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IS NO TIME LIMIT ON FOOD
That's What the Commission to Inves
tigate Cold Storage Says in Its Re
port to tho Assembly
The report of the Commission to In
vestigate Cold Storage created by the
15)13 legislature will be tiled with
the General Assembly to-night. Xo bill
to regulate cold storage is recommeud
ed, for the reason that the resolution
creatiug the Commission did not em
power it to draft legislation.
According to the report, the Com
mission found that the fixing of arbi
trary time limits in regard to the keep
ing of food Lit stotage means less to
t'he consumer than the condition of the
stock when it goes into cold storage,
and how it is handled after it is taken
out. The report says:
''lt was brought out before the Com
mission that, instead of a time limit
on food, it would be far better to have
inspection »t warehouses with a view
of ascertaining the condition of food
when it goes in and its condition when
taken oirtl"
Xo conspiracy between the cold stor
age warehouses and the merchants for
the purpose of increasing the price of
goo Is to the detriment of the
■was found. The report states that the
warehouse men are merely eustodians
of property placed in their possession
and under no condition do Phev profit
l>y reason of the abnormal jurices of
eggs or any other food commodity giv
en to them for preservation. The fact
that cold storage facilities of the big
concerns are open to any householder is
brought out as i«-ooJ' that no conniv
ance to advance the price of foodstuffs
is possible.
The final conclusion of the Commis
sion is r.l a t legislation on cold storage
should be uniform: that when the laws
of one state conflict witih the laws of
anotTier on this subject business is ham
j>ered and destroyed; and that no one
State siiould enact a law on cold stor
age thnt differs as to time limit and
branding from existing acts in other
States.
FUR CAP BAFFLES THUG
Stays Force of Blackjack and Holdup
Falls
Towandn, Pa.. March 15.—A heavy
fur-lined cap which he wore saved j.'
R. McKeeby, Towanda's oldest mer
chant, from death at the hands of a
highwayman Saturday night. The
thug crept up behind McKeebv, struck
him on the head with a blackjack and
knocked him down, but was frightened
away by McKeeby's outcries before
he could rob him.
A bad gash was cut in McKeeby s
head, the thick fur-lined cap staying
the force of the blow sufficiently to
prevent- more serious injury.
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Lath to
Lath to Timbers
Lumber for repairs or
lumber for new build
ings.
Small orders or large
orders supplied 011 very
short notice.
It makes 110 difference
to us if you want one
board or one carload we
will give your business
prompt and careful at
tention.
This is the one thing
we are particular about
—to get lumber on the
job when it is wanted.
United Ice & Coal Co.
| Forater and Cowden Street*
HARRISBTJRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 15. 1915.
LIKELY TO SETTLE MAYO CASE
Scrauton Claimant Expected to Sue lor
Divorce Only
| Scranton. Pa, March 15.—Setting
: at rest rumors of au impending settle
i inent of the claims of Mrs. Florence
Weeks Mavo, of Scranton, upon Vir
: ginius J. Mavo, the New Haven mil-
I lionaire. ,1 W. Carpenter, chief eoun
j sel for the woman, stated last night
that there may be no developments in
the case for several days. He admit
ted that Frederick E. Scott, his assist
ant, has been in New Haven, but de
nied that he spent Sunday there in a
further effort to effect a settlement
! with the manufacturer.
There is a strong opinion here that
the woman will not prosecute Mayo.
It is thought that cash settlement will
t>e made, and that Mrs. Mayo will then
| sue for divorce.
FIND KIDNAPED CHILDREN
Teamster Admits He Took Little Ones,
but Says He Was Intoxicated
Keadiug, Pa., March 15.—After the
police and private detectives had been
seouring the city and county for them
since they were taken away from in
front of their home Saturday by a
driver of a produce team, Catherine
and Harold Eddinger were recovered
yesterday at Poplar Neck, below Read
ing, and restored to their parents.
Frank Swavely, driver of the team,
has been arrested and locked up. He
admits that he took the children, but
protests that he was intoxicated and
was not really aware that he had them
on his hands until he reached Gibral
tar. He says he was afraid to drive
back to the city without a light and
put the children up at a hotel for the
night. He was driving back with
them to Reading when he encountered
the police.
DEDICATE PERFECT BABIES
Fond Mothers Hope for Future Eugenic
Marriage
j Los Angeles, March 15.—A perfect
i baby boy and a perfect baby girl have
been dedicated to each otmer by their
fond mothers in the hope that in the
coming years love, gently guided by
maternal hands, may lead to an eugenic
marriage.
The 100-point children who are un
consciously facing a made-to-order ro
mance are William Charles Flvnn, 37
months old, and Alene Calvert Houek,
17 months old.
The parents of the "winners of eu
genic trophies are awaiting the future
with interest.
Oldest Odd Fellow Celebrates
Lancaster, March 15.—Andrew S.
Chambers, the oldest Odd Fellow in
Pennsylvania in point of years in mem
bership, having joined Lancaster lodge
seventy-one years ago. was 93 years
old yesterday. He is also the oldest
Moravian iu the State and suitable
exercises were held at the Moravian
j church yesterday in honor of the
i event.
State Senator Sproul Robbed
Chester, March 15. —6neak thieves
j got into the residence of State Senator
. William C. Sproul's country place,
I Lapidea Manor, yesterday and stole
I several suits of clothes, his gold watch
j and S2O in money. A man formerly
i employed by the Senator is suepeeted
; of knowing somtheing about the rob
! berv, and the police are looking for
j him.
Nabbed In Saloon, Escapes Mob
Mahanoy City, March 15. —With
' guns and lanterns, an infuriated posse
! hunted the mountains for hours for
the assailant of the 7-year-old daugh
; ter of George Rhoades. At midnight
.lohin Kennedy was quietly arrested in
| a saloon ami later identified by the
i girl. He protested his innocence. Fear
ing an outbreak, the man's hearing has
been twice postponed.
Funeral of Charles A. Grady ,-
Marietta, March 15. —The funeral
of Charlee A. Grady will be held from
his residence here to-morrow afternoon
at 2 o'cloek with interment \n Mari
j etta cemetery. Mr. Grady was connect- '
!ed with a number of business enter
prises in this city amd Philadelphia.
| Pneumonia Fatal to Farmer
Wrightsvillc, March 15. —M. S. Abel,
| 63 years old, a farmer and fruit grow
er, died SatuiMuv from pneumonia. He
is survived by a widow and thirteen
children and a number of grandchil
dren. He was a member of the United
Brethren church.
GETS <t0.000.000 LEGACY
B. H. Throop, Scranton, Receives Sec
ond Bequest From Estate
Scranton, March 15. —Left $5,000,-
000 on his 21st birthday by his grand
father, Benjamin 11. Throop yesterday
was bequeathed $5,000,000 'by his
aunt, Mrs. Mary Throop Phelps, who
died at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon
at the Throop homestead. Mr. Throop
is 24 years old.
Mrs. Phel[>s, who died yesterday,
was the daughter of l>r. Benjamin
Throop, late physician for the Lacka
wanna Coal Company, who amassed a
great fortune by buying coal lands.
MISSING PASTOR BACK MUTE
Nothing to Account for Preacher's
Speechlessness
Chester, March 15.—The Rev. Ed
ward Rice, pastor of Vnion African
Methodist Episcopal church, went to
call upon a parishioner about noon
Friday, and did not return home until
last night. He was speechless, but in
possession of all his other faculties.
Phyeiciaus are puzzlerfi
Rice shows no siiyis u ;' ha\ing been
attacked and doctors who examined
him say there is no evidence of any
drug or kuockout potion having been
administered.
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HEIR, A DESERT DISHWASHER
Son of Wealthy New Yorker Will Stay
in West. He Says
IfoltvilJ#*, i a)., March 15. —Found in
| a desert construction camp as a disu
i was'her by his wealthy mother, Hei'bcrl
! A.. 21-year-old son of R. B. Forcheim
| or, head of a big Xew York importing
j house, will not return east to the home
j he quitted two years ago to carve his
; way iu the new West.
I "This is my country,'' vouug For
| cheimer said yesterday." "When I left
1 Now York I felt as if I were leaving
J the oaf.V-i. But I've made good here.
I built up not only my health, but my
self-respect. This is mv home, and my
mother, who is completely taken with
this valley, is going to remain here,
I too—a little while, she says now—hut
for good if she stays here many more
days.''
Sunday Baptizing in Icy Waters
Akron, March 15.—A large number
of people yesterday witnessed the bap
tism of a number of converts in the
icy waters of the spring on the farm of
Wayne Zwallev, near this place. The
rite was administered by the Rev. Dav
ii Landis and several clergymen took
part in the exercises.
Back From Funeral to Another Death
Hazleton, March I^s. Returning
from the funeral of a friend, Mrs.
John Sinilgenski received a terrible
shock whan she entered her home and
found her hushaud lyiug dead a« the
result of heart trouble.
Aged Man Dies at Hospital
Marietta, March 15.—Emanuel
Shertz, 76 years old, died Saturday at
the county hospital from a complica
tion of diseases. He was a master me
chanic and carpenter. One brother and
a grandson survive.
The Size of
the Ash Pile
How big is your ash pile?
You paid for coal, and if
the winter's ash pile is
larger than it should be you
didu't get the best you were
entitled to.
Let Kellev show you the
way to save by burning the
kind and size of good coal
that costs no more than the
wasteful, ash-pile contribut
ing kind. How is your sup
ply?
H. M. KELLEY & CO.
1 N. Third Street
Tenth and State Streets
SHOT " COWBOY" PLAYMATE
Boy Slayer Disappears After Too
Realistic Game
Ilazleton, March 15. —Playing cow
boy too vividly, John Potosky, an 11-
\ year-old West Hazleton bov, was shot
i through the heart and instantly killed
I by Joseph Oblosky, si-ed 12, in the
! woods on the outskirts of the town
| yesterday afternoon.
"Hoid up your hands," command
j ed Oblosky, according to two other
j boys, and then he tired at Potosky.
Oblosky, who is charged with*hav
i ing stolen the weapon front his father,
| fled and officers are searching for him.
! SUFIBAGE BABIES TO CONTEST
Women Want to Prove Voting Does
Not Hinder Home Life
Pittsburgh, March 15.—Suffrage
• babies in a sectiou all their owu wall
'be a feature of the "Better Babies"
! show to be conducted here in Juue by
Dr. F. Edwards, health director. This
I h;is been decided U|>on by the Ivquul
j Franchise Association with a view to
convking dauwers that suffragists can
1 gtiida the home and seek the ballot at
| the same time without imperiling tlie
j country's childhood. -
I There will be no limitations on the
gentries and prizes will be awarded.
BOY CONFESSES BURGLARIES
Implicates Trio Not Only in One
Charged, But in Others
| Shenandoah, Pa., March 15.—Arrest
ed by Chief Cantlin and Pn'troUuan
! Gibbon*, John iJupchonis, Atflhony Yur
| laviv/. and Harry Salamv, ranging in
! age from 13 to 17, were arraigned be
! fore Justice Giblon on a charge of
j burglarizing AT"Silverman's store. Pri
] day, of $-6 in cash and a quantity of
' dry goods. One of the boys broke down
! aud confessed, not alone to this robbery
' but to throe others committed here re-
I centlv, implicating all.
Burglars Saturday night forced an
| entrance into the S. A. Gastin general
j store here and to Abe Shatr'o 's store ill
j Bingtown, but in each case were scared
! away before thev had time to do any
I plundering.
GOAT-FEST AS SALE JOLLITY
Berks Chef Stuffs Roast to a "T"
With TOO Big Oysters
, Reading, Pa., March 15.—'Attending
I a sale in tile Oley valley and not wish-
I iug to go home without making a pur
chase, a party of Kutztown residents
| bid in a goat. On the way home they
j formed a stock company, each having
j a proportionate ownership iu t'he tin
i can eater. Then Andrew Seidel was
I elected stock-farm manager and L. G.
i llefiley, another owner, wa-» instructed
ito slaughter the goat and serve him
j at a dinner.
I 'Hefllev a .'cpted the jol), roasted the
j goat and used 7-00 big oysters for the
: stuffing. At the dinner, where thirty
j eig!.; men participated, the goat would
| not have bc««n res-ognize.il had the own
i ers not known h.im in life, and a few
who were ke;t in the dark thought they
were eating roast veal.
BOSTON'S QIRLS SMOKERS
Policewoman Exempts Some, But Says
Practice Is Increasing
Boston, :M.wh 15.—"1f things keep
going at tlioir present pace, it will not
be long before we shall belhold our girls
puffing cigarette* on Treinont street."
said Mrs. Anna Steinaner, Boston's
only policewoman, in teilinj; yesterday
of a sweeping investigation she had
just finished.
"Boston's girls are cigarette smok
ers," s>he went on. "But let me say
here that it is not among the middle
class we find the greatest number of
girl smokers, "but among the very
wealthy and very low. The women of
the lower class ami' the women of so
ciety are the smokers. I find the num
'ber of high school girls wV) smoke is
on the increase."
Church Mass Meeting in Marietta
Marietty, March 15.—A mass meet
ing of the churches of this section was
held veaterdav in Aeri's theatre. There
was special music by the combined
choirs and the speaker of the day was'
the Rev. Joseph J. Oensler, pastor of
St. John's Lutheran chnrch, Columbia.
Build Organ to Go to Scotland
Lebanon. March 15.—The Miller Or
gan and Piano Company, of this city,
has completed an organ in its factory
here to be seat to Lauderdale, Scotland,
the summer home of Harry Lauder, the
famous Scotch comedian.
STATE ORCHARD EXHIBIT
BEGINS WEEK OF MARCH 22
Demonstration! to JM Held la Many
Counties Under Auspices of Agri
cultural Department—Aim to Sup
press Posts for Better Results
The fourth week of orchard demon
strations to be held throughout the
S3t*tß will begin on Monday 'next,
March 22, under the auspices of the
Citato Agricultural Department. Amoug
those in this section of the Stato are
tlhe following:
Franklin County —E. C. 80-wera,
demondtrator, Monday, Mlarcib 22, Hur
ry !B. Kroltw, Mercersburg.
Ful'tOn Voumty—T£. B. Bowers, dem
onstrator. Wednesday, March 24, J. B.
Runyan, MeConnoUAurg.
Huntingdon County—J. S. irochland
er, demonstrator. IMtonday, March 22,
O. M. Wright, Calvin. Wednesday,
March -4, Uaorge P. I-win, Pennsyl
vania Furnace.
Northumberland County—G. B.
Stitcher, demonstrator. Friday, March
26, R. Swt't Aiuuicrman, Danville, K.
No. 6.
Prof. H. A. Surface, Slate Economic
Zoologist, iu charge of the demonstra
tions, saye:
"It should be emphasized that thoso
demonstrations are for the purpose of
teaching all of tho people of a neigh
borhood in a practical way the foest j>os
si'ble methods of suppressing pests and
producing better fruits. The meetings
are made public, and extensive an
nouncements are made, in order that
all interested persons may have an op
portunity to attend and see the work
done, take specimens that are supposed
to be diseased or infested with pests,
ask questions concerning them, as well
as on other topics, and receive the help
that the trained demonstrator can give.
Tlhe meeting wil be held at 1 o'clock
on the afternoon of the day mentioned.
The inspector will be there rain or
tlhine. If the weather be too bad for
the demonstration on that day, it will
be postponed until tho next, "it is not
tlie pup|H)se of the meeting to furnish
lunc'h to visitors, but to give them ac
cess to the premises, with an opportun
ity to learn 'just how the work is done
that has resit Ited in such remarkable
returns for Pennsylvania fruits anu has
raised this State from the rank of sev
enth to second in the rank of fruit pro
duction within but a few years.
'' Whenever premises are quarantined
against foot anil mouth disease the pu'b
lk". demonstration will be postponed un
til further notice.''
BOILING WATER 4S A DIS- '
INFECTANT
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene
By Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL.
D„ Commissioner of Health
Measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria
and various other communicable dis
eases are perhaps most readily trans
mitted by the discharges from the aose
and mouth of the patient. When the
patient is cared for in the home and
some member of the family must act
as nurse, it is necessary for the pro
tection of whoever acts in this capacity
and for those who come in contact with
the patient that the utmost care should
be exercises in handling them.
Instead of the handkerchiefs com
monly used for this purpose the pa
tient should be supplied, with cheosa
cloth or paper napkins and in a suf
ficient quantity so that they cau bo
handled with comfort. Those which
have been Osed and discarded should bo
handled only b > the nurse and immedi
ately burned. After handling such ma
terials the hands should be thoroughly
disinfected in a bichloride of mercury
or other good antiseptic solution.
The dishes and eating utensils which
are used for the sufferer should iu no
! instauce be washed with those used ,'n
| the household, but should be placed in
■ a receptacle kept just outside the sick
j room door containing a disinfecting so
| lution of cresols or formaldehyde and
then placed in boiling water and al
! lowed to boil for ten or 'ifttwn minutes.
I The sheets and '>ed clothes, which
will invariably be covered with fine
particles of sputum when the patient
coughs or sneezes, should be plae>d >n
a tub containing ono of the three dis
infecting solutions aud allowed to soak
for three hours, after which they
should be boiled for one hour.
When there is a suffersr from tuber-
I culosis in a household they should not
use tho dishes and eating utensils
i which the other members of tlie family
do, but should be supplied with indi
! vidual utensils. These should always be
first boiled and then washed separately.
These are fundamental precautions
in the handliug of coinmuaicsible dis
ease which can only bo disregarded at
the peril of the nurse and the entire
household. Unquestionably the trans
mission of disease from one member of
a family to another in many cases is
due to the failure to follow out this
method of procedure consistently.
NERVES BETBAY FUGITIVE
Excited Way He Paid Fare Made Con
ductor Suspicious
Ridgway, Pa., March 15. —The man
arrested by Pennsylvania railroad de
tectives at Renovo Saturday was identi
fied yesterday morning as Tony Car
bono, who, it is charged, shot and
killed Frank E. Mosca, of Jamestown,
at Johnson-burg Thnrsday night follow
ing a quarrel at » card game, in which
it is alleged Mosca was caught cheat
ing.
Carbono, who was lodged in the Elk
county jail here yesterday morning,
had boarded a train at Kane for Phila
delphia, and when Conductor W. G.
Brown went to collect his fare he no
ticed that the man was very nervous.
Knowing of the Johnsonburg murder,
he notified the detectives at Renovo,
who placed the man under arrest as a
suspect.
WHAT CATARRH IS
It has been said that every third person
is troubled with catarrh in some form.
Science has shown that nasal catarrh
indioates a weakened condition of the
body; that the secretion of the mucous
membranes are quickly affected, and local
treatments in the form of snuffs and
vapors do little, if any good.
To correct catarrh yon should treat its
cause by enriching your blood with the
oil-food ia Scott's Emulsion which is a
medicinal food and a building-tonic, free
from alcohol or any harmful drugs. Try it.
IWJ ftoott ft Bowie. SloomScki. N. J.
FACE BROKE OUT
IN SEVERE PILES
Would Itch and Burn, Lost Sleep.
Had to Scratch, Used Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment. In
One Month Face Smooth. Never
Bothered Since.
R. F. D. No. 1, Kirby, Pa—"My face
began to break out In pimples. There
would little bump* come and they would
tstay that way for a day or
two. They would Itch and
bum and I lost a good deal
of sleep. I had to scratch
them.
"I used most everything
I knew of but got no relief.
One of my friends told me
about Cuticura Soap and
Ointment so I sent and got
a cake of Cuticura Soap and a bos of Cuti
cura Ointment. In two weeks I had great
relief and In a month my face waa as smooth
as anyone'a and it baa never bothered me
since." (Signed) Arthur Thomaa, Sept. 3, 'l4.
Are your little ones suffering from Itch
ing, burning ecsemaa, or other torturing,
dlsngurlng akin troubles? Then you should
know that Cuticura will bring comfort for
them and peace and rest for you.
Sample Each Free by Mall
With 32-p. Skin Book on requsst. Ad
dress poct-rard "Cuticura. Dept. T, Bo«-
ton." Sold throughout the world.
C. V. NEWS
MISSING MERCHANT FOUND
Thurmont Man May Have Been
Drugged and Bobbed While in
Baltimore on Business
Gettysburg, March 15.—Believed to
have been drugged, robbed and then
placed aboard a dredge bout at Balti
more, Mil., David Firor, a Thurmont
merchant who had been missing from
home since March 2, has written to his
wife and mother saying that he is in
Jacksonville, Fla., peuniless and being
cared for by an Italian family. His
request for money with which to re
turn to Attains county immediately was
complied with by his wife.
Fyor, in his message, declared that
he cannot account for his strange trip,
saying that his mind was n "blank"'
soon after ho arrived in Baltimore a
fortnight ago on ,i mission to buy Rast
er supplies for his store. He added
that he may have fallen a victim of
aphasia or " sleepy-heatfedncss" al
though he strongly intimated his belief
that thugs drugged him. He had $(!0
in his purse upon arriving in Baltimore
but when assisted from the dredge at
Jacksonville early last week, he had not
a cent.
Protest PostofSce Order
Ohambersiburg, March 15.—Franklin
county farmers are protesting against,
a postoftice department order dire-ting
that rural mail carriers at the Chum
bersburg office should begin their jour
neys into their districts at 10.15
o'clock a. nv. ami' return from t'heir dis
tricts by 5 in the evening. At present
they are leaving at 8.30 a. m. and re
turn around 3 o'clock. It is probable
that a petition will be circulated to
have the ruling changed.
Fractured Both Anns
Carlisle, March 15.—Missing her
footing as she was descending the stair
way at her home on North Hanover
street Saturday morning, Mrs. Martin
Ran, fell the entire distance from the
first floor to the cellar. Her arms both
were fractured and she sustained other
minor injuries. Her condition is seri
ous although not regarded as critical.
Dr. Spangler is attending her.
Dies Following Wife's Burial
Chambersburg, March 15.—Daniel
R. Holsinger died at Ms home at Duf
tield at 12.40 o'clock Saturday ntorn
ing, following an illness of several
months. His wifo died 'Monday last at,
noon. She WHS buried on Thursday. At
that time Mr. Holsinger was in a criti
cal condition and it was known that the
eud was near. Mr. Holsinger hail' lived
at Dufiield since 1878, where he was
successfully engaged in the implement
business. His entire life had been
spent in the neighborhood. Mr. Hol
singer was born June 30, 1840. He is
survived by one daughter, Mrs. William
R. Thompson, with whom he made his
home and three grandchildren.
Husband of Elsie Singmaster Dies
Gettysburg, Pa., March 15.—After
an illness of several months from heart
trouble, Harold S. Rewars, husbamt of
Elsie Singmaster, the author, died last
evening, aged 32, at the home of Dr.
J. A. Singmaster, president of th e Get
tysburg Theological Seminary. He was
formerly assistant professor* in English
at Gettysburg.
FREE SCHOOL FOB ACTRESSES
Dillingham Will Train Pretty Girls to
Fill Boles
New York, March 15.—Charles B.
Dillingham will open a training school
for the stage at the Globe Theatre in
June to continue laluring the summer,
according to an announcement made re
cently. This pran was prompted by the
scarcity of actresses and chorus girls of
attractiveness and beauty to fill roles
in Mr. Dillingham's next season's mu
sical plays.
R. H. Burnside, general stage di
rector for Mr. Dillingham, will have
charge of the school. Ho will be as
sisted by W. E. Maequinn, De Witt
Ooolman, A 1 HoUbrook and Charles
Mast. The school will be open to any
girl between the age of 16 and 20.
Tuition will be free, the only condition
being that applicants give an option on
their services to Charles Dillingham.
Address Parent-Teachers' Association
Rebanon, Marcih 15.—The Friends'
Guild and Parent-Tea.ifcers' Associa
tions of Reibanon announce a meeting
in the Court House Thursday evoning,
March 18. The meeting will be iid
dressed by Mrs. Frederick Tehoff, of
Philadelphia. Her subject will be
"Guarding and Guiding the Children."
Barn Burns at Ooffoetown
Rebanon, March 15.—Fire of un
known origin Saturday entirely de
stroyed the barn of David Sanders at
Coffeetown, north of Palmyra. Tho
loss is estimated at SI,OOO and in
cludes the bam, two houses and pigs,
valued at S2OO, and 60 chickens aud
some farming implements.
WHEN IS GARDEN GROUND
READY FOR PUNTING?
Average Backyard Soil Poor But House
wife Kay Get Good Results If
Careful Attention Is Given Ita
Preparation In Spring
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Washington, D. U., March 14.
"When is the proper time for prepar
ing to plant one's gardenf"
The United States Department of
Agriculture's specialist says that in the
spring afl soon us the soil has dried so
that a handful when grasped in t*he
hand and gripped by tme fingers will
slowly fall apart upon being released,
it is in a tit mechanical condition to
prepare for planting. Clay or heavy
roils should nevar be worked While wet.
More injury may fee done by doing this
tlhan can be overcome in several vears
of careful culture.
When the soil is found dry, a 4 de
scribed above, tfhe upper three iarfhes
shouM be made nne by the use otf tiho
hoe and steel-tooth rako; all rubbish,
stones, ami clods should be removed
and the surface made even, somewhat
compact, and as level as the contour of
t'he area will permit. It may then be
marked off for planting in conformity
to t'l>e general plan of the garden.
Much of the soil in the average back
yard is not. only poor in plant food and
deficient in decaying vegetable master,
it is hard and unyielding. (However,
such is the basis which manv a house
wifo or child has to use for tilie making
of a garden. Teachers who plan sehooT
gardens for their pupils also have sim
ilar conditions to meet. Therefore, in
order to get good results, careful atten
tion must be given to the preparation
of the soil.
Soils which are naturally moist are
likely to bo sour and so not in the best
condition for the crop. Whether sour
or not it will be weM to have the pupils
test them, which can he done as fol
/I s , : B * eure £r(>m a ''rug store a piece
of blue litmus paper; then take a hand
ful of the soil slightly moistened and
place the paper on it. If sour the paper
will turn red. To correct such a con*
dition lime should bo used. Cover the
ground with a thin cost of air-slaked
lime, which can probably be secured
nearby at small cost, and' work this in
well. The use of t'he lime, while not
a plant food, will correct the acidity
and will improve the physical condi
tion of the soil.
If the soil is clayey or a stiff clav
loam and the location is in a section
where severe freezing occurs, it will bo
fojnd a decided advantage to give the
area a heavy dressing of decomposed
manure in the autumn, and beforo
freezing weather sets in spade the land
so as to turn the manure under and
leave the soil in a rough, lumpy con
dition so as to %*curc the benefit'of the
digestive action of t'he winter freezes
in reducing the soils. This should be re
peated annually at the north. If the soil
is light, and sandy, a mulch of manure
may be spread over it in the fall and
the spading delayed until spring.
In localities where the soil does not
freeze, the manure mav be applied in
the autumn, and the'soil repentedlv
spaded during the winter whenever it
is dry enough to be worked. The value
of freezing at the north can to an ex
tent be attained by repeated spading#
itt. tho south. Tho one general orecau
tion which should alwavs be ohserved
is never stir the soil while it .is wet.
FIRE DESTROYS TWO HOUSES
16-year-old Girl Carried From Burning
Building Unconscious
Duncannon, March 15.—A fire, re
sulting in the loss of two houses valued
at SIO,OOO, started here early yester
day morning The houses to
Reorge Sellers and George Hess. Tho
fire started in oue of the outhouses
Irom an unknown origin. The homes
are located on North -High street near
the Juniata bridge, and are consid
ered the finest in that section.
Mr. and Mrs. Hess were away from
home and When they returned thev
found their residence in flames. Their
16-year-old daughter was carried from
the second floor in an unconscious con
dition, having been overcome with
smoke. Mr. Sellers is a retired employe
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
and Mr. Hess is a conductor on the
Middle division.
Moose to Observe St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's Day will be celebrated
Wednesday by Rodge No. 107, Royal
Order of -Moose, at the home. Third
and Boas streets, with a musical enter
tainment and Irish lunch. Bay Snow
and company, sketch artists; Pete
i'endergast, a local contortionist; the
Keystone quartet; W. Grant Moore, in
sleight-of-hand, and others will take
part in the entertainment. Arrange
ments have been completed by the
lodge to have the Mighty
Midway Shows come here during the
week of May 17. The show will be
held on the North Sixth street
grounds.
Post 58 to Give Entertainment
"A Soldier's Rife" is an entertain
ment to be given by Post 58, G. A. R.,
in Chestnut street auditorium Friday
night. The play will be participated
in by Sons of Veterans and other lqcal
talent. On tihe committee of arrange
ments' are F. H. Hoy, Sr., A .4. Pugh,
E. B. Hoffman, N. A. Walmer and F. I.
Thomas.
Chinatown Slum Worker to Speak
S. D. Gleason, a former evangelist
and slum worker in Chinatown, New
York City, will conduct a series of serv
ices in the American Rescue hall, Brpad
str,eet market house, starting to-morrow
evening. Adjutant Earl Smith will
have charge of the serviues. .
A Simple Way To
Remove Dandruff
There is one sure way that has never
failed to remove dandruff at once, and
that is to dissolve it, then you destroy
it entirely. To do this, just get about
four ounces of plain, common liquid
arvon from any drug store (this is all
you will need, apply it at night when
retiring; use enough to moisten the
scalp and rub it in gently with the
linger tips.
By morning most, if not all, of your
dandruff will be gone, and three or four
more applications will completely dis
solve, and entirely destroy, every single
sign and trace of it, no matter how
much dandruff you may have.
You will find all itching and digging
of the scalp will stop Instantly and your
hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky
anff soft, and look anji feel a hundred
times better.—Adv.