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—ee ) Norwich, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1921, THE WEATHER., Conditions. the ages of 4 and 16 in Norwich dis- ltheh’ calls in the course of the work. plays the splendid result of 6,721, which 237 MORE SCHOOL CHILOREN THIS YEAR | The annual count of children between | courteous treatment accorded them d'urlngl The following tables speak for ‘t.ham-i selves: ¥ A r!' turbance of marked intensity was |is a gain of 273 over last year. Districts 1921 1920 Ana movine e henaoda¥ | Many familles, as usual, have moved Central ... 1t L of high pressure of wide ex- |from town and an unusual number of new gfit 5‘m° . e 10;8! s overspread the lake reglon, the | ones have seltled in the town. The gain |Frooneiilie wxeeesers SO0 | o Slates and Ontario. Rain |is noticeable in most of the districts, |Fana o Encland. 5 principally in the Central, West Side, | Bridge . 255 weather has become colder In the | Taftville, Bridge and Long Society dis- | Town s Sl » : Eates tricts. Long Societ: a0 ks ns are for rain in the| Plain Hill the Falls, Wauwecus Hill|Occum ... 18 T hern sections east of the | 8nd Occum are districts where there are| West Town . 112 e ks The tem- |fewer childre this year than Jast. In|Yantic ............. 102 Ee ARG, the Scotland Road district there is no|East Great Plain .... 94 AtTantle sosst! changs. . Wauwecus Hill ..... 15 N ¢ Sandy Hook: Fresh, possibly | The enumeration was made as usual |Plain Hill .. . 12 northeast winds and over- by registrars of voters Tyler D. Guy and | Scotland Road 13 - sther Wednesiny. Cornelics J. Downes. They are grateful — s Hoolk to Hatteras: Fresh to|to the many families and others for [ Totals ....eeeeess. 6721 s and overcast h portion and strong s probably of gale force portion Wednes- CONNECTICUT WANTS CHANGE IN CATTLE SHIPMENT RULES Radical changes in the rules and reg- ulaticns governing the interstate shi ment of eattle, especially affecting Con- necticut, will be explained in this state FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT ~/nother department of the Forecast. and and East New Thursday unset- cers de change inlpy Commissioner on Domestic Animals |this city, is the family welfare depart- James M. Whittlesey, Friday, when the |mer~ £ Observations in Norwich. commissioner and Deputy Commissioner | FOr many vears this departnfnt of ¥ s observationg show the | George E. Corwin will meet h about [the United Workers -retained the name ngos in rperature and | 25 dealers at the Hotel Garde. The meet- |f the City Mission, which original'y Tuesday: ing will be preceded hy a dinner, belonged to an independent organization Ther. Bar. In view of changing regulationg of \Of citizens, which was by them transfer- 12 20.30 | the federal government the meeting is of | Ted to the care of the United Workers. 46 2! added importance, according to Commis- |I¢ seems best at the present time to 38 sioner Whittlesey. B. L. Small, federal in- |change tbe name to Family Welfare de- spector of the bureau of animal industry, partment, thus more accurately definin stationed at Hartford, will also attend Com isons. its specia? function. amperisons, ; P the meeting. For fam!ly welfare- work ‘concerns it-| Le3Te0 mission. and & cravfiest. .~ 1 ons for s Cloudy, prob- | oo mmissioner Whittlesey sald Tuesday |1t chiefiy with the fauile as 2 hole.| 1 once and so was locked up. He sjatea . owers in early | that the forthicoming meeting was ap- Ze:;m‘tgo B oD LA at it | that he expected to be able to raise ; and clearing | Proved by the Connecticut Dairymen's as- e solt stetaining. Bach fam. | SUTety during the day. Attorney John C. seciation aud that Public Utilities Com- |may becomo.seif-sustaining. | Hacl Geary appeared in court as counsel for b missioner Joseoh W. Alsop, president of |ily must bn studied individualy, in order the association, would probably preside. Under the previsions of the statutes goy- erning the department, the commissioner on domestic animals is enabled to make rules and regulations in the interests of the livestock industry upon the approval of these by the governor. Chief among the contemplated changes |in the state rules regarding the import- | |ation of cattle is one calling for the) ” arbitrary retesting of cattle imported f . | for dairy purposes, according to Commis- oh water it is low | Sioner Whittlesey, This is in line with wed by flood , efforts to eradicAte bovine tuberculosis. - — “Four years' experience has taught us | Which aid. makes Caretal investigation must standard of living. lcal care,: lezal improved conditions. e { iy fivs \trary | Iv necessary as winter comes on, and-to TARTVY the necessity for requiring an arbitrary | '¥ ¥ AFTVILLE retest” sald Commissionsr Whittiesey. | Meet the enlarged demands, more mon- s, Wunderlisk and | “Retesting is done now, but only in ex-|e¥ Will be needed to relieve those tem- i nd Mrs. Ber- | treme cases. A maio of cattle re- {porarily out of work. This branch of shter the Mrs. Lenora | tested are reactors. Many cattle which wenk- | have been in the state less than a year ranic | show signs of tuberculosis on post mor- income of two hundred dollars from i own Invested funds, and ] i S ; were tubfren- |2 most Wholly dependent for means to 2 : 2 y ‘:‘Mfi’n'f“ Vi ract tuberculosis in that time in this|Ury of the United Workers and the gifts TAKE OVER OBSOLETE FORTS - “hairman Td- | state. e bl e (Special to The Bulletin.) rezul jority states reauire by ARt 3 2 vashi t S tary The regalar A maorlty of the states requ @ DY Iwill bear these facts in mind and sus.|. \ashington, Oct. 24.—Secretary of ansacted. Also | Statute the restricting of cattle after be- | VI = War Weeks said to The Bulletin corre- e fng imported. The statute law of Con-|tam our work generously, both by thelr Aot Lt i i B e oe A | leuris Frowll) chonsh fo pemalt the |Eifts ‘and *byithelr iEvpatiistis Mntarest | Spondent ionletfin reply S 40 ) spestio) et e ebod = oals | to|end_ cooperation. We would also ask | Juestions: “Neither Fort Hale, Fort n result- | ccmmissioner on domestic animals to|%/0d, COORETE O T8 WOR L AP0 ATE | Griswold, nor any reservation, fort or change the rules and regulations with the approval of the gdvernor. A number of cattle dealers who sell replacements to | | owners of herds which are depopulated | by condemned cattle have expressed a willingness to_co-operat in this work and brought to the notice of individuals, ma ment. = Eel RESERVES DECISION IN mer Tellier; Polish cornoration of Jewett City, to col s to be |the plans of the commissioner on domes-llect g bili of $1,593.60 for shoes, 1 tic animals, but the sentiment has chang-! tried before Judse Allyn L. Brown i n resizned his |ed in favor of the state, Healthy cat- ¥ tle are now considered an asset and is getting so now that farmers are de- manding health certificates with the cat- tle that they buy from the dealers. Ponemzh loyed mil. after day morning. Judge Brown took thece for quite papers in the case. Trial of East Lyme against Ida Hastings, 2 so of Bast Lyme, was started in the a OBTENEVI 1l : e ternoon. This is a contést over a nota | dutY is merely to protect the government ity Faliecl were c“osim‘f;‘;z:h CALL HERE Ve DY tie defendant to her brother. | rom holding at an expense Jand or other = S R BE R AL ERE NMario Mainatl, on May 19, 1917, for | property for which it has no immediate r new home on| In anticipation of the Red Cross drivei$3.400 which it is claimed Malnati as-|use or for which no such use seems like- G nd music was | for members which starts Armistice day, | signed to the plaintiff and on which it is|iy to materialize. In such instances I , B Ly Red Cross chap- |e‘aimed $1,400 is still due. The defend-|think the government should call thé at- a e aptre the holding of & |ant in an answer and cross complaint | tention of congress to the fact and then electrical reading eant in the Community house Satur-|admits givinz the note and that she owes |let congress dispose of such holdings in v. 5th. The pageant will be The of Peace and will illustrate the history of the Red Cross from its origin; to its wartime service, showing its activi- ties in war &nd peace. The local churches are co-operating in the plans and there will be 208 charac- t. Music will be furnished v club and adm be free. M. Rock tive secretary of the local ch the rehearsals and zning various parts. There willy be some inging and some speaking in the pa- geant, but it will consist mostly of tab- leaus This is the same pageant that was given last yve: the national conference | in the Lake districts, Mrs. Fuller kere honor of Second es and Victrola se- :h many A number against Jacob Schnellen, which was pa tlally on_the, list for Tuesday went off. Inegun was settled. SALEM MAN BOUND OVER FOR RUNNING Andrew Remvisz of Salem, recently by federal ’ A STIL prohibition agent: to United enjoyed during the . afterneon. Remvisz was held bonds of $500 which he furnished. ‘WICH TOWN DENTIST OFFICE ROBBER NOW IN N. EObias Y. PENITENTIARY |Alex Chaplinsky, both-of Groton, were|ment. Individuals and companies should g & he Norwic continued for a hearing at 10 o'clock |render service just as they did during e James H. Mead, who escaped from the | - i . 5 : 3 g y s e e s oot ?nfl ime 12, 1020, |Saturday morning and they furnished Lhewar £ et will ihesneeded, jf3the o im .!,%,, _:.:;l;;t b, nder the mame ot Taface biiin, ponts CEYS500; strike oceurs, is (1) men to man the ; 8 that he won go.|corfined in Albany county penitentiary = . g nat fand i) substitile Mustiods fox story. unlike those|aWaiting a grand jury trial. Mead or | PASTORE BOUND OVER P AT o Tt was onelAllen was arrested In New London on FOR SUPERIOR COUBT TRIAL|to . DGividual or company irishing - It was one| B R o, naving robhed severa] ‘ s AL | to offer_any number.of emploves to the - r («:hm{{:q\‘igmliocél dentists’ offices. He was bound |, Arraigned in New London police court|railroad in this emergency may write t me not to leave | Over to the superior court and sentenced il - i 24, sault with intent to kill and murder, | stating the terms and details of the of- 1 from following ater | there to the New London county jail. | yames Vincent Pastore, who has a liome |fer. The suverintendents are E. E. Ro- h hou -goest, T will| oY et O & T ondo: Dpolice haya | B this city and a tailor business in New |gan, superintendent New Haven Divis- er lodgest 1 w 1"0‘_"2;1“5"‘“‘d theCf;m it mle man held | ondon, was bound over to the next term |ion, Union Station, New Haven; J. J. people s 11!\1\‘» my hpcoplr‘, o7 the New York authorities is the same | Of, the superior court under $5,000 bonds. [Snavely, superintendent Waterbury ~di- Zod. Where thou di- | ¥ 1 A€ S man that was arrested in New London, under the name of Mead. The man is believed to be a dope fiend and when he broke into the dentist offices he took considerable narcotics. and there will I be showed an unselfish spirit in ersuade Ruth to return to 4, but there was some- fe of this mother-in-law to cleave to her re- culties, hardships, and home, t stamp of a woman 35 goodness, and lov- ¥ 30d in whom she SURPRISE IS GIVEN ON FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY On Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. Louis Erlbeck Wwere pleasantly surp at their home in Occum by about twenty- five friends, the event being in celebra- tion of their first wedding anniversary. The evening was spent in dancing and vtrious zames were played. Mr. and Mrs. Erlbeck were fresented with a pedestal and fern after %which a delightfu! luncheon = was served. The spirit of Hallowe'en was shown in the table decorations. The party was made {up of Mrs. Erlbeck’s fellow employes i the offices of the Versailles Sanitary Fi bre Mills, and their friends.~ Mrs. Erlbeck in turn served a dinner to the office girls, at noon on Tuesday. o nd woman must make. A st be made in every life. us make this decision at the Are we not willing to follow the sun is shining? But when nder rolls and the way is dark, - not go? Some lack and turn back; some are y by others and are for- will power kept her and Use at Home. Philadelphia, Pa es? other eye weaknesses? If 2lad to know that according to Dr. Lew is called to go where t leads, by sacrificing seif| W OREMAN LOST ARM, : : a glass of wat allow to dissolve, forth in His strength. WILL RETURN TO POLAND | fhiere is real hope for you. ~He says neg-| With this liquid bathe the eyes two of [ loesn't promise wealth, a| The folowing Workmen's compensa- |lect causes more evetroubles and poor | four times daily. You should notice your m or even a cottase here; but|tion agreement has been ipproved by |Sight than any other one thing. =Many | YOS clear up perceptibly right from the Jic has promised, if we fight the good : Commissioner J. J. Donohue: whoseiieyes Swece talling 8y Toey o O sammation will quickly. dis- b, a crown of life is laid! Norwich Woolen Mills Corporation, | employer, and Adam Ulan, High street, employe, left arm caught jbetween belt and shaft, March 21, 1921, ‘amputated at . shoulder, entitled claimant to specific elected Lev ,| indemnity for 208 weeks at $10.18. Lump oted to admit the following newsum for 202 2-7 weeks per order of Com- s to the society: Mrs. William | missioner Dcnohue as the injured man Thomas Buchanan, Mrs. Leon | is desirous of returning to Poland® his h Town M. E. Christian on Saturday eve- T can read everything _without more. fully was_ 1 used now they feel fine all the time. ike a miracle to me.” it_says: ed after this business meeting. dwiches, cake and candy were »d by Migs Gertrude Tefft and Mrs, | r. l tian Endeavor meeting Sunday eve- ning. The words of the psalmist: The Lord is a sun and shield, was the, text chosen by Mr. Aldrich for the preacie- ing service which followed. trouble and exvense of glasses.” ever | Hazel Crlthers led tho Chris- OF THE UNITED WORKERS United Workers, which is described by the offi- in connection with the campaign for more money soon to be opened in to determine the cause of the trouble; its members seek public be made to find out whether poverty, ‘illness or immorality is at the root of the diffi- culty and so to meet each separate prob- lem constryctively. and to give ald by methods that shall heln toward a better Often financial as- sistance is not so much needed as med- advice, suitable employ- ment or education and guidance toward The vresent existing lack. of employ- ment will make financial aid increasing- {the United Workers has only an annual be renorted to the family welfare depart- Caisse: | Will sabmit their imported cattle to Te- SUIT OVER SHOE BILL st assistant | tests at their own expense. The case of Lewis A. Crossett of North 4 n; second as-| “The impression has prevailed thatianington, Mass, against the American C s Martin, cattle dealers and farmers are against was the superior court in New London Tues- the of the case of Austin I. Bush a balance angd that she is willing to re- deem the note but asks the court to de- e to whom she sha’l pay the monay. The suit of Anna Schramm Schacllen ‘ried last week and was the first The suit of Joe Venditto vs. D. H. Fin- arrested for conducting a still, was bound over the United States district court by States Commissioner Frank L. McGuire in New' London, late Monday under The cases against Harry Zavaritis and Tuesday morning on the charge of as- Miss Florence Jovce of Waterford, whom Pastore shot in his foom in New London several weeks ago, was not presented in court on'any chfrge ,but was RKelt as a witness in the case and ordered to bhe present in the superior court when the case was called, She was placed in the Whatever You Do Don’t Neglect Your Eyes, Says Dr. Lewis, Who Tells How to Strengthen Eyesight 50 Per Cent. in One Week’s Time in Many Instances A Free Prescription You Can Have Filled Do you wear glass- re you a victim of eye strain or- s If so, you will be their eyes restored through the principle of this wonderful free prescription. One man says after trying it: “I was almost biind; could not see to read at all. Now any glasses and my eves do mot water any At night they would pain dread- A iady who “The atmosphere seemed hazy with or .without glasses, but after Befi ¢ J il o native using this presecription” for fifteen days a ,:“f.thlfidij:v”.l dV;‘\,_nakson, nalive conntry. everything seems clear. I can even read o Dt fine print without glasses”” It is believed that thousands who wear glasses can now discard them in a reasonable time and multitudes more will be able to strength- en their eves S0 as to be snared the getting Eye troubles of many descrip- FAMOUS/-QUALITY custody of Probation Officer Richard W. Mansfield, who was instructed to return her to her home in Waterford. . She was driven away from police headquarters in a large closed touring car, accompanied by Probation Officer Mansfield, Mrs. Os- ‘car Edgecomb, matron of the B. P. Learned mission, and a chauffeur. 1 Pastore and Attorney George Curtis Mor- gan was counsel for Miss Joyce. - Attor- ney Geary demurred to the complaint, the state joined in the demurrer, and the court bound the accused over to the high court. Following the trial, efforts were made to gather further statements on the case | from Pastore, but he stated -that on ad-| vice of counsel he would not make any more public statements. He also stated that he was “confused and could not re- member well,” but that he expected to! | recall all the details at the trial. Miss Joyce stated that she had come| out of the incident remarkably well. Both of the principals in the case were weak and pale and showed the effects of their long confinement in the hospital. The case attracted little attention, only a handful of spectators being present in ts | the court room. is therefore military post can be sold by the govern- ment except by direct authorization of congress. My recommendation to the congress was that all such property as had become uselgss for military purposes should be disposed of and the govern- ment relieved of its care and upkeep. There has been no suggestion made by me that such proporty should be sold at public auction or to the highest bidder; in fact, I have stated that it should be made available to communities especially interested. I have in mind certain cases | in the past where such property has been | given to communities, and I have no| doubt some of the reservations now to be| abandoned for military purposes can be obtained by communities interested. My v 1- n some proper and suitable manner. Eut I want to repeat that I favor communities interested being given sultable oppor- tunity to become possessed of the reser- vations if they so desire, and I have in no instamce suggested a forced or public auction sal GIVES NOTICE WHERE TO SEND RAILROAD RECRUITS All members of the Connegt ber of Commerce wWere not of the proper place to offer rec tiy ratl in case the t read s tai es place. The letter signed by President Stan- ley H. Bullard, which will reach about 800 heads of business concerns in the | state is as follow “The threatened railroad strike is a challenge to the United States govern- r- L Tuits to s Lene to the nearest divisional superintendent vision, Union station, Waterbury ; Guiyneen, superintendent Danbury sion, C. N. E. R. R, N. Y. H & H. R. R. building, Danbury; C. A. Mit- chell, superintendent Hartford . division, Union station, Hartford; and R. M. Smith, assistant superitendent New Lon- J. W, di- benefited by | ] E Here is prescription: Go to any active drug storg -lx)xllalpggxtwashuzge of * Bon-Opto tablets, T on-Opto tablet in a £ a glass of water and e is appear, If your eyes are bothering y even a little, take. steps to save‘g(flg!‘:l. Dow before it is too late. Many hope- lessly blind might have been saved if they had cared for their eyes in time, NOTE: Another prominent physician to whom the above article ‘was submit- l:ed said: “Bon-Opto is a very remarkable remedy. Its constituent ingredients are Well known to eminent eye specialists and Widely preseribed by them.”. The manu- facturers guarantee it to strengthen eye- sight .50 per cent. in one week’s time in many instances or refund the money. It can be obtained from any good druggist, and is one of the very few preparations I feel should be<kent on hand for regular use in almost every fanifly. It is soid in this city by all leading druggists, inclua- ing Lee & Osgood. It partment. daily use around the house. No. 6 BROOM—Bamboo, or hard- wood handle. Regular price $1.00— SALE PRICE 83c SQUARE SPLINT HAMPERS — Have been selling for $1.59— SALE PRICE $1.29 WALDORF TOILET PAPER ROLLS— SALE PRICE 9% 12 FOR $1.00 WILLOW CLOTHES BASKETS— Well made Baskets with heavy edge. Were §1.35— SALE PRICE $1.10 GREY ENAMEL PRESERVING KETTLES—Their capacity is guar- anteed to be 19 quarts. Very use- ful, and worth $1.79— SALE PRICE $1.49 COVERED GLASS PANTRY BOWLS—Three in a set. Worth $1.00— SALE PRICE 79 : WIRE, TUB SOAP DISHES— SALE PRICE 17c TOILET PAPER HOLDERS— SALE PRICE 17¢ BROOM HOLDERS— SALE PRICE 8c . WOOD TOWEL RACKS — Made with three arms— SALE PRICE 12¢c CHILDREN'S GARMENT HANG- ERS— SALE PRICE 5c WOOD GARMENT HANGERS — SALE PRICE 6c A CLEAR-AWAY SALE IN THE . DOWNSTAIRS DEPARTMENT Household Goods At Reduced Prices | To make room for Christmas stocks, which will soon be arriving, we find it necessary to dispose of some of the house furnishings, which are sold in the Downstairs De- If you believe in practicing real thrift, you had better come down and see us Wednesday morning, or as soon after that as you can. There is money to be saved on things of SKIRT HANGERS— SALE PRICE 10c CLOTHES PINS — Five-inch Pins of hardwocd— SALE PRICE 6c DOZEN IEOUQ'—D SPLINT CLOTHES BAS- SALE PRICE 57¢ \ BLACK DUSTLESS MOPS— SALE PRICE 72¢ WHITE DECK MOPS— SALE PRICE 62c TOWEL ROLLERS SALE PRICE 17¢ TOILET BOWL BRUSHES— SALE PRICE 3% GALVANIZED COAL HODS—Have rivet ears, and strong heavy base— SALE PRICE 65¢ MOP HANDLES— SALE PRICE 236 JAPANNED DUST PANS— SALE PRICE 12¢ ALARM CLOCKS Really good Clocks at a price whicn.is wonder- fully low— SALE PRICE 98¢ 50-FOOT CLOTHES LINES— SALE PRICE 22c FIRE SHOVELS—Made with long handle— SALE PRICE % STOVE BRUSHES— SALE PRICE 24c STOVE POKERS— SALE PRICE 10c SCRUB BRUSHES— SALE PRICE 14 don division, don, . “The railroad has already organized training schools for recruits and is pre- pared to classify them. Union station, New Lon- New London Shriners Coming. Although Palestine commandery, 6, Knights Templar and all Knights Templar residing 'n New London whether memiers of Palcstine or some other commandery, are under the jurisdiction of Pyramid Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. of Pridgeport when it comes ito the Shriners’ degree, yet a large number of the nobles from New London and vi- cinity intend coming to Norwich next Saturday to witness and participate in ceremonial of Sphinx Temple of Hartford. Hearing For Automobilists. Automobile hearings will be held at the New London court house on Wednes- day at 1.30 p. m. on the following cas- es all but one or two being New London people: Frank P. Bruno, Groton, intox- ication. Benjamin Yoselevsky, two con- victions, three accidents. Edzar R. Sweet, 18 Summer street, Westerly, R. I; Rob- ert S. Hunter, Submarine Base, accident. Patrick Leary, inzoxicatfon. Samuel Richt, Waterford, one conviction, one ac- cident. Max Fern, two accidents. Arthur G. Barr, two convictions, one accident. Mortimer M. Murphy, one conviction, two accidents. Clarence E. Martin, two acci- dents. C. Larson, U. S. Coast: Guard, ‘Academy, two accidents. H. K. Sanford, two accidents. Guiseppe Siragusa, convic- tion and accident. Mrs. Mary Reynolds, two accidents. Ridgefield.—The house of J. E.Murray of New York, on the Branchville road, was burned Friday afternoon. The loss was $40,000. TO GAIN WEIGHT Lee & Osgood Co. guarantees Bitro- Phosphate to rebuild shattered nerves; to replace weakness with strength; to add body weight to thin folks and re- kindle ambition in tired-out people. Shea’s News Burean MASIAZINE SPECIALIST UNION SQU4 | Prices Below 1914! Sensational Reductions on Three Popular Sizes of | $25.00 Cuaranfeed One Year Nine out of ten cars use one of these _ sizes—so everybody can save ! Julian L. 29 TOWN STREET Williams NORWICH, CONN. jthe back of the speeder's maid To her tent she eajoled meé, And I never will forget . What that gypsy toid me. When TI'd crossed her digits fat With a new half dollar: I became—oh, just like that e Gentleman ‘and scholar. Wealth and wife and progeny— These she said were due me; Seraphita to a T S ‘Was the wife she drew me. Never had a sibyl vet Such a fortune sold me, _ ‘And I never can forget ‘What the gypsy told me Seraphita’s soméwhat set In her "views on wedlock, Says it's nothing but a nef, Brings life to a deadlock. Says, in fact, she will not wed Anybody ever; Furthermore, if she were led Altarwmerd 'twould. never, Never be by me, the so Sure and overbold me! . Bu‘k‘ ]ol °‘ifie"° she do?i’.fl Xknow “hat gyosy told. me. _ —Edward W. Barnard, in New Yort Evening Post. e AUCTION FLAGS, the maple leaf, Are yearly anction flags Which Autumn 25 the auctionee: Ji 1s apon the gale, To _shcw (hat dear dead Summer's things Are (ffered now for sale. ! The cricket's Stradivarius, * Tlie thrush's el s ruby fruit, vial of perfume, clvet of the lawm, . going, gone. % —XMinna Irvinz, ‘n New York Herald. HUMOR OF THE DAY ““Excuse My Dust,” ran the sign en car. “Watch My Smoke,” s2id the mdtor- icycle cop as he started in pursuit— | Detroit Motor News. Man (to angry spouse)—“Don’t quarrel with me on the street. What | have we got a home for?”—Christian Evangelist. “Terribly rough,” said the stranger on board the ocean liner. “Well,” said the farmer, “jt wouldn't be near so rough if the captain would only keep in the furrows.”—The Vir- ginia Reel. : The artist—“Dobbins, the art eritic, has slated my pictures unmercifull His friend—"Oh, don't take any no- | tice of that fellow; he has no ideas | of his own—he only repeats like a par- rot what everybody else is saying,™— London Opinion. Artist (in desperation)—“That, is, T consider the finest in my exhibition. You can have it for half the catalog | price.” The Visitor—"Biess my soul! You | don’t say.so. By the way, what is the | price of the catalog?'—Punch (Lon- “ don.) | “The worst about the Bolshevigi i ® | that they don’t respect the law. Will i you join me in a drink i~ “But I though whiskey was illegal?” “So it is. But, then, who takes any notice of the law?"—Hvepsen (Chris- tiania). land, Garg b , it's like this ‘ere; I¢ my mis- sus wants a new, ‘at, and she slings the kettle at me and I buys ‘er a new ‘at—well, that's wot,‘ome rule is!"— The Passing Show (London). Let us not be unreasonable. People went crazy before there were any mov- ing picture shows.—Toledo Blade. Wanted—Accountant: must be able to read and write. Apply H—— Laun- dry. Want ad in the Catskill Mail. The only trouble with a .60-horse power motor is that every darned horse balks at the same time.—Camden Daily Courier. KALEIDOSCOPE Eagles have been noticed flying &t a height of *9000 feet. The -upkeep »f a bombing airpiare is placed at $10,000 a year. 7The early natives of Engiand buried their dead in long mounds. In England payments due to law- yers are not recoverable in a court of law. Enrico Malatesta, arch = anarchist, has a hobby—the breeding of cana- ries. 3 The city of Pittsburgh, it is said sthnds on ground once given in ex- change for a violin. In the letter boxey in New York city several hundred loose stamps are found every day. A web filament two and a fourth miles. long has been iaker from the body of a single spider. A _French baker once walked on stilts from Paris to Moscow, a distance | of 1,500 miles in fifty-e i Two giant tortoises is the nique gift | received by Lady Astor from the gov- ernor-general of the :I.yc‘nglh-.s is- | lands. Waves breaking on the breakwater at Alderney, Channel jslands, have been | known to throw water as high as 200 feet. Undesirable Americins in Mexicc { many of whom are draf* evaders, are being deported from tue couatry by President Obregon. Women, mountain climbars in Swit- | zerlara, if they value their complex- {ion, smear their faces with soot tc i protect them from the rays of the sun. | Owing to _the housing shortage in | Paris the number of divoree cases has d. Unhappily matched couples | are continuing to siare a-house, as it is said can find other ac- ions. each customer is described in Popular Mechanics Magazine. It is made from a vegetable fiber and is thrown away after being used once. The former German emperor re- | cently peid, under protest, the poil jtax of 5000 guilders claimed by the | municipality - of Doorn, Holland. The | ex-Kaiser protested a:zainst paying the |tax on the ground that he has not | established himself in Doorn of his own free will In the Island of Rhodes honey is still a factor in the marriage rites. | After the wedding the husband dips his finger in honey and traces a cross over the doorway of his home before, | the bride enters. Meanwhile the spec- tators cry out to the bride, “Be always good and sweet as is this honey.” On the comipletion of the building programs of the- world powers, the number of ships in’each navy will be: Great Britain, 955; United States, 60S; Japan, 170; France, 253; Italy, 245. The total tonnage 6f the navies will be: Great Britain, States, 2,117,922; 719.287; Italy,

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