Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 1, 1922, Page 12

FAIR RAIN CR SNOW TODAY; TOMORROW NORWICH, CONN,, SATUEDAY, APRIL 1, 1022 WEATHER Conditions disturbance that the west The yver was centr: gulf states Thursday al Before the Men's club of Park Con- ¢ mioved rapidly nortidsastwhitl | . egational church at its meeting Fri- ) 13.‘3;” ;(iv;h(‘ hu;l;);mf-pkio;,o ;‘,’;{, day evening at the Osgood Memorial and the r ls g i o J r W. Bushell of reasing intensity. Preesure rematn- |Darish house, Arthu igh Friday over New England ar issippi and Missouri ed by now or : states within the last rainfall was heavy in th ippi valleys. entral 3 u; Friday n Atlantic coast Saturday, otherwi: ;nwran_\» fair weather will prevail he states east of the Misslssippi riv- during Saturday and Sunday. Winds North of Sandy Hook—Strong eas winds and gales shifting to north- over south portion: overcast thick and was high and rising over valley. pressure distribution has been rain in the North tates and by rain in the mid- 24 over Lake ht will move eastward ttended by rain or snow in the North Atlantic states and rain along the mid- this division engineer under the state highway = department London, Windham, Tolland and Mid- dlesex counties gave an instructive taik upon Connecticut highway work that was listened to with much in terest hv the members of the club. President Telley E. Babcock intr duced the speaker after a short busi- ness mesting at which it was voted to invite the Women's Federation to the next meeting of the club, at which it is proposed to have the new charter proposed for the city of Norwich ex- plained. Following Mr. Bushell's talk he ans- wered numerous questions from his au- dience. Refreshments were served at {the close of the meeting. Engineer Bushell Speaks Engineer Bushell spoke as follows The highway department of Connecti- nd e se in ts veather and rain or snow Saturday. |cut is organized with ou Py 2. " = e commissioner Sandy Hook to Hatteras—Strong | under whom are three separate el shifting winds and gales DbecOMINg | ments, an accounting department, a hwest rain Saturday maintenance department and a consiruc. Forecast tion department. and South New England— | The accounting department is located v Saturday; Sunday temperature. Observations in Norwich I'ne Bulletin's changes in temperat: changes Friday Ther. 20 fa ometric west Comparisons for ctions ¥Friday—Rain wea north wind, . MOON AND observations show the and Bar. 30,00 or Rainy and con- ir|in Hartford under a chief clerk who has charge of all the bookkeeping and | auditing of the varlous accounts. The malintensnce .department is un- der a superintendent of repairs who is located in the main office i Hartford. Under him are eleven supervisors of repairs, each one of whom has charge of the maintenance of all roads in his dictrict, which in extent is approximate- Iy one county. Under the supervisors are various foremen, each one of whom maintains a certain road or group of roads, aided by a truck and gang of men. These men keep the ditches open, pitch the roads, maintain the shoulders, do the oiling and sanding, scrape the road. plow off the snow, keep the brush out and do all the work necessary to keep the Sun I High Il Moon Water. || Rises, road in as good shape as possible, con- sistent with the money available. The third department, the construc- . m. after high- t is lo 1 !d lly flood tide. l‘ c. L, mnrr!ed Ha t of this Wiso of Norwich. ttended The couple The groom was born son of Charles S. and nett and has made her tion department, Is under the deputy commissioner who also is located in Hartford. Under him sre five division engineers, each one in charge of one of the five divisions into which the state is divided for construction purposes. The division engineer has charge of making all surveys, plans, estimates for propos- ed new roads Gr bridges, together with the superintendence of the construc- tion of all roads and bridges in his, di- sion. The general metrod of handling the worlc is, the commissioner decides that a ¢ertaln piece of road needs to be built and calls for an estimate of the cost of construction. The division engineer has a plan and an estlmate made up rec- ommending the tvpe of pavement best suited in his opinion for that particular road. If the tvpe and estimated cost w - city and Miss Mary anklin street. He is em- [ of the road is satisfactory to the com- ley conducter. His bride | missioner he advertises for bidders, Va- Willimantic, the daughter |rious contractors come and look over nd r home at 155 West Town street. Julia Ladd and has made She the plans and submit a bid. These bids are all on a unit price bas- emploved @t the American [is. That is, in the provosal for bids Bottle plant, the contractor is asked for prices not as a meeting of the Boy Scout | on' 80 many linear feet of road but » nneched W8 L the Greeneville | each part of the work is divided into nal chu in the recreation |units. He is told, on this certain pieca the ch on Friday even- [of road thers are approximately so IR TR T many cub rds of earth, so many cu- The Girls' Friendly soclety of St. An- | ble yards of rock, so many cuble yards church attended a meeting at St | of masonry, so many linear feet of 14 don , rector of S 1 at evening. 1s* Y‘ ity a6 Paul" ety has rle copying ma- inch pipe and so many cubic yards of concrete pavement. He is asked to put down a price for each unit and the con- tractor whose total sum of the cost of the varfous units is the lowest is gen- erally awarded the contract, provided, of course, that he is a responsible con- t. | tractor. A contractor has to submit a s jbond of about one-third of his bid that he will sien the contract if awarded to him. If he doesn’t slgn the contract he forfeits his bid. . be of great use in the | The reason contracts are let -on the wor unit price basis is to take as much as e of the gamble out of contracting. TAFTVILLE a contractor got a certain lump sum of momey for a certain plece of v Scouts met | road tha recreation Congregatio THE TORTURE OF INDIGESTION housands Reh‘ved by Takmg “Fruit-a-tives” The Famous Frmt M°d:cm° Wh is 1ourishment by the blood. The stomach acts as e churn. 1t is overed by a strong, muscular coat 1d with a soft, delicate nembrane which se 1 ood. When food enters the stomach, the es he food from end to end, or churns , with the gastric juice to dissolve ar o at squeezes and pre o digest it B veak —or if the di Indizestion “FRUIT-A-TIVES” is the most wonder- ul medicine in the world for strengthening tomach muscles and providing an ndance of pure, full-strength dissolving 1o completely digest every meal. FRUIT-A-TIVES keeps the kidneysactive, the bowels and the blood pure, which rooms Indigestion and what ’ As you know, solid foed must be changed into a liquid by the stomach before it can he taken up as retes the Gastrie Juice which digests or dissolves solid | | i it—if the stomach muscles are | olving fluid is | vororinsufficient—then food cannot. | ligested properly and you have does this because If he thought there was a lot in the road he would bid high. } If he thought there was not much rock In the road he would bid low. If he bid high expecting lots of rock there wasn't any rock, fast. If he bid low not expecting an roclc and he ran Into a ledge he went broke eaually fast. By the unit bld system he gets so much for each cuble rd of earth and so much for each ubic yard of rock. at if his bid is reasonable it doesn't matter to him of rock John Unsworth on Terrace taken avenue, have a 'house on South Fourth av- Manghester has resigned his position with the Ponemah Co. James Stubbs of New Bedford, Mass,, \1 the gfiest of his sisters, and Mary Stubbs the Misses of North B x street, Miss Christine Miller of South Front street has been spending several days in New York. Allen B. Linceln of Hartford was a business caller in the village Thursday. Ernest Tanguay of South Slater av- enue has gone to Canada for a two vacation. f Auger of South A street, who injured her finger several weeks ago has been able to return ‘a» her work. The board of directors o the Taft- ville Athletic association met Thursday iflpwn ing In \'r Red Cross rooms in the hompson in the chair. Plans were discussed for the coming member- hip campaign and Andrew Frohmander was elected. director -of this drive, with privilege Jto organize his committee. Harry Mills and John Murphy were ap- Pointed to crganiz: 2 baseball team for the coming season. Mike Morin, whe | pitched for the 1921 team, was cngas- ed to coach and field manager. Every- possible Will he done to shape up cupport a fast team, so that Ta wiiil be. treated to good baseball cis Morrissette who has been in lage the past three days has left 2 and Mrs. Christopher Caron are moving from North A street to North Fourth avenue, Poter Benoit, i1l at his slowly who has b/en serlou impr ng. of Boy Seouts of the local be exkibitors at the pet show d in Norwich, James Rush of Terrace avenue has resigned hls position with the Ponemah Company. youne funds s. claiming to be for the support of the 2 ! 'the textile mills in Rhode Is- sures pure Gastrie Juice. T e ] WUIT-A-TIV will carrect }* Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Peltier and fam- sur Indigestion or Dyspepsia and vou io enjoy every mecal. nable :. a box, 6 for $2 50, trial size 25¢. reor from FRUIT-A-TIVES fly are moving from North A street to South Slater avenve, Helen G. Thompson of Boston, is the guest of her parents. Dr. nnd Mrs. George M. Thompson of North Front streat. Treter Benoit who has been serlously {1l at Lis home on Providence street, fs slowly recovering. DIVISION ENGINEER BUSHELL TALKS ON CONNECTICUT HIGHWAY WORK : Westerly making the road passable home on Providence street, is | money avaflable. A certain amount of traffic will warrant a certain amount. of money cxpended to save manlenance and the interTuption of traffic. For instance, & density of traffic such as is between Greenwich and tae New York line on the Post roads warrarts a high type of pave- ment like a sheet asphait on a concrete Lase, or a'19 irch thick concrete road, ]or a ‘orick ravement laid on concrete bage. 1t would warrant a. road 36 feet wide, or wider, while a road, say between here and Prastan City. carries a traffic whick certainly would not eall for anything be! ter than a good grawel or native stone |- road 16 feet or 18 feet wide. The amount || of traffic. which will be. developed, ihe class of traffic, that, whether it is heavy trucking or pleasure vehicies, the season the road is used, all enter into the typ> of pavement selected. Please note that it is the amount of traffic that will be de- veloped. When the construction of the Nerwich-Westerly road was contemplat- ed a traffic census in December showed no auros passing for several days, and ouly an averags of threa teams per da: Last August one Sunday afternoon over 100 autos passed in an hour. On the New London-Hartford turnpike the Wi ter of 1919 even the mail man did not us® the :cad for two weeks. Next summer we cxpect the through traffic from Hart- ford, Springfield, and pcints north and s of those points runping down to the aches to be run up well over-a thou sand automobiles in a day. Tkus the type of road selected conforms to the traf- fic which we expect will be developed, and to the amount of monev available. Th=.same is true of the width of roads. A road 18 feet wide acommodates two lines of traffic convenmiently. Our trunk lines are generally buil t 18 feet wide, though on more important routes they are built 20, 24 and 27 feet wide and wider. A road 10 miles long and 18 feet wide can be tuilt for the same price as a road 9 miles jong and 20 feet wide. That extra 11 per cent. in length helps out in getting distance for the same money. A road, 20 feet wide is nicer to drive over than one 18 feet wide, but frankly. the traffic in castern Comnecticut, with the rossitle exception of one or two roads dees not as yet warrant the exbenditure of the money fyr the wider rad. The question of why we don’t built our roads wilhout stopping traffic is also a question of money, There is no physical whether it actually Is rock or earth thus reducing the gamble to him and making it more scientific. The contractor bas encugh bther umknown elements. He doesn't know what the weather will be, nor what he will have to pay for labor three months ahead, mor how his machinery will operate without break- downs. Another reason for calling for bids on a unit price basis is because of changes that become necessary as the construction goes on. Many times in building a road we cut into the top of a hill only to find that we strike into ma- terial useless for sub-grade. In such a case we just order in so many more square yards of telford or stome base. as the case may be. .The unit price bid gives us a chance to change the line or grade as the work progresses and con- ditions change. The engineer has to see that all these changes are- made, see that the work is satisfactory in quality and keep track of the various units for the contractor's paymen So much for the organization of the department. Now as to the road system. In Con- necticut there are three systems of roads, the trunk line system, the state aid sys- tem and the town roads. The trunk line system has been lald out and designated as such by the past legislatures. In general they are the through routes between the cities and towns. They are trunk lines because by legislative act they are so called. The trunk lines in the state have not yet all been bullt. There are a good many uncompleted pieces in the system, and a good many miles of trunk lines were built a long time ago for much lighter traffic than we now have. However, if a trunk line has ever been built, it ism maintained by the maintenance de- partment. All repairs and maintenance on trunk lines are paid for out of mon- ey received from auto taxes. 140 MAIN STREET VALUE $14.50 VALUE $29.50 - “THE HOUSE OF BON-TON AND ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS” The state aid roads are generally feed- ers to the trunk line, and are such roads, bult by the department and pad for in part by the towns and in part by mon- ey appropriated by the legislature. The commissioner in conference with the se- lectmen of the town generally picks the roads to be improved in this system, and after they are built the state pays three- quarters and the towns the ome quarter the maintenance, the actual work of maintaining being done by the state. The town system or roads consists of the remaining roads in the state, into the maintenance of which the state does not_enter. reason why we cannot built concret2 roads in ¢ sections. We have done o, and do so wherever traffic is very dense and no good detour is available. bu it costs anywhere from 10 to 20 per cent. more to build the roads that way. Grading has to be done twice, material has to handled ir smaller a: less economrical quantities, the work nam, The Mystic en them. is jammed together so that labor is crowd- ‘This vea ed, and so less efficient. Besides the danger of being hit, the distraction of rassing motors tends to slow down the laborers. It all runs into money, so that where a tour is available, and traffic not too dense, it is more economical to- build the ‘The past -year th roads, brought out The state also maintains all bridges leih’ Wlhol'» Wiflalfi «f the N‘ad ath on' _‘ime. on roads which they have constructed | Ths Is especially truc in a Uy and all bridges over 25 feet in span on |macadam or gravel road which is shap- [Mments: Tilinols has perimenting to find certain cracks In buiit a road and insf ed by the pasage of a steam roller and the cohesion of ‘he road is obtained hy the locking together of the broken stcnc trunk lines which have never been con- structed. The money for the construction of oad: es 1 lativ i | ggrezate. : ;nn:s foriihe :teal?e "’ifiifixy‘infif’%‘;’m The question of detours is always a | during the day the been Federal Ald appropriations. Under |hard one. Generally the public is pret- tv godd about not trying to et past when |Curl up. The movement is as much as a rcad is closed, but we all hate dstours, for obvious reasors, ani most of us are wiiling to take a chance; result—troubie for all concerned. We are making a s:ecial effort this coming year in eastern Connecticut to have the. signs mean what they s=ay. If the signs say, “Roads absolutely clos: lnean you cannot get through, and it you get part way throuzh and ar» turned back, please don’t nlame this department If vou can get through, and we 2sDeot ‘o pass you if possible, the sign will say, “Pass at your own risk.” We do mot expect to close the Hariford- New Londen road to traffic again We the Federal Ald Act certain sums were apportioned to each state according to its area, population, etc. provided the state matched tia federal appropriation dollar for dollar, and provided further that the federal government would not put in more than $20,000 per mile for its share. That is, if a road cost up to $40,000 per mi'e the federal government would pay one-half. If a road costs more than $40.000 $20,000 and no more. The meney for maintenance of the roads all comes from the auto taxes, either the tax for licemses, or, this vear, the tax on gas. How much this will emount to cannot yet be determined. The money derived from the toll bridges, edges of the road surface being cooler face, causing the uj edges. This consta way and then the cracks seen down the middle of the p: hinge. be completed by July 1. Any time anyone wants to know about the detours on roads they.contemplate going over, if the highway office in the Thayer bullding is called on the 'phone the latest information will be gladly glv- ranged with Norwich newspapers that Saturday morning and the Friday night papers will give the latest news about detours in eastern Connecticut. interesting facts connected with concrete ments made by different highway depart- it and has proved quite conclusively that road curl down while at night the etiges a quarter of an inch in 24 hours. This movement is caused by the sun shining on the upper surface expanding it, while the lower surface is cool, causing night conditions are reversed, concrete roads. We are taking care of it now by putting a joint down through Up to the past roads were generally b grade on the theory River bridge should more sistency than ours. soll sofl, swells conditions. ere have been some,Us the same trouble. by various experi- spent $60,000 in ex- out the causes of concrete roads. It talled a tunnel under are us. happen on roads. edges of a concrete the curl down. At the upper than the under sur- pward curl of the nt curling, first one other, causes the the center of many t of blew up at a joint. the maintenance of avement to act as a ear our concrete it on a flat sub- that the extra down to a minimum. all goes back directiy the general | P9 to build the concrete in tiwo Sections | ynickness caused by the crown would be Findior theiis Tl ot Stk T :::1‘20;21:{32 SelE hope %o hava this [ where the traffic wauld use it most o the the construction or maintenance of roads. | ' oDy July- time. We find, however, many of our So much for the road system and ine | The rosd between here and YWesterly |uidbe are cracking At the corners o the financing of the work on them. a two sections now under (:’).’IS(T“C!:GI.\ that hereafter we are going to build our miles per hour. Tt may be interesting to note what has | Lac 7St section is from Fox Hill to t%0 | roads a uniform thickness, with a been 1\-ent In eastern Connecticut the past | (il south, the second section {rum |crowned subgrade. There are mew meth- few years. Without counting any money ';‘mr(”}w:;f“"‘g'—“‘ to two miiles south of n{ls ot’ construction. ln‘r;l :';’hm:lze. {n spe- inte " % L cifications coming up al e time to con- i E?'}ic'?;'lfimff;xf T 1917 thera |, W expect to close the upper sectwn |form with later ldeas in road work. It was spent in this Norwich division $134,- | LS coming Monday and hope to hava it | would seem as If we could get soma . 653.88, in 1918 $100,624.44, in 1919 §g23.- | COMPlete by Junme 1st The detour will | gtandard specifications that would be the |ment’s activities, 576.95 in 1920, $179,373.13 and in 1921, | D¢ DY FPoquetanuck, and although 107-|hest for a certaln type of road and need $912,071.07. These figures are for roads | & Will take mo more out of your tires |put 1ittle changing. As a matter of fact, finished in those fiscal years. In 1923 | han going over the sharp stones ready |practically no two states use the same there will be finished contracts amount- | {OF the asshalt = specifications. There is a movement on ing to $2.526,000.00 which includes the The section below North Stonington |foot to get some standards acceptable new Hartford-New Londor: Pike. will not be closed to traffic yet, but will |by all states. However, local conditions Among the roads built the past few {Eave to be closed for about six weeks |vary eo that it s hard to do. We have|Jones. years of help to eastern Connecticut, | SOmetime between the first of June and 1 the middle of July, when we hope to have road complete. There is a very good de- tour there, and it can be split in half which will help in length of time the road has to be closed. The road Dbetween Bozrahville and Colchester will have to be closed part of which, of course, helps Norwich, mentioned the Norwich-Groton road on the east side of the Thames river., the Norwich-Westerly road, the three piecs of concrete between New London and its the Thompson Brandy Hill can be whole length, excessively in volume, much cracking. Frost action here causes In the spring we frequently have a slab rise up 3 or four inches than the adjacent one, roads. “Unelaimed Letters. Uneclaimed letters at the Norwich post- office for the week ending April 1 are ad- dressed as follows: Knowiton A. Brown, Thomas J. Carey, C. Gartman, Harry road commlet] the immroved road to |the time when the bridges are being put A manufacturer’s guarantee back of an article, gives one ‘Worcester, the transformation of the oil jin. Detours about as bad as the present confidence in the merchandise; this, plus a_local dealer’s railroad bridge at New London into road, and adding about a mile to the dis- personal guarantee, is double protectien. For, all, highway bridge, Willimantic-Stafford | tance are avallable when necessary. The the trading is done with a local merchant; it to him Springs road, bridge ove road will not be closed any more than it whom a dm-huflod customer must appeal for an adjust- at Taftville, and a good {is at present for some time. The Shore road between Niantic and Blackhall will be ciosed off and on un- til July 1 when we hope to have that road completed. The road to Providence via Danielson and East Killingly will be closed all summer. The best road to Providence all summer will be via Put- ment. many others. This coming year in Easte cut contracts are now in for miles of road between Bozrahville Colchester at a cost of about $70.000. fo: Connecti- for three miles in two sectlons on the Norwi sterly road at a cost of $130,000, four between Danielson and the R. 1. line, which will make the shortest route be- tween Norwich and Providence, at a cost of $150,000, four miles between Black- hall and Niantic on the Shore road at a cost of about $100,000, two miles be- tween West Thomlpson asd Grosvenordale t a cost of about $60,000, {ha reconstruc- tion of the Mystic River bri‘ge at a.e of $200,000. the finishing b of 34 mi of the Hartford-New London road &t a ccst of about $1.700,000. Tt sems as if eastern Connecticut is getting its share of toads. although it is easy to think of many miles of road still needed, and need- ed badly. X When it comes to the bullding of rods there are certain elements which lead to the decision as to type of road selected. A great many people wonder why we don’t build conerete roads entirely; why we don’t build our roads wider; why wc don't build our roads without stopp: traffie. and above all why we don't build roads without making detours. AIll th can be answered in few word: smg that it Is all 2 Real Strength For You In Father John’s Medicine Don't dru g yourself t h i s spring. Drugl m a y stimulate but they do not build new strength that lasts. Father John's Medicine does not depend on drugs. for its tonic effects. It is a food medicine, rich in nourishing vitamines, which actually builds new flesh and health. You can gain the welght you have lost by taking Father John's Medicine regularly this spring. We will accept on deposit as cash Liberty Loan Bond Coupons of aahl April 15th, 1922. Deposits made on or before April 1st, 1922, will be entitled to dividends or interest from that date. THE NORWICH SAVINGS SOCIETY (Incorporated 1824) MAIN STREET CORNER BROADWAY = S There would be no long waits if ad- justments ishould be necessary at the Fine Store; no waiting for a manufacturer to see the article. We'll gettle a sale immediately to the satisfaction of a customer, or “Your Money Back If You Want It” ‘This liberal -pelicy, plus our better valuas for less money thru cash trading, is enlarging our usefulness in the community and rapidly in- creasing the numbers of aur cus- tomers. THINK! JoseenPie & THE LIVE STORE IN NOAWICH AND NEW LONDON 115 Main Street All-Wool Jersey Suits. .. Special $10.95 | - Tweed Suits of allshades, Special $22.50 Tricotine Suits. .. ... 324.50upto $49.50 Capes for Children and Misses ............. S795to$lfi.50 We carry Ladies’ Stout Coats, Suits and Dresses—Prices Reasonable. Chokers of Opossum, Squirrel, Mink andMole ... ........ $5.00 up THE SPECIALTY SHOP Opposite Plaut-Cadden Co. to have a different degree of pemetration for asphalt than Washington or Balti- because they have more ave- rage hot weather nd lnse average cold wathr than we have, so that thels phalt roads have tu udve a uifferent con- Some of the western states have tron- r we have also ar-|ble with concrete roads because of their When thers is adobe Wwhen water gets into it, the soil causing Generally they settled back in place within a few days, but they cause trouble when the: Once in a while peculiar things Last spring when walking over the New London-Hartford enough joints in the fall to take care of the expansion caused by the heat of the sun in spring, so that the squeezing together as it expended until something had to give, so that it literally road .kept I have not given you much detail on However, | there is one thing that should be said. Last year there were several men in the maintenance gangs who were passing automoblles. If passing automo- biles would slow down so as their machine under absolute when the signs are seen half way across the road, these accidents would be kept ‘To have a ma- chine under good control means a &need of not over 15 miles an hour and it is rurprising to see how slow 15 miles an hour is after rolling along at 30 or 35 hit to have control, I have nob described the process of building the various types of pavements. However, if you eare for any of the de- talls of construction I shall be only too glad to answer any questlons on that or any other side of the highway depart- THE NEEDLE. The gay. blenll. of fashion may boast o1 n:u:;wmmnnhuhxd. :f‘ admiration by vauntingiy tel. or wg. and painting, and musical But givy mthn!urna.hunu-'or mherh::' and its “Jb are dear tg Who . el warbles eome rustical 'Wu‘l:hnlylng her needie with exquisi:t The bright itfle needle—tiie -vnn-dfln ’l'he needle directsd by hu‘v and art 1t love have a potent, talisman, evqr reull‘lln- o ehu'm l& never evaded or m the heart to sub« 'Tis mb——u\d his armory never has !o.kezn and unerring, or polished, Let Be’:‘u‘?;d‘h‘a it, #o pointed and bure And, h::n it is certain of touching e The brelglht Hittle needle—the swift-fiying The needle directed by beauty and art. - Be ‘wise, then, gt ye maidens, nor sesk ad- By dr':-m for conquest and flirting You never, whne er be your fortuné op Amr hll( 8o lovely at rout or .at As nylg tably ecmzveued at a work-covered Each cheerfully active and playing her Bmuf’n me task with a song or 3 And&yln: the needle with exqu! site The brelghz Httle needie—the swift-fiying ‘The needle alrecled by bt?!f and hln. i TO FIND EASTER, “Thirty days hath iber,” Every person can remembery’ But to know vi_n Easter's coms Puzzles even sTiolars, some. ‘When March the twen: JJust waten the: Sve T [T dvhmywuenhfll-“m Know Easter'll be here. soon After the moon h: e Tl 'lxls rear.hed its full The very Sunday .nu-, In each and every year, And if ft hap on Sunday e moon should reach The Sunday following (his crent FM0 Will be {he Easter b flmfl Lln Work. HUMOR OF THE THE DAY Sunday School Teacher—Jimmy, i:“ count ten before you hit uolh:' v De ten after I Mu him Jimmy—2 referee ceunty !—Life. Mrs. Thricewedd—Well dear, how da plke we heard a muffied report right be-|¥oU like your new papa? hind us. Looking back we found that one-of our joints had blown up with a|I¥ing men like tha: considerable noise. Marjory—Oh, mamm, do go en mar. glven me » —Boston Tn.n.lerm. “Druggist, can you sell me some al cohol to rub a horse with “T'll ack my law clerk."—Loulsviilg Courfer-Journal. Teacher— What does a well-bred child do when a visitor calls to ses her mother?” Child—"Me, T go play In the street” —Paris Sans-Gene, @ First Laboring Man—"Wot‘s a min- imum wage, Albert?’ Seyond Ditto—“Wot yer Bety Mot going to yer work. If ye wants ter make a bit more yer does a bit o' work for it."—Punch Chauffeur (having grazed pedestri- an)—Loai ju. . + cavugh 10 get |out of the way of an auto? Victim—No. T own three of ‘em and this is the first time I've walked in months.—Boston ‘Transcript. “The man who is accused wife says he merely wished Yo ‘adop the beautiful young person.” “A likely story!" ‘Quite. And iais claim fsn't strength- ened by the fact that the beautiful ung person has been heard te call m ‘daddy.’ Birmingham Age- Herald. Sparks—My doctor advised me ts take up motoring for my health; said I needed exercise. Plugge—Pshaw, running a car is no ‘exercln. parks—No, but getting the money Lo pay for it is.—Science and Invention, .He wantg to be a lawyer. ‘Why ‘Says it must be finé to have tweivs men obliged to stay in the room ard bear him makP a speech.”—DetreM Free Press. KALEIDOSCOPE Switzerland requires all its childrsn :o have at least three years school- Ing. The Mt. Cenis tunnel in Burepe, is eight miles long and cost $15,000.000. Only 9 per cent. of the population of Mexico know how to read aud write. United States chemists discovered thirty-two new poisons during the world war. A new machine for binding papers together makes its own staples from a spool of wire as needed. ‘The wireless station at Carnarvon, Wales has succeeded in sending mes- sages -clearly to Sydney, Autralia, a distance of 12,000 miles. The Argentina government has or- dered a technical investigation of nu- tive materials suitable for the manu- facture of newspaper. An Englishman is the inventor of & magnifying glass to be fastened to 'w pencil or engraving tool, to help the draftsman or engraver. Forgotton or unexploited since dar- ly in the eighteenth century, valuabl¢ i sulphur ore deposits have been redis- covered in eastern Finland. English scientists have found that glass can perimanently tinted Ly immersian in the hot mineral waters of Bath, long famous ag a health r sort. For fifty years Mrs. Jennie C. Bean made an annual pligrimage to the cein- etery at Winchester, Va., for the pu |pou of decorating the graves of Con- federate soldiers. Rosa Bonheur, the famous French painter, always wore masculine attire, except on soclal occasions, when she invariably appeared In a black sH¥ gown of the plainest make. A boy who had heard Mme. Me'ba on the phonograph was rather skep- tical as to whether the prima demna really sang all the trills, To settle the question he wrote to her for a ticket to her concert and got it by return mail. Three” expeditions have been senf from this country to Kilauea, the flam. ing firepit of the Island of Ha to investigate the practicability tapping the earth's interior for heat te furnish power to all the Hawallas islands. It is proposed to bore at the volcano on “safe ground” some dis- put | Whole dollar. by v, transforming subterranean l'n.f.':? x‘.!(:‘ gieeical” eneres—Fopar