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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12
WALL STREET TO-DAY.
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
 New York, July 12.-The stock mar ket today opened with a display of strength in the railroad list nearly all those stocks making gains from 1a to a point over yesterdays close. while industrials generally showed fractional opening losses. At the end of 15 minutes the entire list was strong.
 After the upturn of one point in Amalgamated Copper the stock was offered down. sellirlg close to its prev ious low price for the year. Smelling followed suit. The rest of the list gen. orally held good part of the initial gain
 Governments unchanged; other bonds dull
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12
GREAT RED TICKET CLEARANCE Sale commences tomorrow, Wed= neSday, at 9 o'clock.
 
 sin ofmilin sN

S1O.00 Marabout Boas ....... So.9S SLIP Black Ostrich Tips in bunch
 o<C s1.50 White and Black Ostrich Plumes
 'O~ S3.0 White and Black Ostrich Fumes
 P1.fC $12.00 White and Black Willow
 %c'OO S9.00 Black Willow Plumes. S4.9S $2.76 Lihette Auto Coats, 52 inches
 long .$1. 1.4S $4.50 Linnett Auto Coats, 52 inches
 long .$-.Oo $500 Linette Auto Coats, 52 inches $7.0O Genuine Linen Auto Coats, 52
 inches long $4.4S $10.0O Bengaline Silkette Auto Coats,
 52 inches long .........> .$6. 75 S10.00 Pongette Auto Coats, 52 inches
 long S6. AS SIP and s13 Pongee Silk Auto Goats,
 52 inches long ........... 8.9S
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12

S2.50 and S3 Trimmed Hats. =. .75c "A Trimmed Hats ...... .$I.SS f6 and ST Trimmed Hats. $1.90 ksS and S9 Trimmed Hats. BEDS 41os and SIP Trimmed Hats. =. .S.9S |All s our better grades in trimmed
 hats marked at proport1onate
 price reductions.
 625O Children's Trimmed Outing Hats ...........-..... 75C iT5c- Banded Sailor Hats and $1.00 Untrimmed Hats 19c 'S150 and S1.75 Untrimmed Hats 4Sc k2.5O White Hair Braid Hats. .75c 81.50 Banded Sailor Hats .75c BLOC Leghorn Flats .25c &2.ee Black Milan Hats .75c k4.o6 Black and Natural Straw Trim
 med Dress Turbans ....... .$1 .98 'e2.5o Black Trimmed Dress Turbans Soc and 5 in. all silk Ribbon 12c yd .e5c Moire Ribbon ,......... 19c yd.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12
BIRTHS LESS; AUTOS MORE. Special from United PresS)

New Haven, July 12-The Kansan who recited the plaint that autos caus- ed race suicide and was immediately swamped with statistics from many cities tending to prove the contrary, may lift his head, for this city seems to jibe in with his experience. Vital statistics made public today show that autos have increased 25 per cent. in the last year, while births have decreased 2 per cent. in the same period.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12
BOY KILLED IN CRASH.

ISpeclaI rom UnIleu PTesSJ
 Detroit, Mich, July 12-One boy was killed and forty persons were hurt, six seriously, when heavily loaded inter- urban car crashed into a work train at Wilkes, Mich. today. The car was a special from Flint to Detroit, loaded with holiday crowd bound for a cele- bration at Windsor Ont.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12
TOMMY WILLIAMS CLOSES ADVANTAGEOUS CONTRACT
 WITH BELASCO STOCK co

Thomas Williams, the plump, tal- ented and popular comedian with the Poli Stock company, has closed an advantageous contract for himself with the Be1asco Stock Company, Seattle, Washington. This contract will not Interfere with MT. Williams service with the Poli Stock, and he will play out the season in Bridge mort
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12
y of millinery busine ss.

85c White Lawn Shirt Waists. .. 46C SLIP White Lawn Shirt Waists. 75c $1.38 White Lawn Shirt Waists. .9Sc $1.75 White Lawn Shirt Waists S1. IF s3.o0 and $4.00 Assorted Shirt Waists
 in Net and Silk .S1 AS $2.50 Black Silk Shirt Waists .$1.9S T5c Black Percaline Petticoats. .44c s1.00 Black Percaline Petticoats CSC s1.25 Black Percaline Petticoats 89c $2.25 Black Heatherbloom Petticoats S4.00 Black Taffeta Silk Petticoats
 $Z.IS Better grades marked approximately. 75c Chiffon Veils .............4 .4Sc S1.00 Chiffon Veils .......... .69c S1.3S Chiffon Veils ............ .9Sc S1.75 Chiffon Wells. .Si .25 62c White Lace VeilS ....... 39c s1.00 White and Black Lace Veils 9Sc $500 Marabout Boas ....... .$3.9S $500 Marabout Boas .9S
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12
STUNNED FALLING FROM CAR

Stunned by falling from 8 moving trolley car. Annie Madars.. a domestic employed at 14O3 Fairfield avenue. lay inert in the street until belated pedes- trians found her. She was taken to the Emergency hospital in the anbu lance and then sent home, escaping without broken bones. None on the trolley car saw her fall
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12
HORSE JUMPS
 THROUGH WINDOW.

Honking of an auto horn frightened horse owned by Patrick Gabbett, standing in front of R. M. Houston 6 Co.'S store in Fairfield avenue, just west of Main street, at 10 o'clock last night, and the animal leaped through a plate glass window. The animal was cut free from the cart and back ed out of the window then taken to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12

Great Red Ticket Clearance Sale commences tomorrow, Wednesday, at 9 o'clock at B. H. Dillon 6 Co.,, 1105 Main street. They will offer their entire stock of handsome new miI- linery goods at the lowest prices for desirable goods in the history of mill linery business
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12

Sifted coal ashes, wheat flour and sand mixed with water make an ex- cellent mortar for patching holes where plaster is broken
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-12
FIRE CAUSED BY OIL STOVE.

Especial from United Press.)
 Winsted, July 12.-Fire caused by the explosion of an oil stove destroyed the home of Mrs. Anna LynnahaQ in Church street, entail1ng property less of $1.200, partly covered by insur- ance. Mrs. Lynnahan was found in the yard in a dazed condition, her clothes saturated with oil Forum ately her dress did not ignite. She was too dazed to explain how it all happened.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21
Illustrates His Method.

George" said the customer, you
make a pretty good thing of it in tips
in the course OF a year. don't you?'
Yes, sir" answered the barber, i
do fairly we'll, Mr. Parker, fairly
we'll"
How do you manage it?'
20. | just Jolly the swells along.
you know. | hand em out a little
taffy now an then"
q see. BY the way, George, now
that | think Of It, haven't you some
thing that will make the hair grow
on that bald spot Of mine?'
Bless you, Mr. Parker, that ain t
no bald spot. The hair is just lit.
tie thin there, sir; that's all.
Thank you, Mr. Parker."-ChicagG
Tribune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21
Traffic on the Mlssls SIS ippl.

The steamboat age on the Missis'
sippi began about 1921 and fourished
for 80 years AS early as 1894 the
number Of steamboats, estimated on
the Mississippi and its tributaries is
estimated at 23O and in 1912 there
we're $50 vessels, with a value Of s25,.
600 900. But the golden era was from
lS4S TIL the war Never did the val.
ley and stcamboating prosper raTc
than then. Thousands Of bales Of cot
ton we're annually shipped to southsrn
markets and the wharyes Of st. L.ula
and Memphis and Vicksburg and 9TH.
cr large ports We're stacked with piles
OF merchandise and lined with scores
Of steamers. Travel Magazine.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21
HOW l WIN
By CHARLES S. DOOM
,Copyright, 1910. by Joseph h Bowlcs)
Catcher Philadelphia National
League Club

HUSTLE
! think that one word covers the
greatest part of how to win baseball
games.
The player who IS IN the game
every minute, hustling, working hard
and thinking all the time, thinking
ahead and planning what is to come,
is the winning player, whether or not
he is as capable q man, as fast man.
or as good a hitter as the other fel.
low. The best player in the world
cannot win without hustling.
! think it is hard work and study
that wins games and makes good ball
players, just as It is hard work and
study that wins in any other trade or
profession. There is much TO learn
and much to do, and unless a player
studies the game and keeps pace with
its progress in all lines he cannot win
no matter how good he may be me.
chaniCally.
When so into a game go in to win
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21
CITY Bred Men as Tillers of the Soil

market established. Many men have
made the transition in this manner.
Others have started with one or two
cows, and have let the business grow
from the profits. Others have sue
ceeded by beginning in a small way
with poultry or fruit. The knowledge
gained in this way, both as regards
the details Of farming and concerning
methods Of marketing, finally enables
the beginner to abandon his city en-
ployment and become farmer.
A few men have succeeded without
this gradual transition. They have
put their capital into land and by hard
work and much study been highly sue.
cessful.
AN interesting case of this kind
came to notice recently. At the Iowa
state corn show in 1909 the ear Of
corn which took the grand prize, and
which was sold at auction for sl6O,
was produced by a farmer who ten
years previously had been driver OF
a laundry wagon in the city OF Des
Moines 1t must be recognized, how
ever, that men who have thus sue.
cecded have invariably been men Of
II usual ability
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21
Hailed to Court for Beating a. Goose

ant hurl stone at the goose and hit
the mark, and repeat the performance
with effect several times, the witness
directed attention to the phrenologic-
al attributes of Mr.. Springer. in sup
port of his allegations.
"He has cruel, unsympathetic, tor
turing instincts" Doctor Bryant de-
clared. Il am not surprised that this
outbreak has occurred. 1t is distress
ing, of course. but to be expected.
Nov, If you will notice." he con-
tinued, that the occipital protrusion
and the nasal
But how about the goose?" Judge
Pugh interrupted.
ooh, the goose! My goose? Ah,
yes" and the witness returned to the
goose story why, the goose was
badly injured"
The injuries were minutely de.
scribed
Springer emphatically denied that
he had been cruel to the goose.
"Nor any other goose. your honor.
like geese" he asserted with vehe'
mence. They're fine birds to have
about ones place"
THE complainant is your neighbor
isn't he?" Judge Pugh asked.
"He is" the defendant replied.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Olcott of
w the special committee which is
conducting the Merchant Marine
league investigation, is game states
man He entered the committee room
recently with long list Of questions
which he wanted to PROFOUND to b. N.
Baker of Baltimore, the witness for
the afternoon. Olcott called the meet
ing to order in the usual manner, and
carefully arranged his questions be-
fore him.
A slip of paper with a question on
1t was handed to Representative Gar
rett, one of the committeeman. Gar
rett read the question and smiled
While Olcott was absorbed in his wit.
ness Garrett tucked the slip of paper
among the others lying before the
chairman. Olcott went along with his
questioning, like this:
Nov, Mr. Baker, If you were going
to take the quickest and shortest
route to Buenos Ayres what would
that route be?"
Baker answered. Then Olcott came
to the slip Of paper.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21

one OF the most interesting sights in
the country. They make charming
variation in the landscape, with waving
bamboos growing up their sides, and
here land there mantle of purple
morning glories screening sharp
angle, while away down in their cool
depths quantities of ferns grow along
the course of gentle stream.
The greatest outbreak of Taal vol
cano occurred In 1854, when the vii.
lagos of Taal, Lipa and Tannan, all
then on the border Of Lake Bombon,
disappeared, It began on May l3 and
lasted until December l. Father Buen-
cuchillon states that there was not a
single night, from June until July 10,
in which flames were wanting on the
volcano, or in which there were not
rumbling noises.
July 10 it ralned black mud over the
town of Taal. flames and smoke wero
thrown out during August and Sep
tember and on Septemhrg ~ a tempest
Joined TO the rumblngs and flames.
iN lSuAHlIiSo NphNihtSh N'hhSHt ~
terruption until December 4, lasting
more than two months. From Septem-
Der 20 to September 26 such a copious
rain of pumice stone fell that the peo-
pie were obliged to abandon their
homes During that one night the
grourd was covered with ashes and
scoriae to a depth of foot and half,
destroying all vegetation.
On November Is the noises We're
deafening and dense smoke blackened
the atmosphere, while such quantity
of large stones fell into the lake as to
cause big waves. The earth trembled
and houses shook. On November q
the violence increased so that the
whole island was covered with fire,
between four and six o'clock on the
evening of November 20 the horizon
darkened, leaving everything in night.
The rain OF ashes ceased on December
|, when a hurricane which lasted two
days tore up what little had been left
standing That was the last great
eruption, the outbreaks in 1908, 1873
and 1903 were confined TO Lake Bonn
bon and the island.
HENRIETTA SANDS ANDERSON.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21
Suburban Suburbs.

4 fat dweller having selected what
no thought was q pretty good thidg In
one OF the suburbs as place Of resi-.
dence, took his wife our TO look at IT,
The rent was low, but the house. was
on the very rim Of the town The wife
failed to enthuse
what's the matter with ~" he
asked testify, for ne had had hard
time finding 1t.
Well" she replied with feminine
frmness, Il am willing for your sake
20 live in a suburb Of the city, but
positively will not live in the suburb
Of a suburb It's asking to1 much. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21

THE distinction Of being the first
man prosecuted for ill-treating a
goose, under the cruelty to animals
law, in the police court, fell to the lot
of Conrad F. Springer, resident of
Gates road. near Chevy Chase.
Horses, COWS, sheep, lambs, chick
ems, dogs, cats, pigeons, turkeys, pigs
and even monkeys have been given
the protection Of the law in previous
cases, but never before has one of the
Anseranae family drifted into court.
1t was described as gray goose,
three years old, somewhat weighty. of
a kindly disposition and motherly in
her attention to raising broods. She
was "cruelly battered and bruised
with stones" by Springer, charges her
owner, DR.. f. A. Bryant, a dentist.
The men are neighbors.
The dentist was the first witness.
After telling that he saw the defend
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21

good pitching and hitting always has
turned out Il winner and always will
continue to do so. Few know what an
element luck is In the closely matched
leagues. To win n team must have
at least an even break in the luck. l
used to think the luck broke In
strange ways. and followed one club.
while i'll fortune pursued another. In
studying the game, however, it struck
me that what we call luck always
seems to hang around the team that
is hustling hardcst-which proves
that it isn't luck at all. The fellow
who is hustling and thinking always
happens to be near when luck"
| makes the opportunity, and he inn
proves It while the other fellow, who
! is not going ns hard loses the chance
to force the luck and perhaps change
the entire game
The husNing team always has the
! best team work and the force of cX-
ample of Il few hustlors stirs up the
| entire club and keeps il going fast,
| even when thcro are some men ON It
| who would rather take things easily.
| Team work, of course, IS essential,
| and also experience | may be wrong
| but | believe experience Is almost
| vital to the CatChers, and moro so
| than in any other department of the
| game That explains why catchers
catchcrs who have como along with
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21
Yes, the Statesman's Mind Was Clear

attack of his former delirium. The
friend tried to soothe him. but he was
confused in his talk, and apparently
unable to understand altogether what
was transpiring.
Jim, you've been pretty sick, but
you're all right now. You've been de-
lirious, you know; but that's all
passed"
Yes, I've been out of my head a
good deal, guess" Jim agreed. But
my minds all cleared up now"
Sure, you know what's going on.
BY the way, have any of the boys
been to see you?"
The man whose mind had cleared
looked up in astonishment at his
friend.
why, certainly, lots of them have
been TO see me-" he said. There are
three or four of them under the bed
now"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21

ECRETARY WILSON of the depart
~ ment Of agriculture has just pub
lished his year book. W. ]. Spillman,
agriculturist in charge Of the office
of farm management, has written an
article on Farming as an Occupa-
tion for City Bred Men" He hands
out some tips that city men might
profit by if urban life isn't all it's
cracked up to be
Wherever it is feasible" he says,
"a very good plan for the city man
who has no knowledge of farming
and who desires to become a farmer
is to move to the suburbs and begin
in a small way as a gardener At
first the principal aim should be TO
produce truck crops for home con
sumption As experience is gained
the Industry may be enlarged and a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21
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Do the Lawmakers Like Baseball? Well!

Mr.. Baker" he began. and then he
stopped.
Well" he continued, after he had
turned the paper over once or twice
in astonishment, Il guess l might as
we'll finish this question. Somebody
has been kind enough to furnish me
with it."
He read:
"Mr. Baker, If you wanted to attend
the ball game in Washington this att
ernoon what time would you start?'
This blessed moment" said the
witness.
Whereupon adjournment was taken.
Postscript just to be fair-Olcott and
the rest of the committeeman went to
the floor of the house, where the rail-
road bill was under consideration.
On another day Representative Gar
rett told this story:
A man went into lawyers office.
| want to sue my administrator,
he said.
"Oh," said the lawyer, suavely, you
mean that you want to sue your
guardian
perhaps you know more about II
than ! do" said the prospective client
I'm just back from the war ano
they've got me reported dead. They We
started already to administer my es
tate. want 10 sue that admlnistra
tor"
To
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21

0NCE a statesman had typhoid
~ fever. He was very ILL., For days
his doctors thought he must die. He
was delirious nearly all the time.
After while he became little bet
ter. He begged that he be permitted
to see another statesman whom he
was particularly fond Of. The friend
came
We'll, JIM" said the caller. "how
are you getting along?'
Jim said he was getting along all
right, but just then he had a slight
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21

Larry Mclean got big hand when
he went in to catch for Cincinnati
when his suspension expired, and he
also had to stand for "A lot Of good
naturcd kidding by the fans, which he
did not mind in the least. But he
failed to bring good luck. for the Reds
lost their third straight
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21
Gntch To Wrcstle ZbYszko.

Decoration day is to be big day In
the wrestling world. Frank Gotch.
worlds champion, is to meet Stanis-
laus Xbysako. the giant Pole, on that
day In Chicago. The great match Is
to take place at the White Sox base
ban park in the afternoon and no
doubt will attract the largest crowd
that has ever attended mat contest
In this country.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-21
CHARLES S. DOOM.

and win honestly and fairly, not to
seek favors or anything else, but to
deliver for the manager If | can AS
| remember it, ! was not Il very good
catcher when | started, and If | had
been content with that, or fooled into
believing | was good enough | would
have been back there yet. What sue
cess | have had has been due to hard
work and hustling every minute.
Hustle. luck and the combination Of
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-08

Eariy arrivals of asparagus were unexpectedly
hght yesterday, and there was an unusuaIl il
brlsk demand prices advanced sharply extra
bringing $2d2-25 a box and sometimes little
more, while there hardly anything to he
had for less than $15O. Two beIated boats
brought in additional supplies. however and as
the late arrivals had to be sold hurriedly the
prices established i'm the eary1 trade could not
be maintained Peas little easier while
rhubarb dragged at unsustained rates String
beans and summer squash were temporarily
scarce and firmer. New potatoes were in ex-
ceSsive supply. and although there was some
shipping Inquiry the market was very weak
with values Sagging. Old potatoes closed the
week quiet and unchanged. Onions were weak
for both new and old crop lots
Potatoes (per ctl)-River white. 5OR75c for
common to choice and S069Oc for fancy; Sa-
linas BurbankS $3.50 1.35: Lompoc Burbanks
81 -4O@1.50; Oregon Burbanks, 90cds1; sweet
potatoes, So; new potatoes, 1d1 &c per Ib
Onions (per ctll-OregOn. $I25dI.5O; Ber-
muda seed, S1-75@2 per crate for white and
A.25@1.50 for yellow; new red, 9oc@S1 per
sack.
Vegetables-Asparagus $2d225 for extra
and 81 -25@ .I5 for lower grades; tomatoes Next
can, S1.25M2 per crate; green peas S16R1 SO
per sack; string beans. S610c per ID for Eaca-
vie and case for southern summer SQUASH.
90c@S1 per box; garlic. 5@Sc per Ib; cab
bage, 60@75c per ctl; cucumbers, 750$1 per
dozen; caulifOwer zoe per dozen: turnips, so
GT5c per sack; carrots. 75c per sack; rhubarb, 50
q50c per box for ordinary and 65G75c for fancy;
celery, $1.5O@2 for large