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THURSDAY EVENING, JULY »
CUTTLEFISH TACTICS
CONGRESSMAN A. MITCHELL
PALMER chooses a time when
Senator Penrose is at sea to
make an attack upon him in an
effort to throw dust in the eyes of the
voters. So serious has been the public
criticism of the use of money in the
Democratic primary for Palmer and
McCormick that they are anxious to
divert attention from themselves by
raising a similar issue against Senator
Penrose.
But the ghost will not down. The
inordinate use of money, which has
been denounced by these self-righteous
leaders of a Democratic faction, is one
of the rocks upon which the machine
that has been built up by the same
means that have been roundly criti
cised by the Palmer-McCormick or
ganization is certain to go to smash.
Both Palmer and McCormick con
tinue to prate about bosslsm and ma
chine rule and all the rest of it, while
guilty themselves of the most out
rageous bossism any party has ever
been cursed with. But the average
voter is not deceived. Men who ordi
narily take little account of political
charge and counter-charge are awake
to the fact tha,t the Palmer-McCor
mick machine is nothing more than a
personal organization for the promo
tion of the ambitions of two men. And
these two men now realize that their
little day is about over and that the
twilight of November will find them
in the obscurity which they have In
vited by a course of political action
that has arrayed against them thou
sands of Democrats who will not stand
for hypocrlß/ or four-Hushing such
as has characterized the whole Pal
mer-McCormick movement.
Whistling to keep up their courage,
statements were issued yesterday after
the meeting of the Democratic execu
tive committee which were designed
to brace up the faltering and dis
rupted Democratic ranks. State Chair
man Morris declared "that the issue Is
clean-cut this year." There can be no
doubt on that score, it is the issue
against incompetency and demagogy
and the voters will never again In the
present generation be deceived by the
empty promises of the Wilsons and
the Underwoods and the Palmers, who
have demonstrated their unfitness to
administer the affairs of the people.
AFRAID OF THE GOVERNMENT
SIN hundred hands have been
thrown out of work at Bridge
port in this State by the shut
down of the woolen mills of an
important company. Many of the
knitting mills and shirt factories in
Norristown and throughout that sec
tion of the State are already closed
down or running on half time. "Our
shut down," said a member of the
big woolen firm, "is due to two things
—the operation of the tariff and the
threatening of industries by proposed
new laws at Washington. In other
words, the business interests of the
country are afraid of the Government
at Washington."
Yet the newspapers which print the
truth about the Wilson tariff and its
disastrous effects upon business are
accused of calamity howling. What
shall be said of a class of newspapers,
rapidly becoming less In number from
day to day, that uphold the Wilson
vagaries and ridicule the protests of
the embarrassed business men of the
country?
GROWTH OF OUR SCHOOLS
THE growth of the public schools
of Harrisburg since 1874 is
shown by Professor J. Howard
Wert in his "Harrisburg School
Sketches," now appearing in the Tele
graph. In the year mentioned the
buildings of the city had a seating
capacity of only 4,995. To-day there
are enrolled more than 11,500 pupils,
and several more school buildings are
needed to accommodate those who are
demanding admission.
These figures are not only an indi
cation of the growth of the city in
population, but of the Increased school
attendance as well. Boys and girls
continue longer at study now than for
merly. The high school was in the
early days for the very few—the chil-
T iTTTKSDAY EVENING, RAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH JULY 9, 1914
drcn of the more prosperous or those
of more than ordinary ambition. To
day the high school Is the goal of
over 60 per cent, of those who enter
the primary grades.
But the schools have not only in
creased in size. New buildings have
not been the only thought of those In
charge of the city's educational sys
tem. Since the days of which Pro.
feasor Wert writes in such an inter
esting manner the high school has been
improved until it is now like a small
college, the technical school has been
established, open-air schools have
come Into being, a commercial depart
ment Is turning out well-equipped
graduates, medical inspection has been
enforced and girls who desire to be
come school teachers need no longer
go to the expense of a course at nor
mal school—our erwn training class
provides for that.
There are faults In our educational
system, to be surie, but there can be
no comparison between our schools of
to-day and those with which Harris
burgers of 1874 were not only content,
but of the excellence of which they
boasted.
GOING TO PIECES
IT Isn't so very long ago that we
were assured by the Jocal organ of
the 'Democratic machine that all
was perfect peace and harmony
within the ranks of the organization;
that the party was being conducted
for the sole benefit of the dear people;
that all the wickedness of the Com
monwealth was to be eradicated
through and by the regenerated
Democracy, and that everything In the
way of political crookedness and cor
ruption was to be eliminated.
This sounded well and for a time
many independent voters were dis
posed to accept at par the statements
of the group of little men who had
assumed the leadership of the party.
But now a great change has cortie
about and many of those who were
applauding the Palmer-McCormick
movement are busy denouncing the
leaders of the reorganization faction.
Dispatches from Washington indicate
beyond any question that Palmer's
leadership has been given a body blow
and that his Democratic associates in
Congress are ready to pull him down
from the pedestal upon which he has
been placed by President Wilson. It
is manifestly the beginning of the end
of the selfish little machine that rode
Into power through the broken Re
publican lines. These lines have now
been closed up and what was division
two years ago Is again a formidable
fighting force.
None recognizes the situation bet
ter than Palmer himself. He has risk
ed his whole political future on the
turn of a card and the support of
the President. Palmer and McCor
mick, the White House twins, have
cast in their lot with that of the Pro
fessor of Psychology at Washington
and they are doubtless wondering
what's the benefit.
THE HOCKS MUST GO
BOATMEN In this city are insisting
that the "river be cleaned up"
and hundreds of citizens Interest
ed in the River Front improve
ments are joining in this just demand.
Now that the work on the dam has
reached the stage where it Is only
a matter of a few months until It is
completed it is time that immediate
consideration be given to eliminating
the dangerous rocks and reefs between
Iron alley and Seneca street. The
most dangerous part of the river and
the place where most accidents occur
is at Maclay street. Here a reef of
rock runs across the stream from
shore to shore and only a narrow
j channel twenty feet from the Harris-
I burg shore permits the passage of
water craft at low stages. But only
the most skilled canoeists and river
men are able to take craft up this
channel and it must be widened before
it will be of general use.
Once the dam Is completed and the
"Maclay street riffles" are eradicated
there will be a clear stretch of water
from Iron alley to McCormick's Island
and -beyond, making a lake-like sur
face nearly four miles long. Concert
ed action should be taken at once by
all Interested citizens to effect the
necessary "cleaning up."
THE MUNICIPAL "MOVIE"
THE proposed Installation of a
municipal moving picture ma
chine in one of the public parks
of Steelton is an idea that has
worked out quite successfully in many
cities of the West and Middle West.
Undoubtedly, in Steelton a moving
picture screen could do much to In
struct the foreign element of the bor
ough in safety methods, sanitation,
and the cifstoms of their adopted
country. In Pittsburgh moving pic
tures were shown on several of the
city playgrounds. At once the munici
pal recreation spots of that city were
frequented by hundreds of grown ups
who never before visited the play
grounds. In this way the city makes
these open air places of benefit to
thousands of Its tax-paying citizens,
as well as to the children of the com
munity.
The "movie" is one of the most
popular forms of amusement we have
to-day and Harrisburg would do well
to consider the Idea now before the
Steelton Council.
Up in the coal regions, yesterday,
Glfford Pinchot had another tremendous
ovation. Here is the story from the
Public Ledger: "At the station Mr.
Pinchot shook hands with two miners,
In their working togs, and also met the
Rev. P. J. Murphy, a militant Olyphant
priest. Mr. Pinchot posed with the
miners and with Father Murphy for a
number of campaign pictures."
Commissioner Harry F. Bowman, of
the department of public safety, ia pre
paring for an Important change In the
pipe lines of the central part of the city
with a view to increasing the water
pressure and diminishing the flre risk.
New water mains of larger capacity
will be laid in Front street, from North
to Paxton. and In Market from Front
street to the subway.
1 EVENING CHAT I
Three prominent state officials will
chase themselves pretty closely on
birthdays this month. On July 25
Governor John K. Tener will be fifty
one, having been born in 1863. He
celebrated his fiftieth birthday last
summer without telling anyone about
it. This year he says he is going to
play golf and beat Colonel Bogey in
honor of the day. On the day before
the Governor's birthday Forestry Com
missioner Robert 8. Conklin will be
fifty-five. Mr. Conklin has been con
nected with the Forestry Department
since 1896 and has seen the State pre
serves grow to a million acres and a
wonderful business enterprise. On July
20 Secretary of Agriculture N. B.
Crltchfleld will be seventy-eight, but
he does not look it, and certainly does
not act It. He was born in 1838 and
ia about as spry an official as there li>
on Capitol Hill. Only Secretary of
Internal Affairs Henry Houck is older
and he has the guide, teacher and
friend of the farmers beaten only
about two years in age. Secretary
Crltchfleld has had a varied career.
He was soldier, school teacher with
Jesse E. B. Cunningham, Deputy At
torney General, as a pupil, public offi
cial and farmer. He has handled a
plough and picked cherries and can
do it to-day.
"People who think that standard
classics are giving way to more recent
fiction are mistaken." commented a
young man who came out of the Stat<»
Library with a copy of the first vol
ume of the elder Dumas' "The Three
Musketeers" under his arm. "Look
here," and he turned to the front or
the volume wherein is pasted a slip
of paper on which is stamped the date
every time a volume is taken from the
library. Starting with October, 1912,
this particular volume had been issued
on October 1 and 8 and December 3
ol' 1912; January 6, June 12 and 27,
July 7, August 18, September 10 and
23, October 24, November 2 4 and De
cember 22, of 1913, and January 20,
February 17 and May 23 of the cur
rent year. And this is only one of sev
eral copies of the same novel in the
library.
The proposed state fair for the
vicinity of Middletown is attracting
considerable attention among the
people visiting the city and about the
hotels there is much comment as to
the importance of such a project for
this community. One man from the
western end of the state said yester
day in talking about i£: "Do you re
member what the great objection was
to the scheme for a state fair when
the Legislature met last year? Well,
it was that Harrisburg could not take
care of the people, as she did not have
hotel accommodations. That's It. Get
a good hotel now, because the fair will
bring many people here."
Speaking about hotels, it is interest
ing to note that Tuesday and last night
the hotels were all crowded, owing to
the numerous hearings on Capitol Hill,
the stenographers' meeting, the Demo
cratic session and several other things.
Then, too, there were several auto*
mobile parties and people who came
in on late trains Tuesday night had to
hustle around to find places to lay
their heads.
F. W. Fleitz, former Deputy Attor
ney General and well-known attorney,
banker and business man, is able to
be about again after his recent severs
affliction to his eyes. He was com
pelled to undergo irksome treatment,
but appears to be none the worse in
health and in that flow of good re
partee which he always has had about
him.
Harry S. McDevitt, who was ad
mitted to the bar yesterday, is a for
mer newspaper man of Philadelphia.
He was connected with the Press for
quite a while and was political writer
during 1909 and 1910, accompanying
the Tener campaign party. Mr.
McDevitt served as assistant executive
controller and secretary to the Board
cf Public Grounds and Buildings.
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
yesterday informed some of the news
paper correspondents that he was a
scribe himself. He was joked about
being pretty good in giving interviews.
"Oh, I know the game. I've been in
it and I belong in the newspaper
class," said he.
"How's that. Thought you were a
lawyer?"
"I'm a newspaperman, too."
"Where do you work?"
"On my own paper up home."
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"!
—E. T. Stotesbury, president of the
Reading company, has started home
from England.
—Mayor Joseph Armstrong, of Pitts
burgh, will go to Europe for a vaca
tion.
—Charles A. Munn, prominent Phila
delphian, has leased a shooting box in
Scotland.
—A. E. Jones, who welcomed the
Endeavorers to Unlontown, is city so
licitor of that place and a prominent
lawyer.
—James M. Wuchter has been re
elected head of the Allentown school
board, which he has long served.
—Ellis A. Gimbel entertained at
Philadelphia members of the class
with which he graduated thirty-four
years ago.
j EDITORIAL COMMENT]
The Huerta opinion seems to be that
there Isn't so much power in Niagara
Falls after all—Atlanta Constitution
Henry Clews says what Mexico needs
Is "a wise despot." But the world is
iust out of wise despots.—Pittsburgh
)lspateh.
The men in England could get even
with the window-smashers by starting
a campaign of smashing mirrors.—Salt
Lake Tribune.
After all the publicity Kermlt Roose
velt has had it must be a relief to drop
into obscurity.as a June bridegroom.—
Oswego Times.
A Philadelphia paper says the best
preventive against heat prostration Is
an hour's nap every afternoon. But we
can't all live In Philadelphia.—Pitts
burgh Gazette-Times.
That Amos Pinchot, though rejecting
Mr. Perkins, Is still faithful to the
Roosevelt tradition is shown by the fact
that his letter is seven thousand words
long.—New York Evening Post.
A New Jersey minister complains that
the women are taking up the- vices
which the men are discarding, but
neglects to specify just which vices the
men are discarding.—Nashville South
ern Lumberman.
THE NEW PATRIOTISM
]From the New York Sun.[
It Is the originality and the charm
of Mr. Wilson's commemorative dis
courses that they commemorate him
self. Whatever the occasion, Memorial
Day, eulogy of the marines and sailors
who died In Mexico, the Fourth of July,
the orator translates It Into termß of
himself. Thus at Philadelphia Satur
day he made patriotism concrete and
personal:
"There are some gentlemen in Wash
ington, for example, who are showing
themselves to be patriotic in a way that
does not attract very much attention.
The members of the House and Senate,
who stay in hot Washington and trans
act public business, are performing an
act of patriotism. I honor them for it,
and I am mightily glad to stay there
and stick by them until It Is over."
With respect, the "patriotism" of
these gentlemen attracts a great deal
of attention. It consists In obedience
to Mr. Wilson's will and orders. The
patriotism of Congress lies In being a
docile pupil, the echo and cuckoo of the
Executive, sole and supreme.
"It Is patriotic also, said Mr. Wil
son, "to know the facts." His opinions
or psychological excursions are the
only facts. Persons who accept them
as proofs of Holy Writ are patriots.
COMMITTEE DOT
BREIKING ITS NECK
Philadelphia Contests to Be Held
Over the Heads of the Old
Goard For Awhile
i
AFRAID OF BONNIWELL
Chairman Crow Says That Repub
lican Prospects Are Getting
Better Every Day
Although the steam roller at the
Democratic State headquarters rolled
Judge Eugene C. Bonnlwell, the Phila
delphia executive committeeman, out
flat when he protested against Inter
ference with home rule yesterday It
was noticed that the subcommittee,
to which was referred the contests,
made haste alowly. Indeed, toward
the peaceful twilight it looked as
though Hill and his compatriots who
had been making the contests, were
being used by t the bosses as a club
over the Old Ouard,
The special committee named to
hear the contests for seats on the
Philadelphia city committee after
Bonnlwell had protested that the State
machine should not attempt to butt
into local machines, did not show
much enthusiasm over its Job. It
heard the men who are protesting and
then adjourned to hear the other side
In Philadelphia later In the month.
As the inside committee will not meet
until Fall It looks as though these
cases and the threat to rip out the
city committee were going to be used
In the gentle game of forcing the Old
Guard into line.
Judge Bonnlwell, when besought
for a statement for the mourning or
gan of the machine, made a stereo
typed remark that caused grins.
The Democratic campaign in Dau
phin county will go with a bang in
the early part of September and it is
expected that the
Cumberland and Perry
Home County Democrats will catch
to be Made fire from the explo-
BattlegTound sion. Herr Moesleln,
the county chairman,
and President-Chair
man "Jones, the city chairman, are
planning to have a series of meetings
in the city and county at which some
of the rising young orators of the
community will be given a chance to
try out their lungs. Herr Moesleln
may also take a hand In the speech
making. Candidate McCormick, it is
understood, wilj be liberal to the men
in charge of the machine in the home
county and will attend meetings when
he is home or when the automobile is
being repaired. The two chairmen are
planning to canvass the county and to
give some bucking Democrats a talk
ing to. The home county is to be
made a battleground and these fellows
who talk of It going Republican are
to be sent postal cards.
The hearing of the row between J.
Murray Africa and Joseph E. Lesher
over the chairmanship of the Hunt
ingdon county Demo
cratic ch a lrmanshlp
will be heard in this Huntingdon
city some time late in Troubles to
this month. The spe- Be Heard
clal committee was
ready to take It up yes
terday afternoon, but it was discov
ered that the Huntingdon people had
gone home and that as three days'
notice !~ad not been given nothing was
done. The Democratic machine man
agers are great sticklers for notices
nowadays and will have a formal
hearing. Much comment was caused
at headquarters by the fact that B.
Stiles Duncan, of Duncannon, chair
man of the division containing Hunt
ingdon county, was serving as a mem
ber of the committee in charge. In
the Susquehanna county contest the
committee advised the fighters to get
together.
Glfford Plnchot and Dean Lewis
had a day of experiences in Lacka
wanna county yesterday. From all
accounts things went
wrong almost every-
Pinchot and where. They did not
Lewis Gain have the crowds and
in Experience people thought It too
hot to get stirred up
by the candidates.
When the speakers attempted to hold
a meeting in Carbondale Mayor Mur
rin, a Democrat, stopped It because
it was a violation of a city ordinance
and the two held forth at the station.
When the party left Peckville an in
dignant hotelkeeper chased them be
cause the dean had forgotten to pay
his lunch bill. In Jermyn it was dis
covered by a constable that the auto
mobile did not have a license tag and
the machine was held up. Last night
the candidates spoke in Scranton and
to-day they are In Luzerne county.
Senator William E. Crow, of Fayette
county, chairman of the Republican
State committee, spent Wednesday in
Pittsburgh conferring with a
number of local and West-
Senator ern Pennsylvania Repub-
Crow is llcans. He Is exceedingly
Pleased well pleased with the sit
uation In the State and i»
confident, the whole Repub
lican ticket will be elected this fall.
Chairman Crow expects a large
gathering in Pittsburgh on August 26,
when the State committee convenes to
adopt the platform. All of the State
candidates will be present and a num
ber of Republicans from every county
in Pennsylvania.
The State committee meeting will be
the opening of the campaign. The can
didates will go from Pittsburgh to
Lehigh county, where a large rally will
be held. Chairman Crow expects to
have the nominees In motion from
that time until the November election.
He says the itinerary Is now being
made up and all of the Important
towns will be visited. Most of the
time all of the candidates will appear
together.
I POUTICAI SIDELIGHTS I
—The $33,000 kitty stalked around
the machine headquarters last night
and every member of the Inside com
mittee went home wondering where
it was going to turn up next.
—Palmer's attempt to turn atten
tion from the "kampalgn kittles" by
attacking Penrose's friends was taken
seriously only by the Patriot
—The remarks of the Patriot place
the blame for the dilapidated high
ways on Young and Powell after
months of sidestepping.
—The new Democratic postmaster
of Ashland has gone In, displacing
a widow.
—The Patriot says to-day: "Pow
ell and Toung have fought Attorney
General Bel] for months in an effort
to keep Bigelow from getting hold the
More suits added to-day to take the place of those sold.
BOLTON
Stylish Suit Sale
CASH ONLY Nothing Delivered
license fees." Those fiscal officials.
should pray to be delivered from their !
fool friends.
—The ears of the Dauphin county
faithful are still strained for an an
nouncement of the revenue Jobs.
—For a man who was. rolled out
flat Judge Bonnlwell martaged to re
ceive much consideration from the
machinists.
—The Democratic bosses of the 4th
division will meet next Thursday at
the country home of Division Boss
McCormick where no one will bother
them.
-—Elmer E. Shuey has been ap
pointed postmaster at Ono, Lebanon
county, but he will say Oyes when
the "fiscal agent" comes around.
-—Congressman Palmer will have a
nice time in Washington these days.
—Jim Blakslge, who left the job at
Washington yesterday to help run
the steam roller, says Palmer's lead
ership is the greatest ever.
( OUR DAILY )
A Misunderstand- One Way
In* I wish I could I
First Boarder— prevent our big
Will you pass the rooster from crow
cheese 7 ing at 2 a. m.
Second Boarder That's easy;
—How fast is it have roast rooster
traveling? for dinner.
A Wonder On Bargain Day
What gits me Is,
how I wui oncet Gentlemen —Er-
like dat, me folks where can I find
let me live! the silk counter?
—— Floorwalker
Third battle to the
right.
JUST A LITTLE MISTAKE
By Wing Dinger
Did you feel that shock this morning?
No, It wasn't an earthquake—
"Twas The Patriot admitting
That it made a slight mistake.
Seems they printed in a story
T'other day, the cost would he
For a bandstand down in Steelton,
'Bout $6,000, see?
This stirred up a little rumpus,
'Cause the flgurea should have been
Not BIX thousand, but six hundred—
One too many naughts got In.
I'll concede that It's quite easy
Such an error oft to make,
But, ye gods, to think The Patriot
Would confess to a mistake!
BOOKS and d£j
|!1 MAG^ES^U
The Mexican Laredo lies on a plain
under the heights of the American
city; almost every movement of the at
tack and defense could be witnessed as
plainly as If on a stage In the amphi
theater below. The Rio Grande Is not
deep, and many soldiers would swim
across to get something to eat and
drink, and tnen go back to fight. There
have been no regular pay days for the
Constitutional army, and the strength
of Villa has been his generous distri
bution of the loot among his men, and
that means they must fight for It If the
"ghoat is to walk," and the excursion
party Is to continue.—"Across the Bor
der In Mexico," Joe Mitchell Chappie;
in National Magazine for June.
A Cleveland bookstore writes that
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written for children within the last few
years, and we cannot but feel that this
will rank with such books as Alcott,
Coolrldge and Lucas."
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NEWS DISPATCHES
OF THE CIVIL WAR
[From the Telegraph of July 9, 1864.]
Hepulae at Frederick
Advance of the rebels on Frederick,
Md., has been successfully repulsed l>y
General Lew Wallace.
Proclamation by President
President Lincoln has fixed the first
Thursday In August as a day of fasting
and prayer.
THK RICH MAN AND lUS MONEY
[Philadelphia Publlo Ledger.]
When a rich man dies and leaves
no part of his fortune for any public
benefit, his neglect often provokes ad
verse comment due to the popular
Bense of a failure to acknowledge an
obligation. In the case of one who,
for example has amassed a fortune
through public utilities it Is felt that
liberal public bequests are merely a
fair recognition of the source from
which the wealth was drawn. This
thought has found frequent utterance
of late in this city following the publi
cation of the ••'ills of several million
aires in which no public bequests
whatever appear.
The desire to enjoy in one's life
time the esteem that is the portion of
the philanthropist has led certain rich
men to give of their means liberally to
communal ends, ere there is any ques
tion of litigation over an inheritance,
or the amount accruing to the State
through an Inheritance tax.
There is likely*" to be Increasingly
general sympathy with legislation that
provides for the sequestration by the
State of a considerable portion of
large accumulations of wealth through
the inheritance tax. At present Ala
bama, the District of Columbia, Flor
ida, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, New
Mexico, Rhode Island, South Carolina
have no such law. Here In Pennsyl
vania estates less than $250 are ex
empt, but there is a 5 per cent, tax
on all bequests beyond this amount to
heirs outside the Immediate family
clrclei This is moderate. North Da
kota above $500,000, in the last-named
conditions, takes 15 per cent.; Illinois,
above SIOO,OOO, takes 10 per cent.;
Nevada, Arkansas and West Virginia,
JERAULD
Special For Friday Morning, July 10
300 Pairs Ladies' 'Oxfords at
ONE DOLLAR PER PAIR
These oxfords are from our regular stock and are
perfect, guaranteed as when sold at regular price—
simply not all sizes in any one style. Black, russet,
patent colt. Sizes 2to s^2,principally A and B widths.
Regular $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 grades.
ISO Pairs Men's Oxfords
In black and russet, regular $3.00 to $4.00 grades,
sizes sto 10. Special price for Friday morning.
TWO DOLLARS PER PAIR
JERAULD
310 MARKET
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In new
WJ k £ Mmms. patent
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The Early Morning For t
Refreshing Sleep
It is not necessary to select the cool of the morn
ing to do your ironing.
You can do it with just as much comfort and pleas
ure in the afternoon or evening if you use an Electric
Iron.
$2.00 cash.
under certain circumstances, may go
as high as 25, 24 and 15 per cent.,
respectively, and so on.
The popular prejudice in favor of
distributing one's means ere the tax
collector claims a large or small frac
tion in behalf of the State leads the
public to view with favor the action of
millionaires determined to "die poor";
and the next best thing to win esteem
Is to make a liberal v> r ovlslon for pub
lic purposes In a will. That of Mrs.
Morris K. Jesup Is an exemplary docu
ment. She bequeaths over $8,000,000
to public institutions in a carefully
proportioned distribution, and leaves
several millions more to her next of
kin. The remembrance of the Amer
ican Museum of Natural ■ History with
$5,000,000 Inspires the devout wish
that certain of our own institutions
might enjoy the lavish benefactions
they deserve. The consciousness of
wisdom in well-doing that such a
thoughtful disposal of a large estate
brings to the testator must assure a
personal satisfaction that the mere
pride of possession cannot give.
IN HARRIS BURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
TFrom the Telegraph of July 9, 1864.]
Blnckberrlea Hitch
Blackberries and whortleberries ap
peared in market this morning, but
were high.
Capture a Rebel
Thursday a clerk in a store watched
a man, who said he was going across
the river. He was seized on suspicion
and confessed he was a member of the
rebel army.
SIGNIFICANT PSYCHOLOGY
At the end of May there were 240,000
idle freight cars, the largest number in
years. The Steel Corporation had or
ders on its books for IPSS than 4,000,000
tons, against 8,000,000 at the beginning
of last year. Quite as significant,
money may be borrowed in New York
on three and four months' time at from
2% to 3 per cent.—From a Saturday
Evening Post editorial.
Talcott Williams, the Director of the
School of Journalism In Columbia Uni
versity, has become one of the editors
of the Revision of the New Interna
tional Encyclopedia now In course of
publication*