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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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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.
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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
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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
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"GOD BLESS YOU!"
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—From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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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.
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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.'
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