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FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22
And in like tnantier the Spirit also
hr'peth our infirmity: for we know not
how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit
itself tiiaheth intercession for us with
proanings which cannot be uttered.—
Rom. B:*6.
BANKRUPT RAILROADS
THE latest entry into the list of
bankrupt American railroads is
the Missouri. Kansas and Texas,
■with 3.865 miles of track: and among
the superlatives to the credit of a
Democratic Administration we may
now add the fact that the United
States to-day has more miles of rail
road in the receiver's hands than ever
before in the history of the country.
On the first day of October there
■were eighty-two railways, operating
41,988 miles of line, under receiver
ship. These roads present a total
capitalization of ?2,264,000.000. These
figures represent more than one-sixth
of the railway mileage in the United
Htates and exceed the total railway
mileage of any other country in the
world, except European and Asiatic
Russia combined.
The outstanding securities of these
railroads represent substantially fifteen
per cent, of the total capitalization of
the railways of the United States,
whicn is a record of insolvency un
paralled in fiscal history anywhere.
The nearest approach to it previous
ly recorded was in 1894—another year
of Democratic Administration —when,
according to the Interstate Commerce
Commission's report. 192 roads, oper
ating 40.818 miles of line and with a
capitalization of about $2,500,000,000,
or about 25 per cent, of the total
capitalization at that time, were being
operated under the direction of the
courts. It will be noted that with a
greater mileage the capitalization of
the roads now in receiverships Is less
than that of the roads bankrupt in
1894.
It is interesting: to note that almost
one-half of the railroad mileage now
insolvent became so since January 1,
1915, there being -0,940 miles of road
to go into a receiver's hands in that
period.
Railroads, as has been so often
pointed out, reflect the general busi
ness conditions of the country. When
times are good the people travel; they
buy, sell and ship goods: and the rail
road revenues are swelled accordingly.
When times are bad, people econom
ize; they stay quietly at home; they
buy little and there is no large
quantity of freight. For two years
the railroads of the country have
withstood the impairment of their
business which began when Wilson
entered the White House. When re
sistance was no longer possible they
sought refuge—as in 1894—in a re
ceiver's hands, there to remain until
rescued, as the country will be also,
by a restoration of the Republican
party to power.
Details of the State Constabulary
have been assigned to the Liower Sus
quehanna Valley to smash the gangs
of fish pira'.es which have been operat
ing in this section. These keen-eyed
horsemen will do more in a few days
to break up the illegal practices of the
poachers and violators of the game
laws than the ordinary guardians of
the law In years.
PENNSYLVANIA ROADS
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGHS
"Seeing Pennsylvania First" tour
did not come too soon to arouse
the necessary public interest in the
importance of better highways for this
State. The New York Times of recent
date comments upbn the road con
ditions in the eastern part of Penn
sylvania in a way that is characteristic
of the observations of most of the
tourists who come into Pennsylvania.
The tendency of all these motorists
from other States is to exaggerate the
conditions in Pennsylvania and we
are now reaping what we have sown
In the several political campaigns -in
which road-making methods and the
highways generally were the subjects
of political controversy.
It was bad enough that we should
have so great an extent of unimproved
road mileage, but it in infinitely worse
' FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 22, 1915.
to have tlie Commonwealth misrepre
sented by those from the outside.
For a whole week the Governor's
party traveled in comparative com
fort over a thousand miles of first
class highways, much of this distance
having been covered on the most
scientific roads now known to road
builders. It is, therefore, most un
fortunate that such an impression as
must be conveyed by the article in
question Is permitted to damage the
interests of the State and keep out
side our boundaries the thousands who
would otherwise be glad to enter this
Imperial Commonwealth and enjoy its
unsurpassed scenery.
There ought to be found some way
by which tourists ail over the coun
try might be advised of the fine high
ways which have already been pro
vided for Pennsylvania and the plans
for a still more complete system of
roads traversing the State in every
direction.
Governor Brumbaugh and Highway
Commissioner Cunningham are very
wide awake to the conditions and are
pledged to a vigorous policy of road
building. They must have the sup
port of the people and every motor
club and all commercial and other
organizations should co-oporate with
them not only in furthering the propa
ganda of better highways, but in j
properly marking the routes so that ,
tourists may have no difficulty in find-1
ing for themselves the hundreds of
miles of fine roads already con
structed.
Thanks. Dr. Surface, for the assur
ance that there will be enough apples
to go around this Fall. After reading
the dolorous predictions from the fruit
belt of Pennsylvania this autumn there
was beginning to spread t n awful fear
that the apple crop had bien a failure.
Pennsylvania is becoming the prize ap
ple growing section of the United
States and it would be most unfortu
nate should anything occur to inter
fere with the happiness that has fol
lowed the increased production of the
winesaps and the other tine varieties
that reach their best development in
Pennsylvania.
CAFBTAL DRIVEN ABROAD
THE Continental Products Com
pany. an American concern, has
completed a large meat plant at
Osasco, Brazil. This company began
the erection of the plant In 1913. the
year the Underwood tariff law went
Into effect. It is built on the unit
system, and can at any time be ex
tended without interfering with oper
ations. The products will be ex
ported largely to the United States.
Several shipments of frozen meat have
already been made.
This is one more plant which finds
it advantageous, under the Democratic
free trade provision on meat, to go j
abroad to operate, pay foreign labor j
low wages, and send their products to i
this country to compete with the!
domestic supply, and the Government;
gets no revenue and the consumer no
reduction in price.
THAT EIRE i.OAN
BE he ever so optimistic, be he
ever so full of faith in the
prowess of the firemen, be he
ever so sleepy, that citizen is rare in
deed Who does not thrill with momen
tary apprehension when his slumbers
are rudely shattered in the still hours
of the night by the sinister clamor of
the fire alarm.
At his desk, in the store, by the
lathe, on the street, the busiest busi
ness man in town will pause for a mo
ment to inquire as to the location of
the blaze, or to count the strokes of the
courthouse bell as it pounds out the
number of the box.
But, unless his own house or place
of business or that of his friends, per
haps, be in danger, the chances are
that the average citizen will dismiss
the matter from his mind with a more
or less casual, "Oh, well, the fire de
partment will take care of it." Natur
ally that feeling of confidence is meas
ured by the citizen's knowledge and
appreciation of the city's fire fighting
equipment.
For .some years Mr. Harrisburger
has been able to work and rest, serene
in the belief of the municipality's abil
ity to meet any emergency. However,
the growth of the city and the paving
of the streets has driven home with
more than ordinary force the import
ance of modern equipment for the fire
department. For more than a year
Harrisburg has been experimenting in
a way with motordrawn apparatus;
the results have more than fulfilled ex
pectations from the standpoint of both
efficiency and economy. And on No
vember 2 the electors of Harrisburg
will have an opportunity at the polls
to express their opinion on the sub
ject when the question of increasing
the city's bonded indebtedness $60,000
for the purchase of more motor equip
ment is before the people.
It's for you to say, Messrs. Voter and
Taxpayer, whether you want to work
and sleep a little more comfortably
and securely when the alarm of fire
is sounded.
THAT SCHOOL BOARD TICKET
WITH reference to the school
directors to be elected in No
vember:
I Harrisburg is face to face with a
j new high school. The Rotary club is
| urging the passage of a loan for the
! erection of the necessary building.
I But there are many problems Involved
! aside from procuring the money. Much
1 depends upon the make-up of the
! school board. It is, therefore, im
! portant at this time to consider well
! the candidates for directors.
In this connection the Republican?
submit as nominees A. Carson Stamni,
Robert A. Enders and Dr. C. E. L.
Keene.
All three are unpledged and Inde
pendent.
Look upon them in the light of high
school builders.
Mr. Stamm is a lawyer of acknowl
edged ability, wide experience and
possessed of a life-long knowledge of
local conditions. Also, he is an au
thority on bonds and has been long as
sociated with vast financial enter
prises in an advisory capacity.
Mr. Enders is a banker, and also
a student of local ue«da, having been
at one time at the head of the Weat
End Improvement association. He
would bring to the board valuable
knowledge and experience in these
lines.
Dr. Keene is a physician and the
services of a physician would be in
valuable In the erection of a new high
school building, for the science of
sanitation is now one of the most im
portant in school construction.
These are the men the Republicans
present as candidates. Need you look
further in making your selections?
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—Why is it that when you are in a
hurry everything requires twice the
usual time?
—Whenever a man begins to figure
how much money he is going to save in
otl.er directions by owning an automo
bile it is time for the dealer to go
around and see him.
—We have many "after-the-war"
prophets who know just what will
happen after peace is declared, but
none who know when the peace period
is to begin.
—Says an explanatory note in a
western nowspaper: "Tisrnvrh is pro
nounced as though spelled Tsurnivruh."
Thanks, awfully, but we prefer to
write it.
—The i'ittsburgh Sun is authority
for i.ie statement that ton Klk county
women have taken out hunters' li
censes. Game or husbands?
—We'd feel more like celebrating if
Edison had invented a smokeless
cigaret or a real remedy for an onion
breath.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
The La Follette law ought to be en
titled "An act to deliver Pacific Ocean
commerce over to Japan."—Philadel
phia Record.
The managers of the women's cam
paign for votes in New Jersey con
fidents predicted victory, and now ac
cuse their opponents of fraud. Plainly,
they have mastered the methods of
their brothers. —New York Sun.
To-day all North und South Amer
ica, except Mexico, recognizes Mr. Car
ranza as president of Mexico. But Mr.
Carranza had better watch his step,
or to-morrow it may be difficult for
his friends to recognize him.—Kansas
City Star.
Pennsylvania's registration of auto
mobiles increased one-third during the
past year and now includes 16U.000
machines. What a string that would
make In an end to-end parade.—Erie
Herald.
The Czar is still monarch of all he
surveys—but his survey doesn't extend
as far as it used to.—Wichita Beacon.
Bulgaria's envoy to London is Mr.
Mischeff. Wo have several envoys of
that kind in Washington.—Columbia
Slate.
Tiie Literary Digest assures us that
even the most ardent dipsomaniac is
unable to write a flowing hand.—
Washington Times.
SOl'.\D OF IU't.L,KTS
(From the November Outing.]
Despite the fact tliat we have vowed
a vow to have no more discussion of
the sound of bullets at the present we
cannot forbear quoting from another
letter. This time our correspondent
speaks from actual experience. He is
at present recovering from a wound in
an Knglisn hospital. He says: "1 was
much interested in article 'More Sound
of Bullets' and would like to record
m.v conviction that they certainly do
whine, hiss, howl. hum. whisper. I
have been fighting as a private In
Flanders for five months and have had
heaps of experience in their various
sounds before finally stopping one
with my right arm. The German
sniper is most industrious and gave
me quite a schooling in the bullet's
harmless buzz. Of course, it is quite
out of the question to notice the sounds
during the heat of a fierce engage
ment. but its tone at say eighty yards,
which distance is fairly common in
Flanders, the bullet now has a distinct
whine or a high buzz. Sometimes I
have heard the bullets from a machine
gun go buzzing overhead very like some
angry bees. But sometimes one of the
bullets will strike the top of the trench
and then the buzz vanishes and a
deep, angry hum is heard. Tis is the
.303 Mauser bullet's tune from eighty
yards up to say 200. when it takes on
the sound or hiss of a moderately
high-pitched buzz. This stage goes oh
from 200 till say 800. Then its tone
alters to a hum or swish and it is quite
possible to hear the bullet coming.
This was approximately the range at
which 1 was hit. It was the same in
dustrious fellow potting away and I
distinctly heard the rifle's solitarv
crack. heard the bullet swishing
through the air, and then felt the sting
on mv forearm. It was a most power
ful sting though, very like a horse kick
in fact. This swishing stage continues
up to about a thousand yards and then
it alters to a gentle whiz or hum. This
continues up till the mile is reached
and then the whisper comes in It is
really just a quiet whiz, but quite
clear. This continues up till the mile
and a half which is the longest I have
ever heard. In conclusion I might sav
the bullet's sound is not at al! unlike
the bee's. Firstly after being tired we
have the angry bee. Then we have the
bee's peaceful buzz. Then in the last
1 stage we have the bee busilv extract
j ing honey, quietly humming."
HIJSTIXC
[From the Ohio State Journal.]
Pennsylvania is a great State for the
hunters. According to the secretary
!of the Game Commission, there are
over 300,000 hunters' licenses Issued
this year. The general hunting season
opened last Friday. The game ani
mals and birds are reported plenty,
AVild turkeys, which have been pro
tected for two years, are now subject
to slaughter. Deer are killed from De
cember 1 to 15, while elk are protected
till 1921. November is the open season
for rabbits, but this game Is already
on the market In Ohio.
Last year. In Pennsylvania, hunters
killed 2,736.556 pieces of legal game. In
weight this represented 5.259,301
pounds, or more than 2,629 tons. At
eighteen cents per pound, the value
, fixed by the secretary of the eommis
| sion, the value of the game killed is
i put at $946,674.18, but we suppose the
; fun the hunters had may be put at
| twice this. In fact, it might be re
garded a kind of sacrilege to estimate
j a bag of game in dollars and cents.
■ NEITHER BULLYING NOR ni'IJ.IED
[From the Kansas City Star.]
i A United States made serenely atnia-
I ble by consciousness of strength would
jbe the most powerful influence for
j world peace that could be developed.
I This nation has no ambition of con-
I quest. Its ideals are humanitarian. Its
! genius, or spirit, is democratic and
antimliitarist.
No other nation could endow itself
with power so safely to itself and to
other nations. No other nation could
more unsafely to itself and to its Ideals
in other nations fail to endow Itself
with power.
Power there will be In this world. It
is a question only whether the pre
ponderance of It shall be with those
most likely to use it well or those most
likely to use It 111.
The character of the nation behind
the gun is everything. If the gun is In
bad hands it is a murderous weapon. If
the gun is in good hands it Is either a
saving shield or It may be a weapon of
righteousness.
It is inconceivable that the United
States should ever be a bullying nation.
It should be made Inconceivable that it
should ever be a bullied nation. If
either thing should he conceivable, and
should come to be, something more
than a smile would go out of the world.
Civilization would lose ila hope in
democracy.
T>o utic* u
TlKKQifleClKtfl
By the Ex-Committeeman
As a result of the decisions of the
Dauphin County Court In the Judicial
nomination cases and of the Luzerne
County Court in the third class city
nomination controversy it is likely that
revision of the election laws from top
to bottom will be made a part of the
platform of candidates for the next
General Assembly. The whole non
partisan system appears to be tilled
with uncertainties, and, like a good bit
of the other legislation which was
uppermost In the political discussion
in 1912, has been found to be hard to
enforce.
Attorney General Brown's statement
yesterday tn which he made an ex
planation of how he tried to make the
law workable and not to void it has
opened the eyes of a good many people
to the cumbersome methods under
which the State's electorate is work
ing.
In the Luzerne decision there are
some things of interest to this city.
Kosek. of Wilkes-Barre. was the only
third class city mayor who had the
nerve to start a suit to see whether he
had a right to run to succeed himself.
He won out. and as a candidate for
renomination received more than 50
per cent., and his will be the only
name lo appear on the Wilkes-Barre
official ballot November 2. President
Judge Fuller and Judge Strauss hold
that the majority of ballots cast means
a number greater than 50 per cent, of
the partisan ballots cast in the city
for county, offices, as well as a nutn
bei greater than 50 per cent, of the
nonpartisan ballots cast. Judges
O'Boyle and Woodward hold that only
more than 50 per cent, of the non
partisan ballot Is necessary, disregard
ing the partisan count, while Judge
Garman. in a dissenting opinion, holds
that the candidate must receive more
than 50 per cent, of the combined par
tisan and nonpartisan ballots cost in
the cltv at the primary.
—Predicting that Thomas P. Smith.
Republican mayoraltycandidate. would
bp elected by a majority of more than
100,000, Senator Boies Penrose last
right addressed two of the largest po
litical meetings during the canvass in
Philadelphia. It was the .first appear
ance of Pennsylvania's senior senator
in the present campaign and it was
the signal for an outburst of the wild
est and most enthusiastic demon
strations that have greeted Mr. Smith
and the other members of the ticket.
David B. Johns, If the Supremo
Court, which took up his appeals yes
terday. deeides against him and in
favor of William B. Kirker as the Re
publican nominee for protlionotarv in
Allegheny county, will not be an inde
pendent candidate at the election two
weeks hence. Air. Johns said to-day:
"1 firmly believe 1 am the nominee by
about 1,500 votes, but if the courts de
cide against me I will ask my friends
to and will myself support and vote
for the whole regular Republican
ticket November I. I never intended
to run independently, nor did my
friends, all good Republicans. The
nomination paptrs we took out under
the Fair Play party were what might
be called a 'safety first' move, to pro
tect my candidacy if there was no de
> ision in the prothonotary contest in
t'me to get the nominee on the bal
lots My opponent pursued a similar
course. 1 recognize that it is too late
now, if the courts should decide
against me. to withdraw my name
from the ballots, on which I shall ap
pear as the candidate of the Fair Play
party for prothonotary, but T shall ask
my friends to do what I intend to do
no matter who is the nominee, to vote
the regular Republican ticket."
Our Daily Laugh
jf 1 ONE ON PUP.
\ Mr. Pup: It
• ( ( 0- < must be great to
L ' "VvV* , have Ivory tusks
like you.
Mr - Elephant:
i Oh,you can'tcom
' i fflP plain, your head
to & Iff ls " s °Md ivory."
SEASONABLE
ROMANCE.
She met at the __
Summer Ca- <■"*'*
Hlno rv, TfP
A count who \ nfl
played r o u- Am
lette and igl
keno; >*J fl|u yfl
They kissed and yl
embraced,
Then married in JL.fJ ■
haste, K
And now she's re- | Mil
pen 1 1 n g in **—
Reno
AS THE TWIG
li IS BENT.
yM-'gj-i ) h at became
the boy who
ff-X II was kept in at
■ school?"
1 "Grew up to b«
•S"" Jill J the man who was
VALITE OF THE u
HYHEN.
Mrs. A: Mrs. \^i/.
Brown is having Y I)fej
! trouble with her
| two stepsons.
Mrs. B: An4Mr».®t(.
Jones ls having iAi5-ffj|V\\V~rT |
j trouble with her (
! two-step sons. v -
TALENTED
" IN THAT.
A Si, fL What k,nd of
/ x Vr.'ji Action does De
' li ) ;l|jM Fake write?
i \ Mainly promis
/■4 sorjr n °tes and
I i>j |AM i. o. u'«.
HARD CASH.
i Wayne: I un- '•
, derstand he roar- bK &
ried a cool mil-
Payne: Yes, but
he's complaining ~j|
now because he I • Umfi »
hasn't been able B
to thaw any of Ng
out. •"'I'M
IJONG KNOWN
"Father," said the minister's son,
"my teacher says that 'collect* and
'congregate' mean the same thing. Do
they?"
"Perhaps they do, my son," said the
venerable clergyman: "but you may
tell your teacher that there is a va.it
difference between a congregation ani
a collection." —Christian Register.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
GOSH! WHAT A NOISE
:, Igp >• ■
*S>S i y _
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—From the Erie Dispatch.
THE PANAMA CANAL AT WORK
Xl.—Cities of the Isthmus
By Frederic J. Haskin
COLON is grotesque in Its ugliness.
Ancon is a tropical spotless
town, pretty and fresh as a wa
ter color sketch. Panama is an an
cient Spanish city of soft colors and in
dolent ways, where the ships of the
world have set down samples of a
dozen races. All the cities of the Isth
mus are exotics, such as could not exist
anywhere else in the world.
Colon is at the Atlantic entrance to
the canal and Is the principal port of
the Isthmus. Once It was a fever-in
fested swamp, where a few natives
led a precarious existence. The pres
ent city stands upon land made by the
canal builders. It has been made
healthful hut not beauti
ful. The greater part of the
town is a jumble of two-story frame
houses, painted a dingy blue, where
live innumerable swarming families of
Panamanians, Jamaicans, Spaniards,
Italians and Chinamen, whose progeny
wander naked about the narrow
streets and dispute with dogs and par
rots and monkeys for stray bits of
food.
Such is the native part of Colon.
At one end of it, across the zone line,
are the splendid government termin
als, reaching out like brown and braw
ny arms to the ships In Limon Bay.
Back of them are neat little buff and
red offices, representing all the princi
pal steamship companies that ply
regularly through the canal, Here,
too, are the screened-in houses of the
canal employes, perched upon posts in
financial isolation, each in the middle
of a tiny lawn, with a couple of cocoa
nut palms nodding above.
Colon is undergoing a purification
by fire. The last one occurred only a
few months ago. It swept away doz
ens of blocks of the flimsy frame struc
tures, leaving hundreds of natives
homeless. American army tents have
been set up in long rows to accommo
date them, and there the refugees live
in perfect contentment, occasionally
even experimenting with the shower
baths which Uncle Sara has thrown in
for good measure.
Fireproof Houses
It is provided by law that no house
can be replaced except by a fireproof
structure. There have been seven
great fires in Colon in five years. It is
The State From Day to Dayj
October brides are numerous this
year, and unless June looks to her
laurels the tenth month of the year
will gain the ascendency and will be
known as the month of brides rather
than the sixth.
The Butler Citizen naively states
that skunks are offensive to delicate
nostrils, but are not unhealthful. In a
discussion about these well-known ani
mels. Query: Why confine the often
siveness to delicate nostrils?
"Pastor for life" is the new honor
that has come to the Rev. Dr. A. H.
Spangler, of the Yeagertown-Reeds
vllle-Lilleyvllle circuit.
The president of State College, Dr.
E. E. Sparks, beli'eves in enforcing
obedience in children by "licking it
into 'em" rather than by moral sua
sion. There is no doubt that proper
application of this method brings re
sults. but It should be used only after
other methods have failed.
"Made in America" is the top line
of a full-page advertisement appear
ing in the South Bethlehem Globe. An
American flag waves on either side of
the words. The Winter Garden, too
in its erstwhile production of "Maid In
America," is an evident believer in
and staunch supporter of the principle
of "protection.
The refusal of a grant of money
from Mary Samuels, of Allentown, to
her ex-pugillst lover was the occasion
for a display of the pugilistic skill of
the peeved individual and the rough
treatment which Mary received com
pletely upset her. She rests In the
hospital to-day.
• e •
The Pottsville Republican makes
editorial complaint that during the
past career of that city there has been
absolutely nothing accomplished ex
cept the Improvement of streets. Let
us hope. If this is true, that there
shall anon be a rejuvenation or an
awakening that will make it impossible
for a newspaper to have cause for
such comment about Its own town.
Lafayette Is settling back into its chair
now that the excitement attendant
upon the Installation of Dr. MacCracken
as its new president has died down
and the galaxy of distinguished vis
itors who were present have taken
their departure.
tee
Roger W. Babson. who addressed
the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
on Wednesday, spoke yesterday before
the Reading Chamber on the subject
"What the War Means to American
Business."
That the churches are giving un
wijiaLv. and Uxa.l more real and helpful
only a matter of time until all of the
present town of tinder and squalor
will be swept away and replaced with
neat, concrete structures.
At the other end of the canal are
Balboa, Ancon and Panama City. An
con, the choicest residence village of
the Canal Zone, perches on a hill over
looking- the bay, where the coolest
breezes blow. It has all been laid
out in one beautiful lawn without
fences or coping. Great mango trees
here spread their generous shade, and
stately royal palms wave over pretty
little buff cottages, set about with
hedges where the red hibiscus flares.
Roads as perfect as floors wind like
ribbons about Ancon Hill, and the neat
jitney bus with "U. S." painted on its
side saves the fortunate employe the
trouble of walking.
The new administration building at
Balboa splendidly typifies the perma
nent regime upon the Canal Zone. It
is perched on a hill that commands a
magnificent view of Panama Bay, and
of the tropical mountains. Prom its
back door there is a view still more en
trancing to the old canal employe.
Standing there, he can see the funnels
and stacks of the great steamers pass
ing through the canal.
The Administration Building Is the
central office of all canal business. It
is built of steel and hollow tile and.
concrete, in the Italian Renaissance
style. Its walls are of a buff color that
glows pleasantly in the soft tropical
light. Its tiled roof is bright red and
it is surrounded by smooth, sloping
lawns,. A combination of beauty, or
derliness and strength, it is a splendid
symbol of American triumph.
Panama City the Town
But to the visitor Panama City is the
most interesting of all. It is a town
of fifty thousand people crowded in
the space of an American village on a
knob of land that juts into Panama
Bay. The balconied houses of old
Spanish type are crowded close along
its streets, many of which are so nar
row that only one vehicle can pass.
There is not room for a tree or a shruh
along any street in Panama, but every
few blocks there is a public square,
where royal palms shade a bandstand,
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service ought to be given to the poor,
is the belief of a former Reading
minister who addressed the Asso
ciated Charities there last evening.
« • »
"Dress-Up Week" is being celebrated
in Erie and the Dispatch tells the
stcry of the boss (a true story and
vouched for) who came into his office
one morning this week, but was met
by his stenographer with the stern
command to "turn around, march out,
and get dressed up, because you are
wearing an old, ragged tie, and this is
Dress-Up Week," and the boss went.
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"Brother and sister to wed," a head
line in an exchange, gave us quite a
start to-day until we read further and
were relieved to find that endogamy
is not gaining a hold in that city, but
that each was marrying another out
side the family.
1 BOOKS AND MAOAZINES"
Not since Dickens' time have we had
any "American notes" so Important as
those which President Wilson recently
has been writing to the foreign nations
at war. For the sake of convenience
these notes have now been put into a
single volume under the title, "The Pro
tection of Neutral Rights at Sea," pub
lished by Sturgls & Walton Company,
and edited by Professor William Rob
ert Shepherd, of Columbia University.
As the book includes also the European
replies to our communications, received
since the outbreak of the war, it forms
a complete inside history of what the
Sti >e Department lately has been go
ing through.
While it does not ocupy much space
on the shelf, this volume of official cor
respondence nevertheless marks a chap
ter added to International Law and tne
book of Human Progress. It is a page
of history Americans can be proud of.
How Julia Marlowe began the suc
cessful career which she has Just
brought to a close. Is interestingly told
in Forrest Izard's "Heroines of the
Modern Stage," to be published shortly
by Sturgis & Walton Company. The
actress' first engagement seems to have
come to her when she was known
simply as Fanny Frost, a schoolgirl
still in short dresses:—
"One day, when Fanny was 13, she
came running home to her mother,
much excited. She had, she said, a
chance 'to be an actress and make
some money.' Colonel Robert E. T.
Miles, a sucessful manager of the early
eighties, was organizing one of the
numberless juvenile companies that
played Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Pinafore'
throughout the country. 'He wanted
Fanny,' said her mother, 'because she
was pretty, to play one of the small
parts. Well, I did not think much of
the stage, and was strongly opposed to
having Fanny undertake anything of
the kind, hut she persisted, and finally
so annoyed me that I partially gavo
my consent. That was the beginning
of it."
AS IT IS DONE
"Well, I made $2,000 this month,
J enough to pay all my debts."
\ "What kind of a car are you going
[to buy with It?" —Harper's.
Etenutg Qlhal
Probably more late Fall building
operations are under way In Harrle
burg this year than known In the last
decade. Indeed, the activity In build
ing Just now reminds one of what was
doing buck In 19UI and 1902. In prac
tically every outlying district of the
city contractors are at work on con
struction and one of the
features is that so many cellars are
.lust being dug. In one portion of the
East End district alone something like
fifteen cellars have been started in tho
last week and in the Tenth ward
probably twenty houses are just being:
started. The contractors plan to fret,
as far advanced as the weather will
permit by the time the snow com
mences to fly and to push things will
be their aim. The activity in building
is causing a scarcity of labor, as the
demands front mills and factories In
the city and vicinity and from the rail
roads as well as the hurry-up call*
coming from farmers are causing a
shortage of good, strong hands. Men
fcmiliar with building operations are
sure of work clear up to the time
when the Thanksgiving turkey is to be
bought. The supply stores are com
mencing to feel the way they did back
j busy times'! of the last decade
and very lucky is the contractor or
builder who got his estimates based on
low prices.
• • •
The sudden change In the weather
from warm summer to bracing au
tumn in twenty-four hours has brought
the leaves from the trees at a whole
sale rate and cider thoughts inevitably
intrude themselves. After school the
vacant building lots are welcoming the
athletically inclined youth of the city
and mighty few of them can resist the
iw i t el , n P' a " on to kick goals, have
a little scrimmage, or at least get Into
a game of "foot and a half." Or, If he
must postpone this pleasurable sport
for a season, perhaps he takes pleasure
in raking up the yard and piling up
the leaves in huge mountains and then
turning somersaults onto the soft bed.
And when it has become pitch dark,
and the football in no longer anything
but a dim shadow somewhere in the
air. and the lights in the houses shed
a warm welcome out into the streets,
the outdoors must yield to a hot sup
per and early to bed if the beauty of
the next day is to be fully appreciated,
uod does not make the days any better
than those which we are enjovinK
right now.
• • •
This is bulb planting lime in raanv
gardens about the city and the prizes
offered by the Telegraph and given
through the Civic Club have stimulated
a number of people, who have an
nounced that whether there be prizes
or not next year they are going to
make a showing in the way of earh
gardens. Bulbs, in spite of the war,
are cheap, there being no interruption
of the shipments to Holland and some
choice varieties being offered by the
New \ork and Philadelphia importers
to the Harrisbuix firms.
* * •
Miss Alice R. Eaton, librarian of
the Harrisburg Public Eihrarv, has
arranged an unusually attractive and
timely table of books at the library.
It is the custom at the library to make
collections of books on each special
occasion, suggesting courses of read
ing and offering ready access to refer
ence works. During the municipal
celebration many books dealing with
civic affairs were, grouped and busi
ness books were put to the front for
the Rotarians. Now collections <*
books of Hallowe'en stories have been
made and also a table containing
books and articles on the Susque
hanna. Ihe "war table" is as popular
as ever.
» • •
Here is an idea from Pittsburgh It
is taken from the Pittsburgh Gazette-
Times: The "Honor tho Flag" move
ment is to be launched in the 132 pub
lic schools of the city within a few
days. C. Foster Young, retired regi
mental sergeant of the Ninth United
States Infantry, father of the project,
announced yesterday. Mr. Young wlli
establish guards of honor at each
school to raise and lower the American
flag at the opening and closing of
school sessions each day. The guard
will be changed weekly.
| VEIL KNOWN PEOPLE [
—Hugh Jennings is making speeches
in the Scranton political campaign.
—The new president of
Dr. J. H. MacCracken, Is the son of
a college president and a brother of
one.
—-Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of
the State Game Commission, spoke at
the meeting of the State Federation of
Women at Wilkes-Barre.
—Controller E. S. Morrow, of Pitts
burgh, thinks council should provide
him with an automobile.
—Congressman R. F Hopwood has
been elected president of the Union -
town Hospital Association.
—Arthur B. Graham, of Philadel
phia, is spending some time in the
Berkshires.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Ifnrrisburg has few acci
dents considering the number of
industries?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first Catholic church was built
here in 1826.
IN HARRBBURO PIPTY YEARS [
AGO TO-DAY J
[From the Telegraph, Oct. 22, 1865.]
Keccption for Colored Soldiers
Plans are being made by colored
residents of this city, members of the
Garnet League, to tender a reception
to colored soldiers upon their return
to this city. The reception will be
given November 14.
Templars to Meet To-morrow
Washington I.odge, No. 1, will meet
to-morrow night to transact Important
business.
lOßth Regiment to Be Discharged
The One Hundred and Ninety-fifth
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers,
will be mustered out in a few days.
Only five Pennsylvania regiments are '
now in service.
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A Talk to Local
Merchants
Mr. Retailer, you and this
newspaper have a common Inter
est in seeing each other grow.
We ars dependent on each oth
er. We can help each other or
hold each other back.
When a manufacturer adver
tises his product In this news
paper he is investing his mpnsy
in this city.
That benefits you.
But that advertisement Is also
interesting people In goods you
carry on your shelf.
Tou should work with the
newspaper by showing those
goods In your window at the time
they are being advertised.
| It would benefit you and widen
i the Influence of this newspaper.