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Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

the number of her savers rises above the 20,000,000 mark. The average de- posit of the German saver is S1S0.
 You see, we have hardly begun as yet to interest the sort of people who give body to the statistics of saving in Europe. A mere beginning has been made by the postal savings banks At a recent reckoning, given out by the pos stmaster general, the depositors in the United States postal banks have increased to 310.000 in numberi Their deposits have grown to nearly $34,- 00o, 900 and their average deposit is $102. Of such are the huge army of savers.
 We make much. we eat much, we live extravagantly-and when our mind is turned toward saving we save more per capita than any other people in the world.
 And do you know that there Is un- der way in this country a wide reach ing movement toward making thrift popular? Personally. I believe that this campaign will be successful-and then watch the figures as to our say ings accounts.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08
The Flag Celebration.

Hartford will be we'll presented at the celebration in honor of the mak- ing of the first American flag which will be held in Baltimore in Septem- Der. First Company, Governors Foot Guards. has voted to lend it's imposing and graceful presence and has invited Governor Baldwin to attend with his full san.
 Connecticut, one of the 13 original states, should certainly be represented adequately at this celebration If other states are to be represented by their governors with staffS accomp- anying them, Connecticut should do likewise. Connecticut should make just as an impressive appearance at this celebration as any state. We hope that Governor Baldwin will feel inclined to accept the invitation which ahs been extended to him and with his interest in such patriotic observ- ances there is reason to believe he will do so.-Hartford Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08
IRE JULY FAILURES,

The month of July saw quite an in- crease of failures over the same month In 1913, says the monthly report ot F q. Dun z. Co. but the total l.abil- l .t.es were not greatly increased.
 Thus. 1.411 concerns were forced to suspend last month and the amount involved by these was $20 0,377,14 against 1,16s defaults for $20,325, TOE d year ago. 1.230 for $16.09S, 460 in 1912 and 1.127 for only s12.15e.o70 in 1911, In 191o, 1,147 firms failed owing s1S,- 7se, ,153. Of the 1.411 insoivencies in July, 29 were for $100,O00 or more, aggregating in all $S,5S9,014, so that the average of the 1882 smaller re- verses was ss,53e, as compared with s7,S75 in the preceding year. sS.03s in 1912. $7.3o4 in 1911 and $7, 407 in 1910.
 There were 1s iron manufacturers against z in 1913.
 The failing lumber concerns were 50 to 35 in 191S
 The clothing and millinery makers 59 against A in the same period last year.
 Traders in clothing and furnishings 127 to S2.
 Sellers of groceries and meats 260 to 216.
 Sellers of liquors and tobacco s4 to s5.
 Traders in woolen, etc, 8 to g.
 Dealers in hats and gloves, il to 4.
 These contrasts indicate how hard the working classes were hit by the low tariff and that id1eness and strict economy told against business.
 The total liabilities of these losing concerns because of a change in gov ernmental policies was $7,740,156. or more than one-third the total Iabil- ities.
 The difference in the total failures stands thus:
 The last year of republican rule BOP manufacturing establishments and 1,230 commercial concerns, a total of 1,532.
 The present democratic year, 360 manufacturing concerns, and 1,411 com n1ercial establishments a total of 1,771 an increase for low tariff of 2S9 for the month.
 It is to be noticed these increased failures are amongt those who supply the necessaries of life.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

eWritten Specially for The Bulletin)
 This is the way with the human miI1d-it never can make a shortcut first.
 Perhaps you have noticed that most of the great inventions have to be simplified eventually; and most great books would be productive of more good if they were made simple.
 It is quite the fad now for all per- sons to think of bigger and betterl
 You have heard it. A bigger and better NorwichI A bigger and better Amerieal What about bigger and better self? And wouldn't a bigger and better self be the direct way to a bigger and better Norwich and Amer ica?
 To create bigger and better city or country we must broaden and De busier-we must cut a more com manding figure in life so that home and government will look more at tractive on the map. We must add to our domain, swell our material pos sessions and increase our power.
 To create a bigger and better self we must broaden so we can take aboard more faith, hope and charity.
 Faith is the pencil of the soul that pictures heavenly things
 Hope is loves happiness. but not its life"
 Charity Is the first daughter of Love and 1t soothes and heals and blesses!
 But of these three the greatest Is charity
 There is no power like the power which has for It's basis these quali- ttes-for it is moral power, which Napoleon declared to be in relation to physical power even in war as three parts to four.
 This bigger and better idea should work from within outward. Man is not bigger and better for the money he has in his purse. or the bonds he has locked up in his safe: but for the eternal principles of justice and truth he is cherishing in his heart.
 But men like to think of making everything bigger and better except self. They are willing to shout for 1t. but not to work for 1t; they are willing but decline to give the time and en- deavor necessary for permanent ad- vancement
 Man really never gets over the juvenile habit of eating his cake and then wanting it.
 It was Edmund Burke who called att tention to the delusions of man. How little man is." said Burke. yet in his own mind how greati He Is lord and master of all things, yet scarce can command anything. He Is given a freedom of his will; but wherefore Was 1t but to torment and perplex him the more? How little avail this freedom, if the objects he is to act upon be not as much disposed to obey as he is to comannd"
 Does not what men so Justify seek as bigger and better tend to make them more selfish and proud? To crush rather than elevate them?
 Man was never made bigger or bet ter by endorsing the ancient sentiment
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08
DECREASE OF CHILD LABOR.

That child labor is decreasing in the United States is proved by the Re- port on Occupations recently publish ed by the Bureau of the Census. This report shows that between 1900 and 1910 there was a decrease of 129, ,236 in the number of children 10 to Is years of age engaged in non agricultural pursuits. Of this number T7,666 were boys and 51.570 girls The National Child Labor committee consider the census figures very gratifyin as showing the results ofItheir work we have been sure for some time" says Owen R. Lovejoy. general secretary of the National Child Labor committed in commenting on the census report, that there must have fbeen a decrease in the number of children at work, but until now we have never had official figures to prove such decrease. Since our organization in 1904 we have se- cured improved child labor or com pulsory education laws in every state of the union. There are still eight states, however, in which the. generally accepted IA year age limit for work in manufacturing establishments is not recognized, IA states that allow chill dren under Is to work at night and a great number of states that do not properly regulate the employment of children in dangerous trades, street trades and various occupations out side of factories and stores. So we still have plenty of work to do. We regard the census figures as import ant not only because they show the results of our work. but because they suggest what can be done if the American people once set their minds to keeping their children out Of in dustry and giving them education and health"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08
EVERY DAY REFLECTIONS

Tn letter dealing with some of our financial problems a man who has been concerned in the framing of the new currency and banking legislation made this statement:
 Per capita, we are the biggest eat CTS. the biggest squanderers and the smallest savers of money in the whole civilized world"
 To convict us of improvidence, this man quoted a report that only nine ty-nine out of every 1000 of our popu- lation are depositors in savings banks, while Germany has 317; France. 346, and Switzerland, 544: Italy can show 220 savers to each 1000, Japan 210 and England BOP.
 Now, that looks bad on it's face. How about another sort of comparison, however? The latest official reports I can find tell me that in this coun- try we have over 10,000,000 of saw ings bank depositors: they have nearly four and a half billion of dollars to their creditor an average bank ball. ance of S445. 1 don't find as great a total of savings credited to the people of any other nation.
 Germany comes nearest us In the amount her people have saved, and she is nearly s722,o0o.O0o behind. though
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

New Haven's health officer Is de- termined that our supply of milk shall have a certain amount of fat in it That's the talk.-New Haven Union.
 Sunday baseball, played last May is punished with fines of s2 on the players arrested in a Bridgeport court and the court admits the opinion that public sentiment does not uphold such prosecutions today. Then why didnf he fine the players about S10O each and whip public sentiment to the heat that would make 1t necessary for the law against Sunday baseball in spite of the forces against it?-waterbury Republican.
 Public sentiment against the man who drives an automobile while under the influence of liquor is growing stronger and 1t will not be surprlsing if the legislatures throughout the country soon adopt more stringent laws for the protection of the public from the reckless driving of intoxicat- ed motorists. The operation of a mo- tor vehicle by person while under the influence of liquor ought to be made statutory offense, punishable by Imprisonment. for a person who operates a motor vehicle while intoxi- cated Is a real menace to the public safety.-Naugatuck News.
 Accompanying the map is an ar Furnent for generous road appropria- tons by the legislature. The argu- inent is not as satisfactory as the map. The trouble with the rooters for fat appropriations is that they as- surne a dollars worth of permanent road can be had for each dollar spent They give away their case when they cry. ',The roads will go to pieces ire trievably unless there Is abundant money to keep them in repair" It seems to us the part of wisdom to go slow until such time as reads can ha
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08
Like Handling Hot Potato.

A man in West Virginia has just returned to the court house, whence he received it, marriage license, is sued to him twenty-four years ago, all of which time, he has been wait ing for the fair but fickle one to make up her mind to keep his promise omarry him. Job certainly had nothing on this swain in the way of
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

At the tender age of eight. the son of the crown Prince of Germany, grandson of the Kaiser and presunnp- tive heir to the throne, has begun to study the art of war under a military tutor. But by the time he is old enough to reign. the world will prob ably have dispensed with the necessity for war lords-Baltimore American.
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built which will not disintegrate about as rapidly as ice cream in a tempera- ture of one hundred degrees in the shade We do not advocate stingi- ness, but we do insist on caution. some sound methods and a substan- tial reduction in the size of the legis- iative appropriation until such time as road builders acquire more wis dom than they now have.-Bristol Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

The Coloners friend Hinman is against woman suffrage, the initiative. the referendum and the recall. This alliance is as peculiar as the Perkins alliance winch plaques Pinchot so.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

Some one has said: Do not blame rum for the downfall of a chap who would have been failure had he kept sober" This seems to me to be pretty good advice. It Is not so easy to tell what primarily ruins a fellow being It is not easy to dig down to causes so the world bases most of it's conclu- sions upon effects. When all is said and done the best that can be said of rum is that ombined with molasses it has cured a hard cough, and combined with gun powder 1t has kept men bold if it did not keep them sober. Rum as a beverage soaks all the good out of a man, and puts no good into him. The fact that a man hugs a serpent to his bosom Is an indication that he didn't have sense enough. or will enough, to hug anything better; hence, he is likely to have huggcd the wrong thing if he had been born in a total abstinence environment and mover cs- caped from it. Rum of itself is power less-habit has to tako it up and use 1t for exhieration and through this the way to damnation is easy.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08
Beyond His AbiIity.

If Mir. warburg concludes to submit to cross examination by the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, is Mir Hitchcock, of Nebraska, enough of a banker or hnaneier to ask him any questions that will not be alto- Rether personal 7-New York World.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

With the New Haven's stockhold- CTS suing for $10O 100000 criminally
 taken from the road, it Is not strange the interstate commission did not think an increased tariff rate was nec- essary.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

With France picking up German warships and England capturing Ger many's merchant marine, the Dutch cannot feel happy.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
WHAT WE ALL LONG TO KNOW

How Are Men and Women Going to Spend Their Eternity?
 Not in singing. Singing is a very delightful employment. but I think we should all weary of it. They do sing, however and play on all kinds of in- struments, and the music is the perfect expression of some affection. and it awakens in every one who hears 1t the affection 1t expresses. Every heart responds and vibrates in unision with the harmony.
 There are occasions when society answers to society. when myriads of voices and myriads of instru- ment join in chorus to celebrate some attribute of the Lords love and wis., dom, and the whole heaven flows with sweet ecstatic song. But sing ing is no more the business of hu- man beings in the other world than it is here.
 One thing. however, we must not forget: There is no labor in heaven. there Is service, help, use; but there are no repulsive tasks, no exhausting toll, no weary limbs, no aching head no distracted mind. Every one does that which he can do best and de- lights to do. His heart. his head, his whole life Is in his use. His love, wisdom and power increase with ex- ercise. He lives more, can do do more, and enjoy more in every step he takes than he did in the one which preceded it. And so every one who enters heaven will go on forever
 The essence of all this heavenly happiness is the love to the Lord and the neighbor which fills every angels g heart. Every one loves others more than himself There can be no heaven where there Is no love to the Lord and the neighbor.
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 Think of Heaven! Try to bring 1t home to yourselves as a reality! Two parties in two worlds separated only by the thin veil of flesh are engaged in the care and nurture of your child As the mother does her work, so the angels do theirs.
 The mother cares for the body, the angels for the soul. The mother seeks to awaken the natural faculties in conscious and vigorous action; the angels to call fntp existence the germs of the spiritual faculties which in due time will introduce the child into a new world, and give him capacities to receive the Divine life in higher and richer form. So the wise and fith- ful mother and the wiser and more visible to each other but regarding the same object, and with affections directed to the same God
 In going from this world to heaven We go rom the unreal 10 the real: we go from obscurity into light from shadow to substance. from sameness to variety from deformity to beauty, from the artificial to the essential from confusion to order, from diseord to harmony. from poverty to wealth, from restraint to freedom. from disap- pointnef1t, labor, weariness. disease, pain, fear: from tears and sorrow to fruition, to joy, peace and blessednees; from d foreign land we go, to friends, to kindred. to home to the Lord --SELECTEn.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

Men on the western railroads have to be punished for not watering cat tie being transported once in 28 hours. This is the only way to get the hu- rnane thought into their minds,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

Emperor Wilhelm must be passing his hope on the old maxim: A poor beginning is often followed by a good ending.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

When John Bull lays down $255, i 900 900 for a starter in war, it looks as if his strong box had good deal more in it.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

Boston has had an international ap- pie shippers convention, and the press there informs the delegates New Eng land grows the finest favored apples in the world.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

The camera men will not be allowed in the war zone of Europe, but they can make a war zone of their own.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

In this war history is not repeat ing itself There was never a war like it-may there never be another.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

Butter is crawling up instead of running downi This is a cool sum mer,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

The man on the corner says: dfts biscuits. not bullets, that make an
 army go."
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08
Dor. Like Rouah Stan.

MT. Bryan would prefer if Mir
 Roosevelt would confine his blows to
 a slap on the wrist.--Indianapoli Star
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

Carlyle wasn't a handsome man The suffragettes couldn't spoil his pic turs if they did slash it!
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

The man on the corner says:tChar- ity too often begins and ends at'home.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

Belgium looks like bantam rooster among the nations. but she drew the first blood.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Uncle Sam still has 100000, ,000facres of tillable land for distribution
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Emperor Wilhelm's divinely empow- cred relatives are generally against him
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There is prospect of d lead fam inc. The call for bullets is great eaouSh to exhaust the supply.
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Give Him Rum and eunpowder.

patience and long suffering.-Bal- timore American.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08
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Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

The reason good advice gives most folks a pain may be it's source or may be its form. Did you ever try to ad- wise any one for their own good? Have you ever tackled a brother or sister and unbosomed yourself for their good? If you have perhaps they have said to you If you could practice as well as you can preach you would be setting an example I should feel proud to fo1lowi" What rebuff that is! A i'd we get mad because we know it is true. Putting precepts into our own lives and making them shine is more diff cult than framing them up in sweet words and handing them to the other party. Honeyed words are a delusion and a snare. If most people should say to those they would improve DO as I don't" it would be first class counsel. Who would not hesitate to say: Do as do and reform yourself!" And yet, some good advisers come so near saying this they make the other party smile. When a freind seeks your advice he is much better suited if you tell him you do not feel qualified to advise him, which he will accept as a compliment. Most Of us are so honest we ask a friends advice to get his praise!
Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

l should not want any one to say of me, Tt is just natural for him to be good" It may sound very conpli- nnentary to you but there is no flat tery in it for me. The most natural thing on earth is for a person to be himself. to be able to think for him self speak for himself and act for himself. We are born into world of temptation and the true man Is not sneaking around to find the line of least resistance. Temptation is the test in this world of manhood and piety. The kind of goodness that docs not require a good deal of energy for it's support is not of the first quality. When the goody. goody young man came to the Saviour to tell him how good he was-he had kept the law and the prophets, he didn't say: Well done my good and faithful servant, enter thou into the kingdom but "go sell as thou hast and give it to tho poor That was the master test and there is no evidence he was equal to it. When a man feels so good he thinks the angels notice and applaud his good deeds every day the angels must be smiling at his conceit. Heaven never could be Heaven with such a population.
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those who agree with us in our opin- ions.
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New Haven's health officer Is de- termined that our supply of milk shall have a certain amount of fat in it. That's the talk.-New Haven Union.
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The happiest person is the one who has something to do and something profitable to think about Occupation andS salvation are more closely allied than most persons think. It has been said the man who finds joy in occu- patton is never miserable. People who cherish whitening thoughts shouldn't wonder why they are unhappy. Get the notion you are a, son of hard luck, that you are not understood, that you are not appreciated. and I'll guaranty you can get to feeling as downcast and mean as it is possible for human soul to become. God endowed man with mind for his elevation and he uses it for his own debasement and depression and half the time planes the Lord for his own foolishness. The first essential for happiness in this life is that we should get on the right side of ourselves. To be our own worst enemy is to deliberately take the road to Despair. As free choosers men cannot be said to always choose wisely. No man who ever became con- scious he was a son of God and held that picture in his mind lacked peace or power. Heed the command to Know Thyself.'
 Have you sensed the fact that men in this life fear the opinion of others more than they enjoy their own. When
 
 differed greatly about them. Henry ward Beechers opinion was: Private opinion is weak. but public opinion is almost omnipotent:" but Carlyle de- elared popular opinion is the great est lie in the world" If we have many opinions if we keep them to our selves we shall not gain repute of being opinionated and excite preju- dice and disrespect. The tide of our sympathies has more to do with form ing our opinions than divine precepts. Opinions are short-lived, for the opin- ion of today may be squealched by a better opinion tomorrow. The opinions of others are what nettle us. It was Franklin who said: If all but myself were blind should want neither finc clothes, fine houses. nor fine furni- ture" This is where the rub Is in life. Opinions collectively Swift found contradictions; and yet when we gaze luan tha vfia@ we think they must hA
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Norwich. Saturday, Aug. 6, 1914.