8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded 1811 Published eveninss except Sunday by THE THUHiRAPII PRINTING CO., Tclrgrapli HuHtllug. Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLK, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STO3INMETZ, Managing Editor. /Member American Newspaper Pub- A .. rnT f Ushers" Associa tion, The Audit •PjJgKiJSjjffi Bureau of Cfrcu lation and Penn "d2a as INf v sylvanla Assoclat ffilKa e <3 Dailies. Sfii fi M Brooks. Fifth Ave *2? 2 "5? 33* nue Building:. New Layß Ca j|QS Wp York City; West TJlfcrfSKi-,, ern office, Ilaa • ') brook. Story A . Brooks, People's Ui ~J_g' ORB JJ u JJ ( 3t n g i Chi " — — cago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg-, Pa., as second class matter. -AjtSßSgnv By carriers, six cents a week; by mail, $3.1)0 a year in advance. Sworn dally evrrnitf circulation for the three month* t'liillnx IVbrniM'y —?», 1910, ST 22,785 ff The*e flKiirpN are net. All re-11 , was also a THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ' MARCH 9, 1916. three-session Congress, with a very < narrow Republican majority, and i twenty-two special rules were brought I in. The use of the special rule In the I Sixty-first Congress was denounced by 1 tho Democratic minority as tyranny < insufferable, and when the Democrats came Into control the following year they made a great show of revising the rules so as to give freedom of j debate and right to amendment. Thero is something to be said in | favor of tho special rule In facilitating j 1 the business of such an unwieldly i body as tho House of Represent a-! j lives. Thero are times when, with-: out It, those opposed to a piece of majority legislation might, by their obstructive parliamentary tactics, make It Impossible of passage through that chamber. Without, however, ! ! debating its merits or demerits, if the ! special rule ever in the history of j ! Congress took on the attributes of ; i tyranny it was in the last Congress, j j when, with a cowardly majority of 1145, the Democrats used this mace j thirty-four times to club a small j minority into subjection. O! It Is excellent i To havo a giant's strength; hut It Is tyrannous j To use It like a giant. | Tho inconsistency of the Demo-1 ! cratic attitude is that having made a j great clamor against the special rule, when they were in tho minority, and \ having declared their purpose to be- j I stow legislative emancipation upon the House, their resort to the special j rule lias been more marked, and with [ less reason, than was ever recorded | under Republican control. The Re- j publicans used it as an emergency. It j is the chief reliance of the Incom- [ potent party now in power. The rod | which formerly they spat upon, the Democrats now kiss. ERRED AT THE BEGINNING HAR It IS BURG'S garbage and ash collection troubles, which were again before the Health Board last evening, do not lie so much with the neglect of the contractor as with City Council at the outstart. The fault is fundamental. Nobody knew j. exactly what would be required nor j what service would be adequate. The j whole thing was an experiment upon which council entered without a > thorough investigation of the subject. Committees did make superficial in spections of systems in use elsewhere, | but no effort was made to get expert! opinion as to exactly what would be i needed here nor what would be a | fair price for the work involved. This is the only instance in many years of Harrisburg entering upon an important municipal enterprise with-j out the advice of acknowledged ex-;; perts and it is likewise the only fn- j stance of failure in any big municipal j undertaking. Invariably we have ■ saved tho expert's commission over i' and over, and the penny-wise, pound- j foolish policy of going it blind was j never better illustrated than in this) matter of garbage collections. We I have paid and are paying for the fol- ! ly of it and wo will continue to pay j | until the expiration of the contract. | BANNER STEEIJ YEAR EVERYTHING points to a banner j year in steel. Tho indications j arc that if present prices are i kept up for the balance of 1010, earn-I ings for tho various steel companies ; will be larger than ever before in the history of the country. This is good news for Harrisburg and vicinity.) Much of our prosperity depends upon j the activity of the steel mills. United j ; States Steel may be taken as a safe | basis for estimating the earnings of all, or nearly all, others and figures < by experts show that tho corporation ,is running ahead of its estimates. In 190". the banner year for United States Steel, net' earnings were ap proximately $101,000,000. The aver age prices of eight of the leading steel products in that year was $40.68 a ton, and shipments of finished steel Were $10,564,537. In 1907 net per ton' of steel sold was $15.24. The United States Steel Corporation! for some time past has been shipping j at the rate of about 14,500,000 tons of | steel annually. Tho average price of j eight leading commodities is now | around S4B a ton, or nearly $7.50 aj ton above the average for 1907. Taking into consideration increased ; ! cost of labor and material entering i jinto the manufacture of steel, United j States Steel could probably earn S2O | a ton on a basis of present prices, i On a production of 14,500,000 tons i of steel for sale this would mean earn- | 'ings at the rate of $290,000,000 a year. : ] or $129,000,000 in excess of net in the' banner year of 1907. But in this connection allowances ! are made for a possible falling off in j [output and prices at the close of the) war in Europe, although the various steel mills have sold up almost their entire capacity for the rest of the j year. Steel manufacturers seem confi- . dent that United States Steel, in the first half of the current year, will earn close to $120,000,000 net. They say : it would be ditiicult to make any fore least beyond June SO. Steel prices j may be higher by that time, in which ! case net earnings in tho last half j ; would exceed the returns in the first j half, providing the end of the war was not then in sight. But at all events predictions are bright for the biggest steel year In history. COURTS AND LICENSES TX the course of a speech In Pitts- | burgh on Sunday, the Rev. E. J. j Moore, superintendent of the Ami- j Saloon League, is quoted as saying: To elect the judges on the tem perance question interferes very much with the kind of a court tho people get. There are many good judges who do not believe in local option, A judge should be elected for his ability as a jurffee and not on his personal opinion on tho liquor question. The liquor ques tion ought not to be considered in the selection of a. man who is to dpcldc questions of law and evi dence. With this the Telegraph most heart ily agrees. Tho question of local op i tlon is not properly one for the courts |to decide, but temperance agitation I will not be taken out of judicial elec tions until the Legislature shall have enacted a local option law, and right now, before the May primaries, is the' time for voters of all parties who favor local option to see to It that local option candidates are set up in every legislative district in the State. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE — J j —Why not let the peace-at-any price advocates at Washington settle the street car strike there. —No Maude, an Infantry attack is not one where the Zeppelins drop bombs on babies. —Now, now. Ambassador Morgen thau, why do you liken the United States to the umpire In this game of war? Don't you know what they usually do to the umpire. | —About now we begin to wonder how that old fishing rod has weath ered the winter. —Even old Horace had an eye to preparedness. Said he: "In peace, as a wise man, he should make suit able preparation for war." —Right at this moment it seems | perfectly safe for Portugal to call Germany any hard names that comes 1 to inind. EDITORIAL COMMENT | . , Sad Predicament For Worthy Man [Kansas City Star.] Oocy Wattles says the worst predica ment a working man can get himself into is to bo caught beating his wife, and at the same time bo unable to prove that he was drunk. Must Have Rccn Interesting For Him [Toledo Blade.] 'Twonld be Interesting to know how many "wife's relations' Solomon, in all his glory, had. literary Note From Boston [Boston Advertiser.] From his letters we Infer that Jean Crones considers himself a souper rnan. They'd Steal Anything [Atlanta Constitution.] There must be national faith In C'arranza currency when Mexican ban dits try to get away with It. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" THE PEOPLE'S FORUM To the Editor of the Telegraph: Being a charter member of the People's Forum of this city I have with a great deal of satisfaction and pride just read in your Telegraph the splendid editorial in this evening's is sue commenting on the work and worth of the organization. Such endorsements have a whole some tendency to encourage and in spire all who have made the institu tion what it is to strive for even bet ter things. Permit me on behalf of of'any of my friends to offer many thanks for your very kind words. Yours sincerely, HARRY BURRS. LOW COST OF EATING [Thomas F. Logan in Leslie's.] I To feed an eiiisted man »of the \ navy costs only :;6 cents a day. And lie is well fed, too. The navy ration ! consists of tho following daily allow ances for each person: One pound hard bread (biscuits), or one and one quarter pounds fresh bread; or one iand eighth pounds flour. One pound tinned meat, or one and one-quarter pounds salt meat, or one and three quarters pounds of fresh meat, or one and three-quarters pounds fresh fish, or eight eggs, or one and three-quar ters pounds poultry. Three-fourths pound tinned vegetables, or one and three-quarter pounds fresh vegeta bles, or three gills beans or peas, or one-half pound rice or other cereal. Two ounces coffee, or two ounces co coa, or one-half ounce tea. One ounce condensed or evaporated milk, or one sixteenth quart fresh milk. Three sixteenths pound dried fruit, or three eighths pound tinned fruit, or nine sixteenths pound fresh fruit (one ra tion of fruit is allowed with each ra tion of vegetables other than fresh is sued). Two ounces butter, four ounces i sugar. Seven pounds lard are allowed I for every 100 pounds flour used as I bread. The following are allowed j weekly in addition to the foregoing; One-fourth pound cheese, one-fourth pound macaroni, one thirty-second of j a pound of mustard, one thirty-second iof a pound of pepper, one-fourth pound pickles, one-fourth pound salt, one-fourth spices, one-fourth tomatoes ! (canned), and one-half pint vinegar I or oil. OUR DAILY LAUGH A QUESTION OF fe 1 iI fgSk FITNESS. * t ,l Jones wired me j ll and his /^ | js I j i wife would spend j jjfJHthc week - end IHr nlSls haven't any clothes that are fit for anybody. fig fIK Gracious, Ma -10 r ' e ! Don't you ■ suppose they will fH bring their own clothes with them? PLEASANT FOR HIM. I hope my callKa \ i has not tired you. herlt a wonder- {HK fully strong con- "IB®?* 1 •tltutlom KASII.Y SOLVED ll y WiliK Dlnffrr — A friend of mine quite recently Did buy a little dog, And ono blight day across the fields Tho puppy small did Jog. About two hours later hub Was called upon the phone, i\nd wiCey at the other end Into his ear did moan— "My dear, the pup is back, and I Am in an awful stew. He's brought a rooster fat with him, Ob my, what shall I do?" "Well, is the rooster dead?" asked hub. "Not quite," his wife replied. "Then finish up the job." snid % hub. "For supper have him fried." politico- ov *"f eKKQifttfanla By tho Ei-CammlUeemiß National Committeeman A. Mitchell Palmer and State Chairman Roland S. Morris aro said to be as busy now trying (o straighten out kinks in the Pennsylvania Democracy in Western Pennsylvania as they were in putting them in four years ago. Democrats of the State will elect national and State committeemen in May and tho Issuo may be the. continued domina tion of Palmer and his pals. l'almer's recent speech in Philadel phia in which he said there would be no factional lighting and no slates on anything, is taken to mean that he is hunting harmony and willing to go any icigth to placate his enemies, lie lias even agreed to go to Pittsburgh to make a speech next month in the hope that the Old Guard may be in-' duced to agree with him. In Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, it is said that only two more names re main to be added to tho slate for Democratic national delegates-at large and then it will be given out as the choice of the people;. Thus far the list includes: Judge Voris Auten, Northumberland, ex - Congressman; John T. Lenahan, Luzerne; Jeremiah Black, York: T. Hart Given, Alle gheny; Senator W. Wayne llindman. Clarion: William Mclntyre, Mercer; K. J. Lynett, Lackawanna; A. Mitchell Palmer, Monroe; Koland S. Morris and William A. Glasgow, Philadel phia. . —Representative James F. Wood ward of MclCeesport, chairman of the Appropriation Committee in the last llouf-c, yesterday announced that he would bo a candidate in the primaries to succeed himself. J. D. Foster has been announced as the opponent of Mr, Woodward and is credited with having the support, of the O'N'eil fac tion. There were intimations yesterday that the right of Sir. Foster to hold the scat, if elected, might be ques tioned on the ground that over a year ago he went to Florida to make that State his permanent home and re turned to McKeesport recently. —Philadelphia city politics are all stirred up now over the transit situ ation in which Mayor Smith insists that the people shall have what they want and that there is no occasion to got excited over the matter and by rile discovery that in the loan bill for ?83,000,000 there were items to pay lor certain contracts in which Sena tor Vare had been interested. —Two Sliamokin councllmen who had failed to lilc expense accounts were ousted last night and then re elected for two-year terms. —Tho Pittsburgh Gazette-Times says: "There arc prospects of a light for the Republican nomination for Senator, in tho forty-tifth senatorial district, between Representative Nor man A. Whitten of Munhall and George C. Bradshaw of Crafton. The latter candidate has the backing of David B. Johns, who is credited with putting him in the held in the inter est of the Brumbaugh-Vare combina tion, while Mr. Whitten is being urged to get into the contest by the Penroso forces." —Pennsylvania woman suffragists flre going to take a hand in tho com ing congressional primary elections for the lirst time and plans were com pleted at the party headquarters in this city to-day to get every aspirant for congressional nominations on rec ord «as regards woman suffrage be fore the primary and then to clinch the matter TTy interviewing the men who may bo nominated. As fast as nominating petitions are filed at the Capitol by the candidates they will be listed and the suffrage workers will hunt up the candidates and get dclinite statements of their stand. The sumo will be done with legislators later on in the campaign, but for the present the efforts will be concentrated on the congressional nominees. Tho suffrage, resolution will be up in the next session, but will not be voted upon finally in the general assembly until 1919. -—The Fayette county grand jury yesterday approved a proposition for a loan of $400,000 for good roads. Only one grand jury voted against the plan. —Lititz voted ?95,000 for a new school. —Two Throop councilmen have been ihdicted on charges of grafting in a firehose contract. —The campaign of Germantown residents against the renewal of | saloon licenses in the Twenty-second ward will be lost unless proof of specific violations of the. liquor laws is placed before the License Court, according to statements made yester day in Philadelphia by Judges Bar ratt and Davis. Remonstrances were filed against 51 of the 55 applications for wholesale and retail liquor licenses in the ward. They assert that the places are "not necessary," but no specific violation of the liquor laws is charged in any of tluem. When Judge j Barratt realized this he said: "It al ! ways has been the rule of the court in ! granting a license to consider the question of necessity, .and, if the 11- : cense is granted that question is de ! cided and the holder Is entitled to a renewal, unless there is a specific remonstrance for a violation of the law." —"George Washington Goetlials is a great man and I would like to see. him elected President of tho United States," said Mayor Thomas B. Smith, after a visit from the general at the Mayor's office which occurred yester day morning in Philadelphia. The Mayor was delighted to see his old time friend and mentioned the pleas ure it had been to call upon him many times in Now York. He would not admit that the call of General Goetlials had any other significance than sociability. —The Scranton Republican says: "W. P. Boland, treasurer of the Wash ington party committee in this county, and J. Uossa McCormick, State com mitteeman from Lackawanna county, will be candidates to the national Pro gressive convention In Chicago. Other men mentioned are Dr. D. W. Evans, of West Scrnnton, and Arthur Dunn, of Waverly. There has been some talk in Democratic circles of getting behind W. P. Boland as a probability in the congressional race. So far there has been little discussion and less anxiety upon the part of Democrats to urge any candidate for Congress. The only candidate whose petition is being cir culated for the congressional office is that, of the incumbent, John R. Parr. The lull in Democratic negotiations and comment establish a record for inactivity, as the primary is less than six weeks in tho distance. The ten tative announcement that Victor Bur j-chel would be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress nas evoked no enthusiasm among Democrats. They regard his candi dacy as merely a move to control the party organization, and they are not filled with admiration over the way the party affairs were conducted last year by Mr. Burschel." THE FRIENDLY FRONT [Buffalo Commercial.J ! "Fighters exchange shells in j France," reads a headline. Little i nmenitles like that serve to relieve I the hardships of campalcnins:. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY | TRYING TO PULL THE LONG BOW A .ion FOR TWO STRONG Alt>lS -—From the llnltlinurc American. f ) THE SUPREMEj:OURT By Frederic J. Haskin WHEN the appointment of Louis P. Brandels to the Supreme Court, was tirst announced, there was some doubt as to whether or no the Senate would ratify the se lection. If the Senate refuses to ratify it. will be the first time such a thing lias happened in the history of the nation. The Supreme Court lias a remark able record. It is the. most powerful body of its kind in the world, and in many ways the most powerful arm of the government. Thero are times when the opinion of a singe justice overrules the desires of the President that nominated him and the Senate that ratified his nomination, and de cides the fate of a measure involving the disturbance of billions of dollars of capital and a hundred million peo ple. Yet In tho century and a quarter that the Supreme Court' has been in existence, not a single Justice has over been accused of unfitting conduct, or the abuse of his responsibilities. The dignity of the court surpasses the dignity of chief executives, cab inet officers and legislators. A Su preme Court Justice is appointed for life, If he cares to hold otiice so long, and with the years, the traditions of high position encircle him, undisturb ed by quadrennial changes in national politics. Tho distinct and separate form for addressing a justice, and for tendering social invitations to him self and his family, is even more rigidly lixed by convention than is the similar form for addressing the Presi dent. Even to mention a case that is before the Supreme Court ip the pres ence of a justice is tho blackest sort of a social error. A lady newly entered into Wash ington social life recently invited one of the justices to dine with her. It is a recognized rule among social diplo mats that the way to entertain tho lion of the evening is to talk to him about his work, if ho is an author, discuss his latest, novel: if he Is a Senator, talk about the Chicago con ventions. The lion may not be parti cularly edified, but he Is usually In for it. So tho hostess on this occasion tried to start a conversation about a railroad rate bill whose constitution ality was then being tested before the Court. The justice froze at once, but the lady continued to declare her in terest in public questions, and llnally asked her guest, what he personally thought of the bill. Tilt justice then made a little speech to the effect that his action was motivated by the most conventional of reasons, that It was a matter of respect for his office alone— and then he went home. The same atmosphere of solemnity and an almost, ecclesiastical dignity hangs about the routine of court business in the Capitol. From the gown room, where the silken vest ments of the justices hang in the exact order of their owners' seniority, to the judges' bench itself, every detail exists by virtue of a fixed tradition. Now and then one of the Houses of Con guess refurnshes its hall to meet the changed views of its members, but the courtroom has its original ap pearance nearly intact. When a new carpet is laid, it is an exact, replica of the old one. When the chairs are THE STATE FROM DAY TO DW "Mort Henderson is winner over Doro," says a sporting headline in a well-known state paper. Motion pic ture reader** were horrified to learn that their beloved Marie had gone into the wrestling game, and particularly that the "Masked Marvel" had thrown Doro. All was well, however. Anyone can tell you that it wasn't Marie at all. • • » A Philadelphia girl, Anna Fergus, married George Lewis, of New York, a Chinaman, at Elkton, Md„ the other day. *■ • * Fire alarm box 2" has proven too much for Edwardsville, so the council came to the conclusion that it must be removed. Ever since it has been in stalled it seems as though the bell has ljcpl constantly ringing, false and true alarms, until it became a habit tor the firemen to go straight, to box 23 whenever the bells rang. Seldom were they fooled, and it was decided to dis continue it lest the overworked men meet tliemselvs some night returning from the tire. • » * In Towanda they believe in swap ping wives. Two married couples tried it out and it seemed to work very satisfactorily until they moved to Sayre, where the police are evidently wider awake. There they were discov ered and held for court. « 9 » The Philadelphia Chamber of Com merce on its annual de luxe tour of certain sections of the state aro boost ing the Delaware river for all It's worth. May the time soon come when iJarrUburg may make its annual ex-. reupholstered, they are finished so that Sherlock Holmes couldn't tell them from their former selves. Only one change has been made since the days of Patrick Henry. 11l those times the bench before the .justices was on a level with the tloor. Scattered along its polished surface were numerous snuff boxes for the regaling of the grave justices. One day while Patrick Henry was making u lengthy appeal he noticed the jus tice nearest to him taking snuff. The orator paused long enough to help himself from the same receptacle. The justices were horrified, and from that time to this the judges' desk has been raised above tloor level—a monument to the presumption of the man who wanted liberty or death. The Supreme Court justices to-day arc younger men than they have been at. any time in the history of the country. Formerly the average age of the nine men was übovo seventy years. Now it is nearer sixty, and the appointment of Mr. Brandeis will still further lessen the average. Presi dent Taft, who appointed more jus tices than any other president, since Washington, introduced a younger element. The oldest justice on the bench to day is Justice Holmes, wno is ap proaching his seventy-flfth birthday. Chief Justice White comes next, with seventy-two years. Justice Hughes and Justice Mcßeynolus are the juniors of the bench, .each fifty-four years old. In point of service, Jus tice McKenna is the oldest member of the court. He lias been on the bench since his appointment, by Presi dent McKinlef in 1898. He, along with Justice Holmes and Justice Hay, is entitled under the constitution, to retire at any time with full pay for the rest of his life. The constitution provides that a justice n»a.y retire after ten years of service, but such retirement is op tional with him. Justice McKenna has served, for eighteen years, follow ing the example of his predecessor, Stephen J. Field, who served for 34 years. Such long service is a good mark of a man's patriotism, for the Supremo Court duties are not light ones. The justices are required to be In daily attendance for six days in each week. Five days are devoted to the hearing of arguments, and the sixth day, Saturday, is set aside for confer ence. No outsider is admitted to these Saturday sessions, but according to the unofficial reports that emanate from them, the mantle of cold dignity is temporarily laid aside. At the conference, each justice ex presses his opinion 011 the merits of the case under consideration, and the legal points involved. A vote is- taken, after which one of the justices is ap pointed to write out the opinion of the court. This opinion is presented again to the entire body, and each jus tice must agree to it, or else the minority faction must prepare a dis senting opinion of their own. If there is more than one party which does not agree with the majority, there will be more than one -dissenting opinion. Argument pro and con is sometimes very heated. cursion and boost the Susquehanna. Is it a day-dream? * • « Officer Grimm (not Peter), of Mount Pleasant, at the councilmanic meeting the other evening presented a bill for sllO, the balance on the promised pay ment of $1 for every "speeder" cap tured. One hundred and twenty-five were bagged by careful watching and accurate (?) speed gauging. The payment is being held up pending in vestigation. LENT [Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.] Enters Lent once more, a solemn season for those who observe it in the ancient fashion, a useful period for those who regard it in accordance with modern custom. Originally fortv days before Easter sanctilled by the Roman, Eastern and Greek churches, it, has been adopted in similar form by some other churches, while nearly all Christian people take cognizance of it to common advantage. To the religious Lent is a season of very real meaning, a hallowed period. To the more worldly but respectful it comes if not as a timo of religious duty, at least as one of sober restraint. Fri volity is set aside, less strenuous forms of relaxation are indulged. Minds and bodies tired by social activities are given a rest. It isn't a season of re treat for such, merely of quiet refresh ment. Society tinds new amusements less garish than usual. Kindly thoughts are welcomed and entertain ments partake of charitable enter prises. What of my neighbor? Is the spirit fostered and the poor are made richer through the ministrations of the more fortunately placed. Mere ly a fad? Perhaps. But what of it? Why quarrel with any of the means through which good works are done? Stoning (Eljat L Debates in Congress and the gen ernl agitation of the subject of na tional preparedness have increased Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh'* mail considerably and ho is receiving numerous suggestions regarding tlie National Guard, the training of youths in military matters and kin dred subjects. Many of the writers wish immediate action, but otlufcy, suggest that he call the attention ot the general assembly to these topics as soon as it meets which will be in January next. A typical letter came the other day from Mason town. It shows the way the people are think ing about some of the firesides in Pennsylvania and contains most of the suggestions which have been made by other writers. The Governor is asked to use his influence with Con gress to forward proper national de fense, the enlargement of the Na tional Guard and creation of an adequate reserve, while he is asked to call to attention of the next Deglsla ture amendment of school laws pro ; vlding for military and physical train ! ing in the schools, for increase of tho National Guard and a reserve system to take the place of the Guard if call ed into tlie service of the nation. It is also suggested that the medical col- I leges and hospitals which live been I liberally aided by the State should es tablish departments for surgery and nursing along military lines and in struction in military sanitation and that the students be required to register as reserves. The same is sug gested to bo done by colleges of pharmacy. » » » When Chief of Police J. Thomas Zeil came to his otlice the other morning in a blinding snowstorm, he. found h young pigeon lying almost frozen in the snow outside the door at police headquarters. "The Dovo of Peace," as the officers nicknamed the bird, was brought Into the warm office, fed for several days, and given its freedom, but not without an In- I terestipg argument over disposing of j the pigeon, which came "blame near bein' potpie," as one officer put it. It | is rumored that this officer is one of , the two sent out to round up some i food for the bird. • * • I Cigar store owners have received notification from all the leading pipe j houses of the country that the price ion briar pipes must be increased : 2r> per cent, in order that the manu j facturer and the dealer may make a 1 legitimate profit. The war has pre ! vented the importation of French ' briar of suitable sizes, letters to local | dealers explain. "It means the pnss ; I ing of tho quarter pipe, for the timo being at least," declared a big Mur ; ket street cigar dealer in discussing the coming rise in pipes. • | The legal points involved in the | "Hardscrabble" condemnation pro -1 eeedings, according to the advices ' Councilmen followed in postponing ' | tlie vacation resolution, are unique I among actions of the kind in that ' mere question of opening the street is {not alone at. issue. Under ordinary j circumstances should the city open ['street the benefits and damages woul.l \ bo divided between the property own ; er? on either side of tho street. In , the "Hardscrabble" matter, however, , the question of the purpose for whtc|g the city will ultimately devote the condemned stretch—park purposes- - j raises the contention as to Whether or ; not the city alone will not be liablu for the full amount of damages. » # • Tho State Association of Fairs, which is to have its annual meeting [ here next week, is composed of tho , active spirits in most of the county , and other fairs of the State. Some . of the men connected with it have been active in such exhibitions for a quarter of a century and have shows , which draw hundreds of thousands of ' people. They are to be appealed to for more encouragement of agricul ' ture and less attention to amuse ments. • • • "Fritz," the new pet of the Execu tive mansion, is Mrs. Brumbaugh's : particular pride and well has he been trained. The dog has been taught all the regulation tricks but, one of tho ' best is the manner in which he has been drilled not to eat until told to do so. It. happens that when "Fritz" Is given a piece of meat, and told that it is not paid for, but just charged, ho will not touch it, albeit ho looks longingly at it. But the instant he is told that, it is paid for the meat dis appears. . . . ! Among visitors to the city yester -1 day was Ex-Auditor General I.ovi O. i McCauley, of West Chester. General i McCauley. who is one of the veterans of the Civil War. is well known to ' many residents of this city. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE" I —George W. Miller, one of the old ; time Republicans of Pittsburgh, has ' been appointed chief clerk to the j board of revision of Allegheny coun ty. ' —Captain C. C. Allen, who is to be • named colonel of the First Regiment I served in that command before ento: ! ing the United States Army, i —A. C. Dinkey, president of the Cambria Steel Company, was ban ! quetted at Johnstown by the heads of ! departments. Dr. 11. M. Cheyney, who leaves | the Wharton school of the University j of Pennsylvania, is a native of Norris | town. DO YOU KNOW That- Ilarrisburg payrolls run into hundreds of thousands weekly? HISTORIC UARIUSIUTRG United States troops mobilized along the River Front in the War of 1812. When Hats Were Hats Tints were hats, shoes were shoes, and clothes were clothes— forty years ago. Requirements to-day are much more complex, our needs are mul tiplied. , So that it is not enough to make up our minds to buy a now hat or a new pair of shoes, or a new suit of clothes. Style. qualitv. service, and many other essentials occupy our minds now. when wc feci the need of purchasing anything. Newspaper advertising has opened our eyes to the need and to the distinct advantage of be ing Informed. And retailers in their constant striving to please and to create new business are daily telling of the merits of their wares In the columns of dependable news- I papers like the Telegraph. Keep up with tlie times. Don't neglect your newspaper.