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Sworn dally average for (be three ★ months ending April 30,1U5, a . 21,844 * Average for the year 1914—28.213 Average for the year 1818—21,577 Average for the year 1012—21,175 Average for the year 1911—18,851 Average for the year 1910—17,495 SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 23 —Ceilings must be white, as they B.re to reflect and diffuse the light. GATHER THE FACTS TOW that the Legislature has com pleted its labors, the atmosphere Is clearing on Capitol Hill and the net results of the session are be coming more apparent to the students of legislation. Attention was so largely focused during the session upon a few big bills that other measures inter esting in their provisions and purposes were overlooked. These are now com ing to the surface for the consideration ■of Governor Brumbaugh and it Is cer- Italn that they will have his close scrutiny to the end that those which are beneficial may not fall by the wayside. Cities of the third class, including Harrisburg. which have so long ap pealed to the Legislature for a decent measure of home rule, are said to look with favor upon Senate bill 536, which gives Dean Jackson's Department of Labor and Industry authority to gather, classify, index and make avail able information from any and every source that may be helpful in improv ing the methods of administration in the several municipalities of the Com monwealth. This official Information has long been needed and the bill In question seems to provide a practical njethotl of furnishing the public the statistical and other hiatter neceisary to a progressive development of mu nicipal administration. It so happens that the two large cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have dominated the Legislature for several years to the exclusion of the smaller cities. This situation has been the outgrowth of difference of methods and lack'of home rule in local affairs. Governor Brumbaugh has recognized the difficulties in his public speeches and we trust, in the interest of better administration for the cities of the third class especially, that he will give the bill now before him favorable con sideration. The present Department of Labor and Industry is so organized as to be of great service to the people of the State. This additional service can easily be rendered with insignificant expense and with great benefit to all the cities. There has been one pro posal after another looking to 'the creation of a bureau of municipal affairs, but such a division has never been authorized, and the authority granted in the measure now before the Governor to gather the Information which Is so frequently required would be a'step in the right direction. Still a few more "jitney" accidents, yet there are those who appear to re gard an automobile with a flag on it as something which has the right of way over other vehicles, streets, side walks and telegraph poles. Let us hope that a fatal accident or two will not be necessary to stop the reckless driving of these new public service machines. TAKING IT OCT ON THE JANITOR THE penny-wise and pound-foolish policy of an administration that saves at the spigot and wastes at the bung-hole was illustrated again last week when the Treasury Depart ment made an order placing 4,000 Janitors, charwomen and similar em iployes on an eight-day furlough In or der to save a small portion of their already small pittance. Thus the 'Democratic pledge of economy has the beginning of its fulfillment. After ap propriating large sums for new offices Kind commissions, urging the appropri ation of many millions for a dangerous s ship-purchase scheme, and finding positions for sons and sons-in-law of members of the Cabinet, the first step In economy Is undertaken by cutting the compensation of the hardest work ed and poorest paid of all the hundreds ,«f thousands of government employes. The order which has been made ap plies to every Federal public building In the United Btates, for the care of ell of which $2,650,000 Is appropri ated. The burden of the saving that ■the administration proposes to effect falls upon those who perform the ser vice of sweeping, scrubbing and clean ing. Naturally, the inauguration of this discriminating and unfair scheme of economy has a storm of criti cism against the tfßilnistration. The policy is particularly condemned be cause the administration has been ex travagant in so many other respects ,where economy could have been prac ticed without detriment to tho pub- SATURDAY EVENING, lie service and without injury to indi viduals. For example, in numerous in stances where the last administration had employed special counsel to con duct litigation In various parts of the United States, the present administra tion, without any charge of Ineffi ciency, dismissed the attorneys who were conducting the cases and em ployed other attorneys who would nec essarily have to study the facts and familiarize themselves with the law, such attorneys being employed In some Instances at higher salaries than the experienced men were receiving and without any apparent reason for the change, other than that the newly-em ployed ones were "deserving Demo crats." Other men have been appointed to high-salaried positions in the Govern ment service with no apparent special qualification other than their relation ship to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State and the Secre tary' of the Navy. Instead of practicing economy by saving the money paid to these officials, the administration chose to make its first move for the fulfillment of its economy pledge by taking tribute from the poorest paid public servants, who are frequently men and women of advanced age and in dlro need of all the compensation they receive. This act of the Treasury Department has served a valuable end, however, by calling public attention once more to the violation of the economy pledge. This subject received wide discussion at the close of the last session of Con gress when the Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Appropri ations condemned his own party for Its extravagance and showed that the excess of expenditures was due chlef |ly to the Executive Departments which had urged appropriations $118,000,000 jln excess of the amount Congress ap propriated. This Incident has also served a further good end by forestalling the effort to set aside all other issues and secure public approval for the Wil son administration on the ground that it has not embroiled the United States In European war. The effort to win public approbation because of errors the administration does not commit will fail because of its own acts, which keep before the public Its mistakes of a positive and affirmative nature. One tired official on Capitol Hill de serves a rest, but he doesn't know the meaning of the word. He has been ac customed to work day and night so long that such a thing as a respite never occurs to him. He is the dynamo of the State Senate and as Its secre tary, W. Harry Baker is parliamenta rian. master of ceremonies and first aid to all of the members as well as the public at large. "Let Harry do it" Is the attitude of all those who understand his tact and ability. BENKFICI.VD RAINS CITY COMMISSIONER TAYLOR will take prompt advantage of the present rainy period to or ganize his planting and seeding force for vigorous work as soon as the rain ceases. Owing to the unusual drought of the Spring, it has not been possible to make such headway with the seed ing and planting along the river front and throughout the park system as was desired by the department. It will doubtless be the aim of Commis sioner Taylor to protect the new sec tions of the river park strip from dam age during the growing of the grass and planting on the slopes. Every good citizen should co-operate with the department in this matter. When the gravel walk shall have been constructed'along the top of the slope there will be less disposition on the part of pedestrians to tramp over the newly sown park ground along the river. Thousands of sprigs of the matrimony vine already have been planted along the slope north of "Hardscrabble" and as rapidly as the grading is completed the remaining plants will be placed. It Is the hope of the •Department of Parks that this planting and seeding will make a good showing before hot weather comes. After one experience in arbitrating a dispute between the city and a con tractor on public work, It Is not likely that this method will be adopted here after in such controversies. Our city officials never again will recommend that sort of peacefui settlement. RECEIVER OF TAXES FOU some inscrutable reason th« Legislature persists in its oppo sition to the creation of a receiver of taxes for the cities of the third class. It prefers to cling to the obso lete methods of tax collection which impose upon these cities great burdens of expense and inconvenience. Senator Beidleman has made two attempts to provide for a receiver of taxes, but has been circumvented by those who prefer the patronage to the economy and convenience of tho people. It is an occasion of surprise that the important cities of the third class should endure the old system of tax collection which cowpels thousands of taxpayers to submit to this expense and annoyance without justification or excuse. Instead of some of the flubdub ot theory which has the approval of certain officials from time to time they might better be engaged in promoting such measures as the one which Sen ator Beidleman has endeavored to place upon the statute books. He de serves credit for his efforts to accom plish this real reform, which must come some day. Who cares about the war? York county strawberries will soon be ripe! AL. R. HOCCK THE death of Al. R. Houck, chief of the bureau of statistics of the Department of Labor and Indus try, at his home in Lebanon early to-day, removes from the political life of the State one of the staunchest exponents of Republicanism in the Commonwealth: More than that, he was a faithful public servant. - As postmaster of Lebanon for sixteen years Mr. Houck developed the mail service of that city to a high state of efficiency and was so popular that when hlj Democratic successor was appointed following the election of President Wilson he notified Mr. Houck that he would postpone talcing the oath of office until such time as it suited Mr. Houck to retire. Through sixteen years of leadership in Lebanon county Mr. Houck held the affection and respect of even his po litical opponents. He was a man of unquestioned Integrity, whose word was as good as his bond. As head of the bureau of statistics of the Depart ment of Labor he established a system of recording that has been the ad miration and wonder of all who have seen It. He was an indefatigable worker and not the least of his efforts In State politics was his advocacy of the nomination of Dr. Brumbaugh for Governor. Mr. Houck had a host of friends In all parts of the State who will deeply mourn his death. The decision of the Board of Public Works and City Commissioner Lynch to proceed with the program of public im provements authorized by the people without unnecessary delay Is in har mony with the spirit of the community and reflects the good sense and judg ment of the officials. Hopkins is managing the municipal Improvement celebration. That settles It—it'll be a "real" one. FOR SCHOOLS AND ROADS [From the Philadelphia Record.] Of the $65,000,000 which the State Is expected to expend In the coming two years $19,000,000 will be for edu tion and $9,300,000 for highways con struction and maintenance, these items constituting 43.5 per cent, of the total. This is not a bad showing for the State. Both ita schools and roads are constantly Improving and are deserv ing of the most liberal support. AN OUTSIDER'S VIEW [From the New York World] By prohibiting all unnaturalized foreign-born persons from fishing and hunting in the State, the Pennsylva nia Legislature comes pretty near making it necessary for some would be sportsmen to go equipped with their birth certificates, marriage certificates and naturalization papers, besides any form of license that Pennsylvania may require, when they want to catch a perch or shoot a rabbit. A PEOPLE'S WAR [From the New York World] Italy has not been manipulated in to the war by her diplomacy or by her government oc by her king. She has been driven in by an irresistible public opinion which left Rome the alterna tive of war or revolution. Morally, Italy stands on no higher plane than Germany in respect to her interna tional obligations. Germany tore up the guarantee of Belgian neutrality because it suited her military pur poses. and Italy has torn up the Triple Alliance because It suits her national istic purposes. What is in the Italian mind Is also In the Rumanian mind and the Greek mind. It is likely to be in the minds of other European nations that are still neutral but that may not long re main neutral. A war which In Its origin was destitute of excuse or justi fication is slowly hut surely drawing all Europe into the vortex. GOOD ROADS DAY By Wing Dinger I've got to buy a shovel, I've got to buy a rake, I've got to buy a big pick And then I've got to make Some purchases of clothing. Some overalls—a shirt— And heavy shoes that sharp stonss And mud and dust won't hurt. Then dressed in this regalia A journey I will make Next Wednesday to the country With shovel, pick and rake. Out in some lonely district I'll drop my heavy load. And If I'm not tired I'll help fix up the road. American Ambassadors Are in Great Demand MUM THOMAS NELSON PAOB. Ambassador to Italy. FREDERICK C. PENFIELD, Ambassador to Austria. The Austrian government asked Secretary Bryan to have the Ainerl-' can embassador to Italy Thomas Nel son Page, take care of its interests In Rome in case of war, and at the same time the Italian government made a request that Frederick C. Penfleld, American ambassador to Austria, care for it in Vienna. These requests, as much as anything transpiring in Eu rope, led to the belief that both gov ernments had determined on war. Germany did not, at least at the same time, request American ambas sadors to act for It In Italy. American ambassadors are now acting for the Germans In England, France, and Russia. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH NEW COMMISSIONERS! WILL MEEIGOVEIOI) Brumbaugh Will Require That They Give Entire Time to State Service SEVERAL WILL RESIDE HERE Mrs. Roessing Issues Open Letter to Constituents of Dauphin County Members The five new and two reappointed members of the Public Service Com mission will meet with Governor Brumbaugh next Tuesday to discuss the work of the commission. It is be lieved here that Secretary A. B. Mil lar and most of the other appointees under the commission will be retained. The understanding here is that the members of the commission will b® asked by Governor Brumbaugh to de vote all their time to the affairs of that body, and that several of them will take up their residences permanent ly in Harrisburg. Ex-Governor Pennypacker, one of the reappointed members, died his oath in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth yesterday. —Mrs. Roessing, president of the Pennsylvania Woman's Suffrage Asso ciation. has issued an open letter to the constituents of John C. Nissley and Walter S. Young. Dauphin coun ty members of the Legislature, calling attention to the fact that they voted against the "woman watchers" bill. The bill. Mrs. Roessing says, was In tended to assure fair play to the wo men when the suffrage amendment is voted upon. Following Is an extract from the letter: "Moreover, inasmuch as members of the same well-organi ied lobby that defeated the local op tion bill lobbied against the watchers bill, we are curious to know if their activities Influenced your representa tives' votes, or if they voted against our measure merely on the assump tion that you, their constituents, were averse to giving womenfolk a square deal. We would appreciate It, If you would help us sift the situation to the bottom. The chances of secur ing a fair verdict from thegpeople on the question of woman suffrage has been jeopardized by your repre sentatives' votes." MR. HILL AND THE TARIFF (Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Rep.) James J. Hill of the great North west and elsewhere is much worried for fear the tariff will be made the principal issue next year. He urges newspapers to enter upon a campaign of education which will avert such a calamity. He believes that the tariff should be taken out of politics, as many others do, although nobody has been able yet to show Just how this can be done in a country in which gov ernment necessarily Is by parties. Not to go into that large subject however, it may be in place to call Mr. Hill's attention to the importance of getting his premise straight before he reaches a conclusion. He says: "Experience has shown that every general reconstruction of the tariff, whether for better or worse, means at least two years of doubt, hesitation, bad business." It would have been more accurate if Mr. Hill had said "every reconstruc tion of the tariff oy ft*e Democratic party." There wasn't any "bad busi ness" caused by the impending Ding ley bill or the Payne-Aldrich revision, nor was there hesitation or doubt on the wrong side of things. Instead there was a feeling of confidence that no matter what the ultimate schedules might be, industries would be protect ed. wages would not be reduced, and the opportunity of American enter prise would be preserved. Passage of the Dingley act was followed by a re markable period of prosperity and the only fly in the ointment was the Spanish War. which didn't last long. Within a year after the Payne-Ald rich law was signed there were in-- creases in wages of over $500,000,000 per annum, and this standard was maintained until Democratic victory of 1912 was assured. All business boomed. It was when inauguration was in sight that the ebb tide began. Mr. Hill belongs to a comparatively small group of immensely rich men who. having "got.theirs," are Indiffer ent to tariffs; and beside he is inter ested both ways, in the United States and outside of it. [EDITORIAL COMMENT! The Colonel says he advised with Boss Piatt to obtain ' results. That, probably, also was the reason why Piatt advised with the Colonel.—New York World. In confessing that he tried to make Mr. Barnes good and failed. Mr. Roose velt admits that there Is a limit to even his powers.—New York Evening Post. Mr. Perkins says he is unshaken as a Progressive, from which it is as sumed that the call for campaign con tributions has not yet been sounded.— Washington Post. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —George W. Guthrie, of Pittsburgh, ambassador to Japan, is in Washington and called on the President yester day. —President Pro Tem. of the Senate Charles Kline is spending Saturday and Sunday in Philadelphia. —Kinley John Tener, a nephew of ex-Governor Tener, was tapped for the "Bones" at Yale yesterday. DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg engines drain some of the largest and richest mines In Mexico?. NO REST FOR THK WICKED [From the Christian Herald.] But the complacency of sly soakers who arc In the habit of enjoying in seclusion the comfort that a bottle grants Is shaken by a decision given by the full bench of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. A woman, drunk, but quietly sleeping on a couch at her home, was complained against, ar rested and convicted of being drunk. The Court instructed the jury that "If they were satisfied upon all the evidence that the defendant, when found in the room, was drunk by the voluntary use of intoxicating liquor, she might be convicted under the com §lalnt. Appeal was taken to the uperlor Court and to the Supreme Court, but both sustained the convic tion. The offense made punishable by the Massachusetts statutes, according to the interpretation by the Supreme Court, is "drunketiness by the volun tary use of intoxicating liquor," and "the place where the offense is com mitted, whether public or private, 1* not an element to be considered in de termining whether an accused person Is guilty under the law.' THE CARTOON OF THE DAY —From the New York World. STA TEPRESSON TH THE PHILADELPHIA RECORD I The Pennsylvania Legislature, which ended the 1915 session yesterday, be haved reasonably well so far as the facts disclosed indicate. There may be lurking in some of the new laws en acted causes for dissatisfaction, but so far as disclosed the work was of a fairly representative character, and such of it as lias met or tnay meet the approval of Governor Brumbaugh ap pears to be for the general good. THE PHI I, AD EI.PHI A PRESS The Legislature just adjourned has a creditable record for work perform ed, expedition in performing It and the absence of anything In Its history that Is scandalous or calling for special crit icism. It was a Republican Legisla ture and carried out the pledges of the Republican platform and has given the State a body of useful measures, some of them of great Importance and de manded by public opinion. THE PHILADELPHIA INSURER The Republican Party won great vic tories In Pennsylvania last November. Its platform contained various pledges of advanced legislation, such as work men's compensation and child labor laws. Every essential pledge has been kept and the Legislature which finished Its work yesterday can feel that what it has done It has done well. Not only has the Legislature kept faith with the people, but so has the Governor. It may be that had it not been for the Governor's constant watchfulness the Legislature might IN HARRBBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph, May 22, 1865] Fine Fire Company The Washington Fire Company was fined to-day for running its apparatus on the pavements of the city. Sewer Damaged The new sewer at Third and Ver beke streets, was partially destroyed by the recent heavy rains. Boy Found to Be Randall Carey Yesterday the boy who was drowned above the water works was thought to be Harry Meloy, a newsboy of the city. Later it was learned positively that the boy was Randall Carey, son of Orvil Carey, of the Veteran Reserve Regiment. Our Daily Laugh f Little beams of moonshine. Little hugs and Make a little Change h.er name to Mr a. THE SOUL'S DESIRE Let me but live my life from year to year. With forward face and unreluctant soul; Not hastening to, nor turning from, the goal. Not mourning for the things thta dis appear In the dim past, nor holding back in fear From what the future veils, but with a whole And happy heart that pays its toll To Youth and Age and travels on with cheer. , So let the way be up the hill or down, Through rough or smooth, the journey will be Joy, Btlll seeking what I sought when but a boy, New friendships, high adventure, and a cijown; I shall grow old, but never lose life's zest Because the road's last turn will be the best. —Henry Van Dvke. / 1 \ Domestic Economy The modern science of domestic economy Includes a course In newspaper advertising study. For right buying Is the first step towards lessening the cost of living. • And right buying means buy ing with knowledge, with the fullest Information as to goods and prices. Each day the advertising col umns in a good newspaper like the Telegraph are a chart to the careful shopper. They give the information that means satisfaction and savings. MAY 22, 1915. have strayed a bit from the straight and narrow path. Perhaps it is Brum baugh who deserves more credit than the legislators. However, it is not worth while to speculate. The Governor has redeem ed his promises. The Legislature has redeemed Republican pledges. Con gratulations all around are due. PHILADELPHIA PI BI.IC LBDUGR It is perhaps too early to write a Just history of the legislative session which ended at Harrisburg Thursday, but It is certainly true In this case, if it ever was true, that he who runs may read. Superficially the session mixed both good and bad, as is the way with legislators; practically it cluttered up the statute books with a lot of useful material which even lawyers them selves disdain. It Is true that much good has been accomplished. The compensation bills and the child labor law stand out like monuments of pro gress in humane legislation. The good to be derived from them lies not alone in the actual conservation of human life and possibilities, but even to a greater extent in the spirit they will encourage and foster—thut in a dem ocracy every man has a moral obli gation to assist every ether man in the enjoyment of* life, liberty and happi ness. In the passage of bills putting the State's 600,000 coal miners under the protection of the compensation laws a great, though tardy, piece of justice was done, and in Uie repeal of the full crew law It must bo admitted that the lawmaker? took a commend able stand in heeding an unmistakable public opinion. I UTTLRSTO-ffIEEDiTOR I PRAISES FLYING SQUADRON To the Editor of the Telegraph: • j I congratulate the good people of Harrisburg on having the opportunity, the latter part of May, to hear the various speakers of the Flying Squad ron, in tne Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. The great auditorium of the church I served last year in Williams port, was crowded to the doors, almost every session, when they were in that city, and a most profound and bene ficial Impression was made upon the city and the surrounding towns by these masters in the subjects they dis cuss. I do not know when I heard speakers with such fervid oratory, un answerable logic, blood earnestness, deep spirituality, as characterized the efforts of the various members of the Flying Squadron. They carry convic tion and awaken confidence in the cause of temperance. EDWIN A. PYLES, Pastor Fifth Street Methodist Church. BOOKS and gfe Ml "Kaiser, Krupp and Kultur" (Srib ners), by Theodore Andrea Cook, Is a thorough-going defense of the British war policy. Including an unsparing in dictment of German Ideals and methods —diplomatic, military, and national from the pen of an experienced Jour nalist. For the week ending April I. and April 24 also, the book most in demand at the New York Public Library was "With the Allies'' (Scribners) Richard Harding Davis' stirring story of the war from the Inside, now rushing through its fifth edition. "Pierre Vinton, the Adventures of a Superfluous Husband" (Scribners) is hustling through its second edition. It is a story of the sham of divorce, a powerful satire of contemporary so ciety. The first chapter will be sent upon request to the publishers. WARNS NEW CITIZENS A note of warning to naturalized aliens was sounded In Brooklyn by Judge Thomas I. Cliatlield, who admit ted twenty-three subjects of the vari ous nations now at war to citizenship in the United States. Judge Chatfleld said: "In view of recent events I desire to impress upon you how solemn a pledge you are making In swearing allegiance to the United States. While President Wilson Is not present to instruct you. the Government has officers like myself to do that work. In questions involv ing the affairs of this country you are to leave behind all consideration of your native land and give to it not alone your moral support but, If neces sary, your lives." THE YEAR OF DEATH 1914-1915. Where ends the fearful flood of human death? Oh. God, Thy wretched children are afraid And sick at heart! Shall not this flood be stayed Before It crush Thine essence and Thy breath From out mankind? Like torrent over crag. It falls into the precipice of fate, ' And leaves the shuddering world all desolate; Insatiate, its awful weight would drag Thine image from the mind, and leave the race A plundered shrine, of all its gods bereft, A garden fair, whose choicest blooms are cleft Asunder in a madman's wild embrace! Torrent and tempeet have one living end. Fear and dismay are but a night's wild dream; I am the end, eternal and supreme! Shrink not from death, but see in HlYn thy friend: * Calm and unfailing, silent, gentle, kind. His is the hand which gives eternal rest; He is my servant, trust Him for the best And surest way. by which thy Father find! flEtonttuj QUjai |l, , May, 1915, will likely go down la the flleß of the weather bureau as one of the coolest Spring months on rec ord, In the opinion of the coal dealer, the ateam heat company officials, the the luckless consumer. Coal dealers base their conclusions on the appearance of their bins; the Bteam heat officials on the amount of vapor they had to keep In circulation; the janitors on the extra hours they've had to put in on their jobs; and tho consumer on the bills for heating. In past years the steam heat currents as a rule have been turned ofT by thel middle of May, but it has been so un usually cool, especially during the evenings, that the service has had to be kept up. • • • Keys for the girls' locker» In the Reservoir Park tonnts clubhouse can he had now upon application at the park office In the Calder building or of Courtkeeper Charles Pollock at the courts. With the distribution of the girls' keys the entire clubhouse will be ready for service. In addition to the membership fee the house com mittee has fixed a nominal charge for deposit to cover cost of loss of keys which will be refunded at the end of the season. • • • Harrisburg people who attend mo tion picture shows are among the first to notice defects in the films, accord ing to a recent visitor in this city who knows something about movies. He said that the people are trained to good shows, and when a poorly direct ed or staged picture comes to town, the patrons of the theater showing the film are not slow in telling of the Impression It made upon them. The visitor went on to say that consider ing that the city has a population of less than 100,000 the managers of some of the local theaters obtain some of the best films shortly after they are released by the manufacturing com panies. giving the city first run of tho best pictures. In looking over the ad vertisements for one day, he said that the people here do not realize just how much the managers of the morio houses are doing for them in order to satisfy their desire for the best • • * A number of students each year at the Central high school are surprised during the school term when they discover that some of the teachers of both ancient and modern languages are also well versed and deeply in terested in botany. Miss Jessie Bow ers, instructor of Latin and Greek, Is one of the members of the faculty who frequently surprises the students by showing interest in the science of plants. Professor William M. Fahnes tock, teacher of German and English at the school, and well-known be cause of his activity as a member of the Harrisburg Natural History socie ty, is often asked for information about plant life. Interest In wireless telegraphy among the boys in the high schools of this city is becoming more noticeable. The for mation of a wireless club at the Tech nical high school sometime ago served us an impetus to the enthusiasm that has arisen. The feature about the boys who have apparatus for both sending and receiving is that most of their instruments are made by themselves at home and in many in stances are equally as serviceable as those purchased from manufacturers. The boys often get together in tho evenings and have little "wireless" parties among themselves, and have much fun in sending and receiving messages from their friends in other parts of the city. The boys of the Harrisburg Academy are also much Interested in the recent invention ami lately quite a number of the students have constructed sets capable of fine work. Most of the boys have secured licenses from the government and are taking up the subject in a practical manner. Professors at the schools are highly in favor of the formation of the clubs, and help the boys when ever possible. * * * Now that the waters of the Susque hanna are dropping down to near the low water mark, the river is beginning to take on some of the romance and plcturesqueness of the canals of Ven ice. In the evenings when it's moonlight and not too cool, it is no uncommon sight to see a canoe tucked away somewhere beneath the sheltering branches of one of the myriad of small 'islands opposite the city. Nestled down among plenty of soft cushions— If you should be so indiscreet as to peek—you will usually see some love sick youth strumming away on his mandolin or wooing soft, melodious serenades from a guitar, for the pleas ure of the sweet young miss who ma jestically reclines amidst the uphol stery In the other end of the canoe. Perhaps there isn't any place in the world just quite so romantic as a gon dola on thfc canals of Venice but —well we have the Susquehanna. • * • An Incident far from the ordinary occurred in one of the larger office buildings recently and elevatormen and those who noticed are still trying to puzzle out the answer. It was along about 3 o'clock in the afternoon when suddenly everything became quiet. Not a single type writer clicked or telephone rang. The quietness continued for some minutes before an elevatorman noticed It. He ran his car from the bottom to the top of the building—everywhere the utmost quietness reigned. Suddenly someone coughed. The sound carried down the corridors through the open transoms. In an instant stenograph ers took up their work, loud talking was heard, telephones and oc cupations were resumed. Very few noticed it but those who did have tried in vain to find the answer. "It just happens, sometimes," said an ele vatorman. NEWS DISPATCHES OF.THE CIVIL WAR [From the Telegraph, May 22, 1865] People Arrive For Review Washington, May 22.—Thousands of people are arriving daily for the Krana review day after to-morrow. The troops in this city are preparing to greet the other troops as they arrive. Removes Blockade Washington, May 22.—President Johnson to-day raised tho blockade on the entire Atlantic Coast aaid on part of the Gulf Coast. Monument For Lincoln San Francisco, May 22. —Plans ar® being made to have a monument erected in this city in honor of Presi dent Lincoln. THE ROOT OF MI'RDER [From the Christian Herald.] Drunkenness Is different from mur der. of course. But there is a decided connection between them. Scarcely a single day's news falls to report the murder of innocent members of his family by some man who asserted his "right" to be drunk in his own house. Almost every day we read of mur derers throwing themselves on the mercy of the court with the one Pl® a ,j "I was drunk and didn't know what I was doing." These countless fellows who hava murdered while drunk, and who ought to know, don't tell us there Is no con nection between drunkenness and mur der. do they? No, no. In their pleas, the connection is direct, definite and Irresistible.
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