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DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-02-19
COLLEGE LIFE.

The life of the University in my opin-
ion, is o. a good plane, Am | not
right. | mean that Our students are
responsive to appeals made to their
nobler natures that they have respect
to the good order of the college commune
ity as whole. They are more amen.
able to discipline; more respectful to
their teachers, more conservative of
good traditions and more inclined to do
the square thing as the institution grows
older. feel very proud of this student
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-02-19
THE LAW SCHOOL.

The law passed by the las Legislature
all persons hereafter admitted
to the bar in this State to pass an eX-
animation submitted by the Supreme
Court of the State, has lifted the status
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-02-19
THE BUSINESS COLLEGE.

The Normal School was moved TO
DcI.and Hall and the business College
was moved to the old Normal School
quarters, This has been 4 decidedly
beneficial change ali around. The Bust
ness College has had to have more desks
and seats to accommodate the overflow,
The director Of the Business College is
meeting all the requirements of the situ-
alton and is giving results of 4 Very salts
flying kind.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-02-19
THE NORMAL SCHOOL.

The work of this department has been
strengthened by the addition of several
teachers and by the greatly increased
attendance, especially of the spring
quarter In my judgment there is
greater need than ever of an effective
normal school in this State. The Prac.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-02-19

of the Legal profession in the State and
has made the high requirements OF our
Law School all the more desirable In.
stead Of hurting the Law School, it has
made a law education necessary to pro.
tectIve lawyers. In attendance, in
efficiency in the strength of its courses,
the Law School maintains the high
standard which it has always maintained
from the beginning.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-02-19
THE SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY.

The additional instruction provided
in this department last fall has enabled
us to offer some more advanced courses
than heretofore given in the higher
branches of chronological work. The
practical character of this work COM
mends the department, More recog-
milton should be given to the worl; OF the
preparatory school OF Mechanics Arts
for College entrance. The work turned
out Of Our shops has always commanded
high admiration for its excellence.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-02-19
THE DINING ROOM.

One Of your presidents duties is to
run hotel. 1t is not usually a part of
presidents work. 1t gives rise TO many
perpeXing questions to much irritation,
but it is a necessary part Of our work and
! am glad to do anything that i, neces-
sary to the work Our dining room has
had more students in it this year than
ever before. 1t greatly helps me in adj
miniStering the boarding side of our
work when you give me the loyal back
ing which you have steadfastly given ME
in all these things. In this connection
wish to speak Of the effectiveness Of
Ms, GARRISON and her helpers who have
had TO work, as everyone else has to, in
the case OF higher food prices, the scar
city Of good help and a more general
demand for a better table. Otr stu
dents do not revel in luxury, but neither
do they practice the frugal living Of an
earlier day.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-02-19

accomplished. The dean has admins
istercd his office with vgor and that has
resulted IL better class attendance, and
that, of course, in the better prepara-
ton of lessons. It has been my policy
to share the authority you have given
me more and more with the deans and
with the heads Of departments with a
view to securing for you the results you
seek. The teachers have been faithful,
as a body in the discharge Of their
duties To he sure, some teachers excel
Others in efficiency and also in fidelity.
1t is the exception where one falls short.
Nearly all have made a very gratifying
response 90 the calls have been obliged
to make upon them for sharing the large
numbered duties arising in a school which
fall outside Of the class room require
ments but which have 10 be performed
in every school by the members Of the
faculties. would ike TO mention by
name a large number of persons on Our
faculty who have been of great assist
ance to me Those who are actively
sharing with me the administration Of
departments have done considerable
outside work.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-02-19
THE INSTRUCTION..

More effort has been made this year TO
strengthen the work Of instruction and
it is believed that this result has been
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THE SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS.

This school was stored last fall. 1t
is now in excellent hands, is conducted
on strictly scientific principles and
reaches the children in the grades in
addition to those who give most of their
time to art.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
The Tailor Bird.

The brilliantly plumed birds of the tropical forests are exposed to many dangers, and if they were not gifted with peculiar yet useful instincts they would fall ready victims to their enc mics. Chattering monkeys and big snakes steal and eat their eggs, while their offspring are preyed upon by foes on every side. But 1t takes a sly mon- key or snake to get ahead of the tailor bird, small East Indian singing bird. She hides her nest so skillfully that her enemies cannot find 1t, no matter how hard they try. This she does by using her long, slender bill as a needle. With the tough fiber of 0 parasitic plant abundant in the tropics, as a thread she sews a dead leaf taken from the end of q slender and hanging branch, and between these leaves she builds her nests, where neither monkey nor snake can approach, because the branch will not bear its weight
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS
 AUXILIARY TO POST
Mrs. LiIIie J. Disbrow is Elected Pres;.
 dent and Mrs. Lydia Lockwood, Senior Vice President.

With a charter list of forty names, Elias Howe, Jr., Woman's Relief Corps, was formally instituted, yes- terday afternoon, in G. A. R. Hall. The organization will be an auxiliary to Elias Eowe, Jr., post and will meet twice a month in the G. A. R. hall. The officers of this new corps are as fol- lows: President, Mrs. Lillie J.. Disbrow {; senior vice president, Mrs. Lydia Lock- wood; junior vice president, Miss Hen rietta Noble; treasurer, Miss Sarah B. Boudren; chaplain Miss Mary K. Por- ter; conductor, Mrs. Joseph Lyon; guard, Mrs. Carrie $. Godfrey; secre- tary, Mrs. Fife T. Kelsey; assistant guard, Miss Francis M. Stewart; assis- tant conductor, Mrs. Julia s. Peet; pa triotic instructor, Mrs. Annie Miller; press correspondent, Mrs. Robert Lau- der; musician. Mrs. Lena H. Davis; as- siStant musician, Mrs. Anna Hibbard i; color bearers, Mrs. Harriet Mix, Mrs. Carlson, Mrs. Fanny Black and Mrs. Etta D. Seeley.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
A Miniature Inland Ocean,

One of the queerest sheets of water in New England or within the limits of the United States. or the world for that matter, is the celebrated Shows ocean" in the state of Maine. When calm 1t is to all appearances an ordinary pond of no great dimensions, but ob- servations and Investigations made more than a century ago prove that the little body of water is veritab bIe ocean. It is located in Orrington, near Bangor. and it's peculiarity is that. al- though situated among some high hills some distance from ocean or river. it has tides which rise and fall as regular lX as do those of the great Atlantic. Many so called scientific examinations of this miniature oceans bed and sur rounding banks have been made. but so far no tenable explanation of the phenomenon has ever been given to the public
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
Trees That Form Islands.

In the course of great rivers, islands
 e'e generally formed by the stranding
 of trees, shrubs, plants and such things
 brought down by the current. In the Mackenzie river of Canada the whole process of island making in this way can be easily observed. Trees borne down from the banks by the undermining ac- ton of the current usually retain con- siderable mass of earth and stones en- tangled in their roots. They, therefore. readily sink, and by doing so form con- siderable shoals, which time converts into regular vegetable islands. Then a thicket of small willows covers the newly formed land and their fibrous roots serve to bind the whole firmly to- gether. A peaty soil is formed by the gradual decay of the vegetation, includ- ing the trunks of the trees, and on this many new varieties of plants spring up. Sometimes the island clears its moorings and floats away down stream until it is again arrested by an obsta- cle. or it may become in a sense water logged and subside close to the bottom. In this latter case it often gets covered over with mud and sand. which form a new and more permanent land sur face above it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
A Stag and . Ladder.

Stories of deer with rain barrels or water pails on their heads are common enough among Maine and Adirondack guides, but 1t is left for Europe to come to the fore with a variant. Some hunts men near Innsbruck came upon a stag with a ladder on it's antlers. In spite of this handicap it made of at great speed on seeing the man, leaping hedges and dashing through the under growth as if quite unimpeded. Its mad career was stopped, however, when the ends of the ladder caught between two trees. Its struggles were so frantic at the approach of the huntsman's dog that it broke off part of its antlers and, thus freed, made good it's escape. The ladder proved to belong to a farmer who had left it standing against one of his haystacks. While stealing the hay the stag had evidently upset the lad der, which had thus become fixed on it's horns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
The Lobster. Birth Name.

Did you ever see the name lob ster is born with?" asked a fish dealer the other day. "It Is marked on his body. No? We'll, I'll show you one"
 The dealer took a live lobster out of a heap on the marble slab.
 Its name is Joe" the dealer said after he had inspected one of its legs. "Now, can you find it?''
 The customer took the lobster gin- gerly by the back of the neck, where it could not reach his hand with its nip pers. Turning it on its back so that the brown legs at its side fopped back ward, smooth streak half an inch long and nearly as wide was seen on the inside of the thigh. In this streak, like a mosaic, were short lines, as though some one had printed on it with indelible brown ink in backhand the characters JOE.
 Some Holsters are named Jim," the dealer said, some Jack, others John, and I once clearly made out the name Julia"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
BANNOCKBURN
 THE NEW GOODS The Best Selection for Those Who Favor Gray
 Look It Over Men TWAS NOT SHOWN
 IN THE SAMPLES The Big Hit in New York and London Style Shops Don't Miss It.

All men of fashion should know Bannockburn, the new snappy cloth that Bond Street, London, and Fifth Avenue. New York, are giving great preference this spring. Bannockburn is gray silk stripe worsted that makes it's initial appearance in this city. in the tailoring establishment of Howard Wheale. 1042 Main street It is said too that this is the first town it has struck outside of the big fash ion centres, proving Bridgeport to be most fortunate and up-to-date- The goods were not shown in the samples it being the very latest and most correct of all patterns. It is said to be the best that European looms can produce and it is shrunk by the most expensive method. It is goods that any man would be very much satis- fled with and made up it would cred itably represent any dresser. It is an excellent pattern for the snappy mod els ''The Roseberry' or "The Clayton" introduced for the first time in this city few days ago by Wheale. the tailor No man fond of real style, or who is pleased to know the latest fash ion news as originated in the metro politan style centers of the world should fail to step into Wheale's at 1042 Main street and look at this big Lon don and New York hit-Bannockburn cloth. Also look at. the latest suit models. Remember you're under no obligation-just because you look you don't have to buy. Wheale doesn't expect everyone to buy. but does ex- pect good dressers to look over the new things in his store.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
,a.1ins Bread With Sc. Water.

>>.-~o
 At one time sea water was used in some English seaside places when mak- ing bread. Even now villages along the coast line of France utilize it. Fresh rain or spring water is only used for the leaven, pure sea water being exclu- sively employed for the making and mixing of the dough. By this method no mineral or table salt requires to be added, the natural salt water giving the bread the necessary degree of sa- Unity. But, though sea water does ad- mirabiy for breadmaking, when ap- piled to other culinary purposes the result is a disagreeable failure The wheaton bread produced by it, how ever. is excellent and of great hygienic value. The chloride of magnesium. which imparts the acrid taste to sen water. is decomposed in the heating and therefore does not convey it's origi- nal disagreeable taste to the bread, while the common salt. of course, per manently retains all its characteristic saline properties. The mineral sub- stances left in the baked bread are con- sidered to be of the nature of very mild regulating medicines.-London Mail
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
The Temple of Diam.

The most noted fire which involved the burning of a single edifice was the destructicsl of the great temple of Di- ma at Ephesus in B. c. 356 on the night Alexander the Great was born. The fire was kindled by Herostratus, who when apprehended confessed that his only desire was to transmit his name to further ages. He was put to death with exquisite and prolonged tortures, and the Ephesian senate con- handed that on pain of death hiG name should never be pronounced, hoping thus to disappoint his expectation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
THIRTEEN CHURCHES
 SEND DELEGATES
District Nurse Association for the Stamp. ing ont of Tuberculosis to be Termed
Will be Auxiliary to Fairfield County Anti.TuberculOsis Association Cash on Hand, or Pledged, S265.53- I'm. mediate Needs of Work.

To aid in the stamping out of tuber- culosis in Fairfield county, a meeting of the women of the city was called at the Council Chamber in City Hall yesterday afternoon. Notice of the meeting had been read in each of th5 72 churches and representatives from Is of them were on hand. The women propose a society of a thousand mem bers. at a fee of s1 each. The object is to maintain a district nurse to visit tubercular patients.
 The meeting was presided over by Mrs. H.H. Tweedy, who explained tha: the women were to form a permanent organization. at the next meeting. She also outlined as follows immediate needs in the effort to conquer ti'. white plague:
 First: A hospital for treating incipl- ent cases.
 Second: A dispensary. if a hospital is impossible. or until it is possible.
 Third: Visiting nurses to begin the work of education in the home of patti ents.
 Fourth: Money to aid these nurses in the purchasing of necessities for the patients.
 Those present were: Mrs. Zalmon Goodsen. Calvary; Miss Maud Sears First Baptist; Mrs. E. D. Beach. Mrs. R. M. F>alkner and Miss Susan E. Hobby. Kings Highway; Mrs. Mac ,FarQuhar. Mrs. E. $. Williams. Mrs. E P. Bullard. Peoples Presbyterian; Mrs G. W. Jackman and Mrs. F. L. Day. Universalist; Mrs. F. P. Trecarten. St. John; Mrs. Walter Goddard. Mrs. Davis Foote. Mrs. Charles H. Johnson and Miss Elizabeth Bishop. Trinity Epis- copal; Mrs. Frederick Rhodes. Wash ington Park M. E.; Mrs Rowland. Slum Workers: Miss Mary E. Lee, Fairfield: Mrs. George Schneider. St. Joseph: Mrs. Henry Lee, St. Charles; Mrs. M. H. Ford, St. Patrick: Mrs. R. F. Jaycox. Mrs. R. Lyman and Mrs. Miss NIL. Higby. Mrs. Geo. W. Flames. Mrs. A. T. Whiting. Mrs. Lucien T. Warner. Mrs. Edmund Warren. Miss Jessie Warren. Miss May E. Warren, Mrs. I. M. Merwin. Miss Myra Estelle Wooster. Miss N. A. Upson. Mrs. Harry w. Walker. Mrs Edwin A Abell Miss Mary F. Morehouse, Mrs. Mary B. Neville and Mrs. c. A. Nichols.
 The following ladies were appointed a nominating committee to. bring the ZeigIer. Mrs. Ford. Mrs. J. M. Merwin. Miss Elizabeth Bishop, and Mrs. Fred erick Rhodes
 Upon motion of Mrs. Ford the nan,A and object of the organization will be ''The District Nurse Association for the stamping out of tuberculosis in Bridgeport. and auxiliary to the Fair field County Anti-tuberculosis Associa- tion.''
 Pledges and cash reported~as follows South church. Wednesday Workers. so Ladies' Benevolent society, South church. sss. Woman's Universalist club $20; Ladies' Hebrew Aid Society. $l0; West End Congregational church. $5, with promise of more; Slum Workers, $5.
 Cash received including part of the foregoing. sS3.50. Total on hand and pledged $265. 50.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
CnDsfcum.

The capsicum plant, from which the different varieties of pepper are pro duced. Is indigenous to the tropical re gions of Europe. Asia. Africa and America. It grows wild almost as well as under cultivation in all these countries, and in each is used by the natives as a seasoning for food. Its extensive employment has suggested to medical theorists the thought that it must be considered as a natural tonic for the stomach in tropical countries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
Labor In old Times.

Twelve hours in winter and fourteen in summer was a fair average days work. but in Lyons in 1511 the print CTS worked from 2 o'clock in the morn ing till 8 or 9 in the evening. Tn other trades the working hours were often from in the morning till 9 at night or from to 10. Workers in the same metier generally lived together in the same street. but the maitre artisan had his own maison. The ground floor was his shop or workshop; above was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
Mermaida.

All the world over there are legends about mermaids. The Chinese tell stories not unlike others about the sea woman of their southern seas. Man. kind is taught on the most excellent evidence that a mermaid was captured at Bangor, on the shores of the Bel fast tough. in the sixth century. while another caught at Edam in 14O3 was carried to Haarlem and kept there for many years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
A Word With . Strange Hi.tor,

A Word With . Strange History.
 '"Treacle," or molasses, is a word with an interesting history. The ,earli- est ''treacle' was an antfdote against the viper's bite and probably was made of viper's flesh itself. It Is a word with a strange history, descending from the Greek 'ther," a wild beast. whence came the adjective "theriakos," '" pertaining to a wild beast, which was eventually specialized to mean serv- ing as an antidote against wild beasts bite. In English ''treacle" then came to mean anything soothing or comforting. Chaucer even speaks of Christ as "treacle of all harm" And, as so many soothing remedies were sirups, 'treacle" at length meant sim ply sirups of various kinds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
The PhiIosophy of Thunder.

Thunder is caused by the lightning spark heating the air in it's path. caus- ing sudden expansion and compression all around, followed by as sudden a thus produced. If the spark be straight and short the clap will be short and sharp; if it's path be a long and crook ed one succession of sounds, one aft CT the other. with a characteristic rat tie, will be heard. followed by the echoes from other clouds. The echoes have rolling and rumbling sound.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
Wanted All That wn. In It.

Father (whose wife has presented him with twins) - Tommy. you may stay home from school today and to- morrow tell the teacher that you have two new brothers. Tommy-Wouldn t it be better to say that I have only one new brother? Then I can stay home a day next week for the other one.- Fliegende Blatter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
The Tendon Achilles.

Anatomists fancifully call the biz tendon of the heel tendon Achilles '' after the Greek hero. The mythologic- al story goes that his mother, Thetis. holding him by the heel. dipped him In the river Styx to make him invulnera- ble. Put Paris inflicted a wound that proved fatal on the heel that had not been immersed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
Health Crnzea.

The pursuit of health, like the mor- phia habit or drunkenness, grows on people till it really becomes a vice. Continuous thought and anxiety abou: ones health is extremely bad for the constitution and undermines 1t quicker than port wine.-London Queen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
To Keen Awake In Church,

A minister once told me a good way to keep awake in church when inclined to be drowsy. The way was this: Lift one foot little way from the floor and hold it there. It is impossible to go to sleep when your foot is poised in the air. This remedy, though simple, Is very effectual and never fails to keep a person awake.-National Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09

his bedroom. which was also the sI ting and eating room; a small room ad-
 joining accommodated his children. and above was a garret where various commodities were stored. - Brisson' s
 "Work and Workers"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
Afternoon Calls.

The afternoon call Is survival of an age when nobody had anything to do except visit friends. The bitter part of the whole sad business is that, un- less one pays calls. one does not get asked to dinner.-London Globe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
Because It Wa. True.

City Editor Cto reporter)-Look here, what do you mean by writing, Among the prettiest girls at the dance was Lieutenant Rogers?" The lieutenant is a man, believe. Reporter Cubb- Yes. I understand that; but you see he spent the greater part of the evening among the prettiest girls there.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
Sure Thing.

Teacher-A miracle is going against the natural order of things. Are mira cles performed today? Bright Boy Yes'm. Teacher-Name one. Bright Boy-Well. mamma says that papa is always turning night into day.-Life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09

None can teii where the diamond goes to in combustion. When burned it leaves no ash and not a trace of the once brilliant stone.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
Fiction.

"What are you writing about. Haw- ley?"
 "A story. Pm going in for fiction" Really? For a magazine?'
 "No; for my tailor. He wants his MoEey, and Pm telling him I'll send him a check next week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
Mother. Df.cf,liue.

This is the way mother disciplines: She spanks her child for crying for Q
 slice of cake, and then when 1t cries because of the spanking, she gives 1t
 the whole cake to comfort it.-Atchison Globe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09
The Man Under the Bed.

The Mdn Unucr the bed Mrs. Timid-Did you ever find a man under the bed? Mrs. Bluff-Yes; the night we thought there were burglars in the house. I found my husband there
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-09

Not the body but the soul strikes the blow in which lives victory.-Maga.