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8 CLOSE GARBAGE ' VLANT, IS EDICT OF HEALTH BOARD COtnVTT HEAlTH OFFICER TV STKrCTED TO TAKE NECES SARY STEPS AJfUTUAIj EXEC- TlOIf HEID. CHEAP LODGING HOUSES TO TTM DERGO THOROUGH . FCMIGA TIOX SOME 31AY BE ORDERED CIiOSED. v Questions -long dormant before the Board of HeaHh were resurrected at a meeting lat night and determined tuition recorded In one of the most interesting- gatherings held for' some months. - In fact the . questions, were ao unlooked for as to . prove almost startling in their effective disposition. Principal among these wae the un animous decision ' of the . hoard in structing County Health Officer Oeo. "EX ill to take the long delayed step of closing the garbage reduction plant maintained by Charles S. Fisch er, until such time as the odor nul " flfence Is abated. A tour of inspection of the lodg ing houBe district in Bridgeport was reported, to have revealed conditions described by President T. M. Trecar tln as most horrible and in particular Instances far worse than the garbage nuisance. The Health officer was in structed to have the district properly fumigated at the first opportunity and a committee of the board will visit the various houses with a view fo rwards determining whether some of the worst should not be closed entire ly. "While Miss Elizabeth Donegan wae elected first school nurse, Ir. Flor ence Sherman, Medical Inepeotor for Schools, and Dr. George E3. Ober, bac teriologist, Mrs. Bessie M. Barthole mew was elected to fill the position of nurse held fop two yecrs past by Mrs. Elisabeth Coughlm, who had in timated her intention of resigning at an early date. Aetlon on the garbage odors was given Initial impetus " by President Trecartin who arose to say that the garbage plant was the cause of con stant complaint and that as sufficient time had elapsed for its remedy, posi tive action was warranted to protect oitlaens from increasing smells in the summer time. Commissioners Ives aw3 Schwerdtle reported a visit to the plant on St. Patrick' day and were convinced . that complaints had been well founded. Commissioner Mc Laughlin suggested a return to the old method of burying the refuse. Commissioner Ives reported that Con tractor Fischer had recently advised him of the arrival of six "digesters" which were now being installed in oon junction with air-tight rooms and condensers, but as there were more or lees experimental, their actual value could not be anticipated. Dr. Trecartin argued that the peo ple had withstood the nuisance for three years, one of which had been devoted to promises of remedy that had not-been fulfilled. The city was , xxrvr- abont to face suits he-said and ; unless' immediate" action wae taken to Jsut the matter directly up to the County Health officer the city- would 1 'sSias! 1 1 ' AM e are certainly ready to show you an array of clothes for Spring that "will at once "delight you from the standpoints of price, variety, style and character. No excuse for you not to have new clothes for Easter as you simply order from us and pay us by degrees-afterwards. We excel in our goods, our low prices and our terms. Ladies Smart Suits $12, $14, $15, $18 to $25. Ladies Coats-Very Latest $12.50, $15, $17, $20. Newest styles in the suits for Spring and Easter. Some strictly tailored, others handsomely trimmed with silk and lace col lars, etc. Bedford cords,, whipcords, shep herd checks, worsted serges and hairline stripes in grey, tan, navy blue, and other standard colors. Jhe coats in serges, stripes, coverts, eponge, white and black checks. ' Very Btunning, smart and low priced. lose. Dr.., AfcJaughlio explained for the benefit :; o the board, how it had previously been agreed to proceed against the plant and close it perma nently, but that through the city at torney's office an extension had been given Fischer that the defects might be remedied. Thi3 had not been done and as the system was not proven practical in other cities, he .would move that Health Officer Hill be in structed to. take, the necessary ac tion to abate the nuisance. It was unanimously voted so to do. A. communication from M. A. Ken ny, presenting a bill for J10.02 premi ums on insurance of the tuberculosis pavilion, was referred to the Char ities board for payment. A dispute as to the actual date of transfer of title, and the holding of the bill lri the office of the Board of Contract and Supply until March 13 is said to be responsible for non-payment of the item. It is not thought likely that after declaring the intent of the Char ities Board to deed the property as a gift to the-Health board from the date of. its January meeting, as expressed in a letter read last night, JJiat the Charities" department will accept re sponsibility for the payment, and the bill may be sent to the Board of Con tract & Supply for settlement aa it is alleged to have been incurred through their failure to return it to the Health or Charity Boards. Health Officer Edward A. McLel lan reported that the Astor Hotel had been thoroughly fumigated and was now Jn sanitary condition. At the request of Commissioner Ives, the monthly bulletin report sent to the various cities in the United States as a means of boosting Bridge port will be brought up to date with reference to school, telephone, and other statistics of a general nature. Endorsement of 'the legislation to restrict the sale of habit forming drugs as outlined in Tuesday night's meeting of the Bridgeport Medical so ciety by President J. A- Leverty, of the State Pharmaceutical association wae unanimously voted upon motion of Commissioner McLaughlin. Steps towards having the Board of Contract and Supply secure bids for removal of the old tuberculosis pavi lion at Lakeview Home to its position as addition to the isolation ward at Bridgeport hospital were taken. Au thorization was given Health Officer McLellan to hire additional assistance in the kitchen of the ward in view of the threatened resignation of the present caretaker of that building. DISCOVERY THAT NEBULAE SHINE IN REFLECTED LIGHT Flagstaff, Ariz., March 20 It has been discovered at the liowell obser vatory through spectroscopic observa tions, it was announced, today, that the nebulaein the Pleiades are illum inated by the reflected light from nearby star. This is regarded as a discovery of importance to the astro nomincal world. The supposition has been that the nebulae were self light ed, that is, that they were composed of fiery substances. The discovery would indicate that they are not. Farmer Want Ads lc a word YOU 185 STATE UNKNOWN MAN . FOUND STARVING IN BOILER IS DEAD Body Unclaimed Is Sent Morgue to Await Iden tification to Death came as an end to the suffer ings which the unknown , man found in a starving and partly frozen condi tion in an abandoned boiler on Housa tonic avenue yesterday morning, un derwent before he was discovered and sent to St. "Vincent's hospital. Al though every effort was made to re vive the patient, he steadily sank un til the end came at about 9 o'clock last night. As none has yet identified the body it will undoubtedly be sent to the Cul linan & Mullins morgue for public in spection after an autopsy. NEW FRENCH CABINET Paris, March 20 President Poincare will, in the course of today, request Jean, Barthou, Minister of Justice in the retiring French cabinet, to form a new cabinet to take the place of the ministry that . resigned March 18 ow ing to its defeat on a vote of con fidence in the Senate. POPE'S PHYSICIAN WON'T LET HIM SEE GEN. DIAZ Rome, March 20 Prof. Ettore Mar chiafava, the consulting physician of Pope Pius, absolutely refused to al low the . Pontiff, to receive General Porfirio Diaz, former president of Mexico, today, as he considered that it wquld be dangerous owing to the Pope's weakened condition following his recent indisposition. TOOK RAT POISON. New Haven, March 20 Arcongallo Aiello, a laborer, is at the New Ha ven hospital In a critical condition, to day, as a result of taking a dose of rat poison with suicidal intent. ARMY OFFICER PRAISED FOR JUMPING OVERBOARD "Washington, March 20 Lieut. Mills," in command of the gunboat Castine, has been offiically commended for Jumping overboard at Guantanamo, (March 2, to assist in rescuing a. drowning sailor. ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH. Devotions for Good Friday at St. Augustine's church will be at 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. The morning services will include the veneration of the cross and the mass of the presancti fied, while the afternoon devotions, which will include the stations of the cross and other devotions appropriate to the day. DIED. BOUTOX. In Norwalk, March 14, "William H. Bouton, aged 23 years. THE FARMER: MARCH 20, Men's Nobby Suits $12, $14, $15, $20, $25. Men's Spring Coats 1 $12, $15, $18 and $20. The last word in Men's Suits, tailored to perfection in the nobbiest of styles, full of character and snap. : The goodness is in the quality the suits are built to wear and they are the greatest value you ever saw. Get the habit of being well dressed and paying later. The Spring Coats are just the kind you want-r-f ull of value, style and durability. STREET CARLOAD OF FROZEN ORANGES ARE PUT UNDER HEALTH BAN INSPECTOR ISTVCH DISCOVERS TAINTED FRUIT ON SAT.fe IN liOCAXi STORE ORDERS IT AS SORTED. Frozen and "sweated" fruit have In almost all larger cities come under the ban of the Boards of Health, as it has been found by careful experiment that they are unfit for human consumption and the cause of much sickness. Rigid inspection is made in most cities upon the arrival of large quan tities but occasionally such fruit will be offered for sale before noticed by the authorities. Inquiry made at the instance of Health Commissioner William Ji Mc Laughlin, at last night's meeting of the Board may tend to explain 'how oranges are sometimes sold In the larger stores for 12 cents per dozen. Question by Dr. McLaughlin: "I want to inquire from the Health In spector if there is any truth to the rumors that frozen fruit is being sold in Bridgeport?" Answer by Inspec tor David W. Lynch: "It is true that some was soid here; in fact a full car load of fruit was received some of which was frozen." Commissioner McLaughlin: "The point I wish to ascertain is, has Bridgeport been the dumping ground for fruits which have been condemned in other cities, such as New York; Waterbury and New Haven; and ship ped here for sale?" Inspector Lynch: "I have not been able to ascertain that fact, but know that one of the stores in Bridgeport, having branches in -other cities receiv ed a car-load of fruit, some of which was frozen. It was put upon sale and I compelled those in charge to re move the stock to the basement of the store where it Is now being sorted. I do not think it . was brought here knowingly in a bad condition." Further discussion by the board as to means of preventing such foisting of impure food upon the public and ways of distinguishing it, resulted in a tacit understanding that a very rigid inspection of all fruits now offered for sale will be maintained. It was not indicated that the sweated fruit re cently condemned in New York had entered Bridgeport. SOCIAL ANI PERSONAL Mrs. J. E. Custer, of 819 Broad street, is visiting in Brooklyn, where she is the guest for one week of Mrs. F. P. Van Amburgh of 74 Columbia Heights. She will visit friends in New York City. GENERAL BACON DIES Portland, Ore., March 20 Brig. Gen eral John Bacon, fU. S. A., retired, died here last night following a gen eral breakdown in health six months ago. No matter what vou want try the Farmer Want Column. 1913 . by v mxm i U iw? - m -m, How Gold Pens Are Made. - Metallic Iridium, used so extensively for the points of gold pens. Is made from the powder obtained In' the wet way from platinum ore by heating to a high beat in. a sand crucible and then adding stick phosphorus. The iridium, which cannot be melted alone, la thus fused In the form, of an iridium phos phide. To remove the phosphorus the phosphide is heated with lime, and the iridium is left In the form of a hard ferblte mass. It is now so hard that it cannot be filed or cot ' and la broken up into small' pieces, for soldering to the points of gold pens. These small pieces are ground to the right .size on- a copper disk wheel with emery or . carborun dum. It is said that announce txf irid ium wiH. make from ' 5,000' to 10,000 pen. points. " It has also been found that the iridium thus prepared is prac tically as hard as the ruby. No steel tools can. make any. impression upon it. At one time much less expensive than platinum, Iridium now. is worth more on account of the demand for hard plat inum, ;in . which the iridium is the hardening agent. New York Press. - Furniture Casters. Many, furniture Casters are made of leather, disks of the required size being cut out and cemented and compressed to form the wheel.'. The' wheel is then put into a lathe and turned rounding on Its face.'. Disks of metal are clamped on each side' of -the! wheel to serve as bearings for the axle that runs through the wheel. - Such; casters are made for use on hardwood floors. Casters of compressed felt are also designed for this.' purpose. Among other styles of casters ; may ; be mentioned those of glass, designed to serve for purposes of insulation, and ball 7 bearing casters, one style showing no wheel, but in stead a ball which, when the furniture is moved, revolves .on a circle of small er balls within the caster fitting. ' Then, too, there are caster wheels made of porcelain and of rubber, of lignum vitae and other hard woods. Great numbers of casters are of iron, and brass. Exchange. 'Corrected In Rime. Thackeray was much pestered by the autograph hunter, says Hodder' in his "Recollections." He disliked above all things to write in an autograph album and often refused those who asked him to do so, sometimes rather brusquely. On one occasion the owner of an al bum, a young lady, was fortunate. Thackeray, took her book to his room In order to- look it over. Written on a page he found these lines: Mount Blanc la the monarch-of -mountains. They crowned htm long age. But who they got to put it on Nobody seems to know. ALBERT SMITH. Under these lines Mr. Thackeray wrote: 1 A HUMBLE STJOOESTTOTT. I know that Albert wrote in hurry To criticise I scarce presume But yet methinks that Llndley Murray Instead of "who" had written "whora." W. M. THACKEBAT, Expanding the Inspiration. Isnt inspiration a queer thing?" "I suppose so. What about It?" "Why, a few weeks ago I had'a red hor anrmbble with my wife over a M-, III I Wrx fin I WMmt am dressmaker's" bUl7and when I came down to the office I was mad enough to chew spikes. Then I-sat down at my desk and wrote a little poem oh" HeIp the Erring Brother With a Single Kind ly Word.' And, say, those verses, born in bitterness and nourished by anger, have- been copied in the leading news papers all over the country. How's that?" . "Fine. Why don't you Improve on the Idea?" "How?" . ' ' "Why, get mad enough to "beat tip your wife, set fire to the house, shoot a policeman and . then write . an . epic that will go thundering down theges." Cleveland Plain Dealer. . Pa rneWs Apology. Mr. Parnell, on April 16, 1878, char acterized a statement made by Henry James as "a legal quibble" worthy of the honorable and learned member from whom it proceeded. "I must inform the honorable mem ber," said the speaker, "that an ex pression of that kind is unwarrantable and must be withdrawn." Mr. Parnell apologized for having used the expression. "I will say," he added, "that the statement was more worthy of the ingenuity of a petty ses sions attorney than of a lawyer of the ability of the honorable and learned gentleman." Disconcerting. "What does' this nation need?" shout ed the, impassioned orator. "What does this nation require, if she steps proud ly across the Pacific, if she strides boldly across the Pacific, If she strides boldly across the mighty ocean in her march of trade and freedom f I -repeat; What does she,, need?" 1 "Rubber boots," suggested-the -grossly materialistic person in a rear seat. Kew Orleans Times-Democrat, A Kicker. "I have Just discovered why It is customary to baste a turkey," said the man who thinks the world-Is against him. "To Improvw the flavor, of course." "No. It's to make it as slippery as possible when I come to carve tt." Washington Star. Hospitable. "Well, did New York appeal to you? "Yes. It was 'welcome' when I came and 'well done' when I went., Cornell Widow. We cannot have more joy-than- we give nor more pain. The external "bal ance swings true. The Drummer's Secret. Here is an old war story. As a regi ment of soldiers was on the march to Gettysburg some of the soldiers step ped out of the ranks and confiscated a couple of geese, and one of the drum mers unheaded his instrument and put the captured birds in the drum. Shortly afterward the colonel rode along and, noticing the boy, said sharply: "Why don't you beat that drum? "Colonel." said the drummer myste riously, "I want to speak to you." The colonel drew still ' closer and, bending down his head, -said, ".Well. It Pays To Dress Well. Do It Then! By Buying Here and Paying Weekly what have you to-sayT" The' drummer whispered, "Colonel, I've got a couple of geese in here." The colonel straightened up ant gravely said, -"Well, if you're sick ani can't play, yon needn't." " The colonel had roast goose ttie night. A Winter on a Mountain Top. As one climbs up to the mountain top the danger from lightning Incr-a rapidly, and, as a rule, the observa-. tories located on the mountain top are rather uncomfortable place of residence, as . discovered by the scV-ri-tiflc gentlemen who have had the ex perience 'of a winter on a Bunm Xitlt top. It is evident that ordinary light ning rods are entirely Inadequate tf carry off the enormous discharges of the mountain thunderstorms Thr are several observatories on Monf Blanc, and at one of them, that ot Janssen, there have been a number oS bombardments, during which the in terior of the place was filled with riV bonlike sheets of electricity and baV.s of fire which moved silently from poi-i to point. Exchange. Breakfast In Norway. Home brewed beer has of late years, says Harold Simpson in his "E-ambit- In Norway," largely displaced spirt as the national drink of the Norwegi ans. It is so popular that it is u v i even at breakfast to wash down ti 'stock dish fried pork smothered i onions. The first sight of a Norwegla a breakfast table, adds the anthor, is ar t to astound one. It is corered witii small dishes, principally ftab fres! fish, smoked fish, fish in tins, fish ia miniature barrels. There are also cold meats and an endless variety ct cheeses, of which the Norwegians ar Very fond. ' Tears Not Idle. "My doctor tells me a good cry 14 beneficial." ' The second woman, opening purse, displayed a first class returs ticket to Europe. "A good cry gained fee thia, ti0 said. New York Press. True Love. Tom But perhaps she doesn't lor you. Jack Oh. yes, she does! Tom How do you know? Jack When I told her that I had no money to gA married on she offered to borrow ".-,-. from her father. Philadelphia In quirer. The Departing Son. "Our boy has left us," wept t'. mother as their only son waved good by from the car window. "Tee," said the old man, whom tin boy had Just touched for a heavy loan, "but he hasn't left us much." Detroit News. It Takes a Long Tims.. "I do not think people shocld gut married until they are thoroughly ac quainted with each other." "What would you do abolish mat rimony?" Judge. A life In continual need l1ia.tCiat German Proverb. -