving picture
shows; and now It is said one has
gone wild from having seen so many.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26

March need not get into February.
II II does February may linger in the
lap OF March
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
TVV0Gn.e1DKE
Rw'"6s9nGPl
Naphtha Soaps Are
Not "All Alike
They resemble one another in
only one Respectively
contain napHtha.

But naphtha is not the
"whole thing, even in naph-
tina soaps. The quality of
the soap with which the naph-
tina is combined is just as i'm
portant-more so, in fact, be-
cause it is soap, not napbtba,
that CLEANS.
Naphtha loosens the dirt.
Soap cleans.
Now, the naphtha in
P. & G. Naphtha Soap is
identical with that used in
other naphtha soaps.
But the soap is not the
same. 1t is better. 1t is
harder. 1t lasts longer. 1t
does more work. 1t does
better work-does it easier,
QUICKER.
P. & G. Naphtha Soap is
white-because of the cocoa
nut oil in it. Other naphtha
soaps are yellow-too much
rosin in them.
"The color tells the story.
P. q G. Naphtha Soap
5 cents a cake. :,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
no II NOW

and don't wait until tine last minute.
I'm referring to plumbing or EashttinE
r. BENTON piBnLE. - Aayian g.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-26
BREEDS THEATRE
Cooper & McNulty. Lsssess.
Devoted 10 Firsi-cIaSS Moving
Pictures and Illustrated SORQs.

Stirring Days IN Old Virginia, war
drama; The Troubled Artist comedy;
A Redhot Remedy. comedy; The Cast
away. dramatic; The Heroine OF tho
Forge, dramatic: Around Brussels In
Ten Minutes, scenic. The PerseverinR
Insurance Agent, comedy.
Doors open at and z. Performance
at 2.30 and $50. Special attention 10
Ladies and Children.
Matinees, Ladies' and Children, Sci
Evenings, 100.
BREED HALL, Washington Square
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-30
From Another Point Of View

The EMP Automobile Co seems to be winning in walk
Cincinnati
What there being trust that
call itself company?
a uncooked We don't
like beans that
Mr. pungs insists somebody being soaked
Inmates i be Mr. Pungs
10 have the distinction of being the home Of the
We OF fifty
oler action
y cheap enough
injunction been dissolved and
ground throwing
several salt
1t the who
There's man who understands
what 1t be Copenhagened.
Chorus driven in
tel afayetteaye
this mean that they sleep in their clothes?
Philadelphia
the
old "Phy where the popular poison.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-30
Bourne Wants Power For Voter

Senator Bourne believes he has
serted the entering wedge which v
eventually destroy the corporatlt
ruled conventions Of all political p.
ties. His plan. he claims. will ma
impossible the existence of a HANNAH
Frank Hitchcock. II also will ma
impossible the customary bipartis.
conspiracy by which the people 4
given a choice between corporauI
owned democratic candidate and q
poration-owned republican candida.
When his law becomes effective 4
delegates from Oregon will be m
chosen by popular majority OF the V:
ers and pledged 10 vote for some pl
ticular candidate favored by the ri
pie.
There will be no back-door trad
no swapping patronage or other ms
ner OF brides In secret lobbies OF Z
conventions.
The senator's project. which tax
the form OF an amendment TO the o.
gon primary law, goes to the peoI
Of Oregon by the initiative provisf
of the present primary law.
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hanson rolled along. then four
wheeler, then a green grocer's cart,
with a smart looking pony between
the shafts. ! thought he might be in
the four-wheeler. but no, II turned
down Muscum-st. This brought the
green grocer's cart nearer. was
beginning to feel very puzzled when
il suddenly occurred to me to pros
pect the green grocers cart. Two
Costers occupied the seat. The driver
|, was real, unmistakable hall-marked
coster, but his companion gave me a
doubt For one thing. he was smok-
ing a cigar for another, he held on
TO his seat In order 10 support him
self for third, although he wore no
collar, he had remarkably white
neck-for a coster
There" said + "is my man.
did not look at him again. There
was no need To kill time | bought
a paper and diligently studied its con-
tents. At London bridge transferred
myself To a New Cross bus. mounted
20 the top and began to scan the
houses that We passed It was not.
however until we had half traversed
the Old Kent road that I discovered
what ! was looking for--an apart ment
house and an undertaker's establish
men within easy walking distance OF
each other. Opposite the former 7
swung myself from the bus. The green
grocer's cart passed me. then slowed
down TO walk ] STROBE up TO the
door Of the apartment house and rap
ped sharply.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-30

The door was opened by a greasy
faced woman. | pushed past her into
the hall. without so much as. by
your leave" and shut the door behind
me | acted so. lest my shadower
should suspect that visited the
house for the first time. The woman
at once began TO protest at the top
OF her voice. But cut her short with
sovereign.
Silence thus secured. | addressed
her in this fashion: Madam, am
woodcarver by trade. and a rich old
gentleman has just commissioned me
To carve a wonderful design upon n
coffin in which he wishes TO bury his
wife. who is lately dead. AS il is
necessary for me 10 get Immediately
10 work. | must hire room in the
neishborhood without delay. II you
have a front room on the ground floor
which you can let to me. I shall be
glad To pay you for il at the rate OF
one pound for every day | use II In
advance
I.awks," she cried. then uttered
croaking laugh You must be get
ting we'll paid for the job"
"A hundred pounds" | replied.
NO wonder you are in a hurry"
Have Won such a room as | re-
quire?" demanded impatiently.
She showed me a musty guest
chamber, which still smelt OF It's
former occupant. who must have been
a tanner. should say
1T will do" I declared.
Il shall return in 10 minutes with
the coffin" | said quickly I'm the
meanwhile that room Is mine. Please
see that no one goes into II, and do
not on any account open the window"
In another moment | was ont OF the
house, and walking back briskly to-
ward the city. followed at distance
by the greengrocer's cart.
The undertaker's shop | reached
in less than four minutes. and entered
with the air OF busy burgeols. pur-
chasing cheap oak coffin that he
sent with me by two apprentices.
The small procession that ! head
ed occasioned a good deal OF com
ment, and excited not few grisly
jests as we proceeded. | looked
neither TO right nor left, and not
once back: but | knew that the
greengrocers cart still steadily dog
ged my wanderings. My new land
lady admitted us without a protest.
made my attendants place the coffin
upon the bed. and dismissed them
with a shilling apiece. | then locked
the door and ciept TO the window. |
was Just in time to see. through a
slit in the shutter. the greengrocer 8
cart set off AT swift trot towards
London. Cautiously raising the sash
pushed aside the blind and craned
out my head. No. | had not been
misled. The road ran straight. and
although ! watched the car until IL
was swallowed up In maze OF other
vehicles, near thousand yards away.
neither OF the costers seemed TO find
II worth while to look back
I closed the window, and sitting
down beside the coffin. laughed until
nv sides ached. Once again | had
crossed swords with Sir Chas. Venner.
and once again the victory was mine.
I could not, however. afford much
time for self-gratulation. | had a
great deal TO do. and It was already
Q o'clock. 7 shouted for the land
lady and made that astonished wo-
man a present OF my coffin. II Is
evident that she thought me a luna
tic. but what cared | for that? In
another moment I was Fastening
down the road An empty four
wheeler overlook me at last, and
drove like mad to Bruton-st.
ITO be continued)
1
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COFFTE SkYT WITH f&E
z? Tho ASSISTANTS

and turning to Sir Charles I anxiously
inquired after my master.
Your master Is much worse" he
replied looking At me very keenly.
He will recover. sir, hope. You
will surely save him, Sir Charles!"
~ don't know"
Mr. Seton Dagmar took up his hat
and left the room. The surgeon
waited until we heard the street door
close then he said quietly: And
how is your mother. BROWNE"
she is dead. sir spoke the
words in a low. dull tone. but with
out attempting any exhibition OF emo
ton I knew better than 10 play such
re me with the man before me.
| I'm sorry 10 hear that" he OBJ
served. when is she 70 be buried?'
! This afternoon sir" / answered,
/ looking at the floor.
lie drew in n long, sharp inspira-
ton. which said palmer than words
Il thought So"
understood that he suspected me.
I raised my eyes TO his, however with
a worried, melancholy expression. and
I said In hesitating way: IT'S this
way. sir Ny mothers illness has
run away-with my little bit Of saw
ings. sir-and-and- the undertaken
wants spot cash for tho coffin. sir
Il see. you wish me TO lend you
some money"
! hung my head In real artistic
shame I'D never dare-ask-you,
sir" I muftered brokenly
How much do you nccd?"
give pounds would do. sir
Naturally. my man. his voice was
much kinder. II shall lend YOU the
money. shall return to see your
master again az IL and bring the
money with me" -
Thank you. sir" stammcred "I'll
never forget II Of You. sir"
Without another word he left the
lhouse. considered that had al