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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27
BREAK IN STOCK MARKET
 CAUSED BY INSIDEl


 New York, Feb. 27.-During tn, week prices broke sharply and or Tuesday losses of 10 points were made in Reading and New Jersey Centra and heavy losses in other stocks. This was the worst day on the Exchange for more than a year. It was due tC the demoraliZation of the steel trade the lack of business in the copper markets and the general depression ir all metal trades. These conditions are bad but they are not as bad as certain insiders are trying to make them appear. These insiders, it can be stated, sold stocks before the an nouncement of the open market in stee was announced and advised theil friends to sell. The result was that there was an appearance of demorali- zation greater than the reality. The big traders tried to make everything look as bad as possible and for a time they succeeded. They are trying now to do the same thing in the copper and lead markets. This is really a goo6 thing for when tariff changes are final ly made the cuts in prices will have discounted any reduction in the sched- ules and prices will be upon a basis that will call for advances instead of declines.
 There is nothing that makes for a bear market and much that makes for better prices. The country has gone through a period of depression; all weak spots in the business and finan- cial world have been eliminated and business has been curtailed so that no one is doing more tn I their capi- tai calls for. Shelves are empty, and there is a gradually growing demand that must be filled. The next move ment should be upward and it will come much sooner than expected. Tar if agitation is about the only thing that retards improvement; this will soon cease to be a factor as after March it will be known that no changes that will materially hurt Am erican business will be made. The outlook for crops is good, prices for wheat still in the farmers hands are high and the farmer is rich in cash and he will spend it for new machin- cry, improvements in the way of fem ces, etc., and his cash will help the on- ward movement to better times.
 Railroads during the week made some excellent reports which show a steadily increasing earning capacity. The last three months show. good inn The reports of the Gould roads were especially good,and the an- nual report of the Delaware, Lacka- wanna & Western with it's 40 per cent. earned upon stock caused all except the short sighted trader who never sees beyond the tape to look forward to better things for all roads
 The sharp breaks early in the week were followed by almost equally as sharp rallies and the week was one of violent fluctuations, due to unneces- sary alarm over a situation that one might say was in way artificial ant manufa ctured by some big men for political effect. The market made swings of two and three points up and down so that only the traders were able to reap profits The settlement of the Tennessee Coal & Iron matter removes one cause for alarm or rath- CT anxiety and next week will prob ably start in with a better feeling in all quarters.
 J. R. BURTON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Happenings of Interest About
 The City.

The sanitary condition of the city is very satisfactory to Health Officer Mcclellan. There are only about a dozen cases of a mild form of scarlet fevere scattered about and only few cases of measles.
 Assistant Town Clerk Mullins re- fused Jessie Sperry, a girl of 16, a marriage license yesterday noon until her affianced and her mother appear ed. The groom was Ellsworth Blakes- lee. The parties came here from New Haven to get married. Rev. G. w. Nicholson of the First Baptist church joined the couple in matrimony at the parsonage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27

All women who can wear the quaint Dutch Collars will welcome such a comfortable fashion. They are trying to thin necks, but they are sensi- ble and of course all wom-
 en know that high stiff collars are ruinous to the beauty and contour of the neck. That the Dutch Collar in all it's variety of lace, fine linen and hand embroidery, will remain for the summer is assured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27
MEETING FOR MEN.

"A Sunday afternoon gospel service for men only will be held in the Wash ington Park Methodist Episcopal church tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock. There will be music by male giee club and the pastor of the church. MT. Barto. will give brief address on fhe subject, Someone at the Door," All men are welcome and the service -uiI, he continued but sixty minutes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27
WESTPORT.

A meeting of the Greens Farms Far mers' Club will be held at the home of MT. Edward J. Taylor on Monday ev- ening, March 1. MT. William H. Burr will speak on Bermuda.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27

"Doan's Ointment cured me of eczema that had annoyed me long time The cure was permanent."-Hon. S. W. Matthews. Commissioner Labor Satis- ties Augusta, Me. *246
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27

Generally debilitated for years. Had sick headaches. lacked ambition, was worn-out and all rundown. Burdock Blood Bitters made me a well woman" Mrs. Chas. Freitoy. Moosup, Conn.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27

A pretty gift for an in- fant is a nursery pin hold CT. There are three sil- yer rings or circles, each hanging from a blue satin ribbon and pins of various sizes can be clasped over the rings. The whole is at tached to a blue ribbon rosette and is a dainty trife as well as being de- cidedly useful. It is at the Jewelry Section.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27

IlSuIs
 I. O.aO F. Less1ng Lodge, I. O. o. F., has re- celVed new English rituals and has started the work of hehearsing pre- paratory to putting the degree on in English. The lodge heretofore has oone the work in German but owing to the fact that many of the members l ana not understand the questions ask eu well enough it was decided to sub 1 stitute English candidates at the meeting of Arcanum lodge, I. O. O. F. A social session With luncheon and cigars followed the | meeting.
 F. OF A. Ore new member was initiated and one candidate balloted on at the meet Ing or Court Nathaniel Wheeler, F. of A. The court will hold a smoker on the occasion of it's next meeting, March F.
 O. H. D. s.
 The following committee has been appointed by Olga lodge, O. D. H. S., to have charge of their annual mas querade soiree to be held at Germania nall next Tuesday evening: Mrs. Geo. Fischer, chairman; Mrs. E. l.. Ortlepp, secretary; Mrs. Fred Bleach, treas ,urer; Mrs. William Brech1in, Mrs Anna Frawley, Mrs. William Wolff Mrs. Henry Weber, Mrs. Ernest Liebscher, Mrs. Charles Schmidt and Mrs. Fritz Meyer, ST.
 One new member was initiated and one application received at the meet ing of Heine lodge, O. D. H. s. The committee in charge of the arrange ments for entertaining the grand lodge here in May have almost completed their plans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27
LODGE ROOM NOTES
I. o. O. F.

Happenings in the lodge rooms last night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27

It is the day when a summer cottage can be furnished attractively at small cost. The daintiest floral designs come in silk olines, cotton crepes and other low-priced drapery stuffs. To see the assort- ment of peoples, sweet peas, morning glories, and peonies on these fabrics will bring visions of an old fashioned garden. Silko- line is 121a cts. The Crepes are 22 cts, and 32 inches wide.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-02-27
The D. M. Read Co.
Established 1857.

A new model is shown in in Black Sateen Petit coats. It is a perfectly smooth fit about the waist and hips, having no gath CTS or extra fullness what ever. The front and side gores tie smoothly in the back, and the back breadth ties in front over- tapping the sides. No but tons, no buckles, no hooks. Ask to see the Self-ftting Skirt. It sells for $1.25.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
SnniIs and SluKs.

A woman gardener wrote to State
Zoologist II. A, Surface at Harrisburg,
Pa, asking for instructions how TO
overcome the snails in her garden.
Prof. Surface replied: "Snails and
slugs, although very great and seri.
Gus garden pests, especially where the
gardens are damp and the vegetation
rank, can be prevented by the use of
an impossible barrier of poWdery sub
stance around the beds of plants to
be protected. SCOT is excellent for
this, although dry ashes will serve
the purpose, and air-slaked lime will
be found very good. Also, you can kill
them by busting them with some
freshly slaked lime mixed with paris
green, using about thirty parts OF the
lime to one part OF the paris green,
which is busted abundantly over their
bodies. Also busting their food plants
with -four and paris green will de-
stroy them. Another method is to poi
son some leaves of plants of which
they are particularly fond, and put
this where the snails will find and eat
them and be destroyed Another meth
cd is to place boards loosely on the
ground, as traps, and in the morning
examine them and pick out and gath
err the snais and brush them into a
vessel containing salt, which will kill
them If the ground is dry and crack
ID ipt be
and thus destroy them The barriers
mentioned above should be kept dry,
or renewed every time after a rain
Keep the vegetation around the gar
den moved low, or keep the ground
cultivated, so that these pests will
not find suitable places where they can
multiply"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25

Glen Wilson was on the verge of
starvation for two days and night
last week. Glenn was splitting up wood
for winter on his land, four miles west
Of Bingville, Tuesday. 1t appears that
just before he stopped work to eat his
lunch which his wife had put up tor
him, Glen drove wedge into good
sized log and then sat down over the
split and began to eat.
Glenn says he was just starting III on
the sixth hardboiled egg when, for some
unaccountable reason, the wedge flew out
and the split in the log closed up sud-
denly, holding Glen n prisoner by the
seat of his pants. Glenn yelled as loud
as he could, but the nearest house was
over two miles away. Night come on
with Glenn still fast in the log, when
was too big to carry. Glenn says he
would of cut the seat of his pants OF,
but he didn't even have his penknife with
him.
BY the next morning he was pretty
hungry, and along towards afternoon he
said he guessed he could of drunk a
barrel of water. Along about 9 o'clock
that night a happy thought struck Glenn
and he Embossed his suspcndcrs and man
aged to slip out of his pants, leaving them
fast in the log. He says he was Il
blamed fool not to think of this sooner
Then he walked the four miles to Bng
vile with nothing on but his hat. SHIRT
and shoes. 1t was Il Coolish-likc night
too, but Glenn at last reached home, Ell.
tering town the back way. He went
back to the woods Wednesday and prlcd
his pants outen the log-Bingyille Buglc
UI'ittsburg Dispatch.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
Thum ps In PIGS.

Thumps in pigs is caused by sur
plus of fat and lack of exercise. The
humping is due to violent beating Of
the heart, causing shaking movement
of the sides and TANKS of the animal.
Often it is so violent that the whole
body trembles and shakes with the
movements. In aggravated cases the
pig is weak and uncertain in his
walk, and lies down most of the time.
Before death the nose, ears and other
parts of the body become red and pur-
pie with congested blood, due to weak
circulation.
Advanced cases of the thumps are
difficult to cure When first symptoms
are noticed reduce the bedding if there
is much in their sleeping quarters;
reduce the feed and compel the pig
to exercise in the open air. Fresh air
will purify the blood and exercise will
promote circulation. When pigs be-
come fat and lazy they will lie in bed
a great part of the time, often com
pletely covered with bedding, so that
they breathe impure air and dust
This poisons the blood and reduces
the vitality in general, which, with
compression of the heart with surplus
fat, causes the malady.
In the spring or summer when pas
ture is good it is well to change pas
ture Of hogs afflicted with the thumps
so that they will be induced to take
more exercise and eat green food. Re-
duce heavy feeding and keep the
bowels of the animal loose by doses
of castor oil. A little turpentine in
be good
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
Consul Wins a Promotion.

Lucen Memminger, now vice consul
for the United States at Naples, is in
Washington on leave. and his friends are
having fun with him because he wears
the honor of having been the man who
collected for this government the only
So it earned during the last fiscal year
at the American consulate at Bona,
Congo.
A few days ago the report of the audi
tor of the state department was printed,
showing that in the last year TIE consul.
ate at Bona cost the government SG545
in salary and expenses, and the net reve.
nue. from it was 50.
Well" said Memminger, the other
day. Il was the man who collected all
that revenue
What was it for" he was asked.
ooh" he explained 'for witnessing a
marriage certificate, invoicing a shipment
of rubber and few other services Of
that sort
Mr.. Memminger is too modest to ex-
plain that he did valuable work for the
government al Bona. as he was there on
a secret mission from the department of
state. AS result of his work, he was
promoted to his present position at Ma
ples.-W ashington Times.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
To Enjoy

the full confidence Of the Well Informed
of the World and the Commendation OF
the most eminent physicians it was essen
tial that the component parts of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA should be
known to and approved by them; there
fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pub
fishes full statement with every package.
The perfect purity and uniformity OF pro-
duct, which they demand in q laxative
remedy OF an ethical character, arc assured
by the Company original method Of man
ufacture known to the Company only.
The figs Of California are used in the
production of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
SIENNA to promote the pleasant taste, but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most beneicially.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only. and for sale
by all leading druggists.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
Boston to Battle with Disease

Boston wants doctor to fight tuber-
culosis. Mayor Hubbard has asked the
government for the loan of an expert
from tie marine hospital service or from
some other federal medical bureau The
names suggested by him We're: DR.. Hell
ser, now in charge of the health depart
who drove the bubonic plague out of
San Francisco last year; DR.. White, who
cleaned up New Orleans of yellow fever
DR.. Golfer, who established the quaran-
tine and medical system in the Hawaiian
islands. Boston like New York, has had
great accession Of foreign populatio
in the last few years, and with the for
eigners have come epidemics of conta-
gious diseases, and more especially a
large increase in consumption and other
diseases of poverty and overcrovding.
When Boston finds the expert she wants
he will be put TO work reorganizing the
health department
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
Selecting Seed Corn.

In gathering the corn crop, it is well
to look out for next years seed Next
to good soil and good cultivation, is
good seed. Do not place too much CON
fidence in abnormal individual ears
lect good ears from rows which pro-
duce a large yield. And when seed
ing time comes next year, do not rely
too much on the character of the seed.
culture, large crop Of corn can be
grown from almost any kind of seed
which will terminate, but good seed
will increase the yield, and will fully
repay the trouble and cost OF obtain,
ing it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
No More Walking.

What the inventor says Will be a
great boon to small farmers, as the
invention, it is claimed, will do the
work of six horses, is in use in Cali
fornia, but it can be adapted to any
locality 1t is a gasoline tractor and
is a help in blowing, narrowing and
harvesting. 1t will keep running as
long as it is fed gasoline.
Built with a two cylinder motor,
the tractor has plenty of power. 1t
has two speeds, forward and reverse,
and is easily operated from an extern
sion seat, from much the same posi-
ton driver would occupy with his
team
It is particularly an orchard tractor,
having low, wide wheels, narrow
tread, short wheel base and short turn
ing radius. A special feature is that
the tractor may be driven from the
seat of the ordinary wheel pillow or
harrow, enabling one man to drive and
operate the levers of this pillow and
cultivator with perfect ease and con-
venience. 1t Is a one man machine,
light in weight, with all control levers
conveniently arranged.
To obtain the greatest efficiency the
front wheels are made the traction
wheels; also the steering wheels. In
the rear are smaller plain wheels
close together, with flanges to hold
against side slipping, used simply as
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25

grew stronger, and within three months
I was a perfectly well woman.
IL want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. JOHN G.. MoLDAN,
2115 Second St., North, Minneapolis,
MINI.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
inc testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
Ifyou want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
Shewill treatyourletterasstrictly
confidential. For 20 years she
has been helping sick women in
this way, free of charge. Don't
hesitate write at once.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
The Rce's Sense OF Direction

A French beekeeper made a test
which satisfied him that the sense Of
direction Is more finely developed in
the bee than in the pigeon. He took
a dozen pigeons and dozen bees about
eight miles from his garden and there
he busted them with -four, and had a
friend stationed near the hive and well
in view Of the dovecote. The first bee
arrived home exactly fifteen seconds
before the first pigeon, and their com
panions followed in due order.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25

orally. The coal beds contain phos'
phorous, potash, nitrogen and lime, as
well as the other less important lngre-
dents. When the original trees out
of which were formed the coal beds
we're reduced to coal the mineral ele-
ments remained in them. and conse-
quently those same elements go with
the ashes One authority says thai
the reason why people have formed an
idea that coal ashes contain no fertll'
ity Is that the trees now grown have
in them less carbon than those in the
old days and thus the percentage or
other elements to carbon Is probably
greater now than then, which gives
larger value to our wood ashes but
does not annihilate the value in the
coal ashes. Ashes can be used to ad-
vantage without sitting, but large
quantities of half-burned coal are by
some considered a detriment to the
soil
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
Recipe for CntnrrI.

The only logical treatment for ca.
tarrh is through the blood a pre-
scription, which has recently proved
wonderfully effective in hospital work
Is the following. 1t Is easily mixed
"One ounce compound syrup of
Sarsaparilla; one ounce Toris com.
pound; half pint first-class whiskey.'
These to be mixed by shaking well
in bottle, and used in tablespoon
doses before each meal and at bed
time" The ingredients can be gotten
from any well stocked druggist or h,
will get them from his wholesale
house
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
Check-Rein on Horses.

When a horse stumbles he is far
less likely to go down when his head
Is left free. In England. where they
are far ahead of us in everything per.
tanning to horses, the checkrein has
been abolished, the last surrender be.
ing that Of the artillery and commits.
sariat trains cf the British army, the
change having been made by Sir
George Bourgoyne. the late comman.
der-in-chlef, and he testl1es to the ben.
eflcial results attending 1t.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25

were puffy spots beneath my eyes and
my head panied terribly. / was miser-
able In every way and often wished
death might relieve me. When | be
gan taking Doans Kidney Pills my
condition was so serious that they had
little effect, but | persisted, getting
gradually better, and it was not a
great while before | was cured. The
effect has been lasting"
Remember the name--Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25

taking in the amount Of dirt a post
would replace, and then withdrawn,
bringing up the dirt just as a dredger
would, Indeed, the implement works
much like a dredging machine. The
advantage of auger is in the small,
clean hole it makes. Without it a post
hole must be dug with a spade and the
smallest spade not only makes a hole
too big, but one that necessarily slants
from the rim to the bottom and must
be filled again. 1t IS easy to under
stand that a post will stand much
more firmly in a hole that does not
have to be filed in.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-11-25
OIL from potntoea.

The United States Department. Of
Agriculture is conducting experiments
in the manufacture of oil from pota.
toes by the introduction Of four varie-
ties of coarse, heavy, starch-producing
potatoes from Moscow. Russia. These
are sorts adapted to the steppe region
of Russia and are believed to be prom
Using for our great plains. 1t is hoped
that these potatoes will demonstrate
whether it will be profitable for our
farmers to grow a special alcohol crop.