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Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10
When a person says:

When person says: Flowers will not grow for me- I cannot help re- garding this declaration as something Of a confession. Flowers have no fla vorites, for they respond to knowledge and care Flowers are governed by natural laws, and it is necessary to know in order to cultivate them some thing of their habits and their needs. It is easy for ignorance to make a healthy animal or a healthy plant sick. Everything God has made thrives best in an atmosphere of love which produces the best conditions of life Where life has to tolerate negli- gence if shows it in degradation or weakness. The neglected child, as well as the neglected mother; the neglected plant as well as the neglected bird Shiftlessness is a bar or check to all life Negligence is the rust which cor rodes life of every sort while atten- ton or kindly service brings forth from life every good quality Flowers will grow for no one who does not give them intelligent and loving ser vice.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

The New Hampshire legislature has at last authorized the erection of a statue to Franklin Pierce to be placed in the statehouse grounds in Concord at a cost of $15.0O0. The long delay In providing for this mortuary honor to the son of that state who reached the presidency of the United States is evidence enough of how greatly Frank" Pierce failed in those things which command popular respect Springfield Republican.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

And to think that, with our state deficit rising like a mountain as it is, there were those at Hartford who ser lously considered approprating a million dollars to eXpend on Dr. Fried manns improved cure New Haven Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

Dogs doubtless are all right in their place. but their place is not in a crowded neighborhood where there are a lot of children. or where men and women work hard and need every night of good rest that they can get There ought to be no licensing of dogs in such communities. Peace, comfort and the public health would be con- served by the passage of the most stringent kind of laws and ordinances relative to the keeping of dogs in cities.-Hartford Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

The exception to the rule is record ed among government employees when Dr. Smith of the department of agrf- culture prefers to retain his old job at s4000 instead of accepting the off fer of another at s10.000. II is almost incredible,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

The college professor who says that noise is useless" accentuates the diff ference between college professors and practical politicians. who know that there is a time for noise and a time to do things on the q-t.-tNew Canaan Advertiser
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

Spring is the hardest weather in the year for a fellow to work The O ce or factory seems a friendly enough shelter during the chill storms of win ter. Tn May the whole system of the worlds work seems crime. Dusty Rhodes looks like the only true phil osopher. Meriden Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

An extra two mill state tax, on top of those sewer assessments would hit Ansonia hard; but it is one of the wages of extravaganza in state expen- ditures. If we must indulge in armory club houses and similar extravaganza, the bills must be paid.-AnsOnia Sen tinel.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

The New Haven suffra gettes are set ting bad example by the declaration that some of their members have used more unfair methods to gain control than any political party ever adopted. and this before they have 5eeH grant ed suffragel
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

With the prospects of five million going into bonds for highways at this session of the legislature the idea of a deficiency of five million more for current expenses is staggering.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

With their destruction totalling five million the English nilitants still fail ta approach the loss caused in Bel gium during 8 ten days strike for manhood suffrage where peaceful methods prevailed and success ere#fl= ed Lhs effeFts.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

When Chili comes to this country to have six steamships built for canal trade it is evident that South as we'll as North America is alive to the op- portunities to be afforded.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10
Sheep and Goats.

If there is anything In these tales from Kansas City about selling goats flesh as mutton it will be harder than ever to separate the sheep from the goats.~-New York Tribune
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

Wisconsin has an income tax which yields million and two-thirds yearly. Had Connecticut better begin to think about increasing it's income in this manner?
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

Connecticuts representatives were solid for the Underwood Wilson bill just as was expected. The more or less" which Congressman Mahan de- clared he would do was also as ex- peeted, less.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10
. POINTS

We are confident that the workmen's S compensation act will pass the general assembly this session and receive the official sanction of Governor Baldwin bridgeport Telegram
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10
New London may not immediately

New London may not immediately become a terminal port for ocean lin- CTS, but it seems in d fair way to es- tablish water connection with Hart ford once more. The steamboat com pany which proposes to operate be- tween the two ports ought to make a good thing out of it. And the rest Of us ought to make a good thing out of It because it is likely to be another demonstration of the wisdom of uttl- king inland waterways to a greater extent than we have been doing Hartford Times
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

From what you know of men you would not think that in the days of Marcus Aurelius the sentiment was born: One at core. if not in creed. '' This does not show up as plainly among men as it should: yet it is doubtful if there ever was an age when this was truer than it is today. It is patent enough that this republic of ours could not exist were this not largely true of it's citizens. I have often thought it is the weakness of man which has made creeds necessary. Creeds do not make great men, but great men make creeds to unite souls in religious belief and effort Nothing great has been said of creeds, and Joseph Cook pointed out that a mis- leading creed might be what Shakes peare calls a primrose path to the eternal bonfire That we should be one at heart is more important than that we should be one in creed.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

The New York criminal out of pris- son on parole, who shot and killed two policemen and a fellow countryman showed little appreciation of the eff forts which were made to reform him. He took advantage of a misplaced tr1Ist
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

Happy thought for today: There is a steadily increasing demand for the discovery of a cure for the strike germ
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
THE HAND THAT RULES THE
 WORLD

Each year added thousands are fall ing in with the happy idea of the Philadelphia woman who suggests that we dedicate one Sunday in May to the memory and to the praise of our mothers. IL is pleasant to think of the multitudes who on Mother $ day. with love in the heart and a white carna ton in the buttonhole, are Vis- itin~ the old home. writing good let ters there, or in other ways are honor ing the love that surrounded their earlier years.
 To the music of the word mother the heart of humanity responds. Transcending all races, ages, and creeds it represents great and blessed fact. We are all of us con- sciOus that not only physical life, but, in large part, mental and spiritual life have been a mothers gift.
 We went to school first at her knee. Through her eyes we first surveyed this great and PerpleXing world. She taught us more than the university has taught us since. She soothed our pains and healed our bruises better than the doctor could. She intro duced us to the Heavenly Father of us all in a way it was not given even to the minister to do.
 Where on this round globe is there anything quite so unseli6h as good mothers love? Who else is so splen- didly oblivious to personal ease and pleasure? Whose life is so continual a process of self giving? But mothers s seacrifice is not a burden grieVOus 10 be borne. It is her glory and her joy.
 How little she cares whether her name be mentioned or ignored so long as the children be honored! Yet in how many cases she is the quiet figure in the background that has made suc- cess possible. People hurrah for the mayor, the congressman. the rising man of affairs. not realizing how often the real secret of the triumph is hid den away with some little unknown woman immersed in the sweet minis tries of home
 Some of the greatest of the sons of men have had the grace to acknowl- edge the debt. Said Lincoln, All that mother Said Benjamin West. "A kiss from my mother made me a pafnter Said Gen. Grant of his mother. She gained nothing rom my position I have filled or honors that have been paid to me. I owe all this and all that I am to her earnest, modest, and sincere piety."
 They say that man is mighty
 He governs land and sea.
 He wields a mighty sCepter
 Der lesser powers that be.
 But a mightier power and stronger
 Man from his power has hurled, For the hand that rocks the craG'~ Is the power that rules the world.
 You might have world without pal aces or cathedrals or camps or courts, but a world without homes would be q wilderness. And mother makes the home. She is the center and soul of earth's diVineSt institution This side tof heaven there is no love that comes quite so close as hers to the love that never faileth.
 Happy the child who senses both his obligation and his privilege and makes what return he may toward q deht
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

King Nicholas did a wise thing when he considered that to live was far bet ter than to die even for Scutari.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

With the announcement by the Brit ish government that no more India opium will be sent to China this year and possibly never again the new republic has reason to be thankful for such a recognition of it's great enemy
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

With fashion decreeing a buttOnless coat, the sweater may yet be driven into greater popularity.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

With the high cost of living, comes also the high cost of government municipal. state and national
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

It seems good to hear the brown thrashers singing and Bob White call ing in suburban pastures; the bluebird warbling in the fruit trees and the robins running on city lawns. These are birds who earn the right to live by valuable service to man. Beetles form half the food of the brown thrasher. and the remainder is made up of miscellaneous insects, all recog niZed as enemies of cultivated crops. One half of Bob Whites living Is weed seeds and the other half insects, among which fguree the potato beetle The robin eats five times as much wild fruit as cultivated and 49 per cent of it's food consists of earthworIfis and insects; and news comes from the Wes that even the much despised English sparrow promises to be the salvation of he alfalfa crep. and the bIuebird's s food consists of 6S per cent insects to 32 per cenl fruit. These birds are all worthy of protection
 f5uer.a's struggle to hnng on until recognized Is like drowning man al, t..a, tt,at,1
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10
GGessino the Author.

Here is an easy one: Guess who has written a piece" about Followers Af- ter Strange Gods? Yes, of course, it was Mir. Cannon.-hansas City Star.
 T oya af first si0ht.fs ant to fade on
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

The call for the national republican committee meeting means that the machinery is now in motion for the calling of a special national conven- tion for the reorganization of the par ty. It is a proper and timely move.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

Strikes are becoming epidemic and are raging among the school chill dren of Massachusetts as well as the grownups. Hereafter in the Bay state it will require courage to say mo" to any demand.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10


 Why should we fear John is going to the bad when we may hope that he is doing better? Our attitude of mind towards those we love- or are solicitous for, shapes our conduct toward them You must admit that the suggestions of hope must be more encouraging than the suggestions of fear. Hope is next to faith. and fear is usually ac companied by suspicion; and suspicion creates worry and gnaWs at ones heart, making him irritable; and irri liability does not make an attractive and helpful companion. for it tends to aggravate rather than cheer. Taking the wrong horn of the dilemma is a common error. If John is going wrong it is better to think he will go right Faith in one checks him on the down ward path. There is no joy in vice vice shortens the days of it's victims. If you cannot save John, see that by your conduct you do not hasten his destruction
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

There are toe many people who think relieiOn is founded upon the Bible in stead of recognizing that the Bible is the outcome of religion In a period of time covering about twenty three centuries the Lord revealed himself to the people through three score and ten prohpets, and the final result of this relation of God to the people was The Word as expressed in the books of the Old Testament. but the acme was not reached until the Savior had crowned this work by manifestation of the power of love. showing that love could establish heaven upon earth since a recognition of the fact that heaven is within us would bring into harmony and brotherhood all mankind. It is not so strange Love has not triumphed, for man proceeded in his blindness to cTucifY Love, and his works still show he has little faith in it. When love reigns the millennium will have dawn ed,
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

II is a. fair question which is asked when the inquiry is made as to why if purchasers expect to realize 100 per cent. from old government vessels, from the metal alone, the government doesn't do the burning itself
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

Sir Thomas Lipton appears to be maintaining a dignified and enthusias- tic confidence that his challenge will be accepted. but he may be thinking things about the delay which are not being made public.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

But mightier power and stronger
 Man from his power has hurled For the hand that rocks the cra0'~ Is the power that rules the world
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

They say that man is mighty He governs land and sea. He Wields a mighty sCepter
 Ger lesser powers that be.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

Some people have habit of yearn- ing that people they dislike may get their deserts unmindful of the fact that if all get their deserts few would escape punishment. It is a step to- ward enabling ones self to wish ill upon no one. Wishing i'll upon people upon any pretext is bad and injurious habit. Wishing evil does not create a good heart. nor promote heavenly conditions. Spurgen advised his par ishioners ito pray for a short memory as to all unkindneSses," and this pray CT is one that is sure to be answered. The people who do not of themselves know that prayer is answered have never yet prayed right. Too many men pray more like hogs than like the sons of God. If thou wouldst be borne with" says the maxim, bear with others" If we do not pardon faults isn't it an effTonrery to expect God to pardon sin? George Eliot had an ab- horrence for folks who hand people over for Gods mercy but are never known to show any themselves. We are a hard crowd.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10

Every man may be the architect of his own character. but what a mess most men make of it. It is good char acter which confirms confidence, and a questionable character which arouses suspicion Pity it is that man of bad character can make a prayer that sounds good to all listeners-can be sly in his wickedness-can victimize honest men: but eventually because of his false pretenses he is indellibly stamped as a hypocrite. The free and easy life usually has bad ending. If men realized that good name is better than great riches. there would be less fraud in the world. Cough said: A man is what he is. not what men say he is. His character is what he is before God. That no man can touch; only he himself can damage it. His reputation is what men say he is; that may be damaged. Reputation is for time: character for eternity. Take care of your character and your rep utation will take care of itself
Norwich bulletin., 1913-05-10
HE MAN WHO TALKS

We tell the young man and the young women to have a purpose in life and leave them to wonder what a purpose is. whether it can be a pro tession, trade or calling. We might tell them they who do little things we'll in any sphere of life have a de- Veloping habit which may in time re veal a true purpose in life. Some youth think looking for soft snap, a collar-and- cuff job is having a pur- pose in life. They do not realize that they must put their heart in whatever they undertake, not their conceit or fancy. When we are thinking of great achievements it is a wonder we never include mastery of self, since this is the only point in life where we can all be masters. This is a high aim one that will qualify Us to occupy all most any station in life. It is doing, not dreaming which paves the way to success. Having an aim in life is not selecting the sun for target for the bulps-eye should be within the range of the dinner.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-14
CAR "DoN'Ts" FOR cHILDREs
Exhibition to Teach Them How 70
Avoid AecIdents-Tsxt Book
Contains Many Warnings.

The American Museum of Safety IL
going to try to teach the Children Of
New York to exercise more care when
they are In the streets. 30 that there
will be fewer accidents.
When the children get to the
museum they will see little trolley
cars and dolls to teach them certain
dangers. and how to get on and on
car. The children will also get a
little text book of "Don'ts" that con-
tain these cautions:
Don't hang on behind the car.
Don't stand on the car steps.
Don't touch a wire: 1t may be q
live one.
Don't put your head or arms out
of the car window.
Don't run across a ca track in
front Of an approaching car. automo-
bile or wagon.
Don't cross Immediately behind a
passing car; there may be another car
or wagon approaching closely In the
opposite direction.
Don't jump on or of a moving car.
Don't get of facing rear of car.
Don't cross street without looking
both ways for passing automobiles
and wagons.
Don't fail. when leaving car. to
lock both ways for other vehicles.
Don't play in the street where car
tracks are
Don't cross street except at a
crosswalk.
Don't take a chance.
The museum folks are hoping 10
get the Interboro to carry the chill
dren to and from the museum free OF
charge.-New York Times.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-14
RIDDLES.
Where does charity beginf

I Where does charity begin?
At c (sea).
Which is the strongest day in tn.
week?
Sunday, because all the rest are
weekdays.
Which is the easiest to spell-fid-
dle-de-dee or addle-de-dum?
The former. because 1t is spelt with
more e's.
What do we do when, to increase
the effect, we diminish the cause?
Snuff the candle.
What word will, II you take away
the first letter. make you sick?
Music.
What chins are never shaved?
Ur-chins.
Who are the most wicked people in
the world, and whyf
Pen makers; because they make
people steel pens and tell them they
do write (righD.
Why is pretty woman like a
lock?
Because she is a thing to door
(adore).
why is a short man attempting to
kiss a tall woman like an Irishman
going up Vesuvius?
Because he is trying to get to the
mouth OF the cratur (creature). /.
In case OF an accident. what is bet
ter than presence of mind?
Absence Of body.
What did the spider do when he
left the ark?
He took q fly and went home.
When do we first hear OF the use OF
paper currency?
When the dove brought the green
bac-; into the ark.
Why is street door like beer
barrel.
Because It is often tapped.
When / walked through field OF
wheat
I picked up something good to eat.
Twas neither fish. flesh. fowl. nor
bone;
/ kept 1t till 1t ran alone
Gan egg)
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-14
KISSING WAS IN STYLE THEN
In 18th Century English Women
Were Offended at Other Greet
ing-Now a Lost Art.

Kissing is almost a lost are in Eng
land, the London Chronicle states
It's universal prevalence in the sew
enteenth century was the wonder of
the foreigner. Nicolaus de Bethlen.
who visited this country in 1868, re-
lates that my brother and I behaved
very rudely on one occasion. being
unaware that 1t was customary in
that country to kiss the corner of the
mouth OF women. instead of shaking
hands as we do in Hungary. We
were invited to dine at the house of
a man of high rank and found his
wife and thre daughters Zone of them
married) ready to receive us. We
kissed the girls. but not the married
women. and thereby greatly offended
the latter. Duval apologized for our
blunder and told US when saluting we
must always kiss the senior women
first and leave the girls to the last"
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-14
WAS NO PLACE FOR LUclNY
NANNY Would Not Allow Daughter
to Stay Where Cooking Was Done
Without Human Agency.

Nanny Lou was visiting Lucindy.
The latter lifted boiling pot on the
stove, set 1t in the fireless cooker.
covered 1t closely and pushed 1t under
the table.
What's yuh agoin' t do wild dat
pot?"
'Iae a-goin' to cook dem beans in
de fireless cooker
Nanny rose. scared, hunted look
on her wrinkled face. Does yuh
mean t tell me yuh a-goin' L bile
dem beans without fiah?"
Lucindy nodded. Nanny backed
to the door and looked at the girl as
at an apparition. then with defiance
mingled with fear commanded: Put
on your bonnet! You sure is hoo
hooed! You amt goin' t live in no
house where the devil does de cook
iu'!"-Judge.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-14
MANNIKIN is AMUSING TOY
German Invention Is Operated by Boy
Drawing in Breath and Blowing
Through Small Tube.

An amusing variation of the Jointed
mannikin that filings its arms and legs
about when string is pulled has oeen
designed by a man in Germany, the
home of toys. The figure is made and
Joined in the same old way and the
joints are even connected with a CEN
trail cord. but there the resemblance
to the old toy stops. This central
cord is fastened to plunger that
moves up and down in the upper sec
tion of rectangular suction pipe.
To maxi the mannikin dance, boy
takes the tube In his mouth and alter
nately blows through it and draws in
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-02-14

ed to the needs of every member OF
the family. It is plensant-tasting
mild and non-griping. Unlike harsh
physics 1t works gradually and in .
very brief time the stomach and
bowel muscles are trained to do their
work naturally again. when all medi-
cines can be dispensed with.
You can obtain bottle at any drug
store for fifty cents or one dollar. The
latter size is usually bought by fam
lilies who already know It's value. Re-
suits are always guaranteed or money
will be refunded.
II no member of your family has
ever used Syrup Pepsin and you
would like to make q personal trial
OF 1t before buying II in the regular
way of druggist. send your address
"a postal will do-to DR.. w. b. Cald-
well, 203 Washington St. Monticello.
ILL.,. and free sample bottle will be
mailed you.