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The Columbus journal., 1909-11-17
GENOA.

1fom IL nmsa
A nsiRhboehood row n the western
part Of the coanty he's reached ths
courts. Sherman Baker W. found BY q
nsighbor Lest Wednesday evening in "a
unconscious condition and was cared fos
until Thursdsy afternoon when be 70.
gained consciousness aud told how be
had been assaulted. When nearing biz
home his team stopped and upon getting
out of the wagon he found that . gate
usually standing open vas closed and
securely wired While endesvoring to
loosen the wire he was struck in the
back OF tho head with Q hammer. He
attempted to crawl under the fence to
escape but vas pulled back, his clothes
being badly cot in the barbed wire and
he was beaten until he became uncon-
scious. Three young men. named Moore,
Aye, Carlson and Miller, have been AZ
rested and placed under bonds to appear
for q preliminary hearing. Baker has
been having trouble with the parties
under arrest. and it 10 alleged that the
assault was made for tho purpose of
getting even" with him.
from the Leader.
Another case Of spinal disease at the
Indian school. The small son Of Nh.
and Mn. Gillette is the victim this time.
Mn George Campbell, living eighteen
miles west Of Fullerton was instantly
killed Saturday last by being thrown
from the buggy. While driving down .
hill the traces became unfastened letting
the tongue drop t, tho ground, the team
became frightened and run throwing
Mn Campbell and her baby out. The
baby was uninjured while the mothers
neck was broken.
In regard to our schools, parents have
duties to perform, which they can i'll
afford to neglect. They should show
to their children that they have an in
terest in the school. They should OK
anime carefully the reports sent by the
should see that their children
are in school every day. and punctusl;
Rhould assist and encourage their child
ron to do all their school duties faithful
~ and we'll; should cooperate with the
teacher in securing the prompt return Of
their children home after school is dis
should make . friendly visit to
the school, and talk freely With the
and principal in regard to same.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02
Proof. of a oentIeman.

Western history is rife with blood curdling stories of holdups of stage coaches and brutal robberies. Many of them were exaggerated. Time has added features which never occurred. Of course there were plenty of them that were true and really bitter ex- periences.
 Major Inman told me this story" said one of Inman's old friends re- gently. "He thought it was very fun ny, and it was. Innnan said that a Kansas man named Chisholm. a ranch man and cattleman of much means, travelled a great deal over the old Santa Fe trail by stage coach in those early days. He had a big government beef contraction either the army or the Indians; I forget which, now; but at any rate he had to go in person to conclude the business. He had to go to Arizona to one of the agencies. Returning, he was smart enough to send his money on ahead and it got back to his ranch safely enough. He had about S1.000 in bills on his per son. In another pocket he had $2 bill As he was getting back into Kansas the stage was held up, evil dent1y by a party of robbers who had been watching Chisholm and expect ing him to return with a wad of mon- ey in payment for his cattle. Chisholm slipped the s1,000 roll down his pants leg. The holdup men buttoned him first. He invited them to search him, saying that he had little money on
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BUT FOR FOUR YEARS.

The declaration of President Taft that he did not expect to serve the country but four years may have car ried delight to the few factionists, but 1t was fsr from pleasing to the Ameri- can people. In these times of great issues and unprecedented enterprise, four years is not long enough for a president of such large abilities, broad conceptions and perfect familiarity with the needs of the nation to do himself justice. The people have faith in the statesmanship and superior ability of President Taft and nothing less than two terms has been thought of for him and nothing less will do. He will not seek the office, and, per- haps, he might find comfort in pass ing the onerous duties of the office over to another; but the people are very likely to have something to say about the matter and they are not likely to second the motion. for his making one term of the presidency his limit. The people are bent upon hay ing another term of President Taft if possible.
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sonal interest in the company. and q sentimental interest that counts with him, perhaps, even more. The terms of the incrdhse are more liberal than had been assumed in some quarters. The instalments will receive the same dividend that would come to a cor responding amount of full-paid stock; that is. after the first quarter payment the next dividend would be 2 per cent. on S25 par on which S31.25 had been paid in. Eight per cent. on stock at 125 is equivalent to GA per cent. net, to those who get it and hold it, if the per cent. rate holds. often install ments draw only>4 per cent.
 It has been for some time under stood that MT. Billiard, who stepped in at the critical time in the Boston & Maine affair, would be the next direct tor added to the board and In his se- lection the company gets the services of an experienced business man Of abundant personal popularity and high standing It Is within the possibili- ties that Meriden will now get rid Of it's dreadful grade crossing. The board of directors Is made up of gentlemen of large and successful business ex- perience, leaders in their communities. who have the respect and confidence of a wide circle of acduaintanees, and, if there is another board in the coun- try of higher average. it would be in- teresting to read the list. It is to be noted, too. that the thirteen directors from Connecticut are a majority of the whole board.-The Courant.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02
FOOTBALL FATALITIES.

Football can never be debrutalized until all heartless wretches are taken out of the game.
 The government has ruled out foot ball because two weeks ago a mem Der of the Annapolis team had his back broken and on Saturday last a member of the West Point team had his neck broken. All football is now declared at an end at these institu- tions.
 The opponents of football say that it is popular because 1t contains all the excitement of baseball and the prize ring. The Bulletin in this bunch-play which often results in the death of some player sees nothing half as honorable as prize fighting. Why should it be assumed that these Intelligent players when an opponent is tackled in a bent position do not know that if they throw their combined weight upon the player that it will crush him and may cripple him for life or injure him fatally The gang who thus fall upon victim to crush him should be held responsible for the results. This is what would de- brutalize the game in good shape.
 The manner and brutality of the players is the thing which should be condemned. To oyerpower a skilful player by brute force without regard to the danger or the results is very lar from being an honorable perform Rnce. Such men send flowers and att tend the funeral in a body, but it is far more creditable to them to stop making crfpples and preparing the way for funerals in the name of respecta- ble sport.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02
AHEAD OF HIS TIMES.

There is no doubt that James J. Hillis a man ahead of his time, as are those who agree with him that fit would be far better to build fewer warships and to put the money into experimental schools for teaching boys agriculture or the trades"
 The nations are wasting hundreds of millions on battleships just now which become obsolete in very few years. In fact, the Hartford Times charges this government with vast ing money in building expensive bat- tIeships of 21 knots when Great Brit ain and Germany are constructing battleships equally formidable with a speed of 27 knots. because under such conditions our battleships are really obsolete when finished. To ignore speed cannot be regarded as mark of wisdom under such circumstances.
 In this nation today there are mill lions of children of school age grow ing up in ignorance, for whose edu- cation there is no provision whatever. The day is coming when the leading men in all the countries of the civ ilized world will talk down war and talk up ndustry--wiltta for great CT citizenship along lines which tell for a busier and asbetter world.
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arena echoing with cheers and with music of dianas in his honor. l can see the graceful curve of his body, arrayed in brown and gold and gilt tering brilliantly in the sunlight, as he acknowledged the ovatoin with that wonderful, compelling, magnetic smile. At the conclusion of the fight an enthusiastic, cheering mob, skep- tics and all, carried him in triumph on their shoulders from the ring.
 What false notions are abroad con- cerning the bull fightl Few people realize that 1t embodies all the hoary qualities of primordial life that made human existence possible on this globe. It exhibits the greatest possible strength and grace and beauty of the human figure. We breathlessly watch one of our own kind, his life in his hands. meet and master a thousand unexpected, dangerous situations.
 Those who behold are thrilled to undreamed of depths, in which are awakened the ancient instincts of the mighty past; instincts which began at the very dawn of time when man, un-- der awful compulsion, commenced the struggle with his hereditary enemies, the animals.
 The bull fight is great because it is intensely human; because it quickens within us the ancient patriotism of our kind The bull fighter is great because he is human, masculine, be- cause he is strong and fearless, be- cause he gives all that man has to give and Is glad in the giving.-Ralph H. Chaplin, in Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02
ONLY NECESSARY ID TREAT
 THE STOMACH, SAYS COOPER


 The new theory advanced by L. T. Cooper relative to the human stomach has attracted such widespread atten- ton that the public in cities visited by him has been joined by many phy- sicians in a discussion of his beliefs and medicines.
 MT. Cooper says that human health is dependent almost entirely upon the stomach. He says that no Gts- ease can be conquered without first alleviating all stomach disorders. He further says that most men and Wom- en of this generation are half-sick, owing to degenerate stomachs And lastly, he claims that his New Discov- cry medicine will rejuvenate the hum- an stomach in few weeks time.
 Cooper has been travelling from one city to another, conducting in each what he calls a campaign of education. For the past year he has met the pub lie in the larger cities of the country, and his success has been phenomenal. Thousands of people have Hooked to his headquarters wherever he has gone, and the sale of his medicine has been beyond anything of the kind ever before witnessed. .-s ssaS Possibly the most interesting feature of the attention Cooper has attracted is what his army of followers, whom he has converted to his beliefs through his medicines, have to say on the sub ject.
 The following unsolicited endorse ment comes from J. l.. Turk living at 915 Locust street, Vincennes, Ind. whose statement is characteristic of thousands received from persons in all
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parts of the country. MT. Turk is well known throughout the Ohio and Mis- sfssippi valleys. He is now 6S years of age, and claims his general health is better than for some time past.
 For several years" says Mr. Turk, T suffered from stomach trouble. I was in a badly weakened and run down condition. After eating I would bloat, and be in pain and distress for several hours. An all-gone feeling would come over me, and had no en- ergy nor ambition whatever. This condition continued for long time, although I took treatment from several good physicians, and tried a number of patent remedies, without relief
 "On reading of MT. Cooper's theory I became convinced that he was right, so I procured several bottles of his New Discovery preparation ill order to test his claims. It afforded prompt relief, and when I had taken three bot ties my trouble had disappeared and I was feeling like a different man. To make my restoration sure I took two more bottles of the New Discovery. It has now been several months since I stopped taking the Cooper medicines, and I have experienced no pain nor distress D in that time, although I eat anything wish.
 "The medicine also relieved me of chronic constipation and piles, the lat ter having bothered me for twenty years Cooper's New Discovery is a wonderful preparation and I reconl- mend itazto any enc suffering from stomach trouble.' M
 Cooper's New, Discovery is sold by all druggists everywhere
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02
DEATH-TRAPS.

The church orphanage at Lynchburg, Virginia, in which five orphans were suffocated before they could be res- cued from the burning building, was a death trap, and had this been dis covered in time the record of hor- rible affair would have been averted. The attendant who discovered the blaze was herself severely burned in her attempts to rescue these little ones. Inspection of such places with a view of making them healthy and safe should be a regular duty; and omission to do this carries with it responsibility for just such to be dreaded accidents as this.
 It is time now to examine chimneys and flues and heating apparatus to see that they are in good condition; and while there is marked neglect in this respect in houses and stores, there should be none in the public institu- tions where so much depends upon carefulness for the safety of the in- mates.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02
AN AMERICAN BULL FIGHTER.
Harper Baylor Lee ExcelIed the Great
 est Spanish Toreros.

In reading the reports of the death of Harper Baylor Lee, the American bull fighter. one is astounded at the exaggerated and incongruous accounts of himself and his career. It has been my very good fortune, to know him personally and l have found him to be an exceptional being; a genius; a big, brave, happy -go-lucky boy with warm, generous impulses and a heart of gold.
 To the average American the term .bull fighter is associated with some- thing sanguinary and cruel. Still l have seen Lee exhibit feeling and sem timent as sincere and simple and naive as that of a child. Dozens of times has he rjsked his neck at ben eft lights, to aid the children of dead toreros, CT hospitals, or any cause needing assistance. All this was done without remuneration. He had about him some subtle, compelling force which made his friends idolize him, and his enemies admire and respect him.
 Lee was "A years of age and was born in El Paso Texas of an old American family. His father was marshal of the city and member of the rangers. Lee was educated in the public schools of Guadalajara, Mexico ana uQLll ne. 6HleT6u the Duli IAAS was employed on the National lines of Mexico He took part in many anna teur bull fights and gained eonsidera- ble distinction. He did not dream of becoming a professional. however. un- til after a notable success achieved at an affair given by the governor of the state of Vera Cruz.
 Personally he was a striking figure almost six feet tall, slender, manly and as straight as an arrow. His face was rather long, his features well pro- portiened and sensitive, his eyes dark and alwavs animated. He would often joke in a sood-natured way about the difficulty of shaping his curly hair into the torero's cue. His face was char acterized by high, square forehead and an everlasting daredevil smile,
 I remember his first great fight at the City of Mexico this summer It was his great try-out, the supreme test He was advertised extensively and the critical Spaniards and Mexi- cans. incredulous and skeptical, flock ed to see the curioslty-an audaeious "gringo'' fighting fierce Mura bulls from Spain!
 It was immensel sHe fought in faultless' classic style, without the slightest blunder and with surprising grace and elegance. With ease he ac- complished the most daring and diff ficult feats of the greatest Spanish toreros and then he did others which even they would hardly dare attempt and which TO one could do more beau tifully. can see him now in the midst of his great triumph, the big
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A Great Road.

The annual meeting of the New York, New Haven 6 Hartford road yesterday developed a New Haven stockholder who admitted that he was trying to fill the shoes of the late Henry l.. Goodwin, but his queries simply enabled MT. Mellen to make number of emphatic statements without having to seek or make an occasion for them. The most sig nifcant of these were the earnest dec laration that none of the company's money had gone to the third house or to politicians or.lobbyists and that the prospect of maintaining the per cent. dividends was better now than at any previous period and that there was no reason to look for any rduction by reason of the stock increase; this year is expected to make good the de- ficits of the past two dull seasons.
 The fact that Mir. Morgan offered the resolution for the increase of capi- tai showed that the move met his full approval. and he is proverbially con- servative. He has a very large per-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02
1HE EuLlEIlN's DAILY STORY
MANDY'S PAS WIVES

The flicker of amusement that cross ed Mrs. James face was instantly sup pressed. Stupid of me not to have thought of that" she said. "Go on and tell me about 1t. Did all the chil- dren get there, and what kind of a time did you haveY'
 "Yas1n. we shore did have a good time You couldn't hardly hear your years for the noise. though they wasn't but twelve of us there. The others couldn't come"
 Mrs. James gasped again.
 @were they all your own brothers and sisters, Mandyg' she inquired. :.
 "No'm. ain,t got any brothers an some folks on the south side-and Charie--l1e lives at homeland Jim he ain't a bit account-afld Ned-he's married-and Tom-he's the youngest. Yas'm. that's all, 'ceptin' me. You see, paws first wife didn't have no children but his second had eight. Then when she died he up and mar nav the third, and when she died he married this present wife and should n't be surprised if he should live to marry another one Nav looked ter- rible sickly. It's been a mighty bad disappointment to paw, the way his wives have died on nln. Ana conSlu- erable of an expense, too, so many fun'rals
 She sighed little and gave a few spasmodic dabs at the floor. Then she looked up at Mrs. James cheerfully.
 But we shore did have a good time" she said "Maw's a fine cook, and she had baked ham and fried chicken and sweet potatoes and Irish potatoes and roastin' years and squash and observes and pickles and, land! 1 don't know what all, and pie and cake black cake and white cake and we'd din cake-and ice cream and-rny goodness. nav kep' pressin' ever one of us to sat till we pretty near bust.
 "Don't you fret about me, maw; eat hearty I says.
 And maw says, If you don't try a piece of this puddin' I'll be mad at you
 50 I ct a piece of the puddin'. Then maw says. 'Ain't you goin' to try some of my pickles, Mandy she says.
 And I just set back in my chair an I says Land O goodness, maw,' I says. I've done ct so, much If sh'd bat an eye I'd bust"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02
FIGHTING DISEASE PAYS.

There is nothing that pays better than money invested to improve the public health, or than laws enforced which will decrease the rate of mor- tality. That this can be done has been satisfactorily demonstrated.
 Statistics just received from the division of the census bureau show that the war on the white plague is being won, slowly but surely. The report for 1908, just compiled. shows that the death rate per 100000 from tuberculosis was 173,9 For 1907 it was 1S3.6; for 1900 it was 1905, and for 1890 it was 245.4. Pneumonia mortal ity has declined also, but not so great ly, from 1869 in 1890 to 1912 in 1907.
 Seventy eight thousand two hundred and eighty mine victims were claimed by the white plague in 1908.
 In the registration area of the Unit ed States, during the year 190S, 30.s deaths out of every 100 deaths of oc- cupied males who died between the ages of 25 and 34 years were caused by tuberculosis of the lungs, or nearly fone death out of every three. During the same age period 41.9 per cent. of the bookkeepers, clerks and copyists, 40.1 per cent. of the barbers and hair dressers, 40.9 per cent. of the servants, Al per cent. of the boot and shoe- makers, 49.2 per cent. of the composi- tors, printers and pressmen, 41.2 per cent. of the tailors. and. 25.6 per cent. of the farmers who died in the regis tration area during 1908 were victims of pulmonary tuberculosis.
 Tbaro Y111IGt oISO eptor into this good work the personal training of the in- dividual to not only diet for health, but to exercise for it and to think health. The abolishment of fear and the keeping of health constantly in mind would tell for better things in our communal life.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02
CIRCULATION
THE JUBILEE BOOK.

The Jubilee Book, containing a complete record of the celebration of the 25oth anniversary of the founding of the town of Norwich, with complete illustrations, containing at least 100,- 600 words and 50 pages of portraits and scenes of decorated streets and sections of the parade. etc. The Bull letin hopes to have the book ready for delivery early in December. If you have not ordered one, fill out the cou- pon printed elsewhere and mail to the Business Manager of The Bulle- tin, Norwich, Conn"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-02

'.Yes'm," said Mandy, setting down her scrut bing bucket leisurely and rubbing her cheek with the back of her hand. q shore did have a good time down at home last week. You see," she explained to Mrs. James, for whom she was doing cleaning by the day, it was fo' years since Id, been back wonder and seer ed like I'd die, was so homesick. My goodness, but wanted a piece of fried chicken! kinda felt like I ought to go, too. Paw ain't reel well and maw most generally always enjoys DO health, even if she ain't but two years oldern me"
 Mrs. James gasped in astonishment. Two years older than youl" she calculated. why, Mandy, how could your mother be only two years older than you,'' ff
 Mandy opened her mouth and laugh ed, displaying two semicircles of white teeth.
 She afn't my reel maw." she gur- gled. She's paws fourth stepwife."
 Mrs James relaxed palbably. though a '.stepwife" was a creature that hith- erto had not come within her ken All she could think of to say was "Ohi1 which she did say with an air of deep interest.
 "Yas'm,' Mandy continued. dipping her scrubbing cloth into the water and wringing it out with pair of big round hands, "paw's buried three wives and it's been mighty hard on a sociabW man like paw. He just loves society. I declare to gracious, the last time paw was single. seemed like we'd just about go plumb crazy, he was that cantankerous.'
 Mandy rubbed away vigorously for about three minutes. then she sat back on her heels and wiped her forehead
 "Yas'm," she said after a moment, 'it was paws golden weddin'anni- versary and he was just set on hay in all the children at home. Fifty years is a long time to be married, ain't it2'
 Mrs. James brow again wrinkled in perp1exity.. "But, Mandy" she ex- postulated "now can he have had his fiftieth anniversary when his wife isn't but two years older than you? You're not 50 years old"
 Mandy laughed again joyously.
 Did you think I meant that he'd been tied up to this here one fifty years Well. reckon not. He ain't been married to her, but a couple of months. But you see, taking all the time he's been married and adding thataway, he's been married fifty years. Countin' up his four wives and leavin' out the times he was just courtin', paw found it was time to have his fiftieth universary."