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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
WE'LL is NATURAL ICEHoUsE.

At Thompson Falls in western
Montana there is we'll from which
a small current of air constantly
degrees Fahrenheit, which is about
that of a scientifically constructed re-
frigerator.
The owner of the land on which
the well is found has built a small
room of tightly-fitted lumber over
the we'll. which is right beside the
house; in this, room he keeps all the
perishable food that his family uses.
His store is not far away, and he
has built room in the basement of
that building that is connected with
the well by an underground pipe. In
the pipe there is a damper that can
be closed or opened by means of a
chain that runs up through the floor
to the Office above. There he keeps
all the perishable merchandise that
he has for sale.
The current of air is very nearly
constant in temperature, the Youths
Companion states. In the winter it
is warmer than the outside air, ana
the storerOom can be used to keep
articles from freezing.
No satisfactory explanation of the
reason for this current of air has
been found. No open passage was
encountered when the well was dug,
but the current seemed to come from
every direction through the gravel at
the bottom. At the opening in the
basement of the store the force is
sufficient to blow a handkerchief
held in both hands, straight out; and
a hat placed in the entranc- of the
pipe is at once blown out
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
THE PEASANTS RIDDLE

A Sicilian laborer told us this story.
He says his mother told it to, him
when he was child. It sounds like
one of Grimm's tales and is undoubt-
eddy very old folk lore:
my mother told me that once
there was king who saw a peasant
working in a field and asked him
how much he earned. And the pea
SAINT said. -Four carlini day What
do you do with your a carlini p ask
ed the king. One I eat, the second
] put at interest, the third return,
and the fourth / throw away This
puzzled the king, and he asked the
peasant what he meant. And the
peasant said:
"'I buy my food with one. I feed
my children with the second, and
that is putting money out at inter
est. I feed my old father with the
third, and that is paying back what
has been given rue. i give the fourth
to my wife, and giving her money is
throwing it away.
That's good riddle said the
king, and I must tell it to my friends.
Promise me. that you won't tell any
one the answer till you have seen my
face hundred times So the peasant
promised, and the king went back to
his palace and asked them the rid
die. Nobody could answer, but one
remembered \seeing the king talk to
a peasant, SO he went to the peasant
and asked him about it. But the
peasant said: T can't tell you ]
promised the king I wouldn't tell the
answer till I had seen his face d
hundred times oh, that's easy!'
said the kings friend, and he took a
hundred lire out of his pocket, and
every piece Of money had the kings
face stamped on it.
$50 the peasant told the kings
friend the answer to the riddle, and
the kings friend went back to the
palace and said to the king. Il can
guess your riddle now and he did
Then the king became angry and
said: You couldn't have guessed it.
That peasant has broken his prom
ise!' So the friend had to tell the
king how he had fooled the peasant
Cleveland Plain Dealer &t
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
AN ARCHBISHOP
ON MARRIAGE

Archbishop Henry Moeller Of Gin
.cinnati, Ohio's most distinguished
Catholic churchman, was born in
Cincinnati sixty-seven years ago to-
day, and was elevated to the arch
blshopric In 1904 The Archbishop
has been noted for his opposition to
woman suffrage, eugenic marriage,
the teaching Of sex-hygiene, and other
modern innovations Of fenninism. Some
time ago the Archbishop of Cincin-
natl undertook to advise Catholic
young people on the choice of a mat
rlmonia1 mate, and gave the follow
ing advice l..
Do not marry too young. No girl
should marry before the age of eigh-
Teen, and no young man before he
mas attained the age of twenty-one
material and social considerations
snould be thought Of in matrimony
Peresons contemplating marriage
should have sufficient guarantee that
they shall possess the ordinary means
or supporting themselves decently and
OF providing respectable and COM
Portable home for themselves and
their offspring.
"A young lady should not marry a
young man enjoying no capital upon
which to rely for the future. BY
capital we mean that he must give
some evidence that he can earn an
honest livelihood. Sometimes this
capital consists in mental endow-
ments which he possesses and by
means of which he will be able to
I'LL important positions; sometimes it
consists in business ability; sometimes
IN the TACT that he is a skilled artf-
Isan, an industrious laborer, OF an ar
duous tiller of the soil
"A young lady should never en-
gage herself to a person who is a
foolish spender of his earnings or, who
Is lazy and unwilling to work.
| "A young man should not fail to
consider seriously s.|hether the girl he
intends to, marry is fully capable Of
taking care of household affairs. For
his wife let young man seek a
woman devoted to her duties. We
must earnestly warn him against
choosing one for mere physical
| charms
The purpose of marriage is the
procreation of children. Limiting the
size Of the family by race suicide is
one of the most deplorable evils of
our much-vaunted progressive age"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
TOTO DOES HIS OWN SHOPPING.

~ =
Toto, the almost human chimpan-
zee, playing with the New York Hip
podrome company, Joined the Christ
mas shopping throngs yesterday IN
the department store district, and be-
fore returning to the Boston Opera
House purchased an entire new win
ter wardrobe. Shopping was forgot
ten altogether when Toto walked in
to A. Shuman & Co.'s store and Sc
lected his clothing with discrimina-
ton.
Before the final selection Of a suit Of
clothes was complete the salesman
had toted out 10 various samples.
All agreed his taste is good, for he
picked out a snappy pinch back suit
model. With patch pockets and mar
row lapels The fabric was a hand
some black and white homespun. In
the cap department Totos size was
found made UP in the same materials.
"A pair Of white shoes, size II Ia, and
d rosewood cane completed the fur
nishings
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
FISH HAS A HUGE APPETITE.

When the lighthouse tender Corr
regidor pulled into Manila 1t brought
for the bureau of science aquarium
a monster manatee, the first live fish
of this kind to be placed on exhibit
ticn there, and with 1t one Gisgusted
Keeper, who informed the bureau of
ficials gathered at the pier to greet
the new arrival, that. This fish, Sc.
euro, eats more than a horse" and
that it had taken practically all Of
the time of three men collecting food
for it, the Manila fP. II Bulletin
says.
The manatee, which arrived there
in the best of health apparently.
seems to be almost entirely a vege-
tartan and is particularly fond of a
certain kind Of sea grass that is said
to grow along the Cavite coast, as
well as in the waters in which the
fish was caught. A good-sized banca
full of the succulent stems and leaves
is needed to appease the captive's
normal appetite during single day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
LITTLE BENNY's
NOTEBOOK
tBy Lee Paps)
.N>0~~

2 f .sss / i = =.
I was late for suppir agen last mite,
being about the 4th time in success
sion, and I wawked in the dining
room trying to look as if | dident
know I was late. and pop sed, Well,
young man?
Sir? sed.
Sir nuthing. you will kindly ixplane
your Iateniss before you take your
sect at the festive board, sed pop.
Yes, sir, sed. ss Ea
Perseed, sed pop.
Ill tell you. seds
I'm lissening, sed pop.
I was with Sid Hunt. ] sed, and
Pubs simkins was there to, was
with Sid Hunt, and Pubs Simkins. we
was all together.
You begin like a. German comed1um
go on, Weber and Fields, your story
intrests me strangely, sed Pop, and
I sed, And Pubs and Sid sed they herd
a fire engine, and sed, No, thai
wasent eny fire engine and they sed
THAT was a fire engine, all rite, and
sed. I bet you it wasent, that Wasen1
anvl fire engine, and they set it was
and sed it wasent and they sed 1t was
and I sed-
You don't need to take the par
Of the chorus as well as the pr1nc1pa
carackters, sed pop.
Yes sir, I sed, so jest then Skim,
Martin came UP and wunted us all .tt
CESS wat he had in his hand, and w
started to CESS,
Well, and wat became OF the f1rt
bizniss? sed pop,
Nuthing, sed.
All rite, perseed, think you were
up to page LA. sed pop, and sed
And a milk Vaughn came along and
big can Of milk fell out of the oacl
Of it but no milk came out because
there wasent eny in it, and
Halt, Geese firing, sed pop, that VII
AZ T never did care mulch for seria
stories, enyway. sit down and eat your
suppir.
4 Witch I did.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
LAD IT'S Nie
ORIGIN in SENTIMENT

First and last, enough sentiment
has been expended upon American
politics to equip a regiment of poets
laureate. Distinctly American holi-
days are full of it. Fourth Of July,
of course, made itself. The 22nd OF
February became one by common
consent. 1t had it's origin in a con-
viyiaI supper in a New York tavern
in 1888, when company met to lis
ten to an original ode and drink in
Vulnerable toasts. Enthusiasm sur
vived the wine, and as the gentlemen
fent gayly and unsteadily home they
swore to meet again on future an
niversaries. Regarded. at first as
purely party custom, 1t broadened be-
yond federal circles to take in all
Americans. Jefferson's followers at
tempted similar observance in his
honor, but he countered with another
bito f sentiment, refusing to divulge
the date on the ground that only the
birthday of the nation should be so
treated. tfhss
Thanksgiving was sectional and re-
ligious aslwell as political, and senff-
ment graced it in plenty. One of the
customs that fingered In good old
New England households until the
middle of the last century was to lay
five grains of corn upon the plate Of
every person at table, in memory of
day in early colonial history when
five ships came sailing into harbor
just in time to chase away the spec
ter of faminine. 1t was Washington
who appointed the first national day
of Thanksgiving, at the instance of
congress, after the adoption Of the
Constitution. For many years, how
ever, annual observance of the day
remained matter Of state action.
virtually confined to New England.
Like the 22nd day of February, it
became a national custom only grad
ually; unlike the 22nd day of Feb
ruary, it spread largely through the
influence Of a woman, Mrs. Sarah
Joseph Hale, who advocated 1t for
20 years in the editorial columns of
Godey's Lady's Book.-Helen Nicolay
In the Century.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
FELL IN LOVE
WITH HER FRIEND

Miss o. writes: II am a girl OF IL
with a very great grievance, ana am
writing to you for advice as now 70
act. had splendid beau, a. young
man Of Is. He is in his fathers Dank
and is an only son. One day I met on
the street girl who used to De my
seat-mate when I attended h1gn
school She was pretty and clever.
then, and she has grown even more
vivacious and better looking. IN
vited her to call some afternoon. In
stead she came one evening when my
beau was calling. It seemed to pc a
case of attraction at first, sight De-
tween them 10 end a long tale OF
woe, he asked her if he might see her
home and she consented. Neither OF
them turned to- consult me ABOUT II.
That was three months ago. from
that hour to this. he has never calleu
on me- He is Keeping steady COM
pany with her now. I meet them oc-
5casionally at church. Both bow. re-
turn it, not knowing whether ought
to or not. Ought to stay away from
church? I never kned how dear ne
was to me until lost him. What
ought to do?"
! There are few. ordeals more cruel for
a girl TO lace imam IHeetiHS tA0 AAotAA
she loves with the girl who has won
him from her, and being obliged to re-
turn their salute. It is wisest and best
not to let any one see or know how
deeply the iron has entered your soul.
Try to look at it in this light: AZ
|suitor. who could be SO easily lured
from you by another girl is not worth
pining for. He will leave your false
friend for some other newer face later
on. When a man is really in love, with
one girl. no woman on earth, no mat
ter how attractive she is. can win him
from herr Do not remain away from
church on their account. School your
self to bow if you meet them face to
face, and, best of all, school your
heart to believe that whatever is. is
best. Il
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
sTINGY HUSBAND.

Mrs. K. T.. writes: ct am a woman
of 40 and have been married ~ years.
During all that time, my husband has
held the purse strings tied, even knot
ted tightly. I am absolutely ashamed
to go anywhere. my clothes are SO ex-
tremely old fashioned. What's worse,
they are shabby My husband has his
own business and is making a great
deal Of money do all the work Of
our home of every kind, and am saw
ing. He. says a woman Of 40 does not
need fine clothes. am growing very
bitter against him, even losing respect
for him. What ought I to do, turn the
key in the door and walk out?"
! Nothing blasts a good, faithful wife's
love more quickly than to make the
discovery that she is not appreciated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
HIS HEART BADLY
AFFECTED i.
"Fruit-a-tiyes" Soon Relieved
This Dangerous Condition

632 GERHARD ST.. EAST, TORONTO.
"For two years, / was victim Of
Acute Indigestion and Gas In The
Stomach. 1t afterwards attacked my
Heart and had pains all over my body,
so that / could hardly move around.
/ tried all kinds of Medicine but none
of them did me any good. At last, I
decided to try. "Fruit-a- tives''. L
bought the first box last June, and
now I am well, after using only three
6oTes. I recommend Fruit-a-tives
to anyone suffering from Indigestion.
FRED j. CAVEEN.
60c. box, 6 for So. so, trial size, Csc.
Atall dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit
a-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, NY.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
ToDAY'S POEM
ROOFS.


kAe road is wide and the stars are
sut, and the breath kof the night
Is sweet,
A%d this is the time when Wander
ssxst sf1scald seize upon my feet.
but asm glad TO turn from the open
road and the starlight on my
j. face,
And leave the splendor Of out-of-
doors for a human dwelling
ervss
I never have known vagabond who
really liked to roam
All up and down the streets of the
world and never have a home.
The tramp who slept in your barn
last night and left at break of
day
Will wander only until he, finds an
other place to stay.
The gypsy man sleeps in his cart with
canvas overhead,
or else he crawLs into tent when it
is time for bed. IS
He win take his ease upon the gross
&, SO long as the sun ID high,
But when it is dark he wants roof
to keep away the sky.
If you call the gypsy a vagabond I
f think you do him wrong,
For he never goes a@traveling but he
takes his home along.
And the only reason q road is good.
every wanderer. knows.
Ii just because of the homes. the
homes. the homes to which 1t
goes.
fstas8st ra,,oo rri1,v,,,.t
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
THE WOMEN WHO CUDDLE
CLOSEST TO THE HEART

"Give a man a girl he can love,
AS I, O, my love, love thee;
And his heart is great with the pulse
Of Fate
At home, on land, on sea-"
I It takes all kinds Of women to make
the world. A man may have many
experiences in his quest for a wife.
He starts out with one idea and winds
up. with quite different one. The
average man only admires brilliant,
beautiful, witty woman who can give
him quite as he sends on most any
topic, from politics to poetry, from
how to run the country to how to run
the home. Somehow the brightest OF
men cannot help feeling insignificant
in such a. woman's presence. Then
there is the goodygoody girl who I'M
presses men as being a saint and In
whose presence they feel like sinners.
Men appreciate the genius, the great
artist, the songbird, who enraptures
the world with her wondrouss voice.
The whole world worships at her
shrine. They feel, while in her pres
|ence, that 1t would be impossible for
her to love all ordinary man. The
homage of vast audiences in dearer to
her than a man would ever be. All
in good time, every man comes across
just an ordinary girl, with no partic-
ular good looks. She has no talents
In any particular line. No one would
notice her in a crowd. She couldn't
carry on a conversation for ylength
| of time. But she can look Into a
mans eyes and smile; blush with
swift surprise and delight at his COM
ing, and look timidly, wistfully at him
from under her long lashes when he Is
about to depart.
What does a man care for bril-
liant conversati onalist, genius What
he wants and is looking for is love,
pure, plain, unadau1terated love. It
| is the woman who radiates that quail
ity, even though she has none other,
who cuddles closest to a mans heart.
He does not have to be told that he
will be happier with her than he could
ever hope to be with any Of her bril-
liant sisters
He. doesn't want gifted oratory at
his side-a wife who knows quite as
much as he does, If not a little more,
to sit at his table and convince him
how little he knows compared to her
nor the gifted artist, who would soon
tire of one mans worship and fret for
the plandits of the multitude she gave
UP to. marry him. He wants only an
ordinary, dear creature. whose first
and every thought is just Of him, who
draws her chair closer to him at the
hreside and muggles her hand con-
| f1ding into hts. She considers that
"he knows 1t a1l.'' and is willing 1t
should be so. She is proud of his love
and never ceases to be grateful to
heaven for his affection. She lives In
a sweet paradise Of love.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11

back seam. Gather upper edge be
tween double 4TTv perforations. ADJ
Just to position slipping upper edge
underneath the folded edge Of body,
ceuter-fronts and center-backs even;
large 3On perforstions in front gore
indicate, eenter-front. i
Now, cfose sleeve seams as notched
easing any fulness between notchea
at slbsw and leaving extensions free3
turn under extension ON slot perfora1
tions, Lap to small "oo perforationa
and finish with buttons. Close cuM
seam as notehed. Sew to lower edge
Of sleeve, with single large HO'' peri
foration at lower edge Of cuff, al
corresponding perforation In sleeve
and small 20" perforation in cuff al
inside seam Of sleeve. Sew sleeve Id
armho1e as notched, small 90" perl
foration at shoulder scam easing II
any fsalness.
Large buttons for the front Of th4
coat and small ones for the sleevel
make an elective trimming.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
~
I CORNER For CUUAS }
N~~~~~~~~A
CLEAR APPLES.

Boil one pint of water and one-half
pound of lump sugar together for Is
minutes. Pare and core eight large
apples, whole, and put them into a
basin of cold water to keep them
white. Put the apples into a stew
pan with the boiling syrup, and stew
a few minutes. Left them out care
fully, keeping them whole, and place
them in a glass dish. Color the
syrup pink, if liked and Four it over
the apples. Serve cold with a little
whipped cream on each apple or a
little red jelly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
A WoMAN's APPEAL

TO all knowing sufferers Of rheumatism,
whether muscular or Of the joints, sciatica,
lumbagos, backache, pains In the kidneys or
neuralgia pains, to write to her for home
treatment which has repeatedly cured all OF
these fortunes. She feels 1t her duty to send
II to al sufferers FREE. You cure yourself
at homo 90 thousands will testify-no change
Ct cltm2te being necessary. This simple
discovery banislhes uric acid from the blood,
loosens the stifened joints, puriies the blood
and br1ghtens the eyes, giving elasticity and
Interests you, for proof address Mrs. n.
JRnxnnaesG. Box &Aas South Bend. IND.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
FISH RECIPES OF FAMOUS CHEFS
Baked Tilefsh l,Italienne.

(By Charles Doicot, Hotel Victoria,
Boston, Mass.@ 81
Place the fish in. a baking dish, sea-
son we'll, and bake in the oven about
twelve or fifteen minutes, then pour
over the fish an Italienne sauce made
by frying a chopped onion with a
dozen chopped mushrooms, one-half
glass white wine, and a cup Of brown
sauce. Sprinkle fresh breadcrunlb BIS
over add little melted butter, and
put back in the oven fors about six to
seven minutes, or until it is well
Drowned on top. Serve in same
dish. IS
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
APPLES AND RICE.

Select; six ordinary sized apples:
pare and core them; put them in a
baking dish and sprinkle over cup
of sugar and the juice of two lemons,
or better still, one-half tumbler Of
ounce jelly, and a. gill of water and
bake the apples for 80 minutes or
until tender When done dish them
on a round dish and have ready one
cupful of rice well boiled and dry;
put this into the. center of each ap-
pie. heap the remaining quantity of
the rice around the apples, pour over
a soft custard and serve.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
MOTHE RS, DO this
When the Children Cough, Rub
Musterole on Threats
and Chests

No telling how soon the symptoms may
develop into Group, or worse. And then's
when you're glad you have jar OF Mus
terole at hand to give prompt, sure re-
lief. 1t does not blister.
AS first aid and certain remedy,
Mustercle is excellent. Thousands of
mothers know it. You should keep a
jar in the house, ready for instant use.
It. is the remedy for adults, too. Re
lieves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis,
Group, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, head
lurnbago, pains and aches of back or
joints, sprains, sore muscles, cl1ilblains,
frosted feet and colds of the chest Git
often prevents pueurnonia).
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
WOMAN SUFFRAGE NOT
LIKELY AMONG INDIANS

Description of India and it's customs
by DR.. Samuel Alden Perrine at the
Universalist church of the Redeemer
last night tends to show that woman
suffrage will mot meade that country
for some time to come and that the
religion of Mohammed still places the
COW far ahead of mortal, especially
womankind 8
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
APPLE CHARLOTTE.

Pare and steam until tender six
large tart apples. then press them
through colander and add to them
while hot one-half cupful of sugar,
cover one-half box of gelatine with a
cup of cold water and soak it half an
hour, add this to the apples and stir
until dissolved, stand in a pan of
cracked ice and stir continually until
mixture begins to thicken; then add
quickly and carefully pint of cream,
whipped to a stiff froth, turn this in
to a pudding mold and stand away
until ice cold.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-11
APPLES !. IN HALVES.

Choose firm apples, peel and core
them, cut them in halves. Boil one
quart of water with two ounces of
sugar and a stick Of cinnamon. Put
the apples in this close to each other
in one layer only. When one side is
done turn them carefully to a glass
dish, and fill the halves with little
strawberry jam. When all the apples
are stewed in this way, allow the
syrup to simmer until it is quite
thick, and pour it over the apples