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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-07

successful vacant lot gardening efforts
that Paris inaugurated a similar
movement in 1899. Great railroads
set the scheme in operation along the
lines of various of their systems, and
100 villages, towns and cities took it
up. So important were the results
that in 1904 a congress of cultivators
of working mems gardens was held
in Paris, attended by 700 delegates.
At that congress one Frenchwoman
stood up and said:
mot from the vegetables alone
! which the garden yielded all summer,
or the good times the children and
had in the. open air, but in glasses
of beer and absinthe, which my hus-
band has not taken have we had un-
told benefit
On the conclusion of her speech
man said: Quite right. mother. No
one can tell the evil we men don't
commit while we are busy in our lit
| tie gardens
Newark, New Jersey, has made a
success of its back yard and vacant lot
gardens under the auspices of the
Newark Yard and Lot Improvement
Committee. Last year approximately
one thousand lots were assigned to
people all stations of life, showing
how widely acceptable and adaptable
such work is, for the call of the garden
is heard by every class: and onee
| heard is never forgotten.
The leading crop report of last sea-
sons work in Newark was from a
man who spent 226 hours. his spare
time only in cultivating the III of
an acre adjoining his home. He grew
$50 worth of vegetables of eighteen
varieties and won the committees
prize of $50 for his bumper crop. -
Clcveland's Successful Work
The Home Gardening Association
of Cleveland, Ohio, has been a pop
u1ar movement in the city on the lake
for many years, and its fame in this
respect has gone abroad; for other
cities in every part of the Union have
inquired of Cleveland concerning it's
successful methods of inducing thou
sands of its citizens to make tn most
: of their city lots and gardens eYz5
Cleveland has been prominent in its
school garden work, believing that .te
allow child to grow up without
planting a seed or rearing plant is
crime against Asociety. and our
armies of tramps and hordes of hood
lums are among the just fruits of our
!. educational system that Sights this
most important matter
The school authorities of Richmond,
Indiana, have made a careful study
of the possibilities Of home garden
ing directed by the public schools in
, the city. Special attention has been
: given to the possible economic results
5 as well as to educative values. The
report of this study has just been is
{ sued as bulletin by the United States
: Bureau of Education. 1t contain
much of value in. its advice to the
= city farmer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-07

forthcoming; nor if it comes to that
desired.
There is no glamour, nothing spec
tacular about draining swamps
against yellow jack and malaria. The
poet, whose chief excuse for existence
lies in his immortalizing magnificent
deeds, can get no thrill, no inspiration
out of that kind of deed. The stake,
the drum beat. the clarion note by
which men march gloriously to death,
engender the mighty and soul-stirring
line. But who ever can extract even
SO much as a sonnet out of death
from an experimental mosquito bite.
DR.. j. F. Donnelly.
And yet what heart should not
rightly be moved by such a diary
entry as this, by my friend Doctor
J. F. Donnel1y, who had volunteered
to fight typhus among the Serbian
soldiers, and died of that disease in
that service:
st have a small room with two 9TH
err doctors, no comforts whatever and
many rats; and I feel some vermin on
me. (The louise conveys from the sick
to the well the germ of typhus fever.)
The bed is hard and has not been
made UP since we got here. Today /
worked on the ground with Austrian
prisoners, digging holes for waste. 1t
is terrible to see young men dying like
flies. My first thoughts this morning
were of my wife and little son.
DR.. Howard T. Ricketta
Nor was tho brass band the multi
tude, the riderless led horse for Doc
tor Howard T. Ricketts,, who gave his
life for humanity and science while
investigating the tabardillo. which is
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-07

N travelling abroad, as one is car
} ried through the towns, villages
and fields of France and England,
the tourist notes with interest the
little gardens which have converted
long stretches of unused railroad lands
into narrow garden strips of potatoes.
cabbage and other vegetables and
flowers; and at evening it is quite a
usual sight to see man with his wife
and children all out on the railroad
plot filling his bit of garden.
The. American traveller is apt to
comment favorably Upon this, example
of foreign thrift, and to compare it
with the waste of a. similar oppor-
tunity in his own country, little reck-
ing that the idea of granting the un-
used lands of country to its garden
les citizens came from the United
States. s-
II there is one man who knows
more than another in the Government
service about the use of the waste
places of the city and. the country for
municipal and school gardens that
man Us Professor L. G. Corbett, in
charge of Horticultural and Pomo-
logical Investigations of the United
States Department of Agriculture. It
was Professor Corbett who was au-
thor OF the first Department bulletin
ON school gardens, which was the first
Government move toward the real
establishment of vacant-lot and school
gardens. lla
In recent talk with DIR. Corbett
upon the subject of the conversion of
vacant city lots and other unused lands
into gardens for the people he men
toned the city of Detroit as being the
first to use its waste land for the
benefit of its needy citizens.
1T was as far back as 1894 that
Mayor Pingree's Potato Patches were
held up to the attention of the world
at large as practical means of al
leviating the need at time of great
financial depression" said DR.. Corbett.
MANY cities took up the plan after
that, and it has gone on quietly year
I, after year since then, doing an adj
mirab1e work for the people of the
large towns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-07
A Brief Account Of Few Of the Many Heroic Men
Of Science Who Have Gone To Their Death
THROUGH Their Desire To- Aid Mankind.
Copyright, 1917. by The International Syndicate.


although experiments on animals by
doctors are never made for any other
purpose than the good of humankind,
It is unjust to call the scientists cold
blooded; for the very simple reason
that the consistent aim of all science
is the benefit and the betterment of
the human race.
Another reason. it may be, why the
heroisms and the martyrdoms of
science, of medical science anyway.
are comparatively unknown, is that
they are oftentimes achieved, often
times endured, in scenes and circum-
stances repellant to the average mind.
They have so much to do with loath-
some diseases, do those heroic deeds
OF doctors and nurses and hospital as
sistants! Certainly there are many
people who do not find things asso-
ciated with cancer and leprosy and
fieas and rats. nice to read or hear
about. Such matters do not make
pretty or attractive newspaper head
lines. For such work few medals are
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-07

made sixty bushels and over. This
yield of potatoes alone nearly doubled
in value the proceeds from all vege-
tables raised during the preceding
year. A low estimate made of the
seasons crop of vegetables raised on
the vacant city lots was given as $780,
600, which was realized by the Gull
t1Vators, while the committees ex-
penditure was $1,000.
P1ngree's Potato Patches having
passed through the phase of ridicule,
to which the plan was at first sub
jected, were taken up by other cities,
and all have continued their adoption
with increasing results. Among other
cities which adopted the Detroit plan
were Boston, Buffalo, Omaha and
Minneapolis.
The City of Philadelphia has fol-
lowed a continuously extending plan
of vacant lot gardening since 1897,
and during that time but two superin-
tendents have had the work in charge,
both enthusiastic believers in this
mode of helping their fellow citizens.
The work in Philadelphia was begun
| under the supervision of Mr.. R. F.
Powell, when hundred families were
each provided with a lot about a. quar-
| ter of an acre in size. From these lit
| tie farms the produce returns were
valued at slightly over $4,000, or
about $50 per garden, and the COM
mittee had the satisfaction of knowing
that each dollar invested had yielded
four dollars in the hands of the Gull
| tivators.
Philadelphia's Splendid Association.
The moral and educational effect
committee to put the work on a more
permanent basis by applying for q
charter of incorporation. The result
was the Philadelphia Vacant Lot AS
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-07

- HERE have been throughout
II history many splendid and in
teresting stories of martyrdom.
- But the narration of such
heroisms among men o. science has
been and Is comparatively rare. Yet
science in general, and certainly med
ica1 science and the sciences related
to medicine, have furnished fully as
many altruists. very probably more. IL
the truth were known, than any other
phase of human endeavor. Perhaps
wa do not hear more of medicsl
mArtyrdoms because in science heroic
deeds are considered to be all in the
days work. Possibly we hear so lit
tie of medical heroisms because that
kind Of thing is not expected of
science. That word science (the
meaning of which is simply know
ing" knowledge) : denotes to many
people something frigid, hard, emo
tionless. If you will believe all you
read, scientists are constantly tortur-
ing lesser creatures than the human:
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-07

IN travelling abroad, as one is car
ried through the towns, villages
and fields of France and England,
the tourist notes with interest the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
instead Of Dosing Delicate Little stefn'
aehs They Recommend the External
Treatment - Vap.O.Rub.

Mrs. NJ. !. Porter, and Mrs. j.
Jacques, OF Bolivar, Mo-. and Mrs. NJ. y.
Ferret, on Rural Route No. 2, Ike al
intelligent mothers. believe internal
medicines arc bad for children, u
yet cold troubles must have some KIM
Of treatment. When vick's Vap-O-RuD
was introduced here from tho South
last season these ladies found It iillea
the need exactly. Vap-ORub ~
o saiye. which. when applied to- the
warmth Of thu tody, Ia vupcrlzed by
the body heat. These vapors. inhaled
with each breath, carry the medication
through tho Dir passages TO the lungs,
and, IN addition. vick's 10 absort9d
through the skin. relieving the ass
'..ss and soreness. :;his two iold
acti0n makes varO.Rub useful Tor
wide variety Of infammations--from
snnammationS OF The air passages ana
una. such - had colds, catAffh.
ultimate troubles, bronc1itle ana
ioer chest cold6-6oNn n inn11mAr
$500 u ~ set3A ~ llooDoA 80 -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18

tn club. located on the banks Of the
"cut" il tie heart of the Lake Poy2nn
marshes. the most famous w~il1-foWIInS
region IN the United States.
An ardent sportsman, IIaertl was
glad Of the opportunity to transform
his fayorltc pastime into the business
of living, Hunters who make tying
trilts of one or two days duration to
the duck grounds do mot experience
the utter sense Of loneliness and ts.~
lation which comes with a day in and
day out existence In such a manner,
To communicate with the outer
world. young lIaertl was obliged to
paddle several miles 10 the nearest
farmhouse and telephone. Often, of
course, he came in contact with hunt
in- ana fishing parties, but these were
mere t~iecting giimpses, and for The
most part the sensation is u OF soil
iude.
As the "simplo life" and "hack-to-
nature" experiment, iIn"rtlS marsh
land home was q success. He retired
early. usually about 80, shortly attel
the evening flight: was up long be
fore daylight, bol'ed hot coffee anl
bread for breakfast. and ny the tim
the sun peeped over the top OF m
waving rice was enscon"ed IN suitan!'
covering and ready for m opcnin;
crack ut the ducks.
Strange rs il may seem to the VII
initiated, there was not the ilon"tou,
connected with this mode OF Twin
that one would expect, and when WI
bur left his floating abode for goo
it MAS with regret.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
INDIAN IN BROADWAY
Halt Starved Tramp shod in Mecca
sins Is Elevated 10 the
Movies"

Iva WAN was strolling, or rather.
Bringing up Broadway the other after
moon. writes a New York correspond
cnt Of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. He
had high cheek bones, black hair Il
wore moccasins. He had no overcoat
aud the collar of his thin sack coat
was turned up about his neck and held
with a hand blue with cold. Three men
standing Mt the curb saw the man anu
noted his muccasined feet. "By
George snid one, there's a bit of
luck. Go after him, Tony, and tell
him to come over 80 the studio. He's
down on his luck and we need an In"
diam" Tony pursued the sliiverins
figure and told him about the chance
ut the studio. "Sure, I'll come said
the alleged redskin. Il look Ike one
hut my name Is Schwartz. A fellow
gave me these moccusins. and I'd be
willing to wear Il chiefs hat and Il rec
blanket if it would keep me warm.
And 50 another Indian went straight
to the "movies.'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
Anniyino PHYSICS in a Street Car.

One Of the fundamental theories You
were taught III your high school phys
les will save you q lot of trouble eS-
cry day If You apply ii,
Straphangers In the street cars iurch
forward when the car stops ana tach-
ward when It starts, It's announcement
especially II Il 2oo-pounder hits you.
Remember that place in the physics
tcXt~~''ro every action there Is Ill
opposite and equal reaction
Well. apply it. When the car stops
lean toward the rear. When II starts
lean toward the front.
You lnrcl because you're the opEo
| site reaction 10 the cars movement.
Simple and practicaL isn't itt
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18

far enough to make Il firm connection
Wit, the upper part on when the
house slides. \ heavy weight Is eiA-
ployed TO hold the house hard against
the roof. BY passing the cord around
the hook Of the weight exactly as
| shown and pulling il upward until 'hc
| weight is clear nf the ground. II can
! easily be held without slipping While
n more secure Knot can be tied. \
| hool; less wearin. to the cord and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
Bonus System in Japan.

The highest saiaricd man III Japan
not receive enough money i'll uhat
form to pay for gasoline used by MS
automobile, for salaries of the man
ger of business corporations are IN
significantly small, says the Japan
Times. Salaries, however. are not Inc
total Income of business men. Under
the Japanese custom there is a liberal
bonus system, and the bonus amounts
10 800 or 400 times the monthly salary
in some eases.
The Mitsui company Is regarded as
the biggest CORPORATION IN japan aho
their directors are noted Tor the'i
large incomes. Each director Is SAFE
to receive in the form Of n bonus
| about 100000 II year. although M
| salary may be only $3.50 II month.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love SINNERS Macaroni
and Spaghetti because of It's delicious
taste. 1t Is good for them and you
can give them all they want. 1t Is q
great builder OF bone and muscle, and
does not make them nerves. and irri'
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made IRON!
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ncr MFG. CO., Omaha. N2hr, for beau.
tjful cook book. 1t is sent free to
l4otherS.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
WOMAN IS DEAD OF RABIES
Young New York Matron suee"mos
six Weeks After Being Bitten
by a Dog.

brewster. n. y.--Just SIX weeks
from the day she was attacked ana
bitten. Mrs. Julia Pugsley Barrett,
age twenty-four, died Of rabies. \ Few
DAYS prior 10 her death she had bee'l
discharged after taking II course d
treatment for the dog bite In her ieit
arm in an institute In New YORK city
Shortly after leaving the Institution
hcr arm began to pain ana SVEN """
commissions set Ia.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
BILIOUS, HEADAcHY,
SICK 'CAscARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.

Get a 10-cent box.
Sick headache, b~iliousness. dizsi'
ness, coated tongue. foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food 10 the
bowels or sour. gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the In
testines. instead Of being east out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue II causes con-
gestion and that dull, thrObbing, SICK
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach. remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter AND
| poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. The!
work while you sleep-a l0-cent boz
from your druggist means your heat
clear, stomach sweet and your i've
and bowels regular for months. ADV
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
CARVING It Too Far.

Mr.. Curran and A!r. McstNnuS spent
their saturday half holiday in artistic
pursuits, Among the objects exam
lined was Il new public building. The
feature Of the building that Appealed
NOS, strongly fo Mr.. Cnrran Was an
Inscription cut into q huge stone.
"MDCCCNCNIiI." he read aloud.
''What does them letters name. itmf
That" replied the cultured NJ. Nc
aI4iu~. Stands for iS3S."
ooh Mr.. Curran replied. Then, aft
or Il thoughtful pause. he added:
Don't yez think. Tim, that they'r,
overloln' this spcliin' reform {" biz
New York Times,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
LAD LIVES ALONE
IN WILDERNESS
High School Graduate Enjoys Ex
pericnce as Houseboat Care.
taker for Hunting Club.

Scennh, Wis.-i.ivinc alone in the
midst Of u marshiand wilderness, skiG
and shotgun inanimate companions
and with only occasional weekend
visits 10 home and civilization, has
been III. experience of Wilbur Hnertl,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. +. a. Haerti Of
this city. who recently emerged from
his primitive existence.
Young Haertl. who is a graduate Of
the Neenah high school and is IN
rolled in a school Of engraving in
Chicago. douued the huntsInan's gart
several weeks ago aud since that time
has fulfilled the duties Of caretaker
Of the ltolSeAoat owned by the Buck
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18

and for this reason are relatively com-
plicated. especially II they are minih'
lures of elaborate buildings, as is often
the case. Like the sinsie-room houses,
they should be easy to inspect II
clean from top to bottom. and. II pos
siblr. should be made proof against
the English sparrow. a combination
of these essentials in Il plain house
has been worked out by the United
Stutes bureau OF biological survey AS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
Crecian Dolls.

As one might expect, the little Greek
Urls had beautiful dolls. They were
made of clay and wnx and decorated
with bright colors. They had beautiful
garments which could be put on ana
taken off at will. and some of them
were made to represent the gods ana
heroes SO much revered by the people
They were net stiff creatures, but hnd
movable limbs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
Sinotno Contests IN Norway.

some of She songs Of Norway cen
si~t ut hundreds uf tour.line verses,
which must surely be Il hard test t" vhe
Ae.lory Of the singers. Sometimes
two singers viii Aay" Il due, in >tlch
Il song, singing verse after verse alter
nAteIv. He whose memory, or III de-
fault Of memory, invention, fails nan
first Is loser.-from Norway, hy Nco
.lUn@lnan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
Here's a Tip About Hotel Guests


In the American Magazine Il writer
says:
Here's Il funny thing, by the way,
that I've noticed about hotel guests:
You have Il soiled towel In a room,
and the guest vii! probably complain.
But you can leave IL bucket of paint
and u paperhanger's scaffold in the
hallway. and compel the guest to
crawl under Il stepladder to, get to his
room, and he will put up with It
observation-disclosures he kiiowns you
are painting or papering by way of
making an Improvement, and he Is In
sympathy with that. 1t doesn't cost
much to make over Il carpet $" ina
Il bare spot in front Of the dresser
will be eliminated, hut such little de
tails are Il vast help in making
hotel prosper
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
ACTRESS TELLS r

A we'll known ~actress gives the follow.
ing ecipe for gray hair: To half pint Of
water add ! OF. Bay Rum, a small box o.
Barbo Compound, and i OF. of giycer!ne.
Any druggist can put this up or you cal:
mix 1t at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come IT.
each box Of Barho Compound. 1t viii.
gradually darkcn ~streaked. faded gray
hair, and make it soft and glossy. It will
not color the scalp. Is not sticky OF
greasy. and Goes not rub oil. Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
CUTiCURA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Remarkably Soft and
Ciear-Trial Free.

Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
toilet Soap, and assist it now and then
as needed by touches Of Cuticura Oint-
mcnt to soften, soothe and heal. Moth
ing better to make the complexion
clear. scalp free from dandruh and
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard C%uticura, Dept. l..
! Boston. Sold everywhere.-Ady.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
When Men FOUGHT Hand to Hand.

The most fonrsome of all the aacieh'
Russian weapons was the great hntt!t'
AZ. There were many different types
of these. hut all We're alike in having
%ouccrly shaped, broad blades, often Oh
hinge proportions and mounted on long
polos. The upper portion OF The hsaae
usually projected In Il fantastic chr''
above the haft. while the lower enc
bent toward the pole. to which it was
attached by Il flashing OF wire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18

by springs. the gates moving upward
TO close, and being kept down and
,,peu By pressure against the roof.
r.y mean of this device sparrnws may
be kept out Of the house until martins
are due to arrive. n If they get In
then the house is open, they can he
! rra,ped By suddenly lowering it. The
| pole shown here IL made from hard-
| wood boards put together with screws.
| The concrete base has Il care of two-
inch iron pipe which extends upward
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
WHY a Cold Cup "Sweats."

rut ice cream into Il cup and the cup
md the air around it Instantly be-
come cold. Air consists In part OF
ynpor and when the air is cooled this
amor turns into water. AS the en-
.cr of coldness II the cup, a good deal
If the air in the immediate vicinity
gathers on its outside In the shape of
water. But. rs the mir contains much
more heat than the cup contains cold.
The ice cream gradually mcltS.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-01-18
Train Ran Into Hotel.

Forest, O.--The Steel City express.
A fast Chicago to Pittsburgh passe'l'
ger train, recently plunged through q
deraiIei here In II binding snowst"rm
and ripped It's way into the Forest
hotel, The only persoi, hurt was the
mail clerk.