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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
The D. M. Read Company.
ARRANGE DATES FOR
 CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS

Hartford, July 3o.-Two examina-
 tions are announced by the state civil esrv1ce commission to be held Tuesday, August F. and Thursday, August 1s, at the Capitol. The first is for prison
 attendants, and all applicants must be from g to 40 years old and at least
 five feet, nina inches tall, and weigh at least 17o pounds.
 Entering salaries are $55 a month for
 men living outside, and $40 a month
 for men living in the prison, with full
 maintenance allowed. The subjects for the test, with their ratings, in-
 clude: Spelling 5, elementary arith-
 mettc S. writing verbal orders from
 memory 5, writing a report of some oc-
 currence 5, experience and training 10,
 character and reputation 20, person ality from oral tests 20, physical fit
 ness 30. Total 100. An average of TO per cent. must be attained. Applica- tions for the test must be filed on
 blanks furnished upon application on or before Friday noon August 13, at
 Room 5, the Capitol
 The second examination is for male stenographers. It is for the establish
 Enent of an eligible list in three grades:
 A, for places paying more than $70 a
 month; B. paying from $51 to s75 a
 motnh, and c, paying under $50 a
 month. Certidcation from these lists will be made for permanent appoint rnent to the places of stenographer for the state highway commission as pay ing $65 a month at the start. The list of subjects, with their ratings, are: Spelling 10. stenography 30. (dictation to be 8o-11o-140 words per minute); i;
 typewriting 15, arithmetic 5, khowl- edge of office duties 5, pennaanship 10, education. experience and personal his tory 25. Total 100. Candidates must attain a percentage of at least 70. Ap- pIications must be filed on blanks fur nished upon application and filed in
 Room 55, Capitol, on or before Satur-
 day noon, August IA. Candidates must
 furnish their own machines, tables, note books, etc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
BISHOP MILAN MAKES
 APPEAL FOR POLISH
 WAR SUFFERER FUNDS

An official communication has been sent from the Episcopal residence oe the Catholic diocese of Hartford to pastors in this city, by Bishop John J. Milan, asking that a collection be taken up August 8 for the benefit of war sufferers in Poland. The com n1unication follows:
 Episcopal Residences
 Hartford, Conn,
 July 29, 1915. Dear Father A prolonged wall of deep distress comes across the ocean from Poland, weeping, tortured and desolate. The fierce struggle on the Russian border has been confined ex- clusively to the territory of Poland throughout the past year and the most desperate battle of all history is at this moment dreching Polish soil with blood. Two hundred towns and 11,o0O villages have been laid in ruins and millions of people wander homeless up and down their desolated country
 There can be no. doubt that of all the nations engaged in this devasta- ting strife the greatest sufferer is Poland. History has no record of suffering, such as that which has fallen to the lot of the mothers of that afflicted country. Husbands and sons are in the field. brother is forced to fight against brother in hostile armies while those at home are left to mourn over the dead and witness the s1fferings of the living. They wander about without shelter or food, Children stretch out their arms in an appeal to mothers who have no bread to give them.
 To keep away starvation and ale viate this dire distress kindly ap- peal to your people next Sunday, Aug ust 1, to contribute to a collection which will be taken up on the fol- lowing Sunday, August g.. As the need of funds for those who are starv- ing is most urgent, please send the contributions to the chancery as soon as possible so that the relief may be immediate.
 Yours sincerely,
 JOHN J. MILAN.
 Bishop of Hartford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
THE FARMER: JULY 30, 1915
f MT. Lodge of Nahant.

of MT. Lodge of Nahant.
 After completing his education, MT. Williams returned to Yazoo 1878, where he hung out his sningle as an attorney, and doubled" as a cotton planter. He was successful in both lines, and he now owns several Mis- sissippi plantations, as well as the large rambling house in Yazoo where he, spends much of his time between sessions of Congress. It was in 1893 that John Sharp Williams first ap- peared in the Congressi ona1 directory, and his name has been there ever since. From the 5Sth to 60th Con- gresses he was the minority leader of the House and the Democratic can dfdate for speaker. In 1908 the Mis- sissippi legislature elected hn to the United States Senate, for the term from 1911 to 1917, as the successor of Senator H. D. Money.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS, THE
 YAzoo STATESMAN, 61 TODAY


 Senator John Sharp Williams, the gifted statesman from Yazoo who rep resents Mississippi in the upper oh am Der of Uncle Sam s double barreIled legislature. will be sixty zone years old today. MT. Williams was born in Memphis, Tenn, July 30, 1854, the son of Col Christopher Harris YViI- lams. The civil war was responsible for the fact that Senator Williams identified himself with Mississi ppi politics. His mother died when he was an infant, and his father, an off, cer in the Confederate army, was slain at Shiloh. Memphis was threat ened with capture by the stpesky Tanks" and young John Sharp, for safety's sake, was. sent to the Sharp homestead, the seat of his mothers family in Yazoo county, Miss. AL though an orphan, he did not lack for educational facilities, for after as similating all the Knowledge obtain able in Yazoo he was sent to the Ken lucky Military Institute. He soon outgrew that institution and con- tinued his pursuit Of learning at the University of the South, at Sewanee, Tenn. His next stop on the road to Knowledge was at the University of Virginia. There didn't seem much John Sharp went to Germany, and put the finishing touches on his clas- sicaI education at the University of Heidelberg. When he returned to America he entered the law school of the University of Virginia, and later studied legal law in Memphis, his na- tive city. Except for these few ad- vanta ges, the future senator was en- tirely self-taught, but in spite of early limitations he is about the most erudite man in the United States Congress, with the possible exception
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
MATINEE EXCURSIONS.

As the season advances the special matinee excursions on the stca mcr Park City to Port Jefferson, New York, are becoming more popular and especially is it a fact as to the Satur- day afternoon half days outing trip as it makes a fitting weekend excur- sion. The steamer leaves the wharf at the foot of Fairfield avenue at 1:3o D. m, return, leaves Poft Jefferson at 4:3O p. nn., thus allowing three hours sail on Long Island Sound where cool breezes blow and one hour and thirty minutes in the village of Port Jefferson. Special low fare for the round trip: Children under ? years of age. half fare. Tots under five, free.-AdS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, s., PROBATE COURT.

Ju4y 1zs 1SIo-
 Estate Of James F. Healy late of town of Bridgeport. in said District deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect to present their accounts. properly attested, withiG said time, will be debarred a re- covery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested ID make inl- mediate payment to
 FREDERICK G. HEALY,
 P3os* Administrator
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
POSSES HUNT YOUTH
 WHO KILLED WOMAN

Jackson, N. C., July 3o-Annos Flu gate, 1 g years old, is being hunted to- day by a sheriff's posse in the noun tains of Breathitt county, for the murder yesterday of Mrs. Granville Williams. at her home on Qu1clsand Creek, near here. According to the sheriff. Fugate shot Mrs. Williams when she complained of his having shot two of her geese. Two years a. go Fugate was tried for killing of Will liam Combs but was acquitted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
ABSTAINERS PLANNING
 NATIONWIDE CAMPAIGN

Washington. July so-Plans were announced today by Albert R. Rogers, editor of the National Abstainers' Union, for a. nation wide temperance movement in which it plans to spend S10O,0eo in a nationwide campaign. Moving pictures showing public hotels and factories are to be a powerful ad- junct with the movement. MT. Rogers said:
 'We shall not demand prohibition or urge prohibition law but we will traffic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
OFFICERS OF VESSEL HERE SAW BLOCExADER
 SINK BOAT FROM U. S

New York, July 3o-Officers of the steamer St. Cecelia, which arrived to- day after having delivered a cargo of supplies for the Belgian relief com mission at Rotterdam reported being in sight of the steamer Scottish Mon arch after laying New York on June l6 until shortly after entering the war zone" when the Scottish Mon arch suddenly disappeared and in ar irving at Rotterdam the officers learn ed teh steamer had been torpedoed, and sunk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
COMMERCE CHAMBER
 DELEGATES DINE IN
 MOAEAUGUIN MEETING

One hundred and fifty persons rep resentine s8 Chambers of Commerce in Connecticut gathered yesterday at Monaauguir, held business meet ing and later dinner. James Roy, F. E. Morgan, F. ". Bo1ande and Charles D. Davis were delegates from this city,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
 DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, ss.

PROBATE COURT.
 Estate of Walter H. HeaIy late of the town of Bridgeport in said Dis trict deceased.
 The Court of zP4obate for the Dis trict of Bridgeport hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for Creditors ot salc Estate to exhibit their claims for settfem ent. Those who neglect sto present their ac- counts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recovery. All persons Indebted to said Estate ars requested to make immediate pay meDt to
 FREDERICK G. HEALY,
 P30s* Administrator.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
VETERANS OF RAILROAD SERVICE WILL GATHER
 IN SPECIAL SESSION

A special meeting of the New Eng land Association of Railroad veter- ans will be held Sunday. August 8, in New London and several railroad men from this city are expected to attend. A business meetings shore dinner and a bathing party will be on the days program.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30
Summer Goods

At the RUBBE FER STORE let us serve you from our line.
 Bath Sprays, Rubber sponges, Air Pillows, Air Cushions, Sponge Bags, In valid Rings, Raincoats, Rub Der Clothing, Bathing Suits, Bathing Caps, Sporting Goods, Bicycles, Bicycle Goods, etc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30

Household Linens Laces and Embroideries Hosiery
 Mems Neglige Shirts Toilet Wares
 Umbrellas and Paraso1s Art Embroideries
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-30

At zc-celebrated Jumbo dressing
 combs.
 At 7c-Cerk balls to use in the water. At 7c-S or fit. lengths gas tubing. At 2Gc-Zinc covered washboards. At 15c, or pairs for 25o-Ladies'
 hemstitclled drawers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24
'etWeen Midnight
O'clock?

1T used to be that the best inheri-
tance a girl could have was a
pretty face and good disposition.
Now doting mothers cherish the
hope that their girls may be born
with nimble feet. The dancing
craze is one of the mary features
of modern life that would never
have happened if people had to
get up early in the morning and
milk seven COWS, as their grand
fathers used to do. Its leading
benefciaries, of course, are the
Castles, who invented the Castle
shoe, and make so much money
they don't know what to do
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-05
The Poor Mans Fertilizer

MORE good than evil was wrought by the
1F1 Easter snowstorm which swept along
the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to
Maine. IL it had been rain it would have
run into the streams. washing surface soil
away with it. Instead, it lay on the earth,
warm blanket melting slowly and sinking
into the ground. watering the roots of all
the growing things and carrying its beneR-
cent moisture TO the subsoll, where it will be
stored until it is needed later. Such a snow
is known in some parts of the country as
the poor mans fertilizer. because of its rec
oguized benefits to the farmer.
The Inconvenience which is caused the
town dwelIer was slight in comparison with
its blessings to the country Saturday after
noon and evening might have been in the
heart of the winter, but Sunday morning
dawned bright and sunny and the walks
were quickly cleared, and many of the
streets by night were almost as dry as before
the snow began to fall There will he little
of it left in town tonight Yet II will be a
topic OF conversation for the next 20 years.
and the time of the Easter blizzard of 1915
will be date from which TO reckon like the
year OF the great wind in Ireland or the
blizzard of March, 1888.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-05

hours Immediately succeeding midnight. They
are all alike, Bohemianism produces little but
feeling of sleepiness the next morning,
Whereas the conventions the soil whence
everything unconventional is sprung you can
do anything within the conventions. Most
crimes, even the interesting ones are con-
ventional. IL four-in-hand ties had been vogue
in Homer's time. he would certainly have worn
one while composing the "Iad." Certainly
you may say this much here and now-that
the wearing of four-in-hand does as little to
prevent as eating bitter olives does to pro-
mote, the composing of an "Iliad" The late
Augustus St Gaudens dressed like a business
man, without hurting in the least the qualities
of his statue OF General Sherman. The trouble
with BOhemianism is that it is such an oeeu-
patton in itself. The Bohemian is kept so
tarnal busy just being Bohemian The ef-
fort to be original leaves him so little time for
originality.
No. being Bohemian is taking to the fire
escape when there is no ire. The real escape
from the conventions lies inside the human head,
not on the outside of the human person. The
real escape from the conventions is not to
defy them, but to use them. Conventions are
great labor-saving devices-that's why they
have been invented. man dresses ike other
men in order TO have time IN which to differ
from other men In his deeds. The ordinary
pants Of commerce are not a hindrance. but tue
greatest aid % originality. They walk you 10 the
ONCE, to the studio. 10 the counting room. 10
the stage door, where originality counts for
something
No man E saeh 3 slave 70 convention A. yeur
true hqhesiaa BURTON KLINE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-05
Daniels Should Initiate Bryan

CECRETARY DANIELS may have a plan
- for reorganizing the navy and putting it
on a fighting basis, but it is worth nothing
unless it has the approval of the experts in
his department. Laymen have been known
to go into profession with which they were
unfamiliar and by the force of their genius
tell men long engaged in it where they could
improve their methods. But the most servile
admirer of Josephus Daniels has never
charged him with the possession of genius
Mr.. Bryan has set an excellent example for
imitation by the Secretary of the Navy and
by every other ineXpert politician put in high
office, He goes about the country making
speeches while Mr.. Lansing, a man trained
in international law and the arts of diplo-
macy attends to the serious work of the State
Department. For Mr. Bryan is the kind of a
wise man who does not know and knows that
he does not know. But Secretary Daniels is
the kind of man who does not know that
he does not know. 1t is not surprising, there
fore, that the whole navy is seething with
suppressed INSTRUMENTATION.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-05
Does 1t Pay to Be Courteous?

DEING courteous is a habit which is likely
II to develop into a bank account. There
have been surly men who succeeded in busi-
ness. perhaps because their employees were
not surly. but fortune, nevertheless, has
usually preferred to keep steady company
with gentlemen.
Good will is what every business is look
ing for; it is a part of its capital 1t is never
got by sour faces. The public will not accept
discOurtesy even in fiction 1t demands good
humor a happy ending, a a"there-rve-p pleased
you" attitude on the part of the author And
one of the strongest assets of a corrupt
political organization is the fact that pub
licity concerning its acts is necessarily more
or less disCourteous wherefore the public
does not like II, Vice becomes attractive
when descriptions of it are impolite, so much
does humanity applaud pleasantness, which
is another name for courtesy,
Yes courtesy pays, in business or out of it,
even if the dividends are sometimes deferred.
1t pays in politics, often at the sacrifice of
public morality, but 1t pays most of all right
in the home in the form of happiness
coupons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-05
A Great Comedy in Preparation

LtORTUNATELY for MIR. Wilson, Thomas
Il Jefferson is dead, and he cannot rise to
ask impertinent questions Of the speakers at
the Jefferson birthday dinner when an at
tempt is to be made to commit the Dcmoc-
raey of the State to the support of a move
ment for the denomination of the President.
The great Democrat, the father of his party.
believed that that Government was best
which governed the least, and not all the
kings horses nor all the kings men could
have pulled out Of him an Endorsement of a
project for launching the Government into
the shipping business or for creating a gov
ernmental commission to tell business men
how TO run their business or for regulating
the prices at which commodities were to be
sold
SO 1t Will be interesting to observe the way
in which the Democrats, gathered to honor
Jefferson. steer their eulogles Of Wilson
through the dangerous field of mines loaded
with common sense that surrounds the phi
losophy of the man who wrote the DeClara-
tion of Independence. Their efforts will add
to the gaiety of nations, whether they in
crease Mr. Wilson'S glory or not
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-05
Foolish Fight Against Local Option


" TT is of paramount Importance to the men
who have money invested in liquor prop
critics that the local option bill be passed at
Harrisburg
The measure contemplatcs a sane and tenn
perate solution of the problem. 1t represents,
1t may be a last compromise. Certainly if
by trick or crooledness 1t is defeated, the
feeling against the liquor ring as the in
variable foe Of good government will be
Justified, and the next plan formulated for
the relief of citizens and communities will
give little consideration to this sort Of vested
interest. but fanatically or otherwise will
seek to uproot It and drive it utterly from
the Commonwealth
Liquor men assert that slender ma jority
should not be allowed to deprive large
minority of its right to drink alcohol What,
then, shall be said of the right OF small
minority TO deal in liquid poison in COM
munitles where the vast majority is vio-
lently opposed to the continuance Of such
traffic? These men would compel whole
counties to license booze" against their will
but they Mortified at the suggestion that
few citizens here and there should be de-
prived Of the privilege of converting them
selves into beasts. Personal liberty" for
those who want to drink but no personal
liberty" for those who want good govern
ment and desire to rear their children In safe
and sane communities! 1t is an untenable
position.
The liquor ring should read the hand
writing on the wall. 1t should itself
sanction the bill to permit each county to
decide for itself whether or not to license
the sale of strong drink BY so doing it
would remain in possession of its strong
holds, at least for a time, nor would it be
tory which is even now held against the will
of the people. The only chance the liquor
ring has rests in the local option bill. 1t is
a rope for a drowning cause and cannot be
refused without extreme peril.
Let the advocates of local option flock to
Harrisburg tomorrow. a great demonstra-
tion will save the State from the humiliation
of political liquor fight later on. This is
the great opportunity to keep booze" out Of
politics, to prevent it from splitting parties
wide open and dedcating the Commonwealth
to the woes of fanatical campaign.
But the strongest of all local option en-
thusiasts should be the liquor interests
themselves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-05
CONVENTIONALITY OF BOHEMIANISM

livery one reckons among his acquaintances
II la few persons who profess a proud superb
ority to convention. Not for them the starched
collar. the humdrum fOur-in-hand tie and all
that goes with them No doubt these persons
feel very original In this. And superior, too.
They have emigrated to Bohemia. They have
turned their backs even upon the Turkish
cigarette now. once their trusted friend. their
indispensable badge of Identification. These
people seek the mythical land where the neck
tie flows. where the hair waves In defiance OF
the barber. where thought is unbushlng and
speech is unconhned.
The joke on these people is that nothing is
conventional as their way of escape from the
conventions. They simply swap a large cage
for a smaller one. They sit in prison and
rail at the cramplng fence around the universe
outside You have seen these persons of the
loose locks and rolling hats at their eating
plaees-llttle grsen-paneled cellars. always
French or Italian by profession-always down
ing with widely advertised delight the same old
olives. little bitter ones; always the same mlnes-
ira, the same Philadelphia fish in disguise or
bay leaves; the same cold storage Chicago
chicken. labeled "caecatore'' on the oleaginous
carte du jour'-always the bill of fare is a
carte du Jour"
And then track these persons to their lairs.
and what do you hnd2 The same little cell up
three flights OF twisty stairs. The at
mosphere' consists Of the usual pipe or cigarette
smell; there Is the inevitable Venus De Milo.
the usual stsins on the rail. the usual picture
called -HeethoYen.a the tumblsd cushions. the
same chatter about art. accompanied b mneh
selling q The eyes aaa aas aszfssard Of tha
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-05
An Effort to can the Deficit

FT4HE Treasury Department is showing
i eommendabe zeal in its effort to get rid
Of the deficit. The interesting Government
periodical, known to the curious as Treasury
Decisions. contains each week one or more
rulings taking an imported commodity from
classification at low rate of duty and
putting II In a classification at a higher rate
The desire to raise revenue is so strong
that the Democratic instinct for a low tariff
is overcome No thiclS-and- thin protection
fists could increase the duty on imports with
more satisfaction than the Democratic Off
eiais are manifesting.
The latest application of this Zeal for rev.
enaes regardless OF Democratic theories. has
Ialan upon imported beets in cans. They
have been admitted at duty of per cent
- ealorem. levied upon "beets of all kinds I"
Canned vegetables. however, are taxed at Is
baa cent ad valorem. The New York Collec-
tor # Customs saw an opportunity for more
revenue aaa ne advised the Secretary OF the
Treasury that the classification OF beets
ahaald be changed. After a careful consid-
a1Ion nf he case IN its legal and economic
SO political bearings, Assistant Secretary
fs has Informed Collector Malone that
assfa have lesl their Identity as
nd 80 properly dutiable as canned
na haa difeesed that he IN
@ rs EaIias has