davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11
cor. ROOSEVELT ATTENDS
MEETING OF HARVARD
OVERSEERS IN BOSTON

ESPECIAL from United Press.)
Roston. Jan 1.-THE first thing Col
Roosevelt, did this morning. after
5reakfasting at the home Of Judge
Francis c. Lowell. where he was en-
tertasned over night. was to go to the
meeting Of the Harvard Overseers
where he spent most of the morning
The colonel had q busy day mapped
out for him here and referred ques-
lions regarding conservation and 9th
err points raised by him last night to
his speech before the Harvard Fores-
try school and the representatives OF
the Massachusetts, lumber trade
whose banquet he addressed. Former
Governor Guild acted as POSTMASTER
while President Eliot. of Harvard. and
other prominent men were present.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11
Weather Indications.
fSpeciai from United Press.

(Special from United Press.)
New Haven, Jan. 11-Forecast: Un-
settled weather with rain tonight or
Thursday. Moderate to brisk south
west winds
A trough Of low pressure extending
from Texas northeastward to Mich
gan Is producing cloudy and unsettled
weather i'm nearly all sections east OF
the Rocky Mountains. From Chicago
eastward to the coast the temperatures
are mild but from Chicago to the
northwest the temperatures fall very
rapidly There was difference OF
81 degrees in temperature between
Chicago and Vermont.
Conditions favor for this vicinity
cloudy weather with light rainfall fol-
lowed by clearing and colder late
Thursday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11
WALL STREET TO-DAY.
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
New York, Jan. 1-Opening-Trad-
ing at and after the opening of the
stock market. today, was without fea-
ture. price changes being confined TO
small fractions and about evenly d.
vided between unimportant gains and
losses.
II a. m.-Fractiona1 declines in a
few stocks marked the trading in the
f-~+ hosT-.
Gove--ment bonds unchanged: other
bonds firm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11
FORESTERS NAME
RECEPTION COMMITTEE

Chairman T. F. Flynn of the United
courts Foresters Of America general
committee. has appointed the follow
ing members to act as a reception
committee to receive the supreme
chief ranger and grand court officers
who will be presented at the big class
Initiation January ~. Mayor e. T.
Buckingham, J.F. Lyddy j. H. Grant.
]. ]. Gaffney and J. H. Redden to
represent the general committee and
the following chief rangers from the
various courts. Allan Pratt, D. E..
O'Neil, A. J. Britt. A. Campbell. Fred
Peter Jmstatter.
While preliminary plans have been
considered the reception committee
will adopt definite action at their next
meeting Saturday evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11
FLOR lOLLAPSES
IN TOWN HALL
Stormed by Mob, Trying to Rescue
Mother Who Had Slain
Her Son.
Especial from United Press,

Rome. Jan. ia dispatch today
from Senarchia says that many per-
sons were injured there by the coll
lapse Of the floor Of he town hall.
which had been stormed by q mob
seeking the rescue Of woman named
Donate. who had slain her son with
an axe.
The mothers crime was due to her
belief that the son had murdered his
father and his wife on account Of their
opposition to his dissolu habits. She
killed her son while he was at church.
The police Immediately rushed the VOL
man to the town hall but the public,
in sympathy with her crime. rushed
to her aid. They swept aside he
police and swarmed into the town hall
In such numbers that the floor gave
way. precipitating the mob into the
cellar.
The extent of the casualties has not
yet been learned. The mother is still
III custody.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11
PARDON REFUSED FOR
CONVICTED COUNTESS
Especial from United Press. J

Rome. Jan. 1.-THE cabinet, to-
day refused a pardon to Countess
Tarnowska, who was convicted with
Dr. Neumoff and Nicholas Prilukoff,
Of the murder Of Count Paul Kama
rowska. 1t was argued on behalf Of
in prison, but this was refuted by
Onorevole Vecchini, one of her law
yers at the murder trial. who declar-
ed that, aside from insomnia. the
condition Of the Countess was almost
rational.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11
LADIES' AID SOCIETY TO MEET

Tomorrow afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
the ladies of the Aid society Of the
German Reformed church will meet
In annual session in which the yearly
report Of the finances will be heard,
and the election of officers will take
place.. A social will follow with re-
freshments served by the Mesdames
Adolph Berschel. A. G. Maier, Kathie
Borer, and Anna Mosel. Friends, be-
side members, are invited to attend.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11

A wl1isk broom enclosed in a bag
Of cheesec1oth is unequaled for clean
ing the corners of .uncarpeted steps.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11
OBITUARY

was held. yesterday afternoon, from
the home Of his father-in-law in
Stratfield, the services being conduct
ed by Rev. Ivan Benedict of South
field, Mass. q nephew Of the deceas-
ed, assisted by Rev. F. A. Dilling-
ham, rector of the UniversaHst
church. Delegations were present
from the Odd Fellows and Royal Ar
canum. the members of which acted
as pail bearers. Interment was in
Mountain Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11

Funeral services over the remains
Of Anna Scott Little, wife of Robert
w. Kippen. who died yesterday, at
her home, 472 Waldemere avenue
were held this afternoon at 2:45
O'Clock at her home, Rev. John D.
Davenport of the Second Congrega-
tional church of Waterbury officiat-
ing. Interment was in Mountain
Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11

The funeral Of Miss Mary L. Camp
was held yesterday morning at ST.
Georges church in Colorado avenue,
Rev. Ellis W. Bishop conducting the
services. The bearers were S. J.
Griffin, John Wade, G. E. Southworth
]. s. Griffin, Charles E. Buckley and
Charles Brown. Interment was in
Mountain Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-01-11

captain. died Monday, at his home,
213 Ellsworth street, in his 83rd year.
heart trouble being the cause of
death. He celebrated his 6Oth we'd
ding anniversary on Dec 49,. He is
survived by a widow, two daughters,
Mrs. Joseph Smith Of this city, and
Mrs. John j. Miller of Norfolk; two
sons, Captain Charles T. Allen of
Mobile, Ala, and Captain Nelson s.
Allen of New York. one sister, Mrs.
Charles Jennings Of Greens Farms,
and one brother, Captain Serene A.
Allen Of Westport.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
japanese Logic.

A teacher Of English in Japan re-
Gently gave as an examination Ques-
ton. What is q ventilatorY' Besides
the number of answers that were ap-
proximate!y correct, there were two
which indicated that the students
must have been absent either in body
or mind ON the day when the school
room ventilator had been discussed.
The first was, 1.-The ventilator lives In
the mountains" the second, "Colum-
bus was a great ventilator." When
occasion offered the teacher reminded
his class that attention and application
are requisite for acquiring knowledge
and seriously asked them why any
one should have given an answer such
as the one concerning Columbus. One
Of the best spokesmen In the class
essayed an explanation somewhat as
follows:
columbus brought new ideas back to
the old world; he changed the current
OF thought and opened great door
into the new and outer world; there
fore he was a great ventilator."-
Youths Companion.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
The Word "Gaitcrs."

Episcopal CATERS cannot date from
very remote antiquity. The very word
'gaiters'' Is almost Il newcomer to the
language Johnson's Dictionary does
not recognize its existence. 1t does not
occur before l7tiO and even in 1902 q
military dictionary had to define it as
"a sort of spatterdashes. "Guetre.
however. the French original. goes
back at least to the fifteenth century.
and the origin of that is lost, though
etymologists compare all sorts OF
words in all sorts of languages. includ-
ing an old German word for baby's
christening cloth. The one certainty is
that CATERS has nothing to do with
gait in spite of the punning line in the
Rejected Addresses" Lax In their
CATERS. laxer in their gait. London
STANDARD
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
Washing Your Hands.

When you 60 to the washstand and
carefully wash your hands with gen.
erous application Of soap and hard
brush do not think for an instant that
your hands are clean. The tenacious
microbe refuses to be disturbed and
clings to the flesh throughout the
whole operation. There are some chem
ical compounds which will dislodge
the busy bacilli to certain extent.
but not entirely. According to the in
vestigations of medical authority of
the Prussian army, the best results in
the direction of giving the hands
sanitary cleaning are accomplished by
the use of alcohol. A bath of pure
alcohol will remove about 80 per cent
of the germs Where it is desired to
clean the hands hygienically it is rec
commended that the hands be not first
washed with water. for this will so
adulterate the alcohol that it cannot
accomplish its work as effectively as
otherwise.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
The Touch Chicken.

There are several ways OF transform
ing il venerable fowl into respectable
family piece de resistance. In fact. BY
the following method such fowls have
been made as tender as spring chick
ems: Let the bird. after drawing. sea
soning and stufhng. simmer until over
half done Then place it i'll the oven
With Il piece of pork laid over Its
breast. Pour the liquor over and
around the roast in the pan. Finish
the cooking III a very hot oven. bast-
ing frequently with the drippings
When ready to serve skim off any su
perfluous fat that may be in the pan
before preparing the gravy. The pork
prevents the fowl from becoming dry.
and If a small onion is also added It
will have more savory flavor The
simmering lessons its tOughncss In
fact. slow simmering is just the thing
for any tough meat. but it should sim
iner, not boil Boiling will tougheD
the tenderest OF meat.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
The Goose Tower.

In the early years of the fourteenth
century the free cities" s"-Hamburg,
Lubbock and Bremen--sent q delegation
of seventy seven members to King
Valdemar to demand increased rights
and privileges in their trade with Den
marx. The delegates were not very
respectful in their language and de-
meanor. ana the king, who was ut
vordingborg. told them they acted like
a drove of geese and clapped them
into prison in the tower, telling them
they would stay there until they learn
ed better manners. Over the heavy
tower door the king put up stone
with the inscriptions:
Sieben und siebenteg Hause:
Sieben und siebenteg Ganse:
Ware nicht so viele Hause
Hat ich auch nicht SO vele Ganse.
Translated this reads: Seventy.
seven houses and seventy-seven geese.
If there were not so many houses I
would not have so many geese"
On top of the tower. which still
stands solid and strong. was placed a
big gilt goose. with neck outstretched
as if it were kissing.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
The Jerboa and the Melons.

An odd fact relative to a little Afri-
can melon Is thus related by an otfi
cial of Khartum
The jerboa or Kangaroo rat Is found
in considerable numbers in places miles
and miles away from any water or
even dew. and | was at a loss TO un-
ders.and how these little animals could
exist through tie ten months OF
drought. II appears. however. that
after the scauty rains Il small wild
melon of bitter taste. but full OF juice.
tiourishcS III tE,, desert. The jcrboa.
as soon as the melon is ripe bites of
the stem and proceeds to dig away
the sand under the melon. so that 1t
gradually sinks below the level of the
ground The constant wind soon Gov
ers ii with six 10 eight inches of sand.
which protects II from the Storchiny
sun and from drying up Hhen all
other moisture has evapora,ed the jer-
boa goes to his larder and drinks the
Juice Of the melon till the rains come
On again One jerboa will bury rs
many as forty OF these little melons
! to last him through the dry season
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
A Death Lure.

According to tradition. ZENITH. the
legendary king of Scotland. was al
lured to his death in most novel man
ner ZENITH had slain sun aud broth
er of Fennela. who 10 he avenged or
dered Wiltus. famous Silversnlith. to
construct. death dealing statue Of sill
yer. In its right hand the statue held
basin and in the left hand an apple
of pure gold. both set with diamonds
and other precious stones. To touch
the apple was to defy death. 1t being
so arranged that any one guilty OF
such vandalism would. be Immediately
riddled by poisoned arrows shot from
openings in the body of the statue.
ZENITH was invited to inspect the won
der. and. az Fennella had hoped. he
tried to pluck the precious imitation
fruit When his hand touched the ap-
pie he was wounded by the arrows and
died where he fell
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
a Cotton Lenend.

Cotton was the theme Of one OF the
most fabulous nature stnries on Its
first introduction into Europe. TEay..
eiers related that in Tartary there
grew a shrub and that when its ripe
fruit was cut open within was II lyttie
Beaste in Gesche. in bone and M0de
as though it were Il lyttle Lamb with
outer wolfe" The flesh OF this "vese-
table lamb was eaten. ran fiie story,
and the wool made into cloth. The
basis of the legend is the way IN which
the cotton pod ripens and bursts. show
ing the white fluffy raw cotton. which
closely resembles wool Raw cotton Is
still called "cotton WOOL"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20


and the second is to lower his stand
ard of living The wage Garner. band
ed together with his fellows in un
ion, mas been able to increase his
scale of wages to some extent. though
not nearly enough to ill the gap be-
tween income and expenses. The wage
Garner who does not belong to a un-
ion has profited to some extent by the
general rise in wages. though not so
much as the union man.
The salaried man has borne the hard
est brunt of the rising prices. He be.
longs to no union, and his demands for
Increased pay have brought little re-
sponse.
All classes that are compelled to
work for a living have had to turn to
the other alternative in greater or
less degree. They have been forced to
lower their standard of living. The
first item to be attacked is the food
supply Russell Sage once said. LAS
the cost of living increases the use of
meat decreases. the proportion of dark
rooms increases and child labor be-
comes plentiful" Less meat means
poorer nourishment. less resistance to
disease and higher death rate. Other
foods of cheaper quality are used.
Oleomargarine takes the place OF but
ter Cold storage eggs are a luxury
and fresh eggs unknown. and cheaper
brands of canned goods are used
Aside from food. the big item of e{-
pense in the city is rent. In order to
keep up with the increased cost of
things property owners have been fore
ed to raise rents. The frenZied crowd
Ing OF the people 10 the cities has en-
abled landlords to make these increas-
ed rents effective The result is that
a house with a porch and bit of lawn
has BECOME a luxury. and more and
more the middle classes, the classes OH
whom prosperity should react most ia
vorably. have been forced into flats
and apartment houses. The poorer
classes have moved into tenements.
| The high cost of room has made crowd
| ing inevitable Human beings have
| been forced to herd together like cat
| tie or worse. The modern dairy barn
| is a palace beside some of the tene-
| ments that pass muster as human hab,
itations.
/ Many causes have been advanced by
| economists and others to account for
the rise in prices Many blame the
tariff, but that will not explain why
prices are rising nearly as rapidly in
England as in the United States. The
economists fayorite reason is in the
increase in the supply of gold. Money
l.; becoming cheaper, he says. and
therefore 1t takes more of it to buy
i given amount of any commodity
rhis explanation sounds very plausi
4 BILE. but it does not explain the fact
that prices have at other times gons
down in the face of increased golc
production. The gold supply is un
questionably a factor influencing rls
ing prices. That 1t is the Fundamental
factor may we'll be doubted.
Other writer's try to lay the whole
trouble to the growing extravagan'
Of the American people aud to the IN
creased standard of living. 1t is tru
that at the present time we regard a
necessaries what yesterday were luxu
ries. This Increase in the standard 0
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
Animal Life on Venus.

''There are many physical reasons
for thinking that if any other planet
besides the earth is inhabited il is
probably Venus" says Professor Pick.
ering. 1T is about the same size rs
the earth. and it's density is about the
same. The force Of gravity upon its
surface is only slightly less than that
on the earth The temperature on
Venus is probably the same as in our
own tropics. and the dense atmos
phere may be of Il composition such
as enyeloped the earth when in the
carboniferous period. AS TO the eS
istence of intelligent life. the question
is still open. If it is ever established
that the planet Venus is inhabited il
will he less surprising than if the same
were proved conclusively of any other
planet. owing to the similarity in
many respects of Venus and the
M ri h !"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
The Aufonohile

In some respects the automobile Is
the most marvellous machine the world
has yet seen 1t can go anywhere ut
any time, floundering through two feet
Of snow. ford any stream that isn't
deep enough to drown out the mag
neto. triumph over mud axle deep.
jump fences and cavort over plowed
ground at fifteen miles an hour. 1t
has been used with brilliant success in
various kinds of hunting. including
coyote coursing on the prairies of Col
orad0. where it can run all around the
broncho. formerly in favor. since 1t new
er runs any risk of breaking leg in
a prairie dog hole. Educated automo-
biles have been trained to shell corn.
saw wood. pump water churn. plow.
and. in short. do anything required OF
them. except figure out where the con-
sumer gets off under the tariff law
GufinU
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
Tba Se,f Sacrifice of Fadzeau.

A fine historical dog story is recalled
by Mr.. Edwin Noble in The Dog Low
er's Book" The incident is connected
with the flight of William Wallace to
the mountains after Erneside. accom-
panied by only sixteen followers,
among whom was one named Fad
zeau When the baying of the blood
hounds was heard announcing the
coming Of the English FaGzeau refused
to 20 any farther. affecting weariness,
and Wallace. suspecting him of traitor
Gus intentions. killed him, When the
English came Up the hounds stayed
upon the dead body and refused TO fol.
low beyond the stains Of blood.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
Tho Man With a Cold.

The sympathy given to the man with
a hard cold is purely perfunctory
We know. or at least we think we
know, that he will not die. We know
that he is thoroughly wretched. yet
we are equally certain that in three
days or so he will be coming upstairs
two at time. This does not comfort
him, though he may know it himself.
He therefore feels himself an outcast-
pariah. He Is cnt Off from the
ordinary human relations. II he so
much as kisses his wife or child he
is a blackguard. mentally self convict
cd of it. Nobody loves him. and he
may go out into the kitchen and drink
cough sirup.-Boston Transcript
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20
Tho Story Of a Famou. Hymn.

no story OF Vd"ouS 'y""'
The famous hymn beginning "God
moves in a mysterious way" known
as "Cowper's Hymn" had its orr
gin as follows: Cowper was all his
life the victim Of melancholia and
more than once attempted suicide.
One day. bent upon destroying himself,
he got into a cab and ordered the
driver to take him to certain point
on the river where he intended to
drown himself. The cabmaE, noticing
his strange appearance and feeling
that all might not be right with him.
drove him about the city and finally
stopped in front of the poets door
Stepping out and recognizing the old
familiar surroundings and shocked at
the thought of his narrow escape.
Cowper exclaimed. God moves In a
mysterious way his wonders to per
FORM" and. rushing in. Immediately
composed the immortal hymn.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-04-20

living is but the product Of civiliza-
ton, however, and Is something to be
encouraged rather than discouraged.
Furthermore, 1t is responsible in but
a small degree for the increase in the
cost of living. The increase in the
standard of living has manifested it.
self most strongly in better houses,
better clothing and more conveniences
Yet the great increase in cost has been
not in these materials, but in food
Between July l. 1896. and Jan. l. 1910,
breadstuffs and live stock increased In
price lgS per cent. During the same
period 4the increase in the textiles was
!3 per cent. in metals G5 per cent and
in building materials only Is per cent
That luxurious living has had much
to do with the increased prices cannot
be denied. That it is wholly RESPONSE
BILE is far from the truth.
If wc are TO seek the real cause of
this crisis that cOnfronts our country
we must go back to the old cause of
supply and demand, coupled with other
factors that have grown out of this
The period from 1870 to 1895 was the
period Of development Of the middle
west. the bread basket of the world
Here were lands of unparalleled fer
tiity that had merely to be scratched
to give forth their bountiful supplies
The result was that the markets of the
world We're flooded with foodstuffs.
BY 1886 the middle west was pretty
well settled The bloom of it's virgin
fertility had been removed. Soon the
to feed the hogs were past. Prices Of
farm products began to rise. If there
had been no other factor entering in
they would soon have reached nor
NAL level, and the readjustment would
have come with little trouble. Unfor.
tunately the tide of population toward
the cities had become too strong to be
turned in day.
From 1880 to 1900 the percentage OF
farmers decreased. from A.3 to 35.6
decrease of 81 per cent. During the
same period the percentage Of persons
engaged in manufacturing increased
from 21.S to 24.3. This increase Of q
per cent is no more than normal ant
may be accounted for by the increase
in the standard of living and the con
sequent demand for manufactured ar
ticles. The increase in professiona
lines during this time was eighteenth:
| Of per cent, while the number of per
sons engaged in domestic and persona
service decreased one-tenth Of I pc
| cent
The great increase came In the mum
ber of persons engaged In trade ant
transportation, an increase of 5.5 pc
cent OF the 1853 per cent of the work
ing people engaged in trade and trans
portation in 1900 only nine-tenths wer
engaged in transportation proper TIL
| others, 1874 per cent of all the peopl
of the United States who work. wer
simply middlemen. Complete figure
since 1900 are not available. but th
cityward trend has increased rathe
than diminished.
Here is the true explanation of tn
high cost of living. There are NOR
than one-third as many men engage
in distributing food as there are
producing it. The consumers dolla
is worn thin before it gets to the pr
ducer. The 100000 men who farl
must supply food to the 100000 PEI
pie who are working in the factorie