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The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-14

lou can't borrow money from a bank TO snec.
plate Wlth-unless you will put up gilt-edpe col.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-14

married stumpers will get so used r. ,yino
tnat they'll keep it up to their wives after 's s1aa
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-14

before running for President a man sho,1
nave MS heart action thoroughly examine !" om
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-14

,v horrors! Great Britain is facing a meatless
adopted. Do"iu u trade is
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-14

rosslble to force their connections to return thei
cars without success. The Eastern railroad
clam that the demurrage rate is too low to fore
the prompt release of cars during the presen
prosperous times.
These companies are now appealing to tn,
public to assist them, and at the same time them
selves, by exercising more rigid economy in tn,
utilization Of their cars"
The hlghbrow who says most of US are physi
cally defective and don't know it will have to tr,
agaln-what we don't know we will not worry
over.
The esteemed United States Supreme Court
is back on the job and working just as though
tnere were no such thing as a Presidential cam.
palgn.
Lloyd's, the great insurance COMPANY of Emo.
land, recently insured against rain and lost $685.
ooo. 50 don't put your money up against rain.
Lake that OF other intelligent juries, the YER
olct OF mat OF the people is more likely to be de-
Ver1nlned by the evidence than by special pleas.
lhls is the time of the year that a lot of peo-
PIE remember what tine prospects they had last
spring to raise some better-than-ever chickens,
mat armed U-boat may have come to New
port Just to bring a letter, though it is probable
IL was also on the lookout for the Bremen.
The Danish Parliament has submitted the
SAFE Oh the West Indies to the people and a deci-
sion is expected by the end of November
Wnlle you are scrambling for money you need
IOC forget that fhnrp q lot of o4Lo. AL.. -
precious than the coin. Ask your wife,
Gasoline is the king of the oil marko+s ord
us rule extends over many paupers who refuse
TO walk, no matter how high it goes.
lhls mexican ex-ambassador's book makes
such a VICIOUS attack on Wilson that it's likely ia
DE classed as a campaign document.
WIN MS peace efforts suspected by one side
ana resented by the other, the Pope saws NOTHING
IS lett Tor him to do but pray,
NOBODY knows better than Br'er BRYAN that
Enthusiastic ovatlons are not always the forer,,n-
ners OF electoral votes.
nanly, the dry" candidate, says he expects
~ get d million votes, and not one of 'em will be
bought by booze. WILL w
AS lar as we are able to Judge all the nations
are winning the war, if you listen to them a. tbov
tell about it. " 9 d. they
Vhce upon a time Mexico elected q Presidar+
Oh the United States, and history does somet;nos
"'0 'o'ne'liAes
lou can't borrow money from a hank n sroo
1ate Wlth-unless you will put I'M oilt-edoo ri
lateral. r' w sn'euee COL
Horrors! Great Britain is facing a nea+,os,
Jay II the suggestion of the Board If Trada- ;s
before running for President a man should
lave MS heart action thoroughly examined "mJ
mafrled stumpers will get 80 used r. ,,,;u.
ion. ~ '"eir wives after cleo
ihey used to call it the Blue Danube. nov ~,
1000 red most Of the time. ~" ns
Landladies are getting no complaints about
1ucn meat on the table. "ooue 700 :
J reciprocity. 0""ernoods believe
war y king and reigns without . queen. \
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
The Lady and the Dishrao.

When a woman declares that she "feels like dish rag" she is dragging herself down to the lowest level of still life. We doubt not from the personal appearance of that handy article of do- mestic utility that if any life existed at all in said rag it could not possibly fall lower or feel meaner. However, woman should never offer herself in comparison with so degraded an ob- ject for the simple reason that man. kind spurns the dish rag most vehe- mently, and as woman exists solely for man she should not seek to lower her self in his esteem. When a rag takes up it's duties in the dishpan it has reached the tag end of abandoned hope, the climax perhaps of a merry life. A dish rag might have been a lovely lady's hose in it's palmy days adorned by a silkcn garter and sur rounded by costly lingerie. But it is not of its past that I speak. It is of it's present social standing. it's vulgar environment and it's utter self aban- donment. Iris true that you may feel fatigued to a limp and loppy degree, but never can you feel so utterly wretched and beyond redemption as dish rag.-Zim in Cartoons Magazine.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
DILLON vs. Mccoy BOUT WOULD BE
 0NE-SIDED AFFAIR

New York, Oct. 2O.-They have
 been picking easy marks for Jack
 Dillon of late: Sailor Grande, Tim O'Neil and now Al Mccoy. Since Me Coy has shown again and again that he cannot hold his own with men of his own weight, it seems absurd to match him with Dillon, who is by Ilong odds the most formidable of the heavyweight contenders.
 While Mccoy claims the middle weight championship and there are some who recognize the claim, that does not alter the fact that he is no match for Dillon at any angle of the game. The best that Mccoy can ex- pect is to stick through the ten roun : ! without being put down for the full count.
 He may succeed in his ambition. In fact, it is at least an even money bet that he will. But whether he does or not, the bout is sure to be a one-sided affair in which one man does the hit ting and the other the receiving throughout. Bouts of that kind are distinctly harmful to the game and should not be permitted.
 Mccoy himself seems to think tha: he will have an outside chance ot landing another lucky wallop such as he planted on George Chips shin one ever /; two years ago. If he makes any kind of a showing he intends to make trip to Australia in order to tackle Les Darcy. Mccoy does not intend to stay in the game much longer and he is counting on making a big clean up before he quits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
HARVARD EXPECTS 10 HOLD CORNELL
 TO SMALL SCORE

Cambridge. Mass, Oct. 20-Soldiers ffeld was a quagmire yesterday af- ternoon in the heav rain storm, but the Harvard football players made the most of the bad conditions. Not since the early season practice had the players had any experience hand- ling a wet ball, and in their scrim- mage with the second team, there was no variation from the desperately hard play earlier in the week. The first and second teams fought hard for about half an hour, one touch down being scored when Hitchcock broke through the scrubs line near the goal
 The Varsity has been thoroughly aroused by the coaches this week, and yesterdays play showed that the spirit of fight has been injected into the entire squad. Clark, the Vars ity right guard, was able to get back into the play, so that Wheeler at left tackle 1s now the only substitute line man. Wheeler has not had Taylor's experience, but has been playing a. siashing game all the week, and will be in a race for regular position down to the finish.
 The line material has received an- other hard blow. however, in what may be the final loss of Richards, who was progressing fast at tackle. He has fractured his arm and proba4 bly seriously enough to keep him out of the game for the remainder of the season.
 The Massachusetts State College game is not expected to be much of test, and the Crimson is now put ting in all the licks possible to get into trim for Cornell.
 This week, with Crawford Blagden at Cambridge for the line, the work has centred about the work of the forwards. all of whom not only have had more real coaching than ever before, but have been worked harder than in any of the practice games. The team handled the wet ball very well and continued to. improve as machine. If the regulars can come through the Massachusetts State game without injury, the coaches will feel tha- they need not fear being beaten by the IthacanT on Oct 2S.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

brated member of the Clan McGraw. He was looked upon as a fairly good reserve twirler, and that let him out.
 And then suddenly Ferdie rose up in a blaze of glory and startled all the fans by pitching such wonderful ball that he was acclaimed by the New York fans as the greatest southpaw ever, Ferdie isn't exactly that-yet- but if he shows the form in 1917 that he displayed in the last few weeks of the 1916 season, he will be the Abou Ben Adhem of the lefthanded hur1ers. The most hopeful sign about him is that he hasn't permitted his head to swell as result of his suc- cess. He is just a kid in spirit, who realizes fully that he is largely the product of McGraw's careful coach ing in the last four years, and he is anxious to do his best for the boss.
 Schupp was born in Louisville and still makes bis home in the Kentuckt metropolis. He got his start with the semi-pro clubs of that city. and in 1912 landed a job with Decatur in the Three-I circuit. Chick Fraser, a for mer big league twirler, was the pilot of the Decatur club, and h. drummed a lot of baseball into Ferdie's dome. and then tipped him off to McGraw. The result is history-and it is likely that Schupp will make a lot more history before he is through with the game.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
FERDIE SCHUPP HAS
 BRIGHT FUTURE WITH GIANTS PITCHING STAFF

The baseball year of 1918, now passed into history, has developed several young men of great promise. but John McGraw seemingly had the best luck in picking winners. This Holke person that lawn pulled off at the initial bag is a right peart player, taken by and large. Even more im- portant as a factor in the McGraw fortunes of 1917, to all seeming, is MT. Ferdinand Stubblef1eld Schupp, the Louisville Kid. who, in the flag end of the 1916 season, soutbpawed his way into the limelight.
 Ferdie isn't exactly a spring chick en, for he has attained the quarter century mark in his life's journey, and is married man and a papa. He first donned a Giant uniform in 1913, but, up to CSuple of months ago, he was just one of the fellows who sit on the bench and think-or just sit. Occasionally he was pulled out of the coop to finish out a pastime that had been hopelessly dragged in the mud of defeat by some more cele,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

For stomach trouble, indigestion and torpid liver I never saw anything like Lax-a-Tone. It relieved me of pain, gas. bloat and indigestion and very quickly too. It literally surpris- ed me as I never even dreamed that such results could be obtained in such a short time. Put me down as a Lax a-Tone booster
 MT. Kutagon is just one of the many people in Bridgeport who are talking, boosting and indorsing this wonderful discovery. If you suffer with stomach trouble just give this remedy a trial and see how quick 1t will brace you up. It Is surely won- derful.
 Lax-a-Tone Is for sale at Harti- gan's Drug Stores, 81 Fairfield ave- nue, and Main and Congress streets.- Advertisement
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
Furnishinq the Home.

When you plan to furnish your new home and have just so much money to spend begin by making two lists, one of the things you want and the other of things you have to have. Cross off from one and add to the other and you will get the lest results from your money.
 Plans for furnishing a home should begin with the kitchen. A housewife spends good share of her time in the kitchen, and she owes it to herscff to make it as attractive and easy to work in as possible.
 Too many young housekeepers plan their furnishings and homes with a view to what their frien6 will say about them and not enough attention to the real needs.
 Too many of us start furnishing our homes where our friends will see them frst-at the front door-and when we get to the kitchen there is nothing left. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

Iscribed failed. The effect was marvel GUS. My stomach which would not digest anything. began to improve as did my appetite. Within few days I discovered was sleeping better. I |could eat without such terrible pains and my bowels were moving naturally, whereas before I had to keep taking powerful laxatives to get them to lmove at all. Color came back into |my cheeks and began to gain weight. II did not tire so easily and my blood seemed to be filled with the vitality |of youth. certainly hope that every |person who is suffering as did will give 'Wilderbs' a chance. It Is the most wonderful medicine there Is. It has actually made life worth living flor me at last, after twenty years |search."
 T.; s. Jackson, special laboratory ex- bert oh Dr. Pierce of Golden Medical Discovery. fame who is personally ex-
 plaining Wiiderbs Gull extract) the doctors new scientific tonic every day lat Hindle's Main and State streets store until g o'clock at night and talk ing the blood pressure of everyone who desires 1t free, in commenting on this unusual testimonial said:
 When hundreds of men and women high up in the business, professional and social life of a great city like Bridgeport will voluntarily testify in words like the above there must be to a medicine that will do all this for them."-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

Imagine suffering, for twenty years from rheumatism. Imagine not being able to got real relief from pain in all that Stime. Imagine also, if you can, suffering from the bangs of a that time. Wouldn" you be happy, if after ell thess years you finally dis covsred . medicine that relieved all your troubaesf Wouldn't you be just ready to offer up . prayer of thanks giving and joy to Heaven for the new sound health. This in substance has been the experience of F. w. Aaaon. formerly . resident of Provids1rAs, who nahes his- homo here now ak 4lS Main street. MT. Mason attributes His trouble to the rigors and pztvak3ons of the Civl1 War.
 T had suffered with rheumatism, stomAch end boyvea trouble for twenty ysarA I have never been the same snce I. was mustered out in '65 and know that the severe pr1vatiots of the war caused all the trouble. have spent almost Q thousand dollars for differpnt treatments and seven doctors have attended me. None of them held out hope. have been flat on my back In bed with rheumatism for a Ssar.z was helpless and even the weight of sheet pained me. Just two weeks ago I hoard about your. Wilderb medicine and the good it was doing here. had little faith in it be- cause am past eighty years old, and everything else the best doctors pre-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
Tho Love of Trees.

That one should feel affection for great trees Is natural. In the Mime sota forests I met a lumberman who told me he wept bitter tears when he got orders to cut down fine hemlock. Every stroke of the ax seemed to him to be felt by the sturdy monarch whose life he was taking.
 When I have. revisited the woods" in which as boy 1 gathered nuts have fancied the trees used to climb recognize me. They looked the same. They hadn't aged. The shellbark nick ory trees seemed a tride more danger ous to climb than of yore, and the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

tweezers twist the broken filament to- gether. Obtain from the druggist piece of yellow phosphorus for 8 or 10 cents. Insert piece of it, about half the size of Q rea, in the bulb. Cau- tiously heat the top of the globe by means of a Bunsen burner and melt piece of chemical glass over the hole. closing it completely.
 The phosphorus unites with the oxy- gen in the bulb to form phosphorous trioxide, cloudy substance, which will settle in few days. The globe is now filled with nitrogen. The greatest caution must be exercised in the use of the phosphorus. It must be ham, dled under water entirely and with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

walnuts had gained noticeably in girth, so that my heightened arm had barely kept pace with the expanding bark. I could still encircle their trunks and could have climbed them if neces- sary, but the rewards of a winters store of nuts no longer appeal to me. The walnuts and hickory nuts one buys do not taste like those gathered with ones own hands.-Julius Cham bers in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
Eskimo Mourninq Customs,

All Eskimos are superstitious about death, and, although they hold festi- vals in memory of departed friends, they will usually carry dying person to some abandoned hut, there to drag medicine, water or attendance.
 After the death of a husband or a wife the survivor cuts the front hair short and lasts for twenty-five days. -Argonaut.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
Sharp and Pointed.

"A good advertisement" said an ad- vertising man, "should be as sharp and pointed as the Irishman's answer.
 "The witty Judge Lord Morris was on the Irish circuit, and one evening at dinner he tried to tell story, but an Irishman kept interrupting him.
 Finally, in despair, Lord Morris seized the interrupter by the sleeve.
 "'Surely,' he said-'surely, man, ye want to hear the story O the rint breaker O y-Skibereen.'
 "'No, no, me lord,' said the inter- rupter, that's the lie tould ye meself yesterday .'"-Philade1phia Bulletin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
Ostrich Doqs.

Collie dogs are used to herd ostriches ! in South Africa and perform the work with great sagacity. The birds are savage when breeding and will attack any man or animal that interferes with them, but are strangely cowed in the presence of the dogs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
tweezers. DO not loicn T.-topular Science Monthly.
kia Wandarinus.

Stranger-What wonderful tales old Blinks relates! He must have been great traveller in his day. Native-He was never outside the county in his life; but, you see, his mind has wan dered for years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

The Bridgeport Gaelic HurIing club starts off with a membership of 6O which shows that quite a number are still interested in the old game. The charter is still open for new members. On Sunday morning in Hibernian hall the permanent officers will be elected and the new club will be permanent. Installed delegation from the New York clubs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

According to the United States bu- reau of standards, cloth measuring tapes should not be relied on to pos sess an accuracy better than one part tn 500 or 1,OO0
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
s. KUTAGoN GIVES VALUABLE EVIDENCE
 CONCERNING IT
Bridgeport Man Tells His Ex- perience and Great Benefit Derived from Herbal Lax-a- Tone.

Here is another booster and en- thusiast. for theSmew Herbal tonic, Lax-a-Tone. Mr. Kutagon, who lives at 65 Summer street, this city says:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
Cheerful.

Fiance And will Bobby be sorry when I marry his sister? Bobby-Yes, I will, cause like you.-Boston Tran script.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
Easy if You Know How,

Eaoy If You Know How. Burned out electric lamps can be re- newed by this simple method:
 File off the tip carefully so that the globe does not crack, With a pair of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
Cynical.

Cynical. ''I'm sure there has never been a breath of scandal about her" 'Why, hasn't she any friends? D. Pearson's Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20
A Rare Bird.

Lady-Does this parrot talk well? Dealer-No, but he's wonderful lis tener.-Sourire.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

Advertise in The Farmer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-20

itary worsted, unshrinkable. Owing to ad- l all woolen garments this gives wonder ity to put in a stock of winter underwear.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-11-04

ana When that time comes, it Will be
small comfort if it finds itself defense
less to remember the beautiful
| Ironically oratorical period of those
who said, that We could have peace
BY MERELY WISHING FOR IT!
| (great applause).
Eight years ago, on April IA, 1908, I
sent message to Congress asking
for just what was starting to be done
last July-the difference was | was
wise before the event and they after
the event-now, friends, | only men
| tion that fact because they have con-
tinually asked me, What did you do"
and my answer is, 81 would do what
l did"
VOICE-What did you do? What
DID YOU DO?
ROOSEVELT - Let him alone
don't put him out-I1l tell him,
(applause).
RooSEVELT-What did 1 do?
MADE THE UNITED STATES
NAVY THE FIRST IN THE WORLD
IN THE POINT OF EFFICIENCY!
(great applause).
NOlSh- w f1A DID 1oU DO.
ROOSEVELT-Wait. I've only Just
begun lapplause). AND 1 KEPT
applause keeping up)-I HAVE
ONLY BEGUN TO ANSWER-AND I
KEPT THIS COUNTRY so THAT
THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER MA
TION ON THE FACE OF THE
WORLD VENTURED TO INSULT
u
TIE FLEET AROUND THE WORLD
ON A CRUISE, THE FIRST OF THE
KIND THAT HAD EVER BEEN UN-
DERTAKEN AND WHICH EVERY
OTHER NATION OF THE WORLD
BELIEVED COULD NOT BE DONE
(chuckling)-and JUST BETWEEN
TIMES l DUG THE PANAMA CA
NAL (applause)- settled fifty or
hundred things like that-THAT is
ALL!
VOICE-Eat him UP, TEDDY!
ROOSEVELT - Laughing - THAT
GENTLEMAN'S EATEN!
During an interlude Colonel Roose-
welt dealt with the Mexican problem.
and scored the Wilson administra-
ton heavily for it's record)
VOICE-Hurrah FOR WOODROW
WILSON,
ROOSEVELT-turn full around
in the direction of the voice, raises
his right hand and retorts-"Yes,
Hurrah for Wilson, hurrah for Wilson
and Carranza, his side partner: hur-
rah for the 103 babies under 2 years
old who we're drowned on the Lusi-
tania, and then hurrah for the dead
Americans, Of Boyd and his troopers
lying out on the sands of the desert,
with their dimming eyes staring up
ward; and hurrah for the outraged
wives and sweethearts, and when you
are through hurrahing about these
THEN THINK HOW YOU CAN BE
A BETTER AMERICAN!
Great applause)
VOICE-HIT 'ER UP, TEDDY
ROOSEVELT-IM ENJOYING MY
SELF.