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THE FARMER: MARCH 10, 1DI. BRIDGEPOR T E VENING FARMER (FOtJJfU EIO 1780.) v.--,.-' 1 .-..:... Published bi T!m Farmer Publishing Co., . 179 ' Fairfield -. f - Cobb. ' -" At&. Bridgeport. UNiQN teag) LABL TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1914. SIR. O'SHAUNESSY OX EMMET. 1 . HOSE WHO ARE habitually given to the view that men are , utterly selfish, and that the best way to lead a man is in hold a slice of bread and butter before his nose, would have been improved and enlightened could they have heard Represen tative George Francis O'Shaunessy, of Providence, Sunday even ing when he lectured on Robert Emmet, about; whose romantic life and tragical death so much has been said, during the long de cades in which the nobility of his character, the loftiness of his courage and the certainty of his faith have been made manifest by the pens of learned writers and the tongues' of gifted orators. Of such a pian, of whom so much has been said, it would seem difficult to say anything new, yet Mr. O'Shaunessy opened, an almost virgin vein, when, in considering Emmet, he compared him with a true sense of historical proportion with the array of heroes who standi vast, illuminated figures against the back ground of time, because they had courage to die courageously for the ideals that were theirs. . . From Socrates to Paul; from Joan of Arc to Emmet; from John Brown to Lincoln, the truth has had its victims, and will continue to have them.. This lesson of history Mr. O'Shaunessy drove home with a rare and pointed eloquence, to. the pleasure and profit of his ..heaters'.": -' , . - -T;V k- ": : ' ri : ' ':,X- -r-ryl-V.r j ; ;;i IXSTER TO HAVE CHANCE TO STAY OUT. 73OIl CENTURIES Ulster, the rich province which constitutes JL. " almost a fourth of Ireland, has not been noted for its .'.olerance of its Catholic neighbors.- Its threat of civil war, if the home rule bill should become a law, is an example of the intol erance which lives in that fair territory.- ' .' ' Fortunately, the rcist of Ireland is inclined to a fairer view, else the Nationalists in the. Imperial Parliament would not be as willing to accept Mr. Aquith's compromise as they "appear to be. Asquith proposes to resort to a referendum to thevparlia mentary electors iri th several counties of Ulster. If a major ity of these electors vote to stay out of the operation of the home rule bill before it becomes operative, 'they may; do 'so, or six S ears, when' another referendum may be had. If , the "vote is otherwise, then Ulster must come in. ' - , : ' The proposal seems eminently fair, to Ulster, and evenmore than fair. It leaves open but one conclusion, should .Ulster re main contumacious, that a minority of the people of Ulster, want their own way, regaracless of the will of the majority. ' Mr. Asquith undoubtedly .would prefer to lay his home rule bill upon Ireland in its integrity, but he is' faced with a crisis, in the threat of a' rebellion in Ulster, and selects this method of cutting the , Gordian knot, as being in' the( whole preferable to lacing serious disorder and the necessity perhaps of using the military power to quell an insurrection. ' , The' Nationalists present a fine-aspect of modern tolerance while Ulster furnisher a modern example of medieva; intoler ance'.' , 1 ' FESTIVAL OF THE TOUTY SIARTYRS OF SEBASTE. - la both the eastern anil -western churches, Taut especially by the Christians of Armenia, the festival ot the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste is celebrated on the tenth of March. The Armenian observance is- a melancholy affair, for mar tyrdom is still the lot of many followers of the Cross In that unhappy land. It was in the fourth century that the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, in Armenia,1 g-ave up their live for their fal :h, and established a. precedent for a multitude to c ......... t . -. . j - ; . Christianity was Introduced Into Armenia between the first and third cen taries, and throughout all -the centuries, In the face of constant persecution t and many change of, tyrsxtts, the Armenians have maintained their prof es- j Sion of the religion, or th a Cross. Conquered and reconquered, by Carthia, ;'Rome, Persia and the Qrek emperors, with now and then a period of partial independence, Armenia, at last fell a prey to the Turka. In the '17th cen i tury, after protracted coirft cts between Mongols, Moslems and Persians, Arme. nia became definitely and. finally a vassal of Turkey. Ever since then msa sacrea of Christians have leeii of frequent occurrence, and those of 1896 and 1896 excited the horror of the civilized world which however, carefully re frained from Interference.! ' Russia and Persia now hold a portion of the for raer kingdom of Armenia, "but Turkey still possesses the lion's share, as well as th power to continue to try to enforce conformance to. the religion of Mo hammed. - J ,' The Forty Martyrs qf Sebaste were not native Armenians, but soldiers quartered in that town. According to the legend, their legion was commanded to offer sacrifice to thepasan goda. r ; The "forty who were Christians refused to obey. After being torn by Iron hooks and scourged they were chained to- srether and led to a pond, -where .they condemned to lie naked on the ice until frozen to death. They raa Joyfully to the. place of torture, stripped off their garments, and prayed to 3od that their ranks might remain unbroken. "Forty we have come to combat," they cried; "God grant that forty may be crowned in Heaven." i.. . " - ; ' - To tempt tHem to abandon their faith, tents were placed on the shore ot the pond fires built, warm baths prepared, and rich food placed on table within sight of the martyrs. Wounded and frozen,, one of the men succumb . ed to the temptation, anfi brawled to the bank, but expired just as h had reached Are and shelter. The ranks were broken, but & guard who witnessed the Incident was Inspired to confess belief in Christ, and to Join the martyrs on the Ice, 'and. again the number, ot forty was 'complete. .' ' " A great -crowd of Armenian -Christians and many relatives of the con demned men -gathered on the shore and prayed, not for the ceilvery of the martyrs, but that they might remain steadfast to the last. One young soldier survived his fellows, and when the legion -came to carry away thet deasi, he -was still breathing faintly. Moved with 'pity, an officer attempted to' restore "him, in the hope that he might still recant. The valiant mother of the lad .-as present, and, driving back the sympathetic officer, herself lifted th frozen body of her son into the cart with the dead. With the others he was borne away to be cast into the flames. . . Inspired by this spectacle of suffering heroically endured, thousands of Armenians openly avowed their belief in the faith of Christ, and there began ' ... . . an era of persecution of Armenian Christians that has not yet ended.' Thus, through blood-stained centuries, Armenia has become a synonym for persecu tion and martyrdom. Still a. million Armenian Christians cling to the faith of tlV fathers a primitive Christianity that has changed little in. its beliefs and forws and observances since Armenians separated from the Greek Church nearly fourteen penturies ago. ' The Christianity of Armenia and that of more progressive countries has little in common but the. name; buf it is ft faitSi that men have been willing to die for ever since tho Forty Martyrs expired ln ga baste in the year 320. - . - If-the fire gets, low on , cold nights and the house- plants are badly chilled in the morning, put them -into a -still-dark closet, and the next morning you will find every plant nice and fresh. When cleaning windows in freezing weather, try using kerosene instead of water. After wiping the windows - off with a cloth saturated with kerosene. polish with a clean dry cloth. The Morgans Having Shown Their Commissions, Who Were . Inside Takers Of Trolley Profits? r""HE COURSE of the Morgans, in opening their books enough JL , to show their oroflts' on transactions in securities sold for the New Haven Co., throws little light on the financial disas ter which has overtaken this great railroad monopoly. . . One is compelled to believe that the mere commission taken' on the sale of securities has played small part in the chain of circumstances by which stockholders have been financedout of their dividends and a large part of their equities ; the public, financed out of service at fair prices;-and labor, financed out of- wages that would totherwise have belonged to it. 4 . - - o . A more profitable field for examination would be the records containing the facts. relative to the acquirement of-those "out side " properties",- by the , ownership of, which -the New. Haven has suffered so much. -' , ' ' When a trolley company was 'acquired at a price millions beyond, its worth, SOMEBODY GOT' THE DIFFERENCE and somebody, lost it. -Those who GOT. IT must have been the orig inal owners of the stock of the trolley company, and the interme diaries who arranged .the sale; Those who lost it were the stockholders' of the New Haven Company, except such stockhold ers as might have been "on the inside." "s" ' , Here is the fertile field for? inquiry ! - t - -, rA Wlio owned stock in these subsidiaries at the time the New Haven purchased them, To what extent were New Haven 111- iders interested in such properties? A Worthy Charity Calls For ' 1 Aid To Carry On; Great Work UVERY chattel slaverv which was swept from this con- v3 ' tinent fifty years ago, was not as deep a wrong' as that slavery v which has been designated ''white,'' to distinguish it from the bondage of blacks. The lesser evil has disappeared, but the greater remains, and seems to increase.' " - - . ; , ' . ; So long as the theory of intelligent men and women conun- ues to be that there is a necessity which requires some women to be condemned to a bondage worse than death. in order that other women may be in less danger, so Jong will white slavery exists, ', ' ' ' ' . While black slavery existed it was better , that . masters should be kind, than cruel. v ; , While white slavery exists, it will be hetter if there is some-; body to care for the wounded, and pick up the fallen, , - . ' , y For this work the Bridgeport Protective Association nas been organized; Its ; special object is the maintenance in the city of a -home for women whom social use and -custom has brought to the chains of an ancient wrong. " 1 ' ' Those will be helped who need help, ana tnose savea wno can be. The work will require arf annual. expenditure of $5,000. The benevolent may contribute liberally. . ! And let the authorities consider if it really is necessary that j commercialized vice should continue, or wneiner ny active nieas urei the number, of white slaves may be diminished, and thehor rors of the" trade correspondingly lessened. - " i . BOOKS FOR BLIND. ' - . The first book In English printed In raised or embossed letters for the use of the blind was issued at Edinburgh eighty-seven years ago to-day, March 10, 1827 by James Gait. The first attempt to provide literature for the sightless v;aa made in 1786 by Hauy at Paris, who Invented a system for printing raised letters. 'Hauy used the" Illyrian or Slavonic alphabet in -the fewbrief works be' published, and his project ended In failure.' Gait, the" Scotchman, vastly improved' the system, using a modified Roman letter, and confining himself to lower-case in preference to capitals., t In 1834 Gait Issued the Gospel of, St. John, trie first book of the Bible ever printed for the blind. The work was taken up In America by Dr. Howe, the husband of Julia Ward riowe, then in charge of Perkins institute in Boston who printed the entire New Testa ment in 183'6. 'tr. Howe issued the entire Bible In raised characters in 1843, and a similar work was issued in.Glasgow aew years later. The first maga aine for the blind was established In.England in, 1855 by the Rev. W. Taylor, who devoted forty years of his life to the education of the sightless. ,. A circu lating library for the blind was founded in 1882 at the Perkins Institution in Boston, aad libraries of this kind have since been established in nearly, all - . - i '', large cities.....'.. -i . - 'i-. . ' ' ' ' ' ..1 - ; i - HOLLISTER HEIGHTS WANTS IMPROVED TROLLEY SERVICE More ' than 250 resident of the Hol lister Heights district have signed a petition to the Connecticut Co., asking that the Barnum f avenue line cars make some point in Hollister Heights the end of the line, instead of Mill Hill avenue. - - The employe of the Birdseye-Somers, "University of Cor-r sets," want the service extended., A petition is being circulated for the annexation of the Hollister Heights section to Bridgeport. " i. SCHOOL BOARD IS UNABLE TO , DECIDE OX LOWEST BIDDER Question As to Vliether Casey . & Hurley or . II., E. Green a. - Gets Contract. Whether Casey & Hurley .or E. Green is the low bidder on the con-, tract for fire exits on the High school and some of the public schools will be ' decided by members of the noara of education today. , At the meeting last night the first firm presented two bids, one for $3,788, which was the low est bid for this work and the terms on' which i the board first granted to let 1 the contract, v- Another " bid was for $4,914. "j The language in which the bids were- presented was so . involved however, that a question - arose. . i. E. Green, who -bid $3,848, felt his bid was lo.w The members of the board will consult with Casey & Hurley again although they voted last night to accept that firm's bid. An unavailing - protest against the awarding of, a contract to place Are escapes on .the High school and some public schools was made by Frank Seeley of the Standard Manufacturing Co. before the board-last night. : On motion Of Commissioner E. H. Havens of the 'board, the contract for'' the fire escapes was awarded. G. Haasmann & Co., of Holyoke, Mass., for $8,400. This was the.low?st bid. -The contract for the exits, lentils, etc., was -awarded Casey & Hurley for $3,788. t , H. B. Green of Bridgeport question ed the bid of Casey St "Hurley for tSe exits. ' His bid was - $3,848 and as Casey & Hurley . had a separate bid fori $4,914, which-Included many extras not in the - specifications, . Mr. Green thought he was low. After "a confer ence between y Commissioners Havens, Webster - and 1 Challenger, the - first named -commissioner put the-, motion mentioned, above. Then - Mr. Seeley made his protest. II said: . ' :? "My concern has a, bid on the entire fire escapes and exits, which is but $188 above' the combined bids of these contractors to- whom you are about to award this-contract. In addition we guarantee 'to complete this work 40 days sooner than these -other bidders. Leaving aside the fact that we axe a Bridgeport (firm, I. think the quick time in which we will do this work entitles us to some consideration. Tou want these fire escapes placed as -soon as -possible.- - t. . t i ; ; A representative of G.. Haosmacn. & Go. was on lls feet the- next moment. ifMr, : Iresideiit,.' j he ... objected; "your board has advertised t broadcast - for bids and we: have : figured this work at some expense and- we come here in good faith asking that you award the contraetr to - tSe lowest, bidder. If our bid Is lowest rn all-fairness you ought to give us th contract." .. . 1 ... Commissioner Havens' motions were then unanimously carried. The . bid I of . Standard Manufacturing Co. was for escapes, $S,766; for . escapes and exits, $10,441; allowance oh High school fire escapes, $25 The Standard Manu facturing Co. offered to do .he work complete In 60 - workipg days. The other contracts . proposed to complete the work in about threei and one-half months. ,. ' . HIGH SCilOOL IIOTES - Coach rHert Tucker had the mem ibers oi the' -track team p-ut in a good stiff practice at the Y. M. C. A. -gym this afternoon ? The team ; will com pete in a dua.1 meet with the Hart ford, public high school team this Sat urday alftemoon et the X. M. C 'A. The events decided -uipon bo far are: Twenty yard dash, 10O yard lah, one half mile run.etandlng Iwoad Jump, running ? tordad ' Jump, running- high jurrrp, 12-Ib shot -put and. one-half mile relay race. - The local entries have not been selected, but a-team that I will give a good account of itself wilf be in tiie field. The Fraction cluto etraiw ride, to be held March 20th, Is eure to be a suc cess. The - meiribera of the cluib are making every effort to have their in itial ride successful, ' financially and socially, and from a reports it. will b tooths - . : The sophomore daaa held the. reg ular monthly meeting yesterday- noon in room -1. The officers of the, class deba-ting clulb resigned their "positions when. it became, evident ) that many who proposed entering the club - were unaible to attend th recent; meeting at which the officers "were elected. , A special meeting wilj be held tomor row for electing new officers. Three dollars was .appropriated .by the class to go towards paying tfor a. cusp, the trophy for the interclass debate., The members Of Mr. Riickens" Junior p-hysics classes are coming to school at 7: 46" a, m. for the rest of the week in order to -perform several special experiments. i The picture of the baekeUba.il team will be taken Friday afternoon. ;Th executive committee of tho ath letic association met this afternoon in room 1. ' . . Iouis Joyce of the Junior class will go to 'KPew York Friday as wireless operator upon the Machias. Laet sum mer iri that r ca-pabity he wont With the local naval militia to Bermuda. Farmer Want Ads. One dent a Word. DERBY DISSOLtJTES ARE FIXED IN COURT -' (Special to the Farmer. Derby, March ' - lO After , . pleading guilty to keeping ; a house reputed to be a house of ill fame, William Ban der was fined $100 and costs by Judge H., B. Peck, in the city court yesterday. Bander was arrested ;. last . week by Chief Odell of, the Derby police depart ment. -Several of those arrested as frequenters were tried last . Friday. Today Tony Salvati, arrested as a frequenter-, was fined $10 and costs. Judg ment was suspended in .the cases of Mary Shortell and Frances Ressigue, also arrested as frequenters. , The two last named were taken Into cus tody some time after the disorder at Bander's place, which - is at Elizabeth and Third streets.;-- .. .;. , ; DYNAMITER HELD , ON PERJURY CHARGE Brookneld, Conn., . March ; 10 Clar ence Bristol of, this town, was bound over yesterday ' to the superior court for trial on a. charge of perjury. Th evidence in the case had been pre sented during a. protracted series of hearinrs covering a period of several months.- , -,, .. -. . Mr. Bristol was arrested In August, 1911, on - the charge of having - dynsx mited the Housatonic river at a point where the river runs through his farm. He was acquitted at the time. , Evi dence newly i discovered by the stats led to the arrest of Mr. Bristol, a. few months ago on the charge that ha gave false testimony at the trial of the dynamite case. . t , It is suspected that some of Gen. Coxey's army of the unemployed will wauc a uiue raster as tney pass a. WOOdpIIe.'. :!;(. . :f ... .. ASSAULT VICTIM UNABLE TO APPEAR (Special to the Farmer.) ' Derby, . March 10 Mike Castillo . ac cused of assault with intent : to kill Roselle -Dinatli of this- city,- wes ar raigned before Judge H.. B. ' Peck- in the city court yesterday and his case continued until Wednesday. The man who. It is alleged, was a victim of Castillo's wrath was unable to ap pear in court. A bond of. $300 posted by relatives of Castillo was allowed-to stand as surety for his appearance Wednesday. ' . Boy Scouts May Help . In Annual Clean-up of Board of Health The Health Board Is already con sidering plans for v tce annual spring clean-up. : At its' meeting tonight th-Mre will be representatives of Bridge port Boy Scouts. 1 In othrf cities the members of similar organizations have aided materially In the work as vol unteer assistants.. While there is a great revival of in ttereat in txicyjrling in England and France, It ' does not cost enough to make It popular in America. " King Georg-e of En-gland can't be considered full fledged 'baseball fan unbil he opens his mouth wide and ad dresses tho umpire aa "robber." : ' MATS AND SLATTING PERFORATED DOOR, MATS Made to measure and with your Name in them at reason-' ' ' able prices. . . . DOOR MATS ' Every size and price carried in v ' , Stock. : BABY CARRIAGE TIRES All sizes put on in first class order. Good quality rubber. RUBBER BOOTS Men's $2.98 and up. Boots bought at this store are the best and prices for the good kind are the lowest to be had. THE ALLING RUBBER CO. 1126 MAIN STREET Syndicate Stores Established iSsT' Traveling Bags and Suit Cas r Reductions in Prices for one week The new Spring- stod: is in, the assortment t very large, and to give Tit of choosing" from I such an immense colic c J tion we make redu ctlon , to . hold good throng!) this week. Black Calfskin Bags, . Fifteen inch, , ,value 12.00 Seventeen inch, value G13X.) for $ 8.00 for x o 0.1 ) sewed Eighteen inch, - value 510.7." ; for G 7.17 Twenty inch, v- . value ?p2ZZ for Black German Grained Leather with . . frames, Seventeen inch, - : value $10.50 f or ; $ 7.00 Nineteen inch, T : " : ; value $11.50 for S7.67 Black German Grained Leather Suit Case, ligh i weight, , . . Twenty-four inch, value $16.00 for 510.0 J w-TJ;-'''"" 'V Russet "Cowhide Bag.' - Russet Bag, three pieces with sewed frame; Sixteen inch, value 1 1.25 Eighteen inch, vara s, ,12 f for $7.C0 for , Seventeen inches, value $11.50, for, 57.C7 , Russet Oxford Bags: i . -v ;," -value tor '. ' v; Fifteen inch $8.75 Sixteen, inch z ' ' Seventeen inch . 9.50 f 6.34 Eighteen inch 1 ox Elxtra large Russet Oxfortb Sixteen inch $16.00 for $10.07. 1 Seventeen inch $16.75 for $11.17. - , Eighteen inch $17.50 for $11.G7. : -Twenty inch $20.00 for C13.C:. Russian Cowhide Bag, seventeeeri inch, value ; , ;, .:-..,;; : .. Fourth fT-- r, ; .-t'X -. ' - ' ''. ' :; .' : .- i : - , - , Beads, a Glittering .Hcr.p of 'Charming Styles. They- are to match, or '.to -combine v. lih r gowns, he color is not existent that cannot t it Strings upon strings of long and short necklaces ; sparkling array. They are fascinating. Silver Chains with colored beads threaded ther: amethysts," pink corals, topaz and crystal. Colored Necklaces of graduated Beads, Indian I scarlet, green of emerald and jade, yellow of amtsr r : topaz, blue of turquoise and sapphire and the dull rur: white of vtoxy. ; , , - . - Combinations of jet with pearl, pink coral, 2 other colors. : v - Prices 25, CO cts and u f Floral Beads,- Rose, Heliotrope," Clover, etc., from 1-03 t ?. Some New Puis. " Pansies in enamel, natural color. Narcissus, white enamel, delicate and pretty, I" J e Je we iry St c t: - - The Coat and Suit department ' annoi a complete line of Tailored Gowns, both il dressy : costumes for afternoon wear and fc::ti occasions, and those soberer and more mannl styles for business wear. Prices from $15.00 to f . Balmacaan Coats for business. and ordinr street wear. . f " . , - Dressy (Coat Wraps of Corded Velour th Ratine in black and colors, beautifully trim: andiined. $18X3 to r:: Eeoor; d The D. M. Fkcad Comorj r R ADFORD R Fairfieid Avenue VARIETY STORE TOE STORE THAT PATS THE CAU FAEE !EAY Alimm 1.1 t ; i I We are now showing the spring jawning goods. II " terns are very handsome this season atid we have hf avy ? goods that are fast color and will wear well. Hope, pull y s in great, variety.