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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
PEDESTRIANS NOT
 ALONE IN DANGER Autoists Themselves Have
 Suffered. Many Kinds of Trouble Dog Their Footsteps-Travel- CTS Insurance Company Figures Prove It.

That automobiling is a dangerous occupation or recrea ton to those who ride as well as to the unWary pedeS- trian is made apparent by some fig ures given out by the Travellers In surance Company in regard to accident claims paid to people injured as d1- reef result of taking motor rides Dur ing the past year the Travellers Insur- ance Company has paid out to auto mobilists under personal accident pol icies 6S4 claims, amounting to $llS,- 789. .62.
 These claims have nothing to do with unfortunate pedestrians who fall VIC Travellers no tables have been made that would show how much money goes to such persons.
 Last year 525 persons insured with the Travellers were injured Wh1Ie cranking their cars, and as a result drew $19. .607.91 as solace for the en- zines kicking. Of those who went forth to ride, 105 were thrown from their
 machines, and these affairs cost the insurance company $21.479.15. It is the unusual autoist who does not do a It. tie work about his car now and then Of those who did so last year. and at the same time carried an accident pol icy with the Travellers. at least IFS, al swell as the company, probably wish they had occupied their time in some other way, for they were injured to the extent of $7. .172.7o.
 Twelve of the Travellers claimant received money, s16, PSI. .34 in all. be- cause they were hurt from the burst fng of a tire, and two of these claims were paid to relatives. This particu- lar class of accidents denotes fatal 1ty higher than any other cause of ac- cident known by the insurance com pany.
 It has been truly said that every one has to get in and out of an auto mobile every time he or she takes a ride. Not all do it as they should, however. if the accident claims prove anything. for sixty-nine persons on the Travellers list did it so badly last year that they got on the average over $!OO each in damages result. CoIi1s- Ions cost the company more than any thing else in this class of insurance, for 117 persons came to grief in this way. six being killed. and the cost to the company was SAP, ,083. .O9. In all there have been eleven death claims paid by the company as the result of automobile accidents. a. total of $55,- T5O
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
His Lesson In Golf.

A prominent business man not long since became afflicted with a bad case of "golfitfs"-that is, he joined the ar
 my of cranks at the game, wanted to play all the time, talk of nothing else, etc. As is the case with all "duffers,'' g he had his troubles at the start, and the way he fired questions at his friends was a caution. His golf ac- Quaintances accommodating replied with all sorts of remedies, until finally the bewildered one got his stenogra- pher to jot them down. One friends advice included three points-frst, keeping the eye on the ball; second, the necessity of hitting the ball with an easy stroke, and, third, the use of a rocking horse to develop the stroke. The fact that the friend had a keen sense of humor did not occur to the tyrO until later. He immediately pur- chased a large rocking horse and after business hours seated himself astride the fiery charger and swung at the ball, which was securely fastened to the floor by a strong cord. He has learned 8 thing or two since. The hobbyhorse is no more, and he mas vowed to get square with MT. Joker" if it takes a thousand years.-New York Tribune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
Handicapped.

Two old settlers sat smoking in their cabin far awaysin the backwoods. No woman's hand had ever desecrated that sanctum, and grime reigned su- preme and triumphant. The conver- sation veered around from state polf- tics to cooking
 "Ya-as," said the elder of the two, with a drawl, q did get one O them there cookbooks wunst, but I could never do nothin' with it.''
 How was that?" inquired the other. 'fWhat was the hitch?''
 'FWaal,'' was the answer, .''every one O them receits begun in the same way with the same words. Every one O 'em started off with take a clean dfsh,' and I never got no farther"
 And he slowly replaced his old black clay pipe in his mouth and fell to ruminating sadly on the narrow out look on the world of human beings as displayed by authors of cookery books.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
Orioin of kiIts,

It will doubtless surprise many Scotchmen to learn that the kilt as at present worn is only a modern fancy costume and is not of Scottish origin at all. The honor of it's invention is due to two Englishmen-an army tailor who accompanied General Wade's forces to Scotland in 1719 and Thom- as Rawlinson, overseer of some iron works in Glengarry's country. For more than a century previously, in deed, the tartan plaid had been the common garb of the high1anders, but it was all in one piece, wound in folds around the body, leaving the knees bare. Prior to the adoption of the tar tan, which probably took place about the close of the fifteenth century, the long, loose saffron colored skirt, the real ''garb of old Gau1.'' was the high land dress.-London Mail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
WOMAN'S REElEF CORPS Interesting Meeting at Which Much Bns.
 iness Was Done.

The woman's Relief Corps held their bi-monthly meeting in Grand Army hall, Thursday at 3 o'clock The rit- ua1 is a very interesting service and if one understands it's full meaning, very sad. It is used by every State which has a corps throughout the Un- ion. General reports concerning the order were read by the secretary. Committees gave reports of their do- ings for the good of the order. An appeal from Guilford, which is a small corps. met with a generous response. The chronological events of March from the early days of Connecticut to the present time were divided into two sections and were very interesting. They freshen the memory and revive many scenes of the past. The thirty patriotic primers have arrived and every page overflows with story and verse. They are intended for the youthful citizen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
Hugo and the Barber.

When Victor Hugo lived in Paris in the Place Roya1e he used to be shaved by barber named Brassier. A friend Of the poet asked the barber one day if he was busy. 'I hardly know which way to turn," was the reply. we have to dress the hair of thirty ladies for soirees and ba11s.' And NJ. Bras sfer showed the list to his friend. A few days after the friend returned and inquired about the thirty ladies. 'tAh. monsieur" said the. barber sadly, q was not able to attend half the num- ber, and I have lost many good GUS toners through M. Victor Hugo" It appears that the poet when about to be shaved was suddenly inspired and seized the first piece of paper he could find to write a poem. Hugo hastily left the shop with his unfinished verses, on the back of which were the names and addresses of the thirty la dies, many Of whom waited in vain for their coiffeur.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
Damascus, a Garden City.

Damascus is, a garden city touched by the great desert. Under it's roses one feels the sands. Beside it's trem- bling waters one dreams of the trem- bling mira ge. The cry of it's mueZzins seems to echo from it's mosque towers to that most wonderful thing in nature which is God without man." The breath of the wastes passes among the poplarS as that Bedouin boy passed among the merchants when he came and when he went. In Damascus one hears the two voices. And when one looks from the sacred mountain upon that city of dream, cradled among the woods, one sees far off the tawny be- ginnings of that other magic which looks out from the Bedouin's eyes. And though perhaps with the pilgrims from Samarkand one loves to rest be- side the fountains under the hedges of roses, one is aware of the other love- intercourse with which has made Damascus an earthly paradise fQr them and for you.-Robert Kitchens fin Century.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
Children Cry
 FOR FLETCHER'S c A s RIA SAVING BABIES
 WITH PURE MILK
Report of New Haven Consumers League Shows I76 Infants Were Successfully Carried Through FOur Most Trying Mouths of Year.

The pure food committee of the Consumers Lea que of New Haven has made it's report from it's milk de- partment; the report covering last year.
 In the summer of 1909 from June 1st to October 1st, the Consumers League of New Haven, tried an experiment. in pure modified milk for little babies. It was designed to be an object lesson est in the undertaking and $873 was do- mated by the charitably inclined. Two distributing stations were maintained. The milk was obtained from a model dairy. During the four months 36,- 57O quarts were used.
 Four formulas were arranged for well children by pr. H. M. Steele, cov- ering milk modified for children under a year old.
 The report says in part:
 SNO child over two years of age was was one year of age he was given the so called whole milk provided, of course, he was well and normal for his age, which was the exception rather a poor sick child needing carefully prepared food would send the formula to us and the nurses prepared it with out any extra cost. Six cents was the entire charge, whatever the number of bottles of modified milk prepared for each baby and delivered twice day.
 o17nI "We s are eomRgtjtors 5l9,5i of the so- stores, as well the many cheap pro prietary foods, to say nothing of weak coffee and similar connections that are given the babies. All of these cost very little in money. We supplied 34.O0o nursing bottles of food, all pre- pared, ready to be warmed and given to the babies.
 "We registered 18s different babies. Seven died, but each child was des- perately i'll when brought to the sta~ ton. We carried 176 children success fully through the four most trying months of the year. Each one made good and substantial gain. We feel sure that each one of the ITS children needed our food and care. This is, of course, a small number of children in comparison with the large number needing our help. We, however, took the best care of as many babies as our limited resources would permit, and the committee all felt amply repaid for their york;
 The report is signed by Miss Re- becca Bea ch, chairman. pure food com mittee, and by Mrs. Frances Sheldon Bolton, Mrs. Edward R. Marsh, Mrs. Edward F. Mcintosh, the milk depart ment of the pure food committee of the New Haven Consumers League.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
used the Wrena Gender.

A Frenchman with an imperfect knowledge of English was once called upon for an after dinner speech. He struggled along manful1y for a few minutes, managing to turn one or two good phrases. Finally he excused him self from further effort by saying, q will no longer cockroach on your time.''
 An Englishman sitting next to him at the table remarked: E'Your speech was dooced clever, bah love! But you used the wrong word at the close, don't you know. You should have said T will no longer hcncroach upon your time.'''
 'I see," ss5d the Frenchmsp. 'I used the WHORE gender."-ExchAhge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
Suhduinq a Bully.

A writer in a Vladivostok paper tells of an encounter he once witnessed on 8 Siberian train between a lady and a nob1eman.
 When the train pulled up at Tsit1kar, in Manchuria, a Manchu noble who had bulned all his fellow passengers, alighted at the station restaurant after warning them that he would decapi- tate any of them who took his seat. During his absence a smartly dressed young Russian lady entered the car and, despite the alarmed expostula- tions of it's occupants, calmly appro- priated the seat. When the noble re- turned he few into a passion and ad- vanced threateningly with his curved saber drawn. But the young woman coolly covered him with shining re- volver.
 Do you take us for a pack of cow ardly mandarinsf' she exclaimed, and then, pointing to her feet, she remark ed, Here is your place, my hero."
 The Manchu noble surrendered and sat at her feet for the rest of the jour ney.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
NO STRIKE ON
 B. & 0. SYSTEM
Conference Results in Ad- iustnent of Differences, Both Sides Making Con- cessiOnS-
sessions.
Especial from United Press }

Baltimore, March 12-After confer ences extending over eight days be- tween A. B. Garretson of the Railway Conductors, W. G. Lee of the Railway Trainmen, United States Commissioner of Labor Nei1l, and Chairman of the Inter State Commerce Commission Knapp, an adjustment of wages on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Trainmen and Conductors was reached early to- day. Both sides made concessions
 The men will not receive the western scale but will get "satisfactory in crease'' The double header train clause was dropped at least for the time being.
 Ten thousand men are directly af- fected by the settlement which in cludes freight, passenger and yard ser vice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
Capt. Bogardus Again Hits the Bulls
 we

This world famous rifle shot who holds the cham pionship record of 100 pigeons in 100 consecutive shots is liv- ing at Lincoln, II. Recently interview ed, he says:-'I have suffered long time with kidney and bladder trouble and have used several well known kid ney medicines all of which gave me no relief until I started taking Foley's Kidney Pills. Before I used FoIey's Kidney Pills I was subjected to se- were backache and pains in my kidneys with suppression and oftentirnes a cloudy voiding. While upon arising in the morning I would get dull head aches Now I have taken three bottles of FoIey's Kidney Pills and feel 100 per cent better. I am never bothered with my kidneys Or bladder and once more feel like my own self. All this owe solely to Foley's Kidney Pills and always recommend them to my fellow sufferers. F. B. Brill and Cur tis Pharmacy. a I3-R
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
TAFT PLANS FOR
 EIGHT=DAY TRIP
President Attends Funeral of Brother-in-Law at
 Pittsburg This Afternoon

Especial from United Press.)
 washington. March 12-President Taft will leave Washington for Pitts burg late this afternoon to attend the funeral of Thomas K. LaughIin, hus- band of Mrs. Taft's sister.
 Monday, the President will return to the White House to prepare for his eight-day trip to Chicago, New York State and New England, which begins Tuesday. Owing to the Laughlfn death he will confine the trip to for nal enga genents.
 The news of LaughIin's death did not reach the White House until too late to cancel invitations for a lnu- sicaIe sent out by Mrs. Taft Five hundred guests crowded the East Room and the affair was held as plan ned. Mrs. Taft was unable to receive her guests last night. Owing to her illness she will not accompany the President to Pittsburg.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12

New York, March 12.-LegaI pro- ceedings are agan pending in the su- preme court of New York state in the suit brought by some of the stockholders of the United States Elk press company to take the control of the company out of the hands of the family of the late Senator Thomas C Platt, recently deceased. Edward T. Platt and Frank H. P1att. sons of the senator, are treasurer and coun- se1, respectively of the company. The stockholders who object to the Platt control are able to muster a voting strength of more than half of the 100000 shares of the stock, but two-thirds majority is required to call an election, according to the special law under which the com pany was incorporated. This ma jority the so called minority stock holders have never bea able to ob- tain, and the courts have thus far refused to grant their petition for. an examination of the books, an open m meeting and an election. The pro- testing stockholders charge that un- der Senator P1att's management the affairs of the company have not been efffciHnf1V5 handled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
DELAY FEARED IN BARNUM AVE.
 TROLLEY WORK
Some Stratford People Be- Iieve that Selectmen Will Quibble Over Verbiage
 of Judson Resolution
But Conservatives Do Not Believe Anything Will Be Done Not In Good Faith and In Accordance With Understanding Reached During the Debate.
Especial to the Farmer. )

sstratford, March 12.-The citizens of Stratford are confidently expecting from the selectmen. tomorrow, either a statement that the negotiations with the Connecticut Company have been successfully concluded, or that they will, before tomorrow night, issue a call for a town meeting.
 Only by one of these two actions tions given by the town at the meet ing held, Monday, Feb. 2S. These in- structions were that the selectmen with the company, to see if it will consent to build the IF foot road way. But if at the end of this time i'm, the negotiations should have fail ed" then a town meeting was to be immediately called, for the purpose of appropriating the sum necessary to build that portion of the roadWay which the company refuses to build, namely two feet on each side Of the proposed tracks.
 Pessimists. are not wanting who and the "old guard' will find further excuses for delaying action:
 These even point out the section of the resolution passed by the town under which the alleged delay will be accom- plished.
 The oRening tTe words zsso,t,an of the lnst s"That if such negotiations fail." the seIectnen be requested to call a town meeting.
 One prominent citizen said, yester- day: Under the last paragraph of the resolution all the selectmen have to do is to claim that they have not bee n able to meet the representatives of the railroad, and that hence the negotiations have not failed, and that hence they are not obliged to call the meeting.'
 Hut one of the gentlemen who has taken a prominent part in the move ment to bring the trolleys over Bar mum avenue, is not inclined to re- gard this view seriously.
 He said today: s'The resolution was drawn, presented and advocated by Stiles Judson. It was debated. The entire nature of the debate was as whether the delay for any cause should be more than two weeks. Mir which there should be no delay of more than two weeks. The matter of seeing Highway Comm1ssioner Macdonald was specifically discussed in this connection. MT. Judson is not the kind of a man to resort to a verbal trick to defeat a fair under standing between the town and its citizens. But if he had any disposi- tion to do so, and if there is any verbal trick in the resolutions, the trick is not successful.
 The resolution demands that the necessary persons be seen within a period of two weeks. If they have been seen and no compromise has been reached the negotiations have failed. But if they have not been seen, the negotiations have equally failed, for this reason, and only one course is left open which will @pre- serve the honor of those concerned. It is to call a town meeting fmmedi- of the town and the pledges made to the town by MT. Judson-"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
A Curious Stone.

A curious stone is the alexandrite It is a dark green stone that is polish ed, cut and set, very like a fine topaz or amethyst, ill large showy rings sur rounded by diamonds. By the light of day the aIexandrite has no special beauty save it's fine 1uster, but directly shaft of artificial light strikes the dull stone deep gleams of red flash out of the green, and under the gas or in the f1relight one ignorant of this va gary would instantly pronounce it ruby
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
Blind Justice.

We meet our philosophical friend anG observe that he is smiling contentedly
 What has gone wrong now?" we ask.
 Nothing has gone wrong," he ex- plains. Something went right Sprig- gans owed Hennett $1O.OOo and put his property in his wife's name so thal Hennett couldn't collect"
 ''But that isn't anything unusual"
 "And last night Mrs. Spriggans elop- ed with Hennetty'-Life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
NASAL OPERATION
 FOR J. P. MORGAN

Rome. March 12.-J P. Morgan is soon to submit to an operation, it was learned today, for the removal of a nasal po1vpus The operation will be performed by Professor Rampoldi, one of the foremost surgeons in Europe and q specialist on nasal surgery.
 The operation will not be in the least dangerous but Morgan will probably he confined several weeks pending complete recovery. The nasal trou- bIe of the great financier is of many years standing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
Keeping Up Appearances.

Husband Suddenly waking up at dead of night)-What in the world was that noise? Wife (calmly)-It's all right, dear. The guests of the Money
 bags ball are just coming home, and I slipped down and gave our front door a slam, so the neighbors would think we were there.-New York Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
CLAN CAMPBELL'S 24TH ANNIVERSARY

cached it's 24th anniv versary last night Torty-six members of the clan cele- brated the fact with a banquet, held In Carr's grill room. Chief Thomas s+exvart r1resided. Toasts were re tponded to by Royal Deputy John Japp, Tanist James Rae, William Simpson, Deputy Sheriff Thomas F: Hamilton, md Past Chief Frank Funkie ST. The .ornmittee of arrang gements were, Will jam Simpson. chairman, M. H. Gow1- hagg William Martin, David Wilson and John Broadbent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
THREE TONS OF
 OULD SOD AND WALKING STICKS
lsnecial from United Press.l }

NOp6CIaI
 Chicago, March 12.-Three big crates containing the s'ou1d sod'' of the Elmer aid Isle brought across the water es- pecially for the Presidential reception here St. Patrick's day, have reached Chicago. The crates weigh three tons. Genuine Blackthorn walking sticks have also been packed with the soil.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
The Rescue.

The Major-What's this l hear, Da- vid, about your nearly saving a man from drowning? David-I did save i'm from drownin', only the life buoy it i'm on the 'ead and killed 'im.-London TatIeF
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
Did Moi See 1t Before.

Miss Eastside - That is a lovely gown, but haven't I seen it before Miss Westside-No; I think not. l have only worn 1t at a very few smart affairs this season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12
He Eannd If Mas

Judge (to prisoner)-You are charged with having seriously injured your wife by inclosing her in a folding bed. What have you to say for yourself? Prisoner-Your honor, wished to see if it was possible to shut her up.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-12

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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-17
BARNEY oLDFIELD's NEW CAR.

DaytOna, Fla, March 17-ShOOt-
ing down the rock like surface of the
fastest race course In the world, Bar
ncy OIdiield sent his giant 2O0-horse-
power Benz across the finishing tape
at the end OF the Daytona Beach mile
course In 27.33 seconds, breaking the
worlds record of rs lis seconds, made
by Marriott I'm steamer here four
years ago.
The speed wizard next added TO his
long list of track records that of one
mile, standing start, going the dis
lance In 1888 seconds, 70-1OO of u
second faster than the worlds record
established ON the BrOOlSlands eng
Iand) track, last year
In the record trials, OIdGeld was
without u real contender. The can
telling or the special $4,000 con-
test between Ralph DE Palma and
OidiicId was sore disappointment "a
the crowd, which Witnessed today
racing and whose appctites were
whetted TO the point of starting q
movement tO guarantee an earl,
meeting Of these men on the loca
track
In "a contest with Dc Palma who's,
2OO-hOrsepower Fiat Is tempOrariI,
out of commission, OIdfeld cxpresse.
| confidence that the marks he We
would be materially lowered.