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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
COMMERCE CONGRESS CONSIDERS WORLD
 PENNY POSTAGE

Among the many important matters that will be considered by prominent ternationaI Congress of Chambers of Commerce. opening today in Boston, not the least interesting is the pro- posal for a, worldwide penny or two cent postage system Dr. Alfred Georg, of Geneva, Switzerland, will introduce this proposition, since the Swiss have taken the, initiative in this and other postal reforms to be brought to the attention Of the Universal Pos tai Union at its conference next year
 England was the first country to introduce penny postage for domestic letters. Sir Rowland Hill was the author of the penny-post system, as he was also. the originator of the money order system and post office savings banks. The uniform rate of one penny per letter for half an ounce weight was put into effect in 1s40. Before that time postage rates in England had varied with the distance, except that in 1889 trial had been given of uniform rate of four pence per letter Stamped covers were in troduced in 1S40, and ha1f-penny pos tai cards were issued in 1870. Street letter boxes were first used in Eng land in 1855.
 In the United States the post office department was much slower in at taining domestic penny or two-cent postage In 1845 the postage rate on letters was from five to ten cents, ac- cording to distance, and it was not
 
 to three cents for distances under B. GOO miles. A uniform three-cent rate was adopted in 1S63 and a two-cent rate in 1875 One of the first steps toward an international penny post was taken when the United States en- tered into agreements with Canada and Mexico whereby the two-cent let ter rate was made to apply to those countries. Cuba, Panama and the city of Shanghai, China, and later Great Britain and Germany, now l,ex foJ with Init ed States providing for a letter rate of two cents per ounce. There has been a great deal of agitation for a one-cent letter rate in the United States of late years, but in most res poets the United States lags behind European nations in the matter of postal reforms. At the present time the postage rate on parcels from any point in the United States to Japan, China Austria. France, Germany, Great Britain Sweden and other for eign countries for twelve cents per pound, while the rate is sixteen cents per pound for a parcel mailed and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
contributed.

cOntri buted.
 The third -terrner has thundered anathemR nnaranatha against the Standard Oil, he has exhausted the vocabulary of vituperation and invec- tive against the Steel Trust and has hurled maledictien at the Interests and yet within the past few weeks it has been charged that he received in 1904 over s1Oo.eOo.0o from the Standard Oil to help finance his cam paign and s100,00e.0O from the Steel Trust, to say nothing of smaller con tributions from other trusts and cor porations, big and little. At present in louder and more boisterous terms than ever before he Is procIaining himself the enemy of big business and the anointed of the Lord, standing upon the field of Armageddon fight ing his own battles, yet he Is today financing his campaign by levying contributions from the big interests and given a direct pledge of political subservieIace hereafter to be rendered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
PRQHIBITIONlSTS NAME
 FULL CITY TICKET AND
 ONE WOMAN CANDIDATE

A full town and. city ticket was nominated at the city convention Of the Prohibition party last night, held at the party headquarters, 1119 Broad street, and attended by 2S delegates Town Chairman Theo- dore T. Phillips called the meeting to order and F. A. Gunzenhauser was elected clerk.
 These nominations were made: P- w Marshall and Charles L. Beach for representatives; Mrs. Grace Plate and L. A. Skinner for the Board or Education; A, Albert Gunzenhauser for judge of Probate. and these can didates for justice of peace: J. HoInl- berg, Ralph L. Miller, w s. Freeman, J. s. Weed, P. s. Williams w. n. Mott C. H. Packer, Sr, J. P MO Leod, Robert Fritz, Jr., A Nelson, Thomas Walker w. B. Cook and Erastus Jersey.
 Candidates for aldermen are: Fl. r. Bunce. Third district; Oscar Olson, Fifth district; J. M. Larkin, Seventh district; B. W. Latin: Eighth; Albert Jersey. Ninth; F. c. F'eatherstone, EIeventh: F-erett Jersey, Twelfth. Nominee for the First, Second, Fourth Sixth and Tenth districts, will be made by a. nominating committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
CINCINNATI LIFTS BAN
 ON AUTO HORNS
Change in Old Ordinance Made Necessary By Increasing Num-
 ber of Accidents.

Cincinnati, Sept. 24The traffic or dinance here which for several years has prevented motorists from using all kinds of warning signals except the hand-operated bulb horn, has been repealed The new law that sup plants it went into effect yesterday.
 This provides that all automobiles must be equipped with signals capable of producing an abrupt note, suffi- cientIy loud to be heard under all con- ditions of traffic" It restricts their use however, to times of actual ne cessity.
 In both respects the new measure is exactly similar to ordinances recently enacted by the councils of Chicago, St. Louis, Newark and other large cit ies throughout the country.
 It is said that the change from the old order of things was made neces- sary by the increasing number of ac- cidents Many of these were directly traceab1e to failure to give sufficient warning of the automobiles approach.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
THE RAT-oATCHER.

With the plague at Jour doors the ancient if not specially honored pro fession of the rat-catcher may come again into vogues at least until science and invention have solved the prob lem of eliminating the rat altogether Tn the contested and insanitary cities of centuries ago it is easy to imagine the utility Of such a functionary. The profession still exists in most of our larger cities, it's, representatives, sof.ts srof n on -crirninal member of the derwor1d-claiming special skill or mysterious professional secrets in his way of working t is not to be doubted that such individuals are better acquainted than the rest of the community with the ways of the pes tilent rodents, and the success of some has passed into tradition as lit tie short of marvellous. The useful Eless of the profession should make it Snore respectable at this time than it has beer considered in the past. Boards of health and sanitary au- thorTties might wei! utilize this class of workers as a temporary means or vvarding off a threatening crisis like the impending epidemic of plague. Catching the rat. to be sure. like syvattfng the fly. is a lame and un- satisfactory eXpedient, says The Jour nal Of the American Medic al Associa- tion compared with the method of building and starving both out of existence: but so long as such an anachronism as the rat exists, there is no inconsistency in fighting it with . medieTal institution like the rat sa9eher-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
THE LINE STORM.

It has always been easy for New
 England to believe in equinoctial storms The settlers promptly had one. With accessory freshet and ti- da1 ways it chased the Narra gansett Indians into the treetops; so at least
 runs E41e old record. And ever since storm. or in Longfellow's phrase, The Gigantic Stormwind of the equinox
 has swept or ravaged the Atlantic sea
 board and even the central valleys.
 Far out on Cape Cod, a shaft com
 menlOrates dfty-seven men and boys
 of Truro drowned in one autunana1
 gale Is no longer a household, word, but it still roa1-s and whoops in Dr.
 Holmes doggerel. A kind of storm
 that for forty miles inland can blight
 the foliage with salt and drive the
 Hurried sea gulls into Worcester, inn
 presses itself deeply on mems mem oraes- The Nova Scotia gale of '73,
 with it's windrows of wreckage, over 1,2o0 vessels, and with it's harvest of 500 deaths also wrote itsestory plain.
 And the Sept enber storms that. are
 of staG more recent memory hava
 brought devastation upon the Gulf
 coast and upon the Sea Islands.
 for believing that the suns crossing
 of the line compels storm. The ce
 lestda1 equator, like the earth's, is
 only imaginary They point out. too.
 actly on time. With two or three
 weeks 1eeway on either side of Sep ICnDSr Zz, any marked QaSt turDancS
 gets the name of equinoctia1 and feeds the fancy for another year. Once men may have thought the 1inestorrn
 rained and blew and raised the tides over all the world at once. But now barometer and telegraph show that a storm travels on a local track; it is
 a progressive windwhirI, a mere eddy in some great air stream of the globe.
 For instance, the cyclone that was ac-
 vepted in 1900 as the equinoctfal storm
 left he field of ofAobservation September Is; it had been felt in Boston four dcys before; but it first came into view off Barbados August 30. For
 all these reasons the IineStorm is now
 widely called 6 superstition, akin to notions ab bout the groundhog and about
 germinatfon in he dark of the moon.
 This break with tradition is never
 theless too hasty. In truth the line neither is fact nor yet is fiction. Of course the suns crossing Of an inn agfnary line cannot beget a real storm. But on the other hand at sun is shining straight down upon the equatorial sea, and the region of calns is a little north of the equa tor. These are just the conditions for easy for their easy passage westward The violent storms arising from overturns of hot and cold air in the doldrun1s follow the general wind movement the gulf; there they reach the preva- lent southwest drift of air, and re- curve to the right, sweep northeast ward near the coastIine, and disappear at last far out in the north Atlantic These tropical cyclones, the hucri- canes of the Iogbooks, are the half truth in the 1inestorm. They are also l the reason why the governments daily weather reports mention at this time 1 of year the West Indian weather con- ditions-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
CONSCIENCE IN
 WORKMANSHIP

. Quoth sLago; ''Conscience. it is our coin; and we live by parting with
 There are workmen and workmen- There are those who work to get the thing done. and there are those who make of their work labor of love and pride. and who are satisfied wita nothing short of the limit of their abilities.
 such craftsman is William l.. Peters of Hartford, Coma m an who embodies in his attitude toward 5he, beautiful instruments he creates the same reverence and affection which the great masters of CTemona exhibited.
 The painstaking care, the attention 10 detail. the perfection of finish. ali proclaim the master artisan
 For oyer half a century Peters has 'Iabored to give to the world his con tribafion of beauty and joy Perhaps work Is to= the worker. and comes back most to him." One of the chief est rewards of diligence and applica- ton is the ability to do more and bet ter work
 The old fiddle maker bears out this aphoris4n- He is an artist--modest. painstakingiy careful and accurate, still worshipping at the shrine of the ideaI@as developed by the immortal Italian Isuthiers.
 He is TT years young. Many use ful busy years lie ahead of him ere he-with a tired sigh-puts away his last uncompIeted fiddle, and seeks the peaceful rest he will have earned by a long life of conscious workman ship
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
THE COMPLEX HARBOR PROB
 LEM
(New York Sun.l

The standard of harbor water purity to be recommended blythe Metropoli- tan Sewerage Commission after it's study of New York harbor appears to be entirely reasonable. Under pres ent conditions it is not to be expect ed that the upper harbor will be made as clean and sweet the lower bay should be. In time sewage disposal methods will be adopted by which the pollution of the waters from this source will be entirely eliminated Un- til that day comes absolute purity in the waters immediately surrounding any densely populated district will be unattainable.
 What the commission will suggest is should not be visible in any of the be at all times and places clean in ap- pearance and without offensive odors; that solids affecting the naviga bility of the harbor should not be discharg- ed into it's waters and that bathing and oyster culture should be allowed only where a standard of purity ap- proXimating that of drinking water can be maintained. Harbor improve ment for commercial uses and protec- ton for sanitary reasons are intimate ly related, and neither should be un- deTtaken without regard for the other.
 The report of the commission will be of the highest importance to all the communities served directly and in directly by the bay and harbor as a receptacle for waste In New Jersey two plans for sewage disposal are de
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
CITY CARRIAGE UTILIZED
 IN STREET LIGHTING

The garbage and other refuse of Minneapolis, Minn-, is being utilized to generate current for 200 street-iIlum- ination arc lamps, the health depart ment, which collects the garbage and refuse and operates the incinerator, be- ing paid 8 per street lamp less than the city pays the lighting company.
 Most of the garbage gathered from NI9nnea polls homes is drained by the househo1ders, at the request Of the health department, then wrapped up in paper and placed in covered cans. Combustible trade refuse is brought to the furnace at private expense. The draining and wrapping of the gar bage increases its combustibIe value to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
LAST REAL SON OF THE
 AMERICAN REVOLUTION
 IS DEAD AT AGE OF 95

The last of the direct sons of the' American Revolution, Elmer Hatch, died at West Webster, N. Y, on Fri day. Sept. 20, 1912, in the ninety of John Hatch of New Preston, Conn.,, who served through the Connecticut Revolueion, was at the Danbury raid and at eS= battle of CenarAo Re9Ct9- He moved from New Preston to Sharon in early life and had sons, Daniel, Elnore and Charles E. B. Fillmore and Charles joined the Con
 necticut society of the American
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
GoING To PLAY BRIDGE rHIs. WINTER

Oh you who sharpening your wits and making ready for the winters run of Bridge. Five Hundred Pnoch1e, Poker have a look the Cards we are selling special this week. You familiar with the Cards at 50 cts pack. These identical with them the style backs, &nooth surfaces, fascinating handle the only difference being that the edges gi1ded- But who for glded cards if only gi1ded luck.
 Two packs for 25 cts. Look at them
 Stationery Section center.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

to the officers, all trace of the fowls had disappeared with the excepti.on hoard had been cleared. The many keepers of chickens in the vicinity will be glad to learn that an arTest has heen made and that depredations will likely cease.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
Uhe> D. M~ Rpan Ountpa1t1J.
 EHtahltHlpA 1B51.
TO THE WOMAN LOOKING FOR TAILORED SUITINGS FOR S2.OO YARD

The fine exhibit of Bouc1e Suitings, Zibelines plain and fancy Whipcords, Tweeds, Rough Worsteds, and other mannish cloths will be certain please the man in search of material for al1-round good business suit for steady and hard Weather will not affect these sturdy weaves. ney win harmed by rain driving snowflakes, warm eOnafozT- able and seasonabe. The may be always scous that she IS clad in suit which will hold its appearance as long, longer, than she desires.
 $2OO yard and 56 inches wide.
 We recommend early inspection because the present writing the stock is very large.
 Colored Dress Goods floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
MONEY OF BIG BUSINESS.

Further evidence tending to prove that the third-term candidate does not treat the money of Big Business with the. same lofty -scorn- that he dis cusses it's works, zf1ssS 5heen developed by the -series of letters which the third-term party finance committee is sending broadcast. to heads of the great corporations. The latter is an appeal for money and names the ---annt- s50O.O0. which should be
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

veloping, which may be seriously in huenced by the results Of the investi- gation TWO things are obvious. The harbor and the bay must be kept in a condition conducive to health and improved on a comprehensive plan for the benefit of the whole territory de- pendent on them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
POJUTRY KEEPERS GLAD
 AT THIEF'S APPREHENSION

Alex Scales, 40 years old, 66 Lex ington avenue, charged with the theft of nine chickens from the coop or Louis Semos, 100 Lexington avenue, was held by Judge Foster in the city court yesterday until September 26. It was close and persistent effort on the part of Detective Cronin and Patrolman Dooley that brought about a, solution of this theft, as according
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

A widower with a houseful of chil dren can get married any time Bu a widow with 1ouseful of childrei should open her boarding house with out unnecessary delay.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

While there are exceptions, lover are advised that the rule is that n girl can be won in a ninth inning ral Iy You have to win girl earl in the game or lose her
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

Most investigations are 1imelightinl expeditions conducted for the purpos : of Illuminating expeditions conducte' for the purpose of illuminating som individual or political group.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

When a man prefaces the, stTy which he is about to tell with the inquiry as to whether his listeners have heard it, is is considered the po- lite thing for the listeners to say they never have. no matter how familiar ii is to them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

considerable extent, as well as help ing keep the cans clean and making once-a-week collection in the resi- dence districts satisfactory even in the summer time.-PopuIar Mechanics.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

The man who. can cook and nlak himself useful about the house n1dgh as well do it. He seldom is wortl much down town.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

A correspondent asks whether there is any way of getting rid of a prom inent Adams apple. The only way ls to swallow 1t, and that method is no recom mended
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

The mattress the whole world ltnoVgI about is for sale at the furniture store of N Buckingham & Co, TT state street We refer Co the celebrated Ostermoor mattress which has been sold for 90 years. It is the best to- day and the cheapest in point of aer- vice and health. Call at ~. Buck ingham & Co.'S, TT State street. ard see them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

If your ambition to gather it easily leads you into Wall street, do not com plain if, during the process of beine trimmed, you suffer some pain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
DEMOCRATIC TICKET

DEMOCRATIC TICKET. tEIection, Tuesday, November 5.) For President, WOODROW WILSON = of New Jersey. For Vice-President, THOMAS R.. MARSHALL of Indiana.
 For Governor, SIMEON E. BALDWIN of New Haven. For Lieutenant Governor, LYMAN T. FINGER
 of Vernon For Secretary of State, ALBERT PHILLIPS of Stamford.
 For Treasurer, EDWARD s. ROBERTS of North Canaan. For Comptroller, DANIEL P. DUNN of WiIlimantic. FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS GSs Msx s.FLss Hsxe4 ? cSs9tyI do9fh
 of New Haven.
 Hartford County,
 of Hartford.
 Fairfield County.
 MEI1BERT B. CARY
 of Ridgehe1d.
 LjtchfeId County, WILLIAM B. PERRY, JR. of Salisbury.
 New London County, WILLIAM BELCHER
 of New London.
 MiddIesex County,
 JOHN L. FISK,
 of Middletown.
 windham County, OSCAR o. TANNER
 of WilIimantlc. For Senator 22nd District Archibald McNeil, Jr. For Senator 23rd District Joseph H. Whitcomb. REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS 1st Dis-AUGUsTINE LONERGAN
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
Oetermoor Afattfeases.

Revolution in 1908. Charles died ir 1910 also in his ninety-ffth year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

REFRESHMENTS IN CONGRESS
 1st Dis=AUGUsTINE LoNERGAN
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

It can be said of every rich man thai he did not make his money raising An gora goats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
COOL NIGHTS CALL FOR WARM COMFORTABLES.

CALL FOR WARM COMFORTABLES. Winter Stock ready all grades in Cotton and Down. Cotton Cornfortab1es covered with chal1i sllso1ne and satine pink bue green yellow and lavender with white very dainty floral designs, oS $15o, $I75, $2.25, $2.6o, Says up to $6oo
 Down Comfortable in new designs, all different colorings to match sleeping These covered with satines and plain or brocaded silk $5oo $6.5o, $7.oo, $s5o, 2$1ooo and $12.oo.
 Blanket Section, lower floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
On Second Thought
By Jay E. House

A member Of the Auger club way laid Eph Wiley and held him for an hour. ssWhat was he talking about?' a, bystander asked after Eph had bro ken loose ''I don't know, Eph re- piled He didn't say
 When your hair starts going it doesn't say. "aurevoir It says good bye.
 An unmarried man can go down town when he gets ready But a married man must walt until his wife picks the raNe1ings off his clothes.
 In every town there are men who, in the matter Of being saved, give the travelling evangelist the preference ov- CT the local preacher.
 When a. farmer decides to take va and goes to a new country to look at the land.
 The baby question may be settled in this way If 1t is your baby it is priceless treasure. It. it isn't your baby it is a nuisance.
 It can be said of every rich man that he did not make his money raising An gora goats.
 If your ambition to gather it easily leads you into Wall street, do not conn plain if, during the process of being trimmed, you Suner some pain.
 The man who. can cook and make himself useful about the house might as well do it. He seldom is worth much down town.
 Most Investigations are 1imeligh ting expeditions conducted for the purpose of Illuminating expeditions conducted for the purpose of illuminating some individual or political group.
 A correspondent asks whether there is any way of getting rid of a prom inent Adams apple. The only way is to swallow it, and that method is not recommended.
 A widower with a houseful of chil- dren can get married any time. But a widow with a houseful of children should open her boarding house with out unnecessary delay.
 While there are exceptions, lovers are advised that the rule is that no girl can be won in a ninth inning ra1- Iy You have to win girl early in the game or lose her
 When a man prefaces the stUy which he is about to tell with the inquiry as to whether his listeners have heard it, is is considered the po- lite thing for the listeners to say they. never have, no matter how familiar it is tn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
Uhr a. n. Rran Unnratnr.

} SCARCE ARTICLEsr A T AXS O AR A H B
 Here is a big value iD Scrim Curtains.
 For lack of room we are giving up ready made cur tains.
 This lot was bought be- fore this decision, so will have to sacrifice them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

The baby question may be settled in this way. If 1t is your baby it is 8 priceless treasure. It 1t isn't your baby it is a nuisance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24

When a farmer decides to take va cation he buys an excursion ticket and goes to a new country to look at 1 the land.