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Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Whose the New Congressman

The question of congressional ra- tio under the new census is exciting considerable interest in Washington, since the basis of representation adopted will determine whether the east or the west is to make gain in it's number of coneressmen For illus tration, if the ratio is fixed at 215,00o the states east of the Mississippi wouli make a net gain of twenty con : gressmen to the states west of the Mississippi a gain of only sixteen. Under the 220.000 ratio. the west would gain fourteen and the east eleven; and under the 230 900 ratio, the west would gain six to the east one Since the insurgency belt is largely In the west, the stand patters may have a preference in the matter-Lowell Cou- rier- Citizen
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Did Not Dine with Negroes.

John Bigelow is quoted as saying apropos Alexandre Dumas proposed visit to the United States in the eos, in which purpose he did not encourage him. that no president of the United States had up to that time had the temerity to have one of African de- scent to dinner with him" If Mir Bgelow is positive as to his history he demolishes the assertion that Jeff ferson entertained Benjamin Banne- ker the astronomer and mathemai- elan, at the White house. Banneker was the grandson of a Maryland ne gro. He assisted in making the sur- veys of the site of Washington Jeff ferson is known to have entertained high opinion of Banneker's talents, and from this circumstance may have originated the assertion that he was Banneker's presidential host, if it finally appears that the store was without foundation. During the con troversy stirred up by the Booker Washington luncheon at the White house. it was stated that Banneker had there enjoyed Jefferson's hospi- tality.-Boston Transcript.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

cord in the community and in the na- tion is due to unmanageable, unyteld- ing clements in the population. But only be brought to see that his busi- ness year in and year out is to become easy to live with, what Q pleasarhr world this would be. And when rh1 point IS seen, let it be followed by the straight, manly. simple, peaceful: Lord, make me easy to live with"
 THE PARSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

It took 19,9S6.542 Maine Holsters to fetch $2.145,204. They did not aver age as much apiece as the public pays pound.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

Some are inclined to advise the New Year to go slow, but it is not old enough yet to see the necessity for lessening speed.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

The Newark News asks: Governor Baldwin advocates aeroplane legisla- tion. Who said that Governor Bald- win is back number or something of the sort? 2"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

The New York trolley system that has printed on the back of it's trans fers make life pleasant!' is charged with preaching better than it prac- tisa@
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

While the automobile is stored in the garage the daily thought is miss ing as to possible expenses before night.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

Connecticut has eight counties and that number of counties subtracted from Ohio's total leaves 80 still
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

Happy thought for today The New Year moves softly, but it carries great burdens and we should all see that we do not get more than a fair share
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

The Boston Transcript thinks Foss' message dullness might be forgiven if the message had contained a bit of real information.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

An Ohio girl of 7J summers has taken to herself a beau of 45 sum- mers. Love has never been caught counting the years
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

When the Connecticut legislature gets to cutting ice, we shall not give thought as to what the icemen are doing.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

Did you ever think how surprised these bandits must be at the average tameness of men.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

That Washington restauranteur who held Commander Peary's overcoat un- til he could get the price of cup of r0fee. didn't go much on celebrity.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

From the Boston Record: Governor Baldwin would register aeroplanes and give votes 10 women. He doesn't say where he would place MT. Roosevelt"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

senator Lorimer would sleep better n shts if he felt sure that he was as white as his investigators have tried tn make him appear. @
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
EASY TO LIVE WITH.

Who and where the woman was who once offered as her New Year prayer, Lord make me easy to live with,'' it little matters. Suffice it for our pres ent purpose that the memory of what she said lasts from year to year and decade to decade like the odor of sweet ointment. We ca neasily picture her to our imagination. She was doubt less of the worrying type, high strung and maybe a bit cantankerous. Per haps she had worn out a husband or two, irritated her children and alien ated some of her neighbors. Up to the time of her offering this petition, those who knew her best would prob ably have agreed that she was hard to live with, far from amiable and pa tient, set in her ways, and those ways of hers were not always ways of pleasantness or paths of peace How ever. she is to be judged not from the point of view of what she was when she fell on her knees with this little prayer on her lips, but from the point of view of what she wanted to be.
 The great arresting fact in her per sCnA history to us, who know her only as a type, is that she had undergone a moral awakening. At last her eyes have been opened to see herself as oth- CTS saw her and as God saw her. and
  came upon her it must have over wheln1ed her. The depths of her na- ture We're stirred, she saw what the exact trouble was and bravely she as suTned the main responsibility. Very likely up to that time she had held others accountable for her criss-cross situation; their failures and crabid- ness made it hard for her to keep the house looking right and to do her days work well. But this transforma- ton altered that. She began thinking about the times when she had irrita- ted others, perhaps even pestered them, and the reason daWned upon her why so few persons sought her socie- ty, and why her own path was so thorny and barren.
 Then the secret of q different status i1roke gloriously upon her vision. She must needs relax q little and become diplomatic, sympathetic, considerate. Then life would take on new zest and value and even if others were just the same as they were before, the fact that she had turned over new leaf would count powerfully in the life of the home and neighborhood. What ii the husband ant son. brother or nephew or neiglrbor should hereafter speak Of her nct as khe woman hard
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

There is no telling how good 1911 is going to be. but you can bank on the statement that it is going to be the best ever for some folks.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

There is more pleasure in contem- plating what the seeds in the cata- logues will do from their descriptions. than by testing them in the earth.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

(Written Specially for The Bu1letin.)
 Did you ever know anyone who would admit he is superstitious? I never did. Even in announcing a sure sign of something in the future, the speaker will -preface his statement and follow it by gravely remarking that he never knew that especial sign to fail of fulfilment. What is superstition? The dictionaries tell us 1t is over-credulity in beliefs, or q false belief. Who is to decide which is the false or which is the true? No two persons are apt to agree on any Of the signs so often referred to. When does belief merge itself into over-credulity Settle those points all ye who can. Meantime let us be indulgent to the foibles of others, lest in glass houses should throw stones." "A green Christmas makes a fat churohyard,' is relic of oIden times from some climate where Christmas weather was expected to include snow and ice. Now the world has So broadened, shall we expect Australia and California to accept the same theory that gave rise to the old say ing? When our California friends write of us outdoor blooms and ripe fruits in December shall we shake our heads and foretell woe for them, who may see snow only on the noun tains in the distance? Much better rejoice with them that they have not to contend with the rigor of our New England winter. This is such q topsy- -turvy world, that most of the old sayings can apply only to a small section of it after all, and space and time are so annihilated by our mod ern means of travel that it seems but step from one extreme to an- other.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

Y made those biscuits myself" said young Mrs. Torkins. They're fine 2 replied her husband; only they're toe thick for poker chips and too big foi overcoat buttons. s."-Washington Star
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

The man who krows that he is N rong and will not admit 1t, shows that he is lacking in tact
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The goosebone readers are seeing a long, hard winter in it's cloudy and ominous area.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

We are not superstitious. Oh, mol
 But how many watch the weather for twelve days after Christmas to find out what the months of the coming years win bring us? There seems to be difference of opinion as to whether Christmas day begins the calendar, and if one announces, 'To- day is the almanac for July" some one in the group is sure to reply, "Oh. no, it is August You couldn't f1avs counted Christmas day.'' We often have a variety of weather in the days immediately following Christ mas, and no wonder some one was reminded that all the seasons of the year were represented. Meantime we continue the old practice of growing weather wise by watching the changes till twelfth night We are told if the wind is in the east when the sun until the next equinox. Why, I won der. New England has plenty of east winds all the year round. Many scoff at the idea of the weather's changing with the moons phases, but still many times d remark about pro- tracted gloomy weather will bring out the reply, Well, the moon changes tomorrow, then 1t will clear" Does that same over-worked moon stand on tiDtOe? "A dry meon," says one, only to be corrected by some by stander "No, that means g. wet moon, for the moon lies flat to indcata drouth." Should it be seen careering to the north in its course. it foretells cold weather. while running well on a southern limit means a warm spell.
 The entire winter is supposed to tell us the weather we must expect by the
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

What is if, if not superstition, which lies at the base of trying ones for tune on All Halloween? Why do we tell our rhymes about spilling salt and trimming ones nails on the diff ferent days of the week? Then there are values for each day of the week as a birthday:
 Mondays child is fair in the face, Tuesdays child is full of grace; Wednesdays child is born to health, Thursdays child is born to wealth. Fridays child is loving and giving, Saturdays child must work for a
 living;
 Sundays child leads all the rest, For Sunday is of all the best"
 Many of these old sayings like the oracles have two interpretations to be applied as results call for. What one does on New Years day, he will do all the year round" may mean that January 1st is to be no differ ent from other days, yet I've known people to abstain from all labor on that day for fear of being obliged to work for a living throughout the year.
 We usually find the meaning we de- sire in all these little superstitions. Are we hopeful, the bird or bee fly ing in at the window Is a welcome guest; are we doleful. the same thing forebodes disaster. We are not SUI = then, by rising above all such fancies and being content with each days outcome. The past we cannot rem edy. The future is not within reach The present we can control to a cer- tain limit. and in it there is field enough for all our activity.
 AN IDLER.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

The average depth of the English channel is 110 feet
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

WHEN you want to put your busf- ness before the public. there is no me- dium better than through the advertise ing columns of The Bulletin
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07
Have you noticed how men differ in

Have you noticed how men differ in their way of saying things. Any citi- zen ventures to pedal heavy when he announces what should be done: but when asked what he will do he pedals soft How natural this is: and do we not all do it? I feel guilty when ask ing this question. WHen it comes to what the other fellow should do I do not need any glasses to see--Iack no voice to tell; but when what I'm going to do about it? is the inquiry, I feel q 5 if something might break fl speech is too free or too loud, If this isn't in- bred taere is no use nf talking about leredity. When we feel ashamed of our weaknesses il is easy to say that blood tells-that had our forbears done better We might he doing different. This is a point where New Years res olutions are seldom applied. Perhaps we can apply them next year
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

Perhaps there never was a girl so pretty that she could look sloJtt-hy to a good adNantage; but in these days of big hats-from buttertub style to drum
Norwich bulletin., 1911-01-07

The entire winter is supposed to tell us the weather we must expect by the
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-06-07
Duncan, Church Directory


FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. - Curch
services will be held every Sun
day at.11 a. M, and 800 p. N.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. w.
c. Cheatham superintendent.
Song services every Wednesday
night. Come make your Church
home with us.
j. CRAIG WATT. Pastor,
Methodist Episcopal, South
Preaching 1st and 3rd Sundays
at II a. m. 1880 p. M. Sunday
school On. A. Hoffpauir, superin-
tendent) at 10 a.. III. EpWorth
League 4 p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday at 8 p. m.
REV. j.. l.. YOUNG.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-06-07
Summer Excursion Rates

v Win Be Effective to the Coast
Commencing May 5, from A. &
N. NJ. Points.
The A. &. N. NJ. railway has
issued a circular calling attention
to the low excursion rates for the
summer from Duncan to Cali
fornia points which will be in eff
feet commencing May 18th. These
excursion tickets are good return
ing. until next November. Fhe
fare for the round trip from Dun
can is as follows:
To Los Angeles, Long Beach
and San Pedro, Calf. $40. 70
To Santa Barbara. Cal. 1856
" San Francisco, Del
Monte, Monterey, Pacific
Grove and Santa Cruz, So. 55
70 Newport Beach; Cal. 1895
For further information apply
to local agent,
w. D. McKeehan:
Or A. T. Thomson,
Traffic Manager, Clifton, Ariz.
Lost A bride; finder return
to S. A, Foster and receive re-
ward.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-06-07
BOye's Needle Case

BOye's Needle Case
We carry the famous "Boye
Needle Case" and have sewing
machine needles for ANY ma
chine made. Also, Shuttles, Bands
& etc,
E. w. Taylor, Sole Agent,
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-06-07
Roster OF Duncan S
Commercial Club !.

Taylor, Z. w.
Lanneau, e. r.
Fowler, J. II.
BillingsIey, B. T.
Newhouse, A. NJ : : 1> ( (
Wiggs, Clarence -. ::
Fraser, Joe
Crucks0n, r. c.
Vaughn, L. T.
Fraser, Dan
Martin, Charles
McAlister, Joe
Witt, w. I.
Fraser, James
Clark, w. NJ.
Powell, A. b.
Meigs, L. Fl.
Martin, II. r.
OFT, A. E.
Fraser, Alex,
Briley, DR.. J. I'll.
Tunis, FL. Ogle "
Hunter, ]. A.
Turney, L. J.
Stephens, L. B. ~
Young, j. L.
McKeehan, w. d.
Miner, w. B.
Evans, John
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-06-07
Stafford Ath OF July

Big 4th of July celebration
Tuesday, July 4th, at Stafford,
Ariz.
Program Of Races:
Free for all Trot or Pace.
Purse $4,000
Entrance Fee, 10f5
Green Trot or Pace. Purse $4,000
Colt race for 2 and 3-year-olds.
Purse SIS. 90
Running Races
Quartette Derby, 1-2 mile, from
Graham, Greenlee, Cochise and
Gila Counties, 5 to enter and 3
to start. Purse $4,000
Entrance Fee. 1919
Running Race, IA mile, 5 to en-
ter, 3 to start. Purse $25. 90
Entrance Fee. 10f6.
Good regulation half-mile track
grand stand, good well of water
and free stalls to horses as far
as they go, Entrances on har-
ness races to close June 18th and
running races he day before the
race, July 3rd.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-06-07
THE HIGHT 0Et
THE WEST y

This Pure Bred ~,
ENGLISH SHIRE"
Stallion will make
the season, 1911, at
my barn } mile north
Of Duncan. Call and
see him b fore
breeding ele.s e.
where. Or examine
his year-old colts
which are nemerous
in this valley.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-06-07
Civil Service Exa!l,lllatiN,

An initial examination for clerk
WIFI be held at the post-office in
this city ;Qn gme 10, 1911.
= AgeiNHf, Ntq,;;;45. years, on
the date of the examination.
;. s:Marrie1 tYawSsn vii not: be ad-
mitted to'tKe exa{flifiatfbtli1f.' This
prohibition, however, does not
apply to women who are divorc-
ed or those who are separated
from their husbands and support
themselves, but they are eligible
for appointment only as clerk.
Applicants must be physically
sound, and male applicants must
be not less than 5 feet 4 inches
in height without boots or shoes,
and weigh not less than 1875
pounds without overcoat or hat.
For application blanks and for
full information relative to >ex-
animation, qualifications, duties,.
vacations, promotions,
ETC., address Immediately,
The Postmaster,
Post-office, Clifton, Ariz.
Duncan Arizonian., 1911-06-07

FOR SALE Old papers, 25c
per bundle; at this office. Good
to go under carpets, in cup
boards. kindle fires & etc.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-07
SKULL OF PREHISTORIC
MONSTER DISCOVERED
ls Found In the Santa Cruz Mountains,
Where Still Stand Trees That
Are Centuries Old. !,
BY BUSH PHILLIPs.

SAN JOSE. Cal, Sept. THAT para
disc of naturalists, biologists and 9TH
er scientists. the Santa Cruz Noun
tains, where trees. many centuries old
still stand, has yielded up relic OF
prehistoric times TO r. s. McWhorter
OF this city who has presented IL to
the Chamber of Commerce.
II Is the skull OF giant mastodon
or mammoth engraved centuries ago
with fantastic design OF interlinked
human and animal heads, or else II has
been eroded into these shapes by
countless years OF wear.
Indications that other parts of a
great skeleton are buried in the same
spot were found by McWhorter, who
will go to the hills again in an effort
to find the rest OF the bones.
The skull is apparently only the
upper part the jaws having been worn
away. II Is petrifed and has been
lying partially exposed for some time
In wet spot, moss having grown on
its sides. At first II appeared like an
old tusmp, but investigation showed
II TO be an ancient bone.
The bone resembles nothing sc
much as one Of the picture puzzles In
which the reader Is challenged TO pick
on as many faces as possible on a
highly intricate design in which there
are pictures when the object Is turned
In any direction.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-07
THE STAGE

The Bowery Burlesquers will pay
their annual visit to the Gayety the
alter, next week, opening the engage
ment, Sunday afternoon. The COM
pany is headed by Fitzgerald and
Quinn and Miss Lizzie Freleigh. New
musical travestie shave been built for
the current season and the costumes
and scenery are said TO be straight
from the dressmakers and artists
studios. A capable company Is aug
mented by clever vaudevillians and a
chorus OF pretty girls. New song
numbers dances and chorus songs and
evolutions, are promised as part OF
the entertainment.
"Casey's Celebration" and The
HOFFMAN House Club" are the titles OF
the two musical travesties which Pat
White and his own company will pre-
sent In the Avenue theater. next week.
when the favorite Irish comedian
comes for his annual engagement. Mr..
White is noted for his special brand
Of Irish humor and II IL quiet and
quaint type that be presents. One OF
the funniest stunts Mr.. Whites Casey
ONOA Vhk06Cd III, WnO - pOAluH iHnICny
q travesty on the manly art, and this
viii be feature OF the closing bur
lesoue. Mr. White Is supported by a
number OF entertainers several OF
whom will offer vaudeville specialties.
The current attraction is Zallahs Own
company.
Grace Van Studdiford. in a new
light opera bouffe, THE Paradise of
Mahomet," will appear in the Gar
rick theater, Thursday evening, Sept.
IA, for an engagement of three
nights and Saturday matinee. Miss
Van Suddiford's last appearance, in
Detroit, was about two years ago in
-The Golden Butterfly" Her present
vehicle Is said to have enjoyed a sue
cessful run in the Herald Square
in New York, last season.
Sam Bernard in return engagement
Of He Came From Milwaukee" will
be the Garrick attraction, the first
half OF the week.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-07
BERNARD PEsTERED BY
ASPIRING PRIMA D0NEAs

One of the horrors of being musi-
cal comedy star, when travelling. is
the pursuit by aspiring prima donnas,
who pop up In every town, city and
hamlet. Sam Bernard, owing to the
fact that the prima donna Of his com
pany, Miss Nella Bergen, has been
extensively noticed as possessing a
voice of extraordinary range and pow
er, has been relentlessly pursued by
youthful geniuses, since all way-side
human canary birds know that all
prima donnas have understudies and
would like TO hll that lowly position.
So the number of warblers Sho
would be Miss Bergen's understudy
increases daily. They are at hand IN
every new town, yearning. begging
and imploring 70 be heard. Bernard,
every once in while, moved by fat
tering tales and persistent and tear
full requests, lends an ear TO the
chipping of some much-heralded fe-
male nightingale. II was recently
that be was inveigled into listening to
a robust damsel. who informed him
that she could sing In b natural. AT
ter she had displayed her nntutored
vocal powers In ungoyerned vocal
pyrotechnics. she asked Mr.. Bernard
what he thought of her voice.
We'll, madam, I'll tell you" replied
the comedian, If you could sing In
b silent you would be simply great
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-07

bin In the Miles theater. Is Detroit
girl, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Montgomery, OF No. 232h May.
bury Grand-ave. Strictly speaking.
however. she Is no longer Miss"
Montgomery. for she Is the wife of NJ.
p. Haynes. one Of the members OF the
trio. Charles Gilroy completes the
set. supplying most of the comedy.
They have been together 80 long.
these three, that Mr.. Gilroy Is regard
ed practically as a member OF the
Haynes family. Up at Spring Lake,
Mich. where they have q summer cot
tage. they also have magnificent
steam yacht. This In the real Nancy
Lee" and she goes into commission
every summer just as soon as. the
stage Nancy Lee" goes out OF com
mission.
While the trio have been travelling
together eight seasons. this h the first
time they have appeared In a local
theater in seven years. so II Is really
the frst opportunity the Detroit
friends Of Mr. and Mrs. Haynes have
had 70 Zee them work"
a critical spectator. Monday night,
was Mrs. Haynes father. He sat in
the front row. where his daughter
could not fail to notice him, and never
cracked q smile throughout the whole
act Mrs. Haynes awaited his opinion
with some anxiety at the breakfast
table the next morning, but none was
forthcoming.