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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.
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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!