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FRIDAY EVENTVG. JUNK 15
Be had kept
The whiteness of his soul, and thus
Men o'er him tcept.
—Bybon.
LET S LICK OUR OWN PLATES
A CORPORATION for the manu
facture of ceramic products
has been launched at Mein
ingen, Germany, with a capital stock
of about a million dollars. The aim
is to take over the English sanitary
and chinaware factories, at present
under process of liquidation, and
consolidate them under one head.
This is one of many instances show
ing that Germany is not waiting un
til after the war to adjust herself
to meet after-the-war conditions, as
our Democratic friends would have
us do in this country.
The official figures show that be
tween ISSS and 1912 our imports of
chinaware from Germany increased j
410 per cent. Germany well-nigh
chased England out of our market,
for during the same period imports
of English ware showed a decrease
of 20 per cent. Only a few days ago i
Lord Beresiord, speaking at a lunch- j
eon in London, suddenly discovered
that the plates from which the
guests were eating were imported i
from Germany. The average wage in j
Germany of all classes of labor in ;
chinaware making in normal times, j
reduced to an hourly basis, is about
9 cents, compared with nearly 25 1
cents in the United States, and the
cost of production 's to be found j
chiefly in the item of labor. Ob-'
viously, our best means to offset the
low German cost of production is
the protective tariff, and either that i
policy will be restored to the United '
States or our chinaware market will
be handed over to Germany after!
the war.
We refuse to eat out of Germany's
hands, why should we eat off Ger
many's plates?
I
THE "SHIP" HE WON'T GIVE UP
THE President is reported to be
determined to have a censor- j
ship law and will summon the j
editors and publishers of the land to
gether to formulate a bill such as ,
they would favor. We are of the
opinion that this journalistic con
ference, if it is ever convened, would '
summarize its advice regarding a
censorship to as compact a form as i
that famous counsel of Mr. Punch
to those contemplating matrimony:
"Don't."
The best form of censorship in
the world Is already to be found
in this country and It has already
had frequent demonstration. It is
the common sense and the patriot
ism of the newspaper men of Amer
ica. They have censored their own
columns—in the matter of the dis
patch of our destroyers to Europe,
in the matter of the departure of
the French mission, and in other in
cidents —far more completely than
any board of censorship could have
done. If there are individuals among
them who do not measure up to the
average of sense and patriotism,
they can be dealt with under exist
ing statute.
Lincoln did not need a law of cen
sorship to enable him to handle the
New York World when it offended
in Civil War times. President Wil
son does not need a censorship law
to enable him to handle the Sqee
dunk Gazette if it falls into error
now . . .
LABOR BACKS HOOVER
ORGANIZED labor in the United
States has come unreservedly to
the support of President Wilson
In his demands for food legislation
to meet the situation caused by the
war. Gompers, the railroad brother,
hood heads and other leaders high
In the counsels of labor are back of
Hoover as the food controller and
their weight will be felt by Congress
tn consideration of the important
bill now before it.
This war will be fought by three
elements, men, dollars and food. Let
any one of these factors fail and the
other two will be insufficient for the
victory without which the United
States cannot withdraw from the
conflict. We have all three in pre
ponderance of numbers. We will win
if we use all of them Judiciously and
wisely. We would not think of throw
ing away men in needless attacks on
impregnable works or in spending
our dollars for ammunition we could
not use. Neither should we permit
food to be wasted as it is now being
wasted, or sold at exorbitant prices
for the enrichment of greedy dealers
FRIDAY EVENING,
| willing to take advantage of the mis
| fortune of the world to enrich them
selves.
Labor has seen the necessity of
protecting the people'from extortion
: ate charges for foodstuffs and has
f undertaken to do Its share to pro
yent waste. The service is important
ind patriotic.
PASS THIS BILL
THE Senate will have opportunity
next week of voting upon Sen
ator Beldleman's bill for a me
-1 morlal for old Camp Curtin. This
■ bill should be passed. It has tne
recommendation of the Governor in
■ his last message to the Legislature
and the local Grand Army posts and
of citizens of Harrisburg in general.
Monument bills are introduced
every session. Many of them are
unworthy or of purely local interest.
! This measure is of State-wide im
| portance. It would at once com
! memcrate the administration .of An
: I
drew Curtin, the great war Governor,
and would mark for all time the site
of Camp Curtin, from which went
out hundreds of thousands of Penn
sylvania men to fight the battles of
the Union.
This may be the last opportunity
the Legislature will-"have to do this.
Only a very small piece of the land
on which the camp stood remair n
vacant. This Is available now, but it
may not be two years hence. More
than that, Senator Beidleman has
worked out a plan whereby the whole
object may be accomplished at a
minimum of cost.
The bill ought to have the prompt
approval of both House and Senate, i
■ in which case there would be no
! question about the Governor sign- i
j ing it.
GENERAL HAIG'S OPTIMISM
G' ENERAL SIR DOUGLAS HAIG. !
in command cf the British ;
forces in France, is a pessimist
turned optimist. From the time he
! saved his division of the English
j army from the onrush of the all
conquering German hordes in 1914
i until this week he has never per
; mitted himself to view the allied sit
; uation along the French front in any
| thing but the most gloomy fashion.
| His reports have been confined to as
j few words as possible. For nearly
three years he has maintained a
; stolid silence as to the outlook. His
i one cry has been for more men, more
guns and more munitions.
The other day, however, he threw
off all reserve and wired home that
"Nothing can save the German ar
mies in France from complete de
feat." Evidently the tide must have
turned wonderfully in favor of the
| British to induce Haig to so commit
I himself. The dour old Scotchman
must be in high feather, indeed, to
| give his countrymen such a hopeful
J view, especially at a time when the
i terror of the submarine is
, the minds of Englishmen. All the
more, then is it to be given thought
i ful consideration.
"Complete defeat" to Haig can
mean nothing more than the German
i armies in full retreat, flying before a
swiftly pursuing enemy. The Gen
eral places no limit on the time for
the accomplishment of this, but it is
evident from all reports that the
British are unquestionably superior
in every way to the Germans who
are opposing them. Always the Eng
lish are pushing forward, always
they are smashing the trenches and
the morale of their opponents. The
end of this can be but one thing, as
General Haig points out—complete
defeat. And Heaven hasten the day.
WHY WE FIGHT
MUCH has been written ex
plaining why we are fighting
Germany. Many complexi
ties have come Into the situation, but
behind the average .American's de
sire to see the Kaiser in a felon's cell
is the beastly quality of character
, that sends forth German submarines
| and aircraft deliberately to slay
women and children. None of us
, has forgotten the Lusitania and this
extract from the account of a recent
. airraid in England, during which
bombs were dropped on a school
house, serves as a reminder that Ger
j man "frightfulness" is Just as fright
ful as ever:
' Many of the little ones were
) lying across their desks, appar
ently dead, and with terrible
1 wounds on the head and limbs,
l and scores of others were writh
ing with pain and moaning pite
ously in their terror and suffer
ing. Many bodies were mutilated,
. but our first thought was to get at
' the injured and have them cared
t for. We took them gently in our
> arms and laid them out against
1 the wall under a shed. I didn't
5 1 count them, but I should think
. there were twenty or thirty.
c Just then two lorries drew up
and the driver suggested that he
should help. We packed the poor
3 little souls on the lorries as gently
t as we could, and he drove as if
he were afraid of something giv
* ing way, and so at last we tot
j them to the hospital.
1 This is why we fight. Being Amer
a icans we could do nothing else. The
- beast who murders a child must be
l banished to the pit where he belongs.
1 Earth is no place for him and the
- good old-fashioned hell of brimstone
l and fire is too mild for him. Not only
r does it become the duty of America
i to rid the world of this horrible men
t ace, but we must realize, as we drill
5 and prepare, that, if he could, the
b Kaiser would be ordering his aero
>l planes to bomb the echoolhouses of
■ American cities as well as those of
■; England. Picture, If you can, your ,
i own boy or girl killed or maimed for,
: life by one of these fiends of the air, |
. and shun the man who tells you that
i we have no business in this war.
HPoUtu* u
ovkc n Ic&KUL
Ry the Ex-Commlttecman
. L-i-. ... -
The Woodward direct inheritance 1
j tax bill loomed up xo-day as the big-!
>: gest thing in the closing fortnight of j
the legislative session and there were |
! not wanting predictions that if the
. Governor vetoed it an effort would
be made to pass it over his veto or
i that it might bring about an exten
sion of the legislative session beyond
j June 28.
A good many people doubt, be-
L cause of the temper of members of
the Legislature over the prolonged j
| session, whether an effort to stretch!
it out again will be made. Others ;
think that as every member is inter- j
• ested in an appropriation and all ap
propriations are based on the direct!
| inheritance tax bill adverse action j
by the Governor would be overturn-,
ed. In any event unless there is a j
change in the attitude of the state
administration toward the bill there
is going to be trouble. The chief ob
| jection is that it gives the Auditor
General authority to appoint numer
| ous attorneys.
—The Philadelphia Press, which is
! a very staunch Republican newspa
per, says regarding the situation on
the inheritance tax bill: "Senator
! Penrose and his leaders realize that
| the Governor is threatening to veto
j the bill because it gives Auditor Gen
eral Snyder the sole power of ap
j pointing tax attorneys in the sixty
s, seven counties in the state, is play
ing a hand empty ot winning cards,
j They figure that such action would
be dangerous politically to him be
, j cause of the chaos that would result
in the revenue and appropriation j
! program arranged by the Legisla
i ture. But they feel also that the ac
tion would be even more disastrous
to them, both politically and practi
cally, under present conditions. And
1 they realize that under present con-;
ditions in carrying out the policy of
: "sitting tight" and ignoring the Gov
ernor they are playing a game of
bluff exactly similar to that which
I the Governor is playing."
—The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times j
i expresses the opinion that whether \
the session will be extended is a |
i mere matter of speculation. The|
! North American says: "In the mat- |
ter of handling the situation that |
would arise in case Governor Brum-!
I baugh vetoes the direct inheritance j
i tax bill Chairfnen Woodward and;
j Buckman. of the house and senate
appropriations committees, just now i
favor the plan of passing all the ;
general appropriation bills with the
greatest possible speed, leaving the
] hospital appropriations depending
' upon the inheritance tax revenues."
—This is the time when the con
tests over elections to seats in the;
I Philadelphia city committee will be j
threshed out and there is a general
hope over the state that the contend- j
I ing factions will get together and
apportion the representation in the!
i committee. Every time there is a j
row in the Philadelphia city commit
tee the rest of the state feels the'
disturbance. The plan is to devote
a good part of the day to settling
I the contests.
—Governor Brumbaugh made the
Flag Day address at Lancaster, Lieu-j
tenant-Governor McClain and Secre-!
tary of the Commonwealth Woods j
spoke in western counties, and At- j
torney General Brown at Pottsville.'
A number of represehtatives and [
senators participated in the exer-j
cises at their homes.
—The Philadelphia Record says
j that there is grave dagger of the
' session ending in a row. The Demo-!
I crats in the House would scarcely)
be able to take advantage of it should j
it happen, judging from the way
they have been performing under
the direction of the ringmasters'
. committee.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer to
day says: "State and local politics
[ have been involved in tbe develop-i
ments of the last few days in the!
Legislative situation, but owing to
the fact that Senator Penrose has
■ been only indirectly in touch with,
happenings in thte Senate and the i
House, a condition of uncertainty!
1 still exists. There is no doubt about i
' the fact that Senators McNichol and
~ Vare, of Philadelphia, have reached j
'an understanding which has been;
followed by frequent confidential
; talks between these Senators, many'
. of them held right on the floor of 1
, the Senate."
• —The Philadelphia Chamber of
■ Commerce has addressed a letter
to Governor Brumbaugh, requesting
him to sign the new cold storage
bill. • .
—The Philadelphia Ledger to-day
■ predicts that the Philadelphia small
; council bill will be a storm-center
next week. Some of the legislators
think it will not be worth while!
; fighting about, as the Governor will:
• i probably veto it. Others contend j
[ that he Is committed to the bill by,
. and declarations on home j
rule and municipal government.
> —Third-class city legislation will
• be up in th* Senate next week and i
, from all indications there will be ■
5 plenty doing. The Senators will vote j
! I whether the elections in such cities i
: shall be on the partisan or nonpar- j
i tisan systems.
My Garden Gate
. I Clematis white and roses circling
the garden gate,
i Tiny nests in their brances, where ,
i the robins mate.
Screened by leaves and petals from
the sun's hot ray.
Guarded at night by the starlight, j
under the milky way.
Did I dream when I planted the
flowers and arched them over
head?
Just for artistic beauty, I had
bullded .an altar instead?
For under* the sheltering roses, and
under the star's pure light.
The girl with the cheeks of peach
blow, pledged her troth to-night.
'Twas just the same old story, always
and ever new,
The girl at the .gate with the love
llght gleaming from eyes of
blue,
" The White flowers turning to Heaven,
b recording the same old vow,
s And' the- same -stars streaming- a
, blessing, on the girl of then and
now.
e
B This morning the rose and clematis
LT 1 are fllllngwith fragrance the air.
The old gate down in the garden, I
1 open with reverent care.
- Every bud and blossom seems bend
-1 ing as if In prayer,
p , Since the girl with the love-llght in
her eyes, planted an altar there.
"I—By Florence Hess Seldlitz (Quoted
f. from Pictorial Review lor July.>
HARRISBUItG TELEGRAPH
The Days of Real Sport By BRIGGS
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The Kaiser's Dream
There's a tumor now current, though
strange it may seem,
Of the German Emperor's wonderful
dream.
Being tired of war, he lay down in
bed,
And 'mongst other things, dreamt he
was dead.
And in a deep coffin, lying in state.
With his cold, waxen features frozen
with hate,
He wasn't long dead when he found
to his cost.
That his map of the next world and
passports Vere lost.
So, leaving this world to heaven went
straight.
Jauntily strutting right up to the
gate.
But the lookout angel, in voice strong
and clear,
Said, "begone. Kaiser W„ we don't
want you here."
"Well," thought Wilhelm, "that's very
uncivil,
Does he mean I must go straight to the
devil."
So he turned on his heel and oft he
did go.
Running full speed to the regions be
low.
But, when he got there, he was filled
with dismay,
For whilst waiting outside he heard
Satan say
To his imps, "now, look here, boys, I
give you all warning,
I'm expecting the Kaiser down here
this morning.
'But don't let him in, for to me it is
clear,
, We're far too good for the mongrel
down here.
1 If he gets in, there'll be the dickens
to pay.
For, bad as I am, he's much worse
any day."
' "Oh, Satan, dear friend," the Emperor
cried,
; "Excuse me for listening while wait
ing outside;
If you don't let me In, then where
can I go."
"Indeed." said the devil, "I really don't
know."
"Oh, do let me In. I'm feeling quite
cold.
ilf money you want, I've plenty of
gold;
Just give me a corner, no matter how
hot."
"No," said the devil, "most certainly
not.
"We don't let apartments for riches
or pelf.
Here's some sulpher and matches,
make a hell for yourself."
; Then he kicked Wilhelm out and
vanished in smoke,
' And just at that moment the Kaiser
awoke.
He jumped out of bed in a shivering
sweat,
And cried, "Gosh, that dream I shall
never forget;
That I won't go to heaven I know
very well.
But it's awful tough luck to be kicked
out of Hell."-
—The Philadelphia Press.
CROP PEST LETTER
By Prof. J. G. Sanders, State Eco
nomic Zoologist.
THE ROSE CHAFER
EVERY rose grov.er is more or
less bothered with the rose
bug or rose chafer. It also
1 attacks cherries, grapes, peaches
and many other fruits. It is more
abundant in regions having sandy
soil than where heavy clays are
, present, as the looser soil presents
oetter breeding facilities.
To protect the plants, fruits
and flowers from this pest spray
with sweetened arsenate of lead.
| Add to fifty gallons of water 2 %
pounds of powdered arsenate of
lead and two gallons of cheap
molasses. It is absolutely essen
tial that the spraying liquid be
| sweetened. If not sweetened the
! chafer will not eat it.
On grapes make an application
just before they bloom again
after the bloom has fallen. If
not protected, it is possible for
the crop to be lost in a few
hours by the insects eating the
blossoms.
In the case of fruit crops, ap
ply with the first appearance of
the insects.
In rose gardens start spraying
when the rose chafer is due and
keep the foliage covered with the
sweetened spray. If you have
'only a few rose bushes or grapes
to protect, use the arsenate of
lead at the rate of two table
spoonfuls to a gallon of water
and four tablespoonfuls of mo
lasses.
Rose chafers do not breed in
cultivated ground. If possible
break up and cultivate for a
season all uncultured ground in
the vicinity. It will greatly re
duce the number of rose chafers.
STAGGERING POS
LIE IN WASTE PREVENTION
By S. \V. STRAUS
President American Society For Thrift
THE saving this nation will ef
fect if just a little economy is
practiced by each citizen will
run into staggering figures. For ex
ample, if just one slice of bread is
saved in each American home a day
it will mean the addition of 470,-
000 acres of cultivated wheat land
added to our present productive
area.
Statisticians connected with the
Department of Agriculture have fig
ured out that the average slice of
bread weighs an ounce, which means
in the 20,000,000 homes in this
country a daily average wastage of
14,000,000 ounces of flour, or over
1,000,000 one-pound loaves of bread.
For a full year at this rate there
would be a waste of over 319,000,-
000 pounds of flour—l,soo,ooo bar
rels of flour—the equivalent of 365.-
000,000 loaves of bread. It takes 4Va
bushels of wheat to make a barrel
of ordinary flour. Therefore, if ev
ery home saves a slice of bread a
day it will represent an aggregate
national saving of 7.000,000 bushels
of wheat, or the crop cf approxi
mately 470,000 acres.
It also is pointed out that if one
half ?up of milk is wasted daily in
every American home, it means the
destruction of 2,500.000 quarts a
daj-j or 915,500,000 quarts a year.
This is the product of more than
400,000 cows'.
One might take other examples of
waste with the same amazing results.
Trade Briefs
Indian corn is being grown in large
quantities in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as a
result of an increasing demand for
this grain as food for hogs, cattle and
sheep. Corn is now produced for
thirty cents a bushel, and this cost
could be reduced one-half by use of |
modern machinery.
Due to the prosperous condition of
! the country there is an attractive
j market in New Zealand for motor
I trucks. American automobiles are
more popular and more widely used
than those imported from the United j
Kingdom.
Ninety per cent, of the lumber mills
in Southern Mississippi are develop
ing model farms on cut over lands.
| Millions of acres can be made produc
j tive in this way.
! Work has commenced on the sub
! way at Madrid. Spain. American
manufacturers who are interested in
| supplying construction materials
| should communicate with the engineer
I in charge.
Catalog of machinery for paper
making, concrete mixing, hydroelec
' trie supplies and turbines are needed
i at the American Consulate, Grenoble,
! France.
i Fruit crops in South Africa will be
i large, it is predicted. Due to the lack
] of shipping facilities the fruit growers
I are endeavoring to find a market for
! their goods in the surrounding dis
tricts.
Argentina's oil fields will be inves
! tigated to determine whether petro
i leum can be used instead of coal as a
1 universal fuel. If oil is found in suf
ficient quantities to justify exploita
tion American supplies for boring
wells will be needed.
American trailmobiles have been
demonstrated with good results at
Cape Town, South Africa. An effort
is being made to bring these vehicles
to the attention of farmers in the out
lying districts.
Discoveries of gold and copper have
been reported in Central Asia, and
mining operations are expected to be
gin shortly. The copper ore is said I
| to produce 20 to 60 per cent, of metal.
Cotton waste is needed in Cuba.
Women Especially Efficient
[Salina (Kan.) Journal.]
Why not try women out as ob
servers in the aviation corps? Any
woman can sit on the front porch
and tell you who went by, what they
wore, where they were going and
why they were late.
Run 'Em Empty a While
[Story in McClure's Magazine.]
I ] Story in McClure's Magazine. [
The city editor stood at his elbow
and took the copy, sheet by sheet, as
he wrote it. In the composing room
i above the presses were already rum-
I bllng and growling impatiently for
j_the feed About to be flung them.
(
Bear in mind it is the little things
that count. If the waste of a slice
of bread and half a cup of milk in
every American home a day means
the sacrifice of 400,000 cows and
470,000 acres of land, the aggregate
wastage in meat, cheese, fruit and
vegetables must be enormous.
Food is a big factor in this war
and when so much good can be ac
complished through the practice of
these small instances of economy in
every home, it is our patriotic duty
to see that they are not neglected.
Make up your mind to-day that you
will do your part in this respect.
To do so requires no inconvenience
or sacrifice. It simply means seeing
that the cup of milk and the slice of
bread and the half potato and the
piece of meat are not deposited in
the garbage can.
The preservation of meat in hot
weather is quite a problem. When
meat for any reason must be kept a
long time, or when the conditions
for preserving it are unfavorable,
the following plan may be followed
to advantage: Drop the meat into
boiling water for a few minutes.
This will not affect its flavor and
will go a long way toward keeping
it wholesome. It is important that
it be dropped into a large body of
boiling water. If only a small
amount of water is used the intro
duction of the meat will lower the
temperature to such an extent that
the whole process becomes worth
-1 less.
The Guard to France
.The popular sentiment which sym
pathized with Colonel Roosevelt's de
sire to be permitted to enlist a force
of volunteers for speedy dispatch to
France will approve of the reported
intention of the War Department to
; supplement General Pershing's division
of regulars with five divisions of Na
tional Guardsmen before snow flies.
The objection raised to the Roosevelt
proposal that It would be madness to
send untrained men across the Atlan- 1
tic cannot apply to the Guard which
i has seen service on the Border and
has been trained and hardened under
the most drastic efforts of the regu
lars. The decision will be welcomed,
too, by the men themselves, who are
anxious to fight, and fear only an
other long period of inactive mobili
zation.
In thinking of sending our armies
to Europe there is a too common for
getfulness that shipping facilities as
well as equipment and training will
compel gradual transportation rather
than a movement in mass. By sending
the Guard first room will be made for
the shipment of the new national
army to be selected from the
registration and organized for train
ing in the fall. In fact, under the
present program there will be an al
most continuous procession, once the
actual movement has been begun. The
need for American assistance as well
as our own necessities in preparation,
demands this.
It is increasing cause for regret
now we are in the war that prepara
tion was not begun long ago. Some
of the dely is due to lack of provision
for equipment as well as to lack of
trained men. Had the country seri
ously thought there was a possibility
of our being forced into the conflict
it would have demanded prepared
ness. That lack of foresight is cost
ing us valuable time and thereby pro
longing the war. The sooner we can
get our fighting men to France the
greater the hope of forcing peace.
Once the doubt, in Berlin of what
America can do is removed there will
be a disposition to reconsider the al
tered situation.—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Old Cat Adopts Rabbits
[Pomeroy Tribune-Telegraph.] ..
Our old friend Ike Wilson comes
forward with an interesting cat story.
He represents that Hiram French
drowned the family feline's litter of
ntw-born kittens. Thereupon Mrs.
Cat repaired to the neighboring
hillside and conscripted a brood of
baby rabbits, and Is proving a good
mother to them. We take it that
they will become very playful under
her influence, and eventually will be
come good moußers. If they do not
hear the call of the wild and run
away from home.
Rare Presence of Mind
[Rutland Correspondence, Pomeroy
Leader.]
The mad dog scare Tuesday caused
quite a little excitement. The sup
posed mad dog chased Bertha Kln
caid up the staeet at a lively pace
but gave up when she threw the
soap and chicken feed she was tak
ing home atJUm*
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JUNE 15,1917.
Labor Notes
Cooks and waiters at Peoria, 111.,
have organized. .. I
Vancouver (B. C.) bricklayers are
paid 75 cents an hour.
Cafes in Mexico City have been
prohibited from employing wait
resses.
City firemen at Belleville, Canada,
ask increased pay.
Retail clerks at Elkhart, Ind., have
formed a union.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) boilermakers
have secured 50 cents a day in
crease.
Uniontown (Pa.) electrical work
ers have received an eight-hour
day.
Toronto (Can.) structural iron
workers demand 55 cents an hour.
Brant, Can.,has formed a co-opera
tive society with 200 members.
A municipal coalyard is demanded
by Stratford (Can.) labor unions.
St. Paul (Minn.) cigarmakers have
raised wages $1 a thousand.
San Francisco has 3,249 industrial
plants, employing 47,626 persons.
Valley, Wash., is to have a new
hospital built by contributions from
farmers.
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NO WONDER!
"She says her husband can't even
keep her in pin money!"
"I know, but she buys diamond
1 Dins!"
DISAPPOINTED.
Philanthropist (who has just
dropped a penny in the cup): "I
imagine you have many disappoint
ments and discouragements."
Beggar: "Sir, that la the fourth
one today."
NOT FOR PUBLICATION.
"I never hear young Jones tu"
about what he learned at college."
"He can't very well. All he learr.r
was the secret work of lilo pirt'r
FANCY.
Visitor —Aro these fancy chickens
you are raising?
Farmer— l should say bo. Judging
by my bills for chicken feed every
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Secretary of Agriculture Charles
E. Patton Is becoming: one of the
most expert salesmen on Capitol HIIL
The secretary has been busy for
weeks getting farmers and those de
to Plant gardens into touch
♦V „Pi erSOI } s wll ° have seed potatoes
4 Jd not long ago bought a
part of a tralnload of potatoes, which
at cost - the Sta,e figuring
in the transaction only as the mid
ut setttn K a precedent by
not charging anything. The dajwirt
ment has also been securing for
farmers and those about to start out
raising garden "sass" large quan-
Ji u Z , seed navy bean s, thousands
of bushels of buckwheat, many bush
ols of potatoes, no end to tom&to,
sweet potato, cauliflower, cabbage
and other plants, some artichokes,
numerous free settings of eggs, some
thing like 1,800 young chicks and a
miscellaneous assortment of seeds,
cuttings, slips and the like to stimu
late agriculture and horticulture. The
other day the secretary sold two
heifers while walking through one of
the legislative halls and Inquiries are
being made as to whether he can not
supply some shoats. It's a great life
encouraging agriculture and the only
danger is that* when the people find
out that he locates the seed material
and puts people into touch without
charging anything there may be such
a run as will swamp tho department.
Members of section F of the sopho
more classof the<Technlcal highschoo
more classof the Technical highschool
have Just issued the commencement
number of their Bimonthly Review.
It has been dedicated to Professor
Percy L. Grubb, of the faculty. The
book is entirely the product of the
staff. All printing was done by hand
and the photographs were pasted on
the pages. It contains twenty-one
pages, including editorial, alumni,
humorous sayings and advertising
sections. Frank Shaffner, editor-in
chief. had charge of the printing;
the other members of the staff are:
Park Weaver, business manager: C.
I. Israel, associate editor; Paul Shank,
sectional drifts; Russel Winemlller,
literary; R. Shader, advertisements.
Several pages have been devoted to
pictures of the recent patriotic parade
and the scholastic track meet. A
large picture of President Wilson i*
also a feature as well as an appeal to
buy Liberty bonds. The literary de
partment of the paper is the best at
traction in the book. The wit and
humor of the staff is displayed in the
skits about the members of the sec
tion and in addition to the humorous
writings the ads are also gotten up
in the same manner. The students
plan to continue the publication of
the paper next year and make it the
nearest competitor to the Tech
Tatler, the official school publication.
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Very few of the farmers of Dau
phin county have as much help as
they would like to have and really
need. But very few, despite the la
bor shortage, have taken advantage
of the schoolboy voluneers. Trained
hands familiar with farm work arc
necessary, the farmers say, and the
experience of one man who lost 100
tomato plants at the hands of a
schoolboy whom he had hired to
pull weeds, is cited as a reason why
it does not pay to hire greenhands.
♦ * •
York county strawberries are just
now coming into their prime. Old
"High Cost of Living" has had little
effect on them. The prices are about
the same as in former years and the
quality, if that Is possible, is finet.
This is largely because the farmers
sell this crop direct to the con
sumer, very few of them dealing
through the middlemen who add
the big profits. This is taken as
proof bv many who have observed
the situation, that if the farmer
were able to get along without thO
middleman he would be conten'c
with a reasonable profit and the con -
sumer would get the benefit. It is
a fact that when the farmer him
self makes the price it is nearly al
ways reasonable, but when butter,
eggs, flour and the like sre priced
by middlemen in Chicago and other
big centers, the cost to the consum
er is invariably high.
Being a volunteer guide is one
of the great stunts about the Capitol
these days. This is the time when
visitors are thickest about the State
House and the regular guides not
onlv have their hands full but are
apt' to have large parties and to give
much detailed information. So every
now and then Ed Braceland, the
man who never sleeps, takes a party
around the legislative halls and oc
casionally members of the Legisla
ture try their hand. Some of them
have the features of the building
down pat and can even the
Abbey paintings in the hall of the
Representatives.
Robert V. Massey, the new general
superintendent of the Pennsylvania,
succeeding the lafe George W.
Cretlhton is well known to many
HarrisburgoiF as he was for some
me stationed near this city Soon
after graduating from Yale he was
named as supervisor at Mifflin and
held other places near here. He
ill this city. M. w. Clement,
who becomes hcad of the New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk divi:
a son of Major General C. Mom
ent, commander of the National
Guard. , •
Ex-Mayor Ira W. Stratton, of
Reading who was here yesterday, is
taking an active part in the various
nlans for city improvements under
S ay in that city, especially the grade
crossing problems.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—James I. Blakslee, assistant post
master general, is to be the speaker
at tha convention of York county
rural mail carriers.
—Chief .Justice J. Hay Brown,
who delivered the address at Gettys
burg College commencement, eulo
gized Thaddeus Stevens, who lived
in that part of the State.
—Herbert Welsh, of Philadelphia,
has been elected president of tha
Indian Rights Association, which
has just been Incorporated in Phila
delphia Rev Robert Hugh Morrla,
prominent Philadelphia clergyman
has received a call to a ConuecUout
charge. Tomllnson, of Swarth
more, has been chosen head of the
Homeopathic Medical Society of
Montgomery and adjoining counties.
SQ"YOUKNOW 1
That Strelton has been mak
lag special materials for Russian
railroads?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
This place was a mobilization place
in the time of the Whisky Insurrec
tion.
The Difference
The Allies want to make war In
order to make a real peace, and th
Central Powers want to make peac
in order to make a leal war—later
oßy—Chicago JH&raM. - • ' ' ' k