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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-04

BARGATN-$2 cash and S2 monthly buys ten lots on Long Island, N. Y. Full price see (on1y s6 each), Vail, 133 William St., New York City.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-04

PHONE S29O. day or night, Automo- bfles for hire. Aston Garage.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-04
Wall Papers

WALL PAPER 5c and Toe the roll Oatmeals. varnish tiles. 1Oo1 Broad St. B 20 eff
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30

to eight inches deep. The gutter
should slope to one edge and also to
one end, as in Fig. 1, which shows
cross-section.
The front gate should be adjusta-
BILE, so as to close to the rear edge Of
the platform. The manger may be
made of wood or cement, but in all
cases should be partitioned of so as
to keep each cows food separate.
Some stockmen object to cement floors
on the ground that they give the
COWS rheumatism and produce sore
feet. If proper bedding is given,
there should be no trouble. Many
think such a floor construction extrav-
agant and impractical for the average
dairyman, but it u not. While the
original cost may be little more, it
will be cheaper in the end and far
more serviceable. Such a floor will
outwear many made Of wood and will
be far more sanitary in every way.
They are easier to clean and do not
give off odors like a board floor,
which soaks up filth and causes an
ever-present odor in the stable.
The stalls should be separate so
that each animal will be by herself,
and she will soon learn to take her
own place when entering the stable.
This is not saying that good stables
cannot be built of wood, but it is to
remind the man who contemplates
building or wishes to remodel his barn
that it pays to build well.
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30
TREATMENT FOR HOG vERMIN
Wise to Have Dipping Tank and Use
1t on All Stock, Whether They
Need Ii or Not.
Lice on hogs are treated:

Lice on hogs are treated:
BY getting the animal in corner
and scrubbing him with an old broom
dipped in crude oil.
BY pouring kerosene on his back
with a can (this kills the lice and
often pretty near kills the porker).
BY hanging blanket saturated with
crude oil in gap through which the
hogs must pass. thus oiling them auto
matically.
BY setting up manufactured de-
vice which gives the animals an oiled
surface against which to rub.
y BY providing a hog wallow in which
a little crude oil is poured.
BY dipping them in a dipping tank
filled with preparation sold for the
purpose
You may choose to let the pigs and
the lice fight it out. In this. case, you
may be sure, the hogs will get the
worst of it. The stock farm. on which
wisdom refgns has dipping tank in
which all the stock are dipped
whether they need 1t or not"
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30

you in owning a Babcock milk tester,
and test the product Of each cow.
6. Discard the animals which have
failed at the end of the year to pay
for their keep.
7. Breed your cows to a purebred,
registered dairy bull from a family
having large and profitable produc-
tion of butter fat.
8. Raise well the heifer calves from
COWS, which for one or more genera
tions have made large and profitable
productions of milk and butter fat.
9. Breed heifers to drop their first
calves at twenty-four to thirty months
Of age. Give cows six to eight weeks
rest between lactation periods.
10. Join a dairy cattle breeders as
sociation. 1t will help you keep post
ed and in touch with the best and
most modern ways of managing your
dairy herd.
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30
"WILD MAN" IN POOR FARM
After Travelling for Years as Circus
Freak He Now Becomes County
Charge.

Evansville. Ind.-After travelling all
over the United States as the wild
man" in several circuses and carni-
val companies, Joseph Reddig, age sew
enty-two. has been admitted to the
Vanderburg county infirmary.
He is broken in health and penni-
less, although he has made good
money in his day. Reddig told the
township trustee, Sam Wurm. that
while he was acting the part Of wild
man. with circus for several years,
the manager, in the presence Of the
crowds, would feed him great quanti-
ties of raw meat.
81 can eat more raw meat" said he,
than the biggest lion that ever lived"
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30
MAKES PRISON LIFE EASY
Sheriff Provides Gymnasium and Wife
puts Canaries in jail to Divert
Minds OF inmates.

Bellefontaine, GA gymnasium has
been provided in the Logan county
Jail for the pleasure of the prisoners.
Sheriff George Smith, feeling that the
men needed some other form of recrea-
tion than reading, has put in the
equipment at his own expense.
Mrs. Smith, the sheriff's wife. has
placed two canary birds in the jail to
help divert the minds of the prison
ers. A man who has been a prisoner
in the Jail for several months has
been permitted to have his graphic
phone with him all of the time, and
daily concerts have been provided,
continuous programs being the rule.
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30

fermentation is not likely to follow.
II crushed oats or wheat cannot be
obtained, whole oats may be used. but
they should be of good quality. AS
mice hull the oats before eating them,
1t is desirable to have the poison pene-
trate the kernels. A very thin starch
paste is recommended as medium for
applying poison to the grain. Prepare
as follows:
Wet Grain Formula.
Dissolve one ounce Of strychnia
sulphate in two quarts of boiling wa
ter. Dissolve two tablespoonfuls Of
laundry starch in one-half pint Of cold
water. Add the starch to the strych-
nine solution and boil for few min
utes until the starch is clear. A little
saccharine may be added IL desired,
but it is not essential. Pour the hot
starch over one bushel of oats in a
metal tub and stir thoroughly. Let the
grain stand overnight to absorb the
poison.
Distributing Poisoned Grain.
The poisoned grain prepared by
either of the above formulas is to be
distributed over the infested area, not
more than a teaspoonful at a place,
care being taken to put it in mouse
runs and at the entrances of burrows.
Small drain tiles. f5z inches in diane
ter, have sometimes been used to ad.
vantage to hold poisoned grain, but
old tin cans with the edges bent near
ly together will serve the same pur-
pose.
Field mice may also be driven away
by thorough cultivation Of fields and
the elimination of fence rows. In the
case of trees. clean tillage and the re-
moval from the neighborhood of weeds
and grass will prove an effective pre-
caution.
Finally, the farmer should remem-
Der that there are many animals, birds
and snakes around the farm which do
little or no harm, and are most useful
in keeping down the numbers Of field
mice. Among these owls deserve spe-
cial notice. Mice are the chief diet
both of the short-eared and the barn
owl The common screech owl de-
stroys English sparrows as well as
mice. 1t stays close to orchards and
farm buildings and is, therefore, 9
useful assistant.
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30
I I1n4ZT L
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GOOD cow STALL AND FLOOR
cairy Building Should Be Constructed
With Aim to Keep Cows Dry and
Clean as Possible.

While it is more pleasant to work in
fine barns, it is not necessary to have
them in order to get good results, but
items under this head are quite nee
essary for getting the best returns.
With the comfort of the animal in
view, our buildings should be con-
structed with the aim to keep the cows
as dry and clean as possible. Cement
floors built with about the same thick
ness as sidewalks and 80 construct
ed as to offer good drainage are the
most serviceable, says writer in West
ern Farmer. They should contain a
gutter 18 to 20 inches wide and seven
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30
WIFE GONE; CALLS HIM SLOW
Husband of Departed Bride Says She
Declared He "Hugged the House
TOO Much"

Paterson, N. J.-William White or
Van Houten street testified that he
was deserted by his wife because he
was too slow" He was on the stand
in his suit for divorce.
I'VE were married in 1913." said
White. -Four months later my bride
told me 'hugged the house too
much. She wanted life. dances. pic
nics. parties and the like The next
night returned home to find the house
empty. Both my wife and the furni-
ture were gone to parts unknown. |
haven't seen or heard anything OF eth
er since"
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30

to illustrate the point. But the one
which particularly appeals to me is
that of John Davis. who recently
pleaded guilty In New Haven, Conn.,.
to making plates for counterfeit five
dollar notes. Davis is an old offender,
and the illustrative case which have
in mind was one in which he was the
central figure years back. 1t was
known as the Bank of England plot.
Davis had manufactured in London
and had planned there to lay down
counterfeit Bank of England notes
representing a value in excess OF
$50O,000 His scheme was to have his
confederates in each of the great
money centers-London, Paris, Ber-
lin, Vienna, st. Petersburg and New
York, simultaneously exchange the
notes at foreign money exchange bro
kers' Offices.
The workmanship of the product
was almost perfect. The notes were
the closest imitation to the Bank of
England notes that have ever been
discovered
Soon everything was in readiness
for the grand unloading one
thing. The conspirators had not tried
out the money to learn how readily 1t
might be accepted. Accordingly two
Of the men assigned to the New York
end Of the plot went over to the State
bank on Grand street and offered
counterfeit notes representing value
of $3.50. The conspirators erred in
presenting so much foreign money for
exchange at one time to bank in that
neighborhood. The officials of the In
stitution compared the offered notes
with genuine notes of the Bank or
England, but could find no difference.
Still the officials were suspicious, bade
the conspirators wait few minutes
and called up the secret service office,
which hurried men to the bank.
Inevitable Detail Overlooked.
A close examination Of the offered
notes by the government agents
showed the color of the printing to be
true; the color, ply and size OF the
paper to measure accurately with the
Bank Of England requirements, and
the strong main features Of the etch-
ing represented in the print were true
to shading.
Yet, as always, the detail was there
to prove the counterfeit work. The
watermark of the spurious notes was
more pronounced than the genuine.
Further, and to me more wonderful
still, a tiny guard. carefully placed on
the genuine note, was lacking in the
counterfeit. 1t was a little thorn
shaped protuberance extending from
certain letter in the word denominat-
ing the value of the note. The tiny
little sentinel could be observed only
with the aid Of a. fine magnifying
glass. It would be found only acci-
dentally except by one knowing ex-
actly where to look for 1t.
The New York members Of the con-
spiracy were arrested, but released
when they stood on the assertion
that they had found the notes in the
street.
However, that was not all for the
conspirators. Later, Davis was arrest.
ed in London. He turned kings evi-
dence, received suspended sentence
and reward, and came to this coun-
try to try his hand. His confession
resulted In Is of the conspirators go.
ing to prison.
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30
ReuaIr Leakinu Teat.

II COW has q little hole in hs
side of her teat, through which the
milk squirts, wait till she Is dry. then
scrape the edges uf the hole till IL
bleeds and sew together. Take out
the stitches whaa 1t heal5.
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30
Eor the Silo.

Short, immature corn should be al
lowed to stand until nearly dry before
putting into the silo. That is, the
leaves should be nearly dry; the stalk
should be pretty well filled with sap.
If this corn is cut in while too greer
it may make sour silage.
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30
a.a, for keen;no Milk Cool.

A springhouse or refrigerator Is
the ideal thing for keeping milk cool,
but million of pounds of good butter
are made every year with no better
equipment than tank for the caSs
filled with pump from well.
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30
TO GET BETTER DAIRY cows
Breeders Association Keeps One In
Touch With Best and Modern
Ways Of Managing Herd.

1. Treat cows gently and avoid ex-
citement.
2. Be regular in time Of milking.
3. Keep stables clean, well-lighted
and ventilated.
4. Weigh the milk of each cow at
milking time.
S. Get your neighbor to share with
The Brandon news., 1915-09-30
Most pojsonoue Weed. !.

Wild parsnip or water hemloclS Is
one OF the most deadly poisonous
plants that grow IN the fields or open
range country.
The Detroit times., 1915-06-09

ALL girls understand each other.
more or less That H. why all gtIls
forgive each other SO swiftly and
SWeefty
The Detroit times., 1915-06-09
CIRCUS GIRL
ASKS PROSECUTOR
TO COLLECT PAY

81 got all the applause. Honest. |
think kept the act agolng. And /
WORKED out there nights when IL
was SO cold | shivered while | was
dancing. Think OF II, me doing all
that in a cheap tent show used
10 be on the stage. you know-and
now ! don I even get my pay"
And such IS the life OF the circus.
In the words OF Miss Zelena Lalie-
ment. 90 years old. who came 10 the
Office OF Prosecuting Attorney jas
nOVski. Tuesday morning, 10 learn II
the prosecutor could collect her
weeks salary.
Miss lallcment said she had a sus-
picion that the manager would no
longer be in Detroit by Tuesday
evening. as the show, which has been
playing under a tent out Gratiot-ave.,
has not been drawing well.
Attorney Gerald Groat, who was In
the prosecutors Office when the
young woman made the compliant
offered 10 donate his services to cot
lect the money.
The Detroit times., 1915-06-09
BEWARE OF FAKE
METER INSPECTOR

Police issue a warning TO ali
householders TO beware OF fake
inspector OF meters. who represents
himself as an employe OF the Edison
Illuminating Co. and has been re-
ported from several different parts
OF the city, though IN each case the
reports have been received too late
for action by the police.
In each instance. the fake has
been discovered. when an authorized
inspector from the company has ar
rived. TO look at the meter, the res
dents then learning that the other
man was n fraud. No reports OF
thefts have been received so far. hut
the detectives believe that the fake
inspector has failed TO get a proper
opportunity for ransacking the
house, on account OF being watched
All regular inspectors are provid
ed with numbered badges by the Ed
ison company, and must show them
on request
The Detroit times., 1915-06-09

won't admit II. for fear of future re.
taliation or government myestiga
ton, or trouble in some form.
r. +. Wadsworth. OF the Michigan
steel Boat Co. is said 60 have turn
cd down a contract for the manufac.
ture OF 100000 rifles. because OF in
ability TO secure a requisite supply
OF steel.
The Anglo. Commission
Co. OF New York. and j. y. Perry.
.of Washington. are agents which
have tried TO place contracts in De
troit. The only man who can be
found who seems to be eager for a
war contract is r. X Crawford, No.
1889 SiXteenth-st.. who says that he
Is ready 10 take contracts for the
manufacture OF shrapnel, rapid-tre
guns and field pieces OF any caliber.
according 10 letter written 10 the
Board OF Commerce. His name is IN
neither the directory nor the tele-
phone book
The Detroit times., 1915-06-09
Telephone Official Sees
Evidences of Return
ing Prosperity
DETROIT TALKS
WITH FRISCO
600 Board of Commerce
Members Hear Con-
versatiOn
G. kINGsBuRy.

"lf our toll business is an indica-
ton. and believe 4 Is. business
conditions are on the upward trend
all over the country" said Nathan
c Kingsburl. vIce-preSident OF the
American Telephone A Telegraph
Co. and former president OF the
Michigan State Telephone Co. to
the Times, Tuesday Mr.. Kingsley
came TO Detroit 10 address the
Board ~ Commerce Tuesday noon
on our transcont!nental telephone
service
There are 10 central ofices in
our system. one Of them being De
troit. that are an absolute index to
oar toll business" Mr.. Kingsbury
continued We know a. 10 o'clock
every morning. when these Offices
are chez ked up. Just what our toll
business was the day before. and Of
late IL has esen show ing very
perceptible increase.
Some people argue that increas-
cd use OF the telephone and tele-
graph Is not necessarily an indlca.
tion OF better business conditions:
that IL signifies. on TIE other hand
that business is poor and the wires
are being used 70 solicit orders that
are slow In coming Ny belief f..
however. that the Increasing use If
the telephone and telegraph IL a
pretty fair index OF the status OF
The Detroit times., 1915-06-09
lConlinncd rron Nr.tcrdnyh

Z Inc Am moving picture rights
and an foreign copyrights
strictly reserved.
continued From NrStcrdhyD
Alicia. YuHr ATTEST defiance -
an fDr..nt.- law has closed my
home 'p you. / have placed one
half of your fathers fortune -
your credit. Your maid and
trunks are at the .ioldcrest
Apartments. MOTHER
.. There was the mint Of longing on
Esther Ilaistead face as ALICIA fin
lsh"u showing her through the dam
~ little Gpldcrest apartment Not
the Longing for freedom whl n seem
ed the principal reason. fur All "a
delight not the pride ~ ownership
the Younger girl had di-pl1N we'd. but
the Thought 81 how perfectly II
would serve as "A setting for the life
She had imagined with the man she
loved, the pirurjpg 81 Felix Lynn IS
occupying special little hooks and
corners ~ the apartment-that was
what brought the tears all uncou-
sCiously 90 her eyes.
And Won will come 10 nv rccep-
tiou lust q little house warming to-
morrow afternoon Esther 30
she started 90 shake her head in
dissent smiling az the eageru'ss Of
the Eirl - begin making the most
Of her new found liberty But ALICIA
plH''I"i "u before she had time o.
"lfrst I'm going TO ask Felix LINN
and"
t-th.r's lirv parted I'm "a smile Size
could NOT fDreWp tho del2ht - ere-
ing him again. And In such iutim 20
surround 49, True. she owed "a great
deal 90 her ailing father F1t she
nwcl debt 10 this other man as
While Mica dar'cd to the 'phone
intent upon C0rrying ont her p'ao
Immediately IL entered her head
Esther thought n over. Was she do
iT- right or wrong Torn IctwseU
two Impulses even without the right
80 consider her own desires she
could make uu decision without hurt.
possibly tho life 81 her father. pnd Dr.
FrliN refused 20 wait the short time
old John lltlStcad had 30 I've. n he
could not hc uuSellsh then She
fr HN-nd uUh8ruI.v p~ she thrust m.
thouCht away from her.
.r.l' living on Ibis Yacht now 20
A'i.' ynHfir-I" announced as she re
entered tho room
Esther smiled lightly A. shc took
her lrtt.. Iaekra .suonsihi'i'v
h'r~olI - WAS eharWiug'y dr'ightfu
90 her ir 90 .sr- And u wa. So lc-
coming 30 ALICIA. her naive delight ir
this Freedom from restraint. She was
Stil 'l3uhiug 1s ehe left the house
and came back ~ her own distress.
iug ~pon-ih.lii'ce
SEQ cnEru~--l i- flr' she did not
turn back and see Nii'a slipping
lightly down the .trccf .u the 0p-
pcrltc direction. E.cu i,r innocent
mind would have suspected that TN"
Young rIrl was 3' OFT q. 40 some
thing which. 81. .T' TO .H''", u.g NJ
have been termed in1Hrroot
The Detroit times., 1915-06-09
TAKE YOUR CHOICE OF
AZ ROUTES TO
CALIFORNIA

Rock Island Limos have issued
small folder describing IN dctall the
~ most popular and interesting
routes TO tho California Expeditions
EFch route is accompanied by
map telling ~ a glance Just what
s,.tious tho tour takes I'm n YOU are
plauniue trip West YOU viii need
taie folder
We have also published IN author-
q lat Of hotels and boarding houses
In california with rates in fact We
have made . So easy 20 enjoy trip
% tho ENuositions that about all You
have % do after perusing our litcra-
ture o. to buy n ticket you'il know
iust what Won wish 80 see and du
only So 20 FOR round trip from 10
troit with choice OF trains. including
the Golden state Limited" Rocky
Mountain Limited" Californian"
"Cclorado Flyer" Caufor-
MIA Express" Automatic block sig
mails Finest modern all-steel equip
mcut superb dining ear service
Both ENposttlou- included In one
ticket ~ no extra cost
Write. phone or drop IN for foldc-s
and booklets ~ Rock Island Travel
Bureau. Majestic Bidg. Detroit. Mich
g. G. Gardner. d. y. A.. Phone MAin
The Detroit times., 1915-06-09

the commercial ana industrial
fields"
Mr.. Kingsbury believes that meas
ured service h the only solution for
the telephone problem in Detroit
lie advanced two reasons for this;
In the first place" he said,
when telephone system reaches
the proportions of the present De
truit service II becomes absolutely
necessary TO reiieye II of the burden
of unnco essary conversation, which
now constitutes about One-third OF
the total telephone business OF the
city. understand Secondly, the
company needs more money to
keep up such rapidly growing
service and provide for the neccs-
sary extensions. There - only one
way TO accomplish thege things. and
that IL by the establishment OF
measured service. 10 Is the only
fair way"
In his talk on the transcontinental
line between New York and san
Fraucisco before the Board OF Com
merce. Mr.. Kingsbury emphasized
the fact that this service Is avail
able To any one Of the 10000 tele-
phones OF the Bell system. The uni
versatility OF the telephone today was
far more wonderful, he declared.
than the fact that the country had
been spanned by telephone wires
from ocean TO ocean
The feature OF the luncheon wa
telephone conversation between
President Charles Il. Warren. OF the
board. and Mayor Rolph. 81 san
Francisco. 2,ss3 miles distant. The
telephone company had equipped ih"
tables with 600 "watch-Case" reCeiv-
ers. and each OF the diners by this
means. was able % hear both sides
OF the conversation
Mr. Kingsbury illustrated his talk
with slides and a moving picture en-.
titled "Spinners OF Speech" show
constructing the transContineHtal
line
The trauscontinental line. the
speaker said. carries two pairs OF
40 5 gauge hard drawn copper
wire 1875 Of an inch I'm diameter
Each circuit contains $500 miles OF
wire weighing $40 pounds 20 the cir
cult mile. with total weight Of
1850 tons per circuit There are
10000 poles required 10 carry the
circuits
From San Francisco tho llrc rum
TO Salt Lake CITY "a miles. thence
TO Denver. $50 miles, from Denver
TO Omaha. JS5 miles; from Omaha
TO Chicago. 900 miles From chi
rago the line branches. one branch
going 10 Pittsburgh. $40 miles
thence 10 New York. 800 miles fur.
Their There Is continuation Of this
branch 10 Baltimore and Washing
ton. Philadelphia is also reached
over this branch The other branch
from Chicago runs 20 buffalo. thence
New Ynrl' aud Boston f. reached
from Buffalo. The total distance
from New York 20 san Francisco o.