| | i MORE AND BETTER FARMERS. The way to chespen food is point- of the bureau of ed out by the head | | but it is not a road by which we shall arrive at our destination next year or the year after, and ten years hence there will be more of us, the demand for food will be greater, and even with increased supplies there may be no real decrease in prices, says the Philadelphia Record. The crops of the present year have had some little ef- fect upon prices. The abundant sup- plies of corn, oats and hay should re- duce prices of all sorts of meats until these mit The increase in another harvest season, but igations of prices are persisting fact is that the number of farmers, in the area of tilled I: crease in production pace with the growth of the popule- tion. Vith all the inf variety of farm implements and the hundreds of temporary the the increase the in- keeping and and are not inite agricultural colleges and experiment stations, ire 12 not the quality of agricuit improving at approach- pace The country and it needs re scien ing the of m« ments, ers, improve- needs more farm tific meth ods of cultivation. proving, very far short of We oretically possible ever attended over but practical agriculture possible agricul need not expect to see a wide area, but the of for prosperity farming the last 15 years ought to keep men in the country the young who are into cit fes lookin a day, and w cultural knowledgs the yield greater outdoor ing the does the landscape?” 1 the old thought, says The owner of i hag a perfect ris vertising beauty from the eve parks ing to next te with members thousand old, it is way, the ex gence in champagne the In tuberculosis wt Since structive ex ch drew large crowds, eager to obtain about the white plague, this mode of impressing lessons on tion of disease has become popular. Not only does it en- Hst the of inquiring minds, but a more fundamentally ortant result is that the graphic d rmation prever nterest monstra- tion by diagrams figures and epigram- matic statements of the average desirt and to participate in the says the New York Sun. The people who have thronged the halls of the City college which has been generous ly offered by Dr. Finley to the natiénal committee for mental hygiene, attest to the deep Interest in the exhibit of this colnmittee facts in learn movement, arouses visitor a to The 14-inch cannon which bursts at the test seems a concrete example of the old couplet: “If so soon 1 am done for, I wonder what 1 was begun for.” But it is more judicious for it to burst on the testing ground than in action if it was ever to get Into action. A SA ASA. BEFORE HOUSE Urge Amendment Allowing Wo- men {o Vote. WANT FRENCH'S BILL PASSED Mrs. William J. Brown, Of Baltimore, the Women At Committee Represents Maryland Hearing. Washington A host of stormed Hous« Presidential Elections the submis y the vote for n Four their « commitieemen morn thre« suffragett the sion Constitution embers of hundred of them ause, They § { ng, resume ing 4417997 HOMELESS CHILDREN f i cause of fashion. They have renounc- i wearing of furs and feathers, which are procured at the cost of suffering to the furbearing animals and to birds. They ay not establish a large following, but that they are in earnest is proved by the sacrifices made, which are particularly hard for well-dressed women to initiate, stitutions From 1904 To There charitable 1911. Washington were 142.680 children in institutions at 1911, an 1904, according to a report just lssued by the Bureau. In all benevolent institutions for both adults and children, numbering 5.367. there were 4.417.987 inmates, either temporarily or permanently In one year 83,000 children received into institutions, and 37.500 placed in homes, the close of ine ¢ of 100 000 over Census were were WOMAN DIES AT PRAYER, Kneeling In Cathedral. Chicago.— While kneeling in prayer her pew at the Holy Name Ca thedral at early mass, Mrs. Kate Corby sank to the floor, dead. She was supposed to be In good health when she left her home with her daughter a short while before. Mrs Corby, who was about 68 years of age, was the mother of Francis N. Corby, a Hoard of Trade operator [WELLY wel) PUT IT of “ $ ‘ bEl3 HARD RAP ed by Labor Leaders. MPERS IN FIERY SPEECH. urging he reap Nell as of labor RETURNS CARNEGIE'S $50,000. Beard Of Vancouver Back the Laird's Gift. Vancouver, B. C Andrew Carnegie couver 12 vears of a {0 be ret with The c¢ since outgrown the Carnegie building, @ it is to be sold for business pur poses and a new one erected. The labor population has been opposed to the Carnegie endowment, and it was their influence that induced the lib rary board to decide to reimburse the laird ibrary presented to Van for the irned ity ago library Is interest has FROM BALLY TO SAUL. New York Man Gets Permission To Change First Name. New York --Judge Greenbaum, in the Supreme Court, gave permission to “Sally” Gordon, who is a man, to change his first name to Saul. In his petition Gordon sald several banks had refused to accept money from him because his first name was that of a female and that the prefix caused him embarrassment and great inconvenience in other ways. 4 MANY INJURE Spectators Victims in Clash With Deputy Sheriffs, STARTED BY PIECE OF COAL. deputy fence of BOARD BLAMES CAPT. GILBERT in the Chesapeake Bay. Norfolk, Va Holding ( Gil aptain Luckenbach, responsible, inspectors, their the the Tapley decision, not only master and pilot of local Bray, in exonerated all blame, but highly commended the master and crew of their condubt at the time of the collision between the resulted Luckenbach and the drowning of 16 people on the morning of January 8, 1913. UNCLE SAM DOES NOT LEND. Virginian Fails To Borrow $3,000 From the Government. Washington. — “Please lend me £3,000," was the modest request re ceived by the United States Treas ury in a letter from a man of Scotts his lands and all as security. won't give you any trouble in getting it back at the proper time,” he added The Treasury vaults did not swing open, however, CIPRIANO GASTRO sion to Venezuelan. THE KILLING OF PAREDEZ rmer President's Refusal To Answer Whether He Was a Crime the For His Party to For Deportation the Beason Order ¥ information MARSHALL ON PHOENIX LINKS Ever Ti a Beginner For Course Bes! Dut By Card irae: PARCEL POST HITS EXPRESS Company In New Haven Makes a Cut Of 40 In Employes. Haven, Conn.—8ince the ing of the parcel post a noticeable de Now opens city and one discharged 28 employe. from the main office and 12 from a branch office. There is also a de crease in the number of carrying wagans used, DIGGING COMPLETED APRIL 1. Cut Is Already Finished. connected with the probably will be completed about Apri) Canal Commission made to President Taft. The Culebra Cut is $4.41 per cent. completed, only 5.239.000 cubic yards of earth remaining of the 93. 621,000 originally designated to be re moved. \ he! STATE NEWS All Pennsylvania Gleaned for items of Interest s—; REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD Farmers Busy in Every Locality Churches Raising Funds for Many Worthy Objects—Itergs of Busi ness and Pleasure that interest. $2.500 ng off Hethany fallam William John iveryman, ¥ Jarretl orris befriended when he was in a hospital, after Re was thawed out following his discov ery in a field in Abington before last Christmas, Is missing with a $300 teas belonging to Jarrett own, A locomotive standing on a side track near the Pennsy roundhouse at Renovo was set in motion by escap ing steam, which moved it ahead. Be fore it could be stopped it plunged into the turntable pit, which is elgin feet deep. It took a large force of workmen the entire day to get the The amazing statement that he had fit himeelf to become a detective was boy, arrested for many Mrs. Michael McMahon, of Wa. Hamsport, has several White Leg horn pulletd that are great contead- On Saturday Mrs. Mo Mahon found an egg that measured
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