14 RARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR TUB IlCilS Poundtd lljt ! Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH FRIXTIXG CO., Ttlefriph Bulldln*, Federal Square* E. J. STACKPOLE. Prttt and Editjr-inChXf F. R. OYSTER, 3UJIMJJS Mjnajer. OVS M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editcr. « Member American Ushers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assocl&J- Eaetern office. Has- Brooks, Fifth. Ave nue Building-. New Brooks. People's Gas Bnildlng, Cb&> Entered at the Post Office In Harris* burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, si* cents a .3IE> week: by mall, $3.40 a year in advance. THURSDAY EATXIXG, AUGUST 3 Forthe Son of man came to seek and Ua*tavo>that-which was Jest, —Lcke 19:10. = I THE GOVERNOR'S ENDORSEMENT rpHE graceful acknowledgement by j JL Governor Brumbaugh that the 1 Telegraph had "beaten him to it" ; In suggesting the adoption by Penn- ; Kaylvania of the Vermont plan to invite tourists to this Slate detracts nothing from the force of the chief executive's recommendation. The Governor's endorsement of the Vermont plan follows personal ob servation of its success. He has toured the Xew England States for the past ten years and knows every byroad in the mountains as well as he does the highways of his own native Hunting don county. He realizes that tourist travel is taking thousands of people to New Ens'and yearly and is leaving thousands of dollars of tourist money In the hands of those who cater to them. And he Is right when he asserts that New England has no finer scenery than has Pennsylvania. Therefore. It remains only for lis to advertise our selves as well as New England has done to bring to us many of the tour ists who now speed their summers there. It la possible now to go to almost any place 1n this State over good roads «nd every summer conditions Improve. The foundation has been laid for popularizing motor travel in this State and It becomes the duty of those most Intrrested to follow the example of the thrifty Vermonters who are commer cializing their hospitality in a manner that delights tht, visitor and enriches the native —a combination that Is ap pealing, indeed. orR RIYKR n\!slV VISITORS to Harrlsburg never tire of singing the praises of the cKy's beautiful river front. They appreciate to the full all the scenic beauty, the unique treatment of the shore line, the wonderful islands and the unsurpassed view of mountain and hillside and river. It's a good thing al so for the people of Harrisburg them selves to understand what a wonderful thing is the Susquehanna basin and all that makes living here so delightful. It's a blessing without price and free for all. When the "Greater Harrlsburg Navy" shall have been fully organized and equipped the Susquehanna basin will come into its own. DEMAND A MILITARY I'OI.ICY FROM many influential quarters is going up a vociferous protest against what is characterized as the "militia blunder" of the Wilson administration. It is pointed out that the present Congress has steadily de clined to take expert advice on mili tary matters; that instead of adopting a sound and dependable military pol icy, the National Guard has been swept unprepared into a position where many of the men are embar rassed by the fact that instead of re sponding for the defense of their country they are forced to do the dally grind of a standing army. Congressmen are being goaded by business and other interests all over country to take soure action regarding the militia on the border. Mr. Town send, of Michigan, made a \*igorons protest in the Senate In which he de clared: These boys ought to be home, tinder the circumstances, They ought to be returned to their schools and their various vocations at home if their country does not need them, to the things which they have given up with the thought that their country's honor and de fense required their services. The military committee of the Mer chants' Association of New York rec ommends the recall of the National Guard from the border and the repeal of the statute federalizing the Guard, substituting therefor a military pojloy In accordance with the views of the military experts. "NO WONDER MAUD DIED !*» TTARKING back to the Baltimore convention and the platform of that memorablo body of up tffters, we recall this declaration: The constitutional rights of American citizens should protect them on our borders and go with them throughout the world, and every American citizen residing or having property in any foreign country is entitled to and must bo given the full protection of the United States Government, both for himself and his property. Now comes Colonel Harvey, the original Wilson man, the distinguished •ditor of the North American Review THURSDAY EVENING, and philosopher extraordinary, who thus comments upon the foregoing plank: One hundred and twelve Ameri can citizens murdered on a single ship at sea in literal compliance with official forewarnings—with no sign of either apology or disavowal from the assassin Government fif teen months after the perpetration of the crime. Hundreds of Ameri can lives and hundreds of millions of American property destroyed in Mexico—and "protection" not only not afforded, but officially refused time and time again. Every Ameri can citizen residing or having property in any foreign country is entitled to and must be given the full protection of the United States Government, both for himself and his property. The ghastly irony of it all! And the brazen humbug of pretense of pledges made to he kept when In office as well as re lied upon during the campaign! Xo wonder Maud died. NOT ENOUGH CATTLE IF we may Judge from the statements of experts in the packing business, | the real trouble in this country has ) been the failure to raise livestock sutfl j clent to meet the increased demand. ' Tears ago every farm represented a I considerable herd of cattle, but in re | cent years there has been a lessening t of interest in the livestock Industry. | The head of one of the great packing I concerns says: i The big problem in the meat in dustry is one of supply. The Gov ! ernment reports sent out by the I Department of Agriculture point out that meat production all over the world has not kept pace with the increase in population. The I supply of live stock must be in creased. We will co-operate with stock raisers: we want to see stock raised in every farming district. With the experience of our organi zation we should be able to bring about a betterment of this condi | tlon. We know that the road to success in this business is keeping the consumer In mind at every step. Livestock diseases have contributed much to the reduction of the meat supply, but those who are familiar with the raising of cattle agree that there has not been sufficient attention given to this feature of agricultural activity. Time was when great flocks of sheep covered the hillsides of Penn sylvania, but these have disappeared' Just when meat was most needed. VIOLATING ORDINANCES ONE of the most public-spirited men of the city writes the Tele graph a letter upon the subject of law violations and their effect upon i the community. He especially refers to the many recent robberies which have been committed without ap-' prehension of the miscreants. We quote from his communication as follows: I wonder whether it is not time to call a meeting of citizens or to undertake some action in an en deavor to save llarrisburg from ac quiring a reputation for complete lawlessness? You will remember, I think, how much reprobation lias been poured i out upon Coatesville, where one I desperajely lawless act a few years ago gave that city unenviable no toriety. Now look at the situation i.p j Harrlsburg. For many months rob- I bertes ha\e been committed in this city with apparent impunity. 1 think 1 am correct in assuming i that no property has been recov ered and no thief apprehended bv the action of the local police body. Mr. Wallower did get back some properly, but the thief was caught j and the connection with the Wal- I lower robbery established in Wll llamsport. one of th* force com plained to me two or three dava ago, showing me his orders, which indicated that even if he saw a sus picious character lurking aloxit the door of your house at night he could not stop and watch that man because he had to cover a certain beat and report at a certain time. He told me that tinder former ad ministrations this need for some time to look for suspicious occur rences was recognized, but not at present. In the second place, all forms of State and local laws are being ut terly disregarded, and with im punity. Every week at least two hundred and fifty dollars worth of illegal signs are erected in and about Harrisburg in defiance of a Stale law and of a city ordinance. The enforcement of the traffic or dinance is faintly approximate and in no sense adequate. A visiting 1 chauffeur told me not long ago that our traffic law was a joke, because our policemen didn't mean it. Ho said he would very much prefer the drastic enforcement of New York, , because there one knew what to expect. in my lifetime I do not believe I can remember a period when it has been so unsafe to live In Har- j rishurg as it is now. 1 believe it is time for citizens who have reallv \ the interests of the town at heart j to act in a way which would dett- i nitelv advice the constituted au- . thorities that they were ex pected to enforce the law. i I believe that a meeting of respon- i hible persons could take such ac- ! tion as would interest the courts. If necessary. In the direction of proper protection lo property and 1 While the letter from which the foregoing extracts have been taken was not intended for publication It goes so directly to the heart of things and so well expresses the views of so many protesting citizens that we have taken the liberty of using these ex cerpts. Harrisburg has always been a law abiding city and it must continue to deserve this reputation. Yiolations of ordinances and traffic regulations and the commission of crime of every sort must be rebuked without hesita tion In any quarter. Nobody wants disorder; all are in favor of a faith ful and consistent enforcement of the laws. In fairness to those in authority it should be said that there are evidences of a firm stand recently in the police department looking toward the en forcement of the street traffic regula tions, or at least the prompt punish ment of those arrested for violations. PROFITING BY EXPERIENCE FROM Wilson's peace address: "With its (the war's) causes and objects we are not con cerned. The obscure fountains from i which its stupendous flood has burst forth we are not Interested to search i for or explore." • And in the next paragraph: "One observation on the causes of the pres ent war we are at liberty to make, and to make it may throw some light forward upon the future, as well as backward upon the past." Since we are not concerned with its causes and objects, why make the one observa tion. This dictlonal deviation on the part of Woodrow recalls Bernard Shaw's remark: "Since history repeats itself and the unexpected always hap pens, how can we profit by exped ience?" 1 TELEORAPH PERISCOPE "] —The man who wrote "There's No Place Like Home" must have just re turned from a vacation. —There are indications that the one term plank in the Baltimore conven tion platform is to be carried out to the letter. —One of the advantages of the new tariff is the fact that the sugar banks of Cuba have increased their deposits $23,000,000 this year, while sugar pric es have advanced only to nine cents a pound in the United States. —"The war is one of economics," says a commentator; yes, but not of economies. —Naturally the tramp who asks for something to eat would be delighted with a tart answer. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT" Something tells us that before our militiamen finally reached the border In those Boston & Maine day-coaches they found some means of prying open the windows.—Boston Transcript. If Roosevelt organizes a division of 1,000 men for service In Mexico, we expect to see him turn it into a politi cal party and run for the presidency [again.—Xew Orleans States. The experiment of making the Re publican Xorth pay the whole income tax proved such a success that those Southern Congressmen seem to have been encouraged to double the dose. —Boston Transcript. Even English educators are begln ?: s ',, to s ' low some appreciation of timeliness. An Oxford professor has out a new edition of the parts of "Caesar" which tell of his wars with the Germans.—New York World. If. as is hinted, Mr. Hughes has been able to convince both the woman suf fragists and the antis that he is for them it is clear that the diplomacy of the country will be in competent hands were he elected.—Chicago Daily News, j Why Desire Great Age? [Prom the Kansas City Star.] Professor Metchnlkoff worked hard to discover the secret of long life and he died the other day without achiev ing it. The man who could discover a receipt for old age could become the richest man in the world. Nearly every one seems to want to know how to live to he 100 years old. and when the news papers and magazines get word of a man who has lived that long they rush to interview him and find out the why of It. But none of them can tell you. Some | of them never drank In their lives and i they attribute it to that. Some drank j all the whiskey they could pet hold of. i drank until they were pickled In alco- ! hoi, and they give that as a reason. The i old man who smoked and chewed to- I hacco all his life tells us that nicotine j preserved •him. The centenarian who I never used tobacco says: "Beware of j nicotine if you want to live long-." The census tell us that in 1910 there! were 4K.000 persons In this country 90 years old and over, and) 3,555 who were : 100 or more, and It Is likely that not two of them would give the same rea son for living so long. It Is useless to try and discover the secret because there is no general rule that can be ap plied to all cases. Old age depends upon the individual case and the cir cumstances surrounding It. Often a person who was sickly in youth lives to be 100. We all know of thin, anaemic looking men and women j who live on and on, threatening for j years and years literally to "blow away 1 in the tlrst hard wind." but outliving! all the healthy and wholesome and! hearty ones of the whole neighborhood. But. when you come right down to It. j why should anyone want to live to be! 100. or even 90? A man who was said i to lie 10S years old attended one of the ••Billy" Sunday meetings here and everyone who saw him pitied him. He was a wrinkled shadow of a man who had lived beyond his time. The chief end of man should not be ! so much to live to be 80 or 90 years old j as to get the most out of the years that 1 he does live, and the only way to do ! that is to live rightly, which means : sanely, temperately, usefully, with due, regard to the rights and feelings of others, living that way you may not ! exist for a great span of years, but you j will have the satisfaction of knowing I that you made the most of the years' that were allotted you. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES j Captain Lincoln P. Andrews, U. S. A., first American Governor of Leyte, i Philippine islands, and a veteran of the Cuban and Philippine campaigns, spent : a year In Mexico. In 1906, becoming, familiar with the northern provinces in particular. Captain Andrews, whose "Fundamentals of Military Service," re cently published by the IJpplncott Com pany. is the textbook in use at Platts burg and other military training camps, has been recalled from the Philippines for service with the Amer ican army on the Mexican border. The author of "From Nature For ward." published by the J. B. Lippincoit Company, is Harriet Doan Prentiss, a cousin of Rupert Hughes, the novelist, who has Just gone with his regiment to Mexico. It is said that Mr. Hughes is a convert to the system of practical philosophy that Mrs. Prentiss applies to the problem of modern life as these afTect life a'nfl 'health. Wfth his en couragement and that of many friends who have made a successful trial of her methods. .Mrs. Prentiss was induced I to share her ideas with a wider circle ! of readers. In "Birds In Their Relation to Man," a revised edition of which, just pub lished by the Eippincott Company, in cludes the results of government In vestigation of all supposedly harmful species of birds, the authors tell us that of forty or fifty birds exclusive of ' hawks and fowls, thus far investigated, the English sparrow Is the only one which has been condemned. Of seventy five species of hawks and owls found | In America, only six were found to be injurious. And Stite bounties upon dozens of species have been withdrawn I in consequence. State protection being j substituted. Only'tßat arch-hyphenate, I the English sparrow, is without the pale, and six States offer a bounty for ; Its extermination. s How many people realize that this cry was heard during our Civil war? Twenty-eight vessels fell victims. Cap tain George R. Clark U. S. N„ tells us, in his official (Annapolis) textbook," "A Short History of the United States Navy," (Lipplncott's) the Confederates being the first to adopt a policy which j sounds remarkably like "German fright | fulness." Thrilling exploits, as daring as any performed by the German navy in the present war, were numerous. Thus a Confederate submarine, after suiTocatlng three crews In attempts at submarine attack, sank the Federal Housatonlc and went down with all of her crew. Captain Clark's narrative, revised and brought up to date, ought to be on every citizen's book table.— 4t makes stirring reading. HARRISBURG *££&&& TELEGRAPH [f odtttC4 Ck "PcivKOi^caKta ST tho Ex-Commltteeman "Pennsylvania troops at tho border are certainly entitled to vote and I think, being- in the Federal service, there is possibly some way in which the State laws requiring a man to ap pear at his honie precinct to register or enroll could be overcome," said Governor Brumbaugh to-day in talk ing about the problems attending the voting of the troops. "I intend to have the matter looked up at once to find out whether we must send commissioners to get the ■votes or whethsr the officers will con duct the voting or how the law re quires." continued the Governor. "The men voted in the Civil War and in the Spanish War and they will vote this year. It is a matter of getting the law's provisions on the matter, and I think the legal department of the State government can work it out. One thing you can be sure of. and that is that the men will get a chance to vote." —The Governor last night gave high commendation to the speech of accept ance of Charles E. Hughes, saying that it was strong on the three big issues— tariff, foreign relations and merchant marine. The Governor said that he was not surprised at the Hughes decla ration for suffrage, as he had known the candidate's views for a long time. Speaking of tho shipping matter, the Governor reiterated last night his well known views on the Importance of ex tension of the merchant marine and said that he personally favored a diminishing subsidy. Governor Brum baugh has placed himself at the serv ice of the Republican congressional campaign committee and expects to I make speeches in behalf of the ticket. ! Governor Brumbaugh's unexpected i visit to Harrisburg and his plans to remain here until Saturday are gen- 1 erally believed to have more political j significance than anything else. For' weeks Private Secretary Ball and some I of the officials have been preparing a | list of attaches of the various depart- ! inents of the State government with * special reference to the counties to ! which they are accredited and it is i generally believed from conferences Mr. Ball has had that the time is 1 drawing near to make numerous charges. These have been threatened ! for a long time, in fact ever since the primary. Some of the men on the list 1 have stirred up ! ackers at home and ! they have been endeavoring to stop | any changes, while some of the chiefs ; of departments have insisted upon 1 talking over with the Governor per- 1 sonally changes in their departmental ! staffs. The Governor will meet these i chiefs while here and may also see ! some of the men behind the ap pointees. It is "aid that Insurance Commis- I sioner J. Denny O'Neil Is one of the ■ men most active in preparing for 1 changes and that he will overhaul his end of the government this Fall. —Conferences held between Mayor Smith and Magistrate William E. * amp bell, who had been declared out- j side or" the factional breastworks, caused much comment in Philadelphia ; yesterday. Campbell is a McNichol ! man. —Senator Penrose and Senator! McMchol declined to lake Candidate I Hughes' suffrage position yesterday. ! The Penrose vote will be against the; Federal amendment. Senator McNichol ! says women "ought to stay at home." ! 1 he Philadelphia North American to-day says that "petty politics" had i something to do with the resignation I of George C. Signor as superintendent of the Spring City State Institution. T here has been a fight in the board of ! that Institution for months and the Governor created some excitement a short time ago by summary removal of men who were alleged not to be in political sympathy with him. Signor's methods at the institution won much approval throughout, the State, es- • pecialiy from students of such insti- i tutions. —The Philadelphia grand Jurv will continue its vice hunt. Landlords are to be called In. —Men active in. politics and business are urging enlistments In the new or ganizations of the Second and Third artillery regiments. Meetings are be ing held throughout the coal regions and General Dougherty and others are making speeches. TRAVELETTE By NIKSAH WINCHESTER Winchester is one of the most like able and attractive of the little inland cities of England. Even the war has only served to make it sleepier than ever by drawing away the young men. And there has been no Increased bus tle of industry to compensate, for Win chester's chief products are pictures que vistas and memories. It is a bit hard for the American visitor at first to grasp the spirit of Winchester, so different from the one that animates almost all our towns and cities, large and small. Even New York Is pushng and boosting, and New York | might seem to the unprejudiced big enough and rich enough to satisfy the ! most exacting. As for our smaller | towns, everyone knows how they go to work, and most of us are proud of their spirit and their methods. It Is the spirit that made America; and to Winchester it would be the quin tessence of the Incomprehensible. Winchester would be classed on our Atlantic coast as a village, in the Mid dle West as a town, in the Rockies as a Metropolis—which means that It Is a place of some twenty thousand peo | Ple. And such It will remain. It is | finished, satisfied, complete. It Is not 'going to change. It does not want to change. It has a history running back two thousand years; it has the bones of Alfred and scores of other great men In its cathedral; it was a Roman camp, as witness its name; It has had a long eventful past, and now in its old age, It has settled down to look forward to a long eventful future, unchanged and content. The men of Winchester may still go forth to new lands and adven ture, to war and death; but Winchester will quietly honor the living and mourn the dead; never stirring in its calm. American civilization is an ofTshoot of English stock, but towns like Win chester seem in a way under fo# ign than China or Tibet. The old Roman road from Canter bury leads to Winchester over the roll ing chalk downs and through the green river valley. The town itself lies on low hills that lend it a pleasant irre gularity. The tower of the cathedral rears Its head like a watchtower, a lookout that has seen naught but peace these many years. The little river murmurs beneath the walls, gentle and soothingly indifferent, every wavelet laden with a thousand stirring memor ies, seeming to whisper that even Ver dun is only an incident. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY THE FALSE ALARM —Darling; In the Dea Moines Krglit'r and Leader, ' < THE BIG FALLS By Frederic J. Haskin GOING over Niagara Falls in a barrel is one of the oldest stunts In America. The news paper story about someone who did it Is a sort of national chestnut. And yet if someone were to announce his intention of going over Niagara In a barrel to-morrow, there would be a large crowd on hand to see him do it and everyone who couldn't be there would read about it in the papers the next day. it is the same way with everything about the great Falls. They have been visited and exploited and written about ever since the first white men laid eyes upon it, yet the interest in them never dims. It is a fact amply attested by the registers of Niagara hotels that he who looks upon the l-'alls once nearly always comes back to look again. Speaking of going over the Falls in a barrel, there is an old lady here engaged in selling post cards to tour ists who did the trick successfully some forty years ago. Her story de serves to rank as one of the hardest hard luck yarns in all the world. At the time she made the famous leap she was a beautiful young wo man, who had come to Niagara to earn a living. She fell very much In love with a young man, who was as penniless as herself. They put their heads together to devise a method of getting enough money to set up house keeping. The young woman, full of the courage of her devotion, proposed to go over the Falls in a barrel while her lover was to collect admissions from the people who came to see the event. She leaped the Falls and was towed ashore, unhurt and triumphant. But alas for love's young dream! Her fiance had left for parts unknown with the gate receipts. Most of the lovers who conje to Niagara, however, are happy newly married ones. First-class honey moons for couples from the country are Niagara's most important and re munerative product. Of course, the citizens will tell you that they really make their money out of a tremendous commercial development. But you have only to observe the respectful consideration with which the newly weds are treated, to realize that Nia gara knows a good thing when it sees it. Why people jur.ip over Niagara. Kails is a question often threshed out j in hotel lobbies here. • It appears that only three have ever done so and, come out alive. Some of the victims, . of course, obviously intended to com- ! mit suicide, while in other cases the j reason for the desperate leap was not at all clear. Psychologists claim that I not only the cataract itself, but the, foaming rapids below, in which so' many have gone to their deaths, ex- j ercise an irresistible fascination over j some persons, so that they leap in spite of themselves. Every precaution is now taken to prevent such occurrences. In order to end your troubles by the romantic Why Courtesy Pays In the August American Magazine a writer says: "I soon learned that the average woman, with the burden of housekeeping on her shoulders, is the most irritable and unresponsible crea ture alive. A delivery ten minutes late can bring on your head a mighty wrath, a wilted lettuce can lose you your best customer. I had to stand between these women and overworked delivery boys, careless shipping clerks, and some times inferior goods One Instance: A woman was to give a dinner party. Her groceries arrived almost at the last minute with the flsh onder filled incorrectly. 'My dinner Is spoiled,' she cried distractedly over the telephone. 'I never will spend another cent with you as long as I live.' Woman is built for fortitude, not responsibility. I shouldered the responsibility and per | suaded her to bear with me until I could rectify the mistake. It took much soothing: a hint of Irritation on my part would have spoiled everything. As It was, fifteen minutes later a mes senger boy was delivering the fish at her door! we had kept our customer and made a lasting friend." Knocker—Growler—Kicker When you hark to the voice of the knocker. As you list to his hammer fall. Remember the fact That the knocking act Requires not brains at all. When you list to the growl of the growler. As you hark to his ceaseless growl, Tou will please recall That a dog is all It takes for an endless howl. As you watch for the kick of the kicker, As you notice his strenuous kick. You'll observe the rule That a stubborn mule Is great at the same old trick. The knocker, the growler the kicker. Fault-finders, large and small, What do they need. For each daily deed? No brains, no sense—Just gall. ■—ANONYMOUS. AUGUST 3, 1916. method of leapihg into the foaming torrent nowadays, you must first overcome a large and healthy police man, and then climb a high iron rail ing. Everyone does exactly the same things at Niasara, and that no doubt 1s one of its charms to the mass of tourists who pour through the town every summer. They do not have to think where to go, or how. The first thing, of course, is to peer over the railing at the great Falls, to exper ience the appropriate sensations and utter the appropriate scream, gasp or sigh of delight. Everyone, of course, is deeply and properly impressed. The comments of the feminine visi tors assay about 98 per cent, staccato superlatives, while the masculine comment, though more restrained, is no loss enthusiastic. Few are disap pointed: for the Falls is truly a big ger thing than the average mind can preconceive. After the glimpse of the Falls from above, you climb aboard the "Maid of the Mist," the brides conceal their loveliness in long rubber "coats, with immense hoods, and you experience the thrill of going close enough to the Falls to have spray splashed all over you. Finally, if you are a real American tourist from up the country—the kind that believes in doing the thing up right—you will drop into a little sou venir store and ha\;e your photograph taken to show Ma and the girls, with Xiagara Falls in the background, the Falls, of eourire.. being somewhat crudely painted on the back drop. There are innumerable other fas cinating souvenir stores to tempt the nickels and dimes and Quarters out of your pockets. That they do so successfully is attested by the fact that Niagara has grown from a town of 20,000 to one of 50,000 in the last twenty years, and that many of its hotel and store keepers spend their winters in Florida. When business gets slack it ip cus tomary in Niagara to plan an excur sion from some part or the state. Al though you would think that everyone in New York had been to Niagara at least once, there are always thousands ready to take advantage of these op portunities. The people of Niagara can calculate with great accuracy just what an excursion will put in their pockets, except for one uncer tain element, and that is the weather. They know that the average excursion day tourist will spend exactly $1 in Niagara. On an excursion from cen tral New York r few weeks ago. they confidently predicted that 8,000 per sons would come to the city, provided it did not rain. Betting on the weath er, all the hotel and restaurant keep ers engaged extra waiters and pre pared a dinner for the crowd. But they lost. It rained all day, and ex actly twenty-five bedraggled strangers showed up at the feast. Needless to say, Niagara went in the hole on that excursion, but she averages up pretty well. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH j NATURAL EA &{£• PRESSION. How grave he {- Naturally, be 'j ing a 'dead onj^" NATURALLY. Brown Is al ways bragging I about his familyjjßJjL ifce tree. Do you sup- pose he has really got one? V&W Of course. He'siS; *m a nut, isn'l bo? IN SUITABLE PROPORTION. Summer Board er: How is sport 1 ' ' not"too thick, sir; [Aila few boats us« the stream occa- END OF FLIR- \ TATION. Jack (bitterly): JjltC I suppose you i consider It quite a Jgejf yrj&J' triumph to make u. fool of a man. Am'vlT' ' Edith: Why, no. A triumph means something accom- , I Vil plished that was i i very difficult. ™'' JJ * Ibemttg (Hfjat If federal government estimates that about $23,000,000 will be paid for mo tor vehicle registration during 19J6 Pennsylvania automobile and truck owners will have contributed almost one-tenth of it The total amount of income de rived by the State for registration of vehicles run by their own power in th© highways of the Commonwealth be tween January 1 and July 31 amounts considerably over $2,150,000 and the % changes are that it will go to two and I a quarter millions. At this time last year tbo revenue from motor licenses In this State was almost $600,000 less. The United States government author ities figure that $18,245,713 was paid throughout the country last year for motor vehicle licenses, which was an increase of $5,863,760 and represented a jump in number of vehicles regis tered of 734,325. If the rate of in crease Is the same this year the reve nue may go pretty well along toward the $25,000,000 mark. The United States Department of Agriculture which takes a benevolent interest in highways and automobiles, says that New York was the first State to requiro fees and it collected $954 in 1901. it says in one of its bulletins that there is a motor car for each 44 persons in this broad land of ours, lowa leading with one car for each sixteen persons. The Pennsylvania average is about one car for each thirty-five persons ac cording to some persons who have been making observations on the sub ject. The Keystone State in 1915 stood fourth in the number of registrations, being exceeded by New York, Illinois and California in the order named, but was third in revenue received from li censes. This year it will be higher up In the list for both cars and revenue therefrom. In the belief of folks at the Capitol. Harrisburg is one of the cit ies which has a large number of cars and is said to have the most in propor tion to population of any city under 100,000 except Reading. The Engineers Society of Pennsyl vania, which has issued some very original publications, has established a record in announcing its aunual ex cursion to old Pino Grove Furnace this year. The invitation is in the form of an order to an organization of engi neers and is gotten up in military style with works of art embellishing it. The final roll call is to be held on August 10 and the excursion on August. 26. The old furnace, the State's foresty, sand and quarry operations and the ice houses will he inspected. » » • "Judging from what I hear about the National Guard camp at El Paso they would be mighty glad to have some of the jitneys you are kicking about in Harrisburg just now," said a man who follows up «itlitary mat ters. "The latest cards I have re ceived from friends on the border say that they are six to eight miles from the city and no way to get there. Evidently the Southwest, which start ed the jitney, has a few fields which the unlicensed jitney might visit with profit." • • • It's rather a far cry to talk about winter feed for chickens, but W. Theo. Wittman, the poultry expert of the De partment of Agriculture, makes some excellent suggestions foi winter feed. He says that hundreds of tons of the most valuable winter feed for chickens is wasted because people do not save the grass cut en lawns. If farmers were wise and poultry raisers on to their jobs, he holds, they would secure the grass cut on lawns, dry it in the shade and keep It for winter. It's ratjicr a singular thing that what the city throws away is the very thing that the farmer needs for chickens. Blue grass and whits clover lawn clippings, says the Allentrtwn expert, are among the best feeds tov chickens. Inciden tally, the expert says that the belief that alfalfa is good chicken feed is a mistake. They would rather eat pig I weed. * • • The commission which has been visiting the banks and islands of the broad branching Susquehanna the last Fereral weeks has been making some important finds on the islands, show ing that they were much used by the Indians and that sometimes they were not always used for peaceful purposes. These investigations have also es tablished the interesting fact that, the islands are ages old and that the Sus | quehanna must have some time ago had .well defined channels instead of j the many cross currents that make some parts-of it dangerous. Progress of the construction of the Cumberland Valley Railroad britlge is attracting much attention among the railroad men in this State and in the last month it has been visited by a number of men representing perhaps half a dozen railroads. The details of the work have been closely followed and in a number of instances men in terested in bridge building have come here to observe some of the features. When the bridge is finished it will be a realization of many hopes expressed in the last dozen years. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE " —William H. Ball, secretary to the Governor when In charge of city property In Philadelphia, had super vision over $65,000,000 of property. —E. F. Beale, prominent Philadel phian, 1J on a motor trip through New England. —Harry K. Daugherty, who took part in settlement of the New York telegraphers' demands, used to be a member of the Legislature from Mer cer county. —C. B. Spatz, the Boyertown editor, who appeared at Washington on tho paper price matter, has been a candi date for Congress several times. —J. K. Johnson, secretary of the Johnstown Chamber of Commerce, has been on a trip of Inspection of observa ation of suoh bodies In other States. —J. O. Miller, prominent in Pitts burgh warehouse affairs, Is on a trip to Canada. —Ernest G. Smith, general manager of the Wllkes-Barre (Pa.) Times- Leader, formerly a lieutenant in the Seventeenth U. S. Infantry and a vet eran of the Boxer uprising and Philip pine campaign, has gone to Plattsburg to "do his bit.*' Smith entered the ser vice as a private and in four years re tired with the rank of captain. He was recommended to Congress for a medal of honor. DO YOU KNOW "I 1 That Harrlsburg prints hooks for Soutlxern State firms? HISTORIC HAKKISBLRG The first State Capitol In Harrlsburg was occupied on January 2, 1822. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the Harrlsburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organlza | tlon's annual "Municipal Quiz."] 1 What is the capacity of the Filter Plant? What is the capacity of the Pumping' Station? How near does con sumption equal capacity? Capacity of filter plant, 16,000.000 gallons per day. Capacity of pump ing station. 12,000,000 gallons per day. Average dally consumption « for 1915, 7,400,661 gallons.
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