LAST CALL t; The time for selecting gifts is short, but in a large stock as ours you can always feel assured of satisfactory selections. ALL PURCHASES WILL BE DELIVERED IN TIME FOR XMAS A LIBRARY TABLE makes an excellent gift—a ship ment just in of some popular price styles that are excellent . SOLID OAK DESK, Tabic like illustration: American quartered oak, $13.00 Choice of Several Fin- Library Tables upward from $7.50 ishes—A Big Saving. People like to buy their toys here because our prices are less and they get waited on promptly. You can do your toy buying quickly and- satisfactorily in our large toy department. CHILD'S KXII-K AXD FORK SET— I'OODLE DOG—the popular successor of heavy nickel-plate, a useful gift, seven pieces (lie Pcddv l!car. life- a g\ packed in a box; 51.25 /"»f\ k Kke ..... 49c value u9c REDUCED PRICES Tool Benches, Hobby Horses, Velocipedes, Tricycles, Children's Desks, Automobiles, Express Wagons We don't want to carry a single one over and have made reductions in price to move them quickly. BURNS & COMPANY 28-30-32 S. Second Street DEADLOCK CONTIXI Es By Associated I'ress Lisbon, via Paris. Dec. 23. 4.20 a. ni. —The political deadlock con tinues. Premier Victor Coutinho. de spite his defeat in the Senate, which declined to (five him a vole of conli dence, declares that he will remain in power so long as he lias the con fidence of the President of Portugal. Manuel De Arriaga, and the support of the Democratic party. PIiAN TO Ri:i)VCE RATE By Associated Press Berlin, via London, Dec. 23. 2.34 a. m.—The Itiehsbank committee will! meet Wednesday (December 23) to re duce the rate. OUCH! LUIHGO! RUB PAINS FROM ! . SORE, LAME BACK Rub backache away with small trial bottle of old "St. Jacob s Oil" Back hurt you? Can't straighten up without feeling sudden pains, sharp aches and twinges? Now listen! That's lumbago, sciatica or maybe from a strain, and you'll get relief the moment you rub your back with MBdni, penetrating "St Jacobs Oil." Nothing else takes out soreness, lame-1 i!ess and stiffness so quickly. You J .'imply rub it on your back and out' eomes the pain. It is harmless and, doesn't burn the skin. Limber up! Don't suffer! Get a small trial bottle of old, honest "St. Jacobs Oil" from any drug store, and i after using it Just once, you'll forget j that you ever had backache, lumbago; or sciatica, because your back will j never hurt or cause any more misery.' It never disappoints and has been rec-j ommended for 60 years.—Advertise- i jnent. SMIE 3 " repairing or adjusting, fenrlry cleaning or rrpoltuhlng, take It to SPRINGER™ -„'0« UARKET ST.—Hell l>bona | TRAINS and STREET CARS REDUCED % OTHER TOYS %to M •Yingst Electrical Co., 1423 Third Street WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 23. 1014 r~ Spending Christinas at County Poorhouse Not So Bad, at That Inmates Recall Yuletides of Otiier Days and Some Believe This Will Be Happiest Yet > ) By George B. Goodfcllow | There is u spark of Christmas cheer : at the county poorhouse these days re | fleeting the boundless spirit that I {spreads through all the healthy de-j j partments of life at this season of the j ; year. The interest aroused by the talk i j of Christmas and the preparations fori i it shows there are still some flickering | memories of days gone by among the! i 233 inmates —the unfortunate, the in-; ■ lifferent, the infirm, and the assort-! | ment of characters that make up the j j class of "the poor you have with you j always." j Hack of some of the dim eyes lurks a vision of happier Christmas times, j land a question, "Are you ready for: Christmas" makes each one who has I any life at all straighten up, nod pleas-1 jantiy, and perhaps talk interestedly of' i what is coming or of what has pass-! j ■ Christinas eve and on Friday. At the! | exercises a small remembrance will be | J given to each inmate. Mrs. A. Car- ] ison Stamm, who will have charge of I the entertainment, has prepared some features that will make the poor folk l sit up straight in their seats. | A trip through the halls of the !almshouse is not exactly an inspiring! I and happy experience, but it serves to show up to those who are living a I normal life the contrast between the) | down-and-out poor and the outside t folks who have the ability, energy and • spirit to be making their own way in | the world. Pipe the Friend of Many The inmates during the winter are sitting about in the warm rooms and corridors. Idly chatting, glancing over papers, playing dominoes or checkers. • j looking out the windows at th<* snow ; covered fields or blowing smoke rings ,j at the ceiiing. The pipe is the con stant companion and best friend of many of the old men who are given a j regular weekly allowance of tobacco. • ihe appearance of a visitor may I draw a glance of curiosity, and a greet .j ng of a "Merry Christmas" inav j bring a cheerful answer. Manv of the •! men and women are talkative and , some of them can talk with more than average intelligence. '! One of the domino players is a J hearty fellow more than ninety .yearn | of age who has been at the almshouse j twenty years, part of the time as an I attendant. "Merry Christmas. Merry Christ j mas, he said, looking up from his game. "Yes I guess we'll have a good time, but then I don't care much; we j always have a good enough time; there's enough to eat and it's warm | here, and as long as 1 have somebody to play a game with, I am satisfied." All the other fellows in the room ! nodded their assent as they puffed and puffed on their pipes. Better Than on the Merriinac I John McClellan, 84 years old. the) [last survivor of the Confederate war- I ship, Merrltnac, was seen sitting on his I bed and trying to light a pipe of dead ' ashes. "Here John, fill up your pipe ; first," said an attendant as he rolled! a handful of tobacco and put it In the j old man's hod. I "That's better." said McClellan. Hil ling the air with smoke. "Am I ready for Christmas? Well, that's so! I guess it is near Christmas, but It don't bother me much. I'm getting too old to think much about Christmas; so long as I get enough to eat and have ja pipe to smoke, I don't care what I time of year it is. Yes, I'll get more j to eat and, better stuff than we got on ! the Merrjmac." ! "Sh-ottV No Scot At .VII, At All! | '>ne of the liveliest of the crowd is | "Seotty," whose real name is Kelley land is not at all Scotch, but genuine ; Irish. He is an able-bodied man al | most In his prime and helps with many I odd ,i/)hs about the institution. When [asked how he liked the poorhouse, jhe replied: i "Well, it't fine enough I guess an' 'l've no kick comin', but I guess I wouldn't be In here if I cud behave » mcsilf. I can stan' ul here so long as JOSEPH I. MILLER ' NAMED APPRAISER Son of County Commissioner Will Compile Mercantile List For 1915 Ph tno county commissioners. Mr. Miller will begin the appraise ment Immediately after the first of the year and will complete the work by April 1. Whether or not he will ap point an assistant is problematical as he said to-day that he hart not given that matter any particular thought. The new appraiser is well known and he has a wide circle of friends, lie served for several years a' clerk in the commissioners' office. Mr. Miller was nominated by his father while Commissioner John H. Eby named Fred 1.. Morgenthaler. a former city selectman of the Twelfth ward. Alleges wires Affections Were Alienated. —Suit for alienation of his wife's affections was brought to-day by Recorder O. G. Wickersham as counsel for Luther Ylngst against John Badorf. No statement was filed Yingst was arraigned in court a few weeks ago for failing to support his wife and the court directed him to pay $3 weekly. Yingst at the time complain ed that he didn't support his wife and Lfamily because his wife sat on Badorf's •lap. Divorce Handed Down.—Additional Law Judge S. J. M. McCarrell to-daV issued a formal decree in divorce in the case of Mary E. vs. W. K. Kline. Realt.v Transfer*.—Realty transfers in city and county Include "the follow ing: S. F. Dunkle to Elizabeth Haas, Twentieth near Brook wood, si; Hen rietta D. Ferriday to Samuel F. Dun kle. Twentieth near Brookwood, $125; T. C. Earnest to Joseph Maeliiney, Rush township, $1,000; S. Couffer to I. Iloißtek. Steelton, $1; C. jr. Hupp to Charles Kulp. Swatara. $1; J. W. Harlinan to Charles Kessler, Lvkens $295. \t tile Register's Office.—The will of Kilk Livingston was probated to-day and letters on the estate were grant ed to Elizabeth Livingston. Fort Hunt er. Letters on the estate of Elisabeth Demuth were granted to Israel Moyer, Lykens. PROHIBIT! LEADERS WILL CONTINUE FIGHT ■f Continued lYoni First I'age] liibitlon leaders, however, including Representative Hobson, predict that prohibition will be made a national issue in«the Ift'ti campaign. Representatives of the national legis lative committee of the Anti-Saloon I,cague of America In a statement to day declared that the to&pAUM forces of the country had reason to be gratified by the result. "It is the first time in the history of the republic that the question of na tional prohibition has gotten upon the floor of either branch of Congress," i they declared. "The fact that the first effort should show a clear majority of eicht. exclusive of pairs, with both I floor leaders, the chairman of th»j (rules cpmmittee and the prestige of |thfe President and the Secretary of j State invoked against us, and in view I of the further fact that no member of j the present Congress was elected on t this issue, is exceedingly stratifying." Vote Before Midnight j The final vote came shortly before ■midnight last night, at the close of I many hours of remarkable details in j which the question of State's rights 1 figured prominently and after amend i ments had been voted upon. Not for jsome time has such a spirited strug 'gle iieen witnessed in Congress. Party i lines were shattered. Democratic | deader Underwood and Republican I Leader Mann, who led the anti-pro j hibition forces, were seen lighting ! shoulder to shoulder in opposition to the resolution. The galleries had been | crowded throughout the long contest ' with spectators whose frequent ap jplause of the speakers made it difficult [for Speaker Clark to maintain order. | An analysis of the vote shows that jof those voting for.the resolution 114 jwcre Democrats, iiß Republicans, 11 i Progressives and 4 Independent Re publicans. Those voting against the I resolution included 141 Democrats, 4fi | Republicans, 1 Independent Republi can and 1 Progressive. the boss treats me as good as he does anil give me. somethin' to do once.in a while: Christinas? I guess we'll have a good enough time, and I'll keep straight, but I'd have a sweller time if 1 was outside—too good, perhaps. Yes I'm better off here be golly. Merry Christmas to ye, thanks." HPS ISO Ycur Old Prayer Book One old Frenchman who has fought in the Franco-German war said he was happy as could be expected but had no particular interest for Christmas. He had worked many years at the Steelton works and has no friends or relatives anywhere. An old German who was reading a prayer book 150 years old said he would enjoy his Christmas at the poorhouse only be cause he has no where else to enjoy it. Many of the old women tell stories of hard lives and say they are better contented to finish their days at the poorhouse than to struggle with the world. 0 g| Be Sure and Visit Kaufman's Toyland ffi PRICES SHARPLY REDUCED ON ALL iD J|l DOLLS AND ALL TOYS m Women's and Men's--Boys' and Girls' SP Ready-to-Wear Garments Sg <§ At Savings That Are g |K Sure to Please JjSv WOF" Store Open This Evening Until 9 To-morrow (Thursday) Store Opeas BA. M.; Closes 9 P. FUST WHIT FOR ELECTROCUTION Governor Signs the Paper Which Dooms John Talap, Montgom ery Co., to Electric Chair Governor Tener was called on to day to sign the first warrant for an electrocution and under its terms John Talap. of Montgomery county, wi'.l be put to death in the electric chair at the new Western Penitentiary during the week of February 22. Talap was convicted at Norristown of murdering Mary Talap on August (!. 1913, and his conviction was recently certilied to the Governor's office. The new execution house has been completed and accepted by the board of inspectors of the penitentiary and at the proper time Warden Krancles will receive Talap from tlie sheriff of i .Montgomery county. The time of the 1 execution will be kept a secret and only the jury and those designated by law will witness it. The warrant is the first to be issued under the electrocution act of June IK. 1918. and is directed to the warden of the penitentiary. Under tho old exe cution act the sheriff of, the proper county was charged with the grim duty of inflicting capital punishment by hanging. Now all executions will take place in Centre county. There are still three persons in the State awaiting execution by hanging, their crimes having been committed prior to the date of approval of the electrocution act. A number of con victions of persons who committed murder since June 19, 1918, have taken place, but few have been Cer tified to the Capitol. In the eases of those awaiting hanging the eases are in the Supreme Court, while in other cases not certified appeals of various kinds are pending. 140 YOUNGSTERS ARE HIGH SCHOOL GUESTS [Continued From First I'ape] clubs, quartets and soloists. Tho visit ing youngsters also sang several songs and gave recitations about Santa and the presents he brings to good chil dren. At Central several of the girls dressed as "brownies" assisted St. Nick in his work. The auditorium was crowded, many visitors coming to see the students play Santa to the young sters, who were waiting expectantly for the good old Saint. Harley Surface, who is a freshinun at Central, was hurt in a gunning ac cident early in the Fall and has not been in school for many weeks. He sent a large basket of apples to the j school us his donation for the children. Who Santa Proved to Be Norman Stiteler presided at Tech and Clarence Cooper at Central. The Santa Clauses proved to be George Miller at Tech and David Burns at Central. At the celebration of the latter school the pretty brownies as Santas helpers were the feature, and at Tech, the "bad boy who did not believe in Santa" had the children in an uproar all of the time. "Piggy" Snow played this part. While "Stump*" Metzler was reciting '"Twup the Night Refore Christmas," "Piggy" insisted that there was no Santa Claus. But when Santa came and gave him a stocking full of switches, coin, lemons and old tinware, he promised lie would be good and not make fun of Santa any more. Nearly all of the fresh a!r| kids knew "Piggy" and when he made I his appearance they shouted and ap- j plauded foj- several minutes. (•lifts For Football Men The distribution of gifts to the many] eager children was a fitting climax to ! the whole entertainment. But at Tech Santa was not satisfied with that and he called up the Tech football] team and presented oaeh member with a gold football watch fob. The senior members of the team were given a | Tech jersey; also "Lefty" Challenger, I captain of the second team, was given | letters to present to the members of jthe sr-ruh bunch. Some good friend of Captain HecU sent a picture of the first team ulong with Santa, who pre jsented it to the captain, j Tech's Santa also announced that 11 some friends of the Loehiel open air school had given him a large picture of the "Sistine Madonna" and a vie ; trola for the school. These gifts were j presented yesterday. The students of both schools then left for their Christmas vacation, after wishing evryone a Merry Christmas. • i The entire teacher training cchool , class, number forty-one, wore the { j guests at Tech and said that they en joyed the entertainment because of jthe real Christmas spirit that was t shown. . j The grammar schools throughout 5 the city all held special services before , dismissal for the holidays. ; | ( Hii-nßiiX's AII> MO\I:V , :HH» IIO.VH nnil filrls \ON llelng < arc