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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
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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.
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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.