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Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30
HIS BROKEN PLEDGE.

On the 4th of March next shall Have served three and a half years, and this three and a half years con- stitute my first term. The wise GUS tom which limits the president to two terms regards the substance and not the form, AND UNDER NO CIR SUBSTANCES WILL 1 BE A CAN DlDATE FOR OR ACCEPT ANoTH- ER NoMINATIoN-Theodore Roose- welt, November 8, 1904.
 HAVE NOT CHANGED AND SHALL NOT CHANGE THAT DE- clsloN THUS ANNOUNCED.-Theo- dore Roosevelt, December Ii, 1907.
 | WILL ACCEPT THE NoMINA- TON FOR PRESIDENT IF IT IS RENDERED TO NE. - Theodore Roosevelt February 24, 1912.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

The Catholics have doubled their number in twenty years, and as enum- erated aggregate 15,015,569
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

The back alleys and yards show that the people still have faith in all kinds of canned goods
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

The fund for the support of the granddaughters of Dickens amounts to $42, 000-enough to keep them in com fort the rest of their days. Dickens admirers did not mean they should become dependent,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

If April carries out the prediction of almanac day there will not be enough reservoirs to hold the water this spring.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

been reguarly indicted as a counter feiter The money was found in his clothes and he was considered as gull ty as his parents.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30
Bible Question Box

Your RIbIe questions vy:II he at- sTersd AE these columns Or by maI 4 seat t0 cur Bible Question hOZ iitoF.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

If the chewing-gum concerns put out the digestion promoting product, why should not the cigarmakers invent a advancing cigar?
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

A love handshake may be all right for Lillian Russell, but it is too much like the political grip for an ardent suitOr,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The New York 14foot primary bal lot has shown there is no excuse for it's future existence.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

It must make Thomas Lipton a trifle uneasy to note the many aviation cups over here and he not qualified to com pete.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

The beef barons are feeling good over the result of their ten years trial and pork has been jacked up $1.5O a barrel
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

It cost the packers three millions to prove they were not guilty; and it will cost the public six millions to make things right again.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

At San Francisco the men were sur prised at the zeal the women election officials showed in the bond issue election. The Easter hats and gowns were evidently forgotten for day.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

Happy thought for today: When the world sees that it needs less good ad- vice and more good example it will become better.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
A Correction.

Mir. Editor: Your enterprising West erly correspondent evidently lost his cue or did not go to the proper au- thority for his information regarding the genealogy of two ladies (former
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

The Colonel Roosevelt now blurting in disappointment doesn't seem much like the Colonel Roosevelt who charged up San Juan hill.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

Maude Malone knows now Colonel Roosevelt will stand and see a defense less woman dragged from his presence by the police.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

The Taft managers will pay no more attention to Roosevelt. It is consid- cred now that every word he utters is a boomerang to his cause.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

The year 1912 is likely to be re- membered as the year that Colonel Roosevelt put too high an estimate on his political power and popularity
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

While Roosevelt strenuousIy denies that he said he would bolt, yet no one has caught him saying that he would not head an independent ticket.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

The man who makes too much of the proverb. Al things are for the best soon thinks he is, and gets his thumbs in the armholes of his vest.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

if one could count the promising ca reers nipped in the bud through lack of a little human approbation the list would be a long one. Only the excep- tionalIy resolute can make head against perpetual apathy or criticism. It is one more indication of Lincoln's wonderful caliber that he could stick to his ideas during those years when he was the most criticized and perhaps the most lonely man in the North. What pity that a few of the paeans that all the world has sounded since might not have reached his ears when he needed to hear them,
 The first spark of ambition in many a youth has been kindled by a word of praise. After he had won fame and hung his pictures in the Royal Academy the veteran artist, Benjamin West said, "A kiss from my mother made me a painter A mother less wise might have laughed at the first boyish daubs. Under such treatment 1t is an even chance that young Ben tamin would have thrown away his sketches and abandoned his efforts
 It is not only in the realm of art but in more prosaic affairs that praise is a powerful stimulant. A bit of gen erous appreciation would put courage into millions of tired workers the world around. It is not his wage exclusively that the laborer craves. No man lives by bread alone. He wants a little ap- preciation and sympathy. The human touch of genuine and kindly interest not only lightens his toll but increases his efficiency in it.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

There are faithful public servants who rarely or never get their deserts in this way. We are ready enough to criticize them when they make mis- takes but mum as oysters when they do well. There are soldiers of the com mon good, policemen, conductors, post men, teachers, and a host of others whose excellent service we simply take for granted. To encourage them with a sincere word of appreciation does not occur to us. It is only when some one suddenly drops out of the ranks that we realize how faithful the serv- ice has been. Then the tribute is ready enough but then 1t is too late
 Praise is comedy for the upright, !" says the Psalmist. Practical religion bids us cultivate the spirit of com mendatien rather than of criticism. There are people all about who hon estly merit the word of commendation you can speak. There are loyal friends, there are members of your family cir cle who would be rejoiced to hear how genuinely you appreciate them. How .--@A hAttAr if S te say these good
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

The man who knows he ought to be thankful for the things he fails to get gives evidence of having 8 broadened mind. Everything a man wants he doesn't need and some things he yearns for would be his utter ruin. Some people feel sad because their prayers have not been answered, but if they had been they would have a good deal more to be sorry for. Every day poor thoughtless creatures ask the Lord to forgive them as they forgive those who trespass against them. who never thought of forgiving others. Prayer is not a matter of form and words. but of feeling and the heart A parrot can be taught to say the Lord s prayer, but it cannot be made to sense its depth of meaning The human soul needs a divinely illuminated mind more than it needs a bank account. notice some deprivations of the past now have the appearance of having been blessings in disguise. It is a keen eyed man who knows a blessing when he sees it.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30
There is no doubt sleepIsssness is

There is no doubt sleepIessness is something awful insomnia Is the name of a disease people have who pay no attention to diet and who wear their nerves outside their clothes and who refuse to recognize any relation ship between indigestion and nervous ness, or orderly behavior and good health. You will find that people who can eat anything from a board nail to a tortoise-shell comb do not sleep well of nights. These self afflicted people always blame everybody else for their troubles, and think the reason the physician cannot cure them is because their afliction is from the Lord in stead of a compliance with the doctors orders. A doctor aches to tell this sort of patient how many kinds of a fool he is, but he doesn't because that would not be a good business policy, so he lets them match him against the Lord, and the doctor is surprised that the patient doesn't see the point when he wins out Man is an enigma, as well as several other things. Every physician knows how true this is. but please do not inquire of him as to it's truth.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30
A near philosopher calls attention to

A near philosopher calls attention to the fact that a woman will pray to get into heaven, but will fight to get into society. In other words. she will work most strenuously for that which is least desirable. Somehow we mortals put too high a value upon the petty things of life and cannot realize the worth of things eternal We all get welded to the vanities and pleasures of life and mistake the froth for the substance Some get so reversed in life that they wear out their garments before they are paid for. It is a pretty mean thing to do to carry your money in your pocket and wear out other peoples clothes. and you can do 1t and get in society, too. This shows there is nothing heavenly about so- ciety-it is very apt to prey more than it prays, and often it does neither but just glistens in silks and jewels. There is one thing certain. no woman has to fight to get out of It-society drops 'emi
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

If you would get the most comfort out of life you can you must learn to forgive twice as many things as you forget. The thought of enemies is not worth entertaining is no reason why there should be anxiety about friends. We should know the differ ence between our wants and our ne- cessities and make our wants inciden- tai to our financial ability. Many of our wants would be our ills could we readily compass them. Live well this day is the correct balance for the plea Give us this day our daily bread" There is no righteous life without righteous balances. Do not try to make life a one-sided contract with your Heavenly Father. You cannot get something for nothing in spiritual life any more than you can in material life Man depends too much upon tricks and too little upon sincerity. The way to find pleasure is to become conscious of ones heirship and of the things which give a feeling of security to the soul and gladness to the heart.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30

One soureo of common affietion Is communal uncleanliness. The physi- clans are too discreet to tell us we are suffering from filth disease, but they politely talk to us of the zymotic dis eases. When typhoid or any contagion breaks out in a neighbohood, the good physician immediately looks around fer the cause. Cleanup days in any city tell for the immunity of the place from a large per cent. of it's filth dis eases. It is recorded of the mayor of one of the largest of American cities. who was asked by committee of min ister to appoint a day of prayer to ward off the cholera, that he replied that to ask God to help them while they neglected to clean up the city would be blasphemous This was a clean-cut view of the situation. While man is violating the laws of health, which must be divine how ridiculous if not wicked it is to ask the Supreme Being to save us-When we persist in poisoning ourselves. Cleanliness is a practical, saving Gospel
 The glib never believe in the man who says he cannot make a speech and who never does. It Is true that
 he can make a speech in Imagination and when they venture they become stage struck, or tongue tied. Did you ever see q man trying to say some thing who couldn' gIaring at the Would-be listeners. red iu the face sweat ing and stammering on his feet and feeling like q half strangled calf being hauled to the slaughter pen. He thought he could make a speech and knaw il would hA ErsaI- and tA~A Il
Norwich bulletin., 1912-03-30
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Have you ever thought of a good friend as an asset, as something of real and lasting value. Not an asset, because he can be drawn upon. but be- cause in a quiet way he is an in- spiration to you It is not what we can get out of man which is such a help, but what through, an interest in us he does to make life better and cas- fer Seeing your worth, he may be able to open the door to larger oppor- tunities. and if you measure up to his estimate of you his regard for you Strengthens as he sees you advance. Perhaps secretly he may be hoping you may succeed in life better than he ever has. If the quality in you Is right you never need worry about the rela- tion of friends to you. They may not all be jewels, but they ntay all be loy- al. Maybe there are more commercials in the world of friendship than else where, but this is because real friend ship Is worth something. It excuses your faults and spurs you to greater endeavor-it is kind and tolerant and uplifting. To be rich in friends is to be secure.
 1 once heard man say his wealth was in his children and 1 knew he was
 
 skeptical smiles so common to men, for was younger then and blind to some things. l can see more clearly now The children were all small and their future was before them; how they have honored themselves and given sterling value to their fathers words He never wanted for food or raiment and had nothing to leave them-but his good name; however. his country was seven good citizens better off for his having lived, and perhaps that meant more to the community than a bequest of S100.OO0. We can see the value in a herd of cattle or a flock of turkies or a drove of hogs, but when it comes to that little bunch of children in poor tenement, we pity and blame until they become aldermen, meT- chants. flnanciers. society danes or ti- tied ladies, and then we wonder how it happened. Then do we realize that they represent the wealth of their par cnts whose name they honor. or take account of what a force for good they are in the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-21
ANACOSTIA.

The large sewer just west of the ap.
proach to the Anacostia bridge which
was recently extended to the then pro
posed channel line under the reclamat flor
project. is being extended farther. IN
order to reach the new line which wa.
made to permit of teams PASSING
under the first arch of the bridge
instead Of digging a tunnel through the
approach. When this is done, and the
other small overflow sewers extended, il
is proposed to begin the pumping Of mud
into that portion to be reclaimed. Cit.
zens are anxious that this work be &C.
cOmplished during the cold weather, in
order to prevent any possibility Of dis.
ease from the stirring up Of this ma
terial.
a special series of services is being ar
ranged for the first two weeks in No.
vember by the congregation of the Ana
costa Methodist Episcopal Church. and
following these, it Is hoped that the
athletic events held each year in the hall
in the rear of the church can be begun
Rev. Samuel w. Grafflin, pastor, will be
in charge of the services.
Miss Florence GUIDE was in charge OF
the special program last evening at a
meeting of the EpwOrth League of the
Congress Heights Methodist Episcopal
Church. The meeting was in the form
of a missionary rally, and the principal
address was made by Thaddeus Duvall,
a member of the local league. Others
also discussed the subject of missions
and special music was contributed.
Arrangements were completed yester-
day afternoon by the committee of Ana
costa Lodge. No. 81, F. A. A. NJ, for the
eE .ertainment of the officers of the Grand
Lodge in the District, who will make
their annual visitation to the local lodge
tonight, in Masonic Hall. An elaborate
program has been prepared under the
direction of Milton J. Filius.
The streets leading to the new Rdndle
Highlands School are still in a bad con-
dition, and during rainy weather they
are almost impossible. The citizens as
the authorities make some provision for
supplying proper entrances to this build
ing before the winter weather begins.
Rally day exercises We're held yester-
day in the Anacostia Methodist Episcopal
Church, and it is hoped renewed interest
will be taken in all matters relating to
the church by the members Of the va
rious organizations. Rev. Samuel w.
Grafflin, pastor, delivered special ad-
dresses. and the Sunday school depart
ment of which Arthur B. Suit is superin-
tendent, took an active part in the exer-
cises.
Yesterday afternoon an automobile
owned by c. H. Miller and a. buggy
driven by L. w. GasS coindeu In front
of 100 Minnesota avenue, and both of
the vehicles were slightly injured, but no
one was hurt.
Mr.. and Mrs Potts Of Wayne. Pa, the
latter formerly Miss Ruth Afford of Ana
costa, paid a visit to Mr.. and Mrs. James
A. Afford at their nome on w street yes
John Pleasant, colored. sixty years Of
are. an inmate of the Stoddard Baptist
Home. on Alabama avenue. yesterday
was sent to the hospital suffering from
that street car ran into him Saturday
night while ne was in the city and in
iured him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-21
THE NANTUCKET IN SERVICE.
Vessel Will Be Used as Freight Car.
rier for the Present.

Although 1t has been less than two
months since she was badly damaged by
fire and sank In Baltimore harbor and
less than three weeks since she was
foated. the Merchant and Miners line
steamship Nantucket has been placed In
commission as a freight carrier on the
route between Chesapeake bay and Provi-
dence.
Work has been pushed on the big
steamship night and day to get her In
condition to resume service, and while
she IL running. II is stated, mechanics
will be aboard her overhauling her pas
senger saloons and cabins and putting
them In readiness for the big ship to re-
sumo duty as a passenger boat This
work. IL Is stated. VIII require a month
or two to complete. but when the work
IN done no trace Of fire or water damage
will be discernible aboard her. 1t is also
stated that q number of changes and i'm
provements will be made in the interior
Of the big ship. and when she resumes
service she will be. as far as interior is
concerned, a new vessel.
The Nantucket had just arrived at Bal
ttmore from Boston. discharged her pas
Sengers and gone to Locust point to I'M
load cargo. when the fire broke out In
the ship and she was sunk by the water
pumped Into her to extinguish the flames.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-21

Injured at Navy Yard When Auto
Ran Into Guy Rope.

Alexander OShoa. engineer in charge
OF the powder magazine at the govern
ment proving grounds at Indian Head,
who was severely injured about the neck
yesterday afternoon when his automobile
ran against a guy rope at the navy yard.
probably will recover. Surgeons at the
Casualty Hospital found it necessary to
take seventeen stitches in Mr. O'Shea.s
wound
Mrs y shea and Mr.. and Mrs. w G.
Dawson of 113 7th street northeast, who
were in the car with Mr.. o. Shea when the
accident happened. sustained only slight
injuries. After Mr. OShea had been
taken to the hospital in the automobile,
Mr.. Dawson took Mrs. OShea to her
home at 2l7 street northeast.
1t was about O'Clock In the afternoon
when Mr.. O'Shea drove his automobile To
the navy yard to visit friends and IL was
not until his vehicle came i'll contact with
a slack guy rope running across the road
way from tent that he knew the rope
was there.
When the rope came in contact with
his neck he was thrown back to the seat
Mr.. Dawson reached over and stopped the
engine in time to prevent additional dam
age. Mrs. O'Shea's hat was torn from
her head and her face slightly bruised.
The top OF the automobile was damaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-21
REVIEWS POLITICAL SITUATION
George H. Sibley Speaks at Meeting
of Secular League.

''The Political Situation was the sub.
ject of an address by George H. Sibley
of the National League for Peoples Rule
yesterday afternoon at a meeting of the
Washington Secular League at Pythian
Temple.
Mr.. Sibley. who described himself as "a
progressive democrat declared the ques-
ton that is uppermost in the minds of
the people is Can the democratic party
be trusted to protect the peoples inter-
ests?" This subject was also discussed
by Donald Mcpherson, Prof. E. c. Kenny,
w. G. Brink, Prof. Charles Roys, H. b.
Bradford, A. T.. MacLaughlin, James G.
Kent, A. w. Barber and DR.. J. J. Shirley
J. /. Pierce, a socialist, presented the
political issue of supreme Importance as
his party conceives it, and supported his
argument by appeal to statistics of the
cotton industry compiled by President
Taft's board of tariff experts He held
the great issue to be how the worker is
to get~his just share of what he produces,
and declared that it was utterly unim-
portant with reference to this issue which
party, aside from the socialist, was sue
cessful in the coming election.
There was some criticism of the pro-
GressIve party and its candidate for
president, which We're defended by H. b.
Bradford.
At the opening of the meeting Mrs. Link
rendered piano solo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-21
M|LAN0 ASKS NEW TRIAL
Motion Filed in Behalf of ItaI-
ian Convicted of Murder
ing Boy.

Tony Milano the shoemaker, convicted
last Friday of murder in the first degree
in connection with the death of Harry
Smith, twelve years old, wants new
trial
His counsel. Attorneys d. W. Baker and
James F. Kelly, today filed a motion for
a he wtrial. alleging that the verdict
was contrary to the evidence and that
the court erred in the conduct Of the
trial.
The particular point made by counsel
for the defense is that Justice Stafford
erred when he allowed the jury to be
completed after the regular panel had
been exhausted Attorney Baker con-
tends that the code excerpts capital cases
from those in which the court is author
lied to summon talesmen to complete
juries.
Opposed by Government Attorney.
The point was opposed by United
States Attorney Wilson and Assistant
United States Attorney Hawken at the
trial and the court held with the gov
eminent, deciding that the two sections
of the code read together allowed the
court to order talesmen drawn from
the jury box, but took away it's dis
erection to summon bystanders into the
box
Arguments on the motion for a new
trial will be heard next Saturday be-
fore Justice Stafford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-21
FIRST MUSICAL A SUCCESS.
Washington Saengerbund Gives Elk.
cellent Program at Clubhouse.

It's first musical Of the season and
the introduction of Prof Armand Gum
precht. Its new musical director, served
10 crowd the clubhouse Of the Wash
ington Saengerbund last evening. not
only with its members, but a large
number of music lovers, its special
guests.
The program, instrumental and
vocal, was an unusual one and charac-
teristic OF the classic taste of the new
director. Not only the Saengerbund
chorus OF sixty voices. but the five
soloists of the occasion, Mrs Esther
Gumprecht, Mrs. Robert Fatt. William
Clabaugh. Halton Boyce and William
c. Mills. sang and played In a way
that called forth continued and en-
thusiastic applause
Two big choral numbers were sung
by the Saengerbund. Der Studenten
Nachtgesang." by Fisher, and ''Uebers
Jahr." by Van Der Stucken, with spirit
and with pleasing Interpretation Mrs
Gumprecht sang Non G ver'' and a.
composition by her husband Der Nut
ter Schlumme rlied." which was yery
beautiful: Mrs. Fatt sang the dramatic
aria from Judith: Mr. Mills. the tenor
solo. Celeste Aida.' and Mr.. Clabaugh
Rubinsteins Der Asra" and Schu-
mann's "Ich Grolle NIGHT" Mr. Royce's
piano solo was ChOpin's Polonaise in A
fiat, on SO.