8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THB HOMB Founded lijl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE, Prist and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American /i Newspaper Pub- Iftm lishers' Associa ajL tion. The Audit Bureau of Clrcu (llifi latlon and Penn eylvania Assoclat- Enatern «fflne, Has -11 WW Brooks. Fifth Ave [. am nue Building, New I§K ern of fl et> . Has lOh Brooks, People's " Oca Building, Chl- Bntered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <DslM»rtiK£> week: by mall, J3.00 -SnEiisJV a y 9ar ( n advance. Inor* dally »»eni*f etrenlntlon for the three moati»a ending; April 30, 11)10, ir 22,341 flgnrn are net. An retnrned. ■ ■■•ld sad damngeil copies Moetrd. SATURDAY EVENING, MAT 13 The reverence of a man's self is, next to religion, the chiefest bridle of all vices. — Francis Bacon. MOTHERS' DAY COLERIDGE wrote, and few there will be to disagree with him, that "A mother is a mother still, the holiest thing alive"—and to-mor row is Mothers' Day. Do you remember— Who ran to you, whqn you fell, And would some pretty story tell, Or kiss the place to make it well? Your mother, of course. "The love of a mother," says Vic- | tor Hugo, "Is a love which none can ever forget," and that is true. So to-morrow, in some way or an other, by a gift of flowers, a letter, or beßt of all, a personal visit, express your affection and let. her know that you have not forgotten her love for you, that you cherish it and that it' has been the most powerful influence I in your life for good. SIN AND THE DEVIL SIN and the devil are so closely related In the minds of most of us j that the substitution of one for the other In the literature of the Methodist Church will not matter much. The revision decided upon by the general conference of the church is received with Interest by Chicago ministers of all denominations, for example, but none of them Is very excited over the change. Bishop C. P. Anderson, Episcopal, says: "I am afraid they can't get rid of the devils by leaving them out of their literature." The Rev. J. T. Stone, Presbyterian, says: "I believe too much in a personal devil to have any thing substituted for his personality." The Rev. John 11. Hopkins, Episcopal, says: "I think that business of chang ing the word devil to sin Is all non sense." Bishop Fallows: "I doubt If It has voted to strike out 'devil' wher ever It appears in the ritual." Jenkins Lloyd Jones says: "This is an indica tion that the Methodist Church Is bringing itself down to date." The Rev, Dr. Shaller Matthews says: "Elimination of devil from the liter ature of the church simply indicates the growing sense of personal respon sibility in religious and In private life." Tho Rev. L. B. Crawford: "I think the change is a good one." The Rev. R. Scott Hyde: "All I know about the devil is the personal devil, anyway, and I think sin is the better word." For some of ue tho old-time devil Vith pitchfoi*k, spiked tall, horns and a cloven hoof Is still going about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour: for others he has been trans formed Into a slick but rather gentle manly scoundrel, perhaps more to b<\ pitied than censured: while still others .will continue to insist that he Is no more than a figure of speech or a bugaboo with which to frighten naughty children or wicked men. So long, howover, as Dore illustrations of "Paradise Lo&t" continue to be the household fixtures they have been In the paat generation. It's going to take more than a church manifesto to dis place the honest-to-goodnesß, jump around - the - corner - and-catch-you - when-you're-bad, old-time personal devil as a popular institution. CONGRESSMAN KREIDER AARON S. KREIDER, WHO HAS served this district In Congress with so much distinction since his election In the Fall of 1912, is a candidate for renomlnatlo'n on ther Re publican ticket at the primaries next Tuesday. Doubtless he will be given a big vote. He deserves It. There has not been a single complaint against Mr. Kreider's attitude in Congress on any measure since he took his seat. On the other hand, he has been on the right side of every question that has come before that body, ns viewed by the Republicans whoso votes elected him. He has been a staunch protec tionist In a free trade Congress, but so well has he maintained his position end so thorough has been his study of the tariff question that, he has been consulted frequently by friends and opponents alike when accurate and detailed information was required. Congressman Kreider will be one of the big men in the next Congress, with the Republicans restored to power and the services of experienced and able representatives In demand for the great constructive and reconstructive SATURDAY EVENING, work that must be undertaken imme diately after March 4 next. Opposed to Mr. Kreider for the nomination is Arthur Rupley, whose candidacy is a joke. Rupley was elected Congressman-at-large in 1912 because he happened to be on the Roosevelt slate. In Congress he promptly allied hlmselS with, the Democrats and voted for every impor tant. measure the Wilson adminis tration presented, including the free trade Underwood tariff bill. Now he poses as a Republican and asks to be 'the candidate of a party and a district pledged to the protective tariff prin ciples which he repudiated during his brief two years in Congress. It is impossible to consider him seriously. MANUFACTURING AND TARIFF WE must buy abroad an increas ing volume of things that we can never economically pro duce. We must pay for them in goods and It should be our ambition to pay for them in finished goods which rep | resent the higher achievements of labor rather than in raw materials."' —Frank A. Vanderlip to the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers. Then the mills turning out those fin ished goods must have protective rates of duty or pay their workmen the European and Oriental rates of wages. The greater the development of our manufacturing Industries by the policy of protection, the larger will be the consumption at home of the products of the American farm, and the greater will be the volume of our raw ma terials worked up at home. Protection to native Industries was the settled policy of Great Britain up to 1846. By that time science and in vention had made it possible for her to | produce more cheaply than any other nation, the policy of protection was abandoned, and a world-wide cam paign was entered into to discourage the adoption by other countries of the protective policy in order that Great Britain might have free access to their markets. Germany was able to make but little headway in manufacturing until Bis marck placed that empire permanently on a protective basis in 1879. The German Zollverein, which had op erated for nearly half a century, had unified Germany. In 1865 the first successful attack was made on the tariff schedules of the Zollverein by German freetraders, with the aid of the English Cobden, and poverty and depression were the portion of Ger many for fourteen years thereafter. In May, 1879, addressing the German parliament, Bismarck said: I see that the countries which protect themselves prosper, that the countries which are open are, de clining, and that groat and power ful England, that strong com batant, who, after strengthening her muscles entered the market and said: "Who will contest with me? I am ready for anyone," is gradually going back to protective duties and willln a lew years adopt them so far as is necessary to pre serving at'least the English mar ket. On July 7, 1879, a bill passed ihe German Reichstag which marked the return of Germany to the protective policy to which she has firmly adhered since that date. In his report, made in 1884, the British consul at Dusseldorf said: These provinces not only now supply their own and the require ments of Germany with products and manufactures, which some few years ago were Imported from Eng land or elsewhere, but export these very products and manufactures not only to the markets of the world in competition with England, but to England itself. Bismarck prophesied well. From 1875 to 1886 the exports of silk manu factures from Germany increased 884 per cent.; woolen, 296 per cent.; cot ton. 302 per cent.; glass. 264 per cent.; paper, 322 per cent.; machinery, 280 per cent.; all fully manufactured ar ticles, 157 per cent. Thus was vhe protective policy vindicated in Germany as it has been in the United States, and will be again. To-day England Is in favor of returning to the policy of protection and protective schedules are now in course of preparation. A TRIBUTE OX SENTIMENT WITH the markets teeming with flowers and the hothouses a riot of bloom, dealers In the Harrisburg markets to-day asked as much as fifteen cents each for white carnations. They were engaged in the unenviable occupation of levying a tribute on the sentiment of Mothers' Day. A LETTER TO THE EDITOR THE Telegraph's columns are al ways open for discussion of public affairs. That is the only reason why a letter addressed to Pres ident Stamm, of the Harrisburg school board, is published elsewhere In this issue. If the suggestions and recom mendations of this writer were put Into effect bv the school board the result would be chaos and ruin in our school system. There Is some reason, no doubt, for the criticisms appearing therein con cerning wastage of supplies and it has been pretty clearly shown that in some cases Ave are paying more than other cities for books, etc. But when it comes to cutting teachers' salaries, doing away with supervision of health and efficiency and abolishing the teachers' retirement fund, then the Telegraph Insists, and it believes Presi dent Stamm will concur, that the funds to be raised by this additional taxation are "absolutely necessary." If Harrisburg ranks well in the mat ter of teachers' pay, that is a matter for pride rather than criticism. An average salary of SB4 2.33 a year for such exacting and painstaking work as is required of the school teacher Is not too large. If anything It ought to be raised. Education is the great guiding and uplifting force of our dem ocracy and salaries should be such as to attract to the teaching profession the very highest type of men and wo men. The next step ought to be twelve months' salaries for all teachers. If school pay ever reaches a level where the teacher may without stint lay aside enough for the rainy day of old ape, then it may be time enough to consider the abolition of the retire [ment fund, but not while salaries paid are, for the younger teachers at least, less than the wages of day laborers. Criticise as vehemently as we may— and beyond question there is much room for adverse criticism—the de linquencies of the school boards of the past five years, the new rate, as the Telegraph has said, is "absolutely nec essary" If the present high standard of the schools of Harrisburg is to remain. Harrisburg takes no step backward in the way of city government and it will stand for no lowering of school efficiency. T > oCttcC4 tK 'j the Ex-Commltteeman Pennsylvania voters will have the largest primary in the history of the uniform primary law in the Keystone State and probably since primary elec tions began in the opinion of the peo ple at the State Capitol and it may re sult in the official count being com pleted in June. This year candidates for President, Auditor General and State Treasurer and delegates and alternates-at-Jarge will be voted for at the State-wide election fpr the first time. Four years ago the State nomi nations and selection of delegates and alternates-at-large were made at State conventions. The Republican ballot is the largest ever known for a State wide primary, the numerous candi dates for delegate and alternate caus ing its size. In addition there are a number of candidates tor Congress-at large. It is feared at the Capitol that the chances of any counties reporting results of official counts before next Saturday are remote and some may take over a fortnight, providing there is a large vote. One of the complica tions which may arise is that the offi cial results of elections for State com mitteemen may not be known in time for the meetings of the State commit tees which must be held not later than the third Wednesday following the election. Capitol Hill is looking for ward to some odd situations as a re sult of the primary and its big ballots next week. —Brumbaugh campaign managers have very wisely decided not to inter fere in any way with men connected with the administration or who are friendly to the Brumbaugh propa ganda who intend to give W. Harry Baker a complimentary vote in Dau phin and adjoining counties where the bulk of people employed by the State Government reside. It would not be worth while to issue orders against Baker who haß many friends in every walk of life and the gover nor's managers realize it. At the same time they are considering that "personal loyalty" to the governor as head of the administration require State attaches to vote the Brumbaugh slate and that the Capitol folks should vote for Baker and end there. —lndications are that Mr. Baker will receive a handsome vote in this section of the State, where he was born brought up and where he has established an enviable reputation for efficiency at the Capitol. There will also be a number of complimentary votes for" Guy Moore, of Wilkes- Barre, who is on the Penrose list for delegates-at-large and for John Wanamaker. These will come from Capitol Hill people. —Brumbaugh campaign managers are not inclined to admit, the claim that Penrose will sweep Dauphin, Cumberland and Lebanon counties, although they are not making any ef forts in tills community. The bulk of the work of the Brumbaugh commit tee is in Philadelphia and Lackawanna counties. They count on a good show ing in Lancaster, but the general be lief is that if they get an even break in that county they will be doing well. —The fact that Ford stickers, which have appeared here in bales the last few days, can be used on any presi dential ticket, not necessarily Re publican seems to have soothed the Brumbaugh headquarters. Ford Is a Republican and tho general concep tion appears to be that he must be voted against, the Governor. This, the Brumbaugh boosters pointed out, is not the case, lie can be voted against Wilson. —The fact that the Brumbaugh headquarters circular does not con tain any slate for State Treasurer and only two men for Congress-at-large is causing no end of talk all over the State. J. V. Clark, the Washington county Bull Mooser, who got an idea into his head to run for the Republi can nomination for State Treasurer right after the Bull Moose conference endorsed hinu is said to have counted upon the Brumbaugh support. In stead, he found the Republicans all lined up, including the Vares, for Har mon M. Kephart. The failure of Ihe Flinn people to include Brumbaugh on their postcard circulars sent out from Pittsburgh is said to be in retaliation. —lsador Soebel, of Erie, candidate for Congress-at-large, was here yes terday endeavoring to head off the Scott-Lafean boomers who are busy in this section. —John Wanamaker has leased a whole houße at Chicago for the Re publican national convention. Other Pennsylvanians are arranging to sleep on lake steamers. —Michael l.iobel, Jr., is claiming 25,000 majority over Palmer in Philadelphia alone. The reorganiza tion element among the Democrats say that Palmer will sweep the State in his fight for re-election to the Democratic national committee. —J. H. Zerbey, editor of the Potts ville Republican, Is out with a post card in which he declares attacks upon Senator Snyder's personal char acter are plain lies. Mr. Zerbey de clares that statements put out by Dr. E. H. Moore, superintendent oir the Anti-Saloon League, are "unfair and misleading." He says that, the sena tor is a total abstainer and attends the Methodist church and that more over he entertained Evangelist Nichol son when he was speaking at Potts ville. _ Ordering Mayor Thomas B. Smith to answer in court tho charges of political activity among the police, President Judge Bregy yesterday in Philadelphia allowed a writ of alter native mandamus which had been signed by District Attorney R6tan. Under the decision of the court, tho writ is not returnable until May 29. The Mayor must file his answer with in fifteen days. Although the sup porters of the Penrose forces, who backed the petitioners in the action, declared they had sensational evi dence of police activity in politics in various sections of the city, they were given no opportunity to produce it. —The Philadelphia Press, which Is supporting the governor, Kives great prominence to-day to the Interview In which Thomas A. Edison, the friend of Ford, says that Roosevelt is the only man to run for President. The Press also calls attention to what workmen's compensation has done for Pennsylvania workliißmen and that it Is a Brumbautth law. ■ —Recorder Hazlett, a Vare man, Is out with a statement tn which he calls Senator Penrose a party wrecker and other things. Public Service Commissioner M. J. Ryan in a state HARRISBURG trffijiftg TELEGRAPI - THE CARTOON OF THE DAY —From the Philadelphia Evening I.edfter. ment issued at Philadelphia, says that Governor Brumbaugh should be sup ported as a public duty. —The campaign is nearing its finish and the showers of stones and mud are being varied by" some tricks. The opponents of Senator Penrose yesterday sent out a circular printed on National Republican committee stationery in which the Senator was violently attacked. A Scranton dispatch says: "Demo crats in this end of Pennsylvania are a unit for E. J. Lynett, of this city, candidate for delegate-at-large to the St. Louis convention. Reports from about every county in the State, re ceived by Mr. Lynett and his friends are of the same encouraging kind. Mr. Lynett is editor and publisher of the Scranton Times, the largest Demo cratic newspaper in the State, outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh', lie and his paper have been lighting the battles of Democracy for over thirty years. Lynett was one of the original Wilson men four years ago, and has been one of the President's staunchest supporters since. The local editor never aspired for office until 1912 when he was selected as district delegate to the Baltimore convention. His work for the Democratic organization meanwhile attracted the attention of the leaders and in recognition of his services, Mr. Lynett was asked to stand as a candidate for delcgate-at large." TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE —After this war is over some of the European generals are going to wish they had the price of about a half dbzen of those shrapnel shells with which they are now so prodigal. —Mayor Meals says kissing is proper and enjoyable. The Mayor is a scholar, a gentleman and good judge of amuse ments. —lf the steel ship and the torpedo had come Into use earlier "The Hoy Stood On the Burning Deck" never would have been written. —Why is that a man who will chase a little golf ball all over four miles of hills and hollows is always too tired to get up and chase the fly that Is dis turbing the tranquility of his wife. —Watchful waiting appears to have developed into watchful wabbling. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the liarrisburg Rotury Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual* "Municipal Quiz."] What percentage of city revenue is reauircd to take care of bonded debt, sinking funds, interest, etc.? About 24 per ctnt. Favorite Quotations [From Life.] President Wilson—Millions for de fense. an adequate appropriation for stenographers and stationery! Kaiser Wilhelm —lf 'tVerdun when 'tVcrdun. then 'twere well 'tVerdun quickly. .... Secretarv — Marking time, marking time, in a sort of Herman rhyme. Theodore Roosevelt lnfirm of pur pose. Rive me the hat! William J. Bryan—He who flglits— then disappears —may live to lecture many years. Justice Hughes—Better four years in the White House than a cycle of S. J. Henry Ford—Fords rush in where autos fear to tread. Caution [From Harper's Magazine.] A New Yorker tells of a married couple he observed at a county fair in Ohio. They found themselves in the center of quite a crowd near one of the amusement booths arid the husband addressed his wife in this wise: "1 say, dearie, I think you'd better give me the lunch basket. Don't you see we are apt to lose each other In this crowd?" Movie Favorites One Is sometimes .prone to wonder where all the beauty comes from that Is seen in the films —feminine beauty. I mean, of course. There is no more dif ficult medium than the film for the human face to contend with. On the stage, grease paint and powder will cover a multitude of Imperfections, but the screen is a betrayer of blemishes, particularly in close-up views. And yet, on the other hand, certain types that, would not appeal as beautiful in actual life. photograph exceedingly well. Sometimes the woman who seems to approach perfection on the street or in the drawingroom. looks Insipid when photographed. It is something of a mystery which is largely unexplained. Tlie camera seems to have its own likes and dislikes which cannot altogether be controlled by the operator. And yet. almost every picture lias one or more examples of feminine pulchritude hat cause the spectator to wonder whether the Alms nave not plucked all the fairest blossoms. One thing Is cer tain—motion pictures have brought to the forefront In the eye of the public many a maiden—and man as well—who would otherwise have lived and died, in all probability, "unhonored and un sung." Whichever way you look at it, It's a great game and every passing day adds to its greatnpss.—Adam Hull Shirk in New York Telegraph. PUTTING HIM OUT OF BUSINESS THE CANNERS By Frederic J. Haskin k. J THE American canning Industry is now mobilizing for (he big packing season which lasts from May until August. Plarlts are al ready at work In California, where asparagus is just at the height of its season, boats are starting for Alaska with machinery and equipment for packing salmon, and large outfits are on their way toward the big agricul tural sections of the country that yield plentiful supplies of berries, tomatoes, peas and corn. The oyster and shrimp packing establishments of Baltimore and along the Mississippi river have just been closed. Since it is necessary to can a pro duct as soon as possible after it has been gathered, because of its rapid deterioration, the canning industry cannot establish one central branch in a large city where there Is an abun dant supply of labor and have the products shipped to it. Instead, it must transport its employes and equipment to the section where the product is plentiful and pack it with in 24 hours after it has left the earth. While this factor is a source of great annoyance to the canners, it is very beneficial to the consumer, who in buying canned vegetables secure fresher products than they usually do in the-jcity market. Corn, for example, deteriorates I more quickly than most vegetables; hence, It is rushed through the can neries at the greatest possible speed sometimes in ton quantities. In order to get the best results, just 12 hours may elapse between the gathering of corn and the sealing of the cans. Seed corn is grown almost entirely in Connecticut and distributed among the different sections of the country growing sweet corn for the packing Industry. in the corn season, pack ing numerous all the way from Maine to Maryland, and west of Missouri and thence to lowa. Peapacking. is carried on from New York south to Maryland, west to Indi ana and north as far as Minnesota, while some peas are also canned in OUR DAILY LAUGH I ff WHA'TS THE Visitor: Don't you want good Farmer: Oh -wagon, and there ain't no place around I worth coin' to. THAT'S DIF FERENT. ~ - Fond Mama: y / fr No, Johnny, / you can't f/ ; boys next door. f Johnnie: » l,Jv T V/'KS)S' Ho w' d you know their ■mother forbid J. me to play wit 'em? Gasoline Will Stay High In Farm and Fireside, Dr. Walter F. Rittman, chemical engineer of the United States Bureau of Mines, guesses —and his guess Is worth something— that gasoline will go right on advanc ing In price. " 'ln 1910 there were 350,000 auto mobiles in the country," he says. "Now there are 2,250,000. "A million new ones are added an nually, while about one-fourth that number are 'scrapped'. "'There arc 700,000 gasoline engines working on farms, and ti,000,000 other farms are waiting to buy engines. "There are about 300,000 motor boats in the country, using gasoline. "The demand for gasoline is in creasing by leaps and bounds. The supply of petroleum is decreasing. "Before the war we were exporting about 100,000,000 gallons of gasoline annually. Now it is 300,000,000 to 400,000,000, or 30 to 40 per cent, of the whole production." A Real German Word The Germans have a word contain ing seventy-three letters. The word tc Vicrwaldslalterseesalonssolirauben dampferaktenconkurrenscgCHsellschaft- bureau, and it means, office of the stock company (hat runs screw pro peller, saloon steamboats on the lake o? the four forest cantons—in Switzer land. —Exchange. MAY 13, 1916. California and Colorado. 'tomato packing embraces practically the same territory. Modern machinery has done much to facilitate the swift harvesting and canning of products. Peas, for ex ample, are no longer cut by hand: in stead, the vines are cut with a mow ing machine. A special thresher re moves the peas from the pods, and they are then assorted according to their size. This is done by a sort ing machine, consisting of a series of cylinders having perforated sides. The first has the smallest perfora tions, thereby admitting only the smallest peas; the second has larger perforations which let through the next In size, and so on until there are Ave different sizes of peas. There is no difference in the quality of the peas thus graded, since all are equal ly fresh from the vines, but the small, succulent variety, known as Krench peas, command tho highest price, while the largest peas, having the greatest amount of nutriment, are most in demand. Each vegetable requires a different type of machinery. Corn Is husked, silkde, cut from the cob and packed by various machines, while string beans require a separato machine for every process, from the stringing and cutting into even lengths to the final packing after they are blanched and parboiled. Tomatoes are first placed under a. coring machine which re moves the core neatly without break ing the fruit, after which they are scalded- and the skin is pealed off by another machine. More hand-labor is used in the preparation of toma toes than in any other vegetable, but experiments are now being made with new machinery designed to eliminate as much of it as possible. In the old days when almost the en tire canning process was performed by hand, with no regard for chemical analyses, people were somewhat justi fied in their suspicion of everything (Continued on Page 5.) THE STATE FROM DAT TO DW To-day is being pretty generally rec ognized in some sections of the State as "straw hat day." "All the dapper young men of Hanover," says the liven ing oun, of that town, "will be glad to read tlie announcement that ifalnrday of tills week (meaning to-day) ha« been proclaimed by the five merchants of Hanover as "Straw Hat Day." Why not, with eoual justification, proclaim the day the Lusitanla was sunk as "white feather day" in the history of the pres ent administration. The Johnstown Rifle Club is said to be the largest in the State, approximately 100 men having already signed the list for charter membership. Philadelphia Is second with a club of ninety-two members. "Shoot swiftly and straight" might be a >rood alliterative motto to adopt. Baby Week ode continued—"Hushaby baby and shut up your roars, kindly take notice the town is all yours. Paus ing a moment for breath in his girth, 'Gee,' cried the infant, 'i want the whole earth.' " We arc kindly indebted to McLandburgh Wilson for the sonnet. "Electric Sparks," in the Charlero! Mall, contain the following gleam: "What a diversified person is the Ice main. He sold coal last winter. An equally appropriate answer Is that one sells watches and the other watches cells. New Castle merchants report that "Pay Up Week" is a great success. No doubt. The more one pays out the less there is left to worry him. Speaking- of rifle team* a bit back, We are impressed by the story emanat ing from a Sharon paper to the effect that a certain ball player, while driving a f.i-st liner over the third baseman's head, struck an English sparrow on the wing: and brought It to the ground. The question is. should the batter be given three bases or be arrested by the S P C. A. Society. Now that "snowballs" are beginning to blossom, the old theory Is revived that simultaneously with their appear ance the weather turns colder. The evenings, at any rate, seem to be bear ing out the assertion. It appears that a certain musician of these parts, who has quite a reputation as a director of choruses, was recently presented wlthacheck for S4OO by grate ful pupils whom he has been training for some years. The report Is that the director was so affected by the gift that he fainted three times. Whether the story be true or not. it Is unfortunate that he should not have made It an even number of faints to correspond with the gift. Men digging the cellar for Shenan doah's $150,000 high school have struck —not gold nor a burled treasure—but for $2 and an eight-hour day. Glrard, in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, tells us that ho has It straight from an official of the Bell Telephone company that it costs the company $25,000 a year to tell Philadelphia what time It is. We hope this will not be taken as a reflection upon Philadelphia. Ebptting (Ebat The mention In this column th» other evening of the difference b»- tween the official homes provided for the Governors of American States and < anadian provinces has caused snm« discussion and a friend calls attention to the fact that It was not until the c 'ty of Harrisburg got busy and bought properties that the Common wealth of Pennsylvania established an official residence for It* chief execu tive. The Executive Mansion In North Front street was bought soon after the Civil War and la two houses thrown Into one. Prior to that tima the Governors resided wherever they could find houses to suit them. \ arious houses in f'ront, Second and Market have been "executive man sions in years gone by. It would be Interesting if a list of the places which nave been executive mansions could P® complied. Governor Simon Snyder, the first Governor to live here, resided In Market street as did Governor dorter and Governor Bigler, their residences somewhere between Third and Fourth streets. Governor Shunk lived where Commissioner E. Z. Gross resides. Probably the best known of the residences of the Governors was that of Governor Curtin who lived In the dwelling long occupied by C. A. Spicer in South Second street. It was e r.°J^ rtin Presented colors to the civil War regiments. • • • have bee n asked to Include in the list of distinguished visitors to Harrisburg, referred to the other eve- T v" v ' s " ; President Andrew Johnson who came here accompanied by General Grant and Admiral Farra gut. They were here in 1866 and stopped at the Bolton. Harrlsburg's many miles of asphalt e<l streets provide a pretty good stamping (?) ground for ttie city's thousands of roller-skating enthusiasts and here and there in different parts ot town where trolley lines do not interfere, scores of youngsters gather every evening. The West End Mecca of the roller-skating pilgrims, per haps, Is the section of Fifth street from about Pefter to Kelker. Every mild evening from as early as 6 o'clock until long, long after the curfew hour the asphalted highway Is black with skaters of all ages and sexes. And while the street Itself Is given up to the rolling, grating, swinging, sway ing couples, trios and squads of "rollerists." the broad pavements ac commodate hundreds of spectators. • • • More smoke is coming from Steel ton now than lias been known for many, many months, but no one is complaining about the smo k e nuisance. Steelton has always been noted for its pillar of cloud by day, but just now every stack is smoking and everyone is glad to see it. • • * Capitol visitors continue to oomo from all parts of the Union to see the State's new home and there is scarcely a day that passes now without hall' ;t dozen States being represented. The other day people from California, Arizona and Montana were at tlio Ca'pitol to say nothing of those from Eastern States. • • • The way the jitneymen are avoid ing even the chance of getting into trouble under the State and city regulations just now is rather amus ing. The other day a man came along with two American flags and was hailed by a man on the sidewalk with "Hey, Jitney." "This is no jitney. That's qnc," said the man In charge of the car an he stopped and held open the door, at the same time pointing to another cu.iv which had a big Jitney sign on it. 9 "Why, what are you, then?" was asked. | "This is a sightseeing car. Take you anywhere. Have no route," was the answer which could not have been ! framed better by a lawyer. People connected with the Stato Capitol are having their own fun over the primary election campaign. Al most everyone who can has gone home to do a little pollt leafing. Yesterday afternoon someone called up a depart ment and asked for a man whom lie knew was out of town, "Not here," came the response. "So and so there?" "No, he's Just stepped out." That went on for a few minutes ami then the man at the Capitol becamo heated and said: "These men ain't at a ball game. Don't you know this is near primary time? I'm the only one here and I'm going for the mail. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE" —John W. Appel, one of the best known educators in the State, has been re-elected president of Franklin and Marshall College. —Dr. W. N. Jacobs, former con troller of Montgomery county, has gone on a trip to the Western States. —John F. Brounley, the Philadel phia man elected head of the Golden Eagles in this State, is well known by reason of frequent visits here. Chief Justice Brown will deliver an address at Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg next month. —General A. J. Logan, command ing the troops at Pittsburgh, is a big manufacturer. DO YOU KNOW That hundreds of cars of freight arc distributed to various rail roads from this point every twelve hours? HISTORIC HARKISBURG The first county prison was located in Strawberry street right behind the courthouse. "Uncle Joe's" Birthday Forty years of Congress! Not many* men survive that. Joe Cannon's birthday, on May 6th, tlie occasion for nothing but praise. Clark, Mann and Kitcliln aro on the program for speeches. Having received a large assortment of concrete and vegetable bouquets during their terms a* Speaker, it is fitting that he now the gentler and more fragrant kln4 of comment. —Art Young in the Jun<\ Metropolitan. t -J A Piano Is Bought For a Lifetime 1 For that reason care should be used in Its selection. Reliability of make la mora important than price. It Is a double protection when the names of a well-known maker and a straightforward dealer are behind the instrument. Let the advertising columns of the Telegraph be your guide in your piano choosing. Bead what is being offered. Compare the offerings and choose the one that best suits your Individual needs. To buy haphazard is to court disaster. And that Is the reverse of economy!
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