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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pape)

was setting avn the frunt steps this
AFTERNOON and a man calm up, beeing
a skinnie man with red neck tye
avn. saying. Sunny. yure naim amt
by emmy chanse HanmirbIatt, is it,
and I sed, No sir, its Potts.
All, sed the man, then this is the
rite phase aftir awI, will you tell yure
mothir Id like to see her a minnit,
her naim is Mrs. Potts, izent it.
Yes sir, sed, and the man sed,
Then shes the party I'm looking for,
awI rite. And went in and told ma
and the man calm and stood in the
vesterbuIe, and wen ma calm out he
sed, is this Mrs. Potts, and ma sed,
zent the IA karat fountin pen kumpiny,
Mr.. Potts ordired wun of our famous
dollir fountin pens and he sed he wood
Ieeve the muny at the house in case he
wasent hoam wen it was delivired, this
is the pen. And he took a fountin pen
out of his inside pockit, beeing anvil
black exsept the phases ware the bleak
was skraped awf, saying Wun dollir,
pleeze, its awlreddy filed with ink.
Wat a mizribiI looking thing for
dollir, sed ma, you bettir take it down
to the orfce and let him pay for it
a thing like that sent hoam and tx
peckt me to pay dollir for it.
But, madam, sed the man, it's awl-
reddy filled with ink.
1 don't kare if it's filed with preshiss
stones, sed ma, he can pay for it him
self if he wunts it.
But he sed he wood leeve the rnuny
for it, he proberly forgot, sed the man,
you must idnait its not my fawlt he
forgot to leeve the muny, and as I
told you, it's awlreddy filed with ink.
o, well, I Suppose there's no reezin
wy you shood suffir for his foolishness,
sed ma, I'll pay you for it and get it
back frum him as soon as he kuns
hoam, the ideer, sutch a. looking thing
But it's awlreddy filed with ink, sed
the man. And he took the dollir and
went away, and wen pop calm home
ma handid him the fountin pen, say
ing Hers the reedickilus thing, wun
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30
POLI'S THEATER

The big Poll theatre of -Four Thou
sand Laughs is destined again to fill
it's auditorium to capacity for the rest
of this week for the decks of the in
coming ship of joy include a most il
1ustrious list of sterling acts, sketches
and mfrthfuI offerings.
AS the piece-de-resistance to this
course of cures for glooms is Mary
Lee and her Seminary girls, who in a
diverting musical connection headed
by the versatile Mary dispense good
looks, beautiful costumes, and pIen-
ty of comedy and action throughout
Another extra feature of the six big
acts produced is Robert O'Connor &
Company in a forceful drama of the
modern times entitled f'The Stick-up
Man. For those who appreciate the
great appeal of the underworld and
police in plays that have moral this
playlet will inspire. Pau1etta a
novelty contortionist brings marvellous
bodily action into performance that
is humorous as we'll as eccentric Al
Lewis a famous 'CeIliste also adds the
banjo to his great omplishment.
DeLisIe & Vernon, two handsome CO.
medicines whose dress is exceptional
haunt a new and Historically funny
fifteen minutes of farcical endeavor
before their audience and Charles
Burke and Charles M. Macdonald are
combined for the first time in a me-
lange of real Irish repartee, song and
dance. Burke will be remembered
with the famous Burke Brothers and
their mule while Mcdonald was a
member of the great Irish team of
Donovan & Mcdonald. For the edit
cation of the lovers of pictures which
through the fine Poll projection are
becoming more numerous daily sever
al special subjects have been secured
including the great Vitagraph two reel
feature 'The Next Generation Coun-
try store on Friday night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30
LITTLE BEAUTY CHATS

Bx BLANCHE BEACON

There is a certain class of woman
who can never keep her hands still.
No matter where she is, without re-
gard for time or place, she continual
ly fumbles with something.
Sometimes she has bit of sewing
or crocheting to toy with. Some
times she picks at a necklace or at the
buttons ornaments on her dress.
Som most unpleasant of
all-she fingers the articles on the
table near her, or picks at the COW
ering of her chair, etc.
This is all a super-excess of ner-
vousness.
There is nothing criminal about 1t,
but the danger lies in the fact that il
allowed to continue unheeded, it can
and generally will develop amazing
proportions and ability to harm.
For this reason, I advocate the fol-
lowing nerve exercise for the nervous
woman.
Seat yourself in comfortable
chair. Take a watch in your hands,
and hold it quietly, without turning
it over and over, and without fun
bling with it. Regard the face of
the watch. Put your mind forcibly
on the dial. Compel yourself to think
of it-what it represents, what it re-
sembIes, what it could look like. Note
the time.
Then-keep your mind on the face
of that watch. Never let it travel to
other things. Do not think about
the fob, the monogram on the back.
Look at the dial!
And when your consciousness is
strained to the point of snappirg-no-
tice again what the time is.
Perhaps you have been at it only
a minute. Perhaps five minutes have
passed. But whatever the time, you
have proven to yourself that you are
able to control your nervousness for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30

doIlir pIeeze.
Wat the nisch1ff, sed pop. And he
took the fountfn pen and pulled the TOP
avn and turned it upside down and a
hole lot of ink calm out and fell avn
his shooz. Being ye1Io shooz till the
ink fell avn them and then being
yellow and black.
Blast it. sed pop.
Thare, it leeks, sed ma I moo it
was no good, the ideer of ordiring a
thing like that sent up to the house,
you deserve to lose your dollar
Kondemn it, sed pop, look at those
shooz, L ordered nuthing sent to the
house, and if you ixpect me to give
you dollir bekause sumboddys bin
taking advantage of yure interests
you'll half to keep avn ixpeckting.
Look at those shooz.
And he went out in the back yard
and throo the fountin pen ovir the
tents into Jonsses yard, pop not liking
Mr.. Jones very mulch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30

How did The potato crop of 1912 come
pare with that of 1917
Greater in quantity, but less in value.
In 1911 the crop was 2o2, 737, 600
bushels of the farm value of 1924, 600, :
CO., The crop of 1912 was 414, 2S9 600
bushels, farm value $3.50, 1000, 900. The
crop of 1911 was short, and large i'm
ports were brought into the country
to supply the temporary deficiency,
yet the short crop of 1911 was worth
S44, 200, 900 more than the much larger
crop Of 1912. The acreage of potatoes
in Indiana in 1912 was $1,000, produc-
ton 9,91S, 600 bushels, total farm value
$4,95e.ooo.
HAS perjury ever been punished by
dea4h2
Practically, yes The early Romans
threw per1urers from the Tarpeian
rock, high cliff, falling from which
was certain death, and at later period
any person who swore falsely was
sentenced to have his tongue cut out,
which also was equivalent to death.
What wac the CO of the steamboat
General sIocum disaster, and how
many lives were lost?
The disaster occurred June Is, 1904,
the boat burning in the East river
with about 1,4Oo persons aboard, and
more than 1000 persisted.
When was il that a man in caIifor-
MIA was killed by an officer while about
to assault one of the judges of the
United States supreme court2 Who
were the parties?
The incident occurred Aug. IA, 1889,
when David s. Terry, a former judge
and notorious character of California,
was shot and killed by deputy United
States marshal when about to assault
Judge stephen G.. Field. Justice Field
had gone to California In the perform
ance of his duties, and the deputy had
been specially sent to protect him.
Terry'S grudge against Field was on
account of former decision, and he
was in the act of making a deadly as
sault on Field when he was shot.
Is the pearl properly eIassed as
precious stOne7 How does it rank ia
NaIue7
Strictly speaking, it is not a stone
that is, not mineral-being the prod
uct OF a sheIlfsh, but it is universally
classed among precious stones and only
second or third to the diamond in
value. An English expert on precious
stones even places the pearl first, and
as a treasure of feminine royalty it
ranks as>the aristocrat of gems.
How is the population of the United
States distributed as tween city and
eountry7
By the census of 1910 the total pop
ulation of the United States was 91,-
972, 266, of whom 42,623,3 1868 lived in
cities and incorporated towns of more
than $500 Inhabitants and 49.34S,983
lived in the country and towns of less
than $500 inha bitants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30
WITHIN The LAW
By MARVIN DANA
from the play of
BAYARD WELLER
he H K. Fly &c.
By MARVIN ANA
Continued
from the play of
BAYARD WELLER

Copyright. 1913, by H. K. Fly Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30

<Continued1
OF a sudden, an inspiration came to
him, a means to snap the tension, to
create a diversion wholly efacacious.
He would turn to his Boosting again,
would call upon his vanity, which he
knew well as his chief foible, and
make it serve as the foil against his
love
@Yeu want to cut out worrying about
me- he counseled, bravely. why, I
amt worrying any, myself-not a little
bftl You see, it's something new I've
pulled or Nobody ever put over any
thing ike It before"
He faced Burke with grin Of gioat-
ing again.
ssI'n bet thereIl be a lot of stuff in
the newspapers about this, and my pic
ture, too, in most Of 'em! What?''
The mans manner imposed on
Burke, though Mary felt the torment
that his vainglorying was meant to
mask.
SAY" Carson continued to the In
spector, ''if the reporters want any
pictures of me could 1 have some new
ones taken? The one you've got of me
in the gallery is over ten years old.
I've taken Of my beard since then.
Can have a new oneT'
tSure you can, Joe. I'll send you up
to the gallery right now
@Immenser' Carson cried boisterous
" He moved toward Dick Glider,
walking with a faint suggestion of
swagger to cover the nervous tremor
that had seized him
$50 long, young fellow he exclalm-
ed and held out his hand. You've
been On the square, and 1 guess you
always win be-
Dick had no scrupIe in clasping that
extended hand very warmly in his
own. e sssa44.as ..-.ss, -.-s,s.sss t~
Wen do what we can for YOU he
said simply.
That's all right Carson replied,
with SUCH carelessness of manner as
he could contrive Then at last he
bitter, and he braced himself with all
the vigors of bis Will to combat the
weakness that leaped from his soul
AS he came near the girl could hold
herself In leash no longer. She threw
herself on his breast. Her arms
wreathed about his neck. Great sobs
racked her.
~oh. Joe, Joel' The gaspang cry was
Of utter despair.
GaFsonss trembling hand patbed the
girls shoulder very softly, caFess of
infinite temdeEness.
That's all right" he murnured
husk11y. That's all right, Mary
There was q short silence, and then he
went on speaking mere firmly. ''YOu
know. hem look after you-''
He looked up over the girls shout
der and beckoned with hts head to
Dick, who came forward.
Take good care of her, won't your
He 4disengaged himself gently from
the girls embrace and set her within
the arms OF her husband, where she
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30

The pathetic elimination of a ro-
nance in which the white Plague
stepped in to prevent the establishing
of a home is indicated in information
secured by the police regarding the
mysterious disappearance of Mary
Murphy over a week ago. It is fear
ed that her reason is effected. She is
wandering about aimlessly or has done
away with herself. According to
meagre reports she had been engaged
to John Ferraro for over a year and
came to Bridgeport intending to be
married Then the presence of tuber-
culosfs was discovered and it is report
ed that Ferraro refused to wed her.
Mary entered ST. Vincent's hospital
for treatment When she left the hos
pital, the authorities expected that she
was going to return to her home. In
stead, it is learned, she sought to find
her lover but was unable to do SO.
Since then, far as can be learned,
she has not been seen or heard from.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30


Mary"
rested quietly, as If unable to fight
longer against fate's decree.
well, SO longP' t
He dared not utter another word,
but turned blindly, and went, STUN
bling a little, toward the doorman,
Inspectors call.
-1O the gallery" Burke ordered
Rartly.
Carson vent on without ever a
glance back.
There was long silence in the room
after GarsOn's passing 1t was bro
ken at last by the inspector, who got
up from his chair and advanced to-
ward the husband and wife. In his
hand he carried sheet of paper, rough
ly scrawled- AS he stopped before the
two and cleared his throat, Mary with
drew herself from Dicks arms and re-
garded the official with brooding eyes
from out her white face.
Burke extended the sheet of paper to
the husband.
There's a document he said gruff-
~. Its a letter from one Helen Nor
Tls- in which she sets forth the inter-
S<efng fact that she pulled of theft
IN the Emporium, for which your Mrs.
Glider here did time. You know, your
father got your Mrs. Glider sent up
for three years for that same job
which she didn't do. That's why she
had such a grudge against your father
and against the law tooF'
Burke chuckled, as the young man
took the Rspera EondeEingly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30
EMPIRE

The patrons of this theatre are Of
fered unusually interesting pictures
today. Two feature pictures, which
can be seen only at this theatre, as
the manageIne nt holds contracts for
their exclusive exhibition. In addi-
ton to the feature pictures there are
also shown other new pictures. The
aim of the management is to provide
the best program of pictures to be
seen IN the city, and that they are
succeeding is proven by the capacity
business this theatre is enjoying
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30

What is the origin of the heels on
shoes?
History is silent on the subject. The
ancients wore sandals or shoes with
out heels, fastened by straps or latch
cts. Heels of any kind to shoes are Of
comparatively modern origin.
At the close of the civil war how
many Union soldiers were there? How
many when the Grand Army of the Re-
public was organized2 How many
members in the Grand Army of the
What is the rate of death year of old
soldiers?
An official report of March 1, 1865,
showed an available force, officers and
men, of 965, 591, and by May 1, 1865,
to 1,OOO,5 $40, but this did not include
those who had served and been dis
charged. The total number of enlist
ments in the Union army during the
war was 2,68S, 523. The Grand Army
of the Republic was organized in IlIi-
nois in July, 1866, and the first ma
tionaI encampment was held in Indian
apolis Nov 20, 1866, when the number
of veterans must have been nearly as
great as at the close of the war in
1855. The membership of the Grand
Army continued to increase for several
years until it exceeded 400 600, but of
late years there has been a steady de-
cline. The report of 1912 showed 19o,-
346 members and 1884 losses by
death during 1911.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30

Farmer Want Ads 1c a word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30
ATTRACTIONS
1.-THE THEATRES
PARK THEATRE
.THE BEAuTY PARADE"

f"THE BEAUTY PARADE"
Miss Lila Brennan, a w1nsome in
genue-soubrette assisted by Joe Phil
lips, a talented youngster whose abiIt-
ties run in a light comedy vein, puts
over several recent popular song sue
cesses in the performance presented
by The Beauty Parade company,
announced for appearance at the Park
today.
Alma Kruger of What Happened
to Mary which will shortly be seen
at the local playhouse, is one of our
best known Shakespearian actresses.
During the first three seasons of the
Sothern & Marlowe combination she
was understudy for Miss Marlowe
Two years ago when this notable ac-
tress was taken i'll in st. Louis, Miss
Kruger, without rehearsals, played
Miss Marlowefs entire repertoire for
the two weeks engagement.
It is announced that George M Co
han, who is to appear here at the
Park, Tuesday evening, Nov. 4th, in
Broadway jones' will leave the stage
at the end of his present tour on
which he is booked until February,
1914. Perhaps the stage can get along
without George M. Conan, but what
is the public to do? Mr.. Conan has
can stage knows. The man from the
street will crowd in to see him, but
you take your wife and your children
and you may well quarrel with them
if they don't laugh, too, and when it
is all over you will feel more kindly
towards them than you have in a
year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-30

a certain time at least. You have
deliberately controlled your nervous
ness
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-19

wants to succeed Colonel Sparkman
in Congress has announced his plat
form in which he seems to favor"
pretty much everything on earth
that might catch vote, but there
is conspicuous omission from his
elongated bunch of principles. He
hasn't said whether he "fayors' the
present Democratic administration in
Washington, including Woodrow
Wilson and Postmaster General
Burleson. Why is this, Frederick?
With Woodrow in the saddle as the
concrete symbol of triumphant De-
mocracy you must endorse him un-
reservedly before you can hope to go
to Congress as an orthodox Demo-
crat from this good old Democratic
district.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-19
MR.. MARTIN AND HIS CROUCH

Mr.. John w. Martin, late collec-
tor of the port of Jacksonville be-
fore all Florida was united in one
district for customs collection pur-
poses, is kicking through many COL
umns of the press because he wasn't
continued in the Office after all the
districts were combined in one,
which made it the best Job in the
State, and Cooper Griggs was ap-
pointed to the place. 1t seemed to
be the general impression at the time
OF Martins appointment that 1t was
only pro TEN affair and that hA was
to step down after the combining of
all the districts, but Martin isn't
looking at it that way. He is "sore"
on Senator Fletcher about the mat
ter and takes up much newspaper
space to air his grievance. The in
cident is closed and Mr.. Martin
might as wcIl recognize it. The Tam
pa Tribune sets forth what is doubt
less the true status of the matter as
follows
John w Martin, the Jacksonville
salesman who bnttcd in to the col
lectorship Of that port for the lad in
term appointment and then tried to
hold on to the bigger State job when
the reorganization of the customs
service went into effect, is now said
to be fightin" Senator Fletcher for
all he is worth. A statement from
WASHINGTON, including a letter from
Secretary McAdoo, gives the whole
story of the much discussed Martin
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-19

Thomas A. Edison, the inventor,
says that he brought suit against Jay
Gould forty years ago for the balance
due him for the use of one Of his
telegraph inventions and that suit
has been in the courts ever since.
Tom ought to invent some sort of a
storage battery to speed up justice
in the American courts. He has been
constantly in litigation for the last
forty years in connection with his
patents and inventions, and what he
thinks about the law as it is admin
istered in this country is worth read
ing. He says:
There is no justice in law. 1t
has resolved itself into technicali-
ties and formulas A case will be
thrown out of one court and carried
to another; it will be sent back on
writs and advanced on argument,
and banded back and forth more for
the exercise of legal practice than
for the attainment of justice. Where
an important case might be settled
in a short time by the use of COM
mon sense, 1t is prolonged for years
through the technically of juris-
prudence, the whole course Of which
defeats the object sought"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-19

Governor Sulzer and Harry Thaw
are both now SO well tangled up in
the laws of their beloved country
that it will test the ingenuity and
learning of large corps of lawyers
to even discover where they are
at legally speaking, to say moth
ing of the merits of the case on the
facts. Thaw's personality is so
densely uninteresting that it will re-
quire hard pumping to get any mere
thrills out of his case; and there is
a singular lack of dramatic tone and
color in the Sulzer case due chiefly
to the pose of Sulzer himself who
acts like guilty man relying on
cheap effrontery to pull him through.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-19

Bryan Mack, who made a state
wide reputation as a Photographer on
the Pensacola Journal, then quit and
went to Jacksonville, where he op-
Grated a linotype on one of the pa
pers there, IS now back in Pensacola
holding down a linotype in the Jour
nal office. We don't blame Mack for
going back. Pensacola is charming
city; the Journal Office is bully in
all its departments, and as for dain-
ty, petite, brown-eyed beauties in
that part of the State-don't talk;
we're glad to locate Mack once more.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-19
SEPTEMBER 10 IN HISTORY
putspu n9a1ou OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 90

1S29-Col. Trumbull, the artist,
recommended to Congress the
application of beeswax to
back of valuable paintings to
preserve them.
1S55-Terrible gale swept gulf
coast, causing much loss OF
life.
1S64-Gen. Sheridan's victory at
Cedar Creek.
S6S-Louisiana Senate passed the
House bill prohibiting any
personal distinction in rail-
road cars or any place OF
public resort.
1873-Failure of Jay Cooke & Co.
1874-Forty young girls persisted in
burning of cotton mill at Fall
River, Mass.
1S99-Capt. Dreyfus Of the French
army pardoned.
1s01-Funeral Of President McKin-
ley at Canton, Ohio.
1904-Prof Metchnikoff declared
sour milk the nearest ap-
proach to elixir of life.
1911-Martial law declared in
Spain.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-19
4 REPLY TO THE ARTICLE ON inv
a PIE pIPNAEENT SOIL FERTILITY

"a Dr. Conibear In one OF your
articles note that you suggest ~
nso If ground phosphate rock as :
.otoinor Of ammonia in stable ND
n,,re Your suggestion was 70 iniN
the ground phosphate with Tue i'a .,
nure and form a compost III VIZ ~
.ha ammonia would be held by ire
phosphate rock. woulo 'lAe -,
state that all phosphate roch eoA
tains more or less free limestone - .
! ea1cium carbonate, usually from 8
= n ner cent. Now one OF the SIM
o1est methods Of preparing ammonia
the gas YOU smell around stable ma
n,re, is to nix limestone or calcium
carbonate with an ammonia COM
mound, say ammonium-chlorlde. -
is easy to see that the phosphate
rock would defeat the purpose III
which it was used; in fact, ~ "ouiu
| liberate perhaps all Of the ammo'li"
in the manure.
In your article Of last week you
ask why phosphoric acM IS always
used in stating the analysis OF lef-
tilizer instead Of PHOSPHORUS. me
reason il simple. because it is Gus
tom In regards to this | Woulo
like n state that as a matter OF TACT
the figures written opposite phos-
nhoric acid 20 not represent phos-
nhoric acid at all but phosphoric an
hydride, would like to ask What
difference will it make whether the
phosphorus content is called phos-
nhoric acid or some other name.
Would not rose by another name
be Just as sweet? Right here ! want
to state that up to the present the
only way Of getting the phosphorus
in phosphate rock, commercially, IN
a form in which plants can take IT
up is to convert the phosphate rock
to acid phosphate by the use OF sui
phuric acid Now as to which way
or how plan, can take IT up is not
known, but, nevertheless 1t is known
that plants make use Of it in some
way
In regard to retaining the am
monia in stable manure gypsu NOR
calcium sulphate has been suggest
ed The gypsum is mixed with the
maEnrc i'll alternate layers In tho
use Of this it Is supposed that the
ammonia untes with the sllphate
radicle to form ammoniu msnlnhato.
"A READER