10 ARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 übllshed evenings except Sunday by THK TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., 'elevraph Building, Federal Square. . J. STACKPOL.E, Prts't Sr Editor-in-Chief R. OYSTER, Business Manager. 18 M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. I Member American Newspaper Pub- BfflHL Bureau of Clrcu jfiS'n lation and Penn iSE (Pj E * t s 1e r n ofnce . ' eJ ' Bun°^'nV. ——Chicago, 111. itered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as s jcond class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week: by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. HURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2 If we charged so much a head for insets, or if God sent round a drum, efore the hawthorns came into ower, what a work ice sould make bout their beauty; but these things, kc good companions stupid people ;ase early to observe. — STEVENSON. AHEAD OF THE TIMES --p ARRISBURG is again a little I ahead of the times in the mat ter of thrift in the school >om. The school banking system itroduced by Superintendent F. E. ownes and then President A. Car >n Stamm is recommended for ioption elsewhere. According to a dispatch from New ork, America will be the first na on in the world to rewrite her text Doks so that the school children of lis country will be taught thrift. Ac jrding to an announcement by the hrit't Education Committee of the ational Education Association, rad al innovations in the AmerLcan hool curricula are about to take lace. The lives of James J. Hill, Mar lall Field, John Wanamaker and Lher great American business men 111 be studied in the schools, and (xt books on arithmetic, history, English composition, domestic sience and household economics 'ill be subjected to radical changes, 'or the first time in the history of iie world, thrift and personal ef ciency will be given scientific con ideratlon in the class room. Not the !rlft of mere money saving, but he broader thrift of individual pre aredness for practical life will bo aught, dec !are> the committee's tatement. Tlii3 is the weeping sgnificance f the resolutions adopted by the fational Council of Education at ts meeting in Portland last week, 'he resolutions were written andpre ented by S. W. Straus, of New fork, president of the American So iety for Thrift. They point out that m account of the war America must rom now on eliminate waste of ev ry character; that President Wll on's first message to the public fter the declaration of war was on hrift; that the only way to safe ;uard the economic future of the na ion is throußh a better understand ng of thrift, which can be made possible only through the school •ooin, and that at the forthcoming neeting of the Council of Education n Atlanta, Ga., the school organiza ,ion will be expected to have before t a comprehensive plan for the >ractical study of thrift in the schools of America. The plan as worked out here is lot so comprehensive as that sug gested, but it is a step in the right lirection and indicates that the ichool executives of the city have >een thinking along modern, pro ;ressive linos. Horse moat Is selling for elghty lix cents a pound in Germany, but lirloin at twenty-eight is still good •nough for most of us. LET THEM TRAIN IX ENGLAND aT is now said that some, if not all, of the cantonments for the new national army will be seri ously delayed for lack of lumber for construction purposes, and that it will be October, at least, before the drafted men can be mobilized and begin training. In this case much P" "e time will be lost—and time, w, with the Russian debacle ked, is of prime importance nd to all the allies. England, as we understand, ire a million men or so in ments who have had some iof training. Why is it not > for these men to be sent to France at once, letting our men take their places In the English canton ments for their training? In the meantime our cantonments can be built for the accommodation of the second instalment of our drafted > -my, which, it is agreed on all hands, will be necessary. It will be no more troublesome to transport our men to England than to France; It will be as easy to provision them In England as in Prance. This sug gestion Is one which our government should feel entirely free to propose to our British allies. They have claimed that the large number of men kept In England was because of the fear that it Is "not Impossible" that a German Invasion of the British Isles may be at tempted. In such case the Americans ■Will defend British soli, even as they THURSDAY EVENING, will defend French soil. Such an arrangement would Immediately strengthen the western front—and England would lose nothing. Why not try it? Puzzle—Supply the missing word: Is it enough for you? PROHIBITION WINS THE "bone dry" prohibition amendment passed the Senate yesterday by a two-thirds ma jority, and with votes to spare. Twelve Democrats voted against the resolution and eight Republicans op posed It. Party lines were split wide open on it, leading members of both big parties casting their ballots in favor of the resolution and others equally as prominent voting and speaking in the negative. It is said some senators opposed to prohibition voted for the reso lution because they felt that, regard less of their own views, the agitation had reached a stage where the people as a whole should be permitted to exercise their rights of franchise in its decision. They were consistent in taking this attitude." It has been too frequently the disposition of the Sen ate to stand pat on its own views concerning grave matters in which public opinion registered precisely the opposite. Adoption by the Senate of the "bone dry" resolution does not make the country dry, although it Is a long step in that direction, much longer even than the most ardent friends of temperance had hoped for at the hands of the present Congress. If the liquor people oppose it in the House, as they doubtless will, they will show plainly that they fear the verdict of the people. If, as they assert, a great majority favor drink, then there can be no better way in which to place the stamp of popular approval upon the liquor traffic than by letting the people place it there through the medium of the ballot box. The truth is that the booze in terests know the day of whisky, beer and wine is nearing its close. They are fighting desperately in the last ditch. They are willing to spend mil lions to prolong the struggle because they can always wrest back those millions in excessive profits from vic tims of the rum habit. Not one good thing can be said for booze. On the other hand, the list of evils that can be traced to it is as long as the calendar of crime and reaches far beyond the limita tions of the criminal courts, deep into the welfare of society and the happiness of families, and affects the destiny of countless millions yet un born. The government that is sup ported by it pays dearly for the alliance. The poo'house, the prison, the potter's field, the insane asylum, the orphans' homes, the bankruptcy courts and a hundred benefactions, charities and corrective institutions are the expense the community shoul ders for the comparatively small re turns in taxes and license fees the liquor sellers pay for the privilege of dispensing poison in the com munity. Let the people have their way and the sign of the saloon will be rele gated to curiosity shops and dime museum chambers of horrors. PLACE FOB DENMAN GENERAL GOETHALS' services will be utilized by the govern ment through ordering him to France in command of our engineer force's who will be engaged there in railroad construction for war use. Denman's services also can doubt less bp continued to the pubile by hu\ing the President appoint him to the vacant position on the Trado Commission to succeed the late Com -1 inlssloner Parry, of Seattle. To be sure, Parry was a Progres sive Republican and Denman is a Democrat. But a little thln like that is of no consequence in this ad ministration, no matter what the law may have to say about the partisan composition of a commission. Ostend always was an attractive place for the English in summer. WHAT IS POUK? THE passage of the twenty-seven mtlllon-dollar rivers and har bors bill and the vote upon it in either branch of Congress go to show once more that "pork" is always located in the other fellow's district or state. It is like the definition given by an English bishop to a nobleman whd asked for the differ ence between orthodoxy and hetero doxy. "Orthodoxy," replied the churchman, "is my 'doxy and hetero doxy Is your 'doxy.'" *~F > STIKLCA Mt Bj the Ex-Commlttcenmn Senator William C. Sproul, of Dela ware, has the record of the senators for having the most bills approved during the session of 1917. The Delaware senator presented forty e':ht bills, including two consti tutional amendments. The latter do not require presentation to the Gov ernor. Of the remaining forty-six, thirty became laws through approval cy the Governor, eight were vetoed, one bill was killed in the House, one stricken off the calendar in the House, five left In Senate committees, one left in House committee. The amendments included the $50,000,000 road bond Issue amendment, which will be voted upon by the people of the state at the election In Novem ber, 1918. Senator Edwin H. Vare presented twenty-seven bills, most of which be came laws through approval by the Governor. Auditor General Charles A. Snyder, President pro tem. Beidle man. Senators Buckman, Salus and Kline presented many bills, but were not as lucky as the Delaware or South Philadelphia senators. —Auditor General Charles A. Sny der is maintaining silence about what his course may be over attorneys to be named in behalf of the State un der the direct inheritance tax law. For years the Auditor General named all of the attorneys for the collateral inheritance tax law, but Attorney General Brown has given notice to registers of wills that he proposes to exercise the authority given him under the act of 1915, which means that he will either name the attor neys or have an understanding with the Auditor General. —The Philadelphia Inquirer to day devotes considerable space to an article in which it contends that the proceedings In the constitutional convention of 1873 were all of a trend which showed that the fram ers desired the Senate to have full power over confirmation of major appointments by the Governor. It reviews reports of the proceedings of that time which were much talk ed about among legislators last win ter and the remarks of Auditor Gen eral Snyder in his farewell in the Senate in April. The Inquirer prints the following: "Attorneys for Auditor General Charles A. Snyder have decided to make the basis of their contention that Governor Brumbaugh has no authority to reappoint the 'eight of ficials whose nominations were re jected by the State Senate decision by Chief Justice Mercur, of the State Supreme Court, given on May 23, 1883. This was in the case of the Commonwealth against David H. Lane, then Recorder of this city. "In the course of this decision the Chief Justice employed these words: "Before he (the Governor) con templates the appointment, the Sen ate must consent to his appointing the person named. It may, however, prevent an appointment by the Gov ernor, but it cannot appoint. It may either consent or dissent. There its action ends. It cannot suggest the name of another. "If it dissents, the Governor can not appoint the person named." "This last sentence will be made the keynote of the argument of the counsel for the Auditor General, who declare that Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown has never gone officially upon record before the recent action of the Chief Ex ecutive by the filing of an opinion that the Governor could reappoint after nominees had been rejected by the Senate." —Filing of a nominating petition for Thomas D. Shea, Nanticoke law yer, for judge in Luzerne county, means a revival of the fight of ten years between Shea and Judge H. A. Fuller, who will be a candidate for re-election. Shea was the leader in the movement to impeach Judge Fuller which heifl disturb the ses sion of 1913 and has been an ac tive figure In pcltt cs of the third county. —J. Harris Mussina, well km>wn in Clinton county affairs, is a can didate for renomination in his county. , 1 —Harry S. McDevltt, special dep uty In the Auditor General's Depart ment. 1s working on plans for uni formity of business methods in State institutions. He will have an office on the second floor of the east wing of the Capitol. —Walter F. Dumser, Reading edi tor, has been appointed to a position in the Public Service Bureau at Washington. It is understood that he will have charge of publicity matters for Pennsylvania. —The newspapers of the State ap pear to be watching the row among the Philadelphia Democrats over patronage with a good bit of inter est. It is believed that It will be followed by explosions in other sec tions of the State. —A list of Republicans appointed to places in Philadelphia Federal establishments which deserving Democrats think they should have has been made up by the Old Guard Democrats in Philadelphia and will be sent to Washington. —The Philadelphia Press in a discussion of the Democratic row in that city to-day says: 'VThe Demo cratic slate for the primaries will be arranged at a conference to be held to-day between the Organization Committee of the Democratic City Committee, Tenth and Walnut streets, and A. Mitchell Palmer, dis penser, under limitations, of Federal patronage for Pennsylvania. The Old Guard element which controls the organization at Tenth and Wi.l nut streets is Incensed that more jobs are not being awarded to its members and on Monday night raised its joint voice in protest. It had been intended at the meeting to secure from the representatives of the various wards suggestions for the Democratic Councilmanic candi dates from all the wards, hut the protests against insufficient jobs swept aside all other business. At to-day's conference with Mr. Palmer the attitude of the City Committee will be copimunlrated to him and if there is no improvement from Wash ington a delegation will go to the Capitol to protest." —Representative John Mehrlng, of Philadelphia, has been reappoint ed a deputy coroner. Women's Rights in Philippines Women in the Philippines, from Filipino to Ifugao and from Kalinga to Moro, have a lot to say about the way things are run. My first realization of the different status of Philippine womanhood came on the Pacific steamer on which I last returned to the United States. A young Filipino wanted to wrestle with some of the Japanese on board. But his wife was with him and she feared she would lose a husband in the melee. She vetoed his desire with considerable ease and perfect effectiveness. If she had been a Chinese, Japanese or Indian of the same class her husband would have wrestled as long as ho wanted to, or could, and the woman In the case would have kept her mouth shut. In the Philippines I have observed that the woman holds the purse and the ! gavel.—From the Christian Herald. lIARJRISBURG TELEGRAPH OH, MAN! By Briggs . ■ ■ ■ i in . - ■ ■* Jic*- You're a j f Jim C ud boy You\ Got Th£mA wi A u^e L -i'A JTIMC 6 5 C ARe Turmimg ou, J ALL skimmed ct.M ) Vou ve GOT THE Th 6 BesT / OLD CHAP- The , lio Your STUFF no The COUMTRW J STUFF You Tur.U out I V -- . r - - V . C (3 SIM PLY ' 1 j You R£ AFTER (Tneße ! use IT&. PH=TTY. SHRIMP J talking You rs I Mice To Be \ \ TMPBP ' , / So FAMOUS // / U)H£R U6 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT J In England they are still looking for the man who put the mess in Mesopotamia.—New York Sun. The I. TV. W. agitators were shipped out by rail. One rail would have been better than two.—New York Sun. Recent events have shown that it is easier to make a radical change in a German Government in China than in Germany itself.—New York World. The Frankfurter JCeitung calls Dr. •Vichaelis "a Prussian in the best sense of the word." Bust .lust what | is the best sense of the word?— New York World. Prohibition voted in Porto Rico two to one Is only another of those vast flanking operations by which New York Is to he encircled and, eventual ly captured.—New York Evening Post. It goes, we presume, without say ing that there will be a stop put to the manufacture of whisky from grain, but how about this stuff In dry territory made from sepulcher paint, shellac iodin. carbolic acid and brick dust, and red pepper Juice? —Macon Telegraph. H. G. Wells' criticism of Great Rritain in his "Mr. Britling Sees It Through," which were read and en .loyed by Englishmen, were cut out of the Russian translation by the Rus ian censor because "tliev \vfre criti cisins of a powerful ally."—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The American Ambulance The transfer of the American Am bulance from the control of the French government and of the com mittee that has had immediate direction of Its work to representa tives of the American army gives a new status to an institution that has made for itself a magnificent record in relief work and at the same time has been- an important instrument for the expression of the friendship felt by the American people for France from the begin ning of its gallant struggle against a ruthless invader. On August 14. 1914, the American Ambulance had its birth. Founded by Americans then in Paris, appeals for support brought ready and unceasing re sponse from Americans on this side of the Atlantic—Americans eager to join with their fellows In giving practical aid to the sister republic and in showing appreciation of the sreater aid the French of an earlier day rendered to this country. This support has been not one of machines and money alone, but one of men. To this work of relief con ducted under the flags of the two greta republics hundreds of young Americans have devoted themselves, have risked—-and some have lost— their lives, honoring their country as well as themselves. It has been a great work, a work well worth doing, a work well done. Small wonder, then, that the exer cises attendant upon the formal transfer, "which are described in a special cable despatch to the Herald from Paris, should have been marked by a display of deep emo tion. By special request the flag that has flown over American Am bulance headquarters since its foun dation has been presented to the Minister of War to be retained as one of the precious souvenlrj of ttye days of trial. Under the American army and the American Red Cross the ambu lance organization will continue its labors for France and for humanity, but no new record can eclipse that already mude.—New York Herald. Hoover's Single-Mindedness When. Herbert C. Hoover has a lob in hand he is apt to have a rather single-minded purpose. In Belgium he developed the Idea that the reason he was there was to feed the Bel gians. And that idea was a life-pre server for the Belgian people. Few men have ever had the temptations that were given Hoover to throw down a task. When the situation be came completely hopeless Hoover was wont to remark, "But wo must remember that we are here to feed the Belgians," and grit his teeth and go on working. Sometimes the provo cations became so intolerable for some of the other Americans that after working upon one another's feelings thev would decide that the time had come to stop the whole bus iness as punishment to the Germans or to some set of persons. But it never went any further than that, for a few words from Hoover were always enouph to put everybody back on even keel and to cause them to wonder that with millions of inno cent lives at stake they could have thought of anything so preposterous as abandoning the great work thv were privileged to share in.—Hush Gibson. In the Century. A LITTLE TALK By S. W. STRAUS, President American Society for Thrift IN many cities of the United ] States at the present time, home owning campaigns are being conducted. This is a commendable aspect of thrift. In fact it embod ies one of the most noble exempli fications of this sterling virtue. Statistics show that about one-half of the Americans own their own homes, so there is still a large work to be done along this line of eco nomic Endeavor. As I have many times pointed out in these articles, thrift does not consist merely In saving money. Money saving is only an elemental component of thrift. To be thrifty, one must be a money-saver, but learning to save money is only one of the primary steps to be taken in the building of a thrifty character. There is a vast distinction between saving merely for the sake of ac cumulating or saving for a definite and worthy purpose. The day a man begins saving money for a home marljSLthe be ginning of u new and finerNife for him than he has ever known before. He is saving for the most worthy object possible. The home is ' the unit of which the nation is con structed. It Is the solid foundation on which society rests. It is man's finest token of civilization it is everything that a man might live for or die for. In the vocabulary of progress it has no synonym. President Wilson tells us that "If men do not provide by saving, for all those dependent upon them, then they have not opened their eyes to Wasting Coal [Chicago News.] War, the well-known twentieth century educator, perhaps, will teach us how to eliminate the smoke nui sance. It promises, at any rate, to effect this marvel, and the threat' of a coal shortage should prove a sharp goad in the flanks of wasteful fuel users. The United States Bureau of Mines asserts that "fully $500,000,000, or one-fourth the issue of Liberty Loan bonds, was wasted last year In this country through the inefficient use of coal." This declaration is approved by the federal department of the in terior. Director Manning, of the Bureau of Mines, estimates that many small power stations which generate elec tricity get only about one-half as much energy out of the coal con sumed by them as efficient power plants obtain from a similar amount of fuel. Steam plants, he thinks, make so poor a showing that the average energy developed Is only 5 or 6 per cent, of the potential energy in the coal burned by them. Here is presented an inviting and profitable field for investigation and experiment. Owners of power plants ought to secure from the federal • bureau of mlliei Its various reports on fuel saving methods. Then they should set themselves seriously to work to Increase the efficiency of their furnaces and boilers. Four Million Aliens [Knoxville Journal and Tribune.] There are four million aliens in the United States, that Is unnatural ized foreigners. Many of them have resided in the country for years with out making any attempt at natural ization. They do not mean to become Americans, they did not mean to ever be Americans when they came here. They came for no other reason than they thought it was easier for them to make money here than It was in the land of their birth. Many of them came for jobs in American Industrial establishments, some of whom may have been given employment for the reason they were willing to work for lower wages than that expected by native employes. It is more than possible that some of the labor troubles we have had In this country might have been traced to the presence of these aliens. It may be said of the presence of aliens tn the country, who have come with no intention of becoming Ameri cans, some of them at this time are a source of concern. Not all of them are enfinles of the country, a ma jority of them doubtless are not, but of course they have less interest in the success of the nation In the war than those who have been born hero and who have lived here all their live* any adequate conception of human life." There are relative values in sav ing. based both on motive and pur pose. The man who saves money merely for the purpose of investing it in an illegitimate business enter prise, could not be called a com mendable practicer of thrift. The miser is unpraiseworthy. Those who hoard their money in secret drawers or chests are worthy only of con demnation. These are all practi tioners of misguided thrift. On the other side, we have those who save for various purposes. Young men or young women who save their modest accumulations in order that they may acquire a col lege education are worthy exponents of true thrift. Parents who save for their children lead ennobling lives, as do all those among us who, with some fixed and worthy purpose, set aside from their small incomes as much as circumstances will permit. Among these are the men and women who are saving to own a home. Let this movement be encouraged everywhere in America. Let us be known as a nation of home-owners. Nothing will give us more substanti abiiity. It is thrift developed to one of its finest possibilities. What sweet memories the word home brings to many of us! How fortunate were we that had a home! Give your children a definite place that they can call home and when they have grown older their mem ories of it will.be among the hap ' picst thoughts of their lives. Propaganda—Or Hysteria? ! The credulity of those inhabitants of India who have accepted the re port spread broad by German agents that King George was killed by a bomb dropped on Windsor Castle does not greatly exceed that of some American victims of German propa ganda. In this country we are being fed on talcs of disaster which have no more basis than that surreptiti ously sent out from Bombay. Yester day Secretary Baker very properly scotched a mischievous story, sent out from Washington, purporting to give the substance of reports made to the War Department by officers Just back from the British and French fronts. The Secretary of 'WJar showed that no such reports had been made and, moreover, that none of the officers referred to entertained any such views as those attributed to them. Investigation proves that the secretary's denial is fully justi fied. Hardly had that lugubrious effu sion been disposed of than another in somewhat similar strain made its appearance. The difference between the two Is that the first bore all the earmarks of "fake," while the second avoids the pitfall of spurious author ity. It is distinguished, rather, for a superabundance of obviously amateur strategy and for the presence in it of the familiar man of straw created for the sole purpose of being demol ished. In it we are solemnly told that the British and French armies cannot possibly rol) back the Ger man armies by turning the German lines—when if any one thing should be clear even to a press association strategist it is that the idea of "turning" the German lines finds no place in the plans of Haig and Pe taln. From Washington conies the sug gestion that the effusion in question was Inspired by persons in high of ficial position for the purpose of waking the country to the seriousness of the task ahead. That may absolve those responsible for its production of the suspicion of playing the game of German propagandists, but whero does It 'cave the supposed sponsors for such a work of folly? The country is not in need of the man-of-straw speotoirle to wake it ' up. The country is all right. It will be' happy when It is certain that Washington has waked up.—New Yolk Herald. After the Hike Two army shoes lay resting. Propped up by blanket rolls: Their tongues hung out and wearily They viewed two Jagged holes. "These are the times," the right one said, "The tlineß that try men's soles." • —Philadelphia Evening Ledger. "AUGUST 2, 1917. Labor Notes Painters at Osliawa, Can., liave or ganized. ' Railway carmen on the Grand Trunk want higher pay. Tennessee compels a semi-monthly payday. Frisco barbers ask an increase 01 $2 a week. Painters at Norwich, Conn., will Get sl9 a week on September 1. Dayton, Ohio, tilelayers get 65 cents an hour, eight hours a day. Motormen and conductors at Port land, Ore., have formed a union. Superior, Wis., boilermakers have secured union shop conditions. Plumbers at Bridgeport. Conn., now get $5 a day. Antisweatshop legislation Is In ef fect in New Jersey. Frisco butchers ask a 6 o'clock clos ing hour Saturday. Montana miners will establish a system of co-operative stores. In Spain many women work sell ing newspapers. There are four women sanitary in spectors in Toronto, Can. A provincial council on re-educa tion has been appointed to work in conjunction with the Canadian Mili tary Hospitals Commission through out Saskatchewan with a view of fit ting disabled soldiers for employ ment. In order to become better ac quainted with railway men and their conditions the Rev. W. E. Millison, a Methodist pastor in St. Thomas, Can., has made a round trip as fireman on a Wabash engine. OUR DAILY LAUGH \VV m * FLATTERING \r \ 111 COMPARISON. iVrf/V Are you fond I I rim i' 7°' & ran< * operat fl H Yes. Next to B • W/WX\ t * le cheering at AMBs v A a ball game th* mKwN * Jli no'se a good RKl't i/jf H chorus can ■S Oil II ff ft* make ' s about Bl \ the most Insplr ■ f ifi lnß thing I Ji ((J it JX know of - WORSE. How did you C come out on the * horse races yes- Oh; I broke || II even. How about * I' m even _ L ISM> HIS OBSERVA * \ Beauty Is only / sltln deep ' you I \ I used to be. : V. ij\) 1 think the girls IHB H - are laying It on RUDE BOY. Jack told me last night that I '\\j2 was his very. \uj —Jack will soon find out how un certain life Is. i&nrtng (Ulptf The state's chicken crop is the latest one to be reported to be run-< ning below tho standard of previous years notwithstanding efforta made last winter to bring- about >n In crease in the yield. Many settings of eggs were distributed and ,it is claimed at the Department of Agri culture that if they had not been used the decline in poultry would be considerably less. The department experts who have jjpeen getting reports on chicken rais ing in the food conservation cam paign say that there are probably z million and a half less chickens on the farms of the state as compared with a year ago. The high prices for fowls caused large sales to be made, while prices of grain for feed also caused some owners to cut down their flocks. Another estimate is that there are 6 per cent, less chicks hatched this year than usual on the farms of the state. It is believed that decjines will also "be shown in ducks and geese. • ♦ One of the handsomest specimens of artistic illuminated chirography seen in this city for a long time is the work of Wilmer Johnson, of the state Department, the man who makes out the commissions for gubernatorial candidates, not only in a 'big round hand," but in all sorts ? hands, plain and fancy. Mr. Johnson has Just completed the en grossing of the resolutions passed by the Pennsylvania State Society on the death of the late Henry Houck, Secretary of Internal Affairs, who died in ofllce, and was succeeded by his son, Paul W. Houck. The reso lutions are bound in book form. In soft leather, a fine specimen of high art in binding. The chirography is in various letter forms and each page and resolution is embellished with illuminated initial letters, strongly resembling the work done in the old monasteries by the monks in the preparation of religious works before the art of printing was invented. Tho color work is of the highest artistic skill and the whole forms a most perfect specimen of art that is sel dom seen in these days. Mr. Johnson spent hours in what he considered a labor of love, and his production has been highly complimented by all who have seen it. The book will be pre sented to Secretary of Internal Af fairs Paul W. Houck. * * * The State Dairy and Food Com missioner's agents have reported a new form of adulteration of a food condiment discovered in Philadel phia and have caused thirteen ar rests. The offense charged Is the use of a weed known as coriaria in sweet marjoram, which is extensively used in flavoring. Tho weed is claimed to have poisonous qualities and the manufacturers claim that they purchased the spice abroad and 6id not know of the adulteration. ♦ The weather is blamed in a bulle tin issued by the State Department of Agriculture for the prospects of a short crop of honey in Pennsylvania this year. The crop has been run ning over a million dollars in value in Pennsylvania the last few years, but the severe winter and lack of care of hives are asserted to have caused a decline in production that will run into thousands of dollars. * * * Some forehanded Individuals have been endeavoring to secure holds on automobile licenses for 1918, al though the half license period for this year has only begun. The an nouncement of the style and color of the automobile licenses for the next year caused a number of letters to be written and lately announce ments of contracts let for drivers' badges stirred them up again. • • Selection of a headquarters troop for the Seventh or Pennsylvania Di vision of the National Guard will be made shortly by Major General Clement. There are four troops of the First Cavalry being mentioned for the honor: the Governor's Troop, because it is located at the State Capital and takes part in ceremonies; the First Troop, which has a splen did historic record; the Sunbury troop, which is in the general's home town, and the new Danville troop. ♦ • Some idea of the wide nature of the traffic that pours through Harrisburg every day can be gained by watch ing freight trains. The other day a car marked "Constitutional istas de Mexico" went along hitched to an other marked "Canadian Pacific" and in proximity to cars from the Denver and Rio Grande, Great Northern and Georgia Railroads. The through traffic that passes by Har risburg or over the Susquehanna every twenty-four hours tells a won- I derful tale. TTVc sar.ner in which the national Kiiardsmen who are probably enter ins upon their last week at home are being drilled by their officers at tracting much 'attention. The men are being taught not only to tako care of themselves in sanitation work, but to handle their guns, while there are squads to be found march ins about the countryside on hikes or riding across country, ara to be met in odd out-of -tins-way places loaded down with their packs and hiking along gettinp f WELL KNOWN PEOPLE j —Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, says he is too busy to take a vaca tion this year. —Secretary of the Commonwealth Woods will spend part of the month in Massachusetts. —Bishop Rogers Israel, of Erie, is at the front in France, having arrived a few days agoj —Colonel Fred Taylor Pusey, quar termaster of the National Guard di vision, has Joined the staff at Sun bury. He was lately with the Public Safetv Committee. —President Charles Aiken, of Sus quehanna University, is much in terested in the new Susquehanna Trail road. DO YOU KNOW That Harrishurg is the center of more than a dozen state road routes? 'HISTORIC HARRISBURG Some of the citizens gave their labor free on the first courthouse. Moccasins "Moccasins of moosehlde, hanging by your thongs, Where would you bo taking me to day?" "Deep among the pine woods, where a man belongs! Treading up the balsam-fragrant way. "For the clouds have done their weeping, All the cataracts are leaping, White anemones are peeping From the runnels of the snow; "Down the wind the hawk is riding, On tho bow the Jay la chiding, And the little fawns are gliding Oil the trails we used to know." —By Arthur Ginterraan in ColUer'a Weekly;
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