Norwich bulletin., 1912-08-03
Written Specially fer The Bulletin,

(Written specially Ter The BuHetln.)
 Saturdays Bulletin gives me my text for teday. A sentence in that issue of the paper announced that calamities often proved to be blessings and nothing is so bad that it might not he verse.
 That reminds me of an instance that occurred years ago, when music teacher lost his position by what he considered unfair treatment. He was a young nian who had ability be- yond his work but was trife too easily satisfied with results Reused from his lethargy bu necessity, he Ob- tained an appointment in a much larg- CT city and the greater demands made by increased work were met success fully until both salary and reputation were greatly enlarged. He used to say in later years that he needed to be kicked out of the rut into which he had fallen. and that nothing better ever happened to him than being thrown out of his previous engage ment
 i read not long ago of a young clerk, who through mistaken orders collect ed much more than the proper price for goods delivered by him. On re- porting at headquarters he was told of the error and praised for his sharpness.
 You are surely not intending to let it go uncOrrected!" exclaimed he | in surprise.
 Certainly I am," was his employ CTS reply. T am in luck for once"
 Then I shall return and make it good myself" answered he. Very well, if you do, you need not return here. I've no use for any such help"
 Notwithstanding the threat, he did refund the overplus, and admitted when questioned that he had forfeited his place in consequence.
 Will you take an offer from me | then?' was the next question" I want some one as trustworthy as you have | shown yourself" and the upshot of il all was better position and advanc- ed pay.
 Not many seasons ago we were all | grumbling at the failure of the ice crop and the advance in price which l followed. Many families found out the | possibility of making themselves very l comfortable without ice and have clung to the practice ever since So the 1 high price of coal made way for the | freless cooker, which is now consid- cred so great an addition to many 6 kitchen, reducing expense and labor anu duu1DS comfort ana pleasure LC the housewife's routine. The same iS true of so many other similar things Is the potato crop a failure? Does meat go skyward in price? Has the wheat crop fallen below the average Always the remedy is to be found 1T some equally good substitute, or fl the improved health which follows { less luxurious diet.
 True it is that we fail to see how such things as the present famine il
 China can be proven a blessing W,
 are told that the death roll there iron
 starvation is still in some section
 daily greater than that caused by tn
 loss of the Titanic Nor is it easy tt
 understand how that great marine dis
 aster can in any way be regarded oth
 erwise than direful calamity. Bu
 the world is large, and it's progress
 not always marked by financial gain
 Awful, indeed, was the experience o
 the Titanic. Dreadful, indeed, is tn
 thought of fellow beings dying b.
 thousands because of lack of food bu if by these fatalities the world i
 reused to generous response and nor
 careful provision for the future t
 forestall the recurrence of like cat astrophes, who shall say that thes dead have died in vain?
 Apply the same rule to the presen muddle in politics, and few of us cal
 imagine a more disgraceful state of af