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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
Easy to Identify.

''I was going down the street tho ether day." the fellow said. -and mot a little boy crying. He was a misc<a- bIe object and seemed to be suffering keenIy. So l stopped and spoke tD him..
 ' Whats the matter, son ? says l.
 ~tA b-b-big boy hit me- he sobbed-
 ..WeII. that's shame You tell me who the big boy was and I'll give him a talking to that he won't forget
 It was tn Stmpkins boy, answered the abused youngster, with a show of interest. He's down there with all those other kids
 sssWhich one of that crowd is heT
 "sYou kin tell easy enough. He's tn one with tn black eye an tn bloody nose. am he's cryin' toOF Chicago News
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
Ind Limit.

3 Mary James master is a slightly ec- centric bachelor. He has one most irritating habit Instead of telling her what he wants done by word of mouth he leaves on his desk or on the kitch. en tnble or anywhere else where she is likely to see it note curtly direct, ing her to Dust the dining roon'' or Turn out my cupboard.'' and so on.
 The other day he bought some note paper, with the usual die sunk ad- dress imprinted upon it. from the sta t1oner and ordered 1t to be sent home.
 Mary Jane took 1t in. and the first thing that caught her eye was a note attached to the package. She read it open eyed
 Well" she said, Ines asked me to do few things in his blessed notes. but this is the limit. I won't stand it no longer!''
 For the note read. "Die inside this package -"-London Answers
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
Tragedy of Cleaning Our shoes.

I Tragedy of Cleaning Our Shoes. In America as I Saw It. Mrs Alec Tweedie. writing of our home life. says:
 But home nfe-where is it? The poor man who pays so heavily for everything cannot even get his boots .blackened at home. and he has to go into the streets to the nearest shine for the purpose. At the street corners of every town are high. strange look @ng chairs under an awning, and there tine men-aye. and women. too-sit sol emnly. with a foot reposing on each leg rest placed there for the purpose. and while they read their morning pa pers darky browns boots for i've pence or blacks them for twopence halfpenny, Even in hotels 1t is Cifd- cnlt to get boots cleaned. and they have to be put on dirty and worn by their owner down to the boot room. where. in the larger hotels. they are now kind enough to have a. separate department fer ladies. Iris the land Of luxury, but not of comfort Those ht- tie comforts which to us In England are the necessities of life, are not to be found in America. Why7 Because there are few people to render serv- Ice"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
MeIba's Pullman Porter Critic.

One American experience recurs to me at the moment had been ap- bearing in Faust at Washington. and, getting Into the train after the performance rather tired, was not un- naturally annoyed at finding my state room unprepared. I called the colored attendant, who kept me waiting long time before he condescended to appear.
 Why is my berth not ready P be- gan
 He looked me up and down indif- ferentIy.
 T saw you play Margaret CA1argue- xite1 this mornin','' he said defantIy. ~an' thought you weren't bit O. good, You'll hey to wait But Plan kon tPlanconl was dne,'' he added as an afterthought
 Two years afterward received a letter from this same ebony critic. ''I heard you last night as Manon Les caut, it ran, land it was real fine. You beat the band. I take it all baek.s' Nine Melba in Strand Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
EnsIand's Great LittIe River

One could hardly fancy an England without the Thames It is the source. the inspiration. the participant, In so much that distinguishes England's syl- van beauty. In the centuries that have lived upon it's banks it has been potent factor in the civilization of this island kingdom. It cuts in twain and laves the burliest city in all the world. dark mass of human struc- ture impenetrabIy profound It rides a vast commerce from London to the sea, and along its jutting wharves
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
AMERICANS EXHIBIT
 AT LONDON HORSE SHOW

London, June IA record list of en- tries among them many from .Ameri- ca, was announced at the opening to- day at Olympia. of the eighth annual horseshow. which lasts until June IS and promises to be one of the most successful of the series.
 American exhibitors include will liam H. Moore of New York, who has made one of the most numerous en- tries Others whose stables are well represented are: Alfred Vanderbilt, New York; Baron Alexander Stackel- burg Santa. Barbara, Cal; Mir and Mrs. Graham Tuckahoe, New York :: Miss Ruth Boyd, New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
"A President ln shirt Sleeves.

3A Fro3tuCnH tn 9tSbt7g 0t98N88s
 ] The Swiss presidents unassumins sta tus has given rise to many stories. Edmund d'Auvergne. visiting the gov ernment buildings at Bern, noticed the word sBundespra esident' presi- dent of the confederation inscribed over an inconspicuous door. just as you might see the word 'Cash1er' or District Registrar. called to mind how an important English railway contractor once knocked at this door and was answered by man iR shirt sleeves. whom he took to be a clerk Ie was the president himself" " In Sir story was that dfplomatdst, calling at the presidents private abode. wna admitted by a lady with tucked up s1eeves and soap 7sudded arms-AEme- la Presidente straight from the wash tub.-London Standard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
FRENCH MINES SEIZED,
 AMBASSADOR PROTESTS

Eagle Pass, Tex. June zHIt is re- ported here that the French ambassa- dor at Washington has requested the Etate department to investigate confis- cation of coal mines at Sabinas, Mex, owned by French interests.
 Managers of the mines are prepared b6 forward estimates of their damage to the state department.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
Mn....;.l,.4a.e.inn

A teacher had been at great trouble to explain to her class the meaning of the word notwithstanding and. on asking for a sentence in which the word occurred. was somewhat non plused to receive the following effort from a bIushing maiden of some eight summers and winters:
 Please. miss, my little brother has a hole in the seat of his trousers. and it's notwithstanding.' .''-London MaiL
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
M.in End tha Mruterx.

Have the police yet found any ex- DIanation for the mysterious disappear- ance of MT. Jenkins :?
 '.No. They're going to get pack of bIoodhounds on his trail tomorrow"
 .-Gracious! Won't there be danger that if the bloodhounds find him they II eat him F''
 .sWhat if they do? His disappear arnce will no longer be mystery."-- BufFalo Express.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
tragedies.

tragedies. Years agone kings and princes and the fairest women in the land rode upon it's tide in functions of state or in the idle pose of pleasure Those were the days of the garlanded barge or the hooded galley foist. which, gliding steaIthfly beneath the Tower portcullis, lost another noble to the world of politics and intrigue From .eIn Thamesland.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04

The hearing of nanslaughter charges against Carl F. Sienon of 905 Clinton avenue was continued until June 13 pending the finding of Coroner Phelan.
 Personal tax charges against Peter DfF1ano, 57 Gilmore street. were con tinued for hearing until June 3.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
Nn Erfenda of HLa.

Well. what did your better half say to you g''
 She said a-pIenty
 ''You always seem to have friends to take you home after these ban quets."
 Mot friends. My enemies do it tess-;- Pittsburgh Post
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04

tains. enbar dng in other loats on the western side and thus continuing their journey to Pittsburgh. Later boas were buiItlso that they could be taken apart into three or four sections ana placed on "a cur for the trip over the mountalns- The construction or tha Portage railroad cost S1 800. .OO0.-P adelpdlia Record
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
A Rich Man,a VieNss.

..so you are opposed to grand opera at popular prices ?''
 ''Yes Next they'll be having term pin at popular prices and orchids at bargain rates. and then what interest viii rich man have in Ife7''-Kansas City Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
MaIaneholY.

Melancholy may be defined as a state of mind in which a man Is so out of has lost its sweetness. Sir William Osler.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
An ontrioh rrioI<.

CT goes straight to it's nest but always approaches it with many windings. in order if possible. to conceal the local !ty from observation
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04

THE DEVELOPMENT OF co-oP. STATION HAS CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE succEssFUL SOLUTION OF MANY IMRoRTANT PROBLEMS. INCL UDING THE HIGH COST. OF LIVING, WHICH IS FELT LESS THERE THAN. ELsEWHERE. OWING TO THE FACT THAT POP .ULAR COOPERATIVE CREDIT HAS MADE POSSIBLE WONDER FuL IMPROVEMENTS IN AeRI- CULTURE AND THE RECLAIM TON OF BARREN LANDS. THE SAVINGS BANKS ENCOURAGE THRIFT, EVEN THE POOREST PEOPLE DEPosITINe THEIR sAv- INGs INSTEAD OF HoARoINe THEM. AMERICA, THE MOST PRoDIGAL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, OUGHT TO LEARN A LES SON IN THRIFT FROM lTALY's EXAMPLE.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
c.ne,,aad +ha Witne.n,

Counsel ito cautious witnessl-Why are vou SO slow in giving your am swers. madam? Are you afraid o1 telling an untruth? Witness (prompt' ly)-Oh. no. sir!
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
Msn.s vo4o

To reai lest 1aH1 honest man to vo according v,i his conscience is supeE- fiuous. to request aim 10 vote against his conscience is an insult 4 Alad- stone
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04

"I know the ins and outs of it, 2 said the thread. Yes" replied the needle, ''sew do I.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04

Claude-'sBut you certainly encour- aged me to propose. '
 Claudie--.'Well, I couldn't very well turn you down until you did could I?''-Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04

what one has that one ought to use, and whatever we take in hand we oueht fo do with all our might.-Cicero.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
rhats blasrent.

She-7 hate psg sneek patterpa ros cloth dresses E7e-That's -he patrern Of the last check senr your dress- maker for hem 1cxehange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04

How many people live on the reputa- tion of the reputation they might have made!-Holmes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-04
Italy s Prosperity
 Mainly Due to
 Individual Thrift
By SIMON W. STRAUSS. President Anperican Society of Thrift

x FTER three months of inves- sA tigation of conditions in
 Italy I can perceive that the country's prosperity is due almost exclusively to individual thrift pro noted by wise legislation
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-02

South Carolina infantry. Colonel Henh-
gan of Kershaw's command. with its
battlefag. The remainder of Kef-
shaw's division. which was not far
;fs ay. nufrleu IOrsszaN. Dut nicI1tosn
sounded the recall R1d was off in sea
son. He secured fourteen officers and
ninety-two men of Henagan's COM
mand. being the entire regiment. be
sides two officers and thirty-fiye men
belonging to no fewer. it was said,
than six different Virginia mounted
organizations. The Third New Jersey
and Second Ohio especially distinguish
ed themselves in this affair.
This same day, the 18th, Colonel c.
r. Lowell captured an officer and elev-
en- men, and General III. G. Wright
made a reconnaissance with Getty's
division of the Sixth corps in conjunc.
ton with General Merritt's cavalry to
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-02

tured the city of Washington in July.
1864. Sheridan was Immediately sent
from the Army of the Potomac, at Pc
tersburg, to cut In behind early on
the valley route and destroy him.
Early got past Sheridan on his retreat
from Maryland southwark and Sheri-
dan followed up to the bank of Cedar
creek and, hearing that Early had been
REINFORCED from General Robert e..
Lees army at Petersburg, beat a re-
treat, intending to take up a strong
position at winchester.
The town of Winchester, where Sher-
idan proposed to halt, is but one days
easy march from Cedar creek, and he
would have lost but little ground had
he stayed there. But instead he prompt
ly turned eastward when he found the
enemy at his heels and halted at Berry
vile, ten miles from Winchester. From
there he wrote to Grant: '"rhe position
| held in front of Strasburg was a very
bad one, from which | could be forced
at any time precipitately. Winchester
is untenable. / have therefore taken
a position near Berryville, which will
enable me to get In their rear Ii they
should get strong enough to push
north"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-02

Second New York and First Connect
cut regiments of cavalry, and a section
of NJ battery. Second United States
artillery. proceeded on the 18th to re-
connoiter the Berryyille pike. On his
way he captured about thirty dis
mounted cavalry and then. pressing on
toward Winchester. caught sight of an
infantry line in his front and charged
1t. The enemy broke and made for a
piece of woods. which Mcintosh sur
rounded. there capturing the Eighth
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-02

part of the re=enforeements sent to
EarIy's relief at a time when the lat
ter's opponent had even two divisions
less than he had now. Lees own
forces at Richmond had been SO stead
ilv crfnnbling under Grants attacks as
to require repairing. At this juncture
a figure appeared upon the scene whose
presence b~etokened something urgent
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-02
By Can't. GEORGE [. kILr1ER. Late 0. ;. v.

by Capt. GEORGE [. KILr1ER. Late U. >. v.
@HERIDAN'S first attempt at rid
- ding the famous Shenandoah
~ valley of the C~onfederates In
autumn fifty years ago ended In
his being bottled up around Berryville,
close TO the Potomac river, by the forces
under General Jubal A. Early. The
preliminary history of the campaign
to be described is as follows: General
Early raided Maryland and nearly cap
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-02
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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-02
The War Fifty Years Ago

A Crisis In the Shenandoah Valley---Genera Sheridan
Marches and Countermarches His Army---Confront
ing the Foe at Winchester. He Fails to Attack---2e-
treats to Potomac River---Again at Winchester.
News From a Woman Spy---Grant Arrives at Camp.
Tidings That a Confederate Division Has Marched
Away---Grant Says go hi" to Sheridan.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-02

Gilbert's ford on the Opequon, where
the enemy was found in force. Getty's
losses were only a dozen wounded.
The position of the cavalry from the
9TH to the 10th of September was sub
stantially as follows: Wilson, from
Smokers gap to the Opequon creek on
the Berryville pike; Merritt, from the
latter point to Smithfield; Averell, from
Smithfeld to Martinsburg and also
Along the Potomac.
Early's Force Depleted.
The 18th of September Anderson
started. with Kershaw's infantry and
Cutshaw's artillery. to cross the Blue
Ridge. taking the p%recaution to move
for Chester gap. his road bringing him
far past the Federal left toward Front
Royal. Fitzhugh Lee was to remain
with Early. Thus General r. e. Lee
aad at last drawn away the greater
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-10-02
Sheridan on the Defensive.

The enemy was already in strong
force at Winchester when Sheridan
wrote, and instead of attempting ito
get in their rear he retreated another
ten miles to Charleston. Grant wired
Sheridan that he had been mistaken
as to the number of troops Lee had
Sent from Richmond to the valley, but,
Sheridan insisted that two fresh divi-
sions had reached Early, besides Fitz-
hugh Lees cavalry and some artillery.
The whole country was alarmed at
Sheridan's retreat, but when Early at
tackled him in position at B~erryville he
made but a feeble resistance and drew
the army back to Halltown, close to
the Potomac and under the protecting
guns of Harpers Ferry. There he
chung for a month. besieged by a Zoe
which he outnumbered about three 20
one. 81 have taken the defensive,
was his message to Grant
The closing weeks Of August were
spent in these and counter moves, and
early In September Sheridan sent out
his cavalry divisions in all directions
north and west of Winchester. A move
ment made by Grant in August to get
a Judgment at Deep Bottom, on the
north side of the James river below
Richmond, caused some alarm In the
Confederate lines and led to the recall
of General r. FL. Anderson and the
division Of General J. B. Kershaw from
the valley to Richmond, whence they
had COM to help oppose Sheridan.
A Cavalry Dash.
During ten days thereafter there Were
maneuvering and skirmishing along
the Opequon river. without results of
special moment to the campaign. The
most brilliant Of these minor operations
was executed by General ]. B. Nc
Intosh OF Wilson'S division, who, tax
ing his brigade, comprising the Second
Ohio. Third New Jersey. Fifth and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-11

miserable hypocrisy, Law, ana OFuer,
dered in cold blood-YET IT WAS
DONE.
The people of West Virginia didn't
want workers and their FAMILIES muir
dered in cold blood in West Virginia
YET IT WAS DONE, .,-
And it was done in Michigan-not-
withstanding that fact that the peo-
pie of Michigan didn't want it done.
It is a fair assumption that the
people of no state in the union want
"a cowardly, brutal and impotent
government yet how are they go
ing to get what they do want?
How many people in this country
knew one-half of the truth about ac-
tual conditions in Colorado before
the Ludlow horror? How many news
papers told their readers one-tenth
of the truth?
How many newspapers in this
country have printed even frac-
tional part of the truth YET? .
How many newspapers have been
printing inches of the news OF the
war in Colorado while they we're
printing pages of alleged news about
the war in MeHco-or the attempt of
rich American investors in Mexican
property to start a war?
Very few newspapers printed even
a little bit of the truth about the war
IN the Michigan copper country until
that Christmas eve horror. Very few
of them gave their readers much of
the real news about the industrial
war in Colorado until women and
children were murdered in cold,
blood at ludlow.
And how much news would have.
been. printed at all had not the min
ers Of Colorado armed themselves
and fought to protect their lives and /.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-11


and solely upon. consent of the govern
owners to maintain private armies c
as well as offensive woPkmen and burr
The people. Is it eur only remedy tt
shoot and buTn?"
In conclusion our Ohio friend sa
ardly and senile government of Color
trated over there in the name of that
but must we not all finally get back
to the fact that what the people over
there suffer is suffered at the hands
of their own government"
That argument would be all right
If it were not based on false premise
that the government of Colorado,
or any other state for that matter, is
the peoples government.
theoretically this is democratic
republic. Practically it isn't. The
CRITICALLY the people rule in Colorado.
In fact they DON'T now, and, never
did. The people don't rule in West
Virginia; they don't rule in Michigan.
They don't rule in Ohio. They don't
rule in Illinois.
What the people of Colorado suf-
fered at Ludlow and elsewhere in the
Colorado coal fields, they DIDN'T
suffer from their own government.
l said: when the mine owners,
for example, ARE PERMITTED to
maintain private armies of gunner
to protect their property, let the min
ers have the full right to arm them
selves to protect their own lives"
The mine owners Of Colorado
WE'RE PERMITTED to maintain pri-
Vate armies, both by the state and
federal governments. The federal
government knew all about the prac-
tee in West Virginia, in Michigan
and in Colorado, for it had official re-
ports from it's own investigators; it |
knew that private armies were main
tanned by mine owners in all three |
states-yet congress did nothing.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-11

siVe WOPmen and burn and children In their homes!
it eur only remedy equip another part of the people to
p"
ion our Ohio friend says All must despse the cow
government Colorado and abhOr the brutaes peTpe
re in the that miserable hypocrisy and Order
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-11

selves something Republican
of permits the mine
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-29
PROUD OF MADRID
Citizens of Spanish Capital Take
Great Pride in City.
Metropolis Has Lost Much of Its Old
Peculiar OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Handsome Buildings, Fine Parks,
Drives and Public Gardens.

London.-"From Madrid to heaven,
Madrid" sums up in a sentence the
pride of the inhabitants of the Spanish
capital. True, cosmopolitan Madrid,
as it exists today, has lost much of the
old peculiar picturesqueness, but few,
il any, of the great capitals contain
more really handsome buildings, finer
parks. drives and public gardens.
A whole new city has arisen outside
the old boundaries, plaster has given
place to stone and marble, and the
statues, which so plentifully adorn its
plazas, are almost all works of art,
and worthy of their position. Electric
lights and street cars are everywhere.
The viaduct, markets, hospitals, public
buildings of all kinds, the palace-now
one of the finest in Europe-hotels
and private houses furnished with ev-
cry modern luxury, form a veritable
transformation scene, even for those
who remember the capital as recently
as in the time of Isabel II.
In Madrid all roads lead to the
Puerta del Sol, the Piccadilly Circus
of the Spanish capital, on which, or
in whose vicinity, are situated the no
tells. Ten streets radiate from the
plaza, within which, from morning to
evening, and through the night itself,
the never-resting life of great part
of the populace wears itself out with
recreation. Noise and disquietude are
it's elements of life. You will see mo-
tor wagons and clumsy carts drawn
by oxen, the grooming barrel wagon,
newsboys running and shrieking,
crowds promenading or sitting and
standing before the cafes-a life and
animation of irresistible charm to the
visitor.
All types Of Madrid's population may
be seen here, from the bull fighter to
the great legislator. American and
English tourists mingle with the
throng; German commercial travellers
talk business to their customers on
the seats outside the cafes. and one
hears all the languages of Europe
spoken hereabouts.
Near by is the wagon corso. In two
closely crowded rows many gorgeous
and still more simple open wagons,
all with two horses, drive up and down
q good long hour before sunset. In