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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-12
Medicine In the Sea.

The sea, according to certain scient-
lists, caR'furnish not only nourishment.
but medicine. A distinguished French
practitioner prescribes the drinking of
sea water as a cure for diabetes. the
water being aerated in order to re.
move its impurities and, to some ex-
tent, it's nauseous flavor. 1t has also
been administered with success in
cases Of bronchitis and pleurisy. Elk.
periments carried out on consumptive
patients show that subcutaneous in.
jections of sea water are beneficial, at
all events in the early stages of tuber.
culosis! Bread made with sea water
is said by those wi have tried II to
be most appetizing and nourishing.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-12
Az 20 Humility.

Philosophers have tquarreled over the
question Of humility, whether or not il
is virtue. Since humility is SO rare
1t would seem scarcely to be worth dis
cussion. 1t is said that Epictetus in
five places breaches humility: "If thou
passest for person Of consequence in
the opinion of some people, distrust
thyself. No lifting up of the eyebrows
BE nothing In thine own eyes-if thou
seekest to please thou art lost. Give
place to all men; prefer them to thy
self; assist them all" TheoIogians
have contended that humility cos;
nothing to. Eptctetus. who was q slave
He was humble by station as the
learned scholar might be proud by sta.
ton. Voltaire calls humility "the mod
esty of the soul" These gentlemen
did not live in the twentieth century,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-12
A Vital Point

The most delicate part OF n bnby
is it's bowels. Every ailment that
1t suffers with attacks the bowels al-
50 endangering in most cases the life
of the infant McGee's Baby Elixir
cures diarrhoea, dysentary and all
arrangement of the stomach or
bowels Sold by Elko Drug Co,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-12
A Peculiar Wrench

OF the foot or ankle may produce u
very serious sprain. A sprain is
more painful than a break. In all
spraiis, cuts, burns nnd scalds Bal
lard's Snow Liniment Is the best
thing to use. Relieves the pain in
stantly, reduces swelling is n perfect
antiseptic and heals rapidly. Price
Csc. 5oc and Sl.00 Sold by Elko
Drug Go.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-07-12
Radlum In the Ocean.

Discussing the subject of radium and
the internal heat OF the earth. Prof
Jolly Of the University OF Dublin saya
that there are 10000 tons of radium
dissolved in the waters Of the seas and
more than 100000 tons of radium
contained in the sediments which are
deposited overr the floor OF the ocean"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
THE THEATRES
POLI'S

MT. PoIi can congratulate himself in more ways than one. In the first place. the concensus of opinion is that the Bridgeport stock company IS the best on the circuit. There is where Bridgeport wins. In the second place his astuteness is in evidence in his liberal expenditure of money for loyalties so that his patrons can wit ness the very finest of theatrical suc- cess put on in as careful manner as the original, and some times better, at real summer prices. His Hberalfty is also apparent in his efforts to pro vide a neat clean attractive place to witness his plays, cooled with the very best artificial means obtainable. He surely is entitled to his reward in the way of liberal patronage, which he receives and which there is no doubt about his appreciation.
 Miss Mabel Montgomery, the new leading lady at Polls is making friends Coming here with a great reputation, made by earnest and con- sistment work on the road with sue cess, and also with some of the great est stock companies in existence, she has established one fact very sub stantially Poli patrons are loyal, but they have acquired that Missouri hab- it and want to be shown" They do not take long to be shown though, and it is greatly to the credit of this wonderful leading woman, one of the very best in stock, that at her second performance on Monday she was giv- en, at her first entrance, that most loved of all attention to the artist, an ovation
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
SA @ Bears the zIhs Kind You Have Always Bought S'saas'''s of 'sL&1 Zzzszx
,Unneryed by Accident
 Man Loses Four Fingers

Stamford, July 2S.-Beside himself with grief over an accident that befell his friend, Varian Barker of Green wfch, John H. Tyson of New York and Riverside left the injured friend at hotel in Sound Beach Monday night and drove at a mad pace to his nome, at Riverside. It was the latest Of long list of accidents in which he has figured. and for one of which he IS under indictment in New York for manslaughter.
 MT. and Mrs. Barker had been visit ing at Tyson's house in Riverside. Mrs. Barker went out with Mrs. Tyson on the Tyson yacht. and young Tyson and Barker went for a ride in an au- tomobfle. In Sound Beach Barker put out his hand to f1eck the ashes off a cigar he was smoking.
 It caught in one of the chains that propel the car and was carried against the Sprocket. Four fingers were cut clean off, and the bones in the back Of the hand were broken. Barker did not lose consciousness and bore the pain with great fortitude.
 Tyson drove to the Greenwich Inn and left Barker there, with hurried instructions that he be cared for. Then he Jumped into the car and drove mad ly to his home. He was on the verge Of nervous breakdown all night Bark CT was sent to the Stamford Hospital.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
Kills Divorced
 Husband of Wife

Little Rock, Ark, July 28.-Levelling his revolver over the head of United States Senator Jeff Davis, who sat at the counsel table in the circuit court here yesterday w. Y. Ellis of Pine Bluff, shot at Nathanield P. Willis, proprietor of an institution for the treatment of inebriates at Indian apoliS.
 A court attache knocked up Ellis arm just as the weapon was discharged and the bullet was embedded in the wall.
 the door, with Ellis close at his heels. Ellis rested his pistol against the door jam just as Willis ran out and fired a second time. The bullet pierced Will lis heart and he fell to the floor dying. His mother who had started to throw herself between the men, knelt and clasped the expiring man in her arms as he breathed his last.
 Sheriff Roberts immediately seized Ellis who surrendered the fatal pistol to Judge Fulke.
 Willis had brought suit against his divorced wife now Mrs. Ellis for pos session of his child, born to his wife before she was divorced several years ago.
 Willis procured an order Monday, from Circuit Judge F-ulke to take pos session of the child who has been for the last ten days in the custody of an uIlCle dCl 1lle Dlull, dHu yCSlOIody the parties to the suit met in the court room to decide where the child was to be deliveredd. Ellis appeared for his wife and Senator Davis repre- scented Willis.
 It was while Judge Fulke was seat ed at a table in the court room dis cussing with Senator Davis the con- ditions of the transfer of the child that Ellis drew his revolver.
 Sheriff Roberts, impeded by a chair at the starting of the affray, dashed u pto Ellis before the second and fatal shot was fired and threw his arms around the slayer moment too late.
 Ellis subsided and after giving the smoking weapon to the judge, went quietly to jail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
BLACK HAND MURDER
 EXCITES DANBURY

Danbury, July 2S.AGiovanri Zarcone. an Italian fruit farmer, was shot from ambush and killed last night, and the police and militiamen are now scour- ing the woods in an effort to capture the murderers, of whom there are evil dently several.
 ,Zarcone had been to the Danbury hospital to visit his niece, who is a pa t1ent there. A few minutes after he left number of shots were heard and Zarcone'S body was found, lying in the road, with several bullet wounds in it and a gunshot wound. The lat ter. almost blew his head off.
 In the opinion Of the police Ear cones murder has a connection with recent ''Bleck Hand'' outrages. It is learned that he had some connection arrested in New York as a. suspect in connection with the ''barrel murder and subsequently, released on account of ok of evidence. The police be- hind Zarcones murder and that it was done by men who came here from New York for the purpose. His son, who ran out of the house when he heard the shots, says that he saw at least seven men and that they were running towards the woods.
 Soon after his release by the New York authorities Zarcone came to Dan bury and bought a farm. He had been living here quietly, but had been more or less under the surveillance of the New York police.
 Some of the attendants at the hos pital here say they heard fifteen dis tinct shots.
 The entire 9th Company, Coast Ar Ntillery Corps. c. N. G., were ordered out to-day by Governor Weeks to as sisr in the hunt for the murderers Every road leading out of the city has been under guard since early this morning and the police in the sur rounding cities are making a thorough search of the Italian quarters in an effort to locate the murderers. A num- Der of the searching parties who went out last night returned empty-handed this morning and many believe that the perpetrators of the deed have es- capped to New York.
 States Attorney Carter of Stamford sent an Italian detective named Bona a-- tell to this city this morning to aid in running down the murderers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
Prizes For Many
 Kinds of Babies

New features of a very interesting kind will be provided in connection with the annual baby show and deco rated carriage parade at Steeplechase Island, Tuesday afternoon. Foremost
 is the school children's carnival and young girls white dress parade in which $100 in gold chatelaine watches will be awarded. There will also be a fairy maypole dance and other events, including the crowning of the king and queen of babyfand. The prize list will be the largest ever of- fered for such a. competition.
 While entries will be taken up to the time the baby show parade starts, the management should know in advance how many to provide for and also for the number of dolls and toys that will be needed, for every child entered will receive a toy free, aside from the reg ular prizes. The entry blanks are free and can be had at the informa- tion booth in the store of Smith, Mur- ray & Co.,, at Steeplechase Island and drug stores. They are necessary for every contestant for full information is given regarding the events.
 The grand prize will be a Singer sew ing machine, for the most beautiful baby. Then there will be prizes fog the finest twins, the fattest babies, the smallest babies. the most strenuous babies cutest doll babies. best deco rated carriages and go-carts, handsom- est decorated doll carriage, best nov eltleS dtiu SpecIdl pFlZeS TOT CrlplelS or other babies not entered in the usual classes. There are ten classes for the babies and ten for the girls so that the chances of winning a prize, with first, second and third trophies in each class, are good. If a baby doesn't win in one class he can be entered in other classes and absolute fairness will govern the contest, the judges to be selected by the mothers from among the spectators, one objection ruling out any candidate for judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
ELECTION COURT
 NOT IN NEW BILL

Hartford. July 2S.-The corrupt prac- tices get reported in the Senate yes- terday is a redraft of the present act with, some things added and some stricken out. It strikes out all proc vision for a special election court and strikes out the provision requiring candidates and delegates to nominat- ing conventions to make a return to the town clerk of their expenses. It permits a candidate to spend money for postage, telephone charges and travelling expenses. and if he confines himself solely to these sources of ex- pense he need make no report If however, he wants to expend money for other legitimate campaign pur- poses-and these are strictly limited in the bill-he must appoint himself or designate some other person his poli- tical agent and all political agents and treasurers of all political committees must file a detailed statement of ex- penditures with the secretary of the state or, the town clerk as the case may be. Political agents and treas urers are subject to heavy penalties for failure to observe the act. The act enumerates a large number of things which constitute corrupt practices within it's meaning and any person convicted of such corrupt practices is subject to increased penalties over those now providsd. All prosecutions for violations of the act will go through the regular channels for all criminal prosecutions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
SUES CHINESE FOR
 ALIENATING BRIDE

The little mission at No. 42 Mott street, New York, in which Elsie Sfgel taught Chinamen the Christian belief, figures prominently in the suit for alienation of his wife's affections which George R. L. Burck, a wealthy clothing manufacturer, has brought The husband asks for $15,0O0 damages. alleging that through the wiles of the Chinauran he has been deprived of his wife's love and company.
 A remarkable feature of the case IS a confession, signed by the wife, in which she tells the story of her ac- uuaintance with Charles Gar, other wise known as Gnu Gar. From her account it appears that it was through her mothers zeal to convert Gnu Gar to Christianity that the daughter first met the man.
 In 1900, when she was seventeen, she declares, Gar had a laundry in Eighth avenue, near her home in One Hun dred and Thirty-ninth street. Her mother Tbefriended the Chinaman one day when he came to ask her regard ing the treatment of a. felon on his finger.
 Soon afterward he invited her mother to be one of the Sunday school teach CTS at his church, but she declined on the ground that she was already con nected with one church.
 '.She told him." Mrs. BurckS depOSi- ton states, that. if he wished she would give him lessons in English and in the Bible." Gnu came to the house for instruction. The daughter was in troduced, and at the Chinaman's re quest, she alleges, she went 'fto see Chinatown The first trip was fol- lowed by others, with Gnu Gar as pilot.
 Soon afterward the Chinaman en- gagged in the business of selling patent medicines at No. 10 Mott street. Mrs. Burcz admits that she accepted his invitations to call on him at his booth and that while there he made love to her." While deponent knew Gar" her statement continues, "she has ire quently called at the Sunday school (Chinese) maintained at the Mission, No AZ Mott street, and waited there ies saw her there and never inquired of her what she was doing ,there." Realizing her position, Mrs. Burck declares that she tried to avoid Gar, but that he constantly searched for her. In 1908 she became engaged to 19O9 Two mouths after the marriage, the husband states in his complaint, he received an anonymous letter from Chinese Sunday school teacher" stating that his wife had an admirer who was a Chinaman.
 Burck says that his suspicious were confirmed by finding a letter in his wife's possession written to My Darl- ing Sweetheart imploring her to come and meet her Charlie boy.'' His in vestigations, he charges, showed him that his bride made secret engage taurant Through Attorneys Goldfarb & Pompan, of. No. 203 Broadway, he started his suit for damages. In the answer which Gnu Gar made yester- day he denies all the charges against ihim-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
Jubilee Celebration
 of St. Roses Parish

On Sunday at the 10 o'clock mass the golden jubilee of St. Roses church in Newtown will be celebrated On August l, 1859. the parish was organ lzed by Bishop Mcfarland who ap- pointed Rev. Francis Lenihan its first pastor. In commemoration of the event solemn high mass will be celebrated with Rev. Terrence Smith as celebrant and Rev. Dominic Scan- Ion, Q. F. M, as preacher. Rev. Synott Of Hartford, administrator of the dio- cese. will be at the service.
 There are in this city a number of Newtown people who are former mem bers Of St. Roses. The parish now numbers $50 souls and since it's forma- tion has had six rectors,~including the present pastor, Rev. Fr. Fox.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
THE FARMER: JULY 2s, 1909
THAT SPECIAL WORK
 NOT SHIPPED YET
OR IF TT IS NOBODY HAS TOLD CHAPMAN AND HE HASN'T
 TOLD ANYRODY EISE


 CHAPMAN AND HE HASN'T
 TOLD ANYBODY ELSE
 Supt. Chapman of the Connecticut Company is not leading a life of un- aHoyed bliss. The torn up condition or the streets disarranges all his usual methods of handling traffic, and in addition he is the scapegoat upon whose shoulders the authorities lay the blame when the business men kick about the way things are. This morn ing MT. Chapman was particularly an- noyed by a report printed, but not in the Farmer, to the effect that the special work for Main street has been shipped This morning MT. Chapman denied the shipment saying:
 T have not talked to Director Biltz within a week. I haven't talked with anyone concerning the special rails for Main and Golden Hill streets, and at present l am trying to find out my self when the rails will be sent here In order that may have some infor- nation for the paving commission when 1t meets on Friday evening. If anyone knows just when the special work will come here they know more than do about it. I don't know whether it is coming from Pittsburg or not l kiow the company will try to get 1t here as soon as it can."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
lFTND MANS BODY UNDER
 RAILROAD STATION FLOOR

Watertown. July 2S.-From under the
 floor of q. deserted old railroad station taken yesterday the body of a man who had been slain fully six months ago and to whose identity there is no clue. A fracture of the skull, evil fdentIy inflicted with some blunt in 1 sfrr,ment. showed the victim had met ] with fouIs= play. His assailants then rinped up the floor, damned the body under the boards and replaced them. lconfident there would be no discovery
 until they had had ample time, to escape.
 The victim was about thirty years | old and his clothing was of good quail | itv. the patent leather shoes, gaiters, lhaf and shirt all having been made in St. Louis, although the names of the
 makers are so blurred as to be illegi- i ble The police hope to obtain clue from a pair of pearl cuff buttons with
 the design of a. gold owl perched on a l gold crescent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28

With it miner can ta1lEs to as dis
 tant point as Chicago.
 The asteroid Eros, noted for the ec- centricity of its orbit. again is atract- ing attention Of astronomers, gas it is
 due to approach to within 15.500.o00
 miles of theearth in 1913. The mile-long steel bridge of the Canadian Pacific near Lethbrtdge.
 kind in the world, recently was com-
 pleted at a cost of about $15.oOo. 900.
 The volcano which rose in thu Sa-
 moan island of Savai1 in August, 1905,
 ever since. has emitted more lava than
 any other volcano of which there is
 human record.
 The most extensive experiments in
 ever attempted are under way in Scot
 land there a field of 2S acres is covered with a network of wire, Is feet above the surface.
 has returned from Java with some
 nuts, the kernels of which are used | in that country to furnish milk for infants. A test of raising them i'm this country will be made.
 A French doctor is reported to be mixing marvellous cures of nervous diseases by keeping his patients in | absolute silence in apartments where, everything even the electric lights at night. is blue.
 A small handmade cannon, the ir-
 vention of a Pittsburgh machinist. has successfully penetrated seven in- ches of steel. Peculiar rifling and a | substantial breech block enable it to withstand high explosives.
 American engineers are figuring on | a project for connecting the Mediter- ranean Sea at Salonikf and the Danu- | be River with a ship canal, with an | ultimate connection thence via Aus- | tria and Germany to the North Sea. Tracing a stream in Portugal the | water of which was reputed to have | therapeutic properties,a scientist found that, near it's source, it ran over bed of, uranium phosphate Thus a new | source of radium was discovered. The climate of Curacao is so dry that goat manure, much of which is pro-
 duced, cannot be used profitably on | the farms, so it is carted from five to, ] twenty miles to the harbor and shiP- ped to Barbadoes. where it finds a
 ready sale.
 When a big cannon was raised from | the bottom of the sea off the English coast, where it. had lain for century
 and a half it was found that the ac- l ton of sand and pebbles had worn. one side to almost immeasurable thin-l ness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
Weaver Found Hanging
 From Tree Near Greenwich

: Greenwich. July 2s.-Peter Jensen. a i, fen-year-old boy, found yesterday the body of Max Gerth, who has been missing since Tuesday or last week hanefnr bv a rope from tree on Bap- fist HiII. .Glenville. He ran to the viii laxe and notified the medical examin- CT, pr. ]. A. Clarke Dr. Clarke thinks the man must have committed suicide son the same dav he disappeared. Gerth was 5; wears old. He was a weaver, but had
 been unable tofget work for some time.
 He had a wife and six children.
 He Is the second weaver who has hanged himself in .Glenville within a few months. The other was a mar l named Micheljohn, whose wife was ill
 and who was unable to obtain work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-28
Queens Daughters
 Great Lawn Fete

Jrnless tho wsuther regulator regards his promise as a negligible quantity, lthe brihiance of. the sun and the radi- lance of the moon should contribute to | the pleasures arranged for the after lnoon and evening. respectively, or enc ichaxfty fete to be held next Thursday lness and Afraiwalter 4wihnot Of Strat- hord avenue An artistic decorative keetting, testKy4ng tof the skill Of Miss
 Hdagy Stapleton. wdIl4 contribute to the N1znerous at4raottons have been3 ar 5ran8ed under the direction of< the ichainaan. MrA Lyman L. Hall, who has endeUvoredi to cater to the tastes tpatonized the fumctaons siven by the tQuoen's Daughtersi3n aid of their nobae jWorA Under the isuperviston of Mrs. tTh0u1a1 CulHnan, aided by a compe- tbe oonduuted during the afternoon EDesfrabae prizes await the fortunate lwinAerst
 kuemeck1nx diversions throughout tanA asr>ps by launch on the Sound. IMrs M RI Ford is tosbe in change of Ia. farxe number of capaciouS cars, fyvaafls Nfs8. ThomaSs HaHen directs the trentaa of t1ae power boats A sale or Ekio0ery VIII appeal to those feSuvely k1nclfned and the disposition of several ldainty hAncy articles and the contents fo6 ' comnodious grab bag will doubt kleooS interest the assemblage
 The Wheeler & iWdlson orchestra has kbeen secured for the evening ana mu- eic will be discoursed for dancing on fhe lawn A program of vocal Selec- I +iors anaa been prepared by William HI. IFedmond and Joseph Dillon.
 I One of the central features Will be tthe discloedng.of the future by a potent vfcee for line benefit of the cause in tvvq1ic1 the affair is to- be given. :.