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Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
THE BEST CITIZEN OF NEW Or
LEANS.

The best citizen of New Orleans. a
city that gives a loving cup each year
to the citizen who does the most pub
lie good, is a woman, who, 25 years
ago, was a cripple, whose physical
sufferings have made her hair white.
Miss Sophia Wright saw such need
about her that she could find no time
for lamentations. She started the
first night school in the city OF New
Orleans for free instruction, and to-
day 1000 pupils are taught in the
schools there as a result of her labor.
She makes a modest living conducting
a private school for girls, in which
she teaches in the daytime, devoting
her evenings to work in the free night
schools. She has built home for
crippled children and is the main sup
port of n home for convalescents, be-
sides other charities of the same prac-
tical character.
The people were slow in seeing that
she was worthy to receive the munich
pal loving cup for the best public
work; but when the cup did go to
Miss Wright there went with it a free
will offering of $4,000 from the people
of New Orleans to cancel a debt in
Cured by her in starting her night
schools.
The question is very properly raised
If this Maid of Orleans does not mer-
it the unofficial sainthood which is
indisputably hers.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION
SHORT.

The expenses Of the state Of Conn
necticut the past year exceeded the
revenue by s264,S21
The Hartford Times says: Except
for the sale Of 100000 bonds the
deficit would have been several times
as great as it was. 1t is, indeed, true
that extraordinary OUTLAWS were made
during the year and that the legisla-
ture was in session, but there are al
ways extraordinary demands on the
state treasury, although happily the
general assembly isn't always in OPP
Grafton"
The general assembly Of 1909 was
good spender; it made appropriations
as II tax money was easy money and
any special care unnecessary. There
will be no disagreement with The
Times anywhere in the state when it
proclaims that "a policy of rigid econ
omy" should be inaugurated.
1t takes no ability to create a de-
felt but it takes talents and some
times genius for the correction OF the
extravaganza inaugurated by public
officials who were endowed with Meth
or
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
THE DOMESTIC Turkey.

The domestic turkey as he is term
ed has never been completely domes-
ticated and 1t is only by humoring
him in his Wild whims that a success
full flock can be reared. They require
more SItention than a flock of sNeop
and are in twice the peril from torn
and foe. We are told that there are
fewer turkeys in eastern Connecticut
and western Rhode Island than usual,
and II has been many a year since
the supply anything like approached
the demand. There are none better.
however. anywhere, and the presiden-
tial turkey is strutting somewhere in
these valleys and Horace Vose is sure
10 find him. When the topnotch price
was a shilling a pound no one ever
thought that the time would come
when instead OF six pounds for a dol
lar buyers would have to be satisfied
with three pounds. The two-shilling
a pound turkey got here before the
two-minute horse. And what has not
the turkey money been In the farmers
domicile? 1t has been pin money for
ma and tax money for pa and bank
money for both, but it was never easy
money until now.
The Bulletins annual weighing-in
contest just before Thanksgiving in
each year, In which the farmers get
the full market price for their best and
biggest birds and have bonuses Of $40
and SIS thrown in, it is sure and easy
money There is no haggling about
tit is square deal and so the num-
Der Of blue-ribbon turkeys to be dis
played by Somers Brothers next month
viii be as hne and numerous as ever.
The farmers are cycling their most
promising birds and thinking Of the
possibilities and the good money just
ahead.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
Charcoal L0zengeS
Powerful AbS0rbentS
Offensive Breath and Stomach Gases
Cannot Exist When They Are Used

Charcoal, by virtue Of its porous ma
ture, takes up gases mechanically Just
as a sponge takes up water. Its ca
pacity in this respect is in proportion
to the number and fineness of its pores.
Charcoal made from poplar, beechwood.
Willow wood is a compact, heavy sub
stance, having a metallic ulster, the
pores being quite invisible.
Chemical tests Of various kinds per-
formed by expert chemists have re-
vealed the fact that charcoal made
from willow wood, is not only abso-
lutely harmless, but that it Is by far
the most powerful absorbent OF all
kinds of gases. Certain other woods,
mentioned above, are used by some
manufacturers in making charcoal,
and besides not being half as effective
in absorbing stomach-gases, have also
been found to be positively harmful
to the digestive system.
Willow-wood charcoal is, then, the
very best for the purpose OF absorbing
excessive gas of the stomach, removing
intestinal hatus, and purifying foul
breath. Charcoal to be effective
against gastric fatulence must be in
troduced among the gases of the stom-
ach in the same state as when fresh
from the crucible. The means of eff
fecting this is to compress them into
soluble loZenges, so that after being
dissolved in the mouth and swallowed
the charcoal is "set free" and at once
begins its work of cxidizing and alb
sorbing foul gases, and also, through
its antiseptic properties, Of purifying
the entire ailmentary tract.
1t is definitely known that the alb
sorbent and cleansing action of char
coal is protracted and continued
through the intestinal system as well
as in the stomach, and it proves ben
eficial there also.
In STUART'S CHARCOAL LOZEN-
GEES we have a as-absorbing reme-
dy which readily takes precedence
over all others. The charcoal used in
them is the very best that can be OBJ
tanned. They are composed of the fin
est young willow-wood, converted into
charcoal by the special carbonizing
Stuart process, and before being COM
pressed into Lozenges, the powdered
charcoal Is rendered sweet and tho
roughly agreeable to the taste by be-
ing mixed with pure honey, and the
result is product equally as palatable
as candy.
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges have at
tanned a wide popularity among the
people, millions of boxes being sold
every year. They have, over and over
again proven their efficiency as rapid
and powerful obsorbents OF foul stom-
ach-gases, and finally in the purifca-
ton of offensive breath.
Buy package of these little lozen-
ges from your druggist for % cents
and forward US your name and address
for free sample package. Address, F
A. Stuart Co, 200 Stuart Bldg, Marsh
al Mich.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
TEE ElIEIlA's rtILY STORY
HIS THOUGHTS

TITS a wonderful thing about being
drowned" said the shipping clerk. 1T
makes no difference how quickly it's
done or how long man has lived be-
fore he dropped into the water Every
thing he ever did or said comes into
his mind in a fash. Wonderful, isn't
it?"
"Oh, don't know" replied the shop
boss. 1T would be wonderful If II
were a fact. ( But few drowned men
ever testify as to their last thoughts
so one hardly has sufficient evidence
to decide the thing"
There's enough evidence from those
that have had narrow escapes" said
the shipping clerk. It's just the same
when you think you're gone. You
have all the symptoms. The fact that
you get out of it alive hasn't anything
to do with the case
ooh, as to that" said the shop boss
Il can testify as to the wonderful pam
oramic views that come before a man
in danger of drowning. I thought you
meant those who had gone for good
Say" exclaimed the shipping clerk,
becoming interested, did you really
ever come near bein drowned?"
Il certainly did, said the shop boss
emphatically. 1T was when l was uC
on ! AXE Madison this fall fishing. Tn
a fisherman. all right, as long as
can stand On the ground where 1 can
brace my feet. But UP on that lake
everybody fishes from boats. l don1
know how ! came to make the blum
der, but when / padded my old dorv
out into deep water 1 found ] had sat
down on the front thwart. This made
the boats hind end stick up in the
air in most undignified way
After / had bobbed my line in the
cold water for couple of hours with
out results / became weary of so much
excitement and started to turn about.
One Of my oars wrested itself from
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

my grasp and escaped. l stood up in
the boat to give my lungs free action
for the occasion. My legs had become
cramped. But / fell over backward on
the gunwale of the boat and that SEN
sitive craft, with great dexterity,
passed me over to the cold, damp lake.
Il did not get clear in, you under
stand, but if had l should have per-
ished, for 1 cannot swim a stroke and
the day was bitterly cold.
Il righted myself and the boat after
a brief but desperate struggle and col
lected myself for a4-other try at get
ting the oar"
"Ahl" said the shipping clerk "And
in that brief time when death stared
life standing before you as in mir
rorl You mother stood in the door
way with her hand shading her eye,
watching for her boys return. You
saw your little brother, now a man,
playing at your side. You saw the girl
you loved coming down the sunny
path with shining eyes. happy in the
knowledge that she was yours. You
saw her as she is today, a faithful
wife and. capable mother ordering her
household in wisdom. You saw your
sons at play on the street or vending
their way to school. You saw your
little girl eurled up in the arm chair
before the CRATE. You saw
There, there!" said the shop boss
THAT will do nicely. AS a matter Of
fact, did have a vision, but it was
much more brief and to the point"
What was it?" asked the shipping
clerk
WELL" said the shop boss, "as
clutched the gunwale of that boat for
my life there flashed through my mind
this one thought: Great suffering
snakes! My watch will get wet!"
"Bosh!" said the shipping clerk as
he turned away. IT'S a pity the lake
didn't get you!"-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
The MODEL WIFE.

The Philadelphia minister who APP
pealed to the husbands of his congre-
cation to define the model wife for him
found that there were many types of
such a desirable helpmeet.
The four model letters set forth first
that the wife who did not spend $25
week on an income of $40 was
model; the second, the ideal wife al
ways keeps herself clean and tidy; the
third, that she is not the wife who
harnesses the life and soul out of a
man; and the fourth, that the gad-
ding, flirtatious woman whatever good
qualities she might possesses was not
in it.
This letter writing to define the
ideal wife on the part of husband Is
as often a disclosure as it is foolish.
A woman might possess all the good
qualities here spoken of ana have
fault-fnding husband. There is Moth
ing to show that all these husband
letter writer's were not in the fault
finding class, not to be thought of as
models by their wives.
1t is a good habit for married folks
to be awake to one another's GOOD
qualities and asleep to faults which
become more and more ma guided as
they are dwelt upon. The model wife
or husband is the one who burie
faults and lauds good qualities-who
talks neither too much nor unwisely.
The model household is the one where
harmony and cooperation are the
conditions.
In married life it tak.s two to Gre
ate models-the model home. Thee
who acquire the haSit Of recognizing
the good in one another and who
seek TO speak well of their neighbors,
who confer and pull together for sue
cess, v5ho are cons lous of united eff
fort to grow better every day make
the model home in which a model
family of children can thrive.
There is no use of discoursing too
much on original sin since original
purity is something older and better
to think of. To see another's faults
is not to be faultless ones self. for
the exploiter of faults becomes fault
finder, and what is worse?
The model wife will not be caught
writing letters to her pastor to de-
fine for him the model husband. She
is satisfied to have him and to know
him.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

The other dav Trio rorne a~o,1r7
which gathered so many sacred asso-
ciatiors went up in smoke and fl
in a twinklinr of an eye. the inma'
barely es"aping with their lives. F
even while the FIRE roared and 4
voured the owner of this heautif
rlace was calm and thouqhtful f
o-he~s not only for his guests. but
his horses and his stock. Neither II
ror on sulhSeCeunt davs did anv mn
r0ur Of complaining esoape his Ii
TTi~ sinole comrent when svmpat
rov~ed in mon him rom every s.
ives: '1 can't he g~ateT~i enoueh Il
we escaned with our lives and Il
more Of US were injured"
This man comes and goes in T.
world, quietly hiding his sorrow.
hravelv proceeding. after every strok,
of discin'ine to, reor0s+rl1o+ his ar-
fairs with the thought of serving 9TH
ers always IN view NV ~hild~er r~U
him the two-seated man." because
he always drives to the station in a
tvo-seeted carriage in order to MIX
IN any wevfare~ who may need lift.
This is Just a side light on his brave
and loving eririt.
He is a Christian and a churchman.
but his Christianity END his church
marshir orc rot s1-beti+r-te Fc-- ~
an Incentive to a pure, sunny, serene
and To- - life dav in and low ort I
have told his story iUst to show that ~
every bUeir CSC Prd social circle true
heroes can be fourd
THE PAPSON
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
THE JUBILEE BOOK.

The Jubilee Book, containing a
complete record of the celebration of
the 25Oth anniversary of the founding
of the town Of Norwich, with complete
illustrations. containing at least 1Oo.-
600 words and 80 pages of portraits
and scenes Of decorated streets and
sections Of the parade, etc. The Bull
letin hopes to have the book ready for
delivery early in December. If you
have not ordered one. fill out the cou-
pom. printed elsewhere and mail to
the Business Manager of The Bulle-
tin, Norwich. Conn"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
They Considered Il.

In Illinois there is an old law on
the statute books to the effect that
IN criminal cases the jury is Judge
of the law as well as of the facts"
Though not often quoted, once in a
while lawyer with a desperate case
makes use of it. In one case, the
judge instructed the Jury that it was
to judge of the law as well as the
facts, but added that it was not to
judge of the law unless it was fully
satisfied that it knew more law than
the judge. An outrageous verdict was
brought in, contrary to all instruc-
tions of the court. At last one old
farmer arose. ledge" said he, were
not we to jedge the law as well as
the fact'" Certainly" was the re-
Spouse; but I told you not to Judge
the law unless you We're clearly sat
isfied that you knew the law better
than I did" well. jedge," answered
the farmer. as he shifted his quid, I'VE
considered that pint. "-Argonaut.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

are only natural ways. No man can
think wrong and read true.
When ! got past LOOKING for faults
in my brother and began to look for
them in myself I made a decided gain
in life. When it comes to reform it
can only begin when we each one of
US become self conscious of our need
of it. No person ever reformed YET DC
caused someone else told him to or
because he was afraid to do anything
else. 1t is ennobling to desire to do
better and that is what makes good
endeavor inspire us to right Many
a person prays right who doesn't see
that action of the spirit should follow
prayer. God still helps those who help
themselves. The man who sincerely
studies and corrects his own faults is
removing aggravations from the way
of his neighbor.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
Little Soldiers

In your blood are the millions
OF corpuscIes that defend you
against disease.
To make and keep these little soldiers
healthy and strong, is simply to make
and keep the blood of the right quality
aud quantity.
This ls Just what Hoods Sarsaparills
does-it helps the little soldiers in your
blood to fight disease for you.
1t cures scrofula, eczema, eruptions.
catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nervous.
ness, dyspepsia, general debility, and
builds up the whole system.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

The Hartford Courant on Friday
passed its 145th anniversary. and, like
the brook. promises to run on forever
hahbling when it feels like It, but al
ways accommodating power. 1t has the
honor of having brought out the first
woman editor in America; and has
been first in too many good things for
enumeration. 1t always wears its halo
straight. and its future saintship seems
to be assured.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
DENTISTRY

The dental business established by
my brother. whose assistant was for
many years, will be continued by me.
assisted by DR.. V. D. Eldred
1t will be pleasure to see the former
customers of my brother and as many
new ones as viii favor me with their
patronage. Extracting 25c and up.
1oy1td DIR. C1IAS B. ELDRED.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

Chicago, after building one school
house month the past year, still
finds that ten thousand children can
only be given a half-day's instruction
under present conditions.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

Nobody objected seriously when the
suffragettes opened their walls of
wrath but when they opened their
walls of acid everybody thought line
should be drawn.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

There is saying in Australia What
goes in at the mouth makes the sheep"
and why can not the same be said of
the man? Some believe that what we
eat not only affects the physical but
the spiritual nature. We should not
have dif3ulty in showing that some
things which 20 in at the mouth un-
male the man, physically and mentally
What about that which steals away a
mans brains and makes his nose
blush? Presses in eating, drinking
and thinking make men gluttons,
drunkarGs and lunatics. There is no
room for argument over statement of
fact like this, for all intelligent men
know it. A man who makes a chronic
dyspeptic of himself cannot become q
first class Christian for he is violating
the law of his being. which is a sin.
He who eats to live instead Of lives to
eat has his own well being well in
hand.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

There is a good deal Of political
climbing just now in New York, but
all of it combined is not equal to one
time up to the peak of Mt. Mckinley.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

Some dietists think that If fat per-
sons and lean would just exchange
diets their conditions would be re-
verseo; but is there anything to it?
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
Prsparina for Next Year.

Arrangements have been made also
for carrying over prosperity into next
year. A larger acreage of wheat than
'ast year has been pianted.-Indianap
1'is - -
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

The Chapman meetings in Massa-
chusetts resulted in 1900 additions to
the Baptist denomination in that state
last year.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30
UNDAY MORNING TALK.
AN EVERY DAY HERO.

My title might lead the reader to
think that l was about to expatiate
concerning some of the many deeds of
| heroism of which we read almost daily,
as when a policeman is shot by some
drunken brute whom he has UNDER
taken to arrest for wife beating, or
fireman, at the cost of a bad bruise,
rescues child from a burning build
ing. Common enough are these in
stances, and for those who figure in
them l cherish the greatest admira-
ton. Such men increase our conf
dence in humanity and make US aware
how faithful are the vast majority of
our public servants, who have to do
good deal of rough and disagreeable
work in order to preserve public order
and save property from destruction.
But this particular hero does not
happen to belong to the ranks of pub
lie servants or wage earnerS. He
seems to have all the money he needs
and he is a man of culture and of
high social standing. He is a mer-
chant and has carried on for many
years a business that reaches out to
foreign lands and involves a multitude
Of transactions, some of them of a try
ing and complicated order of charac-
ter. He is one of the men whose hon
orable conduct of their business shines
out in refreshing contrast to the rob
Der barons" and shysters and skinflints
to be found not only in the circles of
high finance, but in many a country
grocery and small urban or rural store
today.
But it is not of this side of his life
that I should speak. but of the i'm
preston his character makes upon me
day by day. He has had, to my
knowledge, two great tests, not to
speak of others of which I have never
learned. One came when his wife died,
the idol Of his heart, to prolong whose
days he built a home in a specially
healthful location. but whose passing
could only be delayed a few years.
When she died no husband in his heart
ever sorrowed more but to those about
him he was the same strong, serene
man. as when with exceptional
thouehtfulness and knightlv devotion
he was ministering to her in her in
vali9ism.
After her death there was little
change in the ordering of his hospit-
able home. Friends came ard went 2 :
before. TIL eonly difference seemed
to be a still greater emphasis on min
istration to the homeless and lnat-
tached, and as the years have gone by !
trcrn has hardlv heev q wenk u-l'no in
addition to kindred there was not aome
guest to whom the freedom Of swb
home was a rare and priceless treas
ure.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

If Speaker Cannon does not soon
retire it is intimated that the best title
for his autobiography viii be: "Alone
in the republican party"
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

Happy thought for today: The
careless man after making his repu-
tation wishes that he might lose it;
but that is not so easy.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

The way President Taft has Olean-
der-ed down the Mississippi river has
been a source of worry to regular river
boat pilots.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

The attempt to "Barrill" DR.. Cook in
Colorado was an ignominious failure.
He was too much for hired attorneys
and evil influences.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

Z. a. Gop .rtmetIt store i'll Chicago
has had to give notice to it's young
women clerks to pay less attention to
their hair and more to their customers.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

The moving pictures assist Jeffries
in studying how Johnson did it, and
are helping him plan for his encoun-
ter
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

The fast young man is usually sur
prlsed at his quick finish when he
gets to it.; but no one else is.
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a guide sW ears that he falsifed DR..
cooks record about Mount Mckinley.
II a perjurer's confession rs all Pea
Ty ca1 offer against his rival we are
still for C0ok.--NaShYille Tenneseean.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

We might not be SO happy today If
we knew what was going to happen
tomorrow. 1t pays to be slightly in
the dark.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

The rubber stamp used for putting
a name upon ballot has been decided
in Virginia to be legal.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

Chicago man who helped a wo-
man to marry rich now sues for forty
thousand as his share of the spoils.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

The Net Earnings of the United
States Steel corporation for the quar-
ter ended September so we're S30,S55,-
019
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-30

The man who yesrns for leisure is
desiring something which he does not
need, unless he knows what he is go
ing to do with it. Idleness Of itself
never yet has made anything but a
bad reputation. J. G. Holland pointed
out that there is really nothing left to
a genuine idle man, who possesses any
considerable degree Of vital power, but
sim" a modern version of the older
proverb: THE devil finds some mis-
chief still for idle hands to dol" Leis-
ure does not bring happiness-those
who find time hanging upon their
hands make most complaint about
LIES disappointments and hliseries. An
idle people have always been found to
be a demoralized and a degenerating
people-the effect of idleness upon the
individual is not dissimilar; and yet so
many of US have prayed for the time
when we should have nothing to dol
He who sits with folded hands is only
waiting to die