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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-07

earth's surface.
 An attachment by which loose shoes may be temporarily fastened to a horses hoof until a blacksmith is reached has been patented by a New Jersey farmer.
 An electric sign recently erected in New York contains O,00O bulbs and more than 95 miles of wire and requires 800 electrical horse power to operate 1t.
 Much evidence has been found to support a theory advanced by a Washington physician of high repu" tatfon that mice are responsible for the spread of measles.
 A meat and fruit press that a Pennsylvanian has patented is in c1ined so that the juices flow into a receptabIe placed under it as rapidly as they are extracteH.
 According to the Smithsonian In stitution recent investigations of geo. Iogists have shown that the earth is more than 55 GOO, 900 and less than 70,000,000 years old.
 What is believed to be the largest playable band instrument in the world is tuba owned in Los Angeles, weighing 90 pounds and standing more than five feet high,
 A New York inventor has brought out an advertising clock that utilizes a phonograph to attract the attention of passers by to a series of cards which are rotated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-07

Sacramento, Cal, Sept. 7.-The vot-
 CTS of the state of California have one
 the most interesting fights in their history this year not only for the sovernorship, for which Hiram John
 son of this city is the Republican can didate and Theodore A. Bell Of Napa, fhe Democratic selection, but in many
 of the assembly districts and for other Lstate officers. One of the interesting 1 feat ures of the battle was the pri- | mary contests for the Republican nominations. In one of the Sacra- 1nento assembly districts Grove L.
 Johnson the aged father of the man svflo won the Republican nonipation
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-07
sGs LIFE WORTH LIVING?''

Mrs. Mollie McRaney, Prentiss, Miss, writes that she had a severe case of kidney. and bladder trouble, ney Remedy cured her sound and well. She closes her letter by saying: "I heartily recommend F'oley's Kidney Remedy to any sufferer of kidney disease. It saved my life." F. B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. 3 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-07

 for governor on the insurgent plat form, was a candidate on the stand pat,'' or regular ticket. Johnson, the son, won his battle by big major ity, while the father went down to defeat with other opponents of his offspring. But-and here is the in teresting part of the story-one Pro- hibitionist placed the name of the father, Grove L. Johnson, on a bal lot and he won the Prohibition nom- ination on that one vote- Again. there were twenty-eight Democrats who Der who voted for a man named Bliss. This was tie and the supervisors of the county must decide whether Bliss or Johnson shall have the nom ination on the Democratic ticket by tossing a coin. Should Johnson sen for win the Democratic nomination he will again be opposed to his son, as he will be compelled to take the stump with his son on the opposition bill.
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IlIGHTNING STARTS S6O,OOO FIRE IN SUFFIELD
 TOBACCO WAREHOUSE

Suf1eld, Sept Tone of the largest .:obacco warehouses in the town, own ed by Charles A Prout on South Main street, was struck by lightning last night during the heavy electrical storm that passed over this pace. Besides destroying the warehouse and con tents, including 800 cases of tobacco, a large tobacco press, twelve sizing tables and thirteen sorting benches were burned, entailing a, lass of about
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-07
GIRL FRACTURES THIGH.

,f Etne MaI nlne Ti,i years 16n 01o h daugnter or suffered a fracture of the right thigh yesterday from suddenly wheeling about as she stood son the stoop of her home. The sudden change of the pressure upon the thigh by the mus cular action is held responsible for the fraHture
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-07
PASTOR ACCEPTS CALL.

Rev. Walter L. Bennett, pastor of the East End Presbyterian church of Bradford, Pa, has accepted the call of the West Eng Congregational church of this city and will take up his duties here ear1z in Oetn5ers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-07
INSTRUCTION.
The Courtland School
(1ncorporatedl 4S1 WASHINGTON AVENTTTu

4oI VNLaoI1INNILON AVE1N DH
 Twentieth Year opens Thursday. Sept. 29. Attractive building, ade- quate equipment, competent instruct ors. Certificate admits to college.
 Principals may be consulted per- sona1ly after Sept 15. Circulars at book stores.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-07

Clean your beGs with Presto Killer for BCdbugs. Rest made comfortable: sat isfaction guaranteed Prize E25c.
 THE CYRUS PHARMACY Fairaeld Ave. and CoIrtland St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-07
POINTS OF INTEREST.
Genwood Ranges.

Another carload of the latest Glen | wood ranges has just arrived at Nothna gle's big house-furnishing store. 1 Ii will do you good to call and see them. Made of the finest iron, per- 1 fectly fitted and the elegant finish, make the Glenwood range the nearest approach to perfection obtainable. The latest G1enwood can be had with the most up-to-date gas attachments, consisting of a fire oven with heat in dicator, a broiler and three burner cooking outfit, all put together in the usual superior Glenwood construc ction. Made to last and do the work In fact when you buy the modern Glenwood of today, you get every improvement worth having in range. You save coal, save worry and your kitchen work becomes a pleasure instead of drud gery Just get that husband of yours woke up and make him come to the Nothnagle store and see those new sGlenwoods You and he will both be glad when you have discarded that Qld wornout range and are using new Glenwood which is the kind every good housewife ought to have if she only knew it. You get in at 1869 Main street, or 1855 Fairfield avenue, where lots of other good things can be seen.
 What Rhymes With Buy and Try?
 $500 piano free for best rhyme. Simple yet fascinating Limerick con test The readers of this paper who have no piano will welcome the great contest nov being run by the Vack piano warerooms. To such readers means much more than the gift of a Carnegie library to the town. Here is a chance of a lifetime. Complete this Limerick:
 When piano you're ready to buy, At the Vack warerooms be sure first
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-07

DO THE RIGHT THING # you have Nasal Catarrh. Get Ely's Cream Balm at once. Don't touch the catarrt DOW ders and snufs. for they contain co caine. Ely's Cream Balm releases the secretions that infiame the nasal pass ages and the throat, whereas medicines made with mercury merely dry Up the secretions and leave you no better than
 you were. In a word, Ely's Cream Balm
 is a real remedy, not a delusion. All druggists, 50 cents, mailed by Ely
 Brothers, 56 Warren Street, New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-07
SAVIN ROCK BLAZE
 PLAYS PING-PONG AND
 REACHES NORTH POLE

Escaping once from a fire which threatened to destroy it's hotel district early in the season. Savin Rock was which ragged for over two hours in two of it's main attractions was fought tooth and nail by the borough fremen. The blaze was the hottest ever faced by the West Haven fire laddies and several complications attended their work when they were called to answer an alarm for a bad blaze in the Japan csc ping pong booth, shortly after g o'clock.
 The ping pong booth is situated in the Grove, connected with the ''North Pole' attraction and the blaze rapidly spread from the smaller place to the EtPole, "whi1e the f1remen were the way. The ping pong parlor, owned by FigamotO Muratano, was entirely de- stroyed while a stiff ight on the part of the fremen saved De Walton''s po- lar place by avery close shave.
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Here you will find,
 


 You may ask why should the Vack piano wareroOms put on this contest 1t is an advertising proposition. MT Vack has secured a large advertising appropriation from several of the worlds largest t manufacturers, q 41a; r in and Kimball Co.'S, and he believes that a contest of this kind will in terest more people than any other method of advertising. For those who enter all have an equal oppor- tunity to win the piano or one of the hundreds of other prizes which. are of interest to those without a piano There is no charge of any kind to enter and certainly all those in need of a piano should at least try The contest closes September IT.
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AT THE TACOMA.
"BOys and Betty"

boNS anu Dttty.
Seats for 1.-THE Boys and Betty
by George V. Hobart, in which
Marie Cahill will appear at the
Tacoma Thursday night, will be
placed on sale tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock. Miss Cahill has a
'long-skirted chorus" of excep-
tional beauty and good music by
Silvio Helm to set off her charms
David Warfield.
David Warfield, who will APP
pear Friday and Saturday at the
Tacoma in "The Music Master" Ia
an enemy of back stage" noises.
The stage hand who falls off a
step ladder during a scene will
"get his" Warfield likes perfee,
quite In order that his complete
absorption In the role he is play
ing may not be disturbed.
A Busy Week.
Theatre goers who were forced
to accept second rate shows dur
ing the Christmas holidays now
find a busy week crowded with
three high-class attractions, with
Blanche Walsh following in a few
days In "The Test" This unbal-
anced state of affairs Is the cause
of a good deal of complaint bus
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LAME BACKS FEEL FINE AND
KIDNEY DISORDERS VANISH

! Out-of-order kidneys act fine
and backache or bladder misery 10
relieved after a few doses OF
Pape's Diuretic.
Pains in the back, sides or
loins. rheumatic twinges. debit
tating headache, nervousness, dr.
ziness, sleeplessness. inflamed or
swollen eyehds, wornout feeling
and many other symptoms Of clog
ged, inactive kidneys simply van
ish.
Frequent painful and uncontroll-
able urination due to weak or
irritable bladder is promptly over
come.
The moment you suspect any
kidney, bladder or urinary disor-
der, or feel rheumatism coming,
begin taking this harmless rem
edy, with the knowledge that there
is no other medicine, at any price,
made anywhere else in the world
which will effect so thorough and
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of the great Count Marlanx into
her ears until she was ready to
scream. They bathed the girls
face and brushed her hair and
freshened her garments. 1t oc-
curred to her that she was being
prepared for visit of the redoubt-
able Marlanx himself, and put the
question plainly.
''No," said Anna Cromcr. "IIe's
not coming here. You are going
to him. He will not be Count
Marlanx after tomorrow. but Citi-
zen Marlanx-one of the people,
one of us. All, he is a big man
to do this"
Little did they know Marlanx!
4!"Julius and Peter will come for
Iyou tonight" said Madame Drov-
mask, with an evil, suggestive
smile. I'VE will not be here to
say afrewell, but my dear, you will
be one of us before-wtll, before
many days have passed"
Truxton was beginning to trem-
| BILE with the fear that she would
not be returned to their room,
when the door was opened and she
came in-most gladly, he could
see. The two women babe him a
cool. unmistakable goodbye, and
left him in charge of the men who
ahd just come down from the shop
above.
For half an hour Peter Brutus
tainted him. 1t was all he could
do to keep his hands wrapped in
the rope behind his back; he was
thankful when they returned him
to his cell. The time was not
ripe for the dash he was now de-
| termined to make.
Get a little nap, If you can"
he said to Lorraine, when the door
was locked behind him. at won't
be long before something happens.
I've got plan. You'll have your
part to play. God grant that it
may work out well for us. You
you might pray if-if-"
Yes, l can pray she said
simply. "Pll do my part, Mr..
King"
He waited a moment. "We've
been neighbors in New York for
years." he said. "Would you
mind calling me Truxton,-and
| for AdeIe'S sake toO?"
at isn't hard to do, Truxton."
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ANOTHER GREAT DOCK
FOR CITY WATERWAY

waterway which came to it in the
recent N. P. depot deal and these
lots will then be available for
municipal docks. One of them is
at the end of the waterway and
faces Eleventh street and the
others are on the west side of
the waterway. The Union Pa
cific has the land on the east side
of the waterway.
According to u. P. officials,
work on the Tacoma terminals
will be pushed this summer AMI
1t is planned to invest about SO =
100000 here in Improvements,
including the tunnel, yards, shops,
a 100000 depot and the big
steel viaduct to the tideflats.
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ranch and negotiated for the use
of a tank wagon, and team for
ten days of the meet. He had to
haul the water several miles, but
at the field he found so many
persons who gladly gave him five
cents for cup of 1t, or 10 cents
Ia gallon, when they wanted TO
give their automobiles, or aero
plane engines drink that he now
has balance of little over
$1,000 In the bank, as the result
of his venture
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prompt a cure. as a fifty-cent
treatment of Pape's Diuretic.
which any druggist can supply.
This unusual preparation goes
direct to the out-of-order kidneys,
bladder and urinary system, clean
ing, healing and strengthening
these organs and glands, and COM
pletes the cure before you realize
It.
A few days treatment with
Pape's Diuretic means clean,
active. healthy kidneys, bladder
urinary organs-and you feel fine.
Your physician, pharmacist,
banker or any mercantile agency
will tell you that Pape. Thompson
G. Pape, of Cincinnati, is a large
and responsible medicine concern,
thoroughly worthy Of your confi-
dence.
Accept only Pape's Diuretic--
fifty-cent treatment - from any
drug store - anywhere In the
world.
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Will-will you give me a chance
just ghost of chance? I'll
try to do the rest"
"Are-are you really in earn
|est?" she murmured, composure
flying to the winds.
Yes; terribly So" he said gent
ly. 81 mean every word of it. ]
do love you"
II cannot talk about it now
Mr.. King" she fluttered, moving
away from him in sudden
panic. Presently he went over tic
her. She was standing near the
candle, staring down at the flame
with strangely preoccupied ex.
preston in ner eyes.
Forgive me-" he said. II was
hasty, inconsiderate. i" /
You quite took my breath
away" she painted, looking up al
him with a queer little smile.
81 know" he murmured.
Her troubled gaze resumed it,
sober contemplation of the
flame.
How was l to tell" she be
gan, but checked herself. please
Mr.. King, you won't say anything
more to me about-about it,
just now, will you? Shall we tall
of our plans for tonight? Tell me
about them"
He lowered his eyes, suddenly
disheartened. 81 only ask you tt
believe that 1 am desperately in
Earnest"
81 cannot comprehend how,
mean, it is so very wonderful. Yor
don't think me unappreciative, OIL
mean, do your"
"Of course not. You are
startled. that's all. I'm blunder
ing fool. Still, you must agree
that l was frightfully bowled ovel
when I found that you were no
what I thought. / couldn't hole
back, that's all. BY Jove, isn't i
Wonderful? Here I've been look
ing all over the world for you
only to find that you've been liv
ing around the corner from me al
these years. It's positively stag
lgering! Why" with sudder
burst of his unquenchable buoy
ancy, 1--WE might have been mar
ried two years ago and saved al
this trouble. Just think of it,"
She smiled. 81 do like you,
she said warmly, giving him hel
hand. He kissed it CALAMITY ant
stepped back-resolutely.
That's something" he sale
with his humblest, most conquer
ing smile.
"You won't leave me to my
fate because you think I'm going
to marry-some one else?"
He grew very sober. Miss Tul
Ills, you and l have one chance il
a thousand. You may as wei
know the truth"
"Oh, 1 can't bear the thought Of
that dreadful old man." she cried
abject distress in her eyes.
He gritted his teeth and turned
away. She went back to the cor
liner, DULY rearranging the coat III
had given ner for comfort. Sh'
handled 1t with tenderness tina
would have astonished the gar
ment had it been capable of under
standing. For a long time sh'
watched him in silence as he pace'
to and fro like Gagged lion. Twice
she heard him mutter: "AI
american girl-good Lord" ant
she found herself smiling to her
lself-the strange, vagrant smile
THAT comes of wonder and self
Identification.
i Late in the afternoon Lon,
hours in which they had Spoken
Ito each other with curious infre
Iquency, each a prey to sombel
ithoughts--their door was unlock
ed and Anna Cromer appeared be
fore them, accompanied by two o
the men. Crisply she commanded
1.-THE girl to come forth; she wante.
to talk with her.
Il She was in the outer room TO
the better part OF an hour. listen
] ing to Anna Cromer and Madam
Drovnask, who dinned the praise
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FUMES KILL
WORKMEN IN
LONG TUNNEL

MONTROSE, Colo, Jan. IT.
Three workmen are dead today
from the effects of nitro fume.
that filled the Gunnison tunnel,
endangering the lives of 33 men
who were at work there.
The men were blasting two
miles from the river portal late
yesterday, when air currents, re-
versed by a heavy blast, sent the
poisonous fumes upon them.
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UNION PACIFIC ANNOUNCES
PLANS FOR EXTENSIVE
LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS

Tacoma, within year, Will
have another city dock on Com
mencement bay, according to the
statements of Union Pacific Off
cials.
j. D. Farrell, Hartman rero-
sentative in the northwest, an
nounces that the company will be-
gin dredging this spring for the
opening up of the middle wate'-
way for ocean commerce by dredg-
1t out 500 feet wide and 20 feet
deep at low tide.
The city owns five lots ON the
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z, Story # TRUXTON KING" R &tSn:k Barr

Copyright, 1909, by George
Barr McCutcheon.)
Copyright, 1900, by Doud,
Mead & Company. Published
Sept, 10O9.)
II beg your pardon. You said
you had promised"
You did not allow me time to
finish. l meant to say that l had
promised to let him know in a day
or two. That is all, Mr.. King"
There was a suspicious tremor in
her voice and her gaze wavered
beneath his unbelieving store.
whats that?" he demanded
"You-you don't mean to say
that-Oh, Lord! wonder! ]
wonder if l have a chance-just a
ghost of a chance?" He leaned
very close, incredulous, fascinated
what is it that you are going to
let him know? Yes or no?"
THAT was the question l was
considering when the brigands
caught me-" she answered, meet.
ing his gaze fairly. 81 haven't
thought of it since"
"Of course, he is in your OWL
class said Truxton glumly.
She hesitated an instant, hel
face growing very serious.
"Mr. King, mas no one told you
my name-who l ann" she asked
'You are the princes aunt
that's all l know"
mo more his aunt in reality
than Jack TullIs is his uncle.
thought you understood"
who are you, them"
81 am Jack Tullis' sister, 8
New Yorker bred and born, and ]
live not more than two blocks
from your"
For the love Of" he began
blankly; then words failed him
which was just as well. He gulp.
ed twice, Joy or unbelief choking
him. The smile that crept into
her face daZzled him; he stared
at her in speeches. amazement
"Then-then, you are not Ouch
ess or a" he began again.
"Not at all. A very plain New
Yorker" she said, laughing aloud
in sudden hysteria. For some rea
son she drew quickly away from
him. "You are not disappointed
are you? Does it spoil your ro
nance To-"
spoil it? Disappointed? No
BY George, II can't believe thai
any such luck-no, no, l dom
mean it just that way! Let me
think 1t out. Let me get 1t through
my head" He leaned back against
the wall and devoured her with
eager. disturbing eyes. "You are
Tullis' sister? You live near
oh, I say, this is glorious!" He
arose and took a turn about the
room. In some nervousness ant
uncertainty she also came to hel
feet, watching him wonderfngly
He hurried back to her, new
light in his eyes. She was very
desirable, this slender, uncertain
person in the crumpled gray.
"Miss Tullis." he said, a thrill
in his voice, you are a princess
just the same. never was sc
happy in my life as am this min
ute. It isn't so black as it was.
thought I couldn't win you because
Iyou"
win me?" she gasped, her lipl
parted in wonder.
Precisely. Now I'm looking a
It differently. I don't mind tell
ing you that I'm In love with 20,
desperately in love. It's beef
so with me ever since that da!
lin the park. ] loved you as 1
duchess or princess. and withou
hope. Now, I--I-well, I'm go
ing to hope. Perhaps vos Engol
has the better of me Just now
but I'm In the lists with him
with all of them. If get you on
OF this place-and myself as wei
/ want you TO understand tina
from this very minute I am trying
to win you II II lies In the powe
of any American to win girl VIII,
has suitors among the nobility
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WILL ORGANIZE
CLUB FOR TRAMPS

all the transients that arrive in
the city. This building is to be
maintained solely for tramps,
DRINKS and wanderers. 1t is to
be a place where man can get a
bed. a cup of coffee and sand
witch at any time. When the
man has money he will be
charged a nominal sum, but If he
is broke" he is to be given az
tention free.
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SHE TRIES TO BURN
HERSELF TO DEATH


A moment before she had sat
urated her clothes with coal oil
and touched match to her gar
ments. In an instant the fire
had baked her flesh and sent
her, pain-crazed to the open.
The cause of the terrible dee
was a quarrel with her husband.
Close by stood the husband, who
watched the woman burn.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15.-Avi-
alton week here has demonstrated
to Lavaile Smyth, Harvard graz
uate, that there can be a gold
mine in a water wagon. Here's
the how.
At aviation field, ID miles from
this city, water is more scarce
than liquor in a .'dry" town.
Smyth, who is out here for mis-
health, had hunch that watch
ing the aviators might be thirsty
work go he went to a nearby
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ROBERTS FUNERAL

The funeral of Mrs. G. w. Rob
erts will be held tomorrow after
noon at o'clock from the
Sprague Memorial Presbyterian
church, South Fifty-eighth and
Warner streets, Rev. w. H. Hoole
officiating.
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WOMAN ATTEMPTS SELF DE-
STRUCTION AFTER QUAR-
REL WITH HUSBAND.

BUTTE, Mont, Jan. IL
With face. neck and shoulders
burned to crisp Mrs. Timothy
Lynch, fatally burned. screaming
with pain, ran from her home,
Just off Anaconda road, yesterday
morning threw herself in the
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NORTH YAKIMA TO HANG OUT
SIGN FOR WAYFARERS.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NORTH YAKIMA, Jan. IA
wanderers club is to be estab-
lished In North akima. Former
Councilman John F. Miller Is
back of the plan. He proposes
to rent or have built a structure
on Front street, where hang cut
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(S$l5[HEATER
Is probably unavoidable. u.
Harry Lander Here Tom

Is probably unavoidable.
Harry Lauder Here Tomorrow.
Indications are that Harry
Lauder, the Scotch comedian, will
be greeted by a record house at
the armory tomorrow night. Land
er is foremost in his line, and
his show deserves patronage by
people who would see William
Morris curb the power of the the
alter trust.
Pantages-New bill.
Grand-New bill,