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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-12

BY Laura Gillian.
Evanston, ILL.,, March 12.-"Thei
cheerfullest moments of my life are;
those / spend contemplating deathp''
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-12

The words are those of Mrs. Ella
Wood Dean, famous American author
and gfobe-trotter. She has just start
led the world by designing and build
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24

Association, and one of the highest authorities In the country on automo- bile Legislation, in commenting on the movement in the French city said that similar action by the state legislatures of this country is of the greatest inn portance in order to prevent autorno- bile accidents.
 Autom obilists generally said MT. Terry, are convinced that something must be done in the near future to- ward the adoption of a statute which will require the use of a, uniform sig na1ing device of character which would prevent accidents. It is gen orally admitted that many of the peo- pie who use the streets are needless of their own safety, and their attention Is not now aroused by the many and divers signals which are used upon motor vehicles. A statute is needed which will require g. uniform signal which would be easily recognized as an automobil signal. and one at the same time which is sufficient to ar rest the attention of the needless pc destrians, without emitting an unrea- sonable sound or becoming a nui- sance. personally feel that a stat ute which would require as a uniform signal upon motor vehicles, something g which would emit a, sharp, unsual, broken or ragged sound, staccato and syncopated, which, at the same time Is not unreasonab1y loud or long con- tinued, which could be easily placed in judging distances and directions, would answer the purpose.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24
A GREAT CHANGE.

It was not so many years ago that European automobiles. on exhibition in this country, were the one big at traction at the different shows. The American manufacturers felt that they had to follow the foreign designs in order to have their cars strictly up to date. Then too, public opinion seem ed to favor foreign machines, so for a, time the manufacturers across the wa ter had things pretty much their own way, far as styles and sales were concerned, and found in America, one of their most profitable selling cen terz.
 According to J. F. Hartz, President of the R-C-H Corporation, Detroit the situation at the present time is just reversed. eff you could look through the walls of some of the for eign automobile factories,'' said Mir Hartz, ''you would find the officials and engineers grouped about the parts of an American car, studying the chas- sis and body designs and very likely overha-uling the motor piece by piece.
 This reversal of form Is due large Iy to American enterprise. We have made a number of radical changes until gradually we have built up standard car that cannot be surpassed by any made abroad. It is a wonder full tribute to American skill and en-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24
1914 CHANDLER SIX.

The Chandler six is car of the type which is now and will continue to be in great demand. It is freely admitted by those who understand that six-cy1inder cars will entirely displace the four and even now the demand for sixes far exceed the sup ply. And what every body wants IS a light weight car on account of the increasing cost of gasoline etc. In order to determine definitely ac- tual and accurate consumption a. test trip was made last week between Cleveland and Okron, Ohio. This trip of SIP miles was made with five gall Ions of gasoline, an average of 16.2 miles per gallon. The test was made through city streets, granite paved, hi11y sections, dirt roads, then through 6 miles of rough country road, there may meet while autoing. Then the heavy expense for tires and up-keep of the big heavy car have created a demand for a car that can be op- erated at mtniTn u1n expense. Chand- Ter is thel Iightest weight six of it's power, size and class ever built, with full and complete equipment, with water, oil, gasoline, extra tires and tools. It weighs less than 5000 lbs, honest weight; it is strong sturdy car, able to withstand the hardest usage.
 How many builders are advertising car weight? Do not buy until you have the facts regarding this most i'm portant point.
 The introduction of electric lights, self-starters, demountable rims, and other ref1nements of this kind have to large extent eliminated the expense of a chauffeur. With such a car as the Chandler the pleasures and lux uries of six-cylinder motoring are brought within the reach of thous- ands to whom heretofore they have been unattainable. We consider the motor of the Chandler Six the best motor ever installed in an automobile at any price Bu1kleys Auto Station Is the distributor for South Western Conn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24
AUTOS IN ITALY.

MT. Mario Andreotti, representing the firm of Andreotti & Go, of Rome, Italy, says the automobile businese in Italy is increasing in a most aston ishing manner throughout that coun- try, and he looks for a doubling of business this year. The country is to degree never exper- fenced before Exports are raising in a manner which taxes every industry irl the country to it's fullest capacity. MT. Andreotti's father is a wealthy wine manufacturer. - .-
 American cars, Especially of medi- um price, have a distinct. lead in Italy over the cars of any other country, : said MT. AndreotH There is, of course competftion from England and France, but so far these countries have not been able to produce a car of the American grade at the popular prices
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24
OARS ARE HEAVIER (Prest-o-LAte Co.)

It is well known that 1913 models of nearly all cars are very much h@sa- vier than the cars of one or two years ago
 Cars that used to. have a. list weight of 2. 800 pounds now weigh 4,100 and 4sOo pounds. The greatest factor in this increased weight has been cleo tricaI equipment. occasioned by the weight Of this equipment itself, but also by heavier construction needed to operate it and pull a heavier car.
 What this radical increase in weight of cars means in fuel lubricant, tire wear and general up-keep, speaks for itself
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24
oPAIs IN PLENTY

A sIfttertng array of stones was laid before the astonished eyesz of Sales Manager F. B. Lay, IT,, of the Mich igan Motor Cor Co., at KalaHaa2oo the other day.. Red, green. blue. yellow every color of the spectrum flashed and dissolved in bewildering kaleido- scoptc effect from the little, dark ob- jects on his desk.
 They were opa1s-American opals and had been brought in by AL Koyen. coin, Nebraska. MT. koyen had brought them from his own opal mines.
 These mines are in volcanic. residue in north central Nevada and were dis covered only last Fall MT. Koyen asserts that these are the first opal mines of any -consequence found in America These mines were. discov- cred by ranchers at an altitude of from 1000 to 5000 feet
 MT. Koyen calls the product +black opals'' owing to the dark amber like effect that the stones present in dis tinction to the light watery color of the Mexican or South American opa1s. The Nevada opals are full of fire. show all the colors, and their dark ness gives them a, weird and peculiar beauty. eA
 The stone in the rough is identified by this glint Chunks of opal stones four or five pounds. The more valu- able finds are in the smaller weights.
 MT. Koyen and his associates have already taken out many thousand dol lars worth of opal. The mines in dfcate practice ally unlimited possfbil- tiles The company has refused sev- eral big offers.
 The cutting is done in Chicago. The stones readily adapt themselves to all forms, the elongated oval being most popular. Some striking effects have been produced by cutting; them with facets like diamonds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24
BE SURE YOU KNOW
 BEFOREHAND

Famtliartze yourself with your ma chine so that to disengage clutch and apply the brake becomes practi- cal1y automat tic: the natural thing to do in case of an emergency. For the same reason aceustom yourself to ire quent use of the emersehcy brake. In moments of excitement the driver invariably performs that operation which has become most natural to him. The best brakes can be quickly and easily ruined by slipping them un- til they burn out. Descending down long grades in this way will neceSsf- tate frequent adjustment of the brakes. The driver who knows his business seldom nisuses his brake, having his car always under control and checking greeds by throttling. Be sures that one clutch is disengaged before en- gazing anotherzMetors Print.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24
Automobile News
BLUE BOOK COPYRIGHT SUIT AGAINST AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA, SETTLED
 OUT OF COURT.

The suit for infringement of the copyright laws brought by The Auto mobile Blue Book Publishing. company against The Automobile Club of Amer icas for the infringement of copyright in the publication of the Tour Book by the Club, has been settled out of court. In the settlement the Club makes 2 substantial cash, payment to tha Blue Book, and withdraws it's con- templated road book from publica- ton for this year. The Club also in dorsed the Blue Books by the pur- chase. of a. thousand copies for dis tcibutioa among their members:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24
RUNNING AN AUTO BACKWARDS

Running backward is not recom- mended as particularly fascinat ting fern of sport, but it IS g very good thing to be able to steer a car rear end first in case it becomes necessary through the disablement of the for ward gears or other accidental dam age tc resort to this method. Ocea- sionally something will go wrong on a hill, making a hurried backward de- SC mt necessary, or a hill may be met with which is so steep that 1t can only be climbed on the low. reverse gear.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24
TANK REPLACES FETCHING POST

You ask what becomes of the hitch ing post, the carriage stepping stone in front of the big white farm house, the livery stable and the blacksmith shop. They're going tFresWay of the good old days the spinning wheel, the andirons and the bootjack. The mo- tor car has re1egated them to the day of fond memory. Days we sometimes like to recall, but days we never think
 ocontfnued on Page 1o.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24
TO srANDARDIzE AUTO HORNS.

A cable dispatch from Paris says that two-thirds of the street accidents there have been attributed by experts to the diversity of sounds used as au- tomobile warnings, and that a move ment is on foot to standardize the sig nals used.
 Charles Thaddeus Terry, General Counsel for the American Automobile
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-24

terprise, when you stop to consider the comparative slowness of American makers in getting started and the com nanding position we occupy to-day.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-05-15

The question of variation in per
cent of fat in cream marketed at the
different creameries causes consider
able trouble at times among it's
patrons, and will continue so until
the farmers get a better understand
ing as to the conditions that cause
this variation. Most farmers when
buying a cream separate are in
structed, and have learned that by adj
justment of the cream screw the per
cent of fat in the cream may be in
creased or decreased; but they have
noticed that their cream tests have
Varied from to Is per cent or more
from week to week, or from season to
season, even when the cream screw
had not been changed.
The farmer is apt to draw the con-
clusion that when the milk is from
the same herd, fed and MIXED regular
ly, and the milk separated in the
same manner, as nearly as he can
Judge, the per cent of fat in cream
should not vary. These extreme
variations in tests are likely to cause
the farmers to feel that the cream is
not being accurately tested. The
fact is, uniform test from week to
week would be more indicative of dis
honesty than a variation OF few per
cent in the test. However, it is not
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-05-15

separated will be of definite ratio.
That is, if the separator delivers
twelve pounds of cream and eighty,
eight pounds of skimmilk from 100
pounds of 3 per cent milk, the test of
the cream would be 25 per cent. On
the other hand, if per cent milk
is separated with conditions the same
we would not get more cream than
from the 3 per cent milk, but we
would get approximately twelve
pounds of cream with higher test,
or about 33 per cent. The change in
per cent Of fat in milk is caused by
such factors as the freshening of COWS
and the change from dry feed TO sue
culent pasture, which decreases the
per cent of fat in milk. In the fall
and winter the opposite is true, the
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1913-05-15
Causes of Variation in Fat Per Cent of Market
Cream From Farm Separators
JONES' Washingon

at all impossible for the tester to
make an incorrect test, but this is an
exceptional cause for variation rather
than the rule.
1t is very true that great care is
needed to test cream accurately, and
there may be operators of the Babcock
test that are incompetent, unreliable,
but this kind of men that are careless
and incompetent are rapidly being
driven out of business by competition,
and in some states by the enactment
of laws. Furthermore, no creamery
manager could afford to tolerate in
accurate tests, for the outcome would
certainly be disastrous to the interests
of the creamery.
Factors affecting the per cent of fat
in cream must be due to other cause
than inaccurate and dishonest testing.
These are summarized as follows:
LIST. Richness of milk separated.
End. Changes in temperature of
milk.
3rd. Speed of separator bowl.
4th. Rate of inflow to separator
bowl
9Th. Amount of skimmilk or water
used in flushing the separator bowl.
Any one of these five conditions in
handling a separator will influence
the test of cream even when the cream
screw has not been changed. Again,
if variation in these conditions is
avoided as much as possible, the
richness of the cream may be con-
trolled to a great extent.
EFFECT OF RICHNESS OF MILK
SEPARATED ON THE PER CENT
OF FAT IN CREAM.
When the cream screw is set to de-
liver certain per cent of fat in the
cream, with the conditions normal,
the amount of skimmilk and cream
The evening world., 1913-08-27

can't both make It. and 1 won't leave
you here!'
Go on. Nell" he cried. impatiently.
II know what I'm doing. Beat II. !
tell you!"
He watched her as she gl!ded away
through the rear doorway, and he knew
she had rea ched the kitchen stairs.
Then he fastened his gaze on the SER
geant. while his pistol waved slowly
from side to side, although he addressed
everybody In general, as he said, dis
tinctly:
you people will md everything that's
missing In that trunk and suitcase. As
for you cops. let mo Ten you something.
All want Is Ave minutes start. and
you'll never see us In New York again.
We're ready to blow the town. and God
help the guy who tries to stop us For
I am good shot and I'm desperate'
Understand"
A. he uttered the last word In def
ant shout he dashed TO the door by
which Nell had gone out, darted
through ard slammed the door after him.
For Q few moments everybody In the
library remained as Jack Doogan had
left them, with their hands In the air.
Then. AS they realized that no really
had gone. the sergeant swore greal
oath and dropped his hands.
The evening world., 1913-08-27

knew"
II know. dear. And mo wofst Of n q
that they mean u.s."
"You hot they do. Look out there
and see |! they are gone"
In a moment, dear just wanted to
ask you something"
"Go ahead"
"You haven't forgotten mat You
promised me no one else would have an
excuse to cry Stop thief after " when
We have finish ed this job7"
why. haven't ! told you"-
II know. know. Jack! But II has
turned out differently from what We
expected. You have not made anything
on this trick'---
Not a red cent"
Then, | thought--I feared--that you
might want 30 try II again. You said
you needed a stake to get married on.
and. as we'd missed II this time. l dtdn't
know what you might do,
"Nell." he said, and ne shifted the
revolver from his r!gat hand 20 his left
to pat her cheek with his risht hand
which chsnced to he nearest to her
when ! told you this was our last.
meant every word OF Il. didn't copper
my bet. II was to bs the last. win oI
lose, and that's what II Is. Well geI
out Of this, and I'll show you that l car
M as square ~ any guy that never pv
himself In wrong with ths polios. Go
that7'
Yea, got sh.t, '.Ds. and tnow ~,
straight"
You bet ne straight Now. Iook oss
there and ses whether they've sons
They ought 70 be down BY the river b
The evening world., 1913-08-27

"HH sheDs are nov shsriRg aiiursnG
bargains In ssmmss dress fabries
4 70 make spacs for the incoming
fall fabrics. The woman who knows
will Sscure many . dress pattsrn o.
waist lsnsth that win b fashionabis
next year. and she will pay perhaps one
third Of its actual value. Fer instaaos.
those exquisite crspss seen on the eas.
gain counters have been e1.6o . yard
all summer. They are now Q Osnts .
yard. and thsy are going 70 b vsry
fashionable next summer.
II will be perfectly safe - Daok -
anything In the line OF orspss. - thsar
vogue promises 70 be unprecedented.
Those beautiful dgur~l crepss that have
had prohibitivs prices attached durtns
tho season are now within the range OF
the average purse. and the favor shown
them In Paris at present Will make
them popular next sprins and summer.
Ratine will again be prominent. and the
high class fancy effects that are now
being offered at reduced prices will be
especially favored. Those In black and
white will be particularly fashionable.
Many q pretty remnant In voils can
now ne secured a. the bargain counters.
Voiles have taken the place OF organ
dies. batlste and similar fabrics and. a
they adapt themselves to drapsry Of
The evening world., 1913-08-27

tfis tins. TMa 4 WIN - - Sor Q Suask
ana on for the West How doss hat
hit you. Neuf"
Before she could answsr, Q ma IN
some sort OF uniform which Jack Dooean
thought at frst was that Of a policeman
came In from the front hall and Cd
vAncad on him.
Jack poogan's automatic revolver was
pointed At the newcomers stomach In
q nash. accom- panied by the nerce order:
stick up your hands!'
Tho man obeyed. with wondermenA. -
we'll as terror. expressed In his white
face.
1Hs's all r,sht. Jack~ iuesrrupesd
Nsll hurriedly. Hes the chau6sur
with my taxi. The cab V round 0s
corner"
Doogan dropped the nj ssie of ~
pistol. as he remarked. with Q wazulng
shake OF the head IT'S q ity you taxi
men look % much like cops. That cap
OF yours fooled me- Now. gs< NAAt
trunk on your hack and drive ~ 70 che
Grand Central station as quick - TIE
Lord will let you"
IAN right. boss." answered the cAans-
feur. Pm on"
A. the man picked up the trunk and
stepped into the hall. on hts Wy 70 TIE
front door. Jack Doogan Srinned end
said 20 Nell IN . low tone;
''ses. Nslll N ,sn't - bad - ~
thouSht We san't soinS TO lose O. ~
trick. after al. Bring the sssie easA "a
watch thas fssiow. ] Toeboa 40 0i
risnt. but Tn no: takiaG ehAnaoAs
Cro BE, CoatinusO -.---
The evening world., 1913-08-27

fsosa they wili soatinss - - W. -
Aas m MA
Linens. Of eosrsA wsa % ~ A~ue
msnts. partscuiasly tn whitA TAs -.
hon trend indicates that whks Va -
much worn during ths ~ sAssa, -
thsrs ars now oeoortunitiss Sss Ssanas-
tul dssss patterns Ia whits vUss q
esspss. the two fashjenshse faNgena
The embroidered erspss and vUsiss IN
bs leading novelties. and dgursl ~
tsrials generally Will and Srsak Cavus!
esms remnants should receive 0so1al
attention. The voeus Of combinins plain
And figured mats[tsis h matching -.
ore will continue another year. Il WI
be modish 10 wear . skirt tn Q plan
material and the Jacket IN Q Saav
weave. or vice versa For thiS purpeos
ANAL remnants are useful 1nsn, ~,
the fancy vests that are promia0t
features OF ths new tall suits vim oee.
VAN during the following season, Cd
many pretty remnants for this purp>os
are now 20 ~ round on the oayonin
counters.
The black and white checks that Aavs
rsceivsd such An impetus this season
will again prevail next summer, end
the present plaid movsmsat viii b ~
lowed up in the Orins ~ the blsck and
white plaida
The evening world., 1913-08-27
Summer
MnAN@ sCHoRUR.

the arm os h.r a.cc> ..rh~t u ~ v>
ever are 10 BE- marIlvi to-dny.'
They ali vsc, o,N IL Wi,,o,rhbv
closinr ths door behind them nlthoush
no was nrmly resolved to YET hack And
see the rest Of the fun % soon an he
should have the ladlas ssttled down In
the drawing room. where they could
not hear whatever row there might be
IN the library.
For about half a minute the library
was empty, The noise of the tplloemen
tum blanx down the stairs and rampax,nv
TN rough thu Kitchen rex lons had csaasd
and there was stiffness like thai
which often precedos A hsroo outbrea (
OF the element. in the country.
Suddenly lack Dooxsn tiptoei into the
rpom from thu front hallway His n,..
tol waa still IN his hand and n. hs
glared about him there could b.. mo
douht that ma wa. pr.pared to shoot nj,
wav IA uh.,,v thrnl,vh any nunnsit,nr
no migh, encnunier,
He beckoned 10 some one outside a,
roon a. n. had assured hImse,, ina, IN
room v,,s smn,v and N.,l On m. An ND
stood by his side
"AI, rixh, Nall. he whispcr.d hoa,.s
~, II think we've sllpped them, ",
wer. INSIDE m. front door before the,
The evening world., 1913-08-27
Stop Thief 81 s s s5sat 4aeg4ef4 % ?! ;ss & Ssm@7 ~

basement door. which was also locked
and which they demolished - they had
the other door above.
Meanwhile James Cluney. who seemed
to have forgotten his supposed klepto-
Hianiacal aiment In the excitement OF
the last few moments. and somewhat
reassured by the confession OF Jack
Doosan. went over to Madge and put
his arm around her protectingly.
"Oh. James! Isn't this q dreadful
wedding day." sobbed Madge. leaning
her head upon his shoulder.
DO you think so. dear?' he asked. In
anely. II was thinking It had turned
out rather Interesting, now that We
know I'm a thisf-that is--rm not-at
least-you SEE
what do you mean3" she asked.
raising her face to look into his. and
rather indignant to hnd him smiling. "A
thief You? l don't undeSstand."
You don't' Ha. hs" he laughed ner-
vouslt. "ThatB strange' At least,
mean--It's-er-na don't alto.
gether understand myself"
Look here. Cluney." broke In Dr. VII.
loughby. We ought TO get the ladies
out OF this. Those policemen are liable
to be coming back again, and they
make so much disturbance that IL IL un-
Pleasant. Let's ret the ladies' into the
drawing room or somewhere"
The doctor had taken Joan Carr's hand
and he led her out OF the room. with
Mrs. Carr on the other side OF him
and Caroline following.
where's your father. Gardiner
ask ell Mrs. Carr.
Il think he went down after the police
men"
on. dear' He'll bs hurt" oried Mrs
CA.v, moving town rd .ha reap door v,s -
The evening world., 1913-08-27

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS

ofNOPSIS OF PRNHDIS0 CHAfTE"o'
James Cluney y about to Marty Madge CArr.
daughter Of an absent. minded old insr'l,.nt Man,
costly wedding prsents have been sent % the
Cars Riverside Drive home. Their value esci,ss
the cupidity Of Jack Doosan. a clever th!tf,
aid d Nell Jones. . grl to whom he y cnsa;SSd
Csrn'. Clnpcy nervo,isly asks his ''bst man, pr.
Wiiloushty. II II u safs Tor him 70 mary lsst an
eccentric uncles mental fauinp may have beSn
inhrritci by him n he form q Ll.Iaon.a.. hs
% watch him Later he ssts, Mr., Car . put
into the library ..is Toy him . bundle q nSnds,
to The house 'is Sy Sell S.,.cti,. Tho%I I.on q. g.
sy Seh. Who in,redacsr Doessn a. "cianey. !"
Doossn get, nd oi Thorn soa ~ re snd 'nS. 1ss
BRIDEGROOM ia. ssnt for. Cluasy s:s, LSossH n g
curb any tendency on his part towad kisptSmema
several presents are missing. Janison . nsinsss
friend who has given Car some STOCK h s.,
tficstes The safe in which they have been pisssd G
Tor ssfety is found looted. Jamtson goes m gnA
polics. 4 ssrssant assumes control of The sitoA
atios aud f1es the entire gait on DooSan az, sna
New, Hosan barricsdss hinasf oehtnd saa
and svss . psvolver ct the policeman.