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Pox trot. '
Waters of Venice;
Waltz.
18500~lery. Fox trot.
11114-11 -—
When You're Gone.
4151” a Little Birch Canoe
and With You.
Blue Bird.
(Slim—When You Come Back.
WSGounaek.
Hear these
DON NELLY’S
16 So. Main St.
SOUTH Honwm
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Miss Ruth Church. “ho has been ill.
‘Vsilh Spanish influenza is again able
iv be ‘out.
A meeting of the. Norwalk Typrogra—
phical Union will be held .om’Wednes-
(lay afiternoon at 5 o'clockpar-the ethos
of F. S. Lyon. North Mainsstreet.
Sergeant John Schaefer: of a medi-
cal unit, has been honorably-discharg-
ed from the service and ionow at his
homefin East Rocks avenue.
Mrslohn J. Burd, who has been ill,
in Sullivan county. New York, is ex~
pectegxa tber home, 7 West avenue,I
this week,
Mr? Thomas James, of Broad.
(Rivper has receiVed a letter from h‘fer
Mother, in France, in which he states
that lie came through the fighting in'
good shape.
9
Charles E (loodiicl1,a druggist who
disappeared from Hartford 25 years
a?" who a year and a half ago he-
1: .1110 heir to $15,000 left him by his
‘- 111;: 16- Ralph H. Ensign. of Simsbury, ‘
It: .15 been found in California. :
Valxer Raymond, driver for the Old
“.11 Laundry company, of I—Iaviland'
1111-1 broke his right wrist, this mom-
whih- «uniting the delivery auto-
llr. llohanon set the broken
in: ,
flmllllli‘.
Quince:
Eliot \V. Pick one of the loading:
1:.) men at [hi‘ New York East confer-
ence. spoke at the Flint Methodist
{Episcopal church, last. evening, giving
:1 very intervening talk which was
heard by a latg‘t‘. congregation.
lmnh-l llulacy. second~class gunners.
:1: :w- of H10 United States navy, has
1--~1:.11nui to his duties at; Charleston.
'5 ", utter spending a pleasant fur-4
Judah :1! his home in Spring— Hill ave
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I‘ummued unprovement is reported
luduv 111 the condition of Dr. G. J.:
"Hm-st, :uperintcndent of the Danburl'j
schools. who has been critically ill at‘
his 11011113 with pneumonia. and it is ex-l
‘ptgclcd at their home, 7 West avenue.
something unexpected happens.
Second l.ir-utenant Fred Murphy has?
been mustered out of service at ,Avlag
lion camp, Kelly field, Gan Antonio.‘
Texas, and left tit! camp for his home‘
at 5 Morgan avenue, Nomalk thisi
morning. He is traveling by boat and
is expected at his 'home within three?
or four days. ‘ I
Albert Batter-son, formerly of Nor-l
walk; and now of New York. has been!
mustered out of service at Camp Jack-
son, and returned to his home. He vis-
ited friends in Norwalk the latter part
of the week. and. is now Melting rela—‘
lives in Danbury.
Mk‘a‘Bye'Baby' FOX firms :1 year earlier. the actual per
“'0‘- centage being 206.1 per cent. of the
ISM—Rose Of No Man's Land. 191’." stocks. The figures 1raider to
"tea ing and stocks actually reporte am 0 no
“0th: Of Hone represent the comme1~c.al stocks1 :i
the country, nor do they inc u e
18500—1311 Glad I Can Make stocks on farms.
Youcry. Visible Supply Figures Compared
‘shels; oats 61, 670, 351 bushels; barley,
1barrels; whole wheat
lilour. 133,189 barrels; rye flour. 266.-
wbuclnwheat flour,
incans, 154 5 per cent.;
‘is now recovering slowly.
. . .
,1s Still very weak.
lot :1 short time Sunday.
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1913
WASHINGTON. I). 0:11:11 3.—-r11¢
in a survey made by the Department
of Agriculture for December .1, 1918; '
amounted t0219;434.832 bushels. These
holdings, by 10,669 firms—elevators
warehouses grain mills and wholesale
dealers~-—W'e1'e more than twice as
large as the stocks held by the same
The commercial visible supply fig-
ures, as published by the Chicago
Board of Trade for the nearest date
(November 30, 1918) show 121,561,000
bushels of wheat us against 21,031,000
bushels a year ugo.(301responding
Bradstreet figures 1'01 1918 show 131.
584, 000 bushels_ as against 29 ,633 000
bushels for 1917. As compared will.
the same date of last year, these fig?
ures, as ‘Well as those obtained by the
more extensive survey, she.»r a. very
great relative increase in commercial
stocks of wheat on December 1,1918.
Other Cereals, Flour, and Corn Meal
The commercial stocks of othei cer
eals reported for December 1 1918 ac-
cording to the department statement.
wet: as follows: Corn. 13,193, 789 bu-
7.4 400, 787 bushels, rye. 13, 936. 010 bu-
shels. These stocks represent the
following percentages of the corres-
ponding stocks on December 1,1917:
Corn, 129.0 per cent . oats, 94.6 per
cent, barley, 110.8 per cent; rye,
154 2 per cent.
The commercial stocks of flour and
learn meal, as reported fer the survey.
Weic: Wheat flour, white. 6,397,490
and graham
107 barrels, corn flour. 51, 676, 911
pounds, corn meal, 72.,8815910 pounds;
13, 548309 pounds;
mixed flour, 26.623. 397 pounds. These
stocks represent the following per-
centages of the stocks on hand a year
ago: Wheat flour, white. 170.4 per
cent.: whole wheat and graham flour,
249.1 per cent; rye flour, 215.8 per
cent; corn meal, 227.8 per cents,
buckwheat flour. 220.4 per cent: mix-
ed flour. 243.5 per cent.
Stocks of Selected Commodliloo
Elevators-,1 who“. and whole-
sale dealers reported stocks of beans
amountingfito - 7.285.713 bushels,» While
wholesale grocers and“ warehouses re-
ported the- following commodities and
in the anmnnts indicated: Rice, 49,-
998, 810 pounds; rolled oats, 80,489,666
pounds; canned salmon, 96,893,624
pounds; canned tomatoes, 245 .489,204
pounds: canned corn. 111,336,010
',pounds sugar. 164,356,634 pounds.
These stacks represent the folldwing
percentages of the corresponding
stocks on hand December 1 1917:
rice. 62. 6 per
cent; rolled oats, 165.7 per cent; can
ned salmon, 94.3 per cent.; conned to-
matoes, 140.3 pei dent. , cannedco
133. 5 pen cent; sugar.125.0 per cent.
Stocks of condensed and evaporated
milk were reported by condenseries,
cold storages, warehouses and whole-
sale grocers. as follows: Condensed
’milk, 49, 878. 129 pounds; evaporated
111'lk, 146, 757, 968 pounds. The holdings
of condensed milk 1eported for Decem-
ber l 1918. represented 119.7 per cent.
of the stocks held by the same firms
a yea1 eaxlier, while the holdings of
evaporated milk rcpieSented 72.8 per
cent. of the Decembei. 1917, stock.
Gustavo A. Frankc. of 1:: Harriet
Silt-,el. who has been ill at his home
in l‘lgli‘llt‘l. street for nearly a month,
although be
He tried to sit up
but did not
have streamh enough to keep up-right
and fell from the chair. It is evident
that his recm'cry must he very grad-
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thoroughly broken in.
.was his favorite pace.”
your whole scheme.
raid prty," or “oldr. btlin. dvm, emflg
,5 ‘Paine in Pep (Cleveland).
sold at Pies: Hence, nonsense. m
W
omermonl. 4M"! Or
in All Ages Friday l-Iae Boon Consid-
era! a Period of General
The French cull Friday “Vendredi”
—Venus day.
Smndinnvians regard Friday as the.
luckiest day of the week.
Our ancestors believed that eggs
laid on 11 Friday would cure colic.
"Friday face" still lingers as a term
of reproach for a sour-visagcd person.
Friday is the United States‘ lutky
day. Columbus discovered land on
that day; the Pilgrims landed on a
Friday, and Washington was born on
I Friday.
The “unluckiness” of Friday oyves:
its origin. of course. to our Lord
Jesus Christ‘s (loath on Good Friday.
Friday marriages are “for losses."
and superstitious coupleswho are get-
tlm: married nvoid this day.
Shipping
show a much lower sailing rate on;
Friday than on any other (layer the
week.
The Talmud, the book containing
the civil laws of the ancient Jews.
says that Adam was created on 8 Fri-
day, sinned 1111 11 Friday. and was
thrust out of Eden on a Friday.
VICTORY MATTER or nouns:
American Advantagoin Battle Obvious
to the MP“ camel Ohm
of Events.
One of the great assets on the side
of the Unllcd States in any war is
the complete. and unbounded— confi~
dcncc of all the' people—soldiers and
civfllangat we are going to win.
No-one for o» moment has any doubt.
about that. Some of us feel that we
mu have to: pay a heavy price. 11‘”
most of us Will foel blso that‘dt I!
going to be wax-thou that it costs.
It is to herrnoted that this sensed,
confidence that an: the heel-tam! the
people is not the overconndeoeo by
which greet battles are com-tine.
lost. but rather the consume-eel;
bent: in tho-right andsof‘ham the
mental» and: phat-led Sacco to. N
that right for” our own «headed-for
the sole of“ M1061}. This «In
confidence to unquestionably o' cur
Americanndvcntoge.
The magnificent showtng‘tbnt bu
beennodoandnlnnwillbomdo
byrthe American soldier boys thrills
the hearts of all loyal citizens. ,It is
inspiring and it warms the heart—
but'lt m not unexpected.
Nature Study.
In the study of nature do not try to
teach too much in one lesson. Notice
first the characteristic feature! and
qualities of, whatever is under discol-
slon; let the child examine the object
possible: remember. that ,.children
are‘ more interested in what thingsdo
than in their form.
Let the child examine a little plant.
seed and :11].- Lead mm to observe
that it does something; It pushes its
roots and its stem up: it eats and
drinks. breathes, sleeps and wakes. It
makes things: Leaves and flowers.
seed and fruits. Incidentally, notice
the form and color that these activl-l
ties give to each individual plant. ’
Nature study need not be dull or dlf~
flcult; it provides plenty of life and ac-
tion. It is mostly our own interest
that is dead. or our senses that need
qulckenlng.
Grasp a, few fundamental principles
Ill Omen; 1
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i country.
ZEm'ope-un origin and to have been 110-
;cidcntnlly introduced here about ten
swears ago. is said no“? to be firmly es-
E‘tnbllshcd 1viihin“a 15-milc radius of
returns of all countries?
'somewhat smoky or brownish, about
‘lbelleved. that our almond-l- reouoo
111114 1m rm- cop 11-11-11
in Grown in macaw-o District:
of Massachusetts.
An insect. comparatively new to this
threatens the corn crop of
eastern Mnssachumt s.
'1 e/ 1-111'11 hurl-r. clievetl to he of
Boston. ,
Only recently has it me into eco-
nomic prominence. according to a re-
port from the Massachusetts agricul-
‘ituml College. which urges that every
effmt be made this year to eradicate
lthis pest. not only to insure the safety
.0! corn crops, but also to keep the in-
sect withfn the present bounds and
thus prevent it f1 om reaching the great
i \\ bent fields of the West.
The injury is caused by the first
-l\rood of caterpillnis, u hich ranch mn-
lturlt'v during the latter part of July
and transform to yellowish moths
early in August. The» caterpillars,
when full grown, are flesh-colored and
one Inch tong. They pass the winter
within the remains of the plant. 11nd
can best be destroyed during the win-
ter or at any time before planting the
new crop. One of the chief means of
extermlnnfing the insect ls to burn all
old stubble. com stalks and trash
around the field or garden;
HlflH PRMSE FOR AMERICANS
Fighting Men of France and Britain
Pay“ Tribute to tho OW
States Soldiers.
-
"Dlarlst" of the ‘1Vectnihniter-Ga~
utte says that two subbed? or con-
flnt‘ptaue with 31’!va and
men who have been home from the
frontrecently are the Americans and
the French reserves. 0! the French
on otllcer told me, he can. that if he
had not martian he would not haves
.ncho‘flnobody of Winn. m
how or other. perhaps as the resultof
em: propaganda. the: . get about
that mm exlia all her best
clue and that only rem
were left. There a notion atom of
foundation formulae. Fertile
rooms!» I-have heal-omen“:
them “bonnie fechtcro." Lancaahlre
no I believe “hefty" 111‘ recorded an
very appropriate summingnp of their
qualities.——Cbrlstlan Science Monitor.
JUST A LITTLE LATER
and nature study in therbome, in the
kindergarten and in the school. will be- i
come the children‘s delight. the tench- .
er's friend, and occupation for the:
nursery to help start the youngsters 3
in busy work, a daily delight when
walking out.
Napoleon's Horse: Trained.
Extraordhiary were the precautions
taken that Napoleon should never ap-
pear at a disadvantage on horseback.
The emperor was not a first-class
horsemen, and his horses were always
Here is a de-
scription of the methods employed: .
"They were trained to remain per-
fectly steady under tortures of every
description; to receive blows about the
head; drums "were\ beat,‘ pistols and
crackers fired in their ears. flags
waved before their eyes, clumsy Dacia
ages, and'semetimeo even‘ sheep and
pigs, were thrown between their legs.
“None of the animals were deemed
sufficiently trained till the emperor
could, without the least difficulty, pull
them up‘ short at full gallop, which
Taking Noted. ~
When you take notes- let them be
brief, sharp, in open order-.308 glance
will give ‘ you a bird‘s-eye view of
For instance:
“John J. Jones—ex-mnyor—38 auto-
matic—9 a. m.—3456 Wabash-All-
bealth— 12—11011: Springfield, 0.—
Manny Club, Golf Club—-
Mam; children. Marx.
John, Wlhlam——Sunday 2 Trinity-Mt.
Mmeopyfugu.
vmd‘oi’dhrdwood like new and
“mm-'21:: you on W
refinance: Wm enrgd‘inie
trnsprt, Ker. 'btleship, arpln.”:-A. 8.
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Memorlolo of the Famous. “
gWobblns.
Wobblns—Yep. He knows every-
thing. Graduates soon: After that
{will each be 8 hours and 4 minutes
‘ tram sunrise to sunset, while the in-
“from“
Dobbins—Pretty smart boy of yours,
he’ll know more.
Longest and Shortest Daye.
The longest and shortest daysof the
year vary. In 1918 the longest day
was June 19, 15 hours and 18 minutes
from sunrise to sunset. In 1917 from
day was 15 hours and 17 minutes long.
In 1918. December 19, 21, 23 and 25.
tervening days: December 20. 22 and
24. will each be one minute longer.
In 1917 only December 21 and 23 were
hours and 4 minutes:
Forget the “Laundry."
They were on an interurban car:
bound for the big city. One of them,
the son of a banker, had been lntrusted
with a bundle containing $5.0!» he
newspaper. Being young. the heaters
of the treasure fell to talking ofglrls
and things and when they arrived atl
the station both get up and startedl
. “Hey, you fellows.” a man who had
been. am; back of then m.
“Bey, boys, you’ ve forgot your laun-
dry."
It need not be guessed that the boys
t
Ameflmmlgather.nopniaeconbe'v
men describe them as “mdely lads.” 1
June 10 to June 22. inclusive, eachi '
the shortest days. each containing 8 '.’
bills. The bundle was wrapped. in a ‘
away m. the bundle. if
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THE NEW SCIENCI"
DEFINITION OF CHIROPRAo-no
cause of the disease and the art of
-. adjusting the same. Disease is caused
by a wrench, twist or sprain in the
back. Even if done in childhood. it
creates ‘plnched nerves and pain in
later life in the dincrent organs and
' limbs.
Chiropractors remove the cause of
disease and pain, health is restored
through haimonlzing the nerve syc-
tems in your body. Female trouble-u
given special attention; also cum
ture of the spine. You will never ro
gret giving ~the Chiropractor a chance
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