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WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG. 12
ENGLAND'S REASONS
THE question has been asked re
peatedly, why did England per
mit herself to be led into war
by the mere fact that Germany
had Invaded the neutral nation of
Belgium when she stood quietly by
while the Kaiser's forces prepared for
war on her sworn ally, France?
The attitude of England can be
better understood in Europe than,
here, where the importance of Bel
gium as a "buffer" State between
France and Germany and England
and Germany can be appreciated to
the full. No such friendly relations 1
exist between the neighboring nations
of the continent as are enjoyed be
tween the United States and Canada,
with their thousands of miles of mu
tually undefended boundaries. On
the other hand, the importance to
France, for instance, of having a
"buffer" between herself and Germany
is well illustrated from the fact that
had Belgium not intervened the hos
tilities of the past week would have
been all conducted on French soil at
the expense of French money and
French lives.
In this respect Belgium Is quite as
important to England as to France
as affording a harrier 'between Ger
many and the English coast very val
uable in time of war. It was the
first Napoleon who said, with his
finger on the map of Belgium: "Ant
werp is a gun leveled at the heart of
England." By which he meant that
with Germany or some other powerful
nation in control of Antwerp and the
country surrounding. It would be a
comparatively easy matter to plan and
carry out a quick and effective in
vasion of Great Britain.
It is this fear at the heart of the
English government that has driven
England to take sides with Belgium.
At all costs Belgium, from the Eng
lish view, must not fall Into the hands
of Germany. Besides, it has been
long recognized in England that the
War Lord and the English King must
sooner or later cross swords, and what
more propitious time for England
than the present?
FUSION AS LAST HOPE
NOTHING is more significant of
the fear which grips the hearts
of the Democratic reorganiza
tion bosses than the strenuous
efforts of a few of them to form an
alliance with the ultra-Progressives
at the expense of their associates.
There appears to be little doubt that
McCormick Is trying in every way
possible to have Dean Lewis displaced
on the Washington party ticket and
himself substituted. It seems to be a
case of "every fellow for himself and
the devil take the hlndermost."
Fusion talk has been rife for sev
eral weeks, and under cover of the
war excitement the ambitious little
men who are on the two tickets that
are to be made over—if certain bosses
are successful —for the benefit of
these same bosses, have been busy as
nailers. But Dean Lewis has declared
more than once that there Is nothing
In the fusion talk and A. Mitchell
Palmer, one of the White House
twins, is understood to differ with Mc-
Cormick, the other twin, on the fusion
proposition.
A dispatch to the New York Tri
bune from Oyster Bay says the fusion
deal Involves the joint support of Gif
ford Plnchot for United States Sena
tor and the elimination of Palmer,
the purpose being to defeat, if possi
ble, Senator Penrose. It is all a nice
little scheme to attempt to accom
plish by the impossible mixing of oil
and water what cannot be achieved
In any other way. It may look very
well on paper, but the trend toward
the Republican ticket is so strong
that all the machinations of the men
who feel their feet slipping will avail
nothing.
Palmer knowes that he is more
formidable as a candidate than Pln
chot and that any success of the Pro
gressive movement would be of
mighty little service jn furthering his
political ambitions.
Those who are in touch with the
pollUcal whirligig and understand the
peculiar conditions in Pennsylvania
will give mighty littla consideration
WEDNESDAY EVENING HAJURXSBURG TELEGRAPH AUGUST 12, 1914.
to the fusion talk. The differences of|
the alleged principles which separate
the Democratic and Progressive par
ties are so wide that any combination
on the same ticket would he as gro
tesque as a Jersey match. Colonel
Roosevelt, as is occasionally sug
gested in these hair-brain midsummer
stories, may be willing to further dis
rupt the. Republican party, but -to a
man up a tree the conditions now
seem favorable to pacification rather
than disorganization. The Colonel is
not Itching for further division of the
Repuhlcan strength. Certain of his
followers may he willing to plunge
into political oblivion, as that seems
the only place open to them, but the
ex-President, is not seeking that sort
of a finish if he can help it.
But, assuming that Dean Lewis
steps aside and permits McCormick
to become the candidate of both par
ties for Governor, and that Lewis
then takes second place on the mule
ticket, with such other transfers as
may be forced by the bosses of the
two parties, the outcome would he
the same. Thousands and thousands
of the voters of Pennsylvania have
made up their minds to vote the Re
publican ticket and no fusion scheme
will prevent the overwhelming Re
publican triumph that is as certain as
the coming of election day.
As usual, the Harrisburg soldiers at
Mt. Gretna, as in previous encamp
ments, are maintaining the high stand
ing of the citizen soldiory of this city.
It is creditable to the young men of
to-day that they are keeping step with
those who are marching and maneuver
ing with them in spirit on the famous
Meld.
AMERICAN SHIPPING
FROM ail sides and without re
gard to previous political opin
ion the demand is becoming
insistent that our commerci
shall be free. Speaker Champ Clark
says:
The expectation even before the
war broke out was that 100,000,000
bushels of the wheat crop would be
shipped to Europe. The war will
increase the exportation of wheat
provided there is shipping enough
to carry it.
Big corn and cotton crops are in
sight. A failure to provide or se
cure sufficient shipping facilities to
move these crops of the three great
American staples will paralyze
American agricultural activities
and Incidentally all other activi
ties.
Speaker Clark, out of a long expe
rience In Congress, realizes that fur
ther opposition to a real merchant
marine for Uncle Sam will be bucking
strong public sentiment. He has 'al
ready expressed the hope in the in
terview from which' we quote that
the Senate may speedily pass the bill
which the House sent over to the
Senate, amended or unamended, look
ing to an increase of American ship
ping.
"Freightage ■ from America is the
richest In the world," says the Phila
delphia Ledger.
It amounts to hundreds of millions
of dollars annually. It is not reason
able to suppose that with such a prize
available American capital will
neglect its opportunity, provided there
is nothing in our own law to prevent
the acquisition of ships that are of-,
fered for sale. There are many neu
tral vessels that can be got. There
aro many more, registered under bel
ligerent flags, which will be purchas
able.
It was agreed at a conference in
New York of the National Foreign
Trades Council, which consists of
thirty-five national representative
manufacturers, bankers, merchants,
railroad and steamship men, that
that body collectively standing for
the general interest of all ele
ments engaged in or affected
by foreign trade, should work for
national unity of action in setting
American export and import trade
free from the paralysis of transpor
tation.
Th|e council decided to maintain
daily touch with all its members in
all parts of the United States and with
the numerous commercial and indus
trial organizations which have tele
graphed to It for information regard
ing shipping. Its object is to co
operate with every effective agency
for the extension of American com
merce.
Resolutions were adopted at the
New York conference urging the
prompt passage of the bill now pend
ing in Congress which would provide
immediate means to increase the
American merchant marine. It was
also recommended that the govern
ment at once provide war risk insur
ance at reasonable rates on both the
hulls and cargoes of American ves
sels engaged in over sea trade.
As further showing the changed
attitude of the Democratic leaders on
the question of a merchant marine,
William F. McCombs, chairman of
the Democratic national committee,
returning to New York from a scout
ing expedition after a conference with
the President, said he found every
body more interested in the war and
in protecting himself against financial
loss on account of the war than he
is in politics.
Everywhere the interest is all
absorbing on the proposition of ef
fective legislation looking to the crea
tion of a merchant marine that will
still further increase American com
merce and keep open the lanes of the
sea to 'American Industry. On this
paramount issue a writer in the New
York Sun says:
Never before has a great nation
been afforded such an opportunity
as is now offered the United States
to secure and maintain a merchant
marine commensurate with her size
and rank in the commercial world.
The opportunity has been created
almost over night and must be
grasped almost as quickly—
merchant ships are needed at once,
and as they cannot be built in
time, they must be bought, and
bought Immediately. If the oppor
tunity is to be grasped—grasped it
should be at once, for the financial
situation in this country makes the
securing of the necessary capital
comparatively easy, and there will
shortly be hundreds of foreign
vessels for sale—this country will
enter upon an era of prosperous
foreign trade that even the most
optimistic did not dream of but a
few weeks ago. Already South
America, the Orient and the neutral
countries of the world are trying
for American foodstuffs, farm
products, machinery and practically
every commodity, for the great Eu
ropean war has completely de
moralized and upset the commerce
of the world.
["EVENING CHAN
People officially connected with the
new borough of Paxtang are com
mencing to realize that service as offi
cials of a municipality just created en
tails an amount of negotiation and
work that is little appreciated by
those who have never been through it.
The organization of the machinery of
the council und the school board is
the least of the detail to be handled.
Take the borough matters, for In
stance. The borough has to arrange
with Swatara township for its share
of the township tax. This tax is used
for roads and administrative purposes
and it was one of the reasons ad
vanced for the establishment of the
borough that the residents of Paxtang
got next to nothing in the way of road
improvement or maintenance for the
taxes they paid. Other matters will
also have to be adjusted and then the
borough will arrange with the State
as to what it must ou about maintain
ing the state highway which crosses
the new municipality. The Paxtang
school board will have to reach an
agreement with the Swatara township
school board about the allowance to
he made for the schoolhouse property
in the borough and apportion any
debts. Then the borough Is entitled
to a certain share of taxes for school
purposes collected in the township
prior to the creation of the borough.
Another point to settle will be the
education of children living adjacent
to Paxtang but not within the limits.
There are about sixteen such pupils
and they will either be allowed to
attend Paxtang school and payment
made for them or else the township
will open a school for them. Starting
a borough is a good hit like getting
housekeeping started. There are a
lot of adjustments to be made and
things turn up of which the persons
interested never dream until they
bump into them. But after a while
things get going and everyone is
happy.
Friends of ex-Governor Edwin S.
Stuart in this city have sent him their
congratulations on his election as a
member of the Federal Reserve Board,
which was announced a few days ago.
Since leaving the governorship the
former governor has been active in
affairs Iri Philadelphia, having been
elected to a number of boards, and is
being mentioned as a possible mayor,
although he has been discouraging the
use of his name.
People who watched yesterday's
storms say that the city was visited 'by
four distinct storms. Whether this is
true or not the weather observer does
not say, but there was a succession of
showers, culminating in a couple of
hard rains that swept the streets clear
and caused the usual amount of
trouble on hillside streets.
Just what actuated several people
to visit the top of the Capitol dome
during yesterday's storm could not he
told, hut there were several * persons
noticed on the narrow halconv far up
over the city just about the time the
2 o'clock storm broke. They were
standing holding to the railing and
apparently facing a stiff wind. Sud
denly they ducked and went inside, it
being" evident th.it rain had struck
them. About three minutes later rain
began to fall hard in Third street far
beneath them. There are some odd
places to he in a storm and the top of
the Capitol is one of them.
People around telegraphic offices
these days are taking a big interest
in war stuff and occasionally people
who know dots and dashes can get an
inkling. However, the use of code is
so general now that unless a man is
hooked up he is liable to get hold of
the wrong thing. For example. Eng
land is just EG; Russia is RITS; Tur
key is TK. and so on. Of course
there are all sorts of combinations on
these words and others. Just how
they are worked out may be under
stood when it is said that champion
of the world is sent just plain COW.
To-day was a peach market and
there were tons and tons of the lus
cious fruit on sale about the city.
Rome of the baskets offered were at
prices which were lower than known
In years and which mav not be
reached again for a long,"long time.
The thrifty housewives are buying
their peaches for canning now, be
cause next winter they will be worth
something, as Europe will be buving
our fruit.
I WEIL KNOWN PEOPLE"!
—John Rach McMaster, the Phila
delphia historian, about whose safety
fears were entertained, has been heard
of In ljondon.
—S. C. Purves, the Philadelphia
hanker, has returned from a month's
vacation.
—P. C. Knox and his family are at
White Sulphur, Va.
—William H. Peck, elected to the
Reserve Board, is president of the
Third National, one of the big banks
of Scranton.
THE ANTI-BOSS CAMPAIGN
I From the New York Sunl
Dispassionately considered, the Col
onel's plight with respect of the Pro
gressive nomination for Governor pre
sents itself thus:
On the issue of bosslsm Harvev D
Hinman assured the Colonel he held
sound Progressive principles. There
upon the Colonel decreed his selection
as the Progressive candidate for Gov
ernor. No sooner had this been done
than certain mentally defective Pro
gressives, irreverently and audaciously
applying the doctrine anti-bossism
to the practical affairs of their party
impertinently began to question Mr!
Hinman as to his acceptance of other
articles of their creed.
This inconsiderate conduct compelled
the Colonel to order his followers not
to bother Mr. Hinman on these sub
jects, while at the same time he urged
upqn Mr. Hinman the high desirability
of certain concessions to the recalci
trant Progressives In the way of In
dorsement of the Initiative, the'referen
dum. the recall and votes for women
In spite of all, some grumbling Pro
gressives have refused to cease direct
ing their inquiries to Mr. Hinman, and
that gentleman remains obdurate in
declining to revise his political beliefs
to relieve the situation.
Surely no crusader against bossism
ever found himself In a more embar
rassing predicament than that from
which the Colonel now surveys the
party of his creation.
NATURAL CURIOSITY
Prisoner —Your honor, I should like
to have my case postponed. My lawyer
is sick.
Judge—But you were caught with
your hand in the gentleman's pocket,
what can your counsel say In your
denfence?
Prisoner—That's just what I am curi-
I OUB to know. .
FUSION KING
111 SUE TODAY
Dean Lewis Talking It Over With
the Colonel Where the Waves
Wash Oyster Bay
M'CORMICK IS TOO ANXIOUS
Has Everything to Gain if a Deal
Can Be Pulled Through
With Bull Moosers
The scheme to better Vance C. Mc-
Cormick's chances for Governor by
sacrificing all Democratic nominees
to the Bull Moosers in return for their
endorsement of the Harrisburger Is
hanging in the balance to-day. Mc-
Cormick is willing to throw everyone
off the ticket to save himself and
Senatorial Candidate A. Mitchell Pal
mer and William T. Creasy, candi
date for Lieutenant-Governor, are
willing to retire from the hopeless
tight to let the Little Boss have a bet
ter show. Some of the Bull Moosers
are willing to take up with McCor
mick, much as they distrust him, for
the sake of helping Gilford Pinchot,
their candidates for Senator, but
William Draper Lewis, the Washing
ton party candidate for Governor, said
yesterday that he was not inclined to
retire and then hurried off to Oyster
Bay to consult with Colonel Hoosevelt
about matters. The fusion proposi
tion will be put up to the supreme
chief and within forty-eight hours it
will be known what is to be done.
The fusion game has been under
way for some time. Palmer has been
willing because his tight against Pen
rose is hopeless and McCormick wants
it to help him make a showing. Re
cently it was upset by refusal of
Roosevelt to stand for it. Lately
Progressives have been wondering
what the Colonel is driving at, his re
fusal to speak at Scranton on Labor
Day and his pronounced attitude
against Wilson's administration. Some
fear that he has decided to let the
Pennsylvania Progressives shift for
themselves. Hence the visit of the
Dean to-day.
It is possible that even if Lewis
should agree to get off the ticket in
favor of the Little Boss that some of
the other Demo
cratic candidates
would refuse to go Democrats
along with his May Buck on
scheme. William ProiMjsltlon
N. McNair, candi
date for Secretary
of Internal Affairs, will not withdraw
and some of the Democratic candi
dates for Congress-at-large are said
to be resolutely opposed to making
sacrifices of themselves in favor of
Bull Moosers whose national policies,
as enunciated by Boosevelt, are all
against Wilson, or to offer themselves
up to help McCormick. Just how Mc-
Cormick, who poses as the defender
of Wilson hereabouts, could make
deals with Bull Moosers on con
gressional nominations is not eluci
dated at the State headquarters.
The clouded Democratic outlook,
the possibilities of fusion and the
problems of patronage, prospective
and already divided,
were themes of con-
Bosses In versation until far into
Conference the night at the coun
at Night try home of McCor
mick last night. The
men who "conferred,"
according to the Patriot, were Big
Boss Palmer, little Boss McCormick
and "Farmer" Creasy. During,the
day Creasy and A. Nevin Detrich,
chairman of the Washington party,
had a talk on various matters, but
they denied that fusion had been
mentioned, although they formed a
point of contact. It will be noticed
that McNair was not at the confer
ence and neither were any of the
Democrats candidates for f'ongress
at-large. Palmer went back to Wash
ington this morning instead of accom
panying McCormick and Creasy on
their barnstorming tour to northeast
ern counties. He does not appear to
be enthusiastic about midsummef
campaigning when it will all have to
be done over again in the Fall, and,
anyway, he is not hurrahing over the
outlook.
Congressman Robert E. Dieffen
derfer, a reorganization pet, has de
cided to quit the contest over the
Democratic nomina
tion for Congress in
the Bucks - Mont- Congressional
goraery district, lie Struggles Are
was beaten in Bucks Causing Worry
and decided/ to
throwup the sponge
in Montgobery. He gives way to a
brother of Webster Grim. The news
of Dieffenderfer's overthrow Jolted the
bosses while here yesterday. It is
said that at the Democratic windmill
there are grave fears for FraJtk L.
Dershem, who is running in the Sev
enteenth district, and that both he
and A. R. Brodbeck, in the York-
Adams district, are likely to go down
because of post office appointments.
The appointments of postmasters at
Thompsontown and Orbisonla have
made trouble for Dershem, already
bothered by appointments in Union
and Snyder.
Senator Boies Penrose will come
here from Mt. Gretna late this after
noon and remain in the city until to
morrow afternoon,
when he will attend
Penrose Due the farmers' picnic
in City This at Boiling Springs.
Kvening The Senator plans to
meet a number of
representative rail
roadmen while in the city this evening
to discuss legislation, and men from
nearby counties will be here to see
him. The Senator spoke yesterday in
Philadelphia to the grand convention
of the Brotherhood of America on the
place America is occupying. He will
go to Chambersburg and vicinity after
leaving Boiling Springs to-morrow.
On August 22 he will visit Scranton,
where a big reception will be given
for him.
POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS I
—Dean plans to continue his
speaking tour to-morrow and will go
right into Blakslee's county.
—McCormick and Creasy have
picked nice weather for their tours.
—The dean does not show much
intention of quitting.
—William Flinn is said to have de
termined to let politics drift for an
other month.
—Farmers' roads will lead to Boil
ing Springs to-morrow afternoon.
—Ryanites in Philadelphia say fu
sion with Bull Moosers would be in
famous inview of Roosevelt's attacks
on the national administration.
—Of course, Palmer and Creasy
are willing to quit. They don't see
why they should be dragged around
as part of a show.
—ln event of fusion what would
the Democratic windmill do about
Roosevelt's Pittsburgh speech in
which he pitched iato the national
administration. ,
4
CIURTEHS GRUNTED
IT CAPITOL TODAY
Farmers Organize Hardware and
Fertilizer Companies to
Handle Business
The following State charters have
been granted:
Hetzel Lumber Company, Pitts
burgh, capital $8,000; Johnstown Bros.
Paint Company, New Castle, capital
$10,000; Jaffa Coal Mining Company,-
Brisbin, capital $5,000; Washington
Development Company, Washington,
capital $30,000.
Bird Real Estate and Improvement
Company, Wesleyvllle, capital $33,400;
Farmers Hardware Company, Inc.,
Westfleld, Tioga county, capital $5,-
000; Robert Scott and Son, flowers,
Sharon Hill, capital $35,000; Scranton
National Paving Company, Scranton,
capital $5,000; Espy Hume Fertilizer
Company, Espy, capital $5,000; Elk
Dairy Products Company, St. Mary's,
capital $10,000; Courtland Building
and Loan Association, Philadelphia,
capital $1,000,000.
( OUR DAILY LAUGH ]
AOM of High . aJ:
I den* Dead
Don't you think . How's business
ft Is wrong to 'JJ New York,
marry for a home? Hiram.
Certainly; I Awful dead! I
should marry for w « s '«* Broadway
nothing less than on ® _ T.j .? y
an apartment a . n< l }■ 1 ? e .° a
hotel ' single load of hay
moving anywhere
HOYT They Do It
These Girls I have Invented
a new dance.
I wonder how What do you
old you are? call it?
I just told you The Wall Street
my age. Wallop. You
Yes; that's what swing corners,
set me to wonder- change partners
ing. and side step.
'TWAS KVKR THUS
By Wing Dinger
I ran across a fellow,
About two months ago,
Who kicked about the weather.
He said, "I'll tell you, bo,
This dry spell's going to put all
The crops upon the bum,
And things will cost like sixty
If rain don't shortly come."
I saw this same chap Monday,
He's on his vacashe now,
And on the same old subject
He kicked up quite a row.
He said, "It beats the dickens
How dry the weather stays
For months till my vacation,
And then it rains for days."
OUR LINE OF PIANOS
Merits your consideration hecauso
they are the products of the World's
Best Makers. J. H. Troup Muslo
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[From the Telegraph. Aug. 12, 18641
llrokc Cniup
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 12. —General
Sheridan's command broke camp at
Halltown yesterday afternoon and
marched to Berryvllle. on the Win
chester pike, where it arrived yester
day afternoon without much opposi
tion.
Kveulng Star Arrives
New York, Aug. 12.—The Evening
Star, from New Orleans on the fith Inst.,
arrived at this port this morning. Mrs.
Banks, wife of General Banks, and her
family were among the passengers.
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Richelieu & Ontario Division
Vacation Trips
Now Schedule
(Effective July 28th)
Every Sunday, Tuenday,
Thursday and Saturday.
Steamer "Rochester" leaves
Toronto and Charlotte
(Rochester Port) and Clayton
for Thousand Islands, and
through the Rapids to Mon
treal. Quebec, Saguenay River,
Gulf of St. Lawrence and
Labrador.
For particulars write:
IS East Swan Street,
(Ellicott Sq.), Buffalo.
W. F. CLONET, District Fan. A|eat
[EDITORIAL COMMENT 1
THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.j
The administration is fortunate
that it will escape more than general
observation in the immediate future.
Congress can work more or less under
cover. The anti-business crusade is
hidden by war fog. We surmise, how
ever, that protagonists of American
commercial achievement beyond the
seas will hold the nation's attention
hereafter. We enter an era calling for
constructive men; the page of incono
clasm for constructive men; the page
of inconoclasm has been turned. The
Democracy, apparently hopelessly
whipped, has providentially been given
a second chance. If, as seems improb
able, it suddenly verges to constructive
legislation and administration, if it sus
tains a policy that actually begins the
rehabilitation of the merchant marine,
if it is able to minimize the effects of
the war by wise aceptance of the op
portunities It offers, it may oe ablo to
beat back the tide which for months
has been setting against it. If, on the
other hand, it is a short war, and the !
conduct of American affairs during its
progress Is characterized by Incapacity
and subterfuge, the great Democratic
majority in the House will melt into
an innocuous minority.
The Kaiser and King George are
cousins and the mother of the Czar and
of King George are sisters; so it is a
sort of a family quarrel.— Philadelphia
Ledger.
I IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
I YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph, Aug. 12, 1864]
Milk (ioen Up
On and after Monday next, the price ]
of new milk will be 10 cents per quart;
skimmed milk, 5 cents; cream, 16 cents. |
Roliltrd of $.lO
A man named John Carson, of Mer- '
cersburg. was robbed of about SSO at |
the depot yesterday.
I
TEUTON AND SLAV
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.] J
Tf Austria-Hungary's ambitious plans j
for expansion southward to Salonica ]
had materialized, the Dual Monarchy
would have become more overweighted
than ever with non-German popula- I
tions. Instead of being one-fifth Ger- '
man. it would have become one-seventh I
or one-eighth German. The Slav peo- |
pies have never been Germanized, nor :
have the other non-German elements, j
If Austria-Hungary should enlarge lis |
territory at the end of the present war i
it would be more than ever a conglom- |
erate of races, loosely held together and :
without anv nationalizing ties. The |
cause of Pan-Germanism would hardly
be helped thereby. German Austria!
has never assimilated the subject races, 1
and Prussia's experience with Schles
wlg-Holstein. Prussian Poland and j
Alsace-Lorraine points similarly to the
conclusion that the German body poll- I
tic has only a minimum of assimila- |
tive power.
So far as the present war Is con- j
cerned. the cry of Teuton against Slav j
is a delusion. Nor can much more i
value be allowed to the pica that Ger- i
many Is fighting the battle of West- I
ern European civilization against the I
Eastern European races. Tt would lie
a queer championship of Western Eu
ropean civilization which arrayed Ger-!
many and Austria-Hungary—the lat- !
ter four-fifths non-German—against i
Great Britain, Belgium and France. )
TO A WEATHER-BEATEN LID
[From the New York Tribune.]
My old straw hat has served me well
Through many years and gosh! it
Makes me so mad to hear Ma tell
How she would love to wash It.
Why scrub that lid? Ifs present stage
Of cleanliness won't harm me.
Ain't she got no respect for age?
Why needlessly alarm me? <
She says: "I'll make it look like new;
They'll think you've bought another." |
But I just shrug and scowl; for you
Can't argue with a mother.
|
Tou bet I'd rather be a tramp
Than hear the boys all holler:
"Well, look ivlio's here!" and "Will
you lamp
That New Straw For One Dollar!"
FREDDIE.
"My Sanitary Kitchen ||
The housewife who uses Gas for cooking', heat
j; ing water and ironing is proud to show visitors I!
; | into the kitchen. |[
How often have you heard that warning cry, !j
j; "Oh, don't go in there—it's a sight!"
Well, that was not an All-Gas Kitchen—it was
!; a coal'and ashes kitchen.
See our new special Cabinet Gas Ranges selling !j
1j at $24.(30 and up.
Other Gas Ranges $16.00 and up.
Easy terms.
We will gladly send a representative on re- ||
j I quest.
HARRISBURG GAS CO.
I — —)
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Finish Lumber
I
! with beautiful natural
j grain makes an attrac
i tive appearance.
Smooth, good qual
j ity lumber costs no
more than ordinary
lumber when you con
! sider the time and
| work it saves the car
| penter.
Our smooth finish
| lumber is bright in col-
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from pitch and knots.
We .shall be pleased
I to show you our stock.
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