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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
A CRISIS IN
 GOVERNMENT I
President of Junior Repub- lie at Litchield Assault
 ed by an Ex-C Citizen

One night Arthur Erickson, who
 has been in states custody for de- serting the Republic, stole some cake from the dining room. Thomas Will Hams, an eyewitness reported to the government. But Erickson accosted Williams and intimidated him with threats of revenge, in so much that President Tatna1l ordered him pun ished.
 Leroy Dean interfered and endeav-
 ored to intimidate the president be- cause he thought the prisoner should not be punished for stealing only one
 piece of cake. After several, lately
 brought to justice for law-breaking, had jeered the president and called him names, Dean once more threaten ed TatnalI and then assaulted him.
 Because of a vacilla ting disposition the chief of police had resigned earlier uty those in states custody had no keeper. The latter supported by the bold affront of the bombastic agita- tors, for a time refused to work or keep order. But at this crisis, Frank
 Ginnetti nobly responded to the sit uation and with a fresh aim in view again shouldered the responsibilities
 of chief of police and restored disci- pline with a, 'f6o or die'' determination. Those who are inclined to be skep- tical and who do not believe that boys
 can take part in a real self-govern- ment should exchange places with the president or a citizen for a week or SO. Every technical legal dispute or sit
 uation which arises in the administra- ton. of state afaifs creates animated
 discussion in which citizens, lawyers and everybody take active part president, officers and all receiving a full measure of criticism.-From the
 Junior Republic Citizen, published at the Conn cticuts Junior Republic. in | Litchfield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
WILSON DINNER GUEST OF
 PRESS CLUB JUNE 30.

New York, June 2O.-The New York Press Club, which has had as dinner guests every occupant of the White House since President Grant, will en- tertain President Wilson as guest of honor at the annual banquet in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on June 3O- The Presidents acceptance of the in vitation comes, by coincidence, so close upon his renomination for Pres ident that it is expected his speech will constitute something of an open ing gun in his campaign for re-elec- ton. The banquet, however, is in no sense partisan.
 Because of the inability of the Press Club and the President to find syn chronous dates, the honor which the club desired to accord him has been deferred several times. The club was as unwilling to surrender it's unwrit- ten right to entertain the President as he was reluctant to re1inquish the precedent.
 In recognition of the non-partisan nature of the dinner, prominent Re- publicans and Progressives have ask ed the dinner committee for places on the reception list. It is expected many prominent men outside the Democratic party will be among the diners. The seating accommodation will provide for 800 men. Women will be invited to occupy boxes above the banquet floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
DWARF GARDENS.

The Japanese have the art of dwarfing trees to me@e shrubs, and of cultivating plants in a similar way. The people take great delight in their miniature gardens, which require a special gardener to keep them down to desired limits. .a
 A Japanese garden is generally about 10 yards square, and in this small space is found a park and demesne, with lake, summer house, temples, trees, all complete and all in keeping with the dimensions available. The lake is four feet long and full of small goldfish. On the border stands a pine tree, exactly IS inches high and 50 years old; beneath it's shade is a tenn pie carved out of one piece of stone the size of a brick.
 , On a lofty crag of some two and a half feet stands a fine maple tree, perfect in form and shape, 5 years old and Is inches to 2 feet high, grow ing in shallow dishes. There is of record a complete garden contained in 8 shallow two-dozen wine case Ev- erything was complete, down to the fish in the lake, sheet of water only few inches square, and the foot bridges over the water courses. Tea houses there were, and numerous trees of various kinds, each about six inches high Old as the hills these, but full of vitality and yet never growing big ger-Exchange
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
CUTWORMS AND
 THEIR CONTROL

Numerous complaints of the ravages of cutworms, especially in relation to corn, are received each season by the department. Prompt action is neces- sary for controlling cutwOrms after their presence becomes noticeable in the spring, which is usually about the time the corn begins to sprout Be- cause of the fact that the delay neces- sary between the time the worms make their appearance and the time a reply can be received from the department is often disastrous to the crop, the inn portance of recognizing these insects and knowing how to control them is evident.
 CutworTn injury almost invariably occurs in the spring, the plants usual ly being cut off at the surface, or little below the surface, of the ground,
 beginning as soon as the first plants sprout and continuing until late June or early July, by which time the worms are full grown. Feeding takes place at night, the worms resting du- ring the day beneath debris or in the soil at a depth of from one-haf to inch below the surface, and since they closely resemble the color of the soil in
 most cases, the cause of the injury is often not apparent. However, if the soil surrounding the cutoff plant be
 examined carefully, the culprft will quite likely be found cur1ed up in the soil.
 Life History of Cutworns. The various cutworms are known under a number of popular names, such as the g1assy cutworm, greasy cutworm. variegated cutworm, clay backed cutwornn, etc., but the injuries caused by them are very similar and their habits in general are also much the same. The parents of cutwOrms are grayish or brownish moths or .'ni1lers,'' which commonly occur at lights during summer evenings. Each
 moth may lay from 200 to 800 eggs, either in masses or singly, in fields cov- cred with dense vegetation, and hence are to be found more often in culit- Vated fields which have been in grass or weeds the preceding fall. The eggs hatch in the fall, few weeks after they are laid, usually during Septem- Der, and the young cutworms, after feeding on grass and other vegetation until cold weather, pass the winter as partly grown caterpillars. If such in Tested fields are left to grass, no mo- ticeable injury is likely to occur, but when it is broken up and planted to corn or other wide-row crops, the worms being suddenly placed on short rations,'' wreak havoc with the newly planted crops, the nearly full grown worms feeding greedily and consuming an enormous amount of food. In northern attitudes they attain full growth and stop feeding in late June or early July, and change to the pupa1 or resting stage. The in jury often ceases so suddenly that farmers are at loss to account for the fact.
 Pasturing hogs upon land supposed to harbor cutworms is a beneficial practice, as these animals root up and devour insects of many kinds, inc1ud- ing eutworms, in large numbers. Farm poultry, if trained to follow the blow, will prove of inestimab1e value.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
A TENDERFoor IN ASIA.

The great size and stability of the temples at Baalbek inspire confidence in the climber. A stairway leads to the top of the cell walls-the solid walls of the temple proper-which project for 50 feet above the ground. From the top of the stairway one has a fine view of the surrounding coun- try and also of the great stones that await one below. As was crossing just above the great doorway my foot slipped. It didn't slip more than an inch. But that slip nearly scared me out of a weeks growth of beard that was wearing at the time. I looked back att the insignificant gap that I had Jumped, and then down at the mass of solid stone below. None of that lace-1ike stone was in sight It all looked hard, trembled so hard that I thought I would shake the tenn pie. was on one side of the gap and the only way down was on the other. I wanted to get down the worst way. Falling off seemed the worst way to get down, but that didn't suit me.
 tried to cross that little gap on my hands and knees and every other way [ could think of but I would just get one foot or one hand across the gap when began to conceive liking. for the place where I was around the outside of the temple runs a little line of molding and five feet above it an other. This is above sheer drop of 50 feet but went around that molding over half the distance around the tenn pie rather than cross the gap which had been but a step until my foot slipped have since had to undergo the punishment of seeing a woman in fairly narrow skirt jump across but when come to that gap I am a thorough coward. Some day am go- ing back there to force myself across that gap.-The Christian Herald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
LESS MENTAL EFFORT
IN DANCING

Something new is always to be ex- pected from the annual convention of dancing masters and this year it is genuine novelty-a dance with simpler steps and requiring less mental effort than those in vogue. Most dancers, and certainly the major ity of persons watching them, had supposed that the irreducibIe mini
 mum Of mental effort had been attain ed in the one-step. Apparently they were mistaken; like the Moiere char acter who had talked prose all his life without knowing it, ragfime danc- CTS have been putting an amount of mentality into their steps of which they were blissfully ignorant. ~
 Happily the fox-trot and the waltz are to be retained for the benefit of those who dance for intellectual i'm provement and not merely for enjoy ment. They can continue to do prob Ien1s in plane geometry on ballroom floors while for the dancing duffer and the tyro there will be effort1ess dances necessitating only the ability to pro- pei ones self to music in concentric circles. No doubt the tired business man. with the war still on and Presidential campaign in prospect, will appreciate the attempt of the dancing masters to conserve his mental pow ers.-New York Tribune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
THE BAALBEK COPPER.

great travel writer refers to these colossal columns of Raalbek as bath ed in the splendor of a thousand sun sets" No other description pictures them more truly If the whole tenn pie were standing in all of it's impos- ing bulk, it could not be more impress sive than those graceful columns, which look as though a strong wind would blow them over, but which have withstood earthquake and Arab for 8 centuries. The drums are joined with copper rods, and the bar barous natives have clipped away the stone in many places to get the cop per. In several places they have suc- ceeded in getting it, though 1t took nearly four feet of digging through hard limestone to do so. Needless to say, this spoiIation has not improved the beauty stability of the columns. The Christian Herald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
BACTERIA IN IRON
They Were First Discovered in Pipes
 At Rotterdam in 1887.
(Exchange0

Iron bacteria were first discovered in iron pipes in Rotterdam in 1887. Comparatively little is known about them in this country. Bacterfologists claim that they are in reality a high CT form of life than the ordinary va rieties of bacteria.
 They thrive in water which con- tains iron, and authorities have con- c1uded that they are attached to that metal. Iron bacteria are believed to have the power of storing iron away in the cells of their bodies, after talk ing it from the water. Some savants maintain that the bacteria assisted very materially in forming the rocks of prehistoric ages. The bacteria be come saturated with an iron oxide as they develop and increase.
 Myriads of them are found in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
HIS WORK DONE.

The passing of ''K- of K'' will leave the British military situation unchang- ed- Already Robertson had become the real force in the new military es- tabl1shment In the larger sense Ford kftchener's work was done If Me Clellan had died on the morning of Antietam his fame would have endur- ed in our own country as the man who made the Army of the Potomac and prepared the way for Grant and Ap- pomattox- It is difficult not to feel that Kitchener was more fortunate than Mcclellan and that he lived to finish his part of a stupendous task and at the end found the death which insures undying fame.-New York Fri bune.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

springs. If an individual is of an in vestigative turn of mind he may be curious enough to scrape some Of the red deposit that floors a spring or covers the rocks at the bottoms of springs, and examine it through a mi croscope. He will find that he is looking at an abundance of minute pipes or tubes. These are relics of the iron bacteria, and give an idea of how industrious they must keep during their lives to build such com pact structures
 The pathoIogist has been unable to prove tEzat =1ey are in eS,y sense 3a@9- terious to health, though the organ tsrns are sometimes a menace to res ervoirs- If conditions are advantage ous they increase at an alarming and prodigious rate, causing water to take on decidedly reddish tfnge. If con- ditions are not relieved filters may become badly clogged, resulting in considerable trouble and expense.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

A contract for 100000 shell forg- ings was received by the Pressed Steel Car Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

A dividend of per cent. was de- c1ared by the State Bank Of Phila- delphia.
 Several mem berships to the Chicago Board of Trade were sold for s4,2Oo each.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

The Bank of England bought s. 900 bar gold.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

fagotted together at the sides with dull blue mercerized cotton One tow
 el formed the. straight back piece, the other two the sides and fronts When joined together, a. fringed blue-hor- dered band was made around the bot tom. Of the other. fringed and bor-' dered ends big sailor collar was made, the corners fagotted together. The sleeves were formed by the width of the towels themselves, cut under.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
A ROBE FOR THE BEACH.

A young woman. who expects to spend the summer at the seashore has made an attractive beach robe to throw about her when coming out of the water. She purchased three dou- ble length white bath towels, having three or four graduated lines of dull blue woven in border at each end and finished with fringe. These were
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

rhee epaurez romh first oraph ee1ed America ~nE a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20
10 of them for a nickel.

AMERICAN cIucLE COMPANY
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

kimona fashion, and fagotted. The robe ties with cord ropes of dull blue cotton.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-08
Rather Embarrassing.

Irwin Cobb, the war correspondent
home from Europe long enough recent
ly to get his breath and look over the
proof sheets of new book, attended
an authors banquet in New York.
A deaf man sat next TO Cobb. Far
Their down the table another man TOLD
a funny story, and when he finished
the deaf man laughed and applauded
louder and longer than any of the
rest.
Good old boy!'' shouted the deaJ
man. THAT reminds me of a story" he
added to those near by.
Get up and tell it, Charlie" cried
several. The POSTMASTER sanctioned
the suggestion.
Then the deaf man got up and TOLD
the same story the other man had told
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-08
Franklin Objects Seriously

She isn't very large, that's true, bat
being g county seat, and Boosting of
a college, several factories, flour mills,
railways, interurbans and her lately
acquired Masonic home, Franklin feels
that she is not a town to be passed
lightly by, in fact, she knows her i'm
pOrtance, and thought that everyone in
the state realized it until she was
taken down a bit lately. During the
big conference of the Methodist
churches held recently in the town
meeting of the Indianapolis presbytery
was in session at the same time at
HopewelI, a country church in pros
porous farming community few
miles out. One of the Presbyterian
delegates, on leaving the train Joined
in the throng headed for the Method
list church. When it came to regis
tering, some of his inquiries caused
someone to suggest that probably he
was in the wrong place, and he asked
innocently: isn't this HOpewell?"
mo, this is Franklin" was the proud
reply.-Indianapol News.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-08

The well-dressed stranger stepped
into the drug store and, passing by
the boy who usually attended to casual
customers, approached the proprietor
who was arranging some goods in the
show case.
Mr.. c., l presume?" he re-
marked, pleasantly, and the druggist
turned and bowed gravely. 81 have
heard my friend, Mr.. Quorn, speak of
you often" said the brisk man. 'He
told me if ever l needed anything In
this line to come to you. He spoke of
you as a man on whom one could rely
with perfect confidence, who had only
the best of evrything and with whom
it was always a pleasure to deal"
Mr.. Quorn is very kind" answered
the other, beaming with qualification.
HE is one of by best customers. What
can | do for you this mornings"
''Well-er-this morning, as it hnp-
pens" said the stranger, with just
little briskness. "this morning l should
like, if you will allow me, to consult
your directory"
Certainly" was the calm reply. 1--WE
also have a good selection of one and
two-cent stamps. as well as railway
time tables, if you need anything of
that kind"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-08
And More Coming.

The stern father had consented to
the engagement, and the young fellow
was wildly elated.
He loved fair 'Flossie for her good
ness, of course; but she was also the
daughter of q very wealthy father.
And his gratified excitement showed
In his voice and face.
'Oh, well, Brown" said the old man,
as he thoughtfully eyed the cigar the
sutton offered him, 'yeu NEEDN'T be so
conceited about it! You're the seventh
young chap I've accepted as a pros
pective son-in-law this year, and Pm
expecting two more to come along next
week" -4s4-
"W-w-what ~ stammered Brown. 81
Il don't understand what you mean !"
''It MEANS" said the elderly cynic,
amusement for my girl and free cigars
for me-"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-08
Don't Neglect Kidneys
Swamp-R0ot, DR.. Kilmer's Prescrip-
ton, OvercOmes Kidney trouble

It is now conceded by physicians that
the kidneys should have more attention
as they control the other organs to re-
markable degree and do a tremendous
amount of work in removing the poisons-
and waste matter from the system by
fltering the blood.
The kidneys should receive some as
sistance when needed. We take less ex-
ercise, drink less water and often eat
more rich, heavy food, thereby forcing
the kidneys to do more work than nature
intended. Evidence of kidney trouble,
such as lame back, annoying bladder
troubles, smarting or burning, brick
dust or sediment, sallow complexion,
rheumatism, maybe weak or Irregular
heart action, warns you that your kid
neys require help Immediately to avoid
more serious trouble.
An ideal herbal compound that has had
most remarkable success as a kidney and
bladder remedy is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root. There is nothing else like it. It
is DR.. Kilmer's prescription used in pri-
vate practice and it is sure to benefit you.
Get a bottle from your druggist.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-08
Poisoned by Thousands!
(By L. &. SMITH, NJ. d.

The victims of administration are
many thousand. By reason of the tox-
ms, or pOisons, bred in the intestines,
these poisonous bacteria are sent all
through the blood channels and the
victim feels tired, sleepy and head
achy. or the brain doesn't work as
usual. The best treatment for this is
to drink hot water before breakfast
plenty of water all day and procure a
supply of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets,
made of May-apple, leaves of aloe,
etc, with no calOmel, entirely vege-
table, which can be obtained at drug
stores for % cents.
Equally important is it to cleanse
kidneys and bladder, and drinking
beautifully of pure water will cleanse
them to certain extent. Then obtain
at the drug store little Anuric, which
was first discovered by DR.. Pierce of
the Surgical Institute in Buffalo, N. Z.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-08

presently, VIII Immediately assume,
has indeed already assumed, a magni-
tude unprecedented in our experience.
We have not the necessary instrument
talities for its prosecution; It is
deemed to be doubtful whether they
could be created upon an adequate
scale under our present laws. We
should clear away all legal obstacles
and create a basis of undoubted law
for it which will give freedom without
permitting unregulated license. The
thing must be done now, because the
opportunity is here and may escape US
if we hesitate or delay.
Porto Rico's Needs.
The argument for the proposed
amendments of the organic law Of Por-
to Rico is brief and conclusive. The
present laws governing the island and
regulating the rights and privileges Of
its people are not just. We have Gre
ated expectations of extended privi-
lege which we have not satisfied.
of the island and even suspicious
doubt with regard to our intentions
concerning them which the adoption OF
the pending measure would happily re-
move. We do not doubt what we wish
to do in any essential particular. Wd
ought to do it at once.
There are other matters already ad-
vanced to the stage of conference be-
tween the two houses of which 1t is
not necessary that l should speak.
Some practicable basis of agreement
concerning them will no doubt be found
and action taken upon them.
Inasmuch as this is, gentlemen, prob
ably the last occasion l shall have to
address the Sixty-fourth congress,
hope that you will permit me to say
with what genuine pleasure and salts
faction have co-operated with you in
the many measures of constructive pol
icy with which you have enriched the
legislative annals of the country. 1t
has been a privilege to labor in such
company. | take the liberty of CON
graduating you upon the completiun of
record of rare serviceableness and
distinction.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-08

The undertaken arose and said to
the mourners assembled:
IF anyone present wishes to say q
few words of tribute to the dee eased
now is the time, when the family will
be glad to hear such"
A stiffness prevailed, and after a
few moments of silence it was broken
by a young man, who arose and
asked:
do understand that no one wishes
to make any remarks?'
1T would appear So" replied the
undertaken.
Then" asked the young man, as
light came into his eyes may be
permitted to make few remarks
about southern California NJ it, wm
derful climate?"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-12-08

Anuric should be taken before meals
1t is many times more potent than
lithia, and many find that it dissolveS
uric acid as water does sugar.
DR.. Weir Mitchell once said what
we call diseases are only symptoms Of
conditions. Allow the mans vitality to
be reduced to certain point, and he is
ripe for any of these weaknesses, or
certain conditions which we call dis
ease"
Through failure of kidneys to act,
through congestion, Inflammation, any
persons condition is ripe for disease to
fasten its hold upon the system.
Anuric has been tested for the past
few years for kidney. bladder uric acid
troubles, rheumatism. govt, and such
ailments as follow. and so many cases
both acute and stubborn have yielded
to this wonderful remedy that I do not
hesitate to recommend it.-Adv.