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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
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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.
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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.