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Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-30

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 No Session of Superior Court.
 There was no session of the super for court Wednesday and there will not be until December 12, to which time adjournment has been taken Meeting of Quinebaug Pomona Grange
 The annual meeting of Quinebaug Pomona grange will be held with the Plainfie1d grange in the Con gregat IolIsai church Saturday. The morning will be occts pied with routine business Dinner will be served at 12.S0. All sessions will be in the fifth degree The afternoon will be occupied with the following programme:
 Recitation, Mrs. (. ". Gardner Az ric1Itural Fairs, ". H. Hammond. vo- cal solo, Mrs. Alice WilIougirby. es- say. John A. Sullivan; Helpful sugses-' tions for 1sI2-open to all-spssll- or write your opinion and hand to leo turcl.: recitatlon.s Miss IecNs.nns Will burs What l Did to Help Ont My Efas Mon- Deprsy Ponercy; Helpful Sug-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-30

The amount os work that the Shef- field Scientific school is doing is shown by the total expense account of $398. s55.z7 for the past year. The present value of the land, buildings and equip ment has risen to s2.119, ,1c5.36.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-30

The university cross country team had scarcely a look-in at the inter coIlegiates at Harvard last week, and the event went to Cornell. as had been predicted. with AS points. Harvard was second with 5s, and Yale came trail ing in sixth, with 152 points. Captain Marsh of Yale finished twelfth, win ming his Y but Hendrick and the other Yale runners were left far behind.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-30

The international peace movement VIII De discussed at a general univer- slty meeting on the coming Sunday evening, the speakers including Gov ernor simeon B. Baldwin (chairnnan). Dean Henry w. Rogers of the Law school, Dr. David Starr Jordan. nresi- dent of Leland Stanford universitv and pr Lyman Abbott The practical appeal of the movement win he nra- scented.
 To initiate the academic freshman class thoroughly into the spirit of Yale and Yale life, a reception was gwen under university auspices in the dining hall Monday evening. and Pres ioent Hadley, John R. Fitzpatrick. 1911. ana Hon. James R. Sheffield. 'S6. -of NeW orks were the speakers who car fled out the purpose of the gathering Tn most successful manner Presi- cent HadIey spoke of the intellectual life at Yale, saving that Yale holds a place Tn the intellectual world hard fo excel The stimulation brought abo,,t by college competitions he considered better than any other one thing gain ed in college.
 Fitzpatrick, 1911 footbau oa,+.;, spoke on cooperation between fac11l+1 ana students, and Mir. Sheffield en,- phasized class unity. The honor ana reputation of Yale rests in the hands oI the undergraduate body, although ! ale ex1sts not only here but in inc hearts Of Yale men-over 1 : 0fln of tneIn-aH over the world. He 1lrpa5 the class of 1915 to carry on and sl5d to lhe nertage of PA years handed down to it. VI
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20
Uncle Sam Gives Facts About Fleas

r HERE may be those who imagine
j it is an easy thing to kill flea.
But ii they will read certain facts re-
ported by the United States public
health and marine service their minds
will be disabused OF the notion. The
information is given in a pamphlet en-
titled Notes on Agents for Flea De-
struction." Fleas, it appears from
these notes, survive all the usual
means OF insect assassination and
others less common.
But how to kill the flea is not the
only problem before the Investigators.
1t is quite as much of a puzzle to know
when he is dead.
1t was found that when 1t comes to
death by drowning flea has more
lives than a cat. That Is to say when
the medium is water. But fleas left
swimming over night in mixture OF
giycerin and water are dead the fol-
lowing morning.
Obviously the flea is hobo among
insects, for one OF his deadliest ene-
mics is green soap. A flea dipped en-
tirely In a tincture of green soap sue
cumbed beyond resuscitation in two
minutes: another ceased his move
mcnts in forty seconds and was dead
in ten minutes; no fleas Of any OF the
species examined survived the soap.
An even stronger evidence. OF the
disreputable tendencies of tieas is
that when Immersed in absolute alco-
hol they were paralyzed to the degree
that their movements ceased within
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20

w Observation-Disclosures Is not
W one grand succession OF marble
structures and beautiful parks. There
are Sums under the shadow OF the
capitol that compare in squalor with
the East side in New York. The capt.
tai slums have the advantage over
those In New York in being less ex-
tensive and in being composed Of
small houses instead OF lofty tene-
ments.
The Washington refuge OF the very
poor is sufficiently bad to have at
tracted the attention OF socioiogists
and philanthropists and to have
caused President Taft to demand their
improvement in a message to con.
gress.
This district is within ten minutes
walk OF the United States capitol and
has for one of it's boundaries the bo-
tanical gardens with their wealth of
exotics. President Taft, in his mes
sage, made particular mention of VIII
low Tree alley, but it is no better and
no worse than the others. Possibly
the president mentioned only Willow
Tree alley because 1t was the only one
bearing name that COMFORTS we'll
with state document. The other four
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20

cheerfully informed that az there was
very little freight that day, the train
had started ahead aof time! This
meant twenty-four hours in q city
where the only English-speaking per-
son was the American pastor of the
American Board church.
When the Bagdad Railway gets to
running. this city will be an important
point, and a popular objective for tour
lists. It was here that the Turkish gov.
eminent undertook to colonize the
Moslem Cretans. It built houses for
them and then straightway forgot
them, so that the colony subsequently
flew by night, like the Israelites from
Egypt.
The next night is spent at Konia-
the ancient Iconium, where the Apos-
tie Paul was so shabbily treated, and
now notable as having the only decent
hotel in the interior of Asia Minor.
Meerschaum quarries, a mission school
and interesting archaeological excava-
tons are the notable sights of Konia.
Again starting at daybreak, Bregli is
reached about noon. For practical
purposes this is the present end of
the Bagdad railway. 1t is small,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20
lnoculate Soldiers Against Typhoid

r He entire army OF the United
] States is to be tnoculated against
typhoid fever, officers and privates
alike. An order has been issued by
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. chief OF
staff. making it compulsory for every
officer and enlisted man in the army
under forty-fve years OF age to sub
ject h!mself to the typhoid fever vac
cine. This order applies to all those
who have not heretofore had typhoid
fever or who have not ben inocuIated
with the germ. Heretofore it has been
voluntary on the part of an officer or
private in the army whether he should
subject himself to the experiment, but
from this time every one serving In
Uncle Sans fighting force must un-
dergo the experience.
Estimates compiled at the war de.
partnent show that up to the present
time about 1900 NEGOTIATIONS for ty-
pnolG have been made. OF the troops
who were sent to the Mexican border
yearly $1,000 had been inoculated. The
to1al strength of the army at present
is !s;.Uo8 50 there will be plenty OF
xc,x for the surgeons OF the army to
,eric I'm before each one has under.
gone treatment .E1 81.
The typhoid prophylatic," - It y
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20

III HlLE the field officers of the U. S.
W Forestry service are taking pre-
cautions against fire In the great ma
tional forests of the west, the forestry
bureau is besieged constantly by
'cranks" and real inventors, chiefly
the former. who propose all sorts OF
ridiculous plans for coping with the
flames. One Of the most novel OF
these recently came from an eastern
man who proposed that an artillery
organization be formed in the forest
service and equipped with huge NOR
tar batteries, which would shoot
grenaces filled with chemicals.
This mans plan was to have a bat
te:y of these mortars hauled to a suit
able tiii near forest fire, from which
the grenades would be discharged rap
idly irtc the fire and. bursting. would
smother the flames. Admitting that
chemicals will extinguish small
blaze. the forestry people told this in.
ventor to move on, as all the chemicals
in the world would hardly exting',tsh
a forest fire with a front OF ten miles
Another "craDh's" plan was to con-
struct huge scrsens OF asbestos,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20
Peculiar Exhibit Used by Mrs. Bill
tops for the Reformation Of
Her Husband.

Ezra" said Mrs. Billtops to her
admiring husband, Il have something
here that l desire you should see, -
and as she spoke she threw back the
lid Of big trunk in the storeroom.
The trunk was full, level full, of a
vast number of little things Of uni
form size that might have been oats
or grains of wheat, but which upon a
little closer inspection seemed to be
small type letters.
They are letters. Ezra" said Mrs.
Billtops; they are the g's you have
dropped in the last three years"
And the meaning of this exhibit
was clear to Mr.. Billtops instantly;
he was not really dull man; it was
not necessary to hit him with maui
to make him understand things. Mr..
Billtops has always been a great man
for dropping his g's. Whether from
carelessness or laziness or economy
of his speech. or whatever his prompt
ing, he has always said seem for
seeing, and bein' for being, and dom
for doing. and this has always dis.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20
Low Slums Near the Nations Capitol

are Pigtail alley, lineup alley. Louise
alley and Hell's Half Acre alley. These
names, with the exception Of Willow
Tree alley. have the virtue Of making
any other description unnecessary.
Why Willow Tree alley was SO named
nobody remembers. There may have
been a willow tree there once.
The district Is hard to find. It IL
within the outer crust OF a block which
has a rather fair exterior. A stranger.
after fruitless search, appealed to a
policeman. The officer pointed to q
narrow opening between two build
ings. Go on in there. and you'll see
all you want of It," he said. Its q
pest hole, it is. I'd 60 with you. but
It's of my beat"
The officer was lucky. What the WIS.,
itor found after he passed the portal
OF the slums would not be pleasant ad-
juncts to any beat The buildings ap-
peared to be ages old. Stables ed
joined homes. Piles OF stable refuse
gave forth offensive odors and drew
clouds of flies. Negroes and whites
were mixed In one inextricable con-
fusion. Puny. sickly children rolled
about on the ground. Slatternly, dis
couraged women sat on the steps or
in rooms which spoke eloquently OF
the most abject poverty.
Although 1t has been nearly two
years since Mr.. Taft demanded that
Washington rid itself of these slums,
nothing has been done. The district
is in a section of the city which has
been taken by the government and
will eventually be improved.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20

called. has been prepared by Major
Russell Of the medical corps, stationed
at the army medical school In this
city. and vii! be distributed to the
various forts and posts throughout the
country. 1t is estimated that in about
months time every officer and man
in the army will have been inoculated.
Very little II any Inconvenience as a
result OF the inocuiation is felt by the
patient. He does not lose a single
days duty nor is he compelled to take
to his bed. He is watched carefully
for a period of 20 days and is then
declared to be immune from the
dread disease. The "prophylatic" 10
injected in the left arm of the soldier
In practically the same manner as the
vaccination process. The war depart
ment 10 convinced Of the efficacy a
the typhoid inoculation in wjpln4 %
this disease IN the army.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20

one minute, but they all recovered.
In a humane attempt to suit the
tastes OF the flea in the manner OF
dying the investigators tried oil OF
pennyroyal. oil OF peppermint kero-
sene, miscible oil, the refuse from the
Pintsch gas tanks and many other
chemicals. A flea lett to swim in for
malta. a powerful germicide and in
secticide, was apparently dead In Il
hours" but revived" another kept
for 20 minutes in a mixture Of creo-
sote, soap and water was still alive
after fifteen minutes. but died five
minutes after that
1t took 100 per cent. carbolic acid
more than one minute to kill a flea;
Of two fleas that were made to swim
in one one-thousandth mercury chlor.
ide solution, powerful germicide. one
was alive after ten hours, the other
after eighteen hours; powdered sui
phur was practically inert and useless
for killing fleas. Hydrocyanic acid is
among the most powerful poisons. yet
five fleas exposed for IS minutes to
hydrocyanic gas were alive at the end
OF the test.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20
Cranks Offer Forest Fire Remedies

which could be placed around trees
near fire and thus prevent them 1g-
hitting. or course this way did not at
tempt to explain how the problem OF
transporting these screens through
rough mountainous country could be
solved.
A third plan was to locate a num-
forest ana drive them to fire. turn
on the water and. presto! your fire
would be out-the inventor said. He
was told to go to, unless be could pro-
vide a sprinkling cart big enough to
tact'e fire such as ragged last fall in
Idaho, the flames OF which mounted
over 200 feet In the air and burned
the ties of a railroad bridge, and at
another point jumped clear across a
valley half mile wide, converting
streams in its path into steam and
cooking the fish therein.
The forest fire fighters do not re-
5ect all novel suggestions. In fact.
they have adopted a chemical equip
ment for use in putting out small
ground fires in the Arkansas National
forest. Some OF the rangers are
equipped with rubber muzzles contain.
Ing sponges to be wet and put over the
nose. Wearing this and goggles to
protect the eyes a fire fighter can
stand considerable smoke without dis
comfort. A small asbestos shield car.
ried on the left arm has been found
useful in protecting rangers from
heat while fighting ground fires.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20
A HIT
What She Gained by Trying Again.

A failure at first makes US esteem
dnal success.
A family in Minnesota that now en-"
joys Postum would never have known
how good it is il the mother had been
discouraged by the failure Of her
first attempt to prepare it. Her son
tells the story:
I'VE had never used Postum till last
spring when father brought home a
package one evening just to try it. We
had heard from our neighbors, and in
fact every one who used it, how well
they liked it.
well, the next morning Mother
brewed it about five minutes, just as
she had been in the habit of doing
with coffee without paying special at.
tention to the directions printed on
the package. It looked weak and
didn't have a very promising color. but
nevertheless father raised his cup
with an air Of exceptancy. It certain
ly did give him great surprise, but
I'm afraid it wasn't a very pleasant
one, for he put down his cup with a
look Of disgust.
Mother wasn't discouraged though,
and next morning gave it another trial.
letting It stand on the stove till boil.
ing logan and then letting 1t boil for
fifteeE CT twenty minutes, and this;
time we were all so pleased with Il.
that we have used it ever since.
Father was a confirmed dyspeptic
and cup of coffee was to him like poi
son. SO he never drinks It any more.
but drinks Postum regularly. He isn't
troubled with dyspepsia now and is
actually growing fst, and I'm sure
Postum Ia the cause of It. All the chill
dren are allowed to drink it and they
are perfect pictures of health" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Greek,
Mich.
Read the little -book, The Road to
Wellvflle." in pkgs. There's 4 reason"
Ever read the absve letter4 A ,sv
80 aDDe0ro from ttnso to dine. ISe1
ore Geo01oeS true, SD 1u1l 0f h0nen
t2teHeDt. zsg-ss 4 = =
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ty Of water, is apparent at glance.
Much of 1t resembles the west in parts
Of the United States and Canada. Its
ancient glory may be restored at any
time that an efficient government pro-
vides for afforestration and irrigation.
Perhaps the cities of antiquity will
rise again. Sardis, where Croesus
made his name a synonym for riches,
Is now a heap of ruins wherein an ex.
petition from Princeton University is
digging.
Ancient Philadelphia, is now called
Aleshir and one may see the compare.
lively new village through a ruined
arch In the old wall. An excellent min
eral water, which was known and used
long before the Christian era, will, in
the new day that may dawn for this
region, become a commodity for the
whole world.
The Turkish Way With Railroads.
Railroads are running two-thirds of
the way across this great Anatolian
plain, and the construction is being
pushed forward through the Taurus
mountains. There Is train a day in
each direction, carrying both passen-
gers and freight The cars are built
on the European model, with compart-
ments. The trains do not run at night,
and the first night out from Smyrna is
spent, nolens volens, at miserable
native inn where the proprietor thinks
it strange that guests are not willing
to crowd three into a room, and even
insist upon clean bedding. The train
starts at day-break, for Turkish time
is a constantly changing quantity. Sun
set Is IL o'clock, so that clocks and
watches must change every day. The
natives generally take their time from
the call to prayer in the minarets.
Eventually the time tables will be
printed "a la Frank" as they call
things European out here.
The train from Smyrna connects
with that from Constantinople at q
picturesque ancient city, Aphion Kara
Hissar, where there is fortress that
seems more impregnable and imposing
than Gibraltar. There is an hours
interval between trains. Undertaking
to spend part of this time in the ba
zaars, returned ten or fifteen minutes
ahead of the time scheduled for the
departure Of the train, only to see il
pulling out across the plain. l VA
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20
Dropped Trunkfull of G's

turbed Mrs. Billtops. Time and again
she has sought to get him in this re-
spect to mend his ways, but habit has
proved too strong for him, and so
finally she resolved to give him an OBJ
ject lesson.
Three years ago, Ezra,' she said,
"unbeknown to you l began gathering
up the g's you dropped in speaking.
started out to keep them in an empty
fruit jar, but I soon found that
wouldn't do, in fact l was appalled,
by the number / collected
Il found that much as you had dis
turbed me in this way l had still
never realized how bad you were; so
l began storing them in this trunk,
and here you see, Ezra. trunkful
of g's that you have dropped in three
years. Don't you think that is terri
ble?"
Mr.. Billtops freely admitted that 1t
certainly was; and then and there in
the presence Of that open trunk he
vowed a reform. II she would throw
away those gs. he said, right now, to
the last one, he would most earnestly
endeavor always to remember to make
it. ever impossible for her to start a.
other collection.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20

land. Some Of the peaks are snow
covered all the year round. There are
majestic gorges and precipices and
vistas. Tho natural beauties are en-.
HANGED by frequent remains of antiq
uities.
In the narrowest part of the Cilician
Gates is chiselled tablet recording
the passage of Marcus Aurelius. Ro
man milestones dot the road, although
in some cases they have been altered
to bear Turkish numerals. The ia:
nous Cilician Gates proper have
proved too difficult for the railway en-
gineers, so they go through an upper
pass, which they consider somewhat
easier. At best the engineering diff.
culties will be great. Once the noun.
tains have been crossed, the railway
debouches upon the great Cilician
plain beyond which sparkles the Medi-
terranean.
Nobody is willing to prophesy how
long it will take the railroad to cross
from Adana above the head of the
Mediterranean to Aleppo and then
down into Mesopotamia. When that
day does come, 1t will be notable
event in eastern politics as well as in
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-10-20

year. Work is actively in operation
upon this section and also upon the
stretch across the Cilician plain on
the other side of the mountains. It's
completion to Adana will perhaps be
a matter of three years. This will
mean wonderful opening up of trade.
Modern machinery will be brought in
to the country. New hotels and vii
lagos are already coming into exis-
tence. Irrigation is bound to follow
and the advent of western fashions
will transform the life of Asia Minor.
The linking Of Constantinople with the
northern Mediterranean region will
bring hundreds of tourists. and all
they imply.
The scenery in the Taurus noun
tains is beautiful beyond description.
The mountains of Scotland are not
comparable with it, and it ranks with
the best Of the Rockies and Switzer-
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dusty, malarial town, without a hotel
above the khan classification. Here
wagons or horses are taken for the
overland journey to Tarsus.
Travellers In Arabas.
The process Of securing arabas,
which are diminutive prairie schoon-
ers, with entrances at the sides, re-
sembles small riot. Everything in
the Orient must be done with great
noise. and before terms are finally
made with one driver, it looks as if
blood would be shed. The journey
across the plain takes three nights
and parts Of four days. The govern
ment desires travellers to be accom-
panied by one or more soldiers as es-
cort, because the region is famous for
outlawry. A soldier has an old FASH
ion Mauser single-shot rifle strung
over his shoulders, and at certain
points he carries this in his hand. An
American traveller puts more conf
dence in his own magazine pistol than
in this fierce looking attendant. The
latter does, however, give a degree Of
prestige and the right of way when
passing caravans.
The khans along the way provide no
furniture and no food, other than an
occasional chicken. Usually a Euro
pean can get room to himself, and
he carries his own cot bed and supply
of insect powder. The experience
brings one quite close to native life
and, if he desires, the traveller may
visit the elders of the village and talk
politics and progress with them.
What the New Railroad Means.
into the Taurus mountains early this