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The Washington times., 1917-03-09
CAPITAL TO RECEIVE
SOLDIERS OF SOUTH
Thirty-nine' Business and Pro-
fessionaI Men of Washing
ton to Raise 100000.

Thirty-nine prominent business
and professional men in Washington
are today actively 1T work cndcavor-
ing to raise 100000 with which to
prepare for the twenty-seventh an
nusl reunion OF the United COnfed-
crate Veterans here during the week
of June
The thirty-nine men compose the
finance committee, or which IL. f..
Cary. general passenger agent of the
Southern railway, is chairman.
The committee held a largely at
tended and enthusiastic meeting at
the Willard Hotel yesterday and
mapped out plans for raising the re
quired amount.
Speakers at the meeting declared
that accurate and reliable informa-
tion was already in hand TO show
that at least 10000 grsHcclad Con
fcderate veterans will attend the re
union. They Will be accompanies
by several thousand members of the
Sons OF Veterans. the United Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, the Confed
Grated Southern Memorial Assoct-
alton, hundreds of beautiful sponsors,
maids of honor and pages. and other
visitors. The total number of South
erners expected in Washington dur
ing the reunion is estimated at not
less than 100000.
First Washington Reunion.
This being the first Confederate
reunion ever held in Washington
since the close OF the war between
the States, and undoubtedly the last
that many of the veterans will at
tend before answering the final roll
call, 1t is intended that it shall be
made the best of reunions.
Every energy will be bent to set
the stage here in keeping with the
settings at previous Confederate re-
unions. 1t is the intention OF the
Washington committee to introduce
many innovations.
1t is the hope of Col. Robert n.
Harper. chairman of the reunion COM
mittee, that the entire population of
Washington will join in making the
reunion a national affair worthy of
a place in history.
All the members OF the finance COM
mittee have been instructed by Chair
man Cary and Vice Chairman Milton
f. Allies, OF the Riggs National Bank.
to make an active canvass to raise
the necessary 100000 as soon as pos
sible. Each of the members has been
authorized to receive contributions.
Committee Members.
Following is a list of members of
the committee:
II. c. Ansley. treasurer Southern
railway; B. NJ. Bridget, Parker. Bird
get & Co; A. .Brylawski. manager
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
Doctor Tells How To Strengthen
Eyesight so per cent In One
Weeks Time in Many Instances

ever getting glasses Eye troubles of
many descriptions may pc wonder
fully benefited by following the sim
pie rules. Here is the prescriptions:
Go to any active drug store and get
bottle of Bon-Opto tablets. Drop one
Bon-Opto tablet in a fourth OF a glass
OF water and allow IL to dissolve.
With this liquid bathe the eye two to
four times daily. You should notice
your eyes clear up perceptibly right
from the start and Inflammation will
quickly disappear II your eyes are
bothering you, even a little, take
steps to save them now before IL Is
too late. Many hopelessly blind might
have been saved II they had cared for
their eyes in time.
Note: Another prominent Physicians 10
whom the above article was submitted. said:
'Bon-Opto Is a very remarkable remedy. ts
ingredients are well known 10
eminent eye specialists and widely prescribed
by them. The manufacturers guarantee II TO
strengthen eyesight 80 per cent in one weeks
time In many instances or refund the money.
II can be obtained from any good druggist
and r. one Of the very few preparations feel
should be kept on hand for regular use In al
most every family II Is sold I'm this city by
O'Donnell's Stores. LigEett' -Riker- -Hegeman
and other druggists.-Adv.
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
GoMPERs DEFENDS STAND
Replies to Attack Made by Typo
graphical Head

In his reply to attacks made upon
him by President Scott of the Inter
national Typographical Union Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation OF Labor, in the current
issue of the American FedeTational;
list, the official magazine of the fed
Grafton, says that he was attacked
for alleged failure to stop a sympa-
thetic strike in the case Of the, New
York Street carmen.
President Gompers says:
"The sum total of my offending
was that / sympathized with the
street carmen in their struggle to Sc
cure the right to organize. I was
on the side of the men. as against
the brutal tyranny of the interests
the railroad companies -
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
A Free Prescription You Can
Have Filled and Use at Home

Philadelphia, Pa. Do you wear
glasses? Are you a victim of eye
strain or other eye weaknesses? II
so. you will be glad to know that ac-
cording to DR. Lewis there Is real
hope for you. Many whose eyes were
falling say they have had their eyes
restored through the principle of this
wonderful free prescription. One man
says. after trying IL: Il was almost
blind: could not see to read at all.
Now can read everything without any
glasses and my eyes do not water any
more. At night they would pain
dreadfully; now they feel fine all the
time. 1t was like a miracle to me-"
A lady who used IL says: "The at
mosphere seemed hazy with or with
out glasses, but after using this pre-
scription for fifteen days everything
seems clear. ! can even read fine
pript without glasses" 1t Is believed
that thousands who wear glasses can
now discard them in reasonable
time and multitudeAmore will be able
to strengthen theirveyes so as to be
spared the trouble and expense of
The Washington times., 1917-03-09

ted only during the last decade
twriting in 1906. coincident with the
rise OF the rampant expansion move
ment known as Pan-Germanism.'
For this purpose we need a fleet
capable not only OF. coping with the
miserable forces OF South american
states. but powerful enough, IL the
need should arise, to cause Americans
to think twice before making any at
tempt to apply the Monroe doctrine
in South America. The defense OF
South America is a vital interest for
Germany"
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
STAY IN U.S., SAYS JONES
Senator Warns Americans Of DAN
gers in European Visits.

81 hope that no true Americans will
go to Europe at this time. as it might
involve the United States in war.
See America first. and when it is safe
on the other side see what's left
over there" said Senator Wesley l..
Jones in a lecture last night before
the Red Cross branch of the woman's
section Of the United Service League.
for the benefit of the Red Cross, at
the Cairo.
The lecture showed development of
cities during the last fifteen years.
Mrs. Perrin Smith recited a poem
and sang a solo. Mrs. Carol Devol
presided.
The Washington times., 1917-03-09

within ten minutes after an appll-
cation OF DandcTine YOU cannot Wind
a single trace of dandruff or falling
hair and your scalp will not itch but
what Will please yUII most will be
after few weeks use. when you see
new hair. fine and downv at frst-yes
over the scalp.
4 little Dandcrine Immediately
doubles the beauty of your hair. No
difference how dull. faded. brittle,
and scraRGv, just mOisten a cloth
with BandeTine aud carefully draw IN
through your hair. taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is
amaZinC-your hair will be IhRht
fluffy, and wavy. and have an an
pearance Of abundance: an incom-
parable luster, softness. and luxuri-
ance.
GET q 25-cent bottle Of KnoWIton 4,
Danderine from anv drug store or
toilet counter. and prove that your
hair is as pretty and soft as any
that IL has been neglected or injured
by careless treatment-that's ALL
YOU surely can have beautiful hair
aud lots OF IL II you will Just try
it'll, panderine.-AGyt.
The Washington times., 1917-03-09

The great popularity of this famous coffee is due
TO one thing and one thing only-QUALITY. Abso-
lutte uniformity nsureS you unvayng satisfaction with
every pound you use.
QUALITY, combined with our low price, has
made GREEN BAG a big popular favorite in the Ma
lona Capital.
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
Strictly Fresh Eggs
PER DOZEN: N:35C
Just about best economical you can get

OUR GUARANTEE - Buy
one pound, use one-fourth oft, and
if it doesn't please you as we'll as
any coffee you ever used, return the
remainder and we will refund the
entire purchase price.
The Washington times., 1917-03-09

DR.. J. J. Richardson, physician: Guy
T. Scott. vice president Continental
Trust Company; Thomas w. Smith,
lumber and mill work: Joseph Stras.
burger, president Family Shoe Store:
Magnus S. Thompson, clerk. Navy De.
partment; George w. White, president
National Metropolitan Bank; Simon
Wolf, attorney.
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
Long In Progress.

at is VILE. also. who declares that
the Germanization Of Brazil is no.
twentieth century project. 1t has been
81 progress for more than seventy
Years, although agsrCssi, ely pFOsecu
The Washington times., 1917-03-09
Pure Lard Per LIB. zoe

bags and packed in onepound cartons No muss fuss or
dirt Once you buy it this way you will insist on always
getting it in cartons.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14
CONNECTICUT PATENTS
Many Useful Devices Are included IH
 the Latest Liat.

The latest list of patents issuad by the U. s. patent office to cftiEeua cf Connecticut. as contained fn Che Cn- cial Gazette: Hasuel ". Av1H. Hart ford, over scanning machine. John q. Crowley, Beacon Falls, side Docsat pac; Arthur C. Gaynor, EzridEep1rr. ceiling and floor plates Charles f Holdredge, StoningtOn. automatic Ink well; Manfred Johnson EauEafucrf automatic compensaung device. AZ bert R. Gaubscher. Bridgeport. ul- crometer gauge: Bowman hf. 1fclIse- kin and H. ". Downs. Shelton. safrtv brake for automobiles. etc. Gnbert Mertelmeyer, automatic compeuaafinr device; Louis S. Morris. Bridgeport internal combustion engine. Lewis H. Nash, South NOrwalk. water metar- Ross M. c. Phillips. West Haven lr- elusive watch holder; Wilson E. For- ter, New Haven, device for reEg gIL-l lr e balance wheel: Wilson F. Porter. Ee1v Haven. electric clock. Friend A. HurH. Greenwich, and IT. J. Stuart. Derby. se-supporter clasp; tAIeUauder E Sutherland. New BriEliu. asfetF switch Prank E. Warner and H. T. Leggett, Waterbury. tack-feedl1r me- chanism for button sewing machine Oliver D. Washburn. Whitnevrlfe. strapping machine: Alfred R. Wood. Bridgeport, sewing machine work clamp.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14

all Muskoma, because Muskoma was an Indian village, and all the other boys were redskins. Their skins were not really red, you know, only ruddy brown, and certainly the white boys skin wasn't white, because the sun and the wind had tanned it almost as ruddy brown as an Indians.
 What made him different from all the rest of the Muskoma boys was his hair; because it was red and curly and theirs were black and straight. There was another thing that made him dlf- ferent from all the Indian boys. They could sit still, and he could not, ex- cept when Ossawtppi, the old chief, was telling him a story, and even then it wasn't what an Indian would call sitting still. The only time when he was still was when he was fast asleep.
 His right name wasn't really Sun rise; but that was what his motIgr sometimes called him: and some of the boys called him that sometimes. His right name was Reginald.
 ALEX BROWMAN, Age g.
 Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14

be VI peeked. He kept his tona Ing xaze on th,e5 flag as it a7efHatly 6 paced to the b2Sseze; it times it was Id jt in the smoke. tat times it woutAd sppe Rr asain and as tthe darkness off ni59htg Aescend- ed Fra pcis Scott Key hhdughfs he had seen tl se last of Old sE1ox-y H4e lxept a long vigil through the Anigh !" hoping and pr tying, and whem nlaWnE painted the slx5t with the suIhs lglorbus rays he sawt the flag, still lpaoud1E waving on the rampants His jfhy ulkast fshave been be mndfess, he mnstl have 1screa m- ed hisl delight tp4 his, fdaovgd prisoners as hes tDroke. into tho4e joyful Hines which were aceaptRd aa5 iouE natiunal hymn:3 vsOh, says can you ssee by the dawn'sA eear1y light, ,"S etcs
 Our sdear flag givea a raessage of hope t0 DIS bethS odaa tfS 8 earth al1fY in the great beyoud.J isaa tnlsen of brotherhGPd andsSe46urHty.,y 7 It is syncn- ymeas off justice. i1ru. .h land security every day.k that aIIatAsl&world will Hznow that we ssek heirtksmancipation from despotisnA and barltfJr4ty
 JESSE D IL. sH5HEFFAUT.
 tFfuntin g3GHn T.. II RJ
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14
CLEAN-UP-DAYs SAT MANSFIELD

worked very hard to clean the yard II 'raked the lawn and burned some sirass that was old and wasn't useful. L took some branches from the trees 5tfEat hung over the good branches. I brought all the weeds and put them in | piles. Then when was finished pick ing up the twigs and branches, pick 1 ed up little stones that were in the way of the grass. It is much more healthful if it is clean all around the house, and is nicer for children to do the work outside than for the mothers to do it.
 Then after my first cleaning I raked the lawn again and also the garden It made the grass grow better on the lawn
 Then I pulled all the weeds out of the garden because I thought they would eat all the food of the vege- tables, and make the vegetables dry and unable to grow. | l picked up some cans some chil- dren had thrown around and I made a hole in the ground to put them in then covered them up so no one could get them, and throw them on the grass and around the house.
 Cleanup Day is set aside in spring because there isn't any snow and the ground isn't frozen, and besides, the grass grows and we can tell where the stones lie.
 1t is very nice to have a Cleanup Day in spring because our yards need to be cleaned more then than any oth- CT time of the year.
 CARRIE HAMFRLdN, Age i8.
 Mansfield Depot.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14
LEDYARD SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
To Be Held Friday in Conjunction
 With the Graduation Exercises.


 A public school exhibit at graduation will be held at the church in Ledyard Center, Friday afternoon, June 18th, at 2.SO o'clock. At this time a copy of each pupils written work in the vari- ous subjects will be on exhibition. Each teacher will give an actual dem onstration of the work done in her school.
 Special prepared thems will be pre- scented by the graduates.
 The school board. teachers and su- pervisor earnestly seek the attendance of every person in the town of Led yard at this meeting.
 The following programme will be carried out:
 Music, Voices of the Wood. Gales Ferry school; Prayer, Rev. E. Good enough; First Grade Reading, Miss Evelyn Whipple, Long Cove Third and Fourth grade, Arithmetic Drill. by Miss Bertha Exley. Drawbridge: Early Schools in Ledvard, Addie Main; Physical Training, Miss Edna Day, Lantern Hill; Directed Study. Miss Dorothy Hester, Center; Arithmetic Drills. Miss Jessie Browning. Geer wick, Unionville; Promlem Reading, Miss Lucy Lester, Lester; Third Grade Readine. Miss Gertrude Watrous, Lamtowr: History Facts. Miss Grace Finnegan; Impromptu Remarks; Geography Drill, Miss Haraldine Sur gis; History Stories, Miss Grace Chapman. Gales Ferry: address, A. T.. tion: co1fering of diplomaS. Billings Avery, chairman of school board Ma tional Hyme, audience; Benediction, Rev F. E. Goodenough.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14
He Will Keep the Flag Up.

Dear Uncle Jed: am a little boy seven years old.
 Papa told me our country is fighting with Germany. I am a small boy and I would like flag. for I love my country.
 I wish all American boys were scouts and when I am older I'll be a Boy Scout
 Papa and my brother and a man work from o'clock till late at night trying to do their best for the country by planting.
 When all the boys in Bozrah join a Boy Scout club, III keep the flag on the tent so everyone shall see that l am an American
 BERNARD SCIATZ, Age 7. Yantic
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14
nest.
 MIRIAM SFIERSGFEVSKY, Age g. Norwich
The Lost Piq.

Dear Uncle Jed: One morning I took a pail of dough and went out to feed the hens. I got them about half fed when the hens began to fly. I looked up and a little pig that would weigh about thirty pounds came running around the corner of the house.
 My father saw him and came out. The little pig ran into the hen yard and began to eat the grain I had fed the hens. My father leaned a door up against the post so he couldn't get through. My brother Henry went He came up to the wire where I was and Henry crowded him against it and grabbed him by the hind leg and tail and held him.
 My father took him by the hind legs and carried him down to the pig pen and put him in it and gave him some warm milk
 My mother thought that fhe pig belonged to my uncle because he had a little pig.
 Henry went over to my uncle's that day and when he got there my uncle asked him if he had seen anything of a little pig.
 Henry said he hadn't seen any be- cause he wanted to have some fun with him.
 My uncle said he hated to lose a pig like that.
 My brother said you will never get him if he gets into the swamps-
 We'll my uncle said, 'I am going to put on my boots and going to look in the swamp"
 Well, brother said, there isn't any need of putting on your boots. Come over to our house and you can have your pig. He took his auto and came over and got him.
 LEROY CONGDON, Age 12.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE.
BOYS AND GIRLS. DEPARTMENT

1 to interest <hinl There are. no thick 1 forests there. fsuch as are common to this country The trees are scattered as in a park, and the settler is saved I find pastuge for. his hocks. But, f though the ftrees do not grow close to- gether. sozhe of them areAvery tail. the I gum tree often reaching height of 1.-two hupdred feet and as about half its height Is without hranches. the tree somewhat resembles a tall column Many of the birds of Australia are very beaaltifqI and some would seem Stra<ge to us as, for instance, the black swan; it's feathers are of 8 deep black, while our swans are either The animal which most attracts the attention of the stranger is the kan garoo7 It is ayNpretty creature, with head something like that of a deers with large, mild eyes. The forelegs are short, while the hind ones are very long. each forepaw has five toes fur nishea9 with claws, but the hind paws one, one esch paw. is armed with long, stFoYg claw or nail. The hind legs of tfss kangaroo are very power full and <~1with them the animal takes wonderful leaps. The tail is long and tapertAE and is of great use in balanc- ing the animal in it's leaps and in suFRQfdng,its body vehen 1t sits erect. Ttes hind legs of the kangaroo serve
 
 Animals. and with. great speed carry the creatures long distances; the yswiftest dog Seeing no match for it.
 The most singular thing about the kangaroo. is the poucn or sort of pocket in which, the mother carries it's young. II is a very funny sight to see an old kangaroo sitting up. and a little face peeping out of the pouch. looking around to see if it would be safe totventure tout
 Though ti-nidy the kangaroo, when cornered, is dangerous enemy, for wfth4one blow of Sthe long pointed claw of its hind footTit will rip open and ldll the largest dog. Sometimes, too when near the water, the kangaroo will seize it's Ein it's fore paws and carrying it off, will hold it under the water till drowned.
 The kangaroo iis valuable, not only for the sake of it's skin, but for it's flesh. which Is sought after by hunt CTS both white and black The kanga- roo is easily tanned. and is often seen in museums and ecollections of strange animals.
 BLANCHE GREENWOOD, Age 1s. ]
 P1ainfield.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14
IA Sail.

Captain May lk1a1n was a retired sea captain who hlad visited nearly every important sea port in the world and was fond of Ii wing over his past ex- periences. I oalpce heard him tell this story:
 He was sai1il sg in a vessel that be- longed to Dolin N & Co. When the ship was in mid oee; an a great storm arose the vessel was wrecked, and everybody was drowned es .scept Captain Maytham and the first IT .ate- They chung to a mast and wheI.l the storm was over they saw an isls End in the distance. AS the island was sabont a quarter of a mile away they tswam over to it. but found it uncivilEiEed. Ehey found some little wild anin als there which they shot, for luckily their ammunition did not get wet. After satisfying their hunger, they looI ped around for a shell ter. but they fou1 td nothing but old hut.
 When they ente red they found a lion sleeping As SC pn as the lion saw them he sprang them, but the cap tain Sprang ava! l. and the unlucky mate was eaten, because he wasn't quick enough to tget away from the lion.
 When the captai h recovered his wits he went into thel hut and shot the lion. Then he look ed around for son1e-- thing to get himi of the island. He found nothing bue large piece of req cloth, which, ihe put on a high pole on a hill If ftckily a ship which was passing saw it and stopped at the island The ca ptain saw the ship coming and ran to meet it. The-crew on the ship recogR Aed him and gave him passage back { 0 England.
 On the way he old the captain of the vessel of his ad ventures and mar row escapes.
 MAR.ltTN DELINSKY.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14
Tksne Bird Took the String.

DearifUncle Jed: In the early spring the birtds build their nests. They fly about. looking for bits of horsehair. grass. .str1oss and string
 Whe n I planted my sweet peas about four 11seeks ago I placed two sticks at each end of the row and tied a string. from one stick to the other in order Sto know where my sweet peas werei planted
 Ona, morning while I was looking out ef the window, I saw a sparrow flying, about the garden. I watched him for I thought he was after my seedss but I later discovered it was the string he was after. With his tiny Ih>ak he got the string off of one of thEe sticks and was flying about the otheI- stick, trying to get the string off 3sut he could not
 Nwent out and took it off myself andaeput it on a nearby tree. The next dayIkit was gone. I was very glad the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14
Cleaned the Lawn and 'Picked Up
 Stones.

Cleaned the Lawn and sPicked Up Stones. Dear Uncle Jed: Every spring as day is set for us to clean up ours door yard
 On Cleanup Day I planned ito brake up the lawn and pick up the stpness I picked up the. chips and put them in the stove, The stones I picked uTI I put in the crevices in the stone 7wa.vi swept up the old grass, and put Ait in a wagon and carted it away I
 This morning raked up, arounSt the barnyard, the osd hay that was 6tTlp- l<et and put it under the horsesM for |bedding. I raked up the old lsea yes and burned them up. I also Tdr ked up the larger pieces, of wood anxf] put them in the woodshed.
 I cleaned out the hen roosts hand threw the dirt out in the, corn !heA l.
 I swept out the shed and made, 1t look neat.
 I picked up some of the stonesi for I am sorry for the poor horses when they hurt their ankles.
 I also made a ditch from the arm yard to the corn field because stl the barn yard water runs into the wsLter we drink and it makes a. bad ta ste.
 I worked quite a few days, but all though it took much time and twas very tiring work, I was satisfied when I saw the lawn looked so muchg bet ter.
 BARBARA SCF1IEHOFTR, AgeE12
 Mansfield Depot.