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FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 25.
To stumble twice against the same stone is
a proverbial disgrace.—Cicero.
OUR MILK-SUPPLY
DR. RAUNICK and representatives
of the State Livestock Sanitary
Board are doing a splendid
■work in cleaning up the dairies which
supply milk to our people. They have
brought to light almost unbelievable
conditions and they are very properly
stopping all shipments from farms
that do not come up to sanitary regu
lations. This branch of the city
health department has been neglected
through no fault of the local health
board. Harrisburg inspectors have
been powerless to go outside the city
because they have not had authority
vested in them by the State. Doubt
leas this will now be forthcoming, so
that In future they will be able to
keep milk produoers up to the mark.
The State Livestock Sanitary Board
has an important work to perform in
this direction and it needs all the as
sistance It can be given. It is doing
good work with a pitifully small force
and It is a matter for regret that an
other cut in Its appropriation will
necessitate a reduction of 25 or 50
In its working force.
Not all farmers are unclean, but
there is a sufficiently large number
who think only of the sale of milk
and nothing of Its quality to require
constant supervision. Harrisburg and
many other cities require their milk
dealers to maintain a Tiigh standard,
but It is unfair to the milk dealers
to expect good milk from them so
long as farmers are permitted to bring
garm-ladden milk to town. Both
education and supervision are con
stantly necessary to the safety of the
milk consuming public.
Naturally. President Wilson does not
agree with the abolition of the "grand
father" clause.
AGAINST SHIP PURCHASE
IF the President wants proof that
his ship purchase plan is not popu
lar he might consult the recently
taken census of 780 trade organiza
tions throughout the country, 698 of
which voted against the proposal. It
may be that in some instances the
vote does not represent the views of
a majority of the organizations
named, but the total is so overwhelm
ing as to permit of no question con
cerning the sentiment of the coun
try at large on the subject and If the
President is politically wise he will
permit the shipping item to drop
quietly from his program.
The American businessman has not
been slow to see that government con
trol o£ shipping will not givo us a
merchant marine. Rather he has
noted, as the President should have
done, that such a course would kill
rather than encourage private initia
tive in this direction.
Even more remarkable than the re
pudiation of the President's plan was
the vote taken by the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States on
the item for and against the creation
of a Federal Shipping Board to inves
tigate and report to Congress regard
ing navigation laws and to have full
Jurisdiction in all matters relating
to overseas shipping, 645 organisations
favoring the proposal to 116 opposing.
Subventions from the government are
recommended by an equally over
whelming vote and one of the surpris
ing features of the ballot Is that it
represents interior as well as maritime
communities. The interior appears
to have at least shaken off Its an
tipathy to ship-subsidy and has come
to the belief that in that direction
alone lies the path to rehabilitation of
our merchant marine.
Weßtlnghouse has received a war
order for $100,000,000. Can It be that
the Allies are ordering: airbrakes for
their war machine?
AVAR AND BUSINESS
COMMENTING on the revival of
business In the steel Industry,
the "baßic" industry of the coun
try, the New York World notes that
"its mills were working at only about
40 per cent of capacity five months
ago." At that time the Democrats
were vigorously denying the existence
of any depression. Now the mills are
•working at 80 per cent, of capacity,
and the World remarks: "The so-
FRTDAY EVENING,
called wnr orders play only a small
part In thla revival. Export business
la about a flflh of tha total Industry,
and much of that Is outside tha
munitions demand."
If the World bases Its assertion on
export figures, It Is utterly fallacious.
War orders made Bethlehem Steel
Jump to 162. That company now has
orders for 8,000 field guns from the
English war office, and has orders up
to date for $100,000,000 worth of
material, and more coming.
War orders Justified Hudson Maxim's
statement that "every steel and
powder company In the country la
building additional plants."
War orders have given the Pressed
Steel Car company a $30,000,000 con
tract for the delivery of shrapnel shell
to Russia.
The Carnegie Steel Company has
one order for 18,000 tons of steel bars
from one company which is engaged
In machining shells.
Cleveland and Pittsburgh Arms are
figuring on 135,000 tons of steel to be
used in the manufacture of shells.
Steel bars, rails, pig iron, etc., sold
by the steel companies to other manu
facturing companies to be made up
Into munitions of war will not show
up as exports. They are the raw mate
rial of shrapnel, shell, gun carrlageb
and guns, and all the thunderbolts of
war.
If the United States continues to be
the commissariat of the warring
nations, even the peaceful ploughshare
will be affected by war orders and its
sale increased that new lands may bo
prepared for the sower.
It has been estimated that food
stuffs and other war supplies shipped
to the allies since the opening of the
war aggregate $1,000,000,000, and so
far as guns and ammunition are con
cerned the real shipments have
scarcely begun. This entails the move
ment of huge shipments of freight to
the seaboard, and that means large
additional orders for steel rails for
trackage. They are not exported, but
their sale was due to war orders.
The efforts of the World and pro
ponents of the Democracy In general,
to make people believe that the de
pression in the United States which
set in months before the war in
Europe commenced, was due to the
war, and, on the other hand, to con
vince them that the revival of In
dustry in the last few months Is due
anything but the war, is too ridiculous
for serious consideration.
The illness of the Rev. Dr. Marshall
will be regretted by his hundreds of
friends in Harrisburg. He has been
for years one of Harrisburg's best and
most useful citizens.
EXAMPLES FOR AUTOISTS
STATE HIGHWAY COMMIS
SIONER CUNNINGHAM took
radical, but entirely proper, action
yesterday when he revoked the auto
mobile license of a Johnstown man
who had pleaded guilty of operating
his car while under the influence of
liquor. No man who has been drink
ing has any right behind the steering
wheel of an automobile. Driving a
motor-propelled vehicle requires a
clear head and a steady nerve. A
brain befuddled by strong drink and
muscles that are sluggish with alcohol
are a menace to the motorist and
pedestrians alike when they try to
guide a car over the road. The high
ways must be kept safe and Mr. Cun
ningham has taken the right course.
A few such examples and drunken
"joy riders," speed maniacs and other
violators of the automobile laws will
learn that the Department does not
mean to trifle and there will be fewer
violations of trafflc regulations. No
man who is reckless of his own safety
or that of others should be permitted
to have a State auto license.
We have noted a distinct absence of
evidences of glee In Democratic news
papers over the "Tom" Taggert Inci
dent, which Is remarkable when one re
members their loud and persistent cries
for political reform.
WAR IS NOT OVER
THE Germans have recaptured
Lemberg and are greaty rejoicing
thereat. But why? Lemberg Is
not Important In any sense and Its
occupation by the Teutons merely pro
longs the agony of the war. The end
will he the same. Germany will be
beaten, not because her armies are In
ferior. but because her enemies possess
superior resources and unlimited num
bers of men. It Is a case of the North
and South of Civil War days over
again. There were many times when
the South won from the North far
more important campaigns than that
Just concluded in Galicla, but in the
end men and money won. In the end
men and money will win in Europe.
Russia, It will be observed, lost
noihlng but prestige In the fall of
Lemberg. Grand Duke Nicholas In
masterly manner carried off his stores,
his guns and even his governmental
records. He destroyed not a single
structure save two oil tanks. Evidently
the grand duke Is looking forward to
the day when Russians will again
occupy the city.
All that Russia needs to create an
army Invincible by sheer force of over
whelming numbers is ammunition and
guns, munitions and artillery. These
supplies are coming up in a steady
stream across Siberia. Another Rus
sian offensive may be developed any
day.
STATE COLLEGE'S NEEDS
IN his annual statement to the board
of trustees, President Sparks, of
the Pennsylvania State College, de
scribed the predicament in which the
college finds itself through the failure
of the Legislature to make appro
priation for new buildings. He esti
mated that at least 500 students would
be refused admission In the next two
ye&rs for lack of classroom and lab
oratory space. His appeal to the audi
ence to insist upon Pennsylvania pro
viding a permanent source of income
for the college of the State, as Is done
in nearly thirty States in the Union,
was enthusiastically applauded by the
commencement guests.
President Sparks Is right in starting
this agitation now. It should be con
tinued without pause as vigorously as
may be until the next Legislature
meets. Jhe people of Pennsylvania
are Interested In Stat* College. It Is
the one educational Institution dis
tinctly their own. The boy without
money may find tuition there free. His
books, his board and his transportation
Are his whole expense, and regardless
ol' what has been said on the subject,
the sciences and technical professions
should be taught there, as well as agri
culture. Most of the opposition to
State College arises from other col
leges, not controlled by the State, that
are Jealous of the progress and popu
larity.of the Bellefonte Institution and
who see In its growth a peril to their
own legislative appropriations.
HART>SCR\BBLE ESTIMATES
GN Thursday of next week, wit
nesses for the city will tell the
board of viewers what they think
the city ought to pay for the prop
erties of the Hardscrabble district.
This does not mean that the city
will try to make the viewers believe
the properties In question are worth
less than they really are. The Idea is
to reach a' basis fair to both sides.
The city is glad to pay the outside
price for the land, but It does not
propose to be held up. It will be in
teresting to compare the figures of the
city's experts with those of the property
owners themselves. They are entitled
to generous prices for their holdings,
under the circumstances, but several
appear to have overestimated to an
extent that the city cannot accept with
Justice to all concerned.
TELECRAPHTERISCQPE
—"Swatting the fly is healthful ex
ercise," says the Baltimore American.
Not for the fly.
—One thing is sure, Europe won't
be able to poke fun at our deadly
Fourth of July celebration this year.
—Reports from Russia are that a
substitute for vodka Is being made of
varnish. This Is a new way of "get
ting a shine on."
—The Telegraph has decided not to
publish this year its annual column
headed "Harrisburgers in Europe."
Why complain If women take three
or four trunks to the seashore? Trunks
are about all that are now worn on
the beach.
—That California earthquake ap
pears to have extended to the spinal
column of nearby residents.
■ —When a man gets It Into his head
to BO Ashing he Isn't worth a hoot for
anything else until he goes.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Astor Baby Mustn't Dmpatr
(From the Grand Rapids Press.]
That Astor baby's go-cart cost S6OO.
But probably he'll get a rebate of S4O
if the factory turns out 300,000 this
year.
Straw-Hat otr
[From the Nashville Banner.]
There seems to be a prevailing opin
io)) tliait anything different is stylish.
Regular Hule of Life
[From the Washington Star.]
Mr. Bryan in discussing a tendency
of the times immediately follows the
custom of holding Theodore Rooscevelt
to blame for something.
One Man Couldn't Do It
[From the Columbia State.]
We are sorry for the chap who'll
have to compile "The Life and Letters
of William J. Bryan."
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
| _ J
Samuel Hopkins Adams, the well
known novelist, pronounces "A Far
Country" "immeasurably the finest
thing that Churchill has done, both In
conception and execution. Back of
the charm and fluency of the writing
there is a living vigor of character
ization, informing the entire book.
"But what makes It stand out as a
big; book —I am tempted to say the big
book of the present intellectual-social
movement," Mr. Adams continues, "Is
the clarity of vision and charity of
presentation which Churchill brings
here to the depiction of present-day
problems. If I wished to give an In
telligent foreigner a clear conception
of the struggle of new against old, of
the spiritual against the material, in
our America. I should put 'A Far
Country' into his hands and bid him
leave the essayists and the theorizing
doctors on their dusty shelves."
William Lyon Phelps has at different
times revealed himself as a severe as
well as a shrewd critic of modern fic
tion. Consequently his opinion of "A
Far Country." Winston Churchill's lat
est work, is of more than ordinary in
terest and value. He says: "'A Far
Country' is superior in characterisation
and vitality to 'The Inside of the Cup*
and is an interesting record of certain
phases of our national life well worth
reading."
SEAMEN'S LAW TROUBLES
[Pittsburgh Dispatch.]
Outside the complications arising
out of the war the United States is
facing a program for the denuncia
tion of treaties or agreements of com
merce and navigation with some 21
nations, necessitated by the enact
ment of the La Follette seamen's bill
by the last Congress. This measure,
while designed to establish an Amer
ican standard of labor conditions on
the seas and to afford better protection
to passengers, contained a provision
that is prophetic of trouble. This was
the extension of the principle applied
to American boats to all ships enter
ing American ports that at least 75
per cent, of the crew should be able
to understand an order given by an
officer in the language of the ship's
nationality. It was aimed, of course
at the employment of Lascar or coolly
crews, and Intended to assure the em
ployment of white seamen. But its
application to foreign ships entering
our ports will be contested by the for
eign governments as contrary to our
present agreements or treaties, hence
the necessity of negotiating new ones
Ships entering a foreign port are
subject to the laws of the local gov
ernment, but this provision affecting
the composition of the crew is un
precedently drastic. If it could be up
held and the American applications
also stood, it would, of course, place
all ships entering our ports on an
equality in that respect, but the pros
pect of such a settlement Is so re
mote and the difficulties that would
surround the denunciation and nego
tiating of treaties so great that it is
probable an effort will be made when
Congress meets to strike out the pro
vision.
WHEN* COURAGE IS EASY
(Florida Times-Union.)
Few people can be as brave as a
coward can over the telephone.
HARRIBBURG TELEGRAPH
T>ot£tu* IK
By thf Ri-GommlttremM
While mayors of some of the third
class cities of the State are disposed to
await review of the decision of Judge
H. A. Puller, of the Luserne county
courts, in holding that mayors may
succeed themselves, several have ap
parently determined to fro ahead and
make the fight. Mayor Kosek, of
Wllkes-Barre. whose action at law
brought about the decision, is said to
have decided to announce his candi
dacy. Several other mayors will also
run.
Just what will be done about the
Fuller decision is not known. The
Supreme Court meets next week In
Philadelphia and the case might be
gotten Into the court, although a de
cision would not be given for months,
In all probability, because of the big
cases now pending before that tribunal.
—To-day nomination papers foi
judicial candidates went into circu
lation throughout the State. They must
be filed in the office of the Secretary
of the Commonwealth by August 24.
Petitions for nomination of city and
ccunty candidates cannot be circulated
before next Friday.
—lt Is understood that an active
campaign will be launched in Cumber
land county in behalf of Sylvester Sad
ler, son of Judge W. F. Sadler and
one of the ablest lawyers of the Cum
berland Valley bar, for judge. Friends
of Mr. Sadler said to-day he would be
& candidate.
—lt begins to look now ne though
Sheriff Harry C. Wells and County
Commissioner John H. Eby would lock
horns for the Democratic nomination
for county commissioner unless the
Democrats decide to nominate two
men. In the latter event Samuel Tay
lor will buck the field.
—D. J. Kell, recently appointed an
associate judge for Perry county, will
be a candidate for the full term.
—The Washington party city com
mittee reorganized for another yeai*
last night and there was some talk
whether It would be worth while to
put any candidates in the field. R. M.
Dunlap was chosen to lead the forlorn
hope for another year and Walter L.
Vanaman took up the job of secretary.
The executive committee will meet
July 8 to talk It over. It is not be
lieved the Bull Moosers will be serious
contenders this year.
•—According to v#ord from Chester,
Representative William Ramsey is
likely to become a candidate for mayor
of that city. Mr. Ramsey has served
two terms in the House and is one of
the best posted men In the State on
third class city law. Mayor William
Ward. Jr., who preceded Ramsey In
the House, may decide to run again.
—Republican leaders of Northum
berland county are in a jubilant state
over a largely increased party enroll
ment for the primaries next Septemher
and it is freely admitted the nominees
will have the best chance for success
at the polls in November within the
past twenty years. With the fading
away of the Washington party vote
most all followers of that party re
turning to Republicanism, Democratic
leaders are greatly alarmed over the
situation. As a result of the increased
Republican enrollment many candi
dates are entering the field.
—A demand that the party leaders
In the distribution of federal patron
age- recognize the workers among the
rank and file instead of "college grad
uates" was voiced in a vigorous speech
by Williajn A. Carr before the Pro
gressive League at the Democratic
Club last night in Philadelphia. Rob
ert S. Bright urged co-operation and
harmonious action to prepare for tht
next election nnd painted a bright pic
ture of the future of the Democracy.
Senator Penrose will sneak at Get
tysburg July 3 and at Bellefonte on
July 6.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of to-day
says: "From reliable sources of in
formation in close touch with the Re
publican national committee here in
Washington it was learned that Phila
delphia may be chosen as the meeting
place for the next national Republican
convention. It was said that a move
ment is now on foot to create interest
among the national committeemen In
favor of selecting the Quaker City as
the convention city. The time and
place for holding the convention will
be designated by the Republican na
tional committee at a meeting to be
held in "Washington early in December.
Tho suggestion that the convention
should come East is thought to be part
and parcel of the general plan for the
nomination of a 'businessman's candi
date' and the framing of a conserv
ative platform, which now is pretty
thoroughly understood by all Repub
lican leaders. Philadelphia entertained
the Republican convention which
nominated McKinley and Roosevelt."
AROUSED THE fiRF.EJf-BYED MON
STER
ChagTtn at the publicity Mr. Bryan
is receiving might almost move the
Colonel to say something. Chicago
News.
Our Daily Laugh
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WHBREt
By Wins Dlmrer
Word went forth to each employe,
Down at our shop to-day,
As to when on a vacation
Each could plan to go away.
For some weeks It's been the one thing
Everybody's talked about—
And they've kicked because the sched
ule
Was so long In coming out.
So, when It came out this morning
I thought I would try to learn
Where they'd spend the restful period.
For which each one seemed to yearn.
But when I put forth the question,
"Well, where do you think you'll go'"
Every time I got the answer. *
"Really, Wing, I do not know."
Guess when they Investigate, as I have.
Just how much It costs to roam
And chec': up their little bank books
Quite like rae, they'll stay at bom*.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY ]
SAVED!
—From the Baltimore American.
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IN THE WAR'S VAST ARENA
Lemberg, Taken by the Austrians, Is the Capital of
Galicia, a Poor Province
Washington, June 25.—For months'
war dispatches from Galicia—where
vast armies have swayed back and
forth, locked in one of the outstand
ing, titanic struggles of history to de
cide the fate of empires and of two
mighty races —have gripped the pop
ular attention more than the news
from any other battle theater. The
nature of this region that ban beheld
among earth's sternest, most bitter
scenes is intimately described by
William Joseph Showalter in a state
ment prepared for the National Geo--
graphic Society. This writer says:
"Austrian Poland is practically em
braced by the crown land of Galicia,
This crown land is almost exactly the
size of the State of South Carolina,
but it has a population six times as
great. If Continental United States,
exclusively of Alaska, were as densely
popular as Galicia we would boast
of a population four times as great
as that of Russia. And yet Galicia
is the poorest of all the provinces of
Austria. It lies outside the ramparts
of the Carpathians, which rob it of
the warm winds that otherwise would
come to it from the south, and also
turn back upon it the cold, winds of
the north. Thus these mountains give
Galicia long, cold winters; short, wet
Springs; hot, blistering summers and
dreary, chilly autumns.
"The glory of Poland's past and the
hope of her future are Cracow and
Lemberg, for It was the former that
was her capital in the yesterday of
history and the latter that is her cap
ital to-day and which would be her
capital to-morrow were Polish dreams
to come true. In Cracow, the great
city of Poland's past, the royal pal
ace still stands; but it is used as a
barracks and not as the home of a
king. The cathedral is now the Val
halla of its departed greatness, for
there sleep the kings and the heroes
from the Jagellons to Koscluszko.
Not far away is the Kosciuszkoberg,
one of the most remarkable memo
rials ever reared by the hand of man
—a huge mound of earth brought by
loyal Poles from every battlefield in
the world consecrated with Polish
blood.
"The country around Cracow is flat
and is devoted almost wholly to small
farming and trucking. The peasants
dress In white jackets and blue
j breeches, and wear jackboots; their
women folk, with large bright shawls
( and picturesque headdress, brighten
and give spirit to the countryside.
Prom Cracow to Lemberg the trav-
I eler encounters good land; it is fairly
level and entirely Innocent of fences,
boundary stones marking party lines
and tethers or herdsmen keeping live
stock where it belongs. The same
methods of agriculture that we used
in the United States before the days
of the selfbinder and the grain drill
are still in force In that region.
"It is in Lemberg that the only
Polish-dominated legislative assem
bly in existence holds its sessions, for
Lemberg is the capital of Gallcla, and
the Poles, both because of their
shrewd political ability and their nu
merical weight, control the Galiclan
legislature in the face of their rivals,
the Ruthenians of East Galicia. The
city of Lemberg is largely modern—
a compact nucleus surrounded by
scattering suburbs.
"While Galicia is almost wholly an
agricultural region, and while a large
percentage of that agriculture is car
ried on in the old-time way, there
are some few manufacturing neigh
borhoods and industrial districts. Dis
tilleries occupy first place among the
industries, and there are many beet
sugar and tobacco factories. Petro
leum springs abound along the Car
pathians, and some of the towns in
this region grow from small villages
to modern Beaumonts between New
Year and Christmas.
"Gallcla has many of the world's
most famous salt mines. Those of
Wleliczka have been worked for near- I
ly seven centuries, at one time being
a principal source of revenue for the
Polish kings. Railroads are not per
mitted to run near them lest their
vibrations result in caveins. Within
these mines are a labyrinth of salt
hewn streets and alleys, lined with
pillared churches, staircases, restau
rants, shrines and monuments.
"Austria has never treated her
Poles u the Russians and the Prus-
JUNE 25, 1915.
sians have treated theirs. The Poles
of Austria are as free to sing their
national songs as the people of our
own South are free to sing Dixie.
They are as much at liberty to glorify
ti.eir past and to speak their native
tongue as though they were free and
independent. Except that they must
pay their taxes to Austria and serve
in Austria's army, they are practical
ly self-governing. As Western Ga
licla is the stronghold of the Aus
trian Pole, so Eastern Galicia is the
main dwelling place of the Ruthenian.
The two races never get along very
well together. The peasant popula
tion of Austrian Poland eke out a
hard existence. In many parts of
the country the peasant lives in a log
hut covered with straw; he break
fasts, dines and makes his supper of
porridge, washing it down with bad
brandy, and in general lives a life
full of want and empty of pleasure.
The peasants who farm for the no
bles receive no money in payment,
but only a share of the crop, often
as low a share as one-twelfth, a wage
of slow starvation."
"A DANIEL GOME TO JUDGMENT"
[Omaha Bee.]
Again we must hail Kenesaw Moun
tain "a Daniel come to judg
ment." Not so very long ago the
world held its breath while Judge
Landis put a fine of $29,240,000 on a
great corporation, marking the limit
of amercement in America, at least.
Now comes the same judge, and with
due regard for the dignity of the
United States and the majesty of the
criminal code, he inflicts a fine of 2
cents on a dairy farmer who had of
fended against the law in protecting
his herd of cattle from an inspector.
Would Form League
of Neutral Nations
nL
Wjti.r. tKEJMGfeEJ*
Washington, D. C., June 25.—His
Excellency W. A. F. Ekengren, the
Swedish minister to the United States,
has been conferring "with Cabinet offi
cers as a result of the renewed de
struction of neutral vessels in the
North Sea. Sweden, Norway and Den
mark formed a defensive league of
neutrals last Fall and are citing the
submarine attacks on American ves
sels as a reason why the United States
should join them. Holland has co
operated with the Scan4lnavtan neu
tral league tor defensive purpose, »,
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The balloon ascensions which have
been Interesting a good many people
of the city the last few days have been
a subject of much discussion among
those we sometimes call the "old tim
ers," but who are essentially modern
In their criticisms. One man told
about the early days of ballooning In
Harrisburg In a most entertaining
way. These ascensions were part and
parcel of the attractions of the
old Dauphin county fair which thirty
or forty years ago was the great event
of the year. It was held in the up
per part of the Tenth ward and where
the Harrisburg Academy stands wax
part of the race track. The balloon
was carted in a wagon to Second and
Reily streets as that was the northern
end of the gas mains and It was filled
with the assistance of hundreds of the
residents. When loaded It was tied to
the wagon, weighted with stones and
held down by men and taken to the
old driving park where the aviators
went up. And In going up there was
no trip of a few minutes. The bal
loon was filled with illuminating gas
and was good for a day or so. Pree
quently the ascenders went many
miles away. Barnum also had an
aviation stunt attached to his circus.
This was also years ago. The bal
loon was one of the kind now used. It
was filled over at Seventh and North
streets and sailed over the upper end
of the city until the gas gave out and
then it dropped. It was recorded as
having alighted in various yards, on
railroad tracks, on houses and one
time on a church. Ballooning always
had a great attraction for people
from surrounding towns and they
came here in great crowds on the days
when the balloon was supposed to go
up.
• * •
President Judge Kunkel 1* com
mencing to think about golf. That
is a sure sign that vacation time is
nigh. The Judge spends his summers
at Port Deposit, one of the prettiest
places in this part of the country and
plays golf as he thinks out opinions.
Announcement that the Harrisburg
Public Library would be prepared to
send books to the playgrounds and to
have some of Its experts give advice
on books has resulted in more calls
for visits and books than the Library
can supply. The demands upon the
Library have l?een greater than ex
pected and every day there are new
ones arising. The children's book de
partment is the busiest of the Li
brary.
• * »
People on Capitol Hill are watching
with interest the efforts of people in
Adams county to have the East Ber
lin railroad saved as a line. This com
pany figured in proceedings in the
courts and in the public service com
mission as well as before the attor
ney rreneral, the owner declining to
run It unless it paid. Now the people
of the district it traverses want to
raise the money necessary to keep it
from being sold for old Iron. It is
one of the few instances in the coun
try of a railroad not being active.
Bass fishermen have been saying
things about the condition of the Sus
quehanna that are not printable. The
river has been very muddy the last
few days and fishing around Rockville
and down the stream as far as Collins
station has been impossible. It is all
the more aggravating because reports
received before the season commenced
indicated that there were many
fish about.
Prominent among visitors to the clt?
yesterday wet>e W. Fred Reynolds, ol
Bellefonte, and D. J. Driscoll, of St.
Mary's. Mr. Reynolds came here on
an automobile trip and stopped on his
way east. Mr. Driscoll is a former
chairman of the Democratic State
committee and attended to business
here.
The odd sight of wheat growing in
a field under the rays of a city aro
light and within ten feet of an
asphalt street is to ">e seen at the
eastern gate of the city. And it is
a big wheat field, too, no little one or
two-acre plot. It is at least seven
hundred feet long. The wheat is on
property of the Rutherford estate at
Derry and Melrose, across the line
from the city and right where the
city's last electric arc light shines.
The report to the Dauphin county
court the other day of a lunacy coin
mission recommending that a young
woman inmate of the insane ward at
the almshouse be sent to the State
asylum for treatment touched upon
a rather remarkable incident found by
the commission in investigating the
case. One night the attendants dis
covered the girl rolling on the floor of
her room and when they attempted to
remonstrate with her she became so
violent that she had to be fastened
into a "straight Jacket." This is made
of straps and heavy canvas and so
constructed that the hands and arms
of the wearer can be bound tightly to
the side of the body in such a way as
to prevent any movement of the arms.
Two minutes after the raving girl had
been encased in the "straight jacket"
she tore herself free.
* * •
There Is one Jitney operator who
plays safe. He has a route down In
the business section and he goes right
up to the traffic officer and stops. The
other day he stopped beside the offi
cer to be told when to go on and bade
the "copper" the time of day. He
was nearly arrested.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "
—Mayor Blankenburg has been
given an«honorary degree for the third
time.
—Rodman Wanamaker has been
made one of the managers of the Le
high Coal and Navigation Company.
—Horace W. Davis, new deputy at
torney general, was in charge of the
Belgian relief fund in his community.
—Robert P. Wilson, Pittsburgh his
torian, addressed the State Forestry
Association, at Foxburg.
—Herman Greenlund, of Warren,
has gone to the exposition.
DO YOU KNOW
That Harris burg does not have
the violent changes of temper
ature of some of Jie cities in
northern counties?
UNNECESSARY TROUBLE
[Washington Post.]
All we can say is that If "Dr. Meyer"
came across to ferret out our unpre
paredness he went to a lot of unnec
essary trouble.
CIVIC CLUB '
Fly Contest
June 1 to July 31
5 Cents a Pint
Prises of $5, $2.60 and several
SI.OO ones
duplicated by Mr. Ben Stroma