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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23

man John OConneH who played third base for the G. O. P. bunch fielded balls on third base with the base un- der his arm. Any runner who want ed to touch third had to find O'Con- nell. Any protest to the umpire met with the decision that the runner should wait until the base, an anti quated tea kettle, was brought back to it's position. John Broderick and Assistant Town Clerk Billy Mullins played with the Republicans to help them out. Assistant City Clerk Gill pitched a great game for the winners. As the game was played with an in- door baseball and bat Alderman Bull lard created a new position in the game. He played half way between the pitchers box and the home plate on his hands and knees. The game was a scream from start to finish and the players got a whole lot of sport out of it. There were a large number of en- tries in the shot putting cont est and Alderman Cassidy carried off the hon. ors by putting the 12 pound weight 3T feet, 1 inch He beat Alderman McMurHy by an inch. The prize in this contest was a handsome German
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23
DR. HUNrIN6TONS DAUGHTER
 RACING AGAINST DEATH
fspecial from United Press.

New York, July 23.-After racing against death across the Atlantic. Mes M. w. Huntington, daughter of the Rev. R. W. Huntington of Grace Church, arrived on the Lusitania to- day and made a rush for Nahant. Mass, to speak anotfer word with her father who physicians declare is dying of intestinal trouble. Miss Huntington was touring the continent when she received word of her fathers precar- ious condition. She at once took the train for Liverpool and reached the Lusitania a few minutes before she started for New York.
 When she arrived in New York thia morning an automobile was awaiting and she was whisked to the Grand Central Station where she took train for Nanant. Physicians declare Dr. Huntington's life has been ppoIonged only by the hope of seeing his daughs ter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23
Connecticut League

The Orators and the Senators played a now you have it, and now you haven't' game yesterday, and when the totals were summed up. Hartford had it. Hard hitting by Holyoke at New Haven enabled the PapeS1nakers to keep up with the pace set by the league leaders. and still give them a big scare should they lose game. New Britain again broke, into the slugger class, Northampton this time being the goats Fourth position in <ke race was settled for a time when the Authors trounced the Ponies on the latter,s grounds The results:
 Hartford 6: Bridgeport, 5.
 At New Haven-Holyoke, 6; New Haven. g.
 At springheld-Waterbury. 5; Spring field.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23
WORLDS CHAMPION, JOHN J. FLANAGAN,
 WILL BE ON HAND
So Will Martin Sheriden Olympic Winner--Bie
 Athletic Meet at Steeplechase Aug. 2l.

The field day committee of the Unit ed Irish societies is being congratu- lated because of it's being able to se- cure Martin Sheridan, the all around Worlds champion athlete who took seven first prizes in the Olympic games in London. But there were quite a few who doubted the claim of the committee that it would be able to secure John J. Flanagan, the cham pion hammer thrower of the world. Their opinions are not well grounded,
 however, for Col. T. J. Murphy of the committee received the following let
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23
Mounted Police
 Please Strikers
Special from United Press.

Special from United Press.)
 Newcastle. Pa, July 23. = State Mounted Police of Troop D, under command of Captain Pitcher, are making an excellent impression here with the strikers. Captain Pitchers refusal to allow the tin mill officers to parade the strike breakers back and forth from one mill to the other great: ly pleased the strikers. Pitcher looked upon such manoeuvres as probabIe causes of disorder and refused to per- init it. sk.2
 Sheriff Addington to-day discharged the last of the 24 deputy sheriffs he swore in before the mounted po- lice came as the latter are amply capable of handling the situation. NO 1-----7ele is expected h>-~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Joe Doyle generally a trouble maker the Hfghlanders yesterday. and the latter shut out the home team in a game cut to six innings because of rain The New Yorks were the only Eastern team to win. The Detroits whitewashed the Bos.ons, the Ath- letfcs lost in Chicago and the Browns conquered the Washingtons. The re- suits:
 New York, 1; Cleveland, o.
 Detroit, 6; Boston, o.
 Chicago, 4; Philadelphia, 3.
 St. Louis. 5. Washington, 1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23
BRIDGEPORT

Two base hits, F1ouroy, Connery, Kane. Three base hits, Hit, Savage. Hits off Schuman, 1 in 3 1-3 innings; off Leverenz, in 2-3 innings; off Kane, in 1-3 innings; off Gibbs 0 in 2-3 inning. Sacrifice hits. Ban non. Double plays, Connery, (unas- sisted); Bannon to Miller. Stolen bases, Savage Warmer, Justice. Left on bases, Hartford 6, Bridgeport 1. First base on balls, off Leverenz 2, off Kane A. off Gibbs 2. First base on errors. Hartford 1, Bridgeport l. Hit by pitcher, ~Steinhauser. Struck out, by Schuman 1, by Leverenz 4, by Kane 8. Passed baIls,i Kocher. Time, 1:50. Um- pire, Sternberg. \
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23

dark green water wagon designed by Alderman Bullard. City Sheriff Thos. Cunningham was authorized to- rafse the lid under the auspices Of the Law Enforcement Society. Nestled in the center of a bed of cracked ice in tho cart were half dozen bottles of gfn- ger ale and a water melon. The con- testants divided the prize.
 Caterer Nagel was assisted in serv- ing the dinner, which was of the dn-' est, by Aldermen Thomas, O'Connen and Brock
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23

ter this morninf:
 2016 Jerome Ave-, Bronx. Col. T. J. Murphy, Dear Sir:-Your letter received. will be with you on the 21st of Aug. I have no photograph of self. But if you write to William Mclaughlin of the New York Morning World he has some of me, and as he is one of the boys would very likely let you have one.
 am sincerely yours,
 J. J. FLANAGAN. blanks
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23
sTANDING OF TIE CLUES.
NATIONAL LEAGUE

All of the ball playing done in the National League yesterday was costly for the Giants. There were only two games. but the Pittsburgs had a pipe with the Boston in one and the Cubs defeated the Giants in the other. The New Yorks went back below the 600 mark and are 121 points below Pitts burg and 59 below Chicago. The re- suits:
 Chicago, 3; New York, l.
 Pittsburg, g; Boston, o. At Rrooklyn-Rain.
 At Phfiadelphia-Rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23
ALDERMEN IN
 THEIR ELEMENT
Clam Bake and Other Festivities Provide
 Much Amusement.
GrappIing Match Between Mayor Lee and City Clerk Buckingham Declared off Until Next November.

About 40 attended the Olympic games, clambake, and balloon ascen- sion of the Board of Aldermen at the Courtland Club in Black Rock yester- day afternoon. The Democratic al- dermen defeated the Republican branch of that body in five innings of baseball Is to 6. This score was real ized despite the fact that the umpire,
 M. J. Reilly of the Herald gave sever ai decisions against his own judgment in order to even things up. Alder
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23
Northampton, 3.
 STANDING OF THE CLUBS.

Games Today Holyoke at Bridgeport New Britain at Waterbury. Northampton at Hartford. New Haven at Springfield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23
Barrett and Burke
 Race Monday

Dick Barrett and Harry Burke will give a o.- Si1e exhibition on the roll CTS at Steeplechase Island Monday night at g. Barrett and Burke being the two fastest skaters for fheir size
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23

To make tough meat tender cover it with boiling water and put it where it win barely simmer for several hours
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23

in tPis State, will toe the line for their 15 laps that night. Each of these boys has beaten each other, so it is going to be red hot race from start to finish.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23

The Orators have lost three of theil last half dozen games by one run, two of the contests going for extra in nings. The fans may well now say hard luck"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23

The Orators demonstrated yesterda. that with a good working pitcher the! can play baseball. Tommy Kane il all right, and will do.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23

There is a wrangle on at present over Jimmy Savage of the Hartford club the young man who broke up the game yesterday. The New York Americans want Tim, but Owner 'C1arkin will not part with the ex-Villanova captain as he claims he paid $500 for him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23

Double attraction tomorrow. Wa terbury here for two games, the first being called at 2:30 o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-23

Hack Schuman will probably go against the Orators this afternoon and the big fellow will endeavor to keep up his record against O'Rourke's tribe Hack has it on many of the teams and it is a long shot that he will beat Bridgeport Times. Hack has seen his best days at Newfield.
Evening star., 1909-02-28
THE CHEMISTRY OF

THE under dog filling his pipe, at which the
medical student looked with a knowing
smile. The under dog is graduate in, student
of chemistry, who is getting his first practical lab
oratory experience by serving chemist S helper.
The medical student liked lounge in the laboratory
because he felt that the atmosphere helpful.
Why don't you cut that OUT" inquired the
medical student, nodding at the pipe.
Why should I?' examined the under dog.
Don't you know that you're filling your system
with nicotine? Don't you know that nicotine is
very deadly poison?" warned the medical student.
{" Say, if you want to get any idea of the nicotine
that's in your tobacco, light your pipe and blow
mouthfuls of the smoke through clean white
handkerchief. Then look at the big brown stains
of nicotine you'll get from that smoke!"
DO you call that brown stain nicotine?' asked
the chemist, from the corner of the
Yes; isn't it," asked the medical student
growing slightly red in the face.
The trick of blowing tobacco smoke through
white handkerchief is old that it has become
classic. The truth is that experiment it's
fraud The brown stain is not due to nicotine, but
the condensation of tar that has just been dis
titled from the woody fiber of tobacco. Nicotine
itself is nearly colorless alkaoid and is present in
smoking tobacco only in small quantities. The
brownish juice that is found in the stems of pipes
is not nicotine, but mainly mixture of tar and
water.
There are good many fallaces current regarding
quantity of nicotine that smoker absorbs 1t is
small to be practically insignificant. In the
tobacco plant maturity there is considerable nico
tine; but the leaves put through process of
curing and sweating. and. being a very volatile
substance, large percentage of the nicotine is
driven from the tobacco during the sweating
When pipe, cigar, or cigarette IS lighted the
Evening star., 1909-02-28

practice OF sucking the smoke down into the lungs
keeps up constant and dangerous irritation of the
delicate sensitive membranes of those valuable
organs. The burning of paper is blamed for much
of the harm that cigarettes sometimes do; but to
the delicate membranes of the lungs the abun-
dant in tobacco smoke is much more harmful. And
the posons present in tiny quantities in tobacco
smoke pass through the Innings of lung direct to
the blood
To the inhaler smoking is therefore practice
that tends to quick physical degeneration. For the
smoker who allows the vapor to 60 lower than
his mouth the cigarette is probably more harmful
than the pipe cigar. Every smoker, however, who
has the cigarette cough" is inhaler, whether he
admits it not.
Apart from diseases of the lungs caused by in
haling many medical authorities charge that per-
sstent smoking hardening of the arteries and
angina pectoris. In discussing this charge, it may
other Just how smoking operates to cause
deposits of lime along the walls of the arteries not
quite clear.
Among smokers at least, there is very common
idea that tobacco smoke is valuable dsinfectant.
1t is wholly probable that, at the moment when
is smoking, the fumes will do more or less damage
bacteria just then entering the mouth. That the
of tobacco renders the system of the smoker at
all immune at any time when he is not smoking is
extremely improbable.
That germs cannot exist on tobacco is another
common delusion Yet one of the manufacturing
methods of improving the flavor of inferior
bacco consists in first destroying with formadehyde,
the bacteria already growing in that tobacco The
next step consists OF sowing on the ster1lzed to-
bacco other kinds of bacteria. This is done under
certain conditions of temperature and humidity,
and results in a tobacco now possessing a flavor
much more agreeable to the user
Evening star., 1909-02-28
Pioneer in japanese Art Goods

A MOTHER Drifter who eventually made fine
I anchorage for himself in Japan young
was graduated in the law the St. Paul folks with the
litgating habit didn't appear to feel any desire
overcrowd Coles little law Office with their cases.
The landlady of his boarding house became JUS
tfably peevish. Moreover, the St. Paul winters
began to wear on Coles none too robust health
I'm going away from here somewhere and get
warmed up" said Cole to his chum one bitter win
ters day, and Senator Davis of Minnesota got him
job with a Government surveying party just then
setting out for years work in New Mexico and
strapping robust individual He liked the moving
about. When the surveying job was finished and he
received his discharge he had idea of returning
ST. Paul. He had never the sea, and he wanted
to see it. So he went to beautiful Santa Catalina
Island off the California coast where he hshed for
tuna and things. The Pacific Ocean pleased him.
II going to whole lot of this ocean, he
told some folks and he meant it. By of proving
it. he went to Melbourne Australia, to if he'd like
that place. He liked Melbourne for year so.
He traversed the Pacific pretty thoroughly before,
five six years later he turned up in Nkko, Japan,
with a couple of thousands, savings in his clothes.
Nikko then, it is now great center for
the distribution of Japanese objects But there
was little market at that time for Japanese
goods in the United States Morgan Cole thought
there ought to be. He told the japanese art goods
distributors of Nikko what he thought They agreed
with him. The upshot was that Cole was sent to
the United States to what he could do toward
creating demand in this country tor japanese art
goods. He made joint agent for number of
the leading Nikko firms. He found, when he got
here that the United States just crazy
Japanese art stuff Everybody knows to what
enormous proportions this japanese art trade has
now grown in this country. Morgan Cole exDrifter,
before meeting his death in Japanese railway acci
Continued on page I6
Evening star., 1909-02-28

postal system was a survival of Shotgun times
When letter got through from Toxic to Yokohama.
luck had good deal to do with it. This sort of
thing Jared upon Drifter by the of Browne.
The defects Of the Japanese postal system, or alb
sence of system, dating back to the feudal period,
were irritatingy obvious to man who had received
his postal training in the finest school OF its sort in
the world and the United States postal system
all of that even quarter of century ago.
I'D like to have the job OF Amercan1zlng this
blamed system,' said Browne to himself, and the
idea grew upon him. The nippy japanese climate
energized him out of the tropc Incidence that had
been growing upon him. He thought day and night
of what bully thing it would be if he could only get
the job of Americanizng the japanese postal system
He talked about it to his japanese employers, who
influential men They in turn talked about
reached the of high officials of the japanese
Government that there wasa husting American work.
ing in Yokohama who knew lot about the postal
business from having worked at 1t in Washington.
march along the path of progress Browne found
himself summoned by the Japanese Government.
Honorable Browne the japanese Government
said to him, " do you consider yourself capable OF
United States?" filled in Browne. Gentlemen, yes!
The task, then, IS yours, Honorable browne
said the Japanese Government to the ex-Drifter
They didn't tell Browne to go as far as he liked;
but that is what they meant by the instructions they
did give him. Browne was given carte blanche IN
such essentials money, men, and means
Within two years, during good deal of which
time Browne worked twenty hours day, he had
thoroughly Amercanized the japanese postal sys-
tem which is equivalent to saying that he had made
it into of the finest systems in e{World- which,
by the way, 1t still is.
Browne, ex-Drifter, made a large legitimate
fortune of the job. and when he returned to the
United States for visit-hs first visit to his native
land since he'd gone adriftng at San Francisco he
slid into San Francisco harbor on board his own
large white steam yacht.
Evening star., 1909-02-28

be considered in any inquiry into the DrfterS case
First of ALL however the Drifter is man OF action
He does not permit his Imagination to dull his
energy Even the climatic effect of the lotus lands
does not reduce him to dreamy slothfulneSs. When
he finds that he is succumbing to the sesta habit he
is pretty likely up anchor for another scene where
Japan Needed This One
THIS, by the way, the of that Drifter by
L the name of Browne sufficiently every day
of Japan more than quarter of century ago.
Browne had job in the Postofhce Department
at Washington that paid him one hundred dollars
month. He had acquisitive mind, and learned the
postal business inside and out His day, however.
was before the federal departments were governed
by the Civil Service law His efficiency, therefore,
counted for nothing when there came change OF
administration. The administration figured
that to the victors belonged the spoils and Browne
was turned out into the street. He hadn't saved
dollar Few Washington departmental employees
do save. Their pay doesn't permit of it, and Wash
ington is expensive city.
I'm broke; but I'm going away from here, said
Browne to himself and 60 away from Washington
postal service deadheaded him-against th3 rules,
of course-right through from Washingt or -
Francisco. From San Francisco, Browne egan to
drift He took to the west coast of Mexico ID Cen
Then he went to Samoa where, in Apia he cle1ked it
more After year or SO OF this he took stock OF
himself He discovered that his mes nderngs in
tropic lands showing decided = ndency to
make him into what is colloquialy kn,wn among
Drfters and others dope
This won't do said Browne to himself. Japan
for mine! They tell me it's mddling chilly and raw
there good deal of the time"
Six weeks later Yokohama sheltered this par
ticular Browne In Yokohama he went Immediately
to work for japanese shipping firm. This job gave
him the opportunity to discover that the Japanese
postal service was mighty uncertain. The japanese
Evening star., 1909-02-28
By H. Irving Hancock

heat promptly volatilizes the nicotine still remaining
in the tobacco. For that nearly all the
nicotine passes from the tobacco to the atmosphere
Some of the smoke is drawn into the smokers mouth;
but is usually promptly expelled, carrying with it
nearly all traces of nicotine.
While nicotine is popularity known the poison of
chemical relatives the pyridine bases, which also
exist in tobacco In burning the tobacco sets them
free it does the nicotine Up to the present, ex-
periments in physiological laboratories have not
demonstrated conclusively that appreciable guam
titles of either nicotine the pyrdine bases enter
the system of the smoker.
This is not to be taken, however statement
that nicotine and its chemical cousins do no harm
whatever to weed users. 1t is possible probable,
that almost infnitesimal quantities do enter the
smokers system, and these, by cumulative effect,
may in time work harm.
Poisons That Do Injure
THERE are two other poisons always to be found
in tobacco smoke, one inert in small quantities,
the other more active The burning of tobacco in air
forms, by combination with oxygen, two gases with
which every reader is familiar One of these is
carbon doxid, Carbonic acid; the other is carbon
monoxid, the gas that is to burn with blue
flame at the top of coal fire. The volume of carbon
dioxd given off in tobacco smoke is large; that of its
more dangerous companion, carbon monoxld is
small.
How do any of these poisons enter the system of
the smoker: First of ALL they capable of being
absorbed to some extent through the mucous lining
of the mouth But it is in the lungs of one who in
hales that the great harm is done This senseless
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-10
TARIFF TO BE THE ISSUE.

There can be no question about it the tariff will be the paramount issue in the next presidential campaign. said Gov. Johnson last evening. "l can see nothing that can possibly ar ise to detract from its potency as a vital political question. The tariff bill as prepared by Congress, is not what the people want, it Is not what they were promised, and again the favored few are benefited. John A. Johnson of Minnesota.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-10
CLOUDY ANN COLD AGAIN

The result of the observation taken at Moore wharf at midnight, Aug. g. 1909, Is as follows
 Temperature time observat'n 5G above Max. temp. preceding 24 hours 70 above Min. |" [" 63 above Mean |" 6Gt above
The daily Alaskan., 1909-08-10
SUN FRANKS.
Irregularities For Which Science Cam
 aot Altogether Account.

lOI SlIOSCIIlSE NSSSdiN'
 The sun is generally looked upon as model of regularity which never fails in its duty. but the ancient hls- torians mention several instances when it failed to give forth its usual amount ef heat and light for periods varying from three hours to several months. Data on the subject have been compiled by the St. Louis Repub- lie.
 According to .Plutarch, the year A E. c. was one in which the sun was "weak and pale" for period approxi- mating eleven months.
 The Portuguese historians record several months of diminished sunlight In the year 934 A. D., and, according to Humboldt. this uncanny period end ed with strange and startling sky phe, nomena, such as loud atmospheric ex- plosions, riftS in the vaulted canopy of blue above and in divers other rare and unaccountable freaks"
 In the year 1901. on Sept. % (sec Humboldt'S "CoSmos'O, the sun turned suddenly black and remained so for three hours and did not regain its nor nal condition for several days.
 According to the noted Hclmuth's Solar Energy" the days of seeming inactivity on the part of the sun (thc days following the sudden blackeninG of the great orb) were noted for a peculiar greenish tinge and are mark ed In old Spanish, French and Italian records as "thc days of the green sun."
 February. HOG A. D.. is noted in the annals of marvellous phenomena as a month in which there were several days that "thc sun appeared dead and black, like a great circular cinder float ing in the sky"
 "On the last day of February, 12OG," says an old Spanish writer on astron- omy, astroloGy and kindred subjects, "the sun appeared suddenly to go out. causing a darkness over the country for about six hours" In l2i1 the Eu- ropean countries experienced another siege of supernatural darkness, which the SuperStitious writers of that time attributed to Gods dlSplcaSure over the result of the great battle of Lieg- nitz.
 Even today there are certain irregu- laritieS of the sun that science cannot altogether account for. These are the so called sun SpotS-cnormouS dark splotches which appear from time to time on the solar disk and which are supposed to have great influence on the atmospheric conditions of the earth. Scientists have long studied these phenomena. but neither their ex- tent nor periodicity has ever been de- .ermined.