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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04
KNOCKOUT BLOW MUST :"
 NOT BE ABOLISHED
(By T. s. Andrews

Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 4.-Shou1d the knockout blow be abolished?
 Quite an ancient discussion has been disinterred recently in the col urnns of the sporting press of England and America by the suggestion that the knockout blow in boxing might with advantage be abolished. As far back as 1898 the British Amateur Boxing association had lengthy wrangIe on this topic and very wisely came to the conclusion that it was best to let things stand as they were. There can be no question that the abolition of the knockout blow would serve to introduce evils far more dis tasteful than the knockout itself With a certain class of boxers Lying down. would speedily grow into a habit, and the game would undoubtedly fall into disrepute. It is not easy to see how the blow can be senSibly eliminated, though some measure of success has attended the idea in the A, A. U. tour neys and the English public schools championships. These affairs are de- voted to purely amateur boxers, and young boys at that, so perhaps no great harm is done by trying to bar the blow. At these meetings in Eng land knockout does not count as a win unless the boy who delivers the blow happens to be ahead on points at the time. Should a boy have a lead and then be knocked out, he is adjudged the winner, providing that he has a number of points to n1ore than balance that gained by his op- ponent including those obtained bv quite a small affair and is mainly de- voted to teaching boys the game at public schools, their ruling on the matter does not have sufficient weight to decide the question.
 With the professional boxer it is <zi lyvoo ie necessarily a violent blow, and far more damage may be done from se- were blow over the heart than a tap on that accomm dating nerve on the point of the jaw, and looking through the records of successful boxers, how few of the clever ones have ever been knocked out By clever I mean clev- CT boxers, as distinct from fighters of the Battling Nelson type. Freddy Welsh has not yet taken the count; Willie Ritchie has yet to go to dream land through a punch on the jaw; Jim Drisco1l, Packey Mcfarland and Ed die McGoorty have never yet exper- fenced the indignity of being but to sleep by an opponent, and, in fact, very few really good two-handed box CTS have.
 There is no doubt that professional boxers as a class realize that it is more profitable to win by a decisive punch than to let the decision go to the tender mercies of a referee, and this being the case, do not see how the knockout is to be effectually bar red. So long as the public will stand for it so long will the boxers prac- tice it. AS soon as the public tires of seeing boys knocked out by wal 1op on the jaw, depend upon it, the i,a,ers Will cut or- the blow from thefr stock and find something ynore to IL e taste of their D atrons.
 We are getting altogether too tirn1d in our regard for boxing, bred. sup
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

pose, by the continual attacks upon it py 4gf orant critics who can see ncrll- ing but bruta'tty al11 en--d to the game. These seIf-sar1e critics mus: read reports of broker legs and col jar bones at football, deaths of jock eys uring horse race, and countless fatal t;e at flying meets, yet they raise no e tcry for the supp pccssion of these fcr5rs of sport. It has been estaI'- Hshed in law that unnecessary vio- lence in any game is an offense, but the authorities never dream of prose cutting the promoters or participants in a professional football match, which frequently promotes far more unfriendly feelings than can be ob- served at a boxing show. It is quite clear that the knockout can not be eliminated from boxing wttholt very seriously disturbing the status of the game and no good can come of news
 paper gulf supporting such an idea. The head and front of boxing instrEc
 tion is self defense and unless one is attacked one cannot defend and un- less the attack is vigorously carried out there can be very little use in defending at all. Therefore the knock out blow must stand. Packey Me- Far1and recently stated that. he never tried to knock out an opponent if he could defeat him otherwise, as he could not see the necessity of it. Johnny Kilbane, the feather weight champion, is of the same mind, and so is Willie Ritchie, the lightweight champion. At Fond du Lac, Wis, last week Gus Christie, the middle weight of Milwaukee, had Jack Twin Sullivan, veteran of many hard fought battles, at his mercy and could have put him out had he desireds but he preferred to take credit for having the credit of victory, even if it was no decision, to putting over a knockout punch just because he had his man at his mercy, and which, by the way, is a wise course for all fighters to fol- low
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

and so sick that had to go to bed.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound has made me we'll and these trou bles have disappeared like magic. I have recommended the Compound to many women who have used it success fully. Mrs. JAMES J. STACY, R.F.D. No. 3, North Bangor, N. Y.
 Another Made Well.
 Ann Arbor, Mich.-Et Lydia B. Pink hams Vegetable Compound has done wonders for me. For years suffered terribly with hemorrhages and had pains so intense that sometimes would faint away. I had female weakness so bad that had to doctor all the time and never found relief until I took your remedies to please my husband. I recommend your wonderful medicine to all sufferers as think it is a blessing for all women. Mrs. L. E. WYCKoFF, 112 s. Ashley St., Ann Arbor, Mich.
 There need be no doubt about the ability of this grand old remedy, made from the roots and herbs of our fields, to remedy wonan's diseases. We possess volumes of proof of this fact, enough to convince the most skeptica1. Why don't you try it3
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

into place under the cork.
 Mussed pieces of tissue paper are excellent to clean mirrors. First rub the mirror with damp cloth, then polish with the paper
 When a tablecloth begins to look thin in the fold, cut an inch off one side and also off one end and rehem end and side. This changes all the folds when the cloth is 1aundered.
 A wire clotheslfne can be cleaned perfectly by rubbing with a woolen cloth saturated with coal oil and af- terWard with the same cloth nbera1fy sprinkled with cleansing powder.
 Take any old discarded toothbrush to b1acken shoes with paste b1acking. It is better than anything sold on the market for getting into cracks where dust is bound to collect
 Put cupfu1 of Indian meal, half a cupfpul of white -four and three table soonfu1s of powdered borax into a pa per bag. Articles that need cleaning can be put into this bag and shaken.
 Union suits dried on a. coat hanger and with the tape about the neck drawn up slightly will not draw out of shape about the neck. as they do when hung on the line by the shou1- derS.
 In making custards or other food stuffs calling for sca1ded milk, remem- Der that if the milk is in a double OOlIGF IL reaches the TIBnC temperature as soon as the water in the outer uten- si1 boils.
 After thoroughly washing white lace curtains, put them in a solution of one teaspoonfu1 of chloride of lime to three quarts of warm water. Let the cur tains stand in the solution for about an hour.
 If the seats of caned chairs sag. turn them upside down, wash well with soapy water, soaking so as to thoroughly wet them, and in drying they will stiffen to almost, if not quite, their normal condition. When cooking an old-fashioned boiled dinner, place the spinach in a cheesec1oth bag, then when the dinner is done it can be easily taken out, and the other vegeta bles will not be cov- cred with bits of green. If apples to be used for salad have little flavor, sprinkle them after they are cut up with a good1y amount of lemon juice, to which a few cloves have been added. At the end of half l an hour add the mayonnaise. It will 1 be a decided improvement. To remove grease spots from wa1l- paper, take a piece of plotting paper l and drop a, few drops of 3benzine on it. Place the plotting paper on the grease spot and place a. hot iron on | the other side of the blotter, holding it l there several minutes.
 To prevent dresses ana other arll- l cles from becoming yellow with age l take a good sized pillow case and blue 1 it thoroughly, and place the dress in it. When you open the blue bag your l dress will be as white as when you placed it in-
 To clean a net waist, put it into a two-quart fruit jar filled with gaso- | Iine Be sure that it is well screwed on. Let it stand overnight. In the morning, shake the can back and forth The motion will clean the dirt out of l the waist.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04
CONNIE MACK DIDN'T
 THROW DOWN " COBB

Pittsburgh, Nov. 4-Consid derab1e surprise was occasioned last week when an alleged alI-stars baseball team said to have been picked by Connie Mack was printed and on which the name of Ty Cobb did not appear, left field being given over to Rube Old ring of the Athletics. Since then, however, Connie has denied that he selected the nine and said that if he was called upon to choose the best team he would hardly omit the great Detrcit player, no matter how much he hates him personally.
 It was hard to believe at the time that the leader of the worlds cham piCns had really picked a, team and placed O1dring in the outheld in pre- ference to Cobb, and that fact that Mack has since taken the trouble to brand it as a fake is assurance that Connie knows that despite the fact that he has a worlds champion club it could be improved with the presence of the Georgian.
 Mack was not the only big league manager who was alleged to have se- lected an al1-star nine, and in every instance there were flaws to find in the makeup of the combinations. Man ager McGraw of the Giants, for in stance, gave Chief Meyers a place and forgot all about Jimmy Archer. Now, how many fans will admit that the big Indian has it on the backstop of the Cubs? Few, indeed. Meyers is a good catcher; there's hardly a. ques- tion about that, but he is what could be termed a mechanical player. Me Graw told Meyers how to catch. Arch CT, however, is the ever graceful back stop, and can throw more accurately than any other performer behind the bat, in the big leagues today. Meyers hits the ball hard when he does con meet, but in these days a catcher is of more worth to a club if he can pes well.
 It is doubtful, though, whether Me Graw really picked Meyers above Archer. In all probability the same fellow who took the pains to name Connie Mack's team for him, and who chose OIdring to Cobb, placed Meyers name down and left out Archer, just to make it look as if the two man. agers had allowed sentiment to sway them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04
PARCEL POST CUTS LIVING COST IN
 IDAHO SETTLEMENT

Washington, Nov. 4.-The parcel post is doing it's utmost to lower the high cost of living at Edwardsburgh, Idaho according to a report that reached the post office department today The re- port shows that ordinary transporta- ton charges on a sack of flour from the nearest railroad station to the min mig camp has been $2.50, while the charges by parcels post are only 50 cents. Equally high prices are charged on other commodities with a core spending saving when handled by the government. AS a result, winter sup plies which have to be purchased be- fore the big snows set in are being sent by parcel post. It is stated that the inauguration of the parcel post system would probably save the camp, which has been threatened by the for mer excessive transportation charges
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04
SILVER CO.'S FENCE HOUSES RESIDENTS
 OF THE EAST END

Even since the International Silver Go. caused a high wire fence to be erected around the plot of land at Seaview and Crescent avenues, resi- dents of the East End have question ed the action of the company. As far back as when what is now called the East End was the borough of West Stratford, this plot of land was open to the public and was known as the ''The Dump It was just what thal name implies, dumping place for the refuse from the community
 Tons of ashes and other filling ma teriaI were poured into the place and gradually Yellow Mill pond was push ed back. Pedestrians crossing in eith- CT direction from Seaview to Crescent avenues have made a short cut across that lot and there was a well VOTE path through it's center, until the International Silver CO. suddenly au- nounced it's ownership of the land and erected the fence mentioned.
 A short time ago a number of resi- dents of the East End petitioned the Common Council to know if the SII- yer Co., has the right to prevent boat men coming from and going to their boats over this land. The fence prevents boatmen using this end of the MfH pond for a landing place although they have had this privilege for more than 15o years until the fence was built.
 City Attorney Pullman to whom the matter was referred reported to the Council last night that boatmen have the right to use the land from the low water to high water mark On the property but if the title of the In- ternationaI Silver Go. is good to the land the boatmen cannot use the up land without committing trespass- The ciry attorney recommends that the city engineer be ordered to make a map and survey of the land in or der that the title of the International Silver Go. may be determined
 The matter was referred to the com mittee on streets and sidewalks
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

life in search for the treasure. He would sail across the bay in his small sk1H after every storm and patrol the lonesome beach watching vain1y for the gIeam of a sealed earthen jar or the significant circle of an iron ring protrudtng above the sand.
 The old fellow used to say that thousands of tons of sand shifted in the wild breath of every gale-that sand dunes were 1eveled and built up in a night and that the ocean was for ever spew1ng up new wonders along the beach. He intended being there if one of those on-shore sterms ever turned over the right ton of sand.
 That Kidd or other buccaneers ac- tual1y did bury treasure on the beach is perfectly probable. It is certain that Kidd cached part of the cargo of the Quedagh Merchant on Gardin- CTS Island, off Montauk point, for the -colonists dug it up there in 1899 after Kidd had gone to be executed.
 It is probable, however, that none of the three discoveries of money that have been made on the beach had anything to do with treasure buried by pirates-Fsrom the New York Press
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04
OLD BOBBY WALLACE,
 39 TO-DAY, IS YEARS
 IN THE MAJOR LEAGUES

What for a name for a baseball player is Roderick? Pretty punk, you say, and you speak true. And yet, by concea1ing that handicap un- der the nom de diamond of Bobby Roderick Wallace has managed to stick around big league ball lots foA eighteen years. Roderick was born thirty-nine years ago to-day, and sNil1va1e, Pa., is his home village. He is almost a year the junior of Honus Wagner, and a few months older than that gnar1ed and grizzled Gettysburg hero, Eddie Plank, but he broke into the major leagues before either of those veterans. When Cy Young retired from the diamond to his Ohio farm, Bobby Wallace be- came the dean of the big league base ball fraternity, and the venerable. and anky Scotsman has done a pretty good job of deaning.
 Third base is Bobby's home, aI- though on various occasions he has done a pretty good job of sElortstop- ping. Wallace broke into the big show in 1895, while Lajoie and Wag- ner did not don major league uni forms until 1897. When the Cleve- land National League c1uD was sent to St. Louis, Wallace went to the Mound City. On the formation of the American League, Bobby cast his fortunes with the new circuit. For years he came mighty near being the St. Louis ball club, and if the Browns had had few more players as good as Bobby their history would be writ ten very differently.
 Wallace has broke into 300 bat ting company only a couple of years, yet in his prime he was the most feared swatter in the league, when he came up in a pinch. Few other players have made as close a study of the players of opposing clubs. It has been alleged that Bobby kept a card index of the weakn of his foes. Like old Christy Mathewson, Bobby always nursed his soup bone and nev- CT put an unnecessary strain upon it. Neaxly all third basemen and short stops will send the pill hurting to first at top speed, whether or not ne- cessity demands it. Bobby learned early in the game that his arm would last longer if he merely lobbed the leather to first when there was plen- ty of time, and that such 8 throw was more likely to be accurate.
 Bobby has taught lots of young fel- lows to play the game, and he has all ways impressed upon them the neces- sity for conserving their energy as much as possible, and make their heads save their muscles. Most be- ginners in baseball play always at top speed and at a high tension, and the few who learn the lessons of con servation and efficiency are those that stick in the game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04
GOOD ROADS PREVENT DISEASE

Few persons, on first thought,
 would see any possible connection be-
 tween good roads and good health
 Yet the State Board of Health of
 Kansas says that good roads can and
 will prevent disease. How? By the
 removal of weeds and trash. Weeds and trash prevent the prompt evap-
 oration of moisture and promote re- tention of ground water. This makes ideal breeding spots for mosquitoes,
 flies and other insects, which are known as disease carriers, not to men ton chinch- bugs, hoppers and other insects which are crop damagers. Furthermore, undergrowth of weeds invites the dumping of garba ge and manure by offering concealment, of which fact careless and thought less people are prone to take ad- vantage, thus increasing the fasility of insect breeding and providing these insect carriers with proper material for disease tranm Good roads also prevent disease by pro-
 viding good drainage. Many farms have no means of drainage except by ditches along road#ays- Open ditches, clear of brush and debris, with hardened surface and proper fall, afford these farms the oppor- tunity of ridding themselves of many stagnant pool The removal of weeds, proper road grading, surface hardening and oIling, insureS prompt drainage of all pool, ditch and sur face water, removing the possibility of insect breeders, for none can rnulity mithout moisture. Road oil ing in itself is destructive of insect larvae, especially mosquitoes-a well known fact Dry roads offer pedes- trians. and notably children who are compelled to walk to and from school dry shoes and feet While colds are due to specific germs, yet it is a. we'll known fact that cold, wet feet and chilled limbs lower the resistance of individuals and make them more flaw orable subjects for infections of the respiratory passages, including pneu-
 nonia and tuberculosis. Good roads prevent disease by setting an example 70 adjoining farm premises. Good roads promote travel and set an ex- ample to the farmer whose premises are bordered by them. The compar- 4son of a wen-graded, clean highway with an unkempt and trashy barnyard adjoining is sufficient to stimulate every landowner to cleanup. Pride coripeIs him to offer to passers-Dy Q neat appearing and attractive house and oarnyar5- Results are only too obvious Good roads are active dis ease prevention agencies, aside from their financial and commercial value.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04
DECREPIT PRIEST
 BECOMES NEW SM0NGER

Chicago, Nov. 4.-Rather than con- tinue to accept $50 a month from a benevolent society for pensioned priests, the Rev. Michael c. Pyplatz. for 30 years pastor of St. Joseph's Pol ish Catholic church, chose to sell news papers on Chicago's streets. Yesterday he came here from DespIaines. H., where he has been in retirement since last May and decided to put up a newsstand at State and Madison streets. This inscription will hang above the stand:
 This is Father Pyplatz who for 90 years served his people in St. Joseph's parish at Armitage avenue and 18th street, in South Chicago"
 The retired priest declared that ft ia not just to the benevolent society to take it's money when he Is able to work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

A few coat suits are cut col1arless, and some are cut quite low in the back. Stocks are worn with the col larless coats. - Children's coats are charming with their trimming touches-gird1es of bright ribbon and corded shirrinEs ana fur and braid.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

A5C0 yOAeS Azs 4 -lAAAA
 hams We geta b l e Go oun d with great benefit I feel it my duty to write and tell you about it.
 Twas ailing from fe- male weakness and h ad headache and backache nearly all the time. Twas later every month than I should have b 6 e Il
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

Scratched silver may be improved if rubbed well with a piece of chamois leather which has been rolled into kzGht bag and dipped in sweet oil.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

nothing like MUsEROLE Thou sands of mothers know it. You should keep a jar in the house.
 It is the remedy for adults, too. Re lieves Sore Threat, Bronchitis TonsiI-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

It is one thing to make soda crackers that are occasionally good.
 It is quite another thing to make them so that they are always better than all other soda crackers, aZsOays of 1un- Uaryirg goodness.
 The name stamped on every biscuit means that if a million packages of Uneeda Biscuit were placed before you, you could choose any one of them, confident that every soda cracker in that package would be as good as the best Uneeda Biscuit ever baked. Five cents. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

tits. Group, Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neu- ralgiay Headache, Congestion, Pleurisy. Rheumatism, Lumbago, Pains and Aches of Back or Joints. Sprains. Sore Muscles, Chi1blains. Frosted Feet and Colds of the Chest Git prevents Pneu- monia).
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

Cleveland Ohio, and we will mail you a jar, postage prepaid. C561
 Mrs. J. IoFlick, West Philadelphia, Pa., says:
 ''My four-year-ofd son had severe bronchitis, I found MusterOIe the bsag thing I ever used"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

At your druggists iu 25c and soc jars and a special large hospital size for S2.5O.
 Accept no substitute.
 If your druggist can not supply you, send 25c or soc to the MUS T P R O L D Company,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04
WOMAN'S ILLS
 DISAPPEARED
Like Magic after taking Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable
 Compound.
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North Bangor, N. Y.-"As I have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04

Newspapers will give as brilliant a finish to window glass as chamofs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-04
When the Children Cough Use MUS
 TEROLE!

No telling how soon the symptoms may develop into croup. And then's rIn1,r, 1,rrn 1a.d
The Prescott daily news., 1913-08-25
WILL NOT DISPUTE STORY
Camnetti Says He Would Go to Jail for Life Rather Than Cast Doubt
 on Miss Norris Testimony.

San Francisco, Aug. 25.-"No mat. ter what happens to me, I shall not deny any statement made by Miss Lola Norris, regarding the Reno elopement, have the greatest re- spect for Miss Norris, and I would rather go to jail for life than throw a shadow of a doubt on the accuracy of her testimony"
 This was the statement of F. Drew Caminetti, who will go to trial next Tuesday in the United States district court under indictment for violation of the Mann white slave traffic act, under which his companion, Maury I, Diggs, was convicted last Wednesday night.