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FRIDAY KVKXING, FEB III'AH YlB '
MIDDLKTOWN S PROGRESS J
FROM Middletown comes the news (
that the borough lathers are con
sldering the paving of the town's J
two principal thoroughfares. j j
Good work! Action of this sort
shows that Harrisburg's suburban
neighbors are wide awake and intent
on the development of their historic old '
town. Time was —and not so long ago
at that —when this city was peacefully, 1
placidly plodding along through the '
mud and dirt of its unpaved streets 1
Then came the awakening that led to 1
the development of a highway system <
second to that of no other city in the
State. Who knows but what the pres- i
ent improvement discussion at Mid- 1
dletown may mean the start of high- I
way improvements that will make its
street system second to that of no (
©ther borough of Pennsylvania. j,
Another Instance of the progressive ,
municipal spirit which has taken hold
of Middletown Is the contemplated
appointment of a park board and park
superintendent to look after the park j
system started last summer by the j
opening of the town's first public park
and playground.
Perhaps this Is the year winter has
chosen to linger in the lap of Spring.
FOR NON-SUPPORT
WHILE Francis Frank rested
snugly in an all too cozy cell |
in the Dauphin -county jail, |
his stomach leisurely digest- j
ing a breakfast of hot rolls and coffee, |
and while his half-starved wife in 1
vain sought food for herself and two
little girls, the little ones themselves, !
thinly clad, with no warm breakfast j
to fight oft the chilling wind, huddled
on a doorstep and wept, while'
the thermometer hovered about zero.
What manner of law is It that shuts :
tip in a steamheated building and j
bountifully feeds a man who will not I
support his family and leaves his wife
to struggle and suffer and his chil-j
dren to starve and to freeze?
Isn't it about time that we provide
A place where such as these may be
forced to work and the proceeds ap- j
propriated to the needs of their de- j
pendents?
Charity workers say that their {
greatest problems are those of wife
desertion and nonsupport. A man j
-who willingly sees his family suffer
is well nigh hopeless. He hasn't:
the qualities of the lowest of dumb j
Jtnlmals, which are nothing if not de- :
voted to their young. He does not
know the meaning of disgrace. He is
beneath it.
There is only one way in which to j
deal with such as these —make them I
produce, and then take sufficient of j
their earnings from them for the use
of their families. The municipal work- -
house idea, with modifications and j
regulations, would seem to fit in here j
pretty well.
If to-day's temperature indicates the !
strength of the backbone of winter, it;
will be hard to break.
EDISON'S BIRTHDAY
AS Thomas A. Edison sat in his :
working clothes for a photo
graph on his sixty-ninth birth- i
day recently, some one of the
company of newspaper reporters!
present asked him to define genius,
and he replied: "Genius is 2 per i
cent. Inspiration and 98 per cent, per-1
splratloii."
The great inventor was speaking'
from his own experience. Few of us
have not at one time or another en
vied the genius of Edison, but not
many of us would be willing to ac-1
quire Edison's fame by Edison's meth
ods. He has attained his ends largely
by working "over-time/' No labor
union in the land but would stand
aghast at the hours Edison has volun
tarily spent in his laboratory engaged
In the hardest kind of labor—that of
doing something that nobody has ever
done before. He boasts of eighteen
hours as his regular working day and
has frequently remained at ono task
as long as thirty-six hours at a
stretch.
Yet he is in vigorous mental and
physical health to-day. Hard work
has not Injured him. Why? For the
reason that it is not what we do while
at work that breaks our health so
much as what we do after work is
done. Our pleasures, and not our
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work, are. In most cases, our down
fall. Few men work themselves to
death: many rust out and more burn I
themselves up In pursuit of happiness.
But Edison Is not unhappy. He was
not driven to the long working day. j 1
He went to it from pure love of the , '
thing. He made a success of life be- ! 1
I'aiiso lie made work his pleasure, and ;
when he was through with one task, '
by way of recreation he took up an- J
other.
This is not an argument for an 1
eighteen-hour working day. All work '
and no play doubtless does make Jack ,
a dull boy, but it is also true that i
too little work and too much play ■
keeps Jack a poor. boy. The point to ,
be made is that a minimum of work ■
and a maximum of play are n.ot con- 1
ducive to success. Ask any man who
has gone far in the world, and back',
of his career you will find written in' I
large letters:
"Over-time." ,
Real detective weather this morning ,
—sneaky.
. Shamming injury and using crutches, \
a Woodlawn man won $5,000 damages '
from a railroad company. Showing how ]
easy it is to get a verdict against a i
corporation these days. 1
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A VEGETARIAN'S VIEWS
ENEMIES of the Beef Trust, meat
price boycotters and vegetarians
will find joy in the announce- '
ment that Mrs. Margaret Clough ]
Montville, matron of the general hos- ]
pitnl at Kansas City, has not eaten a ■
mouthful of meat in sixteen years and \
for years has not touched an egg. At
flftv-seven she says she feels as young ®
as a school girl. j
Mrs. Montville Is in fine health, but '
that does not argue in behalf of a '
purely vegetarian diet. So are thou- J
sands upon thousands of meat eaters
in robust health at fifty-seven.
Mrs. Montville Is like many another ,
well-meanitig person. She has found
something that she likes and which
Is apparently beneficial for her. There
fore, it is a panacea for all earthly ills 1
and humanity must adopt it or slowly
perish. Every dietician has his fa
vorite formula. Each is better than
the other. But the ordinary mortal
will go along on the food that has
made his race strong and enduring.
He will eat those things of which his ;
palate and his stomach mutually ap
prove and chances are, other things
being equal, that he will live quite as
long as though he did any or all of the
things the food faddist urge.
As for the majority of us, our only
reason for restraining from meat is a
fondness for other things as well, and
the high price of tenderloin steak.
Sixty-five men were arrested in Chi
cago for spitting on the sidewalks. If
anything like that were attempted here
| the police force would have to be en
! larged.
( THE IiAUND HYMEN'S PLEA
THE poor, down-trodden laundry
man has turned at last. He has
come to the point where he can
no longer stand the weekly taunt
of the patron whose brand new shirt
Is returned from the "wash" with a
rip down the bosom or the collar band
torn loose. He has come to resent the
i imputation that, like the monarch of
| the railroad baggage car, he takes
j pride in his ability to destroy the
i property of his patrons. He is a care
-1 ful, conscientious business man, he
i asserts, despite apparent evidence to
! tho contrary, and he proposes to
{ prove It.
As a result the Laundrymen's Asso
| ciation has caused to be introduced
I into Congress a bill requiring that
every piece of fabric bear a label
j stating exactly what it is, whether
1 wool, cotton, silk, linen or a mixture',
J together with the percentage of each
j used in the make-up.
In support of this measure the laun
drymen have sent the following to
members of the association and to
j customers whom they believe will be
! interested:
i There is more deception prac
| ticed by manufacturers of textiles
to-day than is generally known.
The public should demand and in
{ sist upon the same protection as
i that afforded by the pure food law.
When the bill which we advocate
; becomes a law, the public will know
i exactly what it is buying. Cotton
tablecloths will be labeled "cotton"
and not "linen," or. if part cotton
and linen, the exact percentage of
; each. Fabrics of all kinds will be
1 called by their right name, and not
what they are supposed to be, and
silk goods, when adulterated, will
state so on the label with the kind
and amount of same.
It Is not the purpose of the laundry
j men to improve the quality of Amerl
' can clothes and household fabrics,
j What they want Is that the blame for
poor material shall be placed where it
i belongs—on the maker. When a
I woman buys "linen" towels, the laun
; drymen want her to know that they
! are linen; when a man buys a "linen"
| shirt, the laundrymen want him to
1 know whether or not he is getting a
! cheap imitation. They believe that by
this means customers will not be so
j apt to censure the laundrymen when
their garments come home from the
"wash" mere ghosts of their former
i selves.
In these days of pure food legis
i lation why not go a step farther and
pass the pure fabrics measure?
I Holy Rollers, who trampled on a man
!to rid him of seven devils, have been j
j arrested. Evidently there are worse
things than seven devils.
MANN'S LATEST SPEECH
WE have not heard the bellow
of Democratic criticism that
usually follows a speech of
Republican Leader Mann on
•, the floor of the House concerning the
I j Congressman's latest utterance. In
. part this is what he said:
i We owe an allegiance to the
| country above our party allegiance.
El We owe It to California to protect
her r'jainst herself.
, I By this appeal Mann led straying
I' Democrats back to the straight and
.' narrow path. It was good, honest
L love of country that prompted him
to do it. There was in it nothing of
I self and nothing of party. Therefore,
. Democrats refrain from commenting
s upon it.
Fifty degrees below zero In the
3 Adirondacks? Maybe the observer
B looked at the thermometer while stand
r ing on his head.
evenine a
This is hardly the kind o£ weather
to suggest soil study, but nevertheless
the State has set about issuing In
printed form the results of several
years of systematic study of the soils
of Pennsylvania and the printing
presses will soon be humming with It.
The study is the result of chemical
and geological Investigations made by
experts and It is expected that It Will
not only prove interesting but valu
able. And it might be added that the
advance sheets will show some things
about Dauphin county which will open
the eyes of people who have come to
regard the Conewago creek and its
valley strewn with boulders dropped
by glaciers as forming a barrier be
tween the exceptionally fertile lands
of Lancaster and the farms of south
ern Dauphin. As a matter of faot,
the farms in tho southern end of the
county are said to show the same soil
constituents as those of upper Dan
caster, wiiich has often been referred
to as a rich part of the garden county
of America. The Dauphin farms clear
up to the First Mountain have long
been noted for fertility, and while
some of them have not been culti
vated with the intensity and care that
have marked Lancaster agricultural
methods, yet they are declared by ex
perts to offer just as great opportuni
ties as those which have made our
mother county one of the wealthiest
in the land.
Harrisburgers will be interested to
note the appointment of Robert V.
Massey as superintendent of the Man
hattan division of the Pennsylvania
railroad at New York, succeeding C. S.
Krick, the well-known Heading rail
road man. Mr. Massey, who is con
nected with several Harrisburg fami
lies. is well known here, as he was
stationed for a time at Mifflin as super
visor of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Mr. Massey is a graduate of Yale and
entered the railroad service in 1892,
his first job being to drag chains on
an engineer corps, and he always
prided himself on his ability to drive
stakes. Mr. Massey is a member of
the Harrisburg Club and has many
friends here who will be glad to leacn
of his advancement.
W. G. Carl, of 117 Pine street, has
a piece of Lincolniana of which he is
justly proud and which he has refused
to sell to New York collectors. It is
an original copy of the New York
Herald of April 16, 1565, containing
the dispatch announcing the assassi
nation of Lincoln. Mr. Carl has had
the paper in his family ever since that
year.
Tho first sprigs of dandelion are
about due in the markets and for once
tho Berks county farmers appear to
have gotten ahead of their friends In
Dauphin. Dandelion was reported in
Reading; on Saturday, in this section
dandelion shows up about Washing
ton s Birthday and has occasionally
been known as early as the 10th. This
year, however, tho mild winter has
been succeeded by the old-fashioned
winter and while we do not have snow
the weather is hardly conducive for
hunting dandelion even on the lee side
of a hill.
Pottsville aldermen are in a quan
dary because they do not know
whether they are aldermen or justices
of the peace. Owing to the fight over
the legality of the third class city
charter tho commissions sent from the
Capitol have not been lifted by the
magistrates. They do not care to as
sume the burden of the cost and find
that they afe outside the breastworks
The upshot may be that the city may
be without aldermen for a while.
Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart has
just been elected to the responsible
post of head of the board of citv trusts
of Philadelphia. This board, which is
unique in American cities, handles
millions of dollars' worth of property
and its personnel has always been
composed of eminent men. Governor
Stuart succeeded General Louis Wag
ner, who was for years the chairman.
The former Governor is exceptionally
well qualified because of his knowl
edge of city affairs when mayor and
his financial acumen. The city trusts
include the Girard and Franklin and
other bequests left to the public and
include properties in Schuylkill and
other counties' as well as in Philadel
phia.
Mrs. Frank M. Roessing. of Pitts
burgh. who retires as chairman of the
State society devoted to advancing the
cause of votes for women, has many
admirers here even among the men
who are not at all favorable to the
cause to which she has given so much
time. Mrs. Roessing is one of the
women who directed the suffrage I
cause in this State in such a manner
as to call forth astonished comments 1
from the ladies in New York who have
counseled modified militancy, produc
ing a result in the Legislature last !
winter which attracted world-wide at
tention.
H. C. Brenneinan, the York banker
who died the other day, was a promi- j
nent figure at legal and bankers' meet
ings in this city for years and well |
known among the members of the i
Dauphin county bar. Few knew that
before he entered the profession in 1
which he attained a leading nlace that I
he had been a school teache'r and for
six years was a member of the high
school faculty.
"I call this an unlucky dav indeed," !
remarked a man dolefully this morn- I
ing to a newspaper reporter who bade i
lnm a cheery good morning and asked
what was on his mind. "Here is Fri- I
day the thirteenth and"
"Why, you're not superstitious?"
"Oh, no. But yesterday I had a \
note coming due and I got a day's'
grate because it was a liolidav and 1
the banks were closed. And here Is
Friday, the thirteenth, and I've got to
pay it. If the holiday had hit that
combination it would have chased!
away any thoughts of lucklessness."
Trolley car operatives are having
troubles of their own these cold days
when the electric warmers do not
work right. The other evening a car
bound for the suburbs was filled with
people who were grumbling because
something was out of kelter with the
heating apparatus. Finally a bunch
r.f boys began to stamp their feet
| More took it up and the car sped out
l of the city to tap-tap of feet trying
j to keep In tune with "Tram#, tramp,
j tramp, the boys are marching."
i^ygeurKnown^pgQPi^ri
—S. E. Weber, the new head of the
Scranton schools, lately at State Col
lege, was formerly connected with
Louisiana State schools.
—George A. Levy, brother of Rabbi
Levy, of Pittsburgh, has been ap
pointed to an important place in the
Pittsburgh civil service commission.
—James Mapes Dodge, prominent
Philadelphia engineer and manufac
turer, has gone to Jamaica.
—Eugene C. Grace, president of the
Bethlehem Steel Company, is on a trip
to Europe.
—Powell Evans, who is one of the
Philadelphia assay commission, ijj
active in Philadelphia fire prevention.
—Charles L. Miller, prominent Lan
caster lawyer, has been chosen head
of the humane society.
—George D. Dixon, vice-president
of the Pennsylvania, has returned
from a southern trip.
—Dr. Enoch Perrine, of Bucknell,
Is taking a trip to study conditions in
southern States.
—Federal Judge C. B. Witmer is in
Florida,
FLINN AND RUPLEY
WIS CROSSED
Bill Flinn For a Slate and Carlisle
Congressman For an Open
Primary Next May
DEMOCRATS WOO PALMER
Ryanites Not to Put Up Any Can
didate Against Him Unless
He Gets Too Frisky
The wires of ex-Senator William
Flinn. chairman of the executive
J committee of the Washington party
State organization, and those of Ar
thur R. Rupley, of Carlisle, Congresa
man-at-large and candidate by "Invi
tation" for renomlnatlon by tho Bull
Moosers, got crossed last night.
While Flinn was in "Washington urg
ing that the Progressives unite on a
slate and pick some one good man
for the gubernatorial nomination aud
then go into the primaries with every
one united, Rupley was calling on all
candidates mentioned to make formal'
announcements of their candidacies
for Governor and then go into a State
wide primary.
The open primary is exactly what
the men attending the conference
here last week rejected, because It
might mean that Congressman M.
Clyde Kelly could upset things. What
Elinn, Van Yalkenburg and the other
leaders are interested in doing v is to
get a slate fixed up, as is indicated by
the resolution passed at the recent
conference.
It is understood that while Rupley
was making his play, Flinn was in
forming Kelly that he must run -for a
district nomination again, declaring
that lie was for any "good man" for
Governor and saying local option and
woman suffrage were the live issues.
He also said that if a boa constrictor
should get Colonel Roosevelt in South
America he would turn Democrat,
and. that no matter who the Repub
licans put up this year he would not
vote for him.
Lincoln Day banquets last night
gave opportunity for several of the
men in the political limelight to make
speechs, but it is noted
that almost without ex-
ception they eschewed Lim*oln Ts
politics and confined l*raised by
themselves to the lau- Speakers
dation of the great
American. Senator
Penrose made a notable speech, in the
course of which he reviewed the his
tory of the Republican party and its
work for the people. At Mauch
Chunk Congressman A. Mitchell Pal
mer extolled Lincoln and gave out
some political interviews on the 6ide,
the chief being that McCorniick would
not retire from the ticket. In Wll
liamsport Congressman W. D. B.
Ainey spoke at the big Lincoln din
ner. and after discussing Lincoln, said
that he was going to make a cam
paign that would take him all through
Pennsylvania.
The Dauphin county Bull Moosers,
j who are marking time until the word
comes for them to g*> out and liuo up
for Dean Lewis, last night
celebrated blrth-
Moosers day by a lecture eession
Have nil and the dissection of Doc
livening Kreider's hopes for Con
gress. The county chair
man, who holds down a
well-paying office on Capitol Hill, lias
aspirations to become a national figure
and is said to be willing to take up the
fight which Colonel H. C. Demmlng
waged in 1912. However, the chair
man will not make his announcement
until the ways and means for a cam
paign are in sight. This is the year
when the party workers are to pay I
| the campaign bills, according to Wll-
I iiam Flinn. During last night's social
j session W. L. Loeser spoke on good
citizenship and Walter L. Vanaman
conducted a symposium on political
economy. The meeting was well at
tended and others will be held later
on.
Judge Frank M. Trexler, appointed
j a week ago to the vacancy on the
j Superior Court bench caused by the
j death of General Bea
ver, took the oath of
office yesterday at his Trexler
j home in Allentown, and Takes His
I will join his colleagues Judgeslilp
on the bench at the
I next sitting. The ap-
I pointment of Judge Trexler has been
I commended by newspapers without
j regard to party throughout the State,
I and influential men have promised
I him hearty support for the nomina
tion at tha primaries. The effort of
1 the Democratic State leaders to inject
| Judge L. W. Doty, of Westmoreland,
j into the campaign for the seat is said
I to have been born of a desperate de
* sire to get the old "Star of the West"
I back in the Democratic column, but
j the Judge is not likely to run.
| Some interesting legislative moves
are reported from Philadelphia and
well-known legislators are concerned.
William H. Wilson and
E. M. Cox are slated to
j Legislative be returned at the com
j Candidates ing election, but there
Are Active is some doubt about
Frank Sherwood, for
mer newspaper corre
| spondent, although his friends say he
will be returned. James A. Dunn will
Ibe a candidate again and Lorenzo
.Smith, the Washington party man,
w*ill have to ftght for his seat against
David C. Humphries. Representatives
S. J. Gans, T. F. McNlchol and D. J.
I Shern arc regarded as sure to come
back if they desire.
The name of ex-Judge Harold M.
McClure, of Lewisburg, has been added
to the list of men being considered
for the Republican nomination for
Governor by the voters of the State.
The Judge, who was on the common
picas bench of his district for twenty
I years, is well-known in many counties.
He has been asked by prominent men
to be a candidate.
The muddled Democratic situation
was further complicated yesterday by
the announcement that the Ryan peo
ple would not oppose
Congressman Palmer
Democratic for the senatorial
Situation nomination. This, fol-
Bemuddled lowing ex-Senator De
waifs declaration in
favor of Palmer as a
senatorial candidate, has caused much
talk about possibilities. Some Demo
crats have been talking of running
Judge John M. Garman, of Luzerne,
or Henry C. Niles, of York, for the
senatorial nomination against Palmer.
Palmer, who is not wealthy, does not
want a contest and wants to save his
strength for the election campaign
and not fritter it away in the primary.
Ryan's people have followed the ex
ample of their chief and declared
i without any qualifications that they
will support the party machine. The
i Philadelphia Record says to-day:
"The strong sentiment manifested In
many counties In support of Kyan for
Governor, coupled with the lack of re
sponse In favor of McCormlck, has
tirouted the reorganize™ to a realiza
tion of the unpopularity of their plan
to force a slato upon the Democratic
voters, and it is said that Palmer per- 1
tonally is now more willing to consider
a harmony ticket for the Fall cam-1
palgn than ho has been at any time >
for months. Palmer is hegarded as
primarily Interested In his own cam - ]
palgn for Senator, and with Ryati,
the only Democrat who has darrled
Philadelphia for years, on his ticket,
his friends contend that his prospects
for success in his flght for Senator
would be greatly enhanced. McCor
mlck, it is further argued, would bring
no votes to him other than those that
he would receive normally."
—Messrs. Saussman and Craven
contending for a Democratic nomina
tion In the upper end would be very
Interesting.
—Palmer seemed real peevish over
the idea of McCormlck getting out of
the race for Governor. It is going to
be an expensive campaign.
—The thoughts of Clyde Kelly must
be interesting just now.
—Doc Kremp will make u speech to
the Berks county committee to-mor
row and retire as county chairman and
then quit a* division chairman. But
he will continue* to speechify.
—Democratic newspapers do not
seem to "gee" very well on their news
about withdrawals.
—Joseph M. Smith will tight Sena
tor John T. Nulty, of Philadelphia,
for his seat.
—Senator Dick Farley does not seem
to mind the reorganisation thunders
one bit.
—The Yares appear to be making
the most of the situation in Philadel
phia.
—With Roosevelt running for Gov
ernor in New York and Garfield In
Ohio there would be plenty of action
outside of Pennsylvania.
—One S. S. Bryan will run for the
Democratic nomination for Congress
In the Brie-Crawford district If the
leaders let him.
—Justice Mestresat now says he
was not at the White House. Maybe
the White House would be glad to see
him.
■—Judicial Bilenue is somewhat note
worthy since the Democratic slate
came out.
STILL THE SCHOOLMASTER
tFrom the Literary Digest.]
President Wilson's conference with
the Senate committee on foreign rela
tions—his "clinic," as the Boston Tran
script called It—loosed a flood of news
paper conjecture and speculation, and
all Washington, as one correspondent
reports, suddenly began "to buzz with
gossip about foreign alTairs." This buz
zing, of course, assailed the Presidential
ears, as well as those of meaner men,
and there Issued from the White House
a statement variously described as a
reproof, a rebuke, a reprimand, a cau
tion, a "direct Intlmßtlon." For the
news dispatches had told In convincing
detail how our Government stood In a
more or tore splendid isolation, how we
were estranged from our nearest neigh
bors, how we were involved In a num
ber of controversies which might
"gravitate to a common center of hos
tility." So the newspaper correspon
dents were Informed that it was incum
bent upon them "to refrain from dis
cussing the foreign relations of the
United States." This, us the represen
tative of the New York Times under
stood It. "was put forward as a general
Froposltlon, and not as applying merely
o present conditions." According to
the New York World's report, the Presi
dent fears that the administration "will
be regarded as disingenuous" In some
quarters If speculation goes on, and un
less it "is at least curtailed ho may be
forced into denouncing by name the
papers engaged in that class of work."
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Bhe didn't know Henry Hawk had
anything to do with the railroad until
she overheard her father say he was a
stationer.
"FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH"
By Wing Dinger
Of all the days that come around
The worst that'B ever seen
la when unlucky Friday
Falls on the date thirteen.
No matter If you don't believe
In spooks and such, beware
This Is the day when hoodoos throng
About you everywhere.
If you should 'neath a ladder pass
Bad luck will come from that,
The same as if across your path
There rflns a big, black cat.
You'd better stay at home to-night,
That's far the safest way.
To dodge the ghosts that walk around
This awful, awful day.
Laugh at bad luck signs, if you will,
That bring to many fright,
B"ut take a gentle tip from me,
Be wise, stay home to-night.
Tip of Tranagrcasvr*
"Ef, ez dey say," observed Br'er Wil
liams, "de devil Invented de tango
dunce, sinners should practice It night
an' day, kaze it'll be a life-saver ter
'um w'en dey hits de hot pavement
down below ter know how ter hop
high."—Atlanta Constitution.
"Do you take exercise regularly?"
"Yes."
"Gymnasium?"
"No, I travel a great deal and always
take an upper berth."—Washington
Star.
news' d idPAtct) ea -
-Of-Thfr-civil*WAß.
[From the Telegraph of Feb. IS, 1864.]
What the Fulton Did
New York, Feb. 12. —The steamer
Fulton has arrived from Port Royal,
which she left on the 9th. She left
Charleston bar on the morning of the
10th inst. with the Eighty-seventh
Ohio Regiment on board.
Enemy Ijanded in Force
Charleston, Feb. B.—An official dis
patch from Lake City of the Bth re
ports eighteen of the enemy's vessels,
gunboats and transports as having ar
rived at Jacksonville. It is believed
that a large force had landed, which
was said to be advancing last night.
Bargains To-morrow
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Suits & Overcoats
•it Marks & Son
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&iiilsland Overcoats we sold all season at
/ $16.50, $lB, S2O, $22, $25, S2B, S3O
T ™ $lO & sls
"Clothcraft" Suits and Overcoats that sold up
to S2O at SIO.OO
Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoats
that sold up to S3O at sls
Big bargains in Furs—Muffs and Scarfs—Men's
and Ladies' fur trimmed and fur lined Overcoats.
Many bargains in other goods—Men's Furnish
ing, Trousers, Raincoats; all at clearance prices.
H. Marks & Son
Fourth and Market Sts.
Letters to the Editor
VICE PICTURES
To the Editor of The Tilegrrfh:
I see by your paper that a lecturer
Is coming to town with 3,000 stereop
ticon slides illustrating a talk to be
given in a local church on commer
cialized vice. Will the chief of police
stop it? If not, why not? Will the
Civic Club and the Ministerial Asso
ciation be as loud in their protests
as they were on Monday when a sim
ilar exhibition was given in a local
theater? If not, why? Does the
church sanctify vice? In the lan
guage of the blatant Dr. Swallow, the
coming attraction promises to be "a
v«ry dirty play." What are you going
to do about it? A. COBB.
PROTECT THE TRAFFIC
OFFICERS
To the Editor of The Telegraph:
I write this to the City Council,
Chief of Police, or Civic Club.
When we travel away from Harris
burg to other cities we learn to ap
preciate the many improvements we
have at home, and yet, soemtimes,
we see things which We would like
to see at home. During a trip to Bal
timore, toward evening it began to
rain and I took notice that all tralllc
policemen arc provide# with a nice
platform to stand on. It is about two
feet square on top and live inches high
and is covered with carpet. Right j
back of each officer is an iron stand
holding a large umbrella over his (
head. , I
The officer is not stationed out in
the center of the four corners but
over near one curb.
This arrangement struck me as be
ing such a sensible way of taking j
care of the health of those who take j
care of us, that I would offer this sug
gestion that Harrisburg may do like
wise.
Yours respectfully,
CHAS. 11. SMITH,
214 N. 14th St.
REASONS FOII CHURCH-GOING
To the Editor of The Telegraph:
I have noticed with delight the co
operation of the public press in the va
rious movements for the uplift of the
people. I desire to express my grati
tude for the assistance rendered the
churches of Steelton, Highspire and
Oberlin in advertising the Go-to-
Church-Sunday," on March 1.
The following are a number of rea
sons, with brief amplifications, why
men and women should attend church:
First, all should go to church because
of our gracious union with God. Nehe
mlah writes, "We will not forsake the
house of our God." The church is the
house of God, and all connected with
God should be dear and sacred to us.
We should revere His word. His ordi
nances. His people. We should, there
fore, revere the nouse of His abode.
Secondly, we should go to church be
cause It is our clear and imperative
duty. Each person should have a lively
Interest in the welfare and prosperity
of the church. We will seek the good
of the Lord's house. Our praises shall
hallow It; oilr Influence shall support it;
our prayers shall be for It; our hearts
shall be In It, and we shall sing with
the Psalmist, "If I forget Thee, O Jeru
salem, let my right hand forget her
cunning. If I do not remember Thee,
let my tongue cleave to the roof of my
mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above
my chief Joy." Unless we have enthusi
asm we can have no progress. If you
belong to a church, and you do not lovs
it, why then there Is no pith in you.
Let us have enthusiasm and rapturous
attachment to persons, places, ideas,
programs. Let every heart have a
Zion for which it would die. St. Paul
had passion in his heart, enthualasm
in his blood; a man of fine, high, keen
temper, and the old days were singing
In the chambers of his memory. Would
to God that the church would Increase
her enthusiasm —Its deep, pathetic, ten
der love of sacred things; we should
row and then hear its voice above a
whisper; now and then the loudest
thunder In the air would be Issuing
from the church, singing proudly its
holy anthem —rapturously Its majestic
paeon. Publlo worship Is of God's own
appointment. It Is enjoined by God, and
therefore authoritative and binding, for
: to forsake God's house is to forsake
Ills expressly revealed law.
Again, wo should go to church, be
cause of our public profession. We aro
God's people, and, of course. His house
is our home; it is our spiritual resi
dence and our beloved abode. Wo are
the Lord's, and as such must appear In
His courts.
Also, because of the special advan
tages derived. In the church, our de
sires will be exalted, our souls elevat
ed to God, our minds enlarged, our
graces revived, our spirits cheered, and
our souls enriched with all spiritual
blessings in Christ Jesus. "A day in
C4od's courts Is better than a thousand.
I had rather be a doorkeeper in the
house of my God. than to dwell In the
courts of wickedness. For the Lord
God Is a sun and shield; the Lord will
give arace and glory; no good thing
will He withhold from them that wain
uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is
the man that trusteth In Thee." "They
who wait upon the Lord shall renew
their strength, they shall rise up with
wings as eagles, they shall run and not
be weary, they shall walk and not
faint."
Lastly, we should attend the house
of God because of Its connection with
the celestial world. The House of God
j Is the gate of Heaven. The celestial
1 temple is supplied from the terrestial
i temple. The earthly tabernacle is pre
paratory to the temple of God not made
with hands eternal in the lioavens. it
Is here that men are nurtured In grace,
and thus lltted for eternal glory.
"O Christ, our hope, our heart'! desire.
Redemption's only spring!
Creator of the world art Thou,
Its Saviour and Its King.
O may Thy mighty love prevail
Our sinful souls to spare!
G may we come before the throne,
And find acceptance t^iere!
0 Christ, be Thou our present Joy,
Our future great reward;
Otir ohly gloty may it he
To glory In the Lord!"
FRANK EDWARD MOYER.
Hlghspire, I J a., February 11, 1914.
. |-HVf>ARUI«&UR&-f t IPTy-
ye ars - Afroro-PAy
! [From the Telegraph of Feb. IS, 1864.]
Rebel Prisoners Pass Through
A train containing about 400 rebel
prisoners passed through here yester
day en route for Baltimore; * These
prisoners were brought from John
son's Island and were in charge of a
detachment of the One Hundred and
Twenty-ninth Ohio Regiment.
School Bell Ringing
The boys' high school of the South
ward school district, formerly taught
by F. U. Worley, will reopen on Mon
day next at 9.30 o'clock in the build
ing in Mulberry street.
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Too Hot For Mr. Terrapin
| _ [From the Baltimore News.l
No one can blame our distinguished
eltlsen, Mr. Terrapin, if he complains
that the annual bannuet season sots a
, killing pace for htm.
He'* k Regular (joosebnne
[From the Washington Star.]
The man who, years ago, predicted
that Roosevelt would drop out of sight,
is about as reliable us the ground hog
prophet.
A young man of thirty
years has 82 chances out
of 100 of living to receive
payment to himself of a
20-year endowment policy.
PENN MUTUAL LIFE
1M IV. Secoad St.
Isaac Miller, 1 Local
F. O. Donaldson, J Agents.
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in our cap," as it demon
strates without doubt that our
work is as good as it's pos
sible to make it
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are men of experience and
ability in their respective
lines. Let us prove it to you.
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