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Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
Love Is the Best Force.

Once two boys were on the way to school They were brothers and their names were John and Frank. John was the older of the two and he liked to rule Frank by sharp words. but Frank did not like to be ruled in that way.
 Come on! Quicker! Quicker! What a slow coach you are!" said John
 Tt Is not late and the day is hot said Frank
 T tell you want to get to school in time to clean my desk" said John, Come! You shall come!"
 And then John tried to pull him along by main force, but Frank refused to yield.
 While the dispute went on thev came to place in the road where a man was trying to make a horse pull large load of stones The horse had stopped to rest when the man began to beat him, But the horse did not mind.
 About this time an officer coming along advised the man to pat him. He did so, and quickly the horse went on his way
 So, after all, Love is the best force.
 AGNES HANLON, Age F.
 Taftville.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
eocl, of ten or twelve little ones.

Q eoolr of ten or twelve little ones. didn't frighten her. and yesterday ! saw her again.
 There are lots of birds in our or chard I have seen robins, golden robins. bluebirds, king birds, oooo- links, trush wacup, chlpple, song snarrow catbird. quail, chckadee, swallow vellowbirds. blackbirds, whip poor-will, crows, hawks, and owls.
 When I was helping cultivate corn today I found a chippie's nest with four little speckled eggs in it, beside a hill of corn. l did not disturb it., but stuck a stick in the ground near
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Anna Maertens of Lisbon meant to thank you sooner, but have been sick. I think the prize book is fine, I was surprised when 1t came.
 Julia E. Donovan of Norwich: I thank you very much for the lovely book you sent me. I have read half of it and have found 1t very interesting.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
Have The Bulletin Follow You

Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for the seashore. noun tains, rural resorts or for Europe may keep in touch with d0ings in town by having The Bulletin sent direct to them by mail for any months. Hundreds follow this plan on their annual vacation and return fully informed as to what has been going on during their absence Orders should be placed with The buAetin business office.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
The Lion in Love.

There was once a lion which was greatly in love with a woodman's daughter.
 The woodman said that the lion could not have his daughter, for he did not want her to marry a lion. At this the lion began to roar terribly.
 The woodman was so frightened, but he said:
 You shall have my daughter, but you must first have all your teeth and nails pulled. for that Is what makes her afraid of you"
 The lion was so greatly in love with the girl that he went and had all his teeth and nails pulled.
 When he came back for the girl the woodman only laughed at him and drove him away. for he was not afraid of the lion now.
 ALFREDA E. BROsOFsKE, age F.
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

which gives them the black finish which is the most common one, or they are finished with that blue that Is frequently put upon swords and cutlery. It is done by heating them in a furnace till they come to a cherry red, as the worlmen call it. and then then are poured into bucket of oil and left to cool.
 After finishing. they are taken up to the delft fingered girls, who rapidly count them by hooking them over a piece of coarse wire, and throwing out at the same time the imperfect ones. Then they pack them in neat boxes, and they are stacked up ready for market
 ROSE B. GAUTHIER, Age 1S.
 Brooklyn
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
Boys and Girls Department

crumbs that fall from the fish hawks S abundantly supplied board Their in- terests are mutual and they do not quarrel, but dwell together in peace. Kindly service breaks up lines of diff ference and mutual benefit prevents discomfort. We know this because men have kept their eyes open and thelr minds alert.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
The Birds in the Orchard.

Dear Uncle Jed: I like to read the letters in the Wide Awake circle.
 I live on a large farm and every year I raise several calves.
 Last year Papa gave me a nice heif- CT calf Her name Is Alice, and she will come when I call her and will follow me
 l like to live in the country
 The other day l was coming through the orchard and saw 2 nartridsA ziitA
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
TRUST PROSECUTION RECORDS.

Theodore Roosevelt grovels under the accusation that he is the creature of the trusts and is naturally peeved to have his seven years record against them compared with the three and a half year record of President Taft He holds that the action taken in the Northern Securities case was perfectly proper because it was in his admins tration but he is laughing at the out come of the Standard oil case, though the action was precisely the same, simply because it was done under the present administration
 An analysis of the work of the two administrations, though of very diff ferent lengths, has been made by At torney General Wickersham. He shows that during the Roosevelt period only A cases were prosecuted, while in the Taft administration, or half the time his predecessor was in office, there have been 66 cases prosecuted, and of them it is noticeable that there are several of the big ones which were overlooked by intention by Roosevelt. Rooseyelt's trust record is like his tar if record. the least said about it the better. President Tafts attitude against the trusts in the maintenance of the law has put curb upon them, but in the case of Roosevelt his harm less attitude was simply an invitation for more to organize and they took ad- vantage of 1t thoroughly.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
Rule. for Young Writers.

nHIss TUT IVuHS VIIks' S' l. Write plainly on one side of the paper only and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 8. Short and pointed articles will be given preference. Do not use over 250 words.
 4. Original stories or letters only will be used.
 5. Write your name, age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address all communications to Un- cle Jed, Bulletin Ofce.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
POETRY.
What if?

What if people bited skeeters, stead
 of skeeters biting people? What if every church in Broad street
 had a whistle in the steeple? What if horses all were blue? What if
 marbles grew on trees?" Every day he stumps his daddy, put
 ting questions like to these. What if rain was maple syrup and
 the lawns were buckwheat
 cakes?
 What if ladies all went barefooted and
 the street was full of snakes? What if peanuts grew with salt on?
 What if apples had no cores? What if house doors all were windows
 and the windows all were
 doeEw2" And his father thus makes answer, as
 the little fellow clings: What if merry lads of spirit never
 imagined funny things? What if nowhere on the planet could
 a little boy be found With a query every minute for his
 daddy to expound? What if no small feet ran batting
 toward the tinkling supper bell What if someone's chair was empty
 when the evening shadows fell What if no soft hand came creeping
 into mine in railways dark Where the Bogey's always lurking, and
 the Sand Man, and the Shark? What if no one liked to speed me or my way to town each day? What if no one came at evening witt
 a little prayer to pray? What if home were hushed and boy
 less as the years went dragging
 by?"
 T don't know my laddie answers;
 and tell him Nor do l."
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

To be a real progressive, Governor Stubbs of Kansas should resign as candidate for the United States sen ate in favor of Senator Curtis The latter got the larger popular vote but the former received the most legisla- Eva dlstrictS
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

Somebody did golden deed,
 Somebody proved a friend in need. Somebody sang beautiful song, Somebody smiled the whole day long,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
From Missouri.

From Paris comes the announce ment that electricity can relieve hun- ger. We come from MissOurL-New York American.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

Vacation days are drawing to a close, but to those who have made a correct use of them they will be a pleasant memory for the year to come.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

The democratic progressionists but for President Taft would have turned back the clock and gone back to the old political spells system.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

The man who has got the most fun out of life looks youngest. It doesn't pay to take life too seriously.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

Compelling republicans to vote for Roosevelt electors doesn't spell prog ress, for that would be the grossest tyranny
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

The bull moose banner in Norwich looks lonesome The other four par ties ought to follow suit.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

It has been decided to call the new battleship the Pennsylvania, but it might well have been termed the Com promise.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

The fourteenth and fifteenth amend ments to the constitution seem to be joke to the bull moose party.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

It now looks as if the Laurel Hill bridge, by steady application to the job, may be opened in time for the fair
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

The Wilson leaders have put 9S states in the democratic column and left ten states to Taft and his oppon- ent, the socialists and prohibitionists It looks good, if it doesn't come true
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
The Monkey Detective.

A native of Madras was once trav- cling on his way to Calcutta He took with him in a large sum of money and valuable possessions He also took
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

President Taft doesn't call his op- ponent "a dead issue but he has no protest to make against the peoples making dead game of the bull moose
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

It is up to every American in the campaign to discover whether he has any opinions that are worth honoring.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

Happy thought for today: I am dee lighted, The greatest hener has been thrust upon mel
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

The Allen-bandit style of recalling courts is being properly dealt with in Virginia. The outlaws think it cruel to book them to die.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

To regild the figure of Justice on the New York city hall at this time is really funny,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

Too many men vote as their fathers did and as they parade and the other fellow thinks, and too few from well thought out principles.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

The workmen who vote for Roose- welt endorse his opinion that the inno- cent unionists on trial for their lives were "undesirable citizens,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

One by one the Central American countries are taking their turn at revolution.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

For traveling salesmen there has been invented a valise with foiding sides and legs with which it may be converted into a table.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22

it. so we would not cover it up when hoeing.
 CLYDE RAY. Age l3. Eo1shaatar
Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-22
High Class Vaudeville by the following skilled artists:

Ecursion rates on the railroads.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
SUPERSTITION AND SCIENCE
Why Drinking Water From New Shoe
 Is Good for Sore Mouth
From the Kansas City Times.

from the hdnSdS Clly llllcS
 Down in the Ozarks very curative power is attributed to plain drinking water drunk from a new shoe. They will tell you that for sore mouth among infants there can be no better remedy.
 Knowing all this, I was not much sur prised when one morning one of the na- tives brought his baby boy to our camp to use one of my new shoes for drink ing cup.
 Old Mrs Peters, who furnished LIS with fresh buttermilk, had known it to cure when all else had failed. She had used 1t with her boys way back befo the war when they had to cross the noun tain to find a new shoe'
 Now, according to the old law of sur yival of the fittest, I thought that there must be something to this odd supersti- tion for it had certainly survived so after my visitor had left I decided to investi- gate.
 I refilled the heel of the shoe and took a sip. Did you ever chew a piece of bark? Oak bark-thats what l tasted; and the strange part of 1t was the strength of it. Yes. there was that pecu- liar astringent alum like taste. strongly favored with oak bark.
 Now what is there in oak bark" thought I. that could be considered as medicne?'
 At the very first opportunity I went to town and to the lone drug store, where I unearthed the fourteenAS edition of the Pharmacopia. and among the musty old pages I found acid tannin. l learned that 1t was the active ingredient in oak bark and other bark that has found use in the lanyard in the preparation of leather.
 And acid tannin used to be consluered a great mouth wash for babies It is so efficient and cheap that 1t has gone out of style.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15

or the Black Castle For many years II has been utterly neglected, out recently it was acquired by some dealers in ar- tiques and it is now being opened as a salesroom for their wares
 It is said that Reeve never lived in the castle. but occupied house opposite the grounds with which it was connect ed by ali underground passage. Through this the merchant passed every morning to oathe in Roman bath which had been con- structed.
 Described by contemporary as "an in- dustrious picker up of mediaeval trlfies, William Reeve sough to embelish his strange structural whim with mementos of local antiquities which at that time were falling into decay or were being re- moved. In 1757 the Church of St Werpurg Bristol, underwent extensive alterations and portions of the more ancient parts ot the building were incorporated in tle Black Castle.
 Over the chief entrance to the castle Reeve placed two interesting statues re- moved in 1766 from Newgate. Bristol, when it was partially demolished, and three years later he acquired in the same way the statues from Lawford'3 Gate, an other ancient entrance to Bristol.
 The castle is mentioned by Horace Wal pole, who dubbed it the Devils Cathe- dral." and even its palmy days its ap- pedIance lluSt nave Deell ol tie ltoi.itSSl with it's strange mixture of architectural styles and it's old statues Of different periods.
 William Reeve, even from his early days, seems to have been un-Quakerlike in many of his doings. for 1t is stated by Dr. Newton bishop of Bristol that dur ing the assizes in 115O William Reeve, q considerable Quaker merchant. was cross examined by Robert Henley (afterwards Lord Chancellor Northington) with much raillery and ridcule." Reeve subsecuent- ly demanded satisfaction and public apology, duel being one of the aterna- tives suggested.
 It is also recorded that Reeve was the owner of the tithes of BrislnS.on, an ex- traordinary proceeding, as the Quakers were among the earliest to resist the pay ment of tithes.
 The Quaker merchants eccentr'cities and his extravagances later in his life reached such pitch that in 1775 he failed in business. A committee of iocal friends as being one which might bring the so- ciety into dlsrepute. On December IS. 1775, there was a report from thos, who had inquired into the failure. They found the causes unsatisfactory, and that Reeve had teen extravaga especially sn reyarc- ing the building at Brislington. As re- suit he was lisowned by the society.
 On September p, ITS, he died. and now, a century and half after it's erection, his "Black Castle" is probably for the first time beng put to ut'litaran pur- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
Zebra Is Handsome

From the Kansas City Star.
 The zebra is, perhaps. of all quadrupeds the best made and most beautifully clad by the hand of Nature. To the figure and graces of the horse, it adds the ele- sance of the stag; and the black and white bands with which its body it's or- namented are arranged with such wonder ful symmetry that we might almost be disposed to imagine that rule and compass had been employed in their formation. These alternate bands are rarrow. par allel and exactly separated. They extend not only over the body, but the head, thigh and legs and even over the ears and tail They follow so exactly the con- tour of the different forms that they exhibit the entire figure in the most ad- vantageous point of view. Tn the female these bands are alternately black and white. In the male they are black and yellow, but always of a lively and bril-. liant tint. They also rest upon n ground of short. fine and copious hairs, whose luster considerably augments the general beauty of the colors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
NEWS OF ENSLEY

Monday afternoon at 3:30 oc clock there will be q special meeting of the associa- ton and much interest Is centered in this meeting, owing to some matters of business that are planned for this time. They have made arrangements to meet in the inferior court room.
 The revival services that are being held by the Grace Presbyterian church have grown in interest daily and will be cor.- tinued during the coming week. There win be three services today and Sunday school. The schedule for today is: Sun day school at 9:45. preaching at the tent at Il o'clock by Evangelist R. w. Lewis, who is assisting the Rev L. A. reagor. The subject of the sermon will be Palm Tree Christians" At S:3O in the afternoon pr. Lewis will hold a meeting for men only at the Franklin theatre his therla will be Doctors Secrets" The night service will be held in the tent and the evangelist will preach on The Burning Question"
 The public is cordially invited to at- tend all these meetings.
 M J. J. Hardin shot the little finger off his right hand. MT. Hardin did not know 1t was loaded" hence the accident, which occurred at his residence on Avenue J near Twenty-second street. The accident was the occasion of rumor which gained considerable circulation to the effect that MT. Hardin had attempted suicide.
 Tyson Payne was severely cut on the back of his right hand Saturday morn- ing by q piece of broken glass. 'rige," as the youth is called by his friends, is an employe at Averyts pharmacy.
 This afternoon at 2:s0 o'clock the T. c, I. band will give a free open air con- Henry w. Wood of Gadsden is spending the week end In Ensley.
 George Downey is visiting his parents at Sylacauga.
 i C. s. Williams and family have re- moved to their new home in Bradentown, 1 Fla.
 The annual meeting of the district l Baracas and Philatheas, to be held at the ] Ensley Methodist church tomorrow night, promises to be of much interest. The pro gramme will begin at s O clock. Refresh- 1 ments will be served by the hosts, the Ensley Baracas and Philatheas.
 w. A McIsce has returned from tour of Texas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
OKLAHOMA ELECTORS
Abandon Effort to Place Bull Moose
 Names on Ticket

Oklahoma City, Okla, September IA Formal announcement was made tonight that efforts to have the names of pro- gressive party candidates placed on the general election ticket in Oklahoma would be abandoned and members of the party in this state will be asked to vote fer publican party candidates for presidential electors and state offices In November.
 Ava Mcdonald, state chairman of the new party. in his announcement declared that the nine republican candidates for electors have pledged themselves to cast their ballots for Colonel Roosevelt. Sev- eral efforts have been made by progress sive candidates to secure court orders compelling the placing of their names on the ballot, but without result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
RAND'S BODY IS
 SENT ID HIS HOME

Chapel Hill, N. C., September l4-The body of Isaac William Rand, the young state university freshman who was killed in a hazing episode Friday morn ing, was sent today to the boys nome in Smithdeld. Three of the sophomores alleged to be guilty of the death or young Rend have made the $5OO0 bond required; the fourth is still in custody
 A sweeping investigation is to be made of the affair and of hazinz at the state institution.
 President Venable will make a full statement of the case to the executive council Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15

The Merchants association will have a very interesting meeting Mon lay eNet- ing membership committee consisting of nine divided into three sub-commlt- tees, one for Ensley, one for for Pratt City, and one for Wylam and Corey, to look after non-members and get every available merchant in the district into the association. will report.
 The association has been talking of giV- ing a barbecde, and there was commlt- tee appointed to investigate and see II this was advisable, it being little late in the season. They are to feport Mon- day their decision in the matter. Ihere are other matters of interest to be TO. ported.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
COUNTERFE|TER
 IS UNDER ARREST

Washington, September H.-John Hoff- man, an alleged old time counterfeiter, who since 1883 has served five terms In prison, Is under arrest at Mobile, Ala, charged with circulating bad silver dol lars Secret service records indicate that the man has had a varied career and was released from the Georgia peniten- tiary last March. While in prison in Philadelphia fin 1902 secret service officials declare Hoffman taught convicts to make counterfeit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
KILLED ON ACCOUNT 0F USING FRI: WOOD Story of the Mountains in Killing of Potter by
 BrOther-in-Law

Nashville, september 14.-A story of the mountains is contained in special re- ceived from Eliza bethton, Tenn, today recording the identity of a man in the Sullivan county Jail as John Triplett. al- legged to have killed his brother-in-lafv, oohn Potter, near the North Carolina line six years ago and then to have escaped. At the time a brother, William Triplett, was arrested but acquitted. The tlliza- bethton narrative alleges that the feeling of the Triplett boys against Potter dated back to Potter's courtship days, when they were children. Potter and his sweet heart would sit up late and consume the frewood prepared by the boys for the use of the breakfast hour. When this oc- cured frequently the father reprimanded the boys. One night finally the suitor arose to replenish the fire and the young sters protested and a fight resulted. The boys were worsted. It is said the boys never forgave Potter, though he married the sister.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR RECEIVES DELEGATES

Vienna, September H.-Emperor Francis Joseph received the principal delegates to the Eucharistic congress in the state apartments of the Hofburg tonight.
 Several members of the imperial family and aristocrats attended the concluding ceremonies of the Eucharistic congress today. The papal legate, Cardinal Van Rossum, was the last speaker. Incessant rain, that has marred the congress to some extent, continued and threatened to preclude the possibility of having the great procession from the Cathedral of St. Stephen to the Hofburg tomorrow. The next congress will be held at Malta on April 25, 1913
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-15
w. C. Darlington

W. c. Darlington, aged 54 years, died suddenly late Friday night at a local infrmary Darlington, an employe of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad cont pany at Boyles, had been taken sud- denly i'll Thursday morning, and was taken to local infirmary that noon The coroner made an investigation yesterday afternoon and attributed the deaTh to heart failure.
 The deceased is survived by his widow and one brother in Texas Funeral ar arrangements have not been made.