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Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
APRIL FOOL DAY

ing it intimated that said oyster is relic from the nearby grave yard or undertaker's. Gruesome stories are told to increase the tremor of the weak nerves and weak knees of the listeners, who disperse at the end of the evening, telling their hostess what a delightful time they have spent, for which social fib may they be forgiven.
 But surely I am told April Fools Day. belongs entirely to the children" Not SO" my friend. Men are but children of a larger growth, and with many the sense of the ridiculous does not fail in later life. You know Dr. Holmes considered this sense one of the most valuable gifts a person could have bestowed upon him. He, himself, was richly endowed with this sense, and claimed with truth that it helped it's owner over many hard spot in life. The children certainly enjoy the first of April with it's opportunities for fun. How they delight in attach ing string to an attractive parcel or purse. Then, keeping out of sight the bait is thrown out to catch the eye of the unwary passer-by, but as he stoops to pick up the treasure -trove, jerk of the string and merry laugh accompanied with the cry of April FooP tells of the presence of frolic- some children in the vicinity. A loose l ly crumpled paper is tossed in the way of some one, whose sense of neatness 1 induces him to push it aside, only to 1 find that his pet corns have come in close contact with a solid brick or | stone concealed in the innocent-look | ing covering.
 l A favorite question among the chill | dren themselves is, Did you know 1 teacher is sick and there's no school ?' or Say, John, who pinned that paper on your back?" Off comes the jacket in a hurry for inspection, while its l owner is greeted with a shout of de- risfve laughter and a cry of April i Fool" Which do they mean is the fool the one who plays the trick or his victim? How April Fool candy de- ! lights the heart of these urchins when once having been deceived themselves at the cost of smarting tongues and watery eyes, they succeed in making some one else as miserable as they were for a moment!
 Even our staid, dignifed Bulletin ha. been guilty of perpetrating it's joke or ] April Fools Day Well do I remember the eagerness with which the entire paper was scanned to find the conceal
 ed joke sure to be somewhere among it's paragraphs. There must be nor,
 than l who can recall how crowd O
 gullible readers were the yearIy victims of the practice and went tt
 the place indicated only to see in eacl
 others face the. reflection of their owl
 chagrin, as they realized the result o
 an April Fool joke. Are they curet
 of their folly? Nay, not so, for the mex year finds them drawn by an over
 weening curiosity to some center of at
 traction only to realize again their lacl
 of wisdom.
 Verify the fools be not all dead vel
 neither are they to be classed entirel.
 among the children.
 AN IDLER.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
Written Specially for The Bulletin.)

CWritten Specially for The Bulletin,)
 Why is this name given to the first day of April, and why should April fools be any different from those of other days? We all know the old custom of keeping at court and in high circles a jester to whom the name of court fool" was given, whose business it was to furnish amusement for the family and their guests A strange combination of wisdom and fOolishness he often proved himself, and in dress, manner and speech seems to have been the origin of the modern circus clown. We read, too, of the court fools day, when masquerades and all sorts of nonsense paraded the streets and play
 ed their pranks on the crowd of look ers-o on. But that affair seems to have transpired on the first of January in stead of coming in April
 Is the world growing more foolish instead of wiser? The former custom of one day in the year for such modern times. "Mardi Graas, Valentines Day, April Fools Day, follow each other in rapid succession in the early part of the year. Then comes frequently the Fourth of July parade of antiques and horribles which must be much like the ancient mummeries. After this in the autumn we find All Hallow Fen de- voted to practical jokes, more or less harmless, according to the disposition of thise taking part in the celebration, On all these occasions, excuse is made for lawlessness which would not be tolerated at any other time, and a gOod-natured community endures with laugh what he would usually resent. "Oh, we'll" it is remarked, "the chil- fy7,o | but these practices are not confined to the boys and girls. Their grown up acquaintances enter into them as heartily as do the younger ones, and testifying to the truth of the saying that, "A little nonsense, now and then is relished by the wisest men" 1 am
 sure Mardi Gras takes the time and attention of many who would least be suspected of such practices. Many a valentine proceeds from the desire tC | favor friends of long years standing with kindly attention or friendly joke and surly, indeed, is he who cannot take joke in the spirit in which it is offered The antiques and horribles' i certainly are usually composed oi
 grown-up people, who vie with eacE other in devising nonsensical conbina. tlons in which to celebrate a safe anC sane Fourth of July All Hallow Fer
 claims attention of all classes, old ant
 young. The younger ones delight 1T
 outdoor merTiment. They take mucl
 pleasure in ghostIy attire and jack O. lanterns, and in calling their neigh
 bors to the door to witness an dadmir,
 the brave show they make. The oldel ones have their parties and the nor,
 mysterious the better and gayer is tn, time spent. They seem to find as mucl
 fun as when they were younger in tn
 apples sewed full of threads and cake
 of octton, delicately frosted to deceiv
 the elect, and steady, indeed, mus
 be the nerves of those who can handl
 a raw oyster in a dark room, after hay
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
THE SUPREME VALUE.

What is man that thou art mindful of him?" exclaimed a thinker of long ago. He was perhaps looking up into brilliant sky when the words sprang to his lips. Considering the heavens, the work of Gods fingers, the moon and the stars that He had ordained, he felt his own insignificance. The world of that day was small in com parison with the cosmos that modern science has revealed but it was big enough to make a man feel like a pygmy.
 The immensity of the universe as we know it today gives fresh point to the psalmists old question. The photo graphic camera put behind the lens of the telescope reveals perhaps three hundred million worlds that average as large or larger than the one on which we live. Reckoned in the total scheme of things our earth is but a paltry satellite of a single, not very important sun. The nearest of the fixed stars lies at such a distance in
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Wouldn't it be nice world to live
 in if everybody in it was as good as
 they expect their neighbor to be; and
 if we were all as good as we expect
 our neighbors to be, can there be any
 doubt that our neighbors would be
 better? You see the fault is in us
 more than in the other fellow; and if
 we were as anxious to make ourselves
 good as we are 10 have him do right,
 general reform would be immediate Compulsion in our own hands is good for us when it is very liable to be abuse of the other fellow. He was 6 wise guy who left to his fellowmen the advice to remove the beam from your own eye instead of the mote from your brothers" There is abid- ing truth in this counsel; and, yet, the world does not appear to have awak- ened to the fact that there is a beam in every mans eye. The true way to reform g neishborhood is to reform ones self the same is appiicab bIe tO community of country. mttesLeC uuu 1 is not half common enough. Self-in- spection is the best cure for self-con- l ceit Ask yourself how good you are every day; and then remember there i is one who said: Gall me not good
 only one is good. my Father in heav- | en-"
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 Q.-h Satan (the DeViD is the grand general supervisor over the lower re- gions, and he is to be destroyed, as we read in the Scriptures-( Hebrews ii:14)-who will be appointed to look after the interests of his department after his demise? (Q. E. D.
 Answer-Not only will Satan be de- stroyed, but we read also that "hell," the place of supposed fire and brim- stone, Is to deliver up all the dead that are there and then the place itself destroyed (Revelation xxi:1S-14). The lake of fire and birthstone" as all Bible scholars now know. is the sym bOlic expression denoting destruction, annihilation, or extinction of being. l Death and hell being cast into this lake" would, therefore, signify their destruction, or termination Demon strating the truth of this interpreta- ! tion If the symbols, we find it stated in the 22d chapter and the 4th verse | that there shall be no more death it having been destroyed in the Take | of fire and birthstone" Satan will | have no successor and the freprooi
 demons will join the army of unem- 1 ployed!
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THE MAepAlENA BAY QUESTION

In q few days President Taft will have something to say relative to the Magdalena bay question, in answer to Senator Lodges resolution of inquiry. That he will answer 1t in a manner which will put stop to the frequent scares on that subject is believed to be a certainty. Every now and then an effort is made to stir up trouble over that claim that the Japanese are endeavoring to get 6 naval base at that advantageous spot, and attention has to be given 1t because of the admirable location for such a coaling station on this continent In view of the conditions in Mexico and the ef- forts, at least. of Japanese subsidized steamship lines to get an option on that vantage point, whether for busi- ness or naval purposes the need of frustrated any such deal between Mexico and Japan is apparent, It was supposed that Mexico had answered the question a while ago. when denia- was made that any deal with Japan had been or could be consummated Bad rumors now return with insistent claims that options have been given Senator Lodge seeming to have some inside information.
 Chairman Sulzer of the house com mittee on foreign affairs, while posi- tive in his statement that the rumol is baseless, sees no harm in the Lodge resolution for an Inquiry into the situation, and if 1t will end the mattel 1 1t will prove both valuable and timely
 It will also serve as a deterrent tt any others who might have an eye tC such a deal and restore the peace oi mind to the nervous.
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TARIFF REVISION AND REFORM

With all Of Colonel Roosevelts talk on the revision of the tariff in an effort Co cast reflection on the pres ent administration, he fails to hit the nail on the head in any definite state ment. holding rather to a general claim in that regard. President Taft not only showed his hand but his heart In the address before the Cot ton Manufacturers association, when he renewed his plea for tariff revision only by the tariff board to insure it's being accomplished on scientific lines. He rightfullv declared that the talk ing away of a protective tariff would disrupt the whole business founda- tion of the country. Reforms. he says, are all rights if they are real reforms, but the things which make the most for happiness are good business and prosperity
 His policy is sound and rings true and his stand on the tariff question, like others. has brought the people to him in no uncertain manusr. He does not stand for reforms, simply to be called a progressive; there must be merit in them to get his backing. As 10 the monetary reform Taft has put forward a definite plan and used every effort 10 have congress safeguard the country from panics. the last object lesson for the need of which having been brought on by Roosevelt. the self proclaimed progressive. Tafts reform in the civil service has exceeded al predecessors and he brought about the establishment of the postal say ings system to which Roosevelt paid no attention Truly, Roosevelt is talk. ing through his hat when he attempt, in his manv speeches to refer to Pres. iseut Taft as a req Ii0narv
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ARE HE DEMOCRATS slNcERE7

Everything is supposed to be fair in love. war and politics, but it seems that the courtesy or good policy side Of the game is being played to the limit among the democrats this year. lt surely is a peculiar situation and lacks an explanation from the candi- dates. though warding off all indica- rions of unpopularity might be the answer. Governor FOss of Massachu- setts has backed and filled and finally announced his withdrawal from the presidential primary, urging his sup porters 10 consider themselves un- pledged. He prefers 10 sit on the fence and watch the fun. knowing that the vote for him could only be compli- mentary In New Jersey Champ Clark declines to allow his name to be used in the primaries out of professional courtesy to Wilson, 1t is supposed. He probably figures he would lose any way there, so h5'E put up no fight. This leaves Wilson the clear track, and. according Co his statement, he is in need of similar treatment from the others. for his funds have become bankrupt four times since the cam paiEn opened Out in Illinois Harmon will not go on the primary ballot, leaving the democrats to declare be- tween Clark and Wilson, though liar mon is said to be the most popular there. This would seem to bear out tho claim of the triple opposition to Wilson by having the supporters of those three unite on Clark as against Wilson.
 With all thls lowing and scraping the question naturally arises, Are the democrats sincere? Do they want an expression at the primaries? It would seem as though by their action. that the real purpose of the primary was being defeated Should the names of Ril four appear on the ticket, the peo- pie will make their choice, but they are apt 10 pay but little attention tC filling in @ blank column. The reaI strength of those not on the ticket is therefore not known. and as the con test Is going it looks like an ar- rangement to have the big fight in the convention just as it always has been even as 10 the states with the pri- mariea-
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HIS BROKEN PLEDGE.

On the 4th of March next I shall have served three and a half years, and this three and a half years con stftute 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 | BE A CAM plpATE FOR OR ACCEPT ANoTH- kR NoMiNATloN.-Theodore Roose- welt, November 8, 1904.
 [ HAVE NOT CHANGED AND SHALL NOT CHANGE THAT DE- ctsioN THUS ANNoUNcED.-Theo- dore Roosevelt December Il, 1907.
 [ WILL ACCEPT THE NoMlNA- TON FOR PRESIDENT IF IT IS RENDERED TO ME. - Theodore Roosevelt, February 24, 1912.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

space that light, travelling at the ve- locity of 186,6 miles per second. will take over four years in crossing the space between it and us. Verify a hu- man being is much less than a speck in an infinite universe.
 The impression all this makes on
 some minds is simply that of despair. In certain moods we feel that so tiny being as man has no essential worth and no special significance. It is on record that considerations like these momentarily shook the faith of Daniel Webster.
 But such thoughts did not worry the psalmist By way of reply to his own question he sets forth the items in mans unique dignity Thou hast
 made him little lower than God and hast crowned him with glory and hon. 1 or. Thou madest him to have domin- ion over the work of thy hands Thou hast put all things under his feet"
 As a sentient being, sharing the na- l ture of the Creator, impeLed by thoughts, hopes and affections. man is l the greatest thing in creation. He | represents the goal of the great cosmiC l process beginning at the time when
 star mist first revolVed in space. He
 is the product that evolution has had
 in mind from the first. Nothing in ere ation is so high as thought. will and affection; and these are attributes ot 1 the spirit of man. As Pascal says 'The mountain may crush me but the
 mountain does not know that it has | crushed me while dying, l weigh its
 masses and measure it's law"
 l When one of the heavenly bodies having run It's course, grows old anC l cold, or meets in terrific collision some
 other world, no jot of it's energy i' | destroyed nor particle of it's matter wasted. If there is one law to whicf 1 science is committed, a law obtaining to the outermost reaches of the uni verse, it is the law of the conserva,
 tion both os matter and of force. Tn, universe is prodigious but there is nt
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
DEMAND FOR AMERICAN GOODS.


 The market of the cotton mills Is being increased by the demand for American cottons in foreign coun- tries. which shows remarkable gain and better price than last year, and reaching up to some of the big years in the past. This is a healthy gain which will call for large output and being from many, rather than one country, gives assurance of continu- ance over a large field. Figures show that cotton manufac lures exported from the United States in February were 90 per cent. larger than in Feb rurary of last year, and for the eight months ending with February. the value of those goods was $32,000,000, or S7.000.000 better than 1910, which portends that at the end of the fiscal year, barring 1905 and 1906, new high record will be established. Bet ter prices count for considerable in the value of the expectations this year, the average value a yard being 6.6 cents, while in 1906. when 521 million yards were exported the average value yard was 5.95 cents.
 The gain in exports is particularly marked in the case of China, which is proving, as it has in the past, a big customer of this country in the pur- chase of cotton goods. The exports there tripled in the past year, while to Canada there was nearly twice as much sent as in the previous year This, with the increase to the Philip pines, Central American states. Cuba and the West Indies. shows the con stanty increasing demand for the product of the United States mills.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Governor Baldwin will get the com plimentary vote of Connecticut in the democratic convention, but the idea of voting for him on every ballot is too sudden. A situation might deVel- op that would make such thing pos sfble, but the people are not expecting it.-Bridgeport Telegram.
 To charge President Taft with re- sponsibility for poor Dorimer makes desperation humorous-mixed up with those other hard characters, Keehnig, Evans, Penrose, Barnes, Guggenheim, Koening, Sherman, Gallagher, Cox, Calhoun, the mention of every one intended to leave little smudge on Taft's political honor. What a spec tacle!-Waterbury American.
 The Milwaukee election proved one thing beyond a doubt-the people de- manded a concerted effort against the socialists. It was a case of "anY- thing to beat tue socialists. ."-Meriden Record.
 It is curious logic in which Colonel GOethals indulges when he argues against making the Panama canal free on the ground that coast cities already have lower rates than cities l in the interior. The country would be in a sorry predicament if no part of it had cheaper communications than | it's most inaccessible part.-Spring | field Republican.
 Striking example of living active | busy men in our own age are numer- ous. So hats off to the old men. And may their years still increase far be- yond the limit indicated by the Psalm 1 ist-New Haven Journal-Courier. l Nine thousand women registered tC vote in Sacramento county last month i but only ffty-six marriage licenses
 were issued, the smallest number fol
 many years. This seems to show tha'
 in California the woman's rights move. ment is taken seriously by the men,
 Providence Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06

1t pays man to give himself
 thrill by doing something commenda ble. It may be done by being so
 faithful to the interests of ones em- ployer that you center his interested
 attention upon you and win for your self promotion and a better salary
 Perhaps this is the direct way to the thrill I had in mind, the thrill of hav- ing got your first hundred dollars in the bank It is a weary path to a person of small margins-a way of many self denials-but that makes the thrill of joy over the achievement all the keener. There is almost as much satisfaction in it as there is in com passing the first thousand, for it is 1 the hardest hundred to raise: and the i resolution attained in doing that does all the rest Self denial Is the way to mastery. Getting the will to save dol [ lars may inspire a will which will slay vices The way of Prudence is | the way to every virtue.
 1 1t is true ti at the man who is con scious that he deserves to be ad-
 mired end praised by his mother or his girl, or his wife. deserves 10 be l kicked Being praised is the last
 thing one should set his mind upon
 Praise is simply a little stimulating | tonic for the weak The real robust lperson just enjoys doing things with
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out expectation of reward. Good heart asks no favors. It is a Ineasly habit to expect praise and sulk if you do not get it. Things well and nobly done are, like virtue, their own re- ward. Anybody who is stimulated by flattery was never cut out to do a good job. Those who expect praise deserve to De disappointed. The he roes who win the medals are surprised when they get them or an honor be- cause of their bravery-they were only conscious of doing a good thing. when they did 8 brave one. It is better to be able to give praise. than to re- ceive 1t.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-04-06
The Younoest erandmotb.r.

Under the title of 1.a plu jcuns grand'mere du monde" a Paris c0u- temporary gives am account of Mdme. Kuni Aledzufami farmers wife iu the village of Takata, in the province of Idza, in Japan. Mdme. Medzukami is now 2S years of age. She was mar rled when she was 13. and her daugh- ter is 15. The daughter was married a year ago, and she has just given birth to a boy. The grandmother Of Mdme. Medzukami is still alive. She is g2 years of age. and is the graudmoth- CT in the fourth degree of the bsby recently born.
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Onward. Christian soIdisrs.y

Rev. $. Barring Gould, author of the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers. recently celebrated his 7Sth birthday at his home in North Devon. For 50 years he has been a prolific writer, handling with amazing ease theological studies, historical researches, rornances, novels, and sermons. In all that time his cler- ical work has not suffered. The ori- gin of his famous hymn is thus: Some Sunday school children were to march
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preacher. Just before the sermon at night at a given signal, the Daily News states, twelve boys rose in the front pew and marched into the spa cLous platform pulpit to a hamonium accompaniment of the tune Onward,
 Christian Soldiers Then, standing in row. they proceeded to give the
 church yell" Say, my friends" they shouted, "have you seen Second Tim
 othy, two, fifteen; First Thessalonians five twenty two? Tells you exactly what to do." Before the congregation
 had quite recovered from this evan gelical novelty the boys whistled in chorus two hymns. Stand Up, Stand
 Up for Jesus" and Wonderful Words of Life" MT. Hurd explained that it
 was all part of @ new method of get | ting an increased attendance at | church
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Norwegian Sandwiches -- Cut rvs bread in thin slices. and then shape in finger wide strips with bias ends Spread one slice with hlot8 of auch0- vies. putting between the fish a light sprinkle of hard boiled egg. with white and yolk chopped separately Add pa prika and a squeeze of lemon juice and put on the tops
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Hsnnah Addsms of Hull house. chi- ago. is working Jo obtain from the government scientific Knowledge in popular form about the care of young children as easily as she can receive enlightenment about cattle, hogs or sheep
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Boston minister accuses Taft of -ltiiue Bailinger !n Pinchors place, md of being agsinst Wiley. although l.t Vile. has said Taft was his bull ul- of protection. He should stick to fl- Scriptures