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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31


 We have no idea that the Bridge description of the Hartford water works and their administration, but it has been grossly misled. Leaving aside, for the present what it says about political manipulation in the board, take this passage from an ar ticle on the subject which it heads: Politics and Water:
 It is well to recall in this matter that Hartford lives from hand to mouth in securing water. One month Of dry weather, and the city is forced to go ito the polluted supply of the Connecticut river Then, too all sorts of restrictions are placed upon the use tained.
 Nothing could be more grotesque- ly different from the facts. When the Hartford reservoirs. are once fill ed they contain more than 2.oo0,00O,- 900 gallons, quantity which at the usual rate of consumption represents a supply for from seven to eight months. Of course more or less is added to the supply during that pc riod even in the driests seasons. It is only the steadily increasing growth of the consumption that has made the building of an additional sup ply necessary. The water board it. self is partly to blame for nervous ness that has been caused about the supply, since it decided arbitrarily some time ago that whenever only 500, ,0OO,0o0 gallons were left in the reservoirs it would hold this as a re- serve and fall back on the river wa ter. But this decision was reached under a former administration which the Post has somehow been taught to regard as wholly virtuous while its successors have been wholly bad. The decision on this matter was reached when the then existing board had difficulty in carrying through the legislature it's scheme for an enor- nous extension of the system. The opposition, and the rule for reserving water, and what seemed like a delib- crate attempt to frighten citizens with the prospect of the use of river wa ter, appeared about that time. As yet construction of the proposed new reservoirs has just begun. When completed the system will add sever al times the quantity now stored. and the cost on the contract system at latest accounts is likely to be from s3,0 ,0oO,00 to $4,0O0,o0O. The Posts absolute misconception of the situation here is further shown
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31
COST FIXED BY MELLEN $3,5OO,OOO
NEW HAVEN ROAD ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF CHANGE TO
 PULLMAN CARS

Announcement was made yesterday by the New York, New Haven 6 Hartford Railroad Company giving particulars of the transfer of the par Tor and sleeping car service of the company to the Pullman Company. The transfer will be made under a signed contract dated January 1, 1913, and running for twenty years. Un- der the contract the Pullman Company will take over at @ valuation fixed by Tor and sleeping coaches of the New Haven Company, about 230 in number The price to be paid by the Pullman Company, it is understood, will be about $3, 500, 900. The Pullman Conn pany will supply steel cars and service progressively of the highest standard,
 the first replacement being on the limited trains All the old employees
 ta,ined at the old pay and retaining their relative places upon the roster of the company.
 The new. step is taken by the New Haven Company in order to comply with the reconam endations of the in terSbate commerce commission in re- gard to steel cars, and it's practical effect financially is to save the cor pora tion from an additional cost of several millions in capital and add
 about S3, 5O0. 600 to cash on hand, while losing the other hand considerable net profit coming from operation of it's own cars.
 It is further stated at the company s
 offices that the plan Is in partial ful- hlnent of a re1loter project of sI1lb- stituting the Puidmans in order to har-
 n1onize the present service with the Pullman service on the Boston &
 Maine and also on the Pennsylvania With the future completion Of the New York connecting road via Hell Gate, the through car service will be of the parIor and dining car service be imperative.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31
PRESIDENT AT REUNION.
Glass of Yale ITS Decides To Gather
 At the Taft Next June.

At a recent meeting in the Unfver< sity club of New York city. Of the of Yale, IFS, to make prep arations for the class reunion next spring, Former Congressman James P Pigott was presented as the New Ha- ven member of the class committee William H. Law, formerly of New Haven, is chairman of the committee
 The Hotel Taft will be the class headquarters next June, instead of a private club house as in former years President Taft will surely attend and will doubtless have a better chance to talk over old days with his class mates than formerly, when he was Ob- Iiged to devote more or less of his at- tentfon to public affairs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31

A portrait Of George Inness the American painter, was recently found in the old InneSs home in New Jersey when the house was being torn down. It has been presented to the Montcladr N. J., art association. It is supposed to have been painted by Inness him self. On the other side a girls feat ures are painted rather carelessly, and the canvas was regarded as of little value until som ebody happened to turn it round and found the portrait of the eminent painter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31

ards sister, Mrs. Burton Wright of Worcester. Mass.
 When they left for New York city yesterday MT. Shepard and Miss Gould occupied a seat in an ordinary pas Senger coach the express train.
 No engagement ring was visible on Miss Gould's hand She parried ques- tons relating to the date of her wed- ding, but ventured the guess that it would take place close to Jan. 30
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31
WINE, WINE, NOTHING
 BUT WINE" SLOGAN OF
 NEW YEAR rCELERRATERS

Wine, wine, nothing but winst' will be the slogan of the New Years Eve ceIebrators tonight. Chicago, San Francisco Montreal, New. Orleans and many other cities have the New Year festivities, but they are pale and the American metropolis. Wine, 3. mil lion dollars worth of wine, will be consumed along Broadway tonight and every hotel and lobster palace will be aglow with light and echo to sensuous melody and maudlin laugh ter
 Wine, wine, nothing but winer' so- tonight will find one answer to the question, "Why do Workin gmen be- come socialists?'' A careful estimate orgy at s2,0oo.ooo- In the restaurants and dining rooms freQuented by the wealthy, portly men in full dress will make befuddled love to- intoxicated women whose costumes represent small fortunes. Wine, wine nothing but wfneI'-men and women alike, they drink until, they slip off their whisked away to cabs or retiring rooms. In the rooms reserved for women, white-clad maids, expert in first aids to the drunken, administer restoratives to bedra ggled females whose names grace the society pages. These little sisters to the rich' are sober, and the walters and cashiers are SODSE1 OuC Cn0Te SODT10Iy onOS ana saturnalia begins For a guest to re- frain from intoxication on New Years Eve is decidedly bad taste Let the sober make way for those whose cry is Wine, wine. nothing but wine.'iz
 Comes at last the grim gray mokn of New Years Day, with staggering men searching the retiring rooms for their ladies-wfves or otherwise. And if, perchance, they claim the wrong woman, and bundle them off in cabs, the mistake is to be attributed to Wine, wine, nothing but wine"
 r Outside in the streets, those who have not the pr1ce of admission to the saturna1ia. of wine, hundreds of thou sands of them, will parade up and down, footing horne, bowling through megaphones, and generally having a good tine.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31
LIENS ON REAL
 ESTATE OF Il6
 UNION MATTERS

Danbury, Dec. 31-Liens were filed yesterday against real estate Of 116 members of matters unions in this city to obtain a judgment of $240, 600 won by D. E. Lowe & Go. in. the United States Court, in Hartford, two months ago under the Sherman anti trust law in a, boycott case. An ap- peal from the judgment will be per fected next week.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31

Less boistero,1s is the celebration Of New Years Eve in Europe In Scot land it is the custom to hold parties in the homes, and at the stroke of twelve the door ts unbarred to let the old year out and the new year in- The Hunter Square church in Edinburgh has for centuries been the scene of a, New Years Eve gathering
 In Paris the Joyousness of the occa-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31

New York-Char1es Van Cost and Pietro Dutto, duel1sta. fired five shots Et each other. They were arrested.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-31
MISS GOULD'S WEDDING

She Hazards Guess That It Will
 Occur About Jan. 30.
 New Haven, Dec 31-Miss Helen Miller Gould and her affianced, Fin ley T. Shepard, during their stay here had been accompanied by Mr. Shep-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
Carter-Davis Cotton Company

Selma June 22-(Special)-In the office of Probate Judge P. II. Pitts have been filed papers for the incorporation of the carter-Davis Cotton company, Inc. The incorporators of the new concern are listed as Harry C. Carter, William J. Davis and Vernon r. Davis of Jackson Miss. and will engage in general cotton buying and selling business in Selma. The new firm will also handle cotton seed according to the papers of ineor- poration The capital stock of the new concern is placed at $l0,00O. This stock is divided into 400 shares and the com pany will start business with a paid in capital of si0,0oo. MT. Harry c. Carter, who is a former seimian.l is named in the papers as the buying agent of the com pany. i ssi7
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23

Bankers who engage in that questionable field of adventure are taking upon them responsibility and risk which makes their counsel unworthy of confidence
 The astounding success of two or three mail order houses is probably the incen-. tive to activity in the field referred to. Among the flotations which have already taken place and which are being projected are several imitators of the big concerns. It is curious fact that most of them are exploiting as their chief asset the strong probability of the adoption of a parcels post service. Under this projected bene- ficent order of things every mail carrier in the UnitDd States will become a ceiiv- cry wagon and will lug around the land- scape everything and anything from pa per of pins to a threshing machine. The post office department will thus acquire added lustre and dignity. in addition to becoming more useful. The hundreds of thousands of sr1all country stores should welcome this innovation. It will give them less to do Their big city competi- tors will do it all. They can go back to the farm,s saw wood, or raise chickens. We need chickens.
 The best of information from the farnss is that crops of eyeyxzdescription are at least normal 4nd x9sthe outlook is for a splendid grand total of results. This is one of fE8 E8xfef6fs has contributed to the underlying confidence of big peo- pie in the stock market outcome
 Money market conditions are regarded as satisfactory. There is plenty of capi- tai for legitimate purposes-even too much. in fact, else there would not be such surplus finding it's way Into wild cat promotions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
GERMAN AVIATOR
 DASHED TO DEATH

Boberitz, Germany. June 22-Another army aviator was killed hero yesterday evening. Lieutenant von Falkenhayn of the German army. after making a flight on the military aerodrome. attempted to land. but made a false movement with one of the levers which caused him to dash to the ground with great force. The machine was wrecked and the body of the aviator was found among the debris,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
MEXICO PAYS $100
 FOR ONE GRAY MULE

El Paso. Tex. June 22.--Mexico has paid one Fl Paso claim for damages as re- suit of bullets that fell into this city a year ago, when the federals and rebels were fighting in Juraez. The city treas urer has brand new $loo bill. It is locked
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
CLUB WOMEN ARE
 ARRIVING IN FRISCO

San Francisco. June 22.-The chief offI- ecrs of the General Federation of wom- ems clubs. constituting the vanguard of delegates, to the eleventh biennial con vention which begins it's sessions in this city next Tuesday. are arriving.
 Mrs. Phillip N. Moore of St. Louis, pres ident of the General Federation, accom- pafiied by Mrs. l.. L. Blankenberg of Philadelphia, one of the vice presidents, and others, arrived late last night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23

in his safe and he Issues @ report to tho Mexican consul here reading:
 This is a receipt in payment for full of one gray mule killed by bullets from Mexico during the battle of Juarez May g, 19l1."
 The mule belonged to the city scavsn- ger or medical health department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23

ment and already a good number of en- tries have been received from German and Belgian owners of fast harness Horses. Austrian horses bear a good reputation for speed and endurance, but the increas- Ing use of the auto has latterly reduced many of the best Vienna stables.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
Hear Him Laugh

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 They have discovered at the wiscon- sin University that germs have a way of taking possession of a hair brush and using it as distributing point.
 Right here Is where the bald-headsd man has the laugh on science
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
Victim off Whiskey Habit


 Words cannot express our heartfelt thanks to the James Treatment for the blessing it has bestowed upon every mem Der of our family by curing this man of that awful drink habit.p He has not touched or tasted a drop of any intoxi- cants since he came home. even though he has had it offered to him time and again.
 He seems to have no wish or desire for whiskey at any time. and his family and many devoted friends are today rejoicing with him because he has been cured of that terrible habit. and when he goes out now we know he will return to his family not loaded with booze" but perfectly sober in every sense of the word He is now in fine health, both physically and mentally, and We can never speak too highly of the James Treatment, for we know it can do for others what it has done for him. anu we all can say: God bless the James Treatment. which brought happiness to our home.
 Elsie. Miss. MRS. LOU GANN,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
BISHOP REBUKES
 DRESS OF DUCHESS Austria May Follow Eng land With National In-
 surance Scheme

Vienna, June 2-Special) )-No Hunga- rian event since the battle of Mohacs has raised such a commotion as is now pro- cause the venerable Bishop Prohaska one of the most eminent churchmen in the dual monarchy. has publicly rebuked the Archduchess Augusta for her extrava- gance. Bishop Prohaslsa is a holy and properly respected man. who baptises, marries and buries half Hungary's nobl- ity. Perhaps because people are born, married, and inferred in relatively simple coskme, the bishop has como to abhor shdVy and Haunting garments, And be- ing an honest priest. he does not con ceal his reproduction, but says that Europe should return to the middle ages, when Maxinilian I cut off the toes of a lady who wore jingling bells on her shoes The Bishop has an acid tongue. He names and shoots Javelin-like epithets All tight, revealing skirts and auroreal blossoming hats he condemns in German as "Erauen- zimmerunfug," which means female bag gage roguery;" and he adds, the tight skirts have no aim or intention except SeductiVeneSE. when PrfnceSS 1rTua An- drassy marched down the aisle of his cathedral with eight rosy ostrich feathers webbing in pearl-rimmed hat, the sharp eyed old 'prelate remarked that ostrich feathers "exist to tickle the eye to nur- ture the pride, to corrupt the innocent heart" And the amazed princess had to listen, till her cheeks got as rosy as the feathers in her hat.
 If the socialists can have their way, Austria will follow England with n na- tional insurance scheme A proposal which was recently tabled is to be taken up shortly and 1t is suggested that dele gation should be sent to London to inves- tigate the operation of the English state insurance system and talk 1t over with Lloyd-George, it's author.
 A lady in Prague offers prize of 1000 crowns to the wife whose husband gives her the best indorsement for prudence in house management and frugallty of speech The donor of this unusual prize is herself deaf mute.
 Coaching has been taken up by the younger officers of the military estab- lishment in Vienna. In August there is to bs ap international coaching tourna-
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
JAMES SANATORIUM
 692 ALABAMA AVE-,
A Private sanatorium for the Treat ment of Drug AddictIons, Alcohol ism, Nervons Diseases, Tobacco and Cigarettes

When we were at Raleigh Springs. we thought there was no place equal to Raleigh for our business. but since nov ing to our new quarters, 692 Alabama avenue, this city, we, as we'll as our pa- tients realize the advantage of sana- torium located in the suburbs. of a large city like Memphis Our patients seem bet- ter contented than when at Raleigh, and we know when the patient is in earnest we can accomplish as good results right here in the city as elsewhere.
 To reach sanatorium take Poplar ave- nue cars 10 corner Poplar and Alabama avenues, or Main street cars from Union Station and transfer to Poplar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
DRAW LOTTERY ID MARRY YOUNG GIRL.
Grand Duke Alexander Is Proficient Airman-Tax
 on Wines

St. Petersburg, June 22.-(Special.) .)-A remarkable bachelors lottery is being or ganized at Smolensk. The prize is a beautiful young wife. and 5000 tickets at 50 cents each are being sold. The lottery bride" is to beat home" every day for a week to the ticket-hoders, and, after interviewing them, if she does not approve of some candidate as a possible husband the money is to be refunded and the tick cts withdrawn.
 Another stipulation of the scheme is that when the winner eventually comes to claim his bride he may yet be rejected by her. but receives by way of compensa- tion half the total proceeds from the sale of tickets.
 Grand Duke Alexander Mikhaylovich is one of the most enthusiastic and pro- flcient airmen in Russia. At his summer residence at Ai-Todor. in southern Crimea, he. is now experimenting with a plane several of the parts of which he invented himself. Recently, in the imperial yacht Alnaz he made cruise of the maritime hydro-aeroplane stations around the Crimea. The Odessa and Sebastopol aero clubs are considered two of the finest fin Russia At odessa. the members of that club entertained the grand duke to a magnificent supper on the roof garden of the Hotel de Londres on the Nikolai boul- evard.
 little bit of light has just been thrown on the value of wives in the Terak terri tory, At q conference' of ingushis Cir cass1an tribesmen) which has just been held at Nahran, the general opinion was expressed that the main cause of rob berries and other crimes was the custom of purchasing wives. It was therefore resolved to fix a definite tax to be paid by the bridegroom. such sum not to ex- ceed s6O in the case of marriage with a girl and 80 for widow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
NV hC Oi cHttf' 1oitil Tobacco Affected Heart

I have just about completed my treat ment for tobacco. It has now been 25 days since l have tasted tobacco in any form, the first time I have gone this long without tasting tobacco in some form in 90 years. I am doing fine. and have never in my life taken treatment of any kind whatsoever that has benefited me and my general health as your tobac- co treatment has done. The trouble that I had with my heart and kidneys has all disappeared. I wish to add that I am through with my treatment. and feel hundred per cent better than when I commenced taking treatment. May the James Sanatorium forever grow to help humanity. JOHN SHERROD.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
ames' Home Remedies

ris fshed at following prices:
 ' 7nisi ey, Wine or Beer. ... .s12. 50 hacco, Cigarettes or Snuff. f.......... 500
 nusness and Insomnia. ............ 5-00 ef further information and booklet 'gi ring testimonials address Charles B. sNls Sanatorfum 692 Alabama avenue.
 lis, Tenn. Correspondence conf
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23

During all this period of intense quiet throughout the financial district, watchful attention is being given to industrial and business conditions in general. The world is not coming to an end just because a lot of politicians have been working themselves into a frenzy and are holding meetings and conventions to frame plat forms and nominate candidates for office It is of vastly more importa De whether the farmers produce crops valued at B. 000.o0o,oO0 or s10,Oo0, ,00o,00O. It is upon that contingency that real speculation will probably hinge to a vastly greater extent than upon the mutations of par ties or politicians.
 It is of interest to note that while the blare and tumult Is going on and talk is being loudly indulged in about the ruin and disaster that confronts us. industries are expanding and real business is grow Ing in every direction. The production of iron and steel is the greatest in the his- tory of the country. Mills and manufac- tories are working overtime. The metal industries. especially steel and copper, are fairly Boiling, and all the allied trades are moving with them. Prices of product are still low. but that is a good thing, for it stimulates consumption, and teaches the habit of buying everything that is made or grown on more liberal scale.
  There is work for everybody who really wants to work. not s6.oo0 or s10.0o0 jobs in all cases, but something to do for will ing hands.
 A development in the financial situation worthy of note is the increasing number of industrial and mercantile corporations coming upon the market in the guise of new flotations. Many of these represent the business enterprises of firms and indi- sII-- l... public has had no previous acquaintance They are being endorsed and backed in many cases by reputable banking houses. which have gone into the promotion busi- ness on scale t,sat is startling. The va riety and exten1 ~ these promotions and the eagerness with which financial peo- pie of supposedly good- standing are urg- ing their sale suggests unusual profits for the salesman. It is alarmingly apparent that in many cases these now companies are grossly over-capitalized, the element of good will, patents, and all that sort of intangible value being put in at huge per- centages of the capitalization. This sort of imitation Is vivid reminder of gold and copper mining fotations. A tremen- dous effort is being made to enlist the public in the speculations. and evidently with success, for the advertising pages of many newspapers are filled with allurins invitations to get aboard. The water is represented to be very fine, and there surely is enough water in a majority of the new companies to swim in--or drown in It would be just as well for investors who have not time or facilities for mak- ing intelligent inquiry as to the status of these enterprises. to resist temptations to participate. Keep your money. Wild cat industrials and wildcat merchandise ing schemes are just as dangerous as rainbow gold mines and phantom banana plantatioEs. The mere fact that bank endorses them should carry no weight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
Patients Testimonials

Having received their freedom from the triple monsters, Morphine, Whiskey ard Tobacco, they are loud in their praise of the James Treatment. Read their testi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23
Cured of Drug Habit

''I am free from the drug habit. I give your treatment my highest praise and in- dorsement :. I urge all drug users to come to you and they will not only get square deal but positive cure.'
 MRS. MARY EVA DESILVA. Thibodaux, La.
 .1 took treatment at your Sanatorium February, 1907, and have never regretted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-23

Coaching has been taken up by the younger officers of the military estab- lishment in Vienna. In August there is to bs an international coaching tourna-