12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established iSfr PUBLISHED BT THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary 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 Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building. JCew York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111,, Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <Bgjgfi[JW£sKl> six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. Strom dully average for Ihe three ★ months ending April 30, 1915. 21,844 it Average for the year 1014—23,213 Average for the year 1913—21.577 Average for the yenr 1912—21,171 V Average for the year 1911—18,851 Average for the year 1910—17.495 FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 28. TOOTH BRUSH DAY NEW YORK CITY to-morrow will celebrate "tooth Brush T>ay" —an event which might well be observed in Harrlsburg. The dental Inspectors in the schools of the metropolis have found that hundreds of children never brush their teeth and that many have never been taught how. The result in many cases is exactly what might be ex pected—sickness and chronic dys pepsia. In order that every child in New York may learn the usages of the tooth brush the special day is being observed, when school teachers will demonstrate to the youngsters. Doubtless in Harrlsburg there are many children who do not use their tooth brushes as they should and fome who do not use them at all, else the. school dentists would not be kept lis busy as they now are. To be sure, it Is the primary duty of parents to teach their children to brush their teeth every morning end night, but parents are notori ously lacking In the teaching of health and hygiene, and It has been found necessary to teach nearly all of the plain health truths in the public schools. One of the best ways imag inable to teach teeth hygiene is by a practical demonstration with the brush. It might be a splendid thing for the Harrlsburg school* to have a "tooth brush drill" before the vacation pe riod begins. Western farmers and those of Penn sylvania are looking forward to large crops this year. Nothing but a calamity can prevent a prosperous year in the West, and there is reason to believe that the farmers of the East will like wise share In the bounty of Nature. REDMOND'S REFUSAL r A MKRICAN newspapers have in . J"\ the past ten months discussed the German people in their ethnic, temperamental, historic and other aspects. The tenacity of the British has gained for the English ! subjects of King George brief mention ir.ow and then, but on the whole a Martian visitor who depended entirely upon the columns of our newspapers for his Information probably would , come to the conclusion that the Ger mans are the only really Interesting people on this planet. But there are others. We are re minded of this just now by the refusal of John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Nationalists, to Join the coalition cabinet, and the effect his action is Jiaving upon the popular mind In Ire land. The Irish are an ancient race. They wore vigorous in mind and body end st&mped the- impress of their Kenius upon the world long before the early Greeks learned to write. The Emerald Isle was an Intellectual center xvlien most of continental Europe was fi howling wilderness inhabited by jiagans only one degree removed from cave men. From earliest times they Jiave excelled in literature in all it.s branches, law, theology and the arts, ■ t is perhaps only because of lack of opportunity that they are not also right up at the front in the sciences. INor arc they deficient in the sterner •virtues. For centuries they have been known a.s the fighting race. That a people so richly endowed by nature, and with roots as deeply im planted in a soil they love passionately, !have failed to create a strong nation, s political entity capable of holding its own against the whole world, is one of nature's most striking: anomalies. But the explanation is not far to seek. It lies In the fact that for some reason, perhaps to keep these virile people from running rough shod over a re luctant universe, it has been so arranged that wisdom and the political instinct never exist at the same time Jn $n Irishman's head as long as he remains in Ireland. England, France, Spain have all had to learn to obey the •will of men who sprang from "the auld sod" and the history of the newer parts of the world would present a sorry appearance if the part played by Irishmen were left out. But of great Btatemen there have been precious few In the story of Ireland itself. When put to the test some, of their lenders have turned rogues, hut per haps not a greater percentage than any other people would show If the records were searched carefully. It Is •when It comes to those who have proved fools that every true friend of Ireland Is compelled to hang his head. '{Wrong headed, purblind leaders are * FRIDAY EVENING, the greatest obstacle tdvlreland's as pirations for what Empeifor William calls a place In the nun. And John Redmond appears to have definitely enrolled himself In the ranks of this hapless lot. As a matter of abstract right and of Justice long deferred, Ireland de serves well at the hands of England, but now, in addition to that claim, an opportunity is presented by which he can put the rest of the United King dom under obligations of the most pressing kind In favor of the Irish people, yet the man the whole world regards as the political chief of the Irish holds aloof. It may be good politics for the minute, but It may well be doubted that it will prove a paying move in the long run. Downright opposition would have a truer ring and be more calculated to win the re spect of the world. Governor Brumbaugh is right In re fusing hearings upon every bill that happens to have been left upon his desk by the Legislature. Most of these measures have been talked over at length by the lawmakers and it ought not to be necessary to further take up the time of the Governor. PAX-AMERICAN COMMERCE OUT of the discussions before the Pan-American conference at Washington may come some plan for the creation of a merchant marine that will be creditable to this country and its South American neigh bors. Opposition to the administration scheme of government-owned ships has increased rather than diminished since the adjournment of Congress and any reference to a renewal of the Wil son plan is certain to arouse earnest criticism. One of the ideas now suggested is for a Joint Pan-American shipping service with a representative of the several Pan-American countries co operating with Interests In the United States. The South American delegates now in session are outspoken in their opposition to what they call "the grip of the foreign shipping trusts." Lack of ships seems to be the one serious drawback In the development ot the South American trade with the United States. Among the various features of the scheme now tentatively considered is the selection of ports of call along the western coast and all along the east ern coast of South America; these ports to be chosen on a basis of pro viding cargoes going and coming. Whatever the plan finally adopted, it is almost certain that lines of com merce between North and South America will be established as the out come of the war in Europe. The in terests of the countries concerned are so great it is inconceivable that the present situation shall long continue. Under the direction of the State For estry "Department millions of young trees are being planted on the forest reserves of the State. It will be a. good thing when the tree planting microbe takes hold in all parts of Pennsylvania. Perhaps Governor Brumbaugh will en courage the idea of planting trees along State highways. These could be looked after, hv the highway forces of the State and wouid form avenuefc to still further attract lovers of fine scenery and good roads. A VERY «OOI> STUN IT Is a very good sign that Ameri cans of Italian birth are not rush ing back to the land of their birth to help the Italian government wrest from Austria a lot of land of doubtful value to the empire. The attitude of Italy is the same as that of Germany and Austria. Both wanted "their place in the sun" and the war is the result It Is just as true to-day as it was when the ancients embodied the thought in their writings that the ambition of princes is many times as hurtful to themselves and to their own people as it is to those whose lands are laid tribute. This Is often ,lust as true of those who are celebrated for their successes as of those who fail to realize the objects of their ambitions. As one writer has put it, "if a severe view were to he taken of their conduct, if tho profit and loss of their wars could he Justly balanced, it would he rarely found that the conquest Is sufficient to rt>pay the cost." This is as true of Emperor William or Victor Emmanuel to-day as It was of Txjuis XIV, who. with the acqui sitions of all his wars, it Is said, was poorer at the end than in the begin ning. because for every subject lie had conquered he had lost three that were his Inheritance. Many of our Italian fellow-citizens may not be familiar enough with their history or their classics to judge their present situation in the light of human experience, but they are blessed with a degree of good common sense that is keeping them quietly at their work In this the land of their adoption while the prince-made war in Europe is lead ing thousands of their countrymen at home to death or ruin. Lancaster county members of the Dunkard sect are riot in harmony with the action of the national conference in deciding that Dunkards must not own automobiles. Their Dauphin county brethren are likewise of the same opinion, if we may judge from the number of automobiles driven by the Dunkards In this section. ANOTHER TREASURY 81/OW BY the placing of a new construc tion on one doubtful section of the Underwood tariff law the United States loses from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 a year. The country would be pleased to learn, no doubt, just how the Demo cratic administration means to make up this loss, but up to date the usually talkative members of the Cabinet have maintained a strict silence on the sub jetc. Possibly they have not decided. Possibly, also, the method that will have to be resorted to is not likely enough to prove popular to warrant any unnecessary publicity. A bond lasiie to cover the deficiency would seem to be the only way out of the difficulty, since Congress is not in ses sion to extend the provisions of the stamp tax. Here Is another example of the utter • incapacity of the Democrats in control at V ashlnirton. Not only were they mistaken in the effects of low tariff on the business of the country, but they were not able to draw even a low" tariff law that would hold water before the courts. When the Republicans take over .the reins of government in 1917 they will have much the same de plorable conditions to correct as faced them when they followed the last Democratic administration Into office. Certain recent developments In the ( courts of New York, growing out of I t * l<> free and, easy lives of young girls In the metropolis, have called attention ' to the lack of restraint upon the part of some parents right here In Harris- I burg. It Is no wonder that the good women of the Civic Club are doing what they can to bring about the en actment and enforcement of a curfew ordinance. We may not have cabarets and lobster palaces here, but we have a certain class of young bloods who are preying upon girls through the use of automobiles. i City Commissioner Lynch, who has i had large experience in the care of streets and general public work, will i have plenty to do when the new asphalt • j repair plant is in operation. Owing to the active building operations in dif ferent parts of the city there have been many cuts In the paved streets and these will mean plenty of work as soon as the asphalt machinery is in motion. ! "Dupont Powder Works Doubly Guarded."—Newspaper headline. After the announcement of that big extra dividend It is probably pretty difficult tot keep people out. The Supreme Court having fixed July j first to hear the appeal In the anthra- | cite coal tax rnattef, there Is hope that | the consumer may yet see the coal | barons fork over what they have al- j ready collected from the people In the j way of Increased coal prices. | EDITORIAL COMMENT | Scfiui to l»«- tiuite Human [From the si. Louis Post-Dispatch.] The poet d'Anni.nzio. after g.'iing in and ascertaining that the king agreed with him in everything', added •< rather amusing note to yesterday's news from Home by announcing that the king is the right man in the right place. (•eii!leiueu, Kindly Wall [From the Boston Traveler.] Now that the United States has or dered its first dirigible airship, which will be completed in about four months, it is to be hoped that other nations will refrain from embroiling us 1 in trouble until we are ready for it. Very Serlouit Slliiutlou [From the Grand Rapids Press.] 1 One of the tragedies of a tragic year i is the difficulty baseball Is experienc ing in finding Its place in the sun. Incredible t'oiiNervutlsm [From the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele graph. I Somerset reports much damage as the result of a downpour of hailstones an inch in diameter. Only an inch'.' Come again. Somerset! They Flock. In Fact [from the Pittsburgh Dispatch.] Advice about taking Progressives back seems to be superfluous. They Just go back. HIGH LIFE IX NEW YORK [Philadelphia Inquirer] After thinking it over. Miss Eugenia Kelly has concluded to go home with her mother and be good. The case has attracted unusual attention be- ' cause of the wealth and social stand ing of the Kelly family and the reve lation which has come of cabaret life on the Great White Way. There may be some possible excuse for the poor girl of beauty who is dis contented with her lot In seeking the glare of the electric lights, for the love of luxury is inherent in most peo ple. but Miss Kelly was influenced by no fear of poverty. She loved the gay life for its own sake and for it risked her reputation. As a result there is a shaking up In New York and we are assured that this sort of thing is go ing to be stopped. It will not be stopped by law and it will only be stopped when people see the truth about this tawdry sort of life. It will be stopped when women refuse to enter upon the pace which kills. And the best way to put a stop to It is for mothers to watch their daughters with greater care and keep them from the pitfalls which are so many. The glare of cabarets seems alluring, but there is little satisfaction to be derived from it. Men haVe a ' better chance of escape than women, although it injures all: If there is a young girl to-day who thinks of treading the primrose path of dalliance, let her consider the case of Eugenia Kelly, who was saved un der extraordinary circumstances. As 1 against this one instance there might ' be mentioned thousands who have en tered light-hearted into the Great ' White Way only to disappear forever. "BACK TO THE BABIES" [Philadelphia Public Ledgerl The benevolent order of women I known as the Ladies of the Maccabees 1 of the World has assumed the sponsor ship of a movement to induce women 1 to bestow on children the affectionate 1 regard now lavished upon poodles, ' cats and parrots. The Michigan "hive" 1 has set a good example to the rest by > adopting twenty-nine orphans. Those who have had no experience of such 1 pets hitherto are finding the human 1 animal unexpectedly responsive and amusing. There Is much to be said, in fact, for the child as an adjunct or the American home, even though it is becoming increasingly unfashion able to have one. The Journal of Heredity shows that twenty years after graduation from one-of the leading women's colleges fewer than half of the alumnae have married, and that those who have condescended to enter the state of matrimony have one and one-half children apiece. The Influ ence of these highly educated women is not necessarily conducive, however, to social demoralization. The women who have "small Latin and less Greek" and still retain the normal in clinations of the wife and mother are in the numerical ascendency. And many college women themselves have I built their lives Into ideal homes. Aristotle has declared boys the most untamable of wild animals; yet those who have had experience in the train ing of children declare that when do mesticated boys and even girls often display extraordinary 'docility and in telligence. They are sometimes quite as lively as monkeys. I.ITTI-E JIMMY'S ANSWER They were speaking of the apt re plies of the rising generation the other evening, when Congressman William H. Murray, of Oklahoma, was remind ed of an incident that happened at a public school. During the lessons one afternoon a thunder storm arose, and seeking to lessen the fright of the children the teacher began an entertaining dis course on the wonder of the elements. "Jimmy." said she. finally, turning to a bright little youngster, "can you tell me what lightning is?" "Ye.s ma'am." was the ready re' iolnder of little Jimmy, "lightning Is streaks of electricity." "That's right." smiled the teacher, encouragingly. "Now tell me whv It Is that lightning never strikes twice in the same place." "Because," answered Jimmy. quite easily, "after it hits once the same place ain't there any more."—Philadel phia Telegraph. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Tolitlct. Lk By the Ex-Oommittecman Officials of the Democratic National Committee who have been quietly In vestigating party conditions In Penn sylvania for several months, have come right out Into the open with a series of questions addressed to Demo cratic county chairmen, the Inquiries being very evidently to get informa tion which is not obtainable through the btate organization or which is de sired to come from other sources. Ihis action, which Is quite unprece dented in the Democratic party, even in Pennsylvania, where all sorts of methods have been resorted to in re cent years, has attracted much atten tion. Thomas J. Pence, who is the boss press agent of the national com mittee, has taken charge of this can vass and the questions have been sent with requests that they be given early attention. The chief line of inquiry appears to be for the feeling of the people to ward the national administration and I details are asked. Another question |is to what extent the progressives have gone back to the Republican party and the prospects for a complete union of the factions. The latter Is believed to have been inspired by the activity of Governor Brumbaugh to solidify the party. Finally the county chairman are being asked what would happen if the election was to take place this year. Just why this information wad not asked through the State committee, which maintained a very elaborate Press and information bureau here In IHI2 ajjd 1914, Is not understood. Ap- I parently, the national organization jhas taken note of the fact that the present bosses of the party in Penn sylvania, the men who have been handling the patronage, are not in good odor and that county chairmen who are closer to the people would be more apt to give trustworthy answers than the chiefs of the discredited and defeated machine which promised so much and gave so little. —The State Prohibition committee wound up its annual meeting at Pitts burgh yesterday by hearing some re markable addresses, including one by William Sulzer, late Governor of New Vork. The meeting was more for speech making than anything else ana the general plan is to have party tick ets in all of the counties this Fall and to prepare for a vigorous campaign next year. The time and place of the Spring meetings were left to the exec utive committee. The Rev. Dr. B. E. P. Prugh, of Westmoreland county, Hvas re-elected chairman with the fol lowing other officers: Secretary, Hen ry S. Gill, Greensburg; treasurer, T. H. Hamilton, Harrlsburg. The Execu tive Committee consists of: H. G. Steel, Butler county: D. S. Von Nieder, Lancaster; James Peebles, Lawrence; Albert Gaddis, Fayette; E. J. Fithian, Mercer; William LTmsted, Philadel phia; J. G. Ilosick, Allegheny; E. B. Lacey, Warren; William Repp, Lack awanna; F. E. Whittlesey, Erie; C. J. Fluck, Northampton; J. C. Rumel, Cumberland; Isaac Mondereau, Craw ford; D. B. AJcCalmont, Venango; G. L. Pennock, Delaware. —Senator Penrose last night In dis cussing the decision of the Customs Court that five per cent, tariff rebate must be granted on imports on ships of "favored nations" said. "This is but one of several hundred Inconsist ent and impracticable provisions of the present Democratic Tariff law. The act in almost every section shows lack of thoughtful consideration of the welfare of the American people, of American Industries and of time hon ored American institutions. Those-re sponsible for this law exhibited a re markable and recKiess diregard for home conditions and home interests. Tl.ere can be no relief until there shall be a complete revision of the tariff along established Republican lines and that will come with the next national election." —James A. Chambers, prominent Lawrence county lawyer, is out as a candidate for judge. Judge William E. Porter, who made the county dry, is also a candidate for re-election. —The courts have held that the city of Wilkes-Barre must pay Lu zerne county $1,081.60 for the ex penses of the special election for in crease of debt held in 1912. The city tried to put it on the county, but there was objection. —City Solicitor M. J. Ryan has started more trouble in Philadelphia by appealing from twenty-seven park way condemnation proceedings. —According to Scranton papers G. W. Leemaster, formerly chief deputy in the otfice of Fred W. Kirkendall, revenue tax collector, when the head quarters of the district were located in Lancaster, has joined the Scranton office force in the re-established Twelfth district, and may succeed Har ry Houck as chief deputy to Mr. Kirk endall. It was stated by Mr. Kirk endall yesterday that permission had been asked of the Washington office to allow Leemaster to be taken on permanently. Collector Kirkendall also declared that Mr. Houck did not wish to retain the position of chief deputy, but that the latter would re main with the office. He further stat ed that the permission to allow an extra man to be taken on was asked at the time of the re-establishment, which everyone suspects was for the purpose of rewarding Democratic fac tionlsts. } Our Daily Laugh""" ro OF A KIND 51 \ N/\ 1 /jA What cause# a. | \ 1011(1 winter? I -J Hotair ROOM JAVERS. [jprTV, t These collapst- ytgC ble opera hats are 111 a great conve- | Yes; you have no idea how gT much room they - 11? save in — 1 .ZlMc THEY'RE SAD By Winn Dlsgrr All about the city, brother. Downcast faces you will see. •Tis because this burg of ours Isn't what it used to be. For, this year we have no ball team, And on Decoration Day There will be no chance to listen For the umpire's call of "Play." I don't blame 'em, tho, for looking Sad, and feeling mighty blue. For, if there's no game to go to i What's a fellow going to do? THE CARTOON OF THE DAY THE MAN OF THE HOUR —Prom the New York Sun. "By what means'may we hope to prevent In the future me recurrence of such fatal conditions?" HERE'S THE HISTORY OF HARRISBURG'S IMPROVEMENT . , WONDER how many of our citi zens could summarize the sev eral Harrisburg Improvement loans of the last few years for the In formation of strangers? It's a fine showing of public spirit. Here is the story as given by William Jennings In the Chamber of Commerce resolution providing for this summer's improve ment celebration; Ordinance of 1902, authorizing the creation of a loan In the sum of $1,090,000, distributed as follows: $310,000 for the extension, improve ment and filtration of the water sup ply; $365,000 for extension and im provement of sewer system; $65,000 for the construction of a dam in the Susquehanna river to form part of the improved sewerage system; $250,000 for acquiring land and property for parks and for making park improve ments; SIOO,OOO for creation of a fund out of which the city may defray the cost of paving the Intersections of streets heretofore authorized to be paved. Ordinance of 1905, authorizing the creation of a loan of $400,000, dis tributed as follows: $200,000 for re constructing Mulberry street bridge; SIOO,OOO for extension and improve IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY (From the Telegraph May 28, 1865.1 SPECIAL MEETING OF COMPANY The president of the Citizen Fire Company has ordered a special meet ing of the members of the company to discuss the report of the commit tee appointed 1o examine the steamer. PLANS FOR OBSERVANCE The day of humiliation and prayer in honor of the late President will be observed with special ceremonies in this city. Plans are being completed for the services in the churches. FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH Seven children in one family were burned to death night before last in their home in Cumberland county. The children were sleeping when the fire broke out. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES" "A-B-C of Good Form," by Anne Seymour, is published this week by the Harpers. This little book presents in the simplest form the facts about our formal relations with our fellows which every one needs to know, in order not to be handicapped by ig norance of what society—in its broad est term —expects, from him. The following chapter-titles show the ground covered by this gentle little guide: "The Well-bred Individual"; "The Shy and Awkward Person"; "Good and Bad Society"; "Host and Hostess"; "Concerning Introduc tions"; "Visiting—("alls. Cards, Invi tations, Regrets, Week-end Visits"; "Informal Dinners"; "Informal Luncheons"; "Afternoon- Teas"; "Weddings"; "Card Parties"; "The Little Dance"; "Good Form in Dress." Maude Howe contributes an introduc tion on "The Importance of Good Manners." Woeful lacks in certain kinds of lit erature arit now and then discoverable in the libraries of the United States. In writing "Daybreak; a Story of the Age of Discovery" (Scribners), for example, its author, Elizabeth Miller, was obliged to Import from England and Spain many of her commentaries, which were then translated from the original Span ish by her brother, Percy Miller, be fore she could use them. When war Interrupted foreign correspondence the story was still unfinished, and the au thor appealed to the Library of Con ?ress and the Hispanic Society of New ork, which provided her with data ct long range. KILLED THE HYPHEN [From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.] Uncle Sam can credit the President with one war Victory-. He definitely and decisively killed the hyphen In his Philadelphia naturalization address. Entrenched When one of the armies takes a new position it leaves nothing to chance. It proceeds to dig itself in. It makes its position so secure that the other fellow must do the hard fighting to dislodge it. Business that builds up Its reputation by advertising is en trenching. It is digging itself in. It Is making Its position so se cure that the burden of attack Is on competition. It Is making Its trade mark a shield of defense. * MAY 28, 1915. ment of sewerage system; $75,000 for paving of Intersections of highways hereafter authorized to be paved; $25,000 for payment of cost of paving and curbing in front of nonassessable property In highways heretofore paved and that may hereafter be paved. Ordinance of 1910, authorizing cre ation of loan of $641,000, distributed as follows: SIOO,OOO for improve ment of sanitary condition of Paxton creek; SIOO,OOO for sewers; SIOO,OOO for paving of intersections of high ways and in front of nonassessable properties; $316,000 for Intercepting sewer along Susquehanna; $25,000 for construction of bridge over the Phila delphia and Reading Company's right of-way at Thirteenth street. Ordinance of 1914-1915, authorizing the creation of a loan in the sum of $300,000, distributed as follows: SIOO,OOO for sewers; $25,000 for bridges; $25,000 for isle of safety in Market Square and comfort station; $25,000 for purchase of apparatus for Fire Department; $25,000 for munici pal asphalt repair plant; SIOO,OOO for acquiring land and property for parks and playgrounds and for making park improvements. Miss Hollins Leads in Golf Tourney Seventy women golfers, each one of them with an eye on the Metropolitan championship which they are contest ing for. and unmindful of the rain and wet and the soggy course, started off at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club in the testing ground of eighteen holes. Honors went to Miss Marlon Hol 11ns, of Westbrook, who was low with a score of 91, two better than Miss Lillian Hyde, her nearest rival, and eight better than Mrs. A. S. Rossin, of the Century Club of White Plains. Miss Holllns had a fair score with the exception of the very last hole, where she took a nine. Miss Hyde, the cham pion, who is a very long driver, had trouble in approaching and putting. These two are considered the favorites and no one Is hardly thought to be dangerous unless It be Mrs. H. R. Stocton, of Plainfteld, who has been playing very consistent golf this Spring. TOO MUCH "BACK TO NATURE" [From the Indianapolis News.] Mayor Volland. of Columbus, has called r halt-on the "back to nature" movement. So many people have heard the call of the onion bed. the lettuce bed and the truck patch generally that city property is being aporoprlated. In the subflrbs are several streets and al leys not In actual use. People have ploughed up these thoroughfares and have things planted there. Mayor Vol land h«s instructed the street commis slonn to see that thin ground Is return ed to the city. Its odd how the seed of the Japa nese empress tree that stands in the pavement on the Court street side of the Dauphin county courthouse has been spread far and wide. This tree grew from a seed brought to Harris burg before the Civil war and there were offshoots of it in WalnUt street at a couple of places until a few yrfars ago, one of the trees being at the prison. Efforts were made to plant seeds in Capitol Park and In the River side Parks, but they did not ma ture, the seeds evidently preferring to germinate in the sidewalks. However one of the trees was transplanted to Reservoir Park and is now covered with a wreath of purple flowers hav ing the peculiar odor of the tree. The blooms are almost like an orchid, being oriental in shape and color as well as odor and grow in bunches. One of the singular things about the tree is that it carries the seed pods of last year while it is blooming and each successive wind storm scatters more of the seeds abroad. Some of the blooms from the Reservoir tree have been brought to the city, one of them being on the forestry table at- the Pub lic Library together with a description of the tree. Governor Brumbaugh, who is an ar dent angler and who likes to steal away to fish for trout almost as well as he likes to play golf, has been pre sented with an oil painting of him self fishing along one of the tumbling streams in the rocky region of the Po conos. The painting was by a friend who was accompanying the Governor and who made a hurried sketch The Governor is shown going right after the fish, wearing his heavy clothing and making a cast. *• • ♦ Members of the Governors Troop are looking forward with a great deal or Interest to the coming encampment ° f . the p ' r st Regiment of cavalry at Mt. Gretna because It is to be a ioint affair In which cavalrymen from Penn sylvania, Maryland and New Jersey will work with regular army cavalry. Jt is expected to be the largest cavalry encampment in the State since the civil war and will last for eight days in the latter part of July. The First Regi ment will encamp as a unit of twelve troops for the first time and It is ex pected that the organizations will be recruited up to the limit. There Will be four troops from New Jersey and one from Maryland together with two from Lort Myer. This will put the Harrisburg cavalrymen into pretty fast company, but they have always been able to hold up their end and then go some. Some of the Information gain ed from the European war will be used In the work of the camp. • • • Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown likes Harrisburg in all but a. couple of things. One is the meeting of the milkmen's exchange around Front and Market streets before dav light each day and the other is the soot. The Attorney General has be c°s7?e we " posted on the prices of milk in this city and does not mind the before dawn talk so much, but lie cannot get used to the smoke. His ® j the Capitol has been equipped with screens, one of the few offices so equipped at the Capitol. Now it is expected that the distinguished law yer will find everything in his taste in Harrisburg where his forefathers lived and where he Is regarded as one of our own. It's interesting to note just how many canoeists and hoat owners who I frequent the haunts of the Susque j hanna own talking machines, guitars, .mandolins, banjos and other musical I instruments. On a moonlight evening strollers along the River Front are often attracted by the sound of some crooning melody a floating in from the rippling stream. Sometimes along the shore of the islands as many as two dozen talking machines and string in struments will be going at once and the effect is far from a jarring Jumble of sound. ♦ • * The jitneys have broken up at least one trust in Harrisburg. At the mar kets the hoys charged ten cents to haul home a market basket and once in a while a fat basket would be the occasion of an extra tax for appear ances. Now all one has to do is to carry a basket to a curb, call a jit ney and go home in style, and with celerity, for a. nickle. I - 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —A. V. R. Coe, of the Philadel phia Electric Company, ts on his way to the Pacific coast. —Owen F. Roberts has been elected a director of the Pacific Mail Com pany. —John H. Hoffman, the Reading's oldest mining expert, has been retired at Pottsville. —Director Porter, of Philadelphia, is getting after crowds who throng the fire lines. —George McFadden, the Philadel phia polo player, is at Virginia Hot Springs. | DO YOU KNOW ~ That Harrisburg is one of the best lighted cities of the State? FACT AND FITS What is said to be the greatest speefl ever attained by man on the face of the earth was made over a level stretch of Bait deposit in Utah some time ago when an automobile was driven at a speed equivalent to almost 143 miles per hour. "Have you a nice cucumber?" asked Sandy, as he entered the market gar den. "Yes, here is one," replied the gar dener, "that will be ninepence." "Too much. Have ye no' one for about tuppence?" The gardener showed him a small one on the vines. "Vou can have this one for tuppence," he said. "All richt. here's the tuppence; but don't, cut it off. I'll be calling for it In a fortnicht."—Youth's Companion. H. J. Black, an American, wihu has spent many years hunting and study ing flowers in South America and has obtained many rare and curious speci mens, is convinced that the rose can see and that the perfume exhaled by it is really "its song." Mrs. Knlckcr—Poor man, here is a penny. Weary Willie—No, thanks, mum. I don't approve of charitable foundations. —New York Sun. BACK FROM BABBABISM [From the Cincinnati Inquirer.] Deliberate, neutral, impartial, our country can and should adopt and fol low a course that will command the respect of all nations, that will enable us to recall the belligerents from ways of barbarism to those of civilization, bringing them back to the recognition of the rights of humanity and to obedi ence to the laws they once acknowl edged and promised to support. While resolutely doing this, we can most ef fectively assert the Republic's deter mination to protect our own rights up on every sea and in every land. ANI> CAN'T VSE JITNEYS (Cleveland Plain-Dealer.) It is now suggested that the Pull man Company acU In a high-minded and beneficent way in that it does not charge Its porters full fare for tho privilege of riding on its luxurious cars.
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