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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
Picture in Metaphor.

''He shot down the stairs like flying SPUR
rel" says recent story.
This is the kind OF metaphor that Professor
Barrett Wendell. who has written very good
book on English composition, would condemn.
A flying squirrel does not shoot down the stairs.
The purpose to give one a vivid idea OF
how the man looked when he was falling.
But as no one ever saw a flying squirrel
falling down stairs. and as few have seen a
flying squirrel in any other euforc d or volun
tary exercise the figure did not help.
Now IL one wishes to- describe flying squsr
rel and should say that 1t looked like person
falling down stairs, the description might not
be accurate but the literary style would be
good. For many persons have seen child fall
down stairs.
Admittedly, the smile like flying squir-
rel has a bizarre, "up-and-at-em" manner
that is rather taking in modern story-writing.
Yet Ito use affords a good example OF how not
TO do tt"--KanEas City Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

When man hoasts that he always tells
peoule what he thinks Of them to their faces
he is fool If he is telling the truth and
liar if he is not There are not many of this
kind OF fool.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

". Then he rushed off.
The sarcastic comments made on
him by some of his countrymen had
made him suspicious. He lived In a
constant fear OF being poisoned by
people who were jealous of his fame.
though he was quite aware that this
was most unlikely.
Once he received a parcel OF pre-
served fruit from the Danish West
Indies, but he dared not taste It. so
he sent "a couple OF jars to ono of
his most intimate lady friends. The
next day he went TO see her and
asked the maid who opened the door.
Is your mistress quite welle Has she
not been sick at all during last
week."
The answer was in the negative,
In tire course CT conversation he
asked. did you taste any Of the
preserved fruit / sent you ."
Certainly Pardon me for not
having thanked you before
And they did not make you feel
unwell?" r..,.4 ,.Agz..
.qHcw unfortunate. i was sfraid
the fruits were poisoned so / sald to
myself My dear frienA has more
courage than | have. win send her
IL sample" Nows will certainly taste
some myself"
His desire always to lie treated
kindly made himself kind towards all
and though he was frequently invited
to the houses of the mighty he was
always kind and considerate towards
the most humble, and when he found
anyobdy who showed due admiration
OF his genius he was particularly
pleasant.
In the letters he wrote to me and
which have since been published, An
dereen, who WAS then sixty-fnur years
of age. always called me: My dear
friend" in spite OF the great diff
ference IN age. for I was only twen-
ty-seven. Around 1870 ! very often
met him in society, He was pleasant
towards all. and when he warmed up
TO a subject In conversation his e'o-
ouence was most charming. Oc-
casionally, when you happened 10
touch one of his sensitive points his
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

IN some parts OF India girls wear rings in
their noses In this country most nusoanns
wear them.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

THE lemon as an aid to beauty" is the
headline OF. an. article. on. 4woman.s page
Most aida To beauty are lsntons.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

Governor Sulzer says he received those
walking suffragettes with open arms. The
duties of the gubernatorial Office grow more
onerous every day.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

Hitch your water wagon to star" ad-
vses the Columbia State. Most OF as do and
fall off in the process
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

That Pittsburg man who broke jail with
shoe-buttoner is not in it with the women
who can break open anything with hair
pin.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05

ests' and in his altitude toward the progressive
spirit now regnant In the Democratic party. MT
Bailey years ago became further and
further removed from sympathetic alignment
with the party OF which he had long been a
leader, and which had so frequently honored
him with distinguished evidences of its favor
and thus he approached the crisis involving the
severance OF old ties and parting of the ways
The pity OF it--and the more the pity of it when
the superb attributes OF leadership and high quail
tiles OF craftsmanship of the Texas senator are
considered, II is perhaps safe to say that the
South has been represented by abler man
i'll the councils Of the nation since the war
certainly by no man with striking genius
In the art of constitutional Interpretation; In ex-
traordinary eloquence of speech; in mastery and
consummate fitness to shine in the forum of nigh
debate. And the loss sustained by Texas in his
retirement, and by the South and by the ma
ton would be great, indeed had Bailey but
touched elbows in the march of progressive poll
ties kept step to the drum-b beat OF latter-day
Democracy, and continued to boldly stand out as
he wont to do in earlier stages Of his career,
as uncompromising foe of the dollar dynasty In
Americas industrial system-Lynchburg News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05
ThA Science Of War.

Progress in the military arts proceeds from
the impregnable To the irresistible and from the
irresistible the impregnable-and so on until
the minds Of military persons grow dizzy
with thinking about It,
Thus. the Merrimac suggested the building OF
the Monitor. The high powered gun caused the
forging and temperlng of armor plate. After the
torpedo boat the torpedo boat destroyer:
The dreadnaught must dread the superdread-
naueht. It has now been discovered that the
aercplane can follow the course of the submarine,
spy upon its every move, against its APP
prcach and, possibly, drop bombs which VIII
ceaNe the water and break through the IRON
sdos Of the submarine harpoon will drive
through the hide of shark The value Of the
submarine lay In its secretiveness. This was
its POWER. its one and only irresistible fur
ton. Now that its secretiveness has been taken
from H. what shall the submarine do?
That is for the military profession to work
cut--proceeding ever according TO the hHeo
rules Of the game from the impregnabe to the
irresistible and to the impregnabe once
uore-Toiedo Blade.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-05


Beautiful Woodland Heights home |
new never beer oacnpied; hot al heat. |
wired FOR elecrricity; fnp view and |
shade: $4,000 See us at once
Sixty-nine acres with eaaG house. |
fifteen minutes to car line. all kinds |
of fruit: $4,000. Easy terms. |
bargain.
r. A. CONNOLLY s. co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
Our First stoemaksra.

The great American industry of shoe manufac cturing, which now amounts to $500, 100000 annually, appears to have had its beginning in Salem, Mass, when Thomas Beard and Isaac Rick erman, the first shoemakers of record in this land, settled there after the MayfioWer had brought them over on her second voyage. They were ad- judged so valuable an addition to the little colony that the selectmen voted to furnish them board and house room free. The shoemakers who first came to this country were most welcome men, for in the earliest settlements of New England boots and shoes were altogether an imported stock, and the rough land of the new country wore out even the strongest boots in short order. The growth of the shoe indus try in the United States has kept pace with other lines of manufacture, and America manufactures the best shoes of any nation in the world.-New Or leans Picayune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
IN DIVORCE SUIT SHE
 CLAIMS TO BE STEPCHlLD
 NOT WIFE OF VEAL THY MAN

Boston. Feb. 1s.-To prove that she is the stepchiId of Walter c. Jenness, a wealthy lumber merchant instead of his wife, as he claims, is what Flor ence A. Jenness is attempting to do, today, following the serving upon her of papers in a divorce libel. Jenness in Dover, N. H., in 1892, has lived with him in Lynn, Revere and several other towns and borne him two chil- dren-
 The alleged wife claims that it was her mother who married Jenness and that she is his Step- daughter. She gays she is 22 years old and has no children.
 The odd matrimonial tangIe arose when Miss or Mrs" Jenness ob- fained a marriage license and was married to William Miller, a team Eter-
 Miller, six feet four inches tall, threatened trouble for his "stepfath- er-fn-law'' and demands that he pro duce his marriage certificate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
Interesting Play In Motion Pictures for
 Miss Bridgeport"
Presentation of Gold Watch to Successful Candidate By Mayor Wilson To-
 morrow

The successful candidate in the pop uIarfty contest which closed in a blaze of glory at the Plaza. Theatre Satur- day evening, will be vested with the official togs Of office and presented with the handsome gold bracelet watch, now on exhibition in the Davis & Hawley Co.'S show window, by Mayor Wilson, Wednesday evening at mercial TravelersAlocaI body will attend en masse, the several boxes having been reserved by J. Alex H. Robinson, manager of the Bridgeport Exposition under whose auspices the contest was conducted. It is understood also that several of the leading candidates have made reservations for them selves and party.
 The winner of the contest will also be the center figure in the moving picture reel of Bridgeport's industries and stores here. etc, which will be made by the Towns and Cities Film Go. of New York (originators of nnuni- cipality advertising through the be exhibited at the Bridgeport Expo- sition to be held at the State Armory March 91 to April 5 by the United Commercial Travellers.
 These pictures will be intensely in teresting as a pretty little story has been woven into the reel-a young lady arrives in Bridgeport in search of her long lost sister who wandered from home when a mere child and calls up- on the mayor and other local digni- tarfes to gain their cooperation in her search which carries her through the v~rious shops, stores, etc, carrying the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
1caIIina the Meat"

Extolling the virtues of the African 'tcarrier,'' J. H. Harris in Dawn In Darkest Africa" tells of a long caravan march through vast forests when food ran short One of the natives suggest ed ''cal1ing the meat.' Arriving at quiet spot, a son of the forest fell on his knees, placed the tips of two fin gers in his nostrils, emitted series of calls which made that forest glen echo with, as 1t were, the joyous cries of troop of monkeys" When he had re- peated these tactics in several places near by for about half an hour there was an excited cry of Here they conaeY' And soon "a score of monkeys could be seen skipping from tree to tree toward the inimitable monkey cries of our carrier.'' Four were shot for the evening meal, and some of the men were so famished that they ate the flesh raw.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
Ne crowdina In EnaIish cars.


 Americans submit to being compelled to ride in cars so crowded that they get their feet trod on, their clothes torn and get no seats, but pay just as if there was no crowding and abun- dant comfort
 1 The Englishman is subjected to no such injustice. And why? Because when uamcars first came into vogue an Englishman found the passageway in a car filled with passengers. He did not submit. He went to court and got damages, the court saying in ac- cents which are echoing in England yet:
 "The carrier is obliged by law to fur nish not only transportation, but com fortable transportation This is no more performed by furnishing trans portation without a seat than it would be by furnishing a seat without trans portation And this is not all-the pas senger is entitled to free ingress and egress."-Houston Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
Two Thruata.

A certain congressman was depre- eating in Washington an International marriage de convenance.'' / 1.-Two men were talking about this marriage cynieally, but truthfully," he said. t@The first man remarked:
 "'Of course the earl won't be able to support Miss Lottie Golde in the style she's been accustomed to-
 Oh said the other, her father will make allowance for that ,"
 The congressman gave grim laugh and resumed:
 '"The first man looked thoughtful for 6 moment. Then he said:
 Despite the stories about the earl's past, it does seem to me that he's Miss Golde's devoted slave.'
 "tOh, yes was the other mans re- ply; he's eager for the bonds, all right '"-Wash1ngton Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
Art instincts of ths Japansse.

Art instincts Of S1o JaPan00os
 Possibly the Greeks may have been endowed with a universal instinct for art production and art appreciation, but certain it is that there is no other na- don today living In which artistic taste and aptitude are more generally diff fused than in Japan. Not only are the commonest kitchen utensils nodded into forms of exquisite beauty by Japa- nese artisans, but 1t is also very un- usual to find even coolie who is not in some way a capable artist. To this so competent an authority as Professor Chamberlin bears testimony in saying that it Is to the common people that the foreigner in Japan must go for those lessons in proportion, fitness and sobriety which Greece once knew so well. Do you want flowers arranged? Ask your house coolie to arrange them. Is something wrong in the laying out of your garden? Gall in the cook or the washerwoman as counselor. It makes little difference whom you con suit, so universal is the development of the art instinct among the common people throughout the entire empire.- Arthur May Knapp in Atlantic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
r,eN.i.a a roekst.

A youth from the country was pag- ing his agsk visit to Manhattan and. accompanied by his uncle. New York banker, went to the theHteE. Whlle waiting in the lobby before the per fOrmance the country boy flung back his coat and with hands in his pOckoiu displayed a heavy gold watch chain The uncle observed the act and rasclg- ed to teach him a lesson. While his attention was diverted the uncle slip Ped the watch and chain from the boy's vest. and they entered Ghs Ghe- ater. what time is itT' he asked when they were seated The esuntFy youth felt for his timepieca and Gouud that 1t was gone Allowing him to make a thorough search for t. the uncle told him he he'd taken G and read him 3 sharp lecture. ''YOu are not in the country now, you know, where you can display valuables with fmpu- nity You should be more carsfuI Let this be lesson to you-e B9 @@ylng. he slipped his hand into his coat pocEst where he had pat the watch. 10 lll utter dismay, he found it w1s goUs. And when he looked to zee fl hsg own was safe he found that also had taken w1ngs.-New York Tribune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
He Knew.

A recent medical publication, partic- ularly intended for undergra duates, contained various chapters-ethics, le- gal forms, economics, etc. That the book should be attractive several pie lures were decided on, and photogra- pher was called in. In the course of the discussion as to subjects suitable many suggestions were made until they came to the chapter '@The Mis- takes In Medical Practice'
 That's dead easy" the camera artist said promptly. ''I'n just go out and photograph a passing funeral. Hip pincott's.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
E. II. DILLON & co.
YOUR HAIR IS FLUFFY, BEAUTIFUL AND LUSTROUS IN A FEW MOMENTS
Girls Get 9 Cent Bottle of Danderine and Try This
 Also Stops Falling Hair; Destroys Dandruff

Your hair becomes light, ,wavy, fluffy, abundant and appears as soft, Tustrous and beautiful as a young girls after "Danderine hair c1eanse.'' Just try this-moisten cloth with a little Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil and in just a few moments you have doubFed the beauty of your hair
 Besides beautifying the hair at once, Dander1ne disso1ves every particle of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
PILES Quickly Cured
Instant Relief, Permanent Cure-TriaI Package Mailed Free to All
 In Plain Wrapper

We want every man and woman suffering from the excrucfatine tor ture of piles to just send their name and address to us and get, by return mall, free trial package of the most effective and positive cure ever known for this disease. Pyramid Pile Reme- dy.
 remedy will do in your own case, is to just fill out free coupon and send to us and you will get, by return mail, a free sample of Pyramid Pile Remedy.
 Then, after you have proven to yourself what 1t can do, you will go to the druggist and get a 5O-eent box.
 Don't undergo an operation. Op- erations are rarely a success and often lead to terrible consequences. Pyramid Pile Remedy reduces all in fammatioK, makes congestion, irrita.- ton, itching, ssores and ulcers disap- pear-and the piles simply quit.
 For sale at all drug stores at 50 cents a box.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
MASS TOWN MEETINGS
 FOR SINGING OF HYMNS

Canaan Feb. 1s-A mass meeting flor the singing of hymns will be held 4n the townu hall here, tonight The meeting will be made up Of residents of the towns of Canaan, Salisbury ana ffVinsted.
 This is one of the first mass meet nngs of it's kind in the state and oth- CTS in towns of Litchhe1d county will be held later, it is believed.
 Hartford-The familiar gray helmet worn for years in summer by the To- gal police, will be missed this season as caps will take their places.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

terms of peace with the servtan King Stephen. One of the most important st1pulations was that Stephen should hand over his sister, the Lady Despina, as wife of the sultan It was a lucky deal for the Servians, for we are told that ''of all his wives the sultan held the Lady Despina dearest and for her sake restored her brother the city and castle of Semehdria and Columbar1nm, ar. Eorv{a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

dandrufT; cleanses, purides and invig- crates the scalp, forever stopping itch ing and falling hair.
 But what will please you most will be after a few weeks use when you will actually see new hair-1ne and downy at first-yeSNbut really new hair growing all over the scalp. If you care for pretty, soft hair and lots of it surely get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
pinlomatfe.

Mrs. Wombat proceeded to use some very plain language.
 Mir Wombat objected.
 ''A1n't what I said true7" demanded Mrs. Wombat.
 ''Yes. bot, woman, be more diplomat fc. You talk as if you were abrogating a treaty."-Louisvi1le Courier-J ournal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
Why We Gan See sme,es.

Smoke is not composed of gases only, but of solid or perhaps partly liquid particles, which are mixed with the gases and carried along by them. It is these particles of matter that are vfsf- ble to the eye and not the gases them Eelves.-St- Nicholas
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
plaaino Him.

'sNaw, I don't want your patent can opener"
 A rare chance, madam"
 Don't want it.''
 You'll regret your decision" Don't want 1t, tell you"
 Opportunity, madam, knocks but once''
 Opportunity, eh? You look more like Importantly" Her
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
A Present.

He-What are you going to give Kit ty and Jack for a wedding present. She-Oh, I guess I'H send Kitty the bunch of letters Jack wrote me when we were engaged.-Beston Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
Little Pitchers

"Ma, does pa help to clean the streets?'
 What question! Of course he doesn'tr'
 But I heard him telling MT. Jagg that he fell off the water wagon the other night"-Baltimore American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
KILLED ON WARSHIP

Paris, Feb 18-The explosion of a cannon aboard theu battleship Dan ton, at target practice off TouIon, gkiI1ed three men, according to a spe- ciaI despatch to the Patrfe, this af- HernOon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
An old Royal Romance.

Uskub, the capital of the old Servian empire, is associated with one of the few real love affairs of a Turkish sul
 tan It was here, after the fatal field of Kossovo, that Bajazet arranged
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18
Iuat 4ha Other Way,

Little Dolly-I haven't had a spank ing all day. Uncle Henry-Been a good girl. eh7 Little Dolly-Oh. it isn't that! Mamma has been perfectly angelic. Record
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

No matter what you want try the Farmer Want Col umD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

audience through the entire picture with exceptionally keen interest Miss Bridgeport is to imperSonate the missing sister and the search will end at the factory or store where the win ner of the contest isemployed. From there on the two sisters will make tour of the city purchasing innumer- able articles of apparel, etc, Qor Miss Bridgeport is now an heiress) and con- cIuding by purchasing a home in our midst and becoming residents and taxpayers in the Park City.
 The purpose of the Moving Picture Reel is to show Bridgeporters their own city as they have never seen it before and subsequently, to show peo- pie in all corners of the country from coast to coast and from Canada to the Gulf that the Park City is a desir- able spot in which to locate desirable to the manufactures, desirable to the merchant, and desirable to the home seeker.
 A copy of the entire reel is to be given the Publicity Club of Bridgeport who expect to exhibit it in the various schools and halls throughout the city from time to time Believing in the policy of conservation they intend teaching the school children what is in the city and why they should so plan their lives as to stay in the fold and make Bridgeport what she should be-the queen city of New England.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

If yoor face wants to smile let it; if 1t does1St, make it.-Anon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

Beauty is a short lived tyranny Socrates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

Minneapolis, Feb. 1s-Mrs. George E. Vincent will become a student at the University of Minnesota of which her husband is president. It is am nouaced that next month she win en- ter the farm school for a short course in the care and culture of horses. Mrs Vincent is a noted horsewoman.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-18

WANT ADS. GENT A WORD.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-15

! feel better than / have for years. I
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to all who suffer as l
did. M. ZEUNER, 1045 New Jer-
sey Street. Lawrence, Kansas.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-05-15
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY'S
SKIN

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cuticura Soap is the mothers IA
vorite. Not only is it unrivaled In
purity and refreshing fragrance, but
Its gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to allay minor irri-
tations, remove redness, roughness
and chafing, soothe sensitive condi-
tons. and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by Cuti-
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the treatment of eczemas, rashes and
other itching, burning infantile erup-
tons. Cuticura Soap wears to a wafer,
often outlasting several cakes of ordi-
nary soap and making its use most
economical.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
tree. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept L, Boston"
Adv.