Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 9, 1914, Page 5

! YOUNG FOWLS...eceowessrs 220 and Apples by the box.. Place your orders for Christmas Trees; Mistletoes, Holy, Wreaths and ‘Reping. Somers H. T. MILLER, Member of the American Society -~ Professors of Dancing. SCHOOL FOR DANCING 28 Osak Street Telephone 1082 FERGUSON'S 239 Main Street, Franklin Square Lavallieres ‘take 2 most prominent place on the list of pop- ular gifts for the ladies. Our Holiday offerings in Diamond Lavallieres are conspicuous for ' beauty and originality. ‘Our prices friendly with economy. FERGUSON'S 239 Main Street, Franklin Square are very Ernest E. Bullard VIOLIN TEACHER In Willimantic two days each ‘week. ° For appointments address E. “‘E. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Nor- _wich, Conn. GEO. A. DAVIS Our line of useful Merchandise For Holiday Gifts Is very complete ‘You are sure to find just what you are looking for if ELECTRIC LAMPS with beautiful Art Glass Shades. BRASS FLOOR LAMPS, READING LAMPS, MAHOGANY LAMPS with Silk Shades. Chafing Dishes, Electric Cof- fee Pots, Cut Glass and Ster- ling Silver. '~ SPECIAL We have a very handsome | L Nickel Chafing Dish, special price while they last, $5.00. Exfn value, §EO. A. DAVIS, 25 Broadway F. CONANT, 'l: Frarxlin St . ‘he one 5c and th ‘J. F. C 10¢c are the best on the maket. ertis in s mo advertising medium r mnecticut equal to ‘The Bul- for business resuits. Catholie ¢ : Fifty printed calling cards ‘for 25 cents at The Bullethy oMe—adv. - A meeting of the board of trustees of the Connecticut Universalist con-/ Vention was held in Hertford Monday. 3 AR The makipy of evergreen wréaths and roping L:s grown to be quite an industry in Columbia. for several weeks preceding Christmas.. The executive board of the.state as- sociation_of letters held a meeting in | s New Haven Sunday afternoon to dis- cuss business interests. Special communication of Somerset Jodge tonight. Work in entered ap- prentice desree.—Adv, The study period of the Fall. term at the Free Academy ends Friday, next week being devcted to examinations: Hot roast beef and lamb dinner- at Second Congregational church -today, 12 to 1.30. Supper 5.30 to 7.p. m—~adv. At Bridgeport: Tuesday, Mrs. J. F. Cobb of Norwich gave.a talk to the members of the Universalist Mission circle at 3 o'clock in the church par- lors. Attend the Xmas sale of the Xens soclety, Haile club rooms, Main street, day, Dec. 11, 10 a. m. to 8 p. m.— adv. Under the will of the late Mrs. So- phia Crocker of New London, which has been admitted to probate. Grace Episcopal church, Noank, receives a gift of $8,000. Postal authorities are giving notice that the final sailings of steamers from New York which will reacf Europs with parcels in time for Christmas will be Saturday, December 12. Plan to attend the W, C. T- U. food, sale Friday, 11 a. m, to 6 p. m., Barrows' shoe store, “and help those women.”—adv. Prof. William Lyon Phelps of New Haven who has just lectured in the Slater Hall course, was recently elect- ed a vice president of the American and National Institute of Art and Let- ters. The twenty-seventh annual session of the state lodge, No. 21, L. O. of G. S. and D. of §. will be held with Ev- ening Star lodge, Bethel, today (Wed- nesday). Thirty friends pleasantly surprised Herbert Smith Monday evening at his home on Spaulding street. The even- ing was spent in the enjoyment: of music and games. Refreshments were served. A special assembly of Franklin coun- <il, No, 3, R. and S. M., will be held at Masonic temple on Thursday, Dec. 10, at 7.30 p.-m. Ballot and special busi- ness of Importance.—adv. | All about the suburbs, residents have been catching every drop of rain pos- sible durgng the past two days. With so many wells and cisterns dry, water has been a precious commodity for months. A Niantic contractor has -a force of men at work fixing up the Old Lee house in Little Boston, which was bought last spring for the historical society’s use. The * directors of the Connecticut Christian Endeavor union held a meet= ing in the Meriden Baptist church on Saturday afternoon, about twenty pres- idents of local unions throughout the state being in attendance. The usual reports were given. The last quarterly conference of the Portland Methodist church is to be held Friday evening, Dec. 1, at the Methodist chapel and will be conduct- ed by District Superintendent G. G. Scrivener, of Norwich, ~ A slight improvement is reported in the condition of State Highway Commissloner Charles J. Bennett, who has heen ill at his home on Tremont street, Hartford, for the past week. He has shown symptoms of typhoid fe- ver. One of the highest tides of the year was recorded at Eastern Point Mon- way. The water washed over Shore avenue and the waves rose to within 18 inches of the level of the Griswold dgck. Cellars of a number of cottages were flooded. The resignation of H. C. Griswold, as manager of the Hotel Stratfield, Bridgeport, has been -authoritatively announced and it is stated there that Frank A, Cantwell of the Hotel Green, Danbury, formerly of New London, is to be his successor. Miss Madeline Roe and Robert R. Congdon, Jr., were married Tuesday afternoop at 5.20 o’clock at the parson- age of the First Congregational church New London, by the Rev. Romeyn Danforth, officiating. Mr. the teller of the Savings Bank of New London. A circular issued from the offices of the New Havel road is to the effect that” the quarantine on account of the foot ani mouth disease established by the department #of agriculaure which includes this state, also has its effect on the shipping of hay and straw. The tax collector’s office will be open ‘Wednesday and Thursday evenings un- til 8 o’clock for the purpose of receiv- ing the unpaid persona] taxes of this year. After Thursday, the 10th, the delinquent list will be made out and turned over to the prosecuting attor- ney, as the state law directs.—adv. Has Old Aimanacs. Among the relics left by the late Willlam | Still Jr., to his_ son, Elisha Stillman, Ashaway, R. L, are two New England almanacs for the year 1816-1817. The books are similar to the almanacs of the present age, but produced on a much emaller scale, On the front page of the 1817 almanac is the following: ‘“New England Alma- rack, for the year of our Lord Christ 1817, being the first after Bissextile or eap Year, and the forty-first of| American Independence. Fitted to the meridian of New London. Lat. 41 de- grees, 25 minutes N. But will answer without any essential variation for either of the New England states. Containing, besides the astronomical calculations, a great variety of mat- ter, useful and entertaining. The as- tronomical” calculations performed by Nathan Daboll, New London. Printed, and sold by Samuel Green.” Now that the clear and cold weather has come, look out for the slushy and damp weather that may follow at any time. It is'a good plan to take inven- tory of the family umbrella and rub- ber overshoe stock before Christmas. Providing the necessary stock often pm;enla pneumonia.—~Waterbury- Re- ngdon is T Mrs. ibun ‘Lawson of Providence is > ) ia R. Hay of New Lon- don has rned to her homecaftés spending two weeks with her cousins, the Misses Maude and Ethel Lacy ‘of| Clay avenue, # Andvens o b S Wa ice commission, and . have gone to Columbus, several months. & _Mr, and Mrs. W. A. Cairng. and ‘daughter,’ Jean, formerly ot‘g‘l-l? plage, now living in Hartford were gueésts] over the week'end of Mr.'and Mrs. G. Curtls Hull of CIff street. - Mrs. Julia M. H. Andrews. regent of Deborah Avery Putnam chapter, D. A: R, of Plainfield, is'spending the winter in Providence ‘with her sister Mrs, Horace K. Blanchard, at her home’ on- University avenue. s Raymond H. Wulf, whose home is in Norwich, has.returned to his em-| ployment with the Bristol company, says the Waterbury American. He was in Brockton, Mass., recently, the .wedding of a college c best man. OBITUARY. Miss state civil “Phelps 0., ‘to. spent. smate as Herman D, Rallion. Herman D. Rallion, one of the best known citizens of the city, died at his home, No, 64 Oak street on' Tuesday evening about 9 o'clock after a se- rious illness.of about a week due to j-angina pectoris, but for a month or more -*he had -suffered trouble Mr. Rallion was born on October 11, 1847, in Charlten, Worcester county, Mass., the son of Charles A., and Cal- from heart at|ista Corbin Rallion, and when -nine vears of age came to Norwich with his| parents and with the exception of a few. years had made his home here since. He was educated in the public schools of Norwich and also attended the Nichols academy at Dudley, Mass., and Howe's Commercial school at ‘Worcester. Returning to Charlton he served there as a teacher for two HERMAN D. RALLION terms. In 1867 he entered a grocery store at Webster, Mass.,, where he served. an apprentigeship under W. H. Pratt. In 1870 he reurned to Norwich locating here permanently and estab- lishing himself in the meat business, which he carried on some years with success. Thirty years ago he succeeded - Adin -Cook at the old es- tablished grocery on Broadway oppo- sie the Wauregan house. The store having been opened a number of years at that time Mr. Rallion entered the grocery business under favorable cir- cumstances which he made the most of and gained for himself a share of the best class of trade in the cit: later moved to the Central -building and remained there until that build- ing was destroyed by fire which was in January; 1894. He then moved to Franklin -stregt and after the present Central Huilding was bul: he again opened up for business in the new Central building where he had con- tinued-since. His commendable motto of “quality not quantity” won for him the reputaticn- of keeping the best goods obtainable vand his business in- creased steadily from the start. Mr. Rallion was a staunch republi- can in his political views and served as councilman in the city government for several years being elected to that of- fice in 1892. Fraternally Mr. Ralion was a member of Columbian com- mandery No. 4, K, T., and was also a member of Somerset lodge, No. 34, F. and A. M. He attended the Univer- salist church on Broadway and was treasurer of tge Universalist society, and a member of the Norwich Board of Tade, Mr. Rallion was united {n marriage with Miss Qrocker in this city on October 13, 1873 and she survives him. There are also two daughters, Mrs. Charles A. Gager, Jr., and Miss Harriet E. Ralllon. Walter and James Bussy of this city are nephews. There are also other nephews and nieces. Mr. Rallion was of a pleasant and genial disposition through which he gained many.warm friends. He.was & loving husband and father and took a deep interest in his home life. He devoted much of his time to his bus- ness and was highly respected by those in his employ. Mr. Rallion was a man of sterling character and high ideals and his death is a severe loss to not only the members of his family but.to this community as well. Braxton Gilliam. Braxton Gilliam, colored, of New London, died Monday night at t] Norwich . Tul losis . 5 sanatorium ‘where he had been under treatment some time. The body will be brought ‘to his former home in New London for burial. Jderemiah McGrath. Jeremiah McGrath, .aged 20 years, dled at the home of his parents in Lebanon Tuesday morning after an illpess of some time. He was_the son of James and Abby (English) McGrath and besides his parents. he leaves sev- eral brothers and sisters. . He had been employed in a mill at Fitchville. “Invited to Visit in" Fairfield. _Miss Grace E.-Randall. of Williman- tic started Tuesday morning for Fair- fleld to-visit ‘Miss “Iva King, who in honor of Miss Edyth Tennyson of Mj Tnieapolis has invited her and Miss Pe- terson of New Haven, four, graduates of Leland Powers school, to spend the ‘week with her. - The most disastrous explosion ever known was at Gravelinee in 1654 Three-thousand. persons were killed, - Phelps_of | . The December meeting of-the Nor- wich Board of Trade, held in the Bucks, bas|ineham Memorial on Tuesday evening and lastin ‘for a little over am hour, was principally occupied with the dis- cussion-of a recommendation from the executive committee which was in the Sollgwing wordes- Resolved, THat it is the sense of this meeting that it is for the best inter- ests e city of Norwich that the Norwich Board of Trade and the Nor- wich Business Men's assoclation should affiliate and become one body. Several of those who spoke referred to ‘the resolution as a harmless one, but sald it expresséd their sentiment that there should be but one organiza- tion and in the end.the resolution was adopted unanimously and the executive committee was made a committee of conference to meet hwith the commit- tee of the Norwich Business Men's as- sociation and to report to the Board of Trade at a later ‘meeting. Letter on Ci . - President Jamee C. Macpherson. call- ed the meeting.to.order.at 8 o'clock and after the approval of the minutes of Secretary Henry W. Tibbits a let- ter was read from the Fidelity Trust company of Baltimore in which it an- swered-a letter from the Board of Trade inquiring about a proposed com- mercial cruise around South America. The expenses for the cruise of 106 days would be from $800 up. 5 President Macpherson spoke of the one ‘billion four hundred million in trade with South -American “countries, of which 30 per cent. has gone to Eu- rope to countries now unable to take care of it, the balance coming to the United States, The city of Mobile had four steam- ers one year ‘ago running to South American ports, and now has nine and is unable to take care of the busi- ness. President Macpherson suggest- gested_the possibility and the value of some Norwlich concern sending a rep- resentative, bearing part of the ex- penses, another part by the business interests in general, and the third part could be well afforded to be paid by the Board of Trade. The cruise is to be for 106 days, starting the latter part of_January. Vice President Frank J. King moved that the whole matter be left with the president to see if he could find some one ' in'terested enough to take the trip, and this was voted. At the request of the president, Sec- retary H. W. Tibbits read the call for the meeting. Explained Proposal. The president then explained to the more than 50 men present that the ex- ecutive committee had recently met a committee from the Norwich Buslness Men’s association, from whom they had learned of the proposition, and had later drawn up the resolution, although they were not a unit in doing so. They meant it as a suggestion to the Board of Trade and have no plan to suggest for the affillation. He thought there was hardly anyone but that would agree that it was advisable to avoid division, for in union there was strength, To a question from John H. Powel- =on he replied that the Board of Trade had 200 members, the Business Men's association 200, and 80 of the Business Men's members belonged to the Board of Trade and paid the double tax. Brought Before Meeting. S. B. Palmer moved the adoption of the resolution to bring it before the meeting, he said. Judge Nelson J. Ayling questioned whether the two organizations could merge or unite without first dissolving the Board of Trade and in that case the assets would belong to the indl- vidual members. Mr. Palmer said he thought most would see that it was foolish to have two organizations, both attempting much the same things, but the difficul- ty of uniting was how it was to be done. Most of the Board of Trade members feit that this organization was the older and stronger, financially and numerically. Fi#ank J. King said he thought the best thing to do was to adopt the resolution and to send a courteous let- ter to the Business Men's association inviting them to take membership in the Board of Trade amgl If In future a change of name was thought advisable, this could be done. Difference in Income. Frederick W. Cary said he had heard some strong expressions of opinion on this subject and he himself had felt that the state board of trade had not been very active and he had thought it advisable at some time to become affiliated with the State Bus. iness Men’s association and.get as- sociatel with a wider field. At the time of the organization of the local Business Men's association he Td not thought .it was necessary. Now the Business Men's association had a membership of 200 .with dues of $4 and $800 annual income and the Board of Trade had 300 members, dues of $5, and annual -income of $1500. He thought nothing -ought to be done to reduce the income from these sources. J. D. Haviland" spoke of the diffi- culty of the plan, and President Mac- pherson. said that the passage of the resolution would put the Board of Trade on reccrd as. desiring unity. We can just as well affiliate as-a Board of Trade as a Businers Men's associa- tion with the state ‘association or un- der any other name. L. O. Smith and A. S. Comstock spoke of the difficulty of a plan of af- fillation and Mr. Smith sald there were two ways, first to invite them to join this organization, or he thought we could appoint a committee to confer and if they do not come with us, the committee could see what other tcrms could be agreed upon. F. J. Aubrey Spoke. F. J. Aubrey, a director of the Busi- ness Men’s association, and a_member of the Board of Trade, read from the record of the state meeting of the Business Men’s association, showing that it was the plan to become a state chamber of commerce and said the lo- cal association had adjourned its an- nual meeting to_see if it could not af- filiate with the Board of Trade. To a question from A. A. Browning he replied that the Norwich Business Men's association was to become a chamber of commerce for Norwich, anyway. 4 2 Not Getting Efficiency. F. .H. Smith, one. of the committee of the Business Men’s association, said he had always been a loyal member of the Board of Trade, but he thought we ‘were not getting the efficiency - we ought with two organizations. He re- ferred . to how widely this movement was being taken up over the state and said he could see no reason:why the two could not unite, each giving.up its own name. and neither absorbing the other.. - 2 J. J. Corkery spoke of the.pride that the members of the Board of Trade felt in what it had done —and believed - that * ‘the ° -Business Men’s association also had & record of accomplishments, but he thought It [y — President Ma erson e of the origin of’ the B&hn M?Q‘flsx associa~ S, Smith, then under the ate C. E. Whitney as a private enter- prise, and later by others.- He asked to have Secretary Tibbits state what had been done by the New. Hayen Chamber of Commerce, and the | secretary stated that Secretary Julian said they had not decided yet whether to join the State Chamber of Com- merce, v Plan of Joining. F. H. Smith stated’ that Business Men's associations would ' join -the Chamber of Commerce without charge but Boards of Trade joining would pay a fee of $25 and there would be a per capita tax on a sliding scale. C. D.. Noyes, when called upon by the president, as many of the others had been for an expression of opinion, said that he favored the sentiment in the resolutions, but might not favor the plan of affiliation proposed. Rather than two organizations, he favored one strong one. Invitation Useless. J. C, Isbister, a member of the Bus- iness Men’s association, said that .it would be a waste of time to pass the resolution inviting the Business Men to join -the Board of Trade. He could not see but what an affliation under another name was the best. plan, and then one organization would not swal- low the other. ° Judge Ayling remarked that it seem- ed to be decided already anyway and it was a situation where you can join our lodge or not. If they can ‘come together under another name, why not under this one? : President Macpherson stated that he had been in communication with. a representative of the Business Men’s association with a proposition to give them possibly half the membership on the executive committee of the Board of Trade until such time as the state chamber of commerce had proved it- self and then a possible change to a local chamber of commerce might fol- low. He was told this was an im- possibility, ‘Then the two votes were passed and the meetin~ adjourned. STANDING ARMY WOULDN'T FILL YALE STADIUM Editor of Army and Navy Journal De- clares at Meeting of National Se- curity League, New York; Dec. 8.—*“All the stand- ing army could be put into the stadium at Yale and there would be a third of the space for the citizens to stand in and admire the soldlers,” said Colonel William Conant Church. ‘editor of the Army and Navy Journal, at a meeting today of the National Security league, recently formed to insure an adequate system of national defense. Colonel Church added - that hardly Sfty per cent. of the national guard have qual- ified for marksmanship and continued: The thing to do is to urge con- gress to act upon the recommenda- tions already before it. Provision for increasing the standing army has been submitted to the army board and for the navy by the naval board. Congress has not followed the recommendations in_either the army or the navy.” Committees on naval, military and coast defense were formed at today’s meeting. J. Bernard .Walker editor of the Scientific American. and Rob- ert W. Neeser, secretary of the Navy Historical society, consented to serve upon. the naval affairs committee, other members of which will be ap- pointed by S. Stanwood Menken, chair- man of the league. Colonel Charles E. Lydecker recommended the forma- tion ‘of a committee on militia. W. W. ROCKHILL, DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN DIPLOMAT, DEAD Was on His Way to China When llI- ness Overtook Him at Honolulu. Honolulu, Dec. §.—William W. Rock- hill, the distinguished American dip- lomat, died here today. Washington, D. C., Dec. S—William W. Rockhill ‘was- born in Philadel- phia in_1354 and was educated in France, being one of the few American graduates of the great French mili- tary school of St. Cyr. He entered the diplomatic service as second secretary at Peking in 1834 and was afterward charge of the American legation at Seoul. Korea. At the conclusion of his Chinese and Thibetan explorations he held the post of chief clerk in the department of state for a brief-period and in 1894 became third assistant secretary of state, from which he was promoted to be first assistant secre- 1897 he received his first mission, going to Athens as American minister to Greece, Roumania and Servia. Two vears of forelgn service afforded an opportunity to complete certain studies he was pursuing and he returned to the United States to become the di- rector of the Bureau of International American Republics which post he held for six years, relinquishing it to ac- cept the Chinese mission, where “he served four years. From Peking Mr. Rockhill was_promoted to be ambas sador at St. Petersburg, where he re- mained for two years and at his own request, in 1911, was transferred to the. embassy at Constantinople. This last change was made by Mr. Rock- hill in order that he might acquire material by personal observation for a literary work he had in hand- re- lating to the history of the Turkish empire’ Also, it was stated by his friends that he found the post at St. Petersbugg far too expensive for his modest private means. November 20th, 1913, having been relieved by Ambassador Morgenthau, Mr. Rockhill left Constantinople and terminated his connection with the American diplomatic service. However, he was not to remain long unemploy ed, for President Yuan Shi Kai, his old. friend, fully acquainted with his abilities and warm friendship for China, ‘quickly retained him as one of the financial advisers of the Chinese government. He was on his way to China in company with Mrs. Rock- hill from San Francisco when obliged to land at Honolulu on account of his severe illness. War Tax for Italy. 8,.7.10 . p. m.—Signor Carcano. minister of the treasury, in a statement on the financial situation in the ber, of deputies today said that the necessity to appropriate $200,- 000,000 ‘for military preparations and the diminution. of certain revenues ow- ing to ‘the war had rendered impera- tive an increase in'cqin taxes and the adding 6f new taxes from which an income of $20,000,000 yearly was ex- Bystander Accidentally Shot When Sheriff Was Making an Arrest. Sioux City, Ia., Dec. 8.—A bystander ‘was shot and seriously injured at Win- nebago, Ia., today when Justice of the Peace Golligan tried to arrest “Chief" Johnson, Indian baseball pitcher of the Federal league. Johnson was accused of being disorderly. The Indian was felled by a blow over the head from Colligan’s revolver. The weapon was discharged and S. Herman Slome, an’ onlooker, dropped with a bullet in his abdomen. Johnson disappeared during the excitement. St. Louis Youths Confess Twe Mur- ders. St.' Louis, Dec. 8.—Lester Moody, 16 vears old, Thomas Clapp, 20 years old, both of Tamms, Ills., today con- fessed to the St. Louis police that they murdered David and Adam Brown, two brothers, who were found dead in their home near Tamms last Sunday. Bandits Steal Bloodhound. Forth Smith, Ark,, Dec. $.—Two ban- dits 'who vesterday robbed a rural mail carrier near here and shot and wounded a farmer, stole one of a pair of bloodhounds placed on their trail, it was made known today by return- ing members of the posse. One of the bloodhounds was found shot dead, but the bandits took the younger and bet- ter animal with them. Federal and state officers vainly pursued the men. SUPPLIES OF WOLFRAM. Most Commonly Known of Tungsten Ores and Uses Which Are Made of It. ‘Wolfram is not the name of a-wild beast, even if the word is apparently a combination of the names of two ‘well known members of aAnimal socie: Neither wolf nor ram, taken sep- arately, has anything to do with it. There may be a great many people who know—and again a great many more who do not know—that wolfram is a mineral, and that tungsten is the metallic chemical element found therein, a fact which gives it an im- portance it might otherwise not have. In a series of pamphlets describing the various countries of Latin Amer- ica, published by the Pan-American union, Washington, D. C, will be found two, those on Argentina and Bolivia, in which it is stated that these countries each export annually, among many other minerals, something over 500 tons of wolfram. That brings on the query, What is wolfram? ‘Wolfram is really the most common- 1y known of the various tungsten ores, and is the tungstate of iron and man- ganese. It is dark brown—almost black—in color, is very dense and heavy, being frequently mistaken fo iron ore, and is heavier than metallic iron itself. It is said to have been first discovered by a Swedish sailing master’ in 1781, hence its name tung, ‘meaning heavy, and sten, stone—heavy stone. Various tungsten ores are mined and exported by several coun- tries, the chief supply coming from Queensland, Portugal, Argentine, Bo- livia and the United States, some of the most prolific deposits being found in_California. What is it good for? To make the filaments in our incandescent electric lights for one thing, thereby saving to the consumers, a total of something over $240,000.000 a year. That of it- self is enough to establish its impor- tance- By a method discovered by one of the large eclectric companies of the United States it is now possible to draw tungsten metal into a wire as fine as one-thousandth of an inch in diameter so that the wire is pliable and can be wound upon spools like sewing thread. It is used in one piece in the lamps and is said not to be so fragile as that produced by certain methods used in the German product. ‘The tungsten wire, as drawn out for this purpose, is very strong, it being claim- ed that it has more strength than any steel piano wire that was ever made. The specific gravity of tungsten metal is given as 19.12, almost as much as that of gold, which is 19.3. The discovery of this metal for making filaments has caused an enor- mous saving to th econsumers of elec- tric light the world over. It enables the consumer to obtaln two or three times the quantity of light at about one-half the consumption of electricity formerly used by the old carbon lamp. The principal use of tungsten, how- ever, is to harden steel, especially the steel of which tools are made. The tool steel of the present day is said to be nearly all tungsten steel, having from 8 to 20 per cent. metallic tung- sten mixed with the steel in its man- ufacture. It is sometimes called self- hardening steel, because it does not have to be tempered, for with the addi- tion of the metallic tungsten it tem- pers itself. When heated to a cherry red and allowed to cool, the steel at- tains its maximum hardness and can be used hy machinists for lathe cu ting tools and for drills: Machinists’ tools can be run at much greater speed and it has been estimated that at least four times as much work can be done with the tungsten steel as with the ordipary kind, because the machines can be run four times as fast and that without taking the temper out of the tool when it gets very hot, as is the caseé with ordinary steel. The president of one of the large automo- bile manufacturing companies is said to have stated that if there were no such thing as tungsten steel the cost of each automobile would be $200 more than it is now. Tungsten and its salts are ueed for making silk and cotton fabrics fire- proof: for winding electric furnaces, and for use in the apparatus employed for the utilization of Roentgen rays. Also occasionally in the manufacture of silk in order to add weight and to give it the desired stiff effect. It will thus be seen that from the standpoint of practical utility tunesten is of more benefit to humanity than gold. Romes English Canals, X England can' claim equality with Belgium in the matter of possessing canal of Roman origin. During their stay in England the Romans cut the Foss stay in England hwmer. . Foss Dyke in Lincoinshire, probably for water supply or drainage. The dyke was deepened and made navig- able by Henry L, and then allowed to decline until 1840, when it was so widened and deepened that it now. forms the connecting link between the ‘Witham and the Trent—London It cost the Pennsylvania P, - sives $3,553 for a train to carry the Colonel through the State on his speaking tour of the last days of the recent campaign. Judged by the re- sults the party leaders fould not have gade a worse in’ ridgeport Yes, and it will be stylish next winter, too. $18.00 and $20.00. Murphy & McGarry 207 Main Street CUMMINGS & RING _Funera’f Directors and Embalmer; 337 MAIN STREET Opposite Post Offica ‘Phone 1052-2 Lady Assistant FREE! FOR THE HOLIDAYS. From December 1st to Janu- ary 1st, your choice of an APRON free with each 5¢ cent purchase. A grand display of Aprons, Mesh Bags, Novelties, Etc., of \large variety. Aprons from 25c to $5.00. Mesh Bags from 25¢ to $10. Novelties from 15¢ to $3. We invite your inspection. ELSIE and ALMA BAUCK 321 Main Street “Alice Building Annex CERO-VITA the New Breakfast Dish at Rallion’s “Is that my Car?” “Who is that across the street?” - “Was that Brown who just passed us?” If you have to ask your friends such questions it’s the best evidence in the world you need the glasses we can supply at reasonable cost. Fair prices for everything. Fair treatment for everybody. THEPLAUT-CADDEN CO. Opticians and Lense Grinders, 144-146 Main St, Norwich, Ct. D. J. SHAHAN, M. D. 317 Main Street Hours—10 to 11 a. m. 2to8and 708 p.m Order It Now by Phone 136-5 Trommer’s Ewrgfun. per case $1.70 ‘128pkin'- Light Dinner Ale, per case Koehler’s Pilsner, per case $1.25 Free Delivery to all parts of the city H. JACKEL & CO. DR. F. W. HOLMS, Dentist Shannon Building Annex, Room A Telepaone 533 e A ot e pmnec B Pastern Connecticut equai to The - letin for business results.