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Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
sE NOT ALARMED.

On April 18th, Ha1ley's comet will be 57,000,0e miles inside the sun and 33,000,00e miles from the earth, and its tail will then be flaring millions of miles across the earth's orbit. and just one month from that time, May 18th. the comet will be only 15.0o0.00o miles away and the earth will be three hours in passing through it's tail.
 The earth and the cometary mass are moving in opposite directions and their combined velocity is perhaps about fifty miles a second. This is a speed equal to 100 times the muzzle velocity of the swiftest shot fired from a gum
 In this age of knowledge a very small per cent. of the people are alarmed by the prospect of a collision, since there is no substance and so fflnny is the tail that it does not ap- proach in power a heavy gale of wind. if it did there would be reason to be somewhat disturbed by it. The fear of the people may somewhere bring trouble or disaster on that day, but the comet will not
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
NOT A PRoDucER-A oETTER.

Pztter the wheat and cotton specu- s-sor oe Chicago, may be a very pious man as the world goes, but he lacks sense. He is not a producer of any thing on earth that can be bought or sold bat he is high up in the tricks by which he may legitimateiy scoop zhe other fellows money. It is not strange that he was chased out of the exchange ar-AIanchester, England, for he probably talked too much This is what he said recently to the New York reporters.
 Make it two millions if you want to- losing two millions in tlais sort of a light Is no more to me than losing a dime would be to you When a man has as mach cotton coming and going as I have, he hasn't time to figure up how every little fluctuatton in the price affects his profits It. isn't worth while"
 Pztten just rolls in the wealth that other men have sweat to produce The Milwaukee Journal draws a perfect contrast between the farmers and the Pzcfers Of the country when it says:
 When a farmer plants and sows and reaps and takes his products to market he contributes real wealth for the money that he receives in return. He exploits no one He exchanges wheat and pork and cotton and wool for coal and clothing and groceries ar q farm machinery and the necessarieG and comforts and little luxrries of his existence He is 8 real producer-ths same as the worker in shop and fao- tory
 But the Pattens produce nothin g. Where others SOW they reap The bread that others bake they eat The clothing that others make they wear. The houses that others build they live in
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
Back to Nature.

Colonel Astor's reported intention of restoring to a state of nature the four thousand acres of land-mucil of it inhabitd-which he has acquired near Rhinebeck, New York, appears to Life to involve "an object lesson of the uses of money which helped to raise hob in France and in our day fawe brought on the budget crisis in Eng1ond." However this may be, it seems unfortunate that any multi nlfl- Honaire. should think it necessary to rage whole villages for the purposes of providing himself with tranquil tract of field and forest. when there is so much land that might be obtained for such an end without disturbing any considerable number of human habita.- tions. There are townships in New England, for instance, that are revert ing to the wilderness; three thousand acres in Connecticut. close to the Rhode Island line, were reported burned over the other day without injury to any 6welling.-Providence Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
NORRIS, THE INsUReENT. His Personal and Political History

Away out in Nebraska. is a. town named McCOok- 1t is. in the dry re- gbon. so dry. that Colorado congress- man once said that thore was not wa ter enough in it to freshen a salt mack ereI- But McCook had pluck and put in irrigation dams and dftches and now the farmers raise big crops where the wind used to raise only a dust. More great Burlington railroad system, and this gives it position on the map. But ! the biggest thing about McCook 1ust now is that it is the home and head man who made the earthquake in Washington the other day For eight years now Mr.. Norris has been the representative of the district It is not a republican stronghold, and at the last election the now noted insurgent got back to the marble capitol by the all most invisible majority of 22 votes. IT all things had then been known which are now known, powerful interests probably would have seen to it that in stead of fighting at the Capnon's mouth Judge Norris would have been left to the quiet practice of law in McCook-
 Ohio on a farm His father died when he was a child and his only brother went away to war and fell on the field of battle The family were poor and the boy had to go out among the neiglbors and work by the day. lp winter he went to school. and by and by he climbed high enough in his stud iess to teach school Then he went away to school and rounded off his college studies in Valparaiso, Ind, the refuge and resort of so many poor boys. Lat CT he graduated at a law school and was admitted to. the bar.
 It was in 1885, when he was 24 years old, that Norris heard the com man. "Go west, young man" and Mc- Cook looked good to him. probably be- cause there was so, much room out there After the manner of McKin- ley and numerous other successful men. young Norris started up the political ladder by getting himself elected prose cutting attorney. He made so much sue cess fin this position that he was elect cd district judge. Then he went to congress, and after while he went for Cannon and all the unpardonable things which that griZzled old war horse and wheel horse stood for.
 For Judge Norris was one of the original insurgents, an insurSent be- fore the movement had sIrged to the front. He lived out on the plains here the winds are free and. men are Ike the air they breathe, and where pup fail. Therefore he could not stand pat, even if he had been so disposed by na- ture which he was not. For this com pound product of Ohio and Nebraska, of early poverty and after success. seems to be a man of principle and pluck, also of vision Judge Norris is able to look down the road and see coming everts before they have rais- ed a cloud of dust and are making a racket which can be heard across the country.-"Cir-ofBo" in the Advance.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

 isned them as the. disturbance reached their seines and made them taut until it seemed that they would be torn away. A shad or two pushed above the surface told the fishermen that the force below was a great school of the fish which they had been long hoping would come their way.
 With all their might they tugged and finally got their nets out of the water. Still the water was rippling The nets were returned and another like haul was made. This was re- peated the third time with und1min- ished success, and still the water rips pied apparently as much as ever, but the fish had then got too far away for another haul.
 Fifteen thousand shad had been taken and the fishermen had had the best day of their lives. Nothing like the number of shad at Buck Roe has ever been seen before in the Chesa- peake.-Norfolk (Va.) Dispatch. to N Y. Sun.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

university at Mfddletown Conn, ne entered the class of '56 at Yale in the beginning of its junior year He was a quiet Christian gentleman, as we knew him there, a faithful, finished scholar. transformations, yet unrernat- ting and devoted.
 His ability as a thinker made hirp early conspicuous as a prize winner in English composition, and while he was noted in the classics for his rare grace of diction in translations, his grasp of mathematics was such as to carry him to a position of eminent distinction in the appointment ratings of his senior year. At graduation Ire stood third in class of ninety seven members, and no man among his class mates was held in more genuine ad- miration and pride by President Wool sey and his other instructors or more
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
Experts Endorse Cottolsne.

sMarion8 Harland," Mrs. Janet M. three cooking authorities whose names are familiar to almost every house wife. Each has her own diatfnctfve methods of work, but it Is interestins to note that on the an-important Ques- tion of a cooking fat. they are unan-
 Marion Harland" says of COTTO- LENE: ''It has given complete satts- faction" Mrs Hill says: Very satis- Rorer says: "A much more healthful product than lard"
 housekeeper will be safe in xsvinx COTTOLENE at least a trial If h a vegetable oflrs sh ortcning. purer and more wholesome than Iard-and it is cheaper. too, one-third less being re- .1uired.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
Your Own Garden.

The possibilities and the utility of the home garden are getting pretty well understood in Kansas City. Last years numerous experiments brought profitable results. With the City club and the Atihenaeum- ready to co-oper- ate, ready to give practical suggestions to those who wish to cultivate garden ptches the home owners of Kansas City should take advantage of this means of betterfng the condition of their tables and participating in good, wholesome outdoor exercise at the same time. The high cost of living
 makes the utility of the home garden
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
Whl Do You Suffer

with headache, biliousness. constipa- ton and the ills it entails when Foley's Orino Laxative will relieve and cure you. It tones up all the digestive or gans, carries off the waste matter and stimulates the bowels to their normal activity. It is a splendid spring medi- cine. Lee & Osgood co.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

The cultivation of a little piece O1 ground can do mach toward elfmdnat- ing the excesses of the grocery bill The reward is to tine enterprising and the industrious. Get the boys and girls interested It is good for them. It will
 make. them producers.-Kansas City
 Star
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

California has decided that oral bet ting is not gambling. There is no doubt the judge who endorses this sen- timent is a bird.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

When jag is seen of a Sunday morning it cannot be told whether he Is a Saturday night leftover or a fresh start.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

When the New Jersey legislature broke up, it indulged in antics so dis graceful to the state that the governor proposes to investigate them.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

To check splitting upon public walks Sacramento wants a woman policeman to chide the filthy and thus stimulat, their sense of shame.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

Mrs. Roosevelt does not talk much but it is more than likely, that she talks to some purpose even when Theodore has the floor.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

Alter living in New York for seven years. Mary McLsne has returned home to say to the people of Butte: T left Butte crude, innocent and in experienced: I return to it in the role of frazzied old rounder-".
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

The shooting of innocent girls and travelling evangelists just for the fun of it makes 1910 a perfervid year for innocent folks.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

Beverly, Mass, is likely to have cause this summer for jealousy o1 Oyster Bay, N. Y. The ex-president knows no eclipse.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

Kentucky raises more hemp than any other state and if it was given a good home use she would have fewer night riders
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

Happy thought for today: A woman who can smile when rival is praised is a woman of power.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

With two six million dollar battle ships year, we are handed a certif1- cate of security. May it prove to be worth it's face.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

We shall not all of us meet the cen sas enumerator this week; but those who do should not let him leave US feeling that he needs friend.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

It is believed at Chicago that sou mates got together when John Wicl and Nellie Lamp of Fort Dodge, la were united in marriage.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

Taft calls attention to the fact that republicans should both hear and heed. It is time they sat up and took notice.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

The flowers on the Easter bonnets look just as fresh as ever, despite the cold nights.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

hopeful honor and promise by his lorn- panions of those delightful years Charles T. Catlin in New York Trib-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
EDiToRIAL.NoTES.

Jack Johnson thinks that he may permit Jeffries to stay in the game
 for 20 rounds.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
shad bv the Thousand.

Nipples winch covered acres of water at Buck Roe Beach on the Chesapeake recently first surprised pa- tient fishermen there and then aston
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

The few living persons who saw Hal iey's comet in 1885 say that it is all that it is cracked up to be.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

1t is we'll that the government in spectors think that poultry killed five years ago and eggs laid twelve years ago cannot be regarded as fresh food.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

The whiskey that kills at once is too effective to license. It usually turns up in prohibition towns.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12

Ths spelling reformers can see no good Tn the second in egg. It's sbsssca makes the first look lone some
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
Rrewer at YaIe-

Kindly permit one of tllsr twenty nine survivors of Justice Brewers class at Yale to attest the love, ad- nrs alton and honor in which he was he'd through life by these old com par ions of his boyhood days.
 Oringinally student at Wesleyan
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
Net income for year.
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And now other cities desire to have a trial acre started just to stimulate the gardening spirit and to teach the people not only how easily they may help themselves, but that for little attention. time and money they may raise garden truck for themselves which will be better than they can buy.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
OBJECT LESSONS.

Just to promote an interest in gar deniEg and horticulture, the larger cities are showing the people what may be done with small plots of earth. Four hundred and fifty plots have been as- signed to people in i1adeIphia, and they VIII. fl is estimated, grow vege- tables enough for ae0o families
 An experiment. was tried in Kansa s Cft- last year upon an acre of city property which shows what onders may be produced with a naodicum of labor and perseverance- One man did all tae work except blowing and her- rowing, and he was unable to give more than two or three hours day to ths task The gardening was of the ordinary kind, no intensive methods being used or even known to the worker When the balance sheet of the trial acre vas struck it gave this il1u- -s.znzEs1g result
 Cross income. Oct 14. 1903. to
 Oct It, 1908 ,e11.35 Expenses --... 504 50
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-12
Economy In Painting Your
 House

does not mean buying the Paint sold at the lowest price per gallon. 1t
 means getting the Psint-the oil--the white lead that covers the most sur face per gallon and gives the greatest number of years of serviee-in other words-the best value for your dollar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
The Christmas Spirit

It is significant that our great holidays oftener commemorate a birthday than battlefield, a personality rather than an event. We observe the birthdays Of Washington and of Lincoln, or other great ones; the Fourth of July celebrates new birth of freedom But the greatest birthday of the year is that which oc- CUTS upon the 25th of December. It is so important a nativity that the man who said Christmas comes but once year." Thomas Tusser. immortalized him self by that one remark. The poor old rhymer- musician of the sixteenth cen tury doubtless sought to emphasize the unusual scarcity of lucrative holidays that brought largess for the Elizabethan gieemen. He died in debtors prison. But he also meant to imply that Christi mas. like a rare quintessence in a vial. is meant to distill subtle fragrance through all the days of the year to fol- low, until the following Yuletide brings a fresr suppliance of the sweet and peren- nial perfume.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
The Christmas Purchasing
 Agent
The

There is one field of activity for women which is widening every year. This Is the field which has been developed by the professional shopper, or purchasing agent, as she Is more frequently called.
 It is now some 70 years since the pro- fessional shopper was heard of At first there were few of them. Today there are many women earning their living in this way.
 The purchasing agent shops for others. She may, or may not make a charge for executing commissions; as a rule, she does not The shops at which she is reg istered allow her @ discount of a certain per cent, usually to 10, on all purchases she makes of them. Some purchasing agents are registered at large number of stores.
 By no means is every woman qualified to take up this work. She must above all else know the value of goods and in ad- dition to this have a sense of values, be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11

clerk, who evidently had keen sense of the ridiculous.
 Then the lady said to send one size larger than the clerk wore, and If they were not right he could exchange them after Christmas.
 Up to this time Peggy and I had been SO busy studying Christmas shoppers for our story that neither of us had bought single Christmas gift, but just at this moment Peggy saw O sign on a table that announced every article there on for "a dollar." and she promptly flew to it.
 She saw lovely Japanese bowl which sturdy old lady had picked out, and while sine was looking In her purse for the money to pay for it she sat the bowl down. and Peggy, being nothing if not an "opportunlst," snatched it gently and took it over to another clerk across the table. paid for it and promptly walked away with Christmas present for some body.
 Likewise she bought four more presents hand-runring. and which left me in such a depressed state of mind that I had no strength left with which to resist her predatory impulses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
Bits of Household Lore

Rutabaga turnips, like onions, arc more delicate if the water is changed once while cooking.
 Cabbage, carrots and green onions should be cooked uncovered if one would have the best results.
 Bread will toast more evenly if the slices of bread are put in the oven for a few moments before toasting.
 Another potato dish for luncheon Is cerved in ramekins. Cream potatoes, using baked ones instead of boiled onos for the purpose, and put into individual ramekins. Set in oven and brown.
 When packing away cookies, 1t Is good plan to put piece of waxed paper between each layer The addition of a piece of candied orange peel will greatly add to the flavor of the sweets.
 A trustworthy test of an oven for bread baking purposes is this; Thrust the arm into the oven and count ten slowly. If by that time the heat all but burns the arm the temperature is right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
Christmas Shopping

A great deal has been said about the saving qualities of early Christmas shopping and the mutual obligation in- volved Employer, employe and purchas- CTS, it is to be hoped, have felt the good effect of the gospel so diligently preached from the newspapers.
 It cannot be amiss to remind, how ever, that there are many who would like to do the early Christmas shop ping, but who are not in position to do so wfo only receive the funds with which they make purchases at certain times and who must wait for that time to come Others may not have the time to go just when 1t seems the right time, and there may be those who are i'll and can't go.
 But beside the matter of the time the Christmas shopping Is done. there are so many ways peolne may be helpful and considerate, and still it cost them only the thought.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
The Christmas Infidel

Miss Carey Thomas. the head Of Byrn Mawr college, said at dinner in Phila- delphia that college girls choose better and also wealthier husbands than other girls. number of Bryn Mawr girls whose mar ridges had been in every way ideal, told a story of the son of one of these Bryn Mawr girls.
 "He came home a few days before Christmas" she said, from a visit to his cousin.
 "'Motherv he cried. do you know that Fweddy is an infdel"
 His mother laughed.
 An inidel? How an infdel, my son? she asked.
 '' He doesn't believe in Santa Claus was the shocked reply"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
Do You Belong7

What would the world do without the people who buy pencils and elas- tic bands and safety pins? They arc a class-one had almost said race in themselves. Somebody ought some time to erect q monument to them somewhere The large percentage or humanity who acquire these proper ties by unconscious absorption would undoubtedly cheerfully contribute, were the alter brought to their at tention, the price of one pencil, one rubber band and one safety pin toward such a monument. The artist could then execute some appropriate design in brass or marble or gold-or all three. as his fancy suggests. As an appropriate motive for such . monument one might venture to sug- gest the feeding of Elijah by the ravens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11

our pest ponnets. we sallied forth.
 eff I only had a net shopping bag." sighed Peggy, as we boarded a Ford Electric" Gin other words street car.)
 ''It and I would never be caught shop ping together" said I firmly, Peggy knowing how I loathe "tacky' things.
 The first place we arrived at was a 'book shop
 ious people, all pulling at the coat tails of the different salesmen and demand ing that they be waited on immediately.
 There were shabby people and smartly dressed ones, too; there were old people and young: there were pretty people an1 homely ones, all in the same unreason- ing hurry, as though Christmas were waiting right around the corner and, like Little Orphint Allie,p were afraid that it would catch them if they didn't watch out"
 Presently naughty lady in furs and wearing handsome furs and gorgeous dia- monds said to the clerk: My motor waits; please serve me-" What can I show your" asked that urbane parsonage. .I-er-er-want a book---I cannot think of the name of it, but it's about man who loves girl" said she.
 That ought to be ready of recogni- tion,, said Peggy, sarcasticaly, as she nudged me-.
 'She would not marry him. related the naughty lady, "but years after wards he met some relatives of hers cousin or something-and they mar rieo."
 The Honorable Peter Sterling said the clever clerk.
 ''Isnt he a wonder?n' said Peggy, as she devoured the clerk with her eyes.
 That's it," said the naughty lady 'T want an edition de luxe of the book sn6 please hurry"
 he cIerk uiu as he was commanded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-11
Novel Test for Dress Materials

''I never buy an evening gown without first getting sample of the mat terial,'' said a practical woman. ''No-not to try washing it to see if 1t fades, but to see whether it will crease badly. You know how distressing 1t Is to put on fresh gown of some filmy fabric only to find immediately sitting down that 1t Is dIsfigured with counties wrinkles. Well. I have learned by experience that there Is the greatest difference in materials: some crease much more readily than others and the only way to learn the diff ference is by testing. l crush the samples in my hand. and the choice always rests with some of those which crease the less easily"