16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER POP THE HOME Founded iS.U Published evenings except Sunday by THE TGLKbRAFH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Bulldlna, federal Square. E.J. BTACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief, F. R. OYSTER, Btubuu Manager. GL T 6 M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. * Member American r; Newspaper Pub, » Eastern office. IU»- Hrooks. Fifth Ave- — — Gas Building, Chi cago. 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris "Urg\ Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a we»k; by mall. $3.00 a year in advance. Sworn dally average circulation for thr • Hree month* fndlnj: Der. 31. 1915. ★ 22 - 412 ★ Their tigures are oe«. All rrjurocd, ■ aaold and damagrd coplea deducted. , . ... i nUOjll EVENING, JANUARY U Consider, O my soul, what morn is this.' Whereon the eternal Lord of alt; things made For us, poor mortals, and our endless ' bliss. Came doun from heaven; and, in a manger laid. The first, rich offerings of our ran- : som paid: Consider. O my soul, what morn is | this.' — SELWYX IMAGE, j KNOX FOR SKXATOII THERE is every reason to believe j that Philander C. Knox will be | the unopposed candidate of the j Republican party for United States i senator from Pennsylvania to succeed ! Senator George T. Oliver, who is not a candidate for re-election. Tlic with drawal ot' 12. V. Babcock, of Pitts burgh. some days ago and his hearty endorsement of Mr. Knox cleared the way for the torrent of pledges of sup port that have since llowed in upon Mr. Knox from all quarters. Pennsylvania is to he congratulated i that this is so. and in turn Mr. Knox! is to be congratulated upon the trust j and confidence his party places in him. j Mr. Knox will bring to the senatorship j —for to be nominated is to be elected I —as brilliant a mind as there is in the country and a breadth of knowledge, ' State, national and world wide, that will place him at once among the acknowledged leaders of the new Ke- P'lMeanr 4'lanugo-.v«**ain < to replace the' present Democratic ; misfit at Washington. He is exactly j the type of man Pennsylvania and the' nation at large needs in the Senate. ! He is at once constructive and con- j servatlve. patriotic and practical. He ) knows hig business and he knows j labor. In short, he has all of the' qualifications for effective senatorial j service and leadership. Mr. Knox first served the public as assistant United States district attor ney at Pittsburgh, accepting that ap pointment just forty years ago at the age of 23. In 1901. when he was 48. he was appointed Attorney General of the United States by President McKin ley. In December following he was reappointed by President Roosevelt, remaining until June 30, 1904, when Governor Pennypacker appointed him United States senator, to till the j vacancy caused by the death of Mr. ! Quay. His election for the unexpired j term and then for a full term by the Legislature followed, and in March, 1909. he entered the Cabinet of Presi dent Taft as Secretary of State, con tinuing until March, 1913. To those who have been looking toward Mr. Knox as a candidate for the presidency, the announcement that he is a candidate for I'nited States senator need cause no concern. It has not taken him from the list of possi bilities. Indeed, if anything, it has made him stronger than before. Mr. 1 Knox as the unanimous choice of Re publicans in Pennsylvania for the Sen ate, and with the endorsement of the j Progressive leaders, is by far a bigger j figure than Mr. Knox, private citizen. I distinguished though his career lias) been. The developments of the past day or | t«o in the Knox candidacy have been j encouraging to those who desire to see the Republican party face the common enemy next November with united forces and harmonious leadership. ROTARY CLUB AND THRIIFT THE Harrisburg Rotary Club has done a distinctly constructive! thing in making thrift a part j of Its prosperity day program, fori without thrift there can be no real j and lasting prosperity. To induce the 1 boys and girls of the High school to I think thrift and talk thrift and win! prizes by writing thrift is sowing the, seeds of wholesome living broadcast! In the community, because in large' measure the thrifty citizen and the good citizen are one and the same. "Thrift is the surest and strongest foundation of an empire," says Rosebury; "so sure, so strong, so necessary, that no nation can long exist that disregards it." As with nations so with individ uals. The man who starts with a small capital hpt who is saving and industrious reai)s the reward of his industry. A man living on a small farm in Ohio began with a capital of >B. One day going around the coun try in his broken-down wagon, he bought an old plow for fifty cents, which he repaired and sold for $3. This gave him an idea. Why not go among the farmers and buy the dia FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 14, 1916. ' I carded farm machinery that is left to rust in the fields and yards? By' saving the money made in this way! ; he was soon able to invest in a liun i dred dollars' worth of second-hand! : • farm machinery, which he repaired j . j and sold. The year following he i j bought a thousand dollars' worth, I j then three thousand, and now Joej .' Steuer is rated at $40,000. He at tributes his success to his punctu-j ality in keeping appointments and In j | paying his depts when due. He de- j i nied himself all unnecessary things ( I and saved his money, so that he j , I could enlarge his business. It is a gratifying fact that thej : study of thrift is taking a prominent | 1 place In the practical training of! .'students. .not only here, but in col-j j leges and universities. They are en- j [couragcd to practice self-denial In' j the expenditure of money, to prac tice economy and do some remu j iterative work toward defraying tliej ; expense of their education. Amherst i (college reports that 176 men worked j i their way through, whole or in part.| i last year. Their earnings ranged J .from $lO to SI,OOO, the latter figure! ! being reached by a student in sales j manship. These 176 students did j every kind of work that was honorable jto earn this money. They have not | only learned how to work, how to ; save, how to appreciate and prize j j their education, but they will enter i the business world, not as novices, j but as trained men, and their experi j ence will be of incalculable value to ! others in showing the way to real ; independence through work and fru j gnlity. The Rotary Club of Harrisburg is j right up with the head of the pro cession with its thrift idea for High School boys and girls. PARTY DISRUPTION' PICRSISTENT efforts to create a breach in the Republican party are reported from time to time I and these activities seem to center .in the metropolis of the State. Not | withstanding the widespread and in sistent demand of the rank and file ! for harmony there are influences at I work in Philadelphia tending to the | disruption and breaking down of that (essential spirit of unity which is nec essary in any effective campaign. I Mayor Smith has shown on several | occasions a commendable desire to j prevent any breach that would result in party disorganization. As the ad ministrative choice of the Republi cans of the metropolis he has endeav ored from time to time to harmonize the differences which crop out at fre quent intervals between the potential leaders of that city. But he is evi- Idently having a hard time to reconcile I these differences so as to prevent an I open hreak in the party alignment, j.lust the same he has the sympathy of thousands upon thousands of stalwart ! Republicans throughout the State in his attitude. I During recent years Philadelphia has j become the breeding place of party i discontent and disruption. While it provides a large part of the Republi can majority in the Commonwealth, il is nevertheless true that it is also "jprSvWThg a large part of the disturb ance which leads to disaffection and j factionalism elsewhere in the State. | Time was when Philadelphia was not i permitted to dominate the party poli i cies and dictate 'ts nominees, and un j less we are greatly mistaken the time ! will soon come when the party in the j rest of the State will refuse to be up set and controlled by the malcontents of the big city on the eastern border. This newspaper can hardly be ac cused of weak-kneed Republicanism at any time. It may be criticized, perhaps, for a too consistent stalwart ism. We will not. therefore, be mis understood when we predict that un less the Philadelphia leaders ceaste their everlasting controversies and petty scrimmages over individual pre ferment the party, as represented by ithe other districts of the State, will , perforce declare an embargo upon the j malcontents in Philadelphia and so organize as to obviate the conditions which too often endanger the im- . portant policies and constructive work of a great political power. At the. very outset of a national con test fraught with tremendous respon sibilities and results we find the Philadelphia leaders engaged in their usual controversy over who's who. It matters little to the great body of Re publicans in Pennsylvania who is boss in Philadelphia; it matters a great ideal to them, however, that there shall lie harmony in the party and the soon er the Philadelphians awake to this j fact the better it will be for them land for the organization as a whole. ! Unfortunately there is a sentiment Itoo prevalent in the metropolis at the [junction of the Schuylkill and Dela- I ware that Pennsylvania is bounded by I the confines of the city which is co extensive with the county and that all of Pennsylvania outside of Philadel phia is merely an annex for party and other purposes to that city. This fic tion is bound to get a rude jolt one of these days, and it would seem to be about due. | County and district leaders all over the State are weary of the never-end j ing conflict. Nor are they chary In (expressing their disapproval of the ! ceaseless friction which endangers I the harmony and effectiveness of the I organization throughout the Common- I wealth. i Let the factions in Philadelphia light it out if they cannot be happy otherwise, but let them likewise un derstand that the party in the State must not be drawn into their private squabbles nor made the tail for their political kite. HIK.RTA THE EXILE THE death of Victoriano Huerta at El Paso last night removes a bloody but courageous figure from the field of the world's history in : the making. The national adminis tratlon in control at Washington pro fessed to look with horror upon Huerta. his methods and his deeds, but in the last analysis was he any more to be condemned than any one of those guilty of the awful happenings In Europe to-day and whose friendship j our government has cherished to such 'degree that it has been willing to for j sake American rights and forget na tional honor to retain It? Huerta has ; slain his thousands, but any one of j these have slain their tens of thou j sands. Nor is this a defense of Huerta, j ruthless, murderous, relentless tyrant that he was. The only thing that can I be said in his favor Is that he was not i a whit worse than Villa. In whose be j half the Wilson administration ; horsed the Huerta dictatorship, or jCarranza. for whom the President ' overthrew Villa. Perhaps Huerta un j derstood Mexico better than some of I our theorists at Washington. At any | rate, the exiled dictator died with the ; knowledge that conditions are no more j chaotic in Mexico to-day than they | would have been had he been per- I mitted to remain at the head of the I government, which must have been of some satisfaction to the old warrior. Huerta's brief rule was in large I measure like that of Diaz, who also | died an exile from the land over which jhe ruled so long. The two had many ! traits in common, but where Diaz was strong, Huerta was weak, and Huerta inherited all of the hatred for Diaz's methods which drove the venerable president from his country to die in Europe. 1 TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE > —Judge Kunkel says a man must be have like a grasshopper to avoid auto mobiles on crowded streets. Yep, and like a hop-toad, a tumble-bug, a grey hound and a kangaroo. —Maybe it is true that nothing suc ceeds like success, but we have known of quite a few very successful failures. —"Cutting a corn with a razor re sulted in John Bond, Milton, losing a leg," says the Philadelphia Record. Warning to wives who may be tempted. —Several of the directors were among the victims of the latest Du Pont ex plosion. The speeches of some of our Con , gressmen are best explained by con sulting the Congressional Directory and looking up their home districts. —"lf the Democratic party will not provide for national defense the Repub lican party will have a chance to." says the Philadelphia Record. This Is a gratifying admission from an unexpect ed source. | EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 Henry, after one look at the well known fjords of Norway, decided he ! couldn't compete.—New York Evening Sun. Profesor Munsterherg: announces that T. R. is n pro-German, thus proving: psychology is an exact science.—Boston Transcript. lii 1c? Mr. Ford and his peace party were out of the country, peace Rained a hip victory. The baseball war is over.—Kansas City Star. N ilia may be an excellent fiphter, but he shows poor financial judgement in tiropplngr out during' the dull season.—Washington Post. THE SOUTH GOING DRY Lay the jest- about the julep in the camphor balls at last. For the miracle has happened and the olden days are past: That which makes Milwaukee thirsty doesn't foam in Tennessee. And the lid on in old Missouri is as tight-locked as can be— Oh, the comic paper Colonel and his cronies well may sigh. For the mint is waving gayly, but the South is going dry. By the stillside on the hillside in Ken tucky all is still. ]• or the only damp refreshment must be dipped up from the rill: No'th Carolina's stately ruler gives his soda glass a shove. And discusses local option with the I South Ca'lina Gov.; It is useless at the fountain to be winkful of the eye. For the cocktail glass is dusty, and the South is going dry. It is water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink. We no longer hear the music of the mellow crystal clink. When the Colonel and the Major and the Gen'l and the .ledge Meet to have a little nip to give their appetites an edge. For the egg-nog now i s noglcss, and the rye has gone awry. And the punch-bowl holds carnations, and the South is going dry. All the nightcaps now have tassels and are worn upon the head — Not the "nightcaps" that were taken 1 when nobody went to bed; And the breeze above the bluegrass is as solemn as In death. For it bears no pungent twang upon its odorfic breath. And each man can walk a chalk lino when the stars are in the sky. For the fizz-glass now is fizzless, and the South is going 7!ry. Lay the jest about the julep 'neath the chestnut tree at last. For there's but one kind of moon shine. and the olden days are past; Now the water wagon rumbles through the Southland on Its trip. And it helps no one to flop off to pick up the driver's whip. For the mintbed makes a pasture and the, corkscrew hangeth high. All is still along the stillside, and the south is going dry.—Chicago Post. TAKE A CHANCE fFrom the New York American.] Attention, girls! You can propose marriage every time you get a chance. Don't hesitate on the score of pro priety, as it is finite proper. At any rate. Miss Lucille Pugh, femi nist suffragist and lawyer, says so. But—don't propose unless you are sure he will accept, even though it is leap year. And when you meet your ideal it may be well to get a report of a good commercial agency upon his rating. If this is satisfactory, then —- "The question has already been asked me as to the advisability of girls proposing," said Miss Pugh. "Of course, they should. All girls must look out for the future. The great trouble we lawyers find is that women are too impulsive with their affections. "Look around you any day in the divorce courts and see the number of women plaintiffs. That suggests to me that women are too gullible in listen ing to the love songs of a fellow who hasn't got a nickel. "Leap year. In my opinion, is the time for every woman to show her dis creetness in the selection of a husband, and I think if they do this you will find a decided change in the domestic IK I>eKKc^tcanXa1 > eKKc^tcanXa By the Kx-Committeeman The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times to day says: "The Republican campaign in the Twelfth Legislative district was opened last night in the Bellevue town hall when a meeting of citizens went on record as favoring the renoinination and re-election of Representatives John W. Vickerman, of Bellevue, and Nelson McVlcur, of Tarentum. They have served one term in the Mouse of Representatives and the records they have made are generally satisfactory. The only opposition to them comes troni those voters who are opposed to local option, and the liquor interests are mobilizing their forces in the hope ot dealing 'hem. The meeting was caned by the neighbors of Mr. Vicker man and Air. MCViear was invited to attend the gathering. Among those wno addressed the meeting was j X iPP ea George E. Alter, of Spring , ale. Governor Brumbaugh sent a letter heartily endorsing both men. In the discussion of party leader- E' n Pennsylvania at the meeting of 1 ennsylvanla Republican congress men in Washington the other day fol lowing the election of Congressman Graham to the Republican congres sional committee. Congressman Focht, replying to Congressman Vare, said: To claim leadership of a great party in a great state for any man because he received a few more votes than some other candidate is an absurdity, in this instance one was the candidate for governor, local and limited in its sphere; the other was for United States senator with nation-wide potentiality. I i he facts in the case are that Senator ! i I eni ose lost 40,000 votes by refusing the Keystone nomination, on which ticket the governor's name appeared. He probably lost 100,000 votes because he was the legatee of all the alleged city-contractor boss politics of the cities which the newspapers have been exploiting for a generation." The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin in an article on the Philadelphia Democracy on Jackson's day, has this interesting comment to make: "To- I day the one hundred and tirst anni- j \ersary of the Battle of New Orleans • —the St. Jackson's day of the Demo cratic party—will be commemorated ! at the table by the Democratic Club, j Hut in these days of men of peace or nonsoldier instincts in the Democratic party like Wilson and Bryan, it is not so easy as it used to be to work up I enthusiasm for the greatest of all ! Democrats who wore a military uni- ! torn, before the Civil War. Politically, too. Old Hickory appears to be almost totally a thing of the past this part . < or>,n,\ry; o r>, n ,\ ry ; ilt ,east for tlle time being in Philadelphia. At some elec tions his party has been polling hardly any more votes than it had when Jack son s friend. James Buchanan, was in active politics, and two months ago I here were only about five thousand of I j them who came forward as Democrats | | m behalf of a distinctive Democratic j i There was never more of a I tighter, either political or military, in I the whole history of this country than ' Andrew Jackson, and the old man I would turn in his grave if he could see to-day how. in the city which was once a stronghold ot Jacksonians, his party lias lost its lighting spirit and has be come a thing of shreds and patches." —A Pittsburgh dispatch says: "A proposition for a so-called 'hitrmonv ticket for the Republican State cam paign. with Charles H. Kline, of Alle gheny. backed for Auditor General, and Speaker Charles A. Ambler, of Montgomery, for State Treasurer, was brought here by the delegation that returned from Philadelphia last Sun '! a ; v - ,ff" a,or Charles A. Snyder, of Schuylkill, and Representative James • >'oodward, of Allegheny, are also proposed for places on the State ticket this Fall. "With every reduction made in the rate of postage on first class mail mat ter there immediately has followed a tremendous increase in the volume of mail, said Senator Penrose at Wash ington last night when asked whether the time was opportune for a reduc tion in the rate on local delivery let ters. "Should Congress reduce the | rate from 2 cents to 1 cent on all let ters deposited in a post office for de livery within that postal district, the volume of mail will be increased to such an extent that the postal revenues will be little, if at all, affected," said he senator. - "Also it would stimulate business generally. I will endeavor to have my bill on that subject enacted during the present session." TO-DAY'S EDITORIALS The Philadelphia Inquirer: That Philander C. Knox will succeed United States Senator Oliver seems to be as certain as anything can be in politics ' llere have been tentative candidates, but one after the other they have dropped out. Mr. Knox has back of him the influence of Senator Penrose, of Governor Brumbaugh, of the here tofore leader of the heretofore Pro gressive party in Pennsylvania, William Flinn. In short, regular Republican:; and Progressives join hands for Knox, and in such circumstances his selec tion at the primaries would appear to be assured. | The Philadelphia Press: The stu dents of the University of Pennsyl vania have taken prompt action against I any more bowl fights. We mav con clude that there will be no more of them. This is every way wise and proper. A renewal of the bowl fight and a repetition of the tragedy of Wednesday would create an in tolerable situation that the university j could not afford to meet. The New York Herald: No. Mr. I,ansing. simply because there is no ! great outcry in the United States over i the latest outrage of Americans mur-' dered in Mexico do not suppose that it makes no difference. The United States has grown wearv of protesting, that is all. It was just as indignant when some American ma rines were killed at Vera Cruz, and as profoundly touched when the Presi dent attended the military funerals. It is awaiting wearily for an end to come to the writing of notes, and i would like to write just one on its own account. But do not think that it is indifference, Mr. Lansing; it is the ex ercise of patience and restraint until something happens to end the trance. STICK TO THE JOB [Kansas City Times.] A man who began business life as a bundle boy In a department store will retire from the presidency of the old est commercial bank in Chicago the last of this month, and Into his place as president will step a man who be gan as a messenger boy. The retiring president has been with the bank thirty-two years and is 74 years old. The incoming president has been with the bank twenty years and is 57 years old. Mow did those two boys, beginning life so humbly, become bank presi dents? "I never have found any road to success except by plodding," says the eider one. "The man who succeeds is the fellow who pegs away. There are no short cuts. Success means hard work. The only short way to a for tune is to have it left to you, and that is a curse." The new president reiterates this and adds: "Sticking with a job and working hard brings success." ! THE CARTOON OF THE DAY I 1 j "GOD BLESS YOU!" .. - ~ —From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. ; i I' 1 TRAIN YOUR W Your Friend-the West Wind By Frederic J. Haskin I J | TF you are going camping or niotor- I ing, wait for a good west wind. If A you are about to embark upon a momentous undertaking, pick out a day when tbe wind Is blowing freshly from the west, for that wind is one of your best friend*. It brings clear weather and cool air laden with ozone. It lifts your spirits, stimulates your energy, fills you with "pep." The importance of the west wind is due to the fact that it is a messenger of that form of weather activity known to scientists as tbe ahticyclone. This anticyclone is a great pyramid of cold air which spreads out across the coun try like a pancake on a hot griddle, bringing coolness, clearness ami dry ness wherever it goes. It is responsible for the clear, cold spells in winter and for the best of our summer weather. In this country the anticyclones al most Invariably form either in the Northwestern States or in Canada. Hence the reputation of Medicine Hat. Alberta, as the place where the cold weather originates. Starting, then, In Montana or Canada, the anticyclone moves across the coun try aaatward or southeastward, spread ing cold, dry air in every direction, l bringing the wealth of ozone from the upper atmosphere down to the air we breathe, and drying up clouds and mists. The west wind, therefore, is a sure sign that the anticyclone is com ing. Whenever the wind shifts noticeably from any other quarter to the west, you may be almost sure that you are going to have from two to seven days of fine, clear weather. If the wind slowly shifts from the west to the northwest, you may know that the anticyclone is pass ing north of you; for the cold air cir culating about its center in the same manner as the hands of a clock, will turn the wind in that direction. In that case you may look for a spell of cold or cool and clear weather which will last until the anticyclone has passed, as indicated by another shift of the wind. In the same way if the wind gradu ally shifts more and more soutli of west, you may know that the anti cvclone is passing south of you, where it will not have so much effect, and you cannot be so sure of clear weather. So the anticyclone Is your real friend in the matter of weather, and the west wind is its most reliable precursor; but there are a good many other reliable indications as to whether it will be clear to-morrow. Clouds are one of these. Although anticyclone weather should be clear, it is not generally al together cloudless. The characteristic clear weather clouds of summer are the little billowy masses of cumulus that look like the beaten white of an egg, though they may be a bit smudgy on the under side. These are harmless little clouds and do not promise rain. They indicate that the moist air has risen until it reached a stratum cold enough to condense It, whereupon it descends to a warm level and is dlssi I OUR DAILY LAUGH | COSTLY FAITH. ' wfciUl put * lis trus ' ! fiib ,n women, < • ? His money all I 'l24?'**. On queens he bet And the other | j WHAT KT: WAS DOING. Cheerful ■ a =a.~ ! senger: What's BflfcTv, ! chap, "feeding the Seasick «?er facetiously): H ByHgjpp^ man spy and '/./■') signalling to submarines. THE SEARCHLIGHT WASTE PAPER Save your waste paper. It is a marketable article —that is, If you get it by the ton. After being worked over, cfeaned, ground, pulped and the ink ex tracted. it Is turned into fresh white paper again. , There are all grades and qualities of waste paper. The biggest class of course is the old newspaper that fills office waste-baskets and crowds city trash-cans. News-print paper, as this grade is called, Is worth about $7 a ton. Magazines are printed "n a little better stock as a rule, so old magazine paper Is quoted at around sll. Good bond paper, tho tough white linen stock used for oftlce correspondence, in worth as high as $35 a ton In its wastepaper i Big business concerns and office buildings count on waste paper as a regular source of revenue. The con tents of the wastebaskets are collected and saved each night, and before helng sold they are generally classified Into the different grades. One big Eastern railroad realized over $1!l,000 in 1911 from the sale of its waste paper. . pated again before it gathers enough I force to form a storm or eVen a shower. In winter, fewer clouds form during [anticyclone weather, and they are the flattened wisps called stratus. Occasionally during the summer the cumulus clouds will cause a light shower, which is a precursor of more fair weather. In winter the same phenomenon takes the form of a flurry i of snow. The flurry is never the be ginning of a storm, but is the sure forerunner of clear. cold weather. Roth the shower and the flurry are due to the fact that the approaching cold air of the anticyclone reaches the upper levels first, condensing and precipitat ing the vapor. In general, if the weather is to con tinue fair, clouds should grow fewer rather than more numerous. They should break up into smaller pieces rather than combine, and the higher the ,f ride the better the chances for a I clear day to-morrow. Also, look for brilliant blue sky behind them, A bright blue sky. with many white clouds, promises better than a milky sky with only a few. There is one other indication in the sky that you can pretty confidently re ly upon. That is its color at sunset and sunrise. Unless you are a milkman or have the habit of staying out very late, you probablly seldom seen the sun rise, but there is nothing to prevent you from observing the sunset. Now, if that sunset is red and all other signs are favorable, you may be pretty sure of a clear day to follow. But if the sun | rises in a red sky. it is an almost equal ly certain precursor of storm. The reason for this is that the sky looks red when there is a good deal of moisture in suspension which has not been condensed, hovering in the form of invisible droplets instead of falling as rain or dew. These droplets in the atmosphere act on the sunlight like glass prisms, breaking It up into the primary colors, with red predominat ing. Hence the ted sky. It would seem that a red sunset should indicate a coming storm, since the redness is due to the presence of moisture in the air. But this is not the case, because the cool of the evening— sunset time—is the moment most favor able for the condensation of atmos pheric moisture. If there were any large quantity of water in the air, it would gather at sunset into a gray mist, or even fall as rain. A red sun set shows that there is just enough moisture tn the air to break up the sun-rays, and no more. On the other hand, a red sunrise is a precursor of storm. In an ordinary cool night, all the atmospheric moisture should leave the air as dew or frost, and leave a dry air in the morning. If the air is still wet enough to turn the sun-rays red, it shows that a layer of moist air above the earth lias held down tbe day's heat. This heat keeps the frost and dew from forming, and high moist stratum will probably come down as a rain or snowstorm. THESTATEFROM DfIfTODW I Ghostly visitations have been observ i ed in Hazleton, with such reality that | Michael Steep, a miner, refuses to go to work, claiming' that he saw a ghostly woman in white as he approached the mouth of the mines. Mayhap there is material here for another Cock I,ane Ghost story that would make old Sam uel Johnson sit up in his grave and take notice . Psychology may or may not have had anything to do with It, but it seems strange that a man who had a fearful horror of being killed by a fast-moving | train, should meet death that way, ami before expiring be unable to explain how the accident occurred. Dennis Hayes, aged 02, passed through such an experience near Towanda lately, having been killed by a milk train while at work in the Vosburg tunnel. The jitney business, in at least one instance, has proved to be a cause of tragedy, in that the wife of a "jitneur" in Easton, who had failed to make a success of the jitney business, and be cause her home had been mortKaged to buy the car, became morose about it and committed suicide. At last, after a long period of wait ing, eight of the Wllkes-Barre carmen who struck way back in October of last year, have asked for reinstatement and have been taken back, under the sliding scale system of wages, which originally caused all the trouble. The Lancaster Intelligencer speaks of a public meeting on preparedness which is being held In that city this evening to aid locally in laying the groundwork for preparing the nation against for eigners. Military men will speak and practically all the more important or ganizations of the city will be repre sented. , . , r Conscience-stricken because of a six months' subscription to one of our Car lisle contemporaries, which he neglect ed to pay some forty years agoj A. J Smith, now of Youngstown, flhio. for merly of Mercor. Pa., has sent $1 -to the present owners of the pa pet* with the request that the debt be cancelled. AN ISLAND [From the Fairfield, Towa, Tribune.] lowa has some of the characteristics of an Island now, it being a large bodv of land surrounded by wet States. j, Ebenutg (Hl|at| I 1 Judo Eugene C. Ronniwcll of tho Municipal Court, Philadelphia, was given one bit,' surprise by Harrlsburg firemen, Wednesday night, lie was present during the big celebration in October. 1914. and like others who watch Important events, expected to see a big slump here in enthusiasm among volunteer firemen because gen erally a town Is dead after an event of the magnitude of a State firemen's gathering. But Harrlsburg has been very much alive ever since. Judge Bonniwell found up-to-date motor driven apparatus; and was told of the passage of a loan to add to the mod ern equipment. When he made the trip over the city yesterday with tho local committee he found at evorv nrehouse sufficient men to take care ? *1?»? Pparatus in case of tire. Down in Philadelphia the majority of the companies are obliged to respond to an alarm with one and two men short. The one day off each week allowed the firemen in that city and lack ol substitutes causes the short age. in Harrlsburg where the lire men receive no compensation, a full force of firelighters is always as sured. He said, "I am sincere when I say that Harrisbnrg has a fire de partment to be proud of, and without an equal in Pennsylvania." • • • Harry M. Falrchild, the well known upper end merchant who was appointed a member of the Dauphin county prison board by the county commissioners this week, has been a resident of Millersburg for over twen ty years. Starting as an employe of the shoe factory he saved his money and went into the house-furnishing business and is now rated as one ol' the most successful businessmen in all Dauphin county. He not only has a tine store but owns a big farm' near Halifax and his summer bungalow near the same place commands one of the most beautiful views in that section. Mr. Fairchild is a staunch Kepubllcan and has been prominent in party leadership in the upper end for years. He is still a young man in years but old in experience and he has a host of friends who are con gratulating him upon the unsought honor which came to him this week. * * • Automobile licenses are being is sued at the rate of 1,000 a day by the division in charge of such mat ters at the State Highway Depart ment and the demand for registration is greater than anything ever known before. It is believed that the regis tration for the month of January will be greater than for the whole of 1912, so rapid has been the increase in the number of cars. On some days the number of applications received . and accompanied by cash has run , as high as 1,500. The State does not accept anything but cash, money or i ders or certified checks. Ordinary checks arc not taken; they have to be certilled. The revenue from li censes for 1916 is now $1,075,000. * * • A big increase in the insurance business done in Pennsylvania is be lieved to have taken place and the reports of companies which are com mencing to be received for the busi ness of 1915 are showing that tho active condition in business stimulat ed fire and similar insurance con siderably. The State places a tax on the premiums of foreign companies doing business in this State and half the proceeds goes to fire departments' relief funds. « • • Churches of the State, whoso trus tees have discovered that they are under the employers' liability laws as well as factories, are commencing to take out policies of insurance in the State Insurance Fund. Over a dozen applications from churches were re ceived on one day and the insurance 1 has been taken out on every person receiving compensation from the con gregation. • • • Capitol Hill is recovering from its attacks of grip, which raged through the State offices at a rate never known ; here before. In some departments i there were half a dozen to fifteen peo ple sick and in others correspond ence was held up because of grip prostrating the stenographers. • • • Philander C. Knox, who was here ' yesterday to see the Governor, was given one of the greatest surprises and ' at the same time one of the pleasures of his life in this city. He came hero to attend the dedication of the Capi toi and Theodore Roosevelt, the ora ' tor of the day t extolled his work as | attorney general. ! I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ ■ —Levi h. Rue, one of the new di rectors of the Pennsylvania railroad, has been a banker almost from boy l hood. ! —Dr. D. A.Webb, of Scranton, is the ! new head of the I.ackawanna county medical society. —Charles M. Schwab has been elected a director of the Chaso Na tional Bank of New York. —Mayor McDowell, the new chief executive of Chester, will have regu lar office hours. —James C. Watson, prominent Wil liamsport lawyer, is active as a golfer. | 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg's original wa ter works attracted national at j tentlon ? HISTORIC HARRISBITRG A number of Hessian soldiers taken* prisoners in the Revolution were quar -1 tered here. ONCE MORE, BOOZE » * « The mob next turned to tha> business section. After looting a sa». loon and distributing the liquor among the crowd the place was set on Are. • * * For practically six hours crowds of men. many maddened with drink, ran through the streets, smash ing the windows of buildings with clubs and then tearing out entire fronts. The rioters then would loot the place and apply the torch. —From I the Associated Press account of the Youngstown, Ohio, riot. , - Counting the Cash January is count-up time with the storekeepers. They take stock of things, bal ance the books, and try to soo whether the figures are on the rlslit riide of the ledger. 1 They' like to count up results In cash rather than In goods on the nhelf. Hence the tendency toward t;ali!S clearances and lower prices at this season of tho year. Lessened ;;ales llgures mean the merchant is paying a premi um for cash. And the name desire reflect ed,ln the advertising in the Tel egraph makes It profitable to you to rend It.' '>■ll ' f
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