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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
UTILITIES BILL MUST ULTIMATELY
 BECOME A LAW
So Says President of Business Mems As.
 sOciatiOn in Annual Report to the Body.

President Frank W. Bolande made an interesting report to an adjourned meeting of the Bridgeport Business
 mems Association, last night in which it was shown that the organization has made much progress, under it's pres ent administration.
 Of especial interest were references to the public utilities bill, to secure the
 passage of which the association has made much effort The report says:
 "We are now in the midst of a fight for the passage of a public utilities bill, and while we may lose we believe the agitation on the subject and the work done will not have been in vain. The Bridgeport Association has led in this contest and perhaps of all the associa- | tions- in the state has been the most ac- tive in advocating control of public service corporations by a disinterested
 commission. The subject is a large
 one and is expressing the best minds in many states at the present time-
 ''An indications point to an enlight-
 ened and reSolute effort to provide a proper supervision by the state that shall eliminate graft and lobby influ- ence, and result beneficially both to the
 people and the corporations interested While this may not be accomplished ed
 at this session of the Legislature in Connecticut, the movement will pro-
 gress and ultimately become success full, if the same feeling and intention
 are retained by businessmen as at present.
 Mr. Bolande referred in terms of | compliment to the work done by Secre- | tary George R. Burnes, Treasurer D. Fairchild Wheeler and Judge Carl | Foster, counsel
 l The collecting department of the as- sociation is referred to as a means like | ly to prove of great value to the mem bers. The announcement is that the i day is not far distant when the asso-
 citation will give a winter banquet fol i lowing the fashion of the Manufactur-
 CTS Association and the Board of | Trade.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
.rhe aueen of Sicily, :,

Syracuse calls itself the capital of the south, but it has no cause to dispute pride of place with Palermo. The met ropolitan city Is superior in popula- ton, wealth and much else, but it is de dcient in what its ancient and glorious rival has in such abundance. For Syra- cuse has the supreme charm of Greece in way that no other city except Ath- ems has. Not even in Corinth, nowhere in Hellas from Messana or Sparta in the south to Thebes in the north, is there any Hellenic town to compare with ''the queen of Sicily" As a sane tuary, Delphi is far more impressive than anything in Sicily, as a national meeting place Olympia has no rival, but nowhere except at Athens is a Greek city to be seen today which has the proud record of the marvellous me- tropolis of the Sicilian Greeks, a city as great in power and wealth and beauty as Athena herself, and victor at last in the long and fatal rivalry which indirectly involved the passing of the Hellenfstic dominion of all the lands washed by the Ionian and Med iterranean seas.-Century.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
Louis Napoleon Answered.

Lady Blessington did not always meet with gratitude from some whose position at last enabled them to serve her. She sheltered in her London home Louis Napoleon after he had escaped from his prison in Ham. After Louis Napoleon became president of the French republic he seems to have turned the cold shoulder on Lady Blessington and Count D'Orsay when they approac ched him in Paris. There was a story going at the time, for the accuracy of which we certainly will not vouch, but which appeared in sev- eral of the London papers. Shortly be- fore Lady Blessington's death she met, so the story goes, the president driving in the Champs Elysees. He stopped bis carriage. she stopped hers. and they eonversed for few minutes. His manner seemed to her determinedly chilly. Do you stay long in Paris?'' be asked as he was about to drive on. ''No,' she answered. And you? ?'- London Spectator.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
A Lively Paper Cutter.

Here Is little story which the Eng fish papers tell and any one is at lib erty to believe If he will. No aff1davits go with 1t. When Lord Dufferin was viceroy of India the maharajah of In- dor paid him a visit and asked as a memento an ivory paper cutter belong ing to Lord Dufferin. He consented, the Indian left, and the viceroy never saw him until some months later when the maharajah introduced a fine young elephant into the room. A pile of news papers lay at Lord Dufferin's side. The animal went up to them, cut them neatly with his t-sks, which had been purposely sharpened. and laid them in a neat heap on the floor. ready for pc ruSaI
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16

Advertise in the Farmer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
TOPREVENT VIOLENCE GRAIN KING HAS
 BODY GUARD
Nervous Feeling in Pit Today Over Pros. pect of Congressional Action on Ac' count of Rise in Wheat and Cry of Bread Famine.
Special from United Press.)-


 Chicago, April 16.-The prospect of present wheat situation, combined with Iy at the close yesterday, created a nervous feeling in the pit when it opened today The present outlook is regarded as serious. by brokers. Some believe the break forecasts the final dissolution of the corner while traders with dull stock declare it is only a symptom, caused by oyerplay- ing of the market by shorts.
 At the same time it is said that the popular outcry against raising the price of wheat and the enforced rise in the prices of flour and bread fol- bill in Congress have aroused the 1n- terest of trade directors. One rumor today is that the directors of the board have about decided to ask Patten to cease his manipulation of the wheat market for the present and permit prices to slump in order to discount the effect on Congress of the cry of a ''bread famine The directors fear, it is said. that unless something is done to ''break the iccrner" there will be such strong public sentiment behind the Scott bill that it will surely become a law.
 Another rumor is that secret agents of the department of Commerce and Labor have been working quietly in Chicago for week, Investigating the wheat corner and its causes.
 It became known today that Patter has employed a rbodyguard to be near him at all hours to prevent violence Three men, a burly negro and two whites, have constantly been within call of the grain king and he Ee--1, rides in his automobile alone.
 ANOTHER VIOLENT BREAK. May wheat made another violent -l,1 ping to 125 3-4. This is a slump of 8 cent and a half for the opening fig ures. July and September wheat both reacted fractionally in sympathy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
Barefooted Waiting Maid. In J.pan.

Unless there are ladies among the guests the wife and daughters of the host do not appear at dinner in Japan. Before the meal begins it is customary for them to bring smSH' cups of tea and dainty confectionery, when they take their survey of the party. If gen tlemen only are present the Japanese hostess disappears after the greeting Is over and does not return until the guests are taking their departure. At a signal from the host barefooted wait ing maids, dressed in graceful and pret- tily tinted kimonos, bring in lacquer tray, bearing tiny covered bowls. Be fore setting the trays on the table the maids sink gracefully to their knees and bend forward till their foreheads touch the floor. Then they serve din- her, which is of several courses Smiths Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16

See Page 9.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
JOHNNY HAYES WON

See Page g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
Not Guilty.

Lawyer-You say you left home on the 2Oth. Witness-Yes, sir. Lawyer And came back on the 25th? Wit ness-Yes, sir. Lawyer (severely)- What were you doing in the interim Witness-Never was in such a place.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
Especial from United Press)

Special from United Press)
 Bangor. Me. April 16.-Johnny Hayes, hero of the Olympic Marathon is win ner to-day of 15 mile race held here in which he was forced to extend him. self rarely before. He ran against a relay team, Pat Dineen. of Boston. being one of his opponents. Hayes gained six laps over Dineen in the first half getting his first lap on the sixth lap of the first mile.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16
A Kindly Provi.ion of Nature.

"The codfish," said the professor. lays considerably more than 1,OOO,- GOO eggs.'
 Tt Is mighty lucky for the codfish that she doesn't have to cackle over every egg,''' said the student who came from a farm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-16

We are all wise. The difference be- tween persons is not in wisdom. but in art-Emerson.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-12
TRADE VERSUS CRIME.
Prisoners In Elmira ReformatOry Are
Given Industrial Training.

Prisoners In Elmira RefOrmatOry Are
Given Industrial Training.
There is no sovereign remedy or pre-
vention for crime, but modern expert
ence proves that industrial training Is
a s~plendidly effective means of refor-
nation. At the Elmira Reformatory
the prisoners are Informed that it Is
up to them to get out. Their free
dom can only be gained by good beha-
vior and diligent application to the
learning of a trade. A sufficiently va
ried list to suit all tastes is offered.
A writer In the Outlook describes how
the system works.
On a Sunday morning a dozen or SO
new arrivals were occupying the
"mourners' bench" Just without the Of
fees Of the superintendent, awaiting
the interview which must precede their
actually being admitted to the prison
routine. One of the number was a
dwarf, scarcely higher than a six-year-
old child. His biography stated that
he was 20 years of age, but he looked
much older, although, judging from
the vacant expression Of his face, his
mental forces were nearly as dwarfcd
as his body.
With two bookkeepers l was watch
Ing furtively the actions Of this ex-
tremely repulsive-looklng prisoner.
when II Of the clerks, by way Of
comment backed by a desire to hear
the prodigy speak, asked him
"What trade are o going to
learnT"
"Who, me?" drawled the man. with
a fearful Hebrew accent. l takes up
shuspenders an collar buddons.'
He had no idea of the reason for the
explosive mirth which his declaration
provoked and as with him, so it was
with many others. They vaguely UNI
derstood that they would learn some
thing at which the dollar might be
made, but that was all. except that
they naturally connected the idea with
what they knew Of business where they
came from.
The little Hebrew. the extent Of
whose business had rested In assisting
his brother to make sales from a push
cart, had been committed for assault
ing one of his competitors. To-day he
Is a peaceful enough tailor and cloth
%ing-cutter, his earnings averaging five
dollars a day the year round.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-12
The Power Of Sincerity.

Sincerity is made UP Of two words
tlne and crre-Slne. without. ana cere'
wax: without wax. And 1t means alb
~solutely pure. transparent.
The human mind is constructed 19r
t,,t tn telling. This is its normal con-
dition, and under the exercise Of true
living and true thinking the character
becomes strong and robust.
Wilderness. completeness, comes Into
ihe life from truth, from sincerity but
the ome we attempt to twist the
mind into expressing deceit 1t becomes
abnormal and works all sorts of harm
to the character.
have in mind Il very brilliant writer
who ~pXrhnnges his talent for cash In
political campaigns. He has written
some OF the best campaign documents
for all political parties. but the lack OF
sincerity In his character so discounts
his personality and ability that he has
| no standing as a man. lie is recognized
| as Il brilliant writer. but as a man to-
tally without convictions.
There is something in the mind itself
which thrives upon sincerity II which
protests against all that Is false, against
all sham. Nothing ever quite satisfies
| his longing but absolute truth. The
| mind quickly becomes sickly and weak
when forced to express what IS false.
-OriSon SWEET Marden, in Success
Magazine.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-12

The amateur always has a hard time
of it. and the amateur appreciation OF
his friends artistic attempts Is no ex'
ception to this rule. Fortunately q
writer in the Munich Jugend has dis
covered and published five signs which
should be very helpful to all who have
to criticise pictures. They are as FOL
lows:
1. If the artist paints the sky gray
md the grass black, he belongs to the
good old classical school.
2 If he paints the sky blue and tho
grass green. he is a real1st.
3. If he paints the sky green and
the grass blue. he is an impressionist
4. If he paints the sky yellow and
the grass purple, he is a colorist.
: 3. If he paints the sky black and
the grass red, he shows possession OF
great decorative talent.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-12
GEOGRAPHIC CURIoSITIES.

There Are Some Puzzling Questions
from Ancient Times.
Tha almost universal surprise with
which the public received the lnforma-
ton concerning the Straits OF Magellan
which was published at the time OF the
VOYAGE of the feet to the Pacific, is
sufficient proof Of a general ignorance
of exact geographic knowledge. Most
of us get only a smattering of this
len in our childhood, and the bulk
of the information thus acquired is
speedily forgotten. 1t Is seldom, how
ever, that our ignorance is the cause of
disaster.
Vet on one occasion the British lost
q point in their war with Russia by
reason Of an error in their geography.
This was when Commodore Elliot a
succeeded in blockading the Russian
feet in the Gulf of Saghalin, on the
east coast Of Siberia. The Russians
we're in a cul-de-Sac, and the British
shins waited c~ontentedly for such time
as the enemy should venture to put to
sea. But they waited In vain, and at
last an investigation was made. 1t
was found that the Russian fleet had
vanished. While the British commo-
dore waited at the south end Of the
c,lf. the Russian ships slipped away
through the shadows at the north end
into the Sea of Okhotsk. Until this
discovery was made. the British gov
eminent had believed Saghann to be a
neninsula. Now. too late, they learned
that It was an island. with a very mar
row channel at the north end Of the
gulf running into the Sea Of Okhotsk.
The Spanish Main is n familiar
phrase on our lips. and practically cv-
eryone who uses it believes that he
Is referring to an old name for a por-
ton of the ocean. AS a matter Of fact.
however, Main is merely a contraction
for Mainland. The term was applied
TO that part of the north coast Of South
America which was washed by the
Caribbean Sea. The name is simply a
survival from the days when Spain
was the mistress not only Of the West
Indies but also of the mainland.
A most puzzling geographic mystery
has come down from ancient times.
This is the old question as to the iden-
tity Of Ultima Thule. 1t was about 400
B. c.. thai Pytheas, a citizen Of Mas
silia, sailed on his famous voyage. lie
discovered Albion, and then continued
| farther north till he reached a spot
| which he named Ultima Thule. What
| this country was has never been deter
| mined. 1t may have been Shetland. or
| Norway, or Iceland.
Another ancient puzzle Is that OF At
/ lantis. 1t is commonly believed now
adays that this vanished continent did
! once actually lie beyond the Pillars of
Hercules, and there are theories unend-
inx concerning 1t. Some regard the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-12
Why He Succeeded.

A young man in quest Of a situation
entered the apartment of a high bank
officer and made known his errand.
WELL" kindly said the captain OF
finance, there's an opening in the
bank for the right young man, AMI
there have been several applicants for
it already. Are you energetic and will
ling to learn?'
TRY me, sir"
That's good for a starter. Do you
gambler
mo, sir. have a mother to support
and can't risk my earnings that way"
"Ahem. Nowhere the great man
squared himself before his applicant. in
indication that the most important
question was now to come. do you
ever 60 fishing?"
Eyes, sir" replied the young ma
without hesitation. "Was fishing yes
terday."
"Ah! and what kind Of a catch did
you maker"
"Only one little perch" smiled he.
Good! You're the young II I've
bcen seeking. All the others answered
up all right until I put that last qles-
ton; then they lied!'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-12

Possibly many of you are not aware
why it is that dogs canuo speak. Here
Is a plausible statement Of the reason,
translated from the legendary lore of
the Amos, Il tribe of Northern. Japan:
Formerly dogs could speak. Now
they cannot. The. reason is that a dog
belonging to a certain man, a long time
ago, invelgled his master into a forest
OH the pretext Of showing him game,
and there cansed" him to be devoited
hy n bear. Then the dog went home
to his masters widow, saying, My
master has been killed by a bear. Bat
when he was dying he commanded me-
to tell you TO marry me in his stead
Tho widow knew that the dog was ly-
Ing. But he kept on urging her to
marry him. so at last, in her gri-s
AMI rage, she threw a handful OF dust
into his open mouth. This made him
ur1ble to speak any more, and there
fore no dogs can speak even, to this
very day
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-12

Many attempts have been made to
name a list of books III every way SUIT
able for reading by n boy or girl OF
IL years. The latest Is perhaps the
following, compiled by DR.. FREDERICK
Tabor Cooper. a we'll known llbrarlah'
in an article in the Circle magazine:
Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and
'Huckleberry Finn"
"Stalkey and Co.." By Rudyard Kip
ling.
"Ivanhoe," by Sir Walter Scott.
Cooper's The Pathfinder
THE Count Of Monte Cristo' nnd
The Three Guardsmen.' by Alexan'
Dire Dumas.
The Moonstone," by Wilkie Collins
The Tales" Of Edgar Allan Poe.
The Adventures Of Sherioch
Holmes" by Conan Doyle.
Mrs. Stoves ""Uncle Toms CABIN
The Man Without a Country By
Edward Everett Hale.
The Mil on the Floss" by George
Eliot.
'"The Last Days Of Pompeii,' by bui
wer LyttOn.
"Westward Ho!" By Charles Kings
ley.
''rhe Marble Faun," b. Hawthorne.
"Ben-Hur." by Lew Wallace.
Longfellow's poems.
Tennyson's "Idylls Of the King
Shakespeare.
eve must keep steadily In minu'
says DR.. Cooper, the basic q e ina
our library shall contain only ooohs
that Will actually be read-and reac
with pleasure: the minute we place Oh
the shelves any volume the reading o.
which Will be n conscious task a soi
OF disguised lesson, 1t is mentally con
signed by the youthful reader TO INT
category Of sc~hoolbooks.'
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-03-12
HAWAII AS AN t.
island Getting Governmental Atten-
ton for It's Products.

siSh A"E
Hawaii Is one portion of Americas
territorial possessions that has required
but little tiukerinG since It came into
our hands. Our problems In the Is
lands have been Industrial rather h
political. T'helr social problems have
shown a large capahility to ADJUST
themselves. Our principal worry Win
them has been over matters of produc-
ton and Labor.
For This reason Secretary Garreid 3
official trip to the islands was probably
productive of n great deal OF good
which does not vet appear, say the
Washington Post. The llawaiians were
not at all in sympathy with ~ policy
of excluding foreign lNhorNrs from
American territory. Since lNDS tieE
have depended on the production of
sugar almost exclusively rs the source
Of their wealth. Native labor. that Of
the pure blood Kanakas, was unreliable
and inefficient. White labor WAS scarce
and costly. The Planters r"ils"-
auently get coolies from China 10 max"
.heir crops. With annexation cam" the
exclusion of the Chinese. which until
then bad been the mainstaN OF tn" is
ands. At that time Japanese were
seen on the sugar Plantations only in
small numbers. The llnwaiians turned
their attention TO nduriil idO"refS 10
| come out from the countries of south
ern Europe to the sugar fields. IN"
contract labor laws Of the United
States shortly quashed that. Tho close
Of the Russo-Japamese war left thous-
ands Of young Japanese footlo"se. Dis
charged from the army, with home ties
broken, and n spirit Of adventure arOus
ed by the Manchurian campaigns,
thousands Of them swarmed to the Is
lands. and now the dfSfavor OF tn"
home government has once again oper-
Rted to shut off the supply or coolies
for the sugar plantations.
Secretary Garfield finds, however,
that the HawaiianS have begun to see
the fnrsighted policy Of America and
approve il. They are holding out more
Inducements to European immigrants
With their families. The lnndlordIng
class, which has long been Jealous Of
It's position and privileges. and chung
20 its land desperately. is beginning to
loosen its grip. 1t Is encouraging
,maller plantations and more diversi-
lied cultivation.
Perhaps this last Is the most impor-
tant sign in the development Of Hawaii.
1t is n wonderful sugar country. 1t
will do as we'll with rice. 1t is cap
able Of raising excellent coffee, also
racao, indigo, cotton and fruits. The
fullest prosperity of the islands is as
sured when the cultivation of these
varied products is given into the hands
IF small farmers.