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 Follows:

FOR NEW YORK .4:t5 .s:Is. 1851. e:o6, @10:o0. s11:o5 A M.Z .12;2s. "1;4s, 42;27, ZOO s4;Is.5:oa' s:5s P. +SUNDAYs--4:45 .5:1s, 1925, 10:o0 A. M.-f12:30, s2;22. .2:27, s4:13. 5:07, *5:27. t6:45, s7:22. *s:11, .s:36, 9:52 P. M.
 FOR WASHINGTON, via Harlem River-.1a:s0 (daily) A M; *I:1s
 FOR NEW HAvEN-*12:s2. .1:41. 6:5O,7:56. ss:21, 9:25, s10:43. *11.3S A. M.-12;16, s12:so, 1850. +2:2e. .5:2s. .s;ss, .4;s6, 4:s7. 5;s7; ,s:so. SUNDAYS-.12:s2 *1:41, s:13, s:43. .1O:4s, *11:33 A. M.-*2:2s. s4:25. *6:32, +6:54. 7:1S, *7:32, S:47, -s10:0z P. M-
 FOR BOSTON, via New London A. M.-s2:2s. ss:46. s4:25. -s:54 P. -SUNDAYS-*1:41 fl, s11:33 A. M- @2:2s, *4925, s6:54 P M
 FOR BOSTON via Hartford and Winimantic-*9:21 A. M.-*S:29i F. NJ
 FOR TWISTED and Intermediate Stations-5:0O, TOO, 9:35 f11:40 AM -2:s5, -5:51. 7:4O P. M.-SUNDAfs -S:30 A. M.-6:45 P. M
 FOR WATERBURY, ANSONIA, DERBY and Intermediate Stations 500, TOO, S:00, 9:35, 11:4O A. M 2:35, t5:54, 7:4o F. M.ZSUNDA1S- s.S0 1O:5O A. M-6:45, $50 P. M.
 FOR CT. HARRINGTON, LENOx, pITTSFTEID. ETC.-7:00, $50 A. M- -4s3 p MSUNDAYS-s:3 A. NJ.
 FOR DANBURY, NEW MILFORD. ETC, via Brookfeld Junctlon-a %, DAYS-s:s0 A M Cto New Milford)-
 FOR IITCHFIELD. ETC.-9:5o A M.-4:s3 P. M.@SUNDAYS-s:Se A. M.
 Express trains. fLocai Express
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-08

a long time. DOC tors had failed to help me Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta- ble Compound was recommended, and I decided to try it It cured mytrouble and made me we'll and strong, so that I can do all myown work" Mrs Jos EPH HALL, Bards- fnua Ku
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-08
The Altenburg Case By GEORGE DYRE ELDRIDGE
Copyright, 1909 By George Dyre Eldridge
CContinued from Page s.)

Ing knock came to the door. must you really go? What does it mean? Where are you going? Is there dan ger?''
 I'm, going to try and help a little in the clearing up of the last tangies- Don't say rTrafford is strong enough to do it aloneI I know he is. but l want to think. after it is all over, that l have done something for you"
 Don't think it; know 1t. Phillip! srru sis put up her lips to meet his. ..s he stopped to give her the greeting kiss of the accepted lover. which also was the farewell kiss of their first wal parting.
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MADE WELL AND
 STRONG
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Bardstown, Ky" suffered from and otherfemalet troublesfor
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PERSONAL
DEFECTIVE AGENCY

LICENSED DFTEc- TIyE BUREAU-Civil and criminal investigations in any city or town Room 512 Carney Building. 43 Ire mont St, Boston. Nathaniel G. Robinson, manager. Telephone Hay 12oo. H 2 4
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AUCTION SALE

PRICES PAID for used furniture, carpets and store fixtures.
 Bridgeport Auction & Commission Co, A Union Square. Tel 16S6-2-
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THE CONNECTICUT NATIONAL L. BANK. of Bridgeport. corner Main
 President: H. s. Shelton. Vice Pres fdent; L. B. Powe. Cashier; T. C. Cumming Assistant Cashier: Cap itaL $332.1o0: Surplus and ProntA
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FURNITURE
INSTRUCTION

PIANO REPAIRING-Now is the
 time to have your piano put in per- feet condition. Our workman 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 Plano Store. s1s
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DOMESTIC WINES

adv with you. Every purchase of soc or over 1 bottle of wine free A. Amsel. imported and domestic wine and liquor house. Hallett St.. corner Ogden G SD
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Wants, To-Rent, For Sale, &c., l cent a word in Farmer Want Col
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CARPET CLEANING

Bridgeport Steam. Carpet Cleaning
 and Hun Rug Works Has Removed to 236 Stratford Ave
 O. w. WILCOX, Prop
 J. c. FLORIDA. Mgr. Telephone 1S2S-S ..S2s If
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LAUNDRIEs

OPEN AIR GRYINGhFamiiy wash- ing. ironing taken by week. Park City Hand Laundry. 4ss Newdeld
 Usss
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MALE HELP WANTED
ROOMS TOILET

TO RE5NT.-5 rooms. all improvements with garden, $12.O0. 1134 East Og- den. H6s"
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TO RENT.-Light. airy store and ex- cellent basement. 35 John street. near Main Apply. Superintendent. Public Library mas"
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SHOES

NEW AND SECOND HAND shoes fer
 sale Repairing neatly and prompt- " done at Jowest prices Nathan
 Hartman. n State street 4 1 q
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
MY COLDEST SWIM.

Last year 1 was living in New
Rochelle, near the harbor, where a
friend and l had great sport on the
water. The thing we enjoyed was
to go out in a fiat bottomed boat
which had the square front complete
ly knocked out.
One early spring, when the ice had
just cleared off, we suggested a sail
in this fiimsy craft. On account of
the front being knocked out, both of
us had to stay in the back, or the
water would have come in. After
staying out for about an hour we de-
cided to return home. My friend be-
gan to get reckless by rocking the
boat, not knowing that the baling
can had been forgotten. We had only
broken car with us, and l hurried
as fast as possible to shore. When
one hundred feet from dry land my
friend, while fooling, lost his balance,
but with a good leap landed safely
on a small boat which fortunately
was anchored near by. The reaction
from his jump was enough to sink a
DOdC III SoOu SolidllIblI, "illSll Oui .
was not. In an instant the water
came pouring over the sides. When
the boat began to sink l felt the icy
water creeping slowly up my body.
When it reached my waist l shut
both eyes and dove The water was
so terribly cold that it took the
breath right out of me for minute.
pretty hard swimming, but l soon
reached the shore. l was very lucky,
receiving only cold for my adven-
ture.-George L. Cooper. in the New
York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.:

| living like the American girls do. !
also want to help my countrymen in
every way possible" In these words
Rose Lee, an 18-year-old Chinese
girl, explained why she went Satur-
day to the office of the civil service
| commission and made application for
a clerkship in the public library. Lit
tie Miss Lee is the first Chinese wom-
an to apply for a position in public
life in Chicago. She will take the
civil service examination and on the
showing she makes in the examina-
| ton depends her chances of getting
the position she wants. 81 like the
books 1 am fond of reading. 1 have
good education and I speak English
perfectly" she said. eff l get into
the library 1 think it will induce
! many Chinese men and women to
come there for books. If they do
they are sure to be helped. In this
| way I can do my part for the better
| ment Of the condition of my people in
Chicago" Rose Lee was born in San
Francisco, but came with her parents
| to Chicago a number Of years ago.
She lives at 800 Clark street in the
very heart of Chicago's Chinatown.
She received her education at the
Jones Grammar School, Harrison
street and Plymouth place, and Is
now in her first year in the Wendell
Phillips High School. She has also
taken a course in stenography in
h1lc
among the few registered Chinese
| voters in the city.-Chicago Exam
iner.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
TATTERS.

Would you like to hear something
about dear old dog named Tatters? ?
He Is called Rags for short. He was
born in Norway and was brought here
when he was only four months old.
He is a wool dog, and has to be
sheared every year, just like sheep.
He is very intelligent. My auntie
always puts his dinner into a little
basket. He carries it out to the barn
where he eats it. First he looks 1t
over. If he finds any ham he takes
that out, as he does not like that
kind of meat When he has finished
he carries the basket back to the
house and wipes his feet on the door
mat before he goes in. One day he
brought back some ham to show that
he would not eat it.
He is very kind and affectfonate,
too. He loves his mistress best OF
all. He loves to take walk with hel
and is filled with joy when she says
want to come, Rags?" He jumped
as high as her head to show his pleas
ure.
He is not pretty dog, and he
loves to root in the coal bin, but you
could not help loving him, he is Sc
faithful and full of fun.-Alice Nc.
Murdie, in the New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
BEING ABOVE ONES WORK.

II certainly cannot understand
Mrs Warren" the girl said, her pret-
ty brows lifted half in perpelxity,
half in disdain as she watched the
neighbor going home "cross lots. "
"She is so quick-witted-you'd think
she'd care for the best things-books
and culture, and all that, but she
really seems to enjoy her housework
and cooking more than anything else
in the world. You see how she was
just now-as delighted over that new
salad you gave her as l should have
been over a new thought"
The older woman, the girls host
ess, laughed as if something amused
her, but tenderly too, for she loved
the girl.
''Why shouldn't she enjoy her
work first and most?" she asked. at
is what she was put into the world
to do"
"But the kind of work." the girl
protested, "just common cooking and
dish-washing! She might have
thoughts above it."
What would you thlnk or a light
house keeper who had thoughts
above cleaning lamps?"
ooh, but that's different" the girl
said quickly. That's a matter of
life and death to Others"
Her friend shook her head. "No,
dear, it isn't different; the task God
puts into ones hands always demand
joys and enthusiasm to be done as
He wants it done. The problem is
not ones work, but of lifting ones
work to the level of ones greatest
thoughts. Do you see?"-ForHard
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
HunnOr.

The Temple of Art devoted to that
peculiar form of entertainment
yclept polite vaudeville" was
crowded to suffocation as Messrs.
Biff and Bang, the refined sketch
team and sidewalk conversationalists
stepped jauntily to the footlights. In
response to the deafening applause
Messrs. Biff and Bang bowed conde-
scendingly, as though it hurt them.
Without further preliminary Mr..
Biff hit his partner on the rear of his
ample trousers with a stuffed club,
remarking: Its wise man that
knows his own mind"
And Mr.. Bang, not to be outdone
in this little exchange of pleasantries.
promptly buried an axe in the skull
of MI. Biff, remarking the while:
Its a wise man that minds his own
nose"
Whereupon the Intelligent audience
screamed with delight and voted Biff
and Bang the best ever. and yet
they were a frost in the London
halls" commented a man in the front
row. "The English have no apprecia-
ton of real humor." - New York
Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
EXTRAORDINARY FEAT.

A girl seventeen years old has ac'
complished the extraordinary feat OF
ascending a church spire 260 feet
high, in the teeth Of gale OF wind
A steeplejack had undertaken to as
ccnd the spfre of All Saints, Here
ford, the highest in the West of Eng
land, when Miss Elsie Helms, the
daughter of one of the church war-
dens, volunteered to accompany him.
The ascent was made by means of
steeplejack's cradle. In spite of the
force of the wind and the swaying OF
the cradle, the girl, says the steeple-
jack, was remarkably cool all through
the perilous ascent and descent. The
ascent was made on market day, and
a great crowd watched in thrilling
suspense every movement of the
swaying cradle. Traffic was entirely
blocked by the crowd until the girl
had gained the summit and descend
ed unharmed.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
CHAPTER XVIII.
Robert.

The P. & o. boat has just arrived
at Southampton.
Among the passengers there is a
young man who wears a grave and
preoccupied expression. He does not
scan the faces of those ashore who
rave come 70 zdeeL Ide boat; he paS
friends, dear friends, 1T home, but
he knows that no one will be here
to welcome him, for they do not
know of his arrival.
First class, sir?" inquiries the por-
ter, who is looking after his luggage.
'No, third class"
The porter stares, for the young
man is we'll dressed and has an aris-
tocratic air, and Notwithstanding this
discovery he shows him to his car
riage.
81 thought So" murmurs the off,
cial, as he leaves the door with a
shilling in his hand; ''once a gentle
man, always a gentleman. Now,
some fellows would have said There's S
your carriage and taken no further
notice Of him. He's out O. luck, that's
all. and | hope it will return to him. -
The subject OF this aspiration
pulled his railway rug around him,
pushed up his coat collar, drew down
his travelling cap over his brows, and
prepared himself for silence, if not
for slumber. He was in no mood to
talk. nor, in any case, would the ap-
pearance Of his fellow-passenge
have invited conversation. There
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
NAMES OF DOGS.

The dog fancier stroked gently the
silky coat Of beautiful spar iel. do
you know" he asked an inquisitive
Answers correspondent, "where our
dogs get their names from?
"The spaniel was so called because
the original breed of this type came
from Spain. The Blenheim spaniel
got his name from Blenheim palace,
where this dog first gained popularity
in the time of the great Duke of
Marlborough In the same way the
King Charles spaniel owes it's name
to the merry monarch.
"FoX terriers did not gain their
name from likeness to the fox, but
from the fact that formerly they were
used in hunting foxes. Many years
ago they were sent by their masters
down the fox's burrow to draw and
kill their quarry. 1t was in those
days a saying that good fox terrier
never came out of burrow without
the fox He either brought out his
prey dead, or never came out alive
himself.
he UulluOS uSSu W ulIfS CdItlS,
and was trained to meet the rushes
of his enormous charges by gripping
them in their most vulnerable spot
the nose Thus in time he became
known as the bulldog.
"The dachshund is a German dog,
and, as his name indicates, when
translated, was used for hunting
badgers. Hence his name-badger
dog. Among hunters in the father
land this breed is still popular, all
though, as rule, they are now too
delicate to. face such a ferocious
fighter as the badger.
"Spitz dogs are so named owing to
their sharp noses. This is also a
German name, spitz meaning sharp
pointed. Another name for this
breed is Dalmatian dog, because his
native home was in Dalmatia. New
ark Call.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
ALFALFA HAY CROP.

Time and experience have proved
that alfalfa is an unexcelled all round
stock food. 1t will make the finest
beef, mutton, pork, and Is one of the
best horse feeds known. 1t is also
excellent for poultry. Chicks and
turkeys thrive exceedingly when
turned into patch of green alfalfa.
1t is a most wholesome food for lay
ing hens. Hogs may be both raised
and fattened on 1t. Nothing makes
better pork than alfalfa, topped with
pumpkins or Egyptian corn. Alfalfa
is being "processed," so to speak.
and made into commercial products,
in which shape it is found to be an
excellent provender.
But one of the best features about
alfalfa as farm crop is the benefit
it imparts to the soil upon which it is
grown. Alfalfa, by reason of its
great roofing qualities, is one of
those crops which do not run out
quickly. 1t not only roots very deep
ly, but it roots profusely, throwing
out into the soil, as it descends, a
myriad of shoots and tendrils that
draw nourishment from regions that
are not touched by other crops that
root less vigorously. Thus its sources
Of growth and sustenance are greatly
enlarged and permit the plant to pro-
fuce abundantly, season after season.
on the same soil without being re-
newed or the soil being fertilized
from outside sources.
So, the land that has been cropped
to alfalfa until it is thought best that
the crop be changed, the soil, instead
of being impoverished, has been am.
azingly enriched. 1t is always good
plan, when about to be changed tc
another crop, to permit the alfalfa to
attain it's full growth and then plow
it under Then, with the rotting OF
the plants that have been rlowed un-
der and the millions of roots that per-
meate the ground, the soil is in splen-
did shape for any other crop that may
be put in. In fact, the alfalfa ralsers
of this valley have found that it Will
not do to SOW wheat on alfalfa land
the first year or two after it is bro
ken up, as the soil is so rich in hui
mus that the grain grows exceeding
ly rank, falls down and rusts before
it is ripe. They, therefore, make
practice of putting in other crops
that can stand the replenished
strength of the soil, such as root
crops, beans, peas, cantaloupes, sweet
potatoes, berries and other fruits
Fresno Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
"BAY O. FUNDY DAYS"


The newspapers lately reported
the finding of a rare pearl in the
South Seas. The pioneer of the Pa
petite pearl fisheries, the Pearl King
of Tahiti" who is about to retire
from the business out of which he
has amassed a large fortune in the
last twenty years, on one of his last
visits to Paris brought magnificent
pearl valued at $4,000. A dealer in
gems made an offer of $50, 900 for a
mate to it, The pearl king" has Just
returned from Tahiti, bringing with
him, it is said, the desired jewel.
This is pearl fishing on large scale.
Much more modest, yet no less inter-
esting, was the amateur fishery car
ried on by Mr.. Louis Becke when he
was a boy, and recorded in his ''Notes
From My Sea Log
When we were boys in Australia
we had holidays which we called
Bay O. Fundy Days" The light
house keeper was native OF Nova
Scotia, and he used to tell us of the
wonderful tides of Fundy.
Whenever our tides were particu-
larly low, and a reef two miles away
showed high and dry, we boys had a
BAY O. Fundy Day." and explored
the coast. We used to go out on
the reef to gather certain shells, in
which we found pearls. An old curio
dealer would give us from five to ten
shillfngs each for the larger ones, and
for the seed pearls he paid a pound
or two an ounce. This gave us sum
sufficient for pocket money. but one
day we learned how to increase our
small fortune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
TO JOIN THE TEXANS.

In 1912 or '43 the Texas war OF
independence was at it's height. In
the West there was great sympathy
with the Texans. Lew Wallace, In
his autobiography" tells of a boy
ish enterprise connected with this
war which, fortunately for him, was
not successful. He said one morning
to his deskmate, Lets go and join
Commodore Moore" Commodore
Moore was at that time at the head
of the navy of the infant republic OF
Texas.
tI'll do it," he returned.
"He'll make us midshipmen," ar
gued.
We got skiff, laid in Il supply of
provisions and an armament consist
ing of a rifle and shot gun and big
butcher knives strapped sailor fash
ion to our manly nip5. few days
prior a flatboat had sailed from the
port of Indianapolis bound for New
Orleans. To overtake it was our first
point
The day of departure arrived. We
went to our boat separately. What
was our astonishment to find the
whole male body of the seminar on
the bank above the landing. They
cheered us, and we jumped in, un-
shipped our oars, waved our hats in
farewell, and shot heroically into the
In wise forethought of supper in
some lonesome jungle of the river at
night, my comrade landed on an ISL
and to kill a goose with stick. We
flung the bird aboard, thinking 1t
dead; but just as we swung by field
lively with harvesters the goose re-
vived, and uttered a "honk! loud
and long. The harvesters heard the
outcry, grasped the situation, and un-
mooring a canoe, set oct IN pursuit.
They were swift; so were we. For
miles they kept up the chase, then
fortunately ceased following us.
Below Indianapolis ten miles are
the Bluffs, noteworthy because OF
dam across the river, to supply the
canal finished to that point. The fall
over the dam was too high for shoot
ing, making it necessary to land in
the canal for portage. My companion
stayed with the boat, while I went
ashore for some kindling. He saw
two men whom he recognized as my
mothers father and constable. My
grandfather was a wise man. With
out a lecture, or so much as refer
ence to my elopement, he landed me
in Indianapolis that night.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
LITTLE MOTHERS CLUB.

am going to tell you about a club
to which l belonged. It was called
Little Mothers Club We organ
lied it for the sake of helping very
poor woman who had lot of chill
dren. I, being president, had to con-
duct most of the business. From time
to time we gave plays Gall the mem
bers taking part) in a public hall,
and once we cleared $50. We met
once a week at the houses OF the diff
ferent members. On arriving at
the house I first called the roll.
We next considered the business,
then refreshments were served,
and after that we played games
and cid many different things.
Our colors were red and white, and
we had gold pins with the initials l..
NJ. G. on them. When some member
proposed another girls name and
would say she wished her to belong,
we would vote, and if three or more
persons voted against her she could
not become member; otherwise sac
could. We had many good times
and I was sorry when I moved from
The town in which it was.-E. M.
Taylor, in the New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25

Ah Yam, a Chinaman, lived with
fellow fisherman in a hut near our
place. One day he broke his leg, and
our mother was very good to him
through a long and tedious recovery.
His gratitude was unbounded.
One Sunday afternoon All Yam ap-
peared and asked to speak to our
mother and father in private. They
were closeted for some time, and then
mother called us in. She said:
"Boys, you will be sorry to know
that All and his mate are going back
to China, and you will see them no
more. All has brought me very
beautiful present"
''No, missee, no." interrupted All,
mot welly beautiful. Just show you
1 like you welly much and l welly
solly to say goodbye"
Mother showed US her hand, in
which lay nine really valuable pearls,
the size of pea.
"These are from the same kind Ct
shells which you have gathered" she
continued, "and All Yam is going to
tell you a secret which will be of
great value to you boys. You will be
able to make a nice sum uf money on
Bay O. Fundy Days
All then told us where to look for
the best shells, and that we should
pick out those which were the most
aged and deformed and covered with
coral growth. He said that he and
Gee Foy had receive e270 for pearls
in the three years he had lived near
u.s.
After that Bay O. Fundy Days were
always profitable. We ran great risks
in diving under the reefs and prying
off the great shells with blunt chisels.
We usually came to the surface with
cut and bleeding hands and heads,
but we took little heed of such minor
matters.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-25
CONUNDRUMS.

When are pigs like letters? Ans.
When penned.
When are lighthouses like castles
Ans. When stormed.
What men are always losing their
patience (patients)? Ans. Doctors.
Why are carpets like old shoes
Ans. Both are foot worn.
When is a boy like saddle? Ans.
When Observation-Disclosures Star.