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Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-09

Mrs. Michael H. Delaney is spend ing week with relatives in Westerly MT. Delaney was a Westerly visitor on Sunday.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-09

Miss Emma l.. Hull has been the guest of MT. and Mrs. John w. Rich ardson and Miss Louise Richardson of Boston during the past week.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-09

Statistics of building operation during July in the leading cities o the state show a slight failing off il the volume of business as compare, with the same period last year, bu an increase over the month of July 1905
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-09

METAL TRAM ES
 24xS3-32c value 3eo 24x37-37e value 45o 30x37-42o value soc
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-09

William Breed, A G. Crowen and Elmer R. Pierson are in Chicago at tending the triennial conclave of Knights Templar grand encampment.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-08-09

Miss Lottie A. Beckwith, who ha, been spending the month of July witf her brother in Newark, N. J., returns this week.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
.HYHAWKER JOTS

PAY no attention to the knocker."
advises Mack Gretchen. Remember,
the hammer is always directed toward
the fellow who is doing something"
The Atchison Globe is never anything
if not frank. Read what it said re-
Gently: Atchison has had a piece OF
good luck: certain notorious person
has disappeared. Without mentioning
any names, we hope she's dead.
The Salina undertakers are getting
their equipment in such fine shape that
it is almost a shame not to die, re-
marks the Salina Journal. And If this
had not appeared IN the editorial col
umns of the Journal folks might have
been pardoned for looking on it as an
advertisement inserted by the under
takers.
Commenting on the fact that wire
less telegraph takers took several thou
sand dollars out of Concordia. the
Kansan says: eff a man should come
to Concordia offering stock in a coffee
plantation on Mars, he would find men
here glad of a chance to turn their
cash over to him for stock in the
concern"
A Kansan who went west few
months ago writes tire following to
friend in Severance says the Severance
News. my horse went dead and my
mule went lame and 1 lost six COWS
in a poker game then a hurricane
came on a summers day and blew the
house where I lived away; an earth
Quake came while I was gone and
swallowed the land that the house was
on; then the tax collector came nosing
around and charged me up with a
hole in the ground"
Heard a story on that man the 9TH
er day, but I hope it isn't true. Don t
believe it is true, but still a man told
me who ought to know what he is talk
ing about, and he says it is true. Now,
don't understand that 1 believe the
story, etc." said a man the other day,
according to the Marion Record. And
then he proceeded to tell the story"
"a piece of vicious gossip about a man
who bears an excellent reputation in
the community where he lives. This
his intro ducto-y remarks about mot be-
Iieving the story and all that sort of
thing only add to the shame Of his
scattering the poison.
The census enumerator in Lindsborg
was being given the family particulars
by the lady of the house. All went fine,
questions and answers were flying thick
and fast. but when the census man
asked If the lady's husband. who had
immigrated from Sweden was natur-
allied there was a sudden halt. relates
the News The lady was puzzled, after
an appealing look at the enumerator,
question was repeated. Is your hus-
band naturalized? Naturalized? Nat
uralized, she said, and the puzzled ex-
preston of her face deepened. Then
all at once the f1ashlight of compre-
hension lit up her features and she
replied, Yes, yes, his eyes are natural;
they are blue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
Our Shrinking Planet.

None but persons born so or more
years ago are able to realize how
amazingly the planet earth has shrunk
in recent years. In 1910 events in
Europe of the utmost Importance were
not heard of in New York for weeks
and it was weeks later before people
living in southern states and the COM
munities west of the Allegheny noun
tains learned the news. A coup
d'etat in China or an earthquake was
forgotten there before it was known
in America, and South America had
won independence before Madrid
knew the details of many of the bat
ties. Today an important suicide in
Sydney is known all over the world
two hours later, and a change in the
Russian foreign Office is often first re-
ported 5000 miles from st. Peters
burg. The world has become a neigh
borhood. Our systems of production
and distribution are such that war
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
BOYS SCHOOL FOR BOYS, UP11F-r

Il
The introduction of the big Pay rs
you Enter street cars has been ar
companied by the elevation of the car
step to a height which makes it i'm
possible for a child to enter unassisted.
This has furnished material for sun
dry newspaper cartoons in which the
small boy is made to say, Lift me ND.
Somebody This small boy however.
is depicted as we'll dressed, and accom-
panied by a well dressed mother"
writes H. H. Windsor in the July Pop
ular Mechanics.
There are some thousands Of other
small boys, one or more in every com
munfty, just as bright, and promising
and ambitious. whose Lift me up.
Somebody deserves attention. They
are not the juvenile derelicts; they do
not belong in reformatories. They are
simply unfortunate in being born into
conditions and environments which
make difficult or impossible any great
progress. OF recent years several
manual training schools have been
established which provide both a home
and an Observation-Disclosures of the
practical kind, where the hand and
brain develop together, and where high
ideals of a real life are taught. Most
of these boys are orphans, who have
been left penniless; boys who come of
| good parentage. There are no frilIs
about these training schools; the boys
work in shop and field, and develop
into robust, manly men, fit to take
their place in the world. These schools
are supported by voluntary contribu-
lions.
Higher universities, schools of ad-
vanced learning, and specialties in edu-
cation where a high priced professor
lectures to mere handful, are good
and essential. 1t is proper such should
be generously endowed; but there are
many men who came up to success and
wealth out of their own efforts, to
whom college endowments do not
strongly appeal. The good which such
can do, with comparatively little
money, in supporting or founding one
of the Training Schools for Boys, is so
far reaching, and the net results so
large, that it would seem necessary
only to acquaint them with the posi-
bilities to enlist their interest and sup
port.
These schools can be started in a
comparatively small way, with a few
| thousands of dollars. but the good they
accomplish will continue on years after
the donors have ceased making money.
! Succeeding generations of bright boys
will cherish their memories in grateful
remembrance.
THE power of money to do evil may
be great. but nothing like it's power to
do good"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28

or other disturbance in one land mars
the activities of every other.
Particular attention is called to this
shrinkage of the planet by the activi-
ties of the international crop reporting
service of the International Institute
of Agriculture at Rome. This service
comprehends careful investigation OF
climatic and soil conditions in every
land and the publication OF reports
which accurately estimate the coming
harvest of all staples. 1t is an appro-
pirate institution in this age of wire
less telegraphy. airships, and ever
growing interdependence among all
nations. Race prejudice, international
suspicion, and warfare are all the
outgrowth of our ignorance OF the
people and conditions existing IN other
lands. But the planet is shrinking,
and with the growth of reason and the
advance of science it must continue TO
shrink until all races are brought TO-
gether, and the evils of ignorance are
crowded into space.-Phllaoelpni
Evening Telegraph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
Frog VS.. Chicken.

Frogs are selling at 20 cents apiece in
Evansville, and the consumers are eat
ing 'em whole. 1t used to be that only
the frogs hind legs were eaten, but be-
cause of the exactions of the beef trust
a good many families have been driven
to unprecedented economies. The
Evansville Courier says frog |soup"
and frog patties" are much in vogue,
and those who have tried frog as a
whole agree that it is pretty good eat
ing.
Doubtless we shall soon have recipes
from southern Indiana for preparing
baked, stewed, or fried frog: for frog
on toast; for frog pie. for frog GRO
quotes, and various other dishes which
in time may come into wild spread pop
ularity. If Evansville is using all Of
the frog but the croak, and finding It
palatable and digestible. there is no
reason why the rest of the world
shouldn't follow suit. The information
brings with it cause for regret that in
past years the people OF this country
have been indulging in such wicked
waste of first class edible material in
rejecting the upper works of the frog
and combining their attention solely 10
his rear motive power
Since chicken is gradually getting
out of reach of everybody except mil
lionaires and poultry raisers, it is
discovery of no mean Importance that
has been made by the consumers at
Evansville. The frog crop is always
large and fuorishing, and all the lakes
and ponds are well stocked. The frogs
are assertive and voiceful, and do not
hesitate to make their presence known.
There is not much difficulty in locating
them, and their capture is small task
for the experienced frog hunter.
The principal difficulty about the
matter Is that in the event the frog in
his entirety should become popular as
a substitute for chicken the beef trust
is likely to buy all the ponds, put the
frogs in cold storage, and thereby cor
ner the market The consumer then
would be worse off thar ever, for while
frog NAV be an acceptable substitute
FOR chicke- where shall we find any
edible substitute for frog?-Louisviile
l11rier-JOurnal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
HUNOR OF THE Day

She-John is very considerable sort of
a fellow, isn't he? He (the riyaD-oh, yes.
s synyn Which a Chauffeur displays
toward a helpless cripple.-Life.
How did I acquit myself. hubby?"
well, you don't make the speeches that
mother used to make" was the ungrac-
ious answer of the gentleman suffragette.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
fragette meeting this afternoon That
so?' Eyes, were to be addressed by Mrs.
Wantatote. Just think, she's been arrest
ed four times."-Detroit Free Press.
"Coeducation is a good thing. The boy
gets his study and his counting finished
work" Just so. While the girl can
save dad lots of money by marrying in
her graduation gown-"-Washington Star.
wifey-This pudding is a sample of the
new cooks work. What do you think OF
it? Hub-Id call it me difor Wi Hx;T,
A student at a technical school in Bos-
ton, who had too frequently asked leave
reason the necessity OF attending the fun
eral of a cousin; We'll" said the doubt
go; but 1 do wish it were a nearer rela-
ive"-Lippincotts.
why does Pfpps look so sad?" HE
SAYS nts me 1Indeed?" yes At very
early age he cried for the moon, and he
been wanting something he couldn't get
ever Observation-Disclosures Age Herald.
The patron of the luncheon had lost all
patience. ibid you know that 1 belonged
to the Don't WErry c1h sna asked the the
f5 1sH bo nth Hurry ry0 Cub GSEs News
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.I

lFrom the Atchison Globe.J
A hotel is like a newspaper: it rarely
pleases people.
1t is always easy for a woman to quit
the use of tobacco.
During terribly hot weather, quit love
and piano practice.
A politician takes himself as seriously
as a young doctor.
The puffs worn by some of the girls
look like a plate of sausage links.
Do you know of a nastier noise than a
mule makes when he is lonesome?
Our idea of nobody of particular i'm
fighter.
When you want to see man, don't call
him as you would call dog, as SO many
do
There is never a time in a political
good.
When a man becomes an agent, his
first move is to attempt to victimize his
friends.
If you must shake hands during this
terribly hot weather, let your shake be
as short as possible.
If you never bother busy people when
you're loafing, that's one big long mark
to your credit, anyway.
When some men talk about their rights,
they are discussing the privileges they en-
joy of imposing on others.
Every day we are more impressed with
the fact that there is a tremendously
large number of worthless people in the
world
A woman may believe in her husband
but she is more inclined to argue with
him than she is to argue with her min
lister or doctor.
We never look UP that we do not see
some of the Lysander John Appletons in
their automobile. When do the Appletons
find time to attend to whatever they have
70 dO9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28

tiers, but about girls getting morbid,
and the effort they must make to
shake it off.
Did you tell him ?" asked Miss
Helen after the doctor had departed
did you tell him the reason you had
lost your appetite was because you
ate SO many pears yesterday? 1t was
all of two Dozen"
IT'S for a doctor to find out such
things was the calm reply.
Mother thinks the doctor doesn't
know much.'
He doesn't have to. That is, he
has cured me, and he won't have to
wrinkle his brow any more. I thought
didn't care to live any longer, but I've
changed my mind. Let's go out and
see if any more ripe pears have
fallen.'
There was one more attack, and
that didn't come until the doctor had
paid dozen or more social calls.
Then the pain came back on the heart
side. He didn't write a prescription
but telephoned for his auto, and or
dered his patient to accompany him
on twenty mile ride. When it was
well under way he said, and said it
professionally:
Miss Lisle, find yours a compli-
Gated case-very complicated
you don't think it may result in
my losing my mind. do your" she
We'll, no. On the contrary, after
have been up to see your father,
think your mind will be much
clearer
why, DR.. Harper. what can you
possibly mean? Are you going to tell
my father that-that-''
"Just so. I shall tell him that he
needs a son-in-law who is a doctor
and understands your symptoms. I've
also got bit of heart trouble, and 1
hi II hot y. h.
And when Miss Isle returned home
the staid Helen gave her a long look
and then said:
so that's what you were up to,
Ell? Well, you behave yourself for at
least fortnight now!"-(Copyrigh
1910 by Associated Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
FREIGHT RATE INCREAsDs.

In the faulthnders' league, protests
are now going up against the agree
ment which has been reached between
the packers and the railroads whereby
the latter are going to advance freight
rates about IL per cent on packing
mouse products. These protests chiefly
concern the part that George w. Per-
k1ns, Of the firm of J. Pierpont Morgan
q Co. is reported to have played as
mediator between the packers and the
railroads. This is styled as a "usurpa-
tlon' of governmental functions as the
new railroad law gives the mediation
between shippers and railroads to the
Interstate commerce commission. 1t is
also argued that such agreements be-
tween the railroads and the shippers
are against public policy.
But it will probably appear TO many
more people that this is an excellent
way of settling the paramount differ
ences over increased rates between the
shippers and the railroads. OF course.
none of these increased rates can be
put IN effect until they receive the en-
dorsement of the interstate commerce
commission. If, however, the railroads
and the big shippers can get into agree
80 AcSlC AAlCISdS6SS many OF the
olff1cult1es that the interstate commerce
commission would have to overcome in
arriving at an equitable conclusion on
these Increases will have been done
with. And 1t ought not to matter very
much who acts as mediators between
the railroads and the shippers in their
oellperations over these increases.
1t is understood that the railroads
are going to pursue the same course
with other big shippers as they have
with the packers, in trying to figure out
rates increases that are deemed to be
necessary to the railroads and to which
the shippers will not object. The next
negotiations are to be between the dry
goods shippers and the wholesale gro
GERS and so on down along the line.
And in these conferences over rate in
creases it is reasonable to assume that
the shippers will not be disposed to
make any concessions to the railroads
to which they do not think the rail-
roads are entitled.
Such increases as may be agreed unon
VIII have to be submitted to the inter-
state commerce commission, which will
have the final say in the matter, and
II any r. the proposed increases are
deemed to be inimicaI to public inter-
ests it IS not likely that thew will he
allowed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record


1t is never too late to promise.
AS a rule love only dies when 1t Is tor
tured to death.
Food for reflection is a poor substitute
for square meal.
Many a woman makes up everything
except her mind.
Marriage is lottery in which alimony
is frequently the prize.
There are no dead ones like those who
are killed with kindness.
When 1t comes to an argument a man
generally gives in, but woman seldom
gives out
On the "laugh-and-grow-fat'' principle,
the heaviest people must be the most
light hearted.
Blobbs-Scarcely anyone speaks to that
fellow Skinnum. Slobbs-Yes, even his
barber cuts him.
Lucky at cards, unlucky at love-
quoted the Wise Guy. well, either ia
simply case of holding hands," said the
Simple Mug.
Blobbs Injecting Slobbs coming out Of a
pawnshop)-Never mind. old fellow, there
are lots of things in life we have to put
UP with. Slobbs-Yes If we have them to
put ID.
IT understand you are called the gentle
man burglar. said the lawyer who had
been retained by the prisoner. How 1fid
you acquire your sobriquet?' 81 began
my nefarious career by stealing kisses.'s
replied the prisoner. modestly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
Where Millions Are Lost.

The plea that good roads are "too
costly" belongs only to the cheap
statesman, the mossback and such old
fashioned publications as the Joyville
Clarion. 1t has no place in the con-
sideration of the problem of modern
road building.
The primary purpose in securing
good roads is to eliminate the enorm-
Gus and everlasting cost of bad roads.
Modern country roads bear the same
relation to the rural districts as paved
streets bear to the cities. Paved
streets for municipalities are, first of
all, a business proposition The COM
fort and convenience afforded by them
is matter of secondary consideration.
No city could be built on mud streets.
Neither can agricultural communities
be developed on mud roads. And any
condition that retards the fullest de-
velopment of country life is an ex-
pense that spells ruin and bankruptcy
in the end.
The old wooden plow could be pur-
chased for less than the modern i'm
plements used to break the soil. But
no farmer could maintain his farm
with a wooden plow. 1t would prove
too costly an experiment The OK team
could be purchased for less money
than the draft horses cost. but the OK
team has been abandoned as an ex-
pense that no modern farmer could
stand.
Mud roads retain the same relation
to modern progress as the wooden
pillow and the OK team. Kansas wastes
$1,000,000 every year on mud roads;
Iowa wastes 100000 annually in the
same way. 1t is a system of throw
ing good money after bad money! in
an attempt to Improve roads that
need to be rebuilt. and after millions
have been wasted in this manner the
same old mud roads exist. Nothing
iS left 70 show for all the
The $10,000,o00 Kansas has lost in
the mud holes of its country roads in
the past ten years would have given
the state an excellent system of per-
manent highways. 1t would have
meant an investment that would now
be paying big dividends to the farm
owners Of that state.-Kansas City
Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
JOURNAL ENTRIES

Anv number of persons are not half
as good-looking as they think they
are.
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Some people are so dense they can
not even recognize the inevitable"
when it comes along.
y X x
individuals who look upon haste as
unseemly are likely to be nothing else
than lazy.
y
Real new jokes are so strange that
they seldom are greeted with so much
as a smile when first told.
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The best part about going away for
a trip is getting home and hearing
the folks say they're glad to see you
back.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
rFrom the Chicago News.

Cheap jewelry always has guilty look.
And many a coming man neglects to
arrive.
Mortgage the ship for all it's worth be-
fore giving 1t up.
Some men carry a sandbag because
they are too proud to beg.
Many of US have cause to be thankful
for what we don't get.
The tattooed man who is pessimist
must be the picture of despair.
Occasionally we meet a man who is so
honest that he attracts attention.
And some people have too much respect
for other peoples homes and not enough
for their own.
Sometimes a woman keeps on telling
people how smart her husband is until
She actually believes it.
We know people who seem to know
everything except the fact that they don't
know how much they don't know.
The satirist can talk about the aver
age man with impunity, because every
man considers himself above the average.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
FROA OTHER PENS

CLINGING TO A LAND OF PERIL.
Earthquakes take their toll of life
and property in Calalbra and other parts
of Southern Italy now, as they have
done for thousands of years. Doubtless
they will continue to destroy towns and
Jay waste villages for thousands of
years to come. The towns will be there
and the peasants will still build their
humble homes where the earth trernorS
are common enough to make long for
getfulness Of earth cataclysms impossi-
BILE.
Such perils do not depopulate a re-
gion of natural charm. They do not
prevent man from stalking everything
en- the chance that he will survive the
hazards Of a treacherouS land. Southern
Italy does not grow as Lombardy -four
ishes, it is true, and in many parts of
the italian kingdom Calabra, like Sicily,
is looked upon as far behind the aver
age of Italian progress. But, although
shaken by earthquake and most deVas-
tated by terrible storms the population
is well maintained. The climate, the
fruits, the beauty of a land of noun
tains and valleys, hills and dales, ov-
crcome the fear of earth upheavals
and all other forms of natures vio-
lence.
Since man is powerless to control
earthquakes and prevent tornadoes,
these conditions will continue, as far as
can be foreseen into the distant future.
Southern Italy will remain an earth
quake land, a region of unusual danger
and a country beloved and chung to
by its people. That is the way of hu-
man nature, the hold any fair spot on
the surface of the globe has upon it's
children.-Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-28
THE MUSINGS OF ARRoyo At,

IHE MUSINGS OF ARROYO AL.
Men amt, so different from the steers
They're full of most darnfoolfsh fears
And allus hate to herd alone
They'll act as nice as apple sass
When they have all thew want to eat.
But When the bunch is short of grass
Fer orn'rfness it's hard to beat.
Some days they'll move along the trails
Serene as any summer morn,
And agin they'll roll their tails
And stampede to the last durn horn.
some looks like common, some preferred,
But don't count much on that by ifngi
cause every cTftter in each herd
Is worth just what he'll chanst to bring.
Denver Republican.