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MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 11
If I knew you and you knew me—
If both of us could clearly see,
'And with an inner sight divine
The meaning of your heart and mine,
I'm sure that we would differ less
'And clasp our hands in friendliness:
■Our thoughts would pleasantly agree
If I knew you and you knew me.
— NIXON WATERMAN.
LOCAL REAL ESTATE
THERE Is a distinct revival In
real estate circles hereabouts
and prominent representatives
of the Real Estate Exchange predict
a lively autumn. Harrisburg realty
values are substantial and increasing
ly permanent. There can be no doubt
on this point.
This city has been .transformed in
more ways than one during the last
fifteen years. What was once a mor
ibund and more or less indifferent
community has blossomed forth as the
most progressive municipality in the
State. There are reactionary in
fluences, of course, which tend to
Impede the development of the city
In some directions, but these are
more annoying than serious in the
sense that thsy do not represent in
any important particular the real
feeling and impulse of the community
as a whole.
Perhaps nothing that has occurred
In the last five years has so emphatic
ally emphasized the public spirit of
Harrisburg and Its desire for a still
more attractive place in which to live
than the recent river carnival. The
Kipona served as an illustration of
the loyalty and wideawakeness of the
people; it demonstrated to the small
reactionary element that our citizens
are not unmindful of the substantial
value of co-operation and the up
building of the esthetic as well as the
industrial and commercial interests.
All this has its effect upon the
realty situation. Strangers are at
tracted by pleasing and comfortable
and wholesome features of any com
munity. Businessmen are no longer I
blind to the advantages of those
things which appeal to all classes.
Because of these things the Harris
burg real estate market has been
given a decided impetus and the i
building of fine homes, the increased
demand for better housing conditions,
the approval of the City Planning
Commission's propaganda for detach
ed homes and more light and air, the
provisions for more comfortable resi
dential districts and for healthful in
dustrial sections, the insistent demand
for bathing beaches and boating facil
ities, all these indicate a lively com
munity spirit.
There is no longer any question in
the minds of intelligent Harrisburgers
that the enlargement of the Capitol
Park area and the reforming of the
entire zone of the State's reservation
have Cfcntributed in large measure to
the permanency of real estate values
in the central business district and the '
rapid utilization of the river front- I
age all the way to Rockville is one j
of the results of the fchanged policies [
respecting building and general im
provement enterprises in Harrisburg.
City Commissioner Lynch must be
further convinced of the necessity or
some fixed policy regarding the resur
facing of the paved streets when he
rides over such sections as Chestnut
street, between Front and Second and
other deteriorating stretches of as
phalt. He will be justified in Insisting
upon a definite budget appropriation for
this purpose next year.
VICTIM OF NEPOTfSM
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CHAIR
MAN M'CORMICK should not
be surprised that Secretary
McA3oo, son-in-law to the President,
should be favored above him in the
management of the campaign. Rela
tives of Democratic administration
leaders have been given the places of
honor at Washington ever since March
4. 1613. One need look no farther
than the payrolls for proof of this.
To begin with the Cabinet. When
William J. Bryan was Secretary of
State he had his son appointed to n.
position In the Department of Justice
and his son-iri-law to a position in
the Treasury Department. Secretary
McAdoo, son-in-law of President Wil
son. put one of his sons in the Depart
ment of Justice and one in the Depart
ment of Commerce. Secretary Daniels
got a place for his brother in the De
partment of Justic.e. Former First
Assistant Postmaster General Daniel
C. Roper, who recently resigned to
assist in the Wilson campaign, at one
time had three members of his family
, on the payrolls. Secretary Redfield,
r MONDAY EVENING, '
appointed U. Grant Smith his private
secretary. Smith had one son on the
payroll as a House page and his son
in-law is a special agent of the Depart
ment of Commerce.
In the House of Representatives
Speaker Clark's son Is the parliamen
tary clerk at $4,000 per anum. He is
not yet thirty and was given this Job
by the Democratic House majority be
fore he had finished his law studies.
Numerous Democratic Senators have
taken good care of their "poor kin"
with fat Jobs on the government pay
roll. Senator Overman, of North Caro
lina, has his son in a $2,500 position
and a daughter holds a $1,400 job. A
brother-in-law of Senator Kern, of
Indiana, has a good place in the Sen
ate document room. The wife and
brother of Senator Gore, of Oklahoma,
are on the Senate payroll. Senator
Martin, of Virginia, has a brother as
assistant clerk to his committee. Sen
ator A ardaman, of Mississippi, has his
son assistant clerk to his committee.
Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, has
his son a messenger in his committee.
The son-in-law of Senator Lane, of
Oregon, acts as his father-in-law's pri
vate secretary. The son of Senator
Tillman, of South Carolina, is the clerk
in his father's committee. Another
son is on the Alaska Railroad Commis
sion. Senator Thompson, of Kansas,
has his son on the payroll. A cousin
of Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware, was
given a good job on the Trade Com
mission. Senator O'Gorman, of New
ork, landed the job of collector of
the port of New York for his son-in
law, Dudley Field Malone. The nephew
of Senator Robinson is a Senate door
keeper.
The most glaring examples of
nepotism are found in the House and
more "poor relations" have been taken
care of in the House than in the Sen
ate, simply because there are more
Representatives than there are Sen
ators. Take Illinois for example.
Tavenner's sister-in-law is his ste
nographer. Stone's brother is a clerk
in the House document room. Sabath's
nephew is also in the document room.
Indiana Democrats have not over
looked appointing members of their
families to good places. Gray's sister
is his secretary, Cullop's stepson is his
secretary, Morrison's son is his sec
retary
Representative Pou, of North Caro
lina, for a time had his son on the
payroll as the clerk of the committee
on claims, drawing $1,600 per annum.
Young Pou at this time was a student
in the University of North Carolina.
Representative Johnson, of South
Carolina, got one of his sons in the
Postofflce Department and another a
House job. A nephew was made clerk
to a House committee and the Repre
sentative's campaign manager was
made a capital policeman.
At least thirty other members of
Democratic Congressmen's families are
on the payroll of the House.
Nepotism is rife throughout the
service and Chairman McCormick must
not feel too badly that he is not an
exception to the evil of the condition.
Under the circumstances, if McAdoo
wants to wave the wand of national
committee power, why of course the
President will let him have It. He is
In no position to refuse.
Why worry about the future? Haven't
we a Democratic tariff revision in sight
and don't we know from past experi
ence that the Watchful Walter will pro
tect the business interests of the coun
try at all hazards? We should worry!
GOOD WORK
THANKS to Coroner Eckinger's
clever detective work, the man
who was driving the car that
ran down George Donahue near Hum
melstown on Thursday night and then
sped away, leaving the victim gasping
out his last breath by the roadside,
has been brought to justice.
The Coroner, summoned in the mid
dle of the night to the scene of the
accident, arrived there before the
bady was cold. Forming his own con
clusions from the circumstances he
spent the remainder of the night in
search of the guilty party and as a'
result the mystery of the killing has
been cleared completely.
Coroner Eckinger exceeded the re
quired duties of his office to do this.
Nobody would have complained had
he postponed his Investigation until
the day following the accident. But
had he done so it is extremely likely
that the reckless driver would never
havfe been apprehended. Credit should
be given where credit is due, and in
this Instance the Coroner Is deserving
of praise for good work well done.
Those reprisal measures of the Dem
ocratic revenue act must still further
alienate the former friends of the
United States on the other side of the
Atlantic Ocean. But what are a few
million friends abroad and the pur
chasers of millions of American pro
ducts to the political expediency or
Woodrow the First and Last.
ONE OF THE RESULTS
ONE of the results of the meddling
of President Wilson and Con
gress in a legislative way with
the railroad dispute is the sympathetic
strike in New York. What is food
for the goose is food for the gander,
and what is good in the mind of the
administration for the railroad train
men other organizations figure out is
good for them. In a sense they are
right. The Interference of the Presi
dent should have been on behalf of
all public utility workers, or none. As
It Is, he has simply aroused those who
have been left out in the cold to the
feeling that they have been unjustly
treated. Congress, they observe, has
pronounced the eight-hour day de
sirable for one class of railroad men
and they naturally ask, why not then,
for all? The result is such distur
bances as threaten grave Industrial
disorder In New York.
Welcome home. Governor Brumbaugh,
and may your tours among the farm
ing districts still further emphasize
the "See Pennsylvania First" idea.
In the great basic steel industry there
is bounding prosperity, with orders al
ready placed sufficient to keep the mills
humming for a year to come. At the
big Steelton plant of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, the Central Iron ana
Steel works, the Harrisburg Pipe and
Pipe Bending Company's plant—every
where there is activity and abundant
work for months ahead—providing the
war continues.
As one walks or rides through Wild
wood park these Autumnal days he
cannot help appreciating the wisdom
of reserving that fine natural park for
the use of all the people. The time
will come when those responsible for
this reservation will be hailed as men
worthy the lasting gratitude of a grow
ing community.
Let us hope that the community high
school on the West Shore Is to be the
forerunner of a Joint movement for tnt
Improvement of the river park strip
from New Cumberland to the Rockville
bridge. Also, it ought to be an easy
matter to control the river frontage on
the west side of the Susquehanna Basin
for and in behalf of the present and
future West Shore population.
ylcQ,'n*CL
! By the Ex-Committeeman
Philander C. Knox's vigorous speech
at the opening of the Chester county
campaign on Saturday and the notable
gathering of Republicans and Pro
gressives at which he spoke is to be
followed by energetic pushing of Re
publican campaign work in the State.
Senator Boies Penrose, who returned
from Washington yesterday, will meet
State Chairman Crow and other
leaders to-day and to-morrow and fix
the date for the Republican State
committee and arrange the tours of
the State. He will make some speeches
himself. A thorough canvass of the
State is to be made. The Democrats
opened their branch report foundries
in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to-day
and speeded up the windmill here in
anticipation of the gathering of the
Democratic State committeemen and
Democratic county chairmen while
the Democratic postmasters are still
in town.
Mr. Knox's speech was one which
will be heard from during the cam
paign. He denounced the Wilson
methods of forcing legislation, pre
dicted that the Adamson eight-hour
law would not stand the te#t of the
courts, flayed the Mexican policy and
denounced the President's repudiation
of the Baltimore platform. The
former Secretary of State and Attorney
General spoke with authority and his
words were heard by thousands Of
Chester countians, notably farmers.
Other speakers were Congressman T.
S. Butler, State Treasurer Robert K.
Young, E. F. Beale and County Chair
man F. T. McDonald. Senator Pen
rose who was detained in Washington,
sent a telegram.
While the Chester men were meet
ing the Democrats of Monroe county
were having a big picnic which af
forded a chance for conference of
bosses. The speakers were National
Chairman McCormick, National Com
mitteeman Palmer, State Chairman
Guffey and various planetary and
satellite bodies in the Democratic
skies.
—The appearance of State Treas
urer Robert K. Young as speaker at
the Chester County Republican rally
on Saturday and his earnest plea for a
united Republican party and votes for
the whole ticket made a deep im
pression all over the State. To-day It
was followed up by the declaration fjr
Hughes on the part of that other noted
Progressive, Gifford Pinchot. Mr.
Young represents a big element in
Pennsylvania and his appearance as a
speaker shows the part the Progres
sives are playing. He was elected
State Treasurer as the representative
of the Progressives and there may be
something more for him.
—Powell Evans, head of the Hughes
Alliance, who is out with an appeal
to Republicans, was president of the
Woodrow Wilson Independent Re
publican league four years ago.
Democratic leaders throughout the
State say that it is useless to talk
about registration until the figures
come in. However, at the State wind
mill they say that the registration is
strongly Democratic.
—Much to the disgust of Democrats,
Scranton people have invited Senator
Charles A. Snyder, Republican candi
date for Auditor General, to address
them this week. The Senator will
do so.
—Luzerne countians say that Re
publican Candidate Templeton will
carry all of the cities and most of the
big boroughs in that county for Con
gress. The Democratic split spells
defeat for Congressman Casey, say/
Republicans.
—Fred W. Willard, president of the
State League of Republican Clubs, said
yesterday that he expects that the
State, convention of the league which
will be held in York on September 26,
27 and 28. will mark a revival of in
terest in Republican club work and
will lead to the enlisting of many
young Republicans in the activities of
the Presidential campaign. He is
working to have several men of na
tional prominence from outside of the
State address the convention. Invita
tions have been sent to Candidates
Hughes and Fairbanks, Colonel Roose
velt and others.
Pattison and Hensel
[Girard In Phila. Ledger]
Whoever finds Dr. John Chalmers
Da Costa in a mood to talk enjoys
a genuine treat. Not only is he one of
the best surgeons in our country, but
a capital raconteur.
A line which he had read In a morn
ing newspaper concerning oratory
made the Doctor refer to W. XI. Hen
sel. He knew the former Attorney
General intimately and holds the
highest opinion of his abilities.
In the first Pattison campaign Hen
sel was addressing a Philadelphia au
dience when some one called out that
Pattison was too young a man to be
governor of Pennsylvania. That made
Hensel turn loose a very whirlwind of
comparisons.
"Why," he exclaimed. "Mr. Pattison
is older than David was when he slew
Goliath. He has more years than St.
Paul when he began his Immortal ca
reer as a preacher!"
And so on down through history,
calling the roll of celebrated youths.
"That was an amazing impromptu
reply of yours." was the congratula
tory remark of a friend who met Hen
sel after the meeting.
"No," said the Lancaster lawyer,
"I knew somebody would ask that
question and so prepared my list of
lotable young men in advance.
In Fifteen Words
[From the New York Sun.]
A great truth of politics has seldom
been presented more clearly or in fewer
words than by Oscar W. Underwood of
Alabama in the United States Senate
on Labor Day:
"Any Party which surrenders funda
mental principles to the exigencies of
the hour Is courting defeat."
Senator Underwod was speaking of
the surrender of a fundamental prin
ciple of his party In the matter of the
protective tax on Imported dyestuffs;
but his remark applies with equal force
to that surrender of fundamental prin
ciples. at the solicitation of Woodrow
Wilson and for his benefit, which has
stained the honor of the American Con
gress with a deeper stain than any
dyestufT. German u* domestic, could
ever impart.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
' THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
The Democratic Simplicity of 1912 Has Gone Out of Style
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TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE \
—Pancho Villa is a one-legged sol
dier who has not applied for a pen
sion.
—Funny how much more we crave
Lima beans now that the price has
gone sky high.
—The man who has the biggest
ideas of how the government of the
United States should be run is often
est the man who couldn't make a
good job of running a wheelbarrow.
—The merchant shouldn't always
pride himself on the excellence of the
display because women pause to look
into the window of his store; many
of them are merely admiring their
own reflections.
—The renomination of LaFolette in
dicates that there is at least one
prophet with more honor in his own
home than elsewhere.
EDITORIAL COMMENT"!
Central Powers are becoming more
central.—Wall Street Journal.
Drama, properly enough, is in the
Greek war-theater. —Syracuse Post-
Standard.
Explorer Stefansson will not return
to civilization this season. He isn't
missing much civilization.—Boston Her
ald.
The Turks are reported halted at
Woe. Which may or -may not indicate
that they have come to grief. Balti
more News.
Rumania is doing what she can tt>
confirm the recent German declaration j
that the fifth war-loan will be the last, i
—New York Evening Post.
A peculiar thing about this war ls>
that while some of the belligerents I
never lose a trench, vet they recapture i
quite- a number.—St. Louis Star.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A CITIZEN' S INQUIRY
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Who Is responsible for leaving piles
of grass and a dead tree top on the
paved surface of, Front street between
Hamilton and Kelker? I thought we
had carts and street sweepers in this
district, but this refuse has been an
offense for several days.
PEDESTRIAN.
The Street Car
Public sentiment is surely swing
ing toward the public-service corpo
rations of this country, with few ex
ceptions.
The people are slowly but surely
learning to rely on the willingness,
to recognize the eagerness of the
street railways to render satisfactory
service.
The public and the public-service
corporations are almost inseparable.
Injure one, and you inflict punish
ment on the other.
I know of no agency In any com
munity in all the country that con
tributes more to the comfort and to
the convenience of people than the
surface lines. Tie them up and how
soon you understand.
The improved and the cleaner cars,
the present-day courtesy of employes,
the frequent schedule, the suburban
accommodations, the evident improve
ment in so many ways, and the proof
that the companies know it pays bet
ter to serve than Just to save, have
brought about a great change In pub*
lie opinion.
One street car line has been of
great value to me personally, for it
has made a small property look three
times as valuable to tnose who would
like to buy it. And I am wondering
how many more people have been
benefited daily in accommodation and
directly In finance by some street car
company. I can get more for my
nickel on a street car than anywhere
else.—The Silent Partner.
WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB
LEARNED OF THE CITY
[Questions submitted to members of
the Harriaburg Rotary Club and their
answers as presented at the organiza
tion's annual "Municipal Quiz.'']
What provision is made for teaching
tubercular children?
Two schools are In operation.
Four teachers employed. Forty
two pupils. Pupils ace given proper
food ut noonday.
"SOME LITTLE BUG IS GOING TO
FIND YOU SOME DA Y"
In these days of indigestion.
It is often times a question.
As to what to eat and what to leave
alone;
For each microbe and bacillus
Has a different wav to kill us,
And in time they always claim us
for their own.
There are germs of every kind,
In any food that you can find,
In the market or upon the bill of
fare.
Drinking water's Just as risky
As the so-called deadly whisky,
And it's often a mistake to breathe
the air.
Some little bug is going to find you
some day,
Some little bug will creep behind you
some day,
Then he'll send for his bug friends
And all your earthly trouble ends;
Some little bug is going to find you
some day.
The inviting green cucumber
Gets most everybody's number.
While the green corn has a system
of its own,
Though a radish seems nutritious,
Its behavior is quite vicious,
And a doctor will be coming to your
home.
Eating lobster, cooked or plain,
Is only flirting with ptomaine,
While an oyster sometimes has a lot
to say.
But the clams we eat in chowder
Make the angels chant the louder,
For they know that we'll be with
them right away.
Some little bug is going to find you
some day,
Some little bug will creep behind you
some day,
Then he'll get into your gizzard;
If you lose him you're a wizard;
Some little bug is going to find you
some day.
Talce a slice of nice fried onion,
Ando you're fit for Dr. Munyon,
Apple dumplings kill you quicker
than a train.
Chew a cheesy midnight "rabbit,"
And a grave you'll soon inhabit;
Ah, to eat at all is such a foolish
game.
Eating huckleberry pie
Is a pleasant way to die,
While sauerkraut brings softening
of the brain.
Carries Three More States
The optimism of the youthful chair
man of the Democratic National Com
mittee knows no bounds. The late
Calvin Brlce enjoyed the reputation of
being some rainbow chaser, but com
pared to Vance McCormlck he was
what the sporting men would call a
piker. The Field Marshal of the Wil
son forcos wears rose-colored glasses
constantly, and the more he looks
through them the brighter becomes
the outlook. Before dinner the other
day he carried Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois for the Watchful Walter and
had tucked them carefully away with
the numerous other States he had al
ready placed In the Wilson column.
It is beautiful to have such a hope
ful disposition, and it helps wonder
fully in neutralizing the real, hard
actualities of life. Chairman McCor
mick says that he has a perfect or
ganization. that it is working in
absolute harmony, that his candidate
Is Irresistible, that the people are per
fectly wild over the accomplishments
of the Democratic party, and that
everything Is over but the shouting!
How truly beautiful! What a dazzling
picture to present to the American
people! Under the circumstances Is
it any wonder that the standard
bearer of his party should be too proud
to fight?
, It seems a shame to disturb such a
delightful vision. One is almost
tempted to permit Vance to dream on.
Probably he will until the night be
fore election and after that he will
have an awakening that will seem like
a nightmare. In the meantime it really
looks as If he were working overtime
in making claims for his candidate. If
he keeps on at this rate there will be
nothing for the people to do on that
momentous day In November. And
yet there is a certain kind of
philosophy in claiming everything. It
can be done safely now while the
SEPTEMBER 11, 1916.
When you eat banana fritters,
Every undertaker titters,
And the casket-makers nearly go in
sane.
Some little bug is going to find you
some day,
Some little bug will creep behind you
some day.
With a nervous little quiver,
He'll give cirrhosis of the liver;
Some little bug is going to find you
some day.
When cold storage vaults I visit
I can only say what is it
Makes poor mortals fill their systems
with such stuff.
Now, for breakfast, prunes are dandy.
If a stomach pump is handy.
And your doctor can be found quite
soon enough.
Eat a plate of fine pigs' knuckles
And the headstone cutter chuckles,
While the grave digger makes a note
upon his cuff.
Eat that lovely red bologna,
And you you'll wear a wooden kimona,
As your relatives start scrapping
'bout your stuff.
Some little bug is going to find you
some day,
Some little bug-will creep behind you
some day.
Eating juicy sliced pineapple.
Makes the sexton dust the chapel;
Some little bug is going to find you
some day.
All those crazy foods they mix,
Will float us 'cross the River Styx,
Or they'll start us climbing up the
the milky way;
And the meals we eat in courses.
Mean a hearse and two black horses,
So before a meal some people al
ways pray.
Luscious grapes breed 'pendlcltus,
And the juice leads to gastritis,
So there's only death to greet us
either way.
And fried liver's nice, but. mind you,
Friends will soon ride slow behind you.
And the papers then will have nice
things to say.
Some little bug is going to find you
some day.
Some little bug will .creep behind you
some day.
Eat some sauce, they call it chili.
On you breast they'll place a lily,
: Some little bug is going to find you
some day.
claiming is good. After the votes are
cast it will be too late. It makes the
chairman feel good and it has a cheer
ing effect upon the candidate.
The fact that our fellow Pennsyl
vanian is winning these victories in
the solitude of his chambers has noth
ing to do wit-h the case. As each State
is won he reports the victory to the
President, and then each of them
felicitates the other on the rare good
judgment that was exercised in the
selection of the candidate and the
chairman. Vance McCormick and
Woodrow Wilson are to be congratu
lated upon the great success of their
mutual admiration society.—Philadel
phia Inquirer.
Good Samaritanism
(From Editor and Publisher)
The New York Sun had a flre on
Sunday night. Five presses were put
out of commission, and the stock of
white paper damaged. Monday morn
ing's Sun appeared on time. It was
printed on the presses of the Evening
Mail, on paper loaned by Mr. Hearst.
Practically every dally newspaper in
New York proffered to Mr. Munsey
the use of presses and equipment. The
usual courtesy—yes, happily. But can
you name, offhand, any other industry
in which this same sort of courtesy is
so common that it attracts little atten
tion? Can you recall the name of any
manufacturer, in some line other than
that of newspaper-making, who placed
his plant at the disposal of a rival,
who had burned out, in order that
such rival might be*able to fill his con
tracts on time? There Is no other
business In which competition is
keener than in that of publishing
newspapers. Is there any other in
which Mr. Munsey's experience of
Sunday night could be duplicated? Is
is not a fine thing to be privileged to
work in an industry where Samaritan
ism ia th uawritten law? ,
Sbening Otyat
What is said to be the most com
plete set of business books collected
by any of the libraries of the State
outside of the two big cities has been
made available for use at the Har
rlsburg Public Library and will be
added to during the winter. The col
lection was made by the librarian in
charge, Miss Susan R. Clendinin, af
ter consultation with officials of the
Rotary Club, the Chamber of Com
merce and business men of the city
and on some recommendations made
by the Associated Advertising Clubs.
These specially selected books cover
a wide range of topics including gen
eral business methods, mercantile
practice, advertising and the
They are well adapted for special
course of reading. In addition the
Library activities this year will in
clude the placing of books which have
been recommended by a number of
teachers. This Fall, as soon as the in
fantile paralysis outbreak abates and
the medical men say that schools may
be Open, the Library will establish six
school libraries along the lines of
those last winter and it is possible
that more may be provided if means
are available. These school libraries,
for which a number of purchases'
have been made, will form an im
portant addition to the work. Hun
dreds of books were circulated through
them last winter. It Is noticeable that
during August In spite of the con
ditions brought about by the out
break of infantile paralysis and the
restrictions that the circulation of the
Library was ahead of that of August
a year ago when conditions were nor
mal. Incidentally, the percentage of
Action circulated declined and there
was a greater demand for general
literature than in any summer month.
Through the Lyman D. Gilbert me
morial fund the Library was also able
to meet some requests for the classics
and historical works.
When "William H. Ball, secretary to
the governor, came to town people as
sumed that he liked the same things
as the governor, reading, walking,
making speeches, golfing and trout
fishing. Mr. Ball likes to walk and
can talk and he reads when he gets
time. But he told the man who asked
him about recreations that there were
two things that the governor did
which he did not—golf and fish. But
that was before Dr. Brumbaugh -went
away for the summer. The other day-
Mr. Ball came back and made some
remark a.bout golf. Then it tur*ed
out that the governor had taken him
out and made him play one afternoon
and, like all initiates, he likes it. It
also came out that while Mr. Ball was
in Maine visiting the governor he was
ordered out to fish.
"And," said Mr. Ball, "what do you
think I did? I caught a three
pounder. It pulled and It pulled, but
I landed It and I took it clear down
to Massachusetts, where my family
was staying, for supper."
Capitol Hill expects the secretary
to be "measured" for a trout outfit and
full set of golf clubs.
• • •
A good stary is going the rounds
about a choir which had a visitor
during rehearsal the other evening.
No matter where the choir sings. Let
it be sufficient to say that it is one
of the best and that even its rehear
sals are worth while. Well, the mem
bers were singing away the other even
ing and the doors being opened the
melody attracted a drunk who was
wandering about. He came in and
seemed to be much affected by the
music. Naturally his presence
"fussed" some of the singers and one
of the members went to the inebriated
one and asked him to go out. He
returned to his place with a some
what flustered air.
"What's the trouble? Why didn't
you get him out of here? Won't he
go out?" were some of the questions
hurled at the man.
"Why." replied the flustered one.
"He says he's a member and has as
much right as I have here."
Then the worldly-wise member of
the choir went down and talked to the
drunk about his wife and family. The
choir's audience soon departed.
The first annual miniature Kipona
was held Saturday on the Juniata
river at Aqueduct, with all the thrills
and decorative floats and excitement
that attended the big carnival on the
Susquehanna basin a few days before.
All the cottagers at Aqueduct partici
pated and the thing was done up in
splendid style. Eacn year the cot
tagers have a carnival of their own
and it may bo stated in a whisper that
contestants for the prizes in the Har
risburg Kipona might get a few help
ful pointers from the youngsters at
Aqueduct. A beautiful moonlight
night and a perfectly calm surface of
fered an attractive background for the
miniature carnival. The Bowmans,
the Oenslagers, the Hermans, the
Shaaks, the Rotherts, and all the other
families participated.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—R. W. Lohr, member of the Legis
lature from Somerset, has bought one
of the finest farms in his county and
will devote his attention to special
crops.
—Judge M. B. Stephens, of the Cam
bria county courts, has served notice
that Jurors must serve no matter what
excuses they make. His declaration
was brought out by a request for a
man for leave because he wanted to
be on hand for pay day at his mine.
—Dr. Charles F. Swift, State super
intendent of the Anti-Saloon League,
has been touring western counties.
—William L. Cliff, nominated for
president of the American Pharma
ceutical Association, is a prominent
Philadelphia pharmacist.
—District Attorney R. H. Jackson,
of Allegheny, was fined in Armstrong
for speeding.
| DO YOU KNOW "T 1
That Conrad Welser declared Har
risburg occupied a wonderful com
mercial position on the Susquehanna?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first Pennsylvania railroad sta
tion was at the foot of Race street
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