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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-03
EvERYBODY'S READING 1T
 HOW ABOUT YOURSELF?

Are you reading it; reading what? Why the wonderful story of the wreck of the Titan which began in The Far nler of yesterday and which will con- tinue nightly until completed. Re- member as you read and while your thoughts sorrowfully drift to the awful Tate of the Titanic that the story you arc reading was written more than If years ago when there was no prac- hcaI idea of building so gigantic a sea traveller as the lost Titanic. Truly this tale in the light of what all the world now knows is most amazing, Read it for yourself and you will then know. The Farmer has acquired the exclusive rights for the story in this city. If you have not already done so order The Farmer now from your nearest newsdealer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-03
Litchfeld County News
Measles Very Prevalent. Two hundred cases of measles are reported in New Milford.


 Two hundred cases of measles are reported in New Milford
 Best Slogan for Town. The award in the contest for the Torrington slogan contest has been made by the committee to Miss Bessie A. Bradley. Out of the 2,000 slogans submitted in competition for the $25 prize offered by James E. Mallette, the csc which in the judgment of the com- mittee best described the town was Miss Bradley's offering, Active and Attractive-that's Torrington.''
 Was Pastor 22 Years
 Rev. Charles B. Strong, pastor of tho Harwinton Congregational Church since 1890, has accepted a call to the Congregational Church at Prospect.
 Attempted Suicide
 Mrs Della Gagnon of Winsted att tempted suicide at her home, Sunday night, by swallowing laudanum, but took an overdose. Mrs. Gagnoh is believed to have been Respondent be- cause of her husband having deserted her.
 Postal Savings Deposits. The Torrington post office is now the ~Ancsitory of nine different towns for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-03
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

New York. May 2-Medium to choice steers sold at s7.40 O ss65 per 100 IDS. i; fancy beeves at ss: oxen at s4.s0 O s7; bulls at s4.S5 O $715; 1 fancy bull at $7.40; cows at s2.65 O s6.25; tailends at S2.50. Dressed beef 111.c O 13hc for native sides.
 Common to choice veals sold at $7 o 1925 per 100 Tbs.; culls at S5 O $6.50 Dressed calves lie O 15c for city dressed veals, and 91ac O 13c for coun- try dressed.
 Common and medium woolled sheep sold at $65 O SIPS per 100 fbs.; clipped bucks and common sheep at $6; com mon to good unshorn lambs at $9 O s1O.5O; clipped lambs at $S.50 O s10; culls at s7.5o; clipped yearlings and sheep mixed at $S.50; Maryland spring lambs at s6 per head; few stale at s1O per 100 lbs. Dressed mutton 121ac O. Gle; dressed lambs at 17c O 1sc; hog dressed at FOG; country dressed hothouse lambs $4 O $7
 Prices for hogs were steady at $8 O S25 per 100 lbs. Country dressed hogs steady at 7c O 10c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-03


 and Hart Henderson Stands Guard. G G ANY people looked, few fol- IM lowed, as Edith Carr slowly III came down the main street of 3 Mackinac, pausing here and there to note the glow of color in one with curios. Despite the effort she made to move lightly she was very tired and dragged her heavy feet with an effort.
 She turned at the little street lead ing down to the dock and went out to meet the big lake steamer ploughing up the straits from Chicago. Past the landing place, on to the very end of the pier she went, then sat down, leaned against dock support and closed her tired eyes. When the steamer came very near she languidly watched the people lining the railing. Instantly she marked one lean, anxious face turned toward hers and with throb of pity she lifted hand and waved to man off the boat.
 'Did you have successful trip" she asked.
 "I accomplished my purpose. Edith, I saw some one today in the Lake Shore private hospital"
 "An accident?'
 ''No. Nervous and physical break down."
 "Phil said he was going back to the Limberlost"
 ''He went. He was there three weeks, but the strain broke him. He has an old letter in his hands that he shas handled until it is ragged. He held 1t up to me and said, You can see for yourself that she says she will be well and happy, but we can't know until we see her again, and that may never be. She may have gone too near that place her father went down, some of that Limberlost gang may have found her in the forest. She may lie dead in some city morgue this instant waiting for me to find her body"
 "Hart, for pity's sake stop"
 "I can't" cried Henderson desperate iy. "I am forced to tell you. They are fighting brain fever. He did go back to the swamp and he prowled 1t night and day. The days down there are hot now, and the nights wet with dew and cold. He paid no attention and forgot his food. A fever started, and his un. cle brought him home. They've never had word from her or found trace of her. Mrs. Comstock thought she had gone to O'More's at Grand Rapids. so when Phil got sick she telegraphed there. They had been gone all summer. so her mother is as anxious as Phil"
 "The O'Mores are here," said Edith 'T haven't seen any of them, because I haven't gone out much in the few days since we came, but this is theii summer home."
 Edith, they say at the hospital that it will take careful nursing to save Phil. He says he will stay there just two days longer. The doctors say he will kill himself when he goes. He is a sick man. Edith. His hands are burning and shaky and his breath was hot against my face."
 "Why are you telling me" 1t was g cry of acute anguish.
 ''He thinks you know where she 1s.
 'T do not! I haven't an idea!'
 'He said it was something you saio to her that made her go."
 "That may be, but it doesn't prove that know where she went"
 Henderson looked across the water and suffered keenly. At last he turned
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-03

R. R. Danforth. 166 No Main street, Concord, tried many remedies for kidney trouble, but they did not cure him, Then he saw an advertisement of Foley Kidney Pills and began taking them. "In a short time I commenced to get better, the pains left my back, the action of the kidneys was free and natural and the scalding sensation ceased. I gladly recommend Foley Kidney Pills.'' l.. F. Curtis. "135
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-03
CHAPTER XIV.

Wherein Edith Carr Wages a Battle
 and Hart Henderson Stands Guard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24
H
sYNoPsIs.

~ ~ FEatr -.
The scene at the opening Of the story Is
iaid, IN the library q an old worn5out
eny. The place is to be sold; and its It's
Quintards, is the subject Of discussion by
Jonathan Crenshaw, q business man.; a
Fancy, al farmer, when Hannibal WAYNE
Hazard, "a mysterious child OF the old
ssouthern family, makes his appearance.
SsYancy tells how he adopted the boy. Ma
sthaniel Ferris buys the Barony,, but the
5sQuintards deny any knowledge Of the
boy. Yancys to keep Hannibal, Captain
Murrell, a friend of the Qutntards, APP
8pearsEa asks questions about the Bar
sony. Trouble at Hill! when Han
tain Murrell's agent. Yancy overtakes
aBlount, gives him aathrashing and SECURES
the boy Yancy appears before squire
aBalaam. and Is discharged with costs Tor
the plaintif. Betty Malroy, a friend OF
the Ferrises, has an encounter with Cap
tain IMurrell, who forces his attentions on
her and is rescued by Bruce C~arripgton.
Betty sets out for her Tennessee home.
4Carrlginton takes the same stage. sYancy
and Hannibal disappear. with Murrell ~
fheirItrai1. $&sG&T% $sp&3s &SE f&-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24
Taxlnu Wealth,

What militant Democracy can ac-
complish is shown by the vote in the
house Of representatives on the bill
taxing incomes Of partnerships and In
d%ividuals. Every Democrat recorded
himself In its favor, and only forty-one
Republicans, nearly all of them from
the far east, ventured to vote against
1t.
Yet this measure was fought to the
last by the principal leaders and news
papers OF the Republican party. To
Judge by the expressions OF the usual
spokesmen for plutocracy and priv.
,lege, no Republican in good standing
would favor 1t. When 1t came to the
test, however, only Al out Of 1852 stood
fast. &
This bill taxes property and sub
stance, not need and use. It makes
wealth pay. not poverty. 1t levies on
abundance rather than on scarcity.
Some day the principle which 1t m
bodies win prevail everywhere.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24
*RoosEvELT's ITCH FOR PoWER
Says "Let the People Rule" But He
Seems TO Assume That He 10
the People.

I'm our cities the misgovernment Ia
due not to misdeeds Of the rich, but to
the low standard OF honesty and NOR
atty among our citizens generally.
Theodore Roosevelt Is the author OF
those words. They are to be found in
his published volume entitled. Amer,
lean Ideals"
But he wrote them before he was .
candidate.
In the Columbus speech the colonel
announced his belief in pure democ-
racy.s In New York the other night
the subject OF his address was :.The
Right OF the People to Rule" But 1t
Is apparent that In his heart Of hearts
he has a considerable, number of
strings tied to popular rule. for he
was already on record, in the same
printed volume, as preaching this
doctrine:
Governmental power should be con-
3centrated in the hands of very few
men, who would be SO conspicuous
that no citizen could help knowing all
about them, and the election should
not come too frequently"
~ n HaN"H H&- A -T.
That doesn't fit in very well with
his Portland speech.
Colonel Roosevelt has little use for
the Constitution II it stands In the
way of his ideas OF how things should
be run. Even the Supreme court he
CONTEMPORARY tramples on when Its
views do not coincide with his own.
The trend OF his mind is easy to fol-
low: "Let the people rule. But I am
the people"
AS long as they follow him. well and
good. Give him authority. After that.
the fewer elections the better. Let him
continue to manage.
There have been others besides
Colonel Roosevelt who have believed
that they ought to be given life power
and a commission to regulate the uni
verse, but as a rule they have been
found inside the asylums.-Philadel.
phia Inquirer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24
Old Joke Had No Intention Of Max
Ing a Very Long sojourn in
Discard Land. "

A Joke, whose career had been long
and whose hosry whiskers well-nigh
dragged on the ground, was at length
driven out of circulation and in due
course arrived at the border of Dis
card Land. The Inhabitants of the
locality met him and gave the old
Joke their heartfelt sympathy. Among
those present were broken New
Years resolutions. musty l. o. US, for
gotten fads and fashions, moss-grown
political crises, wornout enthusiasms.
kilenced slogans, vows of eternal con-
stancy with their backs broken, en-
dorsements on notes of boyhood
friends, popular songs of yesteryear,
faded love letters, shrunken reputa-
tions, m%oth-eaten notices, hushed clar.
don calls, and many others of their
fix
who enters here leaves hope be-
hind" they informed him. Like the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24
JUDO
By XAUCHAnk ESTER
AzNsZR4zz0xs ByAE


that piled regularly between Wash
ington and Georgetown, she had
found the long board platform beside
the canal crowded with her fellow
passengers. Suddenly she became
aware OF a tall, familiar figure NOV
ing through the crowd. It was Bruce
Darlington. At the same moment he
saw her, and with a casual air that
quite deceived her, approached.
you're leaving tonight? he asked.
"Yes-isn't 1T miserable the way it
rains? And why are they SO slow
why don't they hurry with that boat
Its In the last lock- now" ex-
planned Darlington, and gathering up
Betty.s hand luggage. he helped her
aboard.
BY the time they had reached
Wheeling, Betty had quite parted with
whatever superficial prejudice she
might have had concerning river-men.
This particular one was evidently 9
very nice river-man, an exception to
his kind. He made choice Of the
steamer on. which she should continue
her journey, and thoughtfully chose
The Naiad-a slow boat.
Il hayen'tsa thing to offer herzz-this
is plain madness Of mine!!' he kept
telling himself, and then the express
sion OF his face would become grim
and determined. No more of the river
for him-he'd get hold of some land
and go to raising cotton; that was the
way money was made.
Slow as The Naiad was, the days
passed much too swiftly for him.
When Memphis was reached their
friendly intercourse would come to an
end. There would be her brother, OF
whom she had occasionally spoken
he would be pretty certain TO have
the ideas of his class.
The days, like any other days. dwin-
died. The end OF it8all a close at
hand. Another tw%enty-four hours
and Darlington reflected there would
only be good-by to say.
1--WE will reach New Madrid to,
night, he told her. They were
watching the river, under aii$tuood OF
yellow moonlight.
Darlington, with his back against a
stanchion, watched her Disseminated
ly. nv HSS#Sx
You'll be mighty glad to have this
over with, Miss Malroy-" he said at
length, with a comprehensive sweep
toward the river. gS
'Yes-shan't your and she opened
her eyes questioningly. /
NO" said Darlington with q short
laugh, drawing a chair near hers and
sitting down.
Betty, in surprise, gave him a quick
look, and then as quickly glanced
away. from what she encountered in
his eyes. AS she looked, suddenly
pale points OF light appeared on a dis:
tant headland.
lis that New Madrid-Oh. is it, Mr..
Carrington?" she cried eagerly.
II reckon So" but he did not alter
his position.
But you're not looking!
Eyes, / AMIN looking at you. l
reckon you'll think me crazy, Miss
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and all that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24
WILL GUARD "CITADEL'
REPUBLICAN, BLUFF AT REDuc-
ING TARIFF is AMUSING.
People indulge In False Hopes u They
Imagine the Wool Manufacturers
Are In Any Danger Of
That Sort.

Because the Republican members Of
the house ways and means COMMITTEES
have introduced a bill which purports
to reduce the tariff on wool and wool
ems. We are not necessarily to assume
that the leopard has changed his
spots.
The wool schedule has been de-
nounced by President Taft on several
occasions as absolutely indefensible.
It ID absolutely indefensible because
its authors pretended to revise its tax
rates downward. but In fact marked
them up; because it taxes coarse and
cheap goods much higher than fine
and costly goods. and because 1t val
notoriously written by agents OF the
wool growers Of the west acting in
collision with the wool manufacturers
Of the east.
When this infamy was q way IN
1909 Nelson w. Aldrich warned the
Estandpatters OF the senate that "the
wool schedule is the very citadel Q
the protective system and to reduce
that schedule is to destroy the whole
system" The wool schedule Is the
citadel OF the protective system be-
cause in that measure are%centered
and combined the selfish interests OF
agricultural states and the selfish In
3~terests of manufacturing states. It
bribes the farmer to connive with
the mill owner. Il
The reason why the protective ssys,;
TEN would be destroyed II this sched-
ule were to be substantially reduced
Is found in the fact that any truly
remedial legislation would be certain
to cut on the plumber Of the big shep-
herds of the west and In that case
turn the farmers against the .tarih
generally. For many years It has been
the votes OF farmers rather than the
votes Of so-called protected labor that
have perpetuated our tariffs OF ex-
tortion:
These things being true. let no one
take it for granted that there has been
any change OF heart on the part OF the
Republican members of the ways and
means committee. It is against rea-
son to suppose that any Republican
tariff bill -contemplates q reduction OF
taxation, no matter what its authors
may say. 1t Is flying In the face Of all
the probabilities to assume that q
Republican tariff bill presented in a
presidential year is intended to cut
ON one cent Of plumber from the most
uncomfortable conspiracy in restraint
of trade that ever has existed. It 10
the extreme Of Ignorance and gulibil-
Sity to accept I'M good faith a pretense
that is belied by the records Of forty
years.-St. Louis Republic.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24
Black and White v.. White and Black

Black and White vs. White and Black.
For many years a large department
store has spent thousands of dollars
on placards with which almost every
article, of merchandise is ticketed
throughout the store, and only with
in a short time did they realize the
amount of money that was being
wasted in using the white cardboard
with black lettering.
These white cards soon became
soiled and shop worn If allowed to re-
main in place any length Of time. The
cards which are handled by custom
ers in bins. trays, etc., are even more
80. By substituting the black card
board with white lettering this store
has overcome this difficulty to a very
great extent. The show cards are
always clean. fresh and bright-looking
and they last many times as long.
saving the firm several hundred dol
lars in the course of a year.-Busi-
ness. s
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24

Der of bills of exchange drawn by
American bankers on their European
correspondents, together with a num-
Der Of blank forms of such bills.
When We received the property"
said Mr.. Butler. I'VE sent the signed
bills of exchange to the banks which
had issued them, asking payment to
be made to US. In reply We were in
formed by all of them that the bills
were forgeriesi Evidently Hermann
Schneider vas planning to reap a harr
vest in Europe with his forged bills
when death, himself a reaper, cut him
down."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24
l25,O00 AMERICANS GO
TO.CANADAl IN 1911.
THE YEAR 1919 WILL SHOW A
GREAT INCREASE.

In a report Of the House Committee
(Washington) appears the following:
Canada offers q ~three-year home
stead upon good land, easily reclaimed
and cultivated. with six months leave
Of absence each year and most lenient
regulations"
All Of which is true and It is now
the part Of the careful reader to con-
slider the opportunities that exist in
Western Canada which, in addition to
the above, are attractive features.
The evidence Of these is found in the
letters contributed by some Of the
settlers. For instance: A former Min
~nesotan, writing from Warner, South
ern Alberta. speaks Of that district.
but what he says, applies generally to
all OF Southern Alberta. He says
II have cen SIX crops, four Of them
were first class, one of them a very
good crop, and the other a poor crop.
Government statistics for the last If
teen years show that this country has
averaged about fifteen or sixteen
inches Of moisture. In 1910 there was
only seven inches, and in 1911 twenty
two inches. The 1909 crop was about
as good as I have seen in this coun-
try and we had about twelve inches Of
moisture. 80 that samfthoroughly con-
WINGED that with normal conditions,
that Is, from twelve to fifteen inches
Of moisture, and with the natural in,
crease Of population and immigration.
that Southern Alberta will be n OF
the very best mixed farming districts
in the world. We have good soil, good
water, and a good climate. and alto
gether Just IS desirable a country to
live in as Dakota. Minnesota. Iowa, or
Wisconsin,"
Hundreds of letters are on file from
former American settlers, which give
good reasons why the Western Cam
ada lands are being settled SO rapidly.
Full particulars can be had Of any Ca
madam Government Agent, who will
furnish literature and give low rate
certificates. Excursions are being run
daily. {5@
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24
His Stay Only Temporary

sailor-boy Jack, you will lever go
back" @
THAT may fit your cases, but it
doesn't fit mine" cheerily replied the
old joke, who was still to some extent
~surcharged with ginger. This place,
which is a limbo for you fellows, will
prove a health resort for me, and pro-
vide me with the rest and recupera-
ton l need. After l secure the same,
l am going back for a long and bril-
liant career in comic opera, following
which, when my point has become
hopelessly blunted, 1 shall go abroad
and enter high society in the columns
OF Tit-Bits." 1t is Impossible to keep
a good Joke down.'-Satire. Z
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24

AS he recovered himself he was
sure he heard a door open and close,
and threw himself prone on the
ground, where the black shadow cast
BY the tavern hid him. At the same
moment two dark figures came from
about a corner of the building. He
could Just distinguish that they car
ried some heavy burden between them
and that they staggered as they
moved. =
They passed out OF sight, and
breathless and palsied, Hannibal crept
about a corner OF the tavern. He
must be sure!
Presently he. heard a distant sound
"a splash-surely 1t was a splash
A little later the men came up the
lane, to disappear In the direction OF
the tavern. Hannibal peered after
them. His very terrors, while they
wrenched and tortured him, gave him
a desperate kind 8of courage. AS the
gloom hid the two men, he started
forward again. He reached the end
of thd\ cornfield, climbed a, fence, and
entered a %deadentng of timber. In
the long wet grass he found where
the men had dragged their burden.
He reached down and swept his hand
to and Observation-Disclosures third
time his little palm came away red
and %discolored!
There was the first pale Fremont
ton OF dawn in the sky, and as he
hurried OF the light grew, and the
black trunks OF trees detached them
selves from the, white mist that filled
the woods and which the dawn made
visible. There was light enough for
him to- that he was following the
trail left. by. tho men. He emerged
upon the bank of the Elk river, white
like the woods with Its ghostly night
sweat.
Thetdull beat of the child's heart
as he gazed out on the
swift current that al shurrying on
with its dreadful secret. Then the
full comprehension OF his loss seemed
to overwhelm him and he was utterly
desolate. Sobs shook him.. andS}he
dropped on his knees, holding fast to
the stock of his rifle.
Uncle Bob-Uncle Bob, come
back! Can't you come back!" he
walled miserably. Presently he stag
gered to his feet. AS he glanced
about, he saw almost at his feet a
dug-out, made from a single poplar
log. It!was secured to an %overhang-
ing branch by a length OF a wild
grapevine. With one last fearful look
on across the deadening in the direc-
tion Of the tavern, he crept down to
the waters edge and entered the
canoe. In q moment, he had 1t free
from Its lashing and the rude craft
was humping along the bank in spite
OF his best efforts with the paddle
Then q 5favoring current caught 1t and
swept it out toward the center OF the
stream.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24
Protection Rottenne.. Shown.

AS corporations control the vast
majority of factories. the wage Of SO
a week considerably less than 81 .
day. paid by the protected cotton in
dustries. may be taken as the average.
Workmen in trades that are not pro-
tected receive larger wages--carpen-
tiers, $3.50 a day; bricklayers, $3.50:
hod carriers from $3.50 to So, and
stone masons, 81. Ten dollars a week
is not a living wage for a man with
family. Yet this is the average paid
by the protected industries.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-04-24
LIFELONG Eccentric Dresser.

An old man who recently passed
away in Whittinsville, Wash, during
all the So years of his life had never
worn stockings-because he hated the
feeling Of them; nor had he worn any
thing but a straw hat, summer and
winter alike, to keep. as he expressed
it, rain and snow from going down his
neck.