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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-18
MAIL CONTRACT
 NOT YET SIGNED
Explanation of Fight Over the Weighing
 of Pouches at inc Union Depot.

New Haven, Nov. 1s.-A high official of the New Haven railroad asserts that the real motive for the mysteri- ous boys play warfare which has been going on between the representatives of the post office department and the road, over the weighing of the mails here. is based entirely on the fact that the road has not as yet signed the four years contract for carrying the malls. This contract was based upon the weighing as carried out at the union station a year ago at this time, when both the parties at interest worked together But the contract has not as yet been signed. according to the statement made by ahe railroad man and the road is now seeking to ed by the post office department are just or not just
 This explanation accounts for the more or less shuffling policy which has characterized the weighing of the mails for the past two weeks.
 The attaches os both departments while acting under instructions from their respective superfors. the post ard the railroad men by instructions from the Yellow Building" have all the time acted in half hearted man ner. when it came down to the matter Of a physical clash between the work man who were trying to carry out the weighing.
 The situation under the present con- ditioR seems to be: That the railroad must carry the mails but it does not admit that 1t has signed any agree ment in connection with the present four years contract. And the govern ment. having carried out the weighing of last November. but still lacking these signatures to the contract finds itself somewhat 'bal1led up'' in the matter.
 Early in the day yesterday the or ders came to the post office men at the depot not to allow the weighing of the malls and consequently when the trucks with mail bags were push ed upon the scales in front of the de- pot there was a game of catch-as- catch can between the representatives of the two parties at interest, a semi friendly glare, and then the post of- flee men walked away with enough of mall bags to vitiate the whole weigh ing transaction. Sometimes there was trifling exhibition of madness, but nobody was hurt
 Later on came the telegraphic in struction from Washington to let the weighing go on. and 1t went on last night. The official in charge of the post office station at the depot said last night that 1t would go on for the present." and that there was no telling when final advices would be re- ceived from Second Assistant Post master General Stewart upon the mat | ter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-18
IN THE THEATRES
POLI'S

Miss Marion Carson. "the little girl with the big voice." is certainly mak- ing a big hit in company with the big bill which is being offered this week. and which is, entertaining the biggest houses of the season at every per formance- Miss Carson Is sweet singer and her dainty personality and charming manners have won for her a host of new friends She is well known here by reason of previous ap- pearances. but even when she was m n musical comedy. '-The Folties of lS- g, and 'The Rich Mir. Hoggerheimer. she never made such an excellent im- pression as she has achieved m vauoe- vile She has a sweet well moou- lated voice, and her upper tones especially bespeak the real artiste- She never fails to get two or three or more encores on every appearance. and ue- serves every one of them
 Tom Edwards is the headliner Of the bin this week and he keeps the audi ences in a roar during every moment he is on the stage His impersonattonS are simply. superb
 Haines & Viioc are another big fea- tnre of the current bill. and their work is a scream all through Such rapie fire stuff has never been heard here before. and its only fault IS that IL comes so fast and thick that IL IS at- most impossible to keep np with It. so that some of the jokes are neces- sarily. lost
 The Clever trio is another act which deserves every bit of the cordial wei come, bestowed These clever cancers are well named
 Those bright little Japs are the idols of the ladies. and it is a source or wonderment how such little oooles are able to perform such difficult featst
 There are but few more opportuni- fies to see the current bill and the sale of seats for all remaining per formanceS is so large that if you want good seats. you will have to get them well ahead. If you wait too long you may not get any at all
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-18
Commander Peary
 Cracks Weather Joke
Special from United Press.)

Washington. Nov. 1S--A bowling wind from the northwest cut down Fennsylvania avenue today and swirl ed around the figure of a tall man with blue eyes and lifted his hat into the middle of the street He recov- cred his headpiece and yanked his coat a little closer about him,
 Did YOU ever see such cold weather for this time of the year?" a passing stranger queried. ''Oh. this is mild.''' rejoined the hat chaser Then the other pedestrian discovered he was talking to Commander Robert E. Pearv. discoverer of the North Polo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-18
JACKSON'S
aARIZONA-n -n

ARIZONA"
 Arizona" which will appear at Jackson's this evening has made career of uninterrupted success in all most every large city in the East. It has played in New York at the Herald Square theatre and at the Academy of Music for over 150 consecutive nights. Arizona" as the name inn plies is a play which has its scenes, characters and incidents located in the far West The people 1 the play comprise the sturdy ranchmen and cowboys, the brisk, alert women of the pioneer. generation and their dainty, graceful yet strong and self-reliant daughters, types of the American girl over.
 THE THIRD DEGREE"
 Never. in the history of dramatic works was an artist endowed with a more fascinating character than is Miss Marion Kerby. who plays the part Of the young wife in Charles Klein s masterpiece. ''The Third Degree" which comes to Jackson's. next Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday mat inee and which has established her so well in the eyes of the public and her manager, Henry. B. Harris. that he has engaged MT. Klein to construct another play, along potent lines. that will give her another opportunity to display her wonderful powers of emo tion- The new play in all probability will touch along some theme of public interest. such as her present vehicles, or 'The Lion and the Mouse. which Mr Harris also produced and which is from the pen of the same author, and is ordered to be in readiness for Miss Kerby immediately after her tour in ''The Third Degree"
 THE CIRCUS MANI
 Klaw and Erlanger will send their first big production of the theatrical year, and the first novelty of the sea- son. to Jackson's theatre. for single performances only. next Monday even, ing It is ~The Circus Man." and Maclyn Arbuckle will be seen as Fighting Hime" Look This comedy drama has been evolved from Holman F. Days stories by Eugene w. Pres brey, one of the most skilled writers for the stage in America. and 1t comes here after prosperous engagements in Chicago, Washington and Philadelphia Seats are now selling.
 "A WIPES SECRET"
 Next Tuesday matinee and night at Jackson-s theatre Hal Reid's greatest play, "A wffers Secret will be the attraction. Usual popular prices will prevail.
 SILVER THREADS
 MT. Richard Jose's lats appearance in the straight drama was with Den man Thompson in the original produc- ton of ''The old Homestead" After many years identification with the principal minstrel companies and vaudeville houses all over the coun- try he feels that he has secured the play he has been seeking in silver Threads. MT. Jose comes to Jack sons theatre next Wednesday and Thursday evenings. with the usual Thanksgiving day matinee. Seat sale opens Saturday morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-18
$lOO,OOO FIRE
 IN LUMBER MILL
Special from United PressD

Lowell. Mass. Nov. 1s--Loss of more than S100. GOO was caused by a fire in the Davis & Sargent Lumber Com, nany's mill here early to-day. For the first time in many years 1t was neces- sary to send in a general alarm and the blaze was fought by all ths ap- paratus in the city. The fire started in the boiler room of the mill and gained rapii headway. After about two hours work by the firemen the flames were confined to the brick building which was reduced to skele- ton The loss is covered by insurance Besides Davis & Sargent. the building was occupied by Marshall & Crosby. cabinet makers and Gilman & Com pany a firm of machinists-
 The production of salt in Turkey is A Government monopoly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-18
FINNS TO LOSE
 THEIR INDEPENDENCE
Special from United Press.)

Helsingfors, Finland. Nov. 1S--The Finnish Diet the last executive body of Finland, preserved from the oonll- nafior of Russia. was dissolved today. The dissolution is looked upon as the berfnnirlsy of the end of Finnish inde- Dandence- It will undoubtedly be met by violent opposition on the part or t5e Films and may even precipitate armed resistance to Russian aggres- sions-
 The dissolution of the Diet is a result or the refusal of that body to author ize an appropriation of &.OOOeOO rom +ba Finnish treasury to the military fsnd of Russia The demand was made in a note from St Petersburg The Russian officials passed the meas ure but the Diet rejected it. formuiat- ~nnlicatfou for money be made in ac- cordsnce with Finnish legislation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-18
Separate Buffets of Golden Chartered Oak
Established 1857.

An extensive line embracing many styles al required size, in price from $2OO0 to $61.5O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-18

The production of salt in Turkey is A Government monopoly.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-06-10
Exercise and Overexertion.

Since the Marathon run last Summer
was won by an American, such tests OF
endurance have been enthusiastically per-
sued by the youth Of the kindred nations.
Americans intend to keep this country at
the front in future Olympic games. Eng
lishmen are preparing to take away that
misunderstanding so arduously as to
give cause for warnings which their cous-
ins will do well to heed,
The Marathon distance is about twenty
six miles. AT the Olympic it is covered
by young men who are supposed to be
strong, sound, experienced and directed
by experts who know how to place each
stride and get the most out OF every mus
Gle. Even so, Marathon Finish" is not
pleasing spectacle. II indicates that the
contestants have undergone strain from
which they will not soon, fever, recover.
Medical authorities have agreed that
this is the fact. Many go further and de-
clare that just as it harms men to run
long distance, so does it iniure growing
boys to run shorter distance, if the strain
of competition is added. Five ofthe most
eminent physicians and surgeons in Eng
land have united in statement that
"school and cross-country races exceed
ing one mile are wholly unsuitable for
boys under nineteen, as the continued
strain involved is apt to cause permanent
injury TO the heart and other organs.
Some will think that this shows excess
ofcaution. Perhaps it does. AT any rate,
il shows unselfishness, for the doctors are
trying to forestall conditions that, in later
years, they would be called upon to treat.
If they are willing TO make that sacrifice
for what they conceive to be the general
good, surely any youth can afford for his
own good to give up the hope OF a mo-
mentary fame.
The Marathon craze has served one
useful purpose, however, in that il has
led TO thorough re-examination oflarge
and important questions. So far, in great
Britain, the conservatives seem TO have
triumphed. Even the setting-up drill of
the British army has of late been revised
with view to eliminate all movements
that put undue strain upon the heart. No
one can go far wrong if he follows that
precedent.
Exercise is necessary and wholesome.
Excessive exercise, the oyerexertion that
leads to collapse, or invites accident, or
brings on fatigue, which is not soon dis
PEELED, is always harmful-if not to-day,
tomorrow.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-06-10
The Last One Considered.

A tariff on wool and tariff on brass,
A tariff on fur, hides and tallow;
A tariff on steel and tariff on glass;
A tariff on crooks, deep and shallow.
A tariff on rails and tariff on nails
A tariff on coffee's uimor--
Protect everything in the tariff trust ring
Put tn cinch on the helpless consumer.
A tariff on flour and a tariff on salt,
A tariff on linen and cotton;
A tariff on sugar, and don't call halt
Until not thing is forgotten.
A tariff on clocks, on gloves and on
socks
Just pile up iile tariff tax higher
Protect everything in tie tariff trust ring ;
Put tn cinch on the poor helpless buy
erl
A tariff on clothes and tariff on boots,
A tariff on rubber and copper;
A tariff on lace and tariff on fruits,
OU OOttiN dild otOHHNts
A tariff on thread and tariff on bread
Hoist the tariff as high as the steeple--
Protect everything in the tariff trust ring |;
Put tn cinch on the poor common peo-
pie
A tariff on coal and tariff on tin,
A tariff on lumber and paper;
A tariff on needle, tariff on pin;
A tariff on shirts-thai's the caper.
A tariff on rope and tariff on soap
Hoist the tax to the stars and surprise
'enl--
Protect everything in the tariff trust ring (;
No thought for the fellow who buys
'em
A tariff on cradle, tariff on bed,
A tariff on shroud and on coffin;
A tariff on tombstone to place at his head
Get after him early and often.
From cradle to grave gouge the poor,
helpless slave
Here's your chance, Tarlff Baron; just
note err
Protect everything in the tariff trust ring ;
Put tn cinch on the sIlon-Sighted yoieri
A tariff on lead and tariff on zinc,
A tariff on carpet and curtain;
A tariff on food and tariff on drink
You've got them all cornered-tha's
certain.
Tax his birth and his death. tax his first
and last breath
Everything that he needs put the ban on.
Play the limit Of lust, ev'ry tariff-fed trust,
With the help Of Payne, Aldrich and
Cannon.
The Commoner.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-06-10
Amos,s AnodYne.

1--WE always wondered little how
Amos Dore and his wife got along
really" "Aunt EN-" Macouber said,
frankly. "Some in the neighborhood said
they'd never overheard single loud or
cross word on either side, but Lie DAN
iels always stuck to it that Amos was as
mis'able at home as man could be.
"He never spoke right out till Amos
died and Mis- Dore went back up-coun-
try to her folks. Then he let out"
"What?" queried Aunt Ems visitor.
"Well, Amos worked logging alongside
OF Lie every winter, and summers they
hayed together most always, and II
seems" said Aunt EN-, impressiyely, "
that Amos complained of his shoes hurt
ing him about all the time. Finally Lie
asked why he wore tight shoes.
"Why don'tyou get a pair big enough2'
says Lie, one day.
"'Weil, I'll tell you,' Amos says.
"When ! wear tight shoes ] forget all
my other troubles
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-06-10

In certain city, which shall be name
less, says The Youths Companion, a lit
erary man had asked his wife, as she was
going down town, TO buy pair OF shirts
for him. She asked him what kind, and
he answered, "Size fifteen"
Eyes, but"
1.-Two dollars"
"But | want TO know"
ooh, the color2 Well, I've plenty Of
white shirts. Get me something that
won't show SCOT. Now don't bother me
any more, please. I'm at work."
She did not bother him any more. She
went away and In the afternoon returned
with her purchases.
Here are your shirts, john" she said,
laying them down before him.
"Why, they're coal-black, Lucinda T.
he exclaimed
'''+.yes, that's the only kind tiiat won;
show 500, They are just shat you told
me 10 buy. Now DOM bother me by
talking about iien. Ihaye got to 20 and
look after the children"
Being game" John took his medicine
without protest.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-06-10
Boa Constructors.

The real home of the boa constructors is
in the tropical countries. Mrs. Boa seeks
sandyplace When she has found If
she coils herself into a great and almost
flat corkscew. Then by iusttwo or three
turns of her body she digs shallow hole
in the sand. This is her nest. In this
hole she lays about twenty-four eggs.
The eggs are about as large as those ban
tam chickens lay and are dark cream
color. They are oblong and more the
shape Of pecan than ola hens egg.
The shell is not hard, like a hens egg,
bun yields to the pressure of your finger,
something like rubber.
Havinglaid her eggs in the nest of sand,
the mother boa winds herself into per-
fectly flat coil, like round mat. This
done, she gently pushes waves OF sand
upon the eggs until they covered from
four TO six inches deep. Then she set
ties herself upon the top and stays nine
teen days. AT the end Of this time a LOT
OF little snakes may be seen pushing their
way out from the nest and away into the
world to get their own living. They
don't show bit of affection for their
mother or for each other, but glide away,
probably never to be together again. Is
il any wonder, when they act so just af-
terbeing ghatched out, that boa constructors
never like anybody and never have any
thing to do with people if they can avoid
1t?
Each little snake measures from twelve
to fourteen inches in length and is about
as big around as lead pencil. II is said
that they eat nothing at all during the first
six months of their lives or until they are
old enough TO catch crush TO death small
animals ard swallow them whole. The
boa constructor never bites-it has no poi
son fangS-but always kills by coiling a.
about its victim and crushing it to death.
Fully grown, the boa constructor is thir-
ty to forty feet long and as big around as
the large part OF mans leg.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-06-10
sheaepdaM HeronCou

Deep down under the crust where water
has entered through faults, to be entrap-
ped and highly heated, with no room for
expansion, it dissolves the rock, and as
under the enormous pressures it forces its
way through narrow crevices TO new po-
sitions it cuts new channels through gram
ite floors, just as in glacial time sub-glacial
streams cut passages through the ice.
Consequently. when the eruption of a
volcano takes place, relieving the pres
sure in deep passages under it, there is a
rush toward the outlet OF streams Of su-
per-heated water made syrupy with stone
in solution As these streams of silica
charged water find vent atthe volcano the
expansion OF the pent-up stream takes
place with explosive violence, forming
volcanic dust and purnice stone, which
are belched forth in stupendous quanti-
ties. Then portions Of the earth's crust,
which have been resting upon support
of steam under dynamite pressures, nat
urally sag and shift when those presSures
are removed or materially lesSened.
The vast amount of solid matter elected
at times from volcanoes is difficult of conf
pfehension. The great volcano Krakatoa
had been extinct for ages when, in 1888,
its top blew off with shock felt clear
through the earth, and with blast that
sent a wave of air around the earth three
times, while the fine volcanic dust did not
settle out of the atmosphere for more than
two years, as was indicated by the unus-
ually brilliant display OF red sunsets. II
is estimated that more mud was elected
from the mountain on that occasion than
the Mississippi river discharges in 250
years. This was the greatest volcanic
eruption in historic times. The distance
is not too great nor the time too remote
for the eruption OF Mont Pelee to have
caused the earthquakes of San Francisco,
Valparaiso and Kingston, while possibly
Vesuvius may have played material part.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-06-10
GOOD DEEDS.

Out OF the earth there came seed:
Out OF gentle heart. deed
The seed put out green leaves and stem.
Put on a green-leaved diadem.
And waxed and bourgeoned, ring by ring,
Fair in the sun and strong in the shower.
In seed and leaf and fruit and flower.
Til il stood a century blessing thing.
Strong in the sun and fair in the shade.
Out Of the tree was forest made:
And the wind and the bird and the wandering bee
Carried its pollen over the sea-
Till the seeds Of the tree were as far apart
As thought OF itself from the gentle heart
Out OF the gentle heart the deed
Grew like plant or lusty weed.
Took from life its sun and shower,
Blossomed In both like lovely flower.
Put forth height and grace and power.
And branched and budded and shed its seed:
And the wind and the bee and the wide-winged
bird
Bore il afar. till noiselessly,
As winter by spring. mems hearts were stirred.
And gentle deeds sprang up in them
Like sapIng growth from the parent STEM
Men lived and died in the shade OF the tree,
And the gentle deed became history.
But the seed in The earth never knew its part.
Nor the gentle owner OF the heart.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-06-10
Men Past Fifty In Danger.

Men past middle life have found COM
fort and relief in Foley's Kidney Remedy,
especially for enlarged prostate gland,
which is very common among elderly
men. L. E. Morris, Dexter, Ky, writes
Cup to year ago my father suffered from
kidney and bladder trouble and several
physicians pronounced il enlargement OF
the prostate gland and advised all opera
ton. On account of his age we were
afraid he could not stand it and ! recon-
mended Foley's Kidney Remedy, and the
first bottle relieved him, and after taking
the second bottle he was no longer trou-
bled with this complaint" Hills Phar-
macy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-06-10
A Family Name.

A new boy had made his appearance in
the school room, and Miss Adair, the
teacher, summoned him to her desk. "Do
you expect to come here regularly ?" she
asked him.
"Yes'm."
"Where do you live2 Areyou in this
district ?"
81 guess so. live down this street
bout four blocks"
"What is your name 2"
"Martin Luther Hicks"
"MartinLuther 2" said the teacher. 81
presume, Martin, you know for whom
you were named?"
"Yes'm," answered the boy, brighten
ing up. 81 was named after me uncle on
me mothers side. He keeps liv'y-
stable"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-06-10

Last summer. says The Youths Com
pany, a typical down-easter furnished
New York author, who had cottage In
Maine village, with farm produce.
One day when the man called with q
wagon-Ioad Of vegetables, the author,
wishingto make himseIiageeabIe, asked
how much stock he kept on his farm.
Five cows an a bull." enumerated
the farmer, md two yokes Of oxen, a
calf, hoss, an three shares Of Maine
Central"