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The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-12-05

The Ladies' Guild of the st.
Johns Episcopal Church viii Gi, e
a Bazaar December 18th, at tEe
Feore Building, Corner PascagouIa
St. and Jackson Ave. All Cordial
!y Invited.
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-12-05

Actor-T can bring tears to the eses
Of the audience. theatrical Aanaeef--
Huhl We want somebody who can
b-ing the audience.-Puck
The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1912-12-05
A LONG Way Back.

The earliest anheutic date that has
been handed down to us was inscribed
On the foundation stone of the temple
to the sun god ut Sippara by NnrGm
Sin. Sm, of surgon. This stone was ex
humed by Nahonidus. who relgned over
Babylon about 551 Il. T.. and it is ns
serted that Naram-Sin ruled 1900 years
previously. From these dates we learn
that the chronology Of Babylon begah
with the reign Of Sargon l., king Of
Agade, $500 2. 9.
Notice to Tax Payers of Pasca-
goula.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
SOME BIRDS ARE FASTlCIOUS
Bathing in Clean, Cold Water is Ons
 of Their Summer Joys

Polly have bath, Polly have hath!" The reiterated cry from a 'arSe green parrot, who stood in a lin basin full of water ecstaticaly Tapping his scarlet flecked wings
 Few persons who keep bird pets know how to prevent them from Ian gushing in the summer heat Little dc they imagine that big and small birds alike are simply longing with all their tiny hearts for a cold bath Their owners, it is true. supply their small prisons with water in a little glass vase: but these are for drink ing purpOses-not for the luxury of d restoring and indiscriminate splash
 No; let those who really love their feathered friends provide little swim ming baths for the birds. They must of course, vary according to the size oi the bird. Whereas pudding basin would accommodate a canary par rot would require something more commodious.
 Then place the bird in his cage where he can gambol unmolested. In the back yard, on the lawn, or on the scullery floor are equally good po- SitiOns. Anyone who knows anything of birds knows that, although mar ticulate, they appreciate comfort Answers, London.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
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A
WEED SCADPER. From the Rural New Yorker.1

about five inches long, and this leaves two ends of three and a half inches to be welded together, forming the shank
 When inserting in handle the scalp CT is bent at the shank so as to make slight angle with the handle. The scalper is the lightest and most eff cient tool we have for working in sweet
 potatoes. With it even green hands can do fairly good work with little in-
 jury, as the plant is protected from the
 two extremes of the blade or cutting
 edge by the rounded corners made by the unsharpened rod. The scalper takes the place of a hoe everywhere except in heavy soil or where soil must be pulled up to the hill. Although used mainly for sweets. we find it valuable for working in strawberries, cabbage. onions, watermelons. cantaloupes, etc, and it proves a great help in fight against grass and weeds.-Rural New Yorker.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
"SCALPER" FOR WEEDS.
Homemade Tool That Does Good Work Around Sweet Potatoes, Onions, Etc.

This ''scalper" for weeds is a simple affair and can easily be made by any blacksmith in a short time, and the cost. aside from the handle, need not exceed 20 cents. It is made of an iron rod about twenty-four inches long and three e-sixteenths to one-fourth of an inch in diameter. This rod is bent in the form of a triangle and the two ends welded together so as to go in an ordi- nary hoe handle. Before bending, how ever. six inches in the center of the rod (afterward the base of the trian- gle) should be heated and pounded out to make a fattened surface at least one-half inch wide with slight bevel so that one side will be sufficiently thin to make a reasonably sharp edge.
 Measure one-half inch on either side of the f1attened surface or blade and bend from these two points so as to form the triangle with the blade as the base. The sides of the triangle are
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18

and High Lawn Hartog de KOl, have ever produced as much fat in one year as has Daisy Grace de Kol as a junior four-year-old.
 Daisy Grace de KOl was bred, reared and developed at AIaplecrest farm, own ed by Dan Dimmick and brother at East Claridon. o. Sbe is more light than dark, beautifully marked and will weigh in the neighborhOod of 1850 or 1.4OO pounds. She Is very strong and vigorous, almost perfect in conforma- ton, and if one were asked to name the one trait that predOminates all others it would be that of giving milk that is very high in butter fat, her av- craze per cent of fat for the year be- ing 4.43. In this respect she resembles her dam, who is also high in butter fat. Daisy Grace de Kol was dry for about two months or ten weeks. She fresh ened at the age of four years, three months and thirteen days, this being the third time she had been fresh, showing that she is a good breeder.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
NEW PARIS BRUNNHILDE.
Mime. Agnes Borgo Talented Inter.
 preter of the Famous Role.

Mme Agnes Borgo, just back from Bayreuth. is the new Paris Brunnhilde in Die GOtterdammerung" She has a fine voice and dramatic presense. But, above all, she understands what Is one of the most tremendous parts h Wagnerian opera. In the famous duet of the first act she was the loving and submissive woman. whose divine lore has been taken from her by hu- man love. In the final and greatest scene she was the goddess again.
 She sang the famous death knell of the gods with magnificent majesty, and when she called upon her horse to leap with her on to the funeral pile she was one of the very few Brunn- hides who have been able to make one feel that she loved the steed that was to die with her in the fire which was 1 burning Siegfried.-From the London Telegraph.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
FABLE OF THE CHINESE COOK

Prince Hurs cook was cutting LID 6 bullock. Every blow of his hand. every heave of his shoulders, every tread of his foot, every thrust Of his knee, every wh-sh-h of rent flesh, every ch-h-k of the chopper, was in perfect harmony-rhythmic like the dance of the Mulberry Grove, simul- taneous like the chords of the Ching Snhou.
 Well donc," cried the prince. yours is skill indeed"
 Sire" replied the cook. ~i nave al
 ways devoted myself to Tao. It is better than skill. When first 1 be-
 gan to cut up bullocks i saw before me simply whole bullocks After three years practice l saw 20 morr whole animals And now 1 work with my mind and not with my eye. When
 my senses bid me stop but my mind urges me on l fall back upon cter-
 nal principles. 1 follow such open
 ings or cavities as there may be, ac- Cording to the natural construction of the animal. I do not attempt to
 cut through joints, still less through l large bones.
 "A good cook changes his chopper i Cnce a year-becauSe he cuts. An or djnary cook once a month-becaust h. hacks. But l have had this chop. per nineteen years and, although 1 have cut up many thousand bullocks,
 its edge is as if fresh from the whet- stone. For at the joints there are always interStices and the edge of q chopper being without thickness, it remains only to insert that which is without thickness into an interstice. l By these means the interstIce wit be enlarged and the blade will find | plenty of room. It is thus that I have kept my chopper nineteen years
 as though fresh from the whetstone. Nevertheless, when I come upon a hard part where the blade meets with a difficulty, l am all caution. I | fix my eye upon it. I stay my hand
 and gently apply my blade until with 1 a hwah the part yields like earth
 crumbling to the ground. Then | take out my chopper and stand up ard look around, and pause. until with an air of triumph l wipe my 1 chopper and put it away"
 ''Br3vO." cried the prince. Prom ] the words of this cook I have learned l how to take care of my life."-From a Chinese Fable.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
Along the Garden Paths.

When watering plants do not force the water against the plant; let it fall in the form of a shower.
 Cabbage and all other plants of the cabbage family require a very fertile and cool, moist soil for good growth.
 Carrots are splendid for folks who need iron in their blood. One of the best ways to get it is to eat these nice roots.
 Sunshine, rainfall and temperature are three important factors in canta- loupe culture beyond the control of the grower.
 If your beet rows are too thick pull out some and boil them for greens. Nothing better in the world for this purpose.
 Let no cucumbers go to seed or the productiveness of the vines will be stopped. Pick them often, whether you want them or not.
 As fast as the boxes, frames and stakes have done their work take them out, so that no insects will make their homes about them. If it is dry slip a can or two of wa ter on the stone boat and let the horses draw it out to the garden for use on the celery and things that most need water It will pay you when you come to gather in the harvest.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
AN IMPORTANT CULINARY DIS.
 CONERY

On LinWoOd Boulevard lives a young woman who is all fused up at her friends as the result of a joke started by her brother. He says the mother was about to take an after noon nap recently when she heard her daughter in the kitchen. There were sounds of pans rattling and doors slamming The mother lay wondering what was going on, but was too com fOrtable to investigate After some time the daughter came dashing into the room with a heaping plate of fudge.
 "Oh, mother" she exclaimed, q have
 made a discovery"
 What have you discovered?" asked the mother
 The daughter more than delighted with herself replied:
 "I have just found that you can cook cn a gas stove as well as on a chaf- ing dish"
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
THE RACE FOR NAVAL POWER
Germany Will Lack Two Squadrons of EngIand's Strength in Tow Years.

The relative strengths of the British and German fleets when they have reached their full expansions as de- scribed on the one hand, by the first lord of the admiralty, and as set down on the other, in the new German Navy Act will be as follows:
 Britain-F'ive squadrons, each of eight battle ships, organized as fol- lows: CD Three fully manned. CD Two with nucleus crews One squad ron of eight battle ships based on Gib- raltar. No corresponding German force One squadron manned by the immediate reserve" in case of emer- gency No corresponding German force One squadron unmanned-and material reserve. No details of the German force.
 Germany-Five squadrons. each Of eight battle ships, organized as fol- lows: CD Three fully manned. CD Two with nucleus crews.
 It follows, from this statement that
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
PESTS IN GRAIN BINS.
Most Be Killed Before Storage of Harvest if Damage Is to Be Averted.

Most Be Killed Before Storage of
 Harvest if Damage Is to Be Averted.
 A few cents worth of carbon bisu
 phide will kill the insects hiding in the cracks of your bins waiting for the new grain. Insects injurious to stored cialist at the Kansas Agricultural col lege. work so vigorously that the farm CT must either kill them, dispose of his grain or sit still and allow them to damage it. Killing these pests before the grain Is stored prevents much dam age in the fall and winter, he says.
 Dust, dirt, rubbish. refuse grain. four md meal serve as breeding places for these pests. Fresh grain should not be exposed to attack by being placed with the old which already Is infest- ed. Throw this out. Unless the old grain was badly infested with any one of the four or five common injurious insects it may not be necessary to fumigate now, but a thorough clean ing of the floor, walls and ceiling should not be neglected. To avoid in- festation in the stack the grain should be thrashed as soon after harvesting as possible. Considerable damage has been done by these insects to stacked wheat and oats in Kansas In the last four or five years.
 One pound of carbon bisulphide when
 the temperature is about 90 degrees will fumigate 500 cubic feet of space At so degrees 400 cubic feet will be thoroughly treated. The building and | bins must be as nearly air tight as possible while fumigating. The car
 bon bisulphide should be placed ir shallow pans at the top of the bins oi l building. Evaporation is rapid, the | vapor settling to the bottom of the Dir l and poisoning the insects. If the grair | is not to be used for seed it is well tC
 allow the vapor to remain in 1t fol | forty-eight hours. Doors and windows 1 should be opened wide after the fumi | ga ton and the bins aired thoroughly ! one or two hours before entering.
 One should be very careful in han l ding carbon bisulphide, as 1t is highl. | infiammable Electric lights must no
 be used, since when turning them or
 or off there always is danger of pro | ducing a spark. It is not safe to hay,
 heat of any kind in the building whel
 the fumigation is in progress.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
THE BENEFIT OF SORROW

By sorrow men learn that they neeC to be fed with higher food; that they must rest on stronger supports; that they must have other friends and oth- CT friendships; that they must live another life; that there must be something their neither time. nol chance, nor accident can undermine and sweep away vWhen men have learned the interior lesson of sorrow they look upon trouble not as being less troublous than it was, but as from the higher point to which they have risen. unreal and dreamy.--IIenrH Ward Beecher,
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
Ecedinu of StaIlions,

A man reputed to be one of the best horse conditioners in the country gives stallions six pounds of oats in the morn ing. while the noon and evening meals are made up of five pounds of oats. eight quarts of bran and three quarts of chopped mixed hay. Carrots are fed at each meal, while mixed hay is kept before them nearly all the time.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
PLANT TREES.

It pays in comfort and in looks to have a few trees about the farmyard. A treeless farm is a desolate looking place. There are trees adapted to every eli mate and soil as there are crops adapted to the different climatic and soil conditions. A few thrifty trees, trim and neat in their ap- pearance. will make farm life more Observation-Disclosures Farmer.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
C arm ano
 Uarden
WORLDS RECORD COW.
Notice Fine Udder Development of
 Daisy Grace dc ko.

The semiofficial yearly record of Daisy Grace de Kol as a junior four year-old is a worlds record and ex- ceeds by over 26O pounds of fat the former record for her class. It also exceeds by 13O pounds of fat the high tst record ever made in the senior four year-old class. It also exceeds all of ficial or semiofficial yearly records or full aged cows of other breeds. Her average per cent of fat for one year is 443, showing that is wonderful
 In the eight months division Daisy Grace de Kol broke the record for her class. During the veritication test, when she was under constant watch day and night, she produced 4S.3 pounds of milk which contained 2.39 pounds of fat.
 Only two full aged cows besides her stable mates, Banostine Belle de Kol
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
Harvestinq Wheat.

Wheat should not be allowed to get overripe before being cut because there is more waste from shelling. and it does not make so much or so good four if the outer covering becomes too The practice of setting it up in round shocks and capping with two sheaves broken over in the middle is not ia vored as much as it used to be.-Amer- ican Cultivator.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
THE YOUNG APARTMENTS
Diamonds $115 a Carat WUERKER'S, 22e South Spring St., Los Angeles

rons The sixteen British ships will have half crews on board and half ashore, the former equally distributed among the two squadrons. The sixteen German ships will have quarter crews only on board, not equally distributed among the two squadrons, but borne in four parent ships.-F'rom the London Telegraph,
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18

numerically there will be equality be- tween the two navies in home waters when the German high sea fleet has reached it's full development, in two years or so in fully commissioned bat tie ship and in battle ships with nucle- us crews.
 There will be an important dstinc- ton between the n@eleus crew squad
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18

No man should be cOntented with the average yield of crops. The average is between the high yield and the low yield and is so far below the high that no one should be satisfied with such re- turns for his labor.-Farm and Ranch.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18
SuDerfIuOuS Hair MOIeS

Birthmarks, removed by Electric Needle. No scars. 10 years exper- fence All work guaranteed. Ma dame Monette, 311 California street, Los Angeles.
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18

Contributions to The Republican Want Ad section are good business - get in on it,
Arizona republican., 1912-08-18

The city man who imagines that the farmer has only to 2 then deposit his cash has still a , few things to learn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
Deep Grief.

Throughout his career as a newspa- per reporter the young mans assign ments had taken him into demonstra- tive crowds whose periods of noisy demonstration it was his duty to time. "Mr. A. finally appearing. the audience cheered for fifteen minutes" Senator X. finished his second joke amid laugh ter that lasted for ten minutes" or "At the close of the speech the audience applauded wildly for thirteen minutes. {"
 These,and similar records of the pub lie pulse plentifully adorned nearly ev- cry story the young man wrote. One day he was sent to attend the funeral of a rich and crusty tempered old gen. tleman whose young wife had notori- ously repented her choice. The man wound up his story of the funeral thus:
 ''In the silence that ensued the wid- ow wept for sixteen seconds. ."-Wash- ington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
OLD PAPER CALLS
 FOR S85,0O0,0 0
Power of Attorney Drawn 126 Years Ago Covers 8 Great Estate in
 England and Newfoundland.

Boston, Mass, April 1.-The posses sor of a power of attorney dating back 126 years and believed to have given her ancestors control of an estate in England and Newfoundland, now estimated to be worth $85, ,00O, 900. Mrs. Katherine Sterritt, of South Bos- ton, has found herself, overwhelmed with requests for possession of the document that heretofore she has cherished as a historical keepsake only.
 She says also that she is a great at-granddaughter of one of the three men named 12S years ago as ex- cutors of the estate of Nicholas Chur- chill, of Dartmouth, England, suppos- ed to have accumulated property on both sides of the Atlantic. His prop erty was taken over by the British government in chancery proceedings.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
SUN ECLIPSE WEDNESDAY
Will Be Partly Seen in Eastern States, and Fully in New
 England,


 Washington, April 15-There will be an eclipse of the sun on Wednesday. visible only in the Eastern States. New England, except a section of Connecticut and of New York, will be the only part of the United States completely. that is to say, in which the beginning, middle, and end will take place after sunrise.
 Venus and the moon will be very close tonight, almost to what the as- tronomers call an occultation, but their position will be visible only in parts of Florida and Georgia. If the weather is clear enough on a line drawn from Texas through Arkansas Ohio and New York, however, Venus may be seen about eight minutes from the edge of the moon. Astronomers at the Naval Observatory here say there will not be an absolute occul- tation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
Defining a Duck.

A schoolboy assigned to prepare an essay on ducks submitted the follow ing: 1.-The duck is low, heavy set bird composed mostly of meat and feathers. He is mighty poor singer, having a hoarse voice, caused by get ting so many frogs in his neck. He likes the water and carries a toy bal loon in his stomach to keep him from sinking. The duck has only two legs, and they are set so far back on his running gears by nature that they come pretty near missing his body Some ducks when they get big have curls on their tails and are called drakes. Drakes don't have to set or hatch. but just loaf and go swimming and eat everything in sight. If was to be a duck 1 would rather be a drake."-Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
Tho canny Grocer.

Tho Canny Grocer. The canny grocer sized up his GUS toner. 2.
 She had ordered six strictly fresh eggs.
 He took down the paper bag and, go- ing to the basket. picked them out.
 Twisting the top of the bag together. he handed it to the woman, who paid him and went away.
 The canny grocer smiled. He had given the women seven eggs when she ordered but six.
 He knew that when she reached home and found she had seven instead of six eggs she would be so delighted with the supposition that she had over reached him that she would entirely disregard the fact that six of the eggs were storage and one was dubious.
 For the grocer understood human na- ture.
 And he was canny.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
Discovery of spesa of Liaht.


 One of the greatest discoveries of science is due to observation of the eclipses of Jupiter's moons. It was found that when the earth was in the part of its orbit nearest to Jupiter these eclipses occurred sixteen minutes earlier than when 1t was in the far thermost part, whereas by all rules of astronomy they should have occurred at the same minute each time. It was deduced from this that the light was not instantaneous and consequently took sixteen minutes to traverse the diameter of the earth's orbit, a dis tance of about OO,OOO.OOO miles. thus giving to light velocity of 186,OOO miles second, which was accurately shown later by other experiments Chicago Tribune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15

Hammond Began writing from East Highgate, Vt, says, "I wish to tell you how Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound cured me of asthma. I had a severe case and tried almost every thing. One bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound relieved me and the second bottle completely cured me, and have snot had an attack since" l.. F. Curtis. S1 3 5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
"AFTER THIS WORLD, WHAT?"

The Rev. w. B. VanAmburgh of Brooklyn spoke before a large audi ence yesterday afternoon at Alameda hall, State street and Park avenue, on the subject, After This World, What?" The address was under the auspices of the International Bible association
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
POINTS OF INTEREST.
A We'll Dressed Foot

is as necessary as a we'll groomed body. Finest styles in fine footwear at Jacoby's. 1883 Broad street.
 B. H. Dillon & Co.
 1105 Main St. are offering the best values ever before seen in trimmed tailored and outing hats at prices one half less than similar goods can be bought for elsewhere
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
DELEGATES FOR EIGHTH DIS.
 TRICT

HENRY J. DEvENY. 7s Trumbull Road.
 MARTIN LUTZ, Beechmont Ave. FRED WARNER, 14S Parallel St. PHILANDER C. TIBBALS, 39 Whit ney Ave.
 EDWARD MORRIS, 22a Lindley St.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-15
BACHAIAN'S EN1MENAGO0UE
 MIXTURE

BACHNlAN'S ENfMENAGO0UE
 MIXTURE
 A splendid Female Regulator in cases of suppressed menstruatlon, delays due to colds, i'll health, or other un- natural causes: $1.75 for the whole outfit. Made only at the
 WOAIAN'S DRUG STORE S70 Main Street, Bridgeport. Conn.
 Lady Attendants Always Here
 TAXES 1911.
 Notice is hereby given to the tax payers of the City of Bridgeport, that the taxes on the grand list of 1911 are now due and payable at the Tax Collectors Office. Room 6, City Hall. The undersigned will be at the Col lector's Of1ce as above, on May 1. 1912, and daily thereafter, Sundays excepted, from a. m. to D. m., for the purpose of receiving said taxes. After June 1, as required by law, in terest at the rate of three-quarters of one per cent. will be added to all un- paid taxes, and the same on the first of each succeeding month.
 B. F. COONEY, U U5 bls Collector.