6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Jt NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded igll Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. 6TACKPOLE, Prw'l and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor, t Member American llshers' Assocla- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assoclat- Eastern office, nue Building. Now Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg:, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <SojgH&OTj3> week; by mail. $3.00 a year in advance. SATURDAY EVENING. SEPT. 23 Gtv* us a man, young or old, high or low, on whom we know we can thor cuohly depend, who will stand firm when others fail; in sttch a one there is a' fragment of the Rock of Ages. — DEAN STANLEY. WILSON AND PROHIBITION /TVHE name of President Wilson has !J_ been injected Into the Prohlbi ' tion fight in California through the campaign of J. Frank Hanly and Dr. Ira Landreth, Prohibition candi- i dates for president and vice prcsi- j dent. Oliver W. Stewart, national cam paign manager for the Prohibitionists, has telegraphed the president, asking if the "wets" are misrepresenting him by Including his* name in a list of "eleven widely known Americans" who "favor temperance, but oppose Prohibition." The president should lose no time In replying. If he has been misrepre sented he should set himself right. If he has been correctly quoted the people should know it. Somebody's always takin' the joy out J of life. Wilson tries to take the tariff out of politics, but he might just as well try to take satisfaction from his prospects for re-election this Fall, or to take credit for maintaining Intact the honor of our flag. AND NOW IT IS S ACER KRAUT WITH what grace was possible un der the circumstances we dug down in our Jeans and "came across" when the butcher informed us that "beef had gone up." We have paid cheerfully the ten cents extra charged up to the war for the "end of ham" necessary for our dish of greens. We have even paid fifteen cents for a soup-bone without mur muring, and the added cost of fifty cents a ton on coal caused but a pass ing shudder. But even the worm will turn, and we want It known right here and now that we are ready to help lynch or burn at the stake the un feeling scoundrel, the grasping wretch, the miserable, miserly, penny-grasp ing conspirator against human happi ness who has Increased the price of sauerkraut two cents a quart. About this season the man who felt that he had all the vacation he wanted begins to think of the October wooas, and the sound the startled pheasant makes when it rises before the gun. PROOF CONCLUSIVE THE Democratic campaign com mittee has discovered that Mr. Hughes intends to wipe out all beneficial legislation enacted by the Wilson administration. The commit tee has proved this to Its own satisfac tion because — A dispatch from Chicago says— That the Chicago Tribune says— That Its correspondent in Milwaukee 6a ys— That Albert D. Norton!, who is now stumping the State for Wilson, says: "Hughes would wipe out the whole legislative accomplishment of the Democratic administration." Laying aside the lurking suspicion that few people would regard as a great misfortune the "wiping out" of at least a portion of this "legislative accomplishment," we calm ourselves sufficiently In the confusion into which Mr. Nortinl has thrown us to ask where in all tarnation he got his In formation. Too bad, boys, but It looks ver> much as though even our old frlena, Infantile Paralysis, can't frighten the School Board much longer. LEARNING THE TRUTH PRESIDENT WILSON, who has been expressing absolute confi-1 dence of his own re-election, Is no longer so cocksure of a Demo cratic victory in November. Mr. Wilson has made it a rule never to read any criticism of himself and as he is not an agreeable recipient of unpleasant news, his advisers have carefully refrained from telling him xnuch of the popular view of himself and his administration. The Maine election, therefore, proved an eye opener to him. He had accepted the assurances of Josephus Daniels and his friend Samuel that all was well and that Maine would elect two Democratic senators, a gov ernor and four members of the House. Now that Mr. Wilson realizes be yond all possibility of a doubt that Republicans have been elected to all these offices, and that the most pains taking scrutiny of tho Maine vote re veals nothing but a strong indication of his own defeat in November, he is SATURDAY EVENING, both worrie<J and Irritable and sum- • mons to come to Long Branch are i by no means welcomed by the Dem ocratic managers. The Esqulmo guide who wants to sell his story of the discovery of the North Pole will likely find his market already overstocked. BIG REPUBLICAN VICTORY RETURNS of the enrollment of voters in Dauphin county out side the city of Harrisburg verify the predictions of political observers that Dauphin county will go heavily Republican at the coming elections. The figures show that 10,126 have registered as Republicans and that the Republicans outnumber the Demo crats, who have a total registration of only 8,279; the Progressives, with a total of only 663; the nonpartisans, with an enrollment of 4,567, and the members of all other parties, by 1,297. In other words, there are 1,297 more Republicans enrolled in Dauphin county outside Harrisburg than there are members of all other parties com bined, including the nonpartisan. When the city registration is tabu lated, this majority will be materially increased. But these figures do not tell the whole story. It Is fair to assume that fifty per cent, of the independents will vote the Republican ticket. That is conservative in the light of recent election figures, and it is safe to pre dict that Mr. Hughes will receive at least half the enrolled Progressive votes, which would give the head of the Republican ticket in the county outside of the city an estimated ma jority of at least 3,887. Those who are familiar with conditions say it will be much more than that. The prospects are bright for a sweeping Republican victory in Dau phin county and the State at large. Every indication points in that direc tion and the claims of Democratic leaders that "Pennsylvania is debat able ground" are pure piffle. Penn sylvania was never more strongly Re publican than at this time and Mr. Hughes will receive a majority here that will astound even his most en thusiastic admirers. % "Democrats are scarce," says the Philadelphia Press. Sure, but why ruD it in? THE MILK SUPPLY MILK supply protection and regu lation being now a subject of discussion in Harrisburg, there is much local Interest In the views presented by Dr. John B. Carrel be fore the Pennsylvania State Medical society at Scranton this week. Dr. Carrell said; Make each city the distributor of its milk supply. Give the profits of the retail dealer to the producer and you give him an incentive to produce good milk. He can not pro duce a hygienic milk without a monetary loss at the price he now receives. Give him a profit and we will get milk of quality. Whether or not Dr. Carrell has hit upon the ultimate solution of the milk problem in cities, it Is unquestionably true that unless some way is found to insure the safety of all milk sold the people will one day take the mat ter into their own hands. In Harris burg we are going to try the experi ment of more vigorous regulation of dairies with the milk dealers and ice cream manufacturers co-operating. The next move must be toward State j inspection of all dairies. If that Post Office partridge Isn't ; careful some brutal restaurant keeper j will transform him into a "hot bird." i THE NEWS IMPROVES LATE reports from the New York 1 primaries, in which Governor Whitman was overwhelmingly nominated and those Progressives who have been widely advertised as supporting President Wilson, includ ing Bainbridge Colby, went down to ignomlnous defeat, are most encour aging from a Republican viewpoint. These Demo-Progressives had named Judge Stabury as the Progressive pri mary candidate against Governor Whitman. Out of a total Progressive ! enrollment of 46,206, only 5,806 Pro-j 1 gresslve votes were cast for Judge Seabury. The Progressives In New York had received every possible aid from the | Democratic managers, who fully ap preciated the political value to them of a strong showing of Progressive disaffection against Hughes. The only result is that those Progressives who are off the reservation went down In a smashing defeat. BRAVE BOY SCOUTS THE Boy Scouts of Cambria countj rendered such valiant service in fighting forest fires during the past summer that the superintendent of the Johnstown schools has just issued a bulletin permitting the Scouts to be absent from school without that absence counting against them for promotion whenever the forest ser vice may call upon them for assist ance in putting down fires. Wherever the Boy Scout Is af forded opportunity he makes a proud record of work well done. His train ing has made him self-sacrificing, self-confident, couragous and efficient. He is a good boy who is in the way of becoming a good man. It is a fine thing to know that the Rotary Club. through the efforts of PresldenJ How ard C. Fry. is to finance a campaign to put the Scout movement on a per manent basis In Harrisburg. F r f*c>lLtLc4. Lk I^eiuvOijfctfcuua By the Ex-Coramlttecman Formal arrangements for the visits of Charles Evans Hughes to Pennsyl vania were announced last night in Philadelphia upon the return of Sen ator Boies Penrose from New York, where he consulted with National i Chairman Wlllcox regarding tho de tails. Republicans all over the State will unite to make tho occasion notable and the gathering .of the League of Clubs at York next week will be a forerunner. Mr. Hughes will speak in Pitts burgh on Wednesday, September 29, when the Western Pennsylvanians will give him a rousing reception. The Philadelphia visit will be paid on October 9. This announcement was made by Colonel John Gribbel. It Is planned that before the mass meet ing ex-Governor Hughes shall be u guest of President Gribbel and his fellow-members of the campaign com mittee of the Union League, number ing one hundred. Tlie details of the arrangements of the meeting will be looked after by a subcommittee, of which ex-Ambassador to Berlin Charle magne Tower is chairman. All of the candidates on the Republican State ticket, including nominee for United States senator. Philander Chase Knox, will be Invited to be present at the meeting, as will also United States Senators Boies Penrose and George T. Oliver. Colonel Gribbel will preside. President Fred W. Willard. of the State League of Republican Clubs, said last evening that he expects that the attendance at the convention of the league in York next week will be very large, with every section of the State well represented. Philander Chase Knox and all the candidates on the State ticket have accepted Invitations to be present. Governor Brumbaugh and most of the State officials will also he there. Mayor Smith, of Philadel phia, lf scheduled to make a speech there Tuesday afternoon. —"lt Is the purpose of the Hughes Alliance in the State of Pennsylvania to pay special attention to the counties which gave Wilson a majority four years ago," says the Philadelphia In quirer to-day. "With the independent campaign carried into every section of the State, more than a score of coun ties having been organized, the cam paign now will be waged in these so called Democratic counties. Arriving last night at. Mount Carmel. Secretary Porter had completed a tour of three counties, Berks, Schuylkill and North umberland, all of which gave Wilson a majority in 1912. At Reading, Potts vllle and Mount Carmel Secretary Por ter made informal addresses at con ferences of Progressives. Independents -tnd Republicans, at which plans were laid for organizing Hughes Alliances In these counties. The invasion of Democratic territory marks the begin ning of a spirited campaign on the part of the Hughes Alliance in the State of Pennsylvania." —Roland S. Morris, former Demo cratic Stato chairman, has been made head cf the Democratic finance com mittee in Pennsylvania, a Job held four years ago by Vance C. MeCormick, of this city. It Is significant that as soon as the Democrats get all heated up by inspired statements that they have a chance to carry Pennsylvania a finance committee is immediately named. Per haps Mr. Morris will be selected to run for Governor in 1918 and the Demo cratic voters told he is the man to elect. —George D. Porter, former director of safety in Philadelphia, is making speeches for Hughes and is in charge of the organization of the Hughes Alli ance and the general Hughes interests in interior counties, the State commit tee looking after the details. Mr. Por ter is to speak and organize in every cne of the twenty counties carried by Wilson four years ago. —Rutler county yesterday formed a Hughes Alliance, making the tenth Western Pennsylvania county organ ized since the start of the campaign. Tn keeping with the trend toward har mony and reunion on the part of Pro gressives and Republicans, it remained for one of the most influential Wash ington party leaders to take a promi nent part in the Butler county organ isation. William R. McCreary, former Progressive county chairman, was elected secretary and will do active work for Governor Hughes in his home district. Other officers elected were: Chairman, F. H. Davy; vice-chairman. T>. D. Quigley, and treasurer, Thomas M. Brown, all of Butler. —Whether the bills Introduced into the Legislature shall be reduced to the size of those in Congress is to be determined In a short time by the men In charge of the State printing and the officers of the Legislature. The proposition to make the bills smaller has been heard for several years and the high price of paper has caused a revival of the agitation on the sub ject. It Is calculated that by cutting down the size of tho bills thousands of dollars could bp saved. The Pennsyl vania legislative bills are thirteen by | eight inches, a size which has been the rule for many years. Advocates of re tention of the present size point to the ( ease of Inserting amendments or in terlining and to the fact that Penn sylvania legislative bills have always been known for their typography and size which permits of quick reference. The advocates of economy are Insist ing that the State must save money !n printing. The legislative bills have been a big source of expense the last three sessions owing to the numerous reprinting of the big legislation which was Buch a feature of the 1913 and 1915 sessions. There is also under way a movement to simplify the legis lative histories of bills. Instead of big flies it is planned to condense the In formation and by putting It In tabular form make reference easier. These and other changes have been under dis cussion and will probably be submitted to the committees In charge of print ing and similar matters next winter. The Next World X never worry over what Ml do or how I shall feel in the next world. It is written that the Lord tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. If He Is so mindful of a sheep He will surely nno*.v how to take care of an old woman who has just lst her body and lier mortal bearings. However, we never have a death In this town that the bereaved ones do not begin to I question the providence of God to find out why He took this particular son or husband or father. And they never do find out. I do not admire Job. He must have been the Thomas Carlyle of the Old Testament, with remarkably literary gifts, but so cantankerous and mean that I've always wondered what his boasted Integrity could have been. But he did know how to behave with dignity when his sons and/daughters perished. "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken a.vav: blessed be the name of the I<ord." That i 3 as good a way as any of disposing of the whole | matter, though it places more respon i siblllty upon him than the facts war rant sometimes when the deceased lia3 outraged every law of health, as the llvtng usually do before they die. — From "A Circuit Rider's Widow," by Corra Harris, In the Saturday Evening Post BARRIBBURO TELEGRAPH I ' THE CARTOON OF THE DAY Yes, It Is Rather Sudden ] NORTH, Tacow ' TELE6RAPH PERISCOPE "] —Jones Mitchell, Kansas City, at ninety, has just been married for the eighth time—and jet It is said that wisdom comes with age. —"Marry American women first," is the slogan of Denver women. And, may we ask, what is their choice for the second marriage? "Tammany grafts and It tolerates grafters," says the Johnstown Demo crat. Yes, and Tammany is President Wilson's only hope in New York State. —Secretary Baker says he has "changed his mind." We begin to suspect that there must be such a thing as contagion of mental processes. —Small boys are apt to find, the truant officer more bothersome than the infantile paralysis germ. . —The New York World is peeved be- j cause Villa has turned up in the midst of President Wilson's campaign. Why not offer him an ambassadorship to quit? Struggle For Expression [Charles Leonard Moore.] There is a certain hardship In each age's struggle to attain expression against the overwhelming mass of ex pression already in existence. In no other field of human effort does the practitioner have to contend with ghosts. A living general does not have to array his battalions against Caesar or Hannibal or Napoleon. A living athlete does not go up against Heracles or Milo. But a book or pic ture or musical composition has to fight not only against its natural rivals of the present, but against all that has been preserved from the past. Making the Best of It 1 guess I will play to-day With the boy rcross the way; He has got paralysis; His two legs are just like this: He can't move 'em. nor his feet, And can't run along the street. And he can't chase honey bees (Because he can't work his knees) Over in the clover lot, For the honey they have got. So T go and play with him; And I swing up on a limb Right beside where he is at. And h<? sees me skin the cat. And feel? better to see me Active, like he used to be; And when my kite is up high I let li!m hold It. and I Set and look at it up there And him settin' in his chair. Made a messenger one day. And then 1 sent it awiv Up the ttrlng. 'way to the kite (And 'twas up an awful height). And I had addressed It so God would get it and would know Jim's legs wouldn't work, and we Would be glad as we could be If God made them strong, and then Us two Bids could run again. But Jim didn't know I had. So he ain't a-feelin' bad About what God didn't do: (It was good he never knew;) And I got it back ag'in When I wound my kite string In. That there kite went up so high It was way up in the sky, But the angels didn't get It, so Jim ain't well till yet. So I guess I'll go and play Over there with him to-day; 1 would like to have a swim, But that ain't no fun for him. So I'll take him from his chair And will set him down out there Where the sandplle is, and we Will make forts and things and be Kind Of happy, but you miss lxjts with' the paralysis. —Judd Mortimer Lewis, in Houston Post. GREAT SHOW By Winn Dinger I don't care what distance You may travel, bo, Nor how big the town la, To which you may go, One thing's surely settled In this good, old town, You get all the real styles—■ Kindly jot that down. That was demonstrated In the Fashion Show, Which the local merchants Ileld this week; and, bo, If you've not already Looked them o'er, to-night Go peep in the windows— Kaow the style that's right. BOY SCOUT RALLY LIKE NO OTHER SPECTACLE ON EARTH BRISTOL., England "Hals on Staves!" "Three cheers for the Chief Scout!" and 1,500 Bey Scouts and over 200 Wolf Cubs gave a wild shout as only Scouts can cheer! This was the glorious climax of the great day, which will rank as the greatest event in the annals of the Bristol Boy Scouts. For weeks "the rally" had been in preparation. When Saturday opened with glorious weather it was certain that "Scoutland" was in for a good tirue. Early in the afternoon the pub lic began to arrive at Ashton Park, lent by Mrs. Esme Smyth. Presently odd troops of Scouts made their appearance then a long col- umn of Girl Guides, looking very smart and businesslike, marched to their allotted position. It was an open secret that the Lady Chief, Lady Baden-Powell, was to be present and desired to see the Girl Guides. Then came more Scouts and yet more from each of the four districts of the city, north, south, cast and west, banners flying and bands playing. The lord mayor and lady mayoress preceded the arrival of Sir Robert and Lady Baden-Powell, and when the Chief Scout stepped into the semicir cular rally ground not a Scout was to be seen—only the public who had come in their thousands to see the fun. The commissioner. Colonel Cromme lin, raised his hand, bugles rang out, and hey presto! Boy Scouts sprang up in all directions—coming from no where—everywhere, making straight for the Chief Scout at the double, and yelling their weird patrol calls as they ran. There Is nothing in the world like a Boy Scout rally, It is a thing in it self; peculiar to scouting; and one could not imagine any other organi zation undertaking it. To the un initiated it looks as if a tangled mass of little imps had been let loose— rushing—screaming fighting, while their patrol troop and other flags, to gether with their many-colored scarves, against the dull khaki of their quaint uniform and scout hats give quite a barbaric touch to the picture. J EDITORIAL COMMENT] About how many interpreters would you say should go with that Brlttsn -1 tnltnn-Russian-Scrvian army fighting the Bulgars in Greece?— Buffalo En quirer. The President continues to appeal to "forward-looking men." Does he wish to persuade his fellow citizens not to look back over the last three years?— Providence Journal. Congratulations to Congress on Its marvelous self-restraint In refraining from rushing through a bill to prohibit Republicans from voting on November 7. —Boston Transcript. WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Qulz."l Who are the members of the School Board? Who are the officers" t,cno ° l Members of Board of School Di rectors: William A. 8011, Harrv A Boyer, Harrv M. Rretz, Robert A' Enders, Adam D. Houtz, c Ell Keene. M. D.: A. C. Stamm George A. Werner and William N l a V5 S 'o, ' President! A. C. Stamm; vice-president. H M Bret*; secretary. D. D. HammeU baugh; tressurer. George W Mell henny: city superintendent. F E Downes. | Our Daily Laugh .'N y Trlfle ® llght a \ air are un<loubt edly bathing Ther# aro too jBB f many moonshln mr a and not enough sunshln r in America. " SEPTEMBER 23, 1916. But in reality everything: Is orderly, for even the calls—mistaken for yells —are regulated by patrols—that is, a Scout in one patrol must not take up the call of another patrol. When the Scouts arrive in a semi circle facing the Chief Scout, they are seen not only to be standing in abso lute silence, but, by an ingenious sys tem of various colored flags on which they rushed, are also arranged In or der of troops extending outwards like the spokes of a great wheel —a patrol leader with his patrol flag in front, and the scoutmaster and assistants in the rear. Now arrive the Wolf Cubs coming in at the double in splendid style, and range themselves crescent shape in front of the Scouts —little chaps from eight to eleven years old, with laugh ing, sparkling eyes, all as keen as mustard. "Officers to the front!" The chief goes slowly round, shakes hands with every scoutmaster and assistant (scouts always shake with the left hand) giving encouragement here, making inquiries there. The King's Scouts and Life Savers come in for special recognition, after which a diminutive Scout appears from no where carrying an exquisite bouquet almost as large as himself, which the Lady Chief graciously receives and more graciously acknowledges In a charming little talk. Just the kind that Scouts love. The commissioner thanks the Chief Scout and Lady Chief for coming to Bristol, which the lord mayor en dorses, and then from all his Scouts a wild and great cheer drowns all else. The chief is docidedly pleased and makes a stirring appeal to "carry on." He has the knack of always say ins just the right thing in the right way. He is always practical and ever interesting—and best of all he under stands boys and loves them. Hats on staves again "Three Cheers for His Majesty the King." calls the Chief Scout, and quickly the boys re spond and raise such a yell for His Majesty that one wonders if it reaches his ears at Buckingham palace—and 1 so eqds the great and wonderful rally. (THE STATE FROM WTOIW Rumors that a ghostly apparition was abroad in lower Berks county led to the formation cf a ghost-hunting brigade among messenger boy in Birdsboro the other evening. The na ture of the grisly winter visitor was not made known, and the boys declare if wasn't'any vision conjured up by the youthful imagination of a Dead-Eye Dick follower. "He rides around town on a bicycle and wears smoked glasses because the sun hurts his eyes." Thus in a simple sentence in a leading Hanover daily is summed up all the energy and effi ciency and push that makes Joe Oreene, 14 years old and a mere mite of hu manity, one of the coming business men of Hanover. He is a newsboy now and looks forward to the time when h can support his mother. Adding Insult to injury was the act of the Reading man who was haled in to court for attempting to rob an other man and bit him in the bargain. The victim felt that the latter wasn't somehow in the contract Samuel C. Shaffer, a prominent Franklin carpenter, broke two bones in his right heel as the result of a four teen-foot fall. Jack Frost has done considerable damage to the crops in the vicinity of Clarksvllle. As one account has it, "Jack took the eat out of good old buckwheat." "Heading art goes for a son."—Head line in Reading paper describing art sale where valuable pictures went for lees than the cost of the frame. There is the beauty of the song to be con sidered, however. Hotel Approved "Harrlaburg ia to have a new hotel, a mammoth one in keeping with the im portance of the city as the capital of the greatest State in the Union. Tho businessmen of the city who are back of the proposition are deserving of commendation for If there is one city in the State where there is need of a big first class hotel It Is Harrlsbui-Y. If hotels pay one should certainly pay In Harrliburg. That city owes It to the State as well as to Itself to push the new proposition to a successful con clusion."— Pottavllle Dally Republican. Bmttng ©ljat Quite a number of books have been written about the history, the people and the lore of the counties of the State, but there have been few to tell of the strong men. the delightful woods, hills and valleys and the pleasant towns of the northern tier. To many of us. because we are more or less provincial, the eight counties that lie along the northern border are little known. Indeed, there are too many Pennsylvanians who live south of the forty-first degree who are more familiar with the seacoasts of Maine, Massachusetts and New Jersey and the bright lights of New York, tho moat of Fort Monroe and the rivers of Florida than with the scenery, the people and the life of the upper coun ties of our own wonderfully endowed'* commonwealth. The Indians loved the* counties of the northern tier and when the southern Pennsylvanians marched ' up with Sullivan on his way to pun ish the Redskins they were charmed with the country. When one comes to think about it there can ho small won der that the New Englanders and New Yorkers wanted the country which the provincial administration at Philadel phia lorded over, but did not colonbo and which the restless Scotch Irish overlooked becauso they followed the Blue Ridge. In Harrisburg wo have grown to know the representative men of the northern tier of our State and to respect their strength of char acter, to enjoy pitting wit against wit and to marvel at their ability to get and well administer public office. There have been some famous men from this part of the State, men who have left their impress upon legisla tion and affairs and to whom Penn sylvania was a lasting debt. • * * Robert Kennedy Young', State treas urer, lawyer, lover of the Keystone State and Its glorious history and student of public affairs, has written of his own beloved county of Tioga. We have heard a good bit of Tioga in the last twenty years and they used to hear a good bit of it fifty years ago. Mr. Young has composed "Tales of Tioga." He wrote them for his friends last Spring and how he came to write these sketches is told in his forewood. He says tho articles "were written to break the monotony of travel from Wellsboro to Harrisburg during the last three years. Nothing of the kind was needed during the return trip, for merely to keep one's destination in mind was sufficient to dispell ennui." Of course, we feel pretty sad that the thought of Har risburg was not enough to stir up one's soul, but all must admit that the keeper of the strong box of the com monwealth has had a good bit to think about in the last couple of years. Mr. Young expresses the hope that his sketches may inspire some one to give Tioga "better and more serious treatment." Maybe some one could if ho happened to write a history, but It Is the field of the sketches that have come from Mr. Young's pen that bring the life, the people, the country right before us and we can realize the lively boyhoods of Frederick W. Fleltz and Ed Van Valkenburg, to whom the book 1B dedicated, In "Old Tiog." * * Mr. Young presents in one of the articles John I. Mitchell, legislator and judge, well known to many of the older Harrisburgers, one of the sterling men who gave his State an example of honesty and courtesy, fi delity to duty and loyalty to friends. It is related that. Judge Mitchell nev er sought office. It was always thrust upon him, literally forced upon him as the writer tells In the case of the United States senatorship. Inciden tally, Mr. Young tells some mighty In teresting political history in which his father, Hugh Young, a power in tha legislature and in State affairs, took a part. In another sketch we can see Governor William A. Stone travelling ' across country on a hunt for a famous & trout pool and falling into a hole in the dark. In another local characters with such unique traits that they would be interesting in the Soudan, are brought out and some experiences are related in a way that makes one read to the very end and wish for more. One of the sketches in more or less serious vein is of Thomas Har den, who married the sister of the late Bishop Thomas McGovern, of the diocese of Harrisburg and who was one of the figures of Tioga for years, the leading merchant of Wellsboro and a wit that Is still remembered. I* ' * i But, it is when that topic of topics, ' Wellsboro, is reached that Mr. Young, • naturally, becomes eloquent. This t sketch follows an inquiry as to the • last Indian that lived in Tioga. Mr, ■ Young says of Wellsboro that "mod. esty and mental superiority are tli i chief characteristics" of the people s of that county seat and its vicinity. • "I have never been much impressed i with the former, but can attest to the i latter. It is a nlensure to know that I it is spefied with 'boro' Instead of . 'borough' and that this town of Pennsylvanians among Pennsylvan ians was founded by a Delawarean. There Is an imposing array of men who rose from Tioga county towns or farms to places of eminence. Mr. Young says with the delicious humor ' that he "Is driven to mention some I who repose In the cemeteries of Tioga ' county and some who hope to do so— i the former being wldelv scattered, un • able to protest In unison." In the list i are B. F. Bush, the railroad man; ! Walter T. Merrick, A. P. Cone, Major s C'asslus E. Gillette. Mortimer F. El s liott. the lawyer; John B. Cassodny, the Jurist, and many others not in cluding Captain N. E. Niles, of tho new Maine. In this connection Mr. Young remarks that Tioga renounced her natural prerogative and contrib uted but one commander of the fleet of sixteen battleships that went around the world. It is astonishing the num ber of famous men who have come from Tioga county, but It Is pleasant indeed to read that Wellsboro, "noted for statesmen, celery, cut glass and rich yellow cream," has a county Jail "for accommodation of unfortunates t who live elsewhere" and that "from . its grated windows is just such a view as some folks travel to Switzerland to . get." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE H ! —Col. S. W. Jefferles, formerly on the division staff of the National Guard, will be chief marshal of tha s Charter Dav parade In Pittsburgh. f —H. J. Heinz will preside at the big Hughes meeting In Pittsburgh. [ —Dr. G. R. S. Corson, prominent Schuvlklll medical man. Is arranging for automobile runs by people of that country through the northeastern , counties. - ; —Sheriff G. F. Buss, of Luzerne , county, says he Is sleeping when he gets a chance these days. His nights v are occupied in travelling to scenei of trouble. —Ben S. Phillips, former legislator and now sheriff of Lackawanna, la objecting to citizenship for men con cerned in the I. W. W. riots In his county. [ DO YOU KNOW ~"1 That HnrriMmrg bread Is sola over an area of fifty miles about tlic city. HISTORIC HAKIiISBtTRG The town's first post office was In a ' book store in South Second street.
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