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Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-06

According to local newspaper a
resident of Amsterdam has discovered
a method of chemical treatment
whereby cheap. black. bitter cigars arc
given an exquisite flavor, equal to That
of cigars sold at tenfOld greater
prices. IT is said that expert judges
of fine. cigars. during recent expert
ment in Amsterdam, could detect no
difference between cheap cigars ihus
treated and tbe-nost expensive brands.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-06
WANTED.

WANTED-Girl about 16 years old,
to work in fruit store Apply A.
Malosrides, Sz5 Main St, City. jed
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-06

FOR SALE-Good work horse, w ign t
1870 pounds. c. A. Wyman, Pain Hill.
X. +. II. 3. fJe6d
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-06
FOR SALE.

House and lot for sale on Babcock
Hill, 1a mile south from South Wind
ham. postoffce. store. schools, church.
steam and electric ear stations. house.
storehouse, henhOuse and large yard /;
good land, good buildings, choice fruit,
choice air and water and a never fail
ing supply of both. Ny only reason
for selling is. have too many broken
bones to care for such g place. For
further particulars, enquire of the
owner, S. n. AI4BRO, South Windham
Conn, or phone 1872, Willimantic Di-
vision. je1ThSTu
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-06
TO RENT.

TO RENT-Barn on Oak St, for au-
tomobi1e or horse and wagon; call be
tween 10 and 2 and to D. M MIS-
w. NJ. Vars, So Hobart Avenue.
mavz7STT1
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-06

CARPENTERS WANTED-Apply to
The Isaac Sherman Co. "a West Broad
st, Westerly, X. l. Jed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

the colors. There may be as many
more regulars in reserve. The irreg-
ular troops number perhaps $1,000, 80
out of date in arms and drill that
they belong with wooden warships'
Russia can put 100000 trained sol
diers In the field. The total strength.
on paper, Of the Russian army, using
all available reservists and garrison
troops, rises to nearly 100000.
The Russian navy Is relatively weak
and little Of It IL on the Caspian sea,
where Persia has itB most popuicus
coast, but Persia has no navy worthy
Of notice. Its best boat IL Of 600 tons
and the heaviest guns are of three
caliber.
The revenues Of the Russian imper
ial government are about S1.26o, 900.
900 annually. Persia is in luck wher
its national income reaches Ss,oeo, DOT
or $4,000. 900. Russia's revenues are
greater In a week than Persia's in two
years.
IL II strange that Persia gave mp be
fore the advance Of q Russian army
The Persian government needed and
wanted the services Of W. Morgan
Shuster, the young American hnan
cial expert in charge Of the Persian
treasury, but Russia was simply ir
resistible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
New Rule for Denver.

The people of Denver presented a
petition to the city council asking for
an election to vote on the adoption OF
commission government. The council
refused TO grant the petition. alleging
that each provision OF the new rule
would require a separate vote, and
that each provision would have to be
voted upon al q separate election.
The supreme court has overruled
the council, and characterizes its con
tention a. an absurd technicality In
tended only to defeat the right OF the
people to express public sentiment in
a popular election The court or
dered the council 10 call the election
as asked for in the petition.
The Kansas City Star remarks that
It 10 really a fine acknowledgment Of
the growth Of sentiment for good gov
eminent IN American cities when the
council OF n mAchine-rJled city Xix,
Denver IS afraid to give the people {
chance TO vote for the new rule.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
La Toilette Enters Illinois.

United States Senator Bob" La
Toilette. progressive republican candi-
date for president, will whirl through
the state OF Illinois today OF tomor-
row. He is scheduled to visit Spring
field this afternoon and he will doubt
less be given quite an audience. He
win receive attention as ore OF the
vigorous nghters against the old re-
publican "standpat" plgtocracy. and
is doing more than any other one re-
publican at this present day to force
reorganization OF the republican party.
He will not receive the republican
presidential nomination because the
steam roller" convention nomination
system viii be used. In a pIesiden-
tial primary he would be dangerous,
and that is why the Taft following in
Illinois are vigorously opposed to any
new tangled plan. as they term It
TO let the people in on the ground
loor
La Follette's visit 20 Illinois is i'm
portant from a state rather than from
a national standpoint. He Is a strong
man. There's no use denying thai
fact. He is q vigorous. fearless. posi-
tive character, brim full Of life and
fire and full Of fight all the time. He's
q fighter who has convictions and
says what he thinks. Whether We
agree or disagree with such a cam
paigner we all have considerable re
spect for the lighting spirit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
Reading the Newspapers

he will know, without consulting
public libraries later on, how the
history of his times was constructed.
Aged people live too much in the
past. To prolong the vitality of the
aged, get them all the daily news. If
their fond old eyes are failing, then
you can do them no greater service
than when you say: 81 have come in,
grandma, to sit by your chair and
read aloud the newspaper to you"
10 young people realize what an in
valuable service this is?
The free press is, take 1t all in
all, the highest prize of free state.
We do not stop long enough to con-
fess it. We ought to weigh it, ought
oftener than we do to rightly value
this costly machine, the daily press.
1t is not too much to say that moth
ing ever did or ever will come into
the poor mans home that stands for
so much expended energy as the
newspaper, which ne may lightly
! perhaps, toss upon the floor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
New York Mail.)

Some men complain that they
have not time to read the newspa-
pers. They make a great mistake.
The days news is the most marvel
Gus stimulant that can be found.
Some women rarely read the pa
pers. AS girls they never formed
the habit. AS grown housewives
they value a broom more than a
page of human history. Society
gossip or glazing accounts of ca
lamity they manage to read, if theil
next door neighbor does not gossip
too long over the telephone.
All bright minded children can be
induced to pick up the newspaper
habit. They need a bit of guidance
as to scandals, as they need to be
told not to paddle in the mud after
shower. Point out to the lad the
seat of war in Tripoli. That make!
live geography. If he will read o.
the current reconstruction in Turkey
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
.nlk5uk
eMy:\bln1,;oan
Leoder:gg

For long time sold all our
eggs to one of these middlemen.
Eggs that brought so cents in the
city brought me about AZ cents
f'om him. never got over 80
cents for them when they were the
highest In the city-and mine is fam
cy guaranteed stock, you know.
well. the midd3eman and / had
q disagreement. Besides didn't
see why it was that his wife could
afford to ride around In an automo-
bile and I couldn't, when he did
nothing but get the eggs from me
and deliver them to the merchants
while I had all the trouble and
anxiety and expense OF producing
the merchandise.
"Of course he saved me the trou-
BILE of delivering the eggs, but 1t
| dawned on me that I might Just as
well have some Of the money he was
getting as q go-between. SO I can
celed the agreement, went down
town and saw two Of the biggest
grocers in the city, and made con-
tracts with them to take my entire
output. It was the best piece Of
business ever did and not only
benefited me, but the grocers and
the public, for the grocers can sell
a few cents cheaper on the dozen.
"In our case chickens pay. But IT'S
because we used good judgment
from the start and didn't expect tc
make a fortune right away out Of
an incubator. Last spring I was
talking with a man who sells incu.
bators and he told me what q phe.
} nomenal business he was doing.
!, EVERY one OF 'em that buys 6
machine said he, with q wink, 'ex
? poets to be a millionaire by fall
, But when one Of those enthus
! lasts fails" continued my inform
ant, "and tries to tell you there
E nothing but trouble and expense 1,
/ chickens, don't believe him. He
: simply tried to do too much and h
= began with wrong ideas.
Keep a few chickens II you can
g If you treat them right they'll re
y pay you with better eggs than yo'
: can buy ordinarily.
t But don't go into the thing witt
y the idea of making a lot of none
l out of your chickens unless yo1
t make a regular business Of it, Civ
n it all your time-just like any 9th
f er business-and have enough bust
ness sense to dispose Of your prod
+ uct. You know some people ca
| ~
t eggs, but they simply. haven't GO
t the business ability to sell any
thing"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

Thurber was experimenting the I'M
packing of some boxes of supplies
when the landlord of the Antlers came
rushing in, exclaiming:
81 want a man"
what for?" asked Thurber. looking
up inquiringly.
ITO marry a young woman who is in
a big hurry"
"You don't mean it!'
"She says she'll make 1t worth any
mans while to marry her"
''Is she a fright?''
mo; she has lot of style about her
and is pretty"
by Jove, I have a mind to go and
take look at her"
There was more talk over the matter
while the lady was impatiently stamp
ing back and forth across the floor Of
the inn. The landlord was not IN
willing that Thurber should help him
out Of the matter, SO the two set Off
together to join her. The lady looked
surprised at seeing man of Thur
ber's station, but as there was evident
Iy no time to lose she said quickly:
81 expected some ordinary man to
give me the legal status of married
woman for a consideration"
st might fill the bill without the con-
sideration."
But you must sign paper agreeing
not to claim any matrimonial rights,
to leave me as soon as married"
Thurber stood looking at the girl
for a few moments, during which q
great deal was passing through his
mind. Presently he said:
I'm your man."
'Have you a clergyman handyT
asked the lady of the landlord
mo, but we have a justice Of the
peace"
"Call him"
The landlord looked at Thurber
who gave his assent, and the justice
was called.
81 see," said Thurber to the girl
shat for some reason you find it es
sential to assume the legal position o
wife / VIII accommodate you with
| out any reward except that you shat
join party TO be given at my moth
er's cottage, the guests to arrive thii
| afternoon
The girl thought moment, theI
said:
81 agree to the terms
At this moment the justice appeared
The two stood up before him and wer
married. the landlord and his wife be
ing witnesses. The ceremony hat
scarcely been performed and the tw'
pronounced man and wife before
second sleigh was driven up to tn
house in hot haste. An elderly gentle
man got out and, coming in, confront
ed the party. The bride snatched III
certificate from the Justices hand an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
Hurnor and
Philosophy
THEIR NATURE.

ROYs win be boys, I've heard them say.
- And 90 II must be true,
And some boys will be moro than that
At least by quite q few.
The sufferers would not protest
So loudly or depaore
The fact would they consent to be
Just boys and nothing more.
The future man appears to b
30 cunning, 30 polite,
To look at him you would not dream
That he was not all right,
But when you turn again and look
What IL 1t meets your view9
A whole menagerie, and worsa
Prepared to pounce on you
Boys WIN be Indians ana bears
And Wildcats an In one.
No use for mothers to protest
They only think It fun
They win be pirates bold and strong
And hungerfng for blood,
And II In that they cannot wade
They'll compromise on mud.
Yes, boys WIN be most anything
That strikes them At the time,
That old folks look upon in fear
And list almost as crime,
But did they not in lawlessness
Discover hidden joys.
For they would not be boys
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

me landlord Of the Antlers in the
village Of B., having finished his break
fast, sat him down before an open log
IRE to read the morning paper. His
was a hotel for summer boarders, and
since it was now the dead Of winter
his guests were few and far between.
He read the little sheet before him, In
Guiding the advertisements, then arose
from his seat, went to the window,
looked out on the dreary scene and
longed for summer to come, when he
would again be in the midst Of the sea-
sons hustle.
He was on the eve Of Q hustle Of an
other kind. Down the road came .
sleigh, the driver thrashing the gallop-
ing horses that drew It. Instead Of
passing the Antlers, he refined In at
the front door, and a lady stepped out
and ran up the steps. The landlord
went into the hall and admitted her.
st want husband" she said, ''in-
stantly."
The landlord gaped at her wonder
ingly.
"a husband, say, Immediately. TIL
make it worth your while and the man
who marries me-"
At the words 9TH make It worth
your while" a change came over the
landlord.
what kind of a husband?"
ANY one. Be quick about It or am
lost"
The landlord, being a married man
was not himself eligible. much to his
regret, for the lady was young and
pretty, so after a moments thought hs
seized his hat and coat and hurried out
There were summer cottages In B.
one Of which was owned by q widow
named Thurber. Her son Harry, &
man Of twenty-five, had come from the
city TO prepare the place for the recep
ton of a house party that was to fol
low him into the country. Harry
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
YES, there's money in chickens,

YES, there's money in chickens.
but"
The speaker paused to smile and
shrug her shoulders. It might be
explained here, by the way, that she
sends half a thousand strictly
fresh" eggs to the city every week
the kind that you pay the topnotch
price for.
II should say. perhaps." eontin-
ued the woman who sells eggs.
that there's money In eggs. ]
don't recommend keeping chickens
to sell. It's the eggs that pay,
though ! think even that isn't go
ing to pay as we'll Tn the future as
it has In the past.
why? Well, everybody is keep
ing chickens now. The very poorest
people, If they have any yard at all,
hare q rooster and a few hens. That
will give them enough eggs for fam.
lily use. I think it is a wise thing
to do, too. But It certainly cuts
into the egg business Of the regular
sellers.
"As to keeping chickens for the
purpose Of selling the eggs
Everybody has q notion that I'll
the easiest thing Imaginable. SEE
people with that notion starting VI
everywhere, thinking they'll soon b.
rich from their egg business. But Il
makes me laugh every time Sc,
one Of these enthusiastic beginner,
because they nearly all begin will
that idea and it's the unusual on,
that doesn't give up in disgust a
the end Of the year.
The one big mistake they all maxi
is not having enough ground t.
raise chicken feed. Anybody who at
tempts to raise chickens and blu,
their feed. is bankrupt from tn
start. Chickens eat up all they ca
earn II you buy feed for them.
"Oh, I've had all the experience
from A to q in raising chickens an
marketing eggs. I've made it pa
me well, but only after a good man
vicissitudes.
"I started in a good many year
ago, when was considerabl
younger. My husband was so al
fiicted that he became permanent
invalid. We only had little none
and I had to do something.
thought Of all the usual things tina
women think of, but none Of theI
appealed to me. Then 1 thought c
chickens.
1--WE took a little place on 81
burban car line, and stocked it.
had good luck from the start, bu
there wasn't minute that 1 WASH
learning and working hard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

An unusual but very pretty romance
graces the holidays in New York and
deserves notice for the exemplary
principle II holds forth to women. A
young woman working in the slums
has married her first convert She
had reformed him first, by six months
good hard rescue work. So many
good women Of weak judgment marry
them first and the rescue work after.
wards fails Of the desired results.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

Corn in the ear, per bushel 20
pounds.
Wheat, per bushel, so pounds.
Irish potatoes, per bushel 60
pounds.
Glover seed, per bushel so pounds.
Onions, per bushel 81 pounds. 4,
Shelled corn, per bushel, Sc
pounds.
Sweet potatoes, per bushel, SO
pounds.
Turnips, per bushel SIS pounds.
Fine salt, per bushel, So pounds.
Buckwheat, per bushel So pounds
Coarse salt, per bushel so pounds
Barley. per bushel 48 pounds.
Timothy seed, per bushel AZ
pounds.
Oats, per bushe1 80 pounds.
Bran, per bushel, "a pounds.
Blue grass, per bushel IA pounds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

Some men are old bachelors just to
prove to themselves that they are free
and independent persons.
Love may seem to be like moonlit
landscape, but that's no guarantee that
II won't prove like thunderstorm in
less than fifteen minutes.
Platonic friendship is about as salts
flying as soup without salt.
even with ourselves.
Having a good time is a relative
term; it may mean visit to nickel
show or a trip to Europe.
We all like to be popular, but some
Of Us hate to pay the price.
Some men are so wise and dignified
that it really seems as if they must
have been their own grandfathers.
Never say fail and don't listen when
the other fellow says it.
The reason why some persons never
came back il because they never got
away in the start.
Good intentions may not be forceful
but they are certainly lubricative.
Work! II you don't win your lau
rels y,n may at least earn your HON
my,
Beggars may not be choosers. but II
sometimes happens that they choose t.
be begsars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
MEASURES IN ILLINOIS

The last issue of the Illinois blue
book states that according to the
statutes of this state, whenever any
Of the following articles shall be
sold, and no special contract shall
be made to the contrary, the weight
per bushel or barrel or Invisible
merchantable quantities of a barrel
shall be as follows:
Wheat flour, per barrel, 1916
pounds.
Wheat -four, per quarter barrel,
sack, 40 pounds.
Wheat -four, per eighth barrel,
sack, "a n pounds.
Cornmeal, per bushel sack, As
pounds.
Cornmeal. per quarter bushel sack
IL pounds.
Stone coal, per bushel, so pounds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
WIRE SPARKS

Baltimore.-A large building at
the works Of the Maryland Steel
company was burned. The loss is
500, 200.
Sedalia, Mo.-There will be q gen.
eral reduction of the shop forces on
the Missouri Pacific and Iron Noun
tain railways in January.
New Orleans, Law. ]. Burns
arrived here to conclude an fnvesti-
cation of dynamite explosion
which wrecked a building under con-
struction. Non-union workmen were
employed.
Cape Girardeau, Mo.-Fire de-
stroyed the yards Of the Philips
Lumber and Fuel company, causing
loss of $4,000. It is believed that
robbers opened the safe and started
the fire.
Redwood City, Cal.-The divorce
suit of Mrs. ]. ]. Moore against hel
I lhlO WulIh EAC hohAC W
Rear Admiral Thomas S. Phelps, U
S. N, retired, was brought, was dis
missed.
Cincinnad.-An ordinance grant
ing a franchise to the Cincinnati
Union Depot and Terminal compan.
to erect a new central railway sta
ton to cost $4,000, was passed b.
the city council.
Seattle-A court order was signe'
permitting Ex-Governor Malcolm r
Patterson Of Tennessee to remov
his son from the state on filing
bond Of $1,000 to guarantee that tn
young man would not return.
Jefferson City, Mo.-Governo
Hadley, in a letter to Samuel Com
pers, announces that he has decline
to grant a parole to Edgar G. Bale!
who killed a nonunion hack driver i
Kansas City in 1904.
st. Louisa dispatch of the Al
ISOLATED Press Dec. IL attributed I
Professor Irving Fisher the STATE
ment that the high cost of living wa
, due chiefly to malaria, hookworl
and alcohol. 81 stated" says PIT
lessor Fisher, that the causes {
|, the rise of prices we're a matter
: dispute and that an internationi
commission should be appointed |
make an authoritative investigate
4 of that subject"
Cobalt, Ont.-Fire swept the bu
mess district of Golden City, wipir
out nearly all the buildings tn;
survived the disastrous confagratio
1 of last July.
Colombo, Ceylon--Attending phi
sicians express satisfaction at Il
: progress made by DR.. Charles '
Eliot, president emeritus of Ha
e ward university, who was operat,
on for appendicitis. They declar
however, that he is not yet out
danger.
a Regina, Sask.-John Hudson,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

Why, OF course. the American gov
eminent as at present constituted will
oppose the Chinese republic. Are we
not IN league with the other world
powers" having colonial possessions
beyond the seas and administering to
them without the consent of the gov
erned9
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
Didn't Think Il Was Permissible.

Didn't Think IL Was Permissible.
81 think" said Mrs. OldeastIe, that
our minister Is going too far. Did you
hear his sermon last SundayT
Yes" replied her hostess as she
finished sealing a letter to her
daughter. the Duchess OF Ramshead.
Both me and Josiah put in fifty dollar
bills when the contribution was tax
en-"
IT don't like the habit he has fallen
into of matchmaking the rich"
'Mercyi I hadn't heard about him
dom that. didn't think anybody was
allowed to anathematize people unless
they had appendicitis or somethin'."-
Chicago Record Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

Congress plans TO take a rest for
both the democratic and the republt
can national conventions. Later on
when the socialists meet, Congress
man Berger win take a recess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
Russia and Persia.

The Russian empire has about 1885,
COO, 900 Inhabitants. Persia takes no
census but the population 70 not more
than 100000 or lo.00o.ooo. perhaps
less.
Russia keeps about 100000 sol
Cicrs under arms. Persia has not
more than $1,000 men, mostly III
trained and doubtfulIy equipped, with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

ST do think that Mrs. Fragile has tbs
meanest husband In town"
whats his latestr'
You see. she wants to 60 to Cali
fornia this winter, so she has cultivat.
cd a consumpttve cough all season"
"Yes?'
"And the stingy thing has gone and
built sleeping porch for her on the
back Of the house"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

engineer, was injured when a pas
senger train crashed into a yard en-
CINE here. Hudson's leg was crush
ed and he was scalded.
New York; Calcutta dispatch
says that the latest news from King
Georges shooting camp in Nepal is
that his majesty has shot 80 tigers
and Is rhinoceri.
FL Paso, Texas.-Advices from
Cansnea, Sonora, says smallpox is
raging at Magdalena, that state, and
that over so cases are being treated,
with I'VE or six new ones appearing
daily.
Rome.-Cardinal Farley and his
suits have left for Naples. A great
number OF people, including many
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

The Chinese revoluttonists insist
that Picking shall not be the capital
Of the new republic. To the horrors
Of war is evidently 10 be added a
capital removal fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

In Theory.
Now after all this feasting
In every form and style
How good 'twould be to be so poor
We'd have to starve awhilei
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29

No wonder Senator La Toilette
wears his hair pompadour. The rising
Of that bump Of egotisra makes it
stand up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-29
A sprained ankle viii usually disabl

A sprained ankle win usually disable
the injured person for three or four
weeks. This Is due to lack of proper
treatment. When Chamberlain's Lint
ment is applied cure may be effected
IN three or four days. This liniment is
one Of the best and most remarkable
preparation in uze Al all druggists.