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Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24
A Crime Against the Citizens.


 MT. Editor: It is certainly gratify ng to note that the board of water com missioners and the common council have "got move on" with reference to a permanent water supply. If for mer boards had shown this quicken ing spirit we might not be in the de- plorable condition we are ill today. In the opinion of the writer a great crime, an unpardonable crime, has been com mitted. Do you ask by whom? l an swer: First-The mayor by causing the hold up" by means of the injunc- ton. Second-Each individual mem Der of the water board from the time of the injunction to the present Had they been alive to the situation and kept proposition of some kind con- stantly before the council the water question would undoubtedly have been settled long ago. Third-The authori- ties failing to act, the citizens, you and l. and every other citizen. are guilty of this crime in that we have not exerted ourselves in the past years to create a public sentiment so strong that no water board, executive com mittee. common council or mayor could ignore it. Had we done so we would not today be threading the use of water from Yantic river. When a person is brought into court charged with crime that is unpardonable and is found guilty he generally receives some punishment. In this case, who is being punished? Certainly not the mayor, for he seems to enjoy the sit uation and the nOtOriety he is receiv- ing The writer knows of no way that the water board or the common coun- cil can be punished. Who, then, are suffering the penalty of this enormous crime?
 Ask the women and children who week after week are lugging water for daily use and are standing today face to face with disease and possibly death
 We have heard a good deal of late about the men that love Norwich. Who are the men that love Norwich? Are they the men that would saddle upon the city an additional debt of a half million? Show me a man. MT. Editor, that is willing and anxious to make some personal sacrifice for the public good. and I will show you a man that has some regard for the welfare Of the city. On the other hand, show me a man that will tap the water pipes back of his meter or install closets bath tubs and other fixtures and not report the same to the water depart ment thereby stealing water from the city, and I will show you a man with a soul so small that you could put il in a mites gizzdrd and it would rattle round like a bumblebee in the city hall Let us drop this love business and get busy and get water. pure water and plenty of it at as low cost as possible
 PRIX.
 Norwich Dec. 23, 1910.
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Eornattinn the Past.

Because a. man has failed in achieV- ing success, or because he has gone even further and wilfully wrecked the life that once promised so much, it does not follow that he can never get up again Yet there are men every where who believe that certain incl dents in their lives have placed them beyond redemption and that it is use less to try and begin over again. Some times they become impatie for the success that seems so far away and frequently give up just before it comes within their grasp. Repeated failures seem only to convince them that they can never hope to accomplish anything because of their former mistakes, and yet the miracle may be performed when least expected. It is wise to forget the past, whatever it may have been, and to train ourselves to live only in the present Sometimes the past projects its shadows across our path and for a time we feel helpless and think it but natural that we should move in it's gloom. It is possible. how ever, to leave the shadow behind and step out into the sunshine of the new and untried life which spreads all about us. No man can hope to make any headWay in his business career who goes about with the remembrance of an unworthy past hanging like d millStone about his neck. It's weight will bear him down if he undertakes to begin the new life with the memory of the old still clinging to him Charleston News and Courier
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Special Committee Will Report.

MT. Editor: One more word to the taxpayers: You have appointed com mittee to look up the water question;
 they are composed of men who from a standpoint of intelligence and integrity are eminently fitted for the duties they were appointed to perform. We have been told that the court of common council and water board are greater than the people in the water question, and that the mayor can call out the militia. Don't let that trouble you
 We are in Gods community still and. as Lincoln said, we are still "a gov ernment of the people. by the people. for the people" and if you will wait for your committee to report you will axe no mistake. for they will land you not in water famine but an abundant supply of pure water that will last you for years to come. at d cost that you will be able to pay. and where injunctions cease from troubling
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
THE REACH OF CHRISTMAS.

We have no festival that associates itself with so many different sides of human life as does the Christmas feS- tival If you think that Christmas is a matter of plum buildings and stock ings and trees and merry greetings good as they all are-yOu are WofulIy mistaken. Take a few moments out of your happy activities today or to- morrow to reflect on three different as- poets of this annual celebration.
 Think a minute of the downward reach of Christmas, l mean down into the realm of the lower animals. h more than half the pictures of the Ma tivity, we find sheep or cattle intro duced in some form or other. Their dogs accompany the rudely. garbed shepherds as they gaze in wonder at the little babe in the arms of it's ador- ing mother. Another artist pictures the patient cattle looking on at the same scene, their great wondering eyes and their huge bulls looming up out of the shadows. Then, too, we have more than one beWitching picture of the presentation to the baby Jesus bv his cousin John of a little lamb. The artists have not only caught and reproduced the story as told us in the gospels. adding, as they have right to do an establishment here and there which grows logically out of the narra- tive, but they have caught the deeper meaning of these holy far-aWay scenes.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24
MUSIC,
Every Little Bit Helps. Why Not Stony Brook?

MT. Editor: Every little bit added to what you've got. makes a little bit more. The letters in The Bulletin this morning were right to the point Though l am but a small taxpayer can have thought for the future. Great credit is due to those who are trying so earnestly to relieve us from so seri- ous a situation.
 A DAILY READER. Norwich. Dec 23. 1910
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he could see himself as others see him he would stop; but there is no fool like the fool who doesn't know that the other fellows absurdities are just as important as his own conceits.
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Or Those Pink whiskers.

Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis of Chicago is suing a steamship company for jew els lost while aboard one of their boats. It might have been worse. For instance, they might have lost J. Hapl's rakish Pauama.-Detroit News.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24
Good Thinq to Remember.

Christmas can be made merry with out the assistance of a turkey. and more digestible withal. - Indianapolis News.
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The woman who is meditating giv- ing husband or beau a box Of cigars should not think that the one with the Drettiest picture on the cover is most acceptable.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24

It is hard luck, sure. when Friday falls on the 18th of the month The calendar shows that 1911 has two such Fridays, one in January and the other in October.
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The czar of Russia has just ordered three great battleships, which shows that he would rather follow the style than set an example Carnegie can commend
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Since Christmas is forced over into Monday for it's fullest celebrat ton it cannot be denied that a good many stockings are likely to get into the MashtlIh.
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Maine is right when she concludes that the ten thousand deer killed in that state the past season has furnish ed venison for all New England.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24

The prediction of the weather clerk: Fair and warm." should not be in terpreted in December to mean eggs will not freeze out of doors.
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Citizenship Restored to Prisoners.

Albany, N. Y, Dec. 22.-Christmas gifts in the form of restorations to citizenship were given today by Gov ernor White to eighteen former con- yicts, residing in various sections of the state. The governor is consider ing hundre6s of applications for par dons ana comfnntatinns.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24

If pr. Wiley is right the whole world will be in cold storage thousand years from now. That looks hard for a future generation.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24

Some one has been looking over Convict Morse's career and discovered that his most valuable asset seems to be his wife.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24

Happy thought for today: May no juvenile stocking hang empty on Christmas morning. Filling empty stockings makes happy hearts.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24

The annual cost of the worlds mili- tary establishment is just 150 times as much as Andrew Carnegie has given to promote peace.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24

Some papers refer to him as the noted Dr. Cook" but the majority maze him notorious" and that pleases some readers better.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Bulletin wishes all it's readers a Merry Christmas and all the world besides.
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The first resolution for New Years should be that all other resolutions shall be kept This is usually the missing resolution.
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The fact that hell is paved with good intentions shows that they must be asbestos-like, since they endure such intense heat.
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The new canal has brought to Pan anna IT new jails and the convicts to fill them.
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Jack Frost is reported to be doing real artistic work down in Maine We should be pleased to skip that in Con- necticut.
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No Wonder rsddx,s pisaustsd.

President Taft wants his cabinet officers to study increasingly the con stitution and Poor Richards Aimanaci Chicago News.
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Those who have been worrying about the possibility of a green Christmas see now that it was a waste of nervous energy.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24

It is officially stated that the 50000 British soldiers in India consume about half of the beer imported.
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The Portland Express thinks a race horse that lives 21 years represents a ripe age. New London county had one that trotted his mile in minutes at 29 without d break
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It is singular fact that Jem Mace's son was the clergyman who officiated at his funeral Whats the use of ask ing if anything good can come out of Nazareth,
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To record the number of seconds that a telephone is in use each day is the purpose of d new electrically op-- erated mel
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The lower creation in all its mani

The lower creation in all its mani . fold forms of life has 8. vital interest in Marv's son. He came not only to redeem the world of men, but the whole creation that for cons has been groan- ing and travailing in pain Though the whole work of redemption in either sphere is far from accomplished, we can trace to the influence of Jesus those fine humanitarian movements which have had for their object the aIleviation of the distress of the low CT animals. Every animal rescue league. every home for Vagrant eats and dogs, every society for the pre- Vention of cruelty to animals, every bit of instruction in the public school that looks toward the cultivation of pity on the part of children for the an imaIS that cross their path daily, is a witness to Jesus. They show the growth and spread of those instincts of compassion for all sensitive. quiv- ering animal life which Christianity plants and nourishes in the human breast.
 But our festival has it's outward as well as it's downward reach. Various kinds of people were about the Beth lehem manager, simple shepherds. rude tOilers in the fields, wise sages. As the boy Jesus grew he mingled with all sorts of folks so that he drew upon himself the criticism that he was a companion of very ordinary and by no means perfect peOpIe- I ne human sympathies of Jesus had no bounds set by color condition. race, culture or any accidental circumstance. In so far as his religion has dominated the world it has lifted humanity n a high CT level, broken the shackIes of the slaves, ennob1ed womanhood and claimed for every man fair chance in life.
 Fms outward reach Of Christmas ought to appeal to you today and to- morrow. He is to be pitied whose whole idea of the festival consists of what it will yield to him in the form of gifts and other personal gratif1ca- ton.
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Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24

It may be we'll for those who toll to remember that "Drudgery is the gray angel of success" and it may be well to remark right here that it makes a drudge gray headed before his time. 1, is not for every drudge to see the gray angel of success, an angel, by the way who wears more clothes than wings, which some angels do not. I mistrust the drudge who finally ban qIets with the gray angel of success is tue one mho has love in his heart and a sweet song on his tongue most of the tine. The drudge with heart bowed down invites the angel of despair, and the hOpelessness she inspires; and the gray angel e success never gets into such company. Her pull is for the light and the lever that lifts one to better things. It will pay those who believe iu the ministration of angels to be little particular about their invitations since it makes all the difference in the word what class they entertain.
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But Christmas has still another reach and this third one is upward What did that first caroling of angels over Bethlehem's plains mean, W hat did the
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and the executive committee is no more.
 A. H. BREED. Norwich, Dec. g, 1910.
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ftTha +inaa

"The time a man may call his own in his life" is so limited that the in dIStrial world man is a short lived creature with a large amount of dead time CIl his hands The industrial world is still averaging ten hour days and eIght hour nights and that leaves to the worker if he can conserve every minute of his six hours, 91 days and six hours in every year, and a worker of 60 years would really have had as his own 15 years. This is not such bad showing if his own time has been us2d for his own enlightenment and advancement. A great deal may be ac- complished in 15 years of time. and what a crime against himself it is for {. a-orliL gman to spend it in idleness, which is simply wasting it. Time is t Q precious tc waste. Time improved is what gave this country a Franklin, a Lincoln. an Edison and thousands of o.ncr useful men. To learn the mean ing of one new word every day is to be an able citizen at forty.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24

TIC mas pSSII szfu NTaN SoOH PF0aNT1'FfS is partly matter of hearing and part ly acoustics. It is not wholly of the pulpit, but partly of the pew. There is nothing helps a preacher more than good sounding boards and receptive minds. No man can make himself It without the aid of others. Interdepen- dence is written all over the earth in every zone of life. A weak heart doesn't know much joy-a caIlous mind is not stirred to enthusiasm by burning words. Where the preacher is right and the sounding boards are right and the congregation is right there will al- ways be good preaching; and when this perfect condition is lacking the preaching will be less impressive and effective. The fact that the man in the pulpit cannot do 1t alone may ac- count for the spelling of some good sermons.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24

If men realized that it is a good deal easier to tell the truth than to keep a
 lie whitewashed they would not get themselves in a corner where a thou sand lies have to be told so as not to ne caught in the first one. There was never truer saying that "A liar should have a good memory" but that is something most liars run short of. A skilful prevaricator never tells a transparent lie, hence it is apparent enough that skill is lacking in this sinful practice and that the artfu1 de ceiver is the exception not the rule. Along the lines of evil where man is out of harmony with good he soon be-
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It doesn't do to be too easily dis.

1t doesn't do to be too easily dis coursged in this world. The boy or the man who is looking for employment should persist. It may be an inspira- ton for some despairing man or boy to know that John D. Rockefeller in September. 1856 looked up his first job. and after weeks of travel and in- quiry on the streets of Cleveland he found place on Sept. 25th, which he has since called job day" because that was the day he was engaged for service after wearying and persistent efforts. Fifty-five years ago he didn' t expect to live to be the richest man on earth. and the greatest employer Of men and boys in America. His peril of not getting job was nothing to his peril of getting shot because of the popular prejudice against magnates, plutocrats and such. He has proven to be an industrial genius and the only reason he hasn't captured all the busi- ness of the earth is because it is too much for one man to handle. I'm not going to say go thou and do likewise just do your level best
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On Thursday afternoon each person buying a ticket for the perform ance may by paying 5 cents extra secure a complete copy of the novel "St. Elmo" which will be played by the company New Year $ yraaIE
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During the holidays some persons find pleasure in the activities of the season, and others dwell with pleasant memories of other days. Whether it is the morn, noon or eve of life. each one tinds the pleasure due age and station Some are looking forward to an un- certain future, some are looking up to a loving Father and some are looking back upon the pleasant memories of the past. In the midst of all this the spreaders Of joy are the alleviators of misery. The generous hands are light en1ng distress and the glad hands are sending currents of good will through the nations of the earth. The spirit of the Oversoul is moving us to deeds of love and kindness and through it thrills of heavenly joy are felt where ever the name of Christ is spoken and Venerated. It is a brief manifestation of spirit which will sometime, some where, become permanent
Norwich bulletin., 1910-12-24
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Some men hire cheap help and then grumble because they do not get first class work. This is where one sort of industrial inconsistency begins, but it does not end there, for it spells bad industrial reputati tion and frequently business disaster. If there is anything in the world that it pays to recog- nize and to pay literally for. it is industrial skill. A poor workman pro duces poor goods in every department of life; and while the skilled work man higher up may artfully hide the faults in the work, when the faults are discovered they tell against the goods and the concern that produces them. It is the honor man with honor goods who when once he gets mar ket permanently holds it.
 The foolishness of man is very gen orally doubted because man feels he must decline to lower his standard to meet a fact which has permanency whether it is acknowledged or not. If. man was wise it could not be safd for a truth of him that the troubles which never occur create more dlS- turbance in the world than those that do. It is fear that makes a fool of all races, and makes foes of men who by every rule of order and progress ought to be friends These big navies spell distrust, these big bronze bars on our banks spell 0lSAOneSIy. DO you know if men were true to right and justice navies would not be neces- sary; if they were honest bars would not have to be put over bank windows or locks on doors. How much more fear is symbolized about us than faith.
 The sadness of every day is it's shadow and Christmas with it's ring ing bells and sweetly sung carols is not enough to make some hearts and some homes merry. There are cOndi- tions on earth which make man deaf to the tidings of great joy-which make glee of any sort seem unwel- come. It is not safe to wish every body a Merry Christmas. for it would pain instead of please some people, for their burdens are heavy and their sadness deep. Of late years I have heard the glad tidings and the an thsms of old with no less joy, but l am mindful of the shadow of every day which it takes tenderness and time to dissipate. There never was and never will be a day without it's affiicuons, it's trials and its griefs; and Christmas has them. The sons of earth cannot cure them, but the Son of Heaven can, for his "Peace-be still!' brings a calmness to turbulent hearts as well as to boisterOus waters.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-13

her from the Castellane regime. These
ars her palace in Paris on the Avenue
du Bots de Boulogne, and tn, Chateau du
M.-ais, a magnificent place near Paris
The former house-is intensely uncom-
Portable and unsuitable for a modern
residence. The owner would probably be
glad to sell It IL shs could. but no one IL
likely to buy 1t. 1t would make an sx-
cellent museum. 1iul
Boni de Castellsne spent s1.b0o.o00 Of
his wife's money 90 the Partisan palace.
1t 10 q reproduction Of the Grand Trianon
at Versailles. This palace was once the
residence Of MmA do Pompadour, the
favorits OF Louis XIV. After that II was
occupied by Queen Marie Antoinetts.
Boni fancied himself very much in these
surroundings.
He bought tho handsomest and most
costly site in Paris for the palace. 1t 10
at the corner of the Avenue du Bois de
Boulogne and the Avenue MalAkof. For
this land alone he paid s740.000.
He made the house as nearly a re-
production OF the old palace az the site
would permit. II had hall one hundret
feet In length. 1t was fitted for the mos
luxurious prince Of the old regime. Bon
had himself photographed hundreds o
times at tho head OF the grand staircase
On the furnishing OF this palace
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-03-13

sorry notes and other burdensome docu-
ments accumulated By Helie and his
near relatives would handsomely paper
three magnificent chateaux.
So from the day she married Into the
European nobility to the present time,
Anna Gould has been saddled with the
debts of others, in return for which she
has received nothing worth having
During the eight years Of her married
life with Count Boni de Castellane ho
squandered over 100000. Had he been
permitted to do so, he wQpld apparently
have wasted the whole of the vast for
tune left her by her father. the late Jay
Gould. At the time Of her marriage this
was estimated at $15.o00.000 Fortu-
nately her brothers and sister had con-
troll over her property. Under the direc-
ton of her brother George Gould her
fortune undoubtedly increased very great
ly, SO that to-day. even after all Boni de
Castellane's extravagances have been
paid for. there remains a very hand
soma balance for other noble spend
thrifts. ..
Most of the expenditures OF CASTELAR,
were for his own benefit or for the oh
jects of his admiration. and consequent
his former Wife has little to show 10
them
Two principal possessions remain