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WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEB. 4
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MAYOR KOYAL'S MESSAGE
MAYOR ROYAL'S message to
council yesterday contained a
number of recommendations
that deserve the careful con
sideration of that body.
Thera can be no doubt that Harrls
burg should inaugurate at an early
date a civil service system for the se
lection of police officers. This impor
tant department has been regarded as
r political asset, the legitimate prey
of the spoils system at every change
of administration. The new council
could do nothing of a more praise
worthy nature than to place the police
force on a continuing basis, free from
political control and depending en
tirely upon the merit of its Individual
constituents.
The extension of the cluster light
area Is also a suggestion worthy of
commendation. The overhead wires
should come down as rapidly as pos
sible. The mayor's recommendation
that the minimum water rate be abol
ished should be looked into and there
is no question about the advisability of
properly marking the streets with
their names prominently placed on
every corner. Nor is there any ques
tion about the wisdom of a proper
regulation respecting swinging signs
of all kinds.
THE LYNCH RESOLUTION
WHEN the commission form of
government was imposed upon
Harrlsburg under the Clark
act without the consent of the
municipality and against Its protest
most of our people like good citizens
determined to make the best of what
they conceived to be an unnecessary
and expensive change In the municipal
Bystem. They realized then, as they
realize now, that the change was in
the nature of an experiment and that
In the working out of Its several fea
tures there was likely to be more or
less dissatisfaction.
Harrlsburg had developed in every
legitimate way under the old system
and had become an example of civic
progress throughout the country, so
that the change was regarded as a
rather doubtful proposition. But those
In sympathy with the new order of
things concluded that there might be
»n Improvement in the business fea
tures of administration and proceeded
to give the new system a fair trial.
Jt waa expected, of course, that there
would bo involved dismissal of some
employes and appointment of others;
It couldn't have been otherwise. It
\vas, therefore, natural that there
should be more or less comment upon
every move looking to the dropping of
officials and employes and the filling
of their places by selections of the
fcew commission.
So long as these changes are made
With reference to efficiency and econ
omy they will have the approval of
tho people; but should they be made
on the score of partisanship or for
merely political effect, those respon
sible are certain td lose in that pro
portion the confidence of the public.
Commissioner Lynch's resolution, in
troduced at the session of the City
Council yesterday, which provides that
the services of all municipal employes
except those whose terms aro extended
by the Clark act or who have been
reappointed since the first of last De
cember, shall cease on the first of'
March, has created somewhat of a
stir in municipal circles. It is ex
plained, however, by the author of tho
resolution and Commissioner of Parks
Taylor that the whole purpose is to
clear the decks for such changes as
the heads of the departments may
find desirable, and It Is further said
that many of the old employes will be
reappointed. Under the circumstances
the resolution takes on somewhat the
quality of a fizz-cracker inasmuch as
the whole matter of making changes
has been left to the future discretion
of the councilmen themselves.
There is undoubtedly some force to
the suggestion of Commissioner Taylor
that a nonpartisan government does
not contemplate the taking over of all
the employes of a partisan adminis
tration, especially where many of the
employes are said to have been ap
pointed without regard to the merit
system and solely for political reasons.
A number of important reforms In
administration have already been in
troduced by the gentlemen of the City
:< " ' V*.."'" ■ ' H ' ' ' " " " . '
WEDNESDAY EVENING HARRISBURG t£sfj£& TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 4, 1914.
Council and It Is hardly reasonable to
suppose that the move of yesterday la
simply an exhibition of the rank par
tisanship which has characterized the
Democratic administration at Wash
ington. After all is said and done,
the public is most concerned about the
efficiency of the city administration
and has little concern for the indi
vidual spokes In the wheel.
Those who have given efficient ser
vice should be retained; those who are
unfit or who for any reason are not In
harmony with the new order of things
should scarcely expect to remain In
the service of the city.
There is much for the commission
ers to do and if the resolution is in
tended to clear the way for the more
Important business of the year then It
may serve a good purpose; If it is not
so Intended, the new commission form
of government will have received an
other black eye.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR WEEK
THAT young people are not inter
ested only in the theater, the
dance, the movies and the card
club, is being definitely demon
! strated by the country-wide celebra
j tion of "Christian Endeavor Week."
The celebration of the thirty-third
i'ounding of endeavor work was sug
gested at the Los Angeles convention
by Francis E. Clark, and It met with
Instant approval. As a result, gigantic
rallies are being held this week In
every city and hamlet of the United
States where Christian Endeavor work
is known.
At these rallies who will direct the
meetings; who will have charge of
the programs? Young people! Young
women and young men will lead In the
inspirational work of the sessions;
young women and young men will Join
in the universal prayer for better wo
manhood and a nobler manhood.
In the veins of these young people
who have not forgotten how to praise
and to pray there flows every bit as
much energy and spirit as is evinced
by their tangoing fellows; the young
men are doing the work of the church
just as well as young dandles are do
ing the latest steps; and young women
are doing their part of the Lord's work
just as beautifully as the "society"
girl Is doing the "waltz bend," the
"tango whirl and hurl" or "the split"
with her grinning partner.
And these young men and women
who are interested in the things of
righteousness are numbered by the
thousands as the attendance at this
week's celebration shows. That there
are these thousands upon whom the
future of the church and the State
will rest is largely due to the Influence
of the Endeavor Society.
NEW JERSEY AND PENNA.
SINCE the advent of the Wilson
Influence In New Jersey politics
we have been hearing much of
the excellent reform measures en
acted by the Legislature of that State.
It comes with somewhat of a jar,
therefore, to learn that those at the
head of the State government there
are uneasy over their Inability to take
care of a deficit of more than two
millions and a quarter, caused by the
appropriation of money which was
beyond the capacity of the taxation
provisions of the commonwealth to
raise.
The truth is that while New Jersey,
like a good many other States that are
figuring just now in the press as ultra
progressive, has been spending much
energy in the enactment of experi
mental and theoretical legislation, the
crowd around the "pork barrel" has
been gorging itself to the lips.
New Jersey got into the money
spending habit in the days when its
chief commodity in trade was charters
for trusts and It has not yet gotten
awake to the fact that In cutting off
that source of "come easy" revenue
it also reduced by just that amount its
spending capacity.
Those who have been fond of holding
Pennsylvania up to ridicule as a badly
governed State might do well to con
trast its present excellent financial
condition with that of this model
commonwealth of New Jersey, It is a
well known fact that Pennsylvania lias
not one cent of debt and has more
than enough money in its treasury to
meet every need that may arise and
every one • of the appropriations made
by the Legislature that the wisdom of ;
Governor Tener permitted to become
law.
STREET CAR PESTS
OF all the pests that frequent the
trolley car the most obnoxious
Is the "drunk." On almost
every car leaving the center of
the city after 10 o'clock at night one
or more of them, not drunk enough
to roll Into the gutter but still un
deniably and unpleasantly under the
influence of strong drink, may be seen
lolling over In a seat annoying other
passengers or hanging from a strap
lurching against everybody within a
five-fobt radius.
The end seat hog, fortunately, is all
but extinct in this city; the stale cigar
toter is, alas, still with us; the
"spreader" who takes up two or even
; three seats Instead of one is certainly
> not unknown; the silly "spooner," who
I apparently can not wait until he gets
home to put his arm around the
sweet young thing by his side is of
ten seen; the trolley "whistler" who
pours shrill or wheezy sounds Into
the ears of a distressed public, too,
is heard. But compared with the sot
who leans his head on the back of the
woman in the seat ahead, who engages
in barroom conversation with the
comrade of debauch by his side, who
tries to start a quarrel with every
body In sight—compared with this
i loathsome object, all the other pests
are as pleasant companions.
It is high time that the railways
company Instructs its employes to re
fuse to allow any man on Its cars
who is under the influence of liquor.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
And let us not be weary in
well-doing: for in due season we
shall reap, if we faint not.
' Gal. 6;9.
ifewnrofr cbdti
One of the things which the new
Chamber of Commerce might take up
is the flashing to the traveling public
that Harrlsburg is nigh. The Penn
sylvania Steel Company's great elec
tric sign at Steelton can be seen for
miles ajid attracts attention of thou
sands and the Elliott-Fisher sign is
one which heralds to the world the
industrial Importance of the city.
These are in the lower end and people
on the Philadelphia end of the Penn
sylvania, the Northern Central and
the Cumberland Valley can see them.
Pni ,B n °thing In the north end
and nothing in the east end. When a
nam speeds over the Rockville bridge
the scores of lights mark Enola and
P£ er e,ld of the Harrlsburg yards
K2. the of the thousands of
lights announces that the gates of the
otate Capital are about to open. The
above the city, or near the
Rockville bridge, would be a fine place
lor a site to flash out the location and
even, one of the islands might be
used. The traveler on the Reading
does not get much Idea that he is
entering Harrlsburg until the train
Fv of ll * e cut an <3 the lights of
the Mulberry street bridge flash Into
I °ther cities have great electric
signs that are talked about all over the
land and which are beacons of progress
and some of the smaller places have
the same devices. Even little Mount
union has a big electric sign to help
Its blazing kilns t6ll the traveler
across Pennsylvania that he Is "going
John Price Jackson, the Commis
sioner of Labor and Industry, has one
John Price Jackson, the Commis
sioner of Labor and Industry, has one
of the largest "families" in the State
and they are all "boys." They are the
graduates of State, College while he
was at the head of the big department
of electrical engineering and they are
located In every county. The "dean,"
as he Is known to thousands, is forced
to stop and shake hands with grad
uates every place he goes and it's a
wonder the way he manages to ,recall
names and faces. Almost every time
the commissioner gets on a train he
meets one of the "boys" and he sits
lif* 11 a a c " 3at about college
Among those who attended the
funeral of General Beaver at Belle
fonte yesterday were three notable
veterans—General John P. Taylor, or
Juniata county, who commanded the
famous Juniata Cavalry, or First
* el jnsylvania Ca valry; Adjutant Gen
eral Thomas J. Stewart, of Montgom
ery county, who officially attended the
funerals of the three Center county
Governors, under all of whom he had
served in the State service, and Captain
J. W. Morrison, Deputy Banking Com
missioner. who was a member of the
One Hundredth Pennnsylvanla Volun
teers and a member of the staff of
General Beaver when he commanded
the Second Brigade.
The Ford Automobile Company,
which has been very much mentioned
in the newspapers lately because of
the generosity of its head, is getting
Harrlsburg steel for the making of
tires for its machines. This steel Is
I 1 ®* ' na de ky the Harrisburg Pipe
and Pipe Bending Company at its
works in State street and is rolled
into special plates for a contracting
firm which Is supplying the Ford
plant with the steel shapes it requires.
Harrisburg steel Is in rails and bridges
ice plants in the Philippines, In the
hulls of warships and in pipe lines in
a dozen countries, as well as In many
buildings and in thousands of papers
of needles and pins. Now It Is going
into motor cars.
The State School Directors' Asso
ciation, which will meet here this
week for its annual meeting, is com
posed of many of the prominent men
of the State who give of their tima
and thought to development of the
schools In their home communities.
The meeting of the association this
year will be of more than ordinary
Interest because of the discussion of
the possibility of amending the school
code.
The new push buttons in the trolley
cars, by which motormen get signals
to stop without the conductor being
brought into the game, are already
causing annoyance. Children have a
fondness for pushing them and some
older children have developed a pro
pensity for playing tunes on them and i
for ringing and then looking inno
cently about the car. Yesterday a
woman saw the button and gave u
push. The car duly stopped and as
no one moved to get off it went on
again. Once more the woman pushed
the button and the conductor danced
up the aisle to know why she did not
leave.
"Get off?" she asked. "Why?"
"Didn't you signal for a stop?" de
manded the conductor.
"I did not."
"I saw you do it."
"You didn't."
"You puShed the button."
"Oh." smiled the lady, "was that
what It was for. I was wondering."
I'POUriCAb-81PeU6:hT3q
. —Wonder if the Democrats would
have waited so long If they had taken
control of the City Council.
—Things seem to be getting bad
when the President must be peace
maker among warring Pennsylvania
Democrats.
—Daniel Williams' appointment to
a place as custodian on the "Hill"
seems to pain some Democrats.
—The adherents of the Democratic
machine are still dizzy over yester
day's yell from Market Square about
Ryan attempting to disrupt the'"or
ganization."
—Time was when "organization"
was a word to cause people In Market
Square to reach for hatchets to attack
instead of pends to defend It.
—'Herr Moeslein will have a hard
time to line up the Democrats in the
county.
—That division plan which the
Democratic bosses were going to dis
card has been found to have its uses.
—Wonder if Clyde Kelly will be sat
isfied to be dropped into second place
on the Bull Moose ticket.
—As a spectacle of lofty tumbling
the Democratic State machine offers
opportunity for the State.
—The mourning defender of the
organization will have Its hands full
when Mike Ryan gets started.
—Palmer's letter is> being anxiously
awaited by the now open Democratic
organization paper.
—There was a time when "disrupt
ing" an "organization" was a proper
object in a certain mourning news
paper office. Now its defense Is an
act of duty.
—Progressives insist that Roosevelt
will come Into the State. There must
have been doubt to cause so much
insistence.
—Ryan denies he ever told Palmer
he would not be a candidate.
—lt Is Intimated that President
Wilson thinks Secretary Wilson should
be the Democratic candidate and that
both Ryan and Palmer should lie
down.
—Justice Mestrezat seems to be
rather coy about that announcement
of his candidacy for the Supreme
Court, reported as In type long
—Senator McNlchol seems to be
still sore on woman suffrage.
—Speaker Alter Is now mentioned
for Congress to succeed Porter.
—Mr. Ryan's remark on the sug
gestion of a deal is that it is "sewer
politics." Can he be referring to
Market Square?
FfIIEHBS OF HfflICK
SUV HEWILL STAND
Denial of the Bull Mooters' Story
About the Reported Switch
to Sisson
DEMOCRATS FAR UP IN THE AIR
President to Act as Peacemaker If
He Can—Bull Moosers Hav
/ ing Trouble
Friends of Secretary of Internal Af
fairs Henry Houck in this city to-day
declared that there was no foundation
for reports that Secretary Houck
would not be a candidate for the Re
publican nomination, as has been ru
mored for a couple of days. The story
was that Houck had determined not
to be a candidate and to let the way
be open for A. E. Sisson, ex-Auditor
Oeneral. This city has always been
one of the strongholds of Houck's
friends and the report that he would
withdraw was declared to have ema
nated from Progressive headquarters
for the purpose of making trouble in
order to hide the disturbances In their
own party through the Insistence of
Clyde Kelly that he should be the can-,
uidate. and not Dean Lewis. The |
Democrats, who have a tremendous
fight over control of their State ma-1
chine, have been helping it along.
Secretary Houck Is one of the most
popular men In Pennsylvania to-day,
and, both In 1906 and 1910, polled
more votes than the heads of the State
Republican ticket. He has been a
candidate for renomlnation to fill the
office because it is probable that It
will be abolished in his term. In the
last Legislature a proposed constitu
tional amendment to abolish the de
partment and divide Its duties among
others was passed for the first time
and it will likely be passed next year,
going before the people in 19X5.
Friends of the Secretary contend that
It would be a graceful thing to allow
him to be the last man to fill the office.
Another fact which should not be
lost sight of is that Major Isaac B.
Brown, of Corry, whom Houck de
feated for the nomination in 1906, is
the Bull Moose candidate for the of
fice. Brown was formerly Secretary
and has a number of active support
ers throughout the Progressives, who
realize the opportunity to make
trouble.
General Sisson would like to be a
candidate for Governor and his friends
here say that It would be Improbable
that he would consent to run for the
secretaryship when It Is likely to be
abolished.
The Bull Moosers are said to have
a new row on. They have just about
decided to put Clyde Kelly into the
nomination for Lleuten
-4 ant Governor If he will
Trouble only keep quiet, Kelly's
Brewing denunciation of the big
Elsewhere Bull Moosers has worried
them and given the rank
and file an idea that the
Progressives are not crusading for the
dear people, but for jobs. Now Gen
eral Willis J. Hulings is developing
friends who insist that he should be a
candidate for Governor and the gen
eral is willing. By slating Pinchot
the leaders think they have cinched
Roosevelt for a visit to the State and
they now plan to tag the ticket for the
Supreme Court with Judge Brumm,
of Pottsville, and the Superior Court
ticket with Judge James M. Gal
breath, of Butler.
The Democratic rules committee
has decided, on suggestion of the
bosses, that the division chairman
plan, which used to
be denounced by the
reorganizers as one Democrats
of the vicious things Will Enlarge
about the old ma- Old Machine
chine, is a pretty
good affair after all
and is not only worth keeping, but
enlarging. The reorganizers are now
in power and mean to stay there
from all appearances. Yesterday the
committee made the draft of rules
conform to the recently approved
State primary law and actually to
have a chairman elected In June as
the law requires. Then It was deter
mined to have eleven instead of nine
divisions so as to have more bosses.
The rules will be gone over by a new
special subcommittee and then the ex
ecutive committee will pass them on
to the State committee.
It begins to look as though the Re
publican State committee at its com
ing meeting in this city would de
clare In favor of a
Prohibl ti on amend-
Prohlbition ment so that the peo-
Amendment pie of the State may
Being Urged have the opportunity
to vote against the ex
termination of the liq
uor traffic and the suggestion of the
Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, of which
Senator George T. Oliver is the presi
dent, that the amendment be taken
up is attracting much attention and
active support is likely very soon,
from many portions of the State.
There is also a considerable element
favoring a declaration for woman suf
frage.
President Wilson is reported to
have summoned Congressman Palmer,
Pennsylvania's Democratic national
committeeman, and Ro
land S. Morris, the
Democratic State chair- President
man, to Washington to Seeking a
urge them to take steps Peace Plan
to heal the breach in the
party In the State. Pal
mer and Morris have been following
the advice of the implacable reor
ganizes who believe in either ruling
or ruining and have brought things
to such a pass among the Democrats
that the President is afraid of the re
sults in 1916 and also of throwing
away what opportunities those who
wear rose tinted spectacles can see
for the party this year. It is said
that the President is disturbed over
the Ryan candidacy which may have
serious results for the machine and
is reported to be suggesting concilia
tion. If this comes it will mean elimi
nation from the party councils of some
of the men who have been liberal giv
ers in return for being allowed to
boss things. Palmer may announce
whether he will run or not to-night.
It Is said that he Is torn between ad
vice of friends and personal ambi
tion.
I /weujKnown^peepijg^
—Mayor Joseph Armstrong, of
Pittsburgh, IS only 46.
—Judse Paul A. Benson, of Erie,
holds that the law does not allow
courts to fix closing hours for saloons.
—Superintendent W. A. Davidson,
of Pittsburgh schools, says too many
teachers regard their positions as
mere Jobs.
—W. Arch McClean Is being men
tioned for postmaster of Gettysburg.
—George F. Eisenbrown, Reading
councilman, is visiting other cities to
cot a line on the way they run things.
Hart Schaffner & Marx
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Former Prices Were S2O, $22, $25, S2B, S3O Feraer Prices Were sls, $16.50, $lB, S2O
A Anxiety to sell is poor tactics in merchandis
wßrk inr l * needless if the dealer has the right
JK stuff at attractive prices. We merely sug-
Jgf gest that you may find this sale of Suits and
' ' Overcoats interesting for final clearance.
All Sizes 34 to 48 Chest
[W§ l 'Wf Furcoats, Muffs and Scarfs Reduced;
Hats & Furnishings at Clearance Prices
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ofQmliirj Fourth and Market Street. [thh«w.S«ll
-ItVhARRI«BURfr-f-lf-t y- "
[From the Telegraph of Feb. 4, 1864.]
Up Goes the Prices
The type founders have Issued a
circular to all printers that they have
raised the price of printing material
25 per cent. Papermakers have raised
the price of paper 100 per cent.
"The Factory Girl"
Last night found Brant's Hall filled
with an audience composed of our
most respectable citizens, among them
Governor Curtln and his family. "Th»
Factory Girl" formed the principal
play of the evening. It was admirably
performed.
A PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
[From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.]
Under the direct primaries act passed
by the last General Assembly of Penn
sylvania no provision Is made lor state
conventions of the several political
parties. The usage of many years,
therefore, by ■which conventions formu
lated policies and adopted platforms is
no longer in vogue. Inasmuch, how
ever, as members of the State commit
tees are elected by a direct vote 01
members of parties it is natural to as
sume that these committees shall be as
sembled at the proper time and indicate
such principles and measures as may
be considered essential and logical for
party candidates to represent.
The Gazette-Times takes it for grant
ed that, as far as the Republican party
of Pennsylvania is concerned, it s fatate
committee, as soon as is practicable and
as far in advance of the primaries of
May 19 as possible, will be called to
meet by State Chairman Crow to dis
cuss and declare A platform. This com
mittee, in behalf of the Republican
party of the State, should, of course,
reflect what reasonably may be regard
ed as the sentiment of the masses of
Republicans Upon subjects of govern
ment and administration, like adequate
provision for good roads, the mainte
nance of the public school system at it s
present high standard, the question of
taxation and the revision of taxation
laws, the suport of State charities, and j
such other Issues or matters as are re- ,
lated to the progress, prosperity and
well-being of the Commonwealth. lij |
doing this the State committea by all ,
means should face all conditions j
squarely.
The problem of the liquor traffic In |
Pennsylvania is uppermost in the peo
ple's minds, whether the individual as
a unit favors our exisiting license sys
tem or advocates its abolishment, tor
this reason The Gazette-Times urges as
a proposition of paramount importance
that the State committee take formal
stand in favor of submission to a vote
of the people of an amendment to the
Constitution of the Stat© prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of intoxicat
ing liquors within the borders of Penn
sylvania.
It is a quarter of a century this year
since the people of Pennsylvania have
had an opportunity to pass upon this
question. In 1889 an amendment cov
ering it was voted upon and defeated.
Since that time, despite the energy with
which people and Influences committed
to temperance have sought for the
means of a further expression of pub
lic opinion, there has been no test be
yond such as was manifested in the
General Assembly on local option bills.
AVhen we look about us and observe
the change of conditions in twenty-flve
years and the remarkable shifts of at
titude and sentiment that have develop
ed meanwhile on almost every question
affecting the public, It is not to be
thought that Judgment has stood still
with respect to the liquor traffic. The
fact is that there has materialized a
significant and far-reaching restrictive
movement, nation wide and irrespective
of political lines. The issue undoubted
ly is of such large proportions as to
commend It to the determination of a
referendum vote ■which, as to consti
tutional amendments, la a confirmed
American principle.
Why not, under these circumstances,
let the voters of Pennsylvania pass up
on this moral and economic problem?
The liquor people bluntly assert that,
if such an amendment is submitted, it
will be defeated. The adherents of
prohibition, with equal confidence, de
clare that it will be ratified. Neither
side Is satisfied with conditions as they
are. Such being the situation, The
Gazette-Timeß firmly believes that it la
the duty of the Republican party, which
is progressive and constructive, both
by tradition and in practice, to recom
mend the submission of an amendment
dealing with the question, so that In
the nomination of its candidates for the
State Senate and the House of Repre
sentatives aspirants may enter with a
full knowledge of the issue confronting
them, and Republican voters at the
same time may be in poaition to Judge
them with regard to their predilection
and pledges.
AW UNEXPECTED REASON
TFrom the Philadelphia Telegraph.]
Congressman Edward U. Hamilton, of
Michigan, told this one at a recent din
ner, when reference was made to the
bad breaks that are occasionally made
by the little kids.
Some time ago a friend of the family
remained for dinner at a certain happy
little home. The friend had an appe
tite that would have made a boarding
house hustle to raise the ratea, and a*
he stowed away the fodder in great
quantities he was interestedly watched
by Edith, the little-six-year-old daugh
ter.
"Say, Mr. Smith," she finally remark
ed, "I do wiah you were here to dinnet
every day."
"That Is certainly very sweet of you,
little one," beamed the guest. "I am
afraid that you would get very tired of 1
me."
"Oh, no. T wouldn't." was the young
ster's startling rejoinder. "If you wer»
here every day we wouldn't have any
scraps to eat to-morrow."
MIXING THE "BABIES
[New Tork Sun]
The Socialist national convention,
which met at Indianapolis In May,
1912, and gave the Hon. Eugene Debs
his fourth nomination for President,
pledged itself to "the collective own
ership arid democratic management of
railroads, wire and wireless telegraphs
and telephones, express services,
steamboat lines and all other social
means of transportation and com
munication and all large scale Indus
tries.'
Has Mr. Burleson got the Socialist
platform mixed up with the Demo
cratic platform? Or does he merely
borrow without credit from the Deb
sian devotees of an all paternal gov
ernment?
i a-uTTLe- I
She saw by the papers that Congress
was going to take up the canning trust
question and for her part she thought
it about time a law was passed making
every one pay cash.
Wife On city hotel, as the sugar is
passed)— Use the tongs, William.
Bill (from the country—'Taint 'ot, is
it?— London Tit-Bits.
Bobby—Pa, what is platonic love?
Bobby's Pa—Platonio love, my son, is
what a man feels when he doesn't like
a woman quite well enough to marry
her.—Dartmouth Jack o'Lantern.
TAGGING THE DEMON RUM
[New York Sun]
Much of the alleged whisky that is
sold over bars in this State is rank
poison and ought to be so labeled if
a way to stop its sale cannot be de- ]
vised. The gentle art of coloring wood
alcohol in Imitation of hot and flery
beverages has reached a high stage of
devolpment hereabout, and if the
Anti-Baloon League's bill providing
for a skull and crossbones on each
container should effect a lessening in
the traffic it would do some good.
But who believes that any thirsty
body would be dissuaded by the poi
son warning from introducing the stuff
into his system? Men drink perfumes,
hair tonics, and a thousand other
liquids not intended as beverages in
full knowledge of their poisonous
qualities. The patrons of a barrel
house are not sticklers for pure food
labels on the kegs they empty. The
customers of more expensive drinking
places generally do not need to be told
that alcohol is a "habit forming, ir
ritant, narcotoic poison." Common
experience and their own observation
have Informed them pretty fully as to
its properties and effects. They dally
with it in reckless disregard of "their
own knowledge, either without
thought of its probable consequences,
or else in confidence that they can
draw the line of indulgence Inside
the margin of safety.
. Compelling the Demon to wear a
uniform will not frighten his victims.
His Is not a hidden or secret menace.
Everybody knows how dangerous he
is. Can any man who knows that to
morrow will bring him a head like a
bushel basket be expected to shy from
a bottle because It bears a poison
label?
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NEV?B»DIBPARCFIES~
-OF-THE--CIVIL* WAR
[From the Telegraph of Feb. 4, 1864.]
Outposts Attacked
Newborn, Feb. 1, 8 P. M.—To Major
Oeneral Butler: Early this morning
our outposts at Bachelor's creek were
attacked by the enemy, represented
In force to be about 16,000, consisting
of Hake's brigade and Picket's entire
division. ,
Drive Roddy Back
Washington, Feb. 3. —The following
dispatch was received at the head
quarters of the army:
Nashville. Tenn.. Feb. 3.—General
Dodge reports that on the 28th ult.
our forces under Colonel Phillips
drove Roddy to the south side of the
Tennessee river and captured all his
trains, consisting of over 20 mule
teams. 200 head of cattle, 600 head of
sheep and about 100 head of horses
and mules, and destroyed a factory
and mill which had largely supplied
him. (Signed) John A. Rawlins,
Brigadier General, Chief of Staff. ♦
JAMES ADDAMS MSAVKit
[From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.]
A general officer of the war for the
preseravtion of the Union, who lost a
leg and bore to his grave other marks
of battle, honored Governor of this
Commonwealth and a judge of the Su- ,
perior Court of the State from the
creation of the tribunal, James Addams
Beaver, who has just passed away at
Bellefonte, Pa., in his 77th year, was
a man whose career was dlstinguisheu
and honorable in all of its many phases.
The present generation was not well
acquainted with this man, who was sol
dier, statesman and jurist. Service on
the bench seldom brings one into the
strong limelight. A judicial position is
exacting in its requirement of studious,
patient, unspectacular effort, and for
almost a score of years Beaver had
been the judge, maintaining the best
traditions of the bench. Ho had been »
a brave and dashing soldier. His cour
age and daring are a part of the thrill
ing history of the Civli War and sheo
luster on his State. His civic virtues
wer'e undisputed. He gave himself as
devotedly in peace to the service of
the Commonwealth as in war to that
of the nation. His was along life and
at every point a useful one. The young
men of to-day will be well repaid in a
study of it and will find therein an ex
ample of high ideals, which, if they
make their own, will cause them to be
remembered as gratefully as this one
of a company of distinguished men of
Center county—his home by adoption—
will be.
Too young to do any
thing; too old to do
anything. The time
hetween is very short.
Capitalize it by a pol
icy in the
PENN MUTUAL LIFE
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