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WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOV. 8.
Time is *
Too slow for those who wait,
Too swift for those who fear,
t
Too Jong for those who grieve,
Too short for those who rejoice;
But for those who love
Time is not!
—HENRY VAN DYKE.
CAPITOL PARK EXTENSION
IT is expected that Governor Brum
baugh, Auditor Gencrcil Powell and
State Treasurer Young, compris
ing the Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings, will have a conference
to-morrow with Arnold W. Brunner,
the distinguished designer and plan
ner who will represent the State in
planning for the permanent treatment
of the Capitol Park zone. Warren H.
Manning will represent the city's in
terests.
Governor Brumbaugh will present
to the Legislature the results of this
study of an Important problem and
there is little doubt that definite and
final steps will be taken at the ap
proaching session to transform the
old and new sections of the park so
that the environment of the Capitol
will be in harmony with the dignity
and beauty of that great structure.
Fortunately for the Commonwealth,
the present Board of Public Grounds
and Buildings Is entirely familiar with
all the steps which have beeh taken
to enlarge the Capitol grounds. These
officials are performing an important
duty when they arrange for the final
and definite treatment of the whole
park zone. This embraces the widen
ing of the streets abutting on the
property and the grading of the land.
Mr. Brunner and Mr. Manning are
both more or less familiar with the
whole proposition and ought to be
able in a comparatively shcyt time to
submit a plan which will be satisfac
tory to the Commonwealth and the
city.
Those officials who are so indifferent
to the riprapplng of the river slope
will not be so indifferent to the rapping
of the voters, which always follows
negle<t. It is absurd to insist that the
protection of the xiver embankment
should bo postponea until next Spring
after the ice and floods of the coming
winter shall have caused still greater
damage. If the riprapping is to be
done, it should be done now. It ought
to have been done months ago.
THE FORT HUNTER MEMORIAL
EVERY citizen of Harrisburg will
be interested in the dediedtion
I Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock
of the historical marker at Fort Hunt
er. The unveiling of this official stone
will be another step in the intelligent
marking of the steps which Indicate
the development of a great Common
wealth.
Fort Hunter was one of the Impor
tant outposts of civilization and its
history is an Interesting chapter of
the opening up of the Susquehanna
valley to the hardy pioneers who blaz
ed the way for those who have carried
forward the torch-of a better civiliza
tion.
State Librarian Montgomery who is
also curator of the Pennsylvania His
torical Commission, and those associ
ated with him, have earned the appre
ciation of the people of the State for
the very important work in which
they are engaged. Harrisburg should
be present to-morrow at Fort Hunter
In large numbers and we trust that the
unveiling of this marker will be the
occasion or a great outpouring of all
who are interested in the development
of the State from the earliest days.
, When the State placed the Harris
marker in the park at Front and
Washington streets, the occasion was
allowed to pass without proper pub
lic attention, hut there will be no ex
cuse should the Fort Hunter unveiling
be likewise without public apprecia
tion.
It is noticeable that the troops are
returning 1 in better cars than those
which carried them to the border, but
that is largely because so few of them
are coming- home. Christmas on the
border Isn't a bright outlook.
THK WEST SHORE LOAN
IT is a fine thing that, notwithstand
ing the pullback attitude of West
Falrview and the upper end of East
Pennsboro township, Lemoyne, Camp
Hill and Wormleysburg will still be
able to concentrate on a central high
school. The passage of the loan project
>y theso districts'is a splendid demon
stration of town spirit and public en
terprise and it is altogether to the
credit of tho lower precinct of East
WEDNESDAY EVENING, A> TELEGRAPH . NOVEMBER 8 , ,0,6.
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Pennsboro township, which should
now mftko a more strenuous effort
than ever to sever Its connections with
Its less enterprising neighbors and to
join with Camp Hill borough, that it
should have given the loan an over
whelming majority.
The West Shore towns which
adopted the loan not only have done
their duty by their boys and girls, but
they have taken a long step toward
bringing the various communities
which mako up the district Into a har
monious whole, and it has laid the
foundation for a great and populous
city on the west bank of the Susque
hanna opposite Harrisburg that some
day may become a part of the Capital
City Itself, jjut this school vote is
merely a step in the right direction.
The people of Lemoyne, Camp Hill
and Wormleysburg have found that
their Interests are largely identical.
Who shall say to what lengths this
community co-operation may go In the
future?
Why Is it that most men turn to the
right when you direct them to {he
left?
HIGH SCHOOL VICTORY
T TARRISBURG, by adopting the
"*• high school loan involving an
expenditure of $1,250,000, has
again demonstrated its belief in itself
and its confidence in its own future.
With an almost unbroken endorse
ment of improvement projects to Its
credit the city has determined that
Its schools shall not be secondary to
the various phases of municipal de
velopment to which it has devoted so
much attention in recent years.
This Is as it should be. School fa
cilities on a par with the public im
provements that have made the city
famous will do much to draw new
residents to Harrisburg, just as an
overcrowded high school has kept
many away from the city.
All over the land, cities were watch
ing Harrisburg to see whether or noj
we still had faith in doing big public
tasks in a big way. That we have
decided to keep at the head of the
municipal procession will do much for
us in the eyes of sister cities that have
learned to look upon Harrisburg as
public spirited and patriotic.
Beside, we owe this thing to our
children. They have the right to de- j
mand of us the very best educational j
facilities we can give them, and It is |
proper that we should rejoice that the i
voters have recognized and are
ready to shoulder the burden of ad
ditional debt In order to build and
equip the much-needed buildings.
THE NECESSITY OFtSAVING
THE average total family Income,
Including women and children.
Is between S7OO and SBOO a year
in the United States, according
statistics given out by the American
Society for Thrift. Between 1900 and
1914 the average increase In the re
tall prices of food was about sixty per
cent., while wages' increased a little
less than thirty per cent. No matter
what may bo the cause of this con
dltlonjftthe moral is plain: The aver
age American of the future must be
thrifty.
Our population is Increasing at the
rate of 4,433 a day. Statisticians
estimate that within a few years this
increase will reach 10,000 a day. There
will then be even greater cause for
thrift.
A movement is on foot In the Na
tional Education Association, the offi
cial organization of school teachers of
America, for devising plans of teach
ing it in our schopls. This means be
ginning at the foundation and the re
sults on the happiness, prosperity and
security of the future American will
be beyond comprehension.
There are over 40,000 workers In
America. If each worker began* now
to save a dime a day the aggregate
accumulations would reach $1,465,-
750,976 a year, or if each saved a
dime a week the total would be $208,-
819,317. The saving of a dime a
month by each worker would amount
to $48,189,093, and only a dime a
year would mean $4,015,750. Statis
tics show that ninety-five per oent. of
men are dependent upon their dally
earnings, or on others, for tupport at
the age of 60, and that not one man
in thirty who retires with a com
petency is able to retain that com
petency to the close of life.
These are things for the partlotlc'
American to think about. This is a
nation of manifest destiny, but there
are evil days ahead unless our people
begin at once the practice of saving
on a scale far greater than ever be
fore.
George M. Cohan having gone into
moving pictures will still be able to
dance and wave the American flag, but
what are the talking machine folks
going to do without Cohan songs?
"Don't let prices spoil the Thanks
giving dinner." advises the Ohio State
Journal. A few more rises of prices and
there will be no dinner to spoil.
"Nicaragua is in a turmoil," says a
news dispatch, but why cable
tolls to reftue an everyday incident?
And now, let every newspaper edi
tor in the country get busy and choose
a cabinet for him.
We hope Jt Is not sinful to hope that
the fellow who la Bavins his potatoes
to realize more than |2 a bushel for
them gets stuck
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I""Poutctji<KUua |
By the Ei-Committeeman y
Pennsylvania not only swung back
into its place as banner Republican
commonwealth yesterday, but it re
tained Republicans in charge of the
financial end of the state government,
maintained its strength in Congress
and clinched Republican control of
the Legislature. Four have been
added to the thirty-eight Republican
senators of the last session and It Is
predicted that the Republicans' In the
House will run over 160.
Richard J. Baldwin, of Delaware,
will be a candidate for Speaker and
James P. Woodward, of McKeesport,
will be back again as chairman of tho
appropriations committee. Among the
ether Republicans bitterly assailed
who won was Robert P. Habgood, of
McKcs.n.
Returns from two-thirds of the dis
tricts in the state show a plurality for
the Republican national ticket of
109,708 and Republican leaders claim
that complete figures will Increase this
lead to nearly a quarter of a million
votes. The Republicans also elected
Philander C. Knox to the United States
Senate and their candidates for State
Treasurer and Auditor General by sub
stantial pluralities. Judge Emory A.
Availing, running on a nonpartisan
ticket, was elected to the State Su
preme Court.
Returns indicate that the Repub
licans elected twenty-nine congressmen
and the Democrats four, with three
districts in doubt. The Republican
state committee claims the election
in two of the districts which have not
filed complete returns. The Democrats
gained a congressman in the Twentieth
district (Adams-York), where A. R.
Brodbeck was elected over S. K.
McCail, his Republican opponent, and
lost one in the Eleventh (Luzerne),
where T. W. Templeton defeated Con
gressman J. J. Casey, according to the
latest figures. The doubtful districts
are Blair-Bedford-Cambria. Somerset,
Fayette, Greene and Erie, Crawford
districts.
Among tho notable fights won yes
terday by the Republicans was In the
Thirtieth district, where Congressman
W. H. Coleman was re-elected over
M. Clyde Kelly.
The Socialists polled less than half
as large a vote in Philadelphia as they
did four years ago, while the Pro
hibitionists had nearly twice as many,
Benson receiving 4,526 while Hanly
received 1,133.
Republicans have increased their
strength in the Pennsylvania State
Senate and late returns show that four
will be added to the thirty-eight of
the last session. But one Democratic
senator, G. W. Sassaman, Berks, seems
to have been elected.
Ex-Senator Frank E. Baldwin will
succeed Robert M. Hilton in the
Twenty-fifth district: F. H. Barker de
feated Senator H. A. Tompkins in the
Thirty-fifth, and David Martin de
feated Senator Richard V. Farley in
the Fiftieth, while T. Larry Eyre won
out In a contest for the seat held since
1913 by John W. Gyger, fusion, from
the Nineteenth.
Senator W. C. Sproul, oldest senator
in point of service, was among those
re-elected yesterday.
Twenty-five senators were elected,
a sinilar number holding over.
Republicans won a large proportion
of the House of Representatives as the
result of the election of 207 members
tor two-year terms yesterday.
Chairman James F. Woodward, of
the last House appropriations com
mittee, and a score of other committee
chairmen were ro-elected and late re
turns showed that James H. Maurer,
the Socialist member from Reading, is
leading for re-election. Rejft-esenta
tive John M. Flynn, Elk, oldest Demo
cratic member in point of service, and
Representative Fred C. Ehrhardt,
Lackawanna, oldest Republican mem
ber, were both re-elected with mem
bers of the last House from Alle
gheny, Bucks, Berks. Chester, Lan
caster, Delaware, Lehigh, Blair, Tioga,
Philadelphia and Fayette counties.
The Republicans had 164 and the
Democrats 41 in the last House, Wash
ingtonians and Socialists 1 each.
Aid to Salesmen
"Integrity, Incidentally, Is one of the
mightiest factors in salesmanship. If
you have a reputation for stating facts
exactly, for never attempting to gain
momentary advantage through exag
geration, you possess the basis of all
successful salesmanship.
"Next to Integrity comes personality
—that indefinable charm that gives to
men what perfume gives to flowers.
Many of us thing of salesmen as peo
ple traveling around with sample kits.
Instead, we are all salesmen, every
day of our lives. We are selling our
ideas, our plans, our energies, our en
thusiasms, to those with whom we
come in contact. Thus, the man of
genial presence is bound to accomplish
much more, under similar conditions,
than the man without it. If you have
personality, cherish it; if you have not,
cultivate it. For personality can be
cultivated, although the task is not
easy.
"Nothing is so plentiful In America
as opportunity. There are more jobs
for forceful men than there are force
ful men to fill them. Whenever the
question comes uf> of buying new
works we never consider whether we
can make the works pay. That is a
foregone conclusion if we can get the
ripht man to manage them.
"All successful employers of labor
are stalking men who will do the un
usual, men who think, men who at
tract attention by performing more
than is expected ofr them. These men
havo no difficulty in making their
worth felt. They stand out above
their fellows until their superiors can
not fail to see them."—-Charles M.
Schwab in the American.
The Smell o' the Woods
The smell o' the woods is fillin' the air
An' I wanta get out, —I don't care
where!
Out where the wind's akissln' the
trees
An' the briars keep hookln' a fel
low's knees.
Yuh jump up a rabbit an' take a
snap shot,
Missin' the rascal, —like as not.
Up goes a covey,—yuh bring down a
few, —
"What, Ole Dog! Only find two!"
Squat down a bit back of a rock
Callin' —Hist! Warden fur a
stray cock;
Or pick out a hickory some likely
place
Hopln' a squirrel 'I poke out his
face.
Hunt out a soft spot Mongßide a brook
Drag in some dead wood an' be your
own cook;
Fill yerself up,—then feet to the
blaze
Jes' sort o' dream of ole bygone
days.
Roll yerself up in a blanket ,or two
To keep out the creepers and stand
. off the dew
Up in the mornln' merry o' heart
Bacoft an' eggs—and then a fresh
start!
The smell o' the woods is fillln' the
air
An' I grottta get out, —I don't care
where! \
—C. L. 8.
For the Telegraph.
When a,Feller N By BRIGGS
I IManitA SEE
HovJ They are s
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The Agricultural Fairs
[Pennsylvania Farmer]
The county and district fair season
is about over for the year. Reports
indicate that the season was a success
ful one in point of attendance—and
attendance and the money left by the
visitors appear to be the <Jnly point
of view of the average fair manager.
But the close of a so-called successful
season is a good time to take stock
of the net results ot; the fSirs as a
whole. To the comparative few who
visit a large number of county and
district fairs and have opportunity to
study the apparent purpose and the
evident result of fairs, there must be a
very grave question whether or not
these institutions as a class are ac
complishing anything for agriculture;
certainly we must concede that they
are falling far short of their possi
bilities. We made it a point to check
up on the class of venders and the
quality of goods sold by them at the
fairs visited this season. As a result,
we believe It safe to say that not 5
per cent, of the various articles sold
on a fair ground, not including farm
implements and such staple com
modities of fixed selling price, are sold
at anything like their actual value.
In other words, the concessionaries
who pay for the privilege of selling
their wares at county fairs regard
the fair visitors as "easy marks" and
proceed to extract the largest possible
prices and give aa little as necessary
in return. This in itself is perhaps a
small consideration, but the trouble is
that it characterizes the entire spirit
of a large percentage of the fairs.
They are out to get all they possibly
can from their fair patrons and give
as little in return as possible. The
fair has become a purely commercial
proposition, as much so as a street or
town carnival, and agricultural inter
ests are merely incidental. There can
be no objection to carnivals, adver
tised and conducted as such; but there
Is very pointed objection to hundreds
of institutions posing as agricultural
educational institutions in order to
draw money from the State Treasury
and then practising carnival methods
in the entertainment of their patrons.
So-called Agricultural Shows
[From the Right of Way.]
A few years ago the best space on
the fair ground was allotted to the,
exhibitors of agricultural implements.
To-day the fakirs have the right of
way and the exhibitors of agricultural
machinery at a great many of the fairs
are given what space is left.
The result of this is that the ma
jority of manufacturers and dealers
in agricultural implements are cutting
out their exhibits at these fairs and
unless the managements wake up and
change their methods they will be left
with the fnkirs.
The State pays out a great many
thousands of dollars to these so-called
agricultural fairs; the State appropri
ates this money for agricultural pur
poses. Our agricultural department
recognizes the fact that if the farmers
of Pennsylvania are to make the best
of their calling they must he educated
to better methods of farming, and also
recognize the fact that improved ma
chinery is essential to the development
of the agricultural interests of the
state.
The farmer is possibly more in
terested to-day in the gasoline engine
p.s a plowing proposition than any- 1
thing else, yet not one of the so-called
ngrlcnltural fairs of Pepnsylvania, so
far as we know, made any arrange
ments for a plowing demonstration in
connection with their fairs. The thou
sands of farmers that attended tlife
plowing demonstration in West
show the interest of the farmers as a
class In up-to-date methods. These
demonstrations were given entirely in
dependent of the fairs. Farmers are
asking to be shown and the agri
cultural fairs missed a great oppor
tunity when they failed to provide a
chance to allow the farmers to see the
different makes of gasoline tractors at
actual field work. The manufacturers
stood ready and were anxious to
demonstrate their machines, but were
only able to do so in-actual field work
where they were able to secure ground
at their own expense.
It is to bo hoped that before the next
T/eglslatiire makes an appropriation
for these so-called agricultural exhi
bition it will know that the association
getting State aid Is going to give agri
cultural exhibits that will be educa
tional in place of crude, vulgar ex
hibits that go as near the line of the
obscene as law.officers that see not
will permit.
MAKE HARRISBURG "ATLANTIC
CITY OF PENNSYLVANIA" IS
POSSIBILITY AS VISITOR SEES IT
By Allen Sangree
THE Atlantic City of Pennsyl
vania! That's what Harrisburg
should be.
Thus spoke a Chicago visitor last
summer on one of the very hot dayß
when several thousand Harrisburgers
were gasping to, somehow, anyhow, get
a dip in the Susquehanna. "If not to
cry, it would be to laugh" observed this
stranger, a brisk Rotarlan, by the way,
and with a knowledge of the landscape
art. "All this water and no' way to get
in it" he grinned.
Motoring along the River Front he
gave ample tribute to the improve
ments already made, yet his practical
mind could not but reach out for the
one thing needful. He di Bussed the
idea of bathing facilities from a hygie
nic and sanitary viewpoint, but being a
commercial person he lay most stress
on the business benefits. "This river
could be made so attractive" he vowed,
"that you would have a couple thou
sand people' here every'day from the
surrounding country, persons who could
not afford In time or money to go to
Atlantic City. Ant® what would that
mean to the merchants and shop keep
era!"
Hint From Outsider
J Sometimes we have to wait for an
I outsider to-turn on the flashlight. Har-
I rlsburg is by no means slow, but there
i are so many other questions Involv
ing her Improvement that this ono
seems to be ignored. This Chicago
man's remarks stuck In my craw so
insistently that I took the trouble of
canvassing the river banks pretty care
fully to see If something could be done
by next year at comparatively small ex
pense. And the most likely basis for
operations, It appeared to me, Is Mc
jCormick's Island and the adjacent wa
ters. ♦
In this era of Intelligence it is hard
ly necessary to enlarge on the topic of
henlth. The most conservative miser
would grant that it is a universal crav
ing. We prove this by the accustomed
salutation the world over: "How are
you?" Health means good morals.
Swimming—outdoor life, such as our
grand river offers, means health. And
one only needs to point out that swim
ming is the best exercise In summer
time because It does not heat the blood.
With the expenditure of a few thousand
dollars, this community could easily be
come singularly famous for developing
a healthy nnd happy cltlzenhood. "Who
Is that magnificent human fish?" you
can hear folks Inquire In the near fu
ture. "He must be from Harrisburg."
In discussing McCormlck's Island as
a municipal playground de luxe you
first think of the water facilities, for
they are all important. The fact Is
then, that the Susquehanna*there fur
nishes a broad, long stretch of clean wa
ter with less current than Is met fur
ther down, say, along Independence Is
land. Here Is a delicious spot, big
enough for all Harrisburg to swim In,
with sufficient depth. And tho proposi
tion suggests Itself of how to make
the great pool safe.
Breakwater Propose*
Eventually, a breakwater might be
built out from tho lower end of the
Island to a distance of five or six hun
dred feet toward the main land, but
temporarily the system used many
other places could be established at
small cost. This cohsists in building
half a dozen tloats, a log foundation
covered with boards, stoutly moored.
On these you have your diving plat
forms and spring boards. Unskilled
swimmers thus have a destination and
nearby lodging place. For youngsters
ja couple of these floats might be moor
ed In shallow water. With such appli
ances, any person, beginner or expert,
can "get In" the Susquehanna.
The proper place to build bathing
houses would be on the Island and this
would require a municipal ferry, capa
cious of dock, running at brief regular
Intervals, and not once in a while, as
tho one does to Independence Island.
A nominal charge of one penny per
passenger would in course of time pay
for this investment and for mainten
ance.
Now when McCormick's Island was
presented to the city, the donor, I take
It. Intended that the public should get
ail the pleasure out of It which Is pos
sible. At present, only an acre or so
is utilized by a few school children for
camping. That was a good beginning,
but why not give the Harrisburg fami
lies a chance to taste the delights of
open air life in hot summer time!
There is no doubt but* that people of
moderate circumstances relish a dip in
to Nature Just as much as the wealthy
who can afford to go great distances
for this enjoyment. Witness the mad
scramble this last summer of hun
dreds of mothers with their children
seeking for recreation on Independence
Island with Its very meager attrac
tions.
Some years ago New York opened a
camping spot in the Bronx Park ad
joining Long Island Sound. Twenty
thousand campers live there each sum
mer now, and the Health Department
has stated that this scheme is the one
prime medium for improving the health
and morals of a good portion of New
York's varied population. The same
thing has been done at Jamaica Bay, on
the south shore of Long Island.
Municipal Kltcheu
My suggestion would be for Harrjs
burg to put up a municipal kitchen, say,
toward the upper end of McCormick's
Island and establish there a big cainp
where a man could bring his family
during a week or two, or , perhaps for
the whole summer, and at least imagine
himself a Rockefeller or Schwab. Each
one would, of course, furnish his own
provender, but cook it at tho public
kitchen, thus saving a great number of
fires. A camp of this sort, it has been
proved, can be managed in orderly
fashion.
McCormick's Island contains some
thing like 120 acres, I believe, an im
mense tract of land, a good part of
which is now almost undiscovered for
est. It Is there wuiting to be utilized
by the city. It has every advantage
that a practical landscape artisan could
ask for. If the big camping ground idea
Is not adopted now, though it will be
by a later generation, something sure
ly should be done for the benefit of
present day taxpayers. Provide a mu
nicipal ferry and you will instantly see
how greedily Harrlsburg will revel In
this primeval spot, cooled as It Is by
mountain breezes, laved by navigable
waters and free of mosqultos
Reservoir and Wlldwood have their
beauties but not the particular uses
and attractions of McCormick's Island'
Here is infinite space for a tired man
to stretch his legs and sniff pure air '
space for many tennis courts, baseball
and football lields. • The trees alone are
worth the price of admission which re
minds that many of those majestic vet
erans are going to ruin for the lack of
attention. Put up a line of bath
houses on that terrace, build a wide
pathway clear around the island, con
struct bathing floats, buy a ferryboat,
and the youth* of Harrisburg will bo
grateful all their lives to the city that
gave them health and strength.
Our Daily Laugh
WORRYING
ALL THE "
Wifey—'Before
we were mar- Ji
ried you used to iLJUvljl
send around a f rj tjjjk
dozen roses ev- 1/|Mn\ J • Wjß
Hubby—Roses m||*}'
every week. 111 | | uUl}
This week l*m-|| \ I RUjl}
going to send y IBv
around two tons wrd
of coal and a rib ft.
rout.
Utettittg fflljat
Although the hunting season for
small same is pretty well advanced
and on some varieties will close In a
snort time, It would not be a bad Idea
for some of those contemplating a few
days in the woods to go to the State
Museum and take a look at Curator
Kothrock's excellent collections of the
Pennsylvania game birds. This collec
tion. which State Librarian Montgom
ery says is an education in itself, has
recently been enlarged by a display of
pheasants and wildcats. The birds and
animals have been mostly obtained by
Mr. Rothrock and have been mounted
and placed in surroundings exactly
like those in which they are to bo
found. Each variety Is in a space by
Itself and the hedgerows in which *
"Bob White" is to be found, the kind
of den that the wildcat makes and the
hole wherein Reynard the Fox makes
his home have been reproduced with
b fidelity to nature that is highly cred
itable. The wild turkey group, which
contains two superb specimens shot
within sight of the Capitol dome, is
worth looking at because wild turkeys
have been plentiful, and yet, if the
truth be told, some tame birds were
shot In honest mistake for the wily wild
bird that furnishes such excellent sport
an ii ,nn ' CCB the hunter tramp so many
miles. Thanks to the space afforded
by the old liagroom, the curator has
been able to spread out a bit, and his
showing of smaller game and of tlie
salmon and bass that make the Sus
juehanna and Juniata such famous
nshjng streams are well displayed.
Abundant opportunity is given for
study of the game and Its habitat and
for those thinking about going Into
me woods the museum has a distinct
value.
• •
Heads of the telegraph companies '
liero who have to maintain messenger
forces say that they arc having their
own troubles. Last winter they had
to make a complete readjustment be
cause of the child labor law and its
prohibition of night work for minors
and men were obtained for the jobs,
home elderly messengers and some
whose infirmities prevented other ac
tivity were employed. But lately the
demand has become so great in other
lines for men with even one hand that
the forces have been found full of
holes about every other week. Hard,
unfeeling district managers cannot be
made to understand that conditions
are such that It is hard to maintain
an efficient force, and then, again, as
one manager put it, "I've taken a lot
off messengers that I never took be
fore."
• • •
Among the graduates of the train
ing class of the Harrisburg Public
Library who have made good and so
cured fine positions Is Miss Clara
Campbell, a daughter of Professor E.
E. Campbell, for a long time head of
Irving College. Miss Campbell has
just secured the plfcoe as head of the
children's department of the Public
Library at St. Joseph, Mto.
O * ♦
Speaking of the Library, it is in
teresting to note that since the re
moval of quarantine restrictions the
circulation umong children has gone
up like a rocket. In August there was
no circulation. In September it was
within a hundred of what it was the
same month in 1915. The children's
work has become a very Important
branch of library activity here and the
latter part of this week the children's
story hour will bo resumed and the
school libraries will be reopened in
six of fhe schoolhouses of the city.
These school libraries met with great
success at the start and there are de-'
mands for more all over the city,
which the funds of the library, un
fortunately, will not permit.
• •
Commissioner Lynch Is having his
own troubles with the leaves these
days. The late autumn has caused
the leaves to remain on the trees for •
long perjods and they are commenc
ing to come down pretty heavily these
cool mornings. The leaves clog up the
sewer Inlets and make all kinds of
trouble so that Mr. Lynch's force gets
an early start each day and carts tho
leaves off to the river bank or to
vacant lots.
• • •
Folks at the Capitol are watching to
see whether the Supreme Court cham
ber on the top floor of the east wing Is
to be kept as a show room or whether
it is to be utilized for hearings aside
from those of the State Board of Par
dons. The Supreme and Superior
Courts meet here once a year and the
sum total of the days they spend in
Hairisburg is about one week. The
Board of Pardons occupies the cham
ber ten times a year. The rest of the
time the chamber is a show place of
tho Capitol. The Public Service Com
mission used to sit in it, but lately has
been using the caucus rooms of the
Capitol. When the Legislature assem
bles there will be use for the caucus
rooms, and what Is interesting folks
rit tbp Capitol is whether the Board of
Public Grounds and Buildings, of
which tho Governor is the head, or
tho Supreme Court is to say whether
the room will be used or just shown.
• • •
"Thr>'''i rot Iho way to play marbles.
Tako t*'" i larble this way," said a
."tout, active nan as he walked along
South street and saw some girls trying
to p'nv mr"hlr*s. So the man took the
marbl. :• r>l • knuckled down" just like
lie nert 'o <to some years tujo when he
was not cMtti'ig down tree"
"Oh. 1 cent get It that .way," wailed
one little girl.
".lust fnke l< so." said the man aa
he showed tho little girl and her com
panions how to hold the marble and
how to shoot. Th"n little gtrl got
tho bang of it and called out, "Thank
von \flstcr Governor."
That <b why the Governor was late
for lunch.
o • *
One of tho clerks in one of the city
department offices was married yes
terday, but she didn't invite any of
the departments members or officials
to attend the ceremony which was
held in a church. So the officials de
cided to attend uninvited, and after
the ceremony when tho bride and
groom were leaving for the railroad
station to start on their "honeymoon"
the other employes decorated t>o au
tomobile with signs, tin cans and the
like. Net satisfied with the fun they
distributed circulars through the train
coaches, explaining what It was all
about and appealing to everyone to
take the pf care of the two Har
rlsburgers.
• •
Judging by the number of rabbits
hunters are bringing Into tho city
every evening there must he plenty
of the shy little cottontails this Fall.
On nearly every street car during the
evening hours a man with a gun can
be seen with his coat punched out
with tho brown fellows. Protruding
feot or tails attest to the fact that the
Nimrods are carrying game and not
stolen apples in the great pockets of
their hunting rigs.
♦ • •
The paving of Sjvatara street, which
is under way between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth, will do away with one of
the nuisances of highway maintenance
In Harrisburg. Every time It rains
some tons of earth are washed down
from tho crest of the ridge at Nine
teenth street, which is the beginning
of the slope which extends to Bellevue
Park At the same time Nineteenth
street should be paved f*om Derry to
Swatora or beyond because that high
way gets about the same dose of dirt
as Swatara when there Is a good, hard
rain.
HISTORIC HARRISIHJRG
Colonel Rouquet made thin place hi#
headquarters while preparing for th®
first move against the Indians.