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Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Sarah eernhardt Aeronaut.

It is curious to recall. says a writer in one of the French papers. in these days when the aeroplane fills the world, that Mime. Sarah Bernhardt is a fer vent aeronaut The creator of L'gig- lon" made her debut in the clouds as the first great artist of the stage to, make a balloon ascension. That was during the Paris exposition in 1873 Mime. Sarah. then first triumphlng in Hernaui. once expressed an ardent de- sire to try voyage in a balloon with the aeronaut Gerard. A few days later she received from that worthy an in vitation to risk a short run with him. in his good shop Donna Sol. The third passenger was the Prince Louis Ma poleon.
 The cruise proved very agreeable one. the most agree cable one in the world, Mme. Sarah thought, until she reached the ground There M. Perrin. administrators du Francais,' furious at the extravagances of his frisky pen sionnaire. informed her that she was docked a thousand francs in her pay. It was then the turn of Mme Sarah to be furious, and she handed in her res ignation. The minister of beaux- -arts soon persuaded her to change her min1 It was for a short time. how ever for a few months afterward, the future director of her own affairs left the Comedie- -Francais for good and all.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
The Father of a Miohtv Force.

The world of today bears little re- semblance to the world as Fulton knew
 it. He gave progress a tremendous boost but could not have realized what a mighty force he was setting in mo ton. Since the launching of the Ger mont things have moved forward with astonishing ra pidity. It is the great contrast between now and then that makes the Hudson Fulton celebration so interesting. The next century is destined to show still greater advance ment, the advancement that comes through the discovery of the secrets of nature and the ability to use her forces for the benefit of humanity Soon the surface of the whole earth will be known and mapped. Then the human mind will redouble its efforts to solve the mental, physical natural and spir- itual puzzles of this mysterious and wonderful old world and the life that inhabits it. Imagination is too feeble to picture the surprising things of the future. The Fultons of mechanics and science are destined for wonderful careers. It is in this way that man kind slowly and painfully approaches the ideal and full development Far greater tasks than penetrating the ice barriers of, the earth or devising new forms of power confront the human mind.-BriStol Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
A Cotton : Picking Auto.

The southern planter has often longed for something to take the place of the colored brother in the cotton field. To harvest the fleecy staple. something like 5,00O,OO0 of the black folk are needed. Along has come a man who has been thinking of picking cotton by machinery, and at last an automobile for the cotton fields has come into use.
 It seems strange that no one has ever thought that the contents of the cotton boil could be pulled out by mechanical fingers, instead of human fingers. That is what the picker does. Instead of two arms. however, it has no less than eight, and ten-year-old darky can be trained in an hour to guide two of these arms at such a rate that machine which travelled over a cotton field in Alabama picked and bagged six bales of the staple, weigh ing 300 pounds each, in a da- of ten hours. This beats the liveliest work that has ever been accomplished by human labor. With an active cotton picker it costs very nearly S5 a bale. because the amount of cotton to a pound is so enormous.-Van Norden Magazine.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
OFFERED LODGE SITE.
Bridgeport Foresters Consider Offer Which Necessitates Erecting Struc. ture to Cost S1o0,oo0.

Important action was taken Thurs : day evening at meeting of the board of managers of the Foresters' building fund comprising the combined courts of Foresters in this city. held in For esters' hall on Cannon street, says the Bridgeport Telegram. For some time the Foresters have been looking for a suitable site upon which to erect a building of their own. The site was offered and formed the subject of dis cussion at the meeting held last eyen- ing The site is rendered with the ex- press understanding that the fraternity will erect thereon a building that will cost not less than s100,000.
 The Foresters have at the present time surplus of $50,000 at d local savings bank and it is most likely that the offer presented last evening will be accepted, but definite action on the matter has been deferred to a special meeting of the organization to be held next week.
 From the discussion and the general sentiment expressed by the managers. however, it is probable that the For esters will soon have a home of their own. Just where the site is would not be divulged at present, but it is said that it is not far from the center of the city,
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
What a Dollar Dog Can Do.

A man in nearby city bought for his wife and child year ago a dog for which he paid a dollar. It was obviously nothing wonderful in the canine way-merely a mongrel. with the bulldog strain predominant. The owner was man in humble circum- stances. and the dog in his modest dwelling was the principal asset aside from a few sticks of furniture. The other night Tom was tied to a leg of the kitchen sink. as usual and the family went to bed They were awak- ened by the dog at midnight scratch ing at his masters door. When his master came out to see what was the matter. the dog. with a remnant of chewed rope hanging from his collar. whined. and ran to the head of the stairway. The house was on fire, and shortly after woman and child and man and dog made their escape their poor dwelling was a mass of glowing embers. The owner of the dog has been urged to part with him for a large cash consideration: but. though he is penniless, he will not part with the four footed savior of his family. Neither has the dog at any time had thoughts of leaving them for luxurious kennels. New York Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Independent Thinkers.

President Hadley of Yale does well to emphasize the value to university, to a city and to a nation of men who think. who think for themselves and who think out loud. ''The college is governed" he says, by the men who take the trouble to think" So is the world And this despite the fact that seems apparent on a superficial exami- nation that the real molders of public opinion are not those who think, but who feel President Hadley is wise also in stating that fit costs self denial to think" Thinking and mental ac- tivity are not the same thing, tradition to the contrary notwithstanding. Thought implies accumulation of data and sound induction from facts; 1t as- sumes conscious or unconscious use Of logic; it means refusal to branch off on the slightest provocation, instead of going to the only goal; it implies some thing more than an impression. an in tuition, a speculation-it implies the certainty of a conviction.-Boston Her aid.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
A German Aerial Railroad.

Consul Thomas II. Norton of Chem nitz, after mentioning the extraordi- nary amount of attention now devoted in Germany to every phase of aerial locomotion. writes as follows: "Engi- neers in Germany have taken up the problem of introducing the buoyant principle into railroad construction. and the first project in this line to enlist capital in its support is that of a well known engineer of Marburg. This is practically a combination of the essential elements Of the dirigible balloon and the electric railroad-cars supported by the buoyancy of a bal loon and motive power transmitted by an electric cable, the latter being the only feature of an ordinary electric road that Is retained. The support ing balloon is cylindrical in shape. of semi i-rigid construction. 200 feet long and 33 feet in diameter It rests light
 ly against cables on either side, chan nelled wheels attached to the frame work of the balloon forming the con- tact, the cables being suspended at the proper height by towers The passenger car is attached below. A company is about to construct a line from the railway station in Marburg to Frauenburg. an elevation five miles distant and 1.2O0 feet above the town. The preliminary estimates show an initial cost of costruction of $27.00O to s2S.000 a mile for a double cable line. It Is further estimated that the cost of maintenance and Of transportation on such a line will not exceed three per cent. Of the corresponding expense on a railroad. through the avoidance of weight. friction and serious wear of material. It is thought that speed of 125 miles an hour can be attained. with pract ti' ally complete avoidance of danger to the passengers and all dan ger to surface travel. The steepest grades in mountain regions are easily me"-Consnlar Reoprt.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
OF THE
 SURRENDER OF cORNWALLIS
That Glorious Event FittinsIy Com nnemorated in Quaint Old Yorktown.

Yorktown. Va, Oct 20-Quaint old Yorktown. for tn esecond time in the period of it's national fame, Tuesday commemorated with fitting ceremonies that glorious event in American his tory with which it's name is identified. Here was laid 12S years ago to day the cornerstone of~{iberty upon which a great nation has been built.
 "Cornwallis is takeni" These sim pie words sent broadcast from here, this date three years more than a century and quarter ago, meant that the burdensome yoke of British rule had been cast off by the long suffering American colonists and that a new re- public. destined to become powerful, had been born.
 Yorktown today is a village of less than 100 people. It is as though the stage setting for the final drama of the revolutionary war had been pre- served as the actors left it. a relic of antiquity as well as a monument to American patriotism.
 The descendants of the signers of the declaration of independence and an offspring of that organization. the Yorktown Historical society of the United States. recently decided to hold an annual celebration here this Octo Der 19. and henceforth on this date. and probably 5000 people responded to their first appeal.
 Usually the York river is as bar ren of boats as the hillside Is of houses, but today there rode at an- chor thereon the United States tor pedo boats Stringham, Dupont. Shu- brick and Riddle, and the torpedo boat Summers. attached to the Mary land naval reserves. The lone dock at the foot of the hill swarmed with soldiers. five companies of artillery having been sent up from Fortress Monroe to help do honor to, the oc- casion.
 To most people present the exercises are the least part of the celebration, although there was a parade of mount ed horsemen and horsewomen. led by the Fort Monroe band and the sol diers and sailors. then a parade of the school children and afterwards public speaking from a grandstand erected in front of the historic old Nelson mansion.
 |, Dr. Henry Morris of Philadelphia. president of the descendants of the signers, himself direct descendant of Robert Morris, delivered an his torical address.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Queer Job.

''Of all queer jobs last nights was the queerest,' said the impe cunious man. About ) o'clock I called on a rich man on whom I have kind of claim and asked for small loan. He said he had nothing to lend, but that if l would come up to his house about 8 o'clock he would give me a job whereby l could earn a couple of dol lars.
 'I went. The rich man sat before a pile of old clothes.
 " I am going to give away all these things that are not fit to wear, he said. That is what I want you for to find out which suits still look de- cent can't get much of an idea when they're on myself, but you've got a tidy figure and anything that looks well on you will still pass muster on me and I'll keep it.
 T began trying on clothes I turned and twisted while that man examined his stock. Finally he decided to send six suits to the Salvation Army The rest he guessed looked classy enough to wear on rainy days. For my even ing's work he gave g and a cast off suit of clothes."-N Y. Sun.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
our Trade Invasion of canada.

The Americans have scured three hfths of the import trade of Canada" :" declares F. A. Mckenzie in the Daily Mail, and they have done it through systematic, sustained and well planned work. The English invest mainly in debcntures and preference shares yield ing fair fixed interest, with little risk and no control The Americans build factories and acquire the retail busi- ness. The result is that a large part Of Canadian manufacturing today is in the hands of the Americans and the policy of many of the stores is dictated by them. In Winnipeg alone there are 100 firms working wholly or in part on Ane. lcan money In city after city the leading stores have Americans standing llehird them.
 Needless to say, the Americans do not push British goods. The United States maintains 12S consular agents in Canada whose main work is to pro- mote American interests and act as an American commercial intelligence staff. The demands of Canada are Widely and minutely published in America. The Swift Packing com pany of Chicago has a s1,00O, 900 plant in Edmonton, and the great harvester trust is strongly represented Twenty American Canadian factories alone employ 12,000 people. The Nesting house and the General Electric con- panies employ between 5000 and A. 900 men, and every week sees the list extended. The factories are mostly around Toronto, Montreal and Hamil- ton. In the Niagara. district the fac tories not only save the customs du- ties, but conciliate public opinion. Much American semi-raw material comes in and is finished in the Cana dian branches. This material pays a much lower rate of duty than British finished goods pay" MT. McKenzie's article is received by the afternoon papers with uRrelieved pessimism.- London Despatch to Chicago Daily News.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
The Acouittsd Missionaries.

Considering that the libel which the Rev. Dr. Sheppard and the Rev Dr.. Morrison, two missionaries. were charged with uttering was that the Congo Free State had become under the absolute rule of King Leopold. nothing more than a big slave farm" their acquttal is significant. These men were missionaries of the southern Presbyterian church, who had been active in denouncing the atrocities which Lave attende. the rule of the Belgian government in the Congo Free State. and while. they were accused of libelling a rubber concessionary com pany. the sravamen of their onense was the reflection they had cast on the Belgian government which holds controlling interest in the company. Sir Conan Doyle has called the opera titnS in the cCngo co ,ntry "a mixture of wholesale appropriation and whole sale massacre, all done under an odi- ous guise of philanthropy and with the lowest commercial motives as a reason" The missionaries had inti- mated as much, if they did not say so precisely The acqufttal of the one and the abandonment of the prosecu- tiol against the other are virtual ad- missions that the criticisms of the mis- sionaries. and of many other persons as well. were amply justified.-Ncw Bedford Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
The First Patient

The saying of the youthful essayist quoted recently in "Miscellany''-"It costs good many sovereigns to be- come doctor. but he generally gets it back'--reminds a correspondent of an experience which a we'll known Manchester specialist is fond of re- lating. When he put. tip his brass plate in Manchester he was six weeks without a single patient calling at his surgery. At last one night there came a ring at, the surgery bell. The serv- ant flew to the door. The doctor could not make up his mind whether he would rather be called to a good chronic patient or to some sensation al accident to a well-known citizen. He opened the surgery door and saw a young man there. Excuse me. doc tor" he said, T wished to know if could arrange to collect your bad debts on commission ?''-Manchester Guard ian
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Taft uoon Income Tax Law.

l am not in favor of levying an in- come tax such as that which was provided in the bill, in times of peace. I am not in favor if it because I think it will prove to be too inqliisi- torial as to individuals, and I think it will be found also that it puts a premium on perjury, so that the gen tlemen whom you are especially after when you levy an income tax will escape. and only those who are too eof&scisntious -Sill pay more than their share. In times of dire need 1t Is nee essay that 1t (the goveTnment) should use such tax. objectionable las it is in certain of it's features and there fore lhoDe 1t wfll pass the states."- President Taft at Portland.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Rivers and Harbors Commission Or.
 qanizes.

The first meeting of the state rivers and harbors commission. provided for at the last session of the general as sembly, was held in the rooms of the Hartford Business Mems association Friday morning with four of the five members appointed on the commis- sion present. The members present were F. V. Chappell of New London, Henry F. Parmelee of New Haven Oliver Gildersleeve of Portland and E. H. Warner of Hartford. Richard Crane 3d of Bridgeport. the other member of the commission, is now in Germany The commission organized by electing E. H. Warner chairman and Henry F. Parmelee secretary.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Wireless MessagesSem $500 Niles
Re RemarkabIe Records Made by the United States Army
 Transport Sheridan.

she reached Honolulu. The transport received messages and daily press bull letins 2,100 miles from that place. She was in communication with Guam for five hundred miles each way While six hundred miles out from Corregidor the vessel picked up messages from Cayite.
 Returning. the Sheridan held Cavite to Nagasaki and leaving that place, received messages from the Japanese coast 5000 miles out. She was in constant touch with Tatoosh, 1000 miles out as likewise San Francisco. While going from Guam to Honolulu, messages were exchanged between North Head. Washington and the ves- sel very plainly at $500 miles
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Honors for Shelton Boy.

News has been received of the ap- pointment of Clifford A. Tucker to the post of secretary of the Y. M C. A., located at Fort Jay. Governors island. This is a very responsible position, there being 300 men located at that post, and, while an army post. yet the association owns it's own building Mir. Tucker is a Shelton boy, who received his early training in Y. M. c. A. work in the Shelton association. He later went to Ansonia where he was assist ant for about a year, and from there he went to Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21

Washington. Oct 20.-The United States army transport Sheridan made remarkable records for wireless com munication on her recent trip from San Francisco to the Philippines and return via Nagasaki This ship, ac- cording to report to the quarter master generals department, received and transmitted wireless messages B. 500 miles, from North Head, Wash ington, while she was between Guam and Honolulu on her return. The Sheridan sailed from San Francisco August and was in daily communi- cation with offices on the Pacific coast and also with several passenger boats and the army transport Logan until
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
No Need for Alarm

Ex-Gov Hoke Smith is said to be .quaking in his boots for fear some- body is going to catch him and force him to run for governor again. If cotton keeps going up and farmers get to owning automobiles, the ex-govern- or needn't become alarmed.-Chatta- nooga Times. '--
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Another Story.

The president had difficulty in find- irs any one who played bridge on his train in California. Now. if it had been poker.-Washingto Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
A New Roosevelt Phrase.

MT. Roosevelt has coined another phrase. In the, first instaIlment of the narrative of his great African hunting trip he likens the Uganda railway as 1t runs through an immense region populated by primitive types of men and beasts. to railroad through the Hlesitocene." The wild animals of East Africa. he says, were in that bygone age represented by close lxins- folk in Europe" Seated on the cow catcher of a locomotive the ex-presi- dent, at the very outset of his jour ney, saw wonders: At one time we passed a herd of dozen or so of great giraffes, COWS and calves. Hartebeests were everywhere long tailed. straw -colored monkey ran from one tree to another. Huge black ostriches appeared from time to time" There is no question about it. MT. Roosevelt is at home in the Pleis- tocene. and is having the time of his life We doubt whether he would ex- change places with MT. Taft right BOW. who Is by way of being where it's winter green.--Philadelpbl Press
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Also for 1912.

Mir Bryan is at present engaged in making the next congress dernoc ratis and. incidentally, in keeping himself advertised for lecture purposes.-Los Angeles Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
rhe common PaopIe,s Lot.

What a fierce time the common peo- pie do have in this world, anyway. If they eat white flour they will get ap- pendicitis; if they eat corn bread they will get pellagra; if they eat beef steak they will get to the poorhouse.- Washington Herald t
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Never Overlook Sure Things.

Dr. Ccok might have. prevented all this Unpleasantness if he had taken the precaution to get John w. Gates to bet million on him.-Chicago Record Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Too One Sided.

Without wishing to seem inhospit- able, VIC some times think the women's magazines devote too much space to telling how to treat a guest, how to furnish guest room, etc.-Atchison Globe.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
couraae of Hi. convictions.

Our hearty president not only pre- fers beef and cabbage to lettuce sand wiches tied with pink ribbon. but he is not afraid to say so.-Pittsburg Ga- Zette.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
As to Public Nuisance.

There would be no public nuisances if public nuisanees never increased the profits of influential people.-Chf- cago Record Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
panners of an ExnIorar.

Dr. Cook mustl earn to dodge or he will form one of a trio of Americans who have been kissed. along with Hob son and General Sherman.-New York World
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21

James A. Story, almost 90 years old. has blossomed forth at Cuba. N. r.. as the oldest chauffeur in the Unit ed States. He took out three other men over 80 fer ride in his automo- bffe
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Explainino Gaynor.

Perhaps Tammany swallowed the Gaynor tablet for a bad case of po- -litical ndigestion.-Washin Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
One of the Policies.

MT. Roosevelt is sure to approve that appointment of football player to the treasurership of the government Memphis News -Scimitar.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21

Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver has been asked by Rudolph Spreckles 10 go to San Francisco and make speeches in behalf of Francis Henry. the reform candidate for district att torneV
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Cause and Effect.

Some of the poems on the north pole are almost as bad as Peary's abuse of C0ok-Atlahta Constitution.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Can't Beat Him.

You can't beat him. anyhow. Colonel Bryan is about to celebrate his sil- yer wedding.-New York Evening Tel egram.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21

A movement has been set on foot at Calcutta to erect a statue to Lord Kitchener in commemoration Of his tenure of office as commander in chief in India
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21

Several German steelmakers are ex- perimenting commercially with pro- dnclng the meta! in the electric fur mace.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
GLEkNINGs.

Mrs. Caroline A. Moves, aged 9S years. grandniece of Ethan Allen and one of the oldest women in Lenox. died recently.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21

Chao Ping Chang. vice president of the Chinese ministry of interior. has bean ordered to retire, owing to his opium habits.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-21
Sunny Jim.

Vice President Sherman also wears snlile. e.--Ct1.sago News.