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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-25
nR. MERCHANT, DO YOU REALIZE WHAT SYSTEM OF PRO- TECII)N FOR YOUR PLACE OF BUSINESS WILL MEAN
 TO YOU IN DOLLARS AND CENTS ]? 2?

town, when a minimum rate will N
 charged.
 The rate for this service will b,
 very low, $500 per week for each in-
 dividual concern. A contract will bl
 entered into. and the Agency vii
 guarantee to furnish none but Detec.
 lives of proven ability and wide expe'
 rience for this class of work. It is no reflection on the police dc partment that such :. service is neces sary in our city, as the duties of tht Agency's detectives are entirely out q the line of what is required of policeman.
 The success of the Eagle Nationa Detective Agency has been the resuI of close application. up-to-date meth ods and honest, straightforward deal ings with its clients. By these mean
 an even greater degree of success f assured.
 Applications for the Mercantile Pro tective Service may be made at tn office of the Agency, Rooms 26-27-ze 29, Connecticut National Bank Build ing. 1922 Main street, or by letter q P. o. Box 95S, or telephone s63. Bridgeport Conn, February go l1s1O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-25

vent of out of town crooks almost inn mediately following their arrival, which gives it decided advantage when its services are required in se- curing evidence or apprehending any of these individuals.
 The Eagle National Detective Agency will also furnish signs 6 in. in.) on which will appear:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-25
THE FARMER: FEBRUARY 25. 1910

title and abatement of interest and expense due on back taxes on lot located on Charles St. formerly own ed by Frank Donovan.
 Bridgeport Safety Emery Wheel Co. for abatement of interest and expense of unpaid taxes on the lists of 1894 and 1905 inclusive
 Mrs. Julia Rega for abatement of taxes, interest and expense of same on the lists of 1907 and 1908.
 The Committee on Finance reported and recommended payment of the following bills.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-25
This Establishment
 Protected by EAGLE NATIONAL DEFECTIVE AGENCY

These signs may be hung in a con- spicuous place and will have a salu- tary effect on all classes of crooks, at the same time giving customers a realization that they are being pro- tected from pickpockets.
 Where the services of special de- tectives are necessary only small extra charge will be made to clients who subscribe to the Protective Ser vice, excepting in cases when it is necessary to send detectives out of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-25
Referred to the City Attorney.
 PETITIONS.

IE 1lIlo1NS. To the Committee on Streets and
 Sidewalks.
 A. Krouse, ct al., for the grading of and laying of curb, gutter and sidewalk on Webster avenue.
 F. w. Tesch, ct. al., for the grading and laying of curb, gutter and side- walk on Charles St.
 H. Engle,> ct. al., for the notification of the property owners on the east side of Madison avenue to lay side walks; and also to notify the prop erty owners on both sides of street to lay curb and gutters, and to take the necessary steps to compel such action as soon as possible from NoI tn avenue to Jackson avenue.
 De petition of H. H. Jackson tha t that suitable metal cans be located ill the central part of the city for tle reception of all rubbish. To the Committee on Lamps.
 Thomas P. Taylor, ct. aI., for the location of an electric lights on Call non St. half way between Main and Broad Sts.
 H. H. Jackson. et al., for the loca.- ton of gasoline lights on the bridge river just south of what is known as Moody's Mill.
 H. H. Burlison, ct. al., for the loca- tion of an electric light at the corner of Arctic and Knowlton Sts. To the Committee on Fire Depart
 ment.
 Michael Hoffman, for permission tl erect frame office building and coa pockets on the west side of Knowltor street
 To the Committee on Claims.
 Mrs. R. W. Gill by her attorney, H c. Burroughs, for reimbursement ftl loss by reason of injuries received b5 her owing to fall on icy sidewalk.
 James F. Smith, for reim bursenne1 for loss sustained by him by reasor of injuries received by him owing tt fall on icy walk. Ernest P. Leonard, for reimburse ment for loss sustained by him b5 reason of injuries received owing te fall on icy walk. John II. French, for return o ES2217 paid for taxes on the list. o1 1908 through error, and the return c $1.00 poll tax on same list. J. Monroe Blackman for transfer ol
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27
A Woman
Patient Tells
Of the Troubles
and Suffering
Of. Those Who
Would Alter
the Gifts Of
| Nature or
| the Marks
Of Time

soft skin, like a baby's. Well, the
judges wife. when the scab on her face
was at it's worst. became panic strick-
en-. and in spite of the entreaties of
the doctor and her friends she took the
train for home. During the journey
the scab loosened and came off. and
when she stepped from the train to the
arms of her anxious husband one side
of her face was pink and fresh and
young, while the other was old and
wrinkled.
The Judge looked at her and said:
Woman. go right straight back to
that man and have the other side fixed
and pray heaven nothing happens to
him before you get there, or you're
done for
OF course. can't vouch for the truth
of the story. but 1 will say this: The
doctor showed me a testimonial letter
from a supreme judge of the middle
west regarding the satisfactory treat
ment received by his wife and express
ing his thanks.
That. however. was only one side. the
favorable side. of the beauty business.
Here is an instance of the other kind:
One afternoon when l went in about
3 o'clock l found no one there but
brother" He told me the doctor had
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27
do YOU FIX FACES-THIs SORT OF THlNc,'

My troubles were not yet over. They
had, in fact, just begun 1 could not
get warm, and my heart was not acting
right The cocaine. of course. My
hands and arms had to be. rubbed for
some time. and 1 was finally given a
drink of whisky and put in another
room to recover myself.
Don't let me go home just yet. doc
tor" l said. dizzily, as 1 tried to stand
up. Il don't feel able"
Don't you worry was his reply.
You'll not be allowed to leave the
office until you are able"
He came in at intervals to see how !
was getting along, but 1t was nearly
two hours later that he put large
piece of surgeons plaster on each side
of my face, drawing the skin up still
tighter to save any strain on the
stitches, and with the parting injunc-
ton to eat nothing but soft foods, soup.
soft boiled eggs and custards, and not
TO try to talk. he allowed me to depart,
to return the next day
got home safely and had something
to eat-a bowl of soup-but by that
time my head was beginning to feel
sore The deadening effect of the CO.
cajne was gone. was nervous, though
the term poorly describes the condi-
ton l was in, and my head was hurting
worse every minute. 1t was badly
swollen, too, on each side, and my face
felt drawn. But that / didn't mind; it
promised well for the success of the
operation. 1t was my one and only
consolation.
At 10 o'clock that night / went to
bed. but not to sleep. BY that time 1
was acutely conscious of the fact that
had had an operation-two of them
I tried to lie down. 1t was not to be
thought of. I couldn't touch my head
to the pillow.
And then all manner of doubts and
fears began to assail me-the reaction
from the cocaine had set in and / was
paving for the relaxation and peace
1 had felt during the operation,
How did know that the doctor was
a graduate physician, He said he was,
but that didn't make it so.
How did I know that his instruments
We're clean and that blood poisoning
might not set in. And so on, ad
libitum. Oh, ] had merry night of it.
Toward morning / managed TO lay my
head gingerly upon my pillow and
snatch a little sleep.
When got up I couldn't wash my
face From the lower part of my
cheeks on UP to my ears were those big
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27

The wife of a well known Judge of
the supreme court. living in a city
back in the middle west, while out here
on a visit. heard of the fame of this
particular man and concluded to under
go that most dangerous and painful of
all operations known as 'peeling."
with this assurance from the doctor:
Wen do one side of your face free
of charge. and If it is not satisfac-
tory you need not pay us"
So this-shall say short sighted?-
lady permitted him to go ahead Now.
the process of "peeling' is at certain
stages very painful, despite the best
efforts of the doctor, and after the old
skin has been removed by electricity
(his method) huge scab forms. When
the scab comes Oft must be allowed
to loosen and fail off itself, which takes
about a week or ten days-the new
skin has formed underneath-the new
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27

been called into court to testify re-
garding streetcar accident he had
Witnessed young lady had fallen of
a ear and been injured-and the doctor
had been subpenaed to testify. He had
left word for me to come in later.
When saw him a couple of hours
afterward he said he had had some
court business to attend to. an old bill
that he had brought suit to recover.
From the trouble both had taken to ex-
plain his absence and the extremely
different reasons for it. 1 Immediately
drew my own conclusions. Probably
one of those instances where things
don't turn out right and my lady sues
her beauty doctor
But to get back 10 my own story.
That second night I slept the sleep
OF the just. The swelling was going
down and I was rapidly getting back
to my normal condition
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27

last one, oh. how it did hurt!
Then there was the whole proceed
ing TO go through on the other side of
The jabbing OF the hypodermic needle
worried me considerably. but still I
wanted IT.
Don't be afraid to use lots of CO
caine. doctor; I'd rather have that
than to feel the stitches" 1 said. with
the recollection of that last one still
fresh in my memory.
DO you feel that?" he kept saying
as he injected it. until ] assured him
two or three times that I did not, when
he ceased
With this side of my face, however,
he had trouble. One of the little
arteries was cut, and he couldn't get
hold Of the ends for some time, possibly
three or four minutes. Meanwhile the
blood was flowing freely and the doctor
was worried and saying things Final
ly he got hold OF the ends of the
artery with what seemed to me plyers
or pinchers, and, after holding the ends
together for two or three minutes more,
he carefully handed the plyers over to
his brother to hold and went on with
his work The blood continued to
flow more freely than he liked, though,
and he fused and fumed quite a. bit.
1t did seem TO be pretty serious sort
OF business, / was beginning to agree
with him. The curious thing about
1t was my own Indifference. seemed al
most like a spectator. and dill not
then know, either, that the danger was
very trihing. I only learned after
wards that those tiny arteries can
bleed a long time without serious re-
suits.
When the final stitch had been taken,
was sponged carefully all about my
face, neck and ears with alcohol. and
finally sat up and locked about me-
The doctor was in a profuse perspir-
ation-he had indeed been working.
When said something to that eff
feet he replied:
We'll, this is particular business.
Remember. l am working on your facet
You don't want 1t spoiled, do you? 1t
must be done quickly and perfectly"
All, began to see the point. 1t
must be scientifically exact. and he
was naturally working under strain.
When you stop TO consider. many faces
have one side a little different from
the other Nature and ones own ex-
preston may take liberties with one,
but il wouldn't do for a beauty doc
tor 10 do it.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27

could bea the matter. Wouldn't both
sides take the flling'?" l asked the
doctor.
Well. of course one side of her
face is different from the other, he
said You don't suppose I'm going
to make both sides alike until l get
all my money, do you?"
So that was it. Beauty doctoring is
not profession, it is a business.
When they let me fix one side"
continued the doctor, with a laugh
I've landed them, because even if they
are not pleased, they must have both
sides alike, don't you see?'
Which is too true. when you stop to
consider.
To illustrate this point he told me a
story.
The San Francisco call., 1910-02-27

strips of plaster and they must not be
disturbed All 1 could do was to dab
BILE little water in my eyes, on my
nose and mouth and chin and make the
best of it.
My hair, too had to have just lick
and promise, as there was plaster on
both sides of my head covering the
stitches, and l had no wish to disturb
Tiny head was too sore. I made
the best toilet that l could. put on
two heavy brown wells and went down
to the doctors. to be put into the chair
and carefully looked over. He exam
ined the wounds pronounced them in
fine shape, with no inflammation, put
some healing medicine on them and
turned me loose again
That day I saw some of the other
patients. and they were in all stages
of reconstruction, most of them done
up in adhesive plaster and bandag ges.
This thing of trying to be beautiful
is strenuous work" I said to one
woman whose face interested me, as 1
reception room, putting on my wells
And how are you succeeding?' she
asked me-
It's too soon yet to know" I an
swered, 1 turned to go. She had
beautiful dark eyes and lovely features.
She must have been a beauty a few
years ago. Her head was bandaged
all the way around and under her chin.
She had evidently had two operations,
one above the ear. like mine. and one
just in front of 1t and following the
line down for about two inches The
doctor explained to me afterward that
he only performed that one when the
patient was getting o,d and wrinkled,
as it left slight scar line that
could not be obliterated
I learned that this lady's husband
had sent her to him. He was different
from the husbands who are supposed
to consider beauty doctors" foolish In
the extreme
That reception room was an inter-
esting place. There were patients Of
all classes. many for operations on the
nose, both men and women, and others
to have their faces filled" Some of
the women would not so much as take
their wells off until they got into the
operating room, and the doctor told me
he often had people come to him under
assumed names-society women.
The filling" preparation was about
the color and consistency of vaseline,
and the doctor was very proud of it.
He told me. in confidence. that he had
progressed further in that line than
most dermatologists.
There was one pretty woman coming
to have her face filed; and she had
the sort of face you wouldn't sup
pose would ever need such thing
the sort of face you expect to break
into dmples when the owner smiled.
How much of that firm contour was
due TO the illustrations of the doctor
didn't know. He was quite proud
of her; said she had been coming for
under the skin with his hypodermic
needle.
There was another woman whom 1
positively worried over The two sides
of her face were not alike She was
of the slender. nervous type, about 45,
should judge, and had nice gray eyes
and good features, but nerves." too
and old Father Time had been doing
deadly work. One side of her face was
quite good. but the other was sunken
and the contour gone. I wondered what
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-11-26
AFTER PAROLE
 FOR WILL ELLIS Several Members of Peniten tiary Board Said to Have
 Promised Support.
IS PINE BLUFFIAN
Governor DOnaghey Must Agree to it,
 if Others Sign Pardon For Him.

Little Rock, ov. 24-At the meet ing of the State penitentiary board the petition for a parole for w. Y Ellis, will be presented. Ellis is serv- ing term in the penitentiary for the killing of N. P. Willis of Indianapolis Ind, in the Pulaski chancery court room little over year ago. A few days after his conviction a petition signed by 10000 citizens in the state was presented to Gov. Donaghey ask ing for a pardon, but the governor re- fused to grant the petition. For the past four months Ellis has been il charge of the Pulaski county court. house as custodian. Before that time he was at work under County Engi, neer Morgner as timekeeper for the other convicts. Several members O the penitentiary board stated toda! that they would vote for a parole providing Gov. Donaghey also agreed to it. The members in the board having voice in the matter are: Gov Donaghey, Attorney General Nor wood, Secretary of State Ludwig Commiss ioner of Agriculture Phillips ,andd Auditor lobe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-11-26
WILLIAM PARK|N
 HAS RESIGNED Was in Charge of the River Work Here When the River Threatened the
 City 20 YEARS OF SERVICE Was Stationed at Little ROck-WiII Go Into Railroad Construct. ing Business.
20 YEARS OF SERVICE

William Parkin, one of the best known engineers in this section of the country, has left the service of the United States government after period of nearly 20 years and will engage in railroad and other con- tracting
 Although stationed at Little Rock, Mr. Parkin spent much of his time in Pine Bluff and he had charge of the work that was carried out for weeks at this place. when the Arkah- sas river threatened to take away a part of the business section and did carry away about nine blocks of riv- CT front property. before the rushing ernment spent nearly hundred thousand dollars building revetments here two years ago Mr Parkin had charge of that work and spent much time in the city. He has been fre- quent visitor here ever since.
 Mr. Parkin rendered his resigna- tion some time ago and it became effective November 3. Directly thereafter he secured a contract Cor revetment work for the Iron Moun- tain where the Memphis. Helena and Lauis'a ana Railroad crosses the river 
 in Eastern Arkansas. He is now engaged in this work and hopes to complete it by the first of the year.
 MT. Parkin entered the United States engineers office at Little Rock in 1890 and has been engaged in some of the most important work of the department since that time. He was in charge of the work on the locks and dams on the White river and the river improvement work at a number of other places has claimed a good part of his service for years past.
 The report that Mr Parkin had left the service came yesterday as dis tinct surprise to those who have known him for many years and who expected him to remain in the service indefinitely. He gives as his reason for resigning the belief that he will be able to better himself,
 J. R. Van Frank, one of the best known Little Rock engineers, has en- tered the service of the government in the capital city office since Mr. Parkins resignation. Mr. Van Frank has resided in that city for many years and has been engaged in a num- Der of important engineering matters
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-11-26

ods applied before the crop is planted. The government experts nearly all re- commend the early burning of the stalks and all rubbish, weeds, grass and such vegetable matter as accu-
 mulated during the growing crops. Many of the most successful farmers in other parts of the weavil infested country have already commenced the ground If this was followed gener- ally, there is no doubt especially if we were to have another cold winter, that the weevils would be reduced one half in numbers the coming year. And as the crop has been picked early there is ample time to burn the stalks. We give below letter from J. A. Evans, the representative of the government, on this matter We regard MT. Evans as one of the safest and best inform
 ed men the government ever employed for farm demonstration work. The letter Is as follows:
 Just a word to each of you to again impress upon you the importance of fall destruction of the cotton stalks as early as possible. While we much prefer that the stalks be cut and burned, because this is the only sure way of destruction, if demonstrators refuse to do this, try to get them to cut and blow under the stalks. The trouble in recommending the blowing tons where the stalks are rank the average farmer has mot the teams and tools necessary to do this work thor oughly, and unless the stalks are completely covered to some depth the work will be of little, f any, value. [ The object in destroying the stalks at the earliest possible moment in the fall is: First, to deprive the adult weevil of food and breeding places and second, to k;ll the thousands of weevil still in the egg, larvae and pu- pae state in the square and young bolls. It should be remembered that it is the late matched weevil that stands the best chance of surviving the winter and doing damages the fol- lowing year. The adult weevl if de prived of food for sometime before it : is cold enough to force him into winter Quarters will naturally be weakened by this per'o cd. The winter rate of mortality among them will be vastly greater than if they got into winter quarters fully fed. Too much stress can not be laid on this work. It is one of the most important steps that can possibly be taken by farm CT in his fight against the weevil,'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-11-26
ANDREW CARNACIE
 IS SEYENTY-FIVf
Spends The Day at His Roll Top Desk
 at WOrk-Receiyed Callers in the Evening at His Mansion.
(Intcrnational News SpeciaD


 New York, Nov. 26.-Andrew Car negie, like his ninety-three year old friendd, John B'gelow, celebrated a birthday today-his seventy-fifth. The ironmaster spent the greater part of the day at work before roll top desk in his library in the Car magic mansion on Fifth avenue. Ia the evening he received a number of callers.
 Not Sorry For Blunder.
 "lf my friends hadn't blundered ill thinking I was doomed victim of consumption, 1 might not be alive now" writes D. T. Sanders, of liar rodsburg, Ky, but for years they saw every attempt to cure lung racking cough fail At last I tried Dr. Kings New Discovery. The effect was wonderful. It soon stopped the cough and I am now in better health than I have had for years. This wonderful life-saver is an unrivaled remedy for coughs. colds, lagrippe, asthma. croup, hem- orrhages, wkooping cough or weak lungs soc. s1o0. Trial bottle free Guaranteed by All Druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-11-26
ROBINSON 4,7OI THOMPSON l,063 Total Vote in Recent Con gressional Election is Announced By
 Ludwig. FOUR DISTRICTS IN All of the Returns Show Large Dem- ocratic MaiOrities-Fl0yd's
 1000.

Complete returns have been receiv- ed at the office of Secretary of State Ludwig at Little Rock in four of the seven congressional districts of the state. Two of the others are in with the exception of one or two stray counties. All the returns show large Democratic majorities, usually three or four to one, and even iI the Republican stronghold of tht Third district the majority of Con- gressman Floyd is nearly 1,O00~
 The completed returns a,e for the Second, Third, Fifth. --and Sixth dis dricts.
 In the Sixth district the vote for Congressman Joe T. Robinson was f . 701, as against 1,063 for his opponent R. c. Thompson, Republican, distrib- uted by counties as follows: