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THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 5.
Surely he hath borne our griefs,
and carried our sorrows; yet we did
esteem him stricken, smitten of Ood,
and afflicted. —Isa. 53
HIGHW AY TO MIDIJERSBURG
THE Motor Club of Harrlsburg has
many excellent pieces of con
structive enterprise to its credit.
It was largely responsible for freeing
the river road from toll and its re
construction. Its traffic rules are
admirable and have done much to
make the streets safe and to stop j
speeding. It contributed largely to
the good roads day in this section and
now has under way a plan whereby
the toll road between Hummelstown
and Werners%-ille will be purchased
and turned over to the State. But
nothing it has done approaches in im
portance to the community as a whole
the effort it and the equally energetic
Motor Club of Millersburg are making
to have the bottom of the old canal
leading from Millersburg around the
base of the mountain transformed into
a State highway.
The road to the upper end of the
county is so narrow that at places two
vehicles cannot pass and It abounds in
dangerous grade crossings. These
crossings become more and more to be
dreaded as automobile and wagon
traffic increases with the growth of
travel and the development of the
upper end. The railroad company
now controls the canal bed, and, the
chances are, never will And use for it. j
If it wants at any time to extend its
tracks the natural thing to do would
be to push the public road, which now
lies between the railroad and the canal,
over into the canal bed and construct
the tracks on a fill covering • the
ground now used for the roadway.
This was done in the Dauphin Nar
rows and the new highway was built
at the expense of the railroad com
pany. If the company waits its own
convenience in changing the road be
low Millersburg, the expense of road
Construction naturally will lie with it.
But if It accepts the plan outlined
by the Harrisburg and Millersburg
Motor clubs it will avoid this expense
and clear its right-of-way of a num
ber of grade crossings that may some
day make the company defendant in
lawsuits that would be much more
costly than the surrender of such a
doubtful pieoe of property as Is the
canal bed at the point named.
Such a road as is proposed would
be of great advantage to the people of
the tipper end of the county and would
encourage business between this city
and that section now prevented
through lack of highway facilities.
The movement is also In line with the
recently declared policy of the State
Public Service Commission for the
abolition of grade crossings through
out the State and the motor clubs
would naturally have the support of
that body for the asking.
BANK \ OVERUSING
A GEARY COUNTY, Kansas, farm
er recently motored into town
with $7,500 in a grain sack. It
took bank officials more than an hour
to count the money, which was largely
In one-dollar bills.
The farmer brought In the currency
a result of a savings account ad
vertising campaign conducted by a lo
cal bank. The farmer had done no
business with banks in years. Of
course, this man all that time had run
the risk of losing his money by flre or
theft, but that was not his only
danger.
If you have some money lying idle,
it often becomes known, and you are
deluged with a multitude of opportuni
ties to "invest" it in speculative stocks
or securities which it is claimed will
yield anywhere from 8 to 50 per cent,
or more per annum.
As a prospective investor with a
limited sum available, you are apt to
feel that there Is no safe investment
for you and therefore fall to take
advantage of the ever-prespnt oppor
tunity to increase your income, and at
the same time to have your capital
available in the time of necessity.
You will find that everywhere the
road is igade easy for you to invest
.your money, with accommodating
WuMes and many sin posts, but the
THURSDAY EVENING,
way to get It back is often a devious
one, with no one in sight to help you.
Keep your money In the bank or in
a conservative Investment recom
mended by a banker of reputation and
you will beat 99 out bf every 100 "In
vestment" schemes that are offered
you. Men who have anything that is
really earning big dividends are not
selling it at bargain prices. They are
not offering it to you at all. What
they are offering to you is something
that they do not want themselves,
something they want to unload. Nine
tenths of the people who go Into such
schemes buy things that are being
"unloaded" by someone, and by the
modern processes of promotion the
unloading is often done at enormous
profit to the promoters.
If bankers advertised half as con
sistently as do these promoters both
the banks and the public would be the
gainers.
SENI) THEM HOME
HOW long is President Wilson go
ing to tolerate the presence of
that fellow Bernstorff and his co
conspirator against the publlo welfare,
Boy-Ed, In this country? The recent
of the Providence Journal, a
newspaper of high standing, reveals
this pair as far more dangerous In
fluences in the land than the obscure
bcmb-throwing blackhanders and an
archists against whom the govern
ment wages such constant warfare.
Boy-Ed previously was involved in a
disreputable scheme against the neu
trality of the United States and Bern
storff was a party to the murder of a
hundred Americans aboard the Lusl
tanla. Beside him Becker is a saint
immaculate.
And now comes a newspaper of ex
cellent reputation, with a circumstan
tial account of Bernstorff and Boy-Ed
in an effort to embroil the United
States with Mexico. The Journal has
placed the facts in the President's
hands and offers to prove absolutely
every one of its assertions. Doubtless
it can do so.
The country demands that the Pres
ident act in these charges and act
promptly. If it has been nursing a
pair of vipers in its bosom the fact
cannot be ascertained too quickly.
Bernstorff and Boy-Ed have at least
made themselves objects of national
suspicion. They have outlived their
usefulness. They should be sent
home.
I'EN BROOK'S ENTERPRISE
PENBROOK Is doing what Is pos
sible to untangle a constitutional
snarl which for a time has held
up the important street paving under
taking that promises so much for the
town. Somebody discovered that the
main Highway had once been improved
many years ago and the question of
the liability of abutting property own
ers for the new paving is the fly in the
ointment. However, many of the pro
gressive citizens along the main street
are signing petitions for the pavln?
and It is hoped the situation will be |
cleared so that the improvement can be I
made this summer. Penbrook needs
that paving.
BATHING FACILITIES.
THE crying need of adequate
facilities for Harrisburg's thou
sands of men and women should
not go unheeded a moment longer than
necessary.
As has been pointed out by this
newspaper and others, the city pro-;
vides such facilities for the boys and j
girls of the community, but there is I
no place for the grown-ups, who are'
Just as fond of splashing in the water
on a summer's day as nre the young
sters.
With the truly wonderful river at
the city's front steps, and the dozens
of sandy islands dotting the Susque
hanna from one end of tne city to the
other, there Is no real reason why
bathing beaches should not be con
structed within the reach of ail.
Just how popular such beaches
would be can be seen any anernoon by
taking a look across the river at In
dependence Island. It is estimated
that fully a thousand people bathe
along the shore of this island every
week; and this excludes the owners of
boats who can swim wherever they
please. Independence Is privately
owned and it costs a dime to cross to
the resort in the ferry provided and
another quarter for a suit and a locker.
Wbile not an exorbitant fee, neverthe
less there are many thousands in the
city who are unable to take aavantage
of the sport because or this expense.
If the municipality would provide a
suitable beach along the shore of
Hargest's Island for grown-ups it lp
needless to say that the pmce would
be constantly thronged throughout the
summer with men and women glad to
get away from the sticky heat of brick
walls and asphalt streets for the
exquisite coolness that only a plunge
can give when the mercury and the
humidity are up.
That It would be a simple matter to
provide an adequate beach is attested
by old rivermen, who say that an eddy
of water safely deep could be built
at trifling expense. The cost of main
tenance and of providing lockers
would certainly not be large. The
benefits that would accrue to the com
munity by thus providing a means
whereby me# and women .could In
dulge in swimming, one of the most
healthful and invigorating of exercises,,
cannot be measured in mere dollars
and cents.
THE FBTV OF IT
WITHIN the last fortnight several
women have ended their own
lives following quarrels with
their husbands.
Perhaps the husband was altogether
in the wrong. More likely both were
at fault. But the pity of it is that
such misunderstandings should come
between any husband and wife that
either should wish to make an end of
earthly existence.
Petty quarreling and wrangling fn
the home is too often the result of
hasty marriages and a lack of under
standing of each other before the knot
is tied. More often still, perhaps. It
is the result of selfishness on the part
of either the man or woman, or both.
TVhen self comes first, lore can be no
more than second, and when love U
not the first thing In the home, then
It Is that the divorce mill beginh to
grind or the route of poison, gas or
the gun Is sought
Far too many men and too many
women who overlook weaknesses In
all their friends are unable to bear the
weaknesses of their nearest and
dearest.
Do YOU quarrel with your wife?
Do YOU quarrel with your husband?
Better stop. 1
"politico. IK
By tlie Ex-Oommltteem*n
Mention of the name of John Mona
ghan, Public Service Commissioner, as
a possible candidate for the Repub
lican nomination for mayor of Phila
delphia attracted much attention at
the Stae Capitol to-day, although it
was said to be doubtful if Mr. Mona
ghan woudl accept the offer. He left
the city last night on his way to Phila
delphia. The suggestion of his name
is said to have been made by Con
gressman Vare. who has not yet indi
cated whether he will be a candidate,
but who Is said to be putting forward
names In the hope of averting a fight.
The general belief is that if no
agreement Is made by the middle of
next week Congressman Vare will an
nounce his candidacy for the Repub
lican nomination. The situation is
rapidly attaining a position of intense
interest not only throughout the State,
but In New Jersey, Maryland and Dela
ware.
The candidacies of Superior Court
Judges Orlady and Head for renoml
n&tlon are being endorsed In most of
the counties of the State, over fifty
having thus far gone on record in
their favor. The Juniata Valley coun
ties are solid for the two judges. Not
much is being heard about various
candidates for the places, but the last
week for filing papers Is expected to
uncover some aspirants.
Judge Robert Grey Bushong, of the
Berks orphans' court bench, to-day
filed his nominating petition. He was
appointed by Governor Tener to the'
place and Is a candidate for the full
term. He was formerly a Republican
member of the legislature from Read
ing city district.
The visit of State Chairman Roland
S. Morris to this city last night does
not seem to have excited the Demo
crats very much. Morris and McCor
mlck talked over things last night, the
prospects for the Democrats getting
beaten in most of the judicial cam
paigns and the prospects of a battle
against Morris when he comes before
the Democratic State committee for
re-election next year furnishing the
themes for conversation. Morris also
had reports of the split condition of
Cumberland-Dauphin Democrats to
dream over.
The Roosevelt declaration that he
intended to remain in the Progressive
party does not seem to have stopped
the Pittsburgh Bull Moosers. They
are all taking part in Republican party
primary contests up to their necks. In
Lackawanna county the Bull Moosers
are all playing Republican politics.
The suffragists have gotten busy in
earnest in most of the counties of the
Stnte as a result of the publication of
the suffrage amendment first on the
list The time for speechmaklng Is
rolling around rapidly.
—The Jump in enrollment of voters
In favor of the Republicans which has
been so noticeable all over the State
seems to have occurred in North
umberland county too. The Repub
licans have enrolled 10,970, while the
Democrats have enrolled 9,784, al
though they were claiming the county.
The Washington enrollment was oniv
1,263, or less than the Socialists, who
ran up to 1,810.
—Democratic ward leaders In this
citv are commencing to do some tall
thinking" about ths Morgenthaler sug
gestion on the school board. Some of
them think that there would be a
come-back."
—Judge John Faber Miller, of Mont
gomery county, who was appointed to
the bench by Governor Tener, is a
candidate for a full term. He has
made his announcement.
—lndiana county is having one of
the most interesting political contests
in a long time over the judicial nomi
nation. Judge S. J. Telford and
ri'" C rii5 rcssman N - I-angham are In
the field, each one being busy
—August 26 will be the first day for
registration in Harrisburg and the
committeemen of all parties are keep
intf it in mind. The Republican city
committee will have a meeting lust be
fore the registration.
TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE""
—Colonel Roosevett is nothing if not
versatile. Now he breaks Into the Mark
Twain class by suggesting; Hiram John
son for President
—What a profitable business the Junk
dealer will enjoy In Europe after the
war.
—About this time the school boy be
gins to consider how short Is the va
cation period that but a brief time since
he thought so long.
—lf the man at the desk next you
looks tired and dispirited don't be in a
hurry to pity him. He may be Just re
covering from the effects of vacation.
—And now. Mr. Weather Man, you
ought to be content to let us have op
portunity to observe the splendor of
the harvest moon without the aid of
umbrella and raincoat.
—ln the August number of Seven
Seas Magazine, Perry Belmont describes
the Monroe Doctrine as a "clearly de
fined policy of national self-defense,"
and, he might have added, requiring
guns and ships to enforce.
Our Daily Laugh
A REAL, FAN.
t I understand
Ethel likes base
girl likes it well'
enough to pay for
her own tickets.
NOT FOR HER. /
Now thla
la in the prime of' <s
condition. Just 'ss.
the thing for a
lady to drive. W
Only three years f||ft s vVV
Three years MiV \
old? Oh, that M\\ Ayi
will never do. I Mil \\» SjAj
must havo a 1911
bxrrlsburg &S3&& telegraph
When a Fellow N By BRIGGS
How Long Will Our Oil Supply Last?
By Frederic J. Haskin
I J
WITHIN a few weeks Dr. David T. j
Day of the United States Bu- .
reau of Mines,' will announce
that another riddle of science has been j
solved, and a process discovered for i
manufacturing crude oil.
The perfection of this process Is the
final answer to the oil supply question.
The amount of oil in the oil fields of the
United States has been calculated by
the geologists, and a few generations i
will suffice to exhaust the supply.
Then the world will fall back upon
manufactured oil to run its innumerable]
motors and engines. And it is probable
that all of them will be kept running,
for scientists believe that oil may be
manufactured cheaply enough to com
pete with the product of the oil wells.
The details of this process have not
yet been disclosed. It Is understood,
however, that the oil will be extracted
from vegetable substances by a methoo
which will simply hasten the age—long
distillation by which the oil within the
earth was extracted from rotting for
ests that grew millions of years ago.
This forecast of a new chapter in
the oil romance of the present gener
ation, follows on the heels of Investi
gations that have revealed great lat
ent sources of oil that will replace the
wells of the present when they run i
dry.
So a discovery of a method of oil
manfacture promises to be stupendous
ly important. Likewise does the locat
ing of an additional supply of oil in the
crust of the earth. For oil wells go
dry, and the fields that produce them
are limited.
Samuel Kler'a Idea
Basic discoveries that affect this in
dustry are still to be expected, vecause
oil is a comparatively new commodity
in he world. The Civil War was just
coming to a close when Samuel Kier
came down from the hills of Pennsyl
vania with a new idea. There was on
in the region where Kier lived and his
neighbors had been in the habit of
gathering a few gallons of it, and.
upon occasion, taking it to Pittsburgh,
where it might be sold for a pittance.
This oil had a limited usefulness in
the manufacture of medicines.
Kier had been trying to burn the oil
for purposes of illumination, but his
wicks smoked odorouaJy and very little
light was produced. He one day pui
some panes of glass about his tlame,
and much to his surprise it burned dif
ferently. The smoke disappeared, and
the light given off greatly increased.
From this discovery grew the lamp
chimney, and from the lamp chimney
grew the commercial importance of
oil.
First Oil Well
It was at about the same time that
a Colonel Drake who lived near Titus
vilie, Pa., sunk the first oil well, am*
demonstrated the theory that this tluid
might be found in quantity In the bow
els of the earth. On August 27, next,
there is to be a celebration at Titus
ville in commemoration of this event.
The old Drake well is still capable of
yielding one-third of a barrel of oil
a day. This means that it is still a
pretty good producer, for there are
wells in New York yielding but one
fortieth of a barrel, from which a profit
is made. These New York wells are in
decided contrast to the Dakevlew
gusher in California, which produced
400,000 barrels a day and still failed to
yield a profit to Its owners because it
ran uncontrolled.
Our Great Supply
The United States to-day produces
two-thirds of tht oil of the world. Of
all the-oil that has ever been produced,
two-thirds lias come from the wells of
Uncle Sam. Russia supplies the ma
jority of the world production that
remains, and Mexico ranks third. Aside
from these nations, the oil produced is
of little importance. But the boastful
American may make the eagle scream
to his heart's content upon the sub
ject of the dominance of his country
in the oil markets of th» world.
The increase of the use of oil has
been steady since the Civil War. In
1870 there were five million barrels of
It, in 1880 thirty million barrels. In
1890 seventy-five millions. In 1900 there
were 150 millions, in 1910 there were
327 millions and In 1914 the world's
production was about 400 millions. So
has this commodity grown within the
life of the present generation.
Hon Lone Will It L,aatf
With the increase in the uses to
which oil is put, there has come alarm
as to sources of permanent supply
Many of the industries of the world
were developing themselves upon the
oil supply as a basis. What, for in
stance, would h&pfieA to the automobil*
business If the oil supply should run
out?
Scientists have their own ways of
measuring the content, of oil fields.
They study the formations geologically
and determine the size of the sand beds
in them. Oil lies only in these sand
beds. Studying all known fields, they
are able to estimate their ultimate
output. They say that there are fifteen
billion barrels of oil in the known fields
of the United States. This oil should
last a hundred years, and then it would
be gone forever.
Thus the possibility of making on
from hay has great importance. But
so has the new source of supply that
the government has located. The tip on
this latter phase of the subject came
from Scotland. In that country is a
sort of shale rock, which is saturated
with oil, and from which the High
landers get the liquid fuel by heating
the shale and driving the oil out of It.
There is a large industry in Scotland
! > u, Betl . U P°" the extraction of oil from
this shale.
American oil experts wondered if
TII St . at „ es "ad any oil shale.
TJ *.? e loKlc . al Sl > rv "3' and the Bureau
or Mines set out to find the answer,
rney are now ready to announce that
there is almost unlimited oil shale in
the Rocky Mountains. Utah and Color
ado alone have more of it than Scotland
ever dreamed of. There is as much oil
in the shale that has already been
f2 Un l, a » , there ls ln 811 the "and in all
the oil fields combined. This shale is of
l ua,,t y than that of Scotland,
containing more oil.
D | ay b^ en carr y'"K on experi
-11 1 reduction. He believes
that it will be possible to extract it on
S.r^ri me T rc '?l has . 9ls as soon as it is
needed. Incidentally, lie has found that
of nvrM?J![ a «i 0n K a ver i" K reat «™OUnt
or pyridine may be produced. Pyridine
Is the basis of many medicines.
The oil expert of the government
hold that an important situation exists
In Europe with relation to the supply
of that product which may have a ma
terial effect on the ultimate outcome of
the war. They say, for Instance, that
Germany produces almost no oil. and
therefore no gasoline with which to run
automobiles, her aeroplanes and her
submarines. Before the war she got
her supply from the United States For
. I th ,? re a fair 'y efficient
I substitute in benzol, a by-product of
coke ovens. The supply of this is lim
ited, however. and there Is need for
great quantities of it In the manufac
ture of explosives. It may not be used
to propel aeroplanes.
n.vf .k. 1 '?'! 11 benzol supply lubricating
fluid which Is almost exclusively a pro
duct of the oil Industry, and essential
to the well-being of the great numbers
or machines of modern warfare The
only oil fields upon which Germany
may draw are those of Gallcla, which
were a little while ago In the hands of
the Russians, but have been recaptured
in the present drive into Poland It
may be that the need of oil had to do
with the intensity of the German desire
to recapture this district. The Rus
sians dynamited the wells and put them
out of commission, before retiring bur
!5? y „ m ?/. be res tored, The capacity of
this field Is not regarded as being suf
!l c ... to supply the German need but
it will help.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT
It is to be hoped for the proof
readers sakes there will be no battles
In any of those Welsh towns.—Boston
Transcript.
Mme. Emma Calve is soon to act for
movie films. One will soon be able to
enjoy his grand opera in silence.
Detroit Free Press.
„ not those who decry
Britain s part in this war. We think
on the whole the has backed up Canada
very well.—Columbia State.
Report from Vienna that the war
babies there are mostly boys compels
admiration for the thoughtfulness of
nature.—New York Telegram.
Germany not being officially at war
with Italy. I suppose German manu
facturers would scorn to furnish muni
tions to Austria.—New York Morning
Telegraph.
If there were less talk of shifting
territory, some of us would find it
easier to believe that the world ia fight
ing for humanity and
laatlc City Review.
AUGUST 5, 1915.
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Harrisburg, Pa., July 29, 1915.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I have no kick on your editorial
on the war. In the edition of July 28
except upon reference to Divine Provi
dence and the lack of fear of God in
the German war lords. If you be
lieve that Providence has anything to
do with th 6 gains or losses of the con
tending armies, you also must believe
In spooks. And as far as the fear of
God is concerned, who should fear a
God as described by the Christians
who he is by his own acts or lack of
acts as important as a Chinese idol.
In the light of modern science you
cannot believe the dogma of Chris
tianity, or you are in need of an in
tellectual house cleaning. Do you
have two kinds of learning, one for
the masses and one for yourself as
practiced in priest-craft.
G. A. Herring,
2130 Penn St.
MILITARY EXPERTS SURPRISED
[From the New York Evening Post]
It has been a year of frustrated pre
dictions and expectations gone wrong.
■ln several of the warning notes which
I passed between the various diplomats
last July, the expression was used
that war, if it came, would have "in
-1 calculable consequences." It was a
true word. Nobody foresaw what has
to pass. Military experts have
been left .looking like children. Even
the German General Staff, with its
wonderful organization of knowledge,
has bteen overtaken by surprise after
surprise. Financial prophecies have
fallen to the earth. The forecasts of
Bloch and others of his school have
been beggared by the event. And not
'into the imagination of anybody did
there enter a conception of the enor
mous losses which one year of fight
ing would bring. It has been truly
an annus terribllis. And its gloom is
projected upon the future.
It has not, however, been nothing
but a shamble. Even amid Its hor
rors, the humane spirit has shone out,
and moral principles have asserted
I themselves. We mean the crushing
moral handicap which Germany took
! upon herself by her conduct towards
I Belgium. This she has never been
iable to overcome. Germans them-
I selves admit this. They nor perceive
that the immense moral revulsion
which shook the whole world when
Belgium was trampled by German
armies had an effect very like that of
making the Allies a present of a mil
lion armed men. Thus we have at
least one great sentiment, having to
do with law and right, which has per
sisted steadfast all through the war.
It has been a manifestation of the
soul of goodness In things evil. We
need not despair of the future so long
as the heart of man continues to thrill
over Belgium's wrongs, and so long
as the consensus of civilized nations,
outside the belligerents, is that no
ending of the war ought to be thought
of which did not make the Belgians
again Independent and free.
COLONEL ROOSEVELT
[New York Sun]
Mr. Roosevelt has lived more lives
than a cat, and every one of them
enough for a regiment of ordinary
men. We believe we see him at last
beginning to ripen with the years.
We like him better dignified than
strenuous; neither flinching nor hit
ting the line hard.
The Progressive protest has done
some good at great cost. It may
have, as a party platform, continuing
opportunity for useful effectiveness In
State elections. In national politics,
however, its course Is run. Who
should better know when the power
Is spent than he who gave the im
pulse? Mr. Roosevelt knows.
PALMER A "GOING CONCERN"
The force of the blow delivered by
the voters of Pennsylvania to Hon. A.
I Mitchell Palmer last year, when he
was a candidate for United States Sen
ator, seems to have the very hand
some young man going yet. At least,
•we have his own word for it that he
is yet « "going concern."—-Phil*.
Record,
j lEbening Qllfat
The late George W. Cumbler u«ed to
say that the average man living In this
section did not realize the wealth
locked up In the limestone hills that
line the Susquehanna and form the
ridges that create fhe Cumberland and
Lebanon valleys. Proof that he was
thoroughly informed of what he said
is shown by the manner in which
stone Is now being taken out of the
quarries about the city and the fact
that many old openings that had not
been used for a long time are now
being operated for building stone or
for road construction. Years ago the •
limestone quarries around here were
used largely for blast furnace worl:
and for building purposes, the latter
being the chief use after the manufac
ture of iron became more or less re
stricted to Steelton. In the last ten
years the growth of the concrete busi
ness has caused stone to be in greater
demand than the old dealers in stono
for building purposes ever dreamed
and between concreting and highway
making there is more business being
done at the quarries than known for a
long time. The activity of the quarries
can he noticed chiefly in the mornings
when the blasts are fired and it sounds
for a time as though a battle were un
der way. Another favorite time for
shaking the heavens is about 6 at
night, when the charges are fired so
that the stone will be ready for re
moval in the morning. The limestone
hills are a source of business for years
to come and ns thousands of acres ar«
underlaid with it the supply is prac
tically inexhaustible.
• • »
Always after a disaster there comes
a shower of inquiries into the news
paper offices for information by people
from the community affected. Tester
day newspaper offices were asked by
people from Erie ahout the extent of
the flood. Indeed, it is rather surprising
the number of people from the Lake
City who are in Harrisburg and who
wanted to know Just what had hap
pened. Some of them had relatives
living right in the flooded districts.
Judging from the anxiety displayed.
One of the saddest results of the big
sturm of the other night was the loss
of young birds. Yesterday morning
parks and pavements were covered by
leaves and branches and among them
were t.o be seen a number of young
birds which had been blown out of the
nests and killed. Some were young
robins which would have been able to
fly In a comparatively short time and
there must have been scores of spar
rows killed,
* • •
The first evidence that Fall is not
far distant was seen aong the city
streets following the big windstorm of
Tuesday night. Thousands of leaves
had fallen from the poplars and ma
ples even where the branches were
unharmed. And there was Just a trace
ol' that peculiar odor in the air that
one sniffs only in the autumn.
• • •
A family of squirrels landed on the
ground in Capitol Park very early yes
terday morning, their home having
been blown out of a tree. They lived
in one of the green boxes which have
been used since the day that Colonel
Beitler brought their ancestors from
Richmond. Happily, they were not
hurt, and were looking around their
home as it lay at the foot of a tree.
• ♦ »
Among visitors to the citv yesterday
was Representative Edwin R. Cox, of
Philadelphia, who was sponsor for the
administration child labor bill in the
recent session of the Legislature. Mr.
Cox was here on business connected
with the State government.
One of the big marble "stones" iW*
the Telegraph composing room which
is about to give way to metal furniture
Is a veteran of the printing offices of
the city. The stone was in use in the
Telegraph composing room before the
Are which destroyed the plant in Third
street near Strawberry in 1865 and
which is still recalled by many old
residents as a costly blaze. The stone
was In use in the office long before
that. Like most such printing office
equipment, it resembles an old
fashioned gravestone.
• * •
A trip through the downtown offices
these days shows how many people
are on their vacations. Law offices
arc practically deserted and even in
the commercial houses dozens of ste
nographers, salespeople, department
heads and the boss himself are out in
the wilds trying to get the black bass
to bite and the mosquitoes not to bite.
* ♦ ♦
The youngsters throughout the elty
are beginning already to think about
the opening of school Ave weeks hence.
The other day a fourteen-vear-old who
goes to the Forney building expressed
his displeasure at the thought of the
grind in this rather novel way:
"Gee! I hate to hear the crickets
holler." he told his big brother.
"Why?" grunted that individual be
tween teeth that held a big calabash
"timmy."
"It means school's gona start soon.
It always does about a month after
they begin to sing around here."
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Ex-Governor John K. Tener will
speak at the Charleroi Elks' celeWra
tion to-night.
—Justice John P. Elkin is on a mo
tor trip of eastern counties.
Mayor Joseph Cauffiel, of Johns
town. is having a flne time discussing
the third class city law with other
councllmen.
—Dr. O. J. Snyder, of the State
Osteopathic Board, was a speaker at
the Portland convention of osteopaths.
—William R. Scott, Pittsburgh law
yer, will enter one of the machine gua
squads training at Plattsburg.
—Judge J. J. Miller, of Pittsburgh,
is spending August in Canada.
—Edward James Cattell, Philadel
phia's statistician. Is at the seashore
for his annual visit.
| DO YOU KNOW ~
That Harrlsburg is rapidly becom
ing a big distributing center for
automobiles?
Packaged Food
This is the age of good health
and sanitation. «
Dust proof, clean packaged f
foods have come to stay. They
are convenient and economical.
They are standardized. One
is always certain of quality.
In summer time especially are
they a trusty aid to good house
keeping.
Their use Is growing from day
to day.
Most of the standard brands
are well known because news
paper advertised a further
evidence of the helpful side of
advertising.
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SECOND FLY CONTEST
of the Civic Club for 1915.
Aagnat Ist to September Mth,
Five cents a pint for all flies, and
many prises la sol**
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