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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-25

pie of times at night, mostly to sober up before they went home But he never saw a woman do it before.
 On the night of the previous Thurs day the chauffeur had been engaged to take a sick woman from a down town hotel to a house at Bellwood. The womans husbahd was with her, and they went slowly to avoid jolt .ng. l. vas after F when he drove away from the house, and started home At corner-heS did not know the names of the streets-a woman hailed the cab and asked him if he belonged in Bel1wood or was going to the city She had missed the last train. When he told her he was going into town, she promptly engaged him and showed him where to wait for her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-25
The Window By MARY ROBERTS
 RlNEHART
(Continuad.l

Q~J
 sT've thought it all out" he said painfully. ''My mother had spells of emotional insanity. Perhaps I went there. without knowing it. and killed him. can see him, in the night, when daren't sleep, toppling ever en th that table, with a bullet wound in Z his head, and am in the room, and I have his revolver in my pocketF'
 @'You give me your word you have 10 conscious recollection of hearing a shot fired"
 "My word before heaven" he said ferventiy. But I tell you, Knox, he had no weapon. No one came out of that room as went in and yet he was only swaying forward, as if I had shot nlrn one moment and caught him as he fell the next. I was daEed. don't remember yet what I told the police"
 "Wardrop," I asked, trying to fix his wavering eyes with mine, "do you own s2 ealieeF revciver?"
 Yea"
 was startled beyond any necessity, under the circumstances Many peo- pie have S2's.
 That is, I had," he corrected him self. "It was in the leather bag that vas stolen at Bellweod."
 aT can relieve your mind of one thang," said. If your revolver was stolen with the leather bag you had nothing Co do with the murder. Elem lng was shot with a S2" He looked nfst incredulous. then relieved.
 Nov, then." I pursued, suppose HEr. Fleming had an enemy. relent- ieBs one who would stoop to anything to compass his ruin. In his position he wDuld be likely to have enemies. This person, let ms say, knows what you rarry in your grip and steals it, taking away the funds that would have help ed to keep the lid on Fleming's mis- management for time. In the grip s your revolver. Would you know it RgainT'
 He nodded afirmatively.
 s'This persor-this enemy finds the revolver, pockets it and at the first opportunity. having ruined Fleming, proceeds humanely to put him out of hss suffering. Is it farfetched"
 There were a dGzen-a hundred people who would have been glad to ruin him" His gaze wavered again @uddeMiy- IL was evident that I had renewed an old train of thought.
 ''For instanee?' suggested, but he was on guard again.
 ssYoa forget one thing, Knox," he said after a moment. s'There was no- body else who could have shot him. The room was empty"
 Nonsense" replied. Don't for get the warehouse" osit ot nssisaatss
 ''The warehousew
 There is no doubt in my mind, that he was shot from there. He was fac ing the open window, sitting directly under the light, writing. A shot fired through a broken pane of one of the warehouse windows would meet every requirement of the case-the empty room, the absence of powder marks even the fact that no shot was heard. There was a report, of course, but the noise in the clubhouse and the thun- ierstorm outside covered it."
 By Georgey he exclaimed. '"The warehouse, of course. I never thought sf It." He was relieved. for some req sun-
 'Tts a question now of how many people knew he was at the club and which of them hated him enough to kiIl him"
 "Clarkson knew it." wardrop said, ''but he didn't do it."
 'Why7"
 Because 1t was he who came to the door of the room while the detective and you and ! were inside and called Flaming"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-25
LUNCHEON IN THE SURF IS THE VERY
 LATEST FAD, AND II HAS ITS MERITS TOO

New York, July 24-Luncheon in the surf is the latest fad. Miss Charlotte Van Cortland Nicoll, a society girl. originated it down at Long Beach, on the south shore of Long Island. She noticed that a dip in the surf always
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-25

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-25

gave her an appetite so she got a carpenter to construct 8, sea going tea tray. Sandwiches, a, few cakes and cups of tea were arranged on the tray, and it was showed out to the hathers. It had to be watched to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-25

French ribbon-work flowers, used in the form of knots and wreaths and hidden by over draperies, are one of the most charming new features of evening gowns
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-25

prevent eapsizing when breaker came in, but this only added to the enjoyment. Miss Nieou and her guests voted the scheme a success, and now it is a regular incident of the day'S diD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-25
BLANCHE PARKER

BLANCHE PARKER
 ys. Order of N0tacs. THOMAS P. PARKER
 STATE OF CONNECTICUT, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, ss., SUPERIOR COURT.
 Bridgeport, June 21st, A.D., 1912.
 Upon the complaint Of the said Blanche Parker praying, for reasons therein set forth, for 1, divorce; and 2, the custody ef the minor child returnable to the Superior Court, in and for Fairfield County, on the first Tuesday of June. 1912. It appearing 10 and being found by the subscribing authority that Thomas P. Parker, the said defendant is absent from this State and gone to parts unknown.
 Therefore Ordered, that no4tee ef the pendency of sa4d ccrnpiABF os given by publishing this order in the Bridgeport Evening Farmer, a news paper printed in Bridgeport In said Fairfield County, once each week for three weeks successiveIy. comnnencfne on or before the 18th day of July, A. D., 1s12.
 VIM. T. HAvILAND, Clerk of the Superior Court for Fair field County. II SC 44A
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-25
EDITH M. CURTIS
 Fs. Order of Notice ARTHUR E. CURTIS STATE OF CONNECTICUT, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, s.,

Bridgeport, June 21st, A.D.. 191a.
 Upon the complaint of the said Edith M, Curtis praying, for reaeeDp therein set forth. for 1, Q divorce; and 2, the custody of the three minor children returpable to the Superior Court, in and for Fairfield County. or the first Tuesday of June. 1e17. Ii appearing to and being found py. the subscribing authority that Arthur E. Curtis, the said defendant is sbsenf from this State and gone to parts unknown but formerly resided tn the Town of Newtewn in said Fairfield County.
 Therefore Ordered, that notice of the pendeaey of said complaint De given by publishing this order in the Bridgeport Evening Farmer, q nevs- paper having circulation ID said Newtown once each week for fhFee weeks successively, commencing on er before the 18th day of July, A. D., 1912.
 VIM, T. HAVILAND, Clerk of the Superior Court for Fair
 field County. II s"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14

ADVERTISING RATES. The ratio for
inserting Want Ads IN The Topeka State
Journal is one cent word each insertion.
minimum 10 cents; by the week cents
a word. minimum 80 cents.
COUNT THE WORDS of your Ad. I'm
Guiding four words for State Journa, nd
dress when such address - used: count
each Initial letter and each number or
combination of figures as one word.
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classified properly in The Topeka state
Journal. must he in The State Journsl
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after the noon hour will be inserted under
the heading. TOO Late to Classify. or
next dav desired.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14
Wants to Solve Mystery.


$500 for gossiping-hurrah! hurrahi
A few years ago a woman in Vienna
was fined and imprisoned for gossip
ing. 1t seems that the good work is
going on; slowly, to be sure, but still
it's moving.
There would be no greater curb to
malicious gossip than the surety that
fine and imprisonment would follow.
So far, women have felt themselves i'm
mune from punishment, no ma tier
what they said or did, nor how many
regulations they ruined by their
tongues. The unhappiness, the untold
miseries the unmerited disgraces, that
unfounded gossip has caused The
skeletons they have ratified.
Truly, it is about time that a whole
some fear of sure punishment be in
stilIed in those women who delight to
tear characters to pieces.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14
Believes This Will "Cure
Lung Troubles

Consumption is disease which should
not be trifled with. If the trouble is pres
ent, don't waste time in argument.
If a so-called ''cold" has long persisted;
if cough is present that keeps you
anxious; or any of the symptoms exist
such as fever or night sweats. weakness
and loss of appetite, and perhaps, some
raising of mucus-do the sensible thing:
take Eckman's Alterative-as Mr.. Bet
tersworth did
Bowling Green, Ky, r. No. 4.
= .'Gentlemen:-In 1908, 1 had severe
cough for six months 1 tried all the
medicine that my friends and doctors
recommended to me, but no results came
for the better. At last 1 tried your medl-
cine. In one weeks time there was quite
an Improvement in my condition, and af-
ter 1 had taken several bottles I felt as
well as ever in my life L will gladly
write personally to any party wanting IN
formation in regard to your wonderful
(Signed AffidaviD
A. C. BETTERSWORTH-
E,ckman's Alternative is effective in Bron-
chftis, Asthma, Hay Fever; Throat and
Lung Troubles. and in upbuilding the
system. Does not contain poisons, opiates
or habit forming drugs. For sale by
Geo. w. Stansfield, 632 Kansas ave, To-
peka and other leading druggists ASK
for booklet telling of recover1es and write
to Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia, Pa,
for additional evidence
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14

telephone for an ambulance. When he
took up the receiver, a womans voice
snapped.
4 am using this line. Pray do not
interrupt
But there a little girl here with he-
leg torn off. 1 want to get an ambu-
lance" exclaimed the man.
Get off the wire. l am talking now,
replied the woman. The man had to
hang up the receiver and run several
blocks before he could get word to the
police.
When the injured child got to the
hospital the doctors said that the delay
would probabl cost her life.
Perhaps that is an exceptional case
Of selfishness. 1 hope it is. I hope
that very few people. men or women.
would be so heartless in such an emer-
gency. In fact, 1 do not believe that
the great majority would have acted as
this Chicago woman did. Yet there is
always the hundredth instance. and
none of us know when we will strike
if.
A New York woman has been fined
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14

Don't Hide Them With a Veil: Re-
move Them With the New Drug.

An eminent skin specialist recently
discovered a new drug, othine-double
strength, which is so uniformly sue
cessful in removing freckles and giving
a clear, beautiful complexion that it
is sold by any first class druggist in
Topeka under an absolute guarantee
to refund the money if it fails.
Don't hide your freckles under a
well: get an ounce of othine and re-
move them. Even the first nights use
will show wonderful Improvement,
some of the lighter freckles vanishing
entirely. 1t is absolutely harmless,
and cannot injure the most tender
skin.
Be sure to ask any first class drug
gist in Topeka for the double strength
othine; it is this that is sold on the
money back guarantee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14
ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT
(By Roy K. Moulton.)
According to Uncle Abner


There amt no man so poor that he
can't get lot of mail from the pat
ent medicine concerns.
Hold Peters says there amt no date
on the calendar that comes around so
quick and so often as the first of the
month. 1t seems as though when he
amt just paid his rent, he is just
goin' to pay it.
1t seems as though Noah Webster
during the course of his literary work
used almost every word in the Eng
lish language.
Some fellers can get rich on 81 a
week while others die poor on 500 a
week 1t all depends on whether they
run an automobile.
They are advertiser green boss
race for the county fair, and LATE
Higgins has bought can of paint and
is changin' the color of his sorrel
mare SO she kin qualify.
Since Elmer Sphinx has been writin'
love letters to Miss Pansy Tibbitts he
is thinkin' some of goin' to a CORE
spondence school for year or two in
order to improve in that line.
The noisiest thing in the world is
an old-fashioned 2-cent piece when it
is dropped in the collection platter.
T. Egbert Peavey jumped out'n bed
sudden the other night in his new
striped pajamas and scared a burglar
to death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14
Big Sum for Dollar!
A WOMAN'S OBSERVATIONS.
(By Edna K. wooley.)

Tie SaIfisI, We Have Always With Us.
There are some people so intensely
selfish, so jealous of their rights, ="
that even a most serious emergency
cannot shake them out of their insist
ence upon what they think is due
them.
We have heard and suffered a good
deal through the telephone party-line
gossip who hold the wire for half an
hour each time she visits over the
phone with a friend. 1t makes no dif-
ference that three other people on that
same line may be needing the wire for
matters of Importance. She has the
wire and she'd like to see anybody
take it from her.
Last week, in Chicago, a little girl
was run over by a heavy truck. Her
left leg was torn off and her body hor-
ribiy bruised.
Neighbors ran to help and one of
them. a man, hurried into house to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS,

A p Challis and wife to L. F. Car
linghouse. lots 1856 pit 81 Melrose
sub. =. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
L. Blackwell to same. lots IT'S Mel
rose SUD.
c. Olander and wife to H. Alexander,
pit lot 459-461 Van Buren, St, Hun
toons add ...............-...-. ....-...
j. Chubb and wife to w. NJ. Bunce,
lots in sunnyside add. ..-............. 200
E. c. Warfel and wife to T. c.
Mueller, lots 116 n1z 11S Clay ST.. 500
Board Trustees of Oberlin college to
c. F. Abbott, lots 64-65 Melrose sub. 100
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14

Some of the women will evidently
not be satisfied until their skirts are
so tight that they have to put them
on with shoe horn.
An expert in genealogy states that
Rockefeller descended from noble
stock, but he does not say how far.
Strange to say. the history of the
sugar trust is not the sweetest story
ever told.
1t is alleged that the last Republi-
can state convention in Mississippi
was held on the back platform of a
street car. Some day there may be
enough Republicans in that state to
charter a whole car.
And, then again, perhaps Senator
Bailey, in declaring that he will not
be a candidate, is one of the few who
recognize the psychological moment
when they meet it face to face.
A western man wrote a poem to
the governor and was saved from ex-
ecution. In some states they would
hang a man for the poetry alone.
The prune crop is reported $1,000
900 pounds short this year. and if
this is so life in the boarding house
should begin to be worth living.
Mr.. ckersham set out to blow up
the powder trust, and the public is
still waiting to hear the explosion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14

sap drawn on This Is boiled down to strip,
Parties for sugaring are conducted very
much after the fashion of candy pulls else
viii somebody who is initiated in the city
maple sugar party instruct us?
Care of Travelling Bags.
81 have a new seal skin travelling bag and
of walrus, both black, and should appre-
ciate advice as how best to preserve them I
have idea that with and proper treat.
they will last lifetime without showing
appreciable wear F. s.
Have case for each-one that is large
enough to allow you to put in the bag without
abrading the leather. Keep the bags in these
whenever they not in actual uSc They are
injured much by lying around in the corners
of closets and gathering dust upon closet
Once take them to a dealer or maker
of such articles and have them overhauled If
they are scratched or otherwise marred
Everything depends upon how they are cared
for at home.
Seeks Two Poems
"win you please publish the pecm. How
Salvador Won or inform me where can get a
copy of it? Also De Wolf Hoppers one time
favorite encore, : Casey at the Bat
We never publish poems. want of room
will get your address from and send you
copies of the verses
Business Addresses Not Given
Il have feather bed which was given to
me. and nc which l. do not use; should like to
vators such work? And. if where rs the
nearest establishment? L. ]. NJ"
If by mattress you thinner bed,
the renovators will do this for you. One
hardly call feather bed Mattress let the
shape what it may.
Business addresses not given in the Cor
You will have difficulty in finding what
you want in the large city.
= X
Wants to Solve Mystery
Can you give any information respect
ing the United States Agricultural society,
MDCCCLII..' the presentation by the society
of a large medal to Richard Patten, Baltimore,
Nd for Surveyors Compass, Richmond
The said medal has been in possession of tribe
Indians for years, and If trace the
may clear up a great mystery,
possible murder by these Indians of the said
Richard Patten ALBERT L.
The story is utterly new to me. The facts as
you have them, thrilling in
interest
We shall await replies from our Widespread
ing constituency with lively curiosity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14

We'll. poor old Billions is dead Yes
yes he is de-dead." Why. you are sob-
bling How does it happen that you take
it SO hard? Il can't help wondering
which of his relatives he left my money
to.''-Chicago Record Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14
Maple Sugar Party.

"will you please give some suggestions
with regard to a maple sugar party?
GERTRUDE G.
1 at loss to answer your question when
note that you write from Chicago 1 know
naught of maple sugar parties in cities.
In the districts where the maple grows it is
tapped in March whereabouts and the cI~a-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14

Nother-That's some of my sons work.
He's quite welded TO art Jones think
ing aloud)-Ah, another of those insult
able rriages.-London Opinion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14
The Infsx nation Bureau.

Nmeznr Removes . Shine
kindly give me way to take off the shine
I'm skirt lzAsich IS in good condition other
SHOW can rieas black suede shoes?
eAlso bfasks felt hat? PERPLExED.'
g. Sponge Win hot vinegar or get at the
A<oug side of the stun and hold it taut over
Boiling vinegar. letting the steam rise through
4. Do not tolsch until dry. If the garment be
Soiled as well as shiny put little soap bark
With che flannel 1t will make suds and
dirt and gloss together.
2 Clean with gasoline. you with redye
!hem. there are excellent parent dyes that will
shoes decent
sPonEs With mixture Of ammonia MN o, and
ans dry in the shade. out of doors.
No Prize for Recipe
- VIII you kindly advise if you offer any
prize for a reliable. tested recipe?
We hold out no prizes for recipes Our mem
hers ara generous in supplying the Corner with
practical formulas for every conceivable dish,
and some inconceivable We too busy in the
transaction of the legitimate work that fills
hands and heads to invite flood of recipes and
sit in Judgment upon their comparative worth
after the thousands are all in.
Might Try Bleaching
IL purchased pair of leather shoes this
polish they became very dark brown. Is there
anything that can do to restore them to the
As rule of wide application you cannot dye
Of this befors. IF to try bleaching
the shoes. sponge with peroxide of hydrogen
and in the sun. Should the bleaching bring
back the original color, all right. If it makes
the shoes too light, mix trustworthy dye in
earthenware bowl, and reduce the stuff to
the desired tint by adding alcohol.
Apply according to directions
Big Sum for Dollar!
II have a silver dollar made in 1888
should like know its value. I have been
offered 500 for it MRS. V. s.
To one who is confessed ignorarlus in nu-
Nnismatic lore 800 like a biz price.
Sahat say connoisseurs. in coins?
To Remove Rain Spots
~wM you kindly tell how I can remove
spots from black plush coat, which
mused BIZ a drizzling rain? The plush stiff
ened and brushing is of avail A NJ c."
Hang II up in the bathroom in such a way
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14
Send Visiting Gard.

will you be kind TO tell how to
answer invitation to reception? o. c.
If there be appended to the invitation - R. S.
V. P" answer at once. If this does not appear
upon the card note, make reply until the
day of the function Then, if you go.
send your visiting card. If you can attend, go
in person. and lay your card in the tray pre-
scented the door
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14
All. Here We Are Again.

We note with considerable satisfac-
ton that the cheer-up poem has ap-
peared in a new guise. Every news
paper bard in these United States
has taken a crack at it some time or
other. This time it is called Keep
A'goin'.'
This is the way it starts:
When you think you're down and out,
Keep a-goin.
Take the benefit of the doubt,
Keep a-goin'."
This poem has been known at vari-
Smile Don't Give Up Buckle In
Push Ahead Don't Say Die"
Fight it Out" etc.. etc. 1t is the
greatest money making poem ever
written as it has been sold to maya
zines at least three or four times a
ways with new title and a few new
words. It almost writes itself. All
you have to do is to sit down at the
typewriter and pound thus-wise:
1t is as easy as purloining confec-
Keep on pluggin',
"Tum te-tum, te-tum, te-tum,
Keep on p1uggin',
Tum te-tum, te-tum, te-tum;
Turn te-tum, te-tum, te-tum:
Tum te-tum, te-tum, te-tum;
Keep on pluggin.
tionery from baby and so long as
the magazine editors like it, it's no
body else's business.
A Great Hoss Race Truth.
1t is a truth eternal that is well known
to the tout.
But a large part OF the public hasn't
found it out;
Full many a Steed which should be
fastened to a hack
Is allowed to show his prowess on a
one-mile track.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-14

that t1e O1ts1o,, of the Ash touches not $ns-
Then turn on II 8 hot water until the rot u is
full of steam g ad the coat heavy with tiny
beads of moisture. Leave it thus until the
steam is dead old: open the window AMI let
it dry. Do not touch it until thar, The nap
will come up under the treatment
Duty of Bride
VIII YOU please tell the proper wsy to
acknowledL wedding gifts? When. and by
whom-the bride or bridegroom? Also if one
should include an invitation to call in ackr owl
edgment7 c. H IT,
The bride acknowledges the wedding gifts
soon as convenient after they are received She
to the degree of intim kcy that may exist be
tween herself and the donor. The invitation to
visit her in her new home depends upon like
condition. She need not invite a comparative
stranger.
Treatment of Lace
1 have some black lace that has turned
gray, and passementerie the network of
which has turned, also. Can you tell how
restore color? J. V. l."
Dip in dye bought from a responsible firm
When nearly dry the lace should be picked out
with careful fingers. mesh by mesh. and figure
by figure, until it is in proper shape. Cover
then with thin CLOTH and press with warm
iron.
the passenentere in the way
emitting the ironing. Fold instead. evenly, and
lay under heavy weight.
In Quest of T he Vampire
If you will send the address of L. H. NJ. o.
shall mail him copy of John Gilpins Ride
." should appreciate the kindness if some
will send me a copy OF The Vampire
H. B."
Il. H. NJ o. has bad a copy of John Gill
pins Ride" sent in by another Sriend.
q The Vampire" is well known that you
can hardly fail receive copy.