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Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-09
0EECO.
Democratic Sweep at Town Election

Town meeting passed off verv quiet ly last Monday with a democratic sweep. O. W. Bates was elected town clerk by 96 majority, a complete swee~
 Nathan Sherman moved Tuesday to Peacedale, R. I.
 Fred Whitford will occupy the ten- ement vacated by Nathan Sherman.
 Mrs. Curnel Burdick and Mrs. San- ford Burdick were in Moosup Wednes- day.
 Mrs. William Bitgood is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Lee Remington.
 Arthur Baton is working for E. A. Card at Groton, Conn.
 Miss Hazel Miller was in Boston on Saturday.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-09
STERLING

Isaac L. Belknap has moved his family to Wakefield, R. I.
 Mrs Thomas Belanger and Miss Mildred Heath spent Wednesday with friends in Baltic.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-09

Noroton.-Gov. Frank B. Weeks paid his first official visit to Fitch's Soldiers home Friday. He presided at the meeting of the state hospital board and the soldiers home committee.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-09
WINDHAM COUNTY.
CHAPLIN.

Tax of f6 Mills voted-Town Remains
 No-LioeBse--Aid Society Meets. J. The annual town election drew out
The state herald., 1909-04-16
RATHER AN APT COMPARISON
Humorous Thought That Occurred to
Jim When He First Occupied His
New White Bald"

The prize to-day goes to Virginia
woman. who sends me this darky
story:
My colored girl not only keeps my
house in exquisite order. but is proud
Of her own home and spends time and
money on it, She purchased a white
enamel bed and asked her II her hus-
band liked II.
"Yessum, Jim he like dat white bald
| done git-he like 1t all right. Las
night | had done fix dat bald up wild
n spraid an | got new pillershams an
it look moughty clean an white. Jim
he ondress hese'f an git inter bald.
an he lie dere and doan say nuttin'
twell hear him sayin':
"Lizzie-'
"Well,' I say, 'whatcher wan, Jim?'
Lizzie, does yo' know what |
minds myself of in dis white baid?'
No, Jim, ] doan know what yo'
minds yo'se'f Of
''Jim he chockle and den he say;
"'.' fly in a pan Of milk! New
York Telegraph,
The state herald., 1909-04-16

back to the stream again.
Marvellous is the equipment of this tramway. 1t
consists OF one small bobta car with seating ca.
pacty for about six persons and straps. and
one weary, detected little donkey. When the car
reaches the end OF It's the motive power stands
three legs and goes TO sleep. The cannot
start back until he wakes up and Wemstad =
perpetual traction problem is How long will the
donkey sleep this timer II would be u most
annoying problem II anyone cared but no one to
whom time Is an object ever uses the tramcar
anyway
Dutch architecture, somewhat modified TO suit
tropical conditions. prevails In Willemstad The
business buildings are large and not unattractvc.
the public structures decidedly picturesque. and
many OF the residences very handsome. The
merchants n rule wealthy and. as has been
intimated. are not lacking in enterprise 1t is only
fair TO say that many OF them confine their actiy
ties to business that Is above suspicion. The port
is an important transshipping point for trade in
the Caribbean. Its business men are wondering
Just how the opening of the Panama canal will af
feet their prosperity.
Though Curacao is Dutch colony, and has been
for centuries the visitor will find few Dutchmen
there: the population IN almost wholly negro and
the merchants nearly all Jews. As for language.
yon may have your choice. Address the almost
naked lad sitting on the dock ready 10 dive for
pennies, In Dutch. Spanish, English French and
he win reply In knd-with request for money.
Speak to him In "papalmlono" and he Will take
you 10 his brown bosom. Pnpamlento-literally
tho talk we talk-is the ordinary language Of the
common people and In u curious compound OF the
several tongues named. together with African and
Indian. II Is like all and yet strangely unlike any
Of them.
The tourist landing on Curacao for the frst time
naturally expects TO be confronted at every turn by
bottles Of tho llqueur TO which the island has given
its name. but he In disappointed. II In there, OF
course. and for sale. but II s not obtrudod on the
passcrby. The small blltor orange from which II
IN made IN grown ON the island. but the llqucur II
not manufactured there and never has been II In
n product Of Europe. Gold nllgroo work. hampers.
inlald cahkotB are offered tourists.
Altogether, though the ordinary sights OF Gu
facao mhy be- exhausted In day, II IN well worth
Il longer visit by the lcnuroly traveller and he will
lnd the inhabitants most hoHpnblo. with its riot
of color, ~ far oyorrcaehlng caves, It's long
wrought iron sign posts. itB quaint forts and
crooked streets. ita waterways and boats ana gayly
clad people Wcmhtad should be paradise for
painters,
Tho "pratos" who infcat Curacao nowadays
prey only ON governments,
The state herald., 1909-04-16

all three left the steamer at Wllemstad.
Castro, who while president Of Venezuela. often
tried. in the wrong way. TO do the right thing for
his country. attempted to break up this vast
smuggling conspiracy. But his efforts resulted
only In preciptating n bitter quarrel with Hol'
land that barely missed becoming real war, and
In fastening his own downfall His successor
backed down ms gracefully possible. and much
OF VenoZuela's imports are stll being trans.
shipped at Willemstnd.
One other Industry has Curacao that is OF espe.
cial moment to her neighbors OF the mainland.
That ls the manufacture OF revolutions. The
island is n fnvorito refuge for deposed presidents
defeated reyolutlonis,H and other refugees. They
may always be found In the clean little cafes OF
the capital. concocting plots TO regain lost power
and awaiting the psychological moment for
starting n new rising Of the people against the
"tyrants." These patriots" are always ready to
talk yolubly Of their hopes and plans and WI
lemstnd has become the great distributing point
for sensational and unreliable news concerning
our volatile sister republics,
Curacao really In the top Of an almost sub.
merged volcano. like many other islands OF the
West Indies, and lies almost within sight OF the
coast OF Venezuela For many months nt
stretch not n drop Of rain falls there. and the
whole island looks like n big bare brown and gray
rock. Then comes n wet week. and grass and
hhrubbery spring up M by magic and clotho hill
and valley In n mantle Of green. hut Il IN only
grass and nhrubbcry for there IN not tree
the island mora than ten feet In height. The nn.
client crater has become large beautiful lake Of
irregular outline. known ms the SchottoRat. This
connects with the sea by the stream" which
flows through n break In the ofator'a rim. Tho
stream II Wicmn,ads hnfbor. but tho larger
steamers have 10 30 into the schottcgnt TO turn
around ON both sides Of the stream lB built tho
quaint city which looks IN II II had been brought
bodily, from the Zuyder Zee, Its two parts nro
Joined BY n long pontoon tollbridEo at one end OF
The state herald., 1909-04-16
Artificial Wants.

Many n one. for the sake OF finery
on the back, has gone with a hungry
belly and halfstarved their families
silk and satin, scarlet and velyets.
as Poor Richard says, put out the
kitchen FIRE" These are not the nee
essaries of life; they can scarcely be
called the convcniencos; and yet only
because they look pretty, how many
want TO have them, The artificial
wants of mankind thus become more
numerous than the natural; and as
Poor Dick says; For one poor person.
there are n hundred INDECENT.
jamin Franklin.
The state herald., 1909-04-16

its harborake these bloody sea rovers sailed with
rich cargoes captured from the Inflated merchant
men that had fallen into their hands and the
stores OF gold and goods from plundered cities
on the mainland. The place was safe from all
pursuers and there the pirates divided their spols
and rentted for new raids But In all the chron
icles OF the buccaneers there is little mention OF
Curacao. and no record OF Its ever having been
attacked by them. From 1884. when the Holland
ers apparently found II without an owner, the
island was n Dutch possession Thrifty merchants
settled there. and II requires stretch OF the
imagination to suppose that their immunity from
raids was due TO the excellent facilities they af'
fordcd the pirates for dsposing OF loot The cities
OF the mainland and OF n dozen islands of the
Caribbean were repeatedly rayagcd and burned
and the Inhabitants subjected TO torture and mas
sncrc. But Curacao was unmolcstcd. save for two
Intellectual expeditions for It's capture organized by
the Spanish during European wars.
And the Curacao OF today Well, II hasn't
changed greatly. save TO accommodate itself 10
latterday conditions. Rich cnrgocs still are I'M
loaded at Its wharvcs. but they are sent there In
steamers by the merchants Of Europe and Ameri'
en-. Sober. peaceful Dutch Jews take the mer'
chandisc in hand. and n little later much Of II In
loaded into soops and schoonorB which sail away
for the mainland OF Latin'Amorica- stu later
this same merchandise appears for sale ON the
counters Of merchants In the cities OF Colombia.
Venezuela and Central America, at prices that
preclude the supposition that II has passed through
the custom houses and paid the heavy import du'
ties that are imposed In those countficB
In n word Curacao has become the hcadanar'
tcrs for the Hmugglcrs Of the Caribbean Little
In heard OF this for silence best serves the pur'
poses OF most Of those concerned hint at the
truth IN met with the indignant denial OF the
shrcwd folk Of Willcmntnd. hut the fact In well
known To all who are familiar with trade In tho
Caribbean
DO you 20 TO Caracas on your roundH1' In
The state herald., 1909-04-16
look an Antldntn

Perclynl came running TO his grand
ma one day asking for a drink OF wa
ter. quick, quick, grandma" he said
give me n drink Of water quick"
After ho got his drink he said: "Thc
reason that was in such n hurry.
thought swallowed worm while eat.
ing an apple and | wanted TO drown
it."-Dcllnohtor.
The state herald., 1909-04-16

Therc more Catarfh IN this sestinn Of the countr,
than al Other dHasss put together. and until the last
lev years vas SUPPOSED 10 b- inrufabe. Ior FTsai
many ytAru doctors pronounced local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling
To cufr with local tfratnsnt pronounced u inruable
srirncr has proven CAtafth 10 be constitutional dis
and therefore requires constitutional Treatment
Hairs CntAfrh Curr, Manufactured by D. J. Cheney
Co. Toledo. Ohio. l. the only Constitutional
The martrt II i taken Internally IN doses from 10
drops 10 tSaspooniuL n acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces oi the system. They offer one
hundred doars f1f any case II fails 10 cufr, Send
Tor circulars and Testimonials.
Addrors; . J. CHENEY A co. Toledo, Ohio.
Sold hY Druggists. iie
Take IIAll'a Family pis tor constipation.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
A Fable. Perhaps.

When George AIDE was coming from
New Orleans last winter he noticed
among the race.track men on the train
one tan.shoed sheet writer with the
largest feet he had ever seen.
And he furthermore testiiies and NJ.
firms that the sheet writer, on rising
In the morning. discovered that the
reporter had shined one shoe and a
suitcase Be-Success Magazine.
The state herald., 1909-04-16

kidneys. have been told ! had q
floating kidney, had intense pain
in the back, headaches and dizzy
spells, and the action of the bladder
very irregular. About three years age
] tried Doan's Kidney Pills and inside
of a comparatively short time was en-
tirely rid Of kidney trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box
Foster.Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The state herald., 1909-04-16

much 10 the plcturesqueness Of the
place, and Willemstad is not ashamed
of them.
OF course. being Dutch, Willemstad
should have real canal, and the
visitor soon finds one, and finds, too.
that he must pay small toll for the
privilege of walking over its high
arched, hundred.foot bridge. Tied up
in this waterway, he will discover all
kinds of queer. highly colored craft
that are used In the island traffic. II
he doesn't wish TO cross the bridge,
he may patronize the tramway which.
starting from the stream, runs all the
way around the end of the canal and
The state herald., 1909-04-16

just like thou
sands of others.
Mr.. Martin says:
Il think | have
had kidney dis.
ease ever since the
war. During an en-.
ga 6 e m ent my
horse fell on me,
straining my back
and injuring the
The state herald., 1909-04-16

nocently asked the rep.
resentative OF n great
manufacturing house of
st. Louis. whom | met
on shipboard.
NO, indeed" he re-
piled. with n laugh.
whats the use? Their
import dues are too
high. | go ~ Willem-
stad and there sell all
my goods for the Vene-
zuelan market"
Two other CONNER
cial travellers who sat
by laughed and winked
and said nothing-and
The state herald., 1909-04-16
WISE TO NIAGARA.

Teacher-Johnny can you tell me
the most remarkable thing about Nj
agara Falls?
Johnny-Yessum; the price they
soak You for everything without going
TO jail.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
Vmoor,ap,,o 10 mo,bc,s.
Its Kind.

This squlb about peoples hanging
on 10 straps In street cars"
"Oh. that's n standing Joke"
The state herald., 1909-04-16
Mrs. wi.s,ow.. soothing sy,,p.

All men arc born equal. but the nv.
efagc woman thinks she In superior.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
Petit. Eve salye for PFC

relieves tired, oyrfwofkrd eyes. stops eye
aches, cunFcstcd. nilhmrd or sore eyes, An
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
The state herald., 1909-04-16

Tho man who In full, usually carries
pocket which Ii empty.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
HARosHlPs OF ARMY LIFE.
Left Thousands Of Veterans with Kid.
ney Trouble.

The experience Of David w. Martin,
a retired merchant of Bolivar, Mo-. Is
The state herald., 1909-04-16

POT children issthihr sotisns ths riias reduce. In
naunation silsys paih. cures wind colo sc bottle
The state herald., 1909-04-16
HOWARD {. BURTON, ASSAYER & CHERIST

Specimen prices Gold. silver. lead, 81. Euii.
siik'r, ssr, gold, soc, zinc copper 81
Mailing envelopes and full price lisi sent on
application. Control and umpi~r work =ta
iicltod L~adNiiie, Colorado.
Reference. Carbonate National Bank.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
Ialln

lHhh
EEFp, chne count s. 10
EggH, candlud, case $500.
The state herald., 1909-04-16

which is n pivot and at
the other a little steam
tug that swings the
whole structure open
for entering or depart.
ing vessels.
Guarding the en-.
trance to the port are
two of the most conf
cal little fortresses one
can find in a years
journeying-Fort Riff
and Fort Amsterdam.
A few queer old guns
peep from their en-
brasures and several
diminutive oldiers
from their garrisons. A
hand grenade might al
most blow either fort
into bits. But they add
The state herald., 1909-04-16
Hay

Upland, per ton. titNmisi0 second
bottom tli,OOH t2O0. timothy ia0DWidO0.
alfalfa, iil,i " i2N' straw $500 ~ go.
South Park wire grass, t2l coz n ~.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
LIVE POULTRY.
GAME
iItf"IsII

AsihNN HHHHHa.HH .HHHHHHH#HHH ~
CfrumrtiUH, extra Colorado .asst.... 30
rfDnmoficH. extra Eastern sss.sss.s.. 30
ctrhmeriuH. second grade ..Hss4r.rs.. q
Process and renovated .sastsssFtsssI.s q
Packing stock attufsuuus..,,,.s,srrs iyA.
The state herald., 1909-04-16
HOGS
sIIEI:I'
GRAIN

wheat choice milling. per 100 .lbs., y %
Rye. Colorado bulk per 100 lbs. 81 %.
oats. bulk. Idaho, No. 2, white 81 gi:
same. In sacks i206. Nebraska oats
sacked 1850 Corn. In bulk Yl.A. ln
sneks. n;3l. corn chop, sac k"d. ass
oats. owt,, 1i,s Flakrd barley. Cwt fi.5s.
The state herald., 1909-04-16

toll.bridges. And all as neat and clean
and bright as soap and water and
paint can make it. That is Willem-
stadt, the port and capital of Curacao,
and one of the rlost picturesque spots
in all the picturesque West Indies.
Long years ago it was favorite
resort of the pirates and buccaneers
that infested the Spanish main. Into
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22

BIG MONEY AGENTS, FREE SAM
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most fastidious-at only one thirti-
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As a mean OF introducing this mar
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gem, and securing as many new
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ere making special inducement for
the new year We wan; you to wear
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and flashes with all he fire of the
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tire Barnatto Stimulation Diamonds
under the pretense that they are
genuine gems as such action SOM
times leads to trouble or eTnbarrass-
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Diamond, substitute for the gerl-
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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22
The HviGence il the Case.

Thirty th!ee years use S evidence
millions OF consumers is evidence
sales made by 10000 agents is evil
dence. Yor buy fo,ir gallons l.. & NJ
Paint and three gallons pure linseed
oil at 60 cents. mix them and make
seven gallons best paint ready fol
cost only $1.20 per gallon. Done
in two minutes. L. & n Paints Agents
n Bruins wick is the Georgia Hard
Ware Co, Brunswick, Ga.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22

Correspondence solicited, but to
receive attention, letters must be
accompanied by a responsible name
not Tor publication, but as a
guarantee OF good faith.
Rejected communications win be
returned If accompanied by postage.
Remittance should be made by
postal note. check, money order, or
registered letter, Address,
NEWS PUBLISHING co,
BRUNSWICK. GA.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

All repair work consisting of watch
es, clocks, jewelry and musical instra-
ments that have been on hand ever
twelve months. if not called for within
the next thirty days, will be sold to
pay charges from January 9, 1909. Fair
notice to one and all.
Respectfully.
G. J, Doertiinger, The Jeweler.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22

REAL ESTATE--We are IN the mar.
ket for several thousand acres Of
timber lands, either in large or sinai
bodies. VIII also bug stumpag'
rights for black pine on cut-oye.
timber lands We also handle farm
and acutover' timber lands. Math
ews Lumber CompanS .417 Enpir
Bldg.. Atlanta. Go.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22

In exhuming the body of Senator
Carmack for an autopsy and to show
where the bullets struck. was strong
move on the part of the states at
torneys in the Duncan trial
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22
As THE RAILROAD WORLD SEES


The following editorial With refer
caoe 70 the A., 2. & A. receiversaip,
is FROM the Railroad World, the Iead-
ing transportation publication n he
south. Ii touches subject Of vital
interest 20 Brenswick ana relas as
relisas
The tonnage fseln me Birmingham
district Is enormous ard q lac with
2 hnexipaum Of l FER cent grades and
degree compensated curves was
thought best TO obtain this, the con-
struction was very expensive, and not
Iof a n1akeshift character. The bridges
consist of steel and concrete and the
tunnels are lined vita concrete. Al
main. line track Is laid with sO-pound
iails, and sidings. or passing tracks,
which occur every five miles. are laid
With So pound rails. These sidings are
2, 900 feet long, and the maximum
grade at the end. for q quarter Of a
nile. is one-haif Of per tent.
The feature is especially apprecia.-
ed, By railroad managers who have
had TO contend with that fault of early
railroad construction, viz sidings 10
Gated on maximum grades; resulting
trims. broken draw bars,
and general ditiesltg and ldelay in the
handling Of traffic. On the whole. Is
an illustration that, for the sake OF
permanency and solidarity, no expense
was spared in this construction work.
some miles of It required 100000
yards Of grading. and one mile cost
$2o0.000, and several as much as $1,9.-
o00o 10 $4,000. As to the Bruins
wick terminal property. it is very evi-
dent. in the first place that in natu-
raj advantages Brunswick is foremost
among south Atlantic ports To take
care Of the immense business that isl
In store through this port for the A..
y. & A.. in connection with its steam
ship lines, terminals nave been con.
structed there that ara the equal Of
any in this country in up-to-date
methods Of layout and building and
facility for handling an Increasing bus
mess.
It was shown IN the application for
a receiver, that the step was both nee
essary and reasonably certain. to con-
serve the property The promoters
seem confident that. with, time, the
property. If undistdrbed, will take
care Of itself, and careful analysis
Of the line, its. location and trafic
possibilities. amply Justifies economi-
caliy, and 1t viii be noted, that in
connecting two of the largest COM
mercial centers OF the south with an
ocean port, 1t does not depend for
its traffic in any large measure upon
building up a new country, which Is
often true of new lines. With the re-
turn of normal conditions, the A., B.
& A. should very soon be in good
condition The lesson OF this enter
prise, however, is not without a SER
ious bearing on the uncertainty of rail-
road construction. and emphasizes the
possibility that a larger margin of
profit should be allowed railroads.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22

The republicans of the house may
expugn Congressman Willett's speech
from the Record, bit the Ameri IN
press has written it in the hearts Of
the American people.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22

rhe Albany Herald is Worrying
.nout how many words there are IN
the English language. Tnat 5 easy,
iust tacixlesone Of those messages q
Roosevelt's.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22

Bv the manner in which Mr. Tatt
i throwing bouquets at the womea OF
The south. there must be some nope
for the women's suffrage movement
after all
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22

Gradually the ship of state moves
toward Imperialism That one hundred
thousand dollar salary and twelve
thousand dollars worth of automo-
biles for the president is the latest
slide in that direction.
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70 the drouth stricken city Of Cha :
tanooga we tender our deepest con
dolence with the refreshing reminder
that drynass likes company.
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Mr.. Taft told the young ladies CT
Augusta that they need not marry \
thev did not want to. Another sign
Of 4 rupture with Theodore.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22

The death of carmack was a pretty
severe debt for Tennessee to- have TO
pay for prohibition. but that's about
the size Of It.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22

Most certainly the weather bureau
is hard proposition in this neck Ct
the woods to keep tab on or to keep
up with.
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The Augusta Herald insists on ask,
ing, Who owns the, railroads. I'm
less it's Perham of the Waycross Her
aid then We give it up and are will
ing to be searched. so far as we are
concerned.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-01-22

The Glynn superior court and like
wise the Giynn county grand jury
seems 10 be doing the continuous per-
formance stunt these days.