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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-02
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Miss Alice Wilcox has returned to her home in Hartford from a visit with her aunt, Miss Frank Silliman.
 Mrs. Charles Radcliffe of Long Hill and sister, Mrs Ellen Disbrow, have been spending a few days as guests of MT. and Mrs. Ambrose Marsh of Sport Hill.
 Miss Mabel C. Marsh and Ezra, See ley of Sport Hill were entertained on Monday evening at the home of Miss Minnie O. Sherwood at Maple Row Dairy Farm"
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Edwards of Stratfield spent Wednesday with MT. and Mrs. Clarence B. Andrews.
 Miss Jennie Disbrow of Long GIiII is spending a few days with MT. and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-02

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent 2 Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-02
POSTAL RECEIPTS IN OFFICES
 HERE ALMOST NORMAL DESPITE
 LOSS OF BIC FOREIGN BUSINESS
Deposits Tn Government Savings In= stitution Reach Iigh-Water Mark =-Report for September Is Highly Gratifying to Local Officials

their mail. It is also in Keeping with a new policy of efficiency instituted by the department during the past year. and which is expected to result in mail being delivered with greater expediency. The result of this count will be made public at the end of the present month, and is expected to re- suit in sweeping changes in the man. ner of delivering mail
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-02
SCOTTISH MINISTER
 MAY 60 TO FRONT

London, Oct, 1.-The first instance for over century and half of an defense of his country came before the ordained Scottish minister serving Tn the United Free Church Presbytery of Galashiels last Thursday, when ap-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-02

with emblematic buttons or pins of the U. B. B. A. or Red Shield
 It is said that the Brigade is to be a potent factor in hastening the day when wars shall cease and universal peace shall prevail throughout the world
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-02
Everybody Loves
 A Fair Lady
And a Lady Can Have a Fair, Clear c Complexion by Using stuart's Calcium Waters
 After Each Meal

You women ought to hear some men rave. over beautifully clean and shell clear skin. There is nothing that so charms a man or a wonnnn as this " here there are pinples, blotches liver spots, etc, the blood is diseased and filled with impurities. Clean the blood and these effects disappear at once. Thatxis what Stuart's Calcium Waters do almost beyond belief.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-02

5
 Deposits amounting to $185,617 have been made at the local depart nlent since the institution of the pos tai savings bank, July 1, 1912. With drawa1s amounting to $1O1,757 have been made leaving a balance of ss84,- 040 still remaining on deposit at the local banks. It represents a, total of S14 deposftors, making an average of $s1- s4 for every depositor in the bank
 A decided falling off was recorded In the international money order de partment- In September 1913, a total of 764 internal ona1 money orders were issued, aggregating $20. .226.52. In September of this year the mum Der had decreased to 483 orders az Germany, Austria, Turkey. and sew eral small countries no longer have money orders issued to their coun- tries. explains to some extent the large decrease Foreigners are also Ioath to send money orders to the old reach their destination.
 There was a falling off in the amounts of domestic money orders recorded, but not as large percent age as is found in the international money order department. @3,000 or ders were issued to points within this country, at an aggregate value of $29s09G. The greatest falling off was found in the first part of the month, the latter part showing return to the normal level. It is thought that this department will reach it's nor nal level during the coming month.
 The amount of money orders cash ed at the local office was nearly cut In half during the past month
 To find out how the European war has effected the postal department, a general order has been issue from Washington recurring that post of- He2a thxnuxhont the country count
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-02

The Raymond Trust Go, of Ray mond, Wash, has closed it's doors fol- lowing a run brought on by runors of insolvency. Deposits were appro1- i1nately $15o Ooo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-02

lion in 1745. The Presbytery could only use it's common sense in the matter
 Leave of absence for the period Of the war was unanimously granted
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
"MY Son, My Son!"

A gentleman from abroad, staying
In one of the Manchester hotels heard
imperious knocking at the door OF his
room early in the morning after his
arrival. He opened, and an elderly
gentleman in a state of warm emo
ton rushed in and embraced him ten
derly, with affectionate cries OF My
son, my son!"
1t was heartily touching, but the
supposed son was in honesty compell-
ed to deny the relationship.
The senior argued the point
you've been eight years in India, and
have just come back. You're So-and-
So."
The names-Christian and surname
were quite correct, the surname be-
ing by no means common one, but
the younger man had not been in In
dia. nor had he a father in England.
The real son was in the hotel. how
ever, and had arrived the night be-
fore. like his namesake. Even the
registration clerks had not imagined
it necessary to anticipate a coinci-
dence when they directed the father
to the visitors room.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
Old Measurements of Time.

Sand glasses for measuring time
were made as soon as the art Of
blowing glass had been perfected by
the people of Byzantium. These
glasses were used for all sorts OF
purposes, for cooking and for making
speeches, but their most important
use was at sea. In order that ones
position at sea might be figured, it
was important in those early days to
know the vessels speed. The earliest
method was to throw over a heavy
piece of wood of shape that resisted
being dragged through the sea, and
with string tied to it. The string
had knots in it and the block of wood
was called a log. The knots were so
arranged that when one of them ran
through ones fingers in half minute
measured by sand glass 1t indicated
that the vessel was going at the speed
of one nautical mile in an hour.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
SEEMED PLEADING FOR LIFE
Dogs Last Hours Indefinitely Post
poned When He obeyed Advice to
Say His Prayers.

A little dog, unlicensed, had been
found in the streets and taken to the
pound. He was an affectionate animal,
and greatly endeared himself to all
about the place. They called him
Chum, and he joyfully responded
whenever his name was spoken. AS
the days passed. other poor, homeless
dogs were put to death. Finally came
Chum's last day of grace, and no one
had come to claim him.
The next morning dawned, and the
man who was to kill Chum called him
into the yard. Chum danced and
wagged his tail, no doubt thinking
something good was in store for him.
The man then said, We'll, Chummy,
your time has come. You'd better say
your prayers"
Immediately the little forepaws
were crossed, the little head bowed,
and Chum said his prayers. AS the
little body was still in this attitude of
reverence a step was heard. The at
tendant looked up and saw the super
intendent standing there. There were
tears in the eyes of each.
Chum is still living; but instead OF
being nobodys dog he is now every
body's. Sunday Magazine of the Chi
cago Record-Herald.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
HERE'S THE SIMPLE LIFE.

The south for years was rich hunting ground for
the lover of the picturesque, but changes both
numerous and rapid have occurred there in recent
years. The>od negro types OF the cotton fields
more. The log cabins, the pine groves even
the stately plantation mansions, recalling the
f1owery days of "befo de wah," are passing away.
Fortunately for those who enjoy seeing life as it Is
lived where there is a real attachment to the
SOIL the French section of Canada is left u.s.
Here along the lower st. Lawrence river one may
find conditions exactly as they were century ago.
Here the "onehoss shay" the pride Of colonial
days, is making it's last stand In the fields wom-
en- may be seen cutting grain with sickles than
which there is no implement more primitive. The
people of the hamets live and work as did their
great grandparents Picture to yourself a place
where spinning is still an everyday task! have
sat in these simple homes, watching deft fingers
at the spinning wheels and listening to their
whirring sound that is like the hum or bees. 1t
was in of these old interiors that / photo
graphed Grand'mere Trudeau. She sits looking
from her cabin across the river, thinking of son
at sea.-Christian Herald
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15

80 far as l could discover there had been no
appreciable decrease in the national debt from
the governments share of the profits. 1t makes
vast sums of money-but everything above the
stipulated s per cent goes back into the enter
prise.
Evidently spending these earning so they will
not fall into the hands of the government is a
strenuous job and calls for no little ingenuity.
There are cutters alongside the tracks to carry
off the water These paved with small sec
tions of stone laid with mosaic precision This
feature alone, wholly unnecessary, must have cost
a vast amount. And everything else is on the
same eXtravagant scale.
ITO crowd thrills into given length OF
time than you would have thought possible it is
only necessary to hire taxicab in Rio Janeiro.
Here dare devilism finds its highest expression in
the way the drivers of motor cars tear around.
THE drivers have a union of their own and
they dictate things to suit themselves. When
ever one of them hits a pedestrian he throws on
more power and races off, never waiting to see
whether or not he killed his victim. And they hit
them with frightful frequency Every day. the
newspapers publish brief summary of accidents
of this nature, and I should say the average was
around 20.'
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15

COOPERATION IN BIBLE TIMES

desert and the surrounding countries. They CO.
operated just the sturdy pioneers of our own
early colonial days co-operated in the Of the
stockade-because they had to. And the trend
of the times seems to be that the farmers of today
cooperating more and more for the same
reason-because they find they have to.
It's case of self-Dreservation now much as
it was in Bible early colonial times The enemy
is not the same save in the characteristic of be-
ing a common enemy Then the necessity was
military; now it is economic and social, but it is
just as real.
And there are those who have studied this ques-
ton deeply, who feel very certain that the time
will come when the American farmers will again
be gathered into farm villages, as the farmers of
Germany have already gathered, under the pres
sure of economic necessity and as a part of a
broad program of cooperation.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
HAD RIGHT BREAKFAST IDEA
In Days When oVereatins Was Com
mon, EnslIshman's Menu Was
Worthy Of Praise.

Queen Elizabeth. It is said. ate sew.
eral kinds of salt fish, and sometimes
beef and mutton for breakfast, and
then topped of with good deal of wine
and ale. OF course, she lived In the
days before tea and coffee and chOco-
late were used in England-hence the
alcoholic beverage for breakfast. Most
Of EliZabeth's subjects ate as grossly
at breakfast as she did, and 1t is our
habit to believe that there were no
old-time advocates of the light break.
fast which most of us have come to ac-
cept as the normal one today.
But at the time of Elizabeth there
lived one DR.. Tobias Venner who was
an ardent advocate of the light break.
fast, In fact, good old Doctor Venner
advocated no breakfast at all for those
whose work in life was not especially
active. To those whose work was
active Doctor Venner was somewhat
lenient and advised little breakfast.
Says he:
IF any man desire light, norishing
and comfortable breakfast, | know
none better than a couple of poached
eggs, seasoned with little sauce and
few corns Of pepper, eating there,
with a little bread and butter, and
drinking after a good draught of claret
wine"
Substitute coffee for claret wine and
you have a breakfast which physi
clan of the day might recommend to
man who has been overeating.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15

The most delightful houses to visit
are those belonging to certain women
who took their college degrees and
spent their time until marriage in
teaching or in similar occupations
The husbands have gained companions
as we'll as cooks and housekeepers,
and the concentration that enabled
those women to gain their degree is
now turned to making their wifehood
a success.
They certainly do play golf or ten
mis- or walk for exercise. They pal
with their husbands on equal terms.
The fact that they have one accom-
plishment puts them on footing with
the learned class.
One accomplishment always leads
to many. So the parents who allow
their daughters to sit down and wait
on the chance of a husbands turning
up are sadly neglecting their duty.
Remember: The day is past when
women take pride in saying, Il never
did a days work in my life" Such
pride is that of idiots.-Exchange.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
Calumet the Secret Of Economy

The high cost of living nowadays. ano
the way prices are steadily climbing sky
wards, is making economy in the kitchen
even more important than it was in the
good old days of our thrifty ancestors
But how to achieve economy? There's
the rub!
In many lines, it depends almost en-
tirely on the housewives knowledge of
foods and on her watchfulness-but for
tunately, in one line, baking, economy
can be made almost automatic by the use
OF the famous Calumet Baking Powder.
Economy in baking as every good cook
knows. depends not SO much on economy
in buying the materials as on the success
of her bakings. Failures mean waste
bigger losses by far than the savings she
makes in buying. And the fact that Calu-
met absolutely prevents failures and
makes every baking successful has made
it the faVorite of every cook that seeks
to be economical In other words, Calu-
met is the secret of economy in baking.
It is the purest, too-attested by hun
dreds of leading physicians-and as for
its general quality, it is enough to say
that Calumet has received the highest
awards at two Worlds Pure Food EXPOSE
tions-one in Chicago, ILL.,. and the other
in Paris, France, in March, 1912. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
AmbuIanceS,

Ambulances date from the closing
years of the eighteenth century. Prior
to that time surgical assistance did
not reach the battlefield till the day
after the engagement, or later, when,
to a large proportion of the wounded,
1t was of no avail. About 1892 Larrey
introduced the flying field hospitals, p"
capable of moving from place to place
with speed, like the flying artillery"
of the time. Nobly assisted by Napo-
leon, Larrey brought his system to a
fair degree of perfection. 1t was not
until the great Civil war in the United
States, however, that the ambulance
system reached thorough organiza-
ton. Since then the system has, of
course, received many important i'm
provements.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15

In common with many of the prophets OF Blble
times, Ahijah, the man who placed Jereboam over
the ten tribes of Israel, was rural man. W.. a.
Lippincott writes in the Kansas lndustrlallst.
Elijah who outwitted the brilliant and scheming
Queen Jezebel went about preaching IN MS shep-
herds mantel and carrying the shepherds staH'
as though proud of his country origin. OF Elisha
his successor, we are told that at the time when
Elijah offered him job as his helper he was
blowing with IL yoke of oxen. The fact that this
is recorded we would interpret to mean that ne
was considered a sklful teamster
When Saul first comes to our attention in the
Old Testament he was out on the range looking
for his fathers asses that had broken away, from
the picket or escaped the wrangler. Later we ind
him coming after the herd out of the HELD DAVID
was red headed farm boy called from his keep
ing the sheep to have Judge Samuel pass compll-
ments upon him to his father and point out the
great possibilities he saw in the boy.
The problems which confronted the people OF
the Old Testament and the questions involved in
current legislation have just as modern ring as
has the eminent and great One of the problems
which they had solved and which we have not
was that Of cooperation among farmers Another
was the question of concentration in the owner
ship of land with it's attendant evil the absentee
landlord.
You will not find tile the subject of cooperation
discussed as such in the Old Testament perhaps,
but you will find it put into practice
So far as can be learned, there were no isolated
farm houses where single families lived alone. AS
a general thing number of more less related
families united in forming a rural village. These
were not cities in any sense, even small towns,
but little hamlets set in the midst of the fields and
hills. The country districts dotted with
these tiny villages, and we find constant reference
to them throughout the Old and New Testaments,
Every morning the men went out to the fields to
and at Mi oh thcUc hack RI "a
for shelter.
The reason for this gathering into villages was
that the farmers we're under the necessity of CO
operating against the attacks of enemies from the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
EuIIer,s Earth supply Decreases.

''Fuller's earth, which is used for
bleaching and clarifying or filtering
of fats, greases and oils and particu-
larly automobile lubricating oils, has
gradually been decreasing in produc.
tion the last two years." says Emil
Grossman. Up to 1895 it was import
ed from England exclusively for clean
ing and shrinking cloth, but since that
date large deposits were discovered
in this country and with the steadily
increasing demand for lubricating au.
tomobile oil most Of the American out
put has been used for filtering auto
mobile oils.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
SKIN CLEARED.
BY Simple Change In Food.

1t has been said by physician that
most diseases are the result of indi-
gestion.
There's undoubtedly much truth in
the statement, even to the cause OF
many unsightly eruptions, which many
suppose can be removed by applying
some remedy on the outside.
By changing her food a Kan. girl
was relieved of an eczema which was
great annoyance to her. She writes:
For five months l was suffering
with an eruption on my face and
hands which our doctor called eczema
and which caused me a great deal OF
inconvenience. The suffering was al
most unbearable.
The medicine took only gave me
temporary relief. One day happened
to read somewhere that eczema was
caused by indigestion. Then | read
that many persons had been relieved
Of indigestion by eating Grape-Nuts.
II decided to try it. l liked the
taste of the food and was particularly
pleased to notice that my digestion
was improving and that the eruption
was disappearing as If by magic. !
had at last found, in this great food.
something that reached my trouble.
when / find a victim of this afflic.
ton remember my own former suf-
fering and advise trial Of Grape-Nuts
food instead of medicines"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read ''The Road to Well
ville." in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letfer9 A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
Vastly Benefited.

On a final examination paper in
English and elocution for students in
the first term of the high school
course, one of the questions was:
State how you were benefited by the
work of the term in English and elo-
cution." Two of the students, accord
ing to their own testimony, were bene-
fitted as follows:
81 used to say Eyetalian and leave
out my comers, but now / am cured by
my English coarse"
81 used to say quit your kiddin', but
now l say quit your kidding. New
York Evening Post.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15

the effect of apparitions that come and
go and change their shapes. The color
blind person lacks the cones and his
rods act with extraordinary outline of
things as long as there is the least
amount of light present. That means
that he never sees ghosts"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
Color Blind Never Haunted

Are you afraid OF the dark? There
isn't a chance of you seeing ghost
81 you are color blind, which may fur
nish you ray of comfort for the
beauties Of landscape and floral decor
ations you may have missed during
your lifetime. DR.. August Lummer,
head of the physical Institute Of the
University Of Breslau, in Germany. Is
authority for this.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15

4 DR.. Lummer explains the phenome-
non in this way:
"The normal eye has an arrange
ment OF tiny rods and cones in the
retina. The rods perceive light and
the cones color. When a person with
normal eye tries to see in half
dark place the. cones, which are use
less. interfere with the effective action
Of the rods. and the confusion creates
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15

went again to Labrador with tablet
as a memorial to his friend. In try
ing to reach the place where Hubbard
died, his canoe upset and the tablet
was lost. Wallace, however, perse-
vered and finally carved this inscrip-
ton on bowlder: "Leonidas Huh
bard. Jr, intrepid explorer and prao.
tical Christian, died here October 1S,
1903. John xiv, fourth verse"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
Improvinu With Ace.

This lamb is getting pretty bad"
said the new clerk. What shall do
with it,"
Does it smell rank?" inquired the
market man.
YES Shall throw it away?"
mo. Label it venison and mark
up the price to 60 cents a pound.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
Certainly Frightened.

Footelighte-Awful case of stage
fright at the theater, last night.
Miss Sue Brette-Did you have it?
No; it was the author of the play
whom they dared to come before the
curtain"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15
Preserved Memory Of Friend.

PreServed Memory OF FRIEND.
Ten years ago Leonidas Hubbard,
Jr. met his death by starvation while
exploring that bleakest of lands, Lab
rador. His comrade on the trip, Dill
Ion Wallace, who survived. recently
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-15

found it expedent to sit under an umbrella. The
dining car had a couple Of inches Of water on the
floor and we found it necessary to wear rubbers
when going in to our meals.
"Buenos Aires is an interesting seaport, with
a wonderful waterfront and dock system. How
ever, it is in some respects one Of the deadest
places imaginable.
mo respectable woman of the country is to be
found in the innumerable cafes of an evening, for
the reason that she would not be safe from in
suit. The only place of amusement where the
young women of the city go is the opera
house. and this has only brief season.
"As an example of up-to-date construction and
equipment the railroad which runs from Santos to
Sac Paulo in Brazil, commands attention. 1t is
doubtful if there is anything more complete any
where on earth The road Is only 25 miles long,
but so far as could discover the only thing they
overlooked IN their endeavors to outstrip all 9TH
ers was to gild the telegraph poles and to use gold
wires.
'The road impressed me so that I made some
inquiries and discovered the reason for this law
ish expenditure. 1t seems that one of the terms
under which the concession granted was that
all profits above per cent were to go to the gov
ernment