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WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 7
FREE SPEEOH
AS the result of a resolution
adopted by the American Poli
tical Science Association at its
tenth annual meeting in Wash
ington, there has been considerable
discussion in Philadelphia and else
where as to tho right of college pro
fessors to enjoy liberty of thought and
freedom of speech.
Thla is a subject upon which every
American citizen is arrayed affirma
tively, at least as an abstract proposi
tion. The right of free speech was
written into our Constitution. It was
one of the basic purposes of our gov
ernment, and It is still one of our dear
est prerogatives.
However, it was never meant to
apply to men's relations with their
employers, but merely to men's rela
tions with their government. It was
not the intention of the framers of our
Constitution to compel a man to hire
another man who is hostile to him, or
to keep on hiring a man after his views
and conduct have been such aa to
place him entirely out of harmony
with tho persons and projects he was
chosen to assist.
Employes are supposed to repre
sent those who employ them. This
is a legal as well as an ethical sup
position. An individual employer is
responsible before the law for any
carelessness or negligence or failure
of duty on the part of those whom
he pays to represent him.
Corporations, whether they be com
mercial, industrial or educational, are
similarly responsible for tho conduct
and views of men and women whom
they employ. As a whole, the college
professors who have come into prom
inence politically have done so be
cause of their college connection,
rather than because of any extraordi
nary individual merit.
Unless the colleges with which they
are identified are prepared as institu
tions to indorse their views, it is not
only their right, but their duty to rid
themselves of instructors who are di
rectly or Indirectly misrepresenting
them.
As a matter of fact, common sense
is not at all Incompatible with perfect
freedom of speech. The judge on the
bench enjoys the same constitutional
and legal rights In this particular as
the social agitator, yet ho would be
universally condemned if he were so
far to forget his position as to plunge
indiscriminately into the discussion of
any and all social and partisan sub
jects. As Americans, we expect him
to remember the fact that he is a
judge.
In like manner, we expect a college
professor to bear in mind the fact
that he Is a college professor, and that
he is supposed to instruct the sons of
followers of one political faith, as well
as of another. If any of these pro
fessors feel that their political mission
Is larger than their educational mis
sion, they should cease to be professors
and devote themselves to partisan
work.
We believe in free speech most
thoroughly, but we also believe that
there is still some virtue in the pro
prieties of life.
Skaters on a lake at Ossining, N. Y.,
found dandelions abloom along the
shore. But do not despair, our own
Dr. Fagcr may be relied upon to dis
cover the first Spring violet.
DON'T BE AN OYSTER
OHN BOWEN died in his little
J mountain home In Fulton county
the other day. He was born there,
lived all his life there, never mar
ried and passed away alone there. A
little handful of neighbors followed
his body to the grave, and nobody
wept.
Bowen was a type of tho human
oyster. Bright in his youth and giv
ing promise of an active, useful life,
he suddenly turned recluse, and In
stead of going out Into the world to
make It yield its good things to him,
he settled down to be content with
what life brought to him.
Scientists tell us that long, long
ages ago the oyster had means of lo
oomotlon and a little sense. It could
move from place to place and went
about seeking its own livelihood, mov
ing hither and thither as need or de
sire prompted. Then en me ti period
of ehanne upon the earth. The oyster
WEDNESDAY EVENING
found it more convenient to limit Its
habit. It did so, and the result 1« the
oyster of to-day. In its youth it is a
free agent, but soon It attaches Itself
just above the mud of the stream's
bottom or to a sunken log or other
obstruction. There It lies with mouth
distended, eating such food as the wa
ters In their course from higher lands
bring constantly down. It has lost
Its ability to move. It has just sense
enough to close its shell when danger j
threatens. It is hardly conscious of
its own existence.
So it is with the human oyster. Life
is progressive. He who would get
most from it, give most to it and
leave it better than he found it must
be ever ready to grasp the opportuni
ties that aro constantly presenting
themselves, or to make them when
they do not come to hand. It is easy
to be an oyster. He who follows John
Bowen's example may gain ease and
avoid trials, temptations and sorrows.
But he misses the thrills; he never
knows the joys of victories won, of
heights attained, of rest after labor
and the rainbow colors of dreams
come true are not for him.
Don't be an oyster.
How Huerta would sympathize with
President Carpenter.
"STUNG" AGAIN
THE barefoot boy who steps on
the business end of a bee yells
quite as loudly as though ho
had not been stung innumerable
times before, and doubtless the pain
is as aijute as when he experienced it
for the first time. Probably that is
why Dauphin county Democrats are
making such a noise over the an
nouncement that the local party Boss
has given the line fat job of clerk to
the poor board to a Socialist. The
fact that they have been "stung" re
peatedly in the past does not lessen
one whit their pain over the pres
ent performance.
Republicans may be permitted a
smile or two over the situation. It
is charged that the new clerk never
did anything for the Democratic party
that did not come within his line of
duty as a paid reporter for the Patriot.
Yet when the plum dish Is passed
around who gets the largert, sweetest
fruit? Is it gdven to some worthy
Democrat who has honestly striven
for the election of the men who have
turned the poor board over to the
Democrats? No, indeed; it goes to
the member of another party.
And why? For no other reason
than that the Boss of the local Demo
cratic machine desires to have his
own personal representative in the
office of tho poor directors. Mr. Guyer
himself is not to be blamed. He is a
mere pawn on the political chess-board
of the Boss. He was told to transfer
his activities from the personally con
ducted newspaper to the office of tho
poor board, to the end that it, too,
fnight be personally conducted, and,
like a loyal employe, he has done so.
But it must not be forgotten that he
does not take office as his own man,
but as the personal representative of
another who has assumed the dicta
torship of the Democratic machine
here, even to the point of appointing
Socialists to office over the heads of
anxious Democrats.
In making this selection Directors
Charles L. Boyer and Harry A. Wal
ters lay themselves open to tho charge
of submitting tamely to the dictation
of this same Boss. They are plainly
"taking- orders" as passively as though
they, too, were employes of tho local
dictator.
But critics should not be too hard
on them. "The party wishes it and I
am the party," says tho Boss and they
jump at tho "party's" command. There
was once another arrogant gentleman
who delivered himself of tho high
sounding declaration. "I am the
State." Can it be possible that history
in a small way is preparing to re
peat?
The Government mint experts report
that the half-dollar Is no longer popu
lar. Now, who put such a fool idea into
their heads? Just drop one on a crowded
sidewalk If you want the truth üboutit.
THE UNDEMOCRATIC DEMOCRACY
IT Is a very difficult matter to put
your finger on a Democratic prin
ciple these days. Democratic prin
ciples are being revolutionized and
evolutionized and turned inside out so
rapidly that the human eye can hardly
follow their kaleidoscopic changes.
Here is a turn of the wheel from
that staunch and tried Democratic or
gan, the Philadelphia Record:
A special commission appointed
by the Secretary of Agriculture at
Washington Is going to find out the
causes of the high price of beef,
but there is a consensus of opinion
that the main cause is a growing
deficiency of cattle. This is as
serted to be a fact by the Beef
Trust, and tho high record prices
recently paid by the packers for
cattle on the hoof would seem to
support their contention. Profes
sor Severson, of the Pennsylvania
State College, says that between
the census years lnoo and 1910,
while the population of the United
States increased 24 per cent, there
was a decline of 20 per cent. In the
number of our beef cattle. This by
itself would be a sufficient explana
tion of the phenomena of beef
prices. It would Indicate that the
supply per capita had decreases i. <
about 65 per cent, of the normal.
AVhat haß taken place within thf
last year to make the Record altei
Its views so completely on the sub
ject of meat prices?
Why, it seems only yesterday that
the Record was "pooh poohlng" iden
tically this explanation by Republlcar
newspapers and government statist!
ciana. It was quite confident that the
trouble was not with production, but
with the machinations of the Beel
Trust, and the enormities of the pro
tective tariff which barred out Argen
tine beef.
The Record's present position in this
matter Is undoubtedly the correct one,
but It is very slow in arriving at It and
by confessing it the editor repudiates
the cheap food promises or his party.
AS EVENING THOUGHT
Where'er a noble deed Is wrought,
Where'er is spoken a noble
thought,
our hearts in glad surprise
To higher levels rise.
■«—. Longfellow.
j Brining (Eljat
Tearing up of the, tracks of the
trolley line in Meadow lane, which
was noted In the columns of the Tele
graph last night, may not seem much
to the average Harrisburger. but it Is
really the passing of one of the very
oldest, perhaps the oldest, thorough
fares in Pennsylvania's capital city.
This ancient highway is to give way
to the march of railroad improve
ments necessitated by our increasing
I freight traffic and before long it will
be obliterated and cars will roll and
shifters, hump over tracks where
homes formerly stood and where the
business of the city used to ebb and
flow at a rate that would probably
surprise the man who is not familiar
with Old Harrisburg. or "down town,"
as the section below Mulberry street
used to be known in contradistinction
to Sheesloystown. Meadow lane has
furnished many an episode for Har
risburg and the houses which lined
its sides made the homes for ft num
ber of people that would rather amaze
the mail who lias known it only in Its
forlorn condition of the last decade.
While once In a while there might
have been complaints that some few
of its folks were always not law
abiding:, yet in the vast majority the
lane was tenanted by substantial,
hard-working people whose sons and
daughters fill responsible places in
Harrisburg to-day and who will recall
many happy days spent in that por
tion of the city.
Meadow lane was originally an In
dian trail that led to the ford which
made Harris' Ferry and which con
tinued on out to what is now Pen
brook and beyond. The man seeking
history from highways and byways
has but to look at an old map and find
the lane starting at the junction of
Front, Paxton and Vine streets, the
eastern landing place of the ferrv, the
space in front of the old Black Horse
tavern, and then to trace the roadway
on over the line of the Pennsylvania
railroad to what was later Chestnut
and other streets and find that, it runs
into the Jonestown road, which still
reaches down from the bluff just north
of Market street to meet Cameron
street. Old Jonestown road is now
merged ill city streets except for the
little portion that sprawls over the
hillside, but beyond the city limits it
runs on out to the ancient Lebanon
county town which gives it its more
than century old name. Meadow lane
onco had an official extension in the
shape of Canal street, which, like the
lane, has been all but wiped out by
the encroachments of business and
survives only on a few signs on the
sides of the Hickok works and on old
maps or perhaps as a city right of
way jealously guarded. Back in the
days when Harrisburg was a trading
post the "station" of John Harris, the
point where Conrad Weiser used to
come to talk over the "frontier sit
uation" in and about what is now our
city, Harris found the Indians using
the line of the lane. They used it to
come to trade, to cross the river and
at ttmeH on errands of grim character.
When the town was laid out Meadow
lane was preserved because it was
there and in use and the old maps
show it cutting diagonally across Har
risburg, just like Broadway cuts across
Manhattan. Meadow lane was used
extensively In old times and even fifty
years ago was a thoroughfare that
was well known for traffic.
What made Meadow lane and which
Is proving its undoing was traffic. «It
started with trade and it will end with
trade. The Pennsylvania Railroad
people with considerable foresight
placed their freight warehouses along
its eastern side. Beforo that there
were iron works and lumber yards
and various other enterprises lining
the thoroughfare. Tradition even has
it that the first Iron manufacturing
plant of Harrisburg, a "nailery," op
erated by one lienry Fulton, was
located along the lane back about
1786. This establishment, which was
a small affair, and probably run by a
man and a. boy, is given by James M.
Swank in Ills notable historical work
"Iron and Steel in All Ages," as the
beginning of the State Capital's promi
nence in the basic industry of civil
ization. Fulton made nails and shoes
for the horses of the traders. There
were lots of other enterprises along
Meadow lane from time to time, iron,
wooden, warehousing, broom, smith
ies, stables, coanhshops, vlnuous, spir
ituous and malt, grocery, coal and
other establishments, which have
passed away and which would not be
remembered by many even if they
were set down here.
The Pennsylvania erected its big
freight station and it was at the sid
ings and platforms of this plant that
the freight business of the city was
handled. Then the trolley came along
In the shape of a part of the Citizens
line's devious route to South Harris
burg. Allison. Hill, East End, Steelton
and Oberlin. It passed down the lane
and into -Washington avenue, as it
used to be called long before Councils
changed the appellation of the nar
rower thoroughfare to that high
sounding name. Meadow lane never
got paved, although it was provided
for. The railroad marked it for its
own a score of years ago. Just like the
Slate marked out the Capitol Park ex
tension, and while it has been a long
time getting it, Meadow lane is doomed
to pass. But it will live in a good
many memories, not the least in those
of firemen who used to load hose car
riages and engines at its wharves
when summoned to fires in other
places which generally called for help
about 1.30 a. m. and lay the boys, now
among the prominent men of Harris
burg, who used to gather around those
freight cars that brought the water
melons from the South, the melons in
whose luscious contents you could
'taste the sunshine of Dixie land.
DOSE NAUGHTY COPS
By Wing Dinger
By golly, flat's Rn awful chob
Dose Couneilmen have got,
Dey had a battle yesterday,
All afternoon dey fought
You see, dere vero two little cops
Dat John K Royal hired,
Und someone resolutloned dat
Dose two cops should be fired.
Vot is de matter mlt my cops.
Mayor Royal vlshed to know.
And some asked veil, vot vas wring
Mlt dose two vou let go.
Oh. dey vere naughty boys, he said,
In politics dey mixed,
And dat's not nice, so dat vas vy
Dere clocks I promptly fixed.
Aha! If dat's de vay he feels
Mit politics, beware,
Or some sweet dav he may wake up
Und find he Isn't Mayor.
1 WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—Dr. John Kearsley Mitchell, son
of the late author, is a physician
widely noted in his special line,
—Lieutenant E. V. Armstrong, the
cavalry officer injured in a polo match
at El Paso, Is a Philadelphian and
member of a prominent family.
—Scott Nearlng, who is figuring in
affairs at the University of Pennsylva
nia, Is an authority on child labor.
—Burgess J. Elmer Saul, of Norrls
town, thinks that because he is a
magistrate he iH entitled to a seat on
the borough police committee and is
saying so.
—Thomas Evans, the new burgess
of Phoenixville, is one of the old resi
dents of that borough.
—Mayor Harvey, of Hazleton, is out
with • a statement in which "-he says
ihat physicians should be allowed to
exceed the speed limit while Kolnsc to
accidents and emergency cases.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
BERRY MEN 808 UP
WITH HIS BOOM
Want Ex-Treasurer and Defeated
Candidate to Be Standard
Bearer Again
PALMER IS STILL VERY COY
Pinchot Afraid That Fusion Will
Be Worked Out Without
Himself in It
William H. Berry, although planted
in an ?8,00i) job with little to do In
Philadelphia, is said to have a hanker
ing after the gubernatorial chair, and
some of his friends throughout the
State are commencing to put up their
hea.ds and howl for him as the man
best fitted to head the Democratic
ticket next Fall. The bosses put Berry
In his present berth in the hope that
he would cease from having ambitions,
and are said to have told him that
he fared well after the beating he had
received for State Treasurer.
Berry's friends aver that he would
heal the division In the party, although
exactly how they do not say. They
claim he is less unpopular than Pal
mer and that he has friends among
the Old Guard who would never stand
l'or Palmer even if he was nominated.
The foxy movement in favor of Jo
seph O'Brien, of Scranton, for a place
on the State ticket In the hope of
splitting- the Ryan strength is attract
ing much notice. It is as cute a trick
as Palmer has ever started.
The announcement by ex-Congress
man B. K. Focht, of Lewisburg, that,
he will be a candidate for Republican
nomination In the Sev
enteenth district, and
that he proposes to Candidates
win, started things in Are Making
the "shoestring" dis- Dines Keady
trict and there will be,
some lively politics in
that section. Senator C. W. Sones, of
Williamsport, is a candidate for re
nomination on the Democratic ticket
and will not be opposed, although ho
will have a stiff flg,ht at the polls in
November. Representative Ansel Ul
man, Williamsport; Charles A. Shaffer,
Berwick, and George B. Mellott, Mc-
Connellsburg, > all Democrats, will be
candidates for re-election.
Democratic State bosses are discour
aging the booms of a. number of ambi
tious followers of the reorganization
banner to become nomi
nees for Congressman -
Democrats at-large, and there are
Bothered already rumblings being
by Booms heard against continu
ance of the rubber
stamp regime in the
party. Half a dozen men are said to
have been throwing out lines to see
how they would be taken fofr the four
places on the State ticket, but have
been rebuffed and told to watt. It is
understood that the bosses want to
hold off the selection of their slate
until the last minute and to attract
some men of wealth to the ticket.
Gifford Pinchot, who is now in Pitts
burg discußsing matters with the
leading lights of the Washington party,
is be'ng quoted as say
ing that there is no hope
or prospect of fusion be- Gilford
tween the Republicans Gives an
and the Bull Moosers. Opinion
The wish, of course, is
father to the thought
with Gifford. Ho says the Progress
ives will not and the Republicans do
not want to effect fusion. However,
in a number of counties in the State
leaders of the two parties are getting
together and there is a disposition to
plainly disregard the orders from the
generals. If there should be fusion it
would end Pinchot.'s ambitions In the
direction of the United States sena
torial nomination.
PotfrjC/». SIDELIGHTS |
—Perry county Democrats nro
troubled with a multiplicity of candi
dates for tho legislative seat.
—J. C. Sutherland, recorder of
Washington county, may be a candi
date for Congress in the district for
merly represented by tho Governor.
—Something seems to be wrong
about that Carlisle post office appoint
ment.
• —York county Democrats are de
manding some revenue places.
—Burnett seems to be slow about
rewarding Democrats with assistant
district attorneyships.
—Scoutmaster Morris is going west
to meet Pittsburgh insurgents among
the reorganlzers.
—Palmer is expected to say whether
he is going to run for Governor or not
within a week. In Washington they
say ho will not.
—People in Sugar Notch are now
trying to throw out their burgess.
—Pottßville's troubles will come up
in court on the 20th.
—H. D. Loveland Is the new mer
cantile appraiser of Clinton county.
—Senator Varo is out for harmony
in Philadelphia and says it's no use
baiting the Mayor.
—William Abbot Witman will make
a canvass of the State for the Demo
cratic nomination for senator.
—Wilkes-Barre seems to have
trouble to find out whether the in
itiative in the Clark act is worth any
thing.
—The postmasters for Glen Lyon
and Macungie have been chosen and
more enemies piled up for congress
men.
—That boom for Berry I'or Gov
ernor at Scranton has a few ear
marks about it.
Tailored to Measure
Suits For Gentlemen
JANUARY CLEARANCE
At a Third Off
All Winter Woolens Including Tweeds,
Castimeres, Cheviots, Serges and Worsteds
Designed, draped and constructed to your personal
measurements wit \ the same care as if original
prices prevailed. Original prices were S3O to SSO,
now one-third off.
$20.00 to $33.33
31 TAILOR I
pSfefl 22 North Fourth St.
KALBFUS URGES
CARE EOR BIS
If People Want to Hunt They
Should Provide For the
Birds in Wintertime
HOW THEY CAN BE SAVED
Practical Plan Suggested by the
Active Secretary of State
Commission
Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of
the State Game Commission, has
Issued his annual call to the farmers
and the sportsmen to save tho birds.
The secretary says people are all very
willing to hunt, but not so careful
about looking after the game. In his
circular the secretary makes a unique
plea.
Here are some o£ his Ideas:
" 'Pity tho needy and the helpless
these cold days,' 1b an expression often
heard, and some of those voicing this
sentiment mean just what they say, and
stand ready to do what they can for
those who may be Buffering. To many
men these words are meaningless, and
so long as they themselves are well fed
and clothed they care not what may
happen to others. The poor, half-clad
child In the street corner bluo and
shivering and starving is Indeed a piti
able sight, but the mumbling of words
of pity brings no relief to such a one
at any time. You remember the story
of the merchant who, while journeying
from Jerusalem to Jericho, fell among
thieves and was left wounded by the
roadside. The priest, from whom be
cause of his position most was expect
ed, passed by on the other side. Tho
another of the leaders of public
thought, failed to extend the needed
help. No one even had a kind word
until a Samaritan, from whom appar
ently nothing was expected, came that
way. You remember what he did and
the Master said. 'Who was neighbor to
that man?'
"To b« wet and cold and starving is,
Indeed, r. terrlblfe thing for any crea
ture. and perhaps there Is some excuse
for men who almost rebel against God
when such conditions are forced upon
them. Have you ever seen men on the
verge of starvation? Have you ever
seen four-footed animals and birds
starving? If not. you may well bless
God for sparing you this ordeal. I have
seen both these conditions and have
been wet and cold and starving, and
know whereof I speak, for I was in the
mountains of Colorado the winter of the
Chicago flro when the snow fell unex
pectedly to a great depth, just as it fell
a few weeks ago. Camps with limited
supplies were caught, game could not
be found, for weeks, and how some of
us lived the Almighty alone knows. The
snow that winter after falling to an
unusual depth Instead of disappearing
under the influence of the west wind as
was usually the case, leaving the south
side of the mountains and the plains
hare so that grazing animals could feed,
settled to about eighteen or twenty
inches, and then froze, forming a cov
ering of heavy ice, against which the
winds were powerless. Before Spring
time came 1 saw tens of thousands of
cattle, and horses, and antelope, and
elk dylnK from starvation. For weeks
and months, day and night, I beard the
low, piteous call of horses and cattle
begging for that which could not be
given, calling, calling, until not one was
left. T traveled among herds of ante
lope. with here and there an elk, so
emaciated that they hardly moved out
of one's way, but 110 call for help from
men came from those wild creatures,
no complaint, no sound at all. save per
haps a plaintive bleat .as the rushing
pack of wolves bore them donwn. Have
you ever noticed the wild bird, wounded
almost unto death, sitting on its perch
without a sound of complaint, nothing
to break the stillness of its retreat,
save the tap, tap. tap, of its life-blood
striking on the leaves below? Have you
ever seen the birds starve? Well, I
have, and I never see the snows come
without going back in memory to those
(lays of long ago, and I cotne to you
now In this letter in behalf of the birds
and bee of you to do something for
them. They are wet, and cold, and help
less. The snows have fallen. The birds
have no stored supplies. They have no
fellows, who better oft than they, might
give them even crumbs from their
table. They have 110 organized chari
ties to whom they can turn for succor.
They must have help or they will surely
perish.
"You perhaps are wasting every day
more than enough to keep the birds in
vvur community Iti food for many days,
and I beg of you to see to it that this
is done: Grain scattered for Bob-White
or other same hirdfc a lump of suet, or
fresh pork hung up In some place
where the downey woodpecker or the
kinglet or the nuthatch may find It;
crumbs and small seeds for the little
ground feeding birds, will surely be
appreciated by thetn in this their time
of need, and will bring to you a return
through the llfework of these birds
that cannot bo expressed in words or
figures. You may not be ablo to do
much in yourself, but you can do some
little thing.
"I have a friend In Western Pennsyl
vania who has his heart in the right
place, and when the snow fell out there
last week be used Ills telephone in
starting Ills neighbor In tho work of
feeding birds. One neighbor called to
another until the whole community
was interested. The Boy Scouts took
up the call, and the fields are now daily
filled with men and boys, each one bent
011 showing through works that he
truly pities the needy and helpless
these col»l days. Who will he neighbor
to the birds in your community? A
prayer or kindly spoken word means
something, for they may reach some
listening ear, but neither prayer or
kindly feeling amount to much with
out accompanying works. One bushel
of grain placed where Bob-White and
his family can get it means more to
them than all the kind words that could
be spoken in the county, where they are
about to die of starvation."
Letters to the Editor
THIS UOLUEN Yld Alt 3 Ol<' I,IKK
To the Editor of The Telegraph:
It is both beautiful and inspiring- to
come in contact witli the snow-while
bearded railroad pensioner who not
only by length of service, but having
rounded out his three-score years and
ten, has bequeathed his railroad inter
JANUARY 7,1914.
$lO
Cloth-Craft sls to S2O
Suits and Overcoats
The suits are in fancy blue serges, dark worsteds and
fancy mixtures. Overcoats in black with silk facing.
Other dark patterns, and blues and grays, three-quarter
lengths, made up in medium and heavy weights.
Hart Schaffner & Marx and Society Brand Clothes
at Clearance Prices.
FURS REDUCED
H. Marks & Son
Fourth & Market Sts.
ests to the world of succeeding: men;
ho retains, however, that bright
sparkle of the eye and familiar nudge
of the elbow when relating: some Inci
dent of shop or cab.
T° I>B Bare his life now is one of a
different following: and interesting va
»" oty. but after all, nothing on the out
sido is half so dear, so attractive, nor
interesting, as to engage In reminis
cences of the early Sixties, with Scott,
1' ranciscus and other heads, who were
important factors in creating the great
Pennsylvania system; the great oaks
in the forest of that magnificent cor
poration.
Theso beloved pensioners will tell
you frankly, and with pride, tUlngH
they have seen, great as they are, may
be insignificant contrasted with the
unseen and yet to bo developed.
It is Inspiring to hear them-relate
now they have been encouraged in their
life's work and given stimulus to
greater effort by coming in contact
with employes of courage, endurance,
persintc • and other qualities.
Such ii in their retirement, these
Veterann of the rail, carry With them
the good will of Innumerable friends
and admirers. Are we then not con
vinced that after all. with the heart
mellowed, mind matured, the spirit sea
soned, with memory a storehouse of
Joys; that ripe old age is the best estate
of > all.
To such pensioners with snowy
crowns, wo bequeath the happiness of
old age; that they may havo the love
and Kratif.de of their children until
they fall asleep.
H. J. BABB.
SIX TICKETS
1o the Editor of The Telegraph:
The person who wrote the letter to
the Telegraph last night about the lack
of supervision of ventilation In the
traction company's cars was exactly
right and I think some of our vigilant
State health officers ought to warn the
managers to instruct the men how to
control the ventilation. Cars with
windows covered with moisture are
common all over the city and you will
find ventilators so little used that they
are hard to open. But what this city
should have in return for Its liberality
to the traction company is six tickets
for a quarter. The recall of the six
tickets for a quarter privilege was a
big mistake and the company, now
that it Is helped by the new State law
which shuts off everything free and
makes our politicians pay or walk,
should start, selling half a dozen for
a quarter again. AMICUS.
NEWS DISPATCHES j
OF THE CIVIL WAR j
[From the Telegraph of Jan. 7, 1564.]
Bntlcr On Kxchnnne Mltnlon
Baltimore, .lan. 7. General Butler
passed through this city last night, oil
Ills return to Fortress Monroe. It Is
understood that he in. clothed with
ample powers relative t<» the exchange
of prisoners, and is confident of suc
cess.
Sum June* Winn
Cincinnati, Jan. 7. A special dis
patch to the Commercial says that a
force Tinder Samuel Jones attacked out
troops at Jonosvllle, Va., Sunday, con
sisting of about SOO men. After respei
ate resistance our troops surrendered,
losing thirty killed and thirty wound
ed, one gun and two smal Howitzers.
EDITORIAL TIDBITS
As in a trevlo'us instance, most of the
interest in Colonel Koosevelt's present
trip relates to what he proposes to do
when he gets back. —Washington Star.
As wo understand it, every Mexican
rebel is endowed with certain Inalien
able rights, among them being life, lib
erty, and the pursuit of lluerta.—Co
lumbia State.
It is perhaps more than a mere co
incidence that the gentleman whom
Huerta has dispatched to Japan with a
view to arranging an alliance is named
Nervo.—Boston Transcript.
A scientist predicts an Interplanetary
congress in the next few hundred years.
Think of the mileage!— Columbia State.
tf} TifTl Those Odd Sums
1 il I 11 *>— L \ which your little boy or girl puts Into
\s pflfr this bank will grow and will go a long
v> 1 impKU way towards self-help as they get
'V \ /savSolder. The day wll} come when they
Sm Y \ will look back upon their early saving
flays with gratitude and delight. Start
T# to-day—NOW! If It's only a dollar,
make a start. Tour bank book Is
\ %V First National Bank
How to Save For Christmas
Do you want to save for the Christmas Holidays? You I
may deposit any amount, at any time daily, weekly or
monthly—in The Sixth Street Bank, and receive interest at the
rate of four (4) per cent If so requested, the bank will send
you a check for the money deposited, together with the earn
ed interest, before December 15th. Should you miss pay
ments you will not lose the interest on the money deposited.
In case of sickness, or actual need for the money deposited,
you may withdraw upon short notice.
START NOW!
THE SIXTH STREET BANK
SIXTH and MACLAY STREETS
HARRISBURG. PA.
AT THIS TO OLD CAMP OBHTIII
ROBERT A. HnDEHR LEWIS BALSBK P. I* A. fRdEHUCH
Preilient Vlm-imMint CaahUr
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph of Jan. 7, 1864.]
Pray For Afflicted
Exercises this evening In the Old
School Presbyterian Church, Third
street. Prayer for the afflicted and
oppressed; that slavery and oppression
may cease, and that Christian love may
reach the destitute In all lands.
Mayor liauei Proelainatioi^^
Proclamation—Mayor's Office, Harris
burg, January 0, 1864. After a care
ful survey of the city the Mayor re
grets to find the generally liad condi- 1
tion of the pavements, which are cov
ered with a rough and uneven surface
of frozen snow, (langerous to the safo
progress of pedestrians.
A. 1,. RUMFORT,
Mayor.
Well Worth
The
Effort
It may cause a little effort
to lay aside at regular
intervals a sum of money
that may be
for those who some day
you may leave behind,
but It's well worth that
effort.
You may rest In the 1
assurance that no matter
what may befall you In
business, your family is
at least protected to the
extent of such amounts as
you may thus lay by.
May we tell you more
about It?
COMMONWEALTH
TRUST COMPANY
'Z22 Market Street
r=^=n
HKAU«tIJ AUTKItS FOR
SHIRTS
SIDES & SIDES
*
Scratch Pads
I. ..IB have a lot of scratch pads
|IAI| put up, about 100 to a pack-
I" I age, that we are selling for
60c per package. Just the
thing for office work, ar.d you'd
better order NOW lr you want
any as they won't last long at
that price.
THE TELEGRAPH
PRINTING CO.
Printing, Binding, Designing,
Phntu Engraving
HARRI9BUIIG, PA.