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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
A Summer of Haze.

Europe and Asia were covered by
fog during the summer Of 1873. Says
Gilbert White DETER 1O9): "The sum-
mer Of the year 1888 was an amazing
and a portentous one, = for, be-
sides the alarming meteors and ire
mendous thunderstorms, the
peculiar haze, or smoky fog, that pre-
vailed for many weeks in this island
(England) and in every part of Europe
and even beyond its limits was a most
extraordinary appearance. The heat
was intense. Calabria and part Of the
isle Of Sicily We're torn and convulsed
with earthquakes" Cowper also re-
fers to this phenomenon In speaking OF
mature, with dim and sickly eye"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago. May 3.-Pittsburg won both
games from the Cubs yesterday after
noon. Overall was opposed by Cam
punching hits with errors for enough
runs to win easily. The second game
was opened with a wild session in
which five runs were scored off Reul-
bach. while the Pirates connected with
six stolen bases. Hans Wagner stole
second third and home in this round.
The scores:
Pittsburg -. 201000 O1 1-5-10-1
Chicago ....... 2 o o o o 0 0 o. So
Batteries:-Camnitz and Gibson
Overall and Moran
Second Game.
Pittsburg ...... 5 o o 0 o $3.50
Chicago ...-... o o o 0 0-0-6-5
St. Louis, May 3.-After winning the
first game of a double header yester-
day afternoon from Cincinnati st.
Louis went to pieces and allowed the
visitors to bag the final contest The
games were exciting but poor exhibit
tons, nine pitchers being used in the
two games. Bresnahan was chased
from the field in the first game for
kicking on Ewing's pitching. The
scores:
Cincinnati 49,. Oo0013 O-4-6-1
ST. Louis ...... o 1 o o o 8 o o 1-5-S-3
Batteries:-Rowan. Campbell and Nc
Lean: Beebe and Phelps.
Second Game.
Cincinnati 1890 2 o 3 4 0 E13-14-3
observation-disclosures. Ewing. Campbell
and Mclean: Higginbotham. Moore
and Phelps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
SHOEMAKERS' WAX.
The Surprising Properties of This Pc
culiar Substance.

! ne surprising properties OF ms 70
culiar Substance.
One of the most apt illustrations
ever made by. Lord Kelvin was his
likening the luminiferous ether to a
mass Of shoemakers' wax. What Lord
Kelvin said of shoemakers' wax may
be tested by any boy In a manner that
will astonish his playmates. FIRST let
it be said that the ether penetrates all
space. 1t is as rigid as steel and yet
30 flexible that it does not retard the
passage OF planets through space in
the least. 1t Is an invisible substance
which travels in waves through all
things. Now. to illustrate the nature
Of such a paradoxical material Lord
Kelvin searched everywhere and at
last concluded that shoemakers' wax
represented 1t best. He made tests,
and this is what he found:
He melted some wax in a common
glass tumbler. After it had hardened
he tried to thrust lead pencil through
It. It would not go. Then he placed a
coin ON the surface of the wax and
left it there for several days. When
he again visited it the coin had sunk
to the bottom Of the glass. The wax
bad closed over 1t. and by lifting up
the glass and looking through the bot
tom he could see the coin lying there.
Had the wax been as deep as a well
the coin would have gone ON sinking
until it reached the bottom. This proved
that the wax would conform only to
very slow movements. If he had tried
to push it too fast it would have re-
sisted him.
~ OF a col
wax acted like this toward the coin.
how would it treat an object which
f1oated? He accordingly placed a
cork in tumbler and poured hot shoe
makers wax upon it. The wax hard
ened 18th the cork at the bottom. Yet
when Lord Kelvin looked at the bot
tom Of the glass in a day or two he
found the cork had disappeared. 1t
was somewhere in the mass of wax
and probably rising very slowly, but
surely, toward the top. Sure enough,
after a given period Of time the cork
peeped above the surface Of the hard
wax, and finally 1t rose to point where
1t remained half imbedded in the wax,
just as it would have done in a glass
Of water. 1t rose no higher than this,
however, and a corkscrew probably
would not have pulled it from the wax.
Yet its own buoyancy had raised it up
from the bottom through what seemed
an impenetrable mass Of wax.
This, in fact, is the popularity of
shoemakers' wax-that it resists all
sudden or quick movements, but is
highly susceptible to very slow and
prolonged pressure. II you pressed a
f1atiron hard down on lump Of wax
on a table it is probable you would
make no impression on it, but if you
left that iron resting on the wax for a
day or two you would find the lump
flattened out under the iron. So curl
Gus is this property of the wax that
tuning forks have been cast from
pieces OF it. These forks were capa-
BILE Of vibration, giving musical note
and being set going by vibration from
another tuning fork, yet when one Of
them was laid across the open mouth
Of a jar it slowly collapsed and fell
into the jar in a shapeless, sticky
mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
How She Missed Him,

shop in a northern village and who
was troubled with a husband who
could scarcely be considered credit
to the family one day found herself a
widow through the sudden demise OF
her spouse. A lady who frequently
made small purchases at the shop
called to see her and offer her sym
pathy, though well knowing that the
mans death must in a certain sense
come as q relief, as the wife had often
suffered from his violence. She was
not, however, quite prepared for the
stoical way in which the wife took her
bereavement.
Said the lady. II am sure. Mrs. G..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
BOWLING.

The State League season just closed
finds Jimmy Watt of this city on top
of the heap with a high average of
1916 for 81 games. Charles Johnson
of New Haven, who held the high
average for one lone week having re-
placed Watt, was second with 1S9 for
80 games. New Haven won the cham
pionship cleanly, the race simmering
down to a contest between Hartford
and Bridgeport for second place, which
both teams finished n tie, which will
shortly be rolled off. Of all the play
ers that entered the contests only three
played the full quota of games, F. Mu-
sante of this city, c. johnson of New
Haven and w. williams of Hartford.
The Bridgeport averages are as fol-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

the championship which has resulted
because of the three wins apiece for
New Haven and Bridgeport will be
finally settled this evening, both teams
rolling in Meriden. The race proper
ended in a tie and a home and home
series was then rolled. This, how
ever, failed to settle the championship
and according to the conditions of the
roll-off, the deciding series was to be
bowled on neutral alleys, Meriden be-
ing selected. The match will take
place at the Casino alleys, "A State
street, Meriden, at o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
A ThouehtfuI Bow,

Anxious Mother-Johnny. is it posi-
BILE that you. as sick as you claim to
be- have eaten that whole rhubarb pie
Johnny-Yes, mamma. You know the
doctor said my system needed rhu-
barb. and 1 thought I'd better take a
good dose Of it before got any worse.
Chicago News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
AMERICAN LEAGUE

st. Louis. Mo-. May 3.-Joss was at
his best yesterday. allowing only 4
hits to the Brown batsmen, and Cleve-
land won Two hits in the sixth in
ming. with an inf1eld out, allowed Goode
to register the lone tally for the Maps.
The score:
St Louis $3.50. 0 o o o o o 00-LO
Cleveland 49,. o o o o o 1 o 0 O-1-7-0
Batteries:-PoweN Petty and Steph-
ems; JOSS and Clarke.
Chicago, May S.-The Tigers defeated
the White Sox yesterday in a game
marked by heavy batting on both sides.
The feature was a great catch by Cobb
in the first inning which robbed
Cravath of a three base hit. The score:
Chicago 1900 o o o 1 1 o 0-5-10-1
Detroit .......- 8 o 1 o o o 1 1 0-6-11-0
Batteries:-Smith and Sullivan; Will
lett Mullin and Schmidt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
NORTH ENDS.
Total ...........42 4 8 q
SCORE BY INNINGS:

South Ends ....... 8 9 1 o o O liz
North Ends 1900. 8 o o o o 90 o. 4
Summary:-Two base hits, John Lam
non 2, Farrell. Three base hits. w.
Martin, Farrell. Bowden. Hits off,
2 in 1 inning, Farrell 6 in innings,
Meehan 10 in 8 innings. Boynton in
6 inigs. Sacrifice hit, O'Day. Stolen
bases, T. Lannon 2. w. McMullen. F.
McMullen. Bowden. Mcbride, E. Mar
tin 2. Quinn. Left on bases. South
Ends 8, North Ends z. First base on
balls, South Ends 8, North Ends z. Hit
by pitcher. w. Martin 2, Quinn. Struck
out, Farrell 6, Meehan 2, Boynton 6.
Passed balls, LSrnon 2, Meerbach.
Wild pitches. Hayes. Time, LBS. UNI
pire, Doc Mills.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
Connecticut League

Waterbury, May 3.-New Britain
found Sillery easy yesterday, hammer
ing him all over the lot for a total of IA
hits. six Of which were for extra bases.
Waterman, Cabrera and Refurange
each had a. trio of Safeties. Water
bury's misplays were costly. A catch
by Marsans featured. The score:
New Britain. 1 1 o 8 1 1-11-14-1
Water bury :. o o 1 o 1 o 2 l. 5-10-4
Batteries:-Ward. Srown and Ru-
FRANCE; Sillery and Schincel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
Political Riots Cause
Wholesale Arrests in Mexico

Mexico City, May 3.-Politfcal riots
among the people of Santa Cruz, State
of Tlaxcala, have caused the authori-
ties to make wholesale arrests. 1t is
stated that so many of the employees
of the cloth and thread factories are
in Jail that these industries will have
to close down
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
The First Word.

s@That is what I call an ideal mar
riage," Hardy declared to his wife as
they were walking homeward after an
evening at the CAROLS. actually,
believe, both think absolutely alike
Eyes, they are certainly charming .
assented Mrs. Hardy; but about the
thinking, Joe. If you will notice, she
generally thinks irst.'-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
Preachers Daughter Too.

Preachers Daughter Too.
A Cleveland minister has three
daughters, the youngest one only five
years old. The other day tn. chfld's
nurse reproved her.
eff you talk to me that way again"
spoke up the five-year-old. 'tI'l say
something to you, and it'll have L In
IT." Then, as an afterthought, ait
won't be lily either. Plain
Dealer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

that Jou A-ust Hiss your husband.
well, mum, it do seem queer to go
Into the shop and find something in
the til1."-London Express.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
The Answer.

"'Widow' and window are very
much alike"
"Well. and what's the answer?'
when / get near either 1 always
look out."-Boston Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

fore the Bengals in a twelve inning
game at Barnum's lot by the score of
4 to 8. The defeated team will play
the Independents Of Meriden in that
town next Sunday
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
NATIONAL LEAGUE
National League Standing
Yesterdays Results

At st. Louis-St. Louis 5. Cincinnati
4, (frst game); Cincinnati Is, St.
Louis 8. (second game.)
At Chicago-Chicago 2, Pittsburg 5,
(frst game): Pittsburg 6, Chicago o,
(second game.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
The Poor Women.

'fWhy does a woman always want
another woman to go shopping with
her?''
''She gets the other woman to make
the selections and then takes some
thing else."-Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
Optinist and Pessimis

Optin1ist and Pessinist.
"What is the difference between an
optimist and a pessimis17'
"a pessimist is always thinking Of
nfs liabilities, while an optiniist thinks
only of his assets."-Judge,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

The more we study the more we dis
cover our ignorance.-Shelley-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
Games Today

Boston at Brooklyn.
New York at Philadelphia.
Pittsburg at Chicago.
Cincinnati at ST. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

He who has a good ~eat should no
leave it.--MGuuel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
Saturdays Results

At St. Louis-Cincinnatf 8. st. Louis
!.
Other games postponed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
LIE You Can Get LIN.

There's always room at the top"
Eyes, but sometimes the elevator
isn't running."-Cleveland Leader.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
Saturdays Results
Games Today

At Detroit-Detroit, 5; st. Louis, 2.
Other games postponed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

Washington at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
BASEBALL SCORES
AT A GLANCE
CONNECTICUT LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
At Waterbury-New Britain. IL; Wa
terbury. 5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Yesterdays Results

At st. Louis-Cleveland. L; St. Louis
AT ChicAgo-Detroit. 6: Chicago. 8.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

Games Today
Bridgeport at New Haven.
New Britain at Waterbury.
Springfield at Hartford.
Northampton at Holyoke.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03
Games Today

Saturdays Results
All games postponed, rain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

Horkheimer is the best fielder and
short stop in the Park City League
and also a very good batter 1T takes
a good man to tell him what to do for
he is right there with his head work
and that's all any player needs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

Albert Bakous is a good little center
fielder for Lakeviews.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

The tie in the Nutmeg League for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

O'Donnen made a few good hits
which helped to win the st. Charles
game yesterday, but he could not run
very good ON account Of his sprained
ankle
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-03

The West End Boys Club are COM
ing up great but wait till the St
Charles clash against them, and then
Harry Frank will have something to
say to his old friends.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-21
jealousy the Motive.

New York. June 2l.-The police
are holding as a witness Chu Gain,
manager of the Port Arthur restau-
rant, where Elsie Sigel Is said to
have been a frequent visitor. The
police have been engaged in running
down all clues concerning Leon, but
have failed to find any trace of the
missing man in this city.
Letters from Elsie found in Gains
room contained such terms of endear-
ment that the police are inclined to
believe the motive for the murder
was jealousy on the part of Leon, of
Gain. who seems to have supplanted
Leon in the affections of the young
missionary.
Traces of Leon and his associate,
Chun Chin, indicate that the two men
with an unknown white woman were
in Washington several days following
the murder and as late as last Thurs
day. "a week after the probable muir
der. Ships for the Pacific coast are
closely watched.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-21
PACIFIC COAST
SHIPS MUCH FRUIT
Express Company Prepares TO Spend
More Than a Million in ImproN-
ing Its Facilities.

Chicago, June 21.-Peoplr in the
middle and eastern part OF the United
states have NJ adequate conception Of
the immensely of the volume Of fruit
shipped yearly from the orchards and
groves of the Pacific coast To supply
their wants. such is the opinion Of c.
NJ. Secrist, general manager Of the
Pacific Fruit Express company. which
handles all fruits shipped over the
Hartman lines from California anI
other western points.
Although the company has been In
the ficld only two years, it alone dur
ing the last year moved from the Pa
cific coast 1900 carloads of fruits Of
various kinds. and expectations for the
present year are for total shipmrn.
far in advance of that amount
In order to take care Of the rapidly
increasing volume of business, the eN-
press company is contemplating dur-
ing the coming year an expenditure Of
$1.25O,OOO for Improvements, both m
terminal facilities and in rolling stock
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-21
Says AMERICA IS
OF UNIQUE ,YPt
Brazilian Ambassador Gives United
States Credi, for "Ventilating
Europe"

Madison. Wis. June 21.-"If |
were asked Of what good America
was to Europe, l would say that Co
lumbus cut large doors and windows
on the west side of the old European
manor. which received it's ventilation
only from the east. America has re-
generated the old world since the
sixteenth century as effectually as the
influx from central Europe regener-
ated it in the middle ages"
This was the declaration of Senor
Nabuco. the Brazilian ambassador,
who yesterday delivered the bacca
laureate address to the graduating
class at the University of Wisconsin.
The ambassador took for his subject
"The Share OF America in Civiliza-
ton" and gave prominence to GER
tain Of his impressions regarding the
contributions of the United states to
civilization.
To his mind, said the ambassador
the United states was a nation in
some respects of a unique type, the
only one approaching it being the
Roman empire, when nearing disso-
luton.
every other nation" he said, "is
or was. composed OF a race. or of
separate races. speaking each its own
language: you are nation formed by
the fusion of races OF different Ian
guages, brought by superior induce
ments, to speak only the hereditary
language of the country. In other
words. you are a nation formed of
nations by their own will. Here lies
all the difference; you are formed
by free immigration, not by con
quest"
Thanks to the Monroe doctrine. he
said America was the continent of
peace, land this colossal peace unit,
interesting deeply the regions of the
earth-the whole Pacific. one could
say-forms a neutral hemisphere and
balances the other hemisphere, which
we might call the beliigerents hemi-
sphere"
With the prOdigious growth OF the
United states, he said, its peace sem
timont would have to be tested when
its national aggrandizement meets
with the first serious obstacle.
The question is he said. "if YOU
then would not proclaim the holy ma
ti"nal var As yet no one could say
that peace is permanent article Of
faith with YOU, such as are democracy
aud religious liberation, for instance.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-21
WR|GHTS GET READY
TO TtST MACHINE
They Must Make Speed and Endur-
ance Trials for the Army Officers.

Washington. June 21.-The Wright
brothers arrived today from their
home in Dayton and proceeded to as
semble their machines for trials at
Fort Myer, which will probably take
place Wednesday.
The speed trial must be made in a
flight over course of five miles from
Fort Myer and return, and it will be
the first ever made by a heavier than
air machine over rough hilly ground.
The endurance trial will require that
the Wrights remain aloft two hours
in machine carrying two men and
sufficient fuel for a trip of 200 miles.
Orville Wright said today that the
machine would make a speed of 40
miles an hour. General Allen will
have lookouts on the Fort Myer OBJ
servatory to watch the flights and to
send an automobile with medical sup
plies in case of accident. The turnins
points of the race will be marked
with small balloons.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-21
COMPARES SENATE
TO CONFIDENCE MAN
Says Circus Games Never Offered
Less Plausible Plan Than Do
Some Senators.

Washington, June 21.-Continuing
his advocacy of a tariff on hides
when the tariff bill was taken up this
morning, Senator Warren of Wyom-
ing declared that the Senate had been
injured and insulted' by men, who.
seeking free hides, had declared that
the duty had been put on the Dingley
bill by some midnight process" He
proceeded to present facts intended to
show the value of hides and that a
duty on that part of the bovine car
cass would be of material benefit to
the farmer.
"If a confidence man at a circus
ever presented a less plausible propo-
sition to the farmer than that" de-
clared Carter, referring to the atti-
tude of the senators who want free
hides. che is certainly wanting in
wit
Never before has the farmers in
telligence been so discounted he
said. "He is told first that the duty
does him no good and will therefore
be taken off He is then told that
the duty will be left on leather. shoes
and harness for the benefit of the
manufacturers. Further, he is told
to buy in a protected market and sell
in an open market the things he has
to sell"
Garter declared that if the farmer
has to sell in an open market he shall
also be allowed to buy there.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-21
MRS. COLEMAN DItO
FROM HER INJURIES
Cerrillos Woman Badly Burned White
Starting Fire with kerosene.

After suffering for nearly four
days, Mrs. James r. Coleman sue
cumbed to burns received at her
home in Cerrillos last Wednesday
morning. death occurring yesterday
at ST. Joseph's sanitarium, where sha
was taken last Thursday nigat for
treatment The accident which caused
the death of Mrs. Coleman happened
in Cerrilos last Wednesday morning
about o'clock when she attempted
to start a fire in the kitchen range
with the aid of kerosene.
The exact manner in which the
fire started is still a mystery but It
is thought that some of the fluid
got on Mrs. Coleman's drers and IN
D lcachlng about the stove, stepped on
a match, the flame of which ignite d
her clothing.
Besides her parents MI and NJ 5.
W NJ Musgroyr. OF Ccrrillos, Ms.
Coleman leaves a husband ana one
son, the latter I'VE years old. The
body was shipped 10 Cerrillos last
night where iuterment viii be- made
this afternoon MT. Coleman is a
black smith in Crrrillos.
Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-06-21
DISAGREEMENT ENDS
FIVE MONTHS TRIAL
Jury Reported Yesterday That it
Could Not Find a Verdict =
Calhoun May Prosecute
Both Heney and
SpreCkels.


S"" rrancisco' June zl'-At the
request of attorneys for Patrick Cali
houn. president OF the Irnitea pa,l-
wavs ono of tba r,,,, 80,
-.
"e"'"s' MN was set Iof trla1
next MONDAY, June rs. This indfct-
ment alleges the offer or prime to
former Supervisor John j. Furey and
is similar to the one on which Abe
Reuf was sentenced to IA years In the
penitentiary.
Terminating in disagreement of
the Jury. with 10 man for aconittaI
and two for conviction, the trial Of
Patrick Calhoun came to an Nnd ves-
terday at noon Five months 10
dav have ,passed since Calhoun u...A
his first appearance -. - sesr~t rooFR
to answer the charge of Offering A
bribe to a supervisor to obtain a prfy-
ilege for his corporation and the Jury
spent "a hours in fruitless delibera-
ton.
There was no demonstration when
the announcement was made and th.
defendant and his attorneys Quickly
departed from the court room. When
the Jury reported for the last time
the Jurors all assured Judge I.awlor
that there was no hone of an auree-
ment and SO a disagreement was re-
corded
Heney announced that he would he
ready to try the case again tomorrow.
If necessary.
Calhoun said he considered the re-
suit a victory, though he was disap-
pointed at no acauittal. He declared
that Heney was bribed and that he
woulo bring charges of such charac-
ter against him as well as against
Rudolph Spreckels for giving the
bribe.
In dismissing the Jury, Judge Law
lor took occasion to thank them for
their efforts to secure a verdict ami
included in his remarks a statement
concerning procedure in courts. He
said In part: