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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
BY +. T.. ROOSEVELT
bA t. It. hON5NW EII
Author of Around the Year in the
Garden" Home Vegetable
Gardening" ETC., etc.

Author of Around the Year in the
Garden" Home Vegetable
Gardening" ETC., etc.
Copyright, 1917,
BY w. Atlee Burpee & Co, Seed
growers, Philadelphia.
The old saying that You cannot
eat your cake and have it, too" does
not altogether apply in the garden.
Or, to put it differently, if YOU
handle your garden in the right way
in the fall you can get a lot of the
raw plant foods which it contains
"cooked-up" and ready for your
crops to use next season.; and also
save the next seasons use of left
overs" that otherwise would go to
waste from the plant foods you ap-
piled this year.
The plant food in the soil exists in
two forms-called available" and
unavailable" This simply means
that the plant food that is termed
available is in such forms that the
roots of growing plants can make
immediate use of it, while that
termed unavailable is in such con-
dition that it has to undergo chemi-
cal changes before the plant can
take it up. To make the matter
plain for the beginner, we may say
that the unavailable plant foods in
the SOIL correspond to the materials
of various kinds which the cook may
have in the kitchen cupboard-four,
rice, lima beans, spaghetti, etc. These
are all foods" but not available for
human use until after they have
been changed by cooking. The paral-
lei may be carried a step farther in
that after they have been prepared
they cannot pe kept indefinitely, and
unless made use of a large percent
age of them will be lost or wasted.
How to Keep Plant Food
During the fall. winter and early
spring a great deal of the plant food
in soil that is left bare is carried
away in the surface washing and in
the drainage( water resulting from
rains and from melting SHOWS. In
the case of nitrogen, which is the
most valuable of the three plant
foods most likely to be short" in
any soil-nitrogen, phosphoric acid
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Suicide Left Will of
Only Four Words

Hagerstown, Md.-On a table in
the kitchen, where his body was
found with a bullet through his
brain, David Hawk, of Franklin
county, Pa, left a will written on
the back of an enevelope taken from
letter he had been carrying in his
coat pocket. On the letter was writ.
ten.
Maggie, everything is yours
Maggie is his young wife. He did
not sign the paper, but it will be ac-
cepted as his will. This is the short
est will ever filed for record in
Franklin county. 1t disposes of a
goodly estate, farm, home and some
valuable personal property.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Dual Personality
Revealed by Death

Toledo. Ohio.-The dual person.
ality of a woman who for the last
three years had posed as man while
engaged in the profession of an op-
tician with a lucrative business was
disclosed Thursday in the finding of
body dressed in mems clothes
floating in the Maumee river here.
The body was identified as that
of man known as DIR. Samuel Ack-
erman. The discovery that DIR Ack.
erman" was woman was made at
q morgue. Nothing is known here
of her real name nor whence she
came.
Attached to the body was a heavy
iron weight Police are working on
the theory of suicide.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

and potash--further loss is occa-
stoned by its passing off into the air.
one OF the gardeners most impor-
tant problems, therefore, is to save
What there may be left of these
available plant foods at the end of
the season for another year. And,
IKE the surplus foods in the kitchen,
they may be saved by Canning"
IL may at first glance seem a rather
something hidden away in foot or
so of garden soil which 1t would take
an expert chemical analysis to find.
But IN reality 1t is much easier than
the kind of canning you do in the
kltchen BY planting q crop that
VIII grow through the winter and
early spring available foods will be
stored up in the roots, stems and
ieaVes OF the growing plants, and
Wnen thesc are plowed or spaded un-
der In the spring and decompose Won
get your plant foods back again.
ready Tor use by the vegetable mat
ter winch is almost as essential for
tne healthy, vigorous growth of YOUR
plants as having plently of plant
food in the soil. Humus keeps the
SOIL broken up and porous and alb
Sorps the surplus moisture, storing il
up for the future needs of the grow
ih6 ufY weather.
FOR these reasons you can readily
see that the sowing of winter or
cover crops on every square foot of
your garden left uncovered before
lreezlng weather is not merely a
hobby, bust just about as important
as putting manure on your garden
in the spring. In latitude north of
Philadelphia, the best crops to sow
for this purpose are rye and winter
vetch. South of Philadelphia either
these or crimson clover may be used.
Both the Vetch and the clover are
legumeS' and not only conserve
plant food as described above but
gather nitrogen from the air, actu-
ally enrfching the garden soil on
which they grow. The earlier these
can be sown the more growth they
Will make before the ground freezes
up. The best way is to have enough
seed on hand and SOW each patch OF
ground as soon as it is available, in
stead of waiting until you can clear
of all of the garden. Next spring
the parts which were sown last can
be left for late crops, such as melons
ana beans, so that the cover crops
Will have more of a chance to grow.
The clover can be sown any time
up to the first week of Septem ber
and the rye and vetch until early
frost.
Clean Garden Up Now
Too many gardeners make the mis-
take of leaving all the cleaning up
there may be to be done in the gar
den until spring. Dead vines, bad
fruits, brush, tomato poles, etc, are
left where they are. This not only
makes a disreputable looking garden
through the winter and early spring,
but furnishes the very finest kind
of winter resort for every bug,
beetle and blight spore on the list
that requires special quarters for
"wintering over" Make the slogan
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
SILAGE DEPENDS
UPON METHODS
Spelling Can Be Prevented
Through Proper Filling
Methods, Agent Says

Almost all dairymen have at some
time had to face the problem of
spoiled silage. an annoyance which
usually can be prevented in the begin
ming through proper silo-filling meth
DDS, says Farm Agent Niesley's
weekly letter.
The proper fermentation of silage
can be secured only when the slo is
alright. The silage must be packed
so as to preclude air from working
through the mass. as this in turn
causes improper fermentation. I'M
proper fermentation is due to the
presence of molds and yeasts.
"A silo ten feet in diameter requires
two active men to thoroughly pack
the silage. The silage should be well
packed at the center and around the
edge. To insure the proper mixing
of heavy and light particles and an
even distribution. the distributor or
blower should be carried around the
inside of the silo. If silage is allowed
TO pile up at the center and is packed
only around the edge, it is almost
impossible to insure the exclusion of
air and hence to obviate spoilage.
Cut Fine
When silage is too dry to pack
well, explains an authority at the
N''iS' ~ tillt NAdlb COlltBe, II SnOulu
be cut finer and some green corn
mixed with r. Better yet, run
quarter to half-inch stream of water
into the center so that the silage
Will be wet enough to pack. If one
does not have sufficient water pres
sure, he may place a barrel>of water
beside the blower in such n position
that the water will be carried by
gravity into the blower.
Decay of silage is usually due to
the presence of air in the silo The
air may enter through the top or the
walls. Placing immature material in
the silo may also cause decay. Acid
silage is usually the result of using
very green corn.
Blue molds are often caused by
placing frosted or too mature corn in
the silo, without supplying the right
amount of moisture to permit thor
ough packing. Molds of any kind are
liz most cases an indication of i'm
proper packing due to lack of mois-
ture at the time the silo is filled or
negligence upon the part of those who |
do the packing"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

where they can read and write and
play games, to make the transition to
civilian life easier, and small stores
where they can buy timed delicacies,
tsnacco and odds and ends.
Similar canteens will be opened at
the railroad functions where the men
must wait en- route. At some of them
now these men, still trench stained,
have to lie on station platforms all
night. There will be dormitories at
such places. and lunchrooms at all
of them where hot meals can be
bought at a price Just above cost
Nearly fifty thousand soldiers are
passing through eleven of these sta
tions every day. They will have a
convincing proof of American friend
liness when they find American wom-
en-the Women's Bureau is now re-
cruiting fifty of them for such serv-
ioe-ready to help them.
Just behind the firing line the Red
Cross will put field canteens. Extend
ing the work already begun by the
French Red Cross, we, shall see that
every corps of the French army, and
ultimately our own, has one of these
stations, which will supply hot and
cold drinks to the men who are fight
ing. Many of them now have nothing
to relieve their thirst except their
days ration which they carry in con-
tainers which may be smashed at any
minute.
The canteen is placed in or near
the second line, and refreshing drinks
are carried right into the front
trenches. Each station can keep
about 125 gallons of hot drinks at the
boiling point. and has several thermos
containers holding six to twelve gal
Ions apiece. Four thousand portions
coffee, tea, cocoa, boullon, lemon
ade, mint-are sometimes served from
one canteen in a single day.
Here. too. American workers will be
found. The "conveyor" in charge of
the canteen will be Red Cross man.
with French soldiers to help him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

Many of the poilus will get their first
glimpse. of the American uniform in
this way. Just the cup of coffee, or
the cold drink. may make all the diff
ference between, sagging morale and
spirited fighting.
To carry out these plans the War
Council has appropriated about $780,
600, which will serve to establish the
canteens and maintain them for about
three months. Much of the original
equipment will be supplied by the
French army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
FESTIVAL FOR VETERANS

Mount JOY, Pa, Aug. 2S.-Thirty
years ago Winfield Scott Byerly Post
of the Grand Army of Quarryville,
had their first festival in that place,
and for twenty-five years they held it
annually. Five years ago they hand
ed it over to the Sons of Veterans,
who have been having it ever since
and on Saturday evening they held
one on the lawn of c. C. Kirk.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
TO BOOST MILK PRICE

Halifax, Pa, Aug. 2S.-The price
of milk in Halifax will be boosted
from eight to nine cents a quart on
September l, according to announce
ment made by Frank Kitchen. pro-
prietor of the Halifax dairy. Several
small milk dealers in town will in
crease the price from six to eight
cents per quart.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
HOW TO CARRY YOUR WAR
GARDEN THROUGH TO SUCCESS

Work You Can Do and the
Crops You Can Plant
Now to Save and Increase
the Plant Food in Your
Garden to Get Better
Yields Next Year
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
First Year of War Will
Cost U. S. 20 Billions;
To Raise Larger Sum

Washington, Aug. 2S.-Details of
the governments expenditures for all
purposes for the fiscal year 1917
1918, and the method by which the
money to meet these expenditures
will be raised, as roughly estimated
to-day by Chairman Kitchin, of the
house ways and means committee,
are:
EXPENDITURES
Loans to the allies. $1,000, 100000
Current expenses of
government ...... 1900, 100000
Expenses of shipping
DOafd ........... OO,OO0,OOO
All war expenses. 10000, 100000
Totals ...........s19,8O 900, 900
REVENUE
Pending bond bill to
cover allied loans. $1,000, 900, 900
Ultimate amount to
be contained in
pending revenue
bill ............. 5000, 900, 900
Amount raised by
existing revenue
laws ........... 100000, 900
War savings certifi-
Gates .......... 100000, 900
War bonds previous
ly authorized and
not accounted for
bill ...S..e....... 2,OOO,oOO,OOo
New bonds to be au-
thorized either at
this session or
next ............ 2,OOO,OoO,oOO
Certificates of in
debtedness already
authorized ....... 2,OOO,OOO,OOO
Totals ...........S19,30 800, 200, 900
A total of $4,000, 900, 600 in certif-
Gates of Indebtedness will be authoriz-
ed in the pending bill. Since the
certificates are not intended as per-
manent but to meet emergency
treasury conditions, they are not in
cluded in the total amount of reve-
nna to ha
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
NeWWeaves in Cotton Dress
Goods For Fall

Popn half silk SO inches wide all the leading fall shades
ydlu ................... SSG
crepe de Chine half silk, many shades, yard Soc
Popn, silky finish, complete showing of new fall shades
yard 2oc 35c and $50
Beach Cloth, SO inches, solid shades, yard ... 29e
S5c and soc Voie SO fancy plads
special yard
29c Wash Suitng, fancy Special
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Readers S Coupon

This coupon, when properly
filled in, will entitle any reader of
the Harrisburg Telegraph TO one
copy of the Midsummer Garden
Book. Mail to w. Atlee Burpee
u Co, Philadelphia, Pa.
hudiSSS
st. or r. +. d.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
New Lingerie and Waists

Fall shipments fast arriving showing dainty styles at
moderate prices
Nainsook embroidery or lace
Cambria
hemstiched
to
Envelope chemse
med styles, $500, SIPS,
n embro
Short skirts trimmed with bunch tucks
Dmity waists in semitaored styles convertible
::
Baste waists semi tailored styles flat collar collar
headings
Linen waists convertible collar
&
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
Resorts
ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.

H 0 T E L CHI ANN Ell
Illinois and Pacific Aves. Noted for
Sl.50 day up, European soc up. Ca
pacity ESQ. Bathing from hotel. 18th
season. Garage. IA G. CHANNEL.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28
NeW Silk and Cotton PetticOdts

Fine taffeta petticoats nj Burgundy taupe Rus
san, navy, emerald purple, Pei blue, rose grey
two-toned effects and black.
$3.05, $500, $5.05 TO $1,000
- SILK Jersey petcoats, taffeta, messane or Jersey
fIounce' .,........ $3.50, $6.95, $3.50 to 5000
Dives Pomeroy &
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-28

Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Third Floor
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-17
OFF TO TRAINING CAMP.
Over Two Hundred South Carolinians
Go to Fort Oglethorpe.

Columbia. May 1.-two hundred
and fifty young South Carolinians,
potential officers in the national
army, which is to be modified later
in the summer, entrained in Colum-
bia Yesterday afternoon for the train
ing camp at Fort Oglethorpe, ia.
Failure by some to receive offlclal
notification until late yesterday
somewhat reduced the contemplated
number. Only 81 of the Charleston
contingent came up from the Sea Gull
city. The number enlisting from
Charleston is much in excess of that
figure. but camp communications,
which did not arrive in Charleston
until late in the morning, could not
be delivered in time for all the en-
listed men to get away on the Caro-
lima Special.
The special, composed of six Pull
man cars. a diner, one day coach and
a baggage car, will take the men di-
rectlv to the camp. Another Pull
man was to be attached in Asheville.
A stop of one hour will be made in
Chattanooga this morning for break
fast. Schedules call for the arrival
at Fort Oglethorpe at 1870 O'Clock
this morning. S. H. Mclean, dis
trict passenger agent, is looking to
the comfort of the passengers on the
trip.
Approximately 1000 people were
at the train for parting word.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-17
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System

The Old Standard general Strengthening tonic,
GROVES TAS1 ELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria enriches the blood and builds upthe sys.
tenn. A true tonic. For adults and children. Sc.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-17
WHAT IS
0S
lM.F0S Is An IMPROVED cASGAM
A DIGESTIVE LAXATIVE.
CA1HARTic AND LIVER TONIC
LAx-Fos is not q Secret or Patent Medi-
cine but is composed of the following
old fashioned roots and herbs:
CASCARA BARK
BLUE FLAG ROOT
RHUBARB ROOT
BLACK ROOT
MAY APPLE ROOT
SIENNA LEAVES.
AND PEPSIN

In LAX Fos the CAscARA is improved BY
the addition of these digestive ingredi-
ents making it better than ordinary CAS-
CARA, and thus the combination acts not
only as a stimulating laxative and cathar-
tic but also as digestive and liver tonic.
Syrup laxatives are weak, but LAx-Fos
combines strength with palatable, aro-
matte taste and does not gripe or disturb
the stomach. One bottle will prove
LAx-Fos is invaluable for Constipation,
Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price Soc.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-17
A FAMILY
MEDICINE
In Her Mothers Home, Says This
Georgia Lady, Regarding Black
Draught. Relief From Head
ache, Malaria, Chills, Etc.

Ringgold, Ca Mrs. Chas. CASTOR,
Of this place, writes: 81 am user
of Thedford's Black-Draught; tn fact,
it was one of our family medicines.
Also in my mothers home, when l
was a child. When any Of US child
rem complained of headache, usually
caused by constipation, she gave US
a dose of Black -Draught, which would
rectify the trouble. Often in the
Spring, we would have malaria and
chil1s, or troubles of this kind, we
would take Black -Draught pretty reg
ular until the liver acted well, and
we would soon be up and around
again. We would not be without 1t,
for it certainly has saved US lots OF
doctor bills. Just a dose OF Black
D-aught when not SO well saves a
lot of days in bed"
Thedford's Black-Draught has been
in use for many years in the treat.
ment of stomach, liver and bowel
troubles, and the popularity which it
now enjoys Is proof of its merit.
If your liver is not doing its duty,
you will suffer from such disagree
able symptoms as headache, bilious
ness, constipation, Indigestion, etc.,
and unless something IS done, serious
trouble may result.
Thedford's Black-Draught has been
found a valuable remedy for these
troubles. It Is purely vegetable, and
acts in a prompt and natural way,
regulating the liver to its proper
functions and. cleansing the bowels OF
impurities. Try it. Insist on Thed'
fords, the original and genuine. z %
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-17
DROPS CENSORSHIP.
Senate Approves Bill FOrbidding Use
of Grain for Liquor.

Washington. May l2.-The first
legislative move toward conservation
of the nations food resources and a
long step toward an absolutely dry
United States was taken tonight by
the senate in approving, 3S to 81. an
amendment to the administration es-
pionage bill forbidding during the
war the use Of cereals or grain in the
manufacture of Intoxicating liquor.
By majority of one vote the SEN
ate also threw out Of the bill the
administration press censorship Sec
ton and then voted overwhelming
~ not to put in a modified section as
was done in the house. This action
is expected to throw the censorship
fight into conference. where the in
fluence of the administration can be
brought to bear more directly.
Prohibition Amendment.
The prohibition amendment was
adopted under a resolution limiting
debate sharply and there were only
brief speeches on each side. Just
previously the senate had voted
down, A to 25, proposal to forbid
sale of intoxicants during the war.
Effective September l the amend
ment is calculated to cOnfine sale and
consumption to whiSkev and other
grain liquors already in stock and to
wines. brandies or other drinks that
depend on other materials for their
main constituents.
Another opportunity to vote upon
it will be offered when the senate
takes the bill with the amendment
from the committee of the whole. but
opponents of the prohibitory provis-
ion are not confident that they will
be able to overturn today's action.
Loss in Revenues.
Estimates during the debate were
that at least s200,O0O,000 annually
internal revenues would be lost if the
amendment stands.
Elimination of the press censor
ship section ended a long and bitter
fight. The vote was 80 to 3S. Op-
portunity will come also for another
vote on this section and the admins
tration is expected to make an effort
to have the senate reverse itself.
The prohibition amendment, pro-
posed by Senator Cummins, iRepub-
lican, of Iowa, reads as follows:
That on and after September l,
1917, during the period of the war
with the imperial government of Ger
many, it shall be unlawful to use o.
employ, directly or indirectly, any
cereal. grain, sugar or syrup in the
production of intoxicating liquor III
any form or of any kind; provided
that nothing in this section shall pre-
vent the use of sugar or syrup in the
manufacture of wines as now au-
thorized by existing law; provided
further, that this section shall not
be construed to make unlawful the
manufacture of alcohol or intoXicat-
ing liquor for industrial, mechanical,
medicinal, sacramental or scientific
purposes under rules and regulations
to be established by the secretary OF
the treasury.
"A violation of this section would
be punished by a fine of not more
than $1,000 or imprisonment for not