® #hicken Thief Had Consideration Ry Sano ay Lanham, ticipants analysts. Lanham was slumbering peacefully that morning. Awakened he listened with that Intentness one usu- ally manifests on such occasions. His keen ear detected sounds out in the shed in his back yard. Jumping out of bed, Cliff grabbed his trusty 32 howitzer and made down- stairs for the kitchen door. It was one of the cold nights, but Cliff plunged forth, regardless, Paja- mas and bare feet make for speed. He was into the shed before the thief was aware. chairman of had an exciting experience the other night, and therein are herewith presented for future local i) psychos “Hands up!” cried Lanham, addressing his remarks to the dusky figure geen in the dusky shed. But the dusky figure started to flee instead. So Lanham let go his revolver and grappled with the intruder. for His Captor exemption board No, the thoughts of the par- examination by Lanham soon had the fellow at his mercy and haled him out into the light of the moon, “Now you come along with me,” said Lanham, And he marched the chicken thief out of the back yard and down the alley to the corner of Thirteenth and G streets southeast, where he put in a call for a patrol wagon. While standing there on the corner, Lanham says, he kept thinking all the time just one big thought. Finally he gave that thought voice. asked the negro. The captive shifted nervously. There was another long silence. Now we investigate the “Well?” answered Lanham. The colored man looked down at the pavement. yo’ feet cold?” “No, train of the “Say, boss,” that individual said, tur “Are you registered in the draft?” Tor} ught ring of eo the colored man. to Lanham, “What do you want?” And then: boss, I is too young,” he replied. “Boss, ain't he | | it used | tions of | latitude in After All, What Was There for the “Jedge” to Do? BIG real estate man—*big"” who was behind in her rent, and given an exceedingly rich promise of payment. all but the las’ dollah, ¢'n riz it I'm cert'n’y is. “Look “jedge” gave her the money—Lord this. —I wis pose Aunty was beamingly sure. love—and went his way. among those absent the day fter that a righteously stands for business—called on an old tenant He was welcomed with affable apologies “I has the rent, here, aunty. jedge, an’ as soon as I a-comin’ righter ‘roun—I I don’t want to see you turned out in weather like I know how good you used to be | to that old man of yours after he got crippled up—and w hat a lot of honest hard work you have done in your time h I had as clean a record. I give you that dollar. ing the old lady failed to show up. She was after. And the day after that. And on the morning a wrathful “jedge” repeated his visit. “Thought you were coming to pay th rent?” “Why, good mawnin’, jedge! It cert’'n'y jes' as I was a steddyin’ ti come it all t'guther cepn’ the las’ doll “Didn’t I give you that doll “Deed you did, jedge, honey. come in mouty handy, too—it stawmpin’ in on me to pay he I could’'n’t a-turned aut yesty in a hack. You ¢'n go to pahlor s rides to buryin's you got to we an’ a collah to match. The sliety I you eve'y time you dies, an’ a wreaf of any kindes flowers yo You so you ¢n h sah a pu f y11 a ch had way it when that silk ap’n boun’ money comin’ to me t'night, an’ 1 the madam take that dollah an’ pay mah emer It isn’t in the story wha She “Jedge” did, chip of a house up in Bl thigh alley on Peculiar Thrill Wen WOMAN in a raincoat was buying & which implied a chauffeur at the ¢ ized, side by side, regardless of rubber from seal—and both were buy ing gloves. When her package was tucked un- — der from the weather, Raincoat went outside, raised her gloria, and— Down showered gloves, silk stock- ings, a nifty neckpiece and a silver- meshed bag. You might suppose like that would have raised a mob, there wasn’t an Argus-eye in thanks to the storm and to the fact that this Is a true happening instead of dramatie fiction. So Raincoat fishe the store with the stuff he dd at dence appearance of what a went into executive session But the loot-lady who into the unknown ant was to it, except that Raincoat first time in all her decades she ha a shov wdown but loves. rb. d up * mo'ners calls for. pays me The next s to pays sick bene-fits an’ 'ch suvvice wif fo’ wif Sup- Will you come to the oflice and pay up?” So the cert'n’y did gimme that dollah—an’ ) ooman ah I owed her for my ree-gale-yer ters of the Gallilean Fishmen an’ rid you wants to, roun’ morn- it comer but when you white SOSSeS hacks free Jut I got mah wash I cert’'n’y am gwine but as the old tenant kept her The customer next wore finery Both had umbrellas that fratern- Lier 1 carried her freedom along. went home excitedly elated because for the 1 come in touch with crime, sloppy loot, arm-length to avoid the circumstantial-evi- soulless law calls being caught in the act, and with a floor walker. had planted her swag in the wrong cache had gone And that was all the abysmal canyon that divides mercerized waded back to there Remarkable Appetite Is That of Washington Rabbit NEW use for coal has been apartment house. Whether Secretary McAdoo or to H srhert Hoove notice did look as if it were ¢ in the world, too. But, playing with fire, ¢ You see, the furnace draft door, every now and then, to inv irrespective of is warm, Little does it know that any moms nt I told the janitor about it; but he “Peed, boss, d of bit. He became the possessor of a fat rabbit, and, having no other place to keep the little cousin to the kar decided to house the discovery furnace room. the animal Of course he plenty to eat, and a tin cup of water sent to This ngaroo, in gave the it to drink, but that rabbit developed a taste for coal that was amazing, janitor tells me. Sounds like a nature fake, I'll ad-' mit, said: at rabbit eats fire, he do.” ne the coal, and enjoying it. nd is liable to meet its fate any day. and the rabbit wanders in through the estigate things. a cruel coa but I saw that rabbit, and it sure It is the dirtiest rabbit the coal in its little inside, it is literally 1 may drop upen its back. the N- MOUNT JOY STAR AND| ) NEWS, MOUNT JOY, PA. Afternoon Frocks of Taffeta and Crepe after them- way of the seeker that will useful, What with and a Truly the make is easier than combina- materials for simplicity together with much wartime the dress, any woman afternoon frocks pretty selves generally to be. vogue matter of clever can achieve and evening dresses—interchangeable —of course. Very formal dress may be left out of the reckoning, for that fs a privilege of these times. But aft- | ernoon frocks are a necessity and seem | | to have benefited by the concentration | of attention on them. In the picture of two models de- signed for dressy wear, the needs of the slender figure have been consid- curus for you to come heah un’ t’ yoh office wif my rent money—I1 got With Shopping Expedition | you may ered in the frock at the left, and a fine style for plump figures is portrayed at the right. The gown at the left is of taffeta in a light russet or deep tan shade. It has a very new tunic effect ar red across the back where it is plaited and extended above the girdle in a fan. The girdle is merely a wide strip of the silk, crushed about the waist and fastened at the left side. Crepe georgette with crosswise tucks and bordered with a fold makes the deep cape collar. bias The always smart black and white combination has been worked out in new ways since the appearance of novel patterns in figured black and white crepe. In the frock at the right of the picture figured crepe is used for the underdress and sash, with bod- fee, siceves and tunic made of plain black georgette. There is chemisette of fine tucked crepe in white. The open siceves are noteworthy with three wide {ucks as a finish, The wide girdle is draped very loosely about the figure below the waistline, with ends falling straight at the left There is nothing to break the straight lines of the silhouette. This, with the narrow underskirt and the undraped tunic and side. sash, all made in the softest and sheer- est of fabrics, commend the frock to | those who are ambitious to achieve slendorness. ‘RIGHT BAIT FOR CUTWORMS FIGHT CORN PESTS Animal and Insect Enemies Can Be Checked by Poisons. Measures Described That May Be Ef. fectively Employed to Combat At- tacks of Worms, Birds and Burrowing Animals. (Prepared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) Animal and insect pests of corn— prairie dogs, ground squirrels, gophers, blackbirds, crows, cutworms, ear- | worms, wireworms, chinch bugs, grass- hoppers—soon will open their spring campaigns of destruction. Many of these pests can be effectively com- bated. Use Poisoned Bait. For cutworms, lumps of poisoned bait, made by mixing about fifty finely chopped oranges or lemons, and enough cheap molasses to make a stiff dough, should be scattered along the corn rows at planting time or as soon as injury from cutworms is noticed. In- formation as to these poison baits will be furnished on application to the bu- reau of entomology. Treating the seed with coal tar will usually repel attacks of birds and, in some cases, those of burrowing ro- dents. A teaspoonfal of tar is enough for a peck of corn. Mix the tar with a quart of boiling water. After the The Variegated Cutworm, Peridroma saucia. (a) Adult moth, natural size. (b) Normal larva, natural size. (c) Same in curved position. (d) Dark colored larva, dorsal view. (e) Egg, (f) Egg mass on (From Howard, U. greatly enlarged. twig, natural size. S. Dept. Agric.) mixture has cooled somewhat but is still hot, stir in the corn until every grain is coated, and then spread it out to dry before planting. Corn may be immersed several minutes in moderate- | 1Iy hot water without affecting germi- nation. The tar treatment does not re- pel mice or ground squirrels. Types in Millinery Styles Whatever your mood this summer find a hat that expresses it, | but modistes must be counting upon a | it surely | hearted t discovered by the janitor. of a Washington | ‘should be » I leave to the reader to decide. “colored man feeds soft coal to his rab- cheerful, if not a gay frame of mind in their patrons; for hats are laden | with bright flowers and kindly Plain satin and belting ribbons lend their lovely tones to the millinery | spring song and when black and dark | miss being | Everything | anything | colors are introduced they being brilliant. gleams. If millinery means empfiasizes a joy in life, or at the very least a refusal to be down- his suminer. Three lovely hats in the group shown above are as different, as ean be, but are all types of somber by others, the season's styles. hat at the center is pretty and pic- turesque enough to make a dent in a heart of stone. As a bridesmaid’s hat it would tempt the bride to move for- ward her wedding day. Tt is of orchid pink crepe georgette and tuscan lace | with brim lines that flow about | braid, the face in the curves. Small the brim, matching their graceful over with loveliest: of clamber beauty grapes pink roses that deepen to red at the heart. The ruthless milliner has add- ed a final touch of beauty in a long tie of satin ribbon that falls from der the brim at the back. Just below there is a small hat with a soft crown that is pose d over a wre the head. The hat is crepe georgette and faced with chrys- fruits. | cach from the | The wide-brimmed un- | ath of roses set like a crown about | covered with | are velvet The with ribbon that is tied in a small bow at | roses black braid. covered anthemum | on a band the back. This is a new departure in hats, as lovely as it is unusual. Speaking of the unusual in mil- | linery, the smart black hat at the left of the picture may certainly lay claim entirely new things in styles. This small black satin turban looks as if it were thatched, and it is, with a mass of shiny fibers that resemble | grass. They may be silk braid and | they may be Japanese aigrettes or | glycerine ostrich. Whatever they are they are gleaming and rich looking. A flat wired ornament of bon is as odd as the haf. ih fr trd Alluring New Voiles. Voiles shown this year are allur- ing, little flowered frocks, ruffled on the sides with vest and collar of sheer | white organdie. Plaids in two are tucked in a plain color, have plain vest and organdie collar daintily em- broidered in garlands of delicate oring. colors Uses for Old Waists. waists which are out Shrrt of date and have passed their usefulness as waists can be utilized as guimpes, chemisettes and corset covers. set | to the distinction which belongs to the | grosgrain rib- | col- | | Poison for Rodents. Destruction of corn by ground squir- rels, prairie dogs, pocket gophers, or mice is best prevented by poisoning the animals a few days before the corn is planted. Strychnine is the satisfactory each kind of animal. Such formulas have heen worked out by the bureau of biological survey and special instruc- will be furnished upon applica- tions best poison in all cases, but to obtain | : v | results a special formula | is needed for preparing the poison for | MARKET CROP GRADES Bureau of Markets Studies Grad- ing of Fruit and Vegetables. Tentative Plans Worked Out for Ap ples, Peaches and Strawberries— Uniform Resuits Obtained by Use of Machinery. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Extensive studies in the grading and handling of fruits and vegetables were made by the bureau of markets of the United States department of ag- riculture last and tentative practical grades have been worked out for apples, and strawberries, report of prog- The work has the principal producing sec- tions of the Bast, South and middle West and also the more important mar- It has included grading, pack- ing, packages, packing house construc- tion and equipment, and the effect of different methods of handling upon the physical condition of the fruit. The operation of sizing machines and other labor-saving devices also were studied to determine their eflicieney and practi- cability. As a result of this work the depart- ment is now prepared to make definite grading and fruit packing house plans and equipment, and gen- eral handling methods. Special atten- tion has been given to apples, peaches, season, peaches, to a the according recent ress from bureau. covered kets. recommendations as to packing these crops, potatoes, Texas Bermuda onions, canta- loupes, and tomatoes, and a study of the various operations of harvesting, grading, packing, inspecting, and ship- ping has been started on other truck Crops. As a result of these investigations the bureau of markets was able to ree- ommend immediately, in conjunction with the United States food administra- tion, on the request of the federal re- serve board, potato grades for use by members of banks when, in August, the banks were authorized to make loans against warchouse receipts for pota- toes properly graded, packed, stored, and insured. These grades are de- seribed in a publication of the depart- ment, Markets Document 7. The tentative out in 1916 were put to a practical test by be- ing used as a basis for the actual field lots of onions and po- tatoes to compare the movement and selling price of graded stock with that which had not been graded. In this work experiments have been made to determine efficiency and practicability of machinery for sizing It was demonstrated that the be economically, and with more uniform the use of machines than by hand methods. grades worked grading of car the these erops. done work may results by EARLY HATCHING OF CHICKS Cockerels Are Ready for Market When Prices Are Highest and Pullets Lay More Eggs. Depart tur Paris green and strychnine are and should not be placed children or domestic a 1als Yeqar Book Separate No. tion. poisons where can get them. 708, “Destroying Rodent Pests On The I'irm” contains many formulas and may be had free until the limited edi- tion is exhausted. SWINE SEX CHARACTERISTICS Strong Factors in Production of De- sirable Market Hogs—Qualities of Brood Sow. (Prepared by the United States | ment of Agriculture.) In our breeding steck we should con- | sider sex characteristics, as they are | strong factors in the production of de- sirable market hogs. The brood sow should be a good breeder, a feeder, and of good type in order that she may transmit these characteristics to her offspring. She should be short- faced and wide between the eyes. She | should be long, deep and roomy in body, wide through the hips, large and | full in the heart girth. She should Depart- good { have g good quality, good bone, fine hair, | and be refined about the head and ears. Her back should have a strong arch, her rump should be level and full, carrying its width to the tail head. | Her id be light on top be- hind the but blending smoothly into the shoulders. Twelve well-devel- oped teats on a neat, nearly straight belly line should be found. The male | should be similar save the refinement ; that is, he should be heavier in shoul- der and possess a rugged masculine wppearance. In neither male por fe- male should the jowl be flabby, coarse, it should be full, firm, te neck s ears | or wrinkled; { and compact. QUICK RETURNS FROM STOCK | Few Good Animals With Proper At- tention Will Soon Develop Into Meat Producers. Live stock produce wry rapi { given a fair chance. A few 1 properly taken care of will soon mean a large flock; a bred gilt will ce enough meat for the family heifers with a good bull a dairy herd. If those who f they are unable to buy live stocl a few good animals the proper care of them, and w the increase, they would soon start. raise like would 3 aave Early ing reduces the risks due to the vicissitudes of hatching. When not hatch well early in the season there is time to find the reason | for poor 1 hing and correct it before { the mn is too far advanced to get or arly chicks in the num I In that case poultry 1 prod may not be reduced at Lan, 1 egg production is retarded nly a few weeks. When late hatch- + iS not factory the crop of noultry is cut short and eg produe- tion ft KE: hed cockerels are ready for the market when prices are high- est. Early-hatched pullets lay when prices of are highest FEED cows ROUGHAGE OFTEN Cheaper Energy Feed Than Grain and More Will Be Consumed If Fed Frequently. prop yrtion One Grain should be fed in to the amount of milk produced. ; balanced mixture four pounds of produced will be suflicient if grain pound of a proj for every milk cow the ¢ she Rough- or four rou will eat clean during the se should be supplied th is supplied with all the imes daily as it is a cheaper energy feed than grain this winter, and more of it will be consumed if fed frequent- | iy and in smaller amounts at a time. IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ROADS Ha Farmers Depend Upon Short u! to Get Produce to Market and Sup- plies for Operation. other for ret, oo Le 2 —t = m “11 5 bd I» oD Im Milk Production Must Be Maintained, { but No Cne Wants to Do it ! Without Profit. I S ( no 1 >» to } ge cov Milk Iue- { mail 1¢ but no 1 | : fine Qe I'h pays is the
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