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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-14

Feeling in Germany is running higher against Italians than against the British as the Teutons feel that Italy is about to profit by her be- traya1 of her two allies. Austria and Germany
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-14

A resolution calling upon President Wilson to exact reparation from Germany for the loss of American lives on the Lusitania was adopted by the American Chamber Of Com merce in Paris.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-14

Did ea4e limited States pay any pen-' sicn to our eoidisrs prior to the civil warsof 196f9 Will lt pay any pension to our regular aFFny men if they become inoePacitated or not during their term Of enlistment2
 : The granting of military pensions dates from colonial times, the earliest recorded pension act being that of Plymouth colony of 1886, which pro- Yided that any man maimed in the mill itary service of the colony should be
 comfortably maintained for life at pub lie expense The Continental congress s on Aug. 26, 1776, enacted law giving
 half pay for life to any officer, soldier or sailor who had lost a limb or had
 been otherwise incapacftated for earn ing a living. In 1792 the first general pension law under the government Was E enacted, by which law pension of $5
 a month was given to any private or
 noncommissioned officer disabled in
 service in the Continental army. In
 1816 the full pension of a private was
 raised to $8. A more liberal pension
 law was enacted in 1882. By later
 acts pensions were granted to all wid-
 ows of Revolutionary soldiers without
 regard to tanne of marriage. If any
 person in the United States army be-
 comes incapac4tated he can claim g. pension, otherwise not
 Why Is St. Petersburg called Petro- grad? Why was it changed2
 Shortly after the outbreak of the
 present war the German form, Peters l burg, commonly miscalled St. Peters l burg, was officially changed by the 1 Russian government to the purely Rus 1 sian form Petrograd Petersburg and
 Petrograd mean the same Peters
 strong place. or Peters fortress" :" I The change was made because of Rus l sian hostility to Germany and the un- ] willingness of the Russians to have
 their capital city carry a German name. I What is meant by the knict<erbocker I set or KnickerbocI<er circIe7
 5 The meaning of the phrase would de l pend on it's connection or how it was used. Knickerbocker was the name of l one of the early families of New York
 and washington Irving popularfued the d name by using it in his sKnickerbock-
 er's History of New York; and thus sE connected 1t with some pleasant tradi ! tions. A popular magazine started sev. sH eral years later was called the Kniclx I erbocker, and its contributors included d some of the best known literary mer j of that day. Thus the expression Knlckerboclzer set or circle might re 1 fer to the select circle. of ar1stocratit q families in New York or it might refer s to the circle of contributors to the ole J Knickerbocker Magazine, among whom A were Washington Irving, William Cul q len Bryant (seThanatopsis'' first appear !. ed in that nagazine1, LongfelIow
 Parkman, the historian; Charles Fennc Hofman, the Clark brothers, Willis TGaylord Clark and Lewis Gaylord
 Clark. and other noted writers Of the E. day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-14

state and provincial boards of health of North America was held in Wash ington for. discussion of pFoblens re- 1ating to state and municipal admin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-14

i is Mrs. To1s Tl1,asu,Ioy stslI fvfnu7 Will you kindly give me little sIeetcE oF her Eife2
 AIrs. Tom Thumb Is std1 living, and her home is9in AfiddIeboro, Mass She was seventy three years old on Oct. 3.
 Mrs Tom Thumb is now the Countess Magr. She was christened Lavinfa Warren and was born in Mfddleboro. Her parents were of ordinary stature. She married Tom Thumb on Feb 10, 1888, in Grace church, New York city. They made a tour of the world and were presented before the various courts of every country. General Tom Thumb died in Milwaukee in 1888, and after two years Of wfdowhood Mrs. Tom. Thumb married Count Magri,s a native of Bologna, Italy. She is very wealthy woman. but modest and unas- suning
 howl many ships were engaged ira the batSIe of Manila Ba17 What wore the losses on both sidesf
 tThe United States squadron under command of Commodore Dewey at Ma niia Bay consisted of the flagship Olympia, the cruisers Baltimore. Ra- leigh, Boston, Concord and PetreI and the revenue cutter McCulIoch as a dis patch boat. The Spanish feet consist aed Of eleven ships protected by the fire of land forts Every one of the Spanish ships was destroyed or dis ab1ed, and none of our ships was ser1- ously damaged On our side not 8 man was killed, and only eight were wounded, and those slightly. The Spanish loss was over 800. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-14
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

During a thunderstorm that swept Niagara county, lightning struck the Fibre Corporation plant at Lockport, N Y., and started several fires, caus- ing $80O. .00O damage.
 The terms of Mrs. Russell, sage,s gift of 8 quarter of a million dollars to Princeton have been met, accord ing to an announcement saying that p1eted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-14

to prevent it's doing much damages He was sent to jail in azIIt Of $500 bonds -ss 5 <
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-14

IIfroVzn From AfotOrcycIe.s James Bean Of Darien was thrown from his p1otorcycIe near the Darien- Norwadk 1ff1e weclhsssday and was rem dered unconsctousss A fractured nose and injured right eye are the result of sious.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-14
Bridgeport Today Is The Prosperity Center of America
Bridgeport entering the greatest of business activity
 times and industrial expansion in its history

Bridgeport is experenc1ng the greate st city and is increasing it's population at an ur]
 Bridgeport will grow, and grow, and gro ed for new industrial plants and many mill homes to house thousands and thousands of
 is spending $5oo,oO0 for new factory building
 The public of Bridgeport are in state vast and wonderful facts-but it is time now outsiders will come in and grab all the cream are here even now Investigating and plannir
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
FACTORY SCHOOL
 FOR CINCINNATI

An interesting step in the line of vocational education was taken rec ently by the Board of Education of Cincinnati. Ohio, when 1t was decided to erect factory school, the first time in the United States, and prob ably the first in the world. The idea has long been a cherished scheme of of Superintendent Condon, of the Gin cinnau schools. President Wood row Wilson of the Board of Educa- ton. speaking before the board meet ing as a Committee of the Whole, urged upon his audience the need Of actually meeting factory and shop conditions if a truly successful voca tional school was to be established
 We must have a vocational school that really meets factory and shop conditions" explained the President "The moment we speak of vocation al school everybody takes 1t for grant ed that 1t must be built like school house. This is not the case. If we are to train for the trades we must do the training among actual shop conditions. We must have the par ticular kind of lighting, the same kind of construction, the same type of ma chinery and furniture. know of no school of this kind anywhere. We will have to be the pioneers.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
TYROL: ITALIAN PROVINCE
 HELD BY AUSTRIA

Austrian Tyrol, which is today In the public eye because Of the strained relations between Italy and Austria, forms the subject Of an article In War Topography issued by the Ma. tional Geographical Magazine The article says:
 Austrian Tyrol is one of Europe's healthiest provinces. In the northern parts the air drifts pure and cool from the haunts of the glacier, pungent with fir and pine. In the South 1t Is soft with Mediterranean sunshine and fragrant with orange and lemon. This land of a Wonderfully woven tex ture og mountains. valleys, and rock needles is claiming the worlds at tention and interest during these days of rumors of war as n possible addi- ton Go the already vast areas serving as theatres of combat
 Austrian Tyrol forms a consideg- able part of the forbidding and diff. cult boundary that runs between Italy and Austria. It is a barrier more et- fective than the vosges wall between Germany and France, more effective than the Carpathian barrier separating Hungary and Galicia. Austrian Tyrol is 1O.SO5 square miles of Alpine noun tains. etched with Q wonderful and in- tricate design of valleys. While there are fewer lakes in Tyrol than in Switzerland. and while the Tyrolese summit, 12.790 feet above the level of the sea. falls far behind the mon- archs of the Swiss Alps. yet the Aus trian crownland yields nothing in charm by comparison with It's neigh bor.
 Among the rock.strewn gullies of Tyrol Dante found the materials for his picture of the entrance to Hades- The main chain of the Alps crosses this region from east to West and around it on ell sides is a wild chaos of rock masses. Tyrol. though small, has moro varieties of climates with. in it's borders than any other country of Europe. There are parts of the crownland where the winters are those of the northeast Of Siberia and the summers are those of Franz Josef Land. There are other parts. more Southern, where an Andalusian lan- guor is hardly freshened by recurring. winter.
 "Tyrol is primarily a pasture land. There is a little farming within the sheltered valleys. and some lumber ing. but for the most part. the popu- lation depends upon its nocks and herds for support. Modelling and AL pine bells may be heard to an even greater advantage in this country than in Switzerland. There is a goats milk cheese that equals in it's mellow fragrance and product that made of milk, whether from Alten. burg. Limberg. Erie. Neutschatal O. 
 Famous for their devotion to the Roman Catholic religion and for their fervent loyalty to the house of Aus-l tria. the Tyrolese are one of the stur- diest of the peoples on the continent. They are renowned marksman and and the Tyrolese noun tain batteries form one of the most favorably known military organization in the world. The population of the mountain province numbers today about 90O,O0o of whom more than one
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
CERTIFICATE FILED
 INCREASING CAPITAL

4 certificate was filed in the Ter ritorial secretary's office yesterday in which F. w. Bradley president of the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining company officially declares an increase in the capital stock of the company and the par value thereof, in pursuance of resolutions adopted at a meeting of the stockholders on the 26th of April, 1915. at San Francisco, as already re. ported in The Empire. The resolu- ton reads:
 eResolved, that the authorized capi- tai stock of the Aiaska-Juneau Gold Mining company be increased from 1 1.5OO. 900 in shares of the par value of 10 cents each, to l,5OO'OOO shares of the par value of S1O each, so that the authorized capital stock shall be S15,- OOO.OOO."
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
GATHER
 IN sUNeURNT SOUTH


 Bill McPhee. pioneer Klondiber, and Jim Lushbaugh, former prominent so- ciety leader. miner. orator and agIta- tor and leader of the cotillion in the Granville Bachelor club, over the hill from Dawson. have been fraternizing in California. The Advocate, of Din uba. Calif. tells of the doings and says:
 "Brl MePhee. who has been trying to keep his body heat at normal in Alaska since 1884, is visiting Dinuba with old-time Alaskans, especially Jim Lushbaugh. He is president of the Order of Pioneers of Alaska and has many interesting stories to tell the tenderfoots' of that wonderful coun- try where the dogs are fed on icicles and crackers and men live on any thing that can be found.
 "Wednesday night Lushbaugh gave an Alaskan party at his home to which all of the vintage of '9S were present - Archie Grant the Barr brothers and Lushbaugh being the principal speakers at the big pow wow.
 "The Lushbaugh home. just north of Dinuba, is filled with Alaskan souv- enirs. some of which are very yalua- ble, and they made the meeting of the men of the Far North all the more enjoyable - Dawson News)
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
SCHOOL HOUSE FIRE
Ts EXTTNGUTsHED

The alarm of fire ct the school house this morning about 9:SO occas- toned no little excitement in that part of town. as 1t was known that school was in session and that the children might be in grave danger.
 However. the fire, which was on the roof. had gained but little headway before the department were on the scene and extinguished it. The school children displayed the effects of fire drills by marching in coolness and order from the building. A spark from the chimney is supposed to have ignited the dry shingles.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
coIEMERCIAL CLUB
 WILL CONSIDER
 LICENSE TONIGHT

The Juneau Commercial Club win meet at the city council chamber to- night to consider the liquor problems at Juneau. The suggestion has been made that the Commercial Club take the matter up for the purpose of con ferring with the city council and to determine whether or not the muni- clpal authorities and the commercial organization shall unite for the pur- pose of participating in the cam paign. m
 While it is expected that there will be large attendance at the meeting, 1t is proposed that it will not take long so that it will not interfere with the high school play ot the Dream theatrey
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
URGES MODERATION
 IN FOREIGN MATTERS

Former Assistant Attorney-Generol James NJ. Beck. a leading New York lawyer. says: "The two greatest cat astrophcs of 20 conturies,' have been the crucihxion on Calvary and the cruciaxion in the twentieth century of civilization. The first was a turn ing point in the history of the world and created an irresistible impulse of love that has helped the earth. The latter will leave hate for genera. tion and maybe for a century. Let us hope for the best, and rely on that spirit of Washington, which inspired in the United States sobriety. moder- ation and.pacifc traits in our dealings with other nations to bring us through the second catastrophe.'
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
PHYSICIAN WILL
 TRAVERSE THE YUKON

pr. H. Vance. accompanied by G.. T. Kerr. left on the Humboldt this af- ternoon for Skagway and Whitehorse. They are taking a small Eyinrude motor engine along with them. and at Whitehorse they will attach it to a sliff and proceed down the Yukon to St. Michaels.
 Dr. Vance expects to take steam CT from Nome to Vancouver. where he will join Mrs Vance and return to Juneau. On the Yukon trip he will take photographs of places of in- terest the entire journey requiring the greater part of the summer.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
.. w. YOUNG co. 10
CLOSE FOR GAME

The store of the c. w. Young com pany win close it's doors tomorrow af- ternoon at 4:SO o'clock for the pur- pose of permitting the employees an opportunity to attend the baseball game between Juneau and Douglas. The game will begin at 5:3O o'clock.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18

half speak the German language. In
 the valleys of the Southern part of the
 country Italian is more generally spo- l ken.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
Federal Leaque

At Chicago-chicago, 6; Baltimore, 5. At Kansas City-Brooklyn, z; Kansas
 City, 5. At Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh-Newark
 game postponed; rain.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
Amnrlcan lcanue

At chicago-Philadelphia, &; Chicago.
 6. At St. Louis-St. Louis. 2 Washing
 ton, O. No other games rain.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
Northwestern League.

At vancouyer-seattle 8, Vancouver,
 O.
 At Atcrdeen-victoria forfeited to Ab-
 erdeen as Victoria was late in ar
 irving. having missed the train. At Tamoca-spokane, 8 Tacoma, 2.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
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The only thing that makes man more indignant than to have a woman express her opinion of him when she has caught him doing something fool ish is to have her smile and keep 1t to herself.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
Oh rhat,n plfferentl

Hey. waiter1 yelled the fat man. "Whaddy va mean by this? found a safety pin in this plate of chicken souDl"
 ooh, that's only natural, sir" ex- plained the waiter. That soup was made out of dressed chicken
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
A BACHELOR GIRLS
 REFLECTIONS.

< I. .s s z. z. {. 4 z. :, 's s 4 's 4 's' [.
 As far as being on time for din- ner engagement is concerned. most men are about as reliable as lady's wrist watch.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18

Some women are born with an un- derstanding of men. some acquire 1t and some just shut their eyes and live happily with their husbands.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18

When one woman speaks of another as mice, sweet little thing she Is merely softening the statement that she considers her an eighteen.carat fool.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18
National League

At Phnadelphia-Philadelphia. Q; St.
 Louis, 2. No other games. rain.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18

Empire ads worE an tho tlme. '''
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18

So instinctlve is woman's Drimeval longing to be "owned' that the mod ern girl gloats over a mans first criti- cism of her hats or her hair almost
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18

DRINKING MEN, WHICH WILL YOU HAVE, IT'S UP TO YOU.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18

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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-05-18

n WILL PAY YOU TO SEE US FOR ANY
 THING YOU MAY WANT IN THIS LINE.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-12-18
WHAT! A PICKANINNY CLUB?

The poor little niger that ran
out of his shanty last Christmas
day in the morning sDd said, "You
doan know whut we've got atsour
house, in the greatest exuberance
of spirit, didn't realize how thank
ful he should have been for what he
DIDN'T have, but demonstrated
something that he ought to have
from 1.-THE good white folks
whose care he is.
On being aeked:- why, what
have y0d at your hcuse?" he re-
sponded as theuPh he had a gold
ine-"TWO FIRECRACKERS"l
This Illustrates how MUCH the
poor little pickaninny may expect
in his Christmas stocking from
.'old Santa Claus" who is his
mother usually. She is often
the proVider for the household
which has an irresponsible head 10
the shape Of the father or none at
all, and very often the ignorant OF
vicious mother of the little niRgex
thinks it great joke to fill the
expectant stocking with switch
and ashes
One good thing about your con-
sideration for the pickaninny is
thct your motive cannot be inn
puRned What you do will be I'M
puted to your humanItarianism. no
matter about the color of the child
that holds out its little empty
hands to you
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-12-18
Light in The Window.

There was very old custom In
England Of calling Christmas the
Feast of Lights" because many
lights or candles were used on that
day, symbolicaI of Christ, the light
of all lights. that true light. and
His coming into the world From
this feast day has been handed
down from generation to genera
tion the custom of putting lighted
candles in the windows IN CrhIst-
mas Eve night. to give holiday
greetings to the passerby 1t ia
indeed charming idea, and cities
in the United States that have
revered this ancient custom have
found it so successful that it is re-
peated each year. 1t is therefore
suggested that BIookhaven, like
some of the other large cities. take
up this custom Of putting a lighted
candle in the parlor window to
wish a merry Christmas to their
fellow townspeople on this Christ
mas Eve.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-12-18
WAS BIC SORGHUM CROP YEAR.
Nearly $4,000 to Lincoln Farmers
27 Car Loads Containing $4,000
Gallons We're Shipped.

With the closing of the buying
season next week for the sorghum
syrup crop by Mr.. Chas. DuQues-
nay, representative locally for a
New Orleans house car prove that
LincGln County is considerable Of a
factor in this kind Of market, all
of the business done this year hsv-
ing been built from very small
epinninR five years ago on this
new industry in this section
A total of q carloads carrying
52 600 gallons of syrup has been
shipped from Brookhaven within
the past few months. 81 cents per
gallun having been paid the far
mers as a rule tor the product
The net sum distributed to the sorg.
hum raisers was nearly SIS, 900 ir
cash.
Mr.. DuQuesnay, as we'll as sew
eral of the leading firms of Brook
haven. have been very active in
working up the sorghum industry
for several years past. and all are
we'll pleased with the results of the
past season Preparations are be-
ing made for much larger output
next year than that resched this
season.
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-12-18
DOLLAR DAY BUYERS WERE
PLEASED WITH OFFERINGS

Buyers we're we'll pleased with
the results of the two DJllar Days
inaugurated by the Board Of Trade
here and which were held Thursday
and Friday. the days set aside for
bargain days, aud for which occa-
sion all the merchants joined in an
endeavor to give the most possible
for the dollar spent by their cus-
toners.
The trade boards idea was rot
so much to make profit for the mer-
chants, but to reach out and get
acquainted with customers in new
trade territory who would be infiu-
eneed to come here by the excep-
tional bargains offered which were
advertised within a radius of 20
miles.
On yesterday the bad weather
materially interfered with the at
tendance
The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-12-18

promotion of international peace
shall be rejected by the rations of
Europe, We shall have ample time
then to make all necessary pIepara-
tions, if, indeed. it shall be neces-
sary at all.
IF tie world is to be ruled in
the future by the arbitrament Of
the sWord-if the umpirage Of rea-
SOD shall be displaced by the law of
might, then the United States will
be in a condition to build a dozen
battIeships where the nations of
Europe cannot build one; we will
be able to organize and maintain
dozen regiments where the impov-
eIished countries of Europe would
not be able to organize and main
tain one | would suggest to the
Congress that instead of rushing
into this preparedness business it
might profit by the White 2ouse's
example and do a little 'watchful
waiting There IS no necessity
for haste-there is every prospect.
however. of good to be derived
from waiting. and moving eau
tiously in this terrible matter"
When asked what he thought of
the method of raising the neces-
sary revenue, Senator Vardaman
said:
Il do not care to go that far yet
while. But will say that the
people of the South whom l have
the honor to represent in part IN
the Senate are not IN a condition
to justify an increase in taxation.
The loss of three quarters of bill
lion dollars on the last two crops Of
cotton on account of the war and
neglect on the part of the govern
ment our own has reduced our peo-
pie to a condition which they have
not suffered for many years. But
the Southern people are optimistic,
patient. brave and long suffering.
They have accepted the inevitable
with smile But they are not in
favor of any more taxation now,
and present conditions will not JUS
tify their Senators and Representa-
tives IN Congress IN imposing any
additional burden upon them
81 do not think twenty per cent
of the people Of the South are in
favor of the Presidents prepared
ness scheme If it were submitted
to vote of the white people of
Mississippi it would not get enough
votes to fill President Wilson'S
large hat
The advocates of preparedness
are working industriouslg in some
Icf the towns of Mississippl-all
sorts of schemes are being devised
to mislead the people and obscure
the truth But their efforts will
avail little. The ripple on the sur
face of public thought which they
cause will not affect to any extent
the depth of popular conviction
and sense of patriotic duty"