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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

with garden shears. sickle. hoe. rake and spade.
 And I'll sell my share, too." said Jane, Harry's little ten-year- old sis ter. It was Jane's first experience at garden making, and she was very much interested in the work and the promise it gave. 1T shall buy new dress with my money" she added.
 AS soon as their voices ceased to be heard in the garden, another voice, small and weak. came out through the soft earth. It was saying: T may be only a tiny bit of thing. but just you wait month or so. Then you'll change your opinion of me. I'll become a great onion. and shall be seen by all who come down the garden paths. I'm a tiny seed now. but great oaks from little acorns grow. and great onions from little seeds shall sprout."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

As we close in we'll frighten the wolves from their hiding places, and they'll find themselves In a four walled trap. When they try to break through the lines we'll shoot"
 Then the signal for starting was given by Hank Danby himself. mile away, by firing a gun. Then down the line. and round the square went the signals, guns being fired by men at given distances. The start was made. Earl felt the excitement of the occa- sion. They went carefully, but at a pretty good rate, for much of the time they were going over unbroken prairie lands which were given up to cattle grazing.
 After covering several miles. the men left their machines and started on foot. The ground was too rough for the automobiles to go over. Each man carried gun and ammunition Earl had been given a rife, and had spent many hours each day in target practice.
 It was about ten o'clock when the first coyote was seen by the Rogers crowd. Jack raised his gun and took quick aim. The bullet went foul the mark. "Try 1t, Earl Quick" It was Uncle John who said this. In- stantly Earls rife went to his shoul- der. He took careful, quick aim. Bangl Earl's face was white from excitement. As he dropped his rife, his arm quivered. He did not see the creature fall, and did not know that he had killed the first wolf of the day till his uncle slapped him on the shoulder, crying out:
 The head sportsman of the day, By ginger boy. you old that as slick
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
Children in the Garden

be watered in the evening an hour after the sun is down. Too much water poured on is not good. If one has not a garden hose and sprinkler a large hand sprinkler may be put into service with passably good re- suits, but the attending labor is not always to be courted. However, after one has spent many evenings carry ing water to his little garden he feels fully repaid after the vegetables be- gin to yield abundantly.
 A kitchen garden may be made as attractive to the eye as the flower garden, save for the variety of bril- liant blossoms. All one has to do is to use his artistic sense and not mix tall vegetables with short ones. And the beds should be bordered. giving them the effect of flower beds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

E@ o the American boy and girl, with N their varied life of interest and ~ advancement, the life of the Eskimo child must appear dull and unsatisfying. And dull it Is, indeed. But those little brothers and sisters of the perpetually-frozen North know of no other existence, therefore. do not realize the limitations of their sombre life. They seem to enjoy liv- ing as fully as do children of other and more desirable climes. Until of a work age, both boys and girls play all day long. indoors of winter and out of doors during the short sum- mer. At seven or eight, the boy be- gins initiating his father and older brother. With them he goes fishing and hunting, and before the age of ten Is usually expert in those lines of work. The girls. until reaching the age of ten or twelve, play from morn till night, after which they begin as- sisting their mothers with the house. hold duties, which are of the simplest kind. After twelve or fourteen, the girls are finished housekeepers, and the mother finds she can rest and let the daughter look after things in general. But the girl soon marries and goes to home of her own, either in her own village or an ad- joining one. In some tribes, the girls chins are tattooed on reaching a mar riageable age. This adornment an nounces to the wouldbe sultors in the village that they may propose to the girls father for her hand. On arriv- ing at a marriageable age the boys lips are incised for labrets.
 The parents seem very fond of their children, and few tribes resort to fog ging and severe punishment of any kind. And the children are obedient and return their parents affection.
 There are numerous superstitions among the Eskimos and 1t may be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

bean which had been planted close be- side her.
 Say, you seeds make. me tired" It was big potato-several feet away from the bean-rows- spoke. the dirt in which they grow. Beans are never considered elegant food: onions have to be smothered in some way before eaten. But potatoest HearlSen to me=a potato is just right in every way. Boil. bake, stew, fry, scallop. the potato Is always inviting. and unlike the bean or the onion, can be eaten at every meal. We are the most necessary vegetables that grow. What would the Irish people do without the Murphy?" And the potato turned two of his many eyes on the onion seed, and another pair upon the bean, and grinned cunningly
 If it were not for you. you bigoted, fat-stomached giant, the good Irish people would be better off, for they'd learn the value of the bean and use 1t as a substitute. thereby becoming strong and healthy. Whenever the Irish people banish the potato as good St. Patrick banished the snakes and toads from Ireland. then will they begin to use the bean-the most complete food within itself that grows in the garden" So spoke the bean. having come over in its nest to glare at the bold potato.
 Say, you three egotistical seeds are most annoying to those of us that wish to lie quiet here and prepare 10 | .@6a co remonstrate against your loud talk ing. if you do not stop it. Why oon you do as Nature means you should be still and get warm. ana then sprout? You are noisy, sharty trio"
 The onion seed. the bean, the potato all turned about to see where the voice came from and beheld me- big yellow grain of corn. lie was on the outer edge of the onion rows, and had half risen on end to make his speech. Not far from him were radish seeds, cucumber seeds, and many other kinds, listening eagerly, for they had been much annoyed by the loud talking of the three bragging seeds.
 "Oh. so it's you. old horse-food?" It was the potato that spoke, open ing a dozen eyes to look the grain of yellow corn over. And what right have you to say anything to us-the food for people. while you grow for beasts?" W
 The yellow grain of corn only smiled at the impudent potato. Be that as 1t may" he replied, "I shall not dis cuss 1t with you. But this much I
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
THE WOLF HUNT. A Story for Boys.

SARL ROGERS had not been @zw very well during the winter and W spring, and his anxious parents
 0z1 had decided to send him West on little vacation. First, there had been an attack of the grippe, which had left Earl's throat and chest bit weak; and following that, Earl had made up for lost time' in school, which meant over-application to books. This had caused a sort of nervous breakdown, and Earl had to give in to his parents wish that he take a vacation. MT. Rogers had brother living in Kansas, and to him he wrote, asking if Earl might pay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

"Yes, you will be seen, my friend, and your breath will be smelt too," laughed another voice, several rows from the onion seed. You will get some of your egotism knocked out of you when, some fine morning in summer, lady of refinement comes along the garden path and gets a whiff of your perfume. and turns her head and makes a wry face and says. Oh, that awful onion!' You know people of refined taste never eat so obnoxious a vegetable as your are. my vain fellow"
 'Oh, and so that is you. Mrs. Bean Seedl" cried the little onion seed angrily. And what have you to say in your own favor. eh? Just a plain, common bean you'll be. about the cheapest vegetable which grows Did you ever hear of beans being served
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

car. T wonder what brings him here in the middle of the week7"
 Think I know" said Jack, his face alight with a happy idea. You know Hanks long suit is wolf-hunt- ing. He's arranging a spring run in, I'll bet cooky."
 The three found Mrs. Rogers walt ing to receive them with outstretched arms. "Ah, what a fine tall fellow you have grownl' she cried to Earl. holding him off for inspection. Then, all chatting gaily, Mrs. Rogers led them into the big sunny living-room.
 Hello, Hank" cried the genial Uncle John, whats in the air-a wolf hunt?"
 Blamed if you didn't guess it the very first time," laughed MT. Danby. We've been pestered a good deal of late by coyotes. They've made raids
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

@ AIRY and Jane had been busy
 A all the morning in their garden,
 planting all kinds of seeds. Their mother had laid off a special corner in the big kitchen gar den for them, and had supplied them with plenty of seeds. so they antici- pated a fine yield of vegetables in the summer.
 I'll sell my share of the vegetables and put the money in my bank" said Harry, twelve years old. He was a most industrious boy and loved work out of doors, and spent much of his time when out of school in the gar den or about the spacious grounds surrounding his home. He loved to see the shrubs neatly trimmed, the rose bushes pruned and the rose arbor in order. So 1t was a usual thing to see him of early mornings at work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

I'm the head boy in the gym. And you know my football record is not to be ashamed of"
 Earl left the city the next day with heavy heart, for parting from his parents made him sad. He was an only child, and knew that the indul- gent "Momsey" and Dad" would miss him as much as he would miss them. But as the train bore him on his way, the ever changing scenery distracted him, and he found much pleasure in watching the various types of fellow passengers.
 On the last day of his Journey. Earl was glad to be nearing his des- tination. Uncle John and Cousin Jack met him at the station with a fine automobile. Ear's eyes stared at the great machine which stood trembling and snorting beside the lit-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21
FOR THE BOARDING SCHOOL.

UA APKIN rings of hand beaten sil
 HV yer are designed especially for
 the use of girls and boys at boarding school. They are of an oval shape, about three and half inches being the greatest diameter, and the child's initials can be placed on them. The same rings are also sold for holding the baby's bib.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

at banquet? But onions figure in every fine bill of fare. We are the prized relish in the mixed salad, we onions are. And there are dozens of ways of preparing us, each more ap- petizing than the other.''
 oh, you poor ignorant thingl" And the bean, speckled one, smiled in a self-satisfied manner. We beans are the real backbone of intellectual life. Do we not cut a big figure in Boston. where brains are made specially? And we feed the army. we beans do. We are real food not mere salad relishes." Then the bean rolled over in her little earth nest and began to whisper to another
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

love to go a-walking
 With my big sister Nay
 Specially in the spring-time
 On sunshiny day. We walk along the pavements Past all the windows bright; Sometimes we stop to look inside At some most lovely sight. There're windows full of candy, And windows full of toys, And windows full of pretty clothes For little girls and boys.
 ssr.52 But at the big shop windows We do not tarry long, For the busy street Is crowded With a hurrying. jostling throng,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

So with my hand in Sisters
 We down the pavement walk, And as we go a-journeying
 My sister May does talk. She tell me stories,l many.
 Of fairies and of elves, Of haunted Castles in the Air
 You know these tales yourselves! And when we turn about to go
 Back home again, big May Will smile at me and ask me.
 Have you 'joyed the walk today?' Oh, I love to go a-walking With my big sister May: Specially in the spring-time
 On sunshiny day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES. l DE.-1 2. Cup Pine in I Butt foot
 WORD SQUARE REBUs: Old Bluebedd jINCA them. ZIGZAG Cross. lCOON I. 2. lANNA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-21

Little Wilie-Do you study Eng fish?
 Jimmy-Naw! Wot's de matter witcha? I'm trough wid Englishl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04
COL. JARVIS BETTER.
President of American Hardware Corporation Has Been Ser
 ioItSIy HI.

New Britain. Jan. 4.-Col. Charles NJ. Jarvis, president of the America n Hardware corporation is seriously i'll at his home in Berlin, his condition during the past few days having been such as to cause much apprehension pr. Kenneth E. Kellogg, of this city, who is the Jarvis family physician, gives out the following statement re- gardinE Col. Jarvis condition:
 The patient shows q gradual im- pFovement and unless unforeseen complications rise, he will recover" ~
 Since last Thursday afternoon when he was taken acutely i'll at the Der lin depot, Col. Jarvis has been Very sick man, his condition having been far more serious than was supposed by anyone. On Saturday a conSulta- ton of physicians was found neces- sary. Pr. Kellogg, who has taken charge of the case, has been with him nearly all the time for the past few dayg
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04
Betts' Bond Called
Former State Insurance Commis- sioner Fails to Respond When Larceny Case Comes up in New York


 New York, Jan. 4Frederick 4. Betts, formerly an insurance commis- sioner in Connecticut, who was in- dicted last June for the larceny of S2, 900 from Mary H. Drake, of Wash ington, D. G.. failed to respond to his name when he was called for trial before Justice Davis in the criminal branch of the Supreme court, yester- day. His bail of $5,000, furnished by a surety company, was declared for feited and bench warrant for his arrest was issued.
 The affidavit attached to the indict- ment charges that Betts was given the money to purchase real estate and failed to do so.
 New Haven, Jan. 4-Frederick A Betts, mentioned En the dispatch above, was formerly for most of his life a resident of New Haven, having been born here. and is well known in this city. He was a member of the Board of Education here from 1898 until a few years ago, when he left the State to take up position in New York city following his retire ment from the position of insurance commissioner of the State. Much i'm terest and surprise were caused by the announcement of his arrest last spring and the development in the case will be read with equal interest here
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04
CONNECTICUT COMPANY SHOULD SELL SIX
 TICKETS FOR QUARTER GOOD AT ANY TIME

There can be no special objection to further negotiations with the com peny, but the demand should be for six tickets for a. quarter. GOOD All ANY TIME.
 The demand should be made not as matter of FAVOR but as a matter of RIGHT.
 The people of Waterbury, have the right to purchase six tickets for d quarter, and Waterbury is far from being as profitable to the Connecticut company as Bridgeport.
 There are a haG dozen or more places served by the Connecticut com pany which receive price concessions on the purchase of tickets. There fig no reason why Bridgeport should not have the same privileges, or better.
 Measured by the value or the prop erty used for the purpose of trans porting trolley passengers in Bridge port, the five cent fare yields an ex- tortionate profit, which would not re much diminished by the sale of six tickets for a quarter, and might 'se increased by the increase in traffic that would follow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04
Liquor Is Spilled
LIQUOR PROSECUTOR DICKER-
 MAN THINKS POWER SHOULD
 BE GIVEN TO SELL THE STUFF.

New Haven, Jan. A group of spectators. including Liquor Prosecu- tor Hubert l.. Dickerman, were yester- day afternoon watching several husky men breaking up hundreds of bottles of beer and wlniskey in the rear of the police building. The liquor had been seized by the police in several recent raids and according to the time-hon- ored custom were being destroyed by smashing the bottles and pouring the liquor down the catch basin in. back of the station house.
 It was a sight to cheer the heart of the late Carrie Nation, but seemed an unnecessary waste to some of the peo- pie who stood watching the operation. The odor of $5-a-quart wine was waited to the nostrils as the spark ling liquid was splattered over the pavement.
 Its not right to let all that stuff go to waste" said MT. Dickerman. We ought to have the right to give it back to the owners or sell it tor the city's benefit In year, thou sands of dollars worth of liquor is foolishly thrown away in this man ner. The court at present has the right to have the liquor seized return ed to the owners, but very seldom does so. I would strongly urge that the law be changed that the liquor seized in this way could be sod at auction, as is done in other States. The idea of destroying a valuable ar ticle for no reason at all is foolish"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04

Alderman John B. Lyddy introduc- ed an excellent resolution into the council. last night calling for a coIu- initfee of three to consult with the Connecticut Company relative to the sale of six tickets for a quarter, good two hours in the morning and two hours in the early evening. for the especial benefit of workers. It would have been better perhaps to make the subject of conference a demand for six tickets for a quarter, good at any time.
 This would be an extension of ef- forts already made. During the term of Mayor Lee a committee was raised to demand this concession. Its effort was fruftless. A little later a bill was drawn requiring six tickets for a quar- ter t6~be sold on all lines of the Con neGtieut Company. This bill was presented through Rep. W. W. Bent to the General AssembIy but failed to be favorably reported upon the theory that the public utilities com mission could better consider the question
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04
UNCLE SAM WILL PROTECT SEAL HERDS
 EVEN IF HE HAS TO EGO INTO BUSINESS

The long fight for the protection of he seal herds has been brought close to a successful termination as ap- pears by the report of Charles Eagel, secretary of the Commission of Com .nerce and Labor. Originally three suggestions were advanced, to stop killing seals at sea; that the govern nent should take over the manage slent of the herds. and that a closed season should be established on land or all seals for a term of years.
 The opposition to the government aking over control of the herds was 1ased upon the claim that the gov .rnnnent would be engaging in a busi- less undertaking, of which the secre- stry says:
 The second proposition (to have he Government take over the herds) ; one which had been advanced but vas reflected upon the ground that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04
HE WHO WOULD LIVE LONG MUST EAT TEMPERATELY, . ss USE HIS BRAIN MUCH, SLEEP WELL, SERVE OTHERS

been devoted gratuitously to the ser vice of the collectivity. It seems reasonable that an unselfish desire 70 serve society is more stimulating than merely selfish ambition to serve self. and more conducive to length of years.
 Since early boyhood Major Boud- ren has been quietly foremost in many large public movements An ardent champion of a, nation all free, he was one of the founders of the Republi- can party in Bridgeport and did dis tinguished service in the Civil War, where his title of major" was ob- tained. He reached many years ago an envfable distinction as a nanu- facturer among the class of vanishing employers who know all the men. '' He has international fame as an op- ponent of compulsory vaccination, a world wide movement, with staunch champions and strong press in all civilized countries, 8 contest which he wages with youthful vigor and stu pendous success.
 Few have enjoyed so many yearF as he and almost none, so many years of unqualified usefulness to their fei- lows.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04
THREE CENT FARES

The west being controlled largely in the interest of the people, deais sharply with public service corpora tions, from time to time. The Toledo City Council, Brand Whitlock mayor, has passed a street railway franchise. under suspension of the rules. in which three cent fares are made a condition and a daily rental of $250 a day for the use of the streets is required. Should the Toledo company refuse to comply with the terms of the franchise it will be enjoined from further use of the streets. it's fran chise therein having expired.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04

Major Thomas Boudren, Bridge ports grand old man." attained his eightieth year, yesterday. natures own distinction which she confers o:1 few men. The possessors of this valuable power to live apparently oo not themselves know why they have it. z.JScaFcely two agree upon the pre- ceptS of good living necessary to at rain fuIlness of years.
 Rev. pr. Charles H. Parkhurst had s- conversation with John Bigelow, who lived to be 94. Bigelow never used spirits and his exercise was con- lined to a walk around the block. pr. Parkhurst interviewed a neighbor of Mr. Bigelow,s, who had reached 92. out had exercised mach all his life and used both tobacco and spirits freely, though temperately.
 Major Boudren's key to longevity is sustained mental activity, accom- panied with a. large amount of service to others. a body to be kept in tune by plenty of fresh air, much sound sleep and very temperate diet.
 It may perhaps be found that ven erable men usually lead lives of :n- tense mental concentration, and that large proportion of their time has
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04
Engine Joy Ride Responsible For Collision in Which WiIIimantic Woman
 is Injured

Webster. Mass, Jan. "A locomo- tive joy ride is declared by New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad of ficials to have been the cause of a head-on collision last night with the Norwich line boat train running be- tween Worcester and New London, the slight injury of eleven passengers, and the arrest of Ralph I. Jardfne, q Worcester cigar maker, who is said to have been at the throttle of the wild train. The passengers on the boat train were given bad fright and shock, the most seriously injured being Mrs. Benjamin Savory, of Willf- 1nahtic, Conn, who suffered a frac- ture of the lower jaw, and numerous cuts and bruises.
 Later all proceeded to their desti- nation on another train. While the engine was standing without an oc- cupant in the railroad yard al Worcester, Jardine is said to haVr climbed aboard and to have run it over seventeen miles of track in d wild flight to this city, where he met the boat train and the collision oc- cured. Both engines were wrecked. Flying coals set fire to the express car of the boat train and the local department was called out to eS- tinguish the blaze.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-04
NEW SCHOOL NEEDED

Alderman Frank Timko's proposal addressed to the Board of Education. through the Common Council, for tho erection of q new school on the site owned by the city on Bostwick ave nue is in line with his past sturdy ef- forts to benefit the people of his dis trict, the Third. Unquestionably there is need for additional school accommodation in the alderman's part of the city. The child population is growing rapidly and is entitled to bet ter accommodations than the portable buildings which are now in use.