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WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 21.
And if I (jo and prepare a place for
you, I come again, and xrill receive you
1 into, myself: that where I am. there
ye may be also. —John 14:3.
THANKSGIVING DAY
IT Is a pood thinp to give thanks
unto the l«ord, and to sing praises
unto Thy name, O Most High:
To shew forth Thy loving kindness
In the morning, and Thy faithfulness
every night,
L pon an Instrument of ten strings,
and upon the psaltery; upon the harp
with the solemn sound.
For Thou, l ord, hast made me glad
through Thy work; I will triumph In
the works of Thy handa.
O l/ord. how great are Thy works!
and Thy thoughts are very deep.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither
doth a fool understand this.
—Psalms 92:1-0.
OCOMK. let us sing unto the Lord:
let us make a Joyful noise to the
rock of oar salvation.
I.et us eome before tils presence with
thanksgiving, and make a Joyful noise
unto Him with psalms.
For the Lord is a great God. and a
gfcat Klug above all gods.
In His band are the deep places of
the earth; the strength of the hills is
Ilia also.
The sea la His. and He made It; and
Ilia hands formed the dry land.
O come# let us worship and how down;
let us kneel before the Lord our
Maker.
For He Is our <*od; and we are the
people of His pasture, and the sheep
of His hand.
—Psalms 95:1-7.
MAKE a joyful noise unto the
I.ord, all ye land*.
Serve the I.ord with gladnesx:
before Hl* presence with stag
ing.
Know ye that t Lord He Is (iodt tt
'» He that liatb made ns. and not we
ourselvea: we are His people, and tlie
aheep of Hla pasture.
Enter Into His gates with thanksgiv
ing and Into Ills courts with pralsei be
thank fill nnto Him. and bless lUa
name.
For the Lord ta good, HI, mercy la
eTerlaatlng; and Ills truth endureth to
all generations.
—Psalm 100.
National and State banks in Pitts
burgh show an aggregate of $468,000,-
000. which Is 122.000,000 greater than
last year and the largest on record.
Trust companies and State banks show
aggregate deposits of $245,000,000. an
increase of 131,000,000 over last year.
And the banks and trust companies of
little old Harrlsburg likewise show
considerable increases in deposits over
last year, indicating a healthy condition
of this community and the opportunity
for further expansion.
THE SPIRIT OF THE DAY
THE cover page of a widely-read
magazine of current issue bears
the striking picture of an old
man in shabby clothes, sitting on a
park bench, eating a few slices of
bread and smiling as he shares his
crumbs with a flock of hungry spar
rows hopping fearlessly at his feet.
That Is the true spirit of Thanks
giving Day—grateful for blessings re
ceived. whether they be large or small;
happy to share even the humblest gifts
that fate has vouchsafed, cheerful in
the thought that even In misfortune
It "might have been worse" and al
ways realizing that no matter how
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
lowly our walk in life there are those
who look to us for encouragement and
assistance.
It Is more blessed to give than to
receive, and none knows this so well
as he who has shared lil« crust with
a fellow hungrier and needier than
himself. Who are we that we should
dine In plenty while a neighbor's chil
dren sit about an all but empty table?
Who are we that we should give
thanks In Pharisaical fashion for the
good things of life that have been
lavished upon us while old men,
women and children across the sea
are starving and freezing while all
they hold dear is ravished and ruined
by contending armies?
The true Thanksgiving spirit knows
neither mansion nor hovel, neither
easy chair nor park bench, neither
roast turkey nor dry bread. It shares
its crumbs with* the sparrows and Its
feast of plenty with the poor of the
earth. The rich man may be poor In
it, and the poor may bo rich In It. The \
mansion is dark and gloomy that I
knows it not; the cottage glows with j
the light of human kindness where It |
dwells. Without It the most favored 1
life is mere existence; with It even <
mere existence Is transfigured into;
glorious, joyous life itself. It cares J
not overmuch for power or wealth or
position, save as these give It oppor
tunity to serve in the gjjeat cause of
humanity. It is grateful for plenty,
only that it may share that plenty
with others. It rejoices In getting only
that It may be more liberal in giving.
The old man on the park bench,
sharing his crumbs with the sparrows,
is the embodiment of all this. Look
up the picture for yourself. Study it.
It is as full of useful lessons as a
hundred sermons.
Think you that on tj>e morrow,
stripped of all the blessings that sur
round and embellish your life, you
could be grateful for a few crusts
eaten from a paper on a park bench j
and smilingly share your crumbs with !
the sparrows? No? Then this poor
old failure of the artist s fancy has
something that you in your plenty
cannot know, something that you.
with all your money cannot buy;
something akin to the love of Him
who lived but to serve; who gained all
by giving all, and took joy in the j
giving.
James R. Mann, of Illinois, the Re
publican leader In Congress. has de
clared that he will not take orders
from anybody. He will confer with the
President upon the national defense,
but he does not propose to sneeze when
the President takes snuff. President
Wilson now realizes that he must have
patriotic Republicans to pull throußrh
his defense controversy against the
recalcitrants of his own party. These
Republican leaders are perfectly will
ing to consult with him. but not to l>e
dominated by him.
THEORIES AS REMEDIES
WHEN President Grover Cleveland
declared that "A condition, not
a theory, confronts us," he
placed in epigrammatic form a truth
.lust as applicable to the present ad
ministration. but which this adminis
tration absolutely refuses to recognize.
■When Democratic tariff legislation had
aimost destroyed American industry.
President Wilson refused to recognize
it as a condition, but insisted that It
was merely "a state of mind." Despite
his threats to hang someone "higher
than Haman," business continued to
decline and no one was sent to the
callows, either literally or figuratively.
Having caused the had conditions
which existed, the Democratic party
had no power to improve them, be
cause its one remedy was the pursuit
of theories which had been demon
strated to be unsound.
The same persistent refusal to act
in accordance with conditions prevails
to-day. Wo have an illustration of it
in the policy which the administration
indicates its purpose to pursue in pre
venting the extermination of new in
dustries by foreign competition after
the war in Europe has ended. Dr. E.
E. Pratt, chief of the Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce, ac
knowledges that Germany has the
power to resume its control of the dye
stuff industry in this country, but says
nothing of the same condition which
confronts practically all other Amer
ican industries which come into com
petition with European enterprise. The
same attitude of mind is maintained
by Secretary Redfield of the Depart
ment of Commerce, the immediate
superior of Dr. Pratt. Instead of
frankly recognizing the condition
which confronts American industry
and the certain effects of a protective
tariff he adopts the theory that this
foreicn competition could be shut out
through changes in the 4 Clayton anti
trust act. He went so far as to out
line a law which would make it un
lawful for any person engaged in
foreign commerce or industry to sell
or purchase foreign products at such
prices as would substantially eliminate
competition on the part of American
producers.
The marvelous thing about this sug
gestion is that it comes at a time when
the United States Treasury is admit,
tedly lacking in revenue. Instead of
suggesting the obvious remedy, that
of protective tariff, which would pro
vide revenue for the United States
Treasury at the same time that it pro
vided protection for American in
dustry, Mr. Redfield suggests the
theoretical remedy of legislation which
would be difficult of enforcement be
cause each particular offense would
require a criminal trial to determine
whether or not the price at which the
goods were being sold was, in fact,
such as to create unfair competition
with American producers.
' An adequate protective tariff would
: Insure against unfair competition be
fore the foreign goods are entered at
American ports. A remedy which
consisted only of criminal law forbld
[ ding unfair competition would Invite
the foreigner to invade our markets,
because the dealer would be free from
penalty unless it could be proven be
yond a reasonable doubt that he had
knowingly and deliberately violated
the law. The presumption of In
nocence, as In the case of all criminal
statutes, would De on the side of thci
defendant. Instead of establishing a
presumption in favor of the American
producer a law attempting to control
unfair competition through criminal
statutes would give the foreign pro
ducer a decided advantage.
American industries were built up
under a protective tariff system. In
two instances within the memory of
this generation American industries
have been practically ruined by the
enactment of tariff-for-revenue-only
laws. These are conditions. President
Wilson would treat them as "a state
of mind." The Secretary of Commerce
has no remedy except theories.
■ —>j
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By the Ex-Committeeman
Despite remarks to the contrary, the
meeting of A. Mitchell Palmer. James
I. Blakslee and Warren Van Dyke with
Vance C. McCormick in this city yes
terday was filled with political sig
nificance. and, if all reports are cor
rect, was also somewhat impregnated
with gloom. The four men who are
the bulk of the Democratic inner coun
cil needed only State Chairman Koland
S. Morris, now out of the country, and
Joe GufCoy. the Pittsburgh Democratic
boss, to make the whole works of the
Democratic machine.
Blakslee has been running uj> and
down the state lately getting a line on
conditions, and some of the lines are
mournful. There is plenty of resent
ment against the manner in which
the President has doled out patron
age, dissatisfaction with party man
agement and an earnest desire for a
change of leadership. Many Demo
cratic workers will light any effort of
the bosses to seek vindication at the
hands of the voters of the party or to
"come back" as national delegates.
The general feeling is said to be that
the man now at the head of the
party's affairs in this State, having
failed anen everything was in their
favor, should get out and make way
for new leaders. The conditions are
much as they were six years ago.
—The general belief Is that the
conference was to settle appointments
of postmasters to be put up to the
President and to scan the field for
election of national delegates. The
postmaster appointments will be made
gradually and the national delegate
fuss started in February. Palmer said
yesterday that Wilson would be re
nominated without opposition. He
did not don the robe of prophet in
speaking about the election. Whether
Palmer and McCormick will have the
nerve to run for national delegates,
district or at large, is not stated.
They are believed to desire to "come
back."
—Senator Penrose said yesterday at
Pittsburgh that he had not made any
announcement about presidential am
bitions and is reported to have said:
"There are numerous men being men
tioned for the Republican nomination
If I am honored with that nomination
I shall accept it."
—J. Lee Plummer, former member
of the House from Ulair and a re
ceptive candidate for the Republican
nomination for State Treausy, was
here yesterday. He will be strongly
backed in central counties, his friends
say.
—The Democratic Philadelphia
Record has this to say on a topic that
Is interesting many Pennsylvanians:
"Mayor-elect Thomas B. Smith con
tinued to remain mum yesterday con
cerning the make-up of his Cabinet.
When he talked of the subject at all
it was merely for the purpose of deny
ing that certain men whose names had
been mentioned prominently for posts
under the new Administration would
be appointed. His persistent silence
on the subject, coupled with the de
clarations he has made at various
public functions that only big men
would be picked for directorships, has
worried Organization lieutenants. Tho
impression is gaining credence that
Mr. Smith may carry out his an
nounced intention and pick for his
Cabinet men who. while they have
been affiliated with the Organization,
have not been among its active politi
cal workers."
—Harry A. Mackey. chairman of
the Workmen's Compensation Board,
is rushing to the defense of one of
the Varc men who got into trouble
with the Blankenburg administration
and he Is denying insubordination.
—Paul W. Houck, of Schuylkill
county, is said to be one of the men
in line for a refereeship. Paul Eich
horn. Erie labor leader. is being
boosted in his section of the State.
—Steps to collect the money for the
Philadelphia convention hall are go
ing along.
—Prospective retirement of Senator
E. M. Herbst.' the veteran senator
from Berks, has caused a number of
candidates to bob up In the Demo
cratic camp and the Indications are
for r lively contest. Representative
H. W. Body, the Democratic county
chairman, Ex-Representatives H. G.
McGowan, G. W. Sassaman and F. W.
Balthaser are all mentioned as candi
dates.
—Democrats in the Juniata Valley
are said to be Indignant over the man
ner in which post offices have been
passed out and there are signs that
this stronghold of the reorganizers
will elect anti-machine committee
men.
—Lock Haven businessmen are said
to be behind a boom of E. F. Heffner,
of that city, for public service com
missioner. Mr. Heffner has been en
dorsed by tha State Merchants As
sociation and Is a former secretary of
the State Pharmaceutical association.
He was also secretary of the Lock
Haven board of trade and president
of the Businessmen's Association.
The fact that Senator John W. Kern
close personal friend of Bryan, has
been advocating preparedness in
speeches in Pittsburgh and vicinity is
not being lost on many Democrats.
The Bryan and Bailey combination is
not getting much attention.
—John T. Windrim. the engineer,
is said to be doubtful about going
into Mayor-elect Smith's cabinet. He
can have the place if he wants It.
—Pittsburgh city officials appear ro
be falling out over some of the ad
ministrative problems. Meanwhile the
investigation into the ballot frauds is
goinc on In the city and county.
—Philadelphia's election count is
still dragging along. Judges of elec
tion are being called into court to
explain.
—Mayor Jermyn, of Seranton, says
he will allow Sunday football until
something better is found as a substi
tute.
BETTY'S THANKSGIVING WISH
She held the wishbone tight with me.
And pulled, and won. exultlngly,
"Now. Betty, wish." I snid, "for when
You get the biggest half, why then
The wish you wish will all co me true.
Now wish, dear, as we told to."
Then Betty looked, with longing eyes,
At all the dishes, nuts, and pies.
And. holding up the bit of bone.
She said, with triumph in her tone,
"All right. I wish to-morrow, then.
Would be Thanksgiving day again!"
—Mary Carolyn Da vies in Ilarper's
Magazine for November.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
THE AMERICAN THANKSGIVING
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[TEEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—The Democratic leaders who met
yesterday say they "didn't talk poli
tics;" being a gentle way of implying
that the post offices are no longer In
politics, we suppose.
—Says Palmer: "Wilson will have no
opposition next year." Ves, gentle
reader, thai low, gurgling sound you
hear is William Jennings Bryan
choking.
—The idea that the sun will begin
to get cold In about ten million years
is not nearly so disturbing as the fear
that the furnace may be cold to-mor
row morning.
—An insane chauffeur talked with
fche Governor yesterday. The only
unusual part of this item is that lie
talked with the Governor.
—Yes, Maude, we know that mince
pie is hard to digest, but it doesn't
make a particle of difference.
—Our idea of the best item in the
paper to-night is that which is headed
—"No Telegraph To-morrow."
I EDITORIAL COMMENT ~
Greece Is like the fellow who pre
fers being called a coward to having
it said of him, "Doesn't he look nat
ural?"— Albany Journal.
It is with some wistfulness that the
Colonol remarks that the greatest role
in the world Is that of a mother.
Honolulu Star Bulletin.
A man who fell off an elephant in
the New York zoo is bringing suit for
damages. . Has the Colonel thought of
that? —Cleveland Plain Dealer.
•
Greece is more Interested in finding
out who is the hardest hitter than in
discovering who is the highest bidder.
—Charleston News and Courier.
Maybe the King of Kumanla and the
King of Greece are bidding against
each other fur the Nobel peace-prize.—
New York Morning Telegraph.
Another blow to the king-business is
that the Czar or some other ruler is al
ways leaving for the front, and then
nothing happens.—Kansas City Star.
UN* PACK OP DISCOURAGEMENT
[Kansas City-Star.]
Booker T. Washington made a con
spicuous success of life in the face of
overwhelming discouragements. As a
boy he might have said to himself:
"With my black skin, a former slave,
what's the use of my trying to amount
to anything?"
Instead he refused to recognize any
handicaps. 1-Ie was never discouraged,
never dwelt on the gloomy side of
things, worked hard and intelligently
toward a practical goal, and became
Incidentally one of the Nation's most
useful citizens.
There are plenty of young fellows,
white as well as black, who will find a
path to success In the life of Doctor
i Washington, provided they have the
courage and persistence to follow It
out.
THANKSGIVING
II;- Wlnic Dinger
I don't care how tough your lot la—
Other people by the score
Have a tougher lot than you have—
You've much to be thankful for.
It's Thanksgiving time—give thanks
for
Blessings—that's the thing to do
If, perchance, you can't find any.
Maybe the fault lies with you.
Cut out looking through smoked
glasses
At the sun, black spots to see;
Take 'em oft and let the sun shine—
i Black spots will forgotten b«.
> k
THE MEXICAN MUDDLE
1$ i «-T> -
By Frederic J. Haskir
V> J
THE other night there was a band
concert on the parade ground at
Brownsville. Soldiers and civili
ans, Americans and Mexicans, strolled
and spooned and smoked as they lis
tened to the music.
Suddenly someone shouted an
alarm. The bandits were out and a
call for re-enforcements had been
flashed to Fort Brown from an out
post of troops. The gathering was
scattered like a puddle hit with a
brick. The Mexicans were first to go.
With amazing slngle-mindedness they
took the low wall of the parade
ground in a running high jump and
melted into the night. They knew
that when bandits were around, all
Mexicans looked a good deal alike.
Meanwhile soldiers were loaded in
to every available automobile and
rushed to the scene of the fighting.
As the cars roared through the streets,
they met crowds of troopers running
to the fort from the town. Except
for the big, buzzing cars, it was just
like an Indian alarm in frontier days.
The fighting in this case turned out
to be a mere skirmish, but in Browns
ville they have learned to be ready for
anything.
Such is life in the zone of the ban
dit war. The most everyday occupa
tions have become fraught with pos
sibilities of excitement. The Texas
deer season opened on November first,
and a party of three young men went
out on the prospect of a venison
steak. They had no more than made
a start when a squad of troops over
took them. Someone, noting their
rifles, had reported them for bandit
suspects. Now all hunters have been
requested to stay at home until con
ditions are a little rtore settled.
A party of twenty young men and
girls out for a horseback ride were
nearly fired on in consequence of a
similar mistake. Automobllists have
been asked to go over the more iso
lated roads only when absolutely nec
essary.
The position of the peaceful Texas
Mexican is particularly unenviable. |
Border people are agreed that under I
ordinary circumstances the lower class |
Mexican is a particularly docile and |
inoffensive neighbor. He outnumbers ]
the American In this district about I
two to one, and the American has al- I
ways treated him distinctly as an in- J
ferlor. Yet he has never made tt-ou- '
ble of any sort. Now he Is caught
A THANKSGIVING HYMN
(By Louella C. Poole)
For well filled rivers, teeming lakes.
Vast forests where the wlldbird wakes
The silences with song.
For bounteous crops, for gushin?
springs.
For all of earth's fair goodly things.
To Thee all thanks belong!
From perils of the smiting sword.
The smoking cannon, plundering
horde.
From all grim War's dismay,
Its every hitter circumstance.
We thank Thee for deliverance —
We thank Thee, Lord, to-day!
That not unmarked is Sorrow's wail,
That love and mercy stll prevail.
We offer grateful praise,—
That Hope and Faith have not yet
died.
Though Mercy oft seems crucified,
So wicked are men's ways.
O may we. Lord, be undismayed
Though heavy is the burden laid
Upon the heart of man;
Though mighty grows the vast world
grave
No ignominious peace we crave
As part of our life's plan.
For faith that. War shall sometime'
cease.
For hope of Universal Peace,
For every blessing pour«d
With lavish hand upon the earth.
Unmindful of man's little worth.
Once more we thank Thee, Lord!
NOVEMBER 24. 1915.
| between the devil and the deep sea,
i afraid of the bandits on one hand, and
j likely to be roughly handled by the
! Americans in the wave of public indig
i nation following some fresh bandit
j atrocity.
Under such circumstances it is
I natural that the Mexican should not
Ibe as docile as he once was. At the
i recent funeral of three soldiers hold
jin Brownsville certain Mexicans did
| not uncover as the colors went by.
I Before the next funeral, someone, no
' body knows who, made quiet prepara
tions. This time when the coflln with
. its flags was carried through the
I streets, such Mexicans as did not re
l move their hats found them suddenly
1 removed by other hands. A few were
| unwise enough to pick up their hats
| and put them on again. They did not
I do this twice.
On their side the Mexicans claim
j several grounds for complaint. After
: the flght at Las Norias, when four
j bandits were killed and live Americans
wounded, someone snapped a picture
| showing three cowboys with the ropes
from their saddles about the bodies
|of the dead. The group was merely
posed a« a curiosity, but it was wide
ly circulated and gave the Mexicans
the impression that the Americans
were dragging the corpses. Even
though they were the corpses of ban
dits, the Mexicans resented the inci
dent.
1 They say too that at the bottom of
all the trouble is an element forced
| upon the country by the disturbances
I in Mexico, and with which they have
no concern. When Carranza troops
i drove the Huertistas from Matamoras
i hundreds of the latter lied across the
i border, introducing a savage and law
i less element. That these men are
i among the bandits seems probable
I from the fact that they flght with
j some discipline as though experienc
ed in irregular warfare. Villa's un
successful assaults on Matamoras have
also sent old Mexican guerrillas into
the district. Many of Villa's wounded
were at one time nursed in Browns
ville. When" the outbreak first began
a gang of bandits led three Ameri
cans into the brush to shoot them,
i Two were deliberately killed, but the
I third was spared because one of the
I murderers recognized him as the man
I Whose automobile had carried him to
I the emergency hospital when ho had
been a Villa soldier.
Our Daily Laugh |
' ISTI DOMESTIC
PLEASANTRY.
Wlfey: The
- . "ffir road to a man's
ft JR. heart is through
his stomach.
Svili ~ ' Hubby: And a
EjaP lot of you seem
/ to think it should
I f be laid with
. i 7 r J bricks.
TOU CAN'T
PHASE 'EM.
Literary Editor J
i (Indignantly):) /"
You can't expect] - (
us to accept stuff VMI
tike this. It isn't
poetry at all—
•Imply gao.
Poet I
fled): I s e B
something wrong I
with the meter! 49 :
OPTIMISM
My old colored mammy use to say:
"Don't borrow trouble.
Every cloud don't rain!"
May it encourage others as it did me. I
—Albert Morris Bagby. '
! lEbmttg Cdttat
■ » " ■" i ■— ■ 1 i li ——y*
Governor Martin O. Rrumbaugh has
probably had more applications for
appointments since he came into offlc#
than any Governor in the history of
the State. The number of applications
has not been counted, but it was great
er than the number that clattered the
mail of Daniel H. Hastings when he
succeeded Uobert E. Pattison amKtlio
administration from Democratic * to
Republican. For the ten appointments
as referee it is believed the Governor
had from 350 to 400 applications, while
at least 150 names have been suggest
ed for water supply commissioner ami
for factory inspectorships it is believed
fully 1,000 names were listed. The
Governor's own estimate on Public
service Commission is now 75, and
a score of names have been suggested
to him for Supreme court judge. The
other applications cover most of the
places in the State service and the ap
plicants conio from every county.
One of the things that is workinsr
to bring about the early organization
ot machine gun companies for the
regiments of the National Guard ac
cording to reports which are coming
to this city is the fact that many men
who are machinists are taking an in
terest in preparedness nnd applying
tor admission. The same is true in
towns where it is proposed to organ
ize Held batteries, of which the State
needs six in addition to the two new
ones being recruited in Pittsburgh. In
many cases former members of the
Guard who are machinists have come
back to enter the service as members
of the machine gun companies.
• * •
Capitol Park is getting its annual
treatment of lime and it looks as
though a snowstorm had passed over
it and the flakes had been glued to the
park. The fertilizer is applied every
year at this time and assists materially
in starting the grass well in the Spring,
which, considering the fact that Capi
tol Hill is slate, is no mean job. It
takes a couple of tons to tlx up the
park.
James C. Watson, former assistant
counsel ol' the Railroad Commission,
now Republican county chairman of
Lycoming, was here yesterday looking
after some matters at the Capitol. He
was warmly greeted by his friends,
who congratulated him on looking so
natural and playing golf so well.
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"Tie a jitney to tli« front and we'll
go." said the motorman on the Sec
ond street line last evening when the
power was shut off for a brief period
and the passengers sat in darkness
waiting for the light that failed to be
resumed. The motorman came back
with the statement that he had heard
a sermon the night before with refer
ence to keeping the trolley on the wire,
an apt simile that he of all others
could appreciate. The dialogue con
tinued for several minutes, while im
patient travelers crumpled papers and
spoke together in audible tones that
were doubly clear in the darkness. An
other car coasted up in the darkness
and stopped just in time to quiet the
nervous tremors of those who feared
a collision, and after a few more pleas
ant sallies from the men in whose
hands the destinies of the passengers
was temporarily placed, the lights
were switched on and all was as be
fore.
State Zoologist H. A. Surface, who
surprised the State last week by"say
ing: that rats cause over $5,000,000
worth of damage in Pennsylvania
every year and that it could he pre
vented, is out with a plea for the gar
den snake. He says it is a mistake
to kill the small green snakes oitj
sees about a garden and that many
farmers lose a valuable friend by
carrying out man's natural feelings to
ward a snake in Spring time by kill
ing everyone In sight. Incidentally,
T>r. Surface says that snakes are not
of a quarrelsome nature and that they
will go away If not disturbed. In fact
many of them scuttle away fit. the
sight of a human being and do not
show fight unless cornered. "They
have a place in nature." says the State
Zoologist in talking about wholesale
killing of snakes, "the little green gar
den snake feeds mostly on slugs, snails
and insects such as are destructive in
gardens. There is no justification in
their destruction simply because they
are serpents."
Isaac R. Pennypacker, who was here
yesterday to attend the meeting of tho
Meade Memorial commission, is a his
torian of note, having written several
works on the State and on the fam
ous commanders, lie was named to
the commission a short time ago.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~j
—Arch Maekrell, the civilian aid in
Pittsburgh's city administration, told
Council he had no work to do.
—P. 1.,. Carpenter, of Johnstown,
has given a tract of forest land to
Johnstown, which may turn it over to
the State.
S. \v. Dana. New Castle attorney.
Is the oldest lawyer in the county and
practiced before every judge in the
county.
—ll. R. Young, of Duquesne. has
been appointed a consular expert by
the government and assigned to
Vienna. .
—W. W. Atterbury, who may be the
next president of the Pennsylvania,
started his career In Altoona shops.
—Major Moses Veale, aged Phila
delphian, is calling on people to put an
end to the outbreaks in munitions
works.
—Thomas J. Price, head of the new
Danville works, is one of the big
manufacturers of the north branch
country.
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg is one of tile
centers of the river coal indus
try?
HISTORIC HARRISBIRG
State conventions began to be held
here about 1820.
Lost, $600,000 a Day«
Fire destroys $600,000 worth
of property each day in the
United States and Canada.
Much of this is caused by care
lessness —because pleople do not
think.
Would it not pay to spend a
few hundred thousand a year
"advertising safety" telling
people what "not to do?"
Would it not pay every city—
this city—to run newspaper ad
vertising warning people against
carelessness?
Such advertising would yield
great returns In property and
lives saved.
It would pay for itself In low
ered Insurance rates before many
years.
Why not?