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Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
WHAT IS A RAILROAD FORT

There Is no reason why there should be more than one straight definition 10 such g question as this, but there is
 rne honest and purposefM builders believe q railroad is for the convent -nce of the public and the develop znent of the resources of the country through which it passes-a legitimate .anGtaess enterprise to make legitimate dividends
 The Bangor & Aroosteok company of Maine is such a company and has such a road, and through its indirect Snfluence taxable property not be .cnxfrz 70 1t has increased S4O,0oo, ,e00 since 1891 Farms along its right of way raised 46.000 bushels of potatoes Tor shipment fourteen years ago. In the year ending June 90. 1909. this line carried ss2.0o0 tons Of potatoes The road has no record of scandal or oppression no taint of stock joobing -cr crooked dealings with the legisia- -urnL
 There is ansther class of men who regard a railroad as a spec" Cal Nfn Ersce once asked a board of direc- zors wat they thought a railroad was for ana when they started to explain from an economic standpoint inter rErte6 Non sense, a railroad is made 10 se1i~ That iS the view which the financial leaders have Jaken-to sell at The very highest profit. to capital 1zs beyond a dividend earning amount and tc issue stock upon for velvet or a rzke-on. without 9 care whether -hs stockholders ever realize anything Cr not
 Thts 5z the work of the predatory class whom statesmen of honor and honesty have been asssilzg ever since LsIcolnts day: and who now ind -hezaseivse confronted with a tribunal -~1th power to investigate, check and punish tham
 Ne henesz railroad need fe afraid uf the new tribunal It is the great corporations Of questionable charac- Ter t1ax are raising such a hue and cry over iegisla ton which their own acts have made a necessity.
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r.ent. besides the knowledge that he he'd bested Edward Brewster in battle of wits.
 When Brinslee had felt the web of his enemies drawing closer around him. a wild plan had flashed into his whirling brain. He knew the romance of the white lilac, and one day a mes sage had gone from his office to his old home in Lindenlea; Send me a spray of lilac from the white bush by the fountain"
 The flower had arrived and been sent on it's silent mission to Edward Brew ster. and the reinstatement signed by the great hnancier had come back al- most immediately. and yet John Brinslee felt himself crushed and hu- initiated by the deception he had practiced.
 As if acting on sudden impulse he arose from his desk, and tearing the paper before laiIn into pieces, threw it on the glowing flames. Then he squared his shoulders as one who ac- cepts a heavy burden, and passed out into the night and it's shadows.-Bos- ton Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
New England Affecting Houses"

The Boston Transcript refers ap- provingly to the erection at Danbury
 Connecticut, of a new church edifice
 (which sdheres with fiattering close ness to the lines of the old New Eng land meetin'- house." and to the adop- tioa of plans for a similar structure in Brooklyn, N. Y. That we ought to maintain this attractive church archi- lecture in this part of the country goes without saying. The Episcopalians may naturally prefer the Gothic style
 but for the Congr egational churches. .es- pecially, the classic lines of the white building of long ago, topped with a graceful spire, are unsurpassed. Some years ago a new church on these old
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we'll to be an expert with the bow and to tell the truth were the three require- ments of the ancient Persian military ideal from which modern Persia has sadly fallen away. West Point lives up to the ancient Persian standards, as two cadets have recently learned to their cost. One who told falsehood in denying that a suit of civilians clothes found in his quarters were his, and another who did not tell the truth when charged with chewing gum, have been expelled. Their offenses were so trivial that had they told the truth they would have been but lightly pun ished. West Point was George Wash ington's idea and his precepts and ex- amp1es are honored there.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

lines was erected at Concord, Mass., and only the other day a fine new building was dedicated by the Con- gregationaIists at Lyme. Conn, mod eIled as closely as possible after the handsome colonial edifice not long previously destroyed by fire. As the Transcript says: why does not New England hold on to a dfstinc- tion which she has created? In most of the towns it could still be made historic link between the past and the ever-new present. t.'-Provi- dence Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
The Gains of Golf.

Golf will never be a really popular sport in America There is not enough stir and noise and direct personal struggle, man to man. There is noth- ing in it for spectators, unless they are devotees of the game. It makes grandstands useless and discourages outbl1rsts of enthusiasm on the part
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

WheR the women Of Massa chusetts lit on the legislative committee inves- tigzkzng ssse Lyman school tragedy. the coH1r.<sKse made an end of public heArfngs fneE inquiries were point e6 ard fhe3r demands fer answers DOS irfVe-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

4 medical man ventures the asser- ton that since the introduction of CO., caine it has done more injury to the human race than all the patent medi- cines com bined
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

The farmer who has boys of his own GseSr't hgse so much easier a time than the farmer who has to hire heIp Hn1s.zlfy.x,as ts do equal to two days work to rsseke the boys do one
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

The Massachusetts widow who is sitting down with $2,0o0 600 because she married a man four months age feels like anyone else who got rich quick.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

WHEN you want to put your nuai- ness before tho public. there ia no me- alum better than through ths adverLia- ing columns 2r Ina Euli@tin-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

Jack Johnson's "oId nanny" gave Jack and his friends a chicken dinner in Chicago Thursday. That is better than training fare.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

It was Spokane that started Fa- ther's day Can that be an honor when Philadelphia started Mothers day2
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

If the socialists make a reputa ton as dive closers the world will have to recognize that there is a place for them on earth
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

There is no one everything the man who said: Tt is better to kiss a miss than to miss a kiss except the anti osculation societies
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

Happy thought for today: No one can tell why in the race of life the vicious sometimes outlive the better class.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

Jeffries and Johnson are not looking back to yesterday-they look at their respective piles and concentrate upon nov.
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The men who are so zealous to take Bulkeley's place now would have stood back in the eos when he went to the front to defend the flag.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

When the Reno fight was over Jeff fries called for champagne and John son for beer. The men were as far apart in drinks as in color
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

A few modern girls are smart enough to marry the chef of restaurant so as to have some one to cook meals for them.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

If the results of a religious debat te were to be called off by mega aphone, Franklin street, in front of The BulIe- tin office, would not be crowded.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.

So many men who are looking for work never find it because they are careful not to look where it is.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

The i6ea somehow was long ago coined that things obtained away from home are the best, and this counter felt idea makes trouble from genera ton to generation. The Meriden spirit is true blue-a loyalty that keeps bus mess at home and money at home, too The folly of some communities just keeps the place at a standstill They do not sense the value of build ing home business up instead of boost ing the business of other places. There are two kinds of boosters-the booster who puts progress into his own town and the booster who by promoting business in other places chills busi- ness at home. New Haven is doubt less daze6l by the Meriden Journals inquiry. for it is blow in the most tender spot. There are all sorts of why's in it, but the real reason is be- cause the men commissioned to do the business were not wise
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

The ryen wkso has to work on a heli- day d1es net feel next day as if he had last -ja1ZrhtnE 2
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
A BLOW BELOW THE BELT.

While ATeriden got full value for it's money in the Fourth of July fireworks New Haven did not and has refused to pay the contract Drice-S5o0. A score of the pieces would not go off and even if the whole supply had been utilized it was considered inferior. Mayor Rice says the city was badly treated by the fireworks people. a New York concern, and the bill will not be paid.
 York for it's fireworks? Meriden went to New Haven for its supply and from the concern at Savin Rock got as fine a display as was ever seen hereabouts, according to good judges If Meriden had a fireworks factory ft-would not go to New Haven. Patronize home industries. MT. Mayor.-Meriden Jour nal
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

i1s Toledo Blade says: eDr Mel chsrs. German biologist. says each rAce ef apes Is represented in man. Surze are of the gorilla type, others are 6eScended from chinpanzees. the orang- oslfang has his representa- tives. aES the gzbocon ape has added a spe- csaf type K the doctor is right. the Idea that we're brothers is wrong"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08

A liar is detested at West Point, ab- horred by faculty and cadets. To ride
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-08
NEW sRIrAlN,s PRosPER,Ty.

New Britain has been in the lime light three times of late and every time she has put up a prouS front-a front which invites the state to take pride in her The memorial day 10 tEe learned blacksmith, Elihu Burrftt. and Aviation day. when Hamilton hon ored his home town as much as she honored him. and the day when it's postofnce receipts passed the s1o0 900 mark
 The advancing postof1ce receipts measure the steady growth of a town ana Is a -dependa sign The Hara Id of that city says
 The fiscal year Of the New Brita in postQMce closed June 30, and it will oe very gratifying news to the people of New Britain that the annual re- port shows that the business of the office for last year passed the $10o. O00 mark and is a gain of more than S11seo over the business of the p-eyi- ous year"
 An increase in postoffIce receiDts of SsS a day for every day in the year is worth posting up and flash-lfghtine New Britain is one of the beehives of Connecticut and her busy-bees not in frequently attract national attention.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29

at about II O'Clock Wednesday fore.
noon at his home 1888 Maine aven,,n
rarhingdale Tuesday morning he
Mus .axen with an attack of heart
.ioupie' from which he had been a
suferer for some time. and from that
.'ihe until death resulted Wednesday
ne was partially unconscious and his
uea'h was expected. He was so wears
Oh age the eighth day of last October
ana was born on Swan Island in what
Is now the Town of Perkins. With the
exception OF ten years most of his life
was spent in Farmingdale. In. his
eaf.y me he was employed on the riv-
ef IN the logging business and in late
years he was employed about the
Farmingdale mill of the Berlin Mills.
He was a member of the Farmingdale
iife department from the time it was
organized until his death although for
some years he did not take an active
part. Mr.. Call was a veteran of the
civil War having served in Counany
q OF the Nineteenth Maine Volunteer
infantry. He was member Of Heath
Post. No. 6, G. a. r., and Calvin Ros-
ton command. Union Veterans Union.
a Wife and one brother. Philip Call OF
chelsea, Mass. survive him. The fu-
neral arrangements will be announced
Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29

of smokelcss powder developed by the
United states navy at the naval torpedo
station, Newport. r. l.. and used in the
naval service since 1S99.'
THE broad statement of Sir Hiram
Maxim continues Sec. Meyer. that the
gun accidents of the United states navy
are due to multi-perforated powder
grains is shown to be untrue from evil
dence not at all connected with the de-
of the powder and the details of the
grain are considered there is additional
evidence to show that these elements are
not at fault"
A tabulated statements of gun acci-
dents in the United States navy since
slnokeess powder was introduced also is
contained in Secretary Meyers letter with
guns. previous rounds fired, daina"e to
guns and cause of explosions.
Not in one case, declares Sec. Meyer,
has Tho, evidence of the occurrence shown
that the smokeless powder in use at the
time OF the explosion was at fault in any
degree
Brig. Gen. William Croziers memoran-
DUN to the secretary of war supports the
contention of sec. Meyer with regard to
military experiments with smokelesS
powder. 1t is indicated that since the in
PRODUCTION of smokeless powder in the
military service but one large gun has
burst and only two or three field pieces.
accidents ascribed to other causes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

:$i.Crih'- elect W. T.. Small of Frank
lin county announces his deputies fo;
19l1-!" aS follows George +. G.Ige.
Far.nington Fails: &. Arthur Smith.
New Sharon: George NJ. Esty. Rang"
Icy Harry Gell, Phillips; Davis Rich
artiSnn. St"nng: +. :. SkotiC!d, Nelc ;
Elton Il. Davenport. Wilton: y. j.
Merrinidn. jay: Charles Robbins. Ches
tcrviiic: Lester y. Eaton, Farmington;
Earl Durrcll. Gusts. William w.
small. a Brother Of Sheriff Small, viii
be thc jdilcr al Pennington.
Sheriff elect Lowe of Andr"ScogSin
the following civil deputies:
Office deputy and turnkey. Frank L.
Knapp. Auburn: Office deputy. Simon
p WardWcn. Auburn; civil deputies,
Frank Cain. Ernest Il. Hcchard, Lew
iston: Howard ID. Strout. Auburn; W.
Fl. Bishop. Leeds: +. =. Irish. ii. n
Chase. Turner: w. y. Gilbert. East
Liyermorc: George II. MclntoSiI, Lis
bon Falls: Eugene =. Gardner Web
Ster: Augustus G. Frost, Wales. Sam =
uel II. Dyer, Durham; George \.
Keenc. West Poland: +. l., Racklcy
Greene. George +. Millctt. Mechanic
Fails; Charles f. Allen, West Minot.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
AMERICANS. TORTURED.
Brutal Treatment Of Three Yankees at
Puerto Cortes, Honduras.

New Orleans. Dec. 2S.-A special dis
CorteS, Honduras, states that William
Barber OF kentucky and two other
Americans were seized by Honduran
police and soldiers and thrown into Jail
and brutally lashcd with whips, after
ward Geported on the Honduran gun
and landed penniless in the forests.
According to an affidavit made by
Barber and corfoborated by witnesses,
the dispatch states he was taken by
the police of Puerto Cortes while walk
ing along the street and ordered to so
with two other Americans also in GUS
tody, and bury Il Honduran pauper.
Refusing to do as he was told, Bar
Der. who was foreman of bridge gang
on the Honduras railroad, was taken to
Jail, surrounded by soldiers with fixed
bayOnets, beaten over the head with
clubs and lashed with whips. the other
two Americans being treated likewise.
and the three We're then taken to the
Tatumbla and transported to Guate-
malan territory and set down in a wood
without food or money.
Barber returned, according to the
dispatch, to Honduras and was arrest
ed on a charge of refusing to bury the
dead and kept in Jail % days, finally
being released through the efforts of
friends. The names of the other two
Americans are not given.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
COLLEGE MUSIC SCORED.
Prof. Lowell of Harvard Denounces
Cheering and School Music.

Boston. Dee. 2S.--Cullege cheering
and the prevailing type of music at
college dinners were denounced today
by President a. Lawrence Lowell of
Harvard in his welcoming address to
the members of the Music Teachers
National Association.
One of the SaddeSt things" said
President Lowell, lis to go to Il gath
erlng OF educated men. say college mer
or even alumni and note the kind of
music given at their dinners. IT is
ragtimc and ragt;mc of a very poor
quality. These men seem to care
very little for good music. What they
want is a catchy song after they have
exhausted their voices in organized
cheering.
"Of all the processes of expressing
emotions, organized cheering is from
every point of view the worst"
"Organized cheering continued
President Lowell is the worst form
Of emotional expression. 1t can be
compared in value only to a fog horn.
III some ways it expresses the direc-
ton Of the taste of the cultivated
paopie today. Our people seem
totally deficient in expressing in COM
mon any of the finer emotions.
Music teachers have a task before
them that affects our whole civiliZa-
ton in the good teaching of music
from childhood upward. Musical taste
among cultured people in Boston has
been raised immensely by the SYM
phony Orchestra. But there is a great
need for raising the musical taste Of
the people in general
Following President Lowelrs aG-
dress. Prof. Albert a. Stanley of the
University of Michigan opened a dis+
cuasion on "The Function of the Con-
cert Room"
y plumber of radical suggestions
We're made ly Professor II. c. Mac
Douglall Of Wellesley College. He de-
c!ared that much musical enthusiasm
is dissipated and it's constructive pow
,r lost because sllere is no opportunity
for discussion" He suggested that
concerts begin earlier and have long
or iEtcrmiSsions for that purpose and
he advocated the turning down of all
but the necessary lights and perhaps
the screening Of the conductor from
observation. Prof MacDouShall crit
icizcd the habit cf orchestras applaud
ing solos. declaring it to be in bad
taste ara that tie applause should be
confined 20 the audience. \ consider
able amount Of time was devoted to-
day 10 the discussion Of the best bal
ancc between the radical and conserNa-
tive ten lencics in The teaching OF
lrode-n harmony.
The American section of the asso-
Liation elected officers as follows:
President Albert A. STANLEY. Ann
Arbor. Mich: vice president, Frank
Damroscn. New York: secretary. O.
q. Sonncck. Washington. d. C.; 1inan-
cial secretary, Waldo $. Pratt, Hart
ford Conn; treasurer, Breitt opfand
iiart-., New Y"ri..
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
ARMENIANS OF AMERICA
Protest Against Atrocities by Russians
In the Caucasus.

Providence, r. l., Dec. 2S.--Mass
meetings to protest against the pros
ecutions of Armenians which are now
being carried on in the Caucasus by
the Russian authorities will be held
by the American Branch Of the Arme-
nian Revolutionary Federation at Bos-
ten, New York, Philadelphia, Troy and
New Haven, following the convention
of the Federation which is now in ses-
sion here. The meetings of the body arc
being held secretly and although they
began on Dec. o. it did not become
known they were meeting in this city
until last night The convention will
be concluded tomorrow. The names of
tine officials of the organization are not
made public but it is known that the
states of Illinois. Michigan, California.
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.
Maine, Missouri, New Hampshire, New
York. Connecticut, Massachusetts and
Rhode Island are represented by del
egates.
During the sessions measures Of Ar
menians in Turkey. the Caucasus and
elsewhere 1t is said that no revolu
tionary plans. however, have been con-
sidered at this meeting.
The federation was organized iK Tur-
key IN 1890 and 100000 Armenian pa
triots are now involved in the move
ment. The federation took prominent
part in the movement which resulted
in the overthrow of Abdul Hamid in
1908 and the establishment Of the con-
S.t;t,,tionnl uornrDI, ont in tha StnSlar,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
Date tor: Uprising Against
nOnduran Government.
|Beist That Gems. BonIIa and
Lee Christmas Are in Plot.
Three Americans BrutalIy Treated
by honduran Police.

New Orleans, Dee. 2S.-Sunday y
morning, Jan. /, is the date set Tor the
uprising against the Davila govern
ment in Honduras by the followers of
General Manuel Bonilla. according TO
ruinors current here last night. based
upon the word of men very close in the
counsels OF Central American circles
in New Orleans.
1t is believed that both General
Bonilla and General Lee Christmas,
Who disappeared from New Orleans
mysteriously the day after the Hornet
sailed. are now on their way to Central
American waters. 1t is thought they
will not attempt to join the Hornet.
but will land somewhere along the
border Of Honduras and Immediately a
general uprising will follow, the Hor-
net to act in concert with the land
ImOTemen..
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The four-mastcd schooner Martha
f. Wallace, from Fernandina to New
York. which stranded near Lookout
Inlet Oh .hc NGrth Carolina coast.
has proven a total loss and wreckers
are stripping her.
The naval collier Vulcan. Which car
.icd coal to the American Squa 1ron
in European waters returned 20 Hamp
ton Roads Wednesday. having made
the trip from Cherbourg. France. i'll
19 LnHS. .
In order to comply with the laws OF
New Hampshire the directors of the
Boston n Maine Railroad voted
Wcdn, sday to .citcr the 1906 shares
of ncW stock t. al preferred and
common stockholders oG date of Nov.
= Stockholders, however, will have
until Jan. 10 to subscribe for the new
stock at the rate Of one share for
every three shares now held.
The Southern Maine Steamship Co,
engaged IN the summer months in
transporting visitors to the Isles or
Shoals, and which also controlled
wharf property in Portsmouth. y. H..
and q hotel on the islands, was placed
in the hands Of s. p. Cabot as a receiv-,
er Wednesday by Judge Dodge in the
United States district court at Boston.
Tlc company owned fhe steamer
Sigl,tseer, which was brought from
New London early last season. A fore
closure sale of the property "f the
company was ordered last Friday but
was postponed for week. In the
r.ft l,c s,voHtf TOR
cided to begin other court proceed
ings. All the property of the company
is mortgaged to Portsmouth institu-
tions. No figures regarding the liabili-
ties of the company, were given out.
As fitting conclusion of the round Of
festivities in connection with the visit
Of the first division Of the United States
Atlantic fleet to Cherbourg, France, and
of the third division to Brest, the com
mander-in- chief, Rear Admiral Seaton
Schroeder. and Rear Admiral Joseph
Murdock, Wednesday gave farewell re-
ceptions on board their fiagships, the
Connecticut and the Minnesota, respec-
lively. ALI the civil and military authori-
ties and more than 1000 other guests at
tended the functions and when the time
came for their departure they raised
cheer after cheer for the Americans, who
have made themselves very popular.
The body of James Henry, sexton Of
ST. Patrick's Roman Catholic church at
Whitinsville, Mass. was found Wednes-
day on the second landing of the bel
fry. The mans head was crushed in
and bloodstains along the inner wall
of the church tower indicated that he
had been killed accidentally by fall
Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-12-29
FIVE SUDDEN DEATHS
Give Lawrsncs, Mass, Medicai Ex
aminsr a Busy ~ h6Irs. "A.

Lawrence, Mass, Dee. %. Five deaths
within the past 2i hours have Kept the
local medical examiner on tho ajumpss In
four cases death was due TO nafuraf
causes, but the other will require an au-
topsy to determine the cause. h'7s'
James Brandy, H. Inventor ofa'a fibre
cleaner which is in use In cotton mills
all over the country. dropped dead Just
after he returned from work. His death
was due to heart failure. -
Mrs. Nina Hammond, s.. snecumbed to
heart trouble. e ~ II
Phineas Griffin. a FARMER, o. years Of
age. died suddenly mt his work. sg5t
William Gemmell., G5. Of liz Valley
street. died suddenly In a chair at his
home this afternoon. 9l+s --..t'.
Joseph viens, Sc, died last night follow
ing. according to the police. . prolonged
Christmas celebration. Investigation to-
day disclosed an empty bottle which, had
once contained acid. and 1t is thought
that he may have swallowed this b. mis-
take. An autopsy will be held tomorrow,