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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
WILL OPEN SAN BIAS
COAST OF PANAMA

Panama, Dec. IA start in the
colonization of the San Bias or s.for-
bidden," coast of Panama has been
made in conformity with recent
agreements made between the San
Bias Indians and the government of
the repubicI President Porras had
granted a concession to James M
Hyatt, an American, of Colon, to e;s-
tablish. a large farming colony on the
shores of Mandinga Bay about SO
miles eastl~of Colon
The contracts grants Mr. Hyatt 80
hectars Of land on whicht the new
town is to be built. Immediately ad-
Jacent to the town site there are 5000
hectars. or 2, SEQ acres, of good agri-
cultural lands that will be sold to the
colonists at very reasonable rates
This is to be sold in ten and twenty
hectare tracts at prices fixed by the
governments. The town lots are to
be sold under the same conditions
The land Is located on the western
edge of the "forbidden coast and lies
along the shores of Mandinga Bay
where the San Bias Indians are the
most friendly to foreigners. The farm
lands are in the valley Of Navandi
river and are said to be very rich and
fertile.
This will be the first serious effort
to open this coast to settlement by
foreigners. 1t has been closed since
the early Spanish conquest, the San
Bias Indians having consistently re
scented the intrusion of all foreigners
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
NOTICE

Hearing de Discontinuance of the
Building Line as Now Established
on the West Side of Norman Street
between Olive. Street and Wood
Avenue
Council of the City of Bridgeport,
held Dec. is, 1915, the following reso-
luton was adopted. to wit.
Resolved, That the City Clerk be
and he hereby is directed to. notify
the persons in interest to appear be-
fore this Common Council, at the
Council Room, City Hall on the TWEEN
tteth day of December, 1915, at eight
o'clock in the evening and be heard
in relation to the discontinuance of
the building line as now establish ed
on the west side Of Norman street, be-
tween Olive and Wood avenue.
Attest,
]. ALEX. H ROBINSON,
City Clerk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
TERRIFIC VOLCANIC
OUTBREAK IN NEW.
HEBRIDES ISLANDS
Many Believed to Have
Perished in Eruption on
Ambrim.

Sydney, Australia, Dec. 14-De1ayed
reports have brought news of a fresh
volcanic outbreak on the island of
Ambrin, in the New Hebrides Group,
a spot which experienced a most
destructive volcanic eruption in De-
cember. 1913.
The Rev. A. T. Waters, a missionary
stationed on the is1and~of Oba, about
so miles from Ambrin, writes that on
the first few days of October last
smoke and volcanic ash c1ouded the
sky so thickIy that the sun gave only
a weird light like the moon, and it
eventually became so dark that the
people on Oba had to light lamps.
Everything became gritty with ashes
ind oors, and out-of-doors they were SO
thick that the sea could not be seen
from the Mission house, which ordi-
nari1y afforded a fine view of the
water.
There was for a time some panic
among the natives of Oba who
thought one Of the mountains on their
own island was in eruption, but the
source of the trouble was later traced
to Ambrirn, and it appeared as though
the entire island was burning. The
mtssionary's letter did not say that
anyone ventured to visit Ambrim dur
ing the eruption, and the extent of the
damage or loss of life, if any, is UNI
known. u
The previous eruption at Anbrina,
in December, 1913, was reported to
have cost the lives Of so natives, and
to have completely altered the face
and, coast line of the island. Accord
ing to the natives of Oba the recent
trouble appeared to have been still
worse than the previous eruption.
Little is known as to the interior of
Arnbrirn, which has been visited but
rarely by white men. No census has
ever been taken, but among the coast
settlements there are a number of
mission stations, mainly Roman Cath
Ollie and Presbyterian, whose mem
bers had a narrow escape in the pre-
vious eruption.
The New Hebrides Islands have
been controlled since 1905 by a joint
commission of British and French Of
dcia1s under the supervision of two
resident commissioners, one appoint
ed by each nation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
REA0JUSTING RURAL
MAIL DELIVERY

The post Office department is said to
be getting many complaints about re-
adjustment of rural mail routes. The
government is trying to extend the
service still further without increasing
costs That means rearranging the
routes so as to take in more territory
1t will be a problem to meet all the
conflicting demands from localities
and patrons.
When the service first, started car
riers got only about $500 a year. Now
they have become an important body,
with political influence, and are usual
" paid about 81 200 a year. AS they
have to furnish their own teams or
automobiles, this may not be too
MUCH But with the tendency OF gov
ernment jobs to be soft, the depart
ment should see to it that it gets a
fair and reasonable days work in ev-
cry case.
must be enormously difficult for
men in an Office at Washington to sit
down at their desks and arrange
everything in a practical way. A
route may look perfectly good on the
map. But it may be composed of
roads so rough or hi11y as to be i'm
No one wants to be at the tail end
of a route, and unable to get his mail
until late in the day. Few people
like to receive their mail from a route
running out of some distant post Of
fee, as they have to give their cores
ponderfts an address previously I'M
known, which causes confusion. This
also is often unpopular for reasons of
sentiment
IF the carrier starts on his work
early, he misses newspapers and mails
that ne ought to deliver. If he starts
late, the patrons grumb1e at the de-
lay To the man sitting at the desk
in washington, this conflict of inter-
ests must seem impossible to recon
Gle.
The patrons should keep in mind
the enormous cost of the service and
be careful not to ask. too much. It
is of course desirable for business rea-
sons that a farmer should get his mail
in season to answer important let
tiers the same day. But in most cases
this is not vital. Even if the lonely
farm house does not get its newspa-
pers and mail until the evening lamp
is lighted, the government is still rem
derfng it wonderful and incompar-
able service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
Yaqui Indians Quit
American Settlement,
Taking Mules and Grain

Topo1obampo, Mex, Dec. IA
Yaqui Indians who have been raiding
the American settlement in the Yaqu1
valley. departed yesterday, accord
ing to reports received here today,
driving off 200 mules loaded with
grain from American-owned ranches.
The muti1ated bodies of six Mexican
laborers employed one of the
ranches were found.
Four hundred Mexican cavalry left
Esperand yesterday for the Yaqui
valley, twelve miles distant, but camp
ed for the might after reaching pro-
videncia, halfway point, and have
not been reported as arriving at the
troubled district
The United States cruiser Raleigh
has arrived at Tobari Bay and a divi-
sion of destroyers has reached Quay
mas, where they are now anchored.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
CANAL ZONE TARPON
CLUB IS ORGANIZED

Panama, Dec 14.-Ffshermen on
the Isthmus have completed the or
ganizaton of the Canal Zone Tarpon
Club It will have a. clubhouse OF. its
own not far removed from the Spill
way at Ga,tun which is the site of the
club members sport.
Shortly after the SpilIway was com
pleted it was found that many large
tarpon come up the Chagres river
from the sea, to feed op~the fresh
water fish that come over tNe Spill
way from Lake Gatun- Since then
this has provided excellent sport for
the canal fishermen. One fish weig hA
ing more than rs pounds has been ia
ken with rod and line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
NOTICE

Hearing de Petition of Standard
ufactIring Company for Permis-
sion to Cross East Housatonic Ave-
nue. and North Washington Ave
nue. at Grade With Spur Tracks.
At the meeting of the Common
Council of the City of Bridgeport,
held Dec. 6, 1915, the following reso-
luton was adopted:
Resolved, That the City. Clerk. be
and he hereby Is directed to notify
the persons in interest to appear be-
fore this Common Council at the
Council Room, City Hall, on the TWEEN
heth day of December, 1915, at eight
o'clock in the evening and be heard
in relation to the petition or the
Standard Manufacturing Company for
permission to cross East Housatonic
avenue at the head of Frederick
street with spur tracks, said tracks TO
continue thence along Frederick ST.,
which is a private street, and to cross
North Washington avenue at the foot
of Frederick street
Attest,
J. ALEX H ROBINSON,
City Clerk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
TRAPPED BY FIRE
THREE PERISH IN
ROOMlNG HOUSE

Chicago. Dec. 14-Three persons
were burned to death and a score in
Jured in a fire which destroyed a
three-story rooming house at No. So
Grand avenue early today The vic
TINS were:
Edward Barry, 81 years old; Mrs.
Josie Barry, 26 years old; Aaron Bar
abro, q years old.
Many trapped IN their rooms when
the flames cut off the front and rear
exits, Jumped from the second and
third story windows and sustained in
juries. Those who lost their lives, &C.
cupied third floor rooms and had no
chance to escape as the building
burned quickly.
The fire. it is believed, started from
an overheated furnace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
IF MEALS MAKE
III STOMACH SOUR
TAKE MAGNESIA
Quickly Sweetens Acid Stomach, Stops
All Distress And Makes Indiges-
ton Easy
A PHYSICIANS ADVICE.

Nothing can be better for the
speedy correction Of sour. acid stom-
aca than the use of plain bisurated
1riagnesia and If the many thousands
who suffer from such conditions after
nearly every meal they eat would fol-
ldw the suggestion there would be far
fewer chronic dyspeptics in the world
aid normal digestion would be the
rA1e instead of exception When
meals turn sour, and lie fermenting
aid mass in the stomach, heartburn,
pitching, b1oating and a whole train
~ distressing symptoms follow as a
natter of course and we call it I'm
Sfgest1on.1 AS a matter of fact it is
only the excessive secretion OF hydro
chIoric acid in the stomach that is
cdnsfng the trouble, and instead of
f&FcinE the fermenting food into the
1a4sstfnes with the aid Of a pepsin pill
. OIL digestive tablet, teaspoonfu1 of
bssprafed magnesia, taken in a quar-
ter eIassfu1 of water, should be used.
This serves an antacid and
prSrnptIy sdisso1ves or neutralizes the
excessive acid in the stomach, sweet
ehk its food contents and natural
a &estfon follows without any artificial
at1 or discomfort of any kind AS
there are various forms Of n1agnesia
ID sure to ask your druggist for
fssurated magnesia- HindIe Drug
GkrresAdv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
G.O.P. TO SELECT
CONVENTION CITY
I'm CAPITAL TODAY

Washington, Dec 1.-THE RepubH-
can National Committee met today to
seIect~a city and decide upon a time
for the party's national convention
next year In the contest for a con-
vention city, ST. Louis and Chicago
were regarded as leaders. PhiIade1-
phiay and San Francisco. trailed after.
The committee on superintendent at
meeting late yesterday decided to
abide by the action of the national
committee two years ago in reducing
the number of southern delegates to
the convention. This means, it is said,
that the convention Will have 9S5
members instead of 1.078 as in 1912.
The comrnittee on call also decided
to- abide by the laws OF the various
states, including those which select
delegates by primaries
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
Feel Young Again
CERTnAX s(The Certified
LaxatiVe)

Beware OF the habit OF constipation.
Coax the overWorked bowel muscles
hack to normal action with CERTI-
LAX, 1.-The certain laxative" 1t is the
fayorite prescription of an eminent
New York City specialist, selected by
i've hundred physicians. who have
tried out thousands of laxatives and
decided upon CERTILAx as the best.
They believe in gentlenes8. persisteuu
ev and Natures assistance. fCERTI-
Lax opens the bowels; their action
is gentle yet positive, never accom-
panied by gripping or pain One at
night will give positive relief. GER
TIIAX IS FOR SALE AT ALL DRUG
STORIES. or will be sent direct upon
rneeint of price CURTIS CHEMICAL
40. III hE.. Gath ST.. NEW YORK
PRICE, 1Oc. 26c. Soc One at night
makes you right.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
NEW YORKER TELLS
OF S. S. CAROLINA
HOLDUP BY FRINGE

New York, Dec d4-Omcers and
passengers of the American steamship
Carolina which arrived here yesterday
from Porto Rico gave first hand de-
tails of the stopping Of the ship and
the removal of her chief steward,
Karl Schaade, by the French cruiser
Descartes on Dec s. The Carolina,
according to Captain J. O.. Ferris, was
hailed by the Descartes just after she
had passed oltt of the three mile linn
cruiser to call attention to the signal
to stop.
"a Hfeboat with six men and a lieu
tenant from the cruiser came along
side and the ship was detained for
about two hours Several of the pass
engers, among them Charles 7.
Pfa1tz, an electrical goods importer Of
this city, were questioned by the off,
Ger, but only the steward. s5chaade,
was taken
Mr. PfaItz said he believes, judging
by the actions of the French officers
who came aboard, that he was the
man they sought although he'll an
American citizeny7daying been natural
lied for about 20 years
II was asked for as soon as the
Trench lieutenant came on the Caro-
lima Mr.. PfaItz said 'tIe showed him
my passport and he told me that as it
did not show the date of my natural-
ration he would have to go back to
the cruiser for further instru ctions
from the commander. He was gone
for about 20 minutes; then was told
that it was all right but that was only
my age, so years. saved me from being
takens off,
1Why they were after me do not
know With my wife went to Porto
cali on the German consul at Ponce,
a !, old friend of mine bI1t T also VISIT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
MANY BERLIN STUDENTS
ON GERMAN DEATH-ROL1

Berlin Dec. 14.-At the University
Of Berlin the roll of honor Of its stu
dents and professors who have fallen
in the present war. already covers
three large blackboards, which are
surrounded by laurel wreaths in the
main lobby of the central building.
These tablets contain the names of 8
professors and lecturers, one official,
and not less than PAL students. Among
the latter are 80 students of theology,
so of law, 27 of medicine, and % of
various branches of the philosophical
department.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
COUPLE HERE TO WED
MUST WAIT FIVE DAYS

William E. Glazel, 80, cook, of
Greenfield, Mass. and Ella D. Hack
EFT, 20, waitress, Boston, Mass, when
they came here today expecting to
wed immediately. were much surpris-
ed to find that they must wait five
days before a marriage license could
be granted. They filed the usual ap-
plication and will call for the license
Friday. -
Joseph b. Lucas, "a, milk dealer of
Fairfield and Maude Darling. IS, of
202 Maplewood avenue were granted
a license to wed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
NO AUTOPSY NEEDED
UPON BOYLE DEATH

The death of Charles Boyle whose
1ifeless body was found in the Grand
hotel yesterday morning, was due to
natural causes, according to Medical
Examiner S. NJ. Gar1ick- Boyle had
been at the Grand hotel only three
DAYS The body was removed to Guilt
nan &. Mullins morgue on Main street.
1t will be held there for two days to
await the arrival of relatives who are
believed to reside in New York. T.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14
HUGO'S GRANDSON
GETS DECORATION

Paris, Dec. 14.-George Victor HUI
go, grandson of the great writer, has
been decorated for distinguished ser
vice in the fighting at Navarfn, North
ernz France. He is a sub-lieutenant
in, the French infantry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14

Some of the people who bought
newspapers containing the PFesi-
dents message may not have been
looking SO much for his view on Pre-
paredness, as to learn, what Mrs. Gait
wore while sitting in the gallery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-14

The popular Christmas present is
not so much one that is beautiful or
useful as the one that looks as if it
cost a good deal of money.
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i'm and asked what he wanted.

him and asked what he wanted.
81 want you to wake No." replied the
rooster. Don't you see that day has
Gomez"
"Day has Gomez" they exclaimed.
looking around at their dark house.
day hasn't even started; we know a
day when we see one" And they turned
around and went TO sleep like the SEN
sible chickens that they were.
In another chicken house further
down the alley, some chickens heard
the old rooster, and, without even open
ing their eyes to see if 1t was light,
they crowed, Good morning." to him,
and others clucked, "Day 80 soon? Day
so soon ?"
While they were thus Growing and
cackling the chickens in the nearer
chicken house were declaring that day
had not come, and the old rooster who
started ell the trouble was growing his
loudest just to show that he could
make more noise than any one else. Till
really that alley sounded like a whole
poultry show.
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By DORIS E. FLEISCHNAN.

[ shall never wither How wonderful IS
life"
Dame Nature head and sighed
The summer days passed. The
tiniest bud bloomed and fruit began
to grow and ripen where blossoms had
been.
But I livel" she cried. Yet in her
heart she knew that her sisters had
been far happier in the thought OF liy-
ing a hundred-fold IN the summers %
come.
Then the days grew cold and the
snow fell. s~d the little rose. who had
known nothing OF winter shivered on
her stem. In pity Dame Nature gave
her a coat Of soft brown fur; she
could do no more now.
But live" the rose moancd; must
live live COR I was discon-ented.
SO, among the Wild roses you may
often ind one that does not wither and
fall.
Why" qucricd suzanne softly
TO keep the other roses con-
tented" answered Aunt Betsy as
she held her closer in her arms.
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whats the news? What's the
news?" asked huge beetle, emery
ing from the bark Of the tree.
He was an enormous fellow and had
been inside the tree, boring himself
to life-not 70 death-for over two
years. "Whew, l am glad to be able
to get a change OF food. It's pretty
monotonous eating nothing but the
walls of your house as a steady diet"
Mrs. Caterpillar gracefully offered
him some apple leaf juice, and then
he went on his way, to every ones
intense relief.
"Oh" exclaimed Mrs. Caterpillar,
what queer people you do bring to
the house. That fellow frightened
me TO death with his ugly looks"
81 bring him to the house, ques-
toned Mr.. Caterpillar. Isn't that
Just like a wife. He was inside the
trunk and came out when his work
was finished. l bring him to the
house, indeed"
Alas and alack! Like others
larger and wiser than they, all
caution was lost in the heat Of the
discussion and down swooped a cue
koo, and finished the argument.
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HF THOUGHT HE KNEW TT ALL
Very Noisy Rooster Was Fooled by the Glare
of an Automobile Lamp, and Thought That
Night

And just when the racket was at its
height the automobile man finished
mending his tire, got into his car and
with few remarks about silly old
roosters) drove away. Darkness settled
over the alley. And the Growing rooster
and cackling hens began TO feel rather
foolish
"Now l guess you'll 90 70 sleep"
cackled the hen who was first awak-
ened. and she stuck her head under
her wing and sensibly went TO sleep.
"Who's right, now?" twitted the
rooster down the alley.
That was too much for the know-it-
all rooster. "I'm right" he crowed
back, 81 know it's dayl I'm always
right! Wakityl Wakity! Wakity-up!
But the chicken house was so dark.
And all the other ROSTERS and hens
went to sleep-they didn't seem to care
a bit about arguing the question TO a
finish-and ne really had TO work very
hard all day-and it was pretty dark
and so he stuck his head under his
wing and went to sleep, too.
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The Rose That
Would Not Wi&her
By NAOMI ANDERSON.

CUZANNE, the chatterbox, was
- visiting Aunt Betsy at her
North Dakota ranch. II was
strange. Suzanne thought, that
Aunt Betsy could be both delight
full playmate and very wise person
full OF beautiful stories.
There were 50 many things that
Suzanne wanted 10 know! But
Aunt Betsy never said, Hush, child,
you're such a chatterbox," as Aunt
Prue, who lived in the big house in
the city, did
One day, while they were search
ing for wild roses, Suzanne found
one Of the small, green roses with
thick, furry petals that one some
times finds in the late summer in
North Dakota.
ooh, Aunt Betsy" Suzanne called,
jumping up and and down in her ex-
element. Come and see this poor
little hardened rose
Aunt Betsy smiled as she looked
At the odd little rose.
Would you like TO hear the tale
OF the hardened rose she asked.
ooh, please, Aunt Betsy pleaseW
begged Suzanne.
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Cherries Secret
Why Little Winifred Stoner Enjoys
Studying-and Playing, Too.

money she thus earns, she intends 70
buy up all the animals of the zoos and
set them free. You see, she loves them
dearly and has spent hours listening
to their tales. They talk to her be-
cause she can hear and understand
their language. They have told her
how unhappy they are, Gagged. She has
always hoped to be rich enough to buy
them and give them their liberty, but
now she understands that people might
object TO having her friends of feline
row turned loose-Martha Washington,
the beautiful lioness; Madam Gusky,
the great elephant, and His Majesty Sir
Puma.
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PVZ ZLE

BY MARJORY ADAMS. ESTHER Gu
BERT AND DOROTHY GILBERT.
4S67S
I. Bananas
2. Tunis
3. Top
~ NE. two and three go from
~ left to right. Four, hve. SIX
seven and eight go from top
70 bottom.
l.. The plural of tropical fruit
2. A city in Africa.
3. A boys toy.
q. A proposition.
S. A product Of the fall.
6. An adverb meaning frequent
: 7. A small bite.
8. A comparative conjunction
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Wimkimg.

<xYHEN your eyebsll feels too o'''
w Then you simply wink your
eye
And you wash the dust and CRIME
From your eyeball, every time;
And you do not have to think
Every time you ought to wink
Mother doesn't have to cry, -,
Come, my son, and wash your eye
Eyelids, by a tiny jerk,
Save a boy just lots of work.
For the wetness is supplied
By some tear-glands, way inside
Don't you wish that ears could DC
Fixed like that for you and me-
For YOUR mother always fears
Tha, you haven't washed your ear"
And with soap and washeloth wet
How she serubs-when you forget
GRACE MxlNSTRYs .
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.IGTV URRAH! hurrah" said a
ii fuzzy caterpillar, as he
hurried to Join his family.
poultry show.

IT fuzzy caterpillar, as he
hurried to join his family.
Il have just helped at the funeral
of our greatest enemy, Mr.. Oriole."
Stop wriggling," commanded his
mother, "and tell us what you
mean"
Pouff! and the Oriole Was Dead.
why, was climbing up the trunk
of an apple tree, and the Oriole saw
me and was just about to pounce,
when the Little Boy who lives in the
house came out with his air rifle and,
Pouff! the Oriole was dead"
The caterpillars were having a
feast on the new leaves of an apple
bough, and were much interested
in the news that their enemy was
dead.
Funny things, humans are" re-
marked a grizzled old fellow. First
they spend all their money spraying
their trees, and in every way trying
to make life harder for us, and the
next thing they do is to allow all the
birds to be killed-as if they were
our friends! Why, if these oriole: