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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22

energy. There was always a fear and dread in my mind, had cold, nervous, weak spells, hot flashes over my body. l had place in my right side that was so sore that I could hardly bear the weight of my clothes. I triedmedicines and doctors, but they did me little good, and never expected. to get out again. I got Lydia D. Pinlzhana's s Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. and cer- tainly would have been in gravesor in al asylum if your medicine had not saved me. But now can work all day, sleep well at night, eat anything want, have no hot flashes or weak, nervous spells. All pains, aches, fears and dreads are gone, ,tnay house, children and husband are no longer neglected, as I am almost entirely free of the bad symptoms I had before taking your remedies, and all is pleasure and happiness in my home. ''- Mrs. JOSIE HAM, R. r. D. l, Box 22, Shamrock Missouri.
 Tfyou want special advice write Lydia E. EoinlEIsam Medicine Co.,. {confder+ian E.vxays9 Mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22

wild surges-for a ajah's ransom hangs in the balance-and the kingdom of happiness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22

Six hundred and fifteen men en- tered the mid bowling tourna- ment which opened at Omaha, .Neb. Prize money tota11ing $7,0oO will be distributed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22

@ RANFORD and Lester were also H out fishing that day. A. sI don't like the. looks of
 things, sir" finally said the guide ..We'd better get back into the river."
 ssWhy, there's hardly ripple
 tsI know that. It's the feel get once in awhile. The gnound swell doesn't go down anything to speak of. They've been coming in all day. Early this morning the wind was blowing ;l little from the north, She was in the east when we started ont D
 Lester wet a Nfnger and held 1t up. "She's back in the north again. Shouldn't wonde~''-
 Lester" said Cranford seriously, I've simply got to ger to Pidgin if Miss Wynhe does. I saw a boat land there. an hour or so ago. She's gone back to Kingston. '''
 Some one that's wise. Maybe, though, it was the lighthouse boat"
 "Too last Hydroplane. I spotted her through the glass; caught a glimpse of her step, as you call it. And anyhow, there goes Uncle Billy. All aboard P
 'sAll right if you say so, but it's against my judgment" < By the time Uncle Billy was crossing the steamboat channel south of the 1spar buoy Lester,s boat was just nos ing outside of Long point. Cranford, intent upon watching Diana, missed Lester's frown of perplexity
 Cranford was determined not to lose sight of the woman he loved. Pidgin island might be the key, but something told him that Diana knew what it un- locked. <
 He wanted this fog cleared up wanted to learn where she stood in this tangle. That she was against the -Smead cohorts he did not for one min ute doubt.
 But what had she learned? What was going to be found Oil wonder jun ble? Why was she working alone: To what end? He had told her what his occupation was-why did she re fuse to confde in him. use his knowi edge2
 At shore dinner that noon he haG given her ever5e opportunity to do so and she had evaded him with the skill Of a fencer. His success as q secrc. agent was not only due to his intelli gence, but to his infinite patience as we'll
 He would outwait her. And where
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22

him to witness a legal transaction.''
 Simmons rubbed his dry hands, and the smilei on his face wimpled his cheeks like wind on water.
 Should he tell him now? No. Sur prise him-make the joy double. So he drew up simple will, carried away with him copy and a lighter heart than he had known in years.
 A child of Marguerite's in that house!
 Of, the first man in this half chapter nothing more of the very old man who had found himself, more anon.
 Square away, then, for Pfdgin island, the thunder and cruel buffet of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22
Capt. c. D. HOOKER

Will Run Daily (Except Sunday
 Leave Port Jefferson 500 A. Nj. Leave Brid geport BOO P. N1. Single Fare 75c; returning.Roun Trip Ticket, $1. Good any time during the season. Children between g and 12 years, haR fare. Special Excursion TicI1ers, good to return same day only, from Port Jefferson every Friday, fare soc. Automobile transportation given careful attention. For further i1lfor- matfon address GEO. M.TOONER. .Agt. Bridgeport or Port Jefferson. Time table subject to change without notice
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22
REMARKABLE
 CASE of Mrs. HAM
Declares Lydia E. Pinlkham's Vegetable Compound Saved Her Life
 and Sanity.

Shamrock. Mo.-stI I feel it my duty to tell the public the condition of my
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22
Feel Young Again
 CERTILAX (The Certified
IaXativHN.

Beware of the habit of cohstipatioE Coax the overworked bowel muscles back to normal action with CERTI- LA2<.@'theI certain laxativo9." 1t is the favorite prescription of an eminent New York City specialist, selected by five hundred physicians who have tried out thousands of la2atives and decided upon CERTILAx as the best They believe in gent1eness. perststen Gy, and Natures assistance. CERTI- LAX opens the bowels; their action is gentle yet positive. never accom- panied by griping or pain. One at night will give positive relief. GER TILAX IS FOX SALE AT ALL DRUG STORES, or will be sent direct upon receipt of price. CURTIS CHEMICAL 60, IF k. 24th St.. NEW YORK. PRICE, 10c. 25c. soc. One At night makes you right.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22
SARAH J. TOWNSEND,
 VS. EDWIN A. TOWNSEND.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, s., \ SUPERIOR COURT.
Bridgeport, Oct. 2

Bridgeport, Oct 21, A. D., 1915
 Upon the complaint of the said Sarah J. Townsend praying, for req sons therein set forth, for a divorce, returnab1e to the Superior Court, in and for Fairfield County; on the first Tuesday of December, 1915.
 It appearing to and being found by the. Isubscribing authority that Edwin A .ToMnsend the said defendant is absent from this state and gone to parts unknown but formerly resided in said Bridgeport.
 Therefore Ordered. that notice of the pendency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in the Evening Farmer. newspaper printed in Bridgeport, three times successive 1y, commencing on or before the 22nd day of November, A. D., 1915.
 FRED. ". TRACEY, Assistant Clerk of the Superior Court
 TOT . +''t l-e Haas.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22

President Wilson and his cabinet went over a. draft of his message to Congress. He expects to have it fn-5 ished next week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22
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UNIVERSITY SCHOOL

ss6 FAIRFIIE1.D AVENUE Twenty fourth Year Begins September %. 1915 covering high school and earlier grades, in preparation for college. technical school, business. and the large prebaratory schools.
 Every student given. special aften- lion Gy experienced teachers: one 60 three years saved Morning, aGter- noon.s and evening sessions Outdoor. and indoor athletics.
 The registrar will be at the school from a. Tn- to l p. rn., after August sO.E For other hours. telephone 642.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22

- N-h0A--@ your medicine. l had falling, infamma- ton and congestion,
 f em ale weakness, pains in both sides, backaches and bear ing down pains, was short of memory, nervous, impatient, passed s1 ee pI ess nj gh ts, and h a d neither sfrenrth nor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22

Farmer Wallt Ads One Cent a Word
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-22

I E. wild surges-for a rajah's ransom hangs in the balance-and the kingdom of happiness.
 ss Uncle Billy disengaged a pickerel from Diana's hook: They aiI't much better'n snakes Buns, call 'em, who don't care how their names git in tn Sunday mornin' papers. But tn bass now, he's got self respeck an fambly an mebbe good job, am he don't want the neighbors t know he was out late an mixin' with tn p'lice. No p'lfcei court fer his! SeeTns's though we hadn't ben fishin fer month"; Oh we ain't so worse. There's Mir. Gran ford in trouble-eel I didn't think we'd see many bass in Sand bay after al1 that blow S'pose we hist tn mud hook an try Pidgin? Don't look jes' rights I'd like it.
 'sI must go to Pidgin, Uncle Billy"
 "Any reason y'd like t tell me of?" --his' hand on the aywheel.
 It was craft on her part, swift cal culation, and she knew that the old guide would credit it to womanIy inn pulsiveness. 8
 Uncle Billy, you're, a good, brave, Kindly man. I am going to put my secret in your hands. There is some thing on Pidgin island I must get. Must! If you do not take me there you will break my heart. Today. now-to- morrow will be too late. I know the sky looks bad, but I'm a good sailor and I must take the chance. A hundred dollars if you will land me at Pfdgin.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

From the Pfttsburg Sun.
 The determination of this country to
 have navy that will be capable of rem
 dering good account of itself in any cir eumstances Is growing more and more pronounced every day, for Secretary Dan iels is going about the work in business
 like manner. His latest proposition to
 have an auxiliary board composed of the
 most capable scientists in the country to
 assist in the special work for which they are peculiarly fitted Is sure to bear good results. In submarines and in asroplanes lies opportunity for the greatest develop-
 mont, and with men like Edison and
 Wright bringing their special knowledge
 to the aid of the experts of the depart
 mtnt. something decidedly worth while is bound to result.
 Ever now the departmer. Is putting
 forth every effort to get reliable mfcrma- tion of the accomplishments of subma-
 rines and aircraft abroad, w.h view
 to adopting such features IS experience
 proves valuable. Experiments are being conducted in secret in our navy yards
 with electric batteries for propeling un- der water craft and also in the perfection of oil burning engines. The electrical equipment 1t Is confidently predicted, will place our new submarines ahead of any thing abroad.
 Work on the tive superdread dna ug hts provided for by last Congress Is being held up owing to som. unfinished experiments with armor plate tha, will withstand ex- plosion of modern toi pedoes. An undcter- mined point 6lso Is whether the new ves- sells shall carry e.sht 1s-inch guns fin the main battery or i2 1s inch guns. The for mer have been proven serviceable. out
 many believe it b.tt.; policy to lave more guns of sufficient power than fever of greater range and weight. Next years naval programme wi,l embrace request for 50 or more submarines. Some of the naval men are in favor of asking foi ye or I5 such craft.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
Abolish Convict Lease System

The legislative committee, to which was referred the bill seeking to abol- ish the convict lease system, will meet tomorrow and will then be expected to decide upon the character of its report on this important measure.
 It is hoped the committee will re- port the bill favorably. The senti- ment of the people of Alabama is strongly against the lease system, and it is believed majority of the legisla- ture will vote in response to that sentiment, even if the committee should make an adverse report.
 The state convicts should be put to work on the roads. Georgia builds it's highways with convict labor and no state in the south has such a great mileage of fine roads as our sister state. The regret is that if the legis- lature passes the pending bill the act could not become effective until 1918.
 The Convict Improvement associa- fion, of which Senator Frank s. White is president, has worked earnestly to arouse general interest in the move ment for abolishing the lease system, and in that respect it has succeeded. The sentiment of thoughtful people has been seldom so united on any question as on this. Let the commit tee act in accordance with this senti- ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
A War of Numbers"

In an address recently delivered at Kings college, London, Hilaire Belloc described the present conflict in Flu rope as war of numbers. The wide terrain involved and the great armies engaged make surprise in any sort of military operations, except in a strictly local sense, quite impossible. Whereas in former times a command ing general could view the entire bat tlefield and in perhaps an hour or two win a decisive advantage, the fight ing forces now number from 250,000 to 1 ,0OO ,O0O, the battle ground is from seventy to two hundred miles in extent and it is matter of days instead of hours to develop concerted attack. All the nations at war have studied these problems along similar lines and the struggle has become a prolonged siege, in which numbers and artillery are depended on to wear out the enemy.
 Heavy guns firing high explosive shells of large calibre are, as MT. Bel loc aptly says, the determinant weap- ons, since it has been found impossi- ble to take strongly entrenched posi- tion with like numbers until after the position has been subjected to tor ments of big shells. The wire entangle- ments must first be destroyed and the defenders demoralized by terrific fire before a charge is practicable. It is said that the French have not made an advance unless the position attacked had first been cannonaded at least four hours.
 There is no scarcity of men, at least in France, Germany and Russia. It will thus be seen that the shell prob- lem is one of first importance, even more pressing than an adequate SUD- ply of troops. As shell is discharged in fraction of the time required to make it and the mighty guns are roar ing day and night, it is beyond human ingenuity to supply, at their present rate of consumption, all the shells needed The only recourse is to store ammunition until the time comes to pour it out in deadly torrent. This is merely another phase of prepared ness which gave the farsighted Ger mans an advantage in the beginning of the war they still hold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

With the possible exception of the Rio Grande and the Colorado, the Mississinui carries more silt than any other large river in the United States. It is esti- mated that for every square, mile of terri tory drained by the Mississippi. ss1 tons or dissolved and suspended matter Is car Tied down stream every year. More than 12a. 1000 tons of silt Is taken away every year by the Father of Waters" Some of this soluble matter is deposited on plains along the lower stretches of the river and forms fertile agricultural lands, some of it sinks to the bottom, necessitating contia- uous dredging, but most of 1t Is carried into the Gulf of Mexico These figures are based on estimates made by the United States geological survey, which Is also the authority for the statement that the Missouri river Is lowering the surface of the land it drains at the rate of one foot in 603s years, and the whole surface of the United States is being worn down at the rate of one foot in o12o years. Scientists say that if this erosion could have been concentrated on the 1thmus of Panama. the Panama canal would have been dug in 73 days, a task which has required 10 years of titanic la Dor and the most powerful devices known to man.
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business man, who is now making the real success that is possible from cul- tivation of the soil.
An Era of Prosperity

The promised era of prosperity has arrived. In most sections of the coun- try business activity is greatly in evi- dence, and as one of the trade journals remarks the developments in the iron Rand steel industry now reflect a rapid return to boom conditions.
 While the industrial revival has re- suited mainly from the large and urgent requirements in connection with the European war, it is cheering to know that domestic demands are increasing Confidence is being re- stored and the volume of trade is steadily expanding.
 The crop situation is highly satis- factory. The composite condition of all crops is, according to the latest report from the department of agriculture, |2.3 per cent above the 10-year average, and it is estimated that the farm pro- ducts of the United States will exceed in money value those of any previous year in the history of the country. The latest figures on the probable value of crops are: Wheat, $1,000,- oOO,0O0; corn, $2,0O0, 100000; oats, $700, 900, ,000, and cotton, $500, ,OOO, ,OO0. The minor crops are larger than in other years and they will sell for profitable prices. It is estimated that the total value of this years crops will be $10,o00, 1000, ,O0O.
 With such record breaking harvests prosperity cannot be halted. While the south's chief staple is not bring ing the price that the farmers had hoped for, the cotton situation is inn proving. Considering the enormous crop of 1914, conditions might have been much worse.
 Here in the Birmingham district the industrial pay rolls are larger now than they have been at any other time this year. The steel mills are very busy and the pig iron market is fair ly active. The price of iron is slowly but surely advancing. Sales have been made this week at higher figures than were recently quoted, and there is reason to believe that the market will rise to S11 on a No. 2 basis and become firm at that price before the sum- mer is ended.
 Today iron is bringing $1 ton more than it did when the first big buying movement of 1915 started. This is a good barometer and the coal trade will soon be heard from and will show marked improvement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
The Man With the Hoe

From Columbus, O., emanates a story which, whether or not it be strictly according to facts, at least aptly illustrates the trials of the local tax assessor.
 One of the most progressive farm CTS of Pike county, Ohio, according to the story, purchased fine motor car, but refused to return it for taxation. The assessor was therefore sent out to investigate, and this is what he found:
 The car had been stripped of every thing except the engine. One rim was attached to circular saw and the other to cream separator. The front wheels were fitted to a sulky, and one of the farmers sons was. break ing colt, using the speedometer to see how fast the colt was travelling. The headlights had been removed and arranged to light up the barnyard at night, while the horn was utilized in an amateur burglar alarm.
 The problem which confronted the assessor was whether he had to ap- praise an automobile or number of farm tools. What impresses the reader is the ingenuity of the farmer folk in ~..,1r;,,<- ,,co of fho auto
 There is, by, the way, greater op- portunity afforded by farm life for exercising native ingenuity than in almost any other occupation. The farmer must be something of me- chanic, not only to be able to operate the farm machinery which is becom- ing more intricate every year, but to make emergency repairs; he must be familiar enough with an engine to be able to operate the motor engines of the farm; he must know entomo- logy to be equipped to cope with in- sect pests; he must be an expert hus- bandman and equally informed in soil culture and plant breeding, if he is to make success in agriculture now a-days.
 He should also be a good business man, with a broad conception of the laws of supply and demand, with a keen eye to market conditions.
 There is no tread-mill development along one small groove for the farm CT, if he be at all alive to his oppor- tunities and responsibilities.
 "The man with the hoe" has given place to the broad, student-farmer and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21
Leaves for San Francisco

Splendid attractions are being offered in the west this year to those who de- sire travel.' remarked Judge Alvin M. Douglass while about to take train for California, and the saying, See America First is indeed a maxim worth observing
 Naturally after the Lusitania expe- rience 1t does not take much warning to keep people of this country at home, and accordingly little ,urging to make those wishing to travel to confine their trips to sections of the American conti- nent And the great expositions in the west Is sufficient to attract tourists and pleasure seekers from both North and South America. My friends and I are joining in the general westward migra. tion.
 While in the west I purpose to visit numerous fields of scenic grandeur, and will make brief stops at many places Of which we read graphic descriptions in travellers guides. I expect to reach San Francisco about August 1 and return to Alabama about August R. While away anticipate an ideal outing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-21

rom tne Ihliauelphld ENeniHB LcoS11. TVHE first citizen of Nebraska Is not politician with bug but a man \ of science who knows all about bugs.
 The committee appointed by Governor
 Morehead to select the most dis l the .Pana ma Pacific fair, rejected the claim of William Jennings Bryan and
 chose. instead, Prof Lawrence Bruner, head of the department of entomology in the state university.
 MT. Bryans admirers may seek con selation by assuring themselves that the extinguished oommoner Is a citizen of the world and that no single state can claim him. But that still leaves of Nebraskans.
 And Bruner, after all. Is not a. Ne-
 braskan. but a Pennsylvanian. He was | born on March ?, 1856, at Catasaqua,
 Lehigh county, only SO miles north of Philadelphia. His father was Uriah Bruner and his mother was Amelia
 Bropst. He, therefore. inherited the sturdy qualities of the race which has done much for this great common
 the west when his parents migrated in
 his youth. He was educated at the Uni versity of Nebraska, receiving the de- gree of bachelor of science in 1880. when
 he was 24 years old. and immediately began that pursuit of bugs which has led him to his present high place in l the esteem of his fellow citizens. He was at first an assistant in tie United States entomoIogical commits sion. In 1888 he became field agent for | the United States department of aRri- culture, and was attached to the Uni- versity of Nebraska. He became h. structor in entomology in the univer-
 sity in 1890, and was promoted to a. full professorship and the head of his de-
 partment in 1895. and has been state
 entomologist since that date.
 l When the chinch bug was destroying
 the wheat crop in Nebraska young
 Bruner discovered parasite. harmless
 10 the wheat, but deadly to the devour
 ing bug. He tanned it. and let it loose
 to multiply in the fields What was tho
 result? The wheate crop of the state
 which was 17.450.O00 bushels in 1sSc fell to S,500.000 bushels in 1894 through
 the ravages of the bug.
 l In 1896 1t rose to 19.400.000 bushels. | In 1906 1t was 52.2ss.000 bushels. l And in 1914 it was 7l,000,000 bushels They may say that republics are sn grateful if they choose.
 But Nebraska farmers, and all Ne 'braskans dependent on the prosperit,
 of the farmers, are grateful They know
 who has made wheat raising possible 1 Bruner has saved the crops of tdt
 state on several other occasions whcr they have been threatened by insects
 The despised bugologist who used tt
 be seen wandering over the fields witt
 a net chasing butterflies has proved thai bug study is of greater importance t. la commonwealth than the construction
 of rhetorical periods
 The effect of this entomologists wori lis shown in the development of Ne
 braska as an agricultural state. Ol
 course he has not done 1t all. but hi, share in the work has been greater thar tthat of any other man. Since 1890 thi lvalue of the farm products has In. lcreased fourfold.< while the number ol
 acres of improved land has incrsasst