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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
HE SPREAD OUT,

Advice the Roofer Got From His Bosa
 In Apprentice Days.
 The man was working on the side of . steeply sloping roof. All of sudden his foot slipped, and, with a groan, he began to slide down slowly toward the edge.
 As be slid he clutched with tense fingers at the tin, but it was smooth. It offered him no hold, and his speed gradually but surely increased
 As in sitting posture, like tobog- gamer, the man continued his deadly slide he began to pray in a loud, an guished voice.
 Memory, as if in answer to his pray CT, flashed across his brain the words:
 Spread out.'
 The man instantly lay hat on his back, spreading arms and legs to their widest angle. making himself as much as possible like a starfish. And his speed at once decreased. The adai- tional friction surface acted like a brake. A few feet from the edge ot the roof he came to anchor.
 ''Help!' he then shouted.
 But the slight movement of shouting acted like push, and he slipped down a few inches more.
 "Helpr' And again he slid a little.
 But this time help came. A rope was thrown, and the man climbed back to safety
 He wiped the dews of terror from his brow
 My boss in my apprentice days" he said, told me if I ever started sliding down roof slope to spread out and it would stop me. I didn't believe him; but. by jingo, he was right
 The man smiled and sighed, musine on his long dead boss. Then he crawl ed back to his dangerous work on the steep slope of the roof.-Philadelphia Bulletin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
GENERAL SHAKE=UP
 IN DIPLOMATIC CORPS
Special from United Press.o

lSpeCldl lIOHi f-GeSS.J
 Washington. April 26.-The question Of instituting the detail system by which Secretaries in the diplomatic service can come to Washington for short periods to bring them more closely in touch with politics, has been taken under consideration by the pres ent administration and the plan will be adopted if a way can be found to do it. Many of the secretaries have been away from the United States so long that they have lost the American point of view. These who, while un- der the eye of the department fail to measure up to the standard expected of them. will probably go by the board. There is a decided opinion among the State Department officials said to be shared in by the President that it is time for a general shake-up among the secretaries.
 The plan would also be advantage ous to the department in the way of having close at hand. men familiar with certain conditions
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
THEATRICAL STARS.
Some Famous Ones That Started 0
 the Variety Stage.

Some Famous Ones That Started on
 the Variety 9tSe.
 Edwin Booth was in his younger days a member of a minstrel company and, unless I am mistaken, appeared in some of the variety shows of that period. He lived to become one of the most noble and dignified figures of his day as well as one of the most distin- guished actors that the English speak ing stage has ever known. Joseph Jef- ferson was also a minstrel in the early part of his career, and prior to that he and his sister, both mere children, had been wont to perform on Boston Com mon and pass the hat among the by islanders.
 camps of California and in the early variety theaters of San Francisco long before she came east in the sixties to win money and fame-"a dramatic cocktail" John Brougham called her in the legitimate houses of Broadway. William H. Crane used to play the tambourine in a wandering minstrel company. Nat Goodwin, Lillian Rus sell and May Irwin came to the front in the early eighties at Tony Pastors theater. NIT. Goodwin gave limitations of popular actors and lived to become an extremely popular actor himself. Miss Irwin's remarkable humorous gifts were shown in the condensed versions of comic operas that brought MT. Pastors entertainments to a close, and 1t was tn one of these that Miss Russell leaped into fame in single night.-James L. Ford in McClure's Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
A LOST ART.

Secret of the Tools Used by the Ineas and the Aztecs.
 What was the combination of met als from which the Egyptians, Aztecs and the Incas of Peru manufactured their tools and arms? Th0gh each of these nations reached a high state of civilization, none of them ever discov- cred iron in spite of the fact that the soil of all three countries was largely fmpregnated with it. But they substi- tuted for it a combination of metals that had the temper of steel. and the secret of the combination is lost tc mankind
 Humboldt tried to discover the lost art by analyzing a chisel found in an ancient Inca silver mine, but all he could make of 1t was that it appeared to be combination of a small portion of tin with copper. No present known way of combining these two metals will give the hardness of steel, so there must have been something else in the chisel which Humboldt missed.
 And these ancient races were able to prepare pure copper so that it equaled the temper of the finest steel produced at the present day by the most scien tific process. With their bronze and copper instruments they were able to quarry and shape the hardest stone, such as granite and porphyry, and even cut emeralds. The ancient peo- pies must have independently discov- cred the art of tempering copper, and yet it is a secret that baff1es modern scientists of the whole civilized world. New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
NEW YORK WOMEN SELL THEIR SOULS
 FOR BREAD
Especial from United PreSs1


 Boston. April 26.-''There are 50 900 New York women on the streets who are selling their souls for bread" is a sta tement made here by Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes who to-day is giving "and these are not wicked women '' she continued in her defense of Soc ialism before an East Boston Mems club to which she spoke. "The9e women.'' she continued, "cannot earn enough in the factories. shops and business places to get enough money to properly feed and clothe themselves and the result is inevitable.
 There must be a new state rise out of the rottennesS which exists to-day and Socialism will wipe out the evil conditions. There are people who say that Socialism means free love. That is false and cannot be proved. You would certainly destroy all parties if you weeded out the men who divorced their first wives''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
E. H. DILLON & co.
THE THEATRES
POLI'S

Unusual merit marks this weeks bill at Poli's, toplined by that prince ly vaudevillian Carter DeHaven sue cessor to George H. Conan, and Flo MT. DeHaven was last in Bridgeport when he successfully took the part of Cohan in the Yankee Prince when the Yankee Doodle boy broke down, with Miss Parker. DeHaven's work has stamped him throughout an artist of exceptional ability. Proof of this is the fact that he continued through Prince" playing Mr. Cohan's part un- til the latter recovered from his break down Polls patrons will thoroughly enjoy DeHaven & Parker
 one act playlet won by a Leg" will be another feature os interest this week. MT. Eldrid a magnetic come dian and a capable company will pre- sent the laughable piece. Good com edy is the chief asset of "Won by a Leg.''
 A clever act is given by Earle Rey- holds and Nellie Donnegan the cham pion roller skaters of America The act is one of the most interesting in vaudeville. The skaters pirouette, do graceful figures and present altogether some of the most remarkable roller skating.
 Dixon Brothers grotesque musicians will he one of the most popular feat ures From the opening performance.
 The Johnnie Busch Trio will keep you amused. Johnnie and his Pa and sister appear in the act You will be delighted with the Busches.
 Val Trainor and Myrtle Dale cork ing comedy sketch team will please inn mensely.
 In the opening position will appear Ruby Raymond & Go. offering the nov city Street Urchins at The Amateur Conteat'' in which some whirlw1nd buck s.nd wing dancing is a feature.
 New motion pictures entertaining and 2veI will close a splendid show.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
A LETTER PRESS.
it Was a Great Bargain, but He Knew
 1t Too Late.

It Was a Great Bargain, but He Knew
 1t Too Late.
 One of the smokers had been ex- hibiting a diamond pin which he had purchased of a hard up traveller and made at least hundred dollars on when the gray haired man heaved a sigh and remarked:
 ''As for me, I never had but one real bargain offered me, and I was fool enough not to take that"
 Something in the way of jewelry ?" was asked
 'No; it was a letter press.''
 '.But don't see how much of a bar gain could be offered in that.''
 '.No? Well, will tell you. I thought I was in love and was writing the girl two letters a day. Six months later, when I knew that I wasn't in love with her, busted up things, and she sued me for breach of promise"
 But you had been careful in your letters not to pledge yourself
 t'I told my lawyer that she couldn't exhibit one single loving sentence in any of my letters-that is, any having connection with matrimony."
 "Yes.'
 "But when the suit came to trial she exhibited over forty letters in. which l said that I should die if she turned me down, and the jury awarded her 2,6OO for her broken heart. Yes, sir, and I could have bought that letter press for $7 and had copies of my let ters as fast as written and knew what I was up against at the end. Great bargain, gents-great bargain, and yet I turned it down"-Baltimore Ameri- can
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
PLENTY OF LIONS AND BUFFALOES
 FOR ROOSEVELT
(By Warrington Dawson. Staff Cor

(By Warrington Dawson. Staff Cor
 respondent of the United Press.)
 Nairobi. British East Africa April 26.-ProfeSsor J. Loring Alden and Professor Edmund Heller, natura-lists for the Smithsonian Institute, rejoined the Roosevelt hunting party to-day at Sir Alfred Pease's ranch. on the Athi river. Their equipment which was de- layed at Mombasa has also arrived and the threatened delay in starting the regular hunting expedition has been avoided.
 George MacMillan, on whose big Ju ka Ranch NIT. Roosevelt will spend several weeks. arrived here to-day and will join the Roosevelt party at Pease's ranch on Wednesday. He says lions were never more plentiful on his ranch than at present and he is anxious to have MT. Roosevelt as his guest as soon as possible.
 Hunters from Peatley's ranch say that 160 buffaloes were counted there in one day. All those acquainted with big game hunting conditions in this part of Africa declare that Roosevelt Luck is sure to prevail. The trip from Kapiti Plains to Pease's ranch was made yesterday after camp had been broken Saturday night.
 MT. Roosevelt was not a bit worried when he heard that smallpox is pre- valent in Nairobi and other parts of the country they will visit. All the runners, porterS and other native at taches Of the hunting party have been carefully examined and are declared to be free from the disease though near ly all of them have been exposed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
EIGHT ACRE FIRE IN THE NORTH END Chief "JOe'' StGehr Heads Bunch of In.
 trspid Flame Fighters. Neighbors Summoned by Telephone Rally and the Sabbath Day Sees Servile Wcrk of a Necessary Nature - Fire Hydrant Needed.

Hillside Fire Department, had it's first big fire yesterday morning and Chief Joe Stoehr's valiant crew did yeomen's service in extenguishing a tremendous blaze that threatened sev- eral new houses in the northern part of the city. Over eight acres of tim Der and underbrush known as Terry's woods on the West side of North Main street were afire at one time and be- sides the houses there were many acres of dry meadow grass and hun dredS of feet of valuable fences in it's path.
 Chief Stoehr was among the first to see the smoke and he got busy on his telephone and summoned his neighbors who are members of the department Then he hitched up one of his rigs and drove out to get those he could not reach by phone. He massed thirty men and divided them into thre squads of ten men each. The fire fighting inn plement of each man was a stout white birch sapling with the small branches intact.
 The crews were located at points where they could head off the fire and the chief was strategist of the occasion. He circled the eight acres many times in heading off the flames and at one time when the wind changed and car ried the fire to a point within a few hundred feet of a new house he ran across the burning expanse and came out with both legs of his trousers in flames and the rest of his clothing scorched. He slapped out the fire with his bare hands and brought one of his companies around to a point where he could have the house.
 The fire started shortly after g o'clock and it was past noon day be- fore the last bit of the fire was beaten out.
 The fire was started by boys with matches.
 Chief Stoehr is much pleased with his company and although they live outside of the second district he wants hydrants located out there so that the company can lay in hose. There is water main running through Main street and sometime ago when the water company was laying mains Fire Chief Mooney recommended that hydrants be placed in position wher- ever new mains were being laid to save the expense of eXcaYating a sec ond time for hydrants. But the Board of Apportionment has been unable to find the money for the hydrants. The expense of hydrants set in the first district is charged up to the taxpay- CTS in that district, and there are all ready many hydrantS that are located beyond the boundaries of the Second district After yesterdays fire the residents of North Main street and vii cinity are awakened to the idea of hav- ing fire hydrants and the next meet ing of the Board of Apportionment will see them there with their valiant chief as head of the delegation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
EARTHQUAKE DEATH LIST REACHES 800
 IN PORTUGAL
Especial from United Press.o

Lisbon, April 26.-MessageS received here to-day indicate that the destruc- ton by Fridays earthquake was much greater than has been supposed and the death list in the province of Alemte Jowide will reach 800 while thousands are homeless and suffering King Manuel and the Duke of Oporto are at Salvatore directing the work of relief there and are receiving re- ports from agents sent throughout the province.
 Carloads of provisions and medical supplies are being sent from this city and it is estimated that s10O.OOO voted by the Council of Ministers for relief will prove far too inadequate for the needs of the sufferers. The town of Benavente is completely wrecked. The few structures that still stand are filled with cracks and in such condi- tion they must be torn down. Salva- terre, Samora, Santo EStevas and Coruche are not much better off and it will require the expenditure of many thousands of dollars to make them Ina bitable.
 Grave apprehensions are felt for the safety of the King and Grand Duke who are actively aiding the work of relief and rescue regardless of personal risk. They have already had a num- Der Of rarrOw escapes from toppling buildings but up to the present are un- scathed and to all suggestions that he remain in a place of safety the King turned a deaf ear.
 Five hundred military tents have been requisitioned by the King for use in the devastated region and he has also ordered that every available mem Der of the army medical staff be sent to the scene. Hospitals are to be established for the aid of the wounded and the ruins are to be searched and the dead buried without loss of time to avoiC peStilence.- The force of the earthquake was the greatest ever re- corded in this part of the country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26

We often wonder how any perscn can be persuaded into taking anything but Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung trouble. Do not be fooled into accepting own make'' or other substitutes. The genuine con- tainS no harmful drugs and is in yellow package. F. B. Brill. local agent. *135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
PeptirOn Pills sEsss sEss5

strengthsn the stomach: aid digestion. , end pro. chocolate coated, acceptable to the stomach and easily assimilated. and 4the best medicins for and children. and all sutferer9 from the sffsets 9f druegi.ts or by maN. O. l. Heod Co, Lowell, Mass.
 If Made by Hood It's Good.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
THE PRFTIEST Fsr

and the most beautiful hands are of- ten disfigured by an unsightly wart It can easily be removed in a few days without pain by using Cyrus Wart Remover, for sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy. 253 Fairfield avenue and 1S6 Cannon St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
CLEANEASY, THE BEST HAND
 SOAP.

Instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust Grease, Ink. Paint and Dirt. For the hands or clothing. Large can 10 centa Manufactured by Wm- R. Winn. o4i Stratford Ave
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26

If you have backache and urinary troubles you should take Foley's Kid ney Remedy to strengthen and build up the kidneys so they will act proper 1y as serious kidney trouble may deV?lop- r B. Brill. local agent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26

WANT ADS GENT A WORD.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26
ROACHES Running Wild

in your house Is caused by carelessneSs and neg lect and can easily be remedied by using Cy- rus Roach Powder sprink1ed freely where the reaches gather. We absolutely guarantee this refund the money if you are not satisfied, cost you nothing to try it, and refer you to thousands of the most particular housewives in the city. Is it worth your while to get rid of them?
 Half pound FOG; ID 35c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-26

CA s3S -G A. p..h. >Ihe Kind You Havs Always Bought ''s.;,''' s &H7zzZ3
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-09-07
Important Action By
The Attorneys General.

At their recent meeting at Buffalo
New York, the attorneys general o.
twenty of the states passed one rasc-
luton of extreme Importance. 1t wa.
that congress be induced to so regu-
late judicial proceedings as to prevent
the interference of United States
circuit courts with the enforcement o;
state laws.
The recent history of litigation from
one end to the other of the country
has shown that so soon as a state-ir
Itself a sovereign power-begins to
take steps to force a corporation u
obey its laws, an injunction is at once
obtained from a federal Judge. and
although these injunctions may fire.
quently be, and in fact have been
ruled as Illegal by the United States
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-09-07

it in a position much like that in
which the New Orleans station was
placed last spring, and should hasten
the settlement Of the question raised
in our own case-WhetheT congress,
or the bureaucracy, is to control the
purse and direct the disposition Of
specific appropriations.
The news from Beverly only con-
firms the Times Democrat in its
earlier view. The issue must be
fought out in congress, and the sooner
the decisive battle is pitched the bet
ter. Until the national legislature as
seTts its control and Tebukes the hos
tile bu5ybOdie5 of the bureau IN direct
and unmistakabIe terms, it is plain
that there is TO be no letup of their
efforts to discredit and finally close
the yards they have black-Hstod. Tbs
gentlemen in charge of the defense
plans for the New Orleans station
have done their work effectively, and
encouraging assurances of support
have been received from representa-
tiyeS of the Mississippi valley states.
who feel, very properly, that the
cause is their own. Statistical mat
ter showing the importance and ne
cesSity Of the station-of which there
has never been any Lacks in hand.
Since the hostility Of the bureau
clique seems to be incurable, and it's
misunderstanding propensity is in
dulged in and out Of season, its at
tack in the open, all along the line,
should be welcomed, we think, as
promising a definite and final settle
ment of an issue which is not to be
settled, ii appears, by other means.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-09-07
HILLOPEN POND.

Hillopen Pond, Sept. Cotton
picking is the order of the day In this
neck of the woods.
B. H. Hatton is saving some nice
hay this week.
J. W. Fair, the naval stores man,
is trying to get some turpentine
dipped this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Hatton, of
Sneads, visited relatives here last
week.
Mrs. ]. H. Turner and daughter,
Miss Johnnye, of Apalachicola, are
visiting friends and relatives here
this week.
b. H Hatton and ]. w. Fair made
a flying trip to Greenwood last We'd
nesday.
P. and H. Godfrey, Of Gordon, Ala,
were business visitors to our little
burg last Monday.
w. d. Standard went to Camp
bellton last Monday to sell cotton.
Henry Garrett and E. d. Burroughs
went out to Ellis last Monday even
ing.
Ray L. Hatton went to Dudley last
Sunday evening.
G. H. Whitehurst was a business
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-09-07

ton to the plan, but has decided to
defer action until his return to Wash
ingtOn, and 10 give fair and careful
hearing to proponents and opponents
alike
The news Of Secretary Meyers
alignment with the foes of the South
ern navy yards, even if it is confirm
ed, will cause little surprise here,
where it was already recognized that
the issue must be fought out on the
floor Of congress, which alone has the
right to dispose of the navy yards.
whatever the department officers and
the hostile navy clique may propose.
But the announcement OF his desire
to wipe out the Philadelphia yard
also seems to be new matter. Just
how the PhiladelDhians have incurred
the hostility of the bureau COteTie is
not altogether clear, but it may be
said that there IS the same reason"
or, to put it more correctly, the same
lack of sound reason, for the aboli-
ton of the Philadelphia yard as for
that of the New Orleans station.
Possibly the former is now included
TO disguise the gross sectiOnalism that
tainted the attack upon the Southern
yards; possibly it is put in as a
trading yard, with view to secur-
ing the support of the Pennsylvania
delegation to the programme of abOli-
ton by compromise that will save
its own yard intact. The motive will
doubtless come to the surface a little
later, if the story prove correct.
Meanwhile il may be suggested that
the movement TO wipe out the Phila-
delphia yard in the face of a large
congressional appropriation for its
maintenance only last winter, places