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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-06-11

FOR sALEA1917- Ford touring car
with five good tires, equipped With de-
mountable rims. Inquire 20 Fairmolnt
st. ie11d
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FOR SALE
SIN Cents Line of six Words.
d. M. BROWN ........... Auctionet
Pfainfield, Conn Phone 21-3.
AUCTION

AS we are dissolving partnership. W
will sell at public auction on tn
premises. ON
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FOR SALE-One brown year old
new mich cow. calf by side. Plain Hill.
Phone 1872 jef1d
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TO RENT
six Cents a Line of six words.

TO RENT-Furnished apartments in
good location. Call at The Bulletin
je11d
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FOR SALE-Mercantile and dwelling
block, income 500 a month, in business
section of the city of Putnam This
property offered at a bargain for quick
sale. Write Joseph Plessis, Putnam,
Conn. Jed
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WANTED
Six Cents a Line of six words.
WANTFn-A 49, - = ..,-.-,---

WANTED-A man to take charge of a
country place; must understand the
care OF cows and chickens. as well as
aadislns III a small way vegetables and
flowers. Apply of address Mrs. q. 4.
Terry; Mansfield Center. Conn Call
Telephone 442-12. je11d
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
HoNDuRAN CITY OF MYSTERY
No Scholar Has Been Able to De-
cipher the Picture-Writ
Left In Copan.

Copan Is city Of mystery. The
people who once thronged it's streets
and bowled at its affairs are long since
gone. leaving no record OF their ex.
istence save the hoary stones Of their
city. These stones, built into pyra.
msdS walls and monuments, bear their
story carved In the Maya characters.
But no descendants have survived to
interpret the stories, and no scholar
has arisen wise enough to read the
picturtNwrltings Of Copan.
Ruins Of this oldest city Of The
Maya Indians may still be seen by
those sufficiently persistent and en-
thusiastic to seek them out. A lit.
tie Indian village in western Honduras,
and the river on which II Hes keep
the name Of Copan alive today. To
visit the ruins Of the great Copan you
must seek out this village by train
and then go long journey on horse
back. Just beyond the village lies
the old Maya metropolis.
The only Inhabitants OF Copan to.
day are queer figures OF the Maya
gods, that peer out OF unexpected
hiding places like the creatures of a
bad dream. Wonderfully carved many
Of them are. grotesque In attitude and
expression. according to the artists
conception Of the beings Of the other
world.
When Copan fiourished, how 1t fell.
and what became Of Its last people,
no one knows. The city Is as DESC
late ms only deserted city can be,
oppressive and sad even In the bright
sunlight Of tropical midday
"Niksah" in Indianapolis Star.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
INFLUENZA AND EPILEPSY.

The epileptic has always shown
considerable natural immunity to
infections of certain kinds, and his
wounds often show surprising
readiness to heal. It will therefore
be of interest to note how he reacts
to grip, and Maillard and Bruno Of
the Bicetra, Paris, have reported the
inter-relations of the two maladies
in La Presse Medicale. The pam
demic passed over the hospital re-
gion in two waves, in June and Octo-
Der respectively. The first fact es-
tablished was the severity of the
course of the grip in the epileptics,
while the second was the verifcation
of the old observation that severe in
fections diminish the number of
seizures. Third, the first wave of
grip immunized the victims against
the ravages Of the second wave.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
GENTLEMEN IN THE GARDEN
Many Just Now At Work That 10
Happy Combination OF Pleasure
and Profit.

"There are no ancient gentlemen
but gardeners" said Shakespeare.
One might challenge this sentence
these days by putting modern in
place of ancient; for all the gentle
men are now doing some gardening
OF their own. If a person would look
into the back yards, from now on, he
would see very many gentlemen hap
PLY at work, enjoying a quiet dill
gence and sweet communion with
nature. In fact, the best field for q
gentleman is in the back yard spad-
ing, planting seed, pulling weeds and
hoeing. That work comedies with
the soul as happily as the song Of u
bird. Then to watch things grow
and to join ones smile with that Of
the morning, while the promise Of
nature unfolds itself, that is solid
delight. And what joy when some
thing gets up, to part it from the
earth and carry it in triumph to the
kitchen. There is nothing 60 proud
in all the grand achievements Of the
age as this.-Ohio State Journal.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
FIRST TO WEAR FINGER RING
Legend Makes Prometheus the Pioneer
OF Custom That May Now BE
Called Universal.

The first finger ring IL supposed
to have been worn by Promethcus.
who stole fire from heaven that man
might warm himself and cook his
food. This act 30 incensed Jupiter
that the king Of gods condemned him
to be chained upon rock where vul-
lures could constantly feast upon him.
The sentence was carried out, but
Prometheus was released. Then Jupiter
ordered that prometheus wear link
of chain about his finger as remin.
der OF the punishment. A fragment
OF the rock to which he had been
chained was set In the ring, 30 that
he might still be regarded as being
bound to the rock.
The custom Of wearing an engage
ment or wedding ring upon the third
finger Is due to an ancient belief that
a nerve or vein directly connected
this finger with the heart, according
to a writer In the Pittsburgh Dis
patch. Macr0bius said: because of
this nerve the newly betrOthed places
the ring on this finger Of his be-
loved. as though It were a representa-.
ton Of the heart" And Just to show
that the practice IL very old one,
Macroblus admitted having obtained
the facts from an Egyptian priest.
thus linking the. belief with the dim
reaches Of the past.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
FIND LITTLE Joy IN MANTuA
american Soldiers In italian City Can
not Be Accused Of INDUCING
In Wild Rcveis.

Mantua, the metropolis of the PROV
ince. Is the center of the territory
which encircles II in every direction.
Hiiher flock the country folk from as
TAR ms five or SIX kilometers away. to
gaze mt the vino and stand around In
the middle of the street, impeding the
progress OF the trolley car.
Equally fascinating to the American
soldier is this city. with It's car track.
Its air of cordial welcome, and Its In.
salubriaus climate, ell of which com.
bine to make him think more of the
old home town than he did before he
came here, says u writer I'M Italy Am
hn'ance Service News. 1t is not diff
fienlt to find things to do, for one may
always spend quite while figuring
out when he last saw the sun, or when
he will see II again, And then one
may also look mt the luke,
But 1t Is at night that Mantua dis.
closes Its true nature. With nm cleo
trio light cleaning ON every fourth
block, and the comradely mist always
with you. you can start out for a Wild
evening. There are plenty az places
to go-~all cafes. Variety Is supplied
by ordering beer In one place and wine
In the next, until In final burst OF
hilarity you end up with caffe-latte
(the nadir Of recklessness). BY that
time It Is 1880. the shutters are UP.
the waiter jingles a pocketful OF CEN
tessimi and looks bored, the last pa
iron has departed and the girl behind
the bar seems to wonder what secret
sorrow keeps you from home. So you
depart--via the back door. barking to
your footprints echoing upon the still
night air. The carabinieri look ut you
suspiciously, cat runs across the
black street. and you are all. all alone
In the wicked city. You yawn and 20
back to bed, filled with excitement
and beer. One night nearer home.
Mantua has many attractive fea-
lures, but the best one II the ten
o'clock train to Milan.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
PROTECTING FiREMEN.

Some investigator abroad has been
giving some attention to the investi-
CATION of the best means of protect
ing persons, such as firemen, who are
compelled to work about furnaces.
The conclusion arrived at was that
the most effective device is to fix inn
mediately behind the furnace door q
narrow, oblong nozzle, through
which cold air is blown upward, thus
interposing a screen Of relatively cool
air between door and furnace. This
arrangement is to give adequate pro-
lection to the worker, and has the in
cidental advantage when the doors
of the furnace are opened the escape
Of fame is checked.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
WISE GUY, PARl|n
Knew Just What to Do With That
Little Book.
Recital Of Tragedy In the Gibbs Home.
stead Decided His Course OF
Action Without Necessity Of
Long Thinking.

II heard that Mrs. Gibbs Is going to
leave home" was the spicy bit Of Cos
sip with which Mrs. Parlin met her
husband after he had parked his little
motor car in the back yard.
"No!" gasped Parlin. dramatically,
'Yes!" came back his wife Until
Gibbs gets the house decorated--which
will be about year from now, at the
speed he is travelling on the job. And
don't blame Mrs. Gibbs. II you at.
tempted to do what Gibbs is doing I'd
leave for mothers for an Indefinite
period.
"The Gibbs family always called in
expert decorators to do their work
until this year. Now Gibbs Is suffering
from an attack Of economy, and he
figures he could do the work himself
and put the saving into Victory bonds.
or spare parts for his car
He bought book called How to
Do Your Own Housecleaning,' for ten
cents, and began to memorize the
thing, The book was so full OF statis-
tics and specifications that he soon
became addle Drained trying to figure
It out.
"One chapter was devoted to paint
ing. 1t explained infinitely how one
could figure out the surface of the
walls and by multiplying the dimen-
sions by something or other find out
exactly how much paint would be
needed for the job.
'Gibbs figured out that It would take
SIS gallons OF various colors to do the
work. He ordered up a wagon load
Of paint and began.
'When Gibbs got through painting
he found that he had 81 gallons still
untouched. But as he had opened all
the cans as soon as he got them, he
could not return them to the paint
man In exchange for anything else.
Gibbs lost tidy sum on the paint
Job. and even more on his wall paper
Ing. He ordered enough paper to cover
the side Of warehouse, and when he
got through papering his living and
dining rooms he had them matched all
wrong and the SO rolls left over were
) In tatters. He mixed % gallons of
paste, basing his figure on the book,
and had 10 buckets unused when he
fell of the ladder and broke his Shout
der blade"
$50 Mrs. Gibbs is going to leave
poor Gibbs alone with his broken
shoulder"
"She will--unless he changes his
mind about finishing the work. II he
persists she Is likely to do anything.
for she is In a desperate frame Of
mind"
Parlin reached into an inner pocket
and drew forth a little book called
How to DO Your Own Houseclean-
Ing" He tore the book into small
scraps and threw them at the cat. He
didn't look at his wife. for he knew
she would understand.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12

Great interest has been aroused In
Paris by the trial flight Of new air.
plane, invented by the engineer Nemi-
rovsky and DIR. Tilmont.
The new machine, which Ii called
the "aerochir," Is designed to place
promptly at the service Of men wound
ed IN warfare, or persons injured In
serious accidents. all the resources Of
medical science, and II necessary to
carry them back to the hospital.
Everything required for surgical and
X-ray work is provided on board the
airplane. including an operating table,
and even an ingeniOusly constructed
cOllapsible tent which can be erected
on the scene Of an accident within two
or three minutes.
Two models Of the "aerochir" have
been designed. one capable Of carry
ing four injured persons In addition to
the necessary apparatus, and the other
much larger. capable Of carrying 4
medical and surgical star Of ten per-
sons, and bringing back. II necessary.
as many as twelve injured.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING
Aviator Tells Of Reaction THAT va.
Worth Descent Into the Darkest
Depths Of Despair.

when you have been on patrol
long way behind the enemy lines,
shooting up towns and camps and
railway trains like a pack of aerial
cowboys; when, on your way home.
you have deliberately disobeyed or
ders and loafed long way behind
the other members Of your group in
order to watch the pretty sunset, and
as punishment for this esthetic in
diligence, have been overtaken by
darkness and compelled to land in
strange country, only to have your
machine Immediately surrounded by
German soldiers; then, having taken
the desperate resolve that they shall
not have possession of your old bat
tle-scarred ayion as we'll as of your
person, when you are about to touch
a match to it, if the light glistens on
a long French bayonet and you learn
that the German soldiers have been
prisoners since the battle of the
Somme, and have just finished their
days work at harvesting beets to be
used in making sugar for French
Poilus-ah, isn't it grand and
glorious feeling?"
To which l would reply: 'Mais
oui, mon vieux! Mais oui r'-At-
lantic.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12

Both Jaekso, and johnson BEGAN liz,
Destitute and Friendless,
Says Watterson.

Abraham Lincoln, the rail splitter
who worked his way from a log
cabin to the White House, must take
third place among the nations self
made presidents, remarks Henry
Watterson in the Saturday Evening
Post. Despite his hardships he did
not have to overcome the obstacles
that confronted either Andrew Jack
son or Andrew Johnson.
"Much has been written about
Lincoln's humble BIRTH" says Colo
onel Watterson, 'sbut johnson was
equally friendless and penniless and
started as a poor tailor in a rustic
village, while Jackson at sixteen was
a prisoner of war, liberated from the
British pen at Charleston without a
relative, friend or dollar in the
world, having to make his way up
ward through the most aristocratic
community of the country and the
time.
"The Hanks family were not pau
pers. Lincoln had wise and help
full stepmothez. He was scarcely
worse off than other young fellows
of his neighborhood, first in Indiana,
then in Illinois. On this side justice
has never been rendered Jackson and
johnson. In the case of Jackson the
circumstance was forgotten, while
johnson too often dwelt on it and
made capital out of it."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
WAS DICKENS OFFICE BOY
And Al Ne Rsmsmbsrs OF Great Az.
thor 10 the Peculiar Style Of
HE Clothes.

The perseverance with which the
unlmportnnt fingers In memory n IL
Illustrated by the sum total Of what the
veteran porter who lately retired from
his post ut Temple Gate, London, can
now recall about Charles Dickens.
Back In the Sixties this man. It II said.
was Office boy for the author, then
editing "All the Year Round" All he
remembers n that Dickens wore a
"black velvet coat with big smoked
pearl buttons, and a queer waistcoat,
and trousers Of shepherds plaid. the
biggest check You ever saw, and q
great big deerstalker hat, ~ they
called them, and his hair all hanging
down, why like" Also that once upon
a time somebody asked him. rs that
ahowmanf' And he answered,
That's the great Charles Dickens"
A vivid picture, and this Ii probably
why. plaid trousers and all. Il still
sticks In the former ONCE boys mem
Dry; hut one wishes he could now re-
call some OF the other things he must
have observed In his remarkable chief.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
.Junlorr Resembles HE papa.

His friends said II was excusable
because 1t was his first boy. He ex.
hibited the photograph at the bank
where he was employed.
isn't he wonderY the young IA.
ther would say. passing II through the
window.
"You bet he ls--really good looking
and intelligent; yes. he does resemble
his father And papa would beam
and net as though he had not noticed
the catering smile. All day the same
thing was repeated MS friends entered
the bank. M
He was ''real tickled'' with himself
when he went home that night and
handed the package Of photographs to
his wife. As she opened II the much
finttered papa told her how his friends
had admired Junior" and did she
think the little fellow looked as much
like him as people had said3
Mrs. Bank Teller took one look at
the contents OF the package.
why. dearie, the photographer has
made q mistake: he gave you the
wrong pictures. Kansas City Star.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
THE TRoussEAu IN CHINA
How II Figures When Plans Are Mads
for Marriage o. Daughter o.
Family.

When I was ten years old my serv-
ing woman made mark here In the
middle of my forehead. II was made
with red face paint and had to be re-
hewed every time went outside the
compound. That sign meant that
was old enough to become engaged.
and that my parents would consider
offers for me. Soon after. an old
woman came to see me. She made my
serving woman remove all my cloth
Ing. Then she looked me over. She
made me thread needle--to test my
eyes, She made ME sew q seam--tO
try my skin. She looked at my teeth.
and plnched my body MI, over--to see
II was healthy. Then she went away.
One day. when was twelve, I heard
my mother talking about me---with the
old woman who had been to see me
before. They were talking about my
clothing. The middle woman said I
should have four pairs Of silk trous-
ers and three Of cotton. I was also
to have six white undergarments Of
cotton. and four linen for the hot
weather. My outer garments were all
to he Of silk, and nll must have
embroidery about them. Two heavy
garments were TO be lined with silk,
and padded with new cotton. These
were to wear In the cold weather. They
talked half q day about my trunks.
The middle woman held out that I
should have four, all covered with pig
akin. but my mother was determined
should have only two. At last Il
was agreed that I should have three
pig-skin trunks and two boxes GOV.
cred with plain cloth. When they
came to an agreement about anything
teacher wrote It down. 20 there
would be no Forgetting after. He
would read Il over to them often ana
had to change the writing when one
or the others said they did not % under.
stand. The middle woman grew vefy
angry when they were talking about
the bedding I should have. and LETT
the court. A servant called her ana
she returned. All the while they wero
talking about mo felt most impofs
tnnt, for / had never before had 4
value placed on me. Then / thought
had not understood my mother oil
my life. She had always treated M
with unconcern. because I was not i
boy. and now she was pointing out IN
my good qualities and setting ! value
on each Of them. Then they told No
I was to be married. I Was to marry
4 man had never seen and thsy would
not even tell me his name. I asked
my mother II he might como 70 or
court and play with me. She scoldsd
me. He lived eight miles away. and
could not come that distance Just b
zee me. silly child. AHA MAsaxine.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
Clock Tower 81 JerusaIess,.

Since the occupation OF the holy
city OF Jerusalem BY the British II
IL gradually becoming more western
lied. For the first time in Its history
its streets are properly Cleaned and
II has been given fire brigade SER
vice and now an efficient water-sup.
ply. Hitherto Its Inhabitants de-
pended upon d few wells and water
collected In overhead cisferns. The
telephone, too, hns been introduced.
Its most striking Improvement
though X IL one that was carried ont
just prior to the war--was the cree.
ton Of fine clock tower Ct the Jafga
gate. II In built Of white stone obtained
from SOl0mon's Quarries, Of which the
temple WIS constructed. The clock,
which was supplied BY a London
matchmaker. shows both European and
Arabic time. Opposite the tower
drinking fountain has been erected.
and the roadway which leads through
the old walls into the city at this
point has been entirely rebuilt.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12

Nadlum prsduceieN n United otateA
g. n. viol. writing II Science. STATES
that the total production o. radium
element 10 the United states down %
1910 II about 66 grams. which 4
probably more than half the total
rndlum produced Ia the world. Dur.'
ing the war. with no carnofite exporta,
the greatest part q the worlds -
dium supply has beef, produced n this.
country. III 1915 tho United States
produced 1915 grams. With regard u
4 discussion that hAs occurred con-
corning the amount q iridium thats
can Be produced from the cArn0tite
fields, Mr.. vlol aAys that the carno-
tite holdings Of the Standard Chemical
company, which comprise about 30
claims and are the largest holdings m
der the control d I single c0ncefn.
are estimated TO Be capable of yield
ing u least 800 grams u radium.
Scientific American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
.passlnov For insurance.


"A Philadelphia physician, Doctor
Gsillard. who has examined great
numbers Of men for life Insurance COM
panies, informs me that "the popular
styles IN physique have changed"
Gsrard writes In the Philadelphia
Press.
When ! asked him to elucidate. ~
replied:
mot 90 long ago life insurance COM
panies made a great ado and scanned
with care MI applicants who were un-
derweight. Now underweight N pass
ed over as OF little consequence, while
overweight Il reckoned ~ the STUN.
bling block"
In other words. the thin man was
once regarded as poor risk, whereas
now he II preferred to the stout man.
When I asked the doctor 10 tell me
the reason Tor this switch around m
the popularity of the two types Of the
male form divine, he said tuberculosis.
once the dread Of the thin man, has
been far outcip~sed In fatality by other
organic diseases. especially Of the
heart. which are apt to affect the moro
rofund.
Truly. every dog has his day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
WHIT Did Ne Meant

The minister had eaten very good
dinner and was getting ready to leave
for long time. He happened to
glance at the eighteen-year-old daugh-
ter.
"Well. we'll" he laughed. II sup
pose that pretty soon ri be coming
back to marry this young woman 70
one of the interesting young men Of
the congregation.
The irrepressible eight-year-old son
spoke mp:
. "Oh, no, yOu won't" be offered.
'sBfary II going TO be an old bachelor. 1
The family'S laugh told him that he
had used the wrong word. So straight
way he started to make It right.
n mean an old WITCH" he asserted
more positively than before.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
ANTIQUE % Pisase.

The mistress OF the house engaged
a new servant and gave her instruc
lions how to behave when answering
her bell. One evening she rang for
a glass Of milk. and was surprised
to see Martha appear with the glass
Rrasped In her hand.
''Oh, Martha |" she said, always
bring the milk to me on tray"
Martha apologized. and promised to
remember In future.
A week later the bell rang. and the
same request was made. This time
Martha appeared with the tray and
the milk emptfed into II.
Anxious to please. she curtsied. and
inquired:
s'Shall ! bring Z spoon, ma'am. or
win you lap It upT'-London Answers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-12
LOST ~ 4 PEN.

Grease-Paynt - That property
man tells me he lost fortune when
the arnistice was signed.
Foote-Lyte-Howzzat7
Grease-Paynt-Why, he had just
invented a full set Of collapsible rub
Der meals for stage-eating purposes
when the food restrictions were
pulled of.