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Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
PHANTOM AlRsHIP AGAIN.
Worcester Business Man Says He Has
Seen the Tillinghast Machine.

The phantom airship which attract
ed so much attention last winter at
scattered localities between Boston
and New York, seems to have had a
certain tangible substance, according
to Arthur M. Dawson, secretary of the
Worcester board of trade. The airship
was reported last winter to have been
seen at many places in the vicinity of
Worcester, as well as over Boston,
Long island Sound and New York
Secretary Dawson said recently that
he had paid a visit to the secret work
ship of Inventor Tiilinghast. the air
ships builder. and that he was shown
the airship. which he describes as a
mOnOplane. The aeroplane. Mr.. Da-
VisOn said resem bles a boat with d
racing automobile engine in the bow
and a propeller in the stern. The en-
$500 times a minute, giving a thrust
of 400 feet and aNlifting power of 1000
pounds. The length of the craft is SO
feet. The main plane has surface of
225 square feet and two auxiliary
planes have each a surface of 100
square feet
Secretary Dawson did not see the
airship make a flight. He said that
the inventor was utterly Indifferent to
popular criticism, and because of the
scepticism with which his announce
ment that he had built a successful
flying machine was received he had
decided not TO show it to the public.
Secretary Dawson said that five of
the machines had already been sold,
four of them in foreign countries. The
covering for the planes is made in
Hanover, Germany; the engine was
built at Providence. the propeller was
made in New York city, and all the
secret workshop near this city.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
The Factor of Individual Character.

The Standard has held the opinion
for a long time, the observation and
experience, that no mere change OF
system, no substitution of a new plan
for an old one, could make oyer
human nature in any town or city, ano
change a careless, inattentive and
happy go-lucky class of voters into
alert, vigilant, discriminating and in
tereSted citizens. We have called at
tention to the vital point in all these
matters, the character of the individual
and to the fact that upon such char
either succeed or fail 1t is an
nounced that Mayor Thayer of Nor
wich is to introduce the commission
system in the government of that city,
in so far as his power under the ex-
listing law Will allow, and there is
much interest as to what the results
OF the experiment. may be. Neither
the commission system in itself" says
the Hartford Times. commenting on
Mayor Thayer's proposed experiment,
nor any other plan, can insure eff
cient, economical and honest municipal
administration. The vital thing in the
city government is the personal equa-
ton Never was truer word spoken
than that a bad charter with a good
with a bad mayor The problem of
municipal government will be solved
when some genius invents a device
which VIII insure the choice of only
wise and good men as executive off,
Gals. 1t is important and desirable t.
have efficient municipal machinery; it
is a thousand. times more important
and more desirable to have efficient
men operate the machinery" This is
simply common sense applied to the
situation and it is entirely correct
Bridgeport Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
BANKS WARNED.
Wild Cat Spectator Would Prosecute
Illegal Operations in Connecticut.

Connecticut national banks located
in the so-called farming districts
>have been warned to beware OF d oar
ing scheme promoted by wildcat spec
uIators who are organizing chain or
Illegal operations on scope far fllder
and more DANG in its character than
than that conc aived by any OF the DIG
specula ting financiers. The scheme mas
just been exposed by the national bank
examiners of the New York district;
The hackers of the scheme are SAID
to be a band of well known speculative
financiers of New York. some OF Whom
are likely to find themselves behind
the bars unless they promptly cease
their operations. examiners say
These men. it is said. recently ac-
ouired number of national banks IN
the smaller cities and towns OF the
states of New York Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware. and are
planning a chain of similar institu-
lions for the purpose of getting hold
of what they term farmer money 10
promote their Wild cat ventures
The scheme is not a brand new one,
and was tried some years ago in the
west a Hartford banker told Hart
ford Post man. The government
sleuths got wind of the plan so early
far as known, the present promoters
have not tried to gather up any Con-
necticut country banks, but they would
if they could. and the national bank
examiners are now sending out warn
ings to every national bank in the
country districts. telling of the opera
lions of the band of spectators.
In addition to acquiring control OF
the banks in the rural districts the
schemers have put in practice in some
cases a plan to make every dollar
which they can get into their hands do
the work of two This they intended
to do by concealing the loans made by
their institutions, it is said. In other
words. to manipulate fictitious values.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

We do not know as much about pos
tai savings banks as we shall ten
years from now. 1t is patent that
Great Britain with TWO years expert
ence knows more about them than We
do The postal banks of Great Brit
ain now have close to a billion dollars
in them and the increase is marked
each year in spite of the slump of the
panic year. There are more than H.
100000 depositors, though there were
several million Withdrawals in 1908
and the amount Of their withdrawals
was S20,0oe.0 900 more than the total
deposits of that year. The postal
banks there are regarded as more tenn
porary than the regular savings banks.
the Withdrawals being larger in hard
times
How they will open up here remains
TO be discovered, for the advocat ties Of
them declare that they viii immedi-
ately meet all the costs. while the op-
ponents say that in the initial stage
they are likely to create an ANNOYING
deficit. There is nothing in the Brit
ish statement to show whether the
management of the business is profit
able or not to the government so
there is no light at present from this
source. That postal savings banks
must be a great convenience for peo-
PIE who keep their money tied up in
strange places or buried in the earth
because they have no such depository
is apparent enough. All things con
sidered. the scheme looks as if n
ought to pay its own way
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
WET BLANKET

ably. Il finally decided in favor of
Poland Chinas and sent to a breeder
about 1000 miles way for several
pedigreed animals. OF course, / real
to buy them 1000 miles away but
was in a sort of hurry to begin opera.
tions.
1.-The hoge We're shipped to me in
crates and when they arrived they all
had Drok ~ legs ard bruk-n ribs. Well,
1 fed those blamed hogs for a year
anu sat Up nights flaming them and
reading poetry to them, AMI thea l hal
some Young ones for sale | adver-
tised them in the local EaDers and
thought there would be such a crowd
on hand TO buy them that special po-
lice would have to be y I'm liz II pre-
serve order. A few people came
around but it seemed that none az
them wanted Poland Chinas. If my
bogs had only been Berllshires or
Essex or Buff Coehins-'
buff Cochins are hens" interrupted
the old liveryman.
They're roosters. too, dogg1ua it,"
returned the hotelkeeD per. holly. well.
as ] was saying, / could have Sc. d
any quantity of hogs if they had only
been Jersey reds or razorbackS OF Ben
Davises
Ben Davises are apples" said the
old liVeryman.
Il see there's going to be y strap
before 1 am DONE shouted the hotel
keeper Nobody wanted my Poland
Chinas So 1 finally had to feed them
about million bushels of corn and
sell them on the open market Just as
if they We're scrubs.
That's what the amateur stockman
is always UP against. | don't care
what sort of stock you raise, it's a.
ways the wrong kind when you want
to sell it.''-Chicago News
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
Each Elm Cost Pint of Rum.

one of the most striking attractions
of the old town of kittery Point has
long been her towering elms. They rise
magnificently above trees of all other
varieties. and in summer with their
foliage encompass her quaint streets
in delicious green GOODNESS, transform
the fine old place into veritable sea
shore fairyland and last but not least
eErapture the summer visitor.
For nearly two miles along the high
way which for the most part follows
the shore of the harbor, these splendid
specimens rear themselves at fairly
regular intervals, though the axe has
in times past brought some of the
monarchs crashing to the earth.
The story of the circumstances at
tending the planting of the giants. as
1T has been handed down from father
to son, runs as follows:
Ma jOr Thomas Cults. one of the old
town fathers, who conducted a fishing
business. foreign commerce, store
and a tavern in the famous Pepperell
mansion Quilt 1852, conceived the
very commendable idea of beautifying
his native town by setting out trees
Accordingly in 1871 he gave one
Samuel Blake the contract. SamuePs
remuneration was nothing more or less
than a pint of gin. doubtless brought
from the West Indies by one. of the
majors pinkies for each tree planted
There were originally ninety of them,
and they extended from the Seavey
lot near where the First Christian
church now stands, TO the Top of The
Point the shore of Spruce creek -
-Kennebec Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
ALL SIGNS FAIL

So far as Norwich is concerned it
is being demonstrated that all signs
fail in a dry time. All showers APP
pear to go round the Rose of New
England" and she gets only the cool
ing breezes from the thunder disturbed
and rain blessed districts. We are still
noticing the rain signs in the heavens
at nightfall and hoping, but the signs
which are ordinarily true now tell
nothing for the city, or Fairview res
ervoir, which, on account of it's low
condition. appears to cause more wor-
riment among the people than among
the authorities.
Out from. New Haven comes the
news that the late grass and all the
small crops are suffering intensely
from the lack of moisture and it was
said by some of the truck raisers and
farmers in the outskirts that unless
plenty of it at once. many of these
crops will prove rank failures and
great damage will ensue.
From Woodbridge comes the story
that the huckleberries are languishing
on the bushes in a semi shriVeled
state, waiting for a bounteous rain
fall to round out their shining coats
and on many of the exposed pastures
the prospects for fall food have al
ready been severely Handicapped from
the effects of the blazing rays of the
sun.
When approached upon this matter
Weather Observer Tarr of New Haven
said: There is no Disgusting the fact
that this section is in a critical state
for the lack of rain We have had
no rain for the past month, and we
are four or five inches behind our
average rainfall for the year. An
inch or two of rain now is. very much
needed. look for rain within the
next SO hours, and still cooler
weather.
We have been looking for rain so
long here in Norwich that there is
an increasing feeling of discourage
ment, and nothing looks more dis
couraged than the gardens; but our
good citizens are still praying for
rain. and have faith enough to take
along their umbrellas when they go
out.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

I've just about concluded said the
retired merchant, ito buy small
small farm a few miles from town and
raise fine thoroughbred hogs. The
HogIet Herald for July tells of a man
who cleared $4,000 from hogs last
year. and he has only 80 acres of
land"
4 don't believe there ever was such
a man." replied ~the hotelkeeper, but
if he really does live you can bank on
it that he has been raising hogs all his
end to the other. If there's any one
thing that requires a fine technical ed :
cation it is hog raising. 1 tried it
myself
Il read a lot of those swine papers
and got the idea that all a man had
to do in order to get rich was to buy
a few hogs and watch them putting on
the tat. / sent away for a lot of hogs.
1 want to call your attention to the
fact that l sent away for them.
Whenever i man goes into the fine
stock business he always insists upon
having his critters from a strangec
in some distant town.
when L went into the hog business
I couldn't make up my mind ftr a
long time what breed l wanted. First
1 thought I'd try the Rhode Island
reds
Rhode Island reds are hens, not
hogs interrupted the old liveryman.
I suppose You mean Jersey reds -
I meant Jersey reds went on The
hotelIxeeper iupatientIy. Then l was
attracted by the Chester whites, and
later by the polled Angus
1.-The nolled Angus is a cow. not a
hog" remarked the old iiverytnan. "A
polled Angus has nc horns"
Neither has a polled Angus hog
any horns said the hotell1eeper, irr't-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
THE cENTURY-oLp CLUB.

The st. Louis Republic, which has
just passed its 102d anniversary. and
which is the originator and promoter
of the club of century old newspapers
of the country, supplements its Cen
tury club book of last year by the
addition of Is. making total in the
country of %. Two of these new
members are of New England, the
Newburyport Herald, founded in 1873,
and the Missionary Herald, esta blished
at Boston in 1903. North Carolina is
the only one of the original thirteen
states not represented in the list
The ninety-1ve mem bers of the
Century club" says The Republic. in
clude fifty nine daily papers thirty
four weekly publications and two
monthly magazines. One of the week
lies is a religious paper This is the
Dayton (O) Herald of Gospel Lib
erty. The two monthlies are of the
same character. They are Missions
of New York City, and the Boston
(Mass.9 Missionary Herald. One paper
is of a literary character. This is
the Saturday Evening Post of PhiIa-
delphia.
In many cases, as in the instance
of The Republic, the papers classified
a daiIes have weekly or semi weekly
editions which serve a great purpose
and are highly valued. especially in
rural communities where the access to
the daily mail is not the easiest
"Of the ninety five papers, twenty
four are published in New England,
forty-six in the Middle Atlantic states,
twelve in Ohio and Indiana, Indiana
having but one of the dozen-tweIve
south of Mason and Dixon's line and
one. The Republic. west of the Mis-
sissippi river
''Of the papers published in what
was once set off as the south. four are
in Maryland one in South Carolina,
one in Tennessee, one in Georgia, and
five in Virginia.
The Bulletin. through The Courier.
has the honor of being a member of
this club of the oldest papers in the
country
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
HOME INVESTMENTS.

If citizens would take the same
chances with home investments that
they do with outside enterprises, the
little Connecticut cities would not be
of so slow growth and littre industrial
importance. iFnR money that has
flowed out from these cities in re-
Spouse to the bucket-shop tickers and
sensa tional1y advertised mining and
other stocks would have made them
twice or three times the size and i'm
portance they be today.
Every citizen who knows his Nor
wich is aware of the fact that in the
past quarter of a century ten times as
much money has been invested in out
side schemes as has been returned. 1t
IS a losing game, as most sensational
big dividend promising schemes are.
The Meriden Journal while consid-
Rrins and commencing home. invest
h1ents as promotive of every city in
ferest, calls attention to the fact that
HarefuI franciers are not the ones
taught in these traps. The Journal
sites:
THE VIII of a rich man was pro-
Sated awhile ago. He was one of the
eountry'S greatest financiers and yet
Il was shown that his own money was
Invested in stocks bringing about four
Der cent If these other stocks paying
Auch big returns We're as safe, would
That man not have his own money in
Them? The stocks that appeal to the
public as rule are not the ones that
he really wise investor has much to
10 with"
The big dividend is usually a lure
which proves TO be delusion and a
mare The well managed and prom
sing concern anywhere can get money
1t regular legal rates if it has any
collateral if it needs more ca pitaIiza-
ton its home people should be quick
TO aid The chances of loss are no
greater at home than abroad.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
HOW A BAD EGG AFFECTED a
MILLIONAIRE.

1t IS a familiar fact to all that
bad egg on the table is very likely to
rouse a bad temper and cause an out
HOW Of bad language. The bad egg on
a mans plate is sure to do this. But
Pittsburg millionaire got one and
ne didn't curse the cook or call up the
grocer for a tongue lashing but he
just arose calmly from the table. rang
up a real estate agent and told him
ne desired him to purchase for him a
me tarn- As the story gees the gent
reported IN two days and the Pittsburg
man bought a farm for $50 600. and
ordered general fitting up for pouI-
try business 1t fs to be the most com
piete hen farm in the country. and the
start is to be made with thousands of
the best hens the agents out now can
buy for money. This Pittsbure man
says the business has gone to the had
IN this country, and the only way for
a man to get what he wants for his
"a bic Is to raise it on a farm of his
own and have it delivered fresh and
The Bulletin knows he is right for
that Is the way Horace Greeley used
10 get his butter for 81 a pound and
Nlilam NJ. Evarts his eggs for SO
dozen That bad egg has made this
millionaire rash, but it is pleasanter
Tor him to be made SO by external ev-
idence rather than by Internal dis
tress- There Is business in a bad egg
when it Is laid on the right plate.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
Honesty of Men and Women.

Mark Twain was honored by multi
tudes for his qualities a man, and
for nothing more than for his chival-
ric, almost Quixotic, honesty. But
this he disclaims for himself in am
anecdOte printed in The Forum. In
his own words:
"A man can easily be persuaded to
step outside the strict moral line. but
wife who said: No. You shall pay 100
cents on the dollar. and I am with you
all the time She kept her word and
it is rather more due to her than to
myself
Accordingly. instead of paying 80
cents on the dollar and getting legal
quittance, he paid 100 cents and died
an honest man.
But was it really necessary for him
to be so very honest as to take away
his own character and give it to his
wife? And he phrased it so that he
seems TO have ranked masculine hon
esty below feminine How about that
very i'm pOrtant matter? Is everybody
agreed that women are more honest
than men? How many women would
have done what Mark Twain did
without or with the inspira ton of their
husbands? Or, having done so how
many would have uttered words like
Marks in his posthumouS tribute to
petticoat morals? To put matters
concretely, let us suppose that a lady
telephones to her grocer to send her
a OOttiC VI pSAO, anu lhdl ne SeuuS
old Crow and charges for pyro.
Would the ladies all pay the highest
price, Or would they say the grocer
had made enough out of them in vari-
Gus grocers ways, and that the little
windfall would be accepted? Are men
or women honaster about paying their
car fares when the conductor does not
make a personal demand? What is
the proportion of male and female
shoplifters? These exciting questions
are doubtless better suited to cooler
weather, but Mark Twain is postum
mously responsible for throwing this
apple of discord in this current week
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
Like Roosevelt.

William Loeb Jr.. now proposed for
governor of New York, is another
man like Mr.. Roosevelt. once his su-
perior officer. the pronunciation of
whose name needs standardizing. But
il is the long. % in each case. Mr.
Roosevelt often facetiously referred to
his secretary as Mr.. Loeb. The Grid
iron club once designated him Mr.
Lobe ster. Some people give the vow
els their German sound but the gem
orally accepted usage is that already
Indicated Mr.. Loeb has surely made
a great record Is collector of the port
of New York city, one of the most i'm
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
The WhN of Il

am told that the relatives of the
late Chief Justice Fuller are tremend-
ously aggrieved that President Taft
did not attend his funeral. Mr. Taft
was a close friend of the great jurist,
and usually is solicitous to show con-
sideration at obsequies. But preced-
ent initiates against the president of
the United States attending the funer-
al of any lesser public official where
journey has to be taken. If Mr..
Fuller had died in Washington or on
the North Shore. and had the president
been in the neighborhood he could
have attended, and probably would
have done so.-Seen and Heard, in
Boston Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

Captain Jensen's reference to the
gulf stream flowing so far northward
having to- do with the extreme heat at
the present time will DE sure to bring
out a statement from those captains
coming in from Nova Scotia and New.
foundland to the effect that the cold
water of the ocean at tine present time
and which is the great Objectionable
feature to the bathers at Winthrop
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

and Revere is due entirely to the cold
ness of the stream flowing from the
iceberg section in the Arctic and
Antarctic sections of the Atlantic
Boston Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

portant federal offices in the United
States and he would, if elected,
doubtless prove a highly efficient gov
ernor He would go into the campaign
with the Roosevelt stamp and also
that of Taft and the combination
would seemingly show results IN the
polling-Boston Transcript
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

The honorary degrees of 1900 make
eleven columns of names, or a page
and a half of the Boston Transcript.
The colleges make liberal distribution
of honors.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

Individuals hardly exist any more
We all seem exactly alike. read the
same books, travel over the same beat
en- tracks.-Miss Mary King Waddfng-
ton, in Scribner's Magazine.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

The councilmen of Atlanta, Ga,
having asked for $50 a month salary,
The Constitution tells them the city
deserves something better than $500
men and has been having them.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

1t has been noted that while the
automobile accidents occur mostly on
Sunday, the aeroplane fatalities hap
pen during the week.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

The Des Moines Capital says that
that the 100 licensed saloons of that
city is sign it wants to be eliminated
from the rain belt.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

democratic contemporary is of the
opinion that a government that con-
dennis bleached flour should taboo
other whitewashed goods
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

Pendleton-What are the two great
est wishes of a medical student? Kefer
Give it up. What are they? Pendle-
ton-To put DR." before his own name
and DIT" after the names of other
people.-Chica&o News.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

were bent upon beating the govern
ment out of revenue.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

Mr.. Rockefeller has resolved to i've
a century In other words he has
discovered something money cannot
buy.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

The southern cities generally bar
the fight pictures. 1t is not entertain
ment there to see a coon" licking
white man.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15
EDITORIAL NOTES.

So long as the tariff keeps making
a surplus, it Will be its own best de-
fence.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

The prohibition party of Vermont
mustered fifteen delegates for the
state convention. Its motto is: lin
weakness there is strength"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

Ivy poison yields to strong sweet
fern tea. 1t doesn't enjoy this bath
any more than a hobo does the reg
uIar at the police station.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

Memphis. Tenn, has decided not to
be disgraced by fght-pictures or fights
between the races. The world do
move.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

James Garfield is not a mollycoddle.
He is as proud of being an insurgent
as an Indian chief is of his headdress
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

Georgia has approved of the con-
stitutionaF amendment making an in
come tax legal
Norwich bulletin., 1910-07-15

popular moving picture is one of
white men shooting Injuns. This
seems to be a most gratifying exhibit