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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
JEFF DAWs,s TRLAL

Arrest of Gen. Lee.
 The New York Commercia1 says the trial of Jeff. Davis before the Cir cult Court. conan as soon as the conspiracy case.is disposed of.
 Gen. Sherman has, handed in his written testimony respecting John son's surrender to the Committee on the Conduct of the War ee <Information from Richmond an- nounces the arrest of Gen Lee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
Al.lFORNlA FEELS
 EARTHQUAKE SHOCK

Bakersfield, Cal, May 29-An earthquake of brief duration at 10:55 o'clock last night, shook buildings here but damage was done. Re ports from Fresno and other towns said the shock was felt slightly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
FRoM UNNAMED FRIENDS

When Mayor Clark arrived home last evening he found awaiting him a fancy cabinet box with card att jtached bearing the words, Mayor Frank E. Clark, Personal He lift.
 ed the cover and found a. solid silver tea service of Is pieces. A plain white card bore the following inscrip- Ition: ssTo Mayor Frank B. Clark from
 a flaw of his personal frfendsss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
CRUISE ON SOUND.

A cruise to- Northport and New Fork is being made this afternoon by 22 members of the Y M. C. A. The group left the Mohawk Yacht club in the Onward
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
TWENTY YEARS AGO,
MoUoRAAIcENsEs

LIQUORA LTCFNs sEES
 GRANTED TO-DAY Licenses granted today by the County Comni ssioners were: Chris .tian Kost, 81 Hamilton St.: Jacob sschietinger. IT,, 826 Main St; Dennis Reilly, Railroad avenue and Lafayette St.: Eugene H. Sullivan, 435 East Main
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
THE PRETTIEsT FACM

and the most beautiful hands are or- ten disfigured by an unsightly wart. It can easily be removed in a few
 days without pain by using Cyrus Wart Remover. Fer sale only at The Cyrus Pharmacy. AIS Fairfield
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA
 WILL COMMAND FORCES

Copenhagen, May 29-A despatch from Berlin states that Archduke Eugene of Austria has been appointed Commando Chief of the Austrian forces operating against Italy. He has been chief of staff of the army en- gagged against Serbia and is highly popular with the rank and file.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
Annfyersarv Barrains

Last opportunity to secure 22nd an niversary bargains in untrimmed and trimmed dress hats. shirt waists, silk petticoats, cloth coats and millinery trimmings Of every description at E. H. Dillon & Co.'S, 11o5 Main street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
IN MENfORY OF GRESHAM

The government building was drap- ed in mourning today in memory of the dead Secretary of State and the flag is at half mast.s Collector God dard and Postmaster Steward con- suited together yesterday on the mat ter.s The mourning emb1ems will re- main until after the funeral.
 Postmaster Steward said the pos tai service Is greatly indebted to the late Secretary Gresham. He was Postmaster General under President Arthur and during his adrninistraton on the service was brought up to greater efficiency and that largely through his efforts the rates of letter postage were reduced from 3 to 2 cents and letter weight permissible was raised from one-half to one ounce. His greatest. service was that directed to crushing out the Louisiana Lottery 1 CompanY.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
THEs DEAF AND DUMB

MT. GanaMdet of Hartford. has gone Ao Europe for the purpose of aequir- s1nE Knowledge of the European mode of communicating instruction to Ethe Deaf and Dumb. He has gone at the request of a society in Cont necticlnt, who are preparing to estab- 11isn at aartfor q. Seminary for the 4edueatioa Of persons of this unfer- hunate condition. The object of this society is certainly of great import lance and one which ought to receive kpecuniary. encouragement. andfpatron- Eage from the wealthy and liberal throughout our Country. It Is ascer- sfained that thene are nearly one hun dred persons, in the state of Connec- A4ic4rt. who were sborn deaf, and who
 of course remain dunbs and probably
 the whole amount in the United States amount to several hundred.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
SWEDEN PROHIBITS
 ALL COTTON EXPORTS

Stockholm, May 29-The Swedish government has prohibited the ex- port of all kinds of cotton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
ARIoN ELECrs OFFICERS

Last evening, the members of the new Arion society met at the resi- dence of Robert Weber and elected officers as follows: Robert E Weber, president; Frederick Schussler, vice. president; Louis Schneider, recording secretary; Martin sLoeser, correspond ing seer retary; William Kutscher, trea. surer, and Daniel Loeser, leader The Arion will meet in the basement Of Madison hall and hold their first re- hearsaI next Tuesday evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
SAMUEL BURR, & SON ~ r11-... Sa1o

Tyson, $ FIyson-skin, and shoushong Teas and Loaf, Muscovado ana Ha- vannah Snsars.
 AYso Tenerief and other Wines Holland sGin-Cognac and Cider iBrandy-Old Jamaica Rum--C Common Fssln-MouId and Dipped Candles F. FS G. Bradywin sPowder-P earlash .-svranarra Adolasses-Pep pper-Pi- Inenfo- in nkaarl o11-C1 -C1oves-Nntmegs Poland Starch Chocolate Burbon Coffeesalt Petre-Sp Spanish segars-- Mackaboy Snuff.
 with general assortment of
 GROCERIES
 Eight barrels of Cider Brandy of the first quality. With constant supply of Philadelphia and New York FLOIIRs by the barrel, or less quantity.
 Bridgeport.ANfay 2sth. 1915.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
A PLAYER SPIKED

The Annex ball team which fared 50 badly at the hands of the St. Au- gugtines last week showed up in con- siderably improved form yesterday in their game with the St. A1oysius team at Athletic park. Still they made II errors and were beaten by the score of 10 to T. Gallagher of the Saints was accidentally spiked at the home plate by the Annex catcher. The in jury was dressed at the hospital
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
ITALY RELEASES CREW
 OF FRENCH WARSHTP

Ron1e, May 2s-A Messfna despatch to theN NNfessagger says that after ItaIy's declaration of hosti1itfes the minister of war ordered the release of the sur vivors of the crew of the French cruiser Leon Gambetta who had been interned at Messina. They will be sent back to France.
 The Leon Gambetta was torpe- doed by the Austrian. submarine U-5 in the straits of Otranto on April 2s with the loss of, 552 of her crew.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29

Charles R. Slzfdmore of 45 Gilbert street is the proud sire of a baby girl He was kept busy yesterday receiv- ing congratulations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29

Friends of MT. and Mrs George Schepp gave them a pleasant surprise Monday evening at their home on Stiliman street, the occasion being the 10th anniversary of their marriage The callers brought numerous pres ents. and music, recttations, and a collation. made the evening pass agreeabIy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29
 Il)GEPO PORT IS T WAS
e1oO- YEARS AGO
fTa5ken sfrom Files of The Evening Farmer)
 

his way to school. pr. Osborn eau terized the wound.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29

Nine year old James FIaherty was severely bitten in the leg on North avenue yesterday afternoon while on
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-29

FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RECk & SON
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(To be continued next week.
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CHAPTER VII.

Fidelity Of q Little Dog.
~HE returning students that
afternoon observed that Pen
rods desk was vacant, and
nothing could have been more
impressive than that sinister mere
emptiness. The accepted theory was
that Penrod had been arrested.
How breath taking then the sensa-
ton when at the beginning OF the
second hour he strolled In with mimi
table carelessness and. rubbing his
eyes, somewhat noticeably In the man.
ner Of one who has snatched an hour
of much needed sleep, took his place as
II nothing in particular had happened.
This at first supposed to be superhu-
man exhibition of sheer audacity, be-
came but the more dumfounding when
Miss Spence. looking from her desk.
greeted him with a pleasant little nod.
Even after school Penrod gave numer-
GUS maddened investigators no relief.
Al hs would copsent to say was:
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CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK

And So" he continued, II had to
Sit up with Aunt Clara She had some
pretty big bruises. too. and l had to-
but why didn't they send for a doc.
tor" However. this question was
only flicker of dying incredulity.
"Oh. they didn't want any doctor!"
exclaimed the inspired realist prompt.
iy. "They don't want anybody to hear
about 1t, because Uncle John might re.
form-and then where'd he be II every.
body knew he'd been a drunkard and
whipped his wife and baby daughterw
"Oh" said Miss Spence.
"You see, he used to be upright as
anybody" he went on explanatively.
ut all begun
"Besan. Penrod."
"Yes'm. 1t all commenced from the
first day he let those travelling men
coax him into the saloon" Penrod
narrated the downfall of his Uncle
John at length. In detail he was moth
ing short Of plethoric, and incident
followed incident. sketched with such
viyidness, such abundance Of color and
such verisimilitude to drunkard's
life as drunkard's life should be, that
had Miss Spence possessed the rather
chilling attributes of William J. Burns
himself the last trace of skeptieism
must have vanished from her mind.
Besides, there are two things that will
be believed Of any man whatsoever,
and one of them is that he has taken
to drink. And in every sense 1t was
a moving picture which. with simple
but eloquent words, the virtuOus Pen
rod set before his teacher.
His eloquence increased with what
it fed on, and as with the eloquence
so with self reproach In the gentle
bosom Of the teacher. She cleared her
throat with difficulty once or twice
during his description of his minister
ing night with Aunt Clara. "And
said to her, Why, Aunt Clara. what's
the use of takin' on so about it?' And
I said, Now, Aunt Clara, all the crying
In the world can't make things any
better And then she'd just keep
catchin hold of me and sob and kind
of boiler. and I'd say: Don't cry. Aunt
Clara. Please don't cry!"
Then, under the influence of some
fragmentary survivals of the respecta-
BILE portion of his Sunday adventures.
bis theme became more exalted, and,
only partially misquoting phrase
from a psalm, he related how he had
made 1t of comfort to Aunt Clara and
how he had besought her to seek high
err guidance In her trouble.
The surprising thing about a struc-
ture such rs PenrOd was erecting Is
that the taller 1t becomes the more
ornamentation 1t will stand. Gifted
bows have this faculty Of building mag
nificence upon cobwebs-and Penrod
was gifted. Under the spell of his
really great performance, Miss Spence
gazed more and more sweetly upon the
prodigy of spiritual beauty and good
ness before her, until at last, when
Penrod came to the explanation of bis
lust thinking" she was forced to
turn her head away.
You mean, dear" she said gently,
that you were all worn out and hard
Iy knew what you were saying"
"Yes'm."
"And you were thinking about al
those dreadful things so hard that yon
forgot where you were?'
~ was thinking" he said simply.
how to save Uncle john"
And the end Of It for this mighty
boy was that the teacher kissed him!
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"Oh, l just talked to her."

"Oh, | just talked to her,"
A mystifcation not entirely uncon-
nected with the one thus produced was
manifested at his own family dinner
table the following evening. Aunt
Clara had been out rather late and
came to the table after the rest were
seated. She wore a puzzled express
sion.
do you ever see Mary Spence now
adays?" she inquired, as she unfold
ed her napkin, addressing Mrs. Scho-
field Penrod abruptly set down his
soup spoon and gazed at his aunt with
fattering attention.
"Yes. sometimes" said Mrs. scho-
field. "She's Penrod's teacher"
rs sheT said Mrs. Fairy. do
YOU She paused. do people think
her little-queer these daysT
why, no" returned her sister.
What makes you say thatY'
"She has acquired very odd man.
ner," said Mrs. Fairy decidedly. "At
least, she seemed odd to me. I met
her at the corner Just before got to
the house a few minutes ago, and aft
er we'd said howdy do to each other
she kept hold Of my hand and looked
as though she was going to cry. She
seemed to be trying to say something
and choking
But l don't think that's so very
queer, Clara. She knew you In school,
didn't she?"
"Yes, but
"And she hadn't seen you for 30
many years think it's perfectly nat
ural She
"Wait! She stood there squeezing
my hand and struggling to get her
voice, and got really embarrassed,
and then finally she said in kind Of
fearful whisper: BE Of good cheer.
This trial will pass"
"How queerr' exclaimed Margaret.
Penrod sighed and returned some
what absently to his soup.
well, l don't know" said Mrs. Scho-
field thoughtfully. "Of course she's
heard about the outbreak of measles
In Dayton. since they had to close the
schools, and she knows you live
there
But doesn't it seem a very exag-
gerated way" suggested Margaret, ito
talk about measles"
"Waitr' begged Aunt Clara. "After
The said that she said something even
queerer and then put her handkerchief
to her eyes and hurried away"
Penrod laid down his spoon again
and moved his chair slightly back from
the table. A spirit Of prophecy was
upon him. He knew that some one
was going to ask question which he
felt might better remain unspoken.
what was the other thing she
said?" Mr.. Schofield inquired, thus i'm
mediately fulfilling his sons Fremont
ton.
'She said." returned Mrs. Fairy slow
ly, looking about the table; "she said.
I know that Penrod Is a great. great
comfort to you
There was a general exclamation of
surprise. 1t was a singular thing. and
In no manner may 1t be considered
complimentary to Penrod that this
speech Of Miss Spence's should have
Immediately confirmed Mrs. Farry's
doubts about her in the minds Of all
his family.
Mr.. Schofield shook his head pity
ingly.
I'm afraid she's goner," he went
so far as to say.
"Of all the weird ideasr' cried Mar.
garet.
81 never heard anything like It In my
nfev' Mrs. Schofield exclaimed. "Was
that all she said?"
Every wOrdw
Penrod again resumed attention to
his soup. His mother looked at him
curiously. and then, struck by sud
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"Waitl She stood there squeezing my
hand and struggling to get her voice.
den thought, gathered the glances OF
the adults Of the table by significant
movement Of the head, and. by anoth-
err, conveyed an admonition to drop the
subject until later. Miss Spence was
Penrod's teacher. 1t was better, for
many reasons, not to discuss the sub
ject of her queerness before him. This
was Mrs. Schof1eld's thought at the
time. Later she had another, and 1t
kept her awake.
The next afternoon Mr.. Schofield. re-
turning at o'clock from the cares OF
the day, found the house deserted and
sat down to read his evening paper In
what snpssSed to be an untahabited
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SYNOPSIS.

Fenrod, fearing the ordeal of playing
.ne part OF the Child Sir Lancelot, seeks
torgetiuiness In the composition OF dime
novel
Penrod's mother and sister dress ann
N his costume for the "Childrens Pageant
Of the Round Table" Penrod 10 ashamed
- ~ear 1t
he breaks up une wru,, 1884,
outing on pair Of the tanitor's overall,
over his costume ''''
WISH TO moving picture show etyes
uiih an IDEA and he loafs away his time
IN school, dreaming dreams.
Inc teacher reproves him. He seeks 10
uistract attention from himself by alles-
ing loss OF sleep because Of q drunken
uncle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
Many Business and
Public Buildings We're
Erected During Year

While close to a million and a half
dollars was expended during the year
dollars were expended during the year
buildings of all descriptions, contrac-
tors and builders generally predict an
even more successful year for 1916.
Cold weather has, of course, precluded
the erection of any more buildings but
inquiries as TO materials, etc, are
keeping the Office forces of many of
the contracting firms busy with a view
to getting out bids early in the Spring.
The present years building enter
prises included some of the most i'm
portant business, religious, education
and public structures. Among these
were the following:
Enterprise Coffee company, Gamer
and and Mather streets; Ford Sales
company plant. Cameron near Mulber-
ry; ID. Kaufman's Underselling stores,
Market Square; Boyd Memorial build
ing, South, Myrtle and Willis streets;
Merchants Ice company Berryhill
near Cameron; Bowman and Company,
Market street; Protherly Love I. O. ..
f. building and lodge hall, Briggs and
Cowden Hickok Manufacturing COM
pany plant. Cumberland street; Zion
Lutheran Church annex, 9 South
Fourth street; Harrisburg Pipe and
Pipe Bending company, annex, Gamer
on and Herr: city asphalt repair plant,
Ninth and Shanois streets. Christ
Lutheran Church, addition, Thirteenth
and Thompson; Standard Baking COM
pany, Tenth and Market; Camp Cur
tin Memorial Methodist Church, Sixth
near Camp; new W. Sherman Steel
school building, Fifth and Mahantongo
streets; A. H. Shaffer, city's largest
garage, 20 to so South Cameron street
Blough Manufacturing company, Full
ten near Reilly; and the new addition
to the post office in Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
Hershey "Spitefence"
Controversy Is Being
Watched by Contractors

Real estate men and contractors
generally are watching with more or
less curiosity and amusement the de-
Velopment in the situation that has
grown out Of the construction of a So
called 'spitefence' around the State
Realty company's 74-acre plot i'm the
heart Of Hershey. presumably by the
Hershey Chocolate company.
The Realty company which is com
posed largely of Harrisburgers. bought
the ground from Leah Peters heirs
1t includes an admirable section of
ground and practically in the center OF
the chocolate town. Report had IT,
however, that the Hershey company
officials didn't view the newcomers
with much favor---rathcr considered
en- interlopers in fact. At any rate
the attraCtiYeness of the ground is
merred by The erection of an old split
rail- fence that borders the ground.
Furthermore reports from the Her
shey-town were to the effect that pros
pectIve settlers risked q chance of not
getting u job In the factory or in the
businas5 enterprises of the town as
the chocolate king prefers TO take
care of Hershey folks first" Water
and lighting might be refused the new
Ction, too, it was hinted although
the officials of the Realty company
declare that should Hershey proceed
70 this extent 1t will sink artesian wells
on its property and otherwise provide
the necessary conVeniences for the peo-
pie who build. The Peters property
was bought. it is said, for $4,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
GEOLOGICAL CHANGES IN BIBLE
LANDS

Was the Garden of Eden, described
in the book of Genesis, really there
in the corner Of the land where the
rivers meet, and where the village of
kurna now stands? Probably not.
Two thousand years ago the Persian
Gulf rolled over the spot. The alb
sence of the ruins of Babylonian
cities, so abundant a little to the
north, shows that the place was not
inhabitable in Babylonian times. In
the early days the rivers united
farther north, or flowed into the gulf
by separate mouths. Perhaps they
united near the place where the city
of Nasarieh now stands. Both the
Tigris and the Euphrates, spreading
over the plain, and always cutting
new channels, frequently change their
courses. At the bow of every Tigris
river boat stand pilots with long poles
in hand, to feel their way along, for
on no two Journeys is the channel in
Just the same place. No man knows
just where the rivers used to flow or
where they met six thousand years
ago. We may believe that the Gar
den of Eden was then .at the con-
fiuence of the rivers, and perhaps
some future explorer may yet dis
cover its exact site. The Christian
Herald
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
RUNAWAY HEIRESS
FOUND AT WORK
Earns Eight Dollars a Week in
Daytime; a Glittcring
Moth at Night

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. 31.-Tales
OF the gayety and glitter OF life under
the bright lights, whispered In her
ear ny woman different from the
ones she knew in the little town where
she WAS born, so played on the mag
ination Of nineteen-year-o Irene
Paul. only child of a father worth up
ward OF $500, 900, that she ran away
from her home in Uxbridge, a suburb
Of Woonsockett, K. l., to see for her
self what life had 20 offer in q big
city.
Yesterday detectives found her en-
pIoycd in a department store. She
was earning eight dollars a week and
living in an unpretentious boarding
house
Now she is in the care of the Court
Aid Society where she is awaiting the
arrival of her father. She vows she
will not go back to UXbridge.-
A brother of the woman who told
the girl tales of the city is said 10
figure in the case
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
BRICKER WROTE
WILL TOO LATE
FOR CHARITIES
Uptown Merchants Bequests
of $4,000 Can't Be Allowed
Legally
Is DAYS BEYOND LIMIT
Should Have Been Made Thirty
Instead of Twelve Days
Prior to Death
is DAYS BEYOND LIMIT

When John X. Bricker, 1884 North
sixth street, wrote his will on Decem-
ber s, 1915, he provided for bequests
Of $4,000 to the Fifth Street Meth
odist Church, $1,000 each TO the Chill
dren's Industrial Home and the Home
'or the Friendless and Ffley's Lu-
theran Church, Dillsbur2, and the Cen
tral Pennsylvania Methodist Confer
enCe-
Mr. Bricker however, wrote his will
Just eighteen days too late to make his
charity donations of any legal value
20 the beneticiaries. For the uptown
merchant died on December 20. The
law relative to the writing of wills
provides that the instrument must
have been written at least thirty days
before the death of the writer in so far
as the bequests apply to charitable or
religious institutions. The will was
filed for prof. ate to-day.
Mr.. Bricker as one of the more
well-to do West End citizens, although
no inventory as to his holdings was
filed. He bequeathed his residence,
1894 North Sixth street. to his widow
Mary Z. Bricker.
The bulk of the estate. however, is
TO be converted into cash as early as
possible and invested for Mrs. Bricker.
Upon her death the bequests are to be
lndue 10 l'G nOlueS' llS CnuIcnSS, anu
so on. From the remainder. oequests
of $4,000 are provided for Katherine
Bates -inlaw; 81 900 each to
Alice Bates Brashears, another sister
in-law. and Elizabeth Bricker Ran
dali, philadelphia, q sister. Another
sister. Jennie Bricker Swope, is be-
queathed $4,000.
The Harrisburg Cemetery Associa-
ton was donated ST 900. the income of
which is to be used in maintaining the
grave of I3ricker's father-in-law. Abra-
ham Bates. OF the 1000 willed to
l'iley's Lutheran Church, Dillsburg.
The income from $3.50 is to be used in
The upkeep of the graveyard of the
cMck Cromleigh.
Whatever remains is TO be equally
divided among a dozen other relatives.
school Director Robert A. Enders is
executor.