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Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29

about the acting president of Mexico these days, and the latest is that he is drunkard. Maybe so. Maybe he is all bad and Butcher Villa who is now building breast works near the Texas line is all good, but the one great thing shows above them all.
 'FacileS est descensUS Averni'
 Yes, we are there, the descent has been easy and complete Now to get out. Does any reaGer of The Bulle- tin believe that Old Glory will ever come down in Vera Cruz? If he does mark my word he has got another guess coming.
 The baby on the doorstep" must be taken care of. Never mind whether President Wilson has made a mistake or not. I have charity-enough to believe that his mistakes in Mexican Policy (that is if he has made any) are due to his conf dence in the greatest piffle in pub lie life the world ever knew, W. J. Bryan.
 President Wilson has found that the motto used at the head of this letter is true, too true in fact, and he is to be pited and sustained by every drop of American blood. If the fog of Bryan worship could only be wash ed from his eyes he would shine in history, perhaps. as man who did great things for 16,000,000 of down trodden people. who have in the past always slept with one eye open ex- pecting robbery and murder from his neighbors. President Wilson has
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LAW AND ORDER.

h cannot help being cause for ma tional regret that the appeal of the president for an anicable settlement Of the strike situation in Colorado has met with failure, but satisfaction must be fek that federal troops are to be sent there to maintain law and order. Since 1t became evident that peaceful conditions could not be expected in the mining regions of that state while the strike Is in progress. stubborn deter nnination existing on both sides, it hes been evident that the state militia is not the proper method of dealing with the trouble. Ever since they wers called out there has been increased friction and S sresser resistance to the requirements of the law. There has likewise been a backing and filling as to the service they were expected to render which has not improved the situation. but lent encouragement to the dfsturbers.
 If the fight for the principles for which each side Is ccntending must be coatinued it is necessary that law and order be maintained. Riots, b1oodshed and uniaTftn peeceanne arc not te be
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Ever since the day when, as fresh man, Davis Fitzgerald had arrived on the college campus with Robert Fitz- gerald. his younger brother and class mate, and an altogether engaging bull terrier following in his wake, he had been known at Fftzie One. His brother who had amazingly developed as far as studies and athletics went was Fitzie Two, and the dog was Fitzie Three.
 F'itzie One liked the girls, and be- cause if his liberal and sympathetic taste in the matter, he was kept in constant state of indecision.
 At first he had been moved to fresh man raptures over the 30-year- old daughter of his Greek professor. Then it was the library stenographer, and then but no one save Fitz1e One him. self could recount the full number of his charmerS.
 But every one knew about Georgie Marston. Fitzie One had come back in college as a senior with a free and ready heart, and he had speedily and with even more enthusiasm than usual centered his thoughts upon the daugh- ter of the new vicar of the college chapel, the bewitching Miss Marston
 "Do you know, Miss Marston,'' he told her one Sunday afternoon as they were walking through a woodland Three. do you know, Georgie, it isn't just because you're pretty. It's some thing more deep, more intangible than that
 -Georgie, because of her inexperience blushed and felt uncomfortable. She tried to think of some suitable way to change the subject, when her eye caught sight of the dutiful Fftzie Three p1odding on ahead. Isn't he a perfect dear of a dog? l am just crazy about bull dogs"
 ''Oh. are you?" exclaimed Fftzie One, whose enthusiasm at this point was mounting to alarming heights, You can have him if you like"
 "Oh, MT Fitzgerald she exclaimed in a way that made Fftzie One feel a she continued: T don't believe father would let me keep a dog, but perhaps could borrow him sometimes.
 The idea met with Fitzie Ones entire approval.
 @Oh. I'm so glad to have him now" she went on Hell make such a nice mascot for our Browning society Then as Fitzie One looked interested, she explained:
 Its a club that some of us girls have just made up. We suggested all sorts of things-cards and embroidery and things like that-and finally we agreed on Browning. We read to- gether once a week. and as the meet ings are to be at my house they said I could decide about the mascot. If won don't mind. I'll make it your dog"
 Your dog," Fitzie One generously corrected.
 Yes, my dog" said Georgie, and of course, I won't tell anyone where got him. Oh, it will be perfectly love ly,'' she cried. as she knelt before her newly acquired pet and looked into his trusting dog eyes.
 So it was that the Browning society acquired for it's official mascot Georgie Marston's new dog.
 But as the winter came on and the excitement of college festivities de- tracted from the milder amusement of reading poetry Fitzie Three's visits became less frequent. Finally the for gotten mascot, who shared his mas ter's fondness for girls. quite gave up hope of ever being stroked by fairer hand or coaxed and leased by a gentler voice than his masters.
 In this state of resignation he found
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29
REQUIRES CONSTANT ATTENTION

As has been previously said sight must not be lost of the fact that the trading conditions in Norwich during the week just past when merchants gave a demonstration of the advan- tages of local stores were not for that period alone, but represent the year round benefits which are to be gained through steady patronage
 While this is a fact which should not be overlooked by the consumer it Is likewise incumbent upon the bus mess men to see that they do their part in keeping that very point be- fore the buying public. The value of such Is indicated by the Hartford Times when it says: Opinions have differed greatly concerning the real worth of Merchants Weeks cernivais, pageants, etc, as a means of quick enfng trade, and enlarging the num- Der Of permanent customers and a Citys popularity. Doubt has prob ably resulted from the fact that the great majority Of cities that give such schemes a trial do not repeat them, neither do they follow them up with methods calculated to cIinch whatever hold they may have secured. To ex- pect one such experiment to be fol- lowed by lasting benefits is entirely unreasonable. The business proeres- siveness that is really satisfactory is not spaSmodic'
 Increased business Is to be devel- oped only through constant attention. but the good results which were gain ed through the effort just ended should not be allowed to go to waste through settling back into old ruts and neglect
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HUNGER STRIKING.

Reports differ as to what it was that caused Miss Rose Edelson, the I. W. w agitaior to abandon her well started hunger strike while a. prisoner waiting bail to keep the peace. but the impressiont is gained that the sac rifice required for the publicity and martyrdom sought did not present an encouraging outlook Tempting eat ab1es or sweets may have led the way to breaking the fast, but it is open to belief that lack of interest in her sacrifice by thet officials of the jail had as much to do with it as anything. When it was realized that she was causing no constesrnatien by her adop- ton of the scheme which was hit upon by the English nilitants for embar- rassing the adma nistration of justice, and it was also made plain that at tempted suicide was a crime calling for an incKeased, penalty. the bottom dropped out, of the well laid plan and meals were resumed.
 Just why such personally conduct ed fast should concern anyone except the person directly interested is diff ficult to understand. If the prisoner is determined not to eat through no faul4 of the officials or the food the responsibility is all her own. There is no question ba1t what a certain amount of fasting is good for those who can stand it. but ,in this case as in many others the stpnaach is often the best fudge of just Ihow far such an under taking can be carried. Miss Edelson may be all bound up in her indus trfansnn, but putting the hunger strike into operation evidently brought her to her senses
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EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
Catch Phrases.

It is troublesome to think. The catch phrase is ready made thought. Most people much prefer it to their own. e
 This, of course, does not refer to you and me. but to those other fel- lows whose views are so trying.
 Multitudes live and die in sweet faith in a darling catch phrase that is not true at all, or, what is worse, is half true.
 tellectuaI bromide. There are times, especially in life's crises, when the opposite of the old proverb, whatever it be that the wise-acres throw at you Is truer than the proverb itself.
 Here are a few old fiat ones met within the last few days!
 The weaker sex" A very danger ously truthful delusion. The man who gets the obsession that he is stronger than a woman usually comes to grief.
 TO abate these crimes we need seVerer puniShmentS," The idea that ''the punishment should fit the crime and that thereby crime will be stopped belongs to the half brute stage of civilization. Did you ever reflect that the most difference between the new testament and the old consists in- the abandonment of the punish ment error? An eye for an eye" was replaced by turn the other cheek" Pure democracy consists in letting the people vote for every official and every measure" Quite the contrary. To overwhelm the citizen with re- sponsibility for a mass of admins trative detail is to throw, automati- Cauy, the government into the hands of the grafters. In an effective de- mocracy the citizens vote for as few men and things as possible ITO err is human" It is not to err | that is peculiar to human beings Beasts err also. That which is dis | tinctly human is to realize that one i has erred and to be sorry for it. So it goes. Don't do your thinking l in prepared pills. Don't eat intellect ual canned goods exclusively.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29
WATCH YOUR STEP
The Farmers
BY THE CONDUCTOR


 "Of all tn fool bills I ever hear tell of that one in New York state to give the farmers $5o,GO0 to help 'em organ ize is sure it.
 Next they'll be passin' bills to give money to tn bank cashiers so they can form a union. An they oughtn't for get tn pawnbrokers.
 If they ever was any farmer skin ned, it was buyin' a gold brick or a lightning rod. He never got skinned sellin' anythin' he raised himself. oughta know. My old grand-dad was a farmer an if he ever got beat in a horse trade they ain't any record kep' of it.
 Farmers did organize. They had dollar wheat an two-dollar wheat, an them tobacco planters got so foolish they shot their neighbors that would nt go in a trust with 'en.
 That don't help 'em none. You see, eV'ry farmer raises what he wants to raise They ain't all of 'em raisin' the same thing. You might as well try to get d humble bee an a rooster to join tn same union, jus cause they both got wings.
 But them farmers could make us city ginks set up on our hind legs an beg If they wanted to. Bread an meat an milk an eggs ain't gFe~ed on tn grocery counter. All them farmers has to do is raise enough to feed 'emselyes an their stocks, an listen to us holler,
 Organize, nuthin. They eugnta disorganize. You'd see evry city yap leggin' it for tn country with all his bank savdnls in his hand. an fetehin'
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BENEFITS FIR oM GOOD ROADS.

Every state is coming to the real ization of the betster roads proposition as an excellent investment in many ways. particularly if the proper at tention is given to the work so as to give it degrees of permanency which will make the expenditure worth while. Connecticut wouldn't know what to do if it was forced to go back to the road conditions which existed say ten or. fifteen years ago. Good roads benefit the, users of the roads whether they are the residents of the state or those who come into the state to spend their money
 New England is section of the country to which many thousand peo- pie come during the course of the year for vacations and recreation and to a great number of such tourists good roads are an important attraction. This is realized inithis state, in Rhode Island and MassachU Usetts, where many miles of good roads already exist as the re- suit of state money, but the import ance of it is also being felt in Yer mont. New Hampshire and Maine. In the Green Mountain state for the first time the sum of S325. 900 of state money is to be spent this year in ad- 6fition to the outlays by the towns for better roads New Hampshire is crisscrossing the state with attractive roads to it's mountains and lakes, while Maine is to undertake 125 miles of new state roads divided between con crete, bituminous and macadam. Thus are the northern New England states paving the way for more visitors and better advantages for their own peo- pie It will, however, be She road which is built to wear and for the fu- ture as we'll as the present which will bring the best results for the users and those who must pay for them
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29

trouble enough for he hates war; and it is certainly his due that each and every one of US do our little all to ease his burdened shoulders of their terrible load. We can still remem- Der some things, to pay up In Novem- Der but Lets stand by Wilson, right or wrong. I mean right or wrong in ones estimation. for what we think don't make it so-untn Mexico has been conquered, civilized and add ed at the small boy end of the class of world wide students of genuine Americanism- Yes, lets stand by him for ''Faci1iS est decensus Averni.'
 C. B. MONTGOMERY.
 Packer, Conn, April 27, 1914.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29

tolerated by either side and the quick CT that can be firmly impressed upon all concerned the better. If the i'm portant. requirement. is impartiality in the upholding of law and insistence upon order the federal troops should have the usual good effect. It is an end of the trouble, not a continuance of it which is desired. and Colorado has already displayed it's inability to r,rnnerIv handle
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CONTROLS THROUGH IGNORANCE

Perhaps one of the hardest things to understand in the situation which exists in Mexico today is the strange power which Huerta holds over the people of that country after the man ner in which he took the office, dis posed of his predecessor under whom he was at the head of the army, over rode the power of the congress and set himself up as the dictator of the land. Except that such a thing has been accomplished it would be con sidered almost impossible today for the most sanguine to hope that such a thing could be accomplished Here Is one individual who has thrust great ness upon himself and despite the methods which he has adopted has been able to successfully defy one of the worlds greatest nations even to encouraging war. and all while a red hot revolution was raging against his own government and dictatorship.
 Wonderful control is to be gained through insistence upon ignorance, and one of the great secrets of Huerta's power as dictator of the Mexican re- public Is revealed through the strict censorship and suppression of the news of a detrimental character, which he requires. When it Is realized that his influence over the press and the news of the day is such that in Mexico City the true facts surrounding the battle and fall of Torreon are not known to- day, or have been so distorted as to proclaim a federal victory, the power which he holds for controlling the peo- pie is indicated Ignorance has been the great cause of Mexico's back wardness and the power of it has not been overlooked by the crafty Huerta. It is reasonable to believe that the distrust of this country by Mexico is due to a lack of knowledge of the real attitude of this country aided by false representations, and that there would be a marked change if the Mexican people knew the facts.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
"EaeiIis est peeensus Averni.v

MT. Editor: Yes the descent is easy, and according to Gen. Sherman you know. War is He'll" But after we are in or have descended the one thing to do is to get out, and that is surely another thing. When one great country goes to war upon a poor, sick, fortune, ridden, bandit butchered people. the flag shines just as brightly and it's glory is just as great from a lover of wars views as to go to war with a great and prosperous nation, but to get out is another thing
 We hear many hard things said
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29

back $10. worth O tomatoes for break fast.
 T don't see what kick them farm CTS has got. If they mind their own business an make out like they was mt anybody else for a while, they'd all be millionaires.
 "Armstrong's Crossingi
 "Armstrong's Crossingi
 Look where you step!"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29

While his patriotism must be admir- ed the country would be satisfied to have the fellow who wants to do lots of fighting in Mexico disappointed through the establishment of some thing better.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29

The continued fighting of the rebels against the forces of Huerta in north ern Mexico Is one of the strong indi- cations of where that portion of the Mexican population stands concerning this country's action, and strengthens the faith in Villas declaration.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29

Jus. who pulled down the statue of George Washington in Mexico City may never be known. but the manner in which that country is being run is enough to cause the statue to get down and leave of it's own accord
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It is hard to reconcile such state nents as those about the administra- ton blnndering into war when it was criticised for not responding to the fnsistent demand that an army of in teryention be sent into Mexico
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29

If diplomacy can settle the Mexi- can trouble everyone will be willing to salute it.
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The Mexican cavalryman who jumpA ed from his horse to escape from United States scouts didn't bring any credit to his branch of the federal ar my.
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There is no likelihood of Japan taking advantage of the present situation to push her claims. There is enough trouble at home to keep her busy
Norwich bulletin., 1914-04-29

When developments in Mexican af- fairs seem to lag a study of some of the names is sure to provide an in- teresting evening.
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The man on the corner says: The worst thing about a good story is that it is bound to be followed by a num- Der of poor ones.
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It Is only natural that 1t should beth CT Huerta since he hasn't as many wafshtps to send to this country in honor Of the marriage of Miss Will son, next week, as this country as sem5led in Mexican waters for the marriage of his son last week. It is real embarrassing predicament Which the salute would have avoided.
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EDITORIAL NOTES

As a contributor to the perversity of seasons April is certainly doing her share.
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If Huerta allows himself to think he cannot help being impressed by the array of nations which is urging peace and appealing to him to assure
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The packers of mediation and arbi- tration have a duty before them in Colorado which should not be longer neglected.
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This is the season of the year when the hen causes many a warm argu- ment over boundaries and fences.
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The return of cold weather brings the cheering news that the peach crop is likely to survive after all.
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Even the umpire can claim that he hasn't had a chance to warm up for real good action.
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Nors~iet, "Wednesday, April g, 1914.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-16
WHY IS IT?

WHY Is 1T?
Why do the apples fall to the
ground when you shake the apple
bough?
1t was a young boy-a boy whom
the world knew afterward as Sir
Isaac Newton, who discovered why
apples drop from the bOugh to the
ground. 1t all happened one day
while he was lying under an apple
tree in his fathers orchard in Eng
land, watching the apples drop from
the boUghs above him.
He thought to himself-'The earth
pulls the moon and keeps it running
around her; if the moon stopped
moving it would rush to the earth
the same as the apple did" Before
he quit thinking he had discovered
the law of graVitation-the wonder
full law that governs the great earth
and the little apple as they pull each
other together, or graVitate toward
each other.
"Majolica pitcher brings $685. in
SALE" read Mrs. Fan.
"Huhp' sneered Mr.. Fan. HE can't
be much of a player, Buffalo Ex-
DTeSS.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-16
STREET CAR FLIRTING GETS A JOLT THROUGH
FILING OF $4,000 SUIT

"If you annoyed by men on the
street cars, complain to the conduct
ors. They have been instructed to
have all such men arrested.
Leonard A. Busby,
president Chicago Surface Lines"
eff you are annoyed by men on the
elevated cars, complain to the guards.
They are under strict orders to have
all such men arrested. C. E. Patten,
General Agent, Chicago Elevated
Roads"
ct is deplorable," said Miss Grace
Melodies of the Woman's City Club, \
chat a woman cannot be safe from
annoyance on a street car. Just what
action to take is difficult question.
The companies might keep intOxicat-
ed men off the cars. Inspectors on
the cars would help"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-16

Heise against Peter F. Cameron,
wealthy insurance broker, which
grew out of his alleged conduct on a
street car, the women of Chicago are
demanding better protection from
Washers on the cars.
Mrs. Heise was riding on a Bow
manVille car, on Aug. 20, according
to Warren Pease, her attorney, and
was seated beside Cameron. After
some disgusting attentions, the law
yer claims Cameron rubbed his hand
on her knee. He then, says Pease,
became more insulting. The woman,
who is so years old, screamed and
Cameron was arrested. Judge SABBATH
fined him $50 and costs.
After Mrs. Heise's charges were
made public protest was made to
the officials of the street car lines
against this sort of an outrage.
The company's practice in jam
ming the street car is one reason
girls and women are placed at the
mercy of Washers. Women often
make complaints of men squeezing
close to them in packed cars and car
rying on in an indecent manner.
In the Jam of the car the women
are almost helpless. An appeal to
the conductor is almost out Of the
question, as he must remain on the
rear platform.
Some of the women have suggest
ed that the company employ inspect
ors to guard passengers against
Washers and pickpockets instead of
using them all to spy on conductors.
Many of the women's clubs are
thinking of taking action at coming
meetings. The street car and 81"
road bosses, with their ear to the
ground, have heard the rumble of dis
content and have finally issued or
ders. Just how the conductors, with
too much work to do now during the
rush hours, are going to carry them
out, they fail to state.