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The Press., 1922-07-27
ENDED DREAM OF WEALTH
Humorous Side to Alchemy Fiasco Which Was at First Taken
 Quite Seriously.

Alchemy-the science of transmit ing baser metals into gold-no longer commands the serious attention of learned men, although 1t was at the basis of many of the scientific inves- t1gatiOns of the ancients. It has not been given respectful consideration since the famous fiascO which term1- mated the efforts of Professor Semler of Germany, in the latter part of the Nineteenth century.
 Semler experimented with il com pound known as the "Salt of Life" the discovery of Il certain Baron Hirschen, which was supposed to be the universal medicine. He left d SO- lutiOn of this composition in warmth for several days and, on examination, was astOnished to discover in it some thin scales of yellOWiSh metal which. when tested, proved to be pure gold. His discovery caused immense excite ment, which terminated in legal in Quiry of Semler's claims. It was finally brought to light that an old and devoted servant of Semler's had been slipping small pieces of gold leaf into the solution slyly and with no idea beyond gratifying his beloved master One of the great laughs of the affair was furnished by the discovery, dur ing one of the tests, of a sort of brass composition in the jar. instead of gold. It turned out that this had been placed there by the servants wife, who had been intrusted with the money to purchase the gold leaf She had procured brass instead spending the balance of the money for her fa- YOrtte beverage.
The Press., 1922-07-27
Cookinu for a klnu.

Next to Yellowstone lake the highest navigable body of water in North America Is Lake PatzcuarO, in the Mexican state of Michoacan, which has been called "a crystal goblet held high in the cool grip of the Sierras." The town of PatzcuarO was the seat of the old Tarascan kings, and in its plaza women and boys still sit beside their fires at night, selling vegetables in sacks, says the New York Evening Post. Fishermen from the huts that cling to the steep sides of the lake lslets are picturesque figures in the streets. Once when great king moved from Patzcuaro across the lake to Lguazzio-where now are pyramids and ruined amphitheater-he left his royal kitchen behind, but not wishing to change his diet, he had train of very fit slaves carry his meals Is miles around the lake shore from the ovens at the court.
The Press., 1922-07-27

Mir. and Mrs. Merl F. Hughes and two sons of Springfield, Mass. are spending two weeks vacation with his grandfather, George Moore.
 Mrs. Adelbert McIntire of Stafford 1 Springs and Miss Lillian Young of Hartford were the guests of Mrs Will lis Belcher over the weekend.
 MT. and Mrs. Zabilansky and two sons, MT. and Mrs. Joseph Zabilansky and two daughters and Joseph Schwander and Mr and Mrs. Harold Ensminger spent last Sunday at Ocean Beach
 The Sunday school picnic will be held at Crystal Lake next Saturday The auto bus and other automobiles will leave the church at o'clock standard time to accommodate the people who want to go Saturday morn ing.
 William Baxter, aged A, of East Hampden, Mass, while in swimming in the Connecticut river was drowned one day last week. He is survived by his parents in Staffordville; also by his wife and two children of East Hampden.
The Press., 1922-07-27
MAY BE PEAKS OF ATLANTIS
Azores, Madeira, Canary and Cape Verde Islands Possibly Mountain
 Tops of Vanished Continent

There is theory that the Aztecs and lncas of America, who had de veloped a civilization on this continent many centuries before Columbus came, were descended from the Atlantians, the people who inhabited a continent which set out in the Atlantic ocean, between Europe and Africa and the American coast. N
 History seems to reach back to Asia and Africa about 5000 years before Christ and in the earliest historic times there was a tradition of a land far west of Africa having high noun tains, valleys, plains and splendid cities. That land might have existed 10000 or 10000 years ago. It is thought possible that the Azores, Ma deira, Canary and Cape Verde islands were some of the highlands and noun tain tops of the old and vanished con- tinent, the name of which has come to us from the early Greeks as At lantis."
 Oceanographers, sounding and sur veying the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, find deep valleys, mountain ranges, towering peaks and wide stretches of table land deep beneath the surface Of the sea. There was tradition in Asia and Africa at the time recorded history begins that the Atlantians were about to invade Afri- ca and Asia, when their land was submerged. It might have been a vast disaster cue to volcanic action. The bottom of the sea in that part of the world and the islands that rise out of it are volcanic and there are still active volcanoes in the sea and in the Azores, Canary and Cape Verde islands, which are supposed to be fragments of Allan tis.-MilWaukee Journal.
The Press., 1922-07-27
Peace Convention of 1861.

The peace convention is the name given to a convention held in Wash ingtOn on the invitation of Virginia in February, 1861, just before the outbreak of the Civil war, for the pur- pose of arranging a peaceful settle ment of the difficulties between the North and South. Fourteen free states and seven slave states were repre- sented and each state was allowed only a single vote. Ex-President Tyler presided over the convention. A committee upon which each of the 21 states was represented submitted a report recommending the adoption of certain specified amendments to the federal Constitution. The report was adopted by the convention. The amendments urged generally favored the South, but were not wholly satis- factory to either section and were not favOrably received by either house of congress.
The Press., 1922-07-27
"AcknowIedoino the Corn" l"

The expression ito acknowledge the corn," meaning ito confess to a charge or imputatiOn," had its origin in the misfOrtunes of a certain up country gentleman years ago in New Orleans. This individual arrived in that city with two ttatbOats, one laden with corn and the other with potatoes. His first night there he entered into a disastrous gambling game during which he lost all his money and finally put up his two bOat-loads and lost them.
 Returning to the wharf after the game he discovered that the boat bearing the corn had sunk, and was total loss The next morning the winner arrived at the wharf claim ing his winnings. The unlucky voyagel suid to him, Stranger, l acknowledge the corn-take it; but the potatoes you can't have, by thunder! ]"
The Press., 1922-07-27
WELLINGTON

The Misses Lipp of West Hartford are with Miss Chalker.
 Miss Nellie Thrall of Hartford is with Miss Gardner for the present.
 Mrs, Sleight's serious condition re- mains unchanged at this writing, We'd nesday morning.
 There will be a dance in DaleviIle at the Bohemian hall Saturday night. Music by Klecak's orchestra. Mrs. Reed is pleasantly settled at the new extension of the Tyler bun galoW and the new family are occu- pying Konjockety. Joseph Dimock is i'll with a throat malady. He with his wife and mother Mrs. Esther B. Dimock, are at the nome farm for the summer.
 Irving Barrie, grandson of Frank walton was taken by Dr. Converse Monday night to the Johnson hospital l TOT operation. He is doing we'll. Next Sunday the church service will commence at 9.45, and it is hoped tha1 i the record of 83 for last Sunday will 1 be increased. Come out and heIp tC make it 100.
 The parsonage guests left on Tues | A "4 m1S uTlVe to the COaS where Rev. MT. Allen has bungalow The party consisted of Rev. and Mrs Allen, two small daughters and Mrs Aliens mother. The rear house at Maple Corner has been given new coat of shingles We hear of a new and handsom, dwelling near completion on the olC Sanford Miles place and of other i'm proyements about town in differen localities.
The Press., 1922-07-27
Moon Cake Day Chinese Festival.

September II Is a great day for all good Chinamen, for then occurs the feast of the Moon Cakes. The festival lasts all day and all night, and Is celebrated by the eating of cakes made in the shape of the moon and literally sprinkled with all sorts of seeds. All the Chinese grOcers in the United States sell packages of these cakes, and the very poorest resident of China town considers himself bound by the faith of his fathers to purchase at least one package.
 The greater number Of cakes pur- chased the greater Is considered the purchasers respect for the nights chief luminary, and some very black fate is believed to be reserved for the Chinaman who fails to eat a cake before the festival is over. This doom Is expected to fall upon him before next Moon Cake.
The Press., 1922-07-27
~ooIf" Comes From Dutch Word


 Why is the ancient Scottish s"lhe now so popular in this country among those able to support the extensive links required, called ''golf?'' The answer is to be found in a letter writ ten by Sir Walter Scott, in 1842:
 II should doubt very much that the word golf is derived from the verb gowff,' or to strike hard, On the contrary, 1 conceive that the verb it. self is derived from the game, and to 'gowff' is to strike sharp and strong, as in that amusement. If were to hazard a conjecture, should think that the name golf is derived from the same TeutOnic expression from which the Germans have 'colb, a club, and the Low Dutch 'kOlff, which comes very near the sound of golf If am right the word golf signifies the game of the club ."
The Press., 1922-07-27
T0LLANn

The Ladies Aid society of the Fed- erated church will hold it's annual Fair on Wednesday and Thursday, August End and 3rd The fair and en- tertainment will be held in the town hall Supper will be served at the church both evenings between 5.SO and 7.3O standard time. The sale of fancy articles, ice cream, candy etc, will begin each afternoon at 3.30. Two plays Little Jane Patchwork" and Departmental Work at "Squiggore school" will be presented Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Thursday evening at the same hour 'Neighbors" by zona Gale will be given, and quartet of negro students from Atlanta Uni versity will sing. Admission each night 15 cents for adults, children, under twelve, 10 cents.
The Press., 1922-07-27
Plants Remarkable Growth

A recent note in science records what is believed to be the temperate zone record for a single seasons growth of shoot of the tree type of woody plant. This quite phenomenal shoot grew from the stump of a be- headed Paulownia and reached a height of 21 feet inches, circum- ference of 10 inches at the base, and had A leaves, one of which, measured in late July, was found to be 38 inches long in the largest dimension.
The Press., 1922-07-27
ASHFORD WarrAnYilIA

Several children from New York are boarding at John Rak's
 Mrs. Caroline Lawton of Williman- tic is visiting relatives here.
 The woman of our parish are plan ming social and. sale for August.
 Mrs. B. c. Bugbee is spending a few weeks at her place in Kennebunk,, Maine.
 Robert M. Balch is very busy on the milk route from West Ashford to Will | limantic
 Earl James of Boston has been talk ing his vacation with his parents at Crystal Lake
 Mrs. Minnie Robbins of Norwich is spending a few days with Mrs. Ellen D. Mathewson.
 The first of the seasons concerts was given by the Babcock band on Thursday evening.
 Mrs. Lena Durkee spent the week. ] end as guest of Rev. E. P. Mathewson and family at Ashaway, R. l.,
 While many country towns are pass ing through phase of abnormal de- Velopment, our rural hamlet still re- talns much of it's rustic simplicity, %~-AO ASSIuA ebI LIIIo SCdSOn duOS IuSCf6 I to the landscape : The old town hearse still stands on the village green opposite the resi- dence of Robert Haggett. The remov- l al of the hearse house recently left 1 this solemn spectre of ancient days exposed to public gaze. It is expected that some day it will be sold and the proceeds turned into the town treas ury.
 WeStfOrd H. c. Barlow and family spent the day with Mrs. c. H. Buck Sunday.
 Judge and Mrs. w. H. Reed and son motored to Ocean Beach Sunday
 Mrs. Emma Ide, who has been visit ing her aunt, Mrs. B. A. Wilbur, re- turned to her home in Willimantic | Tuesday.
 The ladies of the Baptist church are planning to hold salda and bean supper in the vestry of the church | Wednesday evening, August 2. After the supper there will be a short pro- gram of recitations and singing, after which ice cream and cake will be fo1 sale. All are cordially invited.
The Press., 1922-07-27
AtIiaators and crocodiles.

Alligators differ from crocodiles mainly in having relatively broad shouts and by the circumstance that as a rule the first and fourth tooth on each side of the lower jaw enter into pits in the upper jaw, whereas those of crocodiles slide outside of the jaw and are visible.
The Press., 1922-07-27
General Store Call s6sOO For Business Office s-saO2. For Garage 3-489s.
WOULD YOU BUY FURS NOW IF GUAR ANTEED A SAVING OF 20 PER CENT. TO 30 PER CENT. OVER WINTER PRICES ?

July 25h Fur  this fur equaed in and 45inch with Skunk KoEnsky and Squirrel oinch Coats Skunk col ndcufsh hawico in 45inc Hudson Seal Skunk collar aud cuffs November price will Wraps Hudson
  high while weofer3 3inchCo of oatlea
 
 
 be fills the want of nelece self Sale Price WRAPS CAFES nuta Persian Koln Choker soes Fox Squirrel Stone Martin Wolf Sable
 
 a midsu prices
 BOUGHT DURING MIDSUMMER SALE will be stored in Will held if bearing the Brown oms
The Press., 1922-07-27
UNION

Mrs. R. E. Horton and daughters, Edna and Myrtle, who have been spending some time with her sister in Naugatuek, returned home the first of the week.
 The Ladies Benevolent association will hold a social a tthe town hall on Friday evening of this week. There will be an entertainment at 8 o'clock, consisting of music and readings. Violin solos by MT. Foye. Ice cream and cake will be served after the en- tertainment at 15 cents a plate. La dies are invited to contribute cake. HOstesses in charge are Mrs. s. M. Lindsay, Mrs. w. Y. Brown and Mrs. H. M. Lawson.
 Rev MT Coolidge, last Sunday as usual, gave us all something to think about and to act upon during the week. During the morning service, MT. Coolidge introduced MT. Foye, Ga young gentleman who is preparing to be medical missionary, and he gave some beautiful selections on his vio- lin. Later, MT Coolidge treated the Sunday school to a solo, adapted to the lesson.
 Regular meeting of Mashapaug Lake grange, Wednesday evening, August 2. At the last meeting a class of three received instruction in degree work. During the evening Worthy Master Howard was reminded that he was celebrating his birthday, and Assistant Steward Bradway, in behalf of the grange, offered congratulations and presented MT. Howard with a sum of money, requesting him to use it for Masters pin.
 Rock Meadow
 Stanton Bradway, who is spending the summer with his grandfather, George Bradway was in Brimfield for the weekend.
 Miss Julia Heck is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Walter Robertson, in Monson.
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Bradway were guests of Mrs. Grace Stanton at Brim- field, last Saturday.
 Deer are quite troublesome in some of the gardens around here. They are so fond of beets that they sometimes neglect to leave taste for the owners of the vegetables.
 The storm of last Sunday put some of the phones on the 67 line out of commission and made others quite in distinct
 Matt Heck was able to take an auto ride not long ago.
 The Agard family are all down at their farm for the having season.
 George Heck recently purchased a fine fOur-year-Old colt.
The Press., 1922-07-27
Repartee.

TwO-year-old was lowering over the basket of narcissus blooms. "Are they fragrant?" asked auntie. "No," retorted the baby, "they Is flowers" 7"
The Press., 1922-07-27
Two Made Heavy Work.

Mrs. Benham-I made this cake with my own hands.
 Benham-Well many hands make light work. You ought to have had holn
The Press., 1922-07-27
Usually.

It is we'll to travel the straight and narrow path. but when a guy goes crooked he needs a lot of room.
The Press., 1922-07-27
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

HENRY RAITH, Shoe Repairing in all Branches. Hand Sewing work Q spec ialty. HarWood block. M. D. O'CONNELL, Attorney at law, Gary's Block, E. Main street. CHRIS NATUSCHKA, Merchant Tail or, Room l, Warren's Block. Stafford Springs.
 MICHAEL ROBERTS, Auctioneer. At your service, Residence. West Stafford.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-02-09

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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-10-31
UNA CARTA PASTORAL DEL PAPA
DIRIGIDA A LOS 0BISPOS
DE ITALIA
Bob NIeusel.
tDs Maestro se,pfcio casIesr4fco,

que Sc dc en- temer parto de los tur-
cos.
SEVILLA, octuhre 31.-El Conan
dante de ingenieros don Emilio He
rrera anuncia la pr6xima creacion de
la Inca de dirigibles que partiendo de
Sevilla ira Buenos Aires. La en-
presa esta patrocinada por el Rey
don Alfonso. Los hangares tendran
302 metros de largo y cincuenta. de
alto Los dirigibles tendran una ca
pacidad de $4,000 metros c1bicos y
Sc organizara un servicio semanal,
empleandose cuatro dfas en- la trave-
sia, siendo el costo del pasaje seis
mil pesetas. Cada avi6n tendra ca
paoidad para cuarenta pasajeros y pa
IA llevar once toneladas de earga.
Tambi@n Sc proyectan ademas de esta,
lineas a New York Roma.
! WASHINGTON. octuhre 81. Las
cinco repGblicas centroamericanas
Honduras, Nicaragua, FL Salvador.
Costa Rica Guatemala. que fueron
invitadls por cl secretario de Estado
americana para una conferencia que
tendra lugar el dc diciembre pro-
Ximo. Ian notilicado Vinformalmente
Idne aceptan Ia invitaci6n. La conferen-
ella lGcncionada lleya por fin realizar
una cspocie DC tratado entire los Es-
tados Tnilos y dichos pafscs para un
cntcRl!do reclproeo y para yer de po-
ner en- vigor eD dichos paises Ia cues
tlon del desarme.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-10-31
Cuentos Fug,aces
La Estela de los Libertadores.

Consum&da la guerra, los soldados
victoriosos regresaban al desampara-
do hogar en- un esbelto trasatlantico;
En- un e1conce umbr&til de cubierta,
leios del abigarrado parlatorio con
que sus garrulos camaradas insomno2
salpdaban el adveniente dia Y el ceroa-
no puerto, El contemplate, coGit2-
bpndo, Ia perspectiva aloeroaria y
fQsforescente del oceano. Habia sa-
tisfecho s4, tribute de sangre Iuch2n-
do en- eytTqnjeras tierraa baio Ia IA
mula ii de los libert9des del nNnla:
El!o7 rroTAetierona enarciBaru an Pa
tria J ,El, agradecido, les iatno-d sn
juyensad, &a1 1l.ip9@da eqcn1iGcf sac
no od;sba, en- Ias ipcStrieable5 rr:ipa-
cias de Ia CIaa Gperra.,,
Hubo un. ensiienciamieato bordQ,
como 81 densa caligine dc taciturna
anaudia hgbiera desplegado 81 can-
dal humectante en- el espaciQ,
lie batia el coraz61, anhelante. Iba
YER en- el cielo de su TERRA una ban
dera propia, asperiada con 81 sangre
lustral: iSerla libre!.
La sirena del vapor daggarr5 el 81
lencio ecu6reo en aram5eles de vibran-
te sonoridad: Anunciaba cl puerto.
Irrumpi6 el aba en- orc y rosa. Los
pristinos vislumbtes del clarecer po-
saron en- el castillo gus alas de aero
masia. FL surgi6 de su igravia. Sus
oios Sc aceparon en- la a0eja fortaleza
donde enarbolaban una bandera. La
reconocio enajenado: Era la misma
bandera ex6tica, emblema de esclavi-
tud; Ia bandera de los libertadores,
esgrafiada, como un tatuaje de igno-
minia, en- el blanco pecho de Ia ma
mana
Fulgur6 en- sus ojos un lampo dc
excerticismo y, trenzando sus manos,
heridas en- una ccntienda cspernible
y est6ril, exclam6:
iPatria mia!..
samue. R. Quiaores.
CCle1iO do J,nvas
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-10-31
Ell elise DIARIO

Aver, 20 del cOrricEte. q las { 40 a.
IN, rn n p2rada %, el autom6yn No
PlH2. propicdad de Juan Dfaz Dfaz,
dc Carolina. que @uiaba el chauffeur
ErncSto IIorcns. No. 1927. arroll6 Il
la snlora .IUana \. Dumas, production
dole fuelte confusion en- ell crdneO
Nicndo asistida en- la sala de socorros
de donde pas5 a Su residencia en- Ha-
to Rcy, Parada 3S, Rio Piedras. Ell
chauffeur fuG denunciado por viOlaa
la ley de autom0viles. II
AVER. 80 del corricnte. a las 3 30
p. ln. en- la callc Ccrra, Santurce. Ell
truck No HP-27S. propiedad de Jose
Currd. dc MoroviS. guiado por cl chalf
fcUr Francisco Curran, No 1856. re-
sidcntc, en- Morovis. arroll6 al nino
JGr@2 Rivera, causindOlc In muerte.
FL Juez Municipal. Lcdo. Aybar. que
inycStig0 el hecho. scial0 $1,00000 de
fianza al chauffeur Curra, acusado pc
rentoriamente dc homicidio involul-
tIriO
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-10-31

ROMA, octubre 31.-Su Santitiad el
Papa ha dirigido los obispos una
carta apost6lica exhortandoleS a SEN
tirse italianos y interponer su MI
sion de paz para que cese la guerra
fratricida entire hermanos. Ell prin-
cipal tenor del advenimiento fascist
consiste en- que ha de surgir una gra-
vfsima Immediate complication in
ternacional, por tratarse de un movi-
miento nacionalista basado en- el pre-
dominic de Italia en- ell Mediterraneo
en- el Adriatico.
BARCELONA, octubre 31.-El ge-
neral Martinez Anido ex gobernador
civil de Barcelona anuncia que en- bre-
We emprendera un largo viaje por ell
extranjero, fin de alejarse de1a apa-
sionada polftica que no lie deja vivir
desde hace algunos amos. Refriendo-
Sc la amenaza del Presidente del
Consejo den Jose Sanchez Guerra que
dijo que publicaria la cinta TELEGRAPH
ca de la conferencia mantenida entire
el Jefe del Gobierno el Gohernador
de Barcelona, conferencia que di6 per
resultado el actual estado de cosas,
dice Martinez Anido que Sanchez Cue
IRA no hara ESQ, porque entonces que
daria probado que el no pidio la sus-
pension de las Garantias Constitution
males.
BALTIMORE, octubre 31.--Los dos
marineros del vapor "Oregania" que
fueron detenidos tras de una lucha fe-
roz, por los empleados fcderales en-
cargados de perseguir las drogas he
r6icas, Sc llaman Jose Padin y Juan
Picos. Ell contrabando cogido tras
de una lucha tremenda, esta valorado
en- doscientos cincuenta mil dollars.
CONSTANTINOPLA, octubre 31.-
Ter,nin6 Ia evacuaci5n griega de Ia
Traeia, sin que haya ocurrido Ia ex-
plosi6n de brutaliiados y violencias
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1922-10-31

Cira Tres Banderas.-"E Hombra
SIN Rostro', crcaci6n de Gaumont, per
Rene Cresta. Altamente dramatica,
ga s actos.
Give Flctory Garden, (Santurce).-
La eaocionante cinta de .un argumen-
to interesante para las familias, tt
taiada: La Vuelta al Hogar".
Cine Inperia, (Santurce).-Frank
Mayo en- el drama universal especial
"Fn los Confines del Siiencioso Nor
te'.
aat5o BaIiograph, CCataho).-"Co-
"a Stanley en- Africa, serie Universal
y upa comed,a.