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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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GUS M. STEINMETZ
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THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 18.
Be iciier than other people if you
<««. biU do not tell them to. —Earl
ot Chesterfield.
THE TRREF. CROSSES
EVEN with the approach of an
other Yuletide season the mil
lions in the sorry countries be
yond the seas are still struggling to
appease the hatreds of kings and
emperors: in the' joyous country
whose people are at p£ace with all
their fellowmen. millions are eagerly
girding their loins to wage more
vigorously the silent battle of hope
and faith against the creeping, de
spairing onslaught of the "white
ijlugue" of tuberculosis.
On many a European field the only
hope of reward of the soldier of a
king is the cross of iron. On the quiet,
but equally deadly, fields of the
"plague," of civilization the soldier of
the King is preparing his battle lines
in the name of the crimson cross of
Geneva. v
In Harrlsburg the attack will be
mupped out and directed by Dr. C. R.
Phillips, chairman of the Red Cross
<~hristmas seal committee. His com
mittee is an eager, earnest group of
citizens, zealous in the work of ad
vancing the cause. YOU can be the
soldier in the ranks. Instead of a
high-powered rifle from the factories
at Essen, your weapon will be a cent,
a nickel, a dime, or a quarter, or per
haps a dollar. Instead of firing a
clip of cartridges you will buy Red
Cross Christmas Seals.
And you will tight entrenched in
the shadow of the Cross of the Ages.
When are you going to enlist?
Interest in the proposed movement to
inake Harrisburg a flower city next
summer Is spreading In every direction.
The Telegraph has received letters
• ommending the suggestion and volun
teering support of the movement. It
is probable that the Civic Club will ap
point committees for the working out
of the plans during the winter.
THE MODERN BANK
A NATIONALLY prominent maga
zine of current issue publishes |
a cartoon of a banker stamped
with the dollar mark and pudgy with
wealth. But there is another side to
the banker, and the cartoon is not a
good representation of the modern
man who alts in the president's office
of thte average modern bank. Let us
look at him in another light.
James Smith was tafcen sick and
lost the use of his right arm. ' He had
a wife and four children dependent
upon him, and for a year-he was out
of work and faced starvation. He
lived in a modest framecottage and his
rent was sixteen dollars a month. He
had no money laid away when he was
tahsn sick, and only because the land
lord was kindly inclined did he have a
roof over his head. Neighbors and
friends helped him, and somehow he
pulled through that dreary year.
The landlord was not a wealthy
man; he only looked so. He was
"property poor." He owned about fif
ty houses, and owing to depreciation
in real estate values and general busi
ness stagnation was unable to sell his
r#aj estate, and lived on his rents.
He was, on a larger scale. In almost as
btd a condition as his tenant.
For two years he paid no interest
on the mortgage on Smith's house and
the taxes were in arrears for over
three years. A savings bank held the
mortgage and was as patient with the
landlord as the landlord was with
4m|th. Therefore, the owner of the
house was not Smith's benefactor, but
the bank. The bank carried the load
which the sickness of Smith brought
to the landlord, and tljat is what banks
are for.
Likewise in the matter of taxes. The
' etty paid Its bills from tax money
gathered from property owners like
the landlord. But when Smith paid
no rent and the landlord paid no taxes,
the city had to go to some bank and
borrow until the landlord paid up.
And so another bank came to the res
ell# and saved both Smith and his
landlord.
i We owe a great deal to banks.
'Mbey carry many a load the public
| MM They ease the jars otj
THURSDAY EVENING,
life. They furnish the steam to keep
the engine running. W« could not get
along without them.
Some day you may be out of work
and unable to pay your rent. As a
home-owner you may get behind in
your taxes; but remember, somebody,
through the medium of a bank, comes
to the rescue and carries your loa<J
when you can't carry It yourself.
When In good health, why not appre
ciate these facts, and when your load
Is easy, help carry someone else's load
by banking your money where it will,
in a quiet and unassuming way, do
some good to somebody besides your
self.
| To be ready to meet your rainy day,
| you must spend less than you earn.
The sky may look very blue and the
clouds very far away; but be assured
that It will rain some time, and if your
days are not rainy ones, someone is
out In the storm somewhere, and the
bank will carry for you the load that
comes to the thrifty as well as the
spendthrift, for storms are not re
specters of persons.
The bank is no longer, if it ever
was. the mere means of piling up sur
pluses for stockholders. It Is a pub
lic servant of no- mean value.
XO "EASY JOBS"
IN his talk before the conference at
the Caplto) week Governor
Brumbaugh made it quite clear
that he expects actual service of all
employes of the Commonwealth.
It Is his thought that the public
service is even more Important than
private activities and he Indicated In
a rather emphatic way that those
attaches who imagined employment on
Capitol Hill and elsewhere was simply
a leisurely way of making a living
would awaken to their mistake should
he discover such lapses.
However, it is known that the Gov
ernor has a high appreciation of the
industry and zeal of most of the men
who are co-operating with him in the
active work of the administration. He
doesn't hesitate to commend where
commendation is deserved and it is
rather remarkable how closely he haß
followed the operations of the several
departments.
Stale Highway Commissioner Cun
ningham made a fine impression upon
the conference at the Capitol by his
practical and commonsense address.
He goes right to the meat of things
and his familiarity with the highways
of the State and with the local condi
tions ha* been a matter of surprise to
those who have conferred with him on
road problems. He paid a high tribute
to the engineers when he declared that
the success of the department depends
solely upon their ability.
THE RIVER ROAD ACCIDENT
THE accident on the River Road
last night, when three speeding
'motorcyclists were injured In
collision, was not unexpected. In
deed. it is just what everybody famil
iar with conditions on that much
traveled piece of roadway has long
anticipated. The wonder Is that an
accident of the kind or even more se
rious has not occurred before,
j The River Road is used every hour
jof the day as a speedway for reckless
and irresponsible drivers of automo
biles and motorcycles. Automobile
racing has not been so much In vogue.
It is true, since the State Highway
Commissioner and the Motor Club of
Harriaburg got on the trail of the of
fenders, but the motorcyclists know no
limit save the speed of their engines.
If drivers of motor driven vehicles
refuse to obey the law with respect
to speed they must not complain if the
Legislature some day requires that no '
machine with a speed limit of more
than twenty-five or thirty miles an
hour be permitted on the roads.
When an aroused public begins to!
make reforms It nearly always goes
too far. and the motorist is headed in
i that direction.
The Telegraph's literary contest Is
attracting much attention and already
the readers of this newspaper are en
gaged in a lively search of the classics
for the names of authors of quotations
which are the basis of the contest. It
is strange how many of us are familiar
with certain lines, but without knowl
edge of their authors.
THE CORRECT ATTITUDE"
THERE IS at least one moving pic
ture house proprietor in Har
risburg who has more thought
for the kind of films he runs than for
the mere money side of his business.
Not long since this man booked a film
and advertised it. It proved objection
able to a large class of his patron?.
It was of a character that should
never have been passed by the State
Board of Censors, which did make
many eliminations and changes before
It permitted the production to appear
in Pennsylvania. When the matter
was drawn to the attention of this
proprietor he promptly withdrew his
advertising and the film is not being
shown, although the sacrifice cost him
about *SO or more for reel rent and
advertising.
In this case the proprietor is far
less to blame than the State Board of
Censors. No film of the character in
question should have been approved.
When the owner of a moving picture
house has no guide for his bookings
save the approval of the Censors he
should be absolutely guaranteed
against any such loss as that to which
the in question was put in Har
risburg this week. He relies, naturally,
upon the board and he should be pro
tected.
The Telegraph refrainß from using
the title of this film lest sonic other
less scrupulous proprietor fake ad
vantage of the opportunity to produce
It for the nickels of the morbidly
curious who would be no doubt at
tracted.
With the railroads turning loose a
half million dollars Just before the holi
days. Christmas shopping ought to be
quite n pleasant little incident of the
season for lo«-al merchants.
It Is said Uarranza never laughs.
Well, being boss of Mexico is no laugh
ing matter.
Serbian army almost cut off. Sounds
like a belated dispatch from Russia.
fotittC*. «V . |
By a* I
Announcement by Senator Boies
Penrose that he will be a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
President of the United States recalls
the action of Senator M. 8. Quay back
in 1896 when he announced that he
was a candidate and won the dele
gation. Senator P. C. Knox was a can
didate in 1908 and he had the dele
gation.
The announcement from the South
that the senator intends to be a candi
date, coupled with the general belief
that Governor Brumbaugh would he
willing to be nominated if the lightning
should strike him. makes the situation
one of intense interest six months be
fore the time for the primaries to be
held. If the friends of the Governor
decide to make a fight for him it would
mean a lively contest, while with the
senator In the field as a candidate any
opposition would mean a fight for con
trol.
Events will move pretty fast after
the senator returns to this State with
the Liberty Bell. By that time the
Penrose plans will be announced and
the rumored combinations against him
will take shape or vanish.
The senatorial situation will prob
ably come to a head later on. Friends
of P. C. Knox are getting very busy all
over the State, while, the E. V. BabcocU
cohorts are waiting to see what hap
pens after Penrose comes home. That
Public Service Commissioner Magee
will get into the running as a compro
mise candidate is doubted here.
—Blair county friends of Dairy and
Food Commissioner James Foust last
i night wired him their congratulations
on his reappointment. Mr. Foust has
long been active in Republican affairs
in that county.
—Forty judges of election have been
haled into court in Philadelphia to ex
plain election blunders.
I,egal steps were decided upon at a
meettng at Chester yesterday to pre
vent Mayor-elect W. S. McDowell from
taking his seat. The parties inter
ested say it was decided to file papers
with the courts setting forth the rea
sons for their action, based on the
ground that the act of 1915 under
which McDowell was elected is uncon
stitutional, as it deprived any other
candidate having his name printed on
the official ballot. The right of the
four Chester councilmen elect, B. D.
bright 'oseph Messick, Charles B.
Mould .id John H. Mlrkll, to take
their seats will also be contested, the
allegation being that they were elected
by fraudulent means and contrary to
law. Prominent attorneys have been
engaged to combat the issue in both
instances, and if necessary. It was stat
ed by one of the men Interested, It will
be taken to a higher court. Mayor
William Ward, defeated candidate for
council and a former legislator, and
»\ illiam T. Fowden. defeated candi
date for mayor on the nonpartisan
ticket, are active In the movement.
—The Franklin party appears to be
doing very much as the Keystone and
other parties of protest in Philadel
phia used to do by pre-empting the
name of the party for national and
congressional elections. These always
look as though the organization was
a real strong one and from now on
there will be a stream of pre-emptions,
ic esterday more were recorded and
there will be more to-morrow with
much noise by the boosters.
—Congressman A. S. Kreider ap
pears to be getting around his district
a good bit and his fences would seem
at this distance to be mighty well put
together. He has spoken In all three
counties of his district the last few
months.
The Scranton Republican in a re
view of conditions in (he legislative
rieiu in Lackawanna county deals with
some well-known men this way: "Sen
ator W. M. Lynch holds over for an
other two years, but the terms of the
representatives expire next December,
before the convening of the next ses
sion. Hush A. Dawson will be a can
didate to succeed himself in the Sec
ond district. William Luxemberger,
Democrat incumbent, will have a hard
tight for re-election, as there are sev
eral prospective Republicans after the
Job in this Republican district, anions
them being Captain Jack Jones.
Thomas Hart, Republican, of Winton,
is one of the mun mentioned as a suc
cessor to William Haffgerty, deceased,
fourth district. In the Fifth
"-.Jones will be opposed for the
Republican nomination by George
?u /• Blakely, and In the Sixth
John Cook of Old Forge, and David
i °. ,7 uy r ' are already out for
the Republican nomination. it is
thought that Frederic O. Elirhardt
representative in the Third district!
will not seek re-election. Mr. Ehr
hardt has been mentioned as a prob
able candidate for sheriff two vears
fin!5 Ce '« f sheriff's contest may also
find County Treasurer Jacob R
Schlager in it. •
COM I'KXKATIOX IXSCRAXCE
[Philadelphia Bulletin]
The State Insurance Fund, organi
zed for the more efficient and econo
mical application of the new system of
compensation for industrial accidents
°"f ht approximate as near as pos
sible the function of a mutual insur
ance company, operating without pro
fit. and on such a minimum schedule
of rates as shall be sufficient to as
sure its solvency, and periodically re
turning to its subscribers pro rata
such surplus as may be accumulated
fund 6 requirements of the reserve
Inevitably this will result in com
petition with private enterprise en
gaged in the field of liability insur
ance, but the community and indus
tr> were the intended beneficiaries of
the compensation laws, rather than 1
the bonding companies, and the State
is undertaking no extraordinary or un
warranted function in attempting to
operate its system of compensation at
cost, and without a rake-off. or un
necessary carrying charges.
Experience in .Massachusetts, where
there Is no State lnsnrancetf und, but'
a near equivalent n a mutual organi
zation sponsored at its commence
ment by the State, together with su
pervisory and regulatory power over
rates of incorporated companies in the
hands of the State Insurance Com
missioner. thus establishing unifor
mity of rates throughout the State,
the tendency has been steadily toward
reduction in premium rates, demon
strating that the cost of the compen
sation system may be over-estimated.
It may be doubted if the actual
cost is greater than the burden of
industrial casualties under the old
system, although there arc no figures
upon which to base accurate compari
sons. At least individual employers,
who are representative of various in
dustries, testify that their costs are
not larger. The additional burden
comes chiefly upon the minor employ
ers, with whom accidents were so in
frequent as not to figure in their bud
gets, and to whom the cost of insur
ance is an extra expense. Yet the
time will come when Insurance against
casualty loss in industry will be as
generally recognized as wise and prop
er, regardless of the frequency of acci
dents in a particular shop, as fire in
surance is now considered a neces
sary safeguard against loss.
The underlying theory of fire insur
ance is that lire loss Is communal, and
l hat Its incidence should be widely
distributed. A great step forward was
taken when It was realized that in
dustrial loss was of the same nature
and could best be borne in like man
lier. '
HARRISSURG TELEGRAPH *
'THE CARTOON OF THE'DAY I
NO COLOR LINE HERE.
II ■
From the Philadelphia FhrnlnK Ledger,
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE"]
—lf newspaper pictures are ac
curate one wonders who AJ. Davis got
a divorce from for the purpose of
wedding Eugenia Kelly.
—Some women are such inveterate
shoppers that they are glad when a
tear in husband's coat gives them a
chance to go hunting for a sample lo
match.
• —When that West Shore vision of
Mr. Manning comes true the suburbs
of Philadelphia better watch their
laurels closely.
—The prize puzzle of the season is
who will win next year's 'peace prize.
Hist, now, here's a thought. Perhaps
Bryan has his eye on one.
—Considering its age and physical
infirmities the Liberty Bell is stand
ing up pretty well under Its recent
dissipations.
•
—We've been so glad to see the
stacks of the local mills puffing again
that we haven't the heart to write
more "smoke nuisance" editorials.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Berlin to Bagdad sounds as good as
Cape to Cairo.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Constantlne might try sending his
hyphen home to her Imperial brother.
—Wall Street Journal.
Modern War Version.—"He who
fights and runs away lives to announce
a strategic retreat."—Brooklyn Kagle.
If the German-Americans hiss Presi
dent Wilson, what would they have
done had the Colonel been elected?—
Boston Herald.
The artist who paints a modern gen
eral in the hour of his victory will
•have to paint him at the telephone.—
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Carranza does not care how much
religious freedom Mexicans have so
long as they do not exercise it openly.
—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
IN THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Japan—Can play any position and
makes all the managers nervous.
Kussla—A kig fellow, but so slow
he has to make a homer in order to
get to first.
Belgium The innocent spectator
who was hit with a foul ball.
Turkey—A pitcher who looked easy
but who la making a lot of trouble.
Uncle Sam—The man who owns the
pop, peanut, and refreshment privil
ege.
War-Correspondents—The men who
can't get into the press-stand because
the managers have given all the seats
to their friends.
Czar —The manager with loads of
substitutes, but too few regular play
ers.—Walter Camp In Collier's Weekly.
BY WHAT OTHER MEAN'S?
[Kingston (Mo.) Mercury.]
At President Wilson's direction, an
investigation has been started to find
means to prevent a flood of cheap
products from Europe on the Amer
ican market at the end of the war.
Is this an admission of the administra
tion that a Free-Trade, open-door
policy is dangerous to' this country?
By what means other than the Pro
tective policy can the end be ob
tained? The Incoming Republican
administration will know the means
and will apply them, as Republican
administrations always have.
Our Daily Laugh j
GETTING MOR* \9iMgJ
MONEY. itmmTl \Vvi
How will the
nations keep up
the war when
funds run low?
Oh, every now \
and then they
can declare an //mm
armistice for the s / nA
benefit of Amerl- / ■
can tourists. *
tGOOD IDEA..
more generous
with your klaseJ
to try to get int«
moving picture
and I want a lot
r r >|
THE TYPHOID DETECTIVE
By Frederic J. Haskin
s
TYPHOID fever is like crime, in
that it may theoretically be
eradicated from human society.
If all persons of criminal tendency
were hunted out, confined and pre
vented from reproducing, and if the
condition of poverty and disease which
produced them were eliminated, crime
would cease to exist. Likewise, if the
last elusive typhoid germ could be
traced to its ultimate source, and all
the unsanitary conditions that bred
it removed for all time, there would
be no more typhoid.
In either case, vigilant police and
detective work is the chief requisite.
Governments have always hunted
criminals systematically, with forces
organized for the purpose, but they
have Just begun to realize the im
portance of hunting and destroying
infection in the same way.
The United States Public Health
Service now has ,a regular typhoid
detective force, which devotes itself
entirely to the tracing of Infection to
its source. In order to prove to the
State governments the value of this
work, the Public Health Service has
now selected in each of nine different
States a typical county which is to be
entirely freed of typhoid infection.
Germ detection is. of course, not a
new thing. Doctors and sanatoriums
have always attempted to discover the
source of infection during epidemics.
But this germ detection has now be
come a science of recognized methods
and remarkable efficiency. The germ
sleuths of the Public Service now sel
dom fail to find the cause of any epi
demic in which their services are re
quested by the State authorities. Each
of these successes is not only a step
toward the elimination of typhoid
fever, but a demonstration of how it
may be accomplished.
Last summer a typhoid epidemic
broke out in a western State, fifteen
cases developed in a week, the State
health authorities asked for federal
assistance.
Gradually Traced It
The stricken community was a
rural one composed of well-to-do
farmers living in well-built houses
upon broad lands. Poverty, dirt and
all other disease breeding conditions
were apparently lacking. But the de
tective found upon Investigation that
each of the fifteen persons who first
developed typhoid had attended a cer
tain picnic. One by one he studied
the articles of food that made up the
picnic dinner. He traced the good
country butter to the cows that yielded
HIGH TIME, AND GETTING I.ATI
[New York Tribune.]
Jfono too soon come the reports
from Washington that President Wil
son had turned his attention to the
manner in which this country is be
ing sinned against by the crew of so
called diplomatists who have stopped
at nothing to injure our neutrality—
who are making war in Its most out
rageous form upon the government
by forgery, dynamite, torch and
bribery.
Mr. Wilson has had the country be
hind him to a remarkable extent. He
has perhaps been misled into believing
that public sentiment is the sentiment
which carries water on both shoul
ders. But a much larger number of
persons than he has any idea of think
It is high time that the President got
behind the country. The secret con
spirators of foreign lands who aro
strongly intrenched in the country,
offensively "getting away with it,"
never halt In their activities and never
take time off. They are ut work night
and day, surprised at the inefficiency
of the United States in protecting its
rights. Immunity has made them
■bold.
If the President has taken hold and
will give close attention to these Im
portant matters there yet may be
cause for rejoicing that a so-called
diplomatic "gang" have been put.
aboard ship and their agents put
safely away in an Internment camp,
say on the Dry Tortugas.
GOD I/OOKS TO YOU!
Then shall the King say unto them
on His right hand, "Come, ye blessed
of my Father,. Inherit the kingdom
prepared for you from the founda
tion of the world; for I was hungered,
and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty,
and ye gavo me drink; T was a
stranger and ye took me in; naked,
and ye clothed me; I was sick, and
ye visited me; I 'was in prison, and
ye came unto me."
Then shall the righteous answer
Him, saying, "Lord, whin saw we
Thee an hungered, and fed Thee? or
at hirst, and gave Thee drink? And
when saw we Thee, a stranger, anil
took Thee in? or naked, anil clothed
Thee? And when saw we Thee sick
or In prison, and <-ame unto Thee?"
And the King shall answer and say
unto them, "Verily, I say unto you.
inasmuch as ye did it unto one of
jthese my brethren, even the least, ye
[did It unto me." i .
NOVEMBER iB, 1915.
the milk and the men that cared for
them. He considered the possibilities
or infection in bread and cider and '
ham and everything else that goes into
a country picnfb lunch, but It had all
come from kitchens kept by scrupu
lously careful housewives where the
germ could not possibly Rain a foot
hold.
Finally, there was nothing left but
the lemonade. He found that this had
been cooled repeatedly by putting
large chunks of ice into the tub where
they rapidly melted. This ice came
from a pond where It was cut every
winter and stored in a typical country
icehouse. A glance showed the skilled
sanitarian that filth was regularly
reaching the pond by seepage, and a
test of its water revealed the presence
of great numbers of typhoid bacilli.
Germ Breeders
Many persons who have had ty
phoid fever continue to be infection
reservoirs for months or even for
years afterward. The public health
records of Washington describe a
man who had typhoid fever eighteen
years ago and is still breeding the
germs. Such persons are carefully
guarded to protect the health of the
public. If they will observe all the
rules laid down for them, and refrain
from coming in contact with food to
be eaten by other persons, they need
not be closely confined.
While most persons cease to breed
the germs when they recover from
the disease, the present records show
that about 3 per cent, of the victims
continue to breed them indefinitely.
Only the most rigid precautions can
keep such persohs from being men
aces to public health.
Over 30,000 persons die from ty
phoid each year and at least 400,000
are incapacitated. Yet it is a pre
ventable disease. The county surveys,
now being made in nine States, are ex
pected to stimulate similar work in
all these States.
This survey includes a visit to every
house and a study of the conditions,
regarding water supply, sanitary pro
visions, the age of each member of
the family, his health record and oc
cupation. From these individual re
ports the suspicious conditions com
mon to the majority can be selected.
They are nearly always the sources
'of infection.
A campaign of education follows
the survey. Charts are issued and
stereopticons and moving pictures
show the true causes of typhoid, and
the methods of prevention.
1 THE STATE FROM W TO DOT
Women to the rescue! T. A. Wright,
general manager of the Wilkes-Barrc
Railway Company yesterday made the
statement that "the women will win,
the strike," referring to the long
drawn out contest between the com
pany and the people. The number of
women who are returning as pas
sengers is daily increasing and a rift
in the clouds of discord appears im
minent.
Bears are getting so plentiful in the
Brandy Caanp, Elk county, district,
that they are becoming a menace, de
clares C. C. McAllister. They are
actually becoming so overbearing that
they will go into a cornfield, roll over
on their backs and break the stalks
to get the Juicy ears, causing much
damage.
A "Hobo Social" was held last,
evening in the Seventh Street Luth
eran church, of Lebanon, under the
auspices of the young people. Each
guest was called on to tell a "hobo"
story and refreshments were provided
in the form of a hand-out from the
rear door.
The fourteen days' interclass war
between the Sophs and Freshies of
the University of Pennsylvania came
to a close at 5.45 yesterday morning,
with the older class being declared the
victors. Considerable damage to
property resulted in the course of the
war, because, let it be known, the
annual poster light is no pink tea.
Nearly one hundred prominent New
York business and professional men
Journeyed to Allentown and Mount
Airy Tuesday to Inspect Muhlenberg
College and the Mount Airy Theologi
cal Seminary, in connection with the
raising of $500,000 for the institutions
under the auspices of the Minlsterlum
of Pennsylvania.
The pretzel bakers enjoyed their
annual banquet at the Halfwav
House the other evening, eighteen
members of the association being pres
icnt. Yes, of course it was in Read
ling.
lEtottttuj (Ebat
Here is the story of the pull of a
Telegraph ad. It 1B not often that
the Telegraph gets much mention In
this column, but thin story is too goou
to be forgotten. Not more than a
month ago, a man in our town was
carrying a suit of clothing to a clean
ers. He dropped the vest. When tin
cleaner returned the garments tlie
vest was missing and the telephone
wires curled. Then a hunt was start
ed and the Telegraph was called on
to help. The advertisement was read
by a watchman at the federal build
ing. This man had seen a man pick
up a vest in front of the jail two weeks
before he saw the advertisement. The
watchman told the cleaner and the
cleaner told the advertiser and the
advertiser hunted up the watchman
and thon all got Into touch with the
n ?? n whom the watchman knew ancl
whom he had seen pick up the vest.
Ihe .vest was produced, identified and
returned. And this is the ad that did
I^OST—About two weeks ago,
vest ol' blue serge suit on Pine
street. Court avenue. Walnut or
north Third street between Wal
nut and Footer's Dye Store. Re
ward if returned to Room 708
Telegraph Building.
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The deep pools In the Susquehanns
just below the dam at Dock street ar«
Mecca® for many a lonely fisherman
pilgrimage these days. The fighting
salmon is in his element there and the
fishermen have discovered the fish's
loafing places. Scarcely a day pasftes
that doesn't mark a dozen boatmen on
the surface of the river slowly trolling
back and forth across the waters.
Some splendid catches Incidentally
have been madp thus far although the
record fish for weight and size was-*
landed by Deputy -Sheriff Virgil B.
Kennedy. His fish weighed nine and
a half pounds and N measured twenty
nine inches In length.
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Cottontails appear to have become
numerous with the recent touch of
frost and have been cavorting about
Reservoir park and in fields near th«
city as though they had a very pool
idea of the skill of Harrisburg gunner:
or did not know the dates on which
they may be shot at. Yesterday or
trips to Rockville and Dinglestown
car operatives told of seeing the ani
mals in the fields. Along about "E
o'clock last evening several met
equipped for gunning met in Market
Square. They were on the way home
and there was not a rabbit anion?
them. But an hour later a gunnel
leading three dogs arrived from th«
I Cumberland Valley with a dozen bun
nies.
Senator Joseph 11. Thompson, o!
Beaver Falls, who was here yesterday
is having somewhat., of a hard tinu
with business just now. He is an otO
football player and takes such a big
Interest in the sport in the Fall that
he has to pay his visits to the depart
ments at the Capitol in the middle of
the week.
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It is likely that within a short time
the first anouncement can be made of
the installation of traveling libraries
in school buildings about the city. The
plan is being worked out by Miss Alice
R. Eaton, the librarian of the Harris
burg Public Library, and Superintend
ent F. E. Downes, of the city's
it is astonishing the interest that, is Be
ing taken in the matter.
¥ELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—E. V. Babcock, the Pittsburgh
lumberman, is said to be heavily in
terested in new steel mergers.
—lvy L. Lee has gone to Colorado
to make some Investigations.
—President J. W. A. Haas, of Muh
lenberg College, is interesting many
former students in.the work of his col
lege.
—Congressman A. G. Dewalt is
planning a series of speeches through
out his district this winter.
—Captain B. Tappan, U. S. N., well
known here, has been, ordered hom«
from the Philippines.
1 DO YOU ENOV "1
That Harrisburg tin is used in
ware sold iu the Far East?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
—-The first legislature met here 101
years ago.
AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
The three years following the Civil
War, 1865-66 and 67, included a pe
riod of recovery and reconstruction
and business, according to present day
standards, was In 'most lines poor.
Prices of the leading commodities were
at a high point during 1865, but suffer
ed a sharp decline in the two years
following, and, as payments were reck
oned in a depreciated paper currency,
merchants' operations were very con
servative. In addition, tho benefits of
the new National Bank system were
not yet felt to any great extent and,
as credit was difficult to obtain, the
bulk of business was transacted or.
a cash basis. Another important fac
tor tending to restrict the volume of
sales of manufactured goods, was the
comparatively modest scale of living
of the people, thousands of articles
which are now regarded as absolutely
necessary, being then unknown or
impossible of attainment by the aver
age person.
In the South, for the three years fol
lowing the war. trade was practically
dead. There was little money In cir
culation and conditions were only par
tially relieved by the raising of cotton,
lack of fertilizers and labor enhancing
the cost and keeping down the vol
ume' of production. In consequence,
the majority of the population were
compelled to subsist on what they
could produce, and the demand for
merchandise was of very moderate di
mensions.
In the North, conditions were bet
ter because of the disbandment of thd
armies. The return' of many skilled
mechanics to the workshops and bench
gave an Impetus to manufacturing,
and while demand for the merchandise
produced was at first slow, it was on
a steadily ascending scale. This re
sulted in an Improved sentiment and
encouraged merchants to branch ou\,
un<l while at no time business could bo
called active, a foundation was laid for
the return to normal trade.—Dun's
Review.
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The "1 Have It" Store
The man who keeps the "I
HAVE IT" store always has his
car to the ground.
He tries to know in advance
what the public Is going to want.
He listens to salesmen and he
watches his home newspaper.
Wheti he sees a product adver
tised In his newspaper he knows
people will naut that.
He puts the newspaper adver
tised goods in his window and
says to all who pass by " 'I HAVE
IT," come In."
And people come.