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Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-17

Coroner Franklin A. Brown of Nor wich will hold an inquest today (Tuesday) at 10 o'clock in Norwich into the facts surrounding the acci- dent on Saturday morning, which caused the death of James Chadwick of Westerly. Coroner Brown was in Stonington on Sunday afternoon and viewed the scene Of the accident. A number of witnesses have been sum moned by Officer Thomas O'Connell of Stonington to testify at the in quest.
 Chadwick was fatally injured early Saturday morning, when a motorcycle he was riding coldided head on with an automobile driven by Antone Leo of Lords Point. Chadwick died that afternoon in the Lawrence hospital in New London.
 The members of the Westerly po- lice force are on the lookout for a man named Peter Suskowscki, Polish, aged 23 years, who is wanted in FTitchburg, Mass, for the larceny of S429 Chief of Police Thomas E. Brown received a communication from Chief David W. Tinsley of F'itchblrg Mon day afternoon which described Sus- kowski as being five feet seven inches in height, slim built and carrying a straw suit case He has a hole in his chin which is deep and quite notice able. He registered on June 5, and his number is 1,765.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-02
Canadian Fox Industry.

A very large number Of fox skins
are being taken off by the ranchers
Of the Charlottetown district, writes
Consul William A. Pierce, Charlotte
town, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
This will continue until the end of the
killing season in January. The pelt
Of the Prince Edward Island black fox
reaches prime condition for length.
luster, and thickness about December
Leading fur buyers Of New York
and London, who have recently visited
the island, have spoken highly Of the
ranch-bred fox pelts. Values up to
81, 500 have been placed on single
skins.
Quite a number of this years pups
will be kept and ranched for another
breeding season. but most of the ranch
ers will pelt the equivalent Tin num-
ber) of this years production. Ap-
proximately $3OOOO,OOO is invested
here in foxes. Few companies or ranch
ers have paid dividends for two years.
The market is still much below prices
Of former years for breeding pairs.
Figures carefully compiled By authori;
ties give 1900 pups as the 1915
duction for Prince Edward island
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-02
EYES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE
Backward Student Rapidly Makes Up
Lost Ground When Astigmat-
ism Is Corrected.

The oldest boy In the class had
been called upon to read and had pro-
duced humiliation on the part of his
teacher. who was entertaining q Wis.
itor. The boy bent over his book,
studying out the words one by one.
Smaller children read the lesson off
quickly. Thoroughly despairing Of
Tom, for that was the dull boys name,
the teacher addressed the visitor !:
"What 70 d YOU do with a hopeless
pupil !. e at?"
"Have. his eyes examined" the an
swer came quickly.
"Why. never had thought of that"
gaSped the teacher. and then with the
thought came various recollectiOns of
Tom as he sat in his seat crOuched
down over his book and her sharp ad-
monitiOn to sit up straight; of his ut
ter failure to copy problems or SEN
fences written on the board; Of his in
ability to learn. which came not from
lack Of trying. but from what she had
termed "dumbneSS"
ne ttiCIleT NlSllPu L OH 1dtIer
and mother. After considerable per-
suasiOn they consented to take the boy
to an Oculist. Tom was found to be
suffering from astigrnatism. which
caused the words on a printed page to
double and dance before his eyes. A
pair Of glasses corrected the difficulty,
and Tom returned to school able to
see as well as any normal boy. He is
still handicapped by being two years
behind his grade. by a painful lack of
self-confidence and by a reputation of
dullness. However, all Of these handi-
caps are being rapidly overcome.
A child who needs glasses needs
them at once and not several years
later To wait until he has grown
older on the plea that he will break
his glasses or outgrow them is to dc
him an irreparable injury.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-02
PriestlX Humor.

The guests at the silver jubilee Of
Rev. James Lynch of st. Martin Of
Tours parish, Brooklyn, learned, in a
very simple way. of the secret of his
great success amongst his people. Here
Is his speech, which. for cold and un-
romantic truth-telling. has never been
surpassed: "Dear brethren: At my
silver jubilee l was anxious that you
should make fuss over me- You have
actually made a fuss over me. l am
grateful. When the memory of the gilt.
ter and glamour of this day shall have
passed away. you may forget that the
bishop was here; you may forget the
beautiful sermon preached; you may
forget the beauty Of the church and the
sweetness of the music. but you will
never forget that 1t was the one occa.
sion since my arrival here some years
ago that, on entering the pulpit, did
not talk about the collection"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-02

moonlight ones, for the fish can clearly
see the enemy, and, moreover, the
braziers, which are intended to attract
the fish, are of no avail.
The fishing boat is very much like
the Venetian gondOla, and carries four
fishermen, one of whom stands on the
bow using II cOrmOrants, another in
the middle using four birds, and the
remaining two control the boat with
poles. Generally one cOrmOrant
catches seven or eight ayu every time.
How the Fishing Is Done.
To begin with the fishermen take the
birds out one by one from the cage
and put round the neck a small metal
ring, which presses part Of the gullet
so that any fish Except tiny Ones)
swallowed may not reach the birds
stomach. Then they attach long
string to the bird, which they hold in
the hand. During the fishing season
the birds are never fed in the daytime
SO as to enable them to pursue the fish
with furious activity owing to hunger.
which IL appeasea by tfnfest fishes
swallowed upright, as the band is
loosely fastened. 1t requires, indeed.
great skill and dexterity on the part Of
the fishermen to control the cords with
out getting hopelessly entangled. He
must, moreover, encourage the birds
movements and anxiOusly watch them,
for when they have completely filled
their gullets they swim idly upon the
surface. 1t Is almost incredible to
those who have not seen the operation
what activity the bird displays under
water in quest Of its prey, and liz a
shallow part of the river fish rarely
escapes the birds keen eyes and sud-
den turns, unless it takes refuge un-
der a stone or in the mud. The bird
then returns to its keeper, and little
manipulation of its neck effects the
delivery of the booty. 1t may then be
let loose again to recOmmence its
thankless task.
Generally five or seven of the fish,
ing boats are at work in company,
making q line that usually extends
across the river. The fishermen's
torches make the scene so bright that
one would think the river was on fire,
and 1t is sometimes full of boats with
spectators, who come from the neigh
)oring districts to enjoy the picturesque
sight as well as the evening cool.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-02
BY J. W. MULE r
Copyright By ]. w. Muller

The chain of French forts from
Verdun, now being so ferceIy fought
for, 10 Nancy. which form one COM
bined system of defense for French
Lorraine, lie in q region famous in
history and legend. None is more
thrilling than the capture Of Nancy
oy the SWiSs. This episode and the
destruction of the Burgundian army
are fine part of Sir Walter SCOTS
Anne of GeierStein."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-02
That Swampy Section.

Church-You know my brother
bought some property down on Lons
Island and built bungalow, and he's
called 1t Submarine.
Gotham-Funny name for a place,
isn't Il?
"Oh, no; you see down In that 10.
cality nearly everything n under va,
ter q lot Of the time"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-02


ly done in Old England, where the
master of cormorants was one Of the
officers of the royal household. In
Japan this way of fishing has been
practiced merely for economic pur-
poses, not for sporting ones as it was
in England, says Kiyoshi SakamotO In
an article in Country Life. Its origin
here dates, indeed, from as far back
as $50 b. c.; that is cOnclusively
proved by the ''uta" composed by very
early japanese poets. In ancient times
civilization came into Japan from
China, but / think this utilization of
the "feathered fishers">must have been
exported, on the contrary, to the
middle kingdom, for there is dOcumen-
tary evidence in China to show that it
was first practiced there early in the
sixteenth century.
In Japan this practice has been safe
ly handed down to the present day,
protected by the law laid down by
Iyeyasu (the first Shotgun of the
Tokugawa dynasty), that prohibited
anything that would be likely to hinder
the practice OF the fishing. There is
another reason why the operation,
though primitive in its way, is still
carried out In our country. The bird
has by instinct the faculty of choosing
the fish which are the best as table
delicacies. The fish caught by the
cOrmorant are far more delicious than
those secured by any other method.
The imperial household department,
with a view to protecting this old
practice of fishing, pays now 25 yens
or 20 yen per year as pension to the
professional fishers, and offers them
free access to the dead pine trees in
the imperial forests as fuel for the
braziers.
The cormorant is chiefly used in ia
pan to catch ayu Oiterally, fragrant
| tish"), which is kind of sweet fish,
and Is known to ichthyolOgists as
plecoglossuS altivelis 7. and S. Some
of them measure more than foot In
I length, but generally 6 or Z inches.
The season for the fishing is from May
: to October, during which time rivers
are visited by the small migratory
! fish. As to the ayu, Mr.. c. Ingram
/ states: "The Japanese epicures praise
/ the ayd very highly as table delicacy,
/ though 1t must be admitted that the
uneducated occidental palate usually
! fails to detect its culinary merits; In
| fact, when I tasted it l thought 1t
! compared rather unfavOrably with the
smelt, fish it specifically resembles.
/ l am told that great number Of the
ayu caught in the River Niagara arc
sent every summer to the imperial
/ household through the local governor
as boffed ayu is one of the Mikado's
favorite dishes.
Birds Not Hard to Train.
The cormorant (the best species fol
the purpose is phalacrOcOrax capillat
us) is apparently not very hard to
train. The young bird is caught in
winter, and is said to be entirely tanned
in two weeks. 1t takes. however. just
two years to enable 1t to render salts
factory services to the keeper. While
the bird is being tanned the keeper
binds its beak with cord, so that II
may not hurt him. We learn that II
! was formerly the custom in England
to carry the bird hooded till it coult
be used for fishing, by which means Il
was kept quiet. The operation II
usually carried out on dark nights, a!
the birds can do no good on brigh
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-02

"Anne of Geierstein" has for its
hero and heroine the son of the er-
lied duke of Oxford, the loyal Lam
castrian, and Anne. daughter of the
strange and eccentric count of Gel
erstein (Vulture's Rock }, castle in
the SwiSs Alps. The novel is not
one of SCOTS great ones, but 1t is
worthy and sound; and It possesses
a sentimental interest to his admir-
ers because 1t represents what mag
truly BE called the sunset of his
genius. He had his first paralytic
seizure in the year following its
publication. 80
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-02-02

pearance, he was outlaw and doomed
to death without 1neHfing, = 8. ,.,..s
II know from wnaif on sef this az.
row cOmesi'' said Charles, his lips
white with rage. at is shot by that
degenerate noble, Albert of Geierstein.
BY st. George of Burgundy! Nothing
shall save him after such an insult as
this, / will hang him to the highest
steeple in Nancy and his daughter
shall choose the meanest herdboy in
my army for husband!
Little more than a week later, on
the 1st of January, 1477, in a bitter
dawn of ice and snow, there came a
sound like the roar of an avalanche.
The officers rushed to their posts and
were cut down by men who appeared
here, there, everywhere. The artil-
lerists manned their guns, and found
that they had been spiked. The Swiss
poured through. A red glare broke
out and lit up the scene. The Burgun-
dian camp had been fired at four ends.
When day broke the duke of Oxford
found the body of Charles, duke of
Burgundy, lying mired by q waterhole,
and near him, in the disguise of Bur-
gundian man-at-arms, lay the body of
Count Albert of Geierstein, the avenger
of the ehm-Gericht.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-24

Prof. c. NJ. Bethany went to Hemp
sted yesterday to spend the weekend
with home folks.
All goods purchased now. II desired,
will be placed on March account at
Hensarling Nero. Co. a
Dirt. top soil; $50 yards to be NOV.
ed at once: close TO ]. q G. N. depot.
Call 3s3. steagall 4 Jarrett. ~
J. II. Ferguson and daughter. Miss
Lille. Of the Harvey community were
shoppers in the city today.
Prof. George Simpson and r. c.
Bates went to Houston yesterday "a
spend Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. J. A Gammill OF Calvert ar
rived yesterday for a visit to her
brother.in-law Judge v. b. Hudson.
Just ring $50 ana you can have a
Singer sewing machine In your home
In short time. T. A. satterwhite. II
Miss Pearl Drummond has returned
from a two weeks visit TO her sister
Mrs. George Robinson In Galveston.
Prof. W. c, Lawson left last night
for Kansas City--Ac; 70 attend the
national meeting OF school superin
tendents.
one-half sack Of White Billows OF
Sweet and Puro flour for $50 with
every 81 purchase. Hensariing Mer'
camille Co. "a
George T. Wicker Connected with
the Land Commission at Austin. Is
spending few days With his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. r Wicker.
Ladies'. I viii 30 to Houston Mon
day. February 2eth. Phone me your
orders. Nellie II. Stevens. agcn,
Levy Bros. Dry Goods Co. II
One large sack OF White BIllows or
Sweet and Pure flour for $40 with
every ss.5c purchase. Hensarline
Nero. Co. a
The last shipment OF shrubs for
beautifying the federal grounds at the
pcstcffice arrived today. The work
Of planting these shrubs Is being done
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-24

| w. s. Parker went to Franklin to-
day on q business trip.
| P. L. Barron and daughter. Miss
Gladys. Of Rock Prairie were in Bryan
today.
Mrs. L. A. HamiltoJ. Of East Aurora
New York, Is visitibs~ relatives in
Bryan.
\ II your sewing machines does not
run good. phone 4s0. T. A. satter.
white. Il
Mr.. and Mrs. @. B. Hensarling Of
welIborn were shoppers in the city
today.
G. G. Morgan and Carl Jones Of
Reliance were trading in the ATTY
today.
Mrs. J. c. Davidson and son George
J Of Harvey were visitors in the city
today.
Henry Koontz. copstable Of the
lack precinct, was ID Bryan today on
business.
For good service get . Singer sew.
Ing machine. Phone 40. T. A. Sat.
terwhne. q
W. d. stailings and Joe Walker
were visitors to the city today from
Alexander.
T. p. Hall. q progressive farmer Of
the Steep Hollow community. was in
town today.
Mrs. J. w. wilkins Of Houston ar.
rived today to visit Mr.. and Mrs. c.
M. Evans.
Tom Goldman and. W. d. Yardley
were in town today from the Harvey
community.
Miss Ruth Cannon went to Calvert
today to spend the weekend with
home folks.
n. s. Newsome and w. s. Mlal were
! in Bryan today from their plantations
IN the bottom.
Everything In fresh vegetables at
Hensarling Mercantile Company in
the morning. ~
c. W. Dixon and DR.. W. A. Smith
Of Millican were business visitors in
the city today.
DR. W. 8. smiu. osseopash. at tho
Hotel Bryan Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday afternoons. u
Harry 8. Edge. student OF South.
western University. Is at home for a
short visit.
See Mrs. J. =. Carson for board and
rooms. One block from Main street,
ii2o cath street i2pd
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-24

land Miss Barrymore i q her best r.
this scene There 4 special music
for this attraction. This \ recon-
mended BY the management Of The
Queen to be one Of the very best feat
lures ever shown here.
There is also . very clever feature
lat the Dixie tonight IN the beautiful
five-act Mutual masterpieces. 'Nancy's
IBirthrisht,' which features another
Broadway star, Miss Edythe Sterling
and carefully selected cast.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-24
LOCAL and OTHERWISE

D. q. Thompson was up today from
Wellborn.
o. L. Wilcox was in the city today
from Tabor.
William Hudspeth was in today
from Tabor.
J. 9. Byars Of independence was in
the city today.
Captain w. A. Mckinney was down
today from Wheelock.
George Williams Of Green's Prairie
was In the city today.
Joe RaIsome Of the Coleview com.
munity was In the city today.
Mrs. Willie Ruchu left today for
. visit to relatives In Hearne. /,
p. L. Barron was in town today
from his home on Rock Prairie.
DR.. w. @. Drummond Of Cottonwood
was In Bryan today on business.
DR.. Allie o. Poulter. Osteopathic
Physician. Office at the residence Of
Mrs. Josie Lawrance. s7i2 2sth street.
rnone Dos. 57pd
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-24

M.klns Aaor.x o..t ~ 49,, -.
r.. 1.-.. -.---...
s'"'
sas' oe''ors'y
The passage Of the federal farm
loan law. and the work now In prog.
ress preparatory 10 uniting tbis ,aw
'' 'A'es " ~ " po' o'
various schemes for the purpose Of
making some easy money for them
selves.
One such loan scheme Il being
worked in several Rocky Mountain
states where the farming populafion
IL sparse and neighbors far apart.
These unlawful loan promoters claim
to be working a. agents to heIp in
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-24
THREE Generations
APPEAR N ONE SHOW
ames A. Calvin and Family In Big
Musical Comedy At the Colonial
Next Week.

1t is often that you read Of three
generations in one family but seldom
that you hear Of three generations
Of one family being represented in a
musical comedy attraction. This IL
the situation in the cast Of "Calvin's
World Of Follies" company. the only
show Of its kind on the road today.
which opens two nights engagement
with Saturday matinee at the Colo.
NAL Theatre. next Friday night, Mar.
End.
The three generations taking active
part vary from ten to sixty-five yesrs.
They are Jas. A. Calvin. age 66. his
daughter. Mrs. A. H. McAdam, age
rs. and her daughter. little Tootsie,
age 10.
Mr.. Calvin who has earned the 90
briquet Of the Musical Comedy King
10 . veteran In the show business
having had his own shows on the
road for the last forty years. He ia
the father Of five children who ap'
pear at every performance. every one
Of them having been born and raised
In the show business on the road.
This talented family and q company
Of thirty people will be seen at the
Colonial Theatre next Friday and Sat
urday nights. March End and Ord with
Saturday matinee Popular prices
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-24
At THE QUEEN TONIGHT.

With supporting cast worthy OF
her preeminence. Ethel Barrymore
appears at the Queen Theater tonight
in The White Raven" The play pre-.
sents this brilliant star In a starting
and unusual role. The play deals
with a girl who. disguised with her
surroundings In the Yukon. offers to
sell herself TO get back to civilized
surroundings. The man who wins her
In the card game frees her. She goes
to New York. becomes famous prima
donna and then the man who won
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-24

by the Ramsey Floral Company Of
Austin. which has seventeen other
government contracts to I'LL in the
hrubbery line.
FOR LEASE OR RENT-Exceptional.
ly nice six-room house. all modern
onveniences. well located. attractive
'remises near school, good neishbors.
Apply by letter only. p. o. Box lios.
)ryan. Texas. Il
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-24

Fortunate Is the woman whose hus.
band Is as smart as she thinks he Is.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-24

Weigh some men and you'll find
them wanting in everything except
weight.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-24
POULTRY FAMcIERs ArTEm.

Come BY and zee my pens Of Bar.
red Plymouth Roeks-Nons better In
erszos county. Eggs for Matching At
$500 and $500 for IS. Have sold ahead
but will book orders now for March
delivery.
MRS. N. q. NALL,
Phone sas.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-20

, committee to make the investigation
requested. The second was trif1'
late in coming to bat, and Knox slip
ped home with a motion referring thu
resolution to the committee on STATE
affairs. The speaker objected to put
ting the motion, on the grounds thai
Mr.. Kositzky's communication was 6
request" rather than resolution
Knox insisted that the house act OF
his motion, which was finally put anG
doWned by league members on q ris
ing vote.
Would investigate Everyone.
In the meantime Representative
Peterson had interviewed with an
amendment to Walton's motion. Pet
erson thought all the departments
needed Investigation. "All the offices
are short" said Peterson. "They have
spent in IS months money that should
have covered "a. We ought to find out
what they have done with that mon
ey." The amendment later was with
drawn. and Walton's original motion,
providing for the appointments Of a
committee to investigate the auditors
office only, was adopted.
The chair named as such commit
tee Olson OF Bowman. Kunkel. Hog.
haug, Church and Reisllus. Asked by
Hendrickson how this committee was
to conduct its Investigation, the speak
err advised that it would procure such
information as it required from the
state auditor and from the records OF
his office.
Resurrect Railroad Bill.
This had no sooner been disposed
of than Tenneson sprung a mine by
moving the reconsideration OF house
bill No. 43, providing for separate
waiting rooms in railroad stations for
men and women, and which was in
definitely postponed. In seconding
this motion, Divet declared the post.
ponement ill-advised. He declared the
bill seeks to insure decent accommo-
dations in railroad stations for women
and children, who now, in many OF
the smaller stations, are compelled at
certain periods of the year to herd in
with Migrants and wandering rowdies.