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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03
GEN. WOOD URGES
 EXTRA REGIMENTS FOR REGULAR ARMY

Washington, Aug. S-A substantial increase in the enlisted strength of the mobile army of the United States, sufficient for a small expeditionary force and the police work of the day, is strongly recommended in the report of Major General Leonard Wood. One hundred men is recommended as the strength of each company of infantry, and sufficient number of infantry companies to complete three tactical divisions of the army is ask ed.
 In order to bring the field artillery to the proper strength if this addition to the number of infantry is made twelve additional battalions will be needed The engineer troops must be increased seven companies in order properly to organize the tactical or ganization recommended. Other in creases in technical troops will also become necessary.
 The infantry increase. General Wood points out, will be sufficient only to man garrisons at Panama, and Hawaii. Or total of ten regiments.
 General wood strongly urges that the present shortage in field artillery, guns and ammunition be speedily remedied, as this sort of material can not be quickly made, and lack of 1t would prove a serious embarrassment in time of war. No amount of money or energy could overcome this handi- in time of war, the report states,
 Recent legislation which depleted the number of officers assigned to the gen. eral staff is depIored and an earness plea for the restoration of the full personnel Is made in General Woods report. The work of the body of o4fi- cers, accordtng/to the report, has been of more bene67t to the army than any other single factor, 1t is declared, par ticuIar1y in increasing the efficiencv of the army.
 A decided shortage in officers exists throughout the service. The recon mendation of last year. that of select ing 400 graduates of accredited mill tary schools throughout the country, giving them, one years service as sec ond lieutenants subject only to physi- cal examination, their service in the field to last one year, is repeated. These reserve officers could command militia and, volunteer organizations in time of war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03
.STRATFORD STORE
 BOOTED OF GOODS BY HOBO BURGLARS

Burglars are again renewing their work in Stratford after a rest of a few weeks. Friday and Saturday nights two places were visited but the marauders were only successrul .l tin onek They tried to force the back door of John Albrecht's lunch room on Main street but were thWarted in their attempt by Albrechts who, hear ing a. noise began to investigate and scared them away.
 Saturday night, the burglars met with more success when. a confection- cry store recently opened by Andrew SpavoIa at Avon park, was broken into and a. quantity of tobacco, cigars cigarettes and fancy cakes, valued at $50, taken. A pair of shoes belong ing to the proprietor was also taken. The authorities think the burglary the work of tramps and have notified po- lice in the state to watch for tn em. William Andrea, an electrician, re- siding in Stratford, was severely shocked late Saturday afternoon while working kover block signal wires of | the New York. New Haven & Hart ford railroad near st. MichaePs ceme- l tery. He was burned about the arms and hands and no doubt would have i been eIectrocuted had 1t not been for a fellow enploye who pushed his body away from the wire.
 Members Of Okenuck tribe. No 70 Improved o. R. M., visited Fairfield,
 Thursday evening and instituted the l new tribe in that town. On Monday l evening of this week the members of i the new tribe will visit Oxenuck tribe
 and see some degree work exemplifed for their special beneht-
 Thursday night of this week win l be a big night for the members of the
 Okenuck tribe and their friends, as 1 that is the nigs.t of their shore din
 ner at Savin Rock Tickets are fo1
 sale at Jacks lunch roon, at St. Johns
 pharmacy and by the members.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03

W. T. Greene, Hopkinton, N H., writes the following letter. whicFl will interest every one who has kid ney trouble. Tor over year, Mrs Greene had been afflicted with a very stubborn kidney trouble. Foley Kidney Pills done more to complete her recovery than any medicine she has taken and I. feel it my, duty to recommend them.'' Hindle Drug Store.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03

l. The Misses Ella Deegan, Ethel Francis, Mary and Annie Barker all of this city and Amy Razee of Milford are stopping at Shady Nook among g the mountains at Whately, Mass, for 2. two weeks vacation and report a delightful time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03

Vincent Astor has presented to the village of Rhineclin, N. Y, a strip of land to be used as a highway to the New York, a strip of land to be used as a highway to the New York Cen- tral Station. The land IS worth S2S.- 600.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03
PEOPLE WE KNOW

An eight azfd a half pound baby girl was born July 2s to MT. and Mrs PercivaI J. Johnston Of 1441 Strat- ford avenue. Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Charles F. Kiefer and the granddaughter. of Mrs $. H. Powers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03

James A. Parsons. Deputy Attorney General, will be appointed succes0sor to AttorneyGeneral Carmody. whose resignation takes effect September l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03

two centuries old, is the seventh in England since the conquest. The rule of. the Norman kings ended with the death of Stephen. and the House of Plantagenet claimed the throne in 1154, when Henry IT was crowned. There were eight rulers of the Plant agenet line, the last being Richard II, who was dethroned in 1899 and mur- dered the following year. The House of Lancaster supplied the next three rulers of England. Henry ". Henry V, and Henry VT. The latter was de- posed in 1461 and sent away to the Tower, where he was murdered ten years later. The House of ork had a short and bloody career. Edward " imprisoned his wife, and his son Ed after a reign of two months and thir- teen days. Richard III, last of the House of York, poisoned Queen Anne in order that he might wed another lady, but was killed shortly afterward at BoSworth. The House of Tudor be- gan it's reign with Henry vIII,s in 14S5. His son, was Henry VIII, re- Hgious reformer, t'Defender of the Faith and husband of Queens Cath erine, diyorced; Anne Boleyn, be- headed; Jane Seymour, died natural ;yl Anne of Cleyes, divorced; Gather inc Howard, divorced. and Catherine Parr, who survived her illustrious spouse. The Tudors gave England it's first reigning Queen, Jane, a girl of sixteen, who reigned ten days, and was shortly afterward beheaded. Her successors were Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, and with the death of the latter the House of Stewart be- gan it's troubled rule, during which period Oliver Cromwell set up his commonwealth.
 This year will also witness the cell ebration of the centenary of the erec- ton of Hanover, the old home of English kings, into a kingdom. It was in October, 1914, that George III of Great Britain, who had con tinued to rule Hanover as Elector. like
 the first and second Georges, was made King of Hanover, ruling that the little German country as King George William Frederick In 1866 Hanover, was annexed to Prussia, much against the will of King George V, and the nobility and clergy. Since then the country has largely lost It's indiyi duality and has been more and
 more closely Incorporated with the remainder of the Prussian dominion
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03

Before leaving to attend the Peace Conference in Stockholm, Representa- tive Edwin g. Underhill, Of Corning, N. Y.. announced he would n1et be a candi- date for renomination-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03

Packed with sandwiches, fruit. bathing suits and other adjuncts of an outing, as small suit case was picked up on Main street near Fairfield ave nue yesterday by a policeman and taken to headquarters. Too great a hurry to catch a car is considered re- spcnsib1e for the absent mindednees of the owner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-03

Contact with poison ivy while on a ram bIe through the woods during damp weather is responsible for Eulise Mawfer of IA Nichols street being 8 patient at St. vincents hospital.
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cords in. but that harmony might be
prized?'' In ''Prospice, "Abt Volger,"
"saul," 'Paracelcus," "Ring and the
Book 'sBy the Fireside,' . "Andrea Del
Sorto,' and all the splendid and opulent
pages of this mighty writer, there is mes
sage for every mood. He is comfort and
Joy forever, and comes closer to the great
fundamental truths of life than any poet
who has ever lived.
In loving comaraderie with this genius
George Eiiot's works stand invitingiy to
hand. "Adam Bede," ''Silas Mariner"
"Mill on the Floss and the rest of this
charming galaxy, with their homely aphor-
isms, subtle homilies, and pregnant les
sons.
To him, who,in the love of books, "holds
communion with their visible FORMS they
indeed "speak varied language" Kindly
old friends, wise counselors, boon compan-
ions, dear familars, all! And, so, ''back
into the C major chord of life'' and good
night until we, too, shall join the choir
invisible, and commune face to face with
these great souls.
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Educational Fads and Fancies.
Caucasian


There is sign visible which, if as a
straw, is significant of an awakening
toward the displacement of the fads and
fancies which engross the mind and much
OF the time of pupils at school. In an edi-
torial headed Educational Fads and Fan
cies," the New Orleans Times Picayune
refers to important changes which are ex-
pected in the public schools of Pennsyl-
vania. The evil which is recognized in
Pennsylvania is no less fixed in other
States, including Louisiana. The educa-
tional system of to day is more theoretical
than practical, and as result there are
annually graduated girls and boys who
are deficient in photography and grammar,
but who are proficient in squaring a circle
and ''up to date tracing on paper. And,
besides, every year new textbooks, new
methods, new studies must be provided at
an expensive cost to the parents, which
operate more to the bewilderment Of the
pupils than to the elucidation of the prac-
teal and the useful. As the Times Plea
yune has we'll said: progress is, of
course, desirable, but when progress be-
comes synonymous with more or less radi-
cal annual revolutions, it ceases to be of
any advantage
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Straw For Hats,

The greater part Of the straw en-
ployed for making summer hats comes
from Italy. To obtain suitable straw
for this purpose the wheat is sown as
thickly as possible In order that the
growth Of the plant may be impover
ished rs well as to produce thin
stalk.
The Italian wheat blooms ut the be-
ginning Of June and is pulled up by
the roots when the grain is half de
veIoped Should 1t be allowed to re
main in the ground longer time the
straw would become too brittle for its
purpose
Uprooted straws to the number Of
about five dozen, the size of the com
pass of the two hands. are firmly tied
together In little sheaves and slowed
away In barns. After that the straw
is again spread out to catch the heavy
summer dews and to bleach In the sun
When the product has been sufficiently
bleached 1t Is put into small bundles
and classified.
The last stei, is to cut II close above
the first Joint from the top. when 1t Is
again tied up in small bundles contain
Ing sixty stalks each and is then ready
for the market.-Chicago Herald
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Isaiah.

Behold, their valiant ones shall cry with
out: the ambassadors of peace shall weep
bitterly.-xxxiii, Z.
Now therefore be We not Knockers, lest
your bands be made strong: for l have
heard from the Lord God Of hosts con-
sumption, even determined upon the whole
earth.-xxviii, %.
But the word of the Lord was unto them
precept upon precept, precept upon pre-
cept; line upon line, line upon line; here
a little, and there a little; that they might
GO, and fall backward, and be broken, and
shared, and taken.-xxviii, Is.
Surely your turning of things upside
down shall be esteemed as the potter's
clay: for shall the work say of him that
made it, He made me not? or shall the
thing framed say of him that framed it,
He had no ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Is.
Because ye have said, We have made a
covenant with death, and with hell are we at
agreement; when the overlooking scourge
shall pass through, it shall not come unto
us: for we have made lies our refuge, and
under falsehood have we hid ourselves
xviii, Is.
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou vast
not spoiled; and dealt treacherously, and
they dealt not treacherously with thee!
when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt
be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an
end to deal treacherously, they shall deal
treacherously with thee.-xxxiii, /.
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Standing for Law and Order.
Homer Guardian-Journal:l

Homer Guardian Journal
At no time in the last decade has the
press of this State been 90 firmly united
for law enforcement as now. May we not
say that, it augurs we'll for the future and
for the advancement of the moral and ma
terial welfare of the people to see the press,
regardless of political factions and differ
ences, standing 50 strongly together for
law and order? And, be it said to the
credit of every true and faithful journalist,
he always stands for law and order. There
never was time, either, when it was more
important, more necessary for the common
good that the newspapers clientele should
respond most heartily in. the crusade
against vice and the lawbreaker. Whether
it be the metropolitan daily or the country
weekly, there is oneness of thought and
unity OF action touching this line of jour-
nalistic endeavor, and the lawbreaker,
from him who commits simple assault to
the midnight assassin, is the mark at
whom the shafts are sent.
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Greater Production Imperative.
Louisville Courier-Journal.

Louisville Courier-Journa
Agricultural imports into the United
States from July J.. 1919, to June 80, 1918,
according to the 1918 Year Book of the
Department of Agriculture, amounted to
nearly billion dollars. The exact figures,
as given by the Year Book, are $685.
O2,954.
It has been estimated that about two
thirds of the products imported during the
period mentioned could have been grown
in the United States. For instance,
America spent abroad last year for live
stock Sc, 500, 900; for dairy products, S1O,-
100000; for hides and skins, Sill ,00O, 900:
for cotton, flax and hemp products, $780,
00G, GOO; for sugar and molasses, S1O3,
100000; for olive oil, S7,000,000; for
vegetables, S6,000,000; for rice and rice
products, S6,00O,OO0. There is nothing in
this list which American farmers are
unable to produce. This is great agri-
cultural country. 1t does not seem neces-
sary that there should be yearly expen-
diture of $40 per capita of population for
the production of agricultural products
from foreign countries.
Sixty per cent or more of the world s
acreage Of corn is located within the
United States, but writer in the Novem-
Der North American Review quotes figures
to show that more than 100000 bushels
of corn were imported from the beginning
of October, 1918, to the end of February,
1914. The same writer asserts that s'our
farming methods will have to undergo a
decided Improvement if our supply of
breadstuffs is to be more than adequate
for domestic consumption" And this,
too, in the face of bumper wheat crop!
The United States practically has ceased
to export meat, and is exporting only a
small amount of breadstuffs as compared
with the expectations of former years.
This country not only should be able to
feed itself, but should be able to help feed
the world. In fact, it will have to feed
itself and produce a surplus or somewhere
in the world people will be ''going supper
less to bed" Increased agricultural pro-
duction is a necessity OF the immediate
future.
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Too Much Of a Breakfast.

Even Peacock's generous ideas OF
suitable provisions for breakfast
were surpassed by London host who
entertained j. l.. Motley. Aug. 8. 1867.
Motley writes to his daughter: II went
to the last breakfast of the season of
the Philobiblon society. given by Mr.
Turner, Il collector of rare books Be
ginning with coffee and tea. we ended
with sherry. champagne and maraschi-
no: fish. outlets, rotis. salads. game.
buildings and ice going on meanwhile
in regular order. II you asked me
what did can only say opened
my ears to the animated and inte!lec.
tuai conversation and my mouth. not
to eat. but to cape and gasp and Won
der at the prodigious consumption of
victuals at that hour of the day When
| reflected that all those people would
lunch ut and dine at 3 bowed my
head In humiliation. and the fork drop
ped from my nerveless grasp."-Lon.
don Chronicle.
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Succession sale.

Succession Of j. E. Holloagdy, deceased.
No. I. In District Court, Booster
Parish, Louisiana.
pY virtue of an order of sale, to me
ID directed from the honorable Dis
trict Court in and for the Parish of Bos-
sier, will, on Saturday, December 10Th,
1914, at the old home place, within the
legal hours of sale, proceed to sell al
public auction, to the last and highest
bidder, the following described property,
to-wit:
The northwest quarter of southwest
quarter, section Sc, and the southeast
quarter of section So, township %, range
IL. Also, at the same time and place,
one mare and colt, one old mule, one old
wagon, one old hack, one lot plow tools.
seven head hogs, three bales cotton and
seed, one lot household goods, one organ.
Said property sold for the purpose OF
paying debts of said succession.
Terms of Sale-Cash, if the appraise-
ment or two-thirds thereof be bid, else
on credit of twelve months, according
to law. r. F. HOLLOWAY,
47-e Admir-. Sue. j. E. Holloway.
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Bids Invited.

dds are hereby invited for the fur
II nishing of material and construct
ing of fence along the right of way Of
the Bossier City-Benton highway from
old Benton to the south side of North
Riverside plantation. Said fence to BE-
erected on good and substantial post Of
regulation size and height, not less
than 2 or 21aa feet in ground, IL feet
apart, on which is to be stretched 4
strands OF the usual galvanized cattle
wire, strung on post with the usual dis
lance between the strands of wire, each
strand to be- stapled to each post with
heavy staples.
Said bids to be sealed and addressed
to J. G. Logan, President Police Jury,
Benton, La, care r. B. Hill, Clerk, and
are to be opened on Friday, December
4, 1914. Privilege is reserved to reject
any or all bids. J. G.. LOGAN,
President Police Jury.
Benton, La, November II, 1914.
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Stray Sale.

ESTRAYED before j. D. Rogers,
II Justice of the Peace, Ward -Four,
Bossier Parish, Louisiana, by ]. B..
Keoun, and will be sold at his residence,
within the legal hours of sale, on Satur-
day, December rs, 1914, a brown COW,
marked smooth crop in each ear, small
white spot in forehead, white spot on
top of shoulders and white under belly.
Blind in left eye, about s years old,
horns standing up. Bad fence breaker.
The owner is requested to come for
ward, prove property, pay charges, ETC.,
or the same will be sold according to law.
LUTHER E. COLE, Constable.
November %, 1914. dec "a
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Looking Down From High places.

Why do YOU feel giddy when you
look down from the top of the house
or even from the upstairs porchi Just
because it's 50 high. eh? That's true.
but It's only half the answer. You
know. Of course. that your power to
keep your balance ON your feet de-
ponds largely on your vision or sight.
When you walk In the dark you STUN
Bile and bump against things because
you are not used to walking without
seeing. It's the same when you are
away up above the ground and cannot
see familiar things in their familiar
places Your eyes play you tricks.
you seem to lose your balance. and
your head feels giddy and your steps
are uncertain. If you practice long
enough you can learn to walk without
seeing. but until you have learned that
lesson be careful when you climb to
high places Wisconsin State Journal.
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Scott Liked Work Pressure.

Scott. who was poet. novelist. law
yer. too. would have been greatest of
all rs journalist. Listen to this from
his journal for Feb Is, 1926: "Yester.
day l did not write a line Of Wood
stock Partly, l was a little cut of
spirits. Partly. l wanted to
wait for some new ideas. :
Partly. was little too far beyond
the press. cannot pull well in long
traces. when the draft is too far be-
hind me- ! love to have the press
humping. Gathering and banging in
my rear. 1t creates the necessity
which almost makes me work best
Needs must when the devil drives"
: There is the very spirit Of jour
nalism. and that devil surely Is the
printers deyil!-London Standard.
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Trcspass Notice.

THIS notice is to warn the public that
L hunting and other trespassing will
not be permitted on my lands. My en-
tire real estate holdings have been
posted and are hereby advertised, as
required by law, and all trespassers will
be prosecuted. Please do not ask per-
mission to fish in Clear Lake, or to shoot
in my fields or pasture.
4s T. w. w. STINsoN.
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To Hunters.

4 LII persons are hereby warned that
IA hunting will positively not De per-
mitted on the Willow Chute and Pal
metto plantations. These two places
have been legally posted, and in future
those who trespass and hunt will DO
prosecuted. w. b. WILBoURN.
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90 You Known

Most people are fond of good puz-
zles. and many are not entirely happy
until they have solved them. but the
man who resolves not to go to bed un-
til he has found divisor without IA
remainder (other than and itself for
l111.111.111,111,111.11 i'll will be able to
earn n good living afterward as a sleep
less wonder. for nobody in the world
yet knows whether that number has
divisor or not
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. Sonus Of = Nation.

Andrew Fletcher. Scotch writer.
who died in 1716. wrote to the Marquis
of Montrose. the Earl Of Rothes and
others. Il once knew a very wise man
that believed that If man were per.
mitted to make all the ballads of a
nation he need not care who should
make the laws OF nation"
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Notice.

A Ii persons, white and black, are
II hereby warned and notified not to
trespass upon my land in Bossier Parish
for any purpose. The same has been
duly posted. This applies to all persons
hunters, trappers, peddlers, wood cut
tiers and all. E. B. HERNDoN.
November ID, 1914. 47-a
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Stockholders Meeting.

THE stockholders of the Bossier Par
i ish Fair Association are notified to
meet in Plain Dealing on the first Mon
day 9th day. OF December, for the pur-
pose OF electing officers for the year
1915. II. II. MONTGOMERY,
Secretary.
Plain Dealing, La, Nov. II, 1914.