8 H ARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established ISJI PUBLISHED BT THB TEI.KGHAFH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managint Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 216 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Buildlnr. New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western OfTlce. Advertising Building, Chicago, 111.. Robert E. Ward. Delivered by carriers at jLVtifrt» six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris turg. Pa- as second class hiatter. Sworn dally average circulation for the three months ending; Nov. 311, IBlft. Average for the year 1014—-I.HSW Averaice for the year 1815—19.<5 Average for the year IBl2—l9.<U® Average for the year 1911—17JHK5 Average for the year 1010—18,361 The above flgnrea are net. All re formed, unsold and damaged copies de dieted. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 1 Lots an hour in the viorning, and you will be all day hunting for it. — Archbishop Whately. THE GOVERNOR'S VISION AMID the annoyance and distrac tions of his great office Gov erno Martin G. Brumbaugh "finds time to dream of the future ag ricultural development of Pennsylva nia. And his dreams will come true because they have all the elements of practical application and are based upon actual conditions. Having spent his boyhood upon a farm and throughout his maturer years kept in touch with the growth of the agricultural interests of the State, he ts fitted as few men to give direction and inspiration to the great department of the Commonwealth charged with the working out of the big problems relating to the rural life of the State. It Is fortunate for all the peoplo that their Governor is familiar with the resources and the possibilities of Pennsylvania's agricultural develop ment. He believes that we should be producing millions of dollars more in agricultural products than are now nroduced and that all that is required is the application of scientific mothods and the intensifying of the work of the farming community. The Governor realizes, as do all other intelligent men who have given the subject any thought, that the first and most important step In the de velopment of the agricultural interests of the State is the making of first-class highways which will bring the farmer into touch with the consumer so that both may be benelited through ease of communication. Next to good roads lie believes In the adoption of the most modern methods upon the farms of the State. There has been much of waste and in his judgment the time has come to make use of our agricultural resources for the benelit not only of the people in the rural dis tricts, but for those who live In the congested centers. One of the things which is near the Governor's heart is a provision for ex pert advice for the farmers who are out of touch with modern methods. This has been made possible in some degree through the farmers' institutes, but he believes that it is feasible to go further in this direction and to send an expert directly to the farm when application is made, so that in the building of barns and the drainage of the land, the construction of com municating roads and in other vital matters the farmer may have the best counsel possible, to the end that the agricultural interests may be advanced and millions of our population made happier, their surroundings rendered more wholesome and the high cost of living reduced. These are the things which are giv ing Governor Brumbaugh much thought and are the problems which pestering politicians should help him to solve, instead of annoying htm with their selfish ambitions and piffling schemes of personal aggrandizement. Wormleysburg wants its name changed. And why not? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet and Wormleysburg is entitled to the best that it going In municipal nomen clature. THE C. OF C. ACTIVITIES THE businessmen of Harrisburg are Quite familiar with the im portant activities of the Cham ber of Commerce. They realize that this virile organization Is doing great good in many directions. Not only are the occasional noonday luncheon meetings sources of inspiration and widespread benefit, but the less prom inent activities of the Chamber are attracting the attention of our busi ness community as never before. Just now attention is being given by the officials of the Chamber to the importance of a proper building code for the city and to the adoption of every provision which may lead to a reduction of fire insurance costs. In a circular ♦o the businessmen attention is called to the necessity of fire protection through the Installation of sprinkler equipment. Many of our manufactur , era and merchants have already pro- WEDNESDAY EVENING, jtected themselves In this way and as this equipment means a material re duction in insurance rates to such an extent as to practically wipe out the cost of installation of sprinklers, it would seem to be a wise business policy for all interested to give personal at tention to this phase of "Safety First." j Under the sprinkler system the (losses which follow suspension of busi ! ness and dissipation of patronage is largely overcome. Especially in congest ed districts is the sprinkler equipment a safeguard against destructive con flagrations. It is, therefore, a proper matter for the Chamber of Commerce i to bring to the attention of the busl j ness community and urge upon the in dividual members. In fact, all such I subjects are vital to the substantial in terests of Harrisburg and the big j business organization is demonstrating 1 its usefulness at every turn, i Every business man in the city !should be a member of this body. It ought to be a pleasure to stand ! shoulder to shoulder in the pushing forward of the permanent things which promote the welfare and pros perity of the entire community. THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT THE Christmas spirit lies latent in every man's heart. Even Old Scrooge of Dickens' incompar able Christmas tale had It. But some times, as in the case of Scrooge, it re quires a blast of dynamite to waken It into real Christmas activity. Ordi narily It hides behind such flimsy barriers as "too busy to think about [it," "household cares" and "too old |to indulge in such torn-foolery." I Too busy to think about the finest [day in all the year? Too many house hold cares for sharing the spirit of Christinas with all you hold dear? Too old to admit that you are young in heart? Out. upon such nonsense! If you are too busy to indulge In Christmas planning, business has you by the throat, and instead of being the proud master of your own business, it is master and you are the slave and only death will loosen its hold. If you have too many household cares, then mayhap you are devoting too much time to making a house and too little to making a home. Christmas keeping and the prelude of preparation are as important in homo making as any one of the duties that good housekeepers give such an !m- i portant place in the day's work; aye, much more, iudeed. But to be too old to entertain the Christmas spirit, ah, that is worst and most hopeless of all. If your heart refuses to warm up to the fun of Christmas planning, then it Is old indeed. You know how a life in surance company feels about an old heart. Your friends feel the same way, though they may try to hide it. Don't be fooled Into thinking you are too busy or too old. Give the Christmas spirit a chance, and watch it grow. Think Christmas. Talk Christmas. Act Christmas. Mix it well with your dinnertable conversa tion and chat about it with the young folks in the family circle. Uo shopping with them. Don't wait. Do it now. The Christmas season ought to be the happiest of the year. T,engthen it from a day to a month, and you'll be sur prised at your own youthful zest for planning and preparation. Sorrow and poverty are the two great enemies of the Christmas spirit. To the sad of heart there Is recourse only to Him whose birth the day is designed to celebrate. With poverty it is different. When plenty steps In at. the door, poverty leaps out of the window. Harrisburg is enjoying u period of almost unprecedented pros perity. There can be no reason why Santa Claus should not find his way into every home this year—no rea son why the Christmas spirit should not hold full sway in every home. If there be those in the city who look forward to the great, holiday with mis giving; if there be mothers who have not the wherewithal to make happy the Christmas of their little ones, or fathers who can buy no holiday cheer for the wife and babies, if they will write or apply in person to the edi torial offices of this newspaper per haps the need may be met. The editor believes he knows where Old Man Christmas Spirit himself has his head quarters, and it is right across the street from.the wonderful home of Santa Claus. WEST SHORE LOOKING AHEAD THOSE West Shore towns are go ing to show Harrisburg a thins? or two in the way of community co-operation. Already they have in dicated in talks through the Telegraph a fine conception of the importance of getting together for the development of all the territory embraced in tho district between New Cumberland and Enola along the Susquehanna and with Camp Hill and Lemoyne as the western limit. Such a movement was inevitable. With the splendid oppor tunity for development now presented and with the shore line of the river thus far clear of obstructions which would involve heavy expenditure in removing hereafter, our friends on the western side of the river are grasping the chance which comes to few dis tricts to prevent the exploitation of their towns by ignorant and indifferent promoters and real estate boomers. Reading the views of many of the prominent citizens of the West 3hore as they have appeared in this news paper from day to day one must be impressed with the fine public spirit and the vision of the men who are now banding together for the advance ment of their own interests and the welfare of those who shall come after them. The suggestion, for Instance, of a community high school, with mod ern equipment and an advanced curri culum, must impress all as an exceed ingly practical idea. But this 1b not all. An Enola live wire points out tho need of playgrounds for the children and of industries which will give em ployment to those who are not now in the railroad service. Other sugges tions quite as Important as these have been made In these interesting and practical interviews and we trust the Telegraph muy be of some assistance in accomplishing a union of the sev eral towns and villages along the West Shore for their own botterment and us a future section of the Create.* Harrisburg. This city should stand in the relation of the big brother to ourj neighbors across the river. ( j | TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOP£~ —The rise and fall of Villa —bandit, rebel, revolutionary leader, rebel, ban dit. —Just to show those that refused that he is not going alone. Henry Ford has chartered a second ship. —Mr. Taft ought to speak from his heart when he lectures In this city— he knows what it is to be caught by a powerful enemy "unprepared." —The game law is very strict about shooting does but says nothing about the number of hunters one may shoot. —if all the European soldiers had followed the example of the German who recently ran away to America to escape fighting, there wouldn't have been a war. but think what an immi gration problem we would have been called upon to face. Mr. Carnegie, according to reports, has only $20,000,000 left. Oh. well, he needn't feel so bad, the charities are combining to look after the poor at Christmastime. j EDITORIAL COMMENT ~ In coming out for complete prepared ness Charles Edward Russell, noted socialist, has killed Ills boom aw Presi dential candidate of his party but lias demonstrated his abundant common sense.—New York Sun. The most unkindest cut of all seems to bo located at the Canal.—Columbia State. Sir Edward Carson is out in the cold, but luckily for liitn he lias his Ulster.— Brooklyn Eagle. It isn't a smaller Cabinet Britain seems to need so much as bigger min isters.—Columbia Slate. There is no shortage of munitions of war in the suffragists' camp. What they need Is more men.—New York World. The hyphen (-) is a minus-sign. It subtracts a German from an American, and leaves nothing.—Wall Street Jour nal. it is understood that nobodv is quite so indignant over the Armenian massacres as the gentleman who order ed the last Russian program.—Boston Transcript. SOCIETY IS TURNING TO SK ATING INSTEAD Ol • TROTTING [From Louisville Courier-Journel] Society, it is said, is to adopt icc skating as a pastime to supplant the "trots. ' It looks as If there is a de liberate intention to settle upon a fad that will eliminate the happy, and cer tainly harmless middle-aged folk, who have fell rejuvenated since the popu larity of the "animal dances." so called, have made ballroom dancing sufficiently easy to be as agreeable to persons beyond 40 as to the athletic i young beau and the lissome and resil ient debutante. Persons who are no 'longer youthful cannot afford to risk hard falls. How is anyone who has not skated for 25 years to "come back" sufficiently to do the one-step on skates? It is a mean, low trick upon the part of the youngsters. whose bones are not yet brittle, and whose muscles still are supple, to adopt ice skating in order to cast off their eld ers. who have learned to trot as if they were 21. What, in the name of the square deal, is a middle-aged bach elor to do ir all the young girls are go ing to skate away and leave him? If he could not tango gracefully he ob served with pleasure that scarcely any one else could, so he was not discour aged. But skates on ice? Not. when sober! HARD WINTER SIGNS [Prom the Ohio Mate Journal.] Now wc are told we are going to nave a severe winter; that all signs point to the relentless fact. In the lirst place, the corn husks are thicker than ever. This is regarded as a pretty In fallible sign, but if this should fail, as signs have the habit of, doing, it may he that the squirrels will come to the rescue of the proposition that we are to have a long, cold winter, for they are laying up larger supplies of nuts than usual. To confirm their provident spirit, it is said the snakes have left the woods to take up their abodes in the holes and caves of the ! rocks, where they can abide in security J and warmth while the cold davs drag by. Besides these signs, the bears are fatter than usual, thereby hinting thev are prepared for the fiercer cold com ing. We haven't yet heard from the goose bone or the bark on the north side of the tree, nor how thick the muskrats are building their winter quarters, but we are quite sure thev will stand by the prediction of the blaok bear and the snake. All these signs suggest preparation in the human family—plenty of coal, thick clothing, warm coverlids, good hooks, mince pie, and lots of music in the home at even ing, and then let the winds howl and the squirrels and muskrats snuggle up —we're with them. PUNISH THE CONSPIRATORS [From New York Sun.] The subjoined statement is made by Joseph L. Baldwin, fire marshal of Pennsylvania, after an official inquiry into the origin of the fires that occur red recently in the Bethlehem Steel works, the Roebling plant at Trenton and the Baldwin Locomotive works at I Eddystone: "Every one of the fires in plants making munitions and other supplies for the allies was of incendiary nature, started by persons wno have not as yet been discovered." In this sentence the most alarming suspicions aroused by the (Ires on which the marshal reports are con firmed, the hopeful pretence that ac cidents accounted for them is de stroyed and the duty of the authorities is inexorably set forth. The conspiracy that wars on Amer ica must be exposed, and the con spirators punished. If these things are not done, our plans for prepared ness should be abandoned, the army disbanded, and the navy sent to the scrap heap. If we cannot protect our selves in peace we shall have no rea son to defend ourselves in war. HKL.PIXG THK SHIPPER [Kansas City Star.] "On a muddy earth road of level "surface, the load one horse can pull "will vary from nothing to 800 pounds; "on a smooth, dry earth road, from 1000 "to 2,000 pounds; or a gravel road, in "good condition, about 3,300 pounds; "on a macadam road, from 2,000 to "5,000 pounds; and on a brick road, "5.000 to 8,000." The Southern Construction News, in its Arkansas Road number, gives some I interesting facts and figures—as may be seen from th« lines just quoted— as to the direct economic or money advantages that follow the permanent improvement of public roads. That is why the improvement of roads brings a direct profit to the farmer who is constantly in the shipping busi ness—shipping his stuff first always by road. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Ck By the Ex-Oommltteemaii While Mayor-elect Thomas Et. Smith v ls making up his cabinet in Philadel phia the center of political Interest has shifted to the western end of the State where there have been some de velopments which bid fair to hold attention. Public Service Coinlssioner William A. Magee speaking at a ban quet last night in Pittsburgh declared that he had issued his statement on State politics last week with the idea of starting debate and not as an effort to start factional strife. —lt was also stated in Pittsburgh yesterday that Mayor Joseph Arm strong, of Pittsburgh, would become a candidate for national delegate and this was taken to mean that he might contest with Magee any effort to control Western Pennsylvania delegates. An otlicr.interesting story was that Robert McAfee, former secertary of the coin wealth, would be a candidate for na tional delegate from his district. —Magee's statement attracted much altention and this is what a Pitts burgh dispatch says about his remarks last night: "William A. Magee, Pub lic Service Commissioner, at a banquet to-night, declared that his recent an nouncement of the Presidential candi dacy of Governor Uvumbaugh was only for the purpose of "starting a debate." -Mr. Magee did not say that in his speech: he said so before entering the banquet room. He expressed regret that his recent utterances at Harris on rg had failed of their purpose, which, he said, was to raise the ques tion as to whether "Pennsylvania should be freed from the control of the big interests.' He maintained that he was not "the Governor's mouthpiece" and that he was not "circumscribed jy the opinions of the Governor or of Anyone else.' He added that he al ways expressed his own opinions. Political leaders regarded Mr. Ma gee's statement as interesting In view of the assertions that many of Magee's followers would refuse to take part in a fight, led by the Governor against Senator Penrose. Some of the so oalled Magee men have sent word to Senator Penrose that they do not sym pathize with the Magee attack upon him and that they have no inten ion of becoming part of any Brtim jaugh movement. Political observers <aid it was plain that as much of the Magee strength came from antilocal jptionlsts, it was logical that they would oppose the Governor and sup port Penrose." —William J. Leary, a former fac tory inspector, won his suit against Mayor William Ward, Jr., of Chester, who dropped him as sealer of weights and measures. This case attracted much attention in third class city :i roles. Mr. Ward Is a former legis .ator. —Erie will hold n special election to till the vacancy caused by the death jf Mayor-elect Velt. —-Friends of Senator Frank Martin, jf Cumberland, say that there will be 10 opposition to his election. The democrats are bothering some candi lates for the nomination who do not .cem to be well favored at court. —The Philadelphia Inquirer of to lay says: "There is apparently noth ng In the rumor that State Public Service Commissioner John Monaghan was being pressed for the directorship jf Public Safety. The Mayor-elect, it is known, has not had his name under consideration and there Is the best of authority that Mr. Monaghan would prefer to remain In his present Im portant post." Dead men and repeaters formed part of the voting population in the Fourteenth ward, of Scranton at the recent election, according to a petition presented to court yesterday in the in terest. of Michael Cartbusillo, defeated candidate for alderman. According to tlie petition and the official returns Doniinick Gibbons was elected over Curthusillo by 3 votes. Court fixed De cember 10 as the time for hearing. THE I.ESSON OF THE PAST [ From the Kansas City Times.] The American citizen who Is wont to brag and bluster about our prowess in war, and believes that Uncle Sam can "whip all creation" might read with profit a little book issued by the Prince ton University Press: "The Military Obligation of Citizenship." written by Major-General Wood, formerly chief of staff of the United States army and now commander of the Depart ment of the East. The book shows that this nation is unprepared for war and would probably be unmercifully whip ped If a nation ready for war should attack us. Therefore, it argues for preparedness, not with the idea of mak ing war. but to defend ourselves from attack which lack of preparedness in vites. "Our country has never yet in its en tire history engaged In war with a first class country prepared for war," writes General Wood. We have been in several wars, but always with .1 country that- was engaged elsewhere or did not throw its full weight against IWe muddled through those wars and our people remember only that we emerged generally successful, and thev forget the great and unnecessary cost in blood and treasure that would have been spared if we had been prepared. Our Daily Laugh GKTTING IT L_C\hJ STRAIGHT. / 'r! I Hubby: You —j ■ ■ iMspend altogether Y\ too much money. k K-*" H Wlfey: Not at /jtSi W* 11 ' Th ® troubl * ffafJJ 1» you don't malt* // " t A H an ° Urh ' DISILLUSION. "ZSBB To know his pie Shocks not the j I child, a - 'I , It strikes man .Efr- f illy with a thud To find his NOT MI'CH REftUIRIiU By Wins Dinger To m.v desk there came this morning From a hotel in the South ! A long letter, no doubt written To bring water to one's mouth. ! First it spoke of the location In the belt where there i 3 grown j Oranges and grapo fruit, brother. Then it took a different t<aae=»- j Spoke of golf course, tennis, hunting, | Fishing with rod and reel, X ; Then about the glorious climatic ! That approaches the Ideal. 1 I Other things Just as delightful i This epistle spoke of, too, I Then wound up by saying: "We would | Much like to take care of you." j "Please let us know your requirements" ! It wound up—that's going some— -1 Think I'll wire: "Require two hundred, I Send 1( ami i'll gladly come." THE CARTOON OF THE DAY SKETCHES FROM LIFE —From (br tie vein nil Plnln Orator. I >1 CHRISTMAS TREES By Frederic J. Haskin k, THK United States Government is probably the only one in the world that will give you a Christinas tree for the asking. If yon happen to live on or near any one of the national forests you have but to ask the supervisor for a permit and go out and select your own tree. The procedure # is very different in Germany, for example, where the peasants are allowed to cut Christmas trees in the Crown forests—after they have obtained a permit and paid a good price for the tree. One of the hand-raised and carefully pruned German forests is said to have paid for itself out of the sale of Christmas trees alone. Of course, very few people are close enough to the national forests to ob tain their trees gratis, but a great many of them are sold to dealers, and most of the western cities get their Christmas trees in that way. It is from these forests, too, that the splen did conifers, used as municipal Christ mas trees in a great many western towns, are obtained. They are pre sented to the cities by Uncle Sam who does not, however, pay the freight, as one supervisor found to his chagrin. He had received a request from a certain town for a Christmas tree to be be set up in its public square. He se lected a splendid tir as long as the longest tlat car, and shipped it to the |town wilh the compliments of the [United States government. He then presented the freight bill to the Wash ington office, with the usual voucher. By return moil, he got it back, to gether with a letter explaining that Congress had never appropriated any money for shipping municipal Christ mas trees. So the accommodating of ficer had to go into bis own pocket to pay the freight. There are about twenty million fam | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" THIS STAFF OF 1.1 FE To llie Editor of the Telegraph: How many children are growing up "utter wrecks," with lia<l teeth, defici ency of hone and weak vitality? The question urgently asked is, Can it he remedied? The answer is in the affirmative—certainly It can. I Every growing child requires the necessary materials in their dally food, [a lime source with which to build healthy teeth and bones and a good I constitution. I It is a question of the greatest im portance to them, our future men and | women. We ore using' the wheat improperly. ] We buy bread that looks white, instead ;of a necessary nutritious food of a • little darker color. i Now what we need, and what the na | tlon and the parents of the children should insist upon having, is a bread that contains the entire wheat with its [ husk unremoved. for this Is indispen sable to our growing children. I It is this that contains the material [ for healthy bones and teeth and good health, and not the wheat ground into flour for our bread with its husk re moved, using only the kernel. The lime and life of the cereal is thus removed. Let us do all we can to urge the Government to pass an act denning our staff of life, compelling the bakeries to use the whole wheat with the huaU un removed. The millers ought to grind this whole wheat In htono roller mils, which are far more preferable for retaining the lime properties to the present steel rollers used. The weight of every loaf of breao ought to be detined—say two pounds and four pounds each, and make It illegal to sell It otherwise. The bakeries should be under Gov ernment inspection to enforce the pur ity of everything connected with its manufacture. Then shall we have a real sustaining and nourishing food, a veritable staff of life, not a blown-up, starchy bubble without nutriment. Yours sincerely. BRUCE GREEN, 1814 Green Street. A MODEI. OBITUARY FOtXIJ Texas Count? Trimmer I'ralsed the Late Bud Kaaaon lu Verse To the Texas County Trimmer we are indebted for a model solution of one of the confusing problems of Journalism — which is even more acute In the coun try *.han in the less intimate relations of city life, we suppose. It le the em barrassment of the obtltuary to which we allude, the difficulty of approxi mating the facts while at the same time expressing a flattering estimate of a deceased subscriber, paid up or otherwise, over whose mortal frailties we should prefer to draw the veil. To few of us is given the grace of Marc Antony in disposing of a delicate subject who has friends in the neigh borhood, but. the Texas County Trim mer well earns Its name in trimming around the msmory of the late Bud Snason, with this post-mortem poetry: "Old Bud Snason was a game old man. Showed some speed in the race he ran. Never blushed for no disgrace. But lived and died with the whiskers on his lace. Peace to his bones, his race Is run. And we aim to forget all the things he done." The worst of us can ask no better treatment. Poetic license is a beautiful sister of the charity which covers the multitudes of sins, and virtues embalm ed In verse will survive alone in mem ory. DECEMBER 1, 1913. ' ilies in the United States, and it is es timated from transportation figures that one in every lour of them has a Christmas tree, so that at least five million little evergreens are chopped down every Yuletide. As outlined by the foresters, Christ mas tree farming is almost as attrac tive as raising: mushrooms or incuba tor chickens. They point out that seedlings may be purchased for $1 a thousand and that 1,000 trees may bt raised upon every acre. Fifteen year: after planting these trees will be from eight to tifteen feet high and will then |be ready for the market. They will sell for an average of twenty-five cents apiece on the stump or from lifty cents to $5 in the retail market. If you will ligure this out, you will find that the Christmas tree grower will make a protit of $16.50 on every aero every year from his Christmas tree crop. Furthermore, Christmas trees do not have to be plowed or wat ered or sprayed. All you have to do is to keep the chickens from eating them when they are very young, and they will reach a highly decorative maturity without any further attention on your part. Thus you may make a very consider able protit. out of otherwise useless [lands, with very little effort, and the [Christmas tree market is one that j never sags or flops. It is not greatly [affected by hard times or the stock [exchange or the war. Last Christmas | every family in Nuremberg. Germany, had its Christmas tree despite the fact | that nearly every able-bodied citizen lin Nuremberg was in the trenches. So | the Christmas tree market ought to | be one worth cultivating, and, as Gif | ford Pinchot said in putting a quietus on the anti Christmas tree propaganda, I there can be no higher use. for trees than making little children happy. THE STATE FROM m TO DW [ The town of Sharon, out Pittsburgh way, blazed forth in all its glory last evening when its new "White Way" was opened and the Christmas shop ping inaugurated at one and the same time. "P. 8. K." signs are posted all over the buildings and streets, and lest you rack your brain too greatly for the answer, let us relieve you; they stand for "Please Shop Early." A fearful (hing happened in Phil adelphia early the other evening, when "suds" began to gurgle and bub ble from a small grating In the pave ment in front of the Manufacturers' Club. But it was not the soothing stuff that comes in schooners "so high" at a nickel per. but only the soap suds frpm the laundry of the building which had backed up and overflowed through the grating, be ing thus churned into a seething mass. "From biuccoat to actor" Is the melodramatic history of Ed Morton, well known to many dwellers in the "city of brotherly love" as a former traffic officer. He has assumed tl.e role of public entertainer now and has undertaken a job where the tables are reversed and he may need pro tection from instead of offering it to the public. Wo read of a Scranton man who has been convicted of wrecking his private bank and who has taken refuge in jail, fearing to face the 2.000 or more of angry depositors whom he is said to have cheated. The Mennonite Brethren in Christ baptized Earl Huber at the foot of the bridge crossing the river at Lan caster yesterday. The lad is only 11 years of age and displayed remarkable courage when he was plunged beneath the waves. He refused to admit he was cold. Twelve miles east of Kittanning, M. A. MUliron, a member of the Legisla ture, had a fierce encounter the other day with a wildcat, which made vali- I c.nt efforts to get at the lawmaker's i face. After being considerably scratched up, he managed to .knock ,the beast down with the butt of his j gun and fire a charge through its j heart. | Ninety-one men now wear the star I and are prepared to tell the tourist ■ to the battleground at Gettysburg all | about the great fight. Under the new i arrangements of the commission, | guides are required to be licensed. | Agents of the United Cigar Manu ifacturers are trying to buy up at least half of the tobacco crop in Lancaster county. They have just bo. ght the Henry Martin brick machine plant for $55,00 p. If Britain is really spending $25,000.- 000 a day on the war, somebody isn't getting his money's worth.—Columbia State. r ©mtfng CWjat Any person whose business does not require him to roam amid freight cars in taking chances not wholly con lined to being run down these days. The way the railroads are guarding their rolling stock and yards and sid ings hereabout now is an illustration of what is going on all over the At lantic seaboard. The Pennsylvania railroad has some of the largest yards in this section of the State and the tracks are filled with cars being sorted out for the seaports or awaiting a S ,'ls,° to bc shot through to Phila delphia. Baltimore, New York or even up to Boston. And they are being watched as carefully as though they were loaded with gold coin or silk trom the Orient, either of which is enough to put a railroad on edge. The Pennsylvania railroad has twenty men in its yards here alone to say nothing of the men In Knola and out on the lines with headquarters here. They are in charge of Captain Paul 1.. Barclay, who is doing his sleep ing between times just now. Jn norniui times the force hailing from Harris burg consists of thirty-live men; three lieutenants anil one captain, but there are probably more on duty now adays. The Heading has also a biff force of policemen engaged on its watch work in the Rutherford yards and on the lines converging here, while the Cumberland Valley and Northern Central have their men exercising unwonted vigilance now that shipments of strategic valuft are passing through the city every day. The railroads are watching cars as though everyone contained munitions and arrest is about the swiftest thing that anyone can get nowadays. And as for getting into any of the iron and steel works it takes a pull and a pass and then you have to run tho gauntlet. Charles P. Sweeney, who formerly lived here and was engaged in work on several Harrisburg newspapers has resigned from the staff of the Phil adelphia Public Ledger and gone to the country. Mr. Sweeney has given up the big city game and taken charge of the livening Dispatch at Cohoes. N. Y. He is president of tho publishing company and will emu late "Hi" Andrews, who is stirring up Johnstown. • ♦ • One of the prize stories from tho new State Employment bureau con cerns a citizen of an interior county who could only see after dark. This man wrote that he wanted a job. Then he added that he could only seo fairly well between sunset and sun rise and figured out that he could get in eight, hours' work in that time. His price, ho added, would be $4. * • • Dr. E. S. Martin, who was here yes terday to visit Governor Brumbaugh, used to be director of public health in Philadelphia and took a prominent part in medical affairs for years. Ho was one of the speakers at a meet ing of the Dauphin county alumni of tho University of Pennsylvania a few years ago. « • • Speaking about the way some people will try to evade a law requiring public notice, a man was telling the other evening about a few cold storage signs. This man had large experience, but. the oddest he found was when a card announcing cold storage food was dis covered tacked on a celling. Another •nan put his oleo license on his back door. "The man who sold cold storage could have printed it on Ills paper bags and the oleo man could have put it In plain view," said he. "I don't think a dozen people would have no 'iced, and the way things are bought It would not have mattered if they had." * • • The approach Of the* winter season does not seem to be disturbing the average Harrisburg builder a bit and there are piles of raw material, bricks, lumber and cement to be seen on va cant plots in a good many parts of the city. Apparently the builders are reckoning that wc will not have an other early winter such as we had last year and that they can get under roof by tho time the snow commences to fly. * • • I-ate sunsets havo been worth while observing. There have not been tho great big flaring sunsets that some times mark siunmer evenings, but beautiful nevertheless. For Instance, there was a bit of a sunset on Sunday that lasted but fifteen minutes and was really only a small rent in the cloud mass, but it was a riot of color. Similar combinations have been ob served which make the sunset ob servation worth while. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 —P. C. Knox is to speak in Pitts burgh Saturday on southern countries and their relation to the United States. —W. I. Stineman, son of the for mer Cambria senator, is figuring in some big coal land deals. —The Rev. Samuel Semple, of Ti tusville, has returned from an ex tended visit to eastern States. —D. B. Oliver, veteran head of the Pittsburgh school board, is opposed to any more bond issues unless absolute ly necessary. —Rodney Thayer, of Philadelphia, has become bead of one of the big new munitions plants. | DO YOU KNOW | That Harrisburg steel is used iti New York tunnels? HISTORIC HARRISBURG F.om early days this was a shipping point for lumber from up the Sus quehanna and until 1840 it was tho big Industry. DESTROYING OUR PLANTS [The Outlook] When will our Government at Wash ington realize that this is a condition not much longer to be endured? Never Too Busy Alert merchants are never too I busy to see "traveling salesmen." I They may not buy, but they want to take a minute to look. There may be something they need something they don't want to overlook. Newspaper advertising is like the traveling salesman showing his goods. Perhaps you do not want the goods, but It pays you to look, j Reading keeps you informed of the market and what prices pre vail. That knowledge Is valuable when the time does come to buy. I
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