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Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

This saying from Ruskin comes home to us with force in the present condition of the nations of Christen- dom: Nothing is ever done beauti- fully which is done in rivalry; or mo- ply which is done in pride" How many millions of men are now battling to show that might is right when the world has been divinely shown that fright is might? It has been impres- sively said: No man has a right to do as he pleases except when he pleases to do right" The fears of men are driving nations today not to their destiny but to the devil. Bancroft was not blind to the truth that "the fears of one class of men are not the meas ure of the rights of another class" Where is God?" you ask. If men let Him into their hearts instead of hold ing Him on their tongues, no such con- ditionS as confront the nations today could exist. The Father of us all has been trying to make us understand for ages that what man loves shapes him. If man loved God as he loves himself and greed he would make of this world a paradise.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

Speak about Old Nick and he is sure to show up, it is said, but that does not always work when setting a pie mic date this season.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

MT. Bryan probably realizes by this time at least that running the Baiti- more convention was a sinecure com- pared to the cabinet.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

As with humans, so with animals only faunal students tell us that ami mals never forget. That a trick or habit or duty once taught them will never pass from their memory.
 There is a story of a little red school house in the Maine hills, to which a boy was accustomed to take a pet bear cub, which his father had rescued af- ter it's mother had been shot. The awkward animal played about at re- cess with the children, sat with them at noon and shared the good things from the dinner baskets which they had brought from their distant homes.
 One day, after the cub had grown up, he suddenly disappeared iG the woods near his owners home, and not re- turning, was in time forgotten.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

The more. excuses Bryan makes the less is his position understood, The chief trouble seems to be that he could mot have his own way.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

To seek death, to court it is the part of the coward or of the fool But to meet without f1inching the pale horse and his rider when they appear is the part of the hero. Dying is, after all, a great privilege. Everyone ought to be glad that we have not to go on eternally in this present incom- pleteness of experience. Our hope is in a better world to which death shall introduce us. St. Francis of Assissi, in his wonderful "Canticle of the Sum- included a clause which may be r1ng out joyouslyq by human lips as well as by the saints in light: Praised be God for our sister, the death of the body" It is the echo of the Apostles word, "To die is gain.'
 THE PARSON
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

The playground movement Is one in which everybody should be interested Its objects are sufficient to bring forth general and generous support.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

We'll, MT. Bryan has the satisfaction of knowing that he. was the cause of "ad interim" being added to the note,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

There are good reasons why that S4S,00O,O00 stock dividend ihas not been included in the list of automobile Jokes
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

The man on the corner says: De, cency pays, but some people expect it to earn about 75 per cent on thefin- vestment
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12
Halo Never Gets Tilted.

Of course, being the Colonel it is 'moraI' victory. With him the "Dr. JekylI'' is always on top and on tap. Philadelphia edger.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

President Wilson has been accused of possessing 8 one track mind, but 1t is true that he has full control Of the derailing switch.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

Germany's new attitude on the Frye case would indicate that it wanted to take advantage of that think-over-it- a-year suggestion.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12
Nnt EuenIv istrihuted.

But even with per capita wealth of s1,965 in this country, some of us are going to have a pretty tough time getting together a vacation fund. - Indianapolis News.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

The water board appears to be the rock on which democracy splits every chance it gets.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

Nothing better than. the comment throughout the country shows how sol- idly the people stand back of the pres, idenf
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

ated so far as city and state elections are concerned is not wild guess Hartford Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

It is only a few'days since MT. Bryan was urging the people not to rock the boat"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12
EDITORIAL NOTES,

There is nothing pessimistic about the new crop estimate.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

In August 1913, he clear iy p T @ d i c ted the Great War, and informed all his clients that "a be- .reavement in |royal circles win affect most of the crowned heads of Eu- rope" Even Astrolo,geTs ot various nation- alitieS and rep- utation all over
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

having gone out for wood to feed the hres sleaving the door open, in walked a big, shaggy bear.
 Some of the smaller children screamed; the larger ones crawled un- der their desks. The teacher was frightened, but she hurried to protect the youngest of the children .a
 But the bear did not attempt to harm them. He scuffed up to the pig stove warmed himself and then gllded along to the row of hooks back Of the door where the pupils hung their hats and wraps and mittens ana snlnny sticks and skates. He rurnmaged back of these, pulling down one dinner ing out the good things which the little folks mothers had put up' for their midday lunch.
 The wondering children watched him as he stood there and ate doughnuts and apples and pieces of pie and pickles and sandwiches, till they thought he must certainly have the stomach ache When he had stuffed himself, he shuffled out as he had come, and, relieved of their terror, they ran to the windows to watch him as he waddled off into the woods.
 That bear had good memory. He had forgotten the little boys and girls who played with him when he was a cub. but he rot forgotten the dinner baskets!
 A mule in Ansonia was used for years to draw a cart in the yard of one of the bi gfactories. The very first day after he was sold to a man who was to use him for street peddling he stopped short the minute the would budge him, until some one had the bright idea of feeding him. He was accustomed to dine promptly and remembered the whistle signal. Authorities on mental philosophy will tell us that to remember well we , must first Of all give attention, that repetition is a great help, and that re-
 lying upon the minds power to re- member-i. e. trusting to memory-is
 another condition of remembrance
 Hence, too, great dependence on writ
 ten memoranda is unfavorable to good habits of remembering. It is told thai
 one of the a,blest lawyers in New York City, one with a big practice ,nevel kept @ memorandum of the cases 1T
 hand; yet such was the strength o1 his memory that he never failed to at tend to a case at the appointed time. The memory can be strengthened ir various ways. Sometimes a though will flash into the mind without an! apparent connection with any Othel thought. The philosophers advise al eIIO1l IO EoCdl1 IIle l4HhS III lI1e CHd4u O thought, apt to pass so quickly stha
 We do not not realize their presence. Wonderful instances of memory art cited. Ben Johnson tells us that ht could repeat all he had ever writer and whole books that he had read Themistocles could call by name tn, | 10000 citizens of Athens. Niebuhr 1 the historian of Rome, in his youth wa! 1 employed in public office in Den
 mark. Part of a book of accounts hay | ing been destroyed, he restored it iron 1 his recollection.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

When we think that Charity think eth no evil" it becomes rather diff ficult for us to think we are charitable. Charity with some people is just giv ing a slice of very stale bread to a tramp with a lump of athletic but ter upon it! Some think they are quite charitable if they pass a cheer ing word to the discouraged, or let a humble brother behold their approv- ing smile. I mistrust what we proudly think we are, usually we are not. Along benefcent lines we are satisfied with meagre standards. We take too much pride in the things which cost us neither pounds. shillings nor pence, nor energy, patience or personal sac rifices. Throwing a surplus dollar to like charity fo the rich. when it is really sharing with the poor your linn ited supply of bread and pitying him because of his misfortunes without righteously cross examining him. The atmosphere of a charitable person can never be less than heavenly.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12


 If would be we'll if a better know ledge of freedom was to be obtained in the school-life of republics. What per cent. of the citizens of this free country can give a good definition of the freedom of which we boast? One half the people do not know the diff ference between freedom and license Charles Kingsley pointed out that there are two kinds of freedon-the false, where @ man is free to do what he likes; the true, where a man is free to do what he ought "The only free dom which deserves the name," said J $. Mills, 'is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to ob- tain it" There is nothing more wide of the mark-more abused in this coun- try than freedom of speech. Cowper called attention to the fact that ''he is free whom the truth makes free, and are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
 This is an age when all that is plain is given a back seat, and it is not strange the women who keep in step with style have to devote most of their time to it. If @ woman goes to the store for anything yellow she must know whether it is canary yellow or lemon, daffodil, straw, orange. sand, tango or a champagne shade she de- sires. The reds come in sunset, water melon, brickdust, deep hollyhock, pop py, ashes of roses old rose and cardi- nal; and the greens run through let ture green, emerald green, parrot green. cactus green, Nile green, Alice green, pea green and sea green: and in
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

The Young Women's Christian as- sociation is preparing for an effort to supplant with morally uplifting arti- cles the love and beauty themes now featured on the women's pages of many daily papers, according to the annual report of the national board Love stuff,'' declares the report, is detrimental to the character of the feminine readers of newspapers and is unfit for young girls to read" If the propaganda a crusade against all the pictures not fit to print, they will have accomplished a two-foId good.-Nor- walk Hour.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12
OTHER VIEW POINTS

For the past three years the board of public safety has been sinking lower and lower in the estimation of the public. It has lost caste with the policemen and firemen. Its lack of dignity Is reflected in the sheer of every fireman and policeman. It is time now for a change. Cast aside politics. Brace up. Get down to bus mess, or resign.-New Britain Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12
Sunday Morning Talk
THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE

From the deck of the sinking Lu- sitania came words that pierce the blackness of that tragedy as with @ streak of light. Said Charles Froh- just before the ship went down: Why should I fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life" A boat saved the friend, but MT. Froh- mans body was lifted from the sea only after his spirit had gone on that high adventure he faced with such courage.
 The incident recalls the remark of brave Sir Humphrey Gilbert who on a stormy night centuries ago shourcd cheerily across the rail of his little ship Squirrel as she sank beneath the waves, Be brave my friends! We are as near heaven on the sea as on the land"
 To salute the King of Terrors in this courageous way is victory indeed. It is to defy the last enemy of man kind. It is to take the ultimate ad- venture in the spirit of the conqueror.
 From many points of view death is not an enemy. but friend. When, for instance, the body has been wounded or weakened, when physical suffering is seen to be the inevitable | portion of a human being death is the welcome door into peace. It is kindly natures way out of an inn ! | ing men on the red battlefields and in the hospitals of Europe yearn for death as watchers wait for the-morn- | ing!
 The last words of Sir Walter Ral-
 eigh were striking and true words. 1 Looking down from the scaffold upon
 his enemies and his friends, he re- marked of the executioner's axe, 'Tt | is a sharp medicine but IS is a sure cure for all diseases" When the
 sheriff, with ghastly courtesy, asked
 if his head fitted comfortably into the | hollow of the block, Raleigh an- swered, Tt matters not how the head | lies if only the heart be right"
 Death, moreover, is the gateway out of present mystery and into light.
 Charles Kingsley said that he looked
 forward to it with intense curiosity.
 And for a more modern instance take l the case of a certain famous clubman
 whose wit did much to enliven metro politan society of a few years back 1 When he was told he was about to die
 he exclaimed heartily. How interest | ing"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12
THE MAN WHO TALKS

A prince once asked a peasant-what his occupation in life was, and the peasant replied: Tt is minding my own business" An ordinary person would have gone into a huff and called the reply impertinent; but there is no evidence the prince did. He doubt less was aware it is because people do not mind their own business that more than half the conflicts in life arise. Minding ones own business would lessen friction in every direction and take out most of life's squeal1s and squawksi It requires skill to mind ones own business, for Suspi- cion must be kept aloof and Curiosity must be held down. When we engage in such tussie we have to mind our owE business because we haven't time to mind what any one else is doing Many people mistake good advice for impertinenee especially when the ad vice sinks deep in the waters of their comprehension. This is why children are occasionally whipped when they deserve to be praised
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

But suddenly something comes up and by peering 'round the towering heap of nondescript things in the discard, you spy the quaint desk which you seek. You may not have seen it since babyhood; but, through that process of comparison which, we are told is knowledge, you are instantly aware that it is the same desk and no otherI So it is with memory.
 A stranger meets another stranger in a strange city, miles from the home of either.
 Something wakes in the mind of one. He pauses, turns back, calls to the surprised individual who Is hastening in the opposite direction.
 T beg your pardon-but aren't you John Blank, and didn't you once live in Blanktown?' etc. etc. There Is a joyful greeting, events and cirCum- stances forgotten by both for perhaps half a century are recalled in a flash. They were the ancient desk, hidden back of the new experiences and du- ties and friendships of all the inter vening years!
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

Josh Billings was wise enough to know nature furnished puzzles for man because it was necessary for man to have puzzles. He stated the fact ac- curately when he wrote: Mature luvs mysterys. It is the mystery uv natur that makes mankind respektful If natur showed all the keerds she held in her hand most everybody would think they could beat her. But natur makes us guess at about 1-2 we know, and then laffs at us in her sleeves be- kause' we don't git it right" If we could figure on nature just about right, results would be too sure and life too monotonous. It isn't enough to keep the tillers of the soil hoeing, but they must be kept guessing. She seems to realize that if man knew the why's and tho wherefores of her work he would be likely to get lazy and sassy" Man is hampered a great deal in life by the results of his own foolishness.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12

While we are busy weaving the web of life we might bear in mind that the weakest stay represents the full strength of the web. None of us seem to have the power to weaeve with lines of equal strength and flrmness: and we do not feel satisfied with it when we look it over. As unsatisfactory as it looks, we know it is ours; but if we have woven into it all the affection, kindly acts, truth and sunshine we can command, it may be that the side of the web9of life we do not see shows up a spiritual brightness and beauty to the angels which bodes well for us. Not being perfect ourselves, it is not strange that none of us can do a perfect work. These little glistening threads of the web of life of which we have made the least account may be the means of our salvation. "As ye do it unto the least of these ye do it unto me-" lends force to this poor picture of Hope. Patience and sweetness and kindliness and trust give strength to the web of life.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-06-12
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FORGETTING

CWritten Specially for The Bulletfn.)
 It seemed strange to hear a woman say once, My brother and I never dared to say we had forgotten any thing! If we did, my father punished US. He said we had no business to forget!"
 On the face of it, one might call this pretty severe discipline. But reflec- ton would suggest that the fathers method was intended to inculcate at tention, to correct carelessness.
 Perhaps there is no better friend in this busy world than retentive, re- liable memory; and every student of mental philosophy Is assured that this faculty can be cultivated, improved by exercise, just as a set of muscles can.
 There are those who hold that any fact or object which once comes within ones sphere of consciousness is in- stantly photographed on the film of memory there to remain while life lasts. It may not be consciously re- called; but by some mysterious men, tai process, some time, some day. in some uraccountable fashion, it will be brought to mind again.
 It is as though the mind were a great StOre-house, a vast lumber room in which countless objects are piled haphazard.
 You visit the place, and at first y6u cannot make out the ancient desk, we will say, for which you are look ing; for the reason that it Is hidden behind a tall wardrobe, that lot of broken, spindle-legged chairs from great grandfather's living room, the oaken chests and hair trunks, and long-ago what-notS, dusty books and of the truck which typical attics hold.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-22
POLITICAL GOSSIPS


When one class of people has any
thing to say, it has become largely
the custom to make political issue
out of it instead of friendly discus
sion, to print it in a law book instead
of newspaper and to argue it be-
fore jury instead Of to settle it in
the higher courts of Common Sense
AS a result, political agitators, polit.
ical lawyers, political preachers and
masculine women are powerful in
politics and dissension, selfishness, in
tolerance and Mysteries run rampant
in public affairs, for when the low,
damp, murky atmosphere of misun-
derstanding envelops public thought
it breeds political reptiles, yermin,
bugs and lice which the pure air Of
truth and the sunshine of understand
ing will choke to death.
We have too many self-appointed
interpreters of industry who are in
capable of grasping the fundamental
principles of business and who at best
can only translate gossip and add
color to sensational stories. No bust
ness can stand upon error and might
rules right or wrong. No industry
can thrive upon misunderstanding,
for public opinion is more powerful
than Kings sword.
When prejudice, suspicion and
class hatred prevail, power grayitates
into the hands of the weak, for dema-
gogues thrive upon dissension and
statesmen sicken upon strife.
The remedy lies in eliminating the
middleman-th the political gossip-and
this result can be accomplished by
the managers Of business sitting
around the table of industry and talk
ing it over with the people. Inter
change of information between indus
tries and the people is as necessary
to success in business as interchange
in commodities, for the people can
only rule when the public under
stands. Away with political interpret
ers who summon evil spirits from
their prison cells and loose them to
prey. upon the welfare Of the people
in the name of Ny Country"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-22
GRAsPNG At The SHADOW

No man-especially if he is mar
ried-would deny woman any right
she demands. Take the earth and
give us peace, but why does woman
long for the ballot?
When all is said and done, is not
the selection of the butcher more inn
portant to the home than the election
of mayor; is not the employment Of
the dairyman a far more important
event in the life of the children than
the appointment of a postmaster; is
not the selection of books for the
family library more important than
voting bonds for jail and court house?
Why does woman lay aside the inn
portant things in life? Why leave the
substance and grasp at the shadow?
Be it said to the credit of woman
hood that it is not, as rule, the
woman who rocks the cradle that
wants to cast the ballot; It is not
the mother who teaches her children
to say Now l lay me down to sleep
that harangues the populace; it is not
the daughter who hopes TO reign as
queen over a happy home that longs
for the uniform Of the suffragette. It
is, as a rule, the woman who despises
her home, neglects her children and
scorns motherhood that leads pafaues
and smashes windows.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1915-07-22
Of
THE COUNTY FAIR
By Peter Radt0rd.

When you enter the agricultural de-
partment Of the county fair, you feel
your soul uplifted and your life takes
on new power-that is the inspira.
ton of the soil. You are overpowered
by the grandeur and magnifieence of
the scene-that is the spirit OF the
harvest. You can hear the voice OF
nature calling you back to the soil
that is opportunity knocking at your
door. 1t is good chance to spend
quiet hour in contact with the purity
and perfection of nature and to sweet
en- your life with its fragrance, elevate
your ideals with its beauty and expand
your imagination with its power.
These products as food are fit for
the gods, and as an article Of com
merce they ought to bring tip-top
prices on any market in the world.
The products of the soil are teachers
and preachers as we'll. Their beauty
gives human life its first entertain
ment, their perfection stirs the genius
in artists; their purity furnishes mod
els for growth Of character and their
marvellous achievements excite our
curiosity and we inquire into the Won
derful process Of nature.
Before leaving the parlor of agricul-
ture where nature is parading in her
most graceful attire and science is
climbing the giddy heights of perfec-
ton, let US pause and take a retro-
spective view. How many of you
know that after these wonderful prod
ucts are raised, they can seldom be
marketed at profit? Take the blush
ing Elberta, for example-they were
fed to the hogs by the carload last
year. The onion-the nations favorite
vegetables every year rots by the
acre in the Southwest for want of a
market and as result hundreds OF
farmers have lost their homes. Cot
ton-nature's capitalist often goes
begging on the market at less than
cost of production.
It IS great to wander through the
exhibits while the band is playing
pixie" and boast of the marvellous
fertility of the soil and pride ourselves
on our ability to master science, but
It is also we'll to remember that there
is market side to agriculture that
does not reflect its hardships in the
exhibits at a county fair