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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Sixteenth Century Meals.

Judging from passage in Harrison's Description of Britain,' breakfast eating in the sixteenth century was held to denote effeminacy. Hereto fore" he writes, there hath beeu more time spent in eating and drink ing than commonly is in these days; for whereas of old we had breakfasts in the forenoon, beverages or munitions, after dinner, and thereto reare suppers when it was time to go to rest, now these cd repasts, thanked be God, are yerie well left, and ech one (except here and there some young hungrie stomach that cannot fast till dinner time) contenteth himself with dinner and supper enlie. The nobilitie, gen trie and students ordinarilie go to dinner at II before noon and to sup per at 5 or between 5 and at after noon. The merchants dine and sup seldom before 12 at noon and 6 at night, especialie in London. The hus- bandmen dine also at high noon and sup at or 8, but out of the tearme, in our universities, the scholars dine at TO-"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
hi. Rad handwritina.

Dean Farrar in his "Reminiscences" says that the first proofs of Dean Stanley's ''Sinai and Palestine" in formed the reader that from the mon astery of Sinai was visible "the horn of the burning beastv' This was 8 fearfully apocalyptic nightmare of the printers devil for ''the horizon of the burning bush.'' The original proof sheets also stated that on turning the shoulder of Mount Olivet in the walk from, Bethany there suddenly burst upon the spectator a magnificent view of-Jopesr In this startling sentence "Jones" was a transmogrifcation of "Jerus,'' the deans abbreviated way of writing "Jerusalem." When the dean answered an invitation to dinner his hostess has been known to write back and Inquire whether bis note was an acceptance or a refusal, and when be most kindly replied to the question of some workingman the recipient of his letter thanked him. but ventured to request that the tenor of the answer might be written out by some one else, as he was mot familiar with the hand writing of the aristocracy."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
LIVE STOCK MARKET. .

New York, June S--Medium to prime steers sold at $5.75@s6.s0 per 100 lbs; bulls, at $4.25@$5.25; cows at g 300 ss-s City dressed native sides O 10 1-2c. E
 Common to choice veals sold ct $6.5 @$9 per 100 lbs. few tops at s9.25; throwouts at s5@$s; buttermiik calves at $5@&5.75. City dressed yeals SO 13c.; country dressed at O l2c.
 Common to prime sheep sold at $40 prime lambs at ss-5e@$9.62 1-2; year hngs at $5.75@$7. Dressed mutton 10 @l2 1-2c; dressed lambs at 16@lSc: dressed yearlings 12@15c; country dressed hothouse lambs at H.50 e s6 per carcass.
 Prices for hogs were steady at s7.4o @s7.60 per 100 lbs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Wss cIeopatra RsautifuI7

Archaeologists have discovered on coins portraits of Cleopatra, and critics have confronted these portraits with the poetic descriptions of Cleopatra given by Roman historians and have found that in these descriptions there was at least much fancy. In the DOT traits we do not see the countenance of a Venus, delicate, gracious, smiling, nor even the fine and sensuous beauty of Marquise de Pompadour. but a face aeshy and, as the French would say, "bonfde," with a powerful aquiline nose-the face of woman on in years, ambitious, imperious. which recalls the face of Maria Theresa. It will be said that judgments on beauty are person al; that Antony. who saw her alive, could judge better than we who see her portraits half faded out by the centuries; that the attractive power of woman emanates not only from cor poreal beauty, but also, and yet more, from her spirit. The taste of Cleopa- tra, her rivacity, her ecleverness, her exquisite art in conversation. are ac- claimed by all.-Guglielmo Ferrero in Putnam's.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
The Krakatoa Eruptien.

Perhaps the most remarkable vol canic eruption known was that which took place in August, 1883, at the is- land of Krakatoa, in the strait of Sunda. Streams of volcanic dust were thrown seventeen miles high, and more than cubic mile of material was ex- pelled from the volcanic crater. The air waves started by the eruption tray eied around the earth seven times. The noise was heard at Macassa, 969 miles away; at Borneo, 1,116 miles dis tant; in Western Australia, ], TOO miles away, and even at Rodagues, distant more than 2,e0O miles The dust and powdered pumiee thrown out of the crater made the entire circuit of the earth before settling down and were the cause of the strange sunsets that were observed for many months--NeW York American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04

Messfs. Leverty will go further, and will give with every package they sell their personal guarantee to refund the money if Pleasant Specific does not benefit. A reliable med icine at half price, with the guarantess that your money will be cheerfully re- funded if you are not entirely satis-5 fled.
 Anyone who Is suffering from liver trouble. constipation, sick headache. indigestion, bad taste in the mouth. biliousness, specks before the eyes, melancholy, or tired feelings, should take advantage of this offer. Messrs, Leverty do not know how long they will be able to sell Ames Rleasa at Specific at half price, for the sale haA been something phenenepaLana hlir.s dreds of the most obstinate eases in Bridgeport have been cured.
 As the dose is dininished after ths first few days a bottle that VOL can obtain now for 25 cents will last a month.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Rritish saNinas Clubs.

The working people of England are great patrons of savings clubs, all sorts of agencies being created to enable them to save money that they may have it to spend during the festive season of the year. There are clubs of all kinds. ranging from the shop club. to which the workingmen contribute, to the little clubs run for the purpose of letting school children have a shil- ling's worth of sweets for Christmas treat. There is hardly workshop of any importance in London without it's workmen's saving club, besides which there are many dividing clubs carried on at public houses. and the deposits amount in the aggregate to very large sum. The withdrawals begin in the early days of December, and it is not uncommon for the banks to pay out f300 (S1, 1,46O) to f5O0 C$2,439 to a single club, and the problem of storing the money is one of some difficulty. As the amounts have to be divided among many people they are wanted in cash, and in some cases the propor- ton of gold. silver and copper is speci- fed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
SMITHS

Nothing but the best,'' is what Manager Jackson declares he will give his patrons. How well he has kept that promise will be answered by all who have seen the splendid offerings he has been furnishing during the special summer season, which is now nearing the end of the third week, and which next Monday will enter upon the fourth The bill for this week is is loud in praise of the many good things that are provided at the small est cost which has ever been charged for amusement in this city. It is real ment line which has ever been at tempted in Bridgeport, and the public should rally eagerly to its support
 Thousands of people have been en- three weeks, and most of them have enjoyed in turn each bill offered This weeks bill is a corker. and is really worth three times the money which Is charged for admission How such a splendid offering can possibly be made at the low, cost is a wonder, but Man ager Jackson is determined that he will give the best, and he only asks that the, popular approval shall continue and grow
 For the coming week. the fourth in the season, another fine bill of high class talent has been engaged, and there will be another week of extra ordinary enjoyment for it's patrons. Besides the five acts of the best Taude- vile which will be presented, there will be three reels of splendid motion pictures at every performance, and there will be, as usual, three changes of these, Monday, Wednesday and Fri day. The latest and best pictures will be shown, in such manner as is inn possible anywhere else, for in no other amusement resort in the city is there the necessary distance to get a really good picture.
 The matinee daily at 2:15. and the evening performances at 7:15, give ey- eryone splendid chance to witness this big offering. The evening per fornances are continuous. and you can drop in at any time, and stay as long as you choose. At the matinees. the children are admitted for half price. Don't forget that. but. let the little ones enjoy the offering.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04

in his neighbornoou wno would sursfS die unless operated on. The family was too poor to pay and the doctor did not feel that he was equal to the operation. Would Dr. Bull give him a little advice as to how to proceed?
 'Well, I guess we had better go and take a look at the patient" said Dr.. Bull. putting on his coat.
 They found the patient in an east side tenement, and in less time than 1t takes to tell it pr. Bull had the room cleared and began the operation When he was leaving the father of the girl met him in the hall and forced a quar- ter into his hand. Dr. Bull thanked him and went off feeling happier than if he. had received $1,o0o fee. The girl got well.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Easter Island,

Easter island is a lonely Pacific islet, forty-seven square miles in area, en- tirely volcanic and containing several extinct craters, some of which are more than q hundred feet high, dis covered by Roggeyeen on Easter Sun day, 1722. Little is known concerning the curious remains which have made the island famous. They consist of Wore than 800 rudely carved stone statues and busts. varying in height from three to seventy feet and said
 to be portraits of famous men, not idols. There are also hundreds of stone houses on the island, with paint
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
TIE TH|EATREs
P6LI's

0or performances more will close EpIendid weeks engagement of omy 5ane'' Paul Armstrong's vivid
 i1a Of the west the attraction at
 The all-star stock company 144&d by Miss Alice Fleming and Mir. 6 4nce is presenting a magnificent &l<<11al of this-superb-drama. Large
 11epces Throughout the week thus (1 have attested the genuine popular tHEoFAI the play has met with here.
 from lfle artistic presentation
 &I@ by each and every member of &ast. the staging is most elaborate
 e1Eective. The famous redwood
 It scene is probably one Of the handsome and expensive outdoor
 1xEe ever placed upon a local stage. 3f a ssss
 Snre n growing interest each day TT the dfsfribution of coupons for the I&1Kd of handsome Parisian matt EoWu to some lady patron at next
 @444Xss matinee The gown which < DoK being displayed in the Main Sz&6&k show windows of Meigs & Go. L2 Rne of the msft beautiful creations &5l1T Inporfed from the marts of Paris. ench performance this week cou- u1nD ore issued to lady patrons After tke night performance on next Satur- 6Er no more coupons will be issued. N& next Monday matinee coincident Xl36 the initial performance of Mere II Nary Ann" the locked ticket box in 1lch the coupon stubs have been r&0cod will be opened and a check Q Den by some auditor. The patron Ec<1lnE the corresponding stub will be 4kI2ed the $75 dress.
 z XGfufday afternoon at the close of fh6 perkormances the entire company 'HlH hold reception on the stage All r6<Hons will be made welcome, and will 6 5Iven an opportunity to personally 1&&1t and shake hands with each i3ellber of the company
 Mere1y Mary Ann" Israel ZangwilPs xr(hE comedy drama will be the ex- <rªnary offering at Polls next We2k MT. Poli by the payment of an adNUHced royalty was enabled to se- ctF& this play which will be given for H1 1fSt tIfne here by a resident com H1pY The play will conform to the orfX1nn1 production in every respect NVhen 1t Is remembered that Merely 1Ear& Ann had a phenomenal run in M6W York, and that it played for five scon0ecutiye months at the Duke o1 X0Fkss theatre in conservative London an idea of the worth of the piece may 6e eIeaned Miss Fleming will have the rule of Mary Ann. and MT Ince will he cast in the character of Lance lot. Merely Mary Ann should be one of fhe winners of the stock season
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
MEN PAST FIFTY IN DANGER.

Men past middle life have found comfort and relief in Foley's Kidney Remedy, especially of enlarged pros tate gland. which is very common among elderly men. L. E. Morris Dexter. Ky, writes: Up to year ago my father suffered from kidney and bladder trouble and several physicians pronounced it enlargement of the pros tate gland and advised an operation. On account of his age we were afraid he could not stand it and I recom- mended Foley's Kidney Remedy. and the first bottle relieved him, and after taking the second bottle he was no longer troubled with this complaint -' F. E. Brill, local agent s135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04

ed interiors ana 1ncIsed tablets which, strange to say, have never been de- ciphered- Between 1880 and 1882 the population, by reason of polyandry and emigration, dwipdled to 15O souls, and in 1868 most of these were carried of by the Peruyians to work guano The few inhabitants left are fair haired Polynesians. Since 1888 the island has been Chilean convict station.-New York Telegram.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Then and Now.
Act I.

Tikins-How is business, Wilkins?
 Wilkins-Can't make it go. At this rate I shall be bankrupt in another month. don't seem to have any head for business.
 TiIkins-No; you haven't. But you have good start, and if you'll prom ise to let me run things I'll go in with you as partner.
 Wilkins-Done. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
A Crusher.

A consequential little man entered the commercial room of big hotel net long back and gave vigorous pull at the bell As no one answered he rang again more loudly than before. A maidservant then came in, and the fol- lowing eolloquy took place: Servant-Who rang that beii7
 Little Man (making, most of his heighD-I did
 Servant (seornfully)-Apd who lifted you up to it?-London Telegraph.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Act u.-Ten Years Later.

Guest-What ma gnificent place you haye-ererything that wealth could buy or heart long for! You have been wonderfully prosperous, MT. Wilkins.
 MT. Wilkins lsadly1-Trpe. but, after all, get only half the profits of my great establishment: I tell you, my friend, the mistake of my life was talk ing partner.-London Scraps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
CUT THIS COUPON OUT 5. It Is Redeemable at
 Leyertv'S

J. A. Leyerty & Bro, the popular druggists. ask. you to present the fol-. lowing coupon at either of theif tfrces stores, 1855 Main street, sos Park ave- nue, or North avenue and Main street.. and they will let you have reguiar3 fifty cent package of Ames Pleasant sfa, containing a full months treat-s ment, at half price.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Their Troubles.

You've got no grounds to envy me, :" said the millionaire to the beggar. '1've got just as many troubles as you have"
 tsEo doubt yer right, boss" said the beggar humbly, "but the difficulty with me is I ain't got nothin' else"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Tommy's Choice.

Fond Mother-Tommy, darling, this is your birthday. What would you like to do? Tommy, Darling (after a mo ment's refiectioH)-I think I should en- joy seeing the baby spankedLParis Figaro.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
Didn't Pass It.

A missionary in Trinidad once asked a negro sitting in idleness by the road side how be managed to pass the time. 'I sit in de sun, massa, and let de time pass me- was the quaint and philosophical reply.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04
A Modes. Fee Appr.oiated.

Shortly before Dr. W. T. Bull, New York's famous surgeon, was stricken with his fatal illness young east side physician called at his office and said
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-04

The highest manhood resides in dis position, not in mere intellect.-Beech- CT.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-06
LIVE STOCK MARKET

CATTLE
Choice to fancy steers. $6.S507 1875;
medium to good steers, .$5.75Q6;75; in
ferior to fair steers, $4,000 5.65; fat
cows and heifers. s450Q6.75; canning
cows and heifers, $2.35 q $50; native
cattle. 5000 100 lbs. $500 5.65; fair
to fancy veal calves. Sc @7.25; heavy
calves, $1,000 500; export steers. 1915
a SIS; distillery steers, $5.90@6.S5.
HOGS
Bulk of sales. s7.2O@73o: heavy
$3.50 lbs. .s7,2o@7,35; light bacon. 1899
155 lbs. $6.85Q715: heavy shipping,
250@ 300 lbs. $1,000 40; heavy pack
ing, 2600 400 lbs. $71567.35; mixed
packing. 2oO@25O lbs. s7.1o@T25:
rough heavy packing, $685. Q7.10; light
mixed ITS 200 lbs. $7.05 @7.20: poor to
best pigs, 60@135 lbs, 1915 q 675; gov
ernments. boars and stays. 1925 @7.30.
SHEEP
Native lambs, poor to choice. $1,000
9.15; western lambs inferior to fancy,
$8.1069.25. Colorado lambs, plain to
prime. $S.25 a 9.25: shearing lambs, poor
to choice. S725QS.25; shorn lambs, poor
plain. to best, $5.9Oq $50; shorn ewes,
bucks. stays and Gull sheep. $3.50 q 500.
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PRODUCE MARKET.

Butter-Receipts. 1915 tubs; cream
Csc; prints, 29c; extra frsts 26c; firsts,
Csc; seconds, 23c; diaries. extra, 241z c (;
firsts, 21hc; seconds, 49, c; ladies, No.
I, zoe; packing stock. 19c.
Eggs-Receipts. 29,3S9 cases; miscel-
laneous lots, cases returned. zoe; cases
Included 2ohc; ordinary firsts. zoe;
firsts. must be 20 per cent fresh. gle;
prime flrsts, packed IN new whitewood
cases and must be IS per cent fresh.
&c; extra. specially packed for city
No. l dirties, 19c; checks 16c.
Potatoes-Receipt 10 cars; choice to
fancy. 9sc6s100; fair to good. 90 a CSC.
New, potatoes - Florida, s3.50Q 4.25
veal-Quotations for veal in good
order were as follows: so to so lbs
weight, 6@61ze; 50 to so lbs. .7@7hc;
Dressed beef-Ribs. No. l. 13c; No l
loins. 1910; No. 1 round. So C; No. l
chuck, Ne; No. 1 plate. &C.
chickens. fowls, 15ho; ROSTERS. Toe
springs lbs or over, $500 $500 pei
| doz; geese, SC: ducks, 12c.
Beans - Pea beans, hand picked
choice. s2.55; fair to good, $2.45a 80
red kidney, $4,000 EOS: lower grades
6bT Brown Swedish. s3,2oa2so; off grades
! sI6501.7O; limas, California, per 1OC
/ lbs. S4.S5 a 40,
Berries straw y, "a r. 5o 3i9o95LS'
Fruit-Apples. $4,000 800 per brl; rs,
/ $500 per blu; bananas. jumbo. pc
| bunch Sis; straight. S1.1oG lbs; culls
4 soc Qs1 90: bouquets. So as 5c; lemons
! $2.o0Q2.50; oranges. s2.O00 800: EraD
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NOTICE.
notice.

NOIlCE-
The Board of School Trustees will
receive sealed bids for furnishing coal
for the several school buildings for the
School City of Hammond for the school
year 19o9191O. All coal to be deliver
ed in buildings and no extra charge for
slowing coal in bins Coal to be de-
livered as ordered by Broad in such
amounts and at such times as they
deem necessary.
Bids to be on 1000 tons. more or less.
of the following:
Carterville g." Egg.
Carterville Mine Run.
Harrisburg 6" Egg
Harrisburg Mine Run.
Sullivan County, Indiana Mine Run.
Illinois (Springaeld Distric) Mine
Run.
Illinois (springheld District) S-inch
Nut
The Board of School Trustees re-
serves the right to reject any or all
bids. Bids to be. in the hands of the
secretary by o'clock, May IL. 1909.
Blanks for bidding may be obtained
at the office of the Superintendent of
Schools.
w F. HOWAT. Secretary.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-06
NATURES Warming.

WEAKNESS is not necessarily illness.
1t is just the cry Of the body for rest.
You must not work on after reaching
point of fatigue A few days rest
will set you right then, while if the
body is made to toll and the mind to
work it may take much longer time
to recover. Heed the signal of alarm.
Nature knows.
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pineapples. $3.50

fruit, $1,000 500; pineapples. S2.25@
800 per crate.
Green vegetables Asparagus, $1,000
800 per box; beets. soc per sack; cab
bage, $15001.T5 per crate; carrots.
SL00@125 per sack; new, box. 75c a
$100. celery, $500 3 90 per crate; Gu
cumbers, soc q $l-15 per doz; green on
ions. IS a soc per box; green peas, 75c a
$l25 per bu horseradish. 60@75c
bunch. lettuce. head. per hamper. 250
soc; leaf. zoe per box; mushrooms, 400
Coo per lb; onions, 3 a soc per bu; pie
plant, 75c4 800 per box. parsley,
home grown. 10 020c per doz; peppers.
$200G2.75 per crate; radishes, 500 sc
per box; string beans, green. 25c@ $1.0O
per blu; wax, 25c@ $1.00 per box: toma-
toes, $500 200 per crate; turnips,
boxes, 400 soc; watercress. 10@15c per
dog
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Orloin Of "RIue Laws.v

The name blue laws" was given to
the first collection of laws framed for
the government of the New Haven
colony. They were published in col
lective form in 1850, the volume being
in blue cover, which gave rise to the
name that has chung to the laws ever
since.
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Natural to Seek to please.

We all are conscious of the feeling
that we want to please and that We
want to make ourselves presentable.
This ambition leads to a cultivation Of
taste and elegance which are wonder
fully stimulating. inspiring and splen-
did. There is nothing absurd about
desires to be attractive. They are
quite natural and really uplifting.
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CASH GRAIN MARKET.

Winter wheat by sample: No. red,
$14S@14911; No. red, S1.4301.47; No.
hard. s1.29@1.S9; No. 8 hard, $3.50
1913.
Spring wheat by sample: No. 1
sI27@18O: No. 8 spring. s125@I.8o.
Corn by sample: ON 2 74@74k c;
No 2 white. 75c; No. 2 yellow, 7424 a
75c; No. 8. 100 73&c; No. yellow, 74A
Oats by sample: No. 2 white. 5Sc;
No. white. SEQ 5Sc; No. white, IS q
SIC; standard 5Sc
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-05-06

MORE NEWS IN ONE WEEK IN THE
TIMES THAN IN ALL THE OTHER
PAPERS IN THE CALUMET REGION
COMBINED. COMPARE THEM AND
SEE If 1T ISN'T so.
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MUD, MUD CARRIER,
LIVES IN CLAYsBURG.

JeffersOnvilIe, Ind, May6.-In
recent case a negro was called
to testify In the Clark circuit
court. "What is your name!"
asked the attorney, "ThOmas
Mudd," was the reply. 'sAnd
what is your Occupations7 81
am a mud carrier" said Iudd,
and when asked where he lived
he stated that 1t was at CIays-
burg, that being the northern
suburb OF this city. His evil
dence, however, was clear
enough.
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Unjust to the Girls.

The report that this country spends
only a million dollars a day for sugar
is distinctly Disappointing, If 1t is not
grossly unjust to the bonbon consum-
ing capacity of the matinee girl.
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Hastened 10 secure Prize.

She-"Mother never leaves the
house She simply hates visiting" He
with sudden decision)-''Win you be
mine, darling ?"-Boston Transcript.
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They Cannot Understand.

When a true genius appears in the
world you may know him by this sign,
that the ounces are all In confederacy
against him--SRift-
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In q. the Death.

There is much at stake" said the
executioner, as he applied the torch to
the fat heretic.-Yale Record.
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The pl+v of n

Most of the women who know best
how to manage husbands don't know
how to get them.
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Greece a Pastoral Country.

About one-half of the population of
Greece are agriculturists and shep-
herds.