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Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
MT. MeLean's EIoauenee.

It iss generally admitted that ability to speak. to be an orator if you will. is a valuable asset for the man seek ing public office. and for that reason the oratorical powers of ex-Governor Mclean are gradually bringing him to the front as the leading candidate for United States senator He has been doing a great deal of speech making of late and each time he makes an address his friends appear to increase. IL is said that the fre- quency with which he has of late ap- peared before Connecticut audiences has tended to revive that magnetic in- terest in his political future which was at it's height when he retired from the chair of governor. This is the opinion expressed by "Trumbull' in the New York Herald Sunday. The ex- governor was never as good a speaker as he is now; he has acquired the power of moving his audience which borders on the dramatic. His diction is better his gestures more graceful and he is far more effective His most recent address was in Hart ford last week at inc reception ten dered Rev. Dr. Parker, who had just completed fifty years service at one of the churches there.-New Britain Herald
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TAFT AS A QUIET FORCE.

President Taft has called his party leaders and they have responded. The day of silly wrangling, it is conceded by the democrats, is at an end. It required no distinct noise like the halting of a swarm of bees seeking new quarters. but just that calm and quiet direction for which the presi- dent Is noted. He pointed to the party promises and the party purposes and a disappointed constituency and inquired why these vital measures in which the people are so intensely in terested were being delayed and then called attention to what might be the result of partisan blindness and fool ishness, and even the democrats ad- init that the postal savings bank bill and other important measures are likely to be passed during the present session.
 This is a session which cannot af- ford to show to the people on the day of adjournment a budget of failures. The people of this country are alive to the abuses from which they are suf- fering as never before and the spirit of resentment that is manifesting it. self in all parts of the country scouId be correctly interpreted and promptly responded to, or the ruling party vii surely have to go
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
Stiles Judson's Warning.

Ex-Senator Stiles Judson. speaking at Danbury "Wednesday evening, said, as reported in The News of that city, that it is necessary to elect to the next general assembly men who Twill not be responsible to the insidious influ- ences which will be exerted upon them to a notorious degree" Even now" he said later, "the paid agents of the public service corporations are seeking to make up the nominations for the upper house." All this, he intimated was being done to defeat the public utilities bill which is generally de- sired and which he advocates.
 No doubt there is active work go- ing on for the control of the next leg isIature, but, according to the report MT. Judson did not take sufficiently into account the approaching election of a United States senator. That in itself is enough to account for early activity The two matters are related in that the two candidates for sena- tor are supposed to hold somewhat different views as to the public utili- ties question. At any rate. it has not at present the same direct relation to their future as has the senatorial question itself.
 The thing of most general import ance in MT. Judson's speech is his con- idence as a politician of experience from now is likely to be controlled so far in advance by interests that are individual. not public. Whether he IS wholly right or not, his warning to candidates for the legislature stand before they commit themselves to them is sound. It should always be done when questions of consequence are expected to come up for action. Neg Iect of this ordinary precaution has resulted before now in considera ble nisrepresentatio of the real desire of the Yoters.-Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
THE sALLINeER INQUIRY.

It Is to be hoped that the minority will be represented upon the investi- gating committee appointed to look in to the charges made against Secretary Ballinger. for the simple reason that an open and fair investigation requires their presence and because the people are in no mood to brook any of the partisan performances in which white wash is of more use than sharp and open inquiry If Congressman Rainy Is not satisfactory to the republicans some other member may be appointed; i; and if the opposition should decline to supply a substitute, it should be made clear what the fault with Rainy is
 The only inquiry and report which will satisfy the whole country is one that is made by a committee repre- senting both parties; and it will be a mistake to bar out even the least ac- ceptable democrats under present con- ditions.
 The people are not only demanding that things shall be done but that they shall be done right They want no more such disgra ceful inquiries as the submarine boat inquiry, which screened corruption by misrepresent- ing and lambasting the promoter of the inquiry.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25

The coloneFs whiskers were quiver- ing with indignation as he entered the Green Star grocery and addressed the proprietor.
 "Sir' said tue battle-scarred veter- .an, T have received from you a commu- nication in which you state that you want to balance your books at the be- glad if Tn drop in and settle my ac- count. The insolence of you trades people is something abombinable. What has my account to do with the balancing of your books? You have plenty of scales in your store; if you want to balance your books, go ahead and balance them, and you don't need to bother about letting me know what they weigh"
 You don't seem to understand, colonel; your account has been stand ing for ten months"
 "Then why didn't you offer 1t a chair and let it sit down? The lower classes seem to have no conception of common courtesy. Instead of writing foolish letters to me about balancing your books, like some confounded Jap anese juggler, you'd better be employ ed taking cores pondence- school les sons in politeness. If I saw tired account standing around I'd ask it to take the rocking chair and remove its bonnet and stay awhile"
 T think we have treated you right, colonel; we never before sent you a reminder, although your account has been running for ten months-
 "A few minutes ago you said it was standing, and now you say it was run ming. Sir, your claims would be re- pudiated by the University of Copen- hagen, or any other impartial tribunal You will be telling me next, I suppose. that the account has been doing ground and lofty tumbling for ten months, or that it has been perform ing on the horizontal bar, or shooting the chutes. You should furnish that account with trick pony and lease 1t
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
HE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
STRIKING A BALANCE

to some moral circus proprietor. You might go along and do your baak ball. ancing act; you would draw heavy salary, especially if you stood on a surely are wasting your opportunities selling boneless oranges and codhsh jelly. I congratulate you and that ac- robatic account on you ability as dime musee actors"
 The grocer was plainly exasperated
 You think you're quite smart. don't you ?'' he cried. You won't be so dog- gone fresh when my lawyer gets after you. For nearly a year l have carried your blamed account-
 Your statements wouldn't hold to- gether in any court or 1ustice, .sn,, retorrr ,, say that my account has been standing ten months; then you say that it has been running that long; and now you say that you have been carrying 1t. Any jurist will throw your case out of court upon hearing such contradictory testimony. If the account has been standing, it couldn't be running; and if yol. have been carrying it, it couldn't t be either standing or running. Read Bishop Whately, my friend, and learn something of logic. Read Coke ana ac- quire some faint glimmerings Of our common law. Read De Quincey and Macaulay and gain some knowledge of the correct use of words. If l were to remain here much longer, you would have that account on roller skates or doing a trick bicycle stunt. As to the matter of balancing your books, let
 The grocer looked around for a wea- pon of some sort, and, seeing nothing but a decomposed egg plant, calling to his clerk, who was wrestling with a barrel of molasses in the back end of the store:
 "Hi, there, Charles Augustus Fitz- pickles, bring me a bung- starter and bat this old imbecile over the head"' Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
Hunting the WaIrus in the Arctic
 Regions.


 Harry Whitney, who recently re- turned from an extended hunting trip in the Arctic regions. gives in Outing the following description of the Eski- mos methods of catching the walruS:
 With the harpoon as a weapon, the hunters left the solid ice to Sprin g lightly from one small piece to anoth- CT until a pan large enough to hold them was reached, far out in the open lake. The pieces over which the pass age was made were often so small that weight had he faltered or hesitated up- on them for a moment
 It seemed to me that the Eslxim os were absolutely reckless in this pass age over the broken pieces and took no account of the manner in which they should return Certainly only a fearless nan with a clear eye and nerves of iron could accomplish 1t.
 A large safe pan once attained well in the midst of the blowing walrus. a stand was taken near its edge where, with harpoon poised, the hunter wait ed until a walrus came within striking distance. Then like lightning the weapon was sunk deep into the anil maps body, and quick as a flash, a harpoon shaft, provided with a heavy point of iron, was driven firmly into the ice and several turns of the line taken around it and held taut by the Eskimo.
 This strong line held the walrus in spite of its struggles to free itself, and not an inch was surrendered to it by the Eskimo. As the walrus gradually tired, the line was frightened little by little, until finally the great animal was well alongside the pan, when it was quickly dispatched with a lance.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
 The May to Min Out

Mir. Editor: I would like to say a few words in regard to the conmenda- ble position taken by the people in other cities and towns all over the whole country relative to the unnnec- essary and extreme high prices charg- ed for meats and provisions which has already arrived at q stage of ab- solute robberv-nothing else. Now any legitimate means to obtain re- dress should be used. Government in vestigations so far have been of no avail against this piracy Cit can be called nothing less). The big packers are all united and stand together and juggle prices as they see fit. and the public are at their mercy. All of us expect to pay tribute, and have to; but we object to being robbed outright just because we are victims to their merciless greed. At last the whole country seems to be aroused to this fact. and the method of other cities to abstain from buying meats for a period of so to 60 days, or until these meat products are sold again at a reasonable price, will surely win out So let's all stand together and buy none, or as little as possible. We ought to be willing to do this. and by our CO., opera ton help this movement the same time benefiting ourselves. It does not necessitate any hardship and is sure to result in each and every ones individual good.
 ONE INTERESTED.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
United States to Blame.

A lawyer of Pau, France, has sent to the treasury department at Wash ington a confederate bond for $500 and a confederate note for $100 for re- demption. He accepted these securities in good faith in the settlement of an estate, and was afterward advised that they were valueless because of the time that had elapsed since their is- sue" He has written to the treasury expressing his astonismment that the United States government should re- pudiate any of it's obligations, and he is entirely right. There can be no question that but for the United States government the bond and the note would have been perfectly good, and as this government is responsible for the conditions which have made the bond and note held by the French law yer unmarketable, in the forum of na- tional honesty it ought to be responsi- of it's agents.-Charleston News and Courier.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
THE CARNEGIE HERO PENSION.

The Carnegie hero hunters are com ing in for sharp criticism by the press and the award of medals is being sub jected to ridicule. The Baltimore American says: What pass things have come to in the bravery line when Carnegie agents go up and down the land snaring for decoration every fel- low who does a deed of fellow-feeling! Surely if one dives into five feet of water and rescues a child engaged in no more dangerous pastime than pluck ing lilies with crab net, or if he hap pens to discover some fellow mortal actually upon the brink of eternity and hooks him back to safety, why in the name of conscience should this be held up against him? Why should he be made Carnegie pensioner to the extent of a Carnegie badge. or why should raft of special agents go nos ing about his affairs to discover whether or not he can be given a lift out of the quagmire of debt? Have things come to such a pass that no one can stub his toe without some one else rushing to assist him in the capacity of a Carnegie life -saver?"
 This is very good example of the way a meritoriouS work is regarded by many writers for the press. Here in eastern Connecticut are one or two families who are pensioners upon the Carnegie hero fund" because the man of the house lost his life in att
 tempting to avert disaster or prevent harm to others, and what could be more humanitarian or commendable than the giving of $25 or $30 a month for life to the widow and $5 a month for each child until each child has become self supporting This seems to be a good use of money.
 After man has done a valiant deed for another, believing that ''vir tue is it's own reward" it is not to the discredit of receiver or donor if a gold medal is given in recognition of bravery, or a mortgage paid off the poor mans house.
 The Bulletin regards this work as the very best which Andrew Carne- gie has yet devoted his millions to.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25

cook the food properly, as a cheap piece of meat, in order to be palatable, needs stewing or baking in a covered roaster or tightly covered kettle of some kind about four or five hours, when it will. be found palatable and nourishing. But how about the gas bill?
 Soup made from bones, scraps and trimmings, the French kettle on the f1re"-think of that in our up-to-date kitchens; and yet it is great cheap ener of living expenses, as well as a healthful part of cur diet. Beans also are too expensive, cooked with gas
 How many housewives in these stern uous times can get time to make their own bread, help in keeping down ex- penses surely?
 As for trying out the drippings from corned beef, mutton, boiled ham, roast pork and chicken, the last named delicious enough to use in cake mak- ing, I doubt if one out of ten of those who grurnbIe over the high price of lard and butter even know what l mean by the term. To try out a sup ply of lard from the leaf is not a trou- bIesome process, and the result is a product than that bought in pails of the grocer, at about the same cost.
 If you do not want the cold storage houses to get their profit for keeping your eggs for winter use, why not keep them yourselves? Any house. keeper who has a cellar under her house can lay down summer eggs at their lowest price for the year in any of the reliable ways, either in lime, salt and water mixture, or solution of liquid glass; and in winter you can use eggs as lavishly as you would at any time of year. The knowledge and practice of such things as these used to be called the art of housekeeping, and was considered the woman's part of the work It seems to me that the lack of this labor in many homes now must add materially to the cost of living. If a wife would also make some of her own clothes in addition, it seems to me that the insome of the ordinary hard working man would come near to ac- complaining old time results. At least, that is the view of
 An Old-Fashioned Housekeeper.
 Norwich Jan. 24, 1910.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
FOR HEALTH AND BETTER RE.
 SUITS,

The movement is Chicago for cooler schoolrooms and fresh air is primarily for health which under any system means improvement in every direc- ton.
 William F. Watt, the Chicago school principal who is campaigning 2 for the ventilation and against the overlooking of schools, says that the average city school promotes the sale of short collins. He afTirns that the warm. dry air of the crowded school produces dullness, and that if he want ed to bring up boy as fool he would send him to a school in which such conditions prevail He faxors cooler rooms, with plenty of fresh air, even if It necessitates. the wearing of their street clothes by the children while they are coming their tasks
 This is plain talk; and it is sensible talk The value of perfect ventilation Is not generally understood, and wher- ever children or adults assemble pois- onous air is breathed This Chicago movement ought to lead to improved conditions of temperature wherever children study or people are assem- fled for work
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
pooIey on the Cost of Living.

".An' so it goes on. complain iv tn rent me lnandlord asts me, an sometimes accede, as Hogan says, iv tn way tn plumber overcharges him. Tn plumber says he can't do amy betther thin make a Twin on ac- count ivy tn rapacity of the plumbers union- Tn most prominent, distin- plumbers union borrid two dollars firm me yesterdah because he cuddent t pay his bills out iv tn vast hoards that he'd wrencied firm his boss fr mendin' waste pipes.
 "'An' tn sthrange thing about it is that it's alwtys been thrue in my rec ollection an I can reminder almost as far back as to think of Inesilf holleran' mort to ye whin we were buildtn' tn pyramids. Yell say tn cost of livin' was niYer higher fir ye an we're right Ye say 1t niver was so high an we're wrong. It's always been tn same fir day whin ye weren't about tn same number iv jumps behind in tn race with tn price iv eggs. When we're not wurrul1in' eggs is down, Whin ye ar're wurrullin' they're up. That's all there is to it. Ye're to blame. me boy. be- cause a colledge profissor in Harvard can't afford to buy himself a. new hat. Ye've caused tn boost in prices. Whin out fewer clothes. Whin ye got a steady job ye raided tn grocery store, tn price iv pork chops took sudden leap am whin tn profissor at Harvard wint down to tn foreman an got his pay check that had been ample while ye were unemployed he found har1y enough in it to pay tn butchers bills. Whin tin millyon iv tn like iv ye gets twinty-five cents a day more pay there's just that much added to what it costs everybody to live
 "But what am I goin' to do about it?' said MT. Hennessy.
 "'Some pollytil<al economists are in favor ivy we're not eatin',' said MT. Dooley. I wud say stop wurrkin If it gives ye such an appetite .'"-F. P. rl.1nraa in A r1aaricar Ma zine
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
Pray, Why Not?

It Is a very admirable suggestion that has been made for the utiliza- ton of Chief Justice Simeon F. Bald win when he retires from the bench of the supreme court. It is to make him governor Of the state. The spirit in which the suggestion has been re- ceived carries with it the assurance that his nomination would be followed by his election. Nor should there be any fuss about it. No committee need wait upon him to learn his views. Let Iris party convention meet and draft him for the service. He is no man to dicker with over such a proposition. He needs no platform; he is his own platform He is just the kind of man needed at the helm at this juncture in the history of old Connecticut. Move the suggestion along.-New Haven Journal-CouTier.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
NO LACK OF CANDIDATES.

There is no lack of candidates for the speakership Of the lower house of congress, and perhaps one reason why the party leaders do not care to see a change is because Of the many sided contest which will be created by a vacancy. It is said Minnesota is lszely tc present two candidates. 1'awney and Stevens; and. PennsyI- vsnia two, DalzeI and Olmstead; like wise New York Serene F. Payne and J. SIoat Fassett.
 Among other members mentioned as possibilities are Hill of Connecticut. Weeks, Call and Gardner of Massa- chusetts, and Diekema of Michigan. Mann or Illinois and Wright of Iowa also are spoken of.
 Here are thirteen ambitious mem bers who might like the honor, but + is not likely that one-half of them will be candidates. If this is Speaker Cannon's last term it is to be hoped that his successor will be more con- siderate of the members and less of fensive to the people.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
YOUR LAME BACK WILL FEEL FINE OutoOrder Kidneys Regulated and Bladder Misery After Taking the First Few Doses-Most Severe
 Backache Simply Vanishcs.

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 Uncomfortable urination (especially at night), smarting, offensive and dis colored water and other bladder mis- cry ends.
 The moment you suspect kidney or urinary disorder. or feel any rheu- matism. begin taking this harmless medicine, with the knowledge that there is no other remedy. at any price made anywhere else in the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25
The PsychoIoaieaI Moment.

The great Oxford dictionary is slow ly but surely working it's way through the alphabet, and somewhat more rapid progress is hoped for. The seventh volume, recently published, stretches from prophecy to ''pyxis," and by the end of the year, it is expected, Romantic" will be reached. Among other subjects discussed in the latest volume is that much nlisused phrase, ''tlle psychological moment" It is popularly taken to mean the critical or the opportune instant As a matter of fact. it was taken blunderingiy from the German by a. French journalist who mistranslated "das psychologische n1oment'-that is to say, momentum or impulse To make the matter worse, the phrase is often transformed into ''psychical moment" with more or less vagueness of sense.-Springtield Re- publican.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25

spend their lives and earnings in Wa terbury, have done much to give the city place among the most prosper ous in the country.
 Another fact worthy of attention is that the cost of these buildings has not been slight-considerably over $3,O00, ,00O-and even the casual observ- be Impressed with the substantial con- struction as well as the tasteful de- sign of most of the new shops and dwellings. This great growth is per manent and the most convincing proof of the confidence of investors in the future of Greater Waterbury.-Water- bury Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-25

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