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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-22
FIRST FIGHT WITH
 MEXICO APRIL a4, 1s4e

The first fight of the last war with Mexico occurred April "A, 1846, when reconnoitering par ty under command of Capt. James Thornton was surprised and captured on the Texas side of the Rio Grande river, between Fort Brown and Point Isabel. Lieut.. Thomas Mason was killed in this action, the first in that war. The causes of that war were the dispute over the boun- dary Of Texas which had been annexed by the United States and refusal of the Mexican re- public to satisfy claims of Amer jeans amounting to more than $6, 100000 for ships plundered in the Gulf of Mexico, and prop erty Of American merchants confscated in Texas aand Mex .ico by the Mexican government.
 Moses Austin, Connecticut Yankee was primarily the cause of the war. Austin vis-- sited Texas and finding it a fer tile country decided to settle there. He brought in conn panies of emigrants from the United States and organized them into communities. The attitude of the Mexicans toward these settlers brought on a war ], in which Texas achieved inde- pendence from Mexico. Their republic was recognized by the United States, England, France and other governments.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-22
HOME HEALTH CLUB
undfted by MT. David H. Reeder,

Chieago.l
 will Radium Cure Cancer? (contin- nation of article by H. Ldndlahr. M. D. Authors rights reserved9 Authentic reports of cases where the radium rays had a destructive effect, are already on record The following quotations ta- ken from an article in the December 1918 issue of 'Tne New Age, entitled. s.Nzw Rare Elements of Great Cost, wKTid4v describe the immense power Of <efha x-ray emanations and report the death Of several scientists as 9 result of exposure to the radium rays;
 ssThere is a strong anti-radiuna party in the medical profession which points out that Dr. John H. Edwards preS1- dent of the British Electro-t t herapeu- tic Society, suffered from eancerous growth due to constant exposure Q radfuna. His left arm had to be aT11- putated- Another, Clarence Daily, had to have his fingers aJnputated, then his arms and finally died from the same cause. There have been other deaths, too, laid to the effect iof radium. notably those of Wolfram G- Furths, of Chieagos Dr. Louis Wei gel of Rochester, and M Radignet of Paris. The debate over radiuna.s cur mHive power Is still on. full force@'
 sCf all its strange properties per- .haps the oddest and without preced- ,ie1t as far as science knows is that tfragment of radfum is always six de-
  rounding medium. This seems in direct f defiance to one of the most important rf physical laws the law of conser- fvatzsm of energy Radiu1n gives out Ehsat necessarily and yet remains su- 5per-heat cd William Ramsey declares that given bulk of radiI1rn would imet it's own weight in ice every hour and keep on doing so for thousand years
 ssRadiurn is the only Substance with
  Ienergy contained within a tiny parti- Ecle of it is amazing. Sir William Ram iney has estimated ttat the energy. in "a konzof radium, could it be utilized, would be snn1eieH I'd propel a ship of 15.00o tons with engines of 15s000 horse sTsower at Id speed of fifteen knots an hour continuously for thirty years. To dc that now requires million and m half tons of coal.
 These are but a few Of it's powers Daily others are formed but, even so, radfum is yet an unso1ved riddle.
 The foregoing statements certainly Indicate the necessity of caution in the application of the radium rays How ever the principal point at issue in this controversy is, why should we~ex- pertinent with these dangerous and doubtful agents when we are already in possession of safe and certain method. for curing benign and malig- nant tilmors in their incipient and even some YR1l1L at1t V e@I1s5Sd Stde5 e t1 seF cup meat- This does not refer to surgical extirpations because this is just as fu- tile to cure cancer, all other purely local methods of treatment. The simple reason for this is, that cancer is not local disease. but d manifesto ton of constitutional disease
 CANCER. NOT A LOCAL BUT
 CONsTITBTIOrAL DIsEAsE
 Tor many years have been teach ing that cancer is a constitutional dis- ease,-~tIiat it is rooted in every drop of blood in the body, that it is caused by the presence Of certain disease tafrrzs, and food and drug poisons in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-22
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS ON LIST OF 1913.

hereby given taxpayers of the City of Bridgs port of payable Collectors Office City Hall The undersigned May 1914 and daily thereafter Sunday excepted, and Saturdays from purpose collecting said tax After 4st required by cent unpaid taxes the the hrst O succeeding month.
 HOWARD F. SMITH Tax Collector.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-22

fifteen men in each. The illus .tration shows the skeleton mast and fighting tops of the battle ships North Dakota, now rushing to Tampico under 6 forced head of steam. A sea- man can be seen mounting a machine gun in the foretop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-22

The wrestling bouts at sokol hall White Eagles club brought out a good sized crowd WIadek zybsko took two straight falls from Hans Lehner Cnaki of this city: won from Bull Olsen of Boston. Mass, in two straight falls. Theo won from Bothner by the same margin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-22

Brooklyn, April 21-The fighting tops, or crows nest, ? of Uncle. Sans great Dread noughts are decided vantage points in active warfare. They contain machine guns and af- ford plenty of room for ten or
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-22

Governor Glynn signed the Mur. tagh- Sullivan bill giving all cities oi the second and third class the ri ghi to adopt 9 sinapIIfied form of charter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-22

ing that cancer is a constitutional dis- that it is rooted in every drop of blood in the body" that it is caused
 by the presence of certain disease tafuzs, and food and drug poisons in
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
DANCED IN sURINAM JUNGLE
Explorer Tells Part He Took in Fes-
tivities With the Daughter Of
Native Chief.

In Harper's Magazine Charles w.
Furlong told of attending dance Of
the native tribes in Surinam, South
Africa, and dancing with the daugh-
ter ofsa chief.
THE commandant and Mr. Smit
were with me opposite the drummers,
where a Djoeka presented his daugh-
ter, superb black creature, who, with
two other girls. advanced into the
ring, with coy step and posture, to-
ward three men, with whom they
danced in pairs; the girls, with shy
Tilt of the head and constant NOV.
ing of hands, passed and repassed,
turning closely about their partners,
but never touching. A girl would fol-
low man of her fancy as he walk
ed from the ring center, then,%as he
turned at the edge, whisk away to a
hum of laughing approval.
Suddenly the dusky form of the
girl previously presented emerged
from the throng with the same coy,
mesmeric motions of the hands, al
and was gone. A loud murmur rose.
Smit nudged my arm. She likes you.
You have got to Dance" he whispered.
Every explorer knows it is sometimes
as unwise to accept such challenge
as it is sometimes indiscreet to re-
fuse. She advanced again with an
other girl; treasured by safety in
numbers, my strong susceptibilities
to the rhythm of music enabled me
to adapt some slight proficiency in
'buck-and-wing' dancing and to be-
come moment later an integral part
Of that throbbing throng."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
The Modern Printer

Ii was ouly little news it n,
less thiu a "stickf1l", but the
printer who set the type, the proof
r ader who read 1t FIR errors, the
galley boy who put in the corrected
lie AMI the makeup man who
put it in the forms, must al ha' e
felt a little lift Of pride as they
handle d it. 1t was from Joliet,
| l., the scene OF the States largest
penitentiary. where 200 men are
confined, ana it said that in all that
body not single printer could be
fouad, and so the first number o.!
the new paper, the Prison Post
had tC be set by sn outside printer.
The printing craft is one of the
largest in number oil the skilled
trades, yet it Is not SUPP ying its
quota 10 the renitentialies of the
country. And the reason for this
is the very tact that It is a trade
requiring high SIX IL If the mos,
Intelligent sort, ifcluaing a high
sense OF responsibility, holding a
standard up to which the shrtless,
incompetent, irresponsible and
vicious cannot (measure) -Coopers-
vile Mich. Observer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
Rheumatism Cnre Found By a
Tramp.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 22---A. u.
Nelson, wealthy oil operator of
New Martinsville, w. Va.,wa
in Pittsburg yesterday making
inquiries for tramp who stop
ped at his place for day or so
last summer and who, Mr.. Mel
son says, cured him entirely of a
bad case of rheumatism.
II do not remember the tramp's
name" MIR. Nelson said, but he
was an old gray bearded chap,
who spoke very broken English.
think he is German. He
worked about my place for food
and some clothes, I paid little
attention to him, but the help
about the house tell me ne was
highly educated, having attend
ed several universities in the old
country.
He saw me hobbling around
with rheumatism, and getting a
piece of soft sheet copper, cut
out couple of insoles for my
shoes and told me if l would
wear the copper sheets my rbeu-
matistn would disappear. I
laughed at the idea, but | was
suffering SO terribly that l was
willing to try any remedy. And
---believe me, ] haven't had
twinge of rheuma tism since
week after began wearing those
insoIes.
Il would give a good deal to
find that old tramp. He must be
over 20 years of age, but if l can.
find him, he'll never have to wor-
ry about having a good home,
and If he dies before | do he'll
have a fine funeral and a fnonu-
ment to mark his grave. | have
told hundreds of people of the
tramp's cure for rlleuma tism,
and all who tried it have been
cured. The copper, it appears,
increases the natural electricity
of the body and thus overcomes
the disease"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
MOVING 1856 MILES A SECOND
That ls the Speed of the Greatest
Nebula, II Figures Lately Com
piled Are Correct.

A great deal of controversy has
been waged about the structure and
composition of the great spiral ne
bula In Andromeda, the most beauti-
full and striking apparition which &C.
lestial photography has revealed.
1t was suggested some two years
ago that the nebula was not gaseous,
but was a universe of stars external
to our own galaxy. This inference,
made by V. NJ. Slipher, was based on
the appearance of certain lines in it's
light spectrum which were inconsist-
ent with the idea that 1t was CASE
Gus nebula.
The same observer by examining
the shift of the lines in it's spectrum
from four good plates obtained
some months ago-has calculated the
speed at which the nebula is movi-g.
He obtains the startling result that
the nebula is approaching US at the
rate of 1856 miles a second.
1t is little difficult to credit that
such vast object as this, which at
the least estimate must be hundreds
of millions of miles in diameter, could
be moving at so great a speed.
Moreover, no movement sideways
OF the nebula has ever been detected,
and therefore, since it does not seem
probable that it can be coming toward
our telescopes directly head on it
must either be at very great dis
lance or else there is something
wrong In the observations.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
Brother of Famous Ethan Allen

0TStnSI VI dHiOdo 6hhdb SN'Sh
Ira Allen, younger brother OF
Ethan Allen and one of the founders
of Vermont, died 100 years ago in Phil
adelphia. Born in Connecticut in 1851,
Ira Allen accompanied his brothers to
Vermont at the age of twenty, and in
one year became an extensive land
proprietor. He was lieutenant in Col.
onel Warmers regiment in the Canada
campaign, and a confidant of General
Montgomery. He was first treasurer
of Vermont and member of the board
of war during the Revolution. He was
prominent in the Haldiman negotia.
tons, and while his conduct gave some
color to the charge that he was ready
to surrender the territory Of Vermont
to the crown, the fact remains that his
action delayed the contamination OF
engagement and saved the territory
to the United States. In the latter
years of his life Allen met with finan.
cial reverses and at the time of his
death he was harassed by creditors
and lawsuits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
Various United States Capitals.

The capital of the United States has
been located at different times at the
following places: At Philadelphia
from September s. 1774, to December
ITS; at Baltimore from December ~,
1776, to March, 1777; at Philadelphia
from March 4. 1777. to September
1777; at Lancaster, Pa. from Septem'
Der ~, 1777, to September 80, 1777;
at York, Pa, from September 20, 1777,
to July, 1878; at Philadelphia from
July 2, ITS, to June 80, 1888; at
Princeton, N. J., June 80, 1888, to NO
vember 20, 1888; Annapolis. Md, No
vember 26, 1888, to November 80
1884; Trenton. from November, 1854,
to January, 1885; New York, from jan
uary Ii, 1855. to 1890; then the seat
of government was removed to Phil
adelphia, where 1t remained until
1900. since which time it has been in
Washington.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
LONGEVITY Duo to Onions,

Onions are the cause of the good
health and long life of the French peo-
ple," remarked Oliver Holmes of New
York, an American who has lived il
Paris for many years, at the ShoT
ham. Il have tried to study the F'ren y
people in the years have lived amonS
them, and l have come to the conclu-
sion that the strong-smelling onion is
the cause Of their good health. The
French live out of doors as much as
they can. They take their meals on
verandas and in the gardens when
ever the weather is favorable, and al
ways seek the fresh air in the day
time. At night they retire to their
rooms, close their windows, and sleep
b apartments where there is no air
Il Is contrary, of course, to the Eng
hsh and American idea, but no one
can deny that the Frenchman ordinar-
~ Is healthy person.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
mo PLACE FOR THE L0AFER
7anished From Every Branch of In.
dustry to Make Way for the Man
Who Is Willing.

The Boston Globe has this heading
over long editorial: Farm No Place
for the Loafer."
The editorial goes on to prove the
statement made in this heading.
But it needs no proof. 1t is axio.
matte. The farm is a place where in
dustry and intelligence and persistent
application yield big dividends, and
where laziness and ignorance fail.
But where is there a place for the
loafcr?
Not in school-because there, as
elsewhere, energy and application win
the victor's laurels.
Not in the office-for there the hus.
tier wins promotion and the loafer
gets kicked out because he is in the
way.
Not in the shop-for there the
steady, faithful. thinking worker gets
the best wages and the foremanships
and superintendencies.
Not in the store-for there those
who study the goods and the business
and strive to please patrons win the
honors and the rewards.
Not in the law, or in medicine, or in
the ministry, or in the school faculty,
or on the newspaper-for there, as
elsewhere, the loafer soon finds his
level, which is the nearest exit
Then there is there place for tn
loafer?
The grave, perhapss there Isl
much going on there but resting
maybe that's the loafer's place. NJ
other occurs to us at this moment
From the Duluth Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
PROVES MAN OF STANDING
ply in Walters Idea of
Having Credit.

For the twentieth time Dave, the
waiter, pushed a pencil insinuatingly
toward the regular customer as he pre-
sented the check for the meal For
the twentieth time the regular Gus.
toner, heroically resisting temptation.
averred that he had always paid cash
and always meant to pay cash.
Dave" he added, you shouldn t
tempt me this way, Don't you think a
man ought to be proud of paying cash
or his meals? I'm proud of it. Don't
tamper with my virtue"
Whereat Dave, looking pityingly
upon the customer, enunciated the fol-
lowing:
Proud? Why should you be
proud? Hasn't it ever occurred to you
that anybody-some one we've never
seen in our lives at this restaurant
in here and pay cash for what he gets?
Now, / ask you, can any Tom, Dick
or Harry sign his check?
mo, sir. To have credit. a man must
have standing. The fact that you sign
for your meals gives you standing,
It means that you're a regular fellow;
that you're known and respected. Pay
cash? Bah! Any fool can do that"
Without another word the regular
customer picked up the pencil, wrote
his name on the check, and put down
a quarter for tip.
"Confound you, Dave" he said;
you've converted me-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
A Splendid Investment.

Many OF US do not know that
bad roads are responsible for SO
many of out woes because we have
aot thought
ONE of our farm RS are patient
and many of them are contented
with these roads because they do
not know the yulue Of a good one.
A coed road is a splendid invest
mem. There never was good
road made in any civilized couAtry
on earth that didn't pay 100 per
&c t year Oh its cost
a good road raises the value Ct
every acre, invites us to MAJ ket
when prices are good and takes US
ont of tie clutches of the COM
mission pirate who sell your goods
behind your backs a. their own
figures, keep their own accounts
aud Fay you pittance for your toll
nd troub,e. A good road short
ens distance, saves time, wagons,
horsea III, harm IS, increases the
load and lessons The burden and
makes it possible to haul two tones
to market with the sam power that
now leave one ton stuck in the
mire.
A good road brings Us closer
togetl er, drives out gloom, makes
neighb rs OF hermits, discounts
every farm mortgage and brings
JOY and cogtentmcnt to every COM
muaity. Imagine man knee deer
in mud try ing to look cheerful
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
BRIGHTEN THAT NORTH ROOM
SkillfuI Touches in Arrangement Of
Furniture and Draperies VIII
Accomplish Wonders.

would advise papering the room
with a self-toned paper, light tan in
color as near to the tint OF sunshine
as you can get. Your shades should,
of course, match those in use all over
the house. Then make your dTapery
curtains of tan art scrimm, just a
deep hemstitched hem at the bottom.
and allow them to hang straight.
Stain the woodwork white and give
it several coats, finishing off with an
enamel or egg-shell finish. For tho
center of the room have an art
square" made. This may be woven as
the rag rugs are or crocheted or knit
ted. l prefer the woven rugs and
beautiful solid effects with handsome
borders now possible.
Try to have the reese color pre-
dominate in rug and articles Of fur
nishing for the bureau and chiffonier,
pillows and couch cover With white
enamel furniture, the north room will
be far from a cold, repellant room,
and will be a transplanted sunshiny
corner.-Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
Lost Eenefact SIS.

Many years ago every Christmas
eve, there came to the workhouse in
Tanner street, Bermondsey. rich
woman. She drove up in ler car
rage to the workhouse, and the car
riage was filed with Christmas gifts
for the paupers. The woman came
for five years; then Christmas eve
arrived and the inmates waited Tor
her in vain.
The years passed, and then, when
Christmas eve came around, ne ma
iron. who was distributing some smail
presents to the old women In one OF
the wards said: To-day some KIND
friend has sent these. But we sun
remember the good fairy who came
for so many years on Christmas eve
and was SO generous to US. Won
der why she has given up coming. Fer-
haps she is dead. The Referee.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
HE svmpsthv for the Old Maids.

It is being told that the mayor oil
an Iowa city is an old bachelor ano
witty, and among his constituents are
family of spinsters who are precise
and cranky. One night charivari &C.
Cured near the home Of the spins, and
disturbed their slumbers and peace OF
mind, and the following morning they
called on the mayor to demonstrate
at is a shame that small boys are
permitted to make such hideous noises
in this city," said one of the spins
who assumed great dignity. Ladies
l assure you that l am shocked at the
conduct of those boys, and had
known that a charivari was going on
| certainly would have sent the entire
police department to the scene Of
the grewsome activity said the
mayor. 81 agree with you that moth
ing like that should have occurred in
this city of civilized people. And il
everybody were like you and me there
would be no mean little brats te
make such a hideous racket" -Kansas
City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
FELT THEY HAD BEEN ROBBED,
"crooked" Conduct Of Boss Came az a
Shock to Even His Hard
ened HeeIers.

These tales of bagmen that District
Attorney Whitman of New York is
bringing out recalled to a veteran poll
tician the experience of the boss of a
western city, who was something in
the way of political collector him
self. +
One day near the close of hot cam
paign he managed to round up some
five thousand dollars. With a couple Of
his pals he had bibulous celebration.
About in the morning he was cling
ing to lamppost and trying to call a
cab when two of his heelers hove in
sight. He knew they would rob him
If they suspected he had money. Brac-
ing himself he greeted them with:
Hello, fellows; lucky you happened
along. I'm dead broke and want cab.
Get one and take me to my hotel and
I'll make good
When they reached the hotel the
drunken boss sleepily asked the clerk
to give each Of his companions a FIVE
dollar bill AT the same time he drew
from his trousers pocket a huge roll
of bills and throwing it at the clerk
told him to keep that wad of stuff in
a safe place until morning"
Disgustedly the heelers watched the
afe door close on the young fortune
that had escaped them, while the boss
sank into a chair.
'Oh, you thief" angrily shouted one
of the heelers, as he shook his fist
under the nose of the boss. That's
the meanest double cross you ever
gave a friend in your whole crooked
career. You said you was broke and
you had thousands in the wad. Con-
found you, there's no one a fellow
can trust these days. That money be-
longs to US by rights and you've rob
bed US of it."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13

Lecturing on his African expert
ences. a traveller says he once saw a
native sold as slave for seven goats
which in open market fetched Via
apiece. AS values go in some parts OF
Africa, the price was high. for with
in a few hundred miles OF the equa-
tor wives are transferred for less.
Marriage. of course, is by barter, and
the indemnity demanded by father
for the loss of a daughter used TO De
sa.4o from the bridegroom. Today IL
has risen to about s5s but the scale OF
values is shown by the fact that a
native win gladly give his labor for a
week in return for an empty medicine
hottlA with metal screw stopper.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-13
Christie Macdonald, the actress.

Christie Macdonald, the actress.
rela es the following anecdot,:
"A drlll sergeant was drilling
the recruit rquad in the use of the
rifle. Everything went smooth y
Il til blank cartrI iges were III
structed to load their pieces and
stand at 'Readyp and then the SER
geart gave tn command:
Fire at wiil!'
p 'ivtar Lu II was puzzled lie
lowered his gdn.
" hich one is Will? he asked