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Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-27
A Great Array of Pets.

Dear Uncle Jed: I think I will tell you some more about my Helen Pink and white rats. You remember Elizabeth we'll she is at Gardner Lake for the summer. I traded her with a fellow for a 12-gallon glass aquarium and her husband, John died of broken heart; but I have about twenty rats now. Elizabeth Jr., is blind and was born that way; but I have always kept her and she has IS babes of her own.
 I made her an extra nice house and stained it inside with cherry and on the stairs I put white enamel, and the bedroom I made with a wire front so I could see her babes. Sometimes they fall down stairs. but she takes them by their tail or one leg and hauls them up to bed.
 I have about GO rabbits and two boarders for the summer.
 This vacation I have trained my. fox terrier to a harness and gig, and he likes it. He won't let my other dog come near it; and one day he saw a dog and ran away, almost knocked a lady down. took off one wheel and had a terrible time.
 I must stop and go to building a rabbit house as I have two more boarders coming this morning.-Stud ent.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-27
A Trip to Hot Springs, Arkansas.


 Dear Uncle Jed: Mamma has just been reading letter from Arkansas and it made me think of the time I was there. It was winter and very cold when I left home in Ohio We had snow all the way to Hot Springs where I went. Hot Springs has many hotels as many people go there for their health to drink and bathe in the mineral waters. There are many kinds of mineral waters and they come boil ing hot out of the ground. I had a very good kind to drink, but all do not taste as well. At many of the springs the water was free to drink. I had long drive in the country to Mountain Valley. There were springs all along the road and the country was beauti- full The hills made me think of Connecticut only those hills were cov- cred with very tall pine trees. l visited some of the country people and saw how they lived They are fond of cornbread and bacon. Their houses are small with a hall and three or four rooms and a porch. I saw goats near ly everywhere The cows do not look as good as those seen here and all goats. cows and pigs run loose in streets. yards, woods, everywhere even under the houses
 The houses are set up on legs, some quite high. They are not plastered but are papered and in the city they look better but are not plastered and the wind blows through They are built of pine and burn quickly. The northern people who live there gen orally build better houses the same as we do here. They work harder but have more than most of the souther- ners.
 I saw lots of wild peach trees in blossom and had sweet violets from the woods in March. They plough and plant in February when the sea son is good. Holly and mistletoe grow wild and they ship loads of it north The farmers come from twenty miles and more in huge wagons to Hot Springs with loads for the markets. They have all kinds of things, meats vegetables, hides, cotton and every thing that will. sell, and game of diff ferent kinds. They gather at a large market in the center of the city and stay several days selling their goods. I could write more but see my letter is already long enough.
 ( Your friend
 KENNETH w. MAIN.
 Norwich, July 23, 1911.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-27

Reach up as far as ycu can, and God will reach down all the rest of the way
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-27
TROY I. MAIN.

Norwich, July 20, 1911.
 Master Main will please return the duplicate bird-book to The Bulletin of flee. at his convenience. - UNCLE JEDI
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-27
THE BOOK WINNERS
 OF THE WEEK.

First prize to Kenneth w. Main, q book entitled Three Times Three" by Mrs. G. R. Alden.
 Second prize to Raymond French. a book entitled Bob Burton," by Hora- tio Alger, Jr.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-27
Glad to Get the Book.

Gales Ferry, July 22, 1911.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30
CROPS ARE Being HURT
BY The INTENSE HEAT
Showers are Needed Badly
in Sumter

Broiling hot weather weather for a
whole week is having its effect upon
the crops here, and rain is needed.
Farmers in Americus yesterday in at
tendance upon court state that corn
and cotton both are needing rain, more
especially the corn crop. The weather
has been propitious for harvesting the
oat crop, and now that it is safely
housed, or nearly so, the cry is for
rain for the other crops. 1t is stated
by many of the best farmers that cot
ton in this territory is right now in
the stage of its growth when dry
weather is capable of doing the great
est amount of damage, and that seri-
GUS harm will result unless rain comes
during the present week.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30
DOUBLE HEAD TRAIN IS
WRECKED ON BRIDGE
Members of the Grew Killed
Instantly

Charlotte, N. c., May ga double
header coal train plunged through a
burning trestle two miles east of Bo5-
ton late this afternoon, killing both en-
gineers and fremen and injuring 9TH
er members of the crew.
The reported dead are: R. NJ Green
engineer; ]. NJ Lindsay, engineer;
Roy Dooley, fireman; Early Lewis.
colored, fireman; all of Monroe
Fifteen of the twenty-nine loaded
steel cars crashed through the fire
eaten woodwork of the trestle into
Watkins creek piling upon the two
engines and burying the helpless vic
TINS in a mass of wreckage
Later reports state that Conductor
Howell, who was in his caboose at
the rear of the train, escaped uniniur-
ed, and that Early Lewis, colored fire
man, reported killed, is still alive,
though mortally injured.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30
TWO CASES we're TRIED
ON The CRIMINAL Side
Murder and Assault Cases
Before Court

Two cases upon the criminal side
were disposed of in Superior court yes
etrday, that of Eulis benson, charged
with serious felony, consuming the
morning session. A verdict of not
guilty was rendered by the jury.
The case of the State VS.. Ike Heard
consumed the afternoon session, 60
ing to the jury at 6 o'clock
Heard was thus tried the second
time for the murder of another negro,
Council by name, here more than a
year ago. In the first rial he was con-
yicted and given the death sentence,
but secured another trial.
The jury returned a verdict for man.
slaughter, and Heard will do a term
of twenty years.
The grand jury "set to the saw" yes
terday, despite the intense heat, and
transacted all business before it. The
cocaine cases We're still at the fore,
and several witnesses were called be-
fore the grand jury.
The trial jurors in the courtroom
showed the effect of hot weather, and
Judge Littlejohn, with kindly consid-
GRAFTON for their comfort, permitted
the jurors to sit in their shirt sleeves
during the torrid hours of service.
Court Reporter E. L. Kiker, of Cor
dele circuit, is doing duty here this
week for his father, Col. John N.
Kikcr, who is still confined at home,
though rapidly recuperating.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30
NORMAL SCHOOL HAS
MANY INNOVATIONS
Variety EDIiVGRS Its Closing
Exercises

Athens, Ga, May 29.-Inovations
mark the commencement occasion of
the State Normal School this year The
annual sermon was preached about
the hour for Vespers on Sunday ev-
ening of commencement; the literary
address, for the first time in the his
tory of a state college, will be de-
livered by lady; and the plays and
recitals have been presented from
Isemi-houses, semi-outdoor stage.
The annual sermon to the gradual
ing class of ighty-fve-eighty of
whom are young women-was deliver
ed this afternoon at 6 o'clock by the
president of the University of South
Carolina, DR.. S. C. Mitchell His ad-
dress was along the line of special
preparation of young teachers for the
profession of teaching as a life work,
and as a work in which the teacher
may become an integral part of the
community III WHICH ue ives dliu
works, and with emphasis upon his
being permanently located and persist
emily a teacher.
The past week has been full Of
events at the State Normal, recital
and concert and play being presented
as final expression of the work of
the different departments. Com
mencement rally began May /, when
the practice school, with the entire
student body in assistance, gave the
old English May-Day pageants
Tomorrow concludes the occasion,
the address being delivered at $3.50 in
the evening, instead of at the usual
hour, and Mrs. w. B. Hollowell, OF
Goldsboro, N. c., president of the
Home Betterment Association" of
North Carolina, a woman who ranks
among the foremost in America in
leading salutary and helpful move
ments over a whole state, will make
the address to the fair young teacn-
ers going out into the schools of
Georgia counties.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30
FRAIL BARK OF MATRIMONY
STRANDS UPON The ROCKS
FiVG-Day Groom is Held On
Charge of Bigamy

Pensacola, Fla, May 29.-Arthur
Scruggs, of Monroeville, Ala, and his
young wife, bride of five days, were
arrested by the police today and both
are held in the city Jail, awaiting ad-
vices from the Alabama authorities
where Scruggs is wanted on the
charges of desertion, bigamy, assault
with intent to murder and carrying
concealed weapons.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30
REPORT SOON ON
COTTON CONDITIONS
Government Reports Due on
Next Friday

New Orleans, May 29.-The cottor
market this week will be chiefly con.
cerned with the government reports OF
condition and acreage, to be ISSUED
Friday. Brokers have already started
to get their accounts in shape to &c
over these first reports on the new
crop, but this week this evening vi
will be on a large scale.
According to a popular notion, this
liquidation will have opposite effects
on the two crops; it is expected that
the liquidation of the old crops will be
heavier on the long side and will work
against values; on the other hand, in
the new crop it is expected that the
large short interest will do more OF
less covering, which will have a bull
ish influence on prices. This will tend
to narrow the differences between the
two crops.
The Weather and the Market.
The weather of the week will not be
given the prominence it will deserve
because it will in no way be a factor
in the report on condition; the per-
centage of condition will be based on
replies to the government dated May
p. The weather from that date Will
influence the conditions figures of June
25th.
At the end of the last week the out
look was for showers in the western
half of the belt, with the likelihood
that they would spread into the east
ern half Of the belt by the first of this
week. If these showers are experience
ed they will have a bearish effect on
the new crop values, although traders
who are looking for chances to put
out new short lines will not be willing
to get in too deep with the bureau re,
ports in the way
The market recently has had many
reports of cotton opening in the Rio
Grande valley. There is the usual
competition among the farmers there
to produceNthe first bale of new cotton,
and there seems to be every chance
that the first bale this year will be
ahead of any other first bale. The ef-
feet on prices of this will be chiefly
sentimental; the news of it will be
wired and cabled to all parts of the
cotton world, and will tend to give
spinners and spot buyers an exagger-
ated notion of the forwardness of the
new crop and may induce short selling
and withdrawing from the spot mar
ket. Bear houses on the week end
claimed that the first bale was likely
to be marketed this week.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30
YOUNG man is KILLED
BY dive IN WATER
Neck Broken By Striking the
Bottom

Quitman, Ga, May 29.-Nathaniel
Heeth's death resulted late last night
as a result of his fall into Blue Spring
Friday at a Sunday school picnic las
he poised to dive into the water his
foot slipped on the wet springboard
and he fell headfrst into the water.
His neck was broken from striking the
bottom of the spring, presumably, and
paralysis resulted.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30
FUNERAL Is ATTENDED BY
MANY FRIENDS or FAMILY
Conducted Yesterday Afternoon From
A. VI. L. Church:

The funeral of Charlotte Myrick, a
respected colored woman and daugh-
ter Of the late James Russell, was held
yesterday afternoon from the African
Methodist church here and attended
by hundreds of friends of the deceas-
ed and her family She was reared
in Americus and we'll known here. Her
mother, sisters, two brothers, hus-
band and one child survive her.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30
Notice.

Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the Georgia Southern & Flori-
da Ry. appearing elsewhere in this
paper in regard to the excursion to
jacksonville, st. Augustine and Tam
pa, June 14th. Don't fail to read it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30

Ladies' Pure Silk Stockings, Black
and all cOIOrS, 4 pair to box, guaran-
t,ed for three months, regular price
$1.0O; four pairs for $500, at G. d.
WkeatIey's.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30

Mrs. knObI0ch will demonstrate the
CaIOric Fireless Cooker all this week
from to 6 p. NJ. Don't miss this.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30

Ladise' Swiss Ribbed, low neck
sleeveless Vests, worth Zoe, or 6 for
SOC, at Geo. d. Wheatley's.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-05-30

Begin saving coupons in Grand
Subscription Contest. Coupon ON Page
Subscription Contest. Coupon on Page
Five.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-22
GOPHERS ARE CAUSE OF MUCH
INJURY TO THE ALFALFA CROP
Ndany Other Field Damaged bv Little
Many Parts Of the West-Pcisoned Food Beanr
introduced Below the Surface Flint.
mates Danger

cipally with gases, traps and poison,
the results of which prove convincing
ly that the most effective and econom-
ical method of dealing with this pest
is by means of poison introduced into
food and placed in their runways.
Pocket gophers are easily poisoned.
They are very fond of common pota-
toes, sweet potatoes, apples, raisins
and prunes. The presence of strych-
nine, arsenic or other poisons does
not seem to deter them from eating
the food; but if the poison is sweet
end they seem to eat it more readily.
IN summer it may be desirable to take
the trouble to sweeten the poison, but
in the fall and early spring it does
not seem worth while to do this. The
poisoned food being introduced to the
burrows below the surface, there is
| no danger of poisoning stock. 1t might
be well, however, not to let swine run
| in the alfalfa fields for time after
the poison has been put out.
Cut the potatoes or other food into
| pieces not more than three-tourths OF
| an inch in diameter. Cut slit in
each piece and with the point of the
knife blade insert little sulphate OF
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-22
CONCRETE POST
NEVER WEARS OUT
Heavy, Smooth Wire May be Used
For Reinforcing Them Most
Concrete Forms Are
Triangular.

Concrete fence posts never wear
out. To make them, forms OF wood or
metal are used Where various forms
are required as corner post, brace
posts or gate posts, probably WOOD
forms are the cheaper. In case a
large number of posts of one kind is
to be used, metal forms are more de-
sirable. They are lighter, more easily
handled, and last longer than wooden
forms They also give a better sur
face finish to the concrete.
There are several kinds of re-en-
forcement. Perhaps the best is the
commercial rods placed on the mar
ket for concrete reinforcing. The
more common materials for this pur-
pose are heavy, smooth wire and gal
vanized barb wire.
Most forms for concrete posts are
triangular. Owing to its shape, ana
having reinforcement in each cor
ner, this post is almost as strong as
a square one, and to make it requires
less material and labor than for
square one.
The mixture of concrete depends
upon where the post is to be USED.
One part cement to four of sand Is
good. For posts in isolated places
not subject to strain, mixture OF one
TO five is sufficient. Those used IN
corral or around farm buildings where
stock is kept are subject to constant
strain and mixture of one to three
is preferable. This gives a more
dense material when hard.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-22

The development of the flying ma
chine, heavier than air, has opened
up a new science. Now that f1otatlon
is receiving less attention and avia-
ton has come to the foreground,
new and lively interest has been
awakened in the laws governing air
pressure and resistance of surfaces
exposed to wind velocity. The field
is a broad one, touching the construc-
ton of planes and propellers, and OF
the surfaces best adapted to reduce
head air resistance.
Men have been and are working
more or less blindly because they
have little experimental data on
which safely to rely. The work OF
Langley, Chanute, Mataluke and 9TH
ers has formed the basis for attacking
the problem from the only safe stand
point-that of scientific investigation.
If we get away from the spectacular
flights that thrill the crowd and get
down to safe and sane everyday
fights by almost any man, 1t must be
through mastery of the engineering
problems involved. The method Of
guess and try has no place where
lives are at stake
To the end of better all-round
knowledge of some of the questions
involved, the engineering experiment
station Of the Pennsylvania State col
lege has taken up some lines of inves-
tigation which have original and nov.
ell features Attacking the question in
a practical and direct way, the first
thing required was track where all
kinds of planes and propellers could
be tested and the power required to
do the work accurately determined
The accompanying illustration gives a
layout of the experimental track sit
uated on the college grounds. The
test car and one Of the planes recent
ly tested are also shown. The track
was carefully built with diameter Of
200 feet; the construction throughout
Is made for high speeds, and the car
is propelled by ooh. P. motor by
means of silent chain drive. A ca
BILE fastened at the center of steel
post imbedded in concrete, and at
tached at the other end to the car,
holds the car in place against the
action of centrifugal force.
Electric current to drive the motor
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-22

on the car is carried from the cleo
trical building of the college by a
copper cable, and at the center of the
track is controlled by a rheostat so
that the operator has perfect CON-
mand of the speed at all times.
The car contains rack free to
move up and down, being supported
by a calibrated spring, and is guided
in it's vertical movements by rods, as
shown in the picture. The plane is at
tached to this movable rack and its
lifting force when in motion is meas
ured on a scale calibrated by the sup
porting spring and checked by aid OF
large spring balance near the OBJ
server on the car,
1t is not enough to know simply the
lifting force of different planes; hence
in order to determine the vertical
pressure at different points under the
planes, there are attached rubber
tubes one end Of which connects with
brass tubes passing through the
framework, and the other end is at
tached to U-tube placed near the
observer on the car. By these are
obtained the vertical pressures of the
air at different points on the plane.
There are six or eight of these at
tachments, making it possible to re-
cord the lifting force at different
points, and enabling one to make q
comparison of pressures for different
angles of the plane from the horizon
tai, or at different speeds for the
same angle of fitting. The engineer
ing experiment station has a standard
40-H. P. aeroplane motor and propel-
! Ter equipment, which is used to test
out different designs of propellers.
The design and construction of pro-
pellers for steamships have been
studied and experimental upon for
years; Of equal Importance to the de-
velopment of aviation is the selection
of the best material for this work,
and the design of a propeller to stand
greater strain at the higher speeds.
The above suggests but few of
many lines Of important research for
which this test apparatus may be
used. The entire equipment is at the
disposal of those who wish to use it
for the development of apparatus and
for tests on new machines used in
this line of work.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-22

sional life which are connected in a
series are not hard to learn and are
not soon forgotten. A man may have
no trouble from forgetting the details
of his business or profession, yet have
a poor memory for all events not thus
associated.
The fourth principle is that of in
genuity. ! remember the name of
Miss Low, for she is short lady. 1
remember a friends telephone mum
Der. which is 1891, by thinking how
unfortunate 1t is to have such a num-
Der to remembers is supposed to be
an unlucky number, and 81 is seven
times 49,
This method is only applicable to
disconnected facts which we find diff
Guilty in remembering by the methods
given before. 1t is. however, a method
which was used by the Roman orators
and has been used more or less ever
since. There is probably no one who
does not make frequent use of it in
attempting to remember names, dates,
figures and similar data.
We all appreciate the value of
good memory, and are willing to pay
any one who will tell us how to train
ours. This condition of affairs has
made memory training" profitable
for the fakir.
1t is fairly well established now
that ones native retentiveness is I'M
changeable. One who has an unre-
tentive memory cannot possibly
change it by any method of training
All we can do is to improve on our
method Of acquiring and recording
knowledge.
The third principle given above
associations the one of by far the
most importance.
The fourth principle is the one of
least general application, and If an at
tempt is made to apply it too fire.
quently, it becomes worse than use
less, yet it is the principle used by
most persons who have memory
training" to sell.