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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-09

cuit and elusive myths and subtle al
lusions that adorn the works Of averv
great writer.
The book concludes with a Greek
and an English index, which will III,
all ordinary needs.
In conclusion. | take great pleas
uTe IN commencing heartily this book
not only ia scholars. but also n al,
who are in any way Interested in
Greek studies. for the trans1atian
placed as il is on the epDosita na..
ia the Greek text. makes the hopL
usabie for AL.
CHAS ". RAIN
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-09

each including w ~contemporars
dramatists. We should possess
brary of the contemporary drama ta,,
would simply be invaluable. PROT
sor Hale and Professor w. l.. Phe -
both write with a sort OF h.,.
ance Of style n tone that remind
one much more of the college a.,
than Of h university profess
This is the true popular" vo.,
the pitch which carries to the mutt
tude. 1t is refreshing TO read on,
again: In fact, these papers mak-
no attempt at a complete and 81
ematic view. In trying TO form So,
a view Of the work of our TINE.
much of the freshness and spontan-It,
would be lost, and even then ~
game would not be worth the cAnia
for in a few years something would
turn up that would make what hat
een systematic seem very desu.tnrN.
Current criticism should. | suppo>@.
result from something pretty dennu,>
in the way OF ideas. but | douht Z
it nee result in anything definite III
the Way of system"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-09
among the folk: but hath 1t
spoken true? It Is indeed
miraculous, if not false,

words which show that Aeschylus
was fully aware Of the necessity 70
buttress the imagination with the aid
Of divine interference for such a
superhuman task.
Further in regard to DR.. VerralFs
tina the Waterman was a traitor
in the pay Of Aegisthus. we cannot
agree. for his closing words are too
pathetic, ring too true for US to feel
any u~ndercurrent of faith tesSness and
betrayal.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-09

A thoroughly readable ana most
useful book. especially for clubs pr
men and N is Frederic Tan.r
Cooper's Some American Story Tell
ers' tHenry Holt * %. lt con-
tains short essays or 'sketchlcts' on
Crawford. Wiggin, Churchill. cham
beTs, Glasgow, Phillips. Herrlck.
Wharton, Harrington, Henry.
AthertOn. Wister. Norris. Bieree. [
am really more Interested in tn.
photography han in the text-for L
shows how much interest is generally
being exhibited by the general pub
lie in our popular and not SO popu-
lar noNelists. In reality. the text -
fresh, bright and newt reminds ono
OF the sharp crackle and fresh smell
OF q new book just from the blndery-
IL Is easy, colloquial, and pleasant III
Style-jnst a little too light for some
But 50 desirable-after the heavy
criticism OF 50 many of our other
American journalistic critics. Par
ticularly useful are the sketches on
Blerce, Norris, Herrick. and Cham
berS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-09

Finally, | have recently examined
two books in one Of the most yaltt-
able series, from a literary-patriotic
point Of view, now publishing in tn.
United States. This is the series OF
Leading Americans tHenry Holt &
Coz, under the editorship of Pro-
fessor W. p. Trent, Of Columbia Ini-
veBsity. Several volumes in the series
have already appeared-and we shall
hear. in time, of leading American
scientists, lawyers, poets. statesmen.
editors, explorers, etc, as well as ot
soldiers. novelists and ~essayists, ths
um already published. | ha>s
been giancing through Leading
American NovefiSts," by PROFESSOR
John Erskine, of Columbia University.
and Leading American Essayists." by
William Morton Payne. associate edi-
tor Of The Dial The former is par
ticularly to. be commended for the ex-
ceIlent papers on Simms. and Bret
ltaTte, the latter for the careful study
OF Thoreau, and the general intro.
duction dealing with essay writing IN
America.
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-09

II IS a pleasure to note Prof.ssor
=. r. Hale. Jr.'s "Dramatists Of To-
DAY tHeHry Holt & Co., in a new
dress. to know hat it has been i'm
proved by corrections n the d
tlon or Illustrations. and that it is
In its sixth edition. If We had
three more volumes from his pen.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-09

And again in 1913. so perisheth fame
a WOman cries." the commission of the
relative is harsh to say the least, and
to many will carry Il wrong impress
sion. Of course, the Greek will cor
rect these wrong impressions. but the
Greek may not always be used, and
the English should always be SO lucid
as to be beyond the possibility OF mis-
conception.
These faults, however, are slight IN
comparison with the very many ex-
cellencies.
The play on words is we'll brought
out in the translation Of lines 691-3:
This prize debate-cnvirOned
This helena? Most perfect Helena:
Twas He'll enow she proved. Z"
And the beauty Of the original in lines
$40 II is retained in the following:
OR sWeltering summers heat
Hhen slumbering in his MONDAY
drowsiness
Lay without stir the sunk unruffed
sea.
Inc notes. nneven as they are. are
rich and learned. ~aboandins in maav
parallel passages that shed light
from every quarter and contain fire.
quent explanations OF the more dial-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
Rally At Milford In Votes For Women
 Trolley Campaign
Special to The Farmer1

Milford. Jan. 26-Speakers in the Votes for Women" trolley campaign of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage association, addressed an audience Of about 150 in the town hall at Milford last night Most of those present were young men and women. Mrs. William T. Hincks of Bridgeport, president of the association, opened the meeting and introduced the chairman, Judge William B. Stoddard. The latter spoke at some length on the matter of equal franchise. He was followed by Mrs. Carlos F. Stoddard of New Haven, whose address was along the line of the necessity of investing mothers with the right to vote
 Miss Dotha Stone Pinneo, librarian of Norwalk, daughter of Father Pinneo for 52 years pastor of the Con gregational church of Milford, answer ed the objections which have been raised against giving women the right to vote. She interspersed her remarks with a number of humorous stories and kept the audience laughing most of the time. Mrs. Samuel T. Davis. Jr., of Bridgeport, told the gathering why women wanted to help in politics and Miss Emily Pierson of Cromwell, also spoke. At the close of the meet ing the sentiment of those present taken on signed slips showed that the majority were in favor of equal franchise An invitation to the asso- cia tion. to have ano-her meeting in Milford was given. This evening the trolley campaigners will hold a meet ing in Library hall in Fairfield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
Easy to Make Space.

"OId Colonel Ruffenreddy was night editor Of morning paper" said the major. and l was night city editor The paper was small. and there was always more than enough tO fill. even when the a[is. were at the lowest point. When the ads. were up IL was fight to get anything into the sheet.
 But the colonel had q rule that al ways met the situation In the early part of the evening. just as the crush was beginning. he would come into the news room and declare that everything must be cut to a paragraph. Any story can be told in q paragraph
 '"Then he would slash into everything and aS far as possible get things into paragraphs. even if they required scare heads. When makeup time came and there was flood of ads. the colo nel would throw out the paragraphs with the remark. If if isn't worth more than q paragraph it isn't worth using.
 NO: he never had any trouble in making space for the ads.-New York Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
Lap,.... .-~,. ,,.nt some.

A vivid picture of the burdens which British policies and wars laid upon oui infantile commerce Is supplied by the experience of Captain Daniel Driver of the schooner Three Brothers. sail ing to the West Indies in 1T:19 with a cargo valued at E550 First the Three Brothers was seized by an English priVateer. the King of I4uSSia. nine guns. Captain James Inclieto. and car ried into Antigua. and that was the lust of her. Sailing again in the schooner Betsey for Guadeloupe. a French frigate captured and carried him into that port. where he had to ransom his vessel for 4.Ot.O livres ($SoO and leave three hostages for payment Returning with the schooner Mar! under flag of truce he was sent into New Providence by the English priva teer Revenge. Captain James Nc Donald. which. however. had to rp leixe him. He reached GuadeIoupe paid the ransom. released his hOStaEes and was bound for home when a Cap tain Blanche in a French frigate ar rested the whole outfit and detained him until midwinter. when. penniless and worn out with undeserved perse- cution. he managed to get home.-Na- fional Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
Aldermen Will
 Recommend Park
 For Far West End

Following lengthy consideration of the project of the Park and Police Commissioners to purchase the pot of land at the junction of Fairfield ave nue and State street, and use the same for park purposes and for a site for the Third Precinct police station, the committee on Streets and Side walks of the Common Council voted last evening to recommend adopt ion of the plan to the Common Council.
 The understanding with the owners is that the city shall pay 5000 down, S1500O next year, and S1O,OOO the third year, total of S:O.0OO for the prop erty. Alderman Stewart of the com mittee objected to the project on the ground that the city can afford to buy the land
 The committee vii report favorably 1pon the matter at the next meeting 0e the council. The committee will tour the city with its corresponding sub committee of the Board of Ap- oortiorment, next Tuesday morning at g o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
&s l!!!!s Tkough2tt1s'I j Today Gft1GD IK1aS R09ERT N A4FOEIEZZEl
A CHILDREN'S BUREAU

N m HERE IS widespread m1sunderStand- %@ .sI HH ing anI misinterpretatiOn of the @S1Is x AI purpose of the proposed Chidren's Blu MS| .l@ssNI You told it will conflict with kNas@s@6S6J the work of the states and u>urp their EM%sN8sIGN rights; that it will interfere with the per- -~@QA sonal of children and infringe the liberty of parents.
 The Children Bureau is designed simply to give pub icty to subjects pertaining to child welfare, just their special lines many other government bureaus furnishing information of netmabe value to the Nation It will interfere with the rights of individuals and the states than the millions of farmers bulletins carefully prepared and widely distributed for the ad vancement of agriculture,
 Twenty per cent of the deaths, of all ages chil- dren under year Onequarter of all the blind chil dren unnecessarily One of the prolific of injury to children working in factories is their inability to read instructions and warnings. The bill proposes to investigate infant mortality, juvenile delinquency dan erous occupations overwor and other faults that bear tected and the unfortunate.
 The National Federation of Womens Clubs, the Ma tonal Child Labor Committed and the Conference for De-
 pendent Children have advocated the creation of the C dren Bureau The movement since it's inception has h"d the support of such leaders Jane Addas of Chicago; Lillian Wald. of New York; Ben Lindsey of Denver.
 Personally should like to the United States like the enlightened nations of Furone correate it's hman- tarian work and bring the isoatd bureaus together into 'Denartnent of Education,' of Health' of Health and Education 'the is not important the thing done If this cannot be accomplished the Children $ I3ureau good begnning Women should work for it. Write your Senator and Congressman
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
OF
 WOMEN'S CLUBS
 FOR THE WEEK
FRIDAY.

FRIDAY. 10:0c English Literary Club, Mrs.
 John M Merwin. 1o:OO-Lace and Art Embroidery,
 league rooms. 2:oo-woman's Guild. Christ Episcopal
 church, parish house. 2:30-Tidelity Sewing Circle, Mrs. Myra
 Hunt, 40 Cottage street. 2:3o-King's Messengers, First Baptist
 church parlors 2:30-St. Mary Guild, Trinity church 3:O0-Protestant Widows Society. 4:OO-Authors' Club, Mrs. Gerald Beard. S:00-W. c. T. U., 239 Gilbert street S:O0--Round Tab e, Mrs. Chas. Peet,
 344 John street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26

making as a result of what he says was a successful trial recently. His experiment late y was made on a foggy morning from a high platform He released liquid air in the form of a spray, result-rain. Next time Professor JamiesQn says. he will use an airship for the experiment and rise above ordinary cloud height. where he expects the liquid air spray to con- dense the mois+u ure and cause consid- erabIe precipitation
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26

den an avowed enemy of the money trust" In selling his conr any to it last week he drove a good bargain but real zing that the positions Of. the officers of the company who s+cod bv him in the days of the panic and subsequently,, were in jeopardy be- cause of their loyalty to him, the re- tiring President bought the Corpova- ton Trust Company, so that s'the boys will not be out in the -world.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
RrnnsrIu Hnn,hIed

Ajax hnd just concluded his great stunt of defying the lightning rHuhr' snortpd the married man ''That'S nothing 1 have just detied my moth er-in-lnw WhPreupnn Ajax felt like the proverbiaI pinhead.-P PhiIadeIphia Record
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
You Never Can Tell.

Crawford You spoke of opening {; bank account in your wife'S name i, order tO teach her the value of none How did it turn out? CrabShnw-Sh, used it m to pay lot of bills coul' have St!@ted of for six months.-Lip Dincott'S.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
Little Choice.

''Ts there any choice Tn speculation between the bulls and hears?"
 Well. it is the choice between !, tight squeeze and a toss up."-BaIti more American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
Her Sort

Alice-vhat kind of girl has Jaci engaged himself to? RoSe-Oh. she> the sort of woman you never dare ast to luncheon for fear she'll stay to din ner.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
Fairy Tales.

Maud-In that book you just finish ed did they marry and live bappily ever afterwurd? Mnrjorie-CS rarions. no: don't read fairy stories any more.-New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
OKLAHOMA SCIENTIST
 MAKES RAIN BY USE
 OF LIQUID AIR SPRAY

Oklahoma City, OkI., Jan. 26-Pro- lessor Jamieson of the State. Norma School amour ced yesterday that he will make further experiments in rain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26
The Matrimonial Lesaus.

The baseball player gazed softly af her
 Would you sign with me for tn game of life?" he whispered tenderl!
 That will depend somewhat on you batting average and your capacity f. making home runs.'' she replied.-Hal per's Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-26

If we had no failings ourselves W, should not take so much pleasure il findtng out those of others.-RochefOu cauii.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-24
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

THE MONEY MARKET.-Money on
call opened at 27s per cent; highest, 27s
per cent; lowest, 22s per cent closing. PA
per cent; ruling rate. 2B per cent. Time
money was dull. such demand az, existed
being largely for loans consisting ex-
cIusively OF industrial collateral. Rates:
3l5d3% per cent for sixty days, 3&p4 per
cent for ninety days, A.. per cent for
four months, 49sd4% per cent for five and
six months. Mercantile paper continued
to be offered quite freely. but bust
ness was quiet, many of the local BUYERS
being out of the market. Rates: 5G5I2
per cent for sixty TO ninety days in
dorsed bills receivable. and choice four
TO six months single names. and 5Isp6
per cent for others.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.-The foreign
exchange market opened steady but dull
Sterling cables were quoted at 1850, de-
mand at 1874. and sixty-day bills at
4s414 Short francs were quoted at 5lsis
less S-32, and short reichsmarks at 91h
less 49, The market continued dun and
uninteresting. The closing tone was
steady. Final figures We're: Demand
sterling, 4s725: cables, 1895: sixty day
bills, 4S4l4; short francs. 5.lSls less 5-6i,
and short reichsmarks, 1914 less l-32
Rankers' pOsted rates follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-24
CONSOLIDATED EXCHANGE.

While prices on the Consolidated Stock
Exchange reflected tendency 10 re-.
cover from the weakness displayed on
Thursday, Il was noticeable that trading
decreased on the improvement. Quota
tons on the $50 o'clock opening call re-
hected irregularity compared with the
closing prices Of the night before. Read
ing was most active. accounting for l,lsg
shares of total business of 2.5jO share.
done on the call II changed hands At
1885 for 90 shares and 16sis for ~
shares. the latter being the final price
on the call and comparing with closing
quotation on Thursday of 1882 and a
New York Stock Exchange 10 O'Clock
opening price OF 1881. Dealings in United
States Steel amounted to go shares on
the call at 1885 and 1872, the latter being
the previous nights closing as well as
the New York Stock Exchange opening
quotation. Seventy shares of Interior.
ough sold on the call at POS and .
shares of Missouri Pacific at 49, no sales
of those two stocks being reported on the
other board until long after the opening
Floor discussion during the day largely
centred around the political situation and
the money market outlook. The copper
shares were I'm demand, with talk con-
tinuing that the Anaconda dividend Is
likely 10 be increased. Detailed opera
tons follow
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-24
NEW YORK CURB.

In the curb market yesterday specu-
lation was fairly active at times, Win
the general tone firm. The higher prlceu
industrials continued the leaders. espe-
cially the Standard Oil subsidiaries
which again showed marked improve
ment, and while the dealings show ran
animation, considerable activity deVeIc
oped over the counter. Standard vi VI
New Jersey was somewhat firmer at an
improvement Of 2 points. British Amer
lean Tobacco advanced q. United cigar
Stores, both old and new, was slighti!
higher. u. +. Goodrich was heavy. 1he
copper shares were somewhat irregular
with the exception of Giroux, which de-
veioped more activity at an improve
ment of Il. The silver issues were
steady. Wettlaufer improved about &c.
Nevada Mining stocks were rather quiet
throughout the greater part of the day.
but in the late trading Tonopah Merger
was in good demand up to SIC and closed
at the top. Jim Butler was also quite
strong and changed hands at &c In
the Goldfeld group Atlanta and JUMBO
Extension were the most active. with
the latter at 42c, showing an advance OF
2 points above yesterday. acNamara
on light trading showed decline or
point, while the balance of the list dis,
played no material change. Detailed
operations follow:
uaN- .f.t r N
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-24
FOREIGN FINANCIAL FIELD.
ConsoIs and French RenteS
LoWer-BerIin Market Dull.
tBy Cable to The Tribune.1


London, Aug. 23-The stock market in
regular securities to-day was dull. Con-
soils were heavier. but American shares
displayed a better tone, and during the
day prices In these ruled above parity.
Coppers, too, were strong and Rubbers
were active.
Consols closed Lie lower at 10 9-ls Tor
money and 70 9-lS for the account. Cana
dian Pacific was q higher at 2S3ls.
Gold premium at Madrid to-day was
$50. against $40 yesterday; at LISBON, IL,
unchanged.
Paris. Aug. 3-Prices ruled irregular
on the Bourse to-day, with volume or
transactions lower than the average OF
recent sessions.
Three per cent rentes were weak, clos
Ing ~ centimes lower at 81 francs oita
confines for the account.
Exchange on London, % francs II CEN
times for checks.
Private discount rate. 2S per cent.
Berlin. Aug. 23.-Prices on the Boerse
to-day remained at about the levels or
Thursdays closing. Trading was dull and
featureless.
Exchange on London, % marks tS1a pfen-
nigs for checks.
Money, 3iR per cent.
Private discount rate, per cent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-24
STOCK MARKET REVIEW
Some Improvement in Prices,
but Sentiment Very Mixed.

Yesterdays opening OF inc SUI"
market displayed an irregularltE 'ha'
WAS confusing TO both sides OF trading
The weak closing of THURSDAY was ca
pected 70 show its effect on the lhl'iai
sales Yesterday, and 1t ala III 'oNiO
stocks as Delaware, Lackawanna q
Western. which made new low price
for the year American Telephone anu
Telegraph sold off on current reports
of a suit by the government asalIs~
The comuany as a combination operat-
ing illegally. The trading atmosphere
was so evidently professional that IN
terest was slight, though some commas
sion houses advised customers TO pur-
chase stocks on reactions. Consoh-
dated Gas was strong and sold up on
the continued talk Of some special
fayors to be distributed at the next
dividend meeting, which will be held
in about a month. Peoples Gas
also had q fractional advance in sym
patty with Consolidated's rise. There
did not appear to be much liqulda-
ton, and the market, after the
a firm tone, with some bullish senti-
ment developing. The coppers attract
ed some attention, particularly Utah
Copper, which was the strongest Of
those issues. Irrespective of the re-
ports Of wonderful improvement in the
affairs of equipment companies, the
stocks of that class which lately have
shown such strength yesterday were
practically neglected. Around the
Street the forecasts were as irregular
as the markets movements. The &C
ton Of the market this week has done
inuch to create a distrust regarding It's
bullish development. and It will not re-
uuire many more days Of skepticism,
aided by weak closing Of prices, to
bring on a spell OF pessimism that will
send the market on q downhill start.
Something is the trouble, and the gen.
eral belief seems to be that 1t is poll
tics, though there may be reasons Of
bISotCl iiupOl ldhNC diASSIiHB pOi
national prosperity. The situation is
debatable, but In the mean time the
public, that part Of it that is necessary
10 insure q rousing bull market, is out
and stays out. How long before pub
lie investment and speculative interest
can be aroused is question, but IT will
be a considerable period ahead if the
markets action is as capricious as IL
has been so far this week. The bulk
of the stocks are held by the big in
terests, and with continued encourag-
ing reports of prosperity daily being
published there is reason to suppose
that good market will be made to
dispose of large share of these hold
ings, for. after all, stocks are made to
sell, especially by the syndicates.
In the afternoon trading some i'm
provement was shown, and some spe-
Gals were marked UP. The coppers
seemed to be the hope Of the bull side.
and even the bears were inclined to
admit the copper stocks would sell
higher
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-24
STANDARD OIL SUBSIDIARIES.

General strength with few sensational
advances characterized dealings I'm Stan
dard Oil stocks yesterday. Southwest
Pennsylvania pipe lines rose Is points Ito
lsl. Standard of New York % points to
$50, new high record. Southern Pipe
Line, 10 points TO 297 and Swan & Finch
10 points to 25 Ohio on sold at 100,
and Union Tank Line at s., both new
high records. Buying orders were In evil
dence In Indiana Pipe. Crescent Pipe and
New York Transit Several of the pipe
line stocks on the basis OF dividends paid
since dissolution. still yield over 10 per
cent, which probably accounts in part for
the consistent demand for them.
Quoted by Gilbert Elliott g. CO., No. 81 Wall