News and View
fe Furrow
is About the Farm
This is an aphid which lives by suck
ing the plant juices. It is covered witl
yvellowish-white, waxy
somewhat granular in
a
country free from the devastating dis-| (not boiling) one pound of tobacco in t and if so you want plenty of closets. | upon the high seas. Piracy now
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While not favoring a grain “strike” | ease three or four gallons of water in a |“P and judged Tuesday night. I am going to tell you about some built- | confined to the waters around China
or any set price, sentiment among or —t ie covered vessel. Add, when applying Apply to W. B. Nisley, State College, | in closets I have just seen. and the coast of Malacca, where veri- |
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ganized farmers in the great STATE DEPARTMENT OF one ounce of soap tdo each gallon, To- | P&~ OF to your County A ent for entry But if you have no closets, or if the | table sea-robbers of the old
tural States of the mid west run AGRICULTURAL NOTES [bacco extract such as Black Leaf 40 |P12nks and shipping tags. closets are very small, there is only | type still ply their murderous traffic.
strongly toward hold bs rain - . can be purchased at seed stores. Di- Class 1. Best collection exhibit oi one solution—build closets in. On the Atlantic coast, legends of the
AT BE Hpi . y > . all kinds f vegetables remi . : . :
far as practicable for bette cos, ac Remove all cedar trees from the vi- | lute at the rate of 1 part to 1000 parts ul kinds of Vogel bles. Premium Simple Construction daring deeds of the old pirates and
Sording to canvass x R 4 80 by § eniy of the apple trees so that there | of water. Dire ctions for diluting will second, 15; third $10. These, of course, must be adapted | stories of their hidden treasures alone
the Illinois Agri Association. | Will be no more dama e from the |be found on the pack: One dozen stalks celery, any tq the available space and to the |keep up the interest in ti extinct
he Verne aitak ‘ ! » rariety. remi 2 firgt. 34:0, : . tid .
Reports were \ ies | Cedar rust on the fruit trees. One It will be necessary to spray the named variet) Premium: first, 34; | amount of things one has to put away. | race of robbers. Millions of dollars
of State Fawn RR : : Arter whi . i me prey 4 second, $3. . : :
of State Farm Bure 1itions in [quarter mile is the shortest distance plants once a week for some time in ad > : ; Of the woods to use I would suggest | are supposed t obe buried along the
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Mi uro, Minnesota Dakota, visable between cedar trees and order to kill all the insects Ww oy Chi ap 2 pa San tl white wood or whote pine, or if one | coast by Captain Kidd, Low and oth
Kansas, Nebraska, nN -1n I pple trees Yo will tv ; J hition Chicory—not le me 1an three | 4504 not mind expense, birch. The |ers, according to popu accounts,
: Kentucky Y : ttt hid '* necessary to spray (" younds. remium: first, $4; secon . : oie :
and Kentucky. In no « 1 State — plants once a week for fo il : ia Inds. Pre ay t, $4; second, clothes compartments may be lined |and still hunts for these eat treas-
1 fall Iv win ants é ek for some time in |$2. 5 ST : :
Ite had y 1 a] Late fall or early winter Tl order to kill all: the insect : : ¥ Cl ic inl : wit heedar, if you wish, and you can |ures are annually organized.
| peach trees for S: 36. Brats ond : x ¢ le 1nsects. ass ommercia package o rive a eo cla + shollas. The : 3
1 ex 1 in Jose Scale and For. the supression of Mscet pods) Cree. neues 4 ; give a coat of filler or shellac. The At Money Hill, a promontory jutting
Peach Leaf Curl ids: Trees divi Ipression insect pests | Greenhouse tomatoes—mnot less than outside can be stained ainted ‘ : go
acl to enab : : ‘8 arger GIVI: and the control of plant diseases wri e | five pounds. Premium: first, $4: sec- ot : J oied OF Painted to lout into the Shark River, on the New
: i ' dends than spring spraying : > : I Aa SHINN ; Bly 34508 suit the color scheme of the room Jersey coas x hav
Wi y to the Bureau of Plant Industry, Pean- ond, $2 Li ci ’ Jersey coast, excavations have been
oi . —_— j ‘ ? ? Bey inen Closet ade. n . : fan i roha
lo om several Binck kin : : sylvania Department of Agriculture,| Class 5. Commercial package Of) ric inie ; made a hundred times for the treas-
5 ; Slack knot can be controlled only Hearrishurn, Pe The first is a glazed chintz closet jor ures of Kidd, and some of the T
' by cutting out all infected wood—cut Iarrisburg, Pa. Greenhouse Lettuce—not Ie than | jinen 1t could be built in the hall or : yt me ; at ]
BL ope bac : 1 - . : a three pounds. Premium: first, $3; sec- ? ullt in the hall or | gents of that lonely place slee p with
AN ATSNMERt ir back to good, healthy « and bur a 1 Bly YO, 2 against a s ing ceiling where ay a :
n argument in favor the farmer ® K : ( thy wood and burn STANDARD BARRELS i fg nst a sloping ceiling where there new potatoes under their pillow, be
ottine i y i y a yrunings yr $e sac i 7 & ‘mer wi r. There |} 1: : 3
Jetting into the 1 x 5 Class 6 Gottrmerclal iDackogs of Is aC i in by a dormer window. There lieving that by so doing they will some
ch a way that t i - — mw : 3 : ad i 4 € ® Is a base about six inches from the | 3. inepip : he Sov 1
Y LIME-SULPHUR WASH Che regulations providing standard | Onions—any anmed variety Premium: fq. ANT 50 Keone the Gist ; day be inspired to find the ‘coveted
nance d - £3 " . . y y A S( {eeps 1 dust o } > . ig AY .
) 1C¢ 1 ) ) id le o INJURED ev FREE rrels for fruits, vegetables and oti first, $5: second, $3 tr is 3 = . ut When | spanish dollars and gems
the grain as ZING |, . : . Dy yey rn . 1e room is being cleaned. On this §
fu : : 5 farm products in Pennsylvania go into Class 7. Commercial package of first Rol. : fortabl Not so many years ago, a schooner
The attitude 1 . Ww. th - : : : : : firs shell you can put comfortables . ans . :
; 1 in One carinever tall sat what i : ect December 16. Carrots—any named variety. Prem- hd quilts, next Hankel You . 1d left the coast of California, bound for
ro HI ¢ Ve 11 Just 1at the e hie + + J . : ar its, x ylankets, ou shoul 2 3 §
A ect of freeking will have w 1 Chis me that the United States |jum: first, $4; second, $2. have =. dust-oroof ol edt Cocos Island, four hundred
eta ft} \ I 1rec ng will have pon con A . ven a : : : & yg St-pr glaze chintz case G :
t 0 en tinted Tha Toh : : Standard Barrels and legal subdivis Cl 8. Commercial package of madeito tie in idl th 4 . | southwest of Panama, for the purpose
u ian vt | Centrated lime sulphur wash, Som 5 re . i ade to tie in middle with tapes and EAs a : :
Tol L : Vi ay ions thereof, for fruits, vegetables and | Turnips—any named variety. Variety : : ye of digging the silver coins, plate and
is wront to set an arbitrarv price times it is not injured in the least by ‘} . E ! 3 we extra flaps edged with box pleating to |. 3 : id
oy 1 ' I m ; freeking, and at other tim i is ul other farm products are the standards | Premium: first, $4; second, $2 STAD: With elastic Kact i jewelry, supposed to have been buried
»o a bushel hat it 3s hardl rd ERINg, « ‘ tne mes S ab y 3 . | SHC I Hastics. Lach cas should :
CR S nd t wrdly i tah Notied Sir : for Pennsylvania All these barrels 9. Commercial package ¢° be lure enoueh there by pirates years ago
isable to as} fa ‘ y hold tt solutely sj eq Samples rom tn? ia : > iia : . : : » large enough.
Wheat unless we u : ame barrel have been taken. in differ must be marked to show the capacity any named variety. Premium: The Upper Shelves Altogether, it is estimated that $60,
heat unless we re ir position to : : oe at Te in terms of the standard barrel and th 1 ) i
: row 3 . m the standar ar! { eI firs second, " . 000.00 av ee je i Y 3s Is-
help them on the financi n nt bottles Fhese have been placed nm nd 1d ttl 1 : Ir! The shelf above should be used for .000 have been buried in Cocos 1
Bis Het : : : . ante an address o 1e yacker, 3 Js 7 irate it ic for ia
age ends of the game. But I do {ell t side by side in a freezing chamber and Ti marks must t laint : 1 dish cloths, chees ecloth and cotton and by the pirates, and it is for this
. X : . hese marks must be plainly and con- | : 3 immense st that the sci yp
p srs tha dicee bs S after having been subject d to freez , | H 3 0 o 1: iron holders. ete se sum 14 the schooner set
rm rs that I believe wh inh a Et : spicuously branded or stenciled in S att e as N¢ -N an > E, ete. sail
higher and that it would b onp | Ing for the some length of time and Blac Kink on fhe outside of one cod mm i S SP C The next shelf could be ke pt for|™
li {ink or uts f one ead y ar Th ths : :
thing to hold it if they are in a posi returned to temperatures above freecz- the 1 : ; : I wo-Me nn fre et al table cloths, tray cloths, luncheon sets I'e story of this buried wealth was
b ‘ ew id y : be ne barrel, or in some equally con . ! $2 i : p. . .
tion to do 0.” Ing, one sample was found to be cof ; ; in bloc 9 t 2 : — and napkins, large and small obtained from two of the pirates, who
. : spicuous place, In block letters and S13 . : n : fess i
Writing that the 8 Dakota | ADSOlutely no use, while the other figur th f litres ix int The war was responsible for the in- The next shelf, towels of various |¢onfessed, on their death-bed, that the
. : es : Tt 3 iis ngures e Zt 0 t 'ty-S1X poin . \ ya : AE a Na :
Farm Bureau Federation “does not be. | S8Mple was in its original condition Gotiic fv) li troduction of the one-man car which [kinds and on the next bed linen. captured treasures had been buried on
1 sothic type or larger : : : ts
lieve a ‘wheat ike’ necessary or de- Injury to lime sulphur by freezin is There is no accepted abbreviation | introduced as and accepted by the On the top shelf are kept extra pil- the island.
sirable for the country,” Secretary 1
J. Crandall, of Huron said, “our meth-
od of handling the situation is to
nish farmers with accurate informa
tion regarding the wheat to
help them in determining what action
market
is best for their needs. The farmers
will hold their wheat off the markot
without a doubt if they are able to
get credit which will allow them to
carry their products. The credit situ-
ation is the key to the whole matter,
We are advising that the world wheat
situation warrants holding of the crop
if credit allows and using our best of.
forts to help bring financial relief.”
Officially the Missouri Farm Bureau
\ Federation has made no recommenda
tion, A. J. Meyer, at Columbia,
ecutive secretary, wrote. “As
viduals,” he added, “all members of
our executive committee take the at-
titude that where farmers can afford
to hold wheat they should by all means
do so. This is on he theory that pres-
ent prices are about as low as we can
reasonbly expect them
we are not in a position
$3 wheat, we can hardly
ers to hold for $3.”
The Wisconsin Farm
ex-
indi-
to go. Since
to guarantee
advise farm-
Bureau Fed-
eration does not endorse “strikes” as
a means of controlling the price of
farm products, wrote ‘Secretary C. A.
Peters, of Rosendale, Wis. “Accord-
ing to the present situation in regard
to wheat we believe that the low prices
are unjustifiable and that it would be
good business policy for the farmers
to discontinue heavy
allow the market
marketing and
to adjust itself.”
From Iowa, E. H. Cunningham, of
Ames, secretary of the Iowa Farm
Bureau Federation, wrote. “We realize
that it is the most difficult thing to
hold grain and we do not recommend
that it be held to arbitrarily force
prices to unreasonable height. Of
course, we have no credit system
whereby we can hold all the grain oi
the country, but we are advising our
down in marketing
for the present until this period of de-
moralization
farmers to slow
in prices has somewhat
recovered.”
WARN AGAINST DANGER OF
HOOF AND MOUTH DISEASE
The
Pennsylvania
this
to veterinarians,
of Aniaml
Department
Bureau Industry,
of Agricul-
ture, is week issuing a warning
stock dealers, stock
yard officials and others to keep a
sharp look-out for the appearance of
the hoof and mouth disease in this
State. The disease is raging in Eu
rope and has invaded the Jersey Is-
land for the first time.
While there is no evidence that (he
disease is present anywhere in this
coutry yet, Dr. T. E. Munce, head of
the Bureau of Animal Industry, be-
lieves that with the cattlemen of Penn-
sylvania on the alert, the malady will
have little chance of gaining a strong-
hold should it appear in the United
States.
The letter which is being sent broad-
cast throughout the State follov
“Foot and mouth disease is raging
in a number of European countries,
and for the first time in history has
invaded the Island of Jersey
“Federal officials are taking every
possible precaution to prevent the in-
troduction of this dreaded disease in
sily detected
because injured
INDIAN MEAL MOTH
puncetlla) is a common
pest, t
lime-
sulphur will always have lost more ol
The Indian Meal Moth (Plodia inter-
household
he larvae of worms being fourd
in flour grain of all kinds either ground
too strong+ asolution. Probably th
RAIN BELT FARMERS “Please pass the word along and |best mixture for this will be tobacco
DISFAVOR A STRIKE [thus help keep Pennsylvania and the | extract. This can be made by steepin
for the word standard, so the mark
now required on barrels is as follows:
less of its rich dark red color and by 1 STANDARD BBL
the presence of its fine sulphur parti- JOHN DOE
cles in the bottom of the container HARRISBURG, PA
t a AVS 'S 3 re lime « . mn 3 i
o Iways best to store lime sul I'he tolerance and variations to be
IE here i i reaze 3 .
phur where it will not freeze. allowed in the enforcement of these
standard barrels are the same as those
for the
Standard Barrels and are contained in
the Department of Agriculture General
Bulletin No. 350,
by
established United States
which may be secured
of Markets,
Pennsylvania Department of Agricul-
writing the Bureau
excretion
appearance
which gives it the name of mealy bug.
As the coleus is a very tender plant,
care must be taken not to injure it by
) | ence in judging.
In cle
age, its attractiveness and genera
os
g ¢
- ping purposes; and to the gradin
packing as well as to the quality o
the produce itself.
All exhibits must be in place Janu-
ary 24,
1921, so that they may be se
public as an economical measure, but
at the same time there has been con-
siderable dissatisfaction avith it, prin-
cipally at the delays experienced ut
loading points where the vehicle and
its riders must be held up while the
entering passengers are relieved of
their fares and change made. During
these deiays the riders already in the
car become impatient.
An effort
this situation by street car officials of
Seattle by the
called a One-Man- Two-Men car, and it
is so designed that it is operated dur-
has been made to relieve
invention of what is
i Marketable value will be given prer-
es 2 to 9 inclusive, the judges
will give attention to the type of pack-
adaptability to local morket or ship-
ind
Attractive and
I)
Have you ever lived in
where there were practically no clos
flets. Isn't it a hardship? All womer
{love plenty of closet room.
you are plannig to build a new home
lows, stores, muslin curtains not in use
and various other articles.
All the shelves can be covered with
glazed chintz of a small ribbon pattern
tacked down over the front edge. The
panels of the door are covered inside
with glazed chintz, giving them an at-
tractive appearance.
Another Design
A large closet designed for a bed-
room or a hallway close to a bedroom
is one which has three sections, and
if one wishes, these three can be built
separately and placed different
parts or the room or hall. Altogether
in
- Commodious Closets
a house
Perhaps
The Pirates
The Atlantic coast, from Maine
- | Florida has been the scene of many a
1 | picturesque fight between
pirate kings and war vesse
“Jolly
famous
but the
paraded
Roger” is no longer
is
Wild rumors have at different times
excited the cupidity of the treasure-
hunters along the Atlantic coast: but
with few exceptions, the reported dis-
of the hidden
covery has been
untrue,
Several
gold
of
Spanish money and jewels have been
made at Gardiner’s Island, Rockaway
beach, and on the Jersey
but the intrinsic of all
these finds would hardly lead one to
believe that millions had been buried
in the sand; nevertheless, the several
great known to
small discoveries old
Souther
coast, value
pirate leaders were
of the Coast
to
or whole, chick-peas, table beans, pea-
nuts, English walnuts, almondg, edible
ture Harrisburg.
ing the siack hours of the day by one
it measures seven inches high and fif-
ave captured large sums of money.
Edward Low was one of the most
peaches, apricots, prunes, plums an:
cherries, clover seeds, garlic
ported to invade beehives and
upon dried specimens of both anima
and plant material.
ing much more for
what they actually consume.
unfit food
to fumigate with carbon bisulphida
using it at the rate of two pounds t«
1,000 cubic feet of space. Use a tigh
box this. the material i
fested in the box for an hour or tw
or night would be better, Hav
no lights or fires about when fumiga
for Leave
over
ing as this material is very explosiv{
Articles too badly
should be
watch must be maintained as the
infested to be uss
burned, and a constal
sect is very common and easily intr
duced by purchasing more goods.
For further information on hous
hold insects write to the Bureau
Plant Industry, Pennsylvania Depai
ment of Agriculture.
PRUNING GRAPE
VINES
Pruning grape vines is absolute
essential in order that the best size |
fruit and cluster, as well as flavor,
If the
they will produce sr
attained vines are
not prund
aller bunches ar
fruits, the berries will lack flavor ar
color, the bunches will not ripen eve
ly and the wood will not ripen prope
ly. When too great amount of wood
left there will be a large crop that yes
but, due to the wood failing to ripen
there will be a short crop the following
year.
Definite directions for the pruning of
given, however,
you
how
ape vines cannot be
because the conditions vary so
nust decide for yourself just
much wood to leave. You will be gov-
erned by such local conditions as cli-
mate, soil, adaptability of variety, til-
lage or tillage, fertilization,
vield and wood growth of the previous
lack of
vear and the system of training.
Pruning the can be done at
any time after the leaves fall until the
buds start in the spring. The souner
the pruning is done the bette-
there will be less “bleeding” from the
wounds and the loss of sap cannot he'p
but be devitalizing. It is better not to
prune when the canes are frozen be-
cause at that time they are as brittle
vines
because
as pipe stems.
For the suppression of insect pests
our country. Therefore, it is very :
essential that veterinarians, county |
agents, stockmen and others who come |
in contact with livestock to be on the |
lookout for any sign of this disease |
and to report promptly all suspicious |
cases coming under their observation.
“Cattle, hogs, sheep or goats with |
sore mouths or feet should be regarded |
as suspicious and reported promptly |
to this office or to the nearest agent |
of the Bureau.
and the control of plant diseases, write
to the Bureau of Plant Industry, Penn-
sylvania Department of Agriculture.
MEALY BUGS ON COLEUS
The most
coleus is the mealy bug. When not
abundant it will be more often found
In the axils of the leaves, but when |
abundant it will be found on bath the
leaves and stems.
heads,
dried roots of dandelion, pecan nuts,
and cinnamon bark, and has been re-
does
much damage in museums by feedinz
food and excrement, thereby rendering | their spring planting.
than
The best way to control this pest is
common insect found on |
All violations of these rules and
acorns, chocolate beans, dried fruits of regulations relating to standard bar-
all kinds, including currants, raisins, rels for farm products should be re-
1 ported to local inspectors of weights
and measures.
CARE IN SEED SELECTION
OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE
1 The Pennsylvania Department of Ag-
riculture is endeavoring to impress
The larvae have a habit of spinning | upon the farmers of the State, the ne-
a web and working into it particles of
cessity of securing first grade seed for
Following is a
statement on the seed situation by Dr.
E. M. Gress, State Botanist, who has
been placed in charge of seed inspec-
tion work by Secretary of Agriculture
poor seed but it may : . Sof
injurious weeds that will cost the
farmer much labor and expense in
their eradication, and in addition will
lower the quality and price received
for his products.
“The farmer, therefore, has the right
g
to know the following things concern-
ing the seeds he purchases; Percent-
age of purity; percentage of germina-
tion ;source of the seeds and whether
or not the seeds are free from noxious
weeds.”
VEGETABLE EXHIBIT TO
BE PART OF STATE SHOW
An extensive exhibit of Pennsyl
vania grown vegetables will be one of
the features of the Fifth Annual Farm
Products Show, which will be held in
Harrisburg, January 24-28. The vege-
tables will comprise the choicest from
every section and the exhibits receiv-
ing first honors will be entitled to all
State championship honors.
Followin are the rules governing
| the vegetable exhibits, the classes and
prizes:
i
| Entries are open to all vegetable
growers in Pennsylvania, and all ex-
hibits must have been grown in Penn-
sylvania by other exhibitors.
No more than one entry in any one
"class will be accepted from the same
individual.
number of the objections which have
been raised by passengers.
Christmas Caines
in the Window
on-
and
An electric shop in Chicago has
deavored to revive the ancient
beautiful custom of burning candles ni
front windows of dwellings as a mas-
sage of greetings and good will to the
For this purpose special
indles have been designed,
being silver plated with
frosted lamps covered by silk shades.
the
shades are placed in living room
The electric candle with out silk
win-
dows between the window and the cur-
tain. The effect
on a wintry night with those beautiful
of a residence street
candles shining from the window will
be wonderfully suggestive of the Yule-
tide After the holidays the
candles adorned with silk shades may
effectively boudoir
season.
be used most as
lamps.
Yuletide Decorations
Certainly there is no house but that
is the happier for bringing into it a
little Christmas greenery. No matter
how old we are, the fragrance of the
spruce and holly branches adds to the
joyousness of Christmas time and also
to the gayety.
Wreaths should be hung at the win-
dows and boughs should be fastened
over the door. Greenery can be placed
over the fireplace, either in ropes or
or grouped in flowre
bowls... It can be twined and
of the banisters and around paintings
and pictur Misletoe can hung
over the stairway or in the doorway.
Iknow some little boy sfrom
ana who have been taking mail orders
for mistletoe and shipping it to Phila-
delphia. Itis fine mistletoe, too, and
reaches the buyer in good shape. You
can place tiny spruce trees on either
side of the fireplace. Poinsettia flow-
brilliant decoration for
deep
in
sprays
out
be
Louisi-
ers make a
Christmas.
If you wish to twine garlands around
pillars I will try and tell you how to
make them. If you haven't ground-
pine or smilax for garlands you can
use the paper decorating rope. Still
less expensive is green crepe paper
cut in three or four-inch strips, the
middle of the strip left untouched, the
outer edge pulled wider to ruffle it.
Combine this with a little holly or
other de-berried lf anches.
If you wish to make a wreath use
thin milliner’s wire, making a loop the
size you want. Small branches of any
size holly may be used. Begin at the
top and work down, wrapping each
stem to hold firmly in place. Pine
man, whereas during the rush hours [teen inches long.
there are two men, one to look after The first section consists of two
the mechanical operation of the car {three by three closets, one for the
and the other to take care of the finan- | man’s clothes and the other for the
ces of the trip. It is said that the in- | wife’s. A narrow top shelf can hold
troduction of this vehicle has resulted | sweaters. Jelow are attached a rod
in an improved service and answers a {or rods on which coat-hangers are
suspended.
The middle section has two drawers
and a hat box.
The third section has two shoe cup-
boards at Rods
run the wall
wall on which the shoes can be placed.
Being on grooves, the first shelf ful of
of shoes can be pushed bac kto accom-
the bottom. on
grooves across from to
modate a second. Above this are two
compartments with Ilet-down fronts,
the doors being held in place as
shelves by little chains attached to
side. Inside each compartment are
roomy trays.
For a guest room, where one does
not wish to go to much expense for
built-in closet, build in corner cup-
boards of of wardrobes of ordinary
stock patterns. Saw off the backs to
fit the corner—say eight inches from
the front. Place these back agoinst
the corner and fill intervening space.
A curved rod attached to the top of
cupboard from which clothes hangers
are suspended.
Mild Weather
Brings Down Price
of Eggs
The continued weather has
done the same thing to the price of
fresh s that
warm
g it has to overcoat
Yes, the price of eggs not only
marked but it
much if this
several
prices.
has shown a drop,
threatens to go lower
unseasonable weather stays
merciless buccaneers that roved the
sea along the Atlantic coast, and New
England was especially by
him. Low was an Englishman, but he
drifted to Boston when a boy, where
pestered
for a time he earned a good living at
the rigger’s trade.
But he soon took to the sea again,
and with a dozen men he captured a
vessel and turned her into a piratical
craft. His first point of adventure was
between New York and Boston; where
he captured a sloop loaded with mer-
chandise; but being chased by a man-
of-war he sailed due south until out of
danger. Within a short time
lected a larger crew around him and
his name became a terror all along the
Atlantic coast.
He captured dozens of vessels in a
few until several men-of-war
were commissioned to hunt him down.
The Greyhound, carrying
twenty guns, first encountered the pi-
rate. Low an dHarris, his partner in
crime, took the warship for a merchant
he col-
months
a warship
vessel, and they gave immediate chase.
The captain of the Greyhound com-
prehended the situation at once, and
enjoying the joke he made every sign
of trying to escape.
After the chase had been kept up
for several hours the war-ship sudden-
ly turned around, and delivered a tre-
mendous broadside into the two pur-
suing pirate ships.
A running hi was then begun, the
pirates making every effort to get be-
yond the range of the twenty thunder-
ing guns.
Low finally escaped, while the Grey-
hound bringing Harris and his
crew terms The latter, with
twenty-four of his crew, were taken |
mo
was
to
prisoners, and hanged July 10.
near Newport.
Instead of bein intitmdated by this
more weeks. narrow escape, L.ow became more
Strictly fresh laid eggs up to a week | malignant than ever, and he vented
ago sold for 95 cents to $1.05 a dozen | his spite against the New England
wholesale, and at more than sufficient
advance at retail.
Encouraged the warm weather
the hens began to display laying ac-
tivity, with the result that the whole-
of had fallen
in the local market to 73 cents a dozen.
Most of the large retailers were selling
these around 85
January
chicago
dozen,,
that
around that
by
sale prices fresh
eggs
eges cents a dozen.
futures were quoted on
market at 62 63
which the dealer said meant
the wholesale would be
figure in January if the
warm weather continued. Storage
eggs have not dropped yet, as the
shortage of this grade continues. They
the
to cents a
price
were selling in most stores last week
at 70 to 72 cents a dozen, but a drop
is expected if fresh eggs continue low.
wreaths decorative. If you do not
have holly you can make a wreath of
green and tie with red ribbon bow.
By the way if you haven't much
holly or poinsettia, don’t spread it ot,
but concentrate it in one spot.
Don’t make the mistletoe too con-
cones may be added to make the
spicuous. It will be so much more fun
scotch flannel same size for $2.25.
gowns in extra size 56 in., wide 85 in., long for 50cts.,
additional. These gowns come in Blue & Pink stripe.
towns and commerce. For a long time
he around in the waters b:-|
tween Boston ond New York, captur-
ing all sorts and cruelly
torturing the crews and captains.
Not until he had satisfied his re-
venge on the New Englanders did he
turn his attention elsewhere. After
1723 he was never heard of in Ameri-
(eo
cruised
of vessels
can waters, but his work was carried
in the same merciless way among the |
Canaries and Cape Verde Isles.
In the southe:n waters no pirate was
more famous than Captain Lafitte,
whose manners and appearance were |
those of a perfect gentleman. He |
was small, good-looking, and very
courteous, and not a cruel, inhuman |
wretch, such as Edward Low. i
He did not claim to be a pirate, but |
the commander of a privateer flying |
NIGHT GOWNS
Buy your Flannette night gowns -now, the cold
weather will be upon you at any day. These gowns |
cannot be bought at these prices anywhere else n the |
country. Very heavy flannel gown 54 in., wide 74 in., |
long at$1.85. We have ano ther heavier quality out of |
We also sell these |
On receipt of money order or check or we will send |
same C. O. D.
ADELPHIA MFG., CO.
if it surprises one.
1396 So., 23rd. , St.
Philadelphia, Pa, |
[the flag of Cartagena, a South Ameri.
|can republic. Although such a repup
lic probably never existed, Lafitte
proudly maintained that his standard
was the flag of his native Cartagena
This republic was safe in its oh
scurity, and apparently it was at way
with every other country for Lafitte
captured English, Dutch, French, Span.
ish and American ships.
The United States Government
[treated with Lafitte in 1819, and dur-
ing the war with England he refused
a bribe of $30,000, a captain’s commis
| sion in the British navy and the com-
mand of a forty-gun frigaté if he would
take service with the Britis}
Lafitte sided with the Americans,
and a great friendship between him
and General Jackson sprang up. At
the battle of New Orleans the pirates
fought tigers, and won lasting
glory their determined stand and
He was finally killed while
endeavoring to capture a Spanish cor-
vette nearly twice the size of his own
like
by
bravery.
Captain Kidd, before he became a
sea-rover, was 2 captain in the English
navy, and he was sent by his country
id the sea of pirates
f accomplishing this
turned pirate himself.
but instead
purpose, he
At first, he disliked the idea of be
ng considered a traitor to his cour
try, and as a remnant of his former
piety he generally swore his men in
with the Bible. Jut eventually he
gave up this practice, buried the Bible
in the sand, and killed crews, robbed
1ips, and made his name a terror to
his own countrymen. He was finally
hanged by British orders, for the spe
cial crime of killing a man by hitting
him on the head with a bucket.
Indian Belief in Magic
Civilized Indians are very reluctant
» give up their belief in magic. The
of worshipping objects is quite
ettled one among the tribes, and
some stories which connect corn and
1
idea
1
a
beneficient deities
Animals,
are spoken of in a very singular
flowers with are
very pleasing and attractive.
too,
and superstitious manner and the dif-
ferent of the beasts which are
hunted is accounted for in a story of
sizes
the ration, which has bany varia-
tions, but always agrees that at the
time of the creation all of the beasts
clamored for priority of size
Each vain and dictator and
i,
one after another was humbled by be-
ing made smaller than a hated enen
the idea being that everything human
and that born had a
prior and came into the
world with the benefit of / fhe experi
ence thus derived. 4 oi
Indians in many tribe bel ave in the
doctrine of transmigration of souls, by
which is meant that they believe souls,
after the death of the bodies of naimals
that they have inhabited, pass into the
bodies of others.
was
otherwise was
existence
Parental Love
Triumphs
Shreveport, La.—After walking sev-
eral hundred miles overland from their
home in the Ozarks of northwestern
Arkansas, Thomas Alexander and his
wife, carrying a shotgun and an um-
brella, respectively, have arrived at
Monroe, La., in to letters
from their daughter, critically ill there,
begged to see them before she died.
Unable to buy railroad tickets, they
started afoot and the journey
three weeks, sleeping under trees.
response
made
Law Halts
Boy’s Santa
West Orange, N. J—Christmas this
year is to be a joyless festival for three
West Orange boys of ten and twelve
years who were sentenced by John B.
Lander, city recorder, to receive no
holiday presents, take no part in any
Christmas festivities and go to bed
at 6.30 every night including Christ-
mas Eve.
The youngsters were convicted of
breaking into a school and stealing
pencils and money from the teacher's
desk and on another occasion tinker-
ing with the automobile of the Rev.
Alfred Roy Ehman so that the minister
could not start it when he was ready to
£0 home after a church service.
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