10 AARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A KSWSPAPER POR THE HOME Pounded lt}t Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO, Tcit(rtfk Rulldtng, Federal Square. B. J. BTACKPOLE, Prts't an J Editor m-Ckiri F. R. OYSTER. Businatt Managtr. OUS M. SHEINMETZ, K*na t ** t Editor. I* Member American Newspaper Pub aylvanla AssoclM- Esstern office. Has- Sg M Brooks. Fifth Ave -5§ ■ Due ® uii<sin S' Xew Gcs°Rullding' Ch*" Entered at the Post Office In burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <ESSSAjZKD week: by mail. $3.00 "-SiiSoK" 5 ' a year In advance. Sworn dally average elrenlntlon for the three months ending May 31, lVll, 22,189 * Tli«f figures are net. AH returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 10. And let the peace of Christ rule tn your hearts, to the which also ye tcere called in one body; and ?>? ye thank- j /til.—Col. 3: 15. 1.1 YUAN HUNG HARRISBURO people are more j than ordinarily interested in de- \ velopments in China following; the death of Yuan Shi Kal. The Groffs. the Dubs and other families j well known In the world of Christian ; missions are helping to hold the j far-flung battle line of the Church in i that distant land, and whatever affects 1 them is reflected In the minds and anxieties of their numerous friends and relatives hereabouts. Peace in | China means peace 01 mind fo-- many I people in and about Harrisbi rg. and i hundreds are praying that the progress of civilization may not be stayed under j the administration of Li Yuan Hung, the new President. Li is well known to some of the j Harrisburg missionaries, having been at one time governor of Hankow, j which city is the headquarters of Dr. C. Newton Dubs, superintendent of the ) United Evangelical missions in China ; and a former resident of this city. He has a large following In the north of China and at times has displayed very strong tendencies toward radical re publicanism. but his history is not one to inspire great confidence. When the revolution of 1911. which ' resulted in the overthrow of the Manchus. broke out, Li Yuan Hung' was a colonel in the army of the em-. pire and his soldiert gave him the choice of leading them against the tot tering forces of royalty or of standing before a wall at sunrise. Li imme diately switched his allegiance and showed such marked ability as a leader under the flag of the revolution ists that at the close of hostilities he was made vice-president and held that position without interruption until the death of President Yuan. But for a time he and Yuan were on anything hut good terms. Li object ing strongly to the rapid trend of his superior toward a return to autocracy,, and took no pains to conceal his feel-, ings. But again he switched and be came Yuan's most trusted lieutenant at Peking. Li Yuan Hung is a strong, vigorous, i able man, but his past is not such as to convince those who have followed his career of his sincerity of purpose or in the stability.of his opinions. The difference between the Republi can convention and the democratic con vention is that the delegates had some voice in the Chicago gathering, whereas the Democratic bosses have already de cided that Wilson is the man to save their Jobs if the jobs can be saved, and the delegates may as well stay at home for all the weight their views will have. LISTENING WE are a nation of talkers. We love the sound of our own voices, and our own opinions voiced loudly and as forcibly as we know how are music to our ears. We tell stories and relate incidents to our friends by the hour, and are bored when they retaliate in kind. We all know the man who has a reputation for being able to "talk the leg off a chair." but do we know anybody who Is noted for his ability to listen? If so. he is a big man and occupies a place of prominence In his own parti cular walk of life. It Is bound to be so. William Dwight Hlllis says of the advantages to be gained by listening: When the sage counsels us "to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages." he opens to us the secrets of the soul's increase in wisdom and happiness. All culture begins with listening. Growth is not through shrewd thinking or eloquent speaking, but through ac curate seeing and hearing. Our world is one vast whispering gal lery. yet only those who listen hear "the still, small voice" of truth. Putting his ear down to the rocks, the listening geologist hears the Story of the rocks. Standing under the stars, the listening astronomer hears tb« music of the spheres. Leaving behind the din and dirt of the city, Asassiz plunged into the 1 orests of the Amazon, and llsten- ing to boughs and buds and birds he found out all their secrets. Tet we chatter, chatter, chatter, and listen scarcely at all. regardless of the self-evident fact that the brain must first take in before It can give out anything, worth while. New thoughts are bu' evolutions or developments of old thoughts. That is the value of education and reading—to know what [those who have made places for them selves in literature and history have SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURO TELEGRAPH JUNE 10, 1916 thought. All time and all the men end women who have gone before have contributed to the fund of knowledge at our command, but we prefer to indulge in our small talk, rather than to listen to the sayings of the sages as they speak to us through the black and white of the printed page. And nature, too, is an eloquent] teacher, and one potent for good. | Walk out Into the country to-morrow, j Instead of drowsily mulling over the' doings of the Chicago conventions or Saturday's baseball scores, and find out for yourself that Shakespeare j knew whereof he spoke when he told j us that thus we might find "books In the running brooks, sermons In stones and good In everything." Stop chattering and listen oc casionally. The men who know how to listen learn all the other fellow knows and have their own knowledge ! in addition. That's why the listeners snceed where the chatterboxes fail. The chest of silver presented as a j wedding present to Albert 1* Allen, of j the State Insurance Fund, this week, j was well earned. Mr. Allen Is an ! example of the new order of things on . Capitol Hill, the man selected not for j political reasons, but because of his j eminent fitness for the place. He has done an excellent work under very dif- j ficult circumstances, and It Is largely due to his efforts and knowledge that j the State Fund is In its present highly j satisfactory condition. THK TWO PLATFORMS THE platforms of the Republican « and Progressive parties, adopted j by the Chicago conventions, are j so nearly alike that they might have f been written by one man. Both are clear cut, strong documents and show that. In so far as principles go, the two parties are really one. The Pro- j gressives have cut out of their dec- I larations many of the radical doctrines of four years ago and one sees nothing of the recall of judges or judicial de cisions. The delegates this year ap- ! pear to be pretty well satisfied that the "rule of the people" is well safe- , guarded by government in its present | form. Fossibly they are not so keen for untried theories of reform as they were before the dismal failure of the [ Democratic administration to make ' some of their rash notions work out in practice. At all events, the Progressive plat form is essentially a Republican plat form, and to that extent, at least, the Progressives have "come back" to the old party. The Republican document meets the issues squarely. Americanism is its keynote and its main planks declare for military preparedness, a navy pow erful enough to guarantee our national safety, an army adequate to meet any emergency, a more vigorous foreign policy t and a strong hand In Mexico. It stands for equal suffrage, a closer federal control and regulation of transportation and interstate com merce and condemns in no uncertain terms the weak-kneed policy of the present administration. It declares for a protective tariff based on the findings of a tariff commission. No Republican need go farther than this platform. It is conservative enough for the most conservative and no radical could ask more. Republi cans of all views can stand upon it. The Progressive party this year under no circumstances can hold out any promises that the Republican party does not. Its platform is simply a "me-too" to the Republican declara tion. The Municipal Band, of Harrisburg, is to be commended for Its unselfish co-operation in movements which are for the betterment of the city. Its willingness to play, without remunera tion. for the public dance given in Front street by the Social Workers' Club, shows a spirit that reflects credit upon the organization. MR. WORKMAN, LOOK AHEAD! LORD ROSEBERY, speaking of the after effects of the war, says it will mean "general impoverish ment of all Europe, both of the indi vidual and of the state, and that im poverishment must immediately pro duce new social conditions." It will also result In European labor working for lower wages than ever before; in European manufacturers making every sacrifice to extend their foreign trade; and. In all probability, a considerable curtailment of our normal sales to Europe, except such things as building material and other articles needed to repair the waste of war. It is an ill war which blows no na tion good. Two years ago to-day we were floundering In the stagnant pool of Democratic depression. Mills were closed, cars were rotting on their sid ings, farm produce found no ready market, 5,000,000 laborers were out of work. Democratic free lunch—the soup cart and the bread line—were to be found In every large city, and the Hotel de Gink had a numerous patron age. Our foreign competitors were getting an ever-increasing control of our home market: our favorable bal ance of trade became a balance against us: the surplus in the United States Treasury became a large and growing deficit. Two months after the declaration of war found us again with a favorable trade balance. In September, 1914, it was $18,000,000 In our favor; In Au gust, 1914. It was $15,000,000 against us. During the calendar year 1913, nine months under the Republican protective tariff, our favorable trade balance was $691,000,000. During 1914, seven months under the free operation of the Democratic tariff law. and Ave months of war. it sank to $324,000,000. During those five war months we chalked up $283,000,000 in our favor. At the rate imports were increasing and exports decreasing, be fore the outbreak of the war. the year 1914 would have found us many mil lions of dollars on the wrong side of the ledger had It been a year of peace. The Imports were paying but little revenue to the government, but they were putting the American laborer on the street, and holding the head of the American farmer in chancery. Mean while the cost of living was on a i heaven-bent record for elevation. Like their Baltimore platform, the Demo cratic tariff policy was a total wreck. And then came war. Edward Bel lamy once said: "The best way to In sure prosperity is to burn your sur plus." Under ordinary circumstances that would be drastic economy. But that Is exactly what Europe has been doing for us—and not only our sur plus, but nearly all our men and mills could produce, working at full time and full capacity. Our favorable trade balance since the declaration of war, August 1, 1914, to March, 1916, totals 12,610,000,000, or at the rate of $130,500,000 a month, and twp-thtrds of our exports have been going to Europe. Of $2,278,300,000 worth of exports for the seven months ended February, 1916, $1,180,000,000 were made up of 31 classes of articles neces sary to conduct modern warfare, or 52 per cent. And yet our Secretary of Commerce says that war munitions comprise but 5 per cent, of our total exports. In {he meantime we have been the great supply depot for neu tral countries that formerly bought largely in Europe. During the past two years the American laboring man has been given the best illustration ever presented to the toiler in the factory of what it means to his pay check to have his mill run at full time, full capacity. But should the wage of to-day blind him to the prospect of the morrow? The war cannot continue much longer. Its termination will find the Allies banded together by trade agreements and preferential tariffs. Germany and Austria will pull together at the same plow that they may reap the harvest of world trade. The United States will stand In splendid Isolation, the envy of all nations, purse bulging with war profits and the advantage taken in neutral countries. Then will come the assault on our position. Are we to meet It with free trade, or a protective tariff? Mr. Workman, think it over! §uUlicfhU 0)V at Cfuca<jcr [From a Staff Correspondent.] Chicago, June 10.—John S. Fisher, the Pennsylvantan who was chairman of the committee on permanent organ ization, lives in Indiana and served a couple of terms as senator from the Indiana-Jefferson district. He is well known in Harrisburg because of fre quent visits to the Capitol on legal business and is one of the best-liked men in public affairs in the Stat®. Sen ator Fisher, by a curious freak of chance, was defeated for national dele gate in 1912, but elected hands down in 1916. He has many friends in the delegations of other states and they have warmly congratulated him. Secretary of the Commonwealth Cyrus E. Woods, has been enjoying the convention as well as the rain will let him. He came here on Wednesday with a party of Pittsburgh friends and presented them to the governor. Mr. Woods, who is a former state sena tor and thoroughly experienced in state affairs, is being mentioned by many Pennsylvanians as available guberna torial timber. Senator W. C. Sproul, of Chester, who has also been men tioned. is just a bit coy about being mentioned for honors. He is a busy man and in some big projects. Delegate George L. Holmes, of the Progressives, turned up as one of the radicals. Mr. Holmes always was one of the leaders when it came to buck ing the announced, order of things. Delegate Unger. of Shamokin. took a large and cheerful part in the Pro gressive convention. He was one of the Pennsylvanians who shouted long and loud. Magistrate Carson, of Philadel phia. was not able to do more than whisper after the cheering demonstra tion. General Charles Miller, of "Franklin, is one of the deiegates who appeared to have many friends in the convention. He was for years a general officer In the National Guard. He had quite a number of friends in the delegations' neighbor to Pennsylvania In the Colis eum. Robert Grey Bushong, the Reading delegate, was judge of orphans' court in Berks by appointment of Governor Tener. He was elected by a very flat tering vote and is regarded as one of the coming men In Republican affairs, being a close student of politics and legislative affairs. He served In the 1909 House and has a notable grasp of State matters. Among Cumberland countlans who are here are Caleb Brlnton, former postmaster of Carlisle, and his broth ers, M. A. Brinton and John Brinton. They arrived Wednesday when the rain was raining its hardest. Congressman John M. Morin, of Pittsburgh, one of the Roosevelt con gressmen-at-large In 1912, and now a district congressman, was among the crowds, talking adequate defense. He is a strong believer in a good big navy. The Pennsylvania headquarters were vitited by H. E. Melnex. State Auditor of Colorado and a former Plttsburgher. He is a member of the national organi zation of state auditors of which Audi tor General Powell Is chairman. The auditor general's department, by the way, is well represented here. H. P. Shomo Is a Republican alternate and Harry Hartzler, Carlisle, and H. D. Llndemuth, Auburn, are Progres sive delegates. A. Nevin Detrich, of Chambersburg, has been the whole thing at the Pro gressive platform center table. He is chief assistant secretary and occasion ally lets Oscar King Davis, the secre tary, have a hand. Detrich has devel oped a good reading voice. Samuel I. Spyker, of Huntingdon, associate counsel of the Workmen's Compensation Board, who has found time heavy on his hands because of the tardiness of the convention, has been putting in time talking to the lawyers here about compensation sys tems and when he gets home will be a compendium of compensation laws in other commonwealths and a hand book of experiences. Mr. Spyker has been looking Into the Ohio and other systems and as such legislation is now part of the platform of the party In every state he has found plenty of men ready to talk about it. Mr. Spyker met up with some Massachusetts men who had been working on the problems and they had a symposium. The compen sation plans of the states are very dif ferent. but they have been going through a variety of cases which are ' THE CARTOON OF THE DAY THE CALL ANSWERED ■From tlie Itnltlmore American. extremely interesting- Captain G. Chal. Port, who also comes from the home county of Hunt ingdon. is taking in the sights. The captain, when he was in charge of Pennsylvania railroad police, looked after the welfare and safety of the Colonel a couple of times, tells some interesting stories of his trips. He tells \ how the colonel would while away the time by tales of big game hunting. Once when at Tyrone the colonel found, a crowd awaiting him. The screen door to the observation platform stuck fast. The colonel took the door along. Senator Charles H. Kline, of Pitts-j burgh, has qualified as a reporter. He. was sitting in the press seats when Depew was talking and he wrote out the jokes before they were gotten off. He only missed on two. One of the humors of the conven tion crowd is the man from back home. The former Pennsylvanians or, men whose grandfathers were born In ; the green valleys or in the thriving cities of the Keystone state come j around in shoals to call at the Penn- | s.vlvania headquarters. It is astonish- j ing how many Chicagoans' uncles and; aunts W. Harry Baker knows. They • seem to have Baker's number and they come around and ask whether he recalls when their close relatives were postmasters at Starrucca or Walnut- I port or whether so and so is still liv- i ing at McAllistersville. They file into the pink tea room which is Pennsyl j vania headquarters and ask for some | one from Pennsylvania. There is al-: ways a delegate or two there and the; I man from somewhere at once es-1 |tablishes his Pennsylvania descent. A] ; fellow came up to me the other even ing and said he was from Franklin ! town, which is near Dillsburg. He in- I 'quired all about the country and final-! 'ly asked my home. The look of Joy | which came over his face when I said j I came from Harrisburg seemed to be preliminary to a "touch." but it was ! nothing of the kind. With a smile he ; asked me: "Know Phil German? Is! ■ he still in the National Guard? i An individual who was built like a l shad came into the Pennsylvania i headquarters about sundown and was immediately presented to the assem- j | bled crowd. by Harry Shomo as! "Chiefy Gilncr's only rival. "The gen- j ! tleman was from Indiana, but he hail-1 led from Butler county. He was liter ally decked with badges from stem to | stern. He had all kinds, including lone for Knox, and he thirsted for ' more. His pipe was almost as bad as ! "Chiefy's" and his ideas on the con- ■ : vention were on a par with Mr. Gil ner's proprietorship of the State Capi tol. "Bert" Speece, who is styled the baggagemaster of the Pennsylvania special, is having a fine time. He is an assistant sergeant-at-arms and knows most of the policemen about i the hotels by their front names. I Chairman Warren G. Harding, ; whose other claim to fame is that lie , is editor of the Marion Star, published ' at Marion, Ohio, was being discussed 1 by a couple of Pittsburghers the other I evening. "Harding's a United States, senator and an editor," remarked one. j I "Yes," put in Senator Kline, "he : | comes from a tewn where they make steam shovels and steam rollers." I A. B. H. j WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."J How arc legislative affairs conducted? , Who is City Council? All legislative affairs are con ! trollprt by City Council, which Is composed of the Mavor and the four superintendents. The Mavor Is by law the President of the City Coun cil and the Superintendent of Ac counts and Finance ia V'ice-Presi ij dent, ' A GREAT AMERICAN By Frederic J. Haskin A PROCLAMATION just issued by 1 President Wilson sets aside a tract of land In central New- Mexico for a national monument. The tract is to be known as the Bandelier Monument. To all but a few Ameri cans the name of Bandelier means lit itle or nothing. Yet Adolph Bandelier | was one of our great men, a man whose career was as colorful and ad venturous as that of some medieval knight-errant, a man who accomplish ed things that are destined to live, who occupied a unique place as an Ameri can historian and nn American au thor. Have you ever read a novel called "The Delight Makers?" The chances are that you have not. The book was published 26/ years ago, ran through J two small editions and to-day is out of print. It is practically impossible to secure a copy now. Yet "The De light Makers" is one of the most re markable contributions to American THE STATE FROM DAf TO DW I "Hocli der Star Spangled Banner!" Lewis Zollner and his two sons, of Lehigh Tannery, appeared before the i judge at Mauch Chunk for citizenship papers and in reply to the question as to which country they would prefer to fight for, answered in chorus, I "America First." The Hanover Evening Sun has kindly figured up the total number of expensive fires in Pennsylvania during 'the first four days of this week. Pitts burgh and Philadelphia were specially \isited by "ignus delens" to the ex tent of $325,000. "Glrard" in the Public Ledger J commends the "Battle of the Flow | ers." which is the name given to the I effort for raising money in Philadel | phia to erect a home for the allied j arts, a sort of clearing house. While ! Girard was inclining his thoughts to ! ward things aesthetic, his brother was out in Chicago nominating our own Governor for the highest office in the land. Students of Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, have asked the trustees to introduce military train ing into the curriculum. It is easy to see to what end would boil the fiery blood of youth in time of war. The 5 and 10 cent store Is again vindicated. Mrs. Knox of Connels ville was out motoring with friends yesterday when she discovered that her claxon would not work. Nothing daunted, this thoughtful woman stop | ped at Woohvorth's. purchased a tin ! horn, and tooted her way merrily homeward. The dedication and opening of 1 Warren's new public library reveals ! the presence of a smoking room In Ithe basement. All the comforts of | home are there. Undoubtedly Omar j Khayyam would have seen great possi- I bilities for a poem on luxury In such a picture. f Alexander Ttlsk, of Rellefonte, re ■jccntly deceased, lost his pocket ac count book before his death and his widow is dependent upon the kind honesty of his debtors to come through with their payments. Mr. Risk was happily, or unhappily named, depend ing on the outcome. Hasten thy years, hoys and girls of Luzerne county, if you would aspire , to the st-ate of matrimony, for Judge il'rttts has decreed that all marriage* [literature —nothing less than a ro mance whose scene and plot are laid in pre-Columbian days, whose charac ters are all Pueblo Indians. They are the only true and life-like Ameri can Indian characters In literature. They are drawn not from the imagina tion, but from the flesh and blood. For j that was Bandelier's great work—the reconstruction of a vanished age by a j study of its living remnants. In that i work he braved a hundred perils, j i risked his life scores of times. Bandelier laid the foundation for a ! real history of our Indian nnd Spanish | | southwest. He lived among the In dians for years, leading their rude life, j [sharing their good times and bad,! i speaking their language, adopted by [ jthem into their tribes. He had the | mind of a scholar and* a scientist with j the temper of a pioneer. He traveled on foot and horseback ' [Continued on Paee 16.] I under 16 years of age are prohibited. The Coatesville mayor and police arc both evidently in authority over i the other and the supremacy Is wholly r] undecided. The mayor will not take orders from city council and the police 1 refuse to obey the mayor. i ■ 1 TELE6RAPH PERISCOPE 1 —The Chicago rains appear to have been accompanied by frosts. ; —But gentlemen, gentlemen, what I . have you done about that most im- ' • portant of issues, the re-call of Judicial • decisions? —Count Okuma has been killed, al most as often as Villa has been cap- I tured. I —When, we wonder, did Chauncey s Depew join the Ford advertising staff? ' —Carranza having told us to "beat I it." the President is due to issue an ul timate ultimatum. ' [ EDITORIAL COMMENT Anxiety «■> to Justice'* Views [From the Knoxvllle Journal and Tribune.] ) Those most anxious to have Judge Hughes talk are those who would not be satisfied with what he might say, • no matter what. ; Still. He Merely Snld So [From the Cleveland Plain Healer.] , j Thos who have been looking on war , as an unmixed evil may be inclined to 1 modify their opinion now that Cole Blease has announced that he would be among the first to go if war were de f clared. ! I.et Siature Take Her Course . [From the Kansas City Star.l Favorite sons should be abolished, ex r tlrpated. obliterated. The method is - Immaterial—let it be by a rider on an i appropriation bill If necessary. A Stumped Detective Kzra Haskins, constable of a New - ; Rngland vtllp.ge. had an exalted opln s lon of his r.billty as a detective. He I also read everything he could find on the career of Sherlock Holmes, until he had imagined that he had thereby s < acquired wonderful deductive ability. "Now gentlemen." said Kzra <>n one occasion to his assistants in a particu i lar case, "we have traced these clues— f the footprints of the man right up here to this stump. From the stump e on there's only the footprints of the e horse. Now. gentleman, the question s.arlsea, what has become of the man?" HEtottutg GUjat Folks are beginning to wonder if wo are to have another such a summer as last year, when It rained, rained, rain- June has started out well and canoeists, golf sharks and tennis en thusiasts have been cussing because of high water, wet courts and soggy courses. It's not very much fun to try to paddle a canoe against the cur rent of the Susquehanna when the riv er is over a six foot stage, but that is what lovers of the water have had to do most of this spring. Swimming, too, is away behind schedule and only the most hardy—or foolhardy—take your choice —have had the nerve to spend much time doing the "crawl" or lolling about on the sand beaches of the islands. The tennis courts have been wet most of the time for a week and if the month of brides and roses insists on crying much more it's more than likely that the city tennis champion ship this summer will be rather slow. *Have you noticed how many stray dogs there are about town? It seems that the job of city dog catcher is as popular in Harrlsburg as the fleas on a dog's back and with the munitions factories working overtime and plenty of work for everybody It's next to im possible to keep anybody on the hunt for the dogs that howl In the night. Now that Melville H. James, of Ebensburg. the recently appointed sec retary of the William Penn Highway Association, is on the job with head quarters in this city, things can be expected to boom for the pushing for ward of the project. Mr. James bears the reputation of being a hustler and he has already started the ball a roll ing to create interest in the movement throughout. Pennsylvania. He was formerly on the staff of the Johnstown Democrat and as a "press agent" he should be a jlmdandy. If .vou are a careful reader of the Telegraph's tirst page you probably notice every night that the marriage licenses of the day are carried below the red bulletin box at the lower right hand corner. Have you seen how many licenses are being issued these days? June is surely living up to its reputation as an aid to Cupid. The old "Wash Day Dinner Club," which has developed into a regular weekly luncheon of the Harrisburg Rotary club, has changed its quarters from the Senate hotel to the Columbus hotel. The members had no fault to find with the fare the Senate dispens ed, but the quarters were too small. Years ago, John H. Nixon, freight agent for the Pennsylvania railroad at this point, got together a genial little party of Rotarians, who lunched round one small table at the Dau phin. It was not long until other Ro tarians began to drop in and the fame of the club as a dining organization began to spread. Then the members moved down to the Plaza, where there was more room for them, and it was not long until that hotel was out grown. Then the "Wash Day" diners moved up to the Engineers' club and remained there until another growth in membership forced a change to the second floor of the Senate. And now it is the Columbus—where a special dining room has been screened off for the diners. Nobody knows just when the development from the Wash Day Dinner club lunch to the Rotary club luncheon took place, but the Rotarians are so well pleased with the weekly gatherings that the attendance is now j above the 80 mark. John H. Nixon is I still chairman of the luncheon com i mittee, and acting with him this year are Captain James B. Kemper and ! Richard Jobe, than whom there are jno livelier members of the club. The 'committee promises that there will be ! plenty of "pep" in the luncheons this year. Steelton folks who depend for their dally bread upon the big plant of the Pennsylvania Steel Company are hav ing a hard time to keep the new names of the big blast furnaces In mind. You know down there "stacks" and mills and "heats" and "turns" are regular subjects of conversation. There was a time when the furnaces there were known by names. The last of these Is the old Lochiel stack. The big pigiron producers at Steelton for many years have been called No. 1, | No. 2, No. 8, No. 4 and No. 5 "stacks." When the new management took charge, however, they rechristened the (furnaces and they are now "A," "B," I "C," "D" and "E" stacks. The old No. 5 furnace is now "C" stack; No. 4 is | "D" and No. 3 is "E" stack. "B." fur nace is now in the course of construc i tion and "A" will be authorized later. Speaking of blast furnaces, those who are interested In the steel busi ness will recall when the erection of a new stack was a big event In the trade, and was heralded from coast to coast. Of course, It's still more than a mere incident but not such an important matter as years ago. In those days the furnaces were built to produce from 50 to 100 tons of pig iron daily while now the majority are built to turn out 500 tons and upwards every time the hour hand completes Its journey around the clock. Then, too, there was a time it re quired from a year to eighteen months nnd sometimes even two years to com plete erection of a stack. Yet, just the other day, the new No. 9 furnace of the Cambria Steel Company at Johns town was "blown in" just eighty-five days after its erection had been au thorized by the board of directors. But then, you know, these be fast times in which we of to-day are liv ing. "Try, Try Again" A little girl in Jersey who had a ban tam was disappointed at the smallness of the first egg laid by the bird, says thf Country Gentleman. Her ideal egg was that of the ostrich, a specimen of which lay on the table in the parlor. One dav the ostrich egg was missing from its accustomed place. After a pro longed search, it was found near the bantam's nest, and on It was stuck a uiece of paper with the words: "Something like this, please. Keep on trying." [OUR DAILY LAUGH GRADUATING BY POST. * " =: \ Dad, what's ■ V> port-graduaU? f A fellow wh« emerge* from i correspond enii Wji? school, I lmagts* NEGLECTED VOCATION. M y daughter writes beautiful Dear me, dear me, and the world J\ ! so hungry for lCrl I rood cooks.
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