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MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15.
•7 icould be true, for there are those
who trust vie;
.1 xcould be pure, lor there are those
who care;
1 would be strong, for there is much
to suffer;
1 would be brave, for there is much
to dare.''
RUMORS OF PEACE
STORIES of a peaceful settlement
of the foolish factional contro- I
versy now engaging the attention
of Republicans of Pennsylvania drift
hither from Atlantic City and Phila
delphia—the seat of trouble. It is the
earnest hope of all faithful party men
that the reports of an adjustment of
the mix-up are based upon fact; that
the wish is not merely father to the
thought.
If Democrats of the Old Guard and
the reorganize!- group can find com
mon ground upon which to stand,
surely the Philadelphia factions can
get together.
Those familiar with political move
ments in this State are not likely to be
greatly surprised over anything that
may transpire in the evolution of
peace. It is quite the usual thing to
eee leaders who have been rending
each other one day walking arm-In
arm the next and laughing happily
over the way in which they mauled
one another In the factional warfare.
Another full week will have elapsed
before the Legislature reconvenes and
the time might well be spent by the j
leaders of the party in doing what is j
obviously the thing to do in restoring i
harmony and perfecting an alignment J
which will give assurance of a con- ,
structivc legislative program.
Think of it! Great Britain's foreign
trade last year was equivalent to over
seven billions of dollars—almost as |
much as our own foreign trade, around I
eight billions. Meanwhile, we were at j
peace, while John Bull was organizing,
financing and equipping an army of five
millions and enormously increasing his
munitions output. And yet there are
those who pretend to believe that we
need not prepare for our future trade.
THE FIREPLACE
SOME day, when men become so
wise and beneficent that hous
ing codes and building inspectors
are made unnecessary by a universal
regard for the rights of tenants, and
•when landlords figure on something
more cheering and satisfying to those
who pay rent than the maximum re
turns for the minimum of investment,
every house will have an open fire
place. Not the little gas-log make
believe, although even it is better than
none, nor yet the ghastly destroyer
of household peace and good humor
that distributes its smoke to all parts
of the house save the flue of the
chimney—but the good old-fashioned
open-hearth that roars, and crackles
and shares its warmth and good cheer
with ail who gather within the magic
range of its fitful glow. The kind of
a fireplace of which Whittier wrote
that "ever, when a stronger blast
shook beam and rafter as It passed,
the merrier up Its roaring draught,
t lie great throat of the chimney
laughed."
When coal came into general use
fireplaces by the hundred were
boarded up to give place to hideous
"egg stoves" and "magazine heaters,"
and these in turn gave way to hot-air
systems, and now steam anu hot
water are listed among the "modern
conveniences" that no self-respecting
residence will be without. The fire
place then fell into general disuse.
But recently we have begun to under
stand that In many respects we have
been too quick to be "off with the old
love, on with the new." Modern in
vention and the fad of the moment
relegated to disuse many household
appliances and customs that are now
finding their way back again to
popular favor. Among those that
have "come back" is the fireplace, and
one wonders why it ever should have
lost favor. It is the very foundation
of the home. Indeed, there were fire
places long before there were homes.
Primitive man learned the value of
the open-hcarth centuries previous to
ihe development of architecture to
the point of four walls and a roof.
Round the fireplace from time be
yond all record families have gathered
when the nights grew long and the
chill of winter fell upon the land.
There it was that father taught son
the lore of the ages, where grand
sire handed down to the younger gen
erations at his knee the stories and
traditions and beliefs that have be
come history and religion. Around
tiie hearth the tires of love grew
MONDAY EVENING,
stronger and the bonds of friendship
firmer. First the family, then the
the tribe and finally the nation —with
the hearthstone their common founda
tion.
All men love an open fire. There
is nothing like it on a wild, wintry
night, when the wind whistles and
shrieks and the blue-eentered cold
wave flag is flying over the federal
building. To bask in the pent-up sun
shine of summers long since past, to
listen to the crackle and roar of the
fire, to laze and drowse, and drowse
and laze, and then to toddle off to bed
saturated with warmth and drowsi
ness—that is comfort and luxury In-
I deed. When people generally learn
| the delights of the open hearth fire
places will become as numerous and
as popular as bathtubs.
Things can't be so bad in Berlin;
press reports say every citizen can have
. one egg to eat this month.
A >1 ISHKPRESENTATIVE
MR. LEWIS, of Maryland, having
failed to achieve his election to
the Senate, will depart political
life on the 4th of March. He intends
his last days to be significant, for he
has introduced a bill for the govern
ment to take over the telephone sys
tem in the District of Columbia. His
action is significant of his entire course
in Congress.
When running for the Senate he
caused himelf to be widely heralded as
the "father of the parcels post," where
as the fact is that he declared himself
opposed to the parcels post and de
manded government ownership of the
express companies.
Mr. Lewis in effect Is a Socialist. We
believe he once formally adhered to
the Socialist party. Government own
ership is one of the fundamentals of
Socialism, and the socialization of the
Democratic party has proceeded rather
rapidly these last few years.' It is un
likely that the Lewis bill will become
law, even If this session of Congress
were to be extended.
Government ownership is not a
success in any place where it has been
tried, and congressmen are not in
clined to try experiments any more
along that line, even in the long
suffering District of Columbia.
Why all the excitement? If Thaw
wasn't ordered extradited he ought to
have been.
THE MIDDLEMAX
WALTER SNYDER, of Baltimore,
ex-president of the National
League of Commission Men,
mingles truth and fiction very cleverly
and convincingly in a newspaper
interview at Philadelphia recently.
Said he:
I know that the commission man,
or middleman, as he is called, is in
disrepute now as a result of the
articles which have been written
about him, but it is onlv because
people do not know him. that is all.
lie is a necessity and he is not over
charging for what he does. The
farmer could not dispose of his pro
ducts without him. There would be
much greater waste and even
higher prices if it were not for the
commission man. But at present
the commission man can dp noth
ing about it. He is doing his duty
by the farmer and the public to the
best of his ability.
The commission man is a necessity,
no doubt of that. But he ia no
philanthropist. Like the farmer he
serves, he wants the highest possible
price. That, indeed, is a common fail
ing. Proof that the middleman over
charges can be gathered almost any
where, but it is just as easy to
demonstrate that his activities keep;
the prices of some commodities down
during certain seasons.
Take butter and eggs, for instance.
If immense quantities of both were
not put into cold storage monthly by
middlemen their prices would be be
yond the means even of a generously
supplied purse. The middleman will
continue to be a necessity, if not al
ways precisely a boon, until we learn
j how to store and distribute farm pro
duce systematically and to the ad
vantage of both consumer and prj-
I ducer.
The high cost of white paper has
I driven the Johnstown Leader into re
j ceiver's hands, and that newspaper is
not the only one which must find some
way to pay its bills or go out of busi
ness.
THAT FOOD RECORI>
ESTABLISHING a new "low cost
of living" record the manage
ment of a State institution boasts
that it has for the past year fed its
inmates at an expense of seventeen
' cents a day per capita. We wonder
! whether this ratio Is carried out in
J providing meals for attendants and
! officials. Economy of administration
| is always laudible, but there is a point
past which it may not be carried
wisely when applied to the feeding of
human beings solely dependent upon
public funds. Perhaps the manage
ment of the institution in question has
discovered a way to provide abundant
ly at the figure named, and if so its
formula and methods should be pub
lished broadcast. There are few, how
ever, tfl.o would like to try the ex
periment of trying to keep soul and
body together on seventeen cents a
day, one fancies.
Do you remember when coasting on
Herr street hill was one of the popular
winter sports?
A SHIFT OF POSITION?
OBSERVANT visitors at the Na
tional Capitol have noted that
Representative Martin, of the
Third Louisiana district, now sits most
of the time on the Democratic side of
the Chamber. He used to sit on the
Republican side. He is a protectionist
anl claims no party designation. He
took his committee assignments from
the Republicans when Congress was
organized and has usually voted with
them. His recent shift of location
may have no political significance; but
the opinion seems to be growing that
Mr. Martin has landed or that he has
been landed.
The weather man is the only person
in Harrisburg to give the Governor's
Troop a cool reception.
Sending the Milwaukee to the rescue
of a stranded torpedoboat was like try
ing to carry an armful of apples and
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stooping over to pick up one that had
fallen without spilling any of the
others.
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By the Ex-Commltteemu J
Pinal touches will be put on the
committee lists for the Senate and
House and to the general legislative
program for the session of 1917 by
Senator Boies Penrose and his friends
this week. When the Senator finishes
the work and the committee listß are
out the State administration people
will have a "war council" of their
own in an effort to take into their
ranks those who may be offended by
the committee selections and who will
not acquiesce in the provisions of the
Penrose program, especially in regard
to probes, etc.
The State administration people are
disposed to pursue a policy similar
to that of the Wilson administration
in regard to Mexico, chiefly because
there is not much else to do and to
provoke a fight might lead to disaster.
Also it is planned to see what atti
tude Senator Vare will take since
President protem Beidleman has de
clared he should have his old place
as head of the committee which will
pass upon all Philadelphia and ail
other city legislation and other bil
lets in committees. State Chairman
Crow is also disposed to tako steps
to get the South Philadelphia lead
er's heart softened. It is said that
• Senator Vare was one of those who
saw the hopelessness of the Cox
speakership campaign from the be
ginning but that he could not pre
vail upon his brother, the congress
man, and others from urging the
governor to light.
—Senator Penrose has met men
from almost every county in the last
week and has sounded out sentiment
and found out more about the general
situation in regard to legislation, ad
ministration and expectation than he
lias known for months. The plans
will be irade by a small council and
will develop gradually. The Phila
delphia Inquirer, which is always well
informed on the Penrose plans, savs
to-day "that the senator will have
introduced a bill providing for the
reorganization of the Public Service
body by a reduction of the number of
commissioners to be appointed by the
Governor and by including as an ex
officio member of the commission the
Secretary of Internal Affairs, who is
61ected by the people. Penrose
charges that patronage of the pres
ent Public Service Commission has
been used to exploit the political for
tunes of the Brumbaugh-Vare com
bination and to reward members of
the Legislature and county leaders
who have been affiliated with the
State administration. The Penrose
men plan attacks upon a number of
such appointments and declare it will
be shown that politics havo largely
entered into the administration of this
commission. As a check upon further
activities of Brumbaugh adherents or
future State administrations, the
Penrose men will Incorporate in their
bill covering the reorganization of the
Public Service Commission a provis
ion that the Secretary of Internal
Affairs shall not only be a member of
the commission but also its president
and that in him shall be lodged all
power of appointment or removal of
subordinates of the commission."
It is said that Governor Brum
baugh while in Philadelphia discussed
matters pertaining to appointment of
men to fill the vacancies in the public
service commisslonershlp, the banking
and other places
and that he has decided he will not
make any moves until about the first
of February. One of the reasons will
be to see the disposition of the Senate,
which will be shown pretty promptly
in the matter of the appointment of
D. Edward Long, of Franklin county,
to be Superintendent of Public Print
ing and Binding.
—Opening of the headquarters of
the State Grange will occur within a
few days and It is probable that the
headquarters will be an active source
of propaganda for the things In which
the grangers are interested. Some of
the older grangers are not disposed to
allow the grange to be the tall to any
factional kite or to take a hand in
either Republican or Democratic poli
tics as some may try to do.
—According to the Hhiladelphia
Record, the city administration in
Philadelphia is planning to auk the
• HARRISBURG flfapTP TELEGRAPH
voters for authority to issue another
loan for the purpose of getting a start
on water, sewer and other extensions,
which are quite apart from the transit
situation and badly needed because of
the growth of the city. The plan is to
have a special election in May and, to
gather up all loose ends. The amount
may be $10,000,000 or $12,000,000.
—Meanwhile Mayor Smith is in the
South with Mrs. Smith and will spend
a couple of weeks resting.
—Senator Vare, Congressman Scott
and others who are at Hot Springs
while the Penrose people are at the
seashore declare they are not discuss
ing politics.
—The Altoona postmastersliip bids
fair to be something to make Interest
ing Democratic reading. There are
several candidates and they are going
after the place with blocks and tackles.
—Men interested in the revision of
the charter for Philadelphia will dis
cuss the proposition at a dinner this
week. Some of the most prominent
men in Philadelphia will attend.
—Robert D. Dripps, for years promi
nent in work in the interest of State
charities, is out with a statement mak
ing a bitter attack upon the system
of dispensing State charity. Millions
go to hospitals which are useless or do
not need the money, says he, and there
are seventeen counties which do not
get anything. Dripps also attacked the
lack of what he considers proper ac
counting.
—Berks county politics is starting
to boil. Thomas R. Houclc has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
county controller.
—Schuylkill county is to the. front |
again. A movement has been started
to oust the White Haven school board
and at Pottsvilie the policemen de
mand a raise in wages, which the city
solicitor says can only come if they
resign.
—Considerable interest is being
taken in newspapers in the proposed
bill to abolish capital punishment,
which has been under discussion for
some time in Philadelphia. The cases
before the State Board of Pardons in
the last two years have caused quite
considerable comment in favor of the
proposed bill and it seems as though a
determined tight for it was going to be
made.
—in Reading Representative James
H. Maurer is polishing up his bills for
old age pensions, cutting down terms
of judges, changing the compensation
law and attacking street railways.
—ln Pittsburgh several Mils of Im
portance are being rtudied out for
changes in the second class city law
and the third class city solicitors will
have a meeting soon to frame their
bills.
Governor Brumbaugh's list of ap
pointments to be made to fill vacancies
In various counties has been length
ened by the death of Judge Charles N.
Brumm. of the Schuylkill county
courts, and there has been u growth
of booms for appointment such as is
only possible in that county. Several
Progressives are said to be disposed
to claim the appointment.
Fears Influx of Feeble
An Influx of the feeble and maimed
is one of the after-the-war perils that
will confront the United States, ac
cording to Professor Robert D. Ward,
of Harvard, who spoko before the
American Genetic Association in New
York the other day.
"No one who cares about the future
of the American race fails to view with
concern the probable effect of the war
upon the physical, mental and moral
conditions of our immigrants." Dr.
Ward said. "There will be a decided
increase in tuberculosis in Europe as a
result of the war. More subtle and
less easily detected diseases, which are
always rampant among great armies
in war time, and the mental break
downs of the men who have been In
the trenches are other serious aspects
of our problem.
"The maimed, crippled, enfeebled
and mentally unstable will come to the
United States In great numbers be
cause It will be easier to earn an exist
ence in this country. The fittest men
tally and physically will stay at home
to do the work of rebuilding. Europe
will make every effort to keep these
sound men because they will be
needed.
Dr. Ward said the easy immigration
laws of th United States had delayed
rather than aided civilization.
"Had the millions of Europeans who
have come to this country within the
last quarter century remained at home
they would have insisted on the Intro
duction pf reforms In their own coun
tries which have been delayed because
the discontent of Europe found a
safety valve in America," he said.
As the Poet Might Have Said
Count (hat day lost whose low
descending sun
Sees no new note upon the way and
another one begun.
—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
———.
CHARLES M. SCHWAB
AS WELL AS IRON-MASTER
Vv . A
SEVERAL interesting anecdotes
about the early mu*icai activities
of Charles M. Schwab are re
lated in an article in the current issue
of Musical Courier by Raymond Wal
ters, Registrar of Leliigh University.
The article describes Mr. Schwab's
connection with the famous Bach
Choir of Bethlehem, which giveß an
nual festivals at Lehigh, and which
is to join with the Philharmonic So
ciety of New York in a Bach-Wagner
program in Carnegie Hall next Satur
day evening in celebration of the
Philharmonic Society's 75tli anniver
sary. In telling of the steel master's
life-long interest in music, the fol
lowing incidents, authentic and In
print for the first time, are given:
"Mr. Schwab's earliest and strong
est love is for the organ. It dates
back to his boyhood days when he
played for his grandfather who was
n leader of a church choir at Williams
burg, Pa. The steel master tells an
amusing story of l.ow, when he was
about ten years old, he incurred the
displeasure of his grandfather, a stern
man. While he was playing during a
service the boy's nose began to itch.
The itching became most tantalizing
but he kept his hands dutifully upon
the organ keys. Relief came with a
I EDITORIAL COMMENT j
—lf a note could only stampede the
belligerents as easily as It does the
market. —Boston Herald.
—Now, If Germany really meant It,
she can come forward and explain In
detail just what she meant By it.—
JVasliington Times.
—Britain will light on, says King
George. He must have seen Lloyd-
George's speech In the papers.—Phila
delphia North American.
—A German newspaper asks if Mr.
Lloyd-George Is a gambler. He prob
ably knows enough about gambling to
call a bluflf.—Brooklyn Eagie.
Plain Talk From Bethlehem
[Philadelphia Ledger]
President Grace of the Bethlehem
Steel Company indulged in no circum
locutions in his address to the mem
bers of the Terrapin Club yesterday,
and he said some things which the
members of the Federal Government
and of Congress would do well to pon
der seriously. His theme was indus
trial and commercial preparedness,
and he used the relations of his own
company with the Government to
illustrate his point that If this coun
try is to attain to anything like the
co-operative efficiency, the up-to-date
ness, to which Great Britain has al
ready attained under the stress of her
desperate struggle for existence, there
will have to be a radical change in
existing methods. His account of the
attitude of the Navy Department to
ward the great munition plant which
has been built up at Bethlehem
"greater than Krupps'," Mr. Grace
called it—indicates pretty clearly that
the domination thought of the Federal
administration seems to be that true
preparedness lies in discouraging pri
vate industry in every way possible
and laying the foundations for a
greater and still more complete plant
for direct Government production of
all the materials for national defense.
The significant point In Mr. Grace's
address was that while he pointed with
Justifiable pride to the. growth and ca
pacity of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany as a builder of warships, a forger
of heavy ordnance and maker of shells,
he emphasized the fact that these
equipments were not only temporary
but were of secondary importance to
the preparations it has under way for
meeting the demands of peace. And
while liia exposition of the curious
dealings of the Secretary of the Navy
with the problems of ordnance pro
duction was Illuminating, more signifi
cant'were his references to the still
greater problems Involved In the prep
arations for peace which have still to
be met with foresight and intelligence.
If they are to be solved at all, if the
United States is to be put in a posi
tion to meet the vastly increased effi
ciency of Its competitors, purged of
sloth and antiquated methods In the
fires of war, then there must be co
operation! not repression and antag
onism, in the relations between the
Government and the great industries
of the nation. '
JANUARY 15, 19*J7.
rest passage in the music. So vigor
ously did the boy then rub his itching
nose that the other boys in the con
gregation noticed it and laughed out
loud. Whereupon his grandfather
cuflted the young organist soundly
over the head. When Mr. Schwab
told the writer about this, sitting on
the bench of his great organ in his
New York home, he rubbed his nose
reminiscently and then his head.
"Asked about the current stories
that it was his organ playing or, as
some versions ha%*e it, his singing,
that first attracted Mr. CJarnegie's at
tention to him, Mr. Schwab said there
is not the slJghtest basis of truth in
such accounts. It is a fact, however,
that his handling of the. violin, in
which he had some skill, greatly
pleased his first employer in the Brad
dock works, Captain W. It. Jones, of
whom the chairman of the Bethlehem
Steel has said 'he knew about
steel than any other man in Aiiierica.'
Captain Jones and other early asso
ciates took huge delight in Mr.
Schwab's organ performances. One of
these was, after rendering classic
numbers, to entertain his friends by
playing the 'Fisher's Hornpipe,' with
the right hand and 'Yankee Doodle'
with the left, at the same time sink
ing 'Home, Sweet Home.' "
OUR DAILY LAUGH
SOMETHING.
ness, old man?
Been making; Aajbu'fflT wjktfM
| anything lately?
'"'■ Jts NO DOUBT
& THERE.
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/ jpi pcarances, you
I ' ygj You can Jolly
well Judge the
mil Ir. m presence of
Wtlw submarines by
i T ,hlr appear-
ance.
THE REASON.
the streets of
with milk and
non the angels
wear wings, be- j, Tg /I
cause the walk
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MacVeagh and the Camerons
MacVeagh's distinguished brother
in-law, Senator J. Donald Cameron,
is also 83 years old, but he graduated
at Princeton the year before MacVeagh
got his 'slieepßkin at Yale. MacVeagh
was almost constantly in political op
position to old Simon Cameron, his
father-ill-law.
In the great battle between Grant
and Blaine for President in 1880 "Don"
Cameron, Roscoe Conkling and Gen
eral John A. L<ogan were the Big
Three behind Grant.
MacVeagh worked Just as hard for
Blaine, and when Garfield was named
by Blaine votes MacVeagh was re
warded with a place in the Cabinet.
Colonel A. K. McClure, who never
wearied of fetching and carrying for
Governor Andrew G. Curtin, said
MacVeagh's masterly handling of the
Pennsylvania soldier sentiment was all
that re-elected Curtin Governor dur
ing the war. MacVeagh was then the
Republican State chairman.—"Girard,"
in Philadelphia Ledger.
lEbntittg GUptl
Since the automobile and the trolley
car have made coasting impossible on
the lilll streets of the city, where the
bobsled and the "Yankee Jumper"
used to flourish, coasting in the coun
try roundabout the city has come to
be very popular. On several of the
steop hills of Cumberland county even
the slight snow of yesterday afforded
fine sport. Four automobile loads of
sleds and young people went into the
country about 3.30 o'clock and re
turned after nightfall, the sleds
conveyed in a separate automobile
taken along for the purpose. Tlioj|
whole countryside was covered with
snow and the hard crust made good
going.
"We are missing a fine winter sport,
most of us," said one of those in the
party. "I see no reason why there
should not be sledding parties by the
dozen when there is snow on the
ground hereabouts. 1 am tlrmly con
vinced that the sport Is just as enjoy
able and far more wholesome than
dancing in an overheated ballroom all
evening. There ure many line hills
in this neighborhood, both road and
Held slopes being available. No doubt
many farmers would be glad to permit
the use of unplanted fields, for a con
sideration, and it would no doubt be
possible to arrange with some nearby
hotel for a hot supper at the conclu
sion of the evening. The all-tlie-year
automobile has opened up the country
to city people In the winter time and
we miss one of the rarest delights of
outdoor life if we fail to take advan
tage of the opportunity."
* • •
Harry'S. McDevltt, counsel for the
State Economy and Efficiency Com
mission, has completed the flrßt chart
ever made showing the relation of the
departments, commissions, bureaus
and other branches of the State gov
ernment to each other. It represents
months of the closest study of the
operations of the government and
study of the acts together with some
slants which Mr. McDevitt's long asso
ciation with Capitol llill enabled him
to get. The chart will be of the great
est value to the legislators as it shows
at a glance just how the various offi
cials have authority outside of their
departments.
• • •
Theodore B. Klein, who has just
been reelected president of the Dau
phin County Historical Society, has
been the fifth man to hold that office
in forty-eight years, a rather remark
able record for such an organization.
The society is one of the best known
In the State and the researches made
by its president havo been valuable
contributions to local history. Some
original work which has attracted
wide notice will be placed in the
archives of the society.
• • *
The manner in which the January
circulation at the Harrisburg Public
Library has started off indicates that
this winter's circulation at the insti
tution will break records. November
and December were both away ahead
of anything over known for those
months and the circulation for the
first half of January was as much as
some summer months alone.
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In spite of the weather a pretty fair
Idea of the increase of acreage set out
In wheat in this section can be gained.
The fields are showing up well where
not covered by snow and the stalks
look good and strong. The farmers
say that considering the late sowing
and the various other difficulties with
which they had to contend the pros
pects for wheat appear to be better
than usual for midwinter.
• * •
Some idea of the size of the new
gasomer tank which it is planned t*i
establish at the plant of the Harris
burg Gas Company can be gained from
a look at the gigantic ring in concrete
which has been built for the construc
tion work to be undertaken in the
spring. It will be located a bit north
of the present big storage tanks.
• • •
Col. Cody was noted for his cordial
ity to newspapermen, notably young
reporters and one of the newspaper
men of this city recalls how he was
sent by an unfeeling city editor to
the Colonel's car about 1 o'clock in
the morning to ask him some questions
about some row in which the Colonel
had figured In New York. The Colonel
had retired right after the show, but he
had the reporter ushered in, given u
cigar and then handed him a line of
conversation about everything except
what the reporter was told to ask un
til after the time of going to press.
The Colonel "threw down" the re
porter on the story, but somehow he
made a lasting friend
• * •
"Did you ever see a dog that would
rafher chase his tail than eat?" was
risked to-day. Well, Lemoyne has one
of these canines. The dog has for
hours chased his tail and at the ex
piration of the time will lie down and
rest for another trip. Sometimes it
was only after much persuasion on
the part of his master that the animal
stops his exercise on a hot summer's
day. The dog gives amusement for
the younger element of the town.
Some of the braver of these lads have
learned of a method to encourage the
dog to "chase his tall," and often start
the animal on Ms course for the
amusement and entertainment of
others.
[ TOL KNOWN PEOPLE
Dr. U Webster Fox, the oculist, is
home from a visit to Florida where he
went to enjoy the fishing.
—M. Clyde Kelley, congressman
elect, lias been at Washington, but will
not say with which side he will vote.
—George Sullivan, prominent Mont
gomery official, well known here, has
been seriously ill.
—Ex-MoiJ'or Blnr.kenburg, of Phil
adelphia, went to City Hall to tu4
portrait, agreed to it and superintend
ed its hanging.
Judge A. S. Swarfz, of Montgomery
county, has been asked by friends to
become a candidate for re-election.
He is serving his third term.
—Colonel Fred Taylor Pusey, the
quartermaster of the Pennsylvania Di
vision on the border, used to be a
legislator.
| DO YOU KNOW
Tliat Ilarrisburg steel is being
used for mine work?
HISTORIC HAKRISIHJRG
In old ferry days every man within
ten miles of Harrisburg was a member
of the militia.
National Thrift
France has been the world's high
est example for thrift. Its citizens
more than all otherH "on the globo
have conquered the temptation to
spend and developed the gift of wise
saving. But France has yet maintain
ed the gayest of all the cities—a city
which tried to show thar thrift was
dull and stupid, that thought of the
morrow was a mistake. New York
is the successor of Paris. Its chief
business Is becoming that of driving
away care. But, curiously, the coun
try is developing a sense of thrift.
There are more people of small in
comes who own their homes, more
with safe Investments, more with
hoards put away against the rain.
Toledo Blade.