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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07

tigate expenditures in the various de- partments of government. .,s s-
 There were ten of these committees. each of which was provided with a clerk, but, with very few exceptions, Or for the transactions of any busi ness whatever. But at the beginning of the present session committees were app6fntsd' which have made careful inquiry into the expenditures of the various executive departments, and in addition, in many instances, have been given the power to inquire into the methods of business transaction.
 These several committees, heretofore useless. have rendered splendid ser vice in exposing improper transac- tions, improvident methods of doing public business. and in many ways have rendered beneficial service to the Congress and the country. They have underlined numerous transactions of the departments which were wrong, and some Of them so seandalous that several individuals have been dismiss ed from the service as the result.
 These committees have saved the government many thousands of dol lars. and their investigations have been thorough as well as economical
 The total cost was as follows: In the Interior Department, S10,490; Post Office Department. $7.6s1,74; in the De- partment of Agriculture s, ,225.47; in She War Department. $ss5O9; in the Navy Department, $17O5O; Department Of Justice, $456.22; Department of State, sSOs-75; Treasury Department, s6s5z5: Department of Commerce and Labor, ss2O-S3; expenditures for pub lie Buildings. $76.17; making a total Of s24. .ss952
 In addition to the work that was done by these regular committees of the House, special committees have been appointed, the most notable of which was that for the investigation of the Steel Corporation This work covered a period of nearly eighteen ployed i-and a. thorough scrutiny of
 
 made, with an expenditure which was inconsequential compared to those of former Congresses. The country is fully aware of the work of this com rnittee, and it's report is information of great service to the country and will. be followed by remedial Iegisla-
 
 4 special committee was appointed to make an inquiry into the affairs 0x the sugar corporation 1t spent four or five months in investigation and gave to the country information Of service both as to knowledge of conditions and legislation that might properly be enacted
 The. Barking and Currency Commit tee .is--lcsharged with special inves> .igatfon- of the Money Trust, and clothed with extraordinary power to make that investigation They have begun their work, but up to this time have not completed it. Their investi- gation will be of service to the coun- try ins determining the influence of the money syndicate, and will most likely result in remedial legislation which will be especially beneficial
 The Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee was invested with special power to investigate what is known as the shipping trust and to make re- port. after it's investigations. of its findings and recommenda tions as to  .he Iegialation- necessary to overcome existing evils in that service
 @A~> ~AHAEA snaclaI committees nam
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07
FOUND DEAD IN WOODS
Former New Haven Mans Body Dis
 covered By Children.

North Grosvernorsda1e, Sept 7.- Leon Provost. years of age, for mer1y of New Haven, was found dead yesterday afternoon in a stretch of woods, about 300 yards from his house. The body was so badly de- composed that immediate burial was necessary. Considerable mystery is attached to the death and it has been the man suddenly became mentally unbalanced and died in the woods, a short distance from his home, of starvation. The body was discover ed by John DeF'autio and Theodore Bosquet, two school children under fourteen years of age. Provost leaves a wife and eight children.
 Ecarmer want Ads. f Cent a Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07
On Second Thought
By JAY E. HOUSE

the rich man is that the public prefers open-handed freebooter to pious Sknhint.
 Go enough into the life of every man over will celluloid collar.
 difference between and fish is that caught hooks. You must bait to catch fish,
 he ma wi started school at the age O. lett in which to learn that mo- body knows much.
 O Chicago Tribune writesin to protest of crime in that city prevalence of crime nothing writing a piece the about it.
 distinguished attention to the fact that there than to skin rabbit But there is particular object in any of them
 Americans Much but there is this to for Very of become buffers or footnent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07
TO DO LADIES' TAILORING

Sabine the tailor, will open to the ladies of Bridgeport within very few days one of the finest ladies' taiI- bring parlors in this city or vicinity. Extensive alterations are now being made to make this department com Plete This new innovation in this we'll known and established concern offers the ladies the oportunity to choose from the very latest fall stock of suitings. Every suit will be made by expert Workmen in their own shop and sold at popular prices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07

Lake of Passaic, N. J.
 Horace Smith, a graduate Of the To- cal High school, has entered the Mase- achusetts Agricultural College at Ann herst, Mass. pr. w. Clement has had telephone installed in his office in the Abbott cottage. The call number is 93-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07
CHILD DRoWNs IN WE'LL

Naugatuck, Sept. 7-Rose Wooster, 4, fell into an unused we'll at her home on West Mountain. yesterday, and drowned in six feet of water Her mother was not at home and a young CT sister ran for assistance which ar rived too late
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07
The Glove Sale.

The weather is little to be interested in Kid Gloves but these choice offerings selling rap idly. The qualities superb Two clasp Gloves worth $I5o and $2,oo, fancy shades darke and light
 $1.OO pair
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07
RABBI CALLS TEDDY
 DANGEROUS HYPNOTIST

New York, Sept "A dangerous hynotist'' was the opinion of Theodore Roosevelt expressed. today, by Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch, of Chicago, who land ed from the Maureta nia Rabbi Hirseh said he was 8 progressive in sympathy but could not vote for Roosevelt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07

Prohibitionist who had been led to be- lieYe Roosevelt was a great temper ance worker?
 T. is a great thing for one candidate to be able to secure both the HquoR and the Prohibition vote, but this is characteristic # z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07
Uhr a. M. Rpan Wunua1n1.
 EHtnhLtHIen 1AS1.
Pattern TabIecIotIls, Slightly Soiled.

Another'1itt1e clear up of Tablecoths certain num- bers left from the sale, tre tun1bled and Two Yards Sorare
 Value $2.5O for $2.OO Value $500 forS SAno Value $500 for $40 Value $7.5O for $6oo
 Two yards by two and one-half Value $200 for $1.60 $375 for $500 Value $500 for $40 $575 for S460
 Two by three yards Value $45O for Value $1O5O forS $500 Value $7.5O $500 Value $125O for SeOo
 Two and one-quarter square Value $4.5O $340 Value $500 for S4so Value $500 for .$4O0 VaIue S7OO for s56o At the Linen Section Monday and Tuesday Fv- erybody familiar with our Damasks will understand this Is good chance
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07

Phfladelphia-The brain of Dr. w. J. McGee noted Washington scientist. who died leaving his body to his col lege, weighed 49 ounces.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07
Long Crepe Kimonos

Just the styles to before one puts on out ing flannel. These fine Cotton Crepe light blue pink and lavender with white spots and few ir darker, Oriental combinations.
 Were Says and $35o, Not of them. Second fIoor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07

If you exactly equipped to your liking with good Gas or Electric Droplight Portable come see those fine ones that selling for hafpriee, or less. Old English brass, with glass don7es
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07
REVIEWS
 FROM Our Exchanges
(New Haven Union
REFLECTIONS AFTER LABOR DA3

(New Haven Unfon.) It is but a year or two since the newspapers printed editorials for La bor day, congratulating the American Peaceful bargaining had apparently 1 succeeded to the weapons of industrial war.
 But how the kaleidoscope of time shifts! Never have there been many strikes as during the past 12 months. Labor and capital seem an armed camp with watch fires ever burning, and the sullen vows of hatred sworn. One day the non-unionist, caught between the devil of his family's fam inc and the deep sea of unionlsm. IS | ingly steals his way to the boycott | ted factory door. The next, the head of the greatest woolen corporation Tn planting dynamite to create feeling against the unions. Whether he be | guilty or not, the world of capital is | workman from organizing for his own protection if they could.
 1 And yet, side by side with all this
 strife and piiage dstrs1 a IVen fnHn 0ur bere eGnn 1 labor and capital have always dwelt l together in peace and good will. They strike arena, and yet an ocean of dif- ference seems<to separate them. 1 In a general way it can be said that the communities that have kept out the condition of the workman was a primary consideration in building up an industry.
 l his labor as he would bargain for his coal If the labor Of tender mothers
 and frai1 children or raw aliens 1 erence, with no more thought of so- | cial relations than if he were chang
 Another type of capitalist has all
 ways fought shy of the cruder in-
 dustries where living conditions are where I can employ my neighbors and
 give them homes with bath tub and la back yard garden. The men from | those homes much prefer to be hoe 1 ing the potatoes than heaving rocks Labor too, has had it's sins equally with ca pital. In the narrow mind of | the professional agitator, human prop I lens become distorted. If g. man em- ploys his own boy to paint a chicken l coop, he is an employer of scab labor | and an enemy of the cause. O for laborers and capitalists who can look at things from the other
 mans point Of view!
 INNOCENT VERMONTER. Burlington Free Press) In the prelip1inary campaign in Yer
 mont last spring leading Prohibit term candidate because of the latter's alleged great work in behalf of tenn perance.
 At the third term rally in this city Wednesday, evening g speaker in tell
 ing why the third third tern eIia +ea1 eeandidate meeting with others in committee room of the New York Legislature where some champagne was ready to open, MT Roosevelt said: | "I won't stand for having this go In under some other name. charged | to the state. wen chip in and pay | for all treats ourselves" | When recently asked about his hab- I it's, the third term candidate said over his own signature. II never drank a cocktail in my life"
 1 Tn discussing this interrogation la | ter, the third termer is reported to have said: If he had asked me about 1 champagne and brandy, he'd had me- 1 In the light of the story told at the l third term ra1lX Wednesday evening dent it is easy to accept the latter comment. but how about the Vermont -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07
SUNSHINE SOCIETY MEETING

The Lucy P. Andrews Branch, I. s. S., will hold it's regular business meet ing at their rooms, 23S Gilbert street. next Tuesday at three o'clock. All members are requested to be present, as plans for the State convention to be held in Washington Park MethO- dist church are to be completed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07
LOW-COST INVESTIGATIONS

The Speaker of the House has for sixteen years prior to the present Congress named committees to inves- tigate expenditures in the various de-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07

Very smart. indeed. are ostrich pIumes in shades of green, red ard blue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07

the of rich is that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07

Farmer Want Ads. Cent a word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-07

Not many of them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-01-05
RETURNED HER HAT.

She Didn't. but Hs Did. and He Must
Have Been q Brave Man.
The bravest man in New York made
his appearance in a Broadway store
one day last week. He carried an
enormous bandbox. which contained
an enormous hat, on which the man
wanted what he considered an enor-
nous amount Of money refunded. The
man was pretty mad. and while look
ing for some one who had the author
ity to negotiate the transaction he
talked loud enough for every body to
bear.
MY wife bought this hat" he said.
''She doesn't need It. She has already
bought three hats this season. She
paid $35 for this one. She has never
worn It It just came home last night
I can't afford to throw all that money
away. and I want you to take the hat
back. She wouldn't bring it down. 50
l undertook the job myself"
by the side Of that man Napoleon
was a cringing coward" said the
young woman who had made the sale.
Imagine him douncing into Partisan
millinery shop with a hat that he
didn't want Josephine to buy! He
couldn't have done it. Very few men
can. Once in a long while some poor
New Yorker with the courage of des-
peration in his heart returns merchan-
disc which he cannot afford to buy for
his wife. and his audacity upsets the
whole store for a month."-New York
Sun
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-01-05
THEY LIKE SHARP FOOD.
Lions Gobbie Up Poreupines, and csm-
els Eat Spiny Cactus.

Lions Gobble Up Poreupines, and Com.
eIs Eat Spiny Cactus.
A note In the London Field draws at
tention to lions that eat porcupines. 1t
would appear that an animal protect
ed by such powerful spines should be
quite secure from attack. Yet, If we
may trust the account given. it ap-
pears to be q habit on the part Of the
lion and not an isolated occurrence.
Captain Dumbell had been told by
native hunter that the lion was in the
habit Of eating porcupines. And this
has been confirmed by two English
sportsmen. v. Kirby. for example.
has taken porcupine's head from the
stomach Of n lioness. Others relate
that 1t IS not uncommon to find lions
with porcupine quilts sticking all over
their noses. faces and paws 1t seems
to argue some indifference to pain on
the part Of the lion. as well as fancy
for porcupine's flesh.
Compare this with the case Of the
camel. which distinguished traveller
describes as calmly chewing up a very
spiny plant with the blood dripping
from its mouth! The cattle in some of
the arid parts Of America. again.
browse on that spiny cactus. And in
some parts Of the English coast the
horses browse on the prickly sea holly.
while the donkey's partiality for this
ties IL we'll known. incidentally such
cases seem to show that spines in ma
ture are not such efficient protectors
~ some have supposed.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-01-05
AN ENGLISH PENsIoNER.
Superannuatsd at Birth and Drew thu
Stipend All His Life.

supsrannuatsd At Birth and Drew the
Stipend All His Life.
The wife OF an English cabinet min
lister had promised to stand godmother
to an infant and. calling on the parents
a day or two previous to the christen-
ing. expressed her regret that her hus-
band had nothing left at his disposal
Of any importance and that the only
thing he could do for her gcdson was
to put his name on the pension list as
a superannuated general postman.
The otter was accepted. The pension
was regularly paid to the parents dur
ing the minority Of their son and to
him afterward as long as he lived. He
thrived in the world. became an alder
man and attained considerable age.
often declaring that he had more pleas
ure in pocketing the few pounds he
drew half yearly from this source than
he derived from the receipt Of any 9th
er portion of his income.
He died few days after one pay
ment was due. and one OF his executors
came to town to announce his decease
and to receive the money. On asking
the clerk who paid him II it was neces-
sary to produce a certificate of the
death he was answered.:
''Oh. no. not in the least. I will take
your word for it. My father paid his
pension as long as he lived. and have
paid it myself for the last thirty years.
l am quite sure that the old gentleman
must be dead by this time"
This recipient Of the public bounty
had been a superannuated postman for
upward Of eighty years.-Exchange.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-01-05
PROOF OF GENTlLITY.
Sleeves That Hid the Hands Showed
the Waarers Didn't Work.

Sleeves That Hid the Hands Showed
the Wearsrs Didn't Work.
The practice observed among Span
ish hidalsos Of allowing the finger
nails to grow into claws was to dem
onstrate that they had never done any
manual work. The same custom ex-
lists among the Chinese for the same
reason.
Among the Romans the wearing OF
long sleeves. which came down over
the hand. was the fashion In aristo-
cratic circles. This advertised to the
world that the wearer did not engage
in any labor and freedom from en-
ployment was the condition Of re-
spectability.
English boots and shoes have been
designed more or less for the same
purpose as that Of the Chinese who
bind their women's feet in proof Of
their gentility. AS early as the time
OF William Rufus peaked toed boots
and shoes had their points made like
a scorpions tail. and a courtier nam
ed Robert stuffed his out with tow
and caused them to curl round in the
form Of rams horn. a fashion whi.h h
took nightly among the mobiles II
is plain that the purpose OF this fash
ion was to show that the privileged
wearer was not dependent on any kind
Of labor or fleetness Of foot for his
daily bread,
The practice Of wearing tight fitting
boots and shoes Is an old one. fol
Chaucer. writing Of them in his day
says that it is
Merveyle sith that they site SO pleyn.
How they come on or OF again.
Later. in 1765. Horace Walpole said
II am now twenty years on the right
side of red heels. Weekly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-01-05

whom Richmond is the
of a who knows the
will and politics. His name
s I.aFollete
1t has been circulated through
will withdra" from the
Palladium itself published the current
deny it OF course
suggested for
approval than he He is not that
sort He has asked that it be left to the people
that is bet
report Of quite
any reports
doubt trouble deny it at
If the people do not want him. they do not demand him
the sulk; he
will his paomhe will push his forward
presidency of the
honor?
William the hole than thou att
is hoier
Of doing right
sick beds are full
if IaFol he S
what he does issue challenge to catch him on his facts
theories:
in years
aFoe and Roosevelt the twin stars which led the people
the Wilderness
gh-he makes bones
in
make bones o OF
hasp placed
is back vitality different
They valy
public life
If they had done more this would have been enough
l is
is a
Foe
public life.
Now less than ever The Palladium the plat
Of
The is bee he is to
whatever he reputation
twenty years
Those Who o
o
is o a
not the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-01-05
To ee q Real Actor,

Sinking ones identity in character
parts on the stage is but an insignifi-
cant branch Of acting. The displaying
Of personality beneath the makeup.
the incarnation Of a written character
in flesh and blood. by a sheer act Of
genius on the part Of the actor in fill-
ing a part with his own personality
tempered to the limitations Of his role
the creation, in short, Of a living,
visible and Ineligible being. is the
grand goal Of the actors art.
How we'll Richard Mansfield knew
that art! In his performances you
saw an impenetrable makeup; but,
though Mansfield was hidden, behind
the disguise were the brains Of the
greatest dramatic genius of our gen
Grafton, fashioning steadily and su-
perbly a character as he conceived it
out of the materials placed at his COM
mand by the playwright.-Henry Kol-
ker in National Magazine.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-01-05
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY

WILL W. Keller, Candidate for
Prosecuting Attorney. subject to the
Republican Nomination.
RALPH II. HUSSON. Candidate for
Prosecuting Attorney. subject to the
Republican Nomination.
DENVER c. HARLAN, Candidate for
Prosecuting Attorney. subject to the
Republican Nomination.
GUS HOEISCHER. Candidate for
Prosecuting Attorney. subject to the
Republican Nomination.
GATH FREEMAN Candidate for Pros
ecuting Attorney. subject to the Re-
publican Nomination.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-01-05
MANsARD's ROOF.
BY It the Architect Won His Sons Life
From Louis XIV.

oy St Suo S%TcniIoct won IT'S oon 1if0
From Louis XIV.
The great hall of the Hotel de Vile
of Aries, designed by Mansard, is the
wonder and admiration Of every one
who has seen it on account of the
groined roof.
In regard to this neighboring cafe
tier tells somewhat grim story. King
Louis XIV. happened to be passing
through the city just at the time Man
sard was experimenting the compile
ton of his creation. The roof was sup
ported by powerful pillar. The mon
arch admired the work and congratu-
lated the architect on his design. At
that moment the architect was passing
through great domestic tribulation. He
had a son under sentence Of death, so
he thought it would be a good oppor-
tunity to intercede on behalf Of the
lad.
Mansard threw himself at the feet of
the king and said: Your majesty sees
in the center that massive column? II
you will spare the life Of my son
will remove the unsightly pillar. and
the roof shall stand without support"
"Mansard," replied the king, III you
accomplish that miracle 1 will pardon
your son. but If you fail I will hang
you with him.
The architect removed the pillar
without great difficulty and with the
result desired. The cafetier is a phi
losopher. and he concludes his story
with the reflection that had not Man
sard's son been a scamp the hall at
Aries would be just like any other hall.
London Globe.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1912-01-05
THE PERSlANS.

Not Ruled BY Caste. but Ar Crest
etiekisrs For Etiquette.
The pleasures Of the Persians are In
the main refined. They have not
many kinds OF recreation. Convsrsa-
tion 10 one OF their chief enjoyments.
Although q large proportion Of them
can neither read nor write. l think We
must call them an Intellectual people
They are natural iinguists. and since
different races they sre obliged to
speak several different languages. 1t
- not uncommon to Ind a man who
scarcely knows his right hand from
his left who can speak two or three
languages Guently. TO this number a
man OF any education whatever would
edd two or three more.
There II no caste among any Of the
faces found In Persia. A son Of Nasir.
i-Din Shah's butler became his prime
minister: a peasant girl once became
the trst favorite of this same king's
andeSun because she lifted her veil as
the king was passing through her M.
tive Village and her beauty appealed
to the royal fancy.
But while there Is no caste the Per
SLAMS are In some ways great sticklers
tor etiquette. The Zi-i-Sultan. tho old
ct and most capable son Of Nasir.i.
Din. could not succeed his father on
the throne because his mother was
not Of royal birth. All social func-
lions. moreover. are attended with the
most rigid ceremonies. and woe to the
person who attempts to overstep the
bounds which custom has prescribed
for bis rank.-Mary A. Colquhoun In
Los Angeles Times.