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The sun., 1917-12-04
EXPLOSIVES SEIZED
IN SINN FEM PLOT
Countess Merkievicz's Scouts
Reported Involved.

DuHIiN, Dec. 3-Ths Ercnin1 MajI
says the police have seized large guam
;ity of high explosives which were being
brought to Ireland from Scotland. 1t Is
stataed the explosives were found in n
portmanteau carried by two boys who
are described as being members OF the
Countess Georgina Markievicz's Boy
Scouts. who landed n Belfast from Scot
land Sunday morning
One report OF theseizure connects It
with the Sim FeIncrs. This report says
the boys landed from steamer from
Androssan, Scotland. and were shadow ed
by detectives to their dest ina tion, where
the portmanteau was examined. 1t con-
tained enough explosives. II In said, to
wreck most of the public buildings In
Dublin. II Is further asserted that one
hoy had dispatches inside his coat lin
ing.
An arrest has been made at Glasgow
In connection with the affair,
The Countess Marklevicz was a promi-
nent figure in this Dublin revolt In 1916.
She was sentenced TO death, hut the sen
tence was commuted to penal servitude
for life. Later she was released from
prison
Dutch CommissiOner Home Agai..
HRLpER, Holland, Sunday, Dec. a.
Joost van Voilenhoven. head Of the
Dutch Commission to the United states.
arrived here to-day aboard q Dutch
warship from the United otatsa
The sun., 1917-12-04
TEXT OF REPORTS.

LONDON. Dec. 1.-Oficial reports Of
to-day's Aghting follow:
British (night) )-From 0oumsNsu -
The sun., 1917-12-04

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NEW CREATlON-vDAY MILD.
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The sun., 1917-12-04
One More Russian Biow Possible.

With reference to the Russian army
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg gave to
the correspondent hts opinion that no
more military activity on a large scale
could be expected from II.
He thought II possible. however. adds
the correspondent. that some dsspot or
other like Grand Duke Nicholas might
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02

pany will furnish water for watering in the summer if it is needed. Some will probably be made for one of the men each night to act as watchman. It is proposed also to get those who have garden plots to meet occasionally for instructive talks on the subject. Already sixty two men have engaged plots.
 The splendid work being done Tn sDanbury with the encouragement oi the Danbury Chamber of Commerce through it's special agricultural com rnittee, includes the cooperation oi the Frank H. Lee Company. which has provided land on which differ ent groups of men from its factory are growing crops.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
DANBURY FIRM
 GIVES SEED AND GROUND TO PLANT
Large Rush to Secure, Gar den Plots and Fifty Acres
 Will Be Cultivated.

The Connecticut committee of food supply has received an outline of the plan under which the B. A. Mallory & Sons, Inc, of Danbury,1 big hat manufacturing corporation, operates it's plan of home garden cultivation for its employees. The company fur nishes the. use of land free and also gives without charge one bushel of seed potatoes and the necessary seed corn to each applicant The planter prepares the ground, furnishes the fertilizer and cultivates and harvests the crop, under the supervision of a Danbury Chamber of Commerce ex- , pert. The company has secured about l fifty acres of land. About 150 of the employees have filed application for land, agreeing to cultivate it and care for 1t. The company also furnishes without charge to those who have land of their own which they will plant and cultivate, one bushel of seed potatoes and the necessary seed corn Under this plan, about 125 applica- tions have been received. To those 1 employees who wish more than one bushel of seed potatoes, the company is selling the desired additional seed at cost, and is furnishing fertilizer al the cost. price.
 Another Danbury concern which has done much for the home garden movement is the Greist Manufactur' ing company, which has arranged fol
 summer gardens for its employees The concern has about five acres ol land, which it has divided into pfots 1 100X100, or 50 by 100, and for whicf
 it takes nominal charge to the mer
 for blowing and preparing for plant
 ing. The men buy their fertilizer ant seeds and do all the work. The com
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
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of the Mark"
 The last verse runs. in rough trans lation; For what purpose have you two won Couriand? Surely you do not
 understand by won to have faded away? The Herrgott and linden
 burg both laughed: fHave confidence.
 we shall come out all right. In the course of an article in the
 Frankfurter Zeitung on tho German war industries. correspondent nam ed Roster says:
 Everybody knows the unity or
 front in the field since yon Hinden- l burg has been leader of the Germans
 The unity of the. fighting. front and the home front ought to beSstili more thoroughly understood by us. It also Is linked with the name of von Him denburg, a name which here also runs from workshop to workshop. mot only as shibbotleth of hope but as a program of work. the program of the home front. It is all one front. One army of colleagues. one 1 line of battle in which all are fight ling, and one spirit of patience cour- ! age and endurance, inspiring every body! Let us bow as low before the | pale-faced intuition worker in her
 blue smock as before the most fa- nous of our airmen!'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
HINDENBURC AND
 GOD NOW LINKED . BY THE GERMANS
"The Western Front Safe With Lord God and Hin
 denburg" Says Press

As illustrative of the lengths to which the Hindenburg cult has gone in some parts of the German Empire the London press points to the recent publication in the Schlesische Zei- tung, an organ of the Silesian Junk CTS and Conservatives, of a poem en- titled Der Herrgott und linden burg"
 In this it is explained that the Western front can safely be entrusted to the Lord God and Hindenburg, neither of whom ever gets particular ly excited, but when the right mo- ment comes they simply crush the enemy. Let us beseech the Herrgott and Hindenburg," the verses say, ito permit us ato remain in Flanders and to permit us to retain the iron and coal mines that have fallen into our hands; let us ask the Herrgot and IIindenburg if Michael is always to be plagued with a scarcity of arabic land and with the terribly arid sand
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
Bapaume Figured
 In Important Wars

Washington, May 2.-Bapaume. fallen at last after nearly years offensive in which it has been onlp one of the allied objectives, 1s-or was, if, reported, the retreanng Ger manst have destroyed the country over which they have at length fallen back-a village of some 5000 souls, the center of flourishing agricul- turaI trade and a community or some not for nearly 1000 years. It lies in the department Of Pas de Calais, in the plateau which stretches between the Escaut and the Somme, at distance of about 120 miles from Paris, to the north and east Of the place the National Geographic Soci- ety in bulletin issued from it's head quarters here says:
 Here, in 1180, at the chateau which even thus early, it seems, was distin- guishable by the name of the town. occurred the marriage of Philippe Auguste, son of Louis VIIv and Eliza , beth, daughter of Baldwin V. and niece of the Count of Flanders, who richly lowered the ride with territory much coveted by her young husband Besieged by Orleans.
 At the time of the feudal coalition against Philippe, Bapaume was one O. the cities of Artois, where the coun of Flanders operated in conjunction with an invasion to the north under taken by Richard Couer de Lion and from time to time in the intervening centuries the village has figured ii | nearly every important war whicf French territory has staged.
 In 1847 it was besieged by the pfin'
 ces of Orleans, Whe destroyed the an
 cient ramparts, which remained dis
 mantled because of a natural feal that, in the hands of an enemy, ths remnants, even of the Bapaunae forti
 fications would be source of dan
 ger to France.
 i Twice since then has this fear beer
 realized-in 1871, when one of tn bloediest engagements of the Franco l Prussian war took place here, an'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
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hog may afford "a way ont g Hoes ut1nze refuse and waste grains, dam aged grains, and garbage; garnering grain behind cattle or shattered grain in harvest fields; and utilizing slaueh- terhouse by-products and dairy by products They are also largely self feeders The modern farm "cafe- ter1a gives pig a chance to make a hog Of himself more quickly than he can by the handled route, and it has the added merit of being the cheapest way of producing pork. A SOW when sne IS not developing a litter or nurs- ing pigs, can in summer time be plac- ca m pasture and given very little sta1n- m winter, possibly the cheap est maintenance ration is a conbina- ton of grain and hay, such as corn. wheat, rye, or barley, and alfaIa. cIo- yer. cowpeas or soy bean hay. The grain should be limited to one or two pounds per hundred pounds live weight per day. Sows should be eiy- en all the hay they will clean up. SoWs which show exceptionally run- down condition from sucking their pigs should be separated from the herd and fed grain until thev re- gain breeding condition. Where pas- lures are yerey luxuriant, it is possf- ble to carry breeding sows on pas ture alone. but the most pa1atabIe hay will not keep sows in good breed ing condition if ~eed alone.
 Breeding sows are at a ore,oi,,rr and the demand for young stock is unprecedented. The hog buyers state
 in their reports that, they are com. peiled to take anything that looks like
 hog. The nuctuation in the mum.
 Der of hogs in the United States i, subject largely te the Fluctuations fl
 financial condition Of the country The high prices paid for hogs are 2
 big tnducefnent to farmaFs to raarke tnetF noss, and as stated before. the hfgh prices of corn caused them tt 1 eut loose during the latter part of tn, year, The high prices paid for hog,
 and an increasing export trade ar, the two main factors which mak.
 the hog business especially attractiy, at the present time. Millions of farm CTS would purchase sows to farrev
 this coming spring if they could, bu l this is almost an impossibiIiry, rhos,
 farmers who are fortunate enough tt
 have retained their breeding sow l will play an important role in p1ac
 an important role in placing sprini pigs on the aarkaa) The spring gilt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
PRESERvESoWS
 FOR BREEDING

A SoW is Q good investment This fs true even in these strenuous times of high pr1ces of food concentrates, say specialists of the D. s. Depart
 nsut of Agriculture. The quotations on these feeds are controlled to a considerab1e sxtent by the prices at which meat animals se11. Hence con- centra4es usually command a high figure when hogs on the hoof at large packing centers sell at more than 1S cents per pound. However, record prices for swine as well as feed concentrates have been a great incentive to farmers to leash fn'' all the hogs available. That many sows have been included is evident from ths fact that on April the corre- gpondsnts of the Bureau of Crop Es- inmates reported approximately three per cent fewer sows on farms fin the United States. .tfaan q year before. Fur ther this Is the first year that the supply has not increased since 1913. s.. At this time the marketing of a sow that can bo or has been bred is fairly comparable to 'ixi11ing the goose that laid the golden egg" Al. though the fecundity of swine is well
 appreciated by farmers, at times rs0W~ NO 1n~hkAAICA WHCI G HILLS I0N 70" thought would cause them to be re- tained. Breeding sows multiply five or six times as rapidly as other mea, animals, They have an average little of five or six pigs and may be bred twice a year, although three times iz two years accords more with current farm practice, The littiss increase ir size, on the average, until sows are five or six years old, However, 2 large proportion of the sows are sold after producing one ow two filters anG before they have reached the period of greatest usefulness, Occasionally eows are unsuitable for breeding be. cause of their eiHnsiness, Thigh" con. dition, inactivity or barrenness, ant these, of course, go te market wi1eT Of prepeF weight, but the total sow' of this class is a mere bagateiie,
 In these days when laber is hisi and also scarce on many farms, tha
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
Lafayette Day To
 Be Observed Sept. 6

Lafayette Day will be celebrated on September 6, The sLafayetteE Day National Committee has issued book let which contains a summary of the exercises held last year in various parts of. the country. These are now being sent to the Chief Executives in TIT important cities of the United States, in order that they may De O. use in suggesting to municipalities, pa triotic societies, and public-spirted citizens generlly, the manner in which appropriate commemorative ceremo- nies may be perfected for the coming celebration.
 The committee urges tha tactton be taken promptly in drawing up plans fo ra nationwide celebration worthy of this country's sentiments towards the memory of Lafayette and those who, at the Marne in 1914, on his anniversary, rolled back the Germa- army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02

now, when the possession of Ba- paume has afforded a strong base for the Teuton invader during the long months since the advance upon Paris was first checked.
 A Natural Market Center
 Bapaume is we'll served by railroad and it's natural position made it the market center for a wide region of Artois, Picardy and <,Ten of Cambres- is. The agricultural products of the region are chiefly of olives and the sugar beet, though in town were soap factories, breweries, tanneries and machine shops.
 The town we regularly laid out and it's principal streets all centered In the great square, where statue or Faidherbe further signa1ized the suc- cesses of 1871. In this square also stood the city hall, dating from the epoch when Artois was an appendage of Spain and ornate with its colon made and arches and it's square brick bell tower in the campanile style.
 The cathedral was another strik- ing edifice, its clock tower being es- pecially notable for the fine gallery which surrounded 1t; while, the inter for was charmingly decorated, the ONA scenes which the ancient frescoes had depicted.
 Contained Many Memorials Near to the cathedral the remnant of an old monastic establishment wa: utilized as college, and here the an cient bastiens, crowned with the yer dure of the centuries. formed tho boundaries for a public garden, "gen teely laid out," as the French guide boek quaintly says.
 | From here a fine view can be hat not only of the town but of the wid' i fields which sustained it, A thirt memorials to the gallant days of TT stood in the cemetery to the memor, of the victims of the battle of Janu ary 3, most of whom are buried there To these, however, will one day b | added others, commemorative of tn past two years when Bapaume la once more in the hands of France ha taken her in course of the most per sistent and deadly warfare which tn, world has seen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02

First aii'. Go steadily each day. Do not give up your comforts. Waste is to be avoided, also extravaganza, but to give up the con- forts and luxuries you need and require is mistake. You will live longer for having them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02

from these filters should not be sent to market for meat purposes, put should be retained or sold only Tor breeding purposes in order 70 aug ment the pig crop next year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02

Grant Park, on the Chicago lake front, will be converted into a naval training station caring for 5000 re- cr,uits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02

Keep the wheels of business running.
 During these times of national stress everyone should remember that lessened consumption means lessened production, and someon will be out of work.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
Fancy Girdles

Todressupin- The application of any stunning girde changes costume. Effects in Chinese red en- aznel imitation and oddly linked chains of silver and gilt Prices from
 $500 to $12OO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
Have you seen. the Envelope Pocketbooks Of good leather, special !

Excellent values in this assortment of good and convenient styles in Pocketbooks. Envelope style with top or side strap handles of Vachette morocco and few pressed sheep skn in black, brown, tan green and purple.
 Dainty colored Things of light blue, gray, laven- der and few in stripes fitted with mirror and card casa; Very stylish, only $1.5o and $2.00. Fzsz5
 A read bargain for these times.
 N3f
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
An Important Event in Silks A Fortnight's Sale of Haskell Weaves

This will be most. cheerful proc lamation in these depressing days of advancing prices. The Read Silk Section offers chance for Haskell Silks and in the Silk w World there are none better, at what might be termed regular old fashioned rates.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02

Nine hundred yards to be sold in two weeks
 At the end of that time the prices will be forced up in spite of all endeavors to the contrary.
 Haskell Silks are true aristocrats in the Silk fam fly. Absolutely honest in weave and dye no metal, no injurious loading to give weight, but pure silk throughout This is the offering
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
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now, when the possession of Ba- paume has afforded strong base for the Teuton invader during the long months since the advance upon Paris was first checked.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
Children's s Shoes

sizes 6 to 8, $2.B sizes 8 to II, $3.25 sizes 6 to 8, $3.50 sizes 8 toll, $4.W sizes 6 to 8, $2.25 sizes 6 to 8, $1.B sizes 8 to Il, $2.s5 sizes 6 to 8, $2.0 sizes 8 to II, $3.25 sizes 5 to 1o1a, $1.15 s'F # sssfs Second floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02

Jewelry section. main floor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-02
For Dainty Little Wardrobes

 ~ OKES for little frocks, ,daintily embroidered 50, 59 and 69 cts EN11sl Baby Caps semi made, 75 and 95 cts MSN Embroidered Panels, IASEN with yokes attached, 69 cts Sets for Baby Dresses,
 bands and edges to match, 15 to 50 cts Flouncings for dresses, with or without ruffles, 50 69 cts to $2OO Baby Val and Armenian Laces for neck and sleeve bands.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-03-09
SORRY TANGLE in
KALKASKA COUNTY
Mahan's Disappearance Causes
Trouble.

Kalkaska, March 5.-When Chas f.
Mahan, former treasurer and register
of deeds elect of Kalkaska county, left
his office here, supposedly with $4,000
of the county's money, he left behind
him tangle which promises to drag
through the circuit court for months.
The latest sensation in the village is
the suit started against the county cleo
tion board by Charles w. Gardner. In
the primaries last fall, when Elmer B.
Pruden won the nomination for register
OF deeds, Gardner was close second.
Pruden died shortly after his nomina-
ton and the members OF the election
board placed the name OF Mahan on the
election ballot, with the result that
Mahan was named register OF deeds.
Now Gardner claims he should have
been the nominee, owing to the fact
that he received the second largest num-
ber Of votes in the primary. Follow
ing Mahan's disappearance just before
he was to assume his duties as register
the board OF supervisors named Lewis
Eumask TO fill the vacancy in the office.
Now Gardner has started suit against
the election board, claiming he is en-
titled to the office.
Another litigation has arised through
the disappearance of Mahan. Solomon
Loser, one OF Mahan's bondsmen dur
ing his first term as treasurer, and who
was asked to settle portion of the
shortage, has employed an attorney and
will fight the case, claiming that he is
not responsible for any shortage of
Mahan during the first term because
the supervisors put their o. k. to Ma
hans books at the expiration Of the
first term. Loser was not one of Ma
hans bondsmen during the second
term.
Mrs. Fora Cole, widow of Clyde Cole,
one of Mahan's bondsmen who died,
has been released from payment OF any
part Of the money. The estates of NJ.
N. Lehner, deceased, has also been re-
leased. Lehner, another bondsman of
Mahan, died short time ago.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-03-09
HOW BUSINESS GROWS

Many merchants complain about poor
business, and then they never set aside
a dollar in the effort to get more busi-
ness. In this they act against very
recognized principle Of success.
All the big enterprises set aside a
large sum for their sales and advertis-
ing departments. II is the work OF
these departments to make new friends
II is recognized that firms regular
customers are constantly dropping out,
due to death, removal, competition Of
rivals, etc. Unless constant effort is
made to attract new friends, ones busi-
ness is likely to fall off instead of in
crease.
No retail business can grow unless 1t
acts on this principle. New friends
and patrons must constantly be secured
They are not likely to come haphazard.
They 90 TO the people who solicit them.
II distant mail order houses and out.
side cities solicit them by advertising,
while the home merchant doesn't, they
will 90 to the place that seeks their
trade, as that place seems to them the
most wide-swske and snterprising.
Charlevoix county herald., 1917-03-09
A FORTUNE IN A CROP
One Farmer Made Snug Sum on
Onions.

In these days, when the expense of
being alive is so much a matter Of CON-
mon understanding that we speak of it
familiarly in abbreviations, articles
usually slightingly regarded or over
looked become important. The plebeian
onion, now selling at $l1.50 per hun
dred weight at wholesale and retailing
at Is cents pound is a case in hand.
A truck farmer of the Connecticut
valley has just figured up what his
onion crop did in 1916 toward putting
him on the sunny side of Easy Street.
He "held on" to the bulk of his crop in
spite OF the warnings of neighbors and
would-be purchasers, and realized the
highest price on record to the producer,
81 per hundred weight, the crop bring
ing him $1,000. This particular farmer
came to this country in 1888 without a
dollar, his two hands his only capital.
Industry, economy, intensive cultiva-
tion-and onions, have made him WELL
to-do. Meanwhile, how many Ameri-
can-born farmers have given up the
land and call another man master be-
cause farming doesn't pay?"
This farmer chose a staple vegetable
as his specially, for however slightly
the onion may be regarded in polite
society it has a recognized value be-
cause OF its therapeutic and antiseptic
properties. An old couplet prescribes:
Eat onions in May
And all the year the doctors may play"
Grant, commanding the Army of the
Potomac, refused to move his regi-
ments until the men were supplied
with the onions which he had sent for
but were not forwarded.
The birthplace of the onion is un-
known, but its lineage is ancient and
honorable 1t was worshiped in Egypt
1000 B. c. Alexander the Great,
brought it from Egypt to Greece, and
recognizing the strength of its fra
GRANGE believed it would excite martial
ardor in his men. The Greeks were
good fighters and the soldiers rations
were largely cheese and onions, a fact
which inspired the Byronic outburst:
81 have conquered my passion for
wounds and blows,
And the worst that | wish to the
worst of my foes
Is the glory and gain
OF years campaign
On diet Of leeks and cheese"
1t must moi be forgotten that in
addition to the skill necessary to raise
his crop this Connecticut farmer made
a careful study of market conditions
and was fortunate in selling at "the
psychological moment" Holding a
perishable crop for rise is a ticklish
business, as some Northern Michigan
farmers who had visions OF three
dollar potatoes have discovered now
/ that the tubers are frozen.