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Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05
ross AS A PRESIDENTIAL POSI-.
BlLlTY.

The admirers Of the governor Of
1lassachusetts-are bent upon his being
G. candidate for the presidency and he
Is feeling favorable 10 the movement.
snd the hustle is on to obtain for his
support "a majority Of the leading dem
ocrats OF New England
The New Britain Herald saws. 1T
cannot be done. Tor "a number have
already declared Tor the Connecticut
executive and no amount Of influence
would cause them TO transfer their
affections. Governor Foss has carried
Massachusetts twice and Governor
Baldwin carried Connecticut once. but
the latter IS else going TO make an
bther try so that Mr.. Foss may not
have anything on him when he gets
through running"
Tho addition Of Governor Foss to
New Englands possibilities on the
democratic side only makes the situa-
ton g. little more interesting.
The democratic party managers are
aware that they cannot look this way
Tor q presidential candidate for two
reasons. First because the southern
states have a majority in congress
tnd there are three candidates i'm the
south for first place: and. second. be-
cause the democrats must select both
tHcir candidates from states which
havo o large vote in the electoral coll
lege.
The big political honors are not
coming this way the present year.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

duguUeI Alice, WHO
was store d to
health by Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound. She
was pale, with dark
circles under her
eyes, weak and irri-
table. Two different
doctors treated her
and called it Green
Sickness, but she
grew worse all the
time I vdiq T. Pink
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Every man who says he feels first
rate doesn't; but he needn't give his
feelings away.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

There are % ostrich farms in Amer
lea stocked with 1851 birds. 1t is safe
to swap an average horse for an os-
trich for their average value is $316.3S.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

There were a little over three and
half million Of turkeys in the country
in April, 1910. If we all wanted tur-
key this would not be enough to go
round.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

There is no such thing as becoming
an expert at making excuses. The
more a fellow makes the thinner they
become
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

Happy thought for today: Trouble
has found many a man who never
looked fCr it.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

Woodrow Wilson is So and just about
ripe for high hOnors. His bureau Of
publicity is running a now-or- never
campaign.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

An exchange says Good Intentions
is q faithful old dog who after having
been kicked down stairs and had the
hose turned on him. comes right back
wagging his tail.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

The Rooseveltian commissions are
just like any other. When they pass
the patient is always better
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

Kansas city is preparing to Jail all
chronic loafers; and to find employ
ment for all the unwilling idle. This
viii be a good thing for the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

If everybody put the vim into their
New Years resolutions Taft did into
his campaign they would stand a
chance Of living mp to them.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

New York is making deputy sheriffs
Of women. There are thousands of
men who vote who would not be con-
sidered competent for that.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

1t is reported that Senator Lodge
has taken to roller skates. There is.
no skating on thin ice with them.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

Watch out if you would this year
avoid all last years mistakes. The
mistakes of 1911 are lurking just
round the corner.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

If any one hands you a lemon just
sqHeeze out what juice there is in it,
AID sweeten it up if it takes all the
sugar in the bowl
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

If Vice President Sherman has not
lest his smile. it must be admitted he
has lost his ambition to run for Sec
ond place again.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

There were three hundred million
lead pencils used in the country last
year; but not a sharpener that worked
right.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

Norwich did not have the Stony
brook water for a New Years pres
ent 1t will refresh US in the spring,
ira -la-la!
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

The January Clearance Sale offers great opportunities
for economy in Mems Winter Suits and Overcoats-Boys
Winter Suits and Overcoats-Women's, Misses and Chill
dren's Winter Suits Coats and Millinery of all kinds
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05
Cotton Dress Goods
Prints, Percales, Ginghams, Flannels, Etc.

At 5c-Best quality Dress and Shirt
ing Prints, from 7c.
At 6I2c-OUting Flannels from Scat
SIC from 10c-at 10c from
127sc.
At 6a4c-Dress Ginghams, from Sc
at SIC, Red Seal Zephyr Dress
Ginghams from 121ac - at 1Oc
best Domestic Dress Ginghams
from 1215c-at 124ac Naushon
Dress Ginghams from 15c.
At 71ac-Dress Muslins, light and me-
dunn colors, from 10c
At 3c-Printed Flannelette for house
dresses and waistings from 1Oc.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

At 14c-27-inch Black and White Shep-
herd Checks from 25c-36- incl
at 29c from S9c-54-inch at 400
from 59c.
At 21c-21-inch Storm serges, reducct
from 25c.
At 42c-36- inch All Wool French
Serges from soc.
At 5sc-42-inch Fancy Dress Goods
from 15c.
At 83c-4S-inch Plain Poplins from
$10G
Al 97c-50-inch Ladies Cloth from
St.z5-5l-inoh at Sill from $L.si
At 4ec-Black All Wool Henrietta
from Scat Csc from 15c-a
S3c from $1.G0-at &c from SLIPS
At $1.10-All Wool Black BroadclotE
from s1.50-at $1.69 from $500
at $3.50 from $2.25-at 500 from
$50.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

Ir Iutchinson's declaration is that
! ur hours work is enough Of a task
11r any man but that is not the way
: iold prices down
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05
Bible Question Box

Your Bible questions will be nm
Hwered iR these columns or by mail
IL sent Ia our Bible QueAtion Box
Editor.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

The toter OF a hip pocket weapon
vas fued So at Providence the other
fay. IL is expensive 20 have concealed
81 lfous en one there
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05
MY
DAUGHTER
WASCURED
By lydia E. Pinkf1am's
Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md send you here
with the picture of my fifteen year old
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

At 434e-Yard-wide Brown Sheeting,
10 to 2O-yard lengths Sale price
4Ac a yard.
AT 524c-4-4 Brown sheeting from ~
at 624c from 9c-at 72lc from
Toe
AT 5c-4-4 BleaShed sheeting from &c
at sac from 9c-74c from Toe
at SIX from lie.
At 1oIac-42-inch Brown Pillow Case
Cotton from 14c-45-inch at
111zc from 15c.
At 11I2c-42-inch Bleached Pillow Case
Cotton from 15c-45~inch at
111zc from 15c.
st 19o-9-4 Brown and BIeached
Sheeting from 25c.
At 8c-Pillow Cases from 1Oc-at 81
from 121ac-at 12hc from lie
at 19c from 25c.
At 19c-Bleached Table Damask from
Csc at 83c from 49c - at 48c
from 69c-at CSC from SOC.
At 1890 inch Cream Damask from
4Oc-at 4Sc from 65c-at Soc Sill
yer Bleached from $1.35.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05

At 9I2c-36- inch Bradford Cambrics
for waists and dresses, from Toe.
At 10c-32- inch Printed Madras for
waists or shirtings, from 12hc
At 1910 Inch Tudor Draperies, light
and dark, from 1273c.
At 10c-Best quality Percales, more
than 100 patterns. from 121ac
At 10c-2S-inch Cotton Dress Plaids
for chidrens dresses, from
121ac.
at f4c-Galatea Cloth. a big assert
ment, from lie.
At 19c-AH our Scotch Ginghams, 3.
inches wide, from 25c.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-05
Domestic Department

The fame London and
Wndham Counties vauen Cot
TONS Linens, Sheets Blankets, items
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05

Mr.. SYDNEY +. MUDD, JR., BEGs
TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE HAS
ESTABLISHED AN OFFICE IN THE
COLOMBIAN BUILDING. 4l6 5rp
STREET. NORTHWEST, WASHING
TON, D. c., TO ENGAGE IN THE
GENERAL PRACTICE OF LAW BOTH
IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND.
HE WILL VISIT HIS OFFICE AT
LA PLATA, MARYLAND, ON TUES
DAY OF EACH WEEK.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05
COLONY OF THE cRAzED.


A Belgian Town Where Insane Folks
Arc Wholly Unrestrained.
In the year COO. according to leg
end, young Irish princess named
Dymphne. seeking to escape from her
cruel father. travelled to the continent
Of Europe and in Belgium established
herself in a hut, where It was her
misfortune 10 be discovered and muir
dered by her parent A temple was
afterward built to the memory OF the
princess, and It later became a refuge
for the "sick in mind" Huts and
houses were gradually built to accom-
MEDIATE those who came until after
many centuries it became the town Of
Gheei, known far and wide as the col
ony Of the crazed.
The remarkable thing about this Bel
gian town Is that the residents accept
patients into their own homes so that
they may enjoy the beneficial effects
of domestic and social Intercourse.
Nearly every house contains at least
two mental incompetents, and except
in certain cases the patients are per-
mitted to go about town and enjoy
themselves. A stranger may not know
whether he Is meeting a patient or
sane resident in his walks through the
town
For more than 100 years this system
has prevailed at Gheel. Attempts at
suicide are few, the death rate among
the unfortunates has averaged about 4
per cent during the past few years,
while in England the rate has been Z
per cent for the past ten years. The
percentage of recoveries for twenty
five years has been almost double that
in England.-New York World.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05

Insects do not follow the rule OBJ
tanning in higher life--that Of a brief
youth followed by a longer period Of
adult life. The May fly lives two years
as a grub In pond and then is grant
ed life Of but a few brief hours.
The dragon fiy spends more time even
than the May fly in seclusion and then
Is cut of after a few weeks Of ex-
istence. But the palm goes to that
strongest Of American insects. the ci-
cada. Pestilent swarms Of these sweep
over the country for few weeks-a
veritable scourge to an whom it visits
planting, the while, Its eggs in the
bark Of trees. As grubs they crawl out
and bury themselves in the soil at the
roots Of the trees, whence. in sixteen
years. they issue as insects, having
thus spent seventeen years in matur-
ing.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05

Hogan was late at work severa
times and was advised to buy an
alarm clock. 1t worked finely for d
time until one Of the kids got tc
monkeying with It and took It apart
When 1t was put together again II
wouldn't run.
Hogan couldn't understand 1t. on ac-
count Of past performances. and did a
little dissecting on his own account
When be opened the clock be found
the remains Of large insect mixed up
with the machinery.
mo wonder it won't run he said to
his wife. THE engineer is dead
CHICAGO Post.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05
eRoTEsouE DANCES.
vaquI Natives Wear AnlIsrs and Jump
Like Deer.


Like Deer.
Natives Of the Yaqui region IN Mex.
Eco make use OF queer costumes in
their dances. Seated on he ground
around a Gre. four good singers chant
dialogues between the deer and other
animals and birds. such as the coyote.
the jaguar. the wolf. the bear. the eagle
and the hawk. Their music Is made
BY beating with small sticks. saturated
In blood and then dried. on .'guegas'' or
tightly stretched mats Of plated tule
leaves.
The dancer ties on his head the skin
and horns Of the head Of a deer-whlch
Is often better than his owu-and from
his belt Of deer hide hang many deer
hoofs, which rattle continuously as he
goes through the steps of the dance.
In his hands be carries two large rat
ties. made Of goards partly filed with
pebbles These he also shakes to keep
time to the music.
The dancer tries to initiate. as far
as possible. the movements Of the deer.
He shakes himself sideways and with
his hands makes motions similar to
those Of the deer's long white tail as
the animal goes running swiftly over
the plain, leaping through the un-
derbrush or trying to free himself
from the files which infest the valleys
Of the mountains. He whirls around
jumps and leaps straight up and down
into the air. When we are least ex-
pectng It another pascola appears,
wearing the head Of a coyote, bear
or a puma. chases the deer, tries to
bite him. leap on his back or otherwise
bear him to the ground, but the deer
always escapes.-Cleveland Plain Deal
ar
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05

The Maryland Agriculture
COLLEGE,
College Park, Nd,
MaryIand's School Of technology.
5sth year begins Sept. "a. Entrauce
examination Sept Il and -.
Deqtee Of d. S. is given in following
courses.
Agriculture Mechanical Engineering
Horticulture Civl Engineering
biology Electrical Engineering
chemistry General Course Cultural
students taking Agriculture and
allied branches have the benefit 81 the
M s. Department q Agriculture. in
Washinfton, and Of the Government
Experiment Farms at Arlington and
Beltsville.
students pursuing The Engineering
courses supplement their practical
knowledge by visit to the Mt. Clare
shops, sparrows Point, and other SINH
lar places whore great mechanical and
engineering work is in operation.
Tie Agricultural College is Maryland's
School Of rechonology, and is meeting
the demand Of the age for trained men
IN tie great fields Of Agriculture,
Science aud Engineering. Positions
are assured to all graduates.
Practical attention is called to tn
Two Years Course in Agriculture and
horticulture.
Each department Of the College is
supplied with the most modern and
approved apparatus. The dormitories
are eqnipped with steam heat, electric
light and hot and cold shower baths.
The location of The college is unsnr-
passed for health. There is a sanitarium
with a trained nurse, under the charge
Of resident physician. Any possible
contagious disease can be completely
isolated.
Tuition, books, heat, laundry, board,
medical attention. ETC., are al included
in the charge Of $40 per year, payable
$50 quarterly in advance.
Send for Catalogue and Book OF
Views.
Il will be Of advantage to those who
expect to enter the College to send in
their application rs soon as possible.
X. w. SYLVESTER, PREs.
7-i4d-tf. College Park.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05
Charlotte Hall School,
Charlotte Hall, St. Nlary's Co
Md.

Founded 10 It'll A high grade
Military Academy.
Thorough instruction 10 Classical ane
Business Courses. Non--eectariau
moderate terms, extensive grounds
steam-heated buildings. abundant sup
ply Of pure water, ideal location.
Scholarships Of free tuition allowef
ed boys Of st. Mary's and Charles
Counties, who have passed the 9th
grade in the public schools and ar,
otherwise satisfactory.
The distinguished services Of thi.
institution for more than a ceutur,
merit the first consideration Of Southern
Marylanders,
The next session begins Sept, II, 1911,
Before deciding on any other school
communicate with
GEO. NJ. THOMAS, A. NJ,
-1'-1Smo Prineip p
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05
La Plata. Nd.

My equipments for the business are Of
the best, my outfit complete anew
Hearse and good team.
Am prepared 70 furnish, on the short
est notice, all styles Of the best grades
Of Caskets and collins.
VIII give my-personal attention to all
business put ia my charge, and will
guarantee the best Of service
Terms reasonable.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05

@There is one thing cannot under
stand" said the student Of theology.
what is that?' inquired the pro
fessor.
"Why Moses. the lawgiver. should be
called the meekest OF men. while Solo
mon. with hundreds Of wives. was
called the wisest Washington Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05

Degfee OF b. S. is given In following
courses:
Agriculture Mechanical Engineering
Horticulture Civl Engineering
biology Electrical Engineering
CHEMISTRY General Course Cultural
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05

"say. pop, what is money!"
Money, my son. is the root Of all
evil-that is TO say, with it you caa buy
wife or keep expensive bachelor
apartments. No matter which one you
choose. you'll wish you had the other.
philadelphia Record.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05
Leonard Hall
CONDUCTED BY
THE XAvERIAN BROTHERS
LEONARDTOWN,- MARYLAND.

This institution begun only two years
ago cifers every advantage to boys for a
good liberal education. The present aim
Of the school is to give students a
thorough High School Education.
Besides receiving good education
students are fitted to take lplife's work
after leaving. The training is thorougl,
and good Terms are moderate and
within reach Of all.
Call or send for catalorae.
BROTHER WALTER,
Director
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-05

Many owe what health they have to
the unquenchable flame thar burns IN.
dlmmed in the faculty Of hope.-wal
ter De Voc -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-30
Thunder Storms at Night.

The thunder storm, bursting forth
at night, occasions considerable alarm
on the farms and in the villages. The
cloud filled sky brings great dark
ness which makes the flashes OF light
ming keen and thrilling. Lightning is
especially disturbing to the youthful
members OF the home, while specula-
lions as to hall, wind and water wash
ing occupy older minds.
Speaking of the harm done by light
ming, 1t may be truthfully said to be
very impartial in its visitations. Lofty
water tanks, church spires. grain ele.
vators and other tall structures are
only randomly stricken by the electric
current; not oftener it would seem
than low bushes, solitary animals or
fence posts, especially If the latter
have wires attached to them.
Apart from particular fears, thun
der storm at night, when the signs Of
its coming had been gathering at the
closing of hot. fitful day, inspires &
certain universal dread. With the
blackened heavens shaken by constan
peals and their echoes and riven BY
livid and glittering light, the thread
of life binding man to this sphere
seems tiny and unsubstantial.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-30
Unnecessary.

Topeka State Journal: 1t Is said
that the girl scouts must learn to bake
bread and iron, do simple cooking,
build coal fire, darn socks and take
care Of babies. But what's the use?
Girls who can do all these things DON,
have to do any scouting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-30

and pour into the river in the summer
season at Its low water stage the ex.
cess flood water which now runs to
waste, causing only disaster and de-
struction, retarding Industrial develop
ment, injuring property values, and
interfering with and preventing in
terstate commerce.
Repsenlshing Summer Flow.
No figures are available as to the
annual food damage or possibilities
of power development on the upper
Mississippi river above st. Louis, but
the same conditions and principles
that apply to the Ohio river valley
are In the main applicable to the up
per Mississippi river. The necessity
for replenishing the summer flow for
navigation is becoming more manifest
each year as the timber is cleared
and the swamps are drained through
out the wide extent of territory on the
watershed Of the upper Mississippi,
which was once an unbroken swamp
or forest constituting natural reser-
voir to make way for civilization
and agriculture.
On the Missouri river and its trib-
utaries the necessity for food proven
ton is as great as in the Ohio river
drainage basin and If the flow OF the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-30

Missouri river were regulated II might
again be made navigable as in the old
days, all the way from st. Louis to
Fort Benton. the whole year round.
In the territory drained by the
Missouri river, two additional econo-
mic factors enter into the problem
as reasons that warrant the expendi.
ture OF the large sum OF money that
would be required to build the con-
trolling works necessary to utilize and
standarize the flow Of the river
through the year.
Making Hay.
One is the enormous area which
might be irrigated from flood-water
canals, so as to produce on all the
lands for which such irrigation could
be provided. crop of hay or grain
worth from $1,000 an acre upwards
each year.
The second benefit would be that, II
the surplus flood-water of all the trfb.
Hutaries oil the Missouri river were dis
trtbuted but over the vast area Of
dry plains and bench lands in that
region, the water from canals, and the
water that was poured out over the
plains and soaked into the earth.
would gradually raise the underground
water table over millions OF acres Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-30
Direct and Indirect Damage.

One of the most important econ
omic aspects of floods in the Missls-
sippi valley watershed Is the immed.
late direct and indirect damage caused
by the foods.
Starting with the upper regions of
the tributaries OF the Mississippi
river, the valley of the Ohio river
has for many years been devastated
by destructive floods recurring every
few years with steadily increasing
volume and frequency
The food commission OF Pitts
burgh has been engaged for more than
three years in making complete sur
vey of the watershed of the Allie
gheny and Monongahela rivers and
of the food problems Of
Pittsburgh, which is now completed
The following is quoted from the first
chapter of the report Of the commits
| sion:
Floods at Pittsburgh are IN
creasing in frequency and height.
2.-There is every probability that
Pittsburgh will some day experience
forty-foot food.
3.-The damage at Pittsburgh re
sulting from a flood Of a given height
| is steadily increasing.
4.-Tne direct losses due to floot
damage at Pittsburgh amounted t
lover s12,0oo,00O in the last ten years
while in one year and five days, be
tween March Is, 1907, and March 20
1908, three foods occurred, causing ;
direct loss at Pittsburgh OF abou
| s6.5oo,000.
| 5.--If works for flood relief are no
carried out the direct losses due t.
flood damage at Pittsburgh alone vii
on a conservative estimate. amour