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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
Weather Indications
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Especial from United Press)
 New Haven, Jan. 4-Forecast: :: Cloudy and warmer tonight; Tuesday. fair.
 A slight disturbance, central over Ontario, is causing cloudy weather in the Lake region. Moderate tempera- lures prevail in all districts east of the Rocky Mountains.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity cloudy and unsettled weather and not much change in temperature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
JOHN MITCHELL AND
 MOTHER JONES CALL
 ON MINE WORKERS
Special from United Press. )

Indians polls. Jan. 24.-The opening of the United Mine Workers conven- ton at Tomlinson Hall this morning was marked by the presence of John Mitchell, former president, now asso- ciated with the Civic Federation. Mother Jones, equally beloved by the men for her help in strikes, also drop ped in to see 'her boys'
 The joint committee, which is mak- ing plans for the closer union of the Western Federation of Miner and the United Mine Workers, will meet again late today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24
MILE. GENEE IN THE SILVER
 STARR

The wonderful dancing of Mile Ade- line Genee is the special feature of Klaw & Erlanger's wonderfully beau tiful production, ''The Silver Star which will be presented at Jacksons s theatre next Saturday evening. No pen picture can be drawn of the danc- ing of this dainty little Danish dan- seuse. She is veritable spirte in thorough abandonment of graceful and intricate poses and steps and one wonders if there is not something of the real fairy in her. The manage 1nent this year has given her a spec tacular background of musical comedy that is clean in dialogue and more fitting to the artistic. abilities of the star than that with which Mile. Genee won her first teiumrhs in America last year. Seats go on sale next Wednes day.
 The enga cement of James K. Hackett at Jackson's Theatre. Wednesday ev- ening, Feb. 16, will not only bring that strong romantic actor but another play by Henri Bernstein, that remark able young French dramatist, whose play "The Thief proved such a tense bit of drama The play MT. Hackett brings is Samson considered in Paris superior in dramatic invention and construction to 'The Thief or even '1srael'', his later study in French anti-Semitism.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-01-24

Better stir up ysur liver little! Not too
 much, just little, just enough to start the bile nicely. One of Ayers Pills at bedtime is all you need. These pills act directly on the liver. Made for the treatment of con- stpation, biliousness, dyspe psia, sick-head- ache. Sold for over 60 years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
A Disguised Thief.

Under the headline "Not Worth
While" Paris paper prints this
story from Piccolo of Trieste: cat
police headquarters a portmanteau
was received with this note: please
accept this from disguised man.
Days ago | gained possession of it
how and where | need not tell
and felt confident because of its
English make and the many evil
dences of travel which it bears that
it was a rich find. See what it con-
tains-books, old books at that;
old shoes, soiled linen of the cheap
kind, and the stockings have holes
in them. The foreigner who car
ried it was well dressed, and l
would go to prison for theft for the
satisfaction of having him identify
his beggarly belongings"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
Fully Grown.

The old lady had son who in
tended to emigrate to Canada as
soon as possible, and as he was
temporarily confined to his room
she had promised to find out as
much as she could from the infor-
nation office.
Accordingly she entered the build
ing the next morning and was par
ticularly struck by the stuffed head
Of a Canadian moose that graced
one of the walls.
"Young man." she said to the
clerk, "what kind of an animile is
that-a hipperpattymus? ?"
"No, ma'am," was the answer.
"It's a Canadian moose"
The old lady took step back and
raised her hands in wonderment.
WHAT she cried. "Yon beast a
Canadian mouse! Well, that beats
l ever heard. l wonder
what the rats out there is like!-
London Tit-Bits.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
The Eilipino JUDGE.

A former official in the Philip
pines tells this story of a native
Judge:
came home one day just in time
to see Il thief climbing out the win
dow with the better part of my
wardrobe. l gave chase so earnest
ly that the thief finally dropped the
clothes in the street and disappear
ed. AS ! gathered up my belong
ings native policeman came along
and insisted on arresting me. He
took me before a Filipino judge,
where l told my story very plainly
and emphatically.
When | had finished the Judge
said, "You are dismissed, but you
may leave the clothes here"
"But Why" | insisted agrily.
Because" said he, with sage de-
liberation, chow can I tell that you
speak the truth? When the thief
comes back to identify these clothes
as the ones he stole you may have
them" youths Companion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
Common Taters.

One morning a popular young
minister was presenting his view
upon an important subject under
discussion and insisting that he
held certain things to be true, the
commentators Notwithstanding. He
contended, al hold this to be true
even though the commentators dis
agree with me, and again | say even
though the commentators disagree
with me-" AT th4s point an old
lady was seen to leave the church.
On his way home from the service
the minister was met by this old
lady bearing a basket. She stop
ped and handed it to him, saying,
"Dear brother, l heered you say
the common taters disagree with
you, SO I've brought you basket of
Virginia yams. National Month
lV f.N
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
A Bubble In a Sapphire.

There is exhibited in the Nation
al museum at Washington a sap
phire weighing nine carats which
contains bubble that appears and
disappears with changes of tenn
perature. 1t is believed that a cavi.,
ty in the gem incloses a quantity of
carbonic acid gas under great pres
sure. When the temperature is
such as to correspond with the
Critical point for that gas under
the particular pressure to which it
is subjected in its brilliant prison
house it liquefes and becomes visi-
bic as a bubble.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
THE FIRST WOMAN.
An Old Eastern Legend That Tells
How She Was Created.

How She Was Created.
The last section "Of Finger Of
the Moon Redeemed by the Setting
Sun" in the Sanskrit work called the
"Surging of the Ocean Of Time"
contains a legend concerning wo-
mans creation which is commonly
credited throughout India and
which runs somewhat as follows:
At the beginning of time Twashtri,
the Vulcan Of Hindoo mythology,
created the world. But when he
wished to create a woman he found
he had employed all his materials
in the creation of man. There did
not remain one solid element. Then
Twashtri, perplexed, fell into a pro-
found meditation. He reused him
self to do as follows: He took the
lightness Of the leaf and the glance
of the fawn, the gayety of the suns
rays and tears of the mist, the in
constancy of the wind and the IL
nudity of the hare, the vanity of the
peacock and the softness of the
down on the throat of the swallow,
the harshness Of the diamond, the
sweet flavor of honey, the cruelty
Of the tiger, the warmth of fire, the
chill of snow, the chatter of the
jay and the cooling of the turtle
dove. He melted all these and form
ed woman. Then he made a pres
ent of her to man. Eight days later
the man came to Twashtri and said:
"My lord, the creature you gave
me poisons my existence. She chat
tiers without rest, she takes all my
time, she laments for nothing at all
and is always ILL.," And Twashtri
received the woman again. But
eight days later the man came again
to the god and said:
'My lord, my life is very solitary
since | returned this creature. l
remember she. danced before my
singing. l recall how she glanced
at me from the corner of her eye,
that she played with me, chung to
me-" And Twashtri returned the
woman to him. Three days only
passed, and Twashtri saw the man
coming to him again.
'My lord" said he, 81 do not I'M
derstand exactly how, but I'm sure
the woman causes me more annoy
ance than pleasure. l beg of you
relieve me of her"
But Twashtri cried, "Go your
way and do your best"
And the man cried, 81 cannot
live with herP
Neither can you live without
her." replied Twashtri.
And the man went sorrowfully
away, murmuring; "Woe is me. I
can neither live with her nor with
out her"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
Sland Tabooed.

Slang is tabooed in the home ota
West Philadelphia family, princi-
pally because there is a bright Little
girl who displays a persistent apti-
tude in retaining expressive but un-
cultured phrases.
The other evening at dinner the
mother, father and daughter drifted
into the vernacular, and a fresh
start was necessary. The little girl
started it. 'I'm not stuck on this
bread" she remarked.
"Margie," said her mother, 'you
want to cut that slang out"
CHATS a peach of a way of cor
recting the child" commented the
father.
81 know" replied the mother,
''but 1 just wanted to put her wise"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
ODD CLASSIFICATION.
Tho Wa Carload Of Trsmps Waa
Designated In Mexico.

I In Meyico the billing Of railroad
freight requires knowledge and
precision which can only be attain
ed by years of practice. This is due
to the peculiar classification Of va
rious articles and the different rates
Of customs duties. A case once oc-
Cured which severely taxed the In
genuity of the station agent, al,
though be finally succeeded in meet
ing all requirements
The town was overrun with
tramps, and the council determinea
that steps must be taken to rid t6kl
city of them. 1t was finally deci4 !
ed to round them up and ship theHtI
out Of the country. 1t would be-
zoo expensive to purchase tickets,l
30 they concluded to hire stock earn
and ship their tramps as freight. 4
The cars were procured, and bI
the aid of the police the trampH
we're gathered, but then the quea4
ton arose as to how the shipment,
should be designated on the bill otl
fading.
The term persons" could not be.
used, as it would conflict with th&
state law relative to proper accom-s
modations for the travelling public,l
and it would also be in violation off
the company's rules governing thel
rates of passenger traffic. Mar
ketable commodities" would not DOL
as that would subject the carload toll
a heavy duty upon crossing the taf1
if zone. Again, they would have to
be classified as "perishable" OF the
dispatcher might order the car side-y
tracked along the line. |
But fortunately there is a cusS
toms law which exempts certain.
kinds of curiosities from duty, at1S
80, after much consideration, the
tramps were billed and forwarded
as so many hundredweight of "per-
ishable curiosities--unfit to eat"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
AN EcceMTRlc DOG.
His Pet Hobbies Were Birds Nests
and Cat.

and Cat.
] once knew very eccentric
dog. He was real old English
spaniel, with long body, short legs
with great bone. grand head, jaws
and teeth like a VOLTS almost and
long ears that would meet his nose.
Poor fellow! His temper was GER
tainly unamiable, but | think this
was caused by the state of his
health.
He was a very curious animal,
never showing much attachment to
any one. He would bite his best
friends on the least provocation.
Nothing, though, offended him so
much as being laughed at. That
was an insult he never forgave. If
you began to laugh at him he would
growl in very ominous manner
and if you persisted in it would
snap at you and give you such bite
that you would not care to try
again.
If you wished to please him you
had to get lot of old birds nests
and give them to him, one by one.
He would carry them about for
some time, and then he would sit
down and tear them to pieces. He
was not particularly fond of going
for a walk with any one, but if you
got some nests and gave him one
occasionally he would trot along
with you as happy as possible.
Another curious habit Of his was
that he would never get out of the
way for any one. When he was
trotting along he never moved from
his line if he saw any one coming,
but if he saw they did not intend to
move would begin to growl and look
so savage that people usually made
haste out of his way When he hap
pened to be running down hill he
did not growl, but merely ran
against people if they did not clear
out, his great weight usually upset
ting them, of which he took not the
slightest notice
A great friendship arose be-
tween this dog and fine cat we
had, and it was very amusing to see
them tOOether He would Wall IN
to the cat and begin to lick her all
over, and then she would rub all
around him, purring and seeming to
be very fond of him, when all of
sudden she would stop, look up in
his face and spit at him, at the
same time giving him two or three
sharp scratches, the only notice of
which he took was to close his eyes
so that they might not be hurt
Bailey's Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
A Poets Pastime.

A magazine editor received a
lengthy typewriter poem the other
day entitled Failing Snowfakes. /"
The "snowfakes," having had no re-
turn postage attached to them, fut-
tered lightly into the scrap basket
after the editorial eye had run has
tily over the first lines. The editor,
gave, however, a triAe more attepE
ton to the letter because of che
following explanatory phrase;
"The inclosed poem was written
many years ago by one who has for
a long time slept in the grave mere
ly as a pastime. New York Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
ouser Chinese Headdress.

The female headdress is carried
in some countries to singular ex-
travagance. The Chinese beauty
carries on her head the figure of a
certain bird. This is composed OF
copper or of gold, according to the
rank of the person. The wings
spread out and fall over the front
of the headdress and conceal the
temples; the tail, long and open,
forms q beautiful tuft of feathers
the beak covers the top of the nose
the neck is fastened to the body of
the artificial animal by a spring
that it may the more freely play
and tremble at the slightest mo-
ton.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
An lntalliaant horaa.

A bah err living in the west end OF
Dundee, Scotland. possesses a most
intellige mt horse. While waiting in
front o. his masters shop the ami
NAL 10 often called upon to clear
the way TO allow the tramway cars
to pass, and this it does regularly
and without the slightest assist
ance. o. hearing the changing Of
the car bill the horse Immediately
crosses over to the other side of the
street and allows the car to pass
then. looking around. as much as to
say. "All Gear" it again takes up
it's original position. Wide World
Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
Inverted Rainbows.

Not very many persons have ever
seen an inverted rainbow, although
the phenomenon sometimes appears.
At the Italian Geodynamic obserya-
tory of Rocca da Papa the director
and a party of visitors were fortu-
nate enough to see one. The morn
ing was showery, and as the party
looked down from an elevation of
1900 feet they saw in the Cam
pagna a perfect rainbow, with con
cave side up. From the Eiffel tow
er, in Paris, one has also been seen,
in this case the rainbow being dou-
bic and extending above and below
the horizon to form two concentric
circles nearly complete. Generally
the inverted rainbow is to be seen
only in the mountains and then
very rarely. The phenomenon, Of
course, is due merely to the position
of the observer, which must be
above the refracting agent instead
of below.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
Seaweeds.

"There is much that is wonder
fnl to be told about seaweeds," said
a naturalist. "Some of them are
giants in size. One species, com
mon in the North sea, frequently
grows to the length of thirty or
forty feet, developing in the shape
of long cord about the size Of a
quill, attached at one end to the
bottom and the rest supported by
the water. This is nothing, how
ever, to the prodigious macrocystis,
which attains 1900 feet in length.
Another variety found in the trop-
les reaches length of twenty-five
or thirty feet, with a trunk as thick
as a mans thigh"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
Growth Of Postal Service.

In Washington's administration
the postmaster general had but one
clerk. There were only seyenty-five
postoffices and 1875 miles of post
roads in the United States. The
cost of the mail transportation was
$22,0S1, the total revenue $37,935,
the total expenditure $50, lao, leay-
ing a surplus of $5,795. 1t was not
till 1888 that the idea of utilizing
the railroads in the mail service was
thought of, and the present rail
way mail service was not inaugural
ed until 1864, when it was begun
by Colonel Armstrong.-New York
American.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
Deadly.

A senator said the other day of
a defeated bill:
at deserved to be defeated. 1t
was as irregular as the tin can
poker game. A man, describing
the game, said:
Zone Eyed Bones, on my right,
held four kings and an ace. Two
Fingered Schermerhorn, on my left,
held four aces and king
"'And you-what did you holdY
some one asked excitedly.
81, being the coroner, held the
inquest was the reply."-washing-
ton Star.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
MEXICAN sWEETMEATs.
Vegetables Of All Kinds Are candisd
or Preserved.
vas surprised at the Mexical

was surprised at the Mexican
sweetmeats, said New Yorker Just
back from Mexico. | do not think
there can be any fruit or vegetable
which they do not candy, preserve
in strip or convert into Jam.
In queer little pueblo in the
state of Zacatecas heard a wo-
man calling monotonously, "Cimar-
rones, calabasas!'' Now, these
words in English mean sweet pota-
toes and pumpkins She had a
small tray, held in place by leath-
er thong that went around her
neck.
crossed the plaza and asked her
for five cents worth of calabasas.
She placed several pieces of sug-
airy yellow substance in a paper bag,
and / realized that was going to
have the experience Of tasting can
died pumpkin.
If you can imagine pumpkin pie
frozen hard and saturated with sug-
ar you can get an idea of the favor
Of that queer CONNECTION. One
grows to like it after one has lived
in Mexico for awhile.
The cimarrones we're also rather
nice. The sweet potatoes are boiled
in water until they are soft. They
are then soaked in hot strip and
candied. A final coating of pow
dered white sugar is added and
gives them the appearance of large
Easter eggs.
Beets, carrots, turnips and arti-
chokes are some of the vegetables
made into sweetmeats in Mexico.
Tropical fruits of every description
are also used for this purpose, and
candied watermelon'peel is a great
favorite.
The regular stand of the sweet
meat vendors is on the plaza, but at
night they turn out in force around
the doors of the theaters. A Mexi-
an senorita would not enjoy the
show unless she had a good supply
of native CONNECTIONS to MUNICH. 1t
is her substitute for the chocolate
creams that we buy for our matinee
girls.
Last New Years eve l was in
Nogales, a pueblo on the interna-
tional line between Arizona and the
Mexican state of Sonora. A vaude-
vile entertainment was being given
at the little theater, and about 8
o'clock / strolled over to take in an
act or two 1t was almost impossi-
bic to make my way to the box Of
flee through the crowd of peddlers
that blocked the street and side
walks.
Pumpkins, carrots, sweet pota-
toes, senorW they shouted in Span
ish while the light from many oil
lamps flickered over their wares.
every cheapl Only 10 cents for as
much as you can eatp
1t was a strange scene, full of
color and racy of the soil. Indeed,
it is the sweetmeat vendors that
will always recur to my mind when
| think of my visit to Mexico.-Ex-
change.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-07
sh.k..psar.,. An.ehronl.m..

The very head and front of all
offenders in the preparation of an
achronisms was Shakespeare him
self. He speaks Of cannon in the
reign Of John, whereas cannon were
unknown until century and a hall
later; Of printing in the time OF
Henry H.; of clocks, and striking
clocks at that, in the time of Ju-
Illus Caesar; he makes Hector quote
Aristotle and Coriolanus refer to
eats and Alexander; he bowers Bo-
hemia with a seacoast and makes
Delphos an island.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14
A CABBAGE SNAKE QUERY.

"a lady reader of these notes living
near Massillon, OF, writes making in
Quiry if there H. any ground for the
impression existing in some localities
that the cabbage snake or worm l.
poisonous. OF. rather, iii cabbages in
habited by them are such. she having
found one twelve inches long coiled
up in a bunch about d. large a. a
hickorynut. There was quite a stir
over this matter three or four years
ago, and enough was published I'm the
papers % that the cabbage growers OF
the country lost many thousands OF
dollars. With view to getting at the
truth about the matter the agricul-
tural department at Washington made
thorough investigation at the time
and reported that there was no con-
nection and could be no connection
whatever between the presence OF
these long white worms i'm cabbages
and the Illness OF death OF persons eat
ing them. The probabilities are that
1f deaths ever did occur from eating
cabbage they were due rather to the
fact that the cabbages had been sprtn-
killed. with paris green after they had
begun to head or were stale when eat
en, ptomaine poisoning resulting from
the process Of decay which had al
ready set in. It H. true that the mere
idea OF one OF these snakes being in an
cabbage and being boiled up with it ID
calculated to upset ones stomach, but
that it produces poison l. entirely
beyond the range of possibility. If
our inquirer l. Of an Investigating
turn OF mind she may demonstrate the
truth OF the above claims by boiling
the snake up i'm some milk and feed
Ing ii to a kitten. Should there be
any truth whatever i'm the poison
theory the kitten will show the effects
OF 1t. III the kitten l. not affected 1t
IL safe to conclude that child O.
grown person would not be-
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-01-14
"a SEVERE CRITICISM.

There has been much criticism re
Gently OF the method which il followed
by the government in the disposal Of
public lands. which requires the would
be hOmesteader to travel hundreds or
thousands OF miles to register for a
drawing when hardly one person in
300 can possibly be successful. One
of the Severest critics of this system
in vogue is President Hill of the Great
Northern road. which has been bene-
flied to the extent of millions Of dol
lars in car fare through the transporta-
ton of folks to these land drawings.
lin speaking of the Flathead Indian
reservation drawing in western Mon
tana. Mr.. Hill says that less than z
per cent Of the people who registered
had Il chance to draw any land mt all,
while good share Of the claims which
were thrown open to entry were well
nigh worthless. He concludes: II have
met lots of people who gave up good
positions i'm the east and went out
there. only to be bitterly disappointed.
The thing l. entirely impracticable and
on the order Of swindle to take the
peoples money away and give 1t to the
railroads. In view of such con-
demnation H. this. coming a. 1t does
from "a beneficiary Of the system at
present i'm vogue, 1t would seem that
Uncle Sam might well see his way
clear to devise more just and less
expensive method Of disposing Of his
nub1ir domain