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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Ralzao,a MAY.

Jules Sandeau related that one time
while living in Paris Balzac locked
himself up In his room for twenty-five
days and twenty-five nights, refusing
to see any one and keeping the cur
tains closed and the lights continually
burning even in broad daylight. The
only human being he saw during this
time was his servant, whom he rang
for when he felt the need 4of food
which he washed down with numerous
cups of coffee. He would throw him.
self on his bed only when entirely ex-
hausted from lack of sleep. and he re-
NAMED In complete ignorance of what
was transpiring outside. the state of
the weather and even OF the time and
day of the week. He only freed him.
self from this voluntary captivity
when he had written the word End
on the last page of the manuscript he
began when he entered his prison.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
A Painters Troubles.

The desire of the Bank of England
officials to discover forgers has some
times led to curious mistakes. On one
occasion the painter, George Morland.
in his eagerness to avoid his duns,
retired to an obscure hiding place in
Hackney, where his anxious looks and
secluded manner of life induced some
of his neighbors to believe him for
ger Of notes then in existence. The
directors. on being Informed. dispatch
ed some dexterous detectives to- the
residence. but Morland's suspicious
were aroused by their movements in
front of the house and. thinking them
bailiffs. escaped from the back to Lon
don. Mrs Morland informed the Wis
itors of her husbands name and show
ed them some unfinished pictures. The
facts were reported to. the directors.
who presented Morland with two TWEEN
ty-pound notes by way of compensa-
ton for the alarm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

came in at the time was thet of the
legislative committee, given by Fred
E. Duffy of West Hartford. Mr. Duff
fly laid down as a principle in taxa
ton, that a man should pay as much
taxes as he is able. The present tax
laws are not ideal, but he believed
they are as good as can be had.
Appeals for Lecturers.
Lecturer F. E. Brakeman in his an
nual report made strong plea to the
members of the order to rally around
the lecturers of the subordinate
grangers, support them in all their
effort to make the lecturers hour
more Interesting and instructive. He
advocated that the elements, of agrf-
culture should be taught in all the
public schools, thus keeping the
minds of the young on the fact that
farm life is as noble, instructive and
profitable as any avocation- they can
engage in.
Worthy. Ceres Talks.
Sister Eva L. Sherwood, worthy
ceres of the national grange, gave an
Interesting address.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
ItaIx,e AnoestraI eleries.

Three times has, Italy ruled over Eu-
rope. She has sat on the political
throne under the Caesars. on the &C.
c1esiasdcal throne under the popes
from Gregory the Great to Leo K. and
on the intellectual throne of the renaAs.
sance. These things every italian fam
fly remembers. Augustus Caesar and
Trajan, Hildebrand and Innocent III,
Dante and Petrarch. Michelangelo and
Raphael. Galilei and Bruno are in his
mouth like household words. The Ital-
ian does not consider himself and US as
equals; he accepts. he believes in, mod
ern democracy, but deep in his heart
he>is an arfstocrat, haughtily proud of
his long descent and his ancestral glo-
ries. When thinking Of Italians one
must always bear in mind that they.
out of all the peoples of Europe, have
the most glorious past and that they
are conscious of it to the quick.-Henry
Dwight Sedgw1ck in Yale Review.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Echo of Sound.

An echo is a sound reflected from a
distant surface. Sound is produced by
waves or pulses of the air. and when
those waves come in contact with a
cliff or wall or other opposing surface
they are reflected like light or heat,
and the returning waves cause repe-
tition of the sound. The word echo is
of Greek origin. According to ancient
mythology, it was the name of noun
tain nymph, daughter of the air and
the earth. Echo was one of Juno's at
tendants, but her lOquacity displeased
Jupiter, SO she was deprived of the
power of speech by Juno and permitted
to answer only when she was spoken
to. Afterward Echo fell in love with
q beautiful youth named Narcissus and
was changed into a stone. which still
retained the power of voice. Milton
personffies her thus:
Sweet Echo. sweetest nymphs that liv'st
unseen
Within thy airy shell.
By slow NIeander's margent green,
Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair
That likest thy Narcissus are?
Philadelphia Press
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
The Arch, 4

The consensus of opinion among the
learned is to the effect that the arch
was invented by the Romans. Some
claim that Archimedes of Sicily was
the inventor. while there are others
who would make it to be of Etrurian
origin, but there can be no doubt about
the fact that the Romans ware the first
to. apply the principle to architecture
The earliest instance of it's use is in the
case Of the Cloaca Maxima, or greatest
sewer. of Rome, built about 5SS B. G.
by the first of the Tarquin line of kings.
a work which is regarded by the his
torians as being one of the most stu
pendous monuments of antiquity. Built
entirely without cement, it is still doing
duty after a service, OF almost twenty
i've centuries.-NeW York American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
snubbed His Old Friends.

In the old days miner who had
toiled and suffered in the Klondike
and then struck it rich returned to
Puget sound hitter two years of isola-
ton in the far north. He sought out
a restaurant Bring me SIS worth of
beans,'' he told the waiter. Remark
ing to himself that this fellow certain
ly must be fond OF beans. the amazed
waiter complied, heaping up the table
around the diner with a verita BILE
mountain of baked beans. Now"
said the Klondiker, take that stuff
away and bring me something to eat
It has cost me SIS, but 1 just wanted
to show those blank beans that don't
have to eat any more of 'em, now that
I'm in a white mans land again. Ia
coma Ledger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
puzzle of the Arctic Tern,

Ornithologists have finally awarded
first place as mfgrator to the arctic
tern. Recent Investigations have proved
beyond all question that this bird of
mystery makes a fight every year to-
falling $4,000 miles. 1t is on the wing
literally twenty weeks out of the fifty
two, with a daily average flight of ap-
proximately $50 miles. When it is
winter in the northern hemisphere the
tern is feeding at the edge Of the ant
arctic circle, far south of Cape Horn
When spring banishes winter it re-
turns to the arctic, IL 900 miles away
from its winter quarters, to build its
nest In the arctic regions. Almost
with mathematical precision the tern
arrives in the north Every year on
June 10 and on Aug. 25 begins its long
southern fight. Curiopsly enough. re-
ports of the birds seen en- route are
exceedingly rare. One or two have
been seen 1.-the last three or four
years along the Long Island shore. but
beyond this cIew to the course they
pursue nothing at all is known of the
route they follow.-Philadelpht Rec
ord.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Official
VIEWS eF
Worlds War
TURKISH

genstantineple, Jan. 19.-The folfow-
i4ne official statement was. ISSUED to-
might by the Turkish war office.
ssOn Monday evening debris, booty
and nurnber|o dead bodies, but not
"a single soldier of the enemy, re-
analned at Seddul Bahr. In the course
of our pursuit the remainder OF the
enemy who refused to surrender, going
In the direction of the landing places.
were annihilated. Along the left. wing
IN the sector. OF Kereves Dere we dis
Ecovered a great quantity Of mines. 80
fof which were destroyed by our en-
lgineers In a small space.
'sIrak front: On the night of jan
nary 8. the enemy, who had been sur
lrounde1 In Kut-E1-Amara, attempted
at many points to make sorttes after
Vigorous bonbardment> These were
repulsed with losses.
..On January there was a heavy ar
aillery battle In the Black Sea for half
an hour between the Turkish battle
cruiser Sultan Selihn (formerly the
herman cruiser Goeben9 and the Rus
sian bottlesh1p Empress Maria The
engagement was at long range. The
Sultan Sedim was not damaged while
a hit was observed on the Empress
Maria
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Maker of dictionaries Not Eavisd.

Maker of Dictionaries Not EFvisd.
Can any one envy the maker of die
tionaries? To Sir james Murray the
readers were ORA wn in, those who were
to garner words. Some hundred thou
sand works" were examined by a
staff of assistants with two eyes and q
bit of BRAIN and they may have got the
Spelling right But think of the task OF
the searcher, going through the books
he loves in the search for world And
missing all else. For the man with the
demand upon him would read the
Bible with one eye for misprints. No
such torture for the lover OF literature
could be devised like the making OF q
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Policemen Riding In - :.
Jitney Bus 0verhatlls .
Man Who Stole Horse

Inability of a miIkman's horse.
which he had stolen, to outdistance a
ttney bus resulted in the arrest to-
day of Howard Baird, Is, of Brook
lyn, ". Y, on charge of horse steal
ing. After his arrest Baird told the
police he intended to drive the rig
to New Haven, and sell it.
William KiIlian, driver for Micha ell
O'NefI of S23 Housatonic avenue left
the horse tied to a post in front of
ESQ East MAIN street, while he deIiv-
cred milk. When he came out he
saw the rig disappearing around the
corner of East Main street and STRAIT
ford avenue. He told Policeman Rob-
ert Tate who communicated jitney
bus, followed Baird and arrested him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Boiled Nat4lea-

The countryman knows more about
economy than the townsman when It
comes to a matter of vegetables. A
correspondent reports a conversation
overheard in a village inn in Hertf0rd-
shire in this present year of grace.
Vegetables were under discussion, and
spinach--Nas mentioned. mot bad"
one gourmet admitted. ''but give me
nettles.'' and inquiry has shown that
the two are not dissimilar in taste.
Another forgotten vegetable is the
primrose. Primrose. pasties were once
n popular dish in Lancashire.-LOnd
Standard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
ELIZA CoUGHM

The funeral of Eliza, wife or George
I. Coughlin, was largely attended
from her late home, -597 Park street
at $3.50 yesterday afternoon. Rev.
BENJAMIN F. Root, assistant rector of
st. .Pau1s church read the services.
There were many beautiful floral tri-
butes attesting the esteem with
which Mrs. Cough1in was held by
those who knew her. The bearers:
Sergeant James Ramsey, James
Brown, Martin Quin1an, Howard
Challenger Lawrence J. Gill and
Martin Coughlin. Rev. Mr.. Root read
the committa1 service at the grave in
Lakeview cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Ramasaa L

Rameses 1. was the first king of the
nineteenth dynasty in Egypt and ruled
for brief period about B. G. 1856. Be-
yond the fact that he waged war in
Nubia. where he left an Inscription and
constructed some of the buildings of
the Karnak. little is known of his
reign His mummy was found in 1881
at Deir-el-Bahrt- His son, Seti l., built
the Memnonium at Karnak in honor
of his fathers memory,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
DANIEL MEAD.

The funeral of Daniel Mead, who
was killed by 5itney bus Saturday
night, was held from the undertaking
parlors of Cq1linan & Mullins, at >2:3O
this afternoon. Rev. Edward V.
Murphy, of ST. Augustine's church,
read the services. Interment was in
St. MichaeFs cemetery. Mr.. Mead
is survived by Mrs. William Mead, his
brothers widow, also by a nephew,
Joseph V. Brennan, former superin-
tendent of charities here. now a-resi-
dent of Guilford and by two nieces,
Mrs. George WiIdman of North ave-
nue. and Mrs. John Dalton of North
Main street. this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

ton of vessels. like the floating plants
In the Sargasso $, OF the tropics.
These shoals OF medIsae, as they are
called. may be so dense that a piece
OF timber plunged in among them win
be held upright as If stuck in the
mud. and ordinary rowboats cannot
force their way through them Their
migrations have never been explained
They are irregular and occur at no
particular season of the year and I'M
der no particular tnf1uences-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Pease Won't Name
Liquor Dealer On
Staff of Sheriffs

County Sheriff Simeon Pease stat
ed today that Frank Fasane11a who
was yesterday appointed a deputy in
this city, is not in the liquor business,
as Stated.
eff he had been engaged in that
business wouldn't have appointed
him. said the sheriff. 1t is under
stood that the new deputy was en-
p1oyed by his father IN the 1atter's
cafe but resigned from all connec-
ton with the business in order that
he might receive the appointment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
.Iuet Suited.

'ewhy do you go with that young
man? He isn't making enough money
to be married"
But he is making enough money to
provide theater seats and auto rides
for Tuesdays and Fridays. and have
those evenings to spare. "-LouisYille
Courier-JournaI.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
FRANK G. MOORE.

Frank C. Moore. of Providence,
r. L. a cook with the Barnum &
Bailey circus, died this morning at
the Bridgeport hospital after a brief
illness with pneumonia. Mr.. Moore,
who was about 80 years of age. had
been with, the circus for the last five
years. The circus employees will have
charge of the funeral which will be
held from the mortuary chapel Of
Walker & Banks The body will be
shipped to- Providence where Mr..
sMoore's mother survives him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
NELSON e. FREsHoUR

The funeral of Nelson E. Freshour
who died Monday. was largely attend
ed from his late home, $50 William
street at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev
Gerald H. Beard, pastor of the Park
Street Congregational church, con-
Quoted the services. The Hamilton
Commandery, No. 5, nights Templar,
exernplified their ritual and delega-
tons, and groups of members were
present from the various other lodges
andN fraterna1 organizations to which
Mr.. Freshour belonged. Burial was
in Mountain Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
The LeIlYhsh.

The bay Of Naples abounds In me-
dusae. or jellyfsh. often growing as
large as two feet in diameter and
weighing fifty and sixty pounds. Some
of them shine at night with green
ish light and are known as noctiluca
might lanterns) by the natives. The
jellyfish sometimes make migrations
in great groups. sometimes SO large
and so thick as to impede the naviga-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
GEORGE ROLAND

The funeral of George Bo1and was
held from the residence of his sisters,
1882 Park avenue, at $50 this morn
ing and a half hour later from ST.
Augustine's church, where the mass
of requiem was isung by Rev. Robert
Bowen. The BEARERS: John McC1utch-
con. Thomas Finn, Christopher Riley.
Frank kennedy, William MeKeon and
Edward Stokes. Burial was in ST.
Michaeps cemetery. -.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
RUBBING IL In.

He-If you find me, so lacking in the
qualities you admire, why on earth did
you ever marry me? She-There you
go making things worse. You know
very we'll dislike particularly being
asked questions that admit of no rea-
sonabIe answer. = Richmond Times
DiSDatch
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
HARRIET L. NUGENT

Harriet LIZ Mills, widow of Thomas
Nugent, died yesterday at her home,
S3S Park avenue, aged 70 years. Mrs.
Nugent was born and spent all her
life in Bridgeport. She was the
daughter of the. late Moses and Anna
Cabei Mills andsis survived by a sister,
Mis- Georgianna A. Mills.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
OBITUARY,
VINCENT "A. BLAsKEY

Vincent A., the six months old son
of William v. and Jane Blaskey, died
at the home of his parents. on Black
Rock turnpike, Fairfield, last night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
: SARAH L. CHASE.

Sarah l., widow of George M
Chase, died. last night al, the home of
her son. Harvey P. Chase, 496 Broad
street, aged 81 years and months
The funeral win be private and. inter
ment will be in New London.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
MARY j. POOLE ~o,KEEFE.

Mary J. Poole, widow of Thomas
O'Keefe, died last night at the home
of her daughter; Mrs. William
O'Dwyer. sos. Beechwood avenue, Mrs.
O'Keefe was we'll known in the city
and was a member of st. Augustine's
church. She is survived by her daugh-
ter. !.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Old Postal Rates

Our postal rates in 1924 were exces-
sive. To send a letter thirty-six miles
the cost was cents. For over 400
miles the uniform rate was % cents.
and as the mails were transported by
stage coaches, the process was a slow
one.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

Junior-so you didn't propose to her
after all? Weed-No. And I'm not go
ing to. When l got to her house
found her chasing a mouse with 8
broom.-Puck.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
GEORGE F. MILO

Georeg; F. the 20 year old son of
George E. Milo. dieo at the home of
his, father, 729 Madison avenue, after
B. long Illness. The young man is sur
vived by his father, four sisters and
two brothers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
So HaW Mould.

If a man was only as careful OF his
hat and clothes at the end of a month
as he is at the end of the first day he
would always look well dressed
Pittsburgh Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Restaurateur Hurt
In Fall AS He Steps
Out of Auton1obi

Arnold Cargill manager Of the AL
gOnquin lunch room and well known
man about town. was severely injured
yesterday, afternoon in a peculiar fall
from his automobile at Southport
Cargil1 had been to NorwaIk with
fred Merritt land while returning
through Southport something went
wrong with the car. In attempting
to ahght Mr. Cargi1l tripped on his
oxercoat and fell to the ground He
sustaineds cuts and abraisons of the
face and a Sigh tsprain Of the left
arm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

EOTLCElEmn Jane Parks, my
wife, having left my bed and board,
hereby forbid all persons trust
ing her on my account as shall
pay no bills OF her contracting after
this date, Dated at Trumbu1l this
11th day bf January, 1915. Heze-
Iiah ", Parks.
A IL b"p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

Uncle Reuben isn't worrying about
these public drinking cup laws, as
long as he always carries his old felt
hat around with him.
The question whether self govern
ment will be a success in the Philip
pines depends on whether there are
offices enough to go around.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Hereditary,

Hoax-Poor old Henpecke has to
mind the baby. Joax-Yes. It's Won
derfql how that baby takes after its
mother.-Phfadelphi Record.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
Hard to Rhine.

Some of the hardest words to find
rfmes for are month. porringer. polka,
silver. chimney, Lisbon, window and
widow. :,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

About 800 more strikers returned to
work at the plant of the Youngstown
Sheet & Tube, co. at East Youngstown,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

Wheat and other commodities, most
ly grain, foodstuffs, and metals, will
be admitted to Spain free of duty
hereafter.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

All room on steamers from Calves
ton, Tex, for Barcelona for the next
six months has been booked full OF
cotton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

The tons of government document
being printed all the time must saw
some one quite a charge for buyin
fuel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

o. W, Burke. former mayor OF Blue
Island, Ill, was arrested and put in
Jail charged with accepting $4,000
bride,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

Bad men excuse their faults; good
men leave them.-Johnson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

Fifty student members of the Ford
peace party sailed for New York from
The Hague on the steamship, Moor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

SlzilIful pilots gain their reputation
'~olnn atnr1n& and temDests.-Epicurus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

POSITION WANTED by an American
woman as cook or housekeeper in
hotel or boarding house Expert
enced and capable of taking full
charge II necessary. Address Mrs.
Decamp, Core Of General Delivery
A ~ d.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

FOR SALE-A 13 room house on
Courf1and street. a good rooming
house, fine Investment, Will sell on
reasonable terms. Owner, p An
derson, 3O6 Fairfield avenue.
A IL $"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

JOB SALE family house Hancock
avenue; rents 1904 a year; mort
gage $4,000 at 5 per cent. Price
5000 p. Anderson, 306 Fairfield
Ave. AS12 s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

WANTED Gfr1 for general house
work Sc Catherine ST
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

BARGAN-$9ob buys a profitable
business and well established, don't
miss IT Store. this. office
A ~ ssp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

ADVERTISE N THB FAR1MR.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

JELIIFFE-In Southport, ct, Jan.
11y1916. Anna L., widow of the late
c. o. Jelliffe,. aged so years. 10
months, A days.
Friends are INVITED to ATTEND the
funeral at her late residence,
Spruce street, Southport, on Thurs
day, Jan 13, at 200 p m. Inter
ment at Oalklawn cemetery, Fair
field az
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

WANTED at housework. handy
with tools, make beds, etc L
Hawkshurst 4S Hanover Ave,
Bridgeport, Conn
All
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

y wishes position at anything Can
furnish best Of reference. VIM
Kehlenbeck, 947 Kossnth St.
Bridgeport, Conn
A12 de-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

WANTED Chauffeur wishes position
- motor truck driver Address or
call John Dorm, 756 Kossuth ST,
Bridgeport, Conn.
Ala d.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

FOR aAIE-16 lots located on East
and Bishop avenue, fine level land;
good factory site, near railroad. P.
Anderson. 306 Fairfield avenue
ALI s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12
DIED.

11E1KEL-In this~city. Tuesday, Jan.
18th, 1916, Joseph G. Nickel. aged
AZ years, 8 months, II days
Friends are invited to attend the
funeral from the residence of his
daughter. Mrs. Thomas r. Murphy.
No 33 Rosedale street on Thurs
day. Jan 18th at $50 a m and
from Saint Joseph's r. c. church
at o'clock Interment at Park
cemetery. az
NUGENT-In this city, Jan. IL, 1916,
Mrs Harriet l. Mills, widow of
Thomas Nugent, In her I4th year.
Friends are invited to attend the
funeral at her late home, No. S3S
Park avenue, on Thursday 9th inst
at 117s o'clock a m. Burial In
Mountain. Grove cemetery.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-23

tention during the summer and large
endowments are foreshadOwed.
This is a fairly good rule for political
conferences. but II is not a lucky day
TO bespeak influence or aid from per
sons in power
Women have a direction. which viii
make them exceedingly active in sup
porting uauonal political candidates
who VIII be unsuccessful
There is a representation OF eventful
scenes not on the program OF conven-
tons or public meetings called together
by women
Again peace negotiations are pre-
saged and in these IL is said Germany
may take some initiative, but the end
OF the war is not near. the seers believe
theatrical managers have a govern
ment OF the scars read as indicating
that activities for next season will not
be lucky unless completed before the
next new moon
Summer resorts have a promising
sign Canada and the northern states.