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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 80.
The truth that yesterday teas mine is
larger truth to-day;
Its face has aspect more divine, its kin
ship fuller sway.
For truth must grow as ages roll, and
Ood looms large upon the soul.—
Anon.
JFST WHAT IT MEANS
MORE and more the Republicans
of the city are realizing that
their party's candidates for the
City Council are quite as deserving of
their support as any possible com
bination of an alleged fusion nature.
Of course, much will be said about
trifling shortcomings xtt administra
tion and these will be exaggerated
into reasons for opposing the present
Republican commissioners. But when
the truth is known, it is hardly likely
that any considerable number of in
telligent voters will be swayed by the
empty arguments which have been
advanced in the campaign of the
Democratic bosses. They are doing
I heir utmost to make effective their
plans for controlling the city govern
ment, but as the election approaches
even the most optimistic of the
Democratic combination are begin
ning to show signs of weakening and
it Is now quite commonly asserted
thatt-he individuals in the Democratic
group are shaping their fight so as to
gain the largest advantage in the
final rally, each for himself.
Meanwhile the Republican candi
dates, who realize that the nonpartisan
pretense of their opponents is a mere
blind to deceive voters, are making
their appeal straight to the people on
the score of fair play City Commis
sioners Bowman, Lynch and Taylor
are going before the people on the
merits of the work that they have
done and it is not any stretch of the
truth to declare that each of these
three officials has demonstrated his
fitness for the important service that
the people have called upon him to
perform during the last two years.
As has been stated before in these
columns, the first year of the com
mission, form of government in Har
risburg was largely taken up in a gen
eral balancing of the duties among
the commissioners. It required months
to get the new municipal ma
chine into good working order, and it
has been somewhat of a surprise to
many observers of the new regime
that it was possible to organize on
the new basis and accomplish such
substantial results as have been ob
tained under the constructive depart
ments headed by the Republican
commissioners. There Is no occasion
to deprive these men of the credit due
them and as no malfeasance in office
has been charged or any real reason
been advanced for refusing them an
other term the average citizen is prob
ably wondering to-day what all the
fuss is about. He will find the answer
however, should he care to look into
the situation, In the desperate efforts
which are now being put forth to give
control of the city government to the
Democratic machine. That is all there
is to it.
If you haven't been to the Chestnut
Street Auditorium to see the Roberson
pictures and hear Mr. Roberson him
self, you have missed a great treat, but
there Is still a fine series of entertain
ments in the remainder of the course
and the Telegraph hopes you will take
advantage of the opportunity which Is
now presented by this newspaper.
CAPITOL PARK EXTENSION
IT is well that Warren H. Manning
has been invited to address the
forthcoming conference at the
Capitol on the relation of the city to
the State in the mutter of treating the
Capitol Park extension zone. No one
is better qualified than tlgaia famous
landscape designer, who has done so
much in the planning of the new Har
risburg, to discuss the treatment that
must be followed if there is to be har
mony of development in the property
surrounding the Capitol.
It is understood that the State au
thorities arc strongly opposed to the
proposed viaduct at Walnut street on
SATURDAY EVENING,
the score that It would mean the
building of a long approach on Wal
nut street and that the placing of a
large open subway at State street and
the correction of the subway at Mar
ket street along the lines suggested by
the City Planning Commission will
obviate the necessity for the viaduct
now being urged by the Allison Hill
Association.
Mr. Manning has made a close study
of the zone covered by the territory
oast of the Capitol and his conclu
sions doubtless will have muoh to do
with the city's treatment of that sec
tion in harmony with the development
of the State's program.
With rare tact and admirable busi
ness judgment the Capitol Park Ex
tension Commission is nearlng the end
of its labors in taking over the prop
erties embraced in this zone. With a
few exceptions there has been no dif
ficulty in reaching amicable settle
ments with the property owners and
the policy of the commission is to deal
fairly with all concerned.
West Palrview is in step with the
city and the surrounding towns. It be
lieves tn helping itself and the good
people of the attractive town across
the river are touching elbows with the
progressive spirits of Harrlsburg.
DEMOCRATIC" ASSURANCES
WE quote from the Patriot of
Thursday of the present week:
The management of the . poor
board stands as an instance. Never
before bas such efficiency marked
that body. • • • With this rec
ord. the people may well be proua,
• but they may be genuinely hopeful
that with the commissioners and
other gang-controlled offices in the.
hands of the people, equally fine
records can be made.
Yesterday this "highly efficient"
Democratic poor board came before
the county commissioners and con
fessed to a deficit for the year. It
a&kod for aid and.received from the
county commissioners SB,OOO. It had
spent SB,OOO more during the first
part of the year than its appropria
tion.
Yet, this is the kind of management
The Patriot endorses. This is the kind
of management it assures us will lie
carried into all the other offices if
Democrats are elected on Tuesday.
Vote for Democrats, says the Patriot
In effect, and you vote for deficits in
the county commissioners' office, yoa
vote for deficits in the poor board for
next year, you vote for deficits in the
school board and you vote for deficits
in city council.
1
Cabinet troubles among the belliger
(lent .countries tfQ not indicate that har
mony of action which Is necessary to
the best results either in war or peace.
Whatever transpires in the settlement
j of the big fracas beyond the seas It
appears to be inevitable that a new
[alignment will follow in the govern
ment of the entangled nations. There
appears to be little doubt that the suc
cess of German diplomacy in the Bal
kans has given the Allies an awful
jolt.
A PEACE ARMY
THE crystallization of public senti
ment with regard to prepared
ness. sentiment which has for
months been steadily increasing, has
finally resulted in a definite plan for
building up the national defense in
the proposition set forth by Secretary
of War Garrison, approved by Presi
dent Wilson, and undoubtedly in har
mony with the expectations and Ideas
of those who believe that this country
should be first In war as well as first In
peace, if war be necessary, public
utterances of intense pacifists to the
contrary notwithstanding.
A trained army of 1,000,000 men,
composed of the regular army, militia
and a new organization to be known
as the "Continentals," which would
be the culmination of the summer
camp idea in an established, perma
nent institution such as West Point or
Annapolis is contemplated. The plan
of Secretary Garrison, while contain
ing nothing startling, is complete and
sane, and if carried out, as it ought
to be, fn spite of Mr. Bryan's deter
mined statement that he will fight
Wilson on the question, will demon
strate the timely headwork of the
well-balanced Secretary of War, who
is at least one of the present Cabinet
who hasn't missed fire at regular in
tervals.
The details of the plan provide for
three classes of men whose services
might be obtained for the national
defense:
Men to whom the regular army
service appeals.
Men who would be willing to give
brief periods for Intensive instruction,
as during the summer months.
Men who are so engaged in industry
or business that they cannot give any
protracted periods to military service,
but who could devote a night or so a
week. . •
For the first class a six-year term is
provided, two years of which are to be
spent with the colors ana four years
on furlough, subject to a call to the
colors In case of war. The "Conti
nentals," according to the plan, would
bo young men serving a six-year
term, with two months out of every
twelve for the first three years in
actual field service and the last three
years of their enlistment on furlough.
increased Federal support of the
National Guard would be another
feature of the plan, and a very proper
one, because the National Guard for
years has been doing its work, quietly
and efficiently in the majority of cases,
without a big flare of publicity. And
those in touch with the citizen-soldiery
know and appreciate the spirit which
has prompted the men in the National
Guard to continue, never wavering,
although the support has not always
been what was deserved.
The plan would seem to have all
the advantages of enforced military
service without the restrictions placet?
upon the spirit of independence which
hus characterized this government and
its people since the founding of the
republic. Service is not compulsory,
but the responsibility of doing his
share in making his country a safe
place in which to live Is placed upon
the shoulders of each und every act
ive, able-bodied individual who has
anything; in his mind except a selfish
desire for his own personal advance
ment. j
The incompatibility of democracy,
with militarism is a matter for tlie
theorists to mull over, but it does not
enter into Secretary Garrison's plan.
The important thing is that the plan
will in six years' time, once well under
way, have one million men able and
ready at any time to stave off an
enemy until such time as would be
required to increase the fighting force
of the country in time of invasion.
Mr. Roberson 1b clearly a neutral
and a friend of peace. His travelogues
are a fine argument In favor of the
stopping of bloodshed and a return to
the ways of civilization.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE~
■ —Some people's Idea of being a
nonpartisan is to be a Democrat.
—How Paterson. N. J., must rejoice
that that German bomb plot was dis
covered elsewhere.
It Is noticeable that Bryan does
not carry his peace ideas into politics.
—How long, we wonder, will Car
ranza go before the administration
drops him into the Villa class?
The kaiser must be awful jealous
of the Turks; (hey have overtopped
his record in Belgium about ten to
one.
The little boy who used to be
warned against going swimming on
Sunday Is now driving his automobile
on Sundays, and with almost as dis
astrous effects, •,
EDITORIAL COMMENT ~
Tlirep ballots will be handed to each
voter wnen ho enters the booth next
Tuesday. In the next revision of the
election law a provision will be en
acted for the appointment of private
secretaries for all electors.—New York
The kind of Mellen the New Haven
rilrertors «tre likely to cut now won't
put money In anyone's pocket.—Phila
delphia Press.
A man In Illinois nearly ninety gives
as a receipt for old age never to whip
ones chiloren nor scold one's wife. But
even old age is hardly worth denying
oneself all pleasures.—Baltimore Amer
ican.
A law to limit the powers of the cen
sor has been proposed In France, and
the prospect of Its passage Is said to
be good. The example is a good one.
,e . Br ' t!sh to follow.—Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Dr. Cook writes that he nearly froze
to death cllmbtnp Mt. Everest. We lied
no Idea winter had set in so early In
Brooklyn.—Columbia State.
Young Mr. Rockefeller slept in the
home of a Colorado miner, but It Is
not stated whether the miner is ex-
B, ecte <J to reciprocate.—Pittsburgh
Gazette-Times.
If the United States decides to
choose Carranza, as is reported from
v\ ashlngton, the next problem will be
how to lose Villa. Also vlcfc versa.—
Chicago Herald.
The San Francisco Exposition is so
prosperous that it is not believed Con
gress will be asked to make Rood more
than two or three millions.—Boston
Transcript.
Apparently he Is not too proud to
plight.—New York Tribune.
. The author of that song. "Hello. Cen
tral. Oive Me Heaven." wasn't such a
fantastic dreamer after all.—Boston
Transcript.
Now that the Balkans are arming,
we wouldn't be a bit surprised If Italy
decided to get Into this war.—Colum
bia State.
Anyway, it was thoughtful of Greece
not to call back her reservists until the
end of the straw hat cleaning season.
—New York Herald.
It looks as if the frightful German
threat to restore Reims Cathedral
might possibly come to nothing after
all.—New York Evening Sun.
Tf Germany doesn't finally get her
place in the sun she will undoubtedly
be able to manufacture a chemical sub
stitute.—New York Evening Sun.
DEMON RUM VS. SUFFRAGE
leaders of the suffragist movement
arc Pointing to the attitude of the Na
tional Herald and other organs of the
"I"?? 1- '"terests as the best evidence
of the fear of these interests that en
franchisement of the women will be a
serious blow to the Demon Rum. At
the annual convention of the New Jer
sey uiquor Dealers' Protective League
last week, it was said the loss of reve
nue that would follow votes for women
and ways and means of fighting the
local option movement would be dis
cussed. Here is an extract from the
American Wine Press: "Wherever wo
men have the vote they have generally
used it to pass prohibition laws and
have put thousands of dealers out of
business and have destroyed millions
of dollars worth of property."
suffrage headquarters in this
ft y '.'terature is going forth showing
the alliance of the liquor and anti
suffragists.
EDITH CAVTXIi. 1015
Sun glint and gun glint, and sweet
eyes clear of pain.
And on the head of a woman dead
the red cross made by Cain!
O distant ones, all white of face,
Who hear the rifle-roll!
See the real death, the true disgrace
The devil's perfect toll;
A nation in the firing-place
Has murdered its own soul!
Straight fire and hate fire, with orders
from the Crown;
But from the lips one breath outslips
to blow an empire down!
We saw the Tide of Terror sweep
Across the Belgian plain, I
And women died like poisoned sheep
That drop in a murrain.
Then wherefore should we pause and
weep
For one more woman slain?
Clear soul and dear soul, white as the
clouds that fly;
But on the cheeks the rose that
speaks, "No pale girl coward I!"
For once she knew of mercy's knell
When, in a shuddering sea.
The Lusitania's fragile shell
A scorpion stung In glee,
"A thousand in the sea-deep dwell!
What is one here?" asks she.
Proud head! Unbowed head! O eagle's
crest and dove's!
Where now you lie beneath the sky
the wide world weeps and loves!
There is a hawk that hunts on high.
On town-bred geese to dine.
A thousand slays he from the sky.
With ne'er a warning sign.
"Behold!" I hear the martyr cry;
"What is one death tike mine?"
Ked breast a"d dead breast, the
trembling flo'wer beneath!
Your white hands sow, row upon row,
a crop of dragons' teeth!
JOHN O'KEEFE. ,
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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By the Ei-CommitteemiD
The constitutional amendments have
come to the front in the campaign in
the last ten days in spite of the vigor
of judicial contests and local battles In
counties and municipalities and even
the license issue which is figuring in
many of the county judgeship cam
paigns. The woman suffrage amend
ment is being advocated with an earn
estness that has won for the women in
charge of it the cominendatjon of op
ponents and the antis arc as vigor
ously battling.
The importance of the compensa
tion amendment and the Philadelphia
debt amendment are coming to the
front. The compensation amendment
would permit the Legislature to make
workmen's compensation compulsory
Instead of elective as at present pro
vided. Practically the whole compen
sation system, as pointed out by the
Governor, depends on tills amendment
for effectiveness.
The indications are that the Repub
licans will sweep the State in' county
elections and elect most of their can
didates in the cities and larger bor
oughs. The collapse of the attempts
to ally remnants of the Bull Moose or
ganization with the Democrats has
made it apparent that the people pre
fer Republicans.
—The prospects for the Republican
county ticket in Northumberland
county are as good as in Dauphin and
other counties in this region, the
strong independent element in the big
coal county having lined up with the
Republicans this year because of the
manner in which the Democratic ma
chine bungled things. The Democrats
are badly split in Northumberland as
a result of last year's primaries.
' —The woman suffragists are keep
ing tip their campaign to the last min
ute and will not close to-night, al
though probably 250 meetings will be
'addressed by their speakers through
out the State to-ni#ht. The suffragists
will have numerous meetings on Mon
day night as well.
—Governor Brumbaugh and Sena
tor Penrose spoke at big Republican
rallies in Philadelphia last night and
highly praised Thomas B. Smith, the
[candidate for mayor. The Governor
made his only speech of the campaign
and threw himself into his remarks
with vigor. The meetings last night
were the largest held in years in Phila
delphia.
—The Philadelphia Press says: "The
plea for freedom of religious belief
and the separation of creed from poli
tics, made last night by Governor
Brumbaugh in his first utterance dur
ing the Republican Mayoralty cam
paign. before the largest and most en
thusiastic assemblage held in the city's
political history, brought to their feet
as one man the four thousand South
Philadelphians who crowded Into the
New Broadway Theater. The Gover
nor was listened to attentively as he
pleaded for the election of Thomas B.
Smith and the whole Republican
ticket; applause frequently greeted his
advocacy of Republican principles.
But when, towards the close of a not
able address, he said Impressively,
slowlv, eloquently, "Religions should
not tigure in your political history,"
the vast audience broke into cheers,
into handclappings, into the waving of
flags and all this lasted many minutes.
Ex-Governor Stuart followed Gover
nor Brumbaugh and he also declared
that religion and politics should be
kept distinct.
For the fourth time, Walter W.
Rice, Democrat and James W. McKee,
Republican, both of New Bloomfleld,
will oppose each other for the Perry
county District Attorneyship next
Tuesday. In the three contests, Rice
has bested McKee two times, but it
appears us though McKee will even up
matters this year. Next to the asso
ciate judgeship contest, this fight is
arousing more interest than any other
in the county. Both McKee and Rice
have already served two terms. Vot
ers all over the county have been en
raged at the attempts of Rice to take
much honor which does not rightfully
belong to him. and will almost cer
tainly repudiate him by a large ma
jority on Tuesday.
Appointments of the ten Workmen's
Compensation referees and of us many
deputy factory inspectors will be made
by Governor Brumbaugh soon after
the election. The Governor has had
dozens of names suggested for the
referreeshlps and the number of ap
plicants for the inspectorships is said
to have been larger than ever known
for such positions. The Compensa
tion Board has about completed Its
preliminary details and as soon as it
gets its forms printed it will be ready
for the establishment of the referees'
district offices, which is the next step.
The Governor has given no intimations
as to whom he will name for the places
and is holding his counsel as carefully
as he is for the various other places to
be filled. Chances of appointment
have had the effect of filling the Gov
ernor's office with callers, and most of
the members of the Legislature who
had constituents hunting places have
been here or have written in their be
half. The presstire for places is fully
as great as it was just after the Gov
ernor assumed his office.
For the fourth time, Walter W.
Rice, Democrat and James W. McKee,
Republican, both of New Bloomtield,
will oppose each other for the fourth
time for the Perry County District At
torneyship next Tuesday. In the three
contests, Rice has bested McKee two
times, .but it appears as though Mc-
Kee will even up matters this year.
Next to the associate judgeship con
test. this tight is arousing most interest
than any other in the county. Both
McKee and Rice have already served
two terms. Voters all over the county
have been enraged at the attempts of
Rice to take much honor which does
not rightfully belong to him, and will
almost certainly repudiate him by a
large majority on Tuesday.
BRUMBAUGH AND PENNYPACKER
[Philadelphia Record.]
It was highly appropriate for Gov
ernor Brumbaugh and ex-Governor
Pennypacker to take part in the cere
monies attending the unveiling of the
monument erected in Lower Sklppack
to the memory of Christopher Dock,
the lovable schoolmaster, who was a
pioneer In American pedagogy. Dock
was a fine specimen of the Pennsylva
nia German, learned, but simple and
devout, and not unlike Pastorlus, who
did so much to stamp his admirable
personality upon early Germantown.
In their literary labors, which have
done much to preserve for posterity
the eramory of those settlers of Penn
sylvania who came from Germany and
whose descendants form so large a
part of our population, Messrs. Brum
baugh and Pennypacker have perform
ed an Invaluable service worthy of the
best traditions of their forebears. They
are spiritual children of the Sauers,
whose work in Colonial days was so
distinguished and so creditable to
Pennsylvania.
SAFER NOT
"I want to see your beauty editor,"
said the caller at the sanctum of a
popular magazine.
"Are you following her advice?"
"I am."
"Got confidence in it?"
"I have."
"Then you don't want to see her."—
Louisville Courier-Journal. ,
WOMEN WINDOW WASHERS IN BERLIN
ritfW+ltirt \ i IIIIHUI—HM II ■IB I 1 I' 1 ' ii'l'HlllI 1 llll—lH'illill ill
Paris is not the only capital where women have taken to the work of
men on account of the war. Here is proof that Berlin is as hard put for
laborers as France. This photograph shows two women window washers
dressed in male attire on their way to work. .Being • something of a novelty
in Berlin, they attracted the attention of a crowd.
f >
SHIFTING ARGENTINA'S TRADE
By Frederic J. Haskin
I • J
EVER since the beginning of the
European war, much space and
language have been devoted to
the opportunities In export trade
which that event opened to the United
States, especially in Latin America.
There has been much discussion of
wuys and means, of ships and banks
and salesmen. Now the war has been
going on for more than a year and
it is interesting to glance at the score
and see just what we have done with
this much-heralded opportunity.
The Latin-American countries near
to us are not worth considering as a
[sample of what we can do in the ex
port trade against fair competition.
For. although the fact is not generally
recognized, we have about as near a
monopoly on the trade in these coun
tries as it is possible for a modern na
tion to get. Over half of all the ex
ports to the ten southern republics
nearest the United States are sent to
them from this country, and that is a
record which can scarcely be equaled.
In a commercial sense, the entire Ca
ribbean world is more truly tributary
to the United States than Is either
Canada or Australia to Great Britain.
What we have done in Argentina
however, Is a fair test of-our ability,
because that country is at least as ac
cessible from Europe as It is from the
United States
f The State From Day to Day
V \J
Military training in the schools is
deprecated by the Reading Herald In
a lengthy editorial, in which it men
tions itself as grateful for the sup
port of its • views by a professor In
the University of Texas and also by
Dr. Phillips, principal of the West
Chester Normal School. But, if the
Herald should take the trouble to in
quire of all the students and par
ents of students in the high schools of
Washington, D. C„ it might perhaps
be persuaded that there is something
more to military training of youth
than mere thoughts about and train
ing for war.
Coatesville's celebrated water con
troversy has come to a close and coun
cil has decided to proceed with the
construction of the Rock Run Water
Works, for which the borough was
two venrs ago bonded to the amount
of $i85,000.
Members of the New Castle Y. W.
C. A. were guests last evening of the
Y. M C. A. at a Hallowe'en party.
Fortunately the Invitations were print
ed correctly, and there was very little
uncertainty among the M's and W's
as to which were hosts or hostesses
and which guests.
Censors on Hallowe'en activities are
pretty busy this year. No wearing
of garments belonging to the opposite
sex, nor-any "rough stuff" is to be
permitted in Reading, and in Allen
town they cannot have any red lights
in their parades.
A certain cook in a Beaver Falls
household holds independence to be
such a worthy virtue that she thought
best to chase the mistress of the
house out of her own realm by a lit
tle dexterous manipulation of a long,
keen-bladed knife.
D. G. Witmyer, a well-known Lititz
fancier, has been chosen as the ban
tam judge for the Elizabethtown poul
try show. Rather belittling to call a
man a "bantam" judge; they might
at least have said "judge of the ban
tams."
Another piece of motor-driven fire
apparatus has arrived in Easton. It
will be tested shortly to ascertain
whether it can throw 750 gallons of
water a minute, for a period of three
hours.
A reader has beseeched the Wash
ington Daily News to know what has
become of the old-fashioned "hickory
switch"; to which that newspaper,
nothing loath, replied that the last
knowledge they had had of it per
sonally, It was still a regular part of
the curriculum.
The Normal Literary Society of
Lancaster, celebrated its. fifty-ninth
anniversary last evening with a rare
treat in the line of musical and ora
torical entertainment.
A PRACTICAL APPLICATION
"Whon Josh got home from his edu
cation," said Farmer Corntossel. "he
started right in instructin* me about
agriculture. So I didn't lose no time
to try him out."
"What did you do?"
"Sent him out to round up a swarm
oi' bees."
"Was the experiment successful ?"
'"Some. It didn't hurt the bees
none, an* kept Josh from gettln' In the
way fur 'most two weeks." New
York Post.
OCTOBER 30, 1915.
A lirst glance at the ligures which
are now available not only for 1914,
but for the first half of 1915, is not
encouraging, for it shows that our
trade with Argentina has increased
very little. This, however, is explained
by tho fact that' Argentina had far less
than a normal trade to give anyone.
The disturbed conditions .of ocean traf
fic. and international exchange, the
declarations of moratoriums and the
generally unsettled state, which pre
vailed immediately after the opening
of the great war and have continued
to some extent ever since, greatly re
duced the buying power of all Latin-
American countries. Thus during the
year 1914, the value of all imports into
Argentina decreased nearly 40 per
cent., and during first half of 1915
they decreased over 30 per cent.
Therefore, the question is: Who lost
all this trade, aggregating over $200,-
000,000?
Warring Notions, Too
The returns on this commercial
struggle between nations showing that
during 1914 Germany lost $30,000,000
worth ol' Argentine trade; the United
Kingdom, $37,000,000 worth, and the
United States, $25,000,000. In a word,
all of the great commercial nations
were heavy losers, and none of them
I [Continued on Page B.]
| BOOKS AND MAGAZINES"
Ilearl Songs and Heart Throbs.
Joe Mitchell Chappie, the well
known magazine writer and publisher,
has issued through the Chappie
Publishing .Cbmpany, three'extremely
interesting volumes devoted to treas
ured old songs, and gems of poetry
and prose which have appealed to the
hearts of thousands of Americans. A
few years ago the National Magazine,
controlled by Mr. Chappie, offered
SIO,OOO in prizes for contributions of
selections from those authors and
poets whose works were nearest and
I dearest to the individual tastes of the
| contributors. The result was that 52,-
1 000 offerings were sent in and tho
| book, "Heart Throbs," comprises the
' choicest of these, bound in two vol
umes. Abraham Lincoln. Alfred
Tennyson, James Whitcomb Riley,
Daniel Webster, Horace Greeley, and
Robert Burns are but a few of the
names of famous men responsible for
the gems of thought in these books.
The other book, "Heart Songs,*'
was also the result of a universal
search for the old valued songs which
| were scattered all over the country, in
the memories of many people. Thou
sands contributed to the campaign and
"Heart Songs" appeared, containing
i hundreds of old songs of every de
scription, from the patriotic and war
jsong, the love song and lullaby,
to sacred songs and light ballads.
Southern contributions brought to
light stirring and plaintive melodies
that had swu:,ed the hearts of millions
during the dark days of the Lost
I Cause, nor did the North forget songs
that were sung with heartache and
| tearful eyes, or cheered march and
I bivouac.
l
Our Daily Laugh
f* Jp' ACCOUNTED
*J° nes boasts h«
has nfty men un-
H der him.
L Evidently lives
on tha top floor.
THE GOLFER. X.
What Is Smith's J *
He can't find
the holes, he says
they must be psy
etiological depres
. \
AND I CAN'T GO
By Wing Dinger
Some friends of mine invited me
To a "Wing Dinger Party"
Which they got up as an excuse
To eat n meal most hearty. *
The party will take place to-day
But I am so blamed busy
That I'm afraid that I i-an't go—
Which makes me feel quite dizzy.
For three days now I've passed up food
That's been served at my table
So at this party 1 mi°-h{ eat
As much as 1 am able.
But now it's biiHted In the head
And I can't go—by golly,
It's hard to think that I must work
While other ginks are Jolly.
| Stoning (Efrat
Peopie get an idea of the way old
Harrisburg was buift from the struo
ture at Cranberry and Iliver street*
now being demolished to make wc<
for a garage. This building iB owned
by the William K. Alrlckg estate and
when the weather boarding was torn
off it was found that it had been put
around one of the staunchest log
houses to be found in all Harrisburg.
Tihe boarding itself was pretty stoi%
put nothing as compared to the build
ing within. It is apparently as firm
as It was many years ago and although
the logs were probably out in some
woods near Harris Ferry before Har
rlsburg was laid out they are as sound
ss ever. The logs are easily thirty
feet long, splendid pieces of timber,
and are dove-tailed to fit together.
Some are two feet thick and the whole
structure is fastenod together with the
hand wrought spikes found in old
buildings and somewhat similar to
those discovered in the ruins of tha
first State Capitol. The tearing down
ol the building has proved some Job
and a good many people have gone to
see the structure., The adjoining build
ing, also owned by the Alricks estate,
is similarly built and could well re
sist the attacks of any Indians.
* * *
Corporal C. W. Gerdes. of Com
pany D, Eighth infantry, who was the
"high gun" on the Pennsylvania State
teum at the Jacksonville shoot, has
been banging away at targets ever
since lie entered the Guard. He was
the winner of the skirmish match at
the shoot in Ohio two years ago, win
ning from some of the crack shots of
the country.
Whenever any person seems to want
change after dark he or she heads for
the Post Office. The stamp window
has a reputation for geniality and he-
Ins accommodating and the number
and size of the bills hurled across for
change would make a h.-fnk envious.
Saturday night is the great time for
having your Uncle Samuel chungo
bills. People who do not gel paid
until late and who want, change to
shop on Saturday night go to tho
stamp window and baldly ask for
change. Whether it's because they
have not the nerve to ask stores to
change or force of habit, no ono
knows. But the fact is that except for
saloons along atout 11 o'clock tho
Post Office has no rival in making
change.
*. * •
Prospective brides and grooms who
are a bit shy as to making known
their ages when they apply for mar
riage licenses have discovered a new
and perfectly legal way of getting
around the questions on that subject
that are necessarily propounded by
the marriage license clerk. Under
twenty-one years of age the applicant
of course must give his or her age;
incidentally written parental consent
must accompany the petition unless
one of the parents accompany the
youth. Over twenty-one years is con
sidered "legal age" and as this is all
the marriage act requires, the pros
pective bride or groom-elect let it go
at that and instead of "thirty-eight" or
"forty-two" as the case may Vie. they
simply say "legal age." Several weeks
ago a girl, said to have been an em
ploye of the State Health department
set the pace when she called at tlia
office and got a license. When asked
her age she simply said "legal age."
I When the marriage clerk pressed for
the year she just smiled and said that
wasn't necessary. "I,egal age" Was
written in as the answer and ever
since then others have followed the
lead.
Prof. Franklin Menges, of York, tha
State's soil expert, who was here a day
or two ago to see the Governor,
brought an ear of corn for the expert
analysis of the farmers at the Capitol.
The governor prides himself on being
a farmer, too. and he told the profes
sor to find out whether it paid better
to have big ears or lots of little ears.
The ear Prof. Menges brought' con
tained 20 rows each with 58 grains.
* * «
Ex-Speaker George E. Alter, of Al
legheny, who was here yesterday,
comes of a family which settled in tho
[Cumberland Valley about 150 years
ago. Some of his relatives live in
Franklin county and he has been look
ing up the family history.
| VELL KNOVN PEOPLE
—P. C. Knox will preside at tho
Chamber of Commerce luncheon In
Pittsburgh at which extSecretarv
Charles Nagel, of St. Louis, will speak.
—District Attorney R. H. Jackson,
of Allegheny, has declared for woman
suffrage.
—Congressman T. S. Butler enter
tained General Leonard Wood at West
Chester and they visited training
camps.
—Craig Riddle, of Philadelphia,
has returned from a trip to Virginia.
1 DO YOU KNOW ~~]
That Harrisburg pretzels are
getting pretty well known?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG .
Blast furnaces have been operated
in this city since the twenties.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
(From the Telegraph, Oct. 30. 1865.)
Big Receipts For P. K. It.
Unofficial reports claim that tha
receipts for the Pennsylvania railroad
this year will be at least two million
dollars more than the total for last
year.
To Review Regiments
Major General Kiddoo will reView
the Sixteenth Regiment, Veteran Re
serve Corps, and the Sixth Regiment
of Hancock's Corps in this city tomor
row.
Rob Chestnut Street Home
Thieves last night entered (he homo
qf G. C. Brandon, Chestnut street, and
after ransacking the house, |eft with
S3O In cash.
It Pays to Dress Well
Attire may not make the man,
but it sometimes does a lot
towards making him successful.
The well garbed man com
mands favorable attention from
his business associates.
His clothes are an asset.
* Dressing well, does not mean
dressing foppishly or <JStrava
gantly.
Men's clothing is standardized
and is moderately priced.
Information helpful to the man
who wants to keep up the ap
pearances that mean so piuch to
him will be found In the adver
tising columns of the Telegraph.