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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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WEDNESDAY EVEXING, DEC. 0.
If laziness—physical, intellectual
tend moral—is not original sin, it lies
very close to the source. —H. C. KINO.
THE MUMMERS' PARADE
THE Harrisburg Mummers' Asso
ciation again makes bid for popu
lar favor. It has the endorse
ment of the Chamber of Commerce In
the form of a substantial contribution.
It proposes to give to Harrisburg as
laborate a New Year's Day parade as
the money subscribed will permit.
This celebration Is for the mummers
a labor of love. The selection of
Walter Montgomery as chief marshal
closely allies the association with the
business Interests of the city, who,
after all, are the greatest gainers from
public demonstrations which bring
visitors to the city.
The mummers' parade is to the win
ter season what the Klpona Is to the
Bummer period. It should bo encour
aged and supported.
Shop early! Also, ship early!
THE DOXATO STATUARY
CITY COUNCIL will begin the
actual preparation of the annual
budget In a few days and the
community will hope that some real
■effort shall be made to bring the
Hershey statuary out of the dusty
■warehouse In which it has been resting
since the Chocolate King presented
the group to Harrisburg more than a
year ago. Mr. Hershey has reason to
feel that our municipal officials, and
Incidentally the oommunlty at large,
are not appreciative of his generosity.
Intimations are said to have come from
the donor that this city is not par
ticularly strong on art. This may or
may not be the case, but there is
reason for the frequent criticism which
)8 heard regarding the failure of the
City Council to Install this statuary In
the placo selected for it on the River
Trent.
So lons as the $25,000 group Is per
mitted to rest In the obscurity of a
warehouse the reflection is necessarily
upon the entire community, and it is
only reasonable that the people should
fexpect the commissioners to place the
Statuary In a proper location.
City Commissioner Bowman, head
of the Water Department, which has
abundant surplus funds, has frequently
been quoted as favorable to installing
tho group at one of the entrances to
Reservoir Park, but the committee
chosen to select a site having unani
mously agreed upon the River Front
at Locust street, it would appear to bo
the graceful thing for Commissioner
Bowman and his associates to follow
this suggestion.
If City Council refuses to provide a
proper setting for the statuary, then
the people themselves must remove
the stigma of neglect and Indifference
by contributing of their own means for
this purpose. Of course, that Is not
a fair proposition, in view of the fact
that the statuary was accepted by the
city officials in a formal way, but
Bhoukl the inatter bo again omitted in
the making VP of tho budget this year
Bomething will have to be done by the
people themselves.
"Wilson plunges Into work."—News
paper headline. Now look out for an
other bunch of notes.
PLANTING THK SLOPE
IN tho matter of decorating the slope
along the River Front with appro
priate shrubbery, might It not be
■well to interest the school children of
the city to the end that they may take
a personal pride In planting flowers
end shrubbery which would have their
continuing protection?
When the riprapping of the lower
section of the have been
done SOME DAY that portion between
the upper walk and the riprapping
will provide ample space for such
planting as has been Indicated. This
work could be started at any point
between Iron alley and Division street
so that the schools in the different sec
tions of the city might have a share in
the movement.
Regarding food price legislation the
President evidently believes It policy to
let Congress do it.
OPENING STREETS
rIERE seems to be no uniform
regulation In the third-class cities
of Pennsylvania for the opening
of paved streets to Install service
pipes, but it is manifestly necessary
that some provision be made to pro-
the wholesale cutting of the as
phalted highways. It Is a common
thing to see a street newly surfaced
ripped open almost Immediately by
■ome corporation qr Individual to do
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
a thing that should have been done be
fore_ the street was paved.
City Engineer Cowden Invariably
serves notice upon interested parties
to make pipe connections before the
streets are paved, but with distressing
regularity these notices are disregarded
and upon the completion of the paving
trenches are opened and cuts made
which do much damage to the expen
sive street improvement.
Of course. It is necessary to open
streets for the installation of service
pipes and mains, but In many cases
the corporations are responsible for
failure to give attention to this work
before the paving Is undertaken.
The New Jersey manufacturer who
threw a cup of custard In his wife's
face doubtless was merely demonstrat
ing how reckless a munition maker can
be in the use of eggs.
WHY TIIE CIIKIST3IAS CANDLE?
WHEN, a day or two since, the
Telegraph announced that It
again will lead a movement for
the burning of candles in windows of
Harrisburg homes on Christmas Eve,
it received the following brief but
pointed letter:
Why the Christmas candla? Are
; you, Mr. Editor, interested in a
candle factory, or are you paid by
some merchant selling candles to
write about them? I'll admit that
last year thousands were burned
in this vicinity without one acci
dent, but do you not consider the
great risk of fire run by everybody
who obeys the impulse you have
started? Is "the game worth the
candle?" Again 1 ask, why the
Christmas candle, anyway?
INSURANCE MAN.
Last year there came to the Tele
graph office, too late for use previous'
to Christmas, a letter of another type,
so gqod In Its way that It was filed for
publication tills Christinas season. It
admirably answers our correspondent's
question, "Why the Christmas Can
dle?" Here It Is:
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Apropos of the quaint old cus
tom of placing lighted candles in
the windows on Christmas eve,
which is to be revived here on
Christmas, thanks to the Tele
graph, I think the meaning of the
custom might be of general inter
est.
So many of our favorite Christ
mas customs were derived from
pagan sources, namely, the use of
the yule log. the mistletoe and
even our beloved Christmas tree.
But the custom of lighting a candle
in the window on Christmas eve Is
wholly Christian and, indeed, ex
emplifies the very spirit of Christ
mas itself. The custom comes to
us from both English and German
sources, but the latter legend is
most beautiful. In substance it is
about as follows: On Christmas
eve the Christ-child wanders across
the snow poor, weak and with "no
where to lav His little head." All
over the world He goes seeking
some dwelling place. As He wan
ders He finds some homes lighted
brightly with candles shining from
the windows, and guided thus, He
enters gladly, there to dwell and
bless.
For the first time last vear my
home was lighted by candles in
every front window, for the legend
' was new to mo then. It was so
easy to tell the sweet story of the
i Blessed Baby coming toddling
across the snow, homeless and
seeking our aid. Then, lighted
by our candles and gladdened by
their glow. He may enter our liomt
to dwell and bless. And then, be
cause He is here, great must be the
Joy of the morrow, for it is the
Birthday of our Ouest. Indeed, If
you so desire, the legend may bring:
much real Christmas gladness,
bringing, as it does, so much of the
essential spirit.
Simply told, the legend makes a
profound impression on the child's
mind. It Is a lovely bit bedtime
drama and a most telling prelude
to the Christmas Day.
LENORE EMBICK FLOWER.
Those are the Telegraph's senti
ments and opinions also. The Are risk
Is nil. The fact that all Central Penn
sylvania was ablaze with candles last
Christmas Eve and that not one firo
resulted Is proof of that. Candles were
household necessities for centuries and
nobody then considered them a gTeat
fire hazard.
Surely, the Telegraph believes the
"game Is worth the candle" and
Christmas Eve will show that thou
sands of others think likewise.
Again there is general complaint
about the garbage and ash collections
under contract of a private corpora
tion which has been the subject of con
stant criticism. Just so long as this
sort of thing is permitted to continue
there will be no relief. But the time
has come when the Municipal League,
as a rallying point of an indignant
populace, should formulate some plans
for 'the practical expression of an
aroused public sentiment.
BEING ABLE TO SAY "NO"
A HARRISBURG businessman, ad
dressing the Telegraph In a let
ter published on this page yes
terday, suggested that this newspaper
lead a boycott on foodstuffs that have
mounted to unreasonable prices, and
Mrs. Anna Hamilton wood, the Tele
graph's housekeeping expert, writes
that many women have asked her to
help form a Housewives' League here,
slniilartothat in New York. Harrisburg
people unquestionably entertain strong
resentment for the dealers who have
been forcing prices of provisions to
unreasonable figures. This feeling
flared out sharply last Wednesday
when the bottom was knocked from
the turkey market and again on Sat
urday when, not so demonstratively, It
began to direct itself against eggs.
The boycott Is a powerful weapon.
It Is almost the only one at the hands
of a people whose federal government
talks glibly about embargoes and re
duced prices during political cam
paigns and forgets all about the fam
ily grocery bill as soon as the votes
are counted. Whether formal organi
zation is necessary to make the boy
cott felt is a question. Led by a fear
less press an aroused public needs no
association promptings. It knows
what to do and it does it—as witness
last Wednesday.
Harrisburg people are not unrea
sonable. They do not deny.that some
advances In prices are necessary by
reason of the war. They are willing
to pay their share of the increases,
but no more. They know that food
speculators and packers are deliber
ately and unfairly taking advantage of
their prosperity and they are natural
ly indignant. Whenever they become
angry enough to say "no" to the
promptings of appetite, and to say it
as they said "no" to the turkey roug
ers last week, prices will begin to
come down.
Carranzlstas ''recaptured" Chihuahua
—after Villa had carted away every
thing he could carry.
The Days of Real Sport .... By briggs
The Girl Fight
1 'Pc.KKQlffctfCUua
! By the Ex-Committeeman
Computation of the official returns
of the election of November 7, which
it was hoped to begin at the depart
ment of the Secretary of the Common
wealth to-day, has been delayed by the
failure of the county commissioners of
Sullivan to filo their official returns.
The returns of Delaware county were
filed to-day and only one county re
mains to be heard from. Requests
have been made to the Sullivan author
ities to send returns here immediate
ly and Inquiring as to the cause of
the delay.
To-morrow is the last day for fil
ing expense accounts for the cam
paign of 1916 and the State commit
tees and some of the State candidates
have not yet entered their statements.
Auditor General-elect C. A. Snyder
filed a statement to-day showing a
contribution of $1,500 to the Republi
can State committee.
The first campaign statement, to be
filed showing a return came late yes
terday from C. C. Norris, treasurer of
the Lawyers' Campaign committee in
the interest of Justice Walling in
Philadelphia. It received $11,601.74,
and spent $8,091.45, leaving $3,510.49
which will be divided pro lata among
the contributors.
Officials at the State Capitol are
awaiting the return of Governor Mar
tin G. Brumbaugh from Pineliurst be
fore taking many more steps in the
interest of Representative R.
Cox's campaign for the Republican
caucus nomination for the speaker
ship of the next House. Mr. Cox an
nounced here last night that he was
going to be his own campaign mana
ger which leaves the Governor about
the only official connection with the
Cox boom as he endorsed it before go
ing away.
It was reported that the Governor
would return here to-night, but at the
Capitol this was stated not to be cor
rect. Xo one seems to know just when
he will return, but it is certain that
when he does get back that he will be
waited upon by a number of officials
and asked whether he intends to make
a light. Until the Governor gives the
word people here are inclined to await
developments.
—Following a day of conferences
among officials and of talks with Mr.
Cox on the long distance telephone in
Philadelphia it was announced at the
Capitol that Mr. Cox was going to run
his own campaign and that there were
no headquarters hero for him now and
that ho would open his own headquar
ters the latter part of the month. It
was also stated that no one here was
going to figure as the bureau chief
for tho South Phlladelphian and that
ho was going to see the members-elect
himself. A committee of members
elect may be formed to help through
out the State, but that is not settled.
-*-No explanation of tho statement
came out and there was much in
terest at the Capitol over the causes
for the change In plans. Mr. Cox
said that there had been nothing to
disturb his confidence and several of
his friends said that things were look
ing rosy, but that they wanted to sec
the Governor.
—ln Philadelphia Senator W. C.
Sproul said that Richard J. Baldtvln
would be named over Mr. Cox with
votes to spare and Mr. Baldwin's home
people are hustling for him. They
are very confident.
—lt is believed that realization that
a sharp speakership contest means
warfare on the Governor apd possible
carrying down of some appointments
when the Senate starts confirming as
well as fear of what an unfriendly ap
propriations committee might do to
appropriations is the cause of the de
sire to see how far the Governor wants
to go. Furthermore, the attacks upon
Auditor General-elect Snyder have not
put him In the most benevolent frame
of mind regarding people close to the
Governor. It is intimated that if any
men fail of confirmation and the Gov
ernor names them anyway that they
will not be paid.
—The Agricultural Department ap
pears to be about duo to come under
the fire of factions If a breach' oc
curs. Some things have been said
about Secretary Patton's political ac
tivities which may be trotted out
again wjien the time comes for con
firmation. Then there will lik"ely be
a fight over tho Commission of Agri
culture, which was urged by tho
Grange, but not satisfactory to the
farmers when the bill was finally ap
proved. Incidentally, there has been
criticism of the commission for not
being active.
—The death of Edward M. Blgelow
caused much comment at the Capitol
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
to-day as ho had been considerably
discussed because of the appointment
given to him in the Pittsburgh city
government.
—The Philadelphia Democratic city
committee has named a committee
headed by Roland S. Morris to probe
election frauds.
—John C. Winston, the Philadelphia
reformer, has been made foreman of
the grand jury in that county.
—S. D. Crow is the new appraiser
of Fayette county and D. 11. Fleihr of
Lehigh.
—Activity of Prohibitionists in hold
ing meetings is attracting much atten
tion. It is said that they will back a
prohibition amendment to the limit if
it appears in the next session. The
local optionists held a meeting in
Philadelphia and counted noses. They
will send a committee to discuss the
situation with the Governor.
—The Supreme Court of Pennsyl
vania will decide whether the tally or
return sheet is to be accepted as show
ing the official figures of an election.
Until this decision is given Guy E.
Campbell, Democrat, who has a plur
ality of 46 votes over Representative
A. J. Barchfeld, Republican, in the
Thirty-second district, will not be
given a certificate of election. Mr.
Barchfeld appealed from the decision
of Judges James R. Macfarlane and J.
McF. Carpenter, of Allegheny, who
presided over the official returning
board, in which they ruled in disputed
districts that the figures shown 011 the
tally sheet should be taken in prefer
ence to the figures on the certified re
turn sheet. Mr. Barchfeld claims this
ruling cost him 68 votes, or a suffi
cient number to give him the seat in
Congress. It is a question the appel
late courts have never ruled upon.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT]
Deutschland carries back 1,000 tons
of _gold, silver and rubber for the starv-
of Germany.—Wall Street
Journal.
Let us hope that the Government we
are to get in the future from the West
will be less severe than the brand of
weather it handles.—Boston Transcript.
If Henry Ford is sincere in wanting
to do the greatest good to the greatost
number, he will put another spring un
der the back scat. —Boston Transcript.
The U-49 that sank the American ship
Columbian doubtless will be remember
ed as the sister ship of the U-53 re
cently feted at Newport.—Boston Tran
script.
Trade Briefs
Spain's annual product'on of ce
mont amounts to about 350,000 tons
at the present time. It is planned to
increase the production to 600,000
tons.
Steel filing cabinets should make
largo sales in the Netherlands. Ger
many has no competitor for this trade.
Peat was widely used for fuel in
Norway during 1915 owing to the high
price of coal. A patent peat l'uel is
being manufactured for use on the
Norwegian State railways.
Fifty per cent, of Martinique's Im
ports in 1915 were supplied by the
United States. France ranked next
with 37 per cent., Great Britain was
third-with 11 per cent, and all other
countries only 2 per cent.
It is planned to open a technical
library at Frankfort on the Main,
Germany. This library will be open
to the public and will be of great
benefit to the many industrial work
ers of the city.
Twelve thousand tons of American
coal have entered the port of Tene
riffe, Canary Islands, in the past nine
months. Last year there were no ex
ports of coal from the United States
to the islands.
Machinery for making butter and
cheese is needed in Portugal.
A fertilizer company In Spain has
inquired about prices on 500,000 bags
suitable for acid phosphate. An order
may he placed for 1,000,000 sacks.
The Governor of the colony of Trini
dad and Tobago, British West Indies,
has recommended that the railways
of the colony be Improved. As some
of his suggestions will be carried out,
there will be a demand for American
supplies.
Guatemala's 1918-17 coffee crop
will amount to about 80,000,000
pounds valued at $10,000,000. This is
a normal crop.
Of 759 automobiles Imported Into
Java for the first half of this year
608 came from the United States. Italy
was the nearest, competitor, supplying
fifty-three motorcars.
Inquiries have been received at the
consulate at Hankow, China, for
prices on American flour mill ma
chinery. Catalogs in English have
been requested.
American pianos are popular in
South Africa. Germany and England,
however, however, sell a number of
pianos in this district.
Merchants in Holland are in the
market for American millinery sup
plies.
ALVAH WILSON ADVERTISES
HARRISBURG IN 'FRISCO
EDWARD F. O'DAY, writing un
der the heading "Varied Types,"
in Town Talk, a Pacific Coast
weekly, has this to say of Alvah Wil
son, a former Harrisburg boy now of
San Francisco and well known in big
hotel circles the country over:
"Pardon me for pointing."
If you have never seen him say It
you have missed one of t-he sights of
San Francisco. Yes, you must see
him say it, not merely hear him.
"Pardon me for pointing" is for the
eye more than for the ear. It is drama
first, music afterwards. The words
count, and the intonation is import
ant; but it is the manner that scores.
No other can say "Pardon me for
pointing" in his manner. No other
has his manner. Manner is the
breath of his personality. He is as
full of manner as an eggshell is full
of egg. Shall I attempt to show you
that manner of his as he disengages
his famous "Pardon me for pointing?"
I cannot do It. The staccato speech
is unutterable on paper; the wide
spread grin that accompanies "Pardon
me for pointing," and the infectious
laugh that follows it are inimitable,
indescribable, unique. "Pardon me
for pointing" has a gesture that eludes
adjectives, a humor that won't be pin
ned down. Sometimes "Pardon me
for pointing" is jolly, sometimes sly,
with a wink in it; always It is illumin
ating. significant—not the idle pat
ter of small-talk but the pregnant
shibboleth of worldly wisdom.
I take it that you know of whom
I speak. You must know him, or con
fess yourself a dweller outside the
walls. He hasn't been here as long
as Lotta's Fountain or Telegraph Hill;
he doesn't circulate as much as Spring
Valley; or make as much noise as a
ferry boat in the fog—but ever since
he has been in the midst of us his
presence has been perceptible and his
influence palpable to such a pleasant
extent that we shouldn't like to think
of doing without him. Just go into
any crowd of good fellows and request
three cheers for Alvah Wilson; if you
don't get them with vim, vigor and
a tiger I'll pay off your election bet!
"Alvah Wilson of Harrisburg, Pa. —
a large P and a small a" is the way
the assistant manager of the St.
I Bits ot the
Sunset on the Suskie
Kver watch the sun go down
Behind the Suskie's hills
When Indian Summer's given way
To Winter's blasts and chills?
A canvas ever changing—
The river rippling by
Seems made of rubies, opals, pearls,
Reflected from the sky!
Yuh get its full significance
As paddlin' yer canoe
Along some birch-lined island shore
The colors filter through!
An' sky an' water both are stained
With wonders of a brush
Thut swiftly, works mysteriously
Throughout the twilight's hush!
It seems His touch is warmer then
Than any time o' year,
As though He's sort o' sorry
Fer a world so sear and drear!
An' might a-gathered up the leaves —
That fell all Autumn through—
An' mixod their reds an' browns an'
golds
To give the sky its hue!
As if He wanted folks to see
That part o' He's planned
Is jest to use the simple things
Of life yuh have at hand!
Churches For Prohibition
The Methodist Episcopal Church, with
a membership of 5,000,000; the Presby
terian Church, with a membership of
nearly 2,000,000; the Baptist Church
(North andi South), with 3,000,000; the
Cumberland Presbyterian and other
church denominations, in their conven
tions last month, declared themselves
in unmistakable terms for nation-wide
prohibition. Ringing utterances have
also been made In the past few weeks
by ecclesiastics high in the councils
of the Episcopal and Catholic churches.
DECEMBER 6, 1916.
Francis Hotel describes himself. That
phrase, like "Pardon me for point
ing," is so closely associated with Jim
Woods' lieutenant that when people
pass through Harrisburg they think
of Alvah Wilson. Evidence that peo
ple do pass through Harrisburg—rno
doubt without stopping comes to
Alvah Wilson on an average of three
times a week. Harrisburg reminds
them of Alvah Wilson, and they forth
with write him a postcard. Alvah
Wilson has more postcards from Har
risburg, Pa., than any other man in
the world. That is one of his minor
distinctions.
But I am not going to catalog
Alvah Wilson's minor distinctions, or
his major distinctions either; there
are too many of them. However there
are certain things which cry aloud to
be said about this American Quaker
from Harrisburg, Pa., who looks like
a count from Vienna. And one of the
most striking is that Alvah Wilson
has worked under Mine Host James
Woods four separate times. Life has
had a way of taking Wilson by the
hand and leading him far afield from
Jim Woods, but luck has always
brought him back again. You may
draw from this what Inference you
please, but if you conclude that there
is a certain tie of affection uniting the
two men, a bond which many busi
nessmen would pronounce silly, use
less and unbusinesslike since it is not
measurable In dollars and cents and
cannot be regarded as a negotiable as
set—in other words, if you conclude
that Jim Woods loves Alvah Wilson
and that Alvah Wilson loves Jim
W f oods, you won't be going very far
wrong.
Alvah Wilson started business life
as a youngster behind the cafe cash
register in the Sturtivant House, New
York. Thence lie went to the Ken
sington at Saratoga in the role of
cashier. At Saratoga he met Jim
Woods. Jim Woods at that time was
younger in years but not in appear
ance than he is to-day. Alvah Wil
son had a little more hair on the top
of his head than he musters now. The
two men took a fancy to each other.
Woods was at the Grand Union for
the summer, but with the approach
of winter he turned his steps toward
New Orleans and the Hotel St.
Charles.
(To Bo Continued To-morrow)
1 OUR DAILY LAUGH
SMART CHAP.
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How do you Mr-'.
remember what Jpffk '
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Christmas gift*, t i L-IV
THESE DATS.
How many
f\ years ago did h#
'' The man whm
said that twa
could live aj
*■ cheaply as one.
Papa (sternly)— Come here, sir!
Tour mother and I agree that you de
serve a sound whipping.
Small Boy (bitterly) Oh, yes;
that's about the only thing that you
and mamma ever do agree about!—
Christian Advocate.
lEtantttg (Cljal
It's odd the way that foreigners
coming to Harrisburg appear to go to
the sections of the city where there
are other foreigners of whose tongues
and customs they are generally as Ig
norant as of English. Borne years ago
there were a number of Syrians and
Armenians coming here and they
wound up by going to the section of
the city where the Bulgarians and
Serbians were dwelling side by side.
The Italians appear to be about the
only ones to flock by themselves. The
Russians and the Poles go with the 4
rest. Now the Mexican laborers who
have been brought here to work have
gone to the same sections of the city
where there are men from the older
countries of Europe and they are to
be seen going around with their peak
ed hats and blue shirts and grins with
the men from the Danube .who wear
leather-like shirts covered with em
broidery. The Mexicans seem to have
found where to go and how to enjoy
themselves about as quickly as any
people who havo come here and they
make tip to people of every kind ex
cept the Americans.
In line with foreigners there are
some interesting things to be noted
in front of the bulletins at the Tele
graph building. Every day some for
eigners gather and generally ask pass
ersby or men who are reading the
news what the bulletins have to say.
The last two days there have been
three men who have taken a great in
terest. One can road English and he
has been reading to the others the tra
gedy of their land. The men are Ru
manians.
While on a hunting trip to one of
the most mountainous regions of Per
ry county a Harrisburg man accom
panied by a native guide, climbed a
very steep range to view the surround
ing country. At the top of the moun
tain, a rock very difficult of access
towers thirty feet above the level of
the rest of the range.
"I don't believe that any man ever
tried to climb that rock," remarked
the native.
"Is not that a good reason for our
trying?" volunteered the local man.
A half hour later, somewhat breath
less, both were congratulating one an
other on doing what they believed had
never before been attempted. Look
ing about the crannies on the top the
practiced eye of the guide espied
a newspaper laying hidden. A further
investigation proved it to be a copy of
the Harrisburg Telegraph dated Oc
tober 5, 1916.
"Well," said the guide rather crest
fallen. "It 'pears to me that the fel
lows who carry the Telegraph don't
stop at nothln'."
Jackson Herr Boyd, home after six
months with the American Ambulance
Corps in France, is as modest as lie is
brave. It is a common remark of his
friends that "Jack" can hardly be in
duced to give any of his experiences
on the fighting line with the Allies.
It iB said that one of his most thrilling
adventures was in the rear of
Verdun where a shell is said to have
smashed his car without, however, do
ing serious damage to the driver. Mr.
Boyd's brother, James, who served
with an English regiment during his
career at Cambridge, is now an asso
ciate editor of "Country Life" at Gar
den City.
Dauphin county's roll of dogs whose
lives are hanging in the balance under
the new dog tax act, is bound to be a
mighty large one if the returns of
many of the assessors to the county
commissioners have any significance.
With a few exceptions the districts
are all in and the tabulation of the re
turns is under way. In one township
seventy-two dogs nre reported as being
nameless, ownerless and licenseless so
far as registration is concerned; in
another township there are several
hundred unregistered. All, under the
recent act, must be licensed by appli
cation to the commissioners by Janu
ary I—or be killed.
"Records for any previous year will
be broken by the 1916 hunting license
business," according to County Treas
urer Mark Mumma to-day. "The ad
vent of the deer season a few days
ago added the finishing touches in the
way of licenses. Last year we had
something over 7,300 licenses during
the whole year: to date for 1916 we've
issued more than 8,500."
Superintendent Samuel B. Rambo,
of the State's Capitol, is Betting things
ready for some quick time in placing
the mural decorations which Miss Vio
let Oakley is completing for the Sen
ate chamber. There will be five paint
ings delivered here in about ten days
and as the legislature will begin Its
sessions on January 2 there will liave
to be some brisk work done to have
them in place. The new pointings
will be for the west wall of the cham
ber. Mr. Rambo has it all planned
out.
rWEIL known people
—Enoch Rauh, Pittsburgh council
man, has started a movement to have
the soldiers, brought back from the
border as soon as possible.
—Col. J. J. Swope, head of the West
Virginia publishers, has called a meet
ing of the publishers of his State and
says they must stand together or go
broke together.
—J. S. Crltchfield, Pittsburgh provi
sion man. says figures show Pittsburgh
Is the best fed city in the country.
—Judge W. Rush Gillan is seriously
ill at his home in Chambersburg.
DO YOU KNOW
Tlint Horrisburg steel is used to
construct lighthouses?
HISTORIC HARRISBI'RO
The first taverns In Harrisburg were
along the river front and were for
traders and immigrants.
A IA)ST IiEAI>ER
[New York Sun.]
The late Patrick Henry Morrlssey,
formerly head of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen, never played poli
tics, never evaded, made up his own
mind and kept his mind open until
makeup time. He was fair; when one
of the trainmen's locals broke an
agreement with a railroad he expelled
the unit and sent men to take the
places of the strikers. He was trust
ed; long after he had left the presi
dency of his brotherhood to work in a
railway vice-president's otflce the loco
motive engineers chose him as their
man on the arbitration board of 1912.
He was far sighted; in dissenting from
the settlement of 1912 he declared that
the award was a trouble breeder.
Organized labor has been cursed
with some mighty unfit and mlsrepre
sentatlve leaders in this country, and
this has come about largely where the
leader were self-constituted as
such. Where the men chose deliber
ately the type is better. Such men
as Morrissey arc few. Organized labor
needs them to-day.
God's Commandment
And this Is his commandment, That
we should believe on the name of ht*
son Jesus Christ, and love one an
other.—l John 111, 23. \