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Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

Billy said the small boys father
in a low voice, do you know what
day Tuesday is?"
Billy looked around cautiously be-
fore he replied. His mother was out
In the kitchen with Brenda
Yes he whispered, it's mammals
birthday. / made big red ring
around the day. on my calendar. i
was 'fraid I'd forget"
I've been limiting around" his ia
ther went on, trying to find out what
she would like. and she says she wants
a Japanese fan to use on the porch
ooh, gee, / hate fansl" Billy cried.
"They make you warmer to wiggle
'em than you was before. You can
give a fam"
Il have something already" his fa-
Their replied. IF you don't like the
idea of fan what do you think of a
vase? We haven't anywhere near
enough vases now"
Vases get busted too easy. I was
over to Jimmy'S when he busted one
of HIS mothers vases without hardly
touching 1t. 1t was an awful ugly
one, but his mother felt terrible about
it."
you might get her a hatpin."
She's got six" Billy said. Il was
looking at 'em only yesterday"
We'll, then we must settle 1t now,
before she comes in. What do you
think Of a plant?"
They always die. plants do" Billy
said with decision.
"A handkerchief is always a nice
gift"
Not If you lose 'em all the time
like l do. | lost three this last week
and one sucked ice through got full
of holes
"a pair Of scissors in a case"
It's bad luck to give sharp things"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
GROWTH oF cANAnA.

Canada is certainly growing in inn
portance and her good luck In attract
ing to her middle provinces about 100.-
eco American farmers has given farm
ing a big boom there since 1903. In
the three great western provinces of
Canada there has been an increase of
100000 bushels per annum in the
annual grain output. The total pop
ulation of the Dominion has increased
a million in the past six years and
its trade 100000
It is estimated that fully $4,000
people viii leave the United States
to settle in Canada during the pres
ent year.
The new Canadian northwest is get
ting class of settlers who know how
to develop the soil and as well as
to bring out the full resources of the
country. American enterprise and
capital is doing great deal for Cam
ada
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Vital Changes In Japan.

In the last three years OF rising
prices and wages and swift Industrial
development Japan has heard more
about corruption and graft than ever
before In the same brief period Of
general nroderninzing OF the business
of the island empire Il has witnessed
more strikes and greater disturbances
among wage workers than its people
ever knew. Now there Is a great scan
dal because a sugar company in which
many members Of the Japanese par
in wholesale bribery and frauds upon
the government.
These things mean vital changes
which go TO the roots Of japanese life.
They foreshadow far reaching depart
ures from old standards and old con-
ditions. They threaten Japan with the
ills which other countries have found
to be the natural fruit OF such indus
trial advances as Japan has been maxi
ing.
1t will not be long before the Japan
Csc nation will be so affected. in its
inmost life and character, that the
rnikado will not be able to count upon
such devotion and obedience as his
subjects have been wont to show The
ancient feuda1 ideals are bound 60
of factory life for workingmen and
the corruption which wealth quickly
amassed is sure to spread in higher
circles. The japanese are a wonder
full people, but they cannot win the
advantages Of western civilization
without mourning its drawbacks They
must take the bad with. the good. The
diseases of modern society with It's
luxuries.-Cleveland Leader.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Harriman,s $4,000 Sun Pardon.

z. H. Hartman VIII build a sun
parlor in his new home on Fifth ave-
nue. and Slxty-n ninth street 1t will
practically be an open air garden, and
will allow him to continue his recently
acquired habit of living out doors.
1t Is to be made out Of the present
mansard roof, which is to be remodeled
into a fifth story The plans, which
are being prepared by Julian Peabody,
architect, show extensive remodeling
Of the interior, besides the solarium
feature. The arrangement Of the So
larium is to be such that it can be
converted at will into an unobstructed
roof garden, with an outlook over Cen
trail park The changes. the architect
estimates, will cost about 10000
New York Evening Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
YALE COMMENCEMENT.
Festivities Begin on Saturday Even
ing, June 26th-SociaI Affairs and
Formal Exercises.


Society members, of the Yale univer-
sity set particularly are already pre-
pairing for commencement and a gay
commencement indeed 1t is to be this
year. The festivities begin on Satur-
day evening, June rs. with a perform
ance at one of the theaters arranged
by the Yale Dramatic association.
On Sunday morning is the baccalau-
reate sermon in Woolsey hall by Presi-
dent Hadley. and that afternoon the
seniors and their guests will spend
at campus teas and informal recep-
tons. An organ recital will be given
at Woolsey hall that afternoon at
which guests will have an opportunity
to hear Prof. Harry B. Jepson on the
Newberry organ.
On Monday, class day, the scientific
men will read their histories and plant
their Ivy in the morning, while the aca-
demic men will hold their exercises in
the afternoon. AT o'clock that after
noon will be the first reception of the
week. when the faculty of the Shehleld
Scientific school viii entertain return
ing graduates and their friends at BY
ers hall. The first part of Monday
evening will be given over to the Glee
club concert which viii take place as
usual at Woolsey hall. At the conclu-
sion Of the concert the senior prone
made will be danced there. At the va
rious chapter houses Of Shelf. cotiilions
will be danced after the concert
The graduates viii all have arrived by
Tuesday and that day is given over to
them, with the ball game at Yale field
in the afternoon. Tuesday evening
will come the various class dinners.
On Wednesday morning will be the
formal commencement exercises, be-
ginning with the usual academic pa
rade. In the afternoon will come the
big alumni dinner at the Yale dining
hall, followed by the reception by Pres
ident and Mrs. Arthur IT. Hadley to the
graduates and their friends and return
ing alumni and families.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Pace Does Not Always Kill.

Levi P. Morton, who goes to bust
ness daily in the New York financial
district at the age of IS, declares that
work is the only thing that enables
him to live in health. Henry Dexter,
formerly president of the American
News company. who is 81, also goes to
business in the metropolis every day.
Much is said about the New York pace
which kills business men in their
prime, but here are two notable excep-
tions.-Springfield Union.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
What paniels TAUGHT

Senator John w. Daniels fallant ef-
forts to get high protective duty laid
on quebracho have apparently some
what, mystified his Virginia constitu-
ents, who don't know whether that
mysterious article should be classified
jewelry or an agricultural product
New York Tribune
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
The civil War Veteran.

The Springfield Republican calls at
tention to the fact that only a small
number of the. veterans OF the war
have ever belonged to the G. A. r.
More than $4,000 soldiers and sailors
were enlisted in Massachusetts, yet at
no one time have the rolls of the G. A.
r. post of that state shown a men,
bership of $4,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

whatever the tariff and no matter how
it is levied.
The late Governor Lilley recognized
the justice. of better protection Of
labor and he advocated the making of
a movement in this direction, believ-
ing 1t would bring about better labor
conditions without imposing extreme
hardship upon any one.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

English is to be taught hereafter in
all the public schools of Guatemala. If
the spread of the knowledge of Eng
fish continues, it will not be many
years before Americans can travel an
over the world and talk with the ma
tives without having to learn any Ian
guage but their own
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
What He Really Meant.

Never, according to Texas Bailey,
ed than now. The violent suavity of
his disagreement with one johnson is
proof. Bailey must mean that the
democracy was never so nearly unit
ed on a protective tariff.--New York
SIM
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

my wife wonders why the papers
waste so much space on mere news"
What does she read?" "Oh, she
reads the weather probabilities, the
bargain probabilities. the marriage no.
tees and the love story. But an item
about big battle or the fail of dy-
nasty looks piffing to her."-ISouisvill
Courier Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
somethino He Never Had.

They may wrest from Abdul Hamid
his scepter, loot his treasure and con-
fiscate mis- harem, but there is one
thing they cannot take from hin-his
good name.--Kansas City Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

A Brooklyn man who took sixty-fve
cents from the pocket of drunken
man on the street got a sentence Of
seven years in prison to impress him
with the meanness of his offence.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

BY treaty foreigners have the right
to buy land anywhere In Muroceo.
provided the purchase has me sane
ton of the local governor. This has
been uncertain and possibly hard to
obtain, but by the treaty Of Algeciras
1905, foreigners have the right TO buy
land within ten miles OF every sea-
port. Such purchases are not to be
taxed by the sultan.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
In the Corn Basket.

Your hat looks like a corn basket, "
he said.
YES" she murmured.
Whereupon he kissed her twice.
whats that for?" she gasped.
For your two red ears" he gaily
answered.-Plain Dealer.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Treasury Looked Up.

Castro says that Venezuela will be
bankrupt very soon. but perhaps he is
mistaken. 1t is more than likely that
Venezuela will not permit Castro to
alight-Kansas City Star.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

Mrs. Nancy NJ. Johnson of Wash
ington was the first person to take out
a patent on an ice cream freezer. She
was the wife Of a naval officer She
took out the patents in 1s43 and sold
the rights for s41,5eo
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Would Satisfy All.

George Meredith is not to be buried
IN Westminster Abbey. They're prob
ably keeping the only vacant niche for
Alfred Austin, rs one position he could
fill to the satisfaction of everybody
Pittsburg Gazette Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Odds Are on Bill.

Conservative democrats are resolv-
ed to make Mr.. Bryan a negligible
quantity, thus doing for him what he
has already done for the democratic
party.-New York Mail.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Hold LIN Hia Handa

when you are abused, censured, he
glad" says Count Tolstoy What is ne
colonel to do with a man who turns
the other cheek like that?-Washing
ton Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Will Be Popular.

Venezuela lis revising its tariff. It
Is believed, however, thiEt a high duty
will be kept on Characterization
North American.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The fact that Carrie Nation has
hacked off $250,0o0 with her little
Ratchet shows there were shrewd bust
ness methods in her madness.-Wash-
ington Post
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Are Too Polite.

Can't help but wish these golf play
ers whb try conclusions with the pres
ident weren't so polite, so we could
get better line on the game he ? ay-.
Washington T -ies.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The Providence Journal favors
leather upholstery for all cars as more
healthful than the red germ incubat-
ing plush in present use.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Makinn ths Bow Hannv.

Under the new tariff law there will
be 80 per cent. duty on soap which
ought TO tickle the small boy, anyway.
= Detroit Free Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The statement that the primary sys-
TEN has received a black eye in I'LL
nois will please all who are opposed
to it in other parts of the country.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

Mr.. Stead's wireless to the spirit
world is just about. as sure of re-
sponses as Professor chickering's mir
rored light to the planet Mars.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Worth us Welaht in GELD.

Mr.. Hartman weighs only 141
pounds. He Is little, but oh, N.Y.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The woman behind Inc sweet girl
graduate deserves special mention for
what she does toward her embellish-
ment, but she seldom gets it.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

Why keep the boy grubbing at the
dead languages when he can read the
!iaseball columns and learn a live one
every day?-Galveston News.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

Anybody looking for deadwood for
summer use will find the democratic
platforms made of the real stuff.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Mods a Search Warrant.

Thomas I. Higsen, Mr.. Hearst's cen
dldate for president. is going back to
democracy. if he can find it.-St. Louis
Post-Disp patch.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The Texas watermelon has started
north and the prospects of the doc
tors are certainly improving.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
TAGGING Them.

Wishing to be extremenly polite, the
sport writer of Ths-Mobile Register
calls the lady baseball enthusiasts
"Fannies. '--Jacksonvilla Times-Union
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The women Of Pennsylvania town
beat an Englishman, who slandered
them, nearly to death. The American
woman is no mollycoddle.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

This spell Of pleasant weather is up
on a backed-in wind, something which
the old seafaring men say cannot hap
pen.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

Congress gives US all to understand
that it proposes to take it's own time
to revise the tariff, regardless of con-
sequences.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

Happy thought for today: May
June show that a good month beats a
poor almanac day to death.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The weather clerk should call off
these wet Saturdays. They do not fit
the baseball games.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The worlds average rainfall In a
year is so inches; and Norwich usually
gets about forty of that.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The cry Of arbitration and not bat
tleships" will not take because the
country without battleships is in no
condition to arbitrate.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
One ADVANTAGE.

One great advantage Of this kind OF
revision is that it viii be so much
easier to carry the market basket home.
Ohio State Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

Can the pious Mr.. Patten find any,
where in Scripture that grinding the
face of the poor is a commemorate
performance?
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The American housekeeper is not to
blame for liking to sit down and see
the vacuum sweeper do its work.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Count Zeppelin has to be recognized
as the sailor of the air who stays up
for a real voyage.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
No Excantinn.

Austria proposes to tax bachelors
and widowers 1t seems had to tax
graduates as well as freshmen.-New
York American.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
Fits ANY Lock.

The Szechenyis have broken into the
Austrian court, just as they said they
would. A gold key seems to fit any
Ledger.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The new senator from Illinois has
an interesting family of eight chill
dren; but this is not his chief merit as
a public man.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
A Community Of interest.

Still the Washington club stands
between us and the jumping off place.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

Mr.. Beveridge has the oratory, but
Mr.. Aldrich-unfortuna to
have the votes.-St. Louis Republic.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

He has killed a python. That comes
nearer sounding like an octopus.-New
York World.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The Kansas City Journal says that
Justice David J. Brewer of the United
States supreme court, a jurist whom
people OF the west regard with special
esteem, believes that the cost OF the
recent world cruise of the American
battleship fleet was money wasted.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The oldest letter carrier in Uncle
Sans employ-Charles f. West. Of
Boston, recently celebrated the 50th
anniversary Of his service. Although
he is rs years old, West still puts In
the required eight hours every day,
delivering his batch OF mail promptly.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
PERSONS TALKED ABOUT

A Mr.. and Mrs. Bean out in Iowa
have named their recently arrived
daughter Lima" Poor childi
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

The veteran editor Of the Sandusky
(O.) Register, /. f. Mack, after forty
years of service and at the age OF II,
has given up active work. Always q
republican. he has yet never been gov
erned by the machine or a boss. and
has made his newspaper influential
and reSnacted.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02
The Circulation OF
The Bulletin.

The Bulletin has the largest cir
: culat4on of any paper In Eastern
Connecticut, and from three to four
times larger than that Of any IN
Norwich. Il Is delivered to over
5000 of the 4.o53 houses In Nor
: wlch, and read b. ninety three per
cent OF the people. In Windham
1t is delivered to over 900 houses
In Putnam and Danielson to over
LOO, ana in al of these places Il
is considered the local daily.
Eastern Connecticut has forty
nine towns. one hundred and sixty
Eve post ONCE districts and forty
one rural free delivery routes.
The Bulletin Is sold in every
town and on all Of the r F. d.
routes in Eastern Connecticut
CIRCULATION
1901, average ..........-..... 4'41Z
1905, average. .....-..........5,92 $40
1905, average. .-........-... D, 55J
1907. -.v.r.s.,..,...,......7,I79I
1903. average. ......... 543|
Ma, q. --.--~---..- 1888
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

Mrs. George Gran, an English farm
er, went to Canada to look into the
work OF women farmers in that coun-
try, and thinks the prospects very
bright for women in that work She
tells of one woman who in six years
turned a wilderness into a remunera-
tive farm, 16 acres being in corn. six
in alfalfa, with oats and barley and
other things in the rest OF her 800
acre farm.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

All American exporters concerned
are warned by Consul General DENLY
that they'll never get rich by selling
pins to the people Of Shanghai. The
Chinese have no use for pins" he says,
strings and knots and loops meeting
every requirement Of male and female,
young and old, to keep his or her gar
ments securely and neatly fastened.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-02

Governor Draper seems to have found
a successor to the late c. B. Tilling-
hast, state librarian. in Charles F. D.
Belden of Cambridge, who has been In
charge of the social law library and
before that was assistant librarian Of
is of the new school of Librarians, and
can make much Of his JOB. He has
the personal qualities desirable in such
q nlaoe.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
A Great Gift Department for. Men
Christmas Fanorife NoveLties and Furnishings

MEMS SILK HOSE-In all colors and
large selection of patterns $125 to $3.50
MEMS SHIRTS-A tremendous gift assort-
ment in every wanted new winter styles and
patterns Plain and pleated effects, elegant
ly tailored and perfect in fit, fabric and in
finish.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
Auction Sale Of Pictures,

flre stock Midgley Bodel Co.. 30
list South. Rare collection of pic.
and Xmas art goods at your price
pegins Monday, 2;30 p, m, c. E
noh. nctioneer
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
overlook slIIGHTS

lDOWS OF MORMONISMO when
|ting Xmas gifts. You couIdn u
'!e more appropriate present for n
Ilyc or friend who is interested in
e history, For sale by all news.
us and at TRIBUNE OFFICE, or
postpaid upon receipt Of price,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

g you lover Of pictures? Do not
20 see the large assortment of
f'painted pictures in water colors-
objects, landscapes. marines, etc.
ny framed-bought for the carly
Hrade to retail at 80 and So, but
>,ed IN transit. To clean out quick
"A, Callahan is offering them at
D each. Buy Early, at l6l Main ST.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
oeDEN OPERA EXCURSION

nc Eamberger Line, Dec. 13, S1,OO.
6ains AT 4:30 p, m. and $50 p. m.
10 return December il, any train.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
Dover TO Retire.

ner Dover, chairman of the Re-
can national committee, il is uu-
pod, has decided to quit politics
% into business. He has accepted
Fer from Chicago electrical en-,
lring concern, which owns or con.
light, power, and street railway
Ianies in a number of cities in
Pm states. He is to become the
|itiye officer of one Of this con.
rs enterprises, and is likely to set.
D Seattle or Spokane. Wash.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
Children'S Fur SetS-S1.5 so Up

NECKWEAR- biggest line of neckwear
ever shown in Salt Lake-new shapes, ex-
elusive styles and patterns, we'll tailored and
splendidly assorted 25c to $50 each.
FANCY SUSPENDERS-Ne patterns, i'm
ported webbing gold and silver mountings,
in Xmas boxes SOC to $500.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
Sai!Ors Tire OF TobaCco.

at the jack tars of the navy to-
rchew less tobacco than the old
Is is clearly shown by the fact
'pnly 10000 pounds of chewing 20.
will be required TO meet the
? OF the navy during the next fis-
ear, as compared with the 100000
As purchased under contract for
resent year. Bids for tobacco for
layy will be opened at the navy
fment IN q feW daVs
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
Cake Necessary as Bread.

a complaint filed with the inter
commerce commission, John
|, representing the Oak Grove
'lery of Boston, Mass, claims that
is iust as much a necessary of
as bread, and that being COM
of many Of the same ingredients.
Eht to have Just as favorable rates
,sompanies refuse to carry cake, it
'id, unless it is accompanied by
s5r cent Of bread.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
, to S32. so UdlueS-S8. sos

70 compet
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Fine imported Silk Umbrellas, i,
variety Of styles and handles.
Special line at
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Fine all-silk Umbrellas, for men and women,
in fancy and natural wood m0
handles Each ......... ID CsOO
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-13
LOCAL

A1ieged crooks accused OF fraudulent
land transactions. are taken to san
Diego. where their alleged shady deals
will be investigated more fully. PAGh o
st. Vincent de Paurs society dlspenses ,
much charity. FA"A o
Iaborer found asphyxiated on bed IN =,
lodging house room. fAub d
Two boats at tho Chutes collide and
two boys are injured. PAGE 3
Mime. Marcela sembrtch says Ameri-
ca Is making great strides as art- =,
loving nation. PAEb :"
Series of accidents mark auto races.
but drivers escape injury PAGE /
Great throng hears clear outline Of
Christian Science at the Shrine
AUDITORIUM. PAGE Il
'''' PAGE 4
Three Chinese arrested for being in the
OH''ea states "''"01' 9 PAGE I
Wedding ring leads to theft discovery
""p ''a'o''' -''''' ''''~D PAGE 10
Dotty Dmples insists she Is Innocent
nj ogden PAGE 10
city brevlties. fArh
Mines and oil fields PAGE
Theater and dramatic criticism. PAGE :
Classified advertising. PAGES lo-ll
Automobiles. FArES 10