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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-08
ON BEING DEPENDABLE.

Young man, are you dependable?
Is your employers reliance misplaced,
or his confidence justified by your
everyday conduct?
Are you delivering, day by day,
with all the might that is in you?
In the absence of supervision, are
you shrinking and soldering" or are
you working at the same high head
of pressure and cheerfulness that
greets the foreman's or employer
eye?
There is no trait of character that
more surely makes for genuine sue
cess than thorough dependability.
That implies degree of capacity,
full measure of integrity and a will
to do the thing that lies before YOU
The swift-fying passenger train,
with it's burden of human life, Illus
trates the point exactly. 1t is essen
tial that you keep on straight track.
The fewer curves you encounter the
less danger you will be in. The train
reaches it's destination because it fol
lows track, and so you will reach
desired goal by doing likewise.
Like the pulsating, throbbing en-
CINE, you must have great reserve
of physical power. Your organs and
functions must not be impaired by
disease or dissipation any more than
the mechanical parts and functions
of the locomotive may be rusted or
weakened. A broken iange, a strip
ped driving wheel, a weak draw bar,
too excessive speed, carelessness, all
invite destruction and death.
And so with you, young man. II
you would succeed, inspect yourself
regularly and keep your mind and
body at that high state of efficiency,
willingness and dependability that
characterizes every detail of modern
transportation.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-08

prepared chalk and good CASTLE soap.
The chalk is prepared in cones of ex-
cellent quality and at a low price.
This preparation takes the tartar
off the teeth, as the dentist does with
his pumice. It may be used con-
stantly, as well as the CASTLE soap.
But remember that poor or worn out
tooth brush will make any paste or
powder practically useless. Be sure
to use a good stiff brush and to place
it in the sun to dry every day. It
will serve for twice as long. Any
odor about the teeth, whether natural
or artificial, is best removed by a
mouth wash composed of water and
2 per cent carbolic acid.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-08
KIND ANSWER.

A thoughtful, kind answer is almost
omnipotent. 1t not only makes a
friend still more friendly, but it sub
dues the widest passions and the
deepest prejudice of the greatest en-
envy. The cowardly become brave
under its inspiring influence, and the
brave are nerved by it to nobler deeds
and mightier exploits. And yet,
through it is so soothing, enchanting
and potential, it costs the utterer
nothing. This, therefore, is the right
way to answer, and we're it universal
ly adopted many tear would be I'M
shed, many a passion be unprovoked
and many friend be retained.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-08
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.


Life is too short for any vain regret
ting;
Let dead delight bury it's dead, I
say,
And let us go upon our way forget
ting
The joys and sorrows of each yes
terday.
Between the swift suns rising and its
setting,
We have no time for useless tears
or fretting,
Life is too short.
Life is too short for any bitter feel
ing;
Time is the best avenger if we wait.
The years speed by, and on their
wings bear healing,
We have no room for anything like
hate
This solemn truth the low mounds
soon revealing
That thick and fast about our feet
are stealing,
Life is too short.
Life is too short for aught but high
endeavour-
Too short for spite, but long enough
for love.
And love lives on forever and forever,
It links the worlds that circle on
above;
This Gods first law, the universe's
lever
In His vast realm the radiant souls
sigh never
Life is too short"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-08
HOUSE OF roo MUCH TROUBLE

In the House of Too Much Trouble
Lived a lonely little boy;
He was eager for a playmate,
He was hungry for toy.
But twas always too much bother,
Too much dirt and too much noise
For the House of Too Much Trouble
Wasn't meant for little boys.
And sometimes the little fellow
Left a book upon the floor,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-08
WHAT Is REST?
Eminent Specialists Show Its Value
to consumptives.

That no consumptive can hope for
cure of his disease without following
the most rigid routine with regard
to rest is the conclusion of four in
teresting articles in the Journal of
the Outdoor Life for June, by Profess
sor Frederic S. Lee of Columbia Uni
versity, New York; Drs. Lawrason
dack Cottage Sanatorium, Trudeau,
N. Y; DR.. Joseph H. Pratt of Boston,
and Will M. Ross of Stevens Point,
Wis.
Professor Lee, writing on the sub
ject "The Physiology of Exercise and
Rest" shows by experiments on dis
sected frogs the way in which exer-
else tires the muscles and, in fact, all
the organs of the body. He says:
There is no known antidote to
fatigue, unless it be rest, with all that
rest implies. Sleep allows the repara-
tive process of rest to be performed
most quickly and completely. A mod
crate degree of fatigue, or even a con-
siderable degree when not too often
incurred, is not detrimental to a
healthy body and is even to be adj
vised The healthy body is provided
with great recuperative powers, and
does not rapidly succumb to even ex-
cessive demands on it's energy But
it should be allowed the proper condi-
| ton for recuperation, and that condi-
ton is adequate rest. There is dan
ger when the fatigue of one days la
Dor is not eliminated before the next
days work is begun. The effects may
| then be cumulative, the tissues may
be in a continued state of depression,
and the end may be DISASTROUS
| Drs. Brown and Heise in an article
on Properly Regulated Rest and Elk
ercise in Pulmonary tuberculosis, "
hold that the action of the poisonous
germs of the disease on the body is
very similar to that of over exercise.
The poisonous irritation caused by the
germs gives the organs and tissues
| of the body double load to carry.
They emphasize the Importance of
rest in the treatment of tuberculosis,
| SSAS oAAsO AAA0A01 CAnI pAOpOA1y 1CSu1dICu
exercise is very necessary. They
state their conclusions thus:
Exercise when properly regulated
and Systematically graded is an i'm
portant factor in the treatment of
pulmonary tuberculosis Through it
the patient is in many cases returned
to home and family with lessened
chances of future relapse. At the
same time part of his earning capa-
city is restored and he is consequent
| ly financially less dependent upon
others, relieving him of much worry,
expense and hardship"
DR.. Pratt, who was founder of the
first Church tuberculosis Glass in the
United States in the Emmanuel
Church in Boston, claims that in the
treatment of tuberculosis absolute
rest, often in bed, must be extended
over period of months, before the
consumptive should take any exer-
else. He says, Prolonged rest in
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Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-01
HAzlNG THE NEWLY WED.

The criminal lengths to which sport with the newly married is being carried is giving this country abroad nearly as
 bad repute as our lynching bees. The charivari performances with the newly wed resulted in a bridegroom killing one of the offenders and wounding an other in New Jersey last week; and in Massa chusetts where a newly we'd ded couple were being pursued by friends in an automobile whose in tent it was to kidnap the bride and separate the couple for an indefinite period, were overturned and the party narrowly escaped fatal injuries, sev- eral being badly hurt These dis graceful performances at weddings in different parts of the country have prompted Richard Henry Little, hu- morist and war correspondent of Chi cago, after some research work into the indignities. sorrow and suffering of June brides and grooms at the hands of their friends. to head peti- ton for reform with a choice colIec- ton of incidents to illustrate the an- tics of modern civilization. After the ceremony. Mrs. Dubb was seized by her bridesmaids and beautiful bird in three colors was tattooed on her forehead. Mir Dubb was seized by his friends and relatives. and. after be- ing tarred and feathered. was ridden out of towr on rail behind the just r. famous POIlO Silver Cornet band. The event was one of the most anus ing and delightful weddings that ever took place in our little village
 Another imaginative bit follows: "Blahayille Ind.-Miss Truly Lovely was married here today to MT. John de Smythers of Chicago. Some of the fun nloving relatives of the bride set fire to the First Methodist church just as the contracting parties were walk ing down the aisle. De Smythers res Cued the bride from the flames with some difficulty and then repaired to the hotnt. of the bride and attempted to have the ceremony on the Veranda. The erCOm's best man, however, eX- pl0deG a charge of dynamite under the veranda just as the bride was about to say I will and the ceremony was naturally interrupted
 For emphasis Little gives the sport tive results of a Chicago wedding party: MT and Mrs. Sweetleigh had escaped in disguise from the bridal party and taken a train for the west. intending to spend the honeymoon at the grooms ranch in Colorado. Dispatches were promptly sent ahead to a brace of well known train ban dits and the train was derailed at Junction Outside of a broken arm and a few minor cuts the bride was unhurt and the groom escaped with nothing worse than two or three contusions and a dislocated shoul- der"
 Whoever can check this indecent fanaticsm will achieve a reform which is sadly needed in every state of the uniOn
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-01
TRAFEIc ON THE ROAD

It IS only through the eyes of the commissioner of good roads at Wash ington that one is enabled to see and comprehend the needs of the country iu this direction; or the wear and tear vehicles are subjected to because of poor roads. He calls attention to the fact that there are nearly half a mil lion automobile in the United States at the present time; their value. roughly estimated. is close to three quarters of a billion dollars. There are in addition. 21.040, ,G00 horses and 4.123.0e0 mules. the number growing steadily despite the advent of motor vehicles. The value of the horses is about S2.276, 36S. .00O: the value of the mules, $500. 900, 900.
 Then the pleasure vehicles number 90I.0oo. with a value of s51 .5OO. .OOO. The wagons used for commercial pur- poses number 573.350 the total value being s31.4S0.0O0. The wear and tear on these vehicles as a result of bad roads is nearly twenty five per cent 4 complete system of improved high ways would cut this loss in half
 The great saving in transportation of all kinds of products. including those of the mills as well as these of me SOIL would amount to many mil Hons of dollars annually. In the case of the corn crop of the south alone. no less than s7.200, 900 would be saved in transporta ton despite the fact that most of the corn there is for home consumption.
 Wherever a new road is built or an old one improved the value of the nearby land rises automatically. This nFarF Fr- f- cases to pay for the improvement. The profit for the country from this source would be almost inestimable Tn fact. it is very conservative estf- mate that the saving throughout the country, from all sources. as result of the improvement of twenty per cent. l of the roads, wo 1ld be somewhere be- tween half billion and a billion dol lars every year"
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compassion, highmindedness money is ennobled by the company it keeps. Money in the hands of such people stands for the perpetuation of civiliza- tion and the fine arts as well as for the progress of mankind. But these noble qualities must be sought with even greater diligence and constancy than wealth is sought. Otherwise it becomes the master and not the serv- ant of him who gets it.
 Our theme has it's relation to na- tionaI as well as to individual life. We boast, as often as the Fourth of July comes around, of our national wealth and prosperity. And yet a nation may have money and nothing else of real value. Only as our mines and for ests, our factories and our gigantic business enterprises promote temper ance and righteousness among our people can they be looked upon as valuable national assets
 THE PARSON.
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a1OO Reward S1ON

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there IS It least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's sta ges, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh bein 2 a constitutional disease. requires a con stitutionaI trea atment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing it's work. The proprietors have so much faith in it's curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any ease that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address F. j. CHENEY & CO. Tole- do, O.
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 Take Halls Family Pills for eonsti- pa tion.
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sure of an appointment in the pro gramme and they anticipated great pleasure in having her for their representative on Graduation Even ing She was not from so wealthy a set as some of them, but had been so accustomed to sharing all their plans that they did not dream of any necessity of economy on her part more than their own.
 Now, however her face grew thoughtful as she replied to them.
 You know Papa has been out of business of late, and Mammals illness has been great expense. They never refuse me anything possible, and still, know they have done d great deal in keeping me here to complete the course. I have plenty of spring gowns, and 1 do not intend to ask for a new one for graduation, or gradu- alton gift, either So you girls will have to take me as I am and make the best of it. I'll not disgrace you, if I do not have a new suit" and her bright face grew sunny once more with her cheerful smile at them all.
 Gertrdues frank statement con eerning her intentions created quite a stir among her classmates.
 T suppose said one, If We were stony brook girls, we would all dress in our old clothes to keep Gertrude company. but l don't want to give up my pretty new gown
  one to match ours?'' joined in another voice. T was talking to Mamma about it last night, and she thought we might make it a Graduation Gift from the class, if we managed it right.
 That's a good idea" agreed they all, and. consultations with some of the teachers confirmed them in their purpose. Gertrude should have her new suit, and they would all be the happier for sharing their good fortune with her
 Fortunately, Gertrude's mother fell into the girls plans, knowing how much pleasure it would give them alI though at first her pride rebelled at her daughters being dressed by any one but herself; and so it happened that, when the great day came, par eel vas addressed to Miss Gertrude Ashbey, which, when opened. disclosed a complete outfit, from top to toe, none of the little touches so dear to a girls heart having been forgotten
 "A Graduation Gift from the class of - said the card accompany ing the box. and could the girls have seen the mixture of smiles and tears on Gertrudes face they would have felt abundantly repaid. though they had already gained their payment in the pleasure of preparing the surprise
 Gertrude was overwhelmed with joy.
 Now, Mamma she cried I url- ueTStdHo Nhy yOu SeCihcu bo IIi4Aih ttiJ dress was all right. You have kept tke secret finely. and I had wanted a new gown so much. though I claimed to be content with the old one Weren't t the girls dear to think of doing it for mel"
 When the school came together for the last time, Gertrude, between smiles and tears, expressed her thanks to the girls for their kindness.
 You were all so good to think Of me and give me just what I wanted, v she said. Tt was awfully nice of you, and I cannot thank you as l should, but I shall always remember it as long a. live, always"
 She was a charming sight to them all. as she came forward in her turn to represent the class, and the evening was much the happier to them all be- cause of Gertrude's Graduation Gown.
 AN IDLER.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-01
THE GAME WITH THE BALLOTS

There is a wave for ballot reform sweeping over the country, the pur- pose of which is to stop the game of disfranchisins a large per cent. of American citizens by the confusion caused by intricate voting laws and confusing ballot regularrOns.
 There is a fight for simpler ballot going on in all parts of the country. and it is the claim of the short ballot advocates that one-tixth of the states will have made this reform before the next presidential election The slo- gan of the refOrmers is: "The long ballot is the politician ballot. and the short ballot the peoples ballot,'
 On this subject. Woodrow Wilson says:
 Ours is not a government by the people. but government by politicians and the people can get their way on given matter only by dint of having d civic spasm that will suffice to terrify the politicians into obedience.
 '"Ih he politicians are simply experts in citizenship. They actually do the work which all citizens are invited to do and which must be done by any citizen who expects to really count in politics. Why these complete citizens d small ruling class is clear as day to any foreigner as soon as he sees one 1f our typical long ballots To any man from England. Switzerland New Zealand or from any other democracy in the world OUT ballots are appalling. ile will readily confess that he would never expect his own people to master and control so complicated and elab- crate political mechanism. Foreign elections usually are for a single office, almost never for more than three while our plan of trying to conduct elections for twenty. thirty, even fifty elective offices at one time would seem to any foreigner too Absurd and un- practical for discussion.
 Aside from it's absurdity and im- practicability the long ballot is essen- tiallv undemocratic. It takes politics way from the many and makes it the Held of the few. It makes politics a thing for experts. a profession from which people with professions of their own are automatically barred. The effect and purpose of the long ballot is to make politics so difficult and com plex that the people won't butt into The game themselves. but will leave it to few professionals
 The short-baiiot sdvocates with tleiF demand for the pDpulurizatiGn of poli- lies by slmpliiication are try ing to bring us nearer to those workable forms of democracy which are so pro- rounced a success abroad.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-01
CHANGE IN THE CHARACTER OF
 NEGOTIATIONS

The bureau of statistics of the de- partment of commerce announces sig niiicant changes in the import trade Of the country in the past eleven months. Imports during the eleven months ending with May. 1911, show a reduction in values of large share of the manufacturers materials import ed. also a reduction in luxuries. Wool shows a fall from 50 million dollars in 1910 to p million in the correspond ing months of 1911; hides and skins, from 105 million to 64 million; india rubber, from % 1-2 million to T 3-4 million; fibers. from 90 1-3 million to 27 5-4 million; leaf tobacco, from 35 3-4 million to 24 3-4 million: Ium- ber from r 1-2 million to 14 1-2 mill lion; furs. dressed, from 10 Is million to 1-2 million; fur skins. from 14 A million to 13 3-4 million; pig iron. from a little less than million to , 1-2 million; copper ore, from lit tie more than million to 1-2 mill lion; feathers. from s million to mill lion; and pulp woods, from 1-2 mil- lion to a little less than million.
 of the manufacturers materials showing an increase in value imported during the period in question. raw silk advanced from 61 million dollars to 6s million in value: tin. from about 2S million to 36 million: pig copper from 1-3 million to 29 1-3 million: raw cotton. from 15 1-3 million to 23 million; and wood pulp, from 10 34 million to F 3-4 million.
 Of the articles which may properly be classed as luxuries, diamonds show a decline from 8 1-4 million dollars to 90 1-2 million: champa gne from s million to million: silk laces from : million to 1-2 million: cotton laces, from 34 3-4 million to 34 million: while art works showed an increase from 20 1-S million dollars in value to 21 1-2 million.
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Fined For Cruelty to Animals.

l. K1emman, of Hartford, calf buy CT, has been arrested by Deputy Sheriff George Woodruff, in West Suf- field, for cruelty to animals. K1emman has been in the habit of buying young calves in West Suffield and the near by towns and in carrying them from this place to Hartford, where they were slaughtered for market he would carry anywhere from eight to ten in d box fastened on the back of his wagon. In most of the trips, one or two would be dead when he reached Hartford, and on the two last trips. the board of health looked into the matter
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Would Add to the Gayety.

Nothing would please some of the troublemakers more than to get up three -cornered fight between Colonel Bryan and Governors Wilson and Har- mon-Savannah News
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-01
Those who Take Foley Kidney Pills

For their kidney and bladder ailments and for annoying urinary irregulari- ties are always grateful both for the quick and permanent relief they af- ford and for their tonic and strength ening effect as well. Try Foley Kidney Pills. Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-01

While Senator Lorimer is pIaying the part of injured innocence. all those who are suspected of being against him are shadowed, it is said by detectives
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-01

If we could only ts something to stop the pressure of the water system from falling down, The Bulletin would consider it as good as Fourth of July celebration
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-01

If the British lords knew how to play to the people like American poli- ticians they could soon aIlay the pre- judice against them
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IT Norwich has q Fourth of July with sunset and sunrise guns brass bands and morning and afternoon flights of an aeroDlane. it will be do- ing pretty we'll
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must be false to the flag This is another reason why every patriot should swat the fly
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the man who may not have more than S100 in the bank his responsiveness to life day by day and so their case sifts down to about as unsatisfactory a resi- dunn as that of the persons who in herited their fortunes. In putting mon ey before them as their supreme goal this latter class of persons have lost much that gives zest, dignity and permanent worth to our earthly years.
 One of the most encouraging fac tors in the present national situation however, is that the people who have money and little or nothing else are coming to be properly rated by their fellowmen. The power which their money gives them has been gained al 8 fearful cost. Instead of being ad- Inired, praised and loved they are many of them unpopular and dis esteemed, and some of them are even despised and hated.
 That being the case, what terrible risn young man or young woman runs who, at the outset of his career, dedicates his or her powers to the mere acquisition of money. When money is joined to virtue, intelligence
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

In Toledo, Ohio. they regard the motorcycle as a violation of the DecIa ration of Independence
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-01

lf Dr. Wiley proposed to inspect ocer as the average American does. he would not have the opposition which 4s now haunting him
Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-01
No Discrimination Meant.

All Democrats who have not been specially denounced will kindly sen1 their names to MT. Bryan so their cases can be attended to.-Houston Post.
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Happy thought for today: The man who keeps his advice 70 himself never has reason to complain that it is dis respected.