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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-10-17
EccENTRIclTY or GENIUS.
In the Days That Are Gone Il May
Have Been Due to Eye Strain.

In the Days That Are Gone Il May
Have Been Due to Eye Strain.
1t seems that at last genius Is dis
covered not to be allied to insanity, but
that rather all its eccentricities are due
to eye strain.
Brain specialists. for instance. are as
sorting that il Carlyle had had proper
~ adjusted glasses and good electric
light to work by instead of a skylight
over his desk, and that illumined by a
London fog much Of the time, he
would not have been such a .grumbler
and dyspeptic. In fact. eye strain was
the u Of all his eccentricities.
All g~eniuses. in fact. would have
been optimistic. says science now. II
they had only had bifocal glasses at
the right time. The same unnormal
eyesight is given as the cause Of many
tragic paintings. That famous artist,
Turner. would have painted the
slave ship in a storm, but would rather
have depicted the peaceful landscapes
that so many artists paint when their
eyes are properly fitted with glasses.
: Wagner, too, II he had worn the cor
rect spectacles and had had that decid-
ed tilt to one eye remedied. probably
would never have written about Wal
kyrie and dragons, but would have
written pleasant dances and even
ragtime instead.
Darwin also was another victim Of
eye strain. Doubtless he would never
have given to the world his theory Of
evolution which stirred society up II
his eyes had been normal.
De Quincy suffered from bad eyes.
Surely he would Y have taken
opium II he had had glasses. But
then, on the other hand. the world
would have missed his opium dreams.
And, after all is considered. scientists
conclude society could better dispense
with %spectacles than with ~geniuses.-
London Tit Bits.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-10-17
A Famous lampeen.

1t is handed down in tradition that
the caustic comment he eve says q
foolish thing nor v e does a wise one
was written in Whitehall on the cham
Der door of King Charles II. The wit
who created the lampoon seems eve
to have felt it quite prudent to estab-
fish his authorship. but there ID en-
cellent a to accord IL to John
WilmOt. earl Of Rochester. The text
Of the inscription Is:
Here lies our sovereign lord the king,
Whose word no man relies on.
He never says q foolish thing
Nor ever does q wise one.
New York Sum.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-10-17
COOK WITHOUT FIRE.
New Zealand Maoris Prepare Their
Food In Natures Kitchens.

W uV
The Maoris Of northern New Zea-
land enjoy cooked food to a far great.
er extent than other natives, but they
never bother with fire. They build
their huts on the edge Of some friend
ly" geyser, where they may cook In
natures kitchen. The methods of this
primitive people living in so strange
q neighborhood r described by Max
Herr in New Zealand"
On a spot which superstition would
associate with death and the devil the
huts of about 200 Maoris lie scattered
of Tuhourangi. 1t is lucky that these
simple folk need no kitchen. for ma
ture has built for them the best Of all
cooking appliances and saved them
endless trouble with the stove, gas
company or coal merchant.
A pond of boiling water lies in the
middle of the settlement. In this the
Maori woman puts her water kettle to
boil or hangs the wide meshed 6ax
bag filed with potatoes and waits I'M
til they are cooked. True, the potatoes
cooked in their skins taste a little Of
sulphur. but that is the right flavor for
Ia Maori palate-the haut govt for the
brown gourmet.
For the cooking of meats the fuma-
roles, or holes through which steam
escapes from the ground, are used. A
box with a wooden grating for a bot
ton is placed IN the ground over the
hole. In this the Maori woman places
the meat, well covered with tin OF. iron
pots. An old sugar bag is then spread
over the box, and the crude apparatus
is left until the imprisoned steam has
completely cooked the joint.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-10-17
Surprised 1t eeed Qualliy

Omemee Herald: 1t will be
remembered by visitors at the
county fair that Judge Holden,
of Owatonna. Mimi, placed
the awards in the poultry de-
naxtment. Judge Holden is
Conceded to be one of the best,
if not the very best, poultry
judge 10 the United States and
the relieving from his pen in
the st. Paul Poultry Herald
will be one of interest to the
people of Bottineau county:
While at the fair of the Bot
tineau County Agricultural So
ciety. up in North Dakota. we
were somewhat surprised at
the good quality shown in some
of the classes in the poultry de-
partment, as it was rather un-
expected; but the fanciers up
there are progressive pioneers
aud in pushing forward the in
terests Of the standard-b bred
fowl, are working on the prin-
ciple that the best is none too
good for their section of the
state. and it is only a question
of time when the quality of
their birds will be fully mo to
that Of other sections of the
northwest where the work has
been carried on for years..
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-10-17

Although the provision ID. W has
never figured ON railway time tables. .
close examination Of Bradshaw re
veals 4 trace Of strong religious feel
ing. On the the months are re-
ferred to by their numerals-"1st mo-"
for January. I'd mo-" for February.
and SO o Bradshaw AS q Quaker OBJ
jected to taking the names Of the
months from heather emper0rs and
deites. and this prejudice has been
perpetuated since the first issue Of the
time table In 1841.-London Answers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
THE WOMAN's AMENDMENT

The vote on the suffrage amendment sub
stanay had been predicted by careful observers of
the situation The roll call showed $50 to "a The vote
favor of the drawn almost entirely from
the Democratic side of the House. owing to the plank
the Democratic platform which declared for the subms
sion of the question The allegiance of the Democrats to
this plank in their platform exceedingly loose the
vote would have been much larger The question invol
ed not suffrage upon its merits, but whether
the House wolde the question to the voters in the
of constitutional amendment In order to prevail
the amendment would have pass the present House,
then would have to pass twohrds of both houses two
hence and then would have to the gauntlet OF
the voters The tidy of the House. under these cir
cstances to have been of extreme character
The most made of the argument that four parties
the last election declared for suffrage and that
majority of than $4,000 voters thus registered
for $he measure. t.3c .-af1r
Great stress was laid upon the claim that equal suf
frage inevitable and the evidence to this point that
nine states have already granted the ballot to that
four states have sent amendment to the people,
that four states have sent amendment through both
houses and three through house this year, that the
Affirmative vote for is strongly evidenced in 20
states
The took their defeat calmly, and Immediately
began preparations for the campaign to make conquest
of Che General Assembly two years hence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
LITTLE BEAUTY CHATS
Do You Wish to Be Plain?

am sure the answer to the above
question is mo-" as can hardly
conceive Of any woman desiring to be
unattractive.
DO not allow your possibilities for
tam1n1ne loneliness to become lost in
a medley of trivial beauty defects.
Throw off the ugly disguise which
Fate has given you and resolve with
all your heart and soul to be every
thing that woman should be. This
means that you must will to be
charming and pretty, as it is abnor-
NAL to be otherwise.
Sit down in front of your mirror and
discover your various points of beau
ty. You haven't any? Nonsense! OF
course you have beauty points galore,
but the pathetic part of it is that you
do not know you possess them. 1t is
never to late to mend, so it behooves
you to discover if your hair would
not be a veritable "crown of glory
if it were shampooed oftener, and
brushed more, and curled nightly
but not, hasten to say, with curling
irons. No, when advise keeping the
hair curled, you may always know
that I am referring to the harmless
kid curriers' which cannot by any pos
sibility either scorch or dry the hair
If the hair is not at fault, then
make a study of your waist-line. Per
haps it is too long, or too short, or
too fat. In any event there are many
ways out of each of these beauty
troubles.
AS to your complexion, if it needs
clearing, why not attend to the mat
ter at once? A pretty complex On
has been the making of many wo-
man. Eat less rich food and exercise
more, also forget not that the system
needs quantities of water.
And SO it goes, down the line. No
matter what your beauty defect, there
is always a. remedy, so hasten first to
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
WILL MAKE BABIES IMMUNE
TO TUBERCULOSIS

An interesting experiment for the
purpose of creating immunity against
tuberculosis is being tried in Pitts
burgh under the direction of the Tu-
berculosis League of that city. Dr.
William Charles White Medical Di-
rector OF the League, says it will
probably take ten ears before def
mite results of the work will be ap-
preciated. The experiment is being
conducted on the theory that much, if
not all, tuberculosis infection begins
in childhood. In view of this fact,
the League is aiming to supervise the
growth of every baby born for the
next ten years in the South side dis
trict of Pittsburgh. The babies and
their mothers will be taken in charge
at the birth of the infant, and ev-
erything possible will be done to in
crease the resisting power of the child
to the disease and to make it thereby
immune to tuberculosis infection The
theory of the Society is that by for
tifying the body in the earliest per-
iod of a childs life, the infant will
in most cases, become immune to the
diseases with which heredity and en-
vironment may threaten it,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03

William Hughes-a1though he pre-
fers to be called 'FBill'-wiu ceIe-
brate his forty-first birthday to-day
as a member of the United States Sem
ate. He is the only man in that au-
gust body who carries a union labor
card in his pocket, he is the first
to do so. Labor is faring well at
Washington these days, for Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Labor,
is also a union member. Both Will
son and Hughes were born on Brit
ish soil, the Secretary in Scotland and
the Senator at Drogheda, Ireland
Thomas P. Hughes, father of Gill;
was an iron mou1der, as his father had
been before had. When the future
statesman was a mere broth of a lad,
the family removed to America and
settled in Paterson, N. J., which city
the Senator still calls home "BilPS''
career as toiler began at the age of
eleven, and, in his present fight on
child labor, he speaks from bitter ex-
perience. At nineteen he joined a
union, and ever since has been affil-
lated with organized labor. He toll
ed in factory and mill until twenty
one, when, as the result of night study
he became a court stenographer. That
occupation gave him the opportunity
he was admitted to the New Jersey
bar. Being an Irishman, he had a
natural bent toward politics, and his
great popularity among Paterson's in
dustrial population resulted in his
election to the Fifty eighth Congress,
when only thirty. He returned to
the Sixtieth, Sixty-first and Sivty- sec-
ond Congresses, and was recently pro-
NOTED to the Senate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
COMMISSIONER
BILL NOW UP
TO The SENATE
Rep. Lockwood of Stamford
Makes FOTCefuI Argument for
Popular Election
Especial to The Farmer.)

Hartford, April 3.-There is a gem
eral interest in the fate of the county
commissioner bill. The Senate may
agree with the House, or may not. In
the meantime a horde of candidates
are anxious1y awaiting the result. The
Democrats stood Loyalty by the plank
in their platform requiring the cleo
ton of county commissioners by the
people.
One of the features of the debate
upon the county commissioner bill,
yesterday, was the eloquent and able
speech of Judge D. B. Lockwood,
Democratic representative from Siam
ford favoring election of commission
ers. Judge Lockwood made a search
ing analysis of the actual methods by
which nominations are now made for
county commissioner, showing them
to be the product in some cases of
scarcely more than a quarter of the
members of a county caucus. For
this purpose he used the Fairfield
county caucus, showing that the nomi-
nation would be determined in that
county by the twelve Dem ocrats who
represented a majority of the Demo-
cratic party of the county representa-
ton.
Judge Lockwood made a complete
and forcefu1 enumeration of the dut-
les performed by the county commits
sioners, proving that the office was
of such magnitude as to demand the
particular attention of the voters.
Judge Lockwood's argument was
heard with close attention and was eff
fective in influencing the result.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BILL

The popular election of county commissioner failed in
the House. yesterday by few votes The Democrats
outvoted them and the Magee amendment became
possessed of majority of the votes. This amendment
creates the senators and representatives of county
body choose the county commissioner for that
The first election proposed for the second Tuesday in
May, 1913 when it is proposed to elect commissioner
for six year term. The amendment creates disagreeng
action between the House and the Senate The future of
the therefore difficult to forete The Senate
may with the House, may insist which
committee Of conference would be appointed may
county commissioners by vote +of the General Assembly
would prevail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
MILFORD WOMAN
ASKS $4,000 FOR
HUSBANDS DEATH

New Haven, April S-Judge Will
liams and the jury in the superior
court, civil side, opened the April
term this morning with the case of
Mrs. Lulu Clark, administrative,
against Sidney Elliott, in which the
plaintiff asks $4,000 damages for the
death of her husband, James P.
Clark of Milford. The complaint al
leges that on May 18th, last, Elliott
was driving his automobile through
Milford when it became stuck in the
mud of one of the roads. He appeal
ed to Clark who had a farm nearby
for help The latter hitched up his
team of oxen to tow the machine out.
After he got it out>of the mud he
continued to pull it UP the Milford
hill and while he was doing this Ell
lott is alleged to have started his en-
CINE with the muller open. This
frightened the oxen and they ran
away throwing Clark in the road di-
rectly in the path of the automobile.
He sustained injuries from which it
is claimed he died.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
Fairfield County News
Divorce for Mrs. McIlvaine.

Leone McIlvaine of Manchester,
was on Monday, granted divorce
from Robert McIlvaine at Hartford,
who at the present time is living in
Norwalk. She and McIlvaineA were
married on September 16, 1899. Nc
Ilvaine was charged with adultery,
and the testimony went to show that
he was a bigamist, but that the Wo-
man of his second marriage had died.
In addition to the divorce Mrs. Nc
Ilvaine will have legal custody of four
minor children.
Loss by Fire.
The home of William Popke, at
Danbury was partly destroyed by a
fire in the early morning hours Mon
day. None of the family saved any
of their clothing except some of their
outer wraps, which were in the low
er part of the house The attic and
roof were entirely destroyed as were
also the ceilings of the upper rooms.
The flames did not reach the lower
floors, but the water damage in that
part, is considerable.
.y Monaghan Pheasants.
The state commission of fish and
game has sent to Bethel, twenty-four
Monaghan pheasants, imported from
Germany, which have been liberated
in the outskirts of the town. They
are a larger bird than our native par
LT1Q8G anu the male O1TOS VIII weigh
fully three pounds with beautiful plu-
mage and long tall feathers of varied
hues.
Called to Danbury.
A special meeting of ST. James
Episcopal parish of Danbury has vot-
ed unanimously to extend call to
Rev. C. G. Coburn, a curate of Grace
church, New York city, to become rec
tor to succeed the Rev. George w.
Davenport, who resigned a short time
ago.
Loses a Hand.
Raymond StudwelI, of Weston, 20
years old, was badly injured on Fri
day while at work on a power stalk
cutter by catching one hand in the
machine while in motion. The hand
was so badly 1acerated that amputa-
ton was found necessary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
DEMOCRATS IN DANBURY

The Democrats of Danbury made excellent show
In the city election casting majority of votes
the three other parties participating the election The
Republicans seemed to be hopeessy reduced to minority
through the Progressive VOTE and not few Republicans
appear to have voted the Socialist ticket The Progress
sve VOTE which 200 in the fall election, dwinled to
324 Theoss not greater than the Progressves
felt in other localities, which indicates perhaps nothing
than that the Progressive organization is strong
y enough rooted to enable it successful local
campaigns in this part of the country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03

is a difference of opinion as to the ex-
act date. Jersey Graves has dis
covered that no less than sixteen men
who were called, or who claimed to
be, saviOrs messiahs, were crucified.
Among the aboriginal Americans of
both the northern and southern COR
tinents crucifxion was not unknown
and in some tribes was a common
form of execution. Crucif1xion contin-
ued to be practiced until the fourth
century of the Christian era, but in
the year $50 Constantine issued orders
for it's discontinuance. Among some
savage tribes of Africa and the South
American interior crucifxion contin-
ues to be practiced.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03

John Burroughs, the eminent nat
uraHst, poet and prose writer, was
born at Roxbury, N. Y, seventy-six
years ago to-day, April 8, 1897, and,
with the exception of twenty years in
government service, has spent his long
Nfe on a farm in the Empire State,
studying the flowers, fruits, plants,
vegetables, birds, bees, trees and 9TH
er bucolic objects, and writing de-
IghtfuI books about them. Col.
Roosevelt has long been an enthu-
siastic admirer of the work of the
venerable scientist and author. Mr..
Burroughs rural retreat, ''Slabsides,''
is far from the beaten track, but the
world has worn a path to his door.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
Dainty Kimono Materials

Plisse, crinky stuff in light co1ors Dresden pat
terms with the grounds plentfully sprnled with little
bouquets and tiny flowers.
Crepes, both plain and lowered, very attractive
designs.
Silk and Cotton Novelties, for kimonos and under
garments.
Prices IS, ~, 1o, 2o and 80 cts
Cotton Goods Section main floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Reginald De Koven, the composer,
Is hfty-two years old to-day, having
been born in Midd1etown, Conn.,
April 3, 1854. He is a graduate of
Oxford, and studied music in Flor
ence, Paris, Vienna and Stuttgart be-
fore beginning his career as critic
and composer of light operas. His
wife Anna Farwen De KoVen, daugn-
ter OF Senator FarwelI, is the author
of a number of successful books.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03

Bright colored tassels, such as one
associates with Orienta1s, are used in
unexpected ways on the new suits and
gowns.
One of the most attractive styles of
spring coats is the cassock in wool
ratine. 1t has a single breasted clos
ing down the front, the buttons being
set on in two groups.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
AUTOMOBILE
TIRES

We have a complete line
of the standard sizes in
stock of Automobile Tires
and Tubes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03

In all the ports along the five Great
Lakes, the fresh-water tars who sail
the inland seas are gathering for their
years work aboard ''tin-cans'' and
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
The d. NJ. Read Co.
Established 1867
For the Travellers Conveniences,
Luggage of the right sort,

Orr nrnnht nf @arrh hath pprrrn tn trp rnuta
Tfannr lnngrm fnlk tn gnnm MT ptlnrn1aDp.'
The fever to go pilgrimage seizes one today as
strongly it did the folk five centuries ago. though
do not go forth mounted palfreys. Instead, we
pack things in trunk suit and rush away by
train The sight of window full of trav-
elers' requirements the desire pilgrim
age
Look at that Hartmann Wardrobe Trunk which
will hold suits and gowns carefully any closet
Easy to pack, too. Regularly sold at $21.5o, for
$3.50 special sale.
Hartmann Steamer Wardrobe Trunks low enough
to under the berth, regularly sold $1,000, now
$3.50.
Russell CowEide Suit Cases. 24-inch size, value
$3.50, at
$500
Light Weight Hand Luggage.
Mating Suit Cases, special size, S1OO
Mating Suit Cases. clothined tapes
ETC., sizes % and "a inches, $50.
Smaller Sizes IA, 16, 10 20 inches desired
Genuine Cane Cases. with shirt straps
24incl size, for $500.
Extra fine Cane Suit $500, $3.50 and $500.
Steamer Rugs Steamer Chairs and many
Window display Main St. floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
I.itch1eld County News
For Running Prize Fight.

aiding a prize fight, said to have been
pulled off on March 20, were found
guilty in the Torrington borough court
Monday and were each fined SIS and
costs:
Called to Franklin.
Rev. B. P. Capshaw. pastor of the
Harwinton Congregatio Church
and representative in the Legislature,
has presented his resignation to take
to the Congregational Church at
Franklin. He has been in Harwinton
for six years.
Large Herd of Deer.
Marvin Todd, warden of the Litch-
field county prison and one of the
most successful large game sportsmen
in the western end of the state, re-
ports a big herd of deer in the vicin-
ity of the Wigwam Reservoir, near
NorthfeId. He saw one bunch of
nine friday The warden says the
elusive fox is not as plentiful as usual
among the hills of Litchf1e1d county
Very Unusual Catch.
On, Wednesday morning, Arthur
Smith, a son of Arthur o. Smith of
Granville who has been trapping of
late on Pine Mountain, found in one
of his traps an animal which he was
not looking for and which proved to
be a large specimen of the porcupine,
probably the white haired or Canada
The animal is two feet
long and will weigh perhaps fifteen
pounds. Specimens of this animal
have been found in this region before
but are quite rare and this is its first
occurrence at Pine Mountain, so far
as known. Mr.. Smith has the animal
alive still, as it was not injured SER
iously by the trap.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-04-03
AUTOMOBILE
ACCESSORIES

SPARK PLUGS. ...-..5 SOC to $3.50
BATTERIES ............. Csc
TERMINALS. &c, &c, SC
HORNS INSTRUMENTATION. $3.50
HORN BULBS. ........... csc to csc
HORN REEDS. Csc
10 10 GAN CARBIDE. soc
GAS TUBING. ....I.7 &c, Zoe foot
GAS BURNERS. ........2 Csc
BLOW OUT PATCHES. .25c to $3.50
VALVES ...... .. soc
VALVE CENTERS. sc, 6 for $50
VALVE CAPS sc
DUST CAPS ...-...s....-. Csc
OIL GUNS. ............... SOC to 49c
GOGGLES zoe TO %A'SO
GAUNTLET GLOVES. SOC to 5000
RUBBER AUTO SHIRTS IS and 30
RUBBER BLANKETS ........ .$1+oO