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•worn dally nveragrc for the three
★ month* ending April .10,1(13,
21,844 *
Average for the year 1914—23.213
Average for the year 1915—21.5T7
Average for the year 1012—21,1TS
Average for the year 1811—18,851
Average for the year 1910—17.498
MONDAY EVENING, MAY 3.
MR. MANNING'S SUGGESTIONS
WARREN H. MANNING'S ten
tative suggestion for the
landscape treatment of the
Capitol Park extension area is ad
mirable. There has been much favor
able comment upon that feature of his
plan which proposes a natural am
phitheater at the front of the
Capitol. Such a place long has been
reeded for the great Inaugural cere
monies and other demonstrations of
the kind.
Mr. Manning's high standing as a
landscape architect and the splendid
work he lias done throughout the
(country admirably fits him for a study
of the Capitol Park district.
Governor Brumbaugh's constructive
mind and his great ambition to give
'Pennsylvania her proper place in the
teisterhood of States, afford assurance
of broad and comprehensive treatment
:M'hen the subject shall be taken up
(this year. Now that most of the prop
erty east of the Capitol has been ac
i quired and will be entirely in the
! hands of the Commonwealth before
■the next session of the Legislature,
: immediate steps should be talten to
design a plan of park treatment which
t an be carried out within the next few
years.
ROAD TAX
THE farmers of the State have
been vociferously
for the past year or more con
cerning road conditions. Governor
and State Highway Com
|missioner Cunningham have joined ef
forts to remedy the evils existing.
Pennsylvania ought to have as good
roads as any State in the country. If
not better. But the farmers should
Inot lay too much blame on the State
Highway Department. Neither should
• they complain if their road taxes are
Increased, formorethanany other peo
ple in Pennsylvania they are responsi
ble for present conditions. *
At their request the Legislature
■some years ago added enormously to
the State road system, taking over
'thousands of miles of roads that had
hseen maintained previously by the
(counties. This was done largely be
cause farmers desired to shoulder the
expense of maintenance upon the State
»,t large and, secondly, because the leg
islators expected the farmers would
jpass the $50,000,000 road loan.
This road loan would liavfe.. taken
care of the new construction work for
•years to come and would have per
(mitted the State Highway Department
jto concentrate all the revenue appro
priated by the Legislature on repairs.
rßut the farmers saw fit to turn down
the loan proposition and the State was
left with an enormous mileage upon
Its hands which it found impossible,
the revenues at hand to keep in
first-class order. Repairs were neg
lected not because those in charge had
no regard for the roads, but because
they had not money enough with
•which to meet the necessary expense.
Furthermore, the farmerswho turned
down this road loan would not have
been asked to pay one penny of the
money necessary for sinking fund and
Interest. All of it would have bee«i
raised by State tax on corporations.
The farmers of Pennsylvania were of
fered something for nothing. The
State proposed to build their roads and
turn them over for their use at ab
solutely no cost to them<- They de
clined the offer and they now must
chare whatever of blame haa arisen
from unsatisfactory highway condi
tions in Pennsylvania, and they will
Jiave no Just complaint If the Legisla
ture finds it necessary to tax them for
i highway maintenance expenses that
must be met in some manner.
CTJTTHVO now V EXPENSES
MUCH interest attaches to the an
nouncement of the postofflce of-
ficials that they are experi
menting yith the ao-called Telapost
system with the idea of quickening
the postal service and at the same time
Raving considerable money on long dis
tance hauls of letter mail. The idea
appears to have distinct business value.
|Ths possibilities of dropping a stamped
letter into a box one evening with the
■knowledge that It would be delivered
in Fan Francisco, for instance, the
morning following are immensely at
tractive. The sender would receive
service that is at present prohibitive
and the government would be saved
the long letter haul between the coasts.
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MONDAY EVENING,
Multiply one letter by millions and the
'time and money saved would be al
most beyond computation. Few peo
ple would begrudge the extra postage
required.
Most of the changes urged by Post
master Burleson and some of those
that have been put Into effect are de
signed to cut down expenses, but they
are cutting Into the efficiency of the
department as well. It Is pleasing,
therefore, to note that the postmaster
general has something under conside
ration that promises to work both
ways.
Fishermen say the shad season will
be over this year sooner than usual.
But we have the consolation that
strawberries are coming in earlier than
usual.
STATE COLLEGE CLAIMS
THE editor of the Pottsville Jour
nal, H. I. Sllllman, takes up the
cudgels for State College thus
very ably in an editorial in which he
sets fotth the claims of the Institu
tion concisely and convincingly:
This college stands alone in not
charging tuition: it is located in
the country where the cost of liv
ing is not excessive; it has no
wealthy city or constituents upon
whom it can draw for funds or
buildings; in sixty years it has
b«en given only two buildings by
private donors; in that time it has
not been given one dollar of en
dowment from an Individual; it
must depend wholly upon the State
and national governments. If the
college did not grow in public favor
and attract a growing number of
students, no new buildings would
be necessary: but in the past seven
years, tlip total attendance has mul
tiplied three times. This occur
red notwithstanding the limitation
placed on the number admitted dur
ing the past three years. Over two
hundred have been refused admis
sion each vesr because of lack of
| classroom and laboratory space.
These are facts that the college re
ports set forth at length. They lead to
but one conclusion —that State College
ought to be first in the consideration of
the Legislature when it comes to ap
propriations. Indeed, this year the
college management had excellent rea
sons for supposing that there would
be no difficulty on this score.
There are those who hold that State
College should confine itself to agri
cultural training. To be sure, agricul
ture should be, and is, one of the essen
tial branches taught there. Indeed,
for many years State College was
known as the "Farmers' High School."
But why should It be so, and why
should farmer boys be any more en
titled to free education along techni
cal and scientific lines there than the
city boy? Pennsylvania's mining re
sources are tremendous and it is only
a question of very few years, indeed,
until the money Invested in electrical
enterprises In this State will approach
in magnitude the farm Investments of
the Commonwealth. Also, we are one
of the greatest manufacturing com
munities in the world. Our need for
trained mining, electrical and
mechanical engineers, is keenly felt.
Who is there to say that State Col
lege should be required to discrimi
nate against these professions by
teaching nothing but agriculture?
England In adding more taxes to
liquor is proceeding on the theory that
John Barleycorn Is no friend of an
empty pocketbook.
MUST NOT GO UNPUNISHED
THE world has had another
example of the ruthless war
methods of Germany in the tor
pedoing of the American oil steamer
Gulflight and the killing of her cap
tain and two meipbers of her crew.
This was done in absolute defiance of
the American government. Only a few
weeks ago President Wilson sent a
message to Germany relative to
American rights In the war zone. It
w r as couched in unmistakable terms.
In part the President said:
If the commanders of German
vessels of war should act upon the
presumption that the flag of the
United States was not being used in
good faith and should destroy on
the high seas an American vessels
or the lives of American citizens.
It would be difficult for the Gov
ernment of the United States to
view the act in other light than as
an Indefensible violation of neutral
rights which It would be very hard
lndocct to reconcile with the friendly
relations now so happily existing
between the two Governments.
If such a deplorable situation
should arise the imperial German
Government can readily appreciate
that the Government of the United
States would be constrained to hold
the Imperial German Government
ton strict accountability of such acts
of their naval authorities and take
any steps it might be necessary to
take to safeguard American lives
and property and to secure to
American citizens the full enjoy
ment of their acknowledged rights
on the high seas.
Germany has laughed in the Pres
ident's face and has dealt death and
destruction to American life and prop
erty. Nobody in the United States
wapts war. Our people sicken at the
thought of it. The present Instance is
not sufficient to plunge this nation into
the maelstrom of madness and blood
shed in Europe, but there are other
ways of punishing Germany for such
acts of violence. A nation that pays
no heed to international law and
which treats noncombatants after the
manner of armed vessels of the enemy,
has forfeited all consideration as a
friendly power. The United States has
It ulthin her means to deal Germany
a terrible blow commercially, and un
less apologies, damages, punishment
for the offenders and assurances of fu
ture protection for American ships are
forthcoming at once, the penalties of
International ostracism should he im
posed.
i
Have you room for a window box?
Tes? Then get into the Telegraph's
flower contest and win a prize.
IMPROVING THE PIjAZA
CITY COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
has announced his intention to
combine the practical and esthe
tic in the treatment of the river em
bankment at the pumping station. This
particular section of the slope has
been a problem for some ttrfie owing
to the rapid current at high stages
of the river, and Mr. Bowman's plan
has already met the approval of every
body who understands the conditions.
, The pumping station plaza, as pro
posed, will be a conspicuous and beau
[Uful feature of the water front.
I EVENING CHAT 1
People with a bent for natural his
tory and men who look after electric
lights say that In the last week or so
they have found numerous specimens
of bugb that arc ordinarily not known
to be active in this latitude until about
the first of June. This is attributed
to the fact that the unusually warm
weather In April fooled the beetles and
crawlers and other insects into be
lieving that summer had come and
they came out for their annual careers
of annoyance. A couple of big moths
that have seldom been known until
late ip the Spring have been found.
Most of the bugs were found early in
the week as the cold spell following
the storm of Thursday drove them
away and those which were discovered
were half frozen, showing the effects
of the change in temperature. Some
entomologists say that the sudden cold
spell may bring relief from bugs for a
time as theordinary first visitors will
have been killed off or so weakened
that they will not be a nuisance. The
cooling of the temperature may also
have the effect of preventing the sec
ond generation of bugs from coming
early. Last year It stayed warm from
the middle of Spring and there were
successive generations of pests with
out much interruption.
The display of straw hats as an ob
servance of May day did not amount
to much in Harrisburg on Saturday
and the weather man was called
names. A week before people rushed
to hat stores and Saturday they de
cided that the old derby or straw
"kelley" could do a little more ser
vice. However, a few devotees of
fashion were on time even if they did
look shivery Saturday and Sunday
with their straw hats and some frank
ly sported overcoats on their arms.
Very few straw hats were to be seen
in the street cars or jitneys and those
who did wear them looked uncom
fortable.
The drop in temperature recalls the
weather conditions of two years ago
when this part of the State woke up
about May 10 to find a frost and to
discover that the furnaces needed to
be fired up. The frost caused much
damage ori the farms and nipped a
good many trees, although the de
struction of the fruit crop was not
nearly as "total" as claimed in the
dispatches from the peach and apple
belts.
The unusual April weather has also
been responsible for a remarkable ad
vance in the rye crop and the fields in
the vicinity of the city which were
sown only recently show a big growth.
In some places the rye has started to
head and the general condition of the
stalks is pronounced to be good. The
amount of rye sown is also of unsual
interest as patches are to be found on
farms where it was not planted a
couple of years ago. The general in
crease in the wheat acreage in this
section seems also to have induced
people to put out more rye.
Mayor F. W. Brown, of Franklin,
who has attracted some attention by
threatening to ignominiously "fire"
any city employe guilty of steadv
drinking is well known here. Mr.
Brown was much interested in> the
third class city legislation last ses
sion of the general assembly and at
tended many meetings. He has taken
a prominent part in affairs of the
Third Class City League.
The fires that have been causing the
damage on the First and Second
mountains could very easily be pre
vented in the opinion of people who
have been observing the outbreaks.
The cause is divided between careless
ness and sparks, say these people and
if the land owners would arrange
with some one to keep a look out they
would save much timber yearly.
Dauphin county has suffered loss of
thousands of dollars' worth of timber
since this time last year, and it is the
best argument for the patrol system
at danger points.- —'
The chilly weather of Saturday aft
ernoon kept many of the National
Guardsmen in this part of the State
from going to the open air range on
the mountain above the city, although
several went out to look over the place
where the citizen soldiery are taught
to handle the weapons in the field.
Indoor or gallery practice has been
going on all winter in this city and the
men are anxious to try their hands
at the range in the woods. The new
armory established by the Governor's
Troop in Ihe Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal Church that was sold to the
State for park extension will have
good arrangements for indoor work
with pistol and rifle.
Tuesday of next week will be the
tenth anniversary of the Lochiel
wreck, the worst ever known in Har
risburg and one which Is still the sub
ject of much discussion among rail
road men. It was characterized by
some of the most unusual features and
the casualty list attracted much atten
tion. The wreck occurred about 1.40
on the morning of May 11 and the
hospitals and hotels of Harrisburg
were taxed to care for the wounded.
The worst previous wreck, known as
the Dock street wreck, occurred June
22, 1895.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—The Rev. 11. Parker Smith, bur
gess of Verona, has resigned. He will
go to take another charge.
—The Rev. James A. Kelso, opened
the Western Theological seminary
commencement yesterday.
—Billy Sunday umpired a baseball
game in Paterson Saturday.
■ —Judge C. Y. Audenreid presided
at the count of the vote of Philadel
phia's loan election.
—James A. L«vy has been placed In
charge of the Pittsburgh end of the
Made-in-American exhibition.
—Congressman W. H. Coleman, of
McKeesport, was speaker at the
funeral of a boyhood friend. He made
the funeral address.
—Charlemagne Tower will spend the
summer In Vermont.
I DOVaOKNdW—I
That Harris burg printed maga
zines go all over the civilized
world?
THE LOST DAY
"Friends we have lost a day."
Such was the comment of one
of the constructive kings of
France when his councillors' re
ports showed lack of accomplish
ment.
The merchant or manufacturer
who falls to get his message
before the buyers of this city,
through the advertising columns
of this newspaper, can_ re-echo
the sentiment.
Each day there Is no advertis
ing for you is a day that repre
sents a loss of possible busi
ness.
Why lose any day?
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
VETO LIST RUNS
UP 10 THIRTY-FIVE
Governor Brumbaugh Has Disap
proved Almost a Third as Many
Bills as He Signed*
JARRETT IN THE FIELD
For Senator, Would Be Judge;
News of the Legislature and
Its Members Today
Governor Brumbaugh has vetoed al
most one-third as many of the acts of
assembly as he has approved.
Thus far the Governor has Riven his
approval to 121 bills, including a num
ber providing for suits against the
State and for refunds of money er
roneously paid. Some of the latter
class of bills involve less than $2 5 and
one is for $5, considerably less than
the cost of printing the bill.
The veto record, including that of
the optometry bill on Saturday night,
is thirty-five. Only one effort has been
made to pass a bill over his veto and
that was unsuccessful.
Over forty bills remain in tne Gover
nor's hands to be acted upon. This
number will be largely increased dur
ing this week as more than 200 bills
are on the calendars of the two houses
and quite a number are expected to
pass.
—The general appropriation bill,
carrying the appropriations to conduct
the State government for the coming
two-year period, will be reported to
the House finally Wednesday.
Every effort is beinjdhade to get it
into shape and the final conferences
will be held with the Governor and
heads of departments this week. Last
year the bill carried $37,000,000 in
round numbers, but this year it will
be from $2,000,000 to $2,500,000 less.
The appropriations for construction of
highways and for maintenance of the
tuberculosis sanatoria and dispensar
ies will be carried in separate bills.
—Ex-Senator Benjamin Jarrett, of
Mercer county, has announced that he
will be a candidate for judge of Mer
cer this Fall. Judge A. W. Williams
is a candidate for re-election.
—Representative "Bill" Adams, of
Luzerne, is out with a formal an
nouncement of his candidacy for
sheriff of Luzerne.
—Senator Charles A. Snyder is a
native of Dauphin county. He was
born in Pillow.
—Senator John Gyger, of Chester, is
said to have the honor of not intro
ducing a bill this session. Representa
tive Young presses him for House
honors of the kind.
—According to rumors, an agree
ment on a new housing law for Phila
delphia will be reached this week.
—Efforts to reconsider the defeat of
the cold storage repealer are under
way.
—Representative Warren Graham is
a devotee of l>aseball and likes to go
out and "pass" when the House Is not
working.
IS "BILLY" SUNDAY SINCERE ?
We gathered up Mr. Ackley and
went into a front room, where, robed
in white pajamas, in the midst of an
enormous bed, "Billy" Sunday lay read
ing a book by the light of an electric
lamp over his shoulder.
"Here's a couple of fellows from a
New York magazine," said Ackley.
"They wanted to shake hands with
you."
"Billy" lifted his head with the swift
movement of an animal and looked at
us with eyes in which cordiality, ap
prisal, doubt and fear of ridicule chas
ed themselves like wild wind on water.
The upper part of his face was extra
ordinarily alive and expressive; his
mouth was strong, mobile, enthusiastic
—tpembllng in a kind of embarrassed
grin. He looked at us as if he thought
that perhaps we had come to perse
cute him. He looked at Cardiff, and
then at Ackley, for an explanation.
The gray thin hair on top of his head
was almost invisible, making his face
seem incredibly boyish—for "Billy"
Sunday is fifty-two. Since the ser
mon a gray stubble of beard had
sprouted on his cheeks and chin, and
there were sagging pouches of flesh
and tired lines at the corners of his
mouth.
"I'm glad to see you, boys," he said,
smiling a little doubtfully. "What can
I do for you?"
"We sat next to you In the taber
nacle to-day, Mr. Sunday," we told
him, "and heard you speak. But we
just thought we would come in and
shake hands with you. We wanted to
see what kind of a guy you really
were."
With a delighted smile he dropped
the book and thrust out both hands.
"Well, now," he said heartily, "I
like that. I'm really glad you came.
Sit right down."
His eyes and face were full of easy,
childlike enthusiasm. He discovered
that I had just come back from Eu
rope.
"Say." he said, in wide-eyed admira
tion. "there's too many bullets flying
around over-there for me. A fellow's
got to have a good deal of courage to
go over there now. hasn't he?"
Wo asked him what he thought of
the war, and his eyes filled suddenly
with tears.
"I think it's the most horrible, aw
ful thing in the whole world." he said
earnestly. He was proceeding, but
there was a swift rustle of skirts be
hind us, and the nervous voice of Ma
Sunday snapped:
"You villains! Didn't T tell you
you couldn't see 'Billy?' What have
they been doing, 'Billy'—pumping
you?"
She w«jit over to him, pulled up the
covers, lifted his head, and turned over
the pillow for him.
"Not a pump," laughed "Billy";
"they're Just good-natured human be
ings come to shake hands with me."
Is "Billy" Sunday sincere? I think
he is. I have seen him absolutely
dominate two audiences of twenty
thousand people In one day, and I do
not believe he could put the fire and
passion and enthusiasm into his words
and actions tf he were not sincere. He
is generous, even reckless, with his
money—he seems to have no idea of its
value. Everyone who talks with him
loves him. As to the social, economic
and political relations of the world
about him, T think he is Just ipnorant,
that's all. —John Reed in the May Met
ropolitan.
Positive Relief
from the suffering caused by dis
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of digestion and elimination—
from indigestion and biliousness—
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certain and gentle action of
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IQUft DAILY LAUGH I |
i
PRESS THE |
QUESTION. I
What's your at-
V \ titude toward th«
LJ I 1 am •trlctly
Sy 'ifffk L W I neutral.
hW I know that,
I but which aide do
' you hope will
SB' win?
AS USUAL.
XfV Is your wife
Willing to econo- j
, mlze during th*
- hard Umes?
=rr|| "^ es —®be's cut.
'Tpa out all my little
luxuries already.
SOMETHIKG TO THE DINNER
•>7 Wine Dinger
I know a chap named Holland
And, my, how he can cook,
He knows enough about it
To write a great big book.
And all you've got to tell him
Js when you'd like to eat
And he'll prepare a dinner
That surely can't be beat.
Within the past few weeks, bo,
I've played twb times at golf,
And each time I told Holland,
Just ere I started off.
That when I finished playing
I'd very hungry be.
And he should prepare something
Quite good to eat, for me.
The first time to the pastime
Of golf, I credited
My state of perfect fitness—
But once again I fed
Myself with Holland's cooking.
And now I'm sure the game
Alone, without the dinner
That follows, would be tame.
EFFICIENT VACATION
IDEA WIDELY COPIED
[ConUnued from First Page.]
business organization, like the Indivi
duals composing it, is apt to be trou
bled by a disease—the vacation dis
ease. When one group of employes
goes away for two weeks, and then
another group for two weeks more,
you have a continuous state of dis
ruption in the business as a whole. The
summer months are poor months for
trade, on'this account. Business is
slack because business is inefficient.
"And so has risen the efficiency va
cation. This is literally a resting of
the whole organization at one time,
for the ultimate well being of it and
its members.
"Vacations are a problem from the
standpoint of the business head also.
Ask any businessman what it means
to the total receipts of the business to
[ have to hire and break in new help
for the summer months. When the
original force tries to meet the total
works four men must do five men's
work for ten weeks, as they individual
ly take their recreation time. The re
sults to the business are obviously bad.
"That an entire business should take
a vacation seems at first glance fool
hardy, in these days of continued ef
fort and vigilance as the price of divi
dends. That such a policy should
bring increased earnings to the com
pany seems still more unlikely. But a
simple problem In arithmetic will show
the basis of the action. There are
twelve summer weeks in the year.
Take ten weeks of full business activ
ity, and two weeks of no activity, and
campare the sum to twelve weeks of
halfway efficiency. The result has been
the efficiency vacation, as practised by
Elliott-Fisher Company, of Harrisburg,
Pa.
Uses Plant as Model
"Here the work of the general of
fices, factories, and sales offices every
where, In this country and abroad, is
suspended for two weeks in the late
summer months. The plan has been in
use for four years. June, July and
August had always been looked upon
as dull months for business in the
Elliott-Fisher Company. ' This was so
because a certain percentage of the
employes were away during all that
time, and the work was consequently
in a state of disruption. In the small
branch offices the conditions were even
worse than in the ones. Elliott-
Fisher maintain sixty-six branches
here In the United States and seven
abroad. In many of these only one
man carries on the work, or at most
a manager and assistant. In these
small offices, that they might keep
open all summer, new assistance had
to be procured merely for the two
weeks when the manager was out of
town. This added appreciably to the
expenses of the business, and the new
help, with no special responsibility
or knowledge, was inefficient.
"Business would be practically at a
standstill for the holiday period, and
worse;«it would often take the return
ing manager days or weeks to get
the books and general system into
shape for work again. Almost as well
have no vacation, the managers
thought, as to have one that is haunt
ed by the spectre of inefficient work
back at headquarters."
Other firms following this plan are: i
Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing 1
Company, of Providence, R. I.; Baker-
Ynwter Company, of Benton Harbor,
Mich.: Stetson Hat Manufacturing
Company, and the National Cash Reg
ister Company.
DONT BE
DECEIVED
If you feel exhausted and weak or
tire easily, don't try to brace up on
liquor or sopie patent medicine that
will produce the same effect. •
It is only temporary, and the re
action leaves you in worse shape than
before.
What you want is more strength.
Father John's Medicine is a pure food
medicine; its ingredients are nourish
ing and strengthening. Nothing equals
It as & tonic and body builder for all
throat and lung troubles.
Contains no alcohol or injurious
drugs. Get a bottle to-day; it will
make you strong. Remember, it has
been in use fifty years.—Advertise
ment.
Runaway
June
and the
$25,000 Hope-Jones
Unit Orchestra
at the
Victoria Today
To-morrow—"The Quest"
MAY 3, 1915.
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tat 98c
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A fitted top petticoat made of the
finest quality mercerized messaline at
98c. They are actually worth $1.50.
Cut on generous lines, to be worn with
the new wide skirts, so much in de
mand just now. "FLEXO" fitted top
petticoat is guaranteed for good long
service. Sets snugly around the hips
and fits without a wrinkle.
Made in White, Sand, Black, Navy,
Emerald Green, Battleship Gray, Bel
gium Blue—the White will wash and
Witmer Bair & Witmer Walnuf St.
IN HARRIS BURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[Froim the Telegraph of May 3. 1865.]
Fire In Bakery
Fire was discovered shortly after 11
o'clock to-day in the garret of J. H.
Llken's, Xortli and East streets. The
roof and part of the interior of the
building, which is a bakery and gro
cery combined, was destroyed. ,
Elect Offlcera
The Washington Lodge, No. 1, I. O. of
Good Templars, elected and installed of
ficers for the present term. The lodge
reports an increase in membership.
I'rge Tree Planting
Owners of land in the country have
been urged to plant fruit trees, owing
to the scarcity of the supply in this
vicinity.
In Korea widows never remarry.
Even though they have been married
only a month, they must not take a
second husband.
From the bottom of the deepest
hole in the sea to the top of the high
est mountain on the land there is a
distance of 61,090 feet.
SFRD^^^IEELS
Already over 4 million
people have adopted the
new Spring-Step Rubber
Heels.
Join their ranks and learn
the real joy of walking on
Spring-Step Rubber Heels.
These new Spring-Step Red Plug Heels
cost no more than ordinary rubber heels.
Don't accept inferior heels—get "Spring-Steps."
Any reliable dealer or repair shop* will
put a pair of Spring-Step Rubber Heels on:
your shoes for 50 cents.
Ask for the Heel with the Red Plug
® Spring-Step Rubber Heels are
made by the Largest Rubber (WlkWj
( Company in the World.
KING OSCAR 5c CIGARS
• "If a man can write a
|S||«pJk better book, preach a
better sermon or make
a better mousetrap than
his neighbor .... the
world will make abeaten
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For 24 years the regu
mi lar quality of King
Kp Oscar 5c Cigars has
monopolized the pat
• ronage of particular
smokers.
f NEW o s Fma»i
[From the Telegraph of May I, 1865.]
Pint to Burn Philadelphia
Washington, May 2. A plot to burn
Philadelphia was discovered here. More
than 800 conspirators were sßld to he
In league together to lay the city In
ashes. A thorough
being made by the authorities.
Monument to I.lneolrt
Washington, May 3. An association
was formed here to-day to make ar
rangements for the erection of a large
monument in honor of President Lin
coin.
Try Representative
Washington, May 3. Benjamin O.
Harris, Representative from Maryland,
was brought to trial at general court
martial to-day, charged with violating
an article of war.
"My baby may be> president som«
day."
"He wasn't born In a log cabin."
"Ah, but I have a birch bark bassi
net for him," declared - the young
mother triumphantly. "How 1s thnt
for an auspicious start?"— Kansas City
Journal. /