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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29

CTRCUs-The New York Champs. EIysees Circus, one of the very best now raveling will give an exhibition in this city on Monday of next week Their troupe embraces some of the best performers in the orId-among them the celebrated Stickney family and several new stars from Europe Performance every afternon and ev- ening on the Circus grounds. on Broad street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29
TWENTY YEARS AGO
RAuRoAD CROSSING BTIM

Hard6ord, Conn, April 29, 1885 The Railroad committee will report t4ae Bridgeport bill tomorrow as ageed to last week. in regard to grade crossings. benefits. damages. etc. Mayor Clark and others demanded that the railroad erect gates at the crossings or elevate tracks. Sena- tor Chandler and other Republicans objected to the meas1re.
 The letter to Senator Chandler Is as follows:
 ,. 1T have been reading IafeIy reports of your recent speeches and actions in the Senate and wish to say that If the newspapers, report you correct ily, you are a disgrace to the Senate. the Republican party and the State in general. Yours cordially,
 Gerald H. Beard.
 F. s-I refer especially to your at- tempt to defeat the Law and Order league incorporation bill and to le- galize gambling at races.
 WASHINGTON ARCH DEDICATED
 New York. April 2s, 1s95-The Washington memorial arch in Wash dngton square will be formally dedf- cated and transferred to the City of New york tomorrow, the one hun dred and sixth anniversary Of Wash 1ngton,s first inauguration as presi- dent Governor Morton and Mayor strong will take part An the cere- monies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29


 e.on April l. Germany had 5s51os captured cannon lrnachfne guns not included). Belgium lost 3, 1900 ;S France ! i, 300; Russia $50. and Eng land 60. Austria had on March 1, 23O,o0o captured Russians and 50s- 6000 Serbians. On the second Ger man war loan 4,e40, 000,0oO marks have been paid.
 'sThe German military surgeons do excellent work. Almost miraculous operations are performed. In a field hospital were 1.60o seriously wound ed men. Only 1T of them had to undergo arnputation of a leg or an arm Germany is using a special heavy kind of barbed wire for her trenches It is a wire which can not be cut with the clippers. The diameter is three-eighths of an inch.
 ssThe war bread is, used by every one, rich or poor i'll or well. Only one exception is made by the govern rnent- Those suffering with serious diseases of the stomach and intes- ,tines are allowed to get a daily ration Of pure wheat bread by 9 physician's prescription, which has to be re-writ- ten. every morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29
aAME ooW moI.HN

A valuable game cock was stoler from the yard of William Beardsley in Hast Bridgeport few nights ago and the owner believes it was stol en for the purpose of fighting in ts cooking bout which is being arranged for In that Vicinity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29
6FTRsT DIsTRICTD

Wl1l. H. Bunnell, salary as
 Supt ....t.. $108.33 Gurdon s, Colt, clerk of : board -.s- .:-.. -.i---,-- 76.oe Michael Logan supt-
 alnashouse .....-.. S3.33 Thomas Logan, clerk at
 alnshouse ......-......... 5000 Mrs M. Logan. matron at a1msh ouse -... 25.0O Miss Maggie Logan, services s at alrnsh ouse ..4-. ..s-.---. 15.OO EFdw. Fitzgerald. M. D.
 at alrnsaouse -,.-.,. $500 John O. Lynch, M. D..
 at alnlehouae .......-. 2s.oOl B. L. Day, M. D..
 at almshouse .-...-..-... z5.00 G. Ws Osborne, M. D., Is
 at alrnshouse N...=....-. 85.0o Total ..,..s.....s-.. .s-.s... $47s.se.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29

At the meeting Of last night s coun- cIl the City Auditor reported the fol- lowing salaries to May 1st 1895, and payment is recommended at that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-29

The last report from St V1ncentss hospital is favorable for recovery of John Corbett of Taunton,
 N I. Richards, merchant of the Glen. has moved his stock of goods to his new store near the railroad station.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-05
1890
GLORIOUS

GLORIOUS
'How's vacation, Johnnie?"
Bully! Fell of a shed, most got
drownded, tipped over a beehive, was
hooked by COW, Jim Spindles licked
me twice, an got two stone bruises
an a stiff neck !''-Zion's Herald.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-05
USELESS BRAINS

A we4-mown Mississippi minister
was fond Of playing pranks One day,
while riding with an iIliterate negro,
the minister began graYely to chatter
Italian to his brunette driver.
The negro looked wildly at the
minister and said nothing. Finally
the white man, in pretended pique,
said,
whats the matter? Why don't
you answer"
T 81 dono what yo' all talkin' bout,
whats wrong? Haven't you any
brains?"
''Yassah, 1 got some brains, all
right; but dey aim do use to me now"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-05
PERFECTLY FRANK

Gabe-Jones is the most truthful
man I know of.
Steve-Why do you say that?
Gabe-He had a black eye last
week and 1 asked him how he got it
and he told me that a man hit him.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-05
INcoMPREHENsIBLE

81 don't understand why Matilda
has sued me, Judge" protested the
defendant in a recent breach-Of-
promise suit. 81 only did the asking,
while she did the promising. -
Judges Library.
-0-n
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

Crawford: now sad as she mentioned
the Old silk wedding-dress; happy as
she pressed the white hand of her
father; grave with the earnestness
that was in her heart as she spoke Of
her beloved south.
Yes, 1 can see IL now just as saw
the picture her words painted then
the picture of that homecoming; Of
those simple, unsophisticated people
who had trusted their all to their
neiGhbor because he was worthy Of
their trust-because they knew him.
But I saw something else, too; the
thing that had become part of me in
the years; the thing tried to keep
out of my mind and could not.
looked up to meet her eyes--deep
pools of brown with the laughter
gone.
"I think you do understand, Mr..
Haviland," she said gravely. II think
you do understand, because you are
clean, and straight. and good"
Clean, and straight, and good!
What mockery there was in those
three words! For even as she spoke
I was thinking of easy money!
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
PUT SMOKE FOR SALE.
City Officials Hope to Punish Some
of Worst Offenders.

Selling smoke is the very latest So
luton of the smoke problem in cities.
Some practical railroad men are back
of the idea, and they have had enough
success so far to give hope that
smoke from some of the worst Offend
ers will soon be captured for the prof
1t that is in it.
Their idea has been developed in
railroad roundhouse in Chicago where
locomotives are stabbed. The engines
awaiting their turn to go out on runs
are kept fired up, and meantime they
pour out much smoke through many
roof openings of the house. It was
decided to install some kind of sys-
tenn to reduce the smoke nuisance
and benefit the neighborhood.
After some experiments an appara-
tus was installed that led all this en-
gine smoke to big concrete tank
lined with wood and filed with water
The smoke passed through the water
and reached the outside air fairly
clean, practically as clear gases.
Quantities OF scum accumulated on
the water due to the SCOT particles
that the water captured The scum
was skinned off and dried. and as
much as five barrels day of dry SCOT
was thus collected.
This SCOT unquestionably has value.
the first effort being to sell it as a
substitute for lampblack, If it sue
ceeds as lampblack the success Of
the installation will be complete, but,
even if it does not have satisfactory
sale for this purpose, it is only a mat
ter of time before some profitable
disposition of 1t will be discovered.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
MONEY MADE RAISING
PHEASANTS ON so SO. FT.

Very little feed is required. Water
can be had for nothing. Shelter of
the cheapest kind. They insist on
living outdoors in winter and sleeping
out in the coolest weather. The hen
will lay as high as 100 eggs in sea-
son. The chicks are very hardy. The
birds will bring dollar per pound.
They mature in five months. Their
feathers are worth good prices for
ladies hats.
Fortunes have been made in fine-
bloded chickens. Its always the tine
strain that brings the big money.
Where dollars We're made in chickens,
hundreds of dollars can be made in
pheasants. AS you increase your
stock, you can enlarge your raising
space. Money makes money. In
pheasants there is no limit. You can
make as much money as you desire
and you can start poor, but IL you
can't put $1,000 in two birds, don't
try to start.
An excellent demonstration of what
can be done is the case of Helen Bart
lett of Cassopolis, Michigan. A few
years ago she bought few pheas-
ants. She had them brought from
China.
Eolt IL Lew anu ohC
bought some more. She sold some
| feathers to fly hook manufacturers
and mllliners. She sold some birds
to fanciers and parks. So many peo-
pie came after the birds that she con-
cludrd TO raise them for commercial
purposes. Up to that time 1t had
been only Il pleasant pastime. Her
dock had Increased to many hundreds.
Gradually her fences have been ex-
tended until she has now several acres
In bird yards. She has made money
out of pheasauts besides having ont of
the profits Il stock worth II small for
tune.
| The pheasant lives i'm any climate
and adapts itself to that climate.
SpOrtsmen and state game wardens
buy them as fast as they are obtain
able to turn loose for stocking pur-
poses. Rich men buy them for their
beauty as ornaments for their places.
Epicures demand them at any price
for the table, but the epicure does not
always get them for they are too
scarce. The next twenty years will
be pheasant years in America. Bet
ter make us of your city lot or your
back yard and raise pheasants.
JOHN w. TALBOT.
Secretary Game Gird Society.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
Continued Next Week
"ASLEEP AT SWITCH AS
FAST TRAIN PASSES.
Pretty Short String Now Hanging to
Tais Operators Job, the Story
lntimates.

lntimates.
A telegraph operator had charge of
small station twenty miles out OF
a large city. The only train to go
through after his regular hours for
work was the limited, through at ,
o'clock in the morning. 1t was tor.
ture for the operator to remain awake
every night and report it at that hour,
so he hit on the plan of attaching a
string, about ten feet from the ground,
to a telegraph pole opposite the depot.
Then he bored a hole through the top
through the hole, and tied it to
wash basin and couple of tin cans.
After that he was able to pile into
his cot at an early hour each night
and go to sleep. When the limited
rushed by it broke the string, and a
crash of the falling tinware on the
depot floor brought the operator out of
dreamland and he reported the limit
ed through and went back to his cot
One night fast freight went
through on the limited's time, making
the usual racket with the tinware.
The operator jumped up from his cot
and reported the limited through. To
his amaZement the chief dispatcher
wired back:
What in Sam Hill is the matter
with you? The limited is in the sta
tion here. That was freight"
The operator scratched his head
and saw himself looking for a new
job. Then, gathering his wits, he
clicked back this reply to the furious
dispatcher:
well. by jingo, If that was a
freight she was going like the limit.
ed"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09


CHAPTER Jim Haviland be-
comes an expert gambler as q
boy, and gets job with Mike
Garven, confidence man and
gambler. Garven becomes a promoter
of fake companies, and makes his
headquarters in New York. He has
a small array of "con" men. Garven
manipulates check in such way
that he could send Haviland up for
ten years for forgery, as he makes 1t
a rule to have the power OF life and
death over his men.
CHAPTER U.-Haviland meets Al
ice Walton, whose father is in New
York to promote Virginia power
plant.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
BERRIES YIELD FUMES.
Strawberries In carsoes Said to be
intoxicating.

intoxicating.
It seems difficult to believe there
can be any connection between the
strawberries now coming to market
and poison gases. but the association
exists. The steamships bringing fruit
from Brittany to Plymouth refuse to
carry passengers when conveying a
cargo OF Strawberries because of the
intoxication fumes given off by the
berries when packed in bulk. Even
the seaman have orders to keep on
deck as much as possible. AS straw
berries, even tons of them. give of
no very pungent smell, the theory
has been advanced that the intoxi.
eating effect of a cargo of the fruit is
due to the fermentation of the sugar
in the berries.-London Cronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
COMBINE KNIFE AND FORK.

Handy Tool for camp,rs and Ple.
nIckers.
A handy tool for campers and pic
nickers, as well as for one-armed
persons, Is a combination knife and
fork recently patented and now be-
ing placed on the market.
It consists simply of a curved
blade with the end formed into a
four-pronged fork. 1t is designed to
be slowed away in case that can
easily be carried in the coat pocket
Popular Mechanics.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
Announcement

Our readers will be pleased to
learn that arrangements have
been made with the officials of
The American Game Bird So
ciety to publish various articles
regarding the breeding of those
beautiful birds known as
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

It takes lot of cheek to kiss some
girls, but most OF them are willing to
supply the cheek.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

The average woman can talk so long
on given subject that most men hate
to give her one.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

A man can always count upon his
wife to agree with him IL he doesn't
want her to.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

What a delightful world IL the rose
kept its odor as long as the moth ball
does
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

One kind of hustler is man who
never has occasion to buy an UNI
brella.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

A dashins widow says that old
maids ar embers from which the
sparks have fled.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

Girls, If you are afraid to spend an
evening alone occasionally, don't ever
get married.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

The easier 1t is to get man TO
make promise the harder 1t Is to get
him to make good.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

When a woman builds an air castle
she always uses mans heart as the
foundation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

Man wants but little here below
and it's his privilege to keep right on
wanting.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09

A man may lead double life, but
1t doesn't entitle him to a double fu-
neral.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
Golden
AND
Silver
Pheasants

Such well-known bird breeders as
Miss Helen Bartlett, Cassapoliss, Mich.
John W. Talbot, South Bend, Ind.
c. Siegler, Bangor, Wis.
c. J. Jordan, Poughkeepsie. N. Y.
And many others
profusely illustrated.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-09-09
"The Finger
Prints of Crime"
By CLINTON III. stage
SYNOPSIS.

Copyrighted by The Frank A. Munsey Co.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-24
Healthy Baby Smiles.

An interesting mental process with
physical manifestation which is found
in every healthy baby is smiling. 1t
is a remarkably early one, too, and a
child of a month old will often show
distinctly pleased smile when its
little face is patted or it is tickled.
At first the smile spreads very slowly
over the tiny features, then, as time
passes, flashes up OH the face and dies
away again with equal celebrity, and by
the time the first three months are
past is accompanied often enough by
little chuckles of glee.
But laughter comes later, often
much later, and many children never
really laugh until they are year old,
or even more 1t is, indeed, very rare
to hear laughter before the first six
months are accomplished, and when it
is heard it should be regarded as a
symptom of unusual intelligence, may
be gratifying to a mothers pride, but
most certainly not to be excited or
provoked.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-24
NOT WORRYING OVER COTTON
Joyous and Prosperous Conditions
Prevail In Texss-oraIn 10 TAX.
Inc the Place Of Staple.

While in Washington recently Col.
Thomas F. West of Fort Worth spoke
OF conditions In Texas. Among other
things he said:
The people OF Texas have alto.
gether ceased complaining about the
depression in cotton. because they are
face to face with Joyous and prosper
Gus conditions. The oldest inhabitants
cannot remember finer stand OF
wheat and oats than our farmers are
now blessed with. and the cattlemen
are getting bumper prices for their
beef steers
Fort Worth. as the live stock cen.
ter OF the state, has reaped rich
harvest by reason Of the increased de-
mand from Europe for wheat products.
and the people in the western counties
have sold thousands Of horses at
remunerative figures to the warning
nations of the old world A
AS rule. Texas planters own their
own farms. have money in bank. and
are about the most Independent set of
men in the world"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-24
COTTON SITUATION IN SOUTH
Decreased Acreage In Texas and Okla
homa Will Probably Be Taken
Up by Wheat and Oats.

A prominent New York cotton bro
kerage house in its weekly review
says In part:
1.-THE question of acreage is steadily
growing in importance as a market
factor and is without doubt even now
the most vital of the long-distance
price influences. More and more Sec
lions are being heard from and all re-
ports so far received point to de-
crease in acreage. The Journal of
Commerce made a report as the result
of special inquiry as 70 the probable
acreage to be planted in Texas and
Oklahoma which says the Texas indi-
cation p for a reduction of about rs
per cent. while Oklahoma expects to
reduce 80 per cent The decreased
acreage will be largely taken up with
increases in corn, wheat and oats.
Many people are also turning their at
tention to the larger production Of
feedstuffs for home consumption. 1t is
too early to determine the exact acre
age. since weather conditions from
now on until planting season will alter
estimates
Last year 37.9O0.00O acres were
planted in cotton. The excess In the
acreage of fallsown oats in the cotton
territory this year Is placed at 1.900.-
900 acres, and Of fall-sown wheat at
1 100000 acres. This should unQues-
be subtracted from the cot
ton acreage. which. theoretically.
would leave a little over 100000
acres for the coming season. provided
there should be no increase in the
area allotted to corn, spring-sown oats
and other food products. This. of
course, is highly improbable and 1t
looks now as IL a decided acreage re-
duction could be counted upon aside
from the likelihood that a certain
amount of cotton land will be permit
ted to remain idle"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-24
SELL DIRECT TO CONSUMER
Practice Of Charging Top Prices 10
Apt to Dampen Ardor Of City Gus
tomer-Don't Overreach.

Direct business dealings between
farmer and ultimate consumer are
rapidly reaching point OF practica-
bility and mutual profit in both large
and small dealings. However. when
farmer asks the highest retail price
for a product purchased directly from
the farm. he is apt to darnpen the ar
dor of a city consumer. even thoueh
the latter may prefer to buy straignt
from the land. OF course quality OF
the goods is the prime essential. out
the cost plays no little part.
Ii is unwise to demand a fancy
city price even for an Al product as
is generally done in small transac-
tons. The city customer reasons as
follows: The middleman secures the
IS cents of the oft-quoted 35-cent farm
er's dollar. If the farmer ships direct
to city customer, theoretically the
producer should get that So cents. MI
nus shipping charges or incidentals'
which may or may not be charged to
the farmer. II this Is true, the city
man continues. there should be a re-
duction from the retail city price.
thereby benefiting both himself and
the grower, who gets more profit this
way than obtained on the old commits
sion basis.
For a time the farmer may succeed
in disposing of his products at the
highest price, but there will be an IT.
ritable feeling on the part OF his Gus
toner, says Orange Judd Farmer. The
psychology of the deal must be consid-
cred. bearing in mind that the farmer
is the salesman. The producer re-
ceives the greater benefit from these
direct sales, and the responsibility
falls upon him to retain the direct mar
ket. A slight reduction from the re-
tail price in the city pleases the Gus
toner. who helps to pass the good
word along.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-24
Farmers Educational
I'M and Operative
I'LL Union of America
Matters S Especial Moment to
the Progressive Agricultural

The wild oat' crop is seldom vol
unteer.
Faint heart ne'er whistled in tune
to the harmonie5 of life.
Credit builds fortunes or digs
graves. according as 1t is used.
When dynamite kisses a bowlder IT
IL good-by to plow-point worries
= The catch crop beats the bank
check when it comes to a feed short
age.
The ready-to-use binder is not the
one responsible for harvestdays' pro-
family.
A really learned man is over
whelmed with the magnitude OF what
he doesn't know.
Now and then you will find a man
who imagines that whisky and liberty
gre synonymous terms.
Society makes a man pay for get.
ting drunk just as, John Tanner says
nature demands the heavier penalty.
The truthful man upholds society
but the liar is the miserable worm
who seeks to destroy its foundation
Bear In mind the fact that a poor
tool In the hands OF a $3-a-day har-
vest hand is not profitable to the
farmer.
AS a matter of fact the men who
wake to find themselves famous in.
variably set the alarm and sleep with
one eye open.
Don't worry because of criticism
Truth Is truth, and no argument
against II or denial of 1t can avail
anything In the long run
3 When man is more interested in
getting something out of life than he
IL in putting something into 1t he
usually accomplishes neither.
Some people think it terrible to
grow old and have to walk with a
cane, but We can't see how anybody
can be real happy unless they have
grandchildren.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-04-24
DARING CAVALRY LEADER

One of the most daring cavalry
leaders in the western zone Of the
European war is Lieut.. Gen. e. H. H.
Allenby. who since the contest began
has been promoted from major gen.
eral and is now in command of an
army corps. In several dispatches
Sir John French has taken occasion
to comment on the skill with which
Allenby has turned to the best &C.
count the good qualities inherent in
the troops under his command, the
energy and bravery with which he
has carried out reconnoissances in
the face of great opposition, gaining
valuable information and holding in
check strong forces of the enemy.
General Allenby commenced his
military career with the Inniskill-
ing dragons. and with this regi-
ment he served with the Bechuana-
land expedition. He was promoted
adjutant, Inniskilling dragons, in
1889. position which he held four
years. He served throughout the
South African campaign, commanding
y,ontiouad in disnafchac and ra,o;,ol