Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 2, 1914, Page 5

VARIQOUS MATTERS ~ 10c i, 'hmm’.‘mm to 26 degrees Fancy Spinach . . .. \cax 20¢ Onions to 8 s 18¢ ‘a to m‘"fi?»‘-’.‘i&i‘i"‘"‘ e 38 e S Sy~ G e bl Lettuce M) oonsae o 108 Celery (large) .. “ 10c w o o oalaleTe s Ik SOMERS You will the Wauregan house noon tunch very attractive.—adv. Special services were held in_the Episcopal churches yesterday, the feast of St. Philip and St. James. The steamer City of Boston has left New London pier for Newport, ‘where she will be overhauled. Milkmen and other early risers yes- terday noticed that ice had formed, a chilly greeting for the Queen of May. A few patriotic citizens displayed flays Friday, in commemoration of Dewey’s victory in Manila Bay, May 1st, 1898. At the first mass in St. Patrick’s church Sunday, the young ladies’ so- dalities will receive holy communion in a body. Clayton Hamilton, the writer, will spend the summer a¢ Ocean Beach this season. Mr., Hamilton has been at the beach in former seasons, THE ON UJTRO ARNISHES, A telephone pay station is being es- tablished for the convenience of sum- mer cottagers at Lord’s Point, includ- ing a number of Norwich families. One of the handsome, ping-tipped magnolia trees in town is that at the residence of F. T. Sayles, formerly the Carew place, on Washington street. WON'T PULL YOUR ARM OUT OF JOINT Some of the churches are prepar- ing to observe Mothers’ day, Sunday May 10th. An effort will be made to have all mothers attend church that morning. Won't show brush marks. Possess all the world-famous Valen-— tine's easy-working and flowing qualities. The beautiful crocuses, bluebells and other spring blooms in the grounds at the Blackstone residence on Washing- ton street, are admired by all who pass that way. Ernest E. Hamilton, a sailor, who overstayed his shore liberty at Mont- ville, was taken to Charlestown, Mass. by Constable M. J. Hickey to the U. S, S. Georgia this week. An East Killingly patient, Miss Doris Gordon, is suffering from throat dif- flculty for the reiief of which she un- derwent a surgical operation in Nor- wich last Wednesday. YOUR MONEY BACK IF THEY DON'T PLEASE YOU. PrestonBros., Inc. Franklin Square The first quarterly conference of the Methodist church was held in the North Grosvenordale M. E. church par- lors Tuesday afternoon. The district superintendent presided. Attorney Charles W. Comstock of Montville was in Hartford Tuesday, and reiterated his announcement of several weeks ago that he is a candi- date for the democratic nomination as governor. Mentioned among the prominent in- surance men from out of town in at- tendance at the funeral of Charles H. Bullock in Middletown Wednes- day was Walter F. Lester, secretary of the New London County Mutual Fire Insurance company, of Norwich. Rev, Mother Rose of Hartford, a guest ‘of the Sisters of Mercy on Per- kins place, established the first con- vent in Norwich 42 vears ago. Many married men and women, her former pupils, are calling on her during her visit in Norwich, During May the planet Jupiter.is in the eastern borders of Capricornus and is therefore a morning star. It will be be seen rising in the southeast at a few minutes after midnight ,and by sunrise shines out brilliantly near the meridian in the south. The twenty-seventh annual conven- tion of the Connecticut State Spirit- ualist association is to be held in Hartford today (Saturday )and Sun- day. The speakers will be Rev. Mary S. Pepper_Vanderbilt, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Rev, Thomas Grimshaw of According to the appraisal in Brooks Iyn, N. Y., Thursday the estate of Mrs. Harriet Molineux, mother of Roland B. Molineux and a native of Mans- fleld, Conn., shows that she left prop- B. Molineux, shows that she left prop- erty amounting to about $37,000. All of the estate goes to her husband, Gen. ‘B. L. Molineux. ————— KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, White Cross Council Had Class In First Degree. uits Boys™ $ that are made for real boys. Norfolk Jackets with frozen belts and patch pockets. White Cross Coupncil, No. 18, Knights of Columbus held a largely attended meeting last evening. In ad- dition to the regular routine of busi- ness the first degree of the order was Some Suits have 2 pants, $5.00 to $8.00. And 6 months’ subscription didates, by tne regular degree team of the council. Four applications for membership were presented. An in- vitation was received from Jose Coun- cil, No. 14, of Willimantic to attend an exemplification of the third degree to be held in Willimantic on Sunday, May 3rd. As the Willimantic degree team has a reputation for finished work in this degree, a large delegation will attend from this city, some going by automobile, others will take the 12.45 p. m. trolley. - Y. M. H. A. issues Challeng The Y. M. H. A. have organized a baseball team for the coming season ‘with Sol Smith as captain and E. Bud- nick manager. They challenge any team under 21 vears of age for Sunday games. Send all challenges to Y. M. H. A, 13 Main street, Carroll block. Custom Shirt Materials SUITABLE FOR SHIRT WAISTS IN UNCOM- MON PATTERNS. HANDSOME FABRICS. The Toggery Shop, 291 Main St., Norwich, Ct. CAPTAIN J. L. JAYNE FARMERS ! M’mm.c.. Captain Joseph L. Jayne is in com- mand of the battleship New Jersey of the Third division of the Atlantic fleet. Fhe New Jersey is a second line bastie- Norioh, Gaturday, May & W1 Wy & o conferred upon a class of fourteen can- | Miss Fan at Waterfol friends. Mrs. Lizzie Boynton -has returned to her home in after spend- ing a few days with her brother, C. H. Cone of East Lyme. Mrs. Horace Platts and Carl Tryon of Westbrook to Norwich Tues- day for the latl sister, who return- ed with them for a visit, Mr, and Mrs. Henry W. Branche, Fred Luffey and Miss Carrie Terpp of Norwich were early in the week at Roxmont, Point. Mr, and Mrs. John C. Shea, of West Main street, left Friday for New York city, to atiend the funeral of Mr. Shea’s uncle, James Shea. 3 Halstead of Baltic, was Tnursd-:.mel'filtot FOR SUFFRAGE PARADE. Norwich Delegation Preparing to Be in State Demonstration in Hartford. The Norwich Equal Franchise league representatives, six or seven in num- ber, who are to go to Hartford to be in the state parade today (Saturday), made their final arrangements Friday, and the league has passed a resolution which is to be incorporated in a big resolution to be presented before con- gress. All the preparations for the suffrage parade are now completed and suffra- sists all over the state are hoping and praying for fair weather in order that the demonstration may be a complete success. Suffrage headquarters in Hartford is a scene of incessant activ- ity, and Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton has spent three days in Hartford put- ting the final touches to her work as chairman of the art committee. Miss Pierson and Miss Gregory are also hard at work. Miss Gregory is giving invaluable assistance with the decora- tion of the floats, and Miss Pierson nas | had in hand the work of preparing the beauufully illustrated programme which is to be sold on the streets and which will form an excellent memento of the pageant and parede. Harmonious Color Scheme. The work that has been done by Mrs. Seton as chairman of the art com- mittee has included the designing of over 40 banners which are intended to be carried at the head of each group of women—women doctors,women law- vers, milliners, factory workers, etc. These banners are in different colors and the marchers will wear the capes and caps which accord in color with the banner of their group. The whole has been arranged in a great color scheme—a scheme which will make the parade the most beautiful street spec- tacle that tkis state has ever beheld. After the parade there will be & mass meeting in the Park sacino at which resolutions ‘Will be offered calling upon congress to pass the amendment to the United States constitution sweep- ing away all disqualification of _sex. This resolution s to be carried to Washington by Mrs. Seton, who Is chairman of the Connecticut delegation that is to join in the great national suffrage parade and demonstration in Washington next Saturday. Along with the representative women from x the other states, Mrs. Seton will march | from the Belasco theatre to the capitol and there deliver the resolutions to members of the Connecticut congres- sional delegation. In Windham and Tolland Counties. As soon as the parade is over Miss Emily Pierson will turn again to her plans for a campaign through Wind- ham and Tolland counties which has been determined upon by the execu- tive board of the C. W. S. A. This campaign is to start on June 15th and to last two months. Miss Pierson has already secured the services of five suffrage workers—all college gradu- ates, or to be college graduates before the campaign opens. With herself and Miss Gregory, this will make a force of seven workers, and it is Miss Pier- son’s intention' to bring the number up to nine pefore the 15th of June. There are already two suffraze leagues in Windham counyt, and mem- bers of these leagues will be ready with help when the campaign is in their neighborhoods. These leagues are the Putnam Fqual Franchise league and the Danielson Equal Fran- chise league. In Tolland county there is &s yet no suffrage league, although there are many enrolled members of the C. W. S. A. in Rockville, Stafford Springs and other of the Tolland coun- ty townships. It is this backward con- dition as regards suffrage organization that has fixed the choice of locality for the campaigns of ahe coming sum- mer. Both these counties have many towns that are remote and difficult of access and it Is only possible to carry out a campalign in such a territory dur- ing the summer, when automobiles are available. IN CITY COURT. Boy Put on Probation—Man Fined for Refusing to Pay Car Fare. Judge Kelley presided at the ses- sion of the city court on Friday. James Ferns, the man who was found asleep on the trestle at Taftville was ac- cused of intoxication and his case was continued. L. Ingraham paid $1 and costs for shooting at a tagret and injuring his neighbor's windows. Morel Drat was fined for refusing to pay Mis car fare on the Taftville line and paid his bill of $2 and costs. A man who was accused of being drunk was allowed to return to his home as he said this was his first ar- rest. He came to the session of the court on Thursday and he drank too much and landed in the station house. The case of the state vs. Joseph Quinn, aged 12 years, was put on pro- bation to July 1. He was caught in the act of burglarizing Bendett's meat market on Franklin street Thursday night. Will Be the Leading Man. It seems that Kermit will have to get married without the Colonel. Per- haps he is rather pleased than other- wise because now he will be leading man at his own wedding.—Charleston News and Courler. Would Surpise Coxey. It would be embarrassing to “Gen- eral” Coxey’s soldiers, on their arrival at Washington, if they were directed to the nearest recruiting office.—In- dianapolis News. Two Good Names Are Better Than One If the name of a reputable dealer is linked with that of a manufacturer of national repu- tatlon in the exploitation of a trade-marked article it is a double protection to the con- sumer. It puts a two-fold guarantee behind the article sold. is where the great strength of co-operation lies. ‘When dealers and manufae- turer link their good names be- hind the advertising in the local newspapers there is a pull that is sure to bring results. In such a case iwo good names frequently stand for great riche: If any manufacturer who d sires information regarding the advantages of newspaper adver- tising will address the Bureau of Advertising, American News- paper Publishers Association, World Building, New York, it will be glad to answer questions, Booklet on request, Worthington, 15. ) fres] Armory—First Step in Effort to Raise $3,000 for Scholar- ship Fund—Society Dances by Norwich Young People a Feature. The Cafe Chantant, & complete nov- elty in Norwich entertainments, given at the Armory on der the auspices of the Norwich Col- lege club as their first public step In raising a scholarship of $3,000, at- tracted a record breaking crowd to the armory and was carried out with complete success. Sothething over 2,000 people, it was estimated, were inside the big drill shed, occuping every available place from which a sight could be obtained of the pretty programme carried out in the space that was kept clear at the center of the floor. - Rimming it around, up and down tables set out in ony with the idea, more than 100 being used and most of them being engaged for the evening by fashionably gowned parties who watched with delight the pro- gramme that was given from short- ly after eight o'clock till about 10.30. From then on until about midnight the floor was occupied for dancing, which concluded with a dance.in which serpentine was used with carnival ef- fect. In the early part of the programmc | there was a greeting from Mayor T. C. Murphy who said that he took pleasure on behalf of the College club in thanking the big assemblage for showing its great interest by their at- | tendance and he complimented the wo- men of the Norwich College club for the ability they had shown in ar- ranging this entertainment which was to aid them In raising the $3,000 which they desired for a scholarship fund to d the new Connectclut College for ‘'omen, soon to be erected at New Londén. He spoke of the great inter- est ‘that Norwich especially ought to have in such a college located so near it, and said he believeed it would act as an incentive towards Increasinz improvingly standard of scholarship among the girls _attending the Academy. The remarks of His Honor were loudly applauded. The Decorations. On both galieries American flags at- tractively arranged were the decora- tions used and strings of yacht pen- nants were draped across the room. On each of the little tables was a_vase of pink roses and bay trees and palms were set at intervals among the tables. In the gallery was arranged a spot- light for the solo dancers, who illus- trated the various new fashionable steps. At the corner to the left near the | entrance was arranged the education- | al exhibit, showing views of the col- ege buildings, and Miss Elizabeth | Wright, secretary and registrar of the college, was present to explain it and answer questions about the college, The committee in especial charge of this interesting exhibit consisted of M Elizabeth Huntington, Mrs, Lu- clus Brown, Miss Charlotte Guiliver, Miss Helen Marshall, Dr. Esther Woodward, Mrs. William H. Oat, Mrs. Shepard B. Palmer, Miss Helen | ton, Miss Mary Avery. | At the other end of the hall, in either corner, were the candy and flower tables. The candy table was prettily arranged in pink in May basket effect { and was in charge of Miss Marion Pul- len, Mrs. William H. Oat and Miss Henrietta Bidwell. The flower table was in charge of Miss Catherine Crocker and Miss Eplalie Edwards. Potted plants and boutonnieres were for sale. In the center at the lower end of the hall under the orchestra gal- lery, was the ice cream and cake tablé with Miss Anne Brown in _charge, as- sisted by Miss Beatrice Sharp, Miss Helen Newton and Miss Helen Kelley. A large number of pretty girls in both sides of the hall, were the little | which should be used for the bene-| fit of some Academy gorl who wanted | evening un-|as 2,000 to the Breton caps circulated amohg the ta- bles and the crowd generally, serving Miss Badie Coit, Miss Carrie Chapman and Miss Josephine Miller, pushed little tea wagons around, decorated in green, pink and white. The other girls Were the Misses Valerie Shannon, Miss Canty. ‘Miss 1. Howard, Miss Martah Ander- son, Miss L. Loring, Miss B. Latham, Miss M. Gaitup, Miss R. Barber, Miss E. Clarke, Miss Alice Coleman, Miss Miss E. Lane, Miss Marian Miss Agnes Lehy Miss Florence Smith Miss Georgette Comeau, Miss F. Wil- kinson, Miss C. Browning, Miss D. Schwartz, Miss C. Christman, Miss J. Reed, Miss Lorreta Higgins. Miss Dorothy Gregsom, Miss Leotta Oat, Miss Geraldine Oat, Miss Mary P. Bresnahan, Miss Esther Allen, Miss Irma Hutzler, Miss R. Sullivan, Miss K. Hunt, Miss Mary Johnson, Miss Margaretta Johnsen, Miss Kitty Sloane, Miss Mary Isbister, Miss Mary Lester, Miss Barbara Allen, Miss Lillie O’Brien, Miss Mathilda Allen, Miss P. Christie, Miss Louise Avery. The Programme, At one side of the hall the Cadillac orchestra was stationed and they open- ed the programme with the First Cen- tury March (Koenig) and a selection, Popular Airs (Shapiro). This was fol- lowed by a two step and also another two step, for which the musi nished by the orchestra while Academy Glee club sang There's a Girl in the Heart of Maryland. The estra and the singing furnished the music for dancing. A pretty and graceful Rose dance was given by the Misses Leotta Oat, Irene Everett, Nellie English, Mar, garet Sheehy, Helen Gilbert, Sadie Coit, Mary Lee and Hazel Banfield. The Academy string orchestra accom- panied them. Other _selectio the and orchestra were given ing through the evening. Archibald Gilchrist in Scotch cos- tume gave clever imitation of Harry Lauder songs and Waldo S. Newburg on the piano with Reginald Smith at the drums gave a musical dialogue that was & hit, A Spanish dance in costume was gracefully given by the Misses Elaine Hitchon, Lucile Lord, Gladys Thresher, Mrs. Rurdick, Hadie Blackstone, Irene Everett, Alice Murphy, Ruth Suili- van, who were accompanied by Ar- thur Bunnell and Philip Johnson with mandolins. Raymond erman and Miss Sarah Loring were enthusiastically applaud- ed for their fine dancing of the tango and the same enthusiastic applause greeted Channing Huntington, Louis Porteous and Mr. Sherman with the Misses Loring, Olive Huntington and Ruth Sullivan for their dancing of the hesitation waltz. The sailors’ hornpipe in costume was done in excellent form by Alex Charnetski, m Dean, Theo Bauck, Hans Bauck, O. A, “kerson, W. John- son, Leonard Hill, and a goblin dance by John Crimmins, Daniel O’Connell, Samuel Hussey, Robert Byrnes, James McNulty, Charles McNuity, William Dyer, James G. McNulty. The committee whos: hard work made the Cafe Chantant so much of a success consisted of Miss Faith Bon- foey, Mrs. Allyn L. Brown, Miss Jane Bill, Mrs. Alfred N. H. Vauhn, Miss Josephine Sutton, Miss Catherine Beekly, Miss Marion L. Pullen, Mrs. Edward J. Graham, Miss Louise C. Howe. At the beginning of the crowd going into the armory filled up the doores where Major Barmour took the tick- ets. A long line of automobiles on both sides of the street stood in front of the armory Three of by Glee club for danc- INSTANTLY KILLED WHEN THROWN FROM HER HOURSE Mrs. Joseph Fyffe, Formerly Miss Catherine Bacon, Lo Her Life in California. ‘Word was recelved here Friday that Catherine Bacon, wife of Paymasier | Joseph Fiffe, U. S. was instantly | killed at Mare Islénd, Cal, Thursday when she was thrown from a horse while riding. She was the dauznter of the late Rev. Leonard Woolsey Ba- con, D. D._ formerly of this city surviving " here besides her husband, d 7 vear old son, are these brother: Nathaniel Bacon of Peacedale, R. Rev. Benjamin W. I. Bacon of New Haven; Rev. Theodore Bacon_ of | Salem,” Ma: Selden, of New York, and Dr. Leonard Bacon of New Ha- ven, and_the following sisters: Mrs. | Robert Corwin of New Haven, Miss Myra Bacon of Mount Holyoke college, and Mrs. Philip Ripley of Andover, and Mrs. Prescott Greene of Alabama. Last of Musical Praise Services of the Year. Sunday afternoon at the vesper ser- vice of Park Congregational church the choir will render the last of the musical praise services held the first Sunday in each month during the past winter. Following is the programme for Sunday afternoon: Music of the choir taken from the Oratorio St. Paul by Mendelssohn. Organ Prelude—Spring Song, McFarlane First Selection—Happy and Blest Are They, quartette. Second Selectlon—O God, Have Mercy, bass solo, Mr. Seaman. Third Selection—But the Lord is Mind- ful of His Own, alto solo, Miss Hield. Fourth Selection—Now We Are Am- bassadors and How Lovely Are the Messengers, bass and tenor duet and uartette, Organ Postlude—Andante and Chorale, Dicks Y. M. C. A. NOTES. New Boys’ Club Elects President— Rev. G, H. Strouse to Speak Sunday. The Newsboys’ club of the Y. M. C. A. held their weekly meeting Friday evening at the Y. M. C. A. and elected | Roland Harris to succeed Louis King, whose term as president has expired. The contest for the presidency chair was ciose, as there were several other names proposed. Several games were played, foliowed by hot dogs as re- freshments. At the Sunday meetings at the Y. M. €. A. Rev. George H. Strouse will ad- dress both the boys' and men's meet- ings. OWLS’ WHIST. Pleasant Evening Enjoyed Under Aus- pices of Norwich Nest. Friday evening Norwich Nest, No. 1396, O, O. W., held a successful whist of fourteen tables in Owls' hall. The prize winners were: First ladies’ prize, Mrs, J. A. George with a score of 40, dresser clock; second, Mrs. L. S. Man- chester, 37, coral beads; consolation, Mrs. L. R. Johnson, 16, pin tray. The first gentlemen’s prize went to George Smith, 42, belt watch chain; second, John Walz, 88, combination cuff links and tie clasp, and the consolation, a Jumping-jack, was won by E B. After the whist re- hments were served, BALTIC HOTEL BADLY DAMAGED BY FIRE Started Early Friday Morning in a Bedroom at the Rear of the Build- ing—Norwich Autochemical -Called to Help Baltic Men, —— A Baltic correspondent write: Shortly after 2 o'clock Friday morning fire broke out in the old Baltic hotel. { The flames were first discovered in a Those | bedroom at the rear of the building and it did not take them long to spread. The firemen were on the scene in quick | order and soon had four streams of wa- ter playing on the fire. Raymond J. Jodoin’t home was thought to be in danger, and also the Academy of the Holy Family and other nearby build- ings, so that the firemen had a hard task ahead of them in keeping the from spreading. than a sheet of flame would burst out in another place, so that the flames spread rapidly from the rear of the house out through the bedrooms on the upper story and advanced toward the hall. In the hall was property owned by several local societies, and much of this was destroyed. The firemen work- ed valiantly to keep the flames from spreading to other houses and they succeeded in confining the flames to the hotel itseif, In the meantime someone telephoned to Chief Howard L. Stanton of the fira department in Norwich and he imme- diately ordered out the autochemical. The aute made a record run to the scene of the fire and it was closely followed by an automobile containing Chief Stanton and other firemen. When the Norwich firemen arrived the flames were under control, but they at once set to work and took charge of one end of the building, while the Baltic firemen took care of the back and the other end of the building. With five streams playing on the fire, the flames were soon under en- tire control and the recall was sound- ed about 5.15. ‘While backing down the hill on Jo- doin square one of the rear tires of the auto-chemical burst with a loud report. Both fire companies did splended work and the local fire laddies are to be congratulated on the excellent work they did in keeping the flames from spreading and the people are also grateful to the Norwich firemen for the fine work they did. The building ‘was constructed of wood and was three stories high. The fire gutted the building beyond repair. The hotoel was run by Victor J. Barry. The loss is covered by insurance. ° The Sisters of the Academy gen- erously provided a hot lunch for the firemen. MRS. WILLIAM F. CONVERSE. Appointed Supervisor of Art of Public Schools in New York. Mrs. Willlam F. Converse formerly of this city has been appointed super- visor of art for the public schools of New York city. The appointment is one much sought and carries with it a good salary. It is made as the re- sult of a competitive examination in _which fifty participated thus firmly es- tablishing Mrs. Coverse's fitness for the place. For the past six yvears she has been studying at. the Art Stu- dent's league.. She has already as- sumed her new duties as her many Norwich friends will be pleased to, leazn, . 3 London officer in :...n.:&"’fium' in the . The 2¢ . b0 98 23 50 ‘9% 24 35 © k) w m_ Body Came o the Surface. The body of Stephen H. Murphy of Rgvu):. uove:rd on © Boston which was at the New London line wharf, came to the surface about 4.20 o'clock Thurs. day afternvon. .The body was badly decomposed and the features untec- ognizable, but a card in the pocket was_the means of identification, Offices of the New Rngland Naviga- tion Co. were communicated with by Agent E. L. Doil and it was ascer- tained that the deceased had a sister in Fall River. She was notified of the finding of her brother’s body and she requested that it be ment there. The Dody was shipped to Fell River Murphy was about 39 years of age The following information concern- ing Mexico was given out by the Na- tlonal Geographic Society in Wash- ington, D, C., ntly:— It is interesting to note that the area of Mexico is practically as great as that of the United States between the Mississippi River and the Atlan- tic coast, the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico, varying in _altitude from sea lev to 18,000 feet. Its climate is affected by these elevations and by & range of 13 degrees of lati- tude. Twelve hundred miies is the distance traversed in passing south from Juarez, on the northern bound- ary, to the capital. and 900 miles more to the southeastern boundary. The Gulf of Mexico and Carribbean mea coast line extends for 1. miles, white the Pacific ocean and Gualf of Califor- nia touch 4,000 miles of Mexico coast. Prior to 1836, Mexico, as a Spanish colony, and the United States covered approximately equal mreas, but the Texas secession and the result of the Mexican War added nearly 1,000,000 square miles to our territory, and the extent of Mexico now is less than one-fourth that of continental United States. Mexico has still territotial expanse equal to the aggregate of Austria-Hungary, Germany, France, Great Britain and Ireland. The total area of the republic, 767,000 square miles, is less than that of Texas, Cal- ifornia, Montana, Arizona combined. The average density of population of Mexico approximates 20 per square mile, the most thickly populated por- tions. outside of tne Federal district, being the states of Tlaxcala and Mex- ico, the former being less than Dela- ware in size and of about the same density of population, and the latter being nearly as large as New Hamp- shire, but with more than twice the number of inhabitants. The - Federal district, modeled after the District of Columbia, but of eight times greater area, is surrounded by the State of Mexico, the large population of the capital, 470,000, materially alding in bringing the average to more than 1,200 per square mile. During nearly 300 years subsequent to the conquest by Cortez, Spain Gom- inated Mexico. A century ago a bold effort for freedom was started, which eventually resulted in the Republic of AMexico of today. More than half of the first century of Mexican independ- ence was abortive, one coterie after another coming into temporary power, and a number of those acclaimed rulers, after brief reigne, meetings ignominious death at the hands of the people they sought to govern. The form of government adopted by Mexico follows in general that of the United States, having executive judicial ~and legislative divisions. Each of the twenty-seven states is represented in two houses of Congress, composed of senators and deputies. Congress holds two sessions each year for limited periods. Each state has its governor and legislature, and is sub-divided into district or counties, over each of which a ‘jefe politico’ is placed, the districts having sub- sidlary municipalities with magis- trates, presiding officials and councils. The so-called autocratic feature of the government may be largely due to the fact that governors hold office with ap- proval of the President: that jefe politicos have similar relations with the governors, and that the officers of the municipalities are generally con- trolled by the jefe politicos. The church and state are indepen- dent, and Congress cannot pass laws prohibiting or establishing any re- ligion. Of the 16,000,000 inhabitants, two-fifths claim direct descent from ancient tribes or families which are accepted on the basis of Mexicari his- tory, two-fifths are of mixed mative and foreign blood, the remainder being classed under the common appellation of “forelgn. The City of Mexico, 462 miles by rail west of Vera Cruz and 7.400 feet altitude, is reached by two rail routes, climbing from the hot lands through difficult mountain passes, one of which closely follows the trall taken by Cortes in 1519, by General Winfleld Scott with American troops In 1847, and over which, fifteen years later, the invading French troops passed. It is the most populous city. One-half of the railroad mileage of the country is between sea level and 5,000 feet and about an equal amount between 5,000 and 10,000, — Science Notes. ‘Work, has been begun on a remark- able steel ropeway, thirty-seven and one-half miles long, which will serve as an extension of the railway from ladorada to Mariquita, in Columbia; carrying the line over the Andes at an altitude of 11,000 feet. The steel rope is to be supported on a series of steel towers from forty to 125 feet in height and will consist of twelve sections, at each junction point of which a meotor will be installed of sufficient power to work two sections. Power is to be furnished by water brought down from the Andes. Recent soundings in Lake Tangan- yika, by Capt. Jacobs of the navy showed a um depth of 4,190 feet. Still greater depths are reported to have been found by a Belgian official. Accordingly Tangan yika 1s, with the exception of Lake Baikal, the deepest body of fresh water in the world, and further in- vestigations may prove it to be even deeper than Balkal. In the deepest places thus far found, its bottom is at east 1,600 feet below sea level. Pili nuts, which grow abundantly in i Philippines, have recently been shipped on a considerable scale to the United States. They are produced by trees of the genus canarium, to which belongs the Ja almond, are nearly. trianguiar in cross section and con- tain a small oily kernel of almond like flavor. Besides being very palatabl in their natural state, they yield valuable oil, resembling oil of ale 1nonds. 68 Church Street MODERN CONVENIENCES CENTRALLY LOCATED Franch Cooki e New Tork Gret ™0 7 Expert Telophone 1086-4 OUR STEVEDORES report that the twe large cargoss of CHESTAUT GOAL just unloaded are of Unusually Good Quality and this is confirmed by sur eustemers who have used some of this Ceal. CHAPPELL Co0. Lumber, Briek, Contral Lime and Cement. Whart. " DELICO Today at RALLION'S PEANUT BUTTER in glass jars YACHT CLUB SALAD DRESSING People’s Market 6 Frankilin 8 JUSTIN HOLDEN, Preprister Ernest E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER In Willimantio twe daye eash weele For appointments address E. E. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Nor- wich, Gonm W Wedding Gifts CASSEROLES, PIE PLATES, - < COFFEE 1" PERCOLATORS, P WATER KETTLES, SERVING TRAYS, CHAFING DISHES, All make good pres: ents and are out of the ordinary. Prices $3.50 to $12.00, The P aut-Cadden Co. Jowelers Established 1872 Plaut-Cadden Building = — === | PLANO F. C. GEER, +U~%° 122 P N ich, Ct 1 rospect Mn't..“u\-l ROBERT J.COCHRANE GAS FiTTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING 10 West Main Street, Norviich, Conn. Agwmt for W..E . Sheet Packing Oils, Gasoline, Etc. JONATHAN SMITH, 30 Town Street, Norwich, Conn. Goods delivered to all parts of city. INCUBATOR OIL A SPECIALTY