a” e-em OP REPORTS ARE FAVORABLE ; PENNSLYVANIA STATE CROP REPORT] reutery on commer pants | [nteresting Fact The condition of young stock on nteres ng ac S Che Bureau of Statistics, Pennsyt-185 per cent and indicates an aver | commercial plants is estimated at 96 | vania Department of Agricul‘ure, 1o-|yield of 40 bushels per acre, and a|per cent of normal; the number of With the Chinese, yellow is regarded pol ! ind condizion cf [total production of 59,073,000 bushels. |pullets, at 107; and adult hens at 105 [4° 2 color of royalty. ( S on Ji 1, as fol-|The crop last year was estimated at|as compared with last year. The egg Tm low | 70,086,000 bushels, and the average |production on commercial plants for In the rural districts of Australia | \eat—Reports from many counties |Vield for the last five years was 61, | June is estimated ai 44per cent com- |Many of the horses wear cowhide : nsvlvania show a decline in the {559,525 bushels. pared with 44 per cent last year. This shoes. on ( wh largely to | is based on 100 per cent equaling 1 - : a e Hessian fly; but a fum-| HY Condition of meadows and|ese per day per hen during period re There are less extremes of wealth of th pal wheat-producin _ | prospect for hay is estimated at 35 ported for. and poverty in France than in any counties show an improvement Cvs | r cent of a normal, or 1.40 tons per a other country. June 1 repot I'he condition of wheat |2€¢T€ compared with 1.41 tons per acre en on July 1 for the State at large was [last year If the acreage harvested Farmers Take U In Holland the breeding of cats for s6 per cent of a normal which is tho | this year is as large as last, the total p the sale of their fur is a recognized . as lonia month ago. and inde Srop will approximate 4,188,000 tons Accou + industry. oat e yield of 17.6 bushels | compared with 4,219,415 tons last Di total production of vear. The average for the past five — eni- 97 EG 1e The crop last year years was 4,394,400 tons. One-day farm accounting J gout was ¢ d at 29,190,000 bushels. | y m are mow being given in 154 I't average yearly production for the Bait Mane or frou fo caoperstion of hh st five vears was 26,319,780 bushels. x : wo : silat | States Department of Agricul of casts an average yield of 92 bushels! ya State Agricultural Col aro Rye—Conditions of rye is 93 per |of last year's acreage. The condition |¢., 4 AnAFaa swtanl cent of normal which is an improv {on July 1 was 94 per cent and fore- a bic ment of 1 per cent from last month, [casts an average yield of 9 2bushe’s | iq to ihteront the farmer in trv Present forecast indicates an ave Tage per acre, and a total production of keeping as an essential to ‘efficient [caught by a girl fishing with Pins rs € | did) » lance which the courses give in calcu- — The crop last year was estimated af and the average for the last five years |jyting a farmers income tax is of great | The longest pendulum ever made 2 865.877 bushels, and the average | was 24,090,500 bushels. value, it is necessarily secondary. was 377 feet in length and was swung yearly yield during the last five years This is the first year in which this [from the second platform of Eiffel this acres, Tobaccc—The area planted |spring is estimated at 39,415 {which is 95 per cent of the area planted was 4,456,000 bushels. Oats—Weather has been favorable and oats have advanced 5 per e nt last year. Conditions placed at 01 during the past month. Conditions| est and indicates ah averags on July 1 was 95 per cent of normal |; 1d of 1374 pounds per acre, and and is indicative of an average yield of la total production of $54,156,000 24.7 bushels per acre, and a total pro “| pounds. Tho crop last year-was esti duction of 40,000,000 bushels. Th >| mated at 53,767,990 pounds, and the crop last year was estimated at 35,015.- |: average for the last five years was 000 bushels and the average for the] 50,812,000 pounds. 717,000 bushels. | past five years was 38 Corn—The area planted this year is Beans—The area planted to field estimated at 1,476,804 acres, which is or dry beans is estimated at 20,600 96 per cent of last year’s acreage. |ac res, which is 92 per cent of the acr>- The condition of the crop on July 1 was [age of last year. NEW JERSEY STATE CROP REPORT Weather conditions have been favor. (condition for the past ten years on able during the past month and all July Pastures crops have shown improvement over The condition on July 1 was 94 per June 1 forecast. While the estimated | production of all crops with the ex: | cent of normal as compared with 83 ception of potatoes and hay are under | per cent last year, and 85 per cent, last vear, they are considerably above the average condition for the past ten |years on July 1. the ten year average. Corn Wool Rainfall accompanied by warmer| mhe average weight per fleece fs weather improved conditions in all estimated at 7 pounds as compared sections of the State. The condition with 7 pounds last year, and 5.5 pounds on July 1 was 84 per cent of a normal the average weight for the past ten indicating a yield of 38.2 bushels per years. acre and a total production of 9,817,000 | as compared with 10, 800,000 | bushels last and 10,603,000! bushels, the production for the past ten years. Apples bushels, The condition of the total of agricul- itural crop on July 1 was'78 per cent jot a normal indicating a production of Li 818,000 bushels as compared with 2, Wheat {313,000 bushels last year, and 2,241,000 The conditions on July 78 pishers, the average production for the per cent of a normal indicating a yield | past ten years. The commercial crop of 16.3 bushels per acre and a total jo oqtimated at 78 per cent of the total pared with 1,962,000 bushels last year | pared with 1,962,000 sbuehls last year and 1,602,000 bushels the average pro- duction for the past ten years. The stock of old wheat remaining on farms is estimated at 5 per cent of last year’s crop of 98,000 bushels, compared with 60.000 bushels last year and 77,000 bushels, the average stock on hand for the past ten years on July 1. bushels last year, and 937,000 bushels, was 91 Oats The condition on July 1, {the average production for the past The commercial crop is per cent of a normal indicating a yield le ; [ten years. of 31.9 bushels per acre, and a total S : ! estimated at 70 per cent of the total production 656,000 bushels conni- production of 2,456,000 bushels as com- pared with 2,461,000 bushels last year, : pared with 683,000 bushels last year, year, average 1 was production or 724,000 barrels as pared with 587,000 barrels last and 870,000 barrels, the average production of the past cont year, cont mercial four years. Peaches The condition of the total agricul tural crop on July 1 was 71 per cent of a normal indicating a yield of 937, 000 bushels as compared with 1,018,000 as and 2,327,000 bushels, the average pro- 3 and 678,000 bushels, the average com- duction for the past ten years. : : : mercial production for the past three Rye years. The condition on July 1 was 90 per cent of a normal indicating a yield of 17.6 bushels per acre and a total pro- duction of 1,253,000 bushels as com- pared with 1,296,000 bushels last year. and 1,300,000 bushels, the average pro duction for the past ten years. Potatoes The condition on July 1 was 92 per cent of a normal indicating a yield of 115 bushels per acre and a total production of 12,3 bushels as Pears The condition of the total crop on July 1 was 65 per cent of a normal indicating a yield of 677,000 bushels as compared with 500,000 bushels, the average production for the past ten years. Other Crops The condition of other crops in New Jersey expressed in percentage of nor- mal is as follows: Field peas, 93; field beals, 88: tomatoes, 88; cabbage, 89: onions, 94; grapes, 85; blackber- ries and raspberries, 85; watermelons, 20: cantaloupes, 79. It is estimated {that the acreage of late tomatoes has increased four per cent over last year. 305,000 compared with 10,560,000 bushels last year, and 9,903,000 bushels, the aver age production for the past ten years Sweet Potatoes The condition on July 1 was 88 per cent of a normal indicating a yield of 128.5 bushels per acre and a total pro duction of 1,799,000 bushels as com- pared with 1,705,000 bushels last year, and 2,627,000 bushels, the average production for the past ten years. Honey The average vield of surplus honey per colony to July 1 is estimated at 85 pounds. The condition of the colonies on July 1 was 93 per cent of normai method of introducing farm account cions of such topics are the relative value of various crops, the size of crop yields, the quality and quantity of live stock for a farm of given size, the sre ciency. Hoarded d Wealth Found in Chair New York.—Veterans of scores f hard-fought battles with the terrors of the deep are the members of the life-saving crew at the Bayonne sto- tion. Many a of fearful feats wrought by departed member of that crew whose memory is revered, is told by lamplight of a night when tale some there is little to do and when the pinochle or “sixty-six” tussel grows wearisome. The Bayonne heroes are known far and near and their prowess and ability to serve and save has never Leen auestioned. and goats cropped the fragrant grass of Broadway; ghosts of the days when solitude-seeking lovers sought the wil- derness of Fourteenth street; of those days when national and sav- ings banks were regarded as all too freakish and dangerous for the instru ment of the savings of solid citizenry. It is, perhaps to the ultra-conserv- atism of these old New Yorkers that Captain Fred C. Wilson, mands the life-savers at Bayonne st tion owes a fortune—a fortune he has return to the owner does in person to enter ghosts who com- offered to that owner appear claim. Many years ago there dwelt in this vicinity cautious who saved, but neglected to trust. by little his hoard of gold and cur- rency grew. Ali was entrusted to the seat of an old chair. Then the saver died—and with him—or her—the se- cret of the golden cache. Early this year Captain John How- ard, who commands lighter 72 of the Morgan Towing Company, bought an old-fashioned chair at a junk shop. One dollar was the price. But the chair was too old and finally it was destined for the scrap heap. “Give it to me,” said Captain Wil- son, and the request was granted. Days later, Captin Wilson began repairing the chair. Ripping up the seat he came across the hoard placed there in the days of long ago—1 hoard, he says, that is big enough 12 keep him in affluence for the remain der of his days. But he is honest and he wants the owner to come. some person Helpiul Hints for Mother Give each child a towel rod in the bathroom with its name marked on 2 Hay (Tame) The condition of all tame hay on July 1 was 91 per cent of a norma 1} indicating a yield of 1.55 tons per acre! .. .o follows: and a total production of 503,000 tons ger pound; extracted, anther. 36: as compared with 487,600 tons last | While, comb, year, and 499,000 tons, the average other comb, 27¢; in chunk or production for the past ten years white, 30c: other, 25c. The greater Timothy—The acreage for ewihing proportion of bee keepers take sur- this season was estimated as 6 per plus honey in the fall as the heaviest cent of last season’s acreage or 116,000 in Now Jersey is from late tow acres, The condition on July 1 was ers. The white clover flow was Tre- 93 per cent of a normal as compared ported extremely light in the northern With 94 per cent lasi year, and 83 pe part of the State while heavy in the cent, the average condition for the soutlierii counties. past ten years on July 1. Clover—The condition on July 1 was 88 per cent of a normal as compared with 85 per cent last year, and 82 per cent, the average condition for the past ten years on July 1. Alfalfa—The condi- tion on July 1 was 88 per cent of a normal as compared with 94 per cent last year, and 91 per cent, the average and the condition of honey plants July 1, 99 per cent of a normal. The aver age wholesale prices of several grades Extracter, white, 312 ex- 32¢: bulk, tracted, dark, 25c. Poultry on Farms The condition of young stock farms July 1 was estimated at 93 per cent of a normal and the number of pullets at 102 per cent as compared with last year. The number of adult hens, was estimated at 98 per cent of a year ago. on card over the towel, and wash cloths marked with the child’s initial and a toothbrush conveniently near. These It hings help in keeping the bathroom in order. Mark stockings and hand- kerchiefs with pink initial and number each pair of stockings in a way to save time in mating them. A great help is to utilize a bureau by giving each child a drawer wher2 it may deposit its playthings and lit- tle treasures. Have a hook for each child its name marked over it, for their coats and hats, when coming from school, and one of the little patent clothes pins makes a very handy thing with Tower. ing has been undertaken on such a large scale. The schools are carried There is no complete divorce in Ire- on in co-operation with the county |land. The best that mismated couples agents. The one-day sessions are oc¢-|can obtain is “judicial separation” cupied with calculations made by the which does not permit remarriage. farmers themselves under the super eee vision of the instructor, and discus-| The criminal records show that the of the farm business as a whole, and| The recent tour of the Prince of the farm layout, and the use of labor-- {Wales in Canada and the United all factors vitally affecting farm efli-|States was officially filmed, 15,000 feet Now the Bay » life-savers are A 5 : : y t uot wyonne life-saver WIC | tain of grass, although on closer in- ing y t]—g S i 3 a : fhinamg of ghosts—ghosts of those spection one is able to see that mud ay 2 1 y : days when cows and sheep and Piss|;ng wood have been extensively em- ing advertising in the newspapers, the out- come of alertness and an appreciatioa of the value of concrete example. find an illustration of this on the ad- vertising newspaper. Little Greenboro, Ind., the other day work- January, fewest in most murder cases occur in June and August, and the November, December and February. being required for the Canadian visit alone. t Rome a per- a house In the days of ancien son was required to with the right foot foremost, because the left was thought unlucky. A boy was kept at the door to see that no one enered the house left foot first. enter descendants of aborigines in Australia are very fond of jewelry, bt they do not pay much for it. They use telegraph wire to make bracelets, earrings and nose rings, and tear down the telegraph lines for that purpose. The Of the world's cathedrals, probably the most curious is that which crowns a hill in Uganda. In appearance it re- sembles nothing so much as a moun- ployed. The structure can accommo date 4,000 people. Advertising Idea By Real Live Bank very once in a while, as the say- goes, one notices a bit of “live We pages of an Indianapolis In tearing down an old house near men found an earthenware jar which contained $1,325 in gold coins. Th» house had for years been occupied by an old lady who was somewhat “close” in her dealings and who was supposed to be in comfortable circumstances. But at her death only a few dolla's were found in ¢he house. Immediately upon the appearance of this story in the papers the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, of Indi- anapolis tore it out, headlines and all, and having it photographed set it in an advertisement accompanied by this admonition: “If this money had been in the bank it would have earned $1,590 at 3 per cent simple interest. At 3 per cent interest, compounded semi-annually, it would have earned $3,135, total amount at its today $4,460.” This is an example of intelligent ad vertising, for it furnishes an illustra- tion which is necessary to convince a large section of the of the public of the need not only for saving, but for put- ting the savings where they will grew without further attention. Every day we read of the ignorant who give up their savings to the bunko artist, or ae visited at night by the prowler and robbed. The millions of dollars annu- ally lost in this way would be pre- served to their owners if the latter would use common sense in its care. By utilizing these incidents of loss in their advertising the banks not only exhibit a rare degree of intelligence, but perform a public service of great value. To Reduce the making th2 owner's disposal to fasten a pair of rubbers with their name marked on it, and saves getting the rubbers out of place. These hints ing the house orderly, but tend make the children so also. |a double boiler. | jars, and when cold cover with paraflin tas you would jelly. you would butter, Butter Bill Buy a fat fowl or chicken and re- may not only help the mother in kee) move all the fat which you find inside Strain fat into glass This may be used in place of butter for frying, for short- ening, baked beans, pie crust, cake or muffins. Al- less of this fat than and add a bit of in escaloped potatoes, ways use a little salt. Was Horace Greely Overrated ? the he early One Sunday pew (De Kalb, I was in pastor’s Ind., in t fif- ties) and my father was preaching « sermon. A quaint and curious old gentleman appeared and was seated at side. A few after the opening of the and when ihe sermon was in progress, he dropped went sound side and 1 irreverent my minutes services, his head and apparently He sat at my this was a asleep. thought most and unappreciative performance. I was the more astounded when he went to our home for luncheon and I learned he was Horace Greeley. He had heard every word of the sermon and entered upon an earnest discussion with my father during the entire luncheon. The next night he lectured in the church. The tour of the many occasions on which this strange, untrustworthy and man was doing violence to the hopes of the sound-hearted people of the North. Enjoying a degree of confi- dence rarely accorded to any journal ist, he, throughout his long life, se!- dom missed an opportunity to play havoe with the cause he had espoused accounted the lecture was one greatly overrated and of which he was foremost champion. Removed as we are at this time from the days more than half a cen- tury ago, and reviewing Greeley’s ac- tivities in a dispassionate light, we see a continued course of tergiverse- tion from the first to last. In 1848, professing himself and his new-born paper, he Tribune, as devoted to the Whig party, no sooner was his favor- ite candidate, Henry Clay, defeated and General Taylor nominated for the presidency, than there was a brutal attack on the choice of his party which could not be but helpful to the Democrats.—Melville E. Stone, in Col- lier's Weekly. At the South Pole much Fverybody that has so as peeped into a geography knows that there is a preponderance of land in the Northern Hemisphere and of sea in the Southern. There has been evolved an interesting theory to ac- count for this fact. It is affirmed that the immense copula of ice that ex- ists around the south pole must affect the center of gravity of the earth, and 20 to 25 Percent Saved Get acquainted with our money- saving, direct to consumer proposition. Crepe de Chene, Washable Satin, Taffeta Navy, Taffeta Black, Georgette C repe, Messa- line Black, Messaline Navy. Write Now. ADELPHIA MFG. 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NEWS FLASHES Nation Wide Happenings Briefly Told Two bandits entered an establish- ment of the American Stores Company at Eighteenth and Huntington streets Philadelphia, week, and held the manager at the point of a gun whil: they ransacked the store, ate a hearty meal, and then escaped with $125. last Admitting the murder of seven peo ple during the last ten years, Mose has been sentenced to Cal. Gibson, be hung at Los Angeles, negro, A washed out bridge over a ereek near Buffalo, N. Y., was responsible for the death of Mr. and Mrs. Willian Newman and their two children, of Lackawanna, N. Y., and Miss Clara Sheck, of The road had not been barricaded when fhe bridge was washed away by a flood and during the night Newman drove his automo- bile th swollen stream. Juffalo. into William Bennet, Jr., of Fayetteville, W. Va., serving life sentence for the murder of his wife and unborn child, was taken from jail by an angry mob and lynched. Philadelphia has opened war on un- sanitary soft drink establishn:ents. Tallow candles are again coming into extensive use, due to the high cost of £28. Corn cobs have been found to con- tain a quantity of callulose, used ir dynamite making, At Winfield, Kansas, Homer S. Wil- son, actor, was murdered by his wife. A year ago Wilson killed two men to avenge his wife’s honor. Dr. Campbell, prominent physicia of Pittsburgh, Pa, Harry E. formerly a recently died in New York where he held $18-a-week dishwasher in a restaurant. and position as He spent his fortune educating his unappreei- ative step-daughter for a career on the stage. He went to New York when he became despondent over financial reverses. consecuently attract ward. This is sometimes taken plain the remarkable predominance of continents pointing southward. The progressive increase of sea as one goes southward is so remarkably regular that it can hardly be the ie sult of accident. Those who main- tain that this is due to the alteration of the center of gravity on the earth contend that this alteration is proceed- ing constantly. Consequently, it is affirmed 11,160 years ago, when the Northern Hemisphere was at its coldest, the northern glacier being therefore at its maximum, and the southern at its minimum, the prepon- derence of water would have been in the Northern Hemisphere, and th=2 submersion of the lower lands of Europe and America may have been due to an alteration not in the level of the land, but in that of the sea. south: to ex- the ocean the decreasing ice there is a sudden transfer of the center of grav- ity of the earth from one side of the center of the solid part to the other, and consequently a rush of water or a deluge, alternatively from north to south and from south to north, oc- curring every 10,150 years. ances According to the theory outlined above the year 1248 was that in which our Northern Hemisphere was it its period of greatest heat, and the South- ern at that of greatest cold; and as 671 years have since elapsed we might expect to find some evidence of sub- sequent changes. Fulton street, New York, is the dead line for crooks and other ex- criminals, below which they are not al- lowed to pass. If caught in the see tion below this street, they are liab.e One authority has contended that when the increasing ice counterbal- to be arrested as suspicious persons. i experts. of the year for values MARCELLUS (Hepp Large size mahogany Cost ay $450. Now '235 LYON & HEALEY Small size. Ebony ‘80 Cost new, $350. Now STEINWAY Mahogany. Fine tone Cost new, $700. Now MEYER Full size. Fine ebony case $ Cost new, $400. Now 1 00 CUNNINGHAM Like new Aik v. Oak. Large size $ Cost new, $600. Now 250 '225 Attention, MEN! Let Me Send You this Gigantic Shoe Value If it don’t please and you can duplicate it at $5.00, send it back, your money refunded. “The Hog Island Special” $395 Parcel Post - 10c Extra Brings this offering to you for inspection. Built on the Army last, and made to stand wear and rough usage. Regular wholesale value $5.00. 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