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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-25
The Baths of Old Rome.

At the end of the third century after Christ there were in Rome II large public baths and 926 smaller ones. The baths of Caracalla could accommodate Tt one time 1.600 people; those of Dio- cletian. $500. Taking 1,50O as the av- craze of each of the public baths and % as that of each of the private baths. It appears that at my minute bathing accommodations were possible for 62.- 400 people in ancient Rome. Counting ,n a population of 2.000,o00, the figure generally given as the correct one. il would thus seem that ample privileges were afforded every day for every in- habitant of the Imperial City.-New York Aoo'i .9''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-25
A eilb.rt stssrx.

Sir W. s. Gilbert. who was one of the few playwrights who defended the stage censor. is noted for his caus- tic criticisms on anything which does not meet with his approval.
 4 While dining out once some one hap pened to ask him his opinion of Burne Jones women. ''Too long in the neck" remarked the author of The Mikado." When look st one of them always feel that she ought to have joint in it and wear q stocking Tit Bits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-25
A SAFEGUARD TO CHILDREN.

"Our two children of six and eight years have been since infancy subject to colds and croup. About three years ago I started to use Foley S Honey and Tar, and it has never fail- ed to prevent and cure these troubles. It is the only medicine I can get the children to take without a row." The above from w. c. Ornstein, Green Bay, Wis, duplicates the experience of thousands of other users of Foley $ Honey anl Tar. F. B. Brill and L. F
 Curtis, local agents. *1 3 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-25
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Strauss lOA/ . y to a GVIcndld graD piano. saying:
 Now be good enough to play me all the newest Vienna music" 's
 Although he was pretty fatigued by his three rehearsals and state perform ance. Strauss thought it expedient to comply. but after he had played con tinuously for over an hour he stopped. saying. "I presume that will be sutti- cient?'' #
 "I am not at all tired,'' coolly re- joined his excellency
 But I am." said Strauss and rose from the instrument
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-25
A Pleasure of Msmery.

DroIichon bought a pho nograph and insisted upon his mother in-Iaw hav- ing her voice registered by the fnstru ment.
 As the good woman refused. he add d mallciously:
 ''Oh, come. now: just few words. You can't think, how much pleasure It will give me to hear your voice whei' you are goner'-Paris Figaro.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-25
Nothino of the Kind.

Mrs. Askit-NVhen she's abroad does she hobnob with royalty? Mrs. No naught-M Mercy. no! Her behavior is always extremely proper.-Smart Set
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
Talk and SiIanna-

A Chicago husband has been put un- der bonds to keep the peace with his wife. The form of annoyance to which the wife has been subjected was talk, continuous, unremitting talk, at one time lasting for twelve hours, she al- legged in the petition. So this dear husband to keep out of jail. for too much talk, had to file a. bond.
 It was the proper course to pursue. It is certainly a cruel thing for the fine sense of a woman to be annoyed by the continuous gabble of a man. For it was gabble, wretched gabble, indeed, for few men could talk sensi- bly one hour, let alone twelve. It was we'll that that woman had the spunk to make him quit.
 But the opposite condition is sug- gested by this incident, where the hus- band keeps glum and speeches. for hours at stretch, making his wife think his mind is occupied with pom derous thoughts of business and all such stuff. Such men are as ridicu- lous as the fellow who crucified his wife by incessant talk. There is a golden medium, where the wife is made happy and the home fair by a conversation that is mild and sensi- ble, and which terminates like an old song when the melody ends.-Ohio State Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
NEW CORPORATION TAX.
No Real Trouble Over Time of Taking
 Inventory.

Washington, Jan. s.-Investigation has put a very different face on the situation as to the manufacturers in ventory in connection with the new corporation tax which is to be paid first this year. The provision that there shall be filed an inventory as of Dec. 31 is not in the law at all. so that the matter didn't have to go to the attorney general. but Is a rule of the internal revenue office, Commissioner Cabeu feeling that he must have an accurate inventory on which to base the tax of 1 per cent. on gross in- cCme.
 However, the comrnis sioner IS well aware of the impossibility of taking an inventory in one day, in most eases, and it has been brought to his alEten : ton that in Connecticut inventories are usually taken at other times in the year, many during the. first month or two. His position is that regular iyi- ventory as of Dec. 31 must be fled, but this need not have been taken On that day or in process of being taken. An inventory taken earlier can readily be brought up to that date in sub stance, and this is all that will be m sisted upon.
 What is principally to be regarded is the good faith of the corporation and any concern which chooses to meet the government fairly in the r1aTtar will find no difficulty in this feature.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
FARMERS, FAIRY STORY.
How Crop Statistics Look in a New
 Frame.


 At current prices wheat will bring to the farmer for the year S725, ,000, ,000, with $625, 100000 for hay. s400, 900, 900 for oats. s212, ,0OO,000 for potatoes, and $100, ,0n0, GOO for tobacco. These stu pendous figures cannot be grasped by the ordinary intelligence. While the gold production of the year was the greatest in all this country's history, it fell a few millions short of the value of the tobacco crop, and was ingneas- urably exceeded by that of the wheat, cotton and corn crops. The produc- ton of all the cereals combined was greater in quantity for 1909 than for any preceding year except 1906, which broke several records in the bulk of the output. The higher prices now, however, give the farmer much more money for his work in 1909 -aan he obtained in 1906 or any other year.
 The aggregate value of the coun- try's farm products for 1909 would go much r. ore than half way toward buy ing cut the entire railway system of the country, with the accumulatio1s of property of all sorts which have lcen eetfe1ed through the years. The money which goes into the farmers pockets for their labors for the twelve months amounts to fourteenth of the real and personal; and the wealth of tho United States. 1t must be remern- bered, equals that of our two nearest rivals combined-Great Britain and Germany The fairy tales contain no greater marvels than the story Of the yield of the country's farms tells us. and the latter has the advantage of being on solid and tangible fact Leslie's Weekly.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
Consolidation Banking.

The projected banking consolidation in this city suggests that banking is the one field where such anal gam ations among essential competitors still run no risk of conflict with the law. Had the institutions to be united been rail- roads. as much in competition with one another as are these three trust companies of similar rank in the same city, a combination of them would have been precluded by the statutes Had they been large industrial con- cerns their com bination might have invited a visitation Of the Sherman act if that act is to be construed as broad ly as the circuit court has construed it in the recent eases. But in bank ing the public seems not to have re- garded the manifestation of the gen. eral tendency toward consolidation with the same jealousy which it has exhibited elsewhere.
 Perhap ps this Is due to the fact thai the tendency toward consolidation in banking is more recent, and indeed has made little progress compared with other consultations, so that the pub lie has not had an opportunity to oD~ serve its effects. It may be because the subject of credit and the conse- quences of it's centralized control are more difficult to understand than the subject of the centralized control oi railroads or industries. Or it may be that the n7anag eRn@nts of banks and the use of the ca apita1 which that man. agement gives have been such as tc occasion little public ~criticism.-N. Y Tribune.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19

mas gift to childhood in general can- not do better than to add his name to the roll of 4,600 contributing mem bers-
 Despite all that has been done, a vast amount of labor remains to be accom- plished. Children have been forced into the industries at an increas- ing rate under the present pressure of economic forces. While the population of the continental United States in- creased 50.6 per cent. during the years from 1880 to 1900, the total number of children from 10 to 15 years of age engaged in trade and transportation, increased 216.5 per cent, and of those engaged in manufacturing and me- chanical pursuits 113.4 per cent. In spite of sentiment and legislation. the number is still increasing. Compusory education and factory inspection are but insufficient safeguards. During the past year a boy of nine was found working in a Vermont woolen mill. In the sardine canneries of Maine a good many children of eight or ten years are employed, and during the busy sea- son they sometimes work 15 or 1s hours at a stretch.
 It will not do to condemn individu- als for this outrage The greed of par ents or en ployers is not wholly to blame. Conditions have brought about this state of affairs and we must rem- cred and must not be despoiled of its golden bloom if manhood is to reap the rich harvest of life. To this end the national child labor committee de- serves all encoura cement, especially at this season when the Children's Friend became a child.-Pittsburg Ga zette- Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
NEW FUELS.
Our Increasing Use of Gases and Oils
 Under Boilers.

During the first half of the last cen tury it was solid fuel only that was employed for the generation of heat and power, but the last half of the cen tury has seen the advent of liquid and gaseous fuels, which under certain con- ditions proved them selves of the great est value, and certain processes are now largely dependent upon their use, this being due to the ease of aplica- tion which has meant economy In la bor and greater facility for converting the heat into work. As an example of the ease of application making a fuel of poor calorific value more effective in use than coal of high quality, one may instance such manufactures as those of glass, where in the heating by solid fuel the necessary temperature had to be imparted to the mass of raw material through the walls of a thick fire clay retort, the difficulty of appi- cation here being dependent upon the fact that the crucible had to be heated to a. very high temperature to get the necessary fusing point of the glass mixture, and that maintaining this for a. considerable period meant a big eX- penditEre in fuel and great wear and tear to the furnace and containing NeS- Sel.
 It was clear that if the fuel could be g;asified and the clean flame made to play directly onto the surface of the mixture to be fused. instead of having to impart the heat through the walls of the containing vessel, an enormous economy would be obtained, and this Is now done by utilization of producer gas and regeneration in the continuous tank process In the same way liquid fuel, as soon as methods could be found for it's proper combustion, presented such wonderful economies and advant- ages for marine work that, in spite of it's being dearer than coal, it as once found a place in both the navy and merchant marine. The possibility of being able to store it below the level of the boiler in the ballast tanks in stead of having, as in coal bunkers. to have the storage above that level, at once gave increased space in the inn portant part of the vessel, and. what was of greater importance in the ser vice. the being able to carry a larger supply of latent energy in the same space as the coal occupied increased the radius of action of the vessel Scientific American.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
PICKING UP BUSINESS.

According to the report of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General DeGraw, the free rural delivery business is showing substantial signs of appreci- st5ol on the part of the people. In the last fiscal year the amount of mall haz6isd on the rural free delivery rcutes has increased to a point where tt is SC per cent ahead of the busi- ness four years ago. Tn other words, the amount of mail handled on the rural routes of the United States has dou5led in four years
 There IS no doubt that 1t could be made profitable If 1t was permitted to do a local express business in the de- livery Of small packages.
 The rural free delivery has come to stay. and it Is the greatest civilizer the -epuhlic has yet put into operation. It is not too much to say that the institution of rural free delivery has worked and Is working profound changes in our civilization and our politics.
 The people living in the country nowadays take the daily papers and are as thoroughly fin touch with every 6ay'x developments as those who live in the cities They Insist, too, upon having the weeklies and the 1naga- ztnes They form their own opinions through reading and are showing a growing tendency to independence of thought and action in consequence
 Life in the country Is becoming a1- most as comfortable as life in the town. and with the changes asked for, it VIII tend more than any other force 10 send the people from crowded cen ters back to the cultivation of the land
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
The Starvina Tioer.

The case of Tammany makes a pe- culiar appeal to human pity. Will not the Society for Cruelty to Animals step in and enjoin somebody?
 Gaynor has made further patches of appointments, but he has given nothing to Tanmany that is worth talking about.
 Rules have been adopted in the de- partments against loaf1ng, against late hours in the morning and early clos ing. against joy riding in. automobiles by officials, against employing ST fore men to direct $3 laborers, against pay ing s25o for an article that can be bought everywhere for thirteen cents, and against many other tiger tricks that have made Tammany rule a source of delight to shirkers, grabbers and boys
 What is New York coming to? Are the prophets who are foretelling the end of the world right after all?
 Verify. if Gaynor and the fusion offi- cials go on at their present rate, Tam many will pray for universal smash up. Life will not be worth living, and one cannot get much suStenance out of a faint hope of a reaction in the dim, distant future.-Chicago Record-Her- ald
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
TIE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
JOHNNIE'S EYE

he ventured, at length. 'T wasn't even near him when he done It."
 "Oh, Harry pushed you when you weren't near him ?,' quer1ed his father. And then what? Did you challenge him to wrestle you. two falls out of three ?''
 1asaIia said stepRsa sss on nh his noSsa foSt me and then I said I didn't want to fight and then he gave me the cardy blow
 Johnnie looked up in surpise. ''The cardy blow" he repeated. You know what that is, don't you, pa? Didn't the kids have it when you went to
 I'm afraid missed that one" ad- rnitted his father. What is it like ?"
 Well, it's when some kid pushes you or somettin'," explained Johnnie, won't and he double-dares you then he gives you the cardy blow-just a little slap like that-and then you've got to fight himl"
 "Oh, I see,' said his father, nodding his head. Its sort of public insult. eh? And so Harry pushed you and then he gave you the cardy blow?"
 "Yes. sir" said Johnnie, looking up hopefully.
 And then you began to wrestler" pursued his father.
 Johnnie looked at him in blank dis may. 'rNo, we didn't begin to wrastle,' ,' he said, eagerly. T gave him a paste in the nose and then he hit me one over the eye here and then I smashed him a couple and then the janitor took me off him and he went home"
 Johnnie's father looked at him at tentively for a few moments, while Johnnie returned to the study of fiori- culture as practiced by imaginative rug weavers.
 Well, that's different" said his father at length. q was afraid you had been disobeying me and had gone around trying to pick a fight with Harry. But. of course, if he gave you the-er-cardy blow first you couldn't do anything but defend yourself. That's all right, Johnnie. Don't you take that cardy business from any of 'em. Now, you'd better go and ask your mother to bathe that eye of yours in cold water."-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
MUST WILEY GO?

T. is now intinated from washing ton that Dr. Wiley of the department of agriculture must follow Piichot, not because he is not a valuable pub lie servant, but because vested inter ests have succeeded in having more influence with the administration than its own expert investigators, and the mistake was made of yielding to thsir demand and the appointment by Rc-Eeveit of a referee board of con suittng scientific experts. who sup ported the use of benzoate of soda as a creservztive after it had been con- derned by the leading medical bodies of the country. and who now. it Is said, will support the use of sulphur in pre- serving fruits
 The ground of this expected decis- ion Is that the trial of sulphurized fruits on a so-called -'poison squad at the university of California has failed 10 show that any harm has re- suited to the squad from such sul- phurizing.
 This method of making it hot for Wiley st Washington is naturally sur p-ising the people. who are interested tn the pure-food law as in no other enactment of late years.
 These acts are not strengthening the administration with the people and the forcing of two such eminent and faith fEl men from oface as Pinchot and Wiley will certainly cast a suspicion o- Taft's administration which it can net readily rid itself Of.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19

Come here a minute, Johnnie" said the little boys father, as Johnnie made an effort to slip through the room while keeping the left side of his face want to have a look at that bump over your eye.'
 Johnnie halted reluctantly and slowly aOh, it ain't nothin'," he declared "Itli be gone in a day or two and it don't hurt.'
 That's good" commented his father. who had received advanced inferma- ton from Johnnie's mother as soon as he reached home that evening. 'Pm m glad 1t doesn't hurt. When l was your size and got bump like that 1t used to hurt. remember. How did you get
 Johnnie developed a tremendous in terest in the red and blue cabbage roses that ornamented the rug. He looked up once to see whether storm signals were flying dn his fathers countenance, but the barometer was not working.
 We've was kind of wrastlin." he finally admitted.
 Wrestling" repeated his father, ele- vating his eyebrows in pleased sur prise. well. that's a good, healthful sport, especially in winter. And who
 @Huh?" asked Johnnie. looking up quickly.
 match 2'f asked his father.
 Harry Masters said Johnnie, re- turning to the cabbage roses.
 Harry, eh?' said his father. T thought you and Harry weren't good friends any more. Well,| I'm glad to hear you and he have made it up and are playing together again, after my warning to you about fighting with your little playnates. Did Harry win the nfatch?'
 "Ah, he's too freshl' declared John nie Hes always lookin' for a scrap"
 Well. that isn't pleasant, is it?" said the inquiring parent. I'm glad you're not that sort. How did you and he come to get up this wrestling match ?''
 Johnnie paused to consider the sit uation and rubbed a furtive hand over the swollen spot above his eye while he watched his fathers inscrutable face.
 "Well, he had no right to push me"
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
The Child Labor committes.

Reforms do not come of themselves. Abuses are not corrected automatical- ly. Last year twenty-eight states made important amendments to their school and child labor laws. If 1t were possi- ble to trace all these efforts to their ultimate source, it would probably be found that the initial impulse in most cases came from the national child la bor committee. which has it's headquar
 ters at 105 East Twenty second street, New York city. This committee, or ganiZed In 1904 and incorporated in 1907, has done a noble work in the in- vestigation of child labor conditions, making public the facts in a series of pamphlets of which No. 107 has just been issued. As the work Is supported entirely by voluntary memberships, anyone who wishes to make a Christ
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
The EatefuI Hyphen.

It happens frequently and perhaps usually, where the hyphen is employed, to phrase a controversy, that the losing position is that of the party of the first part and the winning that of the party of the second part. Thus, in reference to war, the name of the defeated na- ton familiarly precedes that of the vic tor; the Spanish American war, Fran co-German, Russio-Japanese. It was the Cook-Peary controversy as gen. orally phrased from the first; and the result confirmed the rule by a curious fatality. Possibly in the psychology of what seems to be purely an accidental arrangement the first place is allotted to the apparently weaker controversial ist, pending a decision. Possibly, too, a sense of rhythm is influential; though this may be more imaginary than real. "Peary- Cook might not now sound odd had that been the original arrange nent Consider Ballingre- -Pinchet Secretary Ballinger has drawn the first blood; but will he be able in the end to overcome the mystic omen discover able in the relation of his name to the hyphen--Providence Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-19
WHY SHOULD THERE BE BITTER.
 NESS7

The Bridgeport Post. touching on the approaching contest between Sem ator Morgan G. Bulkeley and ex-Gov. George P. Mclean for the toga which Senator Bulkeiey cannot be blamed for thinking fits him very well indeed, says: Although the election of United States senator will not take place for a year, the lines are being closely drawn, and 1t will not be long before the bitterest state battle within the confines of the republican party will be fought" This forecast is prob ably as good as any other that could be made at this time. It must, how ever, appeal to the average voter who trains in the republican ranks that cause for bitterness in the contest really doesn't exist.
 Both the senator and the ex-govern- or are powerful influences in party leadership in this state, and what per sonal differences there are may be be- tween them are only fully understood by themselves. Both are stalwart re- publicans, and both possess qualities of the character believed to fit a man for service in the senate. Both will seek favor Of their friends and en- deavor to influence the selection of representatives and senators to serve in the general assembly next year 1 ing office instead of allowing the of ice to do the seeking.-New London Telegraph.
 The Bulletin coincides with The Tel egraph. There is no reason why this campaign should be anything but sweet. This is a free country and the race for the senatorship, or any other office, is an open race. There is no violation of rules or rights in such a contest. That it will be warm no one can doubt, but there is no req son why it should be spitefuI or nasty. The republican motto is: Let the best man win" There is no dispute as to the fitness of either candidate, and, whoever wins. the interests of the state will not suffer. We expect a gumshoe campaign as preliminary and grand hurrah for a finish; but why any bitterness? The people and the candidates ought to be willing to get along without that.