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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-03
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-03

Let me introduce you to the most honest young man have ever
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-03

But mamma doesn't want me to meet any poor young men.-Houston
 Post. zN
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-03

Tomorrow will be dollar day at B. H. Dillon 6 Co, 1105 Main street They intend to make this a notable event by offering the greatest values heard heard of for $1.O0.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-03
THE PRFTTEsr ACE

ana the most beautiful hands gre often disfigured by unsightly wart 1t can easily be removed in q few dayn without pain by E,sing Cyrus Wart Remover, For ss-le only at The Cyrus Pharmacy, 253 F-,Efield avenue and l8e Cannon street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-03
FINANCIAL
-- IHE-- FirSt-Er.dgepOrl National Bank CORNER MAIN AND EANKSrRETS
NOTICE

For forty-seven years we nave been conducting business at the same 0Iu location. corner of Main ana gOnn Streets Bridgeport. Conn. ana our Private Bank has been estabHsneo there contfuuousIy. We have rece1veo and paid out on demand without no ffce millions of dollars Of money ue- posted with HIS and we continue tO receive money subject to deposa10rs check at sight, on which we @dhOT @ e0 each account monthly. We eOncas the accounts of individuals brlslhcsSSS men, firms and corporations, anu aII who want a bank account where ueSs can deposit money, checks or drA1ts, md leave it for one day. one week oHe month one year, and draw interest on 1t for any time it Is left with uS We give to the husifiess our caFefTl personal attention as the oldest nr1n of private bankers in this state
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-03

Does your daughter read much?
 She reads all the popular novels but don't call them much..Boston Transcript.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28
The Lumber KIM.
lcan.

Opportunity! The lumber. king
of the United States, as he was
called, died recently. His wealth
was estimated as as $500,000,000.
His name was Frederick Wyer-
hauser. He was a German boy who
got job in lumber mill at a low
wage and in six months was man
ager of the mill.
Who created this mans oppor-
tunity? Himself
Behind his success were unflag-
ging industry and unQuestioned in
tegrity. He did not 60 moping
about envying the success of others.
He started in to be a proprietor
himself. He did not denounce the
captains of industry. He started to
win the title that he bore at his
death as the master and the kidg
- the industry in which he was
ngaged.
What a lesson is this to those
who stand at street corners and in
legislative seats denouncing the
successful and proclaiming the Cos
pei of envy, hatred and distrust.
Leslies.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28
She Gave Up
ALL HOPE
Physicians Failed To Help Mrs.
Green, But She Finally Found
Relief in Cardui.

Meetze, va.-Mrs. J. c. Green Of this
plaGe, says II suffered with womanly
troubles so that could hardly sit up.
Two of the best doctors in our town
treated me, and I tried different medi-
cines, until gave up all hope of ever
getting we'll.
One day, I decided to try some Car
dui 1t did SO much for me that l
ordered some more, and it cured me!
Today, l feel as we'll as ever did In
my life.
The pains and the trouble are all
gone. feel like another person in
every way. wish every sufferer could
know what Cardui will do for sick
women"
A few doses of Cardui at the right
time, will save many big doctor bill,
by preventing serious sickness.
1t tones up the nervous system, and
helps make pale cheeks fresh and rosy.
Thousands Of weak women have been
restored to health and happiness by
using Cardui. Suppose you try it.
1t may be just the medicine you need.
N B.-Write 70: Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chatta;
nooga Medicine Co Chattanooga, Tenn for SPECIAL
Instructions. ana 64-rage book, Home Treatment
fer women" sent In plain wrapper. on request
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28
Birds.

The first birds" were not much
like those of the present time. The
pterodactyl, supposed to be the pic
neer of bird life, was a great feather
winged monster, with great spears
on the hinges of the wings and a
mouth full of sharklike teeth. The
pterodactyl did not sing, and could
we have seen him we would not
have felt like singingourselves. True
birds, and especially the warblers,
are very late in geologic time. There
was no bird melody in the carbon
ferrous jungles. The singers, in all
probability, did not greatly antedate
the human race.-New York Amer
lean.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28
First Mail Car in the World Built in
Hannibal, Missouri

The recognition by the United
States government of VIM. A. Davis
as inventor of the first mail car re-
calls the fact that Davis constructed
the first mail car in the world in
Hannibal during the civil war. The
car was built in the old Hannibal &
St. Joseph railroad shops while Col.
j. T. X. Hayward was superintend-
ent of the railroad.
Davis was in the employ of the
railroad at the time. The war had
done much to hamper the the train
services and the mails were often SC
late that the westward-bound stage
coaches left without them. This
worried Davis, who wanted to see
mails move rapidly, and he con
ceived the idea of distributing the
mail in transit between Quincy anC
ST. Joseph Office, so as to avoid the
long delay incident to distribution
in the st. Joseph. He preached TIT
plan to friends, who in turn passed
it on to Montgomery Blair, post
master general.
Blair gave orders for a trial O
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28

the plan, and July %, 1862, Davis
and Guy G Barton, railroad clerk,
made the run from Hannibal to
st. Joseph in the first mail car inn
provised out of a baggage coach,
with pouch racks and pigeon holes
The mail was distributed and ready
for the coaches when the train
reached st. Joseph 1t was such a
success that the idea was made per-
manent, and gradually the distribu-
ton in transit extended to all the
railroads.
After half century Davis has
been recognized as the real inventor
of the mail car.
! For years advanced the claims of
the late Geo. B. Armstrong of Chi
cago, as the inventor of the mail
car, and with two factions claiming
! the honor, the postoffice department
declined to recognize either. Cor
respondence found in the archives
of the department at Washington,
however. show that the suggestion
first came from Davis, and that
later, Armstrong took and improved
upon the idea after railway mail
cars had been in operation some
two years.
Old residents of Hannibal clearly
remember the operating of the first
mail car out of Hannibal
Davis was born in Barren County
Kentucky. In 1855 he came tC
St. Joseph. In these days prior tc
the civil war, ST. Joseph was the
most important and promising
point on the Missouri River Here
was the terminus of the Hannibal
& St. Joseph railroad, the faIthest
west line of rails The pony ex'
press started from ST. Joseph, anC
here the overland stage coaches fo
California and intermediate points
made their start. From a posta
standpoint, St. Joseph was also i'm
portant, as here the mail for thu
west was distributed and poucheC
for the long journey across tn
plains.-Hannibal Courier-Post
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28

seeking a soft snap" and is not the
sort of employee who will stick by
his employer through thick and
thin until his services become high
ly valuable and in many cases, in
dispensable. We often hear young
men complain of their inability to
get settled. That is largely because
they do not settle, do not seek to
adjust themselves to their work and
make the most of their opportunity.
Opportunity seldom knocks at our
doors. We must knock at the door
of opportunity and be prepared to
pus h the door a little if necessary,
The Living Church.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28
Seek Your Opportunities.

A Chicago man, a leader in the
commercial life of that city, is quot
ed as saying Among the men
hire nine out of ten are better work.
ers at As years of age than are the
men of rs or 80" This man firmly
believes that the man of As or there
abouts is at the prime of life, phys
ically and mentally. He also holds
that men of mature years are more
reliable and less apt to become
restless after a year or two in a po-
sition and to seek new fields. The
average young man, he says, is
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28
Kind Word Counts for Much.

We shall never regret the kind
things that we may do for others if
they really spring from kindly feel
ings and are not prompted by self
interest Many a man has won in
fluence and power simply by his
kindness of heart when he had few
other qualities to recommend him
and without such kindness great
talents have gone to waste,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28

Of all forms of kindness the
speaking of kind words is that
which lies most easily within the
power of all of us. Not that words
can ever take the place of deeds.
Where a deed is required words
sound but as a mockery. But there
are many, many times when the
word is all that is needed to make
the difference between happiness
and despair Most of us are starv-
ing for a little appreciation. Most
of us will work harder for praise
than for money. What a pity it is
that thousands who really appreci-
ate their friends and think the
world of them are tongue-tied and
never speak the word of praise un-
til they speak it over the coffin! He
who withholds the word which has
been richly earned is defrauding
his friend. Co. Great Thoughts.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28
Beauty.

Women have always sought to
make themselves beautiful. They
always will seek to do so, whether
they vote or not, and it is fitting
that they should
ComelinesS is a gift of Nature, a
Gift of the highest value to the pos
SCISSOR, 1t is a pleasant gift, more
over, for it increases the grace and
charm and variety of life for all
with whom she comes in contact.
To preserve comeliness and to en-
nance it is, therefore, an eminently
proper object of concern; one that
needs neither to be hidden nor to
be excused.
All the outward helps to beauty
are legitimate if they can be at
tanned without undue expense of
time or money The skill of the
manicurist, the cunning witchery
of dress most cunning and most
effective when it employs simplici
ty and neatnesS rather than eX-
travaeance and display all these
are at the disposal of the honest
minded woman
But the best means to beauty Of
person, althOuch it is far too often
neglected, is ha' ing beautiful things
in your life.
"Ah, but that is not always pos
sible," you say. Rich furniture,
handsome paintings and sculpture,
splendid music do, indeed, set off
personal charm, and often double
its attraction. But they are not
within the reach of the who makes
her own clothes and does her own
housework."
They are perhaps more within
her reach than you think 1t is not
the possession of beautiful things,
but the enjoyment of them, that
makes our souls beautiful. In that
sense, beautiful pictures and beau
tiful music are within the reach of
every one
But by living with beauty we do
not mean the set and ostentatious
beauty of great art. We mean
rather that there is an unconscious
identifying influence in the simpler
things of every day, if only we
open our souls to them. The songs
of birds, the drift of clouds, the
twinkle of flowers, the tranquility
of stars-these things impart sub.
tie and compelling beauty to the
faces of those who really live with
them. That is what the poet meant
when he said:
And beauty born of murmurinl
sound
Shall pass into her face.
You women who wish to charm
fill your souls with beautiful
thought and you will be charming
The magic and the great worth O
that charm is that it never grow
oId.-The Youths Companion.
See Ralph Graham for auto sur
500
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28
Poor Boys Who Succeeded.

John Adams second President
was the son of a grocer of very
moderate means.
Andrew Jackson's parents lived
in a hut in the pine woods for
which the state of North Carolina
is famous
James K. Polk spent his early
years digging living out of farm
in North Carolina He was later a
clerk in store.
Willard Fillmore was the son of a
New York farmer and his home was
a humble one. He learned the bus
mess of clothier.
James Buchanans' home was in
a small town in the Allegheny
mountains. His father cut the logs
and built a house in what was then
a wilderness.
Abraham Lincoln was the son of
a poor farmer in Kentucky and
lived in log cabin until he was 81
yeaIs old,
Ulysses S Grant was a village
boy in a plain home on the banks
of the Ohio river until he was II
years of age
James A. GarfieId's early home
was a log cabin. He worked on a
farm until he was large enough to
use carpenters tools when he
learned the trade. He afterwards
worked on a canal.
Grover Cleveland's father was a
Presbyterian minister with a small
salary ana a large family. The
boys had to earn their own living.
| William McKinley's early home
was plain and comfortable and his
father was able to keep him in
school.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28
Japanese Proverbs.

Japanese Proverbs.
Many words, little sense.
The fly finds the sore spot.
To be overpolite is to be rude.
If you hate a man, let him live.
Thine own heart makes the
world.
Treat every old man as thy
father.
The poet at home sees the whole
world.
Speak of man and his shadow
comes.
Inquire seven times before you
believe report.
He is a clever man who can
preach a short sermon.
A tongue of three inches can
kill a man of six feet
A small-minded man looks at the
sky through a reed.
The throne of the gods is on the
brow OF righteous man.-Advo-
cate.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28

Mrs. H. W. Thomas has returned
to her home in Quincy after a few
days visit with her sister, Mrs. j. P.
Patton.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1914-05-28

See Ralph Graham for auto sup
plies. $40
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17
Erasing Robert.

'S-s -s-s-sus-say. ma, stammered Bobby through the studs as his mother scrubbed and scrubbed him. "l guess you want to get rid Q me, don't yuu?
 Why, no, Bobby. deur," replied his mother. Whatever put such an idea into your mindT'-
 "Oh. nuthin' said Bobby, "on!y 1t seems to me you're tryin' to rub me out"-Onward.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17
To Clean Mother. of. pearl.

Mother-Of-pearl articles that have become dull and blurred may be re stored by cleaning them with pure oile oil, then applying the ordinary nailbrush and rubbing with chamois.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17
AGT QUICKLY
Delay Has Been Dangerous in AL
 aSka.

Delay Has Been DanSerOus Tn Al-
 aska.
 Do the right thing at the right time.
 Act quickly in time of danger.
 In time of kidney danger Doan 8 Kidney Pills are most effective.
 Plenty of evidence of their worth
 Mrs. NJ. E. Cook, state St., Sed- To Woolley, Wash, says: q strain ed my back while lifting and it WAS lame and weak for a long time I had sharp shooting pains in my back, and if I stopped it was hard for me to straigbten. It was also hard for me to get up from a chair was bothered with too frequent passages of the kidney secretions at times, then again they didn't pass often enough. l doctOred, but got no better, and finally decid- ed to try Doan's Kidney Pills. Alter I had taken a few doses, found they were helping me and contin- ued using them until I was fixed up in good shape"
 Price 5Oc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Cook had. Foster-Milburn Co.,, Props. Buffalo, N '.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17
Economy.
Are you econonliZing?"

"Are you economizing"
 "I should say so" said the man who Is always cheerful. My wife bought enough marked down articles, to save $50 on the original price, Washington Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17

Ellis Island should be en- larged during this dull season in preparation for the rush when the war is oyer.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17
EDITORIAL PAGE

Should the war deprive Boston of grand opera, the Back Bay set might fill the social gap by giy- ing codfish balls.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17

Inferentally, France would have no objection if the United states bought a whole fleet of merchant vessels from Switzerland.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17
Nothinn 10 Oher.

Have you," uSairI the judge of re gently convicted man. anything to of fer the court before sentence Is pass cd?"
 No. your honor" replied the prison CT. My lawyer took uy last farthing.' London Mail
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17

or 500 houses in a Belgian town, only nineteen are left standing. ARd this Is mentioned in the dis patches merely as a feat Of marks manshipl
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17

If necessary, Minister Whit locks protest against Germany's use of Zeppelins can be explained on grounds of irexperience.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17

That high-priced steamer that came across with half her cabins empty is doubless a long, low lying, rakish eratt.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17
Drawinn Materials,

What have you got in that little paCkage| Drawing materials"
 q didn't know you were an artist"
 Artist nothing. It contains a couple of pairs of forCepS the dentist asked me to get for him. Boston Transcript.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17

Three indictments have been re- turned against officers of that de- funct Chicago bank, bue MT. Lori mer's name is not on the list.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17
Only One 'BRo1IO QUNINE."

To get the genuine, call for full name, LAXATIVE PROMO QUIN- NE. Look for signature Of E. W. Grove. Cures a Cold in Che day.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-09-17
PROFESsIONAI CARDS.
Dentists.
WILLIAM PALLIsTER, NJ. D.

WILLIAM PALLISTER, NJ. D.
 (FOrmerIy of Seatue)
 Specialist in the treatment of diseases and deformities of the eye, ear, nose and throat
 Office: Goldstein Building, Ju- ueau, Alaska.
 Dr. Pallister will be in SkagWay at Dr. Cables office, or the Pull len House until Wednesday, Sept. 16.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
Your Favorite TaIcum Powder for 1Oc

Tomorrow in the Toile Goods Section we offer as { Anniversary Z m Sale Special, Il following Talcum Powders ! .10c a can:
 Mennen's sorated and Violet
 Talcun Powder 1oc.
 6abcocks coryIopsIs TaIcun, Powder 10c. lazells Massatta TaIcum
 Powder 10c. {. (Toilet Goods, Main Fioor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
New Reed Lamps for Summer Torches and Su
 ParlOrS

The ambitious housewif' who would "fix npn the hom, will find that nothing will ad quite so much to the eleganc and gentility of the decorativ arrangement as these new Rec Lamps. They are here in a sizes, from the smallest Bot dolr Lamp to the tall f1oo Lamps, in a variety of finishe to harmonize with almost an scheme of decoration.
 Special! 500 Reed eoudoIr
 lamps on Monday at 4.95. 's (4th Fioor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
More Black Taffeta Skirts Arrive at SlO to S16

Every express brings to shipments of Black seems that they are so good the values tempting We mention Skirts pack and the strongly themselves in he favo or fashion. (Womens Garments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
5Oc White Chamoisette
 Gloves 19c

Tomorrow we place on sal our special importation { White Chamoisette two-cIas Gloves at 29c a pair. The loa, est price at which these Glove have been previously offered 39c. The Gloves arefn fashiol and being washable, are espt cially practical.
 (GIoves, Main EIoor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
The Vogue of Black and
 White JeWelrv

The last word in Jewelr, coming all the way from Pari, IS Black and White.' We ir troduce tomorrow:
 Black and White Ear Ring, m pearl and jet, 35c and up.
 Black and White Brooch an Bar Pins, 50c and up.
 Mourning Jet and bright Je Beads, short and long strings DOC a string and up.
 (JeweIry. Store, Main Floor1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
The Fine Exclusive UnmQde Embroidered Robes For merly Up to $50 Will Be
 Closed Tomorrow Qt $10.5O

These the Robes that have the of so much admiration in our Embroidery Aisle There are Robes that have been priced not less than and LID to 5000 and even at these original prices credit to establishment There Robes of Etamne VoiIes Chiffon and gande em brodered m Bulgarian and Mexican drawnwork designs on white and coored fabrics They inches wide and give promise of the handsomes dresses that will make their ap pearance this summer
 lis ls without doubt the finest collection of hi gl class fabric unmade Robes that has been shown any store in the south Embroidery Aisle Main Floor,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
The Anniversary Sale Has Cut The Price In Two on Women's and Misses Wool Suits 500 Suits That Were $17 to $50 Will be Sold Monday at $8.50 to$15

If ever Suits worth the money these Suits were worth their original prices But reducing stock and contrary to the usual custom of waiting till midsummer we have cut the two while there hundreds women whose going away suit is yet unbough Now for the of separate skirt of the quality stye the whole suit may be bought
 Junior and small Womens and 17.5o
 Misses Women's were2 for
 Womens Misses were for
  Shepherd 4st-s Conservative Fashionable Suits in Wistara Reseda Green Green
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
Switch Essential to Stylish (.oiffure

The latest Hairdressing Styles being demonstrated h our beauty nd Iors. It Is very evident that to atta q becoming and stylish coiffure 1t 2 peceesary to use switch.
 Sp<e1al reductions on Ha1e Goods for AnnlvePsafy Sale. 1 M The celebrated Sanitary PariS sU 4air Goods are being offered Ht e1ak prices during the Allniversary 4hte includes Switch, Puffo or c Neoesoefys tQ tue non. afko1ft
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
LoUeman, Joseph 6 Loeb

Gathering strength as the days go by the An niversary Sale begins tomorrow it's second week of celebration
 With that same unceasing determination that has characterized the 27 years of our success un- restrained we have flung ourselves into the spirit of this occasion.
 A number of special purchases which did not arrive in time for the first week of the Sale stand forth on this page of second week offerings in bold relief from the commonplace values of every day business.
 Even write the pencil that has relentlessly lowered the the articles of merchandise continues to strike where perhaps you would least expect it.
 In addition to the page of that printed here there many price tickets that will add other chapters to story of economy in this store this week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
The Black Silk Hose That WeSellEveryDay
 for $1 Tomorrow 79c
Choice of McCallun,'s or RiuoE

No woman ever has too many Black Silk Hose Every woman recognizes that the practical Hose to buy is the dollar Silk Hose for it is neither too 2 cheap nor too expensive.
 It further conceded that the best dollar Black Silk Hose that is made the product of the MacCulums mills the Rivoli mills These have se tops sole and heel and deep double garter top and the Hose that offering in this sale tomorrow for 79c. (Hosery, Main Fioor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17
1900 New Waists ake Their Place in the Sale for $1

Don't be dscouraged-here 100 dozen more of the Waists with which have caused such frror in the past two weeks Four times have obliged to telegraph tor new supplies of these Waists they asonshed both customer and competitor at the of 100 There are of
  Waists Waists with Waists in size from 3 in
 100 dozen is many. yet maybe not
 more than enough to last one day.
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