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Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-26

Driving or motoring in any direction about Norwich is a delight just now, when the autunnal colors in the fields are so gay.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-26

Miss Carrie E. C5amplin. teacher of piano and harmony. 14 Chuch street. adv.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-26

RockVlIIe experienced considerable difficulty with the band of gynsies that reached there Saturday. After Captain Krause had warned thenp to keep out of town, they went to the fair grounds to camp, but were driven out Sunday morning by the fair off cials.
 Mrs. Mary M. Hurlburt, 30, died at her home in Somers Friday night af- ter an illness of two months. Mrs. Hulburt was born in Stafford. The funeral was held Monday at D. m.. Rev. c: H. Ricketts of Norwich, assist ed by her pastor, Rev. Earl H. Thaver. of Sorners, officiating.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
ORDERED TO FILE SCHEDULES.
Transportation Companies Must Fur.
nish Data.

An order was issued by the Public
Service Commission directing the rail-
road and steamboat companies under
the supervision of the commission to
furnish schedules showing the depar-
ture of trains and steamers. The cor
porations were also directed to notify
the commission Of any changes, as
these may be made. This action fol
lowed a request for information that
came to the commission as to the de.
parture of trains on one of the roads.
When the clerks were called upon
to furnish the desired information it
was found that there was no data in
the office, the corporations y: having
filed schedules. Inquiry was made and
the explanation given was that printed
schedules were obtainable at hotels
and railroad Offices, and which carried
the time of arrival and departure of
each train.
This was not satisfactory to the
commission which desired schedules
applicable wholly to state and not in,
terstate traffic. Hence, the order to
each company to prepare and transmit
two schedules. 1t is possible that the
commission may take further steps to
keep the public advised without being
obliged to delve into complicated
schedules.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

world of her childhood. How differ
ent the rector looked; or was it that
she had needed to go away in order
to judge her friends anew? His eyes
were different; deeper, steadier and
more penetrating into her own; and.
yes, bolder. She was forced to look
away from them for a moment. There
seemed a warm eagerness in his greet
ing, as if everything in him were draw
ing her to him.
With rapidity which was marvel
to all her girl friends, Gail had slipped
upstairs and into a creamy lace eve
ming frock without having been
missed; and she was in this acutely
harmonious setting when Rev. Smith
Boyd called, with his beautiful mother
on his arm The beautiful mother was
in an exceptional furry of delight to
see Gail, and kissed that charming
young lady with clinging warmth. The
rector's eyes were even more strik-
ingly changed than they had been
when he had first met her on the
steps, as they lookeL on Gail in her
creamy lace, and after she had read
that new intense look in his eyes for
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
CHAPTER XVI.
The Greed of Gail.


Who was that tall, severely correct
gentleman waiting at the station. with
bunch Of violets in his hand, and the
light in his countenance which was
never OIL sea or land? 1t was Gerald
Fosland, and he astonished all be-
holders by his extraordinary conduct.
AS the beautiful Arly stepped through
the gates, he advanced with an en-
tirely unrepressed smile. springing
from the balls of his feet with buoy
ancy too active to be quite in good
form. He took Arly's hand in his, but
he did not bend over it with his GUS
tomary courteous gallantry. Instead,
he drew her slightly towards him,
with a firm and deliberate movement,
and, bending his head sidewise under
the brim of her hat, kissed her.;
kissed her on the lips!
Immediately thereafter he gave a
dignifed welcome to Gail, and with
Arly's arm clutched tightly in his own,
he then disappeared. AS they walked
rapidly away, Arly looked up at him
in bewilderment; then she suddenly
hugged herself closer to him with a
jerk. AS they went out through the
carriage entrance, she skipped.
It was good to see Allison, big,
strong, forceful, typical of the city and
it's mighty deeds. His eye had lighted
with something more than pleasure as
Gail stepped out through the gates of
the station; something so infinitely
more than pleasure that her eyes
dropped, and her hand trembled as
she felt that same old warm thrill of
his clasp. He was so overwhelming in
his physical dominance. He took i'm
mediate possession Of her, standing
by while she greeted her uncle and
aunt and other friends, and beaming
with justiiably proud proprietorship.
Gail had laughed as she recognized
that attitude. Allison was really
big man, one born to command, to
sway things, to move and shift and re-
arrange great forces; and that, of
course, was his manner in everything.
She flushed each time she looked in
his direction; for he never removed
his gaze from her; bold, confident, su-
preme. When a man like that is kind
and gentle and considerate, when he
is tender and thoughtful and full of
devotion, he is big man indeed!
Rev. Smith Boyd was at the steps of
the Sargent house to greet her, and
her heart leaped as she recognized
another of the dear familiar faces.
This was her world, after all; not that
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
KILLS SHARK WITH CRoWBAR
Great Battle Waeed> for an Hour
Against a Man-Eater Results
in Victory.

A man-eating shark up to his eyes
in mud and a stranger in the Bronx,
was killed near Throggs Neck after
everyone within half a mile OF him
had screamed at least once and missed
him with a rock at least twice. David
MCGOWAN, an inspector in the Bronx
department Of sewers, is the amateur
toreador who finally sent him winging
or f1ippering into the valley of death.
Mr., MCGOWAN, accompanied by a
quartet of pickax wielders and a dou-
BILE sextette of shovelers. was improv-
ing the Bronx sewerage facilities
when he heard a hoarse cry. Mr.. Nc
Gowan selected a crowbar he could
trust and hurried to where a strug
Cling form was creating whirlpool
He inserted the crowbar into the - Z
bulk. The head of an indignant IN
appeared. and Mr.. MCGOWAN, NJ our
exceIIently executed handsprI was
back on shore again.
Then begsz = battle whif Al -an
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Monkey Died Like a Man.

The death of Bill Snyder. the ba-
boon of the Central park zoo, from
acute indigestion, is chronicled in the
days news. Bill was not one of the
higher order of the monkey family;
his kinship to the human race, if he
had any, was remote. Yet surely in
the manner of his death he displayed
a simian resemblance to man.
He died as hundreds of thousands of
beings higher in the scale of evolution
die. as countless numbers of our best
citizens" die-from overeating. He
was as reckless in the indulgence of
his appetite for food as the most cul-
tivated member of the human family.
and If the circumstances of his death
excite surprise, it is that his natural
instincts did not preserve him from
the fate Of the most intelligent hui
man beings
Bills death points dietstic moral
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
MANAGEMENT OF THE BODY
Extreme Care Should Be Exercised
by Those Who Are AFFLICTED
With Defective Heart.

A person with a defective heart
must remain, in everything he does
well within the limit of his strength
Though able to walk fifteen DlocKs'
he should not walk more than twelve;
though able to work three hours, ne
should work only two, and rest' II
possible. every hour for a few min
utes, to avoid fatigue. When able 70
get along with seven hours rest and
sleep, he should rest and sleep at least
nine hours. His recuperative power IS
lowered and it takes. when overtired'
days and weeks to regain strength
which a healthy person RECEIVERS in
one Mght. He endangers his future
wheB~5er he goes beyond his strength
even a little, or only to the point
where he begins to feel tired. He
may do as much as an average healthy
person, but he must divide the work
into periods of short duration. What
nay happen in year or two must be
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
NO BAR TO COMPENSATION.
Provided Injured EmpIoye Could Per
form Tasks.

The State Industrial Accident Com
mission has rendered a decision under
which chronic ailment is no bar to the
award of compensation in accident
even though the ailment may have
contributed to the accident. A man
with a chronic malady may be able
to perform the ordinary tasks as
signed to him. The accident may oc-
cur when trying to perform unusual
tasks.
The decision is of great Importance
to that class of workingmen suffering
with maladies who are practically de-
prived of opportunities to secure en-
ployment on the plea by employers
that under the compensation act their
liabilities are increased through the
employment.
The decision was rendered on the
application of William F. Murphy, a
minor in the employ of the Consoli-
dation Coal Company, who was hold
ing timber in position in mine. He
gave way under the strain and serious
complications followed.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

The annual report of Register of
Wills William ]. Peach, Of Baltimore
county, as. forwarded to the State
Comptroller shows the total receipts
of the office. amounted to s44,677.SS
and that $36,536.78 was turned over
to the State. The disbursements
of the Office, including salaries, sta
tionery and postage amounted to 49,
14l.1O. The amount turned over to
the State was $5.S76.5S. excess fees
over the office expenses and salaries
The, total receipts Of the Office were
se,77o.s1 and the excess Of fees ST.
a5e.Os over last year.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

hour and endangered the life and
property of all who dwell near Weir
Creek. Pickaxes were hurled by the
drainage pickadores and shovels de.
scribed parabolas that were interest
ing, but dangerous
Finally. when the shark was at the
point of death from ennui and ex-
haustion, Mr.. MCGOWAN stepped for
ward and inflicted the fatal wound.
The shark groaned. sighed, whistled.
rolled over, kicked once and was no
more. He was found to weigh 200
pounds when dragged to the shore
and was seven feet long.-New York
Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
PUDDING Sure Sion Of Battle.

A British soldier who wears the rib
bon Of South Africa, was asked while
on leave at home recently, whelAer
the soldiers knew for long beforehand
when they are going to be called upon
to deliver an assault.
well, they don't exactly tell US.
but we always know" he replied, ad-
ding, rather grimly. you see, If a
number Of army chaplains suddenly
turn up. We, can always guess that
something good and hard is going to
be asked of us shortly. II they. serve
us with pudding for dinner before we
20 into the trenches. why. then We
know Tor certainl
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

| for monkeys that exchange the nuts
and roots of the jungle for the richer
food of zoo captivity and idleness
The application of the moral to man
kind need not be considered. A vastly
greater number of men die from over
eating than from starvation, and the
death of a humble simian in the cir
cumstances from this characteristic
cally human ailment, may serve to
emphasize the fact.-New York
World.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
SYNOPSIS.

At a vestry meeting of the Market
Square church Gail Sargent tells Rev.
Smith Boyd that Market Square church
is apparently lucrative business enter
prise. Allison takes Gail riding in his
motor car. She finds cold disapproval in
the eyes of Rev Smith Boyd Allison
starts a campaign for consolidation and
control of the entire transportation sys-
TEN of the world. Gail becomes popular.
Allison gains control of transcontinental
traffic and arranges to absorb the We'd
der court tenement property of Market
Square church. Gail tells Boyd that the
cathedral Market Square church proposes
to build will be out of profits wrung from
squalOr. AT meeting of the seven hnHn-
cial magnates Of the country Allison or
ganizes the International Transportation
company. Rev. Smith Boyd undertakes
Calls spiritual instruction and Gail un-
consciously gives Allison hint that solves
the Vedder court problem for him. On
an inspection trip in Allisons new SUBJ
way the tunnel caves in and imprisons
the party, who are rescued by the exer-
tions of Allison and Boyd. The newspaper
accounts of the subway accident. place
Gail in the spotlight and drive her to her
home in the West. Her friends send Dick
Rodley to lure Gail and Arly back to
New York, and he succeeds.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
CTO BE CONTINUED)
People One "Runs Across"

II don't like people l run across
women, especially. l should be a
nervous ghost by this time if l had
stopped to like people. Fancy all ones
chance encounters, turning into pulls
on ones affection-like the ropes the
Lilliputians tied round CULVER. If
l had been Gulliver, 1 should have
gone mad. I'd rather be tied with
one stout steel cable than with a mil
ioa thnaads. Scribner's Magazine.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

form. and, turning to that redeemed
sunlight which bathed his upturned
face as if with benediction, he said,
in voice which, in its new sweetness
of vibration, stirred even the murky
depths of these, the numb:
Let us pray"
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
THESE EXPENSES
GO ON FOREVER
Continuous Appropriations by
the General Assembly.
ON THEIR MERITS IN FUTURE

Sum Involved Approaches $45o,ooo An
nuaIIy-SchooIs, Commissions, Hos
pitaIs and Institutions Supported
Wholly Or In Part BY the State Pro-
Vided For BY Acts Passed BY Legis-
latures Many Years Ago-Doubtful
If Appropriations To St. Johns Col
Iege At Annapolis Can Be Legally
Discontinued.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Antisentic Mannine

A Great British physician, Sir Aim
roth Wright has invented an antisep.
tiet vaccine. BY iHoculation. it is
sAoped, soldier before going into bat
tie may be made proof against the in.
lection Of wounds.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

! considered rather than whether, for
the present, the heart can stand the
! effort. The best protection for the fu-
ture is a proper adjustment of effort
at all times to ones strength.-Ex-
change.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
Good Excuse.

"John. what possessed you to buy
this chow-chow dog?'
4 don't know, Maria. unless vas
picked :
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

The new Reno Post Camp, Sons Of
Veterans, will be instituted at Hagers-
town, January 4.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

Portions of Washington county, par
ticularly the section north of Hagers-
town, were snOwbound.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

Governor-elect Harrington was en-
tertained at luncheon at Annapolis by
Governor Goldsborough.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

One death and heavy property dam
age resulted from blizzard in Fred.
erick county.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

Albert c. Ritchie qualified at An
napolis as attorney general Of Mary
land.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

The freight station OF the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad at Bedford was burned
Saturday Most Of the freight was
saved. but the building Is q total loss
Sparks from the stack Of a passing
engine caused the fire.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

The S-year-old daughter of Elwood
Baker, of yChestertOwn, was badly
burned when her dress caught fire from
a gas stove. Her clothing was burned
off and only by wrapping her in rug
was her life saved. Her fathers hand
was severely burned In his efforts to
extinguish the flames.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

A committee appointed by the Car
roll County Grange met the newly
elected members Of the House Of Dele
gates at Westminster to urge the pas
sage of laws at the coming session Of
the Legislature that will put tax on
mortgages, judgments, interest-bearing
deposits in banks and furniture, and
to reduce the expense of elections.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

One continuous outflow of funds
from the State Treasury, an expense
! that goes on forever, will stop if the
budget system recommended by the
Goodnow Commission is put into
operation. This ceaseless Outgo is
| found in what are known as "cOn-
tinuing appropriations, that is, appro-
priations not provided by each Cen
eral Assembly, but at sessions of that
body in years gone by, in some in
stances, many years ago. By one fell
stroke it is proposed to repeal all of
the acts carrying these appropriations
and to relegate them to the governor,
to whom, under the proposed budget
system, will be given the duty Of pre-
pairing the budget bill for the General
Assembly, which will be powerless to
add items to that bill unless at the
same time it provides funds with
which to meet the sum proposed to
be appropriated.
The total amount carried annually
by these continuing appropriations"
Is III eAC0SS VI 94UUJOVO.
Here are some of these appropria-
tions:
Assistant Superintendent Of
EducatlOn .................. S1,5UU
Agricultural Fair Association. 5000
Bureau of Statistics and Infor-
nation .................... $4,000
Custodian of works of refer
6nc6 fZU
Charlotte Hall School,. ...... 1000
Frostburg Normal School. 800. 1000
Judges pensions ............. 1882
Judiciary .2SO, 900
Land Office ................ $500
Legislative counsel and agents. 200
License and tax on insurance
companies ................ $500
Lunacy Commission .......... 1000
State horticulturist ........... 1000
State entomolOgist ........... 5000
State Horticultural Society,". 1000
Farmers Institutes ......... 5000
License to sell commercial
fertilizers ............ 5000
Maryland Reports ........ 600
Maryland School for the Feeble
Minded ................... $4,000
Maryland State Firemen's AS
sociation ............... 1000
State militia ............... 1900
Maryland Manual ..... $500
Office expenses of the Clerk of
the Court of Appeals. .... 800
Peninsula Horticultural Society 500
Roads Shoemaker law .... 200, 900 |
Printing records, ETC., in state
cases 500
st. Johns College ............. 10000
Live Stock Sanitary Board. 90. 5000
Weather service ............ 1000 |
St. Mary's Female Seminary. $500 |
State Wharfnger ............ 250
State Game Warden ...... 1900 |
State Library Commission. go. 1000 |
State Normal School (white).. . $1,000 |
State Normal School (colored). 1000 |
State Board of Education, ex-
penses Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Superintendent of Education. 4,50O !
Washington College .......... 1925
Western Maryland College. 80. 12,700 |
In the case of one of the continuing
appropriations to St. Johns College
it is contended that it is irrepealable !
under the terms of the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States
in the Dartmouth College case. In
1884, when the old Prince William
al |
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

The Carroll County Commissioner
appointed William o. Barnes, New
Windsor, superintendent Of the Coun-
ty Home. There were Is applicants.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

III N11N OH17N OH O11N o- O-1O 0N011 1I11 .
appropriations to St. Johns College
1t is contended that it is irrepealable
under the terms of the decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States
in the Dartmouth College case. In
1874, when the old Prince William
School, then nearly century old, was
changed into St. Johns College, sub
scriptions for the establishment of the
college were made by individuals to
the amount of $4,000. By the terms
of the charter it was enacted that "the
sum of 91,75O, current money be an
nually and forever hereafter given and
granted as a donation by the public
to the use of the college,"
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

"A friend of the children" rented the
Princess Theatre, Williamsport, on
Christmas Day and gave a free
matinee to the children of the town.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01
MARYLAND NEWS
IN SHORT ORDER
Latest DOings in Various Parts
of the State.

VI tIe otdlt'
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
One death and heavy property dam
age resulted from a blizzard in Fred
erick county.
Portions of Washington county, par.
ticularly the section north of Hagers-
town, were snowbound.
The new Reno Post Camp, Sons Of
Veterans, will be instituted at Hagers-
town, January 4.
Governor-elect Harrington was en-.
tertained at luncheon at Annapolis by
Governor Goldsborough.
Albert c. Ritchie qualified at An
napolis as attorney general of Mary
land.
The Carroll County Commissioner
appointed William o. Barnes, New
Windsor, superintendent of the Coun-
ty Home. There were Is applicants.
"a friend of the children" rented the
Princess Theatre, Williamsport, on
Christmas Day and gave a free
matinee to the children of the town.
James T. Truitt, Sc years old, post
master of Salisbury, died suddenly
with apoplexy at his home in Sails
bury. He had been in failing health
for several months.
Joseph Hughes, aged Y years, who
many years ago commanded one Of
the Erickson Line steamers, died at
the home of Edward Mccoy, near
Chesapeake City.
E. ]. Hamill, former cashier Of the
First National Bank, Of Kitzmiller,
Garrett county, was arrested on
charge of making false statements in
his reports as cashier of the bank.
The Beck-Wslker Company has sold
to Thomas Massey a nd Charles Hines
it's lease to the wharf and property
on Chester river near Chestertown.
The new owners will continue the man
ufacture and sale Of fertilizers.
Henry Matthias, Westminster rural
mail carrier on Route No. 4, has been
asked to send in his resignation by
the Postofice Department. He has
been in the service since the adoption
of the rural routes.
Governor Goldsborough has appoint
ed Moses ]. M, Troxell, of Union Mills,
Judge of the Orphans Court Of Carroll
County, to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Harry K. Shaeffer. Mr..
Troxell received his commission and
entered upon his duties.
John Posey, about forty years olo'
was found dead in lonely spot near
Bethesda. He appeared to have been
dead several days, and as there were
no marks of violence on the body, the
jury decided he died of ex-
posure He lived near La Plata,
Charles county.
Judge Henry L. D. Stamford filed
an order overruling the motion en-
tered upon behalf of the State to strike
out the judgments on condemnations
in the 80 oyster cases tried at a spe-
cial session of the Circuit Court at
Princess Anne last. October. The ag-
gregate amount Of damages awarded to
the lessees in these cases is $259,000.
A committee appointed by the Car
roll County Grange met the newly
elected members of the House Of Dele
gates at Westminster to urge the pas
sage of laws at the coming session Of
he Legislature that will put tax on
mortgages, judgments, interest-bear1ng
deposits in banks and furniture, and
o reduce the expense of elections.
op0EREn To EIIE SCHEDULES
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

James T. Truitt. Sc years old, post
master of Salisbury died suddenly
with apoplexy at his home in Sails
bury. He had been in failing health
for several months.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

Judge Henry L. D. Stamford filed
an order overruling the motion en-
tered upon behalf of the State to strike
out the judgments on condemnations
in the 80 oyster cases tried at spe
cial session Of the Circuit Court at
Princess Anne last. October. The ag-
gregate amount Of damages awarded to
the lessees in these cases is $259,0O0.
Middletown transcript., 1916-01-01

Joseph Hughes. aged Y years, who
many years ago commanded one Of
the Erickson Line steamers, died at
the home of Edward Mccoy, near
Chesapeake City.