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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-11
A New Method

by means of which anyone can cure their own disease FULLY DEMON STRAPPED.
 The sick, deaf, blind. lame. rheu- mafic, paIsied, para1yzed, and all who are crippled and on crutches will be treated by transmitting the radio ae- tive substance of the human brain to any part of the body instantaueousIy- Tumors and 'goitres will be removed without cutting or burning or the loss of one drop of blood upon the stage of open hall in full view of the audience, without removal of clothing or exposure of the. person Absolutely Free of ChaFge
 Don't say it can't be done, but go and see it done. Remember you are living in a world of wonders and in an age of amazing advancement. He who first condemned without careful and comprehensive consideration and to preconceived prejudice. In the light of facts such nasty opinions are without weight, wisdom or common senses
 hss THE MARVELLOUS CURES made by these treatments have attracted the attention of thousands of people in all walks of life and given to the sick and suffering new life and hope. That the deaf are made to hear the
  the unsightly tunaor is made to waste away and the foul cancer c1eansed and dried up simply by the appIica- uon of these treatments, without opp eraions, seems beyond belief; but such are the claims made by those who have been treated by them, and you are given the chance to test Cor yourself whether such things are true.
 THEY WILL PERFORM CURES
 
 that will astonisn the skeptfcal, set the serious to thinking. and convince the doubtful that their power is un- questioned. No matter what the dis ease, how bad, how long standing or how hopeless. the case. it may be aInenabIe to cure; and if curabIe at all these wonderful demonstra4ions will prove before your very eyes that cures are possible and THE AF- ELECTED ONES WILL ARISE AMI WALK.
 d free clinics at the Warner inning Nov. f6, continuing the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-11
GROCERS SUMMONED
 FOR SHORT WEIGHT

Deputy SeaIer Of weights and Meas ures Charles Fine paid a visit to the village Of Southport yesterday and found the grocery firm Of von Ho1tz & sierup putting out some 'pound'' prints of butter that weighed. only. A 1-2 ounces. The members of the firm were summoned to appear before Justice Bacon Wakeman of Fairfield tomorrow afternoon. The members of the firm state that they bought the butter in block form, and that it was printed in Bridgeport, and that they were given to understand that the prints were full weight They claim that all stopekeepers who accept the weights of wholesalers or packers are likely to make the same mistake if they do not use their own scales with each purchase.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-11

cellars Of which are below the IsveI of surrounding land. It was eonsfd- cred advisable to watch conditions for a time and learn the true cause. Conditions of toilet at tI4e Atlas Shear Co.'S plant were discussed and an order issued to have them rem edied.
 Lack of toilet facilities in the Po- lice and Charities building for the use of women attachees Of the Health Department was mentioned in a com municatiep from Dr. Sherman. It was deciAed that the room formerly given over for this use has been con hscated by the Police Department as a workshop. pr. Mcclellan and Pres ident Ives will investigate and sec if 1t can not be again confscated.
 A favorable report was made ibv pr. Mcclellan concerning the threat ened epidemic of scarlet fever and diphtherta,S particularly regarding 4he outbreak of the former disease among pupils Of the Shelton school. He said that the disease, is under control and there Is no cause to be alarmed. During October there were 27 cases of scarlet fever and 25 cases of diph- therfa. Eleven of the scarlet fever cases were among pupils of the Shell ton school During the first 10 days of this month there have been but three cases of scarlet fever reported indicating that the disease is on the wane.
 Considerable discussion resulted following the receipt of g. check for s39.50 from the departments dental work result of the sale of tooth brushes among schaaI children at five cents each. It was finally decided to return the money to the fund used in financing the work of this depart ment. The report showed that school. children may secure a complete out fit for the care of the teeth at the small cost of 27 cents, including tooth brush, mouth wash, tooth powder and dental floss. Lectures on the care of the teeth, illustrated by views taken from life are to begin this week. An interesting report with statistics was given cor erning the scope Of the work already accomplished
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-11
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

At the monthly meeting of the board of managers of the Orphan Asylum held yesterday the report of Dona.- tfsn Day. held October g at the ssy- ll1fn. was read. The proceeds from the day wera $93o besides most gem erous household supplies. contrfbuted by various individuals and stores The committee, Of which Mrs. E.. B. Curtis was chairman, thanked aH contribu- tors most gratefully.
 Miss Mary A. Rogep4 daughter of nue and MT. Dennis HacAett of this city were quietly married at St. Pat rfckss R. c. church. at s:3O o'clock this morning The Rev. John e. Lynch was calebrant of the nuptial mass A wedding breakfast at the home of the brides mother followed cha ceremony. The bride was form erly employed at Warner Bros.
 one Of the most interesting concerts In the history of the church was held at inc NewfieId Methodist church On the corner of Stratford and central avenues last night. The members of Sl1e TslI family were the only enter tatnera. and they held the interest of +4,a audience for over two hours. kfVsr entertainers were Miss Mildred TaH. A1tes Greta Tiu Miss Mabel Till and MT. William Till of Bayonne, N. g. These people are widely known as the Rock Band and the manner in which they extract melodies from rock is wonderfnl. The Roclzoph one zgllsicll was t1ae feature of the evenings entertainment was invented and con sfructed by MT William Till and can ba heard at only the TdH concerts Ta1is reraarkabIe instrument is compos- cd entirely of musical rock which were discovered in the Cumberland noun tai4a of England, The following was the program:
 Roakophone-a- Quartet ssoyerture''-
 Rossini,
 D. Trio, Allegro aanz-
 C Duet ssAdaeic Rox'-Iiebdeh. E Solo, Musical Glasses -s Meditation .
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 h s5onnl 'sassnp6
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-11

Don't endure the needless pain and torment of rheuIfatism, aggravated as it is by the hot weather. W. T. Hutchens Nicholson. Ga. says: 'T suffered the aches and pains of rheu- mafisne. swollen feet. irregular pain full bladder action, but Foley Kidney Pills fixed me up quickly" Foleys Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-11

The schooner Rose May. Mobile to Spain. is aground at Abaco. in the Bahama Islands
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-11

LadisIaus Schwen1, Brooklyn banlxeh. was arrested for receiving deposits after his banlx became 1na
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30
Lesson in English.

Many travellers have the unfortunate
failing of attributing ignorance and
backwardness to everyone who wears
the strange garb and observes the
strange customs of foreign land.
Often, as in the case of the tourist in
China that the New York Tribune tells
Of, there is rude awakening.
When his steamer touched at Hong
kong, the tourist was delighted to see
a Chinese woman in the costume OF
her country come on board ship. She
was the first Chinese woman that he
had seen in the native dress, and he
determined to take a picture. Ad-
vancing to within few feet of the lit
tie woman, he leveled the camera at
her, and began to exclaim loudly ia
amateur pidgin English:
"Me takee picture! Can catchee?
Can catchee?"
The Chinese woman looked at him
in deep disgust, and replied in perfect
English:
You can catchee, but you may not"
Turning, she walked away. She had
been graduated from an American col
lege the year previous.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30

$50 we guessed" said one OF the
boys. Eve read about them in his
tory books. But what is it of ?''
The captain studied longer.
The figure ON the photograph was
different from anything ever seen or
dreamed of in the year 1862. Appar-
emily it represented some creature
bearing faint resemblance to the
women of the day. The physiognomy
was dainty and appealing to the eye,
but it was almost surrounded by a
great mass of material resembling
hair. To the waist the figure bore
some resemblance to the women of
1862. But here the resemblance
ceased. From the waist down the fig
ure was shaped like an elongated V,
with the small end at the bottom,
where the feet should have been. 1t
looked something like a woman who
had been caught and tied SO she
couldn't move.
That" said Captain MacManus, sis
an old-time photograph of woman in
hobble gown
What! Ha, ha, ha! Good joke,
captain laughed the apprentices.
'Fancy--a woman! But tell Us what
it really is, captain, please"
IL have told YOU said the captain.
tits a woman in a hobble skirt of
the age of 1912 or thereabouts."
"A woman!" the boys drew forward
and gazed at the picture in amaze
ment. "A woman-in a what did you
say, captain?"
"a hobble skirt" said the old man.
you don't know what that is, do you,
kids? Never heard OF such thing ?
Can't imagine such thing, Ell? But
that's what this relic of the past rep
resents, and you can look in any an
Client history and see that I'm right
What 90 you think the woman had
done, captain?" asked the apprentice.
What had she done?"
Yes. To make them bind her up
in that fashion What was she be-
ing punished for"
COR maybe she was doing penance
of some kind" suggested another.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30
DENIES THEORY OF LOMBROSO
Equally High Authority Asserts Tina
There Is No Distinct Type
of Criminal.

DR.. Charles Goring is the latest
crininologist to combat the theories
OF Lombroso and to assert that there
is no such thing as criminal type,
DR.. Goring admits that there are some
persons who are naturally criminals,
but he denies that their criminality
shows itself by physical stlgmata.
Seeing that criminality is a purely ar
tificial distinction, it Is hard to under
stand why nature should aid in the
classification Our social system has
seen fit to select small number OF
the almost innumerable ways of be-
ing wicked and to label them as Grim
inal. The other ways are not labeled
as criminal, although they may actual
ly involve a much greater moral tur-
pitude. II is not the function Of So
ciety to prevent people from being
wicked, but only TO prevent them from
being wicked in such ways as are
particularly periodical to the rest OF
the community. There was a time
when it was criminal TO read the Bible.
1t is still criminal TO do some things
of which the moral sense may highly
approve. We can hardly expect ma.
ture to give her sanction to our arti-
fetal distinctions
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30
Baths of Sea Sand.

The very latest beauty bath is that
composed of hot sea sand. Some ia
nous beauties have the sand brought
direct from Coney island or Long
island in barrels.
These baths are fairly expensive,
but then it is claimed that they do
infinite good to a certain quality OF
skin-that white skin which SO often
accompanies red-gold hair and peach
complexion.
The hot sea sand bath is prepared
in rather a peculiar way. A large
sheet is placed on the floor and COW
cred thickly with smoking hot sand.
Then the patient" is wrapped up in
the sheet and quietly massaged. At
ter five minutes the patient" is rolled
over and over a dozen times and then
again massaged. BY this time the
sand is cool and the operation fin
ished. unless very enthusiastic
beauty lover has the courage to begin
all over again.
After the sea sand bath is over
a strong hot sea water bath Is taken,
and this is followed by a delicious
douche of cold, family scented water.
Next comes the cup of coffee accom-
panied by a roll and then-half an
hours repose!
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30
A Fair Offer.

1t was at the moving-picture show.
In front sat young woman, very pref
ty and modishly costumed, with her
son, a youngster of perhaps six years.
Just behind sat young mana good
looking young mana well-dressed
man. The young man watched the
young woman very much more closely
than he did the screen across the
stage. For the first quarter of an hour
he did not dare to speak to her. But
she was so attractive that he cudgeled
his brains for sonic excuse to begin n
conversation. AT last he hit upon the
idea of pretending he was a stranger
"a foreigner-in need OF information.
He leaned over and said In his best
French:
Pardon, madame, may | address q
few words to your"
The six-year-old escort turned
around with a courteous inclination or
his curly head.
IF you wish, sir" said he, Il viii
translate for you. My mother does
not understand French. New York
Evening Pest
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30
CALLED FATHER OF SCIENCE
Truly Wonderful Thinker and In
ventor Was Archimedes, Famous
Through the Centuries.

On December 10 of the year PIP B.
G. persisted the great Archimedes,
murdered by brutal, ignorant Roman
soldier, as he sat with bowed head in
his house at Syracuse thinking out
the mighty problems of science.
Archimedes was born at Syracuse.
Sicily, B. @. 2S7, and was therefore at
the time of his death seventy-five
years old. He was the greatest man
of the profoundest thinkers and rea-
soners of all time. In mathematics
and natural philosophy he had no peer
on earth, and it is not too much to
say that he is fairly entitled to be
called the father of science" He
would have discovered the differen-
tial calculus had algebra been known
in his day, and he came very near
doing so even as it was. He antici-
pated the astronomical system subse-
quently worked out by Copernicus.
He laid the foundation OF hydrostatics.
He invented the method for the deter
mination of specific gravity. He for
ShC tluS thCOAS vi IAC ACNCA
and uttered the ever famous words,
Give me whereon to stand and / will
move the EARTH" In theoretical me-
chanics no advance was made upon
his ideas during the eighteen centu-
ries between him and Leonardo da
Vinci.
1t was Archimedes who invented the
endless screw, the most important me-
chanical continuance known to science.
From the teeming brain of the old Syr-
acusan came also the idea of the
screw pump, the hydraulic engine and
the burning mirror. He was the Gre
ator of the catapult, the artillery OF
the olden time, whose dreadful bolts
were the terror of ancient armies. He
invented another engine, the ponder
GUS claws of which, reaching over the
walls, lifted up ships and their crews
and then suddenly dropped them into
the sea, while with his great sun
glasses" he was able to set on fire
such of the enemies ships as could
not be reached with the graphing ma
chine.
It took the world 1000 years to pro-
duce the equal of the mighty intellect
that was brutally snuffed out by the
blow from the mace of that brutal Ro-
man soldier.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30
TIE GENESIS OF THE t4osBLE

Captain MacManus, master airiga-
TOR, leaned idly on the pneumatic star
BOARD rail of the great New York re-
celVlng float of the Five Continents
Il Australia Aerial line and gazed
aoWn at Manhattan Island, 5000 feet
oeioW, as 1t was in the year 1862.
Down on the caissons of the F. c..
& A. ground terminal a tiny electrical
depottender, all glass and wire, was
taxing aboard her quota of passen-
gers, bound for the float to catch the
1O:11 Express for Paris. The Express,
monster 900-footer, that flashed her
red hull across the Atlantic on the
10,0G0-foot level at the rate of $50
miles an hour, lay in her clips on the
hoat, impatient to be released and
tear herself away from contact with
things near-nundane. Tiny 3O0-foot
express packets from Washington,
Chicago, Pittsburg and other nearby
points were swarming to the float,
dfscharging their passengers and
mails for the big Express, taking their
release signals and scurrying back
whence they came.
1t was a scene that the captain had
seen year after year, yet he never
tired of witnessing the silent swift
aess with which the thing was man
aged.
A tiny bell buzzed near him and No
10 Starboard Clip swiftly opened it's
great steel arms and awaited the COM
ing of the boat that had signaled IT,
Down below the tender rose up from
the terminal caissons, spiraled upward
in long curves, and one minute later
No. 10 Clip received it in it's arms.
Out of the tender came rushing
four boys in the white and green uni
forms of the apprentices of the line.
Kids bound for the training
grounds in the Hlmalaya's," grunted
Captain MacManus.
The boys instantly made a respect
full rush toward him.
What luck!" cried one. "We've
got just fifteen minutes to catch the
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30
Robert Burns.

Robert Burns belongs in the very
front rank of the worlds great men
AS song writer he stands along
with Goethe. Heine and BeTanger, and
as a satirist he ranks well up with
Juvenal and Pascal. His 'Coter's Sat
urday Night" his Tam O. Shanter
and his Holy Fair" are simply mimi
table. as great, in their line, as the
most consummate masterpieces of the
worlds greatest writer's. Burns was
original in the best sense OF that
word, and his songs. satires, epistles
and many Of his more serious produc-
tons stand forth unique, and fresh.
ard powerful as the tints OF Titian
or the chiseling OF Phidias.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30

My boys" said Captain MacManus
she was not doing penance, and she
was not being punished"
You don't mean to say that she
was wearing that thing Of her own
free will?"
No: she was doing it because
she had to; it was the style"
Go on, captain" said the boys,
I'VE like to hear about those queer
old-fashioned days"
We'll, Style was the absolute Boss
of all women in those days, my lads.
1t was before they'd acquired the
equal right with men to help worry
about how the world should be run,
and there they went along in the old,
instructive ways of their mothers
that have all been done away with
now-and their instincts ruled them,
and the Boss of the biggest instinct
of all was Style"
What was the biggest iIlstinct?"
asked the group
"The desire to look pretty and
make other women look plain"
And what was this Style thu that
you mention, captain =
style was a mysterious power that
changed every year or so, and when
It changed women had to change with
it. One year Style would be for plump
women. and all the women would be
plump. Next year it would be for
tninness, and all the women would be
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30

Paris Express, and We want to get
the Great Mystery unraveled before
we sail"
Yves Captain MacManuS." said an
nthar. please. sir. tell us what this
Is and he thrust into the old mans
hands one of those Anticipated card
hoard affairs which. in the long past
DAYS of their usage, were designated
as cabinet photographs"
II found it in an old trunk | was
going through" gSsped the apprentice
I'm awe 81 was afraid TO touch it at
FIRST / didn't know what 1t might be.
Then | put on my germ proof and
current proof glove and picked it up.
II didn't hurt me. So | brought il
here. I know you could tell us what
It is if anybody could.
old MacManus twirled his binocu-
lars.
Right YOU are. llids, in coming to
me said he. ''If anybody Can tell
YOU anything about ancient relics I'm
the man. why. can remember back
20 the days when women couldn't
vote"
while the apprentices were recov-
erlng from this awe-inspiring asser
ton OF antiquity, the captain was bold
ing the object of the commotion off
At arms length and studying it care
fully
INV lads said he at last its a
photograph
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30

the his sitting his friend after he had been
bounced rhythmic wheel
weighed
the
t
he did bet he did, The words out his mouth before
brother Milwaukee fiat
Gambrinus straddng
an
where old man.
hills V
gna that werea mosta as ia
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30

tn him 1t all came about through a bill that Mr.
Reilly introduced in the house by request The
reouest was made by a man in his district named
James L. CoWles.
Long before the parcel post was put into exis-
tence Mr. Cowles was advocating it. and so com
pla,e had the working of that system become, In
his mind at least, that the amount of money re-
ouired TO carry parcel from Chicago to 81
Paul would carry it from New York to San Fran
cisco.
So firm was Mr.. Cowles' belief in the feasibility
OF his scheme that he extended 1t to apply to the
railroads He advocated fat rate for freight
and passenger transportation and his fat rate
was placed at 81 This would take a passenger
from Washington 10 Alexandria, across the Pc
tomac river. or from Washington to San Francisco
by request" Mr.. Reilly introduced bill in tt
put his scheme into operation. That is as far as i
reason so many members are thrusting 81 bills IL
asking him for tickets TO San Francisco
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30

killed Immediately
the
making
possible animal
caught
opportunity redeem them killed by the administration of charcoal
the is, a
4209
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30

cats. In the half year just closed there were
impounded 2,423 and 2,176 dogs, while OF
other animals there were only six cows, TWO
horses. and one goat. 1t is provided by law that
geese also must be taken into custody when
found at large, but in the last halfyear none was
found Other animals required to be taken when
straying are bulls. mules calves, sheep and hogs.
For the latter three classes of animals, pound
fees of dollar charged for redemption.
For geese the charge is so cents, and for all 9TH
animals except cats, two dollars. Fees col
lected for the half year just completed amounted
to 1892.
Cats are collected only on request of those hav-
ing them in charge and are taken to be painleSsly
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30

and every pound jag He noisy man, and
he wanted to fight Hs was so set for scrim-
mage that the motorman finally accommodated
him by putting him off the Before the hero
could get back to his and start it Mr.. Milwau-
kee was on the track daring him to run him
down. The scheme worked, and the 200 pounds
worth of jag reeled aboard again
The motorman with the valuable assistance Of
the conductor put the jagman off the car eight
distinct and dramatic times. And for eight dis
tinct and dramatic times Mr.. Milwaukee stood
himself the track and did the Ajax act, and
Then a small, anemic man who had also been
overzealous in his attempt to make Milwaukee ia
nous, and who was the roisterer's companion,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30
Doesn't Believe in Taking Things Too Seriously

believe in taking things toe
brilliant Unlike his coworkers in
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30
Stood Himself on Track and Did Ajax Act

whzng the hills of Virginia far
bundles,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30

makes friends of them, but doesn't hesitate to
tell tales about them.
'One day." said he recently, "a young CORE
spondent was in my office. He had just visited
the state department to get news and apparently
no news had been forthcoming. So after while
he had come up to congress and had dropped into
my place to telephone line so to his editors.
He took off the receiver, got his office and pra-
pared to dictate story.
Take this he said. 'Ha-aah-ump-in the
event of an armed Intervention In Mexico-got
that? In the event of an armed Intervention in
Mexico-ha-aa-ah-u-m MINI
There was moment Of painful silence. Then
the man who was taking the Illuminating article