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FRIDAY KVEXIXG, OCTOBER 29.
The people that walled in darkness
have seen a great light: they that
dwelt in the land of the shadow of
death, upon them hath the light
shined. —Is. 9: 2.
HALLOWE'EN
IF, perchance, as you sit quietly
perusing the columns of tli3 Tele
graph this evening, smoking your
after-dinner cigar and luxuriating in
the comforts of your easy chair, there
should come an unearthly rattle on
tho window, or a bang on the front
step like (he explosion of a baby bomb,
or the electric bell starts ringing as
though it never intended to stop, don't
leap from your seat with a nerve
jangling yell and begin to "cuss" the
"disreputable young scamps who have
no regard for other folks' feelings."
Sit quiet for a moment and let your
thoughts wander back over tl»e years.
It will be less jarring to the nervous
system and you may stir up a remi-
niscent grin or two.
Do you remember how you used to
sneak into Old Man Jones' cornfield
to_ "snitch" a few ripe cars for Hal
lowe'en ? Only the chances are you
called it "Hollow Eve." Do you recol
lect how you raided Mrs, Brown's cab
bage patch a night or two before in
order 1O have the "stumps" that stood
in such high favor then as implements
of torture for sensitive front doors?
Have you forgotten how you cut up
"Pop's" garden hose for the manu
facture of the same kind of tools,
and devised window tappers out of
nails and strings and "rattlers" out of
well nicked spools?
Wasn't it funny when Old Man
Smith ran repeatedly to his front door
when you pulled the end of the -rope
you had tied to the handle of his bell
from a safe distance across the street?
How you did laugh when you threw a
handful of corn against the Gordon-
Farthingtons' new plate glass door, at
the same" time smashing a pane of
giass on the marble step outside?
How the whole family did rush out
in alarm to inspect the damage, and
how sheepishly they did return? Also
you will recollect, no doubt, of the
time you induced little Willie Jones
to attack Mother Smith's front door
when you knew she was. waiting with
a dishpan full of water at the window
just above.
Ah, those were indeed the good old
days, when mysterious spirits induced
horses to walk up stairs to the top of
church steeples, when huge wagons
flew in most marvelous fashion to
' _stable tops and when doorsteps con<
tracted the unpleasant habit of wan
dering squares from home.
Human nature hasn't changed much
since those times. Neither have boys.
Jf you are going to get angry and
rave because prank-playing lads are
doing to you just what you found so
much pleasure in doing to others, then
it is you who have changed; not for
the better, either. And if you never
celebrated Hallowe'en in boisterous
boy manner, then you never were a
boy and you ought to be ashamed to
admit it.
Those who are paying less for their
water than they did before City Com
missioner Bowman reduced the rates
are not going to forget him next Tues
day.
ECONOMIC SENSE FROM SWEDEN
A FEW optimists in America still
remain of the opinion that the
close of the European war will
find the nations engaged in that
struggle so prostrated that it will take
years for them to recover sufficiently
to become serious competitors of
American manufacturers, either for
our huge domestic market or in
foreign trade. Secretary Redfleld was
once of this opinion, but he has re
cently changed his tune, and is now
calling loudly for assistance in meet
ing the anticipated dilemma. For the
bene.'lt of those who continue uncon
vinced, the following translation from
the Swedish press, made in the Amer
ican legation at Stockholm, is sub
mitted: "After the war is ended it !s
expected that domestic manufacturers
will have to compete very strongly
with goods here in Sweden, for the
FRIDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 29, 19T3.
countries now at war will try to And
outlets for their wares in the neutral
markets."
If Sweden, with its low wage scale,
thrifty and economical people, looks
with uneasiness at its industrial fu
ture, how much more should we be
alert to the future, possessing, as wo
do, the greatest market in the world.
And Sweden knows, because she is
near the seat of war.
FINE RECORD OF SERVICE
NO more convincing reasons for
the re-election of City Commis-
sioners Lynch, Taylor nnd Bow
man could have been presented to
the people of Harrisburg than the offi
cial review of the several ordinances
introduced by the five members of the
City Council since the inauguration of
the commission form of government.
Even a casual perusal of the five
parallel columns must have persuaded
the most doubting voter of the practi
cal and efficient character of the pub
lic service of the three Republican
members whose places are so eagerly
sought by an equal number of Demo
crats upon an alleged "nonpartisan
platform.
While Messrs. Lynch, Taylor and
Bowman were engaged in the difficult
work of shaping the constructive pro
grams of their three departments the
Democratic minority were principally
engaged in placing thorns in their
official paths and otherwise hectoring
and obstructing the policies which
were outlined for the progress of the
city. Of course, the apologists of the
minority persist In stating that the
three Republicans indulged in political
by-play and otherwise made it un
comfortable for the Innocent and
"nonpartisan" minority, but the
voters are not so gullible as the little
coterie of Democratic bosses seem to
imagine. They have taken tire meas
ure of trte Democratic machine and
they realize that a large majority of
the citizens have done the same thing.
Even conservative citizens who do
not usually take much interest in
political campaigns are having their
eyes opened to real conditions. These
are beginning to understand that
Commissioners Bowman, Lynch and
Taylor liave performed efficient and
satisfactory service; that they have
given their personal attention to th 6
working out. of the important projects
which have to do with the betterment
and the welfare of the community. It
is this class of what might be termed
the nonpolitical element of the com
munity which is going to turn the
tide of public sentiment in favor of
the Republican majority at this time.
There is no occasion for mudsllng
ing and abuse and misrepresentation.
Just a common sense study of what
the three Republicans have done in
the way of constructive legislation, in
addition to the personal direction and
supervision of their important depart
ments, will convince the average fair
minded citizen of the fact that the
Republican majority has striven con
sistently to do the things which a
progressive community commissioned
them to do.
It should be also clearly understood
that the Democratic bosses are aim
ing to accomplish one thing the
creation of a local machine for their
own selfish purposes. They will throw
dust in the eyes of the voters and en
deavor to have it appear that Com
missioners Lynch, Bowman and Tay
lor are not so efficient or so praotical
or so level headed as all familiar with
the conduct of their several depart
ments realize, but the dust-throwing
tactics have been somewhat overdone
in this city and the citizen who can
not see through the thin curtain of
false pretense is a rare individual.
Republicans have about as little
respect for the "nonpartisan" scheme
as the Democrats and those affiliated
with other! parties. They make little
effort to conceal their Impatience. In
fact, the nonpartisan feature of
present day elections is more a joke
than anything else. When an ambitious
individual seeks office and fails to re
ceive the endorsement of his own
party, he usually announces with a
great flourish of trumpets that he is
a nonpartisan. It sounds impressive
and now and then deceives a few peo
ple. But the lines in Harrisburg are
so clearly drawn in the campaign for
the City Council that Republicans, with
very few exceptions, will solidly sup
port those who are not ashamed of
their party and are willing to go up
or down with it.
It ought to be said, however, thfet
the Republican majority of the pres
ent council —Bowman, Lynch and Tay
lor—have made a record in the two
years of their service of substantial
achievement which ought to have
given them another term without
question. They have learned in the
two years of their service the duties of
their several departments, and it is
utterly absurd to suggest a change
simply for the benefit of the Demo
crats and their fusion allies.
Captain Joseph P. Thompson, the act
ing Chief of Police, has determined
to put a stop t<, the malicious breaking
of the large globes on the line of stand
ards along the "front steps" of Har
risburg. Four of these globes were J
broken on a single night in the district j
between "Hardscrabble" and Maclay i
street. It ought not take very long to !
discover the offenders and punish them 1
severely./
j If City Commissioner Lynch—every
i body calls him "Billy"—were not so
modest he could tell of the scores of :
prominent and Influential men in this I
city who are giving him their support
in this campaign because he has made
good.
j Uptown citizens, and there are a few I
' thousand of them, will approve City ■
i Commissioner Taylor's interest in the 1
| making of a One park strip from :
j "Hardscrabble" northward and for es- t
j tablishing a playground In the Tenth •
ward. ,
Every man, woman and child who .
participated in the great municipal M
celebration a month ago is proud of i
the fine display on that occasion and 1 1
especially pleased with the ornamental |
lighting along the River Front and in ,
the central district. These lights stand i
as monuments of the energy of the 1
Republican members of City Council. I
1 J
Wonder what the three Republican
Commissioners— Messrs. Bowman,
lor and Lynch—have done to deserve ]
the lambasting which they receive from ]
day to day by the Democratic bosses ]
and their organ? They have not been i
charged with any maladministration 1
and the average good citizen will nat- (
urally hesitate to reject thfese public !
servants simply that others may have
their places.
It is a square line-up in the alleged
nonpartisan fight for City Council be
tween the Republicans and the Demo
crats. Ex-Mayor Gross has chosen to
cast his lot with the Democratic com
bination, having In a speech this week
attacked the three Republican members
of the present Council and defended
the two Democrats.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
The hardest man In the world to
cross-examine, declares a great lawyer,
is the man who's been thrice married.
According to all reports the average
American-made dye is fast only when
It starts to run.
If you wipe your feet on the door
mat, it's dollars to doughnuts you're
married.
If you gaze on the noonday lunch of
most two hundred and twenty pound
ers, you'll know why the fat man's
fat.
A vote for the fire apparatus loan
may not be a vote for a lower Insur
ance rate, but it will be a vote for a
better protected town.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
, "T U , is i Just boaift that Philadelphia
is the best lighted city in the country,
but there are some things we haven't
yet turned the light on.—Philadelphia
Press.
—One thin? is certain—-those Austri
a.ns , can 't possibly burn the streets of
Venice.—York Dispatch.
—Sing Sing lias a new safe for its
convicts. Something to practice on
while they are waiting for larger fields
and pastures new, probably.—Phila
delphia Inquirer.
—-Babies have a right to cry, rules a
Gotharn judge. Well supposing they
haven't. Who's going to stop 'em?—
Allentown Chronicle and News.
SWITZERLAM) TRAINS ITS BOYS
[Kansas City Star.]
On August 1 of last year the call for
Swiss mobilization was issued. Two
days later the nation's army was
ready—an army of about three hun
dred thousand men. This efficiency
was due to the Swiss system of uni
versal military training, which is of
particular interest at this time in the
discussion of preparedness.
At the age of 8 every Swiss school
boy begins a course of physical train
ing in the school. This training is
under the supervision of the federal
war department. At the same time
the schoolboy is given instruction in
a cadet corps, in which he has rifle
practice.
From 16 to 20 every boy gets
weekly training under the direction of
army officers. When he is 20 years
old he .serves for sixty-seven days in
a school for recruits, and after that
serves a fortnight each year until he
is 28. For the next four years he
belongs to the first line, although he
need not report for service. From 32
to 42 he belongs to the second line.
Members of this line are inspected
annually and are called to the colors
for a week every other year. Rifle
contests are held to keep up the in
terest and efficiency of the men.
By means of this system Switzer
land has been able to present a for
midable enough front to insure the
respecting of her neutrality, without
resorting to the extreme military sys
tem of the great nations of Europe.
"SETTLING" MEXICAN PROBLEM
[Philadelphia North American.]
Recognition was denied to Victoriano
Huerta because he had obtained au
thority by force, and is granted to
Carranza for the same reason. Huerta
was repudiated, although he repre
sented the de facto government, and
Carranza is indorsed solely because he j
is in the same position. Defiance by
Huerta brought upon him armed at
tack, and defiance by Carranza earned
for him approval. Huerta was driven
into exile because tt was held that his
regime would produce disorder, and
Carranza is supported after having
participated in two years of anarchy.
This is called a "settlement" of the
Mexican problem. But nowhere, not
even in Washington, is there any
cause it has been made necessary by
strong confidence, that it is more than
another experiment, more justifiable
than those which preceded it only be
circumstances.
| Our Daily Laugh
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By the Ex-Committeeman
Pennsylvania's campaign, which will
close within the next four days, has
contained more of the picturesque
than any campaign known in an "off
year" in a decade. To begin with the
i purely State election for superior court
Judges brought some unusual features
and proved the workableness of some
portions of the nonpartisan judicial
nomination act with tbe result that
three men who received far more
votes than their opponents must go
through the whole process again.
Then, too there are about thirty stiff
judicial contests and the wisdom of
providing for such elections In years
when there is no State contest is be
coming apparent daily.
But the most interesting of all has
been the woman suffrage campaign,
waged by the suffragists with a vigor
and sincerity that has attracted na
tional attention and by the antisuffra
gists in an occasional manner which
seems to have been a bit enlivened as
the campaign nears the close.
Beyond ail doubt this will be a Re
publican year in Pennsylvania and in
every county the "back to the party"
.movement has resulted in the align
ment of voters in strength approxi
mating that of a dozen years ago. The I
lively contests for municipal and
county officers all show Republican
strength and that the party will be in
fine shape for 1916's big fight.
,tc T>l-» IU ,1 1 _ x_ i 1 - 41
As to the Philadelphia campaign the
most interesting of all In the State the
Philadelphia Inquirer of to-day says.'
"On the last lap of one of the most
spirited campaigns in the history of
Philadelphia, Thomas B. Smith, Re
publican nominee for Mayor, and his
colleagues on the ticket, accompanied
by United States Senator Boies Pen
rose and a number of other prominent
supporters of the Republican ticket,
last night invaded Kensington, Brides
burg, West Philadelphia and the north
west section of the city, receiving from
many thousand enthusiastic voters
ovations which surpassed any they had
previously been tendered. Although
Mr. Smith in his addresses continued
to maintain his policy of not attacking
the present administration and Its can
didate, George D. Porter, others in his
party were even more emphatic in
their charges that the Franklin Party
choice for the Mayoralty was not only
incompetent a s Director of Public
Safety, but also lacks the ability to 1111
the office which he is seeking."
—Judge David Cameron, of Tioga
county, who is making a light for re
election with the license issue very
much to the front, has been com
pelled to face a canard that he had
granted license to a social club. The
story has attracted much attention,
but friends of the judge are having no
trouble to refute it.
—-John J. Crout, who was chair
man of the Washington party city
committee in Philadelphia, is reported
back in the Republican ranks. Crout
used to be in the Legislature and was
a picturesque chairman, if nothing
more.
—D. Clarence Gibbone.v is keeping
up his attacks on Candidate Porter in
Philadelphia and in addition there
have been almost daily defections from
the ranks of Franklin party men. The
reformers who did not reform are hav
ing their own troubles these days.
—County Commissioner J. Denny
O'Neil reduced by 20 per cent, or 500
votes, the 2500 plurality returned
against him and in favor of Frank J.
Harris in the Republican primary con
test for commissioner, when common
pleas court in Pittsburgh yesterday,
ordered thrown out the entire vote in
the first ward, Braddock. The vote
had been previously thrown out simply
in the prothonotary contest between
David B. Johns and William B. Kirker,
resulting in the nomination of Kir
ker.
—The State Prohibition committee's
car has been doing some invading the
last two weeks and this week it has
appeared at several Cumberland
county towns in the liveliest sort of
a campaign. State Chairman B. E. P.
Prugh has been going into various
places and backing up Col. O. O.
Wyard in his campaign work. The
Carlisle meeting was one of the most
notable ever held in the Cumberland
Valley by the Prohibitionists.
—The Perry county campaign, which
will determine whether the county is
to be wet or dry, is nearing a close.
The two candidates are both residents
of Newport, H. L. Jones and W. A.
Meiser. Judge Seibert is counted as
a dry and the associate judges have
considerable to say in licenses.
—Election officials of Luzerne
county face a term in jail as a result
of disclosures made before Judge
John M. Garman in court at Wilkes-
Barre. After hearing testimony bear
ing on alleged election frauds in the
flrs't and the fifth districts of Plains
township. Judge Garman called upon
some public-spirited citizen to bring
prosecutions, which, he declared,
would result in high county officials
going to prison. It has been shown
that a fraudulent registration list had
been stolen from the courthouse after
being turned into the office of the
County Commissioners, and that
names had been added to another list
after it had left the hands of the
register assessor.
—Senator Penrose and Congressman
John J. Casey have been asked to use
their influence to prevent the closing
of the West Hazleton post office on
January 1, 1916, when the postal au
thorities have announced that West
Hazleton's mail will be handled from
Hazleton. *
APPLES IN KANSAS
[Kansas City Times.]
You stand there in the orchard by
the Lees Summit road with the tin cup
of cider in your hand and sigh for the
old days, and the old orchards, and
the old things that are long dead and
gone.
But the laughter of the young girls
arouses you, and you laugh, too. and
ask questions, and learn that these
barrels of apples and this cider are go
ing back to New York State, back to
your home State, back to the place
which used to supply almost the whole
country with apples, and that one com
pany in New York has bought all the
'apples on thousands of acres of or
chards in Jackson and Lafayette coun
ties and is shipping them back East.
And so national apple day is a
good thing for us out here in the
Middle West, the "land of the big red
apple."
Like everything else, the apple busi
ness has been modernized, and the
old cider press, with its creaking water
wheel, has gone forever, supplanted by
the portable press with gasoline engine
that moves from orchard to orchard.
Romance is going, almost gone. Cold
business has driven it out, and, after
all. it is better &o.
THE FAST DRIVERS
[Kansas City Times.]
With the multiplication of cars
hardly a day goes by that does not
chronicle an accident in which people
are hurt or killed. There is just one
cause for motor accidents. Just one.
Fast driving.
A Kansas editor remarked the oth
er day that nobody ever was run down
by a car going only eight miles an
hour. '"lt can't be done," he said.
He was right and the speed men
tioned could safely be doubled.
It's the man who drives about town
faster than twenty miles an hour who
has the accidents.
'of the Men Who Defend Paris From Aerial Attack
: , '•> -y- \ : ' . .. :2LIU:
This is an anti-aircraft "listening post" near the French Capital. It is
equipped with reversed megaphones and microphones to give warning of ap
proach of hostile aircraft.
THE WAR IN CANADA I
By Frederic J. Haskin
AT Niagara it is only a step from
peace to war.
The American visiting the falls may
forget the struggle in Europe while
he is on his own soil, but the minute
his foot leaves the bridge which con
nects New York State with Canada he
knows he is in a war country. On
every side are British soldiers in cas
ual groups, and drilling companies.
Military tents are seen in every direc
tion, set up in a hurry to accommo
date the troops of raw recruits who
are rapidly being drilled up to the
standard of Tommy Atkins.
Six miles below the Falls is Niagara
on-the-I>ake. Here stands an old
British fort which ordinarily accom
modated but from 300 to 500 men.
During the past summer, 12,000
troops have been located there. The
hotels are filled to overflowing with
the families of soldiers who are soon
to be sent to the front, and are grow
ing rich from tourists, who pay Just
double the rates they paid a year be
fore.
Half a mile from the boat landing
you are already in a military camp.
It is furrowed by miles of trenches,
such as are occupied by the soldiers
in the war zone. The raw recruits
have kept their muscles hard by dig
ging these trenches in the intervals
The State From Day to Day I
«■ *
"Hell may be paved with good inten
tions, but the supporting pillars are
the gosslpers," says the New Castle
News, editorially, in an attack upon
the satellites of Dame Rumor and the
students of the ' School for Scandal, '
with apologies to Sheridan.
Resolved, "That President Woodrow
Wilson should be re-elected in 1916,"
was the question for debate before the
Swarthmore seniors recently. First
prize w«Qt to the negative, whose con
vincing arguments were a condemna
tion of the President "for his vacilla
ting policy in foreign affairs and the
return to the spoils system."
The marriage of one Joshua How
ard has been givejn publicity in the
late Emporium papers, but the friends
of the Hon. Josiah of the same name
who formerly lived in Williamsport
arc busy denying the accusation' that
the incident is connected with the
Honorable Josiah.
Temperance women in Chester are
waging a spirited campaign to obtain
S6OOO to build themselves a new and
suitable home.
Judge Groman is quoted by the Al
lentown Chronicle and News aS say
ing that a judge's job is not a bed of
roses. Nor, we feel constrained to
add, do we find many jobs that come
under that category and are still ten
able.
One of our worthy contemporaries,
in writing up a tire that had been
averted in its early stages, said that
"the threatening blaze was quenched
in incipiency." Whereat many jes
ters wrinkled their brows and made
shift to pun upon the phrase.
Quoted from the Philadelphia Rec
ord: "William Mayer, of West Ches
ter, is saving the hides of gray squir
rels and will utilize them in the mak
ing of a'coat lined with wool, the
hides forming the outer portion. He
already has nearly sufficient for the
purpose.
Ten children of the Gelbac+i fam
ily, of Olen Rock, average 226 pounds
apiece in .weight, making a total of
2260 pounds. The three sons and
seven daughters are a healthy set of
youngsters, we opine.
Reading is going to construct an at
tractive boulevard, eighty feet wide,
to extend about a mile from the city
line, the cost to be SIO,OOO.
Five hundred and fifty-five dollars in
bills was evidently too alliterative for
safety, because that amount went up
In smoke yesterday when the mother
of Mrs. Welchance (the name was
rather unfortunate), of Sunbury, built
a fire in the stove where her daughter
had deposited said bills.
Although the following is somewhat
out of our province, we have decided
to include It in this column to-day, in
the event of Its being of some service.
Personal—lf this should meet the eye
of J. Smith, come home, and you will
learn something to your advantage.
Your wife is dead. Kincaid, Kan.,
FACMCH /ItMQPIANt DfreCToaS.
between the relentless drills. As soon
as a trench is dug it is promptly uti
lized as living quarters by a company
of soldiers, who are provided with the
same equipment as is given to the
men at the front.
Trenches Have Cots
The largest of these trenches are
about six feet wide. Some of them
are narrower. A trench 200 feet long
may serve for fifty men. A few of
them have collapsible canvas»cots with
steel frames, but these are luxuries
provided by friends and used by spec
ial permission. They are less numer
ous now than at the beginning and
those who use them are ridiculed by
their comrades, who roll up in rub
ber blankets and sleep in true soldier
fashion upon the mud floors of the
trenches.
A trench barber shop consists of a
small mirror stuck Into the mud wall
before which each man must shave
daily, for the trim appearance of
these soldiers upon parade is essen
tial to their advertising value in se
curing new recruits. Cooking in the
trenches is done upon small sheet iron
stoves, although most of the meals
are served from the large mess kitch
ens in the adjoining camps.
Niagara-on-the-Dake is merely one
[Continued on Page 19]
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The following books on fiction, edu
cational and historical subjects and
miscellaneous, have proven to be most
popular at the Harrisburg Public
Library at the present time:
A Far Country, by Churchill.
Thankful's Inheritance, by Lincoln.
Jaffery, by Locke.
Pollyanna Grows Up, by Porter.
Michael O' Halloran, by Porter.
"K", by Rinehart.
Germany of the Germans, by Berry.
Poems, by Riley.
Europe Revised, by Cobb.
Amazing Argentine, by Fraser.
Across Siberia Alone, by Lee.
The Melting Pot, by Zangwill. i
Care of the Baby, by Griffith.
In the Oregon Country, by Putnam.
Abroad at Home, by Street.
Bird Life, by Chapman.
Poems, by Dunbar.
My Life Out. of Prison, by L,owrie.
, Behind the Veil of the Russian
Court, by Vastll.
Housekeeper's Handy Book, by
Baxter.
Secrets of the Hohenzollerns, by
Graves.
How to Tell Stories to Children, bv
Bryant.
Secret of an Empress, by Zanardi-
Landl. %
Electricity in Every Day Life, by
Houston.
Manual of Engineering Drawing, by
French.
Boston Cooking School Book, by
Farmer.
Cattle Banch to College, by Double
day.
"How to Bo Personally Kfflciont in
Business" is the title of a very clever
little book gotten out by the A. W.
Shaw Company, giving 87 plans Wnd
shortcuts used by our most efficient
businessmen. The book is small and
compact and can be covered In a very
short time, but the Information avail
able and the time that is certain to be
saved, tf the suggestions made are car
ried out, make It of great value to the
man who Is constantly head over heels
In work and whose desk looks like the
editor's office as pictured by the car
toonist. When you have read how
easy it is to accomplish your work in
half the time, you will wonder why
you never thought of the plan your
self, but therein lies the beauty of the
book—in it's simplicity.
AXIOMATIC ,
"Why did you quit your last place?
Wasn't your work congenial?"
"Lady, no work Is congenial."—De
troit I' res Press.
lEtontng (Eljat
James C. Detnlnger, executive clerk
in the office of the Governor, is won
dering how far he can travel on a
railroad ticket dated 1859. The
ticket calls for a ride from Hope
well, Huntingdon county, to Balti
more, by way of Harrisburg and was
issued in July, 1859. The ticket is a
three part affair, printed on plain
white paper in quite an ordinary vaiy.
It resembles, more or less, a ijtrijvof
tickets from a "movie." The ticket
is signed by J. J. Way, who was the
ticket agent at Hopewell, and he
numbered it 16. Just what the six
teen stands for is not known except
that it was the number of the ticket
for checking. Apparently daters were
not known then and the agent's hand
writing answered for the numbering.
The first ticket was issued on account
of the Huntingdon and Broad Top
Railroad and was good to Hunting
don. Then the Pennsylvania came in
for a strip of ticket from Huntingdon
to Harrlshurg and the Northern Cen
tral took the passenger from the Stato
Capital to the Monumental City. Tt
must have been a pretty long trip in
the days of 1859 when they were
burning wood In many engines and
expresses ran about as fast as trolley
cars. Mr. Deinlnger got the ticket
from John A. Slcntz, of Gettysburg,
who found It among his father's
papers. In the papers were a card
of admission to the United States
Senate for the impeachment of An
drew Johnson and a "sliinplaster" on
a Lancaster bank. This money was
in excellent state of preservation, but
the bank people were rather ieary
about advancing money on it one day
when Mr. Slentz took It In to show the
cashier.
In a letter to-day to Robert W.
Hoy, commercial manager of the Har
risburg Light and Power Company,
who leaves early next week to assume
his new position as manager of the
Elmira Water, Light and Power
Company, the Chamber of Commerce
expresses its sincere thanks for his
efforts in boosting I-larrisburg gen
erally and the Chamber of Commerce
particularly. Air. Hoy figured largely
in the organization and development
of the Chamber and his work as a
businessmen of Harrlsburg was such
that the businessmen's body, in writing
its appreciation, extends its regret at
his departure.
The opening night of the Roberson
travelogues at the Chestnut Street
Auditorium presented a group of still
and moving pictures that opened the
eyes of many and moved a large audi
ence to frequent outbursts of applause.
The lecture, which is just what Mr.
Roberson does not want his series of
remarks to be called, was tilled with
touches of humor that brightened up
an evening of instruction that could
not be gained by the reading of any
number of books. At the beginning of
the war, said Mr. Roberson, Germany
had five million men trained. She lost,
one million in battle and now has six
million. In the same way. England
at the start of the war had about
200,000 men and lost one million; now
she has three million. Mr. Roberson
also made the statement that, in his
estimation, the average big American
newspaper in the average big Ameri
can city had not treated the Germans
fairly in this war. An interesting fact
was stated during the travelogue that
showed the enormous expense in
curred by the huge 42-centimeter gun,
the largest type in the world, whick
was the kind that dismantled the
Belgian forts and forced Warsaw to
capitulate. The original gun costs
something like $495,000 and each time
the gun Is fired the amount of money
spent is equal to that which would put
a boy through college for six years at
$1,200 a year.
* * •
Lee Solomon, the Philadelphia
newspaperman selected to be secre
tary of the new Workmen's Compen
sation Board, used to work on the
Philadelphia Inquirer before he be
came the political sharp of the Rec
ord. He was raised in Philadelphia
and is one of the few men in the
whole city who can name the streets
bounding each ward.
[ WELL KNOVN PEOPLE "]
—A. T. Dice, the Reading vice
president, is taking a big interest in
the training of men for military duty.
—S. D. Warriner, who was one of
the Wilkes-Barre strike arbitration
board, is prominent in Lehigh coal af
fairs.
—City Solicitor Ryan, of Philadel
phia, proposes to have the supreme
court act on the Philadelphia library
site matter.
—Dr. J. F. Edwards, Pittsburgh
health director, says that Pittsburgh
has the largest birth rate of any city
of its size in the land.
—William Loeffler, prominent Pitts
burgher, has been appointed a mem
ber of the Pittsburgh Hoard of Edu
cation by the judges of Allegheny
county.
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg pavements at
tract attention of Canadian offi
cials?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The entrance of the first train
into Harrisburg was occasion of
a mass meeting back in 18;i6.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
(From the Telegraph, Oct. 29, 1865.)
Improvement Association Organizes.
The Young Men's Mutual Improve
ment Association, organized recently,
has obtained headquarters and will
meet three evenings each week.
Society Elects Officers
Officers for the coming year wero
elected last night at a meeting of the
Harmonic Society in the Courthouse.
Counterfeits Being Circulated?
Residents of this city have been
warned to watch for counterfeit S2O
bills which, it is said, are being circu
lated In Philadelphia.
"General Depression"
It seems as If this most an
noying of all warriors, "General
depression," lias been put to
rout.
Certainly he is now beating a
most vigorous retreat.
Good crops, heavy European
trade, and "General Optimism"
have been too much for him.
Business is reviving. Employ
ment is more numerous.
People are developing the buy
ing spirit.
Merchants and manufacturers
will find this a splendid time to
begin their newspaper advertis
ing campaigns.