8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established lift PUBLISHED BY THE TBLGGRAFH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-%n~C hief F. R. OTSTER S tertiary GUS M. BTEINMETZ Managing Editor m Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 21< 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 Tork City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building; Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at <rnrtrtrA 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. Sworn dally average rlrnlitlM forMhe three months ending June 30, 1915 ★ 21,231 ★ Average for the year 1014—21,838 Average for the year 1813—19.M1 Average for the year 1912—19,649 Average for the year 1911—17.583 Average tor the year 1910—10,261 The above figures are net. All re turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 7. Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art,—Cicero. DANGER OF GRADE CROSSINGS THE accident at Hummelstown on Monday night when six lives were snuffed out because a grade crossing was not properly safe-guard ed and the subsequent announcement of the Public Service Commission that henceforth a watchman must be em ployed there at all hours, point a les son as to the danger of grade-cross ings in general and the necessity of giving the public some assurance of safety in their use. There are other crossings in the vicinity of Harrisburg that are no bet ter guarded than that at Hummels town and some of them not so well. A tragedy such as that which blotted out a whole family ought not to bo required to bring about a reform in this direction. It would seem no more than good business to employ watch men to look after the crossings, rather than to run the risk of paying out thousands of dollars in damages for the loss of life and property. Also, there is argument in this Hummelstown accident against a grade-crossing at the point where it is proposed the Harrisburg parkway shall cross the tracks of the Reading near Paxtang. No pleasure drive that can be taken over a railroad by bridge or under it by subway should be per mitted for any reason to go across it at grade. The additional cost of a subway for the park road should not be allowed to enter into the matter. We have enough grade-crossings now without creating any new ones. Every one of them is a potential deathtrap and while it is not reasonable to ask the railroads to remove them all at once the policy of the past few years, which has been distinctly In favor of getting rid of the crossings wherever possible, should be encouraged. It is entirely appropriate that the big cold water convention should be held at the seashore. THE BELL'S TRIP WHILE it is easy to understand why patriotic citizens of Phila delphia looked with disfavor upon the taking of the Liberty Bell to the San Francisco exposition, there is, nevertheless, something distinctljy appropriate in this journey of the famous relic across the continent. In this trip it is only fulfilling its destiny. The visit to the Pacific coast is in full accord with the Bell's inscription, which reads "Proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the in habitants thereof." Figuratively the Bell has been ful filling this mission for generations, but In reality it has never journeyed farther west than Chicago. The trip to San Francisco will stir ' patriotic feelings in the breasts of thousands who never before saw th | Bell and to whom it has never been much more than a revered symbol. When the old Bell rang out Its mes sage of liberty in Philadelphia so many years ago. the Pacific coast appeared unreal and not much more likely of Attainment than some storied land of fairy lore. To-day the Bell is follow ing the route of the farflung message It sent echoing into the vast and un known wildernesses that were then the untrodden West, but which to-day are the abiding place of millions of Americans who love devoutly the old Bell and all it stands for. The Journey to the coast and back may be the last the Bell will ever take, but it is well worth the risk. The American Government Is said to be studying the effect of heavy shell fire in Europe. Certainly there should be no difficulty In finding examples. FINANCIAL SIDELIGHTS ONE of the most interesting of the many war discussions now in progress is that in which finan ciers both here and abroad are en gaged concerning the effects of the European conflict on the future finances of the world. American writ ers on business subjects are devoting much attention to the subject and the public has heard so much of "un paralleled conditions" and the "en tirely new situation presented" that the opinion of a well-known Pitts burgh writer, who sees in present con ditions merely an enlargement of WEDNESDAY EVENING, those which prevailed during the cam paign that led up to the fall of Na poleon and Immediately following, comes as a refreshing and interesting variation of the general current of thought. Says he: In a sense the financial world to day is passing through an era very similar to that of a little more than a century ago. The campaign of Na poleon and the battle of Water loo were as mere skirmishes by comparison with the scope of to day's world conflict, and yet the difference Is pretty much a matter of the addition of ciphers to sum totals of men and money Involved. Human nature remains the same, and there has been little or no change In economic principles. The problem of financing was probably as difficult then as now. The im portant difference, however, is that the means for Instant communica tion being Incomparably greater and the relations of the commercial world being closer now than then, the operations of cause and effect will be more speedy. If this be a true presentation, then the recovery from the present whole sale destruction of life and property and the arrest of wealth development at road will be more rapid than most of those who have given thought to the subject would have us believe. It [is not. however, so much what will happen after the war is over as how long the war will last and what will occur in the meantime that is a matter of deepest concern from an.investment standpoint. It is Important that the present spirit of hesitancy so evident in New York and the other big financial cen ters be dissipated !f the country is to enjoy anything like the prosperity and development that the present pienti tude of gold and the prevailing low rate of interest would ordinarily presage. There is an admitted effort abroad to have patriotic citizens sell their American securities and invest in emergency bonds of the countries at war. This Is not meeting with the success desired because there is a marked tendency on the part of Euro peans to hold on to the one tangible, immediately convertible asset left them. With such a view abroad lit is difficult to understand why an Ameri can investor should longer hesitate to Invest In the remarkably strong list of American bonds now quoted at prices below what they could he purchased for In times of world peace. Whatever the outcome of the war. the financial ascendency of the United States appears to be secure. We alone of all tne peoples of the world will come out of the great struggle richer and happier because of it — richer because we have had sense enough to remain at peace, happier because we are both peaceful and pros perous. Apparently there is some truth In the old saying that "it pays to be good.'' Another big wheat crop may still further decrease the size of the five cent loaf. Bread seems to have abso lutely no regard for the law of supply and demand. " O K" ON THE "SAFE AND SANE" HARRISBURG has placed its offi cial "O K" on the "safe and sane" Fourth of July celebra tion. Only five accidents occurred this year worthy of note, as compared with 100 ten years ago, when all manner of fireworks were permitted in the city. All of the accidents that did happen were in direct violation of the law governing the use of explosives. The fire department reports a loss of only $25 for the day, which is also un usually small. Slowly but surely the public is com ing to understand that the snuffing out of innocent lives and the destruction of property are not essential to an enthusiastic display of patriotic fervor. The firecracker and the skyrocket will pop and sizzle here and there for a few more years and then go out, to remain out for all time. Everybody is the better foY the change. There appears In another column a letter from a man who believes he is the oldest reader of the Jelegraph. Now watch the crop of "oldest readers" grow. IRON CROSSES THE Iron Cross has become almost as common in the German army as the shoulder straps of a gen eral in any of the Mexican mobs that are now masquerading under that name. And deservedly so, for deeds of heroism are of every-day occurrence on the battlefields of Europe. Young men In pictures from the front wear their crosses conspicuously on their breasts and it is safe to say that all of them have been well earned. One photograph shows the German em peror walking down the aisle of a hos pital ward with a handful of Iron Crosses carried as a child might his favorite toys. Which gives rise to the thought that some American manu facturer may yet be called upon to bid on a consignment of Iron Crosses for the imperial government. Judging from their number, there ought to be good profit in the business. We have made idols for China and Japan, totem poles for Alaska, plaster of Paris gods for the South Sea Islanders, so why not a job lot or two of Iron Crosses? Cl-Riors CONTRADICTIONS CURIOUSLY contradictory state ments appear in the columns of to-day's newspapers with relation to passenger rates. President Under wood, of the Erie, is quoted as saying that he would reduce passenger fares to 1 cent a mile, lower for commuters, and advance freight charges in general 20 per cent. Thereby, he believes, he would Insure permanent prosperity for the railroads, and therefore for the country at large, and at the same time ! relieve the traveling public of the direct I burden of heavy passenger fares by j transferring it to the indirect form of tax. levied through increased freight rates, where Mr. Underwood believes the strain would be less keenly felt. In the same Issues there appears a dispatch form Chicago expressing the conviction of the Western Passenger Association that passenger fares are too low and giving notice of a request for an increase. Who Is right, or are both? Mr. Underwood is one of the most practical and hard-headed buslne'ssmen in the country. He is not griven to the enun ciation of half-baked opinions or the support of unworkable theories. Doubt less his solution of the railroad rate ] problem made public on the same day that the Western Passenger Associa tion asks for an increase in fares will cause some comment. It is to be hoped so. Such a discussion would be both Interesting and instructive. THE FRONT STEPS IF anybody doubts the popularity of the promenade along the top of Harrisburg's "Front Steps" on the river wall, let him take ; a walk there on any Sunday or holiday. Monday the concrete strip was thronged from one end of tho city to the other all day and hundreds of people spent the even ing there enjoying the breezes, the sun set and afterward the fireworks dis plays of 'cross river towns. This promenade promises to become the greatest municipal attraction the city has. That it serves also a prac tical purpose as a wall to protect the city's great intercepting sewer is only another demonstration of the wisdom of those who have been back of the public improvement work in this city during the past fifteen years or more. [ TELEORAPH PERISCOPE —For a peace advocate Colonel Bryan certainly does love a scrap. —Holt said he Is a mixture of Ger man and French, but he didn't say it boastingly. —The man who has been heard to w-ish he was Plerpont Morgan has been silent the past few days. —A team from Wall Street will play ball with a nine from Sing Sing. We thought Warden Osborne intended to keep his prisoners free*from contami nating influences? —One-term planks are beginning to develop splinters. —Short bathing skirts are fortldden at Coney Island. After looking over the summer resort catalogs we thought there was no such thing as a bathing skirt. EDITORIAL COMMENT ~| Would Mr. Bryan have consented to submit his differences with the Presi dent to a commission of arbitration?— Philadelphia North American. Lloyd-George would apparently change the familiar quotation to read: "Heaven is on the side of the biggest ammunition factory."—Chicago Herald. First the Austrians had Przemysl; then the Russians had it Peremysl. and now the Austrians will hold it for an other spell.—Philadelphia North Ameri can. It begins to look as if Italv were ' going: to do the really heroic thing; in this war. She will rush to the help of the victors.—New York Morning Tele- I graph. | IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of July 7, 1865.1 Ripe Peaches In City Ripe peaches are on sale in this city now. The price is eight dollars a bushel. Soldier Attacked An old soldier was stopped and at tacked by a number of negroes last night near the Second street bar racks. Signs Death Warrants Governor Curtin to-day signed the death warrants of David Greggory and Martin Hopkins, accused of mur dering Stephen Vieria and Andrew Mc- Marity, fixing the date of execution. August 11, 1865. PRISONERS GETTING FAT (Correspondence of Associated Press) Berlin —Prisoners of war in Ger many are treated so well that thev are getting fat. Dr. Bruno Wolff, chief military surgeon of the prisoners' camp at Nuremberg has had a squad of sixty-three prisoners weighed twice a w cek at fixed hours from the time they entered the prison two months ago. Forty-one showed changes in weight of a pound or more In that time. Only five lost weight. The in creases In some cases were as much as ten or eleven pounds. THE SOLILOQUY OF THE BELL (enroute) Was it but yesterday I gladly rang the news of Liberty? Methinks I still can see the eager throng. And hear the wild huzzas which swept along Beneath me, as I hung and qulverea there In my loved home—My Independence Square! I see the Statesman grave with good ly dame— I see the warrior brave with cheek aflame— The children quaint, who curtseyed low (They loved me for they told me so!) Some rode on prancing steed—some were afoot — My song lodged In each heart and there took root.— Liberty! Was it but yesterday I rang the news of liberty? To-day with afar greater throng, I'm wildly, frantically swept along. I know I'm old. I feel it In the crack. The crack' my clapper tongue made In my back Upon the yesterday when I rang lib erty. That yesterday was years ago! It must have been, for this I know: The throngs to-day who homage pay. Are different from the throngs of yes terday. For as afar I travel In my car I see the wondrous changes which there are! My land has moved—my land has gained Since I rang out the song which made mo famed. Liberty! Was it but yesterday I gladly rang the news of Liberty? If it were but yesterday—what of to day? And what of the to-morrows till I pass away ? Oh, yes, I'm growing old. I see the throng Shake each head and say so as I pass along! I'm growing old. But as I sit here In j my car. And watch the children gather near and far To greet me and to call me Friend, I know that though I soon must reach my end— (This worn old body which they know as I) The thing I've stood for all these years—e'en though I die— The soul of me—that sang that time in Independence Square Will live and hover always—every where— Liberty! •—Edna Groff Diehl. BAJRRISBURG TELEGRAPH ======— ToUtu* u By the Ex-Commltteenuui . . gassa— It is estimated at the Capitol that blank nominating petitions have been taken out in the interest of almost forty prospective aspirants for nom inations for the Superior Court. How many of these are likely to file papers no one can tell, but the number of applicants for the petition forms has attracted attention of the State offi cials. In a number of Instances men have written for blanks for them selves. but in most cases committees have handled the matter. Some of these committees may be working in the interest of the same candidate. However the indications are good for a big field of candidates for the three Superior Court nominations. The time for filing the papers does not expire for about six weeks and no one has entered papers for the Superior Court. Only two candidates for district common pleas courts have tiled. —William H. Swank has been elect ed assistant school superintendent of Delaware county. He has a number of friends In this city. —Thomas A. Crichton, cashier of the State "Treasury, who Is a candidate for judicial nomination In Tioga coun ty. Is back at the Capitol after get ting his campaign started. Mr. Crich ton is in a good position in the con test and his friends say he is going to be a nominee beyond all doubt. —County Commissioner John H. Eby's decision to run again for county commissioner is being read with In terest in many parts of the county because his backers loudly proclaimed four years ago that he would never, no never, consent to stand for re-election. Anyway, he is not renominated yet. —The State Grange committee is buzzing around again on a highway department bill. They prepared a bill for the recent session, but It was not taken seriously because It savored too much of "Farmer" Creasy. It will be remodeled. —The Superior Court nomination contest bids fair to develop into the same kind of one that the State had the first year the nonpartisan act was in effect. No one appeare to be able to get a line on any one candidate. —The red hot decennial judgeship contest in Venango county Is begin ning to take shape. Thus far there are three men In the race, Judge George S. Criswell, the incumbent; E. C. Breene, of Oil City, and Quiney D. [Hastings. Ex-Assemblyman Bryan H. Osborne, of Franklin, is being urged |to come out, and former District At torney John L. Moßride admits he has ! aspirations for the bench. The Issue in the campaign will be license or no license, and Judge Criswell. who re fused ail liquor licenses in 1914, is be ing supported by all the organizations that worked to make the county "dry." Strong pressure is being brought to i bear on Robert F. Glenn to come out on a "dry" platform. I —The Scranton Times in a review of I northeastern county politics has this to say about Wayne county where a number of men well known here are in the political limelight: "Our neighboring county of Wayne will elect a full ticket this Fall. At the September primaries candidates will be named for commissioner, sheriff, prothonotary, register-recorder, treas urer, and auditor. Already there is a big field of candidates. John Male, Earl Rockwell and Neville Holgate, the present commissioners, are candi dates for re-election. Others men tioned are: J. P. Kearney, of Paupack, and Charles Herman, of Honesdale. For sheriff our old friend, Nick Spen cer, former Honesdale burgess and present county detective, heads the list. Then there are Levi Degroat, John Theobald and ex-Sheriff Bran ning. So far three candidates are out for the prothonotary plum: W. J. Barnes, Republican, seeks re-elec tion, while Charles E. Dodge and Ed ward B. McAndrew are after the Dem ocratic nomination. Mr. McAndrew hails from Hawley, and although a very young man, has been active in Democratic politics since he attained his majority. He has a host of friends who wish him well in his Initial bow in the otflceseeking arena. Only one candidate has so far taken out papers for register-recorder. He is W. B. Lesher, the incumbent. For treasurer, Z. A. Wonnacott, J. S. Pennell, Frank C. Kimball, Fred Tiffany are willing to serve the county. W. O. Avery, F. R. Gilpin and E. R. Bodie, the pres ent auditors, are all candidates for re election." —County Commissioner A. I. Hart man, of Lebanon, was re-elected chair man of the Democratic county com mittee without opposition at the an nual meeting yesterday at Lebanon. Edward Cassidy and Edward Rank, both of Lebanon, were unanimously re-elected secretary and treasurer. Resolutions commending the Wilson Administration and the President's policy in the dealing with the Euro pean situation were adopted. Unlike the Daupnin county meeting there was no fuss. THE RIGHT KIND OF TALK [Boston Journal.] Importers with a genuine grievance called on Secretary Lansing in Wash ington on Saturday. After their inter view they stated that the secretary "had expressed a determination on the part of the President and himself to do all in their power to aid the im porters In securing the right to which they are entitled under the laws of nations and. by treaty obligations." That is ritt a sensational revelation, but it is a timely assurance and should be backed up promptly and consist ently by the force of public opinion. There are those Americans who ob viously take the ground that the United States should hold Germany to I strict accountability for every viola . tion of international law, treaty rights ! and the code of humanity, but that, as friends of Great Britain, we should permit her to nullify our rights and make amends In her own way at her own convenience. This country's vital and Inalienable rights must be respected by all the nations at war. She has no allies, and she will not pla> fa%'orltes. A POOR PLAN By Wing Dinner I doubt the wisdom of the plan Of putting on a coat of tan When for one day one goes away To have a bit of holiday. Now, as I told you yesterday, To spend the Fourth 1 went away And had some varied forms of fun Beneath a blazing, burning sun. My face the sun dla partly cook Enough to give a healthy look. Folks said to me to-day: Dear Wing, You've never looked so well, by Jing." And at the office the big boss, Who gave my face the "once across," Said: "Wing, if such a healthy hue You get In Just a day ot two— "You've no excuse to go away For any two weeks' holiday. Another one-day trip or two I think will be enough for you." And so hereafter wnen I get A day off, you can safely bet I'll come home looking pale and "pore" And maybe I'll get three weeks mora. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY 1 | A ROV^ N ' THE CRIME AGAINST THE INNOCENT —From the Baltimore American, A STUDY OF AMERICA'S WILD FLOWERS Our People Should Take as Deep an Interest in Them as French and Germans Do in Theirs X A COMPANIONSHIP with the wild flowers that bloom by the door way and wayside from early spring until autumn through all our States Is encouraged by a study of the flowers recently prepared for the Na tional Geographic Society, in order that our Americans may develop 'as deep interest and as complete an un derstanding for the lavishly expended beauties of their flora, as the French man and the German have for theirs. The study was prepared for the so ciety in the spirit of the student of botanical personalities; not only the scientist, but the artist and the lover of flowers speaks. A review of this study has been prepared by the society for the press and is given here in the hope that It may lead many to look with new eyes at nature's moods around them. Among the stateliest and proudest of the members of America's flower family none excels the larger blue flag, which also wears the names of blue Iris and fleur-de-lls. Ruskin calls it the flower of chivalry, which has a sword for its leaf and a lily for its heart. Longfellow pronounces It "a flower born in the purple, to joy and pleasance." It blooms in the wet, rich marsh and meadow from May to July, and finds Its home from Newfound land and Manitoba to Florida and Arkansas. The flag flower must look to the insect world entirely for its propagation, particularly to the bees as its pollen-carriers. So it puts forth a flower that is blue tinted, for its ex perience has taught it that a bee can be wooed with blue better than with any other color. The Iris was long centuries ago adopted by Louis VII, the gallant young crusader, as the emblem »f his house. It became thereby "the flower of Louis," which was corrupted Into "fleur-de-lis." The iris, or blue flag, is really meant when one speaks of the Illy of France. The Iris is a plant that insures its life. In its large root-stock it lays up endowment In surance in the days of plenty, so that Our Daily Laugh rU r Tn _ HER INOENTJ MIM L*rk y.\made no reply jllwhen you pro- flr posed t0 er ' oa -jM II ,^B^ what grounds Is ■H 19 ' I she suing you for • breach of prom- She olaims that her silence gave " consent THAT KE- [hmSl 1 PROACHFUL, What a pathet-HHjßj »i Nfi® Ic face that young 1 r\ fellow has! eyes seem proachful. I Yes. He pulls I In more tips than I 1 all the other wait- IJ|P . L •rs combined. •v PENNSYLVANIA'S SHAME [New York Sun.] It must shock and humiliate the friends of the University of Pennsyl vania to learn that Its rolls are sullied by the names of alumni so ignorant that they are unable to com prehend the beauties of free speech and so debased that they do not flame with anger over the firing out of Pro fessor Scott Nearing. These unenlightened sons of a ven erable institution benefited so little through the opportunities it offered for broadening the mind and deepen ing the understanding that they are capable of proclaiming- such depraved sentlmerrts as these: "Freedom of speech should be re strained by common sense and com mon decency." "Freedom of speech should be exer cised in absolute regard for the rights of other men." "Freedom of speech should not be used to cloak experimental ideas im parted under guise of instruction to persons not possessed of the critical faculty." "Freedom of speech does not justify Intemperate, persistent and astonish ing expressions of untested theories.." Among all who have ben educated to the proper appreciation of the theory that freedom of speech means the bawling of pernicious doctrines in violent and vulgar words, at all times In all places, how benighted the proponents of these revolutionary opinions are will be Immediately ap parent. They bring shame to the university and sorrow to all enlight ened men; and they will never be permitted to fnatrlculate at the Near lag School for Noisy Talk. JULY 7, 1915. when the earth is chill, cold and in hospitable Its "Savings will provide against need. The great binweed, a first cousin to the morning glory, is a hobo among flowers. It has traveled lip and down the lanes of world trade for centuries, until It has come to claim most of the Northern hemi sphere for its abiding place. It loves wayside hedges and thickets, where it climbs over everything in its fight for the survival of the fittest; but it knows no joy greater than getting into a cornfield, where It can use the stalks as a nature-built trellis for Its wanderings. It flowers from June until September. It keeps solid hours, getting up with the rising sun and going to bed when the sun goes down, except on moonlight nights, when it keeps open house for the benefit of certain moths that are its especial friends. The wild pink, or catchflv, a dwell er on dry gravelly or sandy soli, giving color to many lonesome places from April to June with its delicate pink petals, is among those flowers who believe In taking no chances when It conies to the question of fertilization. The wild pinks have developed two sets of stamens, one above the other, so that if one misses the transfer of Its pollen, the other Is likely to supply the resulting de ficiency. The wild pink finds Its cup board of sweets a fair mark for many tiny insects that are large enough to drain Its cup of nectar and yet too small to bear away the flower's pollen to some distant mate. So It has provided an effective lock and key to Its pantry. This lock and key Is a gummy, viscid fluid that the pink secretes and spreads around the sticky stem below the flower. No fly ever alighted upon a piece of man-made flypaper was more certain ly and surely brought to an untime ly end than the ant that essays to sip the nectar of the wild pink. Thus we can see that the flypaper idea is not man's invention at all, but an idea borrowed from a flower. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE MBERTY BKIX To the Editor of the Ttlegrafh: Will you please publish the following. I am the oldest reader of the Telegraph in Harrlsburg. but not too old to give three cheers when the flag goes by, nor yet too old to "compose a piece" In honor of the Liberty Bell on its visit here. Here are the verses I wrote last night, and please treat them kindly: You dear, old Bell of Freedom, again are on your way Across our great. Free continent, to San Francisco Bay. Your tongue it now is silent, you ne'er will ring again, But your joyous notes of Freedom, we heard the glad refrain. « Father Penn, he sure will miss you, he has guarded you so well. Did you hear his admonition, Bring back that dear, old Bell, Let the people of all nations see that historic Bell That once proclaimed our Freedom o'er valleys, hills and dell. Plant on that dear old relic the Flag that made us Free, That floats to-day so proudly, far out o'er land and sea. It guards the bold mariner, wherever he may roam. Whether in a foreign land or In his peaceful home. That Flag once waved over bleak old Valiey Forge, Where our brave old Continentals lay in that frozen gorge. That Flag, designed by Washington, made In our Quaker City By little Betsy Ross, who was both fair and witty. There stands her dear old homestead, without a single scar. Now, vandals, keep hands off, do not Its beauty mar. Please don't destroy old relics, that we remember well. We wish you a bon voyage, you dear, old Liberty Bell. By J. R. Miller, Harrlsburg, Pa. OTHERWISE HE'S A STAR Mr. Bryan would make an excellent professor of political economy were It not that he is as weak on politics as he Is on economics.—Chicago Post. The July Sales July is one of the sales months In the calendar of live mer chants. It Is the time the stores get ready for inventory and prepare to clear out broken lots. It Is the merchant's time for planning Fall business. And so special values are frequently offered to the public. This fact makes newspaper ad vertising in July so full of in terest. One may pick up the paper any time ana find tnat it Is of fering Just the things they need at prices much less than they expected to pay. iEbentng QUjat Gen. H. S. Heidekoper, the Phila delphia veteran frno was here a few days ago. tells a pathetic story about the great memorial which Pennsylva nia erected to her valiant eons who fought at Gettysburg. One of the features of this memorial which brings It home to everyone Is the fact that the tablets contain the name of every soldier of a Pennsylvania regiment Ml the battfe. Not long ago the general was at the battlefield looking after some repairs to the memorial when he met an aged man and his wife. The man was blind and asked the way to the memorial. The general escorted him and then the blind ma# said that |he wanted to be sure his "name was there. He gave the name and the | regiment and the general found it for him. With trembling Angers the blind man felt the letters. By the sense of feeling he spelled his name. "I knew it would be there. I knew It. I knew it," he cried and then with tears streaming down his cheeks he put his arms about his wife and was led away. One of the many incidents with a heart throb in them when the Lib erty Bell was here was witnessed by Samuel B. Rambo, superintendent of the State Capitol. Mr. Rambo was standing on the car when a woman well on in years, apparently of foreign birth and with a rather sorrowful ex pression, edged her way close to the car. Taking oft her wedding ring she handed it up with a plea to Mr. Ram bo to touch it to the bell. Mr. Rambo did so, wondering why she had asked. The woman was all smiles in an In stant and receiving back her ring, put it on In a hurry and rapidly worked her way out of the crowd. During Steelton's Independence Day celebration two of the borough's en terprising merchants combined in a unique scheme to advertise their wares. One is a baker; the other, a butcher. Both decided to place floats in the bigr street parade to exploit their wares. The one decided he'd give out little rolls as a sample of his baking; the other thought small frank furters would be the best things with which to get advertising. Some one suggested that they get together and give a sample of their wares from the same wagon. So they gave away "hot doggie" sandwiches. Over on ex-Sertator John E. Fox's country place near New Cumberland is Just one certain sparrow that had better be very careful in his treat ment of a certain wee wren; the sen ator'll surely get him if he doesn't watch out! Senator Fox told all about the troubles of the tiny wren and the insults she has had to suffer from the arrogant sparrow, while in Prothono tary Holler's office yesterday and upon the suggestion of the prothonot&ry the senior member of the law firm of Fox and Geyer phoned to ex-Prothonotary Lockwood B. Worden and borrowed his flobert rifle. The wren, according to tho senator, has been trying for weeks to build a home for Itself in the little blrdhouse on his lawn. The sparrow has learned of this and has made life miserable for the wren by tearing out the carefully gathered twigs and straw and things as fast as tho wren places them in position. Now i Senator Fox says he likes all kinds of 'birds and up until now he had included I even sparrows in the general category. I But this particular one doesn't stand jln at all well with the senator nmr. The senator'll certainly get him If h. ! doesn't watch out. More birds of all kinds are to be seen and heard In the country around about Harrlsburg this summer than for many years past. Blackbirds and robins are particularly numerous. Al ready flocks of blackbirds almost a;i large as those ordinarily seen in thu latter part of the summer, just before the time for the annual migration, have made their appearance and fa£m ers say that the ragged condition of some cornfields is due to the ravages of these birds earlier In the season. The outlook is for two heavy peach crops In succession. Ordinarily farm ers expect one heavy year and then one when the crops are lipht. Last summer there were so many peaches on the market at times that they went begging. This year the trees arc again full and it begins to look as though prices will be reasonable for llrst-class qualities of fruit The ap ple crop also looks well. Among visitors to the city yesterday was Chester P. Ray, executive officer of the Pennsylvania Panama-Pacific exposition commission. Mr. Ray was in charge of the installation of the exhibits, and handled the details of the commission's work. He says Penn sylvania has one of the finest build ings in the exposition. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Col. H. P. Bope was the speaker at the presentation of a fountain to Duquesne. —Jonn Wanamaker will spend part of the summer touring eastern States. —General E. DeV. Morrell will go to New England this summer. —Thomas C. Seldle, well known Reading man. Is in politics again and talked of for an office. . DO YOU KNOW 1 That Harrlsburg could have bought "Hardscrabble" for $40,- 000 years ago? Letter List LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN the Post Office, at Harrlsburg, Pa., for the week ending July 3, 1H16: Ladles' List Miss Clara Barton, Mrs. Bertha Bruker, Miss Margaret i Coleman, S. Augusta Flory, Miss Edna Foreman, Mrs. E. Hopple, Mrs. W. Scott Hummel. Miss Eleanor R. Larrl son, Mrs. Mary Lelghtner, Mrs. Jennie J. Miller, Mrs. E. Phillips (2). Miss Amelie Russell. Mrs. Alice Right Mrs,. 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