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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30
The Courtland School dnc.,
A91 WasI1fnrfon Ave

Pupils entered at anytime. New Kindergarten Primary class for girls and boys between the ages of and years. Parents invited to visit the school before placing children else- where. AIS uss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30
CLEANEASY, THE BEST HANn
 SOAP

Guaranteed not to injure the skin. Instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust. Grease, Ink, Paint and Dirt. For the hand or clothing. Large can 10 cents. Manufactured by Wm- R. Winn. 244 Stratford Ave.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30
Stratford Taxpayers
 Names in The Farmer

Below will be found a partial list of the taxpayers of Stratford together with the amount of their assessment. The publication of the list will be continued daily until completed.
 STRATFORD'S TAXPAYERS,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30
CALIFORNIA FARES.

Greatly reduced. Also other Pacific Coast points. March 2nd to April 14th Apply Erie R. R. Office, 136 Washington St., Boston, 'nass.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30

Very attractive are the taffeta waist models, both in dressy and in semi tailored finish. The chan-eable are stronger, but fsn,-y stripes and checks also appcs.r.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30

New York-Aliens numbering 21, ,Oe9 entered this port during this week. .,- 545 arriving in one day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30
Foley Kidney Pills

TONIC IN ACTION QUICK IN REsULTs
 Give prompt relief from BACKACHE KIDNEY and BLADDER TROUBLE RHEUMATISM, CONGESTION of the KIDNEYS INFLAMMATION of the BLADDER and all annoying URINARY IRREGULARITIES. A positive boon tc MIDDLE AGED and ELDE RL1 PEOPLE and for WOMEN.
 HAVE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION
 s. A. Davis, 627 Washington St., Connersville Ind, is in his 85th year. He writes us: II hay. lately suffered much from my kidneys and blad der Ihad severe backaches and my kidney actior was too froqIent, causing me to lose much slee at night, and in my bladder there was constan. pain. took Foley Kicney, Pills for some time and am now free of all trouble and again able t. be up and around. Foley Kidney Pills have n, highest recommendation"
 - NTT1D HTcs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30
,~IfARGRovE SCHOOL NOTES.

At the Hargrove school, yesterday. 3t was announced that there would sbe no Easter recess this year. owing into the great amount of study ahead of tthe pupils.
 Philip Crovat of Hargrove is spend ling the weekend with his parents in ENew York city. He expects to return Monday.
 Frederick Kleber is also in New York over Sunday, as the guest of MT. Crovat
 Albert Combs lefts s1ast night on an automobile trip to New York city, {; where he will spend a few days with .his parents
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30
AT ST. THOMAS CHURCH.

Tomorrow morning. Palm Sunday, will be observed at St. Thomas Church The first mass will be held at.S:30 a. m., with the reading of the FsSsion Palms will be blessed just hefure the high mass at 10:30, at which 1 time palms will he distributed. Dur ! sI1e the distribution Mrs. John Mo Nally will sing the Palms" The sPassion will also be read at this mass.
 Special services will also be held Throughout Holy Week, but no sched- ule has yet been fixed. Special mu- ! aic will be provided for Easter Sun day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30
LARGE sMELT CATCHES

THURSDAY
 The largest catches of smelts made in years were made Thursday by the various fishermen on the river All obtained record catches, and all the fish were of the finest quality. Among those reporting a large catch were Kirk Eddy, Thomas White, James Barnes and Thomas Croker.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30
EXCITEMENT AT THD CENTER.

EXCITEMENT AT THD CENTER.
 Considerable excitement was caused around town Thursday during the noon hour A large old-fashiOned steam engine, drawn by horses, be- came badly tangled up with the foun- tain at the center, and about the aame time Wallace Bulkley got mix ed up with his horse and carriage too close to a trolley car. MT. Bulkley' s carriage suffered the loss of a wheel, 0mt the engine was able to go along as soon as some one aided the drunken drfyerS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30
OTHER CHURCH NOTES.

At the Congregational Church the feG1lIar preaching service will be held tdfnorrow morning at 1O:30, with ser uion by Prof. Tweedy of Yale Col 1e8e.
 In the evening the Young Peoples Society of Christian Endeavor will be held at 7:30 A special Good Friday service will R. held at the Congregational Church on Friday morning at 10 o'clock
 Rexular services will be held in the HEzfhodist Church tomorrow at the 311al hours
 Ut St Paul's Church the regular ob- aefvance of Palm Sunday will take place.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-30

WANT ADS. GENT A WORD.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
WHOLE NUMBER 2.677.
Real Aroei Of Death.

Most Of US are familiar with the
beautiful and artistic conception of
French wherein young sculptor who
Is plying his magic chisel upon block
Of stone and summoning from the
snowy depths Of the marble the dream
face of his souls ideal is gently touch
ed by the wistful eyed angel Of death
and the skillful arm forever stayed.
The whole creation is marvelously
beautiful. and the world is better for
its birth. Nevertheless 1t is allegorical
and misleading. The real angel of
death in tte case of the thin faced
sculptor was not a sad visaged maiden
Of classical profile. In all probability
It was minute, rodlike organism float
ing amid notes Of dust and known to
scientists as the bacillus tuberculo-
SIS" Tho writer does not want to be
a shatterer of ideals, but the sooner
such poetic notions Of death are done
away with and the mass of the people
educated in a common sense way to
the dangers of dust and bacteria the
better It will be for humanity In gen.
eraL-J. G. Ogden in Popular Mechan-
fcc
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
A Wonderful Machine.

The machine by which railway tick
cts are printed gives an exhibition Of
intelligence or what looks very like it
Railway tickets are not, as might be
supposed, printed in large sheets and
afterward cut up. The cardboard is
cut into tickets first and printed one
by one afterward. The little blank
cards are put In q pile in a kind Of
perpendicular spout, and the machine
slips a bit Of metal underneath the
bottom Of the spout and pushes out
the lowest ticket In the pile to be
printed and consecutively numbered.
It Is Of no use trying to print a bad
ticket. The machine finds out an i'm
perfect blank in an instant and fatly
refuses to have anything to do with 1t.
Tear OF the corner Of one of the bits
Of card and put 1t into the spout with
the others In order to see what will
happen ana 1t refuses to bulge again
until somebody comes and removes
the impostor. Pull out the damaged
ticket and the mechanism will set
briskly to work again.-Philadelphia
Record.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
When Women Carved.

In George rs reign 1t was the bound
en- duty Of the mistress of country
house to carve for her guests. Ell
quette demanded 1t Of her. and no one
might relieve her Of her arduous task,
not even the master. To the latter was
only assigned the easy labor Of passing
the bottle and looking on while each
Joint was placed in turn before his
wife or daughter, as the case might be,
and by her rapidly manipulated. Carv-
ing became one Of the branches of a
good feminine education, and there
were professional carving masters who
taught the young ladies. Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu took lessons in the
art three times week and on her
fathers public days made a practice
Of having her own dinner an hour or
two beforehand. A guest who did not
receive his portion from his hostess
own fair hands would have consider
ed himself much aggrieved.-London
SpectatOr
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

WITH the exception of the seasons
of 1889 and 1890. the present has been
the dryest OF thirty three years, ac-
cording to the record kept by Mr..
O'Connor, the weather clerk. Those
were 80. IS and 35. SO respectively, and
this season it was 1924 inches. The
total average for the whole period
has been 55.29 inches. The rainfall
since Sept. 1st, 1911. was 1915, q de-
ficiency of 6.17 compared with that
OF the thirty-three years. The total
rainfall for the December just
passed, was 4.31, or less than thirty
per cent of the general rainfall for
that month and the mean tempera-
ture was 31.7 a departure of minus
2.7 degrees from the normal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
A FEW PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
OLYMPIA, Wash, Jan. 10, 1912

OLYMPIA, Wash, Jan. 10, 1912.
EDITOR WASHINGTON STANDARD:
Having been for long wlile
studiOus reader of the STANDARD, |
think the fight you are making for
the people and welfare of Olympia
ought to obtain recognition.
l have been a somewhat close OBJ
server of the expensive lawsuits 60
ing on in court, wherein many high
priced witnesses have appeared and
gave testimony. / refer to the suit
Of Mallory versus the city. 1t is
said the shorthanded reporters bill
will amount to about one thousand
dollars that the city may have to pay
and other heavy expenses which the
average citizen will never know about,
for the accounts and doings of our
city government form a close corpor-
alton, and we do not know the items
of expense. We realize something
is wrong when we come to pay our
taxes, or let them 60 by default for
want OF funds.
1 am not criticising the reporter,
for he was without doubt the hard
est worked individual in the case.
He did not employ himself and ought
to have his pay. But his charges
in connection with the other big ex-
pense ought not to have been made
necessary, and would not if the city
had done its duty. Then further, the
dispute might have been settled with
better satisfaction with great saw
ing OF fees and expense, by arbitra-
tion. 1t seems to me the citizens or
some representative body could have
persuaded Mallory and the city to
arbitrate the difference, and had the
matter settled in less than a weeks
time, instead Of causing this vast
outlay of the peoples money. The
city's affairs being conducted on the
theory that it is only for the initial
ed to know; the public may never know
the-heavy expense incurred. Finan-
cial statements ought to be pub
lished from time to time, that the
people may understand how the city
funds are disbursed, which is not the
case now. You ask a city official, he
will reply that it win cost too much
to publish the proceedings; they are
in the city hall where they may be
consulted. How is the ordinary
individual to get time to consult
them; even if he should, he might
not be able to do so. This complaint
about the cost of publication is q
sham and fraud, when on five
thousand dollar contract the city al
lows the contractor to profit to the
extent OF 81. lOU.
The actual motive for this conc a.
ment does not seem to be a worthy
one. The real object is to keep the
information from the general public,
excepting those persons who are on
the inside of the corporation. If any
man writes or speaks the truth about
our city affairs, his motives are ques-
toned just as if that made any diff
ference. Are these facts, or are they
not? The personnel of the individual
makes no difference, facts are facts.
Truly,
G. r.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
Strict German pise;pl;ne.

German discipline in the army is
the strictest Of any nation In the
world" said a man who has expe-
rienced 1t. Every German boy must
serve a definite period in the army.
He can buy his way out in six months
IL he has money. but the richest must
serve that period. The first thing told
a recruit when he enters the barracks
IL that he does not know how to walk.
That information startles him. because
naturally he believes he had learned
to walk years before. A drillmaster
gets him in a courtyard, and for
week, often a month, the poor recruit
II drilled in walking alone. Then he
gets another course, and the longest
practice marches Of q regiment are al
most equal to the stress Of actual war.
It makes thorough soldiers Of the
boys."-New York Tribune.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

SOME OF our property-owners are
complaining about their assessments
for improvements in that they were
told by the City Engineer their prop
erty would be assessed at the rate
OF two dollars per front foot, now
find the charge is about three dollars.
Some men would complain if they
were to be hanged. Just wait till we
get through with the box - sewer
and the Swantown fill. Then some
of the owners may bite their tongues
to suppress their wrath.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

NAooASo Ou tue OIluOiCs
What is it we often return and new
er barrow?
Thanks.
Why should stars be the best as.
tronomers?
Because they have studded the hea
vens for years.
Name the three most forcible let.
ters in the alphabet.
N, r, G.
The two which consist of nothing
M, I.
The four which express great cor.
pulence?
o. B, G, T.
The four which indicate exalted
station?
X, L, N, G.
How do settlers recognize WILDLY
Island7
BY the Sound.
is thero word in the English Ian.
guage that answers all these ques-
tions and contains all the vowels?
Unquestionably.
What is it that you and every liv-
ing man has seen and can never see
again?
Yesterday.
Name the swiftest letter. and still
no letter at all?
Let 'er rip.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
CRYSTAL Palace Sold,

The Earl of Plymouth, has pur-
chased Crystal Place, one of the
great amusement palaces OF England,
for $1,000. His purpose is to hold
it until the nation shall purchase it,
thus avoiding its sale at public auc-
tion. The earl would make it the
Hall of Nations.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
Animals Undar water.

The ability Of a beaver to remain
under water for a long time Is not
really so tough a problem as it looks.
When the lake or pond is frozen over
q beaver will come to the under sur
face of the ice and expel his breath
so that It will form a wide, hat bub-
bic. The mfr. coming in contact with
the ice and water. is purified. and the
beaver breathes 1t again. This opera
ton he can repeat several times. The
otter and muskrat do the same thing.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
SOME of the Delphi Socialists are

SOME of the Delphi Socialists are
trying to ascertain the meaning of
the words Syndicalism and Sabo-
tage. Why not present the matter to
Judge Tib Brown, and obtain judi
cial decision? There are some aca-
denies in that locality who ought to
be able to enlighten the faithful;
moreover. they might write some OF
the Industrial Workers of the World
to come into their neighborhood and
explain these terms.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
Vocal VENGEANCE.

A rather brutal thing was said
unawares at an evening party.
Shortly after midnight gentleman
was pressed to sing. Very thought
full he put forth the excuse that al
the late hour the pext-door neigh.
bors might object.
"Oh, never mind the neighbOrs,
cried the young lady of the house.
They poisoned our dog last week. ~
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
A IHtlA kno,xladnA.

Mrs. Wheatpit - Do tell I didn't
know Titan was an artist. Miss
Wheatpit-Sh, mammal OF course he
was an artist. Mrs. Wheatpit-Well,
nowi I thought he got up one Of
those preparations for the hair!-Har-
per's Magazine.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

EMOTIONAL insanity is what Charles
HuffOrd, q liquor salesman. says
caused him to murder his sweetheart,
Gladys Irene Tesche, on o public
street in Seattle, the other night.
He acknowledges that he drank. but
was not so drunk as crazy. He claims
also that the girl and her family
worked" him for his money and
she then informed him that she had
no further use for him.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

Father" asked 8-year. old Alice,
returning home from school, "are
you good at punctuation?"
Yes" replied the father.
"Well, tell me, please, how would
you punctuate The wind blew q s.
bill around the corner.
Why, daughter, I would simply
put period at the end OF the
sentence"
/ wouldn't" said Alice mischiev.
ously. / would make dash after
the IS bill"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
Rcassurind.

Irate Gentleman Ito his GARDENER
What do you mean, SIR. by telling
people In the village that I'm a stingy
master? Gardener - No fear O. me
a-doin' the likes O. that, guv'nor. l
allus keeps my thoughts to myself
Punch,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
CHILE CON CARNE

Served daily at Theodore Werlen's S
lunch counter in the rear of Charles
Saloon. Call in and get bowl.
Coffee and doughnuts till 9 A. NJ.
Merchants lunch at noon. TEDDY"
always greets the hungry with a
smile.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
Waata of OpportunitY.

Stella-What do you consider
waste of opportunity? Bells-A
freight train going through a tunnel
New York Sun.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
Ecrdetfui,

as Bronson as forgetful as cverY'
more so. Why. that fellow has to
look himself up in the directory every
night before he goes home from busi-
uess-forgets his address"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

What the other fellow thinks about
you isn't half so important as what
you really think about yourself!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

EvERY MAN SHOULD RECOGNIZE HIMSELF
l. AS A FACTOR IN HIS HONE TOWN AND
BECOME A SOLDIER OF THE COMMON GOOD
WHY NOT? WE ARE MUTUALLY DEPEND
ENT. EVERY ONE OF US. FROM THE SUNRISE
TO THE SUNSET OF LIFE. FOR NO MAN LIVES
TO OR FOR HIMSELF ALONE. THE UTTERLY
SELFISH MAN IS A MISFIT IN The SCHEME OF
HUMAN EXISTENCE, is A LIBEL UPON A BENEF-
ICENT PROVIDENCE.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

THAT pause-and-refect thing is a
good uumber-but we never like to
see the horse we've played do it'll
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

SOME of us imagine that we can't
declare ourselves without bawling
somebody Outl
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

ONE advantage of fighting with
your back to the wall is that past
cant prod you from behind!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

You don't have to wait until you
shave to look yourself square in the
facel
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

Trees are carried away by the n,od,
while rushes remain.-Proverb.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

MONEY makes the mare go'-but
the horses" can make it fly!
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

THOSE who eat corn in the cob have
corn by the ear.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12

These golden words of truth are quoted
from booklet booming n town that be-
lieves In itself and is going forward with
rapid strides because its people work to-
gether for the common good. Its popula-
tiOn increased nearly 100 per cent during
the past ten years, while another town
similarly situated. only twenty ty-hve miles
away. has increased only about per cent
In thirty years. Why the difference7 The
other town is cut up into cliques and fac
tons. Some sets won't trade or neighbor
with other sets. The result is that thou
sands Of dollars every mouth are sent out
Of that town for mail order purchases,
whereas In the town first mentioned, where
the people stick together. 1t has been estl-
mated that the home merchants get about
0S per cent Of the trade.
I'VE are mutually dependent, every one
of u.s." remember that. and become a SOL
dier Of the common good" Patronize
home industries Trade at home Don't
be selfish and libel
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12


Robert W. Chambers, the novelist.
was discussing a new volume Of po-
etry.
1t is ambitious" be said. but
the tragedy seems to be mechanical.
In fact the. grief in the verses re-
minds me OF the grief OF Tennessee
woman.
She was eating pig's-feet one day
at the door of her cabin, when a
neighbor came to tell her bad news.
Her husband had got into a fight at
the Three Corners tavern; a ball had
lodged in his lung and he had died
instantly.
The woman pigs foot held mid
way to her mouth, listening to this
narrowing tale in profound silence.
Then falling to her pigs foot vigor-
ously again, she said:
Wait till I've finished this pig S
trotter, and you'll hear some hollerin
as is hollerin. p"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-01-12
HOW TO TELL WOMAN'S AGE.
This Plan Will Trap Her Unless She is
Suspicious.

Every man seems to be born with
a desire to know the age of ladies
with whom he comes in contact. Wo-
men also appear to have an innate
curiosity concerning the number OF
summers" which have passed over
the heads of their female friends.
But there is nothing more difficult
to discover than the exact age of a
women who wishes to keep the fact
q secret.
Now, there is a little scheme which
q mathematician has just discovered
to find out the age of any person.
Having engaged that person in
pleasant conversation, you proceed
something after the following manner
speaking very innocently, of course:
There is a very simple problem in
arithmetic which very few people are
able to see through, yet it is as easy
as possible. l wonder if you can do
it,"
This sets the woman on her dignity,
and she wants to do it at once.
Think of number corresponding
to the numerical order of the month
in which you were born. Oh, no, you
needn't tell me"
To make the explanation clear we
will assume that the figure is 2. stand
ing Tor February, and that the age is
thirty.
Now, multiply that figure by g."
you continue. and add 5. Done that?
Well, multiply that by so and add
your own age. From the total sub
tract 365 and to the result add 1l5.
Now what figure have you got?"
Two hundred and thirty" replies
the person addressed. Isn't that
correct?"
Exact!" you exclaim. You are
ore of the very few persons who have
managed it,"
And you turn away to hide your
smile of satisfaction at having dis
covered that your victim was boz n
in February and that she is thirty
years of age. You have arrived at
this result by separating the figures
23O in 2 (February) and 30. And you
can do this with everybody's age.
Try it on your sweetheart.
The Springdale news., 1912-08-02

on this side do as well as is being done by our friends on the west side a good road is assured
 The bridge road is being put in good shape Judge Greer came out Thursday and attended to the legal matters concerning the right of way Messrs Ownbey, Jones. Graham Lane. and others attended to the location Of the road. while Celsius sighted the level. A grade Of eight per cent or less will be obtained and if the Nincinnes Bridge Com pany does well, expect to drive the gasoline nag over the line Thanks giving. Say what's the mater with having a bridge day and picnic when the thing is opened for traffic? We've had trouble enough getting 1t think We could afford to consume a few extra rations in honor Of the event. Judge Greer could come oy- CT and have a drumstick and glass of buttermilk with us, and give good roads talk When Bros Gra- ham and Johnson get through with the job we'll have fair piece of road to show for our labors.
 Celsius.