6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established ltil PUBLISHED BY TH£ TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. . E. J. STACK>OLE Presidtnl and Editor-in-Chilf F. R. OTSTER Stt u'ary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building. 21t Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story St Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at ■rtlwioy fr. ui»lL> 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. 'twors dolly average circulation (or the three month* ending June 30, 1915 21,231 ★ Average for the year 1914—21,808 Average for the year IBIS—I9JMIJ Average for the year 1012—19.849 Average for the year 1911—17,B«3 Average for the year 1910—10,261 The above figures are net. 'All re turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 3 Man was turn for two things—thinking and acting.—Cicero. THE LIBERTY BELL A 'long, long time ago while our coun try was still under the rule of the English King it was decided that a big bell was needed to hang in the tower of the State House in the little Colonial city called Philadelphia. They wanted a bell big ,enough to peal out clearly and strong on holidays and other important occasions. An order was therefore sent to Eng land for such a bell to be cast. It was to be a sort of birthday gift for Philadel phia's fiftieth birthday. But there was some mistake made iit the casting, for when it arrived here and wat tested it cracked almost at once. Then some Philadelphia men melted it down and made it all over again two different times before it was fit to be hung and put ill use. One hundred and twenty-three years went by before it really became known all over our country as the "Liberty Bell." Yet before it had a name of its own it was used on J trite 7, 1776 when it rang out to call the people together to listen to the reading of the Declaration of Independence. That, as your school books teach, was a formal paper drawn up by the wisest and bravest men of their time to declare the intention of the Colonies to revolt against the stem and unjust rule of England. The long and bloody war of f/jf Revolution had to take place before trc could become a free >and independent nation as we have been ever since. Although the Liberty Bell tt vs first cast in England, it has become very precious to us since that day when, high above the heads of the people, it, too, listened to the brave words of Richard Henry Lee. The next year it celebrated with its joy ous pealing the first Fourth of July ever kept in America. The war was still go ing on, but the sound of the Bell gave fresh courage to fight until we should .win. When the American Army was forced to leave Philadelphia by the enemy the dear old bell was taken down and carried to Allentown and hidden there in a church until it could safely be returned. It rang out the good news of the end of the war and its muffled voice mourned the death of Gen. Washington some veers later. It rang out a welcome to the great French General Marquis dcLafayette who did so much for the Colonies during the Revolutionary War. It tolled at his funeral and at the funerals of two of the early Presidents of our cotmtry. You sec, its great voice was heard on all public occasions that the people of Phila delphia thought important enough to be worthy of the highest honor they could pay. Yet away inside the metal, somewhere, was that strange defect or mistake which the men of England who first cast it had left there. Little by little through the years it worked upon it and finally while tolling for the funeral of Chief Justice lohn Marshall in July, 1835, it broke open in a deep crack up its side. Its usefulness was over as a bell because from that day to this it has never been rung. But its voice was heard once again last Febru ary when a wonderful telephone com munication was established between Philadelphia and San Francisco, a dis tance of 3,400 miles. The first voice to travel over the wire was that of our be loved Liberty Bell. A city official struck it with a hammer and the sound from the metal rang out loud and clear on the waiting ears at the other side of the continent. It has made a number of journeys to Expositions and Fairs and now it is on its way to the great Pan-American Ex position. All along the route the loyal American people will give it welcome. It is kept under glass now and so you cannot trace with your finger, as once you could have done, the words cast / upon its surface telling it to "proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof." Men who know tell us that very slowly but surely our precious Liberty Bell is dying and must some day go to pieces. But as long as we are able to do so we shall guard it as A dear dumb friend, its usefulness all past, In memory's silent warden, still pre cious to the last. —By Anna Hamilton Wood, Historian, Harrisburg Chapter, Daughters <jf American Revolution, to School Children of Harrisburg. THE FOURTH OF JUI/Y THE celebration of the Fourth of July Is annually the subject of hundreds of columns of editorial comment. We are advised to be "safe and sane," to eschaw the use of ex plosives, to take precautions against needless fires, and on a hundred other subjects relating to the day and Its oiwervance, hut few there are to re mind us of the true meaning of the SATURDAY EVENING, HSBIUSBURG TELEGKSPHj JULY 3, 1915. anniversary. Yet, falling to appre-1 elate the import of the Fourth of Julyl to the nation at large, and to each one of us In particular. Is to fall in one of the duties of citizenship, for no one can be a good American to whom the spirit of Independence Day is a stranger. "An old-fashioned Fourth" has be- j come such a popular phrase that one i might be excused for supposing our forefathers lived the remaining 364 days of the year merely to plan for this one great occasion. That, how ever. is far beyond the fact. While town celebrations, parades, military displays, the firing of salutes and "spread-eagle" oratory were much in vogue in the early days of the repub lic, there were periods even then when whole countrysides observed the na tional birthday with scythe and cradle In the harvest field, and when many towns and cities celebrated merely bi closing their stores and hanging out the national colors. It was in the* light of an experience such as this that Andrew Jackson, when called upon to express a Fourth of July sentiment wrote: Contemplate the condition of that country of which you form an im portant part. Consider Its govern ment, uniting in one bond of com mon interest and general protec tion so many different States, giv ing to all their inhabitants the proud title of American citizens, protecting their commerce, secur ing their literature and their arts, facilitating their intercommunica tion. defending their frontiers and making their name respected in the remotest parts of the earth. Consider the extent of territory, its Increasing and happy population, Its advance In arts which render life agreeable and the sciences which elevate the mind. See edu cation spreading the lights of re ligion. morality and general in formation Into every cottage In this wide extent of our Territories and States. Behold it as the asylum where the wretched and the op pressed find a refuge and support! Look on this picture of happiness and honor and say, "We, too, are citizens of America!" Years have passed since that day. Changes more numerous than the years have been wrought In. our national life. The simplicity of Jackson's time has given way to the complexities of to day. The United States has developed from a babe in swaddling clothes to the strength and dignity of virile man hood. We live, almost, in another world; certainly In a world trans formed. Tet the advice of Jackson Is as sound to-day as on the day when It flowed first from pen to paper. His conclusions are as applicable to the present as to the past. He might have written them for the celebration of 1915 without the change of a word or phrase. They are based on the funda mentals of American government, which, being right in principle, remain unchanged in their relations to the aftairs of men. These words of Jackson are worth reading twice; worth think ing about. , What better Fourth of July senti ment than his "Contemplate the con dition of that country of which you form an Important part. • • • Look on this picture of happiness and honor and say, 'We, too, are citizens of America'." BELATED REMEMBB.VVCE REPUBLICS are charged with be ing ungrateful and forgetful. Doubtless the United States would have to plead guilty on both counts If brought to book for the shameful manner in which the nation has neglected many of Its distin guished citizens. But It Is not always so. To-day. for instance, 135 years after he led his command to victory over General Cornwallls' redcoats at Guilford Court House, a national monument was unveiled on that bat tlefield in honor of the memory of General Nathaniel Green, the heroic figure in command of the Colonial forces in the South during the stirring period that marked the closing days jof the American Revolution. Green | it was who broke the backbone of the | Cornwallis offensive and sent him I hurrving for shelter to Wilmington, x. C. j Greene played a conspicuous and a ! gallant part in this action. Troops from the colonies of Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina took part in the battle. Both State and Federal troops participated, among them the Kentish Guards, of Greenwich, R." 1., of which General Greene was a char ter member. The monument was erected with funds appropriated by Congress in February, 1911, and its dedication is the culmination of a movement begun i more than 2 0 years ago to honor this | Revolutionary hero. The bill for the : appropriation first was introduced in j Congress more than a score of years I ago and was re-introduced at every j subsequent session until its final pas sage. • ' Some historians have declared Gen eral Greene the ablest soldier of the Revolution next to Washington. Dur ing the latter part of the American colonies' struggle for independence General Greene won many victories over the British forces in the Carolinas with the aid of Generals Marion, Sumter and Pickens. It was after I these reverses that Cornwallis decided jto transfer his activities to Virginia, j The result was his surrender at York town on October 19, 1781, which virtually ended the war. OUR BASEBALL TEAM HARRISBURG is now represented in the International Baseball League, apparently by a team well worthy of all the support the fans can give it. It is hardly to be ex pected that daily attendance Will be as large as that of yesterday, but It must be consistently large.if the team Is to remain in this city. Newark lost the club and whatever advertising value It carries with it because the people would not patronize the game. It lakes money and lota of it to run a club In the International League. The quality of'haseball is next to that of the major leagues and it remains to be seen whether Harrisburg Is in terested sufficiently in that kind of sport to make the gate receipts pay salaries. The Telegraph believes that it is. The -outlook Is bright and it is to be hoped after so - many Harrisburg peo ple have put up their money and given thetr tlma to bring the club here the trial season may be so successful there will be no thought of changing next year. *"PoCt££cs CK * '~j > LKKQiflaa,KUi By tltc Ex-Commit* eoma» Two very interesting developments have occurred in Pennsylvania politics in the last twenty-four hours. Both will be far-reaching In effect. One was the announcement In Blair coun ty by Governor Brumbaugh last night that he meant to start his campaign for a local option legislature right away and would go Into the counties to fight for men. The other was the announcement by Senator George T. Oliver that he wa» done with politics. The Governor spoke at the Brum baugh reunion and reiterated what he has said several times about being in deadly earnest for local option and that he would fight at the primary election next year for rocal option members. In his announcement that he has retired from politics. Senator Oliver says in the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times in part: "It has always been Senator Oliver's expectation to relinquish ac tive participation in., politics at the earliest day that he could consistently do so, regardless of Incidental condi tions or the particular campaign that might be on. The time has now ar rived. For fifteen years it has been his good fortune, if not to dominate in Republican Councils or to lead in matters affecting that great party and the public, at least to be intimately consulted, to enjoy the confidence of many loyal lieutenants and party men, and to have the cordial co-operation of thousands of excellent citizens in all walks of life. But he feels that the re quirements of continued relation with the stress of politics are necessarily and unavoidably of such a nature that, at the age of 67 and with two years of arduous duties still ahead of him in the Senate, he is entitled to be re lieved from the position of the leader and to take a place In the ranks. Senator Oliver \Vishes It understood, therefore, that hereafter his part in politics will be confined to that which properly pertains to the duties and re sponsibilities of a citizen, taxpayer and businessman interested in the welfare of his city, his county, his State and his country, as distinguished from problems that are essentially of the party and its destinies." —Regarding the Allegheny situation a Pittsburgh dispatch to-day says: "There has been something of a revo lution in the politics of this county within the last few months and devel opments are looked for which may have State-wide influence upon the general political situation. A succes sor to Senator Oliver wHI be chosen at the election in November. 1916. Can didates of the several parties will be named at the popular primaries in May next. Philander Chase Knox has many friends who are urging him to be a candidate, but up to date he has not indicated a purpose to enter the contest. Senator William E. Crow, of Fayette county, chairman of the Republican State committee, has been assured of the backing of potential Republicans In every county in the State and is expected to become a can didate. Justice John P. Elkin, of the Supreme Court, has also been proposed for this honor, but has so far given no encouragement to the activities of his friends." —The Philadelphia Press says of the situation created by the Senator's retirement: "This also means that campaign plans already made are smashed to pieces, and that Oliver and Mayor Armstrong have broken. Coro ner Jamison, one of the mayor's clos est lieutenants, was excoriated in the Oliver farewell address, as well as Max Leslie, another Armstrong lieu tenant. Denny O'Neil. the present county commissioner, who is out for election, chiefly will be affected by this break, as he always has been support ed by the Oliver faction, and the local option proclivities of O'Neil have split several political families." —James R. Butler, a Tioga county lawyer, to-day filed the first petition to have his name placed on a judicial primary ballot He will be a candi date for the nomination in Tioga coun ty where there is a lively contest with David Cameron a candidate for re nomination, and Thomas A. Crichton, cashier of the State Treasury, and William Channel, of Wellsboro, as contenders. —Democrats here profess to be lieve that there will be no meeting of the State committee before late in August or in September If then. They say there is no necessity for it. —With judicial contests raging in three of the districts in the Cumber land Valley that portion of the State will attract widespread attention from many people interested In politics this Fall. The judges of the districts are men known throughout the State. —Mayor Blankenburg's claims that he was the means of saving millions of dollars to the people of Philadel phia in his administration has been ridiculed by prominent Republicans. They point to numerous things which he did not do. —The Philadelphia mayor has also gotten into the State limelight in the last 24 hours by approving the jitney bill. This is the first bill to be passed under the authority conferred by the recent act of assembly and will prob ably be followed by some suits as there is much opposition to it. -—Start of the period for circulating petitions for county and municipal nominations to-day attracted some at tention among men active in politics here, but there was. a disposition to let the other fellows get busy. The usual first day activity was absent. In many other cities of the third class thg candidates all appeared to be waiting, too. —The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day says: "The initial move among Inde pendents in this city in the mayoralty canvass according to the active men in recent contests will be the pre emption of the title for an entirely new party. All alliances with former organizations of this character will be ignored and a name will be selected under which all who shall be opposed to the nominee of the Republican party for mayor may unite without re gard to past affiliations politically. The Municipal party is one of the ti tles suggested." NEVER SATISFIED By winn Dinner Gee, but It's great when a holiday Falls on a Sunday, bo. For It gives you two days and half Of vacation, y9u know. I'm going to sneak away to-day , With the family, my boy, Out to the country where there will be No noisy noise to annoy. But speaking again of the holiday That falls on Sunday, bo, It seems that no one is satisfied With Just two days to go Away for a trip, but he wants to stretch The holiday some more. So he asks for an extra day to go And one to return —that's four. | THE LAST TIME THE LIBERTY BELL VISITED HARRISBURG I v J yf fSB The accompanying etching is from a photograph made the last time the Liberty Bell visited Harrisburg, In 1893, on Its way to the World's Fair at • -'" " '" _ Thousands of people saw it as it stood on a specially constructed car at the lower tnff of the Pennsylvania depot. The bell, the old Mulberry street bridge and a crowd of spectators are shown. The photograph is owned by Thomas S. Peters, who was then a member of Common Council and as such was on the welcoming committee. | EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 —"Let the eagle scream:" The neighbors will like that better than throwing firecrackers into their cellar windows. —lndependence Day finds some of us quite as dependent as ever. —Queer how this talk aftout "the most beautiful man in the world" makes us want to go out and Hick him around the block. —lt begins to look as though Huerta may get back to Mexico after all; but not the way he hoped. —Steady, there, Mr. Lansing, the score is already two to one in favor of the United States in this exchange of notes contest. —Newark? Oh, yes, thafs the town that wasn't good enough for our team. —At all events Bryan is one of the few professional politicians who have made a million out of Democracy, | TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE j But just suppose he had been Presi- J dent.—Charleston News and Courier. We know one kind of tented field Mr. Bryan isn't so averse to.—Columbia State. Anyhow, the State Department's loss is the Chautauqua's circuit's' gain. —. Kansas City Star. Most of the papers seem to think that Mr. Bryan is a very fine public speaker.—Ohio State Journal. Indications are that Mr. William R. Hearst doesn't own a single ranch in Germany.—Boston Transcript. Mr. Bryan gave up being Secretary of State to become Secretary of State ments.—New York Morning Telegraph. South American revolutions over looked in the rusn will be written up in the annual almanacs.—Washington Post. A JULY 4 WOMAN Handy Betty Haccr Helped Our Fore fathers to Win liide|iendenee Patriotic service in the American Revolution was rendered b>- Handy Betty Hager. known also as Betty the Blacksmith, who refitted guns and ar tillery for fhe patriotic armies. Betty was a natural mechanic, -whose latent labilities were developed in the employ of Samuel Leverett. a blacksmith farmer living near Boston. Prior to the battle of Concord the patriots of the surrounding country had been preparing themselves for the conflict for months. Guns of all types —matchlocks, flintlocks, smoothbores, blunderbusses and what not, some of which had not seen service for three or four generations—caine piling into the Leverett shop, and, while Leverett himself could be observed by any pass ing Tory to be busily engaged in shoe ing horses, his unsuspected assistant was working in a secret chamber making the neighbor's antiquated old firearms serviceable once more. Betty kept up this volunteer work throughout the whole course of the war, never accepting a single copper for her labor. To Betty* and her em ployer likewise belongs the credit of putting the first captured British can- 1 non into action after they had been spiked by their former owners. AN AMERICAN PATRIOTS WORK A striking illustration of the chances of war is In the fact that the American army at Cambridge during the war of the Revolution would have been left without ammu nition but for the provision of John Brown, a merchant of Providence, R. 1., and one of the family who gave j name to the university at th,e place. | Brown was a very wealthy merchant ! and was the first of the Rhode Island I merchants to send his ships to China land the East Indies. Anticipating the war, he instructed his captains to load their ships with powder, which he fur nished to the army when its sup ply had been restricted to less than four rounds to each man. WROTH ONLY OLD (iI.ORY'S SONG Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star-Spangled Banner," wrote only one ! famous poem, but Its fame is such as to insure Ji' 9 lasting place in the re membrance of the patriotic American people. He was born in 1780 and died in 1843. FOURTH OF JULY ADVICE BY WASHINGTON In his address to the Governors of the States. June 8. 1783.] There are four things which I humbly conceive are essential to the well being—l may even ven ture to say to the existence—of the United States as an indepen dent power: First, an indissoluble union of the States under one federal head. Secondly, a sacred regard to public justice. Thirdly, the adoption of a proper peace establishment, and, Fourthly, the prevalence of that pacific and friendly disposi tion among the people of the United States which will induce them to forsret their local preju dices and policies, to make those mutual concessions which are requisite to the general prosper ity and in some Instances to sacrifice their individual advan tages to the Interest of the com munity. —^ MESSAGE OF THE LIBERTY BELL % My voice is stilled, and yet though dumb I speak Of what men, fighting through the centuries, seek, 1 he right to live, the right to raise on high Above all, through all, Freedom's deathless cryl My voice is stilled, yet once from out my throat That cry rang forth and slumbering echoes woke Until a nation heard and hearts grew strong To down the tyranny of might and wrong. My voice is stilled, my body worn and old. Is usefulness all past, my message told? Nav! Little children touch my ragged side And thus are born new patriots, new pride! —ANNA H. WOOD, For the Telegraph. I LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT By S. W. STRAUS President American Society fbr Thrift €2? triotism—when f «•' ' wo recount the | first Fourth of July since the outbreak of the European IWar and let us take unto ourselves one great lesson that is appropriate (In this season of national celebration. And the lesson is this: ( To be patriotic one shonld be thrifty. Tk> be wasteful today is to be disloyal to the best interests of our beloved nation. We are rapidly approaching period in America when we shall have to be more thrifty. In fact we are even now entering that era. War, with its prodigious waste, is bringing home to ns as never before the need of taking Icare of our every asset and resource. *,National thrift is built upon individual •thrift. The nation, as such, can only be thrifty to the extent that you and I '•re thrifty. , So, on this day of thankfulness for 'the heritage of liberty that our fore fathers have given us, let us remember that posterity will hold u» accountable Ifor the deeds we do. We must arise to .the crisis as nobly as did the Colonists of Old. Ours are different problems rfrom theirs and they must be met in a way. The Franklins and Washington* laid NEWS OF THE DECLARATION Not Considered Important Enough For Newspapers' First Page In rega.rd to the proclamation and publication of the Declaration of In dependence (meaning the document itself) it must be noted that It was in tended for the world at large rather than the colonists. The Declaration of Independence—that is, the formal resolution of the Continental congress of severance of allegiance from the mother country—was adopted July 2 after having been much debated (principally In committee of the whole, Benjamin Harrison In the chair) from June 7, when It was of fered by Richard Henry Lee. The fact that it was passed was published in the Pennsylvania Gazette of July 3. Few things show the difference In temperament of newspapers and pub lic as regards "news" us does the fact that this great Declaration, which in itiated the most 'profound political change in the country and made all the members of the congress traitors in the eye of British law, was not an nounced on the front page, but was printed on an inside page, without comment or special display, except that a portion of the resolution was put in capitals. The first publication of the text of the Declaration was in Towne's Penn sylvania Evening Post of July 6, and, as has often been remarked, on tho page facing the statement that all men are endowed "with liberty" is an advertisement of a negro boy for sale, four or five years old, who "has had smallpox and measles." It is also worth noting thai In the engrossed Declaration the spelling is "united States," not "United States." THE FATHERS OF OUR COUNTRY On the Fourth of July every man and woman in our country Bhould stop long enough to call up from the past the thought and purpose of our fathers in putting together the structure of a new nation, we should close our eyes and dwell devoutly upon the pure pa triotism which burned In their bosoms like a steady Are in the darkness. We should put ourselves In their places, think their thoughts. Indulge their hopes, experience their tev»« BUf-^ i the foundation for ftature lib;rty and enlightment. We in this crucial epoch must safeguard that inheritance. We, too, must lay a foundation for the future America, and that foundation must be the thrift of the people. Here is an example of individual' thrift that came to light in the recent car strike in Chicago: i Henry Toberg, a conductor on the Blue Island Ave. line, is said to be the richest street car employee in the world. The strike gave him his first ! vacation since the famous tie-up of the Chicago street car lines in 1887. Tobcrg's wealth is estimated by fellow workmen to be in the neighbor hood of a quarter of a million dollars, i Early in his career after be had saved by dint of economy, sobriety and wisei conservation of his funds, he bought stock in the street railway company, j This was more than twenty years ago and now the dividends from this stock| are said to be many times the amount if his annual wages. He owns other; valuable stocks and bonds, has pur chased a hotel and other buildings' along the line of the Blue Island Ave.' car and his rent roll is said to be up ward of $5,000 a year. J ,Now, if a man in such a position can, in the beginning, save such an! amount and eventually pile up a for tune by judicious investments and] wise living, surely it ought not to bei so difficult a thing for the workers in ( stores and offices, whose weekly pay envelope is of fair size, to pot away aj part at least of it. Early lessons of thrift helped Toberg) toward success. He did not live abovei his means. His position, with its as-J sured salary, proved ample for his simple wants, and out of it he was able) to save a goodly sum regularly. fer their hardships and endeavor to see with their anxious eyes the way up which liberty and law, justice and order shall go side by side with equal vigor and even step, blessing with tneir free dom and fraternity and ennobling with their dignity and discipline the ambi tions and labors of mankind.—Martin W. Littleton. MASTERS OF CIRCUMSTANCE TFrom the Christian Herald.] A Quaker sitting near John Wesley at a religious service asked htm If he was planning to speak If the Spirit moved. The energetic John replied: "I shall speak that the Spirit may move." It is true that the Holy Spirit will guide us in our work, but it is not safe nor wise to wait for special leadings. If special leadings come, follow them, but in 'the absence of these go ahead strenuously trying to save and help everybody you can reach. Our Daily Laugh THAT SETTLEB '' Then my wel- ! { fare Is of no in | terest to you ? IJI Uft I Not so much las your farewell Hw |He ' j wouhl be, Mr. inr £ p. OF COUR3B. fUS* •—J 'ii * Daughter sends /■ you a thousand ( klßße * and wants iSvX<? M k * hundred In re jpvk a hundred i\;Ji If Don't be ab —*?nJßr** M 'Surd. John. A « hundred dollars, » ▼ 9t S9ur«e, Bimng €bai Three volumes of laws and vetoes Will be Issued by the State this year as the result of the work of the legis lature of 1315 and of the Governor on the bills passed. The first of the vol umes, that containing the general laws and the official proclamation of the vetoes, will be issued about the middle . of August, George D. Thorn, chief W clerk to the Secretary of the Common wealth, having sent the last of the copy to the State printer. This volume will also contain a summarized table of appropriation bills, but the appro priation bills will be contained in a separate volume as was done In 1911. v This plan was not followed in 1913, but a change was authorized in the last session. The 211 vetoes will be in a separate volume as usual. The de mand for the laws Is greater than usual, probably due to the fact that many of the new statutes are amend ments of formar laws. This year tho loose leaf laws are being issued in accordance with a recent act of as sembly and there are many requests for them under the rules laid down at the department, but they do pot seem to have much effect upon demand for the volume. The acts of the legisla ture of 1913, general and appropria tion, made a volume of over 1550 pages, while those of 1911, without the appropriations, made over 1,200 pages. The story from Millerstown about wildcats being attracted to a car tilled with fresh mqat and standing on a sid ing in that town had a counterpart in this city years ago. When the Swift packing plant was first located in South Second street the watchman on duty one night discovered what he thought were a couple of cats roam ing- about the place. They came back the next night and they were chased away. Next morning the remains of a wildcat were found on the Pennsyl vania railroad. How the animals got to that point and where they came from no one was ever able to figure lout. Revival of professional baseball on Island Park yesterday afternoon was responsible for the largest number of persons seen in the Riverside Parks in many a day. The number of men and women noticed strolling about or en- Joying the breezes "was greater than on most pleasant Sundays. The River side is always an attractive place when ia ball game is being played. Derry street is noted not only for the slowest paving Job known in Har rlSburg in many years, but for tiro most elaborate display of the weed known as chicory or "blue devil." This weed which started off like a dande lion, but shoots up to about two feet in the hot months is distinguished by many pale blue flowers. It is really an attractive flower, but the plant ex hausts the soil and spreads faster than thistle or wild mustard. The flower is to be seen on many vacant lots and it is a wonder that some steps have not been taken to get rid of it. • • "One of the big features of Allen town's park system to which that city is giving especial attention is the fanj iily gardening plots," said V. Grant Forrer, former city park superinten-, dent the other day upon his from that city. Mr. Forrer went to lAllentown to assist E. L. Manning, a j former playground instructor here and now supervisor of Allentown's park and playground system, to open that town's parks and playgrounds for the year. VLots have been laid fpr the accommodation of scores of families,", said Mr. Forrer, "and the amount of good that results is incalculable." * • * Family camps will be possible this summer on McCormick's island through the courtesy of Park Commis sioner M. Harvey Taylor. The park head is arranging to devote the upper end of the island near the ferry land ing to tenting grounds for family camping parties and every possible facility for the convenience of the campers will be installed. A splendid grove of great tall trees helps to make an ideal outing place. • » • As far as saluting the Fourth goes all Harrisburg will need to-night or to-morrow morning will be a series of blasts to be set off as is done every morning, noon and eventide. The city is ringed about with quarries in full eruption, most of them violent. They are turning out quantities of lime stone for concrete and building worn at a rate that has not been known for a long time and the crash, fall, thun der and reverberation of the blasts make one Imagine that he is In ftt« neighborhood of the trenches or that a thunder storm is roaring along. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"" —Judge E. H. Qaty ia on a two months' trip to California. —H. C. Frick has called his new building in Pittsburgh the Union Ar cade. . —Charles M. Schwab is spending a few weeks at his old home in Cambria county. —A. L. Merrill, the new president of the State Association of County Com missioners. is a Clinton countian. —Congressman T. S. Crago is to bo the orator on the Fourth at Tarentum. —George Dallas Dixon of Philadel phia, has gone to Maine. <. | DO YOU KNOW 1 That Harrisburg will celebrate the arrival of the Liberty Bell for the fifth time on Monday? HE MEANT HARRY Teacher— What is the opposite of "Thaw out"? Small Boy—"Thaw in." \ OLD GLORY The star-spangled banner! Wag ever flag so beautiful? Did ever flag so nil the souls of men? The love of woman, the sense of duty, the thirst for glory, the heart throbbing that impels the humblest American to stand by his colors. fearless in the de fense of Ills native soil and hold ing it sweet to die for it; the yearning which draws him to it when exiled from it, its free in stitutions and its blessed memor ies, all are embodied and symbol ized by the broad stripes and bright stars of- the nation's em blem. all live again In the lines and tones of Key's anthem. Two or three began the song; millions Join the chorus.—Henry Watter son, 1891. CIVIC CLUB ' Fly Contest June 1 to July 31 B Cents a Pint Prizes of 95, |2.50 and several SI.OO ones duplicated by Mr. Ben Stroose
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