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THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 15.
Though lift is meat ufi of tr.ert bubbles,
'Tis better than maty aver,
for while we've a lot of troubles.
The most of them never o<cur.
—Xixon Wa:er~man.
BOOST THE ICE FUND
YOU have noticed, doubtless, that
the Associated Charities is ap
pealing through the newspapers
for money with which to supply the
poor with ice.
But have you given the matter more
than a passing thought?
The Telegraph means you, Mr.
with more money than you need for
your own wants.
How would YOU like to go all day
without a little of the coolness that
lends such a pleasant seat to food and
drink these hot days?
Think a minute about It
How would you like to go home to
find the ice box empty, the drinking!
water warm, the milk sour and nothing '
at hand with which to quench that j
pirching thirst? How would you like
it? we repeat.
Well, that Is the daily condition in
hundreds of Harrisburg homes where
there Is no money for ice.
And what makes the situation vastly
worse is the plight of the babies in
euch families. Milk cannot be kept
properly this kind of weather without
ice. This means that hundreds of
babies are being fed on a diet that!
would be dangerous to even an adult.
You may turn a deaf ear to the !
needs of grown folks, but you can't j
dismiss the helpless little ones in that i
fashion.
You wouldn't like to think that!
there is a baby in Harrisburg facing
death because you are too stingy to
give a few of the nickels you spend so
freely for cigars and soda water.
There Is just one way to "square
yourself."
Send a contribution to the Telegraph
for the Ice Fund.
The State Department is making
strenuous efforts to secure the release
of $50,000,000 worth of goods orderea
from Germany by American importers
but held In that country because Great
Britain will not allow its shipment.
But what has become of the "Made-in-
America" policy to which this adminis
tratlon was supposed to be committed?
NECESSITY OF PRECAUTIONS
THE foot and mouth disease epi
demic now just about stamped
out cost the people of Pennsyl
vania over 16,000 head of cattle and
more than 13,000 head of swine, rep
resenting the stock killed by the State
Livestock Sanitary Board and agents
of the Xational Government to pre
vent a further spread of the malady.
The bills paid by the State and United
States Governments, and those to be
paid, to farmers and stockbreeders for
cattle and hogs killed will amount to
more than $1,350,000, which does not
account for the difference between the
real value of the animals killed and
the partial values placed upon them
by the government agents.
These figures from the report of the
State Livestock Sanitary Board may
be made the text for comment on a
notice Just issued by the United States
Department of Agriculture to the
farmers of Pennsylvania urging them
to make special efforts to prevent a
fresh outbreak of the malady.
The bulletin outlines means by
' which the disease may be checked and
says that experience in this and pre
vious epidemics has shown conclu
sively that precautions are necessary
to prevent the disease being carried
from one section of the country to an
other, just as local quarantines are
necessary to prevent its sweeping
through the herds of a county as
smallpox used to sweep through cities.
Where the people have realized this,
the loss has been confined to com
paratively small proportions; where it
has not been realized and the tem
porary inconvenience caused by the
quarantines has caused laxity In their
enforcement, the loss has been crush
ing.
It Is not, however, so much a matter
of the present as of the future. If
the disease were once to gain the
foothold here that it has abroad, eradi
cation would be an Impossibility and
the stock interests of the country
would lose far more each year than
It has cost to suppress this epidemic.
THURSDAY EVENING,
In Germany in 1911 it was calculated 1
that one out of seven animals suscep
tible to the disease was suffering from
It. Under such circumstances the
slaughter of exposed herds becomes
an impossibility and the disease re
mains a chronic drain upon the re
sources of the country, as the price
Is too great to pay for freedom from,
such a calamity.
When the outbreak of the European
war caused a flurry In American bank
ing circles, the banks issued many mil
lions of dollars' worth of emergency
currency under the provisions of the
Aldrlch-Vreeland emergency currency
act. The act which thus proved the
wisdom of its authors, when put to the
test of practice, was enacted by a Re
publican Congress and signed by a Re
publican President.
SUPERSTITIOUS
A WRITER in a current magailne
mentions the early days of New
England as "a period In which
superstition ran rampant in America."
How we do love to smile at some
of the foolish beliefs of these sturdy
old settlers, and how horrified we are
that in their benighted ignorance
they so far forgot the principles of that
religious doctrine by which they set
such store as to burn at the stake in
nocent old women who designing per
sons charged with the practice of
witchcraft. Yet our own fingers are
not wholly free from pitch.
What one of us is without his own
pot superstition? Here, for Instance,
is a list of signs, symbols and portents
from which If you escape scot free you
are indeed entitled to assume superior
airs and to smile or frown at the
weaknesses of your forefathers, ac
cordingly, as you may view the mat
ter:
If you shiver, some one is walk-
Ins- over your future grave.
When pour nose Itches something
will soon happen to vex you.
When your right eye itches it is
a sign of good luck; when your left
eye. of bad luck.
A spider descending upon you
from the roof is a token that you
will soon have a legacy from a
friend.
Candle and other lights are sup
posed to burn blue and dim when
invisible beings are present, es
pecially if they be evil spirits.
It is a good omen for swallows
to take possession of a place and
build their nests around it; while
it is unpropitlous for them to for
sake a place which they have once
tenanted.
If you have any white marks on
your nails, commonly called "gifts,"
you may expect to get as many
presents as there are marks, as soon
as these get up to the nail ends, in
the course of their natural growth.
A new shoe, placed upon a table
for Inspection, will lead the wearer
into unlucky paths.
If you see the new moon through
glass you will have ill-luck
through the month.
If you see it in the open and turn
the silver upside down in your
pock"' you will be wealthy for the
month.
If you pick up a pin you'll have
good luck; bad if you let it lie.
To walk over a cellar door or
under a ladder is bad luck.
Gifts of a knife cuts friendship.
Finding a four-leaf clover brings
1 good luck; possession of an opal
I brings bad luck.
An umbrella raised In a house
. brings misfortune or death; touch
i ing wood wards off evil.
! We are all superstitious, every one
j of us. and though we may not admit
| it, even to ourselves, nevertheless it is
j true to some degree. Probably you
| found your own favorite belief in the
! list quoted. If not, be sure it is hang-
I ing about somewhere in your sub-con
j sciousness. ready to be trotted out
I when the occasion prompts.
| The Democratic members of Con
i gress voted almost solidly against the
i postal savings bank bill, but when they
got into power they didn't repeal it.
And they don't dare to.
COST OF LIVING PLEDGE BROKEX
I HAVE the utmost confidence in
the new tariff law. lam absolutely
confident that this law will reduce
the cost of living in the United States.
Standing at the elbow of President
Wilson the evening of October 3. 1913,
in company with other officers of the
Army of Business Disorganization,
Congressman (now Senator) Under
wood, awaited the signature of the
bill which blotted his scutcheon, and
with the consummation of that act by
President Wilson, Mr. Underwood de
livered the above-quoted prophecy.
The recent report of the Depart
ment of Labor and the nation-wide
comment of the press thereon have
convinced everyone of the fallacy of
Mr. Underwood's forecast and statis
tics of the fifteen different food pro
ducts considered by the Department
of Labor in its report, showing the
relative retail prices in 1912. when the
Democrats were making their cam
paign on the assumption that the high
cost of living was due to the protective
tariff—a campaign which turned the
country over to their administration,
although the protectionist vote was
against them, and the relative retail
prices for July. 1914, with the Demo
cratic law in full swing, indicate that
in all but three instances prices are
higher now than they were before the
Democratic tariff was enacted. Flour,
cornmeal and sugar are the favored
items.
The reduced rate on sugar went into
effect March 1, 1914, but in the mean
time the sugar-growers had gotten rid
of their entire stock and the market
was loaded up. Flour and corn meal
prices were forced down by the large
supply. In fact, not one article of the
15 selected by the Department was
lowered in price on account of lower
ing of duties by the Democratic tariff
law. If the reader will ask the first
Democrat he meets why the reduced
tariff rates did not reduce the cost of
living, he will now be told that the
tariff has nothing to do with food
prices.
Al Jennings, ex-Oklahoma outlaw,
ex-attorney, and ex-candidate on the
Democratic ticket for Governor of
Oklahoma, is reported to have professed
religion and joined the church at Los
Angeles, Cal. Now, If Al will abjure
Democratic heresy his reformation will
be complete.
DAUFHIX GAME PRESERVE
NO time should be lost by the State
in taking advantage of the offer
of the Pennsylvania Wild Life
League to provide ground for a game
preserve In Dauphin County.
It will be a comparatively easy mat
ter to find 6,000 acres of admirably
adapted land within the prescribed
limits. There are vast ranges of par
tially wooded lands In Dauphin coun
ty that are not worth much for farm
purposes but which even now are ad
mirable shelter for all manner of
game.
Not many Harrisburgers know that
deer, bear, wildcat, wild turkey and
many kinds of smaller game have
begn killed within a few miles of Har
risburg In recent years and that the
mountains and valleys to the north
of the city abound in all manner of
wild life. This being so without any
protection other than that prescribed
by the game laws it may be imagined
that not much ditllculty would be
found in creating a well stocked game
preserve in this county at small ex
pense within a very few years.
[ TELEC3RAPH PERISCOPE "
—The European war Instigator Is the
guy that put the ax In tax.
—We hope the Kaiser won't ask for
a renewal of the German note.
—When hugging the girl who is row
ing with you It is only right to let the
boat hug the shore.
—"When the history of the war Is
written what place will be acorded the
Kaiser?" asks an exchange. That part
: already Is written.
—Why, Mr. Daniels, what have you
done with that small navy program?
—"Skirts that require more material
than necessary will not be worn by
German women." Pride or patriot
ism?
—lf Thaw didn't hypnotize Flint, he
evidently did one of the juries.
EDITORIAL COMMENT "]
The pictures show the Grand Duke
Nicholas with a pair of the longest
legs in the Russian Army. They come
In handy these days.—Minneapolis
Journal.
Great chance for a jitney company
along the line of retreat of the Rus
sian army.—Wall Street Journal.
One of the best arguments for arbi
tration is that it is the only way to get
results and get wages while getting
them that has yet been invented.—
Chicago Herald.
Colonel House had no official mis
sion in Europe. His audiences with
Grey, Asquith and Kitchener in Eng
land, Polncare and Delcasse in France,
and von Holweg, von Jagow. and Zim
merman in Germany, were only such
as they are accustomed to grant to
tourists from Texas.—St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY "
[From Telegraph of July 15, 1865.]
Stole Buggy
A man whose name is not known
hired a buggy owned by Judge Mur
ray driving away but not returning
with the horse and carriage. The
police are looking for the thief.
Enlarge Two Hotels
Extensive wings have been added to
the Buehler House and the Lochiel
Hotel. The new additions will be
ready for use in the near future.
Organize Chess Club
S. D. Ingram has been elected presi
dent of the chess club recently organ
ized in this city. Sixty members are
enrolled at present.
THROWING AWAY $60,000,000
[New York Sun.]
One of the relics of the reign of
political insanity in the past decade
which remain as monuments to the
madness of reformatory zeal that
afflicted Congress is the process of
physical valuation in which the rail- i
roads of the country are engaged. The
Interstate Commerce Commission has
charge of the work under a special
statute directing that it be done, but
the principal burden and the bulk of
tbe cost fall on the railroads.
An elaborate account of what all
j this means in the case of one railroad
system has Just been prepared by the
New Haven. In reading it one gets a
very vivid idea of the reckless ease
with which legislatures generally and
Congress in particular, vote away other
people's money, and the intolerable
readiness with which laws have been
passed to add to the troubles as well
as the expenses of the common car
riers of the country.
As at present estimated. It will cost
the New Haven about $500,000 for
valuing itself, but there is room for
expansion in this item. All the figures
originally arrived at by the govern
ment have had to be revised upward
more than once as to the expenditure
involved. £t first the government's
share was put at $2,500,000 for all the
railroads in the country. The latest
calculation on behalf of the Interstate
Commerce Commission places the sum
as high as $20,000,000 for the govern
j ment and perhaps twice as much for
the railroads. In other words, the
; money to be paid out in this undertake
: ing may reach or even exceed
$60,000,000.
There is no reason why any of this
expense should be charged to the com
mon carriers. In fairness the govern
ment should foot the bill itself. The
railroads never asked for a valuation.
It was saddled upon them by crank
theorists who thought that through it
some basis could be established for a
mechanical regulation of freight and
I passenger rates.
MAXIM AND MODERN WARFARE
[Omaha Bee.]
If Mr. Hudson Maxim is correctly
quoted by the Associated Press re
porter, ho is at least entitled to credit
for faith In his works. But It is alto-
S ether probable he will have some
ifflculty in convincing many of his
countrymen that they will be safer
in Europe's battle trenches than In
an automobile on an American ro&d.
Those of us who are still listed as
pedestrians will admit that a certain
degree of danger resides in an auto
mobile. but so far as reliable figures
are obtainable, the self-propelled
pleasure vehicle has not as yet taken
any such toll of life as has the ma
chine gun. As far as the trenches
are concerned, it is well known they
are very comfortable places, when
properly drained and equipped with
modern conveniences, yet life in them
is tinctured with an uncertainty as
to when one is to be overcome by
poisonous gas, annihilated by a bomb,
upheaved by an exploding mine or
otherwise disturbed by some sudden
manifestation of Maxim's genius in
providing for the efficiency of modern
weapons. The great Inventor of war
machinery and explosives may be cor
rect In his assertions, but those who
own them will very likely cling to the
auto In preference to the firing line.
Saving of 1,000 ton* of coal by shut
ting: off of six of the Lusitania's boilers
didn't even save the coal.—St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
BSRRISBPRG
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Men active in politics all over the
State are watching with the greatest
Interest the visit of Senator Penrose
to Pittsburgh this week. The senator
confronts a situation the like of which
has not been known for a long time
and it is questionable whether he will
take any sides. One of the things be
hind the uproar In Allegheny county
is said to be a scheme to boom Wil
liam A. Magee for United States sen
ator inasmuch as it is not believed he
will be made chairman of the Public
Service Commission.
Another interesting fact is that J.
Denny O'Neil, the county commissioner
who worked for the local option bill
in behalf of the Governor. Is the tar
get of men more or less closely con
nected with the State administration.
—Ex-Senator W. H. Hackenburg, of
Milton, has engaged In a lively homo
contest in which he defeated for
solicitor of the borough school board
two of the prominent lawyers of
Northumberland county.
—Nomination petitions for J. Henry
Williams, of Philadelphia, for superior
court are being circulated in the
anthracite region.
—Representative "Bill" Adams, of
Luzerne, says he Is going to run for
sheriff despite all obstacles. He is
looking for Governor Brumbaugh to
make some speeches up that way.
—Director Porter, of Philadelphia,
last night said he would be a candidate
if the people wanted him.
—The Montgomery county Republi
can league, which is mainly composed
of progressives who are trying to get
back into line, will have a series of
meetings this month.
—The whole State is sitting up and
taking notice of the movements under
way to secure a Republican candidate
for mayor of Philadelphia upon whom
everyone can unite. No single contest
la the State this year will have as
much bearing on the State at large as
this. According to the Philadelphia
Inquirer, no agreement was reached
at the conference at Atlantic City last
night. The Inquired says: "But a list
of probably fifty names of men sug
gested as available for the Republican
nomination to succeed Mayor Blank
enburg was cut down to the following
eight: Congressman J. Hampton
Moore, Comptroller John M. Walton,
Common Pleas Judge Norris S. Bar
ratt, ex-Director of Public Works Wil
liam C. Haddock. John T. Windrim,
Receiver of Taxes W. Freeland Ken
drick. Coroner William R. Knight and
Congressman William S. Vare. That
is the list as handed to the newspaper
correspondents shortly after 11 o'clock.
They were given in the order named
and it was announced that the con
ference will be resumed probably in
about two weeks."
—The decision of Dr. C. A. Frltchey
to enter the race for the Democratic
nomination for recorder of deeds has
attracted attention of Democrats
throughout many counties because of
the prominence of his brother, the
ex-mayor, and the fact that Dr.
Fritchey was a delegate to the Balti
more convention. A good many people
thought that Dr. Fritchey, who was an
original Wilson man, should have been
made the postmaster here. That Dr. ,
Fritchey will have the benefit of the
astute political brain of his brothel
and thus make the fight interesting is
a foregone conclusion and it is not too
much to say that the candidacy has an
influence which may extend outside of
the county.
—Jury Commissioner "Sam" Taylor
last night added to the lack of har
mony among the Democrats of Dau
phin county by announcing that he
would be a candidate for county com- j
rr.issioner. John H. Eby, present com
missioner. and understood for a time
to be opposed to second terms, is also
a candidate, as Is Harry C. Wells, the
high sheriff and one of the active men
of the party. Taylor's candidacy will
help Wells immensely.
A COURAGEOUS GOVERNOR
[From the Ooutlook.]
Few governors have rendered a
public service more bravely than Gov
ernor Slaton of Georgia.
There is in every community an ele
ment that may be formed Into a mob.
It Is this element that Is sometimes
called the rabble. In most American
communities it is a very small element
indeed. A rabble or a mob is always
cowardly. It never attacks a body of
equal size or power. It usually is di
rected against a single individual. It
is easily dispersed by any organized
force. It is thoughtless as well as
cowardly. By mere numbers it may
at times seem dangerous to the com
munity, and it is always dangerous to
individuals. There are two ways of
dealing with the mob. One is to
accept it at its own valuation, to yield
to it, parley with it, and submit to its
dictation. There is only one other
way, and that is to defy It and sup
press it. During the trial of Leo M.
Frank there was abundant evidence
to show that the mob was largely In
control. The very fact that the court
was not willing to have the prisoner
face his accusers when he was sen
tenced, as is the prisoner's right, for
fear of mob violence shows that at the
crucial moment the mob was upper
most.
Governor Slaton defied the mob,
and won a victory for the State of
Georgia and .or American civilization.
Governor Slaton was right in saying:
"It's not the people of Georgia out
there" (referring to the mob—"not
the worthwhile people. It's the ragtag
element. I want to tell you that their
demonstration doesn't mean an ex
pression by the State, sir."
It has remained for Governor Slaton
to express what we believe to be the
true spirit of the people of Georgia
and of America. Ho has said that his
decision mean 3 that he is henceforth
to live in obscurity. If that is so, it
is by no means the heaviest penalty a
man can pay. But we misunderstand
the people of Georgia If Governor Sla
ton will not have from them, not a
penalty, but a reward—a reward of
confidence and gratitude.
The reign of terror in Georgia is
over, and the man who has driven the
usurper from his throne is John M.
Slaton.
SWEETHEARTS . >
I'll bet my mother's glad that she
Has got vacation days and me;
That is to say, that I have got
Vacation days, and when its hot
I am at home here all day long:
I It helps to fill her days with song
When she ain't never left alone;
And she buys me an Ice cream cone.
And she makes me the nicest tarts,
And she says us two Is sweethearts.
And she lets me squirt with the hose,
And don't care when I muss my clothes;
And even when I slam the door.
And when I muddy up the floor,
She doesn't say a word to me
But seems as pleased as she can t>e|
And when I stand beside her chair
She hugs me and she smoothes my hair.
And seems to get a heap of Joy
From knowing that I am her boy.
Another feller that I knowed,
That lived the other side the road,
Caught something bad and went and
riled;
And when he did my mother cried
And hugged me right up to her tight.
An' made me sleep with her that night;
And now she doesn't ever scold,
And likes to have my hands to hold
And she makes me some dandy tarts;
And I am glad that we're sweethearts.
_ < —Houston Post,
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
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—From the Ohio State Journal.
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NATIONAL ZOO IS POPULAR
Animals, Birds and Reptiles From All Parts of the World Draw
Many Visitors to 167-Acre Park Near Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 15.
Just twenty-five years ago a
congressional act placed the
tract ot" land purchased the previous
year for a national zoological garden
under the direction of the Smithsonian
Institute. This land, comprising about
167 acres in what is known as the
Rock Creek Valley, is a short distance
beyond the confines of Washington.
Here are housed and coralled nearly
1.400 animals, birds and reptiles from
all parts of the world, under the car*
of Dr. Frank Baker, superintendent.
The Washington Zoo, as it is popu
larly known, is the outgrowth of a
small collection of living animals,
which for several years had been as
sembled in sheds and paddocks adja
cent to the Smithsonian Building in
the Mall, where they were kept
primarily for scientific study, although
they were a constant source of inter
est to the public.
A Great Playground
The act establishing the park de
clared one of its purposes to be- the
"Instruction and recreation of the
people," which it serves admirably.
Thousands of children make it their
playground, babies dig in the sand
boxes or sleep in the pleasant shade,
small children wade in the creek and
play on the rocks, older ones play ball
and tennis on the lawns in summer
and skate on the ponds in winter,
while all ages picnic in the shady
woods. Schools come to pursue their
nature studies and teachers to extend
their knowledge of the wild birds,
animals and plants of the region.
Most of the buildings are grouped
within a comparatively small area on
a hill In the central part of the park.
The largest is the lion house, which
contains most of the large cats. There
are represented speciments of the lion,
tiger, puma, leopard, jaguar, lynx, ser
val and ocelot and other animals.
Behind the lion house is the mon
key house, where forty monkeys of
various species maintain a continuous
vaudeville show to the great joy of the
visitors. One of the most mischievous
of this tribe Is a mandrill named "Nap
per.' He stands in the front part of
has cage apparently bored and list
less, but if an unwary visitor attempts
to arouse him by thrusting out an um
brella or a hat, he becomes active in
stantly. and seizing the object in his
powerful hands, he tears it to pieces.
In spite of the watchfulness of the
Our Daily Laugh
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A SIGX OF CO.NFIDEXCE
[From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.]
In Bplte of great business and finan
cial depression throughout the country
and the uncertainties caused by the
European war Pittsburgh has demon
strated her sound confidence in the fu
ture growth and prosperity of the city
by the expenditure of more than $20,-
000,000 In major building operations
during the past year. When it la un
derstood that these figures do not in
clude buildings less than $50..
000, and also take no account of many
public Improvements which require con
struction material and labor the total
is a high tribute to the courage of in
dividual and corporate capital. Pitts
burgh is evidently unafraid at a time
when national and International affairs
are by no means settled and confidence
as to the outcome Is lacking.
This unusual building record, under
the circumstances also carries with it
the assurance that much labor has had
a chance for emnloyment during a
period oi considerable hardship In
many sections of the United States. A
great deal Is said in certain circles In
derogation of the "captains of In
dustry," but the individuals and groups
of Individuals who have been respon
sible for this forward movement of
Pittsburgh Improvements in the face
of odds against prosperity are the sort
of soldiers who deserve even higher
rank. They not only display faith in
the future of their community, but
they are making "a place in the sun"
for thousands who would otherwise be
Jdle,
JULY 15, 1915.
keepers, he has to his discredit the de
struction of fifty-nine umbrellas and
more than sixty hats, among which is
a policeman's helmet.
Strungo Animals or All Kinds
Near at hand is the bird house,
which with a large flight aviary built
over a wooded stream, and some
i smaller ones, confines nearly seven
'hundred birds, including 172 different
| species. There is another good-sized
| building known as the antelope house,
are to be seen many specimens
j (ft Mils ia various forms and
; sizes. There Is tie tsuUflbok, the
! hartebeest, the water buck, the gnu
and the great ox-like eland, the larg
! est of them all, together with fleet-
I footed gazelles, many of which are
| killed in the East to obtain their skins
j for water sacks.
' One gazelle from India, with
| peculiar spirally twisted horns, is sup
| posed to have inspired the story of the
fabulous unicorn. America's antelope,
I the prong horn, differs from those of
the Old World in that it sheds its
horns annually, as does the deer, but
otherwise conforms to the African and
Asiatic species in general appearance
and habits. There are also specimens
1 of the chamois—and many goats and
I deer. Houses and yards for the ele-
I phants, hippopotami, tapirs, zebras
and American bison are along the
road to the north of the antelope
house.
Just across the main driveway, to
ward the west, are the main inclosures
for the bears, which include twelve
different kinds and twenty-eight in
dividuals from climes stretching from
pole to equator. Other bear dens are
against a cliff on the southern side of
the park.
Many Loose Animals and Birds
In the valley below are the kennels
for the wolves, foxes and dogs. There
! also are the sealion and beaver pools
| and inclosures for the otter. On the
I eastern bank of Rock Creek are to be
seen the water fowl and elk, and on
the western are the paddocks of the
llamas, camels and yak.
Along the main pathways are cages
containing animals so hardened to
changes of climate that they can re
main out all winter. Not all the
i animals and birds of the park are
i kept in confinement. Many squirrels,
, rabbits and raccoons run free and
I flocks of wild turkeys, coveys of
i partridges and many peacocks wander
1 at will all over the reservation.
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
In his "Hollow Tree Stories," Albert
Bigelow Paine has built up one of the
pleasantest imaginary worlds for chil
dren that have ever been conceived.
It is a world in which everything is
I quaint and amusing and unexpected
without being distorted or lurid. These
tales have, in fact, all the traditional
fascination of the animal fable with
out any of the crudities or the un
childllke touches that sometimes oc
cur in genuine folk-lore. Except that
the "Hollow Tree Stories" contain no
dialect, they are as savorsome as are
the tales of Uncle Remus and to
some readers and hearers the absence
of dialect will seem an advantage.
Certainly Mr. Paine knows unusually
well the kind of adventures that small
children like to imagine, and he knows
how to tell his tales in the way of all
those born with the gift of really tell
ing and not merely writing stories for
the young.
The characters In the tales Mr.
Crow, Mr. 'Coon, Mr. 'Possum, and the
rest—all have singular and quaint
naturalness, and in thoir portrayal
there are both many quietly humorous
touches such as a child may easily ap
preciate. The result is that parents
enjoy reading these stories to their
children as much as the children love
to hear them, and when there is a
touch of fun that appeals to the child
the parent may Join In It without men
tal reservation. It will be good news
to many that the "Hollow Tree
j Stories" have lately been issued by the
[Harper's in a uniform set of six
volumes, fully illustrated by J. M.
Conde, whose pictures reflect the spirit
of the stories so truly that no reader
would be content with any others.
Trees and Shrubs by W. J. Bean,
published by E. P. Dutton & Co., is a
book which stands out by itself as the
work of a master of the subject, for
not only does it describe concisely and
accurately from personal knowledge
all tho trees and shrubs which we
know, but also a great number of re
cent introductions, about which we
know little or nothing. Mr. Bean has
managed to get into the space of two
octavo volumes a mass of knowledge
and experience which is unrivaled, and
though one does not look for« literary
polish In a work of reference like this,
his writing is fluent, precise, and free
from vague statements. The book
must remain for many years to come
by far the best on a subject which
: will always be dear to every lover of
I nature and gardens. It is fully illus
trated with 250 line drawings and 64
i half-tones.
l-taiutm (Efyatf
"
"I am always glad to come back to
Harrisburg. I like its people and I
certainly like the town," said ex-Gov
ernor John K. Tener, last night Just
before taking a train for New York.
The former governor came here to at
tend the Lindemuth-Detweiler wed
ding and met many of his friends
while in the city. "I have not been
able to get back to Harrisburg as often
as I wanted," continued the big form*"
er executive. "Baseball leagues are
pretty strenuous affairs Just now and
I have been kept busy, so busy, that X
have been able to get here only twice.
But I am golt\g to come over here in
the Fall and play some golf and meet
my friends. I'm told Governor Brum
baugh likes Harrisburg. Well, I don't
blame him. I have found its people to
be good warm friends and X like the
spirit of hustle and progress that haa
marked it ever since I have known it.
I am interested in seeing Harrisburg
patronize the new baseball club prop
erly and I know that the kind of ball
that is being played will be appre
ciated."
* • •
The Cumberland Valley Telephone
Company's big motor truck which is
used for line extension work has been
put to various purposes lately. The
other day it was used to help pull
down a tree, then it was loaded with
branches cut from trees, then it was
hitched to a cable and made to pull
wires and finally it took the men homo
to supper.
• • •
The heat of the last few days has
made the city parks havens of rest
to hundreds of weary Harrisburgers
who have tin roofs over their sleep
ing rooms and asphalt streets around
their homes. Yesterday morning In
reservoir Park scores of people were
lying asleep on the grassy slopes, and
River Front Park, too, was dotted with
loungers who sailed forth early to get
a breath of fresh air before the sun
began to sizzle and make things mis
erable.
• • •
Caterpillars, according to City Fores
ter Mueller, frequently go in for high
diving.
"Many people," said the forester,"
place a band of cotton around the treo
trunk some distance from the ground
with the idea of preventing the cater
pillars from crawling into the
branches. The theory is a good ono
as it is generally known that cater
pillars can't get across the cotton.
But they have solved the problem.
Most of the trees stand close to houses
—and the houses afford an opportunity
to get to the trees. If they can't get
up the trunk they just crawl up to the
roof of the nearest house and then
they dive! That isn't a joke. They
really dive, upward and outward to
ward the nearest leaf. If they land
they can cling to the leaf; if they mi:s
it or roll off they fall to the pavement.
That doesn't kill them, it merely stuns
them as a rule. And after awhile they
crawl up along the house to the roof
and try it again."
• • •
The way potatoes are being; taken
care of on the farms around Kttrj-ie
burg and ori the patches in the out
; lying districts of the city there are «
good many people who are looking for
good prices this Fall. To begin with
there has been a large acreage of po
tatoes planted in this section, the in«
crease being almost as great propot
tionately as of corn. The gardeners
are giving close attention to the plants
and every bug that gets away wittart.
leaf will have a reckoning.
* * *
Judging from reports which are be
ing received at the State Capitol this ia
an extraordinarily bad year for pesta
on the farm and in the orchard and
thus far it seems as though the corn
will be the only crop not hit by some
disease or bug. The corn acreage this
year is greater than known in a long
time, being 102 to 103 per cent, in
area sown as compared with the aver
i age of the last ten years. No pegt has
been reported as affecting it yet. How
ever the wheat has been afflicted by
the hesslan fly, the pears and apples by
the fire blight, the apricots by tho
woolly aphis, the rest of the fruits by
the red leaf beetle, the peaches by an
especially pestiferous borer. Various
bugs are also reported as destroying
vegetables while the potatoeo are con
fronted with the blight anJ the fam
iliar bug.
• • •
Harrisburg druggists and medical
men are inclined to smile a bit over
| the announcement from Washington
that whisky and brandy will not bo
, mentioned in prescriptions and that
i as far as the list of medicines is con
cerned they will not be known. As a
matter of fact "Spirits Frumentl" has
1 been the standard way of prescribing
and the use of stimulants in prescrip
tions will probably go on where it is
justified.
Out in Nebraska the Governor re
ferred the selection of the most emi
nent Nebraskan to be honored by the
Panama-Pacific exposition to a corn-
It is interesting to note that William
Jennings Bryan received only a few
votes. Governor Brumbaugh, who
asked the editors to name the man in
this State, is getting many suggestions
and the contest being conducted by
the Philadelphia Press is attracting
wide attention.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Major J. F. Edwards, of Pitts
burgh, is one of the active spirits in
developing the State field hospital ser
vice.
—The Rev. A. J. Turkle, of Pitta
burgh, will take a long trip to the
Northwest.
—J. Fred Townsend is the new pres
ident of the Traffic Club of Pitts
burgh.
—Dr. Albert J. Carnoy, a professor
from wrecked Louvain University, will
lecture at the University of Pennsyl
vania.
—J. B. Mather is the new chief of
the Columbia county farm bureau.
—William M. Elkins has gone to
Darkharsbor, Me.
1 DO YOU KNOW 1
That Harrisburg is furnishing
larger amounts of freight than
over from this city?
<4
THE ANSWER
The British Ambassador wants to
know what British patriotic societies
may lawfully do toward sending vol
unteers from the United States to
Great Britain. That's easy. If said
volunteers are British subjects, buy
them passage tickets, in any other
case the answer is "Nothing at all."—
Washington Observer.
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