HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HA ME Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Tcleeraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE, Pres't and Editorin-Chi;/ F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. SHEINMETZ. Managing Editor. A Member American Newspaper Pub- I Ushers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assocl&i ed Dailies. Eastern «ffice, Has broofc. Story & Brooks. Fifth Ave nue Building, New York City; West, ern office, Has brook. Story A Brooks, People's Gas Building, Chfi» Entered at the Post Office In Harrln= burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <D3la!E|Ml*pE> week; by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. MONDAY EVENING, JULY 24 If you have a task worth doing, Do it now! In delay there's danger brewing, Do it now! Don't be a "by-and-byer" And a sluggish patience-trier! ■lf there's aught you would acquire. Do it now! —DIXON WATERMAN. LESSONS OF RI BLIC OUTBREAKS THE people of Harrisburg will never submit to the rule of the mob. If Mayor Meals and his police force cannot maintaJn order, then it is time for the City Council to discover whether the stories of incom petency and worse have any founda tion. If those who are expected to maintain peace as servants of the whole community have flunked, then the people should know the, facts. It has been openly charged that policemen have encouraged rather than discouraged the violence and dis order which have prevailed to some extent during the street railway strike, but it is not fair to the policeman who is doing his duty to be misrepresented. He is entitled to a square deal. Those j officers of the force who are falling short in their duty to the public, j however, have no business to be longer \ retained in the public service. It is no time for a milk and water policy when the public peace is at stake. Strike leaders and strikers and j railway officials and citizens generally' are denouncing public disorder. That! being the case, it must be assumed that; there is either indifference upon the ; part of the policemen or the force is absurdly inadequate. Whatever the reason, it is the busienss of City Coun cil to take tha matter in hand and j determine what should be done at this j time. There is a duty and responsibility I resting upon the parents and guardians of Harrisburg also. Much of the dis order has been caused by boys and young men who have manifestly had little restraint at home. It sometimes requires an experience such as the city is now passing through to demon strate the weakness of home training; this might preferably have been the theme of most of the pulpits of Har risburg yesterday. We must get back to old-fashioned ideas in the rearing of children. Too many are allowed to ■ do as they please and as a result have j no regard for law or order or restraint of any sort. When the unhappy differences be tween the street railway company and Its men shall have been adjusted, as they will be adjusted sooner or later, there must be an inventory of our public administration. Harrisburg has long been known as an orderly city and it cannot afford at this stage of its development to be given a black eye in any quarter. Every speech and every statement made by the strike lcadeYs urging peace is creditable to these men. They know that no cause Is over aided through violence and we shall not be surprised to see the strik ers themselves, if disorder persists, take a hand in quelling the element which delights most when it is engaged in destruction either of public peace or lyivate property. Many of these rail way employes own their own homes and are good citizens. They would be the last to foment riot or the breaking down of the fabric of law. In the language of the greatest sol dier of the republic, "Let us have peace." Governor Brumbaugh will have ample opportunity during his vacation in Maine to think over the many construc tive measures which will demand his attention at the next session of the Legislature. These involve a larger measure of home rule for cities of the Third class, the plan of development for the public park area in this city, en couragement of the rural community along scientific lines, the building of the William Penn highway and the general road system of the State ,and other matters which are of special in terest to the administration. It is the period of incubation on Capitol Hill and the results should be manifest "when the frost is on the pumpkin and the corn is in the shock." ANOTHER WARNING IF the boycott of the British govern ment against eighty-two firms in the United States is maintained these firms stand to lose in foreign trade more than $50,000,000. Nothing that has occurred recently has so aroused the business interests of the country as this move on the part of John Bull. While there is an undoubted feeling of friendly interest for the allies among most of the people of the United States, it is likewise true that the recent atti tude of England in blocking mails to this country and interfering with a shipment of chemicals from Germany under certain restrictions, culminating in the effort to boycott a large number MONDAY EVENING, of Arms, is having a tendency to em bitter many who have heretofore been favorable to Great Britain and her in terests. This embargo Is a symptom of what is likely to happen at the close of the war. Notwithstanding the frequent warnings from authentic sources re garding the necessity for preparation In this country against the trade war which will follow the conflict of arms, there is the same apparent indiffer ence as has been manifested . in the matter of the enlargement of the army and navy to protect our people against foreign invasion. We of the United States have become so accustomed to our so-called isolation that we are dis posed to close our ears to all warnings and to continue on our way heedless of consequences. Perhaps this embargo, Involving such enormous losses of foreign trade, will have a tendency to arouse the business Interests to the real situation. Of course, the disruption of business and th® general demoralization growing out of the strike situation here has for the time discouraged many activities not purely personal and incidental to private interests, yet the young men who are back of the river carnival are not so much concerned over the deplor able street railway controversy as to lost sight of the big September river event. Many merchants and others have already indicated their purpose to provide floats for the illuminated pageant on Labor Day and every owner of a conoe, rowboat or motorboat will have a share In the program of the day. JAMES WHTTOOMB RILEY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY'S death will be mourned by millions of people all over the land. Critics already are telling us that Riley was not a great poet and that his verse does not compare with that of some of the more scholarly and imaginative of American writers, but the reading pub lic will be the judge of Riley's place in the literature of America. "The Hoosier Poet," as he did not object to being called, is a title that aptly describes the man. He kney rural life in Indiana and America at large as no other writer knew it. He preserved his youth as his years ad vanced He could laugh with the rol licking boy and weep with the aged and sorrowing. He drew his verses from his heart and from the experi ences common to everyday life. It has been said of him that he had no great imagination, but if that be true he made up for the defect amply by his ability to paint the homely happenings of everyday life in the colors of the sunset, where even the clouds were rimmed about the edges with the shin ing hints of their silver linings. In most of Riley's verses there was j that touch of "sadness that is not j akin to pain." He loved the great j outdoors. For him there was a song in the hum of every bee, a poem in the flutter of the butterfly's wing, a lyric in the rtpple of every stream beside which he tramped. He saw "books in the running brooks, sermons in stones and good in everything." Riley may not hive been a great poet, but nowhere else will the reader of the future find such a wealth of ma terial relating to the farm life of his i day as is stored away in the farm | verses of the good Indiana poet, who ! never aspired to be a Milton or even a j Longfellow, but who did what he set out to do with such consummate skill ! that he made for himself a place ! unique in the Titerary history of the j country and won the love of all who I knew him personally and through his 1 books. According to President Wilson and his apologist. Senator LaFollette, those Americans who go into other countries have no right to the protection of their own Government. In short, the title of American citizenship amounts to noth ing. It is little wonder under these con ditions that American ship owners are flying the flag of England and other nations rather than the Stars and Stripes. PALMER AND PROTECTION* A MITCHELL PALMER appeared not long since before the Ways and Means Committee of the House at Washington to argue in favor of a protective tariff on con densed milk, which is now upon the free list. Mr. Palmer, probably, was earning a fee; but It would not be surprising to know that he was also voicing hie convictions. The Democratic party seems to be busily engaged these days in swallowing Republican principles, and, of course, Mr. Palmer is no ex ception. Does or does not this argument of Mr. Palmer constitute him in the eyes of the President a "pernicious lobby ist?" Alderman Deshong, of the Twelfth ward, is no trifler in the matter of vio lations of law. At least, this Is the conclusion forced upon us by his im position of a fine of ten dollars on the driver of a Steelton automobile who almost ran into another automobile through failure to observe traffic regu lations in the Market street subway. Alderman Deshong has taken the right course, and we trust that all other mag istrates will see to it that traffic regu lations are observed. Here and there a few irreconcilables of the Bull Moose party are Insisting upon aiding the Democratic plans In the pending campaign, but more than 90 per cent, of those who followed Colo nel Roosevelt into the third party movement have returned to the Repub lican fold and are loyally supporting Hughes and the Republican ticket. Glad to know the soldier boys on the Mexican border are greeting the Tele graph with joy and keen appreciation. Here's hoping they may all soon return in good health to the old home town. Economy Is being urged upon the people at home and abroad. In the com mercial contest which Is coming ex travagance Is going to be a great han dicap. The big war is said to be costing the bellige.rents over $105,000,000 a day. In our own Civil War toward the last the dally cost was about $3,000,000. It's no wonder the people of Europe who must bear the burden are demanding peace. ] TELEORAPH PERISCOPE I —A North Carolina town has just settled its street car strike. This is the first time we ever wished we lived in North Carolina. —The United States postal depart ment has sent the newspapers a long screed in praise of itself. Which may or may not be using the mails for questionable purposes. —About this time the man who told the boss in June that he really didn't care for a vacation this year is beginning to wonder why he spoke so soon. —A new car to sell for $395 is to be put on the market soon. Doubtless Henry Ford will regard this as a war like demonstration not to be over come by mere arbitration. —"A girl, a hammock and a moon form a fine combination," observes an exchange, but any girl will tell you that it will take more than th© man. in the moon to perfect the combina tion. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT" Southern senators announce they will tight the bill to prevent child la bor. They will go to ajiy length to safeguard the personal liberty of a child to work in a cotton mill, even if it does stunt his growth and prevent his getting an educttion. Senator Smith of South Carolina and Senator Hardwick of Georgia wish It distinctly understood that the right of a child to be worked to death in a mill is a pal ladium of our liberty which they will defend at all costs. —Kansas City Star. The leading menaces this week to the peace and comfort of the United State are Mexican outlaws, sharks and Senator La Follette.—New York Sun. Church Weeklies Cut Size Local committees of Methodists in New York, Cincinnati and Chicago met In Chicago this week to consider the matter of prices of Christian Ad vocates and books, the former now published at financial loss, and the lat ter likely to be because of the big ad vance in the prices of paper. The New York agent, Dr. E. R. Graham, said: "I do not see how It Is going to be possible to avoid advance in subscrip tion price of our Christian Advocates and some of our books. In the case of the Advocates the advance may make losses even greater than they are now. I cannot tell. The judgment Is that some changes must be made. lam told that similar conditions confronted when the Civil war came on. We had the usual advance orders out for paper, but they were not enough." The American Bible Society reports itself unable to get paper at any price In quantities needed, and said that fear was felt that the lower prices of Tes taments, selling at flve and ten cents, and Bibles, selling at fifteen cents, would be curtailed in numbers if not cut off altogether. The society has had orders for paper out many months ago, and is now only beginning to re ceive it. Publishers of religious weeklies are giving notice that, beginning on the first week in July sizes of issues will be curtailed and ministers and others are being exhorted to cut down their sermons and addresses. Several pa pers of thirty-six and forty pages give notice this week they will hereafter be reduced to twenty pages. None has yet announced advances In price. Clemency For Casement [Philadelphia Ledger.] Now that the appeal of Sir Roger Casement from the sentence of death imposed by. the British court which convicted him of high treason has been dismissed, nothing stands be tween the unhappy and misguided Irish patriot and a disgraceful death upon the gallows but the clemency of the crown. Few disinterested persons will I question the enormity of Sir Roger's offense or the justice of his conviction , th , ere are many circumstances which justify the hope that the British povernment will temper the applica tion of justice In his case with mercy. Lnder the pressure of the emotions stirred by the great war and by the unquestioning loyalty of the greatmass of the Irish people at home, Great Britain Is striving to undo the mis takes of generations and to apply the soothing salve of home rule to the wounds of Irish discontent. The creation of another martyr to the cause of Irish freedom will not help matters in the least, but will intensify the bitterness of the Irreconcilables. Enough blood has been shed In Ire land already, and a commutation of Casement's death sentence would be esteemed by the world not an act of weakness, but of strength. While in the Automobile [Hartford Courant.] There is no counting the number of people who go automobiling. To talk of the experiences of such travelers ceased long ago to he referring to any class. They all do it. What interest's automobilists interests the community at large. The Courant has often referred to the difficulty encountered by travelers in finding out tho name of the town or village through which they happen to be passing—a difficulty, by the way. which is even greater for passengers in steam cars than for those by auto mobile. It was in compliance with a suggestion and request from the Courant that Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock called on the post masters throughout the country to put the names of their offices on their sign 8 that up to that time read "Post office." This is now almost universally done, and thereby all who go past the offices are informed. A good many, however, do not pass that way and they are left to guess. "Cash Market," "Town Hall," "Sec ond Congregational Church." "Center Drug Store," "Imperial Hotel" and other similar signs are plenty every where, but there Is no geography in any of them. Departure of Eminent Citizen [From the New York Sun.] New York loses an eminent, popular, and deserving institution in the depar ture of the gentleman variously and affectionately known as Big Six, the Old Master, and Christy. He has at tained a venerable age—something over 30, we believe—at the Polo Grounds, but even the apparent in roads of time did not deprive him of the good wishes of the crowd. The earliest evidences of his weakening were Ignored by his faithful following, and, contrary to the usages of profes sional athletes, his dissociation from the ball nine he has done so much for was not demanded until it became evi dent that his own interests would be served by a change of status Mr. Mathewson has contributed, be sides professional skill, poise, sound sense, a modest bearing and good man ners to a pastime in which these quali ties nre greatly needed. He lias shown that a gentlemanly demeanor is not im possible on the ball field. That he should take the championship awav from the Giants is more than New York can be expected to wish for him: but any success except that several hun dred thousand fans in thia town hope he may achieve. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ""po&ttca. Sy the EX'Oaminltttemßn The dismissal of Postmaster G. W. McNeil, of Pittsburgh, has left an un pleasant situation in the Pennsylvania Democracy because other postmasters are afraid that it will only be a ques tion of time until their enemies suc ceed in getting scalps. It will be re called that McNeil was named at the request of the "high brow" element In the State Democracy over the pro tests of the machine element and that it was predicted that he would get into a row before long. Dr. McNeil and his successor, Alexander Guffey, shook hands on Saturday when the doctor gave up the job. Guffey, however, has a rocky road ahead of him because the con firmation will be fought in the Senate and a congressional investigation mav come along which will ventilate things in the post office department and ex pose political activity. —State Chairman McLean Is said to be somewhat disturbed for fear that there may be an attack made upon the Wilkes-Barre postmaster who was named against the Palmer enoice and he is doing all he can to keep the turbulent Luzerne county bunch quieted down. —ln Philadelphia it is said that it is only a question of time until an as sault is started on postmasters in some of the interior towns. —Revenue Collector Ben Davis' friends say that he will mane some fight when it comes to his confirma tion. —S. S. Staples has been appointed postmaster at White Haven. He is said to be a partisan of Congressman J. J. Casey. —The manner in which the lid has been clamped down on Philadelphia's tenderloin is attracting attention. The ward leaders are said to have been told by the mayor that there is no use complaining and that it is to be a closed town. —County Controller Hendershot is having his own troubles to abolish useless jobs in the Luzerne county courthouse. The Democratic machine is fighting him. —Bruce Sterling, Democratic can didate for Congress in the Twenty third district, is starting his campaign by making speeches in the hot weather. Frosts come early In that section. —Philadelphia papers, commenting upon the statement made on Saturday that there would be an unusual num ber of former legislators in the next House, say that from prospects the next general assembly will have many experienced men. The Philadelphia Ledger says that the honors of being the best dressed man. now held by Senator Snyder, will pass to T. Larry Eyre. —The Philadelphia Inquirer of to day says: "Philadelphia itepublicans are predicting that they will elect the entire local delegation to the next session of the General Assembly which meets next January in Harrisburg. They look for the greatest Republican majority in the history of the citv be given to Hughes and and expert that their colleagues on the Republican ticket will be senerallv supported with the sam ß lo yalty a ,he Rer " lbllca " legislative candidates are practically already both :e fho a n the >Ti l names a PP ear upon tickntl an^ R f PUbllcai } and Democratic u n J? ome instances upon all hnth L i? Re P ubllc ans will control T pIho! t anc J of the Pennsylvania Legislature and there will be an un- SSSfiS the* House!"° r ° f °' der mem " Wilson s Loan to Carranza [New York Sun.] President Wilson has not vet an nounced the basis on which the amount of the loan he proposes to make to Mexico shall he computed. It Ki unllk ely that the details of the subject are proving unexpectedly dif ficult to handle. Should the sum to t>e handed over to C?rranza be determined accordinpc . e P r °P®rty losses that have been Inflicted on Americans in territory "oc cupied by Dr. Carranza? Or should the number of raids made into our territory by bandits from Mexican communities pacified by Dr Carranza fix its amount? ™Hnl!l apS , n " mber American civilians killed by Carranzistas, or while engaged in lawful pursuits under s*l® nominal protection of the First P, e f ® J"" 13 - might be accepted as the deciding factor. Obviously the number of sailors ma rines and soldiers killed by Dr. Car ranza's forces and adherents must be excluded from consideration. Their inclusion would give to the transaction a military aspect which, very frankly, would be most distressing to the Presi dent of Humanity. From Booze To Milk [Prom the Kansas City Star.] The American Magazine tells how some of the great industries in this country recognizing. tha t a man who drinks beer or whisky is not a good workman and is more liable to accidents than one who does not drink, are try ing to win them away from that habit Tht inLi o, tO , <3^ lnk mllk Instead. The Illinois Steel Company, employ ing thousand a of men, has put electric its P' ants asking this question. Did booze ever do you any * ood T7 hel P you to gret a better lob contribute to the happiness of your ramliy ? Other signs notify men that the com pany does not want them to drink heer or whisky and warns them that if they persist in it they will lose their Jobs I, h JL Co ™,r any s ?.? d * men through the plant sel ing milk at cost in the hope th mt lt^£ ,,I i b 2 instead of liquors. _,The West Steel Casting Companv of Cleveland has put refrigerators its Plant and keeps them filled with fresh, cold milk, which the men can buy at cost. The men used to go to saloons to eat their noon lunch eon. Now they eat it out doors in the shade and drink milk with it. The SouUi Works plant of the Illi nois Steel Company bpgan selling milk to its workmen at cost six months ago. It sells 1.400 ouarts a day. Fourteen saloons near th» plant were forced to close for lack of trade. Best of all, the men In all those plants have learned that milk gives invigorating and lasting strength and they have noticed a great benefit in the change from booze to milk. The Happy Husband [From the Florida Times-Union. 1 Happy is the husband who comes home in the late hours knowing as he totes his shoes up the stairway and Into his wife s room that neither she nor the furniture will bruise his carcass. THE HOOSIER POET By Wing Dinger Sad, indeed, the news that tells us ■Whitcomb Riley Is no more. But to-day, all souls are happy Over on that brighter shore, To have with them one whose lifetime Here on earth was given to Penning verses fraught with humor. Sweetness, love, and comfort true. Dead, no he's not dead, dear reader. True his body's cold and still And his soul has crossed the river, But he lives and always will In the messages he's left us And our children, which they'll give To their kids in turn, and so on i Down the ages he will Uva. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY SUMMER FICTION —Front the Philadelphia Public I<rdsrr, SPRING VEGETABLES . By Frederic J. Raskin k ; IF you have weak nerves and low vi tality generally, eat Spring onions regularly in small quantities, and if you are unable to sleep, eat them be fore retiring, for the essential oil of the onion is an excellent soporific. But if you are a full-blooded person, in clined to be feverish or bilious, the onion is not for you. It will make you sneeze and perspire and be un comfortable generally. The onion is by no means alone among fresh vegetables in having marked medicinal properties. Near ly all of them have strong acids and essential oils which produce various effects upon the body. Yet most per sons eat them indiscriminately at this time of the year. The strawberry, with Its heavy con tent of citric and malic acid is a spe cific which bilious people will find ben eficial, but which should be eaten spar ingly by others. There is little food value in the berry. Wood and acid are its chief constituents. Asparagus contains two active me dicinal principles. Its essential sub stance, asparagin, stimulates the kid neys, while a green resin called man nite (vhich it contains has a sedative effect upon the heart and will relieve palpitation or nervoiis excitement of that organ. Common rhubarb is another veget able which should be used with care, especially by gouty persons. It con tains a large amount of oxalic acid which combines with alkalies to induce a gouty condition. A naturally poisonous plant that has been made very edinie by cultivation is the celery. Wild celery growing in the sunlight is a deadly plant; but the cultivated variety when buried and bleached becomes not only a dainty vegetable, but a very salutary one. It contains a trreat deal of sul phur, and for this reason is good for rheumatism. A famous British veg etarian writing In the London Times asserts that on a diet of celery, rheu matism is impossible. Celery also has a sedative effect upon the nerves. There are some very sensitive persons who can not eat it; but for most it is an excellent vegetable, either cooked or raw. Probably one of the best of Ameri can food habits is the abundant eat ing of lettuce in the summer time. This plant contains lactucerin which has a genuine narcotic effect. In the wild lettuce this principle is strong that a narcotic may easily be express ed from the stem of the plant; but in the cultivated variety there is just enough of it left to make the vegetable mildly soporific. It is also mildly aperient, and has a generally soothing effect. It should not, however, be eaten with vinegar ns this acid will neutralize its best qualities. Water cress is a vegetable which has never been properly appreciated in this country. There are few restaurants where you can order a watercress sal ad, and few homes where the plant is regularly served. Yet cress is rich in iodine, iron, phosphate and potash, and has genuine tonic value, especial ly In the Spring. It is antiscrofulous and is credited with being beneficial in pulmonary tuberculosis. It will clear your head in the morning and aid digestion. In England it is often en ten for breakfast with bread and butter, while in France it is popular as a salad to be eaten with meats, and Is generally dipped in vinegar or oil. Hitchcock Raps Government In an article on jobs with a poor future in the August American Maga zine, Frank H. Hitchcock, the former Postmaster General, Is quoted as say ing: "The government service in Wash ington is a good place for a young man who wishes to pay his own ex penses while receiving his education at one of the universities in Washing ton. But, after he has received his education, he is far Detter off out of the service than In it." Baseball Scout's Complaint Hugh S. Fullerton has a short story In the August American Maga clne in which a professional baseball scout laments the tricks of bush league managers. One of them says: "If a scout don't keep his eyes open those bush managers are worse than a bunch of salted mine promoters, so I don't ask any questions, but goes around snooping after Musser. Every one in Muskegon knows all about that game, but no one knows Musser—new man. I had to hunt up the manager and take a chance of having acid enough to test his gold bricks. But this one was different. When I asked about Musser he said, 'Shush-sh-sh shhh,' and I had to walk him around in front of the mirror so the bartender can't hear before he'll say a word. Then he leans over and says, 'Shush sh-sh! College man. Rich daddy. Pitching under fake name. Afraid he'll lose his amateur standing. Hired him to pitch one game, won a sock ful. Musser wouldn't even stay to sup j>er. Shush-Bh-sh-shhh !."*• JULY 24, 1916. Wild watercress has more tonic value than the cultivated plant, and you are fortunate if you have access to a brook spring where it grows. You should be very careful, however, that the waters from which it is taken are not polluted, for the cress acts as a sieve to catch everything floating down the stream. A vegetable of little food value and hard to digest is the radish, which consists chiefly of wood, water and sul phur. A young radish, quickly grown, is fairly digestible and makes a good appetizer, but when the radish gets old it is no more edible than cord wood, and should be avoided. Also it should not be peeled, but eaten skin and all, and preferably with a bit of the leaf too. Spinach is an excellent vegetable to eat in the Spring because of the large amount of iron which it contains. It Is mildly laxative and emollient, and is especially good for invalids and old persons. Also, the Juice of spinach as obtained by boiling It, may be drunk with excellent effect upon the complexion. Another wholesome vegetable is the turnip, and one which may be used in more ways than most persons are aware. The root, boiled and mashed, is an excellent vegetable. Turnip tops when young make excellent Spring greens. When grown in dry, sandy soil, tho turnip may be mashed and made into a bread, and it may also he baked whole, and served with butter. The somewhat similar carrot is dis tinguished by its pronounced antiseptic powers, which make it especially di- Kestible; while In some rural districts in England, mashed, carrots are used as a salve for sores, and are said to heal them quickly. What effect the tomato has upon the human system is a matter of some controversy, and should certainly be of importance in this country, where nearly everyone eats the fruit raw in season and canned during the winter, i he charge has been seriously brought against the tomato that it causes can cer, but no substantial proof has been brought forwe-rf. nnr* there is nothing ' the composition of the vegetable to indicate that it couic do so. It con tains citric and malic acids and also exalate of potash and has no charms for the gouty. On tne other hand, it undoubtedly stimulates the liver and the prevalence of torpid liver among civilized brain workers probably ac counts for its rapid rise in popularity when it was brought from South America and introduced in Europe and the United States. The whole tomato plant is rich in sulphur, so that when burned under fruit trees, the smoke will kill blight upon them. It is probable that the release of sulphur within the body when the tomato is digested has a de cided antibacterial action. Altogeth er, there is little doubt but what the tomato Is a vegetable of remarkable purifying value when taken raw. Most of its specific qualities are neutralized when it is cooked. These Instances are sufficient, to show that nearly all vegetables con tain specific acids and oils, and should therefore be eaten with a view to their effect. The Judicious use of fresh vegetables will do a great deal to help you through minor ailments and indis positions which beset all mankind in the Spring; while by the careless use OUR DAILY LAUGH WISE BrrroND HIS YEABS. ~ o See! She Is ' 1 ' looking around— (WfSjJ —mW\v — ehe wants to flirt ' | with you. l|l U i\ My boy, I'm al- v | ready a member lawKk of the Alimony FOLLOWS THE CUSTOM. What do you rJ when you t0 Introduce a /, J fljftl man to a friend (x/Y Aask, an< * you ean,t re * A Jmember his (yd | name? jP V-jMk t/ . Bluff it through the way every body else does. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the Harrisburg Botar'y Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quix."] Who should be consulted to rectify errors in County Assessments? The Ward Assessor, Abetting Qlljat Bygone times when there was nothing like the trolley service of the Harris burg Railways Company are being brought back to a good many people these troublous days when they are taking to the railroads. Trains touch ing Steelton, Lucknow, Rockville, Pax tang, Hummelstown and other places which have long enjoyed trolley serv ice have suddenly become popular again and conductors have to stock up with pennies before starting in order to meet the demands for odd rates of rare to and from suburban places. Some idea of the extent to which su** urban train traffic has revived can be gained by watching the crowds about the gates for local trains. Maclay fetreet station shows what a strike can do because few people would think in ordinary times of boarding a train at that station to ride to Union station or of going to the Market street station to ride to Maclay street. Incidentally. Paxtang is on the railroad map again, although the stopping place is only a mound beside the subway, and Boyd station has come to life again. The Reading's Steelton trains are now com ing to the city with stops at streets which were abandoned as stations a long time ago. The sale of tickets to Lucknow and Rockville has jumped, as has the Maclay street traffic, and the Pennsylvania is selling more tickets to and from Steelton than it has for years. The two railroads have met the increased traffic with little trouble and bid fair to hold some of it. Some pretty funny jitneys are offer ing their services for transportation Just now, including some which in the interest of public safety should be rele gated to a motor vehicle morgue at an early day, just as some drivers should pass examination as to their knowl edge of how to operate a car or what constitutes saxe and decent crowding. There are motor trucks which give the average person the same considerate riding as they would a bar of pig iron and some delivery wagons in which people are housed up like the unfortu nates who have to ride in the Police Department's "Black Maria." But the funniest sight of all are those bathtub arrangements hooked to a motorcycle which are rather popular. One went around town Saturday night with this big sign across the back of it: JITNEY FOR ALL PARTS OF TOWN • • * It might be remarked in passing that some of the men who are in the jitney business and have feeling for the suf fering public nre making a hit bv honesty. Some of the cars offering themselves for business are placarded with a big "ac"* Others are com mencing to display signs such as "10 cents to Steelton"or "5 cents to Broad street." Another man has put out a sign "Ten cents to all parts of the Hill.'' These men and others who have regular rate cards penciled out are de serving of more consideration than the robbers who are holding up women for a quarter and jamming them Into cars already overcrowded. Unfortunately, the men in the latter class are going without any effort to check them on the part of police officials and it is only a question of time until someone will get into a row over an attempt to gouge. It would be a comparatively easy matter for police control of a man who overcharges because all that is needed is the license number to round him up. But this is the time of the harvest for some Jitney owners and they probably think that some polica officers of Harrisburg have done such peculiar things the last week that fail ure to regulate the Jitney robbers will not matter much in the long run. • • » Saturday nl?ht in Market, Third and Fourth streets will probably be i remembered as the worst congested in a long time. Automobiles by the score and people by the thousands jammed the streets and officers were all but worn cut trying to keep the traffic flowing ir. the proper directions. That it was efficiently done was demon strated by the lack of accidents. The traffic men probably felt that they were on their mettle because of the general criticism of the police force in failing to curb disorder early in the week and the trying duty of standing in the middle of the street hour after hour, keeping order in confusion, was creditable to the men who did it. Just why they did not have orders to limit jitneys to safe numbers of passengers, which they could have done as well as make the drivers move properly, is one of the problems which it is too hot to consider now. Figuring out what Mr. Jiggs is going to do next in "Bringing Up Father" is easy com pared to finding plausible reasons for some performances of certain polica officials the last week. ♦ • •' There have been summer days in times pone by when policemen went out in boats to round up boys swim ming on Sunday afternoons and when the people who walked up and down the River FrCTTt. exclaimed in horror at the white figures of swimmers. Now adays a good many of the people who used to walk along the River Front go out in boats and take dips themselves. Conditions and viewpoints change even in Harrisburg «nd the way in which the river and its delightful amuse ments are now considered would shock some of the folks who tried to regulate things twenty years ago. Some of these days the mountains above the citv will be regarded as Nature in tended they should and will be under municipal control, having roads and paths and affording delightful places for a ramble, a picnic or for Just plain contemplation of one of the finest river valleys In thejand. —Captain James B. Kemper, now lieutenant-colonel of the Eighth Pennsylvania, was given best wishes in telegrams, by friends to-day, as he starts for El Paso to-night. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "* Lieutenant Colonel Jackson, the new commandant at Mt. Gretna, is a Philadelphian. —Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, Is teaching Director W. H. Wilson how to play golf. —W. P. Worth, the Coatesville manufacturer, plans to go back into business. —Freeland Kendrick, prominent Philadelphian, is spending sometime at the seashore. | DO YOU KNOW ' That Harrisburg steel is used for fireproof doors? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The Cumberland Valley has builu four bridges spanning the Susque hanna at this place in eighty years, ROUGH CROSSING By Jane McLean We took a trip in an open boat, Love, Life and I, Love sang a song in a minor not«, I watched the sky. And Life watched the sea where we lay affoat With a storm nearby. The wind swept down with a sting of hall: Love shrank and died; I sobbed and clung to the wet gunwale. While the waves broke wide: But Life brought us safe, with a torn white sail, I To the other aids.
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