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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28
LYRIC

It is said that no accusation of fake pictures can be chargeds against the marvellous motion views of Psul T. Rafneyie African Hunt which were shown at the Lyric theatre last night to large attendance and will be shown nnatineee and evening today those pictures begin to run on the screen, it can be seen that they arg genuine and that something altogeth- CT out of the ordinary is about to be revealed Exactly what MT Raiuey and his co1npanions saw and experi- enced in the widest portion of tke globe are shown- Hundreds of wild animals are to be seen right in their native shaunts. < drinking. feeding, sleeping and fighting, without the fxnow1edze that the inqufsitive eye of the camera was upon them. El1e huge elephant shows himself to be all most as festive as the little monkey after he has had his fill of water and food.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28
LTTRAC TONS Al THE THEATRES
POLI'S.s

II
 The possibilities for harmony and tone fatalities which the finished mu- cicfafa may develop from the banjo are funefully illustrated by the talent ed artists ''The Banjophiends who head the fine vaudeville program which Manager S. Z.- PoH is present. ing at his big play house in Main St. The beautiful music of the grand operas the lifting nlelpdy of a waltz or the hodge-podge of ragtime W hdch makes you keep time with your toess are Spfayed by these performers one after the other, and despite the range of the music there is no iifconSTutty- A girl with a sweet soprano voice and another syvho is an accomplished vio- linist 5assist the three male banjo players who appear in the act. The conpahx carries a carload of special scenery
 TvhA I35xnbDs a man and a wo man, offer some exceedingly new and diff ffcult arcobatic stunts. They do mar vicious hand ba1ancing, the woman. holding the man above her head As they close the man climbs a pile of tables reaching to the top. of the stage and does a funny fall from a barreL
 Burkhart and Gtlfoil bring new comic songs and jokes with their offering One is reminded sonew hat of ward & Currans in The Terri ble Judge. but their dialogue is not bor- r-owed from any act and their man nerzsrns and witticisrns won them sew eral encores yesterday
 Friend and Lesser, sing, dance and fell stories Miss Lesser's song des- cribing the experiences of house maids of all nationalfties brought a dozen encores.
 Betty Hudson assisted by pickanin- nies present a comedy singing and dancing acrobatic number the very novelty of which pleases the audi ence Miss Hudson was in fine voice yesterday and is sure to be 9. favor ite with Bridgeport tIaatregoeds-
 The feats of the Dalys on roller z,xafes are truly marvellous as their baIlInz states. -sTexas Bil1,s Last Ride'' fhe latest Keystone eomedy; s-rwen- ty Minutes of Love- a oramass The wife, and the four reel special The Leap of Despair" complete the pro- gram.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28
Financial
THE First Bridgeport National Bank CORNER MAIN AND BANK STREETS
NOTICE

For forty-seven years we have been conducting busipess at the same old locataon, corner of Main and John Streets. Bridgeport, Conn, and our Esr1vate Bank has been established
 nere continuously. We have received anu paid out on demand without mo- uce millions of dollars of money de- posICed with us and we continue to rScelye money subject to depositor's s1.s ,sck at sight, on which we allow teo 1AIeo Der cent. Der annum. credited I sI each account monthly. We solicit @ uae accounts of individuals, business uisn, nrTns and corporations, and all W.-o want bank account where they Can deposit money, checks or drafts. s..HLave anu Ieave 1t for one day.one week, one Montn or one year. and draw interest 2n % IT Tor any time it is left with us. we give to the business our careful Personai attention as the oldest firm OI private bankers in this state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28
Four Year erm % Short For
 The President By WU TING FANG, Former Chinese Minister 10 Washinetont Tn His
 Book. < America Through Oriental SpectacIes"

II OWEVER intelligent and capa- III ble new president of the
 United States may be, several months must e1apse before he can thoroughly understand all the de- tails incidental to his exalted posi- ticn, involving, in addition to un- avoidable social functions, the daily reception of callers and otheE null hilarious duties.
 BY THE TIME HE HAS BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THESE MATTERS AND THE. WORK OF THE OFFICE IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY HALF OF HIS TERM HAS GONE, AND SHOULD HE ASPIRE TO 4 SECOND TERM, WHICH s QUITE NATu- RAJ, HE MUST DEVOTE A GREAT DEAL OF TIME AND ATTENTION TO ELEcTioNEERING. FOUR YEARS IS PLAINLY roo SHORT A TERM.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28

WARNING is hereby given to the electors of the City Of Bridgeport, that a special meeting of the electors of said city will be held on Saturday, May 2d, 1914, for the purpose of vot- ing upon the following questions; each of whichsshall be separately am swered "Yes" or "No" to wit:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28

Shall an issue of bonds be author1z- ed to be known as East washing ton Ave Bridge Bonds to an amount not exceeding one hundred and thirty thousand (s13o,oO0.oO) dollars, in ac- Icordance with a resolution of the common council adopted February G., 1914. and duly approved by the mayor February 23, 1914. providing for the issuance of such bonds, setting forth their specific purpose, and stating their general terms, description, and time or times of maturity2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28
THE WEATHER FORECAST
GEy E.RAL.


 The disturban off the coast has caused cloudy 2 i'd unsettled weather ins New Eng1aL during the last .24 hours The western disturbance now forms d long trough of low pressure extending from Texas. northeastward to upper Michigan It has caused general rains from Colorado eastward to Ohio and from the gulf raorthwsrd to the lake region. The greatest rain fall during the last 24 hours was 32 inches at Galveston, Tex. 4sSeveraI t1undersforFfls we've reported from the central districts. Freezing tenn peratures were reported from the northwest
 NEW HAVEN.
 Forecast: Fair tonight. Wednesday STATE.
 Unsettled tonight and Wednesday,, probably showers; moderate east winds.
 Automobile drivers should light their lamps at 7:18 o'clock tonight Sun rises tomorrow ...... 4:51 a. m. Sun sets today 6:4S D. m. dlgn water .s.s- 1x:x4 a. m. Moon sets 1O:2S D. m. Low water 6:S2 a. m. Flower and Vegetable Seeds
 JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28

Flower and Vegetable Seeds
 JOHN RICK 6 SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28

Shall an issue of bonds be authoriz- ed to be known as School Bonds for the completion of the high school. sfo an amount not exceeding eighty thousand f$80.00O dollars in ac- .ecrdance with resolution of the common council adopted February 16, 1914. and duly approved by the mayor February 24s 1914, providing for the issuance of such bonds, setting forth their specific purpose, and stating their general terms. description, and time or times of maturity
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28

Shall an Issue of bonds be authoriz- ed to be known as High School Equipment. Bonds to an amount not exceeding zorty-five thousand ($45,- 0O0.00) dollars. tn accordance with 9 resolution of the common council adopted February Is, 1914, and duly approved by the mayor February 24, 1914, providing for the issuance of such bonds, setting forth their speci- fife purpose, and stating their general terms, description, and time or times of maturity
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28
THE CHARM
 OF MOT THERH0OD
Enhanced By Perfect Physi-
 cal Health.

The experience of Motherhood is try-4 ing one to most women and marks dis tnctly an epoch in their lives. Not one woman in hundred is prepared or un- derstands how to properly care for her. self. Of course nearly every woman nowadays has medical treatment at such times, but many approach the experi- ence with an organism unfitted for the trial of strength, and when it is over her system has received shock from which it is hard to recover. Following right upon this comes the nervous strain of caring for the child, and 3 distinct change in the mother results.
 There is nothing more charming than happy and healthy mother of children, and indeed childbirth under the right conditions need be no hazard to health or beauty. The unexplainable thing is that, with all the evidence of shattered nerves and broken health resulting from an unprepared condition, and with am- pie time in which to prepare, women will persist in going blindly to the trial.
 Every woman at this time should rely upon Lydia E.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, most valuable tonic and invigorator of the female organism.
 Tn many homes MG~ ~SsA once childless there ZI/Ie% d&SaNNfW are now children be- tV 9 2 NNA cause of the fact If y7& % IT that Lydia B. Pink tA,A z II hams Veg table I iI Compound m ake M 4SsSS2> /n} wom en norm al, ADk& S-l8EVSIhI healthy and strong. VSSSS5 l s2ssSl
 If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Go. (confl- dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28
Flower and Vegetable Seeds
 JOHN RICK & SON.

Fa<mer want Ads one Cent . word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28

Snail an issue of bonds be authoriz- ed to be known as ssStratford Avenue Bridge Bonds to an amount not ex- ceeding four hundred thousand $41o. .Q00.oo) dollars, in accordance with a resolution of the common council adopted February 16, 1914, and duly approved by the mayor Feb ruary 24. 1914. providing for the is- Euance of such bonds. setting forth their specific purpose, and stating their general terms. description, and time or times of maturity?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28

2 Shall an issue of bonds be authoriz-
 ed to be known as HPaven neI1t Bonds,
 Series AZ. to an amount not exceed ing two hundred thousand ($20O,- 900 00) dollars. in accordance with a resolution of the common council adopted February Is, 1914, and duly approved by the mayor February 24, 1914. providing for the issuance of such bonds, and setting forth their
 specific purpose. stating their gem seraI terms. description, and time or
 times of maturity
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28

Shall an Issue of bonds be authoriz- ed to be known as Sewer Bonds, Series A to an amount not exceed ing three hundred thousand t$s00,- 000.0o) dollars, in accordance with q resolution of the common council adopted February Is, 1914, and duly approved by the mayor February- 2z, 51914, providing for the issuance of such bonds. setting forth their speci- fife purpose. and stating their general terms, description, and time or times of naturity2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28

o'clock a. m to o'clock D. m for the reception of the ballots of the electors of said City entitled to vote at said meeting, at the following places, to. wit:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28

Shall an issue of bonds be authoriz- ed to be known as School Bonds, Series A. to an amount not exceed ing two hundred thousand ($20O,- O0O.0oD dollars, in accoRdance with a resolution of the common council adopted February 16, 1914, and duly approved by the mayor February 28, 1914, providing for the issuance of such bonds. getting forth their specific purpose and stating their general terms. description. and time or times of maturity?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-28

Unsettled tonight and Wednesday probably showers; moderate eas
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-07

Horses will stamp through the best
cement floor you can made in short
order. Put plank on top of the
cement.
Not the thing of least value about
the hogpens is the manure. Save all
of it and see that 1t gets back on the
land.
The sheep flock should go into win
ter quarters In a growing and thrifty
condition. 1t Is uphill work to care
for a flock through a winter If they
are put in quarters in a weakened and
rundown condition.
Is the horse barn a dark, unventi-
lated place, where you dislike to stay
long? Poor place this for good horses
Better improve 1t now.
A thoroughly nourished COW with q.
big appetite and a great digestive
capacity will give milk richer in but
ter fat than half-starvd COW.
Pot few parsley plants for the
winter supply.
Cut the dead stalks of the peren-
mails and heap them over the crowns.
Rake up all prunings, litter and
rubbish that cannot be used for
mulching or compost and burn it.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-07
USING GOATS TO CLEAN UP
ROUGH LAND IS PROFITABLE

system ever ready to send UP new
sprouts, is one of the most difficult
plants to destroy and the hardest for
man to conquer. To the goat this
plant is very appetizing, the foliage
and bark being stripped by the an
goras from each individual plant.
However, this first attack on the
sumac does no harm apparently to its
root system, and score of new
sprouts shoot up to feed upon the air.
Under ordinary circumstances man
would be tempted to surrender to the
persistent sumac. Not 50 the goat
He neglects good bluegrass pasturage
to feed upon the tnder sumac. and
eventually the latter gives up the
battle and its root system smothers to
death. The root systems of appar-
emily every other BUSH small tree or
briar, excepting persimmon and paw
paw, succumb to the attack of the
goats, and in the course of two years
the entire field is reclaimed for argri-
culture.
There are other interesting things
to be learned from the owner of a
flock of angoras besides their ability
to clear land. And ii is evident that
the bad traits often ascribed to them
have been greatly exaggerated If a
26-inch woven wire fence with three
| barbs above it Is used to enclose a
flock Of goats they usually stay with
in it's boundaries, care only being
necessary to procure woven wire
| through which the goats cannot get
their heads and horns. A four-inch
mesh or less will prevent the goats
from becoming fastened in the fence.
| Apparently, 1t is only the young kid.
| that perform acrobatic tricks like
| climbing trees and rail fences. But
they eventually find their way back
to the flock.
The income from the goats il de-
rived from the same sources as from
sheep, and the care of flock of them
Is the same as for sheep They are
less likely to be killed by dogs. Though
their yield of mohair is much lese
than the yield of wool from sheep. II
care is taken not to get the boards
of the goats--that is the coarse hair
in with the clip, the best grades bring
! 80 cents, the second grade q cents
! That containing boards brings only Ii
cents per pound. These prices are for
| this season of 1914 Care should be
! taken to clip early In April ACCORDING
| TO the owner of this flock. for the
goats shed their coats early in the
| season
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-07
Quick Growing shade Trees.

What time of year is best for the
seftine out Of shade trees, and which
would YOU recommend for quick
growing, for beauty and for nunty
Newark. w. L.
shade trees may be planted either
IN the spring or fall. In regard 10
those to plant about your home, the
good kinds, those which you "ouiu
reallv care about, are not particular
" fast growers. The fastest growing
~ the hard wood trees is the pm
oak. Norway maple is also quite
raptd grower. Other trees whleh VIII
-a,,sa a good shade. and which are
attractive to look upon, are the placK
walnut, the sugar maple, the ash' Cne
blackberry. the beech, the scarlet oah'
.he linden and the American elm.
Nome of these trees will cast shade
during the first few years, but after
-=ou have planted all Of the trees
that YOU wish. you could plant
feu Carolina poplars, lombardy pop
lars or cottonwoods. These, however,
must be cut out as soon as the other
trees get to be of any size. THESE
trees have the drawback OF dropping
their leaves quite early in the sea
son, but, if you are going to use TINS
place as a summer home, you VIII
not mind that, because they viii not
drop their leaves until after you have
left. and they are so much faster
growing that in the first or second
year they will really give you con-
siderable shade.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-07
negonla Leares rnrn nromn.

What is the cause of the leaves of
Rex begonias turning brown?
BelleYille. ". Nc C.
There are several things that cause
the browning of the leaves. One of
them is the burning of the leaves by
the sun. This is caused by the inc
qualities of the surfaces of the glass
making lens-like places which focus
the suns rays on the leaves, burning
them. Water on the leaves will also
cause the same trouble. But where
Rex begonias are grown in a humid
atmosphere, and if an even tempera-
sture of about so or So degrees at night
is maintained, with a raise of 10 or Is
degrees during the daytime, and II
they are shaded from the direct rays
of the sun, there should be no trouble
in producing plants with good leaves
The soil must contain considerable
humus. This may be supplied by
adding peat or leaf-mold at the time
of mixing. A good formula is, one
part each of sand, well-rotted sod,
and well-decayed horse manure, and
fwo parts of leaf-mold. A little char
coal in the soil will keep it sweet.
Very little, however. of this is neces-
sary: only a half-dozen pieces the size
Of the end of ones little finger in a
four-inch pot is sufficient.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-07

Given a hill tract of land suitable
for grazing, but covered with a scat
terjng growth of second-growth tim
Der, in what way can it be handled
so that the crops will pay for the
labor expended in improving it? Quite
often it is considered more than a
hill farm is worth to fight down the
rank erowths of red brush and briers
that shoot up, no matter how well a
piece of land has been cleared. The
problem presenting itself is this:
Owing to the poor condition of the
soil. the cost of raising cultivated
crops successfully until the roots of
vo,ine trees and of briars have been
DESTROYED is greater than the return
in value of the crops produced. owing
to a lack of humus in the soil the
land often will not produce paying
crops, particularly during droughty
wears. and if manure is not available
and the stumps of trees are so nu-
merous as to render the blowing
down of green manure crops imprac-
ticable. new ways must be devised to
handle such land until all stumps are
dead and decayed and the pioW can
get in its thorough work.
Several hill farms have been saved
from a reyersion to the forest by their
owners chopping off the young sap
ings foot from the ground during
August. letting the tops of the trees
, fall where they would and dry out,
then during the next March setting
fire to the entire clearing, letting the
FIRE add a second blow to the growth
of the young trees. We have known
a great many acres to be cleared in
this way. The lands were sown to
grass after the fire, the seed falling
, the ashes left by the burning tree
/ tops. and late in the season consider
able pasture was afforded. This sys-
tenn. however, leaves any number OF
high stumps and burned snags to
stand for several years until decayed
making an unsightly pasture field.
When it comes to clearing hill land
of brush and briars nothing can com
pare with goats in ehoroughness OF
! iow-cost work actually accomplished
: The picture of goats shows a portion
of the flock of Angoras that have
already cleared one forty-acre fielC
and commenced on a second. Theii
| favorite food Is sumac, that worst o.
all enemies Of the bluegrass that Il
trying to produce a permanent SOC
! over the hills. The sumac, with III
| low growth its shading of the grouns
and it's shallow and extended roo
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-07
BEFORE YOU BUY THAT FARM
INVESTIGATE 1T CAREFULLY

The department of agriculture re-
ceives many letters from city people
who have read glowing accounts IF
the wealth that may be made on the
farm. A large percentage of these
people have already bought farm
land. Some of them appear to be-
lieve that the reason all farmers are
not rich is because of extravaganza,
wastefulness,. ignorance and a lack
of business ability. To these letters
the departments specialists reply
much as follows:
LAS a matter of fact, farmers as
a class are intelligent, industrious
and economical, and many of them
are men of good business judgment.
Further, those who have made,
thorough study of the business side
of farming know that it is not an
easy matter to make money onS the
farm. Only the most practical and
experienced farmers are making any
considerable profit out of their bust
ness. Most of the money that has
been made on the farm in recent
years has been made, not by farm
ing, but by the rise of price on farm
lands. In the nature of things this
rise cannot continue indefinitely, and
someone will own this land when the
price becomes practically stationary
or perhaps starts to decline.
while it is true that occasionally
city bred family makes good on
the farm, this is the exception and
not the rule. 1t is always a risk to
invest in a business without first
F, making thorough study of that
business. Many city people who have
saved up a few hundred dollars and
who have had little or no farm ex-
perience, but who are imbued with
a rosy vision of the joys and profits
in farming, buy poor land at high
prices and thereby lose the savings
| they have been, years in accumula-
ting. One city family paid $4,000
cash and assumed $4,000 mortgage
on a farm worth only about $1,000.
| Another paid $4,000 cash and signed
a mortgage for $4,000 on farm thai
was later appraised at $4,000. A city
family that had saved $4,000 used this
money to make a first payment ON
| cheap farm land, and when their
eyes were opened found they still
owed considerably more money than
| the farm was worth For seven
years they have worked almost night
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-07
YOUR LAWNS BY
FERTILIZING IN THE FALL

wood ashes. though the potash does
not contain the lime which the other
Fertilizer imparts to the soil. On ac-
count OF the European war the pot
ash may prove more difficult to obtain
than the wood ashes. Only one-tenth
the quantity Of potash should be used
as OF bone meal.
The potash may be sown separately
or be mixed with the bone meal as
desired. The same is true of wood
ashes If these are used instead of
potash. All applications should be
made before the ground freezes per-
manently for the winter, as otherwise
the fertilizer may be largely washed
from the soil before IL has a chance
to become Incorporated with it.
Tankage and fish scraps are even
richer In important elements than
ground bone, but are frequently in
bad mechanical condition for ham
ding Chat is, they contain hair or
other foreign coarse matter). Their
| bad odor also makes them objection
able.
Prepared sheep manure is an ex-
cellent dressing. AS it has been ster-
ilized by drying and rendered odor-
less, there are not the objections to It
that there might be to ordinary ma
nure. Its one drawback is expensive-
ness.
To Protect Worn Places--If there
are any parts Of the lawn which will
be tramped over when they are not
frozen, and especially when snow is
melting there, these parts should be
protected to prevent persons from
cutting across. Tramping on the turf
when 1t is covered by slush or snow
Is as destructive to lawn as almost
anything else.
| 1t Is hardly necessary to say that
nothing will be gained by scattering
grass seed on the lawn at this season.