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Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

ican interests and even to American pride in relation to the natural posi- .tion Of the United States toward Mex jean disorders. Our geographical prox- irnity to Mexico makes Americas i1- terest. in that country paramount te thatJof any ether power of importance in either hemisphere, and this would be true if the Monroe doctrine had never been heard of. Mediation itself has been strictly in accord with the Hague peace conventions 1t has had notably beneficial effect in South America: it has not wrecked the Monroe doctrine; and, If 1t accomplish es in the end no more than can be credited to it today. it still has made an important and permanent eontri- button to pan American diplomacy.
 It was impossible to overlook the fact that war was averted between this country and Mexico and if that only becomes the fixed method of settling international disputes, even in this hemisphere, progress has been made.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04
CELEBRATING THE FOURTH.

Today the one hundred and thirty eighth anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence will be celebrated in many ways through out this country in recognition of the wisdom of the act and the benefits which have accrued therefrom. There will be the unrestricted, free and reck- less observance of the day with the usual accompaniment of torn hands and fingers, powder filled faces, with possibly the loss of an eye OF limb, and good chances that death will claim an extra number as the result There will also be the safe and sane observ- i1ce and it will stand out in strong contrast
 Prrfting by former experiences with Their many sad features, a recognition If useless sacrifice of human life md a needless amount of anxiety and Iuffering, the wide open celebration is ast giving way to the safe and sane Ind this is thankfully making con- Terts each year. Such is resulting not sntirely from the activity of munici- bal authorities, although a firm stand hereby has been of material assist hnce, but through a realization upon The part of the people in general that patriotism makes no such exorbitant demands upon Young America and That the same amount of effort can have much better results in other di- rectf0ns.
 Patriotism Is not waning and it must never be allowed to, but there is an increase in the appreciation of the common sense method of observing Independence day. Let there be fitting celebration of every succeeding anni- Fersary, but let if be safe, sane and sensible This is one instance at least where the new is a decided improve nent over the old-fashioned.
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(Written Especially for The Bulletin-)
 Yes, Mrs. Pound. I am a stay-at- home, kept here by helplessness, but for all that I am able to count up very many blessings. I once knew woman whose knowledge of English was very imperfect. She was in the habit of saying for anything that seemed favorable that 1t was bless ing. I make 1t daily custom to count up my blessings and you would be surprised at the long list lind to be thankful for. It helps me to see the sunny side of life"
 I am sure I am gratified to know it. replied Mrs. Pound. She was the minister's wife and had come as a duty to offer coincidence and sym pathy to an influential partshioner. though one who was seldom seen at in her mind what seemed proper phrases for one so placed as Miss Hope, and felt taken aback to be re- ceived with such a cheery greeting. She really pitied Miss Esther Hope, and judging others by herself could be sincere in the statements she made. Were she. Mrs. Pounce Pounce, the Methodist minister's wife, similarly placed, she knew very well she would be doleful and make all who came in her way the same. She must take Miss Hope on her own terms, however, so she contented herself with saying that it was wonderful how she kept up and how did she do it. "Of course we know, Miss Hope. that you are under no restriction in money mat ters. There you have the advantage of many of us. Now we need so much at the parsonage MT. Pound needs a new suit very much. I should think his people would be ashamed to sit and listen to him preach in his old frayed linen and shiny coat and I am the most poorly dressed woman in the meeting house, but no one appears to think of it.
 There is place where I can help, perhaps suggested Miss Hope. Would you prefer a ready-made suit or the materials for making 1t? The present fashions are so grotesQue that it is difficult to suit ones own taste at all times" and she smiled at the thought of plain. prim Mrs. Pound appearing in church the next Sunday faithful companion and maid, Miss Hope asked for her purse and placed in her guests hand a generous sum of money. Her checkbook was never used for gifts, for she did not wish her name to be used at such times
 Her caller rose to go soon after and was profuse in her thanks for the fa- vor received. She was almost cheer full for she was certain that the money in her hand if carefully spent would buy suit for the parson as well as his wife. and with all her complainings she was devoted to her husband. Possibly Miss Hope had made the same estimate and was de- lighted to see the change little gift could produce. Positively the corners of her mouth were as nearly turned up as they were ever known to be.
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FAMOUS TRIALS
TRIAL OF EARL TERRIERS.

Ferrers was the name of a great Norman English feudal house. which dated from the time of William the Conqueror. The earls of Ferrers seem to have been a bloodthirsty lot and were distinguished for their ungovern- able tempers. which brought several of them to an untimely end. One of these was Laurence Shirley, the fourth earl, who was born In 1720. Insanity in the Ferrers family may have been respon- sible for the actions of Earl Ferrers, for from an early age his behavior seems to have been eccentric and his temper violent. His wife was com peiled to secure a separation from him for cruelty in 1758
 From his youth there was employed in the earl's family a man of the name Of Johnson. The man had always faithfully performed his duty and was apparently satisfactory to the earl On Sunday, Jan. 13. 1750. the earl call ed on MT. Johnson at his house and requested him to come to his country seat at stanton On the Friday follow Ing, between and in the afternoon
 In the interval the earl took care that the time MT. Johnson was expect ed the house should be as empty as possible. Mir. Johnson was punctuai in his arrival and was let in by one of the maids. After waiting for some time the earl called him into his apart ment, immediately locked the door, dh0s dAlCI SOAu0 OuSlAcS5 conversation, shot him with a pistol, of which wound he afterward died.
 AS soon as the earl had committed this deed he called the maid servants and ordered them to lead MT. Johnson upstairs and put him to bed He also sent a servant for a surgeon and an other for Mir. Johnson's children When the surgeon arrived the earl desired him to take all possible care of him, but would not consent to his being re- moved to his own house.
 The surgeon found that the wound was mortal, and Johnson died the fol- lowing morning at o'clock The earl was seized after which he was con- veyed to Leicester jail and from thence to the Tower of London, where he was tried by the peers. found guilty of mur- der and ordered to be executed on May s.
 Ferrers conducted his own defense with great ability. The plea was in- sanity and it.s it was supported by con- condemned he stated that he had pleaded insanity to oblige his family, and that he had himself always been ashamed of such defense.
 With respect to the death of MT. Johnson the earl said he was under peculiar circumstances. and had met with so many crosses and vexations that he scarcely knew what he did, and solemnly protested that he had not the least malice against him. During the time the earl was in the tower he was. for the most part, calm, but would sometimes start, and hastily unbutton his waistcoat, and indicate by other gestures that his mind was disturbed.
 A few days before the time set for his execution the earl sent for his wardrobe, and chose out of it a white suit richly laced and embroidered with silver, saying this is the suit in which I was married, and in which I wish to die"
 On the 5th of May. 17B0, the day fixed for his execution at g in the morning the two sheriffs of London, attended by their officers, appeared at the tower gate. The earl desired to so
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HEN--andN NOW

Seventy-five years ago today the first state normal school in the United States was opened in Lex ington, Mass. The parlor ot a boarding house was the cradle of this educational system. In those days it was thought that school ito teach teachers how to teach" was a needless expenditure of time and money. Unable to secure state aid, the pioneers accepted money offered by Edmund Dwight, who later became conspicuously identi- fled with the new educational move ment- The first class, consisting of five girls. had the Rev. Cyrus Pierce of Nantucket as its teacher. At the end of the first year the school. known as the Lexington Academy. had twenty-five students all girls. It had demonstrated it's worth so thoroughly that the legislature voted by a large major lty to appropriate sufficient funds to establish it as a permanent ad- iunct to the educational system.
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EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS
No Double Service.

For a time youth may dream that two paths are possible; 1t may nurse high imagfnings and sink to debas- ing pleasures. It is a condition that cannot continue; the one or the other Of the two natures must prevail. the one must become subject to the other. Slowly but surely the higher vision will fail, the insight will be dimmed, the noble aim will become less keen; sensuous joys will possess the imagi- nation and permeate the thought till the ruling will itself has became single and its singleness of purpose is toward the lower
 It Is in this manner that youth so often loses it's ideal, tarnishes it's brightness; the two masters were served for a short time, but one has gradually usurped the throne. We may be conscious that this has taken place with ourselves, or that at this moment it is taking place; we may feel that our hold on the spiritual is slipping from us because we are be- coming more and more possessed by the material. The gold lust or other lusts of the grosser side of us may be seizing our inmost places, intrud- ing into what should be the holy of holies-
 We need not preach asceticism or any denial of beauty; enjoyment of the external the pleasures of health and activity and of the exulting sensee are all rightful in their due degree But if they dominate us they kill that other and better side which reaches toward ideals of high service. that part of us which longs to be unselfish and loving and helpful. We shall be pervaded and held by the baser self the vice or the selfishness that kille ous desire of ministry.
 Having sighted the spiritual, the time may come when we shall see il no longer; the meaning of type and symbol shall be lost; life will hold nothing sacramental, no outward sigr of inward significance. We shall sec only the letter, the thing that we car touch and handle; the spirit will bt dead.
 We may be double in our passing wishes, our impulses. our secondary purposes; we must be single in the will that shapes our lives. There car be no double service here.
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orthodoxy is my doxy and heterodoxy yours. We believe what we should be- lieve and the other fellow believes what he shouldn't. We know when to be credulous and when to be skep- tical, but he doesn't. The ancients bequeathed us a lot of folklore and old dame's stories for children, and we still have a lurking feeling that some eof them may be true. If we do not believe in the evil eye, a good many people believe in things just as un- believable. There is a mystery about life we cannot fathom, and unseen powers we are taught exist, but these we never understand. This is why there is such confusion in the judg- ment of men along these lines.
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PROGRESS MADE.

Mediation has reached the point where it was realized some time ago, and felt by some from the very start that it was destined to stop. Even though it has not accomplished all that was desired concerning Mexico it has gotten as far as possible until there can be resumption with the consti- tutionalists included therein. The lead CTS of the rebels now hold the situation in their hands and to go ahead in an endeavor to fix a course for Mexico to pursue without taking them into consideration would not only be use- less, but folly.
 II cannot but be realized that. meai- ation has done much. laIboring' as it did under the tremendous odds. It has an the Springfield Republican says, staksn a course satisfactory to Amer
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Today the nomal school is an in- despensable part of the public school system throughout the Uni ted States. It exerts a command ing influence over the 523, 900 school teachers who are instructing lS.- 900, 900 school children. The old time pedagogue, who considered efficient if he or she had mastered the three R's. is giving way to the highly trained normal school grad uate who has spent two or more years in diligent study to prepare for the profession. There are more than 300 public and private normal schools in the United States today. The number of prospective teachers enrolled as students az gregate as nearly 100000 of which three-fourths are women. The graduates from the higher teach CTS institutions are masters of curhiculums equal to those of the most advanced universities-sey eral of these institutions grant pedagogical degrees. The normal school exists today in practically every civilized country
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Time to study the effects of his Pittsburg speech on his vocal cords is desired by the Coloners physician. It is to be hoped that they suffered no such unfavorable effects as the speech had upon the state and country
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

For those who look upon the dry or der in the navy as dropping the pilot it is quite evident that the change has been delayed too long. Rather is it the throwing overheard of wrongly placed and treacherous enemy
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

Now that the progressive democrats are shaping up it ought to be made plain at the start whether it is a tenn porary or permanent split. Should Fisher run for governor and Thayer for congress what lot of damage might be done?
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

In March from the attic was brought a mud wasp's nest and it had a half dozen live nymphs in it. It was finally placed in a bottle and left for deyel- opment and the first two wasps emerged on the 11th of June; and they were vigorous and noisy, calling inn mediate attention to themselves and these were released. On the 18th an- other came forth and two days later a fourth. These seemed to be weak and thy made no buzzing and died in a very short time. On the 23rd of June two more robust wasps appeared in the bottle and bGzZed vociferously for freedom and they were released on the following day. These wasps are solitary and did not keep company as they flew away and this nest seems to have been the work of one wasp and to represent the offspring of one family. As with man those capable of making the most noise fared best They must have known how to make plaster before man did; and in seeking the abode of men to winter their young they show excellent judgment There was a day when they could not resort to such place for protec- tion.
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Train wreckers are class of cfti- zens for which there can be no favor itism shown. They deserve speedy de- lection and prompt, adequate punish ment
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There is nothing which makes the fellow, who must spend his vacation at home, have such good time as making the most of his privileges and forgetting his troubles.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

The president is now turning from psychology to the business men of the country for proper diagnosis of bus mess conditions 1eE'
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

If the president really wants to get an acceptance from Richard Olney he might include him in one of these bus mess appointments
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

With fish day and the Fourth so close together the horn is bound to make interesting competition for the hurdy gurdy.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

It is well enough to promise your pest friend not to go up in the air, but there are so many ways of accom- plishing it before realizing it that it is apt to be a rash resolution.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

The man on the corner says: Any way the fellow who oversleeps on the morning of the Fourth has no symp- toms of insomnia
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Use for Vice Presidents.

Mir. Marshall is to help Champ Clark receive a national delegation of women suffragists. What shall we do World
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

Those who are willing to get wet if it would only rain can generally sup ply the explanation for the missing umbrella
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gone way back and is now watching operations from the side lines.-De- troit Free Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

Those not otherwise engaged today will probably find time to brush up on the Declaration of Independence,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04
Way to Revenge.

Premier Asquith might be able to obtain subtle revenge by giving a dinner in Sylvfa's honor.-Boston transcript
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04
EDITORIAL NOTES,

Little encoura cement will be offered today to those who are working for the elimination of noise.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

It only comes once a year and it isn't Young America who always gets the most fun out of the celebration.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04
Have The Bulletin Follow You

Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for vacation trips can have 1t follow them daily and thus keep in touch with home affairs. Order through The Bulletin business office.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

Chief of Police Smith has somewhat sternly outlined the laws restricting the celebration of the Fourth of July in this city. From his outline even the unobservant may easily see that we have law enough to make the day as safe and sane as the most particular would desire--if only law alone would do it. This Is a case where the law needs strict enforcement. The chief has the law. he has public sentiment safely with him. Let's hope that he means 1t when he intimates that the law will be enforced to the letter. New Haven Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

The people who like to hear them selves talk are oftenest caught telling the most improbable stories. It is possible that as many lies have been originated by those who like to be entertaining as by any other class. The most rapid liar is the one who feels compelled to tell a thousand lies to hide little indiscretion or foolishness. It is not pleasant to be lied about, but there is nothing very serious about it. Lyman Beecher in his day said many good things Here are two of them: 'I can work out good character much faster than anyone can lie me out of it! Never chase a lie. Let it alone and it will run itself to death" The polite white lies have been classified as the ushers of the black ones. Lies seem to increase by breeding, and one lie comes from another with surprising continuity. CoWardice has fathered more lies than the devil ever did, and in this day, with Jealousy. is the chief carrier and publisher of falsehoods It is useless to lie when the truth will serve one better but some people do not hesitate, even under such circum- stances.
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superstition is somethina no one he

Superstition is something no one be- lieves in, and it is surprising the word continues in the dictionary-that is, no one will confess to being superstitious: rbut when you come to think of it, we all believe in it more or less. Some one has said superstition is a word which we are prone to apply to the beliefs of others in which we do not share. You Fecoilect that old saying
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of his ambition to return to the White House, caused the party split which was directly responsible for the things he now views with alarm and indignA- ton. If the sentiment of the country is similar to that which finds expres- sion today in Stamford the next elec- ton will be fought out upon old party lines. and every one will know that the Republican candidates stand for protection to our manufacturing in dustries and for remunerative em- ployrnent to American workingmen- Stamford Advocate
 Big Stick Mediation.
 The trouble between Villa and Car
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

Beware of yourself when you feel the thrill of superiority to anyone taking possession of your mind. Just get busy with a definition of that word Superior! In capability, capacity or what? We all have our trials with this feeling, and we too often let it possess us instead of finding out whether it is we'll founded or not. We do not ask ourselves whether it is in heart or mind, or taste or performance. It only takes trifles to set weak people up in this world Some conceited people develop such a spirit of superiority they do not care to have their parents known-they come to despise lifes be- ginnings and commence to live lie instead of the truth. The most supe- rior people on earth today are those who abide in truth and who live for the truth. A false conception of life is bad. A false conception of self is worse The grandest man was not ashamed of the place of his birth, or proud of his superiority.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

Had we a primary plan 1t would be different, you hear on every side. Yes, it would be somewhat different, but at the same time where a primary plan permits of an expense account the coin will count in politics just the Press.
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'T won't be governor" protests the colonel to the bull moose. T won't be vice. president" he once protested to Tom Platt. But in the end he did as Tom Platt told him to. Has the bull moose the competency of the dead boss ?-Hartford Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-04

What gives a person the reputation of being a fool? Persons born without sense are called fools. but they are in the minority in the fool family. An Arabian proverb says: "A fool may be known by six things: anger without cause, speech without profit; change without progress, inquiry without ob- ject putting trust in a stranger, and mistaking foes for friends" It is easy in life to do foolish thing, but it is only by repetition we can gain fools repute. There is such a large oppor- tunity to slip our trolley that we should have a care not to. Alertness is the guard against folly; and attention the spur to correct action. Life doesn't seem designed to confer honors upon those who nope Action captures all the premiums. The more we do the more we may do. for every noble activity makes room for itself" Con- ceit pride, vanity, all lead the way to the fools repute. He is most wise who keenly realizes his own lack of wis dom.