14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded ISJI (Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telesrapli Building, Federal Sqanre. E.J. STACKPOLE, Pres't & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STETNMETZ, Managing Editor. Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Assocla- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern office. Story, Brooks &• Finley, Fifth Avenue Building, Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg", Pa., as s ;cond class matter. By carriers, ten cents a 1 > week; by mail, J5.00 a year in advance. FRIDAY E VEXING, JUNE 8 And whatsoever ye do, in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lo\d Jesus, giving thanks to God the Fa ther through him. COL. 3:17. FRICTION' AT AX END IX a public statement Governor Brumbaugh has indicated clear ly the smoothing out of all fric tion between the State Committee of ' Public Safety and the Defense Board , of the Commonwealth comprising several State officials. As suggested by George Wharton Pepper, chair- < man of the Committee on Public Safety, whatever differences there may have been were verbal rather than ] actual. These having been forgotten It may be expected that the co-oper- ' ation of the two bodies will result in s definite progress in the solution of the problems that now confront the State and the nation. t It. must begin to dawn upon the j WTnfls of all persons in public and private life that the crisis through * which we are passing is too serious , to admit of trifling of any sort and whatever cause of friction hereto- 1 fore has existed will doubtless be 1 avoided in the future. Personal am bitions and political maneuvering of any sort should have no considera- n tlon at this time. There will be those, of course, who will fail to rea:lze the importance of giving at- t tention to vital and essential things, t but these are in a woeful minority and their foolishness will only serve ' to emphasize the quality of their ? minds and the necessity for throwing *side anything and everything which 1 Shay in the slightest degree impede t the work of preparation for the great conflict in which we are now ' engaged. c Governor Brumbaugh, in referring t to She Committee of Public Safety, espressed absolute confidence in its c ability to deal with the problems t which confront it and to dis cha--te properly the grave duties; 1 whicW have been assigned to it. I f "Wfl realize," he says, "that wo are ! dealing with big men who are them-1 f selves dealing with big problems, problems that are of the most vital importance to the State and the na- j tion. W'c know that we are doing; y business with big men." With this clearance of the smoky j atmosphere of friction and misun- j ( derstandinK, the working together of | all the forces of the Commonwealth I to one end cannot longer be a mat-1 ( ter of doubt or discussion. It is a j ( good sign and a favorable indication j of an intelligent sensing of the pub- j J lie mind. | |' We are assured that whatever j acreage Lycoming county farmers , have left after planting corn and po tatoes will go to buckwheat this year. Let's all hope the Lycoming farmers 1 will find abundant seed that there ' may be no shortage of the good old ' buckwheat supply. t PROGRESSIVE LEGISLATION < THE resolution for the appoint- 1 ment of a commission to study ' conditions and recommend a system of uniform bookkeeping, ac- ' counting and regulation of indebt- ' edness in third-class cities, presented ( by Senator Beidlemo.n, is progres- 1 sive legislation. It should be passed. 1 At present there is no means of 1 fairly comparing costs of govern- 1 ment in the various cities operating under the Clark act, because all of 1 them have different systems of ac- 1 counting, and some of them none too perfect at that. Vast saving could be effected if the exact cost of every ( operation of government in each of ' these municipalities could be formu lated and worth while economies ef fected in many directions by bring- 1 ing all of the accounting and record systems of these cities up to date. 1 FREE OF TOLL ROADS fTVHE Dauphin County Commis- i j sioners have done a commend able thing in Joining with 1 the State for the taking over of the Berks and Dauphin turnpike section < between Hummelstown and Pal- i myra. This is in line with the pur- i pose of the Commonwealth to free the entire turnpike. This highway ] has been a toll road for many years and has been responsible for more < profaaity than any other public road In the State. The Harrisburg Motor i Club has had much to do with ere- • ating sentiment favorable to the 1 freedom of the eld turnpike. t While they are about it the Dau phin County Commissioners would be Justified in arranging at once with the State for the completion of the Clarke' Ferry road from its present FRIDAY EVENING, terminus at Speeceville to the Dau phin Narrows. A continuation of the new highway south of the Clark's Perry bridge to Dauphin along the river would eliminate a steep hill and several railroad grade cross ings. As the rolicy of the State is to en courage co-operation between coun ties and the Commonwealth in road building our own county must not lag behind in any particular. As the seat of government there Is every argument in favor of a perfect sys tem of highways entering Harris burg, but we regret to say that so long as conditions such as exist in the boroughs of Penbrook and Paxtang and other suburban districts the rep utation of the county is bound to i suffer. Much can be done by the motor associations and much has been done already. More power to those en gaged in the good roads propaganda. GREAT WORK! HARRISBURG aways rises to the occasion. The overwhelmingly generous re sponse to the offer of Liberty Loan bonds in this city and the towns sur rounding is no more than anybody acquainted with the citizens of Cen tral Pennsylvania expected. Not only are our people patriotic, our businessmen are also systematic. The community well understands the value of organized effort and our citizens are ready to serve in the ranks of any such force as that raised for the purpose of "putting over" the bond campaign in the Central Pennsylvania field. Given these conditions everywhere and the Liberty Loan would be oversub scribed a hundred times. Unfortunately this is not the fact. In many places the people have not been aroused to the necessity of sub scribing to these bonds, they have i not so much money as we have, they j are not so thrifty, or they do not i have the community spirit, the "gin- I ger" or the true blue patriotism that is to be found among the people of the Central Pennsylvania field. These have fallen behind their allotment. Therefore, while we of Harrisburg and the allied towns have done well, we must do still better. It is within the bounds of possibility to make this field the most productive ground in the country for the sale of these gilt-edge investments. Let us turn in and do it. Let us show our mettle to the whole country. Perhaps when the great total is announced at the conclusion of the campaign on Sat urday and the news of what we have done is flashed across the country by the telegraph and the newspapers, it may hearten other communities to fresh and successful endeavors in their own behalf. It Is great work we are doing; let's have more of it. I)OX'T DELAY THEM W'HEN a Liberty Loan campaign er approaches you to-morrow, don't say no and don't tell him tcf "come back again." These Liberty Loan salesmen are volunteers In the government serv ice. They are very busy men, for they are looking after their own private affairs and doing this public work as well. They must get over the ground quickly. So, when they call on you, be pre pared and sign up promptly ifor the amount you desire to invest. Remember, you can pay this money as little as one dollar a week on the instalment plan and when it is all paid you will have the amount of your investment in securities as good as gold—better than gold, in deed, for gold is worth only face value, while the bonds draw inter est. Buying a Liberty Bond is not giv ing money to the government. It is leaning money for which the gov ernment pays you more than the banks will in interest, and at the same time provides a fund with which to support our armies In the field. If you are beyond conscription age, shoot your bullets through a tube made of a Liberty Bond. CHEER UP! CHEER UP! The skies are gloomy, to be sure. But behind the clouds the sun is still shining. Certainly, we appreciate the se riousness of the war crisis. But. wearing a long face and forgetting how to smile isn't going to help matters. Remember there was a Valley Forge in the Revolution, don't you? Recall that the national capital was once laid waste by an invading army? Recollect gloomy pre ceding Gettysburg? Those were times for long faces, perhaps, but not now. Why, Washington at Valley Forge, or the milltfa facing the British at Baltimore, or Lincoln viewing with alarm the desperate efforts of Lee to lay waste Pennsylvania, would have been happy to change situa tions with us of to-day, and would have rejoiced In the opportunity. Cheer up and . begin to consider how much worse things might be and how much better they are going to be. HPOCTTCC* IK CH.KC IflcCLKlci By the Ex-Committeeman Prospects for an agreement in the House on bills of a political nature disappeared in the setsion of the lower branch of the Legislature late last night when the> Beyer bill to establish a council of sixteen men in place of the present two-chamber system in Philadelphia was reported out and sent back amid some of the most sensational incidents of the ses sion. Until this broke out there were hopes that the Philadelphia factional squabble would be forgotten as far as the House Is concerned for the rest of the session. The trouble started when Vare men got together and decided to negative the bill. There were nine of tliem, but they failed to get con trol of the bill itself. Consequently when the sponsor of the bill heard of it he signed up seventeen of the twenty members in favor of over turning the adverse report. When it came to reporting out the measure the action was challenged and there was a series of developments which indicated conclusively that the Phila delphia fight is going to lie a serious thing for the state this fall. —ln this connection it is interest ing to note an article which appeared last evening in the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin in which the gen eral political situation in the state is reviewed. The writer says: "At the present time there is a strong expectation among the Democrats of Pennsylvania that they may, at last, elect another Governor next year. Repeatedly during the past six or seven months their politicians and newspapers have been expressing much satisfaction over the opening of such a prospect. The course of their members of the Legislature during the present session has often been avowedly shaped with that end in sight; that Is, that from their point of view, advantage should be taken of all causes of dissension and rupture among the Republicans in order that they might make Demo cratic capital for 191 S. On the other hand, there are many Republican politicians and newspapers who have been continuously urging, since the beginning of the factional split, that if it shall not be healed this year, it will surely result next year in the election of a Democratic Governor. As for some of the extremists on either side of the faetionalists, they would rather see that outcome than support an opponent in their own divided houses." —Members of the Legislature from rural districts were discussing the Philadelphia situation to-day with much interest. It seemed to be the general impression that David H. I.ane retired as city chairman of the Republicans because of regret at the prospects of a party fight. Hopes were expressed that at the meeting on June 15 the factions would settle their difficulties and not inflict them any further on the state —The meeting of the Senate lead ers next Monday night on the ques tion of adjournment Is being awaited with eagerness by legislators in both branches. There was considerable July talk heard, as the plan_ is to have the General Assembly in session when the Governor ts acting on ap propriation hills. The June 28 idea is popular, however. —The State's workmen's compen sation referees have all resigned and have been reappointed. This oc curred some time ago, but was not announced by the Governor's office. When the referees were originally appointed they were announced by the Governor. When the act doubling their salaries came along it was held that they could not take the increase. So all resigned and were reappointed fifteen or twenty minutes later. This has just been learned. —-The third class city bills were again the target for a lively hearing yesterday. There was opposition to elimination of the nonpartisan fea ture manifested, but the chances are that the Senate will pass the bill with that part of the Clark act taken out. —Philadelphia's transit lease is to be taken up all over again in coun cils. —Auditor General Snyder was con gratulated by wire on the departure of his three ambulance units from Pottsville. The Auditor General is a former guardsman and gave substan tial aid in the formation of the units, a form of practical assistance which attracted much comment. —Representatives Williams, Tioga, and Palmer, Schuylkill, acted as Speaker last evening. Mr. Palmer was given quite a hand by his col leagues. —Representative "Jerry" Simpson was in a questioning mood at last night's session. He asked about one bill and not liking the reply said: "If the bill is not better than the explanation, it must be a bad one." Russia and the Teutons [Philadelphia Record.] Russia may not be a great factor during the rest of the war, but it is quite clear that at the present time it has Germany guessing, as well as the United States and our allies. Thi& is an important fact, for Germany will not strip its eastern front of troops while it is uncertain of Rus sia. The indications are very strong that the conservative elements in Russia will prevail, and Kerensky will restore the fighting edge of the army, or. at least, that the Russian course will be so dubious that Ger many will not greatly weaken its eastern lines, even though the Rus sians should show little disposition to take the aggressive. The proba bilities are that Russia will at least keep a few hundred thousand Ger man troops remote from the western lines for the rest of the war. The World's Finest Here are three pretty bouquets— one for Pennsylvania, one for Uncle Sam and one for Canada: When A. H. Wetherlll was return ing to Philadelphia recently from a big game hunt in Africa, he met on shipboard a colonel of the English army. This officer, who Impressed Mr. Wetherill as being a real stu dent of military affairs, was discuss ing the merits of various armies when he made this startling asser tion: "The best equipped, organized, and most efficient body of its size in the world Is the United States Marine Corps: the second best is the North west Canadian Police, and the third best the Pennsylvania State Constab ulary."—Girard's Column, Philadel phia Public Ledger. Thousand Years as a Day But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.—ll Peter, iii: 8. STOP KICKING AND BOOST How on earth do you expect to get along on one leg, while you con tinue to use the other leg for kick ing?— The Silent Partner. HXBJRISBURG !&&&& TELEGRAPH | NOW, ALTOGETHER—THE SECOND STANZA By BRIGGS — — —- —FOES] • JWSAT S THAT J <T FRR \ [ON Th* SHORE \ HAU6HTV HOST I /WHICH TH' / FUI.LY BLOV^S Dimly ,SE£N- I ,IN DREAD \ BREEZC - O'ER I HW.F comcealSl Tmro* 7H' MI3TS/ Sl-LUNJCe / TH* "TOUJ- CBY HALP D 'Jl" c 'NOUTTR | POLL GLORY I '-J; S TH . STAR [ C/KTCHGS * Re " FLECT-6D \ SPA(O GLED BMJ-W it . rHO n Fp 6F• ee -e - Thuh Gleam A "° THUH HO " HOM6 OF TH' S A Y IT / *> OP FN BRA-A:*-VE v The "Boss" of the Senate Only those who are familiar with the working details of the State Sen ate can appreciate the wonderful capacity of the secretary of that body, W. Harry Baker, of Harris burg, in his handling of endless de tails. Never rattled, apparently never fatigued, and always ready to give aid and comfort lo the troubled members he goes right on from year to year demonstrating the value of efficient training for the public serv ice. Mr. Baker started some years ago as a page in the Legislature and he has been steadily advanced from one responsible position to another until he now is in effect the boss of the Senate, but he is not an arbitrary or unreasonable boss. Indeed, he would scorn even the suggestion that he occupied such a place in the economy of the Senate procedure. His friends marvel at his wonder ful ability to keep track of the great mass of legislation which pours through the hoppers, of the upper branch of the Assembly. Nothing seems to escape his attention and when anybody wants to know any thing he always asks Harry Baker. His comprehensive grasp of parlia mentary law and practice make him the court of last resort in all mat ters affecting the conduct of the Sen ate. As hoy and man he has ab sorbed the very spirit of the parlia mentary system and it is doubtful if any question could arise that he could not immediately solve. His friends are legion and they are not confined to parties or factions. All recognize his fairness and many of those who serve in the Senate won der what that body would do should Harry happen to take a long vaca tion. The Kitchener Mistake [Kansas City Star.] When a commission investigated the unsuccessful British Dardanelles expedition it discovered that the fail ure was chiefly due to the govern ment's implicit confidence in Kitch ener. He planned the expedition and everything connected with it. High officials familiar with his plans be lieved he was blundering, but they did not have the courage to say so. His prestige was too great. So they kept quiet, the expedit'on went to smash and thousands of lives were wasted. Secretary Daniels at the head of the Navy Department says every thing possible is being done to com bat the submarine. Perhaps it is. But so far as the public knows we are doing very little. We shall be of no material assistance to England and France for at least a year, and even then our help will be slight— at least so far as can be told from the information available in Wash ington. We can't afford to run the chance of making the same sort of mistake England made when she trusted ev erything to Kitchener and he went wrong. There ought to be a supreme war council to review the navy's plans In default of that Congress ought to find out what the situation really is. The New "Marseillais" [From the Montreal Star.] The arrival of the Black sea dele gates in Petrograd and their effect In inspiring greater vigor and de termination throughout the city and nation, irresistibly remind us of the arrival in Paris of Barbaroux's "six hundred Marseillais who knew how to die." These men from the south seem in both cases to bring with them fire and fidelity. The Black sea "Marseillais" have aroused Petro grad and are now to accompany M. Kerensky, possibly the Danton of the Kussian revolution, to the front, where they are sworn to march at the head of their regiments against the foe. Marching under solemn oath to defend the principles of the sacred revolution is in true harmory with the conduct of their great spii itual forebears. It requires just some such infusion of the spirit of devo tion and intense patriotism to stir the well meaning masses of Russia into an irresistible onslaught on the forces of despotism which still trample on their soil and hold sec tions of their people in military ser vitude. Water From the Rock There was no water for the con gregation; and they gathered them selves together against Moses and against Aaron. And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the as sembly unto the door of the taber nacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces; and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them. And the Lord spake unto Moses, say ing, Take the rod. and gather thou the assembly together, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and It shall give forth his water. And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him. And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly.— Numbers xx, 2 to 11. NEPHEW OF K DIES AN interesting account of the lastl days of Prince Karl Friedrich, ] nephew of the German Emperor, who was wounded wlTen flying and i taken prisoner by the Australians, is i given in a letter received here from I the Rev. Mr. Caldwell, a Baptist min- | ister, who is official chaplain to the j German prisoners in the General j Hospital in France. "If I am anything," the minister j quoted the Price as saying to him, j "I am a sport. I have played tennis, with Wilding and other first-class ; players. I shall never forget the ! good times I had in England when j I played them all. The kindness j which has surrounded me since I ; became a prisoner has brought back . the memory of those days. "The Australians were good to me; the officers and soldiers who ' Canadian Publicity The advertising campaigns con ducted by the Canadian government as aids to the successful prosecution of the war were described to the As sociated Advertising Clubs of the World hy John M. Imrie, manager of the Canadian Press Association. "Since the war began," he said, "the Canadian government has con ducted seventeen distinct advertis ing campaigns. During the last twelve months its expenditures on display advertising have exceeded the combined expenditures during that period of any other four gen eral advertisers in Canada. Most of the advertising (Jone was in connec tion with Canada's war problems." Mr. Imrie related how the govern ment bad advertised in newspapers throughout Canada the food value of Canadian apples and therebj* cre ated a market for the large crop of 1914; how through advertising a fund of $13,000,000 for the relief of families of soldiers had been raised, and how, by similar means, women had been obtained for the manufac ture of munitions. Mr. Imrie continued: "Soon after the war began it was recognized that one of the most val uable contributions Canada could make to the prosecution of the war would be in the form of food sup plies. The problem was to impress upon even- farmer in Canada the need of increased agricultural pro duction. The Canadian government was quick to recognize that advertis ing is the most speedy and the most effective means of reaching the peo ple. The campaign resulted in an in crease of over 10 per cent, in the area under cultivation, and, in con junction with good weather condi tions, in record yields per acre for al most every class of field products. "Similar advertising campaigns were conducted in 1916 and 1917 and there is now running in Canada a special appeal to the farmer to prepare now for even larger crops in 1918."—Exchange. Sufficiency of Income [Louisville Courier-Journal.] The question of the sufficiency of a Riven Income always must be an swered in accordance with the tem perament of the individual. There are many Americans, and many Kuropeans, who would say that a man cannot live like a gentleman upon SIO,OOO a year. Assuredly a man with imagination and luxurious tastes could use far more than $lO,- 000 and get "direct personal re turns" upon it, without living un wisely and too well. Living comfort ably at a first-class hotel in any large city he could use one-third of his Income for his board and lodg ing, and without lodging in an ex tensive suite of rooms. His club and expenses, his automobile and his chauffeur —the man who puts himself up well does not want to bo his own mechanician—would easily require a third of his Income. Clothing, and incidental expenses, and small fixed expenses might use up the rest without making the man a "spender" and without allowing him a valet. Such a man might want a yacht and find It far beyond his means to acquire the most mod est kind of yacht. COOPKRATIOX The world war will be won by co operation. "It ain't the guns nor armament, nor funds that they can pay, But the close cooperation, that makes them win the day; It ain't the individual, nor the army as a whole, But the everlastin' teamwork of every bloomln' soul." The biggest word In battle, in bus iness, In any Industry, anywhere, sace one. Is "cooperation."—The Si lent Partner, attended me coming down the line were very considerate and the whole atmosphere of this hospital is kind ness. I am grateful to you and all who wish me well. "I lie here a helpless prisoner, but I have no regrets. I did my best for my country and I am not sorry I am finished with the war. I want to live. I am young, and when the war is over I shall go back and help to build up my Nation again." "He shook hands with mp each time I came and wont," said Mr. Caldwell. "An hour or so before* he did I prayed with him. He was very weak and ill. "When I finished he opened his eyes antf with a smile said: 'Thank you. thank you very much.' He soon fell into unconsciousness from which he never recovered." We Are at War [New York World.] There are Americans under Ger man influence who ars asking even now why we are at war and what we hope to gain hy war. Belgium, Serbia and Armenia have been for gotten. The perfidious disregard of treaties has been forgotten. The mas sacres of the sea have been forgot ten. The lawless challenge to us and to the whole world forbidding for eign commerce except upon condi tions denying national sovereignty and right has been forgotten Militar ism's broken pledges, its disregard of every humane consideration that stood in its way, its avowed purpose to reduce th§ earth to subjection, enforcing its hideous conceptions of Kultur especially upon weak democ racies—all these have been forgot ten by every man foolish enough or perverse enough to ask the questions which Potsdam and its agents put into his mqpth. The ruling class ir Germany knows why we are at war and what we expect to gain by war. It knows that it is arch-offender against civili zation and that as surely as we tri umph it is to be punished by the only restraint it recognizes, which is force. It knows that it is running amuck for the last time. It knows that the peace to come will be a just and democratic peace and not the hateful thing of teiror. humili ation and plunder going by the name of a Prussian peace. It suits Kaiserism to maintain that it is not at war with the United States and that it is unable to un derstand our purposes, but no Amer ican can echo that mockery without a confession of guilt and shame. Philippine Loyalty [Cleveland Plain Dealer.] It is well that the United States has no discontented subject people. The alliance against Prussianism is an alliance in behalf of nations and races that are held in thraldom. It Is a war in behalf of Germany's Alsa tians and Poles, in behalf of Aus tria's Italians and Bohemians and Serbs and Slovaks, in behalf of Tur key's Armenians and is well that the one people which has in the past protested against American rule is now loyal and con tented. Of the present loyalty of the Phil ippines there can be no doubt. It is the American custom to think of the Philippines as represented by the intelligent and educated classes of Luzon. These men have been the only intelligible protestors against American rule. Now this element Is satisfied that the United States is conscientiously working out the Phil ippine problem and that Philippine Independence is assured. The other Philippine peoples, the half-civilized Mohammedans of Mindanao and Sulu and the quite savage races of some of the interior, are not usually considered when Philippine wishes and aspirations are under discussion. The loyalty demonstration In Ma nila recently was a pleasing rr.ark of gratitude. It indicated the Filipino appreciation of the American efforts for Philippine betterment. Selling $17,000,000 a Day [Prom the Philadelphia Ledger.] All export records for all time and for every country have been smashed by the United States. In twelve months there were shipped from these shores goods worth more than six billion dollars. That is over dne half more in value than was ever before exported In a year from the United States. It is 140 per cent, above the normal amount exported prior to this war. Americans fall to grasp the magnitude of these stu pendous sales of American commodi ties. Our exports exceed half a bil lion dollars a month. JUNE 8, 1917. Labor Notes There is a union of Japanese agri cultural workers at Fresno, Cal. This year's wages for sailors on the Great Lakes is the highest ever paid. Women are replacing the men in the London power supply plants. Painters at Beaumont, Texas, de mand $5 for an eight-hour day. A woman's trade union label league has been formed at Richmond, Va. Oklahoma provides for an eight hour day on all municipal work. Bookbinders are conducting an or ganizing campaign in the South. Youngstown (Ohio) electricians will get $5 a day on August 1. Carpenters at Sacramento, Cal., net $5.50 for an eight-hour day. Federated shopmen on the Nickel Plate have secured an agreement. California may compel tramps to work on the farms. Hoisting and portable engineers at Baltimore get 70 cents an hour. Union labor In Massachusetts is \fter a 50-hour law for women. Working women of Hamilton, Can,, have organized an Independent Labor party. London (Eng.) Police Commis sioners license women to drive pub lic carriages. Cohoes (N. Y.) Central Labor has formed a woman's label section. OUR DAILY LAUGH / J" I /VCE X \ FOSiKtWI \ va-j we need dn army . To 6end 1o ftellt Vie nominate the prats bejovi To cb the \hiii9 up rio>Xt HAPPY THOUGHTS. | •"Ehose are nice checks In that new suit of yours." "Can't you indorse a few of them for me?" NOISY. "Hey BUI, watcha doln'T" "Listening to the band!" We •n.orai'no.te to pack. ft. gun Up to the /Irat /trie trencher A/I cheer'm9 curb stone patriots Kho warm the cornet benches Ebenittg The cultivation of hundreds of small plots of ground In various parts of the city by persons whose previous acquaintance with gardens ias been of a negligible quantity has caused a tremendous increase in the number of what is popularly known as the porch farmer.'' Ordinarily, ,J e porc h farmer," like members of he Stove league in baseball, thrive, best in cold weather. But when the vvarm days come the "porch farmer sits on the veranda, or "porto rico" as they call it in Gibson Pa jind em of\h° P k , no uV ledgo for the ben of him neighbors on both fcides oriJl i" i , P° rch farmer's" knowl edge is book knowledge for at least one season. After that it is im proved through experience. The Porch farmer" during his lirst sea .l an uncont l ue rable desire to <ilg up beans and peas to see wheth m,vrinot they , are sprouted; and he ma> be seen in the latter part of June trying to "shoo" a bumblebee trom one blossom to another so that poUcn fertilization may be complet ed. During his first season he lays everything out very carefully in beds, netting these beds so "high that moisture simply cannot stay in ic Kiound. About the third season lie iorgets the bed idea and puts everything in the ground in rows, not caring a particle if the garden noes look a little rough on the sur face. Ihe first season ho has a com- Pu? S s , et of gardening tools; in the third he is down to the hoe, and f '°®f b etter work than he did the iT ,7 "porch farmer" is the chrysalis from which comes the real ground-tickler and crop producer. ,*s.very, B°°d agriculturist was first a porch farmer." Ihe young men guarding: the bridges spanning the Susquehanna tan kick up more fuss in the still watches of the night than the aver age person imagines. Every now am tnen one of the Guardsmen takes shot at something in the river. It a good thing to do it. It teaches t' young soldier how to handle t 3 weapons and makes people about getting where thy should at so. But the racket alvays stirsJP some one. .Last week on two o-'a sions men who heari shots a>ng the river got on felephonesand wanted to know all about it an the early morning roiste/ers in oneiotel were summoned to the frontoy a breathless individual who dasted in to announce that (oldiers wee fir ing. There is a gtyd bit of vhat might be called 'vommunity jarien ing" being underaketi about Hafris burg. The city's "acant spaces and a good many tielfc on the outskirts are under cultivation and the gar dens adjoin ea(h other in majy in stances. In son e sections th< gar dens are separated by paths. The net result is foing to be that there will be such t feeling arouni Har risburg about.taking care of gardens that any ma/i who ventures to in dulge in anyc.aim jumping or any stealing will b in as bad repute as a man who steals salt in Alaska. # • \ Members o the Legislature are having all k.ids of fun about the final instalmnt 'of their pay which is due to b paid them when the session adjorns. The members git S2OO a weeiago when the Governor approved abill designed to aid the financial siwation caused by the pro longed siting this year. Thei final instaimenfwill come along when the session wnds up and as there are prospectsthat the end may ijotj be until Jul* the lawmakers si;cje shew ing sign; of becoming restive. They are jolllng each other about how the lastweek's board is going to be paid ani sending word to hotel own ers to /atch so-and-so. The number of jotos being played is legion. • * * As the proportions of the-new MessAh Lutheran Church at Sixth • and 'orster streets are being shown throigh the building operation tttey are ittracting much attention from vislt>rs to the city. Tho church will be >ne of the largest in the city in (the amount of floor space and be came of its location on old "Ridge Ro*l" will loom up above the build ing) in the central residential sec tion As it is of white stone, it will lie in marked contrast to the Cen trfl high school. I* * * Colonel Frank G. Sweeney, who is if charge of the registration bureau flr the selective draft, has his own troubles. The colonel gets the tele grams only after they have been re ceived at the Governor's office and [studied there and as a result the in lormation given out at the bureau is often behind the news reports over the wires. The other day the colonel gave out a telegram which was in teresting. It had just been received by him and was timed five hours before. It took that long to get down from the Capitol. * Mayor Herman H. North, of the McKean county metropolis of Brad ford, who was here yesterday, saw the Legislature in session yesterday for the first time in the present building. Mayor North was a mem ber of the Legislature back in the sessions from 1893 to 1897 and Was an active and forceful legislator. He came here yesterday on third class city bills. f WELL KNOWN PEOPLE -—Provost E. F. Smith, of the Unl- I versity of Pennsylvania, who was here yesterday, had a. regular re inion with the university men in the House. —Colonel Fred Taylor Pusey, for mer Delaware county legislator, came here on legislative matters yesterday. —Joseph R. Grundy, the manu facturer. has paid the expenses of a part of the Bristol government. —H. H. Crltchfleld, pronllnent Pittsburgh business man, was here this week on matters relative to In crease of agricultural production. —Colonel E. M. Young, of the Governor's staff, who was here to day, is a prominent Allentown banker. do ycxTknow That Harrisburg has a church > or mission for each thousand people? HISTORIC HARRISBCRG French traders had outposts near Camp Hill before Harris settled here. Nature Is Not Slacking [Kansas City Times.] And now, with the corn planting: virtually finished and the gardens ready to show a burst of speed, conn warm showers throughout the Mid dle West. The rain could not have come at a more opportune time. It held off long enough to allow farm ers to get their fields into excellent condition, but not long enough to cause worry over the prospects of a drought. Corn could hardly have had a better start than these show ers will give it. Nature Is doln* ltg i share ia thft
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