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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE
 VERY MUCH IN DOUBT
Papke and Cyclone Johnny
 Thompson Both Claim it;
 But Thompson Has Call.
Neu York Glohe1

(NoW 4OrK GlODe.)
 Who is the middleweight champion of the world?
 Billy Papke says he is.
 Cyclone Johnny Thompson says he is
 Dan McKittrick, overlooking several wallopings Willie Lewis has had, thinks the latter is Or is about to be the title holder. There are others, too. A lot of en- but somehow New York CTS figure that Papke and Thompson have the best claim on the honor and on paper at least the latter seems to have the best of the claim to step into the shoes left vacant when Stanley Ketchell was put down and out by an assassin's bullet.
 { Thompson and Papke met in a twenty-round battle in Australia and Cyclone Johnny got decision by what the Australian papers called a comfortable margin. Papke says that the title was not involved in the fight because he and Thompson were not fighting at the middleweight limit a somewhat vague weight at best but Papke really did not have the title to fight for. He claims it, so did Thompson, among others, and he and Thompson met weighing about the same-in the neighborhood of 160 pounds Under the circumstances 1t is hard to see where Papke can still claim to be champion. If he is any better at lighter weight there is no reason to believe that Thompson is not better, and it would appear that of the two, the latter is really the bet ter man.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
VIEWPOINT

Mrs. John Brown, Misses Genevieve and Catherine Brown of Bridgeport were Sunday. guests of MT. and Mrs William Egan of Walnut Tree Hill.
 Miss Elizabeth Weldon entertained Miss Elizabeth Weldon of Brooklyqn, N. Y, and Thomas Hands of Steven son over Sunday. a Miss B. Frances Honan is enjoying a weeks visit with friends in New Haven and New York
 MT and Mrs. Oscar Dikeman, MT. and Mrs. Clifford Stoddard and son of New Haven spent Sunday the guests of Misses Julia and Lillian Dikeman.
 Master Frederic Leiss is enjoying a week with Bridgeport friends.
 Miss Nora Crowe is enjoying a weeks vacation at Walnut Beach.
 Miss Elizabeth Noble and Alfred Noble of New Milford spent Sunday HaWley of Hawleyville
 MT. and Mrs. John Sheehan are en- tertaining Mrs. Charles Miller and Son Charles of Bridgeport.
 Mrs. Thomas Wright passed yester- day in Danbury.
 The game between the St. Joseph's 8 second team of Bridgeport and the Walnut Tree Hill team, played at Hillside park Sunday afternoon, re- suited in favor of w. T. H., the score being 14-8.
 Eleanor Cavanaugh spent Saturday in the Park City.
 The Boy Scouts leave Monday, July 31, for Lake Quassapaug, Middlebury, where they will camp for two weeks.
 Mrs. George Stuart and Mrs. John Carlson enjoyed a drive to Danbury to-day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25

pied birds which had flown into the light out of darkness. To-day neither the telegraph nor the lighthouse is slaughtering birds. They have learned the ways of man too well. Which lends interest to story from a Ger man paper in telling how bears in German forests have learned to avoid the telegraph wires and poles.
 As the writer explains, the installa- toin of telegraph poles and wires brought about the invariable hum ming which marks the pole as sound post. It was taken for granted that this buzzing sound attracted the bears, through the sense of hearing, to imagine that bees had stored crops of honey at the top of the poles. They began research work along the mast careful German lines, putting miles of wires out of commission in the early years of the telegraphic invasion. Cross arms of poles were broken and wires snapped everywhere.
 Gradually, however, the bear in the German forests grew to understand the telegraph pole was a honeyed joke. To-day not even a baby bear, following it's forebears on the hunt, even sniffs at a telegraph pole.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
EASTON

The regular services were held as
 usual at the Baptist church on Sun day.
 Miss Martha Andrews has returned
 to her home after spending a few days
 as guest of her friend, Miss Mary
 Ferris, of the Center. Mr. and Mrs Harry Edwards of Stratfield, MT. and Mrs. Clarence An
 drews of Rock House, were Sunday evening guests of Miss Minnie O. Sher- wood.
 Miss Susan Edwards has returned home, having recently visited her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wade, of Greenfield
 The Sport Hill baseball team played a team from Bridgeport on Saturday
 afternoon, on the Hill diamond, the score resulting 6-1 in favor of the Sport Hill team
 Benjamin Parker of Bedding was a
 guest of friends in town on Sunday. Miss Hazel Sherwood having spent Sunday as guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. Arthur Sherwood, has re- turned to her school duties in Dam bury
 The Grange picnic will be held at
 Savin Rock on Thursday, instead of going to Steeplechase Island The regular meeting of Easton Grange will be held as usual on TuesI day evening. Miss Annie Logan has charge the program. Frank Edwards was entertained in
 Greenfield on Sunday afternoon. The regular services were held as ! usual at the Methodist church on Sum- day. Next Sunday the Sunday school will decide when and where to have
 their annual picnic. |, MT. and Mrs. Tamminy of Sport Hill are entertaining friends from out
 of town, at their home for a few days.
 Mrs. Harry Edwards has returned to her home in Stratfield, having spent few days as guest of her friend,
 Miss Minnie O.. Sherwood
 Mr. and Mrs. Homer Logan enter tained their daughter, Miss Edith Lo-
 gan. at their home over Sunday. MT. and Mrs. Harry Escott of Sport Hill, were given a very pleasant sur- price at their home on Thursday even- ing, by large number of friends. A very pleasing musical program was given as follows: Piano trio Mrs Will liam Loper, Mrs. Ebert Nichols and
 Miss Edith Sherwood; vocal solo, Rob- ert Marsh; piano duet, Miss Mary Rev. Gilbert Campbell, violin, Clifford
 Gillette, accompanied by Miss Mary Gillette at the piano. Nessrs. James Douglas and Henry Douglas of Thomaston, were guests. of friends on Sport Hill, on Saturdayo MT. and Mrs. Arthur Sherwood en- joyed an auto ride to Danbury on Sunday evening. Mrs Whipple, the former pastors of Mrs Winnie Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Bradley of Bedding, were recent guests of friends in town
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
THINGS ANIMALS LEARN Telegraph Wires No Longer Fool
 Bears or Kill Birds
(From the Chicago Tribune.)

(FrOm the Chicago Ir1Dune.)
 One of the most interesting of phe- nomena among birds and animals in wild state is the manner in which they adjust themselves and succeed ing generations of their kind to the dangers which civilization always inn poses.
 Men who remember the installation of the telegraph lines in various parts of the United states recall how a string of two to five or six wires be- tween telegraph posts caused the death of thousands of rapid flying birds which sought that general level of flight. How many thousands-per- haps millions-of prairie chickens were slaughtered in the middle West in the early days of the railroad and telegraph lines is impossible to guess. But many an individual standing near a line of telegraph wires in the late autumn, when the prairie chickens were massing in focks of 200 Or more and flying to new feeding grounds. has picked up half a dozen or more mangled and dead birds which had collided with the deadly wires.
 Once upon time after the estab- lishment of a new lighthouse on a coast where ducks, geese, and brants focked in migrations it was a com- mon thing for the gallery Of the light to be half filled with dead and crip-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
WOULD TAG THE
 LOBBY

New Haven, July 25.-Representa- tive Frank Kenna came out strongly in favor of Senator Stiles Judsons bill calling for the registration of lob byists at the legislature in an inter view with The Union to-day, and in opposition to the proposal which has been made of amending 1t so as to make it necessary for mem bers of the legislature themselves to register if they represent any interests at the general assembly. Mr. McKenna's op- position to the proposed amendm ent of the bill is not on the ground that it would not be we'll to know if any legislators are representing interests, but because the state statutes at pres- ent forbid any member of the legisla- ture to represent any person or per- sons before the body and that cOnse- quently if any members were paid lob byists they would be violating the law. MT, Kenna said that he thought whatever opposition there was to the lobbying bill was due solely to the newness of the idea.
 'I believe firmly in the idea that the real above-board lobbyists should be known by the members of the Leg islature and it seems to me that this registration idea is the one method by which this can be accomplished It will not only be a help to the mem bers of the Legislature but to the lob- byists themselves, who will be given a definite standing at the Capitol. I hope the Senate passes the bill and if they do I feel confident of it going through in the House.
 MT. Kenna said that he didn't think the bill if passed will drive other than registered lobbyists off the floor as he didn't believe that was possible
 'To a certain extent every man can be considered as representing some in- terest in the matters before the Leg islature and if it comes to that any one can go up and register as repre- senting the interests of John Jones or Tom Smith as the case may be-" he said
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25

had soreness in each side, could not stand tight clothing, and was irregular ] was completely run down. On ad- vice took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound and Liver Pills and am enjoying good health. It is now more than two years and I have not had an ache or pain since do all my own work, washing and everything, and never have the backache any more think your medicine is grand and I praise it to all my neighbors. If you think my testimony will help others you may publish it."-Mrs. OLLIE WOoDALL, Morton's Gap, Kentucky.
 Backache is a symptom of organic weakness or derangement. If you have backache don't neglect it. To get permanent relief you must reach the root of the trouble. Nothing we know of will do this so surely as Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound.
 Write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, for special advice. Your letter will be absolutely confidential, and the advice free.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25

young and growing may fatally in- Jure it for fine pitching when 1t has it's growth. While not one lad in a hundred who read this expects to be a professional baseball player, there may be aIso not one in a hundred who does not expect to play basebaf1 at intervals for some time to come. Moreover, straining an arm may keep you from pitching now as well ss 1sf- CT; hence, don't try to initiate every wide curve or Jerky "drop bal1' you see, if after a trial you find it leaves your arm aching and gore. And shove all things, don't worship at the shrine of that finger magic which makes a ball do strange tricks in the air at the expense of control. Any big league pitcher will tell you that 10 matter what curves, jumping balls and deceptive deliveries you may have, your prowess goes for uaugf7x if you lack that one thing-controL If you can put 1t where you want it, and have not even a suspicion If a curve, you can pitch better game and hold down the opposing bats men more effectively than can the finest curve and jump ball pitcher ey- CT born who cannot make his curves break over the plate. and whose jump ball always misses the corneTs.- From c. H. Claudy's The Battle of Baseball in August St. Nicholas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
Creation Of a kniaht.

The ceremonies at the creation of a knight have been various. The prin- cipal were box on the ear and a stroke with sword on the shoulder. John of Salisbury tells us the blow with the naked list was in use among the ancient Normans. By this it was that William the Conqueror conferred Athe honor of knighthood on his son Henry. It was afterward changed into a blow with the flat of the sword on the shoulder of the knight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
Hard to Find Thinqs.

He-Where are my collars. dear?
 She-I don't really know. F
 Well, yesterday I couldn't find my shirts; this morning my ties were miss ing; now 1 can't find my collars. The only place I know worse than my bu- reau is my card index system.'- Yonkers Statesman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
Had to Ta,'k . Lot.

Mrs. Nay bor-Iou seem ra tller foarsf this morning. dear. Mrs. Lushman Well, my husband came home rathe late last night Boston Transcript
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
Well, Rather.

"I think it is disgraceful to be enor- mously rich"
 "Oh. so do I. I was brought up to think that way. But say''-
 ''Well?"
 Don't you wish once in awhile that you weren't so blamed respectable?'- Toledo Blade.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
Makinos of an Artist.

He who works with his hands only is mechanic; he who works with hand and head is an artisan. and he who works with hands. head and heart is an artist.-Ruskin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
Only Wanted a Chance.

Mother - Perhaps the young man needs little encoura cement. Daugh ter-Yes, mamma: 1 wish you would keep out of sight more while he is here
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
WARNING FOR BOYS.

The acquired curves-those which do not come naturally-may be ret alone by boys, for this reason: A boys arm is a growing arm. Both bones and muscles are not what they will be in manhood. Pitching
 ball which strains the arm when it is
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
Cautious.

Cautious. Dr. Bill (meeting former patient,- An, good morning. Mr. Jones! How are you feeling this morning? Mir. Jones-Doctor, does it cost anything if I tell you?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
We'll Answered.

An American woman who had been told by Britisher that America was deficient in antiquities and curiosities remarked: The antiquities will come As for our curiosities we import them.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25

my health was very load and I had a continual backache
 which was simply awful. l could not stand on my feet long enough to cook
 a meals vi c tua a Is without my back
 nearly killing me,
 and I would have
 such dragging sen-
 s a ti0nS 1 could hardly bear it. I
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25

The independence and, liberty you possess are the work of common dan gers. sufferingS and uecesses.-Wash- ington
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25

Belle-"Two men have proposed to me and I don't know which to ac- cept''. Nel1e-"Which one has the most money?" Be1le-"Say. if I knew that do you think I'd be asking for advice ?"-Cleveland Leader.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25

Little things are little things, but to do little things faithfully is great thing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
A Work of Genius.

An ideally brief and delightful ad- vertisement comes from a London shop window It runs: Our trousers 5 shillings leg. All seats free.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
And That Came Near Beino Rioht.

And That Came Near Being Right. "Johnny, correct this sentence on the board: He drunked number of toastS.'"
 Johnny went to the board and wrote, "A number of tOasts drunked him. Houston Post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25

It is the cause and not the deatf that makes the nlartyr-NapoleOn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25

Know that impossible" has no place in the brave mans dictionary.-Car- lyla-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
THAT
 AWFUL BACKACHE
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

Morton's Gap, Kentucky.-"I suf- fered two years with female disorders,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
FAIRFIELD

The Farmer unintentionally last evening stated that Rev. Father Cole man, former pastor of St. Thomas church at Fairfield, had died. This was an error. Father Coleman is re- siding with his sister in Brooklyn. His heath is poor which was his reason for giving up active pastoral work.
 THOMAS NOON, bcttler of fine beers
 and liquors. Free delivery at Fair
 field Beach Mondays and Fridays. .Ruppert's S. >Knickerbocker Beer $1. 25
 per case delivered. Telephone 109-
 II. D 22* If.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
STAMFORD FAIRFIELD SOUTHPORT
Daily Chroncgs of the Dongs of Our Country Cousins by The
 Farmers Special Correspondent

urday, bringing souvenirs and no end
 of "reminiscences.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-25
THE LAW AS TO BLASTING.

If your dealers don't know wher, to buy the Nugget call up 3552-2. a
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-06-26
MT CARSON
MONUMENT
Statue of Famous Scout Unveiled Al
Denver This Morning

DENVER, June 24.-With the pomp
and ceremony beftting the occasion,
the Pioneers monument, erected at
the intersection of Colfax and Broad
way, in memory of the hardy sons
who blazed the pathways of civiliza-
ton in the west, was unveiled at 10
o'clock this morning.
Leona Wood, aged 16, a grand
daughter of the famous Kit Carson,
who was here . quarter of century
before the pioneer of today, released
the drapery from about the statue of
her ilustrious relative and hundreds
eazed for the first time on the he
roic figure Of the scout and trapper
one of the masterpieces of the re-
nowned MacMonies, the admitted lead
er of the sculptors of the world.
Previous to the unveiling a proper
parade through the downtown streets
led by a platoon of police followed by
officers of the chamber of commerce
the real estate exchange, veterans oi
the civil war, Colorado pioneers ant
pioneer ladies in autos and veterans
The pioneers and their ladies had al
their escorts the Sons of Colorado WHIT
marched along by the side of thel
carriages.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-06-26
SUICIDE OF
NOTED MAN
Capt. David H. Jarvis. Noted Seaman,
Suicides In Seattle

SEATTLE, Wash, June 24.--Capt
David ii. Jarvis, formerly of the rev
enue cutter service, and who won fam,
and gold medal from congress fol
the heroic rescue of arctic whalers
and who for many years was the ac-
tive head of the Morgan-G Guggenhein
enterprises in Alaska, shot and killed
himself yesterday in a room in tho
Seattle Athletic club.
On an envelope found on the desk
ut which he had been reading he had
written in trembling hand: "Tired
and worn out"
Before he shot himself he had been
reading book of Kipling's short sto-
ries and had laid down the book at
point about half way through the
story called, "City of Dreadful Night"
Captain Jarvis at the time of his
death was vice president and active
head of the northwestern branch of
the Booth Fisheries company. He was
a trusted lieutenant of j. p. Morgan
and the Guggenheims and a friend
of Theodore Roosevelt, and one of the
mostly widely known men in the Unit
ed States. He was 40 years of age.
The Captain Jarvis relief expedition,
in 1897, saved the lives of 275 whalers.
With Jarvis on this expedition were
Lieutenant Ellsworth Bertholff, now
commander of the revenue marine
service, and DR.. Call, surgeon of the
revenue cutter, the Bear. They 10
ceived the thanks of President Nc
kinley in special message to con-
gres. When 10000 men flocked to
Nome during the gold stampede in
1900 the small pox broke out. Jarvis
by his authority as commander Of the
revenue cutter took charge of the sit
uation, ruled with an iron hand, and
stamped out the disease.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-06-26
WOMAN GERMAN TEACHER
WILL EXPLORE ICELAND

BOULDER, June 24.-Miss Grace
Fleming van Sweringen, head of the
German department, University OF
Colorado, will leave England in a few
days for summer trip into Iceland,
having left Boulder commencement
week.
1t is the intention of Miss van Swer-
ingen to make a thorough study of
the manners, customs, literature, and
mythology of the Icelandic people and
give the result in a series of lectures
before the student body next term.
Miss van Sweringen is a graduate Of
Cornell, having received her bachelor
Of science degree while there. She
also attended the University of Ber-
lin, where she obtained the degree of
PHI. d.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-06-26
NEW TEAM TO PLAY
FIRST GAME OF SEASON

The newly organized Red Men base
bali team will nave it's first tryout to-
morrow afternoon when they clash
with the Moose.
Much interest is manifested in this
contest by local fans as they wish to
get line on the Sitting Bulls who
are to be headliners here during the
Fourth celebration.
No regular lineup was to be OBJ
tanned as the men will be tried out
in various position so that they may
be placed where they are best suited
to play.
The game tomorrow will undoubted-
" prove to be very interesting. The
Moose have been meeting all comers
and always give the public run for
its coin.
In the list of players Sitting Bull
numbers the following: Carbis, Hub
bard, X. Anheier, Timothy, Stanley,
Adrianson, Buchanan, c. Anheier, Nc
Lean and A. Young. Their ability as
diamond performers is well known to
fans and about the only comment we
can make at this time is, judging by
their past performance this aggrega-
tion looks to he about the strongest
team that can be gotten together in
the city. One thing is certain, the
Sitting Bulls will give good account
Of themselves on the diamond.
A close tab has been kept on the
War Eagles, the team that is to play
here the Fourth, and they have been
playing very classy ball, meeting and
defeating many Of the semi-profes-
sional teams Of Denver, their home
city.
We don't like to forecast the win
ner of the Fourth series, as person
may go along end pick winner after
winner, but as soon as he makes one
mistake the public, and fans, especial
ly, "pan" him numerically, it is not
the "panning" that prevents such a
forecast but we would rather the bali
playing public make their own selec-
ton, but we will say that the War
Eagles will 20 against the strongest
team of their career, this season, when
they tangle with old Sitting Bulls
warriors on the the Fourth and fifth.
Admission TO the game tomorrow
afternoon will be only 25 cents. At
tend and show your appreciation to
the ball teams for the amusement and
sport they provide.