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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
LuIee McLuke saYa:

Luke McLuI<e Says:
 The only man who knows how to manage a woman is the lad who has never tried it
 Mother gets so tired of the same old furniture in the same old rooms and the same old dishes in the same old kitchen that she takes few hours off every now and then and rearranges her keepsakes in the old trunk in the attic, the same trunk she took on her bridal tour. And she will dust off the piece of her wedding cake that is wrap ped up in a piece of her bridal veil. And she will kiss the little pair of baby shoes wrapped up in the tiny baby cap. And she will get out the t1ntypes of father taken the day they were married. And she will have a good bawI and kiss the tintype. Then she will go jdownstairs, and when fla ther comesz home to supper she will give him the devil because he didn't wipe his shoes on the mat
 When he first gets her life is all honey, but later on life is all hives.
 A tiny mouth often hides an awful lot of jaw.
 ! Whisky grows better as it grows old CT. But men are not that way
 Many a brave man who doesn't mind facing the music will do lot of holler- ing when he is asked to listen to it.
 Most women have two dispositions, one for home use and one for company use. And this is also true of most men.
 Consider the thermometer. It often takes a drop too much at night, but that doesn't prevent it getting up early the next morning.
 Every now and then you will see a woman who gives you the impression that if she smiled she would crack her complexion.
 After a fellow roams around for awhile he gets an idea that square men are almost as rare and almost as old fashioned as square pianos.
 Anyway, Adam never had to get up out of bed and empty the pan under the ice box?
 During the honeymoon she believes that the earth sags down every time he takes a step, but later on she be 1ieves that it would take about four teen nuts like him to outweigh a feather.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
DIED.

GULLIVER-In Danbury, June IA,
 Sarah c. Wife of John GulIfver,
 aged 49 years. BURKE-In Danbury, June fl, Pat
 rick Burke. aged 75. PICA-In Danbury, June 13, Louis
 Plea, aged 28 years. KELLER Bedding, June 1 3, Ran
 som W. Kee1er, aged 59 years. WIIILIAMS-In Stamford, June g,
 William H. Williams, aged 39. SMITH Stamford. June g. Ellen, widow of Andrew Smith. HART-At Stamford. June 12 Thomas
 F. Hart. BLICKENSDERFER - Tn Stamford, June g, Nellie Irene, wife of Geo.
 c. B1ickensd erfer SWAN-In Stamford, June 9, Frank
 Swan, in the 83rd year of his age. BEARDSLEY-In Shelton, June l 8,
 Susan, widow of George W. Beard
 s1ey.
 COMSTOCK-At New Canaan, June
 12, Ann Eliza Comstock MORENCY-In Shelton, June 12 Jo-
 seph Morency.. DEEB.-In Danbury, June 12, Abra-
 ham Deeb, aged 22. HUBBARD-In Greenwich, June 1 2,
 Stephen P. Hubbard. aged 79. CONKLIN-AIn DanbUry, June 8, Mrs.
 Jennie SB. Conklip-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
NOTICE

Assessments for the oonstructdon of
 the East Eaton Street Sewer
 In compliance with the votes talk en at the meeting of the Common Council of the City Of Bridgeport, held June 2, 1915, the following re- port of the Board of Appraisal of Benefits and Damages relative to the. construction of the East Baton Street sewer was adopted and the assess ments confirmed, to wit:
 Cost of said rsewer $8O5 IA
 Amount assessed against property owners is s1c. per foot. being less than three-fourths of the cost per foot of said sewer.
 We assess to the following persons the several sums set opposite their respective names, as the amount of benefits by them received respec- lively. from the construction of said
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
NOTICE

Assessments for the Construction of
 the OrIand Street Sewer.
 In compliance with the votes taken at the meeting of the Common Coun- oil, of the City of Bridgeport, held June T, 1915, the following report of the Board of Appraisal of Benefits and Damages relative to the construc- ton of the Orland street sewer was adopted and the assessments confirm ed, to wit:
 Cost of sewer $1,491 80
 Amount assessed against property owners $1.00 per foot being less than three-fourths of the cost per foot of said sewer.
 We assess to the following persons the several sums set opposite their re- spective names,i as the amount of benefits by them received respective Iy, from the construction of said sew
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

Kindly 9fHe information concerning the following societies: The Society of Mayfiower Descendants, the Colonial Danes and the OCoIoniaI Wars; by whom originated; date, eIigibIes, ap proximate membership.
 The Society of Mayfower- Descend ants was organized in New York Dec. 9, 1894, by lneal descendants of the Mayf1ower pilgrims. Every 1ineal de seendant over eighteen years of age, male or female, of any passenger of the voyage of the Mayf1oWer, fncIud- ing all signers of the compact" are eligible We cannot give the total membership.
 The Society of Colonial Danes of America was organized in New York May 23, 1890. The society is purely patriotic and educational in it's ob- jects, and membership is by invitation only. The membership is about 5000.
 The Society of Colonial Wars was instituted in 1892 to perpetuate the memory of events and of the men who assisted in the esta ablishment, defense and preservation of the American colo nies. Eligibility is confined to an adult male descendant of an ancestor who fought in battle under Colonial or Brit ish authority from the settlement of Jamestown, Va, in 1907, to the battle of Lexington in 1775, etc. We cannot give the number of members.
 Which is the oldest battleship in the active fleet?
 The oldest battIeship in the Hudson assembly was the Georgia, which wes authorized March 8, 1889, and the keel of which was laid Aug. 31, 1901. The Virginia, sister ship of the Georgia, is the second oldest The Virgfnia's keel was laid May 21, 1902. The keel of the Nebraska, the third oldest bat tleship in the column, which is also sister ship of the Georgia, was laid July 4, 1902
 Please tell me something about the Periscope of the submarine, which is used to locate the enemy and to direct the movement of the boat.
 The periscope is the eye of the sub marine when it is submerged. The head can be turned in any direction by the handle at the bottom of the instru ment, and the image of any object in sight is received by a prism and by it transmitted through the system of lenses or lower boxed lens by which the image is reversed so that it is view ed in an upright position by the ob- server within the vessel, who looks through the eye of the piece. When not in use the instrument can be low cred into the hull
 What was the first ten hour law pass ed? Did the working day ever exceed eleven hours?
 In the early days of manufacturing the working day, unregulated by law, sometimes extended to thirteen and fourteen hours. The first ten hour law was passed in England in 1S47 and the first one in this country in Massachu- setts in 1874
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
NOTICE

Assessments for the Layout of POr-
 ter Street. Tn compliance with the votes. taken By the Common Council of the City of Bridgeport, at a, meeting held June 2, 1915, the following report of the Board of Appraisal of Benefits and Damages relative to the layout of Porter street from North avenue to Main street was adopted and the as- sessmentss confirmed. to wit:
 That, we did estimate and appraise to the following persons the, several sums set opposite their respective names, as the amount of damages by them received and sustained respec- the special benefits by them respec- lively received therefronn. to wit:
 None.
 And did estimate and. appraise to the following persons the several sums set opposite their respective names, as the amount of benefits by them received respectively by said persons over and above any damages by them respectively sustained there from, to wit:
 And we did also estimate. ascertain and determine that the following per sons will receive an equal amount of damages and benefits in the prem ises, namely: standish Stone Corporation. James Porter Estate, Cyntha M. Lockwood, Horace F. Lyon, Mary B. Lyon, Mary J. O'ConneI, Honora Shanahan, Elizabeth Porter, Louise G. JaInieson, Arthur L. Clark, Frank L. Smith,
 EIenor Hall Mora,
 Della Hall, ct al, Adopted, June T, 1915 Approved, June 2, 1915. Attest:
 J. ALEX. H. ROBINSON. a* City CtNElez
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

Has the president of the United States more power to deciare war than the kaiser of Germany?
 As German emperor Wilhelm II. combines in his office the powers of the older presidency and "bundes field herr'' or war lord" of the German empire. As war lord his powers are nearly monarchical He has the right to declare war of his own accord when German soil is invaded, and he is him. self the sole deternliner of what con stitutes 'invasion,' so that his power may be broadly interpreted. Accord ing to the constitution of the German empire the kaiser represents the em- pire, is to make treaties and other agreements with foreign powers in the name of the empire He is command CT in chief of the federal forces In times of war and peace.
 The kaiser as such can neither initi- ate legislation nor veto 1t But the legislative powers which he lacks as kaiser he holds as king of Prussia, for in that position he controls the seven teen Prussian votes in the bundesRath and any state can introduce legis1a- tion. He also appoints and dismiSses the imperial chancellor, who is presi- dent of the bundesrath, and is in ef- feet the only responsible minister,
 The president of the United States has not the power to make war nor conclude treaties alone. He is the com mander in chief of the army and navy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

Did congress take any action reIa. tive to the rumored acquisition of teF- ritory on the Pacific coast by Japan?
 No definite action. The senate on Aug. 2, 1912, adopted the following res Olution, proposed by Senator Lodge, by a vote of 51 to 4: Resolved, That when any narbor or other place in the American continent is so situated that the occupation thereof for naval or military purposes might threaten the communications or the safety of the United States the government of the United States could not see without grave concern the possession of such harbor or other place by any corpora ton or association which has such a relation to another government not American as to give that government practical power of control for national purposes" The other house took no action.
 When legal holidays fall on Sunday, what day is observed pubiicLy2
 Monday.
 What is the origin of St. Valentines day?
 The 14th of February is called St. Valentines day after a Christian mar tyr of the Roman period. The present custom of sending tokens of affection is thought to have originated, however, with the Roman festival of the Luper. ealia- which was celebrated in the month of February, when the names of young women were put in a box and drawn out by men as chance directed. The girl thus blindly selected was sup posed to be the valentine or chosen T.. a-I-, 47. year.
 1t has been started that in Germany hardly fraction of per cent is found ;liiterate, while in Belgium AnearIy half the population can neither read nor write. What are the facts7
 In Belgium the census of 1910 re ported that 13.1 per cent of the popu- lation. (excluding children less than eight could not read or write; in 1913 9 9.24 per cent of the young men called out for military service were i1literate. In Germany in 1912 the proportion of illiterates among the recruits was a fraction of 1 per cent
 Please inform me what it is that de- termines the gauge of shotguns and the caliber of rifles.
 The bore of a shotgun is determined by the circumference of any one of a given number of lead balls of equal weight, the total weight of which is one pound. For instance, the circum- ference of the barrel of a ten bore shotgun is equal to the circumference of any one of ten lead balls of equal weight the total weight of which is one pound.
 The ca1iber of a rife is the diameter of the bore of it's barrel measured ID hundredths of an inch, The diameter of the bore of thirty-two caliber rife is thirtY-two hundredths of an inch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
our own PonuIar senaa.

 working girl who sought a job when business was real slack Tried exercising horses at the old Lato- mia track. She liked the work, and she was always certain of her pay, For her employer was sport who paid her by the day. Said he, You're apprentice. but I'll let you have mount And you can ride Star Shooter, he's a colt of some account. He's entered 3n a race next week, and he'll win sure as fate, But you must cut out beer and train so you can make the weight The great day came, and when the nags paraded to the post The girl had made the weight, but she was feeling like ghost The barrier went up and then Star Shoot took the lead He ran like he was scared to death and showed world of speed. He ran so fast that hetwas soon in front by a half mile, And when they hit the stretch the girl looked back with a. glad smile. The great crowd yelled: Come on, you Star! Come onl The Fest are jokes!' And then the girl remembered that she
 must face all them folks, She felt round for her powder rag and powdered up her nose. And gazed into her mirror as she sat in sweet repose. And, as she prinped, the other horses galIoped up and passed, And, when shed finished doIlin9 up, poor Star was running last. Stars owner said: You're fired, 3ou dub. To win you didn't tryE' And though big Jumps were in hRg throat the brave girl did reply: Chorus: erI may be riding horses. but Pm human just the sanei And just because your old nag lost, why should I take the blame? And no guy ainSt no gent though he wears diamonds on his clothes, Who'd fire a working girl because she powdered up her noee.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

We therefore recommend the adop- ton of the following resoIutions + Resolved, That Howard F. Smith be, and is hereby appointed Co1lec- tor of Benefits assessed for the con struction of said sewer.
 Adopted, June '. 1915
 Approved, June 2, 1915.
 Attest:
 J. ALEX H. ROBINSON. a* City Clerk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
WILLIAMS AND ROE
 GUILTY OF MURDER
 OF HUBERT B. CASE

1ury Hours Brings in First Degree Verdict Against Brdgeporter and Poughkeepsie Pal = Will Be Sentenced on Tuesday-Prisoners Display No Emotion When Foreman Announces Decision-Mrs. Williams, at Husbands Side, Remains Calm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

Gan you tell me whether Empress Eueenie, wife of Napoleon III., is still IiVine2
 Yes; in England.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
THE PRErT1Esr FACE

and the most beautiful hands are Of, ten disfigured by an unsightly wart. It can easily be removed in few days without pain by using Cyrus Wart Remover. For sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy. AIS FairhaIc
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

Reports reaching Zurich, switzer- land, declare that intense heat has done great damage to Hungarian crops.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

The Rev. Lewis F. A. Langevin. Catholic archbishop of St. Boniface. Manitoba, died in Montreal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

Get In Line, Men; Don't Shove! Let me hatch your eggs Terms req sonable- Mrs. J. A Jones, 31T Fair street, Otsego, Mich.-Otsego (Mich.) Union.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

The soused but Honest Compassion.
 Mrs. D. P. Kelleher gave a tea in horror of Josephine Reilly and Martin change.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

Because | Love Them So. Dear Luke:
 Won't you tell us. please, Why you like so much to tease Us girls, fat and lean and tall, But the corn feds most of all?
 Evanston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
Bits of Byplay
 By Luke McLnke Copyright. 1e15, the Cincinnati
Copyrights. e15, the Cincinnati
 Enquirer

Mean Brute! ''What are you wearing that silly grin for?' demanded Mrs. Gabb. q was just thinking of something funny smiled MT. Gabb. 'WeH, what was it?'' asked Mrs. Gabb.
 ''I was wondering what would hap pen to the silent vote when women got into politics. replied MT. Gabb.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

Our Daily Special. We all try to do those we are dunned by.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

Where Is Sussny Jir17 Dear Luke-In St. Mary's, O., we have John Hale, Jacob Ice, William Rain and Jacob Snow.-Reader.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16
Housewives of Bridgeport!
Don't Swelter in the Hot Kitchen This Summer

We going to give you unequalled oppor- tunity to do your ironing and cooking in the cool comfortable, and safe way
 For three weeks, beginning June 44th you coffee percoators for small cash payment and the balance in two monthly payments as follows:
 On Delivery Monthly Total
 Payments Price ToasteE ssove @ :: $5SS $1.sS $$s:SS
 These easy terms will positively not be grant ed after July 3rd.
 THE ELECTRIC IRON is the only kind the mod housekeeper should use. No hot stove, iron is always hot You use it in any in the house out the cool porch. Doesn't that take the drudgery out of ironing day? The cost for current for months ironing for average family will not exceed 50 cents.
 THE FORSTER STOVE is perfect and practical stove for cooking on the dining room table. It will broil steaks, chops, ham and bacon fry scramble eggs, make griddle cakes and toasn factcook anyt5 thing that be cooked the top of stove. Cost for current for 8 meal not over cents
 THE COFFEE PERCOLATOR makes the most delicious coffee right the table in few minutes. Cost of current for cups of coffee less than cent Together the toaster-stove and percolatoF form a complete breakfast and luncheon set which per mts you to prepare meals without going into the kitchen. Won't that be delightful on hot day?
 You will find these devices useful not only in but convenient safe, and much time that you will be using them all winter, too.
 These appliances are all Westinghouse make. We selected them because of their handsome appear ance thorough reliability and their economy in the use of current. They absolutely guaranteed,if them, bring it back to and get one. co
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

| Names is Names.
 Clay Rhode is a farmer living near Oxford, Ind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

We therefore recommend the adop- ton of the following resolution: Resolved, That Howard F. Smith be, and is hereby appointed Collector of Benefits assessed for the construc- ton of said sewer.
 Adopted, June ', 1915.
 Approved. June T, 1915.
 Attest:
 J. ALEX. H. ROBINSON, a,% City Clerk.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-10-08

w. H. Chiles went 10 Kansas
City Wednesday to spend the
day on legal business. His
daughter, Mrs. B. c. ComstOck,
who has been visiting here, ac-
companied him to Kansas City.
Miss Martha Pitcher, formerly
violin teacher Of Central Col
lege, now with the William
Woods College at Fulton, return
ed to Fulton Wednesday morning
after a visit here with friends.
Miss Lee Meng went to Kansas
City yesterday to spend the
day.
DR.. N. B. Payne went to Kan
sas City yesterday to spend
the day on professional business.
Otto Baurle and George Berg
hoefer went to Kansas City yes
terday morning on business.
Capt. Ryland Todhunter went
to Kansas City yesterday to
attend the Live Stock Show.
Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Truck of
.Sedalia, Mo-, announce the birth
of a daughter, Wednesday, Oc-
tober 6, 1915. Mrs. Truck was
formerly Miss Madge Nicholson,
of this city.
John B. Burris took his son,
George to Kansas City yesterday
morning, where he will enter the
Leeds hospital for treatment.
His two daughters, Mrs. Ben
Steel Of this city, and Mrs. saIlie
Warner of Warrensburg, accom-
panied them.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-10-08
LIVED BECAUSE IT WAS PAT
Like Many Another Amerlcanism,
Anxious Seat" Needs No Apology
for lie Use Anywhere.

We are indebted to a contemporary
for the information that an Ameri-
can preacher named Finney invented
the term anxious seat" as the name
Of the bench upon which those con-
victed Of sin at revivals might sit to
signify their desire for prayers. The
expression was coined seventy or
eighty years ago and must have been
slang in its day. Having originated
in this country, it bears the added
opprobrium of being an American
ism and so should have been doomed
to death according to the purists'
standard long ago. 1t didn't die,
perhaps because its original slangi-
ness made it so much more snappy
than its British equivalent, "peni-
tent FORM" but what we are wonder
ing about is whether Billy Sundays
much-berated vocabulary may not
supply some words to the stock Of
the revivalist that will some day be
as respectable as this bit of verbal
coinage which was new in the '3Os
and is venerable now.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-10-08
Better Than
Legacy
By FLORENCE HENDERSON

Copyright, 1915. by W. G. Chapman)

It am glad Of i'll" spoke Harley
Blake, and he looked as II in dead
earnest and relieved.
He was seated before the cold and
empty fireplace Of his cherries room.
He made a faint glow Of heat and
warmth, however, by striking a match
and igniting the letter he had just
received and read. He dropped it to
the hearth and watched it curl up
into fragile sheets of black and then
at a breath go crumbling into frag-
ments.
The last bridge burned" he unused,
trying to smile half-humorously, but
the situation was too serious. Il
have exhausted my friends and rela-
tiyes. The former gave me profuse
promises Of influence and help and
failed me. My fathers own brother
writes me a homily on independence
and thrift, and would not even risk
giving me q recommendation Of capa-
bility and honesty. That letter is
the last straw that breaks the camels
back. Good-by to the old life for
good"
But there Harley hesitated mem
tally. He was poor in pocket, thought
and expectancy. but love is rich and
he loved Helen Wendell. They had
been more than friendly. but that was
before she had gone away on q long
trip to the Panama canal with her
scientific father-before Harley had
tried to make his way in life in q
practical way, and had failed.
He had not heard from her since.
When poverty and lack Of work had
fastened their disheartening grip upon
him, he had cut loose %perfOrce from
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-10-08
goldfish Are RAPID GROWERS
Norwegian Director Of Fisheries Tries
Some interesting Experiments With
Flnny Revenue Producers.

The Norwegian director of fish
cries, DR.. Johan Horst, has just con-
cluded some interesting experiments
designed to ascertain the extent Of
the migrations Of the cod and the
rate of its growth, as well as the
probable rate at which the supply is
being exhausted.
Last year he caught 2,40O Of the
fish, and after marking them, re-
turned them to the sea. Two hun
dred and seventy-nine of these were
caught again the same season, which
shows, of course, hat the drain upon
the supply Of cod is even larger than
has been popularity supposed.
The increase in the length Of a
fish marked on May 96 and caught
en- the 10Th of the following Febru-
airy was considerably over 100 per
cent. 1t was shown, too, that during
the period named the fish had trav-
eled fully 1,7OO kilometers.
As a result Of his studies Doctor
Horst is not inclined to pessimism
as to the outlook for the industry.
While admitting that the proportion
of fish caught every year is extremely
large, he feels certain that the ra-
pidity Of their growth and the extent
Of their migrations are factors that
viii prevent a too serious drain upon
the supply, especially when the fish
cries are properly regulated by law.