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THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 4
Oo put your creed into your deed,
Vor speak with double tongue.
— EMERSON.
OPENING THE NARROWS
THE announcement of the State
Highway Department that the
road between Speeceville and
Clark's Ferry is to be widened and a
\ ery dangerous grade crossing elimi
nated is good news. If the late Com
missioner RobeTt J. Cunningham had
done no more in the way of Improv
ing highways in this vicinity than
this he would have left a worthy mon
ument to his memory. It was due
to his thoroughness that the discov
ery was made whereby the railroad
was placed in a position where it
felt, impelled to give the people the
relief for which they prayed.
Eventually, it is to be hoped, Har
risburg and Millersburg will be con
nected by a boulevard traversing, for
a large part of the distance, the old
canal bed, but the removal of the
menace of the Narrows Is a long step
in the right direction and will do
much to stimulate automobile travel
between this city and the thriving
communities of the upper end.
No better testimonial to the ef
ficient and energetic manner in which
the officials of the Highway Depart
ment are carrying out the program
formulated by Mr. Cunningham could
be noted than the promptness with
which they took up the details of the
plan for the upper end highway im
provements as outlined by him and
closed up the negotiations for the
changes contemplated.
Notwithstanding the frequent pro
tests against the scattering of coal in
a large area along Front, Broad and
Second streets by those engaged in the
river coal industry at the foot of Boas
and Broad streets, the unsightly con
ditions persist. Despite the Constant
sweeping and shoveling of the street
sweepers at the expense of the public
the coal operators, in defiance of public
sentiment, continue to use carts which
are In many cases simply sieves. It
would seem to bp the duty of the pro
per city officials to put a stop to this
public nuisance. If most of these oper
ators live in Cumberland county, as
has been stated, then they are not
playing the part of good neighbors.
INDIAN LIFE AND HISTORY
INDIAN life and history are to be
themes for the children's hour at
♦he Harrisburg Public Library
Saturday morning. Special stress
will be laid on local legends and his
torical happenings and relics of the
Red Men found hereabouts will be
shown.
Here is a work well worth while.
Local history is always a difficult sub
ject. Text books prepared by noted
authorities deal with national and
world events. The school boy and
girl who can tell all about the inhabi
tants of South America at the time of
the Spanish conquest know little or
nothing of the settlement of Harris
burg ftnd the surrounding country, or
of the people whom the aggressive
civilization of the white man elbowed
out of the woods and meadows that
had been their homes. The story of
those early days is full of the charm
of romance and the thrill of adven
ture. The Public Library manage
ment is meeting the difficulty In a
way that promises not only to pre
sent useful information in an inter
esting; manner, but at the same time
will stimulate boys and girls to read
ing and investigation on their own
account.
SHIPPING BILL MODIFIED
FEARING rejection of the Admin
istration shipping bill because
of the Government ownership
policy, the subcommittee of the House
Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries has greatly modified sections
defining: the powers and scope of the
proposed shipping board.
Revolt of the House majority
against the Administration's Philip
pine independence bill and the rejec
tion of the $16,000,000 Government
nitrate plant in the army bill are back
of the changes in the shipping bill.
The modification consists of a clause
which says the Government must sell
within five years all Government
owned lines. In ease there Is no mar
ket for these lines within that period
and it is shown that the trade Is not
profitable, the lines must be aban
doned. The waning power of the Presi
dent in Congress 1B shown in this
THURSDAY EVENING,
action. Now if the committee will
only Inject a clause or two making
the whole bill unconstitutional its
work will be wholly praiseworthy.
MOBS AND ARMIES
THERE Is a thought for America
In the quickly quelled Irish re
volt. William Jennings Bryan
has told us that for the defense of
the United States a million men could
be recruited In a day. That Is prob
ably true. But a million men are not
a million soldiers. The Irish rebels
were well armed and they were
brave. They fought hard and shot
straight. But when they faced the
well organized and carefully trained
British troopers they melted like chaff
In an autumn breeze. They were a
mob against an army, and the mob
never was that could successfully
combat an army. Just so the million
men of whom Bryan prates would
be helpless before a horde of Eu
ropean veterans.
COMMUNITY CENTERS
IN a recent leaflet the American
Civic Association presents a pa
per read by Miss/ Margaret Wood
row Wilson at the last convention of
the association in Washington on the
subject of "The Community Center."
Miss Wilson, the daughter of the
President, is greatly interested in this
matter and has given It much study.
After discussing the benefits of the
more general use of school houses as
community centers, she said:
Let us make our public school
buildings vital centers of our com
munities. On all sides now we see
sabotage of description. The pur
pose of community centers shall
be creation Instead of destruction.
Instead of death we shall have life.
and life in more abundance.
In lier discussion of this subject
Miss Wilson did not in any way de
precate the recreation movement, but
developed the thought of a wider use
of school buildings. She pointed out
how beneficial to any community
would be the assembling of the peo
ple in a given district from time to
time In the school house of that par
ticular district. Through these meet
ings she declared, would be promoted
In more direct ways the life and hap
piness of the neighborhood and of
the city or town. It is her judg
ment that school buildings ought to
be centers of social enterprise and
co-operation; places where everything
shall be considered from the point
of view Of its real value —its real
value to the community and to the
world.
As has been indicated in the col
umns of this newspaper time after
time the enormous expenditure of
public funds in school buildings
should bring more general results in
the welfare of the whole community.
Miss "Wilson does not believe that
the school houses should become the
meeting places of all sorts of parti
san and faddist movements, but ought
to be the places of assembly of the
people for mutual help and the de
velopment of the community at large.
The Telegraph has urged the larger
use of the school buildings of Har
risburg for years and the time now
seems to be ripe for the development
of the community idea. This city has
been greatly aided in its progress by
community co-operation and as a fea
ture of our municipal life it should be
further encouraged through a wider
use of the property of the people as
represented in many fine school
houses.
ROTAIIj COAL PRICES
RETAIL dealers predict big ad
vances in coal as a result of the
new scale of wages in the hard
coal regions. The Philadelphia Even
ing ledger's mathematically inclined
editor isn't so certain that material
increases are necessary, unless Ihe
dealers mean to use the wage raise as
an excuse for gouging their customers.
Says the Ledger:
Those men who are saying that
the wage increase granted to the
anthracite mine workers will be
followed by a necessary increase of
50 cents a ton in the price of coal
would better do a little figuring.
Mr. Warriner, of the Lehigh Coal
nnd Navigation Company, says that
the wage increase will add from
$10,000,00 to Jt2.000.000 a year to
the cost of mining, and that at
least 30 per cent, of this sum will
have to be paid by the consumer.
For convenience of computation
call it 10 per cent, or $10,000,000 or
$l,O/10,000. Pennsylvania produces
51,000,000 long tons of coal in a
year. If the people have to pay '
$1,000,000 more for this, the in
crease lit the price would amount
to not more than a cent and a half
a ton. If the people have to pay
the total wage increase, the extra
cost of coal would be only 12V4
cents a ton. The retailer will have
to do a lot of explaining before he
can convince the consumer that an
increase of 50 cents a ton in the
price is fair.
Rut the chances are the operator j
and the retailer will attempt nothing
of the sort. The public has no union
back of it to threaten a strike. It
must comply with the price decree—
or use soft, coal, as some no doubt will
do. The climbing price of anthracite
is rapidly putting it into the class of
prohibitive luxuries.
I.IQVOK'S SHARK
COLLIER'S WEEKLY quotes the
following paragraph from The
Iron Trade Review and says H
teaches a temperance lesson:
It was a hot day, and one of the
men. instead of drinking good
water or milk to quench his thirst,
stole out between "blows of the
steel" to KCt a drink at a nearby
saloon. Upon returning and taking
one of the nandles he could not con
trol his end of the ladle steady so
tli H t the stream from the bottom
could pass directly into the gate •
and nil the mold. Instead, it hit the
top of the flask and spattered the
metal in all directions. One man
was killed and two badly Injured.
It is a temperance sermon, but it is
more than that. It is an Illustration
of the manner in which the liquor
trade is collecting its profits at the
expense of every other kind of busi
ness in the land.
Doubtless the man who was killed
and those injured were all beneficiaries
under workmen's compensation laws.
Either their employer direct or his
insurance company had to foot the bill
of thousands of dollars incurred by
reason of these few midday drinks.
The brewer or the distiller, however,
made his profit and got off scot free.
Yet there are those who wonder why
big business 1s so generally antago
nistic to alcoholic indulgence and why
so many employers do not hire men
known to drink. In all fairness, in a
case 11 kf this, why shouldn't the men
who made and sold the drinks stand at
least, a share of the losses Incurred?
Such a regulation might be difficult of
enforcement, but certainly it would
not be unfair.
| TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE \
—"Keep on kissing," is the recom
mendation of a Boston physician: just
as if anybody needed such advice.
—Because three Democratic senators
were "off the job" D. Brandeis
was not recommended for confirmation
the other day. This is one commend
able act of the Democrats in Congress,
anyway.
—"Hardscrabble owners await 'decis
ion"—newspaper headline. Where have
we heard those words before?
—Sitting In the River Front Park
these fine days would be more com
fortable if there were only a few seats.
—President Wilson Is criticised by
churchmen for serving wine In the
White House. Things are just post-,
tively going to the dogs down there
since "Grape Juice Bill" deserted.
—"Packers' fines may amount to
$525,000," news Item. Somebody must
have fined the gasoline dealers, too.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
By an overwhelming vote the House
of Commons rejected a proposal to dis
pense with their salaries as a war-time
economy measure. M. P. and M. C. are
brothers under their skins.— Wall Street
JJournal.
Now that the Apache scouts recruited
to aid General Pershing in Mexico have
been supplied with wrist-watches, may
be a plain citizen will be permitted to
wear one without exciting invidious
comment.—Chicago Herald.
The present scarcity of paper makes
even international treaties of some
value.—New York Sun.
So often courts have stuck to prece
dent at the cost of perpetuating injus
tice that it is most encouraging for
such an important court as the highest
one in New York to admit it was mis
taken. and to take a fresh start. —Kan-
sas City Star.
Colonel Harvey's Version
Here only last March we were specu
lating calmly and quietly upon the pro
spective marriage of a party having
principles but no leader to a party
having a leader but 110 principles. Our
Colonel, of course, was the suitor, not
humble perhaps but most considerate,
most tender, most ingratiating and
wholly unselfish—ln truth, to all seem
ing. a veritable John Alden, speaking
not for himself at all but for anybody
here named Kelly or Miles (not the
General) or Standish or whatnot. And
then like a holt from the blue came
from Trinidad the flashing intimation
that Our Hero might be induced to
speak for himself if only Prlscilla, too,
would be heroic.—North American Re
view.
The Public Will Pay
[New York Sun.]
Of one thing the public may be cer
tain; the higher pay won by the miners
of anthracite coal from their employers '
will be paid by it. The sum of sl2,- j
000.000, which it is estimated will be :
added to the income of 178,000 workers I
annually through the new wage sched- j
ules, will not come from the owners of j
the mines.
Therefore coal will go up in price, al- ;
though it is now almost ruinously ex- j
pensive. In this lies a serious danger
to the Industry. It is not beyond pos- j
slbility that hard coal will become too '
costly to burn. Great progress has al- I
ready been made in smoke consuming '
devices, which make soft coal prac- j
ticable in communities having ordin- t
ances prohibiting the discharge of !
smoke from chimneys: scientific stok- ;
ing is a fact; gas is used in ever in- |
creasing quantities for cooking and i
heating; electric stoves of improved de- 1
sign are coming into use. The market |
for high priced anthracite may be con- |
siderably narrowed.
Meanwhile.by the installation of proper
grates, the smaller sizes of coal may
be economically burned in kitchen
ranges and in heating furnaces. The
well plucked householder may turn
from the familiar sizes to pea\coal, and
warm his family without mortgaging
his house.
Twist-Rime on Spring
Upon the hills new grass is seen;
The vendor's garden sass is green.
The birds between the showers fly;
The woods are full of flowers shy.
The ornamental butterfly
Expands his wings to flutter by.
The bees, those little honey bugs,
Are gayly dancing bunny hugs,
While poets sing in tipping rime
That Spring's a simply ripping time.
—Arthur Gulterman in Life.
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JOHN* M. SHEAFFER
He is a native of Linglestown, but
has been in Harrisburg for a lorg
time, nnd Is at present engaged in the
baking business at 905 North Third
street. Mr. Sheaffer enjoys a. wide
acquaintance and is known as an en
terprising merchant and good citizen.
And the People Pay
Promptly upon the settlement of the
bift street railway strike at Pittsburgh
the company issued a full-page state
ment. in the newspapers explaining
that the total increase of $500,000 in
wages meant higher fares; that if it Is
to pay the wage scale demanded it will
be necessary to provl.le increased fares
to partially cover the same, and that
action will be taken for such adjust
ments of the fare zone as are proper
and reasonable.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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By (he Kx-Committee man
Brumbaugh" campaign committee
managers plan to place in every elec
tion district in Pennsylvania lists
showing the names of candidates fa
vored by the Governor's faction so
that there will be no mistakes at the
polls. In many districts it has been
found that the men active in behalf
of the Governor had gotten twisted
on the candidates and a "directory"
will be Issued. The official list of
candidates for all offices is being scan
ned to see that there are "no ring
ers' and. warning has been issued that
Dallas Bumbaugh, a retired police
man of Pittsburgh, is a candidate for
national delegate-at-large and that he
should not be confused with the Gov
ernor, who is also a candidate for
delegate-at-large.
The appearance of Bumbaugh.
whose name by the way, will appear
under that of the Governor, has been
blamed by the Brumbaugh head
quarters on Senator Penrose and some
comments upon employment, of a po
litical trick which is held to have
originated in the Garden of Eden arc
made. Senator Penrose's friends say
that his shoulders are broad and that
one more thing which he did not
know of being blamed on him will not
stem the tide. The Brumbaugh peo
ple retort that the Penrose men are
mixed on the way the tide is going.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
last night added to the excitement In
this extraordinary campaign by de
claring: that the mayor of that city,
Thomas 13. Smith, who is on the
Brumbaugh slate, is not eligible to
election as delegate-nt-large. The
Bulletin suggests that the mayor, who
has been more or less In the limelight,
should withdraw.
Governor Brumbaugh lias declined
to take any notice of the statement
made by John W. Frazier, of Phila
delphia, to the effect that he could
produce the David B. Oliver letter if
he wanted to.
Senators S. W. Salus. of Philadel
phia, yesterday called Representative
Stern a liar and exchanged remarks
about his political ability, in the pro
ceeding to have the Senator declared
a nonresident of the ward which he
claims to represent. Salus and Stern
are well known to many here and the
verbal battle was very diverting.
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell yester
day made a sharp attack on A. Mitch
ell Palmer, his old rival in Demo
cratic affairs. The judge is a can
didate for the Senatorial nomination
against the Palmer slate and he hands
the bosses the usual ante-primary
words dressed up with adjectives.
Philadelphia city politics are get
ting to the boiling point in both par
ties and the rest of the State will be
promised some interesting things next
week.
The anti-Penrose men and Demo
crats are having a fine time to-day
over the announcement from Phila
delphia that the federal government
proposes to probe the Penrose ac
count for 1914, taking up the Penn
sylvania Protective Union first. E.
Dowery Humes, Democratic district at
torney, is said to be the mover. The
Union's accounts have furnished much
material for Democrats.
Speaker Ambler's arrest of George
D. Porter yesterday will offer a chance
for a test of the law about furnish
ing false material to newspapers. The
preliminary hearing is to-day.
Allegheny Democrats have gotten
into a fight almost as bitter as that
among the Republicans in Philadel
phia.
The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day
editorially calls on Mayor Smith to
stop factional politics and to adhere
to his declarations.
—Chester county records are said to
show that Speaker Ambler's bridge
building firm was lowest in the dis
puted contract.
—Riegelsville has been incorporated
as a borough.
—The mayor and councilmen of
Pottsvllle have been cited into court
on charge of maintaining a nuisance.
—The Pittsburgh Dispatch quotes
Senator Oliver as making this state
ment regarding the Oliver check tran
saction: "Governor Brumbaugh in his
authorized statement said that John
11. Rilling bad) called upon me In my
office here, that I had locked the door
and exhibited photographic copies of
the check and the correspondence. Now,
the facts are just as they were pre
sented by me to the public at the time.
The check was never photographed un
til after it had been deposited by Gov
ernor Brumbaugh, paid by the bank,
canceled and returned to David B. Oli
ver. As to the other charges. Mr.
Rilling talked with me a few days ago
and stated that he never told the Gov
ernor that I had locked the door of
my office during our interview, and
,that I did not exhibit photographs of
the check and papers. The Governor's
memory concerning- Mr. Rilling's report
of our meeting must have been very
inaccurate. As a matter of fact, I did
not know there was a lock on the
door of my office, and I could not have
shown Mr. Rilling photographs of the
papers because our interview took
place on March 16. and the photo
graphs were not made until March 18."
Passing of Harper's
Harper's Weekly, through which
Curtis and Nast and Colonel Har
vey were wont in the years gone
to fire their political broadsides, is
dead, with Norman Hapgood play
ing the role of sexton and a few
old-fashioned readers who stuck to it
through thick and thin as the chief
mourners. When Colonel Harvey
turned Harper's Weekly over to its
new management he freely admitted
he did so because it was losing
money. Hapgood and his associates
did not buy a pig in a poke. They
knew and took the risk, staking their
chances of success on plenty of
"punch" in its editorial policy and
freakish make-up.
The reasons for their failure are
doubtless many and varied, but it is
likely that they lay without the con
trol of the owners quite as much as
within. Our newspapers have pro
gressed so rapidly in recent years that
they now earn' from day to day news
and pictures that formerly could be
published only by weekly journals.
Harper's was left without any real
mission-—so it simply dropped out and
was absorbed by the Independent, a
publication so distinctive thai it has
nothing to fear from dally competi
tion.
Old Man Harkins
One of the members of the Oldest
Inhabitants' Club remarked to another
member runilnatingly: "Old Man Har
kins ain't what he used to be."
The other member answered reflect
ively: "No, an 'never was."—The Silent
Partner.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted tr> members of
the Ilarrisburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."]
What is the Population of Harrls
burg?
Ifiin Census—6l.lß6. Estimated
I —TB.OOO.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
THE TERRIBLE TEMPERED MR. BANG—
—Unci linrilljr flninheil planting wrd when lie nplril n chicken In hla Harden,
—From Pblla<lrlphia Evening; Bulletin.
SOME PROFITABLE HOBBIES
Raising Canaries
By Frederic J. Haskin
OWING to the congestion in ship
ping. no more canaries are com
ing from Europe. Space aboard
ship is extremely scarce, and neces
sities arc receiving the first consid
eration, which at present leaves 110
surplus room for songbirds. The
shipments of Harz Mountain canaries
ceased abruptly in December, just as
the so-called "1830 period" was ush
ered into fashion with its oUI-fasli
ioned parasols, hoop skirts and song
birds. Now there is a great demand
for canarier; on the part of the women
of the nation, which makes the breed
ing of the little yellow songbird a
profitable occupation.
For t>ie woman on the farm, and
for bird lovers in general, this is an
attractive sideline. While a few in
dividuals in all parts of the country
are engaged in raising canaries, the
supply thus produced is so much
smaller than the demand that hun
dreds of thousands of birds have been
imported annually, so that there is no
doubt as to the existence of a large
permanent market for them. They
are more robust than turkeys, which
after weeks of careful attention, may
become infected and the whole brood
die at once; and the expense of their
upkeep is not so great. A pair of
birds, a breeding cage and a small
outlay for food, under ordinary con
ditions. will yield at least a dozen
selling: birds In a single year.
The greatest factor in favor of bird
raising, however, is the little time re
quired for the actual work connected
with it, which makes it a practicable
Gains By France
From the National Geographic Society.
Roughly measured, the territory re
gained from the Germans in France
exceeds 2,500 square miles, or con
siderably more than the area of the
state of Delaware. Its population
before the war was in the neighbor
hood of half a million.
Within.the redeemed area are some
of the most interesting places in
France, notably Rheims, the place of
coronation for most of the kings of
France since the beginning of the
Capetian dynasty. The most famous
j ceremony of this character to take
place here was the anointing of
i Charles VII, after Joan of Arc had
i driven the English from before the
city walls. It was here, too, that
Clovis was baptized on Christmas day,
!in 496. Before the devastation
wrought by the present war the great
I llheims cathedral was considered by
j many critics of architecture the most
I beautiful structure produced during
the middle ages.
Amiens, with a population of ninety
thousand before the war, is next in
importance among the salvaged cities.
Its cathedral, one of the most im
posing piles of Thirteenth Century
architecture in Europe, was scarcely
less famous than the one at ,Rheims.
It was In this city that Peter, the Her
mit, the great preacher of the First
Crusade, was born. Since the war
the city's noted woolen, silk, cash
mere and velvet manufactories have
suffered greatly.
Arras, also reclaimed, was noted for
its woolen manufactures before the
war. In medieval days its tapestry
hangings were so famous .that the
name of the city was adopted as a
common noun for draperies In Eng
land. Robespierre, the revolution
ist, was born in Arras.
William's Alibi
From Answers, London.
With a "ki-yi" and an aggravating
rattle, the scared dog shot around the
corner, a tin can hanging from the
end of its tail.
The small boy who had fixed the tin
can in its place stopped laughing
when a stern voice came to his ears,
"William!" It was his father who
spoke. "Did you tie that tin can to
the poor dog's tail?"
Willie did some' rapid thinking.
Then he replied innocently:
"Yes, father, I did. I'm trying to
do one kind act every day, and that
dog is always chasing cats, so I tied
the tin can to its tail so that It would
make a noise and warn the poor lit
tle cats."
An Expert Censors the Movies
[From the Philadelphia Record.]
Captain John Manning of East llol
lidaysburg, who commanded craft on
the Pennsylvania Canal when that wa
ter channel was in the heyday of its
glory, paid his first visit to the movies.
He was greatly interested, but was dis
gusted with the amateur fashion with
which the movie actor steered his
canal boat, singing out in his old time
style. "Avast, you lubber, keep your
boat in the middle of the stream."
Papers Cost More
[New York Telegram.]
We knew it would have to come.
The Pennsylvania State Editorial As
sociation, holding its forty-fourth an
nual convention in Philadelphia,
adopted a resolution to increase the
price of one cent newspapers to two
cents throughout the State.
High cosl of white paper, metal
and labor, scarcity of help—so many
having gone soldiering or to work in
munition plants—and the rise of all
materials necessary to tho business
made the publishing of one cent pa
pers unprofitable, ,
MAY 4, 1916.
sideline. In Germany many of the
peasants have canary rooms, and
shoemakers, tailors and other trades
men often double their incomes by
breeding the birds. Few, if any, of
the imported birds are raised by per
sons who give their entire time to it.
The bird-breeder usually begins
upon a small scale, confining his birds
in cages and gradually Increasing his
equipment in proportion to his suc
cess. One pair of birds averages from
three to five broods a year, but this
number is greatly increased by fol
lowing the German method of mating
three females with every male. In its
wild state, the canary pairs the same
as other birds, often breaking the
muscles of its small throat in attract
ing the attention of some coquettish
female, but under domestication it
has become a polygamous fowl, the
male accepting the harem bestowed
upon him by the breeder, although
displaying a distinct preference for
the female with which he is first
mated.
The canary room, found in so many
pleasant homes in Germany, is the
ideal breeding equipment. It may be
an unfinished room in the attic, or an
unused pantry of some sort, but it
must have plenty of light and fresh
air. not too cold in winter and not
too hot in summer. One woman, who
clears several hundred dollars a year
on her canaries, breeds them in a
space about six by eight feet at the
end of her hall, enclosed by wire
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Not a Disease, a Gift
"Some un sick at yo' house. Mis'
Carter?" inquired Lila (in Every
body's). "Ah seed de doctah's kyar
eroun' dar yestiddy."
"It was for my brother, Lila."
"Sho! What's he done got de mat
ter of'm?"
"Nobody seems to know what the
disease is. He can eat and sleep as
well as ever, he stays out all day long
on the veranda in the sun, and seems
as well as any one; but he can't do
any work at all."
"He caln't—yo' says he can't
wuhk?"
"Not a stroke."
"Law, Mis' Carter, dat ain't no dis
ease what your brotlie' got; Dat's a
gif!"
Planting Trees
This is the time for planting, and
the following suggestions on how to
plant are of value:
1. Plant when frost is out of the
ground.
2. Keep the roots well protected
from the minute the tree leaves the
wagon or trench to me minute it is
planted. Do not take more plants
from the wagon than is absolutely
necessary.
3. Cut all broken roots and cover
wounds with coal tar.
•t. Cut back the branches, but do
not remove them entirely unless they
interfere or are too thick. With some
trees like the sycamore, oak or pop
lar, you can cut back more than with
'he others. Do not cut the leader,
and do not cut evergreens.
5. Let only good soil come in close
contact with the roots, and have the
good soil well packed around the
roots; work it in with the fingers and
stamp on it. Place the poor soil only
on top.
6. See"that the tree is planted up
right and firm.
7. Plant the tree no deeper than
it stood in the nursery.
8. Water the tree "only after good
soil has been put around its roots and
the hole tilled.
The Wearing of the Green
Christian Science Monitor
The abortive rising attempted on
Monday last, in Dublin, has been de
scribed by a leading Nationalist mem
ber as "opera bouffe." As a matter
of fact, though there was much of the
stage revolution about it, that is not
the term really to apply to it. It is
just one .of those innumerable and pa
thetic cases of misconceived and emo
tional patriotism which have been
typical of Irish politics for centuries.
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Batting (Chat
The record of the Governor's Troop
in getting ready, going and arriving on
strike duty in Allegheny county, whiiij
lias won the admiration of military
men and officials throughout the State,
has been justly styled the result of
excellent preparation. Captain George
C. Jack inherited a fine organization
from the days when Colonel F. M. <JU
was head of the troop and he has
maintained its reputation for being
ready. The fact that the troop »vas
ready at the hour required and had its
mounts, a mighty difficult thing in
these days when horses are hard to
gel and the demand is very great, was
much commented upon yesterday. It
happens that the troop did the same
thing back in the days of the 1900 A
strike. This strike was the third in
which the troop had been called. The
first duty was at Homestead, a few
miles away from the present duty, on
July X, 1892, and the second in Lu
zerne county in 1897 following the
Lattlmer riot. On September 22. 1900,
the troop was called and Captain Ott
reported to General Gobin at the Bol
ton House here liis readiness to take
the field on the dot. It was such an
excellent showing that the general
mentioned it in his official report,
something decidedly unusual. The last
time the troop was in service was the
longest. It lasted forty days, or from
July 30 to November 1, 1902, and the
country covered was in part what was
covered in the service of 1900. One
of the odd things about the calls for
strike duty given to the troop is tliat
all have come at night, generally be
tween 8 and 12, and every time the
troop has been ready to move at the
hour specified.
Speaking of Plattsburg and hard
work, several businessmen of the city
have been seized with the fever, or
"bug," or whatever you choose to call
it, and are making valiant, efforts to
so arrange their business affairs that
they can keep at least one month of
the coming summer free to allow them
to live the life of a soldier for a few
brief weeks, sleeping on the ground
and eating food that for wholesome
ness and quantity is said to be un
beatable. J. William Bowman, presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce, is
seriously considering enrolling as a
"rookie" and forgetting the Chamber
of Commerce and all that goes with it
to get out and breathe the open air
for twenty-four hours every da.y while
the month's training lasts. Flavel 1,.
Wright, insurance man, who made for
himself a reputation as a good-story
teller on the recent Chamber of Com
merce two-day tour, is also keen for
Plattsburg. Wright, by the way, has
seen service before, and under the
officer who of recent months lias been
standing forth in the public limelight
to a considerable degree, General Per
shing. Some twenty or more years ago
—we must not be too definite—young
Wright was an undergraduate at Hie
State University of Nebraska, located
in Lincoln. Pershing was then first
lieutenant of the Tenth United States
Cavalry and was commandant of tlie
military detail of the university. The
present llarrisburger has of the gen
eral the opinion which his masterly
handling of the somewhat difficult
Mexican situation on the spot seems
to justify. Pershing was to Wright
one of the handsomest men he had
ever seen.
« • •
"The Stroller" in the Srranton Re
publican is having fun with some con
temporaries. This is what he says: "f
met a number of men yesterday who
were complaining of stiff muscles as
the result of long tramps through the
surrounding country. The bright .sun
shine and the agreeable temperature
tempted them into the open and they
responded. Of course it will be some
weeks yet. before nature will be at ner
loveliest because the trees are not vet.
showing their wealth of green, unii
even the shrubbery is just awakeninW*
from its winter sleep, but the arbutus
blossoms are out. and some of them
arc exceedingly lovely. Nevertheless,
when weather such as that of Sunday
comes, following a season of chilly
rains and winds, it is not to be denied,
and those in love with the great open
spaces sought them. T have heard it
predicted that this juramer will take
more walking parties to the Vicinity of
Lake Scranton than any previous warm
season, because pedestrianism as a
means of recreation is said to be grow
ing in favor."
» • •
Forrest L. Yoder, who used to be
connected with the Telegraph, is visit
ing his father. C. W. E. Yoder, of 116
Herr street. Mr. Yoder went to Ecua
dor twelve years ago and, like many
other young Americans in that coun
try, - has prospered exceedingly. He
married a young woman, member of
a well-known and prominent family of
that place, and is now general man
ager of the Ecuadorean Corporation,
which controls a number of the im
portant industrial enterprises of the
district. He has his headquarters in
Guayaquil, where he resides with his
wife and two children. He is making
good in fine style, enjoys the work and
country, is happy, prosperous and
weighs about thirty-five pounds more
than when he left here. He will sail
for South America from New York
June 3.
Captain C. F. Clement, who Is in
command of the Sunbury troop of the
State's cavalry, is a son of Major-
General C. M. Clement and served for
several years in the Twelfth Infantry.
When that organization was converted
into cavalry he was commander.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE*!
—R. N. Davis, the Scranton natural
ist, Is home from an extensive trip
through Virginia.
—Jabez Cooper, Jr., who is running
for the Legislature in Allegheny coun
ty. is an expert on road making.
—S. J. McDonald, the Scranton labor
leader, is a candidate for president of
the State Federation of Labor.
j N. Tillard, head of the State
Association of Chiefs of Police, is chief
of the Altoona police.
j. e. Frayman. coroner of Carbon
county, is acting as sheriff because the
sheriff is involved in a lawsuit.
DO YOU KNOW
That Htcclton is one of the largest
and Ix'st governed Itoroughs in tlio
State?
HISTORIC HAUHISBUUG
The old camelback bridge was coik
sidered one of the marvels of bridm
building in old days.
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Church Advertising I
"T believe." says Dr. Talcott
Williams "that If churches spent
as much for advertising as they
do for music, they would have
larger congregations and better
worship."
"If great causes were to spend
more money in the public press
instead of depending on begging
for their support they would un
doubtedly come much nearer to
success."
Thought is moving in this di
rection. The churches are using
more and better advertising while
many public movements have
been successfully carried on
through the advertising columns
of the daily newspapers.
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