10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Bstablishtd tin PUBLISHED BT THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. BTACKPOLE Prtsident and Edilar-in-Ckttf F. R. OYSTER Stertiary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, >l6 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 A Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago. 111., Allen A Ward. Delivered by carriers at .Tiipßs" iL v rttltr> six cents a week. Mailed to > subscribers at $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as seoond class matter. iivorn dally average circulation tor the three months ending Aug. 31, 1815 it 21,083 ★ Average for the year 1014—21,888 Average for the year 1018—l».9#a Average for the year 1012—10,640 Average for the year 1011—17,808 Average for the year 1010—18.281 The above figures are net. All (vrned. unsold and damaged coplea de ducted. FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 10. When all the fruit is gone, itis too late the tree to climb. —Richard Edwards. FAITHFUL CITY OFFICIALS ANY reference to the glorious awakening of Harrisburg in 1901 and the splendid record of municipal achievement covering the last fourteen years must necessarily be incomplete without full and gen erous recognition of the faithful and efficient services of a long line of de voted public officials. These embrace councilmen, administrative heads, legal advisers, engineers' boards, com missions and advisory bodies, all of whom have been responsive to public sentiment and the Impulse toward the betterment of the community and the welfare of the people. Frequently visitors have asked how so much was accomplished in so brief a period and Invariably those who un derstand and appreciate the under lying forces that have conspired to bring about the changed conditions have paid tribute to the intelligent and ungrudging co-operation of the official with the unofficial elements of the community. Millions of dollars have been ex pended under four public loans cover ing many important items and two millions more through assessment of property owners for street paving ac cording to the foot-front rule, and not even a whisper of graft has sul lied the brilliant story of the city's achievement. A dollar of practical benefit has come with every dollar ex pended. The Telegraph feels that the people sometimes forget the services of their chosen servants and it was because of this thought that there was print ed In this newspaper a few days ago a list of the officials who stood shoul der to shoulder in the remarkable forward movement of 1901 to 1915. There Is an ever-ready disposition to criticise, but we should not be so chary of praise where commendation is deserved. Now is the time and the occasion is near at hand for the giv ing of public recognition for faithful service. It is pleasing to note that the comprehensive Chamber of Com merce program embraces a reception to those who have served their com munity so well. Robert Snodgrass, whose unselfish services during the great improvement era will not be forgotten in the hearts of a grateful peonle, was the active Board of Trade representative in push ing the propaganda of an awakened community. DUMBA TO GO THE request of the American Gov ernment that Austria withdraw Ambassador Dumba is the best news that has come out of Washington in a long time. The only regret Is that it did not come sooner. Dumba has been a disturbing fac tor for months. The only difference between him and the German repre sentative is that he was caught red handed, while the Kaiser's agent has been able to preserve at least a semblance of confining himself to the duties of his office. The most practical result of the Dumba ex posure will be the moral It will point to other unscrupulous diplomats. It is very likely that agents of belliger ent countries, those of the allies as well as of Germany and Austria, will be In the future a little less precipi tate in their indiscretions. Dumba is being politely kicked out of the country. Others who care to investigate the propelling qualities of Uncle Sam's good right foot have only to continue the practices of which they are suspected long enough to be caught In the act JUDGE WOODS ' A MONG the interesting Judicial contests In this State none is attracting more attention than that in the Huntingdon-Mifflin dis trict. , , There the conditions are somewhat unusual owing to the apparent align ment of the liquor forces with a fac tion of the Republican party against Joseph M. Woods, who has presided , over the courts of the district for a I long period of years. An a former FRIDAY EVENING, HXRR3SBURG LTiK&HHi SEPTEMBER 10, 1915. State Senator and a member of one of the oldest of the Juniata Valley families, which has given to the State a number of distinguished men, a de scendant of John Wltherspoon, one of the signers or the Declaration of In dependence, and a man of high char acter, it is not conceivable that the voters of the district In question will displace Judge Woods simply because, in harmony with public sentiment of the Juniata Valley, he has hewn to the line in a strict interpretation of the license laws. If the liquor interests in that district and elsewhere throughout the State insist upon a show-down of the people, they must expect the no-llcense and antt-booze forces to accept the chal lenge and give battle at the polls. Judge Woods should be re-elected and unless we greatly misunderstand the attitude of the voters in Hunting don and Mifflin counties he is certain to receive the approval of the people this year. What are Councils going to do this year about the Improvement of the River Front?—Harrisburg Telegraph. April 5, 1901. And the "Front Steps of Harrisburg" is the eloquent answer. YOUR CITY IN YOUR HEART DURING the course of a report as delegate of the Harrisburg Ro tary Club to the international convention of Rotary clubs at San Francisco, an important part of which was a recommendation that the local organization make a new hotel for this city a part of the 1916 program. William S. Essick used this quotation from the ancient Greek: The man who does not carry his I city within his heart is a spiritual starvling. City pride and municipal patriotism are not new. They are as old as cities themselves. They prompted the con struction of the gardens of Babylon, the temples and the walls of Troy. They led the Aztecs and the Peruvians of the western world to the building of those massive structures the ruins of which scientists ponder over to day. Theirs was the spirit that lifted the towers and the minarets of that cradle of civilization where east meets west and west meets east, and theirs was the urge that lifted the marble marvels of Greece and Rome and which raised from the earth those wonderful examples of architecture and building which the savagery of modern artillery Is reducing to dust on the plains of Flanders and in the valleys and on the hills of Northern France. Theirs, too, will be the promptings that will rear cities again I when the tiger strife Is over on the ruins that now lie In the wake of the blood-frenzied hosts. All down through the ages city pride and municipal patriotism nave made for better living, for the uplift of hu manity. Art, science, philosophy and religion may be born In hovels, but they do not thrive there. The "pur suit of happiness" has led men to think of the happiness of others and every where this desire for the betterment of mankind has led directly to the building of better cities, has gone out in an effort to surround the people of the community with those things that make for a broader, better out- Uook on life and tend toward good health and contentment for the masses. It follows logically, therefore, that the progressive city is a good city— that civic development is followed by spiritual and moral uplift. Every step taken to improve living conditions raises the ideals of the whole popula tion proportionately. This is what the philosopher meant when he said that "the man who does not carry his city withir, his heart is a spiritual starvling." To carry one's city within one's heart is to carry there also a love for all Its people and a sincere desire for their betterment, which in the ultimate is another manifestation of the divine Injunction to "love thy neighbor as thyself." If you are a citizen of Harrisburg and have not registered you must do so to-morrow or miss your vote. The law requires this. The fact that you reg istered some other year will not count. You must do so to-morrow. On an other page the Telegraph publishes a complete list of the polling places of the city. Registrars will sit there from 8 to 1, from 2 to 6 and from 7 to 10 o'clock. There is still a great deal of noisy cut-outing among motorcyclists and Joy-riders which policemen on motor cycles should be able to prevent. Father Penn and Father Harris have been hand-ln-glove during the last few years. While the city has been spend ing millions making a worthy place for the seat of government of Pennsyl vania the State was keeping up Its end In the building of a magnificent Capi tol and the enlargement of the public grounds. J. V. W. Reynders must look back with satisfaction to those strenuous days when he was chairman of the ex ecutive committee of the League for Public Improvement. In the selection of the officials who will guide the destinies of Harrisburg for the next few yesrs the voters will not forget that experience enters largely Into the fitness of any candi date. This Is not a question of favorit ism or hysteria. Some people who were quite enthusi astic for the uniform and open pri maries are losing Interest In the new fancied electoral reform legislation. < TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE —Mr. Ford's $10,000,000 gift toward world peace might be kept to give am bitious monarchs who desire to ac quire a "place In the sun." —Mr. Bryan Is one of those who do not find any truth In the old adage that "silence is golden." —A glance at some of the European casualty lists convinces us that while figures do not lie, liars do figure, and that many flgurers are liars. —Among other things the czar is convinced that he Is a greater soldier, than the grand duke, but it will re quire more than his say-so to prove it. —Grand Duke Nicholas is being punished for failing to do the im possible with an impossible army under impossible conditions. —The race is not always to the swift—no, not always. —Suggestion was made in the early days of the 1901 campaign for public improvements that the idle Vanderbilt bridge piers should be utilized as a foundation for the dam. What's the matter with using them now for a free bridge over the Susquehanna river? —Before the first big Improvement loan the city's limit of increased debt was placed at $1,091,176. After four good-sized loans since that time we are still in 1915 the tidy sum of $1,543,- 537.46 Inside the constitutional limita tion. editorial comment "" Erie's "special" fiend got in his regular work Monday night when the story went out over the wires to the effect that fourteen families had al ready left Erie to escape the infantile paralysis plague. Erie people are be ginning to suspect that "imported" newsgatherings have no scruples over giving Erie a black eye providing they can get a few nickles out of the game.—Erie Daily Times. A middle western wife seeks divorce from her husband because lie took her to the theater, went out between acts and did not return. But her real grievance is that she had to walk three miles to her home, while he was brought home, regal, in a taxlcab, at 5 next morning.—Erie Dispatch. All mention of the hundreds of In nocent Americans slain in Mexico be cause of the weakness of the adminis tration policy Is omitted from the mov ing picture films used by the Demo cratic national committee representing Woodrow Wilson as the hero who would not recognize the murderer Huerta.— York Dispatch. IN PLAIN SIGHT {From the Louisville Courier-Journal.] "I see you had eggs, pie and coffee for breakfast." deduction. How did you do "Oh. I can read the bill of fare right down your long necktie." , _ Bear and Forbear A Sermon on Divorce By Kinahan Cornwallis j 1. Doomed be Divorce! that sunders human ties, And makes a mockery of marriage vows, And violates the sanctities of life— Divorce the scourge and scandal of the age. That wrecks the home and wrongs the guiltless child, Thus robbed of half Its due—parental care— And undermines that bulwark, once so so strong— The Family—the Unit of the State! Alas! tnat this should bear the seal of law— That thus the marriage rite should be profaned! 2. Doomed be Divorce! that ever tempts to wrong. And morally society pollutes, Oft too by falsehood and collusion gained; That more than breaks the family In twain, And to a change of partners paves the way; That panders to base passions and de sires, And treats as naught the binding pledges made— The sacred vows of union till death— The—should be—irrevocable "I will"— Before the altar solemnly exchanged! 3. • Doomed be Divorce! that fosters breach of faith!— Divorce with Its demoralizing blight!— Divorce with cruel, desolating touch! That leaves of marriage naught but broken vows— With buried hopes, and pangs of vain regret— And memories and sorrows dire and dread, And bleeding hearts, that once were one In love!— Divorce that Christianity defies!— Divorce encouraged by unholy laws That tell their tale in misery and woe'. 4. Let wrongs be righted in the marriage bond By wiser means than to disrupt the home— And blast and brand, perchance, the inndcent— Yea. oft unjustly, ruin and degrade— Save where no truer remedy remains- Let those united learn to nobly bear, And in a patient spirit to forbear. Thus Harmony and Happiness would lead, And none for trifling Ills, as now, would part, And bring their marriage to a tragic end. 5. Bear and Forbear! Let Love regain Its sway, And tenderness and sympathy unite, And serve as oil upon the waters thrown- Forgive; though it be harder to forget, For It Is human—true or false—to err, While to forgive Is noble and divine! And let parental love protect the child, And guard It from the ruin of the home! Ar.d those united bend Instead of break! For broken ties are backward steps to shun. «. Let those who would, In haste and an ger, part Be merciful and Just, and kind, though foes, And pause before the fatal die Is cast: Nor let offended pride, or fancied wrongs. Or mercenary or ambitious alms. E'er steel the heart against forgive ness sought! Nor let the tyrant Jealousy hold sway, Or breed suspicion that may baseless be' But strive to mend Instead of end the tie. And seek In reconciliation balm! 7. Let marriage be the prize and crown of love. And reverence and loyalty command! Let those who marry keep their promise true. And thus unbroken happiness enjoy!— Yea make their home a paradise on earth. So adding to the charm and Joy of life, And fortifying both against Its Ills— Each unto each a blessing and sup port— While building up their country and their race— The Family, the Unit of the State! T>oUtfc* OV By the Ex-Committeeman As a result of Chief Justice Brown's ruling yesterday In the appeals from the decision of the Schuylkill county court holding that nine inspectors can not be elected thist year, the names of the candidates will go back on the bal lot and elections be held, the question whether they can be legally elected to be determined later. This will en able elections to be held for mine in spector In the other counties of tho district without interference by ac tions. A Pottsville dispatch on the matter says: "The names of Mine Inspec tors Archie b. Lamb, of Shenandoah, and P. C. Fenton, of Mahanoy City, candidates for re-election, which were ordered off the ballot on the Republi can ticket for the approaching primar ies by the Schuylkill county court last Monday were to-day ordered back on the ballot by Justice Brown, of the Supreme Court. Counsel for the mine Inspectors appealed from the local de cision, which was, In effect, that mine inspectors are State officers and not county officers, and therefore cannot be voted for this year. While not de ciding this question, Justice Brown allows the election to proceed, but If the local court Is upheld, the election will be Invalid. —To-morrow Is the last registration day in the cities of the State and it it. expected that there will be a tremendous enrollment of voters. In Philadelphia efforts will be made to run the registration up to 100,000. In Pittsburgh and other cities there will be systematic efforts. The third class cities are showing big Republican leads, which it is believed will be maintained. At Philadelphia yester day the Committee of One Hundred in an appeal to citizens issued urged the registration of 120,000 voters to morrow, the last opportunity to qual ify for the Fall election. The com mittee likewise urged that 10,000 citi zens man the polls to secure this heavy registration and again discouraged nonpartisan enrollment. —The returns from Thursday's registration show that over 84 per cent, of the Pittsburgh electors who had their names placed on the books enrolled as Republicans. Reports were received from 311 of the 414 districts of the city, giving an average registration of 51 to a division. This will mean a registration of about 21,- 114. On the same day last year 21.- 870 registered, while on the second day in 1913, 22,540 qualified. The enrollment in the 311 districts report ing was as follows: Republicans, 13,- 596; Democrats, 1,609; Socialist, 273 > Washington, 111; Prohibition, 41; Bull Moose, 2; Roosevelt Progressive, 2; Personal Liberty, 2; Keystone, 1; not enrolled, 378; total, 16,015. —William N. McNair, who upset the apple cart of the reorganlzers' steer ing committee last year, is stirring up things again among the Pittsburgh Democrats greatly to the annoyance of the bosses. McNair refused to take orders from the reorganization crowd and now when the president has turned down the favorites of the bosses for places he is bobbing up and starting new things. —'Director Cooke has started to swing the ax on employes of the Phila delphia government for alleged politi cal activity. —The Altoona mayoralty campaign Is the busiest In years and there are four candidates all of whom have good chances for getting on the ballot. —Reading councilmen are consider ing an ordinance to fix the salary of the mayor at $3,500 and councilmen at S3OOO. —Mayor Blankenburg's letter on politics in Philadelphia has stirred up Col. Sheldon Potter who is running against the mayor's' slated candidate, Director Porter. —South Bethlehem, which voted to become a third class city and lost be cause of a technicality, will make an other try at the November election. —Judge Bregy in Philadelphia yes terday decided that voters can not get on assessors' lists after they are closed unless unfairly prevented from being enrolled. IN THRIFTY NEW HAMPSHIRE [Kansas City Star.] Up in the barren lands of New Hampshire the visitor from the fav ored West wonders how anybody ever had the nerve to try to dig a living out of the rocky soil. Yet the State is traversed by macadam roads in good condition. The country was so poor that the people had to have good roads If they were to make a living. It is only flch districts like Missou ri that can stand the extravagant waste of muddy roads. Our Daily Laugh CUTTING. Do you know, I have lately fal 8L len Into the habit vl Stub of talking to my [}\ 1 I wondered why 3 c VV iI«H you were loolcin ® COMPANION SHIP BARRED. AYj Rastus, If you '7 want to prosper you must go to bed with the l'assir, I'se wil- ML, lin' to go to bed if J i §*? wif 'em, but dell I fUjup folks dat owns itf|§ chickens ain't wm sufficiently trust- ea ful. POOR CHAP By Wing Dinger Gee, I'm sorry for one fellow In this 'burg of ours to-day. He's been planning for some weeks back With our crowd to go away On a trip to Ole Virginny For two weeks of wholesome fun. Where we hunt and fish—no matter Whether It be rain or sun. Why, It's all for weeks we've talked of. When we have all together met. And we've all been looking forward To some real fun, you can bet. But this one chap whom I speak of Got a letter Just to-day Saying, "Sorry, but we'll need you. And you mustn't go away." Wonder why It Is that letters Such as this ne'er go astray So they will not be delivered Till a fellow's gone away. Hope If his house It's mind changes And decides to let him go They will phone him, for a letter Such as that astray WOULD go. LUNCH HOUR ALONG THE RIVER FRONT cartoon " ' Ney haS caught the s P' rlt of the occasion In this COLLECTING TO By Frederic J. Haskin WHEN the European war broke the unusual conditions that were developed placed many American citizens who were travel ing abroad in positions of financial embarrassment. It was necessary that those citizens he brought home for their presence in war zones of fered all sorts of complications. So Uncle Sam loaned them the money. Now he is asking for Its return. In fact he has been asking somewhat urgently for a good while. He has six extra clerks officiating as collec tors of the tourist fund, jogging de linquents, giving receipts for sums paid. While the old gentleman is in clined to be lenient with his nieces and nephews under the present cir cumstances, while he Is philosophical and an optimist. Insisting upon a be lief that the general public is hon est, the facts in this case are worry ing him a bit for not half the loans have been returned and collections are slowing up all the time. The government acted with great promptness in aid of its citizens a year ago. As soon as the need was known the United States Treasurer was authorized by act of Congress to provided $2,500,000 to meet it. He was also authorized to serve as agent for private Individuals who wanted to deposit money upon which friends or relatives abroad might draw. Soon there were over 5,000 such deposits, aggregating $2,593,000, and the State Department was cabling abroad in formation as to whom it should be paid. Not all this money was called for. Up to the first of August about sl,- 500,000 of the funds received from private individuals had been paid to those for whom they were deposited. A part of the balance has been re turned to the depositors because the persons for whom it was intended [ The State From Day to Dayl *■ i South Bethlehem, Pa.. Sept. 9. During rough sport at the noon hour, in the shipping department of the Saucon plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company, Joseph Wean. 16 years old, of Northampton Heights, was fatally injured and died as a result of being inflated like a balloon by a hose which Is used In driving chipping hammers. The perpetrator of the unfortunate Jest has not been seen since the boy died. A dastardly attempt to suffocate all the boarders in the home of G. W. Gunzenhauser was made yesterday by John E. Bickell, who had heen a boarder there, and run up a large bill and borrowed money from the owner. No other reason for his action was as signed. Luckily the attempt failed and only discomfort followed the in halation of gas. „ , Reading, Pa. Beautiful whiskers, parted in the middle, re-enforced by a spectacular equipped wardrobe, and a cane, enabled an aged gentleman of 60 years to lure a pretty young wife away from her husband, who was a traveling salesman. "Whiskers" said that she was too good for an ordinary man. The implication was certainly true, because the old man was ex tremely extraordinary. New Castle, Pa., Sept. 3, 1816. Dear Mr. Hints and Dints Man—You printed in Saturday evening's paper "There never was a pretty skinny girl who had a pretty face." The fat girls are always about a graceful as a full grown bear. There are six of us slen der girls going to clean you up. Now see here, girls, don't be angry. We hedge and will say that all girls are Just as pretty as they can be, of course you will have to include the fat girls or this don't hold good. Please don't start the cleaning up just now as we have been sick for several months and are Just getting where corn tastes good.—New Castle News. The Y. W. C. A. girls of Johnstown are holding a "bacon bat" to-night at White Birch Cottage, Carpenter Park. An advance guard has been sent on to build the 'smudge' and gather sticks on which to toast the bacon. It is to be hoped that the well-known phrase, "bringing home the bacon," will not have to be used on this occasion. "A collision between a street car and a 'booze"-wagon resulted in the loss of about 10 cases of locally made 'suds,' some Old Wagon whisky, a few bottles of soft drinks, a demolished wagon and a cut driver. Traffic was delayed about fifteen minutes, and the crowd that gathered bravely and gen erously assisted In removing the de bris."—Lancaster Dally Intelligencer. either had left the country before its arrival or could not be located. A considerable sum is yet to be ac counted for by the different foreign offices through which it passed, but further reports are coming in dally so it is expected that each transaction soon will be closed up. Dcp't of State Distributes Coin This money was distributed under the direction of the Department, of State, chiefly through the American Ambassador in London and the differ ent consular offices in the various cities of Europe. With each deposit made was given a minutely detailed descriptionl of the person for whom it was intended, that identification might be easy. For instance, Matilda Stout, a buyer, sent by a Chicago firm to \ ienna to purchase a certain kind of feather millinery, was described by her employers as "a tall attractive blonde, speaking with a slight lisp." Another Matilda Stout was found to be a short brunette who also pos sessed the lisp. The two Matildas did not get mixed up in the transfer of funds as did many other individuals having the same name. A young music student from New York State was paid 4,000 German marks In Berlin while an other man of the same name was paid SSO in London Instead of the SI,OOO he was expecting. When the music student reached home, he wrote to the United States Treasurer telling him that he had received an equivalent In German money of ten times the mod est sum his parents had been able to send him. When the mistake was ex plained he promptly refunded the 4,000 marks which had been kept in tact. Another man, who received from the American Ambassador, in Lon [Continued on Page 3.] The Searchlight j SUBSTITUTES FOR HORSES The European war has so crippled the agricultural resources of the dif ferent countries by taking away the horses used for farm work that each government is considering means of supplying the lack. A number of dif ferent species of animals have been Imported from Africa and India to be domesticated and utilized as draught animals. One of these is the buffalo of Kath awv. The male animals of this fam ily are said to be readily trained and of remarkable strength. The female yields a milk superior in richness and flavor to that of most of the cattle now in use. The English government has already Imported a large number of these animals for its experiment farms and also several of the short oxen from Mysore. The French are experimenting with the Zebu or humped ox which Is util ized by the African and Indian natives as a beast of burden and is said to pos sess almost double the strength of the domestic ox now used by the French peasant. IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEAJS [ AGO TO-DAY | [From Telegraph, Sept. 10, 1865] Depalrlng Sewer About one hundred men are at work repairing the sewer in Second street between Walnut and Market streets. Man Stabbed at Picnic John Stouffer, while at a Sunday school picnic yesterday was stabbed by John Marsh, an outlaw, who at tempted to break up the party of pic nickers who were having an outing at Beaver Creek. Firemen to Meet A special meeting of the Friendship Fire Company has been called for to night by the president. ANOTHER BUMPER CROP YEAR [From the New York Sun.] Agriculture continues to contribute handsomely to the aggregate of forces and factors which are making for the Increased strengthening of business confidence. In this country the crops are still the most Important element In the creation of our prosperity, and the Government crop report published yesterday, giving conditions as of Sep tember 1. Is one of the most satisfac tory and Inspiring returns that have ever been made at this season. Bmrittg (Etjat A card put out very frankly as an advertisement by the United Ice and Ccal Company not only gives some very interesting Information about on® of the great Industries of Pennsylva nia but calls attention to the part which Harrisburg played In its de velopment. The card does not con tain more than a couple of hundreds of words, but brings to mind the days when Harrisburg was one of the great "ports" for shipment of hard coal' and when barges loaded to the gun wales with the black diamonds from up the river passed through the city by day and by night. A good many are living who can recall the days when the railroads began to take from the canal Its business as a coal carrier and the advent of the steel "battle ship" car with 100,000 pounds capacity is recent. This card notes the ex tremely interesting fact that the first shipment of anthracite coal by way of Harrisburg was made in 1776, the year of Independence. At that time, says the card, coal was taken U> Carlisle for the use of the garrison of the patriot army. The coal was brought down the river in boats, long known as "arks," and hauled up the road now used for communication with Carlisle in teams. Thu cost of bringing the coal to Harrisburg is given as $5 a ton. so that the early prices for the "black stone" coal of $lO to sl4 are easily understood even in these days when coal shows signs of going up every now and then. Attention is called to the fact that there are now over 300 anthracite mines in the Key stone State and that many of the mines have an individuality In thtelr product. One hundred years ago there were, so few coal mines In the hard coal fields that the coal all seemed the same and the chemists did not begin to segregate the various brands until long after. All this information is on one little card, the kind that goes in an envelope, and it also calls atten tion to the part that Harrisburg has played, is playing and can play In the anthracite traffic. * * • Kirk Galbralth, son of Mrs. W. W. Galbraith. of this city, is the youngest of the contributors to the State Mu seum. He has added to the museum a stove plate cast at Carlisle furnace about .the time of the War for Inde pendence, which is not only decidedly old, but in a fine state of preserva tion. The young man discovered the plate while digging In an orchard at his rr\other's farm in Cumberland county. Tie was excavating some en trenchments or other works when he came 'across the old plate. It was hard work to get It. out and harder work to get it. into good, presentable shape. The plate bears the name of the Carlisle furnace with a trademark in use. about the time of the Revo lution. This furnace was located at Boiling Springs and was engaged in making cannon and shot for Washing ton's army. That to-morrow Is registration day is very apparent from the activity of men • prominent in political affairs. They are doing some buttonholing that is wdrth watching. The registration has become more and more an index and men who were Inclined to scoff at it as a'reform measure that would not work out have found some compen sation rfor the annoyances it brings by looking at it as a barometer. Ordi narily;. in years gone by. men had to get but and hustle before the pri- , marles and before the general Now fhey have to get busy, and real busy,; In a third period, which is the registration. ... . * . Alderman C. E. Murray, of the Third wardwias the greatest candidates' gal lery irf Harrisburg. The alderman has large and commodious windows in Court street and if there is a candidate who ; has a placard whose partisans haveinot. placed a card in the row he must be a rare one. The alderman is not only furnishing information as to who i are candidates, but displaying nonpartisanship of a high order. t.* • * J. |M. Coughlin, superintendent of the schools of Wilkes-Barre, who was reappdinted a member of the State Boards of Education yesterday, is well known to many residents of this city, as he. has been prominent in edu cational meetings here and also served as a member of the school code com mission. John T. Lenahan, the Wilkes-Barr® lawyfer, who was here on business con nected with the Public Service Com mission. served a term in Congress. He was elected after a hot fight, but did not like being in Washington, and said so. He did not run again, al though a power in politics in his county, WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 » - —Murdoch Kendrick, prominent Phil&delphian, has returned from California. — A - . LI. Pearse Is head of a com pany which will establish a big dy® plant in Pittsburgh. —Mayor George Lysle, of McKees* port, favors taxing jitneys In cities. —Walter Long, the retiring presi. dent of the State electrical men, is a Philadelphian. —A. H. Swope, of Johnstown, ad dressing State millers, said that taxa» tion was what was affecting most in dustries nowadays. —Rabbi R. I. Coffee, one of tba prominent Hebrews of Western Penn sylvania. will take up a new line ot work in another state. , DO YOU KNOW 1 That our city filtration plant has been the model for a score of plants throughout the country? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Hart-isburg established Its flrstl church hack in 1787. » i Housecleaning! Help! Help! A Housecleaning in the way mother used to do it was stren uous work. Chaos reigned and elbow grease was the chief lubricant. To-day science has lessened her labors. There are cleaners, sweepers, scrubbers. mops, and a thousand and one devices for saving time and toll. The first step towards correct housecleaning is the choice of the right materials to work with and in finding thewe the advice of the advertising columns of the Tele graph may be of assistance. SECOND FLY CONTEST of the Civic Club for 1915. August Ist to September 3Sth. five cents a pint for all flies, and many prlaea In sold.
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