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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16
Alliance Francaise.

The Alliance Franchise will hold an informal meeting tomorrow evening at the home of Mrs. John Sterling. f71 Myrtle avenue. The members will discuss the recent lecture given before the alliance by MT. Andre Tridon, who gave a very severe criti- eism of Rostand's "Chanticler."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16
Fanny Crosby to Speak.

Fanny Crosby, Bridgeports noted blind hymn writer will speak in South
 fNorwaIk tomorrow night at rally in the South Norwalk Methodist Epis- copal church
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16
Ladiee' Sewing Circle.

The Ladies' Sewing circle of the First Methodist church met yesterday 1t the home of Mrs. G. B. Lewis, 62 Fremont street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16
rcrce.ncNanauh Trfbe, |. O. R. M

At the meeting of Konckatpotanaun tribe, I. O. R. M., last night com. rnunication was received from Great Incohonee George B: Gr1ggs or dous- ion Texas. containing the Thanks dying proclamation. On November 3e Konckapotanauh tribe will enter cain the members of Okenuck tribe
 2 Stratford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16
seaside Council, R. A.

Ladies night will be observed at -19side council, Royal Arcanum. fol- lowing the regular meeting or tne ronucii Fridhy night. Whist prizes el,d refreshments will be in order.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16
nr.ANDERs PREVALENT.

An alarming epidemic of glanders is spreading among the horses Of Bridge Dort according to one of the local venterinaries, who says that within inc past two weeks he has been ob-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16

No matter what you want try tho FArmer want Column.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16
Ell. DILLON & co. !!es Main 5: st. Rue
 LEADING MIIIINERS
RARE ECONOMIES IN THIS SALE OF MILLINERY

Our splendid line of Trimmed Hats greatly under priced No need to talk about the low they speak for themselves The opportunity to obtain SUCH HATS AS THESE at such little prices is bound to produce value economy combined with elegance of style and excel fence of quality
 hatsw wen on and
 
 
 of the the from couna
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16
STATIONARY ENGINEERS

This evening the Bridgeport Branch National Association of Stationary Engineers, will inaugurate it's winter series of meetings. The educational board will be. in charge and a series of talks which will combine great in- terest and Instruction will be given during the winter meetings
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16
lALLOoNING AT HOME

A. Holland Forbes of Fairfield. the expert balloonfst, addressed the mem- bers of the Automobile club of Bridgeport at . meeting at The Strat- field last evening. MT. Forbes has probably had as many if not more thrilling adventures than any other balloonist in the world and has a very witty and pleasant style as story teller. His address was followed with the closest interest and made a great impression upon the club. Another speaker of the evening was Charles M. Robinson of New Haven, State Attorney for the A. A. A. He talked upon the subject of good roads and said that State Highway Commission CT Macdonald had been hampered by politics in the commission.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16

bftLLNIEFOHT JUNGLE TIGEIfS
 One of the largest and most enthu- siastic meetings of the Bridgeport Jungle, Benevolent Order of Tigers was held Monday night at the jungle rooms, Po1i building. Officers were chosen as follows. President, Chas. Crouch: wice-president, James Nor an: treasurer, Ernest Cooper; finan- cial secretary Russell w. Frisbie; re- cording secretary. Thomas w. Stick Ter: trustee, William F. O,Hara; ser geant at arms, Edward Green. The order is making arrangements for a substantial increase in membership. Though it's membership thus far has been made up largely from the thea trical and circus professions, there is no restrictive rule and anyone who can pass the physical examinations and is of good moral character is eli- gible to join.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-16

At the Peoples Presbyterian church last night, Company K of the Uni- formed Boys brigade entertained its friends with a program of music, rec itations and a comedy sketch. The evening passed very pleasantly and the entertainment was concluded with the serving of refreshments. Later in the season the company will put on a dramatic sketch. "Won by Wireless the cast to be made up of local anna teurs and one or two professionals.
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Rim Correspondence London Mail.

Berlin Correspondence London Mail.
The kaiser spends 100000 a year
amounting roughly to an eighth Of his
civil list-on supporting the royal the
aters and opera houses in Prussia. This
committee of the Prussian diet last
night by the minister of finance, Baron
Rheinbaben, who was defending his de-
mand for a government grant of G42,-
500 for the purpose of undermining the
Royal Opera House in Berlin. 1t was
stated that the emperor devotes E75,00O
annually from his private purse toward
the upkeep OF the three royal play
houses in Berlin alone, and his majesty
contributes proportionately to the sup
port of the three other royal theaters
situated at Wiesbaden. Hanover and
Cassel. The kaiser's expenditure con-
annual deficits.
The expenses at the opera houses and
theaters have been vastly increased by
his maJesty's fondness for lavish pro-
auctions. The gorgeous revival OF Ver-
dis Aida" produced under his person
al direction in 1908. cost $4,000. One
Of the costumes worn by the king OF
Egypt was embroidered in gold and
cost $50. 1t is announced tonight
that the municipality of Berlin is ready
to purchase the Royal Opera House at
Berlin, and 1t is rumored that it will
be converted into naval museum. II
the transaction is carried out the kali
bition of erecting a magnificent new
opera house more in keeping with the
present splendor of Berlin, and cost
ing about &1,000,000.
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THE EARTH GAZING IN.
Great Sinks" in Florida Caused
Subterranean River.


Another sink on Alachua lake. just
across from the chain of sinks south
of the city, developed some time during
Wednesday night, and as result the
trains over the Atlantic Coast Line were
annulled after the Leesburs- Jacksonville
train, which reached here Thursday
morning at s O'Clock.
The first report that cached the city
was brought by Conductor Frederick.
who was advised of the trouble by Sec
ton Foreman Thigpen, who made the
discovery early in the morning on his
way to The south end Of his section.
When Mr.. Thigpen first discovered the
new sink ii was not more than ten or
fifteen feet in diameter, but IL spread
very rapidly during the morning hours
and by the arrival of the Leesburg pas
senger train it had grown to about forty
feet, one large chunk Of earth following
after another in rapid succession, and
the ground cracking for a space of sew
eral feet around the entire hole.
AT about noon the place presented a
rather interesting scene, for at this time
the great loads of earth We're rolling IN
at intervals, and with them the water
would boil and sizzle as though 1t was
hot iron being struck in place. The
great pool also resembled the waves Of
the seas. for during the day II was In
motion, sometimes peing greater tnan at
others, and up to last night the earth
was still falling.
Reports from the place last night were
to the effect that the hole had covered
a distance of 125 feet running north and
south, while from the east to west bank
the distance Is fully 100 feet.
This sink developed some 200 yards
this side of the one that occurred there
a few years ago, when a local freight
train with many cars fell to the bottom
Of the place. but fortunately there was
no water in this one. and it was easily
filled in, and Is used today the same a.
the old roadbed.
Just how deep the water in this new
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IN OLD WASHINGTON
By James Croggon.

he made experiments, but it was not put
into practical use.
In 1915 there was some filling in OF
land on the west. front of the Yard, the
mechanical force was called in and over
$4,000 worth of improvements We're
made.
AT that time Commodore -Tingey was
commandment. with Lieut.. Haraden as
second officer Deblois was purser, t..
Barry sailing master, s. CATALONIA sail
ing master and gunner. George Hodge
boatsman, Butler Cooke naval store
keeper. Benjamin Moore clerk of the
yard. Mordecai Booth clerk TO the COM
mandant and William Doughty naval
constructor.
In 1916 Commodore Tingey's force in
cluded Lieuts. r. D. Edwards and Jo-
seph Cross, Surgeon Cutbush. Surgeon s
Mate John Harrison. Purser Timothy
VIM. Chaplain a. Hunter, Midshipman
John Dreamer and Edward Barrey. sail
maker.
In 1917 Capt. s. Cassin was attached
to the yard In September, 1919, the fri
gate Columbus was commissioned. with
Capt. ]. II. Elton as commander. At
this time there were 400 mechanics in the
yard.
From the fact that there was not room
for all the offices in the yard, numbers
lived outside. DIR. Cutbush lived uptown,
on the north side of the Avenue between
9th and 10th streets: the surgeons mate,
John Harrison, lived at the corner of
9Th and G streets: the chaplain, Mr..
Hunter, resided on the west side Of New
Jersey avenue between and c streets
southeast; Purser Timothy VIM lived on
[ street between 10th and 18th streets.
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OF explaining to an inquiring child. 1t Is
just this way. If the article is wom-
ans pocketbook. she Will know now
many hairpins there are in it and the
shape and size of the inevitable powder
rag. If It is a mans overcoat, he knows
where the matches are in the garment
and the brand Of the cigarette papers In
the left-hand pocket.
-
DO you usually manage to return
most Of the things you get here?"
Yes said the head of the lost-and-
found bureau. AT least those of suffi-
cient value to make it worth the owners
i trouble to come and inquire. But, on the
other hand, we get many calls for things
that are never turned in, and which are
probably not left on the train at all, but
lost afterward. If people miss any
thing of trifiing personal use within
reasonable or, unreasonable time after
taking a journey they usually think they
left 1t on the train. Anyhow. if they did
leave it there they may get il, and il
they lost 1t on the street or somewhere
else they never will get it, so they come
and inquire for luck"
: IF cOmmuter loses cuff link he asks
at the baggage check room before The
looks under. the bureau. It's force Of
habit and an effort to make the other
fellow do the work.
: How long do you keep the unclaimed
articles?' asked the visitor.
I I'VE keep them thirty days and then
turn them over to the lost Office of the
road operating the. train on which the
article was found
/ How about the things found here in
the depot?"
They, are held in the Office for ninety
days, after which they become the prop
erty of the finder, provided he has left
record of his name and address. -
But suppose an article is perishable?"
inquired the visitor.
Well" replied the head of the bureau,
ito begin with. most of the perishable
stuff we get belongs to the commuters
who live close in, and If a man has for
gotten his dinner he has prompt notice
of the fact and usually turns up expedi-
tiously seeking the same. However, If
he does not, we are usually forced to
dispose of the things when they seem to
have survived their period of usefulness.
All we can do is to keep the package or
can for the edifcation of the owner IL he
ever turns up
"On the whole, then. you return pretty
nearly everything that is turned in here?'
ION the whole we do said the lost
office man. land more than that. We
would return a great many more things
that are either lost or found were We to
attempt to keep up with the demand
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THE HEARING OF FISH.
Are They Frightened by Sounds o.
Banks of a Streams
Thomas Poole. in Shooting Times.

Thomas Poole. in Shooting Times. - - n
I have long thought that fish under
water cannot hear sounds which take
place above it. I have been fishing vita
a gentleman who did not like to speak foe
fear the trout would hear him. / ridi.
culed the idea and said: Let as nsh away
and talk as loudly as we can for a whilei
then let us fish and hold our tongues for
another while and see If there rs any
difference in the rising of the trout to the
fly There was not the slightest diff
ference. -. 20
Among all the anglers of my acqutnt-
ance can only call to mind this one sEho
held the idea that sound above water
frightened fish under it. The firing Of
big guns from forts has been ALLUDED to.
but generally in these cases ball: goes
hopping along or shell bursts. ana
causes "A movement in the water. : From
the fort at Kinsale they fire toward tile
harbor' S mouth, as / have seen many
times when in our yacht at anchor In, the
harbor. We We told that the locality
where the balls strike was quite deserted
by the fish, but in other parts Of the
harbor the fishing was not affected.
Small narrow streams in Ireland often
hold trout, and one day unperceiNed | got
close to a trout in one and shouted as
loudly as If tallying fox from covert.
The trout took no notice and did not
move, but the moment j made a move
ment and showed myself off he went like
an arrow.
In the same stream / saw a trout lying
close to the bank, and getting above him
/ tore a few bits of white paper from an
envelope and let them float over him. He
at once rose and took a piece. This was
repeated three times when the papers
hoated directly over him, but when they
passed him on either side he took no no
tice. If a hook had been in one il would
apparently have been as good as the best
fly.
In the Bandon river L saw trout rising
outside the reach of man with & tweivs-
foot rod. When he gone, having
caught nothing. ! took his stand. and
covering the trout with my eighteen-foot-
err pulled out six. l never thought of
any effect from stamping on the bank
and never tried it.
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tent yet: gets it. and off he goes"
"Oh! Do you have regular GUS
tomers?'
Sure" replied the head of the Lost
bureau. There's one man who lives
out here Always who has left every
thing from his wife to his latchkey.
We didn't handle the lady. She was
capable of handling herself. and the
got the latchkey, however. but that
did not prevent him from having to
make his entrance that night by the
back kitchen window. We've got two
How do I know he lost them? oh. he
always puts his name on everything.
so that he. won't have TO miss his
evening train identifying them. Makes
it easier all round
do YOU. get many things of valueT'
asked The Star man.
Yes replied the lost office man.
I'VE get quite a harvest of pocket
books. some OF them containing con-
siderable money, and occasionally a
package containing money, securities or
valuable papers. But these stories about
treasure and valuable papers lost on
trains are mostly, works of pure magma
ton When we do get anything of that
sort we usually find that the owner has
been mighty careful to tag 1t with his
name and address, Then they are simply
mailed to the address and the transaction
is closed. =
But when. there is no name and adj
dress on an article what do YOU do?''
asked the visitor.
I've give 1t number and file it away
with the name OF the finder and a record
of the train on which it was found
he replied.
And when the owner comes along,
what them"
I'VE make MIN identify it,
But suppose 1t Is an umbrella or a
pair of gloves? These things are so
much alike. How do you identify them?''
We'll. our theory is that II the article
belongs to- the person inquiring he will
be sufficiently well acquainted with it to
know of seine trifling popularity which,
very probably. neither you nor would
know or think of. In an umbrella there
may be title torn place in the cover
or nick in the handle, OF. it may stick a
little in raising it. There are lots OF lit
tie things like that. We never have any
trouble with the identification"
Then you argue" said The Star man.
that if you don't see anything peculiar
about a particular umbrella or pocket
book the owner will
Sure replied the man with the air
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Here's to the Corn-Cob Pine!
the Chicago Inter Ocean.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
A dispatch from Fulton, Mo-, says the
farmers in that neighborhood are MAX
Ing speciality Of raising corn that fur
nishes cob suitable for pipes. In this
course they have been greatly encour-
aged by divers corn-cob pipe factories
These furnished them free seed and
agreed to take all suitable cobs shipped
to them at good price per hundred.
Thus does the good old corn-cob pipe
not only bid fair to hold it's own but to
extend its field Of usefulness. Automo-
biles. aeroplanes. perfumed cigarettes
and other modern inventions cannot OBJ
scure it. 1t is here to stay
This ancient institution survives and
grows stronger. not by any virtue of any
Fictitious advantage. No fashion de-
from the assaults of Observation-Disclosures
foreigners. 1t prospers on it's merits
and those alone. Its hold is on the
memories. the affections and the tastes
OF q grateful people. To the fisherman
upon the bank corn-cob pipe is almost
Indispensable. 1t is the final, sylvan,
satisfying touch. Without 1t. the city
is not left completely behind. And as he
smokes cigar or a cigarette a subtle
sense of degeneracy, of being out OF
harmony with nature, fills him with dis
gust. To the camper in his wooden
shirt, amid the sights and sounds of the
great woods. the corn-cob pipe is perhaps
even more necessary. The old frontier
feeling, but slightly overlaid by few
score years of the more crowded life
rises again to the surface in those silent
places. And that spirit says in sharp.
decisive tones: "A corn-cob pipe for
mire"' And the great body Of those who
go down to the countryside all In the
pleasant summertime are likewise exceed
inging fam of corn-cob pipes. They fit
the surroundings and make vacations
seem more vocational. With a corn-cob
pipe in ones mouth the summerer is in a
position to approach the colt with i'm
pressiveness, the unruly COW with a cer-
tain authority. The pigs always seem
to squeai more pleasantly when that
shadow fails athwart their hopes OF
feed.
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rom the Family Doctor.

70 obtain the most benefit from the
succuIent fruits they should be eaten
at the end of the chief meal. Bananas
are an exception, and may be eaten
with any meal. They are very ac-
ceptabie cut IN thin slices and eaten
with bread and butter. Stewed fruits
often have their virtues wasted through
being eaten at the wrong time. Six
or eight stewed prunes half an hour
before breakfast are beneficial; so arc
stewed figs or stewed apples eaten be-
fore breakfast.
Peeled oranges cut into thin slices so
that the juice is set tree, with castor
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people ever see it. In the regular order
OF things the loser merely leaves his
kick with the patient and obliging
package man in the northwest corner
and returns after. a day or two to learn
the result. But the work is not done
there.
Back behind the brass counter where
the traveller goes 10 check his trunks
and above the subterranean pit where
the said trunks are hurled and trundled
about with the noise of ever-rolling thun-
der, behind a ground-glass door IN a
neat little office is the man who Will
locate the glove that was left at the
station soda fountain or the trunk for
gotten i'll Tankville. Ore
What do we get in here?" said the
lost-and found man. Why, we get al
most everything. never thought
about it much. The things come and
go. most of them. and those that are
left unclaimed are turned over to the
various roads,
We'll, what heads the list?' said
The Star man.
Umbrellas and eyeglasses" replied
the head OF the bureau. Seventeen
umbrellas in a week. All kinds and
shapes and prices"
DO the owners ever get them back?'
said the visitor. Umbrellas all look
so much alike. ] know 1 could never
swear TO mine. [ can't keep one long
enough to get acquainted with it,
Some of them come in here often
that We get to know them real we'll
ourselves" said the man behind the
desk. smiling. Why, one man has
sent us his umbrella seven times in
the last three months. We know 1t so
we'll We can almost send it out to the
package room with his name on it. He
is u commuter, and he just saunters
in on his. way back to the train and
stops at the window and says, Jim.
have You corralled my runaway rain
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place cannot be estimated with any
degree of accuracy, for during the fore
noon large tree that was fully thirty
or more feet tall was in the middle OF
the place. and in the afternoon it had
disappeared as though nothing but a
bottonless hole was there to receive
anything that came it's way.
There are a number OF Old sinks In
the vicinity. but the new one is larger
than any of the others.
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-Antiseptic Greetings.

From the Paris Natin..
Thanks to our fear of germs, it will
soon become a habit to ask friend
before shaking hands, Excuse me, but
did you soak your hand in solution
of permanganate of potash. then in an
other saturated with bisulphide of soda
because if you have not l cannot
shake YOU by, the hand"
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sugar strewn over the slices, are not
unlike pineapple. and form highly er-
ficacious aid to digestion. Grapes
should never be eaten except after the
chief meal OF the day. Taken when
the stomach is comparatively empty
they are a specially harmful fruit
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CCKED away In a
corner Of Union
station Is, a busy
little Office where
comes every day
the marvellous as
Sortment of lost
odds and ends, the
trifles picked up in
the waiting room
and Oh the trains
that .nunder in
and out. Very few
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Ordered to Destroy Bridge.

Commodore Tingey, after the confer
ence between the Presidents cabinet and
Gen. Winder, at the navy yard bridge, the
morning of the oath, received his orders
from Secretary Jones to destroy the
yard and bridge. in case of The success
OF the enemy. and he prepared to carry
them into execution if necessary. At 4
o clock Col Monroe informed him that
rangements were made to carry out the
orders. Capt. Creighton was assigned the
destruction of the bridge, and arrange
ments were made ready for departure
phe bridge was blown up and destroyed
about ) o'clock When the orders as to
the burning of the yard became known
they caused much protest from residents.
The match was withheld till the enemy
reached the barracks. about 8 o'clock.
Having fired the buildings and vessels,
the commodore and others In one boat and
Col. Wharton in another rowed to Alex
andria. On returning next day he found
that the enemy had entered as he had
left. The commodore's house and one or
two others escaped destruction, as Well
as few small vessels.
Loss Was Heavy.
Commodore Tingey in his reports placed
the loss at over $4OO.0 The guardhouse
at the gate the houses of the command
ant, the second officer and an unfinished
office building. With the Lynx and two
gunboats, escaped destruction. The work
mems loss was about $4,000 In tools and
they were reimbursed at the following
session Of Congress.
Robert Fulton returned here in Sep
TENDER, before the British fleet had left
the river. with torpedo boat with which
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AN 0vercrowded Profession.
From Engineering.

Architects of experience. aware of all
the facts. have cast about for a remedy
for overcrowding in the profession. There
is, of course, only one, to wit, limita-
ton of the number of architects or rath-
err OF men who claim to be architects. The
sole way that suggests itself is registra-
ton.