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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06
C. W. FA|RCHILD & co. ADVOCATE
 EARLY CLOSING

G. w. Fairchild & Sons, jewellers, announce today that during July and August they will close their store daily, except Saturday, at p. m. and Friday, when they will close at 12:3O noon. This slorous..1y believes in early closs-e during the hot months and in the summer half holiday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06
"Is LIFE WORTH LIVING?n

Mrs. Mollie McRaney, Prentiss, Miss, writes that she had a severe case of kidney and bladder trouble, and that four bottles of Foley's Kid ney Remedy cured her sound and we'll. She closes her letter by saying: "I heartily recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy to any sufferer of kidney disease. It saved my life.' F. B.
 Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. *135 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06
RICHEST MAN IN MAINE
 DIES IN STATE PRISON
Special from United Press

Thomaston. Me, July 6.-George ~. Pierce of Lewiston, Me, reputed to be the richest man in this part of Maine, is dead here today in state prison, where he was serving a sen tence of 3S years for attempted mur- der. Pierce was convicted and sen- tenced May 15, 1899, for the attempt ed murder of ex-City Marshal Feel and Judge Cornish of the Lewiston Municipal Court with poisoned whis- key.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06
TAXES MUST BE PAID BY SATURDAY.

Corporations All Expected to Settle
 By That Time.
 ;. Washington, July 6.-Commissioner Cabell of the international revenue bureau expects that all corporations which have not paid their taxes will do so before the close of business next Saturady, which is the last day allowed under the law.
 Inasmuch as the government is em- powered to make seizures by July 20, it is expected the delinuuents will pay under protest, as others have done, and await the decision of the supreme court on the constitutionality of the law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06
BODY IDENTIFIED.

Special from United Press.)
 Winsted, July 6.-The decopitated body found yesterday on the roadbed of the Central New England Railroad at Norfolk, was today identified as the remains of John Henry Banna- han, 20, of Winsted. He leaves a father, John Bannahan of Albany, N. Y., and Q wife and brother in this citv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06
OPPOSITION TO CHANGE
 OF HUNTINGTON AVENUE

Much opposition appeared in the Common Council last night to the new layout of Huntington avenue Prop erty owners said that their trees would be sacrificed and that they would be subjected to great expense.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06
sAMUELs' SHOE BARGAINS.

Due to the closing out of a large Hartford store. J. Samuels Company, the big Main street shoe dealers, have been enabled to place on sale at a re- markedly low price an abundance of fine grade shoes. The sale is now in full swing and you should take ad- vantage of it, before the cream of the stock is snapped up
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06
FRATERNAL NEWS

FIDELITY REBEHAK LODGE, I. o. O. F., will meet for the first time in their new hall. Broad and Cannon streets, Thursday. July 2. The newly appointed D. D. G. M. Mrs. Tessa A. Connor. will be present and good time is anticipated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06
OBITUARY

Many sorrowing friends and rela- tives attended the funeral of Patricl, Clehane held from his home 58 West avenue this morning at S:3O and from Sacred Heart church at g o'clock where Rev. Father Judge celebrated a requiem high mass. The bearers were L. Condon, T. Daragan, D. McDermott, J. Began, T. Sullivan, and Joseph Hartigan. Interment was in the fam fly plot in St. Michael's cemetery.
 Maria, wife of Zilroy G. Whitney, died last evening at her home, 15s Beardsley street, in her 75th year, af- ter a short illness. Besides her hus- band she leaves to mourn her loss. two sons, Vincent and George HI. Whitney, both of this city.
 Raymond E., infant son of Charles H and the late Ella Reeves died. yes terday, at the home of the father. Res ervoir avenue, aged four years. The funeral services were held yesterday afternoon, with in.crment in Park cemetery.
 William E. Clark, infant son of AL fred W. and Elizabeth Clark Hayes died yesterday at the home of his par- ents 644 Warren street, aged n months, days. of infantile troubles Funeral services were held this after noon at 9 o'clock with interment in Lakeview Cemetery.
 The remains of Oscar WentzeI. a former resident of this city who died in New York of typhoid fever, arriv- ed in this city, yesterday afternoon. on the 1:48 train and were inferred in St. MichaePs cemetery. Mr. wentzel was 2S years of age and was a broth er-in-law of Mrs. Eugene Sullivan of State St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06
POINTS OF INTEREST.
E. H. Dillon & Co.,,

E. H. Dillon & Co.,, 1105 Main street, are showing an ex- ceptionally large line of sailor hats ill all the newest shapes and colors at prices one-third less than else- where.
 Bronchos
 A. Elwood has only head left out of the car load of bronchos they un- loaded last Thursday night. They will clean up the balance of the load to make arrangements to ship another load at once, also a load of big broke horse weighing from 1400 to 1900 pounds, go up and look them over.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-07-06

WANT ADS. CENT A WoPr
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
HELPED BY HUMIDITY.


Many Materials and Products Whiei,
Require Moist Air.
There arc many materials. operations
a0d products which require special
atmospheric conditions for advanta.
geous or profitable maintenance. PriD-
cipal among such operations Is the
manufacture Of textiles. perhaps the
largest single industry carried on in
factories. In the favored climate Of
the Lancashire district Of England the
natural climate affords working con-
ditions equaled In America only on &C.
casional days in certain localities.
Even In England. however. there are
many days In which the atmosphere IS
too dry for the best work.
Since textile 6befs are increased In
strength and elasticity BY high humid
ity and moderately high Temperature.
breakages are less frequent under
proper conditions. and the output Is in
creased. But even before the fiber
reaches the manufacturing plant at
mospbcric humidity plays IN important
part. Cotton loses weight as II dries
out. but. moro than that, the 1bers
bristle and appear shorter and Of lower
grade than when slightly moistened.
Leather. feathers and many other por-
Gus substances lose q considerable per-
centage Of weight In drying out, 80 that
the maintenance Of average and uni
form humidity In the storage rooms
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12

candidates on the democratic ticket.
1t shall not beour part to make public
the hideous details concerning the
record of Mr.. Hitchcock's dealings in
this matter of state. Perhaps the
record may not be made public during
the campaign. But, having knowl.
edge of that record, the Telegram, in
the exercise of a sacred duty toward
the cause of good citizenship, must
decline to support Mr.. Hitchcock.
We are aware that this action on
our part will bring down upon our
head the clubs of some democratic
editors who hold duty to the party
higher than duty to the state. We
have taken everything into conside,a-
ton. We yield to the call Of q public
duty, no matter how serious may be
the effect upon the Telegram and its
editor. We ask no mans sympathy
in this fight, if he should believe that
our opposition to Mr.. Hitchcock is
personal. but we do ask the sympathy
of every man who places the duty Of
the citizen higher than the duty of the
partisan. We know that when the
men of Nebraska shall know the record
as we know it, they will desert the
cause of the candidate rs rats desert an
unseaworthy ship. Some will ask
why We do not make public the record.
We reply that We do not have permis-
sion to make it public at this time.
We received the story and the proof
of it under the seal of secrecy. Per-
haps the zeal may be broken tomorrow
next week-perhaps the
week following.
Perhaps Mr.. Hitchcock may notify
the state committee that he has with
drawn from the ticket, and then it will
not be necessary to publish the shame
ful story.-Columbus Telegram.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
WIND AND NERVES.
Effects Of Breezss From the East,
West and Northwest.

Effects Of Brsszss From the East,
West and Northwest.
The east winds hug the earth close
" and gather moisture, dust and BAG
terra. They are cold and humid. al
together forming an enervating influ-
ence Oh human and animal life and
rendering it susceptible to the disease
germs which the winds carry and dis
seminate.
The cool. pure northwest winds
come from a region Of dry. highly
electrified air where ozone exists in
comparatively large quantities. They
are invigOratig. The framework Of
nerves in the human being is like
a delicate electrical apparatus. the
nerves being the wires and the brain
and ganglia receiving and distributing
centers.
Every one knows that a telephone
works better on a clear, dry day than
on a wet. muggy one. The moist at
mosphere lessons vitality. The nerve
wires grow flaccid and heavy. The
messages become confused. Hence
low spirits. melancholia. distorted
mental outlook. faulty assimilation.
and disease.
The opposite effects flow from the
northwest winds. The west and
northwest winds keep the mucous
membranes Of the body in good work
ing order. The coating Of moisture
which Is always present with the east
wind disappears. Absence Of any
wind II long continued has n bad ef-
feet on the human body and mind.
A prolonged calm means lack of ven
tilation on a great scale. The winds
serve to mix In normal proportions
the gases which compose the atmo-
sphere. and in this way they are con-
ducive to health up to q certain point
Beyond about twenty miles an hour
their influence begins to be unfavor-
able Chicago Tribune.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
A PROPHECY BY LINCOLN.

There are not many people who
know that President Abraham Lin
coin looked into the future during the
Civil War and prophes,ed that the
next generation following him would
see the initiative and referendum
adopted by every state in the Union.
This is the statement of A. H. McCOr.
mick, member of the last legislature
from Crawford county, Kansas, and
republican nominee for reelection.
Il heard President Lincoln tell
General Grant and General Meade
that the initiative and referendum was
bound to become universal in the
United States" said Mr.. Mccormick.
81 was Union soldier. Just a short
time before the breaking Of the rebel
lines in front Of Petersburg. President
Abraham Lincoln visited Gen. Grant
at City Point on the James river. At
that time l was crippled in the left
arm by q musket shot and was detailed
as mail agent for the Second Corps. l
frequently made trips from the front
to City Point. One day General De-
Fobriann gave me q letter and ordered
me to deliver it to General Meade.
He asked for a reply. When enter
ed General Meade's tent l found with
him General Grant and President
Lincoln and two other officers. They
had evidently been talking earnestly
about Switzerland. They stopped
when l entered the tent. I presented
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
A BLANK SPACE.

At the head of this column appears
the democratic ticket. 1t will be
noticed that We do not print the name
of the democratic nominee for United
States senator.
For more than twenty-five years the
editor of the Telegram has been doing
his part in promoting the democratic
cause in Nebraska. We admit that
sometimes We have supported demo-
cratic candidates not as good as they
might have been, whose personality
was not pleasing to the editor, but in
such cases We placed party duty above
personal feeling.
But now We are face to face with a
situation in which duty as a citizen
demands that duty as a partisan must
take back seat. We dare not sup
port G. NJ. Hitchcock, the democratic
nominee for the United States senate.
Our opposition is not personal. We
entertain no sentiment of i'll will
toward the man, personally, nor in
deed toward any man. We shall
oppose his election because of his bad
record in dealing with a public matter.
That record is so bad that it will pre-
vent him from receiving the vote of
any Nebraskan who knows the record.
We have been hoping that Mr..
Hitchcock would withdraw from the
ticket, and thus forbid the necessity of
Q public discussion of his record, which
discussion might injure the deserving
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12

Some Curious Eighteenth Century Dc.
seriptions Of Animals.
Some curious specimens of folklore
and natural history are contained In q
rare book called The Sportsman's
Dictionary" which was published to.
ward the end Of the eighteenth cen.
tury. The author was evidently
Philistine among Philistines In his ut.
titude toward nature.
OF the master musician. the black
bird, he says:
This bird IS known by all persons
and Is better to be eaten than kept,
being much sweeter to the palate
when dead and well roasted than to
the ear while living: sings about three
months in the year. or four Mt most,
though his song IS worth nothing. but
II he be taught to whistle he Is Of
some value. being very loud. though
coarse"
And here IS q story Of the squirrel
with the ring in It of the seventeenth
even more than the eighteenth cen
fury. It reminds one Of the harcs Of
Izaak Walton. that changed their sex
es once year:
'If what IS reported Of them be true
the admirable cunning of the squirrel
appears in her (where We commonly
use his when the sex need not be
specified our ancestors often used
herr swimming or passing over riv-
er, for when she Is constrained by
hunger SO to do she seeks out some
rind or small bark Of q tree. which she
sets upon the water and then goes into
It, and, holding up her tail like sail.
lets the wind drive her to the other
side and carries meat I'm her mouth
to prevent being famished by the
length Of the voyage"
OF the wild boar We have this: "And
what place sOever he bites. whether
man or dog. the heat Of his teeth causes
Inflammation in the wound. If there
fore he does but touch the hair of q
dog he burns Ofr-nay, huntsmen have
tried the heat Of his teeth by laying
hairs on them as soon as he was dead,
and they have shriveled up as II touch
ed with hot IRON"
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
FOUR OF A KIND.

Four favOrite sons have thus far
been entered in the democratic free for
all presidential race nearly two years
in advance. Ohio has its Harmon,
Texas has its Bailey. Georgia its
Smith, Missouri its Folk. And still
there are more to come. New York
is sure to bring out Gaynor, Indiana
may project Marshall, New Jersey is
likely to hack Woodrow Wilson,
should he win for governor, and Iii.
nois, if it can split its affection between
Carter Harrison and j. Ham Lewis,
may yet be in the race for old times
sake. Besides all these, Missouri,
should David Il. Francis win out for
senator, is likely to have two favorite
son candidates.
1t is of interest to note these facts
just now while democrats are talking
about harmony. But why talk, do not
these facts speak for themselves? Is
there need for anyone to argue that
harmony reigns with this array Of
ambitious favOrite s.ns before him?
And the national campaign is yet
two years of: How many candidates
there will be by 1912 is beyond the
ken of any man to determine. 1.-THE
leaven of harmony keeps up its work
it may raise a score of them. But
should the number of entries he kept
down to the present there would he
enough to make an interesting race.
Say, for instance, that only Harmon,
Bailey, Smith, Folk and Gsynor en-
tered the preliminaries for the nomina
ton; there is one eastern man, Gaynor;
two middle western men, Harmon and
Folk, and three southern men, Folk,
Smith and Bailey. Where is the seer
who would like to undertake the task
of forecasting the result of figuring out
the alignment between the five aspir.
ants?
Harmony, indeed! And thus early
in the campaign, too. No wonder
democratic editors and orators are
anxious to divert attention to the re-
publicans.-Omaha Bee.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
0ropped In on the a~ars.

The removing Of the polar bears at
the zoo recalls that some years back
visitor dropped In on these bears.
A hat fell into the pit. and its owner
ut once jumped in after it. He alight-
ed on bear who was enjoying a dOze
In the sun. The bear made him well
come. 1t seized him by the shoulder
and waltzed him round and round.
Luckily the visitor kept his feet until
a keeper opened a side door and pulled
him into safety. But the hat was left
behind. On the. following day the man
sent to the society a letter in which he
claimed the cost Of a new hat.-Lon-
don Taller.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12

my letter to General Meade. He read
it and said:
"'Tell the general yes."'
II was about to withdraw when .
sudden thunder shower burst. Gen.
eral Meade turned to me and said:
Soldier, sit down and wait for the rain
to quit I sat on . camp stool in
rather . dark corner Of the tent.
Apparently not noticing my presence
President Lincoln continued the con.
versation evidently where he had left
off when I came in. Turning to Gen.
eral Grant, he said:
General, the day will come. but it
will not be in your day or mine, when
every state in this Union will have the
initiative and referendum. When
that day comes the people will rule,
the people will rule As he said this
he brought his fist down on the table
with such vehemence that he over.
turned the ink bottle. l knew short
hand. l sat there and took the con-
versation As it was given. When /
returned to my camp l made two
copies Of President Lincoln's remarks.
l sent one copy home and kept the
other. l carried it in my family Bible.
/ still have it.
ut was many years after before l
realized what President Lincoln had
meant by the initiative and referen.
dunn. / became an advocate of the
principle. It was l who introduced in
the last house Concurrent Resolution
No. 2. This called for the initiative
and referendum. 1t was lost. l in
tend to try again this winter if l am
sent back to the house"
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12

Senator Norris Brown, in a speech
at David City last Saturday, showed
up the great interest that Gilbert NJ.
Hitchcock, the democratic nominee
for the u. S. senate, had in the cause
of the people when important measures
we're before the recent congress. MIR.
Hitchcock, who is an aristocrat and
silk stocking, kid glove sort of a fellow,
it appears, WAS in Europe having a
good time at the peoples expense
when our present senator, f. j. Bur.
kett, was voting for the McCumber
amendment to the tariff bill, which
put lumber on the free list. Senator
Brown showed by the Congressional
Record and the roll calls made in the
senate that Senator Burkett had voted
with LaFollette, Bristow, Cummins
and Deliver on all of the amendments
that were offered by the progressives
to the tariff bill, while the same was
under consideration. That when Bur.
kett was voting for the amendment
offered by McCumber putting lumber
on the free list, Congressman Hitch
cock, who is now candidate for sena-
tor, was in Europe spending the salary
paid him by the people to represent
them in congress.-Pierce Call.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12

After reading some of the papers in
regard to Senator f. J. Burkett's
actions in congress and then read what
ex-President Roosevelt and Senator
Deliver. two of the greatest progress.
i've men in the United States, have to
say in behalf of Senator Burkett, one
can draw his own conclusions that The
senator has been greatly misrepresent-
ed and that he has been working all
the time for his constituents in Ne.
Observation-Disclosures Argus.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12

his men, blinded BY the dashing rain,
and certain that be was ahead of them
ran across the street into the hotel.
He had intended to take his old train
the moment it should start, but when
it was about to pull out . northbound
train arrived and when it left Hum.
boldt for the North Timothy Webster
was ON board. He never saw the two
men again.-William G. Beymer in
October Harper's.
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
REPUBLICAN, TICKET.

For u. $. Senator
ELMER j. BURkETT
For Congressman. Third District
JOHN +. BOYD
CHI. ALDRICH
For Lieutenant GOvernOr
NJ. X. HONEYWELL
For Secretary of State
ADDISON WAIT
For Auditor
SILAS IL. BARTON
For Attorney General
GRANT Il. MARTIN
For Land Commissioner
E.B. COwLES
WALTER A. GEORGE
For Superintendent instruction
NV. CRABTREE
For Railroad Commissioner
HENRY L. CLARKE. JR
For State Senator
EDWIN HOARE
For State Representative
FRANK SCHRAM
For County Attorney
c. N. MCELFRESH
For Superyisor. District No. 3
e.. A. PETERSON
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
TIMOTHY WEBSTER, SPY.

Allan Pinkerton, under the nom de
querre Maj. f. J. Allen" organized
and commanded the FIRST military Sc.
cret service Of the Federal army.
Timothy Webster, without question,
followed his chief and former employ.
er into the new field; within . few
days he had begun one of the most
careers of which there is
record in that remarkable service.
Almost from the first he occupied that
most dangerous position known in
warfare, the double spy, the man who
serves two masters, who carries water
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
ARKANSAS, A REVERE.

The years have flown swiftly since
the old Arkansas traveller days, and
ON the site of the "squatter's" cabin
there towers a college, and on the
hanks Of the Thames ripe lawyers
read the decisions rendered by the son
Of the boy that sat in the ashhopper
listening in wonder to old Faulkner's
fiddle. One by one the old.timers, in
dividualism UNDERSIGNED with . heavy
stroke, have dropped out. giving place
tn cultivation and the art of linguistic
skill, and with Dryden ] am constrain.
I'd to believe that what we gained in
skill We lost in strength"
For romance, poetry and heroic men
in every age have turned to the past,
but in Arkansas romance and charact.
ers were contemporaneous. The cot
ton field in bloom, the melancholy cy.
press. brooding sentinel over the
dreamy waters of the bayou, the JOY
Gus hooking bird worshiping sunrise
which he himself had "melOdied," the
song Of the negroes. away off some.
where, chimes from the belfry of happy
souls; the quaint old planter, sitting
on his veranda, humorous under a
mortgage, calling out to passersby:
"Whai's your hurry out there? Get
down, come in and pay your respects
to the ladies' while l make you the
finest julep you ever smacked your
mouth over, sir" Where stood his
rambling old house now stands a cot.
ton mill. Do you see that dead apple
tree, the only remaining relic of an
orchard away over yonder on the hill?
Beneath its decayiug boughs the old
man sleeps. And do you hear those
men laughing out there in that auto
mobile?
The grandson has just repeated one
of the old fellows stories. The young
man has returned from the state uni.
versity. He knows Ovid and can
splitter Pindar, but he has no imag.
ination. The old man was the troub.
adour; the young chap is only an
elocutionist. I recall one night at .
ne:ghboring reception given in honor
of a foppish poet whose fame. native
in Vickshurg, stretched thinly up and
down the Mississippi. Among the
guests was the old man who now sleeps
beneath the dead apple tree. Sopho-
mores would not have accepted him as
. scholar, but philosophers would have
looked upon him IS one oftheir guild.
He did not know many books, but
among those Of his intimate acquaint-
ance were Swift, Fielding and Shakes.
peare. The river poet resented his
literary opinions, expressed surely with
mildness and decorum. and turning
upon the old man sEarled at him.
Colonel" he said with a sneer,
perhaps you don't know as much
about such matters as l do"
"Ah, as much As you think you do"
Think l do! Old man, l have
written more poems than you eyer |
cad"
"Yes, you have written more poems
han anybody ever read."-(Opie |
Read in National Msgazine.)
The Columbus journal., 1910-10-12
AGAINST His Convictions.

'Have SOll,. nf this Welsh rabbit.
BjOnsOn:' asked BjOnes as he stirred
the golden cOncOctiOn In the chatting
dish
mo. thanks. BjOnesey." returned
Bronson. patting bis stomach tenderly.
II am nnalterably opposed to NIL cor
porati0n taxes."-Harper's Weekly.