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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-22

1 Maud-What do you think of girl
 Gho'd write her name on a new-laid IEg fh order to catch a husband? Jack-That it's a toSs-up for fresh
 hess between the egg and the girl.-
 Boston Transcript
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-22
COMMENT.

| St. Louis has developed a new poet. 1 He is a preacher, the Rev. MT. Ilgen, pastor of an Evangelical church. He | has just published a song-a love song which the irreverent call "hot stuff | They add that it ought to keep a par | Tor warmer than a ton of coal. It | is all about love and kisses and lips. | and that sort of thing. MT. Ilgen says | that Solomon wrote love songs, so he | doesn't see any impropriety in his do- | ing the same sort of thing. He prob l ably isn't trying to beat Solomon at his own game.-Savannah News. Good stenographers are at a pre- mium in Washington just now. So many investigations are in progress
 and each involves so much testimony and argument that scouts are SCOUT ing the country for skillful recorders. Congress is involuntarily substituting one line of business at least, and the demand for efficiency may multiply the number Of stenographers who can accurately set dewn what they hear in correctly spelled and punctuated form. The supply is limited-Roch- ester Post Express.
 Another move in the campaign for uniform marriage and divorce laws was made in Congress on Wednesday when Representative Morris Shep- bard. of Texas. introduced resolu- tion urging that the president call in Washington a conference of governors and attorney generals of the states to consider the subject. The resolution provides s100,000 for expenses of the conference It is similar to those introduced by Representatives Norris of Nebraska and Howard of Georgia.
 A New Jersey man claims that he has discovered a new way to get rid of mosquitoes He says that he has sunk water barrels in his grounds, filled them and planted pond lilies in them. Then pair of gold fish are added The female mosquitoes go there to breed and are eaten by the fish This novel application of the gold cure he says will soon exterm1n- ate the majority of female mosquitoes which are the ones that bite.-Spring
 field Republican.
 Many cities are now adopting sIo- gans. and using them for the purpose of arousing interest in the promotion of municipal growth and progress. One of the best we have noticed. is, "To- ueka Kan, Topeka will. That is taking slogan as well as expressive of determination, and it can not fafl to count-Burlington Vt, Free Press
 One of the most annoying things to people who live along the main thor oughfares in this city is the way that autoists and motorcyclists disobey the muffler law Whether the traffic policemen have been ordered to watch out for violations or not there is continual disregard for the provisions of the statute.-Meriden Journal
 Hhis years tax roll shows that Kan sas has S1 500 of wealth for each man. woman and child in the state Kansas is becoming almost as rich as a tribe of Indians.-Kansas City Star.
 '.Our literary club discussed Shakes peare last night. All the girls were there"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-22

Our literary club discussed Shakes peare last night. All the girls were there."
 That accounts for your discussing Shakespeare. '-Exehange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-22

Hhis years tax roll shows that Kan sas has 500 of wealth for oh man, woman and child in the state Kansas is becoming almost as rich as tribe of Indians.-Kansas City Star
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
ODD LENGTHS OF LUMBER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., September 25th.
The investigation carried on last year by
tie U. S. Department of Agriculture,
cooperating with lumber manufacturers
in the South, to determine the saving
that can be effected by using odd lengths
of lumber as well as even, has begun to
bear fruit. That investigation showed
that material saving was practicable,
and at a recent meeting of a southern
lumber manufacturers association the
fact was brought out that beginning
has been made in putting the new plan
into practice, and that an increase in the
sale of odd lengths is anticipated for the
near future.
1t was formerly the custom, and gen
orally is so still, to sell lumber in even
len gths only. Waste resulted from cut
ting off the ends of odd lengths to make
them even A considerable percentage
OF sawmill' S output is defective. That
is, boards have had knots, decayed spots,
or split ends, and the defective parts are
cut out To make an even length of
what remains, it is often necessary to
cut off foot of good wood with the bad,
and it is wasted. The practice of mar
keting odd lengths as well as even is
meant to lessen this waste. The sale of
odd lengths of lumber will frequently
lessen waste in the woods also; for ex-
ample, log may be cut fifteen feet long
which, following the old custom, would
be cut only fourteen, and the extra foot
would be left in the woods.
The introduction of odd lengths meets
with opposition from many builders who
are prejudlced in favor of even lengths
simply because they have never used
any other kind Nevertheless, there are
many places in which odd lengths
are more economical than even ones
for instance, where nine-foot studding is
used. Following former custom, the
ends must be cut from even lengths to
make the timbers fit Some manufac-
turers of flooring successfully sell odd
and even lengths, thus lessening waste
in the woods, at the mill, and in the con-
struction of buildings
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
ARE WE A wAsrEfUL PEOPLE ?

Is wastefulness distinctively an Ameri-
can habit? Oscar P. Austin, chief
of the United States Bureau of Stats
tics, discussing the question in the Octo-
Der number of Popular Mechanics Maya
zine, declares that the habit of ''knock-
ing" everybody and everything, of as
serting that all the things which are
happening are wrong, of bewailing con-
ditions of today as worse than those of
yesterday and worse among our own
people than those of some other country
or community, is too prevalent.
He says: 1.-The tendency toward the
yellow in every discussion of conditions
in our own country, of searching up and
down the land to find some means of
leading Americans to think ill of their
own people and their own country, is I'M
| fortunate. 1t is worse than that, it is
positively bad. 1t destroys respect for
our own people and their institutions, it
destroys pride of country, it is destruc-
tive of patriotism. And much of it,
can, of the things of today as compared
with those of yesterday, is based upon
misconception, inaccurate differences, in
accurate statements. Ofcourse
there is waste. So there is everywhere
But is it not law of nature that certain
of its products go back to the original
elements, and would not the energy de-
voted to preventing much of this waste
be of itself a greater waste?
"a favorite topic with those who COM
plain of the waste of everyday life is
that we are permitting countless mill
lions of horsepower to waste in our
streams and waterfalls every year
:. :. To be sure, the percentage of
the free power existing in waterfalls
and streams and tides and air currents
which is now being utilized is yet very
small; but why scold about it when we
are making more progress in this line in
a single decade than was formerly made
in century,
MIR. Austin makes some interesting
statements regarding the fire losses in
this country as compared with European
losses; our so-called "wasteful' methods
of mining; the bad business methods"
of railroads; the waste resulting from
smoking chimneys; the impovershing
of the land by farmers; the destruction
of the forests; the loss of human life by
accidents; the waste of water, etc. In
concluding, he argues:
| l. - ~ Sa9y w Soulpldll ABOUT OCner
peoples management. l know of no
easier or more delightful occupation than
that of managing other peoples business
at long distance and without responsi-
hility for the results But the people
who have built up that business, who
are responsible to themselves and their
families and their stockholders and their
stockholders families, and to the public
under the laws which govern and direct
ly control their work, are much better
able to judge whether this or that line
of conduct or this or that failure to util-
lie natural product is really waste
or whether the elimination of that waste
by the necessary outlay therefor would
or would not produce an equal or greater
waste of the capital already accumu-
lated, and for the conservation of which
they are responsible. :"
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q y s TX RIA
SAFETY IN LOCATING WELLS.

No well should be located where pol
luting matter has access to it. Such
matter usually comes from cesspools or
privies, Stops thrown on the surface,
backings from hen yards, pigpens, and
barnyards, from MANFRED fields, ami
mails falling into the water, and filth
thrown in through the open top or
washed in through the plank coverings
or leaky castings. The matter entering
through the top can be kept out by
cement, iron, or other impervious curb
ings. The entrance of material at the
bottom of shallow wells can be pre-
vented only by locating them beyond
the reach of contamination. Where
any of the polluting agents are present
care should be taken to see that the
well is located at least 100 feet away and
on distinctly higher ground, so that
both the surface drainage and the UNDER
ground drainage-which generally moves
IN the same direction-will be away from
it. On fiat sands the wells should be at
least $50 feet from any source of pollu-
ton. The Importance of choosing a To-
cation safe from polluting influences is
almost universally underestimated. Lay
ing aside considerations of comfort and
health, safe well is nearly always, in
the long run, the cheapest. Safety
should invariably be made the first con-
sideration instead of the last. (From
Water Supply Paper 223, U. S. Geologi-
cal Survey)
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
Education is the effort to adjust man

Education is the effort to adjust man
to his environment.
The chief service of the years of school
life is not in the completion of any ap-
propriate product, but rather in that
they have made it possible for the indi-
vidual to keep on growing through the
years of later life. The ideal home life
is perhaps the most effective means of
education. 1t is to be deplored that in
this age, home life is being in many in
stances so affected by the tendency of
the time that it is more and more giving
way to the social life which calls people
away from the home. Religion is a
sharing in the Divine nature, it is feeling
the pulses of the Divine life, it is an en-
tering into the purposes of God as the
Creator of world that is not yet finish
ed, but that is ever to become better and
better, beyond all the dreams of poet,
prophet and seer.
AS soon as l learned of the above men,
toned paper l subscribed for it; there
NAV be others who would do the same.
GEO. M. COLE
Husum, Wash, September S, 1911.
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
COUNT BIRD VALUES.
Conservation Men Look into Flying Re-
sources. Kansas City Congress Asked to

Conservation Men Look into Flying Re-
sources. Kansas City Congress Asked to
Act.
NEW YORK, September 25th: Plan
ming the first scientific and comprehen-
sive census of the bird and animal life of
the United States, as one of the nations
most valuable natural resources, dele
gates from the National Association of
Audubon Societies are taking a promi-
nent part in the activities of the Third
National Conservation Congress that has
been called at Kansas City. Federal
control of migratory birds and State reg
ulation of the sale of game are two
special objects that the Audubon work
ers are striving to attain through their
for the cause of conservation. AT the
request of Clifford Pinchot and other
leaders in this movement, the associa-
tons conservation committee will con-
tinue this work, which it has carried on
in cooperation with other organizations
interested in the saving of the lumber,
land, water and mineral resources of the
land.
Following the great gathering of con-
servationists, a delegation from the
national Audubon organization is con-
siderng tour of the middle west to
continue its demonstration of the fact
that protection of the pest-destroying
birds is an important factor in conserv-
ing the fields, woods and streams of the
being affected by the market butchery
of the country's waning game supply, is
also being urged. In the field of the con-
servation of vital resources, the pre-
servation of the shore birds, that check
plague and pestilence in their natural
function of scavengers and mosquito
destroyers, is shown to be essentially
necessary.
Action toward making Uncle Sam the
guardian of the economically valuable
hosts of birds that wing their way over
separate States. where protective legls-
lation differs and is often lacking, is eX-
pected from the National Conservation
Congress, that has already endorsed this
idea at its convention in St. Paul last
wear. 1t is also believed that the thou
sands Of delegates gathered from every
State in the union will return to their
homes prepared to push legislation look
ing to the increase of bird life, that has
for years been urged by the Audubon
workers.
Crops, trees, water ways and almost
every other source Of this nations wealth
and prosperity are influenced to more or
less extent by the birds which we are
working to save from extinction, said
I. Gilbert Pearson, who was chosen to
represent at Kansas City the National
Association of Audubon Societies, at its
headquarters, 1874 Broadway. Zone of
the greatest problems, therefore, in con-
nection with the conservation of our
national resources is the preservation of
the wild bird life of the country"
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28

to feel better when | had taken CN,Y
one bottle of Compound, but kept on
as was afraid to stop too soon. Mrs.
SADIE MULLEN, 272S N. B. St., IL
wood, Ind.
Why will women take chances VIII
an operation or drag out a Sicily,
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the JOY of living, when they
can find health in Lydia Z. Pinkha IL 5
Vegetable Compound?
For thirty years it has been tie
standard remedy for female ills, ~,
has cured thousands of women ,
have been troubled with su h a!
ments as displacements, Inflammation,
liberation, tibroid tumors, Irregular
ties, periodic pains, backache, indisas-
ton, and nervous prostration.
If you have the slightest do:Ef:
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Ne.t
table Compound will help YOU
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Ly'2i,
Mass, for advice. Your lett"z
will be absolutely confidential.
and the advice free.
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s' sssss ses Of Iez4zzzzSI
Mend Your Manners.

Writing in Harper's Weekly, H. B..
Marriott Watson, an English author,
descants upon the decline of manners in
England and America. "On the whole it is
impossible to deny better manners to the
American" he writes. 'tThe etiquette
of the sexes is certainly looser in Ameri-
ca. Our grandmothers would be shocked
to see what breaches have been made in
the necessary Notifications between the
stood hareheaded In the rain or bowed to
the waist when it encountered young
womanhood; now a nod is as good as a
wink or mere perfunctory clutch at the
hat. It is all a matter of convention, of
course, but do you like it,"
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
Bangor's Grand Banker.

Bangor's Grand Banks effect" is in.
The schooner Lizzie Griffin, Capt. Ander-
son, arrived September goth, hailing
200, 900 pounds fare, of nice plump cod,
worth all of $4,000. She did not wet ali
her salt but will stock much more than
enough to make good on wages and out
fit. About 10000 pounds more would
have filled her to the deck beams and
sent her colors to the main truck. The
fare is for Alfred Jones' Sons, who own
the vessel. Bangor News.
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
BORDER STATE BALLADS

BANGOR.
Metropolis of the Scottish name,
Seated where fair Penobscot flows,
For thee a simple verse frame,
And in thy beauty seek repose.
Not one of thy true Sons am l.
A stranger from stranger shore;
Yet dost thy win my musing eye,
And charm me ever more and more.
watch thy stately vessels glide
By sleepy banks where blooms the rose,
Ger Norumbega's ample tide.
And on where coy Kenduskeag flows.
For precious unto me thou art
Not only that thou art so fair,
But thou hast homes that glad my heart,
That truth and honor hover there.
And there the gentle Poets dwelt
Who sleeps meath California's skies,
Whose magic numbers, deeply felt,
Bring now the tears into my eyes.
Dear City of the Scottish name
This is thy dearest praise to me-
This is thy splendor, this thy fame
She lived, and loved, and sang in thee.
Dear City of the Scottish name,
For thee my tears are bid to flow;
Thy homes wrapt in devouring flame,
Thy children filled with pain and woe.
We saw thee on thy fateful day,
When naught availed to shield or save;
Beauty and treasure swept away
Left ruin cherries as the grave.
But thou hast hope-thy heart is high,
Thy will is strong; yet to the skies
Thy towers and domes in majesty.
With added grace. shall soon arise.
For Charity and faith survive,
And God shall lift thy head once more;
Then let the armed hours arrive
Thy strength and beauty to restore.
Pastor Felix.
Frances Laughton Mace, author of LEG
IDS, Lyrics and Sonnets," and "Under Pine
I'd Palm"
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
No Need to Stop Work.

When your doctor orders you to stop work,
it staggers you. 81 can't you say. You
know you are weak, rundown and failing in
health, day by day, but you must work as long
as you can stand. What you need is Electric
Bitters to give tone, strength, and vigor to
you up. Don't be weak, sickly or ailing when
Electric Bitters will benefit you from the first
dose. Thousands bless them for their glorious
health and strength. Try them. Every bottle
is guaranteed to satisfy. Only Soc. at all
Druggists.
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28

BILE Compound, |
was sic X t h re e
months and coual
not walk. | sui
fered all the time.
The doctors said I
could not ct well
without an opera
ton, for | could
h a rdly stand the
pains in M sides,
especially my rigA t
one, and down my
right leg. | her,l
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
Not a Word of Scandal

marred the call of neighbor on Mrs. W. P.
Spangh Of Manville, Wyo., who said: "she
told me DR.. Kings New Life Pills had cured
her OF obstinate kidney trouble, and made her
feel like new woman" Easy, but sure rem
edy for stomach, liver and kidney troubles,
Only Csc. at all Druggists.
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
BELFAST
AND
BURNHAW

On and after June &c, 1911, trains lo0n5
ing at Burnham and Waterville with trr--
trains for and from Bangor, WatervI.e e
land and Boston will run as follows;
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28

'Frances Laughton Mace, author of LEG
ends, Lyrics and Sonnets," and "Under Pine
and Palm"
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
Belfast Free Library.
New Books, August 1911.

DClldSt free Library.
New Books, August 1911.
SOCIOLOGY.
Paul, Nanette B.
Parliamentary law 1908 ......... 1923 %
Sellgman. Edwin Robert Anderson. }
The income tax; study of the his
tory, theory and practice Of in
come taxation at home and
abroad. 1911. 1862 Sc 4
USEFUL ARTS.
Howard, Leland Ossian.
The house fly, disease carrier; an
account of its dangerous activi-
ties and of the means of Destroy
ing it. 1911 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. GAS H
Richards, Ellen Henrietta.
Conservation by sanitation. 1911. 628 R SO
Wiley. Harvey Washington.
Principles and practice of agricul-
tural analysis; a manual Of the
study of soils. fertilizers and
agricultural products. vols.
OIL w 6-l
FINE ARTS.
Ely, Helena Rutherford.
The practical flower garden. 1911. ZIG E-S
Mansfield, Milburg Francisco.
The cathedrals and churches Of the
Rhine. 1906 Observation-Disclosures. 726 M 81
Prichard. Hesketh v. H.
Hunting camps in wood and will
derness. 1910 Observation-Disclosures. 1893 P SO
Wallis, Frank Edwin.
How to know architecture. 1919. 720 " Is
TRAVEL.
Bingham, Hiram.
Across South America. 1911..... TsB 81
Denis, Pierre.
Brazil. 1911 ..........................T 81 D Al
Huntington, Ellsworth.
Palestine and its Transformation.
1911 .............. ...................... Sc H
Scott, William.
The Riviera. Illustrated by rs
colored plates 1907. .................T A SEQ
BIOGRAPHY.
O'Bren, Richard Barry.
John Bright: monograph. 1e1o..B 2 B rs
Smith, Preserved.
The life and letters of Martin
Luther. 1911 ......................,..B3 L 97-5
1ooley, MIS- 0aran "A.
| The life of Florence Nightingale.
2 56-2
Wagner, Richard.
My life. Authorized translation
from the German. vols. 1911. B 8 W ~ 8
HISTORY.
| Froissart, Jean.
Chronicles of England, France,
Spain and the adjoining coun-
| tries from the latter part of the
| reign of Edward II. to the coro-
nation of Henry LV..................9 40.4 81
Voltaire, Francois M. A. de.
History of Charles XII 940.4 go
FICTION.
Andersen, Hans Christian,
The sand-hills of Jutland. 1899 An 23
Collins, William Wilkie.
The woman in white. ................... C 69-1
Crockett, Samuel Rutherford.
The frebrand. 1901. 1928
Goodloe, Able Carter,
The star-gazers. A romance of
Mexico. 1910. g 62-3
Grossman Edith Searle.
The heart of the bush. 1911......... G 9l5
Haworth, Paul Leland.
The path of glory. 1911............ H3
Jokai, Maurus.
The nameless castle. 1885,. J 67-2
Lincoln, Joseph c.
The woman-haters. A yarn of
Eastboro twin-lights 1911.... l. 631-9
Oppenheim E. Phillips.
The moving finger. 1911 OPP BILL
Ray, Anna Chaplin.
Sidney: her senior year. 191O.. R2-2O
Roberts, Morley.
The Flying Cloud. A story of the
sea. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. R 1928
Harrington, Booth.
His own people. 1907 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 7 lit
Tracy, Louis
The wheel O fortune. 1907 ...... T 67-7
Wilson, John Fleming.
The land Chalmers. 1911.............. w 691
JUVENILE BOOKS.
Ellis, Edward S.
Among the Esquimaux. 1904 JET 52-11
Wheeler, James Cooper.
Captain Pete of Cortesana. 1909, J-W 562
The Republican journal., 1911-09-28
WOMAN
ESCAPES
OPERATION
WasCured byLydiaE. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

cured me and l have only taken six
bottles Of Lydia q. Pinkham's Eegeta-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-29
BOSTON WOOL MARKET.

poston Ap~N 2s-"The COMMERCIAL Bulle-
tin Of Boston. will say OF the wool market
tomorrow -,
Less interest "a offerings In the Boston WOOL
-. ,bts eek has been shown By manu-
sscturers who have followed a distinctly
band-to-mouth policy except for tho possible
,,,rchaso on three or four quarter lllion
ppo,,nd los OF territory and fair amount 81
fueirssE IN secured woods. Tho mills are re-
norted 10 have bought more or less wool IN
gs-,eral ~ the secondary markets OF the coun-
-, Notably IN 81. Louis and Chicago, where
talrIv large quantities are said 20 have been
taken on fairy low prices SO Tar as Boston
ts concerned prices have shown little change
exrent FOR a slightly easier tone on neeces.
the shipments Of wool from Boston 10 April
OF inclusive we're 81 3G2. 4eS pounds, against
IN AZ $50 bounds for the same period last
,ear THE receipts TO April 81. inclusive. were
~ Gao 22T rounds. against ~ 557"a2 pounds
Or tha same perI0d last yesE