Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 13, 1920, Page 7

Relleve the drynmess —soothing and & fen the oat 18 buy L. C. Cough ops. Eminent physicians pronounce them & perfect remedy for throat irritations. l ! GUlLDtNG OPERATIGNS compiled by The F. W. Dodge | lows: Contracts $th. sth, 8th, 8th, sth, $th, 8th, Sth, . 8th, to Jan. to Jan. to Jan. to Jan, to Jan. to Jan. h, REAL ESTATE SALES AND MORTGAGE t week to. week las and $43,250, resp IN NEW ENGLAND| . Statistics of building and engineer- ing operations in New England as 1920.. $4,401,000 B es of real estate year. respective were eleven for the two weeks amounted | CHAPLAIN BYRNE CHEERS PRISONERS AT HOLIDAYS The holiday issye of Ggod Words, the monthly pnbl!c?finn of the federal prison at ‘Atlanta, Ga; is.a special number bound in green and lettered in g0ld. Because a former NorwicH resi- dent, Rev. Michael J. Byrne, is Cath- olic chaplain at Atlahta, the following account of the holiday Services, writ- ten by a convict who signs himself J.F. B, is of local interest: hen benediction ‘was voice spoke in tho sflence to every heart in our chapel, where, before His nners and saints alike are His children. And those who heard, knew and felt that not even the shadows of Co., fol- and compassion. And with leaves ed- vcudding raln, shafls of sunshine of Jhope broke through the clouds in many ‘A heart. The ~day before .Father Byrne preached_a splendid sermon an The Blessed Virgin.. Beginning with the patient, . all-forgiving love of our carthly mothers, he pictured .- the in- finitely ereater love .of the Mother of God, who, because she is also; the Mother of Sorrow. is ever ready to In- fercede for us with the Son whor she bore when we cry to her frém our Gethsemane or from our Golgotha's cross, ;. Charistmas and New Year's motning hivh masses were sung. Through the generaosity of the cen fral ‘bureau of St. Louls the Catholie library. bas received 26 new hooks and » Catholie eneyclopedia in 18 volum: The Chaplaing’ Ajd assoclation has LOANS The nine for t vear. ively. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets Get donated two candelabra and_two pairs of candlesticks for the altar. Fathdr Byrne's daughter, Miss Bes- sie Prrne, who for more thah a vear has been stationed as an armv nnrse with the American expeditionar at the Cause and Removelt | forces in Siheria, Is on her way back 15 to Ged’s counts Edwards’ Olive Tablets, the O pieonts | STATE CHARITIRS BOARD bowsls and positively do_the work. afficted with bad breath find uatwral action, clearing the blood, and purifying the entire system. They do that which calomel does, without any o PAYS TRIBUTE TO DR. DOWN Charles P, Kellogg secretary of the haritles, of which Mre. Mitchell of Norwich is a member, drew up a set of resolutions on the death of Dr, Edwin artford, a former mem- board. ‘Afembers of the nuary meeting voted ave resolutions drawn up and a on record and one sent to of Dr. Down Anyway, if 2 man's in debt it proves that he once had credit. f the given God's | a prison™can bar out His infinite love] Aying and drifting outside before af. y Weatrer§ The winter weather with its storms stop ‘to all building operations locally. Norwich contractors state that they have ho new projects on hand and that it will be some weeks before buflding will be in full swing. Several small jobs are being finished up. These are mostly interior work as it is too cold_to.lay cement and concrete foun- dations. ps Fite Marspal Stan‘on has had only two applications for building permits during the past two weeks. These per- mits came in to him last week One of these applications is for a permit to erect 2 small building on land own- el by Fred Gudeahn on Grand View Paik in the vicinity of Reosevelt av- enue. The building is to be 22 by 14 by 8 feet in size and there is to be a lean~ to 10 x 22 feet in size. There ave to be shingles on the main roof and the lean-to will have a paper roof. Reuben Alexander has made appli- cation for a permit to alter the front of the store at No. 117 Main street. The store , is to have a new front. There are to be steel girders, plate glass windows and new sash and loors. The alterations at the builinig «n Sachem street owned by Paul Banas are now completed and the new store is occupied, A this building a Jarge addition was built on the south side to proviie for the store NEW LONDON. New Dondon's board of school vis- itors Will proceed immediately with te constfuction of the new junior high “school. _The building is to be erected on the J. N. Harris property in Williams street, opposite the Na- than Hale Grammar school, Which the city acquired from the Harris estate last fall and will be rushed to com- pletion -as soon_as possible and the board hopes to Be able to use a large part of the building by Januafy 1, . s The architecture of the building will be modern Gothic which is con- ceded to be the best style for a mod- ern school building, ~permitting of plenty of ventilation and ligh! exterior construction will be either of Barrington trimmed ‘brick or terra cotta, depending upon the cost to bring it within the appropriation. The building will be fireproo? in. every. re- spect and will be the most modern and up to date construction. The building will consist of a mal building” and a secondary building connected by corridors with courts between * for lighting purposes, The main _building will consist of two stories and -a basement above the grade of Williams street and in the ‘rear there will be a basement and a sub-basement bhelow the first floor on account of the drop in grade of the lot toward the rear. 2t | The building will: front on Will- {ams street and will stand back about 75 feet from the street. The i building Is 308 feet long. There Wi be two entrances one for the girlg and one for the boys. The first floor of the main huilding is_given over to a large auditorium, - : Lcityof "900, sufficigntly o of light be entrance strect so women teach- ve will he mnine X of these raom three grouns of Onitho ggennd | 3 B twn chemieal Jnhoratar- ains rooms rer- wing laborato- room, and d mtain let for girls atd one for the hovs, and it will include the upper part of the auditorinm and the zallefy which will seat 300. Abo esinol allays skin irritation < Resinol Ointment iswhat you want for your skin trouble—Resinol to stop the itching and buriing. many cases it even clears tion away completelvin areasonably Resinol Dintment isflot mow an experiment—althongh it —_— shon time. may be to you—as ithas been-used for” years with Resinol Soap as a standard skin treatment. Tryitand watch how quickly the skin loses its angry look and healing begins. RESINOL SHAVING STICK is a favor- ite with discriminating men. Vewr dragrist sells the Resino! pwoducts. In the erup- per show that h&nflm“flh&p&ittm. N GRAINS $3.90 SCRATCH FEED $3.95 PER 100 PCUNDS pound at Union »| | In the the stage is the smace for a pipe or- gan should it be desired to Ynstall such an igstrument later. A projec tlon beotn for motion pictures or stereopticon is also provided for this fioor. The . gub-basement building w v nasium for v kinds of atus: the former heing lo: north wing a wing; an instructors’ room amination room; a hoiler large space for coal, stora; twa alr chambers and basement room, a space, ore roam. will be found,.in addition to the upper part of the gymnasium, boys' locker room, toilet and showers -and girls' locker room, follet and showers; under the stage Wwill be an entrance room and a dres: ing room with entrance directly from out of doors. In the basement also will be a boys’ lunch room, a girls’ lunch room, a sewing room and kitchen: The secondary building is devoted Rlmost entirely to vocational pur- . Om the first floor which w'Il be on the same level Iding, will be a sewing room, fitting room and stock room; a large metal working roo: a large shop, machine tool and mill room and a general working room, -2 room—for instructors, toilets and a :u(r;ervé;or‘s Toom. n e ground floor of the voca- tional building will bs two large olaes rooms for domestic sclence, each di- vided into six smaller compartments, each compartment equipped with a kitchen:!te and other appointments, for in: ction of children in groups of five or sfx. There will also be two laTge commercial rooms, a free hand drawing room, two mechanical draw- 1y put afete ¥ B s TS e iy D Estimates” are being made on the | l. Architects are making preliminary The | windows, steam heat, electrle lights, plans for the fine residence to be ¢rected on Montauk avenue by Frank Duca. The house will be of wood, with stuf>o exterior, There will be six rooms, with tiled bath, hardwood floor and fireplace, and the heating will be by hot water. plans for a house to be erected on the corner of Connecticut avenue and Rog- ers street for Martin J, Navins. It will be three stories high, containing three spartments of five or'six rooms each. Tivery modern improvement will be provided, including 2 steam heating system. ; The plans are being complete® for the changes to be made to the heuse at 95 Greene street for Joseph Rirn- baum. The present building will be made into a rooming house with light housekeeping anartments, There will be 27 rooms and three bathrooms, with Kitchenettes, pantries, etc. The nians call for a rear addition. 13x30, and a front _addition, 13 The building will. also be raised one story and on the ground floor will he fwo stores, An elevator will be installed. WILLIMANTIC. Plans have Been mad® for the altera- tion of the ground fioor of the Wind- ham National bank building on Main street which when completed will al- low the use of the entire first floor by i the nort) n the rear will be located the An addition to the building at The altera- r the lodge AND BUSINESS The year 1919, as fndicated by the bank clearings of Hartford and New Haven, was a very prosperous one, In the former the enormous total for $452,052 179, a gain over the previous year of 9.4 per cent.. and in New Ha- ven the year's total was $208 437,597, an increase of 7.4 per cent. past wegk Hartford and Springfield show 2a per cent., respectively, while In New Haven there was a decrease of 4.7 ner cent. In real estate transactions the new year starts off with a rush, the clearings reached the year of For the ns in clearings of 13 and #5.5 In the the bank. The entrance wil be in the center of the bullding whor Tead p o the esomt fonr Soer 1l be a good sized lobby where patrons larged A on the opposity front <ol % the women's room. The banking quz.rlex‘u on both sides will be larger, a hwest corner will contain the directors’ room. - The entrance to the upper floor will be at the southwest corner of huilding and the stairs will lead up fto one of the waiting rooms of Dr. F. E. Wilcox's office and through the hall- Way on the second fioor. ons Wil not effect>any changes. of office suites on this Mes or the Toom on the third floor. The plans also call for the remodel- Ing of the front of the building on the first floor, which will be of granite. CONNECTICUT BUILDING e I ~ Main Street * Norwich’s Best Drag Store The utmost m v NATIONA], Cor. Shetucket St. Dryg Storps Nerwich, 1559 "Phone, Connecticut towns reported in the Commercial ‘Record there were 505 sales of real estate by warranty deed duriag the past week, with morigage ns amounting to $2.139,620. These figures compare avith 223 sales in the Hke week of the previous vear, with mortgage loans of $651,303. Statisties of petitions in bankruptcy filed in this state during the past week show a total of four, with labilities 4f $21,207, and assets of $2360. These figures compare with two petitions tiled in the like week of 1919, with lia- Dilities of $1.874 and assets of $2.000, and seven pefitions'in 1918, with Tabil- ities of $83,815 and assets of $40.879, The past week has not been particu- larly, active in the Whife labor is not as building ‘trades. much of a factor as it wa sa short time ago, the matter of prices s one which is responsible for much hesitation at presert, the week in “Tor New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Stamford; New Britain West Haven, Stratford Ham- den and Springfield 100 permits were granted for buildings costing $1.143.- $i0, These figures compare with 51 permits granted in the same p'ace last.year in the like week for bni ings’ costing $187.013. and 20 permits in 1918 for buildings cost! T $262,530. Nine men out of ten earn the mon- ep/that the tenth gets. i Domestics and White Goods COTTON HUCK TOWELS Value 35c 5 ECONOMY PRICE 250 _Value 59c— ECONOMY PRICE 42c HUCK TOWELS — Half o - 85c Value— ECONOMY_ PRICE 6% $1.0¢ value— ECONOMY PRICE 750 $1.10 value— ECONOMY PRICE 8%¢ TURKISH TOWELS Value 15¢c— ECONOMY PRICE 10o 33c_ value— ECONOMY PRICE 255 value— t ECONOMY PRICE 2% - valug ECONOMY PRICE 350 vaine— ECONOMY" PRICE 45¢ BLEACHED CRASH—Cot- ton and Linen worth 42c & yard, ECONOMY PRICE 33c and ' blue 46c 59c 44c Crash—red plaid. ECONOMY 'PRICE 34c ALL-LINEN CRASH — Brown Value 40c— ECONOMY PRICE 35c Value 42c— ECONOMY ' PRICE 38¢c ALL-Linen CRASH—Bleached Value 4lc— ECONOMY PRICE 36c 43¢ value— ECONOMY PRICE 3% MERCERIZED DAMASK 68-inch, valuye 90c— SALE PRICE 75¢ value §2.50— SALE PRICE $150 85c NAINSOOK. ECONOMY PRICE 2% LONG CLOTH 45¢ value— ECONOMY PRICE 3% T2-inch, ECONOMY PRICE 37c 40c value— ECONOMY PRICE 35¢ Grains Grains increases the milk flow 2 PER 100 POUNDS Charles Slosberg & Son : 3.1300\"551'3551 . i Ing rooms which can be thrown i one by Tolaing doors, & blue Dot o0 and a foilet for the gi one for the boys. rEaEl . Miceli is)taking estimates for tI building which he Will erect on Jafror: son avenue. Tt will be 22x49 feet, of Wood, with stuceo exterior. There will be astore on ‘the ground fioor, with two flat§ on each of the upper floors, with improvements. » " Architects have ‘made plans for a “| bullding to be erected on Williams street for Louls Schwarts. Tt wiil 40x50 feet, one story high, of hloflob\: tile blocks. stuccoed, nd asbestos roof. The build{ng will be arranged for two stores, which Wil have plate glase .50 BLANKET ROBES with cord and tassell to match. . ECONOMY PRICE $3.30 PILLOW CASES—Size by 36— ECONOMY PRICE. 48c 5c PILLOW ~CASES—size 42 by 36 and 45 by 36— SHEETS AT SALE PRICES $2.00 value 72 by 90— SALE PRICE $150 $2.75 value 72 by 99— SALE PRICE $225 $3.00 value &1 by 99— SALE PRICE $250 s8¢ I 43¢ value— . - Made 83¢c BLEACHED SHEETING SALE PRICE 75¢c BLANKETS AT ECONOMY PRICES. WHITE AND TAN COTTON BLANKETS. The largest size made, heavy and warm. A wonderfully pleasing offer ECONOMY PRICE $4.00 $7.00 and $8.00 BLANKETS in gray, tan or white. - Full size, heavy weight Dlankets, tully worth the original price— ECONOMY PRICE $600 WE OFFER ONE CASE OF WHITE AND GRAY BLAD KETS—very hefivy, full-size will wool - blankets +which give excellent service, and would be cheap at $8.50 a pair— ECONOMY PRICE |$7.50 $10.00 WHITE WOOL BLANKETS— ECONOMY PRICE $9.00 WHITE WOOL $12.50 BLANKETS— ECONOMY PRICE $10.00 PLAID BLANKETS TO USH AS COMFORTABLES. Hand- some plaid blankets which should sell for $6.50 each. The colorings are very, very pleasing— « ECONOMY PRICE $5.00 ONE BALE OF . ARMY BLANKETS, Heavy. weight army hlankets in dork gray only. Not handsome but heavy and warm. Size 66 by 88 ‘and worth $6.00 each— ECONOMY PRICE $395 Hosiery and Underwear Department 45c WOMEN'S LISLE HOSE in black, with double sole and wide garter hem. Sizes 8% to 10%. ECONOMY PRICE 3% 35c WOMEN'S CORDOVAN HOSE— ECONOMY PRICE 25¢ 45c and 50c HOSIERY, in black, gray and cordovan, Good welght and good wear— ECONOMY PRICE 3% 75, and $5¢ FIBRE SILK HOSE, in black dr white—— ECONOMY PRICE 65¢" WOMEN'S FULL . FASH- IONED SILK LISLE, in dark, tan only. Value $1.25— ECONOMY PRICE 98¢ WOMEN'S BLACK SILK HOSE, in sizes 914 ‘and 10. with seam in leg. Value $1.85— ECONOMY PRICE $1.50 $2.50 SILK HOSE, in bronze, cordovan and white, full fagh- ioned— ECONOMY PRICE $22¢4 65c OUTSIZE HOSE, in gray _or cordovan— ECONOMY PRICE 58¢ BOYS' IPSWICH HOSE— Value 3%c— ECONOMY PRICE 33¢ Value 45c— .ECONOMY PRICE 39%¢ Value 50c— : ECONOMY PRICE 45c INFANTS' COTTON HOSE, in black, white, and _tan, Sizes 4% to 6%. Value 29¢— ECONOMY PRICE 25¢ WOMEN'S “HARVARD"” MILLS UNDERWEAR — medium weight vest. and drawers. Value $1.85— ECONOMY PRICE $1.15 Value $1.50— ECONMY PRICE $1.35 WOMEN’S FLEECED VESTS, in sizes 5, 6, 7 and 8— Value $1.75— ECONOMY PRICE $155 Value $2.00— ECONOMY PRICE $1.75 WOMEN'S WOOL AND COT- TON UNDERWEAR, Vests, Drawers and Tights— Value $2:15— ECONOMY PRICE $1.95 Value $2.50— ECONOMY PRICE $225 CHILDREN'S COT T O N VESTS AND PANTS—Med- ium weight, and sold from 65 to §1.15 according to size— ECONOMY PRICE FROM 55 to 98 CHILDREN'S “IHARVARD MILLS” UNDERWEAR—Half ‘wool and cetton 'Vests and Drawers, in sizes 2 to 9. Reg- ular price $1.35 to $2.10 ae- cording to size— ECONOMY PRICES $1.20 TO $189 ( ODD LOTS OF WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S UNDER- WEAR WHICH WE HAVE NOT DVERTISED AT SPEC] ECONOMY PRICES Rug and Drapery Dep’t QUAKER LACE CURTAINS These splendid curtains are all 23 yards long, and shorm in both cream and white. Patterns are new and pretiy, principally in Filet and Kraft = _ designs— Value $2.25— ECONOMY Value, $2.50— ECONOMY Value $2.75— ECONOMY Value $3.00— ECONOMY PRICE Value $3.50— v : ECONOMY PRICE Value $4.00— ECONOMY' PRICE $1.8 PRICE $2.19 PRICE $249 $2.69 $3.19 PRICE $349 «RUGS—36 by ALL OF THE $5.00 TO $9.00 GRADES REDUCED TWiEN. TY PER CLNT. QUAKER LACES BY THE YARD— About twenty different pat- terns are offered for your choice, and each offering is a bargain— ‘45c values— ECONOMY PRICE .33¢ Bbc values— . ONOMY PRICE 44e 65¢ values— ECONOMY PRICE 55¢ 30c CURTAIN SCRIM, a yard wide, and white only— ECONOMY PRICE 13¢ 50c SCOTCH MADRAS, in natural color. This is 36 inches wide— ECONOMY PRICE 3%¢ YARD-WIDE CRETONNES —A good assortment of at- tractive désigns ‘and ‘colorings is offered. at these sale * prices— 45c quality— ECONOMY PRICE 2% $1.00 quality— ECONOMY PRICE 75¢ REMNANTS OF QUAKER LACES, MADRAS AND SCRIM, WORTH FROM 35c TO 65c A YARD— ECONOMY' PRICE 19 50c TABORETTES— ECONOMY PRICE 3% 8%c TABORETTES— ECONOMY PRICE 6% PRINTED LINOLEUM, in a large assortment of hand- some new designs— Regular $1.25— ECONOMY PRICE $1.00 Regular $1.39— ECONOMY PRICE $1.10 TEXOLEUM—THE NEWs EST FLOOR COVERING— A new process felt base, floor covering in a good selection of patterns. Regular price is 90c a square yard— ECONOMY PRICE T30 $6.00 VELVET RUGS—27 by TR ECONOMY PRICE $4.19 §5.00 - BODY BRUSSE RUGS—27 by 45— s ECONOMY PRICE $2.98 00 GRASS RUGS—3§ by ECONOMY PRICE $1.58 $8.00 LOG CABIN( RUGS—30 by 60— it ECONOMY PRICE $2.19 $450 LOG €ABIN RAG 29— ECONOMY: PRICE $3.79 $50.00 BODY BRUSSELS RUGS, 1n 9 by 12 sigens SALE PRICE $33.00 $60.00 AXMIN: oy I8 ae L uon ECONOMY PRICE $45.00 This January Economy Sale IS A “COMMON SENSE” SALE The Government in Washington is advising economy. It is advising the purchase of the necessary—the elimination ‘of the luxuries, and the co operation of manufacturers, merchants, and the buyng public. We hesrtily ‘endorse the plan and so far as we are able will work for the reduction of the high cost of living. This sale is a true economy Sale. It embodies the ideals of plain common sense and money saving. We are not giving merchandise away, but we are taking the very merchandise that you stand in need of, and are reducing the prices to the lowest possible limit.. Look over the long lists, for in them you will find hundreds of the very thngs you need at decided reductions. Spend Money In This “Common Sense” Sale—And Save \ -~ Thousands of Bargainsé—Ever)" Department Is lncludéd L3, - evcosiiies jin propus a fair p; vest gat When first T saw a thought that Within_ my mean heans for. liinesses and Though prices had seemed | 1 chortled: *Noj what's right, A1l dealérs smaft will < or soon. well ures.” i For twenty years T've ‘ll e resolve ta start to. But always found “nest ‘round as often as ) But now within o week I think “flush” as 5, any B For clothes and feed T shail ng nor shall I have to'borros 1 took my fair price list along 8¢ sure to not go wrong - And one by one I called upon. princely dealers, But when I asked for food or at prices anything like thosa = Upon the list they fairly -hisse: o scorn past that for ste Or loudly said, in manner hlan: don’t deal in second-hand—** showed =o plain their high @ dain “while other patrons i tered That T feit 7 ATl ent, ATl ple 2nd quickly. faded out of slght, sadder, but richer mutt,” much embittered. : hen T am told thé smit ould be sold A GEht it while it was fftge Tt fatr Wate price my shaos at sie ¥ Jenjt with joy upon my Kicks, L Glad T bouzht when they C“l but < en—next week a pasr as i May sell for twiee that modest -nrice. And though I hate to give advice, To, T ave ried and darn near died o deep humiliation, And, having saved no money vet that way, conclndetl with resret _ A fair price saw unhacked by law fs " “just an ageravation, 3 ~—Lee Shippey, fn Kansas City §tar. THE BUGLE. 1t knaves beguile, by felon art, The shiftingz favor of the hours It civic rule from right depart. ' ¥ And brazen impudence.has powers Jf 1nw ambition buy his place White merit waits In half-diserace, Still 1ndecided sways the fight: The bugle still to charse commands, = There is no truce-of tongues or hands, No_quarter, while one foeman stands To mock eternal Right! » .1 —Bayard Taylor. HUMOR OF THE DAY - Heck—My wife contradicts me eon-. tinually. = Pecky-My wife acts as if my ideas weren’t worth discussing. — Beston Transcript. ot Mr. Flatbush—These jellies you put up all taste alike to me, dear. 2 Mrs. Flatbush—But yoy can tell#he [T difference by the labels. e “Possibly; but I never thought of "§' tasting the Iabels, dear.”—Londen & Statesman. Ly Teacher—Now, Willie, can you tell. me the meaning of the word “trans~ parent ?” Willie—Yes, ma’am. Tt means some= - thing you can see through. z Teacher—Right. Now give me an . example. ; R Willie—A ladder. — Philadelphis North American, ; “See any fancy ridin’ while you were east? asked Three-Finger Sam. “I sure did,” answered Cactus Jée. “But everythin's topsy-turvy. Peopls in the cars have to harg on With theis wrists t® straps.” & “Jes’ think of that, Usin’ the stir- rups for their hands instead of their 1 feet!"—Washington Star. ‘Professor Digss is going to wisit! the site of ancient Babylon for the teenth time.” ” “That's the difference between an archeologist and a azz hound.” “What do you mean?” The archeologist delights in a dead . city, but what the “azz hound’islook= ing for is a live one."—Birmingham Age-Herald. . doubt about it” exclaimed the an, “by means of this wonder- ful discovery old men can be made voung.” . “Why don’t you try it on yourse¥*{ “It’s no good for a doctor.” A doctor spends half his life trying to look old | enough to be regarded as highly eru diat and experienced.” — Washington | Star, - B3 ¥ ey KALEIDOSCOPE ~ - Tiectric bulbs lighted from a &ry| - battery form animals’ heads on & re-| 3 cently patented muff for women. n It has been estimated that the - . world’s nut trees could supply nour- ishment to its entire population. A hydraulic brake for motor vehi- cles which acts upon all four wheels at once is an English invention. * Belgium resembles an inclined plane, the surface at the sea coast being practically at sea level. From the sea coast the land rises slowly -to altitude of about 2,000 feet in the hilly district of the Ardennes in the south- east, - One of the costliest thrones in the world is that in Windsor Castle. Tt' & is composed entirely of carved ivory; i inlaid with precious stones, especially emeralds. It was carved and sentwtol — Queen Victoria by, the Maharajah of Travancore. During_the Tear, . from - July, 1918, to July, 1919, the cost for the United States Of the 22 articles of food has increased 13 per cent. This is based on the ayerage retail price harged in 50 cities and on the ayer- ge family consumption of each arti- - | cie ot food. A house built of beer bottles was once an interesting feature of Tono- pah, Nev. It was on account of the ~* local scarcity of timber that a mincr conceived the idea of buiiding hims: “ a dwelling from a huge stack of b bottles.” Over 10,000 bottles were in- cerporated i the dwelNng. - reess principal port of Belgium is » but the railroad center is Brussels. Antwerp is considered the commercial center of Belgium, while Brussels is the political and financial center.. At present many importers have their main offices and sample- in Brussels and their war: in Antwerp. In 19i6 the Rogkefeller Foundation n sanitary commission to Esua for the purpose of arranging With' the Ecuadorian government to take nsibility of eradicating vel- ¢ 1cver from ‘Guayaquil. The mo-| 1 was accepted Jjune 10, 19i8,° ' & celebrated bpacteriologist a;- -~ ard began his work. He. rue- ded in discovering the germ which w feyer, his investizations j 5 Msing to produce fot -only i pre- Verive, but also a <ire for this mul- ady. 5 Norfolk—Among latest gifts to the Norfolls Library is an autograph edi- tion of the life ‘and works of Eithu Vedder, the artist, under the title The Digressions of V, and given_in gratefub * remembrance of Miss Isabella El- | @ridge, the founder ot the library, by | | Mr. and Mrs, ‘A, S. G. Tayler.