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Norwich bulletin., 1911-08-05
THE REAL JESSE PoMERoY.

It is usually those who do not under stand the case of this child murderer who get in sympathy with him and try by agitation to get him free, or, if that is not possible, to procure for him larger liberties in prison. Those who have him in charge and watch his case take a different view of him. The following reference to him from the Boston Transcript indicates how those having him in charge interpret his conduct:
 Tt may not be generally known says The Transcript, that Jesse Pom eroy is a law student in the sense of being an indefatigable reader of law books. An idea has taken possession of his mind that he was not legally evidence Some time ago it was no- ticed that he had developed a taste for a kind of reading that most lay men shun, and an inquiry developed the origin of his research into cases As his task has kept him quiet he was not interfered with. His latest ap- parent attempt to prepare for an es- ape would suggest that his mind has reverted to his old designs, and that he has dropped the delusion that he is man in the right place in his solitary cell, for even to the most hardened convicts at Charlestown he is so odi- ous, that there is no saying what might happen to him. if he was ex- posed to the horror with which he in spires them.''
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THE STAMP OF pIsAPPRovAL.

There is no doubt that Governor Baldwin pleased most of the citizens of this state when he put the stamp of disapproval upon legislative divorces which in some instances might repre- sent political pull rather than justice. These are the emphatic sentiments with which he closed his message to the general assembly on the subject:
 The institution of marriage is one of the main pillars of civilized society By a large part of our people it is viewed sacrament of religion; by oil it is regarded as something to be carefully safeguarded. No marriage, in my judgment. ought to be dissolved by any state, except through the action of a judicial tribunal proceeding under general laws which are equally applic- able to all. The general assembly is in no sense a judicial tribunal"
 The chance is that the man or wo- man who finds it necessary to appeal to the legislature for release from marriage obligations does not deserve divorce, for if the grounds were suf- hcient they would not be seeking ir- regular channels for release.
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seem the rebuffs they encounter, and how ungrateful they must feel us to be to repel all their overtures for closer acquaintance!
 As for their cleanliness, did you ever watch a fly a. his toilet? How he rubs his body, vigorously enough t9 annihilate all lodging microbes. one would think. Rub, rub, rub! a dry rub, to be sure, for they do not seem to like water baths. Scrub and scrape has been explored. Then the wings are polished. Thin as gauge, but tough thei: fibre must be to endure the ener- getic strokes applied to them. When these are finished, MT. Fly attends t, his head. His shampoo is very brisk and thorough. It seems at any mo- meEt that he will jerk his head off iii his endeavorS to regulate matters to his satisfaction. The head is lifted and turned upside down, that he may reach the back of his neck and make sure no dust is left there. When positive no head in place securely, and then at tacks his feet. How he rubs th~~7 to gether, giving careful attention to his sOles and toes, first his hind feet then the fore feet. Much strength is ap- parently put into every brush, and many, many times are they pushed hack and forth before the treatment is considered complete. When all is done he gives himself a fire shake, to make sure he is not dismembered in any way. I should think he would be a lit- tie doubtful whether he were still in the body with all parts complete as be- fore. Having satisfied himself that all is we'll he flies away, probably feeling that he is the dandiest of all flies and that he must be the admiration of all fydom. And still we say he brings uncleanliness to our food and discom- fort to ourselves.
 In his Star Papers years ago Hen ry Ward Beecher diScoursed on the merits and demerits of flies. He claim ed that those that outlived the frosts of autumn deserved their freedom, and fl they survived till midwinter they We're to be treated as pets and coaxed with sugar to remain as favored guests. But times and manners change, and were the famous divine living now he would doubtless advocate the general massacre of flies.
 Their pranks furnish us many a laugh, for we are sufficiently akin to them to chuckle over the annoyance of another. Who has not been amused at the frantic attempts of the bald headed man to keep his tormento1 $ smile at the misplaced energy with which the victim strikes himself q blow. intended for a fly, force enough having been put into action to have killed an army of the small creatures.
 I once heard a small Bostones ese maiden of eight years express herself as follows at summer resort:
 These flies are so exceedingly perti- naciousi"
 We all agreed with her. though most of us used shorter words.
 We always speak of a fly as mascu- line. I've been told the feminine form of the Latin words is used in speaking of them scientifically. I maintain it is unfair to assume that they all be long to the weaker sex If they do let no ones sense of gallantry forbid him to Swat the fly"
 AN IDLER
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few to a competence The successful ones had no room for despair and lent themselves to no weak forebodings They had faith in themselves and never let the star off hope set. They come to know the might of honesty and honor, which is the might of righteous ness. This is an uphill fight, and the square-fghter is the only one that has satisfaction in it. When it is finished it is a real victory-a victory which seems like the smile of God.''
 If it was generally understood by persons advancing in age if they did not use their minds they would lose them. more attention would be given to mental exercise which is as i'm portant as physical exercise. The price of all our blessings is work Chalmers declared "A Christians spirituality de- pends more upon his work than his spirituality" and Ruskin tells us: The law of nature is, that a certain quantity of work is necessary to pro- duce a certain quantity of good of any kind wha tever. If you want knowledge you must toll for it; if food, you must toll for it. Nothing can loaf and pros per in Nature;'' and it is a fact that Nature does not abhor a vacuum any more than it does idleness. This word work is wrought all over the heavens and the earth, because ''man is kept in life by work, and dies either because he will not or cannot work" Nature works continuously for us, and we must work for nature and ourselves or reap the consequences of violated nat ural law
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Applicable Only to Garage Operators

MT. Editor: The following despatch appeared in the evening papers of Thursday:
 Hartford, Conn.,, Aug. 3.-Secretary of State Rogers has issued new ruI- ing concerning the methods for the display of operators license numbers on motor vehicles.
 It prescribes that the numbers shall be painted or enameled on a stiff metal plate. the figures to be not less than four inches high and each stroke not less than one-half inch wide and the figures shall be three quarters of an inch apart. The color of the fig ures shall be bright yellow and the background black. The plates or markers shall be fastened to the back of the seat on unfinished or test cars. and on finished motor vehicles above the marker on which is displayed the register number of the car, and to be illuminated by the rear light
 Seeing this I called up the secre- tary Of state to inquire what it meant, and was told by him that this law applies only to the chaeffeurs Of public garages and has no applica- ton whatever to the drivers of private motor carriages.
 c. L. HUBBARD
 Norwich. Aug. 4, 1911.
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DOES FLY SWAPPING KNOCK AN
 INDUSTRY?

The chief of the bureau of entomoI- ogy at Washington. Dr. L. O. Howard. is credited with calling attention to the fact that the exterminatfon of the flies not only means less disease and less patronage for the doctors. but the knocking out of the screen industry. which represents fifty millions, be- cause screens will no longer be need ed.
 The Bulletin finds that the doctors hgures are not carefully thought out, for when he places $50, 900 900 as the invested capital. $5O.O00 as the annual national expense for screens is not enough, for it would take $s000O on a million to make this industry pay div idends; and it is highly probable that the American people spend more than htty thousand every year for fly paper.
 The agitation concerning the diseas distributing ability of flies has been the greatest screen advertising cam paign the country has ever known. and We are not impressed that the screen makers are counting upon the destruc- ton of their business. but rather counting upon a well sustained trade because of the swatting of the fly campaign for years to come.
 These campaigns of extermination of insects are profitable to the agitators They open public treasuries Massa- chusetts and the government have spent three millions for the extermi- nation of the gypsy moth and it is still Tar rom being made an end of New Jersey has spent a third of million in trying to exterminate the mosulito and it may spend millions without Silencing the voice of the mosol1ito on the Jersey marshes. And as to the house-tly, century hence the screen factories will be running and the dili- gent housewife will be swatting the fly to Keep 1t out of the house and off from the dining room table.
 It is not probable there will ever be q time in this world when there will not be a fly in the ointment.
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FLIES---HOW THEY RUB AND SCRUB

At this time of year we hear much said and see much in print about flies, but nothing to their credit, or in their praise. They seem the only thing in existence of which no Food thing can be recorded. We screen our houses against their entrance, and if one gains admlttance how he is hunted and put to death. Even spiders are sometimes admired for their beautiful markings, and ara praised because they catch flies, and snakes are trained and petted by some, who profess to enjoy their acquaintance and maintain that they are free from all malicious intent. An old uncle of mine would drive out of his course to. avoid hitting a snake stretched across the road, say ing, when questioned: That snake never hurt me and he wants to live George would kill every fly that he encountered. with positive enjoyment. We are told that they bring disease, that they are uneleanly, that number less microbes are in their possession, 10 be scattered about and work diSaS- young, men, women and children, seem banded together. far and wide, en- gagged in the destruction of flies
 Followers of Buddha, we are to1d never destroy any living thing, so in the countries given up to that form of worship the flies should find para disc of safety.
 Recently i-i The Bulletin a letter from The Quail Trap told the story Of a woman who never killed flies CT spiders, and although she may never have heard of the oriental god, still she followed his behest like a faithful believer.
 Most of us have. however a natural antipathy to spiders and reptiles. I do not think we are repelled in the same way by flies. bat we wage war against them with even greater parsistency Rewards are offered now for the great : est number slaughtered, and still their numbers hold good, though I do think we are having fewer this season than usual
 Aside from their danger to health and cleanliness, they stir our temper by interfering with our comfort In many other ways.
 On warm day we think to find rest in an afternoon nap; we darken the room and are sure there is an hours refreshment in store for us. "How fine,'' we think, as we give ourselves up to repose. Sleep is almost within our grasp, when something alights upon our hand. Can it be a fly? Yes, now he brushes across our face, just near enough for us to hear the rustic of his wings. And we were so sure no. one was in the roomI Where could he have come from? Our Sunday morn ing's slumber is interfered with in the same way. drive loses some of it's pleasure when we see how the horses are annoyed by the flies. and even the dogs snap and snarl at their small tor mentors.
 The flies are so insignificant in size and looks compared with those whom they attack that the audacity of their skirnisheS almost wins our aimira- tion. Is there anything else, unless it r.
 breaches an en emy so superior in size and apparent power? Sometimes it appears as if they wanted to meet on friendly terms. How unkind must
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piration and attainment is nothing other than failure.
 Above all remember that the mate rial rewards of life are not the only ones. If one gains the whole world but loses his own soul in the gaining he has made a sorry bargain. There was once a successful man whose barns were bursting with grain and whose pockets bulged with yellow gold but across whose portrait the Master wrote, Thou first"
 Keep the heart warm the conscience sensitive and true, the mind open to all the light that streams from God s heaven Look upon the sunny side i; give your fears to the winds: lend a hand The man who in this spirit is doing his bit of work with all the energy and skill at his command, whatever material rewards may come to him, is making good.'
 THE PARSON.
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SUNDAY MORNING TALK
THE MAN WHO IS MAKING GOOD.

We congratulate you, sir. whoever and wherever you are, on your sue cess. It is a fine thing to have found ones work and to be hard at it. In a world where there are good many round pegs in square holes you and your employment present a refreshing illustration of the fitness of things. Your job is an exacting one but you are measuring up to it.
 It is so much more interesting to succeed than to fail! The only biogra phies we really care to read are those of men and women who, somehow in spite of all obstacles, finally get there.'' We are not thrilled by the stories of those who have succumbed to competition or given way to dis couragement and quit the race. Your own career. in it's humble way and as far as it has gone. is a pleasant sub ject of conversation among your friends and a worthy ideal to hold be- fore young men.
 Certain worldly rewards will un- doubtedly come to you. You may req for the power to give your loved ones a fair share of the leisure and pleasure of life. You are in fair way to keep the wolf from the door and even to drive him forever back into the clearing. And that is an attainment any right minded man may well covet.
 Another advantage of such success as you are making is the added con- fidence it gives a man. One holds his head a little higher when he realizes that there is sphere in the worlds activity that he can acceptabiy fill. He gains a certain sense of security and personal worth in the knowledge that some one particular grain he can tug to the common mill. Did you ever know skilled and efficient workman in any line who failed to possess sort of d;gnified self-reli- ance? He knows he caf furnish some thing that the world needs.
 But the man who is succeeding must vet be on his guard. As the good book says, Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.'' It is easy to rest in an early Or in a partial success. You may imagine you have reached the summit when you have scarcely climbed the foothills. There are yet untried ranges of pos sibility in your profession. If one is. not growing more efficient all the time it is probable that he is growing less so He had the true spirit of the artist gwho, on being asked what he considered his best picture, replied my next one."
 The French have a proverb to the effect that the good is the enemy of the best. Any temporary success that keeps us from continually higher as-
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with the popular panel front and back gores. The waist pattern-S935-is cut in six sizes-32. 34, 36, 3S, 40 and 42 inches, bust measure. The skirt pat tern-S961-is cut in five sizes-22, A. 26, 2S and 30 inches, waist measure. It requires six yards of 44-inch material for the entire costume.
 This illustration calls for two sep arate patterns, which will be mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents FOR EACH in silver or stamps.
 Order through The Bulletin Company, Pattern Dept. Norwich. Conn.
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A King Who Left Home

set the world to talking, but Paul Mathulka, of Buffalo. N. T.. says he all ways KEEPS AT HOME the King of all Laxatiyes-Dr. Kings New Life Pills-and that they're blessing to- all his family. Cure constipation, head ache, indigestion. dyspepsia Only 25c at The Lee & Osgood Co.
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HOW,S THISe

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re- ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
 F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
 We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last b years, and be- 1ieve him perfectly honorable in all business transac actions and financially able to carry out any obligations made WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN.
 Wholesale Druggists Toledo, O.
 Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter- nalIy, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
 Take Halls Family Pills for consti- patton.
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LYMAN & MARVIN,

More people, men and women, are suffering from kidney and bladder trouble than ever before, and each year more of them turn for quick relief and permanent benefit to Foley's Kidney Remedy. which has proven itself to be one of the most effective remedies for kidney and bladder ailments, that med ical science has devised. The Lee & OSgOod Co.
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The millionth patent issued by the patent office is for an improved auto mobile tire which will do better serv- ice than rubber. The government has issued over four patents daily for 75 years.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

It is singular that nineteen in every twenty war scares do not frishten any one.
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The reason lightning strikes church steeples ise perhaps, because they pre- tend to point up to heaven when heav- en is within us; and this is more than can stand.
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A Possibility.

It may vet be shown in the Lorimer investigation that there was no hun dred- d-thousand- dollar jackpot in the Illinois legislature no corruption or any sort, indeed, and no William Lori mer.-Providence Journal.
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One of Lies Mysteries.

Why is it that the same remark which draws a laugh if made by one man is a sure signal for a fight if made by another r?-Philadelphia Inquirer
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Look at this: While automobiles are getting cheaper every year, the horse the automobiles were to entirely displace is becoming more and more valuable.
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Happy thought for today: When it comes to talking up husband nobody on earth can do it just like an aspiring widow.
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Just think of the Grangers of old Connecticut sullling in their tents That does not measure up to Connecti- cut manhood.
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This brd-man and bird-woman nomenclature will not stand when it is so much easier to designate them as the flyer and flyeress,
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Edison is of the opinion that no one knows more than one-seven- billionth of one per cent. about electricity
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The state dairy commissioner has a complaint that there is no butter-fa in Waterbury ice cream. He should tell Us what there is in it, not what there isn't.
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A new building to be erected in New York calls for seventyseven thousand barrels of Portland cement.
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pr, Wiley is now being commended as radical fashion setter in his movement to take the high collar off American beer
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The Chicago minister who hired a brass band to attract a congregation now has no pulpit He should have risked advertising first.
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The Canadian northwest gives notice that it will need fifty thousand men to help harvest the crops this season.
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Recent statistics show that there were 105.000 bold soldiers in the Civil war between 14 and Is years of age.
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A church weather-vane which de- ceives strangers every day better be in Hades than in such respectable place
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The Wisconsin girl who killed 46 flies at one swat is conceded tos be a whirlwind swatter. but is informed there is nothing sportsmanlike in the feat
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Couldn't Keep Him Down.

It is to be Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, now. Fate couldn't conceal him by naming him Hoke.-Boston Globe.
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It Is evident that the Standard oil had a very large hand when we come to see what it has been holding in it.
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lime for the Ioneses

Counting Senator-elect Hoke Smith there will be nine Smiths in congress. Boston Globe.
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Real Music for Him.

MT. Morgan knows that the scream of the American eagle beats that of all the honorary birds of Europe.-At- lanta Constitution.
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MoNTaUK SHEA MBoAT co.

I
 Str. "Wyandotte" leaves New London for Greenport. Shelter Island and Sag Harbor, weekdays. 10 q. m., 4-lO D. m Leaves Sag Harbor, returning, week days, 6 a. m. 12.3o p. m. 1yld
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l notice that Harris's butterfly, Crap ta comma, which places it's eggs usual 1y upon elm. likes to rest on the broad leaves of the grapevine on a warm day; and it may be possible that he sucks refreshing juices from them. These Graptas are an interesting tribe because they are hardy enough to sur vive our winters in winged form, and because before man knew anything about punctuation they were carrying silver commas, semi-colons and inter- rogation points as ornaments upon their under wings; and these singular marks not only are the means of identifying them, but Fabricius and Harris gave them their names-Intcrrogat and Comma-as Leconte. because of a silver J named one Jalhum; and Grapta Progne has a capital G in it's discal spaces: as, also, does Grapta Faunus have one on it's chrysalis. Their under wings are colored so much like the bark of trees that they can alight with wings closed above their backs and be invisible to eye of bird of man on almos. any light bark. The lGraptas are quick flyers like the Sphingidae and their habits must be understood before they can be successfully netted
 The man who has not seen the un- derside of life has never fought the whole fight. We should advise no one tO DcNOIHc d Ii1OuSdHU OI t"o WtiSe OIl than nothing just for the sake of nav- ing the experience; but there have been thousands who got below the credit line who never again got above it: and other thousands who did so by taking advantage of the court of bank ruptcy, or the laws limitations. These last are not men who made square issue upon the plane of hundred cents upon q dollar. There are many men who have made a square fight, re- crossed the credit line and gone or to comfort and Easy street. and not Q
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piration and attainment is nothing other than failure