The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-24
OUR FOREIGN LETTER

London. Sept. 21.-According to the Lancet, EngIands leading medical journal, the cigarette is the least harmful form of smoking. Exhaus- tive experiments IS to the amount of nicotine in tobacco showed that the
 pipe was easily the worst, cigars n ext and cigarettes third, or least harmful
 Stockholm, Sept. 21.-During the re- cent manoeuveTs soldier named Blomquist accidentally received a, bull let in the head Trepanning had to be resorted to. Half the brain was removed and the man was discharged as cured On rejoining his regiment it was found that some of his facu1- things he had forgotten how to read and write. He was discharged from the army on pension, and is being paid another $250 per year by a medi- der observation and trying to re-edu- cate him.
 London, Sept 21.-Leoline Edwards of Twickenhan, claims to have in vented a deck chair which is trained to save life at sea. It will float and help arrives By turning it upside down and attaching a canvas bag to to the feet it can be transformed into a wash stand, and it can also be made into a bed.
 London septz,221.--z 221 .--:;eeIf you want to dEO1d red noses, 0On wear heavy vei1s,'' is the advice of pr. William Et1es, famous London oculist. Veils are also bad for the eyes, in the doc tors opinion, for a closely woven net work flinders the proper ventilation of the eyes and skin.
 Budapest, Sept. 21.-The new Hun garian Franchise reform bill, which is to be introduced by the government shortly, will it is understood, confer frat iC hal thn f7-.aY7 chise will be extended to women who have passed certain state examina- tions and who manage their own es- tates or businesses or who are other wise independent From 10000 to 100000 women will be affected.
 aerop1ane trials recently finished on the government flying grounds at Sal isbury Plain, have proved a fasco as regards indicating the best patetrn machine for military use, for the most successful aeroplane is voted useless, except in the hands of the American the Cody biplane, and the American has easily proved his superiority over the other competitors, but owing to it's huge size and queer construction, their necks in it. The War Office drew up a perfectly hopeless set of rules and conditions, and the only machine to comply with them was the one which is voted useless for Warfare-the Cody biplane, and that only whes steered by the inventor himself.
 London, Sept 21-'sEng1ish taught to foreigners Americans, and English people. Accurate speech, perfect ac- cent, and an elegant style of writing. i English guaranteed in a few weeks
 This advertisement appeared recent l ly in the London newspapers. The | tiIyceum School of Langua ges'' is re- 1 sponsible for it.
 During the summer,'' said the man. 1 ager, i've practically live by teaching l En gliSh to American visitors. find | here that every American in his heart l wants to speak Esglish with a British accent
 Vienna. Sept. 21-A lengthy notice appears in the Official Gazette calling | upon the heirs of the late Count 1 Franz Ua1ffy, who died on November | 14th, 1852, to1with draw a. deposit from the Treasury of the Civil Court of Justice which has been lying there -one-f1fth of a cent Us1ess with | drawn, under Austrian custom, it will | be applied to paying off the National debt.
 Paris, Sept. 21.-Hunger and suffer ing stare the poor in the face during the coming winter here, and wet rigid summer having ruined the crops from bread and wine. The news has been published broadcast. The price of bread now the highest on record will go higher; the wine will be scarce, poor and high; potatoes ditto