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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
Literature and slana.

~Booze," as word connected with taking strong waters, dates back two centuries, and in the spelling 'bouze" may be found at even as remote date as 1900. Fresh in it's signifcation of forward; comes from 1903. Some pumpkins popular slang in bucolic circles, is of ancient lineage Cab has been slang for a century. "Stag," on the fence between slang and Eng fish, has survived generations. In the Knickerbocker Magazine of 1856 we md an author telling of "a party of old bricks who are keeping up a small stag party at the end of the room.'' ''Squelch" in the seven teenth century was in good use. Of two words in vogue to express drunk enness half a century ago tight" is much alive, while whitfield has been dropped. There are no fixed laws to gauge the life of slang or to predict it's entrance into the language. Will high brow" for example, find it's way into the mouths of grandchildren yet un- born, or will it take it's place in the ranks of absolute curiosities? Golfers Weekly.
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This was Mats chance to spread himself a bit where it would do the most good.
 .'Oh, no, sir,'' he said, applying him., with unf1agging energy. 'I don't drink, smoke, or swear, and on Sum- days I go to church, picking out a church where the rich-oh, I beg par don," he stammered, realizing that he had gone bit too far in his reef
 I'm mighty glad to hear it," he said I'm at the head of the temper ance movement here and hope you'll join us-set an example to our fast young men,
 "Oh, I'm sure I could set an exam pie to them.''- declared Nat, modestly casting down his eyes.
 Lockwood looked around and spied the fountain.
 "I believe I'll have glass of soda g he said, and Nat sprang to serve him.
 Certainly, sir,'' he said, obsequious- ly. "Just-er-plain soda ?"
 He looked up inquiringly,s and for the first time caught the flicker of an eyelid which gave the banker his nickname of .'Blinky.''
 .Oh, yes-just plain soda," said his prospective father-in-law and again he got an unmistakabie wink.
 Nat paused irresolutely.
 ''Oh-that's it?" he asked, poising the glass in the air.
 "Yes, that's it." replied the banker, lid and then he turned to look around the store ''S'pose you'll fix up here some" he ventured.
 @'I've got you" murmured Nat under his breath. as he reached for the whis- key bottle on the shelf behind him into the soda glass. He omitted the syrup. filled the glass with soda and set the highball before the leader of the temperance movement.
 "Yes, we expect to have the finest drug store in the state." he said.
 Lockwood took a sip of his drink. took another and smacked his lips. Then he drained the glass without stopping.
 'How can anyone want intoxicatin' liquors" he demanded, when they can get a bracin' drink like this?' banker prepared to leave.
 Well, good luck to you, MT. Dun- can," he said, genially, land, by the way, you must come and SC us some
 Nat could have leaped for joy. with a rush.
 "oh, thank you, sir" he said. 'I had the pleasure. of seeing your daughter in here a short time ago. She is a charming girl"
 The old man bestowed a gratified smile upon him.
 "I'm real glad you think so." he said. She's taken a great shine to you-seeing you at church. Como around and get acquainted. You're the sort of a young feller I'd like to have her know. Goodby," and as he turned in the doorway he gave Nat another wink and hobbled away
 ooh, that's all right Duncan call ed after him. "I won't say anything about it,
 But the banker was out of hear ing
 When old Sam returned from the house with the paint and brushes, he had Promoter Burnham in his trail and they walked at once to the model of the gas-burner on which Graham had expended so many patient years of toll. Nat hidden away behind the showcases, heard Burnham's voice as if the New Yorker were continuing a conversation he had begun on the way from the hotel
 Gro Be Continued.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
. Errnine Is the Royal Fur.

The fame of the ermine as a crea- ture ''patronized by royalty" dates back to the reign of King Edward H., who made it punishable offense for any person except those of royal birth to wear the fur of this handsome lit tie animal. This tyrannous restriction has been long removed, but ermine, of course, is still the royal fur and proba- bly owes it's long continued populari- ty as an article of personal adorn- ment more to that fact than anything else. It has, however, the great draw back of losing its pristine whiteness after few years, while, owing to the variation in the quality of the fur found on different animals of the ttibe ermine is far harder to match than many other skins employed in the making of human apparel.-London Globe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
Wreck of the White Ship.

The most famous of all royal ship wrecks is probably that of the White Ship, which gave Rossetti the subject of one of his finest ballads. Henry 1, had crossed to France to secure the al legiance of the Norman barons and was returning in triumph. Prince William, the kings favorite son. did not sail aboard his fathers vessel, but followed in the White Ship, commanded by F1tz- Stephen, the royal hereditary pilot. Somewhere in midchannel the White Ship separated from the fleet and went down with all on board, and Henry never smiled again."
 That historically stiaed smile also gave rise to the ribald verse-it came, one thinks. from some Twainish Amer jean:
 Many a wicked smile he smole.
 And many wink he wunk.
 But never. never smole again
 After the White Ship sunk.
 London Spectator.
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Didn't Like Questions.

Bishop Thrilwall, an English prel- ate, had the greatest possible aversion to answering questions. One day 1 tailor said to him when he had been summoned to take the bishops meas urements, What are your lordship's ordersT' 'I want a suit of clothes" Here is a very nice cloth, my lord" "Ahv' And this is likewise a very good one" "Yes" Here is another, of excellent quality" Very" Which material will your lordship decide upon?" "T want suit of clothes!" And that was all the answer the tailor could get. When the new gardener accosted him as he was walking, book in hand, in the garden to ask, How will your lordship have this border laid out ?' there was no answer How will your lordslip be pleased to have this border laid out?' was the next attempt. Still there was no reply. But when the question was repeated for the third time the answer came, "You are the gardener, Il believe, and am the bishop!"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07

New York, June 6.-New York has prepared a gala welcome to the visit ing German warships during the four days they are to remain in this city. The Moltke, the Steetin and the Bre- men, under command of Rear Ad
 miral von Rebeur-Paschwitz, will come up the bay some time Sunday morning. With them will be the sec- ond division of the Atlantic fleet-the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
THE BEST DESSERT IS 'Frisbee's Pies
 Delicious and Appetizing
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE


 PRESENTS. That I, Joseph Klein, of the City of Bridgeport, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, engaged in manufacturing, bottling, and selling soda waters, mineral and aerated wa ters cider, ginger ale, and other bev- erages, in bottle and siphons, have adopted the following name, mark, or device to be branded, stamped, en- graved, etched, blown, impressed, CT otherwise produced upon such bottles, siphons, or the boxes used in connec- ton therewith:-
 ssThe Greater New York Bottling
 Company
 And I further certify that said Trade Mark was first used by me on or about the 20th day of March, A. D., 1897, and that I have the exclu- sive right to the use of the game.
 JOSEPH KLEIN. State of Connecticut, County of Fairfield ss.,
 Bridgeport, May, 1912. Personally appeared Joseph Klein and made oath to the truth of the foregoing certificate. before me,
 HARRY ALLISON GOLDSTEIN, ;R Zss skhk Notary Puhdc>
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NEW YORK PLANS GALA WELCOME TO GERMAN
 FLEET, WHICH WILL VISIT CITY FOUR DAYS

stay that the German sailors expect to enjoy will be a trip to Coney Is- land Tuesday afternoon. About thousand American bluejackets will be on hand to show the Germans all that can be seen. The Germans since their welcome at Norfolk by President Taft, Secretary of the Navy Meyer and var ious other dignitaries have concluded that they have found some real friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07

Louisiana, South Carolina and New Hampshire-under the command of Rear Admiral Cameron McR. Wins low As soon as the Germans cross the line between Governors Island and the statue of Liberty they will let go with their big guns in salute, and army guns on Governors Island will reply. There will be dinners and luncheon both on the ships and ashore One of the features of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
Identified by an Old Habit

''It was a clever job," said She chief "How did you spot him through his wo- man's disguiseY'
 'I happened to see him sit down." re piled the detective, land noticed that he gave his skirt little twitch with both hands, as if to keep it from bag gfng at the knees. Then nabbed him. '' London Tit-Bits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
A CARD.

This is to certify that Foleys Honey and Tar Compound does not contain any opiates any habit forming drugs, or any ingredients that could possibly harm its users. On the contrary, it's great healing and soothing qualities make it a real remedy for coughs, colds and irritations of the throat, chest and lungs. The genuine is in a yellow package. Ask for Foley's Hon ey and Tar Compound and accept no su Institutes l.. F. Curtis. 135
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
Worlds Most Valuable Garden,


 The Bank of England has an old fashioned garden in It's midst. In the center is a fountain. there are a couple of trees, and the paths are graveled. This garden has a curious history. In reality 1t is the churchyard of the van- ished Church of St. Christopher le Stock, which used to stand on the site of the Mansion House. One reason why the church was pulled down was because it's tower completely over looked the bank, and it was feared that it would be danger to the "old lady" if the church was occupied by rioters. As the bank occupies the site of the entire parish of Christopher le Stock it is said that any freeman of the city of London can claim admis- sion to the old garden. As matter of fact, any one who cares to see it may do so during business hours, and 1t is we'll worth a visit. if only for the fact that it is the most valuable garden in the world.-I4ondon Spectator.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
Transportation In Charles IFS Time.

Transportation In Charles IFS Time.
 On the best highways heavy ar- ticles were in the time of Charles II. generally conveyed from place to place by stage wagons. In the straw of these vehicles nestled a crowd of passengers who could not afford to travel by coach or on horseback and who were prevented by infirmity or by the weight of Gleir luggage from going on foot. TEH expense of transmitting heavy goods in this way was enor- nous. From London to Birmingham the charge was f7 ($30 ton, from London to Exeter f12 ($60) a ton. This was about 30 cents a ton for every mile. The cost of conveyance amount ed to prohibitory tax on many useful articles. Coal in particular was never seen except in the districts where it was poduced or in the districts to which it could be carried by sea and was indeed always known in the south of England by the name of sea coal- Macaulay.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
Gettinn It un to Date.

He--They say that no man is a hero to his valet. She-And no man is a hero to his stenographer.-Cinci Enquirer.
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Iris held that sorrow makes us wise .Tennyson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07
THE FORTUNE HUNTER

THE OFFERING BY THE POLL PLAYERS AT
 POLI'S ALL WEEK OF JUNE 10 Winchell Smiths Delightful Comedy Is Here Pre- sented, In Story Form-"The Fortune Hunter'' Has Been Continuously Played In New York and Chicago Since and Will Be Recorded As One of the Big Hits of the Past Ten Years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-07

Farmer Want Ads. 1 Cent . word.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04
Entryrnen Declared
Legal by Federal Judge

SAN FRANCISCO, February 10
That the offer OF d corporation to pur-
chase lands from prospective entry
man as soon as the latter have COM
piled with the provisions necessary to
obtain from the government title to
such lands is legal, is the gist of a rul-
ing made today by Judge w. B. Gill
bert in the United States cir
cult court of appeals. The case de-
cided was that of the government
against the Barber Lumber Company
and others for alleged conspiracy to
defraud the government Of large
tracts of timber lands in Idaho by the
use of dummy entrymen."
Judge Gilbert referred to various
precedents emphasizing the ruling in
the famous Budd and Clark cases and
said:
"The decision of the present case
is ruled by legal principles announced
in the Budd case and in the Clark
case. Those decisions are authority
for the proposition that a person or
corporation desiring to acquire title
to large body of timber lands Of the
United States under the timber and
stone act may express that desire to
another and may enter into an agree.
ment with him to buy the lands upon
his obtaining title therein, and may
loan the money with which to acquire
title and may inspect and select the
lands, and that such person or cor.
poration is not bound to inquire into
the method by which the other party
to the contract acquires title and is
not chargeable with knowledge of any
fraud upon the land laws that he may
resort to, and that in taking title
based upon the issuance of final re
ceiyers receipts to the entryman with
out actual knowledge of such fraud OF
of facts sufficient to put one upon in
Quiry, such person or corporation If
an innocent purchaser Of the land"
The case grew out of the filing Of
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04
TO LOCATE NAVY
SHIPS ANYWHERE

WASHINGTON, February 5.-The
United States Navy has about com
pleted a system of wireless tee,
graphy which will practically cover
rho positions of it's ships on he high
seas everywhere and with the pin
cpal foreign countries of the civilized
world The application Of wireless
telegraphy to the determination of the
longitude of a ship at sea, in the
opinion of scientists, is destined to be
chased as one of the few great and
useful discoveries of the age.
The time signals of the Paris OBJ
servatory are distributed by wireless
telegraphy. The standard clocks are
kept in the "Catacombs" ninety feet
under ground, where there is prac-
tically constant temperature of 11,S
centigrade, the variations in several
years being under .O2. The sidereal
and polar clocks can be compared at
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04

sembles Spiritualism.
(2) Whether by the use of the
word "Pantheism" you intend to e1-
press any specific system Of religious
or philosophical thought or whether it
is simply a comfortable mouth-flllnE
term Of Reproduction, as it is intimated
in the Century Dictionary is unusually
the case.
Professor Flint in his work on
"Antitheistic Theories, says Pan
theism has been so understood as TO
include the lowest atheism and the
highest theism-the materialism Of
HolbGch and Buchner, and the spiritu.
alism of st. Paul and st. John"
You probably do not intend to say
that Christian Science closely resem-
bles all of these divergent views, doc
trines and beliefs; will you therefore
state explicitly just what you do mean
by pantheism, and indicate wherein
Christian Science conforms Herewith.
Very respectfully,
w. H. SMITH.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04

a distance, their beats being audible
by microphones.
First Time Signals in 1910.
Wireless telegraphy was first used
for distributing time signals May 90
1910. l. - probably only a question
of time before these or similar sig
mas, will be available to shir5 in any
part of the world, which would COM
pletely solve the problem of longitude
at sea with an accuracy formerly I'M
dreamed of.
This and the gyro-compass are two
revolutionary improvements in navi-
cation during the last fifteen months.
The mean solar clock is put right at
Greenwich by an electromagnetic that
can either aid or oppose the action
of gravity on the pendulum, warning
signals being sent by hand in a pre-
arranged manner to give notice Of the
actual signals, which are sent auto
matically by the clock and go through
a relay of the Eiffel tower whence
they proceed by wireless telegraphy.
Regulated From Paris.
A note in the Observatory recently
stated that a clockmaster at Canter-
bury regulates his clocks by Paris sig
nails, which were recently changed to
accord with Greenwich time. Ger
many has also a system of signals
dispatched from Norddech, and Rio
de Janeiro is about to follow suit.
The French propose to use the meth
cd for the accurate determination of
the difference in longitude between
Paris, Bizerta, Tunis and Athens
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04
HILO CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST
WRITES TO BISHOP RESTARICK

The Star has been requested to pub
lish the following letter, to w-.ch it
is stated the author has not received
a reply:
Hilo, Hawaii, Feb. %, 1912.
Right Rev Henry Bond Restarick,
Bishop Of Honolulu.
Dear Sir:-In your address upon the
subject OF Splritualism to which /
listened at st. Andrews last Sunday
evening, you made the following state
ments which were not contained in
the published report thereof.
Cd That many Spiritualists have
become Christian Scientists, because
the similarity of the two makes the
transition easy and natural.
(2) That Christian Science is iden-
tiCal with pantheism.
AS you have announced that on the
evening of March 10 you will deliver
an address on Christion Science, I ask
you to state specifically at that time:
10 Wherein Christian Science re-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04
From Manila Files to February g.

greeted with cheers as it passed
through Bagumbayan and circled the
Luneta. and the spectators showed
their appreciation of many other units
of the parade by enthusiastic an.
plause.
The serpentine march of the boys
of the Liceo de Manila IVES the spec
tacular part of the parade. The boys
carried the usual wooden guns, in the
ends of which small alcohol torches
were placed, and as they zigzagged
back and forth across Bagumbayan
the effect was wonderful They were
cheered and applauded all along the
line of march.
Mr.. Jupiter Pluvius took a hand in
the game yesterday morning, peeved
no doubt because his name was not
on the official program, and pulled
the cork from one of the clouds which
have lowered over the city ever since
the Carnival and Exposition opened
Saturday afternoon. Looking through
window at Carnival headquarters
yesterday, things looked pretty dis
NAL. The heavens wore a tired, over
worked look, and here and there
vapory rain clouds chased themselves
around the horizon, humping into
each other occasionally and stopping
over in showers. About noon the
game got rough, and all the clouds
came together in a grand finale, re-
sulting in steady downpour for the
rest of the afternoon.
The rains have caused no particu.
lar damage to the exhibits, everything
being we'll housed, and there has been
gratifying absence of wind, which
would make things unpleasant. The
weather man is mum on the subject
of future prospects, so the Carnival
officials have divided the Mummy
guard into two sections for the pur-
pose of supplicating Jupiter, one to
appeal to the Greek in him, and the
other to the Roman, to let up on
Manila for the rest of the week
Last night everything In the city
was damp except the Carnival spirit
which is an evanescent thing not sus,
ceptible to sun or rain, heat or cold
but the sky gave promise of a fair
morning to compensate for the unfair.
ness of the rain god
Sunday was big day for the Car.
nival. Crowds began to pour into the
grounds before noon, and continued
during the early hours of the after.
noon until the enclosure seemed
packed. But still they came, and ny
midnight the turnstiles registered
2S,5S7 paid admissions, which does
not include perhaps $4,000 admissions
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04

applications by 21O entrymen on Boise
basin. rocked river and SiX-Four
lands in Idaho in 19O1-O2 The defend
ants were the Barber Lumber Com
pany, James T. Barber, Sumner G.
Moon, William Sweet, John Kincaid
Louis NJ. Pritchard, Patrick H. Downs,
Albert E. Palmer and Horace S. Band
They were accused of having con-
spired with former Governor Frank
Steunenberg of Idaho, John H. Wells
and others to defraud the government.
The lower court dismissed the bill on
the grounds that there was INSULT
cient evidence to connect the defend
ants with the alleged conspiracy.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-04
Philippine ISLANDS BUDGET

MANILA, February 6.-Heralded by
IA twenty-one-gun salute from the
monitor Monadnock and the auxiliary
cruiser Buffalo, the 1912 Carnival and
Exposition was thrown open to the
public. Before the gates were fairly
open, or the exhibits had raised their
curtains, thousands of visitors
swarmed over the Exposition and
Carnival grounds for a first glimpse
of what they Immediately pronounced
the greatest affair Of its kind ever
held in the Far East.
For the past week railroad and
steamship has deposited in the city
thousands upon thousands of visitors
In the city. Hotels have been filed
to the halls, and still there remain
hundreds of people who are looking
for accommodations in spite of the
fact that Manila has opened wide
even the doors of her homes to the
out of town visitors.
The Carnival was officially inaug-
urated February with the first fight
OF Aviator Hammond in his Baldwin
Red Devil, which occurred promptly
at o'clock. The stadium, from which
the flights take place, was a seething
mass of humanity long before the
cracking and sputtering of the ma
chine at the far end Of the field an
nounced that the daring man of the
air was about to electrify the multi
tude by a quick dash from mother
earth to the clouds.
Weather conditions were perfect
and Hammond seemed perfectly at
ease when his machine rose grace
fully from the earth on its voyage
skyward. Shooting straight as an
arrow over the heads Of the specta-
tors, he described an upward spiral
to a height of about 27O0 feet, at
which altitude he showed his COM
plete mastery of the machine by exc
cutting a number Of quick turns, then
descended to earth in a series Of easy
spiral glides, landing perfectly on the
straightaway from which he started.
A deafening roar o. applause greet
ed the young man upon his safe re-
turn to terra firma.
The Third Day.
The illuminated parade, which had
been scheduled as one of the stellar
events of the day, was not disappoint-
ing to the throngs which were packed
and damned along the line of march.
Beautifully decorated and illumin-
ated floats, mounted and marching
bands, and torchlight and lantern sec
tons contributed to an ensemble
which was decidedly pleasing. The
float of the Queen of the Carnival was