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The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03
ADVANCE TOWARD
INCREASED YIELDS
Selection Of Best Grain Seeds
Used on improved Soils Is
Profitable Practice.
lny pRoF. 3. b. cARrERl }

Improved soil. improved seed and
plants and more thorough cultivation.
the application Of science to agricul-
ture and science is simply organized
common sense.
The improvement Of seed alone will
come to little, for the use OF the most
improved seed on soil low In fertility
or in poor physical condition will be
disappointing, but good results will
come of planting improved seed on
improved soil.
We have failed to recognize that
among corn plants and among oat and
wheat plants there is just as marked
individuality as among men or among
animals
When we recognize this character
istic in plants and select our seed
grain with the thought of vigor and
prolificacy OF plant In mind. we are
making a great advance toward larger
yields.
Let the selection Of small grain for
better seed begin with the tanning
mill; 1t has been proved that both the
yield and quality Of grain can thus be
increased.
II we will add to this the selection
of heavy yielding and vigorous grow
Ing plants. as we find them In the
field, our yields will far exceed 80
bushels for oats and IA bushels for
wheat as is the state average for the
past 25 years.
A third requisite is better and more
thorough cultivation. including better
preparation Of the seed bed and better
seeding as well as better after culti-
vation.
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Worth Remembering When One
Is Making Plans for the De-
sired Home.
DESIGN FOR FAMILY OF TWO
Arrangements That Would Suit Al.
most Any Couple, Though Of Course
Most Women Would Wish to
Work Out the Details for
Herself.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFORD.

Mr.. William A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
subject OF building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account of his wide experience
AZ Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he
IL. without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. 1877 Prairie
avenue, Chicago. Ill, and only enclose
iwo-cent stamp for reply.
Building house for home is one
OF the most interesting propositions
that a man can undertake. Every
married man expects to build house.
and every single man hopes to do 80
some time, II he don't he is not con.
structed on the right plan. 1t often
happens that man has a small fam.
iiy. which may consist of himself and
wife and possibly one small child
They do not want large house-they
don't need 1t and they don't want the
care OF II. but, at the same time, 1t
Is only business to build In such a way
that the house may be sold II occa
sion should require. But no matter
how small the house may be, a won.
an wants the downstairs to appear
right She naturally takes pride In
having well.arranged house neatly
furnished and well kept II the plan
suits her. she is perfectly happy In
working out the details.
In the plan here shown. only two
rooms are finished upstairs. About
onethird Of the upper floor is left un-
finished. to be used as an attic store
room. This saves expense when build
ing. and the housewife has fewer
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03
TO CONTROL BLIGHT
OF POTATO PLANT
Mixture Of Copper Sulphate and
Lime viii Materially Check
Dread Disease.

Blight 10 q fungous disease and is
always to be dreaded, It can be con-
trolled by spraying with the following
MIXTURE: Dissolve six pounds OF cop
per sulphate in ten gallons Of water;
slake five pounds Of fresh lime in ten
gallons Of water and when cool strain
through q gunny sack; put 80 gallons
Of water into a barrel and then add
the copper and lime solutions. Pour
both In at the same time and stir
thoroughly. This mixture deteriorates
quickly and should be used as soon as
made. Spray the vines every ten days
until they have had four or five spray.
ings. This treatment win not always
cure the blight. but II win check II
materially.
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in the form OF superphosphate or basic
Stag.
On older pastures it is usually phos-
phate they require more than anything
else.
A sure sign OF deficiency OF phos-
pilates Is the absence or inconspicu'
BUSINESS OF clover plants. On heavy
land where the clover is deficient In
quantity dressing OF from 5O0 to
900 pounds OF basic Stag applied not
later than the end Of February is u.s.
ually sufficient to bring about a
marked improvement.
On light lands II is advisable TO give
the phosphates in the form OF super
phosphates. and to add 200 pounds OF
kainit to supply potash, which Is
often deficient in sandy soils.
In cases where both the clovers and
the grasses make poor growth, COM
plete manure should be given by add
ing dressing OF farmyard manure, or
luU pOuHus VI NITRATE vi oou" W
phate Of ammonia per acre. 1t must
be very distinctly remembered, how
ever, that II the improvement effected
by these manures is to be permanent
the field must be grazed and not mown.
There is another class OF grass land
that often requires improvement This
is rather low lying. sour ground that
grows an abundance OF coarse herb
age, often containing great deal OF
sorrel and hardheads. Such land US
ually requires the addition OF lime. al
though Il may also respond to basic
Stag or other phosphoric manures,
1t certainly does not pay to manure
land Of this sort with farmyard ma
nure unless 1t has been well dressed
first with lime or basic Stag.
In all other cases there is no doubt
whatever that farmyard manure is
the most useful manure for grass, es-
pecially when supplemented with an
occasional dressing Of phosphate.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03
SOIL SICKNESS IN
VEGETABLE GARDEN
Freshly Ground or Slaked Lime
viii Prove an Efficient Cure
for This Trouble.
lRy W. R. GILRERTl

Complaints are common from com
paratively small and constantly
cropped gardens anent the poorness
Of the produce. Even such a thing as
a cabbage Is SO faint-hearted as to run
away on lanky legs as no well behaved
cabbage should,
All this is very annoying 10 those
who take infinite pains with their gar
dens and go to some expense in get
ting reliable seed.
All this may occur. and does occur
where ample manure of the barnyard
is applied to keep the soil in fertile
condition.
Ii is In fact kind OF soil sickness
which ordinary manure cannot over,
come, but actually aggravates.
One sees far less of this In large
gardens for the simple reason that
the larger area gives much wider
range and rotation OF cropping, yet
even here comparisons may often be
drawn between the produce OF the
large areas and vegetables under field
cultivation to the distinct advantage
OF the latter.
There Is fortunately an antidote. fol
freshly ground or freshly slaked lime
is an antidote for this. In liberal
dressings 1t will prove a quick and
lasting tonic to the sick soil. and not
only should this be administered when
spring opens, but as far as possible
dressed through crops of cabbage and
similar things during a dry day. and
lightly hoed in.
When lime can be really obtained In
the best condition, there is really nc
excuse for the bad state of things de
picted and even II an extra price has
to be paid ii is still the cheapest be
cause the only satisfactory thing foI
the purpose. and whatever may be
spent on ordinary manure, II expended
on lime for several seasons, would
work wonders.
Doctors differ over the value ot
freshly ground lime, and the virtue
Of the newly slaked article, the ultra
caustic properties of the former be
ing by many considered an advantage
With that agree. but consider tbs
advantage Is only temporary as with
exposure to the air the shaking /,
thoroughly in evidence.
Well burned lime, not too long from
the kiln. will be found to answer al
purposes In this direction, and II car
be slaked in barrel or in heaps h,
giving It good sprinkling with wa
ter and covering with old sacks q,
fomething similar. when It should h.
Immediately distributed.
Positive effects will be noticed m.
first season In the improved appear
ance of vegetation and negatively q
the disappearance Of much Of the low
er forms Of insect and fungoid M.
In the garden.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03

zion. The house means more to a
woman than 1t does to a man; and II
is her pride and ambition TO have II
exactly right, and to have things as
nice and delicate as her keen sense
OF propriety suggests.
The sitting room and dining room
In this plan are almost like one long
room. The archway may be fitted
with portieres or not. II portieres
are used and looped well back, the
view Is not obstructed to any great
extent, and a company of a dozen or
two may comfortably occupy the two
rooms.
The general plan Of this house 10
wbn used to be called the Boston"
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rooms TO take care OF afterward Two
rooms may be added here any time in
the future, at very little expense
Two bedrooms and bathroom up.
stairs make a very nice arrangement
for a family Of two, and leave spare
bedroom for use when required The
bedroom downstairs may be made into
a library il so desired. 1t is really
more appropriate for this purpose than
II is for bedroom, it so wanted by
the family, Families are different;
their tastes and requirements are dif,
ferent; what suits one would not suit
another, but this room would make
n very nice library or smoking den,
and that is what every man should
have. II he doesn't smoke, some OF
his friends do: and most women object
to having tobacco smoke scattered
prumiscuously through the house. and
they cannot be blamed for this objec.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03

health again. It. is truly great bless
ing to women, and ! cannot speak too
highly Of it. / take pleasure in recon-
mending it to Others. Mrs. ANNIE
CAMERON, RID, No. !, Swan Creek,
Michigan.
Another Sufferer Relieved.
Hebron, Me-" Before taking your
remedies l was all run down, discour-
aged and had female weakness. took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and used the Sanative Wash, and
find today that / am an entirely new
woman, ready and willing to do nv
housework now, where before taking
your medicine it was a dread. I try to
impress upon the minds Of all ailing
women ! meet the benefits they can
derive from your medicines. I" = Mrs.
CHARLES Rowe, r. F. D., No. /,
Hebron, Maine.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia r. Pinkham Med
icine Co., (confidential) Lynn.
Mass. Your letter will be opened.
read and answered by q woman
and held in strict confidence.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03
Feeling That Is General.

First Passenger understand that
your city has the rottenest political
ring in the country.
Second Pasenger-That's right.
But how did you know where I'm
from?
First Passenger toledo
Blade.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03

W h en- Israel
reached the Dor
ders OF Canaan.
Joshua sent two
men TO spy out
the land. espe-
cially the city Of
Jericho. 7 h e y
lodged In I b e
house OF Rahab
the harlot. who
concealed them.
and helped them
TO escape by let
ting them down
BY a cord from
her house. which
uaa nn tho town
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03

sort OF summer addition TO the
kitchen, an outdoor workroom that
may be enclosed with climbing vines
and furnished with couple OF old,
fashioned rocking chairs with ging.
ham-covered cushions somewhat on
the grandmother order. but comfort
able, as everyone knows. This back
porch offers good place for an ice
box. especially In the summer time.
which is the only time In the year
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03

through neglect or
overwork / get run
down and my sppe-
tite is poor and I
have that weak. lam
guild, always tired
feeling, l get a bot
tie of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound, and it
builds me up. gives
me strength, and re-
stores me IN Y,orfarf
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03
The Cost.

owner-Whatll il cost to repair
this car of mine?
Garage Proprietor-What ails it?
Owner-l don't know.
Garage Proprietor-Thirty-four dol
lars and sixty-five cents-Puck
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03
Proof Positive.

Hold on minute said man to
his party over the telephone, "centrars
on the line"
Il amt, either." exclaimed the in
dignant central.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03
Rahab,
The Harlot
By REV. l. W. COSNE1I
Assam, TO he Dsaa
Moody Bib Iasi,uie. Chssss

TFxT-By faith the harlot RabEb per
isbed not with them that believed not.
when sh. had received the spies with
peace. Hebrews H.3i.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03

1t is said that distance lends en-
chantment TO the view-but not to a
mans view OF the almighty dollar.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03

And many mans success is due to
the fact that he got busy and an
swered few of his own prayers.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03
Sweet Sorrow.

Who wrote: Parting is such sweet
sorrow?'"
Some duck who coughed up his
last Is cents for julep"
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03
lYaIIlgJ TsEss sI5 Eve iSss sSss EEIII3

Imaginary troubles cause more
worry than real ones
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03

Ten smiles for nickel. Always Guy Red
Gross Bag Blue; have beautiful, clear
white clothes. ADV.
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-09-03
WOMEN WHO Are
ALWAYS TIRED,
May Find Help in This
Letter.

Swan Creek, Mich. 81 cannot sped
too highly Of your medicine. WheE
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
Prominent New Jersey Men
Acquitted Of Conspiracy

Philadelphia, April 30.-Four promi-
nent residents of Southern New Jersey
were acquitted here to-day of con-
spiracy in an effort to extort money
by blackmail from David w. Moore, Jr.,
a wealthy retired glass manufactures
The defendants We're Public Prose-
cutor Summerill. of Gloucester county:
George w. Dickensheets, president of
the First National Bank of Woodbury.;
Joseph Best, director in the bank,
and Harry Stille. of Clayton, N. ]. The
case was given to the jury yesterday
and a sealed verdict was returned to
the court to-day.
The defendants, it was charged. had
attempted to obtain from David W.
Moore $205,000 for glass plant under
threat of exposing his brother Charles
c. Moore, now dead, for the alleged
| embezzlement of $4,000. They were
arrested in a room in hotel here
where a meeting had been arranged
by Moore. A telephone device had
previously been installed in the room
by private detective agency and the
prosecution was based on the CONVEX
! sation heard between Moore and the
defendants. The latter during the trial
| made a complete denial and Judge
Gregy in his charge to the jury said
that the question was u matter of
Veracity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
Late News Bulletins

3O.-Cm the hopcu Mexican
Mexican
sona discretion .t
New York April 30-Upon fourwo
arrested
OF S3 the alternative of
New York April 30-A
Roosevelt had had
Washington, April 3O-Urgng
monstious proposition
shoot i'm
{ a oRe
Washington, April 3OTle ncden
Secretary of the Navy a OmcdaI -
Rochester, n from odov
Batavia April 3OMadame Norda who arrived
quite ILL., a sinking
Genoa where her husband George W. York
~
hero to-day o hoard
"Wednesday
- f'"' os""-
New York. April 3OThe Speculation showed
bonds selling i'm 5T was
checked
cifc That stock to 49, compared
1879; Northern Pacific 1OA Southern Pacific
153al NJ. ST. r.. X.
York Central 9O& Canadian Pacific
u. Steel. 5S!s. N''>'' 80
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
Work on the River
Wall Still Delayed
by the High Water

Work on the great Spring creek
sewer that extends through the Cam
eron parkway and empties into the
river, is being pushed as speedily as
possible by Contractor G. w. Ensign.
The local big ditch" attracts scores
of sightseers when the weather is fair
o Sundays. The sewer, which is of
concrete and approximately three feet
square, is intended to drain practically
the whole lower end of the city that
comprises Cameron Extension, Clover
ly Heights, the Thirteenth Ward, and
even out to PaXtang eventually.
Continued high water has thus
far prevented resumption of work on
the river wall. The river Is still above
the six-foot stage and 1t must drop
to below two and half feet before
the contractors can get busy. AT the
offices of the Board of Public Works 1t
was said to-day that everything is in
readiness to start as soon as the water
reCedes,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
-SUFFRAC|STS
MEET HERE FOR FIRST
CONVENTION IN j. S.
Hundred Delegates Gather to Or.
ganize Campaign Against
Votes For Women

The very first convention of Anti
Suffragists ever held in the United
States began in Fahnestock Hall, this
afternoon. More than 100 delegates
were present. There will be another
at SIS tonight.
All morning suffrage headquarters
in Second street was besieged with file
on file of c4Ilers, messengers and car
riers and there was a well-ordered
activity to have everything ready for
the opening session And arrange
ments were perfected i'll plenty of
time, so that when the delegates ar
rived they saw IL hall decorated with
potted plants, ferns and palms and
great punches of American beauty
roses. This, by the way, is the official
flower of the antis, and every dele
gate at the convention wore one
pinned upon her white ribbon badge.
The Color Picture
So there was plenty of color in the
hall, and it was picturesque scene
as the antis settled down to hear the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
CONTRACTORS ON
SUBWAY JOBS HOPE
To BEGIN NEXT WEEK
City Officials Trying to Get Use
of Earth For Front St.
"Filr"

1t is expected that the contractors
and Front streets at Mulberry will be-
gin operations next week. This will
mean an excavation of hundreds of
tons of dirt and the city officials are
endeavoring to make an arrangement
by which this material will be util-
ized in filling out the. river front along
the narrow stretches which endanger
the paving on Front street and make
impossible the general use of the riv-
er front by the people. Thousands Of
men, women and children are now
compelled TO walk on the paved high
way because for blocks there is no
sidewalk on either side of the street.
1t is believed that by filling out the
narrow stretches it will be possible 70
create a walk on the west side of the
street and eventually provide park
conditions which are so much desired
by the people.
1t is understood that the railroad
officials as well as the contractors are
anxious to cooperate with the munt-
cipal authorities in furnishing this
filling material and it is entirely pro-
bable that the matter will be adjusted
so that there can be a completion of
the work during the summer.
1t was stated to-day by an official
who is trying to arrange for the mat
erial that unless it is procured now
such an opportunity will not be pre-
sented to the city again in genera
tion; that it would be economical for
the city at the present time to pro-
cure this dirt inasmuch as it will be
necessary hereafter to fill out these
narrow stretches along the river
which would then have to be done at
great expense. At the present time
with this dirt in sight the expenditure
would be comparatively small.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR
ALL CATS, AIM Of
S.P. c. A. MEASURE?
Legislation Pending in Committee
Provides For Licensing
of All

Whether the S. p. C. \. of Harris
burg is for the proletarian cat as dis
tinguisheG from the housed and PAM
pered tireSide companion, does not ap-
pear as yet, but the society. after dis
cussing a proposal to agitate the pas
sage of a bill to require the license
of all felines, referred the measure
in inner S. p. G. A. circles, the bill has
been let to die u natural death.
OF the $4,000 lives, representing,
say unofficially, 1000 unattached and
unclaimed felines wandering DER back
fence and alley, and elsewhere at will,
save in the squirred- guarded precincts
of Capitol Park, it is said that little
reckoning was made. But on the
other hand, or rather on the other
paw, certain tender hearted members,
it is understood, opposed this measure.
Ancient Egypt held all cats estimable.
Why not modern America? Besides,
cats compassionately plucky half
starving aft garbage cans and inducted
by gradual degrees into police society,
have been known to become real classy
as to appearance, and more refined
in disposition.
To the Pound For the Cats
OF course the bill if put through
would have subjected unlicensed cats
to an impounding process with pain
less death as the eventuality. And its
supporters, concealing sentiment be-
hind a solid battery of fact, protested
that it was cruel to citizens to subject
them not only to the sight of the de-
sultory felines, but to the sound of
nightly backyard serenades. Man is
an animal. Hence the protection of
man comes within the score of the
society.
But, possibly for the reason that the
society has other bills of more i'm
portance under consideration, notably
that to secure more humane system
of determination at the city pound by
the substitution of the electric har-
ness for charcoal asphiXiation, the
measure has, up to the present, been
allowed to die a natural death. And
1t is reported that it will not be
brought up again, at least for many
moons.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
NO AGREEMENT WITH
FEDERATED EMPLOYEES
?. R. R. Co. STATES
Shops and Yards Here Quiet,
But Men Are Out at
Sunbury

Denial or the part OF the Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad officials that an agree
Brotherhood of Federated Railway
employees, stirred up. railroad circles
to-day. f,.,..y A. ~. .,.
This was the day fixed for a strike
of the Federated Employees providing
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
failed to recognize the order or rein
state members who were furloughed
or discharged during a recent re-
trenchment. At a benefit" given in
Chestnut street hall last night, w. H.
Pierce president of the Federated en-
ployes, announced that he had receiv-
ed telegram from Philadelphia stat
ing that General Manager S. c. Long,
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, had
agreed to the demands, and that fur
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
Mechanics Bank Receivers
$l,800 of Mistaken Patron

Just s1,S00 was returned to-day to
the Mechanics Bank when bank Off
cials went to Hershey and explained to
Joe w. Pucciareli that he had too
much money. The other day the
young man came into the bank with a
check for 2,251.55 Ira, an Italian coin
worth about 20 cents. 1t was trans
lated dollars instead and the accruing
ran $500.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
Insurance Agents
to Gather Round
the Banquet Board

Prominent life insurance underwrit-
ers from New York and other cities
will be the guests of local life under
writer's at the Engineers Club to-
night.
The meeting is for the purpose of
bringing insurance men in surround
ing districts in closer touch with Har-
rsburg agents. One of the speakers
will be Edward A. Wood. of the
Equitable Company, Pittsburgh, and
L.. j. Clark, New York.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
TContinued on Page 121
TATTs TOE INJURED
BY associated Press

New Haven, Conn, April 30.-Ex-
President William Howard Taft Is suf-
fering from slight injury to one of
his toes. it was stated to-day. He is
not seriously indisposed, but as it was
painful for him to walk about his
physician has advised him to remain
at home for time. Professor Taft
on this account has been compelled to
cancel an engagement to attend a
meeting of the Psi Upsilon fraternity
at Providence tomorrow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-30
GEN. HUERTA PLANS
ANOTHER SURPRISE, IS
BELIEF IN VERA CRUZ
Opinion of Some 0bservers~in
Mexican City Is That He Is
Playing For Time
BY Associated Press

Vera CrnS April go Vera Cruz
went back to civil government to-day
under the laws of Mexico, administer
ed by american officials. The civil
government, however, remained sub
ordinate to martial law while the work
of restoring the municipal organiza-
ton went forward.
General Frederick Funstons bri-
gade trooped off the transports and
marched to the sand hill barracks and
other quarters to relieve Rear Admit
raj F'ietcher's bluejackets, who went
back to the men of war Funston es-
tablished his headquarters in the bar
racks deserted by General Mas and
Fletcher withdrew his staff. The ma
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