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Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Country Win Suffer from Campaign.

Mir Editor: Are the voters of New London and Windham counties sup posed to be ignorant, uneducated men who have to be told every day how and for whom to vote? Does anyone expect a majority of our citizens to say Iris so if 'tain't so if Montgom- cry says so?" Lucky for Taft that the women can't vote, for most of them would say T won't do as I am told. I will. vote for Wilson just to spite Montgomery.
 The whole campaign has been a dis grace and has resulted in an attempt of murder. If Roosevelt was the kind of a man and president his enemies call him now, why was he honored at the close of his term, and when those things are said about a man can we wonder that ignorant men should think they were serving the country by preventing him from running 1t at any cost? The only wonder is that Taft has not been shot by some fellow who has been told by "big man who ought to know better than us fellows and Wilson by someone who has been told his family will starve if Wilson is elected. Can we ever honor and re- spect either of those men as our presi- dent after they have been squabbling- not even f1ghting-for weeks; although we know neither one have ever said one-third that has been reported from them. Those campaign yarns which are forgotten at once by those who make a business of politics and are never read by the thinking, educated voter do lasting injury to our young boys and to the men who should be taught to think instead of being used by those who have an axe to grind" We have had three presidents and one ex-president and candidate shot in the past 50 years by men who wanted to save the country" Lincoln was ac- 1 cused of causing the Civil war, and Garfield and Mckinley were different l men in the press after death than for some months before. and Teddy would have been restored to his old place as the hero of the nation if the bullet had done its work, but foolish savings are remembered longer than wise ones l and people will not obey laws unless they respect the makers and the country will suffer from this campaign whoever is elected.
 RUTH E. BARBER DEVOLVE. Plainheld, Conn.,. Oct "A 1912
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One Cause of Bad
 Complexion-the Cure
(From Family Physician.)

Look at a section of skin under the microscope and you will readily under stand why cosmetics generally injure the complexion" says Dr. H. Robert Mackenzie. "The skin, smooth as 1t looks to the naked eye, under the glass exhibits a lacework of tiny holes, mouths of myriads of little glands. To keep the skin healthy these heles must be unebstruoted, that the precipitation and natural oil can have free outlet. Should the glands be blocked tip with irritating, gritty particles, common result of using powders and creams. Nature retaliates by causing sallow- ness, roughAess bletshes er pimples,
 As substitute fer all cosmetics l recommend ordinary mercelized wax. It net enly dees what the various face preparations are supposed to accem- plish, but it's peculiar absorbent action frees the pores from the daily ac- cumulatien of impurities, also absorb ing the devitalized particles of surface skin. This produces natural, healthy, youthful complexion. One ounce of this wax, to be had at any drug store, usually sufiices to rejuVenate the poor est complexion. It is put on nightly like cold cream and washed eff morn ings."
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THE UNITED WORKERS.

It is grand work which is carried on in Norwich by the United Workers and one in which greater interest should be shown by the public at large, Nc better opportunity will be offered than the coming campaign which is to be waged in behalf of funds for the maintenance of the work in the several departments of the organization The United Workers is an old organization and it would be impossible for any one to tell the great amount of good that 1t has accomplished in this city. It has several departments, each of which carries on a work of large pro- portions, looking after orphan children at the Rock Nook home, caring for the aged, infirm and homeless at the Sheltering Arp's, supplying the needs of the worthy poor through the City Mission and conducting classes for the, general benefit of children in the way of giving them an insight into domestic duties.
 The United Workers maintains a guardianship overSehe unfortunate, but in that work finds itself handi- capped by the necessary funds to do the full measure of good which is needed. It is philanthropic work with which the past has dealt gener- ously. It is reasonable to believe that the present residents of Norwich are not going to permit curtailing of its work for lack of available funds. It is an object in which everyone can and should take more than a passing interest It is worthy cause and the weeks campaign should demonstrate by the daily announcement that the public values its institutions and ob- ject. Charity begins at home and no greater benefit can be gained fran Norwich,s surplus cash than through the great home missionary organiza- tion, the United Workers.
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Mako No Mistak. With Taft.

MT. Editor: MT Montgomery sug-
 gests that we keep it up. A good idea. Of course, the newspapers and politi-
 cal speakers have covered the ground covered it we1l-but 1t is possible, even probable, that the same ideas ex- pressed in different language will en- gage the attention of some who are undecided, and thereby save their votes. would like to ask those who intend to support the progressive ticket this fall Why do you do 1t? In what way is it going to benefit you Why do you desert the party that has done so much for you and the whole country? Why do you go back on your best friend? Eight years ago MT. Roosevelt was our ideal and we all voted for him. He was given all the honor which could be conferred on any man, and yet he appears to be unsatis- fled. Of course, we all deplore the fact that an attempt was made to assassi- nate him, and are constrained to tenn per our criticism at this time. We cannot forget, however, the fact that he declared that he would not accept of another nomination for president. The word consecutive was not used at that time. Yet he tried his best to secure the nomination this year. w uo1l l1lO ICPuOlICdA party Just ES good after the convention as before Why can we trust him? Of course, as population increases and conditions change we need progressive measures
 but those things cannot all be acquired In minute. If takes time. It is un- wise to attempt to force too much ou the minds of the millions of people which make up this great and glorious country ef ours until they have ha time to consider their needs. The re publican party is safely progressive
 Perfect men are as scarce as hens teeth, We all make some mistakes
 President faft's general record is seed and I believe he aims te do what he considers to be fer the interests of the whole country, Then let us sup port him, We know We are safe as we are and isn't it wise te let, well enough aleHe? What need is there for radical change? It is much better to make haste slowly, You will maka
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courage, clneh up our belt. smile and be unafraid
 For my theory of natures purpose is rather fanciful, I fear. It is that shs is intent on trying us by every con- ceivable method. to see if we ars afraid. And when a man simply vii not get scared, at danger plain or danger sppoky. she gives up trying. and hands over to him the keys of the Kingdom.
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must die from lack of appreciation. Are there so few lovers of pure and undeffled honesty, of new ideas and of a publication that shines refulgently for them, that 1t cannot lfve7 Strange. strange, that only those newspapers that 'cannot be believed" flourish Bristol Press.
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The tariff is a many-sided problem with its good and its bad points-but It has added wealth and industry to the country-it has compelled foreign manufacturers to locate velvet mills in New London county.
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Another flag had been borne recent

Another flag had been borne recent ly through the streets of that city. The material in it may have been as good as that in Old Glory. It caught the breeze and waved as proudly. But there was no acclaim from the mass of citizens for that flag. Its color was red and it was emblazoned with mot tos subversive of all that most Amer jeans hold dear. It meant, anarchy and contempt for law and denial of God. By way of protest against the flag of red the flag with the white and blue in 1t was carried.
 We do well in our land today to honor the national emblem. l would have every citizen taught to stand un- covered while the flag passes by. I would have each pupil in our public schools daily salute the colors, pledg- ing allegiance to the principles 1t rep resents. The flag Is not a meaningless fetich to be kept in the drawer save on the Fourth of July. but living memorial of our fathers bravery and present day challenge to patriotism. To see that its honor be untarnished and it's high premises to all the world be fulfilled Is the high duty of every good American. THE PARSON.
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Like Father, Like son.

The Kaisers reported difficulty in restraining the jingeist teadensies of the Crown Prince must recall the alarm expressed about his ewhattitude when heir to the threne=Pittshurgh Dis= patch.
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Ths progressives who feel so dis turbed because Roosevelt is being SC severely criticised should bear in miHd that in his Milwaukee speech he said Every day is q happy day te me- this after hs had been shot, He deesH't take life seriously
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The man who buys "a pillar of gold" for ten cents is the man who studies the catalogues of the florists and gets stung by an elegantly named sunfiower-a freak of the Russian tribe of floral giants. It comes as near being a pillar ef gold as a gilded bar hers pole. The way to know the florists well is to dabble In their spe- cialties-their money catchers. We often go a good ways te be humbugged, and to get "a pillar of gold' for ten cents one has to go to Michigan, and when it develops it Is far from being a delight, for from any peint of view 1t is q sunfiower still, Il has the merit of being less attractive than the sun flower that has no blooms in the aXils of its seems. and is less desirable The sunfower isn't to blame, for it knows nar deceit and is na, accountable for it's risfiJting title. If tradition is true man has ventured to fit d shirt to a handsPike. In the floral world the
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IT the farmers who could not see that cheap Canadian lumber would be an advantage to thcmJ are now threat ening to vote for policies that will make their. produce nearly as cheap as dirt
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Workingman, farmer or business man wants no change in present con ditions and they will indicate it by their vote.
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Ine American excuse for absence rom duty does not go in Germany. A soldier there attended the funeral of hls grandmother imaginatlvely and got six months Imprisonment for 1t.
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It appears that the cost of getting the people to call the Colonel unani- mously as a candidate was $618,000, subscribed by men who couldn't work the Taft administration.
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In California q republican cannot vote for republican presidential eIec- tors unless they write them on their ticket Hiram Johnson and his fol- lowers calls lhis menace te liberty progression.
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At London. the demand for diamonds exceeds the supply, hence the price of these precious stones Is rising. This is a sign of world wide prosperity.
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The Brooklyn youth of 15 who sui cided because he could not make a 13- year-old girl his bride. showed that this is a fast age.
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Another week and we shall be upon the verge of the election which is to either show the wisdom of the Amerf- can people. or the injEy spite can do a great community.
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It is interesting to hear the bull moose ranters tell what their party stands for and know all the time that the prohibition party has been offer ing practically as much for years,
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If the way the American public is slaughtering the Turkish names is any help to the Balkan states the war ought not to last long.
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Diaz can hardly be credited with good judgment, The price he must pay for leading a puny revolt a brief revolt a brief time was too much for the firm.
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, Colonel Bryan in his glee says: Wilson cannot lose' The Colonel has thought this same thing about himself three times, and lost every Iinnel
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Husbands Annual Alarm.

Fall fashions are being displayed st fall openings. All=the= year -afeund hus . bands l9ek alarmed, as usual, an such occasions,-Birmingham Age Herald,
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MT. Carnegie says the way to meet a king is to laugh Perhaps he thinks he can get past St. Peter with broad grin.
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REPUBLICAN TiChEF.
 President,
 WILLIAM H. TAFT of Ohio.
 Vice President, JAMES s. SHERMAN of New York.
 Governor, JOHN P. STUDLEY of New Haven.
 lieutenant Governor. CHARLES H. PECK of Danbury.
 Secretary of State,
 Treasurer, oU6TAF B. CARLSON of Middletown. WALTER w. HOLMES of Waterbury.
 Comptroller, FATETTE L. WRIGHT of Pomfret.
 Presidential Electors. NORMAND F. ALLEN of Hartford. GOLLIN s. WOODRUFF of New Haven WALDO c. BRYANT of Bridgeport. FRANK B. WEEKS of Middletown. ROBERT SCOVILLE of Salisbury. HAROLD B. ,MoWRY of Sterling. Representatives in Congress.
 SECOND DISTRICT. WILLIAM A. KING of Willimaatic.
 Fer State Senators. ls-LUciUS F. wMgoN. New London. lls-CURRlE GIL5kIeE of Norwich. 2o-FRANK H. haeh%sS1EY of Stoning- ss-EDWIN H. KEAs&a ot .Kiliingly. 2s-CHARLES H. Bist4KEe Brooklyn: Ss-SAMU1tL RUSSELL. Jk.. of Middle town.
 For Judge of Probate, NELSON J. AYLING of Norwich.
 Representatives.
 JOHN ECCLES,
 ASHLEY T. BOON.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Happy thought for today: Of course, henpecked man always takes a gloomy view of a rooster,s life.
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The Colonel has learned as well as shown that there are times when it Is not well for man to be bossless.
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There are many voters who have found the voting machine as simple as A. E. C. Everyone should have it explained before the fifth of Novem- Der, and likewise be convinced.
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Everybody is working" is the best political averment for Taft's success. The party that causes everybody to loaf loses in the end.
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Most of us enjoy the song Well know each other better by and by" but why in the name of good judg- ment and common sense shouldn't we know each other better now? It Is well enongh to hope for things better by and by, which there seems to be no possibility of getting now. There are great many people l ought to have known better, and I'm going to tell you it Is not to my credit I did not know them better, or to their credit that they did not get different esti- mate of me The proprieties! Yes, that's it! 1 wish I could walk on the proprieties which lead to ignorance and false estimates. I like the men and women who seem to forget the strict formalities and conduct them selves in an independent and free hearted way. We concern ourselves too muck with what people think of us, but what we think of ourselves is more important.
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The Thames river has to be men toned when the beautiful streams of southern New England are named, and we always think of 1t as a fine river to sail on; but it doesn't have good repute as stream to swim in. It is the outlet to several factory streams and so polluted that it is not inviting to fish or man: this is why the belief Is popular that to be res- cued from drowning when thoroughly immersed Is only to die from poisons; but at this 1t has a somewhat better reputation than turbid Carolina stream which was so filthy and clut- tered 1t was not inviting even for suicide. In thls Carolina stream g. man who thought he plunged to death came up with horse collar and an old hoopskirt around his neclcs and it was no wonder he cried for. help, While we are promoting the City Beautiful idea why not commence a check upon practices which make the Thames fishless and a menace to health?
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speculative seem to be trying to do this all the time.
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no mistake if you vote for William H. Taft this fall.
 w. A. WELD. Spring Hill. Oct. 25, 1912.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

After collecting over SS,000 in deficit funds" the New Haven chamber Of commerce hears with good cheer the report that all the expenses of New Haven week have been paid up and that there is $1242 left in the treas ury. This amount will probably more than pay for the restoration Of the Green.-Ansonia Sentinel.
 The virtuous Beveridge in 1904 re- turned the checks sent him to finance his senatorial campaign amounting Ill all to s57,0O0. This $57,000 total in- cIuded three $10,000 drafts from George w. Perkins. How ubiquitously Perkins does bob up every time big money Is to be paid out in behalf of politicians of influence.-Waterbury American. Notwithstanding the great popu-
 larity of Mayor Mahan it Is reported that the republicans of New London believe that they will easily carry that city The situation is thus summed up in the head-lines: Bull Moose many but not numerous; prevalent
 prosperity makes the voters unwilling to swap horses" Bridgeport Stand ard.
 It is impossible to prevent men from carrying and owning revolvers if they
 wish Close up the dens of vice, the gambling resorts and the rum holes, and there will be little provocation 1 for brawls and manslaughter. If any
 man is found with a concealed weapon send him to jail to hard labor. A
 mere fine will never work a reform Middletown Sun.
 The venerable Horace Boies, the i only Democrat ever elected governor of Iowa, has come out for President l Taft. He is especially incensed by the brutal insults that Governor Johnson poured upon the President in respect to which he says: "It would burn
 my fingers to cast a ballot for any
 man who could characterize man who could thus characterize a | President of the United States 1 Waterbury American.
 The news from New Haven is that 1 the Progressive News the great and only Connecticut exponent of new i ideas, the official organ of the bull moosers, is a heavy financial drag on ] it's editor, publisher and owner, Frank | Butterworth. It is said to realize that
 the only truthful paper in the state
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It is not strange the old world is signing for peace. War never of itself can be anything but brutality. It is the path which leads away from love toward poverty and degradation; and these modern wars which are carried on without navies on armed troops the industrial wars so- called-are just as costly-as wasteful of wealth as any other wars. Sherman said: War is hell!" It is so whether it leads to fierce conflict or starvation. The labor wars between September, 1911, and September, 1912. cost nearly three million dollars a day! New England workers gained an advance of S10,000, 900 in wages by war in that time; and three strikes cost more than the total increase of wages. The ten greatest strikes cost $390.000,0 ,000; and all the strikes totalled billion dollars. or nearly enough to meet the expenses of this government N With the war clouds pretending strife in Europe and such figures as these. doesn't it seem time that the people of the earth invoked peace in earnest?
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1t boats all how many roads there are to ruin; and it is possible to go on foot, by way train or the limited ex- press. It does not seem far from Good Cheer to Black Despair to those who have made the trip; but it seems a good ways. from stability of char acter to the spot where wrecked life ended. What is it that wrecks lives? It is not always dissipation, for it is sometimes ignorance and sometimes taking a chance; it may be ambition that has overreached, or love that sacrificed itself in the vain attempt to meet the expectations and desires of others. Who knows of the disguises of the Tempter, but the tempted? who knows the deformities of man except God? There may be deformities Of brain or heart for which man makes no allowance The roads to ruin have their temporary delights and man must guard against becoming vic tim of sensations. Good principles in- delibly impressed upon the heart form the lifeline which holds man to truth and nobility of character.
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SUNDAY MORNING TALK
THE SYMBOL AND THE REALITY.

A few weeks ago in New England mill city witnessed a spectacle call culated to stir the heart of any gen. uine American. Thirty three thou sand men, women and children each carrying an American flag, marched through miles of streets that were lined with applauding spectators. AS the solid phalanxes of business and professional men, mill workers, church societies, fraternal orders and school children passed along not single em- blem or device was displayed, save one Old Glory. It was absolutely i'm possible to distinguish the identity of any of the marching companies by any outward sign. Creed, craft and color; political party and social connection were absolutely ignored in spontaneous tribute to the flag. I question wheth- CT our country has seen demonstra- tion quite like it.
 The march concluded at the common, where, in a large open space tenn porary flag staff had been erected. About this the citizens gathered till five or six acres, at least, were packed with an earnest, but orderly throng. When, to the music of combined bands, the waving of a veritable sea of flags and cheers from tens of thousands of throats an immense banner was haul ed aloft. The scene was one that shall long remember,
 What was it, asked myself, that stirred the emotion of these march ing, cheering thousands? The flag is but strip of colored bunting. You can buy one for a few cents. AS @ textile fabric it is of no more value than other material sold in the shops There is not sufficient beauty in the mere arrangement of red, white and blue to stir the heart to mere rapid beating, What is the magic in this piece of cloth?
 A flag is symbol and symbol Is impressive by reason of that for which it stands. The flag is leved and hon. ored because it represents the ideals o1 a people. A century and a half e1 struggle, sacrifice and suffering have gone into that banner. The sorrows of Bunker Hill and Valley Forge an6 Gettysburg are all there. On a hundred fields, on all the seven seas, in camp and court it has won its way. Be- cause it summed up the achievement and hope of the nation the people carried 1t and raised 1t on high with tumultuouS acclaim.
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The boys in Merry England" are gathering materials for a bonfire cele bration today. as are the boys of Nor wich. Had it not been for these older bonfres abroad there would have been no Thanksgiving bonfres here in Nor wich. There was a time when St. Johns eve and Christmas eve were lthe two grand festivals of the English year. and great, bonfires were built to celebrate these events. The Gunpow- Ger Plot used to be celebrated on the 5th of November all over England and New England with bonfires. Now the English boys are gathering all kinds of fuel for the Halloween bonfire, Wh,t9 the Norwch boys are gathering bur rels for the Thanksgiving event. It was a. local feature at Lancashire, Eng, a town which the historian says '11as al ways been famous for keeping of festl : vals and the lighting of bontires." They were at first called "boonfires,' and then "bonfiers." The shifting of the November 5th bonfire to Thanksgiving day was easy. The stringing of bar rels on poles seems to be peculiar to Norwich, and barrels were selected be- cause they could be most successfully secreted and made the highest and surest blaze.