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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21

Two spick and span officers, in flashing white uniforms. with just sufficient gold braid to set off their peculiar style of beauty. were photo graphed in tinrickshaw cars drawn by Chinese cooHes; another group were standing ankle deep in a purling brook-I couldn't make out for just what purpose
 But the scene which fired my young fancy. and focused my decision to join the Navy immediately--if not sooner-was the large, crudeIy exe- cuted centerpiece, showing a Mid- surnmer Night'e Dream rendezvous on the shores of tropic island. The frieas1.y gleans of search-iight from a war vessel helped the glow worms and the pale moon enlfver a scene of delightful animation.
 Apart of the costumes, it might we'll have been Oberon, Titania, and their charming court. fro1icking upon ens.'' But, while no one questions that the fancifnl folk of Snakes peare's beautiful idylle did have q perfectly lovely time, 1t was as ditch water to champagne compared with the doin's of these gallant sailor lads. Only the Tips of Their Ears Could Be
 Seen Sticking Out.
 Each lad was provided with a las sic. as far as the eye could reach back in the dense woods-where on ly the tips of their ears could be seen sticking out. And the ladies were all in decol1ete, red, red rose fn their corsagc, another in their hair somewhat after the style of that most ravishing, that most sensuously love- " Carmencita of them aIl--Emn1a Cafve.
 And in the foreground was Emma herself, dancing the Habanera-or the Hoola-TIoo1a-to the strains of Q guitar sfrummed by s negro strurn- mer. Arms thrown above head in luxurious abandon. his alive with di-
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REVIEWS
 FROM Our Exchanges
FOUR WRMKs IN FOUR DAYS.

(Ansonia Sentinel.)
 Milford, Greens Farms, Putnann and Derby? Where next? When train wrecks come in a bunch in this way. this query is a natural one. But per- haps the next one will not come for many and many 6 day. We trust it will not. Sufficient unto the past thereof, and the public is sufficiently unnerved. simply because" Wrecks, like fires, deaths and other calamities are prone to come in groups, and just at the present time the New Haven road seems to be getting more than it's share. Beginning with the horror of a series of serious accidents, some of them accompanied by lamentable loss of life, and all of them resulting in has been hard hit. The public, too, has shared the consequences. It has suffered because of those killed and rnained, and it is bound, in the long run, to have to foot the bills for the loss of property as well as for the loss of life.
 however, has fallen upon the road It is fair to presume, therefore, that it's officials are as anxious as any other interests that the causes of these accf- dents shall be ferreted out and re- moved We doubt not that this series of accidents has caused them many this is the more likely to be the case when they find that the public is in- cIined to aIIege negligence, and when, as in one instance, state attorney announces that he will bring suit for alleged criminal negligence. What win be the outcome of these aIIega- tiofs and the presentation of evidence which the court will demand before convicting, remains to be seen. The most hopeful thing about 1t all, we believe, lies in the fact that the road is hiring the best of railroad experts to search out the causes of the wrecks with a view to correcting physical inn perfections-such as evidently exist. Still further hope Hes in the fact that this country now has a very vigilant interstate commerce conKnissfon which while unable to prevent wrecks, has way of investigating with great thoroughness and the power to com pei railroad companies to oBserve such rules and make such changes and inn provennents as are best calculated to safeguard the people employed on the road and the patrons who travel over It.
 The fact that the Interstate Com n1erce commission is Investigating the recent wrecks on the New Haven sys- tenn should prompt the public to await with ca1mness it's decisions, content to trust 1t Co ascertain the truth and to base upon it such future action as it may deem necessary. The public can well afford to withhold it's criticisms and await the higher verdict
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21

vine ardor, supple waist twisting and dainty toes twinkling; who wouldn't be sailor.
 Who wouldn't leave the dull pro- saic brfck-yard. the noisesome ditch, ment, to be beguiled of the tedium of sightseeing, the pleasures of the deck swab and the scullery service, and the 1uxuries of canyas-back duck and ter rapin three times day by these de- lightfuI Houfis--these Spanish or Honolulan senoritas! That School of Refinement Known as The Navy.
 The legend under the picture invit ing office for full particulars concern ing these and other wonders can hardly wait for the laggard sun to boil over the brirn of day, and sup pose there are thousands of more in- questionable youths like myself who are helI-bent on breaking into that gentle school known as the navy. that excellent college where men are taught the most precise and scientific methods of killing the largest number of their fellow men in the shortest possible time.
 The U. $. Government should be heartily proud of it's work. To bor- row Jack Johnsonis phrase. that ought to get them.'' If it doesn't, their case is hopeless.
 The psychological suggestion of this Bacchanale, this pornographic repre- sentation. this 1ewd appeal, ought to "get''k the sort of men to whom that sort of thing appeals.
 But what do their sisters. mothers, and sweethearts think of it? How do they feel when they study the se- ductive ad. which Uncle Sam brazen- ly hangs upon the walls of his Post Offices and Public Buildings?
 Let's hear from them on the mat ter.
 DIR. E F. BOWERS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21
THE FIGHTING RACE. fBy Joseph Y. c. Clarke,

ssRead out the names.' and Burke sat And Kelly dropped his head. While shea-they call him Scholar Went down the list of dead Officers, seamen. gunners. marines. The crews of the gig and yawl, The bearded man and the lad in his Carpenters. coa1-passer.a Then, Knocking the ashes from out Said Burke in an ornand way: Were all in that dead mans list. by Kelly and Burke and Shea Well heres to the Maine, and I'm
 sorry for Spain Said KeIiy and Burke and Shea. wherever there's Kellys there's trou- : Wherever hghting,s the game, Or spice of danger in grown mans ans Said Kelly. ..you'il find my name :
 getting mad,
 .<when it's touch and go for 1ifer' Said shea. "It's thirty-odd years, be- Since I charged to drum and life, Up Marye's Heights, and my old can
 teen
 rnere nsUpprs were @ biosaons n of m blood n 1 on our
 sprigs Of green ! Kelly and Burke and Shea And the dead didn't brag. Well,
 here's to the dag!"s
 Said Kelly and Burke and Shea tT wish twas in Ireland. for there's
 the place Said Burke, sstl1at we'd die by right, In the cradle of our soldier race, After one good stand-up fight. My grandfather fell on Vinegar Hill, And fighting was not his trade; But his rusty bikes in the cabin still, With Hessian blood on the blade.'' faye, aye. said Kelly, the bikes
 were great
 When the word was clear the way4' We were thick on the roll in Ninety
 eight,
 Kelly and Burke and Shea srWe1I, here's to the pike and the
 sword and the Iikei''
 Said Kelly and Burke and Shea. And Shea, the scholar. with rising joy, Said, EsWe were at Families, We left our bones at Fontenoy And up in the Pyrenees. Before Dunkirl1, yon Landen's plain, Cremona,. Lille and Ghenf, We're all over Austria, France and
 Spain,
 Wherever they pitched 8 tent. We've died for England, from Water
 loo
 TO Rgypt and Dargal; And stil1 there's enough for a corps
 or a crew, Kelly and Burke and shea..'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21
THE AUDITORS OFFICE

City Auditor Heating has suggested to the Common Council that it would be better if the auditor and the sstant auditor placed upon adequate salary and positions
 This is fair The salary of the auditor is inadequate It is doubly inadequate in the of incumbent who has spent large part of his life performing the duties of auditor and who any private business would ordi aTily have received at intervals salary increases rnensu1ate with service and experience.
 It would the part of wisdom to put the auditor and deputy auditor upon salary basis upon the suggested by Mr. Heating. Then the city will know what it is paying, the citys servants will know what they to receive and both sides will be benefited.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21
UNCLE SAM ADvERTIsES

fa was lost in admiration. B few nights back, in contemplating the beauties of a pictorial representation of the advantages of travel--as dis played upon the walls of a Post Off, nrc building
 Tne travellers were U. g. Marines. whe were undergoing process of refinement in the Orient under Uncle z~zn,s paternal care
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21
THREE DOCTORS NABBED
Ten Men and ss omen Come Under Postmaster Generals Arrest
 Order in Chicago.

Chicago, Nov. 21-In Postmaster General Eitchcock's war against iI- legal medical advertisements, today, 10 men and women were arrested in Chicago Using the mails in the fur therance of an illegal business was charged against each.
 Three physicians were arrested in Omaha, Neb.. two physicians and 8 woman, owner of 8 private sanitarium, were taken into custody in Milwaukee. Wis. and arrests were made in Peo- ria, ILL, St. Louis, Mo-, and Kansas City. Mo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21
RAGGED TOUR CooNs.

There are some hunters at police headquarters, not vice hunters but real animal hunters. Among these may prominently be mentioned Capt. Regan. Pharmacist Thomas Cox and Electrician Sheridan Ladd. They do not publish their goings, but it leaked out at headquarters today that after the moon had set last night they saI- lied forth to Long Hill, and in the towering woods there bagged four large coons, none of which weighed less than IA pounds. There will prob ably be some supper within a day or so when the event will be celebrated
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21
THE FIGHTING RACE

To the Editor Of The Farmer, Sir:
 In your issue of November 13 you reproduced on your editorial page what I presume to be an editorial from the San Antonio Light, headed Kelly and Burke and Shea The article pays a tribute to five nuns who were burned to death in saving the lives of lit tie orphans entrusted to their care. While believe the tribute paid to the heroic nuns by your Texas conten- porary, to be fully deserved, my cu- riosity was aroused because of a cer- tain familiar ring to the words Kelly and Burke and Shea-'' Likewise the concluding words of the editorial in question, namely When it's touch and go for 1ife.'' I have wondered where have read them before and to save my life I have not been able to dis cover. I have gone through book af- ter book Of Celtic literature without as much as getting the slightest hint to way out of my perplexed state. May I appeal to you for enlighten- nasnt
 HEADER OF THE FARMER
 We are glad to be able to comply with the request of our correspondent. me lines feIerTe0 COS are rom the Ia nous poem s.The Fighting Race also called Kelly and Burke and Shea, '' written b# Joseph I. c. Clarke, a newspaperman of New York. In the same mail with the query from our correspondent came a request from a11- other reader of The Farmer for the publication of the poem in these coI- urnns. This we are glad, also to do. It may be of interest in rlassfne fo re- count how the stirring lines came to be written. MT. Clarke was at break fast with his wife in New York a few days after the destruction Of the bat tleship Maine in the harber of Havana. He was reading the list of dead and wounded and remarked to his wife:
 1tThey are all there as t1sual-the frish-Yes here we have Kelly and Burke and Shea"
 Within two hours he had written the poem which stands to-day as one of the greatest tributes ever paid to the fighting qualities of the Trishman.
 The poem follows:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21
Th@D DIM. Read GornparW
ESTABLISHED 1857
A Dining Suite of Exquisite Design Century, Copy of Adam Style
1.-Two brothers of the name of Adam,
 Who kept their coaches and their mesdames.

1.-Two brothers of the of Adam,
 Who kept their coaches and their mesdames.'' So wrote wag of poet who long ago lived near Charing Cross. And the elder of the two brothers, named Robert architect the King in the rotous days of George III He also, with his brother James, made beautiful Furniture and in the period when Chippendae, Heppe1white, and Sherator working their artistic productions The brorfs Adam made exceedingly graceful pieces of Furniture and their preferences for the decately refined ornamentation in the way of festoons garands drap cries of leaves and exquisitey carved that are scuggestive of Pompeian conceits. The mouldings edges of all pieces of the simplest and classic order.
 A copy of an Adam Dining Suite, made of an tique mahogany, is the keynote of the very attractive Thanksgiving setting at present in the Main St. corner window. This Furniture accords perfectly with Colo nial dining rooms in modern houses giving rarely graceful and charming air to simple rooms
 The Suite comprises,
 Buffet S17s5 50
 Table $I53Oo
 China Cabinet $II7oo
 Serving Table $5ooo Four Dining Chairs $78oo
 Two Armchairs $500
 $644oo Other examples of Adam, Heppewhte and Sher- aton in the Furniture Galleries the fourth floor
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Advertise in the Farmer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21

Farmer Want Ads, , Cent . Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21

DIR. E. F. BOWERS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-21
Gray Enaneled Cooking Ware

Measures, Tunnels, Dippers, Fry Bread and Cake Pans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-03
More Delegates for Clark.

Six more delegates to Champ Clark
list have been added by the action OF
the Alaska democratic convention in in
structing for Speaker Clark. which brings
his total of delegates instructed or IA
vorable up to IS. A telegram from T. p.
Garaghty, secretary of the Alaska demo-
cratic territorial committee. was received
at Clark headquarters saying that the
Alaska delegation will vote Tor the
Speaker at the Baltimore convention.
From Montana comes word that the
first county convention held In that
state-Chouteau county-instructed Its
delegates to the state convention to vote
for Clark delegates to the national con-
vention This news was received by ex-
Senator Dubois, who Is managing the
Clark campaign, with some surprise and
much qualification, as Montana IS one
of the states upon which Senator Luz
bois had not counted.
Reports from Oregon are that Speaker
Clark is gaining every day. A prominent
lawyer of Portland reports that at meet
enthusiasm was great. A month ago. he
says. he was the only man in Portland at
Jackson Club dinner who voiced his
support for Speaker Clark for the presl-
dency. At the meeting last week the
sentiment in favor of Mr.. Clark'S nOmi-
nation was universal.
Assurances have been received from the
twenty delegates from Kansas, who were
instructed at the Hutchinson convention
to vote for Speaker Clark. that they viii
support the Speaker and that there viii
be no desertion from his standard or
the second ballot or any other ballot.
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Defeat of the Force Bill.

Former Senator Fred T. Dubois. who is
IN charge of Clark headquarters here and
national manager of the Speakers cam
paign. last night gave out the following
signed statement:
"A number of anonymous circulars are
being sent out from Washington to dem
ocratic newspapers throughout the coun-
try. Garbled excerpts are taken from
speeches of Speaker Clark in Congress
which, being selected without reference
to the full intention he sought to convey.
are misleading. If 1t is thought this
would prejudice people In certain portions
of the country, anonymous circulars are
sent to newspapers in that section
THE latest anonymous communication
is one which has been sent to newspapers
in the south. intending to convey the I'M
preston that leading democrats who were
formerly silver republicans We're suPpoL.-
ers of the force bill 1t is we'll known by
those acquainted with the political history
of the last twenty years that four silver
republicans in the Senate joined with the
democrats to defeat the force bill.
THE circumstances were these: AFTER
this bill had passed the House and 1t
had been debated for months In the sen
ate the motion was made Dy Senator
Wolcott. a silver republican from Coio-
RADIO, January 20, 1891, to take up the
tives In Congress. 1t was we'll known and
thoroughly understood that this motion
displaced and killed the force bill. Wnicn
was then the unfinished business. The
motion prevailed by. majority OF one.
this majority being furnished by the SOL
i'd democratic vote and four silver re-
publicans. 1t is matter Of history that
the southern people have always gwen
the silver republicans OF the west the
credit for the defeat of the force Dill.
No class of men in political life have ever
stood higher In the estimation of south
ern democrats than have the silver re-
pubicans of the Rocky mountains
This anonymous communication Sc
lects Senator Pettigrew as silver re-
publican who was in favor OF TINS m
iuutous measure 1t happened tnat
Senator Pettigrew at that particular time
had a general pair on all questions with
a democratic senator. and this pair was
announced on the vote to take up the
apportionment bill. There is absolutely
nothing in the Record to show that SEN
ator Pettigrew favored the force Dill:
but it Is we'll known. as a matter OF
fact, that he was opposed to It,
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The Facts About Vermont.

The following telegram was received py
the national Taft bureau last night from
F. C. Williams, chairman of the repub-
lican state central committee of Yer
mont:
There Is not word of truth in the
story that Vermont has gone for Roose-
welt. No honest man in Vermont VINO
knows the facts claims the state Is for
Roosevelt The report must have been
sent out with a deliberate intent to de-
ceive, and possibly as cover for opera.
tons not in the open. Understand that
Dixon is coming to Vermont to stop the
Taft men from stealing 1t. The men
who are elected for Roosevelt cannot be
bought. and there are no Taft supporters
in Vermont who would try to buy any or
them. In most of the towns the question
of Taft or Roosevelt was Squarely raised
and the result not questioned by any one
and the returns from the different coun-
ties are not questioned by the Roosevelt
men in each county.
Theodore Roosevelt should not allow
his manager to insult the people of YER
mont by charg ng that he will not get
square deal from those who were his loyal
supporters for seven years and who are
now supporting the man he recommended
as the best man in the country for the
position, because they believe that Presi-
dent Taft has fully juStlfled Col. Roose-
velt's statement
THE majority for President Taft in the
first district and in the state convention
as shown by hte first returns has not been
mater ally altered and Taft leads in the
delegates in the second district with a
few towns not heard from.
(Signed.) &C. WILLIAMS
The first returns from Vermont indi-
Gated that the friends Of President Taft
would control the state convention by
about $50 majority the first district by
about 16O majority and the second district
by not less than II majority.
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ARMY WILL NOT TAKE PART.
Not Practicable to Participate in
Rife Matches This Year.

Official announcement is made that
after mature cons; deration the Secretary
of War has decided it will be imprac tica-
bic for the army to take any part in the
national matches this year. either by
sending teams or by furnishing markers,
scorers. etc. The demands upon the
military establishment will prove so
great during the coming year as to make
this course necessary. Station changes
are ordered for the troops in this coun-
try and the Philippines. troops are re-
quired at the several maneuver camps
and a large force is needed for duty
along the Mexican border.
Efforts have been made to induce the
authorities of certain states to conduct
the matches this summer and furnish the
necessary funds and details of troops
therefor. The states have been unable to
accomplish this. however, for the reason
that they have no appropriations avail
able for such purpose. Consequently the
War Department announces with regret
the abandonment of the national matches
for the present year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-03
Thinks Harmon Strong in Wisconsin

Before leaving for his home in Warsaw.
Wis. this morning, Judge Neil Brown.
who has been in Washington for several
days on business before the United States
Supreme Court, made this statement:
Gov Harmon has a great many strong
adherents in Wisconsin. Although his
name did not appear on the ballots in
yesterdays primaries, I think many of
the delegates who were selected have a
very high opinion Of the Ohio governor.
even though they may have been selected
as the delegates of other candidates.
II have heard great many republi-
cans express themselves as having very
high regard for Gov. Harmon's ability
and character. and 1 think this sentiment
would result in his getting many repub-
lican votes. 1 have seen much of this
sentiment in other states. The general
feeling is that, in knowledge of affairs
and sound Judgment Gov. Harmon is at
least the equal of any one of the candi-
dates in either of the great parties. Gov.
Harmon seems to have the facility for
inaugurating measures that are really
progressive, and withal has not been
prone to consider the mere novelty of a
proposed system of government as the
standard of its value and merit.
II have known Gov. Harmon for years
and always have had the highest opinion
of his character and ability as man and
statesman
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Make April
Your Month
of Good Fortune

Let it mark the time when you cut out
the expense of rent-the time when you be-
came home owner, the highest type of citi-
zenship.
Let it be the month in which you inspected
the homes at High View'-and make that in
spection early if you would enjoy the many
advantages of home of your own, purchas-
able on terms that are actually easier than pay
ing rent.
High View" homes are six rooms and
bath. They contain all modern improvements,
are of beautiful type of architecture, and of
the most substantial construction throughout.
The location is on one of the two highest ele-
vations in the entire District 1t is within
few minutes car ride of the business and shop
ping center of the city.
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station on it's pier at Baltimore. SO that
the officials OF the company can be in
touch with its steamers at sea at all
times. and 1t Is stated that the erection
OF the plant will be started this week.
Under the marine laws Of the United
States all ocean-going passenger
steamers are required to be equipped
with wireless outfits, and most Of the
steamship lines are also placing sta
tions at their headquarters ashore for
their own convenience as we'll as to
receive messages from the passengers
aboard the ships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-03
Gov. Wilson Coming Tomorrow.

Gov. Woodrow Wilson is scheduled to
stop in Washington tomorrow for a con-
ference with supporters in Congress.
In the afternoon the governor will
leave Washington for Chicago, from
which city he will go to East st. Louis,
IL, and make a speech Friday night
he will return to Chicago,
where he will make three speeches that
night. Later in the month he will go
south. The proposed itinerary Is as fol-
ows: Atlanta, Ga, April 10; Albany,
Ga. April Il: Jacksonville, Fla, April
IS. and Savannah, Ga, April 10.