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Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
A NEW INToxIcANT.

It does not seem as if the world needed even one more kind of a drink and the declaration of Dr. Wiley against the importation of the African 'qadi,'' since we have enough villain ous compounds of our own. is to the point. The best rec ommendation that is given "qadi' is that it is "extremely demoralizing. D The Boston Globe, commenting upon this new an-demeaning beverage, says:
 Every kind of grain and a long list of other vegetable substances have been made to yield alcohol, and some of these drinks have a surprising po- tency. Marco Polo that enterprising Venetian. the first real globe trotter who had much difficulty in making his neighbors believe the stories he brought back with him, was the first to tell of the Chinese sam -shee which, he said, made a man drunk sooner than any other wine"
 "Abyssinia has a sort of beer-in- gredients unknown-that bears the appropriate name of booza. 0an- guage experts may here trace a new deriyation.) The bamboo wine of Dahomey is said to taste like soap suds laced with vinegar" From the unprepossessing aloe the Mexicans deflYe an lnsId1ous decoction they call mescal, which tastes like a liquefed conflagration and inspires it's drinker with an immediate desire to kill someone no matter whom, so long as it is done soon. The cocoanut supplies beverage with an odor to devastate province and a flavor to correspond, but which produces effects that endear it to the natives of Sara walk.
 These are only a few of the awful things that untutored races have in- vented to satisfy their craving for stimulants- The new qadi may have its merits. but it's importations are not likely to be 1arge''
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AUSTRALIA.

Australia recognizes the value of advertising as Q means of increas sing its population and it's wealth It is claimed that the Australians them selves hardly realize that all of British India could be lost in South Australia alone The records show that the commonwealth produces 24 per cent of the worlds yearly output of gold and 1t has also been eloquently dem onstrated that four millions of Ans ira Hans and a working population of scarcely a fourth of that total, add every year to the worlds stock of min eral wealth more than do the so, 900 900 of the United States. In less than a century Australia has dug from it's mines in gold and silver or put in the form of wool from the backs of it's sheep wealth sufficient to pay off the British national debt g 500, ,0OO. .OOO) of today twice over
 Australia has a foreign trade larger than that Of Spain and Japan com hined and is rich enough and big enough under sympathetic administra- ton to offer opportunities to hun dreds of thousands of the right class of people to carve out lives of pros perity for themselves.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18
(written for The Bunetin,)


 It is a queer old worid-beautiful as to nature, queer a sto human nature. Only last evening I was thinking what a pity it was that we do not all un- derstand ourselves and one another better. If we could grasp the idea that some of us are old souls while some of us are new; that some of us have learned a little more and that little more thoroughly, while others of us are still coming our a-b-c's; if we could remember that all of us, old souls and young, are learning our way along; how much more tenderIy patient we should be, how much less censorious. how glad to be helped and to be helpful; and how much more easily we should accept, as a matter of course, the limitations and tribula- tions of our daily life. Today is one of the prettiest days we have had this summer. It is cool, yet warm and sunny; it is bright and sweet and fresh, one of the days that makes the whole world fair.
 Some day we shall forget
 The sting of each vain regret;
 All sickness, sin and sorrow,
 In the dawn of a glad tomorrow.
 All day, I've been thinking over what Lady Greatheart said to me last night. We had been tramping the woods, and came home with our arms filled with great branches of mountain laurel These we streWed upon the empty hearth where in winter we hold our fireside talks. Then we crouched down on the hearth-rug. resting our tired selves on piled-up cushions, too tired to talk. glad to be still and silent. After a time, how ever, began to think aloud:
 "One to.Whom I would go in troublei To my mind that is the sweetest thing that can be said of anyone, man or woman. Tve heard it said Of you, my greatheart lady. and I've heard it said of Dr. Oliver. It sets me to think ing of how few there are of whom one ever does hear it said"
 My sister friend smiled. "Iet us hope every one has some one to go to-" she said in her cheery way.
 1The friends whom we instinctively feel that we could go to in trouble who learn so many things, tell me why"
 When asked for bread, my Lady Greatheart never gives you stone. She thought a moment then "So few people seem to understand" she said. Most of us are merely grown-up children, absorbed in one bit of play, in our own game, our personal drama. We have not yet awakened to the truth that the race is one, consequently, that our joys and sorrows are not ours alone, but every mans as we'll"
 What aWakens usT | dem anded.
 "Our experiences, it seems to me. We are so like children, everything is so new to us, that, at the touch of pain we cry out. Never was Sorrow like unto my Sorrowl Then, for the first time, we begin to look about us and begin to see that these are mourn CTS that are walking the streets, going in and out of shops. visiting at one anotherS houses. wearing bright-col- ored clothes laughing and talking and smiling, and attending to affairs. In a word, every one has something to bear, something to rise to and master. Elizabeth Barrett Browning put into verse her conviction that
 Love teaches us the secret of grief And this reminds, US that a dear friend said to me, I do not need to
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dangerous culprit, like a bad bank cashier does not find it easy to sur render. When the murderer, Phelps. tried to surrender. the men he would have given himself up to ran away! A company of militia had to be called out to do the work,
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The democrats claim that they will get control of congress in November. and in 1912 carry the country by IT majority in the electoral college. They are not extra hopeful as to the cleo toral college majority
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'What awakens us7" l demanded. "Our experiences, it seems to me

chump and they do. too, so it seems to be a good thing all around-no-
 body gets hurt. They roll him over and over and he looks more like a ball of mud than d thing of life; but when he is set for insects he looks different and he has the snap of an airgun, and takes the enemy on the wing 19 times in every 20. The toad's tongue is red death to flies and midges and he will get away with score in no time. He makes a hole in the ground and sleeps in it just as an Esquimau finds rest in sleeping bag. He makes these holes in the cold frame, and amidst the seedlings. and under the chickweed. At secretion he is a com plete success. He can lose himself in moment.
 A little conversation was being car ried on about the regularity of na- ture the changes of the season, the low said he had noticed that June 10th was always a rainy day. The whole company looked suspiciously at him they could not tell whether he was in earnest or just trying to be funny. Are you joking2" asked one. Not on your 1ife," replied the man. T was married on June 10th and it was a rainy day. That was forty years ago, and 39 of the anniversaries of my wedding have been rainy. You were talking about regularity of na- enough to be mentioned, don't you 2' They all admitted that they did but not one of them looked as if he be- lieyed the fellow to be telling the truth. Some true things sound like
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It has been agreed by the dapcing masters of the country that 55 steps a minute is the correct tempo for the waltz. There are no quicksteps at the garden gate. That is where they lin- ger.
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Boston calls attention to the fact that Mayor Fitzgerald will be pres ent at Harvard's commencement. but not at MT. Sorrows lunch to be giv- en at it's conclusion
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Some men pride themselves upon be-

Some men pride themselves upon be- ing eranlxs. and this is not a dire fault if they keep within bounds. The man who is not running in regular rut of human existence is regarded as a crank, and under the regular definition so-called cFanks accomplish more in this world than almost any other class. The identifying peculiarity of a real crank is that he always thinks it's his turn. He isn't the fellow who holds himself aloof, but the fellow who butts in-ibutts in when he has nothing of value to add, just to let it be known that he thinks he is it. Brought down to this line of demarcation, the crank is not so numerous as most people have thought, but is more offensive The so- called crank has much to be proud of but the real crank has nothing. Hot air and gall and clean clothes make a fair sort of a, crank, since grains are not called for.
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~what you class as fear and mex

"What you class as fear and inex- perience and a lack of imagination,' I put in, sounds to me like good, plain, every day selfishness, every one for himself, and the devil take"
 She laughed her sweet low, rippling laugh. Men and women are only grown-up children" she said. and children love sweets. The child that is you would not go to another child for comforting; it would go to its mother, an older soul. Dr. Oliver helps me more than any one else" she added brightly. He has had deep eXperi- ences and has learned from them- In his quaint way. he says that the most contagious and incurable sickness is the longing to be it"
 And I suppose he thinks no one of us can be it." I commented.
 "On the contrary" she smiled, toss ing the very pinIiest of the sprays of laaurel over to me. he says each one of us is it' now, and that when we find it out, the world wall he happier and nobler."
 THE REcLUSE.
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Bishop Milan pledges the boys and girls he confirms to abstain from inc use of liquor. He has already con firmed 5000.
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What but a prizefght will call ont a sum of s400000 a month before if comes off, as an evidence of popular support.
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For such days seem almost inevi- table. We oversleep in the morning and then have unusual difficulty in getting into our clothes The buttons have grown large in the night and do not fit buttonholes or else they have come off. The breakfast is de- layed by the fire going out, and when it comes on the coffee is muddy and the toast burned. We lose the car we intended to take at the corner, or we slip on an orange peel or run up against some axle grease. Before the day is half over we are thorough believers in the doctrine of the total depravity of inanimate things. In- deed, it seems to LIS as if the evil spirit himself had taken possession of the tools we handle and the things that cross our path
 On criss- cross days people are as aggravating as things. Even though those whom we have hitherto liked become all of a sudden disagreeabie and selfish. They thWart and embar- rass LIS in our propects- They disap- point the expectations We had cher ished of them. They fail to meet their enga gements and send no word of excuse. So. between bothering things and irritating people and un- fortunate combinations of circum- stances we are put to" the whole day long and when sunset comes we say, "I never alad such a day as this in my life. I declare I couldn't stand many more like it."
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A man was arrested at New Haven Tor cursing his automobile It might have been different had it been his mother-in in-law.
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The Abernethy kids will be a great attraction in the Roosevelt parade Saturday. Their 2,O00-mile horsebaclx ride has made them an Al exhibit.
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Massachusetts finds it difficult to find fit men to govern it's bad bows. The conduct of the Lyman school for boys has been brutal
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The Connecticut Citizen takes a vacation until September. Only a temperance paper can do that.
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Yale's football captain says alcoholic liquors ruin athletes. Only abstinence guarantees success.
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Happy thought for today: You should forgive many things in others but few things in yourself.
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The country is rolled up worse than congress IS, but the political waters may be clarified before November.
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Oyster Bay is not a city, but it is likely to look larger on the map next month than Beverly.
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The American flag is followed bv trace, and the American veteran by a pension wherever he goes.
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The outlying up of blemishes in the guns furnished by the Bethlehem steel works to deceive the inspectors shows what greed will do.
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reduce the friction and the pressure of the criss cross days? The first step in the untangIing of the knots is a frank inquiry into our responsibility Tor them, Why charge on poor in-
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Alcohol may be an unseen factor in crime but its victims are not.
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Since Pinchot is out for a new party since his return, strong suspicion as to Roosevelt is in order.
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Nat Goodwin says he is not centenl- plating divorce. but he recognizes the advantage of publicity.
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Beverly declines to pay it's mayor over $i,000 a year. It does not think Sl,5Oo man is required for the job.
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To be angry with a weaker person is to show that you are not yourself strong.
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have met my old friend, the toad, many times this year in the garden
 He is good worker and he do>s not appear to care for dogs or eats. He IS non-r resistant when they begin to meddle with him, and he acts like !
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There are two notable utterances that are worthy of serious thought be- caues they have in them the element of truth. An English writer says: We worry too much about diseases, and we catch them-from ourselves An American writer declares: As a peo- pie we are 25 per cent. sick through eating 25 per cent. more food than our digestive apparatus can take care of Health is mans inheritance, and Is much better subject for tine mind to contemplate than ill health-for there is good cheer in it and no fear. With reference to eating, it is well known to the world that we are a race of dyspeptics because we eat irration- ally, hastily and excessively. There are many eminent physicians who are dletarians and who recognize that get tf1lg the poison out of the human sys- tenn is more helpful than putting more poison in. To think disease is to be out or order in more than one sense, since thought aids in producing il. Worrying about diseases is abuse of the nerves and a waste of energy.
 There is no real good reason why anybody should have the blues. It has been said that busy person can that l have noticed a few busy people who have taken the time for them h1lllng the mind with blue-devilS is mighty mean trick for anybody to play upon themselves. Some people are moody because one of their par ents were, and they cherish the fault as hereditary They do not appear to realize that as an inheritance it is a poor advertisement for themselves and their parents. If I thought I got the blues at home I think l should keep the fact to myself because se- crecy is more creditable than publica- ton. If it was not possible to wear them out l would drug them out The blues are good things to dope.
 have met my old friend, the toad, many times this year in the garden.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18

What child cannot think of the average man is not likely to. Instead of treating children like men in en- bryo. we are too apt to treat them like cubs We do not seem to think that they have an immortal soul until they are out of the infantile period, or that they are moved by the spirit. It is fact that groups of children under ten discuss heavy subjects and som of them are more opinionated than they are likely to be when they become mature. This is what I heard a boy confiding to g. group of youngsters of years and less recently; tI love my Jesus." And then something was said in so low tone I could not understand, which was followed by the exclamation And that's all I've got against himi'' Here is a positive conclusion by child up- on subject we do not think him ca pable of lending him mind to. Per haps it is ignorance of their ability which permits "a per cent. to stroll from early training
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SUNDAY MORNING TALK
cRiss-cRoss DAYS.

We all have them, the criss- cross days Happy are We if we do not ex- perience many of them, happier still handle them If I were going to make any addition to the requirements of the marriage service it would be a question framed after this fashion: will you both endeayor to carry yourselves as sweetly on the days when everything seems to go wrong as you do in joyous, prosperous times ?''
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LEARNING OUR WAY ALONG

experience every phase of sorrow to know what sorrow means Heart may be; and I should be dull indeed if the sting of my own sorrow could not teach me the hurt of yours. Yes I assented but with most people it does seem impossible to comprehend any form of pain or joy that they themselves have not expe- rienced. If they have had scarlet fever and you have had typhoid, they must have typhoid and you must have scarlet to understand what each has gone through. If you were married in white with a veil, and the others in travelling gown and hat, you will all have to be married a second time. you in a suit and the others in satin, to gain the last comprehension of what the difference is."
 She laughed. You mean that al- most no one is able to put himself in Iieve, from a lack Of imagination. It is remarkable how few people possess the imaging faculty. All have it, of course. but with most of us it lies latent. Yet without it there would be no progress. Really, it is the spring of all endeavor and of all achievement. If we have no image in our mind or the thing we wish to accomplish, whatever it may be-the building of house or an empire, the construction of a sauce or an airship-there would be nothing for us to work to. Think ing aloud, as I am doing now, 1t comes to me that not the few but the many have the imaging faculty in constant use on home industries and business enterprises, and even on all forms Of pleasure seeking and making.
 As she paused, "Go on thinking aloud, please" I urged, until we determine why you will find in lifetime scarce ly more than one man or woman to whom you would carry your troubles"
 Lady Greatheart laughed gently. Most of us are not fond of trouble" she answered Many think they have enough of their own. I believe those who have the fewest, shrink most from hearing about the troubles of others. Indeed, I am convinced that the only people who can bear other peoples troubles are those who have far worse ones of their own. Most people fear trouble and sorrow so much that they are afraid to be sympathetic and helpful. Only those who have suffered deeply dare look sorrow fin the face. Take fear. and the inability to understand what one has not ex perienced, and a lack of imagination in this direction, and l think We have the key
 ffW1a+ Nou class fear and inex-
Norwich bulletin., 1910-06-18

The old fashioned "piney' is in bloom and the new-fashioned one, too. This is a flower which has un- der cultivation greatly increased its varities through cross fertilization by insects and by the art and genius of men. The variety of peonies in the gardens of our grandmothers could have been counted on the fingers of one hand and now set three feet apart they would cover more than an acre of ground. The three countries in which this work has been done IS Am erica, France and Japan, and in the past half century they have been in creased at the rate of forty new cann- mercial varieties a year, although it is three years from planted seed to the first bloom. This gives the world 2,000 varieties. and it is doubtful if it hasn't more. The peony has never be- come a cheap flower, and new, fra grant beauties range in price from s5 each to s100. In this field man is not a creator but a promoter.
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THE MAN WHO TALKS

Some persons are flattered by praise and some are annoyed by it. Some want to do things quietly, and others need the blare of trumpets and the beating of drums te aid them You have seen people who could not do their duty without expecting applause, or do anything kind without ex- pecting praise. The Self-centered ego ness here and hereafter, while the op- posite class perform kindly acts of every kind just as if it was natural for them Some people enjoy poor
 health because they like to talk about it.; and some people would never be-
 come agitators if it were not for see-
 ing their names in the newspapers.
 Man is Queerly constituted as well as I reckon there are very few excep- tions to the rule.
 Those who are anxious to make the world better could do so without nov ing out of their tracks if they would just smile ten times where they frown once. Attention hassbeeu called to the fact that the working girl has to put up with far too much frowning; and that a little smiling would do her good. The vain and senseless try to impress people whom they do not regard be- ing in their class of their superiority by knocks and froWns; and those su- perior to them do not mind for they are aware that there is no merit in had manners. that superiority in grace and mind does not have to assert itse4f. Ignorance never discovers this. Those persons who fawn upon the class apoSe them and who kick at the class Le- low, are what they are. The wocid classifieS them and classifies -hem right. It holds them in light esteem not because they are wise but other wise. The working girl would do well to smile at those who frown on them. Don't you see it's real funny.
 Some woman has said it is easy to flatter a man, but it is hard work to keep him flattered all the time," and some man has remarked that the man is wise who keeps his wife thinking she is smarter than he is, and that he knows it." There are a good many honesties which intend to lubricate the ways of life, and also quite a num- Der of deceptions. It is queer that civilized life trains people in decep- tions, and then pretends to be horri . fled because men and women are not hopeSI If that old maxim, Honesty is the best policy" is true, what fools we rrske of ourselves in conforming to ways that are not honest in the name of good order form or style. How the world plays to the weakness es of men and women if there is any, thing in it for the player. There is great deal of soothing done by false pretence, and this gave birth to the idea that evil is commendable when it promotes good-just as if it ever didI
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Some day we shall forget The sting of each vain regret; All sickness, sin and sorrow, In the dawn of a glad tomorrow.