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Evening journal., 1915-08-27
Madeley's record for the season is
nc foIlows.

as follows.
April 17-Madeley 9, Central, 0.
April 24-Madeley 10; Bethany, 3.
May 1-Madeley 4, Elsmere 3.
May S-Madeley Z, First U. P. 2.
May 15-Madeley 2. Edge Moor 4.
May 29-Madeley 10, Bethany 3.
June 5-Madeley IA, Elsmere 8.
June 12-Madeley 8, First U. P. 2.
juno 19-Madeley 2, Edge Moor Z.
June 26-Madeley 8, Central 1.
July 3-Madeley II. Bethany 5.
July 10.--Madeley 3, Elsmere 2.
July 17-Madeley IL, First u. p. 0.
July 24-Madeley Z, Edge Moor 3.
July 31-Madeley IL, Central 8.
August 7-Madeley s, Bethany 8.
August 14-Madeley 5. Elsmere 2.
August 21-Madeley 4, First U. P. 3
Griffith. including yesterday, had a
record of fifteen wins and two losses
Up to yesterday he had a record OF
242 strikeouts this season.
Evening journal., 1915-08-27

Phil Douglass not only beat the
Cards with his pitching. but he drove
In two Of the Dodgers three runs
with his bat.
Evening journal., 1915-08-27

The Cubs and Braves spoiled a per-
fectly good Afternoon by playing
around and finally tieing so nobody
prohted.
Evening journal., 1915-08-27
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
FEDERAL LEAGrF.
FIRST U. P. VS.. BETHANY.

Indicates team did not play.
Evening journal., 1915-08-27

Tommy Grifith, of the Reds. and
Bill McCandless Of the Baltimore
Feds. were the home-run picklers I'M
der the big tent yesterday
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
Efaura It out.

Here is an arithmetieal puzzle that 1t might .amuse some one to ''6gger out'' before looking at the answer be- low:
 A poor woman carrying basket of apples was met by three boys, the first of whom bought half of what she had and then gave her back ten; the second boy bought a third of what remained and gave her back two, and the third bought half of what she now had left and returned her one, after which she round that she had twelve apples re maining- What number had she at first?
 The answer is simple enough. From the twelve apples remaining deduct one, and eleven is the number she sold the last boy. which was half of all she had; her number at that time, there fore, was twenty-five. From twenty two deduct two. and the remaining twenty was cwo-thirds of her prior stock. which was therefore thirty. From thirty deduct ten, and the re- matnder of twenty is half of her orig inal stock; consequently she had at first forty apples. See?-St Louis Re public.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
OBSERVER JENNINGS COMPLETES REPORT
 FOR THE YEAR 1914
Fall of Rain For the Entire Year Was Several Inch
 eS Below Average.

On March 1. 1914 was recorded the lowest barometric reading on record in Bridgeport. 28.25. according to the annual report of William Jennings. CO., operative meteorological observer Of the U. S. Weather Bureau, issued to- day. Unusual significance is attach ed on account of MT. Jennings now be- ing on his 22d year of active service. The report includes statistics of inter est. as follows:
 Maximum temperature, 94 on June 25 with minimum of six below zero on Jan. A and February 12; the mean Temperature was 50 in comparison the range of ten1perature was 100 de- grees.
 The total precipitation Grain and melted snow) was 44.04 inches in comparison with the normal of 48.34 inches; total snow fall was 29.1 iTA, with normal Of 39.0O inches; the low st on rcord was in 1918 with 7.6. There were Al clear days, 126 partly cloudy and 98 cloudy. There we're 107 days on which .O1 or more, pre- cipitation fell. Seventeen thunder storms occurred. The last killing frost in the. spring was on April IA and the first in the fall on October 2S The prevailing wind directi on was southwest. The highest baromet- ric reading fas 30.77 on November 29 and the lowest, 28.25 on March l., The range was 2.52 inches.
 In connection with the annual re- port the report for December is is sued. The exception to general con- ditfons was on the 14th when the maximum temperature, .52 occurred at A. M while the usual time is from 1 to P. M. The report in de tail follows:
 Maximum s., on December 3 and minimunn, zero. on the 28; the mean was 31. On the 14th was the great est daily range, 27 and the least daily range, B., was on the 8. There was a. total precipitation of 4.95 inches with the greatest in any 24 hours, 1.43, on the IA. There was a total snow fall of 1.8 with none at the end of the month. There were 12 days with .o1 or more Of precipitation, II clear days six partly cloudy and 1 cloudy. The prevailing wind direction was northwest There was hail onethe 29, and sleet on the T and 29. The high est barometric reading, reduced to sea level. was 3O.65 at 3 A. M. the 27th and the lowest. 2s.24 at II F. M. on the 3th-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
WHAT'S TO BE DONE ABOUT THE
 TAX SITUATION? l?
City Officials Apparently At Sea As to What Steps
 Shall Be Taken.
MATTER NOW LIES IN
 ALDERMANIC MORGUE
Miscellaneous Committee Has Taken No Action Towards
 Solving the Problem.

What city official Aor officials will straighten out the taxation muddle over First district taxes? No one about the city hall is able to answer this question and to date the officials appear to be as much at sea in the matter as are the property owners who think they will benefit by the de- cision which Attorney John c. Cham berlain won in the courts
 Claiming that the city did not have the right to tax him for benefits he did not enjoy, Attorney Chamberlain Drought a, suot which was finally car ried to the Supreme court. Attorney, Chamberlain contended that whatever might have been the purpose of the act passed by the General Assembly consolidating the tax districts in this city, the act was faulty in that it did not carry out such purpose and the tax districts remained as they were. The highest tribunal in the state de- cided he was right.
 The assessors promptly made a list of the nearly 1,50O property owners who previous to the passing of the act in 1918 paid taxes in the First district only. This list is still in their office. Every tax payer in the city is charged on the tax collectors books at the rate of 19.2 mills, the general tax levied on all property owners. Tax Collector Smith says he has no au-
 = Neither the common council nor the board of apportionment has made any effort to divide the rate for the First district property owners and there the matter rests.
 Some time ago the North End Im- provement association sent a petition toYthe common council asking that ae- ton be taken to fix a rate for the First district only taxpayers. The committee on miscellaneous matters still has the petition.
 Some property owners who former ly paid in the First District onIyD have paid their taxes at the rate of 1912 mills. These property owners are looking for the return of part of that money with interest. Others have not paid at all. There are, city officials who hold that the money must be returned at once. There are others who think each tax payer must bring suit as did Attorney Chamib berlain. There are others who tell you that they don't know a. thing about the matter. And there you are.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
CaIIows Work.

A curious note in F'Pepys' Diary re- fers to the unpopularity of hangmen in those days. Commissioner Pett, who had travelled told Pepys 'thow despicable a thing it is to be hang man in Poland, although it is a place of credit, and that in his time there were some repairs to be made of the gallows there, which was very fine, of stone, but nobody could be got to mend it till the burgomaster or mayor of the town. with all the companies of those trades which are necessary to be used about those repairs, did go in their habits with flags in solemn procession to the place, and Ehere the burgomas- ter did give the first blow with the hammer upon the wooden work and the rest of the masters of the cOmpa nies upon the works belonging to their trades that so workmen might not be ashamed to be employed upon doing of the gallows work"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
or;o;n of Word.

Few words have so remarkable his tory as the word "bankrupt." The money lenders of Genoa, Venice and Florence had benches or stalls in the bourse, or exchange, in former times. At these benches they conducted their business. When any of them became insolv ent his bench or bank was bro ken, because he had no further use for it, and the name banko rotto, or broken bench. was given to him. When the word first came into use in Eng land it was nearer the Italian than it now is, being 'bankerout'' instead of bankrupt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

gus. a form Of plant life found fD all waters. If the fish is so injured that some spot becomes uncovered by the slime, a barely visible fungus will be likely to lodge there. and when 1t is once lodged the process of reprOduc- tien is very Eapids It soon extends over the gills and kills the fish The primary cause or the slime of the fish is to reduce it's friction when in
 motion through the water and there by increase its rate of speed IL also serves as a cushion to the scales which it protects from injury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
WEATHER FORECAST


 New Haven, Jan. 5-Forecast: fair and warmer tonight; Wed- nesday increasing cIoudiness and warmer. Connecticut: Fair tonight, warmer except in extreme south portions. Wednesday, partly cloudy and warmer. Moderate winds, becoming south.
 A long trough of low pressure extending from New Mexico eastward to upper Michigan is causing unsettled weather be- tween the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi river. Pleasant weather prevails generally east of the Mississippi river The temperatures continue about stationary along the Atlantic coast but are rising in the cen tral districts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
Almost Got It.
Inpertinenee ef oenius.

Dr. Johnson once called upon David Garrick in London and was shown into his study. Unfortunately, a door being open, he strayed into an adjoining room. which contained the novels and lighter works which, had been pre- scented as tributes to the highly ad mired actor. Johnson first read a bit from one and then another and threw them down, Strewing the floor with the expensive volumes. Garrfck was angry at finding Johnson there and said, This is private cabinet, and no company is admitted here.''
 "But," said Johnson, with imperti- nent cooIness. q was determined to examine your valuables, which find consist of three sorts-stuff. trash and nonsense"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
GIRLS! BEAUTIFUL, CHARMING HAIR
 NO DANDRUFF-25 CENT DANDERINE

dirt and excessive oil and in Just a few moments you have doubled the beauty of your hair.
 Besides beautify1ng the hair at once, Danderine dissolVes every par ticle of dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invigorates the. scalp, forever stopping itching and falling hair.
 But what will please you more will be after a few weeks use when you will actually see new hair-f1ne and hair growing all over the scalp. If you care for pretty, soft hair and lots of it surely get a 25 cent bottle of Know1ton's DAnderine from any drug gist or- toilet counter, an1 just try it. Adv,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
E. H. DILLON X co. 41es MAIN ST: 9OS Main St.. Hartford 10 Cecile, Paris
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. LEADING MILLINERs
4REAT BLUE TICKET CLEARANCE SALE CON
 TINUES TODAY

Every article store without reservation will be .far far below regular prices need the and money than the This is your gain and loss Beautiful reliable Scarfs Fur Mufs in Black Fox Black Wolf Black Coney, Black Lynx Red Fox Natural Raccoon, Brown Raccoon and many other kinds of furs prices small that it will pay to buy your furs for next year. Childrens Furs at half prices Winter Millinery at less than half prices Shirt Waists Silk Pettcoats Long Cloth Goats, Seal Plush Coats Guaranteed Rain Coats Marabout Feather carfs and KIuffs less than cost prices. Every article must leave the store
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
OBITUARY
EDWARD l.. DUNPHY.

EDWARD L DUNPHY.
 One of the old and respected resi- dents of East Bridgeport succumbed today in the passing of Edward Dun phy. a eteran of the civil war; and a resident of this city since the close of that memorable struggle. The de- ceased resided at 2s9 Brooks street and was for many years employed at the Holmes 6 Edwards Silver factory. He formerlw made his home in Church street He is survived by two daugh- sters, Mrs. Dennis Kehoe and Cath crime Dunphy and two sons, George and Edward L. Dunphy. The deceas- ed was a prominent member of St. Charles parish.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
"sleepina" Bullets.

The distance which a bullet travels is divided into three parts. The first distance the bullet travels in a wabbly manner, either up and down or side wise; the middle distance it sleeps" or moves on an exact plane, and the third distance, being partly spent, it wobbles in a serpeHdne movement again. When the bullet sleeps" it cuts a clean hole through the part of the body hit, but when it is on the first or final distance it tears a jagged hole and moves either up or down, and is likely to remain in the body. When the battle range is regulated in such a manner that the line of soldiers is exposed to the range of the sleeping bullets. there is less work for the am bulance corps.-Chicago Tribune.
 Almost Got 1t.
 "Is there any difference in the mean Ing of the words nautical and ma riner'' g asked MT. Malaprop.
 '.Not much,'' replied Mrs. MaIaprop. 'tOne is a cinnamon of the other,''- Chicago Reeord-Herald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
CATHOLIC WOMEN
 OF NORTH END TO
 HAVE ANOTHER WHIST

The ladies of St. Patrick's parish are to give another popular whist to- k1norrow Evening. The affair will be held in the church parlors. About SIS was realized from the whist given Hast month
 Play will commence at 8:30 sharp While the game is in progress vocal and Instrumental selections will be rendered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
SEEK HORSE AND BUGGY
 VALUED AT OVER s25o

Local detectives and authorities of western Connecticut are today using every effort to apprehend the person who stole a valuable horse and buggy from in front of Thomas Clarlz's home 924 North avenue, about 6:30 o'clock last night. No clues as to his Identity or whereabouts have been discov cred.
 The horse belonged to Clark, an em- playe of the Telephone Go, and is valued at $25O. The rest of the rig is the property Of Owen Keenan, Fair field avenue 1iveryman
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
Old People With Backache

should, try Cyrus Plas- ter. This plaster com pines the curative prop critics of several we'll known plasters in one. It gives relief at once, it strengthens the back. All your friends recom- mend it. 25 cents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
A Bold Monarch.

Charles TX. of France was bold enough to interfere with the attire of the women of his realm. In 1561 he forbade the ladies to use any t'bands of embroidery stitchings or fxings of silk, excepting only bordering the width of finger or at the most two borderings with chain stitchings.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
Mara and is Moistura.

Science now seems to hold that tb9 moisture in the Atmosphere of Mafs iB not uniformly distributed, which 8Es had right to expect but also that, un- like the earth. whose tropical air la laden with moisture. but whose temper ate and polar regions are ecmpa aratiVeiy dry. Mars has little moisture at the equator, while the water vapor in eTeases very largely near the boraeg Of the snow cap It Is therefore the evaporation Of moisture from the melt ing snow which replenishes the dry air of Mars with it's aqueous sapor. The poles are the storehouses of the water supply on Mars. There are nc equatorial oceans and therefore no source of supply by evaporation under a tropical sun. To the polar sneF7s Mars must look for its water.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
Fish and Fungus.

Every one knows that fishes of d. most every sort are, when fresh caught. slippery and hard to hold. This slipperiness Is due to sort of mucus exuded through the scales and is of the greatest importance to all slimy creatures. One of the important functions of the ish's slifny coating is to protect it from the attacks of fun
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
Try this! Doubles beauty of your hair and stops it
 falling out.

Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy, abundant and appears as soft, 1ustrouss and beautiful as a young girls after a. "I9anderine Dan hair cloth with little Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at time. This will cleanse the hair of dust,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
keena His Word.

"Is. Bliggins a man to be trusted ?''
 ''In some respects. If he owes you something and says he can't pay you. you can place absolute reliance in his word.'-St Louis Star
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

The official lecture of the Alliance Franchise scheduled to take place ear ly in January has been unavoidably postponed on account of illness in the family of M. Le Breton. who has not been able to leave Paris
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

The, total capital issues in Lon don in 1914 were approximately $2.- 750,O0O, including war loans, conn pared with $1,25O, 100000 for 1913.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

There will be no session on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange next Friday, the tooth anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
In the Same Boat.

As a general thing, when a young man is unable to give a girl all the luxuries to which she feels entitled he is in the same boat with her father. Galveston News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

Lieut.. Won MoItke has been appointed chief of supplementary general staff at Berlin, taking charge of internal military affairs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

The annual meeting of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway, to be held in Chicago, has been postponed again to March IS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

Articles of incorporation have been filed at Ottawa by the United States Coupon & Profit Sharing Co, Ltd, of Toronto. with capital of $5OO,0OO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

To the tune of "Tipperary'' played by a man guest dressed in pajanaas, a fire in the basement of the Hotel Albert, News York, was put out by. firemen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

The House passed a bill approprfat- ing $500, 900 for the enlargement of the Wall street front of the New York Assay Office
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

Losses by fire in Canada and the United. States during 1914 aggregated $2s5. 591. 1850. nearly. $11. .OO0. 900 more than during 1914.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Shrapnel ordered in Canada since the beginning of the war is estimated to value $22. 100000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

The Public Service Commission or dered that street car steps in New Hampshire must. not be more than 15 inches in height.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-05

Sympathy. Young Actor-My "Faust" seems tn be failure. Poor Fliegende Blatter.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21
REALTY TRADING
BOOM EXPECTED
Local Brokers Say Spring and
Plaza Awards Will Aid
Business.
CLOSE 119 TRANSACTIONS
Loans Drop to $279.l3l-Bourke
Cochran Sells His Residence to
Irwin Judis for $4,000.

Brokers closed 119 transactions in
volving les lots and parcels of reaI
estate in the week ended yesterday
The transactions numbered one les:
than in the same week last year Brok.
es are hopeful that spring trading
will open with full swing within a
week or two. They expect that a large
part of the 100000 which the gov
eminent will spend for plaza property
will be reinvested in District realty
before advent of summer.
OF the 119 sales in the last six days
nineteen were made Monday, twenty
four Tuesday, twenty-five Wednesday
sixteen Thursday. nineteen Friday, and
nineteen i'll the half-holiday yester-
day. Fifty parcels in outlying suburbs
changed hands: forty-two in the north
west. thirty-seven in the near-urban,
twenty-three in the northeast, nine in
the southwest, and seven in the south
east.
Loan Market shows Slump.
The loan market showed a decided
slump during the week. Loans drop
ped to s279,131. This amount was bor-
rowed at an average interest rate of
SIS per cent on the security of Ia
lots. Straight loans totaled s204,5S1.
Building associations advanced s53,25O
to members. Notes given for deferred
purchase money totaled $4,000.
Harry Wardman made the following
sales: To Mrs. Margaret Hayward the
residence at 1923 Lanier place for
$1,000: Mrs. Sarah J. Cunningham.
premises at 1917 Euclid street: A. F..
Jorss. residence at 4515 Fifteenth
street northwest for $500, and Mrs.
a. T. Gordon. the house at 1898 Joslyn
street. Chevy Chase. for $500.
w. Bourke Cochran. former member
of Congress, sold to Irwin Judis. presi-
dent of the Hillard Construction Com
pany. of New York. the residence at
Sixteenth and o streets which was
occupied by Mr.. Cochran when in Con-
gress and later by Senator Root and
former Ambassador Robert Bacon. The
residence is considered one of the
finest in the city, and was valued at
$4,000.
George Oakley Totten, jr. architect
is preparing plans for a residence for
Charles Ray Dean. 10 be erected at
Twentythird and Tracey streets North
west, at a cost of $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-21

and II streets northwest, Tuesday even.
ings at o'clock, commencing this week
under the auspices of the Ghurchmen's
League. \ full choir will be present a,
each lecture and furnish special music
The schedule of lectures will be as fol-
lows:
February 25-Rev. Arthur B. Kinsolding
ID. D.. rector of st. Paul's Church, Bal
timore. Md, Should the Progress of the
Kingdom of God Be Longer Retarded by
a Divided Christendom?'
March REV. Romilly +. HUMPHREYS
ID. D., rector of Grace and ST. Peter S
Church. Baltimore. The Church and the
Economic Problem"
March 9-Rev. Frederick Edwards vicar
of Grace Chapel. New York City, How
May the Church SocialiZe the Funda-
mental Principles of the Spiritual Life
as They Are Set Forth in the Life of
Jesus"
J March 16-Rev. James H. McIlvaine,
D. D.. rector Of Calvary Church, Pitts
burgh. Pa. Salvation. Is it Personal or
Social"
March 23-Rev Herman Lilienthal. rec
tor of st. Georges Church. Astoria, n.
Y, What Are the Steps to Be Taken
by This Church Toward Corporate Chris
tan Unity"