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Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21
Meat Department

Short Legs of Genuine Soft
 Spring L.amb, 4 to 5 Ib. average, extra hzle-Spsc-
 ial sale price 38c lb. Forequarsers of Spring Lamb,
 5 to 8 ID. ave-, make no ex-
 tra charge for bon:71g and rolling. Try they are
 excellent.
 Fresh Native Roasting Chick
 ems (rnilk-fed), 4 to 5 ID.
 average-our special sale price, 55c lb. Fresh Dressed Native Fowl,
 45c lb.
 Fresh Native Pork to roast Special sale price 45c ID. Veal for roasting (native milk
 fed), no bone, no waste very tender, 35c ID. { Veal for stewing, 20c ID. Rib Boasts of Beef, cut from \ heavy steer beef, 38c a ID Potting Beef, no bone, nc
 waste, extra value, 20c ID Lean Sugar Cured Smoked
 Shoulders, sold elsewhere
 35c lb.-our price 25c ID. Fresh Ground Hamburg, IS, | lb.
 Sliced Bacon, 35c lb.. i The volume of business las el week surpassed all previou records, and we have pre- pared values for this weel , which should make it evel
 greater than last.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21
COLCHESTER WOMAN SEEKS
 DIVORCE FOR CRUELTY

Alleging that her husband, Samuel Greenberg of Colchester. has been in tolerably cruel to her since Jan. | 1918, Rose Greenberg of Colchester whose maiden name was Heniter They were married on Oct. 31. 1917 She asks to have her name changed to Rose Heniter. The suit is return able before the superior court on the first Tuesday of December.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21
SEVEN uNcoNTEsTED CASES
 ON LIST FOR DIvoRCES

Seven divorce cases are on the un- contested list for the short calendar session of the superior court here this (Friday) morning at g o'clock. They are the following: Laura c. Torrance vs. Russell H. Torrance (partly
 heard and contiHuedy; Peter Korshak vs.- Naida Korshak. David S. Bigelov vs. Mary Smith Bigelow; Margaret Guinan Howard vs. William s. How ard; Hulda E. Johnson vs. Charles E. Johnson; Minnie M. Starr vs. So-
 lon Starr; Myrtle J. Bailey vs. Ray mond G. Bailey. ~ aS
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21
DESERTED SINCE 1905,
 SHE ASKS FOR DIVORCE

Suit for divorce on the grounds of desertion since Feb. 1. 1905, has been brought by Nellie E. Saunders of Griswu1d against Frank E. Saunders
 formerly of Norwich. now of parts un- known. The maiden name of the pe- titioner was Tinker ssfd she was mar ried to Saunders on Oct. 16. 1904. She asks the custody of a 14-year old son
 The suit is retirnable before the su- perior court on she first Tuesday in December. s z.,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21
Workmen,s compensation,

The following workmen's compen- sation agreements have been approv- ed by Commissioner J. J. Donohue 4 United Pants Co.,. New London, em- 'ployers, and Frederick Chfistion. Gro ton, employe. injured finger. at the rate of S5.05. EFAs
 Borough, of Groton Water & Elec- trical Dept, employers, and Charles J. O'Connor, New London, employe, wound of left side. at the rate of SIP
 Borough of Groton Water & Elec- trica1 Dept, employers. and Charles Armstrong, Groton, employe, crushed fingers of right hand, at the rate of SIP.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21
Was N.tirx,e ..of rhis state.

There has been filed in the Surro-
 gates court in New York the will of Theron W. Towner, who was S6 years old when he died October 27 he leaves his estate to lDr: Otto Niedner of no Pennsylvania avenue. Brooklyn. The reason assigned acording to the affidavit by Mrs. Sophia A. Leon of 174 Chauncey Street. Brooklyn, is be- cause decedent had no living relative or next of kin. She says she and her husband managed the Leon hotel at 12S East Forty-second street from
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21

1914 to 1917, where Towner was a guest during that period, and that he frequently told her that he was native of Connecticut and had no living relatives. A similar affidavit is submitted by Dr. Niedner, with whom the aged man resided for sev- 'eral months iii 1913, and who told the doctor the same story.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21
AuToMoEILE A5c. ssoRlEs

F k0UPET TuPS for Ford cars: z asa teneiesed a1l-year tops; prices. roadster ISI5, touring s1e0. complete. attached. lAncluding double acting windshieid; iemmeIiate delivery. your old top and
 ,yindshield taken ili trade; agents
 santed. Send for circular Lewis L. ales Corporation. 307 Dean St.. isRrovidence. oct24FNW
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21

ty to receive a hard blow without showing the white feather or drawing dagger. This means that when the men get out of college they will stand upon their feet as mem"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21

In a few moments you can transform your plain, dull. flat hair. You can have it abundant. soft, glossy and full of life. Just get at any drug or toilet counter a small bottle of "Danderine'' for a few cents. Then moisten a soft cloth with the "Danderine'' and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. Instantly, yes, immediately, you have doubled the beauty of your hair. It win be mass, so soft, lustrous and so easy to do up. All dust, dirt and excessive oil is re- moved
 Let Dznderine put more life, color, vifor. and brightness in your hatr. This stimulating tonic win freshen your scalp. check dandruff and falling hair and help your hair to grow long, thick, strQug and beautiful
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21

Accept California Syrup of Figs only-look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless laxative or pnysic for the lit tie stomach, liver and bowels. Chil- dren love it's delicious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dose on each bot tie. Give it without fear
 Mother! You must say California" !"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21

Many people think of free govern ment as one which does not employ tax collectors.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21
Grocery Department

Butter value 75cr b. Finest . quality in this city Special
 price 69c lb. 7. Coffee other stores charge,
 55c our price 40c ID.
 Rich Blend Old Coffee.
 Coffee other stores charge 6Oc
 lb-our price soc ID. Prin- P cess Perfection. .i Spotless Cleanser, value 10c carrSale price 4c can.
 Tryphosa, all aavors, value
 12c package-Sale price 3
 for 25c. @ a l New Mixed Nuts, 35c lb: III New Soft ShelIed English | Walnuts Sale price 45c lb. .;s E Please order your Turkey now.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-21

Please order your Turkey now.
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las Foodstu 1t Dates Before the Discovery of America
and Is Found in Many Countries

flowers and the succeeding large pods
being borne directly on the trunk and
main branches. The pods when ripe
are carefully picked. broken open. and
the Shiny mass OF contained seeds and
their enveloping mucilagtnous pulp
extracted.
Tho beans are next fernented or
"sweated," often in special houses con-
structed for the purpose, or by placing
them in heaps and covering them with
leaves or earth or in baskets or bar
rels lined with banana leaves. During
fei mentation the beans should be
stirred once n day or oftener.
The time OF fermentation varies from
one to twelve or even more days. Pale
colored beans usually require less time
than the deep purple and bitter kinds.
Tho process of fermentation destroys
the mucilage, and the seeds lose to
some degree their bitter taste. Their
color also changes. Fermentation Is
not universally practised, the purple
color and bitter taste Of unfermented
cocoa being wanted in some markets.
After fermentation the beans may
OF may not be washed, this method
varying in different countries. In any
event, they must be dried and cured"
When climatic conditions are favor
able they are spread IN thin layers on
stone drying fats and exposed to tho
sun. Sliding roofs or other methods
Of quickly affording shelter are desir-
able in case of showers, excessive heat
and for protection at night. As mat
ter of fact, artificial drying and vari-
GUS patterns OF drying houses are now
resorted to. instead OF the slower,
natural way.
Polishing the beans gives them n
brighter appearance and removes mil
dew, remnants of dried mucilage, and
SO on. This may be done by dancing
the cocoa" which means the treading
Of heap with the bare feet or by the
use Of special polishing machines. The
cocoa is then ready for shipment. be-
ing usually packed in bags for that
purpose.
In the manufacture OF cocoa the
beans are cleaned and sorted to re-
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,coa Grows on Trees and How 1t Is Cultivated

move foreign bodies of all kinds, and
also graded into sizes to secure uni-
formity in roasting. The latter proc
ess is carried out in rotating iron
drums. in which the beans are heated
tc a temperature of about 26o to ESQ
degrees Fahrenheit, and results In de-
veloping the aroma. partially converts
ing the starch into dextrin and elimin
ating the bitter constituents. The
beans also dry and their shells become
crisp.
Now the beans are gently crushed
and winnowed whereby the light shells
are removed, and after removal by
sitting OF the germs" the beans arc
left in the form OF irregular cocoa
nibs occasionally seen in shops. Cocoa
nibs may be infused in water and
drunk, but for most persons the hev-
erage is too rich, containing the whole
of the cocoa fat or cocoa butter. The
fat is extracted from the carefully
ground nibs by employing great n.y.
draulic pressure in heated presses.
The fat exudes and solidifies. IT Is
very valuable for pharmaceutical pur-
poses, being a constituent of numer-
Gus pomades. With care it can be
kept for long periods without becorn-
ing rancid.
After tho extraction OF the fat tho
resulting mass IS ground up fine and
| the powder Is then ready for use in
the ordinary way. Many preparations
| on the market are. OF course, not pure
cocoa, but contain adnixtures or var.-
Gus starchy and other bodies. The
| shells of the beans separated by win
moving contain theobromine and are
sometimes used as a substitute for
coffee, and these same shells have re-
Gently been put to good use as cattle
| food.
So far the process has been entirely
for cocoa, which Is bitter. In tho
| preparation Of chocolate the same proc
ess of cleaning. sorting. roasting and
removing the shells, as we'll as grind
ing the nlbs. Is followed. The Fat.
however. is not extracted. and sugar
| and sometimes other materials, arc
added to the ground, pasty mass, to-
| gether with other suitable navorinc
materials. such as vanilla. The final re-
suit ia a semi-iiquid mass which Is
moulded into the familiar tablets or
other forms In which chocolate comes
| on the market
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navy demanded 10000 balsa buoys II
got them at the rate of 1000 day
toward the last. a temporary factory
had to be built for this order alone
1t had been learned that balsa buoys
were the only kind which would with
stand the long submersion and the
crushing effect of depth charges which
were necessary In laying the mine
barrage in tho North Sea That bar
rage, 1t is believed. accounted for sew
enteen U-boats.
But what has all this to do with
cheaper meat? Why, only this, that
1t has been found that balsa is I'M
flnitely better than cork or shav'ngs or
any of the other insulating materials
now used for lining refrigerators, re-
frigerator cars and refr!gerating ships
Refrigerator cars lined with balsa viii
weigh n ton or so less than the meat
cars used nowadays, will save ice and
will wear longer. Now that the war
demand for balsa wood has died this
new line is to be developed. Cheaper
icing and transportation means cheaper
meats. OF course.
Balsa wood has become so impor-
tant, indeed. that the Cornell ITnlver-
sjty has given Prof. w. w. Rowlee,
head of its botanical department, two
years leave to go to Central America
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I first special cards were made which
could only be used by the blind. but
| they were not popular; the blind man
wants to be able to play with anybody
With a deck Of the kind described
| here he can have friendly game with
whoever chances to drop in. But how
does the blind man know what cards
| are on the table? That is where the
wonderful memory and visualizing
| power OF the blind comes in. He re-
members them as they are called out.
When one faculty Is taken away
| from man the other senses become
highly developed to take its place.
| The sense of touch, the hearing. the
memory, all come forward and do their
share to replace the loss Of sight.
| A chess game with a blind man Is
exactly the same as a chess game
with any one else. There are some
excellent chess players among the
blind. The board has q round hole in
the middle of each square and each
piece has a peg on the bottom which
sets in one OF these holes. This keeps
the pieces in place so that they are
not easily disturbed by a cropping
hand. The white set of chessmen each
has a little point on top. while the
black pieces are round on top. This
makes II easy for the blind man to
tell which are his pieces and which
are his opponents. He passes his
hand lightly over the board and "sees''
in his mind the layout Just as clearly
as you see II on the board, ..".
Checkers are played In much the
same way, The black squares on the
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une Ecuador to study the hest methods
OF growing, cutting. planting and
propagating the trees.
Resembles the Cottonwood.
The scientific name is Ochroma
Lagopus. The tree looks like the
familiar cottonwood, while the dressed
wood looks like clear white pine. The
leaves of the seeding are two and
three feet across. but they get smaller
and smaller as the tree grows older.
About midsummer of the third year,
from conspicuous buds five or six
Inches lonG, which stand upright like
candles on Christmas tree, yellow or
white bios oms emerge. Later the
flowers fail and the pod develops TO
about one inch In diameter, six TO eight
inches long. The pod then breaks. re-
leasing large quantities OF golden
brown cotton, single pod yielding
enough to fill a bushel basket. The
natives use this fibre for pillows and
mattresses. Paradoxlcally II is easier
TO cut down a tree than TO climb IT, 80
that is the destructive method the ma
tivcs adopt 10 get the cotton.
Lighter Than Cork.
Dry balsa weighs 73 pounds a cubic
foot, cork weighs, 1871 pounds and
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Cards With Which Blind Persons Can Play

board are followed out. The white
checkers are round and the black ones
are square.
The dominoes for the blind are
rather ingenious. Recognizing the
need of something that would not
easily be displaced as the fingers Of
the blind passed back and fourth read
ing the numbers on the face of the
dominoes, the inventor has given us
set of interlocking pieces. The
mortise joint makes them hold together
no matter how much they are
brushed around. The number on each
piece Is indicated by the raised heads
Of brass tacks, easily read by the
touch.
The blind man can write letters on
his typewriter without any trouble. He
can use the Braile typewriter IL writ
ing to another blind man or II writ
ing to a friend with sight he uses an
ordinary standard machine and works
by the touch system. But how to do
sums in arithmetic, that was quite a
problem till the mathematics frame was
invented. Now he adds. subtracts or
multiplies Just as any schoolboy does
with a pad and pencil. His numbers
are cast in type. Various positions
of the T. l.. triangle and square are
used instead of the ordinary Arabic
numerals. They are not only easier
to read but are also real economy In
type. BY using the two ends OF each
piece only two type pieces are neces-
sary. "T" in the different positions ID
1. 2, 3, 4. Triangle is 8, 9. Tvs. 81"
is Q and the square" liz zero.
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oCOA. more properly termed
''cacao." grows on tree Of
low stature, seldom over TWEEN
ty-fave feet high, on the cultivated
plantations Of certain West Indian is
lands. The leaves are large, smooth
and glossy. elliptic and tapering In
form. growing principally at the ends
Of branches, yet sometimes springing
directly from the main trunk. The
flowers are small and occur in numer-
GUS clusters on the main branches
and the trunk; in fact, this Is a very
marked popularity. which gives the
matured fruit the appearance OF being
artific.ally attached to the tree.
And now we come to what gives US
our cup OF cocoa or our bar OF choco-
late. Generally only a single fruit is
matured from each cluster Of flowers.
When ripe the fruit Is a pod of clip
ito form. from seven to ten inches in
length and from three to four and a
half inches in diameter. II has a
hard. thick. leathery hidelke rlnd Of
a rich purpllsh yellow color. the out
side being rough and marked with ten
very distinct longitudinal ribs or ele-
vations. The interior Of the fruit has
Ave coils. each containing a row of
from five to twelve seeds embedded in
soft delicate pink acid pulp. Each
fruit thus contains from twenty to
fifty or more seeds, which constitute
the raw beans of commerce.
Cocoa Is a foodstuft of long stand
Ing. The value Of cocoa was appre-
ciated in its native country long be-
before the discovery of America by CO.
lumbus Indeed the Spaniards found
the natives OF Mexico using bever-
age known as Chocolate" meaning
chouo (cocoa) and lath (water). And
cocoa Is by no means the monopoly Of
any one island or country: there are
numerous varieties Of cocoa, each is
land or country in tropical climates
having a different species. Trinidad
is the largest cocoa producing island
in the West Indies.
Cocoa comes into bearing when
about FIVE years old. the small pink
The sun., 1919-04-06
Thanks to Observing Sea Captain 1t Helped Win the
War and Serves Multifold Purposes

a system OF davits for launching life
boats. but the Slocum disaster diverted
his attention to the necessity OF better
lifo preservers than the traditional
cork affairs.
So he sent to Ecuador for little Of
the wood which he recalled seeing the
natives use. II is called balsa wood;
"balsa" is Spanish for raft" Capt.
Lund!n was disappointed at first, for
no discovered that the stun rotted
quickly and paint helped preserve 1t
not at all,
Enter the man from Norfolk--Col.
r. A. Marr-who wasn't interested In
life preservers particularly. but in pill
ing and the like. Nevertheless It proved
that his "encysting" process made
balsa wood perfectly durable.
solver the Problem.
That solved tho problem Of PROPER
life preseTvers. and balsa preservers
and life RATS are to be seen on every
transport and navy ship. and are al
most universal on merchant ships of
this and other nations.
Then the war-and suddenly the
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spruce twenty-sevcn pounds. The
heaviest wood known--the other ex-
treme-is quebracho wood, which
weighs ninety-one pounds the cubic
root. Balsa has a strength about half
that Of spruce.
But the most marvellous thing
about the balsa tree is the way It
crows. The United Fruit Company
has records showing that trees have
grown from the chanting of the seed
to height OF thirty-six feet In one
year. There are no rings in the
cross section OF the log, for the rea-
son that the growth goes on un!nter-
ruptedly throughout the twelve
months. Prof. Rowlee's records show
the tree gains about five inches In d.
ameter each year, so that a tree OF
two feet 10 two feet and Il half IN
diameter-a good s!aeable log-can be
produced In Ave to ak years.
Airplanes and hydro-airplanes, par
t!cularly tho latter, are using much
balsa wood. Wing braces are made
OF balsa and spruce in I-beams. It
is useful also for pontoons.
But In the vast and as yet almost
unexplored field OF balsas possibiii-
ties as an insulator (due to its cellular
structure) lies It's greatest future and
rs chief economic value as a pro
venter OF much Of the present waste
OF per!shable food products.
All because of n ship captain inter
estinE himself one dull afternoon by
watching the EcIadorean natives ca
their bouyant RATS.
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copyr,sht by II. " Newman

copyr,zht by f. " Newman
T>H E strongest argument for Sec
ing America first Is seen on
= the island Of Hawaii You may
travel this world over looking for
grandeurs Of nature. but you will find
mono that will equal the spectacular
sights of Hale Mau-Mau. or the House
Of Everlasting Fire. within the huge
crater OF the Kilauea volcano.
And now there is another reason
why you should see 1t first, namely
that Congress has made II the CHIEF
feature OF a national park.
The Hawaii National Park Is the
frst national park lying outside the
continental boundaries of the United
States, 1t sets apart three celebrated
volcanoes, Kilauea, Mauna Loa ant
Hale Maui Mau, and entrusts theil
protection and development as ma
tional spectacles to the Department o.
the Interior. T. A. Jaeger. director o.
the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
says that they are truly a national as
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A Silk-Spinning Machine

Each day the worms are lifted upon
n new feeding ground by means Of
chopsticks. which the Japanese handle
SO delicately that the fingers seem
crude by comparison. When the worm
has fully matured he begins to spin
his cocoon amid the rice straw pro-
vided for him. This Is the beginning
of the pupa stage. and great care has
to be taken that the worm has ample
room in order that he will not inter-
lace his threads. thereby making It
impossible for them to be unreeled.
When the cocoon Is completed the
chrysalis--the name for the insect in
the pupa stage--nlust be killed, other
wise in the course Of time we are con-
fronted by a moth which destroys the
The sun., 1919-04-06

In the centre of this amphitheatra
Is a smaller pit about twenty-five
acres in extent and circular in form.
This Is the active part of the volcano;
1t is like n lake of molten lava, 400 feet
below the rim. The sight. of this fiery
crucible and the sound of the tres
mendous roarings and hissings are
awe inspiring. but the real sight, the
impressive beauty of its magnifcence,
Is only seen at night. Toward evening
the pit begins to fill with q golden red
glow, that grows more and more in
tense as the night progresses, until
the shadows appear almost solid by
contrast. The crevices that appear
like blue vapors in the daytime arc
vivid and dazzling when the smoke
and fumes clear for a moment I'M
nense fountains of fiery lava, ten to
thirty feet wide and from ten to
| eighty feet high. are continually
| throwing hundreds and thousands OF
tons into the air, only to eplash back
into the fiery lake with the roar of .
Niagara. 81
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set, wholly unique of their kind, the
most famous in the world of science
and the most continuously, variously
and harmlessly active volcanoes on
earth.
Kilauea crater has been nearly con-
tinuously active with lake or lakes
Of molten lava for a century. Mauna
Loa Is the largest active volcano and
mountain mass in the world, with
eruptions about once in n decade. and
has poured out more lava during the
last century than any other on the
globe.
Hale Mau-Mau is a mountain mass
10000 feet high with a tremendous
crater rift in its summit eight miles
in diameter and 5000 feet deep, with
many high lava cones built up inside
the crater. 1t is probably the largest
OF all known craters among volcanoes
that are technically known as active
Hale Mau-Mau erupted less than zoo
years ago. The crater at sunrise is
the greatest volcanic spectacle on
| earth
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EXPERIENCE has taught tho
r. doctors and nurses who have
- the care of the boys who have
been blinded in baltic that their pa
tents are happiest and less conscious
OF their misfortune when they can be
Kept occupied with games.
, The blind man does not want to be
entertained with games specially in
vented for the blind. He wants to play
the same games as other people
chess. checkers, dominoes and cards.
Impossible, one would say. How can
a blind man play whist or chess? Yet
sc has been made possible. Visit any
of the large sanitarinms where Great
Britain takes care Of the men VINO
have lost their sight during the war
ard you will find groups here and
there playing with regular deck OF
cards and handling their cards with
Utmost as much speed as the bridge
shark who has two good eyes.
q This has been made possible by a
system OF marking the CARDS with
embossed characters which indicate
To the sensitive touch OF the player
the suit and number Of the card. This
s,nbossing is done in characters Braiie
from the blind alphabet The impress
sdon is 80 slight as hardly to be no
ttceabIe' TO the eye yet can be easily
read by the fingers Of the blind. the
cards used are the familiar CONNER
cial playing cards, The embossing Is
quickly put on with a typewriter
which embosses Braile characters. AZ