6 BARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Btttbluhid iSjl PUBLISHED BT THE TELEGRAPH PR INT I*o OUk fe. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Treas** F. R. OYSTER, Secretary. BUS M. STEIMMETZ, Managing Editor. Published every evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, 11< Federal Square. Xastern Office, Fifth Avenue Bulldlnff, New York City. Haebrook. Story A Brooks. "Western Office, 113 Weat Madlae* •treat, Chicago, 111* Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at SB.OO a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg as eecond class matter. ®The Association of Amar- ( 1 ■can Advertisers has ex- , 1 a mined and certified to i' the circulation of this pub- i , I Dcation. The figures of circulation i 1 i 1 contained in the Association's re* i 1 ! 1 port only are guaranteed. 11 Association ef American Advertisers 1 . , No. 2333 Wfiittkill Bld|. N. Y. City ! ■worn dally average (or the month mi August, 1914 * 24,039 <s■ Average for the year 1915—21,577 Average for the year 1912—31,175 Average for the year 1911—18351 Average for the year 191®—17.4M TELEPHONES! sen Private Branch Exchange No. 1944. United Business Office, 208. Editorial Room 586. Job Dept. tft. THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 17. SKELETON FUSION THAT portion of the Washington party State organization domi nated by William Flinn and the machine element of the Demo cratic party in Pennsylvania fused yesterday on the nomination for Gov ernor by the substitution of Vance C. McCormick for the faint-hearted William Draper Lewis, who was the nominee ln an open primary for the chief magistracy of the State. While this action Is hailed as a great achievement by certain politicians, it Is really but a skeleton fusion —for personal advantage on both sides. William Flinn does not control the Progressives of the State. That was demonstrated yesterday when several men who have been Roosevelt men from principle and from the very In ception of the movement, refused to accept the wealthy low tariff Demo cratic candidate without protest. Other men who have been in the Progress ive fight were absent and others have denounced the whole business as a deal. William Flinn handed over the nomination to McCormick with an air of a man who was transferring to one for whom he personally cared little a very disagreeable burden. McCor mick accepted the nomination because he thought it might help him, but he was unable to conceal his realization that it was a group of field marshals that was joining his colors, and let slip a commendation of the President whom Colonel Roosevelt denounces. McCormick goes on two tickets for Governor. He will probably be on more. He had the support of part of the Democrats. Yesterday he se cured the support of part of the Pro gressives. There are some other skele ton organizations which through ha tred. prejudice or cash might be in duced to put his name on top of their ballots. THEN AND NOW THE decision of the United States Government not to pass upon the charges of atrocities In con nection with the European war is wise. We could not hope, out of the mass of contradictory evidence produced, to arrive at a fair and un biased conclusion at this time. Prob ably the very fact that the charges have been filed will cause all of the belligerents to be more careful in the future. The horror the English now express over the alleged misoonduct of the Germans sounds much like the ex pressions of our own people when the English invaded the United States In 1814 and burned the Capitol at Wash ington. Referring to incidents of that period, Nlles' Weekly Register of Sep tember, 1814, says: The hate with which we have al ways said Great Britain regarded us Is now exhibited by a Goth like war. The shores of the Chesa peake are lighted by the flames of farm houses and cottages, hitherto respected ln war. and the fruits of the earth are wantonly consumed by the invader's torch. Whatever of private property pleases him he lays hold of as a prize; and wick edly destroys what he can not carry away. Household furniture has been a favorite object of his ven geance, and negroes and tobacco are his darling spoils. Substitute names and places and the foregoing would sound like an English newspaper account of German depre dations In Belgium. THE BOY AND THE FRUIT TREE ALL moral authorities condemn the small boy for stealing fruit. Yet when the orator comes back to his native town for Old Home Week he seems to count his kid record as a fruit stealer as one of his assets. At least he delights in recount ing these exploits. Many people en tertain the subconscious feeling that the boy who doesn't raid the neigh borhood is lacking ln Initiative and not likely to succeed ln life. Let It be admitted that the sedate and peace-loving citizen, standing be wildered amid *he shadows of a raided orchard, constitutes a picture having humorous aspects. Over the fence he hears the sound of scamper ing legs, with an accompaniment of suppressed giggles. He is helpless in the darkness to pursue the elusive THURSDAY EVENING. youngsters. It Is funny,'but somehow lie falls to get the point of the Joke. Also, there la the view-point of the gardener. Raising fruits and vege tables Is his sport. Just as baseball Is the boy's. If a gang of young toughs from the next street, while the boys have left the ball field to get a drink o* water, slinks in and purloins the bat, ball, mitts and gloves, the verdict of boydom is that the thieves are sneaks, and deserve a thrashing. They usually get it. Perhaps at that moment of time the kldlets Can realize how the gar dener feels at the losa of the fruit of the grape vine or melon patch on which he has spent many hours of labor. in many localities people have given up the home garden, as they can't get the fruit. Even vegetables are dug up by organized gangs of prowlers. They come armed with bags at night and stock up for the winter. All which tends to make the do mestic and charming pursuit of gar dening unpopular. Yet it seems a laudable avocation and one to be en couraged. It helps a bit toward high cost of living, and promotes health and contentment. Hence there are still old-fashioned people who con sider stealing fruit as very much like stealing baseballs or money. THRIFT CAMPAIGN PLANS IT is proposed by the American So ciety for Thrift that October be Thrift Month, during which every effort shall be made to get a far larger proportion of consumers than in the past on a cash basis and to make a "fresh start" toward thrift. Bills which are allowed to run by people who have ample Incomes add to the cost of their living and the liv ing of others. War may wake us up. The public generally has become easy prey to the schemes by which food prices are run up on any pretext. It would be folly to boost prices on the pretext of the European war. at this stage of it. If the public was as thrifty as the French public, for instance. If housewives generally knew the value of the things they buy, and if men recognized the importance of thrift and the simplicity in the education of their children, we would have in the United States to day, with the. European war begin ning, a more encouraging prospect. As it is. some decisive steps must be taken systematically to arouse the public to need for greater thrift, greater respect for thrift, less ex travagance and more simplicity of liv ing, or the cost of living will go to in tolerable heights and result ln untold hardships for the wage earners, the small-salaried class and the small tradesmen. Judge Volney G. Gunnel), of the Juvenile Court of Ogden, Utah, wrote thus: "That instruction ln and much effort towards return to the purpose and practice of thrift lies before us as a pressing need, goes without saying. "Perhaps the majority of children that come into the Juvenile court are the fruit, or their conduct and the con ditions are the result of the lack of thrift, immediate or remote. Seeking amusement, indifference to the saving of time and money, and a lack of the sense of personal responsibility, char acterizes our young people to an alarming extent, and older ones are to a great extent the same." SERIOUS NATIONAL MENACE YMPATHY for the Southern cot ton growers, who to-day are fac ial ing the prospect of heavy losses on their crops, should not blind us to the great danger which lurks in Secretary McAdoo's proposal to em ploy cotton warehouse receipts as a basis for the Issue of bank currency, according to the Boston Commercial Bulletin. The thing which must be constantly borne In mind is the economic law that the cheaper currency tends to drive the dearer currency out of cir culation. No power on earth, whether it be Czar, King. Parliament or Con gress. can permanently check the op eration of this law. It Is as Inevitable as the ebb and flow of the tide. In crease the silver or the paper cur rency beyond certain well-defined limits and the displacement of an equal amount of gold is an absolute certainty. Increase the volume of cheaper currency without regard to considerations of prudence and the time will come when gold will entirely disappear from the ordinary channels of trade. That the government acted wisely in authorizing the Issuance of na tional bank currency ln accordance with the provisions of the Aldrlch- Vreeland law of 1908 may be con ceded. Let it not he forgotten, how ever, that the law In question was designed to be used only in time of emergency. Authorizing, as it does, the use of a varied assortment of bonds, securities and commercial pa per as security for national bank notes, it leaves the door open for an enormous increase in paper currency unattended by a corresponding In crease In gold reserves. Here, then, Is a measure which, however bene ficial It might prove to be temporarily, would be calculated to drive gold out of circulation in the long run. If Secretary McAdoo's suggestion is sound, there is no good reason why •warehouse certificates for hundreds of other classes of merchandise should not constitute the basis for currency. Why are not wheat, com, barley, sugar or. for that matter, dry goods, boots and shoes and other articles as suit able for the purpose in question as cotton? On what grounds could the Secretary of the Treasury yield abun dant aid to the cotton growers and refuse any assistance to many another kind of producers with equal claims upon the attention of a paternalistic government? The scheme is fundamentally unsound, and unless the country speedily wakes up to the fact we shall again be launched into a tumultuous sea of fiatism. The time to lock the barn door is before the horse Is stolen. So. too, the time to avert the danger of flatlsm Is while we are still on an actual gold basis. , 1 EVENING CHAT I An interesting feature in connec tion with the Inventory of the assets of Pennsylvania, to which reference was made last night, is the fact that it will include the moneys In hand. On the day the inventory is closed the total amount of the State cash will be taken and It will be seen where it stands in active accounts. But it will also he seen that the state is not only out of debt, but that It has a surprls .Bi , 'aJ'ge sum accumulated in its sinking fund over and above all evi dences of debt. Incidentally, it will 8 »°iT' t ' le ver >" interesting fact that while the Commonwealth is out of debt it owes money to itself. Last [year the state paid off the last of the I outstanding public honds. There re main some old non interest bearing and other loans on which interest ended long ago, but which the holders have never presented, although the £ a sh awaits them. Then there are a half million of Agricultural script | bonds, which bear 6 per cent. The state owns these and the interest goes |to State College, so that the state makes an appropriation to the college |in that form. These bonds will fall due in about ten years and the* Cash for them and for $17,000 of proceeds | of the sale of a farm, bonds for which are also held by the state, Is in hand But the state will Vie paying Interest to Itself for a while. But over and above all these evidences of-debt, and they do not aggregate $650,000, the State has In cash to-day $153.514.»!> for redemption of debts which it does not owe. The accumulation of a sink ing fund must go on while any debts remain unpaid. It's a funny thing to be out of debt and yet be piling up cash to meet debts. A company of blackbirds mobilized ln spitol Park the other morning ?i < c |] aß . ed t * le fatl ' az '" Pigeons to the tall timbers. The birds were port of a corps that has been hanging around here for some weeks and ap parently sized up the Capitol Park as a happy feeding ground. About fortv landed during the middle of the morning when visitors were scatter ing around peanuts and commenced to harass the pigeons. They would wait until people went away and then start'after the nuts. For a while the acti\e. pugnacious birds bossed the place and did not scare even for the squirrels. People who have eaten peaches in apitol Park have been surprised to see the squirrels scamper after the stones Every day there are people who take their lunches to the benches under the trees and have a flock of ? squirrels for company. Yes it, a " v a couple of peachstones were a . P'Reons who became too v. a Pe ,hej * w *re snapped buried squ ' rrels and c «rted off to be faiV ar « rl^ burß * ot back ,0 lts regular 8 rld ® as a convention city yes ?re were no less than six meetings of general importance in progress This is the first week in months in which there have been im t doings and between the vari lurs2e"l"Ss on Capitol Hill, the Bull Moosers the sealers. Slovak Unionists much r d a oin 0 g ad Cng ' neers there was ™ e ® tin K yesterday and while *i a,n . no P olitit *s in this col ™.nn ™fL r< L Worth . n o«ng. William n ?. t ? d ,three times on one ques- Thls Js possible only in a Bull Moose meeting. Flinn did it because he was there as a member and had burirh ro Hirt S '»i, A ' ®nyder, of Pitts buigh. did the same thing. It was put down one and add two. During the afternoon someone nofert h m With u SOTTIe war bulletins d ™ n on the hack of a letter. I lie wars going on. The German* began* 1 " 11 * * Stand '" wasthe U* ®°' s Brumm," re torted a man near him who wanted to battles Schuylklll vp teran of many TV hen the meeting came to an end someone proposed three cheers for « Th «>' were given with a will and when the tumult died awav i WBS . he J ar<l ,he shr,n v °lce of k „ A ? d ,h,s is what he said : Mccormick: ChCerS for "All the news. Buy the Telegraph." The picturesque stream that for forty years or more flowed through Bonnymeads. the Boyd estate bevond Mirn£? S ;>, . BU ,PPlled power that turned the wheels in Welker's Mill, will soon be without a Job—so far as supplying motive power for grinding the grain is concerned. And the stream and dam will figure merelv as T^^£ioi» P . 0 } s . a,( ? n e the great estate. Electricity Is to be used for operating the mill and the changing of the ma chinery is now under way. Incident ally a portion of the dam Is being torn out and only enough of the ob structlon will remain to preserve the natural beauty of the scenery. Work on the installation of the electric ser vice by the local electric light com pany is keeping apace with the par tial demolition of the dam. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —Francis Fisher Kane, federal dis trict attorney, is able to be about at Philadelphia after a severe Illness. —A. B. Johnson, the Philadelphia manufacturer, is addressing meetings in support of the foreign trade move ment. —Frank E. Rooney. Altoona street commissioner, is pushing big sewer Improvements in his town to care for building operations that are due in the spring. —James E. Porter is the new head of the Pittsburgh credit men. —Dr. Brumbaugh plays golf for his recreation. I DO YOU KNQW ?"[ That Harrisburg engines make / the electricity for lighting post offices in Chicago? j EDITORIAL COMMENT! Once more we are all reminded that the Southern statesmen are in the saddle. Their handling of the river and harbor appropriation bill is scan dalous. —Philadelphia Inquirer. | The Des Moines Capital Is the first In the field with the nomination of Dr. Brumbaugh for the Presidency in 1916.—Public Ledger. "A PLAIN DtTCHMAIf" Doctor Brumbaugh describes himself as "a plain Pennsylvania Dutchman." This State has had a good many "Dutch" Governors. Of the twenty flve men who have held that office since the United States Constitution went Into effect, more than half have had German blood in their veins. What ex-Governor Pennypacker calls the regime of the Pennsylvania Dutch Governors began in 1808 with Simon Snyder. Before that a different type of men like Thomas McKean had held the highest State office. Following Snyder there was a long line of German Governors, including Joseph Hiester. George Wolfe. Joseph Ritner and John A. Shulze.—"Girard" .in Philadelphia Ledger. ' . HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH BILL FLU PUIS M'COHICK OVER Carries Out Fusion Plan After Op position of Strenuous Kind Is Manifested / DEMOCRATS CHEER IT ON f Many Prominent McCormick Men Among the Noisemakers at Chestnut Street Hall Vance C. McCormick, Democratic candidate for Governor and Wilson tariff man, was late yesterday after noon made nominee of the Washing ton party for Governor hy the grace of William Flinn and after a light. Predictions that the forcing: of Mc- Cormick on the Progressive ticket as the successor William Draper Lewis would not he effected without a row were abundantly verified and while eighty-two were reported as voting for McCormick, one voted for Judge C. N. Brumm and six refused to vote. Lewis appeared in person to urge McCormick's nomination and Flinn made a speech in which he confessed that only a remnant of the Washing ton party was left by saying that un less the people opposed to Republicans united they would be wiped out. He got around the fact that the tariff principles of the Democrats and Wash ingtonians are directly opposite by saying the whole questions this year were State issues, notwithstanding the disturbed condition of business and the idle workmen and stored freight cars are the result of Democratic tariff tinkering and A. Mitchell Pal mer's metal tariff schedule. Flinn had enough of his stalwarts and enough proxies to do anything and he nominated McCormick by machine methods and then had McCormick ap pear to make a speech in which he agreed with all that Flinn had said. Although most of the people at the meeting realized that Flinn was get ting rid of a big load and had found an "angel" for the Washington party Opposition treasury there were Voiced in some men who were Sharp Terms true to the principles of the Progressive party and who re fused to accept a Democrat, while others demanded to know whether the party was to be the mere tail to the Democratic kite and to help make Pennsylvania Democratic in 1916. Judge Brumm criticised Lewis for withdrawing without consulting the executive committee and said that if there was to be "an ignominious sur render" fifty per cent, of the Progres sives would either not vote or would go for Brumbaugh. He said that the people of tho State will never consent to certain national issues "that con front us to-day." Then he said that if the Democrats took down Palmer the problem would be solved, wind ing up with the suggestion that the committee take two weeks recess as he wanted to find out whether the party was to "be made merely the tools of ambitious politicians." The committee would not take a recess be cause Flinn told it not to and went to a vote. That vote will be one of the things that will haunt the Flinn machine and Candidate McCormick. Robert K. Young, treasurer of the party; Judge Brumm and C. A. Wade, of Men Who Schuylkill; W. P. Young Refused and M. Straw-bridge, of to Vote Montgomery, and M. P. Miller, of Lancaster, re fused to vote. The Fulton man voted for Brumm, but when the judge ob jected turned in for McCormick. The Huntingdon man voted for Brumm and stuck, refusing to line up for McCormick. Eighty-two votes,. were thus obtained for McCormick, three being cast by Flinn alone. Mr. Young, whose Progresslvlsm was announced last year, said he refused to vote for McCormick for sentimental and prac tical reasons. T. K. Ober, of Mont gomery, said it was time to decide whether the party was to become tail to the Democratic donkey. All through the meeting there was an undercur rent of objection. But the machine was working well. In accepting the nomination McCor mick gave the Bull Moosers a chill. Having the prize in his grasp he blurted out this state- ment of his hostility McCormick to the tariff stand of Reiterates Roosevelt: "I recog- Demoeracy nize that on national issues questions of national policy, we are not united. But I realize, fellow citi zens, that I would be untrue to my convictions as a man who fought for the nomination and for the election of Woodrow Wilson for President of the United States, If I did not say here that X am profoundly gratified with the extraordinary administration ho has given us, just as you men are proud of your great leader. Theodore Roosevelt." One of the features of the meeting and one that attracted much attention was the enthusiastic manner in which votes for McCormick were greeted and every reference to the Demo- L/ybarger cratic tariff reformer Out of the after his nomination Forgettery was assured but this was soon understood when Jesse L. Lybarger, Democratic candidate for the House, was seen on the sidelines with a select set of noise makers. When the time came to bring in the wealthy candidate Lybarger was overjoyed and accompanied McCor mick to the front of the hall and took a seat In full view. Prior to that he had given the information to the State committee that McCor mick was In the city and could be produced. It was a proud day for Jesse. He was out of the Patriot's Forgettery and wanted all to know it. There were almost as many Demo crats as Bull Moosers attending the meeting and if permitted they would have run the meeting for Flinn. In the audi- Democrats ence were Division Boss Swell the H. B. McCormick, who Audience was on pins and needles until the vote was ta ken; Mayor John K. Royal, Pa-Mc League Scout C. W. Rubendall, Herr Moesleln, President- Chairman Jones, Postmaster Sites, B. S. Duncan, Perry County Chairman D. L. Kauffman, candidate for Con gress; T. K. VanDyke, Jury Commis sioner Taylor,, School Director Wer ner, Fred Morgenthalftr, Dr. C. A. Frltchey, James Miles, B. Frank Nead, Harry Vollmer ajid probably more. They quite overshadowed the local Bull Moosers when it came down to numbers, although they could not beat the glee of the Washingtonlans when McCormick said that if elected he would consider that he was elected by Washington votes as well as Democrats. That meant spoils. Dean Lewis was seised upon bv Dr. Kreider a* a lift preserver to-day and taken to the Grata fair in an at ten\f>t to stem the Brumbaugh tide. Kteider sees the storm coming, but is going to fight It out, he says. Kauf man also intends to tight It out. It happened that Lewis and Brumbaugh were under the same roof In I'nlon Station this morning at the same time. The Patriot does not like the regis tration in Harrlshurg and snarls as usual. It claims'that the figures of City Chairman Oves are not official, but time will tell. Incidentally, the fact that 12 R.OOO of the 180,000 voters registered In Philadelphia In two registration days are Republicans does not please the Patriot either. POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS i —The Washington party's action In nominating McCormick to beat Pen- | rose by fusing on an office for which Penrose is not a candidate Is the Patriot's Idea of patriotism and love of country. Selah. —The Patriot does not note in Its account of the Chestnut Street Hall meeting (hat most of the applause fori McCormick was by Democrats. —Dr. Brumbaugh went to Tyrone this morning, unruffled by fusion, but | mightily pleased with Dauphin county, i —To-day's meeting of field mar- j shals was more Important than the State committee yesterday. It was to apportion the cost. —Sun bury will greet Brumbaugh next Wednesday. —Palmer went sixty miles in his campaign yesterday. Brumbaugh went about ninety. That's about the speed that will continue. —Democrats and Bull Moosers in Lancaster county will not fuse on McCormick, say leaders. —ln one Philadelphia legislative district attempted fusion has made candidates so mad that they won't speak to each other. —Bill Flinn sjghed with relief last night when he thought over the day's work. —The Philadelphia registration contains no comfort for McCormick. —Quay has found Flinn the same old Bill that his father found. —Herr Rempiis, of Berks, and Mc- Cormick voiced different ideas on'local option yesterday. —The Democratic caravan will be in Scranton to-day. The Federation of Democratic Clubs has been re vived, —Patriotism is anything that will help McCormick, no matter who else is sacrificed, according to the Market Square idea. ( OUR DAILY LAUGH ] Similarity Mnrnli Be Astronomers and Date golfers are He talked of love Alike, so it ap- In a cottage, pears— But she tlrmly At any rate both answered: meditate. "No!" The motion of And his rival won spheres. talking Of love In a bungalow. The Right' Man So plain, out spoken. domineer- Knew 111 m Flrnt lng Kate is mar- I've a surprise ried at last. Well, for you. Kitty and well! I are going to be Yes, she mar- married, ried a drummer. A surprise? A man used to Why, bless your taking orders. Ah, heart, she asked that's very for- me to be one of tunate! her bridesmaids months ago. W IJiTEn'S COMING By Wing Dinger These days we're set to thinking That winter's not far off. With all Its sleet and snowfalls, Brimful of sneeze and cough. Just think of paths to shovel, And furnaces to run, Of frozen pipes and so forth, I'll tell you it's no fun. But then, just think of good things It brings to us to eat; Kresh sausage, and those hot cakes, Spread o'er with syrup sweet; And sauerkraut and pork chops And other things, egad When one thinks thus of winter It's really not so bad. BRUMBAUGH OX LOCAL OPTION [Philadelphia Public Ledger.] NO one who knows the man has been uncertain where Dr. Brumbaugh stands on the local option question. But an attempt has been made to create the Impression that he has been talking about local option in general terms for the sake of getting votes and will betray its friends when elected. No man with any pretense to Intellec tual honesty can say hereafter that Dr. Brumbaugh is straddling the ques tion, for his answers to the pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church In Pittsburg Sunday night were so straightforward and unequivocal that there is no possibility of misunder standing his purposes. He not only pledged himself to sign a local option bill If it were passed, but to urge the Legislature to pass a local option measure, because, as he said, "I have given my whole life to that sort of work." 88 »' >E ANOVER ■ ' CLAUDE M.MOHR.Mgn C«ntmJ\y located, O : up to and newly furnished Mb Dollar a Day □jKiltl sl.soWTthbeth H TaUiObh Dinner jMSyttjMBSB 904 H Club Breakfast io^MIUP PHSP*! MuiicwilhLuadl, v x ■ Dinner and Supper J£, ; WRITE OR WIRE YOU* RESERVATION n BBcaaasssaßsoc . ~*~>M HEADQUARTERS FOR SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES i ■ 1 ■*, SEPTEMBER 17, 1914. "THE QUALITY STORE" Exceptional Bargains FOR FRIDAY'S SHOPPERS Store Open All Day Friday EXTRA SPECIAL—\ 10l <»f | Ladles' Aprons in slrlpes. cheeks Lace, silk 1111(1 Chiffon Waists—nil ami figures. made of good quality good etvles anil nicely made and iwrinlfs: three different cljlcs; sell practically all colors and sixes. Init lor 25c. Special Tor Friday at, each, not every size in every color. Were | j)f' originally values from $3.50 to Sfl.OO. Special for Friday at ONE- . HALF I'KICK. I Large double l»ed sue gray t'ot- i lon Blankets with attractive colored I-a dies' Waists, made of figured I borders: Rood anil heavy; sell for cross liar Crepe in blue and laven* | 51.25. Special for Friday, a pair, rler colors; long sleeves and roll i I tKI ,(M) collar.. Regularly 91.00. spcdul ' for Friday, each '{< l/. I •*•»> ; I ast call on wash dress goods— j |, VPP j. piece we have left will be I.aclles' Figured Lawn Dresses In tnroivn oil i lie counters to-morrow blue and pink figures; were $1.39. und sold at a VERY SMALL FRAC- Special for Friday at, each . of their former prices. It * ' will pay you to buy and carry them , .. ~ U1 , . , , liver until next summer. I .allies Cloth IMaitl Skirts in two- _ tier effects—blue and green broken plains: were $3.08 regularly. Spe- Large si/.c heavy 11 in k Towels cial for Friilay at 4i»> with neat red liorders. hemmed 'T 7- ready for use; worth (UJ,£c. Spe eial for Friday at, each t)</« Ladles Silk Jersey Petticoats in emerald green and black—pleated llounce at foot. Worth $2.08. Spe- Kngllsh I-ongcloth, chamois fin clal for Friilay at 1 5 ls ' ,: :tl ' inches wide, 12-yard pieces; | sells for $1.50 piece. Special for Lot of Infants' Sweaters. Special I ,Vid " v "«• ' ,,coe $1.19 for I'rlilay—- _______ SI.OO values, gray only. at...5Q4. small lot or l-adles' 2fie and $1.75 and SI.OS value in gray, red 4c black and tan Hose in gauze and blue, at, each ffil and meilluni weights. Special for ipl Friday at 17c pair, or II pairs for 9\12 Wool and Filler Rugs in colors suitable for any room in the bouse; beautiful patterns anil col- Special D.. 11. * C. and Warner's orings; worth $lO. Special for Fri- Corsets: regular $1.50 values; most day at *7 \ all sizes. Special for Friday at. P „e„ 7f)<; Colored and hemstitched border- eil voiles and scrims for curtains— i, ot n f indies' 50e Brassieres to well worth 25c. Special for Friday, he closed out. Special for Friday P" yard J each ; 25^ JK2SS""«* clal for Friday at, per yard.. iit\ >ur regular $1.50 Shirts, SI.OO 30 to 54-incli Brass Extension ° ,,r re « utar * IOO Sh,r,s 69<* Curtain Rods, highly polished, tit- led with collar which prevents tear- Men's knitted four-in-hand Ties ing of curtain anil in the latest sn^alfoi-FrklH^ poose-neck effect. 25c value. Spe- ?' "«•«>— cial for Friday at, each .... 1 ,"*#> I of' 10c unbleached Canton Flannel, SI.OO ties good heavy twill back with well " " 1 i r«ce. Special for Friday at, per yard 7i//'« ~'' c Bustlesn Dusters; size 30x36 • inches. Special for Friday at, each »2 ,/ -c Cretonnes 111 figures and ''( stripes; pink. blue, red, yellow and green: splendid comfort coverings. Sanitoi and Huilnut's Denlaluxo Sjiecial for Friday at. per yard, Tooth Powder. Special for Friday, 9 y 3 $ 12^0 10c Apron Gingliaiu in plaids and Large box of Regal Stationery, stripes; light and dark colorings: 50 envelopes and 50 sheets writing • "liool dresses. Special paper—a good 15c value. Special for Friday at. per yard f° r Friday at L.W. COOK i IN HARRISBURG FIFTY 1 YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of Sept. 17, 1864.] Ne»v Depot The erection of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's depot, at the foot of Third street, Is progressing rapidly. It will be a very larfje building. New Engine Houne The new house of the Paxton Fire Company is In process of erection. The mason work is nearly completed. Captain Fry in Town Captain J. R. Fry. of Company D, Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Volun teers, recently wounded in a skirmish near Atlanta, is in town. THE MAINE ELECTION [Kroin the Philadelphia Press.! In spite of the general collapse of the Progressive party elsewhere there is still enough of it left in Maine to enable the Den. >cratic candidate for Governor to get in by a small plu rality. The Republicans much more than doubled the Taft vote of two years ago, their gain being in fact 125 per cent., while the Progressives have lost S3 per cent, of the Roosevelt vote. This shows that the Progressive party still has some power for evil in Maine as assistant to the Democrats and has given that party through the minority in every dlstiict one Congressman and the Governor of the State. The Congressional delegation remains unchanged politically, three Republi cans and one Democrat with no Sena tor to elect until 1916. A Republic L.i Governor chosen when the opposition to the Democrats was united gives place to a Democrat heca' enough former Republicans who have seen flt to desert their party persist In that r=7 Stylish New Fall Shoes F The vogue of the short skirts this season makes smart stylish footwear an essential to every woman who is particular about the matter of dress. Our assortment of the new Fall models is quite complete and includes every fashion-approved style'in either cloth or leather or cravenetted tops. Jos. F. Shorb 300 A Market Street desertion, although It is manifest that Its only effect, where it has any, is to place and keep In power the party whose principles these Progressives have always opposed and still profess to oppose. To act as Assistant to the Democrats with no prospect or hope of gaining anything for themselves is so unsatis factory that Progressives generally have grown tired of It and are return ing to their old party. It is an IgnoWle part to play and is responsible for all the experimental and unwise legislation that a Democratic Congress and Ad ministration have placed upon tho country. If Progressives are pleased with the result then they are Demo crats at heart, and should join that party openly. If they are not pleased then they arc following a course clearly to their own hurt and disadvantage. Persistence in this supreme folloy is more than most voters will consent to and the Progressive standard-bearers in most States tind their following dwindling to insignificant proportions, though in some localities as In Maine it may still be able to <lll a little longer the role of Assistant to the Democrats. i Ncw o s i [From the Telegraph of Sept. 17, 1864.1 Firing On Enemy Fortress Monroe, Sept. 16. • New.-) from the front received here states that the Blue Coats opened fire on the en emy, and lieavv tiring was kept up all day in order to silence the I'ebels, who for some days have been annoying our lines, particularly on the left. Inillnn Strength Washington, D. C., Sept. 17. Gen eral Sibley, in an official dispatch says the number of Indians embraced with in the district of Minnesota is nearly 17,000, Including 3,500 warriors, of whom 1,800 are now actively hostile, SSO desrlous of peace and 1,450, mainly fhippewas, avowedly friendly.
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