6 HAtWSItIG TELEGRAPH A KHWSPAPBR FOS TUB HOME Founded itsi Published • veoings except Sunday by T* TKt,Ba.\rH rmvriNti to., rl|Ml|k Bnlldlnfr, Fedml Sqivc. 111. J. STACK POLK, Writs'/ and lidilor-in-Chief I''. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing lidilor. ' ing, P Chicago, 111. Entered at th# Post in Harris burg, Pa., a second class- matter. Ey carrierSk tan sents a week: by mail M 0 a year in aavance. SATURDAY KVBSWe, IKB. Calamity is ntqti's true touch stone. —Beaumont and Fletcher. CHRISTIAN' ENPI2AYUK \Y k'lslv CHRISTIAN Endeavorers through out the world this wek are observing the crowning event of the year of Endeavor activities. Christian Endeavor week began with last Sunday, which was a day of re joicing, "when Christian Endeavor was thirty-six years old. The climax of the week will be "Decision Day,'* to-morrow. The Rev. Francis R, Clark, D.D., founder of the great movement, can now look back triumphantly to the evening of February 2, 1881, in the parsonage of Wllliston church, he be ing- at that time pastor of the Willis-* ion Congregational church, at Port land, Maine, when he organised the first Young People's Society of Chris-, tian Endeavor. The organization has had marvelous growth ever since. The first convention was held June 2, 1882, when only six societies were repre sented. The young people's work lias had a constant success in many lines of activities until to-day the society lias an enrollment of 82,000 branches and 4,000,000 members. In Atlantic City, in 1911, President "W. 11. Tat't was one of the principal speakers. At that convention v Dr. Clark introduced the slogan l'or the .Endeavorers "A Saloonless Nation in 1020," which has been ringing throughout the world ever since. A "campaign for millions" whicfi no doubt will be realised in two year", is making great progress. The aim is L'or s. millton new Endeavorers, a mil lion new converts uniting with the church, a million new members of the peace union, a million new dol lars fop missions, ten thousand new societies of the Christian Endeavor, twenty thousand new comrades of the quiet hour, ten thousand new legion ers, ten thousand new Christian En deavor experts and five thousand new life-work recruits. Pennsylvania Endeavorers, with j 500 sooloUes, are doing their share. HI MOIUM PAVING BILL TUB Legislature should pass with-1 out delay the bill recently sub mitted having for its object as surance of State aid for the paving of Stale highways through boroughs- There has been misunderstanding and aggravating delay in the improvement of roads through small towns. The automobilist knows without being; told when he leaves the township highway for the borough street. Nor is this all the fault of the bor ough governments. They have felt that, paying more taxes than the people of the farm territory surround ing, they ore entitled to State aid in the improvement of their main high ways, especially in view of the fact that the State bears the whole cost of road building through the agricultural districts. This is an eminently fair position and the Legislature will do well to clear up a situation regarding which (here has been all too much doubt and concerning which the State Highway Department at times has shown none too much interest. THK RELIGION OF PATRIOTISM GOD grant that Wilson either keep us out of an Ignominious, eleventh hour participation in a war which was none of our making, or provide us with an issue worth while to the end that It may be said of America, in the event she is drawn into the struggle, that her deeds were last, her words truth and her thoughts freedom-' " The words of Dr. J. Dun can Spaeth, of Princeton University, opportunely spoken at the University Club banquet last evening, struck a esponslve ohord In his hearers that brought them to their feet singlnii ' America'* with the old-time fervor that cynics like to claim is no longer a factor In American life. Dr. Spaeth's speech started out to be a discussion on college loyalty, but the eminent lecturer slipped into deeper channels end dipped Into the subject of nationalism and the sub serviency of every other doctrine ♦ the overpowering religion of patriot ism. Ills prayer for divine guidance to the President in this time of na tional crisis closed a bril liant analysis of the na tional situation; a nltuetion whioh finds Americans ready by InßUnct to tight, but prompted by intelligent un derstanding of the issues Involved to SATURDAY EVENING, avqi4 hostilities. If possible, -with lienor. The desirability of rehabilitating ourselves as a nation in the eyes of the world was strongly emphasized by the There is no question 'that our national reputation has suf fered abroad since the outbreak of the 'war and oqr course (p the present crisis must he such as to improve our standing: amons the nations of the world. But it Is not true that the ! country us a whole has been smitten by the blight of materialism to a de gree that would prompt the people to accept peace wjth anything but honor. At all costs, Americans will insist that the ancient freedom of the seas lie preserved, that the American flag fly where Americans carry it and thait Americans go wherever their pleasure or their business may take them. The religion of patricrtism is not <lead here, however much foreign peoples may believe it, and oml.v such a national crisis as that through wbicl wo are now passing is neces sary for a revival in all ils varied forms of enthusiasm and service. AMERICA AND WAR IF the United Stales enters the Euro pean war it will be regretfully ami sorrowfully. There will be none of the cheering or the exulta tion of Spanish-American war days. Tho pepple of this country do not want to flgljt. They have showed that at every stage of the often-renewtsd I controversy with Germain over the | transgre.<sion pf their rights. They have turned the crtlier cheek until pa tience has-ceased, to be a virtue. They have been goaded to the point of madnes? More than once. Cut al ways they have preserved their equanimity and have restrained their impulses. Even now they ore willing that every stftp be taken to keep the : peace, if that can be done with Iron* | or. But let ndbody, here or abroad, iniagine that the United States cannot fight. If the nation is drawn into the conflict it will go i)uetantly, but once the step has been taken there will be |no turning hack. We have the men j and the resources and the will. All j that is required is lime, and that is at our disposal, thanks to the posi tion in which Germany finds herself at home. If it be war, then the Unit ed States will be in it to a victorious conclusion and nothing cau stand in the way of that, eventually. The fulfillment of the destiny of the I j United States is not yet. The nation is a "melting pot" in which the process of melting has been scarcely more than well begun. Some great crisis may be necessary to forge the country into the unit it aspires to be, but which as yet it is not. This conti nent was not allowed to lie fallow un til the needs of an oppressed and re bellious Europe demanded a refuge for a freedoni-loving and liberty-seek- j ing people, to be overrun by the aln- j ions of a despot, if ever there was a divine purpose in the development of nations it has been expressed in Am erica, whioh stands for everything that is uplifting and progressive, where a new race of men is being cre ated from the most virile and up standing of the oppressed peoples of the old world. There Is something of more than ordinary stamina and courage and will to do in even the humblest and most ignorant of the immigrants who seek our shores. Thoy have the spirit of the pioneer, which is the determina tion to risk all and dare all in the hope of self-improvement. The hum ble "foreigner" of a generation back is the father of the substantial men and women of the community to-day. The later comers have been absorb ed, but not fully assimilated'. A vio lent assault upon the nation from the outside probably would accomplish morq in that direction than years of ordinary events. The sympathies of the country nat urally have been divided with respect to the war In Europe and there may be those pven now inclined to waver In their allegiance, but it would be well for them to do their wavering In profound Bilence. Ambassador Gerard is quoted as having informed a cer tain eminent German statesman that tliera is a vacant telegraph pole in the ! United States for every traitor, and that is the way Americans feel about it. But there will be use for few poles. The nation will stand united against the assaults of any foreign enemy and the outcome will never be for a moment in doubt. Thousands of soldiers went into the Civil War as aliens and came out Americans, it would be so to-day. THEY CAN'T ARREST YOU FOR THAT Byßriggs X?TL ( A ; FULL AO - AND THIS fr oo IES H * D MV • DRWER O N6 AFT6R / DIDN'T HAVE APTOR TNE AWVTHIIOC; W'T H AMO 1 \A/oui_o HAV/C THE SECOND mY prassie THf?£> * J OUT v ' ouß MASHie GOTTEN AT SHOT I JA/CUCD OOIAJ - I 3HOOLO HWE WSKXH ONLY \ LEAST 5o YARDS \GG O SJ THE !l ee £ R, o W^ V THAT ZS£ " AKP IF HE ' WELL STARTS THIS SIX BUT IF t C-\ j& AFTER FINISHUJC \ HAO Mf PUTTED X - / /vC TME HOLE" ' HA> • IFFLY/YA BMMB COMNITTISC THIS, THEY FW(IM ' AW* GST YOU FOR THAT, Old George Ade [From the Oklahoma.] Many persons were shocked a hit, we imagine, to read on tho cover of one of Die current magazines, "Look ing Back From 50"—bV George Ade. To be sure, the riotous Ade days have long since passed, but when lie was in fullest bloom he was as the breath of youth eternal. The- notion that he could grow old was preposterous, But time continues a relentless old adver sary. If one is reckless enough to be born in Indiana in ISO 7 why he's bound to be ."><> years old in I!) 17. That was Ade's folly and this is his fate. Yet the elan of Ade in his prime persists even into his gray aneedot age. Wealth hasn't made him pom pous. And how refreshing it is to see a man, who can probably cud; eggs several times a week, retaining much of the spontaneity and unaftectedness of the grim garret era. Still the satiric slant is his. and still the Imps of wit dance round his pen. Of course, he dodders now and then, for vide Krother Longfellow— Whatever poet, orator or sage May say of it —old age Is still old nge. It is the waning, not the crescent moon. The dusk of evening, not the glare of noon, but mostly he retains those faculties that sparkled in all the newspapers and screamed across the footlights when this twentieth century of ours was in safely pins. May his way stretch long and pleasantly do\yn through the lengthening shadows. U. S. Has Low Freight Rate At this critical point in the develop ment of the American people's rela tion to their transportian systems, it is worth while to point out some items of comparison of our railroads with other transportation systems of tho world given in a recent report of the bureau of railway economics. It appears from this investigation that the freight rates paid the American railroads are now but' little more than tj per cent, of the average rate on European lines. No country of the world shows such a low freight rate as the United States except India, where the labor cost Is so strlklnkly small as compared with any other country as to change the whole prob lem of comparison. The average ton mile rate in our country is .721) cent; in India, ,7 cents; France. 1.18 cents, and Germany, 1.24 cents. In the new er countries of magnificent distances and small density the average rate per ♦on mile runs up as high ns 7.04 cents in 4jraxil. Our railroads have oveu come tho handicap of extremely long hauls by operating and engineering boldness and ingenuity, chiefly exem plified by the larger capacity of freight cars and the greater power of locomotives. Our freight ear carries much over twlco - the volume of the European car. Our average freight train hauled in 191.1 435.4 tons, the average German train hauled 289 tons and the Krench Iraln 147 tons. —American Review of Reviews. Save Your Waste Paper Paper is so expensive these days, It will pay you to save and sell it. The February Woman's Home Companion says: "Nowadays the economical house wife should save all her waste paper, for which she may obtain a fair price. Many hesitate because buyors de mand that it be baled, but here are directions for making a simplo baling press: Procure a large box, and lengthwise of the bottom cut a slot a few Inches wide. Next lay three or four stout strings lengthwise across the bottom inside. Have them a few inches apar4, parallel to each other and long enough to tio over the bale after the box lias been packed full of paper. Having done this, provide a lining of old cloth, carpet or heavy paper, allowing the ends to extend over the box, as was done with the strings. Each day deposit yor waste paper In the box, pounding It down occasionally, to make it compact. When the box is stuffed full, draw the ends of the lining over tho top and fasten the strings securely. The slot In the bottom of the box will enable you to force the halo out of tho box." British "Tanks" [Frederick Palmer in Collier's] Germans surrender to a tank In bodies after they see the hopeless ness of turning their own machine gun and rifle fire upon that steel hide. Why not? Nothing takes the fight out of anyono like finding that his blows go Into the air and the other fellow's go home. There seemed a strange loss of dignity when a Prus slsn colonel delivered himself to a tank, which took him on board and eventually handed him over to an In fantry guard: but the skipper of the tank enjoyed it if tho colonel did not. Food Product The Dove of Peace, as we have heard, j Becomes a ptump and drfcile bird, Wlileh unto (hone who fight and steal Looks like a rather tempting meal. ~_WueMn<m) Mtm- hakribburo 4MAi telegraph HE'S MAKING MAINE DRY Young Governor Milliken Rigidly Enforcing Prohibi tory Law; Old Alliance Is Broken YOUNG CARL E. MILLIKEN, the new Governor of Maine, lias put I that State on the water wagon, i Though Maine has had a prohibitory | law for some years it was never en | forced to any extant until the youth- I ful temperance advocate became Gov ernor a few weeks ago. Now Port land, Bangor anil Lewiston, us well as the smaller cities are as dry as Kan sas towns. Milliken's first act was to inform sheriffs and public prosecutors that he would institute ouster proceedings | against theni unless they enforced the Jaw to the letter. It is true the Maine law regarding such ouster proceedings is vague and the Governor would have had to go to a long and technical pro ceeding to make good l.is threat. But he bluffed the sheriffs and prosecutors who had been winking at violations of the prohibitory law for so long.' Boot leggers were either arrested or warned by the officers to get out. The mode of action depended on how close th'e al liance liad been between the law vio lators and the officers. But at any rate arrests for drunkenness have display ed a remarkable decrease in the last few weeks. Would Tighten flic Law The Governor has asked for four amendments to straighten the pro hibitory law. These would make easier the process of removing delinquent officers; would make owners of build ings in which liquor is sold account able as well as tho actual sellers; would make violators of the liquor law suffer both fine and jail sentence and would provide for the outright LETTERS TO THE EDITOR That Monsun Lecture To the lidilor of the Telegraph.: In your last evening's issue, a "sim ple-minded" (self-termed), using the cognomen, a HEARER, assailed the vwy instructive and pleasingly unre served lecture on "Turbulent Mexico" by the eminent explorer and lecturer, Dr. Frederick Monsen erstwhile Doc tor of Archaeology of the University of California. Just a word, currente calamo, in defense of Dr. Monsun's remarks. A brief and pleasing history of the ear!y struggles—of Mexico against the ag gression of foreign powers and the subsequent throwing off of tho yoke of the "Little Emperor" with the ban ishment of the Austrian Arcliduko, Maximilian, was succeeded by the re lation of the present lino of provincial presidents and their attendant revo lutions with the foreign powers, the latter',s foreign policies and lastly our own foreign policy. Here the digression to which our HEARER took exception. Dr. Mon sun disclaimed our nation's foreign policy in terms couolied in English, au jus, not hidden behind a barricade of grammatical phrases. "Cowardly, it is," he stated. Can a. true, red-blooded American deem it otherwise when he recalls Belgium, bleeding and torn? Servia? Humania? the devastation of Poland? while we, in America, leis urely permit these outrages to be per petrated, unmindful (apparently) of thp existence of treaties for the pres ervation of small defenseless nations or of the existence of international law. Again. Is anything so wearisome as a lecture liy- .some prominent doctor with a one track mind? "He is a trav. elor and tells the tales of a traveler" (continues the lU'iAUlcio. What a pleasant innovation. A lecture with some kick; vivid, interesting tales;; episodes, tersely related; in all a most entertaining combination. 1 sincerely trust the Harrisburg Natural History Society will be suc cessful in their excellent endeaor to have Dr. Monsun again address us on some prominent topic and I would suggest that the eminent Jioctor be placed under no restrictions, limiting digression. For God help a ono track mind! A IIRAUKU, ALSO. PLACING UfCSI'ONSIUILITY Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 1, 1917. To the Ud'lor of the Telegraph: Permit me, through the columns of your valuable paper to say, ov rather answer a few questions In regards to traffic suggestions of the Harrisburg ltailway company. 1 see Mr. Aluwser blames it all on the subway or Mar ket Square. Now X do as much, or more, riding than any man in Har risburg. I can tell a few facts myself, Not. over two weeks ago I had oc ' caslon to go to Middletown on im j portant business. I left, the Hill on a Twenty-third Htreet car at Kighteenth and Derry streets at fifteen minute* of six p. m., got to Cameron and Mark lit at seven minutes o t ix, wit- (.confiscation of all vehicles used in I conveying liquor. j Although the Governor did not re quest it be has approved a bill already I submitted to the Legislature that j would make possession of liquor in | any form prima facio evidence of a ! violation. It is said the provisions ot* jlhis bill are so wide that they would ! make it a penal offense for a man to take a drink of liquor in Elaine. Prices of Booze Soar Of course the liquor traffic has not i been completely stamped out, the | present law is not extensive enough to permit that, but compared to the Elaine of former years tho State now resembles a section of the Sahara. The few bootleggers hardy enough to ply their trade are charging fifty cents a halt' pint l'or the worst kind of whisky and fifty cents for a bottle of beer, and there are only a few of these boqtleggers where before the new Governor's inaugural Lewiston alone had at least one hundred more or less open liquor resorts. The open violation of Maine's dry law in other years was due largely to the lax State administration and to tl.e control of sheriffs by liquor houses in lloston and New York. In many instances sheriffs were able to retire with comfortable fortunes after a fow years in office. They were able to take graft both- ways^—once from the shipper and once from the illegal seller within the State. But the firm mindod young Governor who was elected on an "absolutely dry" plat form has made these emoluments of the sheriff's office a thing of the pust. eil on the afiddletown car till fi:os p. (li. 1 left Cameron anil Market streets for Middletown, The car was packed. It was almost impossible to get standing room. The molorman stopped twenty "eight times between Harris burg ami Steelton. not to let off any passengers, but for people who wanted to RO down the line. The con ductor opened the back door every time; not to take on any more pas sengers, because that would have been an impossibility, but to tell them there was another car following. We arrived at Middletown at 7:08 p. m- We did not have those congestions when we had the old experienced motormen and conductors. The most of the tie-ups do not occur in the Subway and Market Square, but out. of the city limits. The inexperienced motormen do not understand sig nals and simply wait 'till they see an other car in sight and the next thing they know there are three or more cars in the game block, 1 will bet Mr. M timer the price of a box of good cigars against a nickel's worth of peanuts he cannot tell me when the cars were tiei} up in the Subway for fifty minutes, outside of the Subway being flooded, In the last year there have been more accidents, especially ulnce the strike of Hallway oompany employes, than there IIHH been in the Fiast two or three years; none, or very ew happened in the Subway. No, the trouble Ites with the inexperienced employes. I am no striker, never worked for the company and never will; only I believe In putting the re sponsibility where it justly belongs. Thanking you for this courtesy, I am a dally reader of the Telesraph and a citizen of Harrlsburg. CITIZEN. Pioneer Days "Tell mo of your early educational hardships." "Well, 1 lived seven blocks from a Carnegie library and we had no au tomobile."—Louisville Courier Jour ! na 1. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH -f 7 ■ L A riSHINO PARTY ' MOME*- Friend: I think there's a fish on IBj) your line. I Wi L Phone Girl: I- -V Dear me. I won h>3sßw * dcr whet number wanu. ' j Tli Aet er: jjpr\ There ere no jjyl|k great plays any- \T|t' j! The Crank: Ne great plays! IM tfjS * : Just you wait till Tr hH > ; our ball team gets kIU.I i Into its summer FEBRUARY 3, 1917. ~ United Starts Uniform Several cases have come to the notice of the War and Navy Depart ment of alleged violation of the pro visions of section 125 of tho act of June 3, intended for the protection of the unifprm and prohibiting the wearing of it except on the part of members of the military-naval per sonnel and certain organizations. In this connection is it interesting to learn that the civilians wl.o attended the training camps may wear the uni form provided for them by the gov ernment only during their period of service under instruction and not aft erward on their return to a civil status. On the other band, the stu dents of the military schools who be long to the senior and junior classes of the otticers' training corps may wear tl.e uniform continuously. Mem bers of the Army Officers' Reserve Corps who have been duly commis sioned by the President may also wear the uniform after the manner of ofll cers of the regular establishment whenever there is occasion to do so. It is more or lejss difficult to regulate the misuse of the uniform ° r parts of the uniform in other directions, and it remains to be seen to what extent this may be accomplished by the pro visions of the new law. It is in tended by the military-naval author ities to prosecute the offenders and take official action to tho end, now that there are means of doing so, that the uniform may be fully protected from unlawful use.—Army and Navy Register. The Child and the Bee r watched a busy bumble-bee. Kissing the roses "cap-a-pie," The roses iffd not seem to mind— Just tossed their wee heads in the wind. Coaxed I "Oh busy bumble-bee, "Won't you just once kiss little me? "Why should you ohoose a common rose "When you've a chance to kiss my nose?" And then the busy bumble-bee. At last sut up and noticed me—- I stood quite still. just like the rose. And Jet him kiss my wee pug inSse! Oh dear! That nasty bumblo-bee! llow Hewers stand him X can't see! He just may liiss that red, red rose— I'll let iny mother kiss :ny nose! By Edna Groff Diehl, Pax tang, Pa. Outside Suggestions [Kansas City Star] When tho city administration de sired systematic suggestion for im proving the efficiency of several of the city departments, it very sensibly went to New York and got trained mfen from the Bureau of Municipal Hesearch to make the surveys. These men were familiar with methods of other cities and they brought to their task special information, combined with the outside point of view and freedom from prejudice. The results have Justified the plan. Under the city tnunager plan of gov ernment the municipality could go out side the city to get an (experienced and efficient man to conduct the munici pal business. Tl.e advantages are obvious. Horses Out of Yellowstone Arrangements are being made to sell 2,000 horses which heretofore have drawn touring stagecoaches through Yellowstone National Park for use in European armies. Their places will be taken by automobiles. The change will remove one of the picturesque features of the Yellow stone tour, but at the same time will facilitate the trip through Geyser lund. Tl.o change is made at an op portune time for a pecuniary view point, us the horses that will go to tho European fighting - governments will bring highest prices. \ Right Hand and Left I New York Sun] With his right hand President Wil son puts down on paper his thoughts on the subject of world peace. With his left hand lie switches liis personal medical attendant from the stairway to the escalator. With his right hand the President salutes the Congress deferentially. With his left hand he bockons the Congressmen into tri-weekly confer ences at the Capitol, at which tl.ey learn from his lips what he expects them to do, Mr. Wilson keeps his right hand conspicuously off legislation: with his left hand he forces tho legislators into line. Mr. Wilson keeps both hands off Mexico, where things go from bad tp worse; but when he comes to war on the other side of the world h puts both feet in it. Cold-Blooded Preference "Would you rather have money thsn brains?'' "Yes," replied Mr. Growcher. "You can hire an alienist with money, but with only brains you can't hire any assistance whatever." Washington Stui\ iEbptting dbat Frederick Monsun, the noted a* plorer, who lectured at the Techni<;<J high Kchool r Wednesday night befoii the Natural History society, in Chahi bersburg Tuesday had the misfortuno when speaking before the girls t>l Wilson college, to display the llttH device with which lie is accustomed to signal his lantern operator for i change of view on the screen. '.'l told him," said Mr. Monsun, re. latlng the Incident to friends at tin Engineers' club, "that I would snui niy fingers when I desired the slide: changed and everything worked all right until about the third snap Then that bevy of young beautiei who constituted my audience began snapping their own fingers whenevei they thought they had enough of 0111 scene and embarrassed me consider ably by causing the scenes to bl changed so fast I oouldn't keep uc with them in my lecture. "Seeing that the system had failed I estopped short In my remarks and called to the operator: 'Pay no mor attention to the snapping of lingers When I want a change I'll whistle." "I thought I was safe." said Mon sun with a smile, "because I figured the girls couldn't whistle. But I was mistaken and such a whistling as ther< was in that hall for the next live min utes might have disconcerted even u veteran of the platform like myself. "Cut they are good girls and aftel they had their fun they did give m the most courteous attention i could ask, and I guess they liked it, for th<\\i liavo engaged mo to oonie back in March. I'll take un extra signal aloiu this time." Mr. Monsun was with Jack Lon ilon, tiio author, only three (lays be fore his death, fie motored out from San Francisco to London's big ranch mid spent Sunday and Monday wltli him, He had not arrived home again before he picked up a newspaper and saw the notice of London's death. "London looked in the finest of health when X saw him last and we htul made arrangements to spend next summer in tlic South Sea Islands," said Mohsun. "Vou can imagine how surprised I was to get. the news. lCven now 1 can scarcely bring myself to be lieve the up-standing, vlnilc fellow is dead." There are few ranches like London's in all tho West, Monsun said. London spent a large part of his S4OO a dav in come on it, putting $75,000 into it model piggery constructed entirely of concrete and glass. "Humans who sot In to see those pigs," said Mousun, "had to wlpo their feet on a mat be fore entering and refrain from spit ting. London certainly took a lot of pains with those porkers. At intervals of every two hours the- pens were all automatically Hushed and even tb feeding was done by means of ma chinery and the rations were care fully apportioned and weighed," Mrs. Kstelle Thomas Steel, widow of the late Colonel Steel, who is the newly elected secretary and treasurer of the Meehanlcsburg Dally Journal, called up the Telegraph tho other evening to express lier pleasure in an editorial having to do with the life and career of Captain Jack Crawford, tho poet scout, who is lying at the point, of death. Captain Jack Crawford and Colonel Steel knew each other in the old army days and in their youth. Mrs. Steel entertained tho old scout at their home many times. She drop ped the information known to but few that in his early youth Captain Jaclc Crawford lived in the vicinity of Ashland, Pa., having been born in fli> coal regions and was for a time n breaker boy. That life was too tamo for him, however, and he "went west'* and became famous as a warrior, writer and lecturer. Announcement is made that the Jle chanicsburg Daily Journal will be run by Estelle Thomas Steel as secretary and treasurer, with Edward Thomas as manager and E. C. Gardner as edi tor. Mrs. Steel is a daughter of It. li. Thomas, the founder of the Journal. She Is a member of the league ot American Women and a member of the committee or* Reliable Journal ism of that city, also a member of several organizations of women writ ers. The Journal was published by Robert H. Thomas, Jr., up to the tinvi of his death and plans have been made to continue the paper in the family. ♦ ♦ Even some people are mighty par ticular when they are in jail. As it. matter of courtesy, prisoners in the Steelton lockup are asked at- each meal what they prefer to eat. If it i;t not too much out of the ordinary the wishes are granted, but they mostly ask too much and get the worst of ♦he bargain. Tho other day -a negro was asked what he wished to,eat. He replied that he was not of the com mon class and that he wanted "a big fried fish with French fried potatoes, a side dish and plenty of bread and butter." Alter asking for the big meal another in a cell adjoining who was a frequent visitor at the jail, exclaimed that "you will surely git that boss, 'ah tels yottse." Tho "high toned" colored chap's meal was not just exactly what he ordered, it might be proper to say. The observance of Candlemas day in Harrisburg is getting to be morn and more general. For many years it was a religious anniversary, but lately it has been noted by some fam ily gatherings. In a number of Har risburg homes the evening meal was eaten T>y caudle light last night. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —General A. J. commander of the Second brigade, is in Florida for a brief vacation. —-W. J. Urennen, the Democratic leader in l'iysburgh, is nmong advo cates of more bouleVards for that city. —John Cadwalnder. tho veteran Philadelphia Democrat, is urging tho President to sieze tho interned ship* before trouble comes. —D. J. Cambrlu's blast furnace engineer, will go to the Wharton Compuny's new plant. —T. D. Harman, who spoke here last week, addressed Ohio legislators yesterday. [ DO YOU KNOW That llarrisburg is a central ]H>int for gathering of crops or half a do/en counties? HISTORIC HAimisiinu; In John Harris' duy there were w fewer islands in the Susquehanna than now and woods grew right down to the river shore. Discarded Rubaiyat "A louf of bread—a jug of wine quotes poetry. "Are you aware," interrupted Miss Cayenne, "that bread ia becoming more expensive every day, and that this is a prohibition community, any how?" —Washington Star. ...... Appreciation Ed (in motor car) —This controls the brake. It is put on very quickly in case of an emergency. Co-Ed —Oh, I bc>; something like a kimono.—Onuw.B l'ot
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