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Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
Kitchen Card Index.

The housewife whose kitchen is full of modern appliances win hail with delight the new kitchen card index for favorfte recipes, cleaning devices and other useful information which each new cook has to be taught, says an exchange.
 The young housewife may start with a few cards in a small index set on the kitchen dresser, then as she accumulates more and more useful in- formation or gets better recipes for the same things she can discard and enlarge her files until she has enough to fill one drawer or a small cabinet which may be put on a shelf in a con- venient spot.
 Then when she wants to clean some- thing and is not sure how to do it.. she opens the drawer, finds the name of the article. and there is the very latest idea, clipped perhaps from the daily paper or supplied by a friend, telling how to do the cleaning and ex- actly what the result will be.
 A small index may be made at home out of stiff shoe box, or, in fact. any cardboard box. divided off by strips scribed at the top.
 Between these 26 partitions put blank cards, which may be bought at any stationer's shop, and write or typewrite on them clearly the recipe you want to remember, or paste yoHr newspaper clippings on them in alpha fbetical order, and your index is com pletcd.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
LET'S HAVE NO LOCAL PENSION
 ING,

The only pension bill worthy the support of the general assembly of Connecticut is the state teachers as- sociation bill for pensions before the house, the bill that was debated two years ago, but turned down. That bill has no local restrictions, and has been ably advocated before the committee at the present session as it was at tie last
 There is New Haven bill, which has the selfish purpose of securing pensions for New Haven teachers, and which forebodes nothing but trouble.
 A writer to the Hartford Times. speaking of it. says:
 'The teachers of the state have worked hard and unselhshly for the good of education in every town of the state. The New Haven proposition has quite different appearance. It
 is that looking out for No. l, myself. us that has never done this state or any other state much good.
 Connecticut should not be a net work of warning. rival towns, each trying to get a little something from every other, but a political body work ing harmoniously and without friction for the good of all it's members
 "If this bill passes, whether the state pension bill is defeated or not. every other town. in order to be on a parity with New Haven, will be forced to go before the legislature and seek its own pension system, also, in order to be put upon an equality with that favored city Hartford will be obliged to ask for its separate pensions, then Bridgeport, and so on all along the line. There will be twenty years, per- haps, forty, of jealousy and wrangline and quarrel.
 Not only does New Haven ask for pensions for it's teachers, but also for it's janitors. New Haven claims that the janitors have dangerous work and long hours. We wonder what the public employees of New Haven will claim next as special and we'll de- served favor at the hands of the state lesislature?
 Tt might be we'll for our Hartford senators and representatives, for the Bridgeport senators and representa- lives, and for all other senators and representatives, to give these two spe- cial New Haven privilege bills close Scrutiny''
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Exceptions Taken.

MT. Editor: Do you mind my calling to your attention an item or two that to me seem not strictly correct? They have appeared in recent issues of The Bulletin.
 It was stated that swollen ridges on twigs and branches may indicate the presence and coming of the 17-year locusts, especially if said twigs are 1T years old. Twigs and small branches are never IT years old unless dead. The adult locust lays its eggs in twigs, and usually punctures or stings the twig a short distance nearer the tree. so that the twig with eggs falls to the ground within a few weeks, when the Iarva enters the ground, spending the next IT years there as a worm or larva. The unfiedged locusts do not come out of twigs, but out of the ground leav- ing hole as large as ones little fin- ger. They climb up a post or tree trunk from few inches to as many feet, and soon the shell breaks open on the back and the adult locust with wings struggles out, leaving it's dry shell clinging to tree or post. I have seen them coming from the ground, and also from their shells. Have seen the land polka dotted where they had emerged. Who could have given such warning?
 You mention the planting of many cata1pas at Pittsburg, and say the tree
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
WHERE THEY MUST GET TO-
 CIPHER.

President George M Reynolds of tn 2 Continental and Commercial Nationa, bank of Chicago declares that public regulation of public service corpora tions has come to stay. He says:
 ~supervision of the public utility corporations would mean publicity. Pubfcity necessarily insures greater conservatism. am convinced that reasonable national supervision is not far oh; these state wide discussions, laws and theoefes which are interest ing every thinking American today are a natural development in our financial history. SenttSpsHt is slowly and surely forming along that line: those of us who have studied the problem sSnow that public utility corporations will bs supervised by the government eventually.
 The fine dividing line between su- pervieion and control is where the best fhSnkers will have to get togeth- rr. IL would not seem right for the federal authorities to say to the rail- roads just what they can do year in and year out; that would be taking away from the railroads the very power which has made them the great est developers of America. If rail- roads in the past had been retarded thrcwsh too stringent legislation in en- tering territory which was supposedly barren. great sections of the west would not have been opened and the stocks Of those roads would not be paying dividends. A board of super vision. a state body. whatever plan was adopted. could not possibly absorb all the data figures, plans and esti- mates of which every new railway project necessitates the mastering. There is a wide difference between supervision and control. but this big feature of the problem will be whipped put and solved in time.
 We Americans are pretty thorough in eur method of adjusting economic conditions: our only trouble is that we are likely to go off half-cocked We sometimes fail 10 discriminate.
 ~The getting rid of what is bad in Wall street will be accomplished by intelligent supervision. but in the dis russion of corporations we should not condemn the good with the bad
 The dovetsiIlng of the state laws and the method of national supervis- ion into one harmonious, intelligent whole. Is sure to come. The only ucestion now before us is the proper education of the American public to the real needs of tfe situation. Hys- feris and soap-box oratory must be suppiaBted by intelligent reasoning; when this IS accomplished. all the pet ~ details Of difference will be swept away and the big utility corporations will be properly and conservatively supervised. and the day of publicity fin the big corporations will be at hand"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
rHE POSSIBILITIES OF A SKY
 SCRAPER

Some of the great buildings of the big cities have special letter carriers of their own. whose business it is to handle only the mail Of these great establishments. which contain as many people as a thrifty New England vil- iage. There is a complete city in skyscraper, with all the shops, cafes tailoring, millinery. furniture. jewelry. shoe and fur establishments to supply the wants of thousands of tenants that is an innovation. even in Chicago The many and various establishments Yf the Repub-ic building have organ ized a merchaDts association. and joined the As..seiation of Commerce. but with a declaration of autonomy. ss one little complete kingdom of a federation. \ child could grow from babyhood to ripe old age without leaving the building and without fail ing to grstify a single material want, members declare. More important for practical use, woman may come down town to shop and not merely go from one department to another, but may 20 from store to store without leaving the building. Not only may she purchase gowns and hats for any conceivable occasion at the dressmak- ing and millinery establishments, se- cure furniture and bric-a-brac, a. piano. shoes. furs. hair goods and jew elry, but she may eat her luncheon ill the restaurant. have her hair dressed at one of the hair dressing and mani- curing establishments. and. if she wishes, consult physician or dentist. The man who comes to the building may be equally well cared for. He may make investments in real estate secure any office equipment he may need. dictate to public stenoSraphsr, get shaved. and yes indeed. secure Equid refreshment at the buffet on the main floor.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
Folding a Skirt.

There is nothing more disouraging than to take a skirt from the trunk at journeys end and find clearly defined crease down the center of the front. This may be avoided if a little care is exercised in the packing. An expert packer says that first one should fasten the hook and the eye of the band and then pin the back of the band through the middle Of the front. This done, next lay the skirt on the bed with the front beneath the gown. See that there are no creases. Be- ginning at the outer. edge roll each side of the skirt toward the center back until both edges meet.
 Few know of this trick of folding a skirt, but those who do. find it most practical. If the skirt is too long to fold in this way, fold it over near the top, placing a roll of tissue paper un- der the fold.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
is awful for shedding bean pods. You

is awful for shedding bean pods. You have in mind only one variety, the crooked, low growing, free-blossoming and pod-bearing one. There is a rapid growing, straight. tall, valuable variety that has but few blossoms, speciosa, commonly called hardy catalpa. Men in the west are planting this variety by the hundred acres on land worth over one hundred dollars per acre. The wood is squal to hickory or ash for spoke and wheel making, tool handles, ball bats, telephone poles, etc. As it blossoms and bears seed so shyly many seedlings of the common catalpa are supplied by nurserymen to planters dishonesty. The true speciosa seed is very scarce and seedlings in such de- mand that prices are going higher for true stock.
 In your editorial on Bringing Down Prices you say: Amy policy that checks industry increases idleness. de- creases demand and increases supply is sure to make things cheap" I can not reconcile increasing idleness and increasing supply by the same policy. Suppose some policy of government come idle. It would not increase. sup ply Nor would it make things cheap. Possibly you did not express your meaning clearly or am I obtuse? I am not and have never been, more of an admirer of Grover Cleveland than are you, but I do like to see political argu- ments adhere closely to the truth.
 E. P. ROBINSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
Gas Stove Economy.

Many a cook overlooks the fact that the gas stove is supplied with a simmering burner, which gives ample heat for cooking soup or stews. At a very slight expense this burner may be kept lighted for several hours If one wishes to use the casserole, set it on the lower shelf of the gas oven and light but one burner. turned very low. At the same time the casserole is in the oven cook the prunes or apples or other fruits in an earthern jar in the gas oven. The flavor of the fruit will be much better if cooked slowly. than if allowed to boil on the stove.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
Shaded Ostrich Fumes on Summer
 Millinery.

Fumes trim many of the most lux urious looking hats, and while all sea- sons seem to have their plumed hats, this season the ostrich trimming has taken many new forms and combina- tions of colors.
 Shaded plumes, also, are much worn, and, unlike the shading of last season, when the darkest color was seen near est the stem, this spring the end of the fronds nearest the stem is the 1ightest and in some cases even white, shading by degrees to a. dark color at the ends.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
Poneee Suits Popular for Summer
 Wear

More pongee suits have been dis played for spring and summer wear this season than ever before, and very few of these are cut in strictly tailored fashion.
 Most of them have the large rolling, collar, either with the regulation sailor back or some variation, and many have touches of black or bright colors.
 Three quarter sleeves and short straight coats characterize these suits, which are light in weight.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
A Straw-SiIk Butterfly.

A smart tailored turban of the ex- Quisite Satin-like green and blue changeable straw seen recently has for its sole trimming a butterfly placed directly in back. The wire frame of the butterfly wings is first covered with changeable green and blue silk and then the wings are outlined with the. straw braid. The body proper is cleverly conceived; it is in reality nothing more or less than a double twist or eight of the straw. After the wings are put into place, two long quills. devoid of all sembIance of q feather, are thrust through the eight ;" the tapering end of the quill being bent ever so slightly to suggest an tennae. A butterfly of this sort may bs fashioned by one at all handy with the needle and is quite sufficient to trim the tailored hat of straw
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
Shaded Coin Dots on the New Ma.
 tarials

Many of the new fabrics not striped are decorated with dots of various sizes, one of the newest of these being the shaded coin dot. This may be seen on white ground or any of the pale tints, and is usually as large as quarter of a dollar.
 A smart piece of ribbon in a pale biscuit shade was decorated at regu- lar intervals with dots of this char acter, about an inch and a half in di- arnater
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

If the standing collar on ones lin- gerie waist is worn the waist may still do service for some time. Cut off the collar and finish the neck neatly, so that simple turnover collar may be worn with the waist. It is surprising how really attractive the slight altera- tion is.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
Asparaqus Tips in Cases.

Take breakfast rolls and cut the top off each; scoop out the center and brush the roll with butter Stand in the oven, with the door open, until the cases are dry. Make rich cream sauce and add asparagus tips Fill each roll with the mixture, put on the
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

table Compound | suffered nearly all the time with head Ia G Il e S, backaches, and bearing down pains, and had a continuous pain in my left side. It made me sick if I tried to walk much, and my back was so
 weak that I was obliged to W e ar
 no~an41 o71 4l 4-.~
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

The germs on the whiskers of cats are stirring up Chicago; but what about the germs on the heavily beard ed men? There are said to be five times as many on a full beard as on a greasy old dollar bill!
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Of the 27 Phi Beta Kappa awards for proficiency in scholarship at Cor nell. 15 have been awarded to the women. of whom there are 400 in a total enrolment of 5000 students Who said the girls were inferior mentally .
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Embroidered marquisette blouses are rapidly taking the place of the embroidered chiffon ones of the win ter. These are made in the same style, with short sleeves and co1lar1ess, and are washable.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Black satin or velvet slippers worn with stockings to match the bright trimming on the frock will be worn by smart women for the spring ana summer festivities.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
FRlLLS OF FASHION IN THE
 WORLD OF WOMEN.

Many of the new tailor-mades show six-gore skirts. These, however, are cut straight, to give the fashionable appearance.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

A novel hat for a young girl is made of peanut straw. The straw which undergoes a softening process, is spun into strands and then woven in mats, which are blocked into hats. These gre cool and chic.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

The regulation of public utilities is fierce. if young. The legislatures of the country have 800 bills before them for this purpose.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Those French moibs do not realize how they are hitting American pockets by their wasteful practices with cham pngne.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Packerviile, Conn. April IA, 1911.
 (Very true. But if the industries of any village stop and idleness increases, the demand for every farm product falls off and the supply becoraes in excess of demand-that cheapens pro- duce. and butter and eggs and every other things in trade it affects in this way.-Ed)
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Now we learn Senator Lorime CT don't care what they say about him. Had he cared, what Is now being said about him could never have happened.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

In Chicago men stand in line for several hours to get a chance to pay their taxes. We do not have to get into the tax rush line here in New England.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

An English spinnsrs' association has invested three millions in cotton land and proposes to grow long-stapled cot ton cheaper than they can buy cit in the market.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

trymen? He has made his countrymen laugh over his drolleries so they can not forget him.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Immense airy bows of wired net, chiffon, maline or lace trim some of the prettiest of the new hats.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Happy thought for today. It may seem strange. but the cripples in this world are not the ones who offer lame excuses.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
A Boiled Salad pressino.

Put four tablespoonsful of butter in a saucepan with a tablespoonful of four and then add a cupful of milk and let it thicken. Beat up two eggs and mix together an even teaspoonful of salt, a heaping teaspoonful of sugar, beaping teaspoonful of mustard and a speck of cayenne; sift the dry in gredients into the beaten egg. Now stir the egg mixture into the cream dressing and remove once more from the stove. A little whipped cream is a real addition to this dressing, or if the dressing is used with an equal quantity of mayonnaise it will be found delicious.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Sam Lloyd of Vermont, a great soly- e. of puzzles. is dead. The last leg islature in that state was too much for him.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Billy Sunday says: Some people pray as if they expected nothing, and they are never disappointed7
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Thieves invade the sugar houses of the Vermont sugar makers, and get away with eighty pounds at a time.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Hand painted chiffon forms some of the daintiest of evening frocks for young girls. This is usually made up over a slip of the same shade as the dominating color in the painting.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

The ice or the Maine lakes is only two feet thick; but the fishermen know that the trout and lsndlocked salmon are waiting for them.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

The grain farms in the west are looking more promising than before for three years at this season.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

The icemen understand April, if the farmers do not. There is nothing very menacing in April to them.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Abe Reuf is said tc be leading q Bible class in prison. He shows tact osan in hard luet
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
Woman in Life and in the Kitchen

wooden partition or the roof without proper protection.
 Never allow your furnace, steam or hot-water pipes to come in contact with the woodwork of the building.
 Never put ashes in wooden recep- tacle on or about the premises.
 Never keep matches in other than metal tor earthen safes; and never throw one on the floor, lit or unlit-
 Never take an unprotected light to inspect a gas meter or closet
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
SHE HAD CONSTANT
 PAIN
Until Relieved by Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound.

Dewittville, NY. Before I start ed to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

The total traffic on Canadian canals in 1910 amounted to over 42, 300, ,00O tons.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
colIars on BIouses.

top slice and let the rolls get very hot
 before serving.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17

Who says that Denman Thompson miIl not live in the hearts of his coun-
Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-17
To Avoid the Danger of Fire in the
 House.

If the following precautions are fol- lowed, fires from accident and spon- taneous combustion will seldom oc- cur:
 Keep your house, store or factory clean.
 Never allow rubbish. such as paper, rags, cobwelos, old clothes, boxes, etc, to accumulate in closets and unused rooms.
 Never fill the coaI-oil lamps after dark or near an open fire.
 Never run the stovepipe through a
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-03-02
SLEEPING SICKNESS.
Tho Grip This Dreadful Disease Takes
Upon Its Victims.

The course of the dreadful disease,
sleeping sickness, is an extremely slow
one. The first stage is said to last
year or more, and the cause of the dis
ease may be in the blood long before
any symptoms whatever present them
selves. The patient has occasional
fever: indeed. disease hitherto called
Gambia fever has recently been recog-
nized as the first stage Of sleeping
sickness. 1t is said that the swelling
of the Emphatic glands of the neck is
a characteristic early symptom. This
was known in 1903 to DR.. Winterbot-
tom, who states that slave traders,
recognizing the symptom of a fatal
disease, would not buy slaves who had
this glandular enlargement. The pa
tient feels well and strong and Is able
to 60 about his usual occupations.
The second stage is indicated by
distinct change in the appearance OF
the patient. His expression grows
heavy and dull; he becomes apathetic,
lies around great deal and cannot
exert himself. With the progress or
the disease these symptoms become
more marked walking and speech be-
come difficult and finally impossible.
During the last week the sufferer lies
in state of complete coma. from
which the illness derives its name.
Often during the second stage OF the
disease the brain becomes affected,
and some of the patients try to run
away into the forests or swamps,
where they die of exposure or starva-
ton. To prevent this the relatives OF
sufferer frequently chain him down
until the time comes when he can no
longer move.-McClure's Magazine.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-03-02
BIG TIMBER DEAL
Oregon Lumber Company Would Buy
Near Goldendale.

oregon lumpef company Wouio ouy
Near GoIdendale.
Goldendale-A 100000 timber deal
near Goldendale is likely to be con-
summated in the near future. Mr.
Echoes. representing the Oregon
Lumber Company, one of the largest
lumber concerns on the Pacific coast.
Is in Goldendale looking over tho tim
Der interests of the White Pine Lum-
Der Company Timber cruisers are
known to have been in the feld for
two months.
The White Pine interests here con-
sist of $4,000 acres of land which has
been offered at SIS per acre. Alex
Stuart owns 1000 acres in the heart
of this large tract and has offered his
land at $3.50 per acre which would
make a total of $4,000 acres and a
cost of over 100000. 1t will take 26
miles OF logging roads to get the tim
Der into mills at Goldendale.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-03-02
Pastor Officiates al 81 Marriages.

Centralia-The Rev. H. w. Thomp-
son, pastor of the Centralia Presby
terrain church, has Just officiated at
the ninety-first marriage service since
assuming charge of his pastorate In
this city He has also oficiated at
81 funerals within the past IA
months.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-03-02

Are you thinking of having your
picture taken? Wait until March II
tn and 18th Mr.. Smallfield will give
the school per cent of his cash
sales. Its fine weather for pictures,
maybe your friends back east will
like one-and then-you know-the
school needs the money.