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Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-07
NEED THE RIGHT MEN.

An experiment which will be fol- lowed with much interest throughout the country Is the determination of New Orleans, reached at it's recent election, to adopt the commission form of government In view of the fact that this is the largest munici- pality in point of population, the cen sus giving it s39,075, to attempt this change in the conduct of the city's affairs, the result will be of much inn portance to municipal administration students. The change was brought about through the poor results of its existing government It was in the hands of those who were looking for personal results and hints of corrup- ton were heard. It is. therefore, no wonder that it piled up large ma- jority in favor of the commission form in hopes of betterment, and yet the problem still rests with themselves.
 It Is impossible to conduct city gov- ernment for the best interests of the people unless the right men are elected to office. An important duty rests upon the citizens of New Orleans, those very same ones who rolled ur the large majority to see that the commission is made up of men of the proper caliber and the holding of them to strict accountability for the con. duct of civic affairs. The cornmis. sion form of government cannot work itself The citizens must be alive tc their responsibilities and if they arc to get a benefit in New Orleans b, the change they must take the pre-. caution to know the men who ar, placed on the commission
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years old. must have been seven times
 around the world, and must often
 have been in two or three places at the same time.
 The good man did not mean to lie. He simply had an assimflative person ality; all the vivid anecdotes he heard
 he annexed This made him niighktly | interesting. He was even born, by his l own collocated accounts, In two or three places. for he liked to be born in
 the same town as his auditor. the sort His miraculous experiences were really an asset.
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AGNOSTICISMll

glory, for 1t does not represent the seeker after knowledge, but the soul that has lest it's way. AgnOsticfsm thinks 1t sees an insurmountable wall of doubt at the very po'nt where the man of faith becomes a dreamer of dreams. The agnostics do not seem to be conscious of the fact that Thy faith makes thee whole in a physical sense, and also gives assurance of i'm mortality in & spiritual sense.
 This is where the pessimist and the optimist stand together looking toward an unknown land: the first seeking nothing but the unapproachable hori- zon, while the second listens and hears the turing music which vibrates from the Tyre of Hope. and soothes the soul, inspiring the heavenly visions that prompt him to exclaim T know that my Redeemer hvethi"
 The agnostfc demands the evidence, wholly unaware that the unwritten laws of the human heart represent the balance which makes the administra- tion of justice possible when all the facts in case have been presented.
 Man finds the unit of life and ener- gy in the electron, which is thousand times smaller than the atom; and he thinks the different combinations of electrons represent all energy in all the forms of life in the universe; but he has only been able through revelation to say God Is Love; but he has dis- covered that love comprehends every good thing, and is the noblest and most effective quality which can be possessed by the soul for perfect love casteth out fear" and Jeremy Taylor declared love to be the bond of per lection"
 And when was on the verge of ag- nosticism all of this seemed to be twaddle; the I-do-no- know corner nev- CT resounded with the music of the soul. The abiders there must be class ed with those who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not"
 We all drift toward Doubt, and 1t. is our right to demand the evidence; but it is up to us to know that circum- stantial evidence Is of such great value in determining the commuters of secret conspiracies and crimes that 1t cannot be repudiated when it comes to set ting for ourselves matters of the most vital importance.
 The agnostic is to be respected, not despised He wants to know. We want him to know. but he must keep at work on the problem of the destiny of man, not sit beside it in state of despair and idleness.
 There Is an old English prover5 Seek till you find. and you'll not lose your labour," which should inspire all | to work.
 l THE SUBSTITUTE.
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1 (written Specially for The Bulletin.> came near getting into the l-de-'
 not-kpew class once, myself, and stay ing there. If you get there and stay, you are an agnestic; and the infec- tiens those who dc stay there can put inte that word does beat alL I have always been something of
 doubter myself, and I like the people who de not pretend to know things they are utterly ignorant of. have
 no quarrel with agnostics, even if they 1 get to feeling as proud of what they don't know as other people do about what they do know. We are all hu- man, and most of us have our little vanities.
 The reason I did not camp perna- nently around the I-don't-know corner
 of life was because there was not sun
 shine enough there for me I-Don't- Know never yet directed anyone to the path of light, or was able to blaze a trail through the wilderness. Some | how Doubt looked like brother Devil to Despair to me, and 1t seem ed wise to quit the permanent com pany of both of them.
 There are two ways to keep the cookies of the heart warm and the mind illuminated with hope. One is to cling to the things we do know and to multiply them; and the other IS 10 dream of the good conditions we hope
 and pray for.
 | The imagination was not given to man for nothing. It is the foundation of ideality, and 1t points the way along | lines which are finally found to be practical, which at first seemed to be | impracticable Our ideals are prompt CTS to attainment, and these attain ments have established the maxim that ] Ideals are the worlds masters, Tor I 1t is great thoughts which produce 1 great minds.
 I-do- mot know is a mental halt if we
 do not strive to find out; and no live
 man should recognize a mental halt l ing place in this life. It is up to man to make life a campaign of honest and thorough research-to look for evil dences of truth and of the eternities. The invisible forces are the source of life and power. We can neither see | the electric current nor the wind, nor 1 the force behind man.
 | What made man creator? What has helped man to not only exploit this earth, but the universe7 How is 1t he has come to know that there are great
 suns and systems in this universe l 4,500 light years away; and that there ] is a gateway to another universe, per haps. through which Old Sol and all his satellites can pass with perfect free dom? Yearning for knowledge. the hu-
 man soul has sought and found. Agnosticism shares in none of this
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IDEAS OF APLAINMAN
A.simiI..iv. Personality.

Did you ever run across one of those people to whom everything in the al- manac and encyclopedia has happen ed?
 The itch for causing surprise grows on one. When ones has once tasted of the fatal applause that comes when he relates some marvellous lie, it is easy to taste the cup again and again.
 knew preacher once who told of many wonderful adventures that had befallen Him in various times and countries. A mean deacon, who heard him regularly. made note of all the autobiographical instances his pastor gave. One day he added up and found that the parson, who seemed young ish man, under forty. must be ITS
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FOREIGNERS WANT FREE TRADE

Tn the fight which the democratic party is making under the leadership of Woodrow Wilson, strong advocate of free trade. 1t is an interesting fact that the European countries are watching the outcome with an eager eye. Naturally, they would, for. in free trade and the opening of the American market to their nanufac- tures under cheap labor conditions, great opportunity for business expan- sion would be opened to them. The foreign economic and political press is therefore strongly advocating the elec- ton of Wilson and in the same breath declaring that the exporters should prepare to invade the American field
 This is indeed a happy thought. The Frznkfort zeftung says that with the triumph of the democratic party the German manufacturers will have a splendid opportunity to sell their prod ucts in the United States. From the German viewpoint this Is indeed a magnificent opportunity to fill the land with Made in Germany goods. It means more employment for the Ger man, English. Austrian and Belgian wsrkmen: but what of the poor Amer ican employe?
 There are no United States work men who want to give up their good wages and loaf in order to get cheap CT European goods, and the alterna- tive between starvation wages or noth- ing to buy them with. The experience of the Cleveland free trade experi- ment was of too recent happening to be so quickly forgotten. The voters will not ponder over the matter long be- fore deciding that the continuation ot the present administration and pros perity are greatly to be preferred tc the chaotic conditions which free trade would bring. l
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STANDS FOR MERIT SYSTEM.

President Taft's address to the Ma tional Association of Postal Clerks, in Boston, was a characteristic one, in showing how he stands upon one of the most important departments of the government and concerning the merit system. His veto of the appropriation bill, which carried the harmful seven year tenure of office rider, showed that he had not the least sympathy with this subtle attempt to iniure the civil service system Not only opposing a change which would detract from the benefit of the system, he even goes further, and would extend it to take in larger responsibilities of the serv- ice. passing fitness upon proof.
 In this regard, the Boston Transcript says We cannot be sure of the best results unless we can build up a service that will afford permanence and protection to it's personnel A seven year tenure would utterly fail to do this and the presidents attitude toward the attempt has been serv- Ice to the country that is not now appreciated at it's full value. What position Governor Wilson wouldl take on this matter. were. he given the op- portunity. no man knows. It is pretty well known what the third-term can didate would do from what he has done. He would not permit the civil service laws to be so broadened and strengthened as to prevent his playing of fayorites that is. of those upon whom he could depend to do his bid ding and carry out his policies Where President Taft stands upon one of the most vital questions before the country the people now have gratifying assur- ance."
 The presidents first consideration is sound and safe government. This has characterized his administration throughout and gives assurance for the future.
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little drops of dew which look like brilliants when 1t is illuminated, placed regularly at the points of It's leaves, and no one can tell whether 1t thus dresses itself for the stars or for the fairies. It belongs to the flowers that have a double indorescence, and, like the violet, it has g flower for the light and for the dark--a flower that att tracts the insects and 6 flower that produces down near the ground seed. One of the wild violets which arrays itself in color in May does not put forth It's seed flowers till autumn. end often sows them in November It takes patient observation to get the life his tory of the plants which seem to have secret methods of security. The jewel weed is only interesting to those who see 1t by the roadside, but 1t is a won der to those who have learned It's habits.
 If we do not look out for our am bitions we get some mighty falls in life. Many a man who hoped to be governor never got to be an alderman; and men who dreamed of becoming uresident of the United States were never more than mayors of their city. In mind we soar to great heights-in the end we find we haven't been off the ground Between our aspirations and real accomplishments there is room enough to fall with dull and bone breaking thud. If the fall is im- aginarys the disappointment is real. unless we discover that the greatest comfort does not go with the highest honors, and that the glory of life is less in leadership than in Love. Man is too apt to reach after the dross and thus lose the precious metal. What Is greatness, anyhow? Geratness is founded upon the right use of our talents-the right action of our minds. The greatest man is he who serves his fellow men as he would be served himself.
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How,s THIS.

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 F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, o.
 We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 16 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
 WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
 Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. O.
 Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter- nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constl- nation
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What We Never Forget

associated with our early home life, such as Bucklen's Arnica Salve, that mother or grandmother used to cure our burns, bolls, scaids, sores, skin eruptions cuts, sprains or bruises. Forty years of cures prove Its merit. UnrIvaled for piles. corns or cold sores. Only 25 cents at Lee & Ossood Co
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

Here's to the schools! May those just entering, and those who are on the way, work diligently, study sue cessfully and reach the top with honor and credit to the town.---New Canaan Advertiser.
 One thing is assured from now until November and that is that the work ingnan will not lack for attention at the hands of the representatives of all the parties. The man who tolls is never quite as important factor as just before election.-New London Day.
 Other things besides tea, fancy plates and stories about missionaries are coming out of China. The new China is thinking about governmental mat ters, about taking its place in the comity of nations, and is gonig about it in the right way.-New Haven Times-Leader
 Until the Hon. Champ Clark 7ecovers from his disappointment in failing to receive the support of two-thirds of the delegates in the democratic na- tional convention in Baltimore, his efi1c1ency as an advocate of the cleo tion of Wilson can hardly be rated at 100 per cent.-Hartfori Times.
 Maxim has invented a silencer for explosive weapons which has been such a pronounced success that 1t is accepted at face value. If he could invent a sileneer for some of the mo- torcycles and automobiles, he would gain the gratitude of voluminous portion of the people.-Hartford Post.
 It is to be noted that the will of Bishop Grafton disposes of property valued at $1.000. During his episcopate the bishop spent sums amounting to over $7O0,000 in charitable works, con tributing of his means. too, for the erection of churches and rectories and to other improvements for his dio- cese.-New Haven Register.
 Just to perfect his disc phonograph Thomas A. Edison worked 122 hours out of IA hours of a six-day week, 1 giving in that time only 22 hours to sleep. That at 65 is going some. But anybody who thinks he can contest the Edison record must have an iron con- stitution and a tireless, dominating energy.-Waterbury American.
 As soon as city officials or employ es
 begin to curtail the opportunities of the newspaper reporters to find out all | that there is to know about public business, the reporters and the public have every right to suspect that pri-
 Vate interests are being considered
 before public interests and the ex- istence of any other evil whose con-
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The jewel weed is an August plant which attracts the attention of most every one because it's queer shaped movers hang pendant, but no one but the potanist who has learned it's char acter really sees it in it's brilliancy. It takes on it's jewels after the sun goes down: 1t looks it's best at night, when it's whole structure is glistening with
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A great New York railroad declined to change its regular schedule for the accommodation of the bull moose cam paigners. who were not permitted to discommode the public for their tail- end speeches.
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General Botha Is now a general in the kings army. It was only twelve years ago that he held up the British army with 5000 Boers. His rise from a field cornet to British general has been rapid.
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Roosevelt says the voters are go- ing to other candidates to defeat him and in that statement he is right, Let the good work go on, He'll realize by and by that the people did not call him and do not want him
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President Taft has not been com pelled to tell the people that the muI- timillionaires supporting him are idealists. If Roosevelt knew labor well he would know that title will be repudlated.
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Tn Missouri, Roosevelt advised the organization of third party. No one has heard him direct the same action In Kansas or California. Why not do the same in all. and be honorable ahof1t 1t 2
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A Baltimore man left money for memorial banquet and a tombstone with the inscription. "He was a good fellow" He knew the course which reaches the heart of his fellow men.
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The people recognize. of course, that the Colonel is the biggest man in the country, but it is necessary that he should be shown in November that he is not the only man in the country
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The American Bar association has admitted haif-dezen able ceiored lawyers to its membership and new slams the deor In the face of any future applicants, Isn't an educated coiored man as fit to serve seciety's
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tinuance depends on secrecy.-w Water bury Republican.

tlhuauCe uepouuh ou Seclccy.- Wdter- bury Republican.
 The American Pharmaceutical ss- sociation wants physicians to write their prescriptions more plainly, but why. should they ask the profession to give itself away to the laymen? Some also want English instead of Latin and would have aqua pura quant suf," written plenty of water" and other things to match. To be sure the prescription clerk must be able to decipher the writing of the doctor cor rectly or he may dose the patient with something fatal where bread pill is prescribed. Bridgeport Standard.
 Everybody's doing it. Doing what? Speculating about the significance of the election in Vermont. Of course there is many a slip between the cup and the lip, and there Is likewise many a difference between a Vermont result in September and the results in other states in November It can be said, however. that the September results in Vermont and Maine are straws which show unerringly the way in which the November political winds are apt to blow.-New Haven Union.
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A Chicago girl was struck by light ming while playing a piano. She was only dislodged. not seriously hurt. This must be commendable lightning stroke sf
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The Roosevelt men who call Taft a fraudulent nominee for president nev- CT allude to the 169 faked contests which found no favor even with the Coloners own adherents.
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Permitting girls and boys to stroll about the streets of city alone at night never yet improved their man ners or the morals of the town
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Baltimore has forbidden it's police the privilege of playing dominoes on Sunday. They might take up golf; that has ministerial favor in some sections.
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Mr. Ryan takes an oath that his in come is $152.00O year. He could not be charged with prevarication if 1t rose few thousands better than this.
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It doesn't look as though Commis- sioner Waldo of New York would be there to get that increase of salary, provided he was able to get 1t.
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Mutton is the health meat being recommended now. Of 13.O00,0O0 sheep inspected by the government not one gave sign of tuberculosis.
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This talk of Great Britain taking the Panama canal matter to The Hague Is all bluff. Uncle Sam doesn't frighten as easily as that.
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[ All the positive characters in the bull moose party will not knuckle to the Colonel His Tam ness is not what they are working for
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The servant question is a night mare in great many families be- cause they were never fully awake to the amenities of it.
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Baltimore expects to make itself an inviting Panama canal port. It is well located to invite traffic.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Happy thought for today: Most of us do not disclose what we believe. or believe all we hear
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It was cold reception that Roose- welt got in Iowa. An early frost after Senator Cummins straddle.
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needs as an able brown, or yellow, or white man?
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SUNDAY MORNING TALK.
CASTLES IN SPAIN.

They represent form of real es- tate ordinarily quoted low in the worlds markets. A practical age dis counts, the ,unsubstantial and has small patience with fancies. Dream houses may do for poets or ne'er-do- wells, but not for busy, we'll ordered people of affairs.
 Yet the probability is that most of us, whether consciously or no, are property owners in that dreamy, far off country beyond the horizon. We all spend more or less time in our Chauteaux de Espagne. Children, es- pecially, in the exercise of their im- aginations habitually invest coming scenes with splendor and people them with fairies.
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But children are not the only vis- ionaries. Most of us older and wiser folk share their expectancy. There is a good time coming, we assure our selves, and paint the future in bright colors from liberal pallet. Like those optimistic ones of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke we feel that Tomorrow shall be as this day and much more abundant" Whatever the past has had of meagerness or of pain, through a blessed vitality of the human spirit, a better expectation is cherished for days to come.
 You may reckon hope a very un- substantial diet if you will, but in it's power to sustain life there is nothing in the world to equal it. Most of the sons of men live out their days un- der it's inspiration. It can provide a bit of blue in the gray sky of the | hardest worked and most circum- scribed life, making both the labor and the limitation tolerable.
 | The bearer of the dinner pail who l nightly ''homewaI-1 plods his weary way'' to cramped and hired quarters has vision of his own cottage by and-by with a table spread by his own hearthstone. The clerk, con- demned to drudgery, foresees his name some day on the letter heads of the company and cheerfully endures his discipline. Dick Whiteingtons every where are going to be lord mayors of countless Londons and that is why they can drudge along life's dusty highways content with poverty and rags. It is a blessed provision of our human inheritance that we are, when in normal health, optimists and per suaded by great and unceasing hopes.
 Moreover this hopeful imaginative mood has very great practical value The builders of air castles have giver
 us gifts beyond our casual thought
 The benefits of evn our solid msteri-
 al civilization have come from vision
 aries. It was not merely a swingins
 chandelier that Calico saw in the olG
 cathedral, but the pendulum that
 runs all our clocks. The steam es.
 caping from a Scotch boys tea kettle
 became through his adventurous i'm.
 agination the power that turns the
 wheels of the worlds commerce or land and sea
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It is not necessarily to one's dis credit that his day dream is never