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Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
HEALTH.

Indoor STIFFNESS and the dress that
buttons behind have put more than
one woman out of health. Few women
get fresh air enough-al1 women get
exercise enough if it was only of the
right kind. A woman whose doctor
told her to get out into the open air
two hours every day, didn't know how
she could do it. She thought it all
over and finally bought four pul1ets
and had a coop made for them, and of
course took entire care of them
through the winter, and in the spring
set enough so she had As hens and pull
lets and she is cured-100 per cent.
better without medicine. Gods pure
air; change from continued housework
She has got from SO to So cents a doz-
en- for her eggs this winter, and the
hens are still in debt for their keep,
but will soon begin to lay and then
she will get good returns.
This looks like doing business at a
loss unless the saving in doctors bills,
and improvement in health are consid-
cred; these put the balance on the
right side. The backyard kept clean
will furnish healthful. tonic and it
is a remedy which is too cheap to be
thoroughly tried. Those who try it
usually find it to be efficacious.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
HISTORIC PRESERVES.

This generation has done and is
doing more to mark and preserve the
historic places made famous by the
Revolutionary fathers than any which
has preceded 1t; and il IS a thought
full work 1t is now proposed that
the state of New Jersey purchase the
farmhouse in which Washington took
breakfast on the memorable morn
ing when Washington crossed the Del
aware The present owner has kept it
IN good repair and is willing to sell
for q nominal price. 1t is also pro-
posed to make Washington's Crossing,
the landing place on the New Jersey
side, the nucleus of a state park with
The farmhouse as a museum, and con-
struct a memorial bridge across the
liver TO Taylorsville, Pa There is
certainly at that point the opportunity
Tor one OF the country's most interest
-nE historic memorials
Every place of importance has its
patriotic societies whose duty it is TO
permanently mark spots of greatest
historic interest, and future genera
ions will have q feeling of gratitude
or the loyalty to the past of those
Who have thoughtfully preserved for
hem places of undying interest.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
THE HABIT OF WIFE BEATING.

The right of a man to abuse his wife
is no longer recognized and how to
shield those who are the victims of
brutes and drunken husbands is one
of the problems being considered by
sociologists today.
ll-treatment of wives is becoming
so frequent that practical sociologists
are turning their attention to the de-
vising of improved provisions for it's
discoura cement. There are many men
of family guilty of failure to support.
There are those-even in civilized and
chiva1rous New England-who in
semi or drunken moments re-
sort to the recreation of wife beating.
These things are disgraceful not only
to their perpetrators but to the COM
munities in which they occur.
It is>not surprising that now and
then the revival of the whipping post
is thought of as q means of making
an end of it. and it is one of the best
of signs that it does not succeed.
Since within two centuries any man
could use a wife as mean as he used
any beast he owned and it was rec
ognized as general privilege peculiar
to the head of the family. it is appar-
ent that the change has been rapid
which makes it a penal offence for any
man to do so. The time is coming
when such barbarity will surely be
ended.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
asMotorino In The BaIkans.V

It is becoming quite the fad to turn
the results of your trip through Europe
in a motor car into q. book and there
have been SO many volumes OF TINS
kind put on the market of late which
have been most commonplace that it Is
most pleasant to DISCOVER one quite
worth while. Such a book is MOTOR
ing in the Balkans" by Frances Kins-
ley Hutchinson "a. c. McClurg 81 Co,
Chicago). It's charm is not so much
in it's fund of information impaired as
in the description of a route practical
Iy unknown to motorists. 1t is doubt
full If any ever took the complete tour
described, but 1t is certain that a good
many rich people viii do so as a result
of the trail blazed so interestingly.
The style is simple and stratghtfor-
ward; there are no fioWery and tire
some descriptive bits and no attempts
at humor. Little sketches Of the many
different types of people are given,
strange customs described, advice set
forth as to roads, hotels and towns,
and accounts included of spots of his
toric interest. The tour taken by this
party of five Americans began at
Trieste early in April, last AZ days,
and covered 1883 miles before Vienna
was reached. An itinerary is given in
the front of the book which shows dis
tances between towns, population ard
the best hotels TO stop at. From Trieste
the route ran through Abbazia and
over the Vratnik pass into Dalmatia,
then to cara, Spalto, Ragusa, and into
Montenegro to Cettinje. From therC
the party crossed into Herzegovina to
Mostar. and up to Jajee over to the Pill
trica lakes TO Agram then the long
pull northwest to Gratz, and over the
Semmering TO the Austrian capital
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
In Praise of eumshoes.

The overshoe is doing an enormous
amount of good, especially among chill
dren, in protecting the body against
the chilling that results in colds, sore
Threats, chronic catarrhs and the like.
1t is not the mere getting the feet wet
that is harmful. 1t is the prolonged
evaporation of water from shoes and
stockings that does the mischief. The
evaporation reduces the temperature
about the soIes of the feet many de-
grees below the temperature Of the
surrounding air, just as wet bulb
thermometer registers lower than
dry one. In fact. the warmer and drler
the air by which the body is surround
ed the more rapid the evaporation and
the lower the temperature. Also, the
thicker the soles OF the shoes the more
water is taken up and the longer the
evaporation goes on, so that thick soles
do not take the place of a covering of
gum which keeps the water away COM
pletely. This evaporation and conse-
quent continued lower temperature
goes on, especially in the house. when
the rest of the body is in comparative
comfort and the nervous system re-
Taxed. Wet shoes indoors are worse
than wet shoes out of doors. Some
people can stand this prolonged unbal-
ancing of environment, but it takes a
pretty vigorous makeup to do so. 1t
might be added that the wearing of
overshoes that cover a large portion
of the foot when one is indoors Is not
a good thing.-Dietetic and Hygienic
Gazette.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
UNNECESSARY BURDENS.

The man who would make himself
\ real success in this life, and per-
taps in the life hereafter, cannot af-
ord 10 be q pessinist- No handicap
N the calendar IS more effectual than
pessimism- And no man, however
sreat his ability. can afford to tax it
Nth unnecessary Exchange.
This IS Gospel truth. 8Ir. Crouch is
1nd always has been an unnatural
man II born so he has u handicap
shica IS not easily overcome; and If
made so D. circumstances his condi-
non Is abnormal and 1T is worse for
hirn Eroodiug over disappointrnents
~ any Kind IS Improbable. There is
no reason why the trials Of life should
make a permanent mark upon US. It
IS good cheer that will make them
light 10 bear and often laughabIe in
sidents OF the past. None of them is
more than half as serious as we think
md the whole of them should be set
sown as experiences. not as burdens.
The man who knows how to laugh and
when, knows best how to live.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
From the Diary of a Twin.

January-Am born. Didn't want to
be. Object Immediately as loud as
can. Younger brother born seven
minutes later. Looks like fool, but
may improve as he mellows with age.
F'ebruary-Catch a cold. Give 1t to
younger brother. He's sicklier than 1
am. Very nearly settles him.
March-Catch a nice rash. Pass IL
on to other cove. Pretty nearly winds
up his clock.
April-They christen us. I'm Au-
gustus and he's Alexander. I'll kick
him when he sleeps.
AIay-Got the nettle rash. Hoorayi
SOS he-only worse.
June-They don't think they'll be
able to rear him. He's to have cod
liver oil. Can't help laughing.
July-He's been squawling awful.
Nurse says it's his nasty temper. 1
know it's a pin, but 1 amt going to
tell.
August-We've got a new nurse.
AIexanders got blister on the end
of his nose. They don't know what 1t
is. He is TO have a powder.
September-Pve given him the scar
latina He seems resigned. I've nailed
his feeding bottle.
October-Pve got a new game now
-poking Noah's wife into his ear when
nurse amt looking.
Novenber-We're beginning to
walk. He's weaker on his pins than
l am, so I can shove him over easy.
December am beginning to cut
my first tooth. AS soon as it's through
I've made up my mind to bite Alex
ander.-Tit- Bits.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
COMMISSIONERS NOT AUDITORS.

The deficit discovered in the South
bridge, Mass. savings bank of nearly
half q million. wiping out the banks
surplus and Is per cent. of the de-
posts. has brought out the fact that
the bank commissioners do not pro-
TESS TO audit the accounts of the bank.
1t is their duty to inquire whether the
various provisions of the law had been
compiled with. and verify the condi-
ton OF the bank, as shown by its books
on the day OF the visit They made no
attempt TO audit its transactions since
the preceding examination This i'm
portznt work the law left for the au-
diti1g committees. In view of what
has happened there it is likely that
change will be made in the law. Up
on this point, the Boston Transcript
says
This responsibility of deciding what
constitutes q thorough audit in every
Institution must under the law as 1t
now stands be assumed by the trus-
tees on the spot Their auditing COM
Tufttees should be instructed accord
ingIy. Each bank chooses its own
committee Il has the right to en-
gage an expert accountant from the
outside II II pleases- Many of the
banks are now doing this Heretofore
they have been required merely to re-
port % the commissioner that the au-
dfttng had been done. 1t is probable
that Commissioner Chaplin will carry
the regulation a step further by ask
ing that copy Of the audit, just as
IL goes from the committee to the
bank be filed in the commissioners
Office for his inspection. 1t would
then be possible to make some esti-
mate Of the thoroughness with which
this work had been done This might
help. even though ultimate RESPONSE
biIity rests with the men on the
ground
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED SHORT.

There was never a better chance for
the young men of physical and mental
ability to enter the service of the
country. At both Annapolis and West
Point there is shortage of midship-
men and cadets. The shortage of near
~ 100 at Annapolis is due to dismiss
sails for specific causes and for in
eptitude'' and to thirty-feur ''resigna-
lions" resulting from failure to pass
the recent midwinter examinations
The deficiencies at West Point and
Annapolis are frequently referred to
as evincing a decline in the martial
spirit of American youth, but an ex-
PLANTATION equally plausible is that too
many boys are sent to these great
schools @unprepared.' Ability to pass
the entrance examination does not
guarantee much beyond that point.
Glasses diminish rapidly under the
strain of the COURSE and graduation
marks the survival of the f1ttest.
The raising of the standard in the
past ten years has made it more diff
cult to get in and work to keep up
to the mental and physical standard
required. Going through these pre-
paratory schools has ceased to be
soft snap and the graduates represent
a more able class in every respect
than hitherto were graduated by them.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
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1t Will be noticed that the is omit
ted. Including it spoils the combina-
ton.
Divide 993.999 by 7, and we have
142,857, the number of which Mr.. Tall
colt and 1 were writing in The Rulle-
markable number of which I have
knowledge. AS stated in former let
tiers, when multiplied by 2, 3, 4, 5 and
6, the same six figures appear, in the
same order, but, of course, beginning
each time with different digit. Has
any reader knowledge of a number to
compare with it?
Some time ago. when musing on fig
ures, which I am wont to do when
nothing of greater interest impels,
made an original discovery as to the
figure 8. The only man to whom
have mentioned my discovery says he
believes he has seen it in print, or
heard it spoken of, but could not be
certain such was the case. But most
of our discoveries have been made and
forgotten many times for thousands
of years. My discovery is that any
number when multiplied by will give
a product the different digits of which
when added make 8; or, if not. when
re-added. will bring 8. There may be
exceptions, but have found none, and
doubt there being any. Take the fol-
lowing as examples: ~, 1853, 49,, 222s,
1923. and 121311 These are all multi
pies of 9, and the figures in each num-
beP added make 8. multiplied by IL,
% and 33, gives products. respectfully,
80, 1913 and 297. the figures of which
when added give us IS, and these re-
added, again gave us 9.
believe the reverse viii also be
found invariably true: i. e., that any
number the figures OF which added
make 9, will be divisa,ble by this num-
Der. Also any number that may be
re-added to make 9.
Will Mr.. Talcott inform us If this
i=
cry? E. p. ROBINSON.
PackerviIle, Conn. Feb 9. 1910.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

to depart the other night. They sawed
their way through the bars, and We're
in the Enclosure ready TO leap the
fence when Daisy heard the commo-
ton. She was prompt to respond to
ute later the four Jail breakers were
backed into an open cell and fighting
for their lives. Daisy practically dis
ROBBED one Of the men by SELLING his
prison suit so firmly that IL gave way,
and his shrieks brought the sheriff and
the 5ailer. The frightened prisoners
went gladly back to their cells. No
further attempts at jail delivery in
Harris county are looked for.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

plies brought out: Then you've
failed" He knew if the plumrnet of
truth was dropped deep it rolled things
up and they never settled back just
the same If there had been no roll
ing there had been no effective work
done. Some men make scoria of the
truth and it floats on the surface CT
the sea of time until tossed upon some
barren beach, where it lies until again
floated off by the tide. Truth is heav-
Ter than water-it is the magnet which
gathers to itself the sons of men and
makes of them sons of God.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
A Faithful Bear.

Sheriff Anderson of Harris county,
Texas, is a busy man. He has a cot
ton crop to look out for in addition
to a dozen or more of prisoners. An
and he has learned that Daisy cannot
pick cotton, but that she can be an
excellent jailer. So Daisy is allowed
to run loose in an Enclosure surround
ing the jail proper. The prisoners are
inside and Daisy on the outside of the
building.
Four daring members of Sheriff
Anderson's unwilling family planned
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
Eaoh Wanted Information

DIR. C. V. Kerr found himself in a
small village at about the noon hour
the other day between trains.
"Where's the hotel?" he inquired OF
a native.
(which one ?" asked the other.
why, have you more than one hotel
here?'
Il didn't know there was any" re-
piled the native as he walked away.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

hour for doing a thing that might
easily be done in Is minutes.
All this is not a plea for hasty, hur-
ried work. but for attention, alertness,
concentration, earnestness, dispatch.
Whatever your job, manual or intel
lectual, in school. home or shop, let it
not be said of you: HE loafs." bur
rather: THAT man is right on his job
all the time"
THE PARSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
LoAFINo ON THE JOB.

"At the luncheon table the members
of the club 1eli to discussing the ever
present labor question: said the min
lister: THE trouble with the working
men today is that they have no APP
probation of Carlyle's splendid doc
trine of the work and the glory that
surrounds every worthy task.
ooh pshaw!" said the parlor social
list. the average man IN the factory
never heard of Carlyle, much less of
his glorification of work, and as for
really liking your job, have you any
idea, DR.. Glorious. how tedious a given
job becomes after a man has done it
week after week, year after year, es-
pecially if it's of the mechanical order
How would you like to pronounce the
benediction twice a minute, so min
day, 365 days in the year?"
"WeIl, ] symPathize with the work.
ing man." SAID the advertising agent,
but when l rum up every now and
then as l do, against the unreaSon-
ableness, selfshness and materialistc
spirit of so many workingmen, get
discouraged, and when I see them
flocking into cheap places of amuse-
ment and ignoring the opportunities
furnished them for mental develop
nent, I get still more discouraged over
the outlook"
''That doesn't bother me so much"
said the lawyear, 'sfor / fancy there's
no more materialism and craving for
excitement among the poorer classes
today than among the rich, but to me
the worst element in the present sit
uation is that SO many men make
practice of loafing on their jobs. A
neighbor of mine wanted a little
shingling done, and after putting in
his order, went out one morning to see
how the work was progressing. To
his surprise three men We're on the
roof hamrnering away more or less
vigorously. He asked the man who
appeared to be the boss IL the job
really required three workers, and was
met by the airy counter question;
Who's doin this joo, anyhow Well
said the owner of the mansion, calmly,
I have the impression that | am pay
for it AT this the boss came off his
high horse and sent one of the three
workmen on his way.
How typical this incident is. I have
no means of knowing, but I have the
strong impression that the reason why
labor's just demands meet with so
much opposition in certain quarters is
borers scant their job, watch the clock
and are ready to leave their tools in
the air when it strikes the welcome
hour of release And we are not go
ing to get far toward perm rlent
solution of Industrial disagreements
until workmen are more Conscientious
touching their obligation to render
their best service for the time which
they agree to give, be it eight hours
on. seven or nine. Just what is a fair
working day is one question concern
ing which honest men may differ, but
honest men with one voice will say
that he who habitualy let's up on his
job does only half or three quarters
of what he might do without undue
strain comes pretty near the borders
of dishonesty.
But this Ioafing on the job is not
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

When Gustav Mailer raises his ba-
ton for the first time at the concert
at New Haven. Feb. %, by the Phil
lovers of the community will be in
troduced to the acknowledged master
of symphony orchestra conductors
now I'm America Competent critics
class Mr.. Mailer as one of the four
first orchestral leaders now living He
is said to be the highest saIaried con-
ductor in the world
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

With the closing of the New theater
late in April the entire company will
make a spring tour which will open
in Boston and close in Chicago, and
will include Providence. Hartford, New
Haven. Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, ePittsburg, St Louis and Kan
sas City, in the order named.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

Every Saturday afternoon at the
New York Hippodrome the paymaster
comes on the stage at the wings with
a roll of some $4,000, says Henry
Tyrrell in The New York World, for
the line of approximately a thousand
employees of all grades and descrip-
uonS-acrobats. singers, dancers, Ma
oris, dwarfs. giants, electricians, jug
glers, elephant trainers, ushers, stage
mechanics, clowns. scene painters, mu-
sicians. tfme-keepers, stage managers,
box office clerks, hospital nurses, cos
tuners. authors, song writer's, men and
women fish for the water act, SOL
diers, sailors 'coons," Japs, Vene-
tians, Indians and engineers, human
bears, Cupids and a few others.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

Hugh Cannon, SO years old, who
wrote "Goo-goo Eyes," Amt Dat a
Shame" bill Bailey and other
classics of ragtime, was recently sent
to the Eloise poorhouse at Detroit,
Mich, the sequence of a life ruined
by too much booze and morphine.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

Commander Peary has had so many
dollar checks passed to
him that he quite likely felt ambi-
tious TO see how IL seemed to hand
over $40. 0o9 to another fellow.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

Tho Lewiston. sIe.. Journal. a we'll
known republican paper. says that
Congressman Eugene Hale has not
1een a republican since the Spanish
MAR, and that he must go!''
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

A Yonkers trolley line has had an
accident in the same place for seven
times, and seems to be educa ting pas
sengers just what to expect and where,
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

The edict of the agricultural depart
ment that the English sparrow shall
be exterminated, is not likely to prove
effective.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

Henry B. Harris announces the en-
gagement of Orrin Johnson for the
leading male role in Sydney Rosen-
fields play. Children of Destiny"
which will have its premiere out of
town and will be presented in New
York the latter part of Februtry.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

When Clifford Pinchot sent pupils
to college to qualify them for the
forestry service, he did not charge the
cost to the government.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

When itcomes to Mr.. Ones honesty
it does not take a keen sighted person
to see that it is not of the xxx brand
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

1t cost a Boston man nearly thirteen
thousand dollars to gain a place on
the school board held by Mrs Duff.
Small honors cry loud at Boston.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

There is a growing feeling in Eng
land that the breaking up of the great
untaxed estates and making them tax
able would be a good thing for the
nation
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

When one reviews the different
prices Of porterhouse steak it seems as
IL there must he as many different
kinds IN the market as there are DEM
ccratz n the country.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

We are calling for cheap beef. but
when it is offered we are prone to
inquire what disease the animal died
of
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

One of the widely heralded features
of Mardi Gras in New Orleans this year
was klaw & Erlanger's production of
Little Memo" at the Tulane theater
The show made a great hit with the
jewellers. Little Memo" will play the
new south before coming north for
spring engagements.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

lPa."

what is IL, my child ?"
when Sis marries that lord, viii j
have to call her your ladyship2"
TT VIII not be necessary for you TO
do so. but it will be very nice If you
care to-"
"AIl right. Mebby ] won't always
do 1t, but I'll promise not to call her
'punkin face any more. anyhow"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

The convicts in some of the prisons
are said to decline American embalned
beef They prefer something a little
more health assuring.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

When it is said that Charles w
n orse never in his life used whiskey or
tobacco it doas not appear to add much
to his character.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

It is said of Senator Hepburn: He
thrusts his fists against the posts, and
still insists that he sees the ghosts.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

Speaker Cannon must see fate spell
ed in capital letters in his horoscope:
but he has not yet changed the tilt of
his cigar.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

Happy thought for today: The man
of woman who advertise their virtues
are open to suspicion
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
Mot Missino Anv of II.

If any available limelight ell1des
Judge KenDesaw Mountain Lands II
will have to be going some.-Hartford
sCoura Mt.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12
MUSIC AND DRAMA

ack's theater, New York, is to be given
at a special matinee performance early
next month, when all of the roles will
be acted by juvenile actors and act
reSSeS.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-02-12

When Roosevelt gets home and
meets Pinchot, he will shout Hello.
Gift" just as if nothing extraordinary
had happened.