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Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-18
SIGNS OF CHRISTMAS.

Although Tina nkSslVing IS almost Hro weeks away. evidences of a mer- h~ Christmas are everywhere visible
 The imported toys which are arriv- ne at New York indicate what there ss in store for Young America. On one Ame~Ican liner the other day were i've thousand tons of toys which pay heavy duties and are then cheap snouEn in price to compete in the Am- sricsn markets
 Just now there are a surprising num- Der of excursiozists who journey tc Inc Scandinavian countries to spend the Christmas holidays Here is strik- inE evidence not alone of the prosper ity Of these peoples. but their love for Inc fstheriznd- The popularity of this trip ts common to all classes To meet ehIs demand. special excursions have been arranged by the Hamburg American lima. including all hotel ex- banse@ and railway tickets, to do away Ffrh the inconvenience of ordinary <2EeL These tourists may leave New Fork as late as December 18th and leach their destination in good time kor the Christmas holidays
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THE SOURCE OF FERTILIZING
 SALTS

The recent announcement by the de- Tartmen1 Of agriculture and from other sources regarding discoveries of large supplies of potash in the United States lends interest to statement prepared by the bureau of statistics. depart ment of commerce and labor. showing that the importation of potash salts is now running at the rate of over a mil lion dollars a month and has aggre- =zted since 1900 approximately sew enty-fve million dollars While these potash salts enter the country in var fous forms and thus under various ti- ties. including muriate of potash, sul- pfiste of potash. carbonate of potash, ksinir etc. their aggregate import r=lue in the nine months ending with September. 1911, was 11-4-2 million dollars. against about million in the corresponding months of 1s1o and 7istle over million in the correspond frE months of 1909. thus indicating steady and rapid growth in the i'm Porrztfon ef this class of products.
 American farms absorb 2 large pro- portion of the imported potash salts, most ef which are valuable as fertil- izers br reason of their large content rf potash This is especially true of izzinif, murizte of potash. and the sul- phst- of potash
 CrernanJ l5 the cn1eI source or kan t and. indeed. of all the imported pot ash salts except crude saltpeter- Of ths murizte imported in 1911. 4S1 mill lion pounds. Germany supplied all ex- rspt IA million rounds received from Belgium and 1 1-3 million pounds from the United Kingdom. most of which was. in each case. presumably of Ger man origin Practically all the i'm ports of zulpbate of potash are from Germany, and of the s million pounds Of carbonate of potash imported in the last fiscal year Germany is credited with IS million pounds compared with less than half that sum from all other European countries In the case of nitrate of potash or crude saltlseter, however. British India is the chief source that country being credited with over 2 million pounds out of a total importation of 1-4 million pounds in the fiscal year which ended June go. 1s1i-
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To some people a bare tree in the winter winds is an unsightly thing; but somehow it appears to me more won derful in winter than in summer, as it stands out in the cold atmosphere
 holding it's children in its arms while it battles with the winds and the ice. The buds on these trees hold next years foliage nearly developed, care fully folded up and warm, ready when the temperature harmonizes with the law of it's being to snap the bonds and to put every stalk and leaf in its place and to work at short notice. Without these ready leaves to begin work early in spring, next \ ears wood could not be well made and the strength Of the tree would be impaired. The tree nude is no less glorious than the tree dressed when one comes to realize its reserved power and reSolute purpose. The leaves are the wood makers and fruit perfecters and it is the root sap coming up and running through their little veins that gets changed by action of the sun and flows back as leaf sap making age rings in the wood as it goes thus writing the trees own his tory for future foresters to read. We go a long way from home often times to see wonders really less wonderful than the natural objects near our doors of which we know so little. Man never invented anything half as won derful as these trees which stand out bare and bleak against the winter sky.
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NOVEMBER

bees and the butterflies appear no more to us than to him in Novem Der. but the drones still hover about after they are driven out from the hives and come for shelter into the houses wher- evef they can find an unscreened win dow- We are not so severe as the bees in the treatment of drones, for many human drones are sheltered and fed during the winter by the workers
 "No fruits," noans Hood. Poor fei low, didn't he have apples and grapes I am afraid he did not, for they do say fruit is a great luxury in this country and a poet could not afford many lux uries- l imagine boys in his time did not go to school munching apples on the way
 NO flowers he laments. He must have forgotten the chry ysanthemums for they biOcmed in England where they were known as Michaelmas dais ies because of their time of blooming But Hood was in low state of mind when he wrote his screed about No vember. and we can take a more cheerful view of the month. I am sure
 Greet it with smiles. and it will smile in return. Be thankful, for it spreads before us generous returns from orchard. vineyard. and grainfeld. How much it means to us when we read of record returns of corn and Whea l. Then we have our great am nual feast of Thanksgiving. to which so many families look forward as the one reunion of the year. Even the poorest in our midst are sure of kind " assistance at that time Already no : uce has been given to that effect, and in many a household anticipation is creating an appetite in readiness for the good things to be provided.
 For short month, November is crowded full of events. Politicians are alert to see that elections in this month go right, which means that the ma1orities shall go in way to suit their personal or party preferences Those defeated are placidIy thankful 1t is no worse, and look forward to better luck next time. The worst de- feat will not prevent one from enjoy ing the Thanksgiving feast and the the table at that time To the depths of oblivion are consigned all thoughts of stuffed ballot boxes. What are they compared with stuffed turkey!
 Championship in some branches of college sports is decided during No- vember, and thousands attend the games. while thousands more watch eagerly for the returns to be an nounced- Manly earnest business man, many a brilliant member of all our leading professions many a poli- tician is as solicitous over the results of these games as he could possibly be if his own capital or reputation was at stake.
 Yes, November is certainly a closely filled month, even if it be a short one and from taxes to turkey it deals out to most of us plenty to occupy our time and empty our purses.
 Thankful we should be ii our strength be equal to the claims of strenuous ex- ertion, and our digestion be sufficient to the demands made upon it.
 AN IDLER.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-18

No morn-no noon
 No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no
 bees,
 No fruits. no flowers, no leaves, no
 November,
 We will forgive him his ignorance of November, for he never knew the month as it appears in New England l am not sure that we know it our selves with any exactness- November IS decidedly a puzzle to many. Who can predict it's weather Do the wealth CT prophets predict q severe, cold sea- son to set in early in the month, the sun beams brightly, the summer heat selves warm enough in light attire. We shiver in a keen cold wind, and search out our furs and overcoats. hang them out in the air to rid them Of theIr odor of moth balls, and take up the paper only to be told by the weather report that on this particular day it is to be fair and warmer.
 This year much outside painting is being done successfully, lawns are be- ing graded. and crosswalks laid in the streets, and no frost has yet come to interfere seriously with the progress of the work; but not many years since a neighbOr was persuaded by a house painter that November was a fine month in which to paint his house. He tried it. only to find that rain. snow and sIeet left him very few days for work, and no matter which side of the house had the latest coat of paint, that was tie side against which the wind sent the storm. so that the en- tire month was consumed in complet- ing poorly finished piece of work which should have been well done in a weeks time.
 If variety is the spice of life, No vember is a spicy period. It is the unexpected that happens in all things pertaining to .the weather during this short month of thirty days fore taste of winter, dreary and cold, then clear, bright days of bracing cool breezes recalling Helen Hunts "Octo- ber's bright blue weather then a spell of warm weather. during which we swelfer in thick clothing, reminding us of what we should have had in June.
 Hood whose lines I repeated at the beginning of this scrawl never could have known the hunters moon, St. Martins summer of All Saints. Of course, being debarred the privilege of birth in New England, he could know nothing of our squaw winter, or In dian summer, and being accustomed to London fogs, he took a sombre view of the month.
 'No sun, no moon,' forsooth with the full round moon of few nights since shining bright and clear and large as a cart wheel at its rising, No month in the year has given us a more beautiful moon. We mss the leafy shade of the trees, it is true, and the
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SUNDAY MORNING TALK
THE eANE OF CARELESS TALKING

On the walls of an ancient Scottish university hall is an inscription that reads: They say What do they say :! Let them say''
 have never. heard the case of gos- sip and sossipers prescribed for more tersely. I am going to bear this stIe- gestion in mind the next time an ir- responsible rumor comes to my ears When some vague story floats through community it is generally repeated on the authority of They say We can rarely find out just who they are. No one in particular is willing to .y0uch for the story. 50 it must hide
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And what do they" say? Well, there is almost no limit to the range of their" information. They know all about our neighborsEwhat their in come ia. why they left the place they lived in formerly, the contents Of their Uncle Harrys will the secret Of Mir As first disappointment in love the story of Mrs As housekeeping ex- travagance. Believing with Pope that the proper study of mankind is man. they seem to know nearly everything about friends and acquaintances and to be perfectly willing to spread the information broadcast.
 The grievous thing about it is that cruel damage is often done in this ir- responsible fashion. If we could run many a rurnor to the ground. we should find that it had started from nothing We, and our friends, too, are needlessly hurt by stories that d lit tie investigation would prove to be altogether distorted or to have no foundation whatever in fact They have been keeping in circulation a practical untruth.
 It is impressive to reflect from what
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shall not err. The babes developing 10
 maturity will likewise have their Op- portunity of salvation, for eternal life is to be given to those only who exer- else faith and obedience. Those who disobey after full opportunity has been received, shall die the second death"
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o.-What will become of the heath en? Win they be saved because of their ierorance?
 Answer.-If ignorance were a basis or salvation. then all should have been left in ignorance, for then all would have been saved. And if the heather are saved through ignorance. then also
 Il of the babes and children who have died before attaining years of dis cretion and Knowledge. and therefore in ignorance-these likewise should be saved. What a great missionary Herod must have been when he slew so many of the infants of Bethlehem, for of course these were all saved to King dom glory, And what pity we did not all die infantsi Heaven would be a delightful place filled with heath en an dinfantsi We are informed in the Scriptures that the heathens trial time for eternal life will be after the second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, when not only the heather but all the world of mankind shall be full ly enlightened as to the way of saliva ton: when the way is so plain that Uayfaring man. though unlearned,
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Investigation has shown that it re- uuires three hundred pounds of water to produce a first-auality ear of green corn; and any falling away from this amount lessens the quality Viewed from this scientific fact, what large amount of water the average corn crop must absorb Water plays great part in life as a Wearer, a carrier, a supporter and a developer. It is as important to the flowers as to the fruits It must take nearly as many pounds of water to develop a large dahlia or a big chry santhemum as an ear of sweet corn, to all of which IL carries mineral supplies When 1t comes ; to importance water and at faosphere are twin forces; and without them the world would have continued to have been bare rock in space. It was the rain and the heat which made this old world snap in it's early ca reer, and the evaporation and con densation made the ancient seas lit to develop and sustain the first life on the globe; and doesn't the salt in the sea-water and the agitation which keeps it aerated and sweet and life supporting reveal to you the wisdom and practical power of an Over-soul2 2 Water is constantly playing a power full part in life.
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Do you believe this: God first made man and then He made woman;
 and then He felt sorry for him and made toilaccoi" Perhaps this explains why tobacco was finally named So lace.f' But this is not funny or sensi- hle, yet it shows how daring man is in attributing acts to the
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Bible Question Box

Your BibIe questions will he an- SUered in these columns or hy mail if Senf to our Bible Question Box Editor.
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Grand Poultry ShOwI
T"esd"y' We'inesd", aaa Th"rsdns

lHerdays VI cdnesdHf and Thursday
 Nov, 2i, 29. 2i
 LAWRENCE HAIL. Cor. tsrnis and sfute sts.
 New London Con ns Exhibition of prize winning Turkeys, Geese. Ducks. Poultry and Pigeons Special display of Wild Birds from Af IT, Planfs Game Preserves ut Lyme, Conn,
 One of the largest TurFe5r r1iscd ID New London County to De given nwaFs open from 70 n, m. con l0 J, m Admission 25c, ehiidron lDo'
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Almighty. Man sas always been bold in this respect, and is as daring today in this direction as he ever has been. It does not even shock us to catch him doing it, and some of us think it to be rather bright. Perhaps there may be just as much evidence that tobacco was the third thing created as that man was the frSt-the ablest men differ widely as to the orde- of creation, and there appears to be little prospect that they will ever agree upon this subject. Some scholars think that before man was created means for his living had 10 be provided and herbs and fruits and animals preceded him, while able pietisis are inclined to think this provision unnecessary, since in the early days mama rained from Heaven and ones living readily could be raked up. Do not expect me to decide this, for I am willing to own up do not know anything about it; but am in clined to think fabricating statements or acts and attributing them to God is the very worst form of lying.
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Professor Lowell reports frost on Mars: but nothing is said of the size of the pumpkin crop
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No one would have believed a few wears ago that paper bags would be- come cooking utensils The day may come when the used dishes will be fine for kindling a fire.
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Dr. Wiley thinks if girls understood the kitchen range as they do the piano it would be better for the country. He is about the only good, old d-fashioned man we have left.
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Illinois feels thankful it has but one Iorinler scandal and prays it may never have another
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The Equal Franchise society is learn ing something about Isolities-it cost rf-nee te promote constitutional amendment in the New York Iegisia ture and it never got through the jt- aiclnr5 cemrsirtes
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Happy thought for today: Those who read the obituaries must think only good people die
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COAL STRIKE BOOKED FOR 1912.

An anthracite coal strike is some thing the public dreads and something which has been avoided for nine years under the commission which Presi- dent Roosevelt instituted; but it ap- pears as if the conditions are ripe for a more disturbing strife in the coal fields of the country in 1912 than ever before.
 Since 1902 the commissioners have given the mine workers an advance of ten per cent in wages, a decrease from ten to nine hours in the length of the working day and the privilege of hay
 ing their own representatives inspect the weighing and measuring of coal to see that fair treatment was accorded. Furthermore, the commission estab- lished sliding scale, a profit sharing device, under which the wages of the miners are automatically increa sed by a percentage every time the price of coal at tidewater rises above four dol lars and half ton. F'o., example, the United States commissioner of labor, whose function it is to gather the sales statistics and compute the average price, has just sent out no- tice that the miners are to receive a bonus of eight per cent for September, as the average price in that month was s4s1.
 The miners say this arrangement is worn out and they want the board of conciliation abolished as unsatisfactory because it was slow in the disposition of cases. The mine operators say the record of the conciliation board has been good. that it has kept peace in the coal fields and done more than any other one thing to free the industry from the disturbances which formerly brought distress on both workers and owners
 In the last three weeks each of the three anthracite districts of tine United Mine Workers has held it's conv ention and a few days ago the three together held what is called the tri-district convention. The scale committees re- port, which was adopted. called for a twenty per cent increase in wages, an eigi1t-h hour day, recognition of the vantages which were asked in vain of the strike commission nine years ago.
 The terms of the last award will ex- pire on March 31st, and the agreements of the hard and soft coal miners now close at the same time, and the pro- voking of a general strike would be harder upon the industries and the people than ever before in the history of these contests.
 The reduction in the hours and the advance demanded would equal an ad- vance of apout 31 per cent. in the cost of coal at the mines
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One American regiment to keep the way open from Pexin to the coast looks like d small force for a big stunt.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-18

In Ohio. the law allows only twelve quail shot a day in the open season, and the gunner is just as apt to get them, it is said, as man is to re cover a stolen umbrella
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1 The man with q wrinkly, snarled-up ! brow is not the heaviest thinker if he ! does like 10 be taken for him.
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Those who are most anxious to amend the Sherman act are doubtless those who would like to pull what teeth there are in. the law out.
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Aviator Rodgers gives Us new word It was aerial somnopathy'' which occasioned him to fall and get hurt
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Levi P Morton, who is Ss years old and out of politics, has gone to Wash : ington, D. C., to live.
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The only party in America that be- gins it's next campaign the morn ing after election is the socialist party.
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At the next presidential election s half million women will vote; and the
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The republican party is not going to have two presidential candidat tes next year. It will have one and accept him.
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November is putting up a stiff front The long cold wave is preferable to the short one.
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The man who declared that the St
 James version of the Bible was good enough for him if it was for St. Paul was orthodox, if a little short-sighted.
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The railroads of the country are pre- paring for future business. They have orders in for IT 1000 new box cars and 10000 tons of steel rails.
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a hobble skirt. Fur and feathers ap- pear to be more plenty than fabrics.
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Mayor Mahan of New London must be the most ma gnetic man in the state sHe is to he given d purse of several thotisand dollars for shooins New i-ondoners along the road to prog resS..
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The small woman with a big hal and mastodonic huff looks funny in
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EDITORIAL NOTES

Old topers are supposed to have 8 sober thought once in a while!
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As regards the gossip directed

As regards the gossip directed against ourselves. it is not wise to make too much of it. Let them say.'' is a pretty good rule to follow Ex- cept in cases where silence would seem to admit some moral fault, one need not take up arms against the idle tales of gossipers- One or the most widely known and respected of American public men has said that for 20 years he has not taken the trouble to correct the misrepresenta- ticns of his critics. The result has been that each wrong report has died of hamilton. The Son of Man in the presence of His enemies. when tle was reViled. reViled not again" He would not dignify the assaults on Him by resistance. 4 good and sincere life is it's own best defense and is safe from harm whatever they say
 THE PARSON.
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a tiny. flame a great confia grafton may result. 4 COW has but to kick over q lantern to burn up Chicago. A spark from a locomotive can devastate a thousand acres. What awful power tEere is likewise in any mean little story carelessIy set goh.gt It may in- crease as does a brush fire, gathering headway till it
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Championship in some branches of college sports is decided during No-

behind shadowy and imperspnaI spon- sors-
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one mark of a genuine Christian character is the charity that suffereth long and is kind. A right-minded man will never add fuel to an ir- responsible flame He will stamp 1t out. rather, if he can. No better ser vice can be rendered than to help ln che cking the progress of some tale that, started in ignorance or malice, is smirchng the reputation of another.
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in triumph seizes upon the bouehs And reigns upon the throne of pine
 tree tops And wraps the forest in robe of
 flame.