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Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07
OUR NAVAL STRENGTH.

In his latest message President Taft refers to the great mistake which was made by the last congress in provid- ing for but one battleship, and the need to make up for the action by making appropriations for three as this session. believing that it is necessary if our navy is to be maintained as an insurance of peace. Our navy, through the extra efforts made by foreign DOW CTS, is threatened with becoming fourth in classification unless the plan of at least two battleships a year is carried out. It was only five years ago that we ranked next to the British navy, but we have slipped from that posi- ton through our inactivity and through the activity of Germany, and are but slightly ahead of France. which Is steadily improving her position.
 Great strides are being made by the British and German empires because of feeling of distructfulness of each other and it is a pace in navy build ing unprecedented. The British en- rire through the dependencies will roll up big addition to the fleet, Canada at present anticipating the gift of three dreadnoughts while India con- templates about the same, Australia and others giving one or, more. Be- cause of our position as a world power our possessions which need protection and the responsibilities which we as- sume, 1t is necessary to have a sufi- cient navy to back our stand and up- hold our influence. It certainly can not be done by decreasing our naval strength, dropping back from a first to a second class power and ranking fourth instead of third.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07
ENCOURAGING NEW BUSINESS.

It is always an inspiration to wit ness the encouraging of new business and in no instance Is this being done on a larger scale than by the rail- roads throughout the west. There the broad expanse of fertile land awaits cultivation. It is well split up by rail- roads, but it needs the presence and attention of the farmers. This has long been the aim of J. J. Hill of the Great Northern, but he and his road are not alone in the extensive work
 Of the total of 249,992 miles of road operated in 1910 in this country, ex- elusive of Alaska and the inland pos sessions, 191, AS miles or 766 per cent. were operated by companies making organized efforts to increase the num- Der of farmers or promote agricultural education. Of the total land area of the country S9.2 per cent. is in coun- ties penetrated by railroads doing this work. This is, of course, a process of development, primarily for the rail- roads but also for the nation. It is the business of handling the product of the farms, which the encouragement will result in, that the railroads are after. It is a proper ambition and its worth is recognized by the roads ot the east. where manufacturing instead of farming is being encouraged. De- partments are maintained for the ben eft of the business seeking a location and a locality seeking a business and Norwich knows the value of such ser vices. All parties interested are the gathers by the laudable method of in creasing business.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07
THE LIBERTY BELL.

Great value is attached to the ob- taining of the Liberty bell for each and every patriotic demonstration throughout the country. It is consid- cred necessary to complete all the de- tails and naturally it would provide an object of much interest wherever displayed, particularly to the children, California Is making al determined eff fort to obtain it for the Panama ex- position at San Francisco in 1915 for which petitions aggregating two miles in length have been sent to Phila- delphia.
 Had this occurred a few years ago there would not have been the least hesitancy for it was considered an honor to be called upon for its use. but in it's trips about the country ii has been subjected to the necessary jar and strain of handling it and the crack which has invalidated it for sc long appeared to be widening. The de- cision therefore that it was not to be subjected to any more rides about the country was arrived at because of the risk involved, the desire being to keer | the bell intact as long as possible. Cal | ifornia hopes to overcome this and is doing its best to uphold her claim that so long as other expositions have had it. they ought not to be deprived and that the people of the Pacific coast should have a chance to get look al | it. Philadelphia indicates that she vii continue to say no, politely but firmly and it can be readily understood that it is better to have the bell at Phila- | delphia intact than in pieces.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07
COTTON AND COTTON FACTORIES

What is to become of the cotton factories of this country is an inter esting question which faces those in- terested in the industrial problems, especially when consideration Is given to the fact that Leader Underwood of the democratic forces says, we are going to revise the tariff from agate to zinc" which from a democratic standpoint must mean a revision down ward, at least, whether 1t reaches free trade or not.
 This country is the greatest pro- ducer of cotton in the world supply ing seventy per cent. of the total amount of raw cotton for mill con- sumption. About two thirds of this production of the United States is ex- ported to European countries, from which we in turn import large amount of cotton manufacturers, most ly of the higher grades. We rank third among the worlds great import CTS of cotton goods, though raising the raw material which is sent abroad tc be bought back again.
 As exporters of cotton, goods we are making steady progress, but are far behind certain industrial countries of Europe which continue to find this country a rich market Cotton mills here are today showing a decline ir profits even though prosperity is beine enjoyed throughout the country Higher wages are being demanded 1T the face of the threatened tariff re- vision, "a condition which is likely tC further open this country to the fac tories of Europe and the cheap labor employed there. It would be a much better thing to encourage the factories of this country to greater business in- stead of handing it over to Europe.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07
LETTERS THE EDITOR.
Good Seats Not All Checked oH.

MT. Editor: In the absence from town of MT. Archibald Mitchell. 1t be- comes my duty and pleasure to recon cile Justice" to his seat in Slater hal. He laments that at a. m. he is able Ito find nothing in the whole hall that can be called a good seat" II must be apparent to him, now that he has given second thought to the matter. that the only poor seats in Slater hall are those in range of the pillars. All other seats are good seats" the best being those in the annexes and those back or the center in the middle block
 He says All the people put together from those three towns do not take a third of the seats that are marked ol when the tickets go on sale" As a matter of fact SC seats had been checked off in the middle block when the sale began. Of these s6. s1 went to New London, Westerly and WILL mantle, 20 to other patrons who se1E |. ed to the committee entitled Co sprcfai consideration. There still remained untaken 1914 seats in the central blOc6- besides annex and side seats. 1 am re- ceiving other requests from out Of town for seats, and hope to find good seats remaining. evan now.
 The chief promoter of these concerts, who has often risked considerable loss to bring good music Co Norwich. and who is paying for ten course tick cts at five dollars each. finds his seats sufficiently good" though they are all in the side block.
 If Justice" will guarantee US against loss on this years course ! will ses that he has Q seat four feet high On the platform.
 HENRY A. TERRELL. Norwich, Dec. 6, 1912.
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Merton went at once to her mother and the children, whom she found with her as she expected to do. Their mother rewarded the good behaviour reported of them with the bundle of sweets she had brought them and sent them to the nursery to enjoy their feast, while she reported the outcome of her call.
 '1 am glad I took your advice and went to Mrs. Wilder. She was 80 glad to see me and was interested in all the news I carried her. She wants to have the children brought to see her; I feared they would be 0 trouble, for I did not know she liked children. She strongly thinks of adopting child. I wish she would. It would give her notion in life, and sine has so little to occupy her time and thought, but one is so uncertain of those who come from institutions. I hardly knew how to advise her"
 q know just the one for her." ex- claimed Mrs. Brown. There is in my neighbourhood at home the very one for her. a little girl five or six years of age, of good family and train ing. but whose parents have recently died, and the child is left destitute The authorities are talking of putting her into the county home or something similar. I know they will be delighted at this solution of the problem. fol they have disliked to be forced into the other arrangement and feel sorry for the child. She is pretty in looks and gentle in manner, and know Mrs Wilder will be pleased with her. Le me send for her to come here for z visit, and we can arrange with Mrs Wilder to see her and decide about it A good thing for both, I am con vinced."
 Again was Mrs. Browns advice fol l lowed and with good results. Mrs | Wilder was at once attracted to th' child, and the little girl responded t | the affectionate kindness shown her | with all the strength of her poor lfttl' ] lonely heart. Both were very happ. in their new relations, and all con cerned felt 1t to be an ideal arrange ment.
 And it all came from your morn ing call," said Mrs. Wilder, while Mrs Merton felt amply repaid of the exer tion she made on that memorable gloomy November day.
 You shall advise me in all thing | after this, mother" she declared" fo surely you have shown yourself skill full in solving difficult questions"
 AN IDLER.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07
ONE CENT POSTAGE.

Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania is getting much favorable support for his bill in behalf of one cent postage which he has introduced at this session Of congress. It is a matter which has Hceived agitation for a number of ears and is bound to be adopted soon- or later as the business of the post as develops and expands. An or gation has been pushing such a Tor a long time on the ground nc cent is sufficient for the cost gporting first class mail, and it
 the basis of the cost to the
 cnt that the charge to the pub
 made. With the post office
 making much better re-
 ,a it's operations and even
 ssrplus, the one cent plan
 cass mail Is being strongly
 an opportune time.
 -arceis post Is a big business
 which promises to make large
 10 the government from its ion Being a money maker il A asily put the department on 2 ls oasis and in that event one sostage will follow as a matter Arse. With the present rate or ass matter providing surpluI sS millions on that class, 1t is but king cass of the cost for the othet classes ana the cutting of 1t in two will require further adjustments or leav, a large de6eit each year. With tn continuance cs the improvement which the department has been show ingthe way is heilas paved for the on cent latter rate.
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CONFLICTING DUTIES

work. I am told that duties never conflict, but I am sure mine do. Now today, for instance, I ought to go to see poor Mrs. Wilder. I haven't been there for several weeks, and I prom ised her to come often. She seems so forlorn since her husbands death. Then the other is that heap of mend ing on my Work-basket waiting and increasing constantly, and I should spend the entire forenoon at my desk, judging from the looks of the piles of notes and letters. l feel over Whelmed whenever I stop to think of all the accumulations of work to be done, and which to choose l do not know.
 Let me advise you, then" replied her mother. "Go to Mrs. Wilder and try to cheer her up. A day like this is depressing to anyone placed as she is. You may be able to comfort her and brighten the day for her. l will attack your work basket. l taught you to mend and am equal to that task, anyway. As for your letters and notes, use the telephone as much as you can, and you will find less to do then. Mrs. Wilder is your first duty I am sure. but don't talk all the time while there about her loss. That is always in her mind. Take her some of those pretty flowers Frank brought you last night, and tell her all the society news you know. She used to enjoy that sort of thing very much. I know well that after your fathers death I was thankful indeed when my friends directed my thoughts to some other channel than that where I found them constantly drifting. I realized my loneliness at all times and was glad to be made to think and talk of other topics. Tell her all the funny things you know, the children's pranks and odd speeches. or the blunders your new cook made at Thanksgiving, any thing except her own sadness and loss. I wish she had three ~rollicking chill dren like yours. One thing she has to be thankful for; there is plenty of money at her disposal Now, I was left comparatively poor, you know, and had to plan pretty closely to make both ends meet and care for you and l your two brothers. You are all well provided for now, and feel more than repaid for my exertions. No mother was ever more happily placed in her advancing years than I, that Is cer- | tain. But if I keep on talking you will fail of reaching Mrs. Wilder l Send the children Tn 10 see grandma while you are gone"
 Mrs Merton was soon equipped foI her visit, and very thankful that such was her choice. The lonely widow was more than grateful for the attention T am so glad you came" she said as her friend took her leave. You have cheered me so much. I should have moped here all by myself had you not come. So few would come to me or such a day. I wish you would bring those children of yours to see me soon I'd love to have them come, and I dC enjoy children, though I have none O. my own. I have seriously thought would take one into my home from some institution or other. It would be great care for me- but, if al turned out well, 1t would be a com
 fort as well. Come often, won't you and bring one of your boys next time.
 On reaching her own home Mrs
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07
Another Protest.

Mir. Editor: Being one of the unfor- tunate ones who was at Davis' store on Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock. 1 wish to enter my protest against tho method of selling the seats for ths Academy course. IL is very disappoint- ing to have the plan of the seats pJt before you with only a few back seats in the center and the side seats (mau1 of those were taken) left to chO0ss from. If the out of town people who were to have a few seats reserved for them occupy so many can we not hars an Academy course for our towns people. or share equally with those who have an early choice2
 FAIR PLAY.
 Norwich, Dec. 6, 1912.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

ence to the deeper issues of life and destiny they neither cherish the ideals nor do the works of faith.
 There is a remedy for this trouble too. The gospel is just what the Apostle Paul called 1t, the "dunamis' of God. It is the spiritual dynamite that shall rend the hard rock of mems self1shness and awaken the thought less to sense of responsibility.
 Gentle reader, which do you need a sedative or a stimulantg
 THE PARSDN.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

There is no one who has more re- spect for the man who Is trying to Somewhere that I am rnot. Some for him. It is of no importance Wheth- CT he is following the same road to somewhere that I am or not. Some where has just as many gates as the
 new Jerusalem, and we may focus all right if we are not on the same point of the compass. I can re- spect the man who thinks there is only one gate to Somewhere, and that those l only are trying to be something or somebody who are trailing his foot steps. Narrowness is not a crime, if | it Is common-it is only a fault which 1 may be overcome. I suppose most people are trying to get Somewhere; | and big per cent. of them are not to l blame because they get Nowhere, for | that was the place they were born to and find 1t a difficult task to depart from. Home is home if it is ever so homely. The popular song, q am Co., | ing Somewhere, Don't Know Where, But I'm on my Way" isn't any more
 humorous than it is serious. Getting | Somewhere does not always add to
 our manhood, or lend assurance to our
 hopes.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

Every man who is making money should see that he is at the same time learning how to spend it. It is bad plan for any one to save money and waste himself; or to lend himself to making a fortune without pre- pairing himself to fully enjoy it. Get ting money alone for the sake of hav- ing money, of being rich, is to unbal- ance ones self. There is mental and spiritual need to be met as well as physical and it must not be neglected The spiritual man calls for the riches money cannot buy, and without them earthly riches are not satisfying. Franklin pointed out that wealth is not his who. has it but his who en- joys it!" We find temporary joy in possessing wealth, and the loss if it causes intense misery. He whose only dependence is money is possessed by fear, and fear demands that he shall have a rallying point Lacking this the man of wealth is in danger of becoming victim of his own base imaginings Life demands of man the best that is i in him before 1t will yield to him the best that is in it. If you are making
 money learn how to enjoy 1t, Do not
 employ greed as superintendent of your pile and die with his clutch up-
 on you, instead of your clutch upon | hope.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

Norwich Is trying to get the Con-
 necticut company to use its streets for better transportation. Tn Bridge port they are endeavoring to stop the company from getting any more streets. Why not make the efforts where they will be most appreciated? :?
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

That the New Haven Times-Leader has been obliged to add materially to its mechanical equipment in order to keep up with it's steady growth is one of the incontrovertible facts that New Haveners not only appreciate its good service, but can expect it to continue.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

CWrftten Specially for the Bulletin.)
 A dull, gloomy day in November found Mrs. Merton in her mothers room for a chat soon after breakfast. She was favored with long visits from her mother, who was welcome guest at all times, and as much pleasure to MT. Merton as to his wife. He often said he failed to understand the fre- ouent jokes at the expense of mothers in-law, or else Mrs. Brown was a great exception. Certainly she and MT. Merton were on the best of terms, and her coming in the autumn of each year was looked forward to by him as one of the joys of Thanksgiv- ing, at which time she was sure to arrive.
 A gloomy day this threatened to be, not yet stormy but cold, windy and dull Mrs. Merton sank back i'll her chair with a sigh. There is so much for me to do today that I am perplexed to know what to choose for the days
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A one man shellfish commission is being strongly urged instead of three on the board and yet in the matter of highways, where one man has made a big success, three are now being ad- Vocated.
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Among the many degrees of spiritual

Among the many degrees of spiritual need one may note at least two grand divisions. There are people who need sedat1ves and others who need stimu- lants. Some require calming down and some need nothing so much as to be stirred up.
 In the churches there are many who are broken in spirit from carrying heavy burdens, consumed with anxiety over the greater or the lesser ills of life. Some of them are the most esti- mable people in the community. They shoulder the burdens of great reforms, they stand behind the great missionary enterprises at home and abroad, they are foremost in their effort for all good things in the places where they live.
 Worry Is reckoned as distirctively an American sin. Uncle Jonathan is pie tlTed as a thin, wiry gentleman, while John Bull is round, rosy and contented. The characterization is mainly true. Whether it is due to the dry, stimu- lating air of America or the sharp competitions of our business life or to any one of dozen other causes, a great many people on this side of the Atlantic are overborne with cares, per plexfties and apprehensions for the future.
 I never see these people in church without wishing to speak a word ot peace to their spirits. Weary and heavy laden, they need a comforting quiet gospel as full of balsam and oi balm as the breezes that play through pine forest.
 But there are other patients whose case does not call for sedatives. They do not need a remedy for worry, bu rather to be told to worry a bit more about some things. When these peo. pie come to church the preacher i' less disposed to pull out the soft stoI than to turn on the electric battery.
 As regards spiritual matters the, are careless and indifferent. Immersed | in their own selfish concerns they giv, nothing of time or strength to gooC causes. No splendid reform claim their support; they strive to right m wrong. Like Meroz of old, they com not to the help of the Lord against tn mighty.
 Such as these require not light-bu | Tightening. The sound of a trumpe in their ears should be made to shoe | them out of their spiritual slotl
 Woe unto them that are at ease i | Zion," said the Prophet Amos cen | turies ago. A great many successor
 of those lazy folk are lolling abou
 both within and without the walls c Zion' today. With appalling indiffer
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

The book agents quickly demonstrate that they know where the people are who have the money and that they know how to get it.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

When the democrats face the fact that $45,000,000 has been realized by the farmers of the south and west on beet sugar they will do some thing ing over slashing the sugar schedule.
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Job For Bryan.

If Tammany had the picking of a job for ". J. Bryan under the Wilson administration it would appoint him minister to Tasmania.-Kansas City Star
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The postal card circulation has been diminished nearly one-half by the pie ture post card, but that doesn't please the letter carriers and postal clerks any.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

While the fad of showing one's teeth when photographed is said to have sprung up in Washington. it was sup posed that was confined strictly to Oy- ster Bay.
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4 Shape.

Thomas A. Edison says he doesu' z believe in immortality but those who don't like photographs will retain a lingering hope that there is some form of punishment after death.-St. Louis Republic.
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A woman in New Jersey who broke two ribs and an arm trying to kiss bashful boy will have time to repent at her leisure.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

Bulgaria has won a great victory at the sacrifice of the leading business and professional men, War is all Gen eral Sherman said it was.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

If wouldn't be surprising if the weather was bothering Santa Claus. It's hard to tell which conveyance to make ready.
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the same control in New England that the gunmen did in New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

With the Cape Cod canal five- eighths done, New England coasting trade can begin to anticipate the overcoming of a mighty dangerous route.
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Changes have been made in many of the New Haven road officials. As they have been promotions 1t can have no reference to the many wrecks of the recent past.
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If you miss anything nowadays 1t is well to be cautious. Perhaps it is being used to match up your Christi mas present by.
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Now that peace has been signed in the Sickles family and the war relics saved, there is hope for Turkey and Greece.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

The moving pictures, which please the storekeepers most. are the busy buyers and the early ones.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-12-07

When Gov. Blease of South Caro- lima speaks it sounds like an echo from the recent election campaign.