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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
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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.
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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
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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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