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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-29
Interesting information,

1--WE can learn from all men. even
from the humblest," said H. K. Adair,
detective. Turn a deaf ear to no
man. The lowliest tramp may have
information of incredible interest for
you.
Il well remember a walk I once
took down Market street. AS strobe
along, proud and happy, a rose in my
buttonhole and gold-headed cane
in my hand drunken man had the
impudence to stop me.
Amt you Mr.. Adair? he said.
Eyes, said l. What of it?'
Mr.. Adair, the detective he hic-
coughed.
Yes, yes. Who are you? 1 asked
impatiently.
"'Mr. Affair." said the untidy wretch,
as he laid his hand on my shoulder to
keep himself from falling. I'll tell you
who am, Mr.. Adair, Im-hic-the
husband of your washerwoman.'
We'll, what of that?' said /,
scornfully.
''My scorn brought sneer to the
mans lips, and he said:
You see, you don't know every
thing, Mr.. Affair."
what don't know demanded.
well, Mr.. Adair,' said he, you
don't know that-hic-I'm wearin'
one of your new white shirts New
York Tribune.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-29
Honors Were Even.

A meek looking little man with a
large pasteboard box climbed on the
car, AS he did SO he bumped slightly
into a sleepy, corp,SeDt passenger
with a self.satisfied look and two little
dabs of side whiskers. AS the car
rounded a curve the box rubbed
against him again and he growled:
This is no freight car, is it?''
"Nope," returned the meek little
chap with the box, "and when you
come right down to it, it amt any cat
tie car, either, is it?"-New Orleans
States.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-29
A Bad One.

They were talking of the merry
Yuletide.
do you know remarked the in
durable Wag, why a watch is the
best Of all Christmas gifts?''
Spring it, they said, YEARLY.
Because" remarked the Incurable
Wag, there is no present like the
time"
What followed well-nigh cured him.
New York Times.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-29
A Nickel In.

"Bigsley wears look OF triumph.
He must have struck 1t right In the
stock market"
mo. He explained to me moment
ago that the conductor forgot to col
iect his fare when he came down
town this morning. "-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-29
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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-29
No Overflow

"How's collections at your church,
Brudder Shinn?"
''Well, we amt nebber had to stop
In de middle OBJ collection to go an
empty de box."-Kansas City Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-29
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# VeW Province
7LU0 7h0usond Years Old
BY Ellsworth Huntington

YER two thousand years China the dean of nations
spread her conquess westward the OF Ara the
socaled Lake Cathay. Hordes OF barbrans drove
her back thousand miles, but she able to maintain
her authority of the TianShan Ce-
lestal Mountains With them bulwark She organized
the New PrOvince-commOEy known Chinese 1urkesan
which comprises the Lob Tarim basin together
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-29
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Cdlifornia's
High Muck=d-Muck
Ey Frances Hilbert DOUGHTY

HEHER there is rainy there is always that
capital stock in tradethe climate Somewhere in Califor-
MIA magnificent weather be found in month Of the
but sit in spot for twelvemonth
and have March, April and May varied by fogs
and the coast June July and August blazing
hot in the foothills and mountain valleys.
Climate is the High MuckaMuck, the Grand Panjan-
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BY Rupert Hughes

is impossible in skechy synopsis to hint the graph
portrayal of supernatural terror together with light
sentimental graces and rollckng good humor of Der
Freschutz. 1t the inherent German delight In
fairy The tuues of Weber have the unusual dual
grace of catching the and Of fastening
mind and heart for good and ALL The orchestation
power characterization till unknown Spitta
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-05-29

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Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
A NEW SALOON LAW.
saIoonkeepers Responsible for Letter
ing by Women.

A law that has done more than any
thing else toward cleaning UP some of
the low groggeries in this city that
catered especially to women and their
escorts was the one that became effec-
tive two years ago, whereby women
were forbidden to loiter in licensed
drinking places. SINCE that time nu-
merous arrests have been made for
violations of the law, and the result
has been a greatly improved condi-
ton of affairs in places that previous
ly had been disgracefully conducted.
So far as known there is at present
no saloon in Danbury where women
loiter about the back rooms, and rob-
berries and thefts in such places, which
once were frequent, are now almost
unknown.
Hitherto the women themselves
have been obliged to bear all the pun
ishment if caught idling in a drinking
place, but by new law that went in
to effect yesterday the proprietors and
bartenders Of saloons are made re-
sponsible for any infraction of the law.
The new law is similar to the one that
prohibits minors from lettering in sa-
looms and the permits who permits
such lettering is liable to severe pun
iShment.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
Health of Men Was Excellent.
CENSUS ENUMERAToRs.
Two Special Tests Designed for Con-
necticut Applicants.

There will be two separate tests for
census enumerators in fling the
schedules, designed for special agents
of classes ! and 2, respectively. ANY
applicant may take either alone, or
both. and failure to successfully pass
the test of class / will not necessarily
preclude eligibility for appointment in
class 2.
The test for special agents of class
will consist principally of the filling
out of sample schedule from the
details given in typical balance sheet
and income account, supplemented by
other data in tabulated form necessary
to complete the schedule.
The test for special agents OF class
will consist mainly of the filling out
of a schedule from a. simple narrative
statement of facts relative to a man
ufacturing establishment, in which
statement will appear all the figures
and facts necessary to the completion
of the schedule.
At least several days prior to the
test each candidate will be furnished
a copy of the schedule and a set of
printed instructions regarding the
method of filling them in.
The papers prepared by the candl-
dates in these tests will be graded and
a perfect mark will be represent so
points of a scale of 100 in determin-
ing the final grade OF canoldaIe. Inc
grading of the remaining 80 points
will depend upon the evidence OF
the candidates previous experience
as shown on his application blank, Ali
applicants who receive combined
rating of 70 will be placed on the
eligible list.
There will be no geographical APP
portionment of appointments as sueh.
1t will he the policy, however. as far
as practicable. to assign appointees to
duty in the localities in which they
reside, and it therefore follows that
the number of agents to be appointed
from a given state or locality will de-
pend largely upon the amount of work
to be done in that state or locality.
Through the courtesy of the United
States civil service commission, the
practical test will be taken before the
local board of civil service examiners
on November 3, 1903, at any OF lot
of places. Applicants must state in
their applications where they desire
TO take the practical test. Failure to
do so may result in failure to be ex-
amined In this state the tests can be
taken at Hartford Middletown and
New Haven.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
Critics Of the Recent War Game
Answered by Major General Leonard Wood-None of
the Militiamen Allowed to Fall Sick and DE-

New York, Oct. 1.-THE critics of the
joint manoeuvres of the regular army
and the rational guard, who have been
predicting that the Boston campaign
of the past summer will be the last
of such joint operations because the
hardship and suffering of the militia
men were all out of proportion to the
lessons learned, were answered today
by Major General Leonard Wood COM
manding the department of the east.
Statements Have No Foundations in
Fact.
General Wood had paid no atten-
ton to criticisms until the publication
of dispatches from Washington yes
terday to the effect that while forces
which now guide the war department
have their way. there will be no rope
tition of joint manouevres on such
scale as took place in the defense of
Boston this summer. After reading
these dispatches, General Wood said:
THE statement purporting to come
from some one connected with the
war department relating to the hard
ship and suffering of the men engaged
in the manoeuvres in Massachusetts
has no foundation in fact. The
amount of sickness was extraordinary
ly small.
General Pew's Report.
"The report of Gen. William A. Pew,
commanding the Blue division, which
has just reached me, says: The health
of the men during the week under un-
usually severe weather conditions was
excellent. In the entire division there
were under 100 cases treated, and
these were mostly minor injuries. sore
feet and the like.
Other Reports.
1.-THE report of Major ]. B. McCook,
chief surgeon Of the Connecticut brig
ade of the Red army, which has also
just reached me, says in regard to the
health of the men: There was almost
no sickness and few accidents am!
what we had as a rule amounted to
nothing
There are other reports which 1
have not received, but FROM personal
information / know that the general
health of all the troops was excellent.
Health of Men Was Excellent.
Further than that" General Wood
continued, Il observed the excellent
health of the men myself. / was
around the lines at least once day
and 1 consider it remarkable. The
regular army officers had many fears
for the health of the militiamen at
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08

grew stronger, and within three months
/ was perfectly well woman.
81 want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. JOHN G. MOLDAN.
2115 Second St., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
Inc testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
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exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
IfyOu want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
Shewill treatyOurletterass trictly
confidential. For 20 years she
has been helping sick women in
this way, free of charge. Don't
hesitate = write at once.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
HITS SOME HOTELS HARD.
New Law Requires Licenses for the
Full Year.

Some of TIE hotels and read hoeses
that do their principal business dur
ing the summer months will be hard
hit by the new liquor law which has
just gone into effect. There are sew
eral places on the outskirts of Dan
bury that heretofore have taken out
licenses for the summer season only,
but under the new law that practice
must cease and the hotels must be Ii
censed for the whole year or not at
all.
Under the new law, which DEGREES
that there shall be only one saloon to
each five hundred of population, a IL
cense taken out for half the year and
then dropped would be construed as a
new license if asked for after an in
terval of five or six months, and I'M
less the number of saloons in the town
should be below the legal ratio, nc
new licenses could be granted. Con-
sequently the proprietors of the road
houses and inns will be obliged to pay
the full license fee.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
winstsd .Moman,s Requests.

The will of Miss Anne H. Bradford,
the Winsted artist, who died from as
phyxiation last week was admitted to
probate Tuesday. George L. Smith,
assistant cashier of the Hurlbut Ma
tional bank, qualified as executor, and
ex-Sheriff c. c. 9Ilddlebrooks and As
SCISSOR x T. Sheldon were appointed
appraisers. Three thousand dollars
in trust is bequeathed George. S. Brad
ford. a nephew of the testatrix; $1,000
is given to Susan Middlebrook, an aunt,
of Hartford; 500 to Mary Elizabeth
Hebbard. q cousin, of Joplin, Mo;
money derived from the sale of a set
of diamond earrings to the county hos
pital, an oil painting entitled lmmacu-
late Conception to ST. Joseph's Roman
Catholic church; also 800 for the pur-
pose of providing a suitable frame for
the gift The residue of the estate
goes to George M. Bradford, a brother
Of Miss Bradford.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
COLLECTED A MILLION.
MiddIetown Got More Than Was Due
From Collector w. 3. Sengaub.

Auditor Schaefer, representing the
company that furnished the bonds for
Tax Collector Senglaub, has completed
his audit of all the accounts of the
tax collector during his thirteen years
of office. He took the city town and
and then finished up with the collec-
ton of the street sprinkling assess
ments. The accounts show that dur
ing his term of office Mr.. ~Senglaub
has collected about one million dollars
AMI that the city, town and city school
district has got every penny due to
them. To be strictly correct Mr.. Sen
glaub has turned over in his thirteen
years as tax collector a little more
than IS in excess of what his books
called for Auditor Schaefer express
ed his admiration for the tax collee-
tor when he got through with his
work.-Middletown Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
EMPLOYEES THANKED.
Former General Superintendent 6ierd
Grateful to New Haven Road Men.

Former General Superintendent w.
G. Bierd has sent the following letter
of appreciation to the division officers
and employees on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford road who tender
ed him a banquet and presented him a
check recently:
New York New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Offices.
New Haven, Conn.,, Oct. A, 1909.
'sTo the Division Officers and Employees
of he Operating Department:
Upon leaving the service to take up
similar duties elsewhere, I feel that 1
should in some appropriate way take
notice of and extend my thanks and
appreciation for the very kind and, 1
assure you, much appreciated demon
stration on your part, in which you so
kindly conveyed, by resolutions and
other ways, your friendly feeling to-
ward me; for all Of which l return to
you my very best wishes. ! was much
disappointed because of my illness and
confinement to my home, that 1 could
not meet with you at your dinner on
the occasion of my leaving, that we
might have broken bread and com
mIIned with each other, burt since it
was so, the appreciation will be none
the less lasting on my part.
During my period of service with
the company have received very kind
treatment from my superiors and
equally true support from those sub
ordinate to me, all of which / appreci-
ate, and am truly thankful for
"As the local press made mention of
your meeting and dinner, l shall en-
ploy the same medium by which to
return my thanks, and to extend to
you all my very best wishes for your
future success and bushes and the
happiness of your homes and fam
lilies.
"W. G. BIERD."
B. R. Pollock has succeeded Mr..
Bierd on the New Haven road.
To Have Trading Day.
Effort is being made on the mart of
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
paxoid of ernnd.

Booth Tarkingtep is going to stop
writing novels and plays. II he can.
But there's the rub. He says: I
never wanted to be a writer and un-
less | am absolutely forced to do 50
have written my last book. My
traitor, and l once thought was in
a fair way to reach my goal. have
but one ambition-to make money
enough to get out OF this playwriting
mess and purchase a nice farm In
Indiana where may lead the life Of
a country gentleman, with Just enough
to keep me from want-nothing more"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
Animals Behind Targets.

The experiment of placing dogs on
board the obsolete French warship
Jena the other day before battering her
with projectiles was cruel; neverthe-
less, we should remember that we
were once guilty of a very similar
case. This was in 1872, when sheep
and goats were shut up in the turret
of II. NJ s. Citation. which was then
pounded by the Hotspur with her
heavy guns. The turret was not pierre
ed. while the animals it contained were
found at the conclusion of the bam-
bardment to be uninjured and appar-
emily quite unconcerned. Their expert
ence therefore was a pleasant one
compared with that undergone by the
dogs in the Jena, most of whom were
either burned to death or asphyxiated,
while those that escaped alive were
driven mad by terror.-London Chron-
iol
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
NO not be misled.s The

mo not be misled. The
- only kind of sound
reproducing machine that is
perfect is the one that Edison
invented and the one that
Edison makes.
1t is the one with the
smooth and perfect sapphire
point, that doesn't require
changing with each record
and that doesn't scratch
two points alone that should
influence your decision.
Only in the Edison do you
find the music-reproducing
idea at its best.
Don't take our word for
it. Compare the Edison
Phonograph with all other
instruments side by side, on
the same music, if possible,
and then you will know
better than we can tell you.
Edison Photographs are sold everywhere in the
United States at the same price sIa.so to $rasoo.
Standard Records. $50. Amberol Records
twice as long). soc. Grand Opera Records. 7sc.
There are Edison dealers everywhere. Go to
the nearest and hear the Edison Phonoeraph play
both Edison Standard and Amberol Records.
Get complete eatalogs from your dealer or from u.s.
NATIONAL PHoNocRAPH COMPANY
Is L.ksside Ave.us. Orange. N. }.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
Tn. Compliment to Mr.. TAFT.

Hero worship could not well go fur
Their, especially in the case of an able
and influential man, than it did when
Gov. Hay of Washington said in intro
lucing the president at Spokane: I'VE
like Taft because Roosevelt liked
him" That was more of a compli-
ment for the former than for the pres
ent president. When a man gets
where he has to take his likes and
dislikes at second hand he becomes q
little too much of an imitator to COM
mand respect If Mr.. Taft has lik-
able qualities they should be appar-
ent to others as we'll as to Mr.. Roose-
welt, and others should like him
whether Mr.. Roosevelt does or not
Free and independent Americans
shoul7 not Surrender their self respect
so far as to sneeze or wink or cough
whenever Mr.. Roosevelt does. This
may be said without detracting from
any of his merits or achievements
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08

the opening Of the campaign and when
the two days of cold rain set in our
fears Increased. considered the
showing remarkable.
In the Blue division, there were
about $500 men, and General Pew re-
ports less than 100 cases of sicknGss.
There was but one death, and that
was due to an operation for Appendix
citis after the manoeuvres were closed
and I do not know that it could be
traced to the campaign.
There Were No Hardships.
TT is not true to say that the hard
ships were all out of proportion to the
lessons learned. In the first place,
there were no hardships. No COM
plant has come from the men or off,
GERS. There were possibly five rer
cent. of the militiamen dissatisfied
with the manoeuvres, and they were
the proportion which would prefer
life in camp.
Invaluable Lessons Learned.
.'On the other hand, the lessons
learned were invaluable. One of them
is that we have, not enough regulars
or militiamen ready for mobilization
to defend a city against such an at
tack as was made against Boston The
other is that it builds up the spirit
of cooperation between the regular
army and the national guard.
Total Cost Under 100000.
"The total cost of the whole cam
paign with all it's incidental expenses
has been under 100000. The manoeu-
vre fund even paid for the transports
and their pilots. I know of no way |
can better illustrate the exemplary
conduct of all the men than to say
that with the 10000 troops engaged,
the total expenditure for rentals and
damages has been only $4,000.
Frankly, I expected it would be near
er $4,000. The conduct of all the
men was unusual.
Truth of This Matter Should Be
Known.
1.-THE truth of this matter should be
known in justice to the men and the
public. 1t is not fair to let the inn
preston go abroad that the militia
men were allowed to fall sick and die
while learning the war game, because
it is a flat untruth."
General Woods report has not yet
been sent to the war department. The
reports of all the commanders engaged
have not yet been received at Govern
ors Island and General Woods report
cannot be made until they are all in.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
DISPUTE OVER TREES.
Leads to Suit in New Haven Superior
Court

Owing to a dispute over boundary
line, William 7. Dill and the Gillette
Construction company have been made
defendants in a suit brought by Abra
ham Dinniman OF 1914 Crown street,
through Attorney J. Birney futile.
The plaintiff claims $1,000 and prep
erty belonging to the defendants has
been attached for $4,000.
1t is alleged that on September 20,
1909, two large shade trees and a fence
at the west of Mr.. Dinniman's resi-
dence in Crown street, but inside Of
his boundary line were cut down by
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
GIFT ACCEPTED.
Bethel Borough Meeting Acts on Miss
ParIoa's Request.

At the special borough meeting held
in the town hall, Bethel, Monday eve
ming, Warden c. r. Morse presided.
That portion of the will of the late
Miss Parloa, which related to the be-
quests left to the borough of Bethel,
was read, and it was voted to accept
the same. In the name of the Dor
ough, the warden accepted the gifts.
Howard II. Woodman announced that
the executor of Miss Parloa's estate,
William " Alexander of Philadelphia,
was DESTROYS of presenting the bor-
ough with certain pieces of furniture,
which would be useful in a library
room, and these also were accepted.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
Falls Heir 10 500. nno.

BY the death at New Haven of So
phia Louise Bassett, a minor, Mrs.
Natalie Bassett Fitch falls heir to the
SIC, 900 left by her first husband to
their only daughter. Thomas Bassett
died about a year and a half ago,
leaving all his money. $4,000, to his
daughter. Sophia Louise Bassett.
young girl. Mrs. Bassett then mar
ried Fitch. and now, by the death Of
Mrs. Bassett's daughter, Mrs. Fitch
gets the $4,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills
Minneapolis, Mimi was great /
sufferer from female troubles which |

caused q weakness
and broken down
condition of the
system. l read SO
much of whatLydia
E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women I
felt sure it would
help me, andImust
say it did help me
wonderfully. My
pains all left me, I
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08
Stamford Merchants Fined.

Two Stamford merchants were con-
victed of selling renovated butter not
marked according to the law, and
were heavily fined last week. The
prosecutions, were instituted by the
state dairy commissioner. These are
not the first offences by Stamford
merchants. A short time ago three
others were convicted of similar Of
fences and fined.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-08

agents in the employ OF the defcnd-
ants. and that the wood from the tree
was taken by them. An injunotion
restraining Mr.. Dill and the Gillette
Construction company from further
operations on Mr.. pinnfman's proper
ty was granted by Judge eager IN the
superior court-New Haven Journal
Courier.