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WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25
MAYOR PLAYING POLITICS
PURSUING his policy of making
campaign material out of every
meeting of City Council, Mayor
Royal indulged In another bit of
grandstand playing yesterday in his
opposition to certain items in tho bud
get, especially those providing for the
city's share of the paving of Front
street between Kelker and Division.
Since the decision in the Whitehall
street paving case there seems to be
no doubt whatever about tho liability
of the city for paving along the west
side of Front street where owners of
property have given the river strip
to tho city l'or park purposes.
City Solicitor Seitz will submit the
matter to the court for final decision,
but there appears to be little question
about the liability of the city for this
assessment, and the items have been
embraced in the budget so that all
these matters can be cleared away
from the revenues of the present fiscal
year. While it might have been
possible to slightly reduce the millage
for 1914 and allow these obligations
to continue; it is the opinion of the
majority of the Council that it is bet
ter business to save interest charges
by providing for these unusual ex
penditures at the present time and
avoid an increase of the mill rate next
year.
So long as Mayor Royal can play
politics his own way and provide for
Ills political favorites all Is lovely, but
there Is no virtue whoever in any
thing that is done by the majority. He
•tiarges his three Republican col
leagues with playing the political
game when ho has been doing nothing
else since the organization of the pres
ent municipal body.
The average man would think better
of the new Easter hats if they didn't
cost so much.
UTILITIES AND THE PUBLIC
THE new attitude of public serv
ice corporations toward the
people was very ably set forth
in the address of George B.
president of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce in his address
before the Bell telephone representa
tives on Monday evening.
That there Is such a new altitude—
ft distinctly now attitude—can scarcely
have escaped the notice of anybody
■who has had dealings with tho big
corporations that are bidding for our
patronage, although tho change has
come about so gradually as to be
hardly perceptible from year to year.
It Is by comparing tho methods of
public utility managements of to-day
with those of ten or fifteen years ago
that the improvement can be best ap
preciated.
Consider for a moment the tele
phone, tho electric light and gas serv
ice of fifteen years back. The most
udvanced ideas and appliances of that
day are obsolete and almost entirely
out of sen-ice to-day. The equipment
of that date is mostly junk now or ai
least worth no more. The managers
of these concerns have taken into
their consideration the word "service"
as well as "profit." They have come
to understand that the public utilities
that serve best profit most. It is
purely a matter of give and take.
So they have expended millions
upon millions of their earnings for
Improvements, to tho end that they
may better serve their patrons. And
it is to be noted in this respect that
while the general cost of living has
advanced, and all manner of mate
rials are higher in price now than
formerly, the cost of phone service,
electricity and gas has been steadily
declining—this notwithstanding tho
vast sums spent for betterment and
the greatly improved service wo to
day enjoy.
Public sorvice corporations have
felt the strong arm of the law in re
cent years. Public sentiment has not
been very lenient with them. They
have been unmercifully flayed for
their faults, real aid fancied. In many
cases they have deserved all they re
ceived. But in our final judgment we
must not forget that the utilities man
ager of to-day has a very high Ideal
or service to be rendered, that he is
Riving us better service for less money
limn #c received a doiado or more
WEDNESDAY EVENING
ago. In short, that we are getting
more for less outlay to-day In the way
of public service than we ever got
before, and this at a time when all
other household and personal ex
penses are continuing to soar.
It would appear that the old spirit
of "the public be damned" is really
dead. At least, let's "give the devil
his due."
The town of Wellesley, Mass., is ex
pending S6OO to protect the fair necks
and arms and ankles of college girls
from mosquitoes. Might have accom
plished the same thing more cheaply
by Importing a few hammock-swinging,
Turkish cigaret smoking college boys.
THE LONG FEATHER
THE Ohio State Journal draws the
attention of its male readers to
the law laid down by a western
judge as regards the rights of
man in relation to the long feather
now so prominent in the head adorn
ments of the "female of the species."
The suit was brought by a man who
was tickled on the nose by a feather
In the hat of a woman passenger on a
trolley car. He stood It until his pa
tience wore out and then he gently
yanked out the feather, in return for
which the lady had him in turn yank
ed into court. Here Is the evidence
as reported by the Journal:
"He stood behind me and mother,"
said Mies Julian. "He got mad and
pulled the feathers out of my hat.
All I had done was to call him an
old fool." Prisoner de St. Aubien
produced a feather from his pocket,
Mill admitted lie had wrenched it
from the hat when it struck him
in the face every time the com
plainant half-turned her head. "I
protested, and she called me an old
fool, and gave me a look of dis
dain. Then she whirled around,
and the feather hit me in the eye.
So I gently removed it," he con
fessed.
Without laying claims to any re
lationship to Sherlock Holmes, we ven
ture the deduction that the lady was
not good looking or the feather In
question unbecoming. The average
man will stand an awful lot of tickling
at the hands—or even the feathers—
of a pretty woman. But it is pretty
hard to be jabbed in the eye and
called an "old fool" by a person whose
face must have corresponded to her
evident state of mind. There are wo
men who can wear those tower-like
feathers and get away with them, but
the average inlllinery decoration of
the kind looks like a cross between
the tousled toppy of an ancient biddy
and a signal of distress atop a storm
tossed lifeboat, and we quite agree
with the judge that the man in the
case was to be excused for relieving j
the lady of the offending plume.
Candidates for the legislature who
refuse to take a position on the local
option question or the woman suffrage
issue invite serious opposition which
they must realize from the start of the
compaign. As the session of 1915 prom
ises to be largely one of legislation
without striking political features the
supporters of various measures will in
sist upon a declaration of purpose from
all the candidates.
DEMOCRATIC DISCORD
MUTTERINGS of discontent
among the Democrats of Penn
sylvania over the interference
of President Wilson in the pri
mary campaign have reached the
White House and the result has been
announcements by several members of
the Cabinet who were expected to
come into this State and make
speeches for the Palmer-McCormick
ticket to the effect that under no cir
cumstances will they give comfort or
support to either faction. I
Manifestly the rupture in the Democ
racy of Pennsylvania is more serious
than was imagined by the onlookers
of other parties, and it Is exceedingly
doubtful whether there can be evolved
enough harmony to make a united
showing at the November election.
When the reorganization faction
framed up its ticket after a confer
ence at the White House some weeks
ago Representative Palmer permitted
the impression to go out that he had
the moral support of President Wil
son and the attitude of the President
is now giving the reorganlzers all kinds
of worry, if v.e may judge from the
fulminations of the leaders of that
faction.
Governor John K. Tenor and Colonel
Bouis E. Beitler are highly commended
in the official record of the Gettysburg
reunion of 1913. Tributes are paid to
both by the commanders-in-chief of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
United Confederate Veterans, to which
is added the praise of Major James E.
Normoyle, who is given credit by Sec
retary of War Garrison for much of tho
success of tho great encampment of
veterans.
A STATE'S PROSPERITY
PERHAPS tho most significant
monument to tho energy, ability
and optimism of the manufac
turers of Pennsylvania is the
great Manufacturers' Club building
dedicated this week in Philadelphia.
This institution represents the great
genius of the men of the metropolis
of the State and those from the in
terior who are identified with the or
ganization and will stand as a sub
stantial achievement of those who
are devoting their great abilities,
their courage and their creative talents
to the upbuilding of the prosperity of
an imperial Commonwealth.
More than two thousand of the
prominent manufacturers of the State
were present at the dedicatorial cere
monies and these men are looking for
ward to a better day despite the dis
couragements and the interference of
a national administration which is
constantly burning incense at the
altar of theory and experiment at
frightful cost to the welfare of the
nation.
Three thousand pounds of dried
prunes were confiscated by Government
agents In Philadelphia yesterday. Now,
all together, fellow-boarders! Hip! Hip!
Charles M. Schwab, head of the big
Bethlehem steel plant, says business is
"watchfully wailing" while Congress
j' ontlnues lis game »f further lVgulu •
I tion along' theoretical lines.
[EVENING CHAM
Clark E. Diehl, superintendent of j
the city's lire and police alarm system, I
gives the comforting intelligence that ]
the thirteen poles that encumber tho
streets In the central part of the city I
shall bo taken away before many
weeks. He would like to get the thlr- J
teen away by April 1 as a play on
superstitions, but it looks more like
April 23. However, the city, which
has required other corporations to taku
their poles from the business portion,
will do likewise. The chief holdup
appears to be due to the failure of the
fire alarm box standards to arrive. It
is the plan to have the boxes put on
iron uprights, like targets or sign
boards. They are to be made to har
monize with the street. All over tho
city thero are approximately sixty
poles owned by tho city and if the
plans of some of tho city fathers are
carried out the city will set a good ex
ample and remove all of them within
a few months. The wires in tho cen
tral part of the city are rapidly goina
under ground and some of the good
folks who lived here twenty years ago
would hardly know the streets.
A man went up to the Capitol the
other day and asked where the official
in charge of the corn doctors had his
office. It appeared that he was one
himself and wanted to be facetious.
The State, it will be recalled, is requir
ing all of the chiropodists to come
under State regulation by May 1 and
they must filo applications and go
through certain forms and exami
nations to be conducted by people of
their own line. This man found that
the corn doctor bureau was unknown
on the "Hill," but after some diligent
questioning he found what he wanted
in the office of the Bureau of Medical
Licensure.
A man of the type that always likes
to get eight cents' worth of car seat
for a nickel had it handed back to him
In style on a West Shore car yesterday.
He was occupying more seat than tho
law gives when another man got In
and sat beside him. The man made
him sit on the two cents' worth of
seat for the whole trip. Suddenly a
large lady got in and the victim of tho
restricted space got up and offered his
seat in Sir Walter Raleigh stylo. The
lady promptly sat down and crowded
the eight-cent space man worse than
he was ever crowded in his life.
The ice flood this year, if it can be
called such, did not do so much dam
age to the islands and grass patches
as usual. A few of the islands appear
to have been cut by the ice, but in the
main they are in good shape, and the
sand banks are reported to be in good
shape for the Spring work of the
rivermen. Preliminary inspections of
the coal beds have not )>een made yet,
but it will not be long before the
rivermen get a line on tho amount of
fuel to be salvaged.
Down at the Pennsylvania Steel
Works there is a system of guarding
the entrances to the plant and when a
man wants to get into the works ho
has to give his name and tell whom
he wants to see. Word is then passed
along over the telephone and if it is all
right the man goes in. The other day
a well-dressed man from a western
town who had worked as a laborer at
the works years ago, back in the days
when the canal bridges were free from
guards, started to go in at Swatara
street. He was promptly flagged and
told to tell whom ho wanted. He
promptly said "Mr. Felton." The
guard had only a vague idea of who
Mr. Felton was and said that he was
not at the works. Then the man asked
for "Mr. Tenney." The guard did not
even know him. It is only a few years
that tho men who are now president
and secretary of the great corporation
lived in Steelton. Now they live in
Philadelphia and the new generation
of guards knows them not.
William Perrine, writing under the
name of Penn in the Philadelphia
Bulletin, says anent the governorship:
"In the half century or more of Re
publican rule there have been two
Governors withaPennsylvania-German
identity. One of them was General
Hartranft, whose forbears were among
the earliest of the Schwenkfelders in
and about Mongomery.county. In the
great campaign ysrhich preceded his
first election to the gubernatorial office
this fact was said to have been In
fluential in bringing to him votes
among the Pennsylvania-Germans who
might otherwise have gone over to the
Liberal party and the Greeley coalition
with the Democrats. The other and
latest Pennsylvania-German Governor
was Pennypacker. At one time, when
he was on the bench In Philadelphia,
he had become noted all over the State
for his elucidation of events and char
acters in Pennsylvania-German his
tory; in several respects he was re
garded as one of the most character
istic products of the stock, and his
own record in its literature, as well as
of his family, went far to commend
him to tho good will of Pennsylvania-
German voters. It Is sometimes esti
mated that even to-day, with all the
modern diversification of the popu
lation in this State, there are not fewer
than 35 per cent, who are either Ger
mans or descendants of the Pennsyl
vania-Germans, and, of course, it is
well known how, in some of the coun
ties, especially Lehigh, Berks, Lancas
ter, Lebanon and Dauphin, they have
not ceased to maintain among them
selves the old respect of their fathers
for their ancestors, their social cus
toms and their traditions."
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—Judge W, C. Ryan, of Bucks
county, is a great believer in agricul
ture and makes addresses about it.
—The Rev. J. B. Stein, superintend
ent of the Danville district of the
Methodist Church, used to be a Har
risburg minister.
—Judge Davis and Cohen, of tho
Allegheny courts, were commended by
ministers for the way they are con
ducting license court.
—F. J. Ilaus, of Bethlehem, is one
of the oldest justices of the peace in
the State.
—Henry di Beardino, of Philadel
phia, is the new president of the
ltalo-Ainerican Alliance of the United
States.
—G. 11. Lysle, mayor of McKees
port, is in a controversy with his coun
cil over the salary of the plumbing In
spector. He thinks SI,BOO too much.
THE WHITE HOUSE BOSS
[Philadelphia Press]
Yet tho man in the White House Is
the same Mr. Wilson who has so often
anil so eloquently denounced bossism in
polities. Upon the evil of the boss ques
tion he has expended Ills choicest ad
jectives and his most sonorous phrases.
He professes the greatest enthusiasm
for the direct primary. But in his ease
It is entirely too direct. It consists of
the selection being made in his White
House office, and then directions issued
by the President couched in subtle
words of advice.
THIRD PARTY WANING
[Philadelphia Ledger]
The waning strength of the Wash
ington party in boroughs and town
ships, revealed by the enrollment last
week, confirms the view of the Public
Ledger that the chief hope for the re
generation of the Republican party In
the State lies in a united effort within
the party. Even under the inspiration
of Roosevelt's advocacy there is no
prospect that the Washington forces
can be held together for a losing cause.
All the signs indicate that the corning
battle will bo between the Democratic:
minority on the on" hand Ihe divided
forces Hi" Republicanism, old and
,un the other.
HARRIBBURG TELEGRAPIf
SERIOUS CHARGES j
ON POSTMASTERS
Philadelphia Newspaper Says That
Appointees Are Made to
Stand and Deliver
MAY LEAD TO BIG SCANDAL
Bull Moosers Name Garland For
City Chairman; Daniels'
Feelings to Be Saved
Democrats in this city, especially
those who have aspirations toward
federal appointments, were consider
ably perturbed to-day by serious
charges made about postmastership
appointments in nearby counties by
the Philadelphia Ledger. It has been
well known that the Democrats for
tunate enough to get federal jobs have
been asked to come across with con
tributions, but a rather startling situ
ation seems to have been unearthed
in southern counties. State; Chairman
Morris is out campaigning with Vance
C. MeCormick and no on© at State
headquarters could comment.
The Ledger says in part to-day:
"Postmasterships In York and Adams
counties, Pennsylvania, comprising the
Twentieth Congressional district, have
been bartered and sold under the Wil
son Administration. Candidates for the
offices have had to sign agreements
promising to pay 5 per cent, of their
salaries to the support of the. Demo
cratic State and county organizations.
Jobs have been put on the political
auction block and knocked down to
the highest bidders.
"This, in substance, is tho outline of
a system of political practices unearth
ed by the Public Ledger in an investi
gation of conditions in the two coun
ties. Facts substantiating this whole
sale auctioneering of postotflces have
been laid before the postal authori
ties in Washington by citizens of York
and Adams counties, who have filed
affidavits with Postmaster General
Burleson. These facts have been con
firmed by careful investigation.
"As a result of the exposure, ap
pointments of postmasters for vacan
cies occurring In the district have
been held up at the order of Mr. Burle
son. Appointments have already been
made at Hanover, New Freedom, Dal
lastown and Wrightsville. Two of the
four new postmasters frankly confess
ed to a representative of the Public
Ledger that they had signed papers
agreeing to pay $75 a year to the sup
port of the Democratic organization.
The appointments held up are at
York, Gettysburg and Delta."
The city committee of the Washing
ton party came into being with a row
last night. The Bull Moosers have
never nad a city com
mittee, always running
their campaign with a Garland to
county commit tee, be Pilot
which was bossed by For Moosers
Doc Kreider. Now the
doc is a candidate for
Congress without opposition and he
wants a city and a county committee
to work. Tho county committee is
well in the hands of Ira J. Mosey and
last night the city committee picked j
Samuel H. Garland as its pilot. This
selection occasioned a fight. R. M.
Dunlap and D. E. Taylor were report
ed as also named for chairman, but
Garland got the votes. It is said that
friends of C. E. Landis are boosting
him for Congress, but as yet his candi
dacy does not appear to be worrying
Doc Kreider.
Politics have reached the bubbling
point in the Fifteenth Congressional
district where Washington party men
of Lycoming have
started a movement to
Stokes Has name Congressman E.
Hopped Into R. Kless, a Republl-
Uuj nattle can on their ticket.
Kless is popular
throughout the district
and the Bull Moosers of the middle
of the road persuasion have started a
boom for M. T. Stokes, the Couders
port editor, for the Washington nomi
nation. Stokes is a militant Bull Moos
er and a very interesting fight is fore
shadowed. It looks as though the
Democrats would nominate J. J. Rear
don, former district attorney of Ly
coming, although some would like to
get John F. Stone, of Coudersport, in
|to the race.
I The West End Republicans will have
a big time next Tuesday when the
sixth annual banquet of the club will
be held at the club
house up Third street.
The speakers will In- Club Dinners
elude a number of Will bo Big
prominent men and it Occasions
is expected that the
campaign will be given
a big boost by the event. The Cen
tral Democrats are arranging for their
big dinner in honor of Jefferson and as
there are still some federal plums to
bo dished out in this section, thore will
be no trouble to get. folks to the din
ner. Secretary of the Navy Daniels
can be assured that there will be no
songs like those at. the Carabao din
ner to J&r bis overwrought nerves.
| The marching squad of the club will
be on hand to eject any diner who
may forget that the Secretary is hu
man.
Cumberland county Democrats are
being stirred up by a very entertain
ing scrap over the legislative nomina
tions. Representatives
Barner and Burnett
Cumberland aro out for renomlna-
I Democrats tion, but there are
! are Warring some Democrats who
are unkind enough to
figure out that they
did not cut very much of a swath last
session when they had a chance and
to be impressed with the idea that a
change would be good. The friends
of the two members are trying to off
set this feeling and are working hard.
A. M. Bowman, of Camp Hill, is mak
ing an active canvass for a nomination
and Dr. Peters, of Boiling Springs,
also has the bee. These two candi
dates are going it alone. The Repub
licans aro letting the fight develop.
The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times says:
"Democrats are beginning to think
the Pnlmer-McCormick organization
is playing politics with
th federal judgeship
vacancy in this district. Pittsburgh
The appointment of a Views of the
successor to the late Jugglery
Judge James S. Young
was expected last week,
but there are reports now the position
will not he filled until after the May
"N
■ KADttUAKTBna 1
SHIRTS
SIDES & SIDES
*• j
! primaries. The principal aspirants are
!W. H. »S. Thomson, of this county;
I Hubert K. Cresswell, of Cambria, and
j ex-Judge Allison O. Smith, of Clear
! field. The dispenser of federal pat
ronage is Congressman A. Mitchell
Palmer, Democratic candidate for
United States Senator. The man j
' with his O. K. is expected to receive ]
1 the appointment at the hands of the
President. As the district courts are
being clogged because of the death
of Judge Yowng, it was presumed the
President would not allow any un
necessary delay and the Democrats
thought he would not permit Palmer
to play politics with the position. In
Clearfield MeCormick is credited with
holding out assurances to the friends
, of Judge Smith. There are reports
ithat Palmer is definitely decided in his
I opposition to Judge Smith because his
I l'riend, John F. Short, and one of the
' | Democratic leaders of Clearfield, Is u
strong supporter of Michael J. Kyan.
If the appointment can be held up
until after the primaries the friends
of all three candidates will naturally
'have to whoop things up for McCor
j mick."
POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS 1
—Looks as though the administra
tion would have to stand for more
than the MeCormick ticket in the way
ol' burdens.
—Cumberland Democrats ought not
to fight while the campaigning is so
rough in other sections.
Frank B. McOlaln will take well for
lieutenant-governor.
—Over 3,000 signatures were got
ten on fourteen papers for Penrose In
Northumberland county in a few
days.
—The Democratic enrollment in
Berks is said to have been heavy.
There are still places to fill.
—Perry Democrats are said to be
resentful of tho slated candidate for
tho gubernatorial nomination.
—Tho campaigning into tho soft
coal region is being very modestly
conducted, as far as publicity goes.
—City Bull Moosers may light about
chairmanships, but they are a unit
ugainst any fusion with Democrats.
—Federal judgeships are sore sub
jects In Clearfield county.
—Judge Brumm says that Philadel
phia still has phantom voters.
—Palmer says ho never heard of
the story that Kyan was to get a fed
eral job for quitting the race.
—N. D. Garlach has been nomi
nated for Huzlcton council at a special
primary.
—Dlmmick got a great reception in
Crawford county yesterday, say dis
patches from that section.
-—-The local Bull Moosers will give
a vaudeville entertainment at their
headquarters, 225 Market street to
morrow evening. In addition to the
vaudeville features tho Rev. A. J.
Greene will deliver a lecture on his trip
to Europe.
THOSE NEW HATS
By WlnK Dinger
The women in their new Spring suits,
Their narrow skirts and spats,
I've no complaint to make of, but
I do condemn their hats.
You get upon a trolley car
And settle in your seat
Beside a hat with pompon that
Sticks out about two feet.
You're feeling tired, and you yawn,
Your mouth you open wide,
And when you go to close It find
A ball of fuzz inside.
You open up your paper and
To read it then you try.
But every time there is a jolt
You nearly loso an eye.
If stick-ups, stick-outs on their hats,
And other fads progress
Much farther, there won't be much fun
On cars for men, I guess.
But traction companies soon will have
To run cars just for men.
Or charge for space that's occupied
And soak the women "ten."
IN HARRJSBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph of March 25, 18U4J
(iood Friday
To-day is Good Friday. The Catholic
and Episcopal churches held their usual
services suitable to the day, tills fore
noon.
lecture On Gettysburg
We notice that tho hall of the House
of Representatives has been tendered
to the Rev. John R. Warner for tho de
livery of his now famous lecture ,upon
the incidents of the three days' battle
around Gettysburg.
I EDITORIAL COMMENT |
Quite n Speech For Plnln John
[From the Toledo Blade.]
Were he to be asked if he believes
that two and two made four doubtless
knvoy John Lind would reply: "I have
nothing to say."
Some ProgreHH Noted
[From the Topeka Capital.]
The moral which we draw from the
tragedy engrossing tho attention of
1' ranee Is that the women are shoot
liig stralghter.
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Service
Our
Aim
The officers of this institution
seek the confidence of its
depositors in personal or
business matters in which
financial questions arise.
I It Is in such cases that
' they may be able to render
helpful advice based on
years of experience—a
service which is cheerfully
extended to patrons, whpn
requested.
In a word, wo aim to render
' service in every way
consistent with good
banking.
COMMONWEALTH
TRUST COMPANY
328 Market Street
MARCH 25,1914.
HOW TO LIVE 100 YEARS
Sir James Sawyer's Eighteen Commandments of Health
THI2 eminent British physician,*
Sir James Sawyer, believes it is!
by no means a difficult matter for
any normal humanobelng to live to be '
u hundred years old. He lias recently
declared that anybody can attain this
age, unless killed by accident, if lie or
she will religiously observe the follow
ing eighteen "commandments of
health":
I. Eight hours' sleep every night.
£. Sleep on your right side.
3. Keep your bedroom window open. -
4. Have a mat at your bedroom •
door.
5. Keep your bed away from the j
wall. x
6. No cold bath in the morning, but j
a bath at the temperature of the body.
7. Exercise before breakfast.
S. Eat little meat, and be sure that j
it is well cooked.
1». Drink no milk. (This applies to |
adults only.)
10. Eat plenty ol' fat to feed, the j
| cells which destroy disease germs.
11. Avoid intoxicants, which destroy j
the cells that combat disease.
12. Allow no pet animals in your liv
ing rooms, for they carry disease j
germs.
58. Live in the country if you can. j
14. Watch the three D's—drinking
water, damp and drains.
15. Have change of occupation.
16. Take frequent and short vaca
tions.
17. Limit your ambitious.
1 8. Keep your temper.
These injunctions are entirely un
technical. full of common sense and
! with no fads In evidence. Sir James
I lays down no laws difficult to follow, I
' he prescribes no expensive regime, he |
outlines no time-consuming exercises, j
Anyone who really wishes to follow j
this advice need not be deterred from ,
doing so by lack of tfme, opportunity
or money. The author of these rules
docs not explain his commandments
and few of them need any explanation.
No. 4 probably is to keep the dis- |
ease germs which are picked up In the i
streets by one's shoes out of the sleep- |
ing room. One should really leave his,
street shoes at the front, door and don j
house shoes on entering. This would
exclude much dust and mud and keep I
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207 North Water Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Announcement
Our friends and patrons and we think the public at large
will be interested in knowing that we have opened a savings
department, and hence there is now a National Bank in Harris
burg where savings deposits, large or small, can be made.
To popularize this department and in a short time, we are
sending out a crew of trained and bonded bank solicitors. They
will loan free to new depositors little self-recording home safes
the most desirable and most expensive safes manufactured.
THESE MEN ARE AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT
MONEY FOR DEPOSIT HERE.
To jset on * It
For n abort - la on 1 y uecea
i time no "II! nary to alnrt an
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they hold about (/ *5.00, *3.00 or
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If you have or expect to have surplus cash, deposit with us
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savings department UNDER U. S. GOVERNMENT SUPER
VISION.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
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*
j the house freer from germs. Never
brush your clothes indoors. The
nrr.ount of dust collected by our outer
clothing Is astonishing. If you have
ever beaten your coat in strong sun
shine you must have noticed the cloud
of dust that, arose. Keep all this sort
of tiling out of the house just as much
as possible.
Xo. 5 probably refers to cold walls
and the draughts of cold or damp air
; that pass up and down within them,
and is more applicable to the in
i sufficiently heated English homes than
: to those of this country.
| The last four rules open up tliu
psychological side of the question OL'
i proper living, which eminent phy
! siclans are giving more and more at
tention to. .\ healthy body depends
largely upon a healthy mind. So It Is
! not well to let one's work drive out
I diversion. The stimulating, healthful
effect of legitimate pleasure, change or
scene, relief from daily grind, variety
' of interests is too well known to be
i discussed and Sir James evidently be
lieves that contentment is better than
1 riches nnd a cheerful disposition more
! conducive to health than restlessnses
! and vain longings,
[ NEWS DISPATCHES I
L OF THE CIV L WAR I
| [From the Telegraph of March 20, 1864 I
\ttuek On Sonl»rook
; Before daybreak on Thursday niorn
] ing. 17tli, an attack was made upon
I Seabrook, South Carolina, by a large
force of rebels, who came down the
Chlckhassee river in boats. Colonel
Howell, the commander of the district,
had passed the poijit an hour before on
u visit to the pickets, and found them
on the alert, usina all the proper pre
cautions for a niralit guard at an im
portant position. 1
l-'orrrMt On the Job
| .Memphis, March 22. Forrest, is re
j ported at Bolivar,, Tenn.. with 7.000
men, stopping moving North.
Grierson's cavalry is looking out after
the rebels.
We All llenlly Do
I From the Albuny Journal.)
When a man tells himself that he
doesn't: care what others say of lii.n ho
I is trying to fool himself.