6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established iSn PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, sl6 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building; New York City, Hasbrook, Story Sc Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen & "Ward. Delivered by carriers at CTdtr> six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Stvorn dally nveraicr circulation for the three months ending Aug. 31, 1015 ★ 21,083 ★ A?erafe for the year 10t4—21.859 Average for the year 1013—10,903 Average for the year 1012—19,649 Average for the year 1011—17,508 Average for the year 101(K The above flgarea are net. All re turned, unsold and damaged copfea de ducted. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 8. Our patience will achieve more than our force. —Burke. TAYLOR'S REPLY IF the answer of City Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor to his editorial critics made yesterday on the floor of Council be truthful —and certainly there can be no reason for doubt on that score, in view of the fact that he confined himself to councllmanic and departmental records —then the super intendent of parks and public prop erty effectively and properly stamped as merely vicious "campaign lies" the efforts of his enemies to discredit his work for the city. One by one Mr. Taylor referred to the acts of "business Judgment" on which the attack against him was based. His reply was simple, but vastly effective; he quoted the distorted state ments used against him, then merely recited the true facts in each case. Mr. Taylor's method of handling the motor tractor patent matter, the | purchase of the Are apparatus, the upper end playground, the river front "fill," the paving on Front street and the city forestry department problems are Indicative of the quality of "busi ness judgment" he exercises in office, certainly the vast majority of Harris burg's businessmen and other voters will insist upon his return to City Council. Such criticism of the superintendent of parks and public property as he shattered yesterday ought to be a big boost for his re-election. STATE COLLEGE NEEDS IT is announced that Pennsylvania State College will this year have a Freshman class of 750, at least. Hampered by lack of accommodations for all who apply, only those who can qualify will be received. In this par ticular the State College occupies an unusual position in the college world. No one has been admitted with any entrance conditions whatsoever. A. H. Espenshade, the college registrar, says that in all likelihood he will be unable to admit even all of those who can meet the entrance requirements. He estimates that 1,000 Freshmen could be received this year if the col lege could accept applicants willing to enter with one or two conditions. These figures illustrate the popu larity of the college and the great work it is doing for the youth of the State. It must be made able to take care of all Pennsylvania boys who apply for tuition there. One is as much entitled as another, provided he can qualify for entrance, and if the Legislature has money to spend for educational purposes, State is the place to spend it. Now is the time for the college to begin a campaign of preparation for next session. THE PENNY LUNCH SPEAKING of the plan to provide penny lunch counters for the benefit of the school children, the Philadelphia Inquirer says: The unofficial announcement comes from the Board of Education that the pennj-ylunch counters will be established officially in t.wenty five of the schools with the open ing of the classes next week. Here tofore this work has been carried on on a small scale by a number of private organizations, but now for the first time it is to be con ducted under the auspices of the city. Lunches are to be sold at from one to five cents, according to ihe quantity and quality of the IOOu. It is said that the underlying Idea in this scheme is to make the schools of the greatest possible value to the pupil In after-life. This means, of course, that the properly nourished child can ac complish more with its studies than the one that does not have this advantage. It Is in line with the principle of linking the school room with the problems of every day life. It Is to be hoped that the experi ment may be a complete success It is one of the things which should succeed, because It deserves to suc ceed. The penny lunch apparently has come to stay. It Is especially adapted to the very large city, where living conditions in the poorer quarters are bad and where many of the children are neglected at home and Improperly or Insufficiently fed. It Is a question whether It ever will be made a part of the school systems of the smaller com munities. In this respect, it may be said that while Harrlsburg Is just at the cross ing of the ways between the small and the large city, we are already over the line with respect to the cosmopolitan t character of our population. Our for- WEDNESDAY EVENING, BAPMBBURO TEJ.EGRAPH SEPTEMBER 8, 1915. elgn quarters are extensive and as well defined as those of many much bigger cities. In some respects we are confronted with the same problems that confront the metropolitan centers. It may not be amiss, therefore, for local school authorities to give some thought to the penny lunch as an adjunct to public education in Harrls burg. In the first two months of the pres ent fiscal year, the national administra tion has incurred a deficit of $29,217,- 775. The net balance in the treasury on August 30 was $52,723,742, as compared with a balance of $127,211,118 on the same date two years ago when Repub lican revenue laws and appropriations were in effect. HARRISBURG AWAKE ABOUT fourteen years ago Harris burg was represented in car- toons and posters and in many other ways as a somnolent city with- out a due appreciation of its future and the advantages which were upon every side. These characterizations were largely deserved inasmuch as there had been an amazing lack of consideration upon the part of the citizenry generally of the city's splen* did resources and opportunities. With the great awakening of 1901, however, there came a most astound ing revolution, which upset the old traditions and started Harrisburg up on its splendid career of civic pro gress. It is doubtful whether any city of the same size in the United States has so rapidly developed along modern lines as this beautiful seat of the government of Pennsylvania. In every substantial way progress has been made and In a few days we will celebrate the completion of the first epoch in the transformation of an ancient and honorable community. In this celebration every citizen should have a. part. Mayor Royal has already proclaimed the fact that it is a civic occasion In which all of our people should participate and there is no doubt that his call for a general decoration of public and pri vate places will be heeded. But this will not be enough. There should be a general co-operation with the several committees of the Chamber of Commerce to the end that each of the events may be in harmony with the occasion and a further Inspira tion to the betterment of the city tn all legitimate ways. Every day we hear favorable com ment upon the fine ■ character of the public improvements which have en gaged the attention of our officials and boards during the last fourteen years. Newspapers and men of prom inence from all parts of the country have referred to the "Harrisburg Plan" as ideal in the making over of a city. We have reason to feel satis faction over what has been achieved, but the celebration will lose its main purpose and motive unless it serves to vitalize the principles which should govern any community In Its substan tial development. Perhaps the most spectacular event of the whole celebration will be the illuminated carnival on the river. Those citizens, young and old, who have not yet given this matter their thought might with profit now work, out some plan of celebration in the flotilla which will furnish the spec tacle on Friday evening, September 24. It is unreasonable, of course, to expect that an entertainment is to be furnished the people; the people must themselves take part in the whole demonstration from beginning to end. OUT OF THE ACCEPTED ORDER AS an example of genuine public spirit—the kind that places com munity interest above selfish in terest and personal opinion—the Tele graph republishes the letter of S. G. Snoddy and George M. Aungst, of Pen brook, who sink their personal^views on the paving program of that bor ough in order that the Improvement desired by so many may be accom plished without dissension or delay: Penbrook, Pa., Sept. 6, 1915. To the President and Members of Penbrook Borough Council: We, the undersigned, do not wish to be understood as opposing any public Improvement in the 'bor ough of Penbrook that meets with the approval of a majority of the property owners and the borough officials. Therefore, to avoid pos sible complications that may per manently defeat the improvement which we all hope to attain even though our method of accomplish ing ft may differ, we respectfully ask that our names be withdrawn from the petition of protest pre sented to the Council Friday even ing, September 3, and allow our names to remain on the original petition favoring the paving of Main street with such material as the property owners with the greatest frontage on street may specify, and by whatever method the Council deems most practical after having been advised by com petent engineers on road construc tion. It is so seldom that men are willing to foresake a stand once taken or yield a position once assumed that the Penbrook letter comes as a refresh ing change in the accepted order. Those of our fellow citizens who are adherents of the Jewish faith, begin this evening the celet>ratlon of the New Year. It Is a season of spiritual reawakening. From It people of all creeds may be heartened and take time ly lesson. Among the spiritual lessons which Israel has contributed to the fund of human knowledge, as the goal of striving. Is the message of Peace. To such message we should attend and strive by might and main to make the reality It deserves to be. Let na tions pause long enough from this fear ful carnage which for the past year has been disturbing the weal of the world —and seeingtheblgger things for whose whose attainment they are to struggle —sink their disagreements and hasten the day of everlasting peace. foliUaU By the Kx-Qommltteem*n As expected the registration of Re publicans in Philadelphia and Pitts burgh yesterday went ahead of the Democrats and Bull Moosers by heavy figures in almost every ward. The lead of the Republicans in Philadel phia is tremendous and in Pittsburgh the Flinn people went back to the party. The registration on the first I day in Philadelphia this year was 124.157 for all parties, the Republi cans being far ahead. The second day is expected to run close to 100,000. September 11 is the last day to register in third class cities and next week will tie the iast In first and sec ond class cities. This item will interest a good many Harrisburgers. It is taken from the Philadelphia Record: "County Com missioner Frank J. Gorman yesterday 'instituted proceedings in Common Pleas Court No. 1, attacking the le gality of the nomination papers of I George F. Holmes for County Com missioner on the Democratic ballot and Joseph E. Fabian for County Commissioner on the Washington party ballot. Gorman contends that of the 111 names on the Holmes peti tion 35 are forgeries and that on the Fabian petition of 104 names there are many who are not qualified elec tors of the party. Judge Bregy will hear the case on Saturday morning. Municipal Court Judges Wheeler and Bonniwell yesterday flatly denied the story that they were to resign. It had been reported that Wheeler would retire to take up the practice of John P. Connelly should he be elected City Solicitor and that Bonniwell would get out in order to take a Federal job. —One of the most interesting fights in the state Just now is being waged among the Democrats in Berks coun ty. The old time stronghold has a number of men who are contending for the mastery of the machine and the fights started last year are crop ping out. —Porter and Potter, the contending candidates for the refrom nomination for mayor of i-hlladelphia are not seeing much good In each other. Both are insisting that they represent the good of Philadelphia, however. Por ter denies that he is using* policemen and firemen. —According to some of the news papers one of the usual red hot fights is being made against the Lancaster county Republican organization. In years gone by these red hot fights have generally existed in imagination in Harrisburg and wired to Philadel phia. —The real fight in Lancaster is to pry Uncle B6n Davis loose from the Democratic machine, which despite the fact that he is a federal office holder he is bossing. —The division chairman of the Democratic machine in this section of the state is said to contemplate call ing a meeting of the bosses soon af ter the primaries so that the breaches may be healed up. The great machine oc last fall is creaking in a good many places. —A Washington county review says: "Although three candidates for Judge of Washington county will be voted on at the primaries September 21, It Is generally recognized that the contest lies almost wholly between only two of them. One of these is Judge Robert W. Irwin, who is seek ing to succeed himself, and the other is Norman E. Clark of Washington. The third candidate Is Samuel Am spoker, also of Washington.. Mr. Amspoker was the last of the trio to announce and the strength he has shown thus far has convinced Wash ington county men in touch with poli tics that his candidacy will prove of consequence only as far as It might affect that of the other two. Judge Irwin is a Democrat and Mr. Clark is a Republican. NO DOUBT ABOUT IT TFrom the Los Angeles Times.] Attorney Stanchfleld, an attorney for Harry Thaw, says his client has changed from a vengeful youth to a man who is immune to the charms of women. Then he is crazy all right. THE IMPROVED BUSINESS OUTLOOK [From the New York Sun.] ' In spite of the war tn Europe, and in some industries because of the war, the business prospect in the United States brightens from day to day and confidence in the future is justified. Our Daily Laugh I've Joined the _iX local ball team. I suppose you're the dog- OH YOU WOM- , Do you mean v— to say Jones' wife I is going to remain Cjfr J with him after he /-sT/ I! ■HI struck her? / Oh—he strike her where JV " the marks could f IV be seen by her It. friends. TO AS I HEARD IT By Wing Dinner I heard a tale of an Irishman That I don't suppose Is true But it is so good that I'm going to tell The story to-day to you. On a battlefield a soldier lay One leg shot off; he spied An Irishman close by to whom The soldier loudly cried: "Take me, please, to the hospital Or I am sure to die, My leg's shot off. and I'm losing blood. Please don't pass me by." The Irishman picked him up and threw Him o'er his shoulder, the head Of the soldier hanging down Pat's back— As on his way he sped. Bout a shell exploded in the rear And blew off the soldier's head All unbeknown to Pat, to whom An officer shortly said: "Drop that man, for we're crowded now And haven't enough of beds For soldiers that have a chance for life— There's none for men without heads." Pat threw the body upon the ground, And carefully looked It o'er He scratched his head, and then to him self He grumbled a bit and swore. Then turning about to the officer He gave a little cough And said, "I'm dommed If he didn't say That he'd had his leg shot off." EUROPE'S BATTLEFIELDS OF TODAY NOT THE ONLY BLOODY ONES w I ' - „ ' '■ ' • • I ;: r' , • , * - "BLOODY LANE" T M I the battlefields of Europe to-day are not the first bloody ones In the history of the world can be seen by vete?in U ln%hW V r.tv f vISS?; Antletam ; «■ <*® Civil War The battle of Antl?tam by Syl \eteran in this city ana its vicinity as one of the bloodiest battles of the great war of the Rebellion Tt wa<? fousht September 10. 17, and 18, 1862, by the forces of McClellan and Lee In a sunken road In the center slncl known as "Bloody Lane" the Confederate dead lay three feet deep. aa n lne center ' Blnce | TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE" —Naturally, ankle watches will pro mote ankle watching. —lf it snows next winter as it has rained the past summer who'll dig us out in the Spring? —The Federal health bureau pre dicts 18,000 deaths from typhoid in the United States next year. Attention, un dertakers! —Colonel Roosevelt has gone on a hunting trip. Naturally, the primaries are approaching. —About 500 young Americans have been sent home after trying to enlist in England. The Regular Army on the Mexican border ought to be a good sub stitute. —"The dove of peace is hovering over the warring nations," says a dispatch from Stockholm. Maybe the writer mistook an aeroplane. NOT A JOKING MATTER [From the New York Evening Post.] The purchase of several thousand Ford cars by the British Government should open up a vast new field- of humors. MEXICANS AND PHILOSOPHY [From the Chicago News.] Perhaps the Mexicans are like the philosophers—as long as there arc two of them left they will differ. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" GERMAN AMERICAN VIEWS To the Editor of the Telegraph: Your editorials of Monday evening anent "For Hyphenated Americans," I would say this: If Carl Schurz would be alive to-day, he would repeat the same words, which he uttered sixteen years ago and would endorse unequivo cally the actions of the German Ameri can Societies. The German Ameri cans stand for America and America alone. "They never use their power in American politics for foreign ends." They love their native land and this Is perfectly right, which does not interfere with politics any more, than if you love your mother. But they love this coun try more; hence they raise their voice against those who consider the war of the allies against Germany as if it were an American war. They object that we should make a common cause with the allies. Had true neutrality been observed by all Americans and had America insisted that Germany should enjoy the same rights which England demands as her rights, for the simple reason because she claims to have more rights, there would be no talk of hyphenated Americans. Eng land, on account of her geographical position and location, has the power to stop nearly all imports and exports to and from Germany. Since England de clared a blockade against Germany, the United States of America should have said to England: What you will not allow Germany to have . you neither shall have. England is harping that Germany is not carrying on an humane war. With such expressions suckers are caught. I would like to see that nation, which does not resist an enemy. The trouble is, because England is whipped, it raises this cry of inhumanity. England went Into this war with a spirit of sport. She has found Out her mistake; now since England sees her doom, she is looking over the whole creation for help. England makes no secret of this. To this we German- Americans object; and we will raise our voices against America's interference with the war. We love America too much to blot this our national honor with disgrace. I would say this In favor of the Germans who immigrated here in the past. Not all have left Germany for sake of avoiding military service. You ought to know that near ly one-quarter of a million of unnatur alized Germans fought for American liberty In the year 1861-1864. The American press and even some German- Americans wrong the German-Amerl cans. If America should ever again have a just war, you wfll find the German- Americans among those In the first ranks, as they have been In times of old when they fought the tyrant's yoke of England. We will not betray our adopted land; but those are the trai tors who shout war against Germany. Happily, true Americans will not Join In the warwhoop against Germany. War is insanity as well as legalized murder. When the nations of earth realize the truth, I am sure, that those responsible for this great calamity, will be called to an account. At any rate they will bear the stigma of Cain on their forehends, and will have no rest, for the blood of those slain will cry to heaven. "Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord, I will repay." Yours truly, A GERMAN-AMERICAN. THE OI,D I-OVJS AND THE NEW To the Editor of the Telegraph: I read with great pleasure last even ing your article bearing the caption. "For Hyphenated Americans." In which you quote Mr. Vtllardas saying. "There can be no divided cltiienshlp or loyalty under the American flag: that no one can accept political obligations here while at heart loyal to another social system." I take exception to this for if we stop to consider, Is It not exactly a parallel case when a man reaches ma ture years he takes to himself a wife and promises to love and honor her. Yet In his new found happiness and love does he forget his love for his "Matre"? No! There will always be a hyphenated love pulling at his heart strings, and until his eves close in their last sleep, his love will be divided be tween his two girls, his wife and his mother. It is true the love he bears for each is different In quality yet in quantity the amount would balance on the most sensitive chemist balance. Now should, a rupture come in the relations between the two girls of his love, what can the poor man do? Can he forsake his wife? Hardly! Can he forget his mother? No! Yet he must choose and take a public stand in this matter. If he is any sort of a man he would do his utmost to effect a recon ciliation, and If that was Impossible the only course open for him is to stand by his wife—but deep down In his own heart, away from the prying eyes of the public he will confess to himself and to his God—l love them both, and I would to heaven they could be friends. Hence as long as we live we will have hy phenated Americans, be they French, English, Austrian or German. Yours truly. 1 - B. YON NORMAN, - UNCLE SAM'S READING CIRCLE By Frederic J. Haskin FEELING that something should be done to raise the standard of literary taste throughout the United States, the government has ap pointed itself the faculty of a corre spondence college with the seat of learning in Washington, and Dr. P. P. Claxton, Chief of the Bureau of Edu cation of the Department of the In terior, as professor of Literature. With this for a nucleus, Uncle Sam has plunged headlong Into the busi ness of teaching his nieces and nephews what to read, just as if he didn't have enough other kinds of work on his hands. The only fee charged for admission to this new school is interest in the courses and application to the work assigned. One does not even have to go to school. The school comes to him. The United States mall carries the voice of the teacher from Wash ing as far as Alaska, the Philippines or the Panama Canal Zone. Every one is eligible for membership in Uncle Sam's great university and a two-cent stamp is the only card of admission necessary. If you haven't the stamp, a postal card will do. Once Uncle Sam knows that you wish to take his course in literature, he will take care of the rest of it. In lieu of degrees, certificates of merit, signed by Dr. Claxton. will be awarded to all who "graduate" and the University f The State From Day to Dayl V * "Movie" fans were thrown into eon fusion at one of the Allentown picture theaters the other day, when a bomb blew up in the very midst of one of the most exciting reels. Police investiga tion proved it. to be an eighteen inch piece of pipe, filled with some ex plosive, and with the fuse extended to the auditorium of the theater. No mo tive other than an effort on the part of some wild youth to excite, was as signed. The South Bethlehem Globe, quoting the American Magazine, advises young men of marriageable tendencies to pick out as wives girls who come from fam ilies of means, on the ground that poor girls spend extravagantly if they mar ry a with any money at all. This may be true, but we doubt whether it can be accepted as a general rule. In these prolific days of office-seek ing, it is a relief to discover the exist ence of a man who tries valiantly to have his name taken oft the ticket in stead of put on. He is H. A. Hartzel. former mayor of Easton, and now can didate for re-election. He discovered, however, that he would have to run in spite of his wish to the contrary, be cause he arrived at the office of the commissioner 35 minutes too late to file his oetition for withdrawal. The, Chester Times presents "a day In the Fifth ward" of that town in a very thrilling account, as follows: "Tester day was an exceptional dav in the Fifth ward, when a number of episodes oc curred which caused considerable ex citement. An intoxicated man bran dishing a revolver, a wild runaway horse, a fleet-footed screaming woman, and a woman pugilist kept the resi dents of that section busy the entire day going to their doors to learn the whys and wherefores of all the excite ment." "Inebriate Hospital Urged."—Wash ington Herald. Mr Pickel, who lives on Harrisburg avenue, Lancaster, was a victim of the machinations of a robber who stole from him. among other things, a cake of soap. When a modern Raffles takes to stealing soap, we may be sure the trade of robbing Is becoming more and more refined. Ossinlng, Sept. 7.—Sing Sing prison's new death house is now completed, with a capacity of twenty-three cells, in place of the old one of onlv seventeen cells. There are now eighteen men at the prison under sentence of death. Lancaster, Pa. The cold woather that prevailed last week gave Lancas ter county's tobacco growers a scare, as they feared an early frost and conse quent damage to the crop. Many have not forgotten the great early frost of 1904 when thousands of acres of to bacco were ruined. Much of the crop will have to be cut before fully matured.— York Dispatch. GLORY AND TIME [From the Kansas City Star.] "Forever," the name of General Von Hindenburg's special regiment shall bear his name, according to an edict of the Kaiser. Always side by Bide with glory and its exaltation has run the opposing thought of the vanity o? human achievements. "Vanity, vanity, all is vanity, saith the preacher." "Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, may stop a hole to keep the wind away. Shakespeare and the writers of the Bible have their counterparts In other poets. They say the lion and the lizard keep The courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep: And Bahram. the great hunter—the wild ass Stamps o'er his head, but cannot break his sleep. A deeper note than Omar's is in Shel ley's "Ozymandias of Egyfet:" I met a traveler from an antiqque land Who said: Two vast and truntcfess legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered vlaage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer ot cold command Tell that its sculptor well those pas sions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these words ap pear: "My name Is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and de spair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, .The lone and level sands stretch far *wajr, . of the People will find its reward in the increased interest in good litera ture which is expected to ensue. For years it has been admitted ttyat the literary taste of the average citi zen of the United States was capable of improvement; that trashy novels had apropriated much of the field which justly belonged to the more solid reading upon which a taste for good literature must be grounded, and that the average American was prone to read a hundred society stories or sex novels to one of the better class of books. But even those who drew attention to this condition could suggest no remedy therefor. It remained for the government to deal with it from the standpoint of a national problem. Dr. P. P. Claxton, Chief of the Bureau of Education, conceived the idea of Inaugurating a series of courses in literature, to be supplied to all who cared to follow them. In addition, the government undertakes to follow up these courses with ques tions relative to the books read, that it may be sure that the best points have beeir brought out and that the student has not merely glanced over the volumes in a cursory manner. Certificates of merit are given to all who successfully complete the pro t Continued on rage 5.] [ The Searchlight NEW MOTORCYCLE USES The adaptibility of the side car to the motorcycle was demonstrated in the parade held in Milwaukee last month, which was led by a band of 25 musicians, each one of whom play ed his instrument as he rode in the side car of a motorcycle. The leader was in advance and directed his band using his baton, the tip of which was supplied with a small electric light. IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS } AGO TO-DAY | [From the Telegraph Sept. 8, 1865.] Picnic at Cold Springs A large picnic will be held at Cold Springs to-morrow to which every one In the city is invited. Special trains will be provided leaving at 7.30 o'clock in the morning and returning at 7.30 o'clock in the evening. Dead Soldier Was John Murphy The dead soldier who was found yes terday in a field near the Asylum, was Identified as John Murphy to-day. He was a first lieutenant in Company G. Second Missouri Infantry. Board Reports at Meeting The board of ontrollers of the public schools issued a report at the regular meeting last night in the East Walnut Street school. Several appointments were made in the various buildings of the city. | EDITORIAL COMMENT ] A Philadelphia dentist says that au tomobiles loosen teeth. The good dodger, however, still has little to tear. —Allentown Chronicle and News. A boy may be proud of his father and still not take much comfort in wearing the old man's castoft clothes. —Easton Daily Free Press. The fact that a horse kicked a lan tern and caused a fire in South Jersey is the strongest kind of an argument on the part of his wife why hubby should purchase an automobile.—Ches ter Times. THE COLONEL'S~HUNT (The New York Sun) In the wilderness of northern Que bec Colonel Roosevelt Is to spend the next month hunting big game. He will be In his element, and no doubt he will have a bully time, far from the sound of war's alarms and the perplexities of politics, in which he has become entangled of late. It Is said that the Colonel declined to make a speech at the Toronto exhibition, in which he showed wisdom, for Canada is interested in only one theme now. It would hardly be discreet for an ex- President of the United States to dis cuss the war in the territory of ono of the Allies. Moreover, when the Colonel hits the trail for big game nothing else attracts him. The Colonel hunts with a camera as well as with a sporting rifle, and with a fountain pen. The great wil derness of northern Quebec is new to him. It contains no such formidable prey as the grizzly, which he has met and laid low and written about. But the bull moose is not to be despised when encountered in its native fast nesses. It is utterly fearless and charges In a way to make a hunter's pulse beat high. He must shoot straight and quickly to escape anni hilation. An article upon the bull moose of Quebec in mortal combat written in the Colonel's graphic style would interest his friends and ad mirers, among whom we count our selves whenever he goes a-hunting. May no rumor of war or fret of poll tics penetrate tho camp where tho Colonel is studying nature and col lecting antlers. THE: MILLION-DOLLAR SUNSHINE [From the Kansas City Star.] Old Jupiter Pluvlus' excessive gener osity In the matter of rain having ef fectively barred Kansas writers from telling of any particular "rain that add ed a million dollars to the value of the Kansas corn crop," they may now take their typewriters In hand and pound out odes to the million dollar sunshine. The Kansas corn crop, a genuine, stemwlnder even for Kansas in the mat ter of average per acre, needed Just the touch of real sunshine of the last few days to round out the ears. A continu ation of sunshine for another week will make it possible for statisticians to figure in as many figures as they please, without exaggeration, In telling of the millions of dollars the sunshine Jia» added, to th« v*lu« of tiu aeons Storting (Etjat Just as an idea of what Harrisburg may get In the way of automobile visitors after the "feeder" to the Lin coln Highway i« arranged and the de tour officially announced frbm Lan caster to Gettysburg by way of Har risburg and it*' great State House #id the picturesque, historic Cumberland Valley, is given by a statement made to me by a resident of the battlefield town yesterday. This man said: "Do you know we have between 1,000 and 1,200 automobile parties in our town on Sunday? Why, there were so many of them there that the hotels and restau rants could not feed them and lots were given meals in private homes. The people came from all around and tho roads .were filled with the cars all day long." The remarks of this Adams countian only serve to buttress; if it needed it, the movement to have Har risburg put on the Lincoln Highway. Besides, Harrisburg was associated with Lincoln. The martyr President was here when he was a congressman and he had one of the most thrilling times of his life in Harrisburg, not Lan caster or York, when he was on his way to the national capital to be in augurated. His safety was assured by the conference held in the old Jones House by Harrisburg people co operating with the government and railroad officials and it was in this city that his body rested on its last Journey. But, aside from these asso ciations with Lincoln, Harrisburg is the State capital, and the number o£ people coming here from other States is increasing constantly. It was shown In this column on Saturday how people from over two dozen States visited the Capitol last week alone, and there pre thousands and thousands more who will come here when the Lincoln Highway "detour" is arranged. The Valley Railways Company makes a business pf carrying freight in order to oblige the people of West Shore towns who desire quick ship ments from Harrlsburg. But It has heretofore drawn the line at livestock. 11 required a Cumberland county farmer to "put one over" on the com pany the other evening. On signal the S o'clock car, bearing a load of people from Camp Hill to the theaters, was halted Just east of that town by two men, who proceeded to load a big crate on the front end. Several grunts emanating from the box led the con ductor to ask: "Say. what's In there?" "Two live pigs," was the reply. "Say. do you think this is a stock train?" asked the conductor. "Well," said the farmer apolo getically, "them's thoroughbred hogs, them is. and there's none finer in the valley. Why, the, mother of them hogs" "All right, pay up and we'll let them ride," returned the conductor, pocketing the nickels and making his escape before the lecturer got into full swing. So it was that two hogs rode in front to Harrlsburg while the theater party brought up the rear. The day of the old tin cup beside the spring or the half-cocoanut beside a pipfe has passed at the picnic grounds in this part of the State, ac cording to peope who have visited some of the old-time stamping grounds of the basket picnickers. It seen# that the movement for individual drinking cups, which has started from this city through the work of Com missioner of Health Dixon, has spread far and wide and crops out in the most unexpected places. The cups that used to decorate every drinking place have gone and at some of the more pretentious picnic resorts "bub blers" have taken their place. At one picnic resort there are signs: "Bring your own cups." • • • The war arguments have been banned even in the ice cream parlors. There are said to be some groggeries in this city where there are signs prohibiting war as a topic of conver sation and it is enforced to the letter, especlaly after 11 p. m., but thus far the soda fountuln and ice cream places have been free. The other night a patty was enjoying ice cream and the war at the samo time and a couple of the disputants forgot their frozen deli cacies. Up stepped the waitress and In a mild voice admonished: "Please don't have arguing on the war." * 0 • Harry A. Mackey, of the State Workmen's Compensation Bureau, who was here yesterday, is one of the State's well-known college athletes. He played football at the University of Pennsylvania and at Lafayette. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Bishop Thomas Bowman presided at the Evangelical conference just held at Johnstown. —C. F. Quinn. of the State Fed eration of Labor, was a speaker at the Fayette county labor celebrations. —A. S. Hunter, professor in the University of Pittsburgh, is a candi date for council in Pittsburgh. —Professor J. D. Geist, head of the Hazleton schools. Is out against haz ing in schools in his city. —General John W. Schall, former commander of the National Guard, led the Norrlstown Labor Day parade. | DO YOU KNOW That Harrlsliurg engines arc used In the Lake Superior mines? HISTORIC HARRISBT'HG The -old ford and ferry landing which started Harrlsburg were marked years ago. but were forgotten. niUEFI-Y PUT [From the Boston Herald.l An English professor. travelln* through the hills, noted various quaint expressions. For Instance, after a lonr ride the professor sought provisions at a mountain hut. ' xVhat d' yo'-all want?" called out a woman. "Madam," asld the professor, "can w« get corn bread here? We'd like to buy some of you." "Corn bread? Corn bread, did yo' say?" Then she chuckled to herself, and her manner grew amiable. "Whv, If corn bread's all yo' want, come rights. In. for that's Just what I hain't gotß nothing else on hand but." w * " * Do You Drink Microbes? Pure water is essentia! to good health and pure water Is with in the reach of every one. Some prefer the various bot tled brands of standard quality for drinking purposes, others clean and purify their own house hold supply. There are many excellent de vices for removing dirt and or ganisms from water. Some are quite inexpensive, others very elaborate. It Is well to know about them and their use If needed should not be delayed. Suggestions on the water ques tion will be found from time to time in the advertising columns of the Telegraph.
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