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Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04
TIE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
THEIR ENGAGEMENT

of relief on her face. He sat down in the hammock beside her and placed
 his arms around her. Don't cry. honey" he said, "he won't bother you any more now" T know, Jack, but 1 can't help feeling sorry for him, al- fixes his mind upon one object and never gives llp until he is thoroughly convinced his pursuit is hopeless"
 Well" said Jack, slowly, q don't know that that is very great fault" She glanced up at him quickly. and something in his look made her ex- claim, Jack, don't you dare to kiss you know. But of course if you ob- ject-" trying to speak indiffeIentiy.
 The next two weeks were heavenly ones for both Molly and Jack. She was relieved of all persistent suitors by the announcement of her engage ment, and he was also relieved by their abserce from Molly's side. He could not remember when he had had her so entirely to himself.
 One evening when they were occupy ing their old place under the apple trees, Jack suddenly remarked that Jim Witherby had gone abroad There was silence for moment, and then Molly said in a. strained voice, Then, Jack, our pretence can end now. Here is your ring. It will not be hard to explain to our friends that we have changed our minds" In an instant he was beside her. Molly Molly" he said, unsteadily, T cannot give you up. love you. dear, with all my heart. T have always loved you. and during these past weeks I have hoped you would learn to love me in the way I wish You cannot know what I have gone through tach time new candi- date has presented himself to your af- fections, nor what a blissfll relief has followed when I knew you were not intending to bestow them. To tell the truth, Jim worried me more than any of the others, for he is more worthy of you than anyone else I know, poor old chap. Molly" pIeading gly, tell me what I want to know, dear. Besides. how pleased your mother and my fath- CT have been this past fortnight We must not disap ppoint them. Molly"
 Despite his attempt at calmness there was an undertone. of anxiety in his voice that he could not conceal. The girl had listened intently. Finally she so low he could scarce hear the words, NO, we must not disap- point them. And, Jack" hesitatingly, If you truly love me you may kiss me" He took advantage at once of the permission. Ten minutes later she might have been heard to mlIrmer. 'T always felt it WIS you was waiting for, Jack" and after very audible punctuation his reply came. 'T will do my best to make up for lost time."- Boston Post.
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The PHerim and the spsni,rd.

mind steeped in the color and charm of early church history in Cali forrfia may not, indeed, turn to the story of the Pilgrim Fathers without a certain chilling sense of radical dif- fererces. But in this change there Is moral exhilaration. There is need to recite the story. All the world knows the motives which prompted the voy- age of the Mayfiower. All the world knows in what spirit Bradford and his associates left their ancient home and in what spirit and to what ends they sought lodement in a rock bound and ice-b bound wilderness. When the nor al and heroic clements of the two sto- ries are put side by side, when we note the ways in which the two bodies of settlers wrought in the lands to whtrh they came, we neeu not won der that the world has considered the one so lightly and that it has so ap- cause for wonder at the verdict of his tory when in the case of the Spanish settlement of California we note that therc was entire lack of power of self sustension, that naught Is left but few adobe houses, a few chimes of brass bells, and a fading memory re-
 narkable for little besides "color' and "charm;" whereas in the other in- stance we may trace the beginnings of a nation the greatness of whose ma terial proportions in still second to it's value as a moral force in the world. San Francisco Argonaut.
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The Modest Scot.

Love of country is so fine a virtue that it seems difficult to carry it to excess. A residenut of 6 small village in the north of Scotland paid a busi- ness visit to London the other day. He happened to call on a merchant unknown to him, but had once made a stay in his native place. Tn the course of conversation the visitor made use oS an expression that led the other to exclaim: Surely you come from Glen MacLuskie 2" The assertion. how ever, was denied. Presently to the merchants surprise. another GlenMac- Luskie expression was heard.
 "My dear MT. McTavish, I feel con- vinced that you are a Glen MacLuskie man, after all," insisted the merchant.
 "Weel," returned the other, "I'll no deny it any longer"
 '"Then why didn't you say so at first ?" demanded the Englishman.
 ''Weel" was the calm response, q dinna like to boast O 1t in London London Chronicle.
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They were under the appletrees at the farther end of the garden, Molly in the hammock and Jack in a. iounsing dejectedly mist of tears in her eyes. Her red lips quivered. T have done all I can, Jack, but he is so persistent.
 Jack returned her gaze calmly, and then said reflectively, Have you told him plainly you do not care to have him so devoted? ?'
 well" she stammered, cit amounted to the same thing. He told me he should not give up until I told him 1
 was promised to someone else. That, despairingly, ifs the only thing that would keep him away"
 Then" said Jack, still calmly, with out so much as the quiver of an eye lash, you must become engaged, of course"
 Engaged! TO whom ?' she exclaim- ed. Why, to me-, a slight accent of surprise in his voice. She looked at him doubtfully, for a moment, and then said, anxiously 'It-it wouldn't be too
 much trouble to you, would it, Jack, just for a few weeks ?" No trouble at all" airily, glad to help you out, little girl"
 He leaned forward slightly as the front gate creaked, then moved to her side and quickly slipped a diamond ring from his little finger and placed it upon the third finger of her left hand. Tt was my mothers, yop know" he whispered. Down the path came a tall earnest looking young man, whose dark eyes lighted up as he saw the girl in the hammock. He made friendly greet ing to the man beside her and then said, Come with me for a. spin, Molly. My car is in fine condition this after noon" Molly flushed and looked quick ly at Jack who, with a broad smile turned to the other man. "Jim," said he. T have designs on Molly's after noon. and in fact on all her afternoons hereafter. You should feel fiattered, Jim, that our first announcement is 10 you" For the space of half minute Jim remained motionless, grayish pallor settling upon his face, then with an effort he said quietly, My sincere congratulations, Jack, and Molly, dear" he could not restrain the tender note in his voice. 'I wish you every hap piness." He turned on his heel and left them.
 The two who were left looked at each other with strange emotions. They had grown up together, the properties of their parents adjoining, and each being the only child. They had always been like brother and sister, one ready to help the other out of any little difficulty, and never a word of senti- ment between them.
 With little catch in his voice, Jack Poor old chap" Molly was weeping softly, but there was look
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04
E BULLETINS ILLUSTRATED
 BOOK.

t is not surprising that great deal interest is felt in the pictures which to be feature of the 250th an- nersary Jubilee book-what they } to be and what they are to repre- 1t. Portraits of the officers and iirrnen of committees and the guests the city will number a score or two l then there win be photographs
 the decorated streets, the parade, y performances and objects of spe- I interest. it is expected, will make ,ut 50 pages. Where there are large iemblages of people the pictures will
 made large enough to make the ntification of citizens possible. ere are quite a number of these ,tographs which will be given a full ye.
 t is the purpose of The Bulletin
 make this book so attractive that will be in prompt demand when it ,ears in December for delivery. he Bulletin has had submitted to for examination about 200 photo phs already, and expects to have CTS submitted.
 The letterpress and the illustrations ! represent the best part of the an- ersary celebration, and the book be prized for it's accuracy and ue by Norwich people everywhere. lrder books on the coupon to be nd in The Bulletins advertising imns.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04
STATE ANNUITY SCHEME.

le new savings bank insurance of sachusetts has a new annuity me by which a single man or ian may be greatly benefited. It ns Immediately upon the payament
 premium. A man of SO years of may go into either of the banks sgencies doing this business, and aying down thousand dollars in
 secure an income of s91.22 a year the rest of his life, whether it be
 or short. A woman of the same would get $SL04, the difference 2 due to the greater expectation fe at that age. For elderly per-
 who have only a small sum q. which they are willing to use put do not care to exhaust before
 need of it ceases, the annuity esses great attractions. The man lis case will know that he has a ion of approximately seven and a
 dollars a month as long as he whereas were he to draw that mt regularly from an ordinary igs bank account he would have 'ok forward to the possibility of 'utliving his resources.
 mmenting upon this a Boston pa- says:
 he state actuary had to make [ allowance for the probability the more sound and healthy peo- will take out annuities, so far as know their condition, and so &C., ngly made somewhat lower re- than he could doubtless do with ctual average of the population. in any event it is a good scheme should be widely supported. If experiment fails, "old age pen will sometime make their ap- with an emphasis that cannot be garded."
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Did you ever think how good we can be in our best moments when we indulge in our best thoughts and frame our best resolutions. That is not the major portion of the time. It would be we'll for US if it were. We should all be pretty respectable peo- pie If we lived up to our best. The tr 1uble with too many of us IS that we think our best and then do our worst. Some of us get a conceit that we are gcod-the worst kind of a con ceit; we better think we are useful and then try to be. We should not forget while on this subject that the Saviour refused to have that title applied to Him. None is good" said He. "ex- cept my father who is in heaven" How we delight to say that there is no good Indian except the dead Indian" totally unfnindful of the fact that this sentiment is not an i'll at when applied to us. We are none of us just exact ly what we fancy ourselves that we are: and If we are honest with eur selves, it Is not diftc,ift to find this truth out. In this lies GUT hope of ba- coming better
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32 feet long, and everything as the original ship, masts. crew and equip ments. The ship appears to be in motion and Hendrick Hudson is giv- ing orders to his crew, all plainly vis- ible. In the entrance hall is a real istic figure of Robert Fulton, show ing him working upon his model of the "Claremont." the first steam ves- sel to navigate the Hudson. Anoth- CT group of this celebration will be '"The Purchase of Manhattan Island in 1912 from the Indians for Twenty Dollars"
 Mildred Holland has issued state ment regarding the injunction pro- ceedings brought against her by Grace Hawthorne de Santleys regard which Miss Hawthorne, working at a salary. put into shape for production at the Yorkville theater. 'The play met with instant success" Miss Hol- Iand says, but not content with the original arrangement which had been made with her, Miss Hawthorne made constant demands for money, which in the end we were obliged to expose Miss Hawthorne then claimed the au- thorshfp of David Copperield' and asked for an injunction against the continued presentation of the piece This was refused by Justice Brady last week."
 A tribe of genuine Arawa Maoris from the Roturan district, New Zea- land. arrived at the Grand Central station last week, under contract to Shubert G Anderson, managers of the Hippodrome, accompanied by Robert McBride. who was commissioned to bring the tribe all the way from New Zealand. The Maoris have travelled 7,S00 miles in all crossing the Ameri- can continent after arriving in San Francisco on the steamship Mariposa. They are to be seen in the new Hip podrome production entitled Inside the Earth" which is one of the three big spectacles arranged to open the new show at that playhouse on Sep tember 4.
 Published in two sections of eight pages each and with an additional four page picture supplement, the first number of the first volume of The New York Review. a theatrical Sunday newspaper, made it's appear ance Sunday, the 29th. Two columns printed as one and extending from the top to the bottom of the first page. tell in large type the purpose of the paper This newspaper" is the first statement. Twill give everybody an even break" It will also tell every body's story who has the truth to tell. It wants all the truth and it will tell both sides.
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that it will be seen in the telescopes early in March. It has been traveling out in space at a rate of 6S,000 miles an hour all tfese years. Generations come and go without seeing this won- der of the heavens, but this genera tion is to see 1t in all its glory not to be terrified. as were the observers of old, but to witness without fear the majesty of Gods works. This Is a better world to live in than it used to be, and the more enlightenment spreads the better 1t will be.
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leaving off? Then be thankful that the wisdom and goodness by which this passing show is ordered will not suffer you to indulge your foolish wish. The wisest men and women are not those who cling tenaciously to one point of life, with desperate aversion to all changes, but those who travel cheerfully through it's mutations, find- ing in every season, in every duty, in every pleasure, time to begin and time to cease"
 THE PARSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04

If what Speaker Cannon says about calling spade .. spade does not come any nearer to the real thing than bis Investigating oomrr ittees when -alied, he can't do anything worse than he has.
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Another new feature of David Elephants remarkable repertoire, ad- ditions to which are made with a reg ularity that quite outdistances all other singers in the concert field, is Sophocles' tragedy "Antigone," set to the music of Mendelssohn andd given in conjunction with various choral
 organizations throughout the country.
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The management of the Eden Mu- see is making great preparations for the reception of the Hudson Fulton celebration visitors to New York. All of the Musee artists are at work on different groups for this great event. An exact duplicate of the Half Moon" will be on exhibition in the central hall. It is half-sized, being
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The health official who says there are million bacteria in a drop of ice-cream cannot disturb us if that is all.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04

If Caruso can get s4o.0o0 for a se- ries of concerts in Ireland, how much would Chauncey Olcott make over there? inquires The Springfield Re- publican.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04

A play in London came to an unex- pected ending one night last week. It was impossible to raise the cur tain just before the third act and the audience had to be sent home.
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Dr. Wiley does not think that young women who do not know how to cook should be licensed to marry. There should be no such interference as this with the bakehouse business.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04

Fritz Kreisler, the vioIinist will be- gin his American tour with two con- certs in Carnegie hall on October 23 and 30. He will appear later with the New York symphony and Philhar- monic societies.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04

A westerner has eaten fifty-slx ears of corn at one sitting. If it is what is usually called "early blisterine" it was not such feat for it is about equal to three good ears
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04

Sergi Rachmanioff. the Russian composer and pianist, will make his first American appearances with the Boston symphony orchestra in Boston, Philadelphia and New York.
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Considering Dr. Cooks success it is not to be expected that he brought home single one of those four bar rels of gumdrops. Gumdrope make things move when properly distrib- utsd
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04
Fresh Variety Fish

Porgies, swordhsh. Steak Cod. Blue nsh. Weakhsh. Founders. Blackfsh, prices
 Everything in Sea Food fin it's season.
 VIM. H. ROBINSON. aus2'd 32 Water St
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Since Mir Ea"Iiman's condition is such that he kecLs physician right by him, the rul lie should not be blamed for thinking something seri- ous about 1t.
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Gen. Booth desires to learn when women's styles are going to stop? If the portraits of angels are correct they take their style with them if not a valise.
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Pennsylvania lover became irnpa- tient because his sweetheart did not come down stairs on time and blew out what brains ne had. He wasn't sloWi
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A Minneapolis minister is quoted as believing that the only sin there is in Sunday baseball, is for the home team to lose the game.
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The Champlain Tercentenary com mittee has a lot of money on hand that it could not spend at the recent celebration. Most committees never get caught like this! g
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Mime. Marcella Sembrich has a book in which she has recorded every performance she has given on the operatic stage.
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Think how Commander Peary will feel when he gets there, and without a word of warning finds Dr. Cooks name carved upon the North pole.
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The government receipts ro~ August were $11,O0O,00O short; but that is not the poor business gait Uncle Sam is going to keep up.
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When the Martians discover the American flag flying on the North pole they may come to the conclusion that everything here is striped.
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Dr. Cook is on the pedestal of fame for q season of admiratiO1. Those who have been there in the past have no reason to envy him.
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If that brave bandit has 10000 of the real Brenner cents he may in time realize a great deal more than their face value.
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MUSIC AND DRAMA

Bernard Shaw Is not coming over here this winter.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04

Counterfeit %5o0 bills are said t1 be in circulation; but the underdog is in no danger of encountering one of them.
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Bert Williams, the colored come dian, is to be seen this season in musical farce called "Mr. Lode of Koal"
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lpy thought for today: The silent Is aware, perhaps, that the less
 to say the less he has to re-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-09-04
SUNDAY MORNING TALK.
THE PASSING OF PLAY TIME.

Oh, the bright and joyful summer,
 Oh, the short and transient summer.
 Who that has enjoyed a summer in the open, or a part of the summer
 away from routine duties and in the
 midst of delightful holiday opportuni-
 ties is quite ready for the call of Sep- ternber? To begin again is so much
 harder than it was to leave off some time ago.
 But, my dear wage -earner, school teacher, student, home-rnaker what is playtime but an interlude between seasons of labor? If it were anything else it would lose it's charm and value. As I go about the world I am struck with the increasing number of persons in American life who belong, the year through. to the leisure class. They have inherited money or they have made their pile and retired. But I do not find myself envyilg them. The happiest people-at least the happiest young and middle-aged people-are those who have their definite and strenuous tasks to do, and whose play time comes as just compensation for some genuine productive labor. In their heart of hearts some of these well fed, richly fixed leisurely people may be coveting your chance for the next ten or twelve months to do some- thing worth while in Gods great work ing world.
 Play time may pass, but it's nnefn- ories need not. Those jolly hours on top of the coach, of sitting on the bleachers, those hours of pleasant comradeship on the piazza or around the camp fire, those quiet, solitary hours when you floated in the canoe or rested on the greensward, they have made their permanent contribution of hope and cheer to your life. They are going to come back to you often. As Wadsworth put it, they are going to flash upon the inward eye" again and again when you are in the thick of tasks and problems.
 Besides the impressions that have been coming to you during play time, you have been making impressions on others. Just what they were, it may not be good taste in an outsider to inquire too ninutely. But while you have been off duty, in undress uniform, while you have sat at hotel tables, travelled on trains and trolleys, entered zestfully Into sports and games, others have been taking note of you,-your manners, your morals. In some little place, perhaps 800 miles from where you will live this winter, there is a very definite impression today of your character. Fortunate are you if the so indelibly made has been that of a royal gentleman, a true lady, a real Christian.
 Henry Van Dyke in his essay Leaving Off" has a helpful word to say on this general subject of moving on from one period to another Take the comfort of 1t with you, now that play time is over:
 The fairest things in this world and the finest are always in transi- ton. Why should we hold back? The bloom of tender spring disappears in the dark verdure of summer. The splendid hues of the autu1nnal hills fade like the colors of bubble. Would you stand where you are today, al- ways doing the same things, always repeating the same experiences, never
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There are more than 10000 vessels in the world of 100 tons or rnore.
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Do 1t Now

Have that old-fashioned. unsanitary plumbing replaced by new and mod ern open plumbing. It will repay you in the increase of health and saving of doctors bills. Overhauling and re- fitting thoroughly done. Let me give you a figure for replacing all the old plumbing with the modern kind that will keep out the sewer gas. The work will be first-class and the price reasonable.
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And now we are gathering seeds, and few ask themselves what a seed IS. Well, no one is wise enough to tell what a seed is. It is the germ of the plant, .yor say. and it is. The acorn contains locked up in its shell not only the whole tree, but the stored force which will keep 1t growing in defiance of wind and storm for a cen tury. The relation of the seed to the plant Is as wonderful as the relation Of this world of ours to the sun which lHur1ines it. electrifies it, and supports upon 1t every variety of life. A ponpy seed, ki11ey shaped and sculptured. hcids within it a rlsnt tn be develop ed two feet in height with a half dozen flowers which develop seed pods and gives to the soil a thousand seeds like itself. The tiniest seed not only holds what has been. but which is to he. 4 does n1t always produce the salne flower, but different and a bet ter one. A tiny St ed is a. miracle, and we live in the age of miracles without realizing it. Nature opens Pandorais s box Tor us every year, and we are just blind to her annual enlightening per- for1nances. We should wake up.