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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11

and cuffs are of white organdie with
narrow Val frills whipped on by hand.
In this little coat the fullness is at
tached to a yoke by rows of cording
and pockets, set at either side of the
full section, are corded and gathered
to match. Pockets are everywhere in
childish costume. No little frock or
coat seems complete without them, or
at least one of them. Even the dane
ing school dress has its pocket-and.
where could a pocket more sensibly be
placed? If you were ever a little girl
and went to dancing school and ex-
perienced agonies of embarrassmen t
over what to do with your pocket
handkerchief (Which was forever
dropping and being picked up by
some little boy who evidently hated
to do it,, you appreciate the ,adyan-
tage of the dancing school dress plus
"a. pocket.
Worsted Fringe And Chenille EN-
brOtdery On Net.
It was French frock, of course
who but a Paris couturier would think
of embellishing Miss Five-year-old,s
party frock with chenille and wool
fringe? But it was undoubtedly the
smartest little frock at a birthday
party in Manhattan the other after
noon. The very short skirt of white
net had an embroidered garland of
shaded pink roses, done with chenille
threads; and over the short-sleeved
bebe waist of gathered net, was the
quaintest little hchu, also of net, bord-
cred all around with pink worsted
fringe and having long tab-ends that
tied at the back. falling far down on
the skirt. White short-socks and pink
kid slippers accompanied this defect
able party frock of Paris persuasion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11

in the day, one slips into robe dim
terieur to greet the friend who is
arriving for a cup of tea and a chat
before dinner-and, of course. the
lovely negligee must be accompanied
by matching silk hose and slippers.
Then comes the dinner gown with
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11
CUT FLOWER STEMS UNDER
WATER.

~ UT flowers will last longer If the
stems are clipped under water.
~ This prevents air bubbles from
entering the stem and keeping
the water from rising within it. If
the stems are clipped under water the
water Immediately rises IA the stem:
and since water tries to rise to its
own level. cut the flower stems In q
deep bowl. freShlx sas~A
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~ TOCKINGS are quite as import
ant as shoes these days. The
~ least detail of dress is unable
to escape Fashions hypercritical
eye; even ones handkerchief must be
OF certain sort with a certain cos
tune; the wrong kind of brooch can
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11

another requirement in the way of
stockings and slippers. Milady's stock
ings fill a whole dresser drawer these
days, and it keeps somebody's fingers
busy caring for them. Tiny runs and
holes must be mended instantly lest
they grow worse and spoil an ex-
pensive stocking; and many of the
new shades require careful handling in
the laundering-and a silk stocking
faded off-shade is almost as disastrous
to the good looks of a gown as thread
used in sewing, faded off-shade. This
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-11

less incentive toward dieting ths
there used to be.
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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-07-18
CHAPTER v.


once more that long winding stretch
of mountain road lay empty under the
moonlight tp The long slope where
three months before he had ridden -
ind himself confronted with tie ad-
venture OF his life. John Stranee"e3
logged home#'ud IN his high >ae@eart
The mare. seeming her stable, broke
into quick trof rs they topped Tire
lohs rise. suddenly she ielf haha
ishteh upon her fclhs. She looked
ihq9irinslE around ana then stood pa
hentiy awaiting her Muster. s bidding.
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from Tie patIial abstraction 81 til" taS1
lew hours INTO aeSoiute and entire Tor
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voice OIL the tnila' ana 'Ae SOFT. I'4'as=
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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-05
THE BELDINc BANNER-Masazines Section

Alice Bookey Of Cannonsburg visit
ed Ray Macarthur Tuesday and We'd
nesday, and Tuesday attended the
Cleaner rally at Bedding.
Mrs. Chris. Wittenbach and chill
dren of Lowell spent Thanksgiving
with Fred Wittenbach's.
Mrs. Clint Green has returned from
her visit in Grand Rapids.
Visitors at the home Of Frank Lin
coin Thanksgiving were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferry Klock, Mr.. and Mrs. Othel
Nielsen and baby Of Grand Rapids,
f. Lincoln and Clara Lincoln of Beld-
ing.
been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Ellis,
returned to his home in Milan, Wash
ington, Friday morning.
The evangelistic meetings at the
church have begun and great interest
is manifested. We expect Brother
Bennett of Pennsylvania to be with
us. Be sure and come each night.
You will miss it If you fail to come.
You are cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob Luscombe, sons,
Merton and Howard, visited her peo-
pie, Mr.. and Mrs. Satterlee, who live
west Of Greenville, Thanksgiving day.
Several auto loads from Second
Oakfield church came over Sunday
evening to hear Rev. Ellis preach.
The school gave an entertainment
to commemorate Thanksgiving day
which was enjoyed very much by the
visitors who were present.
AL. Smith has returned from a
weeks visit at Flint, Lansing and
Grand Rapids.
Henry Swartzloff was in Grand
Rapids Thursday renewing old ac-
quaintances.
Msr. Ed. Bigler of McCords is Wis
ting relatives in this neighborhood
The hospital board of Belding are
going to have a chicken pie supper
December IL in the Holmes build
ing. AS the hospital is of as
much benefit to US as to the people
of Belding we think it would be fine
plan to show our appreciation by our
attendance. Chicken pies, apples pies,
fruit, vegetables, or any contribution
will be gratefully received. Let us
each one do our part. More than ten
from this neighborhood have been
cared for in the hospital this last
year and you may be the next to go,
so help as much as possible. While
the cost of hospital supplies have in
creased 100 per cent still the rates
remain the same as a year ago. We
must help make up this deficiency so
the sick may receive the attention
needed and be thankful you have the
health to do it.
Robert Luscombe of near Green
vile fell off his barn and broke his
leg in two places Monday morning.
He was compelled TO crawl half a
mile to secure help.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-05
Farm Drainage

The texture of a tile is like that of
common brick and will allow water
to flow readily through the walls, but
even were the walls water tight the
water could still find access to the
tile through the joints formed by the
abutting sections as rapidly as it can
be brought by ordinary soils requir-
ing drainage.
Measurements made of the rate Of
percolation through 2-inch Jefferson,
Wisconsin, tile showed a flow of 81
cubic feet per 100 feet of length in
"a hours, under a pressure of 23.5
inches, when surrounded by clear wa
ter only. When the same tile was
imbedded in fine clay loan, so that
the water had to percolate through
the soil, the discharge was reduced to
1852 cubic feet per "a hours and per
100 feet.
1t has sometimes been the custom
to use collars to slip over the joints
formed by the meeting of the Sec
tons of the tile, with the idea of bet
ter excluding the silt and of holding
a better alignment. The collars are
short sections of a size of the tile
large enough to slip over the joints
readily.
The use of collars is not advisable,
first, because when good tile are
properly laid they are not needed.
1t is seldom necessary to lower the
ground water more than four feet
below the surface and except in very
springy places a depth of three feet
will answer most purposes.
Since the level of the ground wa
Il
since many lands which are benefited
by drainage are only too wet during
the spring it may be best to lay the
bring the field into condition for
working in due season, and in such
cases tile placed 2.5 to 3 feet, rath-
er than 3.5 to a feet, will usually be
found sufficient for general farm
crops.
When tile is placed needlessly deep
not only is the cost greater but, in
all of these cases where there is an
underhow Of water from the higher
land, the level of the ground water is
drawn down earlier in the season to
such a depth that the crop will get
less advantage by the subirrigation
resulting from the capillary rise of
the underfiowing water into the root
zone.
There are three prime factors
which determine the distance between
tile drains. 1. The effective size of
soil grains and pore space Of the sub
soil through which the water must
move to reach the drain. II the SUBJ
soil has close fine texture the re-
sistance to the flow will be great. and
hence the water surface will rise fast
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-05
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Glnurrh aaA lsEs
Smt1dB School.

The wall being finished, the doors
set up, porters. singers and Levites
appointed. Nehemiah gave to his broth
er Hanani and to Hananiah, the ruler
Of the palace, charge over Jerusalem.
for they were faithful men and feared
God (7:1. y. These men did not
find their position an easy one, but
such men would find II more difficult
to rule In righteousness In any city on
earth today, for, while iniquity has al
ways abounded. our Lord Jesus taught
that when he shall come In glory at
the end Of this age II shall be as 1t
was In the days of Noah and Lot duke
p :26-30). From chapter 7:68. 81. II
would seem that about $4,000 had now
returned from captivity. and from til.
I conclude that meant the total of the
three companies who returned with
Zerubbabel, with Ezra and with Ne
hemiah, for as they were taken cap
tive In three deportations, so they re-
turned at three different times. If we
are right In believing that 1914 began
to end the times Of the gentiles. there
may be two or three great events ere
they finally close, but probably all
within comparatively few years.
Our lesson chapter tells of the peo-
pie gathered to hear the book Of the
law Of Moses, the law of God, read to
them by Ezra. the scribe. probably
with assistance from others seither In
reading or explaining or both. 1t was
n full weeks Bible conference at
which the book of the law of the Lord
their God was read to them one
fourth part of each day. and another
fourth part they confessed and wor-
SHIPPED the Lord their God (9:3).
The book of the law is the heart of
the lesson, and Ii Is mentioned eight
times in chapter and 9:1-3. There
Is nothing on earth to be compared
to the word of God, and, while they
had only part of what we call the
Bible, we have the complete book. and
the wonder Is that we can find time
for aught else, for there alone can we
learn to know God and his eternal
purpose In Christ. 1t is interesting TO
note that 1t was before the water gate
that the people gathered to drink the
living water Of the Word Of Life (S:1,
3. 16). for water represents the word
(Eph. 500; Ps. 1879.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-05
BEE CULTURE CLASSED
PROFITABLE BUSINESS

a
~ Harry Hydorn is we'll known by all
the businessmen of Bedding and other
cities and towns in this vicinity, be-
cause of his jovial disposition and in
cessant desire to be putting up joke
on someone. Harry is the represen-
tative of the Standard Oil company in
this section and makes his territory
about twice a month. He lives in the
western part of Grand Rapids and be-
tween trips on the road he raises bees.
In last weeks issue of the Michi-
gan Tradesman Harry responded to
some questions asked him about his
bee business. While filled with
humor, it is, after all, worth consid-
ering by beemen as partly reliable.
Here is what he says:
Raising bees is like raising any
thing else. There is big money in it
if you know how. If you don't there
viii be lot of grief.
"For instance, last year hornets
not into my hives and killed the work.
Hg bees. i have since learned how
to prevent this. All had to do was
to make the openings narrower. The
bees have guards at the entrance. If
that entrance is narrow enough the
guards can jump hornet and send
him to the happy hunting ground.
But if it is too wide, Mr.. Hornet gets
past them. 1t is good deal like a
game.
"And let me tell you something
else. The fellow who suggested
crossing bees with lightning bugs so
that they could work nights was a
fool. There is nothing to it. The
bees work both day and night, any
the honey. All night long they work
making wax. If they were gathering
honey all the time there would be no
place to put it."
"The BEES" continued Harry, ''have
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-05
F A r M A NJ D
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the most wonderful organization, out
side of Tammany Hall, in the world
Take a new swarm Of bees, for in
stance. There are several queens.
The strongest queen goes on a jour-
ney of investigation during which she
mates. While she is gone, every thing
remains in status quo in the hive. If
after a reasonable time, she does not
return, the next strongest queen es-
says a flight. But if she overcomes
all the dangers Of the great world
without, meets a congenial bee, and
mates with him, she returns at once
to the hive, kills all the rest of the
queens, and puts up the sign Bust
ness as usual Then she goes to boss
ing the job, and laying the eggs, and
the working bees get busy-and the
amount of honey which they make de-
ponds upon the ability of that queen.
An able and brainy queen bee will get
two or three times as much work out
of her subjects as an ordinary !. w.
w. queen"
"Why is it," asked the Trades
man, "that dead bees are never found
in honey?"
"That is the result of the efficiency
of the bee SYSTEM" was the reply.
"The average life of working bee
is sixty days and, believe me, if they
have an efficient boss, they work all
the time. When they die the other
bees drag them out of the hive and
continue the work just as if nothing
had happened. In the meantime, the
queen is busy when not bossing the
job laying eggs. She only needs to
mate once. When other queens are
Matched and grow and the hive is too
full of bees, they swarm. Often they
swarm when they are really needed
on the job. This can be prevented by
a good bee man by destroying the
queen bee eggs. This is easily done.
They are larger than the regular bee
eggs, and irregular in formation. One
cannot miss them.
"And talking of blooded stock!
You hear of bulls bringing fancy
prices. Well, bee stock is among
those also present. A good queen
been is often sold for two dollars.
Fancy ones bring So"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-05
R Y
SULTING DEPARTMENT
Keeping Geese for Profit

Keeping Geese for Profit
Under favorable conditions, no class
& poultry is more profitable than
gees. No domestic fowl can be rails
ed with less work or smaller expense,
which can compare with them in size
or market value.
= We have raised geese for a number
Of years. Some years we raised as
high as 240. We raise the Toulouse
and Embden, but will not say these
are better than others in every way,
but they are larger than some others.
Embden goslings are usually consid-
cred difficult to raise. But Embden
geese are very large and beautiful
and the feathers being white, bring
the highest market price.
Both the brown and the white Chi
nese geese are profitable and are
without exception the best layers of
all. A neighbor kept these two var
ieties of geese some years ago. They
are very beautiful and yield the fin
est quality of feathers. We want to
try the Wild Canadian crossed with
the Toulouse. When crossed with
other geese, such as the Toulouse or
Embden, they are said to be easier to
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-05

Good shelter is essential in winter
the same as for all other kinds OF
poultry. We know some people who
contend that geese need no protec-
ton, even in the coolest part Of the
winter. But we have learned, by ex-
perience, that geese appreciate shell
ter when once they have become ac-
customed to it. After being driven
to shelter q few times, they soon
learn to 60 Of their own accord.
Geese must not be housed with 9TH
err poultry. They need a house or
shed to themselves. One that is dry
and will keep out the wind and snow,
with plenty Of straw or clean litter
for bedding.
See that the geese have clean wa
ter to drink at all times. When they
have access to a creek or pond Of
course that will be all that is neces-
sary, at least in summer. But it is
not always advisable to let the geese
or goslings have free range and we
have large yards fenced around the
houses so that they can be confined
when it is necessary. Besides these
yaros we have young apple orchard
properly fenced for a good pasture.
Young geese are fond of running
away, when given free range.
We do not think it pays to bother
with the eggs of the young, or year
ling geese, for Matching. If they
hatch at all, the goslings are small
and weak, as rule. Large chicken
hens are best to hatch goose eggsl We
begin setting the eggs in March and
continue until about the last of June.
There is nothing to be gained by
setting the first lot of eggs laid, be-
cause they are usually chilled in the
nest, and besides it does not pay to
hatch out lot of little young geese
before the weather is warm enough
for the grass to grow. They must
have plenty of tender grass.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-05
ASHLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hall drove to
Fenwick to spend tn eday with j. w.
Barber, who has been seriously i'll for
sixteen weeks and is very low at this
writing.
The trustees have had new gaso-
line lighting plant installed in the
church. They give a brilliant light
and are a much needed Improvement.
Harvey McKiddie was visitor last
week at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert McKiddie, returning
to his position as assistant manager
of the Press Publishing company at
Albion on Friday. Mr.. McKiddie has
been seriously i'll with pneumonia at
the hospital in Albion for some time,
but because of his mothers critical
illness at the same time his parents
were not notified of his condition until
he recovered. Mrs. McKiddie wishes
to express her thanks to the many
friends for flowers and kindness
shown her while she was i'll.
Mrs. Anna Moon of Belding spent
the weekend with her sister, Mrs. S.
M. Brown, and Harold Brown and
family ate Sunday dinner with them,
returning to their home in Bedding
Sunday evening.
MIS-. Al, Oeraruy is no DeJIer AT
this writing and is in a weakened con-
dition. TRANSMISSION of blood was re-
sorted TO last week in an attempt to
relieve the aenemia from which she
was suffering. Her daughter of
Grand Rapids furnished the blood us
ed. DR.. Vandenburg of Grand Rap
ids was the physician.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Cowles and
Miss Hazel Osmer visited at John Nc
Naughton's Wednesday and the men
hunted rabbits in the afternoon.
Frank Wood returned from his
hunting trip up north last Saturday
and brought back a big deer.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Duga with their
father, mother and nephew of Grand
Rapids spent Thanksgiving with HI.
Lawrence and family.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-12-05

raise than other geese. However, we
have not found either of above hard
to raise. A good deal depends upon
having good, healthy, well-matured
stock to begin with; and a good deal
depends, also, upon the care of the
old and young.
During the winter, when pasture is
not very plentiful, geese require some
sort of roughage, such as clover, al
falfa or corn silage. Grain is, of
course, necessary also. We feed
plenty of whole corn when the wealth
err is cold and when it is less severe,
a ration of chopped turnips or beets
with some corn meal and bran, twice
day. has given good results. We
sometimes use equal quantities of oat
vegetables are fed raw.
A little salt and some pulverized
charcoal are added several times a
week, to the dry mash.
Don't forget that geese require grit
to grind their feed. Sharp, coarse
sand and cinders are eaten by these
fowls. They will not thrive for any
length of time without grit.
We have known instances where
half-grown goslings became so weak
that they could scarcely walk, because
no sand had been provided for a few
days. When a supply of coarse, sharp
sand was again placed where they
could help themselves they ate of it
ravenously and gradually recovered.
Lack of sand will cause the same
trouble with ducks.