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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
The U.efuI Donkey.

In Syria. says a traveller. I saw a donkey put to an extraordinary use. One evening just before the dinner hour in our tent the Arab cook rushed hurriedly out of the door of the kitchen tent with a glass carafe in his hand. He went up to the row of donkeys, horses and packages tethered close by. Seizing the tail of the smallest of the donkeys, he hastily thrust it into the carafe. gave it two or three vigorous turns inside the bottle and then as quickly removed the unconcerned tail. Thus he had cleansed the water bottle for our dinner. It is in Syria also that the strange fashion exists of shaving the donkeys' coats in different ways, much as a lady of fashion slaves her French poodle. A choice breed of don keys, known as 'Bagdad mules," is much cherished in the neighborhood of Damascus. Their long, hairy coat, usually of pure white or pale gray, ad- mits of fantastic clipping.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
Me.I.In the Dark Axe..

Few references can be found as to the manner in which a meal was served and eaten during the dark ages. As near as we can learn, the soup was put in big bowl with ears, called a "por- ringer" There was seldom a spoon for each person. Those who had spoons dipped them into the porringer, and the liquid was carried directly to each mouth. Those who were without spoons drank their soup from the DOT ringer, holding it by one of the ears, or else borrowed spoon of their neigh Dor. The meats were placed in large vessel in the center of the table. Each person present at the meal picked out with his fingers such bits as he desired. One or two knives answered for half a dozen guests. Those who were with out knives borrowed from those who had them. As a rule, the guests at table used their own knives. There is no evidence that napkins were supplied to guests at this period. At any rate, no mention is made of them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
A Remarkable Dwarf.

Perhaps the most remarkable dwarf on record was Sir Jeffrey Hudson, the little fellow whom Scott introduces in "Peveril of the Peak" He was born in Rutlandshire, England, in 1919. C When eight years of age he was pre- sented by the Duke of Buckingham to Queen Henrietta in a cold pie. He aft erward became attached to the court of Charles I. At. one of the court masks the kings porter, a man of gigantic size who used to torment the little dwarf, pulled from one pocket loaf of bread and from the other Jeffrey, much to the surprise and amusement of the company present. Jeffrey was at this time only eighteen inches in height
 He remained at this stature until he was thirty years of age, after which curious exception to the laws of growth took place, since Jeffrey rapid ly grew to be three feet nine inches in height, whereas most men do not grow quarter of an inch after the age of thirty This dwarf had an enormous head and very large hands and feet; otherwise his proportions were sym metrical, and his face was considered handsome.-Youth's Companion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26

tory. near Boston, has announced his intention of trying to travel from that city to the Pacific coast by balloon this summer.
 More in the line of physical culture apparatu than a child's toy is a new motor-driven machine which operates a skipping rope when its user steps on a platform, stopping automatically when he. leaves it.
 Ferro- silicon. a metallic powder formed by fusing together iron ore quartz. lime and coke. and used in the manufacture of high grade steel, gives off poisonous gases when smoistened. which are explosive if confined.
 Steel plates polished by process in vented by a Swedish engineer to a de- gree of s,noothness heretofore impos- sible to attain, when laid together are said to be separated by a space of less than l. 100000 of miIllmeter.
 Ordinary manila paper may be made moth proof for the preservation of clothing and furs, by coating it with a mixture of 70 parts coal tar oil. 20 of thin coal tar and five each of refined petroleum and crude carbolic acid.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
DO YOU OWN A
 HYOMEI INHALER?

If you have a little Hyomei inhaler CproTounced High-o-me) in your home you have a treasure.
 Into this hard rubber inhaler you can -Four d few drops of Hyomei and, pres to, you have the best little physician for catarrh. coughs. colds. bronchitis, croup and asthma, the world has ever known.
 When you brea the Hyomei you bring the healing virtues of the mountainous forests to your home. You get the very same healing, antiseptic air that you would breathe if you resided in the forests of pine and eucalyptus of in- land Australia, where catarrh or con- sumption was never known to exist.
 If you have a Hyomei inhaler in your home, get a bottle of Hyomei for soc
 If you have not an inhaler. ask for complete outfit, which costs but S1 .O0 and includes an inhaler. a bottle of Hyomei. and simple instructions for use.
 Hyomei is sold and guaranteed by all druggists to cure catarrh, asthma or bronchitis. money back. It will relieve cold in five minutes, and will break it up in five hours. It gives most gratifying relief to consumption sufferers. and is sold by leading drug gists everywhere.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
FOR A GERMAN COUNCIL
 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
A Meeting of Catholic Men of German Birth Will be Held Sunday Afternoon to Consider Project.

. At a meeting of Catholic men of German birth or extraction to be held Sunday afternoon, at o'clock, at St. Joseph's church, the idea of forming a a~German council of the Knights of Columbus in this city will be broached. This idea was started last Sunday at the banQlet of the Knights held at the Stratf1eld when Rev. Hubert Dahme pastor of St. Joseph's German Catholic church was present as a guest of Will liam Flynn. who was instrumental in the organization of the John F. Rogers council which has prospered so we'll
 Father Dahme was very much inn pressed with the degree work of the order, and when the question of a strictly German council was preached, he expressed himself as being well pleased and would do all in his power to further it. The project has taken deep root within so short a time, the prospects of a strong German council already appearing are bright. When the council is organized the entire charge of it will be left to the mem bers. Some noted degree team will be brought here to put on the work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
A Skin Game.

Things are not always what they seem,'' said an officer of one of the big leather companies the other day at a gathering of leather men. "Once upon time there were six good little goats in field. They died young, like all good little goats with good skins, and the fellow who was responsible for their death shipped those skins to a tannery. When they came out the skin of one little goat was an elephants s hide, that of the second little goat was monkey skin, that of the third was sealskin, the fourth sea lion. the fifth a green frog skin and the skin of the sixth came out beautiful walrus hide.'-New York Times
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
MITCHEIL ARRAIGNS
 LABOR TRADUCER

New York, May 26.-The .ree6pb ar raignment of organized labot made Here in the course of hts speechsof ac- oeptance by John Kirby, of Dayton Ohio, newly elected president of the National Association of Manufacutrers is made the subject of a condemnatory article by John Mitchell, formerly president of the United Mine Workers of America. published in the current issue of the National Civic Federation Review N.., .-~.s..
 MT Mitchell first quotes MT. Kirby as saying that he had been elected be- cause the members Of the association knew where he stood oT1 the labor dtterances on organized labor with those O. President Taft. Pope Leo MIL. Cardinal Manning. Gladtone. Mark Hanna Potter Palmer Wendell Phillips. Bishop Potter and Melville E. Ingalls. 9f
 Frsfn this parallel MT Mitchell de- duces that ...the only truthful and sane ffeclaratiOn made by the newly chosen spokesmaH of the National Association of Manufacturers is that 1nswhich he say-s !--~<I have not. been selected as your president on account of my abil-
 -Paradoxica1 as it may appear con cludes Mr. Mitchell, the representa- one breath decry and denounce what they term .-olass divisions and class hatreds. and in the next breath maliEn and berate their fellow citi- zens who are workingmen, and all other groups in society in sympathy with the legitimate purposes and hign ideals of the labor movement. {.
 They claim and proclaim the right and necessity of organfzationz among employers, yet, deny to workingmen the right of organization and comb ma fios1 They prate about law and order vet advocate. violence and anarchy; they suggest the use of cannon as a means. of dispensing the workingmen; they malign and traduce the great ma jorfty of the employers of lahor. who refuse to join them in carnying for ward their unhofy and un@American designs to destroy the organized labor F.t
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
The Gift of Gardens.

God Almighty first planted garden. And, indeed. it is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refresh ment to the spirits of man. without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiwork. and a man shall ever see that when ages grow to civility and elegancy men come to build state ly sooner than to garden finely. as if gardening were the greater perfection. I do hold it. in the royal order of gar dens there ought to be gardens for all the months in the year, in which, sev- erally, things of beauty may be then in seaSon.-Lord Bacon
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
Making Matter. Worse.

The English papers tell quaint sto- " of Lord Leighton, the painter. Two women were looking at his picture of Helen of Troy" Ut is a horrid pie ture," one remarked to the painter. "'Tm sorry, but it's mine," said Sir Frederick, as he then was. "Oh," said the woman, you don't mean to say you've bought it?" "No; I painted 1t, !" was the reply. "Oh," declared the wo- men, you must not mind what we say. We are only saying what everybody else says"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
A Wonderful Xofce.

Lablache had the most magnificent bass voice ever known to the lyric stage. It had a compass of two oc- taves, from E flat below to E flat above the bass staff. He was a man of prodigious size and strength, and his voice was proportioned to his phys ical dimensions. Nothing was able to overcome or drown it, and through the tones of the largest chorus it boomed out as lustny as though alone. More than once he broke a window pane by the strength of the vibrations caused by his monstrous voice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
Browning and mn UmbreIln

A correspondent writes to the Lon don Chronicle that he once came upon Robert Browning in Piccadilly in live ly dispute with a stranger who had carried his closed umbrella over his shoulder or under his arm, with the end sticking out. Browning. walking behind, struck down the dangerous point with an energetic stick. 'I all ways do it," said the poet with just indignation and in no measured tone-,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
Glamour of the Foot1isht..

Mary Anderson Navarro talked also a good deal about the stage and told me that no one who had not lived be- hind the scenes could have any idea how utterly, hopelessly wearisome it was to live in a world where all things from the sun and the moon downward were shams.-Grant Duff's Notes From a Diary"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
Bottle Explodes
 Injuring Youth

As Arthur Hendrickson an IS year old boy, who lives at 11S5 Broad street was about to throw a soda water bot tie into the water, the bottle exploded, under the pressure of it's charge of gas and he was severely cut about the eyes. Dr. Krause cared for the wounds at the Emergency
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
His Stand In the Fight.

They were giving a reception to the battle scared hero.
 '1 am delighted to meet you,- cap tain" exclaimed Miss Gushingly. "So you were one of the men behind the guns,''
 Great Scott. no, ma 'am!" responded the maimed veteran "I was one of the men in front of the guns. Don't look ft?'-Chicago Tribune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
Ardent Lover.

Kloseman-Pm looking for another girl Object, matrimony. Ascum- Why, thought Miss Pechis had accept ed you. Kloseman-So she did, but the ring I had didn't fit her, so I've got to find somebody else.-Catholic Standard and Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
Vanderbilt Valet
 Imprisoned Today

London. May 26.-William Cox, former valet in the employ of Alfred G. Vanderbilt. was sentenced to three months Imprisonment in the Marl- borough street police court to-day for the theft of 5000 worth of jewelry from MT. Vanderbilt. The theft oc- cured in Vanderbilt's house after Cox had been dismissed. The jewels were recovered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
The HackhifeH.

I never yet heard man or woman much abused that I was not inclined to think the better of them and to transfer the suspicion or dislike to the one who found pleasure in pointing out the d~e-ets of another.-Jane Porter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
Death of Her Sister Makes Woman Believe
 Devils Possess Her

Because of the death of her sister year ago Mrs Ellen F.. Callahan be- came melancholy. She came to be- lieve that she is possessed of devils. Yesterday she was committed to the Middletown insane asylum and re- moved to that institution. She has lived all of her life in Harral avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
His ObieSfion.

Tt is too bad that Bliggins wastes his time writing poetry"
 T don't mind his wasting his own time," answered the severe man, "but he has no right to waste my time read ing 1t aloud to me.'-Washington Star
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
That Coxx Feeling.

snug little flat you have! The Renter Isn't it? When we open the door we're in the middle of the room, and when the sunshine comes in we have to move some of the furniture out.-Chica go Tribune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
Anonymous.

A Birmingham churchwarden was reading at vestry meeting list of subscriptions to the parochial funds. The list began as follows: The vicar, a guinea; Mrs. -, half a guinea; an anonymous donor. myself. 9 shillings." :"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
A Little Help Wanted.

Old Financier-Young man, you must remember that there's always room at the top of the ladder. Applicant for Job-Um! Would you mind giving me boost so I can see for myself?-De- troit Free Press
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26

The man protested aloud. but Brown ing explained to the gathering crowd and justified himself fully. No one seemed to know how illustrious was the brawler
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
MONA Cures lndfocStfOn

It relieves stomach misery, sour stom- ach, belching, and cures all stomach dis ease or money back. Large box cf tab lets 50 cents. Druggists in all towns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
OYSTER MERCHANT.

Two dozen best oysters can be obtained
 for 2S. Cd. Should death be proved to have occur red through eating same, a decent flu neral guaranteed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26
EnterpriSe.
JAMES

An English paper contains the fol lowing enterprising advertisement:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-26

Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.-Euripides
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-24
SAN JOSE LIBRARY
PRESIDENT RESIGNS
DR.. j. L. Assay Will Leave Sery-
ice of the City
Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI

lOPecfdt Dispdtcn 10 ne Ndu
SAN JOSE, Dec. 33-Dr. ]. L. Assay,
president of the board of library trus-
tees and a prominent local physician,
after serving a year and a half of a
four year term today rendered his
resignation to Mayor Dawson as fol-
lows:
1t is with regret that / feel COM
PEELED in justice to myself to sever my
connection with the management of
the free public library of San Jose by
hereby rendering my resignation as a
member of the board of trustees there
of, to take effect December 81 next or
sooner at your pleasure.
The reason which actuates me in
thus. withdrawing from a position OF
public trust is that L feel it necessary
to unburden mystelf of all public cares
which can and ought to be performed
by younger and more active men. My
relations with the board of trustees
are and have been throughout my un-
finished term harmonious and pleasant
For the staff of librarians and
assistants 1 have nothing but words
of commendation for intelligent and
faithful service rendered. From your
self l have received every official and
personal courtesy, and your manifested
interest in the affairs and well being OF
the public library hereby receives my
grateful acknowledgement.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-24
OAKLAND YOUTH IS
YOUNGEST LAWYER
Louis Glickman Admitted to the
Bar on His Twenty-first
Birthday

SACRAMENTO. Dec. 25.-The third
district court of appeals in special
session in this city today admitted
Louis Glickman, a resident of Oakland,
to the practice of law in the state of
CALIFORNIA.
Glickman, a graduate OF the Univer-
sity of Southern California, was ad-
mitted on his twenty first birthday,
making him the youngest lawyer in the
United States.
No person can be admitted to the
practice of law until 21 years old, and
Glickman got in as young as possible.
He will appear tomorrow in an in
junction case in the superior court of
Alameda county.
Glickman is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris Glickman of 1880 Telegraph
avenue, Oakland. He intends to follow
the practice of his chosen profession
in Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-24
ELMHURST HOTEL is
THREATENED BY FIRE
Flames Burn to Roof Between
Walls Before Discovery

OAKLAND, Dec. 23.-The opportune
discovery that flames had eaten their
way between the walls from the kitch-
en- f1ue to the roof, and the prompt or
ganization of a bucket brigade by
Carl Noschke, son of the proprietor,
saved the Elmhurst hotel and the ad-
joining block of fine residences at
Jones avenue and East Fourteenth
street, Elmhurst,. from destruction by
fire tonight
About o'clock this evening
Noschke smelled smoke and upon in
vestigation found that the entire end
of the structure was likely to burst
into flames at any moment, while the
woodwork of the kitchen was already
blazing.
Notifying the fire departments of
this city and San Leandro, Noschke
gathered a band of fire fighters from
among the guests and carmen at the
power house. BY means of buckets
and garden hose, they had the flames
partly under control by the time the
San Leandro department arrived, the
Melrose and Fruityale companies
reached there few moments after
ward.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-24
SAYS WIFE PLAYED
TAG WITH DOCTOR
Husband Peeks Through VIM
dow and Watches Game of
Hide and Seek, He Says

OAKLAND. Dec. 2S.-Charging his
wife Myrtle with playing tag with
DIR. r. H.. Eveleth, an Elmhurst physi-
clan, William II. Hyland, a former
soldier, brought suit for divorce against
her today on the ground of extreme
cruelty. Hyland says that Doctor Ev-
eleth's visits to his home were suspi-
ciously frequent. when, in fact, his
wife was in very good health. When
he asked her from what ailment she
was suffering she never told him. One
day Hyland peeked through the window
into his wife's room, he says. and saw
the medical man chasing her playfully
about, while she lodged behind the
chairs. Mrs. HyIand left him last May,
the husband alleges, taking with her
their one child, a boy of 5 years, for
whose custody he asks.
Q. P. Colburn, travelling auditor of
the Pacific gas and electric company,
brought suit for divorce today against
Mary T. Colburn, the principal accusa-
ton that he makes. against her being
that she had him arrested last week
without cause. Colburn was in Fresno
and he was dragged out of bed and
brought to Oakland on a warrant sworn
to by Mrs. Colburn, who accused him
OF failing to support her. Colburn was
able to show that the charge was un-
founded and he was promptly celeased.
Mrs. Colburn made her appearance
with motion that her husband be COM
PEELED to pay her $1Oo month alimony,
S100 for her immediate expenses, 500
for her lawyers and $25 for costs. This
motion will be heard tomorrow by
Judge Ellsworth.
Having to subsist on raw tomatoes
because his wife would not cook his
meals for him when he was bedridden
is the chief allegation of cruelty that
Charles Anderson makes against Har-
rlet Anderson in a divorce suit he filed
today. Anderson declares that his wife
had him arrested while he was still so
Ill that 1t was not safe for him to leave
his bed, and forced him to appear in
court to answer charge Of assault and
battery. He says that she was the
guilty party and that at the time the
family fight broke out he was so feeble
that he could not protect himself.
Judge Ellsworth today denied a di-
vorce to Ida Zoll, who wanted a sepa-
ration from Godfrey Zoll. Mrs Zoll
testified that her husband had become
angry at her because she preferred to
Join the Hermann Sisters rather than
the Baptist church.
The following new suits for divorce
We're begun today:
Suzanne V. Ware against John r. Ware de-
sertlon = francisco Romano against Charles Ro-
mano, cruelty and desertion.
The following We're granted divorce
DEGREES.
Lille NJ Taylor against NJ. NJ Taylor final.
habltual neglect; Mary B. Con against Jesse
Gon, interlocutory. desertion; Mabel G.. Stephens
against John j. Stephens, final, cruelty; Mae A
Jones against J. A. Jones' interlocutory cruelty;
tory. cruelty
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-24

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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-24
NEWS OF OAKLAND BERKELEY ALAMEDA HAYWARD AND LEANDRO
Millionaire Bradbury
WillHaveNo Turkey

oAN QUENTIN. Dee. 23.-FOr
the first time in 40 years
Millionaire William b. Brad
bury will go without Christmas
turkey. Despite his wealth the
aged man Will be shown no ia
vors here and will be forced to
eat such holiday fare as is pro-
vided for the other 1,S25 in
mates of the institution.
While his wife and Miss Lenore
Van Sickle, his pretty niece, are
eating their sumptuous yuietide
repast in the big home at Corte
MADEIRA Bradbury will partake of
his plain meal in absolute silence.
The prisoners are forbidden TO
talk at the table here in order
to avoid confusion.
Bradbury will get plenty of
meat and potatoes and coffee,
and possibly pudding, but there
will be no turkey or mince pie or
any of the dainties of which the
old man Is known to be so fond.