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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-07

Side splitting hu7sOr and fear compelling p0fhos struggle .for supremacy in fsfs delightful TO- rao1lce of Cope Cod, 1vrftfen By q son of Cope Gods owsl sandy s0fE. Reod of the old seq cap- knfn svIao has refurned to spend 6he remainder of his doys o511o7lg AEs boyIlood friends read of fhe quof11t little Doif wSlo con7e to him unbfdde7 and of fine pZ0ce she UoT1 t11 his heorf; read of fhe pretty schooIfeacher, -fIte sorcff- T7onfous congressman, ffae, grown mp boys Asaph Tiddttt and Bat ley Bongs; read of Keturah and CoP'n Josioh Dfn7fck and, Lem Hyrfck o7d oH fIae other gzai71t
 f~zk oF Boyport and yOu wfzl find enfertQfnn1ent o-pEenty. There TVos only one Charles Dickens. buf in character de- Efneoffon Joseph C. Lincoln has q fouch worthy of tTae n1osfer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-07

Motion picture companies are mak- ing films of all of the activities of the federal forest service, including plant ing, cutting timber, patrol and lookout work. Already at least two freight ing 'tmoviess are being exhibited.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-07

YOU'VE HAD LETTER FROM LEHMAN AT. ErSs FROM wAsHN'TON?'
 more then. but he mopped his fore. head. or the extension above it, talk. nR of his cap to do so.
 .s1 cal1ate she will,' he said uneasily 'sTen you the truth. Ase. I was up to the store. and Cap'n Josiah Dimick and some more of lem dr1fted in, and we got talkin' about the chances of he harbor appropriation and one thing or mother, and twas later'n thought twas fore knew tt.''
 The appropriation from the govern ment which was to deepen and widen sur harbor here at Bayport was a very vital" topic among us just then. Heman Atkins. the congressman from our district, had promised to do his best for the appropriation and had for T time been very sanguine of securing t. Recently. however, he had not been quite as hopeful
 ssWhat's Cap'n Josiah think about Ehe chances7" asked Asaph eagerly.
 well, sometimes he thinks Yes and gnen again he thinks 'No,'" replied Bailey ''He says, of course, if Heman Is able to get it he will, but if he afn't able to he-he''-
 'sHe won't. s'pose. We'll, I can think that myself, and don't set up Co be no inspired know-it-all, like Joe Dimick. He ain't heard from Heman lately, has heT'
 ssr1o, he ain't Neither's anybody e1ses 60 fur as I can find out.''
 s-Oh. yess they have I have, for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-07
POLI's VAUDEVILLE
(Bv tl1e PoIi Press Agent. )

The Three whalens in a new act will be the talk of Bridgeport They make their appearance at Poli's New Theater today Tuesday and Wednes- day. Five other acts of prominence included on this bill are Gray & Pet CTS in a, comedy bicycle act; Gooda1l & Irwin in a comedy singing and talk ing diversion: Lightning West, a car toonist; Ida Rose, a classy accordeon- ist; Help Wanted" said to be one of the funniest playlets ever written A two reel special film entitled f'The Penalty of Crime is a. wonderful mo- ton picture.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-07
POINTS OF INTEREST.
JuIy Clearance Sale


 of summer millinery at E. H. Dillon & Co.,, 11O5 Main street, in untrimmed hats, trimmed dress hats. trimmings, etc.
 Special Rug Sale.
 Nothnagle's great removal sale con tinues to be the busy center for those interested in up-to-date home furnish ings. This week lot of Whittall's beautiful rugs go into the sale at ereciaI reductions, as advertised else where in this aer. You can't go wrong when you buy whittaH rug. They are, without question, the best rugs made in America. When you can buy them below the makers nnin- iraur fixed rices they are certainly a big bargain. All other rugs will centinue to go at the special removal sale reductions advertised during the past Few weeks by the Nothnagle etoro. It Is a splendid opportunity for ycung people about to furnish I'D q new home to obtain the best furniture, rugs, carpets. draperies, Glenwood ranges, refrigerators, pictures, etc, at astonishingly low figures. Remember it costs you nothing to look, and it may do you a heap of good.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-07
To be continued.)

The Canadian Forestry Association holds a forestry convention in Winni- EDeg, July tox9.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-07

- VT Is queer. but Captain Cy him.
 self doesn't remember whether the day was Tuesday or - Wednesday, ASaDh Tfdditf's
Evening star., 1913-11-29

trees. and there at the end of the little
water path was Paddy the Beaver hard
at work. He was digging and piling
the earth on one side very neatly. In
fact. he was making the water path
longer. Jerry swan right up the little
water path to where Paddy was work
ing. Good morning. Cousin Paddy,
said he. What are you doing""
oh replied Paddy. Sammy Jay and
I are building a canal.
Sammy Jay looked down at Jerry in
triumph. and Jerry looked at Paddy as
if he thought he was joking.
Sammy Jay? What's Sammy Jay
got to do about it," demanded Jerry.
a whole lot replied Paddy. You
see he keeps watch while | work. If
he didn't / couldn't work and there
wouldn't be any canal Old Man Coy
ote has been trying to catch me, and
wouldn't dare work on shore If it
wasn't that / am sure that the sharp
ing for danger"
Sammy Jay looked very much pleased.
indeed. and very proud. 80 you see il
takes both of US to make this canal:
dig while Sammy watches. So we are
building L together" continued Paddy.
Il see." said Jerry slowly. Then he
turned to Sammy Jay. Il beg your
pardon. Sammy" said he. Il do. in
deed"
That's all right replied Sammy
airily. What do you think OF our
canalg
II think it is wonderful" replied Jerry
And indeed 1t was a very fine canal.
straight, wide and deep enough for
Paddy to swim and float his logs out
to the pond Yes, indeed, il was very
fine canal
Evening star., 1913-11-29

ond by tending to check the exodus to the
city and to promote the "back-to-the-
farm movement
BY cheapening the cost to the consumer
the middleman certainly will be meaSur-
ably eliminated. and the profits they make
will no longer bring people from the farm
to swell their ranks: while with chance
to get a reasonable price for his products.
the farmer can remain in the country.
Take milk, for instance: Here is
farmer with two dozen cows. He needs
a hundred-acre farm to keep them on.
and he must pay 500 an acre for that.
Then he must spend 81 500 for his cows
and as much more for his dairy barn. He
must keep two or three hired hands.
With an investment of $4,000. represent
ing an interest charge of $3.50 year,
and expenses amounting to LOCO a year
besides, he gets little over cents a
quart for his milk. If he comes to the
city he can, with an investment of three
or four thousand dollars. handle five times
as much milk, perhaps ten or fifteen
times as much as he could produce as q
farmer and he gets 8 cents a quart
more for carrying it from the railroad
station to the kitchen door than the
farmer gets for his lands and his cows
and his labor in producing it. That is
why the farmer seeks to be distributor
rather than producer. and why he comes
to the city. And that is the situation the
parcel post is intended to remedy with the
aid the rural free delivery can give it.
Evening star., 1913-11-29

ed birds for their own use. They bag
ged three wild geese.
DR. Charles Stanley White. angler
and gunner. was deprived of his an
nual trip to Lake Smith this fall. but
next week he is going to Paeonian
Springs. Va. as a guest of DR.. E. II.
Heaton.
IF birds are as plentiful in Loudoun
county as bass and other fish are at
Lake Smith" DR.. White remarked,
"therell be no trouble in getting a
bunch of BIRDS
Both physicians are regarded as good
shots, and their friends are anXiously
expecting to hear from them in a sub
stantial way next week.
/, I, S. Smith made a killing" at the
tidal basin early this week. The water was
IN good condition, and everybody who
made the effort caught fish. The ma
Jority fshed from the wall about the
basin, although few used boats
Most of the big bass. Smith said, were
caught with spoons, those who engaged
In still iishing landing very few
az Durlhs n the week" said the angler.
mad pretty good luck, but / re-
NAMED at the basin several hours Sun
day and did not get strike
John W. Hurley and William E. Dulin
were on the upper Potomac two days
and last night they returned with a
string of twenty seven small mouth
bass. They hoped they would have had
much larger string. but experienced
bad weather yesterday.
Wednesday they and their boatman
George w. Leopold, landed twenty fish.
the boatman getting the largest one, a
| four-pounder.
Where there's ore big one" said
! Hurley to his companion, there's al
ways another, and I'm going to try
| for the other"
! Unable to get the other big one We'd
| nesday. Hurely was on the river Thurs
! day morning, fishing the hole from
where the boatman had made the sue
/ cessful effort, and about noon along
came the second one" and took Hur-
/ ley's bait. 1t weighed exactly four
pounds.
| The anglers found the Potomac in
splendid condition, while the Shenan-
i doah was milky. Nothing short of a
heavy storm will affect the water to-
morrow, it is believed, and Hurley and
Duln expect to return to Weverton
| tonight
! fishing in the vicinity of Weverton Nd
! Sunday and Monday caught ffty-two
small-mouth bass, Windy weather
] made fishing unpleasant and. it is
! stated. prevented the big fish from
| taking the bait.
/ There is not much sport catching
! bass a this season. remarked Cooke.
| The water seems to chill them and
make them lifeless. and they do not
give the usual exciting runs
| Most of the fish they caught wei"hed
between one and two pounds, only a
few going over two POUNDS.
Evening star., 1913-11-29
Missing Professor Found Dead.

BOSTON, November 29.-The body OF
a man found yesterday by hunters In the
woods near Concord. has been identified
as that of Alfred Bull Nichols, professor
of German at Simmons College. who had
been missing since September y. He mad
shot himself Prof. Nichols had been III
i'll health about q year He left his
home, presumably for Mattocks. Me-. and
no further trace of him was found until
Thursday He had been connected with
Simmons College only a short time fol
twelve wears he was member of the
Harvard faculty.
Evening star., 1913-11-29

Jerry Muskrat had been home to the
Smiling Pool for several days But
he couldn't stay there long. Oh my,
no! He just had to get back to see
what his big cousin, Paddy the Beaver.
was doing. So as soon as he was sure
that everything was all right at the
Smiling Pool he hurried back up the
Laughing Brook to Paddy's pond. deep
in the Green Forest AS soon as he
was in sight of it he looked eagerly for
Paddy. At first he didn't see him.
Then he stopped and gazed over at
the place where Paddy had been cutting
aspen trees for food Something was
going on there-something queer. He
couldn't make it out.
Just the Sammy Jay came flying
over.
Whats Paddy doing?" Jerry asked
Sammy Jay dropped down to the top
Evening star., 1913-11-29

of an alder tree and fiuffed out all his
feathers in very important way.
oh" said he, Paddy and 1 are build
ing something"
You, Paddy and you. Ha, ha.
Paddy and you building somethingn'
Jerry laughed.
Yes. me-" snapped Sammy angrily.
That's what ] said-Paddy and / are
building something"
Jerry had begun to swim across the
pond by this time and Sammy was fly
ing across. why don't you tell the
truth, Sammy. and say that Paddy is
building something and you are max
ing him all the trouble you CAM
called Jerry.
Sammy's eyes snapped angrily. and
he darted down at Jerry's little brown
head. "It isn't true he shrieked. You
ask Paddy if I'm not helping"
Evening star., 1913-11-29
HEALTH SERVICE CHANGES.
Recent Orders Just Issued by Sur
geon General Blue.

Changes in duties and stations of COM
missioned and other officers OF the United
States public health service We're an
nounced today by Surgeon General Blue
as follows:
Surgeon L. L. Lumsden, detailed to
represent the service at the annual con-
ference of county health officers, called
by the state board of health to meet In
Louisville, KY, December $40
Surgeon M. X. Gwyn. granted leave of
absence of thirty days from December
Is.
Assistant Surgeon r. a. Kearny. di-
rected to proceed to New York, n. Y.
for the purpose of making preliminary
arrangements and preparations relative
to AN exhibit by the service at the inter
national exposition of safety and santa
tion which is to be held in New York
December 11-13.
Prof. f. b. Phelps, directed to proceed
to Wilmington, via Raleigh, n c. upon
request of the state board of health. for
the purpose of investigating the local
water supply and making recommends
tions in respect thereto
Prof. Carl Voegtln. directed to proceed
to Savannah, Ga. for conference with
the officers engaged in pellagra inVeSti-
cations.
Boards convened: Board of medical
officers convened to meet for the purpose
of preparing questions for the mental ex-
animation of candidate for examination
for appointment as assistant surgeon I'm
this service. who will report at the Ma
rine Hospital, st. Louis. Mo, December
/. 1913. Detail for the board Assist
ant Surgeon General w. G.. Simpson
chairman: Assistant Surgeon General W.
c. Rucker. member: Assistant Surgeon
r. A. kearny, recorder
Ro3rd a medical nffiparc fn
meet at the Marine Hospital. ST Louis
Mo-. to conduct the medical and physical
examination of a candidate for appoint
ment assistant surgeon in this serv-
ice. Detail for the board: Surgeon Mark
j. White. chairman: Acting Assistant
Surgeon II. c. Wakefield recorder
Advisory board of hygienic laboratory
| convened to meet at the bureau Satur-
day, December Is.
Standing board for re-eXamnation of
alien immigrants at Honolulu Hawaii
+, convened as follows: Surgeon +. +.
Trotter, chairman: Passed Assistant Sur
geon E. r. Marshall member: Passed
Assistant Surgeon c. M. Fauntleroy. re-
cOrder.
Evening star., 1913-11-29
|f You AreDeaf.

Your affiiction can be permanently
believed by using the new six-loue
Acousticon. We invite the most thor
ough test Of this marvellous hearing
device at our expense. With il you
can hear ordinary tone conversation
J easily and clearly. Imagine the JOY
7 of this IN social conversation. the val
ue Of il in business intercourse n
! will also enable YOU to hear music.
' sermons and speeches of any kind,
and il will do away with the en-.
\ barrassment and sensitiveness which
defective hearing causes. The new
( six-tone ACQUISITION is small, easily
( and conveniently worn, VIII last q
lifetime and ii can be regulated TO six
degrees of sound. Have a free demon
} stration at our offices or al your home.
} Cut this out now while X is before
! you. General Acoustic Co. 4o2-3 Evans
| bldg. Washington, ID. Z. Home office.
( Jamaica, Long Island.-Ady;.
Evening star., 1913-11-29
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner ]. I. White. oysters from the
Potomac beds at 11th street wharf for
the market here; schooner S l.. Bowen,
cord wood from Maryland point, at 18th
street wharf for ]. H. Carter & CO.
schooner Lewis Worrell. at Alexandria
from lower river point with railroad
ties for Duvall Carter & Go. of this city:
fiattie Elizabeth Ellen, oysters from bay
beds at the wharf market: schoone.
Richard Tail. at Alexandria from this
city en- route to Coan river. Va. to load
lumber for this market; sloop Enola, at
18th street wharf with oysters from the
Potomac beds for the Washington mar
Evening star., 1913-11-29
WILL WEIGH JUDGES ACT.
Supreme Court to Decide Right to
Refuse Verdict of Jury.

Whether judge may refuse to accept
verdic. Of involuntary manslauGh hter
in a murder ease is to he decided hS the
United States supreme Court
Joe DarSey Was charged with murder
i'm the Laurens county courts OF
Georgia but the jury returned a verdict
of involuntary manslaughter. The pre-
siding judge sent the jury back t. the
jury room with the statement he had
not charged them on involuntary man
slaughter. After staying out two davs
the jury could bring in no other verdict
and was discharged and second trial
directed
The case viii be argued before the
court within a few days.
If you want work, read the want col-
Evening star., 1913-11-29

Jerry ducked under water to escape
Sammys sharp bill. When he came
up again Sammy was over in the little
grove of aspen trees where Paddy was
at work. Then Jerry discovered some
thing. What was it? Why. little
water path led right up to the aspen
Evening star., 1913-11-29
CONDITION OF THE WATER.

Temperature and condition OF Great Falls
Temperature condition, IS Daecarla
A. north condition south connection
Georgetown distributing 49, condition
at nuent eatehouse condition efuent gatehouse,
Evening star., 1913-11-29
FOR JUDICIAL METHODS
IN SETTLING DISPUTES
Fourth Conference of American
Society to Consider Inter-
national Court.

The fourth conference OF the American
Society for the Judicial Settlement of In
ternational Disputes is to be held in
Washington December 4. ) and g. iJo-
seph III. Choate, president of the organ
iZation. will deliver the opening address,
and banquet is TO conclude the sessions
of the conference. which is to be held
this year at the Shoreham Hotel.
Former President William II. Taft is
honorary president of the society, which
was formed in 1910 for the purpose of
promoting the establishment of world
court. judicial tribunal which would
perform for the nations of the civilized
world a service similar to that which is
given 10 individuals by ordinary courts.
Evening star., 1913-11-29
Rural Carriers on Par
With Other Employees.

transfer to
any other class of positions such as
those in the letter carrier service, the
post Office clerk service and the railway
mail service. This encourages more peo-
pie TO take the examinations. and the
standard Of the examinations consequent
ly could be raised TO that for post office
clerks and letter carriers.
In the early years of the service il was
customary TO deduct from the carriers
pay pro rata amount for every trip
or part of trip they We're unable to
make because OF high waters. drifted
snow or impossible roads. That has
now been done away with. and where
the postmaster certifies that the failure
TO cover the route was due to conditions
of the weather and the roads. the carrier
gets his pay usual II formerly was
customary. when a carrier committed d
breach of discipline, to suspend him
without pay for while. This system OF
administering discipline was found not To-
--o1< well. and in it stead a system of
deductions from their pay takes the place
oi the suspension orders.
There are now nearly 1000 counties
IN tie United States having d full rural
delivery service. which delivers mail to
the entire rural population Where there
are so many ruteS i'll a county that all
but a comparatively few people are
and he revises the layout of the routes
Sc that everybody will be reached. About
twenty-five counties a year are being
added TO the number OF those which have
tuh rural service, reaching all the peo-
rie, Just city delivery service does.
There has been much dispute as to
whom was the father of rural free de-
livery In 1890 Congress passed a joint
resolution authorizing test of free de-
livery at small post offices, and these
tests We're continued until 1894. when
Postmaster General Bisseil recommended
that the service be discontinued, or else
extended to all of the post offices of the
country. Congress took the former alter
native Before this, in 1891, Postmaster
General Joaa Wanamaker had reported
I'm favor of rural free delivery service,
saving that he could not commend any
thing to the favorable attention of Con-
greSs with more confidence than this. be-
cause its extension would be easy its
benefits widespread, and the consider
ations favoring its establishment SO
patriotic.
Evening star., 1913-11-29

IL you want work, read the want col
iInns OF The Star.
Evening star., 1913-11-29
Star Route Patron
Gets Better Service

that wherever farmer does not live on
have the star route carrier collect and de-
liver mail at his box, just as rural car
rier does. And he gets better service in
thls way than the rural carrier can give
him. The rural carrier has his route laid
out SO that ne leaves the post office from
which his route starts. and keeps going
over one road and another until he gets
back to the offce-not passing twice over
the same piece of road at any time except
the few instances where there are no
other roads to take
The result is that he delivers his mail
one day and the farmer cannot answer
until the next day. In case of the star
route carrier. he makes round trip over
the same road every day. and the farmer
can get his mail in the evening and dis
patch 1t in the morning. or get it in the
morning and dispatch his replies in the
evening, where that is necessary There
are. also, some ases where two star
routes pass over the sane road for por-
ton OF the distance. and in these cases the
farmers along those roads have a double
daily delivery and collection service OF
course, these latter instances are excep-
tional. but they represent the very last
word in rural mail service
There are also instances where farmers
can enjoy service from two rural delivery
routes. To Illustrate: Here is a farmer
VINO HveS on one road and a few hun
dred yards from another road. The two
roads are covered by different carriers
starting at the same time from the same
post office. But the one has to travel
much farther to get TO this point on the
one road than the other has TO travel to
get to this point on the other road. Con-
sequently, it becomes possible for the
farmer to get his mail by the one route
and to dispatch his reply the same day.
IL necessary, by the other route. The
farmer who lives on such roads is the
beneficiary of fortutious circumstances
rather than of any intention to discrimi-
nate on the part of the men who lay out
rural routes.
Evening star., 1913-11-29
Departures.

Schooner Orbit. light, for a Potomac
point to load cord wood back to this
city: sloop Volunteer. light, for the lower
Potomac after oysters in the shell for
the market here; schooner Maud S. light,
for Maryland point to load cord wood to
return to this market: schooner Clara
Howeth- light. from James creek for a
river point to load and return; f1attie
Grace, for the lower river from Alexan-
dria TO load and return; power boat Ar
mold, for Fort Washington with mer-
chandise: Bryant lighter. shells from nth
street wharf for Alexandria crushing
plaut
Evening star., 1913-11-29
Deliver Mail Now to
20,000,O 900 Americans.

ing forward. until now the rural carriers
deliver mail To more than 2o.00o00o
Americans. The plans that are on foot
with respect to the utilization of the par
&C. post system will make the rural mail
service 81 unexpected advantage TO the
Whole population. both rural and urban.
Heretofore the rural carrier has been
working To only third of his capacity.
lie can carry three times as much mail
with only a negligible addition to his ex-
Senses, and all Of this surplus capacity
has been going 10 waste. Now il is pro-
posed that he shall become the principal
ink IN Inc chain of agencies in bringing
the ia!nor products of the farm to the city
.louseheeper. thus eliminating the ever
widening margin between the price the
Iarner gets and the price the consumer
pays Sucit a course il il believed. will
ultimately tend TO reduce the cost of iiv-
Ing in Two different Ways-first by cheap
eniny produce 10 the consumer, and sec
Evening star., 1913-11-29
WEATHER.

unsettled tonight and Sunday with occasional
war; tonight.