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Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30

The Lefts and the Rights. the two duckpin teams of the postoffice em- ployes, met Wednesday night at the Rose alleys in the first of new series of matches which follows the one re- gently concluded and won by the Lefts. The Lefts got the start of their opponents on the new series by winning two out of three this time and also beating them 47 pins on the grand total
 Of the port side fingers, O'Sullivan did the most effective work with a total of 255. Honors were about even between Hazelton and Hinchey of the Rights, the latter having one pin the better of it, 235 to 234, but Case, who was second man of the Lefts, beat out both these top scores of the Rights. The rivalry between the two fives is at the boiling point, and the Rights promise to cut down the lead of their opponents at their next meeting.
 The scores:
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The United States FinishiRu to.

S2O Broadway. New York, Dec. 16, 1909. Coupons No. II. due Jan. 1, 1916, on consolidated mortgage 5 per cent. gold bonds of this company. will be paid at the office of The Trust Company of America, S7 Wall Street, New York City.
 Coupons No. F, due Jan. 1. 1910, on first mortgage per cent. bonds of The Sterling DyeinE and Finishing Com pany, will be paid at the office of The Trust Company of America, 37 Wall Street, New York City.
 F. s. JEROME, dec7Sd Treasurer.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30
Dan Murphy Training Hard.

Dan Murphy is putting in some faith full training stunts in the Y. M c. A. gym with Jack McGrath and others this week to fit him for his match with Bill Collins, and promises to face the Central Village wrestler in the best of shape. Bill is also taking no chances about going stale, for he knows he is to be up against a man that will try him out to the limit in the effort to put him down twice in an hour. The preliminary, which is to be a finish be- tween Kid Wilkerson and Young .Gillo, will also be a classy affair.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30
JOSEPH BRADFORD, Book Binder. Blank Books Made and Ruled to Order.
 fos BROADWAY. Tslephcre 2S2. oct1od
A PoIleeman,s Testimony.

'. N. Paterson. night policeman, of Nnshua, Iowa. writes: Last winter I had a bad cold on my lungs and tried at least hak dozen advertised cough medicines and had treatment from two A friend recommended Foley's Honey and Tar and two-thirds of a bottle cured me. I consider 1t the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world" The Lee & Osgcod Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30
COTTON.

New York, Dec. 29.-Cotton spot closed quiet, 10 points higher: mid ding uplands, 1895; middling gulf, 1920; no sales. Futures closed strong. Closing bids: December 15.63, January 15.66, February 15.S2, March 15.97, April 1908, May 1924, June 1908. July 1922, August 15.S1, September 14.77. October 1895.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30

at Woodward's garden, San Francisco, that tossed a sponge into the ring from Young Corbett's corner in the 10th round to save him fro mdefeat at the hands of that same shaggy haired youth. Battling Nelson had kept his word"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30
MON

New York, Dec. 29.-Money on call firm at 5@5 1-2 per cent; ruling rate If; last loan 5; closing bid 5 1-4; offered at 1-2. Time loans easier: sixty days 5 1-2 per cent; ninety days 1-2; six months 1-494 1-2
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30
The United States Finishing Cu.

g20 Broadway. New York, Dec. 16. 1909. Preferred Stock Dividend No. 42. The Board of Directors have this day declared the regular quarterly dividend bf one and three-quarters per cent f1% per cent.) upon the Preferred 1910, Co Stockholders of record at the close of business Dec. 20, 1909.
 Common Stock Dividend No. 4. The Board of Directors have this day declared a dividend of one per cent q per cent) upon the Common Stock of this company, payable Jan. 1, 1910, to Stockholders of record at the close of business Dec. 20, 1909.
 F. s. JEROME,
 Gec1Sd Treasurer.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30
Summers siuns Detroit Contract.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 29.-Pitcher Ed die Summers has signed years con- tract to continue with the Detroit Am ican League baseball club.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,

helped sentiment op the bond market. Total sales, par value, $4,672, GOO. United States twos and the fours coupon declined one-quarter per cent. on call.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30

WHEN you want 10 put your busi- ness before the public. there Is no me- dium better than through the advertis- ing ao1nWRS of Tho Bulletin
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30

At the r. M. c. A. gymnasium on Wednesday evening the Mighty Five defeated the basketball team of the Afternoon Business Mems class, 20 to 15, a rather loosely played game. The Business Mems five lacked team
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30

WHEN you want to put your busi- ness before the public. there IS no rrs- dium better than through the adyertik- tng columns af The Bulletin
Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-30
MIGHTY FIVE OUTLAY
 Y. M. C. A. BUSINESS MEN.

Score 20 to 15-Winners Had Better
 Team Work.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
Story of u Bell.

Few persons suspect that in the
cathedral church CT Notre Dame is a
bell contemDoraueous with Joan OF
Arc-"the blessed bell" which sound
ed the tocsin wien the maid of Lor-
raine appeared in August, 1929, and
Paris was keoiegcd By the English.
This historic bell, referred to by VIC
tor Hugo in his "Notrs Dame de
Paris" wos given to the cathedral in
400 by Jean de Mortaign. It was
refounded in 1886, and then rebap-
tized under the name of Emmanuel
Louise Therese, in honor Of Louis
XIV. and Marie Therese Of Austria.
So ii this bell IS not the same bell
which the heroine of Donreny heard,
nevertheless the same metal vibrates
to-day at the great religious cere-
monies of the metropolitan church.
In view of later events it. seems rather
more than a coincidence that when
all the other bells were destroyed by
the Revolutionists Joan's bell should
have been spared.-London Globe.
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Turuuoise q Partisan Fad.

The Parisienne is always as keen
to follow fashions in jewelry as IN
frocks, and just now she has given
her undivided attention to the tur'
quoise. -:
There is a perfect craze for this
pretty stone; so strong is it, indeed,
that it is bound soon to pass. Inc
turquoise which has thus seized my
lady's whim is not the simple tur'
ouoise with it's softly greenly blue
sheen; it is the turquoise matrix, to
give it it's proper term-the turquoise
dotted with colored spots. 1t Is SET
in rings, which are worn for choice on
the first finger. 1t is the faVorite
stone for the little buckles that finish
the fine lace jabot. Where the pocke'
can afford it turquoise buttons are the
thing, while for bracelets the stone Is
used in every way a jeweler a oe'
yise.-From MA. p.
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AN ELEVATED ~GRASSHOPPER
How 1t Came to Be Placed on the
Royal Exchange in London.


The Royal Exchange in London Is
still being decorated with paintings
by leading artists depicting the great
events that have brought about the
supremacy of England through the
medium of this historic building.
Yet the many thousands who visit
the Royal Exchange daily have very
little idea, says the Strand, that this
pile owes it's origin to a curious
cause, to nothing else than the cnirp'
ing of a grasshopper.
The chirp of this insect attracted
the attention of a little boy to a baby
the son of a poor woman-so poor
that she could not support the child,
and therefore had left him to perish
alone in a large field near her hoVel.
The little boy took the child home
and it was brought up and eventually
blossomed into no less a person than
Sir Thomas Gresham, who built the
Royal Exchange.
The prosperous merchant, to hand
down to ~posterity the incident which
saved his life, took the grasshopper
for his crest, and that is the reason
why that insect is placed, as everyone
can see, over the Royal Exchange.
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Consul Henry D. Baker, of Hobart,
makes the following report on the
utilization of pigeons in Australia
for carrying messages.
An experiment of using homing
pigeons for regular communication
and emergency service between Ho-
tart and Maatsuyker Island light
house, about seventy-ive miles south
west Of Hobart, is meeting with sig
nal success, and was the means in
November of probably saving the life
Ct an assistant at the lighthouse. who
was able, sixteen hours after sending
for q doctor by pigeon post, to obtain
needed medical relief.
The pigeon-post service with this
lighthouse was established by the ma
rine board of Hobart on January 81,
1908. The first message, which was
dispatched from the lighthouse at
10 a. m, was received in Hobart at
100 D. m. Since that time three
birds have been liberated with mes
sages every three weeks, it being also
understood that if accident or seri-
Gus illness occurred three additional
birds were to be set free. Twelve
birds in all are used for the service.
While messages have not always
reached their destination safely. gen
orally speaking the service has been
thoroughly satisfactory. At the pres
emit time the messages are written on
a piece of paper and tied under the
birds wing; but the marine board has
in view some celluloid cases which
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stupidity of his lower browed rela-
tives.
Not long ago three priests discov-
cred the skull of. this p~rogenitor OF
Adam at Chapelle-aux-Saints. Sci
entists have made a study of 1t, and
declare that this earliest of known
humans had a right to think we'll of
himself, although he would hardly ft
into a modern drawing room. Take
him for all and all, he was a man.
He made a fair use Of his opportuni-
ties, and did not attack animals that
he could not, subdue. He gave his
children q good hunting education,
and perhaps taught them the rudi-
ments Of art-how to scratch pictures
on stone.
Up to the present time seniority
among human relics belonged to
those found in Neanderthal, Ger
many, in 1856, and in Spy, Belgium,
thirty years later. When the Mean
derthal skull was found Darwinism
was in it's infancy, and men were
rather ashamed to acknowledge their
ancestors. To-day they are eager to
trace back the relationship as far as
possible. The Neanderthal skull has
a capacity of some 1900 cubic cent?
metres, and this is about the capacity
Of the Chapelle-aux-Saints specimen.
Modern man averages 1900, with
Cuvier's and Lord Byron's expand
ing to 1900, while the Australian
aborigine drops down to 14OO. The
best brain cavity that the manlike
apes can show Is 900 cubic cent?
metres.
The Chapelle-aux-Saints headpiece
was found in n Of the numerous
limestone caves of the Correze dis
trict, amid flint stones and the bones
Of deer and bison. The geological
leval was about the same as that in
which the Neanderthal and Spy bones
were discovered. Together with the
skull, some vertebral and hip bones
were unearthed, which ted M. Mar
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
DIMINUTIVE FARMS.
Those in Portugal Have Been Cut Up
Into Very Small Portions.

The Portuguese are IN extremely
conservative people. Every man Ioi:
lows rigidly the methods employed
by his father and forefathers. ID
very many parts of the country the
old wooden plows are still used.
When a man dies instead OF n OF
the heirs taking the whole property
and paying the remaining heirs fof
their parts the whole property Is d.
vided into as many parts as there are
heirs. More than this, each separate
part of the property is thus divided.
Thus if a property consisted of ten
acres of pasture land, eighty OF vine
ward and ten of grain land, and there
were ten heirs, each heir would re-
ceiye one acre each of grain and pas
ture land and eight acres of vineyard.
This process has been going on for a
very long time, SO that o IN the
most fertile part Of Portugal q
land is divided into incredibly small
portions.
The immediate result Of this, ac-
cording to the United States Consul
lar Reports, is that the product OF the
land is barely sufficient at best to
maintain its wners. South of the
River Tagus, on the other hand, tnere
are enormous tracts of excellent land
lying unused, but it has been founa
impossible to induce the farmers Of
the north to move into this ragion
and take up large holdings.
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As Requested.

At Washington the newspaper cor
respondents are telling the following
story about Representative Brown
low, of Tennessee. Recently he called
somebody up at the White House. He
had a fierce time. Central" who
tried to get the number for him, ap-
peared to be inexperienced or asleep.
Nr. Brownlow. ordinarily the most
patient of men, finally lost his pa
tience.
Look here!" he shouted; quit
this foolishness! Either get me the
White House or at least give me some
place where I may at least talk to my
intellectual equal"
Silence for a moment, and then
over the wire came a good loud
"HeTlo!" in a mans voice.
Mr.. Brownlow was very much re-
lieved.
what place Is this?" he asked.
"The Government Hospital fer the
Insane, across the river" came the
answer.
Representative Brownlow is now
endeavoring to ascertain that Gen.
trails name. He wants to have her
promoted. That's what he says t.
the newspaper men.-Judge.
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BIRDS WHICH DISPATCHES
Valuable Service by Homing Pigeons on the
Australian Coast.

may be adjusted under the birds
wing and in which a good deal of in
formation might be written upon
"himsies." A piece of paper is for
warded land filed with the Bureau
of Manufacturers On which was writ
ten the message Medical aid urg-
ent," which was the means of imme-
diately dispatching a doctor from Ho-
bart to the lighthouse. The birds are
fed On gray peas of good quality.
given plenty of grit and fresh water,
and kept thoroughly clean. They are
also allowed at their station plenty
of opportunity for needful exercise.
Maatsuyker Island lighthouse is very
isolated. 1t is situated seventy-fve
miles in a direct line from Hobart,
and by steamer ninety miles. That
this lighthouse was able to secure a
doctor from Hobart sixteen hours
after one had been sent for by pigeon
post suggests important possibilities
for more general use Of pigeons for
such service. A newspaper extract
with relation to the possible use of
pigeons in Australia for military pur-
poses, also forwarded by the consul,
states that the minister of defense,
at Melbourne, has decided to take the
first step by placing d sum on the esti-
mates for the purpose of providing
trophies for homing competitions, so
as to encourage owners 20 breed the
very best description of carriers. He
states that there are 10000 of these
! birds in the commonwealth.
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HE ANTEDATED D
French Cave Man Lived Between TO-
600 and 100000 Years Ago.

Thousands of years before Adam
found himself in the Garden Of Eden
there lived a man who made his'home
in the limestone caves of Central
France. He had no need Of fig leaves,
since nature provided him with a
tasteful robe of hair. His life was
undoubtedly hard, but he was fairly
equipped for the struggle, having
teeth like a gorilla and a sinewy arm
that could WELD a club with deadly
effect against his ~four-legged enc
mics. He went hunting after the
lower animals, and enjoyed getting
the strangle hold on a deer or sinking
his teeth in the neck Of a young cave
bear. He would often beat his prey
over the head with a rock. When
ever he used stone or club, he prob
ably congratulated himself on his
superior methods and felt a mild con-
tempt for the dulness of his cousins,
the apes. When he glanced in a
stream of water he admired the in
tellectual aspect of his forehead and,
maybe. understood the reason for the
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Gloves For Street Wear.

Light gray gloves for street wear,
but having black stitching, are being
shown for spring wear. A pocket
walking stick is one Of the e fads.
1t is made of a ribbed wood resent
bling bamboo, but much heavier and
darker in color, and is joined in SIX
inch lengths. There is a variation of
the folding cane for the trunk or
suit case. 1t might fit into the pocket
of a very big ulster. At all events it
is a nice thing to have for travelling.
-Fairchild's Magazine.
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cellin Boule, director Of paleontology
in the Paris Museum, to determine
the sex of the earliest known human
being. Small hip bones showed that
the creature was a. man, and the
sutures of the skull that he was ripe
with years when he died. He was
about five and one-fourth feet high.
The walls of the skull are very thick;
the skull box is f1attened and slopes
to the front and the eye arches are
exceedingly large and prominent. A
wide mouth, a big nose and a massive
paw were characteristics in life. This
type of man stands between a Java
monkey and the lowest order OF hu-
man being existent to-day. The esti-
mate Of the age Of his bones range
between 10000 and 100000 years.
New York Tribune.
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request sister left a note inviting her
to spend a week with ns at Maiden
head, where my brother-in-laW had
taken a home for the summer. A
couple of days later she wrote us
saving that she had engagements
covering the next three or four weeks,
but at the end of that time it was
possible that she would be able to
give US a few days Of her company.
MY hated rivals we're getting ahead
of me, I thought, and I was a good
deal cast down until, at the end OF
three or four days, another letter
came to say that she had cancelled
her engagements, and was at liberty
to ONE down at once. | got sister TIC
wire her to come the following after
noon, and spent the interim rehears-
ing a proposal.
The Test of Comparison.
"She came a couple of trains ear
lier than we had expected, and I was
out when she was driven up to the
house. When, eager with anticipa-
ton, I came back sister met me with
a puzzled expression on her face.
John she said, I'm afraid there has
been a mistake. Are you sure that
the Miss Agnes R. whom we invited
down here is your friend from At
RIGA? You said she was very beau
tiful. Isn't it possible that the wrong
Ierson got u note?'
"'Absurd!' I scoffed, brushing past
her in my haste to gain the terrace,
where an enhancing bundle Of white
was silhouetted against the som5re
ivy beyond. I'd know her hand
writing among a million
st bounded. up the terrace yards in
advance of my sister, to pause agnast
before the apparition of a gaunt, mid
die aged stranger who was smiling
weakly up at me from a seat by the
tea table. I knew her by her coral
brooch had bought it for my Sis
ter the day I left Africa-her Maui
fiji lizard skin handbag-that was
from Captain Broadstairs-and the
mole en- her left cheek. Those were
about the only familiar things I no
ticed. Yet she probably had not
changed at all in the week since she
had left the steamer. I had been
seeing other girls, that was all.
1--WE made a brave effort to make
her visit a pleasant one, but it was no
The same thing had probably
happened at the other places she had
tackled; and was, no doubt, the rea-
son for the sudden setting forward
of our date. On the second day she
began speaking of pressing invita-
tions she had received, and on the
third day she went back tv London.
And it was not until the carriage had
ratified out of sight down the drive
way with her that my sister turned
and asked me how it was that I had
never mentioned that Miss R. was
crosseyed. And for the life of me
I can't recollect noticing it until that
CHASTITY moment when I found her
waiting tn the terrace."-New York
Tribune.
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,ivoted at one end. Inscribed on

pivoted at one end. Inscribed on
each section is some letter of the al
phabet and an object. the letters and
portions Of objects being so arranged
that when some of the sections have
been brought together to spell the
name Of the object the latter will
appear complete upon the reverse
side of the sections thus assembled.
The sections are interchangeable, so
that they can be manipulated in a
great many positions. This novel
spelling card should be found espe-
cially desirable for use in kinder
gartens.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-16
Chance For Beggars.

Begging must be profitable IN
Paris, judging from a recent adver'
tisement in a Paris paper: For Sale
Present holder retiring to the coun.
try, good situation for n Legged
man; neighborhood of the Etoile;
hours of work, 2 p. m. to Z p. m;
receipts, from SIS. Cd. to 12s.; regular
passersby, children and strangers;
any infrmity would suit. '-London
Globe.
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Little Girls Long Journey

Annie Brown, i ~fve-year-old Irish
girl, has just reached Calgary after
q journey of more than 5000 miles
made absolutely alone from start to
finish. During the trip she was we'll
cared for b. passengers on beats and
trains who became interested in her
artlcss story of how she was going
to Canada to meet her daddy, who
preceded her eighteen months.
Armies father, James Brown, is
living on 4 homestead five miles south
of Calgary and could not spare the
time to cross the ocean to act as
escort for his little girl. Consequent
ly he decided to have her make the
long journey alone.-Calgary News.
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JapaScse Girls College Honors.

With the degree of bachelor of d.
vinity q Japanese, Miss Ochima
Okubo, was graduated from the Pa
cifc Theological Seminary with six
other students when the commence
ment exercises Of the seminary were
held on Tuesday morning at the First
Congregational Church.
Miss Okubo is also registered IN
sophomore work at the University OF
California and lives in Oakland.-
San Francisco Chronicle.
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Automatic BOttle-Filler.

A bottle-flling machine has been
recently invented by two Philadelphia
men for which several interesting i'm
provements are claimed by the inven-
tors. In the first place, it is more
thoroughly automatic than any Of the
devices now in use for this purpose,
and, further, it seems capable of a
greater range of adjustment. 1t will
handle material of any character
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A Failure.

"Has your son had any success rs
a lawyer"
We'll, no, to tel the truth. he
hasn't. He has been practicing now
for nearly eleven years and he has
never been elected to the Legislature
or been appointed receiver for any
thing or even become president Of any
railroad company. 1t begins to look
as though he may have to exc out a
living just practicing w."-Chicago
Record-IIerald.