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TUESDAY EVENING, JVLY 20
Sorrow and silence are strong and
patient endurance is Godlike.—Long
fellow.
THEN* AND NOW
HISTORY not only occasionally re
peats, but once In a while ap
proaches contraversion. The
desperate valor with which the Eng
lish are holding the Germans back
from Calais is an illustration. Once
they were striving Just as vigorously to
get into that sea coast city as they are
now fighting to remain.
Edward 111, after his great victory
over the flower of French chivalry,
finding himself unable to follow up his
advantage, retreated to the coast and
laid siege to Calais, with a view of
capturing it and thereby securing an
easy entrance to France for the future.
It was evidently about as strongly de
fended then as now, for Edward be
sieged the place for eleven months
before John de Vienne, the brave and
experienced soldier in command,
found it necessary to yield. It is now
nearly eleven months since the Ger
mans turned their attention to Calais
and like the English of that elder day
are about to make their supreme ef
fort, looking toward its capture.
But there is another feature of the
campaign that led up to Edward's
siege of Calais that is not being dupli
cated in the present conflict. In those
days kings not only declared war;
they also led the charges. For in
stance, there was the old King of
Bohemia, feeble and blind, sitting on
his horse in the midst of his followers,
who, when he heard the battle that re
sulted in victory for the English had
begun, said to two of his nobles, "I
beg and require of you specially to
lead me so far forward that I may
strike one stroke against the enemy."
They obeyed him and tying the reins
of his horse's bridle to the bridles of
their own, galloped with him into the
thickest of the fight where they met
a speedy death. Probably reckless
valor of that kind was neither wise
nor profitable, but one may imagine
if it were the fashion for kings and
nobles of the present to conduct them
selves In such heroic manner Europo
would not now be the great charnel
house It Is. Our modern monarchs
are not given to leading forlorn hopes.
THAT ROOSEVELT INTERVIEW
COLONEL ROOSEVKLTS New
York Interview, in which he
said he would support for
Prei-ldent any Republican who Is de
cent. continues to attract widespread
attention, but close observers of the
Roosevelt political technique will be
very much surprised If it does not
turn out to be even more important
a year from now than it is to-day.
To put it bluntly, this interview
bears all the earmarks of having been
prepared not so much for Immediate
consumption as for a snug berth in
the wonderful Roosevelt letter file.
No magician's bag of tricks ever con- j
tained more surprises than that depos- j
itory of the product of the Colonel's j
cunning. No matter what occurs, or
how sharp the turn the Colonel makes
in his relations with the public, all it
Is necessary for hjpi to do is to thrust
his brawny right arm up to the elbow
into the letter file and he can haul
out a statement. Interview or letter
that makes It all seem consistent, and
wise and virtuous—lf you happen to
want to see it that way. To the aver
age man it Is all a great mystery. He
merely observes that it is so: that the
Colonel seems to be loaded for any
contingency at any time, and lets it go
at that. But really it is quite simple.
For instance, Roosevelt knows that
every precaution will be taken to
guard against giving the slightest ex
- cuse for a repetition of the false cry
of stolen nomination which was raised
after the last Republican national
convention. But If, after going down
to the convention but again failing to
dominate the situation and force his
will upon the party, it should appear
to Roosevelt that he still has a chance
he is quite likely to repudiate the
nominee and point to the New York
• interview as justification for his ac
tion.
In that event he will say to the vo
ters of the country: "I and my friends
were perfectly willing to Join with
the Republicans; we even made the
' advances,-bat we cannot support this
TUESDAY EVENING,
man on this platform. In view of o«r
honorable course and because of the
further fact that we are the only de
cent and honest people In American
politics, bar none, all voters -who do
not wish to confess that they are
moral outcasts In this life and with
out hope for the future will vote for us
and our platform."
We did not say that this !■ certain
to happen, but it will If the Republi
can party does not surrender uncon
ditionally to Roosevelt, or he wakes up
to the fact that It will be Impossible
next year to carry 4,000,000 voters
with him out of the Republican party.
Why not conscript a few of the Welsh
strikers, send them to the front and re
place them with a few of the soldiers
in the field?
PURELY POLITICAL
THE attempt of City Commissioner
Gorgas to gain popular favor
at the expense of Harrlsburg's
public Improvements is actuated . by
motives purely political. The com
missioner, report has It, Intends to be
a candidate for re-election. That ex
plains the entire procedure. Likewise
Mr. Gorgas' decision is In perfect •<>-•
cord with the policy that he and
Mayor Royal have pursued ever since
they assumed office. Probably it
would be better to say the policy
which Mayor Royal and Mr. Gorgas
pursued, for Mr. Gorgas has been
very largely a "me-too" to the lead of
the Mayor. Both have been obstruc
tionists from the very start of the
commission form of government In
Harrisburg.
It will be noted that In the inter
view Mr. Gorgas gave out yesterday
he refers continually to the "Repub
lican councilmen." That phrase ex
plans the entire matter. Antagonism
to the three majority commissioners
and a desire to play party politics in
a supposedly nonpartisan council are
the controlling factors in the situa
tion. And for the gratification of such
petty desires the whole public Im
provement enterprise In Harrisburg is
in danger of being held up at a time
when it Is In the very process of
completion. Since the approval of the
first public improvement loan we have
never faced such an unfortunate con
dition nor such an unnecessary ob
struction to the will of the people,
for there can be no question of the
popularity of public improvements in
Harrisburg nor of the desire of the
people as a whole to complete what
they have authorized to be done.
This action of the commissioner
unfortunately in control of the city's
finances is the climax of nearly two
years of obstructionist tactics. Neither
he nor the mayor has one constructive
measure to his credit as a member of
council. Every progressive step that
lias been inaugurated, every worthy
thing that has been accomplished by
the city council since the Clark act
became effective has been at the in
stigation of the three Republican com
missioners—if politics must be drawn
into a situation where politics does not
belong—and very largely without the
support of the two Democrats. The
Democratic influence in council has
been both obstructive and destruc
tive. The Republican Influence has
been constructive and progressive.
It is to be hoped the Republican
commissioners will lose no time in
asking the court to mandamus the
obstructionists into compliance with
the conclusions of City Solicitor Seitz,
whose expert opinion It is that there
is ample money in sight for the com
pletion of the public Improvements as
contemplated and that provision can
be made for the Opperman award at
the discretion of council. To force a
temporary abandonment of public
work at this time would be to throw
out of employment men who badly
need the money they are earning, and
the unfinished enterprises would stand
as monuments of disgrace to those re
sponsible for them.
It's about time for the Emperor to
assign the Crown Prince to another part
of the war arena.
GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIMENTS
CAPTAIN LAKE reveals the fact
there is no submarine afloat or
in building that has a speed be
yond 20 miles an hour, but he asserts
that with a fund of $200,000 for ex
periments he can devise an engine
with the necessary power to equal the
speed limit of many of the fast sur
face boats.
This is an Important consideration.
Heretofore the United States govern
ment has been all too prone to await
the slow process of Individual initia
tive for Improvements such as Captain
Lake contemplates. Doubtless one of
the greatest benefits to be derived
from the Edison board will be the ap
propriation of funds for experimental
purposes.
If, for instance, a paltry $200,000
will give us a submarine that can cut
circles around any other of Its kind
in use and enable It to keep out of the
way on the surface of torpedoboat de
stroyers or overtake battleships and
cruisers, by all means let us have It.
Doubtless Edison and hia associates
will discover many other ways in
which money, combined with Yankee
ingenuity, will bring about ways and
means of improving our defenses to
a point where other nations will hesi
tate to attack us.
Most people insist on calling them
roasting ears and preferring to eat
tb«m boiled.
IT>ottfu* ot
"PtTUtOiituanZa
By Hie Ci-OramnltMnM
Central Pennsylvania people Irre
spective of their political affiliations
are very much interested in the move
ment to have the next Republican na
tional convention held in Philadelphia,
and the Republican clubs in this sec
tion are preparing to lend their active
assistance to that end as soon as the
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
sends out the word that the time has
arrived for them to act.
It is «xpected that this notification
will be communicated some time soon
in the shape of a letter from Repre
sentative Fred W. Willard, of Philadel
phia. who will act in his capacity as
president of the Pennsylvania League
of Republican Clubs. Willard, who Is
one of the originators of the move
ment, during the last session of tho
Legislature introduced a resolution
calling upon that body to extend a for
mal invitation to the Republican na
tional committee to meet In Philadel
phia in 1916 and he Is now actively
working to make the call for the great
gathering a general and hearty one.
The probability is that the Repub
lican organizations in tho central part
of the State will make arrangements
to send large delegations to Philadel
phia during the convention If It Is held
in that city. Meetings of representa
tives of the Republican clubs in this
city and all the other towns In the dis
trict will soon be held for the purpose
of taking <hls feature of the conven
tion plans up.
Indications now are most favorable
to the project of the Quaker City boost
ers, and, of course, the convention will
be much more important and interest
ing than the one which nominated
McKlnley and Roosevelt in 1900 at
Philadelphia. That was the last Re
publican convention held In the East.
—lt is the belief in Philadelphia that
Senator Penrose will soon Issue a
statement on the mayoralty situation
in that city. Immediately upon his re
turn there yesterday after an absence
of ten days he was in conference with
some of the more prominent organ
ization leaders, but beyond calling at
tention to the fact that he has not so
far injected himself into the political
situation in that city he would say
nothing.
He was more communicative regard
ing the movement to have the Repub
lican national convention held in
Philadelphia. He said that while there
was considerable Chicago sentiment
among the national leaders of the party
whom he met last week In New York,
Philadelphia is a strong probability,
and he urged that every effort be made
to secure the convention for that city.
Among the more than 200 telegrams
received at the office of Senator Vare
congratulating him on his fifty-third
birthday anniversary was one from
Senator James P. McNlchol, who is in
Cleveland watching the grand circuit
races. It said: "Cleveland party con
gratulates you on your fifty-third birth
day."
Single Taxers of Philadelphia are
making preparations to place a com
plete ticket in the field this Fall. Can
didates will be named at a convention
which will be held within a few weeks.
Philadelphia county is the only place
in this State where believers of the
single tax theory have ever maintained
anything resembling a political organ
ization. Across the Delaware line they
are even stronger and fifteen or twenty
years ago a state-wide campaign was
made in that state. It occurred, how
ever. at about the same time "Gas"
Addlcks was trying to buv up that
little commonwealth and the move
ment did not make much of an impres
sion at the polls.
Not much attention is being paid at
this time to the announcement that E.
V. Babcock, of Pittsburgh, will be a
candidate to succeed to the Oliver
senatorial toga. It may bo true: in
fact, it probably is true, but the people
of Allegheny county have other and
more immediate political worries at
the present time.
Members of Harrisburg's Republican
clubs feel that more than perfunctory
interest should be taken in the move
ment to have the next national con
vention held in Philadelphia because
It will afford an excellent opportunitv
to show off the city to visitors from all
sections of the country, most of whom
will be compelled to pass through this
city coming and going.
David J. Kelt, of New Biootnfleld,
who was recently appointed associate
Judge of Perry county to All the unex
pired term of Judge L. G. Wox, has
announced that he will not be a candi
date for election this Fall. The
No-License League of Perry county
has apppointed a committee to inter
view all candidates for the associate
judgeship. This committee will make
a report at a meeting of the league
which will be held at Newport July 29.
There are now three avowed candi
dates for the Judicial nomination in
the Mifflin-Huntingdon-Bedford dis
trict. It has been known for' sorhe
time that Judge Joseph Woods would
be a candidate to succeed himself and
it has been likewise understood that
Attorney Fred W. Culbertson would
oppose him. The contest has now be
come three-cornered with the entrance
of Thomas F. Bailey, of Huntingdon.
Our Daily Laugh
. COOK BACK,
VT PROFESSOR.
Absent minded
Professor: Dear
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cu ° I d recollect
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Could yon fail I
In love with a uV/ (
<Mdn't know he j
AT DA GAME
By Wing Dinger
I hava two boys, vera flna lads, too,
Real boys, not lika da girl.
Dey raise mucha Cain and setta da
heads
Of «"ere ma and dere pa in a whirl.
Dey getta ray goat vera oft In da past.
But never so well, believe me.
As when I take dem to da Island last
week
Da beega baseball game to see.
Each time dat da ump called a ball or a
strike
"What was itr* asked one lettle laa.
I'd tell him, and den the wee lad on the
left
Would "ay to me, "What was it.
Dad?"
Dey setta me rrasy almost, and I think
No more will I take 'em, but gee,
Dey got so much run dat I cnanga my
mind—
-1 Tc-day they're both going with m*.
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This is one of a series of street scenes about Harriaburff made by Ij. Tt. PCey, a Harrisburg cartoonist,
specially for the Telegraph. Others will appear at intervals of about one week.
TELEORAPH PERISCOPE | 1
—lf Germany isn't careful some sub
marine will sink her ship of State.
—Bome of the campaigns in sur
rounding counties are almost as hot as
the weather.
—News from Georgia Indicates thax
there are hundreds of people in that
State as bad In spirit as the convict
who stabbed Leo Frank.
—lt may be too hot to work a't times,
but never too hot to go to the ball
game.
—Sunday drowning accidents have
become so numerous we are Inclined
to believe our parents who told us not
to go swimming on the Sabbath must
have had some Inside Information on
the subject.
—Garment makers are on strike In
New York, but who cares how few
clothes we have to wear at this season.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Brisk fighting on the San and the
Bug has at least served to mitigate the
horrors of unpronounceable warfare.
Washington Post.
According to Reuter, the Turks have
been using wooden shells. It would
look as if they were beginning to lose
their heads.—Punch.
The man who shot Francis Ferdi
nand a year ago knew the gun was
loaded, but he certainly had no Idea
how far it would carry.—St. Louis Re
publican.
The German Social Democrats say
the people of the country want peace,
but the people do not own any stock
in the Krupp gun works.—Louisville
Post.
As Secretary of State, Robert Lan
sing is not so fortunate as his prede
cessor. He hasn't a counselor to do
all the work for htm.—Philadelphia
North American.
BOOKS AND MAQAZINES""
The Putnams have Just published a
book entitled "Paris Waits —1914," by
M. E. Clarke. Mrs. Clarke, who gives
in this book a picture of what hap
pened In the French capital and Its
environment during the anxious weeks
when the German armies were draw
ing near, has acted for some time as
special correspondent of the London
Times. The many years which she
has spent in Paris and her close ac
quaintance with the inner circle of
Parisian society give her a personal
knowledge of the City of Light, more
intimate perhaps than that of any
other sojourner in its midst. In al
most every page she instinctively
seizes on and presents to the reader
some tiny yet illuminating Incident
which makes the reader thrill with
the self-same emotion of pride, pain,
hope, and fear which moved Paris to
her depths during the first weeks of
the war.
IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph of July 20, 1865.]
Get New Engines
The Cumberland Valley Railroad
Company has received two new en
gines, the largest built for a railroad
In this state. They have been named
"General Grant" and "Phil Sheridan."
Veterans Coming
The Sixth Regiment, of General
Hancock's veteran army corps. Is ex
pected to reach this city In a few days.
Many Drunks
The Jail Is overcrowded at present
with drunks and disorderlies. The
Mayor has ordered the sale of intoxi
cating drinks to be stopped In all
hotels, taverns and restaurants.
WORRIED
Sister Susan—"Oh. dear, I've run
all out of mauve! Do you think the
soldier would mind if I finished his
sock in cerise? —Puck. ,
THE PARADE TWENTY MINUTES LATE
INDIANS OF DAUPHIN AND
LANCASTER FOUG
By A. L. CAMPBELL, Columbia, Pa.
THE section of Lancaster county
lying between the Big and Little
Chickies creeks, In Rapho town
ship, and the adjoining lands, in Mount
Joy township, Lancaster township, ly
ing contiguous to the creek and
which surrounds a cove, known to the
Indians as the "Stone Wigwam" was |
the scene in the early history of the j
contingent of a bloody battle between |
two Indian tribes. This was many |
years before the settlement of Pennsyl
vania, and followed a tierce contention
and predatory warfare for possession
of that portion of ground. According
to the tradition among the Indians,
these startling scenes were enacted
many years before any white settlers
had penetrated that region. When, in
later years, the paleface made his ap
pearance there few Indians remained.
Tradition, as It came down from
the Indians of that period, has it that
the section of country from the
Swatara to the Conestoga creek, was
inhabited by two tribes, one on the
Swatara known as the Arroquas und
the tribe below on the Conestoga, as
the Canadagas. The dividing line of
this section was at the Big Rock,
known as Chickies Rock, near which
the Chickies creek empties into the
Susquehanna river.
More than half a century ago, a
resident of Mount Joy having gone to
the west, discovered on the head
waters of the Rock river, In Wis
consin, a village, the inhabitants of
which were composed of French and
Indians, the latter being remnants of
six or seven tribes, who spoke differ
ent dialects. Among the number was
an old prophet who could speak Eng
lish. Learning of the presence of a
white man in the village who had
come from the» land of Penn, the
prophet sent for him and requested
an interview in his wigwam. The
white man accepted the invitation and
paid a visit to the old prophet who
told him that his ancestors were from
the land of Penn and, consulting an
old parchment, he traced every
stream and brook along the course
of the Susquehanna river which are
now In Dauphin and Lancaster coun
ties. He also informed the visitor
that up the creek, where it divides into
two branches, meaning the Big and
Little Chickies creeks, was the fork
of land which in an early period, was
the cause of the war between the
tribes, who disputed on account of the
boundaries, and much bloodshed re
sulted in the fierce and sanguinary
combat that took place to determine
which tribe should have control.
Land Cause of Bit tor Strife
The Arroquas claimed the land as
far east'as the Big Chickies, while the
Canadagas claimed possession as far
west as the Little Chickies. This con
tention was the cause of bitter strife
between the two tribes, and, as each
contended for possession, it was
finally decided to settle the dispute by
a battle, which took place on that
spot.
Bloody Two-Day Battle
The story says that each chief fur
nished as many warriors as there were
days In twelve months, these armies
numbering about seven htindred men.
These met near the river on a clear
day In the Fall of the year, the con
ditions being that the battle was to
begin at sunrise and continue until
sunset. The tribe that remained mas
ter of the field, after the battle, was
to hold the disputed territory. The
contest was a bloody one and ceased
at sunset without a decided victory
for either side. It was resumed the
next morning and at the end of the
day only seven Arroquas and five
Canadagas survived, the rest of both
tribes having been killed. The seven
Arroquas then drove the five Can
adagas from the field and claimed
possession.
This battle was fought about one
hundred years before the time of Wil
liam Penn's treaty with the Indians at
Philadelphia. But the question of
supremacy was not yet settled, for
about a year after the battle, the
prophet of the Arroquas had a vision
that the departed spirits of the braves
slain in the battle could not be recon
ciled and would not be admitted by
the Great Spirit to the Happy Hunting
JULY 20, 1915.
Grounds, and that the only way to ac
complish their admittance to that
happy state would be to give the dis
puted land to the twelve survivors. In
acordance with the terms of the vision
the prophet called the braves together
and delivered over to them and their
posterity full title to the disputed
ground.
After these survivors of the two
tribes took possession of the land they
fixed their headquarters at Osres, or
Rock Wigwam, on tho west stream
and not a fourth day's journey from
the big stream, or Susquehanna river.
This place was long known to hunters
and residents in that section as the
cave. Here the Indians cast lots tor
a new chief and the choice fell on one
of the Canadagas. The chief thus
chosen had before taken as a bride a
young maiden of the Chickasaws, a
then well-known tribe.
The queen giving birth to a daugh
ter about one year later, she was cail
ed by the Indians, Ollonga, and the
creek In the east was called "Chicka
saw-Ollonga," in her honor. Hence
the present name, Chickasalunga,
which the stream still bears.
This small band of Indianr in a hun
dred years had increased to a power
ful tribe, and, after Penn's treaty and
the entrance of palefaces into their
country, they gradually moved west
ward and united with the Chickasaws.
Mrs. Belmont to Give
Big Fete For Suffrage
M&S.
Newport, R. I.—Following a prece
dent established last year, the local
suffrage movement which has received
added Impetus since the arrival or
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, la to add to
the social, as well as the political
gayety of the summer colony. Mrs.
Belmont has arranged an afternoon I
suffrage lawn fete, on the grounds of I
Marble House, her beautiful villa here I
to be given the last Saturday of th I
month. All the details have not been
made public, but it is understood that
dancing will form a large parfof the
program. It is probable that some pro
fessional dancers will be brought here
to entertain the guests between
dances. An admittance fee will be
charged and the funds thua collected
turned over to the local suffrage
movement.
©letting (Efjat
Ovsr half of the counties of Penn
sylvania will be traversed next Octo
ber by Governor Brumbaugh and his
"Seeing Pennsylvania First" party. It
Is the idea of the Governor to Invite
fifty representative men, residents of
this State, to accompany him on a
week's tour of the Commonwealth so
that they may become familiar with
the scenery of the Keystone State and
what the enterprise of her citizens has
brought forth from the domain of
William Penn. The tour will cover his
toric Pennsylvania, the agricultural
region, the mountains, the coal and
coke districts, the industrial center of
Pittsburgh, the* wooded portion, the
mining regions, the river valleys and
the Interesting towns. The tour will
staj"t In the official home of the State*
and end In Philadelphia, where Penn
sylvania began. The route has been
laid out by the State Highway depart
ment and approved by the Governor.
The start will be made in the morning
of October 4, the ninth anniversary of
the dedication of the Capitol where
the party will assemble. The first day
will be down the Cumberland Valley to
the old southern road over the moun
tains to Bedford and the second day
through the counties of Somerset,
Westmoreland and Washington, end
ing in Pittsburgh. On the third day
the party will go to Altoona through
the Cambria county roads and the
fourth day will go down to Hunting
don where the Governor will give a
luncheon and then the mountains will
be crossed to Beliefonte. The next
day there will be a run of over ISO
miles to the Pocono region by way of
Williamßport, Bloomsburg and
Wllkes-Barre and the closing day will
be through the Delaware Water Gap
to Easton and thence by way of Allen
town to Philadelphia. The whole tour
will be made at the expense of thoso
participating. All of the route will be
covered on State roads.
* • *
A little boy who lives in the heart
of a large city is spending his vacation
in Harrlsburg the guest -of an aunt
who is very particular about the con
dition of her home, there being no
"men folks" about to interfere with
her feminine love for order. The lit
tle masculine guest was much inter
ested the other evening in the light
ning bugs that glimmered in myriads
in the garden adjoining the house.
Having been assured that they would
not burn he proceeded, boy fashion,
to catch a hundred or more and con
fine them in a large glass jar. All
evening he admired them. At bed
time he was suddenly stricken with
the thought that some of the bugs
might not like to remain all night
away from home. "I'll just turn 'em
loose," he said, "and let 'em all go
back to their mothers," and he did,
right in the dining room of that per
fectly appointed, well screened house.
♦ • •
Dauphin county lawyers and other
frequenters of the courthouse are still
grinning over the story that one of
the barristers told the other day about
a client from Shippensburg. The
Shippensburg man had instructed his
lawyer to pay a bill and the latter ac
cordingly told the client to send him a
postal money for the amount. A day
or two later the client called at the
offjee and casually asked the attorney
if he had received the money order.
The lawyer hadn't. "But I sent it,"
persisted the visitor from the Cumber
land Valley. "I went to the post offico
myself, gave your name and your ad
dress and told them to send the or
der off at once. Why I paid the man
myself and I got a receipt." His
torney suggested that he show tne
receipt in order to trace the money
order if it were lost. A day or two
later he turned up again. "Here's th<j
receipt," said he. Then he trium
phantly showed the postal money or
der Itself.
The average person thinks that
there are a good many automobiles
run on the Riverside road on Sundays,
high days and holidays, but it would
probably surprise many a man to learn
that almost 1,200 passed a given point
day before yesterday. Matthew Turns,
for many years one of the watchmen
of the Pennsylvania railroad, who
lives retired at Rockville, kept a count
on Sunday of every motor vehicle
that passed his home near the his
bridge. He began to count at 9.10
a. m. and at 9 p. m. he had recorded
1188 automobiles and 314 motorcy
cles. In addition there were numerous
bicycles and teams and many people
enjoying the day on foot. This record
glvp.i some idea of the traffic on the
road and of the poplarity of the
beautiul drive.
There is a new pet being shown
about Capitol park. It is tame, yet
wild enough when any one tries to
handle it and it has maintained an air
of rigid exclusiveness when any of the
furred or feathered denizens of the
park has attempted to open diplomatic
relations. It is a Mexican parrot. It
is brought to the park almost daily by
a man well on in years and stalks
about solemnly, but ever willing to ac
cept a nut or a cracker from a young
ster, although it raises a fuss when
any groiwn person comes along.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Congressman, W. W. Bailey is to
speak at a number of family reunions
in Cambria county.
—Dr. Joseph Dixon* of Kittanning,
was stricken with appendicitis while
running his automobile and drove to
a hospital.
—Senator S. J. Miller, of Clearfield
county, is on a motor trip to eastern
counties.
—Ex-Highway Commissioner Blge
low is at Wernersville for a couple of
weeks.
—Henry C. Frlck is playing golf in
Massachusetts during the hot days.
—Dr. G. M. Boyd, of Philadelphia,
has gone to Belgrade Lake, Me.
| DO YOU KNOW 1
That HaPPisburg Is noted for
the number of Its motor cycles?
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Beacon Lit
Mr. Retailer, when the manu
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n this newspaper tie starts trade I
n motion. '
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trade your way.
People will be interested in
the brands they see advertised.
They will want to see the
goods.
If thev know your store has
them, will people go there? Of
course, they will.
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ing bv showing the newspaper
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dow.
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