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Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

put a blanket on me, not when I am working, but when I am standing in the cold Never put a frosty bit Tn my mouth; first warm it by holding 1t moment in your hands.
 l try to carry you and your bur- dens without a murmur, and wait pa tiently for you long hours of the day or night. Without the power to choose my shoes or path. I sometimes fall on the hard pavements, which have often prayed might not be of wood. but of such q nature as to give me a safe and sure footing. Remem- Der that I must be ready at any mo- ment to lose my life in your service.
 And finally O, My Master, when my useful strength is gone, do not turn me out to starVe or freeze. or sell me to some cruel owner. to be slowly tortur- ed or starved to death; but do Thou, My Master, take my life in the lSinedst way, and your God will reward you here and hereafter. You will not con slider me irreverent if I ask this in the name of Him who was born in a Sta ble. Amen.-The Progressive Thinker
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25
THE BULLETIN s DAILY STORY
TELLING HER

stand any length of time. I dropped in to see Mrs. Wigstaff the other day and she was just getting ready to cook a chicken she had bought at the meat market. She said it was a young bullet hut anybody could tell at a glance that it was an old rooster- probably a game rooster that was kill ed fighting. If that rooster had been dead an hour it had been dead three weeksi
 "Out of pure kindness I told Mrs Wigstaff that the chicken wasn't fit to eat and she ought to send 1t back you think she was grateful for the friendly advice? She fiared up as though I had fnsulted her and said I'd be better employed cleaning up my own house than in poling my nose into the business of my neighbors- To offer advice to such people is casting pearls before swine. I'm sure I'm al ways thankful for advice, if know it is good. Of course, I don't like to have people tell me how to do things when I know better than they do.
 Mrs. RunaIong was trying to tell me the other day how to make salt rising bread I never heard anything more ridiculous than her plan. and l told her so. If there Is one thing I pride myself on it's making salt-ris- ing bread. forgot more about 1t in my sleep than Mrs. Runalong ever sus- pected I'm naturally easy-going and comes into my own kitchen and under takes to tell me how to make salt rising bread I lose my temper and l don't mince words. Mrs. Runalong was real sassy and independent, and we had quite a fuss, and I suppose she's telling her side of the story all over the neighborhood.
 Whats that? You must be going? Well. you are in great hurryi You must drop in again whenever you can Mrs Cumback And if you fry your chicken the way l told you I'm sure you'll have no more trouble. It's the only proper way to fry a chicken, and I learned itffrom my mother, and sLe learned it from her mother, so you see it's a family recipe and l wouldn't tell it to everybody News.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25
COMET WEATHER.

Some reopIe are attributing the un- seasonabIe weather to the comet, and if we did not have just such weather when no comet is cavortfng in the slazing distance, one might be war ranted in taking some stock in the statement
 The weather has been most unpro- nftious for the comet-gazers, as it has been for the agricubtur1sts, and the moonlight nights and foggy and hagy weather here in New England have obscured the sky SO that those who desire to see this traVeler or twenty three centuries have found It. He satjsfaction for their endeavor to get good views of it. Theze has been no chance to see it in the twest since it swept the earth with it's tail, but 1T is hoped that the weather will prove more favorable soon and that ample opportunity to see, so far as science knows, the most celebrated comet of this celestial system.
 It was surprising that there was so much comet-fear in this region. We'll read people as well as the astrono- ners who have the sIrS:3e under con- srderation, felt no apprehension, for the divine law which has kept this comet in motion for over twoethousand yeaxs has not changed and 1t is as true to its orbit as are scores Of other comets. Comets disa ppear from the skies without doing any damage to earth, and this one may. There is no hit or miss business about the cours- CTS of the sky, for the law under which ehey speed Is under the gu1d- aace of Him who fixed the suns of the universe in their places and set in motion about them the innumerable worlds which excite the wonder of man.
 There is no evidence that these comets affect anything in the worlds atmosphere other than its magnetic currents, and this Is so slight as to have no appreciabIe effect
 Those who have trembled in fear because of what they imagined might happen, have had their agitation for nothing; and it is to be hoped that they have been completely cured of the horrors of ignorance by the enlight- m erft which good order and dependa- bic law has spread abroad.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25
Size Nothing to Quality.

Some of the Hartford newspapers are excited because they think they have discovered that the census returns do not meet expectations. They want an independent census now, taken by the police. If the job of government cen sus taking has been bungled the fact should, of course, be known. But we do not consider it of much importance if the Capitol City drops some thou sands below the figure she fondly hoped to attain. Merely growing big is not particularly edifying- It is much more important that Hartford should grow in other directions, and she is steadily doing that. She has become a most attractive city. Mary of her private and pubiIc buildings are beautiful. Her parks are the admiration of all. her business enterprise is remarkable; her newspapers are in the front rank; her schools are among the best
 Now 1T she will improve and beautlfy her wat teffrsn and do her part in re deenling the Connecticut river, we will cheerfully forgive her if she does not pass the one hundred thousand pOpula tton mark in years.-Bristol Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25
A Statement by Special Agent 0ownes


 MT. Editor: Your paper of Tuesday would give the public to understand that a great many had been skipped in the census recently taken in Nor wich and I think an explanation prop CT, as the article referred to reflects on me as special agent, and my duties were to see that the enumerators did their work properly and covered all the territory allotted to them.
 Dr. Stark wrote me that he feared Slater avenue was skipped, but the enumerator had not got to it at that time, and it was done long before the enumeration closed. and before Church or Union streets.
 Many rUmors of skiDs have been re- ported to me, and found in every case but two that the lady of the house had given the information. but had not told the other members of the enumerator's visit. I have only sent four names to Professor Bailey since the enumeration closed, and have been compIimented on the work done in Norwich and New London. Not a single paper as yet has been returned for correction, and I doubt if any place the size of Norwich or New London will show better re- suits in the finished work or in people skipped. There may be some more, but I think very few. Another word, the people will not be surprised when the general results are published if they would take a trip through Yantic viI- large and other sections and count the empty tenements; also reflect on the number of families who have left Nor
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.

It was thought in March that an adjournment of congress might be reached by the last of May, but we are now past the middle of the month and no one pretends to know when the session will end
 The minority leader of the house, Champ Clark of Missouri, feels quite positive that congress will be doin g business in Washington on July 18th, and this appears to be the date fixed upon by the insurgents; but no sound comos from the ruling party of con- Sress. Senator Crane is quoted as saying: T do not think it will be so late as July 18th when an adjourn m ert will take place."
 What Senator Crane doesn't think is not much of an indication of what is to be expected. The situation cer- tsin1y indicates that congress is not just now near to adjournment and that it will be some weeks before the work will Do finished.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,
An invention Needed.

Mir. Editor: If I were a long-legged man I should hold my peace, but I am not and hence I have a grievance, for the double-open cars now being run in this city are a high-strain for me, as they must be for hundreds of others. l have always been able to make a high step, but never could climb for a cent If a light, portable ladder could be in vented which would aid short-legged men, women and children to get into these new cars it would be a great convenience. Why, it took three men to get a little, fat woman uopn one of these cars the other day. We like good cars, but to have the running board a reach and a jump for long-legged hu- mans, puts the short-leggers in danger of serious injury. Those cars should be a little lOweri
 A SHORT-LEGGED MAN.
 Norwich, May 23, 1910.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25
Ie BURBANK A FAKER?

If Luther Burbank, the celebrated hcrticururist, was guilty of writing or approving thousand and one claims that have been made in his name, he ought to be regarded as a faker; but it is questionable whether he ever claimed to be a creator of any thlng-whether he has put the ,exag- gsrated value upon his work which his boomers have.
 There are thousands of men experi- menting in horticulture just as Mir Burbank is, and they are promoting horticulture by improving plants by cross fertilization and in other ways, and doing the world great service.
 Luther Burbank is in no way az gressive, but since he has been com mercially boomed he has many op- ponents. One of the most prominent of these is E. M. East, a professor of Howard, Mo. who said the other day, in lecture at Boston:
 The 'wonderberry,' which Luther Burbank claimed to have evolved as a new species, is in reality an old species well known to botanists and horticulturists. There was nothing new about it, yet Burbank and his 'wonderberry' were the recipients of innumerah hae press notices.
 The white blackberry was also widely proclaimed as new species, yet 1t was as old as the hills and known all through Europe Further more, it was of no particular value"
 Professor East called attention to the fact that J. s. Leaning has succeeded in evolving species of cern which may result in increasing the national corn crop 10 per cent. and expressed the opinion that he had done more for the welfare of the people than Luther Burbank
 There Is no question of Burbark's s greatness in his special field, but there are others, and it is not time yet to d~"errnine who is of most use to the world
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

wich in the last few years. besides young single men who have long since found employment in Hartford, Brid ge- port, Waterbury and New Haven. With all that we have gained-not enough to satisfy-but gained. any way; the town section falling off some, and the city proper showing nicely.
 c. J. DOWNES. Norwich, May 24. 1910.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

The Boston Record calls attention to the fact that President Mellen's wage" was reduced S10,00O in the panic at his own request and it has not since been restored to $50, GOO. MT. Mellen refused offer of the directors to make 1t S100,0o0. This practically duplicates the case of Theodore w. Vail, says The Record, on assuming the presidercy ofeAmerican Telephone in 1e9s; he took a s10O,o0o position But as he at once suggested this figure was re6Need to s75,oee. It has not since been aava need
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

It should be remembered that the man who doesn't put out money for hrecra ckers for the boys cannot make of a patriot.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

Governor EolltAs discovers that he is d statutory feiSa-a man without a cou1tfy-and that he cannot vote un ., til he has been restored to citizenship by the pres fdent
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

It was an ancient philosopher who said eff thou wouldst marry we'll marry thine equal.' The women are not as careful about this as they should be
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

Releasing a man from prison to relieve his conscience is not a reg ular thing. but in the case of the Sugar trust it seems to be commendable
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

As time wears on, Speaker Cannon does not seem to warm up toward the insurgents. They are on the polar side of him to stay.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

Mrs. Ella Young, superintendent of the Chicago schools, is to be made an LID. by the University of Illinois in June. She deserves it.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

The poor are always with us, and if the county aIEDsffDuses of New York are truly described, will never find anything worse than has befalIen them in this world
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

A young man who had been given the third degree for fifty-three hours confessed to everything and then hanged himself in his cell.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

The Sugar trust does not appear to have rid itself of it's dishonest incre- ment when it fired 130 employees and thanked God it was purified.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

The New York legislature adiourns on Friday; but let us hope that 1t will not try to initiate the high jinks of the legislature of New Jersey.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

It would not be strange if Jeffries and Johnson were each wondering who would see the more stars on the Fourth.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

The Ballinger faction was economi- cal in the use of money, but it's ex- travagance in the use of words has just amazed the nation.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

The Massachusetts senate does not approve of the income tax amendment of the constitution.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

In the expulsion of the Jews, Russia has way of confiscating their prop erty which would become a thief
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

The comets tail acts like an electric searchlight. Now you see it, and now you don't.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

Congressman Hill asked Manufac- turer Floss some very pertinent ques- tions when he was assaiIing the tar if
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

George v. is said to be an early riser. He likes to see the early bird catch the early worm. perhaps.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

The northwest has had another snow storm, but it is expecting spring to ar rive soon.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

rFhe first oonaxess Taft has had on hss hands may net prove to be the worst.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

They say that honesty in politics does truly pay-fn Canada.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

Gondolas are being displaced by mo- nor boats op tbs main canals of Venice. but they l VI in the 124 side caRalS
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

Happy thoH{ht for today: It is man xhcsaaxaEx q scAPecrew of comets, not Gof
Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-25

WHEN you want 10 put your buai- ness before the public. tn ere Is no ,ue- dfum better than through the -advsrtia- fna columns Of The Ddilse1m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-01
STENOGS OUTSPELL
WOODMEN AUDITORS
Contest for Championship of Head
Office Building Last Evening
After Supper.

The much talked of spelling match
between the auditing department and
the correspondence department of the
Woodman head Office building took
place last evening and il resulted
disastrously for the auditors who lost
TO the fair key punchers. The contest
took place in the certificate depart
ment and w n. Phillips of the record
ing department gave words and pro-
nounced judgment. The auditors
team was headed by o. L. Hickman
and the stenographers were headed by
Miss Ola Van Horn. There were half
a dozen in each team. The main rea-
son for holding the match was to
bring Miss Van Horn and Mr. Hick-
man together in a test of their PROV
esses along this line. The auditors
were banking on their representative
To- win while the stenogs were just
as sure that their champion would
stand up the longer. The latter had
made the better guess because when
Mr.. Hickman finally slipped upon a
word Miss Van Horn promptly spelled
it and was declared the winner. the
others having all been spelled down
previously
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-01
is FIRST BIG DAY
American Bowling Congress at
Detroit Enters Upon More
Interesting Stage.
MANY OUT OF TOWN MEN
Al and Tony SchwoegIer, Last Years
Champions, Attract Interest,"
Scores Run High.

Detroit, Mich, March This was
the first big day of the 10th annual
tournament of the American Bowling
congress. Thirty-two two-man teams,
x individuals and IA five-man teams
were on the schedule. II was also
the first day upon which out of town
Eowlers predominated Among the
cities represented were Madison, Wis.
Flint, Mich, and Chicago.
Al and Tony Schwoegler of Madison.
Wis, winners of the doubles cham
pionship at Pittsburg last year. with
the unprecedented score of 1904, were
the center of interest as they defended
their title in one of the early squads
Score Over 600
Detroit, March 1.-Bowlers twice
beat the 500 mark in the individual
event of the tenth annual tournament
of the American Bowling congress,
now in progress in this city. Out of
some 40 contenders. Otto Wahl, a
Clevelander. posting up 636. due
largely to a burst. of speed in his
last game, when he ran to 257, high
single game of the present meet
J2nn GruOer, another Cleveland SX
pert, drew 62S for a temporary sec
ond place.
The work in the doubles was al
most of the same class as the singles,
in spite of it being the opening day
for both of the minor events, three
pairs putting across totals away over
100, Mowatt and Johnson of De-
troit, holding the temporary lead
with 1,16O.
Dope on past tournaments shows
that not a 900 series in the singles
Or an LOO was ever made on the
opening day of these events, a proof
that the present alleys are lightning
fast and that the big records of for
ner tournaments ought to be relegat-
ed to the rear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-01
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-01
WEST VlRGINlANS
LEAD TWO MAN TEAMS

Detroit, Mich, March Leading
scores in the bowling tournament
are:
Two man teams-Herndon Fought
Huntington, w. Va, ,O49; French
Oakley, Madison. Wis, 1929; Kehl.
Luckenmeyer, Madison, Wis, 1913;
Huntington, w. Va.
1,012; Tamag1i brothers, Detroit,
1902; Meyers Parkinson, Detroit.
I 900; Dorrbaker-Swanson. Madison.
Wis, $50; Harper-Petherick, Detroit,
963.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-01
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-01
BALL PLAYERS WIN FIGHT
President Taft PardOns Thomas Tay-
Tor, Old National League Man.

Atlanta, Ga, March AFTER
serving L 5 years in the federal pr;s-
on for the murder of his wife, Thorn
as Taylor of Washington. d. c., once
a star in the National baseball league,
has been granted freedom on the re
ceipt of a pardon signed by Presi-
Gent Taft. He left at noon for Wash
inguon. The presidents action Col
lowed the receipt of petition started
by kid" Elberfeld of the New York
Americans and signed by all leading
ball players in the United States.