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THE FARMER: JANUARY 17, 1913 BRIDGEPORT EVEM1HG FARMER WOODROW WILSON'S SPEECHES TO DRIVE OUT SWEATSHOP IS MISS CASEY'S AIM. GULLED FROM THE COLUMNS Co (Founded 1790.S rHB.PiRMERPUBLISHING CO. -Farmer r ..Building,. 117-179 Fairfield TELEPHONES Editorial Rooms, 1287 Business Office, 1208 i REPFBLICAN FARilEK, Published Fridays. Dftlljj Edition $6 per annum Wfeellly Edition 1 per annum I 1 Exclusive Telegraph Servio ' ITnited Press. Entered In Post Office, Bridgeport, Conn., as Second Class Matter., 'i 'i n FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 1913. ; LESE MAJESTE ' rs esteemed "Bridgeport Farmer," vkjhitih is given of late to hysterics, makes itself supremely ridiculous when if solemnly declares that "the views of President Hadloy (of Tale) are shared by no humane man who thinks." Great are the opportunities of ink and small sirad of the men who use them. The iiprtford Couraut. , W are no student of morbid psy cfolegy, but when our contemporary Elecis from its context a single para graph of ours to give It a. ; wider measinc than it ever had, it is suf fering from a darned sight meaner c$molaint than hysteria. iPit-SFident Hadley turned' apologist for frallread slaughter, with--special reference to the Westport wreck,. In which four women were burned" to death. We excepted to hi3 views up on t4is subject only. We did not com mit be error of supposing tiiat iour contemporary was either thoughtful or humane, and would have assumed hid Jve thought of it at all. that it was In entire sympathy-with-. President Hadfey In this matter. Indeed, we are surprised that the -distinguished-editor :of The Courant has not long ago pro posed legislation.making.it an offense in the nature of.lese majeste to refer except with affection -andapproval, to any j railroad monopoly Insurance company, op preldentBtfany univer sity.:! Feraaps Mtlongnt to oe written to Include' The Courant. The temptation to refer to it in unparlia mentary language is general and Ir resistible. THE UGLY SPOT, The police ordinances will be an ug ly spot in the history of the Republi can administration. They have noth ing behind them except ts determin ation ot' the domina.ig-4 gro6p to kei control of the city government at any ooert. ' The ordinances do carry one benefit. It is that of the eight hoar day to the police department, a concession wrung from the promoters of the legislation out of their great need for some plau sible excuse upon which to advance the matter. ; Mayor Clifford B. Wilson's anxiety to pass neorfflrianceaTfejid to get fen appropriation to jriake. them' effective is most apparent. - . . . He 4ias been among the loudest in proclaiming : the' bitter -need of ' the loyj jper jfor a new, almshouse. :tTJ 4 it y"s, in a eotifmuiclion to the Board of Apportionment, a com munication which is as. unofficial as though it came from a stranger,' that they must under no circumstances appropriate for a new ' almshouse. He.,adA-ises the Tax; Board to cut out th-r: MWHiBly appropriation t for - new schools, to - limit -the appropriation for pubHc:library" purposes, to suspend "the, expansion of the park system, arid to economize In every-way, the object of all ' his ecQnbniy .beng .that he. may have -the appointment : of thirty new poltfemen- and" nine' lieutenants 6f po- T&isic-I as...c:- 3.t;-o- i . licejj; nr'i .' s-. -i- .T-Mr. . ; .- - It- is'n: Very be'autiful,''and .smooth and,Voptly. . .Bjit:it4.'fill have 'njrecisely the opposite effect upon the mayor's political fortunes, and upon the po litical ;.rtunea - of those -. connected with ftlm"fnt forcing the; ordinances, that he expects and intends it- to have. -The 1001 patronage the mayor ob tains, ;tbe. Worse he will be whipped. Tb moce -Democratic office holders coriibme with, the mayor to deplete the pockets of the taxpayers, the more certainly they will be eliminated. It Is a bad business. The' less Demo crats have to -do with it the better fr the Democracy. llcLEAN'S ORATORICAL "?! "FLIGHT, While divers statesmen of the dem igogic typej muck-rakers, and doubt or disreputable persons are sever lly. tti'ing to decrease the high cost of living, -or thsf-employment of babes at ha1-arf4b3i? the1 barbatitles' of peon- ge in the -South, Connecticut's leading itatesmeri;" Senator McLean, has been devoting himself to the protection of migratory birds. The distinguished ienator-j ha3LJeaectffdithatt-he . stormy peTt sua uu ptwwu 'iuuil,"Wid he will advocate "The V-onst ruction rof ap propriate perches -at-iiifervals in the great ocean.' -There the birds may rerc" between flights, and there they may be j captured during the open season by wrecked and starving sail ormen. The bill will surely secure There need be no misunderstanding with respect to the meaning of the remarks which Woodrow Wilson is addressing to the country. They are neither too much nor too little for the situation in which he finds himself. - 4 ' In looking forward to the responsibilities that I am about to assume, I feel first, last, and all the time that I am acting in a representative capacity. I am bidden to interpret as well as I can the purposes of the people of the United States and to act, so far as my choice determines the action, only through the instrumentality of persons who also., represent that choice. I. have no' liberty in the matter. I have given bonds. My sacred honor is involved, and nothing more could be involved. Therefore, I shall not be acting as a partisan when I pfctk out progressives, and only progressives. There is nothing equivocal about this language. There is nothinsr cryptic. ' To assist him in his duties he will pick out. PROGRESSIVES and ONLY progressives. Who is a progressive in politics ? He is one who -be lieves that the powers of government are inherent m the people, who seeks to guide his official conduct by what the people would have done, who is, in short, a representative of the people and not their ruler. - ' - How may a progressive in politics be known?.-. 'What policies or government is he friendly to? The question is not more difficult to answer than the first. A glance at what has been done,- or is doing in the several states, is enough to determine the answer." The progressive believes that government must be brought nearer to the people, by direct primaries, popular election of United States senators and direct nomination of presidential candidates. He believes in direct power over laws through the initiative and referendum.. The progressive believes that the tariff should not be used to bolster up privilege and rob the consumer; that the evils of private monopoly must be destroyed by regu lation where that is adequate, and by public ownership where it is not. Governor Wilson's course in New Jersey is a defini- uon oi xiie meaning ne places upon tne term "progres Bive." Governor Wilson's recent speeches, therefore,, are to be construed as a statement that he will surround himself with those who are in sympathy with the great demo cratic movement Which is sweeping: the nation. He wil not array himself and the power of the great office he is to X Z iX. -J . "I 1 i-l 1 - .' i Mi. I i uuuupv to limit ana ciiecK: trie nation in its attempt to make this in truth as well as in theory the country of the jjiam peopie ana oi wiaeiy airrusea weaitn ana camiort Strike Organizer Says Garment Work ers Are Sweated Iiike Slaven. against the extinction of the petrel, second anniversary ot the convening by providing a closed seaaon when It J the last "Conference of London,' shall be fllegaX tp take them, under any circumstances. . We note that the Hartford Caurant has been pleased to print liberal ex tracts from-the senator's bird speech, and that it thinks it a bird of a speech. -lit says that "the senator was led to grave constitutional ques tions and to discussion of themes far larger and more Important than the birds themselves." It appears also. "that he spoke from a careful study and knowledge," which is very un usual and praiseworthy, we are sure. -: called to settle the dispute between Kussla and Germany over the Black Ssa. The result was a protocol abro gating the Black Sea neutralization clause of the treaty of Paris. UtiOXDOEORGE, 50 TO-DAY, HAILED AS EXGLANB'S GREATEST STATESMAN, BENJAMIN FRAJOCIiIN'S BIRTHDAY BRINGS ATTACKS ' , OF MUCKKAKERS and "the symbol of the new age' Hailed as England's greatest states man, as the deliverer of the disin herited, by mlllions of his fellow- citi zens, David Lloyd-George will cele brate his fiftieth birthday , to-day Paeans of-praise and , objurgations of biterest hatred will greet -the ears of the British Chancellor of the Exche quer To-day as he rounds out a half century of existence. "The herald of the dawn," "the savior of England," are some of the titles bestowed by his ad- a mirers on the author of the old ago act. the"1 national Insurance Printers and- newspapermen in number of American'' cities will cele- pennion brate the 407 th, -anniversary of - the bill, and other measures for the ame birth of Benjamin Franklin today, lioration- of the condition of the poor. Great as he was as an Inventor, states- The mildest of the characterizations man, ambassador, author, savant and applied to him by his political ene scientist, . Franklin's claim to immor- mies and by wealthy landlords will not tality rests more on his achievements bear repetition in a journal for the as a printer and editor. In the latter , whole family. Lloyd-George is no capacity he gave voice to a principle namby-pamby statesman, striving to that should be emblazoned in every please everybody. The love of his editorial sanctum. As a young man friends is only exceeded by the hatred he rounded the Pennsylvania Gazette, ; of his foes. and soon made it a power in Philadel- Lloyd-George Is a Welshman in ev phia journalism. He was approached I ery Inch of his brief body, but he was by pne of the "malefactors of great : not born in-Wales, - It was in Man- wealth" of his day, and urged to (Chester, the greaff English industrial adopt a certain editorial policy that Center;- that he 'came into the world would benefit the gentleman of means, on Jan. 17, 1863. His father, Wil In his reply to this proposition. Frank lin wrote that he had considered the project after making a meal of a pen ny loaf of bread and spending the night "on the" floor In his great coat. He added: . From this regimen I feel no Incon venience whatever. Finding I can live in this manner, I have formed the determination never to prostitute my press to corruption and abuse of this kind for the sake of gaining a mere comfortable' subsistence." While this - policy resulted in tem porary hardships, it, paid in the end-, and at forty-two Franklin was able to retire from business with a fortune of 175,000, and an assured income from his publishing business of $5,000 a year, and to devote the remainder of his long life to science, literature, and the service of his country. Great as he was, v Franklin has not escaped the attention of the muck rakers, who have pointed out that he was a -freethinker in religion, and have alleged that much of his literary work was obscene and indecent -which was. indeed, a prevalent vice among the men of letters of Franklin's time. If Franklin wrote things that would now be considered "naughty," he was but following the example of Voltaire and a thousand lesser lights of eighteenth century letters. In a recent book, the Rev. Dr. Rob ert W. McLaughlin, of Brooklyn, de clares that many of Franklin's works could' not be published nowadays, ex cept In an expurgated form. Mayor Gaynor, of New York, world's cham pion letter writer, took exception to this statement, and wrote the author to tell him so. Dr. McLaughlin re plied: "You say, 1 do not understand this. liam George, was a school teacher in that city. His ' mother, Elizabeth Lloyd before her marriage to the ped agogue, was the daugnter of a Baptist clergyman. Both parents were of sturdy Welsh peasant ntock. The injustice of the absentee land lord system was early impressed on the mind of yound David, and his youthful heart swelled with bitterness against what seemed "to him a heart less, cruel tyranny. His father died when he was three, leaving a destitute family to the tender mercies of a dis tant . landlord, who sold the widow's scant belongings to satisfy a debt. The little Georges were too numerous ror the mother to care for all, and David was given to the care of an un- tio, who was a coDDier six days a week and a Campbellite Baptist min ister on the seventh day. The -uncle poor as he was, managed to educate David for the law, and at twenty-one the future chancellor was qualified as a solicitor. The chancellor's father was a Uni tarian, his mother a Baptist. Llovd- George has clung to the faith of the latter. The boy lawyer fought and won his first important case as the champion of the Nonconformists in an action brought against them by the rector or an Established Church. , He was made counsel for an organization which opposed the enforced Davment of tithes to the Established Church. At twenty-seven he was elected to Par liament. There he headed a new party of Welsh Nationalists, as an in surgent opposed some of the projects of his own party, and. was denounced as a traitor because of his opposition to the Boer war, which he called "a crime against civilization." His his tory since then has been one fight after another, and at fifty he finds I do not see in them a; single thing to .himself the dominant figure in British expurgate.- Neither- do -I, for-the sim- j politics. pie reason that the offensive language . , 1 is not permitted in the standard edi-1 Joseph Maull Carey, Governor- of tions. The editions that are publish- ' Wyoming, will celebrate his sixty ed to-day are those of Jared Sparks, eighth birthday, to-day.. He is -a-na-published In 1842; John Bigelow's, tive of Delaware, an alumnus of the published in 1887, and A. H. Smyth's, University of Pennsylvania, and for a published in 1907. Smyth's edition time practiced law In Philadelphia. in ten volumes Is the latest and most Following Horace Greeley's advice, he complete, containing 385 letters and went West and settled in Cheyenne, forty articles not previously printed. tnen a frontier cattle town, where he Yet Smyth says, Vol. I, page 171; 'Un- accumulated a fortune as a ranchman fortunately, it is impossible without and m real estate. He has served offence to quote many of his briefer hls adopted state as judge, district at paragraphs. His 'salt Imagination' rney, congressman. United States delights in greasy jests and tales of Senator and GoYernor- bawdry. Among the manuscripts in! rr.i. xi , the Library of Congress and in the " JIlI &aA columns of his newspaper and the in- quickly head off a cold' by its prompt troductions by "Poor Richard" - are use. It contains no opiates, heals and productions of his pen the printing of soothes the inflamed air' passages, which would not be tolerated by the stops the cough, and may save a big public sentiment of the present age.' ' dPcorl? the yellow package. ' F. B. Brill, Stratford avenue and Sixth street. The Balkan war conference In Lon don recalls that to-day Is the forty- ' 13 5 WANT ADS. CENT A WORD. New York, Jan. 17. -"This is a struggle mainly to abolish the. sweats shop system where human beings are literally sweated like slaves," to-day said Josephine Casey, the strike or ganizer who is in charge of the shirt waist workers' department of the great garment workers' strike. "Our quarrel is not with those man ufacturers who have complied with the fire safety and sanitary laws and who pay fair wages to their workers and in other ways treat them with some consideration. We are sorry that these employers should have to suffer with their fellows. But there are . not many of these. The majority Of the workers labor day and night in hor rible lofts, dark, unventilated and , pregnant with -disease. : .- I have even been told by our girls of places where both -sexes use the-same washroom. '"The terrible lesson taught by the Triangle- fire' has hot 'brought ' about much better conditions. I don't blame the factory Inspectors. There are not enough of them to go around. "The workers employed by the man ufacturers -against whom especially this strike has been brought pay star vation wages. "Many of these sweatshop proprie tors have a trick,, when the air is foul with discontent, of raising the wages Of "about ' one-fifth" oi their employes, usually, the American girls, and then, wlien they have these workers in good humor, they make up the loss by cut ting the wages of the foreign girls." Gertrude Barnum, daughter of Judge Barnum, of Chicago, is another active leader in the cause of the strik ing garment workers who discussed for the United Press, today, the issues at stake. "One of the worst phases of the life of thee girls," she said, "is the fact that so many of them earn such mis erable wages that they fall easy prey to the agents of the white slave traf fic. . ' These agents or cadets know the situation well. They know that the girls get an average wage of $6 a week, many of them getting $ 3 and some getting $10, which strikes an av erage of about $6. Most of these girls have only been in the country a short while and have no close relatives here, They are entirely dependent upon what they can earn. "No girl can feed and clothe herself decently on t6. The . white slave agents know it and they play upon the girls' natural desire to have nice clothes and- an easier time. - Many of them succumb to the temptation and they-cannot be blamed. It is the fault of the sweatshop system and the star vation wages paid by even the man ufaoturers who run apparently well arranged factories. "In almost all the shops the 54 hour week law is openly violated, mainly because the average foreign girl working in these places is so ig norant of conditions here that she doesn't know such a law exists. Only when the strike was deolared did most of the foreign workers learn that there was a law protecting them against the long hours they had been forced to stay at their machines: -The manu facturers simply take advantage of the girls' ignorance to exploit them." It is announced that Maine will pro hibit moose hunting for three years. In order, probably, that guides may not become entirely extinct. , The D. M. Read Established 1857. A Guilford1 pastor urges the clergy not to indulge in intoxlca rin Iiauors. This is certainly a ueer age when ministers ask fellow ministers to stop hitting It up. Comptroller Daniel Dunn has a way to settle the mileage question for leg islators. Sort of a home run, eh, Dan ny? Rugs, As we understand Professor Wilson, a man must have some qualification for office other than the fact that he once went to Princeton. Whatever evil may be said of the year 1913 It should not be forgotten that it was the year chosen by Joe isaiiey to deliver his swan song. Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston is to suipply motorists with cheap gasoline. This move In behalf of the worthy poor enlists universal sympathy. Trolleymen are going to have a bill passed), making it a misdemeanor for anyone, except the conductor, to ride on the running board- of a trolley. You can already figure out the number of times you will have to walk the com ing . summer. The truth probably is that Mr. Mun sey is tired of standing at ArmagedW don, where, only too obviously, there I is nothing aoing. The Sale of Furniture, Carpets, Curtains, Trunks and Bags. Until Saturday the 25 inclusive. Special in Upholstery Fabrics. Figured Drapery Silks, for sash curtains, bookcase curtains, pillow coverings and all decorative work. Floral and Japanese designs, regular value 59 cts, for 30 cts. Drapery Silks in plain colors, blue, brown and green, 50 ct values, for 30 cts. Sofa Pillows with silk covers, value $14.8, at 98 cts. Leatrier Mats for library tables, brown, green and red, that were formerly $1.89, at S1.49. Third floor. The Pullman company has raised the pay of all its office employees, but the remunerations of Its porters till de pends on the caprice or cowardice of the traveling public. New York's leading restaurants have organized a million oollar cor poration to buy their supplies. If the cost of living continues to aeoend1 it will take a million dollar corporation to pay for the dinners. Harry M. Jones, .aerial parcel post carrier, is having a good time ana getting some advertising, but it can hardly be said that he is demonstrat ing the practical value of the aero plane at present. MUSICAL CRITIC SEPARATES FROM OPERATIC WIFE. Couple Wed in Putnam Conn., October 5 tn Lost. Boston, Jan. -17. JZXespite every ef fort to keep the matter secret, it was admitted, to-day, by Arthur Wilson, musical critic on a Boston paper, that he and .his wife, Jeska Swartz, prom inent member of . the Boston Opera Company, have agreed to disagree af ter four months of married life. Miss Swartz as she Is known in musical circles. Is a native of Albany, N. Y. Wilson met Miss Swartz in the course of his work as critic. To es cape the five day license law, they went quietly to Putnam,. Conn., where the Rev. Dr. Sargqant, pastor of the Congregational Church, married them on October 5. The - announcement was a big surprise to their friends here. Immediately after her mar riage, Miss Swartz was forced to go on a tour from which her manager would not release her. She returned here December .8. The couple started housekeeping in apartments on Hem- en way street. -Three days later Miss Swartz went to the Hotel Lenox to live. "The separation Is permanent," said Wilson, to-day. "The public cannot be further interested in the matter." Miss Swartz refused to talk. NO CARNEGIE MEDAL IN CASE OF NEWSBOY HERO. Pittsburgh, Jan. 17. Favorable ac tion was not taken by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in the case of Billy" Hugh, the Gary newsboy who gave his lite that a young girl se verely burned might live. Rugh sac rificed a crippled limb, the skin from it being used for grafting. Later he died. ' . That the case of Rugh was "consid ered" by the Carnegie hero investiga tors is certain but just what require ments were lacking to entitle the newsboy's relatives to the benefits of the commission was not explained. DEMAND FOB REPORT ON ATROCITIES IN THE RUBBER DISTRICT. Washington, Jan. 17. The House foreign affairs committee wants to know why the state department hasn't yet made public the report of Consul Stuart Fuller, of Iquitos, Peru, on his investigation of atrocities to natives in the Putumayo Rubber district. Rep. Kindred of New York has told the committee, that the report of the Brit ish investigator who made the trip through the "South American Congo" with Fuller has alredy caused a probe of British companies in the Pu tumayo. The committee is consider ing a second demand on the state de partment for a report. Coneul Fuller investigated the stor es of horrible atrocities to native rub ber workers. His report was receiv ed here several weeks ago but has been closely guarded by the state de partment. . It is understood that it does not fully confirm the stories of murder, rapine and cruelty to natives. British reports say tthe investigators were deceived and - all evidences of brutality carefully concealed before their entry into the Putumayo district. A western man is suspected of being insane beOause he takes four baths a day. We are rather inclined to think that some of the persons who seem to have taken an undue interest In him are suffering from iryof ophoto (a. Somebody placed a fresh egg in the oontrlbutiOTi box at a South Norwalk chapel Sunday. At the present price of the strictly fresh hen fruit that was a larger contribution than was made by some of those who used the coin of the realms , The Massachusetts gas commission has decided that gas can be furnished to the city of Haverhill at 80 cents a thousand and the company make a fair profit. The consumers of the city have teen trying to establish that fact for a dozen years or more, ; and rhey' no doubt feel pretty Well pleased over- the order. A state commission with power to regulate prices is certainly a very handy thing to have. The Navy Department evidently takes the view that Rear-Admlral Doyle exceeded his authority when he issued an order excluding sailors' pets and mascots from the ships at the Norfolk navy yard after he had been butted by the goat of the battleship New Hampshire. It Is not too late. however, for the admiral to file ai plea in rebuttal. English Club Chaits Armchairs and Arm Rockers, covered with panel tapestry of harmonious coloring, loose cushions, very easy and comfortable. ' Armchair, value $31.25 for $25.00 Rocker, value $32.50 for $25.60 Odd Chairs of various styles, including the Colo nial Mahogany Chairs and Rockers with rush sets, Dutch Corner Chairs of Mahogany, Sheraton and Chip pendale Chairs, Kenilworth Oak Chairs, Wing Chairs, Piano and Desk Chairs at the 20 Per cent discount. Axminster Rugs, size 9 x 12 . A large group, embracing many designs but all in Oriental patterns and colorings. These Rugs always sell at $25.00. Through the sale, $22.50. Carpet Store, first floor. Fancy Linens, very special. A sort of Pre-inventory Clearance, as we are a lit tle overstocked, and the order goes forth that these handsome ornamental linens, to the amount of seven hundred dollars' worth, are to go at half-price, $q ;o.oo. Japanese Embroidered 'Centers and Doilies, with ' some bcarves : . On Second Thought; By Jay E. House ) Geneirally speaking, ' a man prefers the aeenery he gets with a sirloin eteak. No" boy takes -touch stock in the theory that a whipping hurts his I father worse than it hurts him. Value 20 and 25 eta . 7" Value 30 to 50 cts 9" Value 50 and 65 cts 12" Value $1.00 and $1.25 18" Value $1.75 and $2.00 , 24" Value $1.75 to $2.50 ' , 30" Value $3.00 to $6.50 36" Value $4.50 to $6.00 45" Value $6.00 to $7.00 54" Value $10.00 and $12.00 72" The surprising thing about it is that the trained nurse often marries the man whom she has attended through a long illness. at 10 and 13 cts. at 15 to 25 cts. at 25 and 33 cts. at 50 and 63 -U. at .88 and $ l.."0. at .83 to $1.2-1. at $1.50 to S3.2 j. at $2.25 to ".o. at $3.00 and $3.50 at $5.00 and -f'12.". Linen Section, Lower floor. The average man Is o tiresome that I he is his own antidote. - Next to the one who -buys a - gold brick, the man who bets on a footrace I stands most in .need of a guardian. The D. M. Read Co. WHERE "THE JOffTER" WAS. The lady of the house had a wor ried look on her face as she came down to breakfast. "Bridget," she said to the maid. Mr. Bodkin hasn't been home all night, I am somewhat alarmed I do hope that nothing is wrong. 1 "Why, bless your heart, th mister's all right!" reassured the maid. "He's! down on th front dure mat right now, mum.- He says he's been there a long time, but he can't remember whether he s goln out or comin' In. Whin he's made up his mind I'll let ye I Know. Cleveland, nam Dealer. 1072 Main St. DEPARTMENT STORE, 89 Fairfield Ave "THE STOKE TO FIND SCARCE ARTICLES" AND THE STORE THAT PAYS THE OAR FARE GREAT BARGAIN SALE, TOMORROW, SATURDAY No Chance. "I am getting so heaw that I am uncomfortable. ' said fMSr. Doze well. "Then take plenty of exercise." "That makes me still more uncom fortable." Washington Star. NECESSITIES HOT WATER BOTTLES You will find just what yon want In this line at our store Face Bottles 60c to 80c Quart Bottles.... 85c to $1.25 2 Quart Bottles ....08c to $2.50 3 Quart Bottles... $1.35 to $3.00 FOUNTAIN SYRINGES This is one thing every home should have and our line is complete 2 Quart Syringes 75c to S3.50 3 Quart Syringes. $1.25 to $3.50 Bulb Syringes 50c to $5.0Cf BARGAIN NO. 1, it 8c Window- phanie for making stained glass windows, one yard for 8c BARGAIN NO. 2, at 5c FHill piece fancy Torchon Lace. BARGAIN NO. 3, at 5o Folding Lunch Boxes. BARGAIN NO. 4, at 25o Lot Men's and Boys Negligee Shirts. Former price 50c. Sizes 12, 12, 15, 16, 16, 17. BARGAIN NO. 6, at 6c Lot Banners and Pennants, Including Bridgeport High School, Colleges, etc. BARAIN NO. 7, at 44c Men's Heavy Outing Flannel Night Shirts. BARGAIN NO. 8, at 5c Good Canvas Gloves. Why pay 10c elsewhere? BARGAIN NO. 9, at 89CJ One regu lar dollar size, large, cotton filled Comfortable. BARGAIN NO. 10, at 49o Our cel. ebrated Sterling Air Rifles. Fac tory pries for them is one dollar. BARGAIN NO. 11, at 5o Iron Mail Boxes. How Is this for price? BARGAIN NO. 12, at 86ts g-4 Bleached Sheets. BARGAIN NO. 13, at 5o Good Whisk Brooms. See If you can match thm anywhere. BARGAIN NO. 14, at 36c Ceiebrs t-l President Suspenders. SPECIAL SALE BETWEEN 9 AND lO A. M. OM.T At 3c Yard Wide Cheese Cloth. At 3o Best Light Prints (New lot Just received). At 4.o Best Dark Prints. At Good Shaker Flannel. At 6$c Our best Amoskeag Apron Gingham. At 7o Good Cotton Batting. At 9J4c per yard or Oc the pifc" English Long Cloth. At llc Extra fine 40 Inch Un. At 2o Lot Glass Fish Globes, worth 5c to 10c. FRANKLIN'S DISCOVERIES. The first man to dincover the appli cability of electricity to practical uses was Benjamin iranjum, " born in Boston 207 years ago to-aay. A host of other innovations were due to the fertile ingenuity of the great scien tist, editor and diplomat. The first circulating library in America was es tablished by Franklin in Philadelphia, in 1732. Five years later he organ ized the first fire company on this side of the Atlantic. In 174 2 he invented the first stove used in America. Ihe OT.OVTIS AND MITTENS following year he founded the Univer VtJjWJEiO J&JMU millXilMO Pennsylvania, the pioneer Complete stock of Gloves ad Mittens among the great State and Provincial 1 n nil T 1 1 t 1 on r ni lton uin. " WARM ARCTICS In one, two and four buckle for everyone t 90c to $2.90 in every kind 10c to $5.00 I understand your wife is doing her own cooking?" 'You are mistaken." 'But Jinx told me she was." Oh, that was just for a little while. Jinx was making' us a visit and- I guess she thought he had stayed long enough." Houston Post. The Ailing Rubber Co. 1127 MAIN STREET 19 STORES the founder of the American Philoso phical Society. His kite demonstra tion, to prove that lightning is elec tricity, was made in 1752. The Am erican postal system was largely based on Franklin's ideas, and he traveled 1.600 miles in his work of extending and Improving the postoff ice organ ization. He was the first American diplomat. The first American hospital was also numbered among his Innu merable benefactions to humanity. A SURE CURE. When little Bob bumped his heart Uncle "Jim" gathered the youngster in his arms and said: "There! I'll kiss It, and the pais will all be gone." Cheerfully, .smiling the younmwr exclaimed: "Come down into the kitchen. th cook has the toothache." Judsre. CITT THE HIGH COST OF LIVING W. II. Chapman, Winnebago, Neb., tells how he did it. "My two children had a very bad couarh and the doc tor's medicines did them no stood. I got a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, and before it was all me-1 the children were free and cured of their cough. I saved a doctor's bill for one 25c bottle of Foley's Honr and Tar Compound." No opiates. F. B. Brill, Stratford avenue and fixm street. Adv. 13 S "Up again, eh, for evading the law?" "But I didn't evade it, your honor. Here I am." Washington Herald.