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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
PARKHURST HTS
 THE CLUB ROOM Tells Yale Students to Keep Their Individuality
 Crowd a Moral
 Umbrella

keep your individuality Rev. Dr. Charles H. ~Parkhurst of New York city told 1000 Yale students in Wool sey Tall, yesterday Man is so little removed from the brute that he sf1pS easily back to his swarm or herd con- scioI1sness and readily loses his 1ndd- viduality.
 "A crowd is a. moral umbrella that takes the individual in out of the rain. about as far in religion as the Indian has gone in economies who sells his horse for a string of bright beads.
 Christ never talked to the masses He talked to individuals. Adam never committed a sin till there was 8 we God,' an individual relationship, not one of masses, before there can be re- ligion. Adam was true to himself as long as the community consisted Of himself and God. Every man must imagine for himself that he was the only person God ever created.
 s'The club room is a refined species of beehive, and the club is a high grade kind of herd. Men are not made brothers by trying to be broth CTS or by being preachsd to and be- ing told they are brothers. but be- cause they are children of one father and grow into their frateria1 inherit ance.
 'sRivers run down hill because they were made to. Society runs down hill because it was made to. It is for the Christian to see that he Is not washed down stream That is what he will do if he allows his gregar- viduality The human tendency is to- ward deterioration. This must be fought against. Fight for a higher individuality. Pull away from the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
BOY SPECULAT0R
 SHOOTS HIMSELF
17-YearO1d Lad Breaks Down Under Strain of
 Watching the Market

New York, April 25.-George Dabo, a. slender boy, who, according to his friends, was about the youngest spec ulator in Wall Street, killed himself yesterday morning in the home of his father, Leon Dabo. an artist. at 1122 Hudson street, Hoboken. Young Dabo was IT years old, but for year is bonds. buying and selling on margin. He told his intimates that he never met a. serious loss His parents say that the nervous strain induced by his sponsib1e for his suicide. for several weeks ago, after studying the market quot ations, the lad developed nnelan- cholfa, which grew in intensity until he was a. nervous wreck.
 The stock transactions of young Dabo were not unknown to his parents In fact, say those who knew the lad well, the first money with which young Dabo began his short career as spec ulator, he received from his father. not be learned: Neither could the name of his broker be learned. for the lads father was loath to talk much of his sons speculations. While the Eoy'S friends say that he never lost in his stock transactions, they are in cess should have driven young Dabo into meIaneholia.
 MT Dabo, the boys father. said yes terday that his son had often told him he exoected to be a millionaire before he was p years old. As to whether the boy used a system in his deals, MT. Dabo said he did not know. But said MT. Dabo, his sons entire life seemed wrapped up in the stock mar ket and he would follow the ticker tape upon the messages concerning stock prices which it contained.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
PEOPLES CHURCH
 THREE YEARS OLD

The third anniversary of the insti- tuition of the Peoples Presbyterian church and the first anniversary ob- served in the new church in Laurel avenue was celebrated at both morn ing and evening services yesterday. The net gain during the year was re- ported A members and the total mem bershiD is now 4O1
 The services attracted unusually large congregations. Miss Perkins and MT Paterson assisted by MT. Samson, vio- Hnist and Miss Davenport at the or gan rendered several special musical numbers at them orning services, and in the evening a male sextet assisted by the congregation rendered several hymns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25

It has just transpired that nine teen years ago, a committee which Investigated the customs service in New York reported that importers were defrauding the government of millions of dollars. This report was suppressed It is now called for by a resolution Introduced in the House, Saturday. One of the members of the Investigating board was Wm. F. Hepburn of, Iowa who was then So1i- eftor Of the Treasury department. He now says:
 In 1891 I was a member of a board that made an inquiry into conditions at the port of New York. We re- mained there six months and filed our report with the Treasury. While reference was made to the report in the public prints at the time do not publicity l remember two or three zncidents that came under my obser xation at that time. One was the case of an official who countenanced underweighing by importers of frez crackers. Although he made a writ fen confession of his guilt he was ac- other official was discovered doing business with the sugar company. He was given per cent. on all sugar that he saved the company by under made $s,5oO So far as I know this official was never punished.
 Congressman EdarT1SOn or New York who introduced the resolution asking for tine production of that re- port, says:
 To me it is astounding that noth- ing has been heard of this report un- til nineteen years after it was sub xaitted to the then President, MT. Harrison, and the then Secretary of the Treasury, MT. Foster think Congress and the country should be given all the information concerning 9t now available. Whether the re- port was lost or suppressed it is cer- fafnIy important that we know now whether it be true that these customs frauds have been known to the Gov ernment officials for so long a. period. 1t is especially important in view of the fact that Richard Parr is now en- deavoring to collect a fee of several hundred thousand dollars from the Government for discovering such frauds.
 Presumably, if underweighing of sugar in the interest of the Sugar trust was practiced 19 years ago, and of11cfa1 knowledge of the fact sup pressed, it was continued up to the date Of the recent prosecutions. and the responsibility therefor must be placed upon the Harrison Administra- ton which was then in power.
 It was simply a variation of the same policy which has since made farin duties harmonize with the <ruat' s interests and which has turned <
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
Brown Professor Has
 New Germ Destroyer

Boston, April 25.-Prof E. F.. Gorham of Brown University plans to steri1- ize meat. milk. fish, and every other food product in which disease germs exist and to destroy these germs sim ply by passing the food products un- der a ray of light.
 his process in secret for some time, and announces that he will make known his discovery and method of applying it within ten days. He in dicates that the ultraviolet ray plays a great part in his experiments in his Providence laboratory.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
WHAT HAPPENED TO
 THE PICKED MEN,
(Evening M " Mail

ll.1
 Less than one-third of the students of Cornell are members of fraterni- ties, but they furnished much more arship last term was so bad that they were dropped. Eleven out of the thirty-seven fraternities had capital records. The record of the rest is thus summed up by President Schur- man:
 In twelve fraternities the percent age of men dropped was more than munity, including fraternity members. And if we compare fraternity, with nonfraternity men we find that in eight fraternities the proportion of men dropped for poor scholarship was more than three times the pro- portion of men dropped among all sity. Among "independents,' or those not members of any fraternity or society, only 1-3 per cent. failed to do satisfactory work, while in four fraternities 10 per cent. failed to do satisfactory work, in one ,fratefnity Ii per cent, in another 137k per in the worst of all, IT per cent.
 This is perhaps the most significant showing, yet made as to the effect of fraternity life. Fraternities are SUD- posed to comprise the picked mem of college community. and in Cor nell something more than one-fourth eating the claim. As to the rest, the usual palliation offered is that their members are not going in for mere grades, and that after they are out in the world they will easily surpass the book worms; but that sort of talk certainly does not cover the cases of students who fail to meet even the minimum requirements of and capacity.
 The record in one great institution of learning seems to declare that, in too many cases, the picked mem were picked for social reasons, and that the tradition into which they were admitted made too much for good fellowship and too little for sch olarship. The ''aristocracy'' of the fraternities has been the chief breed ing ground for the submerged tenth" of college life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
N CID T H G H
 TAX LIST, 1909

The tax payers of the City of Bridgeport are hereby notified that the taxes on the grand list of 1909 are now due and payable
 The undersigned will be at the Col Iector's Office. City Hall, on Monday, May 2nd, 1910, and daily thereafter, F. M. for the purpose of receiving said taxes. After June list, 191O three quarters of one per cent. will be added to all unpaid bills and the same on the first of each succeeding month. JOHN M. DONNELLY, U9 tf~ Collector.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25

The New Fork Republican machine would very much like to get rid of Gov. Hughes. President Taft will, if the Governors consent can be ob- tRined, fulfil their wish by appoint 4ng him to the U. s. Supreme court. With Gov. Hughes safely placed in Judicial seclusion, the machine could work it's will, and the .Near-Insur- gency of the, Hughes type would. de- prived of it's leader, vanish But there is doubt of the Governors will 1ngness to be she1ved on salary of $I2.5OO year when he could, in the practice of his profession, do very much better.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25

Although -Ex-President Roosevelt did not, in his address at Paris. Sat ureaay night, use any of his habituaI phrases in attacking the "malefactors Of great wealth. he did express their substance as follows:
 decline to recognize the mere ns1IltiuniIlionaire, the man of mere wealth, as an asset of value to any country, and especially as. not an as set to my own country. Ii he has sEbat makes him of real benefit, Of zeal use-and such is often the case why, then he does become an asset of worth. But it is the svay in which it has been earned or used, and not the mere fact of wealth, that entities him to the credit
 It is a bad thing for nation to raise and to admire a false standard of success, and there can be no falser standard than that set by the de1fca- ton of material well being in and for itself. The man who, having far Surpassed the limit of providing for the wants both of body and mind of hiInseIf and of those depending upon him. then piles up great fortune, for the acquisition or retention of which he returns no correspondlne benefit to the nation as whole, should himself be made to feel that, so far from being a desirable, he is an unworthy citizen of the commun-s fly; that he is to be neither admired nor envied; that his right thinking fellow countrymen put him low in the scale of citizenship and leave him to fbe consoled by the admiration of those whose level of purpose IS even lower than his own.
 1t is quite clear that Col. Roose- velt's opinions of predatory wealth have not been modified, and it is probable that when he arrives home, his language will change from the miIdness of his de1iverance at Paris to the really vitriolic type of his Presidential utterances.
 In view of the unchanged charac- ter of his opinions, we do not see how he can, without stultifying him. self, endorse the Taft Administra ton sV hich is reactionary. Col. Roosevelt made the greatest b1under of his career when he practically forced Taft upon the Republican party as its Presidential candidate and made him the residuary legatee of the Roosevelt policies
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
STATE OF CONNECTICUT. DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, ss., PROBATE COURT.

April 16, 1910. Estate of Alfred B. Fairchi1d, late of the town of Bridgeport, in said District, deceased
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect to present tlNair accounts, properly attested, witt A id time, will be debarred recov- cry. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make inn mediate payment to
 RALPH T. F'AIRCHILD,
 ALFRED II. FAIRCHILD. I22s*p Executors,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
THE STOCK MARKET
CWatson. Alpers & Co.o

w AIsOL' 1AIp6IS e COJ
 So much of an unfavorabIe nature has been discounted by the decline in prices that we are inclined to advise conservative purchases on scale down from the current level, believ- ing that barring unforeseen accidents, a little time will bring a more cheer full and inspiring aspect to specuIa- ton and investment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
Would Have Cost Him His Life

Oscar Bowman, Lebanon, Ky. writes: I have used Foley's Kidney Remedy and take great pleasure in stating it cured me permanently of kidney disease which certainly would have cost me my life. F. B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy 1-36
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
Raf1furd D. 5nlttll 1O72 Main St. DEPARTGENT STORE 89 Fairfield Ave
 ARTICLES"
STORE NEWS

slipping tide and it's drift downward. Christ knows that in the end every thing centers in the individual Be drifts.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25

over certain "friars' lands in the Philippines to the trust at a heavy loss and provided for the importation of their sugar product free of duty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any case of Kidney or Bladder trou- b1e that is not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more F. B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-25
WHO WANTS A BARGAIN

Bachman's Emmenagagone Mixture A splendid Female Regulator in cases of suppressed menstruation, de- lays due to colds, i'll health, or other unnatural causes. $1.75 for the whole outfit.
 THE WONfAN'S DRUG STORE
 Wilma M. Bachnaan, Prop. 129 STATE ST., Bridgeport. Conn.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-30
Canadian Agent at Capital.

Canada's plan of establishing an Of
fetal representative in Washington is
cordially approved by the State de-
partment and already an agent is on
the ground securing permanent quar-
ters. The plan is to clothe this Off
cial with discretionary powers. not
large enough to interfere with the
present system of making treaties, but
of such scope as to be In fact, as well
as name, the representative of the
Dominion government in the United
States. Diplomatic intercourse will
continue to be carried on as at present.
This move is in direct line with
steps already taken by both govern
ments toward reciprocal trade rela-
tons. 1t has already begun to take
shape, too. The agent has energet-
ically interested himself in the do
velopment of northwestern Canada.
the part of the Dominion in which
the provincial government is most
concerned just now. Nor need there
be anything disconcerting to domestic
land agents In this, for It simply means
that this new function is one of busi-
ness and not politics, and, of course,
it must be left for Canada to decide
what is her wish as to the develop
ment Of her own business, SO long as
there is nothing offensive In her pur-
poses or methods.
One of the last utterances of
President Mckinley was a strong plea
for reciprocity with Canada, and that
same proposition has been persistently
advocated by President Taft. At last
he has brought our ffiends on the
north to see the wisdom of the ar
rangement and Premier Laurier has
committed himself and his govern
ment to it. All that now remains to
be done Is to agree on the details of
treaty and get down to business.
And both countries are bound to reau
vast benefits as a result
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-30
Talks to People Who Sell Things

the famous painting of 1.-THE Doctor"
showing the sick child and the physi-
clan. chose as my catch phrase
Safeguard Your FRmily's Health"
The fear OF sickness was my theme.
The results were disappointing, An
ad which followed this frightening
one, which pointed out that the per-
lection of modern sewage systems had
made It pleasant and safe to live in the
country even though there was no
board of health to look after santa
ton, while a weaker argument and
with less of human, interest In 1t
brought better returns. Fear, hate,
envy and suspicion when embodied in
an ad, used either for or against an
article, are not productive arguments.
The picture of the coffee octopus pull
ing a school teacher down hill could
not have been as effective an advertise
ment for Postum as a picture bringing
out the pleasures and benefits OF
drinking the beverage. The advertiser
who warns against substitution by
saying: do not let the dealer de-
ceive you," thus belittling the integrity
of dealers, does not nelp his cause
with the consumer, much less with the
dealer. In fact, i think this theory
of roasting the dealer is all wrong.
How much pleasanter to show a dealer
handing a package of the goods over
the counter and saying Here 10
what you ask for. Madam; do not
find it profitable to substitute"
1t is the old principle of putting the
best foot forward.
But certainly you would not have
us fail to anticipate objections that
are sure to be raised?'' ! fancy l can
hear some copy man ask.
BY no means. That is part of the
business. But here is the point: An
ticipate the objection by making some
counter claim, even though 1t has to
be a bit far-fetched. For example: A
certain condensed milk has a slight
taste that a competitor could easily
suggest to those who have tried it as
"scalded." How does an adroit COM
petitor surmount this difficultyR Not
by telling about 1t and claiming that
the good points offset 1t, nor yet by to-
tally ignoring 1t. He has a much bet
ter way than either. His argument is
kept Affirmative and an objection is
turned into an asset by asking you
and me to Look for the slight almond
flavor. F. w. Nye in Printers Ink.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-30

The Negative I'm Advertising Copy.
Among the many errors that the
copy man is apt to make, there are at
least two worth mentioning In connec-
ton with the subject of this article.
They are: First, telling why the arti-
Gle advertised is not bad; second, max
ing the lack of the article, or the use
of some substitute, look so tragic as
to give the ad a general impression OF
unpleasantness. Such arguments are
what call negative reasoning, as OPP
posed to positive or affirmative reason
ing, which confines itself to reasons
directly for, and the creation of gen
eral pleasant impression.
Years ago certain advertisement
writer's found that when they confined
their talent to telling the good points,
ignoring the bad, and presenting their
proposition in a way that would cause
pleasant associations in the minds of
their readers, the number of sales and
inquiries was greater. If you had
asked them why this was the case, they
would have said-in their too often
unanalytical way-"Because it's a
good thing to do"
Insofar as know, Prof. Walter Dill
Scott was the first man to go to the
bottom of the thing psychologically,
and give the reason for the reason, by
pointing out, for example, that a pic
ture of a dead horse used as an argu-
ment for selling cotton mattresses may
be mighty strong as a cold-blooded
argument, but that when a reader sees
an advertisement containing such
presentation his mind automatically
fuses the good impression of the mat
tress with the unpleasant thought of
horse carrion. Later, when that read
er's mind is agitated by an idea asso-
ciated with the impression, such as
the need of a mattress, back comes
the unpleasant impression into his
mind, hand in hand with the name of
the maker of the mattress And
maybe he cannot give you a reason
for his prejudice against that make,
yet ten to one he will have such a pref
udice in his mind. At any rate, the
sale is retarded, and that is not good
advertising
Some time ago l was asked to write
an ad for house sewage disposal con-
Germ. l had not learned the lesson
then that has been taught me since.
took as my illustration that part of
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-30

1884, 1883 and 1892. and yet II was
never realized under democratic rule.
Not even when the democratic party
was in control of the presidency and
both houses of congress did It redeem
this promise. so often reiterated to
the people. Morrison, Mills, Randall,
Springer, Wilson, German, Cleveland
everyone failed to make 1t good;
everyone failed to give us an ideal
tariff law, and their failures in the
end we're so monumental as to create
a revulsion of popular sentiment that
expelled them and their party from
power.
But Champ Clark promises that he
will not fail. How do we know?
How do we know that he can do what
greater men could not, or would not?
But that is not the point of the argu-
ment with the American people. They
want nothing to do with a democratic
tariff They want a tariff under
which industry at home and COM
merce abroad are guaranteed pros
perity and the wage Garner and con-
sumner alike share in the benefits of
protection and revenue.
The present tariff law in one year
has turned a deficit of $4,000, 900
into a surplus of $4,000, 900, and
also in Its first year of operation "the
value of imports free of duty was the
greatest in history by 100000, 900
and the average rate of duty was less
than under the Wilson law" Compare
these results with democratic prom
ises.
And yet the republicans are pledged
to still further revision of this tariff.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-30
Champ Clark's Handicau.

Champ Clark expects to be the next
speaker of the house of representa-
tives. If the democratic party has
such a functionary as leader, the
Missouri statesman can lay as much
claim to being IL as anybody else. At
least, he assumed the distinction when
he sounded the keynote for his party
in the present campaign at ST. Louis,
laying down those ten promises.
Mr. Clark's ten promises form his
handicap. He tells what his party
will do If restored to power Passing
over nine of the promises, we may
come To the tenth, or the first, which
is a reduction of the tariff to a rev.
enue basis. and consider Representa-
tive Clark's handicap and task. Should
he and his party win. It would be nee
essary for him, In order to make good
on his promises. to do what every
leader of the democratic party since
Tilden failed to do.
Tariff for revenue only was uttered
as the slogan Of democracy by Mr..
Tilden thirty-four years ago, by Han
cock in 1889. by Grover Cleveland in
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-30

II the citizens Of Nebraska generally
will just keep in mind the fact that
Omaha is a part of Nebraska; that It's
citizens pay taxes to help support the
state and its institutions. and that
their welfare is generally bound up
with the welfare of the state, it may
help bring about better understand
ing. Nebraska and Omaha are in
separable, and the voters should not
permit politicians to build up a schism
between the city and the state.