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FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 17
BEAM AND MOTE
MR. PALMER and his associates
of the "reorganization" wing
of the Democracy who are now
pledging wpport to the nomi
nees of the May primary while venom
ously denouncing their party rivals
as bipartisan crooks, have evidently
forgotten their previous attitude
toward Republicans who also pledged
support to their party nominees. Tiino
was when these same political fakirs
found the English language inade
quate to express their censure of Re
publicans who promised support in a
campaign to candidates who did not
happen to meet their personal views.
But when tho present bosses of tho
Democratic party grabbed control they
cast aside all questions of consistency
and folding' their garments of self
lighteousness about them proceeded
to do all and sundry things which as
long as they were reaching for po
litical power were denounced as the
very inventions of the devil.
Filching contributions from Fed
eral and other officials for campaign
purposes, prostituting important offi
cial positions to factional uses, barter
ing political patronage, dealing with
men of other parties—all these things
were loathed and abhorred by the
same individuals who now, in the exer
cise of a little brief party authority,
are guilty of these and other offenses
which were so wicked and abhorrent
when chargeable to others.
Palmer as the candidate of his fac
tion for United States Senator and
McCormick as another of tho White
House selections for office in Pennsyl
vania have both announced their pur
pose to abide by the decision of the
primary, which involves support of the
nominees. How they square past pro
fessions with their present attitude Is
for them to explain. Political
hypocrisy seems to be one of tho
cardinal principles of tlie party con
duct of the new order in the Demo
cratic party.
There is more activity within the
ranks ol' the Republican party at tho
present time than lias been known for
several years. It requires sonio such
jolt us was given tlie party two years
ago to arouse the rank and file to the
importance of constructive effort in
support of tho principles which have
made the party great. Also, there has
been an injection of tlie elixir of good
sense here and there where such treat
ment was sorely needed.
A ROTHROCK TESTIMONIAL
WE can think of no honor that
will be more worthily be
stowed than the testimonial
luncheon which is to bo ten
dered Dr. J. T. Rothrock at the Har
risburg Club on May 4th, at which
time there will be presented to the ex-
State Forestry Commissioner, on be
half of hie friends in the forestry and
conservation movement, a handsome
loving cup. There is not to-day a
more practical forester than the dis
tinguished Pennsylvanian who Is thus
to be honored by those who best un
derstand and appreciate the important
work which he has accomplished for
his native State.
Dr. Rothrock was preaching and
tc&cbinK forestatlon long before many
of the active conservationists were
born. His life has been devoted to
the cause of conservation and he has
driven Impulse and Intelligent direction
to the movement In Pennsylvania
first as a lecturer at the University of
Pennsylvania and later as the first
State Forestry Commissioner who
placed the department upon a sub
stantial basis.
With Increasing years he has been
compelled to retire from some of his
activities as an exponent of the re
forestation of Pennsylvania, but he is
still deeply interested in the work.
It is eminently fitting that the pro
posed testimonial luncheon should be
given In honor of Dr. JRothrock and
the occasion is certain to be one of
much interest at a time when conser
vation of the natural resources of
Pennsylvania has been given a new
meaning through the intelligent co
operation and direction of Governor
John K. Tener, whose administration
will go down in history as one that
was conspiouous for Its constructive
work in this direction.
Tt is also a good thing to give honor
while they are yet alive to the men
. 't /•- • • / w ■ • / • . v• > -
FRIDAY EVENING. &ARRISBURG (SB&l TELEGRAPH APRIL 17,1914.
who have been the pioneers and the
sturdy pillars to the upbuilding of
those interests which are so essential
to the happiness and prosperity of any
people.
When will those citizens of Harris
burg who have turned their beautiful
Bhade trees over to the "trimmer" learn
that it requires years to produce a tree
which can be destroyed by the tree
butcher In a few minutes. Harrisburg
has some splendid trees throughout its
length and breadth and'there ought to
be some way of protecting' them
against the annual invasion of tho
executioner, who travels up and down
with a saw and axe and leaves in his
wake maimed and unsightly trunks.
CITY PLANNING CONFERENCE
THE annual National Conference
on City Planning is announced
to be held at Toronto, Canada,
May 25-27.
This conferertce will bring together
men from all parts of the United
States and Canada interested in the!
harmonious and scientific development!
of cities as opposed to the old-fash-1
ioned, haphazard, go-as-you-please no- j
tiona that have made some of our 1
municipalities little more than con
glomerations of houses. The program
has been arranged with the needs in
mind, both of the cities which have
[already adopted the city planning
! principle and those about to do so.
The fifty official city planning commis
sions in the United States and Canada
who are making a final test of city
planning will be represented.
Harrisbilrg, on the eve of going seri
ously into the subject of city planning
on a systematic and comprehensive
scale, should send iti newly-appointed
commission to the Toronto meeting.
In no other way could those who arc
to be in charge of the work here get
such a vision of what other cities are
doing in this respect or so quickly tie
come acquainted with their duties.
The opportunity, is timely and should
not be negleited.
A* SPRING "CLEAN-UP"
AS demonstrating the (ruth of the
old adages that "cleapliness Is
next to godliness" is the fact
that a dirty city is invariably
one in which crime and its attendant
evils aro rampant. Apparently filth and
wickedness do go hand in hand. At
all events Harrisburg has long had
the name of being a clean town and
it has never been notorious for crime.
If there be anything in this relation
let us keep our good name in both
respects by observing a Spring "clean
up."
In Philadelphia Mayor Blanken
burg has proclaimed a whole week of
municipal house cleaning. Seventy-five
hundred banners, to be placed on de
livery wagons, auto trucks and other
vehicles, were sent out. Children in
the public and parochial schools will
receive 200,000 "Clean-up Week" blot
ters and 100,000 buttons. Another lot
of 2,700 car cards will go into the
street cars, and 150.000 circulars will
be distributed by the agents of one of
the big life Insurance companies. An
army of 200 White Wings, canvas
clad and spotless, who will lead the
Clean-up Week procession which will
parade on Saturday, have been drill
ing every morning for the last week.
This is a eajnple of what ought to
be happening here. Mayor Royal
would do well to issue a "clean-up"
proclamation at an early date.
ENGLAND AND THE C. S.
ASOCIAL research worker of
note has recently gleaned some
interesting facts from present
aay conditions in England. She
finds among other things in that
country that 70.000 people die every
year from tuberculosis and 300,000
suffer from it, and that this terrible
disease is caused by a lack of con
veniences and decencies of life. Fresh
jair and sanitary surroundings are
I needed. Tenants, however, can have
I no say as to how the shelters in which
they exist shall be ordered or policed.
Sho finds that England has an area
of 77,000,000 acres and a population
of 43,000,000. More than one-half
! the land is owned by 2,500 persons.
[Less than 10,000 people own two
thirds of the total land of. Scotland,
Ireland and England. There are 30,-
000,000 people that have not any land
at all, and consequently not any homes]
of their own. The average amount of
land owned by the British peer is 15,-
000 acres. There is one peer who
owns over a million acres. The aver
age land owned by the British cot
tager is one-quarter of an acre.
She finds that tho annual Income of
Great Britain, from land and rent, is
about $43,000,000 a week. About one
half of this goes to 5,000,000 people,
whose annual income ranges from
SBOO up. There are 10,000,000 that
are so poor that they cannot provide
the necessaries of life. The average
wage of these is $5.00 a week. The
average wage of the 5,000,000 indus
trial women is $1.75 a week. The pau
pers of England, If lined up four
abreast vould make a line four miles
long.
Yet this* is in free-trade England,
where the "evils" of a protective tariff
aro unknown, where the cost ct living
is low and where theories similar to
those of our Democratic friends in
Washington have been worked out
over a period of years.
We are moving in * the same direc
tion. Already there are indications of
industrial depression that can mean
only idleness or lower wages for thou
sands. We are headed Englandward
at a pace that is frightful to contem
plate—and there is only one waj* un
der heaven to avoid the Impending
disaster. We must replace impracti
cal, theoretical Democrats in Congress
with hard-headed, practical Republi
cans. That Is, unless we really' prefer
conditions as they are to-day in free
trade England to those th'at we had
in the United States previous to the
enactment of the new tariff regula
tions.
After Huerta fires the salutes he will
probably fire a few more American
properties by way of showing his re
spect for the flag.
i EVENING CHATI
It's queer what a fascination the
business of an officer of the law, es
pecially that of a detective, has for
a good many people and tho lengths
they will go to get named as an up
holder of the public peace. Governors,
judges and mayors are continually in
receipt of letters from men asking to
be made detectives and some of the
writers unwittingly show that they are
not only crassly ignorant of what Is
demanded of a detective In the in
terest of the public, but indicate that
they are being duped. Not long ago
a couple of men made application to
the Mayor to be licensed as detectives
and were told how to go about It, the
law requiring an advertisement of in
tention to ask the court for a license
and an application in open court. It
is not uncommon for the judges to
receive applications from men who ask
that they be created detectives right
off the reel, apparently igndrant of
the fact that the law is very careful
about procedure for licensing of suoh
| officers. But the Governor gets more
letters on the subject than anyone
i else. Evidently there is confusion in
! the minds of many people about the
I State policemen, because nine-tenths
of the letters received at the Capitol
■ ask for licenses as State detectives,
and when they are informed that the
State has no such officers, the only
policemen with which the Common
wealth is directly concerned being the
State police and the special police
men, they come back and ask to be
enroileil in either body. Everyone here
knows that the corporations getting
special policemen are under obligations
for them and that the State police is
one of the greatest bodies of the kind
in the world. Yet men whose letters
show defacts in education and but
little realization of the responsibilities
weighing upon an officer of the law
ask to lie given permission to root out
crim« and apprehend criminals. The
agitation against liquor which is so
general all over the State has caused
a multitude or embryo Sherlocks,
Vidocqs and their sort to desire the
privileges of an officer. And the worst
of it is that in some parts of the
country there are establishments which
are "teaching" men to become de
tectives by mail. Just why their
"graduates" are not recognized with a
parchment with the State arms or a
certificate with court or city seal, the
aforesaid applicants cannot compre
hend.
"Well, I see Dan Hastings is still
standing up as well as ever and so's
Amos Mylin and David Martin," said
a man as he walked through Capitol
Park yesterday afternoon and watched
i the tree men taking down old trees
and patching up others. "I remember
when we named those trees. It was
back in the days of the Hastings ad
ministration and the trees were set out
on an arbor day. The Governor was
deeply interfered and planted the big
poplar at the lower corner of the
museum building, almost opposite the
Spanish cannon. He took a pride in
tho tree, which was Immediately given
his name. He was so interested that
he got other State officials to plant
trees and I think every big officer has
a tree named for him."
"If the Susquehanna river would
only go down I think there would be a
brisk business In canoes," said a mar.
who deals in such things yesterday.
"I've had a lot of people in here look
ing at canoes lately and some of them
said that they were only waiting until
the river went down to buy. I asked
why they did not buy before and what
do you think they told me? They
said that when they bought a boat
they liked to *ut it into the water
right away."
Among visitors to the city yesterday
was J. V. Cunningham, prominent
lawyer of New Castle. He was here
to attend a meeting of the State Board
of Pardons and asked about military
affairs. Mr. Cunningham was instru
mental In organizing Troop F of the
National Guard cavalry at his home
town. •
Major F. D. Beary, deputy adjutant
general, and Dr. Harry M. Stine are
old Spanish War comrades, and yes
terday got together to talk it over.
They were not quite sure whether they
would see service again together, but
the Major pulled out some photo
graphs of scenes in Porto Rico taken
by Dr. Stine and they went over the
campaign again.
Four men stood in the corridor of
the temporary Post Office this morn
ing and tried and tried to get open
their post office boxes. They were ob
served by many people and finally
some one asked what was the trouble.
Then they got the advice to ask at the
window. At the window this is what
they got: "Pay your box rent."
I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE I
—Robert W. Herbert, tho Greens
burg editor, still keeps up his Interest
in the State's work tor charity.
—Charlemagne Tower will go
abroad this Spring.
—Dr. E. M. Harvey, the new presi
dent of Media Council, is a well
known medical man.
—Dr. W. W. Keen, of Philadelphia,
is the new head of the American Sur
geons' Congress.
—William C. Freeman, of Corn-i
wall, is treasurer of the Robesonia
Iron Company, which just renewed its
charter.
—Colonel P. C. Boyle, of the Oil
City Derrick, has gone home, after
having spent about two months in a
Philadelphia hospital, in consequence
of an accident which resulted In a
broken collarbone. He is now well on
the road to recovery but is compelled
to shake hands with his left one, the
right arm being still carried in a
sling.
THE RETURN OF THE SALUTE
[From the New York Sun.]
The new Regulations of the United
States Navy, promulgated on February ;
25, 1893, contained for the first time
this provision as to salutes:
"No salute shall be fired tn honor of
any nation not formally recognized bj.
the Government of the united States."
Under President Roosevelt and Presi
dent Taft this regulation figured as
Number 123 in the code, and was thus
expressed:
"No salute shall be fired In honor of
any nation, or of any official of any
nation, not formally recognized by the
Government of the United States."
Has the regulation now been re
scinded by Secretary Daniels with
President Wilson's approval?
WAITING"
[From the Ne'sy York Commercial]
This country Is standing still for
lack of confidence alone. No accumu- I
lated stocks hang over the commodity
markets or cumber the warehouses
and store shelves. The Spring is open
ing in splendid shape and prices re
main high enough to stimulate farm
production. The tariff Is no longer In
doubt and the new currency bill has
been accepted by the banks and will
improve the banking system very
much. The machinery Is all set up,
but the wheels are not turning as fast
as they should. A year ago the fear
of a great war in Europe chilled en
thusiasm and made money dear. That
is past and money is easy here and in
Europe., the discount rate in the Lon
don market having fallen recently to
the lowest figure in five years. Wall
Street may be laying too much stress
on the rate case, but it does seem that
some new development of an encour
aging nature would start the bail roil
ing very quickly and easily.
REGISTRATION IS
PLEASING TO ALL
Republicans Gained Immensely,
But the Others Grin and
Make Statements
THE RYAN MEN PROMISE FUN
Meeting on Saturday Night Ex
pected to Be Very Interest
ing to Citizens
Notwithstanding the fact that the
registration of Wednesday In Philadel
phia, Pittsburgh and Scranton shows
that the Republican party was the
only one to make any gains worth
mentioning, the Democrats and Bull |
Moosers are expressing the greatest
satisfaction with it Just why no one
can understand.
Te Republican enrollment was 12,-
000 in Philadelphia alone, Indicating
the strength of the back to the party
movement. The Democrats enrolled
but 3,330 and the W'ashingtonians only
1,290. In Pittsburgh seveial thousands
of Republicans enrolled and the .Dem
ocratic and Wasmngton figures are
very small. In Scranton the Repub
licans gained 382 and the Democrats
about held their own.
Yet, the funny part of it is that
Penrose says it shows the return to
the party and Dimmick says he is de
lighted with It, while the Democrats
at the annex to the Windmill in Mar
ket Square say it means the election
of McCormick. The Bull Moosers said
it was line.
Prospects are that there will be
some red-hot speeches at the meeting
of the Ryan Democrats in Chestnut
Street Auditorium to
morrow night, when the
anti - machine faction Hyun Men
will carry the war into I'iuniilng
the home city of Mc- to Spcjin
UormicK. For days men
are understood to have
1 been working here on material to en
tertain folks in Harrisburg. The Ryan
people plan a demonstration for him
when he arrives to-morrow evening
and the McCormick men are just as
industrially trying to decry the whole
movement. John E. Jenkins, men
tioned for Lieutenant-Governor, has
announced his candidacy and will
join the Ryan party here to-mor
row. The Ryan people put out a large
banner for their favorite where it
can be seen from the railroads.
According to the Philadelphia Pub
lic Ledger ,to-rlay, Clearfield county
gave Michael J. Ryan and his cam
paign party a most
cordial reception every
Democrats place they stopped
Warring yesterday. This is a
Everywhere county where the Mc-
Cormick party spent
several days, and it
would appear that some of the stories
sent about the enthusiasm for McCor
mick can be duplicated about Ryan.
Mr. Ryan charged in his speech that
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer,
"Farmer" Creasy, reorganzation can
didate for Lieutenant-Governor, and
Collector of the Port Berry had ac
cepted money from Senator Hall and
from Colonel J. M. Guffey. Mr. Ryan
gave no dates nor would he elaborate
on this statement by telling when or
why money had been given. He said
that the men who were going up and
down the State accusing him of being
allied with the "Old Guard" had been
recipients of the bounty of these two
members of the "Old Guard." The
Ryan party will be in Centre county
to-day and to-night, and in Williams
port early to-morrow. The McCor
mick-Palme'r caravan is touring in the
home district of Congressman Palmer,
who is in trouble. Yesterday meetings
were held In Carbon and Monroe coun
ties and the Palmer faction candidates
were displayed alongside of McCor
mick and the whole kit given the
blessing of Secretary of Labor "Billy"
Wilson. According to the Patriot,
there was great enthusiasm every
where, although exactly why all the
heavy artillery should be concentrated
in Palmer's home district is not clear
in view of the statement that there
is no Ryan sentiment over that way.
Democratic machine bosses are
keeping discreetly quiet about the
scandals over the postmastershlp
hold-ups and not a
word has come from
the Windmill about Machine Is
the .Snyder county Grinding on
scandal or anything These Days
else which has shown
up the methods em
ployed by the gangsters. It is even
denied that anyone knows where Wil
son Bailey, the collector, is to be
found. The bosses are understood to
have decided to back Judge Thomas
J. Prather, of Crawford county, for
Superior Court, notwithstanding the
fact that judges and lawyers all over
the State without regard to party have
endorsed the nonpartisan candldacv
of Judge Trexler. The Democratic
machine has apparently forgotten all
about the nonpartisan judicial act for
which it was so loud last year. It 13!
a sreat machine and when one studies I
it the methods are the same as those I
of the people who were denounced as I
arrogant, perfidious bosses.
THE PREACHER'S PAY
[Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.] t
The Altoona pastor who has de- i
clined an increase of salary is setting
a bad example. Few clergymen are
overpaid, most are shamefully under- i
paid. Congregations need no encour
agement to reduce salaries or to keep
them at their present low level. The
salary of the minister who has Just
refused a "raise" is now $2,400. It
was proposed to give him an increase
of S3OO, but he pointed out that im
provements to be made to the church
will impose heavy financial burdens
on the congregation and he prefers to
wait until the treasury is in better!
shape.
Employes in other professions and
lines of business have learned from
experience that the time to take a |
"raise" Is when you can get It. After
tapping once at the door, opportunity
Is loath to grant an encore. It will
be generally agreed that in a city the
size of Altoona $2,700 a year is not an
excessive income with which to bring,
up and educate a family and maintain '
the style of living expected from a 1
minister, as well as to the inces
sant demands of charity upon his
purse. Particularly Is this so in view
of the fact that few denominations
make any adequate provision for their
clergymen when, they shall have fin
ished their period of active usefulness.'
At best the pension is sufficient merely :
to keep body and soul together, though |
efforts are now making to remedy this !
deplorable condition. It Is difficult to
see, therefore, why any minister of
the gospel should feel a delicacy in
accepting additional compensation. In
the majority of cases It Is more im
portant that he and those dependent
upon him should benefit by the In
creased pay than that the church
building should be fitted with a new
steeple or stained glass windows.
i frUTTLe-nonaenae i
BALD HEADED JUDGE
Judge— lf half what the witnesses
say against you Is true your consci
ence ought to bo as black as your hair.
Prisoner—lf a man's conscience Is in
dicated by his hair. Your Honor ought
not to have a conscience at all.
VANT TO BE POSTMASTER!
By Wing Dinger
You vant a Postmaster to be?
I'll tell you vat to do,
You first must be a Democrat
Of re-organlzer hue.
Und den you seek der gent by whom
De local vards Is bossed,
Und tell him vat you like to be
Und ask "Vat is der cost?"
If he should say "Vun-sixty-flve,"
You take dis tip from me,
Express your willingness to give
Two hundred as a fee.
Be sure to have der cash in hand,
Dey von't accept a check, •
Because dat vould a record make,
Vlch wouldn't do, by heck.
Den vender coin Is paid, der vord
To Harrisburg vill go,
Und dere der bunch will start veels dat
Make Postmasters Just so.
But if dey come und offer you
Der chob, und you von't pay.
Keep still, der public mustn't know
Dat things are done dat vay.
By golly, ain't it funny how
Some folks 'bout graft vill yell,
Und ven dey get In power dey
Rush into it pell-mell.
rPOLITICAL SIDELIGHTS 1
, Shanimo and Marshall filed pa
pers to join in the Democratic row
over the House nominations in the.
city.
—A nonpartisan act is a good thing
for Democrats to shout for until they
want to forget it.
—The Ryan meeting should be a
real diverting week-end function,
judging from advance statements.
—The Ryan banner appears to have
disturbed some one's equanimity.
—Democrats are showing signs of
not paying any attention to the de
mand that Bobby Bright be nominated
for Congress-at-large.
—Representative Georgo C. Irwin
Is figuring in a great fight for the
Republican nomination for Senator in
Blair. His colleague and fellow towns
man, P. W. Snyder, is his rival.
—For a remorseless, conscienceless
machine that forgets the spirit of the
acts for which It contends, commend
us to that conducted by the Dem
ocracy.
—Since Chairman Morris has said
no State committee funds are beln*
used for primary candidates, who is
putting up the money for the Palmer-
McCormick caravan?
—Representative S. B. Scott has
finally agreed to try for the House
again in the Chestnut Hill district.
—lt's pleasant to know that every
one's satisfied with the registration.
—Third class city registration is on
April 29.
—Delaware county is all heated up
over fights over postmasters.
—Pinchot has extended his cam
paign tour to Washington, D. C.
—The East Side Democratic Club,
of Philadelphia, which endorsed Ryan
when its boss was not looking, took it
back last night and endorsed McCor
mick.
—Representative C. J. Roney will
not run again.
AMtSEMENTS
Photoplay Theatre
To-morrow, Saturday
The Adventures \
of Kathlyn
NO. 8
j
A picture that holds the j
audience spellbound from i
start to finish. Also the
regular program.
Admission . . 5c
PALACt IHtAIR
333 Market Street
The Hoine of tlie ExcluUve llnlver- |
Hal Program.
Oar Program For Saturday—King
Baggot, Mian Coffin and Um. Welch
lu Imp 2-recl detective druma
"KING, THE DETKCTIVE IN THE
MARINE JIYSTEHY." I.lncoln J. .
Cartcr'a Melodrama hy 101 BlNon In '
2 reela "TWO LITTLE WAIFS." ,
Eclair'* W'eatcrn drama "A TAI.E I
Of THE DESERT." Max Axhcr, i
l.oulac Fazenda and Hob Vernon lu
Joker comedy "THE HEAD I
WAITER."
Our l'roKrain To-day "WASH
INGTON AT VALLEY FORGE," In 4
reela. Neator drama "THE WAY I
OF A WOMAN." Powera comedy I
"HER FIRST ARREST." Neator
comedy "THE WRONG MISS
W RIGHT." Auiruatus Carney, In
"THE BATTLE OF LITTLE TIN
HORN."
Com ng "LUCILLE LOVE"
The Girl of Mistery
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SHIRTS
SIDES ft SIDES
POLITICAL FABLES
(Continued.)
"Young Nation" wishing to build a
house called Business, In order to sup
ply the wants of thirteen "Colonies,"
built large enough for this purpose,
placing the house on foundations
made by using a number of small
stones held together with a mortar
known as "competition." After a time
these colonies grew into great "States"
and Young Nation became possessed
of double, yea, four times as many as
in the beginning.
Whereupon It became necessary as
the number and size oi the "States" in
creased to enlarge the house of Busi
ness, which was done from time to
time to meet the growing demands up
on it. As Business grew the founda
tions had to be changed, numbers of
small stones were taken out and re
placed by large and more serviceable
ones. This, of course, caused quite a
quantity of mortar known as "com
petition" to be discarded as unneces
sary.
This plan had been followed for
many years, the men who planned
the replacement of the small by the
larger and more useful stones being
known as "Catains of Industry." These
men. knowing full well that large
stones were required, paid little heel
to the shape and It so happened that
many were ill-shaped, having sharp,
jagged projections that were both an
noying and unnecessary.
Certain dissatisfied persons who had
I i
[From the Telegraph, April 17, 1864]
Port Pillow Falls
Washington, April 16. Yesterday
afternoon about 6 o'clock dispatches
were received here from General
Sherman confirming the news of the
surrender of Fort Pillow and the bru
tal conduct of the rebels Immediately
afterwards, which bids fair to be am
ply retalllated in that quarter in due
time.
Rebel Pickets Make Attack
Washington, April 16.—Dispatches
from the headquarters of the Army of
the Potomac state that yesterday at
noon a party of rebel cavalry made an
attack on the pickets at Bristoe Sta
tion, but were driven olt after a brisk
skirmish.
WILSON'S "NEW FREEDOM"
[From the Phila. Public Ledger]
=lt The Romance
0 Orleans
A Lives today in the charming vistas of balconied
(f- mansions, picturesque c urts and quaint streets,
f A filled with the grace, fervor and animation of
iff Creole life. Here also is the modeir city with
Plj its splendid hotels, theatres and lestaurants.
r A temperate and bracing winter climate, with every
opportunity for golf, tennis and other outdoor sports.
Southern Pacific Steamships
I I L. " Morgan Line"
jfel ' NEW YORK to NEW ORLEANS
IYV I ONE <2/I N ROUND FLJWA BERTH AND MEALS
I VVT# WAY TRIP *P »VJ ON SHIP INCLUDED
I [I Sailing* Wednesdays and Saturday*. If you want
' IJk. variety, go by ateamer, return by rail, fare i* the same.
\M Sunset Limited
I M 0 Solid PvHata Train Every Day I No Extra F«rt
II NEW ORLEANS to CALIFORNIA
!| ll|| Ultratun. raUs, all information addrom phono or Cf- 1
I II It. J. SMITH, n. P. & P. A.
if <132 Clirftnat Street. pklMrinMa. I>«. (
AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS
CLARK & BERGMAN I R , T
Country Store
Trained Nurses B.GGER THAN EVES
NUFR SED-GET :EATS NOW ENJ J Y YOJR SELVES
I
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MAJESHI THEATER v,,MKn - *"" BL
The Barnum & i ai'ev of flusica Comedy
TO-MORROW-MATIEE AND NIGHT
CHAIU.es Dll-I.INGHAM Preaenta
Montgomery and tone
AND THEIR ORIGINAL COMPANY IN THE MUSICAL FANTASY IN
THREE ACTS
The Lady of the Slipper
Ilouk by Anne Caldwell and Laurence' McCarthy.. byrlca bv James
O'Den. Staged by 11. H. Hurnatde. MIINIC by Victor Herbert.
One Year at the Globe Theater, New York
PRlCES—Evening, Lower Floor, $2.00 and balcony, ftjio. |UM
and 7Bcj gallery, BO centa. Matinee, lower floor, 92.00, 91.50 and 91.00| bal
cony, $1.50, 91.00 and 75e| gallery BOc. Seata on male
MONDAY AND TUESDAY-MatinM Tuesday
NIGHTS, 2Bc to 91.80. MATINEE, 2Se to 91.00
William Morrla preaenta hla company or Engllah playera from the Man.
battan Theater, New York, In
THE BLiNDNESS OF VIRTUE
A Great Play, Unfolding a Great Trnth Every Parent Should See.
neither the strength nor ability
handle such large stones told "Ydui
Nation" of these unsightly projection
pointing out how dangerous they wc
and how much better and smooth
the small stones and the mortar
"Competition" made the walls, inali
lng that the big stones be taken 'Ol
broken to pieces and again placed
the foundations, binding them wl
generous quantities <jf "competitto
mortar. '
Statesmen who had studied the pri
clples of business and its foundatlo
did not agree with this, knowing tin
owing to the large Increase in the s:
of the house of "Business," larger a
firmer foundation stones were requ
ed. They advised the "control"
shape and quanlty of etonc, that t
dangerous projections should be i
moved, thereby retaining nil the go
withont any of the bad features.
Politicians who liked to be knoi
as statesmen, believing it more pop
lar to break into pieces the big ston
proceeded to do so. regardless of cc
sequences, while those who use t
house of "Business'' were much afrs
and sore perplexed, not knowing h<
to proceed or what to do. Meanwh
Business was at a standstill, no n
additions were planned or built, ev
ordinary repairs being neglected. T
"Young Nation" was receiving 1
satisfactory service and many wort
laborers were in Idleness.
Moral: It is easy to destroy, 1
hard to build.
With no business knowing now i
actly where It stands, and with
stability or certainty promised for I
near future, Congress is still lasl
into its new toil of manufactur
more laws to be digested.
The real new freedom which t
nation would welcome with joy t
bounded would be an entire cessat
of all business-law making for
next five years.
I IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
I YEARS AGO TO-DAY
(From the Telegraph, April 17, 18(
Steamer Arrives
A sidewheel steamer of about fo
tons burden came down the Susq
hanna river this morning and hal
opposite this city for a short time,
attracted a large crowd of spectat<
Much Human Freight \
Our railroads are doing an immei
business. Every passenger train pa
lng here Is crowded with hun
freight, and the trains are of an \
usual length.