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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26

tirely upon vaccination to prevent smallpox. The people of 7Japan are more certainly and systematically vaccinated than any other people on earth, yet they. die in smallpox epi- dennics like rotting sheep.
 We have faith, however, that thore will be no great. revival of smallpox in Utah. with quarantine and vaccin- ation both suspended. Smallpox is a filth disease. It is an affliction of the overworked and the underneur- ished. The United States does not furnish smallpox a favorable soil up- on which to flourish
 2 A year from to-day it will appear in Utah. we have no doubt, that scar let fever. diphtheria, measles, whoop- ing cough and even the humble chick en pox, will have taken more lives in 365 days than smallpox, which probably will not in the least stirnu- late the minds of Utah's state hoard of health, or increase. it's knowledge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
ISMAY'S LINE 7

The White Star Line is the kind of line that would naturally have the kind of a managing director that Bruce Ismay is. R. l.. Barker. sec ond purser of the line, was lost with the Titanic. While Ismay was crawling into boat with the women, the pur- ser remained at his work and drown ed The purser's dependent mother sought damage from the White Star line. The English law, however, provides that workman receiving more than 250 pounds a year cannot come under the provisions of the law granting damages. The White Stsr line had paid Barker less than 250 pounds, so they charged him for i1is board, and then claimed he owed the company 500 pounds. This 500 pounds was the sum trusted by the line to it's pursers to make change for pas- sengers. The money went down with the boat So poor. old Mrs. Barker got ffo dam ages..'ns ass1S n4sM
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
CRANES RESENTMENT

President Taft appointed Charles R. Crane minister to China. Crane was on ship beard enroute-4for- his post. when hewas recalled. The ac- cusation of rash speaking was made against him. This was plainly a pre- text He was more probably called home as the result of business and political .sonspiracys But chickens of this. sort come home to roost. Crane has contributed heavily sS Roosevelt's nomination, helped LaFol- iette in his campaigp and now an nounces that he will stand by Gov ernor Wilson, financially and morally. It is too bad that MT. Cranes gifts to progress are not founded on loft fer motives, than his personal indis- nation at unfair treatment, but never was unfair treatment more justly and thoroughly resented.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
CATHOLICS CELEBRATE
 FEAST OF ST. ANNE

To-day will be observed by Catho- lies the world over as the solemn feast of St. Anne, the mother of the Blessed Virgin, and thousands of the sick, the lame and the halt will seek relief at the various shrines where are displayed sacred relics of the mother of the Mother of Mercies The pill grimages to the more important places of healing attract people from all over the continent and occupy many days Europe has several not ed shrines, while on this continent the most famous is the Church qe St. Anne de Beaupre, near Quebec. Other places of pious pilgrimage in America include the Church of St. Jean Bap- tiste, in New York; St. Anne's, Port Richmond, near Philadelphia; St. Anne, H., and St. Anne, Manitoba, as we'll as many others. Most of those places possess particles of the bones of St. Anne, and annually, on the feast day < of the saint, the relic is brought forth, that those who are i'll or lame may look, embrace. and go forth with a greater, faith in the divine power to relieve human suf- fering. Millions of miraculous cures have been reported at these shrines. although on this continent the great- est reputation for effecting cures is enjoyed by-the-s Shrine of St. Anne de
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26

saw active service at Santiago, Cuba, and was promoted to the rank of ma jor. thus achieving the ambition Of every Southern gentleman to acquire a military title.
 Major Vardaman's first attempt to become Governor of Mississippi, Tn 1899. was unsuccessful, but he stayeo ana elected. He soon became a na- tional and even international ngure by reason of his fierce denunclation of the present methods of deallng with the colored people who form d large part of the population or HIS State He asserted:l Fl.
 '.The negro must be content Wl!n distinctly recognized inferior pesltaGn tn Education is spelling the negro race, making them more criminal every day" had many negro supper ters when he began his campaign for the United States Senate. Opposing the suffrage and education for the blacks, as Gov ernor he took determined stand in tha matter of the protection of their lives. When a lynehing was threat ened. he personally headed the militia that was immediately sent to the scene by special train, and during Vardaman'e term as head of the State there were fewer cases of summary vengeance on criminal or suspected bIocks than during the administration of any other Mississippi Govern"F <a' recent times. The world will await with interest the entrance of the "Great White Leader into the Sena- toriai arena at Washington, with the exnectation that the career of Pitch fork Tillman will be repeated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
nJUSI A MATTER OF "A SQUARE DEAL"

changed the Republican plurality of l9,251 votes given to MT. Sperry in 1908, to 8 Dem0crStN D1Erass1 as 3.e12 yates for hiFaself. In the Third district, MT. Jodoin reduced 1 Congressman Higgins 1908 plurality 1 of 5,745 votes to a plurality of 7S votes Tn the Fourth district, Mir. l Wilson cut down Congressman Hills
 1908 plurality of 13,420 votes to a
 plurality of 2.s43 votes From the
 state at large, MT. Ingersoll reduced Congressma Tilson's 1908 plurality of 41,52s votes to plurality of 6,3s4 votes Under these circumstances, we see
 no good reason why the four Demo
 cratic congressional candidates who
 made the forlorn hope fight in 1910 should not receive the best consider ation from their fellow parfisans now that victory is in sight, largely be-
 cause of the splendid campaigns they waged two years ago. We believe that the instinct of fair play which actuates the great majority of men will demand re-nomination in every
 district in this state of the four Den,- ocratic congressional candidates of 1910.
 After. giving this matter careful fthought, we are quite convinced that party harmony and success can best be conserved in this way. Personally there are many men in these districts that we would be pleased to see in
 Congress. They are men who would give strength to their tickets and re-
 fleet credit upon their party. But a bird in the hand is better than two in l the bush. The men who made the Democratic congressional fight in 1910 have already proved their strength at the polls. their loyalty to Democracy and their ability to expound its pria- ciples t It is not good business, as Lincoln once said, ito swap horses while TX gressional campaign is the 1910 cam tpaign all over again with the excep- ton that this year Democratic pros-
 poets of victory are vastly improved
 over those of two years ago. The good Democrats, who ran for Congress
 in 1910 and came so close to winning l in that off year. we are confident can win this year if they are given those uncontested nominations which they have earned and deserve. Demo crats who are more interested in par | ty success than they are in their personal aggrandisement or the gto- rification of their friends. will this year. do the square thing and nomin- ate for Congress in their respective
 districts, the able men who so bril- sliantly led the forlorn hope two years ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
BoSSlNG THE WOMEN

The; national convention of hair dressers has issued the edict that more hair must be worn. Pufrs, cslrls, rats, braids, switches, nets and fflzzes must be assembled into very mountains on top of feminine heads. But the 7Iarcelle wave will remain in fashion. ''because no woman can sue rcssfully do it herself.''
 Miiliners favor larger hats with more on them. and more changes ev- eryy year. ae
 Dressnakers favor skirts that con sain more cloth. and so do cloth mak- CTS,
 Bstcwomen recently seem to have found seine rather sensible styles, helped by the bicycle and the sum- mer resort and afterward by the au- toinobile.
 They may even have sense enough to wear their hair simply, their hats a reasonably long time. and their skirts with only & comfortable amplf. tude.
 wonfen were not born for hair 1ressers,- milliners, and dressmakers, but they Tor women. It is not for the servant to tell the mistress 9whut she shallawear- In fact. if women come to Vote, we shall expect a law Forbidding associations of tonsorial ar lists. and other purveyors of woman's wares, and a sharp law announcing sense and modest pocketbooks. Tube skirts and peekaboo waists are not the worst garments women have worn. Let them be sure of some thing better before they discard those.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26

intimate association.
 Such diseases are measles, scarlet fever. whooping cough and smallpox.
 Not much protection issdeemed nec- essary against whooping cough, and measles. but scarlet fever is strictly quarantined.
 So. almost universally, is smallpox.
 But in the case of smallpox the doctors have relied upon an alleged preventive. which has been used in conjunction with quarantine-vaccin- ation.
 They have asserted that quarantine which has proved so effective against other contagious diseases. is of little use against smallpox. unless every body has submitted to vaccination.
 But there has been growing belief among the laity that vaccination is a fetish, or superstition, inherited from the past, and since it causes great suffering. inconvenience and sorae- times death to those upon whom it is inflicted, many persons have refused to submit themselves and their chil- dren to the rite:
 taehed to the old ways of doing things have threatened to stop quar- antine of smallpox, just to show that vaccination is effective.''
 The State Board of Health in Utah has actually done this. They will no longer quarantine smallpox pa tients and their immediate associates, but will leave them free to mingle with the community.
 They expect that smallpox will much increase, and then they will say-these doctors of Utah's State Board of Health-'new you must be vaccinated."
 We fear that those Utah doctors are rather unusually stupid.
 They are destined to be disappoint- ed, and perhaps to lose their jobs. If smallpox does increase, the intelli- gent laity will naturally ascribe the growth to the suspension of quaran- tine, and will demand the restoration of quarantine.
 If the Utah doctors really desired to prove that vaccination is useful they would not suspend quarantine. but vaccination Then if smallpox increased. they might claim that the failure to vaccinate was the cause.
 The Utah doctors may look upon 3 large experiment in their method, if they wish. Japan has never prac- ticed quarantine. Japan relies en-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
Editorial Leader in New Haven Un-

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 (Editorial Leader in New Haven sUn-
 ion July 24.y
 In an open letter to the public Raymond J. Jodoin announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomin- ations for Congress from the second congressional district, which now comprises New London. Middlesex, Holland and Windham counties.
 Mr. Jodoin's statement is simple one and right to the point. He shows how he came within 40 votes of winning the election in 1910, re- ducing the Republican plurality of from $500 to 5000 votes to 78 votes. He. points with pride to his record in the State Legislature, as well he may. He was the father of a bill which provided seats for all motormen on trolley cars in the State of Connecti- cut. He was a strong supporter of the 58-hour bill. He also favored the telegraphers eight-hour law. There is nothing in MT. Jodoin's rec ord of which he need be ashamed CT for which he will have to offer ex- cuses and apologies to the voters.
 Among other things, Mr. Jodoin says: Two years ago I was pre- vailed upon to take the nomination, owing to the fact that it was con- sidered a forlorn hope with no possi- bility of success. believed it was a duty owed to my party to respond to their call, and I accepted the nom ination, went into the battle to win and came very near doing so." MT. Jodoin draws no conclusions from this simple statement of facts, but later in his letter he says: T .here- with call upon all Democrats who be- lieve in justice and fair play toA as sist me in my candidacy"
 The inference to be drawn from these two statements is quite. clear. MT. Jodoin feels that the man who was good enough to make the for lorn hope fight in 1910. ought to be good enough to receive the nomina- tion in 1912. Tn all fairness, we must admit that there is a great deal in MT. Jodoin's point of view.
 Not one of the men nominated by the Connecticut Democrats for Con- gross in 1910 is unt1t to hold that high office. They could all do 50 with credit to themselves and their party. Every one of them. Lonergan, Reilly, Bodofn, Wilson and Ingersotl have been and are able opponents of Democratic principles. Every one of them made remarkable campaigns and proved beyond dispute the great strength of their candidates. Tn the First district. MT. Lonergan reduced Congressman Henry's 1908 plurality of1ls224 votes to 1,2s5 votes. In ths Second district Congressman Reilly
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
GREAT SALE TOMORROW, SATURDAY aa- MANY BARGAINS IN SUMMER GOODS -zrA

At 39c-Lot Palmer Hammocks. Low
 est price we ever quoted. At Sc-Many kinds of Fish Lines. At 8c--Many kinds of Fish Lines. You
 save two cents on every one you
 buy.
 At $1.9S-25 feet guaranteed 5-Ply
 Garden Hose. Coupled at each end. At Sc-Many kinds of Electrical goods
 Bulbs. Switches, Push Buttons. etc. At SSc--Boys' Indian Suits. At 8c-Children's Patent Leather Belts At 25o-Men's and Boys Leather Belts At Sc Black, Tan or White Real Silk
 Laces for Low Shoes. At 1915c-Ladies' Seamless Stockings.
 Black, White or Tan. At 8c-Best Stockings for Men, Wom-
 en and Children to be had anywhere
 else for 10c. At 25c Boys Knee Pants. Strong for
 vacation wear. At sc Roll Fancy Wash Ribbon. Sew
 eral kinds and widths. At SC Pretty Paper Dolls with Dresses At 6c+Dressmakers Betting. Black
 or White. At 36c-Boys' Bathing Suits. At sc-Package of 25 Paper Plates for
 picnics
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
CIVILIZATION MUST PROGRESS

~tees te K. I
 Major Leonard Darwin thinks that civilization is inF serious danger of retrogardg The warmth of his fars increased by his enthusiasm for the cult of eugencs He president of the International Eugencs Congress- now being held at London and his belief that civilization is staggering to her end uttered yesterday, his ad
 The disciples of eugenics well meaning persons, who are definitely devoted to science but little developed They cannot possibly do any harm and may do great deal of good
 The essence of their creed is that everybody should be we'll born and they would regulate marriage that just the right persons would be mated to produce the right result in the offspring.
 Certain broad principles already admitted, such that beciles should not wed with each other with anybody Neither should persons with copgetal defects likely to be reproduced the offspring persons suf fcrng with certain serious transmssibe diseases which need not now be mentioned
 But beyond this the way is not clear Nature has eugenics of her own which, broad sort of way makes fat like lean women and tall girls prefer sawed off sweethears that humanity constantly estopped from dividing into of dwarfs and giants which would be pretty to happen if tall people universally interar ried, and short people likewise.
 But the mans something inside his head It is trans mted intellectual qualities that count The science of eugencies therefore would seek to mate those whose brains fusing offspring would produce the maximum in genius and atrustic qualities.
 Alas and aack! Here science falters, for the con dtions that transmit intellectual power by heredty are completely unknown
 The patrons of eugenics might make matches by the hundreds of thousands and nurture the progeny thereof by their choicest philosophy yet could they not designate the mother and father to be- of Cromwell Lincoln, Napoleon MT Darwin bears the of the author of sThe Origin of Species, whose fourth he is and is certainly well born but he has missed the mind of the great creative thinker. z..g4a
 The GREAT Darwin never would have feared retro gressive civilization He knew that there purpose behind things that all makes for progress that progress is ever upward. Ss
 The great Darwin knew that God $ laws and Natures nexorably extingish those things which make for evil and constantly promote what makes for good
 There danger for instance, that civilization will much rerograde by the birth of imbeces drunkards, guons degeneratesor the children of these tend stantly to be feeber less in number and less long lived than those of wholesome, healthy persons.
 Natures way is slow, but it is sure. It makes tany for perfection Live according to the law, die is Natures mandate to her species
 No, Mr. Darwin, civilization will not retrograde Your fear that may and the existence of the International Eugencs Association two evidences that it will not ntna drey to preven
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
HOUSEKEEPING NECESSITIES.

i-Flush, chemical compound for cleaning and dsinecng closet bowls It is easy to use because when added to the water it makes cleaning solution that removes all discoorations without aborous scrub ping, or touching the bowl with the hands San-s Flush does not njure the surface of any bowl, but makes it white and clean as new. We have not had it. very long, but receive many orders for it. because one person using it quickly tells another, for it is good thing: Price per can with sp-top, 20 cts.
 Sure Catch for flies, warranted to hold them cts5ses s
 Wax Paper for wrapping picnic lunches, 36 ft, cts
 Basement Furnishing Store. cts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
VARDADEAN, MISsISSIPPI's GREAT WHITE LEADER.
 IS 51 YEARS OLD TO-DAY

Like a hirsute knight, like Great White Leader" James K. vardaYnaIl will soon march down the halls of the American Senate and-to paraphrase Ingersolrs "plumed knight speech throw his shining lance full and fair against the braZen foreheads of the maligners of his honor and the de- lenders of the "nigger.'' Many issues were involved in the political strug- gle that resulted in choosing Major Vardanan as United States Senator from Mississippi. It. was alleged that Senator Percy was a representative of Wall street rather than of Missis- sippi, that Vardaman's political ene- mics in his home State were grafters and wore silk socks, and many other things. The great issue, however, was what Vardaman and his supporters fefer to as ''the nigger question: The repeal of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Con stitution, granting the right of suf- frage to negroes. was the real basis hailed as the Great White Leader,' '' and that phrase was the slogan of the political battle that resulted in the election of Vardaman to the Sem ate.
 James K vardaman was born fifty one years ago today in Jackson coun- ty, Texas. His father was & native of Mississippi and when James K. was seven returned to that State. Major Vardaman's education was obtained in the rural schools and in law of flee at Carrolton, Miss. Admitted to the bar thirty years ago, he practiced for time at Winona and olater at Greenwood Journalism made a great CT appeal to him than the law, and he was the editor of several country newspapers. In 1896 he founded the Greenwood Commonwealth, and con- tinued as it's editor until the begin ming of his campaign for the Cover norship. Meanwhile he was politically active, and was a member of the Mis- sissippi Legislature several times. act ing as Speaker of the House in 1894. When the Spanish war broke out he was, made capkaln cf-e GanananH sa<a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26

At 1Oc-Package Tetley's Celebrated
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 Horns. Worth much more. At 8c-All our 1Oc Shoe Polish, White. Black or Tan. fa
 SPECIAL SALE BETWEEN 9 AND 10 A. M. QNIX At szc-Good Yard widsf3 fkss- At 3Nc-More of the Rest Light
 Prints. sk At 41$c-Handsome ChalIies. At 4%c-Best Dark Prints. Att BNc Yard Wide Unbleached Mus
 lin.
 At e%c-Best, Amoskeag Dress Ging-
 ham. t' At 7%c-Double Fold Curtain Swiaas At sAc All Linen Unbleached Crash At 9%c Our 15c Mercerized Waistings
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
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CHILDREN'S DRESSES
7Ae Store closes at 5 0clock e9ce6t Saturd.-
MARKED FOR A HASTY CLEARANCE.

{ MARKED. FOX "A EASIY CLEAFANCE. Gingharn and Charnbray Dresses for little girls, just the kind to begin school with, and wear through early fall before it gets cold For ages 3, A. and years, and a small group for and S.
 Former prices $I.5o and $I.75, pretty styles and well made, Js
 95 cts to close out
 second line, former price SIPS, at 75 cts. White Duck Dresses, and little Dutch Frocks, trimmed with red and blue, embroidered in cross stitch for ages 4, 5, and years former price $I.5o,
 75 cts
 Colored Dresses an odd lot different patterns and sizes, of good quality lawn and gingha, made in at tracve childish fashions which have been from $2oo to $500, marked
 $I.25 and $1.So
 White Piqne Reefer Coats slightly soied from the counter, $I.oo. @a
 Second floor, front
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
SMALLPOX IN WATER

There are a number of diseases which are infectious. or contagious. which is another way Of saying that they may be transmitted from one ~azaaa to another. by more or less
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
Al M. Mason. farming near Canaan

A. M. Mason, farming near Canaan. Me, was badly crippled with sciatic rheumatism due he says to uric acid in his blood. Foley Kidney Pills en- tirely cured me and also removed numerous black specks that were con- tinually before my eyes" Foley Kid ney Pills are a uric acid solvent and are effective for the various forms of rheumatism. F. L. Curtis. *135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26

they have many other important schemes under consideration for christianizing their colleagues of the grip.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
SPECIAL P. N. coRsErs, s1.O

Made after the regular $2oo model, medium bust, long hips four hose supporters, the very latest cut Sizes I8 to 30 inclusive
 $I.oo sale price.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26

King is trying to discourage pigeon shooting the ground that it unsportsnanike in that the shooters risk Is it possible King George an pigeon after it had wounded by huntsman? #A
 You can tell pretty we'll whether he is gentleman by his demeanor when he has money at stake
 Tank Beverly says of the delay is caused by photographers who wish to take picture of the thing that is about to happen.
 Lillian Russell scruhhing dark neck won't do good Still, there who hold that scrub a admirable sanitary precaution.
 What regards his belief often is only an expression of his hopes
 The experience of the Kansas who waited thirty for woman is not exceptional. It is that of every married man who is invited to a party. .l@ :
 California authority attributes the decline weddings equal suffrage right about But to the fact that the developing better wind noticed temperature of the finds it of his hot Southern blood" seldom rises above 60.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-26
On Second Thought
By JAY ID. HOUSE,

who says he would fecy satisfied with division little