10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBWSPAPER FOR THB HOME Founded rtji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE, Prti't and Editor-in-Chi'f 9. R. OYSTER. Butinjss Manager. GUS M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. » Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assocl*»V Eastern sfflce. Has- Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building. New Brooks, People's Ges Building. Cb4-> Entered at the Post Office in Harriot burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents & <IISSK*>3kE> week; by mail. $3.00 a year Jn advance. Sworn dally average eirrvlatlon for the three months ending June 30, 1916, if 22,456 it These figures are net. All returned. ■Mold aad damaged copies deducted. SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 8 For tee are labourers together with Ocd: ye are God's husbandry, ye are Qod s building —l. COB. 3:9. STATE C. E. CONVENTION CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR ERS from all parts of Pennsylvania gather i here July 11, 12, 13 and 14 for: what is confidently looked forward to as the gretaest convention in the long history of the Pennsylvania Christian Endeavor Union. The fact that these assemblages are held only once in two years makes them all the more attract ive for those who find vent for their religious activities through the chan nels of the Christian Endeavor Union. Pennsylvania has an enrollment of 2,500 societies and by far the larger majority will have representatives here j next week. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the convention week will therefore be busy days. Many notable speakers will bo present. Many enter tainments will be given. The city will be appropriately decorated. What the occasion may lack from the standpoint of gaiety it will make up in religious enthusiasm. Harrisburg, therefore, should wel come the visiting hosts. Delegates will be here from every county in the State. Many of them will see Harris burg for the first time. The city should appear at its best. The young people will admire the magnificent Capitol building and other handsome structures, the beautiful Susquehanna river and our many historic places. They will find much that will interest them. The visitors, old and young, will go away, no doubt, with favorable Impressions of our industrial greatness and will be surprised to note the mar velous improvements made during the past eighteen years since the State convention held its sessions in this city last, but the great impression we wish to make upon them is that in all that makes for the upbuilding of character, for the advancement of religion and for the betterment of mankind, Har risburg and Dauphin county are well In the front line among cities of the State. Meanwhile, It may be proper to in quire how long the Donato statuary is to remain in seclusion. It is said the City Council Is disposed to find a way ; to locate this fine group at Front and Locust streets, and It is hoped that | some definite action will be taken be fore the September carnival. THE PUBLIC EYE STATE HIGHWAY COMMIS- . SIOXER BLACK has struck the very heart of things in his pledge that the activities of the department shall be given the fullest publicity. If he sticks to this decision, then the important work of the department will go forward with the full support and co-operation of the people. It Is mostly when public officials grow se cretive and treat the public as unde serving of their confidence that break ers are encountered and disaster fol lows. Especially at this time it is neces sary to keep the people posted upon the policies of the road-bullding de partment of the State government. There Is a natural disposition to criti alse road-making methods and by rea son of this attitude the officials of the department should endeavor under all circumstances to explain conditions and give the widest publicity to all their work. Commissioner Black seems to have the right idea and we trust he will not be swerved one iota from the posi tion he has taken with respect to the right of the public to know what Is going on. A PARKWAY BARRIER SUBSTANTIAL progress has been made in the extension of the main Parkway in that section be tween the terminus near Paxtang Park and the Reservoir, but a barrier exists in the Reading railroad lines which must be overcome in the con struction of a subway. This matter has been under consideration for a year or two and ought to be brought to a conclusion without further delay. Until this subway shall have been provided, the Parkway will have lost much of Its usefulness. It is under stood that the Department of Parks has had the matter up with the Read ing Railroad Company several times and that some progress has been fo&de, but no final agreement having SATURDAY EVENING, been reached. It would seem to be a good thins to press the matter to a decision. Meanwhile, no time should be lost in putting into service the remaining stretch of this splendid oval that will open up all the country about the city to fine real estate development. This Parkway has quite as much practical as esthetic value and it must not be regarded as a mere driveway. It Is much more than that. Indeed, some plan should be found for giving the people of the city an opportunity to see for themselves just what has been accomplished during the last few y«ars along this roadway. WILL WE BE FOUXI) WANTING? HARRISBURQ has been wont to look upon itself as a progres sive, patriotic city. It has re -1 garded Itself as in the front line of j up-to-date Pennsylvania municipali ■ ties. But in the matter of providing j for the families of its soldiers it is the most backward in the State. More I than that; no town in the United ' States has done less. We are at the ' tail-end of the patriotio procession. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves. Little York has made a laughing stock of us. The people of that town will give, if necessary, SI,OOO a week to care for those who were left when the troops were called to the front. Har risburg has contributed only about SSOO to the fund started by the Tele graph. Tet Harrisburg has three companies In the field, while York has only two. Are we going to let the wives and the children of the men of Companies D and I and the Governor's Troop go hungry while they are serving Uncle Sam at the rate of sls a month. Are we going to place a penalty on patriot ism? Do we intend to discourage en listment in the National Guard? Because a niggardly administration declines to permit the passage of a re lief bill for the soldiers at the front are we, their neighbors, going to see them in want? What has come over the city In these past few weeks? Was our patriotic display when the soldiers departed merely lip service? Every man who marched in that parade—and hundreds who stood by— is in duty bound to contribute to the relief fund. They 6tood by and heard without protest the promise of Senator Beidleman that the city would care for the dependents left behind. If they didn't mean to back up their applause of the Senator's ringing sentiments with acts they should have dropped out of line then and there. So long as widespread uncertainty exists regarding business conditions permanent prosperity can hardly be expected. Perhaps the lack of con fidence has more to do with the situa tion than any other factor. SUGGESTION FOR MR. GROSS ONE of the unfortunate features of the commission form of govern ment is the frequent changing of officials and the interruption of their work every two years. However, the Department of Parks seems to be get ting its bearings and considerable has been accomplished this year which is not observable to the average citlsen. As an evidence of what may be done in the way of adornment of any com munity, we reprint the following from "Girard's" column In the Philadelphia Public Ledger: Edward Bok proved that the pub lic will play fair if you play fair with the public. The editor, as you know, planted thousands of flowers on the lawn along the road at Merion. He put the public on its honor to enjoy the flowers but not to pluck them. I fancy that the public, throw ing out its chest a little in recog nition of this compliment, said to itself, said it: "By jove, I'll take him at his i word and I won't steal a bud," and i it didn't. Good examples are as catching as the measles. Now I see that along S the railroad track not far from Mr Bok's home tens of thousands of roses are in bloom. They clamber over steep banks and cover what were bare rocks and earth with a mantle of pink and green. The deep roots of these rose bushes will do for the railroad what the hands of fifty strong men could not do—hold the Banks from sliding down upon the track when the Spring thaw comes or when a big rain pelts. Moral: A thing does not have to be ugly to be useful. Herein may be a little hint for Com missioner Gross. Along the slopes of the city parks and throughout the whole extent of the river terrace, flowers might be planted in profu sion, making a remarkable showing every year. Inasmuch as there is abundant shrubbery in the City Nur sery we venture the suggestion that a trial of this kind should be made In Harrisburg. An example may be cited >in the wonderfully beautiful display of roses along the Cameron parkway fences and hedges. While the American troops are mobil izing on the Mexican frontier the bank ers of the United States are preparing to extend tha olive branch In the shape of a gold loan to the C&rranza Govern ment. There are several ways of kill ing a cat, and the latest experiment In Mexico will be watched with Interest. THAT WEST SHORE SCHOOL r[E first concrete steps .toward the erection of a central high school for the West Shore has been taken with the pledge of $12,000 as the share of one of the towns inter ested. Little time is to be logt if this matter Is to come before the voters at the November elections. Or.e of the most discouraging fea tures of work of this kind Is the tremendous effort that must always be made by a few public-spirited citizens to Induce their less deserving neighbors to do what is obviously for the benefit of the community as a whole. The West Shore high school enterprise is Just now in that stage where the interests of the many must be urged by the few. The men at the head of this movement deserve much praise for what they have done. They ate doing a task that, arduous as it ts, ■wrtll rebound to their credit in the future and for which their neighbors will thank them unstintedly In the years to come. 1 TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE ~| —lnfantile paralysis isn't in it with vacation paralysis. —That Saturday afternoon store holi day is all right, but why doesn't the Chamber of Commerce start a move ment for noon editions of afternoon newspapers? —After riding "three to two seats" half way across the continent, fighting Mexicans will no doubt appear like pleasant pass-time. —lf you haven't the money to go down to the seashore no doubt you can find a good excuse in the shark scare. —We understand now why so few of the Mexicans wear pants—suits down there are worth $6,500, and the climate is warm. I EDITORIAL COMMENT" Four States, New York. Pennsylva nia, Massachusetts and Illinois, paid more than $75,000,000 of the approxi mately $125,000,000 of tax collected. New York alone paid $45,000,000 of this amount, and Pennsylvania $13,- 000,000. If the proposed increase In the surtax on incomes, as provided in the pending revenue bill, shall go into effect, the ratio of payment In these four States, particularly in New York and Pennsylvania will be even greater.—New York Sun. Our Boys at El Paso Most of the Harrisburg soldiers will he in camp at El Paso, Texas, before the end of next week. Mrs. W. J. Peck, a well-known Philadelphia golf player, says: "Most people in the North have an entirely wrong conception of El Paso. As a matter of fact, it is regarded as the finest kind of summer resort by people in Texas and Louisiana. The town has nearly sixty thousand inhab itants, and is built on a plateau about 3,500 feet above sea level. The air is very dry, there being very little rain during the year, the total ranging from two to forty inches, and there is al most no humidity. Even when the thermometer goes up above the ninety mark in the shade, you feel it much less than on a hot. sticky day in Phila delphia when the mercury is only about 76, but the humidity is up in the nineties. "The water all comes from artesian wells, and is about as fine as you can find anywhere; fresh vegetables are plentiful and cheap; the best of meat is easily procurable, and the air is so healthy and life-giving- that invalids from all over the country are sent there to recuperate. The Philadelphia troops are fortunate in going to El Paso. They will really have a fine time, the wonderful air and the out door life in their tents, coupled witTi the usual drills, will put them in the pink of condition. Why, I will venture to say that their best friends will have difficulty recognizing some of them when they get back home. "The business section of El Paso lies along the bank of the Rio Grande, with Juarez opposite on the Mexican side, the two cities being connected by the famous International Bridge. Back of the city proper the land rises | abruptly, and the residence section is i built on these bluffs. Heavy cannon ! are mounteS there, and hold Juarez [ at their mercy. "As a matter of Tact it would be ex tremely difficult for any considerable force of Mexicans to get close enough to El Paso to make trouble. For there j is nothing but flat country south of 1 Juarez with no cover for miles, and J there is the river between El Paso and I any possible enemy. "The table land on which El Paso j stands extends west to California and 1 east for more than 600 miles, until it gradually drops down almost to sea level at Brownsville. The prevailing winds are from the northwest, it Is al most always cool, yes, really cool, at night, and one can always sleep well and so recuperate from the fatigue of a day spent in the open air. "The social life of the city Is delight ful. It is a well governed city also, and while there are plenty of things to do in the amusement line, it is no j 'wide open' town. There are several j resorts nearby where there are large summer colonies, notably Cloudcroft, where there is a big up-to-date hotel and many private cottages. "Motoring around El Paso is de lightful. The roads are fine and there is a wide variety of scenery. The ruined cities of the Pueblo Indians, the villages of present day Indians and Mexicans, mining camps, forests, ranches, broad mesas, wonderfully fer tile valleys—all contrast Interestingly with the twentieth century civilization of the many prosperous towns and vil lages of that section. "No, I don't think the relatives of the Philadelphia troopers need have any anxiety about their well-being while in E' Paso, and now that the war clpuds seem to have blown away, It looks as though the Guardsmen were only let In for a pleasant two months or In a very delightful location." Wilson's Handicap [Seattle Post-Intelligencer] In discussing the possibilities of the election of November next the first fact to be taken Into consideration Is that, with but two major parties In the field, it will be necessary for Pres ident Wilson, in order to be elected, to poll not less than 1,200,000 more votes than he did in the election of 1912. That is the big fact in this campaign. There were twenty-seven states out side of the solid South which, In the election of 1912, gave Mr. Wilson 283 votes. In not one of which did he re ceive a vote anywhere approaching the combined vote of Roosevelt and Taft, or In other words the anti-Dem ocratic vote. In fifteen of these states the Roosevelt vote was bigger than that for Taft, and In twelve of them Taft'a vote was the larger. Had the combined Republican vote of those states been cast for Mr. Taft in the election of 1912 he would have had 379 electoral votes to Mr. Wilson's 152. The combined Republican vote In New York, for example, was 190,000 greater than the Democratic vote; in Ohio It was 100,000 greater; in Illinois it was 200,000; In lowa 120,000; In New Jersey, Mr. Wilson's home State, it was 50,000; in Indiana 35,000; in Kansas 50,000; in Connecticut 38,000. Is there anything in the record which Mr. Wilson has made In the handling of foreign affairs, particular ly in the handling of Mexican affairs; In the cabinet appointments which he has made and the manner in which his appointees have discharged their duties; or in the legislative record made by his party in congress, which has convinced one million and a quar ter former Republicans that Mr. WU : son and a Democratic congress can i administer the affairs of the nation better than they would be administer ed by Mr. Hughes and a Republican congress? Certainly not. The Democrats in this campaign start with the task of converting one million and a quarter voters to this > belief. It is a hopeless undertaking. HARRISBURG *&£fy. TELEGRAPH ly the Ex-Committeeman It is believed that the complete list of the Republican presidential elec toral candidates will be in the hands of Charles E. Hughes within the next twenty-four or forty-eight hours and tho Impression is that it will be one of the most representative gatherings of Republicans in years. As soon a£ Mr. Hughes approves the selections, in a number of which he is said to have figured personally it will be formally certified to the State Capitol for printing on the ballot. John Hays, chosen from the Eigh teenth district, is one of the leading lawyers and manufacturers of Cum berland county, living at Carlisle. D. Edward Long, who will represent the Seventeenth district, is a lawyer and prominent in affairs in the Cumberland Valley. Col. Charles A. Rock, one of the Pittsburgh electors, is owner of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. —Men identified with the activities of the Washington party believe that there is no doubt of the organization practically dissolving here next Tues day. The outlook for the endorsement of the Republican ticket is very good, according to the way one leader put it last night. None of the State candi dates is said to be eager to run. —Democratic State Chairman Mc- Lean, who has been in Washington, plans to devote his attention to tour ing the State to get his organizations lined up, some of the counties having gene astray because of the manner in which patronage was doled out. McLean hopes to get some back into line by an adroit making of the list of presidential electors. —Senator Penrose will be a member of the Republican national campaign committee. He Is said to have been a personal selection of Mr. Hughes. —lt seems to be pretty generally understood that John Wanamaker, former postmaster general and who named Fairbanks at Chicago, will either be treasurer of the Hughes ccmpaign or take a leading part In It. The selection of Mr. Wanamaker for the place seems to have given general gratification to the Republicans of the State because of the prominence he has taken in party affairs In the past and his Interest this year. —Friends of Senator E. E. Beidle man to-day congratulated him upon his birthday. The Senator will also meet some of his friends who will visit him at Mt. Gretna to-night. —George D. Porter, former director of safety in Philadelphia, is lining up with the Hughes campaign. He took a prominent part in the pMmary fight against the Vares and it is said that ho will now work for harmony. Re ports of a closing of the nreaeh be tween the Vares and McNlchol for the time being are in evidence. —The proceeding brought before the attorney general against Mayor John Kosek, of Wilkes-Barre, is be ing watched with interest in all of the third-class cities. The Mayor won the first round in the fight to throw him out under the Clark act and now he is being attacked in quo warranto proceedings before the attorney gen eral, the hearing being set for Tues day next. —Governor Brumbaugh is expected to return to this city next week. The Governor has not made any plans to visit the El Paso camp, but may go in the Fall according to Capitol gossip. —Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, has revoked the permission to get up a city handbook because of the fuss raised over It. Progressive Desertion (Salt Lake City Herald-Republican.) Any American soldier who desert ed Gen. Pershing's column in Mexico to join the Carranzistas would doubt less be loaded with honors and emolu ments and even, perhaps, given an of fice. Any Progressive who joins the Democracy may safely count upon similar rewards. The act of the Am erican soldier would be treason to his country. The act of the Progressive deserves no such harsh description. None the less it is treason—treason to the principles in which he has pro fessed to believe, treason to the cause of Americanism and preparedness which his great, self-sacrificing pa triotic leader has fanned to the glow of white heat, treason to himself as he will realize when sober second thought overcomes political pique. Plant 1,000,000 Trees The Massachusetts State Forester : says he ha? 7.000,000 young trees in the State nurseries and that 1,000,000 of these will be planted next spring Eventually it is anticipated that the State will be planting 15,000,000 trees a year. OUR DAILY LAUGH D A T- A N D CLOTHES. //^> Dey say dat some Broadway ■ wells never V wears a >u i t j more dan once. Well, neider do vw* we—only it's a Cl' longer once. -AM' * " raf " NEXT BEST. _ First Politician: At the foot of the ticket we want somebody with a Second Politi cian : Nobody with a barrel seems to want the First Politician: Well, can you lo — cat e somebody with a keg? EVERYBODY HAPPY By Wing Dinger Everybody's happy Up around our place. Smiles galore are playing; Over each one's face. Both the kids are happy, 'Cause to-day's the day I'm to take em flshin'. And I'm bright and gay. For I know I'm going to Have some real, good fun With these bloomtn' youngsters Ere the day Is done. Tell you, brother, nothln' Beats the downright Joy, Mixed with shouts and laughter, That comes to a boy When he feels a tugging. And a fish pulls from Out the stream —e'en though it'« Same sire as your thumb, uo we three are happy 'Bout this flshin' game— Ma's not going with us— Happy Just the same— ' Cause she'll get a few hours Free of care and noise. While dad goes a-Bshln' .With both of the boy a. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY OFF HIS HIGH HORSE —From the Pittsburgh DUpatch. WHAT DO YOU READ? By Frederic J. Haskin rpHERE is a public stenographer j iin a Virginia city who has read most of the world's greatest clas sics from the Odyssey to Adam Bede, and is still going ahead at the rate of two volumes a week. His days are made up of shorthand and typewrit ing and business correspondence of the driest sort, but at night he is the com panion of the gods and kings of Greek romance; he has fought the battles of Ulysses, and followed Dante through all the circles of hell to the throne of Beatrice ; he has tilted the windmills with Don Quixote; he knows the word music of Shakespeare, the stately ca dences of Milton, the stinging satire of Moliere. This man used to read chiefly Sun day newspapers and popular maga zines, as do most Ame?icans. Then he got hold of one of the home read ing courses published by the United States Bureau of Education, and de termined to investigate some of the volumes listed there . At first he read them largely becauuo he thought he ought to do so, finding them a great deal more difficult than the mild men tal pabulum to whicn he was accus tomed; but gradually these words of great minds caught and held his at- LITTLE MILITARY TALKS By Capt. Geo. F. Lumb CASUALTIES THE casual man is the father of most casualties. The casual motorman runs over a child. The casual hunter blows off the head of his companion. There were casualties at Columbus, N. M. An armed garrison was sur prised and the town shot up by a few, dirty, unshaved, half-breed followers of the very capable Villa. It was due to the casual placing of the outposts that were to guard the sleeping camp. Nothing else can explain the disaster. A casually Inspected machine gun failed to operate. A casual Congress allows the secur ity of the nation to "take a chance," while millions are appropriated for the rivers and harbors bill, otherwise known as the Pork Barrel. A casual constituency, the people at large, leave unwritten their protests and either neglect to vote or casually re elect their delinquent representatives. The casual army officer is & rare exception. Military training develops thorough and self-reliant men. The G. A. R. is composed of such. These hardy veterans of fifty years ago have been the flower of our manhood for half a century. In high public office or humble stations of life they have served always with honor, ever asking themselves the question of the true soldier: "What is my duty?" fear lessly fulfilling the answer. To be casual in the face of the na tional perils that still threaten is to Invite the Great Casuallty—War. Sorrows of an Old Friend [Philadephia Record.] After an unwonted silence of several weeks, or months, our old friend, Scott Nearlng, the martyr of 1915, has pro jected himself into the limelight again. From his remarks before the LeagiW of Teachers' Association in New York, we gather that In his new home, To ledo, he finds special privilege and the plutocrats quite as firmly seated in the saddle as they were in his Phila delphia days. Everything is going wrong, as usual, and John the Baptist still raises his voice in the wilderness and calls in vain upon a wicked world to repent. To all the other conspira tors against the common people Mr. Nearlng has now added the newspa pers, his champions in other days. People who follow the news of the Eu ropean war with interest, and some of whom may possibly think that the papers print too much of it, will be surprised to learn that these sheets have been engaged In a shocking plot, a propaganda of suppression— a cur ious contradiction of terms, for which Mr. Nearlng is responsible. Hetty Green [New York Sun.] If Mrs. Hetty Green was not the richest woman In the world, as pop ular fancy delighted to regard her, she was one of the most sensible. What common report said of her she dis dained to notice. If her frugality was painted as miserliness, well and good; if she was depicted at> moving 'twixt days to escape taxes, she refused to reply: she had her life and dared to live It without compromise or conces sion. And this is sensible, because no person, rich, poor, miser or spend thrift, can extract comfort, to say nothing of happiness, from the effort to live according to another's prescrip tion. JULY 8, 1916. tention. There could be no better oroof of »his than the eagerness with which he continues his studies, and the elaborate reports upon his reading which he sends regularly to the Bu reau of Education. He has found a new interest in life, and one that will infinitely broaden and enrich It. For true* reading is above all an extension and enrichment of life. All of us live largely in our imaginations, and the reading of great books Is primarily imagining under the leadership of great personalities. Most Americans read what comes to their hands and accept It at the valu ation of Its publishers. They are lit erally overwhelmed by a constant del uge of books and magazines, widely and cleverly advertised. They are vaguely aware of the classics as a row of dusty tomes on a top shelf in the public library which nobody ever reads. Now the Bureau of Education be lieves that if these really great books got a share of the advertising, had a "fair start" with the current flood of balderdash, they would win a share of readers, and the literary taste of the [Continued on Page 8] THE SWE FROM W TO DN The Greensburg Tribune made a very timely suggestion when it printed the official address of the boys in the Tenth regiment who are now on the border. In sending letters or pack ages one must be careful to put the letter of the company, the number of the regiment and the words "Pennsyl vania and U. S. N. G., EI Paso, Texas," in addition, to insure mail reaching its | destination. The veteran coal mine, Pardoe, lo cated five miles west of Grove City, has reached the end of Its usefulness after a period of service of fifty years. The Bessemer coaling station at that place will in all probability be also abandoned. There is a certain amount of sentiment attached to the passing of such an old landmark. The story has leaked out that a cer tain member of Sheridan Troop of Ty rone was a little too strong for his sweetheart on the occasion of his re cent departure for Mt. Gretna. A phy sician was consulted for the girl and it was found that the affectionate trooper had crushed two of the dear ■girl's ribs. No, they weren't mar ried. A Philadelphia man lost four fingers of his right hand when he tried to shove his machine into the garage with his right hand and the fingers were snapped off by the brake band. Woman's most effective concrete weapon, a hatpin, proved to be the saving grace of a Shamokin school teacher assailed on a mountain road by a ruffian. Wonder if woman's hair is allowed to grow so long so that they may carry concealed deadly weapons! Jennie Warren, of Chester, who was missing for three days, was fin ally found by the police in her own apartment where she had fallen and become wedged between some furni ture. She was nearly dead from ex haustion. One million pounds of low grade to bacco was shipped to the European ar mies during the fiscal year ending July 1, from Lancaster county. Mr. Citizen Read This When President Wil*on was Inau gurated the balance n the Treasury was $150,823,069. Then came the Underwood act. In three years sugar was producing $40,000,000 part of the time and $20,- 000,000 the rest of the time: the in come tax averaged $40,000,000 a year; the peace-time war tax more than $50,- 000,000 a year. At the end of that time the treasury balance (McAdoo method of figuring) was $20,000,000. Shrinkage: $130,823,069. According to the old system of keep ing books even the $20,000,000 had dis appeared and there was a deficit of $50,000,000. —Pulitzer's Review. 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."] What is the minimum charge for water by meter measurement for do mestic purposes per year? i 11.00. Bmtutg (Chat Extract from the letter of an American In China to a former class mate In this city, giving a few side lights on conditions there. "Wednesday, May 31st, 1916. The hot weather has come with a rush, but clad in our thin clothing of Singa pore cloth, or duck, or Hsia 80, we do not mind it—except at night. I suppose that in time we will become accustomed to wearing a suit to the point of saturation each day and of fanning ourselves to sleep at night. * * * * Some of the ladies fear going abroad except In a closed chair, because of such sights as every meat shop shows this time of year. Great earthen gongs are filled with squirm ing, writhing eels, and at any moment the butcher may have to prepare and dress one of these. His method Is to 4 eliminate the squirm by knocking the poor animal's head against the gong, drive a nail through the head, and then with a knife, to rip the beast deftly from bow to stern. It's the rip ping sound that is hard on the nerves, "Our Chinese friends are very ex cited and angry to-day, two days after their declaration of independ ence, at the news just received of the signing of a loan by American bank ers to the Yuan Shih Kai government, of $20,000,000 gold. The southerners are considering a boycott on American goods, as an act of retaliation. They would have good reason for doing it and I hope the money-hungry Ameri can capitalists who negotiated the loan which may result in the sup pressing of republican government in China, lose every cent of it as they stand a good chance of doing. It doesn't greatly interest the American people, I imagine, but to these people here In Changsha it probably means war and death to many." « • • One of the most popular outdoor sports these days seems to be riding in a street car and having your straw hat sail majestically out of the car window. The breezes are no respec ters of persons, either, and they have been whisking ladles' hats and men's hats with naive impartiality. Only a few breezes will think of shooting the hat across the car and out the oppo site window; most of them simply pull it oft the back of the head through the exit easiest of access. Many a girl and man have furnished quiet en tertainment for the passengers in the past few weeks. * • • In these days of war and rumors of war, it is interesting to recall that the Juniata Valley, which has sent some many excellent citizens to Har risburg, was the first to respond to Governor Curtin's call for volunteers in 1861. Out of Lewistown came the famous Logan Guards and about the same time there arrived in Harrisburg the Allen Rifles from Allentown, two companies of the Light Infantrv from Pottsville and the Ringgold Artillery from Read.ing. These organizations constituted the "first defenders" and greatly encouraged President Lincoln on their arrival at Washington. It is not known to many of his legion of friends In Harrisburg that Harry C. Ross, the well-known merchant tailor, was one of the youngest of the Juniata countv boys to respond to the call of the President. He was too young to follow the colors in 1861, being only 13, but managed to get to the front two or three years later, first in the 195 th Pennsylvania P. V. Regiment and later as a member of the Seventh Pennsylvania Cavalrv. * * • City detectives in recounting the re sults of their researches at the many homes which have been entered bv burglars during the last week tell of several incidents which they believe prove that the thief Is only entering the homes to show the people that he can do it. At one home nothing was touched except two bananas. One of these he A evidently had eaten In the house as the skin was found on the diningroom floor. The other was found on the I lawn. At another house several doors | away, a pair of noseglasses was mir ing. Valuable silver had not be. disturbed. The glasses were found broken in bits on the pavement out side. At several of the other homes visited valuables were not taken, but instead several small trinkets, or some food. « « • In the current issue of the Amer ican City, a publication devoted to general discussion of problems per taining to municipal improvement and development, is an interesting article on Harrisburg's "Romper Day" cele bration last year at Reservoir, by Miss Anna S. Cubbison, clerk and stenog rapher to Park Commissioner E. Z. Gross. The tale deals in a general way with the work of the city's play ground and recreation work although special attention is given to the big celebration by which the season was concluded last year. • » • A Steelton family has solved the summer vacation problem In a really clever way—so it would seem at least, to passengers on the Middletown and Steelton trolleys as they run down Front street, Steelton. Adjoining the home of this family a few years ago there was what, to all appearances, was a dump. In an effort to beautify the place members of the family filled ana sodded the plot and made it one of the borough's beauty spots. This year the family went a step further and erected three tents upon the ptot, which they have christened "Camp Have-a-Rest." One of the tents is equipped with a sleeping quar ters and members of the family evi dently have solved their vacation problem by spending their spare time there. "In Fighting Mood" (Philadelphia Public Ledger.) The most interesting part of the speech, however, was not the assertion of maxims of conduct to which few would take exception, but the empha sis placed upon the duty of making words live in action. "I am in a fight ing mood," he said. Just what bear ing this remark has upon the situa tion in which the nation now finds itself it might be difficult to decide. As in his Flag Day speech, Mr. Wil son apparently means to imply that if a conflict is forced upon him he will not shrink from it. Thus he declares that "America is at a point where it is more than ever necessary that she should not only understand her own ideals, but be ready to put them into action at any cost." It is a sentiment to which no exception can be taken; but it still sounds a little oddly on the President's lips; for the one sal ient characteristic of his policy so far has been the exaltation of the word above the act. Now he stands forth as "a challenger to all comers." The only possible comment on such a dec laration can be found in the acts -y which follow it. If the President holds the men who made the Republic as an example, he cannot go far astray. But he would be more Impressive in the Ercles vein if he had not so often proclaimed the principles he was will ing to defend and then in the hour of decision paltered with phrases and juggled with words. Man Gets Sweet Surprise Ten layers of honey each eight feet long and more than a foot thick, the whole weighing almost 200 pounds, was the sweet surprise a Maine man found the other day in the chimney of & farm bouse he had bought.
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