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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-28

right and privileges given. them by law. In Alderman Walker, they have a candidate who is a workingman himself and a true friend of the work- ingnan.
 sentiment created by the opposition. That amounts to nothing in the light of true facts The Democratic party is going tosswin. I urge you all to vote for Alderman Walker and the entire ticket.''
 At the suggestion of Chairman De Forest three cheers for the ticket were given with will just before ad-. journment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-28
COAST FEARS LOSS
 OF SHIPPING TRADE

San FrancTsco, oct. 2sFear that shipments of general cargoes by sea from San Francisco may be entirely suspended was expressed today by shipping men who based their opinion on the fact that the demand for ni- trates by eastern powder mills, com bined with the closing of the Panama Canal offered inducements that ship owners could not afford to overlook
 Suspension Of water Transportation. it was pointed out. would throw a heavy burden 6n already overtaxed railroad lines and the outlook is re- garded as serious Two Of three big steamship lines operating between San Francisco and Atlantic ports are said to be already engaged in transporting nitrates from South American ports to the Atlantic coast.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-28
REPORT BULGAR DEFEAT.

Milan. Italy, Oct. 2s-The lsecolo announces that the Bulgarians have been repulsed in the Tirnok valley af- ter. two days of desperate fighting, and will. the Seco1o believes, be oblfg- ed to surrender Two Serbian divisions under General Glo4owItch are march ing against the Austro- Germans
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-28
The COURTL.AND SCHOOL
4a1 wAsHTycT3Y Av7

MISS MARY J. MINER, Principal Twentyfifth year begins Thursdsy. Sept 30. Booklets at the stationery shops. Office hours: 10 g. m. to ra.. Mondays and Saturdays except ed. Others hours by appointment
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-28

Pope Benedict has asked CathoEo bishops throughout the world to an nounce Sunday Nov. 21. as a day Of Irayer and of offering for the benent Of the Poles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-28

Premier Asquith is now almost wholly recovered from his recent ill., ness
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26

Silkworm culture has become such
an exact science in France that the
weight Of the cocoons harvested in
proportion to the eggs incubated has
been doubled
The United States patent Office is
self-supporting, and during the year
1914 yielded a surplus revenue Of s215..
600, an increase of more than $144 OO0
over 1913.
Artificial sponges are made bv treat.
ing paper pulp with chloride of lime.
adding common salt, drying and press
ing into desired forms
Telephone poles of glass moldad
over heavy wire net are being made
in Europe. These poles are rarely
broken, will neither rot nor rust and
are impregnable to insects
A substantial prize has been won nv
a Belgian inventor in Italy for an artj
fetal leather made of cotton which is
said to be as durable and elastic as
the genuine article.
To warn traffic on narrow cross
streets of the approach of street cars
on main thoroughfares a signal has
been invented that waves arms by
day and displays red lights by night as
a car nears the intersection.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
OUTBIDE Fms

not deep enough to form gutter but
sufficient to collect the water after
cleaning. and to lead it out through
the back or farther door
The floors of the pens are sIoped 80
they drain into the center alley and
the manure is taken out this way by
means of a manure carrier The in
tention is to use some kind of stable
absorbent to take care of the liquid
manure and the slop water that col
lects around the troughs. The dram
through the center alley is for remov-
ing wash water when the pens are
washed out with the hose. Some damp
ness accumulates around the feeding
tAoughs with the most careful manage
ment. The easiest outlet is in front.
In practice this plan works the best
because it keeps the dampness away
from the nests it is in plain sight
where the men are likely to be remind
ed of the necessity of keeping the
house clean. This arrangement keeps
the bedding dry with little labor.
All concrete hog house floors should
have raised wooden platforms for the
nests. These platforms should be made
of matched boarding nailed to 2x4's
turned on edge. Each nest should
have a rail of 2x4's to keep the bed
ding in place and this rail should be
set in from the edge of the floor about
three inches, to form a step for little
pigs. The nests should be movable
for easy cleaning
It is common practice to raise the
nests above the floor at cleaning time
by placing them on top of the division
fences They are then entirely out OF
the way Of cleaning so a thorough
lob may be done Sometimes perma
nent cleats are nailed to the walls to
hold the nests when lifted. The bed
ding, Of course. should be renewed
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26

often enough to keep It clean and san
itary.
Il is better TO run the bedding
through the cutting box. especially for
sows with small pigs; but Il pays to
cut the bedding for other hogs, be-
cause the short lengths Of straw get
scattered around the floor and absorb
liquid manure much better than long
straw
We are learning the value OF liquid
manure from numerous experiments
at the various agricultural experiment
stations, and we are often surprised
at the splendid results.
Winter hog houses for breeding
stock are rooted somewhat differently
from other farm buildings Il Is de-
sirable to have the sun shine into the
nests at farrowing time This perspec-
tive shows that the roof Of This hog
house is pitched to catch the rays OF
the sun al the proper angle during the
fall and spring farrowing seasons at
about AZ degrees Of latitude
The size OF this winter hog house Is
30 by q feet The pens are nearly
6 by feet, which is considered about
right for a SOW and her litter
Such pens also are large enough to
hold four or five shoats for fattenng
in early winter Four or five growing
hogs will live together in a pen with
ont injury to each other, but larger
number are likely 70 pile up 10 keep
warm and the smaller ones arc in dan
ger of being smothered Such losses
rarely occur when the number is lin
tied to five, especially when they are
practically the same in size There Is
no criticism against making small pens
in a winter hog house.
Ventilation is another necessity In
close-built hog house This plan pro
vides ten windows and seven doors, all
or any of which may be opened to let
the fresh air in and the foul gir out.
While ventilation is necessary in a hog
house a draft is a bad thing To pre-
vent drafts the sill is imbedded on the
top of the wall in fresh cement NOR
tar; the mortar is troweled against the
sills both inside and outside draft
coming through under the sill is lust
the right height 20 do the most dam
age.
The wooden walls above the sills
are made carefully by using building
paper on the studding and the paper
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
Wireless TeIephony.

Wireless telephony means that the
billion and half people living on this
planet have been virtually gathered
into one room where they can listen
to one mans voice. The human race
has snuggled together like family
about fireside on a cold evening and
can chat comfortably with one an
other When print became popular it
was said that the human voice had
lost it's power. But we see, on the
contrary, that its range has been ex
tended indefinitely. The vibrations of
the air expelled from the mouth, too
faint to be felt and speedily quenched
can be magnified and borne by the
waves of the frictionless ether to the
ends of the earth, there to be recon
verted into audibility The sound
passes through the silence as the
rays of the sun can pass through a
lens of ice and set piece Of wood
on fire.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
Coal improved BY Sea Water.

Work which has Of late years been
accomplished in re' overing cargoes OF
coal from sunken vessels has tended
to show that the combustion of the
product is improved by submergence
in salt water. Coal subjected to the
action of sea water for a number OF
years has been found to burn almost
entirely away, leaving only a small
amount of ash and no clinkers. Some
time ago several cargoes Of coal we're
recovered from old vessels which we're
apparently lost about century ago.
The combustion of this material was
found to be excellent Crates of coal,
each holding approximately two tons,
were submerged by the admiralty in
1903 and at different times since Ger.
tain of them have been raised and ex-
periments conducted The tests all
have been in favor Of the saltwater
treatment
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26

while the Mandan olipa illustrates
we'll the great tribal festival type Of
| dance.
The Grow grass dance. or, as the
native call ii, the hot dance is re-
garded as the joint property Of four
clubs to some one OF which nearly
every man OF the tribe belongs In a
sense these are mutual benefit organi.
| 2ations for whenever a member is
confronted with a difficulty his com.
rades are expected to help him in
every way. In each of the districts
of the Crow reservation. these four so.
cieties share with one another a sub
stantial dancehouse When the time
for dancing comes. committee OF
men proceeds from lodge TO lodge,
planting stick in front Of each. This
means that each household is 20 con.
tribute to feast to be held by the
clubs after their dance. crier rides
through camp heralding the perform.
ance and calling on all members to
present themselves at the dancehouse.
On one occasion have known four
marshals to be appointed to punish
the laggards, those who had dis
obeyed the summons either had tn
pay a fine or submit to the indignity
of being thrown into the creek I'm
the meantime, the people assemble
until the dancehouse is charged to its
utmost capacity Then the musicians.
seated in the center around a big
drum. strike up a tune. later re-en-
forced by the voices OF some of the
women. and ;he members Of some one
of the four societies rise to perform
the vigorous turns and bendings char
acteristic of the dance. They give
vent to penetrating cries in rapid sue.
cession,> they brandish weapons at an
imaginary foe, and thus proceed
around the lodge until the ceasng OF
music makes them come to sudden
stop
very different phase of dancing is
presented by the Pawnee iruska The
members of the society praCtiCing this
dance we're supposed to be masters Of
IRE, anu IH6lT dJIlluuG lOWdTN u WIS
to be like a Pawnee's attitude in fac
ing the enemy. Spectators were in
vited to their gatherings, their songs
were chanted and the members began
to dance. After the third set of songs
had been sung the attendants huilt a
big fire and hung kettle of water
and dog meat (or buffaIO) over it, The
leader advanced to the kettle when
it was full Of boiling soup, plunged his
arm into it and took out a piece of
meat All the other members followed
suit and unscathed pulled out meat,
for they had secured medicine power
that enabled them to overcome the
force of the fire An evidently related |
ceremony occurs among other tribes. |
In the hot dance of the Mandan and |
Hidatsa, the performers not only exc
cuted the trick practiced by the Paw |
nees, but also danced with bare feet |
on glowing embers until they had |
stamped out the fire This was like |
wise a usage of the crazy dancers of
the Arapahoes. who INDUCED in other
queer antics, such as doing everything
IN reverse fashion and expressing the |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26

concrete by first digging a trench, for
the outside walls, deep enough to go
below frost.
There are also four concrete piers
IN each side OF the center alley
These piers are the foundations for
the posts that support the roof; the
same posts answer for divisions be-
tween the individual pens.
The outside concrete wall reaches
all the way round the building and
extends up to the low caves at the
back. This is to make solid concrete
wall protection against the cold north
winds
AT the front and at the ends Of the
building the concrete reaches only
about eighteen inches above grade.
The entire hog house floor area is GOV.
cred with concrete surfaced with &C.
ment mortar to make it water-tight
There is a slope to the alley floor
and a depression through the center,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26

sake of science? You. too, are under.
going this martyrlom with a cull
knowledge of the consequences
The other two asked her almost the
same question, though not in identical
words. There was a faint smile upon
the nurses face as she replied.
Yes. gentlemen, ! am prepared to
suffer this martyrdom," she answered.
Then you have both been warned,
as is required by law" said the eldest
professor II shall now proceed to III
oculate you both with the rare germ
known as diplococcus amoris, found
only in Patagonia and Fiji"
1t was a weighty experiment Dur
ing the three centuries that had
elapsed love had become rarer and
rarer. Marriages were now and had
long been regulated by the state.
Spasmodic cases of love had been re-
ported to the medical faculty, but eX-
cept for these epidemics, now becom-
ing rarer as the principles of hygiene
were better understood, there had not
been a case in years,
1t was the desire of the physicians
to observe a genuine case of love, in
order to revise the textbooks of this
disease. that had led the professors
to cast about for two suitable sub
1eCts. AS soon as the disease developed
they were to be placed for a period
of years upon a desert island, to
avoid the spread of the malady They
would be supplied with food and a
home and left there until the viru-
lence of the disease was believed to
have abated.
'Tt is a splendid thing to sacrifice
ourselves for science" said A So W P
H. enthusiastically
"Yes, it is indeed answered B 27
FF7. Nevertheless the same faint,
almost inscrutable smile played about
her features as she spoke. The young
man wondered whether the nurse had
fully realized the nature of the expert
ment, the suffering that it would en-
tail. However, he said nothing, but
barred his arm for the inoculation with
the rare microbe, a supply of which
had come from the Fiji islands only
few days before.
The first professor, having steri-
lized his needle, drew up a minute
quantity of gelatin out of tube. In
this substance we're millions of the
deadly diplococcus. He inserted the
point of the hypodermic into the young
mans arm. A So w P IA did not
finch at the pain. Then, having with
drawn the needle the professor per.
formed the same operation on the
young woman.
Everybody noticed that the same
faint and inscrutable smile played
about her features, but nobody com
mented upon that fact. Even in 2215
it was the privilege Of young women
to smile.
The operations completed, the pro-
fessors solemnly shook hands with the
victims.
In three hours" said the middle
professor, the symptoms should be-
gin to take effect. This is 115 o'clock
At 118, therefore, you will both be-
come menace to society, AT that
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
Immune to
Love Germs
~
By H. M. EGBERT
~
lcopyrIght. lsl5. by W. q. chapmanl

Copyright, 1916. by W. C, chapman)
The three professors looked lnquir'
ingly at the younger member OF the
faculty as he entered the room. II pity
had been known In the year 22i5, It
might have been said that pity was
reflected upon their faces, AS II was
not. the look must have been merely
curiosity.
The whiterobed. steriized nuroe
would have been called beautiful three
centuries before. But her wealth Of
blond hair was hidden by the hideous
hood that was the fashion, and in her
loose garments she looked more like a
mandarin.
She too, gazed curiously at the
young fellow who entered and took
his station respectfully before the pro
fessors,
mo A 50 w p a." began the eld-
est professor, addressing him by the
name he bore you are still decided
to become the subject of this expert.
ment?"
Yes. sir" replied the young man.
You are making It in the interests
OF civilization. You have weighed the
consequences? You know that It will
mean persecution, ostracsm and.
worst of all. the existence within your
system OF diabolicDl germ, which
has become so rare that II is neces-
sary to demonstrate its existence by
performing this inoculation?"
81 have considered all the cons
quences, gentlemen" replied the young
man.
The three professors addressed the
nurse.
mo. B p ? F T." began the second
professor, you. too. have volunteered
to sacrifice your happiness for the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
urearthed Old Coins.

While digging trenches in the forest
of Champenoux, French soldiers dis
covered a hoard of ancient French
coins of the early seventeenth century
evidently buried at the time of the
French entry into Lorraine under Louis
KIN. Under the provisions Of the law
half the treasure will go to the state
and the other half to the finders The
prefect of Nancy has undertaken to
have the soldiers share of the coins
sold at auction in their behalf The
remainder will be placed in the Nancy
museum.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26

II is difficult TO dispose Of every hog
m the fall to advantage because in a
bunch OF hogs there are always some
that are not fat enough to sell
1t also is difficult to feed such hogs
80 they will make profitable gains
after cold weather comes, unless they
are kept in a warm house,
Breeding stock also needs warm.
comfortable quarters for winter. where
they may make good use OF a small
amount of feed and have sufficient vi.
tality to develop strong, healthy litters
Of pigs. To provide facilities for
handling hogs under these different
conditions we are illustrating a me-
dium-sized winter hog house
II is divided into ten pens. five on
each side of the house There is
center feeding alley between the pens.
and each pen has an opening into this
feeding alley
The foundation and floor is made of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
BRIEF INFORMATION

German silver now goes by the
name o. nickel silver" in England
A burial casket has been invented
that is made of two pieces of heavy
glass, held together by metal bands,
that is proof against chemical action
OF the earth
A Berkshire minister has six broth
ers fighting in the German army his
wife has four brothers in the French
army and their son is fighting for Eng.
land
The seyenty-fifth lineal descendant
Of Confucius is living in the Chinese
town in which the founder of the Chi
nese religion was born and where he
was buried rs centuries ago.
A perturbed Texan foresees a Mexi-
can attempt to regain his state, Ne
Vada and New Mexico In any event
our arbitration treaty with San Saliva
dor still holds good.
The stream which has been supply
ing the ancient city of Damascus with
water for nearly forty centuries has
been harnessed and will provide cleo
tricity to light the cityiand operate 100
miles Of railway.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
Natural Inference,

Day before yesterday. related the
landlord of the Petunia tavern. "a fell
ler that had only been in town half
a day walked into the middle Of the
street, right out in front here gave
sort of shout, and dropped dead!
Was the train so late that he Ok.
pected to be obliged to stay here over
night" asked a hypercritical drum
mer whose sales had not been all tuat
he had Observation-Disclosures City Star
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
Papa Probably DID.

Paul had been naughty. whacldnC at
the parlor chairs, and poking the cush-
ions with an ornamental sword. and
as a crowning horror, in examining
a meerschaum pipe had dropped and
broken it. In grim silence his father
glared at the wreck and Paul stared
back at him, transdxed. till at last be
broke the tension himself. well. why
-why--don't you do somethingr he
demanded.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26

/ opposite OF their intended meaning,
| thus lending to an otherwise solemn
performance an aspect OF buifoonery.
While the activities just described
seem to have had no object beyond
the exhibition OF the performers su-
pernatural power, the dance OF the
Mandan Buffalo Women society was
intimately connected with tribal vel
fare. Whenever the supply OF buffalo
had failed and the village was threat
ened with famine, the members of this
organization we're called upon to exc.
cute their dance in order TO attract
the herds. According to an early OBJ
server. they never failed for they
simply never ceased dancing till but-
falo had been sighted Prince Maxi
milan OF Wied-Neuwied gives good
hrst-hand account OF performance
Witnessed by him in the early thirties
of the last century There were two
men acting as musicians, with rattles
and drums, one OF them holding a gun.
The leader was an elderly woman
wrapped in the skin of an albino buff
falo cow.
The Mandan okipa represents
again a wholly different type Of dance.
It was the great several days annual
festival that corresponded TO the sun
dance of neighboring people Osten,
sibly it was a commemoration OF the
subsidence of the deluge recorded in
native mythology, and some OF the im.
portant characters OF the myth were
impersonated by performers. On the
other hand, there was a great deal be-
sides A marked dramatic feature
was supplied by numerous mummers
representing animals and closely
mimicking their peculiarities. Prom
inent among these We're buffalo mas
queraders who initiated the wallowng
OF the animals represented and whose
actions were expected to entice the
game to the village Many tribesmen
voluntarily submitted to torture
The wide scope OF activities EN-.
braced by the dances Of our native
American population makes perhaps
the main point of interest over and
above all special features, For what
must strike every observer OF print
tive cultures most forcibly is that
things which we consider quite dis
tinct, men of a ruder civilization join,
Thus the stars are to us a subject Of
purely scientific study, but even our
ancestors invested them with all sorts
of mystical properties, and the North
American Indian personities them and
identities them with the heroes OF his
folk-tales. Thus, too, we have orna-
mental designs and often do not give
them any symbolic Interpretation,
Primitive man is indeed less given to
symbolism than perhaps has been sup.
posed; nevertheless his tendency 10
invest a geometrical pattern with
meaning remains greater than our
own. So dancing, which to us IS
merely form of amusement and eXer-
else, becomes in primitive communi-
ties an important social function, an
for sleight-of-hand per-
formances, for religious ritualism and
may become charged with an atmos-
phere of supreme holiness.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26

is covered with drop siding. On the
inside the work is done in the same
way, except that matched ceiling
boards are used.
Between the pens the partitions
should be tight boarded with matched
stuff to protect the young pigs when
the house is not fully occupied
Some hog raisors make pen parti-
tions of hog wire, which is all right
if the house is kept full
There is considerable body heat
from hogs when the house is well
tilled, which keeps the place comfort
able even in cold weather, but there
are times when such a hog house on
the ordinary farm will be nearly emp
ty. AT such times the solid partitions
between pens are warmer
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-11-26
one-Man jury.

A tailor who was defendant in a
case tried in court seemed much cast
down when brought up for trial.
What's the trouble?" whispered his
counsel, observing his clients dis
tress as he surveyed the jurymen. III
looks pretty bad for me- said the de
fendant, unless some Steps are taken
to dismiss that jury and get in a new
lot. There amt man amongst EN-
but what owes me money for clothes.