THE FARMER: JULY 25, 1913
Store Closes Daily, Saturday Excepted, During July & August at 5 Vi "M.., Saturdays 9 P. M. the year round
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By Being a Permanent
Patron of " The Pro-1
gfessive Store." Start
Tomorrow, Saturday.
Like These Mean 31uch
Money Saving; for
Week-End Shoppers.
1133 TO 1144 MAIN STREET.
"Tlie Progressive Store"
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'SZ eVel been offering Clothing and Furnishings
at;migiiiiy 5 attractive prices btit now we're going
to" have a SALE that is!a SALE.
We have taken all our fancy suits and divided
them into four; lots. We have reduced the prices
onjthe entire stock of faricy suits ; about one-half,
as you willinote by the following.: V;
Oiir 'Furnishings are also on the bargain list
now is your time to come here and stock up.
FbriSiShings ' ' 1 ' Glothing
We have inairkecl all our Fancy Suits
,as follows:
$1.005Slrirts3ow
$1.50?Shirtstnow J
$2.00 'Shirts'-. :
$3.50 Silk ? Shirts .
$5.00 Silk Bhirts.;
50c Neckwear
25c Neckwear .
. . .79c
$1.15
-'$135
.$2.85
$3.85
..... .39c
, . . 19c
Socks. ..... .50cnrw 35c; 25c now 19c
Pajamas $1.50 Ho-v$1.15; $1.00 now 79q
Underwear
50c now 39c; $1 now 79c; $1J50 now $1.15
$12.00 . , ,
$15.00
SUITS NOW.
$18.00
SUITS i
NOW . . ... . .
$20.00
SUITS
NOW
$25.00 v
$30.00
SUITS NOW.
$7.75
$9:50
$12.50
$16.50
$9.50
Blue Serges; and Black Suits
$12.00 to $15.00 Suits Now
$20.00 Suits Now . . . . 16.50
$25.00 Suits Now .... $19.50
$5.00 and $6.00 Flannel Trousers Now $3.90
1227-1229 MAIN STREET
Stratfield Hotel Building
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$2.00, ,$2.50 and $2.98
. Waists Saturday at -
$1.19 .
.These , ' are handsomely ,
modeled waists of lingerie
and voile " effectively trim
med, witih ridh laces ''"and
embroideries. Some . are
faigli neck and long sleeves,
others are low neck, and
short sleeves while some
have the new low " circular
collar' which has met- with
such favor this season.
Original selling prices were
$2.00, $2.50 and $2.98. Sat
urday Special $i.ig.
All Our $1.00 Waists'
x Saturday at 87c
35 or 40 styles of the
prettiest dollar waists in
voiles and lingeries, higfr
neck and long sleeves and
'low. neck and short, sleeves,
dainty . collar, effects and a.
wide choice of models. All
our $1.00 line, Saturday
Special at 87c. :. . .
$1.50 Black Jap Silk
Waists at 89c ;
Saturday we will-. offer
our entire .stock of - $1.50
black Jap Silk Waists in
f etciiing styles at 8gc each.
Our Waist Dept. ;
- is a- tore within -itself. .You
will always - find the ; new
est fashions ., " here . T art; . the
, most modest nrices. , det
the habit, of . h buying - .'your
waists here and save much
money. ' ' . "' ''"'''.'-.' . : '
Important Price . Re
ductions in :
Linen Dresses "
$10.90 Linen-Dresses $7.95 "
$8.90 LinenDresses $6.95
$7.95 Linen Dresses $5-95
$6.75 Liners (Dresses & $4.95
v Ramie Linens in pretty
coat effects, some plain col
ors and others with white
skirts and" colored coats.
$5.98 Voile and Linge-
rie Dresses at $4.75
; Tfoese are . all 4iite
dresses .'.' in embroidered
voiles ahd lingerie effect,.
nrtcely trimmed with lace.
Striped Voile and Tis
'Jsue Cloth Dresses at
; $1.98, $2.98, $3.98 : :
I and $5.00 !t ; 3
This i.a very large as
sortment of dresses em
bracing all good styles and
colors and prettily trimmed '
in many different ways.
These , dresses were form
erly marked at $2.98, $3.98, '
$5.00 and $6.g5. '
New Styles Added to
the $25 Silk Dresses
1, ,-, at $ia75
t Silk, dresses made of inrw
ported ,. flowered foulards,
striped - silks, charmeuse,
and other silk fabrics that
were, regularly sold for
$25.00. .. Saturday Special
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This stock has been " re
plenisihed ' by the addition
of some very - pretty new
styles. ' . : . " .
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Coats $15 and $18
Other WeefcEBd Moeey
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PARTIES SCOURED ' -S
A WORLD IN SMITHSONIAN
V SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS
Wauhiirgton. July 26. Following the
-Custom- eetabltelied in 1911, the Smith
sonian Institution has Just Issued an
illastrated pamphlet dealing1 with sci
ntlfic -expedltlone conducted under its
direction, or In which Its representa-
tlvea participated. The pamphlet de
scribes the work of about twenty dif
ferent parties, and the territory cov
ered Includes certain portlone of Brit
ish East Africa, -Abyssinia, , Algeria,
Eastern Siberia, and Mongolia, the Al
tai Mountains, Borneo, St. Lawrence
Island, "Alaska, British-' Calumbia, Al-
- feerta, Newfoundland, JJabrador, the
Panama Canal Zone, and the Bahama
lielands, and many sections of the
"United States.
The Institution was represented by
two small parties In Borneo; those . of
U. C. Raven, who has been collecting:
mammals and ethnological material In
Xoteii Sast Borneo for the past two
years, and Daniel r. Streeter, of
Brooklyn. N. Y., who ha served as a
collaborator for the National Museum
In the collecting of mammals, in a
trip through Sarawak and. Dutch Bor
neo. Much valuable material was se
cured, wnich will be turned over to the
National Museum for study and exhibition.
Dr. W. Ij. Abbott, who financed the
Ttoh East Borneo expedition under
Mr. Raven, and who has presented
marry larg-e collections to the National
Museum, has been carrying on a per
sonal Investigation in Cashmere, where
tie- has keen trapping and studying the
smaller mammals of that country,
specimens of which have been sent to
the Museum.
XBW MAMMALS FROM ASIA.
Through ' the .invitation ; of Dr, Theo
dore Lyman, of Harvard .University
the Institution was enabled to co
operate' with the Museum of Compara
tls Zoology- in an- expedition to the
Altai Mountains of Siberia and Mon
rolls-. N. Hollister represented the
Ns.tlona.1 Museum, and had -as his as
sistant Conrad Ealn, of Vienna, the
celebrated Alpine guide. Leaving
Aansrica In May, 1912. the .party spent
nearly five months In the 'field, return-
, tog- to the "United States' m Septem
ber, .with fine series of mammals and
"birds from this 5ltttlekrown part of
central Asia. ' Of especial interest in
the series of big game, are four rams,
ct tbe largest knownof the wild sheep.
sj well as specimens of" two forms of
Ibex, and a gazelle. Out of a total f
about 650 mammals in the collection, I
eleven forms are new oscfenoe, and
some twenty were not previously rep
resented In' the Museum.
deorge ' Mlxter, another collaborator
ofvthe Museum, also visited Siberia,
where he secured certain mammals
from the region about Lake Baikal,
among them sear and seal.
Of . particular- interest was a. trip
made by Dr. Ales Hrdllcka to Siberia
and Mongolia, to study the. physical
anthropology of the natives. Hls'par-
ticular object was, a search for data
concerning she race which is supposed
to -have peopled America. He was
only able . to" make a rapid survey of
the several localities, where the re
mains of this race dwell, but gathered
extensive Information and collections,
from ' which he draws ttie conclusion
that there exist in several places In
Siberia, Mongolia, and Tibet numer
ous remains of ancient population
which was physically identical with,
and, m all probability, -gave rise rto,
the American Indian. -
WITH RAINBY HUNTING PARTY.
The hunting trip-carried on by Paul
J. Ralney In , British East Africa, in
which .the Institution was represented
by Edmund Heller, was terminated In
December, 1911, and since then the
collection - has been received at the
National Museum. Altogether the trip
was a remarkably successful one;
nearly 4,000 mammals, 1,000 reptiles,
and 400 birds were obtained, as well
as many land shells and botanical
specimens. From the collection which
supplements that of the Smithsonian
African expedition to an Important de
gree, there have been as many as forty
new species and twelve new genera
described. ' f
The Astrophysical Observatory of
the Smltheontan Institution again sent
an expedition to ' Basaour, Algeria., for
the continuation of the observations
Telative to the heat of the sun, an in
vestigation on which the observatory
has been working for the. past seven
years, with observing, stations on Mt
Wilson, Cal., and during two' seasons
in Algeria. . Mr. Abbott, the director
of the Observatory, states that the ob
servations of the past year prove con
clusively the supposed variability of
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GEORGE. S. ADAMS,
WESTPORT'S OLDEST
RESIDENT IS DEAD
Banker and-Christ Church Offi
cial Passes Out, Aged 95
Westport, July ; 25 -George Sherwood
Adams, the oldest resident " of "West
port and one of the town's most prom
inent citizens,, died yesterday at his
home In King street, aged 95 years.
Mr. Adams, was a lineal -descendant , of
John Adams, the second president of
the United States. For 74 years he
had been a vestryman and warden of
Christ Episcopal church in Westport.
He was' president of the Westport
Savings bank, and a director of the
Westport National bank. He is sur
vived, by thre sons, all of whom are
physicians and wealthy residents of
j.-sw lorn cny. -me sons are: John
L., Charles H., and Frederick Adams.
.mi-. Auame was a native of Westport
and was born October 18, 1818, . During
his long life he never had a serious
illness. In June when tlM 80th anni
versary or unnst church Was observed
by members of the parish, Mr. Adams
unveiled a tablet to the
wife, Sally Morehouse Adams. A
wees: later ne was taken ill and con
tinued to sink until death came yes
terday. - - - - .
SCALP SPECIALIST
Special, Treatment for .Oily Hair
Manicuring-
HARRIET E.' S H ER WOOD, .
418 Security Building.
1116 Main St. Phone 1ST. 8 97 tt
Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
KiriG ALFONSO AND QUEEN
; TRAVELING INCOGNITO
"Parte. July 26 King Alfonzo and
Queen Victoria of Spain arrived her)
today, traveling . incognito, on their
way to the Cowes Regatta. "They" were
accorded an enthusiastic reception by
the people who recognized them on the
streets while they were "out shopping
together. Their majesties were . the guests of
President poincaire at luncheon at the
Palace of the Elysee.
If . Wall street is so anxious to get
rid of its railroad stocks, it might
leave them out on the sidewalk some
night and perhaps some one would
come and cart them ' off. -,.
If flag, day came on ' Monday It
would at least be observed by hang
ing out the famlty-washingv
All White coats in '' these
' popular models some made
of finest Chinchilla with the
most stylish, big buttons, at
$18.00 ; others of :" Diagonal
Velour in the same models, at.
$15, ' ' ; ,;
As fine White Coats ias ever
were received in the city of
Bridgeport- the best, assort
ment for women who demand
style to make their selections
from.
$1.50 Undermnslins
at 98c
Petticoats, Princess Slips,
"Night Gowns and Combina
tions made of fine sheer nain
soolc and prettily trimmed
with Swiss Embroidery, and
German and Val lace, $1.50
values, special Saturday 98c .
Men's Pure Silk
cgimental and
College Stripe
Ties Actual 50c
Value for
Saturday Special
25e and 50c Ladies'
Collars 14c
Dutch collars and Lace.
Jabots, value up to 50c. Sat
urday Special 14c "
25c Men's Hose lic
Black lisle Hose, some of
them silk, actual value. 25c
Special Saturday 14c. r
$1,00 Dress Sets 29c
St. Gall Embroidered Collar
and Cuff sets, value up to
$1.00. , Saturday Special, 29c.
75c Embroidered "
Flouncing 29c :
27-inch embroidered flounc
ing in scroll and flower design.
Special Saturday, 29c
Children's- Perfection
Waists in sizes from 2 to 12
years 25c values. Saturday
Special at 12c ,v ;
$1.39 '..Parasols 79c
Parasols in all colors 8 and
, io ribs some of them in the
new dome shape, values up to
$1.39. Saturday Special 79c
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50c "Niagara Maid"
Gloves 39c
Ladies' 2 clasp pure Silk
Glove "Niagara Maid" 50c
quality. . Special Saturday 39c
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EXTENSION PUN OF ;
PARCEL POST
Plane for the extension,, improve
ment and reduction in rates of the
parcel post have been announced by
Postmaster General Burleson.
The changes, which are to become
effective on August 15, include an in
crease from eleven pounds to twenty
pounds In the maximum weight of
parcels, a material reduction In. the
postage rates in the first and second
zones, and . an abandonment of the
parcel post map as a means of com
puting rates and the substitution for
it of a rate chart Individualized , to
every post office in the United States.
The -Jlans contemplate the purchase of
a large number of automobiles to be
used exclusi-vely for. the delivery of
parcel post matter.
While, for the present, the maximum
weight limit of twenty pounds and the
reduction In rates will apply only to
the first and second zones, from any
given post office a distance of about
150 miles the changes constitute the
first long step, towards a universal ex
tension of the system and a general
reduction in the rates of postage on
parcel matter.
"It la my expectation and belief,"
says Postmaster General Burleson,
"that eventually and it may be fif
teen or twenty years the postal ser
vice will handle practically all of the
small package transportation business
in the United States. The maximum
weight limit, extended now from elev
en to twenty pounds, I expect to see
increased to 100 pounds, and experi
ence may demonstrate, the practicabil
ity . of 'handling the parcel buciaess at
even lower rates than we now pro
pose. "
"In the making of extensions and
reductions of rates it is necessary for
us to proceed with caution, so-aa to
afford ample opportunity . to prepare
for the Increased business. For that
reason we have made the changes
proposed apply only to the first and
second zones. I appreciate fully the
sentiment for' an increase in' the
weight limit and a reduction in rates
to all zones, but It Is necessary for us,
In a sense, to feel our- way." 1 '
Mr. " Burleson" announces the changes
as follows: i
The first zone shall Include the ter
ritory within the local delivery of any
post office and the first zone rate of
postage will apply to ' all parcel post
mail deposoted at any office for local
delivery, or. for delivery by city car
rier, : or on 1 rural routes emanating
from that, office .
The eecond zone shall include the
remainder of what is now' the -first
zone, together with the present second
zone, and shall include all the units
of area located In "whole, or in part,-'
within a radius of approximately 150
miles from any given post office. ' -
The rate of . postage on parcels
weighing in excess of four ounces in
the proposed first zone will be reduced
from 5 cents for the first pound and 1
cent f or . each additional - pound, or
fraction thereof, to 6 cents for the
first pound and 1 cent for each addi
tional two pounds, or fraction thereof,
and the rate for the second zone will
be reduced . from 5 cents for- the first
pound and 3 cents for each additional
pound, or,6 cents for -the, first pound
and 4 cents for each additional pound,
or fraction thereof, to 6 cents for the
first pound and- 1 cent for each, addi
tional pound, or fraction thereof.
' The maximum weight of parcel post
packages will -be Increased from eleven
pounds to twenty pounds, the Increase
of weight to apply only to the first
and second zones. No change has
been made in the size, or form of the
package. '' '
i Statistics , collected toy the depart
ment show that quite one-third of the
total number of parcels mailed are
handled within the proposed first and
second zones, and the postmaster gen
eral believes the increase In the
weight limit and the reduction of the
rates of postage in the first and sec
ond zones, as proposed, will" benefit
greatly more than one-third of the
public; and that the producer the con
sumer and the local merchant will
profit materially by the changes. He
points out, too, that the farmers, who
were led to expect much, benefit from
the parcel post, service, will be afford
ed a cheap means of transporting
their products directly to the consum
er, and that the local merchant, whose
trade does .not . Justify the employ
ment, of extensive delivery, service, also
will, be benefited, as the system will
put hmv in close touch with his .cus
tomers. , ... , .i, .
A.t the outset it was estimated that
300,000,000 pahcels would be handled
during the flrst.year of the operatton
of the parcel post system, but it now
appears from the statistics that, Influ
enced by ; the changes proposed today,
the service will be so popular that the
number of parcels carried during the
ensuing twelve months will be more
than double the original estimate. f .-'
The rate sheet, which -is to be used
as a . substitute for the parcel . post
map, will be prepared as soon as prac
ticable and attached to the parcel post
guide. The rate chart, to be made.for
each" separate post office, will be work
ed out. from .the local point of the unit
In which the post office is located. .The
simplicity of the plan, it is thought, .
will make , easily determinable the rate
of postage. from that unit to any, other
on any. mailable parcel and will greatr
ly facilitate the handling of parcel
post matter, at post office windows..
Under regulations . recently adopted
the use of distinctive stamps no long
er is mandatory and the-public now is
permitted to- mall parcels with ordi
nary stamps affixed.
The insurance fee, which originally
was 10 cents, was found to be exces
sive and an order, effective July 1, "re
duced to S cents the fee on parcels In
sured to actual value tip to $25; and a
10 cent fee-is exacted only on parcels
Insured to actual value of more than
$25 and not exceeding $50. Under this
arrangement the business of Insuring
packages has more" than doubled, par
ticularly, in 'the sending of valuable
merchandise..'...
During " the ; present month1 an im
mense business has been built up n
the handling of parcels forwarded un
der the C. O. D." regulation inaugurat
ed July 1, 1913, which Is said to fc
proving popular, not only among rnr- .
chants, but among the people gerif-r-ally.
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Postal experts estimate that, wit's
the proposed changes . In the rt.r ;,
post system in operation.-the revnu a
of the post office department will hm
so increased as to show a substantia.!'!
surplus at the end of. the current fiaoals
year. -
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Weather Indications
New Haven, July 25 Weather for
cast For New Haven and vlctnltrii
F"air tonight and Saturday cooler to-'
night
For Connecticut: Fair and stigM'vj
cooler tonight: Saturday fair; moi
erats northwest, to north winds.
Wsather conditions: , Showers hav
occurred during the last 24 hours in
the lower Mississippi and Ohio V!-'
leys, the eastern portion of the lak
region and along the Atlantic coast
from Florida to Maine.- - A distorr.
ance central over Montana is causing
unsettled weather in the north wt.
An area of -high pressure central ovpr
the lake region is producing pleasant
Weather, this morning -in nearly '!
districts east of the Mississippi river.
greece and seryia reject
proposal of roo:.!a::ia
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Bucharest, Roumania, July 25 -Griw
and Servia today both definitely re
jected the Koumanla proposal for tho
conclusion of a provisional arrrviRUx
during the conference at Nlsh.
The two governments say thy can
only consent to the cessation of h
tilities after the signature of an armis
tice and of the peace preliminaries.
The schools keep right alonsj. In rw
slon every day in spite of all . e t'rr
ft takes for the graduates to bav their
clothes tried en.
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