16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded rljt Publiahad evenings except Sunday by THE TGLEORAPH PRINTING CO., TehmiA RalUlmf, Federal Square. B. J. 6TACKPOUE, Pres't and Editor-in-C kief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GTJS M. S"DEINMKTZ, Managing Editor. * Member American Newspaper Pub- I Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania A»«oclat- Eastern <jffice, Has- Brooks. Fifth Ave nue Building:. New Ges Building, Cht- Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. . By carriers, six cents a week; by mall, $3.00 a year In advance. Sworn dally average droolatlorf fur the three months ending February 29, 1010, "ST 22,785 * These flciirn are net. All returned, unaold and damaged copies deducted. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 31. The eternity, before the world and '• after, is without our reach; but that little spot of ground which lies betwixt j those two great oceans, this we are to cultivate. —BUB.NET. PARTY PREPAREDNESS WE shall have peace!" "We don't want peace; we want war!" "Down with Penrose!" "Out with Brumbaugh!" ! Thus the clashing and back-liring ( and denunciation proceeds here and there while the more sane and sensible I party counselors continue to urge the getting together of the leaders aiul workers for an effective alignment in the great protection citadel of the country. Governor Brumbaugh has declared In favor of a union of the Taft and Koosevelt Republicans upon some basis that will be equitable from the standpoint of party administration and control. He is said to be willing to efface himself in the interest of party unity and has so announced to friends ! who have discussed the situation with him. But there are others on both sides of the unfortunate embroglio i who talk of a split in the party as of no consequence and who manifest no concern whatever for the important Interests that are necessarily involved In cohesive and harmonious party action. Men of this stamp are respon sible for much of the disturbance that Is now attracting the attention of Re publicans outside of Pennsylvania, and ; It would seem to be the high duty of Senator Penrose, the Governor and <• all the Influential leaders who are being drawn toward the vortex of party disruption to compose their dif ferences, which are not irreconcilable, and give full play to the energy now being wasted in factional controversy in increasing the efficiency of the ; party .in the State. . There are always to be found those who are happiest when engaged in a fight, but the great body of the Re publican voters of Pennsylvania are | giving mighty little encouragement to either side in the present discussion. ! Instead of healing the differences which have existed since 1912 ahd doing everything possible to bring ahout complete harmony, there is now j a tendency here and there to pro- j voke further animosities and factional strife. It would seem to be about time for those who bear the heat and burden of the conflict in all political campaigns—the rank and file—to give all who are fomenting trouble to un derstand in no uncertain way that the party morale must not be weakened through Internecine controversy. What concerns the average Repub lican in this State Is not the catapult ing of this or that leader Into a place of greater power and opportunity, but Is the harmonizing of all the forces of the party to the end that the Re-* publican host may go into battle this year with undiminished strength and enthusiasm. What this leader or that may desire in order to gratify his own ambitions or satisfy personal ani mosities and resentments cuts little FRIDAY EVENING. HAJIRISBURG 9?sfc!bs TELEGRAPH MARCH 31, 1916. I j figure in the calculations of the rank and file of the party. Most Republi cans want peace and harmony. There is general regret that the out break in Philadelphia has spread to other portions of the State which have no Interest whatever in the personal bickerings of those leaders in t the metropolis who seem incapable of un derstanding that this Imperial Com monwealth covers considerably mope territory than Is embraced within the confines of the county of Philadelphia. Time was when the party leaders realized the importance of a fair bal ancing of political control between the j larger city on the east and the in ; terior counties. And this condition is [altogether likely to be restored as a result of the disturbance now annoy | ing the party throughout the State. For some Inscrutable reason, those ; who are foremost in this unfortunate embroilment of a great party either i cannot see or will not see that, the i average Republican is out of sympathy j with the whole raucous dispute. This ; is not the first factional war that has torn the party asunder; it will prob ably not be the last; but in view of the trentendous issues at stake in the nation it might reasonably be ex ! pected that personal bitterness and I ambition and greed for power would 1 be subordinated to the greater inter ests of a party which is so generally regarded as the most potent instru- j mentality through which the republic ! may continue on its way in harmony ! with the principles and traditions I | which have made the country the asy- I j lum of the oppressed and the pilot of I | civilization. j It is not yet too late for the leaders j l of the Republicans of Pennsylvania, j 'stalwart and progressive alike, to fore gather in a broad and generous spirit ' for the purpose of outlining such a plan of action as will give assurance of effective results in the campaign which is so soon to be inaugurated, j So far as this particular newspaper is | concerned, it has no sympathy with | any movement which will necessarily i Involve disaster and far-reaching con- j sequences to the party itself and to i the greater Interests of the people of i the State and nation. Preparedness for a great Republi- [ j can victory next November is hardly to be promoted on the eve of the most momentous struggle since the birth of | the party by bitter factionalism in its | chief stronghold. THE BOROUGH CONVENTION EVERY borough In Pennsylvania should be represented at the con vention of the State Association ! i of Boroughs to be held in Harrisburg, April 11 and 12, at the call of Gov ernor Brumbaugh. Organizations of i this kind well deserve the support the Commonwealth gives them. Properly conducted, they make for better gov -1 ernment and the standardization of governmental methods. The League of Third Class Cities did much in this : way for the third class cities of the j Stale. There are many problems which the League of Boroughs may solve. Many j of the boroughs have fallen Into ruts from which they cannot lift themselves without help. Under the present law, ' for instance, borough accounts are i kept in such manner as may best suit I | ilieir convenience or individual whims. 1 Some of the boroughs are run by ! business men and some are in the I hands of those whose careless book- ! keeping and financial methods have ! i run them perilously near the brink of bankruptcy. Many of the States re quire a uniform system of accounting and bookkeeping and in addition have State supervision and auditing. Some | such revision of the law is needed in Pennsylvania. Another matter that doubtless will I be taken up by the convention is that of borough debt. Many irregularities are known to exist under the system of borrowing as practiced by some ! municipalities. When a borough bor j rows money it should be compelled to make proper provision for sinking funds, as the law contemplates, but until there Is better regulation of bor ough finances than at present the evils now known to exist will doubtless con tinue to embarrass both officials and taxpayers of many of the smaller communities of the State. Almost as important is the matter of real estate assessment. Under the system now in general use, particularly in the smaller municipalities, the as sessment. is much a matter of guess when it is not of favoritism. The Division of Municipal Statistics of the Department, of Labor and In dustry has been getting together sta-. tistics with the idea of devising a method of standardization of horough administration and doubtless will be able to present some of its recom , mendatlons to the convention for its consideration. INTEREST ELSEWHERE THE campaign upon which the Telegraph is about to enter, for the beautifleatlon of Harrisburg by means of window and porch gar dens during the coming summer, is attracting attention in many parts of I the State. The Telegraph is in receipt of communications relating to the plan from Millersburg, Annville and Carlisle, while the editor of the "Washington Observer writes that the Board of Trade of that town has been | encouraged to take up the work there. ( The Observer asks for whatever help Harrisburg is able to give in the way of suggestions. As the Spring opens and the garden germ begins to get in its annual work the campaign here will be developed with daily articles j bearing on the subject. Already there is manifest locally an interest that j promises to make Harrisburg a verit ' able bower of beauty during the sunny months to come. CfolUta U By the Ex-Committeeman The break between the State Ad-i ministration and Insurance Commis sioner Charles Johnson last night has driven hopes of harmony in the com ' "? S i. V rimar> into the shades. It is .well known that Mr. Johnson, who is I triendly to Senator Boies Penrose, i waited as long as he could in the' ; hope that there would be a change in methods of waging the campaign in behalf of the Governor, but said i the men who are directing the politi cal end of the State Administration de- 1 jclmed to change. Then Johnson re-, j signed and the accumulated bitterness oi the last few weeks came out. The preliminaries to this campaign j have been interesting. Announcements I have been sudden and events rapid. Harmony talk has followed breaches and big names have been bandied I about. The newspapers of the State | expect w-ar to follow the Johnson re-' I signation. The Philadelphia Inquirer | says that a bomb was thrown into the State Administration camp. The Philadelphia Press predicts a sharp contest and the Philadelphia Public ! Ledger says that Johnson resigned be- I cause he would not be bossed. The North American says that he resigned i "the Penrose scheme," rather [initiating that it helped and giving | much space to the Attorney General's passing of the lie. The Democratic! { Philadelphia Record gleefully prints all the details and editorially roasts j the Attorney General on being trapped | by a Montgomery county man. ; Philadelphia Press to-day ' says: "From Penrose sources came I the intimation last night that Com missioner Johnson's stand was but the nrst of a number of resignations of State officeholders who thus would re sent the "intimation" which they have been subjected to compel indorsement » Brumbaugh candidacy. The Ambler iollowers let it be known that when Governor Brumbaugh assumed | office he had expressed the determin ation to make appointment of a sue- I cessor to Commissioner Johnson on j the ground that he was not attentive to duties, that, as a matter of fact, the Johnson reappointment was the I last of those made by the Governor I and that it resulted from special pleas made by Speaker Ambler and Senator Croft that the commissioner be given an opportunity to "make good." These sources intimated that representation jhad been made to Johnson subse quently that the growing influence of I Speaker Ambler in Montgomery coun- l I ty tnreatened the Johnson leadership i there." 1 —Speaker Charles A. Ambler pro poses to make a State-wide trip in his; ; campaign for the Republican Auditor! j Generalship nomination. Announce ment was made at the Ambler head quarters in Philadelphia yesterday that on Tuesday next he would make his first visit to Reading and then visit j other cities. Mr. Ambler, however, will hold no formal meeting at this time. He proposes merely to visit the workers and to talk directly with j them. Chairman Theodore Lane i Bean, of the Ambler committee, an-' nounced yesterday that "formal speeches by Mr. Ambler will not be made untii after the primaries and then will be conducted under the au spices of the Republican State com mittee.'' Ambler buttons made their appearance yesterday. —The Philadelphia transit situation j is going to cut a big figure in the com ing primary. -arts of Philadelphia! are opposed to the plans said to be supported by Mayor Smith and the; Mayor is for a transit commission. I Men friendly to the Mayor are bltterlv | resentbul of criticism. On top of it the grand jury has again condemned the almshouse. —According to dispatches from Washington the Democratic bosses in Pennsylvania are up to their old tricks' again. Slates for the Democrats of j the Keystone Slate are being made in Washington, D. C. Incidentally, the signs of a grand old row among the , Democrats over the honor of who ! shall sit for Wilson are all hanging out again. Notwithstanding the booms of W. N. McNair, of Pittsburgh, and Webster Grim, of Doylestown, who fought, bled and died in hopeless t years, the bosses have slated other | men for delegates at large. It would seem that the Republicans are not the! only ones who are going to discuss 1 family matters this year. —Here is what Washington has to say about it: "Samuel B. Philson, of: Somerset county, for State Treasurer, j and James B. Murrlng, ex-Mayor of Carbondale, Lackawanna county, fori Auditor General, will be the Democra tic State ticket in Pennsylvania this year, according to reliable informa tion that reached Washington to-day. It is stated that the Democratic or ganization has agreed upon this ticket, and will support it against any can didates who may file nomination pa pers. But so far as known there will be no other aspirants for these offices Word will go out that these men have the hacking of National Committee man A. Mitchell Palmer and State Chairman Roland S. Morris, which will be equivalent to a summons to their support. Not only has the Dem ocratic organization agreed upon a' State ticket, but it has selected the men it will support for delegates-at large to the Democratic National con-1 vention. They are Judge Voris Auten, i of Sunbury; Jere S. Black, of York; I William A. Glasgow, Jr., of Philadel- 1 phia; T. Hart Given, of Pittsburgh; Senator Wayne Hlndman, of Clarion; ex-Congressman John T. Lenahan, of Wilkes-Barre; Harry S. Dun, of Read ing; E. J. Lynett, of Scranton; ex- Congressman Robefrt F. Lee of Potts ville; William S. Mclntyre, of Sharon; Charles D. McAvov of Norrlstown, and State Chairman Roland S. Morris, of Philadelphia. National Committee man Palmer will not be a member of the delegation-at-iarge, but will go as a delegate from his congressional dis trict. —Pittsburgh papers print the news about Johnson without comment, the Gazette-Times saying that the reslg-1 nation was a protest against the meth-1 ods of the Attorney General In behalf! of the Governor. Scranton and Wilkes-Rarre papers give prominence to the news features, but intimate j that it means a battle. —Ex-Representative George W. Al len, of Knoxvllle, Allegheny county, is a candidate for the Senate. So is Representative W. D. Walton, of New ; ; : When a Feller Nee By BRIGGS - _—! 1 ~ 0 I Castle. There will be fights in those districts. —Old Guard Democrats will have a meeting in Philadelphia in a few days to frame up their fight against the machine. It (s said that men from twenty-one counties will attend and frame a defiance to State Chairman 1 Morris against his policy of rule or ; ruin. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE" —Villa, wounded In the leg. seems still able to keep ahead of the eav- I airy. | —I-ilfe truly Is just one thing after ! another—as "grip" retires our old friend, "Spring fever." approaches. ! —Emperor William is the man who pure the war germ in Germany. —Go down and look at the river— then thank heaven for the filter plant. —Do you remember when you could think of no greater riches than a barrel of marbles? EDITORIAL COMMENT | EVEN CENSORS ARE HUMAN (Columbia State) An atrocity can always count on slipping by the censor when it's the other side's. WAY TO EXAMINE VILLA'S IIEAI) (Toledo Blade) A New York, phrenologist has made a long-distance examination of Villa's head. Everybody is beginning to think well of the safety, first doctrine. SHOULD HAVE KEEN USED FROM FIRST (Indianapolis News) A mine seems to blow up a ship just as wfell, without causing nearly so many diplomatic complications. OUR DAILY LAUGH A GOOD ONE. Mr. Katt: My 'III' |_J brother married a girl by the name r£) JpL of Miss Wratt. Jr.. ijfc Miae Mouse: He ] must have been a good ratter. AS TO JONEa mm, Jones puta his watch under his . | K pillow oighU. .' ■ ft'/ likes to aleep ILL L) the call of spring H.v Win* Dinger I couldn't stand It longer (Being housed up alt the day Weather like that we're now having) So quite early yesterday I sneaked out into the country, On a bit of pleasure bent, And in roaming o'er the meadows Some three hours or more I spent. Yes. the ground was mighty soggy— I sank in up to my knees— Feet got soaked —I caught, a bad cold And to-day it's cough and sneeze. I feel like the very dickens. But I drive all grouch away With the thought of those eighteen holes , That I got lb yesterday) i DIXIE GOES AHEAD The Terrapin Trust By Frederic J. Haskin IT consists mainly of one man, named Barbee, and a lot of sand. It doesn't try to control the market,.br squash competition. It doesn't have to. Mr. Barbee has an absolute mono poly, so far as he can learn, of the production of genuine diamond-back terrapins in captivity, for the excel lent reason that no one else lias been able to master the secret of the busi ness. A numher have tried, for it is a secret deeidely worth mastering. Mr. Barbee hatched out 8,000 little terra pins this year, and each of them will sell in his third year for about three dollars. Overhead charges are al most nothing. A few acres of sand and marsh are the establishment, and the livestock eats fiddler crabs and tisli which may be obtained right at tlie farm. Figure the profits for your self. The unique and remunerative suc cess of Mr. Barbee is that of single minded devotion to one object in life. Twenty-seven years ago he was a con ductor on a street car line in Sa vannah which ran out to the Isle of Hope. By way of speculation one day he bought a number of terrapins from some negroes at twenty-five cents apiece and found that he could sell LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DANCING AT RESERVOIR To the Editor of the Telegraph: While our City Fathers are making arrangements to build boatliouses along the river and fix up the golf and tennis grounds of the city, which are largely patronized by out-of-town resi dents and nontaxpayers, why not do something for another class of people by erecting a pavilion at Reservoir park for dancing and charge a small fee for the privilege. This city lias no summer place of this character for amusement of its thousands of danc ers who would like to enjoy an even ing's pleasure. A snug revenue could be derived for the city from this source, if it would be conducted prop erly, and no doubt would be. Other cities have this amusement, why not Harrisburg? A place of this charac ter would be a pleasure for the work ing people who are employed during the day, as well as excursions to the park. It would keep them out of beer gardens and saloons, is the pre vailing opinion. The expense would not be so large, and the indebtedness could be paid in a few years. Some thing should be done to keep our young people off of the streets. If they have no place to spend their evenings. They walk the streets and seek pleasure elsewhere. There are at least 10,000 people in this city who dance, and why not make provision for their pleasure as well as a few hundred who boat and play golf and tennis. Our council, especially Mr. Gross, the Park Commissioner, should be wise enough to take notice of the pro ject and have a place for this sum mer. There is no healthier exercise for those who are confined all day a* their labor; besides those who indulge in the pleasure would be paying for it. It Is not right that the taxpayer of the city should provide amusements for its citizens and have nonresidents re ceive the benefit and not pay a cent. On this proposition, if accomplished, all will pay a small fee. Council get busy, and let us dance, dance/ dance. DANCER. BRAMBLE AND TREES Then said all the trees unto the bramble. Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees. If In truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust In my shadow; and if not, let Are come out of the bramble, and de vour the cedars of Lebanon.—Judges i»: 14-15. [them in town fo'r a great deal more than that. So he bought more terra pin and presently began shipping i ' them. Then he retired from the street | car business and became a profes sional terrapin broker, while operat ing a small restaurant on the side, where he sold terrapin stew. For years Mr. Barbee ate terra pin, talked terrapin, thought terra pin. One of his most important ! thoughts was that if he could pro duce terrapins in captivity, his busi ness could be expanded almost in definitely. So he built a little shed, lined it with the finest beach sand, led little streams of water through it. and : placed therein a number of terrapin. Every day he spent hours smoking his pipe and watching his pets live their lives just as they had in the wild state. He found out what they ate | and when they crawled into the sand for the winter, and when they came lout in the Spring. For a long time, i however, lie could not discover a i way of hatching terrapin in cap tivity. ' At this point Mr. Barbee draws a | veil across the course of events. This lis where the secret comes in. For [Continued on Paffe 19.] THE STATE FROM DA/ TO DAf While Harrlsburg is planning to be a city of flowers and birdhouses sur passed by none, Altoona is making ar rangements whereby it will he known 'as a famous tree city: at least indica tions point that way, for the head of the State Department of Forestry has just sent word to the city that 50,000 seedlings will be sent in a short time, I seedlings that In a few years will be big shade trees. At the same time, the head of the big liable store there will distribute 25,000 young trees j among the school children of the county. A bazar and art show has been opened in Philadelphia under the aus pices of the People's Relief Commit tee for Jewish War sufferers, the pro ceeds from all sales to go to the aid of Jewish war victims. Vaudeville, moving pictures and dancing are mak ing the exhibits a complete success. All dogs in this city are advised to send word to any canine friends they may have in Pottstown to get in the cyclone cellar and pull It in after them if they would avoid extermina tion at the hands of the dogcatclier. The alternative is to get a tag, 'cause otherwise they'll be killed on sight, without trial, is the edict that has been issued. The Assistant Secretary of the Navy thinks." privately, that we ought to have eight new battleships built. So say we all, that Is, most of us, and yet we don't seem to be In any haste to contribute to Marjorie Sterrett's bat tleship fund. Over two hundred dol lars have come in so far from Harris burgers and others nearby, but that isn't ten million, and ten million will never be reached by letting the other fellow give his dime, or quarter, or half dollar, or ten dollars. The Johnstown Tribune prints a story about the "Glad Man" by George Sonierville. "Folks nowadavs are learnin" to do the best they kin," says grandpa. Are you a member of thq. Optimists' Club? "Behind the clouds Is the sun, still shining" has not been said in vain. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany, in making its recent decision to purchase a big consignment In order to sell at cost bicycle tires to all its 8,200 messenger boys throughout the country, lias done a big thing for its boys, at least for the S.OOO of them who ride wheels, for they have been accustomed to pay the retail price in the past for as many as six new tire Replacement* in a year. iEbptung (Hijat The manner in which the local op tion people pre-empted the name of L-ocal Option" for the coming cam paign attracted attention because it was so quietly and yet systematically done. The papers were all ready anil were brought here, entered and paid for within fifteen minutes. The whole state was "blanketed" so to speak and L h JL^ me ~w as ~le language of a politician 'nailed down." it reminds one of the manner in which the Bull Moose pre-empted the Washington party name in 1912. There were •rumors that it was to be done, but un like the local option men, who slipped jinto town and slipped out again with out any fuss, the Bull Moosers in j charge practically had a brass band. I hey got all the papers together in a r ® om ' n the Bolton House, sat up with sthem all night and tiled them at 9 a. Im. By that time probably 150 people I were around. The story goes that the | Bull Moosers had a row and the fac tion which took the name Progressive | would not let the dominant wing have it. So the men in charge are re* ported to have golten papers signed in the name of Washington, Frank' lin and Penn. They baled them tie and next morning after a prodigious amount of telephoning entered the Washington name. It cost about S6OO. The big peacock which delighted thousands of children at Pax tang park last summer with his many colored tail never raises that emblem of pride in his self-satisfied way any more. Ilia mate is dead. The beautiful bird in evidently heart broken for he sits about in the sun moping and melan choly. The keepers say however, that he s been preening himself over much of late and since he seems lo be let ting his thoughts turn to love again w 'th the coming of Spring, the park 1 officials are planning to get him a new companion just as soon as possible. All of the animal life in the little zoo at. Paxtang is showing- signs of Spring fever. The big bear in the cage back ? ,1 hill in the park spends about half his time sunning himself and even the frisky little rabbits are loafing about. The only exception is a little game rooster who is making life mis erable lor all the bird life in the park with his continuous efforts at starting some sort of a scrap. William H. Ball, secretary to tha Governor, is having a heap of fun these days asking callers how many Commonwealths there are In tha galaxy of States. Incidentally, he is finding out that there are a good many people who do not know the differ ence between a Commonwealth anil a State and still more who can not explain the slight detail in which they differ. There are. as a matter of fact, four States whose official designation is Commonwealth, as follows: Penn sylvania, Virginia, Massachusetts and Kentucky. The others are officially States. Mr. Ball enjoyed asking call ers the questions and has been rating the answers. Tiie Governor is away up near the top, but the story goes that the Attorney General and Secre tary of the Commonwealth failed to make a good average. "I do not-know that you are in such sore affliction in the matter ot measles," said a traveling man at tha Commonwealth last night. "I have been trotting the circuit of the Penn sylvania cities and have been talking to the druggists and doctors with whom I do business, but I think you are not as badly off as some other cities. Why, there are towns and cities in this State which have dozens of cases in sight on a street. I think the whole State has been hit with measles worse than ever known." Quiet as you keep it, according: to the remarks of a man whose business it is to keep tabs on military matters, there are a good many of the restless spirits from northern Pennsylvania counties, in Canada wearing the lint form of the king. They are pood loyal Americans, but they could not resist the opportunity to go to war and he fore things became acute with Mexico they went over the line and enlisted in some of the Canadian regiments. They found plenty of company. j A dozen or more honey bees buzz ing about the entrance of the State Museum yesterday afternoon were a rather striking indication that Spring jis at hand. Where the bees came from ,or why they picked such a place no one could figure out unless they had i designs on some of the blooms in the i Capitol park conservatory. Bees are not known in Capitol park as they j have swarmed there several times anil ! have been taken away by State Zoolo gist Surface, but yesterday's visit i probably came from an advance guard. * * * Representative If. IT. Brosius, ol Brookville, who was here yesterday was chairman of the committee <>n game in the last House and one of the | conspicuous independents. He will probably be a candidate for the House again. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ' | —Colonel Edward Morrell, promt* | nent Philadelphia!!, has been visiting ; in the South. —The Rev. F. E. Erdman, of Read ing, has been elected head of the I.ehlgh Valley Ministers' Association of the United Evangelicals. •—Prof. J. D. Geist, of Hazleton,' ac tive in educational affairs, will take a Southern trip. —R. C. Hassrick, who had charge of tiling of Local Option pre-emptions here yesterday was formerly a Phila delphia newspaperman. —George A. Burrell, United States Bureau of Mines chemist at Pitts burgh, says there Is an abundance of gas beneath the surface at Pitts burgh. —The Rev. E. M. McKeever, of Pittsburgh, told real estate men In that city that the whole of Allegheny county be included in the municipal limits. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harrlsburg slioos are sold in Caiuiila, Cuba anil Mexico? HIBTORTC HAHRI.SBVRG The present courthouse replaced the old one in which the Legislature met in 1813. HALF PORTION GOWNS "Dame Fashion displays poorer taste to-day than she has shown at any time during the last 7fi years. Half portion rfowns are entirely too much in vogue among New York wo men. The gentler sex no longer i dresses: it undresses." I The foregoing formed the views of Mrs. Amella E. Harr. the novelist, who celebrated yesterday her 86th birth day anniversary. Pennsylvania Bush League [l-atrobe Bulletin.] Wilson Bush of Peanut visited rela tives in town on Sunday. Miss Theresa Bush of Derry visited on Sunday at her home In town. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Gibson and daughter, little Miss Margaret, of Derry, were over Sunday guests at th« home of Mrs. Gibson's father, Henry Bush. Lawrence Bush was a visitor in La ! trabe on Saturday.
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