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Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-19
Puts His Ship First.

In the moment of Danger the first
thought that comes to the real sailor
man is to save his ship. Personal safe
~ Is always a matter of secondary
consideration. One morning when the
bottom blow valve of a boiler was car
ried away on man-Of-war, Christie
pher Smith, a machinist's mate. imme-
diately realized the danger and knew
what to do. He was on duty in the
engine room when the accident 0c-
Cured. The room quickly filled with
escaping steam. Unheedfng this.
Smith fought his way through the hot
cloud and. reaching the fire room.
hauled the fires and kept the boiler
from bursting. His gallantry saved
his ship from serious damage and the
navy department commended his ac-
ton. Smith enlisted in the navy in
April. 1903, at Erie. Pa.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-19
CHAPTER XIII.
My First Official Bath.

Right behind our rest billet was .
large creek about ten feet deem ond
evenly feet across, and it was habit
OF the company to avail themselves Of
an opportunity to take q swim and at
the same time thoroughly wash them.
selves and their underwear when IN
their own. We were having a smell NJ
hot weather, and these baths to us
were a luxury. The Tommies would
splash around in the water and then
come out and sit in the sun and hava
what they termed "shirt hunt" At
nrst we tried to drown the "cooties"
but they also seemed to enjoy the bath.
One Sunday morning the whole seq.
tlon was In the creek and we were hav.
ing gay time, when the sergeant ma
1or appeared on the scene. He came
to the edge of the creek and ordered
Come out Of it. Get your equipment
on, drill ORDER and fall in for hath
parade. Look lively, my hearties. You
have only got fifteen minutes" A howl
OF Indignation from the creek greeted
this order, but out we came. Disci-
pline Is discipline. We lined nm IN
front of our billet with rifles and hav.
onets (why you need rifles and havo.
nets to take bath gets meg, a full
quota Of ammunition, and our tin hats
Each man had a piece of soap and a
towel. After an eigLt-kilo march a)ono
a dusty road, with an occasional shell
whistling overhead, We arrived at
little squat frame building upon the
bank of creek. Nailed over the door
OF this building was large sign which
read divisional Baths" In a wooden
shed in the rear we could hear y
wheezy old engine pumping water.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-19

throwing the jam-tin bomb, count
slowly one! two! three!"
This in order to give the fuse time
enough to burn down, so that the bomb
would explode before the Germans
could throw it back.
Tommy read the order-he reads
them all, but after he ignited the fuse
and 1t began to smoke-orders were
forgotten, and away she went in record
time and back she came to the further
discomfort of the thrower.
Then another order was issued +o
count, lone hundred! two hundred
three hundred! y" But Tommy didn't
care II the order read to count nm tn
a thousand by quarters. he was going
10 get rid of that liam TIM" because
from experience he had learned not
to trust it.
"hen the powers that be realized
!nat they could not change Tommy
tney decided to change the type of
pomo and did so-substituting the
mar brush" the "cricket bali" and
later the Mills bomb.
Inc standard bomb used in the Brit
ism army is the Mills" 1t is about the
shape and size of large lemon. Al
tnough not actually lemon, Fritz in
slsts that 1t is; perhaps he Judges it
ny 'ne havoc caused by its explosion.
Inc Mills bomb is made of steel. the
outside of which is corrugated into AZ
e,nan squares, which, upon the explo-
sion OF the bomb, scatter in wide
urea wounding or killing any Fritz
VINO Is unfortunate enough to be hit
ny one or the flying fragments.
Aithough a very destructive and Of
ncient bomb the mills" has the con.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-19
EMPEY JOINS THE "SUICIDE CLUB" AS THE BOMBING
SQUAD is CALLED.

synopss-Ffred sinking
England enists British
where he
of
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-19
Mower That Cuts Neglected Lawns

A lawn mower having horizontal
knives that Will cut gross or weeds, re-
CARELESS of length. is described and
Illustrated in the February Popular
Mechanics Magazine. A completely
denuded path is secured with one OBJ
GRAFTON. The position of the cutting
members permits the cutting of lawn
flush with trees or other Instructions.
All stems and grass are thrown to the
rear OF the knives, where q basket
may be attached.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-19
The Joys Of the bath are de.
p'cted by Empey in the next in
stalIment.
(TO BE CONTINUEDA
Great Writers Law

1Feat WRITERS Lazy.
onelley had an indolent vein. He
was very fond of the water, and manv
OF his finest poems were composed as
ne 1dled at his ease in q boat. He
made the best of his short life, how
ever and that cannot be said for Cole.
ridge, who seemed to be afflicted with
tnat lack of will to work which some
people call laziness. lie had one IT
the greatest minds, but he left even
MS nnest poems mere Fragments,
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-04-19

fidence of the thrOwef, In that he
knows it will not explode until re-
leased from his grip.
+ 1t is a mechanical device, with q
lever, fitted into slot at the top,
which extends half way around the
circumference and is held in place at
the bottom by fixing pin. In this pin
there is a small metal ring, for the
purpose of extracting the pin when
ready to throw.
You do not throw a bomb the way q
baseball is thrown, because, when in
a narrow trench, your hand is liable
to strike against the parados, traverse
or parapet, and then down goes the
bomb, and, in couple of seconds or
so, up goes Tommy.
In throwing, the bomb and lever are
grasped in the right hand, the left foot
is advanced, knee stiff, about one and
half it's length to the front, while
the right leg, knee bent, is carried
slightly to the right. The left arm is
extended at an angle of As degrees.
pointing in the direction the bomb is to
be thrown. This position is similar
to that of shot putting, only that the
right arm is extended downward. Then
you hurl the. bomb from YOU with an
overhead bowling motion, the same as
in cricket, throwing it fairly high in
the air, this in order to give the fuse
chance to burn down so that when
the bomb lands, it immediately ex-
plodes and gives the Germans no time
to scamper out of its range or to re-
turn it.
AS the bomb leaves your hand the
lever, by means of a spring, is projected
into the air and falls harmlessly to
the ground few feet in front of the
bomber.
When the lever flies off it releases
a strong spring, which forces the firing
pin into percussion cap. This ignites
the fuse, vA6t, burns down and sets
of the detona:~r,. charged with fulmi-
nate of mercury, which explodes the
main charge of ammonia.
The average British soldier is not an
expert at throwing; it is a new game
to him, therefore the Canadians and
Americans, who have played baseball
from the kindergarten up, take natu.
rally to bomb throwing and excel in
this act. A six-foot English bomber
Will stand in awed silence when He
sees a little five-foot-nothing Canadian
outdistance his throw by several wards.
nave read few war stories of bomb.
ing, where baseball pitchers curved
their bombs when throwing them, but
pitcher who can do this would make
'Chrlsty" Mathewson look like q piker.
and is losing valuable time playing in
the European War bush league, when
he would be able to set the "bis
league on fire.
We had a cushy time while at this
school. In fact, to us it was a regular
vacation. and we were very sorry when
one morning the adjutant ordered us
to report at headquarters for trans.
portation and rations to return to our
units up the line.
Arriving at our section, the bows
once again rendered US the glad mitt
put looked askance at us out of the
corners OF their eyes. They could not
conceive, as they expressed it, how q
man could be such a blinking idiot az
to join the Suicide club. was begin.
ming to feel sorry that 1 had become
member of said club, and my life to
me appeared doubly precious.
Now that I was sure-enouqh
bomber was praying for peace and
hoping that my services as such would
not be required.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

Grosvenordale is the guest of the Misses Law.
 Mrs. Carrie Bailey returned from St. Vincent's hospital last week.
 Mrs. Marshall Bennett recently spent a few days in Providence.
 Meetings Deferred.
 The Ladies' Aid society will not hold any meetings until April 18th. Otto Lehrer of the Naval Reserve was at home for the week end.
 Mrs w. E. La Belle and Mrs. George Barnes spent Thursday in Norwich MT. and Mrs Harold Field visited relatives in Foster, R. l., Sunday.
 Safely Across. MT. and Mrs. Frank w. Bennett re- oeived word last week from their son Sergeant Wayland w Bennett, of his safe arrival overseas. >A Merrill and Miss Mildred Bennett spent Sunday with relatives in Eos ter, R. I.
 Edwin s. Budlong of Cranston, R. | was the guest of James E. Blanchard and family Sunday. Farewell Visit.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred L. Miller an, Mrs. Fred E. Miller went to Nev York Sunday night to visit Sergean Fred E. Miller of the Quartermaste department at Camp Merritt, N. J who is to go overseas. | Illustrated Lecture.
 Rev. Frank D, Sargent of Putnar gave an illustrated lecture in tn Congregational church Thursday ev ening on The Life of Christ.
 Miss Estelle Tripp of Brimfield, an Miss Lena P. Tripp of Bridgewate
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29
ITS YOUR STEP
 THAT ATTRACTS!
SAYS WOMEN PAY TOO MUCH
 HEED TO THEIR FACE IN- STEAD OF THEIR coRNS

Watch your step! A brisk, lively step is what charms more than a lovely skin, but your high heels have caused corns and you limp little. That's bad, girls, and you know it Corns destroy beauty and grace, be- sides corns are very easy to remove.
 Rid your feet of every corn by ask ing at the drug store for quarter of an ounce of freezone. This will cost little but is sufficient to remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one's feet st
 A few drops applied directly upon a tender, achy corn relieves the sore ness and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out without pain.
 This free one is a gl1mmy substance whtc h dries instantly and simply Eiirtvels up the corn without inflaming or even irritating the surrounding skin.
 Women must keep in mind that ccgnlees feet create a youthful step which enhances her attractiveness
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

ant one.
 ". H. Bell1nap of Bridgeport passed the week end with Mrs. Belknap at their cottage on Broadway.
 Mrs Ella V. Weir has gone to Mer- iden and Portland for three weeks visit.
 Wilfred Holt of Boston. a student at Harvard spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. Fred Taylor.
 Miss Ruth Taylor of New London passed the week end with her par ents, Mir. and Mrs. Fred Taylor.
 Robert Latham Manwaring has gone to Meriden to visit relatives.
 Mrs. Charles Leonard has return ed from a visit to her son, Dr. Will fam W. Leonard in Norwich.
 Henry E. Smith of East Haven was at South Wilmington recently to see his sister, who is i'll. James Medcalf of East Haven was at South Wilmington recently to see his sister who is i'll. I James Medcalf is raking and cutting brush on the banks around the Grove MT. Medcalf has been engaged an other year at the Grove.
 Flatfish Running.
 Captain Norman W. Rogers ant 1 daughter. Mrs. Lester, caught sever datfsh Sunday The fiatfsh are ar living in the Niantio river. Mrs. Olivia M. Case has returned to her cottage after several weeks wis l 1t to relatives.
 Out of town people were in the Grow last week looking for cottages. Al ready a number of places have beel taken.
 Clark s. Bishop of the Golden Spu district is confined to his home by i'll I ness.
 | Mrs. Ashley c. Heffion is in Meri den visiting relatives.
 Mrs. Harriet A. Tyler of Hartfor and Crescent Beach, was a recen guest of her brothers and sisters a ! the Smith homestead, on the banks C the Mantle river.
 Charles Dunn of Springfield, Mass ! motored here Saturday for a week en visit to his parents. Mir and Mrs. Joh Dunn, on the Flanders road. M Dunn called on James Metcalf Sun ? day.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

A stereopticon lecture on the Rocky Mountains was given under the aus pices of the Congregational church at the Bolto hall last Wednesday ev- ening.
 War Rally.
 A war rally was held in Bolton hall Saturday evening. the speakers being Miss Caroline Robbins of Wethers- field. Rev. MT. Lindh and E. l.. G. Hohenthal of South Manchester.
 Mrs. Frank K. Abbott has returned to her home at the Congregational parsonage after five weeks spent at St. Francis hospital, Hartford.
 Harry M. Hurn left last week for Florida to visit his sister. Mrs. Ray mond s. Yeomans
 Death of Arlene Wiley.
 Bolton people weer grieyed to learn of the death of Mir. ana Mrs. Howard Wiley's five year old daughter. Arlene at their home in Hartford last week MT. and Mrs Wiley lost young thild two years ago, they have one living. Mrs. Wiley was before mar riage Miss Myrtle Beebe and resided III town for some time. Easter Recess. Bolton schools are closed this weel for the spring vacation. Miss Grace McLane is at her home in Worces 1 ter for the week. Mrs. William B. Williams of Soutl i Manchester was Bolton visitor tn middle of the week. l Miss Mary Mathein returned Satur day from a weeks stay in Westfield i Miss Annie M. Alvord is in town fo the week.
 | Mrs. John Ward of Hartford ha been visiting her sister, Mrs. Johi l Massey.
 Miss Emily Mack of South Bolto who has been i'll with pleuro- -pneu monia is slowly gaining.
 Thomas Ross and Mrs. Louise Is ola of Brooklyn, were recent guests c their sister, Mrs. Louis Cavanaro.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29
Mass, are spending the Easter vaca-

Mass, are spending the Easter vaca- tion at their home, Spruce Lodge.
 Church to Receive New Members.
 At the Congregational church Sun day Rev. William Swainson gave an impressive sermon with reference to Passion Week. EaN Sunday is look ed forward to with interest as a good number will unite with the church and several babies are to be christen- | ed and special music will be rendered. The Lords Supper will be observed at i o'clock An Easter concert will be | given.
 | Next week the Ladies' Aid society is to present a farce in Columbia hall.
 Attracts State Wide Attention.
 Dayville has been put very much or the map, since Rev. Ignatius Kost rector of St Joseph's Catholic church returned from a visit to number o1
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29
DAYVILLE
Sergeant WayIand w. Bennett Safe overseas-IIIustrated Lecture-State Papers Quote Rev. Father kost in Regard to Nations Splendid South ern Camps.

Mrs w. C.. Darrow spent last We'd neslay in Norwich and New London.
 Miss Ruth Bennett entertained the Philatea class Tuesday evening.
 Misses Cora and Bernice Cogswell who have been in Worcester the past seven weeks returned home Thursday.
 Mrs. George Barnes visited Provi- dence, Wednesday,.
 < Mrs. Josephine Law of North
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

U. S. camps and cantonments., Father Kost's narration of his observations during his travels has been copied by number of the leading state pApers. which have quoted at length from the scholarly and patriotic priests re-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29
In Prosperous Kansas.

The Kansas automobile licenser had better lay in an extra supply of number plates Indications are that the state will raise 1O0,000,000 bushels of wheat this year.-Indianapolis News.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

By referendum the American Nat ional Association of Manufacturers has rejected the proposal of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States suggesting a trade boycott of Germany after the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29
NlANTIC
Surprise Party For Miss Hazel Hil. Iiar-FIatfish Beginning to Run ir the River.

Miss Hazel Hilliar of Main street was rendered a. party at her home on Saturday evening. Those who attended were: Misses Mildred Hilliar, Sylvia Stewart, Alice Fallows, Lila Hoffman, Doris Williams, Selena Beckwith; al- so Monroe Blake George Taylor. Fred Kingshury, Morton Swinney, Silas
 Brailey, Le Grand Hall, Bartholomew Malone. Music and games and dain- ty collation. made the evening a pleas
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

The king and queen of the Belgians have left the war zone after spending four days on the Italian front, visit ing the King and queen of Italy,.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29
RHEUMATISM
Physician Believes a Genuine Remedy for the Disease Has
 Been Eound


 Rheuma, the wonderful rheumatism remedy sold by Lee & Osgood Co. and all good druggists, gives quicker and more lasting relief than other rmedies costing many times as much.
 Rheuma passes the deadly poisonous secretions into the bowels and kidneys from which they are quickly thrown off in a natural healthy way.
 Read what a reputable physician says about Rheuma: T have made a most careful investigation of the for mula employed in the manufacture of Rheuma and I heartily recommend it as remedy for all forms of rheuma- tism. I find Rheuma far in advance of the methods generally employed in the treatment of rheumatism. and al- together different in composition from the remedies usually prescribed. ."-Dr. M. c. Lyons.
 This should give any sufferer from rheumatism confidence to try Rheuma.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

don't know whether it was saint or a sinner or socialist who promul- gated the truth that the welfare of all should be the interest of each.
 He was pretty near right, whoever he was.
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read the above, recently, in that re- doubtable little Farm Journal of Phil adelphia. It seems to me worth pass ing along. Some folks" added the writer do too much calamity howl ing and not enough calamity fighting" i" does that idea suggest anything to anybody?
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

Cwritten Specially for The Bulletin.)
 That is the five hundredth time you have bumped off your seat driving lickety-splt over that same stone! The next time you go that way take a pick along. dig out that stone, and put it where it never will bother any, body again"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

This stone in the highway business though, is one that must make some sort of appeal to about every man who ever travels a country road. I've as- sociated with several such, and can't seem to remember single dirt road in all Eastern Connecticut which isn't more or less infested with them.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29
oN.THE SOLE

MANY pleasing variations ot ] ! this type are offered in the Queen Quality Spring styles. Brown calf, white fabrics, canvas or pro-buck, ss we'las the blacks. gre a.n,,t70 ti,s. ..,.sst fashions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

For another thing l learned that even a couple of simple, slow-witted old farmers can, if they go at it, do a very creditable job of road clearing and repairing.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

Legally, we may not be bound to pro tect or repair the highways after we've elected special men to do that very thing. But he is a mighty poor citi- cen who considers it honest to do everything which the law doesn't ex- phcitly forbid, Or who thinks that he is absolved from all compulsion to look out for the public welfare be- cause he has a town board to look after such things. That compulsion may not be legal but it exists in mo- ra1s
 Who is it that dares assert we need not do right unless the law compels Ius to? f.s
 The law. is meant to deter or punish crimes, not to teach personal morals nor even the alphabet of good citizen lship.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

Referring to this last remark, the neighbor who has helped me said, after tho hole had been filled up and the ST nee restored; 'P'raps there won't nu2ody thank us for this.s but I shan't be woke up any more nights hearin' wheels crack and drivers swear when strangers slam up against the stone in the dark"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

Yet neither that neighbor nor |, though Wye had both known the stone was there for years and had both been bothered by it for years, had had pub lie spirit, the simple foresight, the good citizenship to abolish it.-till I broke a buggy spring. Then, I was willing to do something. When the neighbor saw another man going at it.
 he, also. was willing to do something
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

For another thing learned that one can't always tell by mere surface in-
 dEcations whatN under them. That which looks just a pebble or boulder may turn out to be the peak of a subterranean mountain.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

Fror. that day to this,-and our ad- venture occurred nearly twenty years ago-the rosd there has been o. K. The only indication of the concealed rocks presence is that given in the spring, when the area over it dries out little quicker than surrounding portions. At no other time could
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

For another thing ] learned that at least some of our troubles and mis-
 chances are due to our own stolidity, not to say stupidity in tolerating them for so long when little direct work would abolish them for good and all.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

ALWAYS popular. this type of H pump will continue to please the countless wearers of Queen Quality. Made of patent, black kid. or white fabrics. Light end dainty-dressy and desirable.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

even tell within dozen feet where it is
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

learned several useful things from my experience with this old rock.
 For one thing, learned that it was cheaper to spend an hour removing the obstruction than to pay $2.50 for repairing broken buggy spring. To be sure. learned it too late to save that particular spring and that par ticuIar $2.50. But was at that time using the road nearly every day, en- dangering other springs and inviting other blacksmitls bills.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29

DROWN calf. black feathers, ID white fabrics, or white pro-buck are the prevailing materials used in this type. One of the distin- suished boot models that will find mary wearers for early Spring.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-29
BOLTON
War Rally at the Hall-Death of Ar
 Iene WiIey-srief Notes.

A stereopticon lecture on the Rocky Mountains was given under the aus picas of the Congregational church at the Bolto hall last Wednesday ev- ening.