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THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. It
Wherefore, if meat maketh my
brother to stumble, I will eat no flesh
for evermore, that I make not my
brother to stumble —I. Cor. 8:13.
GEORGE KUNKEL, P. J.
IN the consideration of jurists fit for
the chair of the late Justice John P.
Elkin on the Supreme Bench and
worthy to wear the ermine of the
higher court. Governor Brumbaugh
should not overlook the unusual quali
fications of President Judge George
Kunkel, of the Dauphin county court.
About a year ago Judge Kunkel was
a close second in the Supreme Court
race before the people and his supe
rior ability, wide experience as legis
lator and judge, intimate knowledge
of the Commonwealth in all its im
portant activities and ramifications,
and his great good sense were recog
nized by lawyer and layman in all
parts of the State.
Here in Dauphin county his fellow
citizens of all parties would regret his
elevation to the court of last resort asa
distinct loss to the court of this dis
trict, but they would nevertheless ac
claim his appointment as a recogni
tion of merit and obvious fitness.
All over the State the Incompatibili
ties of the commission form of govern
ment are manifesting themselves in
differences among the five rulers of the
third-class city and lack of confidence
among the people. Every change seems
to increase the tension and lessen the
efficiency so that a general revamping
of the Clark act appears to be in
evitable. Instead of fostering repre
sentative government, the scheme of
commission administration is destroy
ing the personal touch of the people In
the handling of their own business.
TARIFF FACTS SUPPRESSED
IN a letter to ex-Governor Cox, of
Ohio, some time ago. President
Wilson stated it as his belief that
the authority lodged in the Federal
Trade Commission enabled it at any
time to take up the investigation of
the coast of production at home and
abroad, and to collect other data bear
ing on the question of tariff rat<ys. In
other words, It was his opinion that
the functions of a tariff commission
might properly be exercised by the
Federal Trade Commission and that
the creation of a tariff commission
was unnecessary.
The Federal Trade Commission was
appointed by the President, by and
with the consent of the Senate. It
consists of five meYnbers—three Dem
ocrats, one Progressive, and one poli
tical free-lance. Joseph Davies is
chairman. Whether or not this com
mission has the power to exercise
the functions of a tariff com
mission Is a moot point, but regard
less of that, on the request of the Sec
retary of Commerce, certain investiga
tions pertinent to tariff matters have
been undertaken, notably the one on
the cost of production of beet sugar.
In Its role of tariff commission, what
is the result of this investigation on
the part of Chairman Davies' commis
sion?
The beet sugar investigation was
started in the Spring of Jhls year. The
public was promiseil a report by the
first of July last. Various statements
had been made in Congress, and out,
relative to the production cost of beet
sugar, ranging from SI.BB (according
to the assertion of a Democratic Sen
ator from Colorado) to $3.47 per 100
pounds. Experts, under civil service
rules, were assigned to the work.
Their investigations were carefully fol
lowed, up by men Interested in the
sugar Industry, who were satisfied
that the figures presented to the in
vestigators gave a correct statement
of the case, if correctly understood.
This report was placed before 4he
commission about the first of last
July. From that time to the present
every effort of those interested in the
sugar Industry to get this report, or
any of the figures It contains, has been
unavailing. The report has been
pigeon-holed- It will not be printed
and made publlo because It shows how
unwarranted was the action of the
Democrats in reducing the duty on
sugar and booking it for the free list
in 1916. It is understood that the
chameleon mentality of President Wll-
THURSDAY EVENING,
son is ia favor of retaining tb« re I
duoad dntles at present, on account
of needed revenue.
But this action of the Administration
in stifling the report of the investiga
tion into the beet sugar industry be
cause of its political significance un
favorable to the party In power, shows
how wholly Impractical It would be to
establish a tariff commission subject
to presidential interference and con
trol. If this sugar report had been
favorable to the Administration, Sec
retary Redfleld would probably have
plastered the United States from Cape
Flattery to Key West with copies of
the report, sent out under Gove»n
ment frank, "for immediate use." It
was not, so I# represents so much lost
labor and useless expense, as it will
never see the light of day.
Postmaster Sites; who Is hopeful
that the remodeling of the Federal
Building will be completed before the
expiration of his term of office, is very
properly keeping his eye upon the
more modern equipment which is now'
under consideration at Washington
headquarters of the Government postal
service. Doubtless he will see to it that
Harrlsburg is not overlooked when the
motor oars are given out, these cars
being especially serviceable In a city
like ours with widely separated postal
stations and two railroad depots, not
to mention various trolley deliveries.
SUPPORT THE MINISTERS
THIS is the aea«on when churches
begin to hold special week
night evangelistic services. Next
Spring congregational officials w}ll be
called upon to report upon the growth
in mepiebrshlp for the year. If the in
crease ia not in proportion to expecta
tions, the temptation will be strong
to place the blame on the minister.
It is po easy for the congregation
to attribute all the faults of church
management and lack of congrega
tional growth to the helpless preacher.
In many cases he doesn't deserve it.
If church members are as enthusias
tically evangelistic now as they will be
when it is time to read the annual re
ports next year, they will stand be
hind their pastors now. Last autumn,
attracted by much publicity and the
fame of a noted evangelist, thousands
of church members entered upon a
noteworthy soul-giving campaign in
Harrisburg., This Fall the pastors are
laboring alone in their several
churches. The campaigns will not be
so long nor will they call upon those
who engage In them for so much time
and energy. All the more, then, is it
important that the ministers be sup
ported in their efforts. Even the most
magnetic, the most gifted, the most
eloquent preacher Is seriously hand!-,
capped without the whole-hearted sup
port of his congregation.
One million a month in wages at
Swab's big Bethlehem plant, where $30,-
000,000 is likewise being expended in
an extension of the plant, Indicates the
abnormal character of the prosperlty
: in-spots that is being utilized by the
Wilson administration as an alleged
justification for its free trade folly.
WINEROOMS FOR WOMEN
IT has been charged that there are
winerooms In Harrisburg frequent
ed by men and women for no good
purposes. If there be such let there
be no time lost In stamping them out.
There Is no more pernicious influence
in the community than such congre
gating places. They are a menace to
the morals of any city where they
exist. Several such have been abolish
ed here in recent years and their
licenses taken away. The duty of those
who assert they have this evidence Is
apparent They should lay it before
the courts, and at an early date.
That French commission of bankers
and commercial leaders now here to
place more than a hundred million of
dollars In orders for machinery for
peaceful industry at the close of the
war is a hopeful sign of future trade
relations with France.
UPLIFTING FOREIGN WOMEN -
MKS. HARRY BREMER, secre
tary for Immigration work on
the national board of the Y. W.
C. A., speaking before a large confer
ence of association workers In this
city last evening, touched on an im
portant matter when she said:
The Young Women's Christian
Association is the largest union of
women in this country and faces a
problem that cannot be shirked. An
Immigration secretary should be
placed in each city to take up this
important work- among all foreign
born women.
The Y. M. C. A.'B everywhere are
reaching out after the foreign work
man, but little Is being done to bring
his foreign wife into the influences of
American ways of living. The son and
the daughter are In the public schools
and are there taught our ways and
modes of living untouched by outside
agencies. Even the foreign laborer,
mixing as he does with Americans,
gets some sidelights on American
thought and standards. But the wom
an's vision is confined largely to the
limits of an often none too attractive
home, and she learns little that helps
her to understand thts new country In
which she finds herself or aids her in
'becoming a better American.
The opportunity for the Y. W. C. A.
lies right there. Mrs. Bremer has
touched upon a very Important point
and her suggestion for the appoint
ment of immigration secretaries should
bear fruit. .
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Fifty-seven majority for a viaduct
that will cost the people at least half
a million dollars Is hardly to be ac
cepted as an expression of widespread
popular approval. This fact is having
its effect upon the State officials, who
are opposed to the proposition on the
gTound that such a viaduct and the
necessary approaches in Walnut street
win destroy the imposing treatment
of the Capitol Park extension asone
which has been contemplated..
Now the Nizam* of Hyderabad has
been fired by his anti-British subjects
in India. Surely it's a strenuous year
for John Bull.
Herrick for Burton indicates a get
j ting together in Ohio and general har
mony In the ltepubllyan ranks through-
I out the country.
I——W—lß
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T > t>v>vOi^a>ua
By the BK-OonunltteenMW
While the situation in regard to
Republican candidates for senator to
succeed Senator George T. Oliver next
yoar is seething there is a good bit of
quiet work being done by aspirants
for nominations for Auditor General
and State Treasurer. Friends of Sen
ator Charles A. Snyder, of Fottsville,
said that he Is sure to be a candidate
for the place and that he has already
received strong assurances of support
from every section, if the Schuylkill
man is a candidate it is likely that
the nomination for State Treasurer
will go west. Representative R. J.
Baldwin, Delaware, and Representa
tive James F. Woodward, Allegheny,
are mentioned for the place. Senator
Charles H. Kline, of Pittsburgh, may
bo a candidate for either place. A
good bit depends upon the way the
senatorial situation works out.
Speaker Ambler, of the State TTouse
of Representatives, in a letter to
Mayor Blankenburg yesterday, refused
to appoint the special investigating
committee authorized by the last
Legislature, declaring that the dignity
of the Commonwealth would not per
mit him to take part in what appeared
to be a mere exchange of baseless and
general charges, flung back and forth
in the heat of a political campaign and
its aftermath. The mayor had asked
the Speaker to investigate his adminis
tration, so as to prove that charges
of irregularities brought by State
Senator McNichol were without foun
dation in fact. When tho mayor heard
that the Speaker would not authorize
a probe he expressed regret.
—Frederic W. Flcitz, former deputy
nttorney general, has refused to al
low his friends to consider him as a
candidate for mayor of Scranton at
the next municipal election. He said
that It is an office which any man
should be proud to fill, but that he
can not see his way clear to consider
ing it. In addition to Mr. Fleitz the
names of Ex-District Attorney W. R.
Lewis, Dr. S. P. Longstreet, one of
the school directors and Thomas R.
Brooks, former city treasurer, are
being mentioned.
—Friends of Milton W. Shreve, of
Erie, former member of the House
and former congressman, have been
urging him for Water Supply Commis
sioner. O. S. Kelsey, of Lock Haven,
a former legislator, is another candi
date. There are probably fifty others.
—Up in Willlamsport there in con
siderable disposition being sUdpn by
the outgoing administration to make
tillage interesting for Jonas Fischer
the recently elected mayor. They
have hung to him the job of acting
ns police magistrate, which an alder
man hat always handled.
—A general change around in
Lebanon city offices is believed to be
probable as a result of the recent
election.
—Between the defensive operations
of Mayor Blankenburg and his direc
tors and the cross fire of charges and
counter charges and some attempts to
put the late candidate George D. Por
ter in wrong, things are lively in
Philadelphia. There is also a pos
sibility that most of the election offi
cers In the city will be haled into
court to explain the manner in which
returns were bungled. A school for
election officers is suggested.
—Oyt In Pittsburgh the clean-up
inaugurated by the committee which
hat- been probing election frauds bids
fair to make some big changes. The
inquiry has been going into all wards.
- -Congressman Warren Worth
Bailey's announcement that he will
fight the president has upset the
whole reorganization 'Democratic
camp.
—Governor Brumbaugh's request
that the members of the State Work
men's Compensation Board meet with
Mm to-morrow is taken to mean that
the Governor is about ready to take
up the question of referee appoint
ments and other derails of work which
the compensation acts contemplated
the governor should co-operate with
tbe board. There will be ten referees
and some other appointments made
beforo the tirst of December. The
Governor has been keeping in touch
with the work of the State Insurance
Board and will now meet with the
other board.
—Mont Alto has voted in favor of
a loan for establishing a water works.
It will get a supply front State lands.
In some of the coal counties loans
were voted for improvements to water
systems by big majorities.
-—Governor Brumbaugh is disposed
to take his time in regard to the
supreme court appointment, although
his mail contains many letters urging
appointments. The endorsement of
Judge Willis Martin of Philadelphia,
by the committee of lawyers in that
city has been received at the Capitol,
but the Governor declined to talk
about it. About the Capitol It Is be
lieved that Judge Martin will be
name-t in spHe of activity of friends
of other candidates.
KEEPING VEUETABI.ES IN WINTER
Celery keeps best stored out o( doors.
In a cellar it often dries and gets
stringy and tough. Dig a pit about
three feet deep, lift the celery Into it
with the roots on and store the plants
closely together. Cover with earth up
to the top of the celery, and put
leaves on about a foot deep to keep out
the moisture. Place boards in a conical
mound over the trench and cover with
leaves and earth. Leave the ends of
the boards so that the pit can be
opened to admit air on mild days, as
the danger lies In heating.
Useful directions for storing other
vegetables are given by P. S. Murdock
In Farm and Home. Cabbage and
brussels sprouts can also be stored in
the celery trench. Set the cabbage
heads upside down on some leaves.
Leeks can be lifted and stored like root
crops or simply covered with hay or
leaves.
The entire French artichoke plant
must b« protected from lreezlng, but
the common tuberous artichoke should
be dug and stored like potatoes. Place
boards conicaliv over the plants and
cover with leaves or straw. Keep
water out at all times.
The cellar Is the best place for
storing pumpkins, squashes and also
potatoes, if you have a cool, dry com
partment not exposed to furnace heat.
Pumpkins and squashes quickly decay
In a damp place. On this account
many people store them in a room over
the kitchen where there Is enough heat
to keep them from freezing .
HARD WORK THE PRICK
"The price of success," Governor
Brumbaugh told the State College stu
dents, "Is hard work applied dally. It
is conscientious application to your
hard tasks which count in the final
analysis. The fineßt contribution you
can make to State College and to the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which
nurtured this college, is to lend your
selves to a useful career because of the
training State College has given you."
(•ILiMORE AND SOITSA
[From the New York World.]
Bandmaster Sousa took up years ago
the trying: task of being a successor In
popularity to Patrick Sarsfleld Qilmore.
How far he has succeeded "was made
manifest on Saturday, when bands, or
chestras and great organs from coast
to coast poured out his march music tn
recognition of 1114 «lst birthday. Schools
of music may come and may go, rag
time may rest, but all the world will
continue to love a stirring number In
.twu-four time. _
HAJRBISBURG TELEGRAPH
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SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS LOSS IN BETHLEHEM PUNT FIRE J
L humki ■--* -'■ ■ »»«■■«««» f
U*RE*FS>£T MACTFJHCL SHOP NA.*H. AEJ-NCE/IM SACRO**.
The picture shows the Interior of machine shop No. 4 of the Bethlehem Steel Company at South Bethlehem,
Pa., with it h valuable machinery and a number of guns in all stages of manufacture, wlilch was totally destroyed
by a tire of unknown origin during the early morning hours of November 10. The loss in big guns destined for the
allies and the United States government is estimated at several million dollars. Much valuable machinery was
also ruined.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE"]
--The submarine has again demon
strated what a splendid tool it Is for
the assassination of women and chil
dren.
—Note from Washington: "Dear
Austria: Didn't you read our notes tq
Germany on submarine warfare?
Ntiughty! Naughty! Now don't do It
again, please." ~
—The jitney driver don't care how
long the Wiikes-Barre strike con
tinues.
—Villa's gold badge as a general In
the Mexican army was captured In a
lot of smuggled jewelry in Mexico re
cently. Hocked or shipped for safety?
• —Ever go for last year's sweater
and find the ash man got it last
Spring? And yet they wonder why it
takes so long to save up the price of
an automobile.
—There's one thing you've got to
give Bryan credit for—he's always able
to pick out the unpopular side of any
issue and make it more so.
EDITORIAL COMMENT ~
These gains and losses of so many
yards are apt to muddle the reader so
he will not know whether he is read
ing the football news or the war re
ports.—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The war has become so general that
an ordinary battle doesn't cut much
figure. The press agents pick out the
best one in the lot each day and talk
about tliat. —Indianapolis Star.
At a Kansas City dinner the other
night a toast to President Wilson was
drunk in Missouri Hiver water. This
seems to be a new version of the con
ventional mud-slinging. Boston
Transcript.
Various theories are offered for the
recent advances in the cost of living
but our own pet theory is that It is due
to the closing of the Panama Canal.
You remember how the opening of the
Canal reduced the cost of living, don't
you? Neither do we.—Columbus Citizen.
•♦CAPACITIES FOR INCOIVSISTKIVCY"
IFrom the Kansas City Star.l
When you strike a piano key a cer
tain note sounds. The note has no
| choice. When the key is struck it
sounds. It can't help it. Onn school
of thinkers has insisted almost from
the beginning of philosophy that human
beings are mere automata like the
piano. Under a certain stimulus a man
is bound to act in a certain way, just
as the piano wire Is. Free will Is a
delusion.
It always has been rather puzzling
to plain citizens how the clever people
who profess to believe that they are
simply machines can show the excel
lent discrimination between right and
wrong that they usually dlsplaj', and
can admit that there Is such a thing
as duty. Machines, of course, cannot
do right or wrong.
An eminent English writer. Canon'
Rashdall, in a recently published little
book on "Ethics," makes this wise
comment on this very problem: "The
capacities for inconsistency in the
human mind are almost unlimited."
Apply that remark to most of your
acquaintances and see how true it Is.
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Our Daily Laugh
He seems to be BJ; Jyv
a big gun In thU
Tep. He's about
the only 42 ten- Ij\l 1 1
timeter the town a
I { f . I TOUGH LUCK.
\\ Mr - Rabbit: I
hear Mr. Katt at*
T° ur mother-ln-
TrSflpg Mr ' wr * w: t# *
y* —he heard me
i \ a*y she was a
I of cheeae,"
,nd h * llko»
THE MYSTERY SOLVED
Br Wlsg Dinger
Not more than two short weeks ago.
Whene'er I walked about,
'Most every block, it seemed to me.
Someone at me would shout.
Sometimes from t'other side of street
A greeting loud I'd hear,
While other times. In gentle tones,
'Twould fall upon my ear.
But lately I have noticed tHat
As I stroll 'round the town
Instead of cheerful greeting, bo,
I get a gloomy frown.
"Why are not tilings," I asked myself,
"Just as they were before?"
And then the answer dawned on me—
i iileutiou Day Iq o'at ~ (
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VISITING THE WAR BRIDES
Vll.—Cleveland Is Busy
By Frederic J. Haskin
WITH the lake carriers busier than
they have been tor ten years
bringing ore from the Superior
district, and unable to supply It fast
enough for humming mills and fac
tories; with between two and three
thousand skilled workmen striking for
a bigger share of the golden bounty;
With the war stocks fairly kicking the
lid of the stock exchange, and every
one bitten by the. speculation biur,
Cleveland Is getting fully her share of
the war boom prosperity, and rather
more than her share of the excite
ment.
Peerless Motor Is the most inter
esting war stock on the Cleveland ex
change. A year ago this corporation
was in extremely poor financial
health. Its stock was quoted at 15.
When the war broke out, L. H. Kltt
redge, vice-president of the firm, im
mediately saw the opportunity to re
coup. He went to Russia at once, and !
was across the water about as soon I
as Charles Schwab, with much the I
same results on a smaller scale. Peer- |
less climbed up to 198 a few days ago, ;
and it is a pretty sure thing that It j
will go higher.
Shareholders have been given an'
option on the stock at 225, and several j
larger corporations are trying to get |
a controlling part of it.
A year ago this concern owed a
million and a half. To-day this debt, |
together with a $325,000 mortgage, is |
paid, and the company Is about $3,,-!
250,000 to the gobd.
Demand for Auto Trucks
The demand for auto trucks to
transport supplies and munitions to
PREPAREDNESS PER EZEKDEIi!
[Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
By quoting the prophet Estaklel on
preparedness In a friendly letter to
Setli Low the President has taken the
wind out of Bryan's sails in a way,
that' does one good who recalls that a
certain urtctuous reliance on the Bible
is the peerless orator's chief Chautau
quawfcing stock In trade, by which he
gives a convincing character to his
combination Chadbandlan and Peck
snltllan style of platitudes, in order,
also, to prove, as the canting phrase
ftoec. that "the Lord is on his side."
of course, as the Bryanltes may say,
even the Devil can cite Scripture; but
the President's counter on the argu
ments of the nonreslstance folk from
Ezeklel xxxlll. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, is capital;
if the "watchman warns" and the
people heed not then their blood is on
their own heads; but,' if the "watch
man does not wurn," when he sees the
sword about to fall, then he is re
sponsible for the woes of the people.
The modern analogies are easy, but
it never occurred to Ezekicl to pic
ture Bryan as a watchman, who not.
only will not warn the people, but
even tells them that the sword is a
myth, and that they can go their ways
In peace; a type elsewhere described
in the Bible as the "blind leader of
the blind" who both fall into the
ditch!
THE BIG EXPOSITION'S PROFITS
With the ninth period of the Expo
sition more than half over, officials
are certain that Its completion wfll see
net earnings of more than $2,000,000.
R. 8. Durkee, controller, has submitted
his monthly financial report to the di
rectors. Jt covers the eighth period,
which closed on October 3, and shows
an earning of $742,725. The expendi
tures for this period were $391,625,
placing the net profits at $351,01*9.82
and bringing the total profits up to sl,-
265,704.95.
Though the Income and profits for the
eighth period were less than those of
the sixth and seventh, the directors ex
pressed satisfaction at the showing. As
the August and September periods were
expected to bring the greatest re
ceipts, the directors feel no appre
hension because of the slight falling
off.
Controller Durkee's statement says:
"Although the Income for the eighth
period was $106,399 less than the high
water mark set in the seventh period,
the operating costs were further re
duced and the net profits for the period
was $351,099. which Is the best showing
of any period, with the exception of
the one Immediately preceding. In
which the effects of the tremendous
Eastern travel were clearly shown.
"All Of the debts of the Exposition
were paid prior to the opening of this
so that It has been possible to
■ilaoe all of the profits In special sink-
In* funds drawing Interest.
At the present rate of profit, there
will be nearly $1,000,000 hi cash on hand
at closing day.
CUT MARKETING COSTS
No food product is marketed so
cheaply as the California citrus crop.
Because of the businesslike organiza
tion of 8,000 growers In the California
fruit exchange, they pay only about
414 cents P»r packed box to distribute i
and sell their crop to the jobbers of
! United States, Canada and foreign
countries, or 1 2-3 per cent, of the de
livered value of the fruit. Most fruit
'growers pay 10 per cent, commission
for selling, .besides freight and cart- I
age. This great difference, says Edwin
C. Powell, the editor of Karm and
Home, Is made possible only through
co-operation rightly managed.
The California fruit growers' ex-r
change Is the largest and best organiz
ed co-operative body In .America. It
provides marketing facilities for 62
per i-ent. of thw State's total crop, worth
L aomu S3U,UUO.OUU«
NOVEMBER 11, 1915.
the front is the power behind this
phenomenal rise. This concern is pro
ducing one hundred cars a week, and
is making a net profit of $1,050 on
each car. More contracts are_ re
ported coming in all the time. A' rush
order hajs Just been received for 200
trucks Of a new typo with a four
wheel drive. Bach wheel is directly
connected with the motor, so that the
machine can turn in its own length—
a distinct advantage in war.
Undoubtedly one great benefit of
the war boom to the American auto
Industry is that the foreign buyers
have taken all the old stock oft the
manufacturers hands, and stimulated
them to make new designs.
France has ordered 350 cars from
this firm, and England has let a
standing contract for ten cars a week
as long as the war lasts, the agree
ment to. be cancelled on not less than
| six weeks' notice.
I When the Anglo-French loan was
I negotiated it brought one Cleveland
| firm an order for 1,000 cars. Another
I concern capitalized at about $100,000,-
[ 000, has orders for atyout $25,000,-
000 worth of trucks. Formerly, this
I concern built a high-graie pleasure
i oar. In order to encoufage It to go
! into the truck business, the allies
j bought all the pleasure r'ars it had
| on hand for the use of officers.
I The prosperity among auto makers
i is widespread, extending even to the
smallest concerns. Nearly all of the
large ones are making trucks for the
allied armies, and fills has thrown
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State From Day to Day)
"Go to Heller," the tailor, is the
, somewhat startling one-line reader
that stares the Williamsport public
in the face from the daily papers.
The advertiser evidently believes that
inasmuch as Providence had endow
ed him with a name of such possi
bilities, he would be foolish not to
make capital of it.
Henry 8. Brubaker of Lancaster,
aged 80, prominent as a botanist, who
hud done much work for leading col
leges and the State authorities, Is
dead.
A pair of brass-rimmed spectacles
that have been handed down through
four generations are the property of
Henry A. Meals, of York Springs.
They served his great-grandfather
until his death at the age of ninety,
his grandfather until he was ninety
two, and his father until he was eigh
ty. Time alone will tell for how
many more generations these faithful
spectacles will do yeoman servffce.
Rubber goods will probably be
manufactured in an old pottery plant
in New Castle, if the plans of sev
eral enterprising young men of that
vicinity materialize and their project
can be carried out.
Surrounded by seven daughters,
one son, twenty-one grandchildren
and eleven great-grnndchildren, Dan
iel Billing, of Lytmville. celebrated
his eightieth birthday' recently. All
the neighbors were present, says the
local paper, and enjoyed two birth
day cakes on which were eighty light
ed candles. <
A widow in Shamokin has survived
two husbands, both of whom met
death in precisely the same way. Her
second husband, John Lenker, was
killed yesterday by being caught un
der a fall of rock at Buck Ridge Col
liery.
Lena Baroni, aged 16, of Somerset,
was electrocuted while climbing over
a rail fence, her feet becoming en
tangled in a broken telephone wire.
Her ftster was knocked to the ground
but not seriously injured.
An aged Civil War veteran, who
has passed the eighty-seventh mile
stone, a shoemaker by trade, has just
completed a little home for himself
in Beaver Kalis, the entire construc
tion work of which he did with his
own-hands. "I built it to have me a
home when X get old" was the way the
interesting old soldier explained his
actions.
"DA BESTA FRAND"
No keeok my dog! Ha! don a dare!
( tor Jus' so queeck you do,
You Meester 'Merican, I swear
I brack your face for you!
Eh? Wat? Well, den, dat's alia rl ••t,
But let me Carlo be.
Escusa me for gat excite';
Com' look! I smila! See?
I want be frand weeth youj eef dat
You wanta be my frand,
But Carlo ees lies' frand I gat
Een all dees blgga land,
An' he ees ttrsta 'Merican
For com' w'en I am blue
An' mak' me feela like man—>
I tal eet all to you.
—Fron» "Da Besta Frand."
; - A. DAuXi j
Atoning (Eljat
Pennsylvania farmers are being pes
tered by the June bug, although It Is
the middle of November, and the
ravages are causing many of the grain
fields to be damaged. The pest is the
larVa of the bug which flies about in
early summer and bumps its head
against electric lights and is to be
found clinging to grape vines, shrub
bery and fruit trees. Reports received
by Dr. H. A. Surface, the State zoolo
gist, are that the larva, which is tile
familiar white grub used for late sum
mer and fall fishing, has ruined many
acres, eating out the roots of the grass
and plants. In a number of places the
griib has been reported as having
devastated lawns and golf links and
has also appeared on some baseball
fields, apparently preferring cultivated
places, alt hough some reports are that it
has shown no objection to tearing out
grain fields and market gardens. The
best advice that is being given is to
plough up the ground this fall so that
the grubs may be killed by the frost
or eat on. The pests, however, are hard
to reach, as they burrow into the
earth, and ploughing has to be deep.
It is estimated that the pest has caused
thousands of dollahs' loss and experi
ments are being made with chemicals
and sprays In half a dozen places to
determine the best means to extermi
nate it.
• • •
The stringent State law against per
mitting shipment of game for sale in
markets is responsible for the very
small number of rabbits exposed for
sale in the markets in the cities. Ordi
narily hundreds of rabbits are avail
able for purchase, but this year, owing
to the strictness with which the law
Is being enforced, the cottontails are
hard to get except from farmers who
shot them. The market hunter, who
was the bane of the sportsman, has
been put out of business In quite a few
localities and wardens are turning up
men who have been in the habit oL'
shooting their limit of game in some
counties and then moving on to the
next.
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"Don't let anybody charge you high
prices for turkeys this year and don't
let anybody tell you they are scarce,"
said a man who has just returned from
a hunting trip through Perry county.
"I never saw so many turkeys in that
vicinity as at present," he continued.
"Every farm from Newport to a point
well beyond New Germantown has its
flock and many of them are very large.
The farmers know this and are hold
ing the supply in order to keep prices
up. Many of "them refuse to sell at
this time, hoping for higher prices
later, but this very holding back of the
supply is going to have the effect of
cheaper turkeys at Thanksgiving and
Christmas."
Now and then the members of tlio
Dauphin County Poor Board are called
upon to render assistance in divers
form and to divers persons. The latest.
Job one of the members was called
upon to do WBS the administering of
an oath to a wayfarer who wanted to
"swear off drinking" for another year.
He came into the office the other day
and asked Poor Director C. L. Boyer
whether he knew of anybody who
could take such an oath. Mr. Boyor
said that the law allowed any of ihe
members of the poor board to act as
notaries in any matters that pertain to
matters affecting the work of the poor
board. Thus another habitue "swore
off."
• • •
Dr. P. P. Claxton, the United States
Commissioner of Education, who lias
been here this week to address fh<*
teachers, is an old friend of Governor
Brumbaugh and State educational au
thorities. Dr. Claxton has spoken hero
UDon a number of occasions.
WELL KNOVN PEOPLE
—Bishop Regis Canevln dedicated
the new Catholic church at Ford City.
—Frank B. Willis, Governor of Ohio,
a well-known man to many tea,chers,
may run for re-election.
—W. A. Kessler, of Homestead, was
host to Western Pennsylvania post
masters.
—Herbert D. Brenon, of Johnstown,
who was on the stage for a time, has
fallen heir to a fortune left by an
uncle In Dublin.
—Captain J. W. Smith, of Mead
ville, has returned from an extended
trip to southern States.
—Major Everett Warren, the Scran
ton lawyer, has been making strong
speeches on prepare'dness.
—A. J. Murrle, of the Carnegie Mu
seum. is home from his long trip to
Labrador with many specimens.
—C. A. Buck, vice-president, of the
Bethlehem Steel Company, has re
turned from Inspection trips to the
Schwab pre mines in Chill.
DO YOU KNOW
That lfarrlsbtirg engines are being
used in Canadian |H>wer plants?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Some noted taverns used to be
located along the wharves on Front
street.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY j
YEARS AGO TO-DAY j
[From the Telegraph, Nov. 11, 1865]
Funeral of George Ijoy
The funeral of George Loy, who
was killed yesterday in the yards
of the Pennsylvania railroad, will bo
held to-morrow morning at 10
o'clock. It will be attended by mem
bers of the Friendship Fire Company
and Company G, Fifty-fifth Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Sixth Regiment leaves
The Sixth Regiment of the Hancock
Corps received orders to leave here
this morning enroute for Washing
ton.
Governor Names Day of Thanks
Thursday, December 7 was chosen
as the day for thanksgiving observ
ance in this State, to correspond with
the date set by President Johnson.
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The Newspaper
Truman A. De Weese, a well-
known business builder, says: ■
"Get a copy of the leading
paper of your town of twenty
years ago and compare It with
to-dny's edition of the same
paper.
"You may not detect any re
markable Improvement In the
handling of the editorial or news
matter.
"The thing that will Impress
you most Is the quantity and
quality of the advertising.
"The paper Is vibrant with In
tense merchandising activity.
"There is freshness, timeliness
and originality In the advertis
ing.
"The copy has 'news' Interest.
"There Is a striking departure
from the hackneyed, stereotyped
statements of other days.
"There Is an absence of ex
travagant claims and / Invidious
comparisons.
"The advertising is a pleas
ing mixture of Store news and
honest salesmanship."
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