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Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18
EDITORIAL NOTES.

With thirteen days of cloudy rainy weather October is injuring it's past reputation.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

Lawmakers are actuated by strange motives. One German city puts a tax on baby carriages while in many cities they pay a bounty on them.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

There are so many possibilities in the Mexican situation at the present time that none can be said to have any particular advantage
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

Senator Tillman is proving that il- lustratiOns are popular whether they concern a newspaper or the Congress sionaI Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

The same great truth Tennyson puts into the mouth of dying King Arthur: More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let they voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God. they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round world is every way Bound by gold chains abaalt the feet of God
 THE PARsON
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

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Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

Perhaps Huerta will favor John Lind with the pen by which he com mitted the deputies to imprisonment if not the one with which he writes his own resignation.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

It is a lucky thing for the Mexicans that they don't have to go through the double duty of voting at primary as well as election.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

No provision seems to have been made for a board of relief after the income tax assessor has completed his job.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

With the score standing against Sulzer and the result a shutout it is time for him to warm up his batteries against Murphy.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

The man on the corner says: Luck is winning bet that one has been bluffed into making against his judg ment
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

When Ban Johnson decides in favor of continuing the worlds series he is simply echoing the opinions of mill lions of fans throughout the coun-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

The key to prosperity is efficiency. and the light of the way is cheerful ness; capa@lity and high spirits
 compass about everything in life worth having. My mind a Kingdom is," said Epictitus and still the indf- vidual has not come into a realiza- ton of the fact. It is up to all of us to harvest the present and not to be thinking what we should have done and what we are going to do Going to do Is deluston and a snare, and you and I have known people who lived three score years and ten and then died going to do it. Think of living a long life and dying without realizing the force or importance of that little word NOW. Now or nev- er." Is not always true, but no one can deny that it Is a mighty strong combination of words. and indicates the importance of immediate action. The whats and hows of life spell ef- fciency; but the smile that won't come off doesn't stand for cheerful ness-that kind of a smile is taken for just what is when it is in paper-ma- ehia. Ii is the glow of the counten-
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
WINDOWS TOWARD JEausALRM

The man Daniel of Scripture story been elevated to a rank next the King, occupied his own place. In the palace was an upper room dedi- cated not to revelry but to religion. Its windows opened toward Jerusa- lem, the Holy city; and here, three times a day, the prime minister re- tired to kneel and pray.
 Daniels piety could stand the acid test Of a lax environment. Not all the pomp and circumstance of his lofty position could dissolve the fixed habits of lifetime One cannot but honor the patriot who, amid exalted material advantages thrice daily kneeled to give thanks to the God of his fathers, "as he did aforetime."
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

We are talked to great deal about. physical exercise; but our attention is not so often called to mental exer- else, which is begun in school and then largely neglected because we do not put upon it proper valuation. The power of description or interpretation is often referred to as a gift when it is really an accomplishment, the result of mental exercise. The average man would find it difficult to sit down and give a clear description of the knife he carries every day in his pocket. It is good exercise to sit and describe the little things about us, because it de- velops power to definitely observe and properly depict greater things: hence it is more profitable to practice than play ing solitaire, which is another form of mental exercise some people think to be necessary to keep in the game of life. It is mental exercise that strengthens the memory and lack of it which makes people forgetful before they have reached their prime. A clear headed old-age depends upon mental exercise and persistence in it.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

ance that reflects a cheerful heart. We have to look to our parts.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

do not wonder the ancients venerat ed trees, or that oak groves were once regarded as the temples of God Every perfect tree has individuality and char acter, and is worthy attention and study. Trees outlive all else on earth, and in the wild districts-the gardens of God-sonae of them have been lift ing their heads heavenward for twen- tyf1ve centuries, keeping account of the perils of existence, and man does not feel competent to compass their lives any more than he does to tell the age of the stars. Who can imagine what the trees say to a man like John Muir, who from pure love has walked and rode and climbed thousands of miles in tracing the primeval forests of the west and northwest, one of which he estimated to cover twelve million, five hundred thousand acres or the men who see the naples now ex- pressing in their foliage the bright greens of spring, the glare and glow of summer and the russet of winter. I was held up by such a tree the other day because it was as much of a pie ture as a glorious sunset and my heart said this is the place to recognize and adore beauty.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

When it come to reading I havn found it profitable to follow enthusi- astic minds along the line of ones personal tastes which furnishes pleas ure in the pursuit of knowledge; and to commune with the greatest minds about what we desire to know, as a means of gathering facts. It is we'll to read without prejudice. or fear that you will be corrupted if you do not have a mentor to direct you I love to wander round in literature just as do in the woods. and I find many precious things where no one else has looked for them. My opinion of book is the opinion for me until by my own processes of thought I have been led to change my opinion; and your opin- ion is the same for you. Truth rec cognizes no lines, hence I decline to read under anothers advice unless the wisdom of it is apparent to me, or it is in accord with my own tastes, a help that is ever welcome. I have no fear of being corrupted by any book but always seek to read after authors who are seeking after truth and put ting forth ideas of value to mankind. Since we may have been warned to beware of the man of one book we may feel sure no man is master of many.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

Away back in the misty days Mar GUS Aurelius, the philosopher, awoke one day and asked: What good is praise? ?" And from that day to this the inquiry has been credited to him and transmitted to future generations without being answered. There is a. proverb which reads like this: Merit needs no praise!" And as nothing else deserves praise, it really seems to serve no real good purpose. Some per sons feel such a yearning for praise that they praise themselves; and the villains censure is always praise for the powers that be. There is a penal ty which goes with self praise, for such get to be regarded as the most inveterable liars. Undeserved praise sounds to all other ears like satire, hence may be satire in disguise Some people think praise is inspiring to the young, and it doubtless does form a fine foundation for Conceit. All praise that Tn flattery is counterfeit; and this is one instance where counterfeit does not give evidence of a good thing. Praise appears to be the sugar among the sweet little nothings of life.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18

Men have always prayed and they always will. The instinct is deep rooted in humanity. Through all the darkest ages of ignorance, of cruelty Of doubt, the stream of prayer from human hearts and lips has been un- teasing, a phenomenon with which skeptics must reckon when they try to oppose to the universal practise their cunning arguments. The age long instincts of man since first he appeared as thinking being on this planet are more than a match for the doubts and objections of agnostic philosophers.
 Prayer assumes the existence of God. the Almighty One who inhabiteth eter- nifty. He is the Power behind all ere ated things in the universe, the far and the near, the infinitely great and the infinitesimally small. His might is re- vealed in the tiny flower at our feet and in the last star that adds it's glow to the remotest fringe of the Milky Way. Dr. Holmes put the fact in fla miliar lines.
 Lord of all being, throned afar
 Thy glory flames rom sun and star;
 Center and soul Of every sphere
 Yet to each loving heart how near
 To come into real Ecommunion with this power is the highest privilege of the human spirit. It means courage strength and healing. Through prayer the man perplexed. depressed, borne down under temptation, finds himself fortified and blessed He rises from his knees stronger and a better man.
 We have not yet begun to appreciate the value of prayer as a genuine tonic to mind and body A brilliant special ist in mental diseases, Dr. HysIop says: As an alienist and one whose whole life has been concerned with the sufferings of the mind, I would state that of all hygienic measures to counteract disturbed sleep, depressed spirits. and all miserable consequences of a distressed mind I would uRdoubt- edly give the first place to the simple habit of prayer"
Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-18
THE MAN WHO TALKS

Some people define warm friend as the one who Is ready to divide his cold cash with them. It Is hardly neees- saFy to say that warm friends are not in evidence, but exist largely in the
 imagination of sweet spirited laziness
 The industrious and thrifty could new CT originate such a definition of warm
 friendship as that. True friendship of
 course makes great sacrifices when oc-
 casion demands they should be made;
 but that is not the purpose which un-
 derlies friendship. It is a fact that the
 strongest friendships have arisen as
 the result of mutual diversity and
 common peril Real comradeship
 knows no previous condition, or color
 line-like pure gold it is without alloy.
 Friendship is one of the things that
 cannot be bought, and if cultivated,
 grows slowly. True friendship never obligates one to do a wrong, hence
 criminals have pals in their paths of wicledness, for they know the word friendship does not fit their calling. Friendship implies a union of hearts rather than union of purpose, and this Is why true friend is defined as the gift of God since He only who made hearts can read them.s
 There is no doubt the soul is strong that trusts in goodness;" but the evil denee of strong souls is not very ap- parent since men put their trust in most verything else. It has been well said that what the world needs to make better life conditions is not new economic systems. but men with quick consciences-new men. Love and jus tice give birth to no problems, give rise to no classes, for they recognize the divine truth that we are all of one blood Most of our differences and difficulties arise from our lack of faith in one another, and the selfshness which results. So long as goodness is largely a pretence instead of a. fact man will be the inventor of all sorts of meanness. The Holy Name societies are a good thing: but the world needs just as much, and perhaps more, a host of Do Unto" societies. It is just as essential that our action should be good as that our speech should ring with good words. When we honestly look ourselves in the face what a lot of vagrants we are. Aren't we just like the dog in the fable who let go the substance to grab the shadow and lost both?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-21
Gen. Mario Menocal is Now
President of Cuban Republic

Ancieto G. Moneca, chief of the en-
gineering staff which made the survey
of the Nicaragua canal, and worked
with him.
He returned to Cuba as an engineer
for French company. At Santa
Cruz he Joined the revolutionary forces
as a private and rose rapidly until he
became general of division. His mill
tary record was brilliant; he rendered
great service to the Americans at the
time of the Spanish evacua ton, and
General Ludlow. civil governor of Ha-
vana province, appointed him chief of
police of Havana a position requiring
at that time great tact and ability.
He later managed the Chaparra sugar
estate UP to a few weeks before his
inauguration.
Vice President Narona was born in
Camaguey, April Is, 1S4s, was grad
ated from the University of Havana,
and is professor of philosophy and
ethics in that institution. He was dep
uty to the Spanish cortes from CANA
guey province shortly after the ten
years war (1S6S-7S).
Under General Woods administration
he was made secretary of public edu-
cation. He is author, newspap per
man and president of the conservative
party, which won the recent elections.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-21
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Havana, May 2o.-with the inaugu-
ration today of General Mario G. Mon
ecal as president in succession to Pres
ident Jose Miguel Gomez and of Dr.
Enrique Jose Varona as vice president.
the Cuban republic enters on a new
phase of its existence in a spirit of
high hopes at preservation of pea ce
and establishment of the prosperity of
the island.
President Monecal on taking office
contents himself with the declaration
that he will devote all his energies to
giving the country a clean business ad-
ministration which will foster the in
dustries of the island and develop it's
splendid resources. which will welcome
foreign capital and immigration and
mafatain friendly relations with al ma
tions, especially with the United States,
to which Cuba is so closely linked by
bonds of mutual affection and interest.
Gen. Monecal was born IN 1865 at
Jaguey Grande, Matanzas province.
His family soon removed to the United
States and he was educated in a mill
tary college at Washington and at Cor
nell University. He graduated from
Cornell as a civil engineer. Upon leav-
ing Ithaca he went with his uncle,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-21
ELLIS DECLARES
ALL OF HIS ACTS
OPEN TO PUBLIC
Says That if R. J. Bolles
Ever Wrote a Diary that
it Could Not Have Con-
tanned Anything Reflect
ing Upon Him-Makes
Statement of His Deal
ings With Bolles.
BY FRANK L. HUFFAkER.

| Tallahassee, May ZO.-12ulle a llItle
newspaper comment has resulted from
the loss of a diary bearing the in
spection Return to Richard ]. Bolles,
| Bisbee building, Jacksonville. Fla, "
which was found by a Jacksonville
man, and which contains numerous
references TO Bo!fes' dealings In the
! lEXersfades. the Colorado man being
the principal holder of and dealer in
| lands in the 'GIades.
Among the memoranda taken from
the diary, which / understand Mr..
Molles claims not to have written, is
this reference to Hon. w. Fl. Ellis, at
torney for the international improve
ment board. who was formerly attor-
ney fer Bolles also:
Reasons for discharge of Ellis:
Il. Ellis conflicts with the trus-
tees.
"2. l cannot pay s4oO month.
80. l want man who does moth
ing but my business.
a. When l am paying Ellis he
starts a deal he hears they want me
to make and then tells me about 1t
and then asks $125, 900 commission and
the same amount for Gibbons"
MR.. ELLIS'S STATEMENT.
Your correspondent asked Mr. Ellis
about the matter this morning, show
ing him q copy of the excerp from
the diary. Mr.. Ellis readily made a
statement on the subject, saying that
every transactio he ever en-
gagged in as attorney for the internal
improvement board Bolles or anybody
else was open to public inspection,
and that he never had anything to hide
from the people of the state.
II do not know that Mr. Bolles ever
wrote q diary" he said, but 7 do
know that he could not have Justly
written anything that implicated me
in anything that was at all question
able. The last item mentioned in this
excerpt doubtless refers to the atten1 pt
Of Hon. Cromwell Gibbons Of Jack
sonviIIe, 10 purchase Mr Bolles's hold
ings in the Everglades which fell
through. Mr.. Gibbons asked me. as
attorney for Mr.. Bolles, TO ascertain ri
ings In fun. Naturally, AR Gibbons |
would deserve a large commission for
consUnating the largest real estate |
deal ever recorded between private |
parties I'm Florida I asked Mr. Boles |
if he would give me a commission TO |
find \ purchaser for his lands, and he |
replied that he would he glad to do |
so. This deal was between priva te |
parties and had Mr.. Gibbons and 7 |
arranged for its contamination, we
most assuredly would have been de-
serving of large commission, and ] |
don't think any business man could |
question the propriety Of the act. ANY
real estate man would have charged !
4 much larger commission for putting |
through such a deal. which would have
been to the benefit Of the state and Mr..
Bolles and the would-be purchasers as
well. I have nothing to hide in either
my public or private career"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-21
DYNAMITE WAS
CARRIED ABOUT
IN HAND BAGS
Witness Tells How Explos-
ives Were Conveyed from
One City to Another With
Which Textile Strike
Should be Brought to an
End.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Boston. May 2o-Dennis Collins, a
dog fancier Of Cambridge, on tria,
with President William NJ. Wood of
the American Woolen Company and
Frederick e. Ettaux, a Boston dye
manufacturer. for cons piracy to plant"
dynamite at Lawrence during the tex
tile strike OF 1912, testified as a wit
ness for the prosecution when the trial
was resumed today.
Collins said that on May 1S. 1912, he
met John ]. Breen, a Lawrence under
taker, who was convicted of actually
planting the explosive in a saloon in
Boston. In the course of their con-
versation, Breen asked If he would like
to go to Lawrence that night. "I told
him I would go If 1 could help him
any" Collins said. Breen continued:
I'VE shall probab bly, meet some folks
and you had better carry this bundle
to keep your end up" at the same time
handing the witness fve IS hills.
Breen. the witness said, agreed to give
him more money the following day.
Collins said that after leaving the
saloon they met two men. One of the
men, described by the witness as Mr.
Rice, gave Brecn a package weighing
about forty pounds which they car
ried to Breen's house in Lawrence and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-05-21
ORGANIZED THE
STANDARD OIL CO.
Turned East Florida Into
One Vast Winter Resort,
by the Erection of Palafial
Hotels and Construction
of Florida East Coast
Railway = "Over Sea"
Road Was His. Greatest
Triumph.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

West Palm Beach, Fla.,e May 90
Henry NJ. Flagler. aged SO. the noted
capitalist and railroad magnate, died
at his winter home here this morning
after an illness of severai weeks. The
octogenarian sustained a fall from the
steps in his home and because of his
advanced age his recovery had not
been anticipated.
Henry NJ. Flagler was born at Can
andaigua, n. Y. in 1880. Little is
known of his early life except that he
was clerk in country grocery in Or
leans county, Mich, while yet in his
teens. Later he removed to Saginaw
Mich, where he engaged in the manu-
facture of sale.
Becoming interested in the possibili-
ties of the petroleum industry he re-
moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he
organized the company of Rockefeller,
Andrews and Flagier, engaging in the
refining of oil. The Standard Oil Com
pany was the outgrowth of this ven
ture, and Mr.. F1agler has remained ac-
lively connected with the mana cement
of the great corporation since its in
ception.
IMPRESSED WITH FLORIDA.
In 1885 Mr.. F1agler paid his first
visit to Florida and became impressed
with the business possibilities pre-
Sented there by the railroad field, in
connection with the development of
winter resorts.
Entering actively into the work OF
turning Fgnrida into osta wirter
resort, Mr.. FTagler built the Florida
East Coast railroad and later erected
the Ponce de Leon and Alcazar hotels
at a cost of $3,000,000.
His greatest achievement, however,
was the extension of his railroad from
Miami to Key West. For many years
his plan was ridiculed as impracticable
and was called "Flaglers folly" The
opening Of this "over- sea" line is listed
as one of the engineering triumphs of
the age.
Mr.. F1agler formerly was vice presi- |
dent and director of the Standard Oil
Company, president and chairman Of
the board of directors of the Florida |
East Coast railroad and Jacksonville |
Terminal Company, director of the |
Western Union Telegraph Company, |
Morton Trust Company and other cor
porations.
For the past few weeks Mr. FTagler |
had been losing practically all of his |
faculties and his death was momen-
tarily expected. Several of his rela- |
tives and business associates had been /,
summoned to the f1nanoier's bedside.
The body will be buried in a mau
soleum at ST. Augustine, in the yard of
the Memorial church which he gave to
the Presbyterians.
At Mr.. Flagler's bedside were his son,
Harry, who arrived yesterday from
Europe. and the Rev. DIR. George Nor
gan, his pastor, who will conduct the
funeral services.