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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14

Carpet Hall itself will soon be transformed. Iris a matter of days only when it will become the dearest spot n the store to boys and grs when it will be happy merry Toyand To do that it is necessary to out all the rugs and the carpesand that's not easy task. The fewer to move the better shall be suited And to reduce the number and make it easier to get ready for the advent of Santa there this oppor tunitys
 We would far rather move rugs right out of the store than from one part another We would much rather do it that we willing to pay folks for taking them away pay them by moking newy-low price. And that is what we've done. Read 'on and just how well hove done just how deeply the prices have been cut of the best sorts of just how wide the range of variety is.
 Worsted Wilton rugs, rich deep colors allover pat terms and in handsome medallion effects, by 12 feet worth $35,-$28. ,
 Seamless velvet rugs, fine mixed patterns and hand some Oriental styles by 12 feet worth $25-$ $l850
 Body Brussels rugs, big collection and good9 by F and by 1912 feet splendid patterns and especially good rugs to withstand wear, worth -$1
 Scotch Art rugs beautiful two-toned effects ideal for use in because of their soft and har monious effect, 9 by 12 feet, worth $25-- -$1850
 Tapestry Brussels rugs, woven in one piece, extra heavy of weight and in attractive lowered Oriental pat terms, 9 by 12 feet, worth $18.50,-$15.
 Log Cabin rugs those splendidy effective rugs from cotton rags ceanly and honey of looks, splendidly durable good in many ways
 8by 10 it, worth $7$55O. by 12 it, worth $10 $8.
 Small Administer rugs in pretty patterns and of nice
 27 by 54 inch, worth $1 75-s15O.
 2211a by 36 inch, worth $1 135,-$1. .15
 Small lot of rag rugs of extra heavness yard by two yards worth $and because they soied though they will wash beautifully clean and fresh) ,-S150
 Oileoth in number of good patterns mostly in the 11a yrd width, worth 25c square yard,-19c q.yd.
 Ready now and until Saturday night only--for Santa will be knocking at en- trance of Carpet Hall then.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14
EMBEZZLER LUCAS
 PLEADS GUILTY AND
 GETS THREE YEARS

(bpec1af from Un1ted PresSsF
 New Haven. Nov. 14s-PIeadiBz guilty to embezzling s11,0G0 as treasurer of the City Savings Bank. of Meriden, George M. Lucas Eas given three years in states prison n superior court, today. He was q former leader in Meriden church e5r- cles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14
enough, first news from Santa Claus IS of sale of rugs.
 ea "a |

Just think. A rug sale by Santa Claus.
 f.course, no one ever heard of such a thing before.
 And it IS true as a thing can be. Santa Claus, the spirit of Christmas, preparation for1 the holiday business; such Is the. cause of this special opportunity in Carpet Hall.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14
BOND IssrE IN NEW HAVEN

Especial from United Press.J
 New Haven, Nov. 14s-That the vot~ CTS were not vita1Iy interested in tn1 referendum on bond issues was evil denced by the unusually light vote boiled, today. The vote, up to noon. totalled only 2,830.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14
QUEENS DAUGHTERS
 WHIST FRIDAY, DEC.

The whist of the Queens Daughters to be held at the Sfrstfie1d, will ts given on Friday Dec. 1, not Frsdxy Nov. 24, as stated in the FarussR through error last evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14
Supreme Court
 Upholds Workmen's
 Compensation Act
Especial from United Press.)

Mad1SOn, WIS, NOV. 14.-The su-
 preme court, today, handed down a decision upholding constitutionality l of the workmen's compensation act.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-14
PRACTICE FOR TAMMANYs.

The Tammany Juniors desire games with any e130 pound team in the city. Sunday. The team will report for
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Saves Two Lives.
TO BE CONTINUED I

"Neither my sister nor myself might
he living today, if it had not been for
DR.. King New Discovery" writes A. d.
Mcdonald Of Fayetteville, N. c., R. F.
d, No, s, "for we both had frightful
coughs that no other remedy could help.
We We're told my sister had consump-
ton. She was very weak and had
night sweats but your wonderful medi.
cine completely cured us both. It's the
best ever used or heard Of For sore
lungs, coughs, colds hemorrhage, la.
grippe, asthma, hay fever, Group, whoop
ing cough,-all bronchial troubles,-it's
supreme. Trial bottle free. SOC and
Sl.0o. Guaranteed by j. w. Thurston,
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A LIFE FOR A LIFE.
Cheerful New Guinea Custom Which
Causes Frequent Murders.

Cheerful New Guinea Custom Which
Causes Frequent Murders.
Everywhere In New Guinea the
traveller is continually brought face to
face with death. and the natives are
devoid of the slightest pity or respect
for the dead or dying. although after
a death they will often wall and
mourn for considerable time.
Murder is an everyday occurrence.
and nothing could be worse than the
morals of the natives. In fact. they
have none. They thieve and lie with
persistence and cunning which are
surprising.
The Papuans have a cheerful Gus
tom which demands life for a life.
Should any one die at the first oppor-
tunity they kill some one-they are not
very particular whom-to make up for
1t. "While we were at Humbold
bay" says Professor Pratt in the Wide
World Magazine, "a Malay died of
dropsy. He was the first Malay who
had ever come to that part, and the
Papuans greatly respected him.
Every WE'LL they said, we must
shoot n Malay with our bows and ar.
rows to pay for his death And soon
er or later some innocent person would
he killed to square the account, when
everybody-except, presumably. the
victims would be satisfied"
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il iSa go ANY sense party"
Ice Virginia went to her room borne
hi-h upon n new conception Of the pos
Sibllities Of the west. II was glorious
to think that one could enjoy the re-
tnempnt the comfort. of the east at
the same time that one dwelt within
the inspiring shadow Of the range
Her hands were a-tremble as she put
un the bright muslin gown which was
all she had for evening wear. She
felt very much like the schoolgirl
again. and after she had done her best
to look nice she took seat in the little
rocker with intent to compose herself
for her meeting with strangers. Il
wish we We're dining without visitors"
she said as she heard a carriage drive
up. A little later galloping horse en-
tered the yard and stopped at the door.
She heard voices In the hall and
among them one with a very English
accent. one that sounded precisely like
those she had heard on the stage.
At last she dared wait no longer and,
taking courage from necessity. de-
sCended the stairs, a pleasant picture
OF vigorous yet somewhat subdued
maidenhood.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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INCREASED EGG PRODUCTION
100 PERCENT.

1t is an old saying that 1.-The proof of
the pudding is in the eating 1t is an
other way OF saying that the value of
any article Is never fully realized until
1t has been carefully tested and COM
pared with others of the same kind. J.
H. Russell of River Edge. n. j., has
evidently been trying poultry foods.
In a recent letter. he says: The bar
rel of Pages Perfected Poultry Food
came duly to hand; and after giving it
a fair trial, l have come to the con-
clusion that | cannot do without it. 1t
has increased my egg production 100
percent. Enclosed please find money
order for one barrel of the food and
one barrel of ground green bone and
meat"
If you want to know more about this
food and the best ways of using it,
write to c. S. Page, Hyde Park, VT,
for his booklet, profitable Poultry"
1t will be sent free, postpaid, to anyone
mentioning this paper.
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ELEANOR, THIS IS MISS wETHERFORD."
home of one of her dearest friends in
Chester. She was at once exalted and
humbly grateful.
I'VE dine at T." Mrs. Redfield was
saying, 80 you can take cup Of tea
without spelling your dinner Will you
venture it?''
If you please"
Very well, come down soon and I'll
have it ready. Mr.. Redfield, I'm sure,
will want some"
Virginia's heart was dancing with
delight of this home as she came down
the stairs little later. AS they talked
Mrs. Redfield studied the girl with in
creasing interest and favor and soon
got at her point of view. She even Sc
cured little more of her story which
matched fairly well with tie account
her husband had given. Her preiu-
dices were swept away, and she treat
ed her young guest as one well born
and well educated woman treats an
other.
At last she said: I'VE dress for din
ner, but any trock you have will do.
We are not ironclad in our rules.
There will be some neighbors in, but
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At one time the officers under Lord
Howe refused to drink his health at
their mess, for. though splendid ad-
miral he was not popular in the navy
on account of a certain shyness and
want of tact with those about him.
The chaplain, who was a protege of
his lordShip was mortified at this and
determined that the officers should
drink to Lord Howe. When called
upon for toast one day he said, well,
gentlemen, can think of nothing bet
ter at this moment than to ask you to
drink the first two words of the Third
Psalm, for Scriptural toast for once
may be taken from one of my cloth"
The toast was drunk. Not one of the
officers indicated by word or look that
he was ignorant Of the words alluded
to- On referring to the Bible 1t was
found that the Third Psalm begins,
Lord, how are they increasedT
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CHAPTER VI.

IN THE VIOLENT PAST.
TALKING about Cavanagh was
quite too absorbingly interest.
ing to both Lee ahti~feets4ssitl- to
a permit of any study of the land
scape, which went by as if dismissed
by the chariot wheels of some con-
temptuous magician. Redfeld's eyes
were mostly on the road dn the man
ner of the careful auto driver. but
when he did look up it was to admire
the color and poise of his seat mate,
who made the landscape of small ac-
count.
She kept the conversation to the de-
sired point. 'Mr. Cavanagh's work
interests me very much. 1t seems very
important and it must be new, for
never heard of forest ranger when
I was a child"
"The forester is new, at least in
America" he answered. My dear
young lady, you are returned just in the
most momentous period in the history
of the west. The old dOminion-the
cattle range-is passing. The suprem-
acy of the cowboy is ended. The COW
boss is raising oats. The cowboy is
pitching alfalfa and swearing horribly
as he blisters his hands. Some of the
rangers at the moment are men of
western training. like Ross. but whose
allegiance is now to Uncle Sam. With
others that transfer of allegiance is not
quite complete: hence the insolence of
men like Gregg, who think they can
bribe or intimidate these forest guards
and so obtain favors. rhe newer men
are college bred. real foresters. But
you can't know what it all means till
you see Ross or some other ranger on
his own heath. Wen make up little
party some day and drop down upon
him and have him show us about. It's
lonely life, and so the ranger keeps
open house Would you like to go?'
ooh, yes, indeed. I'm eager to get
into the mountains. Every night as l
see the sun go down over them | won
der what the world is like UP there"
Then he began very deIcately to in
quire about her eastern experience.
There was not much to tell In love
ly old town not far from Philadelphia,
where her aunt lived, she/nad spent
ten years of happy exile, "a was hor-
ribly lonely and homesick at first" she
said Mother wrote only short let
ters, and my father never wrote at all.
| didn't know he was dead then He
was always good to me. He wasn't a
bad man, was he?"
NO" responded Redfeld without
hesitation. He was very like the rest
of us, only little more reckless and
little more partisan, that's all. He
was a dashing hOrSeman and dead
shot, and so naturally a leader of
| these daredPvils. He was popular
with both sides of the controversy up
| to the very moment when he went
south to lead the invaders against the
rustlers"
what was it all about? | never un-
derstood it. What were they fighting
about?'
"In a sense it was all very simple.
You see. Uncle Sam in his careless, do
nothing way has always left his range
to the man who got there first. That
was the catteman. AT first there was
grass enough for us all, but as we
built sheds and corrals about water
ing places we came to claim rights on
the range. We usually secured by
fraud homesteads in the sections con-
tanning water and so, gun in hand,
stood Off the man who came after,
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wife. Some Of the Kaffirs sacrifice
oxen. The Tartars of Turkestan give
the weight of the prospective wife in
butter. In Kamchatka the price va
ries from one to ten reindeer Some
savages require a certain amount of
labor. Among the aborigines it is said
the current rate for wife is box
of matches. which prompted a Paris
contemporary to speculate whether one
of the French government boxes would
be accepted.
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ALL OF ONE NAME.
So They Had to Tag Each of the Many
Tom Hazards.

iOHi
Perhaps no community more care
fully and frequently set forth its er-
ratic fancy than did the early settlers
Of Nartagansett, r. l. Of whom W. B.
Weeden tells in Early Rhode Island"
There were so many of one name that
the bearer must have a descriptive
prefix lest he be lost in a concordant
multitude Mr., Updike cites thirty
two Tom Lizards living at one time
and TINS illustrates few:
College Tom. because he had been at
college, .EpdfGrd Tom was his son and
lived Mt New Bedford. Barley Tom,
because he hoaSted how much barley
he raised from an acre; Virginia Tom,
because he married a wife there; Lit
tie Neck Tom, from the farm of that
name; Mailer Tom, the blacksmith;
Fiddle Head Tom, an obvious resem-
blance; Pistol Tom, wounded by an
explosion of that arm; Young Pistol
Tom, his son; Short Stephens Tom.
the father low, against Long Stephens
Tom, the father tall; Tailor Tom needs
no explanation.
The Georges were not so numerous,
but they were distinguished as Beach
Bird George. of little legs; Shoestring
George, an opponent Of buckles; Wig
George, DR.. George and Governor
George
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Light on a Dark Subject.

Caller-There's one question | should
like to have answered. When a thought
flashes across the intellect does it eff
feet any molecular changes in the Gel
lular or muscular tissues composing
the material substance of the cerebral
mass, or does it operate merely in
the realm of the spiritual ego, thereby
leaving no trace subject to detection
or classification in the domain Of sub
stantiality? Information Editor turn
ing again to his desk,-There is no pre-
MUM on the coin.-Chicago Tribune.
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"The doctor says you have but an
hour to live"
GIVE me pen and paper" said the
dying man feebly.
ITO make your will?"
mo; am going to give the doctor
my note for thirty days. He will have
to keep ME alive at least that long to
collect it."-Judge.
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F Foiey's Kidney Remedy-An Ap-
probation

l.. Mcconnell, Catherine St., Elmira'
n. T., writes 81 wish to express my
appreciation of the great good l de-
rived from Foley's Kidney Remedy,
which | used for bad case of kidney
trouble. Five bottles did the work most
effectively and proved to me beyond
doubt it is the most reliable kidney
medicine have ever aken".-John w.
Thurston.
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'Duke, I'm sorry" said the million
nire, "but my daughter can't marry
you
"Then I have loved in vain?"
"Not wholly, duke. Here's $50 for
you"
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Mrs. De Butt (making out list Of
invited guests for dinnerD-Can you
think of any others?
Mrs. Won Setter-There is Mrs. Kum-
bac.
Il had thought of her, but she did
not try to smuggle" Philadelphia
Ledger.
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A Stones Throw.

"The ancient Romans had catapult
that could hurl rocks more than a
mile"
Nov l understand it,
"What?"
"My landlord told me this house was
stones throw from the depot. He
must have had it on his hands since
the time Of the Caesars" ."-Cleveland
Lender
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Cleverness and cunning are incom-
patible. never saw them united. The
latter is the resource of the weak and
Is only natural to them. Children and
fools are always cunning, but clever
people never.-Byron.
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Worth Her Weiqht In Butter

Curious customs still prevail with
regard to marriage. In some parts of
Uganda the custom is to offer six
needles and pack Of india rubber for
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The first years of man must make
provision for the last.--Johnson.
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to the man who finds him and brands
him"
"Precisely Now. that law worked
very nicely so long as the poor cow
boy was willing to catch and brand
him for his employer. but it proved a
joker when he woke up and said to
his fellows. Why brand these NAV
ericks at So per head for this or that
outfit when the law says they belong
TO the man who finds them?"
Lee Virginia looked up brightly.
THAT seems right to me-"
"Ah, yes, but wait! We cattlemen
had large herds, and the probabilities
were that the calf belonged to some
one of us, whereas the cowboy, having
no herd at all. knew the maverick be-
longed to some ones herd. True, the
law said it was his. but the law did
not mean to reward the freebooter.
Yet that is exactly what it did. At
first only few outlaws took advan-
tage of it, but hard years came on, the
cattle business became less and less
profitable. we We're forced to lay off
our men. and so at last the range
swarmed with idle cowpunchers. Then
came the breakdown in our scheme.
The cowboys took to 'mavericking' on
their own account Some of them had
the grace to go into partnership with
some farmer and so claim small
bunch of cows. but others suddenly
and miraculously acquired herds Of
their own. From keeping within the
law they passed to violent methods.
They slit the tongues of calves for the
purpose of separating them from their
mothers. Finding he could not suck.
bossy would at last wander away from
his dam and so become maverick. In
short, anarchy reigned on the range"
But surely my father had nothing
to do with this?"
"No; your father up to this time had
been on good terms with everybody.
He had small herd of cattle down
the river, which he owned in common
with man named Hart"
II remember him"
HE was well thought of by all the
big outfits. and when the situation be-
came intolerable and we got together
to weed out the rustlers,' as these cat
tie thieves were called, your father
was approached and converted to a
belief in drastic measures. He had
suffered less than the rest of us be,
cause of his small herd and the fact
that he was very popular among the
cowboys. SO far as was concerned,
the use of violent methods revolted
me. My training in the east had made
me 4 respecter of the law. Change
the law | said. The law is all right.
they replied: the trouble is with these
rustlers. Wen hang few of 'em, and
that will break up the business.
Parts of this story came back to the
girls mind. producing momentary
flashes of perfect recollection. She
heard again the voices of excited men
arguing over and over the question of
"mavericking." and she saw her ia
ther as he rode up to the house that
last day before he went south.
Redfeld went on. THE whole plan
as developed was silly, and l wonder
still that Ed Wetherford, who knew
the 'nester' and the cowboy so well,
should have lent his aid to it. The
cattlemen, some from Cheyenne, some
from Denver and a few from New
York and Chicago, agreed to finance
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Established 1873
Probate Court Sessions.

SESSIONS OF ms PROBATE COURT FOR
.THE DISTRICT OF ESSEN will be held as
follows during the year 1910:
Al LuuenbuTg in the forenoon Of the FIRST
Mondays Of February, June, September and
December.
Al Concord in the afternoon of each of the
same days.
OetOber.
Al Guildhall on the first Saturday OF each
month.
special sessions will be held at any place in
The District by agreement
Address communications to Guildhall office,
10 <. W. Wyinan, Register; to Island Pond
ofbce, to HERBERT W. BLAKE, JUDGE.
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Gradually. after much shooting and
lawing we parceled out the range and
settled down, covering practically the
whole state. Our adjustments were
not perfect. but our system was work
ing smoothly for us who controlled the
range. We had convinced ourselves
and pretty nearly everybody else that
the state was only fit for cattle graz
ing and that we were the most COM
petent grazers; furthermore. we were
In possession. and no man could come
IN without our consent.
However. very curious law OF OF.
own making was our undong o
course the 'nester' or 'punl;0 -"
as we contemptuOusly called ''
farmer. began sitting in here
in spite of our guns. but he "
mosquito bite in comparison N
trouble which our cOwpunchers ...j
mp. Perhaps you remember run
about the business to know that
unbranded yearling calf without j;
mother is called maverick
"Yes; | remember that. 1t belongs
to the man who finds him and brands
him"
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FLYNN is HOME; WANTS
TO FIGHT CHAMPION

purhlu. colo. Get O. jim Flyun.
On" Pueblo heavyweight returned here
saturday ~ IL inst week since he
fought Carl Morris the much touted
white hone and "a. does not show
single mark from the battle Nor
fln has just lett The hospital
Fltnn has an oigbi weeks vaudeville
engagement before him. and following
his. he says he viii make an effort
to sign up With Jack Johnson The
Puohlan says that be feels that he has
O. good chance against iho negro II the
latter has been roing the pace that IL
accredited 10 him lately
The fighting fireman has mastered
much since his bout with Johnson aud
IN hts hght with Al kaufman. In which
he knocked the ali'ornian down eight
times and finally forced him TO quit,
and the fact that Johnson defeated
kaufman hy narrow margin loads
Fl}nn 10 feel that his chances If de-.
icaling Johnson are good Flynn will
spend few weeks Ia Pueblo before
COINS ON 90, STAGE