8 FAATIFI THEY BUILD OR A VR VR LR DESTROY AMAZING BUT RAEKLY SUSPECTED I TRUTHS ABOUT THE THINGS YOU EAT ite ri^ ht Mccann b r By ALFRED W. McCANN The prospect of a food shortage urges luxury-loving America to exam ine the dietary of the Aborigines—The food upon which the Ked mail De veloped physical magnificence is still here In abundance, but the people of the twentieth century, unlike the early settlers, are unable to obtain it—Our present food shortage. If it results in restoring the vitalizing foods upon which the Indians thrived, will prove to be a hlcssing in disguise. Notwithstanding the fact that the United States annually produces hun dreds of millions of bushels of corn this most ancient and most precious of the fruits of the field has been lost to the American people. We no longer eat corn in America. The many products consumed under the name of corn are mere shadows of the substance on which the early settlers of this country lived. For the tlrst time in tho history of ,the United States we are confronted by what is called a food shortage. It Is not now necessary to trace the phrase "food economy" which we hear so often. Its origin is too re cent not to be painful to hundreds of thousands of American citizens who are at last seriously interested in the problems involved in the feeding of their children. If the present shortage in foodstuffs results in our attaining a more sen sible appreciation of the laws of nu trition. the discomforts which it en tails will be well worth the price paia for them. We have forgotten all that our forefathers knew concerning the food of the Indian tribes of the United States and Canada. We have forgotten that time and again the little struggling colonies and settlements of white men from I>abrador to Florida and from the Atlantic to the Pacific would have perished by famine and disease nad they not been able in times of scarc ity of food to rely upon the products of the Indians' industry. We know well that the white men who made possible these American cities of ours subsisted on what they could obtain from the natives in the LONGING FOB ft CHILD Young Wife Almost in De spair. Now has Beautiful Baby Girl. There is nothing more charming than a happy and healthy mother of children, and indeed child-birth under the right conditions need be no hazard to health or beauty. Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound has brought joy to many childless women by restoring them to normal health. Here is a notable cape. Omaha, Neb.—"l suffered from fe male troubles when I was seventeen lllliiinii'iiii'it i~l years old. Ateight een I was married and my trouble was no better so I con- Kf*? suited a physician j who said that there W3 8 n rnuc * l ' table Compounded if" decided to try it, an d it has proved worth its weight in gold to me for I am not only well but have a baby girl, so when I hear of any woman suffering as 1 was I tell her of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Comround."—Mrs. W. HUGHES, 19 Majestic'Apts., Omaha, Neb. In many other homes, once childless, there are now children because of the fact that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound makea women norma!, healthy c.nd strong. i Elderly People Praise Cadomene For Nervous 111 Health Elderly People l'rnl*e Catlonteiie: Sept. 23, iai6. Dear Sir:—l just bought another tube of Cadomene Tablets. My wife and I have used one tube and we lind them as you state. My wife had become very nervous, cross and irritable, and so had I. 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' and many are so frail, thin and blood less that their splendid features are lost sight of, while a vain attempt to conceal the angularity of the figure de ceives no one but themselves and really excites the pity or ridicule of the world, said a well known largely em ployed practicing physician, in a recent lecture at a young ladies' college. "I do not mind exposing a little secret of! mine to all such, as it can do no harm and may result in much happiness and i health. It is flmply this: Any thin.! bloodless, nerve-tortured man or wo man can become as tit as the fittest by I taking regularly for several months an easily obtained pharamceutieal prod uct known by the profession and phar- i macists as three-grain hypo-nuclane I tablets, put up in sealed packages with directions for home use. The Kosine Treatment for EPILEPSY can be used with absolute confidence. It relieves all fear of the attacks which are so in that terrible dl#* ease. We waut every sufferer of EnS lepsjr to Five the Kosine Treatmenl a trial, for the success of the treatment durinx the past fifteen years has proved the Kosine Treatment to be of unusual IT 0 .?, 1 * at our store and get a large bottle for (1.50. If, after using, you are not entirely satisfied your money will be refunded. Booklet giving com plete dietary,letc., free on request George A. liorgas, 16 North Third MONDAY EVENING, HAHRISBURG fftKfcS TELEGRAPH APRIL 2, 1917. way of corn aud the other things we are about to describe. The corn of the Indians and the corn of our forefathers was n<Jt only good to eat, but it was worth eating. That the follies of civilization should ever have conspired to lay their destroying hands upon this life-sus taining food is one of the tragedies which It is not yet too late to control. There is no fiction in the statement that we are now planting cornfields to no purpose. There is no fiction in the statement that corn was indeed the bread of life of the Indian. Dr. Richard l.asch in his work, "Agriculture Among Primitive Peo ple," tells us o£ the remarkably large corn fields of some of tho eastern and western Indian tribes. Professor Cyrus Thomas in his "Hand Bood of American Indians North of Mexico," collects the evi dence of Cartier, Cham plain, Sagard. Charlevoic, de Tonty, and General Wayne as to the immense fields of corn all over the country. Sagard, quoted by Edwin Wiley and Irving G. Rines, of the Übrary of Congress, is on record as saying, with reference to the Hurons, "I lost my way quicker in these fields of corn than in the prairies or forests." General Wayne, quoted by the same authorities, said: "1 have never before beheld such immense fields of corn." There is no question of the extent to which the Indians cultivated corn nor of the Immense quantities both standing on the stalk and stored in the dry ear which the French and English destroyed during the Indian wars throughout the entire territory of the Iroquois, which is to-day the State of New York, a cornless waste. The fact is solemn enough. We know that It was due to the cultiva tion of corn by the Indians that we owe the survival of the whites and that without corn the peopling of America by the white men would probably have been delayed a hun dred years. It was from the Indians that the whites learned the methods of plant ing, harvesting, storing, and using corn. Governor Bradford himself tells us how in April, 1621, the Indians taught the colonists of New England how to "set" corn, how to manure it prop erly, how to plant It in hills, how to plant corn and beans together in the same field, or corn with pumpkins. The American citizens of 1917 who would appreciate the profound signifi cance of corn upon the history of the United States will find plenty of in spiration in Harshberger's "Maize, a Botanical and Economic Study," and in A. C. Parker's "Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants." The red men were hardy, tall, strong. Their physical perfections were little short of magnificent. They ate corn daily. But they ate all of it. They boiled it whole. They made bread cakes, mush and porridge, they parched it and roasted it. From their skill the early settlers learned the secrets of Indian pudding, of Boston brown bread, now only a relic of the past; of corn dodgers, corn muffins, johnny cake, hoe cake, ash cake, succotash, popcorn. To the fact that corn, squash, and pumpkin all came from the same field New England owes to-day its prefer ence for squash dishes and pumpkin pie. To-day we eat only the starch of the corn, and if we would appreciate how few of us resemble in physical propor tions the magnificence of the corn eating red man, we need only examine the percentages of young applicants rejected by the United States army on account of "physical unfitness." The old-fashioned coffee mill and a bushel of whole corn are not without their significance for the future o£ America. Russians Believe Weather Will Protect i'heir Line Petrograd, April 2.—"No serious activity may be expected on this front in the near future. The melting snow, impassable, precludes any big opera tion." This declaration of the Rus sian war minister, Alexander Guch koff, at 3taff headquarters after a visit [ to the northern front, appears to dis sipate the alarm created by the start ling warning of the war minister a week ago that the capital Itself was menaced by a threatened German attack. It was argued at the time of the enunciation of the minister's warning, which was the culmination of a series of similar declarations from the other ministries and by the presi dent of the Duma that the mobiliza tion of enemy forces along the north ern front, was seized upon as a pre text by the new government to arouse the army and the workingmen to a realization of the responsibility resting on them and stem the tide of disorgan ization which threatened to break down the efficiency of the army. JEWS MAKE PROGRESS New York, April 2.—The America Jewish Congress organized to obtain equal civil, national and religious rights for the Jews throughout the world, will be held at Washington, Septembber 2, unless the administra tive committee decides upon an earlier or later date. This decision was reached at a stormy meeting here yes terday of the executive committee of the congress. While sharp differences developed, as to the congress, the opinion was general that the fight for Jewish rights took a long stride for ward with the establishment of the new Russian government. UNCLE SAM S SUIT By William F. Kirk Dear Uncle Sam: This free advice May not be very pleasant, But, as you've found out once or twice, There's no time like the present. Through all the long, fat years you've known (I don't know how this hits you) You've loafed as much as you have grown! Please get a suit that fits you. Dear Uncle, get a coat of mail And pants too hard to ravel, A suit no hill can pierce at all However swift It travel. You're all the Uncle Sam we know— We'ra mighty glad we've got yon; But what If some cantankerous foe Should come along and swat you? Full many a pale and thoughtful brow la daily growing paler. So if you'll listen to us now We'll gladly pay the tailor. This little note to you is not Intended to abuse you, You're all the Uncle Sam we've got— And we're not going tp lose you! , Seat to Bank With $435 by Brother, He Has Not Been Heard of Since bank by his brother, John Dupes, of Middletown, to deposit'VV3s, Saturday morning, Jesse Dupes, 41 years, has not been seen since. Jesse Dupes between 9 anil 10 o clock Saturday morning was sent to make the deposit in the Farmer's Bank, Middletown. Becoming alarm* ed on account of the long stav, John Dupes, inquired at the bank and found that his brother was not tJiere. He at once notified the county aTitoritles but all efforts to locate him have been in vain. Jesse Dupes came here from Grand Rapids. Micli., to spend some time with his brother. This was the tlrst time Mr. Dupes allowed any person to do his banking. Mr. Dupes is pro prietor of the Windsor Hotel. GUARDSMAN SHOOTS TRAMP Sandusky, 0.. April 2. Foster Koutz, Company B, Sixth regiment. Ohio National Guard infantrvman, shot John Armstrong, a tramp of Syr acuse, N. Y„ late last night when Armstrong refused to obey a com mand to halt at a spot where the soldier was on guard. Koutz was ar Save $2; Buy PYRENE Today Word has just reached us that the price of a Pyrene Fire Extinguisher becomes ®lO May 1. Today it is ®B. If you buy today you save $ 2. So we urge you to buy today. Don't put it off one single day longer. $ 2 is $ 2, and $ 2 saved is $ 2 earned. We hardly need tell you of the danger from fire. Fire may steal into your home tonight. Fire may lay your car in ruins at any moment. Fire may kill before another day rolls around. Would you let $8 stand between your loved ones and sure safety? THE HARDWARE, ELECTRICAL AND AUTO SUPPLY MERCHANTS of HARRISBURG. P.S.—Remember Pyrene sayes 15% on Auto Fire Insurance each year. II || Harrisburg Peace Society Urges President Not to Ask For War Declaration Claiming aggressive warfare is the weapon of despotism and un-Ameri can, the Harrisburg Peace Society has written to President Wilson urging him not. to ask for a declaration of war by Congress. The letter to the President was sent by Rufus McCord, secretary of the organization, of which Dr. John J. Mullowney is president. In the com munication the officials declare there isj absolutely no excuse at tills time for a declaration of war against Ger many and that the people of the coun try are opposed to it. If force Is neces sary to stop the war. a suggesiton is made that this country pursue the same sea tactics as Germany. In con clusion the Presidents attention is called to the last appeal of W. J. Bryan to Congress as a solution of the present trouble. * _ Senator Penrose Says Million Men Will Come at Call of President Philadelphia, April 2.—Pennsyl vania's representatives in Congress will be lined up solidly for the protc tion of American rights. Senator Penrose's declaration made Saturday at the monster patriotic demonstra tion here in to-day being described as a clear outline of this State's thought. Senator Penroso described the big rally as tho peer in numbers and en thusiasm of any he had attended in a public career of more than 30 years. He declared that np one could longer doubt that the people of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania are sound to the core in their patriotism. He predicted that every person in the city and State would promptly rally to the support of the government at the first call for defenders of American rights on land or sea. He continued- as follows: "To-morrow, if necessary, one mil lion men will answer the call of the President to defend the American government in any part of the world. This meeting can have no immediate effect. Our country is totally unpre- Jared, and It will be an Inspiration tql metand to the American Congress iri reading of this and other meeetlngs being held to-day throughout the L country to know that the American k people are back of the Congress, to make every preparation possible to • place the American Republic upon an , adequate basis of national defense. "If this splendid meeting to-duy ac complishes no other result, it will have been of enormous effective value in encouraging every member of Con gress in both branches of that body to see that we never again confront a crisis in our international affairs, when we are totally unprepared, but that, in the future, the American Re public will be fully armed to uphold the policies which are ours and to de fend American life and American lib erty on the sea and on the land, i "(ioing as I do. to-morrow, to Wash | lngton, I shall carry with me a re : newed inspiration and a firmer reso ' lution shall be mine to do my part to place the American Republic on a tlrm foundation, feeling that you, in this splendid demonstration, are fully at my back and will indorse all my ac tions toward that end." LARGE CROWDS tiREET r vSTort 1-arge congregations greted the Rev. Dr. Robert Bagnell, new pastor of i Grace Methodist Church, at his first services yesterday. tHHtling Interior of ' ! Preliminary to Sale of Furnishings | Employes of the Commonwealth Ho. jtel to-day began dismantling the in ferior preparatory to the sale of fur nishings to-morrow. The last guest ; left yesterday afternoon and with his I departure the Commonwealth ceased ; to be an accommodation house for | travelers. Many antiques, old pieces of furni ture, bric-a-brac, bed clothing and dish ware will be sold at the public auction. Among the last guests at the hotel were VI. R. Ewart ,of Springfield, Ohio, and' Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Dudley, of Ntagaru Kails. Mr. Dudley Ift of tile I'nited lloUis Company, which % ' wil lopcrate the new I'enn-Harrls Ho tel. lie was her for the directors' * meeting Saturday. KILLS WIFE FROM JAW. . Harrisonburg, Va., April 2.—Harry Lang, in jail at Shenandoah City for obtaining goods under false pretenses, killed his wife outside yesterday with a pistol through the walls and then committed suicide. The tragedy is believed to have been planned by the couple when I-ang was arrested Fri day.
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