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Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
Cannot Make the Horse Drink.

MT. Editor: One may lead a horse to the water, but a dozen cannot make him drink. The president. it is said. has forced tariff law and a banking books, and now he is going to try and make better business. that is he is go- ing to undertake the task of forcing the horse to drink. This might have been less of a task if he had not quenched the thirst of the horse bv the enactment of the two previous laws especially the banking and currency law. In other HNrds, the banking and currency "faSco" prevents the pos sibility of any permanent improvement in business. This ought to be evident to anyone who has read and studied the so-called law.
 In the first place this law does not provide for one dollar of new money. Observe, not one dollar of money. The only thing authorized are promises to pay money. Now anyone knows that a promise to pay money is not money. The president, in his recent message says: We are all agreed that private monopoly is indefenSible and intoler- able,' and our programme is founded upon that conviction There can be and there is no greater monopoly than the monopoly of that which all the people are obliged to have. viz: A me dium of exchange whether it be called money or currency. In plain Eng fish the Constitution gives congress the power to coin money" that is to create it. It has no such power to either "coin" or create currency. In the new bill congress does not create currency for the people direct. The new currency Governments promises to pay) are to be delivered to the banks when the banks ask for them. The banks then have a monopoly of all the money and currency and if it is not a private monopoly" then there is no monopoly. Some people will learn only by experience It is said that experience is a hard teacher and that fools will learn in no other school" It is an effort to lift one self by his boot straps, in trying to change business conditions for the better without changing the present financial system. Any law, crowded onto the statute books by party cau- cus' is not a very "deliberative" law, in fact, can it be called law? "Stopi
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| WATCH YOUR STEP 1!
 BY THE CONDUCTOR
Take Your Turn.

Don't it make you mad, when you go to tn postoffice to get a, stamp, an they's a lot O. people shovin' to get to tn window? Why don't they take their turn?
 -They's only one square: way to go ahead. You got to stand in line First come, first served.
 You see, that's other peoples rights. If you don't get in line it's tn same as if you spit on somebody's shoe, or bumped 'em off tn sidewalk. You can do it if you're big enough to get away with it. But you better size up tn other guy fore you slam him
 There goes a big fellow now. push in everybody out O his way like he was a mail wagon. He thinks nobody II touch him. Say he don't know how many guys be itchin' to bat him one. Some day they'll be a little runt with fist like a hammer hit that fellow in tn stummick. an tn crowd'Il be dancin' on it fore he gets up
 Way back when humans had noth- in on except clam shells, an eat elephant gizZards, nobody stood in line. Nobody stood any place anybody else was around. It wasn't safe. But when they got so they could wear neckties an lap up ice cream sody, us ginks all showed our manners by standin' in line. It's a sure sign a fellows civilized when he quits cuttin' up like a wild man.
 This civilized stunt is only a con- tract you an me an other nuts has made anyway. It aint no Niagara falls or Rocky mountains. Them things can't get away. This civiliza- tion business'n go like a rooster with tn pip if all us nuts don't keep in line. It'll get back to where your children an mine II throw cocoanuts down from tn palm trees an have fingers an thumbs on your feet, if you don't stay in line. We ain't so durnsd far way from monkeys yet.
 Pratt street! Last stop on tn lineI
 Let 'em off firsti How you gonna get on if you don't let 'em off!
 Look where you step,"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
THE NEGLECTED CONSUMER.

It has always been the claim of the advocates of free trade that the con- sumner would realize the benefit from this readjustment of economic condi- tions, that goods coming into the country at lower rate by the elimina- ton of the government tax would bring an appreciab1e relief to the final pur- chasers of such products. Since the new tariff bill of this country has been put into operation we have been re- ceiving quantities of South American products and the difference in price with the duty removed is favorable to large importations. Nothing is more indicative of the fact than the effect which it has had upon the markets of this country. Grain and meat in par ticular have been shipped in large quantities to this country, with plans not only for the continuance but for steady increase
 It is declared by the authors of the new tariff that they are in receipt of thousands of letters from small trad CTS telling of the better results which they secure under the revision in spite of the actual conditions and develop ments under the new measure. It is to be remembered, however, as the Washington Post points out that the " small traders are middlemen, not consumers. The latter are forced to pay higher prices than before, all of which goes to the enrichment of the very class the new tariff was to put the screws on. Therefore if the mid dleman is the gainer at the expense of the consumer instead of the con trary. by what mental route do the high priests of low tariff arrive at the conclusion that the results achieved fulfil their promises? ?"
 The only effect seems to be the neg lect of the consumer and the injury of the American producer.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
FLOOD PREVENTION.

It is not to be wondered at that the legislature of the state of Ohio took up as one of the first matters before the new session the problem of floods. That state has suffered to an enormous extent from the inunda- ton which is bound to finger long in the memory of the people of that sec ton of the country and the most nat ura1 thing is that determined effort should be made to prevent a recur- renee if such a thing is possible. The need of exerting every effort in the way of prevention having been so re- gently demonstrated it will prove one of the greatest aids to unanimity of action.
 Ever since the flood Of ten months ago study has been made of the situation and the result is that the proposed Legislation which represents the ideas of engineers. lawyers and the reference board of the legislature plans to attack the problem by districts wherein the governing body will be given large powers for the regulation. widening and deepening of strea m channels. retaining wet and pper-
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Castinn Out Devils

, MT. Editor: Seeing that the theo- logical battle royal has ended or come to truce, it may not be considered lmpertlnent if one of your many read CTS (who have been impelled by the copious quotations made in the va rious letters pro and con, to consult their Bibles) may venture a word or two on the vexed question of what the signs" are to be expected of a believer in Christ. It strikes this writ CT that an important point was over looked by the learned debaters which was, that a seeker after truth first asked the churches to show works of benevolence and then urged that mira culous powers be displayed. This al lowed, of course, he had the best of the argument. for the mass Of believers are destitute of the power to cast out devils or drink deadly things without hurt. After all, are these "signs' quoted from St. Marks gospel. neces- sarily enjoined, or rather, are they i'm
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flowed land where possible and im- proving the drainage. Those in charge will have power te condemn lands, is- sue bonds and exercise police power. subject to court review.
 While stimulated by the flood and primarily for the purpose of preventing others such an effort is bound to serve & two-foId purpose for much valuable reclamation is bound to result from the pursuit of such policy, while the opportunity of increasing water power privileges is also offered. They will thus be getting the benefit in the near future as well as in the uncertain time of flood
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
TEST ON RIDERS.

Just what position this congress is going to take upon that vicious prac- tice of attaching riders to important appropriation bills was possibly in dicated by the action of the rules com mittee in the house of representatives in blocking the Shackleford road bill as a rider to the postoffice appropria- ton bill. There has been at tempted in this bill two ef- forts which under all circumstances should be made to stand upon their own feet It is nothing new to en- deavor to obtain legislation by the rider method, when it is realized that but little chance exists for it's passage in any other way. There are. many precedents which encourage the pur- suit of such a course and hold out hope for inclusion of the rider rather than turn dewn the important bills which must of necessity be passed. It is therefore the vital appropriation bills to which the rider experts devote their chief attention, and on which re- 1iance is placed for carrying such un- desirab1es, and many times hidden leg islation into effect.
 As an enticement for the throwing of the assistant postmasterships into the spoiis barrel privilege was sought to attach to the postoffice bill a propo- sition for good roads throughout the country carrying a large appropria- ton. How effective this would be in overcoming the declaration of the pres ident against the spells plan is diff cult of estimation, but it deserves to be ruthleSs1y cast aside as it has been Whatever merits such plan has they should be considered separately and that idea as well as that concerning assistant postmasters should be made to provide its own support. The chance to kill the rider habit should never be over looked.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
| BREAKS A COLD IN
 A FEW HoURs-PAPE's sFirst dose of Pape's Cold Compound relieves all the grippe misery
 Contains no quinins.

Don't stay stuffed-upI
 Quit blowing and snuffiing. A doss of ''Papess Cold Compound- taken every two hours until tree doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either in the head, chest, body or limbs.
 It promptly opens clogged-up nos- discharge or nose running; relieves sick headache, dullness, feverishness sore throat, sneezing. soreness and stiffness.
 .'P1pe's Cold Compound" is the quickest, surest relief known and costs only 25 cents at drug stores. It acts without assistance, tastes nice and causes no inconvenience. Don't accept a substitute
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

Who can doubt mans deeds have more to do with his character than his creeds. What a man believes he is not so sure about, but acts of kind ness give comfort to the heart if no one else is aware of them but the recipient. It is safe to say most peo- pie who have subscribed to a creed would pass a poor examination if asked what their creed was It would be a real good thing to learn the creed by heart so when challenged we may appear worthy of our association cannot imagine St. Peter inQuiring of one: What have you been believing for 1t is much more natural to inquire What have you been doing? It is surprising how much we can believe and how little of it we can work into our daily lives. It was Colton who said: He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend, must have a very long head or a very short creed In their action men are found to be very much closer together than in their creeds.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

The melancholy fact is that what the letter assumed is true in myriad cases. As they grow older many men do lose their visions and forsake their earlier ideals. They become little and sordid. Life takes on a character of progress sive deterioration. What the poet Wordsworth pictured so graphically is illustrated in the experience of people around us. Heaven may lie about us in our infancy, but it does not always in our maturity.
 The youth, who daily farther from the east
 Must travel, still is Natures priest, And by the vision splendid is on his
 way attended;
 At length the man preceives it die
 away
 And fade into the light of common day.
 Into what very common day do our early visions sometimes fade! Age with too many is the period of disillusion. We believe less, are less inclined to sacrifice. less touched by the appeal to generous serivce. We succeed materially through the com promise of our ideals. How many hard, worldly wise, successful men must confess as did that strange genius, Tom Hood, in his later years that I'm farther off from heaven than when 1 was a boy"
 But the happier side of the matter is that our ideals cannot easily be really lost We may try to forSake them. but they have way of stick ing to us through thick and thin. The ! Gospel story tells how in the period of Encouragement that followed the death of the Master the Apostle Peter decided to turn back to his old occu- his fellow apostles planned to go with him. But we know how, in the early morning, on the shores of the blue lake of Galilee the Master met him and won him back to his earlier loyal ty.
 One may still the voice of conscience and silence the pleading of his heart for a long time-but not forever. The sun will break through the clouds some day when perhaps we least expect it. I have known men who had thought the impulse of faith had been forever stamped out of their lives to find that impulse suddenly and strangely revived in some hour of reflection, or of hope or fear.
 Our lives often seem like gardens in winter. The trees and shrubs are bare; no life is apparent. But by and by the south wind blows softly, the gentle l spring advances and the life that | lurked in the roots under the sod IS | proved by the buds and flowers that
 now appear. The miracle of nature is not more wonderful than that of hu- man nature.
 1 Happy is the man who will not re- l sfst the over breeding influence of | that Almighty Spirit we call God. No matter how far he may have wondered l in the bypaths of doubt or of sin the 1 Guide is always trying to bring him 1 back to the royal road. Nor is the sunshine ever brighter or the sky bluer than in that hour when one feels l the surge of an old faith. within him and believes as he believed in youth 1 ful years that.
 1 Gods in his heaven 1 ATS right with the world.
 THE PARSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24
SUNDAY MORNING TALK
THE JOY OF. COMING BACK.

See if you have the generosity and the spirit of sacrifice of college days. See if you can come back" It was part of a printed appeal to a company of middle-aged graduates urging their support for a worthy project.
 The implication of the letter was a little startling at first It as- stunned that we had grown hard cynical, unresponsive to appeals that would have moved us a score of years ago. Our classmate wanted to see if any of the old idealism remained, whether we could come back to any of the noble enthusiasms, the uncalcu- lating generosities of youth.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

Even Mrs. Helen Shepard could not forget on her first wedding anniversary that there still exists plenty of oppor- tunity for the distribution of joy to the unfortunates.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

The tango seems to have won favor against the whole field of similar dances. Little is heard now of the sawmin clutch
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Does it mean that hereafter all Ken lucky congressman should be searched for firearms before entering congress or the establishment of new limits of congressional roughhouse?
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Inasmuch as Huerta cannot get the services of those refugee federals when he needs them the time is fast approaching when he will not care if they never come back.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

Now that the ponds have a coating strong enough to support an army half the fun has been spoiled for those young chaps who like to skate on thin rec.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

The head of Bowdoin college advises the inexperienced investor to leave stocks severely alone. There are some of the experienced who can attest the truth of that statement.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

Now that Japan has declared that she doesn't understand us a good op- portunity is offered Secretary Bryan to make a lecture tour of the island empire
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The man on the corner says: If this weather continues it is almost cer- tain to make the ground hog a little more uncertain than ever.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

That a successful flying machine man should die in bed attracts greater attention than as if his death had oc- cured in the regular course of events on the aviation field
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

Butter is the latest South American product to enter competition in this country and the effect of the similarity of Argentine and oleornarg garine is out for a test
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

The lack of interest in the Junior prom at Yale this year may be at trfbuted to the fact that there is to be united suffrage assault on Wash ington the same day.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

The census bureau has commended the public printer for the speed with which the reports are gotten out Those denoted republicans must be working efficiently wherever they are placed.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

It would seem as though society in sisted upon drawing lots to see who would be the next to keep the divorce gossip busy.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

Try as 1t will the auto display can- not bring out any more style and so- ciety than the old time horse show.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

If silence is gold, Provisional Pres ident Huerta ought to strike John Lind to float 8 new debenture loan.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

Look. Listen, ana study.
 J. c. VALLETTE. North Franklin, Conn. Jan. 22. 1914.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

The world endorses the sentiment 'It is glorious thing to rise in season" although Thomson wrote it while lying in be d at 10 o'clock in the morning; but now it is often quoted as an example how much bet ter man can preach than practice. It is a wonder where so many of us can get the face to give so much good advice. It may be an evidence of a
 high ideal-a sign we know what we
 ought to be in spite of what we are. Good advice is the one thing which seems to have eternal life. It was handed out in the Garden of Eden
 and was then treated just as it is today. It did not seem to be a bit more popular at the start than it is now. It is because of this, no doubt, that our mistakes have become so
 many that we have wrought them into a song; but it is very much better to sing over our mistakes than to weep over them.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-24

It is the moderns who are afraid
 of night air, and this is why we see
 so few open windows at night and so
 many sickly looking people in the day time. It is not so long ago that night air was believed to be bad air
 bad air Is in lily ventilated bedrooms; but the closed window never shut the enemy out, but merely kept him in It is the close atmosphere of a room which promotes disease-the slow poisoning of breathed over and over air shows itself in colds, catarrh and consumption. The night air is today | regarded as a healing balm, and some l physicians claim grip patients gain faster sleeping in the open alr than indoors. The old attics with roof which showed the stars and let the snow sift down through are healthy sleeping places. The fresh air which the civilized shut out is a promoter of 1 longevity. All who insist upon shut ting windows at night just keep the
 assassin of health in when they | imagine they are shutting him out
 If you are going to make a climb l of life you must have self -respect-if a slide, self-indulgence. This is all there is to it Self-indulgence opens l the door for a little pleasure and of 1 ing habit or vice. If we would not have 1 vice get a grip on us we must get a 1 grip on ourselves. Taking things easy l many be at the bottom of our woes l it is easier to be a fool than to be a l sage, to be nobody than somebody Good things come high in this world | but they are usually found to be l worth all they cost in endeavor. l When it comes to achievement we
 always get a glimpse of hard work, and if we are willing to pay the price we win. Those who sit on land and 1 admire the sea have never discovered 1 a continent: and those who idle away l their time have increased the number 1 of Ioafers on earth. Self-control leads ! to greatness-self-indul to de-
 gradation.
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1t was Epictitus who proclaimed to the world this statement: God has delivered yourself to your care, and says I had no filter to trust than you" How that fine old pagan put up to man the fullness of his re- sponsibility. This puts every one of us on our mettle, and as the recipi- ents of divine confidence none of us should need a chaperone: but too many of us really deserve to have a conservator. Man has high com mission, but when we view him as he is we become conscious that he is guilty of a breach of trust. If every man had proved up to the sonship there would have been a square deal for every man on earth before this It may be well for each of us to remem- Der Gods message to us:-'I had no filter to trust than you;" ana then we may the more strive to honor the trust. No wonder this sentiment rings down the agesi
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It always has been difficult to tell who gets the worst of it in married life; and this may be why every cou- pie is married for better or for worse. There are always trials in life, and it is when one or the other gets to thinking their troubles are greatest that the twain commence to open up a gulf between them. It is not easy work to conduct a home. or to pro- vide for it. Skies cannot always keep blue-disposition cannot always keep sweet. Love, however, has a way of abiding in patience-Selfishness a mouth for complaints and cutting words. A good eye for the detection of weariness in one another, and a heart to be gentle and considerate does a mighty lot to keep the matrimonial waters unruffled. Keeping the fires of passion smothered and hope gleam- ing bright is a good balance for every matrimonial exigency. Constant com plaint and an ungovernable temper can wreck any home.
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Ns~wich. Saturday, Jan. 24. 1914.