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Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
White Mans Hope: Weight a35.

Since the crushing overthrow of the Caucasian race at Reno last July, his tory has paused. Bitter were the memories of glorious days of the white civilization. Tours was a gall, Marathon a worInwood. No Kipling sang, nor Dunne had power to charm. Even Alfred Austin was dumb. The world waited. Then, at the sunset of the year of defeat, q portent athWart a stormy west Carl Morris, the new heavy weight makes an angry glare over the skies of Sapulpa, Oklahoma. On a sporting page We read: With a cushing right-hand smash on the jaw, Marvin Hart the Louis vile heavy weight, was knocked cold in the third, by Carl Morris, hitherto stripped and has only been fighting three months. He proclaims himself l the hope of the white race.'"
 Hackensack North Jimpson, John nycake Hollow, and ye Watchfires of all corner groceries, be saluted! Fix your eye on Carl Morris whilom railway fireman. always 8 rough tumble scrapper, who only last July tipped the beam at 275 pounds. Generally fear ed wherever he went he had no idea of becoming a, professional pugilist until Jim Jeffries was beaten by Jack Johnson at Reno" He then heard an cestral voices prophesying war. He embraced his high destiny. We read further:
 Since then he has met many prize fighters and put them to sleep with the punch that knocked daylights out of Hart"
 Ye fans. ye barkeeps, we boofies; ye packers of Caucasians; ye seers and bearers of the white mans bur dens: ye braves of the cracker barrel ye sturdies of the post office bench; children of the sawdust; scientists of the squared circIe-lift hearts and voices. Already Hi Twombly, the bearded bard of the Backagawam, has dashed off these Pindaric dithyrambs quoted in part:
 Oh. joy! that from Sapulpa,
 Though Jeff could not come back Comes something White with hooks to
 put
 The l6ibosh on the Black
 Boston Transcript
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
GREAT FIRE LOSSES.

The recent great fires in the cities s nd loss of life have called attention GO the sluvenly building methods and the increase sf losses in the past quarter of a century.
 IL is shown by the report of the National Conservation congress of 1909 thai the greatest source of waste or structural material and the one most easily reduced. is that arising from sres The substitute of fire resisting materials for those now used will tend largely to put an end to this waste. The fire loss of 1907. in ..Idiug property destroyed. mainte- nance Of fire departments, amount of fire premiums above amount of losses, protective agencies. additional cost of v ater supplies. etc. reached @ total over f456 4s5 900 about 5e per cent. or the total value Of new building con- slruCtiOu in that year This amount Is thsrteen times the interest on the rDtai national debt
 T. has also been tesred out that the population of the United States in -ss0 vas 50.155.7s The average an rusl fire loss of the years 18S0-1S89 vas siO1, ,2a4,62s The population had grown to a bout S6,00O. 900 by 1908, ac- .ording tO government estimates The average annual fire loss of 1so0-190S vas S2fs9oS,3ie. Thus-the popula- ron of the United States increased -& per cent. while in the same period the fire loss increased 134 per cent.
 The Newark News, considering bet ter methods. st least for the taxpay- CTS. says.
 The insurance against fire is charged on the basis of the property protected
 That would be all right If all prop erty was built alike and used alike But how about a concrete dwelling house and frame factory using gas cline iu the work carried on? The property yarse of she one may double the other. but who pays the biggest taxes sor tne fire department and who needs the-department most?
 Might it not be a good plan for the cities to do what they can to cqualize she cost between dreproof and non f.reproaf simply 10 encourage better b 1il3irs and lower taxes?
 ''OHe way to do it is to assess build Ehss for tho support of the fire depart rnspt oE fraH basis of the hre risk in- 0-Ss~ess. CarfalHly that is more sensi- tss thar Co tEx the whole city, so that a man who wants to can save sr,sFsy Asy pNttinE up 2 fire trap.
 Thyf sn0t make him pay for what hts iSsSltftaH costs the city2"
 -Psssp>ssis sfood for thought in these ssgsssIops for taxpayers in every yns 3n the country,
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
The Old Time Parlor.

There used 10 be in almost every 1u- ral home in the country q ga cred room the 'parlOr.' Every reader is proba- ply ia miiisr with it. for 1t still exists. though not so universally as it did years ago, when no home in the land
 in village. hamlet, or on farm, was con- Sidered complete or well equipped without this dismal apartment-care- fully shuttered in against air and sun ; light, jar of Wax work on the cen ter table; a collection of curious odds and ends on the What-not in the cor her: notices and chromoS on the wall {; a vivid ngraiu or Brussels cxGpet on the floor. The sound of festiVity sci dom pene trated the gloom Of this par Tor. At rare intervals distinguished visitors We're received in witnesses of wedding or funeral. It was never a pleasant room; it smelIed damp and dusty: the children stood in awe of it :, and vet it was their mothers pride.
 Happily the day of the pentUp. un- saV0rE parlor is fast passing away The children. going out into the hieger world with observant eyes have return cd to the homestead and insisted upon fiinsinS open the doors and windows
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
An In,nnrtant Service.

The importance of the revenue ser vice does not appeal to the man who lives on the hills in the back coun- try so forcibly as it does to the man brought up on the shore and familiar with what is going on in the way of trade and commerce on the water. Bridgeport has a fair estimate of the value of the revenue cutter and it fully endorses New London's idea as recently expressed by the Day:
 New London has a particular inter est in the revenue service because the school at which the young men who are to have charge in the future is now located here. Without the efficient coast patrol the loss of life by marine disasters would be much greater than it is. to say nothing of the value of property that would be destroyed, were it not for the timely aid that is Ten- dered in case of disaster.
 We seldom hear of the work which the revenue service does because there is little Of the "pomp and circum- stance" attached to it; but like the life saving service, it goes on doing good but blowing no horns to herald it's performance.-Br Bridgeport Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
MeriIen's Charter.

With seventeen charter amendments proposed. one of them being an entire new charter. the city of Meriden has it's troubles before it at the coming session. As generally happens in such cases. some Of the amendments are trivial and others may be dangerous. Of one of these the Waterbury Repub- lican says that it may be wise or fool ish, but if it becomes law it will not be on its merits but because some statesman who wants a trolley charter granted or extended or some bunch of soIons who want to divide offices in the county caucus agree t1 vote for it if the Meriden representa- tives will re- ciprocate" Unfortunately. this does not seem incredible to anyone who has watched the methods of lawmaking on Capitol HilI.-Hartford Times.
 The long distance criticism of the Waterbury Republican will not affect the merit of the petitions that have
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
SE. COOK BREAKS OUT AGAIN.

Dr. Gsak came back in fairly good forrn and t was hoped that he would TRsintain the silence which would be most becoming to him under the cir cdmStaEcAs.
 5tin-viased by thr patience of the psBfsc in receiving him and his con fess4ons of error and the ardor of ssHsatien- -hunting reporters, he has vpntarse Co reply to Rasnusseu and 10 explsin how his EsIl ano -sbovss' aazne ts tell such damaging stories aanc cernsxl9 his alleged trip to the 7oaa. aHa the unfortunate feature of thfs exoia1a fon s that it explains uothtns.
 uT. Geek should n,stlten to the fact hat he la 6e&s 10 the people so far sss poDJstar con toence in him is con osszsso. and Y is ss trying a position a life as if fS fer q man te be legally aaAu to Che courts
 FrsursftVefy speaking. there does not appear Co be any resurrection for Ffn and the sooner he realizes this Inc better it will be for him and every 1rsy concerned.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
The Rirht of the Investor.

Paul Merton's remark that the gov ernment is very energetic in protect ing the interests of labor, shippers and consumers, but has not given a thought to investors, is pertinent. Since pa ternaIism is the order of the day, why should not stockholders receive, say, one fifth as much consideration as la bor or shippers? It would be just as feasible to run a, railroad without la bor as without stock or bondholders for without the latter there could be no road. The idea that everybody must be safeguarded except those who supply the capital for carrying on business may in one sense be ideal and noble, but it does not fit into the prac- tical scheme of things. Capital can stand a lot but even it's back can bz broken if too big 8 stick is applied to it with reckless yig0r Managers oi our great corporations realize that il credit is to be maintained the inter- ests of their stock and bondholders must be resp Financial Feat ures' in The N. Journal of Com merce.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

been prepared for the coming session of the legislature relative to the pro- posed changes in the Meriden city charter There are some changes which are necessary and they should not be held up either by petty politi- cal fights or jealousy of those who do not care enough about the welfare of the city to help the measures to pass.
 Great good can only be accomplished by the people of a community working together. and that's the principle that ought to govern any action to be taken on the city charter amendments.- Meriden Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
Checked bv a Woman.

The new boarder stepped into the room and closed the door. The land lady stood in the hall until she heard him eXclaim Hang it all" Then she chuckled softly and went down stairs.
 Saved and by vaseline," she said. My detective instinct told me that that man is the kind that scratches matches on the woodwork Many 3 door jamb and mantelpiece in the vi- clnity of the gas jets has been scratch cd past redemption by match fiends who had no respect for the furniture
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Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

and admitting a. burst of sunshine and a rush of pure air. They have made a living room of a tomb. Tn their child hood the kitchen was the most com fortable place in the house: it was scrubbed every day, ventilated always, made light and airy and clean and hos pitabIe while the ghastly forbidden precincts of the parlor were exposed to sanitary search not oftener than twice a year-during tho inevitable spring and fall housekeeping Press
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

But I have got the best of them. l simply smear with vaseIine the wood work that is convenient for scratching
 matches on the woodwork Many a
 The man doesn't know why. but he never tries it again. .'-Boston Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

For example, they included under "Plan 2' a nomination by petition, signed by 5000 voters, no party de- signations. four-year term for mayor and a singIe-chambereG city council of nine members. or substantially the reform scheme. Against this the poIi- ticians devised "Plan 1" which went back to the discarded convention sys- tenn for making nominations, retained party designations, left the mayors term two years and made the city council one body with ward represen- tation, 37 in all.
 It formed a kind of self log-roIling. There were few men outside of the professional politicians who would listen for a minute to talk of reViVing the convention system with it's chance to control delegates, as they were bet ter pleased with the nomination paper scheme of Plan ?. But they didn't care for the fOur-year term for mayor which that plan provided, preEerrIng the two year tenure as allowed by Plan l. Again, there were those who wanted to do away with party deSig- nations. as under Plan 1, but in order to get this they would have to swal- low the tabloid city council which that alternative allowed.
 1t was an ingenious device to give the people a referendum and still not give them one. With this change and d few others of little importance the charter passed the legislature and when the two plans were submitted to popular vote at the following state election the reform plan was approved. The packers of Plan made a system atic campaign with meetings to show the value of the peoples plan" against the plan of the bosses The cry caught on, but the politicians only smiled when they heard how the vote came out. They could see ahead a few months, and it only needed a very few to demonstrate how some sections of the charter would work out.
 Rnstnn Dec 22. 1910.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

justice of the peace in the west las made a record of having married Ts couples in 20 minutes. An ex- -lf. nge thinks theSn have plenty of me to repent.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

The Chicago policeman who com plsines that the people here dc not obey orders as the English people do, is informed Americans do not know how to obey orders.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

Desrbsiess some of the new mem o@rs or the legislature are priva tel V putting style in their MT Speaker Sbssf1 they may find immediate use for rsxt week at Hartford
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

North Adams, h4ass., went dry by one vote, and then on a recount went wet by seven. This Is case where prohibition did not prohibit.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

The man who does not worry about anything must have a steeI-pIated heart and well-stored stomach
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

Brazil follows the Chinese in se- lecting German officers for command in it's army. They enjoy repute for being dependable
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Washington does not appear to be in need of more congressman, but of better ones
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

The old hoopsIirt may come back, but there is no reason to think that it has the face to show itself.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

BdF Sunday has shown that man Nsno tseus how te steal a base may earn hsa 10 take uP the biggest , &alE 1 a e-ffGtisn.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

The Ballinger investigation cost Uncle Sam nearly fourteen thousand dollars. and have you noticed what he got for his money.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

Down in Maine there is a boom in snoWshoes. It is pleasant to think this is so far away
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

There is nothing the matter with Dr. Cooks nerve. The whole trouble seems to be with his mouth
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

Happy thought for today: Beauty used to be skin deep. but it is so thin nowadays that a good deal of it rubs off.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

General Wood informs the country that the war scare is silly. This can not be pleasant reading for Dickinson and TIobsOn.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

The fact that Cornelius Vanderbilt has bought six aeroplanes shows that he intends to have company in his flights
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

Dissension and secession are said to be disturbing the ranks of the boy scouts. At that the situation might be worse.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

A forty mile park between BaIti- more and Washington is not needed there as much as good truck gar deus.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
SHEA & BURKE,
 N0rWicil and IalGvilie dec26d
The Thames Rational Bank

Norwich, Conn. Dec. A, 1910. The annual meeting of the Stock- holders of this Bank. for the election of Directors and the transaction of such ether business as may legally come before them, IS hereby called ta ne held at their Banking House. on Tuesday, Jan. 10. 1911, at II o'clock d. m.
 dec24d
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

To the average citizen, perhaps the most important of their recommends tions were those affecting the elective system. On the theory that it took about two years for 8 man to familiar ize himself with the manifold duties of mayor. a lengthening of that of cial's term to four years was recom- mended It was arranged that he might be recalled at the end of two years. The direct primary system. in spite Of it's general satisfaction. was also done away with by an attempt to non partizanize the city in having all the candidates for office run on nom ination papers without designations. The finance commission also showed willingness to perpetuate their own services by making their body perma- nent.
 But when the tentative draft reach ed the state house it was handed over to the tender nnercies of the politicians who proceeded to dissect it about as tenderIy as butcher cuts up side of beef They refused to stand for this, insisted upon that and there were about three months of pulling and hauling, until the friends of the origi- nal bill became so Wearied that they were willing to agree to anything which would solve the problem.
 This was at the session of 1909.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

From 1910 to 2.G00, inclusive, Easter will fall 20 times within March and T times in April
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
Charter Revision in Boston
 3--HoW the People Were Fooled
BY A CITIZEN

From the time a charter change was proposed there had been a cry for a referendum from several neWspa- pers as well as from the labor unions and some other organizations But there was nothing like this in the minds of either the reformers or the republican leaders. They didn't care to take any chances with the common people when once they got a charter which suited them. But the chamber of commerce had voted in favor Of giving the people a chance to directly express their opinion of the proposed change in their method of government. They marched up to Beacon Hill sev- eraI hundred strong, headed by James J. StorrOW, who was to be the reform candidate for mayor, and demanded the submission of the charter to the voters.
 But as they didn't specify that all of it should be passed upon by the cleo torate, the politicians set to work to see how little of it they could give the people d chance to decide They framed up one of the most remark able referendums ever known. They took the elective and city council feat ures and hitched the good and bad to- gether so that the average voter in order to get what he wanted would have to take something he didn't want.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27

Having pointed out what they con- sidered to be the weaknesses in the charter the reformers set to work to prescribe some old fashioned muni- cipaI medicine admittedly a trifle strong. but calculated to cure if relig- iously taken.
 First of all, they abolished the com mon council a body of 75 members, where oratory was abundant because the debate was reported officially and could be made useful for campaign purposes and where log rolling was prevalent and the politics played of the peanut variety. Not content with this. however, they decided that the board of aldermens with It's 13 mem bers, was too large, so they shaved this down to q bare nine. They also took most of the powers away from this remnant Of the city government.
 Then they caLpe to the mayor. With the cry of more responsibility still ringing in the voters ears they pro posed the most radical move against f-government by providing in their draft that all the mayors appoint ments as heads of departments should be subject to approval by the state civil service commission. Previously the board of aldermen had confirmed these appointments and the claim was made that names were considered wholly from a political standpoint and merit never thought of
 As commission which examines candidates for offices in the public service on a supposedly strictly merit system it was urged that this board would consider appointments entirely on the question of fitness, and fur ther being a state commission would not be influenced at all by Boston politics. The mayor was given some added powers in being given the ap- pointing of the board of street com missioners. d commission then elect i've. and also allowed to veto appro- priation and loan bills in part rather than being compelled to either ap prove or disapprOve in whole.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-27
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The Circulation 0f The Bulletin.

The Bulletin hn~ the largest cir cutassosa of sny paper ia Eastern Cc~-eosSeut, and from three to focr tis.e@ larger than that of Hny fn Nsrvsdch. It is deIivered te over xsoe ~f the 4,o53 kOases In Nor vv1rh, znd read by ninety-thxe- Rer ceat. of the prople. IU Wfndhan, it ia delivered to over poo houses. in Putnam Rnd DzzaeLson tO over i.tOs. sad Is aIl of these places st ss considered the local daily.
 na-t-rn Csnnectfcut has forty ztae towns. one hundred and sixty Ave postofhee districts. and forty a~s rural free delivery routes.
 The Bulletin is sold fn every s~vvM and OH all of ahe R. IF. D.
 rs~se. fin Eastern Connecticut.
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The daily Alaskan., 1910-11-18
POWELL
 IS COMING

A rare musical treat is in store for Skagway. Mr. H. Godfrey Turner manager for Maud Powell, the worlds greatest woman yiolnist has promis d it in the following letter which has been the means of opening negotiations with Nr. II. D. Krmse of this city: Dear Sir
 Next summer l have arranged to bring Miss Maud Powell, the greatest woman volinis, in che world, to AL aska. and of course. we shall play in skagway. lam aware the undertaking Is bis one but she will surely be Che best in her field to have made Jhe trip professionally. .............., ...-...... She was the first to make violin records with an ordinary violin they used to be made with an instrument which had horn at tachmeut. made especially for this work
The daily Alaskan., 1910-11-18
A Dry County.

The landlord of a hotel in a pro- hibiHon county in Indiana is very deaf
 The other day a drummer who wcs at the hotel walked up to the desk where the landlord was standing and asked
 Landlord, can you sell me a stamp"
 The landlord wcirncd tho matter thoughtfully, then he replied:
 No, sir. I'd like 10 help you, but the duruad drys is watchin' me so clus I had to cut it out" Saturday Even ing Post
 A Wi0niag Combination. Good humor and generosity carry the day with The popular heart all the world over.-Aesander Smith.
 Billiards.
 The invention of billiards is general ly attributed to French artist about the year l5T1 Who introduced the game into Britain is not known, but it is mentioned both by Shakespeare and Spencer. and the time of its inroduc- ton seems to have been the close of the sixteenth century.
The daily Alaskan., 1910-11-18
TWO NICE YOUNG ONES.' ?

There was an initiation last night at the EIks, and as a consequence two new members of the local herd were seen browsing in the pasture this morning. Both the new members E. A. KindeH and Clarence olson, were the entertainers of a large audience, and both the audience and entertainers seemed entirely satisfied, (especially the latr) After the ses- sion, a good old time lunch was served.
The daily Alaskan., 1910-11-18

A fine mild temperance drink is the pure wholesome beer made from the sparkling waters Of Tumwater Falls, and the very best barley malt with just the right proportion of choicest grown hops. BreWed as on y the Olympia Brewing company can brew For sale at the Board of Trad
 Ye Ode lyme Barne dance Thanks giyyng Eve, Wednesday, Nov. 2Srd.