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TTESDAY EVENING, FEB. 22.
If the day looks kinder gloomy,
An' yer cAances kinder slim;
If the situation's pusslin',
An' the prospect's awful jjrim; 1
An' perplerities keep pressin'
'Till all hope is nearly gone—
Jest bristle up an' grit yer teeth.
An' keep on 1: rep in' on. — AXON.
WASHINGTON
HE was no hero of romance; there
"•> nothing of romantic hrroiam
In liia nature. Aa a warrior, he nan iu
rti|»uble of fear, but mode no merit of
dcf>ing danger. He fought for a cause,
hut not for personal renown. Madly, .
when he bad won tbe cause, he bung
rp bis anord never again to take It
down. Glory, that blatant ward, which
liaunta aomc military minda Ilk* the
bray of n trumpet, formed no part of hla
uaplrationa. To act lastly waa hla In
atlnct, to promote the public weal hla
ronatant effort, to deaerte the "affec
tions of good men" his ambition. With
such qualifications for the pure rxer*
rise of aonnd judgment nnd comprebei>
sl»e nisdoui. be ascended the Presides- j
tial chair." —Washington Irving.
• . •
And thla from the pen of Jefferson,
aa the result of long observation and
« nbluet experience, nnd written In after
years, when there was no temptation to
insincere eulogy i
"Hl* Integrity was most pure; his
justice the most Inflexible I have ever I
known; no motives of Interest or con
anngulaity. of friendship, or hatred, be
ing able to bla* his decision. He was,
Indeed, In every sease of the word, a
wise, a good, and a great mnn."
I: may be only a coincidence, but on !
the same day that the Democrats in j
open Senate voted for the "scuttle"
policy in the Philippines they voted, in
the secrecy of committee, in favor of the
humiliating and apologetic treaty with J
Colombia, whereby we are to offer ex- ■
cuses and J15.000.000 to the South j
American Republic for having been en- i
terprising enough to build the Panama ;
Canal.
T.OW DUTY ON IMPORTS
REVENUES in the sum of $12.-
209,950, collected on imports
valued at $144.758.835, entering
the thirteen principal customs dis
tricts of the United States, explain
the reason for Secretary McAdoo's,
recent hospitality in entertaining (
Democratic leaders with "revenue"*'
dinners. He is trying to induce them
to speed up the appropriation bills to |
get him out of the hole.
For ihe week ended January 13!
$3 1.425.306 worth of imports entered
these thirteen districts, on which $3.-'
292,62 C in customs revenues was col- 1
lec-ted. This is an average rate of 1
duty for the week of S.S per cent. The
average for the four weeks past is
8.4 per cent.
Meanwhile original depart mental
estimates for the coming year are be
ing furtively increased by supple
mental estimates. The candle is being
burned at both ends with the fingers
of flie taxpayer holding the middle.
t
The President's stirring apostrophes
to the flag, which figured so promi
nently in all his recent speeches cor- i
respond with difficulty to the action of
his party members in Congress, who,
simultaneously with Mr. Wilson s elo- j
quence, were voting almost solidly to j
haul down the flag in the Philippines.
ESSAYS ON THRIFT
EVERY pupil of the Central High
School, on order of Professor
Dibble, will write as essay on ,
"Thrift." and the Harrisburg Rotary ;
Club has offered two prizes for the
best compositions. Both Professor j
Dibble and the club are to be com- 1
mended. Thrift is r prime essentia]
to prosperity and success in life, but
has little or no part in the average
course of school study. If a pupil,
TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 22, 1916
I j acquires the habit—and habit It is—it
I is by chance rather than intent. Our
' boys and girls, a majority of them, at
least, Mve on the bounty of their
parents. Tlie.v spend as much money
: as they can get and dress better than
they can afford. They are sorely In
need of a little instruction along the
lines of personal thrift, and there are
. so many ways in which thrift may be
practiced that there should be no lack
of material for the easavs Professor
Dibble has required of his students.
While the saving of money is only
one aspect of thrift, it is very impor
tant. especially because of its influence
ion character building. It also is more
j tangible and affords easier means of
j obtaining statistics. It can be taken
j for granted generally that one who Is
j thrifty with one's money also will be
■ ! thrifty with one's time, for "time is
money," and its proper use is essential
in fortune building.
| Luck does not figure in fortunes
made from small beginnings any more
j than it figured in Russell Sage's for
tune. It is thrift that turns the trick.
Sage always said there was no such
thing as luck, for he started out as a
grocerj* clerk at $ 1 a week. But he
j was contented and ambitious, and as
1 his wages slowly Increased he saved
always a 'tittle, till at the age of
j twenty-one he had a store of his own.
• j Later he sold the store and went to
' New York, where he took a place as
1 office boy at very low wages. But he
I worked himself steadily up until he
became a financier himself. Mr. Sage
believed that anyone could succeed if
i he would, but that most young men
1 are not anxious to rise. Of course, he
said, if they found themselves rich
they were glad, but they were not wlll
| ing to work and save and make them
selves rich. "I never knew anyone,"
Mr. Sage is quoted as saying, "to ob-
I tain lasting wealth without lots of
j hard work."
! Thrift is an essential to contentment
and success and we do well to start
: our young people thinking about it.
British Chambers of Commerce are
congratulating that country on tbe fact
that although many thousands of work
ers have been drawn from industry, yet
Britain increased her exports $230,000.-
000 in 1915. as compared with 1914. The
exports for December increased 30 per
• ent., though there were 1.500.000 more
men in the army and navy than the
year before. Yet there are some people
in this country so stupid as to believe
that we have nothing to fear from com
petition with Great Britain when the
soldiers return to industrial pursuits
of peace.
I .
EIGHT ON LIQL'OIL
SLOWLY but surely old John Bar
leycorn is being forced toward the
door. Not so many years hence
this one-time boon companion at every
convivial gathering will be out in the
cold listening to the laughter within,
and there will be fewer headaches next
day at w;ork and fewer heartaches at
! home, and men will wonder "why for a
moment they ever tolerated the pres
i ence of the red-nosed old rascal whose
beckoning glass lures always toward
j ruin and the grave.
j The liquor interests are withholding, 1
!by every trick and influence they
j know, reasonable regulation. The re-
I suit, when the people are fully aroused,
will be that which always happens
when an angry public takes the saddle
—legislation of an extreme kind, and
national prohibition will be enacted.
"Thirty years ago," says Senator
Cummins, of lowa. "I should have said
Prohibition was impractical. Under
the conditions that existed then it
r would have meant putting in the fielo
two unregulated saloons to the one'
regulated saloon. But the world has
marched along in these thirty years
until now there is sentiment enough in
the United States to abolish the saloon.
. The United States ought to abolish it,
) and will."
1 The Washington correspondent of a .
Chicago daily calls attention to the ;
fact that "Albert Baird Cummins, a ,
man feared and respected on the floor
of the United States Senate, is dead
against booze, and is the first presi
dential possibility of a major party
that ever came out fiat-footed in favor
j of prohibition on a national scope."
The handwriting is plain upon the
wall. Liquor drinking has become an
industrial as well as a moral issue, and
history holds no example of anything '
that has been able to withstand these
two forces when allied and supported
by the people. Even slavery, en
trenched as it was, had to give way '
before them.
FEDERALIZE TIIF: GUARD
THE continental army plan having'
gone by the board, apparently, it
is now up to Congress to pass a !
| strong and comprehensive law fed- j
: c-ralizing the National Guard. Unless
j this is done, the present situation with
regard to preparedness will not have
I been improved.
The National Guards of the various
States must come under the direction
of the national government. They
must be made to all intents and pur- j
poses a reserve arm of the regular
army. They must be a harmonious, ;
cohesive force, ready to step Into the j
ranks at a moment's call, and much
revision, change and reorganization
I will be necessary to thus put I hem '
I constantly on a war footing. Their
1 period of actual drill in the Held must ■
be increased; they must be given .the
j benefit of more regular army instruc
-1 tion; they must be equipped in every
way on a par with the regular army;
they must be taught all tho arts of
war 'that a regular knows; and the
task is a gigantic one. but not impos- I
sible of accomplishment.
No political force, no State feeling
and no State officialdom should be per
mitted to sulnd in the way of bringing j
this about; and last, but by no means
least, legislation must be adopted
1 whereby the troops may be sent out of
the country, if necessary, without the
j preliminary of a declaration of war.
Wilson may recognize Carranza, but
Wall Ktreet will not lend biin any money.
Without money the Carranza Govern
iiucnt cannot maintain iudC 1
["TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—After observing some of the new
Spring costumes, one womlers why
they ne\Vr refer to a young woman
as a stripling of a girl.
—lt used to be that one could pass
judgment with fair accuracy upon the
character of the woman who ap
peared in the street with paint on her
face. Now one can be sure only about
the fetv who do not paint.
-—Our idea of an easy thing is being
a firebug on the Hill and escaping the
police.
—The man who puts more trust in
the starch in his shirt bosom than
that in his backbone seldom gets very
far.
So far as we poor newspaper
folks are concerned, George Washing
ton might just as well never had a
birthday.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
OLD XATI RE S TOO SLOW
[St. Louis Globe-Democrat.]
In Turkey and Mexico nobody
waits for some one else's shoes. He
evidently removes him from his shoes.
Delays are vexatious.
CAN ACCFXERATE AT TIMES
[Houston Post.]
Still, people who think Congress
slow ought to see how fast it moves
when it comes to passing an appro
priation bill carrying about $170,000,-
000 for pensions.
HIS ONLY CHANCE
(Manchester Union.]
It appears that' the word "obey"
was omitted from the ritual at the
Tellegen-Farrar wedding, but we sup
pose Mr. Tellegen will have to obey
just the same.
Mutual Benefits Gained
[Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin.]
It is obvious that the third annual
trade excursion of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce is going to be
of benefit to the capital city In several
ways, but chiefly .through the fine
spirit of warm friendship which, judg
ing front local results, jnust have de
veloped at each of the places visited
by the tourists.
No doubt, the people of these favor
ed towns will hereafter have a more
kindly feeling for Harrisburg, her
people and her products, just because
they have met and fraternized, even
though briefly, with the capital city
trade boosters.
Williamsport ljas always had a
friendly feeling for Harrisburg. But
of late years the people of that city
have compelled our increasing ad
miration on account of their "get-up
and-get" spirit, which has accomplish
ed wonders in the line of civic devel
opment.
To meet and mingle with some of
the men who have their shoulders to
the wheel, helping to make things go,
was a privilege which was appreciated
and enjoyed by a large number of the
members of the local Board of Trade, |
While time did not permit a re
counting of the splendid things ac-1
complished since Harrisburg's civic
awakening began in 1901, nevertheless
the enthusiasm and aggressiveness of
the visitors seemed contagious, and !
'the Gazette and Bulletin believes the
inspiration thus gained will be lasting.
And we think, too. that the Harris
burners gained inspiration here, espe- j
cially from Mr. Munson's stirring ad- [
dress. Certainly his word picture of!
Williamsport as the chief lumber cen
ter of the United States, once a city :
of many sawmills, now with only one.
but with the once great single industry
now replaced with seventy-five indus
tries of a varied character, employing
eight thousand hands, made a deep
impression, showing as it did the large ,
part that public spirit, that Williams
port's men of means and its staunch :
and loyal banking institutions, have!
(played in keeping Williamsport from!
being wiped off the map as an indus- j
trial and business center and placing l
it on its feet and building it up until 1
it is known far and wide as the Ideal
City for Home and Business —a city
which, having overcome one mighty
, handicap, is going to continue to make
progress in the future as in the past,
; because of the public spirit of its de
! pendable citizens and in spite of all
handicaps.
THE SEARCHLIGHT
CURING T»IK I.KPI2R
One of the greatest achievements of ]
medical science in history is indicated
in the report from the Philippine;
Islands that twenty-three lepers have |
been 'pronounced free from all trace of ,
disease for a period of two years or
more. According to a number of ex- !
amining scientists, these men and
! women are now entitled to return to
1 their homes.
I The lepers were under treatment in
an asylum tinder the direction of the j
, United States Hospital Service in the 1
' Philippines. This asylum is far in
advance of most similar institutions, i
j It is a model village, with the best
equipment for sanitation and comfort. .
Police duty is done by leper police- ■
; men. who have proved trustworthy
and loyal in the enforcement of regu- '
• latlons. Light agricultural work is
provided for those capable of perform- j
ing it. A small theater and a band
furnish the element of amusement, j
Leprosy is one of the oldest of dis
eases known to man, and one of the
most terrible. It has always been con
sidered incurable. Should the future :
show that the experts are correct in
believing that the course of treatment
used in the Philippines is a cure in
even some of the cases, it will repre- !
sent a victory over one of the oldest j
i enemies of the race. j
BEAUTY AND UTILITY
[Chicago Xews.] j
j In further proof that the labor of j
the societies for the protection of!
bird life has borne fruit—or. at least. '
vegetables it is worthy of remark ;
1 that the milliners have taken it into:
their heads to decorate the season's!,
hats with onions, carrots, beets and j
similar colorful products of the truck |
garden. If fashion sets the seal of:
its approval upon such decorations i
the principal menace to birds of gay j •
plumage will be removed and the]
Audubon societies may know that!,
they have not lived in vain. Further, j
a great step will have been taken in ;
i the. direction of realizing that cherish- ; ■
; ed dream of the esthetic cult, the bar-'
monizing of human ideas of use and ,
beauty.
The beauty of the useful having''
been recognized, all that remains to
!be accomplished is the recognition of 1
the usefulness of beauty. This next
logical step is easily taken, and should 1
appeal to the sex that has already
conceded so much to the idealists. In
, using bird plumage for hat decorations 1
women could plead only that beauty
is it? own excuse for being and that 1
no higher.destiny could be. hoped for
by the Kfrd dowered with the fatal.,
sift of fine feat!:ers than to adorn th*
headgear of creation's queen. Now the ,
beauty of the veyetnrlan hat can be
iuiadc to serve utility as well as art. j
1 ■aaryxsaeasacaaiM—B——|i
•fUULa. U
By tha Ei-Coniniitteema*
The first nominating petition for
the May primaries turned up at the
Capitol to-day. being filed by William
».'< druggist and dentist of
Mifflintown. who aspires to be the Re
publican candidate for the House in
the Juniata county district, lie was
a candidate once liefore.
U is expected that there will be
Plenty of nominations entered before
long as papers have been sent out lib
erally and there appears to be a gen
eral demand for legislative petitions.
Most of the State-wide candidates
have had their own papers prepared.
—J. Lee Plummer. former legislator
and now county solicitor of Blair
county, added to the joy of affairs last
night by an announcement of a long
threatened ambition to be a candi
date for State Treasurer. This boom
was heard of last year, but this is the
first announcement. He is well known
to many residents of the State. J. V.
of Washington, who has been
"urged" by friends to be a candidate,
! has not yet sent out his papers.
—Lebanon county is furnishing an
; interesting fight in the making. Rep
resentatives Weimcr and Crick are
: candidates for Republican renomin
| a tion. but Prof. 11. H. Shenk. Annville,
and F. W. Taylor. Lebanon, have been
put forth by the local optlonists.to op
pose them.
Peter Bolger, the new chief of the
siding headquarters of the Democra
tic Machine slidp, toop charge this
morning, but the welcome sign will
not be hung out until to-morrow. To
day is being devoted to oiling up type
writers and the purchase of copy pa
per and stamps preparatory to telling
the Democrats of the State that they
should not listen to the wicked men
who do not believe the reorganizes
are the right ones to handle tho works.
The establishment of the siding head
quarters is attracting some attention
and there are some Democrats who
are desirous of knowing why the main
office and yards are maintained at
Philadelphia when that count was
pressed so strongly qgainst the Old
Guard management.
—The brewers' big horses seem to
have been getting into the mire in
Pittsburgh and the way some of the
Democratic politicians who were not
noted for the enthusiasm with which
they espoused the local option cause
in the last legislative mixup are sitting
up and taking notice is attracting at
tention. Ex-Congressman Palmer is
being given the credit for starting the
whole thing and with having "put
over" a few things on some Democra
tic leaders.
-—The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times
says: "While there has not been a
public announcement of the fact, it is
generally believed the Brumbaugh-
Vare combination is endeavoring
through William Flinn and E. A. Van
Valkenburg to make an alliance with
Col. Roosevelt and bring him into the
State to tight the Penrose forces in the
May primaries."
—A Pittsburgh dispatch says: "It
became known to-day that ex-Senator
William Flinn and Alexander P. Moore
editor-in-chief of the Leader, which
has been heretofore the mouthpiece of
Flinn. have disagreed on the coming
State fight. Flinn is working for the
election of Roosevelt delegates to tho
national convention. The local option
people are petitioning J. Ralph Park,
a prominent civic worker, to announce
himself as a candidate for the Legisla
ture from the Fourth District, now
represented by William W. Mearkle,
who voted against local option at the
last session. Mr. Mearkle is endeav
oring to get the party leaders to run
him against Charles J. Magee. brother
of the ex-Mayor, as Senator from the
Forty-third District.
—Col. Asher Miner, of Wilkes-Barre,
formerly in the Legislature, is being
talked of as a possible Republican can
didate for Congress in Luzerne county.
It is believed the reorganization ele
ment will fight Congressman Casey,
the present Democratic member.
—John J. Gheen, who was the lead
er of Bull Moosers in Chester county,
is being heard of again, he had a
meeting of Roosevelt men the other
day.
—Frank Mathues. son of the former
State Treasurer, is a candidate for tho
Legislature in Delaware county.
—J. E. Feeser has been elected
president of the Eastern Republican
club.
—Schuylkill county courts may
throw out all of the votes in the Lost
Creek district. Fraud in counting is
charged.
—P. E. Foust, Blakslee selection,
has taken charge of the post office at
Weatherly and Carbon Democrats
have another light on hand.
—Judge S. P. Emery, wlto made
Lawrence county wet, is well-known
here. He has frequently appeared in
cases in the State Capitol.
—E. I. Bullock, of Hazlcton. Is talk
ing about being a candidate for Pro
gressive national delegate.
—Congressman 11. W. Watson, of
the Montgomery-Bucks district, has
started his nominating petitions go
ing.
—Considerable criticism of Con
gressman Warren Worth Bailey, the
Johnstown exponent of Bryanisni. is
being heard in his home county. Ex-
Congressman J. L. Hartman, his old
rival, will oppose him this year.
—Harry Hertzler, of Carlisle, who
was one of the Roosevelt National
delegates in 1912 from this district,
composed of Dauphin, Lebanon and
Cumberland counties, has again an
nounced his candidacy for the same
office on the Washington party ticket.
In his announcement he states that "if
I am elected I am for Colonel Roose
velt for President of tlip United States
in preference to any other candidate.
In case Colonel Roosevelt is not a can
didate for the nomination, I will vote
for any candidate who will have the
endorsement of both the Progressive
and Republican parties." Jesse B.Asper,
Mechanicsburg, former county treas
urer. is expected to announce his can
| didaoy for Republican national dele
gate.
DOES IT PAVf
B,r Wing Dinger
'■ This is the day when parents call
The children to their knees
And pour into the little ears
This time-worn, threadbare wheeze:
"When CJeorgie was a little boy
He put upon the bum
One cherry tree, which made his dad
Grow suddenly quite glum.
"And when his daddy quizzed wee
George,
George looked him fh the eye
And said, 'Dear dad, I cut it down,
I cannot tell a lie.' "
But parents dear, I muchly doubt
The wisdom of our act
In pouring into little ears
The story of th) 3 fact.
Bast year I told my kids this talc
And one asked', "Did his dad
Lick George?" Tu which 1 said. "O. no.
He was a truthful lad."
And ever since, when he's been bad
He's come to me, this youth.
Confessing, wltii "you mustn't whip,
Dike taecrgc, I've told the truth."
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
BROTH FOR A SICK MAN
fSlfe»r
-De Ball Is the Chirncro Po»
r
HOW SHALL WE PREPARE?
By Frederic J. Haskin
THE American people seem to be
pretty generally agreed that the
United States as a nation is fac
ing a crisis and ought to prepare to
meet it. There have also sprung up
a large number of different ideas as
to how we ought to prepare. Unless
we can agree upon a method, the re
sult will be either a compromise or
nothing at all. So it is for you to
carefully consider these different ways
of getting ready and decide which
one you are going to support.
Iff the first place, there are the
pacificists. These ladies and gentle
men believe that wo should prepare
to assume our place as an interna
tional force by abolishing the army
and navy and meeting belligerents
with argument and persuasion. This
method is simple, inexpensive and ac
tuated by the highest ideals. But it
is purely experimental, and for this
reason does not appeal to the major
ity of practical-minded Americans as
a proper expedient in a crisis.
How to Do It
Those who agree that we can best
insure peace by preparing to fight are
very much divided as to how we
should go about it. All of them state
that we should increase our navy,
and there is only one way to do this;
namely, by building more ships and
manning them. When it comes to
land forces.however, it is more diffi
cult to agree upon a method.
To strengthen the regular army
would seem the most direct and the
easiest way to increase our land
forces. All advocates of preparedness
are agreed that we should increase
the regular army, l>ut to recruit all
of our necessary strength in this way
is impracticable because of the tre
mendous expense. Half a million men
are needed for the proper defense
of continental United States in case
of war. To support a regular army
of this size would be an unjustifiable
burden. Tho regular arm)', there
fore, will be made only large enough
to police our overseas possessions and
give us a mobile force in continental
America of perhaps fifty thousand
men—enough to take care of inter
nal and border troubles.
This leaves about four hundred
thousand troops to be raised from
among the citizens of the United
States, and it is here that the great
differences of opinion become mani
fest, There are three principal meth
ods by which these troops might be
raised; namely, by introducing com
pulsory military service, by strength
ening the State militia, or by using
the present volunteer army system,
with modifications, to raise a force
of the required size In time of peace.
Each of these methods has a strong
backing. The latter is the so-called
continental army plan, which Is be
ing advocated by the administration.
All military experts assert that com
pulsory military service is the only
effective way to be prepared Mr war,
and that the United States will never
be safe against attack until this plan
is adopted. The abstract argument
in fa cor of compulsory service is prac
tically perfect if you grant that the
nation should be defended at all. For
it must, then, be the duty of the citi
zen to defend it, and a duty is essen
tially compulsory. To wait until there
is war and then rely upon volunteers
for defense is in reality about as
practicable as waiting until the coun
try faces bankruptcy and then call
ing upon volunteers to pay taxes.
Compulsory service In this country
would probably mean that every able
bodied American male would serve
1 OUR DAILY LAUGH j
|r HAD HIM
Wrfl GUESSING.
. . i/B Pardon me, old
• l M man, but people
1 1 are wondering
y\ t«V | how you can af
kol ford to buy your
- wife the clothes
she selects.
V\ I don't blame
lAj 'era. I wonder
myself.
«-» i, THK RIGHT
There's a your*
i PW mtISSS TTian that ,s
Prom'sc
api n That's so? Then
uHbu \m/ ** e won't do. I'm
fit tilt i' \ looking for one
9 B [\\V that's given to
4?4> ■ performance.
HOW TO LIVE LONGER
FOOD —llule tt—Chew your food un
! til you can swallow it very easily. If
you have to force the food down you
have not chewed it enough.
Kip all liquids slowly. Do not gulp
them down. Do not talce a drink of
water while your mouth is full of food.
Some of the best foods are fruits,
milk, sour milk, potatoes, bread, vege
tables. sugar i if mixed with liquid) and
nuts, if they are well chewed.
It Is best not to use pepper, mustard,
italsup or other "hot" relishes at all.
one year of his life, probably the
] twenty-fist year, as a soldier, and
I would thereafter be subject to call for
s military service. It is estimated that
0110 year of compulsory service would
give the United States an adtny of
from 750,000 to a million men.
! The chief practical objection urged
against this plan is that it would take
more men away from industry than
I were absolutely necessary for de
fense. This objection could probably
be largely overcome by intelligent
regulation. The real objection to the
plan Is that tho American people do
not want it. At least, so say all of
the legislators, and the secretary of
i war and other high officials concur.
Thero are a good many congress
men who would like to see our land
forces increasing by giving federal
aid to the militia, thus encouraging
enlistment in that body. This plan is
i supported biy congressmen, as it
I would make them popular with the
I local militia. All students of the situ
ation are agreed, however, that an
effective army could not possibly bo
built up in this way. The constitu
tion makes it impossible to put the
State militia, as such, under federal
| control. It must remain under the
control of forty-eight different States,
and an army thus divided would vio-
I late the first principle of military or
i ganidation, which is centralized con
trol.
! The remaining plan under conside
ration ife that which has been drawn
| by the administration and laid before
the congressional committees by the
secretary of war. It has been called
tho continental army plan, and is
j simply a method for raising a volun
teer ariny in time of peace.
This plan, in brief, 'proposes to
raise four hundred thousand volun
j teers in three annual increments of
1133.000 men each. The country would
I be divided up into districts, the pres
j ent congressional districts probably
being used, and each of them would
| be requested to furnish its quota of
j men. Thes men would enlist for three
years and would be on furlough for
I three years.
During his three years of enlist
! ment, however, this proposed vol
unteer would serve probably not more
i than two months a, year. Tho essen
tials of the plan are that the volun
teers would enlist in time of peace and
I agree to serve for a few months or
weeks every year until they had be-
I come competent soldiers, while for
j another period of years they would
| be subject to call.
! The advocates of this plan depend
I upon tho public sentiment in favor
!of national preparedness to insure a
| sufficient enlistment. Thay believe
S that men would enlist in this force
! much more readily than in tho niili
i tia, because the continental army
i would be a body for federal defense
lonly, and could not bo called upon
! for police duty as is tho militia. There
| are about 129,000 men in the State
| militia. If a littlo more than three
(times this number enlist in tho con
| tinental army, the desired force will
|be reached.
j The objection to this plan is that it
does not insure any force at all. There
l is also a drawback in the fact that
| it will become a sort of a rival to the
State militia and that these two or
ganizations may contend for men and
money to the detriment of both. On
the other hand, the provision that
State and militia men may enlist in
the continental army without change
of rank may do much to obviate the
latter difficulty.
THE STATE FROM DA/ TO DAf
I The youth of Reading: are not depen
client upon Jack Frost or old man
Boreas for their skating, for they nave
two Immense covered reservoirs right
in the heart of the kating season
which are kept scraped and In excel
lent condition by city employes. And
anxious parents can allow their boys
and girls to skate without danger or
won-" because the Ice Is only an Inch
thick.
The Bellefonte Presbyterian Church
has extended a call to the Rev. William
M. McKlnney, of Danville, to become
pastor. Since the Rev. George E.
Ilawes resigned last September to be
come pastor of the Market Square Pres
byterian Church, this city, the Belle
fonte congregation hns been without a
pastor.
Mayor Ellis, of Camden, received to
day a Washington's Birthday wireless
message from Boy Scouts. A message
was relayed from Rock Island station
to every State In the Union, appropri
ate to the holiday.
A cocaine fiend waa apprehended at
Philadelphia the other day and a box
containing two ounces of cocaine was
found hidden in the cuff of his trous
ers. The man was arrested on sus
picion of having stolen copper wire in
•Philadelphia at the mill of the Key
stone Smelting Company.
Walter McCluckie, aged 75 years, who
for the past sixteen years has not been
able to move out of his chair, got up
;<nd walked at his home, in Youngwood
the other day, when a large delegation
of revivalists came and read the Bible
and prayed with him.
T.ltit:i has a new postmaster. War
ren S. Bueh succeeds .V T. Twitch, and
will assume his duties to-day.
iEbmng (Etjat
In talkin* witlj a businessman the
other day he advanced the Idea that,
the fire* caused on Allison Hill it
month ago and on Sunday morning
were the work of a pyromanlac and
made the assertion that such persons
were affected by the moon. In the
course of the conversation he
that the three schoolhouse fires IKW
occurred at a time when the moon
changed and that the moon had just
about started to change again 011
Saturday night. Whether tlio llrebug
is affei-ted by the moon or not it would
be interesting: to keep watch on what
ma >' happen at this time next month,
provided the united efforts of the
State, county and city authorities no
not round up the person responsible?.
This city lias not been much troubled
by incendiaries in years gone by, but
that is all the more reason or vigil
ance on the part of property owners
and watchmen.
• • •
Ihe manner in which nominating
petitions are being circulated about
the city Is interesting and is attract
ing attention from people who ordi
narily do not take much interest in
politics. In muuicipal election years
about every other man active in poli
tics carries around a petition and
candidates are thick. This year when
State and legislative candidates aro to
be nominated and delegates elected
the men in charge of the papers are
apt to be hunted up by people anxious
to sign.
• » •
Harvey M. Watts, of the Philadel
phia Public Ledger, in a signed article
published on Sunday voices some well
placed objections to the introduction
of any new national anthems. Tlio
appearance of one which contains
some remarkable statements is the
occasion of his comment. Mr. Watts
is strong for the Star Spangled Ban
ner, but he remarks that the average
person can not sing much beyond the
line, "Oh, say, can you see." What
the people should do says he is to
stick to tlio Star Spangled Banner,
learn it and sing it and live up to lis
sentiments. Which, it may be added,
is a sound position to take.
♦ • •
The song business reminds us that
we have not heard much about the
legislative commission which was to
; have been named a couple of years
ago to devise a Stale song. This com
mission was given half a dozen songs
to start otf witli and lliero were others
suggested. However, when it was
proposed to have a singing contest in
the hall of the House of Representa
tives, even tlie committee bucked.
There are a couple of splendid Penn
sylvania songs, notably those of Bar
rett and Dilley and it is regrettable
that, they are not more generally
sung. Then people could decide which
they preferred.
• • •
Attaches at the Pennsylvania Rail
road station are telling an interesting
story about "Cooley" Cozzolll, dis
penser of food to hungry passengers.
The story is how he put one over on
a would-be smart fellow. Cozzolll has
been employed at the station restau
rant for a number of years. He sells
sandwiches and fruit on trains.
The other day a colored man, dressed
in cowboy style, occupied a seat in the
smoking car on a New York-bound
train. When Cozzolli passed through
the colored man reached into the bas
ket. and took out two large apples.
"How much?" asked the passenger.
"Five cents each," was the reply. '
The colored man first took a large
bite out of one of the apples and then
reached in his pocket and pulled from
it a roll of money. He bad nothing
but sr.O bills. "This is the smallest I
have," sahl flie passenscr.
"All right," replied Cozzolli, and
reaching in his pocket "Cooley" also
pulled out a roll of money containing
about S3OO. He picked out $1 bills,
and dig King In another pocket brousht
out a handful of silver dollars. He
gave the passenger the change, took
the SSO bill and went away smiling.
The Incident was witnessed by a large
number of passengers, who also had a
I good laugh.
i ...
Bishop John W. Shanahan will be
the first of the bishops of the Catholic
dloceseto lie in the cemetery of that
denomination, his predecessors having
been buried in the Cathedral property,
their bodies being moved to tlie
crypt when the present stately struc
ture was erected. The funerals of the
two bishops were notable for the
eminent clergymen they brought to
this city and the very general expres
sions of regret from people of all de
nominations. When Bishop McGovern
was buried the late Archbishops
Corrigan, of New Tork, and Ryan, of
Philadelphia, were present.
...
Among visitors to the city yesterday
was W. L«. Ritchey for years the
treasurer of the Cumberland Valley
railroad. He was here to attend a
hearing before the Public Service
Commission.
fWELL KNOWN PEOPLE )
—J. P. Croser, prominent Delaware
county man. has gone to Florida.
—W. A. Cornelius, of the McKees
port plant of the National Tube Co.,
is one of the vice-presidents of the
State Y. M. |C. A.
—Col. H. C. Trexler, of Ailentown,
is visiting in North Carolina.
—General W. G. Price is at the
head of a group which will build 100
houses in Chester.
—W. F. Roberts has been made a
vice-president of the Bethlehem Steel
Co., in charge of operations.
—H. C. Frick sent ?1,000 to the
Home for Girls in Homestead, where
he formerly resided.
1 DO YOU KNOW ]
Tlint Harrisburjr makes steel
which is used for making car
couplers?
HISTORIC HARRISBCRG
A canal was projected for till
cily as early as 1825.
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