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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-05

merely to suggest that the economy of the system of prevention is perfectly apparent if a country ebe considered as whole, but that each individual is disposed to regard his own case alone and assume in the first place that he is likely to escape end t.at se he does not, and Is we'll insured, he will not suffer very seriously. And the first of these considerations is the one which counts most with a great part of the population of the country. The loss to the whole country con- 3cerns every one in it in it's effect on production and prices, but this effect is not obvious to the individual. None the less Mr. Evans is doing very use~ full work. Perhaps the thing that will most impress the average reader is the relatively small loss by fire in Western Europe. # But the rest is just as much to the point.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-05

Farmer want Ads. Cent Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-05

We, the undersigned, electors ana
 taxnavers. as defined by law, of the Town of Bridgeport hereby endorse the application of the above named Patrick J. Grove for such license and we do severally certify each for him self that we are taxpayers owning real estate situated in said Town or
 Dated at Bridgeport this 2Sth day of June, A. D., 1912.
 Chr. Haug, Christ. Schick, John warcke, Cornelius Callahan, John OConneu.
 hereby certify that the above named en0orsers are electors and tax pavers. as defined by law, of the Town of Bridgeport.
 VIM. T. MULLINS, D2Sb*p5 Asst. Town Clerk
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-05

TO the Board of County Commission
 CTS of Fairfield County:
 hereby apply for a transfer Of 2 license No. 190/ to sell Spirituous and Intoxicating Liquors. Ale. Lager Beer. McMaIon at 166 Connecticut avenue to Patrick J. Grove at 166 Connecti- cut avenue, Town of Bridgeport. The proposed place of business is not To- cated within 200 feet in direct line of a Church Edifice or Public.School- house. or the premises pertaining tberefo Tor any Post Office, Public Library or Cemetery. -
 Dated at Bridgeport this 18th day of June, A. D., 1912.
 PATRICK J. GROVE,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-05
PHONE SS0O

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
 DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, ss., PROBATE COURT.
 June 20th, 1912. Estate of Harriet N. Adams, late of the town of Bridgeport in said piszo trict deceased. -4gs.lze,---. esr.,-.xss { The Court of Probats for the bis- trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and allowed six r9onths from the date hereof for Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recov- cry. All persons indebted to said Es- tate are requested to make immediata payment to gdas : MARIA GULICK, 1 e5
 WILLIAM H. JEPSON, +go : lP3s* Executors.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
| LARGEST STOVE PLANT
IN THE. WORLD.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

The E. F. Brooks Company, Inc, ~-~- --~-~
Washington, D. c.
Gentlemen: 49,:
We know your Fiftysecond Anniversary and
Opening will be an auspicious one.
From years of dealing with you we have
recognize the high standard required by your
That you have merited success is shown by
your present enlarged quarters We bespeak for youa
continuation of prosperity and good will of all with
whom you have dealings.
Thanking you for past favors, and hoping for
continuance OF our friendly relations, remain
Yours very truly
THE DETROIT STOVE WORKS.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-08

ence betweenwhat Wolgast asked
and Coffroth offered would buy
fair-sized row of flats.
For bout with either Willie
Richie, Murphy or Attell, Mr..
iWolgast wants $15,50o.
Should Wolgast fight Joe Riv-
ers he would want only $40, 500,
which is some trihe more than he
received for fighting the Mexican
in Los Angeles last July 4.
And should they send Packey
Mcfarland against the champion,
all the champion would like to
have for his end would be $40, 500.
Thus would he get $56,500 for
three matches.
But after Wolgast told COT
froth what he wanted he soon
learned that there is a whole lot
of difference between what a man
wants and what man gets.
81 had to laugh at Wolgast's
idea of his own value" said COT
froth. "Now, certainly could not
afford to give $56,500 for any |
three matches. Furthermore, |
Wolgast knows that no promoter
would give him anything like that
sort of money. Rivers and VOL |
CAST drew more than $4,000, but
I'd like to wager most of the
money have that the pair could
not repeat"
-O-O
Odor of Onions.
To take odor of onions from
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-08
Odor of Onions.

To take odor of onions from
cooking dishes wash thoroughly;
then fiji with cold water. Throw
in a large handful of wood ashes
and let them soak for several
hours. Then wash again.
You can't borrow happiness,
but it's different with trouble.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-08
THE SUFFERERS


Summer in the slumsl
Through the narrow street
Pallid sickness comes
With the baking heat;
Mothers pale and sigh
In the fetid air,
Babies fade and die
In the blaze and glare.
Heat that blinds and blurs
From the pavements cast;
Every breeze that stirs
Is a furnace blast!
Children wall and weep,
Far too worn to play;
There's no rest or sleep
Night or burning day!
You, whose we'll filled purse
Buys you comfort clear,
Help to lift the curse
From these babies here;
Send them-glad and free
Where the wild bee huns,
So that they may flee
Summer in the slums!
800
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-08-08
Stained Fine Doilies.

Embroidered handkerchiefs,
cravates, centerpieces and fine
doilies may be cleaned by brush
ing, thoroughly, with mixture
of powdered starch and borax;
one ounce of borax to pound of
starch. The starch should be
sifted at least four times.
-o-o-
my husband is particularly
liable to seasickness,'" remarked
the lady passenger. "Could you
tell him what to do in case of an
attack"
"Tain't necessary, mum" re-
piled the captain; he'll do it.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

fascinating and all that is most detest-
able"
The Great Condos grandson. Louis III
of Bourbon, appears as shadowy figure
i'm history. Several exploits Cf war are
associated with his name. but he died
quite Young His wife, Mile, lie
Nantes. was a natural daughter Of Louis
XIV. a spoiled child of the "Roi Soleii.
notorious for her wit and her biting
satire on the court of that day Her scr,
under the title of the Duke OF Bourbon,
played prominent part in politics under
Louis XV after the death of the Regent
HIS laison with Nine. de Prize. the
vast sums of money the pair obtained
bv speculations i'm Laws financial
gchemey. The dukes, wealth and the
magnificent extravaganza with which he
entertaincd the young King became pro-
verbal
The history ends with these severe
comments on the lives Of the descend
ants o. the Great Condo; "Despots
wayward. yet servile courtiors, Henri
Jules and Louis III displayed neither
domestic nor political virtues. except in
Burgundy. where they showed proof of
equitable and benevolent rule. AT Chan
tilly the.r vassals could only find praise.
for their generosity and refined artistic
taste , c. L. b.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

tween the American and the European
osnrey. bird sufficiently common with
us on tho New Jersey coast, on Gar
dinor's Island and on Great Lake. North
Carolina. but exceedingly rare in Eng
land, where it's habitat is confined to
Cow lonely Scottish lochs. guarded by
protecting wardeus. The birds pi'tu-
rescue manner Of capturing its prey Is
described delightfully."-. the varieties OF
fish it feeds upon arc defined as Limited
only by it's ability to catch them It's
manner of carrying its prey on the
homeward Eight is minutely described,
and thrrn are some curious particulars
concerning it's manner Of feeding The
fishhawk has also learned 10 take ad-
vantage of the opportunities offered II
nv Nshcrmcn's nets. Its methods OF
nesting. on the ground or in trees, ac-
cordinE 10 the measure of its safety, arc
described. together with the heterogene-
Gus material used in building the nests.
which vary in weight from four hundred
pounds TO perhaps half ton. The essay
IS worthy Of its ever interesting sub
feet. The photographs arc admirable.
Mounted on heavy brown paper they
form a separate section Of the book.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
A POETS DOG.

From The London Daily Telegraph.
An award recently conferred on Fr5-
deric Mistral has called for Il peculiar
letter from him concerning his dog.
French poodle or caniche, whom he be-
lieves to be the reincarnation of an
ancient Roman slave. The society
known as 'L'Assistance aux Animaux"
recently gave the poet a prize i'm con-
sideration of his fondness for animals.
In return Mistral wrote "a letter in
which he says:
1t was not without astonishment that
received the good news of the Prix du
President de la Republique which the So
ciety of Help for Animals conferred on me-
After rejecting a good deal, have come
To the conclusion that my good dog Bar
boche. OF which l send you photograph
was not a stranger TO my good fortune
The said Barboche, whom I took In as a
waif few years ago, Is mysterious
creature. I found one day in one OF my
usual walks through the country a frag-
r1ent OF ore OF those little old Roman grist
mills which thev used for grinding their
wheat. and which were turned By slaves
who had been condemned to that work for
some reason or other. When ! came home
dropped the thing in the yard In front Of
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
Literary NesOs and Criticism

in this connection, and Of the architec'-
ural descriptions in VANITY FAR ON'
stop there. leaving the reader TO 'eh'-
ure for himself upon still another VoE
age of discovery into the wealth OF hhe
Iish fiction. Since all literary roaos
lead to Dickens in this year OF MS cen
tenary, the reflection comes that he'
who knew his London so well ana oe-
scribed il so viyidly, appears 10 nave
been Indifferent TO its architectural
beauties His descriptions at least, oi
its houses are architecturally extremely
vague. and concerned with general I'M
pressions-with moods, rather than lines
and most Of all with the streets in which
they stood. Mr.. Dombey's mansion II
will be remembered, was "a house OF
dismal state, with a circular back to IT,
containing whole suite Of drawing
rooms looking upon a gravelled yard
and stood on the shady side of tall
dark, dreadfully genteel street" The
Dedlock mansion, again, was Of such
dismal grandeur, so determined not TO
condescend TO liveliness, that the doors
and windows held a gloomy state ot
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

run smooth. Envious onlookers may
interfere and break the clasp OF the
claws. Or the fair one is tickle. and re-
leases her tenderly imprisoned fingers
by tapping her wooer on the wrist with
the tip of her tail. Still, mutual love at
first sight appears to be the rule. But
on the morrow the bride kills her bride
groom and eats him, for the female of
this species is far deadlier than the male.
An informing book. this, charmingly
written. Mr.. Teixeira de Mattos fur
nishes an excellent translation. He has
come TO fill in the literature Of to-day
the place left vacant by his fellow coun-
tryman. the late Henri Van Laun.
Mr.. Abbott's paper on the fishhawk is
no less interesting than are NJ. Fabre's
more minute studies. He denies the ex.
istence OF any material difference be-
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

Thus, "Sir Karl's Lykewake" is the
story Of knight who, to get at his lady
love, pretends to be dead and is borne
TO her on a bier. In Scots, the lady In
the same way comes safe to her lover.
Sir Karl rode away from the convent
with his lady, like Young Lochinvar-
The nuns they all sat silent,
Each reading on her book;
They thought II was Gods good angel
The beauteous maid that took.
The nuns they all sat silent
Each TO herself said she:
God grant that His good angel
May speedily come for me-
II the nuns had no suspicious. the
mother OF the heroine warned her
BE thou ware of young Sir Karl.
His wiles are manifold"
The 'Avenging Sword" is q splendid
ballad, and equally good is The Aveng-
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
Condos DESCENDANTS
Their History During the Eigh-
teenth Century.
Paris. February IA.

Paris, FEBRUARY ~
General de Piepapes History OF the
Princes of Conde During the Elghteeh''i
Century" may be considered as a. con
tinuation of the Due d'Aumale's history
of his house, which ended with the death'
In 1856 of the Great Conde, the victor OF
Lens and Rocroy. The duke abandoneu
his intention of continuing the story vi
his later ancestors because he founo thd'
no documents relating to them remained
in the archives Of Chantilly. They nad
all been destroyed.
When General de Piepape undertook
to complete the unfinished work ne, 100,
was discouraged by this lack OF docu-
ments. but he was fortunate enough 10
find ample material for his task In the
memoirs and pamphlets of the period.
In the opening chapter he describes tne
wcdded life of the Great Conde and ms
neglect Of his young wife. Claire Gle
mence de Maille- -Breze, whose enforced
marriage to him was the work Of Car
dinal dc Richelieu. her uncle, to serve mis-
political ends There are piquant side
lights upon the life at Chantilly during
the Fronde. the author giving romantic
account of the princess's escape from the
chateau during a stag hunt and of her
wanderings through France on horse
back. by boat or in litter till she
reached Bordeaux. where she appealed
to Parliament. very much as Marie
Theresa did later in Hungary. The
princess led her son. the Young Due
d 'Enghen. by the band, and gained over
the province Of La Guyenne to her hus-
bands cause while that mighty warrior
was peacefully tending his carnations in
the fortress Of Vincennes.
His son. Henri-Jules, born in 1643. is
PORTRAYED by the author in sombre col
ors He Is represented as small Of
stature and iIl-favored almost to de-
formity. His conduct toward his young
wife. Anne of Bavaria. was that OF a
monster bereft Of reason But his
courage on the battlefield, the splendor
OF his fetes at Chantilly. and his taste
for art show another aspect Of the fan
tastic and unbalanced mind of the man
described by Saint-Simon as "a complex
nature composed of all that is most
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
EnuIiSh Urban Domestic ArChI'
lecture.

LONDON HOUSES FROM 1850 70 lSZo. ~,
Consideration Of thelr ATchiaSo' nd
and Detail BY \. T. Rlcnaruson a,,e g.
q Ioyett Gill illustrated by urd"tsnsS s,'o
and photographs specially taken. o'o'
m xi s.. Charles Scribners Sons
The beauty and dignity Of the coun-
,rv homes OF England have been MADE
familiar TO us in picture and PRINT III
many stately volumes. Indeed they
have claimed public interest. abroad as
we'll as at home. to such an extent that
the no less admirable urban architecture
Of the kingdom illustrated chiefly IN the
streets and squares of the older Lon
don. has been practically ignored. Ihe
authors Of this volume, seeing the IN
roads made by the new upon the DID,
tho cncroachment Of the apartment
house upon the home Of statelier, more
spacious generations. have repaired this
neglect by bringing together no fewer
than nincty-nine examples Of the best
Of that architecture in London, in photo
graphs Of sufficient size TO reproduce
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
WINTER DREAMS.
.om The PalI Nan Gazette.

From The Pail Mall Gazette.
The city's seemingly signs
Stood blatant in the mornings grey:
On all sides common houses Law
Or reeled and coiled In twisted lines:
Grey chimneys loomed by dingy snires--
Foul upas trees of biighted streets
The suns face was brides who moo, :
Death. not fulflment of desires.
But oh! the distant eastward skv
Broke into flying fleets of clouds.
With ragged sails and icy shrouds
And streaming pennons Haunted high,
And oh the ancient lure was tbs,o
The rapture of whitened sea
The long oars flashing white and free
The white spray singing bliths and fair,
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

strong enough TO resume the interrupted
composition of What Is Religion?" This
is, at least, Mr.. Maude's account of the
beginning and completion Of this story.
II his introduction to THE Forged Cou-
pom" DR.. Hagberg Wright, on the other
hand. dates the writing of "Hadji" from
1896 to 1904. He. by the way, gives
list Of all the posthumous writings with
the year when each was finished. or the
length Of time OF it's composition. He
ascribes the whole Of this output to the
period from 1890 to 1910.
"HadJi Murad" revives the memory OF
Tolstoy the artist. 1t deserves a proud
place beside his other tales of warfare
II has the old, admirable qualities OF
clear. sharp-cut INSTALLATION. of uner-
ring description. of a magnificent mas
terry of subject and method OF presenta-
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

the house. My dog Barboche bounded r Tor
II at once. and made frantic efforts " .1, W.
Il with his paws He was so earnest IN auay l,S
enorts that had to take the s,ivnse,f stom out
IRON him lest he should wear 1,,r,,na the
stone Is repeated ever every time that give I, !,
to Barboche. The conclusion OF II is ,iche iTHs
! nave come to believe that my poVs' ancient
Is the reincarnation of slave Vi Gallo.
Roman master who was very naru VI, @ 90
slaves. This. at any rate: seems 10 me nrd,' uo
be the only explanation Of TINS eon ne If
nary fact, and beg you TO pafIIon recaIved
fiom your society was partly due 70 tne III b.a-
fuence Of my good Barboche' ""o'
lieve, Is pOrte-bonheuT.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
DANISH BALLADRY.

Andrew Lang, in The illustrated Lon
don News"
81 love a ballad even but too well, q"
and to others who share this uncommon
taste take leave to recommend Mr. f.
NJ. Smith Dampier's Ballads from the
Danish. and Original Verses" (Melrose).
The Danish is rich in ballads very like
those Of the Border. and often dealing
with the same stories and adventures.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

ing Daughters; also Inc "oou
Raven" The Rhine of the Dead Lover
Is somewhat on the lines Of our mar
garet and Sweet william" or any oai-
lad where the love of the living brings
the dead knight from his grave This
verse, from "Sir Herluin," Is picture'
This is the rime Of Sir Herluin, NJ,
Who sleeps where ne lay and dlen'
With whin at his head and "iiin a' MS
And the lean sand for winding-sheet
And a mourning pine beside
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

their own" and il was found In street
where complicated garnish Of iron work
entwined itself over the flights of steps;
and from these petrified bowers eX-
tinguishers for obsolete fiambeauX
gasped at the upstart gas" Mr.. Merdle
resided in Harley street. where tho
houses. like unexceptionable society.
were very grim with one another" But
this is a digression, though directly sug-
gested by the authors themselves.
The work-the first on its subject It
appears-should prove most welcome,
and not least Of all TO the layman. Its
form a veritable gallery oi
architectural beauty worthy Of a place
beside the tones that celebrate the mag
niicence of the historic country seats or
England
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25

l2mo. pr caO Dodd. Mead & 60.
THE FORGED COUPON. AND OTHER
STORIES BY Leo Tolstoy. Edited hN
Dr HagberE Wright. FTontispiece
Emo. pp 2S pod1, Mead & 60.
-Four Of the five promised volumes "'
Tolstov's posthumous work have now
been published. the two volumes of nc
tiop here under consideration. and III"
two volumes q PLAYS which will he dealt
with al an early date Th" nfth book,
Father Scrgus. and other Stories has
not yet como 10 hand.
II has been made sufficiently well
known 10y now that Tolstoy conceived
in the last phase Of his career the con
victlon that 1t would be wrong for him
T., devote to art oven the smallest part
OF the time still remaining TO him for
the propaganda Of his ideas. but that,
forced by the strain of his didactic
work. he compromised with his consc!-
encc 10 the extent Of seeking occasional
rest in the writing of fiction and dramas
which he rcsolutely rcfrained from Civ
ing TO the world. Thus "Hadji Murad
begun in 1852, was taken MP again H.
1901-'O2. during his recovery from Il
serious Illness. when he was not yet
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
An Anecdote of Joseph jefferson.

The March Century" contains a paper
by Mary Shaw on The Stage Wisdom ot
Joseph jefferson" Among the many
anecdotes of her own experience Miss
Shaw tells one Of the anxious moment
during her first impersonation II
Gretchen. when. having slipped the bot.
tie which she had taken away from tho
tipsy Rip into fold Of her dress (hsv-
ing forgotten 10 put on the outsids
pocket). she tried desperately to whisper
to the deaf comedian where to look for
the bottle in the comic business Of flch-
ing IL from his wife. The description "
Jefferson's inimitable tact and resources
in proIonging the scene until he sue
ceeded in finding the bottle makes L
memorable anecdote OF the great player.
Dante in Miniature.
Mr.. Paget Toynbee OF England, is the
possessor of a copy of a miniature ed-
tion Of the Divine Comedy" published.
but without date, by Paganini-probablyI
between 1916 and 1920. Dante appears
to have had special attraction for tia
publishers of miniature editions, for
there is record OF no less than three Of
them in the seventeenth century all very
rare. and issued, respectively, at Vicenza.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-25
LITERARY NOTES.

Mrs. Margaret r. Sangster tells an
amusing story about the first poem IN
her recently published Little Book O.
Homespun Verse" This poem was orig.
inally printed on Mrs. Sangster's Homs
Page in THE womans Home Compan.
ion" II was Immediately copied by the
Irish press, one paper accompanying Il
with the following comment:
The exquisite little poem on Ballyshanpo,
which we reproduce to-day reminds one ~
a gem OF William Allingham's. Can snv
one give us information as TO the author.
ess?
"Futurist" Propaganda.
The Italian futurists. not content with
futurist painting. are planning futurist
music. architecture and philosophy as
well. Commenting on the programme o,
these young enthusiasts, writer IN
THE London Telegraph" says:
Futurist painting consists In depictiny
states of mind For instance, when yo,i
paint portrait you accumulate around or
inside the person painted symbolic repre-
sentations OF all the things he or she h.
thinking ola motor car. II she or he Is a
motorst: a stormy sea, If the person pro-
poses going on a Journey, and SO on. On
this principle what will Futurist muSo
he? / asked a Euturist, and he could only
say II would be music of the brain, care
bral music
The curious thing is that these young
Italian Futurists do not seem to have re-
fected that their principle Of representing
states of mind through various mediums
painting, music, etc.-is shockingly old.
fashioned. Has II never occurred TO them
represented already by old fogies-by
Michael Angelo in the tombs of the Med.
icls, or by Beethoven in the Choral Sym
phony? One also remembers vaguely hay-
ing heard some one since then say that
work of art is Nature seen through 8 TEN.
permanent. / am afraid the Futurists' really
are effete.