8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Establish id iStf PUBLISHED BY THB TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLB Prttidtnt and Edilorin-Chitf F. R. OYSTER Snritary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 216 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building, New Tork City. Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. .flgjPTfrf-. Delivered by carriers at <E|!sStjfts3nt> six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg. Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dolly average for the three ★ months ending April 30, 1010, m 21,844 it Aremge for the year 1014—33,213 Average for the year 1913—21,577 Average for the year 1012—U1.17.V Average for the year 1011—18,831 Average for the year 10MV—17,40(1 THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 20 Tyead life of love: that others who Behold your life, may kindle too AVlth love, and cast their lot with you. —Christina Rossetti. BOATHOUSE PERMITS IN the matter of possible boathouses along the River Front, it ought to be understood at the outset that these structures should be as unob trusive as possible. This can be ac complished by placing the buildings, which should be of concrete, against the high embankment at points where the vines and planting will serve to cover the tops of the houses and save the view of the River Front from the walk at the top of the slope. It might be well for the heads of the Depart ments of Parks and Public Works to provide specifications for such build ings so that there may be no disfig urement of the river embankment. The third class city law amend ments 'now in the Governor's hand's give specific permission to the city to erect boathouses which can be main tained by the city or leased to con cessionaries. We believe that there will be en couragement of such enterprises, but the permits should be confined to as sociations only. Individual boat houses ought not to be countenanced, Inasmuch as such structures would Boon line the River- Front from one end of the city to the other and de stroy the beauty that has been the ad miration of the city and its visitors. Now that the River Front improve ment is practically completed inso far as the concrete steps and walks are concerned, everybody is enthusi astic over the admirable treatment of a difficult problem. With the closing of the gap at Market street, which Commissioner Lynch has given as surance will not be delayed, the line of Btcps will be continuous from Ma clay street on the north to Iron eMley on the south. Much credit is due the heads of the several depart ments for their co-operation in push ing forward the work thus far and harmonious efforts to accomplish that which is best for the city. Nothing could be finer than the spirit of progress manifested at the reunion banquet of the former Couneilmen of Harrisburg. City Solicitor Seltz, than ■whom there is no more able legal mu nicipal guide in the Commonwealth, sounded the keynote when he declared, as toastmaster, that "we must not keep ■till; it I 3 up to us to keep pace with the times." That is the sort of which means constructive effort now and hereafter. THK SIX'S DEFINITION COMMENTING upon the unanimity of sentiment in support of the President's course in the existing crisis over the sinking of the Lusitania, the New York Sun says: Save from a squad of political energumens and a cabal of Inveter ate aliens, there is no dissent and no division. Interesting word that—energumen. The dictionaries say it means "one who Is possessed by evil spirits; a de moniac; a fanatical enthusiast." Is it possible that at last the faunal naturalist himself is being scientifically classified? Or does the Sun more par tlularly have in mind Terrible Willie Hearst, the man who had to be re strained from Invading Mexico all by himself, and Frank Munsey, sometime fiscal agent of the army at Armaged don and now angel for a little string of near newspapers? Only by great effort and a patriotic desire to avoid seriously embarrassing the govern ment. does that pair refrain from printing their real sentiments about •what they evidently consider the truckling character of the note to Ger many. "Boost Harrlsburg," says City Solici tor Seltz, and he is a mighty poor citi zen who will not act on the sugges tion. MILLIONS IX)R EDUCATION THE Legislature which expired at noon to-day has provided mil lions of dollars for public ■chool purposes In Pennsylvania and itinder Governor Brumbaugh's guid ance and with his large experience in educational affairs a new era in the 1 work of education in this Common -1 -wealth is about to be ushered In. While the Legislature has been gen erous In Its grants, it will be tho duty of those In charge of the work to i broaden the scope of the State's ef ! forts along these lines and to make THURSDAY EVENING* as practical an possible the courses taught in the schools. If there has been one criticism of the public school system more fre quently heard than another, it is that It is designed apparently to prepare a comparatively small percentage of boys and girls for higher institutions of learning at the expense of tho great body of public school pupils who get no farther than the high school. This criticism has consider able force and whatever is necessary to improve the schools from the standpoint of the girl and boy who must finish in the high school should be provided in the reorganization that Is bound to lollow the suggestions of the Governor and those associated with him in educational work. Governor Brumbaugh combines in his person at tho present time the executive of the Commonwealth and the inspirational fount of the spirit of education as well. He will give a new impetus to the practical side of the educational interests of the State. His long years of experience in the work and his devotion to the cause give assurance of such comprehensive and practical changes as will make the Pennsylvania system a model in the educational world. Senator Sproul has never lost for one instant his practical interest In the making of good roads for Pennsylva nia. His name will ever be associated with Improved highways of the State, and his proposal to resubmit to the people an amendment to the Constitu tion permitting a loan of $50,000,000 for road work has been approved by the Legislature. Senator Sproul believes in persistent effort, and thousands liave come to his way of thinking on the subject of improved highways. THE MUNICIPAL CELEBRATION THE llarrisburg Chamber of Com merce will have the hearty sup- port and co-operation of the people as a whole in its plan for a municipal celebration to mark the completion of the first great public improvement campaign that was be gun some fourteen years ago anil which has been carried out with such splendid results for the city. But this celebration does not mean that Harrisburg is to stop or even to pause in its work for a bigger, better city. The demonstration will be merely as one milestone in the progress of the community; It will mark the clos ing of one era of public Improvements and the beginning of another. From a review of the vast and splendid work already done our people will be in spired to still greater accomplish ments, to nobler achievements in city building. What has been done has. placed Harrisburg well up in the front rank of progressive and enterprising cities. When the gigantic task was proposed there were some who sincerely ob jected to the expenditure of the large sums contemplated, on the ground that it would not pay, or that the money might not be wisely expended. That the improvement work has paid, both in better living conditions for Harris burg people and in dollars and cents as well, is too apparent to require illustration or demonstration here. That the people's money has been conserved and made to buy a full dol lar's worth for every dollar spent, no body with a knowledge of the excellent work so faithfully done by devoted public servants will for a moment question. William Jennings, who introduced the resolution ln the Chamber of Commerce, the adoption of which started the movement for the coming celebration, was one of the leaders for public improvements when City Coun cils first came to a consideration of the initial loan for $1,090,000 and it is fitting that he should have been In strumental in rounding out the great enterprise with such a public jubilee as is proposed. SEE PENNSYLVANIA FIRST THAT was a good suggestion Gov ernor Brumbaugh made to the newspapermen who were his guests at dinner the other evening when he threw out the thought of an organized effort to promote public in-, terest in automobile tours through Pennsylvania. The Governor said that Just as soon as duties of office permit, he Intends to use all the influence at his com mand to induce Pennsylvanians and people of other States to learn by the medium of automobile parties the beauty and charm of Pennsylvania scenery. Pennsylvania is more attractive from many standpoints than the great automobile routes of the New England States or any of the other districts fa vored by eastern motorists. It abounds in picturesque forest and field, moun tain and vale, lake and stream. Its landscapes are as varied as they are beautiful and no State in the Union can match It for agricultural develop ment on one hand or for primeval conditions on the other. It lies in the path from east to west and from north to south. With the Improvement of our roads and the betterment of hotel conditions, Pennsylvania will become a veritable paradise for motorists. But, as Governor Brumbaugh says, the roads are good enough now to attract any motorist and the hotel facilities are by no means poor. Tour ing in Pennsylvania is only in Its in fancy. It would be well for the guide books to pay a little more attention to routes and hotels in the Keystone State. MOTOR CLUB'S GOOD WORK THE Motor Club of Harrisburg is engaged in another of those con structive tasks for which It has been noted ever since It was largely instrumental in the removal of the toll gates from the River Road and the Improvement of that important piece of highway. This time the club is pre paring to buy materials and employ 200 men for the repair of several main lines of travel in Cumberland county, on Good Roads Day, May 26. .Cum berland county highways In need of attention are also to be looked after by volunteers from the club. Presi dent Frank Bosch, himself a skilled good roads man, will be In charge of the work, which will be done under the direction of the State Highway Department. One of the best features of the en terprise is that the people of Cumber land county, especially those of Mechanlcsburg, are working In hearty co-operation with the club. ! Sbmttg (Eljat High Jinks in legislative halls caused much entertainment for residents of this city who crowded the legislative nails and roamed through the Capitol last night to an unusual extent. People came from Steolton and other nearby towns to witnoss the fun which is con nected with the close of a legislative , and sat in the galleries until eailj this morning. The closing night * ur S alwa >'" attracts much attention from Harrisburgers, manv of whom spend hours WRtching the law n»n»<;rßha.t.iWork !inrl lau ehing at the paper battles and tho stunts. nifcht was no exception. Harrisburg turned out in force. Some of the n »n? rS ? ece f ? o,ed b y the amuse !£?.♦*.' , A * cou P ,e of people starlet! a > somoone had been hurt and w keinfi carried out to an ambulance, hm. (Xi H was only some page to hi£°, r re' e oi thelr mlmt) er out °i u ,i hlm , 'n a fountain. Someone smashed a bottlo of red ink and a ? rted that a ser, °"s cutting arfra; had occurred. • • • n J*J°< tcs , sor . H °ward G. Dibble, new nfthnlUX i Central h!^h «chool, although in the city only a few days Sa!d a tw aboUt Its clea nlincss. lie c tI.J f?, t 4,°? mp , arcd 10 the " ,a, » - other i .. he , has visited. 1 larrisburg th .°.leanest he haa pver seen, mfmhor S f d th ? t he Sieves that a number of people of this city do not appreciate the beauty of the vicinity, particularly the scenery along the river. ♦ < ? m W has arisen ln some parts, of the city in favor of a private ambulance for the Harrisburg Hos pital. Although the board of man arfinn o in,\ ac has taken no a iv hn il sub J ect . it has occasion alb been discussed. W. M. Condon hn^nlfn 5 ) ch ?® on , superintendent of thi hospital, said that the need of a prl- J ® ambulance for the hospital in eiident, and although not opposed to H l ®. PrCS , ont system fn "se, he is a stiong advocate of a private car. • • * " umb ® r of actors who have ap. V' a , ous vaudeville stages in this city during the past few soa rtitv S in a^f !l i! d » thllt H » rr 'st>urg is the qtty in which to work illusions. Ma gicians in particular who come to this city to perform have often said that thoi r oldest tricks can he worked with safety and the people /r V i J ' N i ceptions ar<! at a loss (n understand how the "stunt" is pulled. /i ct P r ' ln sneaking of the city, said that he was in the street one day and spoke to a man who was gazing in .amazement at the posters outside the S r l e not recognizing the actor, readily started a conver ♦ Elm a ®kmg his opinion of several of the illusions being- shown that week. I lie c onjuror took the pains to explain how he did one of his simple tricks, but the man. not knowing his acquaint ance by name, refused to believe him • » fter the illusion had been ex plained, • • • "Talk about tough luck," growled a tennis enthusiast at Reservoir the other afternoon when it started to rain. J v « been sitting for three hours and a half waiting for a set and now that I have a chance to play it starts to pour. The popularity of the courts is shown every day at Reservoir, where at any time of day dozens of people can be seen reposing on the benches and grassy terraces awaiting their turn at the courjs. • • * It's remarkable how many people day watched the progress of the work on the river wall and steps. At dinner time particularly a stroll along the river front anywhere from 11.30 to 1 proved that the tired businessman as well as his stenographer and clerk were almost as much interested in the lnVhoT^ UK °I £! le , mixer as in the trees and birds and flowers that spots 0 park one of the clty ' s beaut y * * * . funny," said a resident of the tramps almost as much .? c Fa ,* er ' "that more people don t know about the beauties of the little wooded hollow running between the Paxtang ice dam and the rear end of Prospect Hill Cemetery. It's one of the prettiest places within a ten ure tramp of the city and it's easv to get there If you take a Paxtang 6r a Reservoir car—one bringing you close i to the one end of the hollow and one close to the other end. About this time nf the year the dell is chuck full of vel vet violets, buttereuns. jvild hon»v- ' tecK-'n-the-pulplta and hun dreds of other Spring (lowers. There's a little stream running through the place and on each side are high hills covered with majestic trees. Never knew of it?- H-m, that's not strange." Bishop Darlington was pleading with the convention of the Diocese of Harrisburg last week for more auto mobiles for rural missionaries. "We need low-priced touring cars," he said. A nigh-priced car won't do, even if given to us; the cost of upkeep is too great. A touring car la needed be cause the missionary often has to carry an organist and some choristers with him. The more automobiles we can get the better. They're necessi ties. although some persons seem to think they're luxuries." WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —John S. Rilling, the Erie lawyer. Is one of the prominent men in the life of the northwestern part of the State. —Mayor Blankenburg, of Philadel phia, plans Fo take a vacation to the Poconos next month. —Charles Miller, the Franklin capi talist, will spend a month at the San Francisco exposition. —D. J. Driscoll, prominent St. Mary's man, was here to-day to see the legislature. —Mayor Jermyn, of Scranton, comes from one of the oldest families of Lackawanna county. DO YOU KNOW ~ That the Rockvillc bridge is still visited by engineers as one of the railroad marvels? » N Not Endorsed Mr. Retailer, did you ever de posit a check, forgetting to en dorse It? i You know you didn't get th« ' cash, don't you? But when you supplied the missing name the check was good. When a national manufacturer advertises in this newspaper he is in effect drawing a check to the credl,t of the stores that carry the goods. It Is payable in customers. The dealers who "cash in" are the dealers who endorse the manufacturers' newspaper adver tising by showing the goods and reaping the benefit of the pub licity. HARRISBtTRG TELEGRAPH nus CUT mm STYLE Members of the House Have Lots of Fun in Commemorating the Gose of Session PATRIOTISM RUNS VERY HIGH Shaaber Bears the Stars and Stripes and Recites Lincoln's Gettysburg Address Members of the House kept up tra ditions of the la»t night of the session and cut loose, keeping the hilarity go ing until early this morning. The Senate was a decorous place, Its members had much to think of. But the Hottße was care free and business free and had atl kinds of time for all kinds of fun. The hall was crowded from early evening and before the gavel, which was a mallet bought to replace the Ivory affair used In easy times, fell there were paper fights in which va rious members llfeured. The paper throwing went on and songs and cat calls abounded. Some of the members donned paper liat« and bearing tin horns marched about the building. —Representative Mahlon H. Shaa bor, Civil War veteran, was the central figure in a patriotic demonstration that attracted much at tention. He was given Patriotism the American flag Alxtumls in from the rostrum anil the House. putting on his Grand Army uniform he headed a parade which visited the Senate and was made up of members singing "Marching Through Georgia." When the parade returned to the chamber. Representa tive IT. L. HacUctt, who was presiding during the fun, called Mr. Shaaber and at his request the veteran recited luincoln's address at Gettysburg. —The big feature of the night was the mock parade when members put on paper hats and marched about singing and shouting to various legislators to join in. The parades were Parades generally headed to the and Two Senate, but did not get Suppers, far as the solons ap peared to have something on their minds and to bo too busy to join in the fun until very late. About midnight the senators and attaches had supper in the House caucus room, while Chief Clerk Garvin was host to the House and its attaches and friends in the lower branch. —Chaplain Thomas W. Davis, of the Senate, added much to the pleasure of the evening by singing several solos, the members join ing in the chorus. His Senate's leading of "Tipperary" Chaplain brought out the finest 11 Singer. singing ,of the night, hundreds of Voices be ing heard. The parson then led in "Moses" and "America," the latter being the occasioh of a big demonstration. The chaplain then led "He's a Jolly Good Fellow" for Speaker Ambler. —One of the funniest incidents of the night was when a quintet of col ored boys was brought in to sing. Four sang everything from "Tipperary" to "Ton wore a Tulip," Stein Is while the fifth acted as Given a collector. Chairman for Chance, a While Hackett then called on "Equal Rights" Stein, author of the colored men's bill to congratulate the quar tet, which he did until driven away by the showers of paper. The con cert was then bossed by Postmaster Hillegass and proceeded with much variety and hilarity. B BOOKS and General Goethals needed all his tact and diplomacy to keep things groins smoothly on the Tsthmus. In the June Scribner he tells about "The Human Klement in Administration." It was not only the army of men who had to be cared for, but as well many wives and children. There were women's clubs and various organizations for promoting social welfare. General Goethals must have been a very busy man. The engineering problems took second place. "Quarrels with the neighbors be cause of the children, domestic differ ences, debts that were long due and could not be collected, treatment of patients by doctors and atttendants, treatment meted out by foremen and others to their subordinates —questions Of all kinds were brought up. I be ep me the father confessor, and was called on to settle all sorts of ques tions raised by all sorts and conditions of men, women and children." AS IT IS IN KANSAS [From the Topeka Capital.] Nothing that you would care to have your name publicly connected with hap pens after 12 o'clock at night. Letter List LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN the Post Office, at Harrisburg, Pa., for the week ending May 15, 1915: Ladles' List Trissia Adams, Mrs. Lucia Barlow. Mrs. Norine Benr Miss Margaret Bill, Miss Esther M. Boyer, Bertha Carr, Miss Harriet C. Davis, Mrs. James Donahue. Miss Lida Duf field, Miss Catherine V. K. Enger, Miss Faerland, Mrs. E. Fleitman, Miss Mae Foster, Mary F. Ginzer, Mrs. Frances Green, Miss Mayme Haf ley. Miss Cannie Hausman, Mrs. C. A. Horesten, Miss Routh Houtz, Miss Katherine Howard, Miss Tannle Keck, Mrs. Kensell, Mrs. S. C. Knell, Mrs. Lvdia Kroninger, Miss Francis LaVan, Miss Fannie Levan. Mrs. Margara, Ma tilda McCauley, Miss Ruth MeCullough, Miss Flossie McFadden, Ethel Mcgalne, Mrs. Stella Miller. Mrs. Marg. Moyer, Mrs. Caml Plttlcher, Join Roberson, Mrs. Ida Runfleld (D D, Miss Schiller, Miss C. W. Smith. Mrs. Harry Stein burn. Miss Elizabeth Stewart, Mrs. D. O. Taylor, Mary Waldmann. Mrs. Mary AVenrlck, Miss A. E. Whittf, Miss Gladys WUlson, Mrs. Dickey Wolfe. Gentlemen's List James J. Ander son (D. L), Hon. and Mrs. O. Baird, Charles G. Bannon, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Beck, James Benghey (D. L), Ross Blessing, L D. Brewer, Melvin Butts, Theodore Campbell, J. H. Cunningham, Artmus Ellenberger, C. A. Ferguson, E. H. Fisher. Charles Flicking, W. Grab, Waltln Graft. J. Hamilton, Fritz Holmer, E. M. Hoover, Lee M. Jones, Paul Ivoser, H. W. Lapp, E. A. Lewis, Jesse Lewis, Foster' Mann, Harry Marofsky, Levy L. Mayer, James F. McCormick, Joseph Mourrey, D. J. Mc- Kay, G. E. Miller, W. Millet. Harry Minnegan, W. It. Nelson. Willam Nes ter, Charles F. North (2). Charles H. Parker, George Proud, Gilbert Rebert (D. IJ.), Mr. Reed. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Rivers. J. C. RoVan, Billy Shad well, Morris Sherr, E. P. Snell, Stanley R. Snyder, Pasquale Sosilljyn, E. Stanley, Tredrick Stelvrer, Gsrome Steward. Al bert Thornton, William Van Busklrk, G. S. Wagner (D. L), H. W. Westfall, William M. Williams. Firms Harrnh Mfg. Company, The Ideal Art Co., Mason Shoe Polishing Co., The Pullman League of Christian Workers. Foreign Pane Bubftlo, Stefan ClrkreeneicJ. Arcadle Tanutas. Persons should invariably have their mall matter addressed to their street and number, thereby insuring prompt delivery by the carrier*. ~THE CARTOON OF THE DAY | ; The Delu —From the Chl<a K n Tribune. Our Daily Laugh NL <*■**. BRUTALHUBB *- LiJvbSl A typical husband Whenever hlswife jKthjJmL tried to bake, Ate a dozen or Of her biscuits. MEE? _ -irf&T' then swore I T hey were not like SHE \ what mother could bake. SURELT. Five blocks, she says, is very much too For her to goljHjfr. without a n 1111 in let a tango mas surely show J She danced that WHEN THR WAR ENT>* By AVinjc Dlneer Throughout this war I oft have tried To pick the winner out; I've read each day how regiments Are being put to rout. Sometimes the German arms will win— The next day they will lose>— Until at last I've given up— The winner I can't choose. But after all, whoever wins I wish the war would cease, And warring nations, one and all, • Would take up terms of peace. 'Twould mean so much to all the world, For war to end, and yet They all might go to war again O'er what each one's to get. lEDITORIAL COMMENT! If the belligerents are bent on an exchange of asphyxiating gas, why not arrange a set-to between parliament and the reichstag?—Washington Post. Who can blame those Pennsylvania miners for striking when ordered to carry dynamite past the hind legs of mules?— Florida Times-Union. From the numerous reports of the annihilation of Villa's forces it is evi dent that Carranza's supporters have captured a telegraph office. —Chicago Daily News. Wonder whether those sixty-eight German war vessels seen in the" North Sea are bound for Newport News? — Philadelphia North American. Austria is credited with having saved Germany. As a reward, Germany sug gested that her ally give up a few valuable provinces to Italy.—Philadel phia North American. • Russia orders. large quantities of shrapnel from us and Austria has Just placed an order in this country for 5,000 cork legs. There's cause and effect for you.—Boston Globe. Huerta says that Mexico needs a million Jews, and it must be admitted that those imported from the pogrom centers of Russia would feel perfectly at home anywhere in the, so to speak, republic.—Boston Transcript. I liTTKSTOffIE-EDITOR I VANDALISM To the Editor of the Telegraph: "If you have anything on your mind that may be of public interest, write a letter to the Telegraph, always aim ing to be as brief as possible." In pursuance to the above, which Is copied from your editorial column of the seventeenth instant: Last Friday evening. In a canoe I paddled along the entire length of the new "front steps," and In not one sec tion, the length of which 1b about eight feet, are there two steps from which the edge has not been broken by small boys throwing stones, large and small, from the top of the bank. This is certainly vandalism in one of its worst forms. A little vigilance for a time on the part of fcark an d c jty policemen might save to ua for a time this heau tiful improvement, which has not yet even been turned over to the city by the builders. CANOEIST. Harrisburg, May 17. IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph, May 20, 1865] Soldiers Leaving Hundreds of soldiers who were in the hospitals in this city are being discharged and are going home. Sentence Deserter Edward Rathoon, charged with de serting twice and escav>ing from an officer, while under arrest, was sen tenced to be shot at Fort Mifflin, June 9. To I<ay Cornerstone The cornerstone of the national monument at Gettysburg will be laid I on July 4. MAY 20, 1915. The Slaughter of the Innocents BY Capt. Stanley Huntley Lewis [Captain Stanley Huntley Lewis Is well known in HarrisUurg and es pecially to members of fraternal orders. He is publicity director ti,„ Washburn Carnival Shows, and has been coming t6 Harrisburg reguVrh each season with circus attractions for several years He is writ«i- Jiv magazines, and is the author of "Road and Rail." "The Wrerkin? "llannlgan, of the Seventh." and "The Top-Sergeant of K Trooi?" re tain Lewis served in the United States army, and was in charge of aco * pany during the Spanish-American War. He nas rfn excellent military record. He is also a cartponist and writer of humorous stories.] UNSEEN, the vicious viper lurks Two leagues beyond the land; And oh, the hate, the bitter hate That nerves the guiding hand! Above her deck the herring play. The scaly hake and sculpln' stray, The gaping weaktlsh throng; The seaweed, where the swift tide swirls, Hangs from her sides In floating curls 'Like sodden hair of long-drowned girls; Half-blind, she gropes along. Above, the sun of glad noonday; Below, the deeps are ghastly gray. Where. In the broad sea-lane. Securely safe from watchful eyes, Slinking and venomous she lies Awaiting Death's most piteous prize— To choose the Sinless Slain! Full speed ahead toward her port The floating palace drives, , Bearing her precious, heedless freight, Two thousand human lives. About her decks the voyagers stand. And happy lovers hand in hand Are gazing toward the distant land— The journey's almost o'er; Soft breezes, odorous and clean Blow o'er the bow, and dimly seen, Lies the low strip of vivid green That marks the Irish shore. Above the waves, a mile away, A fln-llke object cleaves the spray— A single whistling breath Comes from a tube of compressed air; A widening wake Is marking where The grisly viper lurking there Has launched the bolt of Death! The craven blow has found- its mark— I)ull-muf(led thuds the stroke; From out the staggering steamer bursts A cloud of lurid smoke. No craft to hear the drowning calls— The useless boats Jam in their falls, As lower sinks the wreck. "Drag the Roads" The Elmhurst Signal reprints the following timely poem from the Kan sas Industrialist as a contribution to the "State-wide Good Roads Day" sentiment: "DRAG THE ROADS" When the smiles of Spring appear, Drag the roads; When the summer time is here, Drag the roads; When the corn is in the ear, In the winter cold and drear, Every season of the year— Drag the roads. W T hen you've nothing else to do. Drag the roads; If but for an hour or two. Drag the roads; Tt will keep them good as new; With a purpose firm and true Fall in line; it's up to yoti— Drag the roads. WHERE WILL, IT STOPf [From the Christian Herald.] The center of population has moved steadily westward for more than a hundred years without being dsftected either to the north or south. It might be expected that the development of some section of the country would have drawn the mystical point far from the horizontal, but such has not been the case. The wonderful regularity of the movement of the line westward Indi cates at a glance the steady movement of the population. Italian Writer Who Has Stirred All Italy Gabriel D'Annunzlo, one of Italy's foremost writers and literary men, whoso anti Austrian speeches have done more than any one other thing, perhaps, to bring about the present crisis in Italo-Austrian affairs. Their last ?aze on the bright May 3Kss e a.H cl ' ildrcn c,in K iike nes Upon the Bloplng deck. Of what avail to flout God's laws, Prftifd Wllhelm? Has it helped thy cause * That babies' blood be spilt? before the throne of Him on high Will outweigh all thy Majestv Help save the kiddles," last choked cry Of dying Vanderbllt! A foaming vortex marks the spot AJ here once a good ship rose; Dotted with futile, clutching hands T'le oil-streaked whirlpools close. Life s beautiful adventure." so Beloved Fro hin an said; His noble work was nearly done. The most, of his life's thread was spun; But how about each tiny one Whose little life was just begun, Now with the nameless dead? Below the cool, translucent deep Until the last great Day they sleep. Victims of wars red rage— Waiting the final call divine Beneath the green Atlantic brine, \anderbilt, Frohman. Charlie Klein, The genial-hearted "Philistine"— 1' air Roycroft's kindly Sage! Proud Wllhelm of the Mailed Hand, These folk were of a neutral land; What quarrel had these babes wlt» thee? Had these mothers harnjed Germany? Had Frohman ammunition stored, Or Elbert Hubbard drawn the sword? W hen, stripped of pomp and pride and place, You grovel at the Throne of Grace, When these drowned innocents you face. Denied their own home sod: When, answering the final Call. Naked and whimpering, you crawl Before the mighty Lord of All, WHAT WILL. YOU SAY TO GOD? Taft on the Recall 1 J "You send your legislators to the Legislature because they are experts. They go there and listen to the meas ures, and amendments are proposed. That is their work, a work to which the great body of electors is utterly unadapted. I do not cnre how in telligent they may be. The electors, through party platforms and in other ways, indicate the general principles along which they wish the government to be conducted. Then they select those experts to go and formulate into con structive legislation the policies they desire them to support. "When you have a sick child you send for a physician; you do not send for a lawyer or a businessman. When you have a bridge to build you send for an engineer. When you have chil dren to teach you send for a teacher. When you have a law to make on a complicated subject you send it to men who are familiar with the duty of making laws, and who have the time, the opportunity, and who are paid for tho purpose of studying the questions and formulating into the statutes that which by your general declaration you have Indicated should be the policy. "Then, too, they seek to establish a system of recall, as the result of which a man has his ear down to tho ground every day listening to see what the people think of what he did yes terday. How can you expect a policy formulated in that way to be a real policy? "He has got to have courage. He has go? to look ahead, and he cannot be explaining every day to an entire people Just what he is doing and why he is doing It, when he assures them that he is carrying out their policies and he wishes to be vindicated when he finishes the term for which he has been elected. "Just think what would have hap pened if we had had the recall of Pres idents in Lincoln's time. He would has been recalled Just as certain as the word. Could you have an example stronger to show the absurdity of keepinf a man engaged with his fac* tight on the ground and with his ea>- down thero listening to something that ought not to be in his ears at all, but that he shall realize the great trust that he has to-day, that which the people put him in there to do, and should have the time in which to do It, and then manifest by the results of his trust that he Is worthy of his election. * NEWS DISPATCHES OF THE } CIVIL WAR | [Prom the TelegTaph, May 20, 1886] Seward Recovered Washington, May 20. Secretary Seward has recovered from the wounds Inflicted in April, when an at tempt was made to murder him. He went to his office for the first time to day. Big Celebration Planned Washington. May 20.—Plans jar® being made here for a big celebration on the" 24th, when the Union troops are dismissed after the grand review. Trial Finished Next Week Washington, May 20. —The trial of the persons implicated in the assassi nation of President Lincoln Is being continued. It is believed that it will , be completed next week.
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