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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
A WISE SQUIRREL

Washington. Aug 17.-were 1t not that nature faking" in and around the White House Is supposed to have received a death blow long ago. the experience yesterday of one of the bluecoat guardians of the executive mansion might be disbelieved even by the over-credulous.
 One of the squirrels which long be- fore the present administration began, played about the trees and over the green lawn in front of the White House. according to this policemen, kept running up to him yesterday and then scampering away. At it refused peanuts the officer could not make out what 1t wanted.
 Finally. the policeman says, he no ticed that every time the squirrel ran away from him it would make for a water spigot in the grass and jump up at it as if trying to turn the handle This gave the officer his cue. With Sherlock Holmes instinct he turned or the water. which was exactly what the squirrel wanted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
Father Comes Home
 After Fifteen Years

Broadway, N. l.. Aug. 17.-After an absence of fifteen Sears, in which time his friends and relatives were convinc- ed that he was dead, George Frey walked into town yesterday, bought cigars for old friends who did not rec ognize him, went to the home of his wife, a quarrel with whom was the cause of his disappearance, and talked with her and his son half an hour without being recognized He had to tell Mrs. Frey who he was in order to refresh her memory.
 Mrs. Frey almost tainted when she was informed that the prosperous stranger, who inquired so interestedly about the welfare of her son and the own husband.
 It was not a. reconciliation that Frey sought, however He has made money in Montana, and he wants to settle property on his son, Garville- Wher the formalities of that step are com pleted he says he will go back to the West Both mother and son have lived in comfort for the last fifteen years The son has married and brought his family under his mothers roof. It was thought when Frey disappear ed that he had been murdered. Ht had last been seen by a. neighbor Emanuel Marlatt, with whom he hae gone to Phillipsburg. After leaving Marlatt Frey went to Chicago and be came a contractor. He made money and invested heavily in Chicago req estate, which returned him big profits Frey is 55 years old.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
CENSUS COST REDUCED.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagel, who is in Washington for a few days on busi- ness in connection with the next cen sus, announces that all bids for the machinery and books needed for the enormous clerical work involved have been received MT. Nagel expressed himself as surprised and gratified al the low figures of many of these bids Punching machines, for instance. whRh are used in great quantities and which heretofore had not been quoted the de- partment below the price of $500 arf now offered for $500.
 MT. Nagefs success in obtaining low bids on these machines recalls the incl dents that were the immediate cause of the retirement of s. N. D. North from the dictatorship of the census
 MT North submitted to MT. Nagel fol bis signature contracts for the pur- chase of the machines at a very high price, and MT. Nagel refused his in. dorsement. After that disruption Secretary Nagel set out to obtain bids with the result that the prospective expenses of the Bureau of the Census are very much decreased
 The appointment of the army of emu. merators who will do the actual count. ing for the next census will be post poned until just before the counting begins, said MT. Nagel. These mer for the most part will be appointed from the district in which they vii work
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
aOx QNE BLAZER
 GOT TnESPlANS START
ucKED OUT OF SAME THEATRE eEvuRV TIMES Hn GETS STARr
 Ar LAST

The fact that perseverance wins in the end WAS never better exempiified than in the case Of Ralph Austin of ley and Austin. who are the stars with s..1he Top O. Tn world .s which comes to Jackson's Theatre Friday evening. At any meeting place Of thespians in Ralph Austln. His home was Dayton. Ohio, and from a very early age he haunted the gallery Of the Grand in that city. but the gallery was too far from the etage to suit this enterprising on the Btage. He had no influence. and although he applied to every man agar Of an attraction that appeared in Devon. he could nes as s ne n new gs,e ehs next best thing was to get position in the mechanical d6paxtment of the theatre He endeavored to do this but found thai the theatrical mechanics va not a member, hat he was barred, and 1n order to become e member he would be oompelIed to serve Ae an ap- preut1ce for two years. and that an takin8 on of apprentices. However, he wAs not discoHraged. and gathering aS much money as he could command, c0lnu5enced to frequent the loungins the 5udic4ous purchase of cigars and 6ther thinG4 he aucceede0 in gaining me favor o4 the master mechanic, who agreed to put Austin on as q substitute grip at no sa1Ary Tho firSt night fhat he appeared In his role of grip he Wne called upon to move . piece of Scenery. but he could not be found He was later discovered in the first entrance, watching the performance and was prompt1y thrown out of the theatre. but such was the perseverance and ingeunity of the ambitious Aus tin that 8 half hour later he was again found in some entrance and as prompt ly thrown out, It is on record in Qayton that during one performance Of a musical play he was thrown and kicked off the stage seven times By this time the atteEEion Of the manage nnent and of trzveling companiee had boon obtained and he was given 4x6eu part in a musical play. Hii suceesa vaa Instantaneous. Then came h1s conhinat3on with Fred Bailey. and tho team Of Bailey and Austin as vau' dev1le headltuer8 were in demand from coa6k to coaet This team, like Mont 9omery and Stone. were persuaded te leave the vaudeville fold. and like Montgom cry and Stone, Bailey ane Austin have established themselves a. gtAxD of tho ffret magnitude
 Tho -nale Of seats opened this morn Ing and indicated that large and bril- liant audience will be present. It VII no doubt prove one of the bannea events of the season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
Don't Allow Your Health to Be Undermined and Your
 Pleasures Mafred by Den
 tai Breakdown.
YOUR TEETH ARE
 NOT TOO FAR GONE
Sound Teeth and Perfect Mastication Mean Physi- cal and Mental Stdength Thus Equipped One May Succeed in Life.

Are you a prisoner to teeth trou-
 bles? Are you suffering the contin-
 of teeth containing decayed. broken
 and missing teeth? If you are you
 are indeed prisoner. Oh, if you
 only knew the comfort of sound, good
 that almost invariably accompanies
 them so you could look right in the face of the person you like to talk
 with and chat and smile in the old time unrestrained manner. That
 would be pleasure you have forgone for a long tune, but one that you should reclaim at once as your own. Don't believe your teeth are too far by my special mechanical devices and painless operations so that you can again laugh and smile and talk not fearing to show your teeth because you. And you can chew too-masti- l cate your food so that when it enters your system it is food from which you derive strength and not simply a bulk I of waste matter crowding the inner organs dna gener bhrg tag gtgggaa organs and generating poisonous gases that cause indigestion and its army of health destroying ailments
 Sound teeth is one of the first princi-
 ples of sound physical organization and a sound body means a sound
 mind Thus equipped no one need nerve force and muscular energy be- hind one the world is easily conquered hbut without these we are weddings o1 | uncertain future If you want tc be your old time self and able to hold
 a commanding position in business oi society look well to the condition oi your teeth. You may think this talk a little too serious-you may deem l the matter of teeth to be of minor inn portance in your physical makeup. Ii you are soliloquizing thus,stop at once | for candidly the greatest and mos
 pitiable ills have had as their origir ldental breakdown. I'd like to Iool at your teeth often q won't charge you for doing it) to ascertain if there is any trouble or approaching trouble so that I may check it at once ant save you time. pain, health and ex
 tpense Call on mel will be glad te see you. pr. Weidlich, No. Citizer R1dr over Kline Bros. s z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
COL. ROOSEVELT
 AIDED BY DAWSON

Paris. Aug. 17.-Mrs. Theodore Roose- welt received a letter today from Col onel Roosevelt written from Nairobi in which the Colonel made frequent references to the assistance he had re- ceived during his African journeys from Warrington Dawson, the United Press correspondent, who accompanied Roosevelt to Aries. The Colonel de- acquafntance with. African life had been an invaluable aid to him,
 Mrs. Roosevelt and her three chill dren, Ethel, Archie and Quentin. are having a fine sightseeing time in Paris. They have a home-like apartment in one of the quiet sections Of the city but spend most of the time in touring through Paris and its environments in a big automobiIe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
WIDOW OF Sl TO WE'D

Pittsburg. Aug. 17.--Mrs. Evalina Hall. a widow s1 years old. and Rob- ert B Wright, aged 51 years, both of marriage license in the Allegheny county license office. They win marry on Thursday evening. John Hall. aged 62 years, son of the woman by a for clared his mother to be of legal age.
 Mrs. Hall. who owns a large farm and is wealthy. asked Marriage Li- cense Clerk J. s. Winery If he would object if she took a little smoke. Wherry told her to Ego as far as she liked. 2 .Whereupon she produced and smoked a clay pipe. While waiting some motherly advice to several young women, who were bashfuiiy waiting to get their own licenses I Mrs Haif hffs been a widow five years. She offered to bet Clerk wherry that she would live to be 100 years old, e.s .s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
Weather Indications

New Haven, Aug. 17-Forecast: Rearing tonight. Wednesday fair and Wmrmer.
 Rain has fallen during the past "A hours in the eastern portion of the lake fogfon and along the Atlantic coast 8Dm Hatteras to Nantucket The &r6atest amount was at New York E1ty where 5.04 inches fell The storm cify and wills move eastward This vicinity will continue inside of 1t today. The, Temperatures are very high in the RS3f Arkansas, Wisconsin. Missouri. BE{1boma, Kansas, and South Dakota 4s fzS715ffionS favor for fhas vicinity
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-08-17
BOYS GAME FIGHT,
 SINKS IN RAPIDS

Niagara Falls, N Y., Aug. IT, August Spo rer an eighteen-year-old boy Of this city went to his death yesterday afternoon in the whirlpool rapids after a gallant battle with the large waves between the lower bridges and the pool.
 With three companions Sporer went Tor a swim in the river at the old Maid of the Mist landing. He struck out at once for the middle of the stream and then turned toward the bridges. His companions called to him to turn back, for the current is on downstream and was caught in the great sweep. the first break from the smoother waters to the rapids.
 The boy battled for a time against the current, but to no avail. Then. evidently realizing that he was be- yond human help and was to be car rfed through the rapids. which took the life of the EneIishman Capt. Webb and which have resisted every un- aided human effort at passage he de uberately turned downstream and be- gan to fight to live through the rap-
 Not in all the history of the river has such 2 stanch attempt been wit, wit, frail boy, Sporer went into the rap Ids swimming strongly, and held his own until he struck the giant wave which curls up opposite the old bat and for a second was lost to sight ef the score of people who stood on the lower arch bridge.
 Again and again he disappeared, only to reappear, each time fighting des- perately against the terrible current but when within 301 yards of the whirlpool his strength gave out. he rank and was lost to view. Even then he had swum perhaps 100 yards further than Capt. Webb did.
 The body. can now be seen in the whirlpool, where rivermen are waiting forzH to be brought far enough il shore to be caught.