8 You Are Both Soldier and Sailor in Marine Corps Washington, Aprl! .—The great American public 1s realizing now more than ever the fact that the ma rine corps maintains separate and distinct recruiting stations from the other branches of our national de fense and that although the marine goes to sea, he is a soldier—not a sailor—and does not serve his coun try entirely on the ocean wave, ac cording to Major General George Harnett, the commandant of the "Soldiers of the Sea." The present crisis is causing many patriotic young men to investigate the different avenues in which they may protect the freedom which they en joy, and those undecided as to wheth er they would "do their bit" as a soldier or a sailor are enlisting in the marine corps as a "Soldier and Sailor, too." TRAINS MEN TO BE PROSPECTORS Training mining men to become competent prospects is a part of the work of the Washington State college. According to the Spokane Chronicle, this course Is likely to prove of value in opening new prop erties by increasing the number of men in the Held who know minerals when they see them. Professor Warfle, an instructor in the department, says: "The object of the course .is to train a man to iden tify all kinds of ore, mineral or rock, to be able to make his own assay of such ores or minerals. It is a matter of mining history that the best known mines of the country were once tramped over by prospectors who were unable to read the signs nature had spread before them." DANDRUFF MAKES HAIR FALL OUT 25 cent bottle of "Danderine" keeps hair thick, strong, beautiful. Girls! Try this! Doubles beauty of your hair in few moments. • VBHB tmfl. jjlBL Within ten minutes after an appli cation of Danderine you can not find a single trace of dandruff or falling hair and your scalp will not itch, but what will please you most will be alter a few weeks' use, when you see new hair, fine and downy at first— yes—but really new hair —growing all over the scalp. A little Danderine immediately doubles the beauty of your hair. No difference how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Danderine and carefully dra"w It through your hair, taking one small Btrand at a time. The effect is amaz ing—your hair will be light, fluffy and wavy, and have an appearance of abundance; an incomparable lustre, Koftness and luxuriance. Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter, and prove that your hair is as pretty and soft as any— that It has been neglected or Injured by careless treatment—that's all— you surely can have beautiful hair and lots of It If you will Just try a lit tle Danderine. KEEP ■ ACID CUT OF JOINTS Tells Rheumatism Sufferers to Eat Less Meat and Take Salts. Rheumatism is easier to avoid than to cure, states a well-known authority. We are advised to dress warmly; keep • the feet dry; avoid exposure; eat less meat, drink plenty of good water. Rheumatism is a direct result of eating too much meat and other rich ioods that produce uric acid which is absorbed into the blood. It Is the function of the kidneys to filter this acid from the blood and cast it out in the urine; the pores of the skin are also a means of freeing the blood of this impurity. In damp und chilly cold weather the skin pores are closed thus forcing tho kidneys to do double work, they become weak and sluggish and fail to eliminate the uric acid ■which keeps accumulating and circu lating through the system, eventually settling in the Jointa and muscles caus ing stiffness, soreness and pain called .rheumatism. . At the first twinge of rheumatism get from any pharmacy about four ounces of Jad Salts; put a tablespoon ful in a glass of water and drink be fore breakfast each morning for a week. This is said to eliminate uric acid by stimulating the kidneys to normal actlrfn, thus ridding the blood iof these impurities. Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with iithta land is used with excellent results by ; thousands of folks who are subject to rheumatism. Here you have a | pleasant. effervescent llthla-water : drink which helps overcome uric, acid and la beneficial to your kidneys as well. THURSDAY EVENING, REQUESTS POUR IN SHOWING INTEREST PLANTING Quantity required Distance Apart Depth A'esetable for 100 of feet of riuntlnK row Row* In Row Asparagus, seed ..1 ounce 1 to 2 ft 3 to 5 ft 1 to 2 in. Asparagus, plants 60 to 80 ... 12 to 24 in. ... 15 to 20 in. ... 2 to 6 in. Beans, bush 1 pint lit to 24 In. ... 6 or 8 to ft. ... V> to 2 in. Beans, pole hi pint .... 3 to 4 ft 3 to 4 ft. ..... 1 to 2 in. Beets 2 ounces ... 12 to 18 in. ... 5 or 6 to ft. .. 1 to 2 in. Brussels sprouts 14 ounce ... 24 to 30 in. ... 16 to 24 in. ... \i in. Cabbage, early .. % ounce ... 24 to 30 in. ... 12-to 18 in. ... in. Cabbage, late ... % ounce-... 24 to 36 in. ... 16 10 24 in. ... % in. Carrot 1 ounce .... |lB to 14 in. ... 60r7 to ft. ... Va in. Cauliflower >4 ounce ... 24 to 30 in. ... 14 to 18 in. ... y. in. Celery >4 ounce ... 18 to 36 in. ... 4 to 8 in % in. Corn, sweet Vi pint .... 30 to 36 In. ... 30 to 36 in. ... 1 to 2 in. Cress, upland . ... Vfe ounce .. 12 to 18 in. ... 4or& to ft. ... % to 1 in. Cucumber % ounce .. 4 to 6 ft 4 to 6 ft 1 to 2 In. Kggplant 1-3 ounce .. 24 to 30 in. ... 18 to 24 in. ... Vi to 1 in. Endive 1 ounce ... 18 in 8 to 12 In ft to 1 in. Horseradish ,70 roots ... 24 to 30 in. ... 14 to 20 in. ... 3 to 4 in. Kale, or borecole Vi ounce ... 18 to 24 in. ... 18 to 24 in. ... V 4 in. Kohl-rabi Vi ounce ... 18 to 24 in. ... 4 to 8 in % In. lettuce 1% ounce ... 12 to 18 in. ... 4 to 6 in in. Mellon, muskmelor % ounce ... 6 to 8 ft Hills 6 ft 1 to 2 in. Okra, or gumbo ..2 ounces ... 3 to 4 ft 24 to 30 in ... 1 to 2 in. Onion, seed 1 ounce .... 12 to 18 in. ... 4 or 5 to ft. ... % to 1 in. Onion, sets 1 quart ... 12 to 18 in. ... 4 or 5 to ft. ... 1 to 2 in. Parsley }4 ounce ... 12 to 18 in. ... 3 to G in % in. Parsnips % ounce ... 18 to 24 in. ... 5 or 6 to ft. ... to 1 in. Peas 1 to 2 pints. 30 to 36 in. ... IS to ft 2 to 3 in. Pepper % ounce ... 18 to 24 in. ... 15 to 18 In. ... ',4 in. Potato, Irish 5 lbs 24 to 36 in. ... 14 to 18 in. ... 4 in. Radish 1 ounce A. 12 to 18 in. ... Bor 12 to ft.... % to 1 in. Khubarb, seed .. V 6 ounce ... .10 to 36 in. ... 6 to 8 in % to 1 in. Rhubarb, plants .. 33 plants .. 3 to 5 ft :s ft 2 to 3 in. Ruta-baga V 4 ounce ... 18 to M In. ... 6 to 8 in U to 1 In. Kalslfy .1 ounce .... 18 to 24 in. ... 2 to 4 in yS to 1 in. Spinach 1 ounce .... 12 to 18 in. ... 7 or 8 to ft. . . i to 2 in. Squash, bush % ounce ... 3to 4 ft. Hills 3 to 4 ft.. 1 to 2 In. Squash, late ounce ... 7 to 10 ft Hills 7 to 9 ft.. 1 to 2 in. Tomato ounce ... I to 4 ft 3 ft % to 1 in. Turnip \<z ounce ... 1 8 to 24 In. ... 6or 7 to ft. ... >4 to hi in Vegetable, marrow V 4 ounce ... 8 to 12 ft Hills S to 9 ft.. 1 to 2 in. That the interest in home gardening is becoming more widespread and the people of Harrisburg are alive to the need of growing as large a quan tity of vegetables as possible in their own yards, is emphasized by the re quests for garden seeds that are pour ing into the Harrisburg Benevolent Association. The HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH announced last week that an offer of SIOO worth of seeds, sufficient , for planting 60,000 square feet, had been made to this newspaper for contri bution among deserving persons by the National Emergency Food Garden Commission, of Washington, D. C., and that the offer had been accepted and the seeds would be turned over to I the Harrisburg Benevolent Associa-, I tion who would supervise their distri bution. Since the announcement ap peared scores of requests for seeds have been coming n/t only from Har risburg but from outlying towns. The Harrisburg Benevolent Associa tion extends its activities only within the city limits, and since it will have sole charge of distributing the seeds only residents of Harrisburg are priv ileged to share them. Those who are deeply interested in growing their own vegetables and intend to do in tensive gardening '-his spring and summer and who cannot afford to buy a large selection of sieeds will be sup plied first. A j If you want a selection of these seeds send in your name now to the Harrisburg Benevolent Association or the Associated Aid Charities. Announcement of the arrival of the seeds and the distribution points will be made by the HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH. The seeds are ex pected sometime thiß week. The Food Garden Primer issued Dy the National Emergency Food Garden Commission contains a wealth pf prac tical suggestions for home gardening. The Primer says: "In this year of national /peril the cultivation of food gardens becomes the patriotic duty of every citizen who has the opportunity in this way to aid ' in economic preparedness. ••The food garden not only makes the individual family largely inde pendent of other supplies of food, but ; it takes away from the railroads a 1 transportation labor that is needed for ■ the movement of war supplies; and, equally important, it allows the gen- , eral farmer to devote more land to , growing breadstuffs. "There are few, if any, cities which do not have enough vacant ground for all who wish to garden. If the back yard is too small to plant, there are vacant lots to be Improved by grow ing vegetables. Dwellers in apartment houses can co-operate in the tillage of the larger tracts and secure gardens ; at a minimum of labor and expense. "Any person, adult or child, who has access to a plot of ground in any region where rain falls or water runs in supply pipes, possesses, together with his own arms and brain, the es sentials for a successful garden. The seeds and the tools he can acquire cheaply. All but a few have the time mornings and evenings to give the cultivation which growing plants re quire. "Foot for foot, gardens in city or countrtf yield 10 to 15 times more abundantly than farm land devoted to general crops. The gardening is an intensive farm on a small scale. A half-acre easily produces vegetables worth *IOO at normal prices, while smaller tracts do even better. Have a plan for your garden— drawn on paper —before you start, to give proper order in planting and en able you to buy the right #mounts of seeds in advance when the selection is good. Put small plants like beets, onions, lettuce, carrots, radishes and parsnips in rows that are 15 inches apart; larger plants like corn, tomatoes and potatoes in rows 30 inches apart. Spreading ground-vines like melons and cucumbers need even wider space. The Soil The back yarder must use the soil he has —but he can Improve It If it is poor. Stable manure will help even the richest soil. You can not use too much of it. Professional gardeners spread as much as six Inches in a sin gle season. Loam is the best garden soil. Sand with manure gives good results. Clay is hardest to work, but manure and vegetable matter —called humus— spaded in—greatly improves It. Sifted coal ashes, no cinders, will help loosen up clay when mixed into it. Long unused land, especially under lawns, is usually sour, needing air slaked lime, 1 pound to 30 square feet, raked in after spading. The sweepings of pigeon lofts or chicken coops make valuable ferti lizer for gardens. After the frost goes out of the ground test it by squeezing a handful of dirt. If It crumbles, the soil Is ready for spading. If it packs Into a mud | ball, the ground is still too wet. Spade deeply, up to 15 inches, unless i this depth turns up poor clay and buries the richer soil of the top. Pow der the dirt deeply with a rake, break-1 Ing all clods under the surface. If clods are hard u lawn roller may crush them. Indoor Planting Earlier crops can be secured by planting certain seeds indoors and setting the young plants out In the open garden after the weather be comes warm. Such plants are toma toes, cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, pep pers, and eggplant. Any wooden box, shallow and wide if possible, will make an Indoor gar den. Put 1 Inch of gravel or cinders In the bottom for drainage, and fill to the top with good soli. Rows of plants may be 2 inches apart. Plant 8 or 10 seeds to the inch, keep the soil damp, and set the box in a window. When the plants are an inch high pull most of them out. leav ing the rest growing 1 or 2 inches apart. Before transplanting to the garden set the box outdoors in mild weather to harden the plants. Set out each plant with a ball of box dirt sticking to the roots. Flower pots, homemade paper pots, and round, bottomless, paper bands set on a cellar bench and filled with soil, are as good as seed boxes for indoor gardenjng. When to Plant When heavy frosts are over, plant early peas (the smooth kind), onion sets (bulbs, not seeds), early potatoes, kale and spinach. All of these will stand light freezing except potato plants, which must be covered with dirt when frost threatens. When frosts are about over plant lettuce, radishes, parsnips, carrots, beets, late peas (wrinkled seeds), and early sweet corn. When all frosts are over and apple trees are in bud, plant string beans and late sweet corn, and set out a few early tomato and cabbage plants from the indoor boxes. When apple trees blossom plant cu cumbers, melons, squashes, lima beans, and set oOt the rest of the in door plants. How Much Seed to Buy The following amounts of seed will plant in each case a garden row 100 feet l,ong. Measure your rows and buy accordingly. Also compare your fig ures w|th planting taible: String beans 1 pint Lima beans " y 2 pint Cabbage . .ounce Carrot ounce Cauliflower packet Vflery packet All squash ounce Beets ounces Sweet corn 1 p j n t Lettuce ounce Muskmelon % ounce Cucumber ounce Eggplant 1 packet Kale, or Swiss chard % ounce Parsley packet Parsnip 14 ounce Vegetable oysters (salsify) ..1 ounce Onion sets (bulbs) 1 quart Onion seed 1 ounce p e IVi pint Radish ounce Spinach 1 ounce Tomatoes u ounce Turnip * ounce One or two pecks of early potatoes and to 1 bushel of late potatoes give enough seed to supply four persons. Straight rows add to the garden's beauty and make gardening easier. Stretch a string between stakes and follow it with the point of a hoe to open up the row. Do not plant deep. The old rule is to plant to a depth of 5 times the size of the seed. Consult planting table for depth. Hoeing When you can see the green rows it is time to start hoeing. Never hoe deeply—l inch deep is enough—but hoe frequently, and always after rhJn or watering as soon the ground is dry enough. # Frequent holing makes a dust layer that prevents the soil underneath from drying out. Sprinkling; Rain water is. the best moisture for the garden because it contains am monia, which fertilizes. The dust cover will protect this rain moisture in nor mal seasons. If sprinkling must be done, it is bet ter to soak the ground once a week than to sprinkle every day. Keep your garden everlastingly at it producing food for you. Don't let It loaf a single day. Whn you pull out radishes or onions or pick peas, spade the rows again and plant new seeds that'will have time to mature before winter. In this way a small garden can be made to do wonders. Special Directions String and lima beans aro grown alike. There are two sorts of each low bush beans and bean vines that climb poles. Pole beans are best for small gardens. Plant bush beans in hills a foot apart, 5 seeds 1 to 2 inches deep. When plants are 6 Inches high puli out half of them. Another way Is to plant single seed 3 inches apart in rows. Plant pole beans in hills the same way. except hills must be 3 feet apart Thin to 3 plants to the hill. Before planting fix firmly In each hill a pole 5 feet long. Have two rows of hills and slant the poles so that each set of 4 may be tied together at the top like an Indian tepee. Help the vines to start twjnlng around the poles from right to left. Note —Plant lima beans with the "eyes" of the seeds downward. Beets i Sow seed rather thickly in row. but SHOE : n | POLISHES m III BLACK WHITE TAN mMM* WL Hi KEEP YOUR SHOES NEAT HXBIUSBtJRO TELEGRXPH thin the young plants by pulling until the survivors are 4 inches apart. The pulled plants make excellent greens for cooking. a Cabbage Set plants from indoor seed boxes or pots IB inches apart in rows, the rows being 1 yard apart. Between these rows early lettuce, radishes, an<i other little crops may be planted. Early cabbage should bo plucked as soon as it has formed solid heads. Late cabbages may be stored In trenches and covered with straw and earth. Carrots Sow seeds 1-2 inch deep, using 1-4 ounce to 25 feet of row. Thin only if roots are crowding each other. Cauliflower Grown the same as cabbages ex cept when the heads form, the loose outer leaves should be tied together over the heads to keep out light and bleach the "curd." Celery Sow seeds in seed boxes and set plans in garden in June or July 6 inches apart, rows 3 feet apart. When plants are large heap earth around stalks to whiten them. Sweet Corn Plant 5 or 6 seeds 1 Inch deep in hills rounded up with the hoe 3 feet apart in rows 3 feet apart. When plants are 4 inches, high pull out all but 2 plants in each hill. Make new plantings every two weeks so as to have corn in several stages of growth. Cucumbers Plant ten seeds 1 inch deep in hills 4 feet apart. Later thin to 2 plants per hill. Do not plant until soil is warm and frosts are over. Hoe only until plants start to vine, then pull weeds by hand. Eggplant Little plants from seed boxes are set two l'eet apart in rows. Lettuce Sow seeds %-inch deep in rows 1 foot apart, and later thin out until plants are 6 inches apart. Provide oc casional shade for plants on hot sum mer days. Muskmclon Grown like cucumbers except hills must be 6 feet apart. Onions Onions will grow from or from bulbs, called sets. Plant sets 3 inches apart in rows a foot apart. This is for early green onions. For winter dried onions plant seeds rather thick ly 3-4 of an inch deep in rows and thin the plants later to 3 inches apart. Oyster Plant Called vegetable oyster and salsify. Grown like carrots except that plants must be thinned to 3 inches apart. Peas Peas should be planted at the bot tom of trenches 4 to 6 inches deep, the seeds being covered with 2 Inches of soil. From 1 to 2 pints of seed will plant 100 feet of row. As the plants grow gradually fill in the trench around the stalks. Let the vines grow 1 I Read This Letter jj Mothers and I It is of Vital Interest to You E9 "Editor of "The Philadelphia Record": Did you every think about the part the newspaper plays in a boy's education? hfl . You and I send our sons to school, and try to keep a fatherly eye on their progress there. hB But we know that they learn more out of school than in it. We should be shirking our jobs if we M tried to unload our whole responsibility upon the most competent of professional teachers. TTiere- B fore, duty compels us, in supervising the education of the youngsters, to look to the hours not spent in H the class-room. It is our business, as fathers, to exercise a prudent censorship over the ideas and M H impressions our children imbibe through their amusements, their associations and their reading par- E9 Mr ticularly, I may say, their reading. P§H bfc My friend Jones agrees with me in principle about this, but he falls short in practice. The fct] BE Jones boys have a false and distorted notion of the values of life, which I can trace directly to a daily EGf visitor to that family whose sinister connection with his sons' education the head of the house never Efi suspects. He knows who and where his boys spend their leisure time. He regulates their friend- Eft SSF ship with discretion. He even interests himself in the choice of the books they read. But he overlooks hPf the character-forming influences of their dailj newspaper. R- Jones pays, in taxes, to have his boys taught to use correctly the English language. But the jH E hoys are learning other lessons from their newspaper. They use the language common to the 3 BE "funny characters" and pictures of scantily attired women. Bad grammar, worse slang, the cant of 9 K thieves, gamblers and sports—these they pick up from the daily conversation of their pen-and-ink 9 HE heroes, along with at contempt for decent living, honesty, truthfulness and the virtues generally. From 3 ■F • these same "comic" characters they have acquired a degraded sense of slap-stick humor and a dis- 9 p: respect for parental authority. *1 They read the sporting news, too—l find no fault with them for that—if only it were properly 9 §g= served! , But their newspaper so glorifies the professional baseball player by printing columns uoon 9 K columns of guff about him—AND EVEN PURPORTING TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY HIM Ex ffl that dje J? ne , b °y 8 £ave come to look upon a professional baseball player as a more important man 9 K than the President of the United States and commercialized baseball as the arfis around which all other 9 R; mundane affairs revolve. r|| Mr There are other things those boys read in that newspaper of which the less said the better It HC has possibly never struck my friend's attention that the paper which he takes into the bosom of his [9 He family makes a specialty of exploiting the nastiness in the news. It never gets scooped on a divorce Hi Bp scandal, on the unfrocking of a clergyman, on the police court case based on a "statutory charge " But 9 Bp a boy's curiosity is attracted by these things. Jones would horsewhip any scoundrel who should 9 He undertake to instruct his boys along these lines. But he would open his eyes at what they are learning 9 Bp r- at his own fireside. 8 jj E My boy is perhaps no better than the average. But lam determined that he shall not through MP my connivance or neglect, become any worse than the average. He has reached the time of life where FB HE he most needs my help, and lam trying to give it to him. I want him to read the daily newspaper FB K: it's necessary to the development of intelligent manhood. And so he reads my oaoer vour *-fi Rfc —"The Philadelphia Record." * P P y ° Ur paper EH 1: You would do Jones a great favor if you would point out to him the reasons why he had 9 ■ ; better take his own favorite newspaper to the office with him, if he must have it, and subscribe to P: "The Record" for delivery at his home. % qB pjjt In all sincerity, dgf ||" A CONSTANT READER." 9 up on bush or poultry wire. The rows of peas should be 3 to 4 feet apart, but it Is desirable to plant double rows 1 foot apart, placing the brush between these rows. Plant peas in two-week intervals to give a continuous crop. Peppers Set young plants from seed box ft inches apart in row. Potatoes Plant potatoes in a trench 6 Inches deep, spacing off hills 16 inches apart. Rows should be 3 feet apart, and 2 or 3 pieces of potato should be dropped $2 Saved on PYRENE now If you delay getting Pyrene you will lose exactly $2. If you buy today you can put a $2 saving back in your pocket. The price on May Ist goes to $lO. Today 1 you need pay only SB. • ••##*# Fire loves to plunder, murder and destroy. Kill fire or it may kill ybu. Prepare for fire APRIL 12,. 1917. In each hill. Cover seed with 2 inches of soil and fill in the dirt around the stalks as the plantß grow. Potatoes need frequent shallow hoeing. If the seed potatoes selected are small they may be planted whole, but if large they should be cut into pieces with two "eyes" in each piece. Radlslics Planted and grown the same as car rots. Spinach Sow seeds thickly one inch deep in rows one foot apart. Squash Grown the same as cucumbers or muskmelon, except that the hills of hubbard squash shoulu be 8 to 10 feet apart. Tomato Set out young plants from seed boxes 18 inches apart and support them later with stakes driven into the ground. Rows should be 3 feet apart. Turnip Plant 1-4 ounce of seeds to 60 feet of row, sowing them 1-2 inch deep; rows 1 foot apart.
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