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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
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Kindly advise if the French govern n1ent financed the movements for get sina Napoleon out of France; also give short description of how it came about that Napoleon was forced to leave France.
 It was the British government that financed the matter on both occasions when he was sent out of France, first after defeat by the allies at Paris to the island of EIba in 1874 and again to St. Helena in 1915. After the battle of Waterloo, June IS, 1915, he sur rendered himself to the British ad- miral at Rochefort, July 15, was taken to England .on a British naval vessel and from there sent to St Helena. If he had not given himself up to the British he probably would have been captured by the foyalists, who were then in the ascendant. His intention in going to Rochefort was, if possible, to take passage to the United States; but, that failing, he gave himself up to the British.
 How many members constitute tEae interstate commerce connnission3 What are their cl1tiea2
 Under ..An act to regulate conn merce, approved Feb. 4. 1887: as l amended March 2, 1889; Feb. 10, 1891; !; Feb. s. 1895: the Ellirs act of Feb. 19, 1903. and the amending act approved June 29, 1906, the interstate commerce commission is composed of seven mem bers. each receiving salary of $10.- GOO per annum The regulating stat | utes apply to all common carriers en- | gagged in interstate traffic, including 1 import and domestic traffic and also l that which is carried wholly within any territory of the United States Only traffic transported wholly within | a single state is excepted The com mission has large Jurisdiction and powers tn the matter of fixing freight rates. etc. 1 l would apPreciate it very much if | you would give me short history of l the submarine mine and beat. When was the first one used, etc? David Bushnell was the first person to build a practical submarine boat with which an attack was made. BushneIl's boat attacked the British ship Eagle at anchor off Governors island, New York, in 1776. The attack was successful.
 In the same year Bushnell attacked British vessels at Philadelphia by set ting adrift mines to be carried by the | tide An error as to the distance and the time of the tide rendered the at tack unsuccessful.
 In the war of 1912 the British ship Families was attacked near New Lon | don by a submarine boat which was supposed to have been built by Robert Fulton. It was unsuccessful
 Tn. 1845 Samuel Colt, the inventor o1 the Colt revolver, devised method o1 connecting mines by insulated wires and exploding them by electricity Submarine mines were used abroad in the Schleswig-Ho war in 184S-5C and in the Crimean war, but with in different results. -
 I It remained for the civil war in the
 United States to prove the efficacy o1 the submarine mine as well as to de velop the ironclad and the turret The
 first successful employment of a sub marine in actual warfare occurred of
 Charleston when the United States
 warship Housatonic was sunk by 2
 Confederate David, known as the "ct
 gar boat-''
 When was the union of Sweden anc
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
FOR SALE

I must sell at once all of the real estate of Burr & Knapp, and can offer it at 8 liberal dis count from former prices. Lists may be had at The Title Guar anty and Trust Co, 993 Broad street.
 JOHN c. CHAMBERLAIN.
 Trustee.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
The Infe,,rr,zat.

q never knew until last night what bright fellow Afr. FiddleHit is. 7 sHm How did you find it out then ?.
 He told me. Judge
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
STANDING OF THE oLUBs

GAMES TO-DAY Philadelphia in New York Washington in Boston. Detroit in Chicago. St. Louis in Cleveland.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
THE w. M. TERRY co 1I8 CONGRESS STREET
Kansas City in Baltimore. Chicago in Buffalo.
International League

YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
 The Jersey Rochester game was postponed on account of wet grounds. Other games not scheduled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
I.N,rERNATIoNAL L.EAGuE.
National League.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS Brooklyn, 2; Philadelphia, 1. Chicago, 4; Pittsburgh, 1. St. Louis, 6; Cincinnati, D. The New York-Boston game was postponed on account of wet grounds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
American League.

YESTERDAYS RESULTS Washington, 6;i Philadelphia, i. Chicago, 4; Detroit, 1.
 The Boston New York and C4eve- Eand-St. Louis games were postponed on account of cold weather.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
srANDING OF THE CrUBs

GAMES TODAY New York in Philadelphia. Boston in Brooklyn. Chicago in Pittsburgh. Cincinnati in St. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
TODAY'S WANTS

TO RENT.-E1even room house. cor. State street and Colorado avenue; good for boarding house and small hotel; large rooms. Inquire A. Gottlieb Co.,, 1900 Main street.
 U27 s*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
Fruit of s4erility

Stranger-Do those aeids over there ever raise anything Native Yep; s tley raise that same aHesfion in the mind of everybody who sees them Chicago Post
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01

When was the union of Sweden and Norway formed?
 The union of Norway and Sweden into a dual monarchy under Swedish control took place in 1S14- Norway seeded from the union in 1906.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
PartIv RIsnk

What sort Of mind has he?v
 :. We'll. his chain of thought has many T missing link- :
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
GAMES TQnAY

NANAEES HULA VI. Montreal in Newark.
 Rochester in Jersey City. Buffalo in Providence. Toronto in Richmond.
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FUNERAL DESIGNS AND
 BOUQUETS JOHN RICK & SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
Federal League.
gEsTERDAYs RESULTS.

Kansas City, 2; Baltimore, 0.
 The Brooklyn-Pitts sburgf1; BuRalo- Chicago and Newark-St. Louis games were postpohed on account of wet grounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
sTANDING OF THE CLUES.

GAMES TO-DAY. Pittsburgh in Brooklyn. St. Louis in Newark.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01

PHONE S290, day or night, Automo- piles for hire. Aston Garage.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
Turnina Back t1s Clock

Butcher-Well. yer know, mum, meats very dear today. Mrs. Gubbins r--Ifof Then gimme a pound Q yester- : days steak. please.-Sydney Bulletin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
WISE AND OTHERWISE

The use of oil for laying dust in streets is constantly becoming more general, and the Small Boy should never forget to smear his boots care fully with it, and wipe same off on the light spots in the par1or rug.
 If you ask the girls to go to walk, it is usually too hot or too cold or it looks too much like rain. but ex- tremes of weather are never bar to automobile rides.
 The seniors in many colleges are now putting on their academic robes to wear until graduation, although although they are a decided interfer- ence to running bases.
 A woman's hat is not properly trimmed this spring unless one feath- CT points to the noon-day sun, and the other to China.
 the brooks, the sportsman decides to get out with his tackle and Ind out if the trout are completely extermin- ated.
 Some one asks what has become of the Monday morning newspapers that used to print long reports of sermons w ell TOT several years past Ihelr space that morning has been all taken up with automobile accidents
 Some people have generously de- cided to help on the Better Times movement by ordering the merchants to send them lot of goods on credit.
 If the colored people would only protest a little more vigorously against the picture play, '"The Birth of the Nation.'' it is believed thai
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01

show B true courage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
Wall Papers

WALL PAPER 5c and Toe the roll | OatmeaIs, varn1sh tiles. 1001 Broad I St. B 20 elf
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
Ladies and Gentlemen's CLOTHES CLEANED AND
 PRESSED

MEMS
 Suits cleaned and pressed. .. .. $1 .25 Suits pressed 6O Coats cleaned and pressed. ... .5O Goats pressed .S5 Pants cleaned and pressed .5O Pants pressed .... .15 Pants, flannel, cleaned and pressed 50 Vests cleaned and pressed. ... .25 Vests, flannel, cleaned and pressed .35 Overcoats cleaned and pressed
 KS to 1.2S Overcoats pressed ..-. .5O Palm Beach suits. ...z.... 50 Suits pressed weekly. .$1.5O a month
 LADIES,
 Suits cleaned and pressed. i. .75 up Suits pressed 50 up Dresses cleaned and pressed 75 uD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01

A woman's hat is not properly
 trimmed this spring unless one feath- CT points to the noon-day sun, and the other to China.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1915-06-10
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ranmnngspreiie, losaeihIaae,1
werben.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-11
Small Town Advertising

An unusual feature of the meeting
OF the Western Iowa Editorial Asso-
citation at Council Bluffs recently was
an address on the subject of advertis-
Ing from a viewpoint of the retail
merchant by David Oransky, a we'll
known merchant and advertiser Of At
lantic, la. Mr.. Oransky spoke on RE
tail Advertising from the Viewpoint
OF the Merchant" and he declared that
the merchant should advertise the
quality and adaptability of his goods
rather than depend on advertising
prices. He spoke I'm part as follows:
1T is sad but too true fact that
country merchants as a rule are not
extensive advertisers. am convinced
that they should advertise regularly
and persistently I believe SO, not
only because some people who are
supposed to know say so, but also be-
cause my actual experience in CON
nection with retail advertising In a
small town has demonstrated to me
the far-reaching benefits, both direct
and indirect, 10 be derived from per
sistent advertising"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-11
ADVERTISED PRODUCTS
SELL IN DULL TIMES
Writer Points Out that Persistent
Publicity is Business Mans Best
INSURANCE Against Losses of De-
preston - Automobile Manufac-
turcrs Know How

An article by William II. Rankin dn
inc Buffalo Sunday "Times" Is worth
quoting from:
For nearly 10 years. and
especially during the past 1--WE years.
the manufacturers OF auton,bbi,~-->-uu1
automobile accessories have been a09
Vertising persistently and consIstent~
ly.
Automobile Advertising has. during
] the past decade. been little short of
marvellous. Each year the amount OF
this advertising has been nearly dou-
ole That of the preceding year.
Men like John N. Willys. Uuqh
Chalmers. a. II. ErslSine, j. w. Drake.
Henry Ford. the White Company. II.
Is. JOY, j. j. Cole. III. w. Ford and the
Studebakers have increased their ad
vertising appropriations year after
Advertising Is the business mans
pest insurance against loss. The con-
traction I'm the sales OF products which
are largely advertised in tho news
papers are hardly perceptible I'm dull
times, whereas the sales OF unadyer
Used products fall off from one-third
To one-half or moro.
"One of the great things about ad-
vertising Is its moral effect. This IA
feature that Is overlooked by the
producer who does not advertise.
The big sales OF automobiles today
are not due solely to the advertising
that was done yesterday or last week.
In large measure they may bo attri-
buted to the advertising of last year
and the year before last.
THE advertisement which ia pub
lished today is doing something I'm ad-
dition to adding TO the value of today's
sales. IL Is helping To- make the sales
oil next year and the year after. It Is
building prestige. establishing conf
dencc and gathering momentum for
the future.
Many OF the people who are buying
automobiles now are merely fulfilling
the desires that were created by the
advertisements they r~al tw0,.s
or five years ago.
John Wanamakr has aptly said
To make success of advertising one
must be prepared to stick like a bara-
Gle on a boats bottom. He should
know before he begins that he must
spend money-lots OF IL. Somebody
must tell him also that he cannot hope
to reap results commensurate with his
expenditure early in the game. Ad-
vertising doesn't jerk, 1t pulls. II be-
gins very gently at first. but the pull
Is steady. 1t Increases day by day and
year by year until IL exerts an irresis-
tible force -"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-11
Donating Newspaper Space

The Milwaukee Free Press publishes
the following editorial concerning the
giving away OF newspaper space, and
IL just about comedies with the situa.
tion in good many towns and cities
besides Milwaukee. The Free Press
says:
Advertising publicity is what
newspaper has TO sell. II is as much "A
commodity marked with price as the
wares in a dry goods store Yet
thousands Of citizens who would not
think of asking a merchant to give
them so much as necktie have no
compunction in asking that an adver-
tisement be given them by a news
paper. The thought does not even
enter their heads that evry inch Of
space so given. in addition to provid-
Ing them with the most valuable kind
OF service, actually costs the news
paper in editorial labor, in compost
tion. in metal. in ink, i'm stereotyping.
in printing. etc. a very definite sum
of money.
The Free Press, like every other
Milwaukee paper. Is liberal i'm giving
OF its space 20 further the cause OF
philanthropic. public and other insti-
tutions, enterprises and causes where
the object is non-commercial and con
duciye TO the public welfare.
In return il expects only apprecia-
ton appreciation Of the fact that the
press is giving it's most costly com
modify. a service so valuable that the
beneficiaTies could not afford to buy
It and without which their lrstifu-
ton. enterprise or cause could not
exist. service which is always made
at sacrifice to the news columns
and at an actual expense.
II expects recognition Of the fact
that while halls. theaters and other
public places. bill posters and all tho
other service enlisted I'm these causes
demand compensation with but few
EXCEPTIONS. it is the newspaper thai
gives it's wares free for the sake ol
public good
Yet in the vast majority OF cases
| this generous service II bIissfuJI,
taken for granted and the papers iib
erality abused. That when ~ purc;y
favor r. accepted as uoifer o.
course and what would be request,
are couched as demands
When the courtesy has been per
formed there is rarely appreciation
and more often dissatisfaction gen
orally silence.
The result in many other cities 1,
that a price has been put upon every
kind Of publicity. no matter what IL,
object In those cities. we warrant
such favors as the press bostows ar,
properly valued.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-11
Again the Senate RnIesl

The ship purchase struggle I'm the
Senate called attention once more TO
the need OF rules for the regulation of
debate Some plan ought TO be de-
yised TO Obyiate on the one hand per-
emptory action under caucus rule bv
bare majority. and on the other hand
the practise Of flibustering on the
part OF minority through the abuse
OF the privilege Of unlimited debate.
II Is fair to say that "A number of the
speeches In the Senate were OF re-
markabl ability and value: but no one
pretends that the extremely long
speeches were for any other purpose
than to prevent a vote Senator Norris
OF Nebraska has taken the lead I'm an
endeavor TO provide a way for finding
reasonable limit, and ending such
situations as were created last month
when the Senators camped upon cots
IN cloak rooms and committee rooms.
ready TO rush into the chamber II a
roll call was ordered, while Senator
Jones Of Washington or some other
long-distanced orator, talked all night
without a human being listening and
with only two or three Senator's. act
ing as pickets. lounging in the Senate
chamber Nothing Of this kind is pos
siDle in any other great parliamentary
body in the entire world. The House
Of Representatives now does business.
as a rule. without real debate. The
Senate must continue to deliberate.
but IT ought not TO flibuster. A reas-
enable plan for protecting the Senate
against its own excesses can certainly
be worked out and adopted From
THE Progress Of the World" in the
American Review OF Reviews for
March
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-11
Concrete and Tile Silos are Durable
When Properly Constructed

An anonymous booklet. evidently
prepared To discourage farmers from
building concrete and tile silos. has
recently been circulated In some parts
Oh the country. The booklet consists
OF photographs of cracked and col
iapsed silos. and the examples shown
represent what may happen when con-
crete and tile silos are improperly
constructed. but they should not he
used to discrcdit these types OF silos.
whenever farm buildings are not
permanently located. or IL for other
reasons "A temporary structure is de-
sired. the wooden silo may be prefer
req TO one of concrete or of other
durable material. Where lumber IA
cheap. or where stone and gravel can
not be readily obtained, the first cost
oil wooden silo may be les than that
OF concrete silo. But for a perman-
ent structure IL is generally best To
construct of tile concrete, cement block
or some other durable material. Silos
properly built of these materials are
not likely To be damaged by winds.
They must be proerly reinforced.
however or they will crack and event
ually fall down.
In some cases the cracking OF the
concrete silo is caused by too small n
proportion of cement used in its con-
struction. More often, however. the
trouble is due to improper reinforce
ment. Aside from the matter of re-
inforcing most of the failures of CON
crete silos have been caused by poor
and insufficient foundations.
The concrete silo should be built
with n solid wall inches thick and
reinforced with steel rods or woven
wire fencing. The joints In each
course of the wire fencing should over
lap and the ends be tied.
IL is sometimes stated that the sill
age next TO the wall will spoil for n
distance of inches. If the silage is
not well packed and II the inside walls
are ieft rought, II will spoil at the
edges. but this may happen in any
type OF silo. II the inside walls are
comparatively smooth and coated with
raw coal tar thinned TO the consist
ency of paint, and the silo is properly
hlled the silage will keep In good con-
dition for several years.
The impossibillty of moving is an
other argument which has been used
against concrete silos, but a man who
builds for permanence and has live
stock business definitely established
has no occasion for moving the silo.
y Some concrete and tile silos have
been poorly constructed and improp-
erly flled, but these are not sufficient
lessons for condemning these types of
silos. The unqualified asse. ton that
tile, concrete, cement-block and brick
silos are not durable is not based on
facts.
Details for constructing wooden
and concrete silos may be obtained by
applying to the Department OF Agri-
culture.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-11
A Good Thing

The industrial department of the M.
k d T. reports that through the ef-
forts of Fred l.. Wenner, secretary
OF the Commercial Club, and j. A. Far
quharsoD, county farm agent for Lo-
gan county, monthly sale day for
farmers has been inaugurated at Guth-
rie, Oklahoma. A unique feature is
the provision for a sale day for farm
women.
The following account OF the first
sale day is given in Mr.. Farquharson's
weekly report:
To-day was the first monthly sales
day Of farm products. IL was a great
success. Notwithstanding the very
disagreeable weather the farmers
were ont in great numbers and had
for sale on the auction corner every
thing from an old scythe blade to fine
pedigreed stock. Horses, cattle. hogs
and farm implements all sold at very
satisfactory prices, and changed hands
from the man who did not need them
to the one who did. Everything had
to be guaranteed from the seller to
the buyer to be as represented The
| man without money could buy pro-
yided the amount of the purchase was
ten dollars or more and his note was
good at the banks.
I'm the ladies' and girls depart
mcnt conducted by the Ladies' auxiI-
iary to the Farmers Institute. there
was for sale a great variety OF stun
such as fancy sewing. cooked foods.
dressed chickens, canned fruits, but
ter eggs and farm made sausage.
Everything in this department sold for
the price asked and the supply fell
far short OF the demand.
This scheme Of bringing the buyer
and seller together is something we
have been planning here for nearly a
year and this is the first try out on a
large scale. Il has been successful
beyond our expectations"
Why cant we start such a move
ment? II would benefit every one. II
Drihss the farmers into town and
gives them cash with which to pat
ronize the local merchants The right
Kind OF advertising by the merchants.
preceding the sale day. would result
IN stores, shops and mills being
crowded by farmers and their wives
eager to secure tho bargains offered.
ON the other hand It would give the
town people chance TO purchase
many home made articles of a quality
and freshness hard to secure other
wise. Let's start something.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-03-11
The March American Magazine

In the March American Magazine
appears an interesting photograph OF
Thomas a. Edison, recovered from the
great fire which partially DESTROYED
his factory in December. The frame
that surrounded the photograph was
burned, but the photograph itself was
uninjured, and Mr.. Edison, as he hand
ed 1t to the editor of The American
Magazine, wrote on the margin the
words Never touched me" This com
ment is illustrative OF the mans
spirit, for as the whole world knows.
he set to work Immediately, with in
comparable energy and courage TO re-
build his plant. In connection with
the photograph is published a chron-
ology OF the principal events OF Mr..
Edison's life, compiled by William II
Meadowcroft, who has been associated
with him for thirty years.
In the same issue Ida NJ. TarbelI
continues her series Of business arti-
cles entitled, "The Golden Rule i'm
Business" This month she takes up
wages and profit sharing and tells
many interesting stories of individual
businesses conducted in various parts
OF the country. Cleveland Moffetl
contributed another articlei his DO.
ing the Impossible" series. This
month he writes on Living Wonders
Of the Deep Sea-" and presents a
thrilling account OF the discoveries
which oceanographers have made
fishing three or four miles down in the
sea
Ring w. Lardner, famous as the au.
thor Of Letters Of a Busher," begins
a new series of baseball stories. The
first in the series is entitled, Braves
is Right" and is an amusing report ol
the Boston Nationals who won IN,
worlds series last fall
Ellis Parker Butler begins a new
series Of boy stories, and other nctior
is contributed by Elmer T.. Ferris
Mary S. Watts and David Grayson
The regular departments Interesting
People, Interpreters House and tn,
Theatre are filled with good reading
The prize winning letters I'm a con
test entitled "How the War Affects
Me-" completes an issue OF remark
able interest and freshness.