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. CO.
2306 S. 23rd Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
MI-RITA
SUPERFLUOUS
HAIR
REMOVER
The only treatment
that will remove
permanently all Su-
perfluous Hair from
the face or any part
of the body without
leaving a mark on
the most delicate
skin, Removes en-
Trade Mark, Reg.
tire hair roots and destroys the hair duct.
No electric needle, burning caustics or pow-
ders used.
One application of Mi-Rita will quickly
and completely remove all undesirable hair,
leaving the skin soft and smooth,
Every woman who is troubled with super-
fluous hair should know that Mi-Rita will
permanently destroy the most stubborn
growth of hair, and ‘this treatment can be
used successfully at home.
send for Free Beauty Book listing our-exclusive
preparations for beautifying the skin and hair
DR. MARGARET RUPPERT
Deot. R---1112 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.
Established 22 years
Pa. U. §. A.
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.
Leather of highest quality and finest workmanship
used in the construction of these shoes.
An absolute bargain. We stand back of it. Mail
Orders promptly filled, money refunded if not satis-
factory, Sizes 6 to 9
R. FORSTER & SON
4239 Main St., Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pa.
to the bird. Cut the fat in small pieces
and fry out by melting in the top of
Established 50 years
JACOB DOLL & Son
UPRIGHT
PIANOS
as low as *& ()
Save more than $500. F ine Pianos of all makes and finishes
Slightly used, but put in splendid order by our factory
NORTH’S Great Sale is the biggest event
SPECIALS!
HAYNES
Full size. Mahogany
Cost new, $375. Now
LESTER
Mahogany. Medium size
Fine tone and action
Cost new, $525. Now
LEONARD
Medium size. Mahogany
Fine order. Good tone
Cost new, $375. Now
SCHUBERT
Costnew, $500. Now 23D
WALRAVEN
Cost new, $375. Now 190
MARCELLUS (Herre)
'185
‘275
225
] gany. Medium size $
Cost new, $450. Now 240
Other F. A. North Stores
NORTH PHILA: 2136 N. Front St
WEST PHILA: 302 S 52d St.
KENSINGTON: 1813-15 E. Alle-
gheny Ave.
CAMDEN: 831 Broadway
NORRISTOWN: 228 W.Main St.
CHESTER: 312 Edgmont Ave.
Send Coupon for full list of bargains
TRENTON: 209 E. State St. mer Sale.
READING: 15 N. 5th St. Name ..... . vine ve ease
ATLANTIC CITY, Address ..... Shia eas d
106 St. James Place R. P. 7-30-20
ia
Quartered Oak. Large size ‘225
Cost new, $400. Now
F. A. NorthCo.
1306 Chestnut Street
Please send me a complete
description of your bargains
in slightly used
Player - Pianos ( )
Upright Pianos ( )
Also details of easy-payment
plan offered in your Great Sum-
a
EEE