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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14
STOCK MARKET

New, York, Sept. 14.-Opening- New high records for Bethlehem Steel and Crucible Steel were the features of interest at the outset of today's trad ing and revived rur1ors of a consolida- ton of the two companies. Bethle- hem opened 5 points up at $40, inn mediately adding another three points. Crucible's opening gain was only frac- tional, but ithis soon extended to 3 lh points at 94A. General Motors made an opening advance of three, later ada ing five more. %Other war specia1ties showed one to two point gains and American woolen at A h was up two. Railroads were lower, in keeping with London's quotations for those issues.
 Noon.-U. s. Steel fell 3-4 to 75 IA and the Pacific. Atchison and Baltt- more & Ohio were quoted under yes- ,terday's final War shares lost to points on the usnal realizing. By mid- day Reading was added to the list of heavy investments and steel broke through 75. Rubors affecting the Washington Berlin situation were again current. Bonds were irregular.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14
Board of Education
 To Sell School Books

The board of education will sell school books at cost next year, ac- cording to a decision made last night at the meeting of the board.
 It was broAgft tp "a ttenzion kof the members that seh6o1 bod Ks are being sold to children at what are claimed to be exorbitant prices, in view of the fact that a tac1t understanding was reached several years ago between the board and the booksellers, whereby reasonable prices were to be charged
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14
KELLY TO ATTEND
 TROLLEYMEN'S MEET

Patrick Kelly, secretary of the AmaIgamated Association of Street & Electric Railway Employees, wilIgat- tend the biennial convention of the association, which will be held in Ro- chester, N. Y. Eighteen hundred delegates from all over, the United States and Canada will be present.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14
RALPH CoNNoR

The Rev. Charles William Cor don, who has attained worldwide fame as an author under the pen name of Ralph Connor,. and who went to Europe as chaplain of the second Canadian contingent, was born 5 5 years ago yesterday, Sept. 1 8, 1860, ae Indian rarentage, and kthe son of minister, the Rev. Daniel G. Gordon, who settled in Canada nearly 20 years before the birth of his gifted son Since 1894 the Rev MT. Gordon has been minister of St.
 Stephens church in Winnipeg and a leader in Canadian Presbyterian ism, but he has also found time to write a score or more of novels, among the best known being The Sky Pilot" The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail,,' "CorporaI Cameron and 'The Pilot of Swan, Creek" In volunteering for active service at the front pr. Gordon manifested a nat uraI leaning toward active life and adventure, which in his younger days led him to the wilds of the Ca- padian Northwest as a missionary among the miners, lumbermen and Indians. Of late years he has spent his vacations in the wi1ds, making canoe trips along little known Ca nadian rivers. For many years he has been chaplain to the Seventy ninth Cameron Highlanders of Can a0a- AS result or his experiences at. the front. pr. Gordon is of the opinion that, while the Allies will eventually win. it will be only after tremendous effort. Dr. Gordon was educated at Toronto University and Knox College, and also studied at Edinburgh University. Before set ting in Winnipeg he was for a time the representative of the Canadian western missions of the Presbyterian church in Great Britain. In addi- tfon to his novels he has written re- igious and biogra phical works.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14
WEST END rHEArRE.

: Tonight Manager N. c. Lund Of the new West End Theatre on State street near Clinton avenue, presents for the first time in Bridgeport Clifton Crwford the great Broadway comedian in the first Pathe Gold Rooster play The Galloper,' by Richard Harding Davis in five parts. Other first run photop1ays will be shown. Visit this new theatre which is one of the newest and best equip ped photoplay houses in the city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14
Can't Lay Sidewalk At Read School Until
 Courtade Is On Job

have not been laid at the Read school the Burns CO. has sent the follow ing letter to the board of education: 4 ssIt is impossible Tor us to finish the walks at Read school until the director of public works does his DOT ton"
 The grading, it appears, hasn't been done, and the excuse offered by Director Jacob A. Courtade is that there is no money to pay for the work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14
SOUTH CAROLINA VOTES
 ON LIQUOR QUESTION

Columbia. s. C., Sept. 14.-south Carolina voters went to the polls to- day to decide statewide prohibition should be adopted or the rfesent sys- tenn of county option retained. Pro- hibition if carried. would become eff fective Jan. l. Fourteen of the A counties now operate liquor dis nensaries
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14

The board desisGed from taking over the sales this year because many of the children already have paid the higher price and further it wonId be embarrassing to booksellers who have stocked their stores with the volumes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14
SUSTAINS c. s. COLES
 ACTS AS ADMINISTRATOR.

In 3, finding made yesterday, Judge Paul L. Miller of the probate court denied the application of the heirs of the Edward A. Hawley estate for the removal of Charles $. Cole as admin istrator. Judge Miller found that MT Cole had been t'prude ent and careful in his management of the estate, as a busy man, unable to devote his entire time.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14
EVENING GLASSES AT TRADE SCHOOL TO
 BEGIN NEXT MONTH

Registration for evening pupils 7t the State Trade school will be allo,. : ed Wednesday and Thursday even ings. The classes will open October 4. Appearances indicate that twice as many students will be enrolled this year as last.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14

Traffic in the Panama Canal was resumed, the slide in Cu1ebra Cut having been removed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14

When the girls set out for a ride on a. back seat of an automobile, they don't seem really satisfied with their appearance until they get a good cud of gum started.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14

Russia is purchasing lead in the United States
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14

Germany has established four fac tories that turn out 300,00o shells weekly at Libau, Russian Courland.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14

SPECIAL SALE OF
 F E R N S JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14

SPECIAL SALE OF
 F E R N s JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14
British Women No-u
 Dispensers Tn Place
 of Husbands At War

London. Sept. 14.-Wonnen are now, employed by the war office as dispeh- sers in military hospitals, They must of course be properly qualified phoI- nacists and they are engaged only for the duration of the war in orden to allow the men pharmacists to join tho expeditionary forces. The women are paid 6s. C$1.5 .50) a day, sundays ipclud- ed. and their hours are from g a. m. to D. m. Those so far employed have given entire satisfaction, and on this account their numbers are being in@ creased.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14

Benjamin N. Duke of tobacco fame suffered a nervous breakdown at 1-s home at Durham, N. c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-14

Ear7er Want Ada. One Cent Word.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR
DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look Years Younger! Try Grandma's
Recipe of Sage and Sulphur and
Nobody VIII Know.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which Is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui.
phur Hair Remedy" You will get a
large bottle for about SO cents. Every.
body uses this old, famous recipe, be.
cause no one can possibly tell that
you darkened your hair. as 1t does it
SO naturally and evenly. You dampen
a sponge or soft brush with 1t and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time; by morn.
ing the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick
and glossy and you look years younger.
Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
GOT ALONG WITHOUT RAIL
Railroad Counted for Little With
the Management.

On a dilapidated narrow-gauge rail-
road traveller was struck with the
general air of hopelessness of the en-
tire country. Rundown farms, fences
falling to pieces, and houses implanted
and dismal were seen as mile after
mile was reeled off. Finally a coun-
tryman got on, and the two fell into
conversation. Country around here
looks fearfully dilapidated," remarked
the traveller "Yaas, but jest wait an
yell see sumpin wuss," replied the
countryman. The train stopped. They
looked out and saw a rail missing
ahead. The entire train crew clam
bered out, crowbars in hand, proceed
ed leisurely to the rear of the train,
and in due time loosened a rail and
carried it forward. 1t was spiked into
position and the train proceeded.
Somebody steal rail?" asked the
traveller. ''Yaas, abaout twenty years
ago, reckon. Evah since they haint
nobody bought a new one When the
train comes back they've gotter stop
an tear up rail behind 'em. Amt
that the dilapidatenenest thing ye
ever see, Stranger"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
Took Task on Themselves.

The simple character of the Russian
peasant is illustrated by the story of
the fate of the Socialist. The Socialist
arrived in village to convert the in
habitants to his belief He thought he
would begin by oisproving the exist
ence Of God, because If he proved that
there was no God 1t would naturally
follow that there should be no emperor
and no policeman. So he took the holy
image and said, There is no God, and
will prove it Immediately. will spit
upon this image and break 1t into bits,
and If there is God he will send fire
from heaven and kill me, and If there is
no God nothing will happen to me at
all" Then he took the image and spat
upon it, and broke it to bits, and he
said to the peasants, you see God has
not killed me-" mo" said the peas
ants, God has not killed you, but we
will" And they did.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
FARMERS NEED THE BIRDS
For Purely Selfish Reasons the Do
struction of Feathered Sonesters
Should Be Stopped.

Birds are the chief protectors Of
our trees. Who ever heard of cod
ling moth and San Jose and other
scales when the orchards were full
Of birds? Now that these feathered
helpers have been driven out of wood
and field, man is compelled to resort
to all sorts of vexatious and difficult
struggles against the enemy of fruit
and tree.
The birds are the very best destroy
ers Of weeds. Native sparrows, finches,
grosbeaks, redpolls, longspurs. cow,
birds, mourning doves and similar
birds feed hungrily upon the fall
weed seeds at a time when the crops
have been gathered and they can do
no harm to 1t.
The best helper a farmer can have
is host Of birds. But instead of rec.
ognizing these efficient helpers, SO
generously provided by nature, we
wantonly STAY them by the hundreds
for fun.-Kendallyille NewsSun.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
A Good Henhouse

will run away from the building when
it rains and leave a dry floor.
If the winters are cold, put up a
few cross rafters under the roof and
fill this space with straw. This will
keep the moisture from collecting on
the walls and ceiling and dripping
down on the floor in zero weather
Then put in roosts that can be fold
ed out of the way or taken out in
cleaning, and nests that can be taken
out and cleaned once in while. Gov.
er up all the rat holes with galvan-
lied iron, and fix a muslin curtain over
the window, so that good air circu-
lation can be maintained.
And then il there is any spare paint
about the place, give your poultry
house coat of paint. 1t makes the
place look as though you meant busi-
ness, and that is big asset in any
business.
A roll Of roofing paper, a few nails,
some old boards, and a idle enter
prise will turn the oldest and most
ramshackle poultry house into profit
able investment. There is no excuse
for not housing your poultry properly.
Get busy.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
MOTHER! LOOK At
CH|LD'S TONGUE
If cross, feverish, Constipated,
give california Syrup
of FiuS"

A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue, mother! II coat
ed, or your child is listless, cross, few.
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily. full of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment, give a
teaspoonful of California Syrup Of
Figs" then don't worry, because it is
perfectly harmless, and in a few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you have
a well. playful child again. A thor
ough inside cleansing" is ofttimes all
that is necessary. 1t should be the
first treatment given in any sickness
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle OF
california Syrup Of Figs" which has
full directions for babies, children Of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
SHOWS RAIL PROGRESS
WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT OF
THE LOCOMOTIVE.
Largest Now Built Are Sixty Times
Heavier Than the One With Which
Stephenson Hauled His First
Train of Cars.

The rails in use during the first days
of the railroad were very light, weigh
ing about twenty-three pounds to the
yard. Today the rails must be 100
pounds to the yard to withstand the
tremendous pressure of the gigantic
age speed of passenger trains was %
miles an hour; today the average
speed is fifty to sixty miles an hour,
and sudden spurts of 80 miles are at.
tainable, or about twenty times as fast
as the first locomotive could move
The first of the high-speed engines was
put in use In 1872 on the Pennsylvania
railroad; 1t weighed 81 tons. In 1892
still larger type was designed,
weighing 95 tons, and during recent
years the weight of passenger engines
has increased to 400 tons-or go times
heavier than Stephenson's first loco
motive.
Today there are over 100000 miles
of trackage in the United States and
more than 65, 100 locomotives in use;
150,000,000 tons of coal are needed to
keep them supplied with fuel, and
over a billion passengers and nearly
two billion tons of freight are trans
ported on this enormous railroad sys-
tenn every year.
The locomotive has been carried to
its highest development in this coun-
try, and the United States now leads
the world in it's manufacture, not
only supplying all that are needed in
this country, but shipping many hun.
dreds yearly to other parts of the
world
The locomotive is being made larger
and larger to meet the growing de.
mands upon it. The largest engine in
use today is a compound one, which
measures 100 feet over all and weighs
$4,000 pounds. 1t is an oil burner
carrying 1000 gallons of oil and 10000
gallons of water. 1t cost $43,380 to
build. Modern locomotives, as they
get bigger and bigger, must increase
in the direction of their length only
and this makes it necessary to con.
struct them with a series of joints SC
that they can turn curve without up
setting.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
'CASCARETS" FOR
LIVER, BOWELS
Fer sick headache, bad breath,
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get a Decent box now.

No odds how bad your liver, stomach
or bowels; how much your head
aches. how miserable and uncomfort'
able you are from constipation, indigess
ton, biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Casoarets tonight; put an end to the
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv-
BUSINESS, sick, sour. gassy stomach.
baGkache and all other distress;
cleanse your inside organs Of all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health, happi.
ness and a clear head for months.
No more days of gloom and distress
il you will take a Cascaret now and
then. All stores sell Cascarets. Don't
forget the ch!ldren-their little In
sides need a cleansing. too. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
BOY OF TWELVE FLAGS TRAIN
Youngster Merely Wished to Inquire
of Conductor If His Mother
Were on Board.

Henry Falk, twelve years old, held
up the Chicago and Alton limited at
the Alton bridge. The train was run.
ming about forty-five miles an hour,
but the engineer put on the brakes
when he saw the lad in the middle
of the track frantically waving a red
flag. Conductor j. E. Williams, train
men and some inquisitive passengers
ran along the track certain that at the
least the bridge had gone.
''Is my mother on the train?" asked
Henry.
as my mother on board? She was
coming from Chicago today" and
that was as far as he got. What Will
liams said as he climbed on board
was not really fit for youthful ears
st. Louis Dispatch to Philadelphia In
quirer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
Parson Knew Better,

Uncle Jim Sugarfoot killed fine
rabbit for the entertainment of Parson
Heavegrace, who was expected to din
ner, but as rabbits were out of season
he thought to avoid what might prove
an embarrassing situation by making
the parson think it was chicken he
was eating.
Brother Heavegrace," said Uncle
Jim, when it came time for a second
helping, what part of de bird would
you like now?"
With a merry twinkle in his half.
closed eyes, Parson Heavegrace re-
piled:
eff you all don mind All think Ah'll
take de gizzard. pittsburgh Chron'
icle-Telegraph.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
CORNER
FOR THE BOYS
About the Poultry House.
BY j. n. REED.

The first thing a good business man
does is to find house in which to
keep his goods. II he can't build one,
he rents one.
So it is with a good poultryman. He
must have a house for his hens, and
not allow them to roost on the ma
chinery in the barn.
But any business man will warn you
not to overinvest at the start. 1t
isn't necessary to spend lot Of
money in building a new poultry
house. Your father has plenty of
places in which to put his money with
out setting you up in business. Don't
ask him for any. Later, when you
have made some money of your own
out of the flock, he will be only too
glad to help you. But don't spend any
more money than you have to at the
start.
Here is the way two city boys
started the poultry business. They
got couple of piano boxes from the
neighbors for next to nothing. Then
they stood these up back to back in
the driest part of their stock yard
and nailed them together. After they
had sawed out door from one end
and put up the roosts and nests, they
had a poultry house that was as good
as could be asked for.
You boys out on he farm are more
fortunate. Most Of you have poultry
house already, or else some old aban
doned building that can be turned into
one without much trouble. Get some
roofing paper the first thing you do
and make the roof water tight
If you have any paper left, you cal
use it for covering the cracks in thu
building.
The next thing you do, take shove
and bank up the earth around thu
edges OF the walls, 80 that the wate
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
The Martini Berceusc.

A young lady was dining with some
friends at their home. The host had
concocted some seductive cocktails
and she had Joined the others In
drinking to his health. Before the
dinner was over she was experiencing
that much-talked-of wobbly feeling
that is said to follow a cocktail
While coffee was being served In
the drawing room the three-months
old son of the family was brought in
to the room and the young guest in.
sisted on holding him.
81 am surprised that he is SO con.
tented in your lap" her hostess told
her. "He doesn't usually care for
strangers"
"Well, you may not know It," was
the reply, "but he is being rocked
New York Evening Post
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29

Movable fixtures, while just as
cheap as the stationary, are more con-
venient, and greatly reduce the labor
in cleaning up and disinfecting a
house that is infested with mites or
other parasites, according to the ex-
periences of practical poultrymen at
the college of agriculture, University
of Wisconsin.
Where fixtures are nonportable, it
is practically impossible to extermin-
ate lice or mites without tearing the
houses to pieces. The bugs" get into
the tiniest cracks and crevices and
unless every part of the walls and
floors can be treated with the spray
or disinfectant, some of them will live
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29
Needle In Body 80 Years.

Thirty-three years ago when Mrs.
A. F. Frantz was girl she swallowed
a needle. Recently the needle made
it's appearance in her left leg and was
removed by Doctor Congdon. During
all these years the needle has been
travelling through her body. She never
felt the presence of 1t until few days
ago. A black and blue spot, accom-
panied by soreness, was the first indi-
cation that anything was wrong. Next
the sharp point of the needle showed
itself. 1t was then that she sought
medical attention. = Wenatchee
(Wash.) Dispatch to the Portland Ore.
gonian.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29

through the cleanup, thereby making
another necessary
Movable fixtures can be taken out.
scraped, cleaned, and disinfected.
Mites are troublesome to the birds at
night only and live on the roosts and
other fixtures during the day. Get
ting these out in the sunshine is one
of the surest ways of driving off the
pests.
The removal Of the fixtures during
these operations gives fine opportuni-
ty to spray or whitewash the building
itself Fixtures that can be shifted
also cheaper the regular cleaning OPP
erations so necessary for the health
and happiness of the flock.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-01-29

Like the good sportsman, the good
poultry fancier must be good loser.
Criticizing the judge is a bad habit
for the amateur Snowman to contract.
Rather should he approach the Judge
asking for suggestions toward the i'm
provement of the losing flock. The
old adage that one learns by losing"
is a good one.
This is the position taken by J. G.
Halpin, head of the poultry depart
ment of the College Of Agriculture,
University Of Wisconsin. "It is best
to keep STILL" said Mr.. Halpin, "be-
cause as rule the bird that did not