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The Press., 1919-11-20
REMAINS OF ROMAN SHELTER
Intensely Interesting Discovery Said to Have Been Made In the
 North of England.

A lady member of the Cumberland and Westmoreland Antiquarian SO- ciety of England has had the good for tune to discover what Is believed to be a Roman bloomery, or ancient smelt- ing furnace. Her attention was drawn to the place by the work of moles. which recently exposed some of the remains and again later by the burn ing of the whins formerly concealine the hearth and other features of the bloomery, near Forest How.
 By some exploration with spade, she traced the foundations of large hearth. twelve yards in diameter. and a number of heaps of cinders, slag and ore and she also turned up spec imens of Roman tiles, with pottery: slag and hematite. The size of the hearth of the Forest How bloomery marks 1t as quite different from the ordinary north-country medieval iron furnaces, which run from seven to nine or ten feet in diameter, for the one just found is twelve yards across. This appears to be worth further ex- ploration and probably money for that purpose will be found.
The Press., 1919-11-20
VETERANS ARE NOT ENvl0Us
So'di~rs Who Took Part In th= Civil War Proud of the Youngsters
 of Today.

Recently one of the current maga- zines contained a picture called. His Place. Usurped." It showed the usual village crowd of youngsters listening to returned soldier tell stories of his life lover there." Sitting at one side of the picture, entirely deserted by every one, was a Civil war veteran. His face was full of sorrow over his assertion by his usual audience.
 we wondered whether that was really the way people were doing-for- getting the old soldiers-also whether the old soldiers were feeling as this old man In the picture seemed to feel" said an Indiana man. 'So we took the picture and showed it to an old man who Is very familiar figure in our streets-on account of his faded army uniform. He looked at the picture and then he chuckled:
 "'Why, bless your soul don't feel that way he told us. I want to listen to 'em myself he continued. I want to know how they fought at Ypres and see If 1t was like we did at Antietam. And then, too.' he smiled more. It's just this way. I've been honored for more than 50 years now. and during that time one gets just a little hungry for chance to do little honorin' himself. So now it's my chance to honor the young fellers. Pm glad the tables are turned for little while, and bet most of the other old comrades are. tOO."
The Press., 1919-11-20

Paramount Theatre rsday, Charles Ray in ''String Beans" Anoth- CT of Charles Rays country-boy stories - crammed with clever comedy and power ful thrills. Story by Julien Josephson {; also Burton Holmes. Friday, Para mount-Artcraft special, Sporting Life," the worlds most famous race the Bug fish Derby a thrilling prize fight at an exclusive London club! excitement in trigue-everything in young earle's sporting life," tremendous picture i; also Fatty Arbuckle in "A Desert ife- TO-" Monday, Dorothy Gish in ''Peppy Polly" the same girl of "The Hun With in," Battling Jane, -' "Boots," but a different story-a new story, an unusual story, the best Dorothy Gish picture to date-enough said ! 1t is ada pted from story by Frank E. Garbutt; also Bray cartoon. Tuesday, Dustin Farnum in "Gentleman from Indiana" the fla nous Booth Tarkington romance-one of the sweetest love stories ever told. Matinee Thursday and Saturday at 2.3O.
 Town Hall: Saturday, Paramount Aircraft special, Sporting Life; ;" also Fatty ArbuckIe in A Desert Hero" Wednesday, Dainty Marguerite Clark in ''Out of Clear Sky" This is a story of European politics and an American love match. hy Maria Thompson paviess; al- s,a Eurton Ilo mes.
The Press., 1919-11-20
DANGER IN LETTER WRITING
Abundant Proof That One Should Be Careful About Committing Ills
 Thoughts to Paper.

The first woman letter writer on record was Queen Jezebel, wife of Ahab, and she used her pen for the purpose of deception. The story is told in Kings 5:10. When Ahab was mourning because he could not obtain Naboth's vineyard by fair means, Jezebel conceived of foul ones. "So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth." They suggested a plot which resulted in the death of Naboth by stoning.
 An earlier letter mentioned in the Bible was written by a man and was equally detestable. When we remem- Der the contents and the purpose of David's letter to Joab, how it did for Uriah what Jezebel did for Naboth, and from a worse motive, we could have wished of this too that 1t had never been preserved.
 The writing of letters has proved to be disastrous to more than one man, and they have brought downfall to many. Every one should be careful of what they write. Good letters, like good thoughts. bring back good things.
The Press., 1919-11-20
Conquered Desert Sand.

The British adopted giant "snow- shoe" to conquer the sands of the Egyptian desert, according to Maj. John Bain of the British army, who served in the near East. The scheme. which was based on the same theory that caused the Indian to adopt the snowshoe. was discovered while the army was marching to Palestine. The fine sands impeded both the infantry and horses. so that a days march never resulted in much more than a two or three mile advance.
 "Finally some Inventive genius tried laying rather close-meshed chicken wire on the sands" said Major Bain. ''The Tommies were thus given some thing that didn't yield so readily as the soft sands, and the horses got better footing. Immediately we found that much greater progress was made. and our advances soon amounted to nine and ten miles day."
The Press., 1919-11-20
DISCOVERED VAST DEAD CITY
Photographs Taken by Airman Over Mesopotamia Reveal Site of Once
 Vast Metropolis.

Lieut.. Col. J. A Beazeley gives In Geographical Journal (London) an in- teresting example of how photography from an airship can extend our knowl- edge. When making an aerial recon naissance in Mesopotamia over terri tory occupied by the Turks he took a series of photographs near Samarra which shows distinctly the ruins of nn ancient city extending 20 miles along the Tigris river and two miles and a half wide, large enough to shelter easily 100000 inhabitants.
 This city would never have been noticed on earth. since 1t is not marked by anything but scattered hillocks, al- though pottery and medals had been discovered on the site. But the photo- graphs show clearly its whole plan. with it's Notifications. canals for ir- rigation. and streets.
 The fall of the airplane within the enemy lines and the capture of its passengers did not permit Colonel Beazeley to pursue his researches. but since the British occupied the territory an archaeological expedition. guided by the photographs. has begun to explore the dead city.
The Press., 1919-11-20
Development of Army SearchlIQht.

A review of the work of the army engineer corps in the war, first is- sued by the war department, says that the corps produced new form of searchlight more powerful than any that had preceded it in any army, with which the Second field army had been partially equipped. Tt weighed" the report says, "one-eighth as much as lamps of former design, cost only one third as much, was about one-fourth as large in bulk, and threw light 10 per cent stronger than any other port able projector in existence" Still fur ther to perfect the searchlight, our en- gineers were at work on a remote con- trol when hostilities ceased.-Scientifc American.
The Press., 1919-11-20
Flax In the War.

Witt the restoration of industry on a peace-time basis, cotton once again, according to recent authoritative state ments. forges ahead of linen in the worlds favor. The exigencies of the recent conflict raised flax to the posi- tion as leader among fabrics, rank which 1t had held for centuries but had lost almost simultaneously with the advent of the cotton gin. With a real ization of the importance of cotton in the making of munitions, there came a speedy reversfon to linen for the more commonplace usages-waistcoats sails for ships, even wings" for air planes having lately consisted of ma- terial woven from the sun-hued fiber. But flax has reached the end of its days of monopoly. King Cotton now rises to the fore in ordinary pursuits. and linen once again becomes the aristocrat in this field of supply.
The Press., 1919-11-20
Cryptfc Cable.

For smartness the following will be hard to beat: A well-known person age in Devonshire, England, received a cable from his soldier son in Meso- potamia containing only three words :: 1.-Two John twelve" After much pug zling the meaning dawned upon him. Taking down his Bible he turned up the Second Epistle of St. John and read the twelfth verse, which runs as follows: Having many things to write unto you, would not write with paper and ink, but I trust to come unto you and speak face to face, that our joy may be full" His son was on his way home to England.
The Press., 1919-11-20
Hadn't Seemed to Work.

An oldish man in rusty-brown clothes and with a rusty-brown beard met up with a pin. It was shining sharply bright on a fagging, and he stopped to pick 1t up.
 He had stiff joints and his fingers were in that state informally known as bungly. So he had trouble picking up the pin.
 A young man paused to offer his services but the old one refused. He just grunted and grumbled until at last victory came his way. Then he strengthened up his rickety joints and put a hand on his back.
 ''I'm not as young as I used to be, :" he admitted, as genially as his joints would allow. "But you know the old saying:
 "'See a pin and let 1t lay, you'll have bad luck all the day. See pin and pick 1t up and you are sure to have good luck
 "So never pass one by."
 And yet he didn't look as lucky as a man ought to be who had made a life habit of picking up pins.-Wash- ington Star.
The Press., 1919-11-20
FIND STEAMER LONG BURIED
Dredoing Operations In the Mersey Disclose Remains of Vessel That
 Had Been Forgotten.

For some time past the Mersey ducting dredging operations in the neighborhood of the Burbo bank. one of the huge accumulations of sand which impede the navigation of the Mersey entrance, and these have re- suited in find" of remarkable in- terest.
 It is the remains of a steamer which have evidently been embedded for generations. Her date is long ante rior to that of iron shipbuilding. Of sound English oak were her timbers and framing, to which circumstances doubtless is due the fact that they still retain cohesion and shape. and have so wonderfully resisted the forces of decay as to supply an abundant manufacturer. Her beams, in point of fact, are described as being as 'hard as iron"
 The machinery has practically per ished, but the engine bed-plates and the funnel remain, and relics of pot tery and other articles are plentiful. The vessel, cleared of superabundant sand, is not only visible, but accessible at low water, and has been visited and examined by many interested people.
 The prevailing opinion Is that she is the William Huskisson, a paddle steamer belonging to the City of Dub- lin company. and trading between Liv- erpool and the Irish capital, which on the 18th of January, 1840. was wreck ed on her passage to the Mersey. She had 12O passengers on board, of whom 95 were rescued by the ship Hudders- field, and the remainder perished. Captain Clegg of the Huddersfield subsequently, received handsome pres entations from the citizens of Liver pool in recognition of his good york; Manchester Guardian.
The Press., 1919-11-20
STAFFORD SPRINGS

A son was born to MT. and Mrs Bernard Hanley at the Johnson hos pital Saturday.
 union Thanksgiving service will te held in the Methodist church next Wednesday evening at 7.30. Rev. L. Rees will be the speaker.
 Miss Violet Hayes played the march at the wedding of her cousin, Miss Laura Marcy to Edward P. Parsons at Monson, Saturday afternoon.
 Roberta Rose. one-year-old daugh- ter of Mir. and Mrs. A. J. Rose, died at her home yesterday morning. The burial will take place this afternoon.
 The third of the houses built on Furnace avenue by the Warren Wool en Go. is now nearly complete. The other two houses were finished some time ago. One of them is now occu- pied by Thomas Fletcher and family.
 More members have been added to the Red Cross roll-call during the week, so there is at present member ship of 729. which is something like 200 more than was expected. This total includes Stafford and Union. There may still be some who would like to join but have not been able to do so. If they will speak or write to Miss Mary Ballantine their names can be entered.
 The funeral of Mrs. Carrie O'Clair who died in the Newington sanitarium near Hartford, Tuesday morning will be held here tomorrow in St. Ed wards church at o'clock a. m. The burial will be in St. Edwards -ceme- tery. Mrs. O'Clair was 36 years old. She had been suffering from tubercu- -losis and was taken to the sanitarium some months ago. She leaves three children, the oldest being under 16 years of age.
 Stafford Springs has been awarded the Junior Chautauqua banner for 1919. We certainly must congratulate the girls and boys. There were 250 towns competing for these banners, so to win one means something. The banner will be presented to the Junior Chautauqua officers sometime soon. Miss Elizabeth Southwick, Junior Chautauqua director, congratulates the Stafford juniors on winning out on the following counts: Excellent in junior town meetings, excellence in junior pageant, behavior at junior meetings and number of juniors who earned their tickets.
The Press., 1919-11-20
Use for Surplus Munitions.

An interesting suggestion has been made by prominent Swiss meteorol- ogist and physicist, M. de Quervain of Zurich, to the effect that the vast stores of munitions collected in the bel ligerent countries during the last four years be utilized to advance the cause of science instead of being merely fir- ed off to make a Roman holiday. or else sunk in deep waters to avoid the latent dangers which reside in them. By detoning these explosives in defin- ite quantities, at definite places, and at definite times whose dates are an- nounced in advance, possibility would be presented for the solution of many interesting problems in physics and meteorology. The project might advantageously be carried out in this country.
The Press., 1919-11-20
Electrical Undertakings In Japan.

There are 715 electrical undertak- ings in Japan, including 625 power plants, 42 electric railways. and 48 companies operating both power plants and tramways. This Is an increase of 40 companies over last year. The to- tai amount of invested capital in these enterprises is about $388, 100000, in- cluding >$193, 100000 for power plants. 100000 for railways, and $173, ,OO0,- GOO for those rendering combined service-an increase of about $8,0OO.- GOO over last year.
The Press., 1919-11-20
AiQh Minded.

The teacher was impresslng upon her scholars the need of saying their prayers. To illustrate the lesson she showed the class picture of an Arab, with head between his hands. and looking upward. "Now, Billy Cubbs." l" she said to boy who had not been paying close attention to her words. "what is that man doing?"
 "Er-er-please, teacher, he's a-lookin' for-er-'planes.'-
The Press., 1919-11-20
Honey 92.1 Per Cent of Normal.

Tho honey crop of the United States was 92.1 per cent of normal on July l, according to the estimates of the United States department of agricul- ture. Reports to the bureau of crop estimates warrant the estimate that the yield of surplus honey per colony was 25.8 pounds and that about one- half of the annual product per colony was realized by July 1. The high con- dition of 92.1 per cent of normal on July 1 this year compares with 66.7 in 1918 and 86.3 in 1917.
The Press., 1919-11-20
COMIOUE THEATRE

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 MATINEE THURSDAY and SATURDAY at 23O P. M.
The Press., 1919-11-20
SOMERS

Mrs. D. l.. Ellis has had as a guest her sister Mrs. Henry Cooley of Re- vere,, Mass.
 Archer l.. Hurd has returned to Wesleyan after spending ten days with his mother, Mrs. A. l.. Hurd.
 Carroll P. Moore, Ralph Chaffee and Oliver J. Lyman of Connecticut agri- cultural college spent the weekend with their parents.
 The members of the local church were invited to meet with the Somers- vile church for the mid-week prayer meeting, so there was no service in the chapel last evening.
The Press., 1919-11-20
Bridegroom Grows In Importance

The war has given the bridegroom a significance he never before pos sessed. Formerly wedding notices were devoted to the bride, her trous- seau, her bridesmaids and her family. The bridegroom was mentioned only in- cidentally, If at all. By reason of his rank, he has become one of the most important persons in the alliance.- Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Press., 1919-11-20
WARM OUTINGS

AT WASH GOODS DEPT fine showing in stripes and checks, 29c yard.
 27-inch width, plain colors, white, pink, blue, grey, 33c yard.
 The Best Grades of Amoskeag Outing, 27-inch heavy quality, in large variety of patterns, in- cluding plain colors, with plenty of white always in stock. Specially good at 39c yard.
 Yard Wide Outing in good looking stripes Specially fine for night wear, 45c yard.
 Eden Flannel in 8 most pleasing assortment of patterns, 39c yard.
 Kimona Flanneis, 27-inch width, in an extra large showing of pleasing designs, 39c yard
The Press., 1919-11-20
GENUINE INDIAN

MOCCASINS, for Men, Women and Children, from Maine and Canada. These Moccasins are made of Elk and Deerskin, with and without soles. Beaded plain fur trimmed. Give good service and are very comfortable.
 Moccasins for Women are of brown Elk, tan and grey Deerskin, plain and fur trimmed priced from S1 .5O to $3.5O pair.
 Moccasins for Men, color brown, with or without soles, priced from S1.75 to sB4.OO pair.
 Moccasins for Children range from S1.25 to $2 pair. For Boys priced s T 50 to S2. 50 pair
 For Christmas Gifts, why not decide on Moe. casins?
The Press., 1919-11-20
Household Hint.

Albert, want you to see the new dining room set Mir. Brown has bought for his wife. It would just match our wall paper"
The Press., 1919-11-20
ELLINGTON Crystal Lake

The annual chicken pie supper by the Ladies of the church will be held this Thursday evening. Price, 75 f.antS
The Press., 1919-11-20
West Stafford
E. P. Kellogg is building garage.

E. P. Kellogg is building garage.
 Mrs. w. o. Atchinson is confined to her home by illness.
 Charles Glazier visited friends in Guilford, Vt., last week.
 Miss Mabel Colburn of the Hollow was a recent guest of Miss Mabel Law renee.
 | Richard Glazier has resigned his po- sition as janitor of the church to take effect December 1.
 Mrs. Selina Greaves has returned from a several-weeks' visit among her many relatives and friends. | MT. and Mrs. Brandon and two chill dren of Hazardville spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. Carlos Chaffee. | MT. and Mrs. Sharp of Hartford spent the weekend with Mrs. Sharp's mother, Mrs. Annie Walkley Bennett
 Rev. Dr. Sherrod Soule, superintend- ent of the Connecticut Home Mission ary society, will preach here next Sunday morning at 10.45. Staffordville Miss Thomas of Boston visited her aunt, Mrs. Vaill, few days last week MT. and Mrs. J. H. Mccarthy were the guests of MT. and Mrs. c. N. Smith | in Enfield, Mass, over Sunday. Mrs. Lima Booth, accompanied by MT and Mrs. Wm. Webster, were the guests of MT. and Mrs. George Web- ster in Huntington, Mass, last Sun day.
 There will be mass at St. Joseph's chapel next Sunday at g o'clock, the usual hour. The assistant priest from Hartford will be at the chapel at S o'clock.
 The church fair, held in the Con- gregational vestry last week Thursday evening, was success in every way and good sum of money was added to the treasury.
 F. M. Sanger was severely cut on his leg last Saturday evening while unable to attend to his duties as stage driver for a few days. Archie Sanger has been driving the stage in his fath- CTS absence.
 number of little friends and school mates of Merle Phelps, son of MT. and Mrs. Benjamin Phelps, gathered at his home in honor of his tenth birthday on Tuesday afternoon from to o'clock. Games were played and refreshments were served. A number of gifts were left for the occasion. All had an en- ioyahle time.
 Those that attended the Evangelistic meetings this week in the Methodist church have enjoyed the sermons by Rev. G. E. Davis of Quarryville on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Rev. A. Goldbury of South Manchester is the preacher for Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday evenings of this week, and Mir. Kettle and Robert Won Deck of the Salvation Army will conduct the services on Saturday evening and Sunday morning.
The Press., 1919-11-20
Take Choice of these Three Lots

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The Press., 1919-11-20
WELLINGTON

The golden wedding of Charles H. Hobby and Mrs. Sarah G. Hobby was pleasantly celebrated on the 10th at the home farmstead on the Washing ton turnpike near the Mansfield line. The couple were married in Pelham, Mass, Nov. 10, 1869 and have had 12 children, Il of whom are now living. Ten of the children were present at the celebration, together with chill dren and grandchildren, making four generations of the AS of the family present. This family moved from Stafford Springs to their present Will lington home in April, 1895. All the children save two are married and all but one are living within a radius of 25 miles from home. They have 26 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchil- dren There were guests present from Manchester, Hartford and Farm ington. The affair was planned by the children as a surprise that was suc- cessfully carried out. There were many gifts and in behalf of the com pany Mrs. Walter Hobby of Manches- ter presented the bride and groom" each with a silken purse containing gold coin. MT. Hobby was for many years widely known as dealer in and tuner of musical instruments. They were for years among the most promi- nent in the Congregational church here, and with their children, of great assistance, especially so in musical and social ways. They have the con- gratulations and best wishes of many friends.
The Press., 1919-11-20

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The Press., 1919-11-20

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