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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
TENCH COKE, FATHER OF THE
AMERICAN COTTON INDUSTRY

This is the anniversary of the birth
of Tenche Coke. an American politi-
clan and political economist, who was
born May 20, 1855. During the early
part of the Revolution he sided with
the Loyalists and when Howe evaca-
ated Philadelphia Coke was arrested
and later released on parole. SUISSE
quently he became WING and later
was named commissioner to the Fed
eral convention at Annapolis in 1876.
In 1890 he was named secretary OF
the Treasury and held other public
offices upntil 1872. He gained a LAST
ing name far himself in the history
of American industry because OF his
labor to introduce the cultivation Of
cotton ana the use Of the Arkwrigf1t
spinning machine. He was the au-
thor OF several important economic
works, Hesdied in Philadelphia, July
IT, 1924
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
BROWN BREAD.

A delicate dish for the invalid
tray 10 corn friend in California style.
Ont the kernels from the cob, scrap
ing as cut. SO that it will be milky
but not cutting too closely to the cob.
Have q sheet iron frying pan piping
hot. with g. little salt sprinkled in 1T.
and left just long enough to brown.
Put the corn into the pan, pressing
the kernels with spoon so as to ex-
tract the milk In just e. moment
Il win begin to brown in its own
Juice Keep stirring. and when well
brpwned add water, q tablespoonful
1T a time. pressing with spoon until
thecorn begins to stick. Then add
another spoonful until two ana a half
have been added for each ear OF
corn used. This makes the delici-
oug gravy. Keep stirring all the
time the corn is cooking, as 1t
scorches easfIy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
LAURA JEAN LIBBY'S DAILY TALKS ON
HEART TOPICS
copyrighted Newspapers Syndicate

mans presence, or absence. Cupid is
sure to bring them together. This lit
tie god recognizes no heart affair
which does not end in marriage. It
Is not every girls lot to meet with
fortune, rise from poverty to wealth.
Such cases are the exception instead
of the rule. If one gains the affection
LOT a true heart, even amidst poverty,
they can work together cheerfu1ly to
the goal of success. Contentment the
hunb1est light may kind1e love.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
OVERWHELMING
MEDDLESOATE FTBBERs.

Earl writes: 'sI don't know when T
was so chagrined, as when I, girl
Of 10, walking along the street, heard
a loud talking man, a stranger, who
hurried by, saying untruths about my
elder brother, who is q successful
preacher. He told mamma and I he
was puzzled as to who wrote him, dis
couragingly sometimes; again that he
ought to marry on his salary, etc.
Please make these disheartenings
clear" s.
Let every person take care how he
speaks, and writes of honest people
IT is anything but right, to set down at
a venture, the first thing that comes
uppernost in selfish, medd1esome
mind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
SPOON BREAD.

scald half q cupfu1 of cornmeal
with three-quarters of a pint OF boil
ing water. and two well beaten eggs,
half teaspoonful of salt. half a
tsaspoonful OF baking soda dissolved
in one cupful and half of sour milk
and one tablespoonful Of melted but
ter.
dish and bake in a moderate oven
until ready. Serve with a spoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
Our Modern Factory Spoon.

For our modern factory made spoon
the stock is first rolled and cross rolled
to get the graded thickness that is
needed. The spoon outline is then OBJ
tanned by means Of cutting out dies.
The blanks thus formed are struck up
by another set of dies, which orna-
ment the front and back and even
bend the spoon into its proper shape, at
the same time stamping the required
sterling and the makers mark. If q
spoon is made by this latest of proc
esses the sterling mark can be found
raised on the surface instead Of in
cised, as was the case when the mark
ing was done separately.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
GIRLS WILL MAKE GOOD WIVES.

@. p writes: mo p1easanter life
COMPANIONS a, young man wants than
my. girls Of Is and 20 are. I don't
want to get rid of them in q hurry.
They place big armchair by fire for
me. Get. aunty's footstool; hunt
grandma's specs. If we thank, they
say: Don't mention it" Lest they tire
of light home duties say to their
ma; let them go out nights They
will come home at ten, or SO, saying
goodnight to desirable beau, at
the door, Should we check full-of-
fun girls?"
If you look after young girls. and
grant them proper pleasure they
ought not to abuse your confidence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
ifg it fell to mite.
(Which it did.
The end.
selIing a Pair of Shoes.

Selling q Pair of Shoes.
spent couple Of hours the other
day in a shoe factory.
"These," said the head Of the firm,
pointing to a dainty pair of boots, 1--WE
sell wholesale at $10.'
what does the customer pay for
them In store2' inquired.
Sometimes not less than S20," he re-
piled.
So it appears to cost as much to sell
a shoe as to make a shoe.
The farmer who raised the calf that
yielded the skin, the butcher who re-
moved the hide, the tanner who convert
ed it into leather, the railroad which
hauled it 1000 miles and the factory
which carefully made the leather into
a shoe, together split flfty-fifty with the
exclusive shop which retails it to your
wife.-Girard In Philadelphia Ledger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
PEANUT COOKIES.

Quarter cup butter (scant), half
cup sugar, one egg beaten without
sspaSating white and YORK. two table,
spoons milk. one cup -four, two level
tablespoons baking powder. three
butter. gradually beat in the sugar,
egg milk. and -four sifted with the
baking powder. Reserve two dozen
whole pieces OF nut ana chop the rest
1ps. Add the chopped nuts to the
mixture Drop on buttered tin,
. teasDoonfu1 In q place, set whola
p1ecs Of mt above: bake In 4 mode
rate oven The recipe makes two dog
On small cookies Other nuts may be
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
TAPInGn UMIY.

One-fourth CUP of Pearl tapioca.
one pint sof cold water: one-half tea
spoon of salt, one tablespoon Of lem
on Juice. one heaping tablespoon of
sugar. Put tapioca, water and salt
into double boiler and cook until
dissolved; then add lemon juice and
sugar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
w.
( CORNER FOR COOKS J
EGG NESTS.

season with salt. Toast four slices
of bread; dip quickly in hot water
nd spread lightly with butter. Put
the whites on toast in shape of little
nests. place a yoke in centre of each
and bake three or four minutes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

It is suspected that the boy who
used to raid S1e gardens of the neigh
bodhood will be found this fall con-
cea1ing himself in his own garden on
cool night with his sling shot loaded
for bar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Correct namc and address must bG
given to insure attention, not to print
Use ink Write short letters, only OH
one side of paper. Address Miss LIB.
hey, e16 President Street, Brooklyn
N. w
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
PMANUT nUTTER HTsCUTT

One quart sifted Hour, one level
teaspoonful baking powder, two
rounding tablespoons shortening, one
and ors-ha1f cups milk, or milk and
water onea egg and quarter .cup
sugar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

White satin is too dainty for ordi-
nary wear but it makes a swagger
suit for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. A Russian
blouse cut 80 that hip plafts fall over
those of the skirt is the idea, not to
mention the striped satin used for coll
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22
RAW BEnF sANDwICHEs.F

Scrape fine N small piece of Juicy,
fresh. tender raw beef. season well
with salt and pepper and place be-
tween slices Of hot, cr1spy toast.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

FLOWER AND vEGET aHt.E
SEEDS
JOHN ..ECK - SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

FLOWER AND vHGmABdB
SEEDS
yeHN REHK d eaH
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22


These Hsne Dfessmaking articles prepared espt ~
Yor this Newspaper from the latest styles by The
kisterM ReFieW.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

"Kindness has resistless charms.
AL things else but weekly, move.
Fiercest anger, it disarms,
And clips the wings of flying love-"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

tn simplicity and its charm make
lhis coat idsai Tor spring and summer
wear. Nothing Is smarter tor its
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

~AHE cavalcade was well out into
the wilderness east of the Mis-
sissippi on that afternoon Of
4 Oct In the year 1909 Stnn-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-12-18
THE BONNERS FERRY HERALD
G. w. KING. Editor.
Established In 1891.

Published every Tuesday at Boomers
Ferry, Idaho. in the interests of the
Kootenai Valley of Idaho. Entered as
second class matter, January 1, 1906.
at the postoffice at Boomers Ferry,
Idaho. under the Act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
Subscription rates, $3.50 per year If
paid in advance; $500 otherwise; Can
ada and foreign countries, $500 yearly
In advance
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-12-18
STEAMER CRESCENT

y LII AHI6It OI08F0O1IIN
Leaves dock for Copeland and Porthill
and all points on Kootenai river at
915 a. m. on Monday and Thursday
of each week.
Leaves dock for Boomers Ferry at z 80
a. m. ON Tuesday and Friday of each
week.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-12-18
Boundary County
Idaho

is the extreme northern county of
Idaho. It's principal resources are ag-
riculture, dairying and stock raising,
mining, timber. The county includes
a large portion of the Kootenai Val
ley, the most fertile district of the
world. Cutover lands may be pur-
chased on long time contracts at from
$40 to $25 per acre. Bottom and mead
ow lands sell for from SO to $50 per
acre. There are many hundreds of
acres of agricultural land in Boundary
county which will make fine homes for
the energetic farmer. Millions of feet
of timber remain uncut and the rivers
and creeks may be easily harnessed to
give thousands of horsepower. Raw
material in quantities to last 100 years,
for paper pulp, may be found in the
county and this timber is easy of ac-
cess. The mining industry is yet in
its infancy. Sufficient capital would
put only one of a dozen mines on a
dividend-paying basis. The climate is
ideal, the rainfall all that is needed.
No irrigation in this district. Good
roads, good schools. Plenty of trans
portation facilities.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-12-18
Bonners Ferry
Idaho

is the county seat of Boundary county
and is located on two transcontinenal
railways, the Great Northern and Spo-
kane International Boomers Ferry is
the head of navigation on the Koote-
mai river. 1t is the terminal of the
Kootenai Valley railway, which runs
to Foothill, close to the Canadian boun-
dairy line.
Boomers Ferry has three fine, mod
ern school buildings and an efficient
corps of teachers. Seven religious de-
nominations are represented and near
ly all of the best lodges have organi-
cations. The city is we'll supplied with
all kinds of business houses which car
ry large stocks of merchandise
The citizens of Boundary county
and Boners Ferry are energetic and
wide-awake and are willing and anx-
ious to encourage the coming of new
settlers in the county.
The Kootenai Valley Commercial
Club is a live organization and if any
reader of the Herald desires full par.
ticulars concerning the town or coun-
ty, write A. j. Kent, secretary of the
commercial club.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-04-07

lapsed on the low shore, like house OF
cards upon which has been laid the
weight of a massive hand. The river
section, carrying the greater load al
the top and torn from its base, plunged
like an avalanche of steel, 200 feet
down into the river, throwing far
ahead Of it, as from giant catapult
the traveller on the outward end of the
suspended span and locomotive or
the floor beneath.
Wilchings, and the few men safe on
the shore, stood trembling, looking al
the bare pier head, at the awful tan.
gled mass Of wreckage on the shore
between the pier and the bank; floor
beam and stringer, girder and strut
bent, twisted, broken in ragged and
horrible ruin, while the water, deeper
than the chasm 1t had cut, rolled its
waves smoothly over the agitations OF
the great plunge beyond the pier. They
stared sick and faint at the tangled
interviewer mass Of steel, ribboning in
every direction-for in the main the
rivets held so it was not any defect
of joints, but structural weakness in
the body Of the members that had
brought 1t down-and inclOsing as In
a net many bodies that a few seconds
before had been living men.
They had seen body after body hurled
through the air from the outward end
and, as they gazed fearfully in horror
here and there dark figures floated to
the surface Of the water. They caught
glimpses Of white, dead faces as the
mighty current rolled them under and
swept them on. And no sound came
from the hundred and fifty who had
gone down with the bridge. The 200
foot fall would have killed them with
out the smashing and battering and
crashing of the great Orders that had
fallen upon them or driven them from
the floor and hurled them, crushed and
broken, into the river.
Meade had been right. Abbott had
one swift flash of acknowledgment one
swift moment packed with such re-
grets as might fill lifetime-an eter-
nifty in a hell Of remOrse-before he,
like the rest, had gone down with the
bridget
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-04-07

much valuable time, for he had not
passed so busy a day as that one since
the bridge began. Everything was ex-
actly as it had been. Those hair-line
cracks had troubled him little despite
Wilching's remark. He studied them a
second time. They were just as they
had been, so far as he could tell, no
larger, no more numerous. The lacings
rang exactly the same under his ham,
mer.
He climbed back to the floor Of the
bridge and spent the next half hour In
specting the progress Of the work. The
suspended span had already been
pushed out far beyond the end Of the
cantilever. The work on the other
side Of the river had been stopped. As
soon as they got the suspended span
halfway over they would transfer the
workmen and finish the opposite canti-
lever. Abbott calculated that perhaps
in another week they could get It out
II he drove the men. He looked ut his
watch, grudgingly observing that It
was almost five o'clock. The men were
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-04-07
Meade. The father had told him

| what he intended to do with it.
Shurtliff might have been a great
man If left to himself or forced to act
for himself. But pursuing great pas
sion so long as he had, he had merged
himself in the more aggressive person.
| atty of his employer and friend. He
had received good engineering edu-
cation, but had got into trouble over
failure, a rather bad mistake in his
early career, too big to be rectified, to
be forgiven, or condoned. The older
Meade had taken him up, had been
kind to him, had offered to try to put
him on his feet again, but his big fail
ure had increased his natural timidity,
so he stayed on. He had become
part of the old mans life.
Young Meade had never been able
to get very far into the personality of
Shurtliff, but he liked him and respect
ed him. He realized the mans devO-
ton to his father and he understood
and admired him. Aside from that
jealousy the old man could not but like
the young one. He was too like his
father for Shurtliff to dislike him. The
secretary wished him we'll; he wanted
to see him great engineer. OF course
he could never be the engineer that
his father was. That would not be in
the power of man. But STILL even If
he never attained that height, he could
yet rise very high. Shurtliff would not
admit that there was anything on earth
to equal Meade, Sr.
The secretary was greatly surprised
as he stopped beside his own desk to
hear his name called from the inner
| office. He recognized his employers
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-04-07

voice, of course, yet there was a
strange note in it which somehow gave
him sense of uneasiness. He went
into the room at once and stopped
aghast.
"Good God, Mr.. Meadew he ex-
claimed.
Ordinarily he was the quietest and
most undemonstrative of men. There
was something soft and subtle about
| his movements. An exclamation of
that kind had hardly escaped him in
the thirty years of their association.
He checked himself instantly, but
Meade, ST., understood. The day be-
fore Shurtliff had left him hale,
hearty, vigorous somewhat rudy man.
Now he found him old, white, trem-
bling, stricken. Meade looked ut Shurt-
lift with lack-luster eye and with q
face that was dead while it was yet
alive.
'Mr. Meade" began the secretary
second time, what is the matter?"
"The International bridge" an
swered the other, and the secretary no
ticed the strangeness of his voice more
and more. ''It's about to collapse. Per-
haps it has failed already"
Meade passed his hand over his
brow and then brought it down heavily
on the desk.
"As we sit here, maybe, it is falling"
he added somberly in a sort of dull,
impersonal way.
Into the mind of the secretary came
foolish old line: London bridge is
falling down, falling DOWN. He must
be mad or Meade must be mad.
II can't believe it, sir. Why?'
There's q DETECTION in one of the
lower chord members of one and three
quarters inches. It's bound to coll
lapse. The boy was right, Shurtliff,''
explained Meade. Il was wrong. I
am ruined"
''Don't say that, sir. You have never
failed in anything. There must be-
some means"
'Shurtliff, you ought to know there
is no power on earth could save that
member. It's only question of time
when It Will fail.
The secretary leaned back against
the doorjamb, put his hand over his
face, and shook like a leaf. The old
man eyed him.
'Don't take it so hard" he said. Its
not your fault, you know"
"Mr. Meade" burst out the other
man, 'you don't know what it means
to me- A failure myself, have glo-
ried in you. You have been every
thing to me, sir. I can't stand it."
81 know" said Meade kindly. He
rose and walked over to the man, laid
his hand on his shoulder, took his
other hand in his own. "It hurts more.
perhaps, to lose your confidence in me
than it would to lose the confidence Of
the world"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-04-07

men and bridge. The workmen a
least had no suspicious or premonitions
Of disaster.
Wilchings, the chief erecting fore
man, knew about the Gambler. It hat
not bothered him. AS he approached
the two exchanged greetings.
you're out early, Mr.. Abbott" said
Wilchings.
Eyes, I've been down to examine
C-1O-R."
Wilchings laughed.
''That little spring is nothing" He
looked over the track and through the
maze of bracing at the member. "It
we had a pier somewhere we could
hold up the earth with that strut. You
didn't find out anything, did your
"Not thing except some hair-line
cracks in the paint around the rivets. u
you'll often find those where there's
heavy load to take up. This bridge
will stand long after you and I and
every man on it has quit work for
good"
ANOW WINNINGS was a lhdA VA CAPCAA-
ence and ability, and If Abbott had
needed any confirmation of his opinion
this careless expression would have
served. He did send him across the
river, to examine the half-completed
cantilever on the other bank, upon
which work had been suspended, await
ing shipments of steel. Wilchings later
reported that it was all right, which
was what he expected, Of course, and
this also added to Abbott's confidence.
The day was an unusually hard one.
A great quantity of structural steel
that had been delayed and which had
threatened to hold up the work, arrived
that day and the chief of construction
was buster than he had ever been. He
was driving the men with furious
energy. Even under the best conditions
1t would be well-nigh impossible to
complete the bridge on time. Abbott
had pride in carrying out the contract
and the financial question was a con-
siderable one. Had it not been for
that, perhaps, he would have paid more
attention to Meade's appeal. So he
hurried on the work at top speed.
Late in the afternoon, without say
ing anything to Wilchings, who had re-
s,lmed his regular work, or to anybody
in fact, Abbott went down to look at
the member again. He climbed down
a hundred feet or more to make an
other examination at the expense Of