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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25
Confidence Man Pretends To Be
 Expert OCuIisl

New Haven, Aug. 25-A new kind of confidence man is about town now and he seems to have made good ac- cording to reports. The first victim to report is Mrs. Charles T. Hoch- kiss of S23 Quinnipiac avennue, who was relieved of $6 by what she calls one of the sliekest methods ever heard of
 The other afternoon woman and a man called at her house and the man stopped a few doors away. The wo- man, however. rang the bell and, ask ing for the lady of the. house, was shown into Mrs. Hotchkiss
 sI understand that you are in need of good eyeglasses, madam, and that we can fit you with glasses that will l,a ns good as, if not better than, nat ural eyesight," said the woman. A further line of slick talk, finally re- suited il Mrs. Hotchkiss becoming in- terested and the woman went out ito call her husband
 The man appeared and began exam ming Mrs. Hotchkiss' eyes and gave her such a line of talk that she thought she was talking to a professor in ''eyeology. He soon convinced her that she needed his kind of eyeglasses, and after further testing of her eyes and examining of her old eyeglasses, he finally persuaded her to let him fit her with pair.
 Of course, madam, the eyeglasses will not be ready before two weeks and we require a deposit on all work in advance. We must have a guaran-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25
Ask S36,OOO In
 Trolley Suits
Four Actions Brought Against Connecticut Company Total
 to That Figure

1 New Haven. Aug. 25-Papers were served upon the Connecticut company yesterday in four suits for injuries alleged to have been received on cars of the company and amounting in all to total of $36, 900. The largest in- dividual suit is for S15,000 brought by Roscoe Monsell of Shelton, as a result of injuries alleged to have been re- ceived in the accident on the Derby line on Memorial day. Dana ges of $10,O00 are asked by Daniel Began of Derby in connection with the same ae- cident. A third suit is brought by 0 man named Moore. who claims he was injured on July in a blowout in this city. He asks $1,000.
 Whether the Connecticut Company is liable for injuries received by a passenger who rides on the running board of a car is. question that's to be. put up to the superior court when the request for $10000 damages made by Brooks K. White of Auburn, N. r., is tried out. White was a pas- senger on a Derby car on the after noon of last Memorial day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25
Governor Takes
 Letter As Joke
Mysterious Threat in Poor Latin Does Not Worry Executive
 ss All


 New Haven, Aug. Ex-Governor Bald win was not shaking like leaf nor did he show any visible signs of fear when he was asked last night about the blackhand letter which he receiv- ed yesterday from Italy.
 Indeed, Governor Baldwin laughed and there was not single tremor in the laugh T received such a letter. he admitted. He said that he hadn't preserved the important document, but that it had read something like this, as far as he could remember it: You and your friend and your enemy per- ish by death eternal.'
 T feel gratified,'' Governor Baldwin said, .tthat my enemy-whoever he may be-will be included in the dire fate before me-"
 The governor said that the letter was written in poor Latin and that while it appeared to have been writ ten by foreigner he thought it was probably a joke. Anyway, he said, he didn't pay much attention to it.
 Mayor Smith of Hartford received q letter very similar to this one last Tuesday
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25
POLI'S.

Next week will mark the closing of summer stock for this season at Polls and Manager Poli will offer for the fine bill ."The Dollar Mark" a tensely interesting play which deals with the rich and the poor, the classes and the masses, so 10 speak. It is a finely written play, is of the most absorbing interest from start to fin ish and yet withaI needs to be -splen- didly acted and staged to get the de- sired result. Stage Director Eagle will make the farewell week one long to be. remembered here and to that end has engaged several of the mem bers of the original cast to enact the most important roles in the play. The sale of seats already for next week is indicative of the fact that those who have enjoyed the plays for the summer are going to be onN hand to give the players a big farewell week. This weeks production of Strong heart'' has seemed to hit the popular fancy There is thrill of excitement all through it and yet there is plenty of real comedy as might be expected to exude from a group of college boys who are the central figures in the play. It deals entirely with life at. Columbia college directly before and after the big championship game and the scenes are laid in students room the training quarters of the team and the uptown home of one of the stu dents It is the play in which Bob Edeson scored his most notable suc- cess and it is unique in theme in that the central figure is a Carlisle school Indian who has come to Columbia to play football and while there falls in love with young society woman the sister of one of the student players. When this becomes known the question Of racial standing and blood is rais- ed and the denoument is as novel as it is perhaps unexpected. Miss Blanche Hall the new leading lady of the com pany again scores heavily and has in stalled herself as an immense favorite here while to single out any member of the company as the hit of the pro- duction would be an injustice to all the others.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25
WATCH YOUR KIDNEYS.

Their action controls your health
 Read whas Foley Kidney Pills have done for your neighbor Mrs. H. w. Allen, Quincy, H., says: About a year ago my kidneys began bothering me. I had swelling in my ankles and limbs, then headaches and nerv- ous dizzy spells, and later severe backaches was getting worse
 when I began taking Foley Kidney Pills. kept on taking them until was once more freed of all kidney trouble and suffering I have a great deal to thank Foley Kidney Pills for and shall always recommend them" :" F. B. Brill, Curtis Pharmacy. : 3 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25

tee and if you will pay me six dollars, the price of the materials, I will take your order"
 Mrs. Hotchkiss acquiesced and hand ed over the six dollars and received in return a receipt and the mans ad- dress. He gave his name as J. R. Woodruff, 1O76 Chapel street, and said that if she had any trouble in the meanwhile she might call there for treatment
 Mrs. Hotchkiss' bump of suspicion began to ache dreadfully soon after the man left and the hole in her pocket book, left by the payment of $6 made her think for while that she was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25

duped into believing the mans story. So she went to 1076 Chapel street and found that no such man had been heard of there and to Mrs. Hotchkfss the man and woman have disappeared as completely as though the earth had swallowed them.
 She at once reported to detective headquarters and the affair is being investigated. She made a search at her home upon her arrival to see whether they had taken anything "by accident" Mrs. Hotchkiss has made up her mind that she will not be taken in again by 'tsuave talk from quacks." a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25

WANT ADS. CENT 4 woRD-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25

Good quality soft nainsook
 coat shirts. and knee draw gers. Tn make, materials and finish fully equal to
 the soc advertised 1E- lines. A garment 0G
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25

Narrow summer four-in- hands of fast color mer- cerized washable materials in white and fancy
 colors. Choice at OG
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25

Gilbert Transportation Company Of Mystic, has brought suit against fff-~ teen Connecticut stockholders Of tfs< company to compel payment on com-<s mon stock issues. The actions ar. re- turnable to the September term of ff1a< New Haven county. Superior court N Receiver Butterworth states that tFe< concern has debts of $z00,000 which can not be paid unless stockholders make good their holdings
 The defendants will fight the suifa~ and have retained former Conxrese-@ man Lewis B. Sperry of Hartferd
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25

of shot stopped him. Being brought back he was found not badly injured but was attended by a. doctor who sewed up the wound in his right hand and he was turned over to Deputy Sheriff Moves. The fellow, who is about 35, would not tell his name
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25
BURGLAR SHOT.
Enters Store in Lebanon-Nct Seri.
 ously Injured.

Lebanon, Aug. 25-At midnight a burglar entered the store of E. P. Fowler here and aroused the family when the alarm sounded A prompt response being made, the fellow was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25
HOTEL KAATERSKILL

In fhe C1tsk1H MOuntains-EIevation 5000 Feet-The Rejuvenation of
 This Famous Resort ids Tho flnx time thiss hotel has been leased. MT. Louis Frenkel, for IA years proprietor of the Hotel Albert. has leased this hotel, and has reno vated and put it in first class condi. tion. Climate and location unequaled in either Europe or America. Up to date Garage, Boating. Fishing, Golf, Tennis. =. Excellent .accommodation for Conventfons.----7ks rooms seating 1000 persona. symphony Or chestra. Special Attractions and In- ducements for the Younger Set.
 HARRISON s. DOWNS. Manager Booking Office, Berkeley Lyceum, 19
 West filth St.
 HOTEL KAATERSKILL
 KaaterskilI. F. o. N. Y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25

Mrs A. Wilson of F Clifton street, made a similar complaint to the police, too, was taken in by the woman and the great occulist.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-25
BUTTERwoRTH SUES.
Brings Actions Against Stockholders
 of Gilbert Company.

Hartford, Aug. 25-Frank $. Butter worth of New Haven, receiver of the
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
MANY ARE MILDLY INSANE
Never Make Trouble Unless Opposed and Seldom Meet With Anything
 but Consideration.

''There are more mildly. insane people at large in big city like New York than the average person imagines," said an official of a down. town safe deposit company to New York Sun man. "We have period ical visits from a richly dressed elder ly lady who has the hallucination that her son is shut up in our vaults. We go through the same procedure every time. We have one of our men show her over the building and into the big vault. We treat her with every courtesy and finally convince her that she's made a mistake. If we opposed her there might be trou- ble, but by following this course she leaves us much happier than when she came in happen to know that at certain bank a middle-aged man comes in at regular intervals and apologizes for having oyerdrawn his account His family is well known at this institution and in or der to satisfy him they sometimes have to accept deposit, which of course they return to his family. They cant reason with him and to prevent scers they let him do as he pleases. These unbalanced peo- pie never make any trouble unless they're opposed, and they seldom meet with anything but considera- tion."
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
CAPTURED A WILDCAT.

A notable reputation has been at- tained by Charles Hughes, a farmer near Durnwell, Neb., by his capture alive of a 40-pound wildcat, the largest ever seen in that district. Hughes dog followed the cat through the creek bottoms and chased it into a den and then re- fused to enter. Hughes crawled in after the cat, but when the animal showed fight he backed out. He wrapped his coat around his right hand and entered again. When the cat rushed at him this time Hughes iabbed his protected hand into the animals mouth and throat and held it there until the cat became lnsen- siblc- Then he drew the beast from the cave, tied it's feet. gagged it and carried it homa
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
DOUBLE ACTION PRESCRIPTION.

On wet and bitter night in win ter old Dr. B. was summoned from his snug home to attend farmer threatened with pneumonia, says Lippincott's Magazine. The farm CTS wife, a little woman resembling a scared bird, reported that the pa- tient called for hot punch, but that she awaited the doctors permission before giving it.
 Make it," said Dr. Baird. Make 1t as soon as you can, strong and hot, and let me see it."
 The little woman soon fluttered in.with the smoking punch. The doctor took it from her hands, ex- amined it, smelled it, then drank it off and smacked his lips in critical satisfaction.
 Exactly" he said "Give your husband one just like it, only half as much
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
EXTRAORDINARY AND OF HIGH CLASS THIS YEAR-ALL SKIN GAMES AND IMMODEST Ex-
 PETITIONS BARRED.
MANY GREAT ATTRACTIONS
 ARE NOW BEING ENGAGED
Something Will Be Doing All the Time. Sensational Fire-Works, Spectacular Shows Being Negotlat- cd. May Have Daily AeropIane Flights Carrying Passengers,

If the plans now under way by the management are fully completed, the apusement features of the Arkansas State Fair at Hot Springs, October 9-14. will surpass anything ever seen in the state. The management be- lieves in giving the people "a run for their money" and are not cutting ex- pense to do that The celebrated Wortham & Allen Shows have been engaged to occupy Electric grove. This Is an aggregation of sixteen high-class. clean shows, meritorious, sensational and educational in char acter. They also provide three thrill ing free exhibitions. They show this year at Minnesota, South Dakota Iowa and Illinois State Fairs, which ought to be a testimonial of their high class. The management have also secured as free acts before the grand stand, the famous Marco Twins and Borceni Troupe, two attractions of wide reputation both in America and Europe. They have also secured Ewings Zouave Boys Band. of 25 pieces. This band has played for many great gatherings, including some of the largest Chautauquas, and have played before crowned heads in Flu rope. In addition to their high-ciass music, they do fancy uniform drills and wall-scaling acts.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
HAS ANCIENT MUskET.

Perhaps the oldest gun in the United States is that owned by Alex. King of Richmond, Va. Nine ty-seven years ago this month Kings grandfather purchased flintlock musket, which at that time was the very latest model in small firearms, Today the piece Is in working order and can be fired as accurately as it could when purchased. The gun was made in 1914, the same year 1t was purchased by the elder king.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
GREENWICH TIME IN FRANCE.

The clocks of France are to be set back nine minutes and, according to the law of the land just adopted, in the future they are to count off the hours and the days, second for sec- ond, with the clocks marking Green- wich time in England. Paris lies to the east of the meridian minutes 2O.9 seconds, and she has al ys held independently to her astronomical difference. By law passed in 1891 the time of Paris was made the legal hour for all of France, although the town of Brest, far to the west, has a difference of ?, minutes.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
HOT WEATHER
 HURTS THE SKIN

Poisonous precipitation causes rash, hives, blotches, pimples and prickly heat, often the begin hing of serious skin troubles.
 To wash away the poison en- tirely, apply a simple solution known as D. D. D. Prescription for Eczema. D. D. D. is general " sold in $l00 bottles, but for 25 cents we can now give you enough to prove that the very first drops soothe and heal h e inflamed skin as nothing else can.
 We vouch for the wonderful properties of D. D. D., for we know that it brings instant re- lief for all kinds of skin trouble.
 Hesterly Drug Store, Pres. colt, Arkansas.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
THE STATE FAIR.

Will Afford an Opportunity to Arkan-
 sas People to Visit Their Great
 Health Resort, World Wonder, at
 Small Cost.
 That the worlds most wonderful health resort is located in Arkansas has made the state famous abroad more than anything else. It is one of the most marvellous creations of nature, and is visited by hundreds of thousand from all sections Of this country and foreign lands. Yet, com paratively few people of our own state have ever seen this God-endowed Beth esda, and know but little of'its match less beauty and mysterious boiling waters which impart healing to most Ills to which humanity is heir. The State Fair in October will give an opportunity to all citizens of the state to visit this wonderful place at small cost, and at the same time take in the biggest exposition show ever given in the state. All railroads will have one fare round trip in force extending a few days beyond the dates of the fair.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
SCOTCH sAeBATARIANIsM.

Looking out of the window used to be an indictable offense on the Sab bath. In 1709 the Kirk Session of Edinburgh, taking into considera- tion that the Lords Day is profaned by people standing in the streets, vaguing in the fields and gardens, as also by idly gazing out of the win dows, it is ordered that each session take its turn to watch the streets on Sabbath, and to visit each suspected house in each parish by elders and deacons with beadle and officers, and after sermon, when the day is long, to pass through the streets, and to re prove such as transgress and inform on such as do not refrain"
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
HIS DESTINY.

"I wish Willie had been born a girlw
 "Why"
 "Oh, he is such a cry baby. I wish l could do something to stop his sniveling at everything that comes up."
 "To stop it' Encourage it, you meanl Nature evidently intended that boy for a United States sena- tor."- ."-Houston Post.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
WOULD EMULATE rHE EMU.

"We must wage this battle until we get our oppressor, man, reduced to the happy condition of the emu family" said the suffragette orator to her women auditors.
 "When the lady emu decides that it is time to raise a family she sounds a call like blowing ipto the bunghole of barrel. MT. Emu comes and scrapes a hole in the ground and by and by there are dozen eggs there. The male sits on those eggs, matches 'em out after eight weeks and then takes care of the youngsters until the next hatch ing season, when they go to the mother. Now that is equal labor and equal responsibility and 1t is what we women are entitled to-"
 "Good Goodl" shouted the auditors. -NsX York Sun.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
AMUSING BULL"

pr. William H. Welch, president of the American Medical association, was defending the cause of vivisec- ton, and arguing that many thou sands of lives have been saved by the knowledge gathered from cutting up animals. Then he made an sIrish bull"
 -sT deny," he said, with emphasis, "that the animals suffer unspeakable agonies. ."-Popular Magazine.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
THIS WAS PERFECT HEROISM
] pr. Franz Mueller of Vienna, Victim of Bubonic Plague, Isolated Him. self and Died.

Heroism has been defined as "the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say, over fear-fear of suffering, of sickness, of isolation and of death. An instance of this dazzling and glorious concentration of courage is given in Mir. Frederick Rowland Marvin's recent book, ''The Excursions of Book Lover"
 Dr. Franz Mueller of Vienna, who fell a victim to the bubonic plague when that disease was first under meteorological investigation in that city in 1897, contracted the malady from bacilli in culture tubes. When he became certain that he was infect ed he immediately locked himself in an isolated room and posted a message on the window pane;
 "I am suffering from the plague. Please do not send a doctor to me, as in any event my end will come in four or five days"
 At once a number of his asosci- ates, all of them young physicians, with much to live for and with full knowledge of the chances to which they would expose themselves. stepped forward, and not only offered their services, but in some cases begged to be sent to Dr. Mueller. The patient refused to permit it and died alone within the time predicted.
 At the end he wrote farewell let ter to his parents and placed it against the window, so it could be copied from the outside, and then burned the original with his own hands, fearful that it might be pre- served and carry out the mysterious and deadly germ.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21

 MANY KINDS OF KNIVES.

An extraordinary thing about the cutlery trade is the variety of knives made. At the Suffolk works in Sheffield, for instance, they have 10000 different patterns on the books. They make sometimes 5000 patterns to order at one time. The same thing is true of the large cut lery works at Solingen, Germany. One firm has 5000 patterns for Ger many alone. New ones are con- stantly coming out. The Suffolk works have averaged ten new pat terms week for two years.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
r YOU HAVE A SICKLY
 YOUNCSTER TRY THIS FREE

The family with young children that is yithout sickness in the house now and hen is rare and so it is important that he head of the house should know what 9 do in the little emergencies that arise. X child with a serious ailment needs a loctor, 1t is true, but in the majority of suffers from some intestinal trouble, usually constipation.
 There is no sense in giving it pill or a remedy containing an opate, nor is flushing of the bowels to be always recom- mended. Rather give it a small dose of mild, gentle laxative tonic like Dr. Caldwelps Syrup Pepsin, which by clean ing out the bowels and strengthening the little stomach muscles, will immediately correct the trouble.
 This is not alone our opinion but that
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
NOTICE

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The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21

of Mrs. N. H. Mead of Freeport. Kans., whose granddaughter has been taking it successfully and of Mrs. J. R. Whiting of Lena. Wis, who gives it to her children and takes it herself. It is sold in fifty cent and one dollar bOttles at every drug store, but if you want to test it in your family before you buy it send your address to Dr. Caldwell and he will for ward supply free of charge.
 Dr. Caldwell does not feel that the purchase of his remedy ends his obli- gation. He has specialized in stomach. liver and bowel diseases for over forty years and will be pleased to give the reader any advice on the subject free of charge. All are welcome to write him. Whether for the medical advice or the free sample address him pr. w R. Caldwell. s02 Caldwell building. Monticello, Ill.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-21
Accordlra to Scripture.

Mother came with slow and silent step from the sick room and said tc little Robert. Your little baby brother Is very i'll, Robert, dear. and I am fiaid he will die"
 Well, mamma. If he does die he won't go to the baf place."
 "Why. Robert. what makes you say thatf"
 "Oh, I know! You see. he can't. mamma, cause he ain't got no teeth to gv~ gv~shl"-JudgA