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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30

'"The real weakness of the Bulke- ley candidacy" says Trumbull in the N. Y. Herald, consists in the fact that he belongs to departing school of politics. He does not realize, and it would be rather remarkable, if he did, that the game as he has always played it is no longer in date. The withdrawal of Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island indicates that he sees the handwriting on the wall, while the stubborn refusal of Speaker Can, non to get out indicates that he, like Bulkeley, misreads the signs of the times"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30
TAX LIST 1910

The Assessors of the City of Bridge port will meet at the Assessors Of- flee, City Hall on the first day Of September and each week day there after, to and including the first day of october, 1910, for the purpose of receiving the sworn lists of all per- sons liable to pay taxes on personal property (horses, wagons, sautono- piles stock in stores, etc.,l and real estate, in the City of Bridgeport, making a description of all real es- tate each parcel being separately Se- scribed, (including street number.1 } And if he or she shall neglect or re- fuse to do so, the Assessors shall a1I out a list for him of her and add thereto ten per centum of it's va1ua- tfon.
 property owners, is called to fns change in the law relating to ffs fling of their lists; as failure on their part to list their property dur ing September, subjects them to the penalty of 10To.
 SpecaI attention is called to geo. tion 2303 of the Statutes which states that each parcel of property must be separately and accurately bounded and described.
 Post Office address of each owner must be given.
 Office hours a. m. to D. m. Sat- urdays g a. m. to 12 m.
 F. J. HUGHES. w V. WALSH,
 JULIUS W. KNOWLTON.
 LAWKENEC J. GILL, L20* If. Board of Assessors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30

tined to perform
 Gov. Shafroth was hardly less -en- thusiastic in his reference to the wis itor. .4 Speaking of the three essential qualities-honesty. courage and per severance-we have the courage of Lincoln, the endurance of Jackson and the perseverance of Grant, embodied in Theodore Roosevelt"
 These references to Col. Roosevelt just before his presentation to the great audience called forth a demon stration, resembling that given a suc- cessful candidate at national con- vention.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30

Henry E. Back of Danielson,' candi- date for nomination for Attorney General, answers the Business Mems circular by saying that he twill fla vor and will support such legislation as reasonably will regulate public service corporations and thereby af- ford protection both to the people and to such corporations themselves.'' Rea- sonable regulation-no one desires more. Yet it is an exceedingly elas- tic phrase.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30
Lad Killed By Cars
 At Branford Station

Branford, Aug. 3O-Michael, the TO- year-old son of MT. and Mrs Patrick Fitzgerald, of Harbor street, was in stantly killed yesterday afternoon by what is known as the No. IS express from New York to Boston. The acci- dent occurred on the tracks just east of the end of the passenger station at Branford Center.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30

So far as yet appears, but one dele gate to the Democratic State conven- tion, Mayor Fisher of Middletown, op- poses the nomination of Ex-Chief Jus tick Baldwin for Governor. The pos athiutz that 4has maXEnot EegaEd~shs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30
FAIRFIELD DEMOCRATS.

Fairfield Democrats electead the fol- lowing delegates, at a meeting held last night: State convention, H. R. Elwood, J. F. Rothwell, William c
 Kinsella and George A. Dill; congress sional, Alfred S. Terry, A. B. Sturges, John E. Boye and c. V. Rothwer1 :; county, James A. Coates, Charles $. Fox, John E. Bonney and Edward Russell; senatorial, H. R. Elwood, William P. Bulk1ey, Isaac N. Book, and E-HsrHaWkinss4 .<
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30

Fisher opposition as constituting a contest, seems to disturb the Repub- lican papers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

1 Mrs. J. Mccormick of 569 Lafayette street, with her son, Joseph, have gone on a two weeks trip to visit relatives in Baltimore and Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30
Established 1857.

Road, east by land of the Hydraulic Company; and south sand west by the Black Rock Turnpike.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30

Mir and Mrs. Thomas Pease of East Main street, are home after an en- joyable two weeks at Silver. Beach, where they have been enjoying their vacation and entertaining friends
 They were visited by George B. Mas sey ad family, who spent a few days with them. As hostess and as cook Mrs Pease is second to none, while her pies beat any 'that mother used to make" MT. Pease holds the rec ord for the largest catch of bluefish in or around Milford. He caught so many that he could not find room in the boat to row ashore so he jumped overheard and lowed the boat ashore.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30

Among guests recently stopping at the Hotel Green, Danbury, were James w. Emmons and family Of the East Side, who were enjoying an automobile trip into this beautiful section of the State.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
FEE SUPPORTED SCHOOLS.

That the wretched conditions, a slight
glimpse of which may be obtained from
the preceding paragraphs, are both obvious
and with little hope of remedy is evil
denced by the fact that OF the 155 schools
more than one hundred and twenty de-
pend on fees alone. Without standing TO
command respect. and thereby obtain en-
downents and gifts, the school manage
uenr Is degraded TO a matter Of mere busi-
ness. and in the scramble for students and
the resultant fees the expense Of adver-
tising often far outruns the amount ex-
nended on laboratories. Where dispen-
sartes are maintained at all, frequently
onlv a small part of their receipts goes for
their maintenance. while the bulk is
divided into salaries of leading prac-
titioners of the town by whose prestige
students are attracted
A Philadelphia college, with estimated re-
CENTS Of s18.5OO distributes Sl1,000 among
teaching practitioners and spends perhaps
q 800 on equipment and 500 for laboratory
material. One large eastern institution ex-
pends s4.7O0 on publicity, as against $500
on i+s laboratories; another-a New York
schooI-s1.500 on publicity. Sl.100 on labora-
tories. another S2.1O0 on advertising. Sl,160
an laboratories; another-in the South
e coo on advertising, 500 on laboratories.
@incIuding repairs.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12

as a falling leaf And the bird men twenty
years from now will look upon the present
sky craft as merely jokes alongside the
finished affairs that then will be in COM
mon use No aviator at that time would
think for a second of risking his life in a
machine such as Is now used in flight.
Races in the air will be among the first
things we can look for in rf1e near future.
What would be a grander sight to behold
than a field Of say ten or fifteen fiery
aerial steeds in a neck and neck race over
a circuit as big as the shore line of Long
and whether betting will be allowed at
such a derby will be a question to be de-
cided by our coming lawmaking bodies
What would the reader think If he saw
flying machine flap its wings birdlike,
lift itself perpendicularIy into the air with
out a running or gliding motion, then start
off on the aerial journey with wings rigid
as those Of a hawk, undisturbed by Shift
ing winds? Furthermore, what would he
think If he saw an air craft stop suddenly
IN the sky, remaining stationary for d
while on its windy path, then drop several
hundred feet and again start the fight be-
fore reaching earth and sail to its destined
goal?
This may sound ike an utterance Of
Jules Verne, but IL We are 10 believe the
statements OF Melville D. Compton, an in
ventor OF this city, who has perfected sew
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12

eraI contrtvances that have proved COM
merciaI successes, the people OF this coun-
try will have an opportunity to see such
performances in the air before many moons
have rolled by
Mr.. Compton has for the last two and a
half years been busy upon a new type OF
aeropIane, which he calls the Compton
aerocar, and in which he says he has
solved the problem Of successful aerial
navigation. This machine is a radical de-
parture from the type Of air craft that
has made long and high distance flights here
and abroad in the last year He has per-
fected a working model on which he has
spent 5000. and experts who have seen It
say that they have not been able TO dis
cover any fault with it and that Mr..
Compton has a good chance to do some
thing that no aviator thus far has been
able to accomplish
All aeroplanes in use at present are OF
the gliding type; that is, they rise or sink
in the air at the same time as they glide
forward. by incuning their planes at a
slight angle TO the line of forward direc-
tiCn. To Tribune reporter Mr.. Compton
said the other day:
Those who have followed the rapid de
velopment of the gliding aeroplane know
that, in spite OF it's spectacular successes,
it has many drawbacks and limitations.
Before it can rise it requires a long run
upon the ground. in order TO acquire mo-
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
Courts Obliged 10 Puf q
Lfmif on The High
links Of Youth.

There are certain occasions on and fol-
lowing which the college man of to-day
thinks he has a big time coming TO him,
and he doesn't care a rap whether you
agree with him or not. These occasions
are, generally speaking, when his team
has won from its dearest athletic rival.
when he has successfully passed an i'm
portant examination, and when his class
or fraternity turns out for 2 dinner or
supper.
Sometimes the ''big night is followed by
more unpleasant things the next morning
than waking up with a dark brown taste
and splitting headache. This proved true
with 100 members Of the sophomore class
OF Wesleyan College the other day. These
young men, all members of the Theta NJ
Epsilon fraternity, turned out for their
annual dinner and initiation, and before
they got through they tore up about every
thing tearable of two little Connecticut
towns. not to speak Of capturing Judge.
breaking into graveyards. lifting the
furniture from a church and running wild
in other ways. OF course, the 'sophs"
looked upon it as a big lark and meant no
harm although others were less ienient In
their view Of the escapade.
The T. N E.'s were out to have them
selves time and they had it. If the
ports of their night can be believed, many
of them had evidently tasted of intOxi-
eating beverages not wisely, but too we'll
before they started One hundred Of them
headed for Saybrook and about sixty
marched on Lyme. They styled themselves
the devils own" and citizens OF these two
towns said afterward that they had made
no mistake in the choice OF a name. To
start things, the goats" or initiates, were
promptly strapped to the floors and seats
of the cars, and from time 70 time were
drenched with beer The "sophs'' then
marched through the train and stole the
end lanterns. Every time a stop was made
they dashed off the cars, and succeeded in
livening up things at the station consider
ably.
BY the time the hundred reached Say
brook they were feeling just as If they
owned all OF Connecticut. They started
march down Ferry street, picking UP on
the way all movable and portable signs.
fruit stands and so forth that were en-
countered News OF the invasion spread
like wildfire, and as there was no avail
able police force TO check it the citizens
evacuated Ferry street and sought refuge
elsewhere
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
CHARLES A. HAMILTON CHASING DOG.
daring handles bplane marvellous dextey

ing of a machine. The present type Of
aeroplane requires e large area from which
70 rise and a similar one on which TO
land. With the gliding start if is difficult
TO take up a heavy load, and before the
aeroplane can be a commercial success
il viii be necessary TO have machine that
can rise perpendicularIy from the starting
point.
Among the inventors who are expert
menting with aeronautical devices, hoping
10 perfect something on which the avia-
tor can absolutely rely when he starts on
his journey through the sky. is Stanley Y
Beach. aeronautic editor Of The Scientific
American" and secretary and treasurer OF
the Scientific Aeroplane Company, which
manufactures nlonoplanes Of the Bleriot
type Mr.. Beach has in the course Of ex-
periments with aeroplanes received more
knocks and caused more smash-ups, ii is
asserted. than any other five aviators still
living Last year he broke his nose when
attempting a fight at Norris Park. and
he has faced death dozen times when his
machine took q notion TO crash into
fence, a tree, or other obstruction II its
path
He has recently constructed and patent
ed the first aeroplane in the world with a
gyrosCopic attachment for stability. He
says that the gyroscope IS the only thing
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
EQUIPMENT OFTEN ABSENT.

In dissectinE rooms tables, cadavers and
q Vat often make up the entire equipment,
while not inI7equently the school skeleton
Is defective. Although bacterioIogy cannot
be intelIigently studied without animals, the
schools as a rule find that they are TOO
difficult 70 keep They are got as need
ed or often not at al.
IT think I an not violating any conf
dence." quotes Mr.. F1exner from Dr. Victor
Q Vaughan. when say that there are GER
tain men who teach bacteriology who start
- the beginning Of their lectures with a lot
OF tubes already made. They do not know
enough about bacteriology 10 make cultures.
Thev hold up these tubes and say, This is
a diprheria culture; this IS a culture of tu-
bercle bacillus and If by any chance d
culture goes bad they send and get an
other"
In the frankly rnercenary schools equip
uent for the teaching Of laboratory sciences
was found 10 be hardly more than make
believe" NJ Flexner found a Mississippi
college without "a dollars worth OF appara-
tus Of any description whatsoever and an
other in Chicago practically as bare one
school In Tennessee and another in san
Francisco were found 10 possess labora-
tory equipment Of one microscope each
In q college in Colorado the outfit IN
pathology and bacteriology was mostly
stored in a certain compartment under
= BILE" SAYS Nj F1exner- There was
some difficulty and delay in opening II. oy
The time the key was found everything had
disanpeared except an empty denitohn ana
some tugs. obviously too clumsy TO WhlsA
themselves away in such airy fasflon-
Good starding" requires the schools OF d
louis and Chicago 10 own a certain equip
n7er+ II. governmental physiology. Ihey 90 ;
II is displayed prominently on tables nran'
new. ike samples shown for sale on
counter and a; several schools visited the
--s-,crs. .parts had never been gut toGether-
The dissecting in many oI The rerceiiaIN
scbools is often delayed and postponed untli
late in MAY. and even then Is frequently
~s,-,ie5 on with cadavers unfit for handIlhS
or useless for purposes Of teaching
=, n Kansas college the dissectng room
.,ae so lirtle used by the students tlat i
SD dutv most Of the time as chicken yarn,
7,,bere pouItrv fed placidly on the corn ana '1
ref,,se scattered 10 them. Everywhere theLI
,,.ss assigned Ia exteuuation OF a short sup
,1,, n, defective instruments.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
ON SHORE OFF HAMPTON ROADS

Fortress Monroe, We, June 1.-THE ar
rival Of the naval cadets the middle OF the
n-eex was as widely discussed as the COM
ing ~ the fleet. ard every debutante for
miles around planned 10 spend all the time
ossfl,IA AZ the Hotel Chamberlin, for the
,rree yvarships which brought the midship
u,er from Annapolis anchored in front Of
the clauberlin. IN Hampton Roads. previ-
o,,s 70 their annual summer cruise TO
Europe. The battleships are the Massa-
cbneetts. the Iowa and the Indiana. Ten
,+scers OF the garrison have been absent for
= week on a sta1 ride 10 the backgrounds
through Virginia
49,. t-...are5e Of tropical palms and hanging
,.aelerx was the scene Of a most attractive
,,,,,obaon on Thursday. the occasion being
The birthday of Mrs. Arthur Murray. wife
n grigadier General Murray. Mrs. George
z Adams was the hostess.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
The GYRoScoPE UNDER TIE
BEACH MoNoPLANE.

nentum. and this necessitates a cleared
and level space OF considerable area for
starting and landing Furthermore, the
present aeroplane cannot stop its forward
motion in the air and remain stationary
at fixed elevation.
Now. the use OF tapping wings for
aerial craft was about the first thing
thought Of in the development Of the SCI
ence OF aviation. even before the inter
esting failure Of Darius Green and his fly
ing machine Long ago this was scheduled
as frnpraCticabIe because OF the need OF
reciprocating instead OF rotary motion. ard
also because Of the complicated machinery
that seemed necessary 70 cause the various
notifications Of the tapping motion, whlch
in the case Of a bird is made uncOnsciously
and in a way. automatically Inventors
have returned to the idea OF Tapping wings
tine and again. and the plan on which
have been working for some time viii. l
firmly. believe. practically solve the secret
The Compton machine consists OF an up
permost plane. which IS a true aeroplane.
fixed and irnnOvable. Below this are three
sets or pairs OF wings. which are movable
and the central pair of wings has about
the same area as the other two PAIRS COM
rinad Each movable wing is composed OF
4 stretch or aIuLLlIQlils rum Fs-AA--- --N~--7
on hinges a number Of movable maps, re-
senbIing the stats OF a window shutter
exceut that the Stats are hinged on the up
per edge and not on the centre, and hang
down by gravity when the air craft IS az
rest. A downward movement OF the wings
makes the flaps blow upward against the
aIun-inun. thus forming solid surface
for lifting power. As the wings are raised
the flaps are blown down BY the -rlsEills
Of air through them, and they hang nS
gravity all the time the wing Is rising
There are three wings on each SIDE OF
the machine, and they are movable on an
axis. They are moved UP and down oy q
lever and crank shaft from the englne
shaft and are so placed thar When thSs
Central pair OF wings is moving down. t'e
outer pairs are moving up, and wee versa
This makes possible an equal lifting power
the inventor declares The shutters on the
wings are opened and closed. not oy ma
chinery or hand levers but by the press
ure OF air against them; and for tnls rea-
son the aerocar viii be able. It IS as
serted. TO rise vertically in the air W1TAouS
arv need OF forward notion --
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12

o-- -Ls- sviato-s like Curtiss. Paul
IN ,o- and Rolls have demonstrated
y +ba r-acrcabIuty Of the aeroplane
,,r distance fying and the daredevil
---a.7r has shown how 10 manage this
- II the ar more deftly than q
= car n The surface" people who
=. s.-ber-o regarded aviation only as d
- have. come 10 look upon Il as q fUt-
Z .-s,,ess ard inventors who have not
--ss-as II commensurate with their dig
= n H-t-r their brains 10 bear upon "a
- s-s beginning 20 think seriously Of
--,s.r re u-obleus involved IN bringing
,.-sa--ion q vehicle OF transportation
-.,.s n-o--ises % excel ali others yet
.,-..,,ss hv man. either for trade or for
zs1rs
su5nE the immediate problems facing
--. vho seek 20 improve the aeroplane
--sDy ne most important IS how 70 in
r. sutonauc stability. Another is how
s-5d the peril which might follow e
-sg5ovn q TIE light motors Used for
r--lrnE power 70 the propelle-s-
ns x m0 prize offered by Edwin Gould
h oths- cav for the invention Of z dupn-
-s motor and propeller for aeroplanes
| dssrned 10 hasten the solution Of the
-E problem.
.-othe- thing which has bothered the
-szsn Is the proper starting and land
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
SOME ATRoCIoUs FRANKS. .

AS the "sophs" continued their triumphal
march they passed the Methodist Episcopal
Church An idea struck them. They
stormed into the sanctuary. took the pulpit
furniture, loaded il on a wagon with the
beer kegs and headed for the cemetery
There they broke into graves knocked
dewn tombstones and held their initiation.
Some of the goats" were tumbled into
the graves that were broken open and
baptized with beer.
Judge Houston Landen heard OF the des-
ecration that was going on and rushed TO
the cemetery. He attempted to reason
with the students, and started to speak 10
them. With a whoop and a rush they
landed on the Judge and made him a prig-
oner. Having secured him. they continued
their wild orgy among the tombstones.
When the initiation was all over the col
umn formed again and marched unsteadily
10 a hotel. where a dinner had been pre-
pared for them, 1t Is not likely that that
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
PICTURE OF soUALoR.

AS matter OF fact" says MI rex
many Of the schools are probabIy
-,,,tbout redeening features Of any klla-
Tnefr general squaIor consorts well WIN
.,-eiv clinical poverty; the classrooms are
r.re save for chairs. desk and an or-
..,,1 rlacl,board. the windows are
-,-.a,,es with dirt and scot. In wretchea
.-,rsirheatres students wait for pro
-. rs-av OF sent amusing the
- with ribsld Jest and song The
.asrbinC is an uninstructive rehearsal ot
----ttoolk or quiz compend; one encoun-
- sn-rery taught without patient instFu-
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12
Nercenary Medical Schools Curnfn6
Ouf Scores of Ignorant Doctors

nent. model or drawing: recitations in oo-
stetrics without q manikin in sight-often
without one in the building"
In one college in Tennessee, he says, the
students Of ali four years attend the
same classes in many of the subjects
taught"
Even the postgraduate schools are founG
to be not without conditions TO be criticised
since they constitute, as A1r. Flexner says,
''an effort 10 mend a machine that was
predestined 70 break down" They run the
gamut OF ineff7ciency also, and of CONNER
cialism. In one such school a youth was
observed working with a miscroscope- In
curry ELECTED the fact that he was the
teacher Of clinical laboratory technique.
lecturing in the absence OF the professor"
Mr. Flexner reports the following dia-
logue:
Are you a doctor?"
'No."
a student Of medicineT' -f~
'Yes" ffl
'"Where?"
AT the Jenner Night School"
In what year?"
''The first"
"a first year student Of medicine in
night school," adds Mr.. FIexner, was
thus laboratory instructor and pro tempore
Iecturing professor in clinical microscopy"
in a prominent postgraduate institution"
New-York tribune., 1910-06-12

that the school keep up outside appear
ances, and hence be permitted 10 exist and
profit by the students fees. The equip
uaent thus becomes q matter Of little or no
irnportance-to the institution or fits pro-
prietors-and Il present at all is likely to
be Of the dummy sort. A library is
often an unknown quantity, and in a
Maryland school which possessed a fair
library the books were found housed in a
separate building, open for two hours a day
and Unheated il winter. A door in a Cali
fornia school, on which in large letters ap-
pears the word Library" leads into a
room devoid Of q single volume.