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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
THE MONTEssORI SYSTEM

MARIA Montessori arrived this country to D Americans about her system of teaching children There is little doubt improved onal systems of teaching most schools the United
  exceptional gifts that who teach
 Her method extension of that inaugurated and consists teaching abstract thoughts through things Counting arithmetic nculcaed during progress games which material things added subtracted multiplied color the objects having coor and the child gains sciously facts that under other of teaching learned with difficulty.
 system brings the child into ed upon perform.
 does little services setting table, carrying and ranging objects utility like, velop the to do things to promote self control and graceful carriage of the body.
 effectiveness of methods is shown the to Predetermined children the the lack between and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
CREMATION

The first body cremated in Amer ica in accordance with the desire of the deceased, was that of Col. Henry Iaurens, who died on his plantation near Charleston, s. C., 121 years ago today, Dec. 8, 1792. In his will Col. Iaurens, who had been a valiant of ficer in the American revolution, ex- pressed his desire for cremation in the following language: 'I solemnly enjoin it upon my son, as an tndis- ipensable duty, that, as soon as he conveniently can after my decease, he cause my body to be wrapped in twelve yards of tow cloth, and burned until it be entirely consumed This request was carried out, and marked the beginning of cremation on this side of the Atlantic, although it was not until 1886, after half a. century of agitation, that the first modern crematory was built, at Washington, Pa It was first used for the fncin- eration of the body of Barone de Palm in December 1876. There are now eighty crematories in Europe, the majority being in Italy and Ger many.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
DARKEST CONNECTICUT

LIU ROOT the latest distinguished convert the prn 1 cp1e direct primaries. He is numbered with the great body of politicians everywhere who when they thing to be done. The honorable Ehu prevented long and makes public of error his hide It valuable hide to The other notable reactonary Barnes, his house, New State will Republican party born in the west and preach strange York they hateful to poi
 the which this great state has long trained power.
 events New They believe that twilight rules Connecticut and will change, which brany men, Root coming enough to don life preservers
 primaries continue to have standing political of pressing importance is primaries. It merely the nant here
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
BIRTHDAY OF JUNGLE REMUS,'' BELOVED OF
 ALL THE KIDDIES

s'Den Brer Rabbit sorter pull his mustarsh, en say You ain't got nc calamus root, is you, Brer Fox? l done got so now dat I can't eat chick en 'ceptin she's seasoned up wid cal anus root |"
 This paragraph will recall to hun dreds of thousands one of the dearest delights of their childhood, when they read or listened to the thrilling tales of Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit and the other entertaining characters that figured in the ''Uncle Remus'' stor- ies of Joel Chandler Harris. The kindly, shy. gentle-hearted Georgian who created 'fUncle Remus'' was born sixty-five years ago today. He is dead, but far from forgotten, and the Uncle Remus Memorial Association has been formed to purchase and preserve for posterity the home that long sheltered the simple, loving, gen tie genius.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
ANIMAL PROTECTION DAY

This is Animal Protection Day. marking the gathering in Washing ton of great international Animal Protection Congress. The question of the abilition of restriction of vivisec- tion will be discussed by the repre- sentatives of the various anti-crueIty societies of the world. The move ment represented by this important gathering had it's organized begin ming in England in 1924. when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was launched. In 1860 the society announced its oppo- sition to vivisection, and called a con gress on the subject two years later, when delegates from many European humane societies were present. As a result of the society's propaganda a commission including Prof. Huxley, Viscount Cardwe1 and other scien- lists inquired into the nature and ex- tent of physiological experiments up- on animals, and recommended it's reg ulatfon by law. Although the meas ure was strongly opposed by the med ical profession, a bill regulating vivi- section was passed by Parliament in 1876, whereby vivisectors were re- quired to have a license. During the first half of the last century many local animal protection societies were organized in America, and in 1886 the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded. with Henry Bergh, as president. MT. Bergh's untiring energies and noble self-sacrifice made the society a, suc- cess,. and later he founded the Amer ican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Branches of the society now exist in all the large cit Mexico.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
CARDINAL O'CONNELL, 54
 TO-DAY, FOE OF SOCIALISM

His Eminence, William Cardinal O'ConneH, the distinguished Arch bishop of Boston, will pass his fifty fourth milestone today, having been born in Lowell, Mass, Dec. 8, 1859. He is numbered among the "babies'' of the Sacred College, and is the jun for by a quarter of a century of Car dinal Gibbons, and about seventeen years younger than Cardinal Farley. There are very few wearers of the red hat younger than Cardinal O'Con- nell, one of them being Cardinal Merry del Val, the PontificaI Secre- tary of State, who is only forty eight. Like Cardinal Gibbons and Farley. the Archbishop of Boston is of Hi bernian descent. He was educated at Boston College and the North Amer ican College in Rome. His ordination to the priesthood took place in the Eternal City in 1884. After a decade of faithful work in the priesthood he was appointed rector of the North American College. In 1901 he re- turned to America as Bishop of Port land, Me. Early in 1905 he. was nam ed assistant at the Pontifical Throne, and later in the same year he was chosen as special papa1 envoy to the Emperor of Japan. He was cordi- ally received by Mutsuhito, who con- ferred upon him the Grand Gordon of the Sacred Treasure as a mark of inn peria1 esteem. Upon completing this mission, fruitful of results in tke spread of Catholicism in Nippon, he oo of and co-adjutor of Boston, succeeding to the see of Boston upon the death of Arch bishop Williams in 1907. He was raised to the cardinalate in 1911, and enthroned early in 1912.
 Cardinal O'Connen is a foe of so- cialism, but he convicts the disciple of Marx of rampant indivfduaIism, which renders him unmindfu1 of sshfs true obligations to society and his duty to his countrymen.'' The noisy agitators of socialism he condemns as ''the enemies of God and man, who would overturn the foundations upon which human society is built and ex- ile God from His universe While condemning the "extreme Ieft'' of the workingman's party, Cardinal O'Con- nell upholds the right of laboring men to organize themselves into un- ions and to strike for living wages.
 E'The maintenance of a home is the standard of the minimum wage die tated by the law of nature and prompted by the highest public poli- cy," according to the Cardinal. :'It is the clear right of the wage earner, and to protect this right he may make use of all legitimate means. He may combine with others to enforce it and form a union with his fellow workers to exert the adequate moral power to maintain it and to better his condition within the limits of justice To deny this right is tyranny and an injustice
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
THE STOCK MARKET
CT. L. Watgon & Co.l

For some time the stock market has worn a sold-oIt appearance. Borrow ing demand for securities suggest the existence of a large short intereS There were some sharp up-turns on bear covering after the Presidents message was out of the way, which produced an air of more optimism in brokers offices. December, however
 is a month exposed to hurries in the call loan market, and this year there is a task of no mean magnitude for the worlds markets to effect a satis- factory conclusion of the year-end set dement's. The secretary of the treas ury however, has virtually promised to use all his powers to help out t1egit- innate business. The ultimate conse- quences of his theory if an "altruistic governmental agency may be deba ted
 but temporarily it may work we'll Li- uuidation in labor and the conserva- tive stocks of merchandise everywhere noted furnish a good foundation for a sharp turn in the business tide, should anything occur to stimulate it. The market requires a real establishn ent of confidence for building up a perma- nent gain in values, but even for tech nical conditions which may put the bear party on the defensive we shall express thankfulness. hoping that in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
THE IMMACULATE
 CONCEPTION

The whole Catholic world will cele- brate today the Feast of the I'm maculate Conception, one of the most important festivals of the Church of Rome. This observance was appointed in 1889, but it was not until Dec. 8, 1854. that Pope Plus TX promulgated a bull which raised the feast of the Immaculate Concep- tion of Our Blessed Lady from the status of pious belief to the dignity of dogma, and charging with heresy those wh. should doubt it or speak against it. The article of faith thus honored with a special festival is, of course, the belief held by all Catholics that the Virgin Mary Twas miracu- Iously exempt from all stain of orig InaI sin"
 Today also marks the anniversary Df the opening of the general coun- ril of the Roman Catholic Church at Rome in 1869, when, after long dis russion, the doctrine of the infaIli- bility of the Pope as head of the church was declared.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08

Dr. Solomon Schochter, president Df the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, rounds out his sixty-sixth year today. The famous Hebrew theologtan and scholar was born in Roumania, and was educated in Ser lin and Vienna, becoming a rabbi In the latter city in 1887. Before coming to America he spent several years in England as reader of Rab- binic at the University of Cambridge and professor of Hebrew at University College, London. Under the auspices of Cambridge, he made a number of important discoveries in Hebrew lit erature, and travelled extensively over Europe and in Palestine and Egypt. He assumed the presidency of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1902.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING

~HE HIGH cost of food largely problem of distribution Farm credits cheap machinery for the farn and duced cost of living to the farmer have corrective
 
 the beef trust drive many business raising simply by reducing price.
 Eggs bought thirty fifty
 produced at three to quart cents with distribution charges added N nteligently ma could be laid perhaps quart over the price problems distribution integral part problem of a lower cost of living
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08

The following story is actually true. A young Ice1ander, going across the desert from Reykjavtk, met man riding a. pony. Such meetings are very rare indeed in those parts. Like ships at sea, the two hailed and spoke. And this was the manner and sub stance of their conversation:
 What is your name? ?'
 Stefan
 ''Whose's son?
 ''Thorstein's son.
 Where are you going?'
 '"To prison for stealing sheep
 "No one taking you?"
 'fNo; the sheriff was busy, so he gave me my papers''-the warrant for the arrest-"and sent me off to prison myself"
 The young man exchanged snuff and a kiss and then parted
 week later the young Icelander was returning to Reykjavik, and near the same spot he met the same man.
 what" he cried, Stefan Thor stein? Why, you said you were go- ing to prison"
 "so was and I went. But they would not let me in.
 Why not?''
 Because I had lost my papers and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
THE NEEDLE ATTACKS.

HOSE STORIES of needle attacks will bear careful nspec
 1 ton From time to time of diseased mentaities appear remarkable idosyncraeie Peepng Toms" Hair Clippers Pnchers and "Rippers persons manias It is not impossible that Marjorie may the victim person
 poisoned needle is usual weapon employed efforts seem dreaso belief
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
SHE COULDN'T GET IN

Oh sad was the fate of the girlie Who knocked at the gates white and
 pearIy. She couldn't get in; She'd committed the sin Of failing to go and shop early.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
ROOSEVELT AS REPUBLICAN, CANDIDATE.

of William A.
 the Republican party signify pique because of his failure to supported the mayOra nomination which political Baptist procaiming fold Theodore Roosevelt is found seeking nomination the presidency platform of harmony
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
THE LANrroR,s TROUBLES.

''There's no pleasing some people" said the janitor.
 "What's the trouble ??
 "A family upstairs telephoned me that they were trying to play The An vii Chorus on the photograph, and wouldn't I please regulate the knock ing of the radiator so as to keep it in time to the mustc.-Washingto ton Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08

Thanksgiving has its grim features as we'll as it's cheerful ones, but if one will, he can be grateful to divine Providence that such burdens as he has to bear are generally within his ability to endure. There is no one SO badly off that someone else feels that he cannot even afford to sym pathize with im.-Waterbury Repub- Ican.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
THOSE BANQUETS

"'Pa, what is meant by the ban quet board?"
 .'The banquet board, son. are people who sit and listen to three hours of chin music for the privilege or eating $1.1o worth of food.''-Birningha ARe-Herald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08

the sheriff said he would not take me in without my warrant"
 ''So they won't have you in prison? ?' Mo-
 And you are going home again ?'' ''Yes."
 And they went their ways.-Tit- Bits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08

Veal retails at 35 cents a pound in France, beef at 31 cents, mutton and pork, 26. Canned meats are becom- ing more popular.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
RUBBER BOOTS

Please any member of the family. Mems Boots, Boys Boots, ChfIdren's Boots in great profusion- Lower prices to be had in the best makes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
ARCTICs & OvERsHOEs

For presents or make yourself a pres ent. You will need them many times during the coming winter. Come tV the filling Rubber Store for best Sc- IectIons, stock and price
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
RAINCOATs

Large assortment Of RaincOats for Men and Women, Boys and Children Rubber Goats, Rubber Hats. Rubbe1 Gloves, etc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
The D. M. Read Company
USEFUL CHRISTMAS GIFTS

It is not 100 early for Christu1a6 shopping. Buy early. while the seIec- tions are good and you get better at- tention. The Auing Rubber Store is we'll stocked with useful and pleasing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08
RUBBER TOYS

Look over the large new stock of Rubber Toys and RattIes for the Babies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08

time our political rulers may see a light which will stay the policy of as- sault on capital and confidence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-08

This week the entire establishment open for true Christmas business. The Holiday atmosphere is present Decorations have appeared almost magicay and the first glimpse entering the door reminds of old fash toned yulede festivities There abundance of green fesooning mingled with little red lights there Christ
 trees and Santa Claus has sent whole army of repre- body welcome whether they come to purchase not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-27
Get out OF COAL
The Pennsylvania Decides to Sell Its
Anthracite Holdings.

Philadelphia, Sept. 27.-President Rea
of the Pennsylvania railway announced
today that the board of directors of
the company had decided to sell it's Sc
curity holdings in the Anthracite COM
panies which have been attached 10 its
system for nearly forty years. The
Susquehanna Coal company is the
principal operating company AMI SELL
ing agency for these companies.
The announcement that the corpora
ton intended to sell it's a Anthracite hold
ings was wholly unexpected AMI all e.
forts to get an explanation were futile.
Neither could it be learned who the
prospective purchasers ara. The PENN
syivania railroad, through the Susdue-
hanna Coal company and affiliated
companies, produced and shipped APP
proximately ten per cent of the hard
coal mined. The company owned or
controlled about l., coo acres of anthra-
cite coal land.
After the announcement. 4 report
spread that the Pennsylvania railway
was getting rid of it's hard coal hold
ingS in order not to come in conflict
with the commodities clause of the
Hepburn railroad act, which prohibits
a railroad from transportinG i'll inter
state commerce any article IT commod-
ity manufactured or mined by it or I'M
der it's authority. No one a the COM
pany'S general offices would discuss thc
report. The Pennsylvania railroad also
owns controlling interest III tho Cam
bril- Steel company amounting to $22,-
600 600
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-27

New York. Sept. 27.-Jasper. the think
ing English brindie terrier dog who has
annexed the name of Taylor in cons;Gera-
tion of the years of time Dixie TAYLOR
of Richmond. Va, has devoted to his ed
ucation, has Just received and accepted
a most fiatterinS offer to appear in
vaudeville. He signed three years con-
tract the other day to appear behind the
footlshts at the modest salary of 81 coo
q week.
Jasper is without doubt the most dis
f1lnguished dog of his time He has
shown OFF, before President Wilson, col
lege professors, learned scientists and
more recently before Mr.. Thomas A Edf-
son. All these personages have been sur
prlsed and delighted by Jasper's unusual
Intelligence.
Jasper made his call on Mr.. Edison just
a few days ago. The famous inventor
was III. but Jasper soon made him sit up
ana take notice. The first thing Mr.
Taylor did on arriving at the Edison home
with Jasper was to inform him that he
had forgotten to close the door. The dog
trctted back and closed it. Rolling up a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-27

piece of paper Mr.. Taylor handed it over
and asked Jasper to put it in the waste
basket. The dog had never been in the
room before, but he took the paper in his
mouth, glanced about until he had To-
Gated the basket and dropped the paper
IN. There was long mirror in the room.
When told to look at himself Jasper ran
over, put his paws against the glass and
stared at himself critically.
Jasper obeyed when told to go to d
table and close a drawer, strike letter
on typewriter and go to corner and
knock over book.
My! N.Y. exclaimed Mr.. Edison. pat
ting him the back, at which Jasper
looked pleased and embarra ssed. cit is
quite wonderful
Mr. Taylor explained that Jasper was
only three years old and had been trained
by suggestion to do these things since
he was six months old, and that scientists
had figured out that he had q thinking
vocabulary in English of over 800 words
Jasper says when he gets on the stage
he expects to pull off some stunts which
will make him bigger sensation than
Harry Thaw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-27
WILL TRY IT AGAIN.
Immigration Bill Vetoed by Taft to BE
Brought Up,

Washington, Sept. 27.-An attempt
will be made before the adjournmen
of the special session of congress TO
pass an immigration bill with a lit
eracy test as it's leading feature, such
as was vetoed by former President
Taft. At meeting of the house COM
r1ittee on immigration today the old
Observation-Disclosures bill which met
M. Taft's disapproval was ordered re-
ported to the house.
Democrats back of the measure will
get to work Immediately to have this
legislation endorsed by the caucus
action which is necessary to insure
it's consideration at the present ses-
sion. The bill came within seven
votes of passage over Taft'S veto and
the complexion of the house has
changed materially since then.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-27

Savannah, Ga, Sept. 21.-On some
bright morning within the next several
weeks the Batson hydro aeroplane.
which has been created on Dutch is
land near Thunderbolt by Capt. Mat
thew a. Batson, L. s. A, retired. will
be sent Skimming from the aerodrOme
into the Herb river for Il thorough try
out If this proves satisfactory-an
it is confidently expected that it Will
be-the dual water air craft will soon
thereafter be sent into the air. The
models of the airship have flown faith
fully, and Captain Batson sees no rea-
son why the actual machine should not
do likewise. The entire machine is
now assembled-the flying section hav-
ing been affixed to the boat hull sew
eral days ago.
1t is the intention of Captain Bat
son, who will personally pilot the air
ship in it's initial flights, to navigate
the vessel into the broad reaches of the
Wilmington river, and to make the
first trial flights in the direction of
officials. who have been invited to wit
ness the tryout, are expected to reach
Savannah shortly, and it is understood
: that upon their arrival preparations for
the first attempt at flying will shape
up rapidly.
Machine a Freight Carrier.
Captain Batson expects his largest
source of revenue to come eventually
from the governments of the world,
which will use his machines for army
aviation purposes in preference to the
unstable machines now in commission
because of its superiority of construc-
ton and lifting and carrying capacity.
He expects to also be the first to navf-
gate the air for commercial purposes.
OF q size to permit the carrying
of sufficient fuel for two days run,
the big machine will not have to de-
scend to replenish its supply on the
long flight from Savannah to New
York. which will be ATTEMPTED imne-
diately after the trial flights. If that
flight proves satisfactory, then the first