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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
FUNERAL OF REID
 AS KING DEGREES

London, Dec. 18.-By the expressed desire of King George V, the London funeral service for the late Anlbas- sador Whitelaw Reid will be held on Friday afternoon, it was learned, to- day. The Bishop of London made 1t known that he wanted the service in St. Pa;uls cathedral but he has de- ferred to the wishes of the King who chose Westminster Abbey when it was decided that the Chapel Royal, in St. James Palace was too small.
 The offer of British warship, to convey the body of Anaba. .ssadof Reid to America, made in the House of Commons, by Premier Asquith, was being held in abeyance by Mrs Reid until the arrival ins London of Ogden Mills Reid, her son.
 Mrs. Reid, who had recovered from the first shock of grief, was bearing and expressed a desire fb leave with her husba nd's body for New York, on Saturday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Dogs That Resemble Bears.

It has already been noted by scien- lists that certain mountain dogs have shapes and assume attributes resem- bling those of a bear. Among these dogs the sheep dog of the Pyrenees bears closer resemblance to the bear than most others. Although he is sell dom over twenty inches high, his bones are very massive and his muscles ex- ceptionally developed. His fur is thick, consisting of long, fine, silky hair, either black, dun colored or gray. His head is large and the nose taper ing, the eyes small, but sharp and iustrous and his ears always 'atten i've" The toes and the base of the feet are elongated and flat The tail is very short or even entirely missing, and by his manner of climbing the abrupt mountain slopes he may easily be mistaken for a young bear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
FAIR PROBABILITIES
 GIVE LEAP YEAR PARTY

The DecemaIette Leap Year dance last evening was most enjoyable oc- casion. About ninety young ladies with their invited escorts attended
 The committee of Decimalettes de serve credit for the success of the evening, they were distinguished by corsage bouquets of vio1ets and their costumes were as follows: Miss Ruth E. Hill, white chiffon over green sat in; Miss Annie L. Nordbeck. embr oid- cred pink voile over white silk; Miss Marie l.. Hurl1man, nile green m essa- line, dewdrop drapery. Miss Charlotte Langevin, white chiffon, cerise band trimming; Miss Adele Fitzroy, blue silk and velvet; Miss Charlotte Met calf, apricot messa1ine and Mrs. Fran ces Fowler. white voile with blue vel vet and lace The patronesses were: Mrs Jeremiah Scully, Mrs. Henry Woodruff, Mrs. w. J. Conner, Mrs. Frederick Morehouse, Mrs. A. E. NoFdbeck, Mrs. w. J. Cooper Mrs. T. Huffman, Mrs. J. P. Langevin and Mrs. H. D. Hill
 Those present were the Misses Cora tha Comstock, Lillian Farrell, Maud Pardoe, Mabel Fanton, Florence and Ada Barber, Nettie Stevens, Irene Hunt, Clara Kirby. Regina. McAvoy, Nellie Fox, Veronica Kelly, Lilli9n Haigh. Carrie Mitchell, Nellie Price, Barnes, Josephine Lucey, Alkaline Schmidt. Ella weise, Marie Cosgrove Florence and Alice London, Sarah Linsey, Anna Rowland, Genevieve and Nellie Donihee, Caroline Bradley, Lo- retta Donahue, Edna and Hattie Mur- phy, Elsie Sheehan, Agda and HiIda Johnson, Elsie Goebel, Rosalyn Finn, Julia Warner, Ethel Horan, Emm a So1ari, Ethel Moreh ouse, Ruth and ioIet Howe. Kate Fox. Anna Roberts,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
They Went Toosther.

Tom Meyers was a peddler in humble way in Chicago, and he and his outfit were well known in the poorer quarters. His wagon was old and rick ety, his horse had seen years of service in Q street car line, and the peddler was old and feeble as his horse, Which, by the way, bore the impressive name of Baron.
 Saturday is always busy day with peddlers, and one very cold Saturday Peddler Meyers had an unusually hard day. As he drove home late in the evening he noticed that Baron looked sick He gave him good supper of oats, rubbed him down and then went to his own supper.
 An hour later he again visited Baron and found him worse. He applied such remedies as he could, and then, finding that the horse eyinced a desire to lie down, he led it out of the stable and up the street.
 Around and around the block he led Baron, and in the early morning a po- Hceman found the horse lying on the street and the old peddler by his side with an arm on the animals neck, and both were dead.-St. Louis Globe-Dem- Ocrat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Divorce Tn Norway.

It is easier to obtain a divorce in Norway than in any other European country If a married couple want to part Norwegian law grants a divorce without inqu1ring into the reason, but as security that the step has been well thought over it provides that year of separation must intervene between the application and the actual granting of the divorce. The husband and wife have first to apply to magistrate. He sends them to the conc1liation board. and if this body cannot reconcile them they are granted a separation order. At the end of a year the ministry of justice is compelled to make the df- vorce final if asked to do so by either party. The whole proceedings are very cheap, the cost ranging from about $1.25 to $25.-London Standard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
A Modest Hero

A French reporter encountered in a little village of the south of France a gardener who wore, pinned on his clean Sunday blouse, the ribbon of the Legion of Honor. Naturally the news paper man desired to know how he got it. The gardener, who, like many of his trade, seemed to be a silent man, was averse to meeting an old and wearisome demand, but finally he be- gan:
 "Oh, I don't know how I did get it! was at Bazeilles with the rest of the battery. All the officers were killed; then down went all the noncommis- stoned omcers-bang, bang, bang! By and by all the soldiers went down but me. had fired the last shot and nat uralIy was doing what I could to keep off the Bavarians.
 Well, a general came, and says he Where's your officers?'
 "'AH down. says l.
 ." Where's your gunners? says he.
 "|All down but me- says I.
 "'And you've been fighting here all a1oneT says he.
 "T couldn't let lem come and get the guns, could I?' I says, and then he up and put this ribbon on me, prob ably because there was nobody else there to put it on."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Rope or RiHa

The first legal execution by shooting to be carried out by civil authorities in America was at Salt Lake City in 1861, when William Cockroft, convicted of murder in the first degree, chose tor be shots rather than hanged or, beheaded. Under the laws of the territory of Utah condemned man was permitted to se- lect either of the three methods of his taking off, and when Utah became a state the choice was restricted to shooting or hanging. Of the execu- tions in Utah in the last century only one man, a wife murderer, has chosen the moose. Utah was long the only American state that permitted an as sassin any choice as to his means of exit from the world, but few years ago Nevada passed law giving a con demned man the option of the rope or the rife.-Baltimore News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18

Myrtle Heiliman, Susan Raycroft' Jane Patchen, Henrietta Rothe, fIor- ence Smam1e, Helen ParloW, Mar1on O'Connen. Annie Skodas Janette Ser ger, Florence Hunt, Anna Weary, Lola Hill, Jennie Brady, Gertrude Curmas' Christine Tichy, Emma Pederson, MT and Mrs. J. F. Ryan, MT: and Mrs. Ralph Bates, Miss Kelly, Miss Cum mins, Miss Pinckney. Miss BroWn, Miss Bernhard, Miss Thomas, Miss Roberts, Miss Northey, Miss Wilk1n- son, Miss Holton, Miss Craig; and the Messrs. Baker, Gendson. Norman Hall
 Bernhard Harris, Kearns, Frank Stone, Harry Anderson, Fitzgerald. Cowles, Clarence Garner, Waldhaus. Philip Stap1ey, Gilbert Mott, Griffin, Chas. Holden, St. George. Earl Wake" man, Frank Armstrong, Murkett, W1d- inghoff, Lundberg, Meachen, Lucey, Kaesman, Whe1an, Ellsworth flaw kins, Bert Stevens, Hurley, Casey, liar old Downs, Heileman, Mullins. Mi nor, Church, Coyle, Clement, O'Con- nell, Wilkinson, Garfield, Mcbride. A. c. Lane, Herthal, A. c. Woodruff, Coles. Robert Anderson. Mansfield Stephen Rahrtg, O'Malley, F. Mona han, Da1y. G. Reilly, Bieger. Donahue. Hawthorne, Kelley. smale, Finn, Bra dy, Co1ey, G. s. Beardsley, Kohler Lannon, Reynolds, F'redericks, Berger
 Coyne, Francis Fowler, Charles Hur- liman, Earl Porter. From out of town, Messrs. Woerner. Ballard and Williams from Stamford, MT. Jorgen. son from Torrington, MT. Weise, New Haven and MT. Young, Wallingford.
 WoodhulIs orchestra furnished mu-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Too Oblidino.

When a Sixth avenue elevated train reached the Twenty-third street station an elderly and poorly dressed woman arose and walked slowly toward the door. She had reached the platform and was about to step off when a man noticed that she had left a paper par eel behind. eHey! You forgot some thing" he shouted, but the woman never turned about He jumped off the car and reached the woman's side as the gate banged and the train moved on. ''Much obliged, but that isn't mine," said the woman. A sick1y smile overspread the mans face as he said. to the people who had wit messed the refusal of the parcel, "She's right; it belongs to me-" and, seeing that some of the witnesses were in credulous, he said that the parcel con- tained a child's rubber coat, proving it by opening the parcel. He then joined in the laugh on himself.-New York Tribune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
A Grewsome Wedding Present.

Among the Brass river tribes of west Africa when a young couple get mar ried it is the custom for the oldest member of the brides family to pre- sent the bride with a plot of ground six feet long. This is for the grave of her family and herself when they die. The first member of the new family who dies is buried about twenty feet below the ground and the next one al- most sixteen feet, and this goes on un- til all the family die and are buried. The grave holds them all, and this. they think, prevents them from being separated. This grewsome wedding present is the one most valued by the bride, the favorite native saying being, ''When all other things are gone this remains
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
A rbackerav Dedication.

A doctor who achieved literary inn mortality by his refusal of g fee was John Elliotson, who attended Thack- cray during a serious illness in 1S4S. To him in return Thackeray dedicated "Pendennis.''
 Thirteen months ago. he wrote, 'tWhen 1t seemed likely that this story had come to close, kind friend brought you to my bedside, whence, f0 all probability, I never should have risen but for your constant watchful- ness and skill. I like to recalli your
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
ACTRESS CLAIMS SHE'S THE BRIDE
 OF YALE SENIOR
But There is No Record of Divorce From New York Hotel Man Whom She Mar ried

Boston, Dec. IT, 1912. James Moore.
 1s1 Grove street Crhe Coister)
 New Haven, Conn.
 What do you mean by telling all this stuff? Let me know the joke.
 MYRTLE. yesterday by James R. Moore of Hart for, a, senior in the Sheffield ScieD- tif1c school from Mrs. Myrtle Best who claims to be his bride. YounS Moore is the son of James B. Moore a wealthy business man of Hartford, and he emphatically denies there has been any marriage.
 Last evening two representatives of the family came to New Haven and had a long conference with the younS man, and from all that he told 1t married Mrs. Best The proof of this seems quite certain from the fact that Mrs Best has not been divorced from Leo Roslin Best of the Hotel is d member. of theatrical company now playing in Boston, announced the marriage as having taken place in New Haven after the arrival at mid night at New Haven of a rain. last Saturday The ceremony she claims was performed by Universalist min ister by the name of Mathers, but there is no UniverSa1iSt minister iI, New Haven, in the State, or in New England by that name.
 Young Moore says he was not with in 160 miles of New Haven Saturday night. John Bouvier, a classmate, al Yale, who is supposed to have beer with the alleged wedding party, de- clares positively that he was sound asleep iii the cloister at midnight last Saturday and knows nothing of any marriage.
 It. is said that Mrs. Best is New Haven young woman and has moth Young Moore admits knowing her put only In a social way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
This Mas Made In Germany.

In a second class compartment on a German train in which a gentleman is seated enters a woman with a box of cheese. A very strong odor soon per vades the compartment, and the gen tleman becomes restless.
 "Oh, pardon me, sir," says the wo- man I'm taking 1ny husband box of limburger cheese; he is so fond of it, and where we are in the country none can be bought The smell is quite harm less-"f
 Don't mention iti'' replies the man. As the ocior becomes stronger he lights a cigarette.
 Excuse me" speaks up the woman, '-tflis is not a compartment for smok- ing. AS for myself, I would gladly stand the smoke, but the cheese will draw the odor of tobacco. o."-F1iegende B1atter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Sir aoxie Roehe,s RuIIs.

Sir Boyle Roche earned the distinc- ton of being the father of Irish bulls. Here are one or two of his remarks. Why" he once said, should we beg gar ourselves to benefit posterity 2 What has posterity done for us?' add ing, 'sBy posterity I mean those who come after us.''
 At a political meeting he remarked that he would mot rest satisfied until the rocky mountains of Ireland be- came cultivated valleys" and on an other occasion, ''All along the untrod- den paths of the future I can see the footprints of an unseen hand" The most popular and best quoted bull and one which must always be allied with his name is, "A man could not be in two places at the same time unless he were a bird''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
A Mare 1rifie Anyhow.

An eminent German scientist who re- gently visited this country with num- Der of his colleagues was dining at an American house and telling how much he had enjoyed various phases of his visit.
 "How did you like our railroad trains?' his host asked him.
 'Ach, dhey are wonderful" the Ger man gentleman replied. ESQ swift, so afe-chenerally-und such luxury in all dhe furnishings und opp'indmends All is excellent excebt one thing-our wives do not like dhe upper berths."- Harper's Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
prinkina of 4eaIths.

The drinking of healths in wine or liquor or other kinds originated in Britain at the time of the rule of the Danes, before Alfred the Great finally succeeded in driving them from the land. Owing to the assassination of EngIishmen by the Danes, it became a custom to enter into compacts for the mutual preservation of health and se- curity. These compacts were usually pledged in wine, and hence the custom of drinking healths.-London Standa
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
His Name and Profession.

When Alfonso XIII of Spain was in the grip of his earliest motoring fever his car was not always recognized, and so he had some amusing experiences. At Bayonne he was once t'held up' by a gendarme, who requested him to show his driving license.
 tT have not got one,' replied the king. Then rejoined the gendarme, asI shall have to summon you. Your name. address and profession?'' ftAI- fonso de Bourbon, king of Spain, Pal ace Miramar, S. Sebastian,'' was the reply
 TabIeau-'The Passes of the Pyre- uees"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
F. Fl. DILLON & co.

great goodness and kindness (as well as many acts of others, showing quite surprising friendship and sympathy at that time, when kindness and friend ship were most needed and welcome And as you would take no other fee but thanks let me record them here on behalf of me and mine."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
The Wasted Wittieis1,.

4I always thought said the hostess, that Scotchmen were humorous. One night I showed a departing Scotch guest a great pile of overcoats in the dressing room.
 Here I said, with wave of my hand, you are the first to leave. Take your choice
 ' Thank you,' said he as he fum- bled searchfngly among them; 'I'l ave me own ''-Exchange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
De ouineex and the census.

De Quincey once had to fill up census paper, and the set questions puzzled him greatly. He finally man. aged to characterize his occupation as writer to the magazines but when it came to the occupations of his three daughters his troubles began again. At last he put a ring around their names and wrote, ''They are like lilies of the feld-they toll not, neither do they sDin"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
He Liked Them Cooked.

There was a Frenchman who hated the country as much as did Charles Lamb, but compressed his feelings into few words. This was Charles Monse let, who lived on the Quai Voltaire, Paris. "It is,' he said, referring to the country, ''the place where the birds are r8w
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Employment.

To him that has no employment life in a little while will have no novelty, and when novelty is laid in the grave the funeral of comfort will soon fol- Iow-Anon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
E%cept.

Wiggs-After all, life is just a mat Ser of pay your money and take your choice, you know. Diggs-Yes, except when it's matter of pay your money and take your chance instead.-Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Hanpx Raxa.

However vafied the courses of our life, whatsoever the phase of pleasure and ambition through which it has swept along, still, when in memory we would revive the times that were com paratively the happiest, these times will be found to have been the calm est-Bulwer Lytton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
A Marked Difference.

BiIkins-He looked like his brother, and I hit him. Waller-CouIdn't you tell them apart? Bilkins-I couldn't t then, but now there's a marked differ ence.-Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18

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 Open Evenings Until Xmas
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 FOLLOW THE
 CROWDS TO KLINE'S Christmas buying is a pleasure here; you save money while you are
 spending it
 Pretty White Aprons, a large assortment to choose from, 23c NQo to .... OOO Long Flannel and Crepe Kimonas, in plain and fancy OOo pdCG0TuS .<..tA wv Pink and Blue Fancy Shirred Hose Support CTS, nicely O0o boxed AON Knitted Aviation Caps, made of the heavy OQ@ cider wool, 39c to JOC Mems fast color PercaIe Dress Shirts,m EOo especially for us O0G Large Teddy Bears, ev- cry one with a voice, big size. ENo Special ........ OCN Pretty Wash Dresses for the little tots 2 to AO0 6, various styles FCO Large Dresses, ages 6 to 14, in a particularly large variety, 98c G1 O0 to ........- QAsVO Kid Gloves, our own inn portation,in all the want ed shades, 89c, QA NA $1.19 VA. Hey Pretty Flowered Sateen Comfortables, filled with white cotton, Q1 0Q very special .. QA"0O Percale House Dresses, low neck, short sleeves, 34 to A, worth A7E0- $IOO ....-.... AON Mantle Covers in pretty lowered materials, firing ed, 23c co 0Q A big variety of Couch !, Covers, many are sam pies, 69c 60 90 Rope Portieres in red, green and brown, new fresh stock, ,89c Qe 0Q i to YOU'LL PAY LESS FOR IT AT
 KLINE'S
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Incompetent.

"Oh, Harold" said Mrs. Newlywed, "a strange man was here today, and he said he wished to read our gas me ter.''
 Well, did you let him in?'
 Mercy, no! He used very poor gram mar, and I felt sure that he would not read it tproperly.''-Judge's Library.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
His Real Need.

"Young Jones says that all that he needs is a start"
 'tNo. What he needs is self start er."-Americdn Lumberman.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18

The hatred of the vicious will do you less harm than their conversation Bentley.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Takiao Him Down.

eswhat reason have you to think my daughter loves your
 "She says she is willing to make any sacrifice for me-
 That's no sign she loves you.'' @TWhat is it, thenr'
 "An indication that she's crazy."- Chicago Record-Herald-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18

He that helps the evil hurts the good Socrates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
THE SMITH-MURRAY co. Store Open Evenings Until Christmas
 THE FEW DAYS REMAINING For Christmas Trading IT WILL. BE BEST TO TRADE EARLY IN THE DAY AND AVOID THE CROWDING THE
 LAST TWO DAYS
SUGGESTIONS FROM THE CHRISTMAS STORE
GIFTS FOR WOMEN

Furs, Mirror, Chain Purse, Hand Bag, Locket, Neck Chain Address Book, Shell Combs Umbrella Perfume Belt Hat Pn Gloves Handkerchiefs, Lace Collar Table Linens, Silk Waist Pattern Crocheted Slippers, Flannel Kimono fine Undermuslins, Fancy China. Cut Glass, Silk Hose Writing Paper.
 GIFTS FOR MEN
 Shaving Stands, Silk Umbrella Neckties, Suspen- ders Mufers, Shaving Mirror, Handkerchiefs, Gloves Cuff Buttons, Scarf Pin Watch Chain, Card Case, Bill Book Hat Brush Match Box Toilet Water Fountain Pen Cigar Case.
 GIFTS FOR BOYS
 Mittens, Books, Pocket Knife, Necktie, Scarf P1n Muer, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Sweater, Mittens Writ ing Paper, Sleds, Rocking Horses, Wagons, Drums
 GIFTS FOR GIRLS
 Handkerchiefs, Silk Hose, Fur Set, Perfume LOcket Gloves, Writing Paper, Shirt Waist Pins, Shell Combs Gold Bracelet, Neck Chain Hair Ribbons, Mittens. THE SMTTH=MURRAY co.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-06
MARKET DULL
AND DECLINING

General dullness marked business
on the stock exchange today. Also
prices are still showing the bearlsh
tendency of the past day or two. With
out sales, Eva was offered at close
today at 80 IA, 20 cents less than
yesterdays quotation, while bidders
cfler but 80 fat. McBryde fell off Is
during the session, closing at 8 -
for 200 shares sold. Pioneer is of
fCred at 35 fat without takers. oahu
still holds firm at 2S 3-4, since its
stump a few days since, but Pine
apples have dropped another IA, sell
ing at "A fat Just why Pineapple
stock should be falling in view of
bright prospects for a big crop con
tracted for at high prices, is not clear
except on the ground of sympathetic
influence of sugar shares. However
there have been no heavy breaks, and
from best indications none are con-
sidered likely.