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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-23

five sisters were lowered at their mar
rage with f5 each. Besides all this
Latimer's farmer father kept hospl-
tally for his poor neighbors and some
aims he gave to the poor"
If Latimer's father could rent so fine
farm for SO little the laborer must have
had the merest trifle of rent to pay for
his humble cottage. In the time of Henry
VIII in the parishes there were reserved
for the laborer, as shown in Froude,
large ranges of common and of unin-
closed forest, which furnished his fuel to
him gratis; where pigs might range and
ducks and geese; where, If he could afford
a COW, he was In no danger of being I'M
able to feed it," This was considered so
essential to the prosperity of the people
that when more and more land was be-
ing acquired by big holders parliament
enacted in Elizabeth's reign that no cot
tage should be built for laborers without
at least four acres of land going with it
for their use.
When Henry VIII found that the beef
trusts and egg trusts and poultry trusts
of his day were getting control of the
market through acquiring a monopoly of
the lands and restricting their use he and
parliament attacked the monopolists with
law enacting that no person should
have or keep on lands not his own inheri
lance more than 1000 sheep; no person oc
cupy more than two farms" etc.
The language of this statute was not
unlike Mr.. Roosevelts In speaking of I'M
desirable citizens: whereas divers and
sundry persons have daily studied.
practiced and invented ways and means
how they might accumulate and gather
together in few hands great multitudes
of farms and great plenty of cattle
have raised and enhanced the
price of all manner of corn, cattle, wool,
pigs, geese, hens, chickens, eggs and such
other commodities to starve the poor
and induce them to steal for their food"
Harrison records that by 1876 farms
which In the beginning of the century
had rented for ga year and been raised
to $40 ESQ and even f100 a year.
In 1896, time of Edward III. parliament
enacted a food boycott. No man. noble
or peasant was allowed to have more
than two courses at meal or elsewhere,
and leach mess of two sorts of victuals
at the utmost, be 1t flesh or fish, with the
common sorts of pototage, without sauce
or any other sort of vlctuals." Any one
however, could substitute sauce for a
mess, but 1t must not have in it more
than two sorts of fish or flesh
In London fresh fish during the Tudor
period was luxury for the rich, beyond
the means Of the poor
In the time of Henry VIII. board and
lodging for servants, laborers who lived
with their employers. etc., were valued
at cents a day. This was allowed to
those who elected to live under their own
roofs and feed themselves. The Earl of
Northumberland allowed cents a day.
Harrison describes the establishment of
the Spanish mobiles who accompanied
Philip to England when they saw how
the working people lived Though living
In mud houses, these people," said one
of them, fare commonly so we'll as the
king
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-23
WESTON Is WALKING
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

Corliss, Kas., March 22.--Edward Pay
son Weston, the transcontinental pedes-
TRAN, arrived here at II o'clock sonight. EIe
walked 4s miles today and is now % miles
from Kansas CITY. which h" wiz e"
ter tomorrow ten days ahead Of his sched-
ule, 4,5f 4t ~ ft.ts ~
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-24

sberaubet, na1f ser anoeren Seite let
Sic Bolitif ser &%egiep1ng 5u fin6en.
Sen @in3elitaaten fomme na@ iet-
r1er Mnitbt bel mebr ais Ser 8nnoes-
regierung 6ie Mufgabe gu, 8eri6men-
Dung ser Natmri6abe D%or5ubemgen.
5taatliden uno muni5ipalen 8ermal>
tungen iolte 0ieie Mufgabe 5ugetpie-
len meroen, uno sic 8unoeSregierung
nur sort ii6 etnmii6en, NO es iib Inn
nationales Sntereiie banole. Ct pro-
teitiere enti6ie0en gegen sic Ml1fai-
Jung, oaB n1r oesbalb, neil pieaet6t
5taaten nidt lire ganaen 8efugniiie
in oieier &tbtung 51r @eltnng ge-
bradt bitten. Die @unoesregiernng
nl1r oesbalb %etngreifen miiiie.
9omeritag, ser 5meite Sag oeS
aongreiies fir Grbaltung Ser &ilfs-
frafte oes 2anoes Mno ser @ntmid=
lung ser 2an0mirtbi6aft in ct. 8aul
mar in eriter 2inie ser lebteren ge-
miomet. Die &auptre0e bielt S. S.
SIN, ser bereits iebr piel iiber @rbal=
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-24

5tllng Der Maturldaee, 8ehieIi9nft
nno germeioung oeS &ullbballs 0ffent-
li6 gereoet bat, io0aB feline Mniidten
bieriiber alien Sarmern i'm Morome-
iten 5iemli6 gelanfig iir1. Diesmal
lpra6 er iiber baS niiber Sic aan5e
perbfeitete @el0Oelirium," nno
betonte sic Notbmenoigfeit, Sen @ei9-
tbum, sen &re0it mo oaS &apital oes
2an6es gegen Sic rauberii6en @eiden
ebenlomobl mie gegen sic rauberii9en
Mrmen gu i6iiben, un0 ni6t 3ulebt
gegen Sic raa1berii6en &olitifer. gi-
ne an6ere nidft. minoer oringli9e Mab-
nuttg ri6tete &rof. chamberlain bon
8roofings, g. g., an sic .an%tpeienoen
5arn1er, inoem er: ibnen ans Ser5
legte, lire Sarmen gu einem ange=
nebmen Aufentbalt fir sic 6rauen
un0 @in6er gu MAIDEN, 6ur@ Mnle-
gung biibi6er @arten uno SdnHung
bal1sli6er @equemli6feiten, INN sic
beranma6ien0e Sugeno Ser Tarm 5u
erbalten, uno Sem %iteigenoen Bug our
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-24

5000 3ub0rern iber oas Gbema:
u&eine Nabrnng ltno ibr 8erbaltnib
CUR ohentlihen @efunobeit mnb &on<
ierpation." SS1 oieier 8e5iebung iag-
tie er: rgeri6ieoene 0rganiiationen
befaiien iid nit benz stuoilm ser
&in0er. Sic ~5erfallen in 5pei &laiien,
oie in Ser S6ule u. auBerbalb oerlel-
ben. Sd min iiber cine anoere @lai-
ie @in6er ipreden, namli6 Sic, mel
DIE ~iberbaupt nidt our Sdule gebt,
neil iie ni6t lange genug lebt. Sic
gr0Bte &%onierpation mlr0e erm0glidt
mer6en, menn man sic &inoer retten
f0innte, sic iinger ais flint Sabre alt
iterben. Die Mer5te mer0en Sbnen
iagen, oaB sic meiiten oieier &inoer
entme6er aus Mangel an Gabrung
ODER an 6em Gift Der Mabrung iter=
ben, sic Tie erbalten. Cine uria6e 6es
Eooes Ser &in6er lit sic falide 5orte
Mfil6. Die 5o6esrate unter &tn6ern
miro itarf in Srten perminbert, mo
cine itrerge Mildinipeftion eriitiert.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-24
GDQen 9oQQr @erth
NDfumattSmuS @.~t,
Mebi5in VN

9ier 1T Elm FREEZER @eriu9 fiir ieoen,
Der an @beumatisml1s, tpun6en @feuen,
areu5i9mer5en. ODER an trgenb elmer 8e&
i9tper6e Der Mieren. 8lnie ODER &arnor<
game letbet. 8enn SSbr einiebt, bnb oie<
le Meoi5in bon bunoerten a1s Die grobnr<
ttgite empfoblen tpirb fir bic 9eilung bon
allen SSormen bon @beumatismus, MerbD<
ltGt, 3nrn}dure I'M 8lut. unb @elenfen.
oab tie ale S9mer3en bertreibt urb ate
u~ntbdtige mnn6e Rrsfeln unb @eIenfe
gei6metoig nnb tbdtiq madt. 10 tperoet
SIR ieben, DAP cine freie Offerte zines
boIen 9ouarzYadets bollt6nbig un1 pri<
bat b~eriiegeIt NIT bonen Gnpeifungen fir
guren SAL cine grobe @%elegenbeit 1T,
INN gl19 5l 9al1fe gu beilen. &c miro @uh
frei gei6iM in ie6em Gimme bes 8ortes.
MIes, mas SIR 81 tbun braudt, f1reibt
@uren Namen u1b Ioreiie nuf Elm 5tiiid
Rapier uno gebt an, tpie SIR Ieioet. SD
i9ide @u6 1as 8adet ll1tgebenb Ser
Boit, obne baB es gud einen Gent foitet.
S6 be3nble ale 8erfnnbtfpiten. Nsiiiirdhtet
gm9 ni6t, a~n5ugeben. nie Sbr Iei6et.
MQe Brtefe tperoen bertrnuIih qehnIter.
MDrehe: ST.. 81. 6. Mobinlon, G125 Qud
8uiloing, 9etroit, Mid.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-24

Staot miriam 81 begegnen. Das
aomitee fir permanente SPECIALIZATION
beri6tete am Gormittag iiber Ben Mn-
trag, sic iebige Organization gu Ell
1er permanenten llnter 0em 8oriib
@ouperneltr Gberbarts gu maben.D Ser
Mntrag mur0e angenou1men, uno miro
bis our nGditen Subresperiammlnng
lii @raft bieiben. SSn Ser Ma6mit-
ItagsiiBung muroen banptia6li6 ted-
|nii6e Sragen er0rtert.
Mm Sreitag ipra6 Dr. $. %. ISL
leu Ser Gbef 6es 8ureaus fir @be-
mie I'M Mferbau-D epartement bor
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-24
Minneipta'S criter StaatS:
fpn9ref.

Ser critic 5taatsfongreB BON Min=
ne ota sur Grbaltung ser natiirli6en
@ilfsqueuen un0 Gntmidelnng 0eS
Mderbaues mur0e am Mittpo9 I'M
auditorium gu ct. Saul, Minn., er=
0fnet. 9elegaten batten ii6 iiber 700
eingef lnoen. Mi9t rur aus Minneio o.
ia, ionoern audi aus infringement
Stoaten. I'm 10 l16r mrr0en sic 81
tungen bon @ol1perneur q. 8. gber-
bart formeQ er0ffnet, ser Damn Sen
bodpp' item gr5bilbof Srelmro als SEN
&oriibenoen ser eriten 5ikung Dor
ltelte. 3ieie mur0e 0urcb sic Mnipro-
hen 0es gr5bii6ofs, Sic g%rnel1nung
bon &on1ites -uno Sic grle0igung bon
Srganiiationsgeidaften ausgefiQt,
@abren0 Ser Nabmittagsltbung bielt
5unadit @ouperl1el1r gberbart feline
&eoe ais Hrdiioent oeS &ongreTes,
un0 Damn folgte &i6arO 81. 8alinger,
Ser 5efretar 0es Snnern. 8elome-
ren @eifau fan6 bel sen 5ablrei6 in
ser Ser ammlung eridienen Sarmern
feline Grflarung, 6aB es 0as 3iel ser
&eaierl1ng lei, @eimitdtten 51gdngl16
gu ma6en fir iopiele 8iirger alS 1o1r
irgen0 m0gli6. Sn ser &ormittags~
}ibl1ng .batten @ouperneur Gber6art
@r5biibof Srelan0 un0 perl6ie0ene
anoere &eoner geipro6en.
SIM @ingang ieiner &e0e be5ei9ne=
tie ltd @al1inger ais etnen uebenio gilt
benoen mie ra0ifalen" 8efurmorter
ser interchangeable, aber, flgte
er bin5r, 0ieielbe miilie pernunftig
lein. 3as 2ano, fubr er fort, lei un=
ermebli6 reid an Maturiddten> iein
8o0en, feline MineralierL leine @al-
Ger, @aiierfrafte un0 iein Selma ent=
balten ei11en u1ermeBli6en &eiht6un1,
Ser, menn ri@tig ausgebeutet, binret>
DIE, cine alld nod 10 iebr 5unebmel1=
oe 8epolferung auf piele Sabre bin=
aus 51 erlorgen. Man 0iirfe ii9 oes=
balb uud nidt 0ur6 5bmar5ieber in's
8odsborn iagen laiien. Muf Sem So
pier meroe 5. 9. ausgerednet, 0ab Sic
&obleni6abe Mlasfas i11 etma bunoert
Sabren erid0pft iein miir0er, Sbat-
jade, lei, OaB menn man Sic &p6len=
foroerung 6es Sabres 1908 gu @ru11-
oe lege, biz iebt bon Dem uripringli=
den &oblenbeitan0 0eS 2anoes nur
rs Nro5ent eri6opft, alio nod 1895
Ero5ent ibrig ieien> gel1ug fir 1000
Sabre. Na@ iabrelanger @lei9gul=
tigfeit lei jebt unter ser 8epolferung
Der STUFF na6 grbaltung Ser Natur-
1dabe laut gemor0en, ser ober pielfa6
cine gang iibertriebene Mniidt 5eige
iiber oas> mas Sic &egierlng tbun iol=
lie. IS meroe bel gereoet uno Gbeo-
rien oufgeiteut, sic fiir's Sbr id0n
Hingen, ii@ aber unter Sen beiteben-
ben gerbaltniien niemals praftiid
ourdfiibren laiien. 3miiden ser So.
lterie anf ser einen 5eite uno ser
Senoena, Sic 0fentli6e Gomdne gu
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-24

@ierbei fann ser 6armer belfen. Die
ier ioute feline aiibe idminoiudtsfrei
erbalten, ni9t neil er oaour@ b0be='
rem @eptnn er5ielen fann, ionoern
neil er 0aourb bel CUR 8erbutung
6es CODES 5abqoier &in0er beitragt.
Die &in6er ioaten mebr in Ser freien
Suit leben, aidt lie auein, ion6ern ale
9eute. - Gin 0fonomiides iomobl
mie Elm bpgieniides 8erbre6en lit es,
@efliigel, Butter, @ier uno Slide in
4~ublbduiern auf5ubemabren. 9ie Sat-
mer erbalten Elm mentg n1ebr als oie
Marftpreile fir friide gier bon Ben
8eiibern ser &iiblbauier auf bemabrt,
Bis Sic &reiie geitiegen itno. Ser
5armer miirbe ouf Sic Duuer mebr
@elo MAIDEN, menn er ieine Mrttfel
an sen &oniumenten 5as gar5e Sabr
iiber perfaufte, anitatt an Sic &u6l=
baus=8eiber. Sd babe gegen Sic Gis=
bduier fir gemiiie 3mefe nidts ein<
5%utpen0en, aber menn es ii6 INT Sic
&ontroue ser @reiie banoelt, Damn
BIN ib 0agegen. IS lit unre6t uno
gegen 1as @eieb.
9ie 5pe5ialiibung oes Ma6mittugs-
muroe BON sen Sralten Minneiota's
geleitet, un5 an 6erielben nabmen Ste
2eiterinnen bon So io5ialen, frater-
nalen II. mobltbatgen Srganiiatione1
tbeil. Ser @oupernenr bemtQfomm=
nete sic 6ral1en, un6 es trat Johann
Srau Carolina Bartlett ais @auptre6=
Merlin uuf. Mn ser Mben0iiBung nab
men etma 1900 Berionen .tbeil. 9ie=
lie mar ser 5a9e ser guten 5traBen
gemiomet, uno iber oieies Sbema
perbreitete ii6 30. 3. glorioge pom
Mderbauoepartement Ser feline Mus=
fnbrungen nit itereoptii6en 8iloern
gum belieren 8eritdnoniB bradte. Ns
8eitrag gum Gbema 2ano uno quite
StraBen perlangte 81. 6. Dunn bon
Hrinceton Sic @rbobung ser 5taais=
iteuer fir quite StraBen auf ein Mil.
Mub mrroe sen 6armern flargelegt,
0uB Tie iabrli9 0ur6 Sen transport
ibrer &ro0atfte iiber ible6te @ege
ungebeure 5ummen perlierer1. Man
lebe 0ieie 5umme fonlerpattp, gu bier
Milionen Collars AT, 10 miir0e sizes
SEN pierpro5entigen 3inien fir cine
8on6ausgabe BON 100 Bis 1875 Mil=
ltonen Collars entipreden.
5mnitag mar ser leBte Sag 6es
@ongreiies. Dte Morgeniibung mar
sen @alo- unb 8ergperfsinterelien
gemi6met. Die Madmittagsiitung be-
faBte ii@ nit Drainage uno @aiier-
fraften, nit beiierer Sarmmirtbidaft
in @imei ota, uno in ser S6luBii=
bung in melder @ouperneur Gberbart
Sen 8oriib 'fubrte, bielt Grau &ereD
StarfDeatber einen redt interei ianten
&ortrag iiber 6as Gbema: noie @obl=
fabrt ser &in0er." Morgens pra9 Or.
CHARLES 81. San @iie, &rdiioent ser
l1niperiitdt bon @isconiin uber Min=
neiota's 8o6en uno Mineral=&ulfs-
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1910-03-24
@arbe lin iein 2eben gefoitet babcn

Oscar 8omman, lebanon, @p.
i6reibt: SD babe 6olep'S Nieren-
mittel gebrau6t, uno es madt mir
groBes Dergriigen, bebaupten gu fon-
men, oaB es mid bon ser Mierenfranf.
felt fir gut beilte, sic mir ii@erlid
sos 2eben gefoitet bate" Molttor
Drug So.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-26
ASSORTED TERRoRs.
Fears of Many Kinds, Including the
 Fear of Fear.

Can anyone outside of fiction or mythology, boast that his freedom from fear is absolute? Many are sufficiently brave to dash into burning building or leap for drowning man. Courage happily abounds but often in the bray est there is some strange and often un- reasonable form of fear.
 A Frenchman mentions many sorts of specialized terrors, some of which are these:
 Atchmophobia, or fear of sharp points, as of needles.
 Agaraphobia, or fear of open spaces.
 Haematophobia, or dread of blood.
 Monophobia, or fear of solitude.
 Necrophobia, or horror of dead bod ies.
 Thanatophobia. or dread Of death.
 Ba.cillophobia, or fear of microbes.
 Pathophobia, or fear of disease.
 Kelptophobia, or fear of becoming a kleptomaniac.
 Pyrophobia, or fear of matches.
 Strasophobia, or fear of evil results from standing upright.
 Aerophobia, or fear of high places.
 Demonophobia or dread of the devil
 Phobophobia, or fear of having fear.
 Some, says Golfers Weekly, do not enjoy passing through a herd of cows. unabaShed. Where one man does not welcome the opportunity to walk along deserted wood road at midnight, an- ether, as prospective bridegroom, can not face a church full of people with out tremor. For one it is Poe's Tales in an empty house, for another the pre- liminary whir of dentists drill, for a third a dinner at which he is a post prandial speaker, for a fourth a waiter who has not deserved a tip. Few get through life entire strangers to terror in soine forn.-New York Sun.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-26
NAVY YARD ExTRAvAcAncE.

The investigation of navy yard methods leaves no doubt that there is plenty of room for reform and econo- nay in this department of the govern ment.
 In his hearing before the naval com mittee of the house, Secretary Meyer gave some striking illustrations of the evils of naval administration he is striving to correct The attention of the chief of the bureau of ordnance was called to the excessive charge for a certain piece of work, and he found of a total of s2.276.12, $1,217.e2 had been incorrectly charged to it. MT. Meyer added: That is what I claim in some instances has been going on in the past; that foremen have made excessive estimates; that they have kept a job order open after almost completing the job, in order that the workmen might be transferred to an other job to cover the underestimate of another case, and this will show you an example of irregular methods used and indicates that it is inadvisa- ble for the manager to have the cost and accounting system under his su- pervision."
 Irregular methods have been fol- lowed which gave a false idea of the kind and quality of stock used on job. Of five propellers which the man. ager at Mare island had been ordered to make, four were of such inferior quality that they had to be sent to the scrap-hesp Floor plates worth $1500 were sent to the dump because their edges were a little rusty.
 This sensational evidence is official, and while not along the exact lines explored by the late Congressman Lilley, it shows that his contention was warranted and that if the inquiry had been fairly conducted valuable in formation in support of his claims would have been forthcoming. The peoples money should not be thrown away,
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-26
The Old Fashioned Winter and the
 New

Those people who longed for an old satisfied. It is here. The snow drifts are as big and deep as they used to be when we were kids. But the old time fun is missing. Wallowing through drifts up to the waist line is not now amusing. Getting the feet wet means doctors bills. Not the quarter per visit we used to pay, but two nicely engraved dollar bills- No more boneset tea of the home brew. It is now quinine and accessories that cost good money. This matter of ex- pense. in fact, is the thing that makes the real old-fashioned winter impos- sible.
 In the days when life was rural and unhurried snow had It's advantages. Cattle could break roads, however deeply drifted. Then the snow was needed for getting out the wood, and wood was the only fuel. The home was provisioned for the winter and it made no difference if the grocery store and meat market were not visited daily or weekly. If the roads were blocked the people could wait. They were in no hurry. No discomfort. Now all that is changed. Everybody must hurry. They must keep in touch with the dis tributors of food products
 They are obliged to reach promptly their places of employment Snow has become nuisance. f1indrarce to the daily rush. l. interferes with every thing and brings in its train delays, suffering and expense. The new-fash- toned winter has no use for snow. From then to now is a. radical change. But it is not a change for which na- ture Is esponsible.-Bristol Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-26
aLoss of a Good Name.

New England statisticians are a little slow in discovering that Maine is no longer entitled to be known as the Pine Tree state. Twenty years ago the head of the Maine Central railroad, when asked where consumptive could take refuge to get the full breath of the pines answered that no pines had been left in Maine for a long time previous. Spruce there still is in some abundance but it is fast falling before the ax of the lun1berman, just as fell the statelier evergreens-
 Now that the pines are gone the cry is raised that they might have, been saved in a large measure if in the early days of the onslaught upon our re- sources any intelligent effort toward conservation and been attempted Sci entific forestry is steadfast to protect, but slow to rebuild and the majestic forests that gave Maine her fame can be known no more. With the full knowledge that good name is rather to be chosen than riches. Maine de- 1iberately suffered the sacrifice of the one for the other.-Omaha Bee.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-26
Little Japanese Girls.

The other night we had a singular festival next door. A teacher of danc- ing-an old woman of our neighbor- hood-died last year; and on the ami versary of her death, her 'ihai' were placed on a platform erected for the occasion next door, and offerings set before it. Then all the little girls she had taught-from four years up, were brought to dance before the thai to please her spirit. The dainty little fairy darlingsl I went behind the scenes and saw all the dressing. The children were all faultless until the dance was over-but then being tired. they would cry a little; and their mothers would carry them home-look- ing like wonderful dolls in their tiny gorgeous Kagura dresses. Surely a Japanese baby-gfrl is the sweetest thing in all this world
 Beyond the other side of the garden I hear and see something much less pleasing-the training of a little gei- sha. The child is very young, but she is obliged to sing nearly seven hours every day can tell what time it is by the tone of weariness in her voice. Sometimes she breaks down and cries to be let alone in Yain They do not beat herLbut she must sing. Some day she will revenge herself on the world for this-and "sarVe it right!'-Atlantic Monthly.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
As Mir. Miller Views It.

MT. Editor: The following editorial note: Since pr. Cook is said not to have paid his typer, there is a desire to Hear from his Eskimo dog that we may le5-n if he was not stolen by him." in Saturdays Bulletin, calls the attention of the writer-and, by the way, many others to the fact that the greatest ecomiums were passed along by the Cook admirers and lots of mean things said about Peary, by both press and people.
 Now, my dear Bulletin, will you mark down. in baseball parlance, First three balls, a call, the next two. strikes and the last a ball" The writer does not know how it happened club voted Aye" on his polar proposi- ton and datai Never asked them. But presume it was for the amuse- ment of the young. A few, very few, of the aged are infected, but the fever does not promise to be very serious scriptions accurately compounded, is the echoing chime from the duly quail ifed-at Copenhagen. Peary and ad- vance agents are now covering the country a hen covereth her brood and Uncle Sam his rural routes.
 The Pole uplifter now seemingly inflated to undue proportion, seizes his can of data" bait, moves ibriskly, and as the icicles begin to form un- der the proskinit, wraps the 'sealskin" about the form. and appeals to the dear people. Ready and willing. with enthusiasm and much satisfaction to do the raw deal toss -the-pole stunt, and give the plucked fowl a dog sled" imaginary ride, with walrus meat on the side, for $1.000 a night, and some. J. w. MILLER.
 Jewett City, Conn, Jan- 24, 1910.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-26
THE DISTRESSING PRICES.

There is no subject which the pub- lie Is more interested in just at pres eut than the high price of provender and the cause.
 It is a statistical fact that since 1ss6 wages have advanced but 20 per cent. while the leading necessities have advanced 45 percent, which shows how much worse off the work ing classes are today than they were 1s years ago.
 As one cause for present unbeara- bIe conditions. the Waterbury Ameri- can sleans from a western source this item
 A meat dealer in Youngstown, O., says that an agent of a Kansas City packing house said that his firm had in cold storage 5000 beef carcasses, which had been held in reserve for two years, awaiting just such an op- portunity as now presented itself. The agent explained that the cold storage beef was being distributed now, at the high prices prevailing, and at the same time operated to slash the quo tations on new beef, cutting the prices at which packers are buying more beef to be put in the refrigerating plants, TO be held again for repetition of the same process"
 This. If a true statement, Is some thing which should be stopped. How long perishable food shall be kept in cold storage could and should be reg ulated by law, not only in the .mone- rary but the sanitary interest of the people.
 There is one timely backing which the movement against such high prices gets. and this is the backing of such reliable statisticians as Bradstreet's and Dun's, which show that food prod ucts were never so high as today in this land of plenty
 Bradstreets record covers prices on ninety-six commodities that enter in 10 daily consumption, and it shows that on January l the cost of living had increased so that a new high rec ord was stsblished- The previous nigh mark was made on March 1. 1907, and this was exceeded on the first of the present month by II per cent
 The government and the representa- ttves of state government are moving 70 find out what refrigeration means, and # to 1t is to be charged much of this alleged scarcity of fish and meats and eggs These are matters which may be regulated by law