8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH / Established rftr PUBLISHED BT THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLE President and Bditer-in-CMief F. R. OTSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Manas'ng Editor Published every evening (except Sua day) at the Telegraph Building, til Federal Square. Both phones. fclember American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Bastem Office, Fifth Avenue Building; New York City, Hasbrook, Story A Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, lil., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at . six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at SI.OO a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class rastter. Sworn dally average circulation for the three month* ending inf. 31, 1913 ★ 21,083 ★ Average for the year 1014—21.989 Average for the year 1915—19.90T Average for the year 1913 19.MD Average for the year 1911—17.K51 Average for the year HIO—IWM The above figure* 'are net. All re turned, unsold and damaged eoplea de ducted. FRIDAY KYE NIG, SEPTEMBER 3 What is famef an empty bubble; * Goldf a transient shining trouble. —James Grainger. THE WONDER OF IT WE have become so accustomed to the accomplishment of mechanical wonders that even a long distance conversation such as that which took place between Gov ernor Brumbaugh in San Francisco and more than 150 people in Har rlsburg the other day is subject for little more than a moment of passing amazement unless we pause fo think of some of the difficulties overcome and the remarkable results achieved. For instance, the sound waves hav ing been faithfully converted from air waves into electrical waves, and sent out on their journey over the line, must not interfere with each other; they must not tumble over each other, so to speak, or to get in each other's way; they must be sent out—nearly 5,000 of them—every second. Some of them have one shape and some an other. They are just as different from each other as the waves of the sea. These differences in shape, the dis tance between them, the time be tween them, must be faithfully pre served and conserved so that at no point in their journey will they be changed sufficiently to be noticed. It is not the problem of sending one simple current, but as many as 120,- 000 a minute. All of these minute currents, the millions and millions of them required for a conversation, must be carried electrically over the line to San Francisco, and then converted back again into the sound waves which agitate the air of the room and affect the ear as air waves. Think also of the fact that if a voice were loud enough to be heard from Harrisburg to San Francisco it would require four hours to traverse that distance in the air, and then that the voice by telephone travels the distance in less than one-fifth of a second. And time is annihilated as well as space, for the Harrlsburg guests, sitting comfortably in their chairs at the Capitol, noted that the clock pointed to 3 when the conver sation began, while those at the other end of the wire heard them speak at high noon, this being the difference in time between the two places. Not since Marconi invented the wireless has there been such a remarkable achievement in the way of long dis tance communication as this across the-continent line of the Bell Tele phone Company. A MATTER OF HISTORY AMONG the many important pieces of Constructive legis lation to the credit of the Re publican party Is the act for the con struction of the Panama canal. Al though that measure was not passed by a party vote, it was passed by a Republican Congress, signed by a Re publican President and made easily practicable by Republican legislation and administration. The Republican party had declared in its platform for the construction of an "Isthmian canal." The Demo cratic party had declared for a "Nica raguan canal." The difference merely serves to Illustrate the broader view taken by the Republican party. It is noteworthy that when the canal bill was under discussion in the House of Representatives on January 7, 1902, Representative Davis, Democrat, of Florida, declared that "Our na tional treasury is bursting with a sur plus of unneeded dollars." ' Mr. Davis was arguing in favor of the canal and gave this as one reason why the act should be passed. It ia hardly necessary to add the comment that there never was a Democratic administration when this argument could have been put up in favor of so large an undertaking. Subsequent events prove that notwithstanding Panama canal construction was under taken under acts which authorized Issuance of bonds, the continued su premacy of Republican policies main tained sufficient revenue to construct that canal largely from current in come. and the only'urgent demand for the Issuance of canal bonds has come alter the canal has been completed FRIDAY EVENING. and In order to make up a deficit created by a Democratic adminis tration at a time when no extraor dinary expenditures are being made. DOLLAR DAY THE businessmen of Harrlsburg never have been found lacking when called upon to take part In any of the celebrations or public demonstrations In which Harrlsburg has engaged in the past. They have been free with their contributions of both time and money. But this year, with the city about to jubilate in a community way over the completion of Its gigantic Improvement campaign of the past fourteen years, they are going to have an active part of thetr own and one which of Itself will draw thousands of people to Harrlsburg on the low rate excursions which the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has so generously arranged. Thursday evening, September 23, I will be "style show" night in the j stores. At intervals during the day the ! window shades will be lowered and | decorators will begin their work. At a given signal in the evening the blinds will go up and all of the Fall fashions will be set forth under the brilliancy of a myriad of electric lights. Especial care will be taken with the decorations for the night dis play but not a penny's worth will be sold. The carnival of buying will be re served for the day following when "Dollar Day" will be observed by all of the businessmen of the city. Goods that at other times sell for much higher prices will be marked at a dol lar. The buyer thus will .be given not only an opportunity to spend his or her money, but will share In the celebration by being able to purchase at prices much lower than ordinary. Other cities as enterprising as Harrls burg have made these "Dollar Day" sales attractive features of celebrations and no doubt with hundreds upon hundreds of out-of-town guests here for the river carnival and the other features of the public improvement demonstration the big bargain event will be well patronized. WAR ORDER PROSPERITY THAT the "prosperity" of the coun try is highly concentrated In the territory of the "war order" es tablishments finds new confirmation in a table compiled by a New York Stock Exchange house. The table compares the prices of various classes of stocks at the beginning of the war and at the present time, and it 1% sig nificant that the stocks of railroads— the one basic and fundamental and nation-wide Industry—are but 2 per cent, higher than they were a year ago. But the "war order" stocks have meantime gone kiting. Thus, the average of steel and equipment stocks U, 8 7 per cent, higher; motor stocks, 82 per cent.; metal stocks, 60 per cent.; can stocks, 54 per cent., and electric and sugar stocks, about 40 per cent, higher than a year ago. GINGERING VP THE editor of Ginger, the official . house organ of the Elliott- Fisher Typewriter Company, is always abreast of the times. This month his little cover-sermon is un usually apt. He has labelled it "Preparedness." It Is designed to "ginger up" the men of the Elliott- Fisher organization, but it is appli cable to many'others. So applicable. Indeed, that we reproduce a part of it for general consumption. Here It is; The national cry of to-day is preparedness. Let's treat it indi vidually. If you are successful In a degree to-day. preparation made you so. The results of your fu ture efforts depend upon to-day's preparation. Your locomotive can't run without steam —to get it, fill up the tender with coal. If you would be a bigger man. fill up the fuel box. Knowledge Is the fuel that fires energy. ROUNDING OUT DETAILS THE details of the big municipal celebration were rounded out at last night's get-together meeting of the various committees. The people are awake to the fact that It is their celebration; that they are to be re sponsible for its success and to share in its pleasures. All of us cannot be members of committees. There are not places eiu>ugh to go around and all of us do not have the time to devote to the work. But each one can be a committee of one on decorations. Each of us can see to it that the house in which we live Is strung with bunt ing and hung with flags. Each of us can help to give the city a holiday air and each of us can invite a guest from out of town to take a part and enjoy the festivities. Doubtless Mayor Royal will issue a proclamation, as he has in times past, calling upon the people to decorate, but whether he does or not, the spirit of co-operation now displayed toward the success of the celebration will prompt all good citizens to help in the way open to them. INCREASE IN TONNAGE SHIPPING figures show that there are more vessels on the Atlan tic now under the American flag, as a result of the war in Europe, than at any time since Civil war days; this, regardless of the fact that the LaFollette seamen's act, has forced out of business practically all of the American steamship lines on the Pa cific where the pressure of the war abroad is not so keen as in the East. This, one would imagine, wpuld give the Wilson administration pause for thought in its proposed ship-pur chase legislation. But not so. The President is determined to buy ships to place in competition with private owned vessels In order that more pri vate capital may be tempted Into sea going Investment. The idea is pre posterous, but It will be nevertheless one of the big Issues of the next ses sion of Congress. The assumption of the administra tion seems to be that American capi tal will not Invest in ships, and that therefore the way must be shown by the government. The transfer of war time shipping to the American flag shows that if local capital will not come in, foreign capital will. All that the shipowner desires Is to be let alone. Repeal or modify the LaFol lette law and give us the volume of export trade we now enjoy and should enjoy after the war, together with the stability of government we are mani festing In times of stress abroad, and there can be little question of the cre ation of a vast and Important Ameri can merchant marine. Let the ad ministration take a lesson from pres , ent conditions and take down gov ernmental barriers now existing ln- I stead of raising others. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE —Many a man ships on ,the sea of matrimony as captain only to wake up to the fact that he Is a mere deck hand. [ —Von Tlrpltz Is about to take a rest. It would have been better for Germany and *the world at large If Von Tlrpltz had started to do that a year ago. —The summer girl Is now paying money to get rid of the coat of tan which a few weeks ago she was spend ing. money to acquire. —Just to illustrate the vagaries of the weather, the Grangers' plonlc management chose the only fair week It has had in years from the wettest summer in years. —We don't care how soon the buck wheat crop is ready for the mill. —lf the report be true that Eng land within the past two weeks has captured 50 German submarines there may be other reasons than those at tributed for Germany's change of front on submarine warfare. EDITORIAL COMMENT Now that women have been wear ing furs all summer, they will prob ably soon don the peek-a-boos for the winter.—Allentown Chronicle News. The county fairs are now educating the farmer in scientific agriculture by putting a horse around the mile track in 2.11 —Erie Times. A monthly deficit of $15,000,000, an other war tax or a bond issue to rescue a Treasury depleted to the verge of bankruptcy. These are among the latest items of national finance news from Washington.—New York Sun. The prudent man will not postpone laying In his winter's supply of anthra cite through hope that the prices will tumble much after that rate decision.— St. Liouis Globe Democrat. President Wilson as schoolmaster-in chief is in a familiar If not In a con genial role In signing the order of dis missal of the midshipmen who cheated in their examinations.—Springfield Re publican. German hints that Spain might have Gibraltar as a reward for entering the war on the Kaiser's side lend new apt ness to the old proverb about the in dispensable priority of hare-catching. —New York Evening Sun. The "regulations' now being issued fOr the enforcement of the seamen's Law will probably finish up that part of the American merchant marine which the original law overlooked.— Wall Street Journal. IX THE AFTERGLOW Mother o' mine, in the afterglow Of mothering years, I love you so; Kor loving me e'er life I knew. When next your heart a new life grew; me on into fair childhood, hen I so little understood The long, hard way we all must go, Mother o' mine, I love you so. Loving me. too, when life so sweet Tempted mv wayward, girlish feet Away from paths of truth and right i To paths that lead to sin's dark night. Winning me back with loving tone To ways that you had made your own By struggling and stress and,pain and prayer. By love's own cords you held me there. Mother o" mine, 'tis mine to take The burdensome load, the stress, the ache. That come in motherhood's fair years. The Joy, the pain, the love, the tears; 'Tis mine to give what you gave me. Mother o' mine. I would faithful be To thf hisrhest note in the song you taught My girlish lips, the music fraught With all the mother hopes and fears. That fill to the brim the mothering years. Mother o' mine. In the afterglow Of motherhood's years. I thank you so For gifts to me from out your heart. At thoughts that rise my hot tears start; God give me ways to make you know How great Is my love before you go Away to rest from your mothering; I would remove life's every sting. And give you rest in the afterglow. For, mother o' mine, I love you so. —Flora Shufelt Rlvola In The Christian Herald. ISDISCREET DEMOCRATIC ORGANS [From the Scranton Republican ] Partisan Democratic organs appear anxious to make political capital In the coming campaign out of the ad ministration's foreign policy. They would do well to curb their impetuos ity. i 4 they are indiscreet enough to precipitate a discussion tending to em barrass President Wilson, with a lot of unsolved problems still on his hands, thev are likely to Invite trouble. It is too soon for the practical noll ticlans to pluck the fruits of the ad ministration's achievements in foreign diplomacy. Besides, they should bear in mind the fact that representative Republicans and newspapers have stood by President Wilson through the entire crisis of his negotiations for the assertion of American rights, and are still standing by him In behalf of this patriotic principle. SCIENCE AND ECONOMY * [From the Beaver Falls Evening Tribune.] Colleges aren't all conducted by absent-minded persons in shell-rimmed glasses. The Cnlversity of Washington has sold the leaky copper roof of its engineering building for war material for $2,300 more than a new roof costs. POOR PAI [From the Birmingham Age-Herald.] It Is announced that gowns will but ton up the back next year, thus saving a new lease of life to a well-worn wheeze. WOULD IT BE GNEETf [From the Toledo Blade.] The Bug River Is Boog. What would they call a gnat in Poland? HOPELESS [From the Boston Advertiser.] Chicago had a "better babies" week. But how can a baby hope to be any better if It has grown up in Chicago? HAFJUSBURG TELEGRAPH UC By tlx* B*-Oonmime«ni»B Republican success In Philadelphia was Assured and the whole Republican situation in Pennsylvania aided Im mensely by the achievement of City Chairman Lane's program of har mony on the Philadelphia mayoralty nomination yesterday. Thomas B. Smith Is the choice of every one for mayor and his election is now a cer tainty. Fears of trouble in the coun ties in the event of a primary war In Philadelphia have passed away and the success of the Republicans this year in the State is now a foregone conclusion. In discussing the outcome of the procedure yesterday In Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Inquirer says: "Thomas B. Smith, former postmaster ot Philadelphia and State Public Ser vice Commissioner appointed by Gov ernor Brumbaugh, was yesterday mafle the unanimous choice of the organi&d Republicans of Philadelphia to suc ceed Rudolph Blankenburg as mayor This followed the retirement from the field of Congressman William S. Vare as well as all of the other Republicans who had filed nomination papers for this office. Mr. Vare took the initiative by declaring in favor of Mr. Smith's candidacy. Not since before the days of the inauguration of the uniform primary popular vote system of nam ing candidates for office, when the old fashioned conventions were In vogue, has there been a scene witnessed such as was presented at the headquarters of the Republican City Committee yes terday afternoon." —One of the most scathing criti cisms of the Blankenburg administra tion: of the mayor's activities in be half of the candidacy of Director Por ter, and of the efforts of the Public Service Committee of 100 to collect money from officeholders "so that the business conduct of the city affairs so happily Inaugurated by Blankenburg, may be continued," was sent to George Burnham. Jr., chairman of the Fin ance Committee of the Committee of One Hundred by John W. Frazler, secretary of the Meade Memorial Commission, from whom the Finance Committee had sought a contribution. —One of the most amusing things about ♦fts; Vical situation, which is attracting attention becaus'e of the clumsiness of the Democrats, is the appointment of a publicity committee by the Washington parly. Two years ago it did not need such a committee. Publicity hunted it. But times change and even the Bull Moosers can not al ways depend on their Democratic al lies to furnish enough wind. —The judicial situation in some of the central counties appears to be giving much pain to the Democratic machine bosses. They are distressed beyond measure at the utter refusal of the people to take them any more seriously than they did last Fall. —Schuylkill county Democrats ap pear to have cast aside the bosses en tirely. They are framing up their campaign in their own way and men who were not in favor with the ma chine are running things. —President Wilson's appointment of a postmaster for Pittsburgh appears to have created all kinds of trouble for the Democrats in the western end of the State. Men who had counted on getting it have found the school master did not take them at the same rate that they appraised tlipmselves. —Ex-Representative Charles A. Bentley Is a candidate for county treasurer in Wp.shington county. —Mrs. Ida Patten Smith is Blair county's first candidate for school di rector. She is running in Altoona. —Senator John P. Moore appears to be "up against it" In his campaign for the Republican nomination for county controller in Allegheny county. It seems that there Is an old act of Assembly, passed In 1861. which pro vides that a member of the Legis lature cannot become county con troller of that county. One of the Pittsburgh papers says that if he w,as elected he would be getting a lawsuit. UXCLE SAM LEADS AS WORI.D EX POBTEH [From Beaver Falls Evening Tribune.] With Great Britain at war and the Industrial centers of the United King dom diverted to the manufacture of munitions, there is a consequent falling off in exports which approximated a billion and three-quarters dollars last year as against two and one-half bil lions in 1914. With such conditions pre vailing abroad and our own munitions of war exports soaring, the l,'ntted States gains first place among exporting na tions of the world. Our total of ex ports went to $2,768,600,000 for the vear ending June 30 and dispatches from Washington this week indicate that the peak load of the ammunitions exports did not develop until late this Spring. EDITORIAL PAGE Our Daily Laugh J (A\ J ) j Mr * Ra ° ch: feei * Mr> Inchworm? I Mr. Inchworm: k Bum. Doctor says mh\\ Then all her TjA>J 111 folks are against ij&. vjl All except her \ I little brother. I " for being TOO C'OI.D By Wing Dinger I've figured that the chan who takes Vacation in July Employs a system very poor, And here's my reason why: He comes back home to work through days Of weather, hot as sin, And when the summer's ended he Is just about all in. So when I planned by big vacashe I said I'll wait and go In September, and then some good From my trip t will fcnow. But, gee. If the thermometer Keeps falling every day As It's been doing, it will be Too cold to go away. SECOND FLY CONTEST of the Civic Club for 1915. Angast Ist to September 2Stb. Five cents a pint (or all (Ilea, and many prises la gold. ■ i THE CARTOON OF THE DAY CAN YOU GUESS WHAT HAS JUST HAPPENED? HELPFUL INSECTS By Frederic J. Haskir Without the humble bumble bee there would not exist a single clover in the United States. Uncle Sam knows this for he has recently made a very great effort to raise clover in the Philippines where there were no bumble bees and has failed. That is he failed until he mobilized an army of these creatures of the buzz and the sting, and transported them to the Islands of the far east and set them to work in the clover fields. Now, thanks to their activities, clover grows as abundantly there as any body could wish. The bumble bee belongs to that family of insects that makes itself useful by carrying the pollen from one flower to another and by that act fertilizing those flowars. It is a pro vision of nature that no flower is suffi cient unto itself. If a paper bag is put over one of them and it is there fore shut off into a world by itself, It will bloom as prettily, run its cus tomary course, wither and die as it would if left in the open. But ho seeds will result from its flowering. Developing Seed • This is because, to Serve its purpose of developing seed. It must receive the pollen from some other flower of Its kind and in that way be made fertile. There are certain blossoms that are thus fertilized by having the pollen blown from one to the other. -But there are more that need to call one of nature's messengers and specifically send their little package. The busiest go-betweens for such flowers are the bees. To induce these creatures to perform their vital er rand. the flowers keep on hand a goodly supply of sweets. The bees come for the sweets and, while they are feeding upon them the flowers stick the pollen all over their legs. When t,hey wipe their feet on the doormat of the next flower, they leave some of this pollen. It makes the development of the seed possible. Philippine Experience When Americans went into the Philippines they carried with them clover seed from their fbrmer homes. They planted these seeds on the fertile acres of the islands and they took root and grew. 'They blossomed and there was the odor of the clover field in the land. But the blossoms fell off and there was no seed resulting. The clover fields were not able to re seed and perpetuate themselves. Un der these conditions clover rAight not be cultivated In this new land beneath the flag. The experts Investigated the situation and finally found that the failure was due to th.e fact that there were no bumble bees to visit sociably from ohe flower to another In the clover fields of the far Pacific. Bumble Bee Follows the Flap When the trouble was discovered It fThe state From Day to Day] * # "The erection of a public bath house In Erie, at a cost of $152, was the signal for a protest from several of the city commissioners on the score that the expenditure was an ex travagance. Fifteen hundred ba4hs were taken, which made the rate about ten cents each. 'They were l'airly economical and certainly did more than that amount of good," holds Dr. Wright, the health officer." —Erie Evening Herald. That cleanli ness ought to be next to godliness seems to cut no figure in the estima tion of the councllmen. . The psychological influence of music is the subject of investigation by physicians who formed the Na tional Society of Musical Therapeutics a year ago, according to the New Castle News. Health can be easily affected one way or another by the various kinds of music, is the theory. Ragtime, for instance, is likely to rouse depressed persons from ttielr melancholy and create a happier, more optimistic spirit: sad and pathetic music will soothe the excit able and hypernervous. The Lancaster New Era steps to the front with the latest "skunk" tale. At the autumn dance of the Free- From-Kare Klub, held at Wlnsted, Conn., the pleasure of the evening was considerably diminished by the pres ence, In the grand piano, of an adult spiced pussy. The effect on the music was equalled only by the effect on tlje personnel of the party. It was not until about 10 o'clock that the fatal strings, upon which the skunk was resting, were struck by the pianist. Naturally the animal acted upon Impulse, and the hall was soon cleared. The culprits have not been captured as yet. The final blow against the whisker Is being delivered by great industrial concerns In the East that declare It the refuge and trystlng place of myriads of microbes, a menace to health and an encouragement to the spread of disease. The Globe, South Bethlehem, Pa. Soon the poor mi crobe will have no home it can call its own. • • • Johnstown authorities are busily waging a campaign to clean up the weeds which spoil the appearance of the city sidewalks. School children wade through them up to their knees. The move to remove them 1» very SEPTEMBER 3, 1915. was decided that these insects should follow the flag. The United States Government went to a great deal of trouble in collecting bumble bees for the purpose. Great ne3ts of them were captured in the winter season during which time they slumber for months. They were packed in ice that they might continue in the be lief that it was still cold despite their journey into the tropics. When they arrived in the islands thev were al lowed to warm up and awake. They thought summer had come. They went forth into the barren clover iields and did their work of fertiliza tion. They multiplied and became plentiful. Now clover may be grown as well in the Philippines as in the United States. The most Interesting case of tiny insects helping man to grow a great crop was that of a wasp about the size or a gnat, without which none of us would ever tiste those delicious dried tigs of the Smyrna variety. So baffling was the problem of the work done by this insect that it required twenty-five years of scientific work to solve it. Until it was solved it was impossible to grow Smyrna figs in America and millions of pounds were every year imported from that re gion at the east end of the Mediter ranean which has been the scene of much fighting between the Turks and French and British. Smyrna Figs Superior Before Jamestown or Plymouth Rock were settled the Spanish padres pushed their way into what is now' New .Mexico and California. They gave the natives many new crops and taught them how to farm them. Among these were figs, a crop whlcn fitted Into the conditions of the south west and that have grown abundantly ever since. ■ California sought to market the figs that grew so abundantly on its farms, but found it impossible to com pete with superior varieties from Smyrna. California immediately decided that the right thing to do under the cir cumstances was to introduce the Smyrna ti£ and grow it instead of the varieties that it was then trying to market. It was in 1880 that 14,000 choice cuttings of fig trees were brought from Smyrna and distributed and planted throughout California. They responded to the climate and soil and grew prodigiously. California congratulated itself as the years pass ed until the trees were old enough to yield. When that time came a very peculiar thing happened. The little figs appeared in great abundance, grew until they were as big as a thimble, dropped their heads and died. Not [Continued on i'agp 11.] The Searchlight I *- i AUTOMATIC MUSIC TEACHERS A music teacher of New York has devised a means by which the phono graph may be of material assistance in teaching. He has provided records upon which the different counts are given. For instance, the 1, 2 count runs in one continuous groove or cir cle on the record and the 1, 2, 3 in another and so on until the counting is complete with six separate circles. Examples in oral text cited by the teacher are upon one side and upon the other the oral count of beats. The record of oral instruction sings as a teacher the bars of the music empha sizing the count as "One, two, one, two; one, two, three, four. Thank you" and so on throughout the lesson. This automatic coach is ever ready to repeat the instruction or the count and its infinite perseverance will go far toward overcoming the terror of the practice hour to the youngster who has found it difficult to secure the required rythmic time. PEACE WITH HONOR [From the New York Sun.] The United States has won a great diplomatic and moral victory in the square acceptance by Germany of those principles concerning neutral rights on the high seas for which our State Department lias been contending since last February. To positive de mand, firmly, but courteously reiter ated, and supported by the overwhelm ing preponderance of American opin ion, the answer, most gracefully ex pressed In Count von Bernstorff's note to Mr. Lansing, is unqualified acqui escence; for the stipulation that liners carrying noncombatants shall not try to,escape or offer resistance is merely the statement of a universally accepted rule of war. Ten thousand words could add nothing to the simple announce ment that President Wilson has suc ceeded in this controversy In preserv ing for our people peace with full honor. commendable. One might revise the once popular song of Robert Burns to read "Comin' Thru' the Weeds." "Mr. Mohr, the Birdsboro under taker, narrowly escaped becoming his own customer yesterday when, in at tempting to squirt gasoline into the engine of his automobile, he got mixed up with his spark plugs and set him self on fire. Fortunately there was a canal near by and although badly burned, his enforced swim prevented any further discomfort."—The Read ing Herald, , «Burning (Ei?at Speaking: of Industrial activity, th« lighting of the skies above Steelton late on Saturday and the glow In the skies on Sunday nights tell their own story. For a long time, people In thl» neighborhood havo been accuatomed to point to the skies above Steelton when asked how things are going. Now the smoking stacks are eloquent of busy times in the borough and th® nr.me-Ut skies at nigjit are pleasant to watch. Harrlshurg and Its girdle of towns are vitally concerned In tlfl» welfare of things at Steelton, far mora than the averages man thinks. Ona has only to watch the cars coming from Steelton between 6 and 6.10 p. m. to note the number of men who worlc at Steelton and live in Harrisburg. • • • Owners of peach traaa, that la. tha slmon pure lovevs of such tree*, the men who make a hobby of them, ara so accustomed to the visitations of Providence and the perennial ruination of their crops that they do not fall to And some compensation. Tha other day a man who has a number of trees discovered that the stown had broken off a number of limbs filled with fruit that would have been ripe In a short time. When a friend remarked upon tho loss he brightened up and with the experience of years with storms, pests, diseases and thieves he an swered: "Oh, well, that was just na ture's way of thinning out the fruit. "W hat is left will be of a much better quality." • .» • One phase of the baseball situation in Harrisburg is important to this city and yet not generally recognized. Tho mere fact that Harrisburg has a club in the International League Is the oc casion for more people to come here to attend ball games than has been the case in twenty years. This can bo proved by noting the number of auto mobile parties who attend the games on the island. Hardly a game but there are parties here from as far off as Lewlstown or Sunbury, York, Car lisle and Lebanon. These visitors are men who would otherwise not spend much time riding to Harrisburg and furnish the club with staunch friends. The international club has been one of the best advertisements Harrisburg has had in many a long day. • • * Jacob Stouffer, one of the well known residents of the First ward, lias just celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday with a host of best wishes, especially from his little friends down town. Mr. Stouffer, who resided for years on the West Shore, has made Ills home here the last decade and is a regular attendant at Market Square Church. He has been a member of the Sunday school for years and has not missed a Sunday for a long time. During the war he was a member of emergency regiments and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He is a prime favorite among the youngsters and Sunday walks with him are looked forward to by many little folks. • • • The Harrisburg Rotary Club starts off its new year with three new mem bers and a number of reclassifications. I nder President Arthur D. Bacon plans are being outlined for a lively Kali and winter. The opening dinner at the Harrisburg Club on Tuesday evening will be marked by a report on (he international convention of Rotary Clubs at San Francisco in July by William S. Essick, former president of the club, who was a delegate to the big gathering. • « * Repairmen of the State Highway Department began yesterday to put into first class condition the I etween Lemoyne bridge and Camp Hill. This roadway had not been re paired to any extent since it was built and was in very bad condition. It is one of the most traveled portions of ioad<in the vicinity of Harrisburg and the appearance of the construction gang with a big road roller yesterdav was hailed with delight by scores of automobilists and drivers of delivery teams. • • • Agnew T. Dice, vice-president of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail way Company, who was here yester day to see about grade crossings, has risen about as fast as any of the big railroad men of the State. He has spent his actlv# life in the Reading service and made his success in the I coal regions. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —E. R. Conley, of Scranton, one of the new national officers of the Span ish "War Veterans, served in a Penn sylvania regiment. —Colonel James N. Schoonmaker, Pittsburgh railroad man, is on his way home from Hawaii. —Major Davis, retiring postmaster of Pittsburgh, got a gold watch from his force. —Major Powell Staekhouse, of Philadelphia, presided at the veterans' reunion at Johnstown yesterday. —Judge A. E. Rieber, of Butler county, has been elected president of the Rieber clan at their reunion. DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg pretzels have a reputation chasing those of Litlti? HISTORIC HARRISRURG Citizens of Harrisburg dug rifle pit* along the riverside parks when Lee invaded Pennsylvania. HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS, • AGO TO-DAY I [From the Telegraph, Sept. 8, 1865.] Resigns His Charge The Rev. Dr. Hay announced to-day that he will resign his charge as pas tor of the First English church. He will preach his farewell sermon on Sunday. To Open Commercial College Bryant, Stratton and Company will open a commercial college in this city within a few weeks. The college rooms will be located at Fifth and Market streets. Refused |o Sign Ordinance Mayor Roumfort refused to sin the ordinance passed by council rV pealing the act which prohibited sale of intoxicants between 11 o'clock in the evening and 4 o'clock In thfc morning. "I SELL IT" Mr. Storekeeper, when the manufacturer advertises a stand ard product In the newspapers, say "I SELL IT." Say it by putting the news paper advertised goods in your window. People who see the goods will link your storo up with the newspaper advertising. They will want to soe the things they havo read about and your store will be the place they will go to. When the manufacturer uses newspaper advertising, do your part. Say "I SELL IT." —————
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