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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03

Ambassador d. +. Thompson sends
from Mexico City newspaper clip
ping which states that the Rediscount
bank in the national capital Is now
open and making loans for agricul-
tural purposes.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03

The fifteenth son in the fifteenth
year has been born 10 Mr.. and Mrs.
Chris Roller. in Noble township, Cass
county. Indiana.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03

Yalu river timber is to be exploited
by a Chinese-Japanese company. with
two managers, one of whom and all
laborers employed by the company in
Telling and moving timber, including
the rafting of logs, must be Chinese.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03

Japan's second largest steamship
company, the Asaka Shosen Kaisha, is
starting a semi-monthly service. to
the United states with six vessels,
using Tacoma and Seattle as start
ing points and Hong Kong as the ter
minus. An agreement to this effect
has been made with the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway company,
to begin in August. 1909. The six
vessels are now being built at Kobe
and Nagasaki.
The present population of Picking,
exclusive Of the suburbs (but they
are unimportant), is given as 6OS,O44.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03
OPPORTUNITY

To Rent, the finest room in the
best location of this city. Law
yers, insurance agents. millinery
or any good tenant can apply.
We have good tenants now and
want good tenants. IF you hive
any mind to change your loca-
ton, this Is the place. Franklin
square is the hub and business
place Of Norwich.
sOAIERS BROS.
jan4mwf
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03
EELIlELE ll{It{t IELlItR
COME TO ME

with that sewing machine. I will put
II in first class order promptly and at
a reasonable price. Have also got a
good one to sell you cheap for cash.
D. x. Hubbard. Machinist 230 Frank
lin st.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03
ANNOUNCE TENTS.

Today Frank A. Bill offers special
low prices on ladies' and mems shoes.
1t will pay you to attend this sale.
Miss O'Connor will continue the
millinery business in the May building
formerly conducted by O'Connor &
Ring. See adv.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03

In the Lincoln school. at Santa Bar
bara, Cal. the pupils are taught to
bind all the books that get out Of re-
pair, to cane all chairs needing Il.
and TO mend any and everything at
home or in school that needs mending.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03
IMPORTANT is always found
80 go NJ on this page.
Read the small
BUSINESS NEWS advertisements
1900 carefully.
WANTED.


yyANTED-Situatioa middle aged
Swedish woman in good family; is good
cook; willing to do any kind or work
without washing; best references. Ad-
wANTED-General homework girl
wanted in family of two. Apply at
Bulletin Office for address. febSd
WANTED milling company
desires to secure the services of Two
capable ladies. under 35 years of age,
to travel and introduce to the public
their new food speciality in this and
other cities. Experienced preferred.
Permanent position and liberal salary
guaranteed. For appointment, address
in own handwriting H. z. F., sales
Manager, GenI Defy, New London, Ct.
feb3d
WANTED-One man in every locality
in United States to advertise and intro
duce our goods, lacking up show-cards.
Commission or salary, Ninety Dollars
your work Experience unnecessary.
Write Empire Medicine Company. Lon
don. Ontario, Canada Jan16TuThSat
FARM WANTED-If you have farm
for sale have number fs Of from ssGs
UP, write Paul Russo, sac Chapel, New
Haven. CT. sept1lMN F-
wANTED-April LIST, a tenement Of
or rooms on one or two hoorSi
centrally located. Address Business,
Bulletin Office. Jan2Sd
WANTED-Raw furs. Will pay Bos-
ton and New York prices. At H. a.
Haebrer's harness store. 80 Water St,
every Saturday. Arthur c. Bennett.
5an11d
WANTED-A partner in a well es-
tablished business: small capital re-
quired. Address Box TO- Bulletin.
dec16d
WANTED
A family cook. s22 per
month; also general house and second
girls. ]. B. Lucas, Room 80, Central
Building. nov146
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03

Cottonseed oil. known commercial
ly as cotton oil, is produced by the
crushing OF the seed OF the cotton.
Il is purely vegetable. and from tests
made has been found to be absolutely
chemically pure. Il Is an oil easily
assimilated and has taken high place
among the worlds best food productx
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03

FOR sALE-One dining room table,
set of sectional bookcases, Office chair
old sewing machine letter press, small
wrapping paper holder, elbow nelodeon
old, old books, some 18th century. also
other articles. Call at 60 Prospect
street between the hours of 9 a. m. and,
p. m. feb2d
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03

In India there is a patent medicine
hrm which converts into penholders
the wooden packing cases in which Il
gets some Of its drugs from America.
This firm makes such a good penhold-
er that the government buys it. al
though all the work is done by hand.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03

A missionary deaconess in Liberia
has edited in native dialect a book
containing the Ten Commandments.
the Apostles Greed. the doxology and
a number OF the best known hymns.
The book Is not only the first book
published In the dialect but the first
successful attempt to make it writ
ten language.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03

According to The Textile World
Every Industrial country I'm the world
save one has now a proviso in its
patent laws that a patent may be re-
voked II not worked I'm the country
granting it. The one exception is the
United States Of America.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03
Court House Appropriation.

On Nov. IS, 1905. at a county meet
ing a vote was passed which provid-
ed for an appropriation on the part of
the county of $4,000 for Norwich and
$4,000 for New London court houses.
Action was delayed until last year,
when work on the court house addition
at Norwich commenced. The building
is now nearly completed 1t will be
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03

SMALL PLACE OF 80 acres. located
in the town of Hampton, Conn. Good
house of 5 rooms and attic; barn and
henhouse. Place will keep four cows
and a horse; land equally divided into
woodland and pasture; wood enough
for fire, good well at house and brook
runs through pasture On r. F. D.,
near neighbors. l u miles from station.
Price 5000; S3C0 can remain on mort
gage. Address Merritt WEIGH. Chaplin.
ct. jan30d
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-03
FOR SALE.

HORSES FOR sALE-Henry Arnold.
312 jackson street. Willimantic. Conn
1anI7d
The Washington times., 1909-10-03

finds at Ashdod a hospitality like that
of the Good Samaritan. They are
strangely in earnest, these Adventists
and so they practice what they preach.
No one who knocks can be turned
away. No one who enters can pay. He
can leave what he likes when ne goes
something for himself. II he chooses,
something for his faith, something for
those who worship there; but he is 10
decide. There is never any questioning
at AshdOd-"which now of these, think
est thou. was neighbor unto him?"
The life is biblical TOO. Here food
Sho raimsnt are the lesser things.
These women whom you see in the IL
lustraNOns. these merchants and pro-
fessiOna men and their families. live
on two meals a day. AT 10 and they
eat plain, yholesofne food-boiied meat,
fresh vegetables, doughnuts, pie, and
milk. At night they, sleep like soldiers
in barracks, fSarshalls6 into companies,
the women in Bethel. the men in the
two smaller bindings, some one in a
bed. some two. some three. and soneson
piles of straw r they sought luxury.
they argue to Themselves. they csbld
find it nearer than,Ashdod What they
! seek here IS prayei and fasting
The Washington times., 1909-10-03

the unsaved are destroyed, that the
vision of the two-horned beast in
Revelations applies TO the United
States, that the gift of prOph esy still
abides and that the revelations of
Mrs. Ellen G. White were inspired.
The Church OF God outgrew from
the Seventh Day Adventists through
disagreement as 10 the revelations of
Mrs. White and the application of
certain portions Of Revelations 70 the
United States It's strength is given
as 647 members. The Life and Advent
Union developed at about the same
time. emphasizing A faith that such
as die in sin have no resurrection.
The Churches Of God in Jesus Christ
(the Age Come Adventists) believe
in the final restitution OF all things.
the establishment of the Kingdom Of
God on earth and the restoration Of
Israel. Their strength is given as
2.S72
Now must be added these folk at Dux-
bury. Mass. They have named them
selves the Free Christian Society,"" and
1t is curious that in all that has been
written of this lstest meeting that name
has not once been used. Their formal
organization dates back about seven
years. but they have been coming to-
gether under Mr.. Swans leadership for
about eighteen years. Their strength
rs possibly somewhat above 1000
The faith is Fairly well expressed in
this-that the imminence Of Christ
| second coming overshadows every other
religious prospect. But this is not all.
this does not account in any large de-
| gree for such scenes as that we have
viewed, and we shall have interest in
] studying this new belief rar enough to
/ understand the unknown tongue" the
raising Of the dead. and the frances
through which the faithful are translat-
I ed close 70 the gates OF Paradise
The Washington times., 1909-10-03
Wonderful Stories
Of Healing of the Sick.

Some brought witness of blessings
which must be significant AS Eva
Grant. an anaemic and fragile youag
girl. stepped from the dusty bus. two
o. three who were with her exclaimed:
God has raised her from the dead,
God has raised her from the dead,"
There was great excitement and the
story was told twenty times that even
ing.
Mrs. Mittie Collins. of Bucksport. Me.
IL was who raised her, and her manner
Of recounting the incident inspired con-
fidence.
1T was IN the summer. down at Old
Orchard" said she. land Eva-this
sister by my sfie--lad gone out beyond
her depth. They brought her to shore,
and for twenty minutes a doctor worked
over her. He said she was dead. There
were two other doctors and they said
she was dead. Wei, 1 was a mile away.
and little girl had TO run to my house.
and I hurried down the road to the
bs ach. saying over and over:
God. you won't let Der die. God.
YOU can raise from the dead, and you
VIII raise her.
when 1 got TO the beach I kneIt
down beside Eva here and put my
fingers on her wrist. saying over and
over in nv heart what l had been say
Ing coming over. She began 20 tremtle
at that and-well. she's here today"
II was dead. said Eva slowly, when
Mrs Collins had ended Il don't re-
. Lember much except that I was asleep.
+, Yen hand touched me-and l live
The Washington times., 1909-10-03
THE FAITH OFTHE STRONG.

WYE have seen how the faith that
w brings these peoAe together takes
full possession of then We owe it to
them. in view OF our long laugh over
the doom that didn't back, TO inquire
what that faith really :. And first it
will not hurt us to furnish what little
knowledge we have on tbs whole ques-
ton of Adventism.
The theologies used to bid that the
coming of Christ was fob-fold-f, at
His nativity; ?. to His disci9es at their
death: 8. at the fall OF JeruaIem: 4, at
the Day OF Judgment. The came a
strong movement to cOnstrue lis fourth
coming as when He shall apRar the
second time without sin INT saliva
tiop. This is Second Adventim."
Now the whole subject of thissecond
coming forms one Of TIRE most lprpIex-
ing themes OF theology, as is nor than
plain not only from the spectacular
failures Of those who have been hold
enough 10 fix date. but also fOm
the difficulties experienced by sOhr-
minded induirers in interpreting e
scriptures and obtaining from their oVN
readings q theory consistent with itsel
In the gospels Of Matthew, Mark, an
Luke. the second coming is associate
with the fall OF Jerusalem. and seen
10 be near. Occasionally Paul ais
speaks as II IT were an event near 2
hand. but again he seems 10 remov
II to the distant future While reveal
lions introduce the millennum-by n
Jewist calculation $4,000 years-as hay
/ ing 10 eusue before the final day.
The Washington times., 1909-10-03
THIS THE YEAR.

KUANY portents pointed the sect Ia
wi the year now current under the
Jewish calendar. II was first marked
nv the Israelites as "a Jubilee Year. %
II was ushered In with earthquakes
Capital and labor, in Mr. Swans iudg-
ment. have never beenamore hopelessly
apart. Famine has stalked into one OF
the richest countries.
IAN these things" said the leader
TO me, "warned that the end Of the
world was near
when the Saviour does come" went
on Mr.. Swan. ''he will come, / believe
on the tenth day of the seventh month
according 10 the Jewish reckoning. Tn,
three great feasts OF the ancient churcl
were the Passover, Pentecost, and tn,
Seven Days Of the Tabernaclcs. Jesus
Christ died on the Passover and wen
The Washington times., 1909-10-03

So at first two or three of the men We're
designated 10 keep the chapel clear of
outsiders. Then the meetings came more
and more TO be held in Bethel Hall, to
which nonbelievers were not admitted.
The watching on that awful Friday was
done In this latter place, and il was
there from Mr.. Swan and perhaps thirty
Of the faithful | obtained this story OF
the movement.
In lieu OF the usual program OF meet
ings and prayer service the session had
been made d continued preparation for
the judgment. Hour after hour these
people watched and prayed. Now in
Bethel. before the 10 o'clock meal: now
i'm the chapel; now, again, in Bethel.
Everywhere men and women We're
alike deeply moved. As the preachers
urged the awfuiness OF eternity, as they
The Washington times., 1909-10-03
All Did Not
Accept the Visions.

Some Of the Free Christian Society.
without questioning the sincerity Of
these two women, did not accent their
vision as a message. Mr.. Swan. the
Rev. J. c. Osgood, his associate preach
er. and some Of the Oldest wors hipers
al Ashdod held to this view. The two
leaders were allowed to take such posi-
tons as pleased them But the minor .ty
among the followers who expressed
doubt were ostracised. The year was
too fraught with mysteries. the signs
were too many, the message was too
clear SO the excitement was keyed
stfl higher and the long wait. till the
curtain should lift before eternity. lie
gan.
In their feTvor the Adventists sought
first 10 ignore the skeptics who came
to them as visitors But as the fateful
tenth day Of the seventh month ap-
proached-it would fall upon Friday,
September "A. according to the modern
calendar-and stories of this fervor
heightenina to frenzy began TO appear
in the newspapers, the number OF Wis
Itors grew until there was out and out
Interference with the meetings.
Ashdod Chanel will not seat 200 per-
sons. What were 800 devout worship
ers to do then, when half the seats
were taken by those who had no faith,
who sought none, and who had driven
ont in their automobiles to see exhibit
lions OF the faith Of others only as an
excursion? And the lawns. where a few
DAYS before they had been free TO sing
or pray. were now half filled with
gaming gightseers.
The Washington times., 1909-10-03
FOUNDATION STONE.

THE twelfth chapter OF the epistle OF
Paul to the Corinthians Is the foun-
dalton stonefot the society. Says the
apostle:
For TO one is given by the Spirit the
word OF wisdom; to another the word OF
knowledge by the same Spirit:
To another. the working OF miracles;
to another. prophecy: to another. dis
corning of spirits; to another. divers
kinds of tongues; to another. the IN
depreciation OF tongues;
N"But all these worlleth that one and
Ae seIfsame Spirit. dividing 10 every
mn severally as he will
/ \ the close OF this same chapter
Pat asks:
Ne all apostles? Are all prophets?
Are n teachers? Are All workers OF
miracls2 Have all the gifts or healing
terpretk
BUT Notwithstanding these questions
MI. oWarRnd his followers believe that
all the sks OF the Spirit are theirs
as truly as\hey went out to the Chris
tians OF an Nder day. So at first they
were called 'Nft People," and so. also
b they have .beAyed from the first
That Goa coAers special power upor
them through t Iavine on Of hand.
and prayer.
Ihat the atonenut Of Christ in,nIias
for His followers he mower n bear
disease and even to ice fro,,, a. 49,
through the direct int-nogition OF Cod
! That He gives II 10 Ven, 10 eroal, e.
the unknown tongue ne. ho tI,a,
spcaketh i'm an unk,,-, tora-',l
speaketh not unto men. ~ mt GO
for no man UNDERSTANDABLE Go, tor,,,,oi,
in the spirit he speaketh n1s+a,.,s.. .,
: + That often in baptism and,roa,,o,,.,,
) In their services the spirit otta -
takes manifest possession or co-t,ir
OF the faithful
That the second coming of .,,,s.,
must be soon, that this Is a pOrte.or.
year I'm Gods plan, and that We,
Christ does come he viii come in a
fall OF the year.
, They baptlze. these members Of Il
Free Christian Society, by immersio
. and they lay stress upon the need Z
I a complete immersion for each OF Il
4 Figures Of the Trinity. Wherefore maj
2 have called them "Triune Immerslo
, lists" Also they hold that this. as
- season OF fulhnment is the season
which the Old Testament prophet
jeremiah, Hosea, and Joel, referred
their emphasis OF the latter rain
! Wherefore they have been somawh
2 written about. also. as The Iatt
o. Reign Of the Apostolic Church"
The Washington times., 1909-10-03

IT occurred 70 me 10 inquire Of Bos-
ton men OF medicine II hypuotisrl
might not play some part in these
meetings I found one of them who
had gone to see these people to iaves-
tigate that very question. He was a
moderate man. widely travelled, and OF
the scientific habit OF thought. tt was
his opinion that practically all OF the
frances were UnassUmed, that the "un-
known tongue was an unconscious ut
terance. that even the Interpretation
was q response to an honest impulse.
And he explained it all as auto-hypn, :
sis
Exactly as the Dervishes work them
selves into state Of domentia." said
he, these people hypnotise themselves.
Every condition is favorable, The ain
is bad the room warm. the motion and
sound monotonous. Mr.. Bronson might
well enough have been hypnotised. I
wonder you and T were not. The old
Dervish sings la Ilaha III Allah These
people talk the unknown tongue BUT
the effect is the same-quite"
The Washington times., 1909-10-03
Headache

my father has been sufferer from
sick headache for the last twenty five
years and never found any relief until
he began taking your Cascaretsf Since
he has begun taking Cascarets he has
never had the headache. They have en-
tirely cured him. Cascarets do what
YOU recommend them TO do. will give
YOU the privilege OF using his name -
T.. NJ. Dickson, 1920 Resiner St, w.
indianapolis, Ind
Pleasant. Palatable, Potent, Taste Good
Do Good. Never SiCzen. Weaken or
Gripe 10c CSC soc Never sold in bulk
The genuine tablet stamped 9 G &. Guar
antesd 10 cure or your money back Z s2s
The Washington times., 1909-10-03
Says Queer Actions of Re-
ligion-Crazed Due TO
Honest Motives.
STRANGE WORDS
UTTERED UNKNOWN
Band Scattered When End Did
Not Come on the
Day Set.

to mingled hope ard fear OF eternity.
The prophet wrote Of ~ day Of dark
ness and OF sIoominess. a day or
clouds and Of thick darkness, as the
morning spread upon the mountains
But the Adventists did not lose heart.
They gathered in Bethel away from
the world To reporter one OF the
Drethern said sOlemnIy. as he waved
the newspaper man from the door:
There is time when the Lord
says in the final days the door shall
be closed These are the final DAYS.
and ye may not enter In"
those WITHOUT stood silently In
groups watching and listening. Cries
occasionally sounded above the sing
ing of the hymns:
me Judgment is come" Christ is
coming to u.s. Bless His name
Two womeE came to a door knd
looked over the heads Of the Nv
ISLANDERS Their hair was in dis
order, their faces twitched. and tears
coZrsed over their cheeks. Lining
their voices to shrieks they called
Depart, We ones Of evil. Depsrt
We sinful ones.~
At noon one near a window saw
great rolling mountain Of black cloud
III tne western sky. An. that was ss
Joel phophesieti The doors we're sud
denly crowded The lawn filled usifh
men UNFOLDING their palms to the da-l-
eninS sky, with women swaying wildly
as they walked. Those who had chill
dren caught them UP ard kissed them.
Shouts of The King comethr God
is near" came from every one Hymns
were sung joyousIy-"J esus is coming
again
The black and gray in the Sky passed
over the sun As the light faded the
exaltatIon Of the believers was at its
height. Some ran ND and down aim
lessly. Some stood still and lifted
streaming eyes 20 heaven. Some waved
their arm about like fails There we're
crying and Laughing. praying and sinz-
ing. And the twilight became so low
that even the unbelievers were afraid.
The wind shifted while this little null
titude waited from far southwest
around the compass to west of north.
The heavy clouds were rolled back on
themselves like stained cotton The
farther they rolled, the more gray they
became In two or three minutes
seemed hardly more than the time Of
taking a breath-the tumbling black had
faded into the dun color Of late SEP
TENDER, and the sky that had prom
ised- to open the way 10 Paradise had
closed in an impenetrable wall of gray.
The day had cOme-and passed. And
the end was not yet
The Washington times., 1909-10-03
Children's Summer Sickness

The following simple treatment
viii usually cure Summer Diarrhoea
in "a hours:
i. Stop feeding dairy milk. (The
germs which cause diarrhoea thrive
on fresh milk
?. Give, TO about One-year-old,
one grain Of calome1 cut into three
doses of two hours intervals. CCal-
omel kills the germs lodged in the
intestines.)
3. Feed for a few days on thick.
rice water, strained, and just sweet
ened. while hot. with some con-
densed milk. Keep cold until used
4 When cured. gradually substi-
tute fresh milk, pasteurized or
scalded.
The Washington times., 1909-10-03
Wan Who Knew
IellsDifferent Tale.

NstOry ought not be left with the
n quite this form, even at the
OF nterrupting the thread Of the
N"fe alicle. / was directed while in
VIC, nioN hustts TO the house i'm Brook
~ VI thewoman TO whose cottage at
Oiu Dfchar, Eva was taken. / shall
iot - into details; IL is not mine to
o. cue against these DuxbUry folk any
more han to argue for them. But this
"ohals version differs so materially
from lht Of Mr.. Collins that it must
be set fifth:
me ri had lot gone in bathing,
She had allen in the water. L undid
lIer cio'hiS and IL was not wet through.
mere wei no doctors there who pro
louhced ne dead The doctor who was
there' thouA, said the kind Of trance
III which sheeemed 20 De after she was
IesuscllAleu VS. due to an overdose OF
some drug n.girl had taken Just be-
iore she zen 1.-THE water
swedish Woan. a Bible in her hand
and hef heaV!t wholesome face aglow,
hedrd MIS- CoiiS with eyes shining.
4 young girl frogtA,e countrvside asked
q she believed s,nouestioningIy.
"Belief?" repead the Su,e5ist,
woman wonderingll "Relief9 on,
from Boston. l haf' house furnisht.