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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-06-06

The Way They Look at 1t
- Cit: why didn't you arrest that
woman for murder?'
Cop: "Oh. it's all right was
her own husband that she killed.
American Legion Weekly.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-06-06

At the Read Book shop.
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1922-06-06
Lustre Ware

LuStre Ware
Rightly named as the glitterng brightness Of this
pottery is what attracts attention first, and next
the graceful and artistic shapes of the
various pieces
These in three distinct colorings, yellow,
orange and blue IF wedding present is in mind,
one piece would make handsome gift, and if placed
in just the right setting its beauty would be enhanced
tenfold
An American Product made in the State of Ohio.
Flower Bowls for table Candlesticks
use, $150 to $3.50 $3.50 to $500
Baskets, $500 to $6.35 Large Fruit Compotes
Round Travis $1,000
$500 to $500 Vases, IS cts. to $7.25
asennent.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
The Telescope.

Tradition has 1t that about the be
ginning of the Seventeenth century ont.
Jansen. IA spectacle maker Of Middle
burg, Holland, constructed u telescope
about 10 inches In length. which he ex'
hibited TO Prince Maurice and the
Archduke Albert. who. approaching the
Importance OF the discovery, paid him
a sum OF money to keep II concealed.
Another spectacle maker, Llppershey
made application In 1908 to the states
general for a patent for telescope,
as also did MetIus, Il professor OF math-
ematics, but In the former instance, NJ
least, II was refused. as the apparatus
was already known. II seems certain
that the instrument was known more
or less about Europe. but the honor Of
It's invention usually Is given TO Calico,
who was the first 10 describe the In
strument and exhibit II in complete
form In May, 1909.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
Fuses Prevent Fires.

When an electric current flows
through wire II makes the wire
warm, explains Popular Science. DIFF,
ferent materials resist the flow to diff
ferent extents and are accordingly
heated TO different degrees. Fuse wire
Is made of an alloy containing large
proportion If lead, which sc:: :c:T
warm when large currents pass
through IL. Furthermore. since thih
alloy melts easily, the current, II large
enough. may cause the fuse wire {"
melt.
Wherever current Is being consumed
In the house or factory, piece OF fuse
wire is put somewhere In the circuit.
II through accident or design too much
current should be used. the fuse wire
will melt. or, as Is usually described,
elbow" and stop the flow Of current
before the copper wire inside the walls
can heat up aud set fire to the house.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
"NATI0NAL" STONE OF SCOTS
calrngorm the One Emblem to Which
Substantial Claim Can Be Made
by Hiphlanders.

$50 far as / know" said the Gus
toms and fashions fan. the New York
Sun notes, "only one stone can lay any
substantial claim to being a national
emblem. The stone Is the cairngorm
and the place 1t holds Is unique. II
has no great beauty. being q yellowish
or brownish or smoky sort OF quartz
found In any quantity In the Scottish
hills. It is mined chiefly southwest
Of Banff.
$50 frequently has It been set In
the big brooches that hold the folds
Of the kiltie costume at the shoulder
and In the haft OF the highland dirk
that It has sentimental value greater
to the average Scot than that attached
to any other stone.
at happens that this homely stone.
mined In Brazil and Siberia. and also In
Colorado and North Carolina. Is also
called the Spanish topaz or the false
topaz, but TO a Scot II Is never any
thing but the cairngorm. and so much
sentiment Is attached to II that he re-
CARDS II almost as charm"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
HAD HIGHEST SOCIAL IDEAS
Marriage Relations Among Early A.
syrians Subjected to the Strictest
Code of Human Laws.

Marriage relations among the early
Assyrians were subject To strict coda
Of laws, II Is now learned from val.
liable cultural document made nc
cesslble TO the scientific world In n
German translation Of the cuneiforiD
text preserved In the Asiatic division
OF the Berlin Photographed museum.
The early Assyrian lawmakers had
this code Inscribed on set OF clay
tablets, unearthed during the excava-
lions of the German Asiatlc society In
Mesopotamia. BY comparing this find
with other prehistoric documents, the
date OF these tablets has. been estab,
lished around 100 b. c.. which would
coincide with the reign of Tiglat-Pile-
sar |.
The rights and duties of married
women and the punshments imposed
FOR the infringements of these laws.
and as the marital relations Of a ma
ton have always been regarded as IA
reliable barometer OF It's culture. this
discovery throws an interesting light
upon early Assyrlan social conditions.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
SENT DIRECT FROM JUPITER
Ancient Peoples Had Odd Belief Con.
corning Otherwise Unaceount.
able Shower Of Frogs.

Showers of frogs must have been
common enough in ancient Greece.
seeing that Aristotle gives them par
ticular name. Abiding to the pre-
Willing idea of his time, which sup
posed them TO come from Heaven, he
called them messengers of Jupiter.
Two carefully observed instances IL
modern times have especially wrough,
conviction among the learned.
The first was attcsted by Il whole
company Of soldiers, who during the
French Revolution, were on Il march
towards the north of France. In the
open country they were assailed b!
shower Of little toads which were
dashed in their faces. falling with
torrents OF water. Astonished at such
an unwonted attack, and DESTROYS o:
satisfying themselves as 10 whether
this living shower came from above
the soldiers spread out their handker
chiefs on IA level with their heads
and found they were soon covered
After the storm, the establishment
was general when the soldiers saw
this unexpected brood leaping about H.
the folds Of their cooked hats.
The second well-attested shower o.
toads fell I'm 1894. In the town of Ham
In Germany, when the streets, roofs
and cutters were Immediately fillec
with great number OF these young
creatures.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
EMOTIONS VERY MUCH AKIN
Both Laughter and Weeping Sudden
Motions With Which Custom 10
Bound to Do Away.

Sudden glory Is the passion which
maketh those grlmaces called laugh
ter; and Is caused either by some sud-
den act OF their own that pleaseth
them. or by the apprehension Of some
deformed thing In another by COMPARE
son whereof they suddenly applaud
themselves. And II Is incident most
TO them that are conscious Of the few
est abilities In themselves; who are
forced 10 keep themselves in their
own favor by observing the imperfec-
lions of other men. And therefore
much laughter at the defects Of others
Is a sign OF pusillanlmity. For Of
great minds one Of the proper works
Is to help and free others from scorn
and compare themselves only with the
most able.
On the contrary, sudden detection II
the passion that causeth weeping. and
is caused by such accidents as sudden.
ly take away some vehement hope or
some prop of their power; and they
are most subject to II that rely prin-
cipally on helps external. such as are
women and children. Therefore some
weep for the loss Of friends. others for
their unkindness. others for the sudden
stop made to their thoughts Of revenge
by reconciliation. But In all cases. both
laughter and weeping are sudden mo
lions, custom taking them both away.
For no man laughs at old jests or
weeps for an old calamity.-Hoboes'
"Leyiathan."
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
Power Of Progress.

Electricity represents the power Of
progress.
In the early days Of America In
dustry, mills were built on the banks
of streams that water power could be
utilized. Next come the age OF steam
and factories were built near the rail-
roads that coal could be delivered 70
the plant. Then came the present
age OF electricity and the greatest In
dustrial development the world has
ever known.
Today electricity brings the enor-
nous resources Of the country's coal
mines and water power to the indus
trial plants OF the nation. BY the
throwing of a switch, industry IL as
sured instant and constant power
whenever needed, even though the
plant supplying the electrical power
may be hundreds Of miles away from
the consumer. Co-ordinated research.
engineering. manufacturing and COM
mercial efforts have made possible
this quick delivery Of power at cost
which permits rapid and efficient de-
velOpment Of industry.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
Instinct OF Prairie Dogs.

Prairie dogs seem To have some
kind OF foreknowledge of the wealth
er. II observers at the New York Zoo
logical park are right. Now and then
the large members Of the colony loosen
the earth round their MOUNDS with
their forefeet. then shovel the soil up
ward with their hind feet. Other
members work inside the burrow,
throwing out earth to aid in the build
Ing. When a dyke has been built, the
animals lamp the earth down with
their heads-an amusing sight. AS
these operations invariably take place
before a storm. the obvious purpose is
to build dam that will keep the wa
ter from running into the burrow.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
Use River az Washsub.

The River Seine Is the great wash
tub Of Paris. Here. as In Normandy.
and Brittany and other places. the
women wash In the river. Hundreds
Of white wash barges. or ''lavoirs." are
anchored along It's banks. These boats
are sunk just deep enough to bring the
water to a convenient height. There
Is a row Of wash stalls on each side.
A "stail" In one Of these barges In
rented for two sous a washing. Here
thousands OF women may be seen wash
ing busily. No hot water Is used. Oft
en- no soap. The women lean over the
edge OF the boat. as though II were q
tub, and beat the linen with wooden
paddles. The noise OF these beating
paddles. a steady ''tap-tappIng." can
be heard long distance. The clothes
are dried on the grass. or on lines.
tanks Of the river.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
Differing Tea Tastes.

Russians drink tea. not with the ad-
dltion Of milk as we do. but with lemon
Juice squeezed In, while In Germany
tea is often favored with cinnamon and
rum.
Perhaps the quaintest form Of "tea-
drinking" Is that practiced by the saw.
age tribes In Tartary. Central Asia.
The leaves are first boiled In soda, then
seasoned with butter and salt. and then
eaten.
Many people think that tea taken
late at night produces sleeplessness. II
does, but II a slice Of lemon Is added
instead OF milk. Il will induce sleep.
In cases OF fever. tea taken with lemon
and a little sugar. and, Of course. no
milk. Is very refreshing.
A very common error Is the belief
that by adding a pinch Of carbonate
of soda. a stronger taste can be OBJ
tained. This IL not so. carbonate Of
soda being only useful when the water
Is hard. A pinch OF salt is invaluable
for giving flavor at all times.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
No Standard Of Weight.

The bureau OF railway economics
says there Is no standard for the
weight OF railroad rail. This depends
entirely on the traffic the particular
road Is handling. Usually rails are
not measured by the foot. but by the
yaru. Formerly railroads used the
y9pound rail per yard. but now most
ro, Us use the lO0pound rail. The vif.
Il Ian railroad Il using i2O-pound
rs - Il handles Very heavy trs~-
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
Are YOU The Man

A wonderful opportunity is open to ONE man in
county
To an active man, ambitious to build a profitable
business for himself we offer an exclusive PROPOSE
ton
This man must have confidence in his ability to
present ready selling and complete line of necess--
ties to the people of Worcester County who do farm
work and house work in the old tosome way.
lie need not be experimental he's enthusiastic.
lie need not invest much capital-if he's ener-
getc.
We will help him build business and bank
count. by advertising contlnent-wide in scope, by
service. and by the prestige of the name Western
Electric'-for more than fifty years the name look
ed for all things electrical.
Are YOU the man? Let's talk it over
w. s. CRANBERRY
Chestertown Maryland
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-04-01
Joseph E. Holland
Milford, Delaware
YOUR OWN HOME PAPER

The Democratic Messenger is the paper the people,
people 1t is the only published at the county seat
not controlled by politicians and exclusively their
The Messenger is owned and controlled absolutely
owners-Vincent White It has boss and is bossed
The New York herald., 1922-01-29

nuers to discover stills in the Businesses
of the Tennessee mountains. For here,
as in the Southern hills, there was an or
ganized state Of mind, and the hope of dis.
covering and destroying the moonshine ap
paratus was small. There was absolutely
no reason for hope that information would
be forthcoming from any of the customers
of the elusive moonshiners. So 1t was def.
nitely up to the authorities to seek out
the lawbreakers unassisted.
They secured the hills and underground
Of the county and then, in desperation,
requested the aid of the State troopers.
Two troopers were assigned to the case
Gray tunics, broad hats and purple bands
riding breeches, high boots and all, they
rode out one evening from the county seat
and steered their horses toward the hills
That night they put up with farmer
seven miles from town. He could, or
would, give them no information, and so
the next morning the two troopers went on
their way. For five days they sought some
little clew to the moonshine mystery. They
couldn't find soul who had ever heard of
whisky or stills or bootleggers.
The Gray Riders were faced with this
problem: To get moonshiners where all
citizens were too confessedly law abiding.
1t was true enough that liquor was being
made and turned loose in quantities, but
whoever was making II had covered his
trail and the trails OF his patrons so we'll
that the greater the quantity of liquor the
greater the mystery grew Still, the tray
Riders orders had been: Get the moon.
sinners"
Three days before Christmas they got
ciew.
At farmhouse in the valley between
two underground covered hills the two
troopers were stopping for night With
the farmer and his family they sat before
a FIRE in the parlor. The troopers were per-
fectly frank to tell their mission. Nor
were the host and his family surprised.
The uniforms of the two troopers were
winning the admiration OF the farmers
matured and we'll developed son as they sat
and talked of their adventures. The young
man was so patiently overawed by the stal.
wart, ornamented troopers that one Of
them, noticing II, asked how he would like
Boy Eager to Enlist.
Gave the Genuine CIew
Pretty WELL" he answered "And |
figure I'd make a pretty good Gray Rider.
too"
What makes you thing that?" one Of
the troopers asked.
well. you've been lookin' for moon
sinners, haven't you? / amt very well ac-
quainted with your methods, but ! got
methods of my own. And think l could
find 'em by tomorrow night"
The officers we're suspicious at once.
They had jumped to the conclusion that
the fellow knew more than he was intt-
mating-that II was not methods that he
had but knowledge. So they managed to
get him away from the fireside long
enough to question him more definitely
He told them that he had no specific
knowledge of a still; nevertheless, his
suspicious had been stirred two days be-
fore while he was hunting rabbits on the
south side Of the lesser hill. Then he had
run into a shack that had seemed entirely
respectable. He had knocked at the door.
"A woman that looked lot like a man
came to the door," the boy said. II asked
for drink of water.
The New York herald., 1922-01-29

One of the famous Gray Riders
who tracked an eviidoer
day and night. The cabin
above 10 a headquarters"
hut in the Adirondack
wilderness.
Fowler rode in reckless haste toward the
field, expecting to be met there by two
men whose beats we're nearer the place
where Castro had been seen than was the
barracks The other troopers failed to ap-
pear, for communication had not been sue
cessfully established. so Rooney and
Fowler alone took up the trail and fol.
lowed it across the Hudson.
At village on the west shore they were
told that man answering the description
of the one they sought had got aboard
train. They wired their headquarters for
instructions.
Their answer came in this one word:
Follow"
They did follow. The horses were left in
the town and they followed twisting trail
TO Philadelphia and Camden, and back ia
Philadelphia, and back to Camden; then by
freight to Trenton. At Trenton all trace
of Castro seemed to have been obliterated.
They were disappointed, but their order
had been to follow, and so they made use
of telephones, calling police of many places
and at last they managed to get the trail
again.
They changed their uniforms for plain
civil garb and hurried to Jersey City, where
the rediscovered trail apparently led
Fearing that he would make for New York,
one of the troopers crossed the river to
wait and the other remained on the jersey
side.
A train pulled in from Newark, and there
stepped down from its rear platform man
who excited the hope of the trooper He
fitted the physical description, but the
clothes he wore were not as the circulars
described. Instead of greasy brown cap
The New York herald., 1922-01-29

watched by the Gray Riders.
On lonely stretches in the sparse
ly populated sections in the provincial
force of municipal law. in the countryside
that the farmers claim wherever munich
pal authority fails to reach, there is a
powerful lava silent, effective powerful
by the good.
The Gray Riders embody this silent law.
That name-Gray Rider-is an outstand-
ing evidence of victory for the spirit of
romance. The prosaic, oficial name would
be New York State Trooper" But 1t is
victory for romance, for, working among
a prosaic people. matter of fact farmers
and little town folk. the New York State
tradition, have achieved the name of "The
Gray Riders"
There are reasons for this name. The
literal explanation is in the gray tunic the
members of the troopers affect--a gray,
loose cut coat like that worn by the British
ccnstabulary. But the New York State con-
stabulary or mounted policemen are more
colorful body than mere gray tunics could
make them. There is no group of its ma
ture which has the sartorial justification
for romantic name more than our Gray
Riders. A sombrero with purple ribbon
for band is his Characteristic headgear.
The cut of his riding breeches is a delight
and a palpitation to the heart of the coun-
try girl who sees him riding by.
Every One a Picked Man
Much as Canada's Pride
And he can ride. He is chosen for his
horsemanship and his character and his
intelligence and physical attributes. The
standards of admittance to the body of
the Gray Riders assures that he will be a
striking figure.
The cinema presents thrilling adventure
themes built about the activities of the
Royal Northwest Mounted-the dogged,
loyal soldiers of the Canadian Rockies.
Such interludes as But the undaunted
hcrseman of the Northwest goes on and
on; neither fee nor snow nor gods nor men
can deter him, for he is on the trail" could
equally apply to romantic picture story
of our own Gray Riders lives
The Royal Northwest Troopers have ira
ditions. They are romantic and picturesque
figures there is no denying. But reports
from the upper reaches of the State OF
New York are foundation for the belief
that the Gray Rivers are adventurers for
the law who cannot fail to take their
places beside the Canadian mounted men
in the romantic history and fiction of the
North American continent.
Four years ago the New York State
Mounted Police were organized. In the
last week of July. 1917, ridiculous lot
of youths-232 OF them--straggled into an
encampment near Syracuse and reported
there to Major George r. Chandler, who
had been appointed by the Governor to
assemble and perfect the organization of
a rural police force. They were a ride
ulous looking lot of recruits, not because
they were not outstanding men, for they
were but because they came with light
equipment and makeshift uniforms gath
cred from old war chests and out Of the
way places.
But they went into training In high
spirits, and in six weeks-in time for the
great fair at Syracuse - they were
trained body of men. equipped for the
The New York herald., 1922-01-29

"Aint got no water for you, the woman
told me, and she talked like a man.
The troopers didn't think this was par
ticularly strong clew, but at any rate they
thought 1t worth an investigation, and, ac-
cordingly, asked the young fellow to lead
them to the place.
The young man was diffident at first,
but finally agreed to show them the way
and help them in their investigation, with
the proviso that he would be recommended
for place in the constabulary If it really
turned out to be the workshop of the moon
sinners.
They started that night and found the
shack in the wilderness at about l in the
morning 1t was very dark, but after an
hours close maneuvering about the place
the troopers discerned that a good deal
more smoke was coming out of the one
chimney than seemed quite conventional
for such an hour.
The farm boy armed with a shotgun,
and the two troopers, with their reyolvers
drawn, walked through an open door in
side of the shack and caught five moon
sinners at their work.
That's the woman" their guide told
the troopers, pointing to a husky young
fellow who had apparently been directing
the operations.
The troopers recommended the farmers
son for the constabulary. and the report
is that his application is to be one of the
fret to be considered when vacancy
comes.
Motor Bandits Also Give
Plenty of Thrills to Force
Lieut. Roberts of the White Plains post
says the chief work of his forces since
last spring has been hunting Illicit liquor
manufacturers and automobile bandits.
"The variety OF thrills these two fields
of adventure afford have kept the blood
stirring in our veins" he says. Generally
IL is easy for us to detect the motor cars
that are whisky laden by the way the
springs behave. Often We have no diff
Guilty in stopping these autos and deliver
ing contents and men to the Sheriff of the
county where they belong. But now and
then there is a fight, for the bootleggers
gc armed.
"In the last summer we have restored
257 automobiles TO their owners. In four
days of, the second week OF January we
the way to New York by automobile.
"The automobile thieves give us a hard
fight often, for they know that II captured
a considerable prison term awaits them.
II is easy TO hide a stolen automobile in
the hills of Westchester back from the Hud-
son. But when our men pick up the trail
we follow IT, The cars are set fire to
sometimes as the marauders get wind Of
our approach in order to destroy identity,
and at other times fire was the first pur-
pose in order to collect insurance on the
motors.
I'm these woods also we are always on
the lookout for stills and many of these
we have discovered and destroyed. IN the
seven counties we cover there are many
hiding places, but none is so covered but
the troopers are able to track it out"
These are but incidents in the exciting
lives OF the troopers OF the New York State
Constabulary, who are filling up annals
with more and more OF the like while they
are proving In countless different lively as
we'll as conventional ways their value TO
the commonwealth.