Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 18, 1916, Page 10

TAIR WEATHER TODAY AND TOMORROW N FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS DESPATCHES What Is Going On Tonight Vaudeville and Moving Pictures at the Auditorium. Moving Pictures at the Colonial. Vaudevtile and Moving Pictures at the Davis. ANNOUNCEMENTS AT THE AUDITORIUM. Motion Pictures. At the.Auditorium yesterday after- noon the feature picture which was to have been Mae Murray in To Have and to Hold, with Wallace Reid did not arrive from Boston in time for a showing, so other pictures had to be substituted. At the close of the Matinee tickets good for Monday ev- ening wero given to all those who de- sired them. In the evening the full show was given as advertised and the Paramount feature taken from Mary Johnson's popular book, To Have and To Hold, was very much enjoyed by « well fiilled house. Other photoplays shown were The Eleventhr Hour, an _ excellent Pathe three reel feature and a single reel comedy, Hot Stuff. NEW CHINESE PRESIDENT GENERALLY SUPPORTED LOST AND FOUND FOR SALE T __WANTED LOST—Probably on trolley between New London and Norwich; a small fibre suit case, containing artists brushes and paints in a blue deming case. Reward for returning it to Shore Line Electric Office, Norwich. ivita LOST—Saturday night Thames- ville or New London; ladies’ moire silic bagz. Finder Teturn to Mrs James J. Boyd, 352 West Thames St. and recelve reward. Jyisd LOST—Two biack and white rabbit hound dogs, Reward. H. K. Chase, 147 Canel sireet, Westerly, R. I jy17d NORWICH TOWN Children's Party—Lawton-Scovel Mar= riage—Outing for Members of Shel- tering Arms Household. / The Misses Rogers of West Town street gave a very pretty children’s party Saturday afternoon _in the woods off Tanner avenue for thirty of their little friends. Merry sames were played and a fine supper served. Leave for Block Island. Miss Margaret Ewing of Elm ave- nue and Miss Marion Bliven of Wast ington street, with other members of the Camp Fire Girls, left Monday by But Southern Provinces Are 8low in|steamer Block Island for two week Endorsing His Administration. outing at the coitage on the South Bluffs, Block Island, formerly owned Peking, July 17.—Generals Feng|by Mrs. Georgze R. Hyde of Yantic. Kuo-chang, Ni Shih-chung and Hang Hsun and many other southern mili- Lawton—Scovel. tary leaders have telegraphed to Pres- | At the Methodist parsonage Satur- ident Li Yuan-hun, assuring him of | day evening B Lawian andl their support. He is very generally G pported by the Chinese press in all They rts of the republic, and there are ttended o dications that the southern pro- husband, Mr vinces will officially endorse his ad- | Sutter. ministration, although they are some- Lo what slow in doing so and have made Gt Pt Ot | demand for the removal of certain e ' i | cabinet members and advisers hefore o of _the Strained financial conditions seem | lours’ automobile ride somewhat relieved. The new president | 1677 »‘“‘ S has consented to turn over six hundred | 2. J. Dawles thousand dollars fr his own s A e sonal savings to in rest | POCA payment notes overnment ban group of bankers twenty million do onopoly for sur the Chinesc a willir trea so ness to Li Yua refused to go to the Asel . motored to Springfield | palace to take the al oath, ard | jast LEoE | was sworn into office in his own home o | de the I city. The ccre-| 1ias v St | was me simplicity, and | -0 ° z e 18 2 G abenih e uncle, Fred Heatl My newspapers seem to ; ] e republican organ: t ing -end with M X ¥ administration W 1 ceping as f possible away fror pra ror. Fla he lamentc with a SCHOOLS OF SHARKS which ge at the lake 1 OFF CAROLINA COAST | Men Steamer Ramos May Have Been Their Prey. twe storm off not that harks. night eam- boats feare victoms men who of las York, first of- 15 quoted today | the lifeboats launched and | Hinch- quoted our provision as saying “You | had been wash- | the big fish | ee all ed overboard and brought round in hord The sharks wer: 0 1 the water that we had dif- ficulty times in rowing.” | Ostr. of the opinion that the! n which was Captain Mec- | < and ht men, was over turned by shark H i i NORWICH AND FRFIGHT D SERVICE BETWEEN YORK Ox i PASSENGER E From Norwich New Y 1 Pridze, Pier, East River, fcot Roosevait i Street, Monday . Fri- El | , Wedn: days, at 5 p. m, $1.25—F. V. KNOL SE Fireproof—Modern—Central. 300 ROOMS WITH BATHS, $2.00 to $3:50:P6k Day |l Meais: Table d’Hote and a la Carte WRITE FOR BOOKLET. D. P. RITCHEY, PROP, Suspend Potash Mine Development. |- Berlin, July 17 —The Federal Council has issued an order prohibit- ing the sinking of further shafts for the development of potash mines dur- ing ar. - Work on all shafts begun since uly, 1914, must be suspended. The mnd-taken by the Council is that labor is now too scarce in Germany to 1ste it upon such unnecessary work opening new potash mines, Not- thstanding the pressure of the w: r number of new mines have reached e producing stage during the past two years; and the total number of mines producing or ready’to produce pots now more than 200. Ten years ago it was less than 40. Plainville—Miss Eulalia C. Lothrop a fteacher of domestic science in the PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING CALL UP 734 | | With or Without Gas Attach- ments but Always EFFICIENT §| and ECONOMICAL— | MODEL RANGES We furnish Repairs for all makes of Ranges A. dJ. Wholey & Co 12 FERRY STREET public schools of Hartford, instruc- ed the classes.in cooking at the ses- sions of the Connecticut Chautauqua at the Plainville camp grounds. Miss Lothrop, who is a graduate of Skid- more college, has been assisted by Miss Beatrice Packard of Manchester, HOW’S THIS. We ofter One Hundred Dollars Re- ward for any. case of Catarrh that can- uot bo cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Hail's Catasrh Cure-has been taken | by cafarrh sufferers for 2he = past thirty-five _years, and. _has become known, as the sreliable remedy for Catarch. Hall's Catarrn Cure acts through*the Biood on_the Mucous sur- | i faces, expalng the Poison from Blood and- hefid 5 s ng. the diseased - por- tions. Afteriygu have akan.;l—x‘ fallls, Cotar: Cure for a.snm;tum_ ou WALl m:‘g great - v genoral n heallth. “Start’ !wfi:fi{hfir Catarrh Cure ‘ationce’and getizid of cata Send forv testimonia % i F..J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, Ohfo. Sold by all Druggists, 750. Clear Skin Comes From Within. It is foolish to.think you can get a good, clear complexian by the use of face powder. Get at the root of the trouble andthoroughly.cleanse the sys- tem with a treatment:.of Dr. King's New Life Pflls. Gentle and mild in action, do pot gripe, yet they relieve the liver.by their action on the bowels. Good for young, adylts and aged. Go after a elear complexion today. 26c. At yoar dreggist, Robert J. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washington Sq., Washington Building Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing. Phone 581 MODERN PLUMBING s as essential in modern house as electricity is to lighting, We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by .expert workmen at the fariest prices. Ask us for plans and prices. J. F TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street T. F. BURNS Heating and Plumbingl 32 Franklin Street {Hill P. B. Ale, Frank Jones’ Nour PRIVATE SALE Fine Old Furniture In Mahogany, Cherry and Maple, Chip- pendale, Sheraton, Hepplewhite and Adams Designs. Also Cholece Pieces of Pewter, Silver, Glass, Old Blue Plates, Bristol. Lowestaft and Staf- fordshire. Prints, Samplers and Prass. 55 1-2 BROAD STREET, 9tol12and 2105 BEST OFFER THIS WEEK uys 1ot on Lax enue, be- tween Clay’s block a ion chapel; 50 feet on avenue: 63 deep and 43 leet frontage on another street. Ideal location apartment ouse and Will be sold at a sacrifico to from Nor- house of r in house, 10 head of wagons; tion; one- or R. R. it an be bov SIEGEL, state Insurance, Joom 9, Shannon Bauilding. and barn ments busiest large STRGE te Real Office: Ext Room 9, and Insurance, Build 50 ACRE FARM Eor $1,400 Cash surround- rarn X room: shade trees, nnery two scratchi: trees (will bear acres surawberries in itage this ring), % asparagus (wi at 3 bs. dai in season— an 1e getter). Near railroad, s ana church; land free from machine worked. i or latest catalogue. Just ssued Cl 0. Nothing like tin all New Enzland, WILLIAM A. WILCOX Real Estate Broker, 41 West Broad St., Westerly, R. L. Telozhone 365 Offices 110 ‘West 34th St., New York Telephone 2998 Greeley MONEY LOANED an Dlamonds, Watches, Joweiry and securities of any kind at tne Lowest Rates of Interest. An old established firm to deal With THEX COLLATERAL LOAN GG, 133 mais Sireet, Upsimira. <Lstavlished’ 1373.) TO RENT . WANTED—By an experienced pian- ist, a position in a moving picture theatre. Address M 18 care Lulletin [ Jy1sd lady stenog- WANTED. Tefined _ rapher and typewriter in medical of- fice. Apply W ednesday at 114 Tha if yer Building. ; f;:m;n" FOR SALE FOR SALE—A full course dinner for 80 cents. from 11 a m. to 2 p. m. at The Hose Restaurant, beginning July i9th. Fasd FOR SALLi—Just arrived again; Slcop _Isabel with another load of nice fish, 5 pounds for 25 cents; oot t_street. Jyisd ANTED—Eoy and one for cloth Apply West Side Silk Mill. Jy18d ‘D—T0o reduce the high cost of living for you, buy a full course dinner for 30 cents, from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m, at The Rose Restaurant, be- ginning’ July 19th. yisd WANTED—Salesman and collector for Singer Sewing Machines. Singer Store, 48 Main street. for clerical work room. I wish thnt there were some heauti- ful plnce callod the Land of Beginning Again, where all our mistakes and _all our heartaches, might be dropped like a shabby old ‘coat cut the door a uever pat on again. Aint that nice? Why not begin on a Cobwek Corner, G for 25 cenis, at Fagan's Smoke Shop dint it bin hot? iyi8d WANTED—By young man, 26 years old; a position as caretaker 'of gentle- man’s place: understands all kinds of armwork; strictly temperate, and an furnish best references as to character and ability. Address B. care of Bulletin, WANTED ble young man; a ap ookkeener; good - must be A No. 1'at figures and famillar with general office work, American Strawboard Co. 317 WANTED—A middle aged, temperate . FOR SALE_House at 125 Elizabeth St, § rooms and 3-room basement: suitable to remodel into two tene- ments. Lot 8§x115; garden, fruit and well. "Inquire on premises or Fred G. Prothero, 7 Treadway avenue. Phone 964-12. 3y18§TpThus FOR SALB -Vermont cows. Carload will arrive Tuesday, July 18th. Tele- phone 30 Lobanon. James . Hyde, h Franklin, Ct. ivisd FOR E—Wagon; 1 1-2 inch axle, 2 1-2 tons capacity. Box 87, R. D. L. jyisd FOR SALE_Standing grass in Pres ton. Write W. S. Brownell, R, F, D. No. 1, Norwich, CY Jy18d FOR SALE—Thr new _first-cl dump-carts. Apply to C. H. Holdredge, Builder, Westerly, R. L ivisd TFOR SALE—One pair of mules, 2800 pounds, sound and good workers; also a 12-horsepower _gasoline - engine, mounced, just vhe thing for filling s loes; onc new low-down 20th Century manure spreader; thoroughbred Hol- stein bull, age 13 months, registered 2nd tested against tuberculosis, male and female thoroughbred Holstein calves. Write for their pedigree. W, S. Br S| rd Hill Farm, Wauregan, Jy18TuThus TFOR SALE_White Wyandotte baby FOR RENT- -O.d estabiighed black- smith shop, 44 Courch St, New LO!:A' don, Conn. Possession August It Apply W. H. Guest, 40 Churen St, New London, Conn. 7 TO RENT—One pasture. Wolf, ‘trading Cove. Jyestulna FOR RENT in the buliding corner of Frankiin and \Willow Streets; line cor- ner store for years occupied by C. C. Treat drugsisi, and the sales room, Jameos) store room and bakery formerly used by, the Frovidenco sakery. Areha W. < Iy17 NGER CADILLAG ‘Telephone 31». Jylsd TO_RBNT—Two furnishsd cottages ige, Horton's Cove. ‘Iel Jyl3d —Five-room bungalow at Lake; best location on _tie Phone 1244-4 for particulars. Gardner lake. Jyi2d FOR RENT—Three-rocom iflat with set tubs, yard and ground fioor to small 1amily oniy. lnquire of Ad- iing Rubber Co. iyiz2d TO RENT-—Furnished _rooms, for light housekecping. 27 Division St TO RENT—Furnished rooms, ail con- venlences, five minutes’ walk _from in ‘square; men only. 125 Schgol ‘Lelepiione 522-4. vyl T—Furnished rooms, $1.25 up. ankiin_St., City. jysd T TO RENT—Two furnished rooms at 190% Franklin St, City. iyld write an hondr ound prepaid. Your mon. are not perfectly ¢ tor; Desk 8, Station F; t back if Realty Wash- b WANTED Steam Lau WANTED— of age: paid apklia OND HAND furniture wanted, ay the b prices for ure. We buy and of furniture, new and P he American mantic mills. je1va WANTED | Twenty Farm Hands, 8 Girls for the hore, 6 Milkers, 14 General House- | work Girls, 50 Weavers, 20 Laborers. FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU GEO. L. CHESBRO Central Building, Norwich, Conn. WANTED IMMEDIATELY mmer cottage, good condition, rea- sonable price, on either salt or fresh wate FOR SALE: 41-acre farm, near main line station, on trun highway, fine land, large -room hous! new harn, large poultry house and outbuildings ;_easy term: TRYON'S Willimantic, Conn. OR. C. R. CHAMBERLAIN Dental Surgeon VicGrory Buil Norwich, Conn 1647 ADAMS TAVERN i861 offer to the publi brand: the finest standard of Beer of Europe and America: Bohemian, Pilsner, Culmbach Bavarian Deer, Pale and Burton luer's Scotch Guinness' Dublin_Stout, C. & C. Imported Ginger Ale, Bunker h- Ale, Sterling Bitter Ale, Anheuser, weiser, Schlitz and Pabst. A. A. ADAM, Norwich Town Telephone 519 Mill Ends and Seconds PONEMAH MILLS Taftville, Conn. - We offer Printed Canton-Silks, Printed Organdies, Printed Lawns. - Willimantic and Norwich cars pass our door. Salesroom closed between 12 and 1 and afternoons Saturdays. DR. ALFRED RICHARDS DENTIST Thayer - Building, Room 305 Telerhone 488-2 THERI Is 00 aavectising meGum la Bastern Connecticut equal 10 whe HBuls Stin 1r. DUSIRESS SRSUlts. FOR SALE $3,800 Will Buy Cottage House of seven room and bath, every modern improvement. Lot fronts on two streets, there is a nice garden and ample room for placing a garage. [Excellent neighborhod, con- venient to trolley. The best property | have seen for the price. ARCHA W. COIT, The Mutual Telephone 1334 s ) | FOR SALE Cottage, Benefit Life Agency 63 Broadway recently rebuilt, seven rocms and bath, No. Street. Lot 69 Mount Pleasant 69 x 200 feet. A genuine bargain. Enquire of THOMAS H. BECKLEY 278 Main St. Phones 723 FOR SALE A PROSPEROUS MILLINERY BUSINESS Established Trade Centrally Located Price low if sold at once. JAMES L. CASE 37 Shetucket St. Norwich, Conn. DeWolf, Trading Cove. man for night watchman. Apply to F.|chicks; also a few cockerels. Marjo- TG s S 4 Lor | chicks; dgisora i NT— v om G, ouftum, © Weekapaug Inn, Weeka®|rie barh ¥ 463-3. I e Taatie ot Sullectn e — Jl : 5,000 transplanted cel- [ OIfice. e TS HedTd T AN £00d young Polish plants, White Plume, Giant, Pasc by S B man to machine. The Bard Un- Pari laen. Fs "B Pbekham'| . 2O, BENT-—Tenoment of eleht Fooms. ion Co. jviid t Side Gardens Telephone 1012. | P55 Vain St. Phone 129-2. 5 o ; Sonpeient x dyiid S _";0—“!“7\'1'—;'[( e t 71 F "k in St. ‘oman ate family for TOR SAL [wo horse mowing ma- 3 EN S B n§ llhg ; thl H E shore; . used one season; \\'ur%esler Apply 25 Franklin 5’; = JQ",:Q able to cook; no lau ry; good w v -3 T cotla : = 7 5 e Mrs. H. M. Gesner, Groton iwnl: T ot tonsaeu g "{lex TO RENT—Window or one-half store, Conn. Iy = 56 Main S eldd — — FOR = R WANT Position by youns | motorc TO RENT—Furnished rooms: also woman as hhoxkeeper or stenographer, |in nne runnin; It has a twin-| light housekeeping. 7 Oak St Jjeld 5 years experien wide knowledge of | cylinder, 8-horscpower motor which is == 3 e office wor exe tive ability; can fur-|i3 guaranteed condition For immed- TO RENT—Furnished rooms; also nish satisfactory references. Address|iate sale; this will go for $110. Wil-| housekeeping. 78 School St. Telephone Stenographer, Bulletin O« jydl5 [iam N. Burnett, Danielson, Ct. jylbd|d 3 _aprz0d E XCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY for| FoR s welghs 115 T0 RENT—Newly farnished rooms, indusirions manor woman to ‘male| poun Inquire_ modern conveniences, at The Seymour, from t B 5y TEHI Sl o Jy15d | §4 Franklin St. Phoue 1043-2. apri2d Sl i ars old, T s or it Sl 3 THE BRONSON. 1z Durkee Lane. _Company 307 18; a nice ~{;e,-‘]'1 rear of Bulletin building. Furnished , Conn. Bsbli A 3134} rooms to let. lnquire basement. FOR SALE — One iot of standing R e e SCriE 0 TO RENT—Stors at 61 Franklin St Inquire at Bulletin Office. decldd Buick self-starte 1 §500.00 WILL BUY a 101 nder touring e e lights one conditio; This car can |, t corner Craw fora and Q or_address I gentlo Dennis FOR erator. heap; a good refrig- at the Buliletin Office. AL inquire d T. C.; low mileage, Farm, West Pearl yizd and folding be jyizd = spply 27 FOR SAL 5 ange for heavy-weig Samuel jyizd FOR SAL y m acres, good iand, some fruit; house b seven r th v at ‘sink; good barn, s and_poultry house situ- ated two miles from cars. Price $800 part H. Maine, Groton. Ct om cottage, near- , several hen houses, poul with two fruif, within five walle of trolley, 5c car r _particu inqlire ot .. Chapman rgason Ave- Norwica Town, Ct. Phone 1039-2, 11d POrATO DIGGER sale: it is sec- ond hand, good come and Househ <lin FURNISHED ROGM — Centrally lo- cated. Emina Morse, 18 Union St TO RENT House of 13 rooms at $3 Washington St. with all conveniences and steam heat; very desirable for renting fur- rished rooms; new furniture now in the house can be bought on easy terms by a responsible party if taken at once. Inqaire of ISAAC S. JONES, Insurance and Real Estate Agent, Richards Building, 91 Main Street. To Rent Six Room Apartment in section. Heat nicest residential All improvements. furnished. N. TARRANT & CO. 117 Main Street RMERS—Just a of Armour ew_tons more on Fris o hand ciass democrat Inquire George FOR SALE—First wagon. practically new. ‘Adams, Norwich Town. mayl2d AND for sale in bank No, 20 Central Ave. Apply to John E. Fanning, 52 Broadway. mayi2d HELLO, Mr. Poultryman: Konemah Poultry Yards talking. Do your hens eat eggs? Send 50 cents for a bottle of Konemah Specific No. 2. Stops the ble at onc mar25d FOR SALE —Greatest real estate bar- gafm in Norwich; Buckingham home on Washington St.; 12-room house, most substantial buiit, which cost over $50,000 to build; aiso znd 40-foot street. P and the 28 lots, $10,000. Estate Exch; New jezldaw I'OR SALE_Scveral 200d automobiles at_our price or yours: they must be sold, so the price is incidental; Cadilla 1 passenger, electric lights, sel starter, all in tintop shape; Jackson passenger touring car in_good condi- tion; Buick, 19 model 27, 5-passen- ger; Maxwell roadster, electric lights Gray & Davis system; Palmer-Singe roadster, ©-60 epower; Ford tour- ing car, 1914; chell ‘truck, 15 pounds’ capacity; talk with us and you can do business. C. H ielson, Conn. Phone. JUST ARRIVED Car of Horses came right on time— and they are a nice lot—right out of work and ready to us Busi- ness and Draft Hor. Come and see them. § building lots e for residence Address Real London, Conn. ELMER R. PIERSO! Tel. 536-. FOR SALE All of the standing grass on the Gil- bert A. Rudd farm on Bozrah street. E. A. PRENTICE Phone 300 86 Cliff Street FOR SALE One of the choicest Houses located in the best part of McKiniey avenue. For full particulars inquire of JOHN A. MORAN Real Estate and Investment Broker Franklin Square, Norwich FOR SALE An exceptional big bargain in a House, two minute: walk from Frankl Square; bound to appreciate in value, will earn 20 per cent on the invest- ment. Wise buyers, get busy. For full particulars inquire of JOHN A. MORAN, Real Estate and Invest- ment Broker, Franklin Square, Nor- wich. Jel2d FOR SALE A genuine Edison Home Phonograph, nearly new, cost $40.00, with large fancy flower horn. $5.75 to the first buyer who asks for it. THE PLAUT-CADDEN CO. & - Norwich, Conn. TO RENT QUONOCHONTAGG—Ten-room cot- tage, 3 acres land, 1000 feet from Ocean and Salt Pond; sown Hower and vegetable gardens: hardwood floors, plumbing and heat. Renta! $350. Others $200 to $4000. Send for booklet. FRANK W. COY, “esterly, R. I. FOR SALE FOR SALE Eight room Bungalow with all im- provements—steam heat, hard wood flcors, electric lights—lot 75x200 feet, also garage for two autos. Located on trolley line, ten minutes’ ride from Franklin Squrae. Price reasonable. FRANCIIS D. DONOHUE Central Building, Norwich FOR SALE I have a few cars of new Brick on the | track at Norwich. Will be sold right for a quick sale. THOMAS J. DODD, Telephone 822 FOR SALE An 0Old Established Grocery Business in a growing Eastern Connecticut Good clean stock, and a fine set of fixtures. This is an unusuai op- portunity to purchase a good business, and grow with the town; present own- er has best of reasons for selling. If interested do not delay for particulars etc. Address J. K. care The Bulletin Co., Norwich Conn. jviza Norwich town. Cotza; eifiousel. Tenemept and Busl- ness Bfocks, Bullding Lots, all in de- sirable locafions. List your property 1f you care to seil or rent, as I have & number ofipeaple looking for real es- tate investments. WILLIAM F. gyry. Real Estate und Insurance. Room 108. Thayer Bldz. JUST RECEIVED Acarload of Ground Limestone for farmers’ use. The Peck-McWilliams Co. Contractors _and Builders Tel. 389 47 West Main Street WHEN YOU WANT to Pul your pus- iness before the Dublic, there is me medium better than through the ads . e ¥ertising volumas oI The. B, . 2 POETRY THE CHARIOT. Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carr.uge heid but just ourselves ‘And Dmmortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, Ana 1 haa out away My lebor, and my leisure, too, For his eivility. We passed the school where children played, Their lessons scarcely done; We passed the fields of growing grain, We passed the setting sun. ‘We passed before a house that seemed A swelling of the ground: The root was scarcely visible, The cornice but a mound. Since then 'tis centuries, but each Feels shorter than the day I first surmised the horses' heads Were toward eternity. —Emily Dickensan THE WAY. mother with your thousand cares, O father with your business worries; O student with your serious airs, h your nervous hurries— care tea fears mysterious Love ts your call. O toiler 'neath O sailor on a sea unchartod; the sun's fleroe Twys, O prisoner eking out vour days, O sinner, sufferer, broken-hearte@— Be still!’ There 1§ a Rock that hides u; stilll 'The Power guides you Whate'er befal —Mary H. Force in M Be that fills you y Nautilus. THE MNEW LUXURY. There was a lady milliona: Who took supreme delight In_flzunting diamond earrings In other people’s sigl But now, to tantalize her friends And let her wealth be seen, She hangs upon each dainty One drop of gasoline. —Felix J. O O'Neill. HUMOR OF THE DAY “Henry, how would it be to ask the Jephsons to dinner some night soon?” ear “Fine, I like them. They_ always go home so nice and early."—Puck. Knicker—What do you tip the ‘waiter? Bocker—Half way between what he expects and_what I can afford.—St. Louis Post Dispatch. “I hear that Pllkins is engaged in literary work.” “That's not so. All he is doing fs writing a novel according to a pub- lisher’s prescription.”—Life. Avoirdupois—Tll bet you five plunks that I can run around that track in less than a minute. Has any one got a stop watch? Wit—You don’t want a stop watch. Hey! Who's got a calendar?—The ‘American Boy. ‘What made the trouble for the original inhabitants of America was firewater.” “Yes,” replied Mr. Chuggins, “and what is making the trouble for the modern inhabitants 1is gasoline, Washington Star. Preparedness, you say “Yes, mother. All we girls are go- ing in for- it strong.” “Well, 1 hope that tendency will moderate your reluctance to wear rub. bers in wet weather,” sighed ma— Pittsburgh Post. “Youth enjoys many manhood dislikes.” hings that “Oh, I don’t know. That's a plati- tude. Cite an instance.” “Well, when I was about 16 years old I thought that shaving was fun.*— Kansas City Journal. “Here’s interesting news.” “What's dati” “In Scnegal youse have to get a government permit to take a bath.* “Dat's de place fer me. I'm al- ways on de outs wit' de administra- tion.”—Chicago Journal. ‘Animals are so different,” said the city boy in the country. “How so?” asked the farmer. “Well, you see when the dog wags his tail he's pleased, but when the cow wags her tail I can't tell if she is pleased or it's only flies.”—Yonkers Statesman. “Our last hired girl gave us a double sla; She said she was fond of music, Being a musical family we got up a little concert for her benefit.” “Well?” “The next day she left—Louis- ville Courier-Journal. THE KALEIDOSCOPE The value of the Dritish army horse on an average is Dbetween $200 and $250. Gen. W. A, Hardy, of Oklahoma City, Okla.,, has been a Mason for 79 vears. Kansas City (Mo) property for tax- ation purposes is valued at $206,- 032,672. | _Electrical railways of the United | States represent a valuation of $730,- 000,000. Robert H. Ramsey, of Philadelphia, has spent 16 years composing a chess problem. E. A. Campbell, 92, walks three miles every Sunday to keep a preaching ap- pointment. The per capita wealth of the United States now has almost reached the $2,000 mark. Mrs, James TRodie, 90, of DMelrose, Mass., says eating candy has prolonged her life. Scarcely any article of ammunition are made complete and entire in any one establishment, Air-tight cases have been patented for protecting tennis rackets and balls from dampness. | Reduced to a per diem basis, the war has cost France 30 cents daily for each inhabitant. Henry Clay served as speaker of the Houge of Representatives longer than any other person. Spain is credited with producing more than three-quarters of the ‘worl@'s supply of olive oil. The price of coal is said to have reached $30 a ton at Rome, and steps are being taken to bring it from Japen, where the cost is just one-tenth as great. ‘The Chilean Government has re- cently inaugurated a campaign of ag- ricultural education, says El Pro- greso Nacional, of Santiago, and pur- pases to send out lecturers in a special railway car tc visit periodically the different agricultural regions of the country. The professors of agronomy will illustrate their talks by exhibits carried in the gowernment’s special | museum car, and also by praotical demonsu-uiom:bil: working the ground, z