6 POOR DIRECTORS GOOD CATTLEMEN Purchasing Agent Snavcly Pulls Off Little Deal Netting the County $229 Because the Dau- JJt) )( 111 phln county poor I directors are not dealers when they Bg3K9CjI(HBU take their oaths of KM fl I HIFRB necessarily mean MtßlHfflßiilm that they can't en ness on the side on behalf of the county. They can prove it too. Here's a little instance of a transaction In cattlo that netted the Pounty the neat sum of $229 profit. Sometime in October the board bought nineteen head of cattle. They cost but $6.50 per hundred weight. Under the careful eye of Steward Early the beeves were fattened, plenty of meat was stored away to last the iniiiates of the almshouse until Febru ary—and then Purchasing Agent Frank B. Snavely sold a lot of them at $8.50 per hundred weight, a net gain per hundred pounds of $1.55. Argue ltridgc Case. Argument was heard yesterday by the Dauphin county court on the question of whether or not the State should re quire York county to ask for the ap-! pointment of viewers to determine the advisability of rebuilding a bridge! over Muddy Creek, York county, at] the expense of the State. The State! contends it isn't liable because the, bridge has never been opened as the i stream isn't navigable to span a pub- ] / lic highway; the county contends that i the fact that the State once granted! a charter for a company to navigate j the stream, establishes the proper! status. Wants More Typewriters.— Request l has been made of the county commis- j sioners by County Recorder James E. 1 # Lentz for at least two additional book typewriters for use in his offices.' Recorder Lentz figures that the in- j stallation of these new machines will not only increase the efficiency of thej office but will cut down the cost mate rially. Want State to Build Bridge. The' Dauphin county court yesterday heard argument on the question of whether the State should be required to pay for the bride across the Cowanesque river in Nelson township, Tioga coun ty, the foundations of which sunk during recent high waters. The coun ty contends it's up to the State to pay because the structure had to be re- 1 built; the State argues that the! viaduct did not ned to be rebuilt but i only repaired so that the county and! not the State is therefore liable. CUPID AIDS PRINTER'S DEVIL I One Wedding Annual Average at Newspaper Office Milford, Del., Dec. 22.—Holding its | record as a matrimonial bureau, the| printing office of the Milford Chron-1 icie has announced the marriage of Miss Olive Hillman, from the press room and Henry W. Harrington, the j press foreman. For thirty-eight years, when the Chronicle was established as a coun try weekly by Colonel Theodore Townsend, an average of more than one couple annually has been mar ried from the office. With only one exception the matches have been un usually happy, and the positions open in the office are always eagerly sought after by Milford young girls, who are I sure it is a certain step toward matri- | mony. I DIVES, POMEROY & STEWART | I Christmas WEAREVEfc J I ~ Demonstration Offering ~ I § THIS WEEK § Ever" Aluminum Utensils I WEAR EVER 12-qt. Saucepan, 50c Stew Pan, Q r 4_ q t Kettle no 8 SI.OO Value, at.. . • this week Value 98C $ MAY BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY OR IN SETS $ BASEMENT . | | DIVES, POMEROY & STEWART§ FRIDAY EVENING, SULLIVAN AND HAGEN LOOK HUMOR AND PATHOS GETTW HE CIIBSIKAS THE MERW SHOPPERS raE ORIGINAL ''fr? ™ AM AS GIFT TreEOiTWM^sm. By JAMES M. HAGEN Egg nog and lager beer, Christmas comes but once a year; I get stewed, and I don't keer! —Rhymes of a Hill-billy. There is only one reason why such an outrageous bit of doggerel, contain ing such an atrocious sentiment, should appear where it does. It's be cause the managing editor suggested that in "Christmas stuff" it is always good form to lead off with some verse or other. So between Sullivan, the. cartooner, and myself we managed to find a leading-off verse. "Hagen," said the managing editor, "you and SulllvaiuKO out on the streets this beautiful sun-kissed afternoon and get me Some good Christmas stuff— something with heart-interest in it; and all that sort of thing. Write a story that ranges from the droll to the pathetic; get me?" That, by the way, "is some range! One might call it a gas range. All right. Wo went out on the streets. The first thing we saw was a three-man quartet, accompanied by a hurdy-gurdy. They announced on a placard that they were singing their way from coast to coast Inasmuch as they've been in Harrisburg four or five days they must have all the time in the world to get to San Francisco; or else they're loafing only in Harris burg, satisfied that their voices will carry them a long way rapidly. One thing we noticed about the audience was that it lingered around, open mouthed with enjoyment, until one of the boys started to collect; and then It had business elsewhere—in a hurry. The quartet was singing in front of the courthouse. Across the street we ran across a man and wife looking in the window of a hardware store. It seemed to be a race. That is, the man wondered if he could prove in different and prevent his wife from entering the store long enough to permit a Reservoir Park car to come along. The wife greatly admired any number of things in the window. She was hell-bent, one might say, were he to stoop to the use of rough words, on buying $25 or S3O worth. Just about the time the husband's face assumed a "Well-I-never-had-any - luck - any how" look the car came along and he dragged his wife aboard. About this time the sound of chimes smote upon our ear. Moving toward the sound we discovered the source. We alsa discovered that about eight or nine hundred five-year-old boys and girls were asking their fathers and mothers whether the chime-play er had to stay out in the cold on the [ Bowman portitf6 to play the bells. After standing across the street won dering about it ourselves, Sullivan and I canie to the conclusion that the man must be inside the store, because it was so cold the chimes would have stuttered, had he been outside. An other thing we discovered at this juncture was the great number of women who let the door slam in the face of the person right back of them. And each woman who let the door slam remarked on the impoliteness of the woman ahead. It was an endless chain of denunciation. Funny, too. In one of the stores we ran across a lanky guy shopping with his wife. "How will this do?" asked the wife every 10 feet. "All right, I guess," replied the lanky guy. "O, you're no good at all," moaned the wife. "And they're your sisters I'm buying for, too." "Well, buy them anything you want," said the husband. "But I don't want to buy them any thing." "Neither do I." said the husband. "I can't afford it." "But," declared the woman, "it won't look right if we don't." Mr. Sullivan whispered an aside. "Say," he said, "isn't this here Christmas spirit wonderful!" After a while we found ourselves over In Bogar's, on the Square. A man and his wife were at the model builder counter. The man was buy ing parts for his son's Meccano set. He was as interested as a hen who has just found out that her "peeps" can swim. "Listen," said his wife, after vainly trying to attract his attention for sev eral minutes. "While you are buying Christmas gifts for yourself I'm going to look for something for Billy." "These things are for Bill," de clared the husband. "Yes. they are!" mocked the boo'ful lady. "For Bill—aged three years. I suppose, too, you weren't thinking of your own toyless youth when you bought that $25 electric train and that 11-pound lifting capacity motor and that steam roller and all the other things that Bill will like four or five years from now, if you don't have them worn out before then." "Ah," said Sullivan, the cartooner, "this good old Christmas spirit!" Sullivan, however, is a cynic. He Is inclined to make light of the true, the beautiful and the good. Like all car tooners, fee Is a skeptic. There IS such a tlnng as the Christmas spirit. We found the real thing everywhere. We found a kiddoo, for example, who had 88 cents to spend. He wasn't :* • —-V. . HARHISBURG rfflßb TELEGRAPH six years old. He had to buy pres ents for his daddy and his mother. Give the ordinary kiddoo 88 cents to spend as he wishes and his own pos sessions will be enriched 88 cents worth. Hut this particular kiddoo was tempted and didn't fall. "Old dear," said his mother (she was with him), "you don't need to buy anything for me or Daddy. Just buy j something for yourself." Which the Kfddo didn't! He bought his mother a teapot and his Dad a little hickey filled with an assortment of lead pencils; and when he was through buying he stuffed the remaining eight cents in his pocket as if it went to join a million. Honestly, we'd like to be that Kid Christmas morning, judging from the look on his mother's face. Everywhere we went we ran across Daddies who were telling other Daddies that, by jingo! they'd never had a real Christmas when they were young, and they were going to see to it, by George! that their own children had something to remember. You know, that doesn't speak very well for the fathers of these Daddies —some of them gone long ago on the Most Beautiful Adventure, and prob ably a little mournful over in Val halla because their sons regard them now as not having been fatherly. Why, dad-blame it all! I'll wager that the fathers of these Daddies of to-day said the very same thing to other fathers back in 1878 or 1886—that tl.ey were going to see to it that their sons had a real Christmas. That's one of the eternal things, you know —to see that the kids get a real Christmas! But now we're getting solemn, and one shouldn't be too solemn at Christ- I mas time. It's time enough to be | solemn next week, when you ligure I out how you might have bought a | new rug for the best bedroom with the j money you spent for Christmas. It's time enough to be solemn January 19, when your wife has a birthday; and it's up to you properly to remember It. It's time enough to be solemn next July, when the sixth instalment is due on the diamond ring you bought her following the store man's suggestion that you "Buy Now—Pay Next Year." Sullivan and I wondered if the toilet set industry isn't on a par with the manufacture of war materials and steel rails. No man has experienced all of life's varied sensations until he buys HER ft toilet set. What moots jit. (very good, that phrase!) that on February 11th he may have the final quarrel! He buys her a toilet set though the wel-known heavens fall. I'd like to make a wager with some one on the subject of toilet sets. I'll | bet anyone that if there are eight mil lion married women in this country who have toilet sets on their dressing tables these toilet sets were bought for them by some other man than their husband. But the husband has re venge, at that. He knows that while some other guy is using the toilet set HE bought before he married, he is using the set some other guy bought HIS wife. It all evens up! "Oh, the good old dear! Just what I wanted! A toilet set!" is the most j worked Christmas morning phrase. J When in doubt, young man, buy a toilet set! So Sullivan and T put in a dandy half-hour on the streets and in the stores. We saw folks throwing money away because they had it to throw. We saw folks who had no money to throw away spending what they had, and making it go mighty far. We saw gifts that made our mouths water; and we saw other gifts that caused us to wonder if many of the absolute ly useless things of this world weren't catalogued as Christmas presents. Eyes met ours in which joy was re flected. And other eyes met ours in which was reflected the light that, to some, makes Christmas the Feast of Aching Hearts. The managing editor wanted pathos in this story. Shall I write the story of the many tiny codgers whose shoes are very thin? Shall I write the story of the little old woman who secreted a very cheap—mighty, mighty cheap —doll beneath her spotted, thread bare coat? There was pathos! Shall I write the story of a little girl some where who awaits that doll for which the little old woman would have sold her soul? Shall I write the story of the pretty young girl last night who walked down Market street, ready, for the tirst time, to go along with some one who looked like money? Pathos? Why, the story of why that pretty girl walked Market street would be pathos in the Nth degree! But all of this more-or-less pathos fades into insignificance alongside of one thing Sullivan and I saw. There were two of them a big brother and a little brother. The little brother was coming five years old. The big brother was nine. Neither had an overcoat; neither had mittens. "Gee," said the little fellow down in the basement of the Pomeroy store. "Gee, Johnnie, look at the sand ma chines. Let's ask Santy Claus to get us one for Christmas!" "Santy Claus, hell!" said the big brother. "There ain't no Santy Claus." CHRISTMAS I.OADS END OLD POSTMAN'S LIFE Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 22. The strain of carrying Christmas mail is given by physicians as the cause of the death yesterday of Hatfield Stanbury. Elizabeth's oldest postman. He had been in excellent health before his at tack of heart disease. Mr. Stanbury was a charter mem ber of the National Association of I Letter Carriers and for many years the treasurer of the local branch of the association. LANCASTER COUNCILMAN FACES CHARGE OF THEFT Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 22.—Isaac R. Smith, a member of Councils, was ar rested to-day, charged with em bezzling $533 from the Arion Musical Association, of which he was treas urer. He gftve ball for a hearing. Smith, who was a coal merchant was declared a voluntary bankrupt last Tuesday, with liabilities of sl9 - i 530 and assets of $14,523. The prose cutors in the embezzlement case are George Doeraom and John G. Slote [trustees of the association. II pViwraracp rzzr't ZZZ: JLJREAtSHOEMAKERsO Penna. 217™™™ Market St.—2l7 [ Today j |||| fx A LUCKY PURCHASE OF 5,000 PAIRS A7\ XMAS SLIPPERS I A \ FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN !l: / yypjßm. \ A large slipper manufacturer offered us their entire surplus \ stock of Holiday Slippers at a big price reduction. We ' snapped their offer up at once |[|||| —°han<J""t h e d tan und leather and ,l \ genu jn e' 's"' va 1 - Y'j MW \ j' j $1.50 $1,25 """98c "| f w, Pur Women's Cava- Jjjß! wSwffiP I I Trimmed Kw'u" lICT SII PCFS Mpr ?op°*ri.25 feU y Fur J P I leather soles— felt uppers; all va ' ues at lllbbon Trimmed Felt I rea l sizes; $1.50 Juliets and Comfort I S2.M values at values at /IjQ f Slipper. ulaSlU nSfi f — All colors; all sizes; £| J I UWW made to sell at $1.75 SHOES CHILDRENS XMAS SUPERS "CtJjS s."..<>o S3 flh ' 4 Sale of children's fur trimmed IJIIII )•/ Value* at t Wi vw * e 't Juliets and cozy slippers; sev- j'||| J .*# Clever new Win- ,ral colors ; Bl * ea to 2 I i lj tar styles in high 79C ' 11 / 4iV Sa,e °' Women's tops with bead- M 1 (I patent and dull * *ed pictures on JMF In lu \ dress shoes, in II A( in a\l toes; sizes to 2 fflwET 'BetwSFX I Vkl high or low Kl 12 ||l/l Y — 7sc values. JE£#:3m JLmES&r* \ < heel models; all UVLIUni SPECIALS J $2.45 CHILD'S FELT SHOES TW V ' Warm red felt tops, V, J I with; soft cushion soles - -r al2e to ; 75c 49 c ( v Storm ) v ' u ;;;-' ra/r CHILD'S STORM KING BOOTS U 1 High Tops O , ,M >•■ * ow •" K '* "'* h H 1 / ? t , urdy „ l * n nd bead deigns on°U.'es W in "'p <" < llke £" ' I . I black (water- Dead designs on y>es, in p , f M (ill / with f do ) ubl PP ol <1 ' $1 8 S ' 69C black and I bucklescut CHILDREN'S SHOES U to 2 at'flTtSl I —all s'res to 2 ln dull, patent and velvet, up to d1 >re kmuto I 1 ffl r4"' CI III' also colored kid Qg c ( I | y $2.50 j|.y3 tops; sizes to 8... i7OU brr ""su™ or 1 I U V illitie )i e L t' BOYS' STOUT SHOES croquet"; 111 H V \l_ School Shoes of Good strong calfskin, 0c values; all mSKMarjB 1 ij good stout calf- button or lace; sizes to 2, sizes; 4Q. U sk'n; sizes only regular $. 451 special... HB j( \J^ 10 * 2 Val " valuer 1. "WU Men's nnd lloy' J HTTfc ir Good serviceable makes ; j 5' '5 ln I dull " nd pat j gQ 98 !W L UI-i J PI WILSON AGAINST PORK MEASURES Prodigal Expenditures For Public Buildings and Water way Will Be Voted Washington, Dec. 22. Because of the existing deficit in the treasury of more than $300,000,000, there will be no omnibus public building bill at thie session of Congress. One has been reported which carried an ap propriation of $35,000,000 for projects that can only be intended to give' Con gressmen political prestige in their dis tricts, but it is said on good authority that it will be vetoed if it reaches President Wilson. He also will refuse to approve a river and harbor bill if appropriations are made to projects that are not worthy or not contribu tory to revenues to the Government. The measure now before Congress sets aside large sums for buildings .in small towns where tho post oillce re ceipts in ten years would not reach the cost of the proposed new struc-1 tures. TJhe proposal to expend $30,- 000 for a building in Central City, i Ky., where tho population Is 2,545 and ■ the receipts last year $5,705, is one | of the examples which has led the I Secretary of the Treasury to charac-1 terize the bill ns "indefensible." Briefly summarized here are somej Pr™ DIAMONDS Mounted and Unmounted j Rings for Men and- Women, Lavallieres, Brooches, Earrings, Scarf \ Pins and Unmounted Stones, any one of which will be mounted as / desired $5 to SSOO ( // 11/ V/ In buying Diamonds and Jewelry for Christmas It is well to bear in mind.the reputa i // tion of the house behind the purchase. Back of the Klnkenbach Jewelry Store stands '* ft sound reputation for square dealing and honest representation, /tti Jewels, Jwelry, <3 statement of quality by the Jeweler is the only true guarantee of value. In -this Uptown \X\ Jewelry Store every statement is backed by our personal guarantee and every article . \\\ m —is Just as represented. , \ For the holiday season we are showing some really handsome articles of the Jew- | eler'i art. K VRS^Y SOLID GOLD RINGS— Beautiful styles. In a wide variety, with settings of precious stones, including genuine diamonds and priced as low as 97.2 ft. Others set with handsomely cut Cameos, and still others with pearl and ruby settings. CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS % For Him For Her For Baby Watrh chninn. Solid Gold Brooches, In new designs, containing Cameos, Military Brushes Watrh t'hnrmn. Ruby and Pearl Hopes, etc.. $3.50 to $25.00 Sterling Silver J'"',' . ... . Exclusive models in Sterling Silver Novelties, including Spoons tfiii-j rl.tlT. Knitting Needle Guards, at 75c; Embroidery Scissors. $1.00; Sterling Silver and *■> mi and no Needle Case and Darner, $1.50; Sterling Silver Backed Gold Lined Cups and Prertoaa .tin., act ll T ° ilet Sct " B "> Holdc ™ E. L. Rinkenbach Military liruahra. In the Uptown District Where lower Rent , 101 P V Tl,;_J to Us Means Lower Prices to You. L&ld 1 Illrtl OlreCl I _ , DECEMBER 22, 1916. of the items in the pending bill: ALABAMA Town. Population P.O. Rets. Amt. Athens 1,715 $9,393 $35,000 Albertville .. 1,544 N 5,663 25,000 Attala 2,513 4,610 30,0001 ARKANSAS Brinley ~.. 1,740 C.114 25,000 Conway 2,794 13,126 40,000 ARIZONA Mogales 3,514 13,915 136,000 COLORADO Montrose ... 3,254 17,919 150,000 Sterling 3,044 17,969 55,000 DELAWARE Newark 1.913 11,388 30,000 FLORIDA Kissimme .. 2,157 11,150 35,000 SEVERE COLDS AND COUGHS SHOULD NOT BE TRIFLED WITH ! A Stab-like I'nln, a Chill and a Sore ] Place In Yunr Side Tell* of Pneu monia—No Time to TrlHe Now The following prescription is being ! widely used for breaking up severe Coughs and Cold*. Get from your drug- I gist a small Jar of Famous Forkola and thoroughly spread over throat and | chest covering with a piece of warm I flannel. The warmth of the body I quickly releases certain ingredients I that are part of the Famous Forkola I prescription in the form of medicated vapors thai are inhaled all night long through tire air passages, while the na tural oils and fats are quickly absorbed I through the pores reducing all inflam | mation. Clearwater . 1,171 1<J,829 40,000 IDAHO Coeur d'Alene 7,291 10,571 88,290 Blackfoot .. 2,202 18,414 65,000 KENTUCKY Barbourville 1,633 4,532 25,000 Hazard .... 537 4,477 40,000 LOUISIANA Winnfield . . 2,925 9,098 30,000 PENNSYLVANIA Nanticoke ..18,877 13,548 60,000 FULL WEEK VACATION Mary sv I lie, Pa., Dec. 22.—Pupils of Marysville public schools will have the entire week beginning with Christmas o(T, according to a decision of the school board. School will recommence on New Year's day. Then because Forkola Is so pure you can take a small piece the size of a good sized pea and allow it to slowly melt In your mouth; Its powerful heal ing ingredients will reach, heal and clear the throat of all dangerous germ life, loosen up a dry, hoarse or tight cough and by stopping the formation of phlegm in the throat, end the persistent loose cough and promote a healthy healing. , Get a small Jar from your druggist and begin the treatment to-night. It will work wonders by the morning. Every sufferer from Catarrh of the throat and nose in any form should give Famous Forkola a trial. Your druggist or H. C. Kennedy can supply you.—Advertisement.
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