10 H ARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded itji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEUILiFH PKINTING CO., Telegraph Ilulldlng. Federal Square, E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chief l'\ R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STI3INMETZ, Managing Editor. Member American sylvania Assoclat- I Eastern office, nue Building. New ' - _ ing,' Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burgr, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week: by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 7 Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. — JOHN 14:27. HE IS RISEN The stupor of pain, tbe eblll of death. The agonized, gusplng, falling breath. The stiffened limits to the still tomb born All these, and then—tlie Easter morn! The nodding of lilies, the rose-dawn sky, And the Kins of Kings is passing by! The angels lion hh drooping nlnga While nature's world in triumph slugs. The otupor of sin, tbe chill of death. The blaotlng roar of the cannon's breathi A history written in blood and tears. Poor hearts breaking with anguished fears. The hurxting of shells In a lurid.sky, lof the King of Kings Is passing by | nknown; by some ignored, denied, Ibis Man of Sorrows they crucified. The nodding of lilies, tbe blush of dawn, The brooding of dove* o'er fields war torn, lor Christ is risen—oh blessed thought!— \nd sweet shall be peace so dearly bought. ANNA HAMILTON WOOD. J IMPORTANT LEGISLATION IT is probable that the Legislature will reach final adjournment with in a month or six weeks and much important and necessary legislation is still to be considered. Among the bills not yet introduced, but which should be presented in both Senate and House without further delay, are those pro viding for the permanent treatment of the Capitol Park zone in Harrisburg. All of Pennsylvania is interested in the rearrangement of the Capitol grounds as a result of the purchase of the property betwen the State House and the Pennsylvania Railroad. There is no time to be lost in the enactment of these measures. It is understood th. t bills covering the matter have been prepared and are now being revised to cover omis- | sions in the original drafts. Harrisburg is particularly interest ed in the development of the plans which have been comprehensively out lined for the planting and general treatment of Vhe Capitol Park. The city has done much upon its own initiative, 'but it is more than ready to co-operate with the State oftieiuls in bringing to fruition the plans submitted to the Board of Pub lic Grounds and Buildings for the per manent development of the several acres to be added to the park. Also, Senator Beidleman has intro duced a bill making appropriation for the purchase of a piece of ground upon the site of old Camp Curtin. Un less this measure becomes a law at the present session it is doubtful whether there will ever be permanent posses sion of this small part of the great camp ground of the Civil War. It is a patriotic movement and especially at this time it is important that the bills now in committee have favorable con sideration. We believe the Legisla ture is iu harmony with this proposi tion, and no time should be lost in re porting out the bill and sending it to the Governor, who is in hearty sym pathy with the movement. Harrisburg people should do all in their power to help along these worthy measures. It ought not to be a matter for the State officials only. Already they have indicated their de sire to do these things and they must have the co-operation and support of our own citizens. Incidental to the matters which have been mentioned is the suggestion of Governor Brumbaugh that the Capitol building should be a great art center; that not only the main struc ture, but also the buildings of the fu ture, in their mural paintings and statuary, should represent all that is best in the history and development of Pennsylvania. Of course, these things will not all happen at one time, but the vision of the future should encourage every legislator to do his part In establishing here the art cen ter of the Commonwealth. NEW POLICY GREAT BRITAIN has proposed two industrial development plans which should be of great interest to the people of the United States These plans "onteniDlate encouragement nt cnt. SATURDAY EVENING, ton and sugar production. It Is asserted that within the British Em pire can be produced all the cotton and all the sugar the United Kingdom will need. During the year before the outbreak of the war. Great Britain imported nearly two million tons of sugar, 90 per cent, of which came from Ger many and Austria. Only an incon siderable amount was produced with in the British Empire. It Is asserted that from the West Indian possessions of the Empire more sugar could be produced than would be necessaxy to supply all the British needs. The proposal is that encouragement shall be given to the sugar industry either In the form of protection or a bounty, with the certain result that Great Britain will be made Independ ent of other countries for this com modity In the future. The cotton necessary to supply British needs ' would be produced in Egypt and In dia, and this industry would also be protected through legislation. With Great Britain thus entering upon the policy of building up home | industries, it Is difficult to understand how any American citizen can con tinue opposition to the restoration of a similar policy in this country. WHO WILL DO THIS? WHO will come forward with money enough to pay for an instructor in backyard garden ing for the people of Harrisburg who want to help increase the supply of vegetables the coming summer by raising their own supplies? Seedmen say the response to the TELEGRAPH'S call for volunteers has been general, but the fear Is en tertained that crops will not be nearly so large as might be expected, for the reason that many city people do not know much aboyt gardening methods. Also, hundreds of school boys could be enlisted in the garden movement If they had a leader. Foodstuffs will be higher In price the coming summer than ever before. Backyard gardens, properly conducted, would go a long way to relieve con ditions for the people of the city. The salary of a paid instructor and super intendent would be saved many times over by the results such a man, de voting all his time to the work, would be able to achieve. Who will come forward with the money ? FOOD PRICE CONTROL THE biggest thing the government at Washington can do for the people of the United States at this juncture is to name a food price control commission. In a short time hundreds of thousands of producers will be taken from their dally tasks and turned Into consumers who must be fed at the expense of the nation. Millions of others will be called upon to pay Increased taxes to meet war expenses. Food speculators in this | country may be expected to do just 1 what they did at the outstart of the war in Germany and England—corner what ever markets tlveycan and boost prices to levels that would give the i wealthy opportunity to live well while I poor people verged on starvation, i Even with all the steps that have been taken in Germany the accusation S is openly made in Berlin that the price j raisers have been able to provide for i the rich and at the same time feather ! their own nests at the expense of mil ! lions of less fortunate folks. Nothing like this should be permit ted to happen in the United States. To be forewarned should be to be fore armed. We want no unnecessary hard ships, and while the people will not shrink from any of the rigors of war that cannot be avoided, the govern ment must understand that they will insist upon, the maximum of protec tion again the extortion of provision barons having no regard for anything but the weight of their own purses. Given plenty 'of food at low piices j Germany might hold out another year | longer than will be possible under con- j ditions as thev exist. There is no j danger that we in America will reach the extremities of hunger that are reported from Berlin. Neither is there any reason why the government should bring down on its head the reprobation of a patriotic people by failing to perform its manifest duty with respect to the control of food prices. There have been hints from Wash ington that something of this sort is in contemplation. The sooner it is given the attention it deserves the better it will be for everybody. Prices are going to be high enough under the very best 01* conditions and every penny that-can be saved must be con served for the support of families who at any moment may lose for a time at least their providers. GOIXG TO WAlt THE marked calm with which the country has received the word that the President and Congress find It no longer possible to keep out of war with Germany is the most re markable feature of the week|s news. Even the stock market failed to show fluctuations much out of the ordinary. Bonds continue firm despite prepara tions of the government to float tre mendous new Issues. The pulse of the nation is normal. There are no symp toms of "war fever." The beginning of the conflict in Europe was accom panied by security activities of great proportions in this country; so much so that it was necessary to close the stock exchanges. Yet our own plunge into the war is accompanied by scarcely a ripple. , There are several reasons why this is so. In the first place, it has bee'n I certain for weeks that formal decla j ration of war was absolutely certain, j Finance and industry discounted the j situation and were ready for eventu alities as they came. Also, the ooun | try is well prepared In a financial way I fur nv n.rlain H-nd th naaola know It. But above all Is the supreme con lidence of all Americans in the ability of the nation to come through this war victorious. | T>iatcTu 1 By tbe Ex-Committeeman An injection of factionalism into a discussion of appropriations to charit able institutions by the Legislature which occurred yesterday at a moot ing of the House appropriations com mittee in Philadelphia lias set the State buzzing and is taken to mean that the minority wing in the appro priations committee plans to repeat the tactics employed by John R. K. Scott and his allies in 1913 when they oppotwd the manner in which appro priations were made. The difference in case appears to be that in stead o£ demanding cuts in appro priations the minority faction will de mand increases. The matter bobbed up yesterday when the members of the House com mittee were attending a meeting after having made some visits.. Represen tative W. T. Ramsey, of Chester, one of the older members of the commit tee. made an address in which he warned the charities that the exigen cies of war might force the State to reduce its gratuities to hospitals and the like. Representative Herman L. Hecht, who comes from the home ward of Mayor Thomas B. Smith and who is a consistent opponent of*the Penrose people, at once took Issue and insisted that the State was very rich and that such a policy would be short-sighted. He said that liberal appropriations to hospitals and col leges were a part of preparedness and proceeded to buck the Ramsey view. As a number of very liberal ap propriations have been asked by hos pitals under the guise of prepared ness there have been some discussions which probably precipitated the clash yesterday. It is believed that Hecht will carry his light Into the Legisla ture, which will further add to the disturbances. -—The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day charges that attempts are being made by city administration and ward lead ers in Philadelphia to line up mem bers of the House against the Phila delphia small council bill. The In quirer savs: "The smaller council bill, advocated by the Committee of Sev enty and other reformers who have been co-operating with Senator Pen rose in a general legislative program, is vigorously opposed by the Republi can ward leaders, who wish to main tain the prestige which they have had for years in naming members of coun cils from their respective bailiwicks. The bill which George D. Porter is fathering, for a nonpartisan ballot for all elective offices in Philadelphia, was likewise attacked by active political workers, who canvassed the visiting legislative delegation. They want to retain the partisan ballot, with the nominees of the several parties being named at the party primaries in ac cordance with time-honored custom in Philadelphia." —Murrel Dobbins, former city treasurer of Philadelphia and well known in the State, died yesterday, aged 75. —Allegheny county judges are con sidering a suggestion that liquor li censes be abridged during the war period. —Altoona people are planning to send a delegation here next week to present views on third-class city legis lation. —Prof. J. A. Cooper, principal of Edinboro State Normal school, is out in a letter in which he attacks the State normal school system which he says cost $600,000 a year which could be saved. The professor's figures are disputed. —Pliiladelphians are threatening to test the action of the Public Service Commission in regard to the Broad street subway in the courts if it is not reconsidered on Monday. Scholar in Politics The scholar in politics has vindi cated himself. Not only in our own I White House, but in the greatest and I most successful revolution the world lias known—that of Russia.—Roches- ! ter Herald. Labor Notes Chicago cigarmakers are 98 per cent, j organized. Kansas lias a new nine-hour law for < women workers. Plumbers at Pueblo, Col., now get JO ! a day. Automobile mechanics at Boston have formed a union. y, Hoboken (N. .1.) bartenders have se cured a six-day week. A metal trades council will be form ed at Springtield, 111. Johnson City (Tenn.) unions will start a co-operative store. Derby (Conn.) Machinists' Union lias women members. The I.abor Press will hold Its annual meeting in May. More than 12 per cent, of New York working women are married. — \ Rhymes From the Nursery Two Easter Thoughts roil .% VERY MTTLK Gilt I. On Faster Day if I am good, The Bunny will come out the wood; And bring me eggs and candy, too. Do 1 like Bunny? Well 1 guess I do! FOR AN OLDER CHILD Ijast night the Faster tale my f&ther told. As we sat round; Hgw from the tomb the stone had rolled, Without a sound. "My children. Christ arose, and from the tomb ) In triumph came; "And scattered wide the deep, deep gloom Of death's domain." At lirst it sounded very hard for me To understand; But as he talked—how clear it came to be, And oh! how grand! For then I thought how all my plants and flowers Came from the earth; The cold, dark earth; and in the sun and showers Sprang up in mirth. And how the yellow chicks came from the eggs The hen had laid; And after they had burst the shell, on tiny legs Chased through the glade. Why yes! the reeurrectlon'a very plain, I love It o! I want It told once more and then again By firelight'* Blow,' —By Edna Groff Delhi, Paxtang. Pa. When a Feller N By BRIGGS —" / A — cTAY " / A\ • \ MOvaJ ~~ /yy/\ \ ITS TIME TO TAKE 'S ' \ —' \ Vouß. AND "fneM I \ YOUR DANCIMG .—_/ - ...1 - - L I_ES SONi T Baiwii Jr™ ' I ■ '-[ OH PETTV!) BOOKS AND MAGAZINES Monument to John Hay China is preparing to honor the memory of John Hay, founder of the policy of the "open door," as no other foreigner, living or dead, ever has been honored in China. Dr, V. K. Well ington Koo, the Chinese minister to the United States, now in 'Washington, has been advised by one of the lead ers of the Chinese Senate, that a bill has been introduced in the parliament and was virtually assured of passage for the erection of a monument to the former American Secretary of State in central park of Peking. "By what was one of the most adroit strokes of modern diplomacy. Hay thus ac customed the world to.accept the ooen door as the only decent policy foT it to adopt toward China," says William Koscoe Thayer, in "The Life and let ters of John Hay" (Houghton Mifflin Company), one of the most successful biographies of recent years. "Not one ot the governments concerned wished to agree to it; eacji saw more profit to itself in exploiting what it had al ready secured and in joining in the scramble tor more; out tiui one o. them, after Hay. had declared for the Open Door, dared openly to oppose the doctrine. It was us if. In a meet ing. he had asked all those who be lived .n telling the truth to stand up; the liars would not have kept their seats." EDITORIAL COMMENT Perhaps Austria herself -would like to sever diplomatic relations with Ger man if she dared.— Huston "''ree Press. The hour has struck fnr the great Republic of the West to prove its worth.—Lancaster Intelligencer. Thank God that the land of Wash ington and Lincoln, the land whose honoris more sacred than life to every true American, has at lost taken her stand with those sister nations who have declared that the civilization of the world shall not die. Millions of hearts to-day have greeted with joy and pride the word that has set us free. This word, In Its dignity, its high sen timents snd its passionate protest, will take rank with the most noble utter ances that have ever been delivered from the Presidential choir.—Chester Times. The I. W. W. is looking for trouble at tiie wrong time. Not that they won't get it, but the indications are that they will get It in larger quantities than they anticipate. Besides the temper of the people means that outlaw disorders at this time will not be tolerated and that they will be put down with a rougher hand than usual.—Wllkes- Barre News. The Kaiser offered the States of Ari zona, New Mexico and Texas to Mexico, but all he gets for himself is the state of war.—Philadelphia North American. OUR DAILY LAUGH to go far and stay as long _ 53 as we can on SSS. 1,, ~ THE PLATER LSMBL, PIANO FIEND. { /-\ \ I Piano music on a rol'. Sh# tfc'nfc* dU \ vine./ -T-eet, / f She has a most /*' artistic oul. 8,,e 11 THE PEOPLE'S FORUM War and Conservation To the Editor of the Telegraph: The great problem now in warring countries abroad is how to feed their people and the rations have been cut down until thousands are starving and many other thousands are under nour ished. With the thousands of producers called to war, the food producing has largely stopped and our country has been called upon to help make up this deficit, until we are facing a serious situation in our own country by the scarcity and high cost of food, causing even riots in our cities. If our produc ers likewise are called to war greater will be the trouble. It brings us to a point that there must be a greater care to conserve our resources. This can be done largely through the eli mination of waste and the greatest waste to-day in America is the waste which is brought about by the liquor traffic. America's drink bill alone is $2,000,000,000 annually. This 111 usclf is an awful waste. When we consider the figures in the report of the com missioner of internal revenue for the year ending June, 1015. that 14,259.- 000 bushels of corn, 2,4 40,000 bushels of rye, 2,806,000 bushels of barley, and 123,300,000 gallons of molasses, besides much other food stuff, were used in making liquor, we can see the waste, for alcoholic liquors do not add to the foods or gne anything whereby to nourish the body, but de story the grains which would give nourishment, if this money and toed were only wasted, it would not be all, but it brings crime, insanity, disease, inefficiency and degeneracy in its train and it will take many generations to overcome its curse and blight, be sides the great burden financially it places upon the people to care for these results of the traffic. The American people have been aroused over the horrors of people be ing drowned by the submarines, and as dreadful as it is, yet it is nothing com | pared to what we have been having I right in our ewn midst, by allowing an enemy to exist which destroys neearly 2.000 men a day, every day in the year, according to statistics of life insurance companies. Now, when men are needed, real men (and bow j many will not be able to pass the phy ( socal tests because they are impaired by alcohol) should not the govern ment stop this dreadful waste and de .sfpuetior. of human life as the first safeguard to our nation? ! The countries at war havo all found , that alcohol hinders the efficiency and endurance of the men and it has | either been abolished or the use of it I lessened in every country. Speaking i In reply to a deputation of the Ship j Building Employers - Federation of | England, and speaking as the' chancel | lor of the exchequer, discussing a great public question, David Lloyd i George said: "We are fighting Ger many, Austria and drink, and, so far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink. X have a growing conviction, based on accumu lating evidence, that nothing but root and-branch methods would be of the. slightest avail in dealing with the evil. 1 believe it is the general feeling that, if we are to settle with German militarism, we must first of all settle with liquor." What is true of England may also be true of America. If our country is to reach the high state of efficiency It should have, it must abolish that which Is destroying that etticiency, namely—alcohol; and conserve our national resources, and the greatest of these is the American people themselves. Patriotism does not consist only in shouldering a gun and going out to fight a foreign foe, hut all may show the greatest kind of patriotism by de stroying our Internal foes and making our beloved America a strong, healthy, sober nation. Let our people demand that this shall be done. Ex-Governor Patterson, of Tennes see, says of"—America's First Duty: "The greatest need In America to-day is the formation of a new national mind, the construction of a new na tional conscience and a reformation that will bring about a new nation— a nation with a firmer purpose, a APRIL 7, 1917. clearer vision and a complete under standing of the words patriotism and Americanism." To bring this condition about, the first problem to be solved is the liquor problem, and the liquor problem's only solution is wiping it entirely and un equivocally off the map. To accomp lish the coming of the "New Ameri ca." every saloon beneath the stars and stripes must be closed. The great political parties have failed to respond to this call, for they do not want the responsibility, and the time has come for the American people to disregard political parties and rise in a great army and with all their strength solve the question themselves. America's danger is not from with out; it is from within. Whatever cri sis the United States is facing or will nice is coming, or will come, from internal causes. It is the American people who have their own problem to settle, their own future to decide. And the first step in this settlement and decision is the elimination of the saloon." .MISS ELLA BROOM ELL, Penna. W. C. T. U. Headquarters, Harrisburg, Pa. "Health Insurance" 70 the Editor of the Telegraph: The bill introduced into the Pennsyl vania Legislature by Representative J J. Lean providing for alleged "Health Insurance," was devised by Germany obsessed propagandists not nt all iden tilied with the medical profession. It is almost exactly the counterpart, of the compulsory social insurance devised in Germany as an expedient to make pos sible a continuance of the militaristic Imperialism by which the Individual German has been long oppressed. It wa devised by Bismarck as a sop to Socialism and to quiet tho cry of democ i r.ev. This scheme hns been a most inglori ous failure in Germany. Frederick L Hoffman, the distin guished statistician, says of it. when referring to the plot to force this In iquitous bill through the various Legis latures of the Union: "The main object of compulsory health insurance is to establish an enormous bureaucratic machinery and bring about a further reguiarization, supervision and con trol of wageworkers and their de pendents." These socialistic agitators take care to blame the scheme upon the medical profession, which Is an Insult to such an intelligent body of men. And, mark you. it Is not the common garden breed of socialists that are hacking this tiling, but the academic class known as sociologists—a Germany-obsessed class of theorists. And the expense involved in execut ive: thifc "health insurance" that was "Made in Germany" will be so (Treat as seriously to compromise the State and the Individual during: the progress of the war upon which we have entered. In the face of an emergency requiring thfe patriotism of all of us as Ameri cans. with the medical profession mov ing to hin in every effective wav. with our health measures working well as they are. It is a dastardly outrage for an academic breed of un-American pro fessional socle I xploiters to introduce Into our Legislature an insidiously yell ed fSerman plan to further disturb our peace and domestic relationships. Respectfully yours. THOS. S. BLAIR, M. D. Ilarrisburg, Pa. A Prayer For Peace God of our fathers, be Tliou near When call to arms is ringing clear. Point. Thou, the way and guide our land Into the light, for which we stand. If war shall pay the price of peace. Lead us to aid in quick release All nations now in bondage held. Into one brotherhood, all peoples wld. Grant us, we pray, if blood be shed Peace, universal, may reign instead. God of our fathers, be Thou near When call to arms is rinsing clear, M. D. K. Harrlsburg, Pa. Written For the TELEGRAPH. Shrouded In Mystery Everything is supposed to have some use. but no one nas even suggested any useful purpose served by the ex istence of senatorial courtesy.—ln dianapolis Star, lEtotttitg dijal According to what is being heard here the activity at the rifle ranges in the vicinity of Harrlsburg is part and parcel of some pretty strenuous work tinder way In every part of Pennsylvania. The members of the rifle clubs In this city did not appear to be minding the raw weather of the last few days and those who got a holiday yesterday took advantage of the Jelsure hours to go out and bang away at the targets. This Interest In preparedness begun here some years ago and while at first there were less than a score of men who thought enough of readiness l'or trouble to A work and pay at the ranges last sum mer the numbers mounted and there are probably half a dozen ranges ln- We °f a twenty-mile line flung from the Capitol where men are shooting at the targets. There is something grim about the manner In which the rifle men are at work. They are not talk ing of enlisting Just now because manv of them are men in their thirties and even in the forties, but they say that if the call comes and Uncle Sam needs to call on them they will be prepared to take their place In the line. Wheth- ■> er these men BO Into the ranks or not their example should be contagious. Every man who has the chance should get a rifle and learn how to use it, say army officers, and those who have been studying the national situation. There is no telling what may turn up. Possibly some arrangement could be made whereby the range used by the National Guardsmen could be made available for volunteer squads to learn the business end of being ready this summer. In a number of towns the officers of the National Guard companies hav® been taking pains to teacli the young men of their communities the use of firearms. The students, so to speak, are not members of the commands, but they are interested and the officers have been encouraging so that if they ever desire to enlist they will not be absolutely green. The result has been that there are many young men who know how to handle firearms and who have some of the rudiments of sol diering who can be depended upon to fill up the ranks in case of a real emergency and be useful members. Attorney General Brown has placed in the gallery of portraits of the for mer Attorney Generals of the Com monwealth a handsome portrait of Wm. S. Kirkpatrick, Kaston, who was Attorney General under Governor James A. Beaver. This portrait has been the one missing in the last forty years and Mr. Kirkpatrick's modesty was the cause of it. Mr. Brown, how ever, prevailed upon him to supply a picture as everyone else had done ond he sent one which shows him In the days when he was residing in Harrisburg. The likeness is excellent. The series is well night complete. The gallery was started back in the days of Hampton 1., Carson, Attorney Gen eral under Samuel W. Pennypacker, according to what they say at the Capitol, and with the assistance of the lnte Frederic W. Fleitz, his deputy, and others, some rare prints of chief legal officers of early days were se cured. The living Attorney Generals were written to and responded. When M. Hampton Todd retired with the Stuart administration. Attorney Gen eral John C. Bell, his successor, se cured from him portraits of Mr. Todd and of his father, who was Attorney General many years before. The only other Instance of father and son fill in;? the office was that of the Reeds, who served before the Civil "War. • • • Efforts are being made at the Cap itol to get ex-Governor John K. Tener to sit for his portrait for the guber- - natorial gallery. The Tener portrait • is the only one not in place and its absence is much commented upon. "When the former Governor was hero recently he was asked about it and re plied that he was too busy to sit still long enough for an artist to depict his likeness. The speed with which the New Ha ven tirm having the contract for de molition of the buildings in the Cap itol Park extension is tearing down the structures is somewhat startling. The men employed appear to work from dawn to eve, and the way that walls are leveled and materials taken away is well worth watching. It is in teresting to note that precious little lumber or door or window frames re main long on the ground. Most of the material is sold early and the pur chasers get right on the job and cart it away. Some idea of the way things are going may be gained from the statement that there are only a dozen buildings standing on State street, while the rest of the tract outside of Fourth street presents a desolate ap pearance. ♦ • The Stute Department of I.abor and Industry has been called to the aid of the high schools of Tulsa. Okla.: Gal veston. Tex., and Walla Walla, Wash. There have probably been more high schools to ask the assistance of Dr. Jackson's department, but these have been selected for variety. Generally when any one wants to know anything about the state in general or to make a complaint a letter is sent, to the Gov ernor or the Secretary of State and when the baby gets a rash Commis sioner of Health Dixon is solemnly consulted—by mall. The letters ad dressed to the labor and industry de partment for amihunltion for school debates at which things making the rest of us gray are disposed of with celerity and satisfaction in a night. One letter which came out of the West asked sixty-seven questions regarding the labor conditions of the miners of Pennsylvania and the wn-iter naively inquired whether Pennsylvania could be considered a State where things were very bad. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE " —Senator W. W. Hindman, of Clarion county, is now the youngest member of the State Senate. —George W. Goethals has entered upon his work as chief engineer of the New Jersey State highways, but has plneed himself at the call of the gov ernment if needed. —Representative Duncan Sinclair, of Fayette, was a member of the First Regiment of Engineers in the Porto Rico campaign. —Archbishop Prendergast took part in the services at Philadelphia yester day, having recovered from a recent" illness. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Hnrrisburjr can mobilise many trucks for emergency war use? - HISTORIC HARRISBrRG The first State offices were located In stores on Market street while the Legislature met in the Court House. Those Who Are Out of Jail [From the New York Sun.] The contribution of certain eminent neutrals are missing from this season's output. These luckless persons are in or on the way to Federal prisons. But their associates still enjoying liberty are working at high efficiency, and with the ala of dupes and gulls whose morals are less defective than their heads they hope to make an impres sive showing in Washington, beginning with fine appropriateness on April 1.
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