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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07
Lenoth of Skirt.

Dame Fashion says that a walking
skirt should measure just three inches
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07

A raw egg swallowed will detach a
FISH bone in the throat.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07

The American fleet put up to the
Suez canal its stiffest proposition: and
vet it is not equal 70 what the Pan
anna canal may be called upon to face.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07

The homicides IN this country ap-
preached nine thousand last year, and
showed an increase Of over twenty
per cent. Crime Is going some!
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07

This is a very mellow January, but
il has not shown itself capable of
having a January thaw, yet, because
there is nothing to thaw
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07

Mayor Mcclellan requires $4,000
words to express himself to the cit
liens Of New York. There is a great
deal to talk about, there.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

High heeled Boots are known to
cause spinal complaints.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07

For the baggy appearance under
the eyes. rub gently with the tips of
the fingers dipped in alcohol. After
ward massage in the same way with
cold cream.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07
STATE CHARITIES.

The summary of the biennial re-
port of the Connecticut state board
OF charities ought to prove of much
interest to the taxpayers. For for one
thing, it gives an idea of how a large
sum Of money is expended each year
to maintain the state institutions with
which the board has to deal.
We agree with the board in its
recommendation that the state should
be Hveral in its treatment of the
School for Boys here so that no ques-
ton Of revenue should be allowed to
restrict in any way their fullest men
tai, physical and industrial develop
ment. We Of Meriden are in a good
position to know Of the work being
done by the state school under the
present very capable management, and
it meets with general approval. In no
other state institutions of which we
have personal knowledge IS the states
money expended to better advantage.
And the best of il is that the state in
time will get full return for all its
outlay in the better citizenship that
Is sure to result from proper treat
ment Of these boys.-Meriden Journal.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07

There should be no impairment Of
the usefulness of state school of this
kind as a means Of saving money;
saving money at the expense OF future
manhood Is nothing If it isn't con-
tenptible We should not only try
to make good citizens Of these boys
but TO secure to the path Of rectitude
all their progeny through the lasting
principles instilled into their minds.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07

The Italians will have a good opin-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07

Dusty hair is unhealthy. Dust ac-
cumulates as much by reason Of soil
ed and uncared-for brushes as in any
other way, therefore, "a word to the
wise is sufficient"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-01-07

High heeled Eoots are known 70
cause spinal complaints.
A raw egg swallowed will detach
fish bone in the throat.
Never go out of doors Immediately
after bathing the face in hot water
Tepid water is better for both face
and hands at this season.
One of the best Hniments for man
or beast, It is claimed. is composed Of
equal parts of laudanum, alcohol and
oil Of NORWOOD.
For the baggy appearance under
the eyes. rub gently with the tips of
the fingers dipped in alcohol. After
ward massage in the same way with
cold cream.
Dusty hair is unhealthy. Dust ac-
cumulates as much by reason OF soil
ed and uncared-for brushes as in any
other way, therefore, "a word to the
wise is sufficient"
Hot water. if taken a cupful on ris-
ing and another when going to bed.
will help to reduce the weight of a
stout person. Cold water unless
taken with meals, will not increase
flesh, but has tendency to harden
and make it firm&.
In tying a bandage on the head, do
not make the objectionable knot at
the back Of the head. Have the cloth
'ong enough to cross In the back and
fasten at each side with diminutive
safety pins. less than one inch long.
This makes a comfortable bandage.
If the heart is weak but otherwise
normal it can often be strengthened
by active leg movements, such ps
running on tiptoe, circular motion,
hexing the foot and knees and run
ming. This last should be begun
slowly and not continued too long at
first
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
HARTMAN, SR.'S, WILL UNIQUE.
Preceded Document with Declaration in
Marriage Ceremony.

New York, Sept. ll.-Thirty years ago
almost to a day the will of the father Of
+. IL. Hartman was deposited in the
surrogate's Office of the courthouse ut
Hudson county. \. j., and in the fol
lowing words made the final disposition
Of his property:
with this ring | thee wed and with
all my worldly goods | thee endoE, In
the name Of the Father, the Son and the
Holy Ghost, Amen
In accordance with this solemn dec.
laration, made at the time of our mar
riage, / hereby declare my wife sole
heir and possessor in case Of my DEATH
Of all my property, personal and real,
and appoint her to be the sole eXccutriX
of this my last will and testament"
The document was signed Orlando
Hartman, and dated September 6, 1872
The witnesses to it were his sons, J
~ Hartman of Savannah Ga, and ".
VI. Hartman of New York.
Two years later on April 80. 1881.
Orlando Hartman, an Episcopal pastor,
died at jacksonville, Fla, leaving as his
heirs, besides his two sons named as
Witnesses to the will, Amea Ii. Van.
Rensselaer,, Orlando Hartman Of Sa-
vannah, Ga, Corneia Simons OF Jersey
City and Edward III. Hartman, then in
his early thirtles--a brilliant but com.
paratively obscure operator on the eN-
change.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
HARTMAN STOCKS UP
UNION PACIFIC REACHES EXTREME
FIGURE OF 2lo7s.
Advance Attributed to Further Short
Covering-Steel, However,
Is Weak

NEW YORK. Sept. 1.-THE Harri-
nan issues were a sensational feature of
.oday's brief session of the stock ex-
,hange.
Union Pacific common and preferred
md Southern Pacific common opened
without material change. but before long
Union Pacific was up to 21O7s, gair
If 3ls. and the preferred stock was sell
ng at 112, an advance of 13s, while
southern Pacific was up full point.
Dealings in these stocks. together with
Reading and United States Steel dom
mated the entire market. The advance
n the Hartman stocks was attributed
argely to the further short covering.
Little attention was paid to rumors of a
light for control of those properties.
United States steel was relatively weak
IN selling for profit.
Fluctuations in Union Pacific particu-
arly were very irregular, the stock ad-
Vancing from POI to 2107s and then back
% 20S3s. The rest of the list was fairly
irm but dull.
Business fell off in the second hour
md the market became very heavy, prac-
lcally all the early gains being lost.
This was true not only of the Hartman
stocks but of Reading, United States
Steel, the Rock Island issues and most
)ther securities in the active group. The
copper shares were particularly weak on
urther rumors of adverse trade condi-
lions.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
MORGAN SUPPORTER
OF STOCK MARKET,
Hartman Saw Fellow Financier lust
Before He Died and Made Plans
for Future

ARDEN. n. Y, Sept 1l.-One Of the
last men to talk with T.. II. Hartman
before the relapse of last Sunday that
ended in his death was j. p. Morgan.
The fnancier came to Arden house
Thursday of last week when the encour-
aging improvement noted in Mr.. Harri-
mans condition was at its height, and
in spite of his bodily weakness the head
of the Union Pacific system was as well
fitted to discuss business as at any time
in his life.
For nearly two hours the two leaders
of American finance sat on the porch in
the sun. 1t is believed that at this con
ference plans were laid to support the
financial market in the event of Mr..
Harriman's death or in case his health
forced him to abandon all business activ
ity.
Mr.. Morgan's country estate On the
west bank of the Hudson joins that of
Mr. Hartman.
When this conference occurred Mr.. Uar
riman knew he was n dying man, al
though he kept this information from his
family and steadily encouraged their be-
lief that he would get well. No one saw
more clearly than Mr.. Hartman what
would probably happen when he died
For the sake of thousands of railroad
stockholders rs well as for his own inter
ests he knew that unless the strongest
money power in the country got under"
the market the effect of his death would
be disastrous, This. without doubt is
why he called in Mr. Morgan.
The Hartman funeral continued TO be
the main topic of conversation in this vi
entity. The little church at Arden with
its seating capacity of only $50 cannot
begin to accommodate the crowd tina.
will attend the public memorial services,
or even the sO-Called private" cerc-
mony Mt 8 o'clock in the afternoon
Messages of coincidence continued to
arrive at Arden house The mail of the
little poStoilice at Arden today sweled
n dozen times beyond its usual size. Tele-
grams for the Hartman house are han
died at the switching tower near the
railroad station.
For the first time since Sunday Judge
Robert S. Lovett did not spend the night
nj Arden house last night. DE- LYLE
also was away and the group in the
house was made up entirely of members
Of the family.
Little clue to the cause of Mr.. Harri.
mans death is given by the death GER
tificate prepared by DR.. Lyle. This GER
tifcate was received today by l. ID.
Smith. the undertaken, who will file it
with the town clerk at Highland Mills
1t gives the cause of death as heart
failure superinduced by internal compli-
cations
This certificate probably will be filed
tomorrow morning, since this formality
is necessary before the burial.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
GRAFT FIGHTER DYING
Pittsburg's Millionaire District Attor-
ney Is Thought to Have Been
Poisoned

PIYTSBURG, Pa, Sept 11.-District
Attorney William A. Blakely is dying in
hospital here Rumors say that Mr.,
Blakely, who has incurred the undyine
eEynity of the underworld by his whole
SHE prosecution of graft and grafters,
has been poisoned.
Mr.. Blakely is perhaps one of the most
unusual district attorneys in the United
States. Worth million dollars and
member Of the most exclusive society, he,
on the death of his friend, District At
torney Goehering, recently took up the
mantle of district attorney, saying he
would sacrifice his fortune and his prac.
tice Of $4,000 per year in order to clear
the town of crooks and grafters.
The district attorney so seriously i'll
is understood to be engaged to Miss Jean
Oliver, daughter of United States Sena-
tor George II. Oliver.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
PROPER TIME TO LAUGH.
Come Vaudeville Jokelets Which
Age Cannot Witber.


Vaudeville is known as the laugh
trust" but not for the reason one
might think. II gets the phrase be-
cause there are certain definite num-
Der of devices in It's category of acts
that control the laughs of its audi
ences The same old things are always
good for a laugh in vaudeville. Ac-
cording to the Bohemian a new de-
vice, a new bit of business" a new
Joke are all regarded as dangerous by
Che performers. The following table
details some Of the times at which
vaudeville audience regularly laughs:
When a comedian walks with a
mincing step and speaks In falsetto
voice.
When a German comedian opens his
coat and discloses a green waistcoat.
When a comedy acrobat falls down
repeatedly
When a performer asks the orches-
ira leader II he is married man.
When a black-face comedian says
something about chicken.
When a performer starts to rise
from chair and the drummer pulls
4 resined piece Of cord so that the
performer thinks his clothes have
ripped.
When the drummer suddenly beats
he drum during a comedians song
and the latter stops and looks In his
direction.
When a tramp comedian turns
around and discloses purple patch
Or several pearl buttons or a target
'ewed on the sect of his trousers
When the funny member Of the
:roupe Of instrumentalists interrupts
The progress of melody by sounding
4 discordant note on his trombone.
When a clown Of a team Of aero
bats poises himself to do a presuma-
bly, difficult feat and suddenly changes
ais mind and walks away without do
ing IT,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
Mosquitoes XIII Cattle.

B. NJ. Foster and T. A. Dees return
I'd home from Cheniere au Tigre, an
sland south Of Abbeville, a Houston
Posts Lake Charles La) correspond
ent says. Great myriads of large mos
luitoes caused the party to return
lome at once. Mr.. Foster Is authority
,or the statement that many head of
cattle are being killed by the pests,
and that the people of the island
would suffer like fate If they ven
:ured out. Day and night the inhab-
tants are compelled to fight constantly
against the little pests. and what small
arm work is done on the island has
been sadly neglected.
Mr.. Foster says that the cattle on
he island can usually be found in
herds OF about 100 each. but the mos.
luitoes have caused the animals to
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
guaranteed us under the Constitution.

guaranteed us under the Constitution.
A machine which will enable him to
blow out all the gas within reach,
without need for subsequent hospital
treatment will do much to restore
Hiram's faith in popular government
So much for the blowing out OF gas;
but why can not this benefcent genius
turn his attention to other needed in
ventions? Where Is the machine that
will make banana peels on the side
walk a delight to pedestrians? Isn't
there some device that will make the
humorist who rocks boats and pulls
chairs from under folks public bene-
factor? Can't we have an antidote for
the revolver which no one supposed
was loaded Success Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16

flock together for protection, and he
saw one big herd with fully 10000 ami.
mails punched and believing with
pain, The cattle, he says, keep NOV
off as much as possible. Occasionally
one will become exhausted and fall be,
hind or a COW will stop to help It's
calf, only to meet hasty death. Some
animals Mr.. Foster saw have actually
been smothered to death by the great
swarms Of mosquitoes
mo one who has not witnessed con.
ditions on the island is able to form
any idea Of what the people and stock
have suffered" concluded Mr.. Foster.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
THE WORLDS THE SAME

The north poles been discovered,
It's field OF snow and ice:
For years and years we sought for IL,
And death has been the price
Today we learn that ii is found,
Old Glorys ut the pole,
And yet | notice this today,
We pay the same for coal.
The north poles been discovered
And with pride our chests expand.
We glory in the struggles
OF the hero in command.
We read each line mes written
Aud we taiE about his feat.
But | notice that the butcher wants
The same price for his meat.
The gas bill varies not cent,
Unless it's changed for more;
And bread is costing just as much.
All prices upward soar.
Sugar is most expensive stili
by barrel or 10y pound;
And we had looked for wondrouS things
The day the pole was found
My wife still ycarns for dresses new,
And seats in ears are rare
The pan beneath the ice box stun
Requires my constant care
The monographs i'm flats above
Srill wall their dismal sound.
An, life Is very much the same,
Although the pole is found.
Detroit Free press.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16

Uncle Hiram, who wears whiskers
and lives in comic weeklies, will be
delighted with the latest news from
New York. A man In the metropolis
has invented device which enables
one to blow out the gas without fear
Of the consequences. By a mechanism
too complicated to describe, the gas,
when blown out, automatically shuts
itself off. So perfect is the contriv-
ance, according to the inventor, that
even the gas bill ceases to run.
Hiram, the comics tells US, has never
been able to understand why NEEDLE.
some people should interfere with his
simple, homely diversions. Blowing
out the gas. he has always maintained
is one Of those personal privileges
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
FEDERAL JUDGE FINDS NO PLOT
TO OBSTRUCT WHEELS OF
JUSTICE.
INDICTMENTS ARE QUASHED.
One, However, Dealing with Misapplica-
ton of Banks Funds Is Allowed
to Stand.
CONCERNS BIG COPPER SUIT.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE indict-
ments charging +. Augustus Heinze.
the copper tinancier, with conspiracy to
obstruct the administration of justice
by concealing the books of the United
Copper company were dismissed today
by Judge Hough of the United States
circuit court.
The books were under subpoena of the
federal court last spring when the courts
were investigating Mr.. Henze's action
as president of the Mercantile National
bank in sustaining the firm of Otto
Heinze q Co. during the financial panic
of 1907.
The accounts which were wanted
could not be found by the federal officers
and Heinze's indictment followed. His
counsel in demurring to the indictment
contended that there WAS nothing to
show that Mr. Heinze knew any judicial
action was pending when the books were
removed.
Judge Hough today also dismissed if-
teen of the sixteen counts i'll an indlct-
ment also pending against Mr.. Heinze
charging, him with misappropriation of
the funds of the Mercantile National
bank by discounting notes and certifying
checks of the firm of Otto Hen2e & Co.
One of the indictments alleging miSap-
plication of funds of the bank by Mr..
Heinze was approved by Judge Hough.
Findings of the Court.
Judge Hough in dismissng the fifteen
counts of the indictment charging mis-
application of the funds of the bank
said that those counts seemed to him to
charge that Heinze, for the benefit of
himself and others unnamed, caused the
bank to discount a single name ccmmer-
cial paper and the bank lost the amount
paid. The judge said it would be neces-
sary to maintain an action for CONVEX
sion of the proceeds of the note, which
he did not believe could be done. He
therefore threw out those counts.
The sixteenth count. which was re
tanned, charges that Heinze knew the
giver of the note was insolvent when it
was discounted. This, the judge said,
would amount to conversion.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
PAPERS b 4np PEOPL

They demand 1t because OF the competition with which
they meet from their sisters who not rich az
themselves. They don't want these to equal them In
spendor and In elegance.
Those who will hold out longest in this mad chase
will day awaken to the fact that in spite OF all
their respondent gowns they are not really elegant
women but limitations and And then they
will take their money which they now waste on almost
nconceivable luxures to adorn themselves ouwardy.
will spend 1t In travel and in other things which
will enrich their intellect and will make them more at
tractive and not mere lay figures.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
Names Potato Crop.

The ArooStook potato crop was never
raised on such scientific aud intelligent
principles and in such perfection as to-
day. Every year for the last ten or fif-
teen years there has been a gradual in
crease in the average yield an acre. Eff
teen years ago the average yield was
from forty to fifty barrels an acre and
the maximum not over a hundred. For
some years past, leaving out the excep-
tional season OF 1907. when the potato
crop was badly damaged by the excessive
wet weather and the early fall freeze.
the average yield an acre has been in the
neighhorhood of 50 barrels and the maxi
mum 300. This years crop is looking
in prime condition, and as il looks now
the country is going to come in on the
home stretch with its usual abundance
aud osperity.-Lewiston Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
STUDENT SENT TO CELL,
Young Man, Convicted of Robbery, Says
He Is Marquette and U. w.
Graduate.

MADISON. Wis. Sept. Ill Spe-
cial Alan Beaumont, the young man
who robbed many stores in this city in
tho last few weeks, was today taken to
the Green Bay reformatory to serve n
three years term. Before going he said
he had been student at the University
of Wisconsin and had also graduated
from. Marquette college in Milwaukee,
but refused to give the name under
which he was graduated from that nsti-
tuition
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
An Oleaginous Invocation.

\ Baptist minister Of Kansas City
tells this incident of services which he
conducted in the courthouse of Stanley
county. North Carolina, on the occas sion
of visit several years ago:
Uncle Wash Russell whose piety
and faithfulneSs no one ever questioned.
was Il deacon in the church and a leader
Il the movement to complete the partly
finished church building and stop hold
ing services in the county courtroom.
The minister called on Uncle Wash
to lead in prayer. What his prayer
lacked in elegance it made up with
feryeucy. In it, with the North Carolina
pronunciation, We're these words:
oh. thou exhaustibe God. Amt this
here visitin brother with the Isle of
patmos. Kansas City Times
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
TALES OF PUBLIC MEN
Harry Lauder.

Harry Lauder.
Harry Lauder. the Scotch comedian,
was passing the Hotel Aston in New
York one day last winter with his man
agrr. William Morris. Morris had Law
iShed money on Lauder in the way Of
entertainment, and Lauder said;
William, We ha' been guide { me, So
We have. Come in, now an I'll treat
ye.
Morris grabbed ut the opportunity. Al
though he was paying Lauder $1,000 Il
week it was the first time Lander had
come mp above the surface, They went
iu There were three or four friends If
Morris there and they came over To be
introduced to Lauder who was nervous
during the introductions.
After everybody had been presented.
Lauder drew Morris aside. William
he said, Il said | would treat ye, but |
didna' say I'd treat all your friends.
Iou wuli ha' to pay for it, William.
And that was what William did.
Saturday Evening Post
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16

when the Indians owned the whole coun-
try and before Gen. Oglethorpe brought
his first shpload of immigrants to the
state.
when the first settlers came into
northern Georgia they found Indians
working the mines, in crude way, Of
course the precious metal being used for
personal adornment The country was
so wild and the settlers so widely scat
tered and few that little effort was made
for many years afterward to develop
these mines. II was only comparatively
recently that people began to wake up
to the fact that there was gold in the old
red Georgia hills. Many fortunes have
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-09-16
MASONIC RELIEF PICKS OFFICERS
Presidency Goes to L. r. CHM, with Chi
cagoan on Advisory Board

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 1i.-Lurton r.
CHM Of Washington, ID. G., was elected
president OF the Masonic Relief associa.
ton of the United States and Canada at
the closing meeting of the association
here. The other officers elected are:
First vice presldent-CharIes A. Nesbit,
Richmond, Na.
SECOND vice Observation-Disclosures Pattcr
sou, Toronto, Canada
Secretary-John X. Pope Brooklyn
Treasurcr-G George BrocKway, New York.
The members Of the advisory board are
A. J. O'Reilly, st. Louis; Charles Bias.
del, Syracuse, n. Y. Ralph IL. Wheeler,
Chicago; Herman Samuel, Baltimore.
DR.. John t. Massey. Knoxville, Tenn.