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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
POLPS THEATRE

That Wanda was not nisnamed when it was called ssthe seal with the human brian is amply demonstrated l by the remarkable performance which theatre in Main street yesterday. Bal ancing all sorts of objects on its nose
 while going up and down g ladder or while walking tight rope, playing bal with the trainer and playing My tsCountry Iris of Thee on a set o1 l mouth pipes were but a few of the tricks it performed It's understand of the trainer seemed to stamp the animal as almost human
 That money cannot buy good name. or good woman is the moral which was brought out in the comedy dramatic playlet presented by William players. There were we'll placed logi- cal comedy situations to balance tl1e
 more tense and dramatic moments
 and a finale which came in natural sequence.
 Lewis and Dody. stl1e Two Sans''
 reeled off original stage batter and sang comic parodies. It is along time since two such clever roller skaters as Jeter and Rogers, the sbumptity bump Isburn psterss' have been seen on a Bridgeport vaudeville stage. The wardrobe trunk of Warren and 5Adri- zona was sent 10 HartIoro .py nlSlaske and they were obliged to appear at the matinee performance in their street clothes. They danced well after
 singing number Of operatic selec- tions. Fenneu and Tyson pleased the au fence with a comedy singing. talk ing and dancing act. Miss Tyson is a very clever male impersonator and un- til her partner pulled off her wig at their final exit the audience did not know she was not a man. The Great Dock Disaster, a thrilling three reel photo-pfay, The Surgeons Expert ment,'' a. Majestic two-reel feature, the comedies sEugenics Va. Love and ssGetting Rid of Algy' and others were on the picture play program.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
PLAZA THEATRE

It would be a rather difficult task to pick a headliner on the Plaza bill af- ter one had seen the performance and wished to place the title, for there are three acts on the program that have held that coveted position in other towns.
 Mcintosh and Musical Maids in their musical, singing and dancing novelty were well received and they pre- sented something dinary in their line.
 But, when it comes to singing, off must come the hats to Brown and Jones, a man and woman who are en- dowed with voices of greater strength, richer tone and by far more clearness than have ever. tested the sounding board of g, local playhouse.
 fBirds of Feather Is the title of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
THE FARMER: MAY 8, 1914

a comedy episode from the pen of Junie McCree that was presented by Madge Douglass and Go, with much success. The plot is a rather peculiar one. the unfolding of which keeps the audience in screams of laughter from the start. Miss Douglass portrayal of the role of a pickpocket was exceptionally clever and she is ably supported by a company of dyed-in-the-wool come dians.
 Happy Jack Gardner was responsible for more than his share of the laugh ter with his cofnicaI line of talk and parodies.
 Clara Ba1lerini in a sensational gym nastic offering that was full of thrills, made up the vaudeville program.
 A Busy Day. with Charles Chap lin the great Keystone comedian, .The Morning Paper, ''9 "Capain Juniorn notwithstanding dramatic story in two parts and .sRaferty's Raf1es'' were included in the bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
ANTHRACITE MINES TO
 BE BUSY THIS MONTH

Hard coal business for May is ex- pected to keep the mines going at full capacity.
 The soft coal trade is dull
 Says the Coal Trade Journal:
 May has started off highly en- couraging to the anthracite interests. Extra buying is bound to develop a little later as a result of the active retail trade in April
 Tn rhe bitI1ninous trade there is practically no spot demand from con sImers. the only buyers being middle houses and an occasional mining com paLny whose operations are idle
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
SEHAIE BILL ADDS TO
 STRENGTH OF U. 5. ARMY

Washington, May s-senato1- Cham berIain of Oregnn, chairman of the military affairs committee, presented a resolution in the Senate which will authorize the presid ent to increase the strength Of the fegular army to 110.00o men The maximum strength under the present law is 100000 men, bzrt as the army is not recruited up it is only about s5. 900 strong.
 1eferred 10 the. e9nupfttee on military aHairs and VIII und oubted1y be re- ported out soon and passed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
HOUSE PASSES NAVAL
 BILL FOR S139, ,560,334

washineton, May s.-The annual naval appropriation bill, carrying $1S9, ,560, ,334, was passed by the House yesterday without a roll call.
 The building program includes two battleshdps one to- be built in some government navy yard; six torpedo boat destroyer, one sea-going tor pedo boat. three coast defense sub marine torpedo boats, to be construct ed on the Pacific coast, and four sub marines.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
DR. ! E. HAIR BUYS OLD HOMESTEAD OF
 CHAUHCEY E. MORRIS

Tho old homesread of the Chauncey H Morris estate situated on the cor ner of Fairfield avenue and See1ey street was sold at auction this week by the Bridgeport, Trust company, ex- ecutor for the Morris estate. The property wae bought by pr. J. D. Hair of this city. who will reside there in the near future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
STUDENTS SHOW
 KEEN RIVALRY
BEH.s BOYS COMPETE FOR PLACE
 ON THE s.CRaTERIoN."
ss1s' Hoodoo For Juniors-Fr and Seniors Clash TomosTOw- stsndents in Miss sIoculn's
 Glass.

The co1npetiti0n for places on next rearss husiness beard of the Criterion has begun and any one interested may secure details by applying at the prdncipale office There will be two or three vacancies to be filled and the students securing the greatest num- ber of ads for the May and June 1s- sues will be theeon selected to man aze the business end of the paper next year.
 Thirteen proved a hoodoo number for the juniors yesterday. but brought luck to the freshmen and as result the latter team was victorious In the Tnterclass league game The nnaI mcore was 1s-s Tomorrow mornlns m4 Seaside Park the freshmen and seniors will play their postponea game The schedule for next week has the freshmen and sohonore book cd to play Tuesday and the Juniors and seniors on Thursday
 Among the High school students taking part in the closing e1na Ebltion of the dancing classes of Miss Benlta " slocum tomorrow afternoon at the Casino are zTessrs. John Allen, l5' Robert Bedwprth, 14; Paul wooster Lererty, TT. and LeRoy German. l4- All Of the above belong to a group that is to give an interpretation of the maxixe.
 1he track management is endeavor- . fnx to interest members of the lower classes in this branch of athletics so as to form nucleus, for the team or next year A meeting of freshmen and sophomores interested was held yesterday at the close of school in room l.
 Many High school students attended the cabaret given last evening at the Brooklawn rink by the Elizabeth Se- ton Guild.
 Miss Angelus Cunningham, IS, will spend the week end as the guest of friends in WzlIimantic.
 There will be no game for the vas sfty team tomorrow, as the team played in A1lsorlia. today. The game scheduled to be played in Naugatuck has been postponed until next We'd nesday. May 13-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
POINTS OF INTEREST.

Market day at the Public Market. Full line of fresh, smoked and salt meats An unusually fine stock of quality poultry this week A free demonstration Of Domino sugar at the State street entrance and the usual fine display of pastry. etc, at the bakery department Large variety Of fresh f1sh.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
WINTER WHEAT REPORT.

Washington, May s-The depart ment of agricu1ture's May crop report announced: Winter wheat. condition 95-9; area remaining to be harvested 35.3S7,00o acres or 1, ,119,0 acres less than planted last autumn but 3,es8, 900 acres more than harvested last year. Indicated yield per acre IFS bushels Indicated production 63o,0OO, 900 bush els
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08

Flags were at half-nasc on pupiic 4,,,i1l1i2p ps and silk mills out of respect for Judge Joseph W. Congdon. whose funeral was held at Passaic. N. J. Judge Congdon was largely interested in the silk industry
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08

Jack Rocf4ort, Harry Nation and Thomas F'onway, said to be notorious burglars, were each held in S1O,OO0 bail at Trenton. N. J., charged with robbing postoffices at Haywood and Oceanport, March 26.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-08
MARKET DAY
MEAT DEPARTMENT

1V1Z A1AlA1L1 AIL A 4
 MEAT DEPARTMENT Legs of spring Lamb .......;. 1Sc ip Small Small Ffsn Freah Psfl soGsrs hGsrss ze nss B B
 All the fresh Pork Products Fresh Hooks Heads Feet Tails Ribs Bones and Leaf Lard Arlington Sqires North Chuck Roasfs of Beef 15c to 16c Ib
 Rib Roasts of Beef Boston Rolls, Humps C1ods Calves Liver Forequarfers of Lamb Fries, Etc
 NATIVE FED VEAL Very Fine Lot This Week Iegs ,a 9f veal M aa @ 20c b s; 5; to stuff SMOKED AND SALT MEATS Plate Corned Beef 1Oc Ib| Sugar Cured Hams .. 17c ID Corned Pigs Feet . ....:....:..: 5c ibI QAULITY POULTRY Some Very Fine Stock in This Week ehoiee Syseg Wesern EoWs Fowl c f 5Se 5Sc I'D B Fresh Long % Island sprina Ducks AOo r 55e iB Fancy Roasting Chcens9 25c ib Broiiers Native quabs; Guinea iB8 Hens FREE DEMONSTRATION sss he S bono ssn @ our Sss % @ American Sugar Refinery Products Pomno omno Srsnn1sted sggaT gaE g P , boxes Domino Powdered and Confectionery Sugar lib boxes FRESH VEGETABLES
 Fancy Boston Head Lettuce, Green and Wax Beans, Celery, Chiekory and Romano Jersey Asparagus Gu- tatOes, DandeliOns Beet Greens Peas Mushrooms, French Endves, Parsnips Bermuda Onions, Horse RadiSh Bunch Beets Carrots Parsley, Mint, CreSS, Etc.
 BAKERY DEP APARTMENT Sponge Wine Duchess and Ice Cream Cakes f0c each 5ey ecoate Mocha Lemon and Orange Rolls 1O % 15e RaSin Cakes Eb Coffee MOlasses Cakes Lady and 2Oth Century Pound Cake 15c All kinds of Bread Biscuits, ROls Buns and Kaiser Rolls.
 CRACKER DEPARTMENT Sunshine Chocolate Hydrox Waters ... ,29c ID Peoples Mixed Cookies lbs 19c
 GROCERY DEPARTMENT Fancy EvapOrated Peaches 12c ID Fancy EVapOrated ApFicOtS 18c ID 800 ID Heinze Baked Beans 1Oc; 3 for 25c Beechnut Baked Beans 1Oc; ; EIor 25c Campbells Baked Beans 1Oc; for 25c EvapOrated Apples, lbs for 25G sssaiup slI ppas nnasles - zc: 2 I1s snr % 25 Boston Baked Beans, large 12c FRUITS Grape Fruits medium, I Tor 22e Grape Fruits large sJ TOT 10c
 Lines, Fresh Cocoanus Dates and Figs in glass jars Large Cocktail BIuefish 90 ID Live Iobsters direct from Maine arriving early by e-
 press, Saturday Morning., 25c lb
 BUTTER Our Best Creamery Tub Butter 800 ID Tub Butter 26c lib Crisco, for cooking, can, 2Sc and 45c
 imported and domestic cheese. All grades |of Eggs.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11
Gasoline at the Poles.

The Amundsen and Scott expedi-
lions were greatly hindered through
losing much of their gasoline-a loss
that, in fact, had much to do with the
disaster that befell Captain Scott. Mr..
B. T. Brooks of the Mellon Institute
of Industrial Research thinks he
knows what caused the loss. At low
temperatures, he says, ordinary tin
tends to pulverize. At 54 degrees be-
low zero it pulverizes quickly and may
pulverize, although more slowly, at a
higher temperature. Now, hard solder
usually contains large percentage of
tin, and so, of course, disintegrates In
the same way. Consequently the gas
oline cans are likely to leak at the
soldered seams. Mr.. Brooks suggests
that polar explorers carry their sup
plies of gasoline in containers made
of glass, or of some metal unaffected
by extreme cold.-Youth's Companion
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11
Has Scientific Foundation,
Says Meteorologist.

While many proverbs dealing with
seasonal forecasts are mere fanciful
pleasantries, some are founded on ac-
curate observation and correct reason
ing. One of these runs: "A red sun
has water in his eye" and the condi-
ton which gave rise to it Is explained
by Prof w. ]. Humphreys of the Uni
ted States weather bureau, in a dis
cussion of some useful weather prov
CRIBS.
The condition that most favors a
red sun is a great quantity of dust
especially smoke particles-in damp
atmosphere. Smoke alone in suffi-
cient quantity will produce this ef-
feet, but it is intensified by the pres
ence of moisture.
The blue and other short wave
length colors of sunlight are both
scattered and absorbed to a greater
extent by given amount of dust or
other substance, such as water vapor,
than is the red, and this effect be-
comes more pronounced as the par
ticles coalesce,
Hence when the atmosphere is
heavily charged with dust PARTICLES
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11
FOUND TIME FOR AMENITIES
How British and Beers Exchanged
Compliments During the Long
Siege of Kimberley.

During the Boer war Mr.. Rhodes
was shut up in Kimberley, and the
Beers constantly shelled the town with
long-range artillery. They were not
very successful, for with 300 big shells
they only killed IL people.
Meantime, Mr.. Rhodes accomplished
the extraordinary feat Of getting a
cannon built at his works inside the
town. 1t was a regular modern rified
gun, and fired shells-also homemade
ON each of which was stamped.
with compliments of c. ]. Rhodes"
The Beers themselves we're not with
out sense of humor. During Christ
mas, 1899, they were besieging Lady
smith, and on Christmas eve they fired
ten plugged shells into the town each
with a piece of plum pudding inside,
and each bearing the words, with the
seasons compliments"
Two of the shells we're found by the
garrison, and it was discovered that
like Mr.. Rhodes, they were home
made, having been cast In a foundry
at johannesburg.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

shot him; Stingy shooting an arrow
at an enemy; Stingy killing two men
with one shot from his gun; battle be-
tween the Flathead Indians and the
Nez Perez and the Sioux, showing the
holes which the Indians dug as place
to hide and shoot from.
The second section continues the
story of Stingy, and shows him in a
single-handed fight with the Assini-
boine and Sioux Indians on horses;
Stingy stealing horses from the Indi-
ans, cutting the picket ropes where
the horses were tethered near the to-
pees of the Crows, and the Crows
shooting at him; Stingy shooting a
Crow who was trying to kill him with
a long spear; after he had shot him
he ran over him; Stingy shooting a
Sioux from his horse; Stingy attack
ing and killing some Crow Indians;
Stingy with an Indian he had killed,
and the spear taken from him.
The third section covers the history
Of Chief Boy, and shows him killing
buffalo with bow and arrow before
the use of guns among the Indians;
Boy stealing the best horses of the
Yankton Sioux, which were tethered
near the tepees; he painted these
horses after they had been stolen;
three mules, indicated by their long
ears, stolen by Boy from the Crows,
and the buffalo tepee which was the
home of Boy. The three horses and
riders are Boy and his braves chasing
a Crow, killing him and taking his
gun away from him; Boy chasing a
Sioux and taking his gun away from
him while the horses were running;
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11

Crows tepee, with horses picketed
around it, and Boy stealing them;
three horses with saddles taken from
the Flatheads in a fierce battle, and
the arms, guns, ETC., taken from them;
battle between the enemy and Boy
and his braves, the latter hiding in
holes in the ground; Boy was wound.
ed in the battle.
Section four gives the history OF
Black Bear, a brave old Indian war
rior, showing him killing Sioux and
Assiniboine Indians and taking their
horses from them; Black Bear on foot,
fighting the Indians; horses stolen
from his enemies; Black Bear taking
a squaw from Sioux Indian after he
had killed him; Black Bear on horse,
killing fierce grizzly bear; taking a
gun from a Sioux after he had killed
him; Black Bear shooting Flathead
Indians while asleep in their tepee at
night; he detected them by the light
of their fire; Black Bear on horseback
and Sioux Indian killed by him;
Black Bear fighting with the Chippewa
Indians with knives; buffalo hooking
Black Bears horse and killed by Black
Bear on spotted Assiniboine horse,
with other horses stolen from his enc
mics; Black Bear getting off his horse
and grabbing a Sioux by the neck and
stabbing him; Black Bear hiding be.
hind his horse killing a Chippewa In
dian; Black Bear and the Blackfeet
surrounding the Yankton Sioux and
engaged in battle with them; Black
Bear shooting and killing a Kootenai
Indian who was hiding behind a pine
tree.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11
A Substitute River.

One of the perplexing problems en-
countered by coaches of the various
varsity" racing shell crews, that Of
providing better means for winter
training than is offered by the ordi-
nary rowing machine, has been met
satisfactorily at Syracuse university
through the installation of an indoor
rowing tank, provided with mechani-
cal means for Stimulating the passage
of the boat through the water. This
provides what might almost be called
actual rowing, besides keeping the
men in condition.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11
WHY RAIN FOLLOWS RED SUN

that have become moisture-laden we
see the sun as fiery ball.
1t has been known that this dust
has much to do with rainfall since
1T was proved by the physicist Aitken
years ago that cloud particles, and
therefore rain, will not, under or
binary conditions, form in a perfectly
dust-free atmosphere, but will readily
form about dust notes of any kind in
an atmosphere that is sufficiently
damp. A red sun, therefore, comm on
ly indicates the presence of both of
the essential rain elements-that is.
dust and moisture
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11
The "First" Citizen.

A booking agent for a Chautauqua
bureau visited small town in the
middle West, He called on man who
said that in order to introduce a Chau.
tauqua 1t would be necessary to see
the most prominent man of the town.
Together they called on the FIRST citi-
zen" and the booking agent was intro
duced. Mr. Jones'" said he, 81 called
to see you in regard to a Chautauqua. !"
1T won't do a bit of good spoke up
the prominent citizen my wife and
have looked over all the catalogues
carefully and have already decided on
another machine"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11

been mere matter of hours What
do you think of the war;" he had
asked a London friend whom he met
in Southampton. Terrible, isn't it?
Horriblel D'you know, I've had no
holiday at all this year. and | don't
suppose I'm going to be able to get
one now! Oh, yes, CHASTITY thing, mod
ern warfare, isn't It? Heaps of good
fellows gone under! And a beastly
nuisance, / call it, the bars and
places shutting at eleven o'clock
what?" He was rather annoyed with
the man from Limoges for laughing
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11
Slow and Sure.

my lawn mower is so dull It won't
cut anything" said Mr.. Crosslots.
Never mind" replied the nervous
neighbor. You keep running it late
at night and early in the morning, as
usual, and pretty soon the grass will
curl up and die for lack of Sleep"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11


handing down to posterity a complete
pictorial history of their tribe. For
nearly year these Indians have been
working at this with the result that
they have daubed several hundred
pounds Of brilliant colored mineral
paints, such as they ordinarily use for
war paint, taken from the heights Of
Chief mountain, upon more than
half-mile of canvas strips. This hero
glyphic history of the tribes war and
hunting achievements, some of which
Is copied from elkskin records three
hundred years old, will be hung as
frieze in the unique mammoth log
chalets and hotels erected in the new
national park. These huge 'log-
lodges" which stand upon the erst-
while hunting grounds of the Black
feet Indians, are regarded by them
as monuments to their people.
Many of the old skins which bear
the pictorial histories of bow and
arrow" braves long since dead will be
exhibited at the Panama San Fran
cisco exposition, which will be at
tended by a delegation of the most
notable Blackfeet Indians now living
upon the Glacier National Park reser-
walton in northwestern Montana.
The figures used in this crude picto-
rial languageof these Indians represent
hundred and one objects, such as
animals, bows and arrows, tepees, cor
rails, fires, trees, mountains; in fact,
they worked in" everything that fig
ured in any way with their life. But
it all has meaning, as the following
translation excerpts show.
This roll of canvas is divided into
about $50 sections, each section repre-
senting in Indian pictorial writing the
life history of each of the notable full
blood Blackfeet Indians, now living on
Glacier Park reservation, Montana. In
all, there are about 5000 feet of this
canvas, on which the Indians have
painted their hieroglyphics. In pre-
senting this half-mile or more of hero
glyphic history the Indians expressed
it as their wish that inasmuch as these
huge log lodges" as they call them,
are built upon the sites of the Black
feet's old hunting grounds, it was ap-
propriate the Blackfeet leave this
pictorial history upon canvas as a
monument to their tribe.
The first section depicts the history
of a brave Indian warrior named
Stingy. In this section are seen red
figures Of horses with saddles which
Stingy stole from his enemies; a per
sonal encounter between Stingy and
a buffalo, with Stingy hanging to the
buffalo, grabbing him by one horn and
his tongue; an episode with a grizzly
bear, which showed fight and stood
and looked at Stingy; Stingy grabbing
q huge rattlesnake as he was crawling
into his hole and breaking him in two;
Stingy shooting grizzly bear In the
mouth as the bear was coming at him
a picture of the near-drowning OF
Stingy through losing his horse
in treacherous stream; Flathead
Indian captured by Stingy and carried
by him to his tepee; battle between
the Blackfeet and Yankton Sioux In
dams, showing the Blackfeet wounded
and the Sioux killed, and the weapons
and eelskins captured from the Sioux
Stingy, with pipe and arrows, which
he took from an enemy after he hat
.oo1oo>@1o>~~~N ~~~~~~-~~~~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11
Halted In His Search.

"They say your husband was out
looking for work.
YES, / believe he's out looking at
work. There are some men digging
hole down at the corner, and he
doesn't seem able to get any farther"
STRAY Stories.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11
WHAT he THOUGHT OF WAR
"Beastly Bore!" Said the Londoner 20
the Man Just Arrived From
the Battle Front.

"And what do you think of the WARP"
asked a man who had just arrived in
London from the heart of things, &C.
cording to the Bystander. He had
been travelling three days and three
nights, on journey from the center
of France-Limoges, think it was
which in normal times would have
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11

And ne was more annoyed still when
the man from Limoges left him with.
out talking any more about the war at
all. He had hoped for something he
could retail to the fellows at the club.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11

When a man comes home sick his
wife expects him to hold the baby
while she mixes him dose of some
nasty stuff.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11
Dared.

"Mr. Wilgus tried to kiss me last
evening""
"How dared he?"
"He didn't dared him"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11

Isn't it funny that the things we
like to do most are the things we are
told we shouldn't do?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-12-11

Cornered.
Il saw great deal Of the war, sir"
"In Louvain or Reims?"
'In the illustrated papers, sir"