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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
FOLLETT LECTURES.

Sportsmen and non-sportsmen alike
will be interested in the lecture on
Forest, Bird and Marine Life in Ac-
ton, which will be given by Richard
E. Follett, the well known naturalist
and sportsman, at the Park Theatre
on Wednesday afternoon, April 10. at
3:45. Mr.. Follett is thoroughly con-
versant with his subjects and has
many entertaining things to say re-
garding fishing and hunting, and his
talk is illustrated with motion pictures
which are unique and wonderful In
the evening at SIS, Arctic Life in
Action will be the title Of the lecture
delivered by Mr.. F'ollett. This lee
ture will be profusely illustrated with
the celebrated Arctic pictures taken
by Paul Rainey, the noted hunter and
sportsman, on his recent hunting ex-
petition to- the Polar regions. These
pictures are the only ones Of their
kind in existence and illustrate with
remarkable fidelity the life of the
Eskimo, polar bear, walrus and musk
oxen in action. They also show the
capturing alive Of the enormous beasts
of the north country with lasso and
camera,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
HandIino a Handbook.


There is no better place than fish
market to pick up queer supersti-
tions,'' said a restaurant proprietor.
'sThe other day held up fine speci-
men of haddock. The dealer, who was
an Italian, nearly choked on the bunch
Of Neapolitan expletives that rushed
into his throat.
".Nevaire, no, nevaire take up had
dock so,' he said.
"'How?' | asked.
"sBy the head, so your fingers touch
those dark spots on each side of the
head he said. The curse fall on you
if you do
"sWhose CURSE? said I.
st. Petaire's,' said he. st. Pc
taire gave the paddock those dark
spots. They are his finger prints. He
catch paddock just so in the sea OF
Galilee, and every paddock born since
then has shown those same marks
Let CO.
"And did let go. OF course did
not believe it, but when I found that
half the fish dealers in that market
did believe I deemed it prudent to
handle paddock by the body or tail. =
New York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
A Maniae's Poem.

Probably the mass Of prison poetry
which has been written on stools and
bedposts and scratched on prison walls
far exceeds that which has found ex-
preston on paper, and many q "mute,
inglorious Milton has begun and fin
ished his poetical career with these
'1ost to sight productions. There is
In existence short poem, said to have
been scratched by maniac on the
wall of his cell. which runs thus:
Could I with ink the ocean i'll,
We're all the world of parchment made.
Were every reed on earth Qudl
And every man scribe by trade,
To write the love Of God alone
Would drain that ocean dry:
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky.
The authenticity Of this being the
work Of maniac has often been ques-
toned because Of the beauty Of it's ex-
preston and it's sound reason, but the
story stands.-London Saturday Re-
view.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

would be on-one of u.s." she whis-
pered family.
ooh they are loves" said Vernon
longingly. do you think I might
take them up and look at them?" at
a sign of assent, she lifted the pillow
and it's burden. with a competence
which prevented any anxiety on the
part Of the new-made mother, and
sat down to gloat upon the wonder,
to fish out a tiny hand, examine the
nails, stroke the wrinkled cheeks,
hold their downy softness against her
own, coo over them and cherish them
as if she had known the nurture IF
children all her life. She found the
girl watching her curiously.
Got any-of yer own?" she asked
feebly.
"Oh no." laughed Vernon, 81 am
not married.
The awful eyes turned upon her,
profound pools of misery.
mo more amt t. said the girl,
under her breath.
Go Be Continuedl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
bird Stories.

"A German scientific journal publish
ed in 1897 a story to the effect that
a golden eagle shot in that year ut Els
zeg, Slavonia, was found to have
ring about its neck engraved on which
were the arms of a Slavonisn family
and the date 1846.
In 1898 the Gentleman's Magazine
told about hawk, captured when fly
ing in the vicinity Of the Cape OF Good
Hope and taken by an Indian ship to
England, which wore gold collar In
scribed:
'This goodlie hawk doth belong to
his Most Excellent Majesty James.
King of England, A. D. 1870"
If this bird really escaped from
England in the reign Of James, 1S3
wears elapsed between its escape ana
it's recapture, and it had flown dis
lance of $500 miles away from Its
former owner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

If you had highly intelligent thor
oughbred horse to which you were
greatly attached, what would you do
Tor him in order to bring him to the
highest point of efficiency?
Would you teach him, at great incon>
venience and after many repetitions,
to smoke from ten to fifteen cigars d
day, and would you mix with his oats
all the way from pint to quart Of
alcohol? Would you REINFORCE this by
overlooking his stomach with highly
spiced food and add all the narcotics
that were fl the market, such as tea,
coffee, etc.? Would you keep him III
heated stable without any fresh air,
make him sit up at all hours of the
night and permit all the veterinarians
in the neighborhood to hold consulta-
tons and operate upon him as often
as they needed the noney?
And if you did all thi- what sort of
a race would you expect that horse to
win life
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
(To Be Continued.)
Slaves OF the Russian Passport.


A peasant leaves his home to seek
Tor work as field laborer wherever
he can find work to do, and, like every
Russian, male and female, he takes
his passport with him, which is quite
as much part Of him as his soul is.
1t is always a half yearly passport,
which he must renew at the end OF
six months, sending it home in a reg
tstered letter to an Official at his ma.
tive place and inclosing the legal fee
and something over for the trouble.
The time Of renewal draws near; the
workman gets demand for a new
passport. Through official neglect or
other reason the passport fails to come
In time. The honest workingman,
who is earning his bread in the sweat
of his brow and by the practice per-
haps Of exceptional sobriety is trying
to earn pittance for his family, is
arrested suddenly and sent home
that is, is flung into a forwarding
prison, whence he energies to join a
convict party, which contain the cream
Of criminality. and is made to suffer
torments before he gets home. When
he arrives he gets his passport and is
a free agent-once more a loyal SUBJ
ject.-E. B. Lanin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
ABOUT TINE.

Mary"
Fathers voice rolled down the
stairs and into the dim and silent par
ior-
Yes, papa dear"
"Ask that young man if he has the
time
A moment of silence.
Yes. George has his watch with
him."
Then ask him what is the time"
HE says it is 11:48, papa"
Then ask him If he doesn't think
it about bedtime"
Another moment of silence.
He says, papa" the silvery voice
announced, impersonally, ''he says
but it seems to him that it is a mat
ter Of personal preference merely, and
that If he were in your place he
would go now If he felt sleepy!"-
Harper's Bazaar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. and Mrs Joseph A. Serre and
daughter, Alice, of Danbury, will leave
this week for an extended European
tour. They expect to spend several
months in France and in Italy and
to visit other countries before return
ing to Danbury. Mr.. Serre is one of
the leading merchants of Danbury.
He is well known in this city where
several of his children reside, Joseph,
of the Frank Miller Lumber Co.; Louis
H of the Crane Valve Co.; Frank, a
painter, and Mrs. James p Coles, wife
of the produce dealer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
CYNICISMS.

Experience is the acid-test of adj
vice
Many a man has written a best
seller before he thought.
Aristocracy is an acquired taste.
All children are democratic.
One can easily recognize an old
family by the decay of its branches.
In the eyes of a traction magnate,
the millennium is that bEssful state
where nickels can be collected for no
service whatsoever.
Until a man finds a wife he is
only. half says the Sanskirt; but it
doesn't follow that a man can become
the whole thing by getting married..
Iippincotts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
NINE. GADSKI.
Famous Singer Will Appear i'm New
Haven, April Fl.

Madame Gadski of the Metropolitan
opera house has been secured for a
concert in Woolsey hall, New Haven,
on the evening of Friday, April 2I.
The distinguished Wagnerian So
prano will sing a program of songs in
English and German and several
arias from Wagner's great music
dramas as well.
The M. Steinert & Sons Co. has con-
sented to sell seats in Bridgeport be-
cause of the large demand in this
city for seats
It has been many years since one
Of the foremost singers of Wagneria1
roles has been heard here in song re-
cital so that Nine. Gadskfs appear
ance in WOolsey hall is interesting
apart from the fact that a singer in
such distinguished achievements Is to
give an evening of song there. Nine.
Gadski is at the height of her career.
Her season in New York has been a
triumph both at the opera house and
in concert. That memorable series of
Gadski-Mahler concerts at Carnegie
hall this winter have been the most
talked of series of concerts of the
winter.
When the mana gers of the Philhar-
monte orchestra decided to give a
Wagnerian program with Nine. Cad
ski as soloist they had no idea that
they would have to give six or more
concerts with this combination before
the public could be accommodated
with seats. Kurt SCHNEIDER, conductor
of the Mcdowell club, will assist
Nine. Gadski and be at the piano.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
The Club.

An exclusive dining society in Lon
don is the one bearing the arrogant
title the Club, which since it's foun-
dation has been limited to thirty five
members. Johnson, Burke, Reynolds
and Goldsmith were among the orig
inal members. Garrick and Boswell
joined in 1773 and Gibbon and Fox
in 1774. OF the eighteen premiers In
the nineteenth century nine were
members Of the club, Fox, Liverpool.
Canning, Russell, Aberdeen, Gladstone
Salisbury, Lord Rosebery and Mr..
Balfour.-London Spectator.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
The Wise JUDGE.

The Complainant-You see. Judge. ]
was little too happy. as you might
say. when went home. and me wife
was ironin'. We had had word or
two in the mornin.' an so l steps up
prepared to make peace. said. Let's
forget tn quarrel; we were both
wrong" when what does she do but
shove the hot iron against me head.
The Judge-Trying to smooth it over.
of course. You can't blame her for
that. Go home. both of you.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
PEGGY OF The POST
WITH BROOKLYN TIMES
Former Editor of Woman's Page
of Local Paper on Staff of
Brooklyn Daily

and Mrs. r. Lohr, of 80 Adams street,
formerly editor of the womans page
of the Bridgeport Post has become
associated with the Brooklyn Times in
a similar capacity. Miss Lohr's
bright and breezy writings under the
nom de plume of Peggy attracted
much attention to the woman's page
of the Post. The same pseudonym
is used in connection with her work
for the Brooklyn paper, the women's
department of which is eagerly scan-
ned in many thousands of home daily
for Peggy's pertinent paragraphs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
POINTS OF INTEREST
If You Want

IL you want
the newest in millinery at a moderate
price, buy it at E. Fl. Dillon & Co.'S.
HOS Main street.
A Final Cleaning Up.
By May LIST we will be located in our
new quarters at 347 Fairfield avenue.
All our stock which includes sardines,
caviar, anchovis,- picked
means, sauces, vinegars, catsups also
the standard brands of liquors and ci-
gars will be disposed of at a sacrifice.
We have fully one thousand cases OF
Moerlein's beer which is always sold
at a standard price, but which we are
going to sell at a big discount SO that
we will not have to move 1t into our
new store. The fixtures, Including
cash register, ice box, tables. chairs.
linen, range, shelving, counters, are
also for sale. See our ad on another
page. Gustav Broch & Son 870 Main
street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
POOR BROWN.

Sorry, Brown said the doctor,
after the examination. You're in a
very serious condition. I'm afraid III
have to operate on you
''Operate," gaSped Brown. why, i
haven't the money for operations. I'm
only a poor working man"
You're insured, are you not!"
Yes. but 1 don't get that until
after I'm dead
''Oh, that'll be all right" said the
doctor Observation-Disclosures
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
ONE CONDUCTOR
HELPED BACK TO WORK

Mr.. MILFORD Adams is his name,
and he writes: 81 was confined to my
bed with chronic rheumatism and
used two bottles of Foleys Kidney
Remedy with good effect The third
bottle put me on my feet and I re-
sumed work as conductor on the
LeXir gton, KY, Street Railway. 1t
will do all you claim in cases of
rheumatism" 1t clears the blood of
uric acid. F. B. Brill and Curtis
Pharmacy. *135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
ALGONQUIN LADIES, NIGHT.

This evening will be Ladies night"
at the Algonquin club, and a large
attendance is expected Vocal music
by the Southern Trio, three very &C
complished singers, will be the con-
cert feature of the evening, and after
ward the Wheeler & Wilson orchestra
will furnish music for dancing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
NO TIME FOR Ninth.

Tommy came out of a room in
which his father was lacking down
carpet He was crying Justify.
why. Tommy, what's the matter ?"
asked his mother.
.'P-p-p-papa hit his finger with the
hammer" Sobbed Tommy.
We'll, you needn't cry at a thing
like that, comforted the mother.
why didn't you laugh?"
Il did" sobbed Tommy disconso-
LAT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
A POSITIVE PROOF.

Uncle WILL said little Emily
earnestly, isn't it funny that every
body calls Brother a bouncing baby?"
What is there funny about it,"
asked Uncle Will, who was patiently
playing nurse while the lchildren's
mother prepared tea
Because I've tried him. I dropped
him real hard on the porch this
morning and he didn't bounce bit
he inst hOllered"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
1 RELIABLE MEDICINE
NOT A NARCOTIC.

Mrs F. Marti, st. Joe, Mich, says:
Our little boy contracted severe
bronchial trouble and as the doctor
medicine did not cure him, I gave
him Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound in which I have great faith. 1t
cured the cough as we'll as the chok-
ing and gagging spells, and he got
well in q short time. Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound has many times
saved us much trouble and we are
never without ii in the house." +. B.
Brill and Curtis Pharmacy s135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

A clergyman, who was not averse
TO an occasional glass, hired an Irish
man 10 clean out his cellar. The
Irishman began his work. He brought
forth a lot of whiskey bottles, and as
he lifted one, looked through it at
the sun. The preacher, who was
walking on the lawn. saw him and
said: They are all dead ones, Pat -
They are," said Pat. We'll, there
is one good thing. about it: they all
had the minister with them when
they were dying"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

Mistress-I don't want you to have
so much company. You have more
callers in a day than I have in a
week!
Domestic-Well, mum, perhaps if
you'd try to be little more agree
able you'd have as many friends as
have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
A THOUGHT GEM.

The noblest duty of mankind is to
disseminate the CHEEKY side of life;
TO lead humanity around the marshes
10 the hilltops and point out the sub
lime realities of true contentment--
the joy of living.
DEAN TALMAGE.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
A Complex ACCOMPLISHMENT.

A Complex Accomplishment.
II understand you speak French like
q native"
"No." replied the student. 1--WE go,
the grammar and the accent down
pretty fine. but it's hard to learn the
gestures. "-Washington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

Doctor-Now, don't worry, what
ever you do; a man with heart dis
ease can't afford to worry. Avoid all
company of any kind, drink nothing
whatsoever, and on no account touch
meat and vegetables. By the by, I
won't be able to call till Wednesday,
as I have to attend the funerals of
three patients.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
Castles In the Air.

II you have built castles in the air
your work need not be lost. That u
where they should be. Now put foun-
dations under them.-Thoreau.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

Nell-I tell you she is onto the lat
est wrinkle.
Belle-She ought to be. She's a
complexion specialist.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
Inclusive.

willie-Papa, what are trial mar.
riages? Mr.. Hennypeck with gurpris-
ing spirit)-All of 'ern, my son; all OF
'emLPuck.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

Chambers think man should
never miss an opportunity of improv-
ing his mind. ] don't wish to boast,
but 1 can truthfuily say that L began
to improve my mind as young man,
and have gone on doing 50 ever since.
Chubbs (reflectively)-G Scott.
What a state your mind must have
been in when YOU started on it!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

Good results always follow the use
OF Foley Kidney Pills. They give
prompt relief in all cases of kidney
and bladder disorders. Try them. F.B.
Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. ~135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

Barber (after the shave Hair
dyed. sir?"
Customer (baldheaded)-"Ye it
died about ten years ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

Mrs. My daughter is a promis-
ing musician.
Mr.. C.-Well, get her to promise
that she won't sing any more.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
UNIvERsALIsT WoMEN's CLUB.

The Women's club of the Univer-
salist church will hold an Expert
ence' meeting tomorrow in the
church parlors. Mrs. George A. jack
man, president of the club will be
the hostess.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

Teacher-How many make a mil
lion. Johnny?
Johnny-Not many.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
WOMEN OF BRIDGEPORT
AUTHORS CLUB MEETING.

The Authors Club of Bridgeport will
meet next Friday afternoon for the
annual election of officers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17

Family Laundry Work Solicited. Pos
itively no Chemicals Used
LOWEST PRICES PREVAILING
As. HARRIET STREET
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-04-17
GU T OF T HE
NIGH T
Mrs. Baillie Reynolds

Author of
'eBrOken Off," ''The Supreme Test,
"a Phantom Wife," Etc.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-02-15
LUCKY HORSESHOE NAIL
-OWNER'S EXPERIENCE

Only a few days ago a Hartford
man who owns a factory for
making horseshoe nails called on 2
jeweler with a nail having his owr
factory mark on it and wanted II
shaped into a ring and wanted II
doubly gilded. Although it bore bic
own factory mark, it came fromMex-
leo, where he had bought a large
tract of land. Riding on burrc
over his broad acres one evening, be
CHANGED to see something glisten in
the road and dismounted, thinking
II might be a discovery of mineral OF
value. Instead he picked up p
horseshoe nail,and as he examined it
he noticed the brand of his own fac
tory in Hartford. Just then bullets
began to sing over his head, and his
burro, pierced by fifteen of them, fell
dead. All around him Mexican ban
dts rose from their ambush and
made him prisoner. They looked
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-02-15
THAT OLD HOT BRICK
FOND REMENBRANCES

When go home at night and find
my room is freezing cold, I always
think of comforts that l had in days
of old. One thing l call to mind
just now, I knew in time now dead,
is that hot brick that mother put, in
fannels, in my bed. Each night
she'd go and get the brick just when
the clock struck s. Twas heated in
the oven, on the stove or in the
CRATE. I'd jump in bed and cover
up and put my feet on it, and with
a certain shiv'ring boy it always
made a hit. l haven't had a heated
brick for 80 years, guess. I'm sor-
ry that | haven't, too, because I must
confess I've seen cold nights-yes,
lots of them-when one hot brick
in bed, would sure have been a COM
fort and blessing-on the dead
New York Telegram.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-02-15
CONVENTION AGAINST
PARCELS POST LAW
To Assemble in NashviIIe-Mer.
chants From Everywhere
Are Going to Attend.

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 1.-THE
retail merchant, particularly of the
Southern country, has for some
years past recognized the fact that
the catalogue mail order house in
the large city is a positive injury
both to the merchant and the con-
sumer. The situation is succinctly
stated in a letter received recently
at the headquarters of the Parcels
Post Convention or, more accurately
speaking, anti-parcels post conven-
ton, to be held in Nashville, Feb.
rs, March l. 2, and 3. A merchant
in aprosperous Alabama town saws:
"Our people send their monev to the
cat houses anywhere from ten to a
hundred days in advance, and make
us wait anywhere about the same
length of time for our money. thus
making it doubly hard on us"
There is now pending before Con-
gress a bill providing for the trans
portation of merchandise through
the mails. II is a measure favorable
to the catalogue houses in the large
cities and detrimental alike to the
retailer and the wholesaler who
transact business after recognized
and established methods. Southern
merchants are almost a unit in the
belief that a parcels post law would
Immediately make the mail-order
business many times over more in
furious to legitimate trade than it
has been up TO this time. In order
to protect their own interests. they
have prepared for the holding of a
great convention in Nashville to
crystalize sentiment against the bill
and have it presented in concrete
form before Congress.
The movement is in the hands of
an executive committee of repre-
sentative retail merchants. with RI.
Burch, of Nashville. as Chairman.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-02-15

Grant Circuit Court in the case of
f. NJ. Cook against the common
wealth, the Court of Appeals holds,
in opinion written by Chief Justice
Hobson. that tenant should not
be indicted under the Kentucky
statutes for selling pooled tobacco
If the landlord, without his knowl-
edge or consent, sells the pooled to-
bacco in which he has an interest.
AS a tenant on the farm of ]. w.
Martin, Cook owned one-half inter-
est in a crop of tobacco sold for
$500, on which Martin had loaned
Cook 5000. Only Cooks part of the
tobacco had been pooled. During
Cooks absence from the farm, Mar
tin sold the tobacco and Cook was
indicted on the charge of selling
pooled tobacco and fined $3.50. The
court says Cook should have been
given peremptory instructions, and
that while the rule is that sub
sequent ratification relates back to
the beginning and makes the transac-
ton as If the proper authority had
been originally given, the principle
cannot be applied in criminal cases,
for this would be to punish Cook not
for disposing of his crop, but for not
of what Martin had
done without knowledge or con-
sent"