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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21

No money, no exercise of govern mental powers over industry, however extreme, can substantially reduce this inevitable time factor in elaborated production.
 This proposition stands at the open- ing of nearly all the work of this council. So far as concerns the. main contribution which Connecticut can make to the war, namely, metals pro duction, Gas we'll as other less impor- stant products),, by far the greater part of the work of the council de- bends, at it's outset, for its efficiency on knowing and being able to state authoritatively, Cor cause to be stated through regular channels), to it's pro ducing interests:
 What the government wants in de- tail;
 What quantities it wants, at least to the extent of considerable first orders;"
 When the articles are wanted;
 What order of priority is desired
 It is therefore:
 Resolved: that this council, in or der to meet the essential needs above set forth. respectfully and very ur- gently advocates the establishment, as soon as possible, of A National Prior ity Board, with full power to deter mine and take final action for the Federal government on all questions of priorities in the production and transportation required by the gov ernment in the prosecution of the war, and, su far as possible, the cor responding priorities of labor re- quirements involved in such produc- tion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21

Behind the British Lines in France, June 20-The French children found in the villages of northern France evacuated by the Germans under. the pressure of the British and French offensives present a picture of the savagery of modern warfare as char acteristic as the Somme forest, shat tered and broken by months of shell fire.
 Many of the these children are or- phans, without home or relatives. Many have. been grievously wounded. Most of them suffer from a peculiar species of shell shock which afflicts them generally with a sort of tremor not unlike St. Vitus dance.
 They. have had life and death, hor- TOTS human and inhuman, revealed to them in guises so terrible that they never will be quite normal again. All are under fed and frail from confine- ment in cellars. Cut off suddenly from relatives and friends, perhaps two years ago. they have continued to live within a few hundred yards of the front lines, listening always to the thud of the shells and the crash of explosives, until their idea of Heaven is "a place that is very quiet.''
 The condition of peasant men and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
How Houses ExpIods.

The most remarkable phenomenon connected with tomatoes is the explo- sion of houses, which literally burst, scattering their fragments in all direc- tions. Sometimes substantial dwell- ings are carried high into the air and then explode.
 It is now understood that this Is due to the fact that the funnel cloud" {re- volving at a. rate Of at least 500 miles an hour) has vacuum inside. Thus it sucks up everything in its path. even emptying wells. It sucks all the air from around a, house over which it passes, and the house Ca vacuum being thus created outside of it) promptly ex- plodes, owing to the pressure of the air, at thirty pounds to the square inch, from within.
 The house. in word, is transformed into 8 bomb. Philadelphia Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
The Lenath of Revolutions.

For it's size and significance the Rus sian revolution was one of the quickest and least sanguinary on record. Six days practically saw tke end of it, whereas more than three years elapsed between the storming of the Fastille and the proclamation of the French re- public. It took six days of barricade fighting in 1880 to persuade Charles X. to abdicate, but Louis Philippe fled in 1S4S after only two, though the subse- quent state of siege lasted four months.
 England was ten years in establish ing a commonwealth, and five weeks suficed. to convince James II. that French soil was healthier for him than English. The Italian wars of Ibera- tion occupied most of 1860, and the in- surrection in which the Greeks de- posed King Otho in 1862 was over in fourteen days. The quickest revolution on record was that of Portugal in 1910 which was over in day.-London Ob- server.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
About Temperaturs.

The best authorities on the science of meteorology tell us that without the various changes in the temperature there would be a perfect calm at all times in all parts of the globe. A uni form and unvarying barometric pres sure would everywhere prevail, and there would be no change of seasons, no evaporation or condensation, no clouds and no rain. In short, without changes of temperature, which we sometimes think so uncomfortable, the atmosphere would soon become poison ous, stagnant and incapable of sus- taining human life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Lady Alexandra Colebrook. who was one of the first titled women of England to make munitions for the war, will be a guest at the Red Cross Garden party and Festa which will be given Saturday afternoon at the resi- dence of MT. and Mrs. Kenneth Mc- Neil in Black Rock. Lady Colebrook is in this country raising funds for the British soldiers She has been sell ing hats for Tappe in New York, re- .ceiving commission for the work which she turned over to the soldiers fund. A Hindu fortune teller, dress ed in his native costume, will be one of the. features of the fete. M
 MT. and, Mrs. Frederick w. Stearns of Clinton avenue, will entertain at dinner this evening for their daugh- ter. Miss Florence Stearns, who will be married to Milton A. B. Stein, son of MT. and Mrs. Conrad Stein on Sat urday at the United Congregational church. The dinner guests will in- clhde the members of the bridal par ty, Miss Dorothy Stearns, Miss Kath- crime Plumb, Mrs. Roy Chase. Mrs. Frederick R. Silliman, Arthur Pow ell. George Brown, Paul Brandis,i Harry Burns, William LeHommedieu c1lb w VI Aiok,Ci1sf fs s- Determined to raise funds for the support of several Trench orphans, the Freshman Normal girls of the High school, under Hiss Mary Plais. ted have arranged an interesting lawn party for Friday evening at the Sam ford estate, Washington avenue and Coleman street There is much en- tthusiasm among the girls concerning the adoption of the French children and each division is eager to have one of it's owE A tag which may be pur- chased for small sum, will entitlc the wearer to a splendid entertain. ment in the music room of the man. sion. Mrs. Ethel Poland Hubben has agreed to sing cycle of songs. Miss Lorena Robins, Miss Mildred Allen and Miss Anita Greenbaum will contrd- bute to the entertainment Ice cream and cake, candy, soft drinks and vari- ous novelties will be on sale at the grounds. The patr ems will be: Mrs John McClure, Mrs. Henry Carroll
 Mrs. Carl Ehrencrona. Mrs. William Dickson, Mrs. Thomas Daley, Mrs Charles Scott, Mrs. James MaMahon, and Miss Ethel Allan.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
George end His Leas.

Bit by bit the historical grubbers are digging out the truth about our i'm mortal George. We have heretofore been told that he wore false teeth and that at Valley Forge he unblush- ingly deceived his ragged and despond- ent troops with the arrival of ample supplies of ammunition, which consist ed of powder barrels filled with sand, and now a correspondent of the New York Sun declares that in the full length portraits of Washington by Stuart, of which there is one in the New York public library, the legs were not his own. T have seen the letter from Stuart thanking the true owner for his kindness in providing sym metrica1 foundation for ike bust of the great president and presenting one of the. smaller portraits in thanks for his Kindness
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
Inequality of Punishment by Fine.

Inequality of Punishment by Fine.
 An anomaly in our Jurisprudence, limited, however, to the administration of criminal law, is the evil of allowing the purchase of immunity from punish ment, writes Franklin Taylor in Case and Comment. A penalty is imposed with the alternative of paying fine. The rich man pays and goes free. The poor man is imprisoned for not having the money. And even among those who can afford to thus purchase im- munity the result is most unfair, be- cause the punishment, instead of be- ing commensurate with the degree of the offense, meets it's severity accord ing to the size of the defendants pocketbook. To one man the amount is of no consequence, is not even pun ishment. To another, because of his lowly position, similar amount may mean weeks of toll, hardship, priva- tion and suffering to himself and his dependents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
w.Irus of Alaska.

The Alaska walBus are enormous. The average one is as big as an OK. and it often weighs more than ton. A. walrus was recently killed by some whalers near Point Barrow, whose head weighed eighty pounds, and skin, including fippers, 300 pounds. That animal had girth of fourteen feet, and its weight was over 2,000 pounds. The skin was from half an inch to three inches in thickness, and the bluh- Der weighed 300 pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
How the Horsefay Bites.

When horsefy alights on a horse he walks around looking for tender spot, and this he finds with his hairy feelers. Then he cuts hole with the scissors on each side of his central tu- bular tongue. ~
 An ordinary lead pencil cannot be sharpened to a point withoqt sharpen ing the lead. So it is with the tubular end of this tongue-like extension of the horsefy, says the Popular Science Monthly. Nature has provided it with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
Eight Bridgeport
 Priests Attending
 Fr. Curtin's Funeral

Eight Bridgeport priests attended the funeral of Rev. John J. Curtin, pastor of St. Francis Xavier R. c. church, Waterbury, which was held today. Those present from this city were Rev. James B. Nihill, P. R., St. Augustine's; Rev. Edward Hayes, Rev. James Derwin, Rev. Patrick Nc Givney, Rev. Matthew Traynor, Rev. Terrence Smith, Rev. Matthew Judge and Rev. Richard F. Moore, L. l.. D. Father Nihill acted as one of honorary bearers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21

barbed, pAeioAAs --uerrIck ropes" The fly inserts these sharp points into the horse and then, pulls back on them. The sbarbs hold, and the fy's tongue is forced down into the horses flesh. But if the hole has already been made then it is not necessary for these elaborate tools to be taken from the sheath in
 which they are placed within the. tongue or proboscis.s The blood is sucked up by the tongue in practically the same way as by other forms Of flies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
Heartburn.

 k Heartburn is due to hyperacid- E ity or excess of acid secretion % in the stomach This interferes F with digestion ny preventing the + proper digestion of starch. and < * in this condition acid foods and ! * sugar are especially irritating. + It can be relieved. but not cor * rected, by the use of alkaline * drugs. Bicarbonate of soda and j. similar remedies may be taken t for temporary relief. Acid foods E should be avoided. Baked pota- F to is alkaline and is usually ac- t ceptable in such cases. The food t should be thoroughly mixed with E saliva and should be confined for * a time to stale bread, potatoes j. and a small amount of beans ..a + some cases. The mental state is * frequently an important factor in *. the cause and correction of the + malady. but lack of proper exer- ss else is the principal cause. Sys- * tematic exercise, including walk * ing, should be adopted gradually * and followed regularly. The sim > pier the diet the better.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
NenraIaia.

0 Neuralgia means nerve pain. Q Neuritis means inflammation of c the nerve In neuralgia the pain 0 comes and goes. Tn neuritis the Q ache is steady and sticks closely { Q to. the affected nerve. If the 0 nerve could be taken out and ex 0 amined we could find nothing 0 abnormal in the case of neural Q gia. In neuritis the nerve would o be found to be inflamed. The ! 0 question of what is behind the Q pain of neuralgia is more impor- 0 tant than the answer to the cry Q for relief. It must be remem-
 Q bered that neuralgia is merely 2 ! c symptom. not a disease. Some 0 times malaria is the underlying
 0 cause, Other times it may be O due to alcoholism, diabetes, lead Q poisoning, gout, rheumatism or
 O Bright's disease. A diseased
 0 tooth or diseased ovary may
 Q be responsible In every case 0 treatment must include treat 0 ment of the underlying cause.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
Top and Bottom,

My friend" said the long haired passenger to the young man in the seat opposite, t'to what end has your life work been directed ?'
 ."To both ends,' was the reply. sT have the only first class hat and shoe store in the village"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
somethino In Your Eye.

Foreign bodies in the eye. if they have not penetrated any part of the eyeball, are best removed by pulling the lid away from the eyeball with the fingers, so that the tears will flow and wash the particle away. Never rub the eye. When the eyeball is pen- etrated you cannot see an oculist too quickly,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
Air Tn the Lunos,

In one minute. in state of rest, the average man takes into his lungs about 4S.s cubic inches of air. In walking he needs SIG cubic inches; in climb ing, 14o.3 cubic inches; in riding at trot, 2O1.3 cubic inches, and in long dis tance running, 347.7 cubic inches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
To ciarify Fat,

Fat is easily clarified if few pieces of raw potato are added to 1t and then top of the stove. When it ceases to bubble, strain through cheesecloth and let 1t stand till firm Keep in a cool place. 59
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
AwkwardIy Put.

q grovel here before you in the dust!'' observed the impassioned youth as he sank on to the drawing room floor.
 T don't know what you mean by dust,'' replied she coldly. tI look after this room most carefully myself every morning. ."-London Tit-Bits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
Cood Reaeuo,n.

.why don't you ever laugh at any of my jokes?'
 Because was brought up to re- spect old age and feebleness." ."-Balti- more American.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21

Friday and Saturday will be Special Bargain Days at E. H. Dillon & Co.'s, 1105 Main street. Special values in millinery, cloth coats. shirt waists, silk and percaline petticoats, sweaters. raincoats, sumner furs velvet and plush shoulder scarfs, Marabout feather boas, ostrich neck boas, yelling, sep arate cloth and silk skirts, wash skirts, millinery trimming.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
The Practical Girl.

He-You are the prettiest girl ever saw. She-That sounds all right, but I don't know how much the compli- ment is worth until you tell me how many pretty girls you have seen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
Sad Fate.

sT hear Adele has gone into comic opera"
 ''There was always something su- 2remely sad about the girl. Life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
Reduced %o No&hino

Boy--What is ''slag," papa9 Dad The residuum of a mans iron will aft CT going through the matrimonial fur nace!-Town Topics.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21

Vegetation In Polar Regions. The rapid growth Sof vegetation in the polar regions is attributed to the electric currents in the atmosphere.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
heterogeneous.

Little Alick-What is an incongruity, uncle? Uncle William-An incongruity, child, is a divorce lawyer yhumming . wedding march.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21

w. J. Hanna, Mho was appointed food controller of Canada, is on his way to Washington to confer with Herbert Hoover.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21

The Canadian casualty list contains the names of one American killed and one wounded
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21

main until he enters upon his new teaching engagement in Mtnneapoli6
 MT. and Mrs. Leander Searles of New York are guests of Reuben Wheeler, brother of Mrs. Searles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21

Famous Onyx make, Silk Hose. All fine grade perfect nNn goods that sell regu- RVC lar at $1.50 and $2.oO. N In black, white and OO colorS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-21

women's Boot Silk Fibre Hose. double toes and high spliced heels. Black and oH oHIC white. Slight seconds.
 Always sold for 35c, AV
 going at
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
PUBLISHERS MUST
RAISE PRICES

Says The Editor and Publisher:
ITO meet immediate needs Of in
creased revenues, advertising rates
must be raised. Department stores,
through their large use of space, have
always been accorded favorible line
rates-properly. These. rates are, un-
der present cost conditions, far too
low. They may be advanced mate
rally, without serious loss Of bus
mess. Merchants will protest, Of
course; all business men protest when
they face the need to pay more for a
commodity than they have been ac-
customed to paying. But merchants
know that publishing costs have been
greatly increased-that advertising
space costs more, hence must sell for
more than formerly.
General increases in classified rates
are advisab BILE and in line with sound
policies. Classified rates are generally
too low. The newspaper which has
been charging a cent a word may
charge two cents a word-and the loss
rary.
Adjust your selling prices, for ad-
vertising and for subscriptions, to the
increased costs Of production. Do
NAL market for news print and other
commodities: 80 do not try the ex-
pertinent of selling something for less
than it costs you to produce it. It
can't be done"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
SMALL MURDER
CASE Will co
TO JURY TODAY

Ossipee. N. H., Jan. 8-Final argu-
fnents were made today in the trial
of Frederick L. Small, charged with
them urder of bis wife, Florence Ar
lene Small. It was expected that the
case would go to the jury before night.
Mrs Smalls body was found on the
morning Of September 20, 1915. in the
ruins of the cottage at Mountainview,
on the shore Of Lake Ossipee, where
she had lived with her husband for
several years. Small had gone to
Boston late in the afternoon Of the
previous day and the fire which des-
troyed the cottage broke out several
hours after his departure. He return
ed Immediately and was placed under
arrest.
The trial was begun on December
l23 Evidence was introduced to
show that Mrs. Small was strangled
by a cord which was found about her
neck and that she had also been shot
in the head and bore marks on the
head which might have been caused
by blows. The prosecution contended
that Small killed his wife with the
motive Of obtaining $4,000 life in
surance and arranged a mechanical
device to set fire to the house.
The defense denied that there was
evidence Of such device and argued
that Mrs. Small was alive when Small
I left home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
SPAIN PROTESTS
U-B0AT'S ATTACK
ON FRUIT Liner

Madrid, Jan. s-Public indigna-
ton has been aroused through the
publication of a telegram received by
the manager of Cartogena Navigation
Co. confirming the report that the
San Leandro was torpedoed by Ger
man submarine. 1t was generally be-
lieved that the loss of the steamer
was accidental as, her cargo be1ng
of fruit, it was considered unlikely
that she would be torpedoed. The
crew Of the ship has arrived at Hen
daye, France, where they made state
ments before the Spanish consul In
which they said they were 26 hours
out in an open boat before reaching
the French coast.
The navigation company has sent
kilograms to Premier Romanoa and
the minister of foreign commerce
protesting against the sinking ana
has suspended the sailing of another
Of it's ships, the San Isidore, which is
now loading fruit at Malaga:
The situation at the Canaries is
described as grave by the latest des-
patch from the islands. Only 253
ships called at Las Palmas in the
month of December, as against an
average of 700 for that month in nor
NAL times. Of the 233 only one was
English and there were no french or
Italian, fact attributed to the
presence of submarines in the vi
cinity of the port. Commenting on
these conditions the Epoca remarks
that Spain, without participating IN
the war. suffers consequences never
theless.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
CONNECTICUT PATENTS.

The following were issued Jan. 5.
List furnished from the ofhces OF
Wooster & Bowersock, solicitors OF
patents, Ills Main street, Bridgeport,
Conn:
Frederick c. Blanchard, Bridgeport,
pressure reducing valve.
Reginald J. S. Pigott, Bridgeport.
pressure or vacuuA controlled t1p-
ping mechanism.
George P. Ittig. Bridgeport design,
chop-dish or similar article.
Frederick A. Hart, Hartford, COM
bined typewriting and adding ma
chine.
Louis s. DeForest, New Haven,
hitching device.
Charles E. Johnson, New Britain
lock. =
Charles J. White, New Britain, but
ton-tab end for hose-supporters.
Lewis r. Helm, Danbury, two pat
ents: Feeding device for rol1-gr1nd-
ing machines; rol1-g grinding machine.
Charles E. Sackett, Danbury, agr1-
cultural implement.
August NJ Warm. Danbury, ma
chine for lacking and brushing hat
bodies.
Aleksander P1udowski, Waterbury,
two patents, bath brus h; lamp extin-
guisher
Adolph c. Rocker, Oakyille, lock-
nut
Adolph c. Rocker, Oakville design,
carbid carrier.
George B. Fox, Norwich, shoe.
Sidney c. Hills, Torrington. two pat
ents: Curtain-rod curtain fixture.
+ Joseph Willmann, Derby, pasteuriz-
ing apparatus.
William H. Edsal1, W;tllingtord, cur
tain>rod and bracket.
James Marcello, Greenwich, direc-
tionaI signal.
TRADEMARK
Martin Bariff1, New Haven, finishing
oils and stains.
Landers, F'rary & Clark, New Brit
ain, table-knives, knives, and fruit
knives of base metal.
E. A. Mallory & Sons, Inc, Danbury
two trademarks: Mems and womens
forfeit hats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-08
WARSHIP AND REGIMENTAL
MASCOTS ARE LEFT IN ZOO

London, Jan. S.-The London Zoo
has been augmented by many war
ship and regimental mascots The
pets were left there by troops from
the Dominions and will remain until
the latter return from the fighting
zones.
They range from a monkey, which
survived the battle Of Heligoland and
the Dogger Bank, to bears from Can
ada, which await the return Of their
battalions from. the front.
Other mascots which will adorn the
peace procession, if they live long
enough, are deer, unsuited to trench
life. The bears, which hail from the
Rocky Mountains are housed on the
Mappin Terrace, and are very much
at home.