14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ' A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HjOMB Pounded il.u Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELBIGRAPH PBINTIIVG CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLB, Prtt't and Bditor-in-Chitf V. R. OYSTER, Business Managtr. GUS M. SHEINMET3, Monagwt Editor. * Member American Newspaper Pub- I Bureau of Clrcu- I latlon and Penn sylvania Asiociat- E»3tern offloe, Has- Brooks. Fifth Ave nue Building. New Gcs Building, Chi- Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mall, $3.00 a year in advance. ■worn dally average elrenlatlon for the three monti n ending April 30, 1810, Theae figure* are met. All retime*, anaold and damaged copies deducted* FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 19. Jesus saith unto him. 1 am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one com eth unto the Father, but By me. —JOHN 14: 6. ! IMI'MBM GH AND HOME RULE GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH HAS clearly Indicated In a number of j his public utterances that he be lieves in a wider measure of home rule for the municipalities of the State, lie ! is said to be gathering first-hand facts which will proxide him with infor mation necessary to make a strong recommendation to the next Legis lature. For years the tendency has been toward centralization of authority in the State and this trend has proven so I burdensome and so appalling in the' matter of expense that there Is a de- I inand for a return to the more simple - forms of municipal control. Within certain constitutional limitations the ' cllies and boroughs of the Common- j wealth should be permitted to work out their own salvation along proper j a.nd conservative lines. It ought not | to be necessary to appeal to some de- j partment of the State government for permission to do this or that at every turn in the development of the minor municipalities. Paternal oversight of j the large number of cities in Penn- | eyivaxila has increased the burdens of administration on Capitol Hill to such j an extent that there is danger of : clogging the avenues of development and checking municipal expansion. Having put his hand to the plow in I this regard, we have no doubt Gov- ! ernor Brumbaugh will bring the mat ter so forcefully and directly to the attention of the next Legislature tliat 1 concrete action will certainly follow. Through the several informative | bureaus of the State government the 1 Governor Is now in touch with munici pal conditions throughout the Com- j monwealth and he is known to be in liearty accord with the home rule j idea. As a result of the referendum of the Chamber of Commerce of the United | States on the question of a permanent j tariff commission the vote was 715 for to 9 against. This would seem to indi cate pretty clearly what the business men of the country think about the use of the tariff as a political football. A bill Is now pending providing for a per manent tariff commission and it is prob- i able some definite plans will be adopted j before the adjournment of the present Congress. FARMERS' CREDITS THE farmers' credits bill passed by! the House of Representatives this week is not exactly what the average farmer wants, but it is the best, very likely, that could be gotten through the present Congress. Under this measure, if a farmer desires a loan of SSOO, he will make application to the local association prescribed by the bill and subscribe for 6 per cent., or $2 5 worth, of stock. The secretary-treasurer will refer :he application to the association's loan committee. The committee will view the. land and its report must be unani mous. If the directors approve the report, it will be indorsed and for warded to the loan bank of the dis trict. The title will then be examined, the $25 in stock subscribed in the loan bank and appraisers sent to view the land. If their report is favorable, the loan will be made. The borrower's land must stand se curity for the loan and he will be liable for all loans of the local asso ciation to an amount double the stock he holds, just as stockholders in all banks are now liable. Ixians will only be made on first mortgages on farm land to purchase land for agricultural purposes and livestock necessary for the operation of the farm and for building and other Improvements upon farm lands and to liquidate existing indebtedness. Loans may be run from five to thirty-six years and will be payable on 'the amortization plan. Interest must not exceed_6_ per cent, and it is con tended by numerous experts who hav# studied the proposition that In many Instances Interest at 6 per cent, should he sufficient to pay off both principal and interest In thlrty-slx years. The measure Is predicated on the assumption that commercial hanks do rot meet the needs of the farmer. Commercial banks must always have quick assets with which to pay checks of their depositors. Farmers require, s different system of credit, it is held. Their loans must be upon longer terms. They cannot FRIDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 10, 1916. afford the heavy Interest rates charged in many portions of the country In commercial banks. The administrative section of the bill 1* patterned after the Federal re serve bank act. There will be created a Federal farm loan board, to be com posed of three members, to be ap pointed by the President. They will have general supervision. There will be established twelve Federal land bank districts and their temporary organization is provided for with a capitalization of $7 50,000 each, divided Into shares of $5. If this Is not subscribed within ninety days afler announcement Is made, the Secretary of the Treasury will be -authorized to subscribe for the balance of the un subscribed stook on behalf of the United States. After 1100,000 Is subscribed by the national farm loan associations the bank will be permanently organized with nine directors, six to be elected by the association and three appointed by the farm loan board to represent the public Interest. Local corporations, to be styled national farm loan associations, are authorized to be organized and char tered when not less than ten persons who desire to become borrowers of not leas than SIOO and not more than SIO,OOO each, the combined amount to be not less than $20,000, shall make proper application to the board. These associations will elect five directors, a secretary-treasurer, a president and vice-president and a loan committee of three members. Only borrowers can be members, and when a loan is paid up membership ceases. When one glances over the Congres- j sional Record he must be impressed j with the fact that there is little left in | the way of business which the wise | men at Washington are not endeavor- j ing to regulate. President Wilson set the pace himself and now upon the eve of another campalgrn for retention of his present office he is emitting at frequent intervals sage advice to the business Interests of the country. A WORKING STUDENT BODY DURING an educational meeting in Harrisburg some months ago there was some discussion as to how it happens that so large a pro portion of State College students "make good" in after life. No particu lar reason was given, but the answer probably lies in the recent statement of the college agencies that one-third of the students of the Institution are earning their own way through school. The boy who is "working through col lege" has a definite purpose and goal in sight. He knows why he is there and he makes the most of his oppor tunities, for he is buying his education out of his own pocket, which cannot be said of many lads whose funds come easily and whose responsibilities often rest lightly. The college employment bureau aided many to procure the work they desired. This calls up the thought of what the State Employment Bureau, with headquarters in the Masonic j Temple, this city, is doing for the col lege student body at large. Every I college boy who wanls work during j vacation can have it through the; instrumentality of this office. There i are more vacancies than applicants. It used to be that the college boy had 1 to search desperately and often In vain for employment during the sum mer months, and It Is a great boon I to the young men who must work in j vacation to be able to find positions I by application to the bureau. All parties doubtless will join in an j eltort to overcome, through remedial; legislation, the glaring defects of the \ present primary law. Conservative men I of all parties agree that the primary j system, which was hailed as the last word In ballot reform, is an expensive, | j inconvenient and vexatious scheme ■ i without anything to justify its con- j tinuance. THE NEXT PRESIDENT IT is probable that the campaign of j this year will be less heated than usual owing to international com- I | plications. But it must not be assumed 1 that the average voter is not quietly making up his mind as to what he is going to do next November. Business men throughout the United j i States have a preference for Repub- \ j lican administration. They have ex- j perieneed the follies of Democratic ; j experiment about once In a generation ; and that is enough to satisfy even the ' most doubtful. It Is strongly believed that the j nominee of .the Chicago convention ! will be the next President, not so \ much because of his personality as ! for the reason that he will represent j a fiarty that has stood always for the upbuilding of the nation. It Is plainly evident now that Roose velt, or Hughes, or Root, or any other j of the leaders above the horizon will j be acceptable to the great bodv of! Republican volers, stalwart and pro- i gressive. Harrisburg's compliments to Erie with the assurances of this city's dis tinguished consideration and best ' wishes. Erie has just approved four ' loans, with a total of $1,44,1,000. for great public Improvements, including the elimination of grade crossings. As the metropolis of the northwest Erie is maintaining its place In the sun. SUNDAY REST AN Important step forward In the movement for the conservation of the strength of the church und Sunday school workers was taken by the Grace Methodist Sunday School this week, when it decided to hold the Sunday school session hereafter Imme diately following the Sunday morning service of the congregation. For years this change has been agitated and it is believed the result will be generally satisfactory, not only In this particular school, but In furthering the general movement looking toward a relief of those who are responsible for conduct ing the several activities of Harrisburg churches. Under present conditions some of i the schools meet In the morning, others i Immediately following the church service and still others In the after noon. It is contended by those who are favorable to the session of the Sunday school being held immediately after the morning service that the burden of the work falls largely upon the same people and that the meeting , of the Sunday school during the morn ing or the afternoon means an almost continuous day of effort for the hJn dreds of people In Harrlsburg who are Interested In this great work. One of the arguments advanced In ! favor of the session following the morning service is the attendance at both services would be largely in creased with great economy of time and effort. "Pennsylvania should go Democratic," says the Pittsburgh Post. But it won't. [ EDITORIAL COMMENT ' Carranza seems to think It Is suffi cient punishment for any Mexican to make him run three or four hundred miles.—Philadelphia North American. Maybe you can figure out for your self why the Democratic papers prefer Hughes to Roosevelt as the Republl | can nominee. Philadelphia North American. I I "Dutch" Carter, the eminent Yalq niumnus. who has protested against the appearance in the Yale Bowl of a wo man v hose husband is undei indictment for alleged pro-German illegalities, is a brother-in-law of Charles Evans Hughes. Does his brand of neutrality reflect accurately the opinion of the na tion's most reticent citizen?— New York Sun. Arithmetic Before Moses [From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.] The modern schoolboy may find com fort in the fact that for 3,600 years schoolboys have been worried by just such desperate problems In arithmetic as annoy him most. Among the archeological discoveries in Egypt is a papyrus roll, in excellent condition, dating from a period of about 1,700 B. C. This roll, which has a long heading beginning, "Directions how to attain the knowledge of all dark things," proves beyond a doubt that Uie Egyptian of that time had a thorough knowledge of the elements of arithme tic. Numerous examples show that their principal operation with units and frac tions were made by means of adltion and multiplication. Subtraction and di vision were not known in their present form, hut correct results were obtained, nevertheless. Equations are also found in the papy rus. Here is one which brings the Egptian schoolboy home to us: Ten measures of barley are to be di vide-' among ten persons in such a man ner that each subsequent person shall receive one-eighth of a measure less than the one before him. Another ex ample "iven is: There are seven men, each one has seven cats, each cat has eaten seven mice, each mouse has eaten seven grains of barley. Each grain of barley would have yielded seven meas ures of barley. How much barley has been lost? The papyrus also contains calcula tions of area, the calculation of the area of a circle, attempts at squaring the circle, and finally calculation of the cubic measurements of pyramids. One Alamo Enough [From the Kansas City Star.] The country would appreciate it if the Government could somehow arrange to have an adequate number of troops present on these occasions when Mexicans attack American towns. It isn't necessary to again demonstrate that a handful of American soldiers can defend themselves against almost any number of Mexicans. That was dem onstrated at the defense of the Alamo as long ago as 183 S. Coloned David Crockett and Colonel James Bowie, be sieged in the old mission, with 158 sol diets held off Santa Anna with an im | mensely superior force for two weeks, i Then when the walls were breached i they fought until only five of their original number remained alive. ' The country does not see the neces ] sity of any more demonstrations of this sort. Yet at the attack on Glenn j Springs as at Columbus It was the same I story. At Columbus the American camp | cut off front the town. At Glenn Springs nine cavalrymen surrounded by I superior numbers. The President, in the most urgent manner, has told the 1 country there are not enough Arneri | can troops to patrol the border. The j I 'hamberlain army bill, which would provide a sufficient force, lias been re flected by the House, which stands by j the Hay bill with its ludicrous provision I adding 10,00 ft men a year to the pres | ent force until it totnls 14ft,ftftft. Must there be another Alamo and yet | another before Congress shall give the countrv something more to be nroud of i than the knowledge that American sol | diers know how to sell their lives dear? Characteristics of Success [ From time to time one runs across j printed lists of characteristics from which one tries to select a certain num- I ber that If combined Into one person ality would spell success In business. Unfortunately we seldom find an In dividual In whom Is concentrated all | that Is good and that makes for perfec tion. A juggler of letters recently took } the word "success" and essayed to se lect a likely list of virtues that might ,happily combine to Insure reasonable certainty of bringing success, each let ter of the word success being an Initial j letter of one of the seven virtues. These vrtues are Self-control, Undivided at tention to the task at hand. Courtesy, ! Character, Enthusiasm. Stlck-t/o-it ! iveneßs, and Self-reliance. A careful | analysis, allowing a certain amount |of expansion, will show that these seven, if possessed in goodly propor tions, ought to produce a well-balanced ; individual to whom success will come I unbidden, because where these seven j get together, success voluntarily at | tends upon their combined efforts. City Competition [Kansas City Star.] I A large factory was lost to Kansas | City, R. E. McDonnell told the City ' Club yesterday, because the owner couldn't get an Interpretation of a con fused and antiquated building code. ! The site for the factory which had (been purchased was sold and a new I site obtained in an Ohio city. Competition is so keen between cities j that a city that expects to stay in tlie I game can't let thing's go at loose ends. Bad streets, poorly planned traffic ways, expensive transportation and light, de ficient gas, all count against a city's progress. The man expecting to move his factory to a larger place, the worker ' looking for a comfortable city to bring • up his children in, shy from a city that neglects the Interests of Its people \ There are too many other cities com ! peting for them. They don't have to put up with a town that is notably deficient. A city can't afford Inefficient govern - | ment any more than an industry car [afford inefficient management. There Is No Death "There is no Death! What seems sc is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elyslan, Whose portal we call Death." WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CIT\ [Questions submitted to members o > the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and thel answers as 'presented at the organiza j tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."] How Is a loan for public improve merits floated, safeguards for paymen at maturity? j Ordinance Is first passed by the City Council submitting the qucj tlon to a vote of the people, setting forth the Items covered by loan. If approved by a vote of the people , an ordinance Is passed creating the loan. When bonds are floated a sinking fund is created, in addition to in terest charges and State tax, by i appropriation from general reve , nues, and as bonds become duA they are redeemed out of sinking I fund. rmu=========M========^^ IK *T the Ei-Omnmlttrfman I " " r—. ~iJ A boom for ex-Congressman W. D. B. Ainey, of Susquehanna county, the chairman of the Public Service Com mission, for the Republican nomina tion for Governor is to lie sprung by Stale administration partisans if the results of the primary election show up the way the Brumbaugh headquar ters staff is now claiming. Chairman ! I Ainey, who was a candidate for a time j In the United States Senatorial prl-I tnary two yoars ago, has been most ac tive in the campaign In behalf of the , Governor and made speeches with him as well as participating in the war councils. The Brumbaugh headquarters which increased Its claim to national dele gates to forty-four last night. will make another claim to-day and it in timated that It will make a further [advance in the list.. The headquarters ; is getting long distance telephone re ports from county seats regarding j . votes where roturns have thus far been incomplete. No names have been I given out, however. In a number of jinstances it Is understood the claims ! are based on "personal assurances" to j the Governor. j There is a possibility that in the j event of the Brumbaugh-Vare forces being successful in their scheme to throw (he election of a national com | mitteeman into the Pennsylvania dele jgation to Chicago instead of having ; I tlie election made by the State com-! mittee, that they will endeavor to have | Congressman W. W. Griest stand as candidate. The Congressman has not | been heard from on this proposition. jThe Penrose forces will be for the sen ator. Rumors have been that the ad- I ministration would be for either Con gressman W. S. V'are or Attorney Gen ; era I Brown. If the claims of the Brtumbaugh ; J headquarters are borne out by re turns in the next few days the Gover- I nor will he boosted for chairman of the State delegation at Chicago. —Evidence is piling tip that the | whole fight made by the State admin istration forces at the primary was for | control of the State organization with! I the national committeeman as the| ■ linch pin. The situation is much like! ■ that which prevailed four years ag*o! when the Democrats thought they were going to win and wanted to be I ; j able to handle the patronage. Hence, 1 | the statements being made by the, ' j Brumbaugh headquarters that dele- j : gates are claimed "who will stand with j I jthe Governor In all matters of business I to come before the Chicago conven-j I tion." The Penrose forces have the ijState committee. Even the Brum ' I baugh people admit that, although | they say that there are some "plants" ion the list. The Brumbaugh people, jas was pointed out yesterday, are try ing to work out a plan to throw the •j election of national committeeman | II into the delegation to Chicago. The; ' j Penrose people say that this cannot be 1 done under the laws and the rules of j the party. The Brumbaugh people , Swill make a tight over It and thus the • ; factional quarrel will be prolonged. | —The Incomplete nature of the re _ turns and the general dissatisfaction . with the primary laws are the big top . lies of conversation. It will be a repe . itltionof two and four years ago all over 1 again. It will tie two weetis before '{anything can ba officially learned. . People all over the State are guessing, j about results in some counties and the j \ demand for a new system is growing ' stronger every day. J ; —Governor Brumbaugh will soon 1 , I announce some appointments. It is ! , believed that there is something to the < I gossip that Frank Black, of Somerset -j county, member of the Stale Agricul ' tural commission, will be named as .j highway commissioner. \ | —The Philadelphia North Ameri - | can in the course of a two-column edi torial review of the recent primary has j . | the following to say: r : "Governor Brumbaugh won a State- 1 - I wide indorsement for the Republican ? 1 presidential nomination, although thej honor was greatly diminished by the 'fact that no other name was on the | , ticket. Also he achieved the distinc tion of inflicting the first defeat upon . | Penrose in a contest by popular vote. . ! This was the more remarkable because i he was opposed by t.he combined J ! forces of the machine and liquor, and 1 i because in a primary fight the organ . jized vote has a greater advantage than in a regular election campaign. Turn , jing to the other side of the count, it Is . found that Penrose clinched his con t itrol of the State organization and e I strengthened his position as the par _ ity's representative. He elected a large I |majority of the State committee. e i which, under the present law, will . i name a national committeeman. He ■ will be privileged to sit in the national j 1 ' convention this year as a regularly delegate, and for four years t i thereafter will be Republican national e | com mitteeman from Pennsylvania. 1 ! We were not supporters of Governor A Bruntltaygji in his campaign for elec ,, tion to his present otlice; we have criti n cised him severely; in this fight he j . showed himself by no means a cour-< ngeous or inspiring leader; whereas, jif he had had half as much force and! j fidelity as his ablest adviser. Attorney General Brown, he would have swept fh£ State and broken the hold of Pen s rose completely." r ! -—p:x-£ongressman A. Mltcliell Pal - nier last night issued a statement from *. his home in Stroudsburg in which he d declared that fights should cease and v the verdict of Ihe Democrats at the primaries be accepted. Palmer called s for complete party harmony, e ; —Sentiment for a reunion of the '• | Republican party does not appear to s, jbe working very well. The talk of - Mayor Smith of Philadelphia as leader S'does uot even please Smith. e! —Mifflin county Bull Moosers se r j cured only seventeen votes. A Sun g ! bury dispatch says: John T. McMul t ! len. Shamokin, defeated of nomlna 5. | tion for Republican Candidate for i- I State Senator In the 27th District, com -0 posed of Northumberland, Snyder and y | Union countries, was the first to file | his election expense account in North i- iimberland. He swears to contrlbu njtions of S4OO from "Campaign Com j mil tee for a Reunited Republican Party," and shows expenditures of i that amount. JUST A CHIP. THAT'S At,L Hy Mills' Dinger T'other day my youngster I'ame home late from school. 1 Mother asked the reason— Kid said: "Broke a rule." Mother asked in what way. J* Kiddle, with a smile, i- Said: "Made snake of putty. Put It in the aisle. !- "Thought 1 fl scare the teacher. >t But some clumsy kid Had to step upon It— Took an awful skid— Then he blamed it on me. And, of course. 1 hart To be punished, mother. 'Cause I was so bad." What did mother do, then? Punish little lad? Not on your sweet life, bo— Saved that ,lob fr.*- dad. Did I scold him? Well, yes, In a manner mild. Knew from whom he'd rot it— Couldn't blame the child. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY i THE CAMPAIGN ISSUE AND—THE SCRAPHEAP —From (he N. Y. Snu. < V NANNIE BORROUGHS" IDEA By Frederic J. Haskin v ; ON a hill overlooking Lincoln l Heights, a suburb of Washing- ' ton, Is the National Training i School for Girls. This school rep- j resents the first united effort of the colored race to provide adequate in dustrial education for its women and ; girls, who come here from all parts of the country and from Africa, Ja- 1 maica and Haiti. Many other vo cational schools for negroes have been established by philanthropic societies, but the tlrst conclusive evidence that the negroes are willing and able to help themselves is the National Train ing School, built and financed by col- , ored Americans, and presided over by Miss Nannie Burroughs, herself a member of the race. It is due to the energetic ability and untiring efforts of Miss Burroughs, in fact, that the school owes its existence. Nine years ago, in her travels among negro communities all over the coun try, this young colored woman be came impressed with the need for such an . institution. It took three ! years, however, to convince her race of the fact, for the general sentiment [was against Industrial schools and all for higher education. She talked be- I fore religious societies and churches, ihhe lectured high school students and I gave addresses in public places where .she summed up the problems of the negro woman, her mistakes in deal ing with them, and the possible future • emedies. According to Miss Borroughs the sit uation was this: The modern negro girl was in an anomalous position. She graduated from high school at the age Disappointment of Primaries Ten years' experience with the prim aries in Pennsylvania confirms the truth of the statement so often heard that rearrangement in the machinery of government will not make govern ment better unless the people resolve to make it so. When the primaries act was before the Legislature the newspapers and people were enthusiastic for it. They argued that If nominations were made directly by the citizens instead of by gang-controlled conventions of dele gates indifferently chosen, the gangs would be routed and the milleniuni In politics would dawn. We do not say that the primaries have not. been an improvement over the old system in some respects, but it is painfully evi dent that they liavo not nearly come up to expectations. I Th? primaries have not brought out a better class of candidates. They have not routed the gangs. They mean a greater expenditure of money by the candidates. They remain be smirched with the old political filth and foulness. Because of the expendi ture of energy and money required in going through two campaigns and the ! methods that must be resorted to in order to compete with campaigners of I the thug class, it is extremely difficult to Induce the best men to run for office. , „ _ The fault is not with the system. It is with the people. In every prlmary electlon the stay-at-home vote is astonishingly large, and often it is in the majority. And a large part of the vote that does turn out is more in fluenced by money and the gangs than by the common welfare. It is a mighty discouraging proposition. Even the Corrupt Practices act, which was in tended to confine money to legitimate uses, has turned out to be a miserable people would raise a general kick if a bill were introduced in the Legislature to abolish the primaries. They would regard It as a bang scheme to tighten its grip on Pennsyl vania politics. But unless the primar ies can be simplified and the people take them differently it would be a real Improvement to go back to the old convention plan, with all its faults. —Wllkes-Barre Record. r OUR DAILY LAUGH | W . jfe'h. What y'going to do with your daughter after JV she graduates? f If she can cook ; A. I'll keep her B home. If she can't, get her HE CAME RIGHT BACK. , ✓ She: I can't ' marry a man /Wk Wl tfji who makes y Jew than SSO If I made that I could marry almost any- lof 16 or 17, possessed of a good edu- < cation that was practically worthless! Ito her. There were already more I teachers than there were places for j them, and the other sources of edu-; oated employment open to her were | distinctly limited. The only thing for ] her to do was to become a servant, j | and this she felt beneath her high i standard of knowledge. The result I was that in the majority of cases she 1 did nothing at all but become a bur den to her mother, who unfortunately I had not been educated. The only I answer to this problem, as Miss Bor- i i loughs saw it. was to raise the stand ard of household service—something Jo be done by colored women alone and ! not by the patronage of vhite persons. Hence, the need of a school that, would I educate the girl and at the same time | teach her a vocation by which she i might become self-supporting, j Miss Borrouglis managed to raise the first thousand dollars among her own friends, and in a little over a year another live thousand was forthcom ing from negroes all over the country, some sending only tive cents or a two i cent stamp. With this six thousand dollars the property at Lincoln Heights was bought, Including a small !dilapidated structure of eight rooms. 1 From this small beginning the school ! has grown until there are now five i cottages, accommodating a hundred iand ten pupils from 27 States of the I union and three foreign countries. The j courses taught include Bnglish, do , mestic science and arts, dressmaking, I [Continued on Page «] THE STATE FROM DW TO DAY Why is it that every time some poor defenseless little tot is born into the world some writer must report that the lives of Mr. and Mrs. So-and-o were brightened by the arrival of a bouncing boy of lusty lung power, just as though he were a rubber ball or something. Mall carriers in Wilkes-Barre have cast ofT the old and are now appearing in their summer head finery, a new style having been adopted this year. The Charleroi Mail takes it that "when a girl looks around to see If you arc looking and then casts a sidelong glance downward you may feel fairly certain she has on pretty stockings." An observance worthy of a seer. Efficiency has found its greatest ex pression in the departure from his pulpit of a Congregational clergyman of Scranton, who after twenty-seven years of service in ministerial work has joined the forces of an undertak ing establishment. The Scranton Re publican suggests that the Rev. Mr. Lewis is undertaking to prove his theory that in time of sorrow there is need for a person of high training and sympathy to give solace. Mr. Lewis is said to have accomplished big things in the field of literature as well as re ligion. and it is just possible that he may by his latest move have provided himself with a splendid atmosphere for a good story. A certain organization met recently in a western town of this State and ac cording to the report of the local pa per, the ladies did "crochet all after noon." And there is some suspicion that the tongues likewise "did wag" during the stiplated period. Charlie Chaplin received a vote for President In Philadelphia at the pri maries Tuesday. Simultaneously with his election as president," Charlie was sued for $500,000 for breach of prom ise. Such Is fame. Olaf Hanson, a Ptinxsutawney prod uct, is training carefully in preparation for his hair-raising "Human Fly" stunt, which will be to scale the side of the Pantall Hotel without human aid or device, according to the Spirit. Olaf will probably wing his way to other realms. The Hill The climbing was difficult. The earth trembled and shook. Huge rocks and giant trees tottered, then crashed down. Tumultuously tossed masses of smoke hid the sun. Through this chaos he climbed stealthily. lie fired steadily—lnto the air. His thoughts were ever on home: his loved wife; his two pretty children. He loved peace. He loved even his enemies. He had not volunteered. He had been drafted. Three months ago he had been badly wounded: sent home. Now he was back again in this mill of death. I<ater, there on the crest, they found him, dead. "There (on the hill) they crucified him."—The Christian Herald. iEtaning (Uliat People about the Capitol are recall ins the fact that tomorrow will be Just, one year since the General Assembly of 1915 adjourned and the Statu is .itißt launching a campaign for the election of a new one to meet next. January. The nominations for the ''n senatorial vacancies and the 107 seats in the House are just now b?ing made and the State is pretty thor oughly' stirred up over politics. The chances are that there will be more or less attention bestowed at the next convention on the subject of a con stitutional convention. A good many people are of the opinion that tin, State needs a new foundation for its laws, but the confusion that would follow such a proceeding would lie worse than the present trouble. Hence it is likely that there will be a number of amendments suggested and from what we hear there will be a repro duction of the proposed amendment to have the inauguration of the Governor take place at some oilier time 'han January, Just about the time a new Legislature is getting under way, and this time in May is being mentioned in | some of the gossip, Everyone knows what the quadrennial coincidence of a new administration and a new Legis lature means, it is also suggested that the Legislature should meet every Tour | years, as acts are not given time to be / thoroughly tried out in less time, but 11his suggestion will hardly get very j far. It took almost 100 years for (his 5 State to do away with annual sessions and any idea of abolishing biennial in favor of triennial or even less frequent sessions would be apt to be smitten at the election. "Penn," writing in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, makes some ob servations on (ho recent primary cam paign which will appeal to every thcughtful man. lie says: "In the recent campaign there was a good deal of truculence and abuse, some of it gross. But il came chiefly from the principals in the factions; there was comparatively little of It among the rank and tile outside of a few wards. The campaign hail not lasted long enough to breed violence of temper in the mass and body of either faction. If il had lasted a month longer, it would have been pretty certain to have de veloped a much fiercer eruption of rancor and scandal. The sewer rats were held in leasli for the most part; at least no such use was made of them as there was in one campaign afler j another in the period of hostilities be j tween the Quay and the anti-Quay : factionists. Throughout the city there lias been fhus far much less, .foo, of ! the rupturing of personal friendships (than there was in the upheavals and i uproars that attended the Warwick j administration. Half of the ward lead i ers seemed to go into the contest this I year not because their fighting blood Was really up. but because they could j not escape the tests and demands that ] were put upon their loyalty to the | chiefs of one or the other of the fac ] tions." • • • "Uncle Henry" Houck is still able to | take care of himself. Yesterday lie ! was accused of "ducking" and of sending the committees which ; sought oratory to Dr. J. George Becht. ' the secretary of the State Board of Education. Dr. Becht is some speech maker, hut he has been kept busy with the requests. "Oh, have T been doing that?" in quired "Uncle llenry" innocently. "Yes. you have," it. was charged. "Well. I'm not going to do Ihat any more. Do yon know, the last time that man Becht and I were on the same program he made a better speech i than I did." Among the nominees for the Legis i lature is "Flick" Stites, who was eap j tain and third baseman of the Uni j verslty of Pennsylvania baseball team i for a couple of years and who is well ,; known here. Officially he is IW. Stites. physician. Narherth. tVe i publican legislative candidate in the | First Montgomery district, heretofore represented by Speaker Charles A. Ambler. • « • Col. L. V Rausch, who Is directing the preparation of the Mt. Gretna camp ground for the encampments of the National Guardsmen this year, is ' deputy quartermaster general of the (iGuarii and superintendent of the State t j arsenal. He succeeded the late Col. W. P. Richardson and has the details > of the supply depot at his fingers' i ends. Col. Rausch has prepared the r camp for several years. * • * Dr. Alfred Stengel, the medical man here for yesterday's' conference, has » the reputation of being one of the most expert diagnosticians in the « 'ity of Brotherly Love. He has most of the prominent men of that city. j WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"] T. W. Tobias, who is a national delegate from Blair, Is county cor >~ troller of that county and one of the voung Republican leaders. - ' The Vare brothers, who are figur ing very much in the limelight, were I I both born In South Philadelphia. II Charles C 5. Spatz. who tried "on elusions with Congressman Dewalt. "limed to he in the legislature and was " known as "Herr" Spatz. He lives in ■ Bovertown and was a busy legislator. 8 RE Diefenderfer. who defeated s Senator Heacock for a Democratic con -1 gressional nomination in the Rucks -3 Montgomery district, was in Congress B three years ago. The Rev. J. Luclen Roush was B elected head of the Heading classls of 1 i the Reformed Church. 0 1 DO YOU KNOW That llarrisburg annually ships ' thousands of tons of groceries to nearby towns? r HISTORIC HARRISBVUO Tt is tradition that the Indians used » Harris ferry because there was a ford s at that point. Wherein Have Ye Wearied Him? Ye have wearied tlie I-ord with your " words. Yet we say, Wherein have ] we wearied him? —Malarhi 2: 17. 5 Applied Proverb of Modern Business "Moke hay while the sua s ■bliioa." And when was the sun of pios -1 perlty shining more invitingly than just now? True, a few old croakers ate > chirping, "look out for the crash when the war stops." i But no one is paying any at- ! tention to the kill-Joys, i , Wise men are going right af ter business under full L stcani. ' If their business or brand la advertisable they are advertising f It. And they are using the daily • newspapers like tills one to do.lt —for somehow or other the news paper advertising seems to bring 1 an extra share of the prosperity.
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