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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Is Laeqasr Ware poernsd7

The ancient Japanese art Of lacquer.
ing Is tn danger Of extinction, for the
supply Of lacquer Is threatening to
give out. Lacquer is made from the
juice Of the lacquer tree or varnish
tree It forms very hard surface
and stands heat to such an extent that
the Japanese use lacquered vessels for
hot drinks. They consume about 200
tons Of lacquer every year for ali sorts
Of articles. both for export and home
usework boxes, tables, fire screens,
trays, bread baskets, carriages and mu-
steal instruments. Three-f6urths Of
the lacquer comes from. China, but so
much has been used Of late years that
the demand exceeds the supply
The lacquer tree is something ike
an ash and takes good time to grew
to maturity The method sby which
the sap is handled Is vasteful it costs
q great deal to get the yarnish to a
market and the native exporters have
the monopoly Of it These causes to-
gether account for the shortage Of the
supply.-London Standard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
CROSSES OCEAN
IN Vain SEARCH
FOR HER HUSBAND
Court Refuses Divorce to
Woman Who Says Spouse
Has Deserted Her.

Upon hearing that her husband had
come to this city from Australia, May
Gould left England and brought her
child here in search of the missing
spouse. She didn't find her husband
whose name is William J. Gould, and
she appeared before Judge Reed in
the superior court this afternoon to
seek a divorce upon the ground of
desertion.
. Mrs. Gould declared she heard
while in England that her husband
was living at 70 Waterman street III
this city. She went to that address
but could find no trace of Gould. Mrs
Gould declared she married the de-
PENDANT in England in 1911. In 1912
he sal he was going to Australia to
work an would send for his wife
later. She did not hear from him
after that but learned by neighbor-
hood gossip that he was supposed to
be in this city, The court continued
the case because he was not satisfied
desertion had been proved. The
fact that Gould said he intended to
send for his wife influenced the court
to think no assertion was intended
The man might have simply lost
track Of his family, Judge Reed de-
clared. ~
Martha Schwarz Of this city was
freed from John Schwarz of this city
on the ground OF desertion, Novem-
Der %, 1913. Mrs. Schwarz said her
husband drank heavily and often
beat her. She was allowed the Gus
tody of two minor children.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Chewing the Crude Rubber.

About the first process rubber goes
through on the way to become p tire
or tube isS mast1cation, After the
crude Para is washed 1t Ia broken up
into Jumps and tossed into the crack
ers. These are machines with heayg
rollers, which take the rubber In be-
tween them and chew 1t, Entering
the masticating room of a factory, the
first impression Is that there Is brush
fire burning or else there is den OF
snakes at hand, The rubber snaps and
craekles like burning branches and
then Misses shudd eringly. The stuf Is
kept at until it comes up In regular
sheets, very thin and looking like Q
sort OF cake busted with crumbs. Then
after thorough drying in vacuum cham
bers 1t Is ready to be put in with the
chemicals and other things that make
up the compound-NewY York Sun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Henry james. Aidvsrbs.

Stevenson spotted the unconsctonablel
repetition OF certain adiectives IN
Frederick Hudson but probably the
most marked characteristic Of Henry
James style is his passion for adverbs
and adyerbial clauses. He is the most
adverbial OF English writers, You will
find more adverbs to the page than
even In Meredith. And he had a quaint
habit Of putting the adverb before
the verb, when most writer's would
put 1t after. One Of his ladies (for ex-
amples are taken at random) thank
fully felt. another "quite beautifully
and tenderly smiled" And "after air
crops up all over the place. But one
would not have these things altered:
they were part of the man. One does
object to them, however. In his imi-
tators, who have learned the trick, but
missed the spirit behind it.--London
Chronicle,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Salt Means Much to Health.

tsIf the human race should be deprived
of salt, even for period Of a few
months" said physician, 1--WE would
not only lose natural healthful incen-
tive for our food, but disease, with all
its attendant miseries, would spread
with such relentless speed as to defy
the efforts of the most skillfu1 doctors
of the land. Ailing persons frequently
refuse sugar, but they seldom turn up
their noses at common salt. That is be-
cause there is in the body a deficiency
of chloride of sodium, and nature iutui-
lively excites the desire for it. Salt is
essential to health and life and is as
much food as bread or flesh. 1t there
is no wish for salt in a person doctors
uniformly conclude that disease in some
form is lurking unsupported in the sys-
tenn"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
BRIDGEPORT'S
REGISTRATION
PLACES NAMED

Registration places for each Of the
13 stations that will be established
under the Federal Conscription act
have been announced in this city to-
day by Mayor Wilson. With the ex-
ception of City Hall all the places are
to be- located in public school build
ings.
According to voting districts they
are as follows:
4 First district, City Hall. End dis
trfct, Myrtle avenue school; 3rd dis
trfct, whittier school: 4th. Clinton
avenue school; 5th MapleWood avenue
school; 9Th, Shelton school, 7th, Old
High school. Congress- street; 9Th
Read school. North avenue; 9th. Still.
man street school; 10th Barnum
school, Noble avenue; 18th, Nichols
street school; 18th (frst precinct).
Summerfield school. Grant street,
10Th district (seconds precinct) Lin
coin school. Stratford and central
avenues.
Fifteen hundred registrars have
been selected by Mayor Wilson to
supervise the CONSUMPTION registra-
ton, They are to be notified by mail
today. and will serve without pay as
patriotic duty to their country.
Because of apprehension exist
ing about the city that's police and
aremen OF conscriptive age, as well as
civil employees in the government SER
vice, that they are exempted from
registration, it may be stated upon
authority that every male resident or
visitor in Bridgeport between the
ages of 81 and 80 inclusive, must reg
tier.
This will include even prisoners In
the police cells and the county jail
patients in hospitals, f1remen. police
men and militiamen not already fed
eralized, AS to letter carriers and
clerks in the civil federal service. the
act specifically provides that they
must register. The enrolment regis
trars must also register themselves
according to a specific provision of the
law,
Sheriff Simeon Pease announced
today that he had made arrange
ments to supervise registration in the
| Jail on June 5. Commissioner Stanley
has also taken means to register tran.
silent residents in the cells of the var.
! ious precinct stations. Orders have
been issued to all policemen to regis.
ter.
1t is said that those believing them.
selves subject to exemption under the
| act because they are working in the
government service, or have enlisted
| in the militia and naval forces but
have not been called into active SER
vice, or are policemen and firemen
should so state on the last line of the
| registration blank. These exemptions
will later be considered by a special
board of inquiry to be appointed by
! the government.
Registrars are to be sworn in at the
High school auditorium at 1880 Sun.
| day evening:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
& Him For YOUNG Romeoe.

If the hero has no bad habits he
should acquire some or at least lead.
her to believe that he has one or two
Courtship isn't complete unless the
heroine can beg him to quit something
that is destroying his sweet health OIL
worse still, something that makes him
almost bold, bad man. She used to
beg and beg us to quit gambling, ana
a few years after the wedding she was
cruel enough to tell US that she knew
all the time that we were not gam
bier. She was just humoring us.
Claude Callan in Fort Worth Star
Telegram.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
The Magnetic Needle!

There are two places on the earth's
surface where the magnetic needle
must point due south. They are not
easy places to- reach. One is in the
arctic regions north Of the northern
magnetic pole on the line between that
pole and the geographical north pole.
The other is in the antarctic regions,
south Of the southern magnetic pole.
on the line between that spot and the
geographical south pole. In the first
case the point of the needle is attract
ed to the northern magnetic pole. In
the second case the other end of the
needle is attracted to the southern
magnetic pole.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
In a French War Hospital.

Serving community Of fifty three
course meaEsoup, meat and vege-
tables and desserts imam size prop
osit1on,- says Hlizabeth Frazer In the
Saturday Evening Post. Serving it on
bed tables, often cutting up the food
and feeding the armless patients, fur.
Their complexities the task. The first
day completely lost my head. My
clamorous young brood, nine Of whom
were under twenty-five, reminded me
Of nothing so much as nestful of
yawning baby robins waiting to be
fed.
It was: "Look out for my leg,
meesr' .1More bread, meesp' my
serviette, meesr' Have you forgotten
me, mees7'' my soups tipped into
my bed! I'm afloat, mees!r And all
In rapid bubble Of French that made
my head spin. At last in sheer des-
peration 1 addressed them In the
American language: AYou darned
kids-shut upv'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Don't Complaint

Don't Complaint
The world is full Of complainers.
Some complain Of Ill health, many OF
Ill fortune and most of all Of Ill luck.
A pound Of pluck is worth ton Of
luck. It is not JAfect world. Who
is well every day throughout the year
without an ache, a pain or cough?
Who is perfect in physique, In tenn
per, In deed and word and conscience?
What man or woman Is without a
weakness or reason at times for mis-
givings or cause at times for repent
ance?
1t is world Of foibles, fads and ia
uatics. If we were all perfect the
preachers would be needless. Heaven
would be on earth.
There Is comfort in the thought that
the striking differences we find among
men and women make the world at
tractive. II all were alike the monoto-
nv would be unbearable.
Think OF these things when you feel
like repining over Ill health, Ill fortune,
i'll trea tment or i'll luck.
Misery loves company, and there are
always "others." III ohm A. Sleicher In
Leslie's,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
The Barking Wolf.

The prairie wolf, the coyote of the
Mexicans, is the American representa-
tive of the old world jackal. 1t is
thirty six to forty inches long, with a
tail measuring sixteen to eighteen
inches. Its color is usually yellowish
grayfon the back and sides, with black
cloudings. The under parts and inside
of limbs are of dirty white tint. The
cry is sort of swapping bark, and for
this reason the animal is known as the
barking wolf. 1t lives and breeds IN
burrows and has its young in April,
often ten at time. It hunts in packs
and is very fleet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Gray Hairs Cart Nah. Ysu Old.

Gray Hairs Cart Maks Yeu Old.
People do not grow old SO fast as
they used to. Time was when the Ia
theirs and the mothers seldom left
home. -
They would not think OF taking part
In any sort OF frivolous conversation. i
Grandfather and father, too, went
around the house with a dark as the
tomb" sort Of face, and IT the Young
folk got too hilarious "Tut, tut you
would hear them say. s..
Now granddad enjoys good play, a
football game. and baseball game
makes him az young az the next one.
Bsavol That is the right idea. Don't
give up to the gray hairs.
Silver threads should not absorb ali
the golden hues from your life.
Keep abreast OF the times. Read up
20 you can converse with your chiE
dren on modern topics.
Interest yourself In their work and
their play. Help them play and you
win keep your heart young.-Lcs An
geles Herald. n
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Bell With the Wall Of 4 Child.

A queerly shaped gong which occu-
pies a position of honor In the center
Of the city Of Seoul. Korea, is said to
be one of the largest In the world and
is called '.the bell with the we'll Of q
child ia It's voice. When frst cast
the bell sounded with q harsh and
cracked note, and the superstitious en-
peror, fearing an Ill omen, consulted
with his mszicians. These gentlemen
held a long confab and finally stated
that the bell would never sound right
until a live child was given to 1t, The
mass was then melted again, and q
live baby was thrown into the molten
metal, The wall of agony uttered by
the little tot as the bronze engulfed
it seemed to be repeated every time
the bell was toiied. and today the Ko-
reans still claim that the wall Of a
child can be heard in the voice of the
metal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
The LIttI. ov.t.r Crab.

The Little Oyster Crab
The captain OF q foreign ship, In port
at Baltimore, at an entertainment CIV
en- by friends was delighted with the
oysters which were on the menu. Just
before the ship sailed these friends
sent to 1t several barrels of these oys-
tiers as present to the captain. When
he made the trip back to this country
his friends asked him how he liked the
oysters. He said: HDon't you know,
we had to throw nearly all OF them
overheard. They were no good. Prac-
Hcally every one Of them had a live
insect on the inside, and, knowing they
were not At to eat, we let the whole
lot go to Davy JONES' Investigation
showed that the insect was the little
oyster crab, which is great deIicacy,
preferred by many to the oysters them
selves, and which the eptcure knows
as sure guarantee Of the quality Of
the bivalye. It was good joke on
those sending and the one receiving
the present, at which neither side
laughed very much.-C Christian Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
ELLA d. sEEIEY

Funeral services were held at 2:30
this afternoon for Ella D., wife of
Henry ]. See1ey, at her late home. 1437
Park avenue. Rev. Ernest f. Weise,
pastor of the Grace NJ e. church,
where Mrs. SeeIey had been for years
one of the most active workers, con-
Quoted the services. Hundreds of
friends from this and other cities
throughout the state, where Mrs. See
lev was known because of her work
with the Woman's Relief corps, were
present The numerous beautiful
floral tributes banked about the casket
attested the esteem with which she
was held by all who knew her A
large delegation was present from the
womans Relief corps of the Elias
Howe, Jr., post. Burial was in Noun
tain Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Wanted q Studious Air.

A certain widely known character of
the Rialto appeared on Broadway the
other day bearing huge pair of tor
toise shell glasses athwart his nose
Didn't know you wore glasses a
friend told him in surprise. 81 never
have he answered, fsbut think they
give me a studious air. "But don't
they impair your sight?' persisted the
other. "Oh, no." was the response.
II can see as well as ever when
look over the rims."-Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
] UncaIIad Eor courta.x.

The vicomte Toussaint was former
" colonel In the French army and
mayor of Toulouse. He was q brave
man and a dashing officer. During
one of the hottest engagements Of a
terrible year of war, noticing that his
troops We're bending forward under a
CALLING fire to escape the bullets OF
the enemy while he alone maintained
an erect position, he exclaimed, "Since
when, should like to know, has SC
much poiiteness been shown to the
enemy?' The sarcasm took instan.
tane0us effect, for the. soldiers rushed
forward and carried everything before
them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Ssisnius.a IL Sensitive,

By substituting selenium cell for
the human eye at the telescope M.
Fournie d'Albe believes It would be
possible to detect stars five magni-
tudes fainter than any now observable,
thus enormously increasing the powers
of the greatest instruments. Theoreti-
cally selenium cell of sixteen square
inches would register the light Of a
twenty eighth magnitude star, but this
would require longer exposure several
days-than would be practicable.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
shoddx Tricks of Writina.

In ssThe Art OF Writing" Sir Arthur
CUTLER Couch, inveighing against the
.strick of elegant variation" criticises
a certain undergraduates essay on By
ron. In an essay on Byron, he says,
Byron is, or ought to be, mentioned
many times. But my undergraduate
has blushing sense that to call Byron
twice on one page is indicate. So
Byron, after starting bravely as Byron,
In the second sentence turns into that
great but unequal poet and thence
forward have as much trouble with
Byron as ever Telemachus with Pro-
teus to hold and pin him back to his
proper self" Among the truly won
derful variations recorded by Sir Ar
thur are '.the gloomy master Of New
stead" "the meteoric darling of socie-
ty," the apostle of scorn" and "the
martyr Of Missolonghf.' =
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
MARRIED.
HENDRICKS-LAUE star
ford, May 10, Milford Hendricks of
South Norwalk and Miss Jennie
Lauerseu.
MARRIED.
DIED.

HINCKLEY-In Danbury, May 22,
Amos Hinckiey, aged 10 years.
IYNOH-In Danbury, May 23, Mich
ael J. Lynch, aged 40 years
KLEINERT-In Stamford, May 81,
Emma M. K1einert.
sKURZ-In Stamford, May 22, Will
liam ]. Kurz, age SO years
POMEROY-In New Milford, Clinton
C. Pomeroy, aged IA.
ROBINSON Westport, May FL,
John H. Robinson.
CLARKE Norwalk, May 20,
Flora A, wife of William A. Clark
SMITH-In NorwaIl<, May 20, Miss
Catherine M. Smith, aged FL.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Do You Know That Il

. Do You Know That
. A little cough often ends in a
y large coffin?
o Bodily vigor protects against !
q colds?
. Careless sneezing, coughing, /.
o splitting, spread colds?
o Open air exercise cures colds?
. overheated, air tight rooms be-
o get colds?
. Neglected colds often forerun
. pneumonia?
. Persistent, oft repeated colds
. indicate bodily weakness?
. Efficiency decreases as fatigue
. increases?
. A cold bath every morning is
. the best complexion remedy -.
o United States Public Health
o Service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
THOMAS MCCARTHY

The funeral of Thomas McCarthJ
was held from his home, 2S9 Black
Rock avenue. this morning at $3.50 and
at 8 o'clock from Sacred Heart church
where Rev, Thomas Mooney celebrated
requiem high mass At the Offer
the services. THY Will Be Done" and
as the body vas borne from the church
Nearer, My God, to Thee The
bearers were John Higgins, James
Reilly, John Kelly, Patrick Reilly, Dan
iel sO'NeiI, John Rublesky. Tnterment
was in the family plot in st. Mich
aeTs cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Philips Reminder.

Philip, father of Alexander, had a
servant whose sole business it was to
remind him that he was human. It
is said accordingly that he never went
from the house and, having returned,
never gave audience to any one with
out first this servant saying to him
three times in a loud voice, philip,
thou art but mang'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
The

The hen is nowhere noticed in the
Old Testament 1t is mentioned in the
New Testament, however, in Matthew
xiii, 81, and Luke xiii, a. That a bird
SO common in Palestine should receive
such slight notice is considered to be
singular
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Let Him Say Something.

Let Him Say Something.
"I'm just waiting for my husband to
complain about my extravaganza this
month";
'tReady to give him an argument,
eh2"
'.You bet am. BY mistake his golf
club checks came to the house, and I've
got 'em."-Detroit Free Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
NOTICE

GAELIC FOOTBALL GAME BE-
TWEEN BRIDGEPORT AND NEW
HAVEN WILL BE POSTPONED TILL,
FURTHER DATE.
MR. CLEAGH, State Manager
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Doesn't Know How.

Albert, aged three and a half, had
failed to respond to verbal reprimand,
and at last his mother said: "If you
don't behave you will have to be
spanked. You would not like that.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
Order Of Notice



Bridgeport, May "a, A D., 1917.
Upon the complaint of the said
Rose Nenais, praying for reasons
therein set forth, for a divorce and
that her name be changed to Rose
Chezentz, returnable to the Superior
Court in and for Fairfield County, on
the first Tuesday of June, 1917,
1t appearing to and being found
by the subscribing authority that
Frank NenIs the said defendant Is abb
sent from this. State and gone to parts
lunknown.
Therefore Ordered, that notice Of
the pendeney Ct aala compliant pe.
Brideport Farmer . newspaper print
ed In bridgeport, three times success
lively. commencing ON or before the
gath day Of May, a; p, 1917.
. WM. HAVFLAND,
Clerk 8f the Superior Court for Fair
HEAD County,.
RssB y.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
RiaInt M Line.

Have your millions enabled your
children to marry well ~
Rather: My daughter married a
cabaret dancer and my son is engaged
to prominent chorus girl. We're
headed for the best society now
Pittsburgh Post.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25

The SWISS police found IN one OF the
prinrtpa1 hotels of Gensva a NEST OF
German and Austrian spies Eight
arrests were made. Including the cor
.respondHnt of the FrankfurtHr Eel
tznE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
OBITUARY
SARAH HARVEY

Sarah, widow Of Philip Harvey, died
this morning at her home, 40 Calhoun
avenue. Mrs. Harvey was a devout
member of st. Augustine's church and
had lived in this city many years. She
is survived by three daughters, Mrs.
NJ j., Lane, Mrs. J. F. Donnelly and
Mrs. P. A Hazel, a son, Edward, and
two sisters, Mrs Mary A. Kelly and
Mrs. Lizzie Martin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
TERRIFIC LAKE STORMS.

sault Ste Marie, Mich. May a5-s
Two steamers have gone ashore as a
result of terrific storms on Lake SUI
perior.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25

Eighty-eight corporations and in
dividuals were indicted by the Federal
Grand Jury in Boston for conspiring
to monopolize interstate commerce
in onions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-25
would your

would your
II wouldn't like daddy to spank me"
was the quick response.
"Why not?'
He doesn't know how. He hurts"
Life,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-10-11
HALF DAY PLAN
PROVES SUCCESSFUL

The Oak Grove district. which has
the finest rural school building in Ore
gon, has tried out successfully a new
innovation, the halliday plan. Owing
to the fact that it was necessary to be-
gin school during the month of August
in order to allow three or four weeks
for vacation during the apple picking
season, the district introduced the
halliday teaching plan. By commence
ing school at 8 So'clock and closing at
IL. 10 p. m.; allowing for two short in
termissions, the children accomplished
as much during the four hours of in
tensive study as could have been car
ried out by compelling the children to
remain in school during the sultry af-
ternoons. The children have been able
to lend helping hand to their parents
during the busy season.
The pupils have demonstrated to the
tax payers that their efforts are not in
vain, by carrying off many blue rib.
bons at the county fair. The canning
club was easy winner at the fair.
Mrs. Guy Ellis has coached the can
ming club during the summer and de-
serves much praise for her untiring eff.
forts in their behalf.