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Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
cHINA's POSITION.

The east has furnished a Chinese puzzle for a long time and it is still contributing to the financial muddle which resulted from the financing of the new republic It is certain that China has deserted the six-power com bination in securing it's loans, for the present time, at least, and Chinese treasury bonds are getting into the market. China has manifested an in- dependence in putting aside the s300.- 000,000 loan from the six powers, at least temporarily, and, being unable to secure terms to her liking. has gone outside and secured, at favorable fig- ures, loans which will serve for a time. These will never suffice to carry the new republic along without more being taken out, if the elaborate scheme of economic and financial re-
 construction which was planned is carried out.
 While the inside of the mysterious financial loan has never been fully revealed, it is understood to have been secured by mortgage on practically the same territory as that which the much larger loan was to have covered. While it may yet be necessary to put through large loan with the six-pow CT bankers, China has demonstrated her ability to get money, and will be in a position to demand through her independency better terms should the big loan come up again. The people of China, in their establishment of re- public. are evidently determined, that they will, in their independence, delay as long as possible placing any en- cumbrance upon themselves which will mean foreign dictation.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
A BAN ON FLOWERS.

The action taken at DanbHy by Rev. Walter J. Shanley in notlfylng his people that the use of flowers at funerals Is against his wishes and that he would not permit them to be taken into cemeteries under his Juris- dictfon, shows that he has considered the great outlay which is made Tor such a purpose by people in many ln- stances who can i'll afford to bear the expense. It has been a custom which has steadily grown until the point has been reached where it is felt to De obligatory It is not that there IS oo- lection to flowers or to the custom, if it could be regulated and a reason able view of it taken, but when it gets to the point, where it becomes, as 1t has, such a tax on the family re- sources that people go in debt for their display of sympathy, it is a sen sible view which calls halt. In some instances the floral tributes thus made become a mockery. and the florist, in his inability to get his money Is the loser. Sympathy thus expressed Is only for show. but 1t is to be hoped that such cases are few. How fre- quent they are, however, is best known to the dealer in flowers.
 The operation of the edict will be followed with interest. It will be in full accord with the sentiments of many, previously expressed, and there will be others who will not take kindly to 1t. Whatever the result in that parish. or elsewhere, 1t ought to bring the people to a realization of the fact that consideration should be given to their ability to meet the expenses in cured, and act accordingly.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
The Boy That Whistled
By NANCY BYRD TURNER.

innings. Presently he forgot them. The crooked old apple tree was mys- teriously rigged up with a convenient seat wedged in where the limbs form ed a crotch. soft cushions and-wIlat on earth!-a spyglass!
 In a flash sDon had climbed to the cushions and adjusted the wonderful thing to his eyes. It took him some time to get the right focus, but when he hit it at last. and the mists cleared, there, right in his line of vision, was the diamond, clear-cut and distinct. with the Cedarville nine taking posi- ton and Don's brother getting ready to umpire! The field at the bottom of the long orchard slope was in full view from the tree, but nobody s naked eye could have made out any thing more than a mass of blurred figures.
 Mother found him. little later, cheering wildly. They've scored, they've scored! No-yesi Go on, Dick Fay go on, go on!" The spygIass was waving crazily.
 When the other boys came in, at supper time. they were astonished to find Don with the afternoons tussIe at his finger ends. He kept them puzzled long time before he produced his 1 magic wand"
 When you whlstled, Don, and squar- ed your shoulders so hard against your
 trouble,' mother told him T felt that l just must help you out. So l went Inside, and thought husily. and some 1 how grandfathers old fieldglass popped 1 Into my mind. It had been packed
 away for years. And then I soon ham mered out the Idea of the tree seat l Molly helped me wedge in the plank and We worked like lightning" 1 Don threw sturdy arm around her | neck. You looked so huIs8for me.that'S 1 why whistled Mother Anderson But 1 I'm glad 1 did, thought"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
HELPFUL WORDS
From a Norwich Citizen.

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 Does 1t ache especially after exer- ton?
 Is there soreness in the kidney regionf
 These symptoms suggest weak kid- neys
 If so there Is danger in delay.
 Weak kidneys get fast weaker.
 Give your trouble prompt attention.
 Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kidneys.
 Your neighbors use and recommend them.
 Read this Norwich testimony.
 Mrs. {. Catherine Hogan, 22 Hickory Street Norwich. Conn, says: T rec ommend Doan's Kidney Pills, pro- cured at N. D. Sevin & Sons Drug Store, as highly today as when gave public statement in their praise three years ago. This remedy cured me of severe attack of kidney com plaint, causing the pains in my bacK and disorders of the kidney secretions to disappear after everything else had failed to help me. I will always rec ommend Doan's Kidney Pills"
 For sale by all dealers. Prics 50 cents. Foster -Milburn Co, Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name Deans and take no other.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
WINNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS.

1-Ella McCuliom of Mansfield De- pot, Fifty Famous People" by James Baldwin.
 2-Margaret MeVeieh of Norwich, "The Hilltop Girl" by Mrs. l.. T. Meade.
 3-Mildred Carroll of Norwich, "The School Queens" by Mrs. L. T. Meade.
 4-ossph Marsehat of Monsheld Center, ''Playmates,' by Mrs. L. T. Meade.
 5-kenneth Main of Norwich, "Jack Topsy -Turvey," by c. M. c. B.
 6-Adale Demuth of Baltic, "Preto- nella,'' by Mrs. l.. T. Meade.
 Annie krauss of Taftville, "Al- wyns Friends" by Mrs. L. T. Meade
 S-Ruth B. Mccuilom of Mansfield Depot, "A World of Girls" by Mrs. L T. Meade.
 Winners of books should call at The Bulletin business office for them al any hour after 10 a. m. Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26

Mother Anderson said Don, T don't really see how I'm going to stand missing that game. It's tire very last of the season." Mother knew that 1t was the last of the season s games, knew Dons craze about ball, and, but for his being boy 10 years old, she would have been sure she caught sight of a quickly winked-off tear.
 The village diamond was so near the Anderson place that in half hour the shrieks and cheers could be plain ly heard. Yet there was Don, who understood every move and signal, who never failed to attend even a practice. unable to go. He had had meas sles, and though the case was a light one, and he felt as ell now as ever, there was still some Hanger of giving it to others, and Uncle Doctor had shaken his head decidedly.
 Mother felt very sorrowful; she
 wished heartily that she might take the remaining measles as Don call ed them, and let her boy go bounding
 down to the feld, Looking up, he
 caught her troubled expression. "Oh. we'll" he said, beginning to
 whittle, T might have been; left with only one-half eyesight, like Johnnie Stone, and out of baseball for good" He broke into a cheery whistle. and mother seemed suddenly to remember something and disappeared.
 Twenty minutes later sine called 1 him. Don, it isn't very warm today | let's walk down into the orchard | Now" she said, when they had strolied through long aisles of leafy | trees, T am going to sit here unde' | this pear tree while you run down tt | the old crooked apple tree on the edge l of the slope and find out WhetheI l there are any more good Wihesaps,' 1 Don walked on, still Whistling, anC trying hard not to think nf haRes ahf
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
LETTERS OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Fanny Fay Morgan of Jewett City; I like my new book very mucn. thank you for it. (Please accept Un- cle Jeds thanks for very pretty card.)
 Annie Krauss of Taftville: received my prize book, A Modern Tomboy- l think it interesting and hope the rest of the Wide Awake Circle would ger one as good. thank you very much for it.
 Margaret McVeieh of Norwich: l thank you very much for my book It was lovely. Ella L. McculIom of Mansfield De- pot: I thank you for my prize book II | is very interesting. Ruth B. MccuIlem of Mansfield De- pot: How can 1 ever thank you for the books you have given me. Many thanks for the last book. The Wizard of the Sea. I am very much interested in the Wide Awakes. I think all write good stories, though few l have read before.
 I think one reason why some of the Wide Awakes dc not write Is because they think you have piles of stories on hand.
 Calvin Main of Norwich. Thank you far the nice prize book you gave me. My little baby brother said 1t was for him
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
On. Good Turn Deserved Another.

One Good Turn Deserved Another.
 If there was ever any little girl who didn't wish to help her mamma 1t was Amy Lee.
 She got up early Saturday morning and went down stairs. There were dishes ready in the sink, beds to make, and rooms to sweep. Had mamma got to do 1t alone? Didn't she have a It. tie girl ready to help?
 Amy. expected this, although she had dreadfully wanted to go over to Flora Breen's.
 Flora's two cousins were coming. and Amy had promised to come over and play.
 Very soon mamma came into the room She looked tired and weary and said:
 What is my little girl going to do, today2 Isn't she going to help moth- err"
 70 dear!" said Amy, q will: but I want dreadfully to go over to Flora's. Her cousins are coming and she want ed me to come over to play"
 Enough was said. Mrs. Lee knew that Amy wished to go, but someone had to do the work. 1t was work be- fore play. So she said:
 My dear little girl. help mother and after you can go and play as much as you like"
 Amy, unwillingly, went to the sink, did the wishes, and swept the floor. After that, Mrs. Lee wanted a few articles from the neighboring store She told Amy to get the things she wanted and then to return home. Amy did as she was told and went | to play at half past three. Flora's cousins were very glad to see her, and rejoiced playing in the coun- | try, as they had always lived in the city.
 About alf-past five, Mrs. Lee called Amy to her.
 Amy, she said, T have a surprise | for you. You may have Flora and hel little cousins over tonight, if you like We will have a party" Amy threw her arms around hel mothers neck.
 "Oh, mother" she said, T didn't want to help you. did T.? But I an | glad I did"
 50 am l." said Mrs. Lee. "Youl help had taken the weariness out O. me, so that I can prepare a Nttlt surprise for you and your littl, | friends. Go away, now, as mother il busy, and ask them if they would lik, | to come"
 Amy ran away, spreading the goot news.
 At seven o'clock not only Flora ant her cousins knocked at the door, bu also three other little friends. The1 all enjoyed the evening, and when thu time came to go home they were yer! sorry to leave.
 After all theShildren had left, Am, said to her mother:
 "Oh, mother, I am so glad I helpet you, for if I hadn't l don't think should have had a party"
 No, you wouldn't have,'' said he mother, but one good turn deserve another"
 RUTH B, M'COLLUM, Age 13.
 Mansfield Depot
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
RERuklNG JOHNSON.

At the present time, New England Is being visited by Hiram Johnson, governor of California, aspirant for vice presidential honors on the third termer's ticket. MT. Johnson is en- tering the campaign with all the fer vor of his guide and little bit more for his utterances during his speaking tour have brought much criticism. Coarse and violent language was used in his attack upon the president in the report of his speeches, and par ticularly so even in his corrected ref erenee to President Taft, when he said politically President Taft is the most pitiful spectacle in our political history" statement which Is, of course, not only untrue, but shows the lack of judgment and decency.
 Governor Johnson has been the ob- ject of much rebuke for this utterance, a reference which is likely to prove costly to him from the manner in which 1t has been received. How it is re-acting upon him is shown by the reference to it n the Charleston News and Courier. which says.
 NO president has ever done so much for California as Mir. Taft has done He went out of his way to secure the Panama exposition for San Francisco although New Orleans was a far more logical site. Over and over again MT Taft has shown special attention to tho western state. It has not been politi. cally grateful in return. There car be no objection to that. It would bt shameful thing if state could b, purchased by administrative favors But. whatever the political convictions of the state, it should not find it nee essary to attack the president person ally in disrespectful language. Ye that is what Governor Johnson, tn mouthpiece of California, did in Co lumbus, Ohio"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
WILSON THREATENS PROSPERITY

The question before the people to decide on November 8 Is which party and which man to choose. and 1t is one which deserves more than super ficisi consideration. It is a question upon which depends the eountry's well fare, and by the decision there will be indicated whether the people desire the present era of prosperity to con- tinue, or to have check placed there on. This will be determined respec- lively by the election of President Taft or Governor Wilson of New Jersey.
 In. all his public utterances, MT. Wfl- son stands committed to free trade. and his election would seem that as far as was possible and particularly if he had a democratic congress that he would tear down the legisiation which is responsible for prosperity and business as it exists today. That he would do this is evidenced by his Bos- ton speech when he said:
 We do not know how to make co.'s ton goods of the kind and patterns that are suitable in all quarters of the world, and then to place them there. We have bound ourselves hand and foot in q snug domestic helplessness by this jacket of tariff that we have wound around us. We are going to. change it."
 The effect of this would be just what the foreign manufacturers are prepar- ing for at the present time, the open ing of the country to the cheap labor, the crippling of home industries and the reduction of pay to meet the com petition of foreign trade. It is against the interests of the working man and the farmers, and none knows it bet ter than they, for experience has been . dear tees her.
 What the people want is a president whose record of accomplishments shows that he is devoted to the inter- ests of the people, the maintenance of an eficient and economical govern nnent, committed to progressive legis- latfon, firm supporter of the consti- tuition of the United States one whose service has demonstrated that he is not trust controlled but upholds the law impartially and puts into the gov- ernment the clements of business which are in accordance with good judgment and sound principle. It is such a man who heads the republican ticket, and the return of whom to the presidency means the continuance of the wave of prosperity
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
A Queer Raa Raa.

Aunt Mary kept her rags in large green bag.
 One day Aunt Mary said that the rag bag was very full, and they must sell the rags to a peddler.
 The peddler called for the rags, and Jane carried them down.
 You have a fine lot here" he said. T will weigh them in the bag"
 So he weighed them.
 Just forty-five. said he. "Now l will put them in my cart"
 When he did so, Aunt Mary heard him use a strange word.
 That beats all I ever saw!" said the peddler.
 Aunt Elsie ran out and Uncle Johns two boys followed her.
 Dear mel" said one
 Did you everi" said another.
 For pity'e sake!" said Aunt Mary
 And there was Malta, the cat, with two of the prettiest kittens you ever saw in the rag bag! She had been missing for three weeks. They even went to the police station, and the kind chief said;
 we'll do all we can to find your
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
UNCLE JED's TALK WITH WIDE
 AWAKEs.

How do you suppose man first
 learned to be a gardener? He was
 first a hunter and gleaner-he
 owned no estate and roamed in wild
 gardens. While he searched for food
 he saw and conquered. He only grows
 plants now by supplying their needs and he improves them by destroying weeds, spraying them and protecting them from their enemies. The plants
 have been the schoolmasters of the
 gardeners and the mixed garden Is the product of ages of study, no end of
 patience and an interchange of seeds and cuttings. How plants multiply is no dull study-by seeds, by division
 of the roots. by cuttings and by the leaves. Man was ages in discovering that leaves could make new plants. It
 was a gardener who was cleaning up the leaves beneath begenia who first discovered one had rooted itself and the secret of leaf-reoting was his and he told other gardeners and the meth cd was established for all time, and the gloxinias and other fieshy or thick leaved plants were increased in this simple way. because it was easier than waiting for the seeds to sprout. Then the gardener noticed the habits of plants and saw that some were helped by plenty of water and others were injured by too much, that some were hardy and some tender, and some could live indoors and some out of doors in cold climates. The gardener invented the greenhouse so as to be able to initiate any kind of climate to make tender or tropical plants grow for him in winter, and the pink houses and rose houses and orchid houses are all run with the degree of heat and the moisture which suits them best Then the great industry of supplying fruits and flowers to the market out
 of their regular season grew up, and
 while it now represents hundreds oi
 millions of capital and employs hun dreds of thousands of persons. 1t was won step by step-Was of slow growth | It was because of good eyes, strict at | tention and hard study that the world
 today finds such joy in flowers. It was
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE
 AWAKES.
The Fox Who Lost His Tail.

A fox caught In a trap got away with the loss of his tail.
 At first he was very glad to escape at all; but before he reached home he began to think how his friends would laugh at his sad plight.
 Presently happy thought came to him So he trotted home, and. without being noticed by any one, plaoed him. self with his back against tree. Then he called the other foxes and said.
 ''My friends why do we all carry about with us those long, bushy tails They are quite useless and also very heavy. Let us cut them off"
 His hearers were at first much struck with this, but little fox, who had been spying slyly about. cried out sudden ly!
 "Oh, he has lost his own tail; That is why he wants to cut off ours"
 MISS ROSE ALMA DEMUTH
 Baltic.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26

pet"
 All this time she was sleeping with her babies in the rag bag. The boys thought she must be starved. Malta looked fat and wise.
 Il know" said Jane, she has taken some of baby's milk. I put 1t on the table every night, and in the morning it was all gone"
 That was it, said Aunt Mary; flor sometimes baby didn't wake up.'
 She must have eaten mice, too said Fred. flor they have all left our room"
 Then the peddler had to weigh the rags again without Malta and her ba- pies. and Aunt Mary didn't get forty lie cents. The peddIer said he would give them fifty cents for the cats.
 Sell Malta ?'' said the boys. Why we would just as soon think of selling mother" ADELE DEMUTH, Age 12. Baltic.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
The Three Butterflies.


 Three butterflies, a white one, a red one and yellow one, were once play ing in the sunshine. They danced now on this flower, now on that. It was so gay and pleasant among the flowers they were not tired.
 But while they were so merrily play ing, the rain fell and made them wet. Then they flew away home; but the door was fastened and they could not get in.
 So they went to the Tulip with her red and yellow stripes.
 They said: Tulip, will you kindly open your flower little so that we may slip in out of the rain?'
 The Tulip said: T will open to the red and the yellow ones. They may come in, but I won't let the white one come in."
 Then both tho red butterfly and the yellow one said: If you won't let our white brother in we won't come in eith- CT, thank you."
 Now it rained harder and harder, and they flew away to the lily. Good lily said they, will you kind ly open your flower little and let us slip in out of the rain P The lily said T shall be glad to let in the white one, for he looks like my self; but won't let in the other two" The white butterfly said: If you won't let in my two broth CTS, then will not come in; can not think of coming in without them" And Sc they all flew away together. Now the Sun behind the clouds had heard how true the butterflies were te one another. Sc he chased away the clouds and rain, shone out bright anc dried the wings of the butterflies. They danced again over the flowers and played till it was evening. Ther they hastened away home; the dool was open. in they flew and went tG bed.
 ANNIE KRAUSS, Age 1s.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
IDEAS OF A PLAIN MAN
Why Cities Are Ugly.

The ugliness of modern cities Is due to the ugliness of the principles of the society that builds them.
 They are fit enough expressions of the spirit of competition, which is the MT. Hyde in the soul of modern busi- ness.
 Competition is fighting, and that was never anything but ugly.
 It is cooperation that Is beautiful. It is only when we learn teamwork that we cease to get in each others way, to gore. stumble and trample.
 And we shall have to wait until we learn how to trust one another and work together. until we master the secret of social organization, until we learn to save all the waste humanity as we now save all the waste hog, un- til we find a place for the weak as well as for the strong, until we Feel the city, the country. the race as we now feel the family and the business house, we shall have to walt till then to build cities thaI shall be vast. di-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
The Game of Rlnu Toss.

Dear Uncle Jed: I am sending you the directions for making game of Ring Toss, and l hope some of the Wide Awakes will try 1t. A friend of mine gave me the directions and as thought some of the Wide Awakes would like 1t. I am trying to tell 1t to them 80 they can understand 1t: Ring Toss; Take an empty wooden box and saw the sides down to one half their real length. Next saw a foot and a half off broomstick and glue 1t in the center of the bottom of the box. which is to be the top of the game. Some might prefer to paint it. The hoops are made of lilac or willow branches curved to form a hoop and tied with different coiored ribbons. P.S.-Perhaps some of the boys will make a Christmas present for one of their friends of a Ring Toss game.
 Your niece,
 MILDRED CARROLL
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26
A WORD WITH WIDE AWAkEs.

Two well written stories were thrown into the waste basket this week. "The Trapper" and ''The Dog That Did Not Like Cowards.' because they had been printed before. They were both copied stories. For these carefully done we have frequently given books, but the stories written about Wide Awakes themselves are the ones Uncle Jed likes best. and they help the writers most
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-26

President Taft has announced that hereafter the government, in pursu- ance of the policy of congress to main tain only non -seetarian teaching by government teachers ip government schools, will employ no more teachers whose membership in ahy order com pels The wearing of a distinctive sarb,