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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06
The rose chafer may be som

The rose chafer may be sonaeWhat controlled on the grape vines by spray Ing them with five pounds of arsenaite of lead to 50 gallons of water to which a pound of glucose or two quarts or molasses have been added.
 Squash bugs are very difficult to control except by crushing their eggs on the leaves and placing sfaingles around the plant under. which they will hide and can afterwards be pick ed and thrown into oil
 Onion rnaggots are nearly irnposs1- b1e to control except by crop rota- tion. N
 Clltwor1ns are almost sure to ap- pear. Poison them with a. bait made up of 25 pounds Of wheat bran, one pound of Paris green, two quarts of cheap molasses. Scatter this bait around the plants to be protected.
 Potato beetles and flea, beetles car be best controlled by spraying with arsenate of lead together with Bor- deauxzrnixture. sing arsenate of lead. three pounds of the paste form or one and one-half pounds of the dry form ito 50 gallons of water.
 Plant lice or aphids can best be killed on vegetables, flowers or fruit by use of the Nicotine solutions, one- half pint to 50 gallons of water.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

toads. At least they had tried to eat them, and the toads resumed business after being released just as if they had been taking a quiet rest and were now ready to move on refreshed It was on the strength of a farmers statement that this paper ea1d that blacksnakes were often protected in the interest of agriculture and that same farmer said that field mice did much damage and the snakes lived on them. However, many men of many
 minds. No one of us can fully ex- plain the ways of nature-Why snakes are at all why we naturally hate them, what gets along so we'll without human food, the mosquito is still so eager for it, what the ants are doing all the time. what is the advantage of having microbes in a well. the true purpose of fydrcphooia and various
 other problems
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06
MsECr NOTES.

Chicken raisers can avoid losses of young chickens from eating rose chaf- CTS. or rose bugs" by keeping them away from daises, grapevines. and towering shrubs in general.
 For ants lawns, keep the lawns as well watered as possible, and use a teaspoonfuI of carbon disulphide in each ant nest
 Striped cucumber beetles. can be somewhat controlled by dusting dry a.rsenate of lead on the leaves and covering plants with screens.
 Spral the currant vines with arsen- ate of lead for the currant worm using three pounds of the arsenate of lead to Q 0 gallons of water \ After they be- gin to ripen this method cannot be usedfN Henebore dusted on the leaves will protect tn ena for 2. shers fs---1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

The same gar ments sold every where at $1.25 and $1.39! for office or s s.sss ss : ss ss ' ts 89c 46; npW
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06
sBLlACKsN AXES.
TO the Editor Of The Courant:

TO the Ed1tor Of The Courant: who eeser heard Of a blacksnake en allowing a toad They do swallow frogs No animal ea4s1 a toad and they are very repulsiye to many peo- pie, but very usefulsfn gardens where they 6estroy innumerable insects, catching them with their long thread knew of their doing is the eating Of ripe strawberries, out of which. they take a bite.
 You say a b1aeksnake never does any Aarna How about birds eggs, which they climb trees to get and de- eour How about young birds in nests and small birds which they swallow as they do frogs? If the writer of The. Courant comment had ever had an angered blacksnake crawl up his leg and arm and around z7is neck, he would never have written that comment, but would be be like the rest of mankind at enmity to the snake and would kill him whenever he had 8 chance. JThe bite of a tolaeksnake is not dangerous but it is very poisonous and dtsagreeable. have always lived in the country and field mouse was pest. The deer mouse is one. of the most beautiful of cerated things, and I have yet to HeaHn that it ever did any harm. It is the.
 Wee, slee1Sif. cow'rin, tihn'rous
 beastie.
 Q what panic 's in thy brestiet Thou need na- start ava sac nasty.
 Wi pickering bratt1e. ! wad be laith to rim an chase thee.
 Wi nurdeFing pFattle.
 of which Burns wrote.
 I am aglhst the blaeksnake and or the side Of the field mouse. J.
 Endfie1d. Aug. 8.
 Our correspondent is a learned man whom it may be injudfcfous ts contradict, but the statement that "n, animal eats a toad is not borne ou by the facts. Coming to personalities the writer of The Courant comment has more than once killed snakes tha had swallowed or haIf-swallovv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

Norfolk stye; belt effect; stripes, plain co1ors; 8 H A
 to 8 years, auE. snow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

hfc1e involved in such accident, and shall order the license to be delivered to him. and shall revoke the same. unless upon investigation he deter-sI mines that the accident occurred without serious fault of such opera tors''
 In section d2 it is; provided Upon approacE1ing any person walking or riding in the trawe5ed portion Of the highway, or horse Or any other draft animal being led, ridden or
 person Or such horse or other draft driven therein, and in passing such animal, the person operating a motor vehicle shall have the same under control and shall reduce it's speed when reasonable care requires If such horse or other draft animal be- ing led, ridden or driven shall appear to be fri ghteneds and if the person in charge thereof shall signal to do so, the person operating such motor ve- hfe1e shall bring the same inanledi- atelysto a stop. and if travelling in the opposite direction. shall remain sta-, tionary as long as may be reasonable to allow such horse or other draft animal to pass, if traYelIngT -i1 the same direction. shall use reasoneaa01e caution in thereafter passing such horse or other aninad.s
 LOWER PRICES FOR AUTOS.
 Autonp pobiie mann fact arers are not fnclineds to give full credit to war or ders for the pf1enonlenal- increase in
 business that has taken place during the last year or So. The tire com panies it is known, have refused some particularly attractive offers for sup plies for foreign govern naents on the ground that the~orders are so urgent | that it would compel the rnanufaet 1r- CTS to delay shipments to their reg uIar customers. Meanwhile the de- mand from the latter has been so steady that they are not wiling to permit. spasn1odic business to inter fere with their regular lines.
 The large tire companies are en- ] larging their plants, where they have l not already done so. They ascribe I the increased demand for tires te the
 fact that prices tfof high grade ma
 chimes have been reduced anywhere
 from 10 to 25 per cent
 Meanwhile the accivity Of the for
 eign war demand has cFeated a, con- I dition that is not unlikely to have l permanent results of an interesting tcharacter. The war orders have en- Tabled producers te increase their out 1 put on a scale that must inevitably 1 cut down the price per car. When the INaP ends the foreign demand will IsuddenIy terminate. But the enlarg- T ed plants will remain and Herican
 manufacturers unauestioRaf0fy- wi I endeavor5 Lby means of attractive l prices to stimulate their home
 market to take the place of their lost l export business.
 I TWO MILLION AUTOS IN U. s. : i On June of. the current year the I number of automobiles in the United .i States for the first time reached two million, according to an est mate bs the Scientific American. Figuring fo1 If an average of four persons te eacf Ll ear, which is very conservative. theri
 are s,000.0 people in this eountr. in daily enjoyment of motoring. Wha it costs to follow this sport is of in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

Stockholders of the American Tel ephone1 & Telegraph Go. voted to in crease the capital stock from S50,- 100000 to s75,00o,0O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

Three men were seriously injured and much damage was caused by ar explosion of dynamite of Mechanics vile. N. '.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

i One year ago today Austria declared war r-1 F2l1rri-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06
NEW AUTO hAWs

T-UY s1aat session Of the General Assembly have been 4zepstyasd.
 Among tic nDst Interesting. of the new or revised laws are those relat- ing to aukUnphiles. and the terms and conditions under which they can be
 9ne prdviaionK than kri1xes tfe rea58er on perusfne Hhe 1sed meas ures is the clause dealing with the previous c0nvicfions ,oZ chauffeurs or for these to hide the fact of pre- vicus coatv1ctions say for speeding if the 0ffense has been committed in this state. from the proseclIt8ng aufhori- ties. These convictions are hence forth tossbe recorded on the license of The foIfowfl1g Is DOT ton of the. section 6zQ1 that provides for the re- fcord of such offenses being written on fhe ncehses.
 before whom 5 atla1 convfetfOn shall be had under the provisions of this act shall endorse upon the license Of The person convicted the date and paThcuIaEs of such convdctioIa. z
 The speed provision Of the new law j while il is not materially changed S from the old being fixed at 2 5 miles an hozr, is also of vital interest to all auto users Section 1s provides.
 If Nlas rate of speed Of a motor 4e7AAs2>A45 e4ft1<51it1pSot1 5A 1 RtD11C n1SE= esaE Of this state exceeds 25 miles an ansr rsEor a8 distance of a quarter of a %1zs4es such a rate of speed shall be slrna facfe evidence that the person ps<a4fng such motor vehicle is Nop- NeraffEk the sazhe at a greater speed sfhan is ERasonabIe and in Violation of the pxo5asiens of Section Ii Of this act. if except within the limits of an 1ncoTRozated city. the rate of speed of motor vehicle operated on the 41<ET T.@ S>H-- 70 - : tl1z~pzsssa jew of the road san d traf7c is obstrueted when approaehirg crossing or interseetfng a public highway orWhen traveFsing a. bridge or sharp turn, or a steep descent. or @ curve iosu the highway, exceeds 10 miles an hour, such rate of speed shall be prfxna facie evidence that the per- son operating such motor vehicle is operating the same at rate of speed greater than is reasonable and in v1oIation of the provisions of Section al of the act If the rate of speed io4 a motor vehicle operated upon the Epub1ic highways of the state in pass Hng any street railway car that is sta on which passengers are ordinarily received and discharged. exceeds three miles an hour, such rate o1 speed shall be prima facie evidence that the person operating such Tnotol vehicle is operating the same at elE OA SsA'H%7e@ Seetsl4 1s 1CcSoo14t1 ble, and in violation of the provision: of Section Il of this act.''x
 Section Il, referred to in the sec ton quoted above, reads as follows.
 No person shall operate a motol vehicle on the public highways o the state reclxIessIy or at a rate O speed greater than is reasonable ant proper. having regard to the width trafTic and use Of the highway, or s, as to endanger the property or the Tiff Eanre 7f1r1fr r1f a
 Clause D of Section g provides FesWnenever the death of any persol results from any accident in which lnnotor vehicle Is conc srned. said sec AretaFy shall forthwith suspend the Ii Fense Of the operator uf the nDtorzve
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-06

NFerlyn Fisher. 1s years old. vza struck and killed by an Erie EeazIro o1E 7=--- fNsS---571-
Williams news., 1915-07-08

Morning passed and the noon came. bringing Deborah an increased un- easiness. When lunch was over and Reuther sat down to her piano, the feeling had grown into an obsession, which had soon resolved itself into a definite fear. She found herself so restless that she decided upon going out Donning her quietest gown and veil, she slipped out of the front door, hardly knowing whither her feet would carry her.
 They did not carry her far-not at this moment, at least. On the walk outside she met Miss Weeks hurrying toward her from the corner. stun bling in her excitement. At sight of Debo- rah's figure she paused and threw up her hands.
 "Oh, Mrs. Scoville, such dreadful thingi" she cried. Look here!" And. opening one of her hands, she showed few torn scraps of paper whose familiarity made Deborahs blood run cold.
 "On the bridge" gasped the little lady, leaning against the fence for support Pasted on the railing of the bridge. should never have seen it, nor looked at it, if it hadn't been that r."
 Don't tell me here." urged Debo- rah. Let's go over to your house. See. there are people coming"
 Once in the house, Deborah allowed her full apprehension to show itself.
 What were the words? What was on the paper? Anything about"
 The little woman's look of horror stopped her.
 Its a lie, an awful, ahominable lie. But think of such lie being pasted
Williams news., 1915-07-08
Differentiatinq DiriqibIes.

The London crowd which gapes cheerfully at the army airship maneu- vering over the city always asks itself whether it is looking at friendly yes sel or Zeppelin. It is apparently ignorant of the difference of design, and so free from nerves" that the doubt does not disturb it. Probably if Zeppelin really did come the av- craze Londoner would crowd up for a good place to see the bomb dropping The instinct for front seat seems to be stronger than that of self-preserva- tion. The Schutte-Lanz airship is not unlike an ordinary nonrigid airship in the shape of the balloon. It is not cylindrical, but whale shaped, like a submarine. But in construction it Is like Zeppelin, with rigid aluminium framework. It is evidently considered a successful type, for Germany has been building as many of the Schutte- Lang type as of the Zeppelin The name is compound of the names of designer and builder. The inventor was Schutte, and Lang is the name of the firm that constructs them.
Williams news., 1915-07-08
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd of neighbors invade the mysterious home of Judge Ostrander, county judge and eccentric recluse, fol- lowing yelled woman who proves to be the widow of man tried before the judge and electrocuted for murder years before Her daughter is engaged to the judges son. from whom he is estranged, but the murder is between the lovers. She plans to clear her husbands memory and asks the judges aid. Deborah Scoville reads the newspaper clippings telling the story of the murder of Algernon Etheridge by John Scoville in Dark Hollow, twelve years before. The judge and Mrs. Sco- ville meet at Spencer's Folly and she shows him how, on tile day of the mur- der, she saw the shadow of a man, whit ting stick and wearing long peaked cap The judge engages her and her daughter Reuther to live with him in his mysterious home. Deborah and her law yer, Black, go to the police station and see the stick used to murder Etheridge. She discovers a broken knife-blade point embedded in 1t. Deborah and Reuther go to live with the judge. Deborah sees sees a portrait of Oliver, the judges son, with black band painted across the eyes. That night she finds, in Oliver's room, cap with peak like the shadowed one, and knife with broken blade-point- Anon ymous letters and talk with Miss Weeks increase her suspicious and fears She finds that Oliver was in the ravfne on the murder night. Black warns her and shows her other anonymous letters hintfng at Oliver's guilt
Williams news., 1915-07-08
CHAPTER XII.
~The Misfortunes of My House."

Schooled as most of them were to face with minds secure and tempers quite unruffled the countless surprises of a courtroom, the persons within hearing paled at the insinuation con- veyed in these two sentences, and with scarcely the interchange of glance or word, drew aside in silence which no man seemed inclined to break.
 As for the people still huddled in the doorway, they rushed away helter-skeL ter into the street, there to proclaim the judges condition and it's probable cause-an event which to many quite eclipsed in interest the more ordinary one which had just released to free dom man seemingly doomed.
 Few persons were now left in the great room, and Deborah, embarrassed to find that she was the only woman present, was on the point of escaping from her corner when she perceived a movement take place in the rigid form from which she had not yet withdrawn her eyes, and. regarding Judge Os- trander more attentively, she caught the gleam of his suspicious eyes as he glanced this way and that to see if lis lapse of consciousness had been noticed by those about him.
 Wherever the judge looked he saw abstracted faces and busy hands, and, taking heart at not finding himself watched he started to rise. Then memory consolidating. overwhelm- ing memory of the letter he had been reading; and, rousing with start, he looked down at his hand, then at the | floor before him, and, seeing the letter ] lying there, picked it up with secret.
 sidelong glance to right and left, | which sank deep into the heart of the still watchful Deborah.
 If those about him saw. they made | no motion. Not an eye looked round and not head turned as he straight ened himself and proceeded to leave the room Only Deborah noted how
 his steps faltered and how little he
 was to be trusted to find his way un- 1 guided to the door. It lay to the right
 and he was going left. Now he stum-
 bles-isn't there any one to-yes. she ] is not the sole one on watch. The
 same man who had read aloud the
 note and then dropped it within reach.
 had stepped after him, and kindly, if
 artfully, turned him towards the
 proper place of exit. As the two dis
 appear, Deborah wakes from her
 trance, and, finding herself alone
 among the seats, hurries to quit her
 corner and leave the building.
 The glare-the noise of the square,
 as she dasnes down into it seems for
 the moment unendurable. The push. ing. panting mass of men and women
Williams news., 1915-07-08

doom, lay in all itA weight upon every ear and heart, as the clerk. advancing with the cry. "Order in the court" put his momentous question::
 Gentlemen of the jury, are you ready with your verdict?"
 A hush!-then, the clear voice of the foreman: s.
 We are"
 How do. you find? Guilty or not guilty?"
 Another hesitation. Did the fore man feel the threat lurking in the air about him? If so, he failed to show it in his tones as he uttered the words which released the prisoner:
 Mot guilty"
 A growl from the crowd, almost like that of beast stirring in it's lair. then quick cessation of all hubbub as every one turned to the judge to whose one-sided charge they attrib- uted this release.
 Deborah experienced in her quiet corner no alleviation of the fear which had brought her into this forbidding spot and held her breathIess through these formalities.
 For the end was not yet Through all the turmoil of noisy departure and the drifting out into the square of a vast, dissatisfied throng, she had caught the flash of bit of paper Chow introduced into this moving mass of people no one ever knew) passing from hand to hand, toward the soli- tary figure of the judge. it's delay as it reached the open space between the last row of seats and the judges bench and it's final delivery by some oficious hand, who thrust it upon his notice just as he was rising to leave.
 Deborah saw his finger tear it's way through the envelope and his eyes fall frowningly on the paper he drew out.
 Then the peoples counsel and the counsel for the defense and such clerks and hangers-on as still fingered in the upper room experienced de cided sensation: ''' The judge, who a moment before had lowered above them all in mel ancholy but impressive dignity, shrunk with one gasp into feebleness and sank back stricken, if not uncon- scious. into his chair.
 It happened suddenly and showed her the same figure she had seen once before-a man with faculties sus- pended, but not impaired, facing them all with open gaze but absolutely dead for the moment to his own condition and to the world about
 But, horrible as this was, what she saw going on behind him was infinite | ly worse. A man had caught up the bit of paper Judge Ostrander had let | fall from his hand and was opening his lips to read it to the curious people surrounding him.
 She tried to stop him, She forced cry to her lips which should have rdng through the room, but which died away on the air unheard. The terror which had paralyzed her limbs had choked her voice.
 But her ears remained true. Low as he spoke, no trumpet-call could have made it's meaning clearer to Deborah Scoville than did these words: We know why you favor criminals. | Twelve years is a long time, but not long enough to make wise men forget.
Williams news., 1915-07-08
GOOD 
WIDE TIRES IMPROVE ROADS
Mechanical Expert of Kansas Cohege Gives Farmers Advice Baseo on
 Practical Experience.

"Wide-tired wagons pull more easily than narrow-tired ones 90 per cent of the times when they are used," says F. A. Wirt, instructor in farm me- chanics in the Kansas state agricul- tural college. Professor Wirt has just completed experiments with wide and with narrow-tired wagons.
 Marrow tires pull harder than wide tires, says Professor Wirt, because the narrow tire cuts deeper into the top soil. The wide tire does not cut so deep and makes better track on roads which are travelled while the ground is soft. The wide tire packs the sur. face into firm roadbed.
 The experiments show that in corn. fields, plowed fields, field lanes, and on pasture and on alfalfa land, the draft of the wide tire is considerably less no matter what the condition oi the soil.
 In places where the mud is deep and rolls up on the wheels, in ruts made by narrow wheels, or in a sur. face of mud with hard ground be. heath, the narrow tire will pull more easily. The narrow wheel fits the rut, on the hard bottom of which it runs, and it collects less mud than the wide tire.
 Width. of tire and height of wheel have great effect upon the draft The usual width of the narrow tire is one and three-fourths inches, while the wide tire is usually three or four inches wide. The tires used in the tests were one and three-fourths and four inches wide respectively. Six. inch wheels are used only on low trucks. One type of wheel rarely found is the low wheel with narrow tire. The draft with this is so great that a team can hardly pull load in soft field surfaces.
 A farmer who can afford only one wagon will find many factors enter. ing into his selection. If he has to go on the roads in all kinds of weath. CT, he will find the narrow tires bet. ter because they will collect less mud when the roads are bad. On the oth. CT hand, if he goes only when the roads are good, or uses the wagon in the fields a great deal, he will find the
Williams news., 1915-07-08
How 1t Happened.

''It was this way" said the tattooed man to his circle of interested lis teners. T was marooned on an island in the South Pacific and captured by band of savages. They demanded a thousand dollars for my release. I was in terrible predicament-a1 my money was in New York bank, and I hadn't a cent with me-"
 What did you do?" asked one of the listeners as the tattooed man paused for breath.
 q told them to draw on me. and they did"
 Red Cross Bag Blue. much better, goss farther than liquid blue. Get from any grocer. Adv.
 Eph Wiley says the most inharmo- nious combination is street car con- ductor and his necktie