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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20

save him.
Apaches are not born: they are
madAmade by the peculiar laws Of
France. Every citizen of the repub-
lie. without distinction of rank or class
must serve under his country's flag
for two years. Only the physically IN
dit escape that servitude. At the end
of bis term in the ranks every French.
man seeking employment must pre-
sent as means of Identification his GER
tifcate OF honorable dkrharge.
Then 1t is that tragedy looms up for
some unfortunates. Woe TO the one
whose certificate mentions the "Afri-
can battaliOns!"
The African battalions. garrisoned at
the edge of the Sahara desert. are
made up of all the boys who had the
misfortune of being arrested before
they reached the age of twenty-one
Trivial sas their ofrenses may have
been. whether they were due or not
to the indiscreet exuberance of youth
Or to some absurd enlargement. they
are sent to the desert outposts. kept
On convict fare. sleeping mostly in
trenches which they dig. watched over
by sentries that shoot to kill.
Under the broiling sun that lays
them down fast with fever and chol-
era they build roads. crept over the
next day by the sand. They are "the
front" whenever Arabs or Moroccans
threaten TO shake off the French yoke.
When they fall by the wayside they
are tied TO horses tail. When they
protest spurs cause the horse to rear.
And when the creepy water of sand
wells. bullets from the sentries or from
the nomads and the boots of vicious
horses have spared Them they return
to their native city with hatred in
their hearts. With the loa thSome men,
cries left by association with the de-
PRAYED and the morally diseased.
They return to their native city to
find doors and hearts lorked to them
Their military book. which they must
produce. proclaims them jaiIbirds.
Who wants to employ an ex-convict?
During their two years in the African
Inferno they have atoned for their err
fOrS OF the elSDtPpHtU OF nineteenth
year For the second time they have
spftled their account with society.
And now society refuses them
chance TO show that they have flor
some of them have' shed the old hide.
to prove that new heart Is beating
In their breasts.
Hard is the plight of an ex-convict
In France.-Andre Fridon in New York
Tribune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20


than It's angie OF repose on an iron
board. say.
Now for the application Of this In
ordinary life When a railroad cut has
to be made the sides have to be suf1
GENTLY slanting to keep the earth or
clay from caving in. The same ap
plies when a ditch is dug or when for
tifications are built in time Of war;
Tie angie necessary for this IL of
course the angle Of repose Of the par.
ticular kind of material through which
the cut is made as measured by itself
on itself. as 1t contains millions of in
dividual particles in contact The an
gle In this instance is determined with
utmost ease and simplicity. A pile of
the material is put into an open cylin-
der. packed down slightly. and the CYL
inder is then removed OF course the
pile Immediately slumps down into a
mound With slanting sides. the angle
of which Is the one wanted. This an
gle Is somewhat smaller than the one
that would be taken by compact earth
and therefore allows a good margin Of
safety.
There are tables got out for the en-
gineer to refer to. but 1t is always
wiser to make a trial for every par
tieular condition Of the soil. for there
are hardly two cuts made through ex-
actly the same kinds of material In
exactly the same conditiOn.-Chtcago
Record Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
LITTLE indian
GIRL MYSTIf|ES
MULTITUDE MUCH
Stunts in Te 'epathic Tran mis-.
sion Hold En.ense Interest
of Poll Pa.rOnS

Somewhere in the borderland be-
tween the material and the immaterial
dwells' Lolo, the Mystic. who does re-
markable things. from reading the ad-
dress on envelopes which she has not
seen, and does not see, to shooting
with. accuracy, .blindfolded, at articles
held in the hand of her manager and
able assistant. Does Lolo establish
the proposition that mind can COM
muhicate with mind, without the use
of the ordinary material agencies, as
the written or spoken word, or some
system of signals. vague to others, but
understood by her?
Certainly that system would have to
be obscure as well as complex, which
would permit the transmission to the
Indian girl on the stage at Polls, last
night. of all the facts which she re-
lated of articles held in the hands OF
her manager, in the audience.
Using almost invariably he phrase.
What is th.s?" Lolo's assistant Sc
cured from her with great rapidity de
scriptions of many articles, handed to
him by dozens Of persons.
The name, the date, the poStmark
and the address on envelopes were de-
clared by Lolo without hesitation.
nounced as they appeared on checks
and all manner of documents.
From any standpoint the perform
ance would be wonderful. even could
it be assumed to be accomplished by
a group of signals so obscure as to
be invisible to hundreds of keen eyes,
and yet of such a nature as to be
visible to the apparently heavily blind
folded eyes Of the girl.
If you want your curiosity Stln1u-
lated. by all means see Loio.
The Three Keatons. Joe. Myra, and
Buster. with the two little Keatons,
have always been favorites in Bridge
port. Never were they more so than
last night. when their act produced
screams Of laughter and applause in
large and giddy punches.
The Mendelssohn. Quartet offered
some high class music. which includ-
ed piano.. violin and cello solos, and
a couple of songs we'll sung. The
pianist of the quartet is a young wo-
man of gigantic stature and much tai
ent.
Kramer and Spillane are truly sensa-
tional acrobats, and the twenty foot
dive across the stage to hand stard
is a stunt worth seeing.
Otherwise the show contained Shrin-
er and Wills, as "Those College Boys.
Gordon and Mark, in a revival of Ger
man Comedians and Rosa Casselli's
little @gs. in an amusing and at rae
tive performance in which a quantity
of handsome apparatus Is used.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
BAIT FOR SARDINEs.
Bretons Coax the Tiny Fish With
Sailed Eggs Of tho Cod.

Bretons Coax the Tiny Fish With
Sailed Eggs Of tho Cod.
Sardine fishing forms the chief in
dustry of Brittany. In an average
season the Brittany sardine fisher
men catch 1OO.OOO.O0O' to 15O.OOO.OOO
pounds of sardines. for which they
receive anything from f3OO.OOO to
100000. while the shore industries de-
pendent upon this fishery give en-
ployment TO 10000 other persons. most
ly women and girls. So important is
the sardine that in many communities
in Brittany every person is directly or
indirectly supported by it. and the fail
ure of the fish to come means ruin.
starvation and death TO many people
In the more isolated places.
Sardines are found on the coast Of
Brittany throughout the year. but
flourish in greater abundance in sum
mer and autumn. AS many as 100
600 have been taken at one time In
one net from one school. One remark
able feature of Sardine fishing In Brit
tany Is the enormous amount of bait
which is used The bait in general
use is the sailed eggs of the Goldfish.
and II is estimated that the Breton
fishermen pay 100000 every year TO
Norway for cod roe for use as bait
The casting of the bait. on the prop
er use of which a great deal of the sue
cess of the fishing depends. Is always
done by the captain of the boat who
stands on little platform in the stern
and while directing the movements of
the boat and the manipulation of the
net throws the bait to attract the fish
to the surface and around the boat
When the fish are on one side of the
net or on the other his next move Is
to cast the bait in such a way as to
cause them TO rush against the net and
thus become giIled.-London Tit-Bits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
BASKETBALL HERE
AT THE ARM0RY ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

After many weeks Of trying and
pulling wires to make connections,
Manager Jack Leavy of the Blue Rib
hon basketball team, Bridgeports
representatives in the State Basket
bail league, has succeeded In securing
Wednesday evenings a. the ArmOrE
in which to play league games. Inc
Blue Ribbons nave been In the state
league for the past three weeks out
had to play all games away from
home for the want of n suitable court:
Therefore the first home game Will
be played tomorrow evening Whsn
the Bassett Five, representatives OF
Derby in the league will make their
appearance. There Will be pre-
liminary game between the q. III. >.
game will start at 3 o'clock ana the
big game at 8 o'clock.
The State Basketball league is an
exceedingly fast organization, every
team being composed of the pick OF
the basketball players of the city
wherein there is O. representative hV2.
The Bridgeport representatives are
far and away faster than the Blue
Ribbon club of past seasons. Be
sides the regular men in Mike Small,
ing, Ed Heating. AL Burdick, Franz
Langhammer and Jack Leavy, there
are Bill O'Malley, the former b. ri.
S. crack. CHIEF Snyder, member
of the Bridgeport baseball club, who
has played with many basketball
teams in New York state and viii
Dale, a college player from Pennsyl-
vania.
Tonight the local team goes to New
Haven meeting the New Haven team
who are leading the league.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
SPORTS OF A DAY 5
STEWART CAPTURES THIRD
BLOCK IN Pool TOURNEY

The third block in the 600 point
match pool game between Bill Rick
etts of this city and Fred Stewart Of
New Haven was played last night in
New Haven, the Elm city cue artist,
for the first time since the match
started winning the majority of balls.
Before the contest started Ricketts,
was a leader 300-169, after the game
the score stood 450-320. The players
are to meet again tonight at Kind er' s
parlors in this city. Ricketts, has but
to win the game to win the match.
Should Stewart win out this evening,
az ther game wit have t.. be aged
PLAY flows
S,vart. Is, IA, IL. /. 6. ., 3 1, 5.
Is, o. 10, 0, 0, IL, z, Is, 0, IL, Is, Is,
Oil.
Ricketts,: 0, I, 4. IA, 8, IL, IL, IA,
10, 0, IL, 3, 10, Is, 4, z, 0, Is, 4, 0,
O. 0-l5O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
APACIiESO OF PARIS
Night Providers Whose Trade Is
Murder and Robbery.
THE TERROR OF THE POLICE.

These Oesperadoes Rarely Use a Gun
but Work With the Knife. tho Biud
eeon or by "Toilins"-They Have a
Short and Bloody Career.
There are very few nights in the
gear when Paris policemen on their
rounds do not stumble upon body ly
ing in CORY pool. Sometimes the
handle of a long. slender knife pro
trudes between the shoulder blades
sometimes an ugly cash bleeds from
ear to ear: not seldom blood oozes
from mouth. nose and ears. as though
the dead had not sustained any ap
parent wound. or three little starlike
bruises may dot the temple. or BLUSH
line an inch wide may mar the back
of the neck. just above the collar line
lies Apaches." the ''cops" whisper
f1cers always go two by two,. and they
call for an ambulance. much relieved
not to have witnessed the incident.
The steel blade. the blackjack. the
brass knuckles. will serve the purpose
OF the Apache. according to his vic
TINS size and preSumable strength
For prey of small stature. however
the Apache reserves what in bis slang
he calls "tOllinG." A sharp blow dazes
the victim and throws him down: the
Apache's knees bore themselves into
the chest. while his hands seize the
ears. lift the head and slam it couple
OF times on the pavement until q dull
er thud tells of a fractured skull
Until an Apache IS an adept at
sticking his man in very much the
same way In which a Spanish torero
dispatches bull. with single thrust
between the shoulders. or at cracking
skull bone at one slam. be is held in
little esteem and never allowed to
tackle big jobs in dangerous neigh
bOrhood. for Paris is we'll policed
city. The night hawk must strike like
lightning. empty the dead mans pock-
cts in wink and stink away into the
dark. Therefore Apaches very seldom
carry guns: the knife Is silent Toll
Ing. too. is safe-so many people are
known to have slipped and fractured
their skulls. CnlesS the victim Is es-
pecially we'll dressed there is not much
OF an inquiry.
When 1t is all over the gang. which
scatters like flock of frightened spar
rows. meets again at some wineshop
where no one is welcome who is not
''in the business
Apaches never try to conceal their
social status, Their very clothes are
sort of warning TO the public They
even affect peculiar walk. the body
bent from the loins., shoulders hunched
and hands plunging deep into the
trousers pockets. But who would dare
TO modest them?
The Apache is q marked man. He
joins gang at three or four and TWEEN
ty. and by thirty OF thirty five be has
gone. The maws of jail bold him
for the balance of his earthly exist
ence. He knows that. He expects it.
Therefore while his freedom lasts there
Is no desperate chance he will not take
to get at the gold that alone could
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
PRINCETON CREWS IN INTER
COLLEGIATE REGATTAS

Princeton. N J., Dec. 20-For the
first time since 1884 Princeton varsity
and freshman crews will participate
in intercollegiate regattas, next sea-
sor. The faculty has unan mously
decided to permit full participation
in this sport and the students are
exhibiting. almost as much enthusi-
assn over the outlook as in the other
leading sports Yale and Cornell have
indicated their Willingness to row the
Tigers and at least one and possibly
both Of these universities will send
their crews to Carnegie Lake, Prince
toms aquatic field The coach Of
the crews will be DR.. J. Duncan
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
MIDDLETOWN H. s. MAY
WITHDRAW FROM LEAGUE

Middletown. Dec. 20.--At n meet
Ing of the Middletown High School
Athletic Association to be held this
afternoon, action will be taken ia
consider the proposition to withdraw
from the Connecticut TnterscholastiS
Football League, of which the local
school has been q member for several
years. Recently the locals have no:
done well at the game. principally be-
cause of the lack of strong material
and the eleven has been sent against
much heavier teams, with not very
favorable results. Action will also bs
taken to adopt hockey as u school
snort.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
OBITUARY

Jesse Sterling Nash. a score of years
ago q we'll known merchant of this
city. of late living a retired life at $50
Waldemere avenue. died at his home
yesterday afternoon after a short ill
ness, aged 6S years. The deceased
came of an old New England family
The son of DR.. David B. Nash and the
grandson of DR.. William B. Nash. For
more than half a century his grand
father and father We're among the
leaders of the medical profession of
Southwestern Connecticut. Jesse s.
Nash accompanied DR.. Robert Hub
bard to the Civil War. acting as an
aide. On his return he entered The
drug business in partnership with
Thaddeus Peck of Stratford. under the
firm nam of Peck & Nash. First the
business was located at the quarters
of the Wallis Art Store I.a.er it
was removed to Main and John streets.
occupying the space now filled by T.
l.. Watson & Co. The brother of the
deceased. the late Andrew Nash was
among the best known numisma ticians
an. office in Court street Mr.. Nash
had been in failing health for many
months, but not seriously i'll until
within fortnight. He is survived by
widow. There We're no children
The funeral of Theodore r Schultz
was held yesterday afternoon from his
late home in Merriam street. Rev. Her
man G. Weimer. pastor of the German
Reformed church. conducting the ser
vices. y delegation from Herman
Sons acted as the pail bearers The
interment was In Park cemetery
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
THE ANGLE Of REPOSE.
Depends Wholly on the Friction of the
Materials In Contact

Depends Wholly on the Friction of the
Materials In Contact.
The angle of repOse is we'll known
term In the science of mechanics. but,
besides being used in purely theoret-
ical problems. is taken into account by
railroad and other engineers. Suppose
that we take brick and lay it on a
board and then gradually raise one
end of the board. There will be Ger
tain angle reached in time where the
brick will not remain at rest on the
board. but will start to slide down.
This Is termed the angle of repose of
the brick on the board 1t is at that
point where the component of force
due to gravity overcomes the resist
ance due TO friction between the two
surfaces. Therefore the angle de-
ponds entirely on the friction Eric
sfion varies with the materials In con
tact. So the angle of repose Of brick
on a pine board would be different
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
PENNSY. wanna TO
PLAY THE CRIMSON

Cambridge. Mass. Dec. 20.-The
University of Pennsylvania, and SYRIA
cuse appear on the Harvard 1911
baseball schedule for the first time
in several seasons, while Princeton is
cut down to one game q second game
being omitted through the failure to
secure n mutually agreeable date.
There are several open dates for
which Columbia, Wesleyan. Spring.
field Training school and Colby col
lego are negotiating.
The team will go to Annapolis April
10 on it's spring training trip and on
the two following days go to Wash
fngton for one or more games.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
Lea, - an Adcer.

The expression deaf as an adder" Ia
from the Psalms of David. where II
poison Is like the poison OF SerpentS.
They a,e like the deaf adder that stop
peth her err. which will not hearken
to the voice of charmers. charming ever
so wisely" East Indian travellers tell
us that there Is a widely prevailing SUI
perstition In the east to the effect thar
both the viper and the asp stop their
ears when the charmrr is uttering his
lamentations or playing his music by
turning one ear to the ground ana
twisting the point OF the tail into the
other.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
Vulgar DISSEMINATION.

Little Willie Say. pa. what IL vul-
gar ostenation: Pa Vulgar ostena
don. my son. is the display made by
people who haze more money to make
with than we have.-Chicago News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
Jenny to Manage
Boston Nationals
(Special from United Presso

Especial from United Press.)
Boston. Dec. 20.-Fred Tenney was
today appointed manager of the BoS-
ton Nationals for 1911, at two hour
session of the new directors in the
Boston offices This announcement
was made by President Russell at the
conclusion of the meeting this after
noon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
His Favorite.

(which Is your favoritc Wagnerian
opera?" asked the musician
"Lemme see" said Mr. Cumrox, ap,
healing to his wife. There are sew
erai that never heard yet, aren't
there?"
yes"
"weil. reckon it's one Of them
Washington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
BOXING
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
New York, Dec. 20-The last chance
for New Workers. to see Joe Jeanette
in action. before he sails for Paris
with Willie Lewis early in January.
VII be offered Thursday night at the
Olympic club when the tall negro
viii meet Frank Moran of Pittsburg.
Moran has his pugilistic spurs to win.
Those who saw him whip Kid Cot
ton, Jack Johnson's sparring partner,
say that he has the markings. Pitts
burg will send a delegation to New
York for the fight.
New York. Dec. 20-The bantam
weight laurels of Jimmy Walsh, of
Boston, this morning, look as though
someone had poured scalding wafer on
them. Someone did, in fact, and this
man was Joe Coster. Walsh's work
was the poorest hea&has shown for
some months. For the first half of
their ten rounds. Coster had all the
better of it but both lads seemed
10 tire toward the close and the
fight dragged.
Johnny Mario, pride of the italian
lighting colony. won by n shade over
Jack Dorman. in their bout at the
Olympic club last night. Dorman was
the cleverest but Marto's aggressive
ness more than offset this. Dorman
seemed near knockout several
times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20


but also the wood and tin the
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bu pa m decOret I'm employ
Phone 1865
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
ROLLER POLO
NATIONAL LEAGUE.


Last NIGHTS Results.
Worcester, 8; New Haven, z.
New Bedford. Z; Fall River, 3.
Providence. 5: Taunton, 2.
Hartford, 5; Brockton, 2.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20

WANT ADS. CENT A WORD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-20
Cameo Tonight.

New Haven at New Bedford.
Hartford at Taunton.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-19

The acting Is superb, the company a
splendid one-it could not be otherwise
with Violu Allen, James O'NeilI and Min
ME Gale In the cast-and IL is beautifully
staged. but the play Is D grcwsone one
the story a sad one. This is The White
Sister" which was given it's first pre-
scntation before n Salt Lake audience
at the Colonial theatcr on Friday even
Ing.
II was the second anniversary of the
opening Of the Colonial. and the audience
which welcomed the company was a ca
pacity one, the largest audience that
the theater has had II differed. too
from the ordinary Salt Lake audience In
that 1t was an apprcciative and demon
strative one, and gave To the company
deserved applause. which resulted In sew
eral curtain calls. Here is the story
in brief OF The White Sister"
After a woman who is known as Sis
ter Giovanni suddenly comes face to
face with the man she has loved and
the world -old struggle. Tho man tries
with all the force OF his elemental be-
ing and his love to win the sister away
from her vows. But she remains ineXor-
able. She determines 10 go TO n eper
colony, He tricks her into coming TO
his home. where he holds her prisoner
Through a set of circumstances the
nuns presence In the mans home be-
comes known. He in an attempt to
shield her good name. kills hims self And
she goes 10 the leper colony, there TO
meet a horrible though welcome death
that she may join her love in the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-19
MAKING PLAYS To
ENTERTAIN GUESTS
Committees Discuss Apportion-
ment of Work at Meeting
Friday Evening.

Committees OF visiting clubs and on
admission for the Commercial club open
ing reception met at the club rooms Fri
day night and made plans for appor-
tioning the important work OF entertain
ing 5000 or more guests in the new build
ing next Wednesday evening. The com
mittee on visiting clubs viii look after
the out of town guests especially. and
no pains will be spared TO make each
guest feel al home. Wesley L. King,
chairman. said that members OF this COM
mittce will be stationed on each OF the
three lower floors of the building, and
the women members of the committee
will have representatives on the third
floor during the entire evening.
The committee on admission, OF which
w. II. Dale is chairman. will be scat
tered around the first floor with three or
more members on duty at the door. Be
cause of the fact that admission 10 the
building on the night OF the reception
will be by card only. the duties of this
committee will be most important.
Arrangements were made 10 show
members OF the various committees
through the new building Saturday after
noon al o'clock. and at that time many
of them Will see the interior OF the build
ing for the first time.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-19
New Interpretations

The Utah Wrecking company OF this
city Incorporated with the county clerk
FRIDAY. TO engage In general house
wrecking business. with a capital OF $i0.-
200. in one dollar shares. John ID. Shar-
Ter Is president: n. w. Sonncdecker vice
president: M. Shafrcr treasurer; Joseph
Rainbow. secretary. These, too, are the
directors.
The Aero club Of Ogden incorporated
with the secretary OF state. The club. a
social organization. will conduct a res
taurant, gymnasium and similar things
for the beneflt and amusement OF It's
members. George Frye is president: 7.
n Keats, secretary; r. w. Green, treas
urer; +. J. Goebel and James Taylor ad-
ditional directors,