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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

ders the Republican organization is carrying out this very moment. Prom ises to reform from party so con trolled insult the intelligence of the people for breaking of promises is their specially.
 But, He's Lined With Them.
 Yet it is with those same leaders that he is lined up today; with Jim sHeneway. with Joe Healing, with Charles Fairbanks, with Jim Good rich, Harry New, Will Wood and the others.
 According to him, they were not to be trusted in 1912 and 1914; now he Is asking Progressives to trust them in 1916.
 Have they changed? Have any of their spots disappeared?
 Are they not still the ''lieutenants in the old machine" hose promises to reform were ian insult to the intelli- gence of the people,?
 If they haven't changed, Hon. AL bert Jeremiah must have changed. If he spoke truth of them in 1914, his change will make him valueless advocate. of their immaculacy to-day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
America's Opportunity
By President Woodrow Wilson From General Feeder
 ation Magazine for September

No one can doubt that the imme- diate future of the world will be crowded with quick changes. Every true lover of America must wish the United States to play part in those changes which will be worthy of her ideals and her character. Almost alone among the great nations of the world she will be unhampered in meeting great opportunity.
 In the first place, her resources are unimpaired. Not only has the war and all it's attendant circum- stances made no hurtful drain upon her men or her materials; it has even enhanced her skill and added to her resources, because of the very circumstances of her situation, cut off from her usual trade with many parts of the world and called upon to SUD- ply what she never supplied before, to the nations engaged in the great struggle not only but also to her own people. She has developed industries that she had before neglected, has found new uses for her material and new material to use She has thus been enabled to realize what she can do more fully than ever before, and to do it better than she ever did be- fore No other nation will stand quite so ready as she to serve the world in every work of peace and develop ment.
 In tho second place, she will prob ably of necessity be the chief reliance of the rest of the world in the field of finance. Probably the chief part ;v, 1xyiro hn the great reconstruction which will have to follow the war will fall to her. When the war began America was. striking the large balances. a debtor nation. When the war closes, she will be a creditor of all the world. Her financiers will have it within their choice to play a part they have never played before in the economic development of other nations and of dihtant regions of the earth. It is to ion to accept the opportunity with far-sighted courage and a quick adap- tation to the new conditions.
 Tn the third place, think it is evil dent that the United States will hn- ,derstand herself better than she ever did before. The war and all it's at- .tenQanI clrcumStaHceS nave cTieu HeI wide awake to both the dangers of her life and its enormous possibilities and advantages. There have been many things to disturb us during these two years of long drawn-out tragedy. We had not realized before that there were certain elenients in our citizen- ship which had not in their heart of hearts devoted themselves in full loy- alty and allegiance to the country of their adoption. A new problem of dis
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
The snar.acIed psar.

The spectaciea bear of Ecuador is so called because of a patch of white around, each eye. which makes the ami nal look as though he was peering through pair of great spectacles. In size and general color the spectacled bear looks not unlike the American black bear. But its hair is very shag- gy. At each side Of the head is a white bar, which gives the animal the appearance of wearing halter. But the most distinctive feature is the white around the eyes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
ness and makes it's own mistakes.

AcSS anu IIldhcS llS OWA uAASIdhOc'
 And yet speaker has to be posi- tive, to be firm in his own convic- tions. He is not called on to tell the weak points of his own case any more than is the lawyer who is addressing jury. Perhaps the reason why po- litical oratory seems poor nowadays is not so much that the speakers have declined in effectiveness. They have to measure up to greater level of in- telligence in their audiences. F At all hazards a speaker must seem fair. He must be thorough stu dent of public affairs. Ifs so, he can find plenty of weaknesses in the rec ord of his opponents. He can safely dwell on those to his hearts content. But the moment he makes statement that he can't back up, the moment he utters an unjust slur. that moment he has slammed his audience in the face. and insulted its reason and dis crimination. f
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
dependent upon our power of diges-

dependent upon our power of diges- tion.
 Every bark, berry and herb of na- ture has great medicinal virtue when scientifically compounded and is the only natural and effective destroyer of germs and disease. ' E Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, has long since understood the science of food values on the human system and the effects of undigested matter in the intestines on the general health and longevity, of
 he human race.
 : He says: Hardening of the arter-
 es, increase of blood pressure, apo ,lexy and in fac 90 per cent. of all ,ervous organic disease can be traced so an accumulation of waste in the large intestine. The patient virtually poisons himself. Wilderbs, the doc tors new scientific tonic of powerful strength, dissolves these internal germs rapidly and establishes a nor mal condition in the intestines by purification. By destroying these mil crobic cells new life and vieor is i'm parted to the vital organs, the blood pressure Is lessened and the circula- tion increased. By this natural pro- Cess the poisons of catarrh and rheu- matism are driven out, as they cannot exist where there are n6 germs
 If you are broken down in spirit, lack pep and vitality or suffer from any digestive trouble you are un- doubtedly victim of standardization and are invited to visit MT. T, s. Jack son at Hindle's Main and State streets store. It will cost you nothing to talk with. him and you will learn facts of value regarding your particular trou- ble. You may hrve your blood pres sure tested free of charge if you want tO-Ady. fG
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
Byron's London Home.

;;a ;atNo. 139 Piccadilly was, in the year of \ Waterloo. the home to which. from his Bachelor chambers in the Albany. Lord Byron went with his bride, Miss Mil- Sbanke.s Almost exactly twelvemonth later Lady Byron quilted the house and never saw her husband again. It was while living there that the two poets, Byron and Scott. met Tn let ter to Moore Sir Walter wrote how report had prepared me to meet q man of peculiar habits and a quick temper" but T found Lord Byron ip the highest degree courteous and even kind." Their meetings, almost daily 2 took place tt MT. Murray's in Abe marie street. and once at Longs hotel in Bond street.-London Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
PUCK REwRTTEs
 AMERICAN HISTORY.
Famous Satirical Weekly Upsets Text books in a New Pictorial History

Puck. the famous humorous weekly, country according to the modern the- ory of telling the naked truth about historical events.
 The first of it's Historical Numbers appears on the newsstands this week, and if we may accept the initial arti- cle as an indication of what is to aims to upset some cherished tradi- tions of the little red schoolhouse.
 Tradition has clouded history since the beginning of time, explains Puck s historian. There is abundant testi- mony extant that Joan of Arc was burned by proxy only. and as a mat ter of fact lived long enough to settle down and marry the man of her choice.
 Beatrice, the flame of Dante's pas sion, was a giddy young debutante of nine summers at the time of her death; and facts indicate that if Sir Walter Raleigh ever laid cloak over a mud puddle to protect Queen Eliza beth's feet, it was the garment of an unfortunate retainer and not his own richly brocaded Inverness.
 Tradition has painted the Bastile as a prison of horrors. crowded with un- happy victims of the royal displeas- ure. Facts indicate that it never contained more than sixteen or seven- teen prisoners at any one time and that these reveled in any luxury they craved.
 Puck has uncovered many tradi- tions of our own history as widely at variance with the facts as the inci- dents quoted.
 In the first place, says Puck, Queen Isabella never pawned her jewels to start Columbus on his voyage of dis covery, for the every simple reason that Isabella's jewels had been put to the slaughter many months before Colum- bus appeared at the Spanish court and asked for help.
 Nor did the doughty adventurers on the Mayfiower first set foot on Ply mouth Rock. unless they used hy- droaeroplane, for the waters around Plymouth Rock would hardly float a cream skinner.
 Peter Stuyvesant, we learn, enjoyed the full use of two perfectly good legs, and the wooden stump handed down to posterity seems to have been q figrnent of the imagination.
 These are a few of the episodes to he Dictor;ally treated in Puck's series Other startling and amusing revela tions are promised.
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on. PopuI.r yri.h s.cret.rx.

E
 Thomas Drummond. the best of Irish secretaries and the only English official to whom the Irish people have erected a memorial, counted among his most dnring and successful achieve ments the establishment of the Royal Irish constabulary. All before Drum mond had sought to keep the peace by the use of soldiers, but he planned to replace the troops by police force drawn from the ranks of the Irish peasantry. Ohicialdom was aghast and talked of the possibility of treason, but Drummond had his way. and the Brit ish government has never had more faithful body of servants than the Irish cohstabulary. London Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
Prison l..i >-.. !. sa;ssia.

PriSon S%-i 1. .-ysqai3sfa. Ase
 The belief ez is:e i,e.i by Mr. Hedder- wick that "tliase k Isa more healthy place in this woris, taan an English prison appears to a.e well founded. In- corrigible jaiibirds p.,galls make their periodical reaa reslvanccs i:i society in the pink of coalition. !'aT;y hours, scientific diet and nodnraMea, in all things reap their rewart ever. ''in Quod." One famous e.x ict,nvict in tell ing the secrets of the prism hoGae has left it on record that there i5 n.sfhlng to beat prison diet as 2 cure for dys- pepsia. London Chronicie-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
Our President and War.

The war power of our president is term applied in his capacity as com mander in chief of the army and navy. After war has been declared by con- gress the power of the president is linn ited only by the power of congress to withhold supplies. In time of peace it is entirely suspended. The influence of the president, however, at all times is great, and no congress has ever failed, and never will fail probably, to act on the presidents suggestions as regards war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
NOTICE
Hearing de Establishment of Grade on
 Lincoln Ayenue

Hearing de Establishment of Grade on
 Lincoln Avenue
 At meeting of the Common Coun- cil of the City of Bridgeport, held August z. 1916. the following resolu- ton was adopted, to wit:
 Resolved, That the Clerk be and hereby is directed to notify the own CTS of property or persons in inter- est to appear before this Common Council, at the Common Council room, City Hall, on Tuesday, September 5. 1916. at eight o'clock in the evening and be heard in relation to the es- tablishment of a grade on Lincoln avenue from Madison avenue to Park avenue.
 Attest,
 J. ALEX. H. ROBINSON,
 City Clerk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
censurcd Presidents.

Twice has president been censured. once by the, senateAa and once by the house of representatives. Jackson was censured by tsae seaass for violation of the constitutt>c a,sa iaw; in the re- moval of sore..nr.,; ;sa {. { s'e,,S;s:is from the United States hank. xrter sl;r.N years of protest tl.a rcso:atis,l . { seGsure was expunaed fro.a ti.;s s4a.a.i os the sen ate.
 Tyler vas cesaaiiad l5y committee of the hca5e fer Us improper veto of the tariz .lils of isa-1 He protested but as si ssi;afar ':e had voted against Jac.rson', .'roteet. sad the house sent him q cciy ef tiie senate resolution against the res sifss9a os Jackson's pro- test
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
south Afrie.,s Hot Spring.

While boring for oil near Port Eliza- beth, South Africa, hot water was en- countersd in such volume at a depth of B,600 Seet that drilling operations ceas- ed. The. well has devtS ped never failing supply, and the water has been found to contain pronounced medicinal properties to such an extent that baths have been constructed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

x Tn pr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Advisor. as we'll as in other leading medical books. is description Of what takes place in the lower in ftestiqe during the process of digestion, which only recently was discovered by eminent Scientists everywhere to be a serious menace o health and mosa common cause of hardening of the arteries and deterioration of the vital organs of the body. The presence of bacteria and microbes in the large Intestine is now recognized fact and its is said that during the process of Assimilation these little bugs multiply very rapidly and generate specific poisons which are taken up by the blood and transmitted to every part Of the body. In most organic. troubles Vt has been proven that these very lf1icrobfc poisons are gradually wear Ing aFay the tissues and causing a beneral breakdown throughout the evstem. <, sF
 2 The rotting of foods is, just as com 9iion within the body as without. We 41l know that eggs. meat, vegetables and all dead substances if left to stand for any length of time will become E4ncid. So t is in the. bowels. Those
 wastes must be- eliminated from the aystem regularly to produce normal health.
 s Paleness of complexion, trembling of the limbs, stomach trouble, consti- pation, blood and kidney disorders are, in most cases, due to these fer-
 lented poisons lodging in some par ftu1ari organ and setting up infamma- ton. It is said that we dig our graves with our teeth because everything we! eat must either do us good or harm,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
THE PATH OF DUTY.

7
 Duty is not elusive, for it lies right at your door. Go not % far out of your path for truer life; keep strictly onward in that path alone which your genius points out; do the thinss which lie nearest to you, but which are difficult to do; live a purer, mors thoughtful and Iaborious life, more true to your friends and neishbors, more mo- bIs and mssnanimous.-Henry q Thorsau.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
peaAnx.

Yes; John will go to Yarnell. The arrangements are practically complet- ed His room will be No. F East Mid de Dodge hall. We were down to look att last fall. T. 'l;is sunlight on three sides and the = l,eaEtifrl view you ever saw. He N .Ealons..o the slappa Kidd fraternity iiiss fatE.asvs you know -and play fui'ba.ss> en the football team, or course. -seter graduation he Is to enter the dia.osnatie service, be- ginning as seeretagy 10 the legation at Paris. We decided on all these things long gc."-I.ife.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
NOTICE
Hearing de Acceptance of PennsyI- vania Avenue as a City Street.

hodrinS Oe Acceptance or Pennsyl.
 vania Avenue as City Street
 At the meeting of the Common Council of the City of Bridgeport, held August z. 1916, the following resolution was adopted. to wit:
 Resolved, That the Clerk be and hereby is directed to notify the own CTS of property or persons in interest to appear before this Common Coun- ell, at the Common Council room. City Hall. on Tuesday. September s, 1916. at eight o'clock in the evening, and be heard in relation to the matter of the acceptance of Pennsylvania. avenue, as a public street of the city of Bridgeport.
 Attest, ;'fts 2.
 J. ALEX. H. ROBINSON.
 City Clerk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

The Senate Fiance Committee de- cided to eliminate the stamp tax on insurance in the revenue bill now be- fore the Senate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29

Vice President Marshall will be notified formally. of his re-nomina- ton Sept. IA at Indianapolis. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-29
NaroIeon's PeeehoIes.

A curious Napoleonic relic still pre- served in St. Helena is pair of shut ters, each with q peaphole. St. Helena was strongly garrisoned in Napoleon's time for diyezs reasons, and the Brit ish settlers exetclsed on Deadwood plain, close to i@ngwood.
 Napoleon liked Eo looiS at them, but did not ilia them to look at Jim; hence thss1 .Ho s.lattcTs, oE.c with hole on Il ;e7@s With Iii; eye while standias aF'l ' ! o'fec witii a hole adapted ID ii.s VI lnii "Eise seated.
 The Butterfly.
 The butter1s hes, 6 delicate litt.s pump inside of itself, with which ii pumps nectar ffotn the flowers.
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Farmer Want Ads. One Cent Word.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
First shakespeare Festival.

The vandal act Of Parson Gastreil
In cutting down mulberry tree be-
lieved to have been planted in Shake
speare's garden by Shakespeare's own
hand led directly to the first Of Shake
speare festivals. The mulberry tree.
felled by an '.act of Gothic barbarity,
as Boswell termed 1t, was bought by q
carpenter, who cut 1t up into shake
speare relics in the form Of caskets
and tea caddies, snuff boxes and stan
dishes. One of these mulberry tree
boxes, inclosing the freedom of the
borough, was sent by the corporation
of Stratford on Avon to David Garrick
with the request that he should In turn
forward his own portrait to be ''plac-
ed near that Of his favorite author.
In perpetual remembrance Of both"
Garrick was immensely f1attered by
this homage from Shakespeare's town
and acknowledged the compliment by
undertaking the arrangement OF a
grand jubilee in honor Of the poet.
This, the first Stratford commemora-
ton, was held on three September
days In 1863. To prepare for 1t at
least 100 fine old trees. were cut down
lin order to enlarge the prospect
London Times. e.. 49,
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OLDEST LIVING THING.
Ancient Forest Giant That Towers In
W. 90 Ssquoia, National Park.

Ancient Forest Giant That Towers In
'..- So ssquoia, National Park. 81
j Towering giant among giants, the
oldest living thing that connects the
present with the dim past, majestic
in its mien. its dignity and its world
old experience. the General Sherman
tree is the patriarch OF the Sequoia
National park Of California. t..--,.
This wonderful tree was already
1000 years old when Christ was born.
In the age when the known world was
rocking in the throes Of the Trojan
wars and the time that history tells
us marked the exodus of the Hebrews
from Egypt this greatest Of Sequoia
gigantea was flourishing sapling of
some twenty or thirty feet In height
and truly under the especial care Of
the Creator, who held 1t safe from the
lightnings Of his wrath as he did from
the attacks Of earthly enemies.
The General Sherman was discov-
cred in 1879 by James Wolverton, a
hunter. and named by him in honor Of
General William T. Sherman. It tow
ers 279.9 feet into the sky. its base cir
conference is 1923 feet, its greatest
diameter 36.5 feet. and 1t has developed
a diameter Of 17.7 feet at point 100
feet above the ground.-National Geo
graphic Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
From a City. Mountain Tops.


Upon the top Of one Of New York's
man made mountains there is the same
peaceful quiet as on any mountain top.
No sound from the street below comes
up this distance. Men on the sidewalks
are infinitesimal dots, darling hither
and yon. Looking down upon them,
one is inclined to reflect what puny
beings humans are and from this lofty
point Of view almost forgets his sym
pathy for their personal interests.
Then comes the realization that this
mountain was built by these puny be-
ings from materials dug out of the
earth in crude state, purified, shaped
and fastened together in manner,
that will make it stand practically for
all time, and then feeling of rever-
ence for the human brain-that God.
given boon which has made these
things possible.-Natonal Geographic
Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
PaIo Alto.

The battle Of Palo Alto. fought on
May 8, 1916. on a Texas prairie about
eight miles northeast Of Matamoras,
was the first important struggle in the
war between the United States and
Mexico. General Taylor. marching
with less than $500 American troops
from Point Isabel toward Fort Brown,
encountered a Mexican army Of about
5000. commanded by General Arista.
Shortly after noon the battle was
opened by the Mexican artillery and
cavalry. After fighting five hours the
Mexicans gave way and retreated in
great disorder, their losses being 102
killed. 127 wounded and many more
missing. The Americans lost four
killed and 127 wounded. During the
battle Major Ringgold Of the American
flying artillery, which had much to
do with winning the victory, was NOR
tally wounded by a small cannon ball
which passed through both Of his
thighs. He died four days later at
Point Isabel. .'T. g.: .
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
Polling q Fakir.

A story used to be told at Cairo Of
Sir Richard Owen during one Of his
sojourns in Egypt The great natural
ist was seated in the shade on the yet
randa at Sheppeard's hotel when the
inevitable snake charmer came to him
and produced from his bag lively
specimen Of the horned asp-the dead.
~ cerastes. The professor gazed and,
nothing daunted, stopped and plucked
the horns from the head of the reptile
wriggling at his feet. remarking to q
bystander that the man would prob
ably think twice before trying to palm
OF upon any one else harmless snake
as q cerastes by the aid Of couple Of
fish bones. With anybody else the
charmer would probably have succeed
ed. He had tried it on the wrong man.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-28
Byron In m Ugly Mood.

have not yet read Byron's "Con-
versations," but there was an anecdote
in one Of the extracts which confirms
what I heard long since. but which l
could not depend on before. BE had
an aversion to see women eat. Colo
mel 49, was at Byron's house in Picca-
dilly. Lady Byron in the room, and
luncheon was brought in-veal outlets.
etc. She began eating. Byron turned
around in disgust and said, German
dizing beastw and, taking up the tray.
threw the whole luncheon into the hall.
Lady Byron cried and left the room
Told by Hayden. the Painter.