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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-09

her and imposed her IN a nunnery.
Ill-clad and ill-fed she spent twenty
four years of this torture One Of
the most pitifu1 love letters ever writ
ten, was addressed by Eudoxia to
Major Glebof, soldier who, by his
kindness. had inspired passion in the
breast of the luckless ex-czarina To
her lover she wrote:
Come to me. Without thee I shall
die. Send me but a crust of bread
that thou has bitten with thy teeth.
or the waistcoat thou has often worn.
that I may have something to. bring
me near thee 4
In 1903 Peter privately married
Catherine, a girl of peasant bir.a. who
had been courtesan. mad who was
the spouse of Swedish dragon when
Peter first cast Amorous eyes upon
her. He was infatuated with her. She
was of Livonian birth, and possessed
a voluptuous figure and was an ex-
pert at ironing shirts. In one of his
love letters to Catherine, while he was
away on a campaign, Peter sighed. sI
am dull without you-and there is
nobody to take care Of my Shirts
When Peter was away. lighting the
tickle Catherine amused herself with
intrigues with her courtiers. One of
these affairs came to the attention of
Peter, and he chopped off the head
of the guilty man and exposed it to
the public view on scaffold In the
palace yard Later Peter had the de-
capitated head preserved in spirits
and placed in a bottle in the Empress
apartments, but this horrid souvenir
of her love affair did not daunt Cath
crime. who remained tickle and faith
less to the last When Peter died,
after very severe suffering, in 1875,
the former peasant girl assembled the
throne as Empress Catherine Il and
-.-:=ss - assrocrar or all the Russians
until her death in 1727
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-09

neer, was arrested and charged with
violating the federal postal laws. Z
The three men shown in the picture
were heldNin heavy bail on a charge
Of conspiring to send mail to Europe
Through other than the authorized
channels. They are, from left to
right, Harry F.. PERISH, thirty-two, of
Far Rockaway, whose bond was made
SIS, 900: Irving Bonaparte, thirty
four, of 964 Fox street, Bronx, bail
$4,000. and AxellB. Me1char. thirty
two, of 164 East, 122d street, bail
$25, 600. Persist and Bonaparte are
emploges Of the Al1gemeine Elektri-
citaets Gesel1schaft of IT Battery
place. Me1char keeps a saloon near
the water front in Brooklyn.
The government alleges they sent
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-09
FITZPATRICK DEATH BE
ACCIDENTAL, FINDS
CORONER PHELAN

Accidental death was the finding of
Coroner Phelan yesterday morning in
the case OF John M. Fitzpatrick, the POI
liceman who was electrocuted June 8
when he picked up live wire at
Noble avenue and Ashley street. The
coroner found the wire had been in
spected last week but the friction of
tree branches rubbing against the wire
had worn off the insulation. Kilpat-
rick lived at 1913 Sixth street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-09
SAILED FROM NEW YORK
FOR RUSSIA "A YEAR AGO

New York, June 9--The American
steamer Frederick, 1873 tons gross,
owned by the United States Steamship
Co. of New York, left here Jan. 2,
1915, for Archangel, Russia. The
Frederick was built in 1874. in will
n1ington, Del, and was formerly
known as the Hudson. The ship was
in command of Capt Riobbin and car
ried a crew of 81 men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-09
Registrations Less
Than Census Estimate

Washington, June - Estimates
based on complete returns from seven
states end the District of Columbia
Indicated a registration OF about per
cent less than census estimates of ell
igfbles About half of the men regis
tered stated conditions on which ex-s
cmption might, but not necessarily
will be, based.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-09
ABOLISH RUSS CALENDAR.

Vladivostok, Siberia. June 9--Local
papers announce that the old style or
Russian calendar has been abolished,
and hereafter all dates will be reck-
oned by the new style or western
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-09
CHILD SCALDED TO
DEATH; FALLS INTO
TUB OF HOT WATER

New Britain, June 9.-Clara Mer-
sugliano, four years old, was scalded
to death at her parents home in
Plainvi1le yesterday. The child fell
into a tub of boiling water.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-09

CORTEZ G. ROCKWELL, plumb
ing and Heating. jobbing q speciality,
1861 Main and Hillside avenue.
Phone 1892. B 10 stf
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-09

Feeling that there are too many
automobiles on the road for public
safety determined effort is being
made every Sunday to smash up and
get rid of a lot of them. y
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-09

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE
SEEDS
JOHN RECK q SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-09

Farmer Want Ads. one oens :. -
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
Safety First Here

Yesterday a small boy came very near
being badly hurt when a car, carefully and
slowly driven, struck him and knocked him
down at the corner of San Francisco street
and Don Gaspar avenue.
This corner is the one place In Santa Fe
where a traffic policeman should be sta
toned continuously. If something is not
done there is sure to be a bad accident one
OF these days. If it is too much to ask
a policeman to stand in the middle Of the
street, he could be given an upholstered
chair; or better yet, a big red iron post
with a sign on 1t could be erected in tho
middle of San Francisco street at the in
tersection and every car made to turn on
the proper side of the post. A car going
five miles an hour at this corner is a men
ace to pedestrians unless a traffic officer is
on the job.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
C. O. P. Dearly Loves
To Spend the Money
Gallup Independent. J

The Mckinley county Republicans
we're Just kidding the Democrats at the
election frauds trial at Santa Fe a few
weeks ago. 1t cost the local gang sew
eral hundred dollars to finance that
trial, as far as we know from the col
l~ections that wer6 male in the city
for that purpose. 1t will cost the local
Republican gang from $500 to $4,000
to carry their appeal to the higher iourt.
The Republican gang is 81 anxious to
spend this money that they have saved
all their best evidence to spring at the
supreme court hearing. They are 60
ing to spring such surprises at the up
per court hearing that 1t will make
the cost of this election fraud look like
a piece of gum that has been ohawed
on for a month. These Republicans
would rather spend $500 any day than
to have their best evidence related at
the hearing on first trial. Pending the
hearing the Dmocrats await with pleas
ure your sensations. Democrats must
have sensations even IL they cost $4,000
apiece.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
Proverbial Law-B Breaker
Harrington Times-H

A paper in this state is urging the sa-
loonkeepers to begin observing the state law
and town and city ordinances il they do
not want the state to go dry in November.
But are the people of such short memory
as all that? The saloon is a proverbial law
breaker and defer. Over in Pennsylvania
the other day a saloonkeeper was discovered
who mad provided busters which he fur
nished free to officers and men SO that
they coynd cover up their uniform while
purchasing booze at his bar. Multiplying in
stances Of this kind has made it advisable to
abolish the saloon as an institution dom.
plctely.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
PREPAREDNESS

AS Mary was clearing the table she re-
marked shyly to her mistress:
please, mum, I'm thinking I'll have to
give you noticef
Notice, Mary?" exclaimed the lady of
the house, in surprise. But what for? Why
do you want to leave%
"Oh. num- said Mary, twisting her
fingers coyly together, I'm thinking about
getting married"
And who is the happy man, may | ask?'
questioned the mistress, her interest in a
love story promptly aroused.
"He sits across the chapel from me-
And what's his manner"
II ~don't-don't know" confessed the maid.
What" You're surely not engaged TO
marry a man whose name you don't know?'
Not exactly engaged, num-" corrected
Mary, but he's been lookin' at me, and
think he'll soon be Observation-Disclosures
Press.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
The Booze Question

HAf" LEa. ~ -
President Wilson appears to be sidestep-
ping the issue of Bread or Beer, Cornbread
or Cornwhisky, Tortillas VS.. Tequila.
The president apparently has agreed to
the Stopping Of distilling, but has taken a
stand for the continued manufacture of beer
and wines; evidently on the theory that the
use Of beer and wines is more universal and
their Intoxicating effects less.
AS d matter Of fact it isn't a question of
universally of use or degrees of harmful-
ness. Statisticians declare that the manu-
facture of beer uses a greater amount of
foodstuffs in this country than does
that of whisky. 1t is a plain, open and shut
issue of bread or booze We nave had it
hammered into us that this nation is facing
a tremendous food emergency; that IL we
are able to grow the maximum crops OF
every foodstuff this year we shall still face
the most serious shortage of national nour
ishment the country has ever seen. The
government is d~eluging the country with
recipes to use substitutes for -four, substi-
tutes for meat, substitutes for this and that;
we are urged to forego the use of dozens
OF common articles Of food, to utilize things
which we never before thought Of as human
food, to put forth every effort Of which we
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
Huge Mirror Ready
To Climb Mountain
To Big Observatory

Pasadena, Cal. July IA mirror weigh
ing Az tons, necessary to complete the
Mount Wilson observatory telescope, was
today to be taken from here over a rugged
winding mountain road on the last leg of its
Journey which began twelve years ago in
fSt. Gobain,. France, to the summit Of Mt.
Wilson. approximately 5000 feet above Pasa.
dena. l6sg ~ st3aGl (,
Representing many months Of labor dur
ing which the great block Of glass has been
ground SO accurately that the slightest
changes In temperature affect it's surface,
noticeahly, the mirror has been carefully
Iencased in layers of carded wool and packed
in a huge octagonal crate, paranfie lined
to make it air-tight. The crate will rest
in a credle of heavy timbers, with a series
Of springs adjusted between the inner wall
of the cradle and the container, to absorb
any shock likely to result when the precious
load Is carried up the mountain on a large
automobile truck. 8
It probably will be three months before
the mirror finally is mounted and ready for
use OF the astronomers.
The mirror is 1Ol inches in diameter, 10
inches thick, and has a concave surface.
The rough case made at st. Gobain in 1905,
weighed approximately 5h tons, but it's
weight was reduced in the grinding which
was begun in Pasadena in 1911 under the d.
rection Of DR.. G. W. Ritchey Of the observ-
atory. The mirror did not arrive in Pasa-
dena until 1909, four years after it was cast,
after which two years were spent in search
ing for a better specimen of glass, and an
other was spent in grinding, perfecting, and
mounting a Din plane mirror with which
to test the huge disk. The 100inch tele-
scope for which the mirror was made is
practically complete except for the installa-
ton Of the huge reflector.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
FEARED THE INcINERAToR

Peggy Boyer, the little daughter of Prof.
and Mrs. HI. M. Boyer, is a pupil in the
Irvington school,.
A few months ago an epidemic Of measles
swept the school, with the result that many
children were absent. Peggy finally sue
cumbed. ALI went well. however, and at
the end of a fortnight she was quite able
to return to school. But the mere sug-
gestion of going back to school was re-
ceiyed with CONSERVATION, Peggy didn't
want to return; in fact, she was panicky
over the thought.
"Why is it, Peggy, that you don't want
to go back to school," questioned her
mother,
Peggy answered.: Because the teacher is
going to burn mt UP in the furnace
What do you mean. Peggy, dear? Tell
me-" demanded the puzzled parent. And
Peggy said:
well, she said that after anyone had been
absent three days she would drop them from
the register. Oregon Journal.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
\ YOUNG WIDOW

An editor, apropos of William Dean How
els eightieth birthday, said:
"Mr. Howells is as modest as he is gifted.
His publisher once showed him a sketch for
a prospectus that praised him warmly. Mr..
Howells drew his pencil through certain
adjectiyes, and said that they
made him feelSlike the young widow.
A young widow, he explained, had carved
on her husbands tombstone when he died:
Sacred to the memory of John Doe, who
departed this life in the tifty-seventh year
Of his age bitterly regretting that he must
leave the most beautiful and best of wives..
philadelphia Bulletin.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
MASTER OF PROPORTIONS

An eager young teacher was reviewing
the Sunday-chool lesson in a mission church
in Brooklyn. The subject was Moses and
the bush that burned without being con-
sumed. The boys of IL and IL had been
greatly interested in the story and were now
eager to expose their knowledge. Answers
followed her questions with the rapidity OF
a machine gun.
Now, Harry, it's your turn"
"Yessum,, was the confident answer.
Tell me what there was about this burn
ing bush that was different from any bushes
that have burned since"
The boy knew-you could tell from the
swapping of his eyes-but he paused to form
hlate his words.
why, ma'am, you see this here bush 1t
burned up-but it didn't burn down."
The teacher could not have explained 1t
better herself.-Youth's Companion.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
NATURALLY

The inspector was examining a school and
all the class had been specially told before
hand by it steacher, Don't answer unless
you are most certain your answer is cor
rect" StE
The subject was history.
who" asked the inspector, was the
mother Of the great Scottish hero and king,
Robert Bruce?'
He pointed to the boy in front OF him
and then round the class. There was no
answer. Then at last the heart of the
teacher leaped for joy. The boy who was
standing at the very foot indicated that he
knew. :.
well. my boy" continued the inspector.
"who was she2"
Mrs. Bruce" said the ~lad.-Topeka State
journal.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
Famous French Verses
Express u. S. Ideal

Father Jules Deraches, residing in Santa
Fe, sends the New Mexican verses which he
says seem singularly appropriate for con-
sideration by Americans tomorrow, July 4.
He writes as follows:
The enclosed verses are taken from the
Auber Opera La Muette de Portici.' They
were sung with enthusiasm by the Belgians
when they separated from Holland in 1880.
It seems to me they answer the American
ideal Of today.
Il should like to see them printed in the
original French in the New Mexican on
July 81
The verses follow:
Amour sacre de la patrie
Rends moi Iaudace ct la fiert6!
A mon pays je dois la vie:
Ii me devra la liberte.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
Canaigre for Tanning
clos Angles Times)

Years ago a company was formed here in
Los Angles for the purpose OF cultivating
the canaigre plant, the root OF which pro-
duces excellent tanning material. The lack
Of tanbark in California suggested this new
industry to the enterprising promoters of it.
The trouble was it was undertaken to grow
the stun on land too expensive because of
It's possible use for orange and lemon cul.
ture. The company failed, and closed out
the business years ago. Now comes news
from Deming, New Mexico, that they are
having great success there in the use of
canaigre root, for tanning purposes. The
Williams Tannery company has been oper-
ating at Deming some time 80 successfully
that they have planned for doubling the ca
pacity of their tannery and leather-goods
interests to make 1t the largest and finest
in the southwest. The canaigre plant is in
digenous in a very large area In southern
New Mexico. 1t is akin to the yellow dock,
and the carrot.shaped roots yield az liquid
that runs 20 to rs per cent in tanntc acid.
This compares favorably with oak bark
yielding only 10 to 10 per cent tannic acid.
1t grows wild in southern New Mexico, and
costs only the labor of gathering it. The
plants are dug by Mexicans, who bring them
to market in sacks on the backs of burros.
The roots are sliced by machinery and when
dry are ground in a mill to the fineness of
corn meal. The canaigre meal is then
cooked in large tanks by means Of steam
turned through a boiler. The tannic acid
from the canaigre makes better leather
than any derived from oak bark.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05

are capable, through arduous manual labor.
vigilance and self-sacrifce, to save the food,
so that we may be nourished and still be
able to feed our allies. Beer, il you like,
is a pleasant beverage; the w~orkingrnan
wants his beer; it is, If you please, not Q
highly intoxicating drink. But the simple
question is, does it take the place of bread?
Would the honest workingman rather give
up the bread than the beer?
The president figures that it won't give
the country such a jolt to give up the whisky
il we leave the beer and wine; that If the
people are deprived Of their beer they will
be resentful and troublesome.
On the one hand we have been assured
by the government that the nation is facing
a sharp crisis in its food supply and the
men, women and children must make hercu-
lean efforts to save the country from fam
inc; that citizens must make every sacri-
fee and that we must reduce. our living to
the veriest essentials. On the other we are
told that millions of dollars worth OF pre-
cious grain must still be made into a pleas
ure drink because the people like it and are
accustomed to drink it.
1t all comes back to, the mere question of
whether or not there is a crisis and whether
or not We are taking the crisis and the
war seriously. rs we understand 1t, the
problem is economic, not moral. We are to
give up things which waste foodstuffs. Beer
uses up more foodstuffs than whisky; hence
we will abolish the whisky and leave the
beer. We are to labor in the sweat of our
brow and housewives are to sit up till mid
night conserving things SO that we NAV
continue to have beer. 1t isn't a question
of what we would like to do, but what the
stupendous national crisis forces us to do;
hence we will manufacture the beer because
we like it, and not worry about the crisis.
In brief, the government cannot expect
the nation to take its fearful appeal for
conservation seriously If it at the same time
puts its o. X. on a waste of millions for that
which is purely a luxury, wastes resources,
and impairs efficiency.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
THE SCOTS ANSWER

A lawyer was examining a Scottish far
mer. you'll affirm that when this hap
pened you were going home to a meal. Let
us be quite certain on this point. because 1t
is a very important one. Be good enough
to tell me, sir, with as little prevarication
as possible, what NEAR ~ was you we're 60
ing home to-" you would like to know
what meal it was? p said the Scotsman. Yes,
sir, l should like to know" replied the coun-
sci, sternly and impressively. BE sure you
tell the truth" well, then. it was just
Observation-Disclosures Times.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
Keep an Eye on the Bugs

Be on the job against insect pests this
season. Make your food contribution to the
human family, not the insect family. Farm
ers who provide themselves with insect poi
sons and then keep a vigil for the first out
breaks of crop enemies will bring through
the largest yields. Failure to detect an
outbreak at its beginning and delay in get
ting combative material may be fatal to the
crop attacked is the warning of entomolo-
gists in the United States department of
agriculture.
That a great part of the annual loss to
grain crops due to insect injuries can be
avoided by vigilance and vigorous action
on the part of growers is not sufficiently
realized, the entomologists say. FroqQent-
ly insect outbreaks originate within a linn
tied area, and when this is the case it is
often quite possible to stamp them out be-
fore any great damage has been done. If
the outbreak is general, then community ac-
ton is essential to prevent the infestation
from becoming widespread.
Watch your crops constantly. Make a
daily survey of the fields during the most
active growing season, if possible.
Ii an outbreak of any insect foe is dis
CoNeieu, Apply pIomPIiy the louicuicS which
are recommended in publications OF state
experiment stations and OF the United States
department of agriculture.
If in doubt as to the identity of the pest,
send specimens promptly in a tight tin box
to YOU county agricultural agent, state
experiment station, or nearest federal en-
genealogical field station, accompanied by a
request for information regarding it.
Keep on hand at least a small supply of
the standard insecticide preparations, such
as paris green, lime, and arsehate Of lead.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
WE TRUST NOT
(Tucuncari SUM-
UNITED STATES FLYING CORPSE
MEN ARRIVE IN ENGLAND
"A Good Old One and
An Amusing New One

Here is a good old one about the auction
and wedding notices that got mixed:
William Smith, the only son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Josiah Smith, and Miss Lucy Anderson
were disposed of at public auction at my
farm one mile east in the presence of sew
enty five guests, including two mules and
twelve head of cattle.
1.-THE Rev. Mr.. Jackson tied the nuptial
knot for the parties, averaging 1880 pounds
on the hoof. The beautiful home Of the
bride was decorated with one sulky rake,
one feed grinder, and two sets of work har
ness, nearly new, and just before the cere
mony was pronounced, Mcneil & Sons we'd
ding march was rendered by one mich COW,
five years old, one Jersey COW, and one
sheep, who, carrying a bunch of BRIDES
roses in her hand, was very beautiful. She
wore one light spring wagon. two crates of
apples, three racks of hay, one grindstone
of mouseline de sole and trimmed with
about one hundred bushels of spuds. The
bridal couple left yesterday on an extend
ed trip. Terms, spot cash"
Which reminds: There is a story in con-
~nection with a certain paper which tells
how it referred to two learned gentlemen
as 'bibulous old flies" instead of "biblio-
philes." Next morning the editor received
a very wrathful protest. In his correction
and apology, however, he said something
about the learned gentlemen are too fas-
|tidious." To the editors horror the printer
again distinguished himself, and the state
ment appeared: "The learned gentlemen
are too fast idiots"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-05
SHORT WAY WITH HoREs

DR.. Charles w Eliot, who recently cele'
brated his eighty-third birthday in Cam
bridge, has always had a short way with
bores.
In a hotel one day a bore tackled DR..
Eliot and talked straight ahead for ten min
utes about classical literature, the best hun
dred books, t~en-foot shelves, etc.
II tell you" DR.. Eliot interrupted, warm
ly-"I tell you, man, there are no mussels
to compare with the apIlons mussels you
get in Frisco
N doubt" said the bore; but what has
that got to do with what I was talking
about?"
DR.. Eliot yawned.
What were you talking about?' he said
Washington Star.