davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
LIBERTY IN LAW.

The only man in the world really free is the one who has come under authority. To learn the rules of the game of life and to play it according to Hoyle is the way to win. The notion that freedom means lawless- ness is always and everywhere a mischievous error.
 Government of any kind must seem naught but irksome restraint to immature minds. A boy in prep school may refer to certain sets of regulations as punk" and to his instructors as "boobs" who are foolish enough to enforce such absurb regu- lations. Immigrants from other lands where wise government is rare have way of coming into frequent con- f1ict with the police, the school au- thorities and the board of health in Ainerica-a realm they had pictured as the Hand of the free"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

Happy thought for today: Expla- nations of a failure are a necessity A success needs no explanation.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

The men who loved their party so well they wanted to be republicans and bull moosers, too, are not likely to continue in the double role.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09
COAL SITUATION

sections of the country
 ndications that the coal
 ping to result in an in
 the conditions under
 necessary commodity is
 ted and dispensed Not
 elieve that the price is
 nS it may come to an
 "a In Boston, in
 e case, and the
 association is de-
 III allow a month
 Iuation straighten
 ing decreas sed, tho
 have taken ad-
 lon to store up
 This they re-
 g the retailers
 ~ pdssible. It therefore Ilat all coal which it IS necessary To secure in order to sup ply business. in excess of what the mining companies can furnish retail CTS must be bought at Ian advanced price. Tn Boston, 1t istclaimed that the dealers are also taking advantage of the situation and instead of selling only their high-priced coal at a high ngure, they are selling all their SUD- ply both that which cost only an ad- vance of 25 cents ton and that which may have been advanced 50 to 75 cents 2 tor for the same. high price. It is "a orain ON onsumer which is not warranted, the Boston organiza- uon Is taking a step which is likely 70 stimulate similar action in many other cities.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

Governor Stubbs of Kansas will not take part in national legislation. His action in the campaign didn't increase his popularity.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

Woodrow Wilson was elected presi- dent by the vote of a minority of those who took part in the election on Tues day
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

Uncle Joe" Cannon will miss Wash ington. but, then, things would never be the same again.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

Ii doesn't look as if President Will sons way of making up his cabinet would please the political stars of his party.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09
EDITORIAL NOTES. Vermont is still the barometer state.

He promised not to vote for any of the leaders.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

in work, enthusiasm for truth, and is altogether militant and active. | And it sometimes exists in connec- tion with some human wickedness | and foibles.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

The joys of today are good enough to think abOut-the sorrows of yester- day can take care of themselves.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

University of Missouri students are being taught how to construct, as- semble, operate, repair and care for motor cars.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09
EOM TAX

m interesting finish
 income tax amend
 on of this coun-
 ed to the point
 tion of but two
 for it's ratifica-
 lnow, the joint
 amendment to
 been awaiting required that two- Ates must pass upon order to make the i've. Action has been htter by ss states, of Favored 1t, while four down. There remains lich to secure the nec- bass 1t. Many of these tes. including Massa- nt, New Jersey, Penn are, Virginia and West on on the amendment several states within a when the fate of the Pe known. If successful, beginning of much b how 1t is to be put The question as to be applied to all or whether certain more than others, is | to have careful con-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

The wheat growing countries rank as follows in the order of quantity produced. United States, Russia, Canada and Great Britain.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

The annual consumption of match es in Manehuria is estimated at TO- 900 tons, of which 10000 tons are con sumed in Northern Manehuria, At a mean price of ST ton, the volume of this trade is nearly s5oo,o per annum, Most of the matches come from Japan,
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

|urder every day among fouth Carolina. and the
 refers to 1t as "a homs
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

You may have noticed there is all
 ways chickweed or purslane enough in the garden without cultivating it. There is also meaness enough in the life of every one of us without culti-
 vating a bit. These things of such re- markable vigor must be held in check if the same ground is to produce some thing of real value. The real boom | erang is a peculiarly shaped piece of wood that comes back to smite the thrower after it has been flung from him. Meannesses appear to be de- signed so that they operate in a dual way without our consent Retaliation begets retaliation in every form. This is what gave currency to that homely saying: Chickens come home to roost." Vengeance is mine," saith
 the Lord; and there is no use of ques- tioning this declaration. It is a thing
 to be left in divine hands for all oth- CT hands will surely make a mess of it. There is nothing in it that exalteth the spirit or cheers the heart There is great hope for a wicked man, it is said, but only slim chance for the mean one.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Just a few words to office seekers. Don't aspire to offices for which you
 are not fitted by training and experi- ence. Don't aspire to any office if you are going to get sore because you
 don't get 1t. It isn't worth it.-New Haven Union.
 1 Making children realize the import | ance of raising agricultural products will be another effective blow to the | high food prices which prevail now, | largely because many people in vil- lages and cities feel that it is beneath l their dignity to work in the garden, ] and so are at the mercy of the huck- 1 sters or the grocery store for all the
 vegetables consumed.-Hartford Post. | The general prosperity which has | been brought about during the Taft | administration and which, as that ad- | miniStration hears its close, is probably 1 the greatest this country has ever | known. This should not be forgotten. ] The stint of keeping this record up | and of improving upon it if they would
 achieve real progress, will soon fall
 upon democratic shoulders.-Ansonia 1 Sentinel.
 l Governor Johnson has started back I u HIS nOBlOCItu OdILOIuld. W G uO IOL l think his style suited the east, though it appealed strongly to the bull moose | spirit. He certainly overdid the job of 1 cheating his republican opponents in | California. He succeeded in fixing l it so that they could not vote for | Taft, with the result that they voted l for Wilson, turning what was conceded l to be sure Roosevelt state over to 1 the demo Waterbury American. By close vote-133 to 121-the re- | publicans will control the next house. i There are four progressive members, 1 who may flock by themselves or affil- 1 fate with either side at will. On the republican side the veteran in respect | to legislative experience is William
 Henry Hall of Wilmington, one of the | cleverest takers and diplomatic lead
 CTS the republicans have had on the | floor of the house since the days of 1 John NJ. Hall and William c. Case-
 New Haven Times-Leader.
 1 Colonel Roosevelt's loosely formulat- | ed programme of progressivism seems
 not to have been a factor of very great | importance, though the strong per- | sonal rivalry between him and MT. 1 Taft unquestionably counted heavily in | swelling the proportions of democratic victory and republican defeat In l general, the result appears as the
 natural, and on the whole healthful, ! tendency of the electorate to shift the control of national affairs from one
 to the other of the great parties at
 occasional intervals. There was a pre- 1 vailing belief that season of demo- | cratic control would have a wholesome | effect.-Springfield Union
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

1t was Pindar who said: "A grace ful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality" I fear this kind of old age is not as common as 1t should be. This is an old age age which knows no second child
 hood, it lives in the present, it does not dwell in or on the past. It doesn't tell tales which begin when 1 was a boy or deplore that the world Is getting worse instead of better. It gives forth no complaints, and is not bowed down with years. It stands up in the sunshine and keeps good cheer close by. It finds pleasure in what is, and leaves what was to be reported by the historians. It doesn't mention the burden of years to excite sympathy, or criticise youth because it is not what it used to be;
 but it just delights in new life and new cheer and enjoys the companionship of later generations. It does not dread to be alone, but finds rest and inspira- tion in the silence. It was noted by Jerrold How beautiful time with goodness can make an old man look' The person who would never grow old should keep a child in his heart.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

Some people do not believe you can have too much of a good thing. They are ignorant of the fact that a suffi- ciency of the best of food promotes health, while an excess promotes dis ease. This is why an ancient philoso- pher said: Life is made long by short mealsl" Too many people stuff them selves full of good things at the table and think the Lord afflicts them with dyspepsia, when they are the creators of their own distress. If it paid the physicians to tell us the truth about the causes of our physical impairments we should be better informed upon our faults-our intemperance, and have less to say about the intemperance of others. We overdo things and undo ourselves, for which we generally blame someone else. Man is a funny proposition-he is peculiar-in the mass or individually, and when Alex ander Hamilton said man is a reason ing rather than a reasonable animal, the world believed him.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09
A NATIONAL HIcIMtAv

An organized effort is being made h oenat or national highway, a rock cad (which wiI extend from ocean +o 6eah. This A-the. outcome of +he eht Tor good roads and the rap- opment in the use of the auto Tor travelling about the country. be combination of the two which the attractiveness of travelling, 70 cluDs. organizations, and the lnoustry that the big appeals are made 10 meet the estimated ex- or $l5.OUU,OOO which seems like ery small estimate for the con- cuon or a substantial rock road. every state through which such a nWay would pass it would be of nense value and would doubtless he out so as to include state high ys already constructed.
 uckiiy the plan does not contem- The sharing in the expense by ious states. While many states k2perate and furnish a good response. it can hardly be hat they can turn their state e for the benefit of the cross- lutoists who will go whizzing an to ocean for pleasure. Each problems of it's own and until rner thereof is given the ben lodern roads, for the man with cart or the auto. state money be devoted to that end. When fs Of the state are supplied, Inal highway can well be con- y the states, but it is hardly deal to keep the farmer plod- bad roads to carry on his uild roads for the sake
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

| do not wonder that children often assume that our rules are devised only to plague them. Nor am 1 sur prised that men from countries where laws seem to spring only from the caprice of some despot come to cherish hatred for everything that looks like authority. Any man may fall in easily with anarchistic theories whose experience with government has been that of oppression an ydcon- Straint.
 The fact is that law is about the most friendly thing in the world. Obedience is the road to freedom. The apostle James recognized this when he wrote of the Flaw of liberty" He told us that the way to succeed is to follow the rules.
 Nature should give us a hint of the principle. As Ruskin says, There Is no such thing as unchartered liberty in the universe. The stars have it not; the earth has it not; the sea has it not" Think for a minute as to what would happen of the earth should wander from it's course with the irresponsible gait of a drunken man. Such a. catastrophe will never happen simply because the earth obeys law. It's rotations, as noted by scientists, have not varied one hun dredth part of a second in 5000 years We work effectively when we pull with the natural forces. It is a mighty hard job to sweep against the wind, or cleave wood across the grain. A railroad train that leaves the track finds not liberty but de- | struction.
 i Health means simply harmony We find freedom and peace as we swing our lives and activities into accord with the laws of nature which are the laws of God. This is true whether you are dealing with the | body or mind or spirit of man.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

A Western man has discovered what profanity Is token of, and it cannot be easily refuted. He dnesn't like Shakespeare, say: "Ill deeds are doubled with an evil word" but that when profanity begins to flow from a mans mouth it IS token that the devil has wrought confusion in his brain and checked his thinking-h has became bereft of his senses and is thrown into a State Of irresporsibili- ty. He does not think the language of Hades is of any material value out side of Satan's realm. A profane man though in the right weakens his cause when he gives voice 70 degrad- ing language. Tryon Edwards felt sure that profanity produced nothing on earth but shame and in hell damn ation. It is not habit any one ever felt proud of or any man ever com mended. Wrath can find better ex- pression and should Profanity even impares bad temper.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

Not few earnest souls who want
 to do good in the world become a bad example in other respects. It takes too
 many people nowadays to save the race and to save the country with what meagre results we are all well aware. Adding producers to any com
 munity is not an aid to thrift. Too
 many of these self elected saviors are spohgeB who simply absorb moisture and shrink the surplus of deserving men. In many respects nearly all or them need reforming. 1ll-temper, jealousy and meddlesomeness are not qualifications which beft leaders in any cause. The only thing which re- forms men in this world is truth; and those who reject truth abide in falsity and make the errors and suffer the distresses which come of it. Men re- main in error just as long as they have no faith in truth It is right here that our faith can make us whole, and the truth can make us free. Conviction is helpful force, but fear does not give birth to the genuine article. Vic tor Hugo said that to reform a man you must begin with his grandmother.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09
THE MAN WHO TALKS

How do you account for the man who is always on the offside? This is constant type-most everybody knows of such a man. He has a con- ceit usually that he is for the under dog in life, and he is; but you let the under-dog get on top and he is against him. The new fads, and new parties, and new movements of every kind at- tract him. Although really non-pro- greEsive you will find him among the progressives theologically, politically and scientifically. He will argue with you by the hour and find enjoyment, and the only way to knock him out IS to agree with him. He isn't looking for harmony, but for conflict. To be in accord brings to his mind the peril of inertia. If he didn't shy at this point he might have to whistle to keep his courage up. He isn't by any means wilful, but he seems to be spending his life chasing the ghosts of his dreams, and seemingly dies content. Decision scares him as delusion does other people.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

There is an Old Testament verse which says, "Whoso breaketh a hedge serpent shall bite him." The hedge is the law that is round about us. The man who breaks through the laws of health need not complain if he finds undesirable con- sequences visited upon him. He who breaks over the rules of integrity and sound dealing need not complain when financial disaster smites his house.
 Happy the man who, finding out the laws of God honors and keeps them! Far from being hampered and restrained he alone knows the free dom and vigor of life, In his experi- ence Is disclosed the great and divine fact, Where the spirit of the Lord is there is liberty. THE PARSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

nave re1ormeo many tunes in my life and keep reforming. It appears to be the way to keep from becoming hide-bound, or rut- bound One of the bet reforms was when I stopped t hiking l was right and the other fellow was wrong, when he might he partly right and I might be all wrong. It is good thing to know how to live up to our own convictions, and to respect the other fellow for living up to his honest interpretations of right. l have noticed that folks-good folks. too-do not agree upon what is right, but differ in their opinions of inno- cent amusements as well as the more serious problems of life. We should recognize their right to differ from us: and sometimes we are forced to &C., knowledge their superior judgment. The one man who always acted right was put to death 2,000 years ago; and he has had no successor. We should get along first rate with all our differences if we meddled less and loved one another more, I do not re- gard those who differ from me as erring brethren for they may be fol- lowing their best light and who can do better than that?
 Did you ever take an oath to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and then try to homer the truth and yourself, If yeu are guilty your defender is afraid yeu will tell the truth while the prosecutor is afraid yeu won't. If you are a witness neither side desires you to tell any, truth which may be detrimental to their cause, Most of the questions asked you are calculated to lead yeu away from discriminating facts, In
Norwich bulletin., 1912-11-09

Just a few words to office seekers. Don't aspire to offices for which you are not fitted by training and experi- ence. Don't aspire to any office if you are going to get sore because you don't get it. It isn't worth it.-New Haven Union.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-23
That TightneSS
 of the Stomach
Caused by Formation of Nauseous Gases, from Undigested FOod-In- stantly Stopped with a Stuart's
 Dyspepsia Tablet
Trial Package Free

When you feel as if your stomach was being tightly choked-when the par is intense and you break out in a cold and clammy precipitation and there is a lump in your throat and you are weak and nauSeated-au you need is a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet to clear away the wreckage of undigeSt- ed food left in the stomach and intes- tines and restore you to your normal self again.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-23
FTightfuI Labor Conditions Are Revealed In Southern
 Cotton Factories
MADE PUBLIC BY
 BUREAU OF LABOR
Medgre Incomes And Many Diseases Follow In
 The Wake
Especial from United Press.

Washington, Feb. 23-As sordid and tragic a tale of the poverty of la. bor as was ever told in a government publication was unfolded; today, in the report of the standard of living among southern cotton mill workers. made public by the Bureau of Labor. Government investigators selected 21 typical cotton mill families and stud jed their incomes. expenditures in de- tail for the year 190S In almost every case these conditions were found:
 The father and two or three of the older children at work in the mill, yet the total annual income of the family bread winners often less than $1, GOO a year.
 The account at the company store running steadily above the family in come.
 At the end of the year a debt, which is met by an appeal to a loan shark.
 To meet the added demand of inter- est and principal for the debt another child is sent to work and so on, "un- til the trapped family has sent all it's children into the maw of the mill''
 Then the report records shocking statistics of disease and death dect- mating the stunted, weakened popula- tion.
 Tn other industries" says the re- port, "the father may feel that he can never hope for anything more for himself but he can at least plan and struggle for a better life for his chill dren. Here, the mill demands the children as we'll as the fathers. A so-caIled normal family-a father with wife and children. dependent upon him for support-is not found among the 21 typical families studied. Large families are the rule. The average number of wage earners was 3.6.
 Corn bread, biscuit, pork and cof- fee form a large part of the diet of all families. Pork means fat pork, Salted, containing very little lean. No- where was any expenditure noted for alcoholic liquors
 "Over 91 percent of all operatives live in company owned houses.
 ''It is a common occurrence to find the mother and small children, evid- ently insufficiently warmed. huddIed about small fire in one of the rooms.
 Measles, malarial fever, typhoid. pneumonia, skin diseases. and tuber- culosis are prevelant. That the peo ole are not healthy is shown by the fact that every family studied was buy medicines. The people prescribe for their own ills and are burdened with patent medicines and cure-alls.''
 From their incomes the mill workers pay surprisingly large sums to bur- ial associations, being willing to un- and clothing to save themselves the disgrace of burial in the potters field Almost every family was able to spare from their pinching necessities the mites for church or charity One very poor family gave nearly 10 per- cent of it's income. The report shows that the prisoners in the Federal pen itentiary at Atlanta are better fed than the majority of cotton mill fam flies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-02-23
Summer Headgear
 Worn In Alaska
Straw Hats and Linen Durters Mark MildeSt Winter There, Due to Switching of Japanese Current
Especial from United Press.)


 Washington, Feb. 23-Straw hats and linen dusters are being worn in Alas ka during the mildest winter on rec ord because the Japan current has unaccountably switched toward the Arctic territory. This remarkable oc- currence, which, it is said, may make Alaska a winter resort was reported today, to Governor Clark, of Alaska oy the navy hydrographic office.
 'Our investigations indicate the Alaskan winter climate is unaccount- ably changed, possibly forever" said Captain Harry s. Knapp, chief hydro grapher, today.
 Governor Clark was told, today, that -ecent earthquakes in the Aleutian Islands may have caused the Japan current to strike Alaska.
 For the first time in Alaska's his tory no snow has fallen in the south arn portion since Christmas" said Governor Clark, today. "All along the coast there has never been such | warm season. Even in Dawson City, straw hats have been worn"
 Captain Knapp says a public report will be made of the navy investiga, tion, stating whether extreme cold nay be banished from Alaska for aIll time.