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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

and the congressman in nearly every lead
the way to the presence of the president.
The wonder is if the country knows how much
hard work goes in the White House. not only
in the presidents office. but in all the adjoining
Offices. If anyone enves the private secretary
his position perhaps he would throw envy to the
winds after watching Charles Dyer Norton go
through one days labor The assistant secretary
works just hard does the chief secretary
and in the Office communicating with the room of
these two hard-working men is room filled with
stenographers and clerks hard at work.
There is one White House clerk who has
most pafnstaking job. Invitations to the semi.
public White House receptions Of course
graved. but the of each person invited
must appear on the engraved ticket of admission
which accompanies the invitation. line Of
the ticket must be left blank because the ensra-
wing of 1000 individual names to go on each
card. would be an endless task and tremendous
expense. 1t is the duty of Of the clerks to
fill in the names and to do it SO that the writing
shall look though it were engraved. This he
does in way that deceves the ordinary eye-
sight. A card of admission to OF the White
House receptions looks II it all the work
Of the engraver. fine is the handicraft of the
who flls In the vacant line with the tracing
of his ordinary pen.
About year and half ago the clerk who did
this engraving died and 1t became necessary to
that this would be hopeless task, that at the
best the services of must be obtained who
after long practise might be able to accomplish
what his predecessor successfully had DONE
To the surprise OF everybody the first cards of
Invitation that went out just as deceptive as
far engraving and handwriting were concerned
those that had gone from the desk OF the
man who for years had labored at the task and
had arrived at perfection which 1t supposed
no one without months Of practise could reach.
One of President Taft's daily tasks Il to sign
the commissions OF officers of the army and navy,
and Of men appointed to various positions In civu
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30
N(N~ AxITE HOD5S
oc~cE

ested in matters not connected with politics or
legislation that of his volition he fingers
long frequently with individual visitors and so
while the method Of reception hastens things in
a measure it cannot Offset the delay that comes
from the presidents apparent desire to have
every guest put into good humor and to leave
him with smile in his heart"
At the outset of the Taft administration Wis.
itors saw him at time and the who
was talking to him did not feel the spur of haste
which is now felt by the presence in the room
Of half dozen dozen other visitors. all
eagerly waiting their turn and occasionally shift
ing uneasily in their seats because of the time
that the one who has the presidents ear is ta-
king up.
President Roosevelt, just President Taft,
was humanity interested in great many things
which did not affect public matter. For instance
II well-known sportsman called Mr. Roosevelt
would perhaps talk to him for half hour about
big game shooting the best way to reach the
haunts of some wild creature which the colonel
never had had the pleasure of meeting at the
end Of the gun. One of President Tafts hobbies
Is baseball, and every league team that visits
Washington calls at the White House, where its
members talk Of curves. inshoots, drop balls and
the best way to place hits. to the who weary
of railroad legislation and tariff talk. is willing
In spirit to get on the diamond for few minutes.
President Tafts good nature is proverbial.
During the late spring and early in
Washington school children literally by the thou
sands poured into the capital. 1t seems that in
some cities the children of the high schools give
entertainments during the winter and charge
admission thereto The money that is thus OBJ
tained is used to pay the expenses of the pupils
to Washington. In where the childrens
parents able to bear the expenses of the trip
the money is used to pay the expenses of boys
and girls who otherwise could not undertake the
journey.
One day at the White House there appeared a
delegation Of $50 school children. The president
had number Of appointments with senators and
representatives and with prominent from q
distance. Notwithstanding this he told his
tary that the door should be thrown open and
that the school children should be admitted. He
not only made them a speech. but he shook hands
with each one and had q word beyond the per-
functory "Glad to you." to say to each pupil
he she went by.
The story Of the welcome which the $50 chill
dren had went abroad and for days the presi
dents mornings were busy with the work of well
coming the pupils of schools from all the eastern
states The children always accompanied
by several teachers. who chaperon them and
make preparations for their sightseeing Az
~ they reach Washington the representa-
tive in congress from the district or districts in
vhiah The schools are situated are called upon.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30
How He Kept the Law.

Il noticed" said the friend who
could-be-trusted. after trip through
the factory where preserves are made,
that a white powder is first put in
the cans. and that the preserves are
then put in the white powder
Yes explained the proprietor to
the friend-who-could be-trusted, that
white powder is preservative. You
see we are compelled to put the pre-
serves in preservative because an
idiotic requirement of the government
makes it unlawful for us to put a
preservative In the preserves"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30
'I>MITCHELLS EYE SALyE IZsA !
Busted

Many q man goes broke-in Health
then wealth. Blames his mind
says it don't work right; but oil the
time it's his 6osveks. They don't work
liver dead and the whole system gets
clogged with poison. Nothing kills
good, clean-cut brain action like con-
stipation. CASCARETS will relieve
and cure. Try it now. M
CASCARETS loc box for wssk's
treatment AL druggista Biggest seilee
b the world Nillion boxes q mo.sh
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

given me, and am recommending it
to all my friends. Mrs. W. S. FORD.
2207 w. Franklin ST., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms Of
female complaints is Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
stood the test Of years and to-day Is
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. 1t has cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, inflam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors. ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearingdown feeling, fatulency.
indigestion, and nervous prostration.
after all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any of these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound trial.
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free Of
charge.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30
important to Mothers
Plenty Of Material.

Son" said the press humorist, you
have inherited some of my humor."
Not enough to make living with,
dad"
Never mind. I'm going to leave
you all of my jokes"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

Red, Weak, Weary, watery Eyes.
Relieved By Murine Eye Remedy Try
Murine For Your Eye Troubles You win
Like Murine: 1t Soothes. soc at Your
Druggists. Write For Eye Books. FREQ.
Murine Eye Remedy CO.. Chicago.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

Ioil liitS uldll-
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. l had
given up hope Of
ever being well
VIXEN l began to
tale Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
l felt as though
new life had haep
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30
n Won Are 1rifIe Sensitjva

About the size of your shoes, many people
wear smaller shoes by using Aliens Foot Ease,
the Antiseptic Powder to shake into the shoes.
1t cures Tired, Swollen. Aching Feet and
gives rest md comfort. Just the thing for
breaking in new shoes. Sold everywhere, 25c.
Sample sent FREE. Address, Allen $. Olmsted.
lie Roy, N. Y.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30
Enouoh Proxocation.

Patience-Does she know any songs
without words?
Patrice-No, whenever she sings It's
certain to bring on wsrds.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

A friends worth is at it's best when
an enemy tests the strength.-Roy-
ston.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

A thick head is apt to generate q
multitude of thin ideas.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

adopt the Roosevelt policy of getting rid Of his
visitors, because the two men constitutionally
different in at least respect. 1t must be said.
however that the Roosevelt plan of receiving
guests has done good deal to save the tempers
Of White House visitors and the time Of Mr..
Taft
AS everybody knows. addition made
to the White House Offices time ago. In
the Roosevelt days callers went into the cabinet
room and from there either ushered into
the adjoining room, where the president sat.
or waited while Mr.. Roosevelt came out and
made circuit OF the cabinet room. speaking to
caller after another and getting through with
his work quickly and yet without giving ofense.
Now President Taft has a circular all
to himself. and while the visitors allowed the
two big rooms outside, 1t is from these rooms
they find there way to the presidents presence.
being let in eight ten at time and not
at time. the when Mr.. Taft first
took office.
The president has adopted the Roosevelt
method OF passing from visitor to visitor learn
ing the wants Of each and trying best he
to suit each caller and to get rid OF him quick
ly as courtesy will permit President Taft, how
ever, is SO good natured and is humanity inter
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

Or Pierce Pleasant Pellets regulate and invts-
rate stomach. liver and bowels. Suga ar-coaLod
.!ny. granuIes, easy to take 10 not grippe.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup.
For rchldren teething. softens gums. reducesir r
nannation aiAys pain. cures " -: Ioll.e .
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

Give yourself opportunity--get out
of the old road, where the stink wag-
ons go rushing by, and take the path
across the fields of new thought.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

Knock and the world will join in
the anvil chorus.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30
AFTER
FOURYEARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md "For four years
my life was misery to me. l suffered
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30
Siienced the Critic.

Charles Sumner when ip London,
gave a ready reply. At dinner given
in his honor he spoke of the ashes''
of some dead hero. Ashes! What
American Englsh." rudely broke in
an Englishman, dust you mean, Mr..
Sumner We don't burn our dead in
this country" Yet" instantly re-
piled Mr. Summer. with courteous
smile. your poet Gray tells us that
Even in our ashes live their wonted
fires" The American was not criti-
cized again that evening
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-30

TITLE BY LITTLE President Taft
has come into direct line with
one of the Roosevelt policies. and
he will follow 1t In the future d
he has been following 1t for some
weeks. 1t will be the rule at the
summer capital at Beverly, Mass.
as it Is today the fixed rule Of
procedure in the White House.
The Roosevelt policy which
President Taft finally has adopt
ed as his own Is the method OF
receiving visitors which was in
force during the coloners tenure
OF Office 1t is possible that Pres
ident Taft never will be able to
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-18
Children in Fiction.

Among male novelists Dickens takes
the lead as a delineatar of children
All kinds and conditions of them fioeh
through his books, He depicted life
as he saw it and wherever he looked
there We're children, therefore children
had a natural and inevitable place ir
his pages. From the Fat Boy of Pick
wick Papers to Tiny Tim the process
sion is long and includes a notable list
David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, Lit
tie Nell Florence Donbey and heI
brother, Poor 10, the little Kenwigses
Toddles and many more. If they are
not children exactly as readers OF this
day see them they are children as he
saw them and he pictures them with q
vividness that gives them a lasting
place in the readers mind. They stand
forth more clearly on ffmemory's WALL
than the real personages of history
Several of Thaekeray's characters are
introduced in her childhood, as Henry
Esnond, Pendennis and Becky Sharp
and are brought along to maturity, but
this is merely by way of accounting
for their later peeuliarities and the
child portraits leave no special inn
preston. Poe never wrote of children
Hawthorne did. but OF dream children
rather than those of real life. Later
male noyelfsts for the most part ig-
more the young of their race. Henry
James seldom realizes that children
are on earth. There is Maizie, to be
sure but Maize is not o. real child.
Thomas Hardy is aware of them and
Introduces Jude as n boy, but dvells
lightly ON this early life of his hero
Indianapolis Star.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-18
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Our Strenuous Metho DIS.

Mr.. Editor Having read of the great
activity in artesian wells at Bog
meadow, and of the very strenuous
methods that were being employed to
avert a water famine, the writer took
a stroll Sunday UP to the water works
and after viewing Fairview he went
over to Bog meadow to see how the
wells were being driven, when, much
TO his disappointment there was moth
ing doing-fires out under the boiler
and not a soul in sight. Now, what
does 1t mean, this talk about driving
wells day and night and Sundays? Is
it bluff they are working on the peo-
pie to keep them quiet until the au
thorities can drag chloride of lime
through Spaldings pond, and the
mayor call the city meeting? Or is
the mayor going to wait until Fair
view is dry and then call the city meet
ing? Or is he afraid some good ply
stefan will get out an injunction, or
viii it take until we so dry before he
has his data ready to show what we
can have and nothing else?
Is it not about time the citizens took
the water question into their own
hands and supplied their wants III the
water line instead of waiting until
the water is all gone and the powers
that be get ready 10 throw out the line
baited with q million dollar scheme
called 'Pease brook" for the citizens to
swallow, or get nothing.
Wake UP, before you go dry, and not
stand around ana holler: Il told you
sou
Now that our mayor has got through
hoeing for the senate, it would seem
for the best interest of the city that he
get into gear and hoe for more water,
or is his hoe off the handle?
A Stony brook man knows that there
is more water in Stony brook and
Palmer's pond than there is at Isaac
AVerys pond and Pease brook, not
withstanding the pictures shown in
The Bulletin. Some time since Lin
coin said: You can fool all of the peo-
pie all of the time, but you. can't fool
pie all of the time, but you can't fool
all of the people all of the time but
am beginning to think after ten
years of agitation on the water ques-
ton that Lincoln made a mistake, as
far as Norwich goes. 1T looks al if all
the people are being fooled here all of
the fine.
MORE WATER RIGHT AWAY.
Norwich.
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THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
NO HANDOUT

Il am sorely in need OF refresh
ment,'' said the disfgured stranger at
Mrs. Quilby's back door, land if you
viii accommodate me with a sandwich
you viii be doing a charitable act. But
let me entreat you not to use too much
mustard in making the sandwich. The
reckless manner in which women use
mustard is a great trial to men who
regard eating as fine art In the
find any mustard that is not adulter-
ated with unwholesome substances In
the second place.
In the second place" interrupted
Mrs. Qunby, impatiently, 'if you want
me to give you something to eat you
can go to the woodpiie there and saw
half a dozen sticks of wood"
Il viii consider that proposition,
MARIAN, after partaking of the sand
Wiches. ] confess with some humilia-
ton that my faith in human nature
has been almost DESTROYED by the adj
versities | have undergone. 1t is
weary work Saving wood and | have
no guaranty that | will get my re-
ward if / do the work first While 1
am saving those logs you might think
of an errand at the other end of town
and leave the house and forget to
come back until some time next spring.
"A year ago l called at the resi-
dence of citizen who protested to be
a gentleman, and appealed to him for
a sandwich. / have passionate fond
ness for the sandwiches, by the way,
and | regard it as unfortunate that
only one woman in hundred can
make one properly. The average wo-
mar cuts the bread too thick and the
meat too thin, and frequently she
uses fat meat. Let me tell you, mad
am. that fat meat in a sandwich is an
abomination!
Then there's the matter of mustard,
to which l alluded previously. The on
ly good mustard is grown in England,
notably in portions of Kent. This
mustard is used on the royal tables,
and is really superb. Some of it is
imported to this country, but the man
ufacturers never send it out pure.
They adulterate it with ground gravel
and all sorts of inert substances. 1t is
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-18
BOTH SIDES HAPPY.

IL Is not often that an election re-
suits IN pleasing both the prohibition
lists and the liquor dealers association,
but this seems to represent the situa-
| ton in Wisconsin
A proclamation just issued by SUI
perintendent Poulson of the Anti
Saloon league, says the Milwaukee
Journal gives us this perspicuous in
formation:
I'm spite of the fact that the brew
ers spent thousands of dollars to de-
feat us, we have elected a sufficient
I number of senators and representa-
tives pledged to county option, or TO
their party platform declaration, to
insure the passage of the proposed
county option legislation"
AS if this were not enough, we have
also the following announcement in
The Protector, published as the official
organ of the retail liquor trade, and
not disclaining craftsmanship for the
I brewers:
The election of Chester H. Aldrich
to succeed A. c. Shalenberger in the
gubernatorial chair does not carry
with it the assurance that a county
option law viii be placed upon our
statute books, While it is true that
Mr. Aldrich is bound by a plank in
the republican platform to sign a
county option bill should one come to
I his desk, he Will not be placed in
that embarrassing position next win
ter. The opponents of county option
viii have a good working majority in
both houses
This shows that political assurances
and political mathematics are not SO
much different in Wisconsin from
what what they are in Connecticut.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-18

through a fit of laughter caused by a
comparison of a woman in q hobbls
skirt to a giraffe with it's feet tied to-
gether. The possessor of a keen sense
of humor would hardly ind this con-
vulsing, but 1t nearly killed the judge
So. too, a man in Lawrenceburg, Ind
laughed for twelve hours over the idea
of trading q nluls for a shaved tail
horse.
A sense of hurnor is often safety
valve to human beings. Life would be
duh thing without it, but it's mani
fsstations are beyond estimation, A
recent writer speaks of the frequency
with which it spells the most pathetic
scenes at the theater; of how thai
which should ineite pity Is mistaken
by the thoughtless for a subject OF
nirth. The criticism is deserved, bat
it is to be doubted if it will correct a
misplaced sense of hunor which eeems
to be inherent in considerable pof-
ton of the human race.
There is no accounting for taste
even in matters of this sort, and there
is no way to prevent grave and rev.
erend juTisss or mule traders from be-
coming victims of an undeveloped or q
too greatly developed sense of hunar
Chicago Tribune.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-18

almost impossible to buy genuine mus
tard. as / have remarked, Then what
is the alternative? Shall We use in
ferfor mustard? Not on your tortoise
shell comb! Let us use horse-radish!
The people of this country dent APP
preeiate the. merits of herse-radish It
is so cheap that there is no object in
adulterating il. and so we may have
1t pure, and 1t Is far better than the
manufactured mustard.
shut l was speaking of human ma
ture and its deceptive qualities ]
spoke of a make believe gentleman to
whom ! applied for sandwich. He
told me that IL would clean out his
stables he would give me the best meal
ever ate and a quarter beside. He
looked like an honest man and | never
doubted him. You never saw such a
job as that madam. Old Hercules had
soft snap when he cleaned out the
Augean stables. The way teiled there
there for two or three hours was
sin, and I was almost glad that my
parents were dead and in their graves,
for 1t would have broken their hearts
had they seen their little Willie come
to such an evil pass.
Finally the job was done, and
went to the house for my pay, only to
find that the man who had set me to
work was not connected with the place
at all. He was sewing machine
agent who happened to be coming out
of the door when / made my anpliea-
ton. I have but one ambition in this
world and that Is to meet that man
face to face when there is no police
man in sight.
Can you blame me if my confidence
in human nature is shattered? You
have the appearance of a woman who
desires to be fair. Can you ask me,
after what l have told you, to whacll
up your eordwood before getting the
sandwich"
IF YOU don't saw the wood first you
can't have anything to eat And l
haven't time to stand talking all day.
Are you going to saw wood or not?"
Not on your terms, madam, said
the stranger, moving sadly away.
Even a man in my unfortunate posi-
ton must retain his self respect
Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-18
BRISBANE KNOCKS FRATERNAl
INSURANCE.

Arthur Brisbane is the best-paid
editor In the world. and is supposed %
spend most Of bis spare hours with
Wisdom. bit he has been looking into
the insurance system OF popular civ
fc order. and this is what he has to
say 81 q:
There Is an organization calling
n sch the knights OF Pyrhias.
This orsa rriza ton purports TO in
sure ias neasSsrE. and with unfailing
rsgussrtty takes their money each year.
Occasionally. when n feels like it,
the inside management Of this organ
izatioE calmly notifies the beneficlaries
that they must pay three times what
they have been paytns or sacrifice for
the insuxaDce on which they have paid
for many years. We have on hand
1uet nov one particular announcement
OF the knights OF Pythias, informing
the Beneficiary who has been contrib
uting money TO this organization for
twenty SIX years and who has been
rayinR 35lS0 a month all that time,
that he must Gov begin to pay s11-25
= month or have the amount Of his in
szranGs rsduced from 5000 to $3.50.
This may be high class insurance
nnaBes. but 81 locks on the surfs &c
very ratseh IKE low class, every day
robbery"
There is no doubt that the so-caued
fratsrnal insurance Will die a natural
death IN due time. These societies
never offclaliy endorse these side
speculative systems, and from mex
ei1eaoe rEtlssF than roguery hey have
-.rtercc ON one ~ one until the num-
.cr of them IS new very much re-
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-11-18
WHITE HANDS on
RED HANDS, WHICH ?

Red, rough hands on retiring
usually become soft white hands
on rising through the simple and
economical one night treatment
afforded by Cnticura soap and
Cuticura ointment. Battle and
soak the hands on retiring, in a
hot lather of Cuticura soap. Dry
and anoint freely with Cuticura
ointment, and in severe cases
spread the ointment on thin
pieces OF old linen OF cotton.
Wear during the night old, loose
gloves, or light bandage to pro-
tect the clothing. Most effective
for chapped, itching and bleeding
hands.