instinct Publishinn Company.
“ Washington Street.
In. Norwsllt. Conn.
»- ss Second Class letter
cnberg. President.
Golden. Secrets?!
Telephone:
Norwallt 93—98.
*‘lolephons Norwnlk 1818.
., ' s........‘l'hrss Cents
cop” 39.00
losin- . 34.50
"Year ......
32.2
...-......s
loath:
per week.
, Flying Anniversary
' that lhl‘ii'
:rgrn'l‘odny, twcnty ycurs aftcr the
country. Mcu urc looking forward
to daily flights :crosa- thv- Atlantic.
Indcctl to tuul u. dcniul of the. sluic-
lnt‘nl that :umu w~~ \‘.‘lll lw flying in
.the air :w «:1.»in :ir‘t m. into in lllO-
for cars Would be hard to obtain.
Today “a: liavc 0 \v uuubtcrs of
airplane porzmlxtlltirs. And “yet. th'c
\ir’right bruihv-rs \vt rc cullcd crazy.
i." Aittlost. anything will ho. believed
now:uiuy.<. And why not '.' \\ hnt
“us that thought
bout liil‘ radii)? ’ '
.& gossiblu tut-nty yours itgo‘.’ rqdfi)
U in Nm‘uulk. us in other cities
throughout the, uorld, thousnuds are
"lisivntng in“ C\'( ry day. And (lont
.... daily except Bands: by
lamina; Vice-Pres. and Tress.
h Uffico‘ 46 Wall 38.. NOPWb
red at your home—21 cents
,. no Associated Press is exclusive-
’ly~‘snutied :o the use for publication
of nil news dispatches credited to it
0' not otherwise in this newspaper
Ill also any locnl news published
‘ ill
All rights of publication 0. spec
dis-niches herein are also reserved.
Twanty ycnrs ago today was given
the first dcmonstrntion of flying a
"hop." mall is ivcing curried across
By Watt Msson.
I will
and a. Jewshsrp and a drum:
stick of chewing gum.
their presents. too:
that. come to pieces. oranges
molasses. lollipops and
glasses. plate Jewels
But my grown.up aunts
round the flaudy Christmas
and "103”"
but I've
and no presents will
fifty.
thrifty.
sec.
son should bring pleasure
buying presents for e
whom Christmas is a. treat;
‘hdnvler than air unichinc. Orvilleénm "nap" of embroidered pink
_ Ind “'tlbur “Tight. made It'lllfl- suspenders that 3 Christina; 8‘“
chine and at, Kitty lltlwii. {\orth Pngcndcrs in my breast unseemly
Carolina. mutto it tly. The first hour.
flight was similar to the mic stlcp:
“ “ u. it) .
I I bully. it “as mot t. o . .
toban a. flight. but the principle of Currler_1ves Prlnts
aviation hull boon workedt out‘by
' .thcrs and t the ms
the “1mm hm itil‘lls wore cor- Of rcccut years the lithographs of
L‘urricr and Ives have been in great
demand by collectors. It. is easy to
sce- why this should be the case. says
"The Antiquarian" of New York.
Thcy cover many phases of our Am-
t-ricau history. political events. sports.
shipping and‘sccncs of home and rur-
ltl life.
Many of them are fascinating in
their quaint originality and because
they could have been produced in no
othcr country. As they depict per-
sons. places and events that now be-
long to history. these lithographs
huvc :1 value far hcyond the prices
reached when they were printed.
The most valued Currier and Ives
prints are the “shipping" prints —
give the kid s present
'whcn the Christmas time hes came:
hogshnil have s. wooden pheasa’i‘it
0
shall have. because he‘s little. roll-
ci' skates and knives to Whittle. and
some candy nice and brittle. and 3
And my
smiling Hm nieces. they shall have
sawdust dolls
and
figs to chew. candies made of rich
looking-
trnmed in
brasscs. and a tube of liquid glue.
and con-
sins needn't look for gifts from me:
they'll be standing. by the dozens.
tree:
hope for something
nifty. something worth five bucks or
suddenly grown
they
Oh. the Joyous Christmas sea.-
to the
young. but there is no fitting rea—
son why our roubles should be flung
follow
when] the years have rendered mel—
low. even though he says we‘re yel-
low when no costly gift is sprung.
”and your gifts to little nippers to
1 am
tired of drawing slippers that bring
anguish to my feel: and I say to all
:bv { g ’ ’ ‘y > . A . u , 1‘ ’ i “I. > ‘N I
’33:???”‘1‘151‘7 W... films. .r 4 PR » # AS .
nvj'uns GOLDEN ‘cunisrms Giulio. ’ i
m mo.
\
s
.-.\‘\\\._\3:-. .
. . , __.-- -..-“.-....“ . ..
.. ' ml;
Brazil is Handicapped by a-
.M
...
diets in proportion to the number of
poo lit: protected. says Capt. Elbridge
L’.
i Three in a box! ‘Never mention the
. ' . And always they 'tnke "one of
‘\ dad’s."
\ i“) And though I had forty such boxes
J \y] of three. _
f; I There would not be enough for the
...
beamed.
, Tied with a. ribbon of blue.
..Oh, there’s many a. trinket ‘which. I
’ have condemned '
But I‘ve only high praises for you.
. Three linén' handkerchiefs!
if you can .
For a. handler token to give to a
man. » . -
price. '
Christmas is coming once more.
‘ And threo'llneir hnndkerchicfs al-
’ ways are nice ‘ .
To give to lineman your adore.
You couldn't do better Mitollow
the plan. .
For handkerchiefs always are liked
by a man.
Yes. come with your handkerchiefs.
three in a. box;
And pile up the line for me!
Forget the blue neckties. forget the
red sox. ‘
And give ms those handkerchiefs
‘ three. _ ‘
For though I had forty. when Christ-
mas is gone
In my moment. of need I should
never have one. .
They are mine just at Christmas. but
liter that. day '7
The mother. the girls and the lads
Go straight to the spot. where my
handkerchiefs stay ,
family. and me. >
Japanese Reconstruction -
From a financial standp‘ini.
conditions in Japan after the carth~
quake are as satisfactory as might
be expected. writes Margaret .De-
Forrest in December current. maga-
zine.— Already the moratorium de-
clared in the first. days has been
lifted an'd the banks are doing busi-
ness once more. The insurance
companies. however, race a serious
problem. They state that "without
Government help ihnn can only pay
4 per cent. of the claims. How the
work of reconstruction is to be ii-
~nanccd has not yet been dcfnitch
.4
1“ ‘1» Alien or”? ' woxmcnmsr -
Three ,m ft; box, initialed m»
Search .
. IT’SMIGHTY NICE
_ a—to have a fund; payable to you just b9.
fore Christmas, for your. use in buying
Christmas presents.
"Start new to prepare for Christmas, 1924,
lb? joining.
Our ChriStmasClub
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. w.s.s.
Issue of 1919 will be due and payable
on January 1st, 1924.
. We will pay you face “value at any
time, and, if funds are placed in Savings
Department, interest will be allowed at
the rate of 4V; 3; per annum.
' The City National
clippcr ships. cutters.
stoulnships.
attached.
forgot, thv llimnnmnivh. \Vho would
‘7 mil; lllullL'llt llmt linsr‘llll".
%, Thu lilzl. lax-lily )t'ill'S have lwcn
‘ nu ugv nl' \\'illli"l':l. \\'lt--tin.-r three
new 'lnwntmu.‘ luv.“ :uiliwi in the
grnrrrnl ll.ll>lrlli".’<.i of the World rc-
innins to It.
" ll.
lint hula" ‘
' :t. thought to Hr-
‘- Till" and \\ . li‘ \\'l'lgltt. tin: laur-l
‘ V. (it'll: ilLl’l ut' 171v il.l‘.
:4 ...n_. _._..._.._.. _..
L, ‘iln: ttmlltlgc “Myth."
’.- m.......
a: 'iil" \lllugt'rl
i 'rlit'i'l' inn. l-wn u imtll that Mr.
if t‘tmlitlun ll .l l:l:.tll. H“ liCH‘l‘ scl-
llmi lill‘ lillulllll pullt'u Htl‘ikt': lit;
mcrrly cut (Twill. for svttliug it;
the crttllt inning-1 to one of those
energetic wunmlltms. always uvnti—
nirlo.iu llnatnn in push the rm‘lt'out’s
“Godill with his own uightstick. Mr.
Coolidrzv sit lmr'i'. un'll tho coup “(in
olfactctl. :lml lltt‘ll suddenly stopped
out and stunt; his ln-mi nndcr tho
crupn ut' \u-tm'y. \anl,( grant. it
so. I:()ilil_\' tn squash tilt: lloston pu—
lico slrliw \\.l.‘-i lhv- Min of the bus-
tou citizwuu. llulnlly to “buck off
a chunk of tho int'Olilf‘ tax and bold-
ly to str p on tho bonus “us Mr. .‘lcl-
ion's ivivu. 'i‘iu' inclhml by which
Cotnptt'ullrr Craig; wrniti iu' k'-[\t from
making it lll"l'l'_V martyr of liilusrlf
was m. l).lll;:li-'l'ly"5i 1mm Mca. liut
all thcsr' lll' as just hupw it when Mr.
t
J. .. , . lloston to learn lith "
.. . . . ~ t. that. itself .n- “"“ph'c ”*L“
Coolidnl i ”Hill" ing. After perfecting himself in this
gucs smncrlnnx of a talent. ‘
‘ ‘ ‘2 ’li \TIIEIK afterwards to New York. a, Brazil itself really
H“ -...“ M whore he established a printing and £223.; ”(air or Deming about, its
' publishing business. He began with own rcsourccs except. in a general
[for ”Mm...” .\'~\'-' England; only two hand-presses. but in the wav that thcv must. be large. It is
Cloudy null llllit‘ll'ttlltil'l‘, prol-ttlily "““rSU "f years enlarged his husl- ltil'gc coltller. and n has never
snrm. llvnrtv :: Mumldl‘. ’fm‘sdfll’ “"33 until it was one of the most im- Seen Prospccicd thoroughly. It is
fair, “"“mm‘” ""M' For soutlwrn Dorian: and largest in the 00‘1”"?- robabiy One of the world's largest
New i:n:,l.mrl: Cloudy and colder “1 18-»0 he took into partnership E, n t the largest lnincralimrd areas
)imldniz mmh ('(litil‘l‘ Monday James M- l‘v’cs. and under the name 0 '
night: 'l'ur‘svluy fair; (‘lelllflUL‘ti cold.
'l‘hc dutnilmncc that was ccntrni
'Ovt-r uurthvru Manitoba. Saturday
night Xll'I\"ti rapidly. (inst-southeast-
xvllrd and “as ccnlvrt-d over the St.
anrr‘u It'\.llif‘y Sunday night. This
disturluincc has born attt-nded by
local shuns in northern New Engv
'rhcrc “ill in: a sharp fall in the
tcmpcraitnrl- Monday and Monday
night in va England.
Storm warnings are displayed on
the Atlantic coast from Delaware
breakuutvr to I'Ln'tport, Maine.
Oboe-nations ni l'ultml Sluice “'cn-
tilt-r Burt-nu stations
Tnkcn is p. in. (75th Mar. Time) Love.
' .. - ' of Indians. usually of light color..
will??? ”Orin” 11:.” pm Thu “bi-l2; heart t QOng did with strange marriage enstoms and
u ‘ r n": .o: 1,. gold rings in their noses. in either
Ahiicnc, t‘ltl)’ ..... to 30.52 \thn spring came north to us again case “hr talidomBlzfizallt itagghl’a‘rg:
Amory. pl. clrly m 30.02 I loved the flowers onernnd nil done " 3‘ ' nt and has ‘00
Atlantic (lily. cu- .. m 30.13 And “did throughout the livelong :aiynil'se‘i- 3:18:10 attend to The
Block lslnnd. (.‘ll' . . 4;: 30.04 y - _ -
Boston. cli’iy ..... 40 29.98 To hearuthe sweet bird's leving :‘Igi‘figmlmn;emgzeréog‘l‘fiysheug
' , . n . ‘ . ‘
lgllfaz'iotridluin. . I ll :3": o- 'c orally from one end to the other.-
Chicsg‘ 0. Cir . . . . . . 4:; 30.40 But now low lies my on true Love Btuilinn resource: with r3333:
”Cincinnati. cir is so.“ And though I love each thing that to one sroup of In net-ale. \
Shaver ctr 4" :lo 48 I may be classed together. are pretty
: . ..... 40 10.32 0 might .02. am return 1",.“ 1‘ well known. principally as s. result
~ in. cldy . . 30 so.“ Loved but the wood thrush and 0f the war. Thesenre its reoot'irhces
‘ F or Point cldy as 29 9e ‘ ’ the rose. of iron. coal and manganese. 9,
ton (-tdy r." 30.38 --’rut. are all three of tho utmostimport-
a. 'cldy 4; 30:3‘ .0: ———————__ once to the industrial future of
Cll’ ....... 35 30.40 ' He Got lives. Bruit. for they are used in msklns
lane, cldy .. 56 30.23 .04 an be coked but with tenant:
s City. clr .. 54 30.44 (and-Bit) . steel. the mufashturco in. annual
lie. pt cldy 46 30.40 A motorist wss stopped by g, po- economic history ws._ of every
Ho. clr 46 so.“ licenses for speeding whereupon be 3:31;, indium“ m
~ his. ctr ..... 46 30.“ became nagry and culled the police. ~ . '
‘ emery. rain H 30.84 .68 man!!! ll. Alter be 1m ptid his The Minn Genes 11630;" J” :0:
. . cldy . . . . at, 29.8: .16 fins the angina-sis W him for onlyxmnrkabls for its c mass u
. ket. Cir 44 30.02 what he hndssidto the sneer. it: contains only a very ems oper-
rlcnns. cidy 43 30.22 "Then I mus-1 cull n pohcemsn centsge of phosphorous. an element.
fork. ctr . . .. 4: 30.12 an on?" he naked. . that is thobnne of the steelmaker
. pi cldy 48 30.32 .01 "Gummy non.” sold the m It ruu‘nnYWhere from Co “din-F"
onto. clr . . 42 30.18 trste. "You most not insult the po- csst of pore metallic iron 4 is
h. ctr . . . . 4:! 30.32 lice.“ . . . everywhere rendily accessible. ' It is.
old: as 20.98 ‘ "'an so, it it gives you my est. in not. the most mm 3" ,
MW 38 39-" .20 ’ '7‘- Wills worship mun miners! ruonmm
.elr 48 30-46 Means. . . m. '3'?!” (on s. fall: through
28 '
3.40
‘7‘" .
lie
I‘ rn ( in us.
Roxbury,
and. utter a common school c
and shortly
ofC
are portraits of
for some of those.
it would be intcrcsting
more than half a ccntury.
rcmcrbcrcd that
sum I" "1"3713
Natunici C‘Curricr \vns
Massachusetts. in
ion.
vork. he removed
The Currier and lvcs
utmost every known subject.
realm of politics and history there
is a Mexican \Vnr series.
cries. and Civil \Var series.
Love.
know.
«is
as»
frigates
Railway officials appnro
vully valuc the prints of cngies. par-
ticularly when passenger coaches are
As much as $2.30 or more
is laying :lSlit‘tl by New York dealers
Sporting prints.
Urn also in demand: there is a long
In? of ccicbratcd winning horses and
zjlu'lu‘ys of the American turf. famous
ram": and stables.
to know
how many prints wore made by these
industrious nlcn. “hose work cm'cls
it must
photography
u :13" in its infancy when (..‘urricr and
lvcs bcgan tht-ir work: it “as only-
through the hand of the artist and
the rcproduction of his work that the
world could bc informed pictorially
of the cvcnts of the tin
through this
rmem'ri could be intuit: for future gon-
Thcrcforc. tho Lari): und
middle Ninetccnth Century was an‘
ngo of lithogrnphcrs, and thesn- “ho
are competent to cxprcss an opinion
say that "Mr. X. ("urricr from the
.cnrly forties to 1882 furnished more
delightful rcminisccnccs than nil the
\nwricun lithographcrs put togeth-
or."
y, and o‘nly
that the
born
1513:
duca-
wus apprenticed to a. firm in
to Philadelphia
urrier and Ives a long iist-—nnd
a. varied one—of prints appears.
prints cover
In the
a California
There
Presidents and tpreg-
. ancse
land and M strung shifting winds ”"1”“ Candldntm. portraits of gen- mang er a min-
and gums lll lilu custnrn lake rc- el'alsbtlzndinllwnl officers and innu~ {381,9Jgggiclrerictufixthfrom the
“on... mcra e p ctures of American seen- ' no 3
High prrssuro prcvniicd Sunday cry in a" parts of the country. alarm-2:21;: ogtgézzgufn first. :3:;_
night almnsl, gcncruliy over the H i
. to iron ore—
' 7-. .‘; -. ‘, ' New Th “ titics. gold. wolfram .
$3212.:th! n « iucpt 0\ or c ood Thrush and the Rose umblemishcd by any prosphorus
The wild rose by the gray stone wall
ls fairest. of the flowers that blow
For 'twas my Love. my cum true
That taught my heart to see and
The wood thrush in the apple tree
In sweetest of the birds that sing.
For 'twas my Love, my our true
and
Lack
rcsourccs of lirazil
little is known
mincrnl
fact that so
them.
The avcrugc l'ox‘vigncr uniting:
hero for the first time is surprised
to find that the country Doral'sri‘?
such a thing llsillllllt'rul \vcalih. Til-J
has ever
about
average American; if he
. had occasion to prod his memory
‘ for a. traction on the subject of
South .\lll(‘l‘ii‘fln miucruls. thinks
not of Brazil. but of tho west coast.
where, he I‘L‘nlcellillurs. iiicrc is con-
cr iu i'cru.‘ :nri tin in Chilc. He
may think of liruzil in conncction
with diamonds. b'xt it is ill) chance:
to one. in: will not connect it with
gold. though llruzil was thc princi-
palgolri prodnrcr of tho world in the
St‘Vl‘llif‘t‘lllh and liiglitccnth rc-ntur—
ics. No Will be zi rurc cxccpti if
hc ‘iuiows that ”mail possrsses any
of tho icss prccious but more use-
ful metals, ’i‘hc \\ est coast is known
in tho. popular mind to bc mun-ml-
izcd because Y’rcscott advertised it
as such in his Conquest. of Peru
while Brazil is known to lm nothing
but the land of coffee because it. is
advertised as such by its altcmplu 1t
valorization. Kurt \V. Milicr \vritcs
in opening the rationing lt-ttcr from
lilo De Junciro to the Detroit News.
Ignorance of Brazilian rczourccs
on the part of foreigners is.not. sir-
in
that never has been thoroughly in-
vestigated by the prospector. I‘cr-
lodically nn explorcr colncs back to
Rio dc Juncrio from the wilds and
makes an announcement. l‘hus
one of them trrivcs from the State
of Rio Grande do Noric. to the
north of the Amazon. and says that
.bcauxitc and gold are
content—and coal. An explorer
from Pnrnhyba announces platinum.
Sometimes. if 'the public is in the
right. state of receptiveness. these
announcements are received with
great enthusiasm. Sometimes they
re treated like the announcements
of those other explorers who. ever,
so often. descend from the head
waters of the Amazon and confess
they have discovered a. new tribe
The outuundmy. thing about the
is the
of Venturesome Capital
are mitcs of it to the east of llcllo
iloribontc, the capital of the State.
Fifty-“VD outcrops surveyed by
govcrnincnt cuginecrs are reckoned
to contain not less than l‘.‘,uuu.ilim.-
tum tons of ore of the highest pos~
slblc grade.
And this in a country where no
one ever has to worry about CO'll
bills or has to work, for that mat-
ter, if he wants to plant a tow b.1-
naua trccs and let the high-archcd
pulm liCC'S be his tabernacle.
Tilt? probicm of dmcloping (tic
df'llOSil is (mo of transportation.
which is now lacking. The Belgian
properties are ru‘uc‘llmi by the Can-
tral dc lira-Lil linitrourl from ltio.
but the hunt to lilo is a long and
cxpcnsivc onc and part of the route
is still traversml only by narrow
cuugo road. The natural route in
directly cast, when! n. comparatively
short. downgrade haul through the
vallcy of the River Doro “with! car—
ry the ore to the cxcrllcnt port of
\‘iciorla or to the equally oxccllunt
port of Santa Cruz. A narrow-gauge
railway nlrcndy has been mun up
this valley‘ from Victoria to a point
in touch with the outskirts of the
iron deposits.
Though it “'Ollltl he a compara-
tively easy matter to which and
straighten this narrow-gauge road
for broad-gauge traffic. the. nun-cc:
gauge. has occupied and new equals
comfortably on the only practicable
it is this {not that constitutes the
stumbling block on which the ain-
biro. company. and perhaps its
French. British and Belgian col-
leagues in the iron field. has been
clubbing its toes.
lron already is being made in
Brazil with charcoal. imported con}
and hydro-clcctric power as fuel.
Imported coal is at present expon-
sivc. Charcoal is eminently so.
There arc. an abundance of water
powers. large and small in nil-purist
of Brazil where iron is found, hm
waterpowers are expensive things to
develop and it is doubtful if ‘thcv
can ever be the foundation) of a
first rate steel industry. There re—
mains the native cont.
Coal is one of Brazil's biggest.
problems. in connection with both
her infant stool and her infant man-
ufacturing industries. At present
the native coal._ due‘ in part. to the
expense of processing and in part
to its inferior efficiency. dues not
compete with imported coal in the
industrial districts of the Central
. tes. . ,
‘Even with these handicaps. ii is
said. it could easily compete if ado-
quote transportation were available.
As it is the southern coal has to be
thrice transshipped on its way
north. once on the shore of Lego
dos Paton. a shallow coastal lagoon.
once 'when deep water is reached.
and once at Rio or Santos. the ports
of entry for the interior.
Thoquestion of why. if the coal
cannot go to the manufacturing and
steel industries. these industries do
not come to the coat is a sticker.
I nthe. case of steel manufacture
there is but“ one reasonable answer
and that: is the inevitable one that
Brazilians do not know what their
ownl resources are. It is Well known
that ,th southern Estates" are
equipped not only with coal. which;
the experimenters say deposit. of
iron andrmansauese’snd even of
wont-smite. anothe'r steel alloy. Ir _
there were definite information as
‘0 the-edeposiu and as to the coke
ing (militias! the coal. or if the
CW 91 obtaining this =m9rma2
tion was not so great. the,“ com;
mics ‘now burning charcoal in
”Nomad Sac Pnuto would hove»
no excuse for failing to noon-“g
. Rio Grande.
theippisnuis’nd [now
do sni sconce"
> proportion to population. we have an
the cmst tics. not to the south, lrut .
.are plentiful. cheap and easy‘ to
7 unlimited.
are approximateiy’aizoo
cut ' telepho
are connected directly or indirectly
with those «of the twenty-nix Asso-
ciated Companies comprising the
Bell System.
than 27.000 rural line systems and
associations which are connected
with the Bell System. These two
groups together own
some four and one-half. million felo-
phones.
thnn halt the number of Bell owned -
telephones. 0f the total of approxl-V
mntely fifteen million telephones in
the United States about’ ninetrssv-
cn and one-half per cent cnn be
‘reac ‘
posedpt iron sndnlckclahas very
valunble ..
{product 0! the
borntories. The 2
“this new:r alloy is vm'mueh greater
:athsn that
in 3 being fried
‘~ ""1 We?
Cally. S. .-\.. in December Cur-
rcnt llistory Magazine.
disarmcd. She
diplomats ari‘ersaiiles felt. that an
army of 100.000 woul leave her de-
fenseless and powerless: yet the mill-
tury strength of the United States
is more. nearly equally to that of Ger-
many than of any other nation. In
l’\‘t*l‘i smaller army than Germany.
When the farmer in his field and the
merchant at his desk pay taxes to in-
surc proper government and-protec-
tion of their t‘ntt‘rprises and produc-
tion. some of the inuncy goes to the
town. city. county and State. Even
of thc sum that is employed {0 na-
tional pllt‘post‘s. only 13.5 per cent. is
used for national defense. The exact
pr-r capita cost of the military estab~
lishmcnt is $2.34. A study made of
tho expenditures for governmental
purposes. in our thirteen largest cit-
ics indicutcs that out of every doiinr
only about 2 1~3 cents is spent for the
upkeep of the military establishment.
and lose than 6 nuts for the army
any navy lmmbincd. This govern-
nwnt Slii‘llds for military insurance of
nts national wraith at the rate of
90.97 cents per thousand.
The Phone In Panama
The telephone problems in the
Panama. Canal Zone are somewhat
different from those encountered in
the temperate zone. The “lead
borer" and the termite or need ant.
together With an extremely heavy
rainfall and an annual atmospheric
humidity of 85 degrees. work havoc
wiin- telephone apparatus. The
“lead borer." a minute bug. cores 3
small oblong hole about the sizesof
a plnheud in lead cable sheath
through which moisture penetrates
to the circuits and impairs
mission. The activities of this pest
have been largely curtailed by cov-
ering the cable with oitumattlc
paint. a. preparation applied‘ wmle
hot. and when cool it forms a. ma
non-cracking enamel-like surface.
‘ The termite or wood ant devours
almost any kind of wood by work-’
ing from the inside and leaving only
a thin skeleton of the outer surface.
At Ci‘istobal. one of the four towns
in the Panama. Zone. a. wooden
building of yelfow pine mu r-.cently
practically rebuilt because of the in»
roads of this insect.
Scrap Gil-pound railrond'rsiis are
used for poles. Wooden poles ex.
cent; a. few for experimental pur-
poses hnve never been used for any
type of construction. Scrap rails
handle. and their life is practically
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PHONE} HOOKUPS
It‘ is interesting to note that there
independ-
companies in the
United States. the lines, of which
There are ' also mark
which is something less
through the Bell System
_. ’ ; a Valuable New sup:
‘ "Permalloy."‘ a nay alloy com-
magnetic qualities. .. Itis
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.mesulity of
lie-immune»
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_ linemen sublet-rigs
Germany is
is powerless as far
as national defense is concerned. The
ll ans-“
collectively ,
planned. Indications point strong—
ly to both foreign and domestic
loans. Most of the money untessary
for the purchase of raw matc'ials.
if procured through foreign loans.
will find its way back to foreign
countries. The import. business of
Japan is largely in the hands of
foreign representatives of large Jan-
anese import hour-cs. It would not
be surprising. however. if a son-
solidsted syndicate for foreign pur-
chase was former under GoVern-
(ion of the large cities. in fact.
American. Staci and lunmcr are the
two biggest items nc'eded at present.
In connection with the selt‘ug of
lumber. Secretary Hoover has made
an_ effort to secure cry-operation of
the big _lumber industrics in Ameri-
ca to sell to the Japanese at pic-
disaster rates. It ir-stimate that
a complete rehabilitation and recon-
struction in the devastated areas of
Japan cannot be effected in less
than five years. Full employment
of labor during this period will
cause great prosperity throaghoui
the empire. for the purchasing pow-
er of the masses will. be lncueased.
and the likely result will no the im-
portation of foreign luxuries as well
as necessities. Thus. the picture as
a. whole begins to lose its not as-
pects of hopelessnessnnd dos :alr.
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Liberty in Our Schools.
It used to be that schools infring-
ed so oppressively upon the personal
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f.‘ Bank
~ _ South Norwalk Conn.
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ment' auspices. The fact that
that.” American steel" and Concrete ’
bgldings suffered practically no mm e e e S ’80 ‘
no loss from the :irliufuake will ‘
hnvc'an import effect upon the pi.ic- Dm‘ “ “1
ing of contracts for thc\rccon§1ruc- ..— ‘It's Bess I In M‘
tors, etc.
STORE OPENED EVENINGS L'NTIL CHRISTMAS.
this wonderful
things,
kiddies such
Dolls. Coaster
lair. Cclcry and [00
Come in and select now.
Joy in Toys
Conic. bring the childrcn t.
display
toys of all >011: for
as Trains.
\\-‘a.gon~. ’-
Skates. Doll Carriages. cic.
have a complete line of
gifts such as Berry. Cake.
Stainless Stccl Knives and .
Carving Scis. Dinner Sets. .
of
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Crcsm »'
33 Washmgto‘ n. St.
Store Open Evenings ~Beginning Saturday, Dec. 15 U
Christmas
South No -
liberty of children in the matter of
dress that every city furnished copy
for the funny editor to elabosatc
each effort as n rebellion against
"the sumptuary laws of envious old
inside." Always the teacher cru—
cado against bobbed hair. p'wder
puif.‘ certa. .or other feminine
fashions. suffered public ridicule. in
Cleveland. Sacramento. VVilkesbarr—z
you would think that schools pride
themselves in being up to the style
in girls' dress. Instead of making
himself ridiculous by thundering
against alleged impropriety in cos-
tume the modern principal puts it
up to a council of girls and the
right thing is done without fuss or
rebellion. Kellogg. principal of a
troducdd me to a young miss. who.
as chairman of the school commun-
ity. presides over a committee that
suggests to glrls’fond of startling
apparel that the reputation of quiet
modesty is more valuable ‘ to the
school than questionable style is.
This is liberty and self-control. ‘lt
works better than pedagogical pros
hibltion—William McAndrew in. the
Made by Electric Storage Battery Co., the Old
EXIDE
Exide BatteriesiFrom $6.00 to 531.
Why Risk 3 Cheap Battery ?
and Largest Company in the World
' s. L. BENEDICT
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World‘s Work. \
Just in Time.
(Poultry Journal.)
An actress who had retired from
stage and bought a little house
e country decided to start 9.
'en farm.
rdingly. acting on the prin-
that all big businesses have
i beginnings. she bought n. hen
a setting of 1s eggsf‘.’ ‘
As she had no knowledgeg of ‘
poultry at all. she wrote to n poul-
try journal asking how long the.
eggs would take to hatch out. The
paper repliedr -
"Three weeks
tour: ducks." . ,.
Some Weeks later she again wrote,
in
chic
Ac
cipi
for chickens ' and
togth’e severe... , . -
' "may thanks for your advice.
Bonavenatthqend ottlu'es'lreeks
there werejlo' chickens hatched out.
and. as .1- magnet- wantgducks. * I
tookvtlze hen ion." ‘ ' ' ..
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Edam—0f brown or b
Winston: rubber heels . .
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J. P. S.—ln brown elkskin. unlined heavy sole. sizes 8": '0 ”If:
Moccasin—0g brown comm. IArklde sole. rubber nevi. 34-”
81 'Wssliillzton St.
Locum:
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