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Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17

Ethel Adams and Ruth Langdon were classmates of the same ago, who attended school at Gatesville Academy In the town of C-,
 Ethels home was many miles away, and she boarded in town through the week, going home on Friday after nuons and returning again the follow ing Monday.
 Ruth lived but a short distance from the Academy, and not far from EthePs s boarding place.
 Beginning with their freshman year both girls were strangers to each oth- CT, but in & short time a friendship sprang Vp between them which deep- ened as the days went by They were very studious pupils, ana often helped each other in their studies, each one striving for the highest standard in heir class work. They both liked music, and Ethel often sang soprano while her friend accompanied with her sweet alto voice. Together they at tended the mid week prayer meetings and the grange meetings, and both usually took an active part. When she graduated Ethel aspired to be a teach CT, while Ruth's ambition was to take 8 college course, beyond which she was undecided
  time Ruth said to her chum:
 Tt is your birthday today, and when school is out this afternoon 1 will hitch our horse Fannie into the top buggy and we will take a ride down to Mirror Lake. It is about four miles from here, and as you have never seen it before, I think you will enjoy it. will put up bag of lunch We have lots of Concord grapes and I'll pu, some up along with some bananas and some spongecalze I baked this morn l ing. We can eat in the cool, shady grove by the lakeside. l will also talzf my cameZa. and we will try to talrf some snapshots, but the ride will be something grand!"
 | At o'clock they started, and as tht road wound round in and and on | through the woodland, over hills ana l down through valleys the autumna 1 beauty, with the ever varying scenery was much admired.
 In due time Mirror Lake came int view, and both girls exclaimed alnos in the same breath:
 Isn't it loxely!"
 l The lake was soon lost to view be 1 hind the trees, and they began to de 1 scend a steep hill which led down tt | the lakeside. Just as they were abou l to do so Ethel called Ruths attention to a loose strap dangling from nlh harness, but before she received q re ply the horse bolted at lightning speet down the steep decline.
 Whoa! Whoal Whoal FanI" call ed the girls. but to no avail,
 ''The wagon is hitting her heels ant she is running away" screaeed Ruth.
 "Oh, what shall we do ?' cried Ethe We are headed straight for the wa ter and we will both be"
 At that moment the carriage st1-tica s huge log by the roadside, and as tn carriage top, which had been tppe
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
FOUR DEER AND A SNAKE.

Dear Edftor and Social Corner Folks How lovely are these cool days after Ehe dreadful hot ones. keep the cold water going, although I think a hot water bath is refreshing.
 How nice it is to have good things fresh out of the garden.
 want to tell Frozen about the honR deer we saw the other evening. Two were babies and they were so outa. The mother is spotted one the only spotted one I ever saw. believe Frozen has told us some thing about chasing a rat around an organ. I should think rats would not be pleasant company to entertain; but how about glancing in the corner of D room and seeing a two-foot snake Euietly reposing? Such was my ex- pertence the other day. How he got Into the room. or how long he had been there do not know.
 Frank: I do enjoy your letters. Diana: I shall try to remember yeu soon with card.
 Best wishes for all.
 RON AMI
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
THE CALL FOR FERMENTEr
 DRINKS.

Editor of the Social Corner: Tn re- viewing the Social Corner l have been surprised to find so many requests for recipes for fermented drinks-''smalI beer" I presume they would be called,
 Why does the homekeeper resort to drinks in hot weather which inevitably contain more or less alcohol Why put temptation in the way of your in- nocent children? Why cultivate a taste for drinks which contain alcohol even in small quantities when nature has provided such a fine quantity of fruit juices, which may be prepared with so little labor? Why destroy the nutritive value of fruit juices by add ing yeast to produce fermentation?
 Modern physiology shows that there are two important factors in sustain Ing health and vigor of the body First, adequate nutrition; and. sec ond, the conservation of vital forces Foods and drinks that we receive di- rect from the hands of nature contain the necessary elements for OUT bodies in the highest form of organizat ton and will therefore insure perfect nu. triton. while In the process of digcs tioh they require only fl small ex benafpre Of nerve power
 Fresh fruit juices are thus superior ta ali Fhanufa etdfsd drinks The rsys Of the sun have practically taken ths plafe of the cook by bringing the ear. behy dfates, the starch and sugar inis the most perfect and soluble form. Why spend time and strength tC change these Gad= given, wheiesea, l thirst-a -aHenehers iHts feFmehted drink:
 which may lead te had habits and arr deeeiVers?
 Fruit juices make RieasaHty health. 1 flil and laxative drink. Why sheuif housewives Pride thsmaslFes eH th,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
SUMNER DISHES FROM JANsrTE
Dear Social COrnerites;

Dear Social Cornerites;
 Ma: l thank you and O. Fl. S, for the recipe for making grape juice.
 They sound good and not dtnicult to prepare 1 am sending in a few summer dishes that we enjoy In our family:
 Lemon Sponge-One-Iralf box gela tine, two cups of sugar. juice of three lemons four eggs and one pint of boiling water. Cover the gelatfne with one half cup cold water, soak five min - utes, then pour over 1t the boiling vs - ter, add sugar and stir until diBsofv ed; add juice of lemons and strain in - to basin; let stand in cracked ica un - til cold, add juice, stfrEnS ocoanfon % ally; then add wen beaten whites of eggs and beat all together with sEss beater: turn into fancy mould to harden. Serve with vanilla sHnes poured around it.
 Vanilla Sauce.-One pint of min two tablespoonful of sugar, yoihz of | four eggs, one teaspoon vanilla Put the milk to boil in double boiler. Beat the yolks and the sugar together Un- ! til light, then add to boiling milk i Stir over fire for two minutes, add vA- n1lla and put away to cool. Snow CreanH--Bea& ths whites of four eggs until foanny, then add grad D ually four tablespoon of powdered sugar, beating all the while, Then beat until stiff enough to stand aIons. add one tablespoon of sherry and a teaspoon of vanilla; stir in carefully one pint of cream whipped Serve in small glasses. This will serve saeht | people.
 Orange Cakes with Vani1la Sauce Take small stale sponge calpea. or lady fingers, dip in orange t1ica, pinos in glass dish and pour over them va nfIla sauce. Serve at once. II you use wine they may be dipped ir sherry.
 JANHTTH,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
A BUDGET OF HELPFUL SUCCESS
 TONS.


 Dear Editor and Sisters: Here I come with a small budget of sugges- tions, which trust will prove helpful to you all
 Try coffee in starch when doing up lace curtains. You have no idea what pretty, creamy tint it gives them Use both coffee and starch hot to mix well.
 Have you ever thought to add arn- monia to the water used for wiping up your linoleum- Ammonia water is also excellent for dampening your broom when sweeping carpets.
 Try salt water for cleaning straw mating.
 5orax for red ants-Mix the borax | with a little sugar and water; put in a shallow dish, and place where the ants are the most numerous. Il will drive away any insect. To remove blood stains saturate with kerosene oil; let remain a few mo- ments, then wash in cold water. Drops of oil of lavender scattered through a bookcase in a closed room will save books from mold in damp ] weather.
 A pinch of salt added to she oil in your lamps will make the light much more brilliant.
 If anything boiIs over on the stove, or in the oven, a handful of salt thrown on will prevent the smoke ris- ing.
 When ham is hard and salt, try soaking it sliced in milk over night i next morning it will be sweet and ten der-
 To clean glass bottles, chop fine a l large potato and put in with some warm water; shake the bottle well and when well rinsed the glass will be clear.
 A few drops of camphor added tc the water used for bathing the face will prevent the skin being shiny.
 A simple and excellent remedy fol bee stings and other bites of insects is saleratus moistened and bound on Keep the water in which saleratus hat been dissolved until pain and sorenes. disappears. This is good for hives.
 When making starch add a smaI quantity of kerosene oil-it will give a finer gloss.
 A good way to clean silverware 1. to moisten a cloth with water, dip il prepared chalk, and rub the silver well; then wash in warm soapy water and dry with a soft clean cloth.
 The best duster is a damp cloth, a, this collects the dust anf holds 1t.
 if the seats of cane chairs are sag ging, turn them upside down: wasl well with soapy water, soaking so ai to thoroughly wet the cane and in dry , ing they will stiffen 10 their origina condition.
 [ When purchasing canned goods ex , anime the cans; if the sides bulge out l ward this denotes presence of ga which renders the contents unfit fo food.
 II Moisten grease spots with cold wa ter and soda before Scrubbing. as thi will cause them to be more easily re ! moved.
 . In entertaining 1t is better to serv : a simple meal perfectly, than to at ? tempt an elaborate one imperfect 7 prepared. Be sure that the table dec orations are not such as to obstruc r the view of the guests.
 This is surely q long letter, but t do hope the sisters will find some help ful suggestions in it and that I ma f call again. f I wish some of the sisters woul f please send me a post card. Will sen 3 one in return.
 cHATTERBox. 8 South Canterbury.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
SUMMER VISITORS.

Editor Social Corner: Now is the time of year when city people remem- Der their country friends, and most of us are glad to see them; but every one knows there are many kinds of visitors. It is a busy time at the best for the farmer and his wife and the horses, and visitors who expect a late breakfast and a ride in the eve ming and on Sunday will not be well come next year, and those who allow the children to be crowded out of ev- cry pleasure trip because they can go any ti1ne," are making cold well comes for themselves in future years.
 Then there fig the woman who for toilet articles and wears your new wrapper that you are keeping for best" in the berry Lot, and never thinks to leave 1t clean.
 - City people sometimes forget that selling milk, butter. fruit and vegeta- bles are as much the ''business' of the farmer as selling goods is that of his dty brother; and that the loss ot c customer Is as serious to one as tc the other.
 Then the wife and children make most of their spending money (and if many cases their clothes), picking Der. ries, besides those that must be canned if the family have them for winter, and three or four extra ones in tiAl family during the few weeks thai berries sell may make a Mg difference, in the comfort of the family for tn, entire year,
 Few want to say it Is not eanVettieni to entertain friends wheA they writ to ask. and there Is no reason why i shOuld not be if yi4it0fs 1fza ssea,,, 2, sense.
 remember two ladies whe in tn. past spent the berry season with thei country cousins, They always washed dishes, took care of their oWn Feam Eot tha water from the brock for thei hsth and ts de rhsir washing (aHd al the atber seiiAd clothes they cenil --~~AaR NtaS @R}, helped to piek ani
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17

Some time l will drop you card and tell you, not now. Wish you were up here to take all the sisters pictures.
 Dolly, deari Thanks fer your kind thought of me.
 Morning Gieryi Have been trying your blueberry cake recipe. Had geed luck with it-so shall try often.
 Louise, deari Have made from your recipe Mock Angel Cake. All who tasted of it said 'Finel" Could net tell It from the real.
 Oh, Billie boy. Your cake recipe for chocolate cake was o. K All who tasted said Billie's cake Is all right"
 Now I will add my mite for the sisters;
 Rhuharb Conserve-One quart rhu- barb, cut fine; i quart sugar; 1-2 lb. raisins, oranges cut up very thin, l lemon cut up very thin, cup of nut meats. Put sugar with rhubarh. let stand over night In the morning add the otfer ingredients, excepting the nuts; add nuts just before taking from stove. Let boil until thick about l S-4 hours.
 Tomato Marmalade-Pare and slice 2 quarts of ripe tomatoes and pare and cut into small pieces large lem ons; add ? pounds of granulated sugar and 1-2 cup of seeded raisins. Put into a kettle and cook one hour, or until thick-it may take two or three hours. Put in jars and when cold cover with parafin
 Spruce Beer-Allow one ounce ot hops and 1 tablespoon of ginger to gallon of water When boiled strain it, put in 1 pint of molasses and l-2 ounce or less of the essence of spruce When cold add l cup of yeast: put in clean. tight jug and let it ferment for a day or two; then bottle it foI use; ready after three days.
 1 want to know where Only One is keeping herself these hot days. Dc write LIS all.
 SUNSHINE.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
RHUHAR5 CONSERVE AND ToMA.
 TO MARMALADE.

Editor and Sisters: want to thank Sister Joan for her nice recipes of Root Beer and Rhubarb Wihs, I have always wanted The Foot beer recipe, but never seemed a5ls te ind any one who had 1t, se I have bought Hires rsot beer instead; but now, IS I live ih the country, l can get most af the roots aad make it myself. Please tell me what spikeHaFd Faet is? Is there another aafaeP (FheFe is none except the Latin, SfHilaeiRa raeemesa, and that is Ret fer PenpiaF use, It's leaves are deeply ribbed like PiaiHtiH
 1t grows from ta feet taii-abuad= ant in rich, uHeieaFed greuRd,-f5d.l
 FrezeH. deari Ne ena is feeling Hae,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
Terrible Suffering
Eorema AII Over nAby's Rody

Eozena All Over nAby's Body.
 When my baby was fonr Tnouths old hia face broke out with sessnA. and at sixteen months of ss4 hts foe. hands and hzns were in . dssadeal state. The scaemA spread all ovsr his body. We had to put a mask or cloth over his face and tiea up hiE hands. Finally we gave him Hoods sarsspa- rilla and in fs~ mantha he vas sp- tirsE cuHed. Today ha iE healthy boy" Mrs. fnes Lewis, Barring, Maine.
 Hecda Earsa pariris cnree hiocd dis naEeB and builds up the syTem-
 cet 1t today ir uHua li1uld torn ol eheselkeee tshieta eARaA knA1A9Ahns
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
SOCIAL CORNER POEM.
Rest and Work.

  Where Is rest? In what isles of the Summer-glad seas? Ia what gardens of balm? Meath what sleap-drOpptng trees? By what still flowing waters What lily -fringed streams? h what meadows of silence? Whaa valley of dreams? 1HReAth what thunderleSs skies, by what hdllsldes of sleep, On what moon lighted mountain or Star-ligh&ed deep? Yes, where on the earth's or ocean s wide breast h eixA homo of release and the harbor of rest Why, hero in the cornfeRd-and take up your hoel Rtx81& here in this milI-mAke the paddle wheel gD! Right hero on your engine-lP steam and aw4yl Right here with your sewing machine every day. Whers there's work there is rest, anc 1t's nowhere beside, Though you travel all lands and you sail every tide. Where is rest? Co to work, and yoIl spirit renew, Fer no man can rest who has nothing to do.
 Sam Walter FNoss. --Sent in by J1m-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
J. E. ITS HUckLE5ERRYlN6 FIX.
 FERENCE,

Social Cnrner Editor and sister Curneritas Have you ever heard the sayihgi
 "NnthinE is 30 bad 1t could not be Werss 2"
 Well, here Is my exherlenre FouI of us went heiTying last week, start sd early and eaFried our lunch. We EteBRsd al the feet ef a large hill We'll, lunch hour eaHse-snd ws were tired, huagFy and thiFstIi bstere reached the wageH, aHe ef ths waneE ssta eaE EzalE ssx end kR&kst Rlll
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
August.

August is the month when the Spar tans were slaughtered at Thefmopy- lac, John the Baptist, lost his head Cleopatra took her own life. BozzaKiE and Nelson fell on the hour of victory, Casabianca stood on the burnin deck, Poland was partioned, Fort Sumpter was destroyed by the union guns and pr; J, W. Mccullough at tackled The Citizen for refusing 10 advise the people to use his conatKn- ment of typhoid vaccine.-The OttaswA Citizen.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
ANSWERS AND INQUIRIES.

BON AHn-Cards received Were hailed as you direted.
 BAISSAM FTR-You must have been Nurprised at tho title of your Willard Beach letter-a very breezy story, by the way; but accidents will happen in ehe best of families
 SUNSHINE-LIetter received for warC7ed to Bee.
 FROZEN-The cards received and forwarded as you directed.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17

should prefer a knitted enc in an easy and simple stitch. FAR AWAY.
 KSsimmee, Fla.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17
THE SOUL OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IS REVERENCE
EVERY woMAN's OPPORTUNITY.

 of They of each week side the AadaSa SOCIAL Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17

THREE PRIZES s25o sOO Auard duuadet the Saturday In each month
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-17

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The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-02-23

plenty of people here who could handle
the situation and who, as governor,
would know much more about local con-
ditions and be able to handle them bet
ter than any mainlander.
cit would be like the federal Judge.
ships. Our first federal Judge was Estee
who got along all right and was well
liked, and now we have Judge Dole who
is good man. And then we had Wood
ruff from the Coast who stayed very
short time and didn't get along at all
He didn't like F'rear and there were all
kinds of disagreements.
"Hawaii, in my judgment, is cap
able of taking care of her own affairs.
We don't want government by commits
sion in Hawaii and it seems to me that
such things as this are not doing any
good at all. Why don't they bring their
squabbles home and squabble here7"
Mr.. McCandless picked up the cur
rent issue of the Saturday Evening Post
and quoted from an editorial on con-
/ gressional government of the District
of Columbia, as follows:
"The District of Columbia appropria-
tion bill is up in the house. One item
appropriates three hundred and sixty
! dollars for maintenance of the motor
cycles =" inspectors use in their
! duties. This item precipitated an i'm.
passioned debate during which gen
tleman from Kentucky invites a gen
tleman from Illionis to accompany him
outside, presumably for the purpose of
having his head punched"
"That,' continued McCandless, "is
sample of what we would have here
in government by commission. The
gentleman from Kentucky would al
ways be inviting the gentleman from
Illinois to come outside and have his
head punched. OF course, refer to a
government by appointed commission
/ see very little difference between cleo
tive commission government and q
board of supervisors, although some
people get them mixed up all the time
Z" AS to the homesteading conditions
I know very little of the government 4
policies. A specific incident of it with
which I am acquainted is in the Wal
amaze district where land was withdrawn
from cane, cut up aud has been grow
ing weeds ever since, doing nobody any
good. don't approve of that policy
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-02-23
House Democrats Wish to Make
Silk Pay for Loss on
SaCCharine.
ALSO AFTER PARCELS POST
Same Committee Hits Express
Companies With a Tack
Hammer.

WASHINGTON, February 21.-Semi-
official statements from members of the
ways and means committee of the house
yesterday showed that that body in
tends to cut sugar tariffs in accordance
with the original Democratic program.
"We will make the wearers of the
silk stockings pay for the loss in
revenue to the government, declare the
committeeman. Duties on all imported
luxuries of dress are to be raised ac-
cordingly as the sugar tariff is lower
ed, with the general aim to maintain
the total rate of revenue at the ex-
pense of "hIgh living thus sched-
uled to go higher yet.
Final conference on these important
features of the new Democratic tariff
legislation will be held Saturday when
a decision is expected to be reached.
Parcels Post Promised.
The committee ON ways and means
has also come to an agreement on a
parcels post bill which will shortly be
reported to the house with amendments
recommended. The proposed measure
places maximum weight of eleven
pounds on parcels to be carried by the
posts The rate recommended by the
comittee will be twelve cents pound
to domestic points.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-02-23
ANCIENT CANNON
FOR. NEW PARK

Cannons spiked by the French when
frigate of that nation landed here
about seventy years ago, and now
in the possession of the superintendent
of public works, may soon grace Ka-
piolani Park.
Superintendent Campbell has notified
the board of supervisors that the de-
partment of public works has some an
cient cannon which were at one time
mounted in the old Honolulu fort at the
foot of Fort street. The big muzzles
of these old guns protruded through the
coral classmates and pointed threaten
ingly at the sea beyond the harbor. But
when the French frigate came off the
harbor, sent marines and seamen ashore
and demanded the surrender Of the
fort, the latter capitulated. The Ha-
waian flag was hauled down and the
French raised. The fort was first com.
manded by Captain Beckley, a military
adviser of Kamehameha the Great.
The superintendent wants to have the
guns mounted and placed permanently
in Kapiolani Park.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-02-23
NJ 'CANDLESS MAY
STAY IN HONOLULU

Link McCandless and his lieutenants
are working day and night to get con-
troll of the Democratic convention, and
if Link is selected as the standard
bearer for his party next November,
to oppose Kuhio, the probable Repub-
lican candidate, he will not ask to be
sent to Chicago as delegate. If Link
is nominated he proposes to stay at
home and get in some good work on
vote-getting.
An important meeting of the Demo
Gratis win be held Friday night to de-
eide whether the party will hold its
primaries and convention on the same
dates as the Republicans. Chairman
Cooper of the Republican territorial
central committee expected to issue the
call for the Republican convention last
week, but has delayed and no an
nouncement will be made until after
the Democrats have announced their
dates.