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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16

lf"Oh, Molly, isn't it just great?''
"Just what do you mean is so CREATE"
inquired Molly.
ooh, everything. Wait a minute
There was a pause, and then there
was a great change IN the voice of
Fern ''Tei1 me it isn't so, Molly!
Tommy says you're not going to marry
Sledge.'' -----------
"Did you really expect me tor ask
ed Molly curiously.
''Why, of course I didr' declared
Fern You're crazy in love with him!
You always have been. Now, haven't
your
|cHave I?'' wondered Molly, dazed
and thinking it over.
s'Of course you have" insisted Fern.
you've been dippy about him ever
since he sent out that first wagon load
of red roses, only you're too stubborn
to say SO. I'm so disappointed can't
see, Molly"
f'Why?"
cit was SO romantic. Tommy's been
telling me all about it. Tommy's al
ready got the county clerk by phone
at his home, and he's gone over to the
courthouse to get a blank marriage
license. He's probably on the way
y
the hottse, and Judge Blake is with him
to perform the ceremony. was. going
to bring out your father in my blue car
and make Tommy run your red one.''
''Have him bring JESSIE" begged
Molly.
81 don't think she'll GOMEZ regret
ted Fern. "Her folks won't let her,
''Dicky WILL Molly assured her.
"Invite Dicky too4 Tell him I want
him. Have him bring Smash. He likes
Dicky. And bring all my red rosesr'
Anybody else?" asked Fern, CULVER
ing with eagerness. 'fYou can't have
Bert, you know. He's gone He's
hustled down to the police station to
have Sledge arrested
1 Both the girls laughed hilariously at
that absurd idea, while Sledge stood
by in a dumb trance.
wen hide him. giggled Molly, eff
we can find any place big enough.
don't want Judge Blake, Fern. Has
DR.. Templeton gomez
Eyes, but we can get him again.
shTilled Fern, whose voice had been
gradually rising in pitch as she be-
came more and more excited. Hell
do anything for me. Say, Molly, Jes-
sizes here yet, and she just tells me
LudL size > dlEdld she Won QdI0 come.
S1edge, you know
you tell Jessie it's all right di-
rected Molly. C.'AIr. SIedge is going to
take fathers company into the consoI-
idation, and that will make every
body's stock worth a hundred dollars
share tomorrow morning, and the
West End bank can pay out its de-
positors, and Bert Glider can sell out
his stock and his amusement park
property at a profit and go back east
and be a social leader" She TUNED
from the telephone a minute. F'Say,
Benny" she addressed S1edge mis-
chievously, sliding her disengaged hand
affectfonately up on his shoulder,
would you object to have DR.. fem
pleton marry us?'
'HThat preacher that soaked nee in
the neek?' queried Sledge. ''Lord, nor
THE END.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
ANTT-BRITIaH UPRISING .
IN INDIA FORECOST

Shanghai,<Feb. 16-P1ans for whole
sale uprising against the British au-
thorities in India were divulged in a
yelled manner today in the English
supreme court. Sidmund Hay Abbass
and his son, Oswald Abbass, both nat
uraized British subjects, received
prison sentences for alleged traffic in
arms in violation of the British de-
tense of the realm act.
The judge of the English supr eme
court, Cir Haviland De Sausmarez,
sentenced the elder Abbass to Is
years Imprisonment at hard labor
and his SON. to two years. He ex-
planned that it would have been posi-
BILE to condemn the father to death
but that the court had made the SEN
tence lighter because of evidence that
Abbass did not really intend to create
an outbreak against the British an
thorities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
EUROPE IS BUILDING
"SUBS'' OF L TYPE

Washington, Feb. 16-Seventy out
of 100 submarines now known to be
under construction in Europe are of
the 500 tons type. practically the same
as the AneYrcan L-boats, Rear Adj
niraI Grant, chief of the submarine
1otil1as, today told the House naval
committee. A few 1900 ton boats
are building. he said, but he did not
know whether any had been put in
commissi on.
Because of their small size,'' he
said, none of our submarines, built,
building or authorized, with the ex-
ception of the three fleet submersi-
b1es, are capable of mobile work with
the fleets and all of them should be
operated from shore bases Cor work
in a, limited area
Admiral Grant promised to tell the
committee later in secret session what
the navy department knows of the
work of the submarines in the present
war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEWS
1nberits $4,000.

PAOsOSOs
Miss Bertha, Marquardt, daughter OF
Phillip Marquardt Of Norwalk, is be-
uueathed $4,000 by the will OF MISS
Matilda Kromke, a relative, VINO o1eo
in Hamburg, Germany, on Jan. z.
Many Bequests.
Bv the will of Mrs. Agnes Nash OF
Norwall< numerous. requests to church
organizations, public institutions and
for charitable causes are made, as
$500: Fairfield county commissioners
for playroom at Chndren,s Z County
home, $3.50; New York East Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church, $3.50; Norwalk hospital, $4O0;
Woman's Foreign Missionary society
of the Nor~walk M. E. church, $3.50;
home for the aged and worthy poor OF
NorwaIk if such there should be, 500;
Day nursery, 500; Anti-Tuberculosis
Dispensary, 800; Salvation Army,
800, and numerous remembrances to
relatives and friends.
His Throat Cut.
There was an ugly cutting scrape in
Sau gatuck Friday and as a result
P1acidio Anistas had his throat CASH
ed nearly from ear to ear and his as
saiIants, three in number escaped. An
is;tas was at work on a building when
the three men came along. The names
given of them so far are Fabizzio of
Norwalk, mike of South Norwalk
and the unknown man is said to have
come from New Canaan
Typhoid Fever. Cases
During the past two weeks as many
as eight cases of typhoid fever have
been reported in Norwa1k.
Died in Street Car.
When Conductor Edward Haug at
tempted to awaken Daniel E. Scofield,
who had boarded the Stamford bound
car at Coscob, Saturday ne found thai
the man was dead
Haug said that ScofieId boarded his
car at Coscob, and, as he thought, fell
fast asleep, with his fare clasped in
his hand. Haug did not attempt to
awaken him until the car reached
Stamford. Then he shook him and
found that he was dead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
RHEUMATISM
MEDICINE FREE

we want the name OF every perxoD
everywhere who ID suffering wiz
rheumatism. so we can send him a
free sample bottle OF HiIl's Rheumatic
remedy We don't care how long a.
now severe he has had 1t, AZ there ara
very few cases that have not yieIdaS
and been thoroughly cured with IL r
works at once. In twenty-four hour~
n stops the pain Don't take our vvorS
for it--test it at our expense Thia IA
not a new untried thing. For tyyentYe
Give years it has been regarded he
0hvsicians as practically the only cav.
tain treatment for this terrible die.
over 10000 Testimonials Like The...
MT e. M. Ehlers. Secty. Granl LOOT
OF Mason of New York City writes
mat. although sufferer xrom rheu-
matism for many years two doaoa
stopped all pam ana one bottle cured
Mr.. A. Goldman. Victoria. rexaa.
| aays: 'I am very well pleased with
your medicine; am Recommending 1t
than anything have ever tried"
Marshall F. W. Geraty. OF 20 Man
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| gears have tried almost every known
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| 4 took yours In foTty-eight houxaS
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n. z =
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/ RgenaEAez5zaA. WRITE %OVE-AaN
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
Ants That Sew.

A writer in the Visitor tells of par
ty of German naturalists recently re-
turned from Ceylon. who have reported
the existence of a species of ant that
has been observed in the act of sewing
two leaves together for the purpose of
forming a nest This report confirms
the observations of the English nat
uralist, Ridley, made in 1890. They
saw row of the insects pulling the
edges of leaves together, then others
trimming and fitting the edges and
finally the completion of the work by
still other ants, which fastened the
edges with a. silky thread yielded by
larvae of the same species, which the
workers carried in their mandib1es. It
is said that the sewing ants pass
the thread-giving larvae like shuttles
through holes in the edges Of the
leaves.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
MUNITIONS TAX
URGED TO MEET
CANADA'S BILLS

Ottawa, Feb. 16-Heavy taxation of
those best able to bear it, including
rnanufa cturers of munitions. was the
feature of the Dominion war budget
introduced in Parliament yesterday.
Finance Minister White announced
that the government would tax all alb
normal business profits for the period
from August 4, 1914, when the war
began, to August 8, 1917.
The tax will be rs per cent. of the
profits of all companies and corpora
tions earning in excess of z per cent.
Upon individuals, firms, partnerships
and associations the tax is to be a
quarter Of all profits above 10 per
cent. The taxation will not apply to
persons or firms whose capital is less
than $4,000 except when they are
engaged in manufacturing war NUM-
lions.
Provisions are made to prevent
evasion from taxation by stock water
ing and profit delaying. Canadian in
surance companies are obligated to
invest half the increase of their assets
in Dominion bonds. British, American
other foreign Insurance companies do
ing business in Canada will have to
deposit with the Canadian govern
ment Dominion bonds equal to the
amount of insurance they have writ
ten.
A customs duty of 80 cents a barrel
is imposed on apples and a duty Of
half a cent on oils and petroleum.
The Minister estimated an annual
revenue of s5O,O00,OOO from the new,
taxes. He said that Canada will be
able to make advances to the British
government for the purchase of sup
plies in the Dominion, and that
another domestic war loan soon would
be hoated.
The amount needed to carry on the
war for the coming year would be
S25OOOO,OOO, he estimated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
STOMACH UPSET?
Get At the Real Cause-Tale
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets.

That's what thousands of stomach
sufferers are doing now. Instead of
taking tonics, or trying to patch up a
poor digestion, they are attacking the
zeal cause of the ailment-clogged
liver and disordered bowels.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse
the liver in soothing, healing way,
when the liver and bowels are per-
forming their natural functions awav
goes indigestion and stomach trou-
bles.
mouth, tongue coated, appetite poor,
lazy, don't-care feeling. no ambition
or energy, troubled with undigested
food. you should take Olive Tablets,
the substitute for calomeL
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed
with Olive oil. You will know them
by their olive color. They do the
work without gripping, cramps or pain.
Take one or two at bedtime for
quick relief, so you can eat what you
like. At 1Oc and Csc per box. All
druggists The Olive Tablet Com
Lna11z- CoIunnhuS- O--AdY.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
COUGHING RELIEVED

The more you cough the more you
strain your throat, lungs and system,
Raise the ph1egm easily Without strain
or pain by taking Leonardfs Cough
Syrup (Creosoted). 1t is soothing,
healing, pleasant and effective. Best
thing for hacking coughs, deep seated
colds, bronchitis, Group, grippe and
whooping cough. A most beneficial
and safe treatment for children and
adults Save yourself from colds,
coughs and serious trouble. Get a
bottle of LeonardIs Cough Syrup (Cre-
,osoted) from your druggist today and
bring quick relief-25c. HindIe's
Drug stores, 987 Main street and 9O9
Main street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
DISTRICT OF BRLDGEPORT, So
PROBATE COURT.

February II, 1916.
Estate Of Emma E. Gumpe1 late or
the town of Bridgeport in said Dis
trict deceased.
The Court Of Probate for the Dis
trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and
allowed six months from the date
hereof for Creditors of said Estate to
Those who neglect to present their
exhibit their claims for settlement.
accounts, properly attested, within
said time, will be debarred a recovery.
All persons indebted to said Estate are
requested to make Immediate payment
to
REGINA GUMPEL,
Executrix.
Address Care Lavery & Finkelstone,
2O0-2O1 Newfeld Bldg, Bridgeport,
Conn. B15S#
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
ROOMS WANTED
Also Rooms With Board
Address With Particulars
p. o. Box 1921, City
STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, IS.
PROBATE COURT,

F'ebruary 10, 1916.
Estate of Annie M. Flynn late of
the town of Bridgeport, in said dis
trict, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the Dis
trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and
allowed six months from the date
hereof for Creditors OF said Estate to
exhibit their claims for settlement.
Those who neglect to present their ac-
counts, properly attested, within said
time, will be debarred a recovery. All
persons indebted to said Estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment
to
JOHN G. FLYNN,
Administrator
rs Freeman Street.
BIG SIP
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
SEEK rA1LARIoo's AssAhANT.

No clue to the assailant of Joseph
vet been found by the police. Tai
1arico is the man who was shot by
am unknown man at Wheeler avenue
and Main street about midnight Satur-
day.
Tallarico and I1lario DiLuca, MS
roommate, were on their way nome
when the shooting occurred Botn
profess ignorance of the identity OF the
assailant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
Lucky Boy

An extraordinary accident is report
ed from the neighborhood OF Maid
stone, England. A lad, eight years of
age, was flying kite when he stepped
backward into a forty foot quarrF, to
the great horror of the bystanders.
Fortunately for the little fellow, the
string of the kite was tight around his
wrist, and the kite, acting as a para
chute, efectua1ly broke the violence
of the fall, aid he was only slightly
bruised.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
STATE CIVIL SERVICE
REVISED RULES READY

Hartford, Feb. 16-The state civil
service commission has printed a re-
vision Of its rules and classification
of positions in the civil service. Addi-
lions and amendments to the rules as
last printed in December, 1914, take
effect March 1, 1916. Copies of the
rules may be obtained at the office
of the commission. at the state capitol
or will be mailed on request.
The commissions second annual re-
port also is ready for distribution.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
POLICE WANT EXERCISE.

Several policemen have expressed
their desire to procure the use of the
gymnasium at the new High school,
The younger members of the depart
ment have been imbued with an ath-
1etic spirit and they want the use of
the gym for bask etbalI and other ex-
ercises. The police board will be ask
ed to obtain the consent of the board
of education to allow the policem en-
the use of the gymnasium.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
HERBERT STRUCK BY
HAMMER IN BRAWII

Paul Herbert Of 1880 Pembroke
street. was struck on the head with
a hammer while engaged in a street
braw1 in East Main street last night
He received a liberation of the scalp
The wound was dressed at the ener-
gency hospital No arrests were
made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
Feel Young Again
CERTILAX CThe Certified
Iaxativel.

Beware OF the habit OF constipation.
Coax the overWorked bowel muscles
back to normal action with CERTI-
LAX, the certain laxative 1t is the
favoEtte prescription of an eminent
New York City Specialist, selected by
five hundred physicians, who have
tried out thousands of lsxatives and
decided upon CERTILAx as the best
They believe in gentleness, persisten
ey, and Natures assistance. CERT
LAX opens the bowels; their action
is gentle yet positive, never accom-
panied by gripping pain One at
night will give positive relief. GER
TILAX is FOR SALE AT ALL DRUG
STORES, or will be sent direct upon
receipt of price CURTIS CHEMICAL
GO, lit E. oath ST, NEW YORK,
PRICE, 1oc, Csc. soc. One at night
makes you right
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
Indoor OCCUPATION.

'sYou must take an interest in out
door sports,' said the physician.
81 do replied the indolent citizen.
'H1hey provide my main reading every
day ashington. Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
Waferspouts.

A waterspout is constantly spinning.
The moment it ceases it co1lapses. At
the distance of about a quarter of a
mile above the sea level its spfneling
speed has been estimated at six Iriles'
a minute
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16
Serious Responsibility.

The typist patiently has taught
Herself the keys to hammer.
You merely toss her out a thought
And she puts in the grammar
Chicago News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-16

Bea1s Becker, former Giant out
fielder, has been Internationally re-
leased by the Philadelphia Nationals
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-06-02


Dorothy facing him. the newspaper
clipping in her hand
"Ohl Obi" she cried. and again,
Obi"
She gulped.
And they accused him Of that! Il
cannot-must not--bs! will not have
1t! An American paper accuses him
OF that! Is there no justice In the
world? Is all charity dead? Couldn't
they wait TO hear his side Of 1t! What
IL 1t, father? What 10 IT."
/ There had come burst Of firing
| from outside the house. Upton hid
staggered back from the table, q
stream OF telltals blood from bic shout
der showing how obs at least Of the
hostile bullets was accounted for.
Keeling. he sat down suddenly In q
chair, the supine body, the sick look
upon his face, the sudden white about
the nose and the corners OF his mouth
show ing that he had suceumbed to
! the shock of Q high.bowsr bullet fred
from long range.
Dorothy sprans to aid him, laid
! him down upon the floor with pile OF
papers under his head, and tore iran
tically at the collar Of the brown fan.
mel shirt that seemed to cut OF his
breathing. Speeches., he resisted her
every effort to assist him. II was not
TIL Inconsistencies mercifully came
to shut OF the pain that she got view
OF the wotnd. IkW OF o. bad .
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-06-02

she had fearsd-simply . shot-h0ls IN
the shoulder at spot whore . ban
dsge could be readily applied.
Hastily she called to Miranda to get
her what little water remained In the
bucket. Meanwhile she tore hastily
some strips Of linen for the bandagss.
TIE pasteboard box interfering With
her work. she laid 1t upon the able
The old. brown Mexican woman ran
quickly back to the room and seized
the roll Of linen from the girls hands.
See. now! tits not 80 bad, So!
There 10 no bone broken, thsnks be to
the saints! 1t 10 but clean shothols
and will heal in q fortnight. The
fsinting? Saints and angels! It 10 but
the shock Of wound on . man who
has no food In his belly"
30 she gabbled on, oblivious to all
save the man who lay upon the 6oor.
Dorothy picked w the note and read
It carefully. drawing her breath hard.
So that was It! Hts life was to be
bartsred for Q stone-a green stone
= mere emerald! In that moment she
knew that HE life was more to her
than tho wealth Of all the Indiss--and
that she had found it out too late!
II he were spared--if he could 10
spared, she would show him, II need
be she would tell him frankly. She
would ask Marian.
She remembered now how Marian
had TESTED In the cavalry camp with
her over this very Qussti0h--And she
dropped her head upon her arms. 4
sharp corner OF the pasteboard box
struck her forshsad. She gave 1t An
impatient push and It dropped to tbs
floor. making = sharp, tinkling noise
as It landed. Dorothy glanced down
casually Ut It. only to rise and stand
rs one pstrifed, her eyes upon the
open box and its contents, now come to
view.
For there. in the middle Of the Of.
ice floor. released from Its wrsppings-
there lay at her fest, staring ct her
with green, uIwinking syss-ths EN-.
srsld Bell!
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-06-02

The hours Of the night passed with
leaden feet. The eyes of the watchers
were strained with looking for the
dawn to break over the eastern ranges.
After putting his papers In order all
night long. Upton found relief--or at
least surcease from worry--by work
ing over his machine, tinkering here
and there till he had built up species
of iron-clad automobile that would
have sickened the soul of the maker
He was called from his work by the
insistent voice Of Dorothy calling him
to breakfast. While he was eating, =
sandwich in one hand, his rife In the
other a hail from autside the house
brought him to his loophole Three
men stood within easy rife range Of
the house. dirty white cloth pro
claiming them to b. messengers from
the rebels.
Hastily he laid his rife against the
house, and motioning the Mexieans to
lay aside their arms, he signaled them
TO come forward. Then, with eau.
tion to Nolan and Lewis to shoot ON
the first sign Of treachery. he strobe
forward TO meet them.
There was no discussion. The senior
officer, Colonel Mayer, simply handed
him bulky envelope, which Upton
thrust into hts shirt. and, saluting
stitiy, faced about and walked quick.
ly down toward the trees In the hol.
low. Upton stood watching them and
the movement among the trees where
Wilkes and Manuel lay concealed.
A shot from cover--and very long
range shot II was warned him that al
dealings with him were over until he
was ready to give his reply to the note.
So. signing, he turned quickly back
into the house, opening the note ss he
cid 30. The clipping from the news
paper took first attention. Again. and
yet again he stared at the headlines, o.
, II they were unbelievable.
Walking like q man In trance. he
strobe across the great main. room. He
opened the office door and entered-to
face Dorothy, seated in chair, 3 pile
Of ore samples In her lap As she held
them one by one to her eyes, Galsha.
copper sulphates, gold and silver--she
passed them over with . casual look.
A piece OF brilliant a2urite caught her
fancy; she leaned forward to pick 1t
up.
Upton srasped her roughly by the
shOuiIt..
What are you doing in here?" he
demanded CURLY. 1t was the first
harsh word she had ever received from
her father.
oh! Let 20. father: you are hurt
ing me. I saw the door was open and
l came in"
The door 10 still open. You can 20
out-go!"
Tears came to her eyes. for the girl
loved her father very dearly. She gath
cred up the samples that she had taken
from the safe and replaced them care.
fully in the lowest compartment. AZ
she rose to her feet her hand knocked
from the shelf In the safe q little paste
board box that fell to the floor. and,
striking on corner. rolled out into
the room. opening as 1t did so.
Upton sprang forward to pick It up,
dropping the open note from his out
stretched hand. He seized the box,
which he thrust roughly into the bo-
som of his shirt. and turned to md