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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
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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,.
Seeker Mrs. Tom Vance Mrs. F,. B. Wil
son.
Gentlemen's List Charles Adams,
W. B. Arnold, W. B. Atkinson. Mr. and
Mrs. Roland Bailey, J. Nelson Baker,
Jacob Eckel. J. H. Enders, Elmer Ewlng,
Chas. Frattaroll. J. C. Oarbuck, H. 8.
Larkins, Marshall Leanhardt (2), Robk
ert McKlssock, Thuman
Michel, Jr., O. Miles, Edward Mills, Gil
bert S. Nlckery, S. C. Ocks, Charles Pa
gano, Gulseppe Pope, Glavanni Pletro
antonlo, David Polltzer, Franck Presto,
W. P. Rlckert. Mr. .Sailor, R. H.
Schwartz, John Shaner, Wm. A. Shearer,
Rev. C. R. Scherek. Mr. and Mrs. Cunkle
Simmers. H. W. Walk, Fred A. Wei
shelt. Edward Williams (2), Ray Zerbe.
Firm*—Kline Bros.
Foreign John Michael, Johan Pav
llch. Jennie Sebring.
Persons should invariably have their
mall matter addressed to their street
and number, thereby insuring prompt
delivery by the carriers.
FRANK C. SITES.
Postmaster.
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