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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-17

London, March 14-Vice Admiral Sir Percy Scott caused a sensation by an- nouncing that he would quit the Brit 1sh navy. There is no reason,'' he said, flor me to remain when I only block the path to promotion of those who are my junior in rank The navy, he added, was never more eff hcient than it is now.' He asserted that gunnery efficiency has increased more in the last two months than in the previous five years. The retire ment of Vice Admiral Scott is regard ed in admirality circles as a victory for the Beresford coterie in naval af- fairs Other important readjustments in the higher personnel of the service are foresha dowed by the coming change. Sir Percy and Lord Charles Beresford figured in November 1907, in one of the biggest rows in the Brit 1sh navy in recent years, and the feud has never ceased, though Lord Beres- ford and Lord Fisher are now off the active list.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-17
Rainbows That Gan chanqe Sex.

In many parts of the world it is the general belief that the rainbow has the power to change sex. This queer belief obtains in such widely separated districts as South Africa and Norway and China and Australia. The ZuIus have a long folklore story of the young man who was changed into a wrinkled old woman by touching the many hued arch. The Scandinavian peasants have a similar story, and in Greece they say that anybody who runs against the end of the rainbow will have his or her sex instantly changed. In France and h. dia to pass under the rainbow has a similar effect.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-17
Notice

For fOrty-SeVen years we have been conducting business at tho same oAu EOcation corner of Main and John Streets ridaepoPt. Conn.,, and our Private Bank has been estapnsne1 there continuously. We have receANeO and paid out demand without nO- iice millions of dollars of money de- posted with us and we continue 70 receive money subject to deposlGor 5 check at sight, on which we allow three per cent. per annum, credited 10 each account monthly. We solicit the accounts of individuals. business men, Irms and corporations. ana all who want a bank account where they can deposit money, checks or ora1ts' and leave it for one day,One week, one month or one year. and draw interest on 1t for any time 1t is left with us We give to the business our careful personal attention as the oldest nrTl1 of private TranISers in this state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-17
THE STOCK MARKET
CT. L.. Watson s Col

The gold we are lending to Europe will come back when foreign condi- tions again become normal. Mean time stocks are down to a, point where exceptionally good returns are made on the investmen Buying of odd lots is on the increase. indicating that investment consideration are begin ming to work on the mind of the pub lie. Values-prosperity fundamentals are here, and they will re-esta bIish themselves in prices when the tempor- ary montary influences of depression pass away. When investment oppor- tunities present themselves As they are doing now, "the bottom" cannot be far off.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-17
Well Trained,

Old Lady. Improving the occa asion)- An, my poor man, you would not be in this position if you had received an early training in some trade or calling. Tramp-Don't you tork too sudden about wot you don't 3now nOthin about, missus. No trainin, indeed. Wy. I was in prison afore I was four teen.-I.ondon Mail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-17

Foley Kidney Pills will reach your individual case if you have any form of kidney or bladder trouble, any backache, Rheumatism, uric acid poi soning or irregular and painful kid ney action They are strengthening tonic and curative, and contain no habit forming drugs. F. B. Brill Stratford Ave. and Sixth street-Adv
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-17
A MESSAGE TO RAILROAD MEN

E. S. Bacon, II East St., Bath, Me, sends out this warning to railroaders everywhere NY work as conductor eA4SS@s z. ,-9srcnie GzSia-amatior. of the kidneys and I was miserable and all played out. From the day I began taking Foley Kidney Pills I began to regain my strength. and I am bet ter now than I have been for twenty years Try them. F. B. Brill, Strat- ford Ave, and Sixth street-Adv
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-17
BE. J. MALoNEY

EUANT Ans CENT A WORD
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07
Some Striking Facts.

The Japan Sunday School assos
ciation was formed in 1907 and all
though only six years have passed
since then, 80 district organiza.
tions have come in existence with
414 schools, 1,57G officers and
teachers and 16, ,678 scholars.
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Now that Jim Thorpe of the
New York Girnts, has married
let us hope he made a good catch.
A man recently drank some
yeast in mistake for buttermilk.
He rose three hours earlier than
usual the next morning.
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A woman marries a man TO keep
him indoors, and u man marries a
woman to keep her in hats.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

Misses l.onise and Bessie Mars
shat, came o>er from the |. I. 6 C.,
to saend Il compile OF days with
their parents Gil the Campus.
They brought with them two Of
thc.r College friends.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

Miss Mccall, of Wilson. Ala, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Marion
Chiles. She is euroute from
North Carolina, where she has
been making au extended visit.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

We are glad to learn that Mas.
ter Robert Hogan is corvalescing.
He has been suffering from
typnoid fever for several weeks.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

The cotton crop this year will
Tor exceed that OF last year. AL
ready mp to October II, thero had
been ginned of this years. crop,
2o,33O ba'es as compared with
2l,S07 bules for the same period
last year.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

A local preacher last Sunday
said that the best woman was the
one nobody talked abou'. How
about the woman who talks about
nobody.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

Mrs. Nivian Shropshire. of Bir.
mingham, is here visiting her ia :
ther, Mr.. Wiley Pearson.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

We received poem recently and
the author states he wa TOO mod.
est to sign his name. We would
~ cal it modesty but prudence.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

Mrs. j D. Howard, formerly oJ
Aberdeen, is the guest of Mrs. E.
D. Yeates.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

A li5tle knowledge is sometimes
a dangerous thing to the party
about whom it is known.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

Mr.. T. w. Woodward, Jr., paid
brief visit to friends in Birming
ham this week.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

Those who denounce capital as
q curse seem, however, anxious to
have the curse come hons to them.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07
FOR RENT.

Galvi nlzed iron warehouse near
Nj. & o.. dept.
H. A. BEATTIE.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

'lnsgect our line Of dish pans,
b. ittsr bowls sifiers, lamps, etc. /,
r & tile Racket Store, near post
Office.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

Relf ltives of Luke or Abe Will
liams please communicate with d.
G. F'eegles, 907 Houston St.,
Fort Worth, Texas. Important
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

One of the penalties of greatness
is to be especially CONSPICUOUS
every time you make a mistake.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1913-11-07

Fifteen American missionary
societies have work in Porto Rico.
They rel ,ort 167 missionaries, 100
church organizations and 1852
commun, .eants.
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What pity it is that when a
woman's fare is homely We cannot
see her h cart.
Douglas Island news., 1913-07-02
The NOrthIand
The Latest News. from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed.
Information for Everybody.
D. L. PiIman seIIs drngs at AtIin.

FL. Pillman sells drugs at Atlin.
 The Red Meu's hall at Ketchikan re- gently had a close call from fire.
 Whitehorse has a tall team composed entirely of girls, who threaten to play in Skagway on the Fourth.
 The White Pass has changed all through shipments of freight from the measurement to the weight basis.
 Walsteiu G. Smith, the newly ap pointed treasurer of Alaska, has ar- rived at Juneau, where he will reside.
 With the opening of the Yukon 76,00o pounds of mail was dispatched from Whitehorse for points in the Yukon district.
 E. 8. Newman, manager of the Pacific Mining Journal, of Seattle, is making a tour of the North in the interest of his publication.
 W. B. Rowe, the Cordova man who was shot by Dan Reeder, and was once reported dead, is on his way to consult a specialist at Victoria.
 Alocal bird man will make flight in Juneau on the Fourth of July, using a 2O-foot biplane, constructed by him. self, all of Alaska material.
 Because of large quantities of foat- ing ice, the excursion steamer Spokane was unable to approach Muir glacier on her first trip with tourists. The Skagway Alaskan reports the case of Arthur Wilson, whom, it says, was suffering from ptomaine poisoning, caused by eating mussel cocktails.
 Margaret Woldt, eighteen years old, who gained considerable popularity in Alaska as queen in the famous carnival of 1912 in Nome, died in San Diego last month.
 There is a new town in the Ruby dis trict, on the Yukon. A townsite has been staked on the high-cut bank of the Salatna river, near the mouth of Tamarack creek.
 According to the Alaskan, Skagway leads tbe world in raising pie.plant, but the great and only question now is, do the Skagway women lead the world in making piesY
 The first thunder and lightning that has been heard and seen in Haines since the white man came was on Mon- day evening at 6:45 o'clock and lasted about 10 minutes. The thunder and lightning was followed by a heavy rain- bfall-Pioneer Press.
 Paul Marerinof, formerly in charge of the Russian church at Ellamar, left on yesterdays boat to return to New York. A protest was made against the conduct of the priest among the native women and also because of his habitual drunkenness.-Valdez Miner
Douglas Island news., 1913-07-02

President Dickeson, of the White Pass, again rises to remark that his company has not begun the erection of a s3O,OOO tourist hotel at Atlin. but are really considerating the proposition.
 Grover c. Vim, former United States commissioner at Juneau, may locate at Ketchikan for the prsc- tice of law. His successor, J. B. Mar shall, has assumed the duties of the office.
 Prof. Herschel Parker, formerly of the Parker Brown Mount Mckinley ex petition, recently arrived in Seward and will spend the season in prospect ing for placer gold at the mouth of Quartz creek in the Moose pass coun- Rry.
 The United States department of agriculture has issued Farmers Buile tin 391, which pertains to the "Econom- ical Use of Meat in the Eome." ltowas carefully prepared, revised, aud con taius many recipes of consuming in terest to housewives.
 c. w. Wiley, mauager of the Alaska Coast Company, was advised by wire less that the steamship Yukon, which went ashore ou the treacherous reefs off Sauak island at z pm. June II, while bound from Goodnews bay for Seattle probably will be total loss.
 That Alaska is the site of the original Garden of Eden, and that in the north ern reaches of that vast territory once flourished the famous apple tree which was responsible for so many of mans woes, long has been the pet theory of many students of geology, astronomy and history.
 The forestry bureau at Washington has received word that fierce forest fire is raging along the Kenai penin- sula. A large number of Alaskaus have been sent to the scene to prevent, as far as possible, the destructive ravages of the flames which are branching out over large area.
 By plungiug into the icy, silt laden waters of the Cinema liver at the risk and peril of his own life, Harry E. Pratt, young attorney of Fairbanks, saved Miss Lillian D. Hill, a prominent member of the younger social set of Fairbanks, from what might have been death by drowning.
 John B. Denny, for a number of years a resident of Juneau, died at Seattle last week, following an operation for abdominal trouble. Deceased was a lawyer by profession, and for time was publisher of the Juneau Daily Record Miner, a paper that has since suspended publication.
 Assays from tbe vein on the Tatum claims at Port Wells, taken at a depth of eighty feet, show returns of Sl96 per ton. A tunnel has been driven l5O leet an5 che vein has been crosscut. The tunnel gives a depth on the lead of eighty feet and at this depth the rock recently assayed was taken.
 The soldiers at Fort Liscum will send baseball and rifle teams to Fair banks to compete for the trophy of fered to the winner. Last year the team from Fort Gibbon was badly beaten, but it has been greatly strengthened and the soldier boys in- tend to take all the money in sight.
Douglas Island news., 1913-07-02

On June 26th, President Wilson withdrew the nomination of Edward w. Exum, to be United States marshal for the Third division of Alaska. Exum was under fire from the day his name was first mentioned.
 The remains of James Travis were re- gently found by searchers in a secluded spot on Latouche island. The skull was crushed in, and this ugly death wound indicates that the victim met with foul play. A motive for the pos sible murder is the fact that Travis usually carried several hundred dol lars on his person. Suspicion points to no one in particular as responsible for the killing. A month ago Travis left the settlement of Latouche, in a small boat, enroute to the south end of the island. He outfitted for four day trip. His continued absence caused alarm and a searching party was form ed, which led to the finding of the body.
 The Ketchikan Daily Miner says; The secretary of the Southeastern Alaska Fishefmen's Union is busy to- day getting the cannery men signed up as To the scale of prices to be paid for fish this season. sJ. k. and Tom Heck man have already signed the agree meut. The price of dog aalmon has been cut from three and three and one- half to two aud one half and three cents apiece. Sockeyes l2 cents at the stream and 15 cents delivered. Cohoes p cents at the stream and l5 cents de. livered. Humpbacks one and one half cents at the stream and one and three. fourths delivered, and dogs two and one half cents at the stream aud three cents delivered.
 T.. N. Conway, manager of the Seattle branch of Armour & Co.,, who has been in Dawson for several days, says that he is convinced the reindeer and cari- bou of the Yukon and Alaska in time will be q decided factor in the meat markets of the continent Last year," says Mir. Conway, our people were ap- preached by the United States govern  ment with a view of getting us to mar ket Alaskan reindeer through our 800 branches. l looked into the matter aud reported to our company, and the proposition was gone into thoroughly. We found the meat could not be sold for less than 75 cents pound in the States. That made the sale prohibitive except among a few who would want the meat for novelty or among epi- cureans.
 l.. M. Price, superintendent of bridges, was instantly killed this morn- ing, and General Superintendent Caleb Corser severely injured, when the rail- road automobile speeder dashed into horse on the tracks, wrecking the ma chine, killing the horse and resulting in most deplorable accident, says Cordova dispatch of June 27. The men had been out over the line and were returning at high rate of speek when a to,sa aDnaarad in front of tham at a distance too short to enable the car to be stopped and prevent the accident. The dead man was formerly draughts- man for the Copper River & North western and was recently promoted to the position of superintendent of bridges Late reports say that, ,Corser will recover.
Douglas Island news., 1913-07-02

The first word from the power schooner Bender Brothers since her departure from Seattle was received in message from Bethel, by way Of Nome. The message was dated Bethel June IA, aud Nome, June 16. Capt. Louis Knaf1ich said he had finished discharging bis cargo at Bethel, and that bis voyage to the North had been an uneventful one.
 The announcement that thereisto be a reduction in passenger fares on the upper Yukon river is one of the most pleasing messages received here in re- cent years. 1t means that the reduc- ton in freightage charges, which was inaugurated by the White Pass Com. pany, probably will be followed by a general trimming of passenger rates, not only between Whitehorse aud Daw son, but along the line; and there is even the hope that the threatened rate war will be carried 70 the steamship companies which operate in connection with the rival river transportation mpanies.-Fairbank Times.
 A letter from the secretary of war to Hon. Wm. l.. Distin, secretary of Alas ks, with reference to the transcript of Senate Joint Memorial No. 8 of the Alaska Territorial Legislature, cites statistics relative to the cost and main tenance of the WashingtonAlask military cable and telegraph system, and concludes as follows: It will there fore be seen that the average cost of maintenance and operation of the Washington Alaska military cable and telegraph system for the year is about S45OOO0, whereas the annual revenue, including the money value of the of ficial telegrams transmitted for the various departments is S361, 900 indicat- ing that the system is operating at loss of about S90,000 per year. It is therefore not deemed advisable to make any reduction in the tolls on commercial messages at this time.
 Capt. John Backlunde, the Arctic trader aud packer of the Midnight Sun Packing ,Co., operators of the farthest north cannery in the world, is very optimistic over his proposition. He states that the arctic trout packed last year for the first time by this concern, has met with remarkable success and there is every evidence of his being able to market at an excellent price all that can be packed in the short season on Kotzebue sonud, where the plant is located. When Sig. Arntzen, a far north Alaskan, advanced the idea that salmon cannery could be success fully and proftably operated on Kotze- bue sound, in the shadow of the Arctic circle, every one in the bniness laugh ed at him. With Backlunde backing him and in the face of unusually ad- verse circumstances, Arntzen last yesr made pack of nearly two thousand cases, trout and salmon. This year they outfitted for pack of 5000 cases and will devote their attention almost entirely to the Arctic trout, ss tfe salmon run in that district occurs too early in the season to be properly han died. Five hundred barrels were taken along to be filled with bellies. The backs will be dried for dog feed. Capt. Backlunde's schooner, the Transit, sailed north from Seattle May g .car- rying the outtit.--Pacitic .Fishermap.
Douglas Island news., 1913-07-02

On June 26th, President Wilson withdrew the nomination of Edward W. Exum, to be United States marshal for the Third division of Alaska. Exum was under fire from the day his name was first mentioned.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-05
LIFE ON MARS As THE
SCIENTISTS OBSERVE II
Some Notable Facts About
Conditions On Our
Sister Planet.

Mars is more distant than we
are from the sun-15O 600, 900
miles on the average, instead OF H.
900, 100000. 1t is, therefore. lit
tie colder: the more so as its CEN
trail heat is less, because the dame
ter of the planet Is only $500 miles
instead of $500. Marian days
have almost the same duration as
ours; but the axis of the planet be-
ing more inclined on the plane of
the orbit by about four degrees. the
polar regions where the sun re-
mains more than one day on or be-
low the horizon are more extended,
as Is also the torrid zone. The in
equality of days and nights at the
same latitude is greater on Mars
than on the earth; at the latitude
of As degrees our shortest day is 8
hours 43 minutes, and the longest
Is hours SO minutes; these are on
Mars, respectively, hours Sc min
utes and II hours So minutes long
The duration of the year is almost
double-66S 1-3 days instead of
1854. The orbit of the planet is
an elongated ellipse instead of be-
ing almost a circle like ours. There
is. therefore, more difference be-
tween the seasons both in respect
of duration and of temperature;
and the northern hemisphere. ia
vored by long summer, is warmer
than the southern hemisphere.
On the planet Mars, therefore,
there are extreme variations of eli
mate and temperature. Protected
by the slowness OF the variations of
Temperature. of water. marine ami
mails, fish especially, differ, doubt
less, very little from ours; but it is
quite otherwise with aerial ami
mails. Those with constant inter
nal temperature have been infinite
ly more favored on the earth. They
must have appeared sooner and
have more quickly crushed thei
great reptiles, which have long been
extinct. On the contrary, the plu-
mage of birds and the skin of man.
mails, which protect these animals
against the extreme variations of
temperature, must have developed
in a luxurious manner both attain
ing a splendid variety. changing
and being modified profoundly ev-
cry year with the seasons.-[North
American Review.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-05

pliment to the intelligence OF the
customer who rebukes with dignity
the man who says Eyes, but here
Is something just as good"
This offence is, especially grave
when well known preparations for
restoring health are concerned and
II is commonly known that substi-
tutes offered for Scott's Emulsion
contain alcohol, wines and opiates
when In reality such ingredients are
detrimental rather than beneficial
to health-and the oil used in many
inferior brands, is made rancid and
impure from careless handling and
exposure to elements. The moral
is: Stand up for your rights and
declare your independence
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-03-05

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