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THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 29,
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Give us. oh. give us. the man who
sings at his uork: be his occupation
what it may. he is equal to any of those
i who follow the same pursuit in silent
sullenness. He does more in the same
time—he will do it better—he will per
severe longer. — THOMAS CARLYLE.
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
WITH the closing of the great
convention of the Ad. Clubs of
the world at Philadelphia to
day one of the most unique gatherings
in the history of the country passes
into history. Advertising has become
the life blood of the nation, and it is
no longer regarded as something
which is open to argument. Success
ful merchants and others do not stop
to discuss the necessity of publicity in ■
their business; they only consider the
size of their appropriations and the
quality of their advertising. More and
• more the need of intelligent newspaper
advertising is recognized wherever
success in business is desired.
These organizations of high-class
advertising people are doing much to
extend the propaganda of legitimate
publicity. People who buy as well as
those who sell understand now as
never before how Important a medium
le the newspaper In bringing the two
classes together. While supply and
demand are still fundamental factors
In all trade it is just as true that there
must be a getting together of the buyer
and the Belle?. This is the function
of the newspaper.
A remarkable transformation has
taken place during recent years in the
advertising columns of the Telegraph
and all other modern newspapers.
Time was when the average merchant
imagined that his talks to the people
could be just as well prepared by the
office boy as any other employe, but all
this has changed in the last few years
and some of the most original and able
men are now engaged in preparing ad
vertising copy throughout the country.
Also, the evening home newspaper Is
now' regarded as the Lest medium
through which the wares that are to
be sold may be brought to the atten
l tlon of the household.
L The convention in Philadelphia has
K done a mighty work in calling atten-
B tlon to the Importance of intelligent
IA and attractive advertising.
HOME TRAINING
NOTHING has aroused BO much
discussion among thoughtful
people in this community as the
persistent destruction of the light
globes along the River Front and the
disposition everywhere to destroy
plants and flowers and things which
make the city attractive. There is a
fault somewhere and it is up to the
parents and guardians of the city to
ferret out the cause and apply the rem
edy. It might be a good thing for the
school authorities to provide some de
finite and practical instruction along
these lines so that the children may
learn that these things are not made
to be destroyed. The child mind re
sponds readily to a proper appeal and
we believe that training at home and
In the schools—secular and Sunday—
will do much to correct this tendency
to destroy.
RIPPING OPEX STREETS
AS usual, notice is now being given
to property owners along streets
which will be paved to make
the various pipe connections and we
trust that tbere will be no neglect of
the regulations in this respect. Har
risburg is growing weary of the rip
ping open of its newly-paved highways
by careless corporations and indiffer
ent contractors. Not a foot of new
paving should be placed until all the
pipes that should ordinarily be laid
in the street are in position. More as
phalt paving has been damaged in this
city by carelessness in this regard than
in any other way.
A RIP VAN WINKLE JOB
TT woujd seem that the Secretary of
the Treasury ought to be able to
throw some energy into the remod
eling operations at the Federal build
ing in this city. This work has dragged
cn through two or three years, block
ing the central part of the city and
apparently without any reason or ex-
THURSDAY EVENING,
cuse for the unusual delay. One or
two contractor* have flunked on the
Job, but assurance was griven some
months ago that with th® opening of
Spring the work would be hurried and
rushed to completion. There is mighty
little evidence of energy at the present
time.
If all the building operations of the
Government are conducted in the same
procrastinating fashion that has char
acterized the enlargement of the Fed
eral building here, it Is little wonder
that there is such general criticism of
the administrative methods at Wash
ington.
ENOUGH!
NO people ever made greater effort
to stand by their official leader
than the people of this country
during the past three years. Notwith
standing his constant vacillation, his
sidestepping and backstepplng. Presi
dent Wilson has had the loyal support
of all the peopft, regardless of party.
That fact, however, should be no rea
son why the people should place upon
themselves the necessity for making a
rlmllar effort for four years more.
They should find someone whom it
will be easier and more inspiring to
f>tand behind.
HOW WAR HELPED FARMERS
THE manner in which the war in
Europe has helped the farming
communities of Northern Indiana
is graphically told by a special corre
spondent of the Christian Science
Monitor, who says that when war or
ders started idle steel mills and gave
profitable employment to thousands of
men who had been out of employment,
there was a market created for the
produce of small farms whose owners
had been living in makeshift houses
on almost worthless land. The large
demand brought increased prices for
garden produce, eggs, etc.. with the re
sult that those small farmers are now
prosperous. They have the war to
thank.
A HOME COMPANY
THE effort of F. A. Awl and his
friends to form a Harrisburg
Company of volunteers for serv
ice in case of war with Mexico is a
patriotic move and one deserving of
marked success that it has re
ceived. Almost a hundred men have
enrolled in the less than twenty-four
hours following the first meeting.
Nobody who has not seen military
service knows how wise it is to enlist
whole companies from one town. Com
ing together from all walks of life,
men who have known each other for
years, or at least have known of each
other, are brought together on the
common ground of everyday asso
ciation that improves the morale of
the organization and creates an air of
confidence and solidarity that is val
uable at all times. Men fight better
and endure hardships more easily
when their friends and neighbors are
at their elbows, and officers and pri
vates alike become keen to do honor
to the old home town.
The organization of companies
sprinkled with experienced men, such
as that started last night, keeps the
men of a community together. Other
wise. in case of a call for volunteers,
they would be scattered perhaps
through a dozer regiments. Harris
burg sent many such companies to the
tront in the elder days and it is a
pleasure to note the ready response of
the men of to-day to e call for volun
teers.
HUGHES AND ROOSEVELT
COLONEL ROOSEVELT and Mr.
Hughes gave the Democratic
editors, who have been telling
their readers that "the Colonel is not
sincere." more material for explana
tions when they met at a friendly
luncheon for two yesterday and dis
cussed plans for the election of Mr.
Hughes.
When the pleasant little affair was
at an end it was announced that the
two were in "perfect accord," which
wasn't at all the kind of a message
the representatives of Democratic
newspapers waiting outside had hoped
to hear.
The sooner Democratic publishers
come to the understanding that be
rating the Colonel and casting doubts
upon the union of the Progressive and
the Republican parties is so much am
munition wasted, the better it will be
tor them.
THE COLONEL'S DIVISION
WITHOUT any public announce
ment of the fact and almost in
secrecy Colonel Roosevelt has
gone about raising a division of 10,000
men for service in Mexico if war
comes. It was not known until yester
day, after the recruiting had been un
der way for almost a week, that the
Colonel had any such thing in his
mind. Of course it is not to be sup
posed that this division would be
ready for service in a few days or even
weeks, but with a foundation such as
It has, based on the old Rough Riders
and men who have been attracted to
the service by the magic name of
Roosevelt, it would not be long before
it would be one of the most talked
about units of the army.
Colonel Roosevelt left the naval ser
vice during the Spanish-American
war, after he had been largely respon
sible for the then "preparedness" of
the navy, to organize the Rough Rid
ers. This regiment made a name for
Itself in' Cuba, although there Is no
doubt that to the Regulars belongs
most of the credit for that campaign.
The Colonel, however, did get to
gether a remarkable body of men and
he Is & born organiser and a leader of
courage and abtllty. He could bring
to such a division as he proposes to
raise contributions of vast sums of
money that would put it into flrst-class
fighting trim so far as equipment goes,
while the men are being hardened in
the training camps. If he is success
ful, as no doubt he will be, he is well
deserving of the title of Major General
as a reward for this service. The rais
ing of an army of 10,000 picked men Is
no mean task and well worth recogni
tion by the government.
1 TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE ~|
—After Mr. Wilson leaves the
White House he might compile a book
entitled the "Ready Letter Writer."
—Mr. is a Baptist, but that
has nothing to do with his belief that
he should have a large number of un
dersea® boats.
—Harrisfcurg is going to celebrate
the Glorious Fourth in patriotic si
lence; if there is such thing.
—The Mexicans predict that the
Americans will find the border weath
er pretty hot for them, and the Am
erican soldiers are confident that the
border is going to be too hot for the
Mexicans.
Carranza says he doesn't want
war, but in a few months he's going
to be much more certain of it than
he now appears.
—lt will be a poor Fourth of July
orator who can't make th© eagle
scream this year.
—A little thing like raising a divis
ion of volunteers doesn't worry Col.
Roosevelt, and there will be those to
believe that he would get away with
the job.
EDITORIAL COMMENT"
—A dollar now buys more foreign
money, but less beefsteak and pota
toes.—Wall Street Journal.
—Why stake so much on platforms
when Congress regards them as scraps
of paper?— Wall Street Journal.
—lf the British don't rein in their
imaginations there will be no Ger
man Navy left—Jacksonville Florida
Times Union.
"Ad" Convention Echoes
♦v Fi £^" s ti en votes - from Xew York to
the Far won for St. Louis the
convention of the Associated Advertis
for next year
at the meeting: in Philadelphia yester
day. On the first ballot St. Louis was
chosen, with 37 votes, against 36 for
Cincinnati; Denver, which had been
i 1 .J race . opined i tallies, and the
dark horse, St. Paul, Minn., received
i vote.
The Stevens bill, which, if passed by
Congress, would empower manufac
turers to regulate retail prices of ar
ticles, was criticised and defended at
yesterday's departmental session of the
retail advertisers. H. C. Brown, ad
vertising manager of the Victor Talk
ing Machine Company, spoke for the
act and E. L. Howe, executive secre
tary of the National Retail Drv Goods
Association, of New York, argued
against the bill.
Another debate which caused com
ment was th>j discussion of trading
stamps and coupons. The trading
stamp was said to be a "business para
site" by Charts G. Tomerlln, of Cleve
land. The affirmative was taken by
Hascal A. Avery, vice-president of the
Surety Coupon Company, of New York.
Mr. Brown declared that price main
tenance was the only fair and honest
method of conducting business. He
said some department stores use the
low-price system on certain goods to
fool the public. After getting them
into the store they sell them other
goods on which they make enough
profit to compensate for the small loss
of the low-priced articles. .
Mr. Howe maintained that the Stev
ens bill was unethical, and he ques
tioned its constitutionality. He said it.
was un-American, and he thought it
was an instrument to put control of
price in the hands of a few. Mr. Howe
said the bill would give the manu
facturers the right to prescribe the
prices for the retailers, but asked who
was to prescribe the prices for the
manufacturers.
• • •
Prepared to "make the Church
known," in an advertising sense, the
first Ad Club Ccnsrress. connected with
the Associated Advertising Clubs of
(he World, organized yesterday for the
purpose of awakening the churches of
the country to the importance of pub
licity in spreading the Gospel mes
sage. A budget of SIO,OOO will be
raised, headquarters opened, possibly
in New York or Philadelphia, and an
efficient secretary placed in charge of
the work.
♦ • •
A veritable Arabian night's scene
will he staged on the Schuylkill river
to-night, when amid a dazzling display
of lights ft regatta and marine papeant
will be held under the auspices of the
Poor Richard Club. Nearly 400 boats
of all kinds will be in the aquatic pa
rade. They will be decorated from
stem to stern and will be outlined by
myriads of electric lights. Several
thousand persons will man these ves
sels in their course between the Girard
avenue bridge and the Fairmount dam.
The water course will be lighted by
314 large searchlights, with 14 naval
reflectors on the Girard avenue bridge,
and 300 smaller searchlights along the
banks. The pageant will start exactly
at 7.30 o'clock with single and double
canoe races, for which nine silver cups
will be awarded. These, as well as
other boat races, will be conducted by
the Schuylkill Navy.
Languages and Commerce
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger]
Though we are passing through the
commencemtnt period while all sorts of
trade problems are being bruited and
all sorts of advice given, there has
been no loud outcry that our commer
cial high schools and our engineering
courses in our technical schools and
colleges should at once respond to the
language problem in anticipation of
the world trade that should be ours
after the war. On the contrary, we are
almost mum on one of the most vital
issues now confronting us as to some
of the basic things that should be dons
if we are to develop a group of men
able to divert and to hold the trade
of the countries of the Western Hemi
sphere that ought to come this way.
But it is quite otherwise in Germany.
There is no allusion over there as to
where mastery begins. For years Ger
many has been educating its traders in
the languages of the people with whom
they trade, and now it is going to bet
ter its own great record. For, after
the war, not only will English and
French be compulsory, as now, with
other languages such as Spanish op
tional, but other "useful languages"
will be made compulsory, and a scheme
has been proposed which will Include
the living Oriental languages in the
curriculum. Compared with this fore
thought, our methods of advancing our
trade are mere child's play. When will
we really wake up?
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."]
What license fee is charged for tran
sient merchants advertising sales as
damaged by Are, bankrupt, assignee,
etc.? Does this apply to dealers of city
whose stock has been damaged or who
fall? ;
The license fee is 5200.00 per
month. Does not apply to local
dealers whose goods have been
dame.gad, or sales by receivers, etc.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LITTLE MILITARY
TALKS
By Capt. Geo. F. Lumb
THE time for talking preparedness
is past. War Is at hand and wo
are not prepared. We have
been singing "America" very en
thusiastically but singing will not save
the honor of the Nation, so now our
brothers and sons have gone to the
border to live the spirit of our Na
tional anthem every day and every
hour in the twenty-four. These little
intimate talks are intended to help
those who want to live the spirit of
"America" at home. A little over two
years ago Berlin was rivalling Paris
in all night cafes and midnight revels
of luxury born of a prosperous peace.
Then a pistol shot was fired by a
degenerate assassin in Servla and to
day the people of a o.ice prosperous
race clamor and riot for a ration of
bread and risk the bayonet's point
for a piece of fat.
Another assassin's shot was fired at
Columbus, N. M., and who will dare
to limit it» consequences? The man
who will not make a sacrifice in the
interests of economy, the man who
wastes an hour of his time in selfish
indulgence, the man who has not set
his Jaw in a grim determination to
contribute what he can to the ultimate
triumph of American principles and
the defense of the Nation's honor
reed waste no time on these articles.
1 am writing only for Americans. Re
member! It is a fundamental principle
of life that the greater the freedom
the greater the individual responsi
bility. The watchword to-day is self
denial—not miserably but cheerfully
enforced.
What T. R. Means
(N. T. Sun.)
They ptit a low estimate on Colonel
Roosevelt's patriotism who treat his
statement of yesterday as a graceful
political valedictory. In declining to
lead a hopeless and foolish third
party movement and In advising his
friends to vote for Mr. Hughes and
thus end Mr. Wilson's maladministra
tion of national affairs Colonel Roose
velt is not taking his shoulder from
the wheel. We do not believe that
while he lives and enjoys the health
that all Americans Join in wishing
him the Colonel, efficient person as
he is, is capable of terminating by
inaction the chapter in history which
is to preserve the memory of his
honorable deeds.
When he promises that he himself
will "strongly support Mr. Hughes,"
and earnestly bespeaks from his fel
low Progressives their ungrudging
support.of Mr. Hughes for the sake
of the country, he does not mean that
with a view to dignified retirement on
his own part he is now turning over
the great Job to the gods and his fel
low citizens.
Rotarian Called Away
Major Fritz W. Galbraith, Jr., chair
man of the Entertainment committee
in charge of the big convention of the
International Association of Rotary
clubs at Cincinnati July 16-20, may be
in Mexico at the tinje of the conven
tion. He is an officer of the First regi
ment of the Ohio National Guard and
is now in charge of six recruiting sta
tions at Cincinnati. Recruits for the
Guard are pouring in rapidly and the
regiment will shortly be at full war
strength.
The call to arms will result in Major
Galbraith's departure for Mexico, but
the programs for business and enter
tainment sessions for 7,000 visiting
Rotarians are in the hands of thirty
well organized committees of men
and women, and will go through with
out a hitch. Major Galbraith built up
a very effective machinery for prop
erly handling all visitors to the con
vention. and is going about his re
cruiting work in very much the same
manner. He is well known by the
members of practically every club in
International Rotary.
Hughes to the Colonel
(Baltimore American.)
Mr Hughes in his letter to the for
mer Republican president whose long
letter of indorsement of the Republi
can candidate has brought about the
union of the Republican and Progres
sive parties, employed the language
of sincerity and of due appreciation
of the personality and ideals of Mr.
Roosevelt as thoroughly in harmony
with the American spirit.
The conjunction of the two parties
could not be upon a more fortunate
footing, as it is that of patriotism.
The weld of the ideal has
brought together in indissoluble un
ion the parties and henceforth the Re
publican party will stand forth as
the party of eminent patriotic service
and capability.
Let us work together for our na
tional security and for the peace of
righteousness and Justice —such are
the words of Mr. Hughes in his salu
tation to the man who has returned
with all his force and effectiveness to
the Republican party.
War on Mosquitoes
[From the Boston Post.]
The season now opening is to be
marked by the extensive and vigorous
prosecution of the warfare of the State
of New Jersey upon the blood-thirsty
mosquito. It is an o«o story of the
domination of an insect pest whose
frightfulness has defied control.
Such local and inadequate measures
of suppression as have been under
taken by State authority are not suf
ficient. and this . year five adjoining
counties propose to combine for protec
tion. These counties cover an area of
1,154 square miles, of which some 82,-
000 acres are salt marsh; and they have
already appropriated $153,000 to pre
vent the breeding of the Insects. This,
distributed according to population,
would amount to a mosquito tax of ten
cents a poll.
No one can say that this would be
oppressive taxation, but it remains tt,
be seen whether it will meet the cost
of the actual work of "extermination."
If it shall prove effective, the measures
of protection for which it pays mav be
recommended to communities here
abouts where Jhe plague is not so
awful as in the salt marsh region of
New Jersey, but yet annoying.
To the Front
To the front! to the front!—for the
glory of God,
For Liberty march 'neath the folds
of the Flag:
Not for pride, not for passion; hu
manity calls
For martial array and for hearts
battle-shod.
To the front! to the front! not for
spoils, not for hate
Must "Gringo" and "Greaser" the
the bugle-call hear;
But the shackles must fall, and the
darkness must part—
O the hungry are pleading for alms at
our gate.
To the front! to the front! Not In num
bers this hour
Nor in guns nor explosives or na
tion has trust.
But we march, yes we march 'neath
the banner of God.
And we trust In his shield of omnipo
tent power.
For the babes and the mothers are
starving down there—
To the front! to the front!—for hu
manity's sake!
And take you American loVe In your
hearts.
But win by the might and the glory of
prayer.
To the front! to the front! as you
tramp, battle-shod.
Slay the Mexican passions that rise
in your heart:
Not for hate, not for hate, but for
mercy we go
With our glorious flag on a mission for
God.
R. F. M. SOURS.
Mschanlcsburg, Pju
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY '
"I WANT A COMPLETE DISAVOWAL!"
—From the New York Sun.
f W -y
IN MEXICO 70 YEARS AGO
The Story of a War in Which Every Battle Was a Victory For
the Stars and Stripes.
By J. HOWARD WERT
Author of " 'Twas 50 Tears Ago," published in the Harrisburg Tele
graph, June and July, 1913, in connection with the Great Celebration of
the Semicentennial of the Battle of Gettysburg.
V J
CONSIDER for a moment the posi
tion of General Scott and the
American army when he entered
the city of Puebla, the middle of May,
1547. Scott's available force had now
been reduced to 6,000 men. He was in
the heart of an enemy's country num
bering 8,000,000, and occupying a city
of 60,000 inhabitants. In his rear
lay the road to the gulf whose waters
were 20 miles distant, and the way in
fested by robbers and guerilla parties
in untold numbers. In front lay tne
Mexican army under Santa Anna, the
great body of Mexican population, and
in the midst of all. the city of Mexico
with its 200,000 inhabitants, anci pro
tected by natural and artificial de
fenses of the strongest character.
Yet this was the objective point of
General Wintield Scott and his party
and 6,000 Americans.
There was a sublimity of daring in
thit. resolve of Scott's seldom parallel
ed in the annals of warfare, ancient
or modern. Yet this chronicle is
about to relate how an enterprise ap
parently so supremely audacious was
carried to an issue of complete suc
cess. It was successful because the
leader, Winfield Scott, was one of the
greatest commanders of any age,
worthy to stand in America's galaxy
of fame side by side with Washington,
Andrew Jackson, Grant, Sheridan and
'Stonewall" JaCkson," and because
that great warrior led an army of
American soldiers loyal to the starry
flag and devoid of fear.
About this time the Polk adminis
tration at Washington took one of its
spells of vacillation and parleying. A
certain somebody, N. R. Trist by
name, was sent to Washington, as a
son of high ambassador and plenipo
tentiary, to negotiate a peace, and
Scott was ordered to stand still and
wait. He improved the delay by
brii.ging up some reinforcements
from Vera Cruz amid great difficul
ties, and in collecting such informa
tion as he could in regard to the route
to the capital and the character of its
defenses.
The new troops who came up from
Vera Cruz found the roads blockaded,
bridges blown up, and guerilla parties
in ambush under the cover of every
thicket and ravine; while the Mex
ican General Valencia, coming up
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR"
TREES AI,ONG ROADSIDES
To the Editor of the Telegraph :
I read with keen interest your edi
torial a day or two ago and the article,
"Trees Along the Roadside," and the
Idea is admirable. To plant trees along
the highway charms, they refresh the
body and mind, it educates and uplifts
to the things that are beautiful, it re
flects on the standards of the people.
The first things the Telegraph should
do would be to start a movement to
preserve the trees now standing along
the highways. There are States that
plant and preserve and have added
wonderfully to the attractiveness ot
their roads. No State in the Union
probably has given this less attention
than Pennsylvania. Thousands and
thousands of trees in this State have
been mangled and butchered along out
roads by the State Highway Depart
ment which would take flftv years in
some cases to reoover.
The lifting of limbs or clearing along
roads have been placed by the High
way Department in the hands of any
ignoramus that can wield an ax. Beau
tiful specimens I have seen with limbs
shattered and splintered in a way thAt
nature can not heal, whereas a little
care and a few simple rules in pruning
would have saved them for generations.
Everv limb has a relation to the heart
of a tree and if they cannot heal they
decay and it affects the life of the tree
In time and Invariably means death to
it. The State Highway Department
can still remedy these cripples by real
pruning or reshaping. A command
should be given by some high authority,
"Butchers! Spare those trees."
A TREE LOVER.
A Railroad Needs Friends
[From the Editor and Publisher.]
The New York Central was one of
the first big railroads to return to a
liberal use of newspaper space, after
the slump In railway advertising fol
lowing the business depression of 1913
and the first effects of the great war,
and through the winter and Spring
this railway has been conducting one
of the most significant, as well as one
of the most interesting advertising
campaigns ever undertaken by an
American railroad. It Is significant by
reason of its extent, the number of
newspapers used to carry the message
of this great railway system to the
people of the vast territory it serves.
But It is still more significant In that
It typifies the newer attitude of Ameri
can railroads toward their publlo—
toward the people specifically with
whom they have to live and do business
—typifies the newer (and Immensely
better) public policy of friendliness,
good will, co-operation—ln short, the
policy of mutual helpfulness, honesty,
and fair dealing.
Primarily this advertising campaign
of the New York Central la a campaign
to win public good will.
JUNE 29, 1916.
Crom San Luis Potosi, assailed their
rear. Nevertheless they fought their
way through every difficulty, so that,
finally, 5,500 reinforcements reached
General Scott.
I Tin Advance Upon the City of Mexico
| The negotiations of Mr. Trist hav
| ing failed, on the 7th of August, 1847,
Scott issued orders for an advance on
| the capital, 90 miles distant. The
| army, now 10,700 strong, moved in
four divisions commanded i*espectivel.v
by Twiggs, Quitman, Worth and Pil
■ low. Colonel Childs was left to gar
j rison Puebla wfch 3,000 men, but two
thirds of that number were in the
hospital. The whole record of the
j Mexican war, from beginning to end,
i war; a sad history of sanitary and
| medical unpreparedness and ineffl
| clency. Some specific illustrations of
| this will be given when I come to
speak of the "Cameron Guards" who
I went from our own community. More
brave young men died in Mexico from
J disease than from the bullets of the
| enemy, and the greater part of this
mortality was the result of the grossest
carelessness and unpardonable lack of
j ordinary sanitary precautions.
| As Scott advanced all military con
nection with the coast was broken,
I long and anxiously the people of
the United States waited for news of
the daring band of 10,000 who, rely
ing on the skill of their commander
and their own invincible courage, had
penetrated into the very heart of a
I hostile land teeming with enemies.
General Lewis Cass, of Michigan,
Democratic candidate for President
of the United States in 148. pro
nounced, in the United States Senate,
the following impassioned eulogium
j upon this daring movement:
I "The advance from Puebla was one
of the most romantic and remarkable
events which has ever occurred in
the annals of our country. Our troops
j voluntarily cut off all communication
] with their own country, and advanced
with stout hearts, but feeble numbers,
, into the midst of a hostile people. The
j eyes of 20,000,000 of our countrymen
; were fixed upon this devoted band.
They were lost to us for fifty days.
But the cloud that hid them Trom our
view at length broke and disclosed to
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' I THE STATE FROM DA/ TO DM
A marriage ceremony was nipped in
the bud at Scranton when the mother
of the would-be groom overtook the
young couple at the license bureau
i and led them gently from the scene,
claiming that she couldn't afford to
I support more than one. The couple
were 19 and 18 years of age respect
| ively.
The Pottsvtlle Republican makes
the practical suggestion that every
mother, sweetheart, sister, etc., who Is
interested in the boys at the front,
from all parts of Schuylkill county,
bake a big layer cake to All a special
car and fill in the crannies with candy.
Good-hearted advice, but not exactly
conducive to the hardening process
that our troops need to fit them for
service.
A member of the light-fingered sis
terhood has been apprehended In
York and sent up for three years to
the penitentiary. Edith Jackson is
the name of the girl.
Eleven taxicab loads of revolvers,
razors, graphophones, soap, shotguns,
dental instruments and what not were
found in a raided house in Hazleton
where the loot had been stored by the
thieves. The goat's paradise at last!
"Northumberland soldiers surely are
the 'Ready Boys,' " says the Sunbury
Dally Jovially, in commenting on the
preparedness of the troops. A com
plete absence of the "rough and"
shows a woeful lack of familiarity
with the once famous Moratlo, how
ever.
Norrlstown's heaviest man has gone
insane, so the report goes. Isaiah
Thomas, the 400-pound negro who
held that doubtful honor, had been
serving two years in jail and conceiv
ed himself to be a prophet and the
son of a prophet.
The federal naturalization depart
ment in Norrlstown has made an ex
ception in the case of a Spartan,
Pete Retslna, and allowed him to
join the Guard. If Pete has the pro
per Spartan valor, he should be a wel
come addition.
"Only a Jitney raise in the price of
haircuts," remarks the Erie Herald
in speaking of the flve-cent increase
by tne association of barbers. Then
follows the usual bald-headed man
Joke.
©retting (ttifat
If there is any place where news of
the present crisis in Mexico is being
followed with interest it is in the va
rious foreign colonies of Steelton.
War to the residents of these places
Is not a new thing. They are accus
tomed to it. If their fatherlands are
not fighting each other there is in
ternal strife and there are few of the
newcomers who have not seen mili
tary service under some flag.
Then, too, there has been much
talk of hyphenated-Americans. While
there are a few hyphens tn Steelton's
colonies, it must be remembered that
they are indeed a small minority. By
far the majority of the foreign-born
are true Americans and are only
awaiting the first call to rush to re
cruiting stations to offer their ser
vices.
Already there have been many in
quiries at the various recruiting plac
es as to military requirements. Sev
eral of the foreign-born leaders have
plans afoot to recruit in full com
pany in the borough just as soon as it
is evident that volunteers will be tak
en.
The department of animal husban
dry of the Pennsylvania State College
is co-operating with the Pennsylvania
Breeders' and Dairymen's Association,
the Philadelphia Wool and Textile
Association and the Pennsylvania
Sheep Breeders' Association in hold
ing a wool show in Harrisburg at the
time of the annual meeting of the
Breeders' Association to be held the
fourth week in January. Premiums
are to be offered by the Philadelphia
Wool and Textile Association. The
classification and premium list will be
announced soon. Farmers have been
urged to save fleeces to send to this
exhibit which promises to be the
greatest wool show ever held in Penn
sylvania. A special program consist
ing of lectures and demonstrations of
various phases of the sheep industry
will be arranged.
• • »
At this season of the year, when
the resemblance is most pronounced,
the dangerous poison ivy is often con
fused, and frequently with painful
consequences, with the'eommon ivy or
Virginia Creeper.
The two may be readily identified,
according to A. A. Hansen, of the de
partment of botany at the Pennsyl
vania State College School of Agri
culture, who discussed the subject
with a Telegraph representative yes
terday, if it is remembered that the
poison ivy has three leaflets to the
group. Boston ivy may be distinguish
ed from both of these by its simple
leaves, somewhat resembling those of
the maple. "Poison Oak," so fre
quently referred to, is not an oak, but
simply another name for the poison
ivy. The poison sumac, another dan
gerous contact poison jjlant, has leaves
resembling the ash or elder, and grows
only in swamps.
The popular idea that the wind will
carry the poison of the ivy is not strict
ly true, as contact with some part of
: the plant is necessary. However, the
I wind may carry the pollen which will
I cause infection, so it is well to keep
away from a flowering poison ivy
plant. The poison may also be com
[municated by the contact of the skin
with an article that has previously
had contact with the ivy.
Some people are immune to plant
poisoning. In case plant poisoning is
suspected, the oil which causes the
trouble may be readily removed by
prompt and thorough washing with
soap and water followed by an appli
cation of alcohol. This method is
not useful if the poison has already
taken effect.
T. Jefferson Scheffer, who for many
years was identified with the old
Sheffer printing house In South Sec
ond street, has In his possession an old
play bill. The date is Tuesday, Jan
uary 2, 1866. It Is the program of a
performance given at Brant's hall in
connection with a ball. The
comedy was entitled, "Green and Gra:*,
or Two Greenhorns In New York."
In the cast were a number of Harris
burgers, but the stars were Misa
Uowensteln and Miss Soldin, of New,
York, The show ended at 9:30. The
dance began at 10 o'clock and con
tinued until 5 o'clock in the morning.
During the dance intermission a bean
luncheon was served. Every man,
and woman was given a cake. Tha
man and woman finding a white bean
in his or her cake received prizes val
ued at $26, and were crowned King
and Queen of the ball. Admission was
$2 for one man and two women. A.
Hollander was manager.
American Industry
Victor Cambon, a Frenchman, af
ter three months spent in examining
American industry, exclaims:
"It is one of immensity, of a com
plete and magnificent whole, absolute
ly Incomparable!"
So it Is, although our ears are made
weary with tales of the superefflcient
German and Jap. Because Germany
has made a very few things. Including
dyes and chemicals, more successfully
than America, we don sackcloth and
pretend that we are outpointed at
every place. » »
Not so! Bethlehem can make more
Krupp armor plate than Krupp itself
can make. Du Pont can make more ex
plosives than any other plant in the
world. ..
United States Steel can fabricate
more steel in a year than all the mills
in Japan can produce in two.
Pullman can build more cars than
any shop outside the United States.
Baldwin's can construct more locomo
tives than any factory not in our own
land.
Westinghouse and General Electrlo
are not equaled in their line by any
other two electrical concerns on earth.
Our three Pennsylvania mills that
make armor for ships can in a year
more than double the best output ot
Krupp. *
At least two American factories can
beat the rest of the world in building
automobiles. —Gerard in The Publics
Ledger.
| OUR DAILY LAUGH
§ SINCERE PER
FORMER.
Is Dinks patri
otic?
Tremendous f y
so. Why he wants
to get out and
start a war so
that he can have
the pleasure of
fighting for his
country.
This T. R " E i0,...5 X |!C| 1 —.J
that men have 11—11 IjJSj
learned
By many
headache Q~ /W
There's far more ]
Jqy In a dol
lar earned
Than barrels of j T. J* I' • ■
May money, KL/^?T > 2ir- i --\| k