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IMMENSE VALUE I
OF STATE CEREALS
Figures Issued by the Depart
ment of Agriculture Surprise
by Their Size
The five great cereal crops pro
duced in Pennsylvania during the
1916 season were worth to the farm
ers 1113,487,884 according to crop re
ports of the Pennsylvania Depart- i
ment of Agriculture.
W%>eat alone showed an Increase in |
production over the 1915 crop but
corn and rye production was slightly
below last year and there were mark- (
ed decreases in the oats and buck- j
wheat crops. Despite the shortage in
bushels for the past season the to
tal value of the crops was much
higher than the 1915 crop which wiis
valued at $95,932,420. Corn was the
most valuable crop, amounting to'
$49,736,458 with wheat next at $36,- j
602,930; oats. $17,914,050: buckwheat,:
$4,659,200 and rye. $4,675,216.
There were 1,333,540 acres of I
wheat harvested for a total yield of l
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U A O"Q f'{ tVu Genuine Walrus, sewed-in frame, best wear- #
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W Stock vou see' stvles hard to find ' 17An " 18 " in "' 20in - 5.
| stock you sec ' - es - $17.00, SIB.OO, $19.00 #
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pleasing. We have m I
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fine leathers and lin- taJlj
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6 Stick Pin and Jewel Carriers, $5.00 —Cowhide SuifCases; straps all around. 5?
1 Cases '
W Manicure Sets wnnning Lups,
' ' ' Ladies' and Gents' Tourist Cases and Writing Cases, 00<r to $5
$ Collar Bags, Card Cascs • A:
! Military Brushes, Small Parses,' Brass Desk Sets ' oxldized $3 to sl2
Garment Hangers, Coin and Bill Purse. Fine leather-trimmed Desk Sets, $5 to sl3 j|
Dressing Cases JSSL J Lp I
•M Ladies'and Gentlemen's Ivory and Ebony Aj , iy. , '/ -
tt Fittings—seal, steer and crepe cases. Special ."*!.> -r l I a
I $2.50, $3.00; $4.00, $5.00 W. P J
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TUESDAY EVENING,
125,070,500 bushels. The average to'
the acre was 18.8 bushels as com
! pared with 19 bushels in 1915 but
there was a slight increase in acre
! age which brought about a larger
yield than the 24,928,000 bushels of
j 1915. The average price for wheat
! per bushel in the State was $1.46 a
bushel against $1.05 a year ago.
The corn crop showed an increase in
value from $41,641,920 last year to
$49,736,488. There were almost 61,-
i 000 less acres planted to corn than in
1915 but the average yield was 37
I bushels to an acre against 36 bushels
last year and the total yield was 54,-
I 061,400 bushels as compared with
| 54,792,000 bushels with the much
greater acreage a, year ago. The av
erage price per bushel is 96 cents
against 76 cents last year.
The oats crop was the only one
; which showed a decrease in value,
i but last year there was a bumper
crop of oats and thts year the pro
duction was reduced from 43,095,000
bushels to 32.571,000 bushels. The
■ average yield per acre a year ago was
I 39 bushels while this year the aver
age was only 31 bushels to an acre.
The average price is 55 cents as com
pared with 4 6 cents a year ago and
the total value of the crop was $17,-
914.050 Against $19,823,700 for the
1915 crop.
The buckwheat crop was partially
a failure and rye jumped to fourth
place in value at a figure of $4,675,-
216 as compared with $3,971,200 a
year ago. The acreage was reduced |
from 271,600 to 266,000 acres and the
yield per acre from 17.2 bushels to
16.9 bushels, but the average price
advanced from 85 cents in 1915 to
$1.04. The total crop was 4,495,400
bushels against 4,672,000 bushels a
year ago.
There was a greater acrepge plant
ed in buckwheat than last year by
279,970 acres to 277,200, but the uver
age yield per acre was 16 bushels
against 20 bushels last year and the
total production 4,480,000 bushels
against 5,540,000 bushels. This short
age of crop brought the average price
from 78 cents to $1.04 per bushel and
the total value of the crop to $4,659,-
I 200 as compared with $4,321,200 last
year.
The increase of $17,555,464 in the
valuf of the cereal crops of 1916 over
those of 1915 is shown in the produc
tion of a total of 120,677.800 bushels
against the larger yield of 133,027,000
bushels obtained in 1915.
THIEVES STEAIj HOGS
Marietta, Pa., Dec. 19. Thieves
are operating in different sections
among poultry and hogs. One farmer
reports a loss of thirty chickens and
twb turkeys, and on the premises of
William Buther, near Turnpike, a
large hog was slaughtered and ready
to be dragged away when the thieves
were frightened.
RARRIS3URG TELEGRAPH
ECONOMY IN
ENTERTAINING i
I 1
Mrs. Wood Shows How Pretty i
Little Affairs Can Be Held
at Little Cost
By Anna H. Wood
Hospitality is a word of amazing
charm. It warms the heart urrd stirs
the memory with visions of times
and places that we have broken bread
with another where we felt our pres
ence really counted. It is during the
Christmas season that the overflow
ing happiness of the housemother bids
her open her doors to friend and
neighbor. She wants to "entertain"
u little us the word is understood to
day, but she hesitates because of the
expense involved. Of course formal
affairs always run into big money, but
the small social afternoon "At Home"
may easily come within the limited
income. Probably, if asked afterward,
the guests would acknowledge that a
greater amount of real pleasure was
derived from the little informal affair
than from the larger one.
Dispensing with all ceremony, it is
permissible to invite most of the guests
by telephone to call upon a certain
day when you plan to be at home to
a few friends between 3 and 5 p. m.
Those who cannot be reached thus
should have a short note sent them
or your visiting card with the day and
hour written beneath the words "At
Home" in the lower left hand corner
and the address in the lower right
hand. But phoning saves the cost of
stationary and postage. If from 20
to 30 or more guests are invited, the
hostess stands to receive. If only a
few, they may gather sociably in com
fortable chairs with light sewing or
form into groups for cards.
Tea is surved buffet style from a
table set for the occasion with plates
' and napkins arranged in piles. Two
intimate friends of the hostess, seated,
attend to the nouring. The Aaid or
the younger w"omen guests serve.
A word as to the finish of the table
which should be dressed only with
centerpiece and doilies or handsome
luncheon cloth. If the wood has be
come worn and shabby through hard
usage, rub sweet oil well into the grain
with powdered pummice enclosed in a
small cheesecloth bag. Then go over
it with a soft dry cloth and plenty
of active elbow grease. This done
once a week will keep an old table in
good condition with a soft dull luster.
An ample menu for an informal
"At Home" consists of
Hot Tea
Sugar Cream Lemon Whole Cloves
Lettuce Sandwiches
Hot Cocoa
Loaf Cake
Mints Salted Peanuts
Saltines
Orange Pekoe cake is generally con
ceded to be the choicest brand for
Uje afternoon cup, but is one of the
most expensive on the market. A
good substitute is any first-class tea—
Ceylon or mixed green—to which is
added the grated rind of oranges,
dried. I keep a jar in my kitchen
for this purpose alone and instead
of throwing away the orange peels
they are scalded and kept for future
use.
The sandwich loaves cut to better
advantage than other bread and
should be at least one day old. Cut
the slices very thin and remove crusts.
In making lettuce sandwiches which
can be comfortably eaten while stand
ing in a crowded room I have found
It both quicker and hiore satisfactory
to run the lettuce leaves through the
meat chopper. Then mix well into a
thin paste with mayonnaise and
spread over the bread. This allows
the use of even the lijrge outer leaves
and no butter is required, as the may
onaise takes its place.
The hot cocoa is made to the pro
portion of one teaspoon cocoa powder,
% teaspoon sugar to 2-5 cup milk and
l / 2 cup water. Whipped cream or the
canned marshmallow froth can be
served over the top of each cup or
one or two whole marshmallows
dropped into a cup of hot cocoa will
melt and have the same effect. *
Raisin Sandwiches
One cup chopped nut meats, one
cup seedless raisins, chopped If large;
V 4 teaspoon lemon juice, two tea
spoons powdered sugar, white one egg.
Add sugar and then other ingredients
in their order to the stiffly beaten egg I
white until it forms a paste. (A tiny
pinch of salt added to the white of an
egg will cause it to beat up much
stiffen) Spread on thin slices of bread
slightly buttered.
! Use any plain cake such as Ella's
One-Egg Cake I gave previously with
any desired icing. 1 would suggest
, doubling the receipt and baking in two
1 large flat tins, then cutting into pieces
two Inches square. Pile these on
! cake plates in such a way that the
frosting will not he bruised.
Pome people prefer an unsweetened
, wafer with tea and a dish of saltines
' supplies this want, while a dish of
mints and one of salted nuts balances
! the menu, the average cost of which
! amounts to $3.25 for enough to serve
, twenty guests.
As near as it can be gauged the fol
! lowing prices cover the cost of the
refreshments prepared by the hostess:
I 2 sandwich loaves $ .30
\ Lettuce 15
' Mavonalse dressing 15
. Tea 15
t Whole cloves 05
• Sugar 16
■ Cream 80
> Lemons 10
; Cocoa 30
Marshmallows 25
I Raisin filling 35
> Cake 60
' Mints 15
L Salted peanuts 15
Saltines 10
- Total $3.26
S S. S. OFFICERS CHOSEN
Pa., Dec. 19. After the
; regular session of the Sunday school
> of the Baptist Church of the Trans
' I figuration an election of officers for
the year took place, resulting as fol
' lows: Superintendent, H. R. Bitter
man; assistant superintendent, W. H.
Daniels; treasurer. Elijah Page; sec
retary, Norman Daniels; librarians,
1 ! Naomi Daniels, Elsie Welker, Katie
, I W r elker and Anna Baker, organist,
1 Vergle Enders. ]
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Christmas
ft Demonstration a
THIS WEEK ONLY 1
I "Wear -EV Aluminum Uten^l
I | $1.50
I 2: q^?ra^cepan ' fiQp 50c Stew Pan ' 9Kn 4-qt. Kettle, QQ„ 1
i £ SI.OO Value, at. v)i/C this week LiUd $1.55 Value *
I g MAY BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY OR IN SETS
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ] '
The Capitol Watchman
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The following typically describes the
experience of a night watchman in the
discharge of his duties at the Capitol
Building, Harrisburg, Pa.:
Starting Point—Sergeant's Office
Basement Floor. 11:57 P. M. Saturday
or any other night.
I am now counting time in the Ser
geant's room,
Clock in hand and will start pretty
soon.
Next I'm in the east end of Central
Block,
When the time is up I'll wind the clock.
I go back to the Center under the
dome,
I sit down on a chair and am all alone.
I next start north and go to box two,
I turn the key and that will do.
I keep trudging on with clock in hand,
And gaze around to beat the band.
No signs of fire do I find or see.
No tramps around is plain to me.
I move along and turn to the light.
Reaching box three I wind it tight.
1 retrace my steps and go to box four,
The last one on the basement floor.
I open the box and take the key
And do the same as at number three.
1 now get ready for the second floor
Ascending the steps counting twenty
and more.
When I get to the second I'm winded a
bit,
So I find a chair and sit down In it.
No open doors do I behold,
No thieves are there to steal the gold.
Box five is the next one on the list,
I get there in time and give it a twist.
Box number six is on floor B:,
I climb the stairs and there I be.
Two paintings in the square I see,
Both look beautiful to me.
The one is a lady almost bare.
East End Bank
13th and Howard Sts.
Our Christmas
Savings Society Is
Now Open For 1917
All Series as Usual
"ZZIZIZZIZZZZZZIZZZII. ♦
E. A. HEFFELFINGER, President
JOHN K. MAY, Vice President
AL. Z. THOMAS, Cashier
II ' *
DECEMBER 19, 1916.
She represents "Autumn" I do declare;
The other is a lady fair and bright.
She represents winter to my sight.
I arrive at box six and open It out,
Using the key I turn about.
Another flight of stairs to climb,
Twenty-one steps all in a line.
Step by step I ascend to the top
And when I get there I almost drop.
I turn to the left and then to the right
And behold box seven is plain in sight.
I go right up and turn the key
And find a seat placed there for me.
I then walk back to stairs that are
high,
Steps thirty-one. It makes me sigh.
But up I go steady and slow.
I hold to the railing and look below.
When I get to the top I stop to rest
For I have done my very best.
I turn to the left and then to the right
Box number eight is now in sight.
I walk along and turn the key
And make a mark that the "Boss" can
see.
On and on and up I ascend
And reach box nine the last to attend.
Taking the key, I give it a twist
And make a mark, the last on the list.
On the first trip up eighty doors must
be tested
To see if they are locked and nothing
molested.
If a door is found open or stands ajar,
Turn on the light and inspect near and
far.
The atmosphere in corridors as a rule
is bad,
Scarce a breath of fresh air or glame to
be had.
So up I go to Comrade Vanzance (Van
zandt).
Who is always ready to give me a
chance.
Sometimes I recline on his couch a bit,
When the time is up he tells me* "to
git."
Sometimes I go to the roof to secure
A breath of fresh air and ozone pure.
When the time arrives to start back
down
I cheerfully go without a frown.
The last shall be first, so to nine I go
Turn the key and descend below.
Next, when number eight 1b done
Then seven, six, five, four, three, two
one.
The round la complete and I go to the
room
And rest awhile, but start back soon.
Pour trips like this are made every
night,
So the "snap" that is talked of Is clear
out of sight.
T. B. GALiBRAITH.
Brookville. Pa.
Ground Broken For New
Dickinson School of Law
Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 19. With but
little ceremony, ground was yesterday
afternoon broken for the new $60,000
building of the Dickinson School of
Law. The subscription sum got a
boost with the visit here of Rofoert 11.
Smith, formerly of Oakville, now re
siding in San Francisco, Cal. He is a
graduate of the institution and gave
Dean William Trickett a check for
$5,000 to aid the work.
ASTHMA SUFFERER
Write to-day, 1 will tell you, free of
charge, of a simple home treatment for
asthma which cured me after physi
cians and change of climate failed. I
am so grateful for my present good
| health, after years of suffering, that I
want everyone to know of this won
derful treatment. Mrs. Nellie Evans,
555. P-11. Des Moine., lowa.
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