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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-16
Valuable Prize
 For Best Potatoes
Growers of Spuds to Contest for Thousand Dollar
 Silver Cup

Farmers and truck gardeners will have an opportunity to win valuable trophy for the best late potatoes shown at New York city's first land show in November,
 To arouse interest in the improve ment and increase of the potato croE of the United States, A. B. St1lWeli president of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railway, has donated to the American Land and Irrigation expo sition to be held in Madison Square Garden No. 3-12, a thousand dollar sill yer loving cup to be awarded for the best exhibit of marketable late pota- toes made at that exposition
 Productivity, edibility and appear ance will. be the three principal re- quirements of the prize winners, anu competition will be limited to the pet ter varieties only. One half bushel of each variety of potatoes, comprising an exhibit, should be delivered to the exposition between Oct. 30 and NOV 2 The yield of each variety, per officially surveyed acre, must be sworn to oy the grower and attested by two or more reputable witnesses. In aool- ton to yield per acre, edible quallIy uniformity of size and smoothness, the indges vii, consider trueness to type, excellent condition of the eyes ana other points of excellence.
 The judge or judges of this national potato contest will be appointed by Hon. James Wilson, Secretary or the United States Department of Agrlcul- ture. r.+o approximates 300,000,000 bushels an nually. or three and one-haf pusneis ner person, much smaller production Der capita than is found in Europe. Cermanv produces five or six times as many potatoes as does the United States. and the Germans and lrlsn consume per capita seven or eight times the quantity of potatoes eaten in America. Maine, New York, Penn sylyania, Michigan, Wisconsin ana Minnesota produce half the potato crop grown in the United States, although western irrigated areas, notably III Colorado, claim higher yields and val ues for their potato sdo crops; s;eeo-on+ o rieties of potatoes in the United States. a majority of which are not adapted to table use. There are certain types that are exceedingly large and yield an enormous produc- tion per acre but are only lit Tor cat tIe. Such coarse potatoes will not be considered in the approaching contest.
 Other valuable prizes are to be awarded at this first land show to he held in New York city. Thous- and dollar trophies will be awarded for the best corn, wheat, oats, cotton, sugar beats. barley, hops and alfalfa, and an additional prize of s1,000 in gold is to be awarded for the best wheat and $500 in gold for the best apples.
 They're smoking Nuggets at Poli's
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-16

They're smoking Nuggets at Poli's this week. a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-16
BRIDGEPORT LADY RELIEVED OF MANY GALL STONES BY
 IA VITA TREATMENT
Had Suffered for Years Was in Dangerous Condition
 La Vita Treatment Succeeded After Others Failed Like Others to Know It-Many Remarkable Cures.

This is a testimonial for women who are sick and Respondent, and deals with the cure of a woman we'll known in Bridgeport and vicinity; it is well worth reading. As Ella Wheeler Will COX says. it is a beautiful thing to die; but il is a terrible thing to be sick, poor and misera ble while you live. In chronicling the results of the La Vita Medical Experts treatment, I do so in the cases of this woman. I have not trusted anything to memory, but have made notes aS to my ObserVa tionS ana inVestig ations about the La Vita Treat ment, and 1 think it a duty to let the public know the full truth and details of this wonderful treatment.
 Asked for Case.
 A representative then asked the La Vita man if he would consent to give the name and address of one womal. whom his doctors had cured whil. here in Bridgeport This he gladly consented to do, and called my atten ton to the case of Mrs. Felicia Mad Joloni, who lives at 1S46 Main street
 Was Extremely Nervous.
 There was evidence of mental as we'll as physical suffering, and my heart went out to that poor woman. when I saw what a state she was in Her lady friend, who brought her, was anxious and nervous over her condi- ton and was willing to grasp at any thing promising cure, as a drowning man would grab at straw. It is al- most useless to describe this woman'S condition to women, as it is the same old story-dragging pains, constipa- ton. torpid liver, backache and worst of all, nervousness.
 Suffering Was Intense.
 She described her symptoms and different treatments that other doctors had prescribed and told of money spent without getting any relief, that she was discouraged and Respondent,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-16
THE FARMER: JUNE 16. 1911

suits would be soon apparent Here tofore the plan has been to gloss over such jobs with the least work and outlay possible, leaving the job to be again half done the next year.
 It has lately been noticed that de- structive insect pests are at work on the oak trees in the Saugatuck river glen, so that the tops of many of them present a ragged and half denuded ap- pearance. None of the different va reties of oak, rock, yellow and the several kinds of swamp or bastard oak, seems to have escaped The lat ter have been regarded as immune from insect enemies and for this req son have lately been made use of as shade tree by many cities. Within year or So Danbury set out 75 of them along one street The chest nut trees in this section have been largely destroyed by the fungus growth which first appeared about four years ago and if the oaks are to suffer likewise it will be a bad blow to our dwindling forest resources.
 Mrs. Henry Sherwood, formerly of Westport, died Sunday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs Marshall Sanford on the Ridge She had a shock on Saturday, her third attack of the kind. Her age was about 80. The funeral was held on Wednesday with interment at Westport.
 A wild deer was seen in Sanford town last Friday by William Banks, and moved only when he approached within two or three rods of it.
 A. G. Barnett had one of his hands severely lacerated a few days ago by having it caught in the mechanism of his steam engine.
 Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Bradley have issued numerous invitations for a dance which they will give at the Ridge gym Friday evening"
 The Fred Driggses came this week to their log cabin in Pleasant Valley which has been enlarged by an addi- tion and supplied with running wa ter.
 The entertainment at the Mark Twain library last Friday netted S22. 50.
 The interior of the Episcopal church was tinted this week in oils, over the former kalSomine
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-16
Marvel For Any
 SupsrfIuous Hair
The Free Trial of Elec-tro-Ia Will
 Surprise You

Elec-tro-1a is the remarkable new hair-remover which does more than merely kill the surface hair It goes to the hair roots destroys them abso- lutely and forever.
 Besides this, Elec-tro-la, instead ot burning or reckoning the skin as oth- CT hair-removers do. leaves the skin fresh and soft, so nobody can ever tell you have been using anything Elec- tro-la contains no barium nor any element not found in pure wholesome mineral water. Whether the super f1uous hair is of light or heavy growth Elec-tro-la will destroy it immediate ly and permanently.
 Even light fuzz makes a woman look coarse. Heavy growth is hu- initiating, and is Cupid's worst enemy
 Make your face, arms, hands, ,shoul- ders, neck and bust look clean and exquisite by using Elec-tro-la.
 The regular price is s1.0O a bottle. Your money refunded if you are not satisfied.
 Just send coupon below. with name and address, together with % stamp to pay for postage, for a free trial package of Elec-tro-la to prove what it will do.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-16

and that her suffering was almost un- bearable. Pains across the back and kidneys, a feeling of complete eXhaus- tion; tired and worn down; at times could hardly drag one foot after the other; pains over the liver.
 The LaVita Experts.
 made a complete examination, and found the lady in a terrible condition, but soon discovered the cause of her sickness, and at once began treating her. La Vita expert claimed that Mrs Maddolonis liver was en- larged and that it refused to eradicate the bile as nature intended; also that the gall duct became obstructed, which necessitated immediate attention. A peculiar looking medicine was com pounded by the experts, and only three doses given to Mrs. Maddoloni, and to her surprise she was relieved of over one hundred gallstones. No knife, no pain was experienced. It would cer- tainly do every suffering woman good to hear this lady tell her story. How quickly she got we'll through the La Vita Medical Experts, after other doc tors had tried for years to cure her and failed. And she does tell 1t, too, every chance she gets.
 Glad to Tell About It.
 When asked by her friends and neighbors what she thinks of the L. Vita Treatment she replied: '' It is all right, and feel fine. I can sleep good, and eat good, too. My back is strong now, and the terrible pain 1 suffered has left my body. Yes, the treatment has worked wonders for me. and I am glad I went and saw the La Vita doctors
 From early morning until late at night the La Vita Doctors are besiegeo by the sick, lame and afflicted. Their offices at 1412 State street are cowded daily.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-16
NEW STOCK ON CHANGE.
New Haven Road Explains Abou
 Listing of S61 100000.

At the office of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad com pany 1t is explained that s44,000, GOO of the S61, 100000 to be listed at the New York stock exchange, is the stock au- thorized two years ago which was is- sued at S125 a share on which three payments have already been made and the final payment becomes due on the 20th of this month. The remainder of the stock amounting to about $17.000,- 900 has been outstanding in the hands of the public for several years, but has never been listed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-16
PEST NOW ATTACKS NAPLES. If No Remedy is Found New England
 Sugar Crop May Disappear.

Suff1eld, June 16-After three years efforts by the State authorities the scourge of the elm tree beetle has been checked in Connecticut Now a similar pest has been discovered at tacking the maple trees in northern Connecticut and Vermont. Sugar ma pies over tracts many miles square are victims of this new scourge. The ground under the trees is covered with dead leaves and the trees are bare, Unless something is discovered to pre- vent its spread, the annual New Eng land maple sugar crop will soon be a thing of the past
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-16
HAMILTON JOINS ELKS.
New Britain Aviator Goes to Initia-
 ton in Biplane

New Britain, June 16-Probably the first candidate to ride to his initia- tion in the Elks in an airship was taken in by that order here last night on the arrival of Charles K Hamilton in his .biplane from Pennington, five miles from this city. Hamilton re- gently lowed his machine behind his automobile from Squantum, Mass, to Pennington and shortly after five o'clock yesterday afternoon took the air from farm in that town and flew to this city covering the distance in four and half minutes. Before alighting he unanswered in the air for ten minutes and then landed, to be taken to the place of initiation in an automobile
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-16
M1NARETs THAT YOU CAN SHAKE

MINARETS THAT YOU CAN SHAKE
 The famous Shaking Minaret was next inspected and two men shook it.
 with the result that a brick set on edge fell down. It is abouty forty feet high. composed of patchwork. and is decorated with geometrica1 patterns and two belts of Kufic inscription I have often been asked whether this minaret actually shakes, and have re- piled that. to the best of my belief, it does. Near Ispahan, too there is similar building. It is difficult to ac- count for this curious fact, unless it be accepted that the pillar has been built of bricks which are somewhat elastic-From the July Wide World.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09

fabrics. Of course these have many va- riations. Take the all-wood treatment, for instance
 Tn one of the most stylish one and halt story bungalows near New York the entire lower part is finished with narrow logs which had only the bark stripped off before being oiled and treated with a preserative. Bumps and knotholes were left on the surface. The logs are laid diagonally to form a three foot high wainscoting divided from the upper wall with a chair rail composed oe a single log. The natural color of the pine is preserved and the hang ings, cushions and rugs are of a bronze brown, the former made of antique crash.
 Generally rooms treated in this style cost more than when finished with fiat boards arranged to cover beams or which are sheathed up to beams, letting the latter project beyond the flat boards, unless indeed the boards are very nar- row and arranged in fancy patterns. variation of the plain board finish has panels of camp cloth, antique crash bur lap or other coarse fabric set between square beams, running from baseboard to ceiling or perhaps stopping at a chair rail which divides three feet of wood. work from the fabric.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
Petty Borrowing

Do you know the House of Petty Bor- rowing? Perhaps it may be your own house. At any rate. probably It is not very far away. Most of us have had a glimpse of it some time or other.
 In the House of Petty Borrowing every one seems continually to be asking for something. The begging of loans has be- come 6 habit that has spread from one member of the family to another. It is a Wont you let me have this?' and Please, may I use that?" all the day long. It is no wonder that after a while the sense of ownership is very much con- fused in that particular domicile.
 The things asked for? Oh. their num- Der is legion. They are the things which one cannot find among his or her pos sessions. Inasmuch as they are needed, what is easier than to ask the next per- son for them. It may be sewing silk or money, postage stamps or a lead pencil.
 Whatver it is, much more interest is apt to be taken in the borrowing than in the returning. To be sure, in house. hold where the borrowing habit is we'll nigh universal, balance is pretty apt to be struck. Still there are almost al- ways some of the family who are bound to be sufferers, just as some are more inconsderate than others in this matter of running into debts. When the bor- rowing habit breaks over the limits of the household, there is no question as to who suffers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
Her "Real' N anne

There is well known leader In the sui rage movement who has the reputation of being totally indifferent to- Aetty clothes. artistic furniture and all the little trimmings of life that most women care so much about, says a New York newspaper. "Plain living and high think ing Is no mere phrase with her; it is her veby nature," her friends and fol- lowers say. When she appears in a good looking gown everybody knows 1t is be- cause her confidential secretary has com peled her to buy it in order to make a nice appearance for the good cause" It is the universal opinion that the hand some gown bores her, and that she would prefer plain stuff or calico one.
 But one day the suffrage leader un- bosomed herself to woman aequaint- ance. The two met in department store, and the leader, glancing over at the notion counter, remarked that she need ed a comb. Some of the. teeth were broken out of hers, but she felt that she ought to give the money to suf- frage, and she would get along with her old comb as long as there were any teeth left. Then she added, wistfuly:
 q would so like to spend more money on myself. No one knows how I'd love to have pretty clothes always-exquisite underwear, negligees for my room. And
 t ere are so many things I think of that I'd like to do for my friends, but I don't
 feel that I ought to spend money in any oG those ways. Suffrage comes first, and
 every cent I can spare must go to tat,
 but oh how I'd like sometimes to break
 loose and be frivolous and extraVagant."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
A Vacation Spent Up a Tree

The Woman's Home Companion re- gently offered prizes for the best de- scriptons of actual vacations enjoyed.
 We two girls were tired out and in need of rest and out of doors, which our limited amount of money seemed inadequate to supply.
 This is what We did. Happening to think of an old spreading apple tree upon a farm in Michigan, where I had once visited, I wrote asking the farmer if we might nest there Uuon receiving his consent. we shipped a box of light warm bedding and few cooking uten- slls. packed two steamer trunks with our painest clothes and things absolute lJ' necessary Git is surprising how few things are necessary and early one morning left the city. That night we spent in our own home, built since morn ing,
 Upon the spreading branches of the apple, aided by four strong timbers, we had a floor laid, six feet square. Fas- tened securely above this we had tent shaped framework of timbers, with the corners three feet above the floor and the ridge pole six. Upon this frame we fas- tened heavy canvas, with the ends loose at the bottom, so that we might throw them open and have only moSquito-net- ting between us and the air, except in case of storm. We furnished our nest with two canvas cots and our trunks (under them). On the ground under neath we set up the box in which our blankets came for a combination table and cupboard. with two smaller boxes for chairs. We had also a small camp stove
 "It was the best summer of our lives. and we have a home awaiting us for the next"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09

That just finishes me-" sighed Peggy.
 What?" I asked blandly.
 ''1 don't know" she replied, ''but some- how 1t always fills me with vague un- rest. It awakes such divine discontent fin my soul; it brings up ghosts of rapture that frighten my very spirits. I break my heart over something every time hear it. I wish they wouldn't play 1t when I'm around. Look at those Laura Jean Libbey lovers over therei Her head is on his shoulder and the chaperons are dead 300 years. I wonder if the music effects them as it does me?"
 She was thoughtful for a moment.
 Occasionally" she resumed, "when one hears music that touches the very heartstrings one wakes up to the realiza tion of 1t all-the utter hopelessness of the in the midst of life feels the thirst with only a lime-kiln from which to quench it-and then-and then"
 '1s that I asked quietly, when you read in next mornings paper that some body has committed suicide in fit of de- pression or temporary insanity or
 But Peggy sat listless and speeches. before my question.
 Do you know what I'd do if I had money" Peggy at last said in her old time spirit, as we gathered our things to- gether to take the last car nome.
 "What?" I asked.
 'I'd build parks and have beautiful music every day, but I'd never let them
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09
Vegetable Hints

T. one likes a moist sweet potato, cook ing it longer than usual will bring about the result.
 When canning beans, put a small piece Of red pepper pod in the bottom of each jar this gives a delicious flavor to the vegetable.
 The midrbs of the fullgrown chard leaves may be cut into small pieces and cooked like celery, being served with cream sauce.
 If vegetable has lost it's crispness or firmness, do not cook it until it has been soaked in cold water long enough to have the firmness restored
 Often a person is disturbed to find tho cauliflower is dark-colored being cooked: the fault is in the cooking pro- cess. This vegetable deteriorates more quickly than any other from over cook ing the vegetable not only growing stronger in flavor but becoming dark colored. To keep cooked cauliower warm, drain and cover with piece of cheese cloth, so that the moisture may become absorbed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09

By William F. Kirk. Copyright, 1911, National News Asso-
 ciation.) Lady Bug, Lady Bug, don't you fly
 home Stay till the ninth ere deciding to roam; Don't you despair when the outlook
 seems blue. Be a game Lady Bug-see the game
 through, '.why does that man wear those things
 on his shins?' ''How can we tell. when it's over. who
 win?" ''Which is the umpire? Tell me, George,
 please, And what do they mean when they call
 him a cheese?" 'Isnt that Matty, that little boy there Why-that's the bat boy? Well, do de-
 clare,' "why do they throw to that man on
 first base?" Hasn't that Indian got a fine face?" What do they mean when they yell at
 each other?' "Don't you think witse looks just like
 my brother?" "cant keep score just as well without
 paper?" "see Mister Latham, the way he can "Isn't this grand? could come here at
 noon," well, delare, Is it over so soon?" Lady Bug. Lady Bug. feathers and fuss, Ask all the questions you want of us. Maybe we'll kid you, but please dont't you care; Baseball is eoetter because you are there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-09

her life, and she meant to do all the stunts over again.
 woman's attitude towards a horse is always interesting, whether 1t be real steed or one on merry-go-round, and It takes more than a riding skirt to make lady centaur.
 The merry-go- o-round stopped and pret- ty blonde girl attracted my attention out of the crowd-she of creamy cheeks and the curves of Kentuckian.
 Such wonderful hair and eyes and such slim feet She seemed somehow. born to ride Even her broad-brimmed sailor looked as if it knew all about keeping saddle. But when the wooden horse'' arrived she sort of demur,ed and fell back.
 "Go on," said the suitor, you won't fall off" 'I can't ride except astride. and I'm ashamed to do that out here,' she said llittenishly.
 | A spinster with tight-ftting Princess
 frock on, tiny black toque. and a shay | ing brush Aigrette for trimming, was
 mounting another wooden steed and she
 was a sight to behold. | Anyway, the two of them-the Pretty Girl and The Spinster, finally got started
 to the music of the merrygo-round and
 round they went, time after time, never seeming to grow tired of the excitement, and always ready for "one inore.'' Peggy said that it seemed powerful
 tame after shooting the chutes,' and she didn't think she'd try it. and so we went and sat on a bench and watched the others ride, and the boys and girls and the tirs tots race by, and wondered how much money the management was taking in that day, and if the girl in the pink frock was a natural blonde or a
 peroxide, and still it was only o'clock. Peggy said she felt morally sure that Tennyson meant East Lake park when he wrote about 'the land where 1t was always afternoon
 We were ravenously hungry by supper time for you know how if is when yon kill perfectly good appetite carly in the day and we had been saving ours just as if it were a precious something to enjoy our supper the more. We had the kind of cakes that mother used to make,' and all sorts of of''goodies," aud we ate like pigs and had a grand time and then we decided to go down to
 the dancing pavilion end zee what was happening.
 'I.isten.' said Peggy. "The band Is playing that beautiful old Rosas waltz, "Sobas Las Olas." And even whife we listened it resolved itself into another
 of our old time favorites, La Paioma.'
 I saw Peggy swallowing hard. | 'I can't stand music like that she
 said with a gulp. and l knew 1t earned
 her back to some remote period or her
 life when all was love and sunshine ana | happiness.
 | We moved closer.
 l A lot of children were dancing cheer | fully and "grown-ups too. Finally the band struck up The Blue Danube"