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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING

Municipal lighting is con ducted in Norwich as sue cessfully as in South Nor walk, where the municipal plant has been an object of local pride for years.
 During the past year the NaEwich scit7 as and cleo trie lighting department has made a net profit of $41, ,O18, after charging off $14,544 for the depreciation of the plant. The income from the plant exceeds the cost of misunderstanding and distrib- utiag by $55, ,563. There have been provided 254 arc lights at a cost to the city of $61 per light, and BIS incande- scent lights at a cost of $1LO7 each, which was the cost of production. The plant has been been improved at an expense of ST, ,O84.
 This municipal lighting plant has never failed to show a profit, the record for a series of years being as fol lows: In 1905, $19, ,554.86; 1906, $19,93O.77; 1907, $22,- 632 12; 1906, ,$26,9 ,986.15; 1909, $19,445-e7; 1910, $26, ,690. .19; 1g11,s $32, ,36S.61, and 1912, $4I, ,O18-9 -92-
 Bridgeport in it's effortsto obtain similar benefits of municipal ownership for it. self is assured by some of it's most conspicuous citizens, as well as by some of it's news papers that the people of Bridgeport do not know enough to properly conduct q lighting plant.
 No evidence has been fur nished to prove that the cit- izens of Bridgeport are less competent than the citizens of Norwich, or the citizens of South Norwa1k, but that is the claim and pretty much the last clain-of the op- ponents of municipal owner ship in this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
FIRST THINGS

The first great victory in Russias project for the .sgobhling up" of China was the Russo Chinese treaty which was officially promulgated ffty-two years ago today. This agreement gave to Russia a considerable addition to her possessions in eastern Asia. An 5nnnsrzse district north of Amoor. right fully belonging to China, had been for cibly seized by Russia several years before. together with Q considerable section south of the Amoor and bor- dsring on the Pacific. The treaty. on the part of China. was one of neces- sfty- Russia held that possession was equal to ownership, and when the rob- her refused to give up the booty, China, by the treaty, gave Russia legal title. to the country which had been efgraDo ed. = Later the Russian bear advanced etili farther into the Dragon Empire, and was only turned back from its ultimate purpose by the war with Japan Many observes of far eastern affairs believe that Ruesia. while checked, has not abandoned her intentions in regard to China. and is only awaiting favorable opportunity for another war with Japana over the pos session of China
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14

uecifpt, writing and rewriting many chapters, before he gave 1t to the pub Usher. Tho immediate success score@ by the book was ample payment both i.l fame and money, for the years of drought and work. The poignant struggle between the flesh and the sI.!rit, the world and the church. pas sion and piety, depicted in the pages of 'sThe Garden of Allah" has few equals in literature. To make the scene of this spiritual struggle the bleak, barren and barbarous Sahara was a. stroke of genius.
 Next to stThe Garden of Allah" per haps MT. Hichens's most notable work Is his Iaker novel. ''The Dweller on the Threshodd," in which the author again expresses his liking for occult and eseteric themes This book IS somewhat reminiscent of "Dr. Jekyu and Mir Hydeg with a definite Steven
 Like most EngIishmen. Mfr. Hchens is fond of outdoor sports, his favorite pastinnes being riding, driving and tennis.
 The latest novel from the pen of MT. Hichens to attain great popularity is s.BelIa Donna" which has been dra- matized by Bernard Pagan, anf pro duced with great success at the St. James Theatre in London and the Elm pire Theatre in New York. The Am erican premiere took place this week with Mime. NaZimova heading nota- ble cast.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14

monials, audiences or private appoint
 ments he is the most punctual of mon archs, often appearing a considerable
 time before the fixed hour. When on his tour of pacification last Sear engine drivers had considerable trou- ble in keeping correctly the indica tions
 of his time table, Often it was abso- lutely impossible. Frequently the Sul- tan ordered a start long before the Ike fixed time Do you not see, my sands of my faithful people are eager ly awaiting me at the other end. They and long to see one another Let us start at once" And the train always started immediately, generally arriving at it's destination half an hour before the appointed time.
 simple in his tastes. He rises soon after dawn, and when his attendants bring him the habitual cup of delicious Arabian mocha he smiles to them and whispers:L Allah be praised for his gifts" His meals are frugal, his fla kebab." small bits of mutton, well sea soned and roasted over a slow fire. Tn former years he drank nothing intoxi- eating, but now he takes a little cham pagne with his meals. this on the in struction of his medical attendants. and he enjoys the European operas as much as melancholy strains of oriental music During the summer he gener- ally has a well trained orchestra play in the. garden of his palace. But at the beginning of the Italian war he his Grand Vizier: tsWhen so many suf- fer on the battlefield upon my terri tory ] cannot listen to the perform ances of an orch hestra.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
A SEMI-ANNUAL HYPOCRISY

The sefni-annual hypocritfcal intellectual crusade against the white slave resorts imminent Mayor Wilson about to have another spectacular clean ing of the places of evi which will open up the day after just as they have done in the past.
 The city has never been absolutely given over to the isre of the underworld during the last year woand this despite able and willing police however beyond the leash of the administration which has power over them
 The Cesare case, the Stratford white slave murder and dozen happenings of less magnitude all point elo quent to the sort of thing that ought tolerated in any city, and much less in Bridgeport
 Once the mayor's attention is directed to the statute which provides for the punishment of landlords who rent property for immoral purposes This statute easy to enforce. It is, applied, certain corrective Why doesn't the mayor apply itg
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
A GOOD BEGINNING

The Democratic senators in their informal caucus which held in New Haven, Tuesday evening" display ed proper of their responsibility to the feemen who elected them.
 Their first business not the discussion of offices and place holders it consideration of party pledges and the best means of keeping them
 steering committee was named and upon this com alttee laid the duty of seeing that bills make ocra policies effective prepared and ready when the General Assembly convenes.
 This is excellent beginning It augurs we'll for the future of the Democratic party in Connecticut Moth ing Tn the past has been destructive of Democratic prospects Democratic legislators who have joined with Republican legislators repudating solemn engagements made with and for the benefit of the people
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
AUTHOR OF THE GARDEN OF ALLAI,' 4s TODAY
 A CHURCHMAN'S SON

Robert Snythe Kitchens, the Eng fish author. whose great novel, 4@The Garden of Allah" was the basis for auctions of recent years, was born at SpeIdhurat. Kent, England. forty-eight years ago to-day. His father. Rev. Stephens. near Canterbury. and a man of eminence in the Anglican clergy. Music was the first great passion of after aft seaving sch school at Turnbridge age Wells he entered the Royal College of Music After years of musical study for for music had failed to give him the recognition he coveted. he abandoned his ambition for a musical career, and turned his attention to journalism- In not wasted, for it enabled him to se- cure a. place as musical critic of the London World, succeeding George Ber- nard Shaw.
 In addition to his critical duties, MT. Kitchens attended the London School of Journalism, and wrote 8 number of had commenced at the age of seven- teen, when he produced story enti- tied '@rhe Coastguard'a Secret" -'The age of thirty. and was followed by stAn Imaginative Man. '"The Folly of Eustace,'' s"Tha Londoners." and oth- CT tales of a varied character. The of these early literary productions One of his novels is about a. cat whose soul passed into the body of a woman, and another deals with the passage of the soul of vivisectionist into the body of a dog.
 MT. Hiohens did not gain the first rank among British novelists until the of s"The Garden of Allah The plot for this remarkable story was suggested to the author by g. visit he paid to Trappist monastery in the wilds of Algeria. For several weeks Mr. Hichans was the guest of the monks, sleeping in one of the. bare cells of the monastic prison, and ma.k- ing frequent trips into the borderland Of the desert in the company of an Arab tribesman- Looking out over the sandy wastes, the soul of the man who is a mystic and a musician as well as a writer and was stricken with awe s"The garden of oblivion hf called this outpost of Sahara, and the impressions 1t made upon his mind re naained fresh for some five years be fore they found literary expression i the writing of '"The Garden Of Allah. For two years he toiled over the man
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
OF
 DEATH OF sOID PARR.''
 LONGEVITY CHAMPION

Today is the anniversary of the death,
 in 1885, Of the immortal 'tOld Parr,' ,''
 at the tender age of 152 years While
 correctness of Paris birth date, there
 is little doubt that the Shropshire
 laborer lived longer than any other
 longevity champion was born, accord
 ing to the church records, in 14s3, and
 died Nov. 14, 1885. He married at the
 alleged age of 120 and at 1so years was still able to work several hours 8 day.
 If he had been born content to settle
 down and live 8 life of ease his life years. He was declared to have been
 born in perfect health when, early in
 1885, the attention of the Earl of Arundel was attracted to the remark- to go with him to London, and Parr &C., cepted. In the metropolis he was an object of general curiosity, and could not appear on the streets without att tracting g crowd. Hostesses clan1ored for his presence at their functions. and the simple old laborer was wined and rssa ers of AI Ionaon % society. @ H Dissipation T probably killed him, although the doctors ascribed his untimely taking
 while the age of Thomas Far was fairly we'll authenticated. the senne cannot be said Of Henry Jenkins, Hosshirs sd s 1ss whe died aa 1ess agso o Bowlea, of Killingsworth, who died in 1656, at the alleged age of 152 There # the hoazin siin sae nooa tse Rrosl p 70 seade of Herts England was 14S at the time of his death in 1852.
 Ireiand has been the home of many famous old people. including Lady Ec- cIeston, who died In 1891, aged 14S, a1o who was probably the oldest woman of modern times; Col. Thomas Wanslow, who was said to have been 146 at his death in l766, and Mrs. Martha Rorke. of Drosaore. county of Kildare, who died in 1s4o. aged 1as. Ety for the statement that Bulgaria and Hungary now have the greatest percentage of centenarians. a fact action oS their sour milk dietary. The claim fig made, and has been accepted l oy some scientists who have investd- gated the case. that John Revin. of It his death in 174i. If this be true. 1 Royin surpassed Thos. Parr by twen- ty years. Perhaps the oldest man now bodyguard. Although he ] aas died a. hundred times, in the past fifty years, he has always been sa1ely ! 'esurrected. and is now said to be liv-
 Incidentally. to-day is the birthday 1 If the worlds oldest college student. 1 according to recent newspaper reports Augustine Munsom. of Mound City, l Kan, now said to be student at the l University of Kansas. He Is seventy 1 our to-day, having been born Nov. IA, | e5s. and in his youth graduated from l Wesleyan and Yale. He Is quoted as | 'aying that he desires to continue his l sducation in order ttto keep busy in | he very best way and keep the mind | Lwake and active.
 Statistics show that the average du- 1 sation of human life has been con tntly increasing for several centuries, 1 md is now higher than at any time ince the age of MetIMIselafl. If there | Ire not so many extremely old people l uow as in the seventeenth and eight | ,enth centuries, 1t may be due to the | 'o great as 1t once was.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
REMINDS ONE OF sTRAUs.
Sultan of Turkey Seems to Resemble Progressive Candidate in
 New York.
(New York Sun.)

(New York Sun.)
 With his empire tottering about his ears and his entourage preparing to flee across the BospoFous to escape the interesting to note the personality of Sultan Mehmed V.. who will likely go down into history as the last Turkish monarch to reign in Europe.
 Probably no more kindly monarch exists anywhere in Europe. none who thinks more of his subjects welfare and less of himself. The Sultan in re- menbered by those who have met him by his benign smile, with which he fla vors all, from the highest to the low est. He has a melancholy, meditative face, but those who attend him hear no harsh words, shrink from no sullen commands, as did those who attended his predecessors. There is something met in his smile, since it seems to be- tray a profound sense of acquiescence in the divine course of things.
 Once the Sultan fell and injured his rushed up with exclamations of "Amanp' He looked up to them srnil- ing and said: Why all this hustle, my friends? We are in the hands of to workmen, to soldiers and to the waiting crowds of his devoted people. All this is strange enough when one considers the past of this man, how he has suffered for more than 30 years. During the long and dreary confine-| ment in the golden cage'' of Dolma- he never murmured, never always submitting to the or- dinance Of his cruel brother, Abdul who now has been taken from the Asiatic suburb of Constantinople.
 Another characteristic trait of Meh- med " is his abhorrence of making people wait for him. At state cere-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
A REMINDER.


 We beg leave to call the attention Of the Press, the Evening Maitland the Globe too, if it's views today are still the same as they were yeSterday-to the fact that MT Wilson will not be a minority president, these organs of proxressfvism so cIamorously assert The truth is that Gov. Wilson has a popular majority of two millions over the only candidate that really counted namely, MT Roosevelt. It has been the progressive contention all along that the contest was exclusively be- tween the Democratic party and the E3u1l Moose party Why should the Press and the Evening Mail now turn zbout and add to the four million votes cast for the colonel, the nearly four million votes that were cast by crooks, petty Iarcenists. grafters, and corpora tion tools who voted for MT Taft? Fourteen million votes were cast for three leading candidates, but only 10 rsfIIion true American citizens took part in the election, and of those only four million rallied behind the colonel Let the public organs of the party of rfRh1eousness and social justice declare whether they honestly do not prefer to be beaten as they were, rather than to have won the election with the aid of the four million thieves and imbeciles who threy their support to Mir. Taft,- New York Evening Post
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
STATE ACCOUNTANTS
Annual Meeting of Society Held And
 Officers Elected.

New Haven, Nov 1+The annual meeting of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants was held last night at the Union League club and ten or twelve representatives from various parts of the state were pres ent. Officers were elected as follows:
 frederick C. Manvel. New Haven vice-nresident: John StarAweather, Ausonia, secretary; Frederick w. Child. Greenwich. treasurer; Charles
 president ManVel was named as dele gate to the convention of the Anleri- can Association of Public Accountants to be held next month in Boston
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
REVIEWS
 FROM Our Exchanges
(New Britain Herald.)
GOOD ORDER AT CAPITOL.

Lieutenant Governor-eIec Tfngier
 has made the statement that the lieu
 will longer be used for lobby pur-
 poses, and ComptrolIer-elect Dunn says that the state building will be kept clean during the next session of the legislature. This is good news for it is a clear indication of the intention of Democracy to give the state the right kind of government and deslr- able legislation a decent chance for life.
 The friends of the defeated party are pointing out with some show of exultattou that while the Senate is Democratic the House is Republican and that one will act as a cheek upon the other, which is taken to mean easy sailing after all. It should be remembered that outside of the uaak- ing of appointments there is absolute conflict between the House and Sen ate. Both parties promised if success ful at the polls to enact certain leg islation and it doesn't follow that be- cause a. Democrat or Republican intro duces a certain measure or because it may meet with favor in either branch that 1t should be opposed by the oth- CT. It was that kind of thing that. has beaten the Republicans and the Legislature should be above 1t. The people expect it to be and there will paign promises are kept and not made to be broken as the leader of the last house said.
 The Democrats have a great oppor- tunity tl1is time, they are expected to push along those measures to which they are committed and if they are sponsibildty rest where it belongs. It does not seem, however. as if there is any Likelihood of the Repub licans in h the lower branch making party issue will hardly agree to such a propo- sition and with a fair degree of skill in leadership in the House there ought to be some good laws made next year without any sectoua friction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
A WORD ABOUT TEACHING.
(worcester Telegram.)

It has been reported in Philadel- pflia, that at the recent session of Pennsylvania. school teachers at Scra nton not a woman teacher was noticed with power on her face, but that several of the d1ale teachers were caught smoking cigarettes and blow ing the smoke away from their faces mended, but the smoking of cigarettes was cond ernned. The Philadelphia observer says: That gave the show a black eye: T don't want that kind of a man to teach my boy.'' Incident ally the male teachers are going out of the profession because of the gem era1 disposition to pass laws which than the woman teachers. The pre- sumption is that they will take the cigarettes out with them, and then the boys will have less excuse for doping. By all means let the women do the teaching and the men go to work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
MERlDENITE ON JURY
 OF NEW YORK GUNMEN

Meriden, Nov. 14-The trial of the runnlen in New York, which is an ad- ,unct to the famous Becker case, is of nore than ordinary interest to Meri- len people for a former Meriden resi- lent. John Gubebrod. is a member of he jury MT. Guhebrod, who passed is early life here, is a brother of Louis
 ,ubebrod, the sculptor and of Miss .darie Gubebrod. He is connected with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14

indefinitely
 The situation is extraordinary enough in it's superficial aspects to re- quire serious explanations which the New England public will deem it worth while to accept. What is the truth? Of course, a. change in the weather Mr Me1len, is inadequate. Don't trif1e with the people who set their hearts on that extension, or with the cornmonwealths that granted the facilities for it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
Th@B.Mnlf. Read GoENpaTw
ESTABLISHED 1857
Curtain Scrirns, Special

We have been able to obtain another supply of attractive Scrims for easement curtains which will sold Friday and Saturday.
 White and Arabian, plain hemstitched, with of drawnwor1<,
 White with 2-inch blocks of drawnwork Regular 2o values
 l9 cts yard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
THERE FOR A PURPOSE

Waiter-Do you mind if I put your bag out of the way sir? The people coming in are falling over it.
 Diner-Yeu leave it where it is. If nobody falls over it. shall forget it's there.- -FIiegende Blaetter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
A MISTAKE.

Blohbs-Does Longbow ever tell the truth3
 Sinbbs-Wedl, I caught him in the truth pncez but he tried to lie out of tt-Pniiadalnt,aa Rannyd.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14
THE GERM IN THE MILK BOTTLE.

a waterproofing manufacturing con cern in New York City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14

State Health Commiasioner Dixon'g indictment of the neglected milk bottle as an agency for the spread of the cpl dernfc is a reminder that the last word in the protection of the milk supply was not uttered when the decree wea issued against the dip-tank---Philadel- T1I1ia RIIlIafin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14

VALUE IN QUALITY,
 There is this in favor of the thor orghbred dog: Its owner is more like ly to keep it shut 1lp.-New York Mail
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-14

PAYs CAR FARs
 This is the store where yo-f get big value in Sheets an4 Pillow Gases. Try our full sized Seamless Sheets at BOG and our 45x36 Pillow Cases for a shilling. Many other grades and prices, but you will be pleased with these as moderate priced and good
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-29
WIRELESS EXHIBIT
At The South Dakota State Fair
Greatest Invention of the Age
To Be Demonstrated For
State Fair Visitors

Two stations of wireless telegra-
ply will be in constant operation on
the grounds each day of the State
Fair at Huron. What Is more, every
South Dakotan who visits the Fair
will be given an opportunity to make
a practical use of this the most Won
derful OF all methods Of long dis
lance communication. How wireless
brought the Carpathia TO the ala Of
the Inflated Titanic, how Jack Binns
sent his famous &c. @. d. from the
ocean liner Republic, and other won
derful performances will be clearly
explained.
Two young men, one of whom is
g member Of the Signal Corps of the
National Guard of New York, go into
the subject fully. and carefully, and
will explain the uses of wireless in
the army and navy, and will describe
an experimental communication be-
tween an aeroplane and the earth, in
which the young officer figured. Wis
itors who desire, may dictate brief
communications at station number
one, and then receive copy at sta
ion number two. The educational
feature of this exhibit will doubtless
be appreciated by all who attend the
Fair.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-29
A GREAT STATE FAIR
In Reputation and Material Equip
ment, the S. ID. State Fair Ranks
At the Top

The South Dakota State Fair is
rapidly winning the reputation o. be-
ing the most up-to-date exposition
of the West. In fact, persons who
know declare that in proportion to
population and development, the
great far of our state is excelled no
where in the world in attendance,
quantity of exhibits, and the quality
of both.
Last years record was one to mar
vel at and conjure with. In the mid
die of June, the states of the Missis-
sippi valley were hit by damaging
drouth, and for time, successful
State Fair at Huron was considered
in despair. For short time, it was
thought that but few counties could
send creditable exhibits. But the
pioneer spirit of South Dakota got
busy with the result that. the 1911
fair was the greatest in the history
of this state. 1t effectually iii
fenced the declaration Of other states
that South Dakota was down and
out" No other advertising medium