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CIRCULATION
; 1901, average
j 1905, average.
; 1906, average.
1907, average.
i 1903, average.
4,412 ;
5.920 1
6,559!
7. 1 79 1
7 543!
7,500!
January 16.
ROOT'S REPLY.
The Hon. Elihu Root does not take
kindly to inquisitive factions who de
mand that a senator should clearly
define his position for the benefit of
the people.
The Rural New Yorker, having chal
lenged him upon agricultural interests,
he, in the course of his reply, said:
"I do not want to go into a kind of
civil service examination regarding my
fitness for the senate. It would be
hard to put a limit on that Bort of
process if It were once begun, and if
carried very far It would result In
what I think would be the wrong way
to select a senator. It seems to me
that the way to do that is to select a
man who is so well known to the peo
ple of the state that they can have
confidence in his good sense to find
out what their interests are and his
loyalty to promote them. When men
get to answering questions put to them
lor the purpose of determining wheth
er the people shall favor them for of
fice, the temptation Is very strong to
make the sort of answers that the
people are supposed to want, and I
do not think it Is at all certain that
the best and most honest men would
come out at the top of such an ex
amination." Ellhu Root failed to meet the ex
pectation of these Inquirers, of course,
but he was elected and will stand
fclgher In the estimation of all other
tlasses. Subserviency does not fit men
f large capabilities. Their Integrity
nd scholarship and public record
ught to be enough to satisfy the peo-le-
EVIDENCE OF RACE SUICIDE.
No one attempts to deny that the
4ay of large families has gone by,
nd it is a fact that families with
seven children are not as common
law as were families wAth twelve and
fifteen two generations ago.
A writer for the Atlantic Monthly
upon this theme, calls attention o
the fact that In the days of Krank
lln the average was six children in
the American family.
This writer for the Atlantic, noting
the steady decrease here, Fnys thrvt
taking 1900 as Indicative there are :n
America only about three-fourths as
many children in proportion to hus
bands and wives as there were forty
years ago. This statement is added:
"Were the old rate of the middle nf
the century sustained there would be
15,000 more births yearly In the state
of Massachusetts than now occur. In
the course of a century the propor
tion of our entire population consist
ing of children under the age of ten,
lias fallen from one-third to one
quarter. This, for the whole United
States, Is equivalent to the loss of
about 7.000,000 children."
THE RESULT OF THE EARTH
( QUAKE.
The great earthquake In Italy has
to unsettled affairs In a large region
of country that the suffering people
must find new homes and means of
subsistence elsewhere; and it is es
timated that from 150.000 to 200,000
will seek homes in this country dur
ing the present year.
It is not strange that they turn to
the country from which their coun
trymen have sent millions to the old
country every year for many years;
end which has been estimated to have
reached about $60,000,000 In a single
year of late. The country which could
respond so quickly with millions to
alleviate distress must indeed be an
inviting land.
It? view of these statements. It Is
mought possible that a million and a
half of aliens may seek homes and
employment In America during 1909,
which, considering the prospects, Is
tne greatest menace unskilled labor
has been called upon to face for many
years. .
The recovery from the panic has
ibeen steady, but slow, and the build
ing of railroads and construction in
general is at a low ebb, so that labor
does not seem to be ag abundant
es the Influx of such an additional
population wouliT require.
There is a great demand In the
country for faithful and efficient
workers In the agricultural districts,
and many thousands of them could
find employment in the agricultural
states.
Since the country always has been
able to take care o Its immigrants
It Is not likely that 1909 will mark
an exception to its ability to care for
ell.
Crooks can no longer find refuge In
Honduras, for under the latest treaty
may bo extradited from there.
DEALING WITH THE INEBRIATES
Some ohe has said that "the round
er is the finished product of the sa
loon"; and with more than 200.000
saloons in this country making drunk,
ards every day in the year, the refor
mation of this unfortunate class has
become a great nd abiding prob
lem. Dr. Henry Qraham Furday, who is
at the head of a New York mission
settlement, declares that it is a more
difficult Vask to reform a chronic
drunkard than it Is to cure a tuber
culosa patient in an advanced stage
of the disease. To transform a con
simptive Into a person of fairly ro
bust health strikes Dr. Furday as a
simpler achievement than to reclaim
a rounder. '
Most of the states are moving for
the establishment of immense and
expensive reformatories to try to stem
the tide of ruin which flows from the
licensed saloons, although it is ap
parent that the jail is a failure in
this respect; and those who have been
in the hospital wrk a--er that method
is no worker of niraeles.
Now it is believed that the farm
colony for confirmed inebriates Is the
best and most promising recourse for
success in treating these cases. The
plnii Is to commit confirmed inebri
ates to the farm for n indefinite pe
riod and to work them steadily in the
open air.
The best work possible Is believed
to be in taking care ol' the boys. It is
alleged that the person who has not
created the drink habit before he is
2." is not likely to. To protect minors
i,nd to keep them from cultivating a
thirst for liquor Is the surest way of
decreasing the nuin'ier of inebriates,
who, a New York Justice declares,
are "a greater so.jial menace than
the burglars."
TRYING TO CAPTURE A NATION
AL PARK.
Pan Francisco comes into play too
often as a disturber of the public
peace.
For nearly fifteen years the author
ities there have been attempting to
get possession of the. Hetchy-Hetchy
valley in the Yosemite national nark
with its lake for a city water supply.
The valley is about three and a half
miles long and of width varying from
one-quarter to three-quarters of a
mile. Next to the Yosemite valley, of
which it is an almost perfect dupli
cation, it is, perhaps, the most beauti
ful tract of land ir the people's pos
session. There are fourteen other sources
from hich Pan Francisco can ob
tain a water supply. Secretary Gar
field does not contend that this is "the
best and most available supply for
the city," as he had it in the first
copy of his decision. In revising it,
he struck out the words "the best and
most," inserting in pm writing other
words to make it read "a desirable
and available supply."
In order that fie grant made by
Secretary Garfield may not be revo
cable at the pleasure of any future
secretary of the Interior, a bill has
been introduced in-'.o congress by
which toe city hop!i to secure the
possession of this val'ey forever.
Since this would shut out all camp
ers and tourists from this magnificent
national reserve, a protest has been
raised against this disposition being
made of such a valuable piece of prop
erty.
Why should the government convey
without cost to pan Francisco public
property with water rights valued at
$10,000,000?
TWO WAYS OF BEING CORRUPT.
The tilt between V resident Roose
velt and Senator Tillman has led Col
lier's Weekly to disclose its investi
gations of the South Carolina state
dispensary, a great moral institution
for which Tillman stood as sponsor,
and through which Tillman was bene
fited politically, and the whisky firms
and their allies in live years robbed
the state of three millions. Collier's
Weekly says:
"There is no evidence that Tillman
profited in money by this wholesale
corruption; his profit was political.
The dispensary graft held all the small
and corrupt politicans true as steel.
There is evidence, however, beyond
mere probability, to indicate that Till
man knew what was going on. Long
before the original commission began
its work on the great moral institu
tion. Tillman appointed an acquaint
ance named Font to the state constab
ulary, which existed to protect and
police the dispensary. As Font rose
in the service lie learned the inside
workings of the dispensary system,
and he wrote Tillman a letter charg
ing most of the corrupt practises
which have since been proved. Till
man handed that letter over to his
nephew, James H. Tillman, the man
who shot N. G. Gonzales, and James
Tillman pigeonholed it; After the com
mission of 1903 had proved how rotten
the dispensary was, and at a time
t hen no politician was so hardy as to
defend it, James Tillman, with some
parade of virtue, turned over that let
ter to the commission. There are two
ways of being corrupt in politics. One
is to take the money yourself; the
other is to shut your eyes and 'let the
boys have their bit.' "
EDITORIAL NOTES.
If the truth is tokl about Fall River
that is a place where prohibition ac
tually prohibits.
Iowa has glorified work by naming
a town af'er it. Iowa may find that
Work has its loafers.
If congress 'will get right down to
work it will no longer feel the smart
of the Rooseveltian thrusts.
According to Horace Fletcher, only
sweetness waits upon digestion; bil
ious words are a check to it
Edgar Allan Poe does not care now
whether some writers think that he
belongs to the literary set or not.
Massachusetts is having a season
of good sleighing and the sleighbells
are a-Jingiing in all parts of the state.
Happy thought for today: Those
who find pleasure In the misfortunes
of others are miserable themselves.
President Roosevelt has added 600,
000 acres more to the Humboldt na
tional forest preserve in northern Ne
vada. The girl whose father's check is
good for a million does not have to
bank on beauty methods to get a
beau.
The Mexican is regarded as the
missing link. He can dine with a
black man or with a white one with
equal grace.
A Philadelphia defendant in a
breach of promise suit was charged
with having eaten hundreds of sup-
! THE tViAN WHO IAIKS j
That is a very old question of yours,
Jane: Where do I suppose Heaven
is? That inquiry was made and an
swered 2,000 years ago by One who
said: "The kingdom of God is within
you"; but His hearers did not under
stand, and most of the world has been
asking this question ever since. One
who writes better than I can says:
"Heaven is here and now; Heaven is
a state, not a place. Heaven is in
getting there, not in being there. When
sou see children building a sand cas
tle on the beach, you realize that. The
Joy of digging and piling up the wet
sand into shape and form, is where
the joy conies. When the walls are
built and the moats are made and the
towers are up. and the whole thing is
linished, the joy ceases. All you have
to do then is to wait for the tide to
come up and wash it away. Heaven
is in doing things. Earth is Heaven
when love is in the heart. When peo
ple are only going to find Heaven aft
er they nre dead, they have missed
the 'bus!" The Joy of doing is Heav
en, for from it only can come the
joy of being. Do not expect to find
Heaven upon a map it cannot be
charted.
Once in a great while we have in
winter a reign of Crystal, and then we
witness a sight which excels in its
glittering beauty the variegated hues
of autumnal foliage. When the trees
and the shrubs are arrayfd in jewels
and the whole landscape is a-glitter
with the shimmering colors of the
rainbow when from the trees and the
shrubs flash the most beautiful greens
and reds under the sun's magic touch,
then it is we realize that the Jewels
in the crown of no earthly king com
pare for brilliancy, for limpid splendor,
with these evanescent creations of
God. The Crystal King divides hon
ors with no one when it coines to
clothing in pellucid beauty the com
monest objects and imparting to them
the radiating quality of emeralds, car
buncles and diamonds. It is from such
scenes as these that the mind of man
1ms been able to imagine scenes in
fairyland to dream of the delights of
Heaven.
We men expect our mate to take
.Ht.h iii tlnrn tn KO.V0 nine."
while we decline to sift the ashes or
to cut out the beer In the interest of
economy. Now a one-sided economy
can never be ship-shape can never
work well anywhere. Some of us men
who expect the women to mend their
v. ays mend our own ways just as we
mend the fences not wlien we can do
it with a hammer and a nail, but when
it is necessary to send for, a carpen
ter. Thrift is only the outcome of
honest co-operation. The family upon
which the domestic harness sets com
fortably and which keeps up an even
pull for better conditions is the one
that gets on. Turning odds and ends
to an account is not solely a woman's
work brethren although many dul
lards' think it is. Hard-luck stories
are always heard in the family where
the pull is not even that family is an
incubator for hard luck. Get consist
ent and then insistent and you will
get on better.
A great many reformers would have
all men made after one model. If the
Almighty had wanted that kind of a
race He could have created it. There
is nothing that would be more dis
creditable to mankind than a dead
level. Man is warranted In abhorring
sueh a condition. Just ns nature is in
abhorring a vacuum. The man with
out talents or any marked ambition
is likely to find obscurity in the mass.
It is our peculiarities and distinctive
abilities which individualize us. It Is
the dutv of every man to be true to
hinself and to be loyal to his own con
victions. He builds up his own l-am-ness
by consciousness of his own abil
Itv by faith in his own power. It is
differentiation that makes man Inter
esting. There are few duplicates in
nature. The average man is spoken
of bv statisticians, but the average
man is hard to find, and when rouna
is not worth discovery. The man of
character and purpose his own char
acter and purpose is what the world
needs.
When we see the well dressed chil
dren of today on their w5y to school
we wonder what has become of the
boys who used to wear suits whittled
out of the clothes father used to wear.
There was a time, after the civil war,
when those old green-gray colored
overcoats dad wore on the Potomac
were made over and worn with pride
by at least two or three boys In the
family. The old clothes men got
mightv few bargains In those good old
days when the least worn part of dad's
trousers used to be mado Into vests
and Jackets, and when one pair of
boots were expected to fit half the
familv. Those growing boys were hap
py lads, if they did not look so slick
as the bovs do now. and some of them
have made great men. The boy who
gets into a family with a line of boys
ahead has a poor show even now for
new clothes, but he has got a living
chance with all the rest of them, and
It is not so uncommon that he that
was last gets to be first.
If man is the only creature that
laughs, why do we talk of the laughing
hvena find the laughing loon, or the
horse laugh? The laugh represents
surging emotions, perhaps, but I have
often asked myself if there is any
thing so distinctive to man's haw-haw,
whv the ass was set ever against him
with his he-haw! I never could an
swer this self imposed inquiry. There
are manv kinds of laughter, and per
sons who lose control of their emo
tions sometimes laugh when they
should cry. A ringing laugh of joy
beats an ordinary laugh of amusement
to death. A laugh is sometimes con
taglous and will spread faster than the
measles can: hut it is of short dura
tion. and In the concrete it is simply
representative of a merry soul. It Is
a eeniai influence, but it is epnemerai
it lacks stayinf,' qualities.
There never yet was a man who es
sayed to kill time who was not in
peril. Killing time is a fool's occu
pation. As a plain matter of fact, time
kills all who attempt to trifle with it
time outlasts us all. Time not only
makes the head hoary, but it makes
places vacant and even makes ages
ancient. Every person whoever ven
tured to kill time has not only been
a failure in that, but in everything
else he has undertaken. Halley s com-
pers at the expense of the fair plain
tiff, but he got off for $500.
A negro 104 years of age registered
as a voter in Philadelphia the other
day. He has not lost his Interest in
public affairs.
The cow in most popular demand just
now in Atlanta is the one that gives
near-beer. Straight milk is not in
much demand.
The pledge of a purse of $75,000 has
put Jeffries in a talking mood, and it
is certainly an incitement for him to
re-enter the rinsr.
An Italian historian has just told
the Chicagoans that Cleopatra had a
visage like a rolled mother-in-law.
How does he know?
We are now told that catching a
cold is catching a germ from the un-
ventilated rooms we occupy. More
than likely this Is so.
Taft, In his talk to the girls, did not
tell them matrimony was their only
resort. He said they could be suc
cessful without marrying.
TKE EILLETIN'S DAILY STCRY
r
ON HEREDITY.
"Whafs your opinion of this heredi
ty?" asked the bill clerk suddenly of
the cashier, "Is there anything to it
or is it a fake? I see there's quite a
bunch of the high-brows fall for it."
"I am of the opinion that there Is
much to sustain the theory, my young
friend," said the cashier. "There is
little doubt that, the good and evil
qualities of the human race are trans
mitted from generation to-generation.
It Is true that environment has its ef
fect also. I have noticed a marked
amelioration of certain regrettable
tendencies of yours since you have
been in daily association with me, for
instance, 'but we are largely what our
ancestors make us. Now, my great
grandfather, my grandfather and my
father were all men of remarkable
beauty physically and their mental
powers were far above the average. Of
myself I say nothing. Modesty was
also a marked characteristic of my
father, my grandfather and my great
grandfather." "I know they say it skips a genera
tion every once in a while," said the
bill clerk. "That may account for it."
"Why this sudden Interest in a sub
ject entirely unconnected with the of
fice routine, Johnny?" asked the cash
ier. "Are you beginning to notice any
of your own little idiosyncrasies? I
don't want to pry into your family
history, but you understand, of course,
that riur proclivities are not necessari
ly afforded the same opportunities for
development in successive descents, if
you have an ancestor who suffered the
extreme penalty of the law for sheep
stealing it doesn t follow tnat you win
be hanged for a like offense. You may
have a penchant for petit larceny and
yet circumstances may render petit
larceny unnecessary in your case.
Cheer up, my dear boy."
"It's hard to be cheerful when you
pet to shooting off your mouth," said
the bill clerk. "I'm not worrying about
myself, though. What I was wonder
ing was whether a fellow took after
the male or the female side of tne
house."
"It depsnds on whether a fellow is a
girl or a boy." said the cashier. "If
he's a boy he'll have whiskers Just like
et which is making 500 miles a min
ute, can't beat time. Time has more
than four dimensions, and there Is
no evidence that it has an end. 1 here
was a time when the sea boiled like
a cauldron ana tne eartn was reunot,
and the atmosphere was not. Time is
cr.ly relative, perhaps, but no civil
engineer has been able to measure it
it laps over everything but eternity.
William, what ever made you think
I had anything against ancestors? Do
you know that I had to have them
that I couldn't help myself. I have
traced the line back to the dark age
of my family, and I do not remember
discovering that one had been In jail,
though as human beings run. several
of them may have deserved to be. 1
haven't anything against ancestors,
and I would as soon you had 10.000
to my one, as not. I do not care how
proud vou feel of them: and 1 nope
you are striving to make a record
that will make you an honorable rep
resentative, of them; but some people
have a habit of rattling ancestral
bones to attract attention to them
selves, or to secure positions in life
they are not capable of honoring. I
have no respect for these rattlers of
ancestral bones, William, and I am
willing all the world should know it.
A good prayer Is that we may be
blind to the faults of others and be
wide awake to our own weaknesses.
Then instead of thinking what a bad
neighbor we have we may find our
selves wondering if he really has a
good neighbor. Did you ever think
how rarely we hear anyone speak of
the faultlessness of others? It has
been said that "When a woman' boasts
of a perfectly faultless husband it is
always safe to ask gently, 'How long
has he been dead?" By this sie-n it
would seem as If all the faultless hus
bands, like the good Indians, are the
dead ones. A man will look at a wo
man and say that "chalk and rouge
give a pretty glow to a plain face";
and then a woman will glance at a
man and remark that "a little con
ceit covers a multitude of masculine
imperfections.'1 We have no trouble
in looking out we lack the art of
looking in. If we only could see our
selves we should see that we are not
so different from others.
I SUNDAY N!N5 THK
FIVE GOOD BOOKS.
Since the first of last September
hundreds of books have come from
the presses. What becomes of them
all? Will anybody be reading any of
them a hundred years hence? What
proportion can be classified as real
literature? Such questions as these
are for the critic and the professor to
answer, but a parson may venture to
select a few from the great abundance
and tell how they have refreshed and
strengthened his spirit. And when he
speaks of good books please do not
expect a catalogue of "goody goody"
volumes, but "good" in the sene of
virile, pulsing with life, charged with
ozone and tonic.
I begin where nearly every man be
gins who reads books today in the
realm of fiction, and 1 selected two of
the great outstnding novels of the
year, one by an American woman and
the other by an English woman, both
of whom, in my judgment, Iiave w
peers and no superiors in point of
ability to write powerful stories of ab
sorbing interest. Both of these works
are alike In being essentially painful
and in having as their chief motif the
portrayal of the Influence of woman's
passionate love and devotion poured
forth without stint upon a man
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his father if he gets to be a man and
doesn't use a razor. If she's a girl the
probability is strong that by the time
she's 20 she'll be taking a certain in
terest in dress and dry goods adver
tisements in the papers."
"Huni-m," said the bill clerk,
thoughtfully. "Well, I don't know what
to think."
"Bend the energies of your massive
Intellect to the invoice file," suggested
the cashier. "That's something you
can manage without any great strain.
When in doubt try to do something to
earn your salary."
"Do you think we change as we grow
older?" persisted the bill clerk.
"I'd hate to discourage you by say
ing that I didn't," replied the cashier.
"Why, yes, Johnny, we certainly
change. You'll have considerably more
sense ten years from now. In all prob
ability. Wisdom increases with girth
and follies fall from us with the hair
on the tops of our heads; our tempers
sweeten and our hearts soften. Age is
a great improver, my son."
"I don't know," said the bill clerk,
dubiously. "I've never seen a man
that I thought was Improved by aee.
They get crankier and gabbler, that's
all. As for girls women "
"I'll tell you about that," said the
cashier. "I expect she'll turn out to ne
a great deal like her mother. She'll
have the same doutole chin and a sim
ilar false front and artificial teeth.
Phe'll babble about uninteresting
things in the same way. without tne
least doubt. You take the old man
aside some evening when you're up
there and ask him if the young woman
doesn't remind him a great deal of her
he'll saO th. .1.1 rdoeV He' won't
realize that he's knocking when he jj
savs so. eitner. mars tne oniy com
fort I can hold out to you, Johnny.
You can't gee" around heredity and you
can't keep" Arabella in a cool plare
sealed up In a glass Jar. She's bound
to chanye: but it will come so grad
ually that you'll never notice it. so go
right ahead."
"You're about the 'biggest chump I
ever saw." said the bill clerk, disgust
edly. Chicago News.
leagues below her in the moral scale.
In "Lewis Rand" Miss Johnson lias
depicted a Virginian of a century ago
of great native and acquired ability,
the fatal ilaw in whose character was
a consuming ar,:bltion. In "Diana
Mallory" Mrs. Humphrey Ward has
treated one of the loveliest women in
English latter-dnv fiction, drawn ir-
resitihlv tn a man of nohlo hirth hilt !
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nart of a cure and unselfish woman,
nonnltifl wilh the inevitable workine
of conscience, may at last lift up and :
to some extent redeem the character
of the man on whom that love Is lav
ished. So I rise from the reading
of these stories with a new reverence
for womanhood and a r.ew grasp of
the great truth that suffering is the
one force that sweetens a human life
and save it from baseness and decay
A totally different kind of story is
William J Dawson's "Soldier of the
Future." and yet his dream of what a
Christian minister mig'ht accomplish
if he were only brave enough to pro
claim the teachings of his Master un
flinchingly and apply them to all so
cial and industrial relations, -may well
induce serious heart-searchings. both
on the part of men who stand in pul
pits today and of those who sit in
pews. Dr. Dawson Is an extremist.
The church may never go as far as he
would like to see It. but it is already
moving in that direction.
And yet a little book one-tenth the
size of "A Soldier of Fortune" con
tains the spiritual dynamite on which
we must rely to produce in time all
desirable social changes. In "A Man's
Faith" Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell. who
for nearly twenty years has done a
heroic work as medi.al missionary "n
and off the coasts of Labrador, tells
jut what he believes and why, and he
tells it so simnly, so modestly and yet
with such directness and force that
the book justifies its title. A virile,
robust faith it Is that took him from
a charming Enrlish home and all the
professional opportunities that were
opening to an Oxford graduate, to the
wilds of 1,-abrador. It is a faith strip
ped of all theological accretions and
ecclesiastical adornment, but it is an
intensely personal faith in God and
Christ, one that makes little of pro
fession and much of practice, one that
Is shy of pious talk but very much in
evidence when there Is a hard surgical
job to be done or a hit of every day
k1ndne3 to be extended.
It Is easy to pass from such a hook
to the profitaMe use of President W.
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The most highly refined and healthful
of baking powders. Its constant use
in almost every American household,
its sales all over the world, attest its
wonderful popularity and usefulness.
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GROCER
D. Hyde's "Abba, Father, ' a series oi
brief meditations of prayers strong,
sane, deep going, taking into consid
eration a wide variety of human need
and desire. One who reada a page or
two from this little book before going
into the temptations and scruggles of
the day will be equipped to fight the
good fight.
Five interesting books only a frac
tion of the good and helpful volumes
that have lately been issued, but in
such books as these and many more
that might be linked with them, are
help and quickening for all who will
read- THE PARSON.
PERSONS TALKED ABOUT.
Dennis Sullivan, who for many vears
made shoes for the governors of iTnode
Island, died recently in Providence,
aged 85 years.
A Methodist pre: her. Dr. E. W. Al
derson of Terrell, Uexas. took the prize
on golden Wyandotte chickenh at a re
cent poultry stiow.
Madame Emma Calve, prima donna,
has been under the care of a throat
specialist in Savannah for four days,
although her condition is not at all
alarming. j
Tor.h Schmidt. 64. is a pupil at one
of the public schools at Fairview,
Wash lie is one of the Washington
pioneers and Is just learning how to
read.
John D. Rockefeller and party, num
bering 14 persons, have arrived at Au
gusta Ga., for a tay of several weeks.
The party includes Mrs. . 1 Spellman
and Miss McCormick.
Xj. R. Wilfley, former Judge of the
United States court at Shanghai, Chi
I,!, .irrived at San Francisco from
the Orient on the liner Manchuria en
route to New York, having resigned his
osition voluntarily.
sir .Tames Crichton-Browne. the i
famous English physician, is not in fav
or of teaching children to use their left
hands equally with their right. Some
time ago, in ihe course of a lecture, he
made some strong remarks against am
bidexterity. Dr. Sven Iledin says that the great
est result of hia recent journely to Thi
bet was the discovery of a mountain
chain 2,nOD miles long, running east
ami west, which is the most massive
range in the world. Its passes average
3 0 0 feet higher than those of the Him
alayas, but none of its peaks is as tall
as Everest.
Dr. Znharin, who has Just died In
Moscow and left a fortune of over
$1,000,000, was one of the most famous
as
he was aI.--o tne most eccentric 01
nhvsirians
In Russia. Even when ne
der III. in his last illness
Dr. Zaharin
required the same preparation for
his
Visit to th
palace as to any one of his
patients'
homes. That is to say, all
do"-s had to be keot out of the way. all
j clocks stopped and every door thrown
iwiilo open. Following a process of
I gradual undressing, he left his furs in
the hall, his overcoat in the next room,
his galoshes in the third, and. continu
ing, arrived at the bedside in ordinary
indoor costume.
Ancient Oratory Recipe.
A politician, at the end of a speech,
was congratulated upon its oratory.
"What is your recipe for good ora
tory?" a reporter asked.
T am afraid oratory comes natural,"
was the reply. "There is. though, one
recipe for it. old Job Walmby's, but it
Is hardly satisfactory.
"Tha wants to be a public speyker.
dos tha, lad?" Job, in his Yorkshire
dialect, would say; 'an' that thenks
Aw'm the chep to put tha up to a
wrinkle abou it? Tha's right, I am'm.
Now. hark, tha! When tha rises to
meek thy speych. hit taable and open
thy mowth. If now: comes, tak' a sup
o' water an' hit taablo again. Then
onpen thy mowth wider tl an afobr.
Then, If nowt comes, tak' thysen off,
an' leave public speykin' to such as
me.' " Tit-Bits.
As to the Port of Charleston.
Charleston Is extting'over n prom
ise by Mr. Taft to cast the lead line
himself, when the cruiser North Caro
lina hears him out of the harbor on
the start for Panama, "which means,"
savs the News and Courier, "that here
after there will be no question, cer
tainly in offI"ial circles, as to the ad
vantages of the port of Charleston."
Is there, then, some question about it?
Waterbury American.
A Narrow Escape.
Those burg'ars who tried to rob Tom
Dawson took long chances. If Mr.
Lawson had caught them he mlrht
have sold them Pay State Gas or Yu
kon. N. Y. World.
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Roderick Theatre
SILVA & BROWNELL, Lessees,
HIGH CLASS MOVING PICTURES
AND ILLUSTRATED SONGS.
The programme for Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday will be "Bridal
Couple Dodging the Camera," Spirit
ualistic Seance," "Magic Vapor," "The
Coward."
Mr. O'Nell will sing the fantastic In
dian ballard "Rainbow."
Continuous performance from 2 to
6 and 7 to 10 p. m.
ADMISSION 5 CENTS.
327 Main Street, opp. Post Office.
Jan21d
f BUY A BOTTLE OF
Golden Wedding Whiskey
TB0S. D. WILSON.
dec29d
78 Franklta
THERR is no advertising mf Hum In
Eastern Connecticut eciiial to The Bul
letin for business result.
Sam & Lee Shubert (Inc.) present
IPWIH
y'THtJtCXSON AMUSEMENT CO. MANtCtBS, " V
TBE BLUE MOUSE,"
A farcial comedy In three acts from the frman by Clyde Fitch, with
an excellent cast of 30, Including EI9A RYAN. Robert Demster, Albert
Grau, Sam Reed, Ralph Morgan, Marie Gerard and Uly Hall.
PRICES Evening. 25c ta $1. 50. Katlnae, 25c to $1.
Seats on sale at the Box Office, Wauregan House and Risket,
Pitcher & Co.'s, on Thursday, January list, at o'clock.
Cars to all points after the performance.
SI-lEEiDY'S "t7.g Sap, 25
VMfflrVillf A Dlt-L OF QUALITY
IHUULIILLL THE APOLLO BROTHERS,
and European Athletes and Weight Lifters.
MfllIMP "'"he Greatest Act ever seen in the city,
siullilU ARMSTRONG AND ASHTON. "The Boy and the Girll"
nmTiirri page and montmorency, "
rll II Hr The Neatsst and Most Commendable
IIOIUliLJ Musical Act Before the Public
ADMISS.ON I flp Ladle. -nd Chiidren rMCTANOBD
No Higher Ub Afternoons 5o AND THVRSDAT.
$15.00
buys a 17 Jewel Hamilton
movement in a 20-year gold
filled case.
buys a Waltham movement
in a 20-year gold filled case.
Franklin Sqnarc.
dec30d
STERILIZED
5c a bo!(Ie $1.50 a dozen
DUNN'S PHARMACY,
50 Main Street.
jan6d
DO it new
Is the beat thing any property owner
can do. Don't wait until cold, bad
weather comes before making neces
sary fail repairs. If you have new
work begin' today by getting our fig
ures. STETSON & YOUNG.
aug31d Central Wharf.
A. A. BARBER,
Machinist
25 Chestnut St.
WM..F. BAILEY
(Successor to A. T. Gardner)
Hack, JUivery
nncl
Boarding
Stable
12-14 Bath Street.
HORSE CLIPPING A SPECIALTY.
Telephone S83. epr25d
DROP IN AND HEAR THE
Bciiy
Waltzes
flayed by the composer
ROT C. PHILLIPS
YERRINGTON'S.
49 Main Street
dec! Id, '
$10.00
IMS E
My
and
a m
WEEK OF JANUARY 25th
Ira W. Jackson Presents
CLARA TUf. nlERi
and a Superb Orrnny In Kepertotre.
Mon. Mat The Artist's Model.
Mon. five A Modern Jjirty Gotllva.
Tues. Mat A Modern Lady Uodiva.
Tuck, live Whv Men Tempt Women.
Wed Mat The GUI the Man and the
I 'evil. . .
Wert. Eve The Halns-Annis Trsgerty.
Thurs. Mat The Hulns-Annls Imgedy.
Thurs. Kve Iiivorconx. "
Frl. Mat A Utile Child Shall Lead
Frl. Eve "a Girl's Pent Friend.
Sat. Mat June and Hr Teddy Bears.
Sat Kve The Days of '61.
Priees 10c. 20c. 30c. Matinees 10
,TMon'ilav evening. ladles' night. 0
seats at 15o if reserved before P; m.
Seats on sale st the Rot Of
regun House and Blsket, pitcher
Co 's on Saturday. Jan. 23, at 9 o clock.
Cars to all points after the pertorm
ances. Saturday Matinee
and Nigh!, Jan. 23
here for the first time out of New York
Janld
CADILLAC HALL
82 Market St., opp. Sheedy's Theatre.
DACIG PARTIES
Every Wednesday and Saturday
Evening.
New class now opened for pupils. Ar
rangements made by phone 422-3, or
J. J. KENNEDY, 117 Main St.
Private Lessons any Hour.
JanlSd
Instruction for
Violin, Cello, Mandolin
EUGENE WALLNER
Director of the Academy Musicnl flub.
Prepare pupils for uiJmis.slon.
274 Washington Street.
janl6STuS
JAAES F. DREW
Piano Tuning ani Hspairia
Best Work Only.
'Phone 422-3. 13 Perkins Ave.
epUSJ
Caller's School For Danclnj.
T. A. AND B. HALL.
62 Broadway, Norwich, Conn.
Dancing every Friday and Saturday
evenin-is. Baker's orchestra
Private lessons In Waltz. Two-step,
Etc. at any hour. Classes now open.
Telephone 471-5. oct20d
EXPERT TUNING
saves and improves the piano. All
work guaranteed.
A. W. J VIIVIS.
No, IT. Clalrrmont At,
Norwich. Conn,
dradnate Mlrn llryant Xcliool fit Piaao
Tuninir. Ilaltlc ('rwk, Mich.
Prop a postal and I'D en 11.
declSd 'Phone 518-.
F. C. GEER
TUNER
122 Prospeot St,
Tel. 889-5. Norwioh. Ct .
He-;
N
0 mistake will be made
In selecting THIS school
as the one to attend.
Business (dllege
HABrubech.Pn. wlortfot. Conn
Catalogue for t!ie asking.
Cut Prices on Parlor
Stoves and Ranges.
The balance of the stock will be
sold at reduoed prices. Buy now and
save money.
PARLOR STOVES
123.00 Stoves reduced to $19.00
f ia.no Stoves reduced to $14.00
$17.00 Stoves reduced to $13.50
114.50 Stovea reduced to $11.00
$12.00 Stoves reduced to S 9.00
$ S.75 Sitoves reduced to $ 6.75
WOOD HEATERS
$5.50 Heaters reduced to $3.60
$4.00 Heaters reduced to $2.75
$3.50 Heaters reduced to $2.50
$2.75 Heaters reduced to $1.75
M. HOURIGAN,
62 C6 Main Street.
Telephone 123-4. JanlJd
WHEJI you want to put your busi
nexn before the public, there is no me
dium better than tiiro-'eh tne advertis
ing coluiBoa oi 2T ttuUciln.