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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-01
Don't Wait Too Long.

It is a sad weakness In us. after all.
that the thought of a mans death hal
lows him anew to us. as if life were
not sacred. too--as if 1t were compara
lively a light thing to fail in love anal
reverence to the brother who has to
climb the whole toilsome steep with
US and all our tears and tenderness
were due to the one who is spared that
hard journey-George Eliot.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-01
THE SCRAP BOOK

"'Iot devilish well out Of that,
think, eh""
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
A FruftariRn Diet.

A fruitarian diet consists of the fruits of trees Qike apples. oranges, bananas and olives), the fruits of bush es Qike entrants and raspbarries), the fruits of plants Qike strawberries and melon, lentils and beans and cucum- bers), the fruits of grasses Qike wheat and barley and maize and oats), the fruits of nut trees Crom Albert to CO., coanut, together with some earth fruits (hke potatoes), and modicum of vegetables and salads. To these may be added butter, milk, honey and cheese, although their production is not so free from risk of contamination and animal infection as is the case with the products of the vegetable kingdom and the world of fruits. Grown under healthy conditions, with diseased speci- mems easy to detect and remove, it is far more possible to live healthfly and well upon a fruitarian dietary than upon the products of the slaughter house.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
ROb3nson Crusoe.

The second volume of Robinson Erusoe," by Daniel De Foe, published on Aug. 20, 1719, was the first story pub lished in England with illustrations. The Illustrations consisted of a map of the world, in which the different voyages of the hero of the tale were dalineAted- The first volume of Rob inson Crusoe'' was published in April. 1719. and became popular at once. A second edition was printed seventeen days after the first, twenty-five days later another followed, and . fourth was published on Aug. of the same year. On Aug. 20 the second volume was issued under the title of "The Further Adventures of Robinson Cru soc; being the second and last part of his life and of the strange, surprising account of his travels round three parts of the globe. Written by him self. To which is added a map of the world, in which is delineated the voy- age of Robinson Crusoe."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
The Blind Historian.

William Hickling Prescott, who was born at Salem, Mass, on the 4th of May, 1I96, was the son of a prosper ous lawyer, entered Harvard college in 1911 and graduated in 1914. Early in his college career he had his left eye blinded by a piece of bread playfully thrown at him by fellow student, and the other eye soon became sympathet- ically affected. He travelled in Eng land, France and Italy and then de
 voted himself to severe study, but 1t was not till the beginning of 1926 that he found the work of his life within the range of Spanish history. Fortu- nately his means were ample, so that he was able to procure the services of assistants and to live amid conditions of comfort. By constant habit he gain. ed the power of carrying a great deal in his memory, and after he had revolv- ed the whole of a chapter in his mind he quickly transferred it to paper by means of his stylus and an ingenious writing case especially constructed for the blind. He published his History of Ferdinand and Isabella" in 1888, which carried his name across the ocean to the old world. This was followed by his History of the Conquest of Mexi- CO., in 1S43, and of Peru" in 1S47. These gave him great reputation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
The End of Booka

What brings about the end of books? ls it fire, water, worms? As every ship launched is bound to be wrecked, every theater to be burned, the finis of the book Is its reduction to ashes. What became of the Alexandrian H. brary? Did the Saracens burn it in $40? There is this question asked: Was there any library at Alexandria containing FOG, 1000 books? Gibbon in- clines to the opinion that there was no such library. Canon Taylor insists that if there had been a library it was burn ed in the time of Julius Caesar. Ira dition seems to indicate, however, that there was a library in the serapeum, by no means a large collection, but whether destroyed by Theophi1us or Theodosius is not known It looks as If the charge brought against the Arabs rested on no foundation. Explorations of Alexandria in 1So5-96 show no traces of the serapeum. The seaport of Egypt
 built on a damp foundation, and
 lnting that there was a library, if
 k destroyed by fire, then the papyr
 6Ig,At have suffered from decay due to water. Books of today taken to India, to the southern states and to the West Indies perish through mildew.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
Making It Plain.

In the lower Amazon country the temperature ranges about ST degrees in the shade all the year round, says the author of "Ten Thousand Miles In a Yacht" At Manaos, 1000 miles up the river, the temperature Is six or eight degrees higher. Thermometers are little used in that country and little understood. So when a yachtsman re- turned down river and was asked by an official at Para, How is the tenn perature at Manaosr' his reply, Flight degrees hotter than here," elicited a stare of noncomprehension.
 "At Manaos," said the yachtsman in explanation. 'T used to wilt six collars a day; here in Para only need three a day"
 This was perfectly clear to the Bra gillian, whose face lighted with under standing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22

FOR RENT-One store and rent,
 17S6 Main St. H3 stf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
ROOMS TO LET

FOR RENT.-Four large rooms with attic; with or without barn, 309 Pe- Quonnock St. U ~tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
The Arab War Chant.

Captain Won Herbert describes how
 sacred chant was sung by Osman
 asha's force in that last dreadful sor-
 @ from Plevna. He knows, for, as he says, ''as youngster of seventeen, be- ing then in the Turkish service, I took part In the charge" It is a solemn four part chant for deep male voices, with intervals, the melody recurring again and again, of alternating har- monies hummed almost pianissimo. to the words "Alla Akbar," and then again rising "to great outburst on the fifth note" There is more than a sug- gestion of plain song, that song which drifted westward from the east-Pan Mall Gazette.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
White Animals Can't Smell.

Pure white animals" said a pet 1 stock dealer, "have no sense of smell. kence they are continually eating things that disagree with them, and in eight cases out Of ten poison them selves and die. Pure white pigs should never be allowed to run loose in the fields and woods. For, without the protection of q sense of smell, such pigs, when they get out, eat all sorts of poisonous roots and berries and die off rapidly. "In Africa the white rhi- noceros pois0ns itself by eating the euphorbia, and pure white sheep are difficult to rear because they are con- tinually munching shrubs and grasses that don't agree with them"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
Buffers Flag.

Feb. 21, 1866, General Benjamin F. Butler presented to congress the first genuine American flag, made of Amer lean materials by American labor, ever constructed In this country. Prior to that time all American government flags had been made of English bunt- ing. Since then all our official flags have been the product exclusively of American material and labor. There were twenty-six stars in the flag at that time
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
His Last Name.

A gentleman once asked a lad what was his last name.
 Johnny" replied the boy.
 ''WeIl, what is your full namer Johnny Brown, sir"
 well, how can Johnny be your last aapeT
 Because, sir, when was born my name was Brown, and Johnny wasn't given to me till I was a month old"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
A Bad Break.

At a banquet held in a room, the walls of which were adorned with many beautiful paintings, a well known college president was called upon to respond to a toast. In the course of his remarks, wishing to pay compliment to the ladies present and designating the paintings with one of his characteristic gestures, he said, What need is there of these painted beauties when we have so many with US at the table?'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
Signs of Brain Exhaustion.

A doctor says that when a person begins to have doubts about the spell ing of common words, to write an un- naturally small hand that shows a tendency to waver above and below a straight line and to grasp the pen with unnecessary force, especially at the end of long word, then that person is suffering from brain exhaustion and ought either to take a complete rest or else to find work of an altogether new and different kind
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
A Narrow Escane.

The company had assembled in the church, but the bridegroom was mo- where to be found. Finally mes- Benger announced that the young man had been run over and killed while on his way to the church.
 "And just think" she said month afterward to a friend, "what a narrow escape had from becoming widoww
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
An old Proyerb.

The proverb, Necessity is the mother of invention,'' can hardly be traced to one independent source. The idea was expressed by Persius, the Roman satirist, about 60 A. D. and Is found in the pre- else form now quoted in Richard Franck's Northern Memoirs" (printed in London in 1694) and in various later English writer's
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22

Common sense Is the average sensi- bility and intelligence of men undis- turbed by individual peculiarities.-W. R. Alger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
Mutual.

Mother (entering parlor suddenly Mr. Snowball kissing you? I am sur prised. Daughter-So am I, mother. He has been coming to see me five years and he never got up enough cour- age to do 1t before.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
A Curiosity In Figures.

The following remarkable contribu- ton to the curiosities of figures con- sists of two series of numbers, of which no description is necessary, as they speak for themselves. Perhaps there is no special profit in them, but they are worth preserving neverthe- 1oSo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
\ Wonder

A Wonder. Crime worked a miracle with that dumb convict" How so?" ''He was sent here for uttering forg- ed notes"-Baltimore American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
Confirmation.

BIobbs-Poor old Bjones! The doctor says he won't live six months. Slobbs live been telling him that for the last two years.-Philadelphi Record.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22

1 times g plus equals Il. 1z times plus equals Ill.
 123 times plus equals Ill.
 12S4 times plus equals 11111. 1z345 times 3 plus equals u1111. 1z3l56 times plus equals 1111111. 1z34567 times plus equals u111111. 123z567s times plus equals 111111111.
 times plus equals g.
 12 times 8 plus 2eQuals s6.
 123 times plus a1eQuals SS7.
 1234 times plus TeQuals 9S7e. 12346 times plus 5 equals 9S765. f2Sl56 times 8 plus equals ss76s4 1z3z5S7 times plus 2 equals s876543. 123z567S times plus equals 9S765432. 12eB6769 times plus equals 9S76S<1H.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
A Prank of Memory.

Why have we memory sufficient to retain the minutest circumstances that have happened to us and yet not enough to remember how often we have related them to the same person7 ! La Rochefoucauld
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22

The learned man has always riches within nhimself.-Phaedrus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
RAILROADS
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 .LRAfLRAA0> OCTOBER 12, 1908. Trains Leave Bridgeport as
 Follows:

t5!ss. ioh ts:ss. sE% fohtts 24'i7s .7:so. & tsss. .s:Os. s:21. .1o:o2. @11:o3. A. M .12:ss. 1884. .1:4s. .s:s7. a:ss. "s:11. .s:27. 1o:oo P M.-sUNDAYs -"4:44. "5:1e. 1925. "1o:o2 A. M.- t12:30. "2:22. "2:27. "4:13. 5:os. "5:27 ts:45. .7:2s. .s:11. ss:27. e:5.. P. M-
 FOR WASHINGTON. VI. Harlem P. M.
 FOR NEW HAvEN-.12:s2. .i:41. .1o:44. .11:ss A. M.-1s:1s. .1s:so. 1:5o. ss .s:ss- s:so. ss9 .ss:sss' .a:ss. a:4s. fi1:54 P. M. sUNDAYs-:12:ss. .1:41. a2:1s, SIS, 9:43, .1O:44,s11:33. A. M-"2:29, "4:25. "6:32. 7:1S. "7:33. s:47. "10:o2 P. M
 and ao FroviSsnee zSsa9S: via Ssw s,. Iocaee ss .e:ss P. M.EsUNDAYs-:;i1.11 .a:I: 1s; .1l:ss A. M,-'s::s .4:s5. 'e:33
 FOR BOSTON. via Hartford ana
 FOR TWISTED and ,ntermceiiat. stations---s:oo. 7:oo. s:15, A M:--- S:3O A. M.-6:45 P. M.
 FOR WATERBURY,. ANsoNIA. DERBY and Intermediate Stations--- 500. 7:oo, S:0O. S:45 A M.- 2:35. t5:54. TAO P. M.-SUNDAYS.- s:3o. 1o:5o. A. M.-s:45 s:5o. F. M
 FOR CT. HARRINGTON, LENox. PITrSFlELD. ETC.---7:0o. s:s0. AM. -.4:s3. P. M.-SUNDAYS-S: A M
 FOR DANBURY. NEW MILFORD. ETC. via RroOkdeld Junctfon.---7:o0. $50 A. M.-4:33. 6:37 P. M.
 FOR LLTCAETELD, ETC.--.9:6o A M.-4:33 P. M.-SUNDAYS-S: A. M
 Express trains fLocaI Exprea,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22

WANTED. D.-Experienced girl for gen eral housework. three in family, 655 Clinton Ave. U 10 elf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
Business Opportunities

Our speciality is Business Proposl- tions of all kinds: stores. factories. cafes realty. etc, bought, sold, ex- changed; city or country Informa- tion confidential. MacDaniel & Co., Business Brokerage. PIP Warner Build ing, Bridgeport. H7sp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
FEMALE HELP WANTED

thoroughly trained wom- an for general housework. Family of two. Swede, German or Scotch. Ave U 19 d.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
SURGICAL APPLIANCES

ELASTIC SURGICAL APPLIANCES fashioned on hand looms to individ- ual requirements. Requisites for physicians. nurses. hospitals. will liam Snowden, No. Taylor Block, 1119 Broad street. A practical ex- perience of over 25 years. Telephone 997 I 29 eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22

WANTED operators on one needle gore, making. Birdsey Somers Go. B15~ If.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
UP-TO-DATE TAILORS

DO YOU WANT to have your clothing
 cleaned. pressed. repaired. or alteredI The well known Middle street tailor will do the job neat. quick and req. sonable. Matthias Sajben. custom tailor. 23 Middle street. between Lafayette and Fremont Hotel. Bridge port. Conn. B1s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
CARPET CLEANING
SWELL CAFES

LAUGH AND THE WORLD LAUGHS with you. Weep and you weep alone. Stop at the Eagles Nest for a smile. Cor. East Washington Ave. and No. Main St.. J. J.. Ra- leigh, Prop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
SHOES

NEW AND SECOND HAND shoes fos
 sale. Repairing neatly and prompts ly dono at lowest prices Nathan
 Hartman. 72 State street A 6
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
WE ARE DEALERS IN REAL ESTATE
 RENTS
 INSURANCE: A N D E R $ O N 6 co.
 952 MAIN STREET
MISCELLANEOUS

SPECIAL BARGAINS in birds this week only. Breeding canaries $3.50 per pair. Louis Courtney, dealer in birds and animals. 116 Wall St., up stairs. Open evenings.
 U 20 r D
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22

NOTES OF sALARIED PEOPLE and business concerns bought without security. Cheapest rates. easiest pay ments. Offices in 66 principal cities D. H. Tolmon, Room AT, 46 Cannon St. SIS tfs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22

I BUY OLD HORSES to kill. Re- move dead ones free of charge any, where within 25 miles of Bridge port. F. H. Daniels, 2367 Madison
 Road. Tel. 1S11-6. LII s"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
FURNITURE
INSTRUCTION

PIANO REPAIRING-Now is the time to have your piano put in per- feet condition. Our workmen are not busy and we can give you a very low figure now. Let us tell you how much it will cost Drop postal or Call. Steinert's Piano Store 915 Main St. L6 eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
MALE HELP WANTED
SITUATIONS WANTED.

WANTED D.-Situation by competent
 cook. Call 39S Atlantic St. U 21 b~p PAPER HANGER desires work. 25c
 double roll. Butting 35c. Painting and kalsomining. Geaton's, 223 Gil- bert St. us d*p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS
FOR SALE

RITERS-Mul1ins' Typewrit- CT Exchange, 159 State St.
 B20 eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22

MONEY ADVANCED TO CONDUC. TORS, engineers, firemen, trainmen, clerks, letter carriers, mail clerks,
 :,chool teachers, bookkeepers, cash
 fers, mechanics and others. Strictly confidential. Heffron 2 Co.,, Room 301 MeigS Bldg. G17 Htf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22

FOR SALE-Cottage house of six rooms, west part of the city. Fine home for working man. Little mon ey will buy. SIS Meigs Bldg.
 R *tf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
B A R G A IN s

B "A R G "A J IN S in one, two and four-family houses; building lots on Wells Place, Strat- ford and at Washington Bridge; City building lots at great reduction in prices; want to close these properties: payments to suit purchaser.
 Steamship tickets to and from all parts. Money drafts at lowest rates.
 JAMES FEELEY'S Open Evenings Arcade
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22

TO RENT.-5 rooms. all Improvements
 S61 Wood Ave s 13 If
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-22
MONEY TO LOAN

MONEY LOANED on household goods, also on second and third mortgages on property, to be repaid in small weekly payments. Strictly conf dentia1. Bridgeport Loan Co.,, Room no, Warner Building. S3 Fairfield Ave IS = If
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
POINTERS ON BRIDES

A January bride will be pru-
dent housekeeper and very good
tempered.
A February bride will be a kind
and affectionate wife and tender
mother.
A March bride will be a frivolous
chatterbox, somewhat given to
quarreling.
An April bride will be inconsist-
ent, not very intelligent, but fairly
good looking.
A May bride will be handsome,
amiable and likely to be happy.
A June bride will be impetuous
and generous.
A July bride will be handsome
and smart, but trifle quick tenn
pered.
An August bride will be amiable
and practical.
A September bride will be dis
Greet. affable and much liked.
An October bride will be pretty,
coquettish. loving, but jealous.
A November bride will be liber.
al. kind, but of wild disposition.
A December bride will be fond
OF novelty and entertainment
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08
FAMOUS JUVENILE JUDGE
SAYS THE STATE SHOULD
TSOP THE NEEDLESS MANU-
FACTURE OF ORPHANS IN
INDUSTRIES.
- BY gibson GARDNER.
Special Correspondence to The Pres

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. S.
There is something more in this
problem of the dependent children,
than merely caring for the chill
dren," said Judge Ben B. Lindsey
of the Denver juvenile court, after
the white house conference. There
is the problem of stopping the
needless manufacture of orphans"
Judge Lindsey had just come
from a conference with President
Roosevelt which had been followed
by luncheon with the family. He
was full of his talk with the presi-
dent and the plans for a national
children's bureau to be established
at Washington congress willing).
1T is important to care for Or
phans," continued Judge Lindsey.
but 1t is equally important to stop
the killing of the parents of these
orphans. The state is responsible
in measure for the care Of de-
pendent children; but the state
ought to feel its responsibility In a
larger measure for the prevention
of needless killings and maimings
in our industrial activities.
Take the children left each year
by fathers killed In coal mines. At
conservative estimate there are
of these 1000 children. 1t is esti-
mated that the period of depend
ency of these children is 16 years.
In single generation there are, at
a conservative estimate, 10000 chill
dren thrown upon the care of the
state or private charities just as a
result of coal mining accidents,
Think of it. And this only in a
single industry.
But third Of such accidents
could be prevented This Is no
guess. 1t is demonstrable. Proper
inspection and regulation, as con-
Quoted in other countries, like Ger
many. has resulted in decreasing
the fatal accidents fully a third.
Perhaps the proportion is larger.
But suppose 1t is a third; that is
large enough.
IF reasonable precautions
proper legislation-could avert a
third of these killings, could pre-
vent the creation of a third of
these orphans and otherwise de-
pendent children--then 1t is an aw-
full responsibility assumed by the
state when it permits this slaugh-
ter to go on.
In every industry there is a
fixed rate of accidental deaths. In
some that rate could be reduced
In others the consequences of the
accidental death or injury could be
foreseen and made the subject of a
proper compensation. Instead of a
lawsuit there ought to be an auto
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-02-08

matte process by which the widow
of the killed and the dependent
children would secure the compen-
sation for that death. Then the
burden of the children would not
fail on the state. In fact, thu
would not be dependent children.
1.-THE cost of accidents ought to
be borne by the industry where
they occur. 1t would work no hard
ship on the industry. The insurance
fund, properly assessed against
both capital and labor, becomes
like any other item of that cost diff,
fused, and is eventually paid for
by the persons who consume the
product.
And this is fair. Why should
the widow of man working in an
iron foundry bear the burden of the
death of the husband killed in the
line of duty. Assume that 1t is an
accident which cannot be avoided.
Assume that a certain number of
accidents are inevitable in the
manufacture of every tone of man
ufactured iron. Accept the fact
that so much blood enters into the
price at which it is put upon the
market. Should not the price in
clude the blood as well as the cost
of the worn out shovel? Should it
not include the living of the babies
left by the man who mas laid down
his life to make the iron? Why
should society thrust the burden of
the workman's death upon the
shoulders of the wife and helpless
family and demand that they carry
it alone? Are not life and child
hood as well worth paying for as
Stag and boards and the sweat of
living men?
This Is not theory. 1t is not
remedy dreamed about by vision.
airy dreamers who do not accept
the world and it's conditions as
they are. The problem is not one
which it is necessary to face as
new 1t has been solved by other
nations, likewise calling them.
selves after the name of Christ.
Shall We as q Christian nation
blind our eyes to duty which is
plain. and dull our ears OF the cry
OF womanhood and orphans?
THE problem of dependent chill.
dren is like the problem of chill.
dren who are accused of crime
The latter are not criminals. They
are, nine cases out of 10. victims
of environment-the product of a
system. They need help more
than punishment. So the depend
ent children are the product of a
system. They are the by-product
or unregulated industry which
finds 1t cheaper to grind human
beings in the mill and turn their
life blood into dollars. The re
sponsibility Is ours-yours and
mine-that of every citizen who
does not see that our present laws
and the administration of ouI
courts must be changed.
"They say: The man must be