THi FARMER;. JXTLT 6, 1914
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ODD HEWS STORIES PICKED UP--
' ABROAD FOR FARMER READERS
Stockholm, July 6. The campaign
for an -alliance between Norway and
Sweden continues without a dissent-
: Ins .note. . .Prominent politicians of
all parties are , advocating such a.
courts on the publK) platforms, and
: Ittv the newspapers. The movement,
however, still lacks any official action.
Sven ..Hedin, the Swedish explorer,
. and Stguid Isbeit. have exchanged
' visits sbetween Stockholm and Chrls-
tiania, and each has. .found public
sentiment, agreeable to the proposed
t aillanpe. The irreconsllable differ
ences which led t the disruption of
the union between the two countries
In 1905, and which barely escaped
5 war, seem to have smoothed out to
: the extent at least that both peoples
' desire to unite in a defensive alliance
i against possible Russian1 aggression.
The Increase In the army and navy
of . Sweden, Instead of exciting the
concern of Norway, 3s greeted tbre
"with the ' utmost satisfaction. It is
.said, and Norway Itself, has a strong
movement underway for an Increase
:, in armaments. leberi," In his lectures
: here, has . argued that the two f or-
elgn ' offices and th general staffs
T should "have some formal - arrange -?
ment for. working together In case of
Iwar. -; : . - : " . .' i
The. Turkish -government has Issued
- rdsrs against posting: notices In li
! iew upon the dead walls of-cities of
Palestine,- ,Th action la believed to
indicate concern on the part of the
authorities, over the remarkable revi
val of the Hebrew language. ; . ''
Although, up to thirty years ago,
classic Hebrew was not ordinarily us
ed by the Jews of Palestine, tt Is now
tive common language of tens of thou
sands of people In Palestine. It Is the
medium . of Instruction la, many
f choc Is and newspapers, etoeet car
t ickets' and shopkeepers' signs are In
Hebrew. - It Is therefore apparent
that the authorities will have a hard
tsme if they propose to . check, the
spread of the language. ;
The - revival of the pure Biblical
tongue- has-been. In a measure, , foro
1 on the Palestine Jews 'for reasons
apart from ', thi sentimental. Imml
: ration -from- otiaer parts of the vrorl i,
particularly of .the IS, 000 -. TMdieh
speaking- Jews from Russia some
years a-go. made a common mean of
communication nec&s.airy. .-' - Yiddish la
not understood by the natives here,
while all Jews know something- of
Hebre. -.. - ...........
The Zionist moeatnent,- aimed at re
storing Palestine to the Jewish - r ace,
has done much to finance the Hebrew
schools, and Is now raising a fund
te endow a. .Hebrew- University at Ja
rusiUem. , .'.:-
Ia all the enthusiasm of preparation
far the great yacht race far tfae Amer
ica' s cup next, fall It has escaped tfea
eral notice that a -woman will figure
!arj?-eay in the contest. On board Elr
Thomas ' Upton's challenger. Sham
rock IV. will bo Mrs. W. P. Burton,
the Skipper's wife. She will not be
there simply In an ornamental capac
ity, but for service at the wheel, hold
ing the stop watch for her husband
while the yacht Is jockeying for posi
tion lust before the start of the race.
This is something which Captain Bur-"
ton says he would entrust to no one
but ' his "wife. " ' -With1 her aid, . he Is
sure the Shamrock will be close to
the starting line when the gun la Cred.
Mrs. "Burton has sailed In hundreds
of yachting contests, probably hold
ing a -world's record for , a .' woman
along tbatline. " ' -;
memorate next fall ' the 400th anni
versary of , Balboa's discovery of the
Pacific, have been cleared and grad
ed, and the cornerstones of numerous
buildings have been . laid. The Cu
ban building is the first of the for
eign structures to ba started. The
exposition is to open in .November.
The canal government has gone out
of : thgi railroad business through the
transfer to the Panama Railroad of
practically all of the tracks and tran
sportation facilities which were op
erated In connection with the canal
building. ' The only' facilities not giv
en up are the tracks on the locs, re
quited for towing locomotives, and a
few . Isolated stretches abdUt Balboa.
The transportation division of the
Panama Railroad has been placed in
charge of .F. R. Blount, former train
master as superintendent.
' The "United . States , pure food laws
are held up as a mode by Alfred
: Moore, secretary of the British Pure
Pood and "Health' ' society, who up
b raids the Englishman for his japstthy
along this line. '. Thei British; public
he says, is defrauded Hf over $300,
000,000 -annually through- adulterat
ed foods, ' yet refuses to" take the
slightest interest , In protective laws,
"In this' country," ' asserts Mr.
Moore, v'the people seem Vto prefer
' to go on -having plaste"-of Paris In
their flour, foreign fas, and unwhole
some preservatives In, their" butter. Im
itation cream, cheese wtth.the rind'
made of barytes, and tallow, re-drled
tea leaves instead of .tea, chicory in
stead of coffee, starch and-powdered
bean shell instead -of cocoa, French
chalk roastjuerading as rite,"'" water
and salicylic acid as wine, and so on
-Tad nauseam"." - ' " - ' " , ' t ' .
. Besides adulteration, . Mr. s. Moore
charges "that the people also tolerate
fi'thy ways, of handling foods, such as
carti:
streets.
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. A Quarter of beef kept fr eighteen
years-in cold-storage was- exposed -fo
the piiblic yiew-for an -hour and a half
at the Smithfleld markets recently.
Ko test was made of its eatirtg- oua.ll
ties, but the meat appeared perfectly
sound, although slightly faded. . It
was .put. back into storage to remain
an objt f ' curiosity, - the owners
hopiag if may be allowed to complete
a century... at least. - ?.
The "ruarter was f chipped from
BfisbaAe Australia,' in February,
1896. to';a,-flrm of f military contract
ors ati -Malta, who used, it for experi
mental purposes.. "When the govern
ment recently took : over the storage
at Malta, the firm shipped the piece
to Iondon. ,-' -
The system - of -. refrigeration em
ployed during this period was brine
circulation produced by an ammonia
compression machine.
ing meat uncovered through the
eta . - '
. The city authorities have inst com
pleted a census of trees in -Paris. On
ly those along the boulevards and
avenues amount to 87,647, while those
.In the public .squares add 26,253 to
:this number. The public gardens
euch at the Luxembourg and private
gardens which, are numerous even in
the central part of .the city have not
been counted, .
v The trees of the streets Include 27,
.545 plane trees, 13,994 elms, 16,098
chestnuts, 4,867 sycamores. 3,402
..limes and 83 poplars. Thiare Is only
one oak accounted for.
The "contention of Admiral Sir
Percy ' Scott that battleships . have
been made obsolete by submarines
snd aeroplanes has been seised in
The Hague by the strong antl-droad-e
aught party and given wide public
ity with the result that the govern--tft'
battleship program "Is now
-likely to fail' ,
' The enormous cost of the modern
-battleship has already aroused the op
position of the heavy tax payers. But,
now that Sir Percy has produced
-strong- arguments against the utility
4f the floating fort, which, he says,
stands no chance against overhead
and submarine attacks, the opposition
has gained the support of . many of
the extreme patriots.
STUDY IN COMPARISONS
Wonderful Possibilities of the
Foreign Trade of the U. S.
' Our Railroad Mileage Ones
Third of World's Total. .
. Washington, D. C, July 6 rln the
Casio elements of economic progress
the United States ranks high : among
the nations of the,,, world, being one
of the five countries only which havo
an area in excess of 8 million square
miles, and the only nation of the wes
tern world (except Russia) having a
population' of oven 100 million. In
the interchange of products among
Its own people it leads the world, its
home trade at the present time being
estimated at nearly 40 billion dollars,
or equal . to the international ex
changes of the world and , approxi
mately 10 times the value of our own
foreign trade now valued at 4 billion
dollars.
That our present foreign trade Is
far short of the Immediate possibili
ties of the nation is. evident from a
consideration of Its area, commerce,
and other economic factors in com
parison with that of oths leading
cocntries, as set forth in comparative
table published in the "Statistical Ab
stract of the United States, 1918,"
compllled by the Bureau, of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce,' Department
of Commerce. Thus the present j ex
port1 trade of the United States. (2 1-2
billion dollars) represents about $25
per capita. A per capita basis equal
to that of Argentina would raise the
export power of the United States to
5 billion dollars, and one equal-to that
of Belgium would bring Its exports
to 10 billion dollars a year; while
our aggregate foreign - trade, when
upon a per capita basis as large as
that of Canada would be considerably
over 18 billion dollars a . year. 1
'' Other comparative, tables In the
"Statistical Abstract" further empha
size the commercial..- power of - the
United States and Its strong , interna
tional position. . In railway mileage,
for example, we possess one-third of
the world's total, our1 258,000 miles
being ten times as much as the mile
age' of the United - Kingdom and -six
times that of Germany, One com
pany "alone has .238,000 miles of tele-g-np-ph
lines, or double, the total In
Russia, .next in' order. More than
one-third of the -world's mall service
la performed upon routes located in
the United States, while : our public
debt of one billion dollars is smaller
than that of Italy, -Austria-Hungary,
Spain. Germany, Australia, Japan,
British India or Great Britain, and la
less than one-sixth that ' of France,
and one-fourth that of Russia-
Temporary recessions - . have fre
quently marked the course of Ameri
can commerce. . but the tendency, ac
cording to historical tables published
in the Statistical Abstract, is ever
higher. In 11 years, from 1890 to
19 01 our foreign trade grew from t
1-2 billion to 2 1-4 billion dollars, an
increase of 60 per cent, -while In the
11 .years from 1902 to 1918 it In
Creased from 2- 1-4 to 4 1-4 blms, a
gain of 80 per. -cent. -. -.
, The foundations of this growth are
laid deep: In the soil and, natural re
sources of our country . and In the
character of ourV people.' Thus the
American. Union, from 18 states hav
ing 325- thousand square- miles and 1
million - people, has - expanded to - 48
states and the-territories, of Alaska,
Porto. Rico, and Hawaii, with an area
cf 8 2-8 million square miles and 100
million people. " In' the period since
1870 the value of our farm products
has risen from 2 billion to about 10
billion dollars a year; the output' of
coal from less than 80 to nearly BOO
million long tons; copper from 12 1T2
thousand -to over 'one-half million
tone; pig iron from 2 to 31 million
tons; petroleum from 221 'million to
9 1-4 billion gallons; : and manufac
tures from 4 billion to over 20 billion
dollars. .. . . .
. SCOTIiArD'S FIRST BISHOP.
All of the . 85 acres of , ground
-which have been set aside 'for the
Panama" National Exposition to com-
The" first bishop of Scotland was St.
Palladius, whose festival is celebrat
ed' to-day. . The Apostle of the Scots
was a Roman, and he was a deacon in
the Church of Rome. He was sent
to Scotia by Pope Celeste In 431, a
little before St. Patrick's arrival -in
Ireland. According to Irish legends!
St. Palladius preached in Ireland a
few years before Patrick' began his
Immortal career in the Emerald Isle.
Palladius was not as successful as his
great contemporary, and was banish-'
ed from Ireland by. the Kifcg of Ieln
ster. He then proceeded to -fNortH
Britain and opened a mission. 'He
was bishop to the whole nation of the
Scots, but his work was largely in
that part of the country occupied by
people who had passed from Ireland
into , Caledonia In ; the third century
and who had changed the name of
ancient Caledonia to Scotia. ,' Palla
dius manifested great seal in preach
ing the gospftl and converted a multi
tude. .Christianity had been Intro
duced Into Scotland about the year
200, but Palladius was the first bish
op in that country, and religious his
torians usually refer to him as the
first apostle of the Scots. The saint
died at Fordun, oear Aberdeen, about
the year 450.
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Overworked kidneys will break
flown If- not helped. When they can
no longer protect the blood and the
body from the poisons that come to
them, then look out for Bright's dis
ease, serious kidney trouble and blad
der annoyances. . Foley Kidney Pills
are your best protection,' your best
medicine for weak, sore, overworked'
kidney and bladder weaknesses. Hin
dle's Drug Stores. Adv.
Sases and Window Boxes Filled
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JOSEPH HTTBERT,
' , PROPRIETOR.
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BRIDGEPORT, '
CONN.:
TAKE ADVANTAQE OF THESE BEAUTIFUL DAYS AND VISIT
7 'OILMAN MANOR .
r Thsn judge for yourself the many inducement offered by such a
: location. ; ..
' Note the hltrh and perfect grade the oonvenienoe to trolley and
seashore, fine soil, neighborhood, natural surroundings, and with these is
points the improvements guaranteed, many of which are already un- . .
3 er way, including first quality cement walk, enrh and gntter. Fnr-
ther, we are froing to co-operate with buyers In installing proper sew- :
- age -system and proper shade. j . ,,; ..'.:- -; -'. -,' -. . - f- ;
' ' The above, considered--wlth fact that only , one and .'two family
'bouses of best construction can be erected, makes this proposition an ,
unusual one for prices asked. Every lot a,winner, 60 by lOO, 600.
Take any Fairfield avenue car to Courdand Ave-, Black Rock,
then 2 minutes to property. ..
143 GOLDEN HIXiIj ST.
PHONE 8355
The- '
Tel. i
7 1120 MAIN STREET.
: 109 MIDDLE STREET.
THE TRIM HARDWARE
of a house is like tne trimming of a dress absolutely es
sentifil and must be riglit. ? Tlie small details In either
should not he -overlooked they areitoo important.
Let ias show you our lineL It will be a pleasure to as.
and a saving to you. . ; ' , -
Complete, line of building materials in air the latest
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HOME BUILDERS 7
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7 lll BJIDGEPORT
Substantial Increase In House
Building - Marks Gty's
" . Growth. r -' -, ' ';
Contractors Get Many Permits
- And Expect . Banner
' 7:;; "- Year.. ..7: '-. ;". .
Conditions are brisk. In real estate
circles with the. Increase In" the aniount
Of work to be done this summer. "While
Is "not claimed that .the market S
unusually ; brisk, sales are - frequent
and well up to any year of the past.
Throughout the city there is a noted
increase In the number of homes being
erected ,and contractors predict; that
when the year 'closes, the number of
building permits Issued, and the 'ag
gregate values of homes and buildings
erected .will show a banner year.
In" the suburban districts there Is
a noted increase in1 the demand for
home i sites. . To satisfy this demand
several new tracts have beeft opened
for sale. , There is -continued demand
for these, sites, " for the - -'ty people
are beginning to realize the desirabll
ity of suburban homes. Most of these
tracts .are -within-the city 'limits and
have not until the present- time -been
open !, to : the public. .;- .They-: are -in
easy access .vto -. the cit. - yand . street
car lines. ,; .; ... .. ...,,;
Many ...of these tracts are hgh, offer
ing cool air to , the . tired city worker.
The worklngman : is. making his ,ap-
pearance in ..these . sections and sub-i
stantlal homes are eing. erected.. Al
most - every section of the city shows
a great dealjOf construction wprk. go
ing.on. :
in the North End 6f the cty ' homes
are being erectjsd rapidly. The growth
of . this section - has been remarkable
in the -past" few ' years. ' "With street
car' lines,' the" Installation of "water
and sewer mains , and of gas and elec
tricity it provides ' easy ,-communication
-with the city; and one of the
coolest and- most -beautiful sections of
the city to live; in.; . -. - ,
At - present - many homes: are -being
erected and. from present prospects . it
fa- expected., that-this, will 'become one
of the most, sought after, distil cts. On
almost, every, street homes: -are t-belng
pushed. , ia. completion -,.and the . con
struction work going on . is the most
active of. any locality ' In . the cityl
Should -; the,, present growth " continue
it promises, to become o.ne of the-most
thickly settled parts , of, the city. '
, IThe' homes being'.' erected ' are , all
substantial and, of becoming architec
ture. , Most, of- them are owned by
the tenants, but few being erected
; by. investors; " The; streets as laidout
are wide, -shady trees lining , the way.
arid the houses set well back from
the sidewalk. - Handsome houses are
also going up iti the East and West
End sections of the city. r
' "Work "on : the new . bank" building at
Main and State streets is pijogressing
rapidly. : Material for the construction
is arriving on schedule time, and the
contractors;' predict - that", the building
will be completed -well within the time
limit.' The : excavation is completed.
and the work -on the foundation walls
is being - pushed towards completion.
This building will be ' the handsomest
and tallest office building . In ' the - city
when completed. . ,, j-. .- ,- ' "
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Also do jobbing, in either mason or -car-penter
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- Pittsburgh, July 6 -The National
Association - of .. Real . Estate; Ex
change will . open. Its 7th annual con
vention here Wednesday. . .. . 3 - v
. . DROWNED AT SKA6WAY
. Skagway, Alaska. .July 6 Thirteen
persons, enroute to the Fourth of July
celebration were drowning .Saturday
by .the capstjslng. of :acggasoJlne; launch
which, whll bound" from' Ekagtway
for Jun.eau , with" . 20. persons, , was
Struck by a heavy gale.
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or pain. Chronjo cases of constipa
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ple are relieved of that bloated, con
gested feeling, so uncomfortable es
pecially in hot weather. They keep
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AIRFIELD
The Fairfield chapter,"' X. A.. held
their annual celebration, at the 'town
green on Saturday morning. ..E. . Jf
Hill of South Norwalk, addressed a
largo number, -while' the Wbjeeler .. &
Wilson band of. .Bridgeport gave; a
concert.. - - , -' '' '-
John Conary of Center .street tried
to take, his life three times y hang
ing while in! the Bridgeport Jail, Sat
urday night. . Conary was arrested by
the local police on complaint of a num
ber of persons. . The accused first made
a rope out of his shirt,- but was caught
in the act by Doorman James Halpln.
The second attempj was made by using
his undershirt as , a rope, while . the
third time' he.. took off '"one of his socks
tied it . about his neck. After being
caught the third time the police ship
ped Conary back to' this place and he
was watched for the remainder of the
night. The local police believed that
the accused is. a. member .of the gang
who recently broke . Into the store of
Jacob Paley and took about 535 worth
of goods. ,. He. will. be arraigned before
Judge Bacon Wakeman tonight.
, The Fairfield fire department was
called to the Moran home on Saturday
morning. . When the. firemen, arrived
they fantj that Mr. Moran's, son ied
set fire to one of his stockings, j The
fire was out before the firemen ar
rived." " y ' .
The town was well protected during
the Fourth. Sheriff Elwood had a
number of men doing special duty.
The automobile owned and driven
by Samuel Dinerstein of Spring street
struck a tree while "the - owner ' was
dring 'along : the turnpike on" Satur
day Jmorning. The front ' of the - car
was damaged 'while the driver received
a cut over his-left ear. The automo
bile was taken to a garage to bo re
paired. ,: -
LpB'-.QPWRI
F?7y
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In preserving your trees?, If not, let us do it for you.
Millions of insects are destroying the beautiful trees every-
year. LET US REMOVE THE CAUSE. ;
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' 'This is going to be a very hard year for Trees, espe
cially Elm, Maples and Fruit Trees. The best and safes-t
cure is a good spraying. Now is the time to make your
arrangements before the insects do their work. Anidea
may be gained by referring to the reports of-oufcom-
..pany. . V ; - ? . ...... - . - . -.-
v- The prioes for spraying will be in accordance with
size of , the trees. Every property owner who has 'trees
- should take this "matter into consideration, as trees are. '
tone of-the main features of our homes and greatly 'en
hance the value of property.;
We will be glad to inspect, your tres and give you
an estimate as to cost of 4he. treatment they-may need,
either by the single treatment or by contract -for the year.
; The New England Forestry Co. have -established their
. main' office here in Bridgeport and have power machines
to be used for the protection of the trees by thoroughly
v spraying all trees that are subject to these insects.
f We are now making contracts, for spraying, and now
is the time to send your order for same. so, as to get early
attention., We will furnish you with names oi',people for
whopa we have done , work if ' you so desire. . " r v : ;
-We also take contracts for trimming and spraying or
chards, from 15 trees up to 5,000. Write for our'Loo!Jrt
and further information. 'Phone 2566-12.
. ' Office, 510 Connecticut National Dank;Kuil:'lnj,
, . T , Bridgeport, Conn.
v - Telephone 2566r12. J ; ... '
Two family bouses and bangaIow, situated lnnorthern pajrt rl
City near St. Vincent's hospital.
The booses are all new with every modern improranent, lo;,f .-l f'
in the best residential part of city and caif je bad at very libre-n.! t . '
TIKAXi ESTATE
J57 STATE STREET
PHONE 797.
1 I 1 i 1 lit 1 !
'JJLL-
UIH:
fi- "Stow:
' , You're wide awake and ready to? tackle
the problems of the.day 4
Nothing puts the spring in your steps;
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the tingle in your blood or puts an edge to
your keenness like a Crane shower Bath.
There's no good reason why you. should -not
enjoy this pleasure; it is a good habit,
as well. You'll find them" at the Show Rooms
for $6.50, $&50, $10.00 -and upwards. .
They are all good and provided with cur-
tains, attachments, and the three screws for
fastening to the wall. A screw driver is the
only tool required to install them.
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Poli Building,
1280 Mnin Street.
Bridgeport,
Connecticut.
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