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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

The State Department authorized
 the armed Italian liner America to
 clear from New York with her guns intact.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

The Bank of England earmarked 17O,0O0 pound for Argentine, and shipped 25,00O pounds in sovereigns to the Continent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

The Rumanian government will ask a credit of $S0,OOo,O0O for the army, according to a report from Bucharest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

is the best monthly showing ever made by the company.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

Net earnings of the Crllcible Steel Co. for February were $1, ,95o.0o0. This
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

An extra dividend of $4 per share was declared on the common stock of the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

DTAERY, Dlack Morocco. lost $500 reward. George SeItsam, Manager
 standard Printing Go. Bridgeport,
 Conn. ae
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

WRITE WYANDOT1E EGGS s2 and $5 per setting from prize winning stock. Day old chicks zoe. J. J. Lynch, 466 Fairview Ave-, Bridge port, Conn fl b"s FORD TOURING OAR for sale, 1915. bargain. 1429 North Ave.
 WANTED-Gir1 for general house. work in family of three. Apply 105 Brooklawn Place.
 s14s. DTAEgY, placir Aforocco, lost. $500 reward. George SeItsam, Manager Standard Printing Co, Bridgeport. Conn ~ ae COST CLERK Wanted. young man quick and accurate at figures. Ap- ply at Holmes & Edwards Silver Co. STOCK GIRLS Wanted. Apply to E. H. Dillon & Co.,. 11O5 Main Street.
 S13 b* THE zoDIAClGrand closing lecture on Astronomy, illustrated. Wednes- day evening. 1925 Main St.
 s 1s s* MEN-Mechanical draftsnen earn big wages. Complete course at home. four months; short method Box B. B., Care of Farmer.
 IA s*p FOR sALE+$12 buys large Victrola style photograph with records and Edison attachment. Call before 3 or after 6. .Tager, SIS Atlantic St.
 14 s-p FARM FOR SALE-6 room house, g acres of land, will subdivide in building lots. easy terms. Blyden- ~sburgh,s Reservoir Ave. R. F. D.. A' 'ss 2. S IA dep A.tlKb- anLed by a man 25. from g d. m. until 2 D. m. Experienced caretaker of autos and private place. Answer to A. P. R., Gen eral Delivery, City.
 BRIDGEPORT STEAM CARPET CLEANING CO.,, All ready to do your cleaning of carpets and rugs in our new plant Office 280 Fair field Ave, Tel. S5S5.
 FOR SALE-5 passenger car, good condition, ready to run. suitable for a jitney. Cheap for cash. Address w. W. F. Care Farmer.
 IT to BETTER THAN WAR ORDER PROFTTS-If you are looking for an investment of 1ln usual merit, let us te1Tryou. about our special pre- 43erred stock offer. A local corpor- ation; all correspondence confiden- a~a z. ID -s-. ~A<s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14
BE.TvrER THAN WAR ORD

PROFTTS-If you are looking for an investment Of unusual merit, let tls tell you about our special pre- sferred stock offer. A local corpor- ation; all correspondence confiden- tial Address c. P. L., this office.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

COST CLERK Wanted, young man quick and accurate at figures Ap- ply at Holmes & Edwards Silver Co.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Gasoline, tank wagon basis, was ad- vanced one cent a gallon to 19 cents in Detroit.
 The Supreme Court will take a re- cess from next Monl.ay, March 20, to Monday, April 3.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

WHITE WYANDoT1E EGGS s2 and $5 per setting from prize winning stock. Day old chicks zoe. J. J. Lynch, 466 Fairview Ave, Bridge port, Conn g fl b~s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

WANTED-GirI for general house. work in family of three. Apply 105 BrookIawn Place.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

STOCK GIRLS Wanted. Apply to E. H. Dillon & Co.,, 11O5 Main Street
 S13 b*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

FORD TOURING OAR for sale, 1915. bargain 1429 North Ave.
 se1A asp !
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

MEN-MechanicaI draftsnen earn big wages. Complete course at home. four months; short method. Box B. B., Care of Farmer
 s 14 s*p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

THE ZODIAC-Grand closing lecture on Astronomy, illustrated. Wednes. day evening, 1925 Main St.
 S 13 s#
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

FOR sALE-$12 buys large Victrola style pIlonograph with records and Edison attachment. Call before 3 or after 6. Tager, 319 Atlantic St.
 s A SD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-14

FOR SALE-5 passenger car. good condition, ready to run. suitable for jftney. Cheap for cash. Address W. W. F.. Care Farmer.
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Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-03

ment is the Federal Aid Road Act This measure win conduce to the es- tablishment of more effective highway machinery in each state, strongly m- tluence the development Of good road building along right lines. stimulate larger production and better market ing, promote fuller and more attrac- tive rural life, add greatly to the con venience and economic welfare of ali the people and strengthen the national foundations. The Act embodies sound principles of road legislation and will safeguard the expenditure of the funds arising under the Act not only, but wifi also result in the more efficient use of the large additional sums made availableADy States and localities.
 Il. The Federal Reserve Act bene- fits the farmer, as it does all the other people of the nation, by guaranteeing better banking, safeguarding the cred it structure of the country. and pre- venting panics. It takes particular note of the special needs of the farmer by making larger provision for loans through national hanks on farm mort gages and by giving farm paper a ma turity period Of six months
 r. IL was essential, however, that banking machinery he devised which would reach intimately into the rural districts, that it should operate on terms suited to the farmers needs, and should be under sympathetic man. agcment. The need was for machinery which would introduce business meth Ods into farm finance, bring order out of chaos, reduce the cost of handling farm loans. place upon the market mortgages which would be safe in- yestment for private funds, attract in- to agricultural operations fair share of the capital of the nation. and lead to a reduction of interest. These needs and these ideals have been met by the enactment of the Federal Farm Loan Act
 am glad to have had an opportunity to take part in the execution of this large program, which. I believe, will result in making agriculture more pro ftable and country life more confront able, and attractive. and. therefore, in- sure the retention in rural districts of an efficient and contented population.
 Faithfully yours.
 WOODROW WILSON. Hon. A. F. Lever, Chairman,
 Committee on Agriculture,
 House of Representative.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-03
MEXICO IS COMING BACK.
Saved From Conquest, 1t Is Working
 Out It's Own Destiny.

Encouraging news continues to come from Mexico, and the tiradcs of President Wilson's critics grow tanner all the while. Mexico has seen much misfortune, has borne many trials, has experienced many tragedies, but there is buoyancy to the present situation that gives cheer to friends of that long-suifering republic.
 Americans, coming from that coun- try, bring optimistic assurances. They declare that there is much better gov ernmcnt there than for many years, that Carranza money is increasing in value, that business is picking up and that law is being respected.
 The New York Evening Sun, a Re publican newspaper, which usually criticises everything President Will son does, is compelled to recognize the facts, telegraphed from San Antonio, Texas, by William C. Shepherd, war correspondent of the United Press, who has been one Of the keeneSt Ob- servers of conditions both in Europe and Mexico. AIr. Shepherd, back from n long service abroad, was sent re- gently to the Mexican border. After a careful survey he reported cOnclu sions which the Sun displays under the heading: Mexico Coming Back Business Grows BriSk-Confidenc in Carranza Increases and Things Look Up.' In part Mir. Shepherd says:
 Mexico is coming back. It's not
 a dead rubber nation; it's got
 bounce in it. A summary of the
 news from the heart of Mexico.
 gathered in the last three weeks
 along the border from Americans
 incoming from Mexico, shows be
 yOnd doubt that conditions are
 improving, confidence in CarranZa
 is growing the situation is gain
 ing buOyancy. Carranza money is
 gaining in value and business is
 picking up.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-03
WILSON A PROGRESSIVE
 BEFORE PARTY MAS BORN

Eighteen months before the birth of the Progressive Party, Woodrow Wilson, then Cover nor of New Jersey, gave this definition of a Progressive and so classified himself in an ad- dress before the Kansas Society of New York, January %, 1911:
 By Radical ! understand enc who goes too far; by
 Conservative one who does
 not go far enough; by Re
 actionary one who won't go at all. suppose l must
 be a Progressive, which take to be one who insists on recognizing new facts, adjusting policies to facts and circumstances as they
 arise" Under Democratic influences during the six-year period since standpatism was OverthrOwn in the House of Representatives in 1910, ninety per cent of the pro- gram Of reform advocated by the Progressive Party has been enacted into law. Invisible government" which is now mak- ing desperate efforts to "cOme back" has been driven from power under President Wilson's administration and will have no place in Washington so long as he is in the White House.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-03
WILSON'S SERVICE ID . AMERICA'S FARMERS
Remarkable Record Set Forth in Letter by the President
 on Signing Bill.
NEW LAWS; NEW OUTLOOK
Farm Loan Act, Federal Reserve Bank, Provisions for Warehouse and Mar keting Facilities Are Part of Pro- gram Executed py Democrats.

No administration has ever done so much to advance the agriculture in terests of the United States as that of forth chiefly and effectively in a let ter written by the President to Con- gressman A. r. Lever. Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives as follows:
 THE WHITE HOUSE.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-03
Blouses at S295

A definite saving is afforded tle woman who chooses one Of these lovely new BlOuscs al S5.95 - the most charmingy enective new Autumn modes of Crepe De Chine and GoorEotte, designed with a touch or color, entracngly beautiful - In white and flesh color - Choice S3.95.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-03

in exquisite Lingerie Blouscs at tive late summer models of sheer ,ndy. Lawn and Bauatc in white. ize colors Showing delightful new ole witt dscp sailor collars, some
 hing, hand embroidery and tucking
 %.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-03

- Values eNtraordinar S1.g5 - The Most attr. est. finest Voiios. Or flesh. rose. blue ana m front frilling effects, plcated. dainty hemsti
 Specially priced at
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
Rum and Mahoosrv.

What will the schooners, laden with
New England rum for West Africa.
bring home? That question may have
puzzled many who have noted the
strange revival of the rum traffic that
used to flourish in the slavery days. 1t
may have been thought that the rum
paid for the round voyage. A four
masted schooner, the first to go out.
has now returned to Boston with 1885,
61S feet Of mahogany in logs from
West Africa. cargo of no small
value. The round voyage has con-
sumed seven months, the loading of
the mahogany being slow process
owing to the Incidence of West Afri-
can labor. At the dock was another
capacious windjammer ready to sail
with 100000 gallons of rum, 1900 bar
rels of -four and other things that the
natives seem to be in need of. AS
many as six sailing vessels have en-
tered this trade since last spring
Providence Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
Last acIt,x po.t.n


Elkanah Settle, copy of whose
rare Augusta Triumphans" has Just
been presented to the Guildhall Ii
brary. Is forgotten by an ungratefuI
posterity, but was once a prominent
parsonage In the literary world at Lon
don, and considered serious rival to
Dryden. by whom he is satirized as
"Doeg." He was the last Of the "City
Poets" retained at salary of $40 a
year to perpetrate triumphal odes for
Lord Mayors day, and similar
pageants; and his verses, as Wilkes
observed to Doctor Johnson. matched
the queerness of his names. Settle
was a most prolific poetaster, but
somehow never prospered, though he
repeatedly turned his coat in religion
and politics. He was reduced to play
ing the green dragon" at Bartholomew
fair. and died a poor brother of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Gazette.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
stare Control II ENGLAND.

A remarkable scheme Of state con-
troll has been inaugurated at a GEN.
ter In the north OF England where 20.
600 men are expected to be at work
shortly on munitions. To provide for
them the government has acquired all
shops in tie district. and will either
allow the late proprietors to sell goods
under license only or VIII In most
cases run them under direct control
The government will thus be butchers,
bakers, grocers and milkmen to the
inhabitants The main object is to
regulate Prices and prevent extortion.
The liquor control board has already
bought all the public houses-about
thirty in number-and has thus a
monopoly IN the district. In some the
sale of intoxicants will continue under
close restrictions; In others 1t has
been suspended, and some have been
turned into lodging houses for work
men.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
This Picture and That.

The populations of the 3oer, or far
mer republic Of South Africa, and of
Mississippi have not been unlike, ex-
cept in language" says Senator John
Sharp Williams Of Mississippi.
Both lead plain lives; both alike
have their strength constantly re-
newed. as was that of Antaeus of old.
by daily contact with their mother
earth.
Both shoot we'll, ride well, live an
outdoor life and, as rule, speak can
didly without diplomatic frills. Both
have their negro race problem and an
everything race pride molding, color
ing. motiving or modifying nearly
everything-politics. religion and So
cial life. Both have combined grim
humor with cool courage"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
Travelling Men Talk Too Much2

There may be someone who has won
dered why travelling statesmen or
"drummers" are such great story tell
ers. There's a reason.
The travelling salesman who has a
good sense Of humor, who can tell a
good story and who reads good litera-
ture is bound to succeed, according to
Prof. E. J. Swift, psychologist of
Washington university, who talked be-
fore business men at the Cabanne
branch library. His subject was THE
Qualities Of Salesman"
Professor Swift also said that most
travelling men talk too much and that
the smile and handshake is overdone.
The salesman is too polite, the lee
turer said, and should learn to be a
good listener, and talk with" and not
at" a man.-St. Louis Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
War and the Horse.

Farm and Fireside quotes American
horsemen high in authority as saying
that about 100000 Of our horses have
been sold on war orders for about
$1OO,OO0,000 since the outbreak of the
war.
Fully 80 per cent Of the artillery
horses purchased were sired by draft
stations and were out of small mares.
The same horse authorities claim that
the Belgian breed in Europe has been
practically destroyed and Percheron
breeding stock has also been heavily
sacrificed for war use.
A representative Of one of Ameri-
cas- greatest horse importers says it
would not be possible to find 200
draft stations suitable for export 10
America, even were expectation al
lowed.
The crux of the matter clearly indi-
Gates that American horse users must
depend on the produce of American
studs for draft sires for many years to
come.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
IS HOME LESS ATTRAcTIvE7
Every Member Of Family Nowadays
Seems to Find Entertainment
Elsewhere.

The average American home seems
to be losing its attraction for the
household, Anna GLADDEN. writes In the
New Orleans Times-Picayune. The
home is frequently only place in
which to sleep and eat. The chill
dren coming home from school stop
at home long enough to deposit their
books and go off in pursuit of enter
tainment. The mother entertains her
visitors by shopping or visiting the
picture show. The evening callers are
treated to musical entertainment or
a theater party. The call of outside
attraction is strong. However, the
home should have its attractions and
be satisfying to both old and young
in the household. When the back yard
has been transformed from an ash
heap and tin-can pile to a plot of
flowers; when ugliness In fence and
outbuildings has been covered with
vines; when window boxes add q
touch of nature to the house and grass
covers the lawn, and when this
is done by the members of the house
hold who find pleasure In the task,
the home will have increased attrac-
ton and the household will want time
to linger and enjoy the development
from day to day.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
Not a Sentimental Story

Many years ago little boy was
having birthday party In the midst
Of the merrymaking he slipped away
from his young friends and went up
garnet to hide in an old trunk TWEEN
ty years later he again went up gar
ret. There stood the same old trunk.
All, children, do not blame you for
asking how In tunkett he could open
the trunk and find his own body in it?
He didn't. When he raised the lid
there was nothing in the trunk but an
old Powered waistcoat and six copies
OF Hostetter's Almanac, all the tangi-
bic assets that had been left by his
laInented Uncle LATE, who had been
vaudeville star.-Kansas City Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04

A machine for testing the wear of
textiles has been brought to notice.
The cloth is clamped in a rigid jaw,
and passes over a rubber surface
formed by dull blades set in a cylin-
der, the other end of the fabric being
clamped to roller arranged to give
any desired tension by means of sus-
pended weights. The cylinder-by
electric motor If desired-is given one
revolution forward and one backward
alternately, counter recording the
two movements as one rub. The rel
alive quality of different samples of
cloth will be shown by giving each q
certain number Of rubs, perhaps two
hundred, or comparison can be made
with standard sample that has had
the required wear.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
PA Judd SEES LIFE
BY II. M. EasERr'.

Now, I've heard enough of that talk,
Pa judd" exclaimed Lucinda Judd,
pushing back her spectacles and con-
fronting her husband angrily across
the table. You ought TO be ashamed
to think of such things"
Maybe ought" admitted Mr.. Judd.
But was only soliloquizing, ma
You can ventriloQuize all you want.
pa. But this has got to stop. Wanting
to see life at sixty, indeed! Air't life
enough for your"
Yes, my dear. you are. But what 1
meant is this. We married when we
were only children, and then the
babies came SO fast, and it wasn't until
last year that our youngest loft US,
and somehow feel l wish I'd had my
ding. Not bad fling, you know. ma,
but just cutting a sort of caper."
Such as how?" demanded his wife
ominously.
Why, I'd like t. run into New York
and see the shows and put up at ho-
tel, and"
and some hussy'd get you, sure as
fate, pa"
"Nobody's ever in my eyes but you,
ma" answered pa automatically. mo,
my dear, but then there's Adam Green,
who writes me regular every New
Year. Fine big grocery store he has
IN Harlem. and / haven't seen him for
twenty years. And Cy Harris. And
let me see-Jim Brathwaite, who's
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
ALL go HOME" SOME TIME
To Every Inmate Of Prison the Period
Of Freedom Arrives, Either In
Life or Death.

Come day-if we live, and there
doesn't seem to be much chance of
dying around here-we are going out
and going home. says a writer in the
New Era, Federal penitentiary, Leav-
enworth.
Even the man who happens to die
here is going home. for that matter.
1t may seem slow, but the time
comes eventually for the last ''get-up''
in prison for every man here. Then
it's hikel
It's over to the tailor shop for new
clothes from head to foot-and then
out and away. No bird win be freer
than you and l. but we'll not fly high
any more. One will start In one direc-
ton and one in another. What's the
differencef Amy road leads to free
dom and the main chance.
We shall have the right to work and
to carry our wages in our pockets
again or put the money in the bank.
We shall drink freedom from every
water cup. and breathe in liberty from
the air itself. We can get on a dis
lance and yell out loud without tear
Of q calldown.
We can sit and talk 1t all over at
the dinner table with friends and rel
atives. No more hands out for potA-
toes. Some OF these days we will tuck
q napkin under our chin again and
make merry over our pudding. We
shall go to bed at night with lights
out and know the balm of darkness
to the eyes and enjoy the rest it gives
the optic nerve.
The day viii roll round for us to
say good-by and 60. with heads up
not down.
No more will we feel the weight of
bondage or know the pinch of confue-
ment. Everything we do, 1t will be
our pleasure to do, and not our task.
We will cast on letters, not put them
on.
We shall despise and feel a horror
for anything that curtails our liberties.
Habits that make slaves of men will
be cast aside. for while serving a
prison sentence we are freed of habits
that bind us more than any privilege
Withdrawn here. We will not be
slaves to strong drink. We will 20 out
free from les awful bondage. Its
curse Is removed far from us.
We shall not be tempted to profane
our lives with evil deeds so long re-
moved from their commitment. We
VIII 60 out more free from shackles
than we have been in years, for bad
habits are the hardest shackles to
strike from us.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
WEEDS, Has 1s2 crandcbIIdrer.

w. B. Davis, ninety-four years old
and father Of Al children, SO of whom
are alive. was married in Cabool, Mo-,
to Mrs. Macon, thirty-nine years old.
Twenty children and more than 100
grandchildren Of the bridegroom at
tended the wedding. Davis has 1872
grandchildren and several great-grand-
children. This Is his fourth venture
In matrimony. He is enjoying good
health. but has complained of being
lonesome.-Springfeld (Mo.) Dispatch
Kansas City Star.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-04-04
How to Keep YOUNG.

The best way to keep young is to
associate, as far as possible, with ev-
erything and everybody that is new
and young. Both men and women get
old by sticking to old ways, thinking
old thoughts and always looking back
on the past.
Look ahead II you want to keep
young. Youth always thinks of what
it is going to do in the future and
forgets the failures of-the past. 1t is
not the go-ahead men who age rap
idly; 1t is the men who stick in old
ruts and follow out long established
rules and methods. Constant change
and variety may be said to form one
of the great secrets of youthfulness.
A woman should make a point of
getting out as much as possible
Pearsons.