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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-11
JACKSCN'S
Folly of The Circus."

The closing performance of the Ia nous pastoral play Polly or Ins Circus" takes place this evening anu from all indications will be greeted by another large audience. The play is repeating the great success when accrued to last yeF~'s presentauon here, and Miss Edith Taliafero, tne dainty and youthful star mas HauS herself a distinct favorite with locai audiences
 Yiddish Go. in ''TTadasa-
 One of the best Yiddish companies that has ever invaded tnis city VIII hold the boards of Jackson's theatre next Tuesday, evening and includes such artists as Mme- Prager, MT. Ju- velier Mme. Clara Young and MT F'ishkind and a great cast The Yiddish patrons of this city will have the opportunity of witnessing a play of merit as well as enjoy a most pleasant evening
 pr. JekyH and MT. Hyde.
 At Jackson's theatre next Wednes- day matinee and evening a presenta- tion of that weird production of pr. Jekyll and MT. Hyde will be given This play is without doubt one or the strongest and most interesting plays ever written and takes an ex- rraordinRry- strong cast to present m It's true nature. MT. Frederick w. Pierce in the difficult dual role of Dr JGkytl ana MT f1NQS IS by both press and public An excel lent company supports MT. Pierce The play tells the story of the dis covery by pr. Jekyll of a drug which will bring out a second or lower na- ture- He experiments upon himselr and while under the influence Of tho drug he is known ass Mr. Hyde, a demon who delights in torturinE the helpless. The drug gains such power over him that he is unable to con trol the .transforr1stion from Hyde to JekyIl The play is one of the best known of the present day and never fails to interest theatre goers The usual popular prices will prevail
 Sousa's Band.
 The early advent of John Philip Sousa and his great pan6 calls at tention to sthe remarkable achieve ments of this organization With eight transcontinental trips and four European tours to it's credit the Sousa band has up to the beginning of the present season given no less than 7.- s47 concerts in the United States. Canada, England. Scotland. Ireland. Wales France, Belgium. Holland. Germany, Austria, Denmark. Poland, Russia, Bohemia. in $50 different cities The travel that this has neces- sitated is equal to about twelve times sa's present tour will bring him to this city for one concert on Tuesday evening, Dec 21, at Jackson's. when the Misses Frances and Grace Hoyt, soprano and me- soprano. and Miss Florence Hardemann, vfOlinfst will be heard for the first time as contribut- ing artists
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-11
Cotton Waistings

Very sensible presents these, and all put up in Holiday boxes for presentation.
 Madras, fine line of new patterns, 25 cts a yard. Cotton Pique good for Winter waists, 19 cts yard
 Wash Goods Section lower floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-11
Fine Furs

In the whole list of gift articles there is nothing women value higher than fine Furs. Our collection has been selected for elegance and style. Scarfs and Muffs in Black Fox, Mink Caracul Rus sian Pony, OpCssum and Raccoon. Fur Goats in Caracu, Russian Pony, Near Seal, and Brown Marmot.
 Our Fur Section is not entirely given to expen- sive Furs. Medium and low priced Furs are offered In reliable qualities and of handsome appearance An extensive line of Children's Fur Sets
 Second Floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-11

Bowman Brothers present one of those old-fashioned favorite black fs ce specialties with a laugh in every word. They never fail to "get over" with their raid batter of jokes,-and to everyone in the audience.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-11

Ernie and Mildred Potts. billed as 'the soubrette and the athlete," pre- sent an unusual bag-punching act in W hich a perfect mastery of this punched something more than bags -heads-having taken part in a number of prize fights, without yet losing a contest
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-11
Ruf1fnrd B. Smith 1o-2 Main St. DEPARTMENT STORE ss Fairfield Av.
 ARTICLE

BUY YOUR PRESENTS NOW
 At 25c to s4.95-T,y Pianos. At 100 to S1.95-Splendid as~,,rtn1cnt Drums. At 1c to $2.95-Grcatest showing of Dolls to be seen anywhere fl, city; all kinds, Kid Body, ,Celluloid, Dressed, etc. At sc to 25c-SpIendid Picture PColxs fro Children; look around, tffen come and buy ours. At 25c to S3.95- Very fine Sleds for Boys and Girls. At 63c up-Skates for Men and Women, Boys and Girls. At 1c-Special lot Red Christmas Bells: larger tran usual. At 1c. G for 5c-Christmas and New Year Postal Cards. At 5c-C9,im- neys for Magic Lanterns. At 25c up Magic Lam erns and Moving Picture Machine. great variety Bears. Lions, Fancy Dolls, Rubber Balls and Toys, Guns. etc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-11

Corrinne Francis sings popular songs with that something added thai [ makes all the difference between a commonplace song and a success She has magnetism. Her songs are new and catchy,-but she could make a commonplace tune attractive by her way of presenting If
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
GENERAL NEWS.

Edward It. Jeffery. president OF the
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. denies
the report that he is about to retire
from that office.
Mary Elizabeth Tucker, daughter of
the late General John A. Logan. has
been granted a divorce in Chicago
from her husband, Colonel William f.
Tucker. United States army. retired.
General Sytin, chief of the Warsaw
gendarmie. while returning to Kielce,
was ambushed by bandits who fired
several volleys at him. The general
was shot through the breast and died
of his wound. His daughter. who ac-
companied him. was killed. A patrol
sent in pursuit of the bandits. lost one
killed an done mortally wounded.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

The new 1-cent piece bearing the
head of President Lincoln will be Is
sued from the mint at Philadelphia
beginning August 1st next.
Senator Tillman's amendment to
the tariff bill providing for duty
Of 10 cents pound on tea was de-
feated in the Senate by a vote Of
IS to 55.
In compliance with his recent re-
quest to Washington for additional
clerks in the Denver postoffice, Post
master Sours has been authorized to
put on fourteen additional clerks in
the postoffice department.
Senator Guggenheim OF Colorado
has requested the director of the &C.
illogical Survey to put party in the
field, this season II possible. to in
vestigate and report upon the oil re-
sources of the country adjacent to De
Beque and Rifle.
A provision of the census bill AZ
agreed on by the conference commit
tee requires that hereafter all examin-
ations of applicants for positions
in the government service from any
state shall be conducted in the state
in which the applicant resides, and
that persons taking the examinations
shall have been actually domiciled in
the state for at least year previous
to examination.
| At a meeting of the recently or
ganized Colorado Republican Associa.
ton in Washington, it was shown that
scarcely 100 of the 131 government
employees in the city charged up to
Colorado are legal residents of that
state. Colorado, it was stated at the
meeting. has been imposed on, men
who are entitled to Colorado patron
oradans, who falsely give their resi-
dence as Colorado.
The secretary of the interior has
vacated the order of withdrawal un.
der the reclamation act in connection
with the White river project, Colo
rado, SO far as it related to about
507,560 acres OF land, and restored
that amount of land to the public do
main, where not otherwise withdrawn
reserved or appropriated. These
lands will become subject to settle
ment on and after September 8, 1909
but not subject to entry, filing or Sc
lection until October 30, 1909, at the
land office at Glenwood Springs, set
tlement or occupation prior to Sep
tember 80. 1909. being expressly for
bidden.
A call on national depository bank.
for a return to the treasury of govern
ment funds aggregating approximate,
$25,000.000 was made June goth b,
Secretary Mcveagh. OF this amount
$4,000. 900 has been called for July 15tl
and $16.000.000 for August 18th.
Appointments under the new cen
sus law viii be made by competitive
examination. but this require ment II
not made applicable to supervisor.
and enumerators. Only one person
from family will be admitted undel
the examination and this provision Il
made general to all branches Of thu
civil service
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
Death Roll Reduced.

Chicago.-More rigid laws and the
growth of public sentiment for a sane
celebration of the Fourth have had
their result all over the country in re-
ducing the number Of killed and
wounded in the annual holiday. Full
returns from the two days celebra-
ton this year show falling off in the
number OF killed of twenty-one from
the record of 1908. There were thir-
ty-five fatalities reported at midnight
Monday, as against fifty-nine at the
same time last year. No death is re-
ported In Chicago
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08

Sir Thomas Upton has renewed
communication with the Royal Ulster
Yacht Club and has informed the club
that he Is willing to challenge for the
Americas cup under any modern
rules.
The Russian senate has indicted
Theodore Nikitin. former vice minis
ter OF agriculture, on the charge of
having plundered the government of
millions OF dollars. as superintendent
Of the vast forests of the Petchoria.
From $3.50 day to $11,05 a day
was the amount shown by memoranda
to have been stolen by Frederick
Lehefeld from the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Railroad, on which he was a
conductor. He has been sentenced to
from two and one-half to five years
in Sing Sing.
The United States government has
begun another suit in New York
against the American Sugar Refining
Company as corporation, six OF Its
directors and two prominent lawyers.
The Indictment contains fourteen
counts. alleging conspiracy In re-
straint of trade.
A young woman imprisoned in the
cave-in of a railway tunnel at st. Gall,
Switzerland, for ten days, has been
dug out alive. She suffered agonies
OF cold and hunger during this period,
but managed to sustain life by suck
ing moisture from her clothing, on
which water occasionally trickled.
Following decisions by the Supreme
and Common Pleas Courts that the
2-cents-a-mile rate law passed by the
Pennsylvania Legislature was uncon-
stitutional, the Philadelphia and Read
ing Railway Company announced an
increase In passenger rates from Q to
2h cents a mile on all one way tick
cts. to take effect July 3rd.
AS the result of the failure of the
Cuban Senate to pass the budget,
President Gomez has issued a decree
making effective Governor Magoon's
budget of 1908-09, amounting to $24,-
2S5.000. The deficiency to cover the
cost of the army and other increased
to nearly $10,000,000, will be supplied
by presidential decree
President Taft paused in the course
OF an after-dinner speech to eighteen
hundred graduates of Yale, gathered
1T Tic hhhudi diullui uluutT Oh IQ5
30th ult.. to issue serious note of
warning to Congress and to the lead
ers of the Republican party. The
President declared that II the party
failed to live up to its promises and
the expectations of the people 1t
would be relegated to the position of
minority opposition.
The Militant Suffrageftes made
thirteenth vain attempt to secure an
audience with Premier Asquith on
the 29th ult. Mrs. Pankhurst, who
headed the deputation from the Wom-
ans Parliament, struck Chief Inspec-
tor Scantlebury, who refused to i.e-
ceive them. For two hours the whole
district was in an uproar. the police
dispensing the crowd and arresting
women by wholesale. Altogether 112
women were arrested.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08

Will McCann. railroad man of
Bailey, Colo, and Teddy r. Slate, a
cowboy of Doyle, Colo. while looking
after cattle on Razor creek, In Gunni-
son county, were attacked by female
bear and two cubs. Mr.. Mccain shot
one OF the cubs, weighing 80 pounds,
with a six-shooter. Teddy Slate
wounded the mother bear. but could
not kill her.
All beet pulp to be extracted by the
Greeley sugar factory next season.
has been contracted at 60 to so cents
per ton, double the price paid in pre-
vious years. So desirable is pulp for
fattening cattle and sheep that Field
Superintendent Timothy says 100000
tons could easily be disposed Of at the
Greeley factory. 1t is expected this
factory will extract $4,000 tons and far
mers have made the increased prices
in their anxiety to secure the waste
product for next year.
Work has been resumed on the Ned
erland dam of the Eastern Colorado
Power Company. which was suspended
for several days on account of the dis
agreement between the Colorado
Power Company and Macarthur Bros.
contractors. The dam is now about
twenty feet above bedrock. and is go
ing forward at the rate of GOO cubic
feet day, which will be increased to
1000 cubic feet when the night shift
is put on. The dam will contain 126.-
600 cubic feet of concrete. and will be
1856 feet high. The work will be pushed
in order to get the concrete in place
before freezing weather.
Thoroughly organized and working
together systematically for the past
six months. five clerks of the Hendrie
& Bolthoff Manufacturing & Supply
Company at Denver stole thousands of
dollars from the cash sales of the com
pany, to which each Of them has con-
fessed, according to the Denver police.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
THE SAN LUIS VALLEY & SOUTH
ERN RAILROAD COMPANY
INCORPORATED.
OPENS VAST TERRITORY
a GREAT PROJECT. WHICH IN
cLupEs COMPANIES CAPITAL
lied AT 100000

Denver.-The Republican Saturday
morning says: Articles OF incorpora-
tion OF the San Luis Valley G. South
ern Railroad Company. with capitnli-
Eation Of 100000. were filed with
the Secretary Of State yesterday aft
ernoon. The object OF the road Is to
open for agricultural purposes the
Great Costilla Grant and develop the
Labelle mining district. The officers
named In the articles of incorporation
are: Franklin r. Brooks. former con-
gressman, president; Gerald Hughes.
vice president and treasurer, and H.
Alexander Smith. secretary. Besides
the officers the company has among
the incorporators such men as Horace
q. Lunt OF Colorado Springs; Senator
William Lorimer OF Illinois; Congress-
man Weeks of Massachusetts,, and
former United States Indian Commits
sioner Leupp.
The railroad corporation is but one
of group Of corporations formed to
exploit and develop the resources OF
the famous Costilla Grant in Southern
Colorado and North New Mexico. en-
bracing, as 1t does. 100000 acres of
fertile agricultural land.
The Costilla State Development
Company, the Costilla Irrigtion Com
paay and the Costilla Power Company.
all capitalized. together with the rail-
road, for total Of $10.000.000, give an
idea of the vastness OF the plans Of
the incorporators
Adjoining the Costilla grant is some
b00. 900 additional acres of agricultural
land which will be developed by the
water and power of the corporations
named above, making 100000 acres of
agricultural land alone to be devel-
oped.
A few years ago the Labelle Min
ing district in Southern Colorado was
discovered and gave promise Of being
very rich district. But there were
absolutely no railroad facilities and
the discoverers could get no money
out Of the ground with which to make
further developments. But the San
Luis Railroad Company has acquired
the rights to this district. will run a
branch there and opep mining opera
tions ON large scale.
Contracts have already been let for
the construction Of part of the road
from Blanca. near Fort Garland. to a
point on the Costilla river. and as fast
as it is completed new sections OF the
road will be placed under contract.
Extensive operations are now going
on throughout the Costilla grant in
the way Of constructing irrigation
works, canals and reservoirs, and
power will be developed from the
abundant water supply for operating
the district thereabout. 1t might be
said to be Investment on the depart
ment store plan, for the company be-
hind the various propositions will
have half q dozen ways OF deriving
income from the company when the
works have been completed. Con-
gressman Brooks was largely instru-
mental in planning and financing the
project.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-07-08
New York Accidents.

New York.-Four deaths, three of
them children. Ss2 persons injured.
nine of them dangerously and so seri-
ously that death seems certain, was
the Fourth Of July record in New
York and Brooklyn up to midnight
Monday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-01-21
Yes, sir.

Admitting that there is no actual
scientific assurance of the breadth and
immensely of these gigantic upheavals
and that on the matter of earthquakes
we are still "in state of theoretical
conclusion" Professor Hallock adds:
Actually our knowledge is compar-
atively limited; there is no possible
forecast on earthquakes. The seismo-
graph merely registers a disturbance
when it is occurring. OF course, the
human comprehension of earthquake
phenomena is as primitive and terrify-
ing as thunder and lightning was once a
fearful demonstration to primitive races.
People continue to live on the sides of
volcanoes, in the valleys of, eruptive
zones, with naive indifference to the
danger about them. They learn no les
son in these disasters. The region in
which this recent earthquake disaster
occurred, although we'll known to be
in the earthquake zone, had apparently
quoted down. do not believe there
is any relation between sun spots and
earthquakes; the elements and celestial
influences are not concerned in the in
ner activities of the earth. The tenn
perature of heat in the center earth
which was directly involved in the re-
cent earthquake in Sicily was not higher
than that of the temperature of an arc
light, which is by no means incon-
ceivable. The surrounding pressures
Immediately controlling the heated
liquids of its center keep that liquid
substance more OR less hard, which con-
stitutes our belief that the earth is
pressure rigid. There is no doubt that
earthquakes are diminishing. This is
easily shown by comparing the history
of the worlds earthquakes as we know
them according to the rapidity of geo.
logical changes. We associate earth
quakes with eruptive neighborhoods.
If the recent upheavals of the earth
had taken place in the South Sea Islands
the world would not have been, SO
shocked. OF course, the appalling loss
of life in the city of Messina was due
to the fact that the houses were built
of stucco and stone. In San Francisco
the greater part of the city houses
were frame buildings of redwood. An
other cause of destruction was the tidal
wave. 1t takes comparatively small
upheaval of the bottom of the ocean to
make a huge and destructive tidal
wave. An upheaval that would make a
hole in the sea bottom of forty or fifty
feet would be enough to produce tidal
wave twenty or thirty feet high
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-01-21

back directly and we weighed them up
and then we went down in the feed lot,
drove couple of steers up and weighed
them, and took them back and turned
them into the feed lot and about that
time the hired girl came running down
to the barn following for John.
Q. What was that?
A. Lora Hamilton, the hired girl.
@. She came to the barn? What did
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-01-21
o Awaken
the Liver

Coated tongue, aching head, biliousness,
indigestion, constipation alternating with loose
ness of the bowels, feelings of depression and
ill-temper.
These arise from sluggish torpid action OF
the liver.
Relief comes after the use of one of DR.. A.
w. Chases Kidney and Liver Pills and cure
with few weeks use of this great regulator
Of the liver.
With the liver right there is usually no
disturbance of the digestive system or bowels.
Therefore get the cause oftrouble by awaken
ing the liver to action by use of DR.. A. w.
Chase's Kidney and Liver Pills.
Mr.. z. M. TAYLOR, Port Chester, Md.
writes:- "Having used DR.. A. w. Chase's
Kidney and Liver Pills for number of years
I consider them the best liver regulator ever
used. cheerfully recommend them to any
one afflicted with headache and other symptoms
of disordered liver"
One pill dose, IS cts box, at all dealers OF
DR. A. w Chase Medicine Co. Buffalo N Y.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-01-21
Roy Threlkeld, who resides on tt

Roy Threlkeld, who resides on the
Thomas Gookin farm in Benton town
ship, near the Wayne county line, was
exhibiting a wild cat, which he had
caught in glade near his residence
place last Thursday. 1t was fine
specimen of brindle feline, and paid the
penalty of it's savage nature by being
captured and put to death. In size it
was about double that of an ordinary
tom cat and was we'll equipped for de-
tense, it's claws being very formidable,
and had fine set of teeth with which
to lay hold of things.-Corydon Demo-
crat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-01-21
How to Cure
Constipation
Simple Home Remedy That Is Safe and
Pleasant

Few people escape constipation. Catch
ing cold. over eating, worry, lack of ex-
ercise, failure to answer promptly the
calls Of nature, diseased or weakened
system or strong medicines may cause it.
The too common practice of taking salts,
or pills or some such violent cathartic has
always done more harm than good. They
lently simply because they irritate them,
and leave them in 4 worse condition than
before.
What is needed is mild easy herb lax
alive, that gives regular daily move
ments in all cases. yet does not pain or
grippe, and which will strengthen the bow
els and tone up the system instead Of
depicting it.
DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin taken at
night before going to bed will bring an
easy pleasant natural movement in the
morning even in the most obstinate cases
and without any bad effects. No pain, no
grippe and it Is so safe and pleasant to
take, mothers give it to their babies
with splendid results. It is an aid to di-
gestion and tones up the system as well
as cures bowel trouble. DR.. L. z.
Covey. Savannah. Tenn. writes: II get
better results from it than any Pepsin
ever used" DR.. T. Jones. Osgood Mo-.
says: II consider Dr. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin the best of all laxatives." Mrs.
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truly believe it saved my little boys life"
Rev. A. J. Fletcher, Rutherford. Tenn.
says: II am so years old and your Syrup
Pepsin has cured me of dyspepsia and
bowel trouble"
w. D. Jackson. Burns Station. Tenn.
says: II was afflicted with constipation
and dyspepsia for nine years. and found
no relief until used DR.. .Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin." All druggists sell it at SOC and
s100 per bottle.
We are glad to send free sample to
any reader of this paper who has never
used it and will give it a fair trial. Write
today to Pepsin Syrup Co.. sO3 Caldwell
Bldg. Monticello. Ill.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-01-21

The healing, soothing, refreshing ac-
tion Of HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
cleanses and regulates the bowels, tones
and purifies the stomach, increases
nerve force. Makes you well-keeps
you we'll. Tea or Tablet, So cents.
W. G. Stempel & CO.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-01-21

Henry Dillon came up from Oklahoma
last week and is visiting in Morgan
township over in Decatur county. He
has been farming on leased land in the
Indian Territory section of Oklahoma
where he went two years ago, but still
owns his farm in Morgan township. He
was in town Saturday and informs us
that he is much pleased with the Sec
tion Of the country where he lives, be-
ing enabled to plow there the entire
winter.--Lineville Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-01-21

lately; he worked for me couple of
days about six weeks ago.
Q. Then that is about all you know
about the affair?
A. He said that Sunday, down there
it has been about three weeks ago,
down at my barn yard, and he says that
this talk and this interference has got
to be stopped, and he said something
about putting Wbittington's lights out,
or something like that. This is the only
trouble ever had with him, and at
that time he said some would get killed.
Q. Did you consider him dangerous
mall?