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Connecticut western news., 1915-07-22
EAST CANAAN

Mr.. and Mrs S. f. Kimball motored
from Millerton and visited at Mrs.
Eben Kimball's, Sunday.
! Eben Kimball motored from Collins
vile and visited here Sunday.
Mrs. Dean, of Winsted, was a guest
of Miss Clara Allyn over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Stratton camped
at Lake Buell. last week with the Can
fields. Last Saturday, Charles Good
! win and family went for Il week at the
same place.
! Miss Olive Rood has been on the sick
LIST at her home i'll Sodom.
Mrs. Cowdray is spending few days
at Rev. G. W Hannas, East Cranky.
The showers Monday afternoon struck
two large locust trees on the Briggs
place, scattering bark and limbs i'll all
directions, two large front windows
w ere smashed to atoms and three rooms
strewed with broken glass. 1t was a
narrow escape for the house and in
macs.
BASEBALL
The baseball team was defeated to
2 at New Milford, Saturday. The
locals got off to a bad start, allowing
New Milford to score six runs i'll the
first inning, when with some raw de-
cisions by the umpire things broke
badly. But with change of dictators
East Canaan held them from scoring
for the remaining eight innings but
could only bring two men home,
while leaving men on bases nearly every
inning. Feathers pitched well for East
Canaan and led at the bat. Casey,
Minacci and Foley excelled in the field.
Next Saturday the ball team plays at
Bantam. a strong college nine.
The East Canaan baseball team figur-
ed in an auto collision while returning
from New Milford, Saturday night.
The boys had reached the outskirts of
TorringtOn and in crossing a bridge a
Maxwell car collided with sufficient
force to break a wheel. Mr.. Briggs
car, REQ, was some damaged and it
was a lucky escape from severe acct
dent. Henry Miller was the only one
who suffered anG his were minor ill.,
juries. The police officials were brought
to the scene and examined the partici-
pants, clearing the Canaan driver from
blame.
The severe storm of Monday night
was the worst Of the year. Lightning
struck a cable and pole at Allvndale
a. knocked off shingles and water
spUuts at Mr.. Perdizet's and Miss Alike
received a slight shock. The heavy
rain washed the roads badly especially
through Canaan Valley.
Mr.. Adolf is building a store house
for Allyndale Lime Company near the
railroad station.
Mrs. Bottum led the Sunday evening
service, topic, "What Christianity has
done for the World" This next Sun
day, Mrs. Bion Stevens will lead and
rhe subject will be 1.-The Vine and the
Branches. :"
L. NJ. Whitney is under the doctors
care.
The annual church picnic was held
yesterday. This year an effort was
made to bring back former members aud
friends and make all old home day of it.
An attractive list of amusements had
been provided by tie Brotherhood and
the Glover Club and Cheerful Workers
looked after the dinner at neon, to
which all were asked to contribute"
Master Carleton Maylott is visiting
relatives at the Capitol.
Connecticut western news., 1915-07-22

Husband-You want bonnet and
want pair of trousers, and l have
only $40.
Wife (sobbing)-You don't suppose
can get bonnet. for $40, do you!-
Pittsburgh Press.
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Naturally.

Naturally.
"What were you doing so long at the
photographers? Merely awaiting de-
velOpments. ''-EXchange.
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MARINE WINS BIG FORTUNE
Services Retires After Thirty
Years in Corps.

Seattle, Wash.-Sergeant Major
James Beaver, United States marine
corps, wealthiest enlisted man in the
united services, was retired here re-
Gently after thirty years continuous
service with Uncle Sans sea soldiers,
possessing real estate, stocks, bonds,
mortgages, and personal property
valued at more than one hundred thou
sand dollars.
Beaver had no capital when he en-
tered the marine corps in 1885 and
has been dependent entirely on his
pay as an enlisted man and his own
efforts in the accumulation of wealth.
He will continue to draw from the
government about $40 month retired
pay for so long as he may live.
BY strict economy Beaver managed
to save several thousand dollars in
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KILLED TWO FIGHTING BUCKS
Sportsman Runs AfouI of Law by
Shooting More Than Legal
Share of Deer.

Crivitz, Wis.-Harvey Wilson OF
Kansas City is ''in bad" with the state
game wardens because he shot one
of two bucks whose horns were inter.
locked when:~fghting. The state law
allows sportsman to shoot one buck.
When Mr.. Wilson shot his buck he
could not see that there was another
near by.
When his game dropped he found he
could not disentangle the horns, so
he shot the other buck, intending to
have the interlocked heads mounted.
When the state game warden arrested
him for having two bucks in his pos
session he explained in vain. The bucks
were killed on the north branch of
Thunder river, 80 miles from civil
zatiOn, on Thunder mountain.
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Steps are being taken in England
sgwaxd the establishment of perma-
asz.t British empire fair, representing
AZ she industries and natural re-
goarees of the empire, says an ex-
chang Influential manufacturers are
INK arranging a combination, through
assir trade associations, to erect a
Aa5lding at WilIesden Green to be
sailed the Palace OF Industry, which
u Is hoped to nave ready for opening
5sa the spring of 1917. A site Of about
Efsv acres has been chosen, and it is
zulaxxad that the exhibition will oc-
sguysy 500 900 square feet and will be
xny,ee times the size of the largest ex-
hiEitiOn building at present in Lon
dan. The object is to institute for
ahn British empire fair equal in size
are scope to the well-known Leipzig
Ex7E. Being cooperative movement
Among British firms there are to be
no profits. A fi&Ad charge is to be
Eezsxde for space, BASED as nearly as
wB8sible on the total expense, and it
- = condition that any profit accruing
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IS NOW A MAORI CHIEF
Former Ragtime Expert Marries Prin
cess karrarria, Daughter of
Famous Chieftain.

San Francisco.-From a ragtime
player to White Chief of Maori tribt
at Hawks Bay and the husband o.
Princess Karrarria, the daughter of
famous Maori chieftain, is the fortune
of Peter La Morte, who arrived here
on the Matson steamer Matsonia er
route to the Royal Naval academy in
London.
Several years ago La Morte went tc
London from New York to introduce
ragtime in the London music halls
The Princess Karrarria was at the
time studying in a London school. She
visited the music hall where La MOrte
was playing, and the acquaintance
thus formed was followed by theil
marriage Later he was made chief.
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TELLS TALE OF SEA
Old Skipper Claims Islands in the
Pacific.
Suit DiscIoses Thrilling Romance Of
Sorensen's Adventures at Sea and
Fight for Ownership of Dis
covered Land.

Washington.-A narrative Of adven-
ture that would have set Robert Louis
Stevenson's fingers tingling is dis
closed by the filing in the Supreme
court of a suit involving title to ceT-
tain South Sea islands alleged to have
been discovered by the defendsDf.
Niels Peter Sorensen, while he was
master of sailing ship in the Pacific,
The suit was filed by Frederick GUe7
tav Shritzel and John Gross, through
Attorneys F. ID. Dawson and j. w,
Marshall, Jr.
Evidence is offered to show that the
plaintiffs acquired an interest in So
rensen's claims to the islands and the
court is asked to enjoin the latter
from carrying out later contracts with
other unknown parties, to compel the
disclosure of the terms of these later
contracts, and to see that any con-
tracts already completed are made
to operate for the benefit of the plain
tiffs as we'll as for the defendant.
1t is stated that Sorensen, who has
been citizen of the United States
since 1870, and who served from 1867
to 1870 in the United States navy, dis
covered the islands, which are de
scribed as the Treasury group, Zaca
ma or North island of the Solomon
group and Green island of the Gaia
ract group.
The evidence of his title, it is stated
Af fhn hn
manded, documents of British officials
certified copies of registration by Aus
tralian officials, other written evi
dence and agreements with native
chiefs, the latter lost by British OH
Gals when they were held for regis
tration.
1t is alleged that Sorensen became
involved in disputes in regard to trad
ing, mining and other rights OF the
islands and that British officials Of
Australia attempted to deprive hin
of his rights by persecution and other
wise.
The plaintiffs aver that Sorenser
came to Washington late in 1914 OF
early in 1915 to seek the good offices
of the United States government IL
establishing his rights to the islands
and in protecting his interests, anc
that he secured the services of the
plaintiffs to assist hins, agreeing tc
give each a one-fourth interest in his
claims.
1t is further alleged that the defend
IL
tracts with the plaintiffs and has en-
tered into other contracts with un
known parties.
With the bill of complaint the plain
tiffs filed copy of the plea in behalf
of Sorensen, and themselves filed with
the state department on June 2 last
asking that this government intercede
with Great Britain for the clearing o.
title to the islands.
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my foreign accent" in speaking Tun-
gus. They are cheerful people, and
though not apt to be communicative
about the things / wanted to learn, a
lively story or an opportune jest would
usually put them in the right humor
to relate legend, fall of tribal Gus
tom, or subject to be measured-an-
thropologically.
The use of more than single cup
full of water for washing is held as
great an extravaganza as bath in
champagne would be among us. For
water in winter is precious since it
has to be obtained by the tedious
process of melting ice or snow.
Strong Love of Country.
The attachment of the fungus to
their native land, strong and even
be inspired by, or to inspire, any Wis
ible appreciation Of it's beauty. When
the northern lights turn one-half of
the sky into a field of pulsing fame,
the fungus herds1nan turns an indif-
ferent glance northward and sums up
the whole magnificent spectacle with
a casual ct burns"-his only express
sion for this phenomenon which, III
spite of it's frequency, always filled
us with a new sense of wonder and
mystery.
The shadowy ravines, the vast
frozen moors bounded on all sides by
sheer precipices, the towering peaks,
the frowning crags appeal to him only
from the point of view of the trapper
or the herdsman; here the moss is
plentiful, this is a good place for Arc
tic foxes, last season the hunters got
many wild reindeer in this valley. 1t
is all an economic question with him.
His environment is his opportunity or
his foe. This is the land he hae wor
for himself against the sightless own
ers of the wilderness, immemorial enc
mics of man, and he clings to his hard.
won foothold with a tenacity invee'
crate and unshakable.
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TOOK TRAIN IN HER SLEEP
Wisconsin Girl Dreamed Sisters Were
. Burning to Death in Another
Town.

Marinette, VISA dream that her
three small sisters were burning to
death in an orphanage at Green Bay
is believed by physicians to have
caused the wanderings Of Maria Behan,
eighteen-year-old miss, who returned
here while police in northern Wiscon-
sin and Michigan were searching for
her.
81 could not rest Tuesday night,
said the girl. 81 saw my sisters dying
in the flames. They called to me and
dreamed that l was about to save
them. The next thing | knew was
when I heard someone call Green
Bay Then l awoke and found myself
on a train entering Green Bay.
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var from Monastir, and who came in
saith the first heavy snowfall, strongly
advised NE to abandon my plan of
apanding the winter in the tundra; we
saoNia find no gold there-certainly
MT IN the winter, at any rate-so that
Z. should bring out nothing more than
Taook in. Indeed, we should probably
SrsGrn-if we did return diminished
q respect of some of our most essen
ssal personal belongings finger or
a nose or an ear.
When the first Tungus-those who
aRa made their camps for the winter
2alrTy near the yillage-began to come
IN for supplies, I made haste to begin
negotiations for sledges and reindeer
asT the journey. It was difficult to
make them understand what exactly
wished TO do.
Sat at last found q man to whom /
awag able to make it clear that l wished
q go into the heart OF Tungusland, to
ssgzn tent to tent across the Limplisk
.zadra that stretches for some thou
zzna yersts between Turukhansk and
&. yeSsei-the latter lying about 800
EsxsGs within the arctic circle to the
s4Rtheast of Monastir, which is just
sauth of that parallel.
Tents Are Like Wigwams.
The fungus are nomad reindeer
breeders, and the conditions of their
aEe as such make it necessary for
zacA family to live at comfortable
distance from its nearest neighbors.
a reindeer herd in it's search for moss
ranges ever a large extent of territory,
% ahat the distance between two en-
-zmpments is hardly less than fifty,
azza may be as much as one hundred
Snrsks. An encampment comprises
ane or two tents Of shape and con-
StEuctiOn similar to an American In
dams wigwam. When the moss in the
naighb0rhood of the camping place is
exhausted the family moves on to an
sysher feeding ground, tents and house
ksla goods being carried on sledges, or
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owes Labor Lost.

Hopkinsville, XIV. M. Pickett OF
Trigg county caught large bull snake
measuring five and one-half feet long
and as thick as a mans wrist, in
novel way. The snake was in a trough
in the horse lot and was trying to
swallow an artificial egg that had been
placed in a hens nest. Mr.. Pickett
made a moose in a string and got it
over the snakes head while his snake
ship was trying to get on the outside
of the china egg.
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Ever since the discovery Of uric acid
in tha blood by Scheele, in 1775, and
the bad effect it had upon the body,
scientists and physicians have striven
to rid the tissues and the blood OF
this poison. Because Of its over
abundance in the system 1t causes
backache, pains here and there. rheu-
matism, govt, gravel. neuralgia and
sciatica. It was DIR. Pierce who dis
covered new agent, called "Anuric."
which will throw out and completely
eradicate this uric acid from the sys-
tenn. "Anuric'' Is 81 times more po-
tent than Nthia, and consequently you
need no longer fear muscular or ar.
ticular rheumatism or govt, or many
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the first fourteen years with the ma
rines, and when he. was transferred
to Seattle in 1899, predicted that this
city would one day be the metropolis
of the great Northwest. He wisely
invested his savings in Seattle realty
when values were low. He sold his
holdings several times and reinvested
opportunity until his wealth passed
the six figure mark.
The wealthiest enlisted man resides
with his wife and young son in their
beautiful home at 1926 South Alki
street, overlooking the waters of Puget
Sound
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wood beside a road. It was not long
before he saw an armed German SOL
der patrolling the road.
He could have shot the man with
out warning, but felt that it would be
akin to murder to kill him in cold
blood. To instill little of the spirit
OF combat into the affair the subalterp
crept from his cover and ran up be-
hind the Bosch" as our French al
lies would call him, and gave him a
ferocious kick. Instead of showing
fight. the startled and panied German
gave yell and ran for life, leaving
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-23

For a really fine coffee at a mod
crate price, drink Denison's Seminole
Brand, 35c the h., in sealed cans.
Only one merchant in each town
sells Seminole. If your grocer isn't
The one, write the Denison Coffee Co.,
Chicago, for souvenir and the name
Of your Seminole dealer.
Buy the lb. Canister Can for $1.O0.
ADV.
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WHAT is URIC ACID?


other diseases which are dependent on
an accumulation of uric acid within
the body. Send to DR.. Pierce OF the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y, for a pamphlet on
"Anuric," or send 10 cents for q trial
package OF "Anuric" Tablets.
II you feel that tired, worn-out feel
ing. backache, neuralgia, or If your
sleep Is disturbed by too frequent
urination, go to your best store and
ask for DR.. Pierce's "Anuric."
DIR. Pierce's reputation Is back OF
this medicine and you know that his
pheasant Pellets" for the liver and his
"Fayorite Prescription" for the Ills Of
women have had a splendid reputation
for the past fifty yearA
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on the backs If their reindeer.
Eat much" was the guides advice;
laugh much, and keep your feet dry.
Then you will be ali right"
Indeed, found his advice good.
worthy to be borne in mind continual
ly in a country where the midwinter
temperature not infrequently falls to
between so degrees and go de-
grees Fahrenheit. The great problem
is how to keep your feet warm on the
sledges, since it is well not to have
your legs incumbered with too much
covering in case of an upset.
1t is of first rate Importance to re
member always to beat off the snow
clinging to your fur boots before en-
tering a tent, or at least before ap-
preaching the fire.
At the fungus Table.
The fungus are great eaters. Their
diet consists principally of fish and
reindeer meat, which they eat either
raw or cooked. 1t takes some time to
adapt oneself to the conditions under
which food has to be taken sufficiently
to be able to eat with appetite. 1t
needs all the philosophy you can sum
mon to your assistance to accustom
yourself to the dirt and the smoke
and the congested condition of the
tents, but it is unquestionably much
easier-and safer-to face the cold
and the wind on full stomach thar
on an empty one.
And laugh much!" Indeed, no work
would have been possible without
Laughing much" and make your inter
locutors 7augh. What appealed moss
strongly to their sense of humcr waS
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-23
Farmer Is Old Fashioned.

Upper Brockway, Minn.--Stephen
Adams, one Of the oldest settlers In
this section of the country, has accom-
plished feat which will not soon be
equalled by any one in the whole coun.
ty. by harvesting whole crop Of
grain by the old pioneer method.
Adams secured the contract from a
local farmer for harvesting the grain
with the old.fashiored cradleecythA
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n INTERESTING account OF

"a tne travels OF the OlDeTlan eA-
81 petition promoted by the Ok
ford uniyersity's school of
szsAr0pology and the Philadelphia
aaaEenm is given by Czaplica in the
aaces among the fungus, strange and
Rg1gnitjve nomad people of the Mon
geziaa type, who live along the Yenisei
EaEer, far within the arctic circle, say
aEg:
IRE few Russian traders who ven
a4Ers as much as three hundred or four
bUn8red versts Ca verst is about two
allarssS of a mile) into the tundra be-
kMee1 the Yenisei and the Lena follow
alse s0-called Russian route" starting
eastward from a little river settlement
3za8wa as Dudinka, on the Yenisei, in
aACczt IS degrees north. But the pros
Rsct OF finding, along the route, ma
aiTes who have not come into contact
with Europeans was small, and conse-
Rnszltly the idea which | had at first
aGseTtained of reaching by this means
are fungus, who were the objective
ri ahe journey, was abandoned. An
either roUte-the one which we finally
decided to follOw-was suggested to
Rne by fungus. The starting point
WAS ahe village of Monastir (Turuk-
AamS&}. also on the Yenisei. This is
&As xaOst northerly point in the Rus
<saa empire where there is a post of
dee, TO and from which mails are
@esa at more or less-rather more
aagga iess-lengthy intervals.
snto Far Tungus!and.
&gassian settlers and the few fungus
WIN Yiye within two or three DAYS Jour
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Ventilation Experiments

Experiments conducted by the New
York commission on ventilation dem
onstrate that as long as the tempera-
ture is kept down the vitiatcd air of
an unventilated room where the Ag-
midity is kept constant h&g 20 direct
effects on the pulse, blood pressure.
body temperature. respiration or me-
taboIism, though the desire for food is
appreciably diminished.
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MASSAGE CURE FOR WAR ILLS
Mrs. Paget's Idea Proves Of Benefit
to Wounded and Nerve
Racked Soldiers.

London.-Mrs. Almeric Paget is
organizing and equipping massage
camps. Miss French, daughter or
Gen. Sir John French, is in charge Of
one of these. 1t is reported that great
benefits have resulted in many cases
of wounded men from the front and
those suffering from the result Of shat
tered nerves
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SHAME TO SHOOT; KICKS FOE
British Soldier, Emerging From Am
bush, Routs German With
Boot.

London, England.-On the lighter
side of the war picture is the follow
ing anecdote, which is current at the
front, although its absolute truth Is
not vouched for. On a recent occa-
sion. according to the story, a British
cavalry subaltern, who was cut on
from his men. hid IN the edge ct Q
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-23
Built Wall at Eighty-Four.

Centralia, Kan.-If man is as old
as he feels, Eli Avery must be agout
forty years younger than the eighty
four years the family Bible says he
is. He has built cement retaining
wall eighty feet long and four feet
high around his residence property at
Golf, mixing the concrete and doing
all the work himself.
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creece's Debt to the Allies.

The independence of Greece was
gained in 1880, when it was declared
kingdom under the protection OF
Great Britain. France, and Russia.
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Nearly every woman is accommodate
ing to the extent that if a man is
little slow in proposing she will do II
for him
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Always keep Hanfcrd's Balsam On
hand for accidents. It's good insur
ance. Adv.
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Sawed-Off Sermon.

1t might be good idea for some
people to hold their tongues occasion
ally and give their thoughts a chance
to catch up.
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The EXCLAMATION.

Aimee wonder how Hazel man
ages to preserve her complexion?
Mary-I believe she keeps 1t In
cool place, tightly corked, when not
In use."
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Cuts clear to the bone lave peen
healed by Hanford's Balsam. Adv
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Laugh and the world laughs WIZ
you-unless you are telling the joke.
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The wise girl smiles at a conph
ment and then proceeds to forget It.
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It is far easier to drive soft hcAo
ed nail than a hard headed man.
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the subaltern laughing too hard +
shoot.
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Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
for illustrated Book of the Eye Free.
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s NEW PALACE OF INDUSTRY

shall be returned to exhibitors in pre-
portion to the area occupied by each.
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You may break, you may shatter tn'
old hen If you will. but the landiadI
serves 1t as spring chicken still.