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had received especially careful train ing in that line, and Was now teaching music in a school not far away from home, but vacations brought aunt and niece together, and every year they grew fonder of each other
 T believe in girls and boys knowing how to earn their own livink.h Mrs, Woodbury would say, "its ons of my strongest prejudces. Of course. l miss Madeline greatly during the year. but it is the best thing for her"
 "Yes," rejoined the friend to whom she made the remark but we hear that she is forming an attachment which is likely to take her from you before long"
 "Very we'll" was the answer, "i have a prejudice in favor of young folks marrying in early years if they desire. They can better face the world together and are happier than they would be to wait till later life. By that time their habits are more firmly formed, and they find 1t more difficult to adapt themselves to each others prejudices 1 hope Madeline will have a home of her own before many years.
 And so it proved. The young man who won Madeline's heart and hand was one who met the approval of her TRldllNESs dllu dll WtIL bilOOllAlI lDI once with loves young dream. For tunate for him." was the laughing re- mark. that he met Mrs. Woodburya requirements, for it would have been lamentable if she had taken a preju- dice against him."
 After all," said one who had known her for years, "her talk of prejudice amounts to very little, for I never saw a more unselfish, unprejudiced wo- man than she is. She is always doing some kindness to some one, and still whimsical old woman, bent only on an- nouncing and gratifying her own whims.
 The aunts generosity furnished a well-appointed home for the niece. "Oh, no," she said plainly, mo board ing house life fer my girl 1 have a firm belief in homes not shared with other people. Madeline would be nc credit to my bringing up, if she were not capable of taking charge of a house, and I shall be surprised if she does not excel her teacher in many points She is not prejudiced as am, and can more readily adapt her self to circumstances.
 Mrs. Woodbury's prejudices &C., companied her through life, and every year endeared her to us, more ant more They led her into many lines oi charitable work among the poor ant particularly won her favor, and sh' was a frequent visitor and generous patron to them all The only things she refused to tolerate and for whicf she seemed to hold a severe opinior were women's clubs and women 1T politics. Upon these she turned hei viols of wrath, so far as her peaceful nature allowed. She could never com prehend how any woman could find in terest In such things outside her home and could never be made to believt that duty demanded any such actioi as political organization among wo men.
 "Tve always been controlled by my prejudices," she used to say, and wonder my friends have tolerated mt as they have done"
 She little knew, the dear woman how much we all owed of happiness and pleasure to those prejudices ant their expression in kindly word ant l thoughtful deed. AN IDLER.
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1t is true to the facts of human ex perience that we gain some things by the point of the paradox of the Mas ter. He that loseth his life shall find it." AS a matter of fact it does become necessary to lose before we find. The truth admits of almost uni- versal illustration.
 Only the farmer who threw his seed into the ground in April, content to lose it. will get crop in September. That banker alone who is willing to see his money leave the safe will get interest on it. The busy man who, pressed for time is yet eouras seous enough to shut his desk on occasions and lie down to sleep is the one who is going to increase his working power.
 The world is full of canny folk who Sc0ff at the doctrine of sacrifice. They never seem able to learn that the surest way to lose is not to lose. to run no risk of losing Pursuing their shrewd, self contained lives they look with pity on their neighbors who make the great and thriftless ventures.
 They remark, for instance, how one is fetterer and embarrassed by dornes- tic ties. Homes and children are a care and responsibility. By giving hostages to fortune one lays himself open likewise to sorrow and suffering Therefore they will steer clear of close
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secret understood human nature in it's highest reaches.
 Let your charitable gifts be anon ymous,' says Dumas. These have the double advantage of suppressing at once ingratitude and vanity"
 In Omar's poem he says there was a little talk awhile of Thee and Me, and then no more of Thee and Me.
 We enter this world as separate per- sonalities, hard and irreducible in- dividuaIities; our life's problem is to combine with others.
 Happiness lies only in soul-com- pounds. As we approach we glow as we recede we grow cold and dead.
 The highest joy is love. which is, "a man and woman melted into one being" as Victor Hugo says. Every new friendship gives the soul new chemical substance, with a new flavor and odor. differing from those of either of the ingredient per sons.
 Even in solitude high souls have been unable to realize happiness, and so must think of God as sharing it. | An invisible companion to share oul | emotions is so essential to virture that 1 Voltaire said that If there was nc
 God it would be necessary to invent l one"
 1 The two acts, giving and forgiving are symbols of spirit union. Wher you give you do not deny your right 0, | property, you emphasize it. Wher l you forgive, you do not lower bu
 raise you self-esteem. This is the mystery of souls, tha
 we find ourselves only as We give our. | selves to another.
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1t beats all what pretty shade tree harbors. It is home to birds and bugs. There are 107 insects which infest the elm, and it takes 55 pages of a gov ernment report to describe briefly the maple-loving and haunting insects; and some of these infested trees be- come a nuisance, for they are, after having been crippled by boring beetles and routed by the rains, pre- -empted by big black ants which will invade pan tries and forage in the whole neigh borhood, much to the annoyance of the people, few of whom realize that black ants usually, if not always, have a rotten wood retreat; and if this is broken up they seek other quarters. A catalpa tree was removed from one of the city streets recently, and it was found to be harboring a nest of black ants, and a colony of scented skin beetles = Osmodermans -w were taken out in all phases of development. These bettles have the odor of Russia leather and hasten the decay of in- iured trees. It was not removed be- fore it should have been. and it cer- tainly was a real nuisance, although when in bloom it was a beautiful bo- real bouquet.
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The German ambassador, Baron SpecA von Sternberg. did not mind being called "Specky" in private trelates the Daily Chronicle); but there was con siderable irritation in Germany when MT. Roosevelt was not careful Co rec serve such familiarity for intimate oc- casions At President McKinley's fun eral MT. Roosevelt sat next tD Sena- tor Hanna, who was overcome with emotion.
 T hope, old man. said Mir. Roose Q welt, that you will be to me all that you have been to him.
 "Yes," sobbed Mir. Hanna, 'T will I will-only. d. it, don't call me , old man!'"
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To se Secretary to Havard's Dean.

Miss Ethel Lownds. who has been private secretary to President Penrose of Whitman college, Walla Walla. Wash, for three years. has resigned, to become private secretary to Dean A. W. Hendrick of Harvard college. Miss Lownds will come east in September accompanied by her brother-in- law and sister. Professor and Mrs. O. J. Todd. Professor Todd has resigned as head of the department Of Greek Of Whitman college to take up special work at Harvard. Miss Lownds and Mrs Todd are daughters of Samuel Lownds. vice president of the Bridge port Fabric Web comandy They will visit Bridgeport before taking up resi- dence in Chicago.
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human relationships. They will have no people dependent upon them. They seem to have saved their lives in un troubled ease But what a universe of love and joy they have lost. Will ing to make no sacrifice they have missed life's sweetest rewards.
 Or they speak of the deprivatAons and discomforts involved in travel. They refuse to venture into unfamiliar paths lest they suffer some inconven- fence by the way. They have saved their, comfortable lives but lost the in spiration of new lands and strange peoples. The worlds beauty is closed book because they balk at the labor of turning the page. They nothing ven ture and they nothing have.
 The unselfish and not the selfish man is, after all, the oleverest sighted. Self forgetfulness is the formula for gen uine happiness. Would you be healthy? Don't coddle yourself nor dwell over much on your symptom. Many an in valid has been cured by getting an objective interest. Would you be hap py? Lose yourself in generous effort for others. Would you be famous Follow the advice of William Lloyd Garrison and sink your personal for tunes in the welfare of some great reform.
 It is only when self passes that the music of life begins. Abasement pre- cedes exaltation. Only when one has put to death base impulses, ruled out unworthy desires and purposes does the better self get it's chances. It is thus that
 Men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things.
 THE PARSON.
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HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF.

"Hawleyton post et A. R., of Bing- hamton is now only B memory" says the New Haven Times Leader. Every individual of it's membership of 50 has responded to the final roll call and only records attest the existence of this particular branch of the Grand Army of the Republic. This will be a frequent story. The ranks of the once large army are dwitdling in startling fashion. But even when every mem Der of this unique and honorable or ganization has passed to the great beyond, their deeds will live. History will recount the deeds of heroism and self-sacrifice. The world is today a better place to live in because these men fought for its people"
 The Leaders comments are too true. Time makes an end of our bravest and noblest citizens; but it does not so quickly stop the slanderous and un- patriotic spirit of those who have dis honored themselves and their country. No Grand Army men vince before the wicked islanders which have followed them since they stood solid for the honor and perpetuation of one repub- lie from shore to shore, and taught the lessons of patriotism and fidelity to the flag which will be of value long after the roll call has been finished and thousand post records tell the story of their love of country, their civic service, their broad charity, thei1 democratic comradeship, their wreaths for the dead and warm hearts for the living. These posts will disappear one by one like the cobwebs on the grass on summer day, but the spirit which they represented must live on, or the republic they saved will surely perish.
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American business men should new rr know an hour of uncertainty, dis arrangement or fear; American work aemen never a day of low wages. idle ness or want" says Mir. Beveridge; but when a workman looks to him for work the market price is what he gays, even if it is below the living point.
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Have The Bulletin Follow You

ReadeEs of The Bulletin leaving the city for t1Se seashore, noun tains, rural resorts or for Europe may keep in touch with doings in town by having teThe Bulletin sent direct to them by mail for any period desired -- days, weeks or months. Hundreds follow this plan on their annual v;tc alton and return fully informed as to what has been going on during their absence. Orders should be Splaced with The Bulletin business oaflce.
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A TIME FOR HARD THINKING.

This is campaign when the work ingmen should guard against being confused and do some hard thinking for themselves. As President Taft stated in his address accepting the re- publican nomination, tho only way the people can protect their rights and per- spetuate the republic Is by intellectual action.
 The object of the average political bspellbinder is to confuse the voter rather than to Inform him. to win his vote by alluring promises which he knows will not be kept.
 A party platform is the loudest bid party is capable of making for a vo6er's support, and it tells what the party favors mostly, not what the par ty actually intends to do. The cry for cheap living is intense, but cheaper living means increasing the buying power of the dollar and this in turn means a proportional reduction in wage rates. To make manufacture or production profitable the wage rate has to be in true relation to it.
 The high cost of living is a condition which can be borne when work is plenty. better than cheapness can be borne with no demand for labor and idleness indefinite. What it is pro- posed to do means that the economic policy of the government is to be changed, which will for time upset manufacture and destroy confidence and put labor into enforced idleness as it did when Cleveland was president and things became cheap and the buy ing power of the dollar was in some eases quadrupled. and labor was in no demand and thrifty workmen spent their surplus to live and those who live day by day or hand to mouth were beggared.
 This is a true picture of the real effect of changing governmental poli- cies and coming down to a cheaper plane.
 It is up to labor to look up these matters-to think hard in it's own in terests-for diversity imposed through unintelligent action is hard to bear.
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A Good Roosevelt Story.

MT. Roosevelts bully for you!" manner takes the crowd admirably at election time. But it did him harm when he was at the White House, and treated distinguished men light heart edly to back-slapping and nick names.
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The man who leaves the republican party because it is not progressive would jump from an express train be- cause he thought it was slow To be considered sane he needs better reason for quitting
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Silly QuAstinns.

We are inclined to put Senator La Follette's question to Roosevelt, Where did you get your campaign money?" in the list as Silly Question No. 6,7S9,1S2.-Omaha Bee.
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The Boston Record says: Spring fields valuation doubled in ten years. tripled in twenty years and has ouad- rupled in twenty-five. She is the belle of the Connecticut valley, and wealthy in her own right"
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People who rush to the standard of such a supreme egotist as Roosevelt could readily be made to see that elections are not necessary divine one should rule without opposition of any kind.
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The Colonel names Mir. Bird as the progressive candidate for governor of Massachusetts. That settles it. of course.
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hail thee chieftain brave and great, Roosevelt our Roosevelt"
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One of the saddest losses in the world is to lose ones health. It is our duty to know our health is in our own keeping, and that we lose it through ignorance and negligence. Hurry, worry and fretting are three ways to break down health, for they prompt one to be a gulper instead of masticator of food, rob one of sleep and depress ones feelings. If you overdraw your physical energies you'll bankrupt the bank. Thinking of all the ills of life instead of it's blessings abusing both the stomach and the mind-is a sure way to invalidism. Do not have any control over your imag- nation, but let your imagination fill you with fear and set you to self doctoring and make you self conscious you are not well-that you are losing your grip! People who hold plenty of gold in their hands do not know enough to hold in their hearts the thoughts which make for health, beau ty and success.
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Legally elected negro delegates were refused recognition by the bull moose convention-they were from Missis- Sippi.
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On the morning of July 2Sth feath- cred chorister attracted my attention "a star of the spring choir. who for some reason found pleasure in con- tinuing his song. I expected to see a red poll hnnet, but I saw a bird that
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The trusts kill competition in trade, but it took a Roosevelt to kill compe- tition in politics. He created his own party.
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A democratic congress cannot force the president to abolish the court of commerce in order to draw his own salary.
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It costs the consumers of New York S150,000,000 a year to have their food landed at the kitchen door.
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EDITORIAL NOTES

When Roosevelt used to read the riot act to congress it used to be amused by it.
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The Colonel didn't get into the politi cal swim by the primary route; but he got there.
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The progressive party's platform is eclectic--it is made from select DOT tions of all platforms of recent date.
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President Taft does not propose to swing around the circle to save him. self or his party.
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Beveridge feels sure the bull moose party has risen straight from the grass roots. It promises to go to grass.
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Dr. Wilson has never had demo- cratic congress on his hands. That's how Cleveland lost his grip.
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What an adorable time the Colonel had at Chicago when Ben Lindsey, Jane Addams and others sang: We
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very much resernbled the female lnnet A bird loving friend said it might be the purple finch. which does not take on the red poll until it is two or three years old; and another acquaintance said it was probably a maturing lin net which hadn't reached the color age. Since then the friends have agreed, since linnets were seen and heard singing in several localities in the vicinity, that it was red poll. Strange as it may seem, this is the first one I have seen in Connecticut. A half century ago they used to be caught and sold for cage birds and were good singers in captivity, but the law prohibits now the keeping in cap tivity of the bobolink. goldhnch and linnets. It is rather late in the sea
 son for them to be heard concerting
 in the orchards.
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One of the ColoneI's boys is in train ing for a financier and the other for a railroad magnate. so they'll befriend the people later on.
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Whats the matter with Kansas It's the one state that is making a monkey of the republican party.
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Ollie James told Dr. Wilson when he addressed him that Roosevelt has no show" He doesn't recognize a cir GUS when it is in sight.
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Happy thought for today. It does not take a person long to tell what they think of you
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There is no reason why there should be war made on big business or big labor combinations. Peace between them spells prosperity.
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Think of men who are following Roosevelt wanting to remain republi- cans when he is not a republican and designates the party as party of grafters and thieves. Are they sane.
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inc Circulation Ol The Bulletin.

The Bulletin has the largest etr-s s euIatiOn of any paper in Eastern yCOanectfcut, and from three to f0ur ( lmes larger than that of any in V orwich. It is delivered to over 3A co of the 4.053 houses in Nor wGsh. and read by nfnety-threc per eel t. of fhe people. In WEladhnm If Us delivered to over 800 houses, in Putnam and DanielsOn to oper 1,Iel. and in all of these places it Is es nsidered fhe local daily. Ea stern Connecticut has forty nine, towns, ono hundred and sixty- five poatoface districts, and sfxtytl rural free delivery reutes. The Bulletin Is sofa in evZpy town and on ali of ths R. ED. routessfu Eastern Connecticut.
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1t seems to me that the grapevine beetle has a flight more readily to be initiated by man than the flight of any of the birds. All hard-shelled beetles in their flight combine the parachute with their gauge wings, and they sail through the foliage and over the shrubs with the grace of move ment of a dirigible balloon driven by motors. The wing covers extended are perfect parachute and apparently help sustain the weight of the insect as well as to balance 1t. The design does not appear to be so much for speed as for safety. and it fills the bill The whole movement appears to be steady and reliable. The big bug settles on a light leaf like a steamer docking. There is in the performance precision. order and assurance. It is in moderate flight they make their best ppearance-when flying low
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Another Don't.

Don't admit you do your best un- less you do pretty well.--Atchison Globe.
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The people only cease to rule when the Pinchots and Beveridges are thrown down. Political place hunters usually have a distorted vision.
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Presidents who do nothing do not make powerful enemies It takes a man of force to make Rome howl. Taft seems to have succeeded in doing it.
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Wilson, if elected. will tackle the downward revision of the tariff at once. That will please those who de- sire to knock out New England!
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wonder whether we shine most at home or away from home. You know some people think that good manners were designed for company use, and to please strangers. Of course, this is a misconception, since there is no place they fit so nicely as they do the home Those who are always polite in the family make a deep impression, and the mannerly habit clings to them so that it seems natural and leaves no room for contrasts. It is @ pity so few people are seen at their best in their own homes, and that their real fine qualities have to be learned from oth- CTS. Some people carry every grouch home to share with the family instead of the smiles they waste on unappreci- ative people, just as some men buy cheap candy for their wives and choice candy for their ideals-we all know how it is, if we do not practice it. But it seems to me home Is a good place to have everything in that is sweet, and to kick everything that is sour out of.