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Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
CLOSED ACTIVE AND STRONG.
Market Showed Reactionsry Tendency
 Portion of the Day.

New York, Dec 24-Stocls became active and strong in the latter part of today's session, after several hours of slow business and unimpOTtant move ments. For 8 time the tendency was reactionary. but at the end of the day the representative shares were sub stantial1y above last nights close. Reading was the center of speculative interest and made an unusual exhibl- ton of strength. The buoyant advance of this stock was associated with re- ports that differences between the gov ernment and the Reading company woRld be settled out of court as was done in the case of the American Tele- phone and Telegraph company.
 The easier tone of the market earlier in the day was due largely to weakness of eastern railroad stocks. Selling of these shares was influenced by reports that the November statements of the transportation companies would show severe decreases in earnings. In the case of Baltimore and Ohio such Q showing already had been made: Nor folk and Western was especially heavy, dropping 31-2 The slump in this stock was attributed to reports, which found no confirmation. to the effect that Pennsylvania would relinqu1sh control of the company.
 Signing of the currency bin and President Wilson's accompanying mes sage failed to stimulate buIlish actiV- ity. One reason given for the early re- cession in stocks was selling by diSap- pointed traders who had counted on 9. rise following the final steps in trans ferring the currency bill to the statute books. The markets apathetic attitude probably was due to the fact that this influence had been discounted in the recent rise.
 Southern Pacific reported a decrease in net earnings for November of $50S,- 900. A heavy increase in idle freight cars was shown in the fortnlghtly statement. The weekly steel trader views reported that the holiday shut down of iron and steel mills this year had probably never been eQualled in length or in number of plants involv- ed.
 Bonds were irregular. Missouri Pa ciTc convertible fives dropped three points to CT Total sales, par value $1 $50, 900.
 United States bonds unchanged on
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
KRAMER IN FRANCE.
Will Ride Match Races With European
 Cracks.

Frank l.. Kramer, American cycling champion for 13 years and holder of the worlds title in 1912, was one of a party of riders that left for Europe last week en the steamer France.
 Kramer has signed contracts to ride match races against the leading Eu- ropean sprinters in the next three months. The promoters of the coming six-day race in Paris want him to compete in the grind, but he will stick to short events.
 Frank .Mfhlen, one of the owners of the Newark velodronae and other cycle tracks in the east, was another pas senger. He will represent the Nation al cycling association at the annual gathering of the Union cycliste inter- natfonale the world governing body. He will try to have the 1914 world championships run in this country the sprint events in Newark and the paced races in Boston,
 Six of the riders have been signed for the Paris six-day race, which will be held January 1S> They are Jackie Clarke and Eddie Root, Alfred Goullet and Algred Brenda, Joe Folger and Jimmy Moran.
 Clarke and Root said they had agreed to team together in all future six day races, and neither will enter a grind unless the other rides with him.
 Folger and Gou1let have agreed to disagree, and the Brooklyn boy will not team with GoulIet again, thus breaking up the pair that won here last week. These teams will also com pete in six-day races in Berlin and Brussels
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25

possibility, but the thousands of farm- CTS who arc easily accomplishing 1t prove the fact.
 ssnposts Along tho Road.
 To accomplish this the three chief points are to have the chicks matched the first half of April. to keep the pull lets steadily growing so that they reach laying maturity the first half of October and then that they be kept steadily laying by good care and good food. Six months Is the normal time or growth of a healthy bullet Six months forward from the first half of Apr1l Is the first of October, and me rightly handled' bullets will be 1uIly mature and laying before cold weather comes upon them. The chicks matched one or two months later are cnecked. in growth by the strong heat ot summer and are about half mature when the cold of coming winter over takes them. Such bullets lay the bulk of their eggs during the months of low est prices and pay little or no profit, Thousands of farmers are making $2 apiece profit yearly on their outlets. buying all the food, and as the demand for fresh eggs increases more rapidly than the supply there is always room for others
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
POULTRY. THE BEST PAYING
 LIVE STOCK.
A Too Frequently Neglected Oppertun- inty For. Earning Needed Cash.
By A F. HUNTER,
A Veteran Poultry Raiser.


 Poultry rightly handled is the best paying live stock a farmer can keep, with the added advantage of a com parativeIy small investment in build tngs and of both quick and constant cash returns. This is not true, how ever, of the average farm f1ocks, which produce no eggs in the fall and early Winter'and'the average according to the last census, less than eighty eggs each in 8 year. Hens so kept pay no profit whatever if the cost of their food is considered.
 It is bullets that produce an average of 150 eggs each in a year and produce 8 fair proportion of those in late fall and winter, the season of highest prices and best profits, that are the money makers. It is remarkable that the farmers who would be most ad- Vantaged by a, steady cash return from 8 flock of good hens are the most neg lectful of this opportunity.
 Good bullets which will produce an average of 150 eggs each and pay their owner a net profit of g each in a year are not the common scrub hens of the farms; they are thoroughbred pull let's, bred and reared for egg produc- tion, and so reared that they attain laying maturity in the first half of October. To the farmers who are used to getting no eggs in fall and early winter this will seem an i'm
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
HUERTA's BIRTHDAY
Celebrated With Speeches Denuncia-
 tory of United States.

Mexico City, Dec. 23.-Presfdent Huertas birthday celebration was brought to a close at Chapultepec to- night by a series of speeches. The gathering included most of the presi- dents official family and a few per- sonal friends.
 The minister of foreign affairs, Querido Moheno. attacked the policy of the United States energeticaIly, say ing that Huerta had been acclaimed as president not only by Mexico but by 21 Latin American states He spoke in glowing terms of the support Mex ico might expect from the Central and South American nations in event of war with another power Dr. Aureliano Aurruti the eX-minister of the inte- rior, however, called attention to Mex ico's desolate condition and the un- certain state of mind of millions of her people. He deplOred the idea of set ting Mexico's difficulties with an out side power ill any other manner than Automatically,
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garded no rules of civilized warfare. She fought with the simple end of coming out victor from the battle. She bit, she scratched, she clawed, she kicked, she shrieked and roared in her fear and rage
 Pauline's mother, drawn to the scene of the combat by the sounds of fury. eventually succeeded in dragging off her daughter.
 "He shan't take her! He shan't take her!" Pauline was screaming. If you don't want her. I'll go away with her and we'll live in an orphan asylum until we're grown up and then I'll sup port her. You didn't have any right to say he could have her. You didn | have any right-you didn't have any right"
 By George!" said Mr. Ives, ruefully, after he had heard the whole story, gathering up a somewhat surprised looking kitten that had seized it's opportunity to escape from the basket. T think I'll go and find some full sized man to give me a good kicking l certainly have a badly perverted sense of humor.''-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
SELLING CREAM.
An Exaotins but Profitable Business
By c. B. LANE
Expert DairYman.

4APcII
 The word cream signifies little to purchasers unless it is accompanied by some term indicating its quality or rlchnesS We therefore have g. basis Tor grading cream which we term 'Hbut- ter rat which IS the amount of pure oIl or lat 1t contains. This varies from 20 to 50 per cent, depending upon amount of sl1immilk incorporated with IL Fortunately we have an accurate method of determining butter fat in cream, known as the "Babcock test'' This consists in weighing a definite amount or cream, placing it in gradu- ated test bottles made for the purpose and adding sulphuric acid After snakns, the bottle is placed fin a. cen- Cr1ru5a4 machine, which revolvea a thousand revolutions per minute. Tine lat, which is the lighter portion of the cream IS thrown to the top, and then not water is added to bring it into the graduated tube, where the percentags Is read. Most cities have 8 minimum standard for butter fat In cream, us- ally about Is per cent.
 We have the various grades of cream based on per centage of fat they, contain. Cream testing from IS per. cent to 22 per cent Is called table cream and is used in households for cereals, coffee, fruit, retailing for 2S cents to 40 cents per quart. The next grade IS termed whipping cream" and tests rom 3U per cent to 25 per cent butter fat, retailing for 40 to 45 cents per quart. If kept cold this cream readily whips and is popular. It is al- so used for making butter in creamer- ies. The next grade is called ''heavy cream This is also popular and tests from 40 per cent to 45 per cent but ter fat, retailing from 50 cents to s0 cents per quart. Another quality is sold under the name of double cream or Double XX," and frequently tests from 50 per cent to so per cent butter fat. is so thick it will not pour from a bottle and sells for from 75 cent to q per quart.
 Many farmers have separators re- moving cream from milk on the farm and hauling f. or in some cases ship ping it to a creamery at a distance. This plan has the advantage of keep ing skimmilk to feed stock. This cream tests from 25 per cent to S5 pes. cent. Cream properly pasteurized is kept in cold storage for three weeks at a temperature of 30 degrees F. Qreezing temperature for cream is 29 degTeesF.) sweet and without de- terioation in flavor It is almost i'm possible for a farmer to produce cream for shipment to the city to be sold as sweet cream, as it will not keep with out being pasteurized.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
WILLARD VS. RoDEL.
Twenty Round Bout to be Staged at
 New Haven.

A twenty round fight between a pair of heavyweigl1ts aspiring for championship honors is something entirely new to Connecticut fight fans and as a matter of fact something that none of the followers of the sport in the east have had a chance to see since the old days of the Coney Island fights when Jeffries and Cor bett held the spot light Even at the present time twenty round fights barred in New York, Boston and oth- CT regular fighting cities of the east, New Haven jumps to the front with 8 card that takes the starch our of all recent programs offered in this section.
 Matchmaker Len McCrann of the National A. c. of New Haven has Jess Willard, the Texas cowboy, and one of the heaviest men in the ring to- day, matched with George Rodel, the Boer bearcat, for twenty rounds. The big fight will take place at the Ca- sino in New Haven on Monday night December 29
 Willard will train in New Haven at Fitzgerald's & MaIone's gymnasium while Rodel will work out in New York. The winner of this bout has been promised a match with the win ner of the Gunboat Smith-Arthur Pelky fight at the coast and this adds unusual interest to the scrap in New Haven over the long route,
 Seating accommodations at the Ca- sino have been made for 5000 people and the advance sale of seats at the present time gives evidence of 8 ca pecity house and 8 crowd never be-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
RHUBARB IN THE GEL
 LAR,
How the Boys Can Make Money.
By H. WI DoYL.-


 Department of Agriculture, Kansas. Any one having a dark cellar can force rhubarb in midWinter. It need cause no objectionable odors nor eXces- sive dampness. Very little space Is required, 8 small bed in corner an- SWering.
 It is necessary to completely exc clude daylight so that the stalks will grow upright and have good color1ng and to discourage leaf development. Dim artificial light is not injurious. To shut off the light it Is usually nec- essary to erect wooden partitions or use curtains of old carpet or simAar material. Very little ventilation is needed, and no special provision will have to be made for it. Spread two or three inches of loose garden loaIn over the cellar floor
 The roots will produce an abundance for the average family. Should one bunch of roots cease bearing remove them and put in 8 new supply. Select roots from two to five years of age, the thriftier and stronger the~better. Almost any variety will force. A most important factor in success is to al low the roots to remain in the ground until thoroughly frozen
 How to Plant 1t.
 Dig the plants in the fall, retaining as much dirt as possible among the roots and leave them outside to freeze, or they may be purchased. Trim the roots slightly to make a. smooth job and take to the cellar. Set the clumps as close together as possible and fill in underneath and between them with loose earth Use only enough earth to entirely cover the crown of the roots.
 An even temperature of anywhere from 50 to so degrees will give good results. High temperature hastens growth but at the expense of quality. A gasoline or oil stove with an oven large oil lamps or even lanterns will serve to raise the temperature should the cellar be too cool. A cellar with a furnace is ideal. Keep the soil slight ly moist by applying a little tepid wat CT when 1t seems in need. The appli- cation of a. weak solution of nitrate of soda or liquid cow manure usually pays well for the pains.
 When and How to Pick.
 It is a month or six weeks from planting to harvesting. Twelve to fourteen inches Is a good height for picking. Do not carlessly jerk or pull the stalks. Run the index finger care fully down the inside of the stalk and gently pry and pull the clump. If nu- merous small stalks spring up in- crease the heat and thin them out to a fair stand.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
SOcKALEXIS DEAD.
Was We'll Known Ball Player and Nat
 uraI Athlete.

Bangor, Me. Dec. 24.-I4ouis Sock alexis, a Penobscot Indian, who won fame as a baseball player, dropped dead of heart disease today while en- gagged in a logging operation at Bur 1ington His body was removed to his home in Oldtown tonight
 Sockalexis was born 41 years ago. His paternal grandfather was at one sime governor of the Penobscots and the family was prominent in the affairs of the tribe. Louis was an uncle of Andrew Sockalexis, the Marathon run ner.
 Louis Sockalexis was a natural ath- 1ete. He could run 100 yards in 10 seconds when at his best. As a base ball player in 1895-6 he played center field on the Holy Cross team, his work attracting the attention of the big league scouts. In 1897 he was an out fielder for the Cleveland Americans. Afterwards he played on the Hartford team of the Eastern league and with
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
.HINKEY TO COACH YALE ELEVEN
Star End of Former Blue Teams Succeeds Howard Jones Advocates Open Style of Play-Louis sockalexis Died Suddenly.

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 24-Franl1 Hinkey, who has been appointed head coach of the Yale football team, sue ceeds Howard Jones. who during the past season began his work as Yale's first salaried football coach under a contract. Jones, it is understood, felt obliged to sever his contract in order to accept a lucrative business proposi- ton.
 Hinlzey was graduated from Yale in 1895. He played end rush, and Walter Camp and other football experts re- gard him as one of the best ends that ever wore the blue, rivaling even such er-day stars at Yale as Shevlin, Fitzpatrick and BomeisIer. For the first time in many years Hinkey assisted in the coaching at Yale field this fall, so he is conversant with conditions here:
 He is known to be an advocate of the open style of play and is firm believer in the forward pass. It Is therefore probable that Yale will show an attack next fall that will almost revolutionize the style of play in vogue here for several seasons past.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
HoTBED MANAGEMENT.
A Fascinating Side Line That Paya.
 We'll.
By A HoRTICULrURIsT,

l Department of Agriculture Kans44- After the manure has been placed in l the pit and covered with the dirt in which the plants are to grow put in 8 thermometer and close the sash. The | thermometer will go up to 100 degrees or more and gradually drop back. Sow ] the seeds of warm plants, like egx- l plants, tomatoes and peppers, when it gets below 90 degrees and those of "coop' plants, such as cabbage, celery and lettuce, when it gets below 80 or 70 degrees. The soil should be moist 1 but not muddy.p~-Before sowing rake it thoroughly and make the surface smooth and level.
 Buy the best of seeds and SOW them in rows about six inches apart. Little furrows may be made by pressing the narrow edge of a lath or thin board | lightly into the soft earth to 8 depth of from an eigth to & quarter of an inch Sow about twelve seeds to the inch and cover by filling the furrow level full of dirt. Firm them in with a flat board.
 Now water thoroughly, spreading a piece of burlap over the spot to be wa tered and sprinkling on this to prevent washing out the seeds. Cover the soil with newspapers and close the sash When the seedlings begin tn peep through remove the newspapers. When to Water. The best time to water is in the morning on a sunny day-on a rising temperature rather than on a falling one or preceding a cloudy time. Wet the soil thoroughly at each time, but
 do not keep it soggy. Use a fine rose sprinkler.
 Give all the ventilation possible by raising the sash. Keep the tempera-
 ture between 5 and so degrees. On mild days admit air quite freely from 9 o'clock in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. At night and in severe weather put on mats and shutters. If you do not have regular mats and shutters use old carpet and boards or a thick layer of straw or hay. Clean off heavy snow.
 Cold Frames Prove Useful.
 Keep out the weeds and stir the soil between the plants. As the weather gets warmer increase the ventilation day by day. Finally, to harden the plants, 9. couple of weeks before set ting iIb the open, remove the sash aI- together. If cold frame is available the plants will be greatly benefited and easily hardened by transplanting into these as soon as they have form ed four or five leaves. The manage ment of the cold frame is somewhat similar to the hotbed..
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
Americans strono in Aus+raIia

San Francisco, Dec. 24.-A private cablegram received today reports that the team of four American athletes visiting the antipodes is sweeping ev- erything before it. In the meet held Saturday at Invercargaill, N. Z., Tenn pIeton of the Olympic club. San Fran cisco, defeated Keddell, the champion of Australia, in the 12O yard high hurdle. covering the distance in 16 sec onds fiat.
 James Powers of the Boston A. A. ran dead heat with Forester, giv- ing him a handicap of 225 yards i'll the mile.
 Caughey of Ukiah, Cal, high school which was 1-2 inches better than the New Zealand record.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
COLUMBIA AND YALE TIE In 22d intercollegiate Chess Tourna-
 naent.

New York, Dec. 24.-The third and final round of the intercollegiate chess tournament ended today in a tie be- tween Columbia and Yale This is the second time that a tie has been record ed Yale tied Harvard in 1909
 Today's tourney gave the following results:
 Columbia 8, Princeton 1; Yale 1-2, Harvard 1-2.
 The final totals are:
 Columbia won 1-2. lost , 1-2: Yale won 1-2, lost 1-2; Princeton won and lost 6, and Harvard won and lost 2.
 Of the g tournaments which have been played, Columbia and Harvard have each won nine and Princeton and Yale one each.
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Then Mir Ives had come and had stood with his hands in his pockets and looked down at the morsel of humanity in a very superior sort of way.
 Then he had put out one finger and poked the baby's cheek very gently.
 Well, youngster,' he said to Paul inc, it certainly is a great little kid, but I'd like to know how in the world you came to think it was yours"
 Pauline smiled tremulously. She glanced up at Mir. Ives. Then she looked at her mother. They were both perfectly serious. Pauline's lips quivered a little, but just then the baby began to Whimper so nobody noticed the big little sister.
 Whats her name ?" MT. Ives asked after a moment.
 Were thinking of calling her Roberta" PauI1ne's mother replied.
 ''Roberta?'' MT. Ives cried. Well, for goodness sake-you don't mean to say-why, Poluly,' he turned to Paul. inc, who was standing wild-eyed be- side him, don't you know that's aI- most the same as my name? Of course this is my baby. That crazy doctor has made another of his blunders. Here I've been waiting and waiting and now he's gone and left this baby at the wrong house! It's as plain as the nose on your face that srzs baby belongs to me. I'll run home and get 8 basket and take her away now
 Pauline's mother had laughedi That was another shuddery thing. It made Pauline quite sick now to think about that laugh of her mothers.
 FT think you'd better wait a little while" Pauline's mother had said. Mrs. Ives told me the other day that she was going to have the house re- decorated this. week. so I'm afraid the baby will be in the way. You might perhaps come over about next Thurs day and then get her.
 And here 1t was Thursday, So be- hind the lilac bush Pauline crouched miserably and tried to keep from sob ping, for five minutes before she had seen MT. Ives go into their house with a basket in his hand! Up to that mo ment Pauline had hardly believed that her mother would do such a thing as to let him take the baby. All along she had believed down in her heart it would turn out to be a miserable joke.
 But when Mir. Ives actually came with the basket in his hand
 The tears gathered in Pauline's eyes and her heart beat so fast that it hurt her And she had always liked MT. Ives. The tears broke bounds and rolled down her cheeks when she re- membered the good times they had had together. And her mother!
 Oh, perfdiouS mother!
 The door opened and Mir Ives stepped out. Pauline brushed the tears away violently. He was not worth a tear. Her mother followed him out on the steps,
 Shes nice little thing" her moth keep her because Pauline thinks to muchof her, but we really can't have so many and Polly will get over it in a little while"
 Then Pauline's mother went back into the house and shut the door be- hind her. Mir. Ives came whistlinS donw the steps, basket in hand.
 In making her attack Pauline re-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
Causes Much Relief.

The defat of a great Japanese pitch CT on his own grounds by the Amer ican baseball players now touring the world should lift a heavy load from many minds at Washington and in certain newspaper offices.-New York Evening Post,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
New Haven at TaftviIIe Today.

The fast New Haven five will put in an appearance at Parish hall this (Thursday) afternoon. where they will contest honors with the Taftville five. New Haven is ranked among the fast est teams in the state and the fight will no doubt prove interesting to the fans. The game will be called at 8 o'clock. Taftvilie's lineup: Vickery c, Murphy and White fullbacks, Jackson. Stanley and Hasler, guards.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-25
Fired Revolver on Street.

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 23.-Carl Nara, aged 20 was arrested tonight by the police for discharging firearms while walking along James street. He claims that he was attacked by sev- eral men and fired his revolver at them in self protection