18 , HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NBWSPAPBR FOR THB HOUS Poundtd tSjt Published evenings except Sunday by THB TELECIIAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLE, JV'I and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. QUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. - Member American Bureau of Clrou |j\jj sylvanla Assocl&t -sxg nue Building, New ern s^ 1 r,> cago. 111.' Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a <EB£vS;MlMi> week; by mall, $3.00 a year in advance. FRIDAY EVENING, DEO. 8. While the loitering idler tcaits Oood luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortune's Oates, And conquers its desire. — BATES. SIX-CENT BREAD HARRISBURG, with the State as a whole, is facing six-cent bread. For years, every time there has been a flurry In the wheat or flour markets the threat of the six cent loaf has been held over the con sumer's head. Each time the sudden breaking of a market that declined to bo cornered, or the refusal of the bak ers to risk affronting their customers has led to abandonment of the ad vance. But, apparently, the long de layed increase is at last to bo made, and this time not altogether without reason, so far as the bakers themselves are concerned. As pointed out by the Pennsylvania Master Bakers' Association, the prices of every one of the component parts of bread has been advanced—sugar, lard, shortening compounds, salt and flour all have reached fabulous fig ures. Labor has advanced 10 to 25 per cent. Delivery chargos have dou bled. So It Is very evident, that unless the bakers have been making unrea sonably large profits in the past, they are, as they Eay, losing money under present conditions on the five-cent loaf. The responsibility apparently does not lie so much with the bakers as with those who have been back of un reasonable Increases In the prices of grain, flour and the other products bakers use. To be sure, the wheat crop Is I. but it is not so small as to forbid exports, and immense quanti ties are being shipped to Europe week ly. America is feeding the armlos of the allies and Americans are paying the wheat dealers of the country for the pr+vllege. At all events the five-cent standard loaf has not been justified by condi tions, although It has remained per missible fro mtho bakers' standpoint so long as the variations In the price of flour allowed them to strike an average profit for the year—making I large profits when flour was low In price and losing during bullish periods ! of the market. The public must ac cept the 6lx-cent loaf, but bakers should understand that lower prices must be rstored when flour returns to normal. In other words, if the pub lic is to pay high prices for bread when flour is up it Is entitled to cheap bread when flour Is down. Meats, po tatoes, apples—a dozen household commodities —follow the market, the price varying with wholesale figures, and there is no reason why bread should not do tho same. Harrisburg is ine of tho biggest bread-producing cities In the State. One local bakery alone does a busi ness of about $350,000 yearly. Scores of our people find employment In the Industry. Its prosperity means consid erable to the prosperity of the com munity. There are, therefore, two sides to the. six-cent loaf controversy here. But for the housewife, to whom a penny a loaf Is quite as Important as to the baker,-there remains the remedy of homemade bread—a neces sity that In many instances would be little less than a blessing. New York's Great White Way now extends all the way down to the God dess of Liberty. THE WORM TURNS WE note a dispatch from Chicago, quoting C. P. Carter, of Phila delphia, secretary of the Na tional Association of Hosiery Manu facturers, as saying that women's stockings aro about to come down. Oh, no, indeed, not In price, nor yet !n the manner In which you may think, unless—but here's the story: Prices of materials have gone steadily up. Either ladles are to pay SO per cent, more for their hosiery or stockings must be made about 50 per <Sent. shorter. This would bring 'em down to, well, say Highland Laddie, or Highland Lassie length; that is, if Highland Lassies wear 'em a la Harry Lauder. So you can see that there is really something of importance under discussion—and right at the very be ginning of the windy season, too. Tho big problem. It would appear, ■will bo one of permanent support. Present methods would seem to be entirely inadequate. ' Any man who has studied the advertising columns of the magazines will understand that. There seems to be but one answer— the adoption of tho kind that father and big brother use to hold up their socks. Wo have seen our women folks ' ' ' . • \i ' ' . . v \ ( ■ -■ t FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 8, 1916. appropriate our Panami hats, we have kUssd many a cuff button good-by when wlfs cams along with a new shirtwaist, and ws havs held no grudges when a fair membor of the family snitched our riding trousers, but we don't propose to give up our hose supportors without a protest. We can get along without either Panamas or laundered cults, but wo decline, absolutely and finally, to part with that last token of self-respect, our garters. Ladies, bewaret The men are desperate. They will stand no trifling. Also hold In mind the embarrassments that may result from a combination of short skirts and short stockings and Boston hose supporters. If prices keep on going up burglars, Instead of using their coal piles to hide their loot, will use the loot to hide their coal piles. NO EXCUSE FOR RUMANIA THE people of Rumania are suf fering the fate they hoped to inflict on Austria. They are pay- 1 ing the penalty of a crime as great as that of Germany in Belgium. Their lust and greed for the spoils of war— In this case additional territory—led them to an unprovoked attack on the central powers. Rumania is In the position of the biter bitten—of the footpad who not only gets no booty, but on the other hand finds himself beaten and robbed of even that which he had. Tho King evidently prefers to let George do It. WE'RE IN FOR IT NOW BECAUSE tho Park Commissioner —abetted by a procrastinating and obstinate city council— failed to riprap the river front this year. Harrisburg, in all likelihood, will have another big bill of park damages to pay, unless the river is kinder the coming winter than it has been In the past. Very likely next Spring will tear out great masses of the new ly filled embankment, as happened last year, and this because council could net decide all summer to spend money it had at hand for the purpose, and now, that its mind is made up, finds the season too far advanced for outdoor work. DEMURR AGE CRARGEB DEMURRAGE charges varying from $1 to $5 a day for freight cars held in storage will go far toward breaking up speculations In food stuffs. Reports have been fre quent of late that provision specula tors have been holding loaded cars on sidings until prices were forced up to levels that would yield them unreason ably high profits. Railroad cars were not designed to be used as storehouses. Their place is on the road. The moro they move the more they serve the public, the shorter the time they are held In stor age the more they earn for the rail roads and the moro each car works the lower the freight rates necessary to operate it at a profit. If every car now on tho railroads of tho country could be kept constantly in active op eration vast sums could be saved in the purchase of new equipment that would not then bs needed and there would be llttto of the congestion of traffic now so vexatious to shippers. Demurrage charges are Intended to keep cars in motion and reasonably imposed should prove a help rather than a handicap to business. HSAIJ CHARITY THE Associated Charities hu un dertaken the work of bringing Christmas in true Christmas fashion to the poor boys and girls of Harrisburg. John Yates, the efficient manager, has determined that Santa Claus shall visit every home In the city this year. There Is no more hackneyed literary theme than that of the empty Christ mas stocking—nor one more certain to bring a tear of genuine human sympathy to the eyo every time It is used as the central thought of a holi day story or the text of a Christmas homily. There is plenty of money In Harrisburg this year—moro than ever before —and it would be shameful If, in the midst of untold plenty, any child should be forgotten when Santa makes his rounds. John Yates has done a bigger thing than he perhaps realizes. He has popularized the Associated Charities with many who have looked upon the organization none too kindly, regard ing it as a cold-blooded business ma chine bent only upon the mission of providing just enough assistance to needy persons to keep soul and body together. Unfortunately, there has been all too much ground for such conclusions, although not since Mr. Yates took charge. Mr. Yates understands that charity Is all that the New Testament tells us It Is, and he has acted accordingly. He has mixed the new scientific ad ministration of help for the worthy poor with the leaven of human kind ness. He Is a lover of children. He has a proper conception of tho duties of the organization he so capably rep resents. He knows that more is need ed In the home than a loaf of bread and a bucket of coal—especially at Christmas time—and he has the cour age of his convictions. It is up to the people of Harrisburg to show Mr. Yates that they thorough ly appreciate what he Is endeavoring to do. Send him that Christmas contribu tion—NOW. BRYAN AND 1920 WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN draws attention to the fact that every Western State in which he spoke before election gave Wilson a majority. William Jennings Bryan guest of honor at Washington luncheon. William Jennings Bryan prominent speaker at banquet of Democratic leaders. Tho country waiting for his address on that occasion with more Interest than that of the President himself. These are signs that Bryan has his eye fixed on 1920. Ho is after the nomination. We hope he gets It. yd'dlay CK "~Pt)v>vc^tcanXa | By the Ex-Committeaman George W. Williams, of Tioga coun ty, sponsor fo rthe loca loptlon bill in the last Legislature and one of the staunch "dry" men of the House, has decided to be a candidate for speaker according to information which has como here in the last twenty-four hours and there aro now three men In the field fo rthe Republican caucus nomination. There aro reports that other men -ire thinking about hopping into tho fray. Mr. Williams was regarded as the likely man upon whom the State ad ministration would concentrate until tho middle of November when there were rumors that the Governor's ad visers were teliing him to take a Pliila delphian as the Ucat man to defeat Representative Richard J. Baldwin. Until the Governor came out for Rep repsentatlve Edwin R. Cox on the eve of Thanksgiving Day it was be lieved that he would back Mr. Wil liams. who was his vigorous supporter last session. Opinion at the Capitol to-day was that Mr. Williams' candidacy would seriously interfere with the Cox can didacy and might take some votes away from Baldwin. The announcement of Mr. Williams' candidacy came from Pittsburgh last night, a letter signed with the name of the Wellsboro man being given aut as having been received by members of the House in that city. This letter was given as follows: In presenting my candidacy for speaker of the House I am prompted from what I believe to be for the best interests of the Republican Party. There are no good reasons why it should again be torn and rent by factional strife, and many reasons why it should not. In 1918, we will have a Governor and other State offi cers to elect and their election will be of paramount importance on account of the effect a defeat would have on the Presidential campaign in tho nation. In 1920. A factional contest for speaker at this time will certainly sow seeds of discord. What we need now is to build up the party in stead of tearing it asunder. The result of the election last month should teach us the necessity of party unity. With it we can win. Without it we must again fail. Senator Penrose favors a cer tain candidate for speaker. Gov ernor Brumbaugh favors an other. Both are deprecating a factional contest, their actions In dicate otherwise. While these honorable gentlemen have a right to their personal preference, still neither of them are members of tho House and have no vote in tho selection of a speaker, this right being limited to members of the House, chosen by the voters of their respective districts to ex ercise this privilege, together with other prerogatives of their impor tant otflce. I have no pledge to make in thus presenting my candidacy to you other than that of an en deavor to fairly and impartially discharge tho duties of the office of so much importance to tho members of the House. My legis lative record has been made and I stand by it Investigate it, and should it appeal to you I would appreciate your support. Whether favorable or unfavor able to my election, I would be pleased to have your views upon the subject. —Representative Cox arrived in Pittsburgh yesterday in company with Congressman John R. K. Scott, of Philadelphia, who has a gubernatorial bee buzzing around his head all the time, and according to reports sent out from that city they were well re ceived. The dispatches say that not only Magee and O'Neil men gathered but that some Penrose men came around. It is said by the Philadelphia Inquirer that Cox and his boomers were jarred by the Williams an nouncement, but the Philadelphia Ledger and North American say that Cox was very well satisfied with his reception In Pittsburgh and hoped to make some converts. —The announcement of the Williams candidacy was not well received in some departments at the Capitol. The chairman of the Law and Order com mittee was counted upon aa a sure man for the Governor's choice. The new turn of events will be considered at high councils of war in Philadel phia to-morrow by both Penrose and State administration forces. —Members of the legislative sub committee of the Philadelphia Charter committee last night conferred with Thomas Raeb'urn White, chairman of those entrusted with drafting the leg islation necessary to various proposed charter revisions. There they finally rewrote several of the bills which the next session of the Legislature will be asked to pass. The Charter commit tee, which is headed by John C. Wins ton, and includes in its membership leading citizens of all political faiths, is expected to meet within a week to hear the report of its legislative sub committee. It was in preparation for that, that the latter body met last night. —Campaign expense accounts filed at Reading show that the Democrats spent $2,967 through their county committee, SI,OOO to $2,000 less than in other presidential campaigns. The receipts of the Republican committee Include SI,OOO from the State commit tee, SI,OOO from Horace W. Schantz, of Allentown, defeated candidate for Congress, and the following amounts from prominent German-American manufacturers: Ferdinand Thun, Gustav Oberlaender and Henry Jans sen, each $500; E. Richard Meinlg, S3OO. Tho Democrats have a balance of $442.19 in their treasury. —S. B. Twining has been appointed the new burgess of Yardley. —Mayor Smith is due to return to Philadelphia to-day and will discuss the speakership contest. —lt cost Congressman-elect T. W. Templeton $3,900 to win in Luzerne. —Senator McNlchol's firm appears to be low in the bidding for the Phila delphia subway work, Senator Varo In a speech at Phila delphia last night said that candidates who get small numbers of electoral votes should not try to run the major ity. McCormick Praises Citizen Claims to being tho only newspaper In New York to correctly predict the re-election of President Wilson are being made by different newspapers, but the one that seems to have tho goods in the shape of a letter ac knowledging that fact Is the Brooklyn Citizen. The Citizen is in receipt of a letter from Chairman Vance McCor mick of the Democratic National com mittee, in which Mr. McCormick says, in part: "Please extend to the editor of the Brooklyn Citizen my congrat ulations on its being the only news paper in Greater New York that was absolutely right on election night and the following morning."—Editor and Publisher. ED. PAGE. Prairie Naval Head If Justice is done by the new ad ministration William Allen White will become secretary of the Navy In place of Josephus Daniels. Rochester Democrat. When a Feller N By BRIGGS / - t*f*o3 r \ /O ' A T %oo> * \ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR] AS TO MAIL WAGON HORSES To th 4 Editor of the Telegraph: I want to call attention to the treat ment afforded the horses in the United States Mail wagons. Nowhere in the city do the men use their horses in a meaner manner than do these I drivers. They must be trying to make lip schedule time and the horses look ill kept and tired. In any case the matter should be looked after hy the S. P. C. A. Very truly yurs, L. L. T. ELECTION AFTERMATH Steelton, Pa. To the Editor of the Telegraph: Wo have gone through another gen eral election and have lost the presi dency and one branch of Congress at least. Time only will determine the next House. If Wilson should convene Congress before the usual time, If they combine three or four Prohibition, Progressive and Inde pendent members they may possibly organize. It matters very .little as long aa we can't enact any construc tive laws. Let them assume the re sponsibility and after the people awaken to the situation two years from now they will have an oppor tunity to elect a Republican house and senate. About 4,000 votes in Cali fornia determined this presidential election; if Hughes had gotten that amount he would to-day be elected President of the United States. Why Governor Johnson should re ceive 200,000 more votes than Hughes is hard to explain. It appears to us In the East that Governor Johnson wanted Hughes defeated. It is very evident he did not give him the sup port he should or. the result would have been different, that is sure. Mr. Johnson has not increased his popularity In the East. Whether he has truly turned back to the Republi cans will be determined when he takes his seat in the new Senate. What caused the change in the popular vote? This vote which elect ed Republican State officials and Legislators and elected a Democratic Presidency? The cause has been the old song "prosperity" and "He kept us out of war." The prosperity was due to the war. The farmers were getting high prices for their products and they were too thick-headed to see it was not anything which Wilson did. Eng land, France and Russta were in des perate straits and they want to con quer Germany who anticipated this war and made provision for it. Mills and factories which could be used to manufacture munitions and things they needed could get all the orders they wanted. Suppose the war had not come. Conditions in this country would have been different. As soon as this war stops, inside of three months there will be a drop in everything. The Democratic tariff law will still be in effect. The country will then realize that wc have a Demo cratic party in power and don't look for the Democratic party to change from free trade to protection. I heard a man tell a story a short time ago about a conversation he had with the pi'esident of the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, who said that almost all of his orders were due to the war, and If it were not for these orders he would not have employment for more than three thousand men. I am in a position to know that the same conditions pre vail in Steelton. After the war it will be something else. Everyone at the works will tell you it is almost all war orders. Mr. Wil son said he was very much Interested in labor Just before the election when he wanted the labor vote and would have Congress pass class legislation fixing their hours of labbr. This, with his other class legislation exempting the labor unions and farmers from every investigation. .1 am very> sorry that a man of In telligence will stoop to anything so low. He said he knew it was not the right thing to do, yet he did It. He seems very anxious to get rid of the Philippine Islands, it has been proven that they are not capable of self-gov ernment, yet in the light of all this knowledge he would turn them adrift. The next thing is to buy all the rail roadn and telegraph lines. How they I OLD RED, ROARING ALASKA ARE GONE FOREVER A. bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malemute saloon; The kid that handles the music box was hitting a Jag-time tune; Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew. And watching his luck was his llght o-love, the lady that's known as Lou. —From "The Shooting of Dan Mc- Grew," by Robert W. Service. THE ballots had all been counted' and the dry states were hold- ; ing a reception to welcome j the additions to their society. Prim | Miss Maine headed the receiving line,; which included a brilliant represen-! tation of Southern aristocracy, such j fine old families as the Carolinas, j Alabama, Georgia, Virginias and Tennes®e as well as a generous I sprinkling of Western and Middle! Western names, States lacking in! the time-hallowed traditions, but wel- j come to the cause, nevertheless. Looking somewhat self conscious in their newly acquired virtue, prosper-1 ous Michigan, rangy Montana, the! cattleman, and the well known wheat' ranchers. Messrs. South Dakota and I I Nebraska, v.-i re passed down the line,! shaking hands and expressing pleas-' ure in their redeemed state. Of course this was a reception j somewhat different from the rather j exclusive affairs of former years.. 1 | There was probably a feeling among] : the elder States that, "society isn't 1 I what it used to be, with all these! 'strange, newly rich persons from the j .West being recognized," but it was! ; a very successful and happy occa-1 1 slon. j Then, at a late hour, the door open- I ed to admit a stranger. _ A sudden! | hush came over the room.' There was j an uneasy constraint at the intrusion. "Dear mc, sister," gasped handsome i | expect to buy them remains to be cx- I plained. I suppose they will do that | this winter. Our bonded indebted | ness is over one billion. The railroads t are capitalized at over sixteen billions. ! Taking the telephone and telegraph lines possibly would make it over ! twenty billions. They have only one I object in taking over the railroads and | telegraph lines and that is to place at j their service possibly two million em ployes who could be used to carry the I election. It could not be to get lower rates, for the government could not j operate as low as the present mode of operation. A friend of mine who was employed at the Brooklyn navy yards told me it costs almost two times as much for i the government to build a vessel as jto have it done by contract. I am glad the Telegraph stands for the | grand old Republican party, j 1 remain very sincerely your friend, B. G. BLACK. : COMPLAINS OF MEAT SELLERS j To the Editor of the Telegraph: i Kind Friend: —Please call and see j Stall No. 5 on Wednesday and No. 8 |on Saturday at Chestnut Street mar | kethouse, near Chestnut. Two farm ers are selling fresh meats without j their stalls screened and the people handling meat and other butcher's ' stuff. I suppose they have no license. I Get after them. MARKETGOER. A Mighty Question The "Fresh-air" wandered o'er the farm, No word he said, Though problems by the bucketful Crammed his small head. One question hurt his narrow chest, And It must come— "Where does the oxes and the cows Git all their gum?" —The Christian Herald. Miss South Carolina to her sister, Miss North, "who is that person?" "I'm sure It must be some mis take," chimed in sweet Miss Virginia, "it can't be any of our people!" So the stranger stood hesitating by the door a moment, obviously em barrassed in the company of so many beautiful ladies and prosperous gentle men. He was a handsome young stranger for all that his tawny beard was frozen stiff to his parka hood, and pools of melting snow collected about his muklulcs. His skin was bronzed and toughened by many a broiling sun and biting frost, but his eyes were clear blue with a merry twinkle that was infectious. He was tall and lithe and trail hardened and, in his inno cence of polite-society, he had brought his dogs to the reception, a band of lialf wild, wolfish creatures. As he stood waiting recognition he glanced with a sort of sheepish pride at the new white ribbon badge print ed to the lapel of his flaming Macki naw. And thus he hesitated. Found One Friendly Face. It remained for young Washington, himself a newcomer in this fast grow ing society, to recognize the stranger. "Well, by the eternal," quoth Wash ington, "it is—no it can't be—yes, sir, Alaska! Klahowya, tillicum!" "Why, you doggone old salmon eater," roared the stranger, delighted to find a friendly face in a strange land, "Put her there!" Then the young Western State in troduced the lusty young Northern territory to the rest o fthiv assembly, and the world learned that the last frontier is gone, that the rip-roaring, devil-may-care Alaska, beloved of fic tion writers, is as dead as the Tar Klat and Roaring Camp familiar to the last generation of readers. (To Be Continued) | OUR DAILY LAUGH HER CHANCE Saftfe'MK/' *<& Kate's not £Kh| S pretty and she's no longer young. A TOia But s leap 1 h Mm year yon know, \ ,'l 00 sh ® *■ i Not to lone j jHt/Br as men look be- I f w for ® they '® ap * 1 c\\ .jV* should think- When you're V* ought to say you've had \ \.J\ I've the strength /J , left to say I've had enough I'm \ £ ■hot whlpt yet. Logic The small merchant, who argues that his little ad would be lost If printed In a newspaper carrying many large ads, should be reminded that. If this were true, it would follow that his little store, located in a city hav ing many large stores, would also be lost. If any store has a reason for existing It has a reason for advertis ing.—Editor and Publisher. Stoning (Htjal Harrisburg will have some notable speifkers in its midst during Christ mas week when the State Educational Association, the largest ot its kind 111 the country, plans to hold its annual meeting here. This meeting is al ways held in Harrisburg in the month before the general assembly con venes, and there is a full and free discussion of educational matters that some times makes the lawmakers sit up and take notice. This year the speakers will include ex-President William H. Taft. Prof. Taft will speak on the evening of December 2S and will be given a reception by Gov-< ernor Mrs. Brumbaugh at the executive mansion, to which all the teachers and directors attending the convention will be welcomed. It will be the llrst big reception ever accord ed the teachers in the official homo of Pennsylvania's governors and will be a notable affair. In addition to the former president, there will be ad dresses by Charles Zueblin, the Bos ton publicist, who will talk on this nation's place in world affairs; Gov ernor Brumbaugh, State Treasurer Young, Secretary of Internal Affairs Houck and many prominent Penn sylvanians, who will show to what an extent the business and professional men of the Keystone State are inter ested in its educational affairs. ♦ ♦ The suggestion made by Charles M. Schwab about creation of one munici pality of several surrounding towns appears to have taken hold in the community where he made it as the council of one of the Bethlehems has passed a resolution agreeing to meet the others. If the tive towns unite there will be somewhat of a city about the Bethlehem Steel works and Le high University. Allentown, Wllkes- Barre, Greensburg and some more towns are said to bo considering reaching out and one of these days thero will be a real move started to liave Harrisburg take in Steelton and the towns round about us on every side. • * * Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board of Education, who is lecturing at the University of Penn sylvania on the history of education in the Keystone Commonwealth, has been expanding his theme. He has been getting so much of interest that he has been able to prepare much from original sources which will be of general value to the public. Some of his studies have developed interest ing facts about Harrisburg schools. • ♦ That it is a long lane without a turn was illustrated on Saturday eve ning when a farmer who had been attending Harrisburg markets appear ed at a provision store and wanted bids on two turkeys. Ho had not learned his lesson on Wednesday and Saturday lie brought the birds to town again. His prices brought him within range of the housekeepers' dis approval and when marketing hours ended he had his turkeys. The man at the provision store offered him about two-thirds of what he had been asking in market and the farmer de parted In deep dejection with two protesting, shopworn birds. * • • "Some folks do not look upon railroad schedule as Important wh<4| / they travel. This Is so with many wljl I travel frequently, in fact, it is saßl that traveling men forget all about timetables," said one of the Pen vania railroad gateman. He v a.o tell ing about the new schedule t; at went into effect on Sunday, November 20. Notwithstanding the newspapers pub lished a complete list of schedule changes, and notices were posted about hotels and the station for three weeks prior to the date of change, no less than a dozen persons, who travel almost daily, missed trains. One man tolu a gateman on Wed nesday, "I knew of the changes, but this morning I forgot all about it." Another traveler, a woman, said, "I cannot understand why the rail road companies don't tell us when they change the schedule." "The trouble is," said the gateman, "too many people come to the station 1 three or four minutes beforo train time and expect to check their bag gage, purchase tickets and get off in time." • The new Harrisburg Public Library is installing its annual Christmas bookshelves. Contrary to the idea of a good many people the books are not for sale. They are placed in the shelves for suggestions and it is as tonishing the number of people who look them over and ask for informa tion about the books for gifts. This is one of the ways In which the Library Is advancing the cause ot' good reading in Harrisburg and many an order for books can be traced to its shelves. • • • Since the "cold and melancholy days have come," it is a sort of religious duty for the suburbanites every night, to see that all the ducks and chickens are safe and warm in the fold. The other morning, however, the keeper of Paxtang neglected to "corral" the swans that delight the visitors in the summer. True to their instincts they didn't know enough to "come in out of the wet," and the morning found the usually placid surface of the lake, a shimmering lield of ice. They wero all as safely marooned as the Spanish ships in the Dutch canals. To rescue the flotilla, the keeper was forced to cut his way through the ice,mak ing a channel for the swans to swim ashore. But not with the usual beau tifully arching necks, Instead lowering heads and crestfallen looks, giving evi dence that the first lesson of the sea son will save a repetition of a "freeze up" until next Fall at least. | DO YOU KNOW "1 Col. Asher Miner, commanding the Third artillery, is home from the bor der on a furlough and told Wilkes- Barre neighbors he had lost a score of pounds. Gen. A. J. Logan of Pittsburgh has gone back to his brigade at El Paso. J. Frank Tilley of Pittsburgh has been elected an officer of the Na tional Board of Steamer Navigation. Admiral W. S. Benson of the navy has expressed favor for Pittsburgh for the national armor plate plant. Judge J. Whitaker Thompson lias removed to Philadelphia from his country home. [~~WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1 Tliat Harrisburg engines fur nish power for mines In tho Pitts- , burgh district? HISTORIC HARRISBURG John Harris used to give presents to friendly Indians at the ferry at Christmas time. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT"! Germany proposed to enlist the un , employed In the Government service, but the Washington administration can't see where there's any novelty in that.—Boston Transcript. "Billy" Sunday says he "hates to think that he might be descended from a monki y." So do I, "Billy," but your evangelistic antics are very convincing. , —New York Morning Telegraph. All the rejoicing over the indepen dent Poland as recently announced seems somehow to get to ua via Berlin. —Chicago Herald.
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