The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-06
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 gtocknoln. July e.--Tne campaign for an alliance between Norway and Sweden continues without a dissent ng note Prominent politicians ot all parties are advocating such ceaeee on the pubic platforms, and In the newspapers. The movement however, still lacks any oflcial action.
 Sven Hedin. the Swedish explorer, #and SigNid Isbe1l, have exchangeo svisits between Stockholm and Chris tiapia, and each has found public sentixnent agreeable to the proposed Na.lliance- The irreconsilahle differ ences which led to the disruption Of &the union between the two countries in 1905, and which barely escaped v4ar, seem to have srnoothed out to the extent at least that both peoples deaire to unite in defensive alliance against possible Russian aggression.
 The increase In the army and navy of sweden. Instead of exciting the concern of Norway is greeted there with the utmost satisfaction, it Is said, and Norway itself, has a strong Exnovement underway for an increase in arrnaments. Tsben. in his lectures elgn of1ces and the general stafKs shoufd have some fornal arrange 4 rnent for working together in case of war.
 The Turkish .government has iss1led orders against posting notices in He- brew ubon the dead walls ofr cities of !. Palesttne, The action Ia believed to indicate ccncern on the part of the anthorities over the remarkable reva- val Of the Hebrew language.
 Although, up to thirty years ago, c1aseic Hebrew was not ordinarily uh- ed by the Jews of Palestine. It ts now Ntne common language Of tensfoG thou- Nsands of people In Palestine It Is the Msnediurn of instructaon in many rchools and newspapers, street car Buckets a<ad shopksepers signs are in HF1ebrew. TG Is therefore apparent Hfhat the Authorities will have a hard time ff they propose to check the spread of the language-
 The revival of the pure Biblical tongue haae been in . naeasure. fore ca on the Palestine Jews for reasons apart from the sentimental. Irnnni- rat1cn from other parts of the world, part1cularly of the IS, 00o Kfddieh epeak king Iews from Russia some years ago, made a common means Of cornrnunicnsdon necesnry yiddish Is not understood by the natives here, while all Jews know something of Hebrew.
 The zicnAst nnoverrae aent. aimed at re- stortna Palestine to the Jewish rAces has done much to finance the Hebrew schools, and is now raising a fund to endnw a Hebrew UnAvensity at 1s- ruaalem.
 Tn all the enthusiasm of prepara lion for the greet yacht race for the A4ner- 4ica's cup next fan 1t has escaped gem eral notice that a. woman will figure 1argely in the contest On board Sir FThurnas IAptonss challenger sham rock ". will be Mrs. w. P, Burton, lthe Shippers wife. She will not be there simply 1n an ornamental capac- tlty. but for service at the wheel. hold ling the stop watch for her husband while the yacht is jocAeylng for posi- ttfon just Before the start of the race. This is something which Captain Bur- i&on says he would entrust to no one tbut his wife vVItx her aids he Is sure the Shamrock will be close to the starting line when the gun is fired.
 Mrs. Burton has sailed In hundreds ot yachting contests, probably hold ing a worlds record for woman along that line.
 The United States pure food laws are held up as a model by Alfred Food ana Health socaety,f who up- braids the EngIishman for his apathy along this line. The British public he says, Is defrauded of over $30o.- 100000 annually through adulterat- ed foods, yet refuses to take the slightest interest in protective laws.
 ssIn this country asserts Mr.. Moore ''tne people seen to prefer to go on having plaster oK Paris in their no11f, foreign fats and unwlole- some preServattves in their butter, inn itatiou cream, cheese with the rindl made of barytes and tallow, re-dr5ed tea leaves instead of tea chicory 1n- stead of coffee. starch and powdered bean shell instead of cocoa, French chalk masduerading as rice, water and salicylic acid as wine, and so on Sad nauseam.''
 Besides aduIteration, Mr. Moore. Charges that the people also tolerate altny ways of handling foods. such as carting meat uncovered through the streets.
 A quarter of beef kept for eighteen years i'm cold storage was exposed eo the public vfew-for an hour and a half at the Sn1fthde1d markets recently. ties, but the meat appeared perfectly sound. although slightly faded. It was put back into storage to remain an object of curiosity, the owners a century, at least s
 The quarter was shipped from Brisbarie Australia, in February 1896, to a. firm of military contract DTS at Malta who used it for expert mental purposes. When the govern at Malta. the firm shipped the piece 90 London
 The system of refrigeration en- pIoyed during this period was brine circulation produced by an ammonia. compression machine
 The city authorities have just com sp1eted a census of trees in Paris On 1z those along the bou1evards and avenues amount to 87, ,647, while those in the public squares add 26,253 to this number The public gard ems such as the Luxembo and private gardens which are numerous even in the central part of the city have not