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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-28

recorder and the city remembrancer
each carrying in his hands a little
bunch Of flowers, This, like most Of
the ceremony, wus inherited from the
dark ages. 1t appears that "when
knighthood was in flower' the guild
hall had no sewerage system, and con-
sequently was permcated by IN at
mosphere not wholly pleasing even to
the senses Of Britisher Of that period.
Because OF that it became the duty of
those two officials to bring flowers
with the idea Of overcoming the odors.
While the guild hall now has COM
plete drainage system, the flowers are
still a part of the ceremony, Since
there really is no practical use for the
flowers, the city recorder and the city
remembrancer have reduced the guam
tity of the flowers to minimum, and
carry only small bouquets.
When all is ready this wonderful
outfit of scarlet and gold, power and
dignity, marches out Of the guild hall
to the nearby church. of st. Lawrence
Jewry, which has been honored' thus
every year since it was built after the
great fire.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-28

candidates, and the defeated man is Sc
rene in the knowledge that he will be
chosen next wear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
PUBLIC SPEAKING.

And the Necessity For CuItiVating the
Art of Enuneiatien.
Speaking is one Of those arts which
people seem to think are unnecessary
to study and learn. and the proba bility
is that most speakers of the kind men
toned are bIissfully unaware of their
inaud1bility. Doubtless their voice re-
sounds comfortably in the empty
spaces of their own chest and head.
and this prevents them from knowing
that it does not penetrate to the audi
tory apparatus of other people.
To be lecturer it is not only neceS-
sary to know your subject, but the art
of enunciation and audible delivery
needs to be learned also. And the
sound of ones voice in ones own ears
is a most misleading guide. Such peo-
pie ought to be trained by being made
to read or speak from one end of a
large room to somebody teaching them
at the other end, when they would soon
find out that tones which will pa SIS
muster in conversation are useless in
a public speech.
In conversation we careleSsly SUR half
our syllables, leaving our interlocutor
this will not do in a public speech,
where people are too far off to catch
the signs. Again, q word pronounced
in the ordinary English way-of throw
ing strong accent on single syllable
and slurring the other syIlables-be-
comes reduced to a mere monosyllable
when said in that manner in a large
room.-TheosophicaI Path.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
TEN REASONS WHY
You Should Send for Brooks
Rupture Appliance

I. 1t is absolutely the only AppIi-
ance of the kind on the market today.
and in it are embodied the principles
that inventors have sought after for
years.
2 The Appliance for retaining the
rupture cannot be thrown out of posi-
ton.
8. Being an air cushion of soft rub
Der it clings closely to the body, yet
never blisters or causes irritation.
q. Unlike the ordinary so-caIled
pads, used in other trusses, it is not
cumbersome or ungainly.
5. 1t is small, soft and pliable, and
positively cannot be detected through
the clothing.
s. The soft, p1iable bands holding
the Appliance do not give one the I'M
pleasant sensation of wearing a har-
ness.
z. There is nothing about it to get
foul, and when it becomes soiled it
can be washed without inJurtng it in
the least
8. There are no metal springs in
the Appliance to torture one by cut
ting and bruising the flesh.
8. All of the material of which the
Appliances are made is of the very
best that money can buy, making 1t a
durable and safe Appliance to wear.
10. My reputation for honesty and
fair dealing is so thoroughly estab-
Eshed by an experience of over thirty
years of dealing with the public, and
my prices are SO reasonable. my terms
SO fair, that there certainly should be
no hesitancy In sending free coupon
today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
SLEEPING IN CHURCH.
It Used to Be Rudeiy Interrupted In
OIden Times In England.

It Used to Be Rudeiy Interrupted In
OIden Times In England.
One John Rudge is on record as hav-
ing 6equeatned to the parish of Try
suIl, in Shropshire, England, 20 shil-
Hngs year to be paid to "a poor man
employed to go about church in sum
mer to keep people awake
At another English church, that of
Acton, in Cheshire, it was the practice
during the middle of the last century
for one of the chufchwardens to pro-
coed through the church during service
with a huge wand in his hand where
with if any one of the congregation
were observed to be asleep he was in
stantly awakened by tap on the head
In Warwickshire a similar custom
prevailed. A warden bearing a stout
wand shaped like hay fork at the end
stepped stealthily up and down the
nave and the aisles, and whenever he
saw an individual asleep he touched
him so effectively that the nap was
broken, this being sometimes accom-
p1ished by the application of the fork
to the nape OF the neck.
A more playful method obtained in
another church. The beadle went about
during service carrying long staff, to
one end of which was attached a fox's
brush and to the other a knob. With
the former he gently tfckled the faces
of the women sleepers, while with the
knob he bestowed q sharp rap on the
heads of male offenders.-Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Police Board
Receive Charges
Against Officer
William F. Casey Is New Patrol
man and Officer Lush Is
Made DOOrman

The new police board, meeting last
night at police headquarters, sppoint-
ed on motion of Commissioner Rich
ard H Murphy, William Francis Ca
sey a member of the polbce force;
named Dr. r. ]. Adams on motion Of
Commissioner Brown police surgeon
in place of DR.. James L. Sullivan, and
heard various reports including the
monthly statement Of Supt Birding
nam and a. report. from Elec tFtcianz s.
A. Ladd. Upon motion of Commits
sioner Lou Bristol the chair named a
committee of two who will investigate
all charges preferred against patrol
men and report back to the board.
and Brown as the committee. Pa
tro1man Charles H. Lush was made a
doorman to succeed Russell Glenn, re-
tired. Officer Lush has been a 20
ferred against Patrolrnan Patrick
Sheehy by Robert M. Sperry, and the
charges were referred to Commission
erS Bristol and Brown. The charges
grow out of Sperry's arrest on Sun
day, December %, 1912. Three ale
cations are made:
First-That Shelby arrested Sperry
unlawfu1ly and without the commits
sion of any offense against the law.
Second-ETyhat the officer used unnec-
essary and improper force in convey
ing the prisoner to the station house
Third-That both, before, during and
after the arrest the officer was guilty
of conduct unbecOmiug an officer and
member Of the police depar tment.
William Francis Casey, the new pa
trolman, resides at 127 Center street,
formerly living in Milne street, ia ~
years old, five feet ten inches in stat
ure, ts g. Democrat in politics, and Is
at present employed by Jennings
Brothers, in Fairfield avenue.
After current bills had been referred
to the finance committee for approval
and payment, Commissioner Bristol
remarked, There are some reconmen-
dations made by Captain Russell
which understand the board is at
liberty to go ahead with and adopt
without reference to the Common
Council Shall these be referred to a
new committee or permit the Old
committee to contfnue?"
1t was agreed by the members pres
ent that the old committee be empow-
cred to act IIpon them
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
oRIENTALs APT PUPILS.
1t Doesn't Take Them Long to Get the
Swing of Our Ways.

1t Doesn't Take Them Long to Get the
Swing of Our Ways.
About the time the Japanese or Sia-
mese student at Harvard has come to
know his way about the campus he
has forgotten TO prefix honorable" to
the names of professors, he remembers
only dimIy that he used to salaam to
his elders, and he wears cap with as
careless grace and comfort as any
other freshman. a.
formation In the oriental six months
will so change him that even his
father would. have difficulty in recog-
nizing him at first glance. And he
can say, you get me, Harold, don't
you, old boy?" and Lets beat it!' as
readily as though he were Boston born.
A tutor over in Cambridge takes
oriental students in charge as soon
as they arrive at the university and
instructs them in the ways and means
of acquiring a working knowledge of
English. It makes no difference
whether the youngsters had any edu-
cation in the English language or not
before they left home.
The Chinese or the Japanese student,
the tutor says, is Invariably quicI1, de-
termined and eager to learn. Also, ac-
cording to this tutor, he unlearns a lot
of oriental things--Boston Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Business Men Seek
Complaints On Phone
Service For Action
Will TabuIate Them for Use of
Special Committee to Confer
With S. N. E. Tel. Co.

A communication from the State
Business Mems Association was re-
ceived by the Secretary of the Bridge
port Business Mems Association rela-
tive to. telephone service as follows:
Whereas certain complaints rela-
tive to telephone service in this state
have come to the attention of this
board, be it resolved:
That a committee of three be ap-
pointed by the chair to confer with the
Southern New England Telephone
Company, with desire to adjust such
differences.
voted; that the State Secretary be
directed to write to each local Secre-
tary and ask that they send at once
a report of local telephone complaints.
which the State Secretary is request
ed to compile for the information of
the special committee"
The special committee appointed by
the chair consists Of: Frank H John
stOn, New Britain; Elbridge Gerry
Danbury and Charles A. Cock of
Derby.
In compliance with suchs resolution,
complaints may be mailed to or left
in writing at the office of George R.
Burnes, Secretary Of the Bridgeport
Business Mems Association, Room 81,
Sanford Building. and the same will
be given the necessary attention. 1t
is urged that full information as to
the time and date shall be stated in
such complaint.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
go A QUEENS Cir.

Ris%eri's Request When Told "AnY-
thing You Ask Me Is Granted"
Nine. Rfstori, the celebrated Italian
actress OF her day, was born of a no
bic family, but her iIlustEious career
added to the glory Of her ancestors.
I frequently went to her receptions,
and many were the pleasant chats we
had over cup of tea
It was on one Of these occasions that
she told me the interesting story Of
how when she was once acting in Mad
I'D h@R success waSA So colossal that
Queen Isabella, who was them on the
Spanish throne, sent for her, desiring
to speak to her In the royal box The
queen expressed her pleasure in the en-
fhuslasm and then said to Mime. Ris-
tori:
Anything you ask me is granted"
Without an instanEs hesitation Mime.
RistoFi replied to the queen:
Madame, IL you really wish to give
me whatever ask viii beg you to re-
prfeve the poor man who, as read this
morning, has. been sentenced to death
and is to be garroted tomorrow"
The queen hesitated a few seconds
before she granted this wish. But the
reprieve was signed, and the condemn
ed man was. to his great establishment,
released on the eve of his execution,
little dreaming that he owed his life
to the talented actress. 1t was typical
of Nine. Rasbori's noble, generous ma
ture 20 ask the queen to grant her this
request rather than to ask for some
jewel or other tangible souvenir to
hand down to her descendants.-Fred-
erick Townsend Martin in AinsIee's
MAGAZINE
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Stone Microbes.

The decay of building stones, accord
ing to more than one authority, is not
due to wind action or other surface in
f1uence, but to internal disintegration
resembling wood rot, and this is as
cribed by some to a low organism like
the fungi and the moIds that cause the
decay Of vegetable substances.
A cure has been found for the stone
disease, or at least a form of treatment
that diminishes it's ravages. The stones
are treated with germicides, the best
of which appears to be a mixture of
sulphate OF copper solution with bi-
chloride Of mercury and creosote.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Pennsylvania
Man Thankful
Mr.. G. Z. Brooks,
Marshall. Mich

Mr.. c. Z. Brooks,
Marshall. Mich.
Dear Sir
Perhaps it will interest yor. to know
thaEzJ have been ruptured six years
and have always hac trouble with 1T
till got your Appliance. 1t is very
easy TO wear. fits neat and snug, and
is not in the way at any time, day or
night. In fact, at times did not know
had it on: it just adapted itself to
the shape of the body and seemed TO
be part of the body,as it chung to the
spot.no. matter what position l was in.
It would be a veritable God-send to
tn e-rnfor tur1ate- WHO suffer from rup-
ture if all could procure the Brooks
Rupture Appliance and wear it. They
would certainly never regret it.
My rupture is now all healed up and
nothing ever did it but your April
ance- Whenever the opportunity
presents itself I will say a good word
for your Appliance, and also the hon
orable way in which YOU deal with
ruptured neop1e- It lisa pleasure to
recon7n end a good thing among your
friends ~ strangers. am.
Yours verv sincerely.
JAMES A. BRITTON.
so Spring St. Bethlehem, Pa.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Don't Wear a Truss Any Longer
Thirty Have Produced An Appliance
LIE Men.Women and Children That Actually Cures

If you have tried most everything
else come to me Where others fail is
where 1 have my greatest success.
Send attached coupon today and will
. send you free my illustrated book on
Rupture and its cure, showing my APP
tpliance and giving you prices and
names of many people who have tried
st and were cured. 1t is instant relief
when all others fail. Rem emil Der, I
use no salves, no harness, no lies.
send on trial to prove what L say
is true You are the judge and once
having seen my illustrated book and
read it you will be as enthusiastic as
my hundreds of patients whose letters
you can also read. Fill out free cou-
pom below and mail today. It's we1J
worth your time whether you try my
Appliance not.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16

'tI passed that woman in the second
floor apartment downtown this after
noon with q wonderful; new French hat
on, and she had her chin up so high In
the air she couldn't see any one she
knew said Mrs. Knox, with a tinge of
resentment in her voice, as she began
to pave the way to inform her husband
that her own old awning was looking
disgracefuIly shabby and ready for
the church rumn1age sale
That's nothing" retorted MFR. Knox
boldly. when a woman gets a new
Paris hat it generally goes to her
head"
Then he suddenly remembered that
he had an engagement and decided
this WAS as good time as any to keep
it.-Kansas City Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16

other drinks before it is spoiled, To let
It steam and simmer and evaporate I'M
til the good water rs in the atmosphere
and the lime and iron and dregs only
left in the kettle is what makes great
many people sick, and it is worse than
no water at all" For water boiled like
this and favored with few drops Of
lemon Juice Mr. DeImOnfco use to
charge az much as for his best liquors,
and he often recommended 1t to his
customers and friends who complained
of loss of appetite
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
The People of Great Britain.

Ethnologically Great Britain is a mix
ture of many races, resulting from a
succession of invasions. When the Ro-
mans invaded Britain the Inhabitants
were Celtic, mixed with an earlier Eu-
Skarian non-Aryan element. They con-
tinued to be mainly SO until the fifth
and sixth centuries, when the level
parts of the country were overrun by
German tribes Then followed inva-
sions by the Danes and other Scandi-
navian tribes and lastly the Norman
conquest. The Inhabitants of England
and the Iowlands of Scotland, there
fore, sprang from an amalgamR ton of
the original Celtic with German and
Scandina Wan blood. Wales and the
highlands of Scotland are still inhabit-
ed by descendants of the ancient Celtic
tribes. The people of Ireland also ave
of Celtic origin. although there is an
admixture of many other races.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
pidn,t Sound Riaht.

.'Ma, what does stand for?"
doctor of divinity, my dear. Don't
they teach you the common abbrevia-
tons in schooI?''
'|Oh, yes. but that doesn't seem to
sound right here.'
Read it Otrt loud, my DEAR
My Dear Geading) Witness -
heard the defendant say. I'll make you
suffer for this; I'll be doctor of divinity
if I dent milwaukee Sentinel
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Child Cured In Four Months

21 Jansen ST, Dubuque, Iowa.
MT G. Il. Brooks, Marshall Mich.
Dear. Sir:-The baby's rupture is
altoeether cured, thanks to your ap-
p1iance and we are so thankful to you
If we could only have known of it
sooner our Hattle boy would not have
had to suffer near as much as he did
He wore your brace a little over four
months and has not worn it now for
six weeks. Yours very truly,
ANDREW FGGENBERBER
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Confederate
Veteran Cured

Commerce, Ga, r. F. D. No. IL.
Mr.. c. E. Brooks.
Dear Sir:=I am glad to tell you
thas.I am now sound and we'll and can
plough or do any heavy work. can
say your Appliance has effected a per-
manent cure. Before getting your
Appliance I was in a terrible condi-
ton and had given up all hope of ever
being any better. If it hadn't been
for your Appliance I would never have
been cured I am sixty ght years old
and served three years in Eck1e's Ar
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Others Failed But
the Appliance Cured
Mr.. G. E. Brooks,
Marshall, Mich.

Mr.. G. E. Brooks,
Marshall, Mich.
Dear Sir
Your Appliance did all you claim
for the little boy and more, for it
cured him sound. and we'll. We let
him wear it for about a year in all,
although it cured him 3 months after
he had begun to wear it. We had
tried several other remedies and. got
no relief, and shall certainly rec
ommend it to friends. for we surely
owe it to you. Yours respectfully,
VIM. PATTERSON.
No III S. Main St. Akron. o.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Notice

For fOrty-seyen years we have been
conducting business at the same old
location, corner of Main and John
Streets, Bridgeport, Conn, and o1Ir
Private Bank has been established
there continuously We have received
and paid out on demand without no
tice millions OF dollars of money de-
posted With us and we continue 20
receive money subject to deposit
check at sight, on which we allow
three per cent per aTnunn, credited
to each account monthly. We solicit
the accounts of individuals. busfuezs
men, rms and corporations, end AT
who want a bank account where they
can deposit money, checks or draftsr
and leave 1t for one day. week, one
month or one year, and draw interest
on 1T for any time it is left with ne
We give to the business our careful
personal attention as the oldest firm
of private bankers in this state
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16

Investigated by the department all
though no action has as yet been ia
ken to compel the installation of addi-
tional Ventilators
While the larger houses are fully
equipped with apparatus to change
the impure AR constantly, and regu-
larly disinfectants are used after ner-
formances, it is thought that some
have lately been remiss in carrying
out the health rules fully and care
ful inspection of many smaller houses
will probably be made at once.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16

Museum of Safety to award to the
person who has perfected the best de-
vice for safeguarding life and health
gets the medal because the use of his
storage battery in mines tunnels,
buildings where explosives are made
Or stored or where explosive gases are
generated has materially reduced the
hazard of workers
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
THEATRES NEED RENovAT1NG.

The atmosphere of theatres has a di-
rect bearing upon health and must be
kept pure through Ventilation is the
delep44A Rs'sjp E--refe sth e, local. Board of
Health Recent complaint of pa irons
with particular reference to a moving
picture house locate in the West End,
near The corner of State street and
~~sassick avenue, is being particularly
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Cured at the Age of .76

Mr.. G. E. Brooks, Marshall. Mich.
Dear Sir:
I began using your Appliance for
the cure of rupture q had a pretty
bad case) I think in May. 1905. on
November 20, 1905, quit using it
Since that time I have not needed or
used it. am we'll of rupture and
rank myself among those cured by
the Brooks Discovery, which, consid-
ering my age, 76 years, I regard as re-
markabIe. Very sincerely yours,
High Point, N c. SAM A HOOVER.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
His Kind Heart.

Squire HornbottIe-For a married
man you seem to have a lot of time to
loaf around the depot and stores.
Newt Neversweat-You see, squire, I'm
so soft hearted it breaks me all up to
sit around the house and watch my
wife work so Observation-Disclosures Times
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16

New York Jan. 1.-the American
Museum of Safety at it's annual meet
ing Jan. % will present the Rathenau
medal to Thomas a. Edison. The
medal was first presented to DR.. Emil
Rathenau of Germany in 1908 on his
seventeen birthday Hereafter one
medal IS to he struck from the original
die each year for the American
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
How to Boil Water

To boil water would seem to be
very simple thing. and yet the late
Charles Delmonico used to say that
very few people knew how to do 1T.
t"The secret isl he said, Elm putting
good fresh water into clean kettle al
ready quite warm and setting the wa
ter to boiling quickly and then taking
fright off for use in tea.- coffee or
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Genuine Economy.

Husband-We must begin to econo-
mize- Wffe-Yes; 1 began today by
cutting all your cigars lengthwise, SO
that they will last you twice as long
Satire.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
On Tour.

The Actor-What is poetry of mo-
tion? The Poet-The kind that's al
ways going from editor to editor.-Wo-
mans Home Companion
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16

New Haven-AlI but five of the 200
members of Court Lincoln, No. s, Or
der of the Golden Scentre left that
lodge last night and formed a new
grand lodge and subordinate lodge
Of their own.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
Remember

send my Appliance on trial to
prove what say is true. You are to
be the judge. Fill out free coupon be-
low and mail today.