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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
Th. Fire Wor.tiper.,

Azerbaijan. a province in northwest srn Persia. is the home of the descend lnts of the Ghebers, the ancient fire Worshipers of Persia The whole coun- ryside is admirably adapted to the propagation of fire worshiping creed. tor earthquakes and caverns vomiting iumes from subterranean conaagra- lions abound in the neighborhood of rabriz. One of the most remarkable eaverns in the world is that of Secun- lereah, whose character resembles the Grotto. del Cane of Naples. 1t gives on aoxious fumes, which at certain times ire certain death to man and beast. But the most astonishing place in Azerbaijan is the ruined city of Takht- lSuleimaun, or Solomon's temple. The city stands on hill 15o feet high. with | wall Of thirty feet embracing the rrumbing remains of temple and shrine In the midst Is a flake of deepest azure" Although most of the buildings are of the Mohammedan pc riod, there Is one striking mass which has been identified as the temple of the fro worshipers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
When Ladie. Word MasIs..

In the seventeenth century ladies wore masks in public. and great was the variety of face screens that were seen. Ladies who had 'coralline" lips preferred short masks, as was natural For others who wished to hide the lower part of the face the mask was completed by a chin piece of linen. which afterward passed under the chin and over the ears. In 1882 new mask called the mimi, from the Ital- ian mimics, was all the rage and threatened to usurp the place of the black one. It was even the cause of violent quarrels between the ladies who held to the latter and those who preferred the latest novelty. Some years later it became the fashion to trim the upper part of the mask with . ruche of lace. to lengthen it with a beard of the same material and even to cover 1t more or less with lace to the borders of the eyeholes. Young ladies of this period. however, fire quently contented themselves with GOV ering the face simply with a piece of black crape for coquetry's sake and to appear the fairer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
The Rack. Pae. and Ambis.

The rack is a gait of the horse be- tween a trot and a gallop or canter, in which the fore feet move as in slow gallop, while the hind feet move as in a trot or pace. It is usually an artf- ficial gait, but is sometimes hereditary or natural There is much confusion of terms in respect to this gait, due to the fact that the gait itself is some what varied, according as the racker carries the one or the other fore foot foremost in the gaIloping motion of the fore feet; that many confound the rack with the pace, the words often being used synonymously, and that many have mistaken the use of the words pace" and "amble." There is abundant evidence that the American pace of today is the amble of Flu ropeans of the last century and earlier. The motion of the hind feet is the same in the trot, the pace and the rack. In the trot the diagonal hind and fore feet move nearly simulta- neously. In the pace or amble the hind and fore feet of the same side move nearly simultaneously.-Bos Globe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
THE FARMER: MARCH Is, 1909.
Cure Your Cold
 with Flax Seed

For many years physicians have been suc- cessfully treating Coughs, Colds" Bronchi- tis and Consumption with an Emulsion of Flax Seed, called LINONINE. This is not a secret remedy, the formula being on every bottle. It is 2 palatabIe emulsion-sweeta as cream - made of the oil compressed cold from the finest, selected Flax Seeds and by scientific process requiring I2o hours.
 If you wish to know what this Flax Seed Emulsion will do, write to the makers and they will send you an order on local drug gist for regular-size package (not a mere sample) and will pay the druggist themselves for it. This is their free gift, made to let the remedy itself show you what it can do.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
Exnlodina Iaa Bubbles.

The intensely cold nights of Siberia, says a writer, produce a. curious phe- nomenon. Occasionally the silence is broken by a loud report resembling the boom of a cannon. The noise is caused by the bursting of an ice bubble on a river. The streams coming from the hills are incased in ice six to nine inches thick, and as the water de scends faster than 1t escapes through the river the result is a heavy hydro static pressure. This first causes the fee upon the river to rise in mounds often six to eight feet high. For q time they seem to yield elastically to the pressure, but finally can with stand no more and burst with an ex- plosive report. The water rushes out, soon freezing, however, and causing further explosions. The writer asserts that he has seen scores of these ice hillocks within a few miles,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
won,en IndisnensahIe.

sI'm the president of the Progressive Womanss league" said the spare fe- male with stern features as she grab bed the London bus conductor by the sleeve and made him register over again one of the fares he had just sollected.
 s.I can't help that, ma am" replied he conductor in a rather short tone.
 "Nobody asked you to-" she went en- T'm gathering statistics. and I spent iwopence just to get on this bus to in- lerview you. The statement has been made in some newspapers, in an at- tempt to prove that our sex is incapa- ae of handling the reins of govern nent, that one woman gives more trouble in public conveyance than g Iozen men,
 ..Well. ma'am"-
 '.Perhaps I'd better put it more plainly" she said. interrupting him s Let me ask you as conductor, would Fou find your work easier if no women It all rode in the omnibusesT'
 1t might be a little easier, ma'am. he replied, ''but don't see how in the world we would ever get along with put them"
 Hold onr' she cried joyfully. "Le' me write down every word you'v, baid. Once more. see. we will b. lble to silence our enemies. Now, my good man. tell me why female passen sers are indispensable"
 Because. ma'am," returned the con suctor. If it wasn't for the womeI Re could never get rid of all the ba( {. money we happen to take"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
Dec.pi..tan. words.

A writer in the London Chronicle says: Our language's trick of decapi- fating words. as in 'bus. phone and wig, IS not at all a modern falling. Take the common words spend and sport Our very early ancestors had the verb 'spendan.' and yet spend Is really disguising abbreviation of the Latin 'dis-pendere.' to pay out. Sport 1s another very old English word. yet it .1s really 'disport'-'dis-port,' to carry apart which acquired the metaphorical eense of pleasure or amusement pre- el1ely es divert and transport"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
What . Memerx!

One rainy day in spring an old York -shire fisherman returned to his native village after an absence of fifteen rears and fearfuIly sought the house which sheltered his deserted wife. En- tering without knocking, he seated himself near the open door, took long and vigorous pull at his dirty clay pipe md nodded jerkily to ''towd woman" 1"
 AMornin'. Maria," he said, with af- eected unconcem.
 She looked up from the potatoes she was peeling and tried to utter the pcathing tirade she had daily rehearsed iince his departure. but it would not come.
 ssBen," she said instead. once more resuming her work, "bring the sen Der to t fire an Ah'n darn that hole thy jersey. Ah meant doin' day Ina went away, but summat put me p6r'-London Answers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
mu.kr.. and Perfum.ry.

The question is asked us whether the musk of the. common muskrat is not used to make cheap perfumery. We have never heard of such use of muskrat musk, nor can we find any thing definite on the subject in the books. Application to a large manu- facturer of perfumery, however. brings out the information that some yearE ago musk from the muskrat was tried out for perfumery purposes, but was not found available for this use. Not c jingle instance of its being used now ii known. The musk of commerce comea chiefly from the musk deer.-Foresl and Stream.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
cu.toms In Public Dining Roor

Customs Tn Public Dining Hooffs.
 Have you ever noticed persons en- ter a restaurant-how the women inva- eiabiy select c center table, while q man will finger or glance about In the hope that he may find . comfortable seat in some corner or against the Kanr' said . proprietor of a fashion uble restaurant "It's almost always 70 and is always amusing. The wo- men like to show their gowns, while khe men-weIl, my theory of 1t Is that {he habit is relic of the cave days, when . man preferred a position aeainst the wall 50 he could fight his enemies to advantage" New York Herald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
Ward.xorth,a Joke.

.I never made a joke but once in my fife" confessed Wordsworth, and the rest of the story leaves one in doubt whether he knew . joke when he saw It. Meeting a peasant neighbor one day, he asked me, 'Ha' ye seen my wife, Meester Wordsworthf My good Fellow said I, I didn't so much as know that you had a wife"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
no+ c.v..d by the Hat.

Not Caussd by the Hat- s~How do you like my hat7 she asked
 ~why, to tell the truth" replied her aearest friend frankly, @T don't Ike fNe effect very we'll It seems to me 1t xives you q rather cross look"
 s.Oh, that isn't the hat" she respond ed cheerfully.
 s4NoT'
 ooh. not at all. That comes entirely from the fact that have just seen my husband and he had just seen the bill"eChicago Post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
Truth or Eictjonf

2AsAh, what a difference there is" re- marked the cynic wearily, between
 courtship and marriagei Courtshfp ts
 made up of soft nothings- .Ef hard facts"
 1xeAnd he broke the worlds record for n sfxh.-New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15

It is often woman who inspires us with the great things that she will pre- vent US from accomplishing.-Alexan- Ere Dumas
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15

fs. Moro Than He eargained For. .. Mrs. Benham-I am getting stouter sAu the time. Benham-Yes; when
 got married little realized that I was getting a wife on the installment
 pfau-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
RAILROADS
Xzx M2f X.zzxsHzMgey
 aZRAELRNA0t OCTOBER 12, 1908. Trains Leave Bridgeport as
 Follows:

t5:4s. ts:ss. 1s:17. .7;so. ts:ss. .1s;ss. ls:s4. .l;As. .s:ss. s:ss. .s:ii. ss;sa. s: a.1iosoo P. 1.SsUsDAxs f1a:so. .a:ss. :s:s7. :s; :4:1s. Sos. g. .s:a7 t6:45. "7:29. "s:11. "9:27. s:53. F. M-
 FOR WAsHINGToN. via Harlem Riyer.-"I2:s0 <daiiy) A M.: s1:3l.
 FOR NEW HAvEN-.12:ss, si:41. .1o:4i. .1I:3s A. M.-1a:Is, s12:so. 1850. "2:2s- 3:3e. '3:4S. s4:2s. 4:4s. 5;4;. 54i 'sjss' sio1. sUN6AYsss s5sS; ,ss7 s:ss .1:41. .2:1s. SIS. s:4s. .1o:44..11:ss. s:47. "1o:o2 P. M.
 kok s9sloN. viz Ns~ Iordes .s:ss P. M.1sUNDAYs-:1.s1. .a:Is .11:ss A. M.-"2:2s s"4:2s. .s:s2
 FOR BOSTON. VI. Hartford and Wiliinantic-'s;3s A. A.-ss:se. F.
 FOR TWISTED and rn.ermedias, Stations---6:oo. 7:o0. s:46. A A.-- 2:s5. 's:64. TAO P. M.-sUNDAYs- s:s0 A. M.-s:45 P. M.
 FOR WATERBURY,. ANsoNIA. U6kth3 8u0 AubCEN1C&sbok0 St0t8OU0s~S $500, TOO. 500. 9:46 A. M- 2:S5, f5:64. TAO F. M.-SUNDAYS.- s:3o. 1o:5o. A. M.-6:45, sA5o P M
 FOR CT HARRINGTON, LENOx PTrrSElELD. ETC.---7:oe. p:so. AM -4:33. P M.-SUNDAYS-s: A. M.
 FOR DANBURY, NEW afLkORD. ETC. via BrooEf1eld Junction.----;oa co $50, A. M.-4:s3. 6:a7 P. NJ.
 FOR LIECAEIkIAD, Exx.--.e:so A M.-4:33 P. M.-SUNDAfS-s: 80. A. M- "a
 Express tra,n% fLocai Expres.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
B A R G AIN S

in one, two and four-family houses; building lots on Wells Place, Strat- ford and at Washington Bridge; City building lots at great reduction in prices; want to close these properties; |; payments to suit purchaser.
 Steamship tickets to and rom all parts. Money drafts at lowest rates.
 JAMES E1EELEY'S
 Open Evenings . Arcade
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
PERSONAL

MRS. BLANCHE BARNARD. Clair voyant and Trance Medium. gives readings. daily; Sunday by appoint ment only. Six questions answered by mail, 25 cents and self addressed postpaid envelope. Address 491 Main St., Bridgeport, Conn. 112 elf CARD READER.-Advice on all af- fairs. 25c. Mrs. Levy, 674 Madison Ave. 4th house above North Ave.
 G 6 . If.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
SURGICAL APPLIANCES

ELASTIC SURGICAL APPLIANCES fashioned on hand looms to individ. ual requirements. Requisites for physicians. nurses. hospitals. will liam Snowden. No. 6 Taylor Block. 1119. Broad street. A practical ex- .perience of over 25 years. Telephone 997. 29 eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
SWELL CAFES

LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS with you. Weep and you weep alone Stop at the Eagles Nest for c smile Cor. East Washington Ave. and No. Main St.. J. J. Ra- leigh. Prop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
Business Opportunities

Our speciality is Business Proposi- tions of all kinds; stores. factories. cafes realty, etc., bought. sold. ex- changed: city. or country. Informs tion confidential. MacDaniel 6 Co, Business Brokerage. PIP Warner Build ing. Bridgeport H7sp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
STEAMSHIP TICKETS

to and from all parts of the world
 by all lines. drafts payable in all for eign countries. As it is now time for
 your spring booking, if you intene
 going abroad this sumner Cali O. 'phone at the Oid Reliable JAMES FEELEY'S. Arcade Phone 102s Building Lots for Sale
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
CARPET CLEANING

Bridgeport Steam Carpet Cleaning and FIuff Rug Works Has Removed to 236 Stratford Ave.
 O. w. WILCOX, Prop.
 J. c. FLORIDA, Mgr. Telephone 1326-3 ..S23 If
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
MONEY TO LOAN

MONEY LOANED on household goods. also on second and third mortgages on property, to be repaid in smell weekly payments. Strictly conf dential. Bridgeport Loan Co.,, Room 110, Warner Building. s3 Fairfield Ave. = B IS If
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
UP-TO-DATE TAILORs

DO YOU WANT to have your clothing cleaned. presaed repaired or aitereAs The well known Middle street tailor will do the job neat. quick and req soma ble. Matthias SaJben. custom tailor. g Middle street. between Lafayette and Fremont Hotel. Fridge port Conn BIZ
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15

MONEY ADVANCED TO CONDUC- TORS, engineers, firemen, trainmen, clerks, letter carriers. mail clerks,
 school teachers, bookkeepers. cash iers mechanics and others. Strictly confide entiaL Heffron Co, Room
 301 Meigs Bldg GIT eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
SHOES

NEW AND SECOND HAND Shoe. for
 sale Repairing neatly and prompt-. ly done at lowest prices Nathan
 Hartman. 73 State street 4 R
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
INSTRUCTION

PIANO REPAIRING-Now is the time to have your piano put in per- feet condition. Our workmen are not busy and we can give you a very low figure now. Let us tell you how much it will cost. Drop postal or Call. Steinert's Piano Store, 915 Main St. L6 *tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15

MONEY FURNISHED SALARIED PEOPLE without security or col
 lateral, easy payments Offices in 62 principal cities. Save yourself money by getting my terms first
 D. H. Holman, Room 47 Taylor Building, 46 Cannon St. B3 s6
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
MISCELLANEOUS

want to buy 100 van leads of second hand furniture and household goods. and also mdse. of every description We give per cent. more than other dealers. A. Elwood & Son, Inc. auctioneers
 salesroom III John St. B 26 If. {
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-15
FURNITURE

STORAGE OF FURNITURE.-Sepa- Tate rooms. securely locked. furni- ture and china packing. FuruitU-s and Pianos removed, large vans. careful handling. Bridgeport Storage Warehouse Co. 12s7 Main St. Cor. Congress St. Tel. 923-2. If.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-01-06
TIE lIvE1 NILE.
Ancient Greeks and 'he Frceen' =
StsriI zL. s., ''.'

Stsriiiziu. -'.'
The Gnciel.t ace ... a..
mended the use Of sterilized water
Rufus of Ephesus, In the first century
of this era, taught that "all water
from rivers and ponds is. bad except
that from the Nile. Waterfront rivers
which flow through unhealthy soil
stagnant water and that which flows
near public bathing places is harmful.
The best water is that which has been
boiled In baked earthenware vessels,
cooled and then heated second time
before drinking"
This hygienic prescription was In
tended both for healthy and sick peo'
pie, since 1t was applied to the armies:
During marches and In camps pits
must be dug successfully from the
highest point to the lowest level Of the
place. These holes should be lined
with clay such as Is used for making
pottery and the water should be made
to percolate through 1t. The water will
leave all its impurities IN these pits"
1t may be inquired how the ancient
Greeks, knowing the processes Of ster'
ilizatlon and filtration Of water which
they applied to that of the most limpid
rivers, should have drunk without pre-
cautions the water Of the Nile. which
our microscopes allow US to declare
Sound" but which Is IN appearance
the most worthy of suspicion Of all
and is so muddy, SO yellow. that 1t re-
sembles wine.-Gazette des Faux.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-01-06
The Southern Art Of Conversation.

The north may think it knows some
thing Of conversation. but the north, as
compared with the south. may be said
never to have enjoyed a conversation.
About the village courthouse, within
the hospitable doors Of some central
store, In the office of the local daily or
weekly paper or, above all, in the lei
surely and genial intercourse around
the 6res,de or on the inviting porch
In summer of friend with friends
there will be heard a conversation
which in wit, in the charm and force
Of It's illustrations and In the direct
ness and freedom Of its criticism is
not surpassed In American life today.
1t Is the product Of leisure, of a
world without haste, without ruthless
preoccupations. without those resources
Of expression and interest which be-
long to the crowded and ovsrweighted
existence Of the commercial city. 1t
Is, moreover. part Of the tradition Of
the cavalier. b is part of the genius
Of climate and soil and social habit
e. G. Murphy In 'The Present South"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-01-06
SELLING "Csrlyle."

Here Is Whistlers story Of how hG
sold his famous picture Of Carlyle tC
the Glasgow corporation:
received them, well, you know
chsrmingly. Of course, and one who
spoke for the rest asked me II 1 did
net think I was putting a large price
on the picture-1O0o gutneas-snd
said, Yes, perhaps, If you will have
It so.'
And he said that 1t seemed 10 chg
scansG excessive. why, the nsass
was not even life size"
And agreed.
But, you know" 1 said, "few meH
are life size"
And that was all 1t was an sff1ciai
occasion. and l respected it. Then
they asked me to think over the mat
ter until the next day. and they would
come again. And they came And they
said, Have you thought Of the thou
sand cuineas and what we said about
II. Mr.. Whistler?
Ard sat-. why. gentlemen, why
well. you know, how could l think Of
anything but the pleasure Of seeing
ron sgaln?'
And naturally. being gentlemen. they
understood. and they gave Inc check
for the thousand gulncas.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-01-06
HORSES FOR
THE SALES RING

The amount Of money that an animal
Of the horse kind will bring at private
or public sale depends largely upon
whether Che aatnal is Ia high flesh,
wen groomed and has a sleek, glossy
GOAT or is thin In flesh and rough coat
ed. The selling value Of an animal can
often be increased from one to two
hundred dollars by the addition Of one
or two hundred pounds Of flesh, and
the cost Of adding that amount Of flesh
will probably not be much more than
one-fourth Of the increased cash value.
No owner can make a greater mis-
take than TO send his stock to the sales
ring when thin In flesh, says the Horse
Breeder. Three quarts Of oats day
added to the regular ration. together
with half pint Of West India or New
Orleans molasses, and an addition of
one gill Of linseed meal to the night ra-
ton of grain continued for two months,
with careful grooming every day, to
keep the pores open and the coat free
from dirt and light wooden blanket
in stable to keep the hair close to the
body, will make such a marked i'm
provement In the condition of most
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-01-06
Slim Women Of Hungary.

The women of Hungary regard a
small waist as the greatest possible
beauty, and they will endure anything
In order to put on an appearance of be-
ing small wasted. Tight lacing Is car
ried on to an extraordinary extent, and
the waist is compressed by force until
one would think that the owner could
hardly breathe. Yet In this confined
state the women will pluiNe into the
widest of Hungarian dances, known
as the czardas, and prance frantlcally
like ballet dancers until at the end
they sink, gasplng. exhausted and well
nigh suffocated, Oh a sofa. AS they
grow older most of these slim beauties
become enormously stout, and then
they are regarded as quite old. The
Hungarians, though they resemble the
Turks in many ways, have not the
Turkish admiration for fat women or
the English admiration for elderly
made up bellies. Hungary Is land OF
slim young women, and when they
lose their figure they lose their attrac-
tiveness and their power.-Modern So
clety
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-01-06
Times Is Changed"

Eyes, stree. Bill; times is changed
since you an me was dsin' cur court
In" said Adoniram Clover. with note
Of sadness in his voice, to old Andy
Clover, who had come over to set a
spell"
when we was dom our cOurtin',
Andy, a gal thought she was bein'
treated right harnsom II Teller bought
her 10 cents wuth O. pep'mints once In
awhile. an If he TUX her to any doin's
In town she didn't expect him to go
down into his jeans to the tune of a
dollar or two for Ice cream an soda
water an candy at fo'ty cents a
paound. My son 81 TUX his ducksy-
daddle to the band concert In town
yistiday, an there want q quarter
left OF a dollar bill he struck me fer
time he got home. Beats all the way
young folks throw the money away
nowadays. tell We times is changed
nightly since we was boys, an the
Lawd only knows what the end will be
with n Teller layin' out 70 cents on a
gal in one dayw-St Louis Republic.