8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR TIIE HOME Founded 1831 • Publlahed evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PHINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E.J. ST ACKPOLE, Prts't 9r Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American | A Newspaper Pub- Ushers' Assocla- A Bureau of Clrcu lation and Penn- Uf WRflB 9 sylvanla Associ ated Dailies. CSS S3 BSC SO Eastern office, IfilßlfitSl Story, Brooks & age a jag JBI nmey. Fifth iSSHSss W Avenue Building, JSLfijSB New York City; W;nMi Western office, Finley, People's Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg-, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a i 'week; by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG. 29 To Jqve abundantly is to live abundantly. —Drummond. A GRAVE SITUATION IN his address at the opening ses sion of the League of Third Class Cities yesterday, ex-Senator John E. Fox, legal advisor of Harrisburg, emphasized the thought so preval ent regarding the present adminis tration of our Pennsylvania cities when he declared that it is a grave situation when men l of vision and ability and civic pride decline to accept public place in the adminis tration of lQ.cal affairs. He was dwelling upon the vacancies which have existed in our City Council dur ing the last year or two and how difficult it had been to induce the right sort of men to accept these re sponsibilities. There is something radically wrong when those who are fitted by exprience refuse to take their part In the conduct of the public business. We suspect that this situation Is one of the direct results of the uniform primary which, designed as a means of opening the doors to all who wish to serve the people, has had the ef fect of keeping out of the various municipal contests those who de cline to enter into a "free-for-all" and submit to the usual campaign misrepresentation. THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY PRESIDENT WILSON'S reply to the peace proposals of the Pope is afl that the country and our allies couid desire. There is a strong intimation that Mr. Wilson was se lected to be spokesman for the Allies, and if so he has done his task well. Americans who have been doubtful of the President's attitude ' toward peace at the present time will rejoice that, whatsoever his course previous to our entrance into the war, there is apparently to be no more waver ing, no swerving from the path laid down in his war message to Congress. To understand the difficulties be setting the Executive at this time it must be • understood that there were those of his close advisers who would have had him pave the way for an immediate consideration of peace along the general lines suggested by the Pope, while others, to whose per suasion he wisely listened, urged him to stick closely to the text of "make the world safe "for democracy." To have blundered at this time would have endangered the whole allied cause. To have appeared too eager for peace merely would have buoyed up Germany with false hopes and thus prolonged the war, for it is in conceivable that the entente would have listened to such proposals as those from Rome, no matter what position America might have taken. On the other hand, to have assumed any but a high-minded attitude would have alienated the support of Russia and dampened the enthusiasm of the public at home. All told, the President has inter preted public thought with respect to the war in a manner that puts the American people right befqre the world, encourages them to even more intensive patriotic effort, immeasur ably strengthens the allied cause and provides an instrument whi<yt the German people may use whenever peace sentiment in that country reaches the place where it shall be more powerful than Prusslanism, READ THIS TO YOUlf BOY THE sad accident at the Philadel phia and Reading railroad bridge yesterday afternoon in which little Lucian Wilson met a tragic death, contains a lesson for thousands of Harrisburg children. Hundreds of fathers and mothers who read the story will cuddle their youngsters just a little closer to them to-night, and the occasion might be made a fitting one for a heart-to-heart talk. There is nothing in the storj; of the little lad's death to show that he was not observing and careful while playing about the fact, neighbors of the bereaved fam ily tell how the little boy could scarcely await the opening of the school term, that he might enroll for the first time and begin the studies which should make of him a good and useful citizen. It U more than WEDNESDAY EVENING, likely that Luke observed all ordi nary precautions when conscious that danger was near. But this occasion was not an or dinary one. While playing In the park, boys threw stones at him, and he hastened home to tell His mind for the moment was far removed from possible dangers lurk ing just behind the towering abut ments of the railroad bridge. 1-Ie stepped to the road at the particular moment which made it impossible for him to turn back. The driver of the heavy truck was not to blame. It waa an unavoidable accident. To-night, when you tell the story to your little boy, tell him that he must never take chances. Where (here is a possibility of dilnger, he must never take anything for grant ed. If parents persistently teach this thqught to their boys and girls, the Harrlsburg police records will show a greatly reduced list of accidents, ?).nd fewer heartbroken parents will have occasion to tell the story that will be told, years hence, to Luke's baby brother. BETTER CAR SERVICE AT last the Harrisburg Railways Company and the Public Service Commission have reached a place J where Improvements in the street car service of the city appear to be only a question of time, and a very short time at that. The letter of the Commission to the company suggesting many changes and ask ing for conferences with the com pany's officials and the prompt ac ceptance by the company of the in vitation to confer, with President Musser's promise of hearty co-oper ation for the betterment of the situation, all bespeak early correc tion of conditions that have bean irritating the public for some years. Obviously, it will not be possible to m:ike all the changes suggested by the commission within a few Tront'is o" even within the year. To build a new line to Steelton via South Second street, another to the Hill via Herr street and to reconstruct the system through the Capitol Park zone, with double tracks over the proposed Walnut or State street viaduct are not matters to be ac complished in a day. But, as Presi dent Musser has intimated, are places where betterments can be made at once, and it Is proper that these should be taken up with the Commission at an early date, as soon' as the survey report #f the street car conditions in this city shall have been filed by Bion Arnold, the Chicago expert engaged for the work. The big betterment that will grow out of the Intervention of the Public Service Commission is that a pro gram of, street railway extensions, improvements and changes will be outlined as a result that will form the basis for developments covering a period of years. Instead of grow ing at random, the railways will be extended along lines carefully thought out and approved by transportation experts of national reputation. It must be said for the people that tltey have not been getting the service to which they feel they are entitled, and for the company lhat all of the trouble is not due .sither to intention or neglect. As the Commission hints in its letter to the company, there are places where cars are delayed by congestion of due to unregulated vehicular traffic and at other places cars stop at too frequent Intervals. These conditions must be rectified at the same time we are requiring the trolley company to expend its thousands upon thousands of dol lars In track and system improve ments. The letter of the Commission dis plays an Intimate knowledge of the local street car situation. For ex ample, the now proposed cross-town line at Herr street has been a subject under discussion in that part of town for several years, and as for Steelton, it is perfectly evident that if our people are to continue to work in the big mills o#that town and reside here, they must have street car service that will transport them promptly and In comfort. Traffic between this city and Steelton should grow rapidly with the development of the steel industry at. that point and now is the time to begin to prepare for handling the increased number of people who will constantly find employment at the Schwab plant. The way has been opened for gen eral improvements. The public will .watch the developments with In terest. CIVIL SF.RVICE FOR POLICE WHETHER the new civil serv ice law as applied to the police department will grow in pop ular favor or be repudiated at the next sessior> of the Legislature will depend largely upon the conduct of the force. Most of the cities of the third class have been embarrassed with all manner of legtslatjve nos trums in the form of alleged reform measures and the placing of their police forces under civil service reg ulations is a radical step. The late Mayor Charles A. Miller, who was intimately familiar with most of the proposals for reform for cities in the class ©f Harrisburg, was somewhat doubtful about the effi cacy of the civil service law as it affects the police department, because it invited a continuance in the pub lic service of men without any quali fications whatever for police duty simply because they were already on the payrolls. 110 felt that it would impose upon the cities concerned guardians of the peace who had been appointed under old conditions and whose fitness might be open to se rious question. This is precisely the attitude of the public at the present time regarding the operation of the new law. The pepple are willing to wait a reasonable time for a demonstration of the efficiency of the. present force in Harrisburg, but unless and until the department justifies its retention as a whole in the public service by a close attention to the interests of the people there will be Increasing doubt as to its utility. Nobody ques tions the desirability of civil serv ice in the police department; the only question is whether officers ap pointed under old conditions should bo retained under the new law with out a rigid examination as to their fitness. Another lameness is the shifting of responsibility to the entire body of the City Council, which sits as a jury upon every police appointment, instead of final and definite authority being placed with the Mayor. During the sessions of the Third Class City League hero these and other matters will doubtless be fully ventilated and there ought to be no hesitation in discussing the weak spots of any laws which now regu late'the affairs of municipalities of the third class. These conferences ure extremely beneficial only when the shortcomings of administration are frankly and honestly discussed. Under the commission form of mu nicipal government the interest of the people in their own affairs has somewhat abated and it will be e\?en more necessary than heretofore to arouse public sentiment to the sup port of proper measures. By the Ex-Conimitteemiw Sensational attacks upon the liquor interests of Delaware county were made last night at a meeting In Brookllne, Delaware county, in the interest of the candidacy of James L. Rankin, for Common Pleas Judge. Both ot his competitors for the nomination, Judge John M. Broomall and former District Attorney Al bert Dutton MacDade, were assailed and the orators pictiAed Mr. Rankin as the logical candidcue of the voters opposed to the liquor traffic. A. B. Geary, a member of the bar of Chester, and Collector of Cus toms William H. Berry, made the principal speeches. Mr. Geary, in a prepared address recited license court history of the county and charges that the Mc- Clue interests dominate the political situation and influence the granting of liquor licenses. The jury ballot box stuffiing case was recalled and blamed upon the liquor control of the politics of the county. —There will be three candidates for may of in Franklin this year. They are E. J. Miller, George W. Haight and John P. Emery. Mr. Mil ler has been a member of council for four years, acting as superintend ent of finance. Mr. Emery was a meriiber of council before the com mission form of government for third class cities was adopted and also served one year as mayor. Mr. Haight has been a citizen of Franklin for more than thirty-five years, first going to Franklin as agent for the Adams and United States Express companies. For more than twenty five years he had charge of the ship ping department of an oil company, going on the retired list on August 1, 1916. —Samuel D. Fessler, of Hollidays burg, a candidate for the Republican nomination for director of the poor, has resided in that town thirty-four years, lie was in business many years and was a councilman. Happiness Hapny is the man who knows when close the shutters to his eyes, dam the way to his hearing and seal the trapdoor that is belovV his nose and above his chin.—Silent Partner. • "Gott Shafe England" Another of the horrors: English soldiers are letting their mustaches and beards grow to save time. Gott shafe Kngland. . From the New York Mail. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH! OH, MAN! By Briggs Ths WIFE IS COMING ' " heu_o-- \ t>o*J'T * This The article HOive Tomorrowj - so f*s.m weADitOo Joe was TsluniG " • must rgap I'LL tfOST TIDY ThS This VWSL.L--ÜB6LU" roe AS out " •. \ ThiS -BEUEve ME) OLD HOMI? ~~ UP A BIT TwI FO* " &s? nr sir V. ° 0 w v soMcows- "To CLEArvJ Two HOOR3) , HM-m-M " UPh^" EDITORIAL COrHIENT The Kaiser told Ambassador Ger ard that he would remember the United States after the close of tho war, and there is every reason to be lieve he will keep his word. —New York Morning Telegraph. Stated otherwise, the purport of Deputy Loringhoven's speech to the Reichstag is that the German troops gloriously tipped over the cart, but the allies feloniously prevented- their taking the apples.—New York World. The time to discuss peace will date from the day the enemy asks for terms, instead of offering them.— Chicago Tribune. Mr. Root says Russia's riots do not amount to much. He's, seen a few Republican National conven tions.—New York World. The American public labors sis days and on the seventh wears itself out riding around in automobiles. — New York Evening Sun. Maybe the real reason of the Rus sian disorders Is that Russians have to call one another such terrible names.—New York Morning Tele graph. Camouflage is an ancient art. We used to achieve it with a big geog raphy when we wanted to read "Peck's Bad Boy" in school. —Kansas City Star. Perhaps in time the people of the United States will be officially ex horted to exercise in eating the same common sense nine-tenths of them have always exercised. —New York World. Llgyd-George's Optimism Lloyd-George's confidence in the early successful outcome of the war, as reflected In his speeches, has grown steadily of late until now it seemingly amounts to certainty. A few weeks ago he was calling for ships, ships and more ships. Now he announces his conviction that Great Britain cannot be starved by the submarine campaign, that the whole military situation grows more and more hopeful, and that the diffi culties of the allies are lessening Steadily, while the increasing trou bles of Germany are hastening her downfall. The news wo gjt from Europe all substantiates the British Premier's view and gives ground for his opti mism. The German armies are in the curious position of occupying hundreds of square miles of enemy territory, their own land uninvaded, and still of being not far from the verge of collapse and, to judge from the statements of prisoners and the desperate effort to gain a German peace, of realizing this situation themselves. Now is the time for America and her allies to stand to gether and exert every ounce of their potential energy to hasten the end of this dark period in the world's history.—Ohio State Journal. Men Charge at a Walk Men walk to the charge In Eu rope to-day at three miles an hour, walk five yards apart, keeping their alignment, walk in platoons of two lines each, sixteen men and an offi cer "to a line. Bombers and bayo net men constitute the first line, be hind them four emergency men, run ners, messengers and so on. In the second line are the Lewis gunners with their guns, and the rifle grena diers. Two platoons head each com pany's advance, the Lewis gunners so placed as to protect tjie flanks. So each company goes forward in waves. The first and second platoons lead, the third and fourth follow, all with the same formation. The re serves are behind them with the company commander, ready to so forward when the time comes. This is the present arrangement, very roughly blocked out. It It not com plicated in itself, but it must be taught. Later on we shall have to develop an army of specialists, but now wo must train officers in the handling of those specialists. That Is the new warfare.—Mary Roberts Rlnehart In tho Saturday Evening Post. You Know This Every time you conquer the blues you acquire a new fund of courage. Every time you stop to think you save yourself a lot of trouble—that is, \( you think right. You know that the outgoing tide always comes back. You know that in every adversity there is always present the compensating element. You know that after every dark day the sun is sure to shine, that tho birds will sing, that the flowers will fling out their fragrance, and that the brooks will run by with their I songs.—The Silent Partner. WHITE BREAD T BEST THE best war bread is the best i quality of white bread that can be made." This Is the dictum of Professor Harry Snyder, a Minneapo lis chemist, formerly of the University of Minneapolis, set forth in an ad dress at a convention of the Tri- State master bakers at Cedar Point, Ohio, on July 12 last. Professor Snyder bclfeves that nothing can'be gained from the standpoint of nu trition or of cost by using so-called "bread substitutes," even of such substances as rye, corn, and whole wheat. He is, to be sure, in favor of their use from the standpoint of conservation. There may, in other words, not be enough wheat to go around, and it may be necessary to eke it out with inferior breadstuffs; but nothing is gained, he thinks, by persuading consumers that in so do ing they are really getting something better than white bread. In fact, other cereal? may best be adminis tered in "breakfast food" form, and not as bread at all. Says Professor Snyder: "White bread is the best war bread. Every war in which this country has been engaged from the Revolution to the present time has been fought and won on white bread. * * * White bread is the best in times of either peace or war. It it were not. any real defects it might possess wouWs long ago have been discovered and white bread would have been discarded. "Many honest attempts have been made to And 'substitutes' for bread, k and our journals, both popular and technical, are full of suggestions. • • • That white bread is the cheapest and best can be shown if one or two of the proposed "substl tues' are examined a little in detail. "Consider, for exampl#, oats at 70 cents per bushel and wheat at $2.80. Naturally it would look as if it would bo economical to use oats as liberally as possible in a bread 1 mixture. A bushel of oats weighs How to Dry Corn Old timers remember with keen relish the dried corn of earlier days, and housekeepers of to-day will find corn dried by artificial heat in flavor and superior to canned corn. Select young, tender corn of an excellent variety. If the field corn is used, select as you would for cooking. Boil or steam on cob eight to ten minutes, using one teaspoon ftil of salt to a gallon of water. Drain and with sharp, flexible knife cut from the cob, cutting oft first the top of the grain, then half way down to the col), then scrape or press out the remainder, being careful not to get the chaff. Spread a thin layer on the tray of the dryer and lay thermometer in tray. Begin drying at 110 degrees and raise tempera ture gradually to 145 degrees Fah renheit. Dry three to four hours, stirring occasionally to get uniform reuult. A little experience will enable you to determine when the corn is properly dried. It should feel tough without being moist, but not to/> rattly hard. Place in boxes when cool, and once each day, for three or four days, pour from one box to an other to insure a uniform degree of moisture. Thiy process is called "conditioning." If the corn seems too moist return to drying trays for a fihort while. Dried vegetables and fruits should be stored so as to protect from mois ture. A cheap solution is to place small quantities in paper bags—say enough for a meal or two—and store in tightly covered lard tins. Exam ine next day, and If "sweating" dry a little more, To prepare dried corn for cooking, souk two to four hours, allowing two cups of water to one cup of corn and use as fresh corn. This dried corn, without any fur ther cooking, makes a delicious breakfast food when served with fruit or eaten with milk. If de sired for this purpose, however, it should be cooked fifteen minutes in stead of ten before drying. Opportunities Now It was Charles M. Schwab who.'Sn speaking to young men recently said: "What would I not give to be one of you, starting in life, beginning at this auspicious moment? Thlß remark came from the heart, and should make a lasting impres sion on every young man. It does not have the ring of remorse, but of true regret.—Silent Partner. thirty-two pounds and a bushel of wheat sixty; hence the ratio of prices, instead of being four to one on a bushel basis, is more nearly two to one on an actual price (pound) basis. In milling oats 30 per cent. or more of practically worthless oat hulls are removed. As feed, oat hulls have a very low \alue, as low, if not lower, than straw. This materially increases the cost of the edible part of the oat. Two hundred pounds of rolled oats In wood at wholesale costs about $9 when oats are 70 cents per bushel. Oats can not be used alone for bread, as they contain no gluten that will undergo a bread-making process. Not more than 30 per cent, of oats can be mixed with wheat flour, arfd then the loaf is soggy, poor, and un appetizing. * There is no ad vantage whatever from an attempt to use this so-called oat-flour in a bread-mixture, even if tho wheat costs four times as much per bushel as the oats. * * • "Rye and whole-wheat mixtures have been recommended for cheapen ing bread. The amount of rye that is available is limited, and should it be used in any quantity its price would soon be on a par with wheat. Ordinarily, at the grocers, rye flour, and whole-wheat flour are retailed at the same if not a higher price than the white; hence their use would make no reduction in the cost of bread where home-bread making is practiced. Then, too, the whole wheat flour is not as nourishing as the white * * * Tests by our Na tional Department of Agriculture have shown that it takes upward of 106 pounds of whole wheat, 82 per cent, extraction or gray flour, to equal in nutritive value 100 pounds of straight white flour. Hence it is that our what crop can not be stretched as a bread-producer, and be made to furnish any added nour ishment by grinding a part of the wheat offal into flour. —The Literary Digest. Bread Sickness Official admission has been made in Germany that, owing to the very bad bread epidemic bread sickness is prevalent in many places. The present war bread becomes bad very rrpidly-durlng hot weather, and becomes infested with what is called hay or potato bacteria. The people are officially informed that the best way to prevent the bread going bad is to "wrap it in linen and hang it up as used to be done with ham"—of happy memory. The German authorities are much concerned about the harvest, and it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the prospects are not so bright as was anticipated. Early vegetables have been more of a mirage than a reality, and the quantities which ap peared on the town and city mar kets have been so small as to be al most negligible. The same may be •said of fruit, very little of which found its way to the shops and mar kets. Growers held it up, and dis posed of It at high prices to those who cared to come and fetch it. Po tatoes are still being dealt out In quantities of two to three pounds weekly. Most of the schools- have been closed to allow the children to work in the fields, where they are Joined by students from the colleges and universities. The heavier work Is done almost entirely by women, but it is greatly hampered by lack of machines and draught animals. Large numbers of cows are being used instead of horses and oxen.— .London Times. Rising Prices in Japan A bag of rice, which only a few years ago cost 11.26, now sells at $2.60, an increase of 100 per cent. But this staple Is only typical of near ly all other articles of household use. No legitimate reason exists for this Increase. Rice is raised in Japan. Wages are slightly higher, no doubt, but not sufficiently so to add 100 per cent, to the cost of an articlo of necessity. Such a rise in price of necessities is an avoidable hardship. The government can check it, if wisely directed. The rice market, like wheat In America, should be the last to suffer from violent man ipulation. It Is the food of the peo ple and government should fix a lim it for its price. AUGIiST 29, 1917. Labor Notes Women employed in journalism I in Japan receive from $lO to $25 a I month. Of 24,000 miners in the Birming ham (Ala.) district, over 15,000 are organized. Moving-picture operators at Au gusta, Ga., are 100 per cent, or ganized. Telephone girls at Wallace, Idaho, have secured a six-day week. j® Plumbers at Monroe, La., have se cured $1 a day Increase and a 44- hour week. Organized labor, at Richmond Ind., was instrumental in establish ing a city market. Labor unions at Linton, Ind., have launched a co-operative store for members. Marseilles, 111., will pay city em ployes the union scale of wages. Textile industries in Columbus, Qa., permit employment for 6,000 people. One of the largest laundries in Seattle, Wash., is a co-operative af fair, owned by union labor. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH ; „,rr. sz fiM? lyhat color will bo fashionable this summer. / Second Potato I Bug: Why, I£p ? TBfrt i thinkparisgreen r7 't i will bo used y/'t j 'i I quite a lot. ifc ' Wi. \ Mm WANTS A BAR r'/ST ° AIN ' "She's a great bargain hunt- XSwiStfflfA "I should say t SO. She's walt- II ing for her fa ' 1 vor,^e depart fvj k W I 1 ment store to 1 ' reduce the price of Liberty bonds to 149.98." A GOOD REA- 111 i Why is yourf t husband so in- j , sanely Jealous of I 1 lie doesn't want mo to find out Jl / what! a fool I j was to marry - him, X guess. 7i™i lin 5. IT WASN'T SANITARY. j6ov"l I. .. iy 3 ( (g%> I <5" not miss 'Ls the swlm " > ming hole. 1 1 thlnk rd bc a 3 V s * ITo want its t V-„ mess when [ I possess \s. A nice enameled - _V. tub. George is going: li | . to visit us this Wj f fitation to spend | Sretttnn CHljai The Telegraph Letters from the Front department is attracting at tention not only in Harrisburg but abroad, as is shown by this extract from a brief letter of appreciation from J. K. Roseberry, a well-known traveling man, who spepds many week-ends in Harrisburg. lie says: "I cannot refrain from writing to you to tell you how much I appre ciate the Letters from the Front which I read occasionally whenever I can get hold of- the Telegraph along my way. These letters are so human, so clear cut, so enthusiastic. They tell as no skilled writer could tell the expediences our boys 'are having in France and they must bo great educators for the lads who are still with us and awaiting the call. X myself have tried for the training camps, but I am too old. This is a young man's war and the letters which you are printing are from >oung men to the people of all the homeland as well as to their owh friends. The Telegraph has in teresting and important columns in these Letters from the Front and ' I think even body who receives such a letter should give it to the paper for publication." To many fathers and mothers, doubtless, these documents are more precious than gold. They are being cherished as heirlooms in many fam ilies, the Telegraph knows. But what Mr. lloseberry says is true. Tlrey are letters of American boys to the American people and in all cases they should be copied and given to the newspaper for publica tion. • * "If the American camps in Franco are as spick and span as that at Gettysburg they will be like home sweet home to their occupants," said Howard C. .Fry upon his return from that camp the other day. "We found a number of the Harrisburg boys housed in tents built to take care of a squad of eight and each one of them was outlitted in the most com plete fashion. The tents were clean and comfortable. I saw no evidence of the much talked of shortage of army supplies at Gettysburg. Indeed it struck me that the government had been exceedingly generous to its men. "Just as we were about to leave it struck me that we had a fine largo fresh, perfectly good cake in our car that might taste good to the boys in whose tent we had been vis iting. I mentioned it to the man who was showing us about He was polite and rather tirlTidly suggest ed that we might need it ourselves. But there was a lad on a nearby cot whom I thought up to the moment was sound asleep who was not so backward. Sitting bolt upright and rubbing his eyes, he blurted out: "Say, Jimmie, could we use a fine, large, fr#sb perfectly good cake? Well, I rather guess wo could, now couldn't we?" "And so they got the cake." • • Something is the matter with tho pumpkin cropln many gardens here abouts according to reports that have reached the garden editor of the Telegraph. Tho vines in many places, starting out unusually well and developing pumpkins rapidly, have died down and left the imma ture fruit to rot on the ground. Blight is responsible in some sec tions and an unusually dry period during one week in July are said to be responsible. • * Friends in Harrisburg heard to day with sorrow of the very serious illness of Mrs. Buller, wife of N. ft. Buller, State Fish Commissioner. Mrs. Buller has been ill for some time but during a period of rest at Cape May had shown signs of re covery. Last evening Commissioner Builder found it necessary to cancel all engagements and go to the be side of his wife. There are few more devoted couplet than the Bullers. To gether they have driven by automo bile over almost tho entire State and were almost constantly together. Mr. Buller gives up a number of very Important speaking engagements in order to be with his wife. * Robert B. Reeves, the new gen eral secretary of the Harrisburg Y. M. C. A., will preach next Sunday morning at the Camp Hill Preshy terian Church, in the absence of the pastor who is on vacation. This flourishing young congregation is still worshiping in the assembly hall of tho firehouso of the town, but in a short time will begin to think of a church home for itself. It has purchased a lot just off the trol ley line on one of the principal streets in a centrally located section and is about ready to transfer the deed. The Methodists and the Lu therans are both located on tho main thoroughfare of the town which is traversed by the trolley line and have fine places of worship but the Presbyterians will follow the ex ample of the Episcopalians and have chosen a site that promise! more quiet. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE" —Charles William Bergner, o Philadelphia, well known to manj Harrisburg people, has been commis stoned second lieutenant of artillery —William B. McCaleb has heel president of the Philadelphia divi sion, Pennsylvania Railroad Veterai Association ever since Ills appoint ment to the head of the division Previous to that he was presiden of the Middle Division Veterans' As sociation, since Its inception. —Captain John S. Fair, formerl: a member of the editorial staff o The Tribune, has been rec ommenaed for promotion to tho rani of major. DO YOU KNOW ~ That Harrisburg-iuade pipe Is in the water supply systems of Spain and Mexico? Who Am I? I am the tub of the universe. The predicament of the moment. The jewel In the contractor's crowr The drimp in the pay envelope. I am the friend of the wastefu cook, The nigger in the woodpile, The little thing to look for, The large thing to find. I am greater Jthan a hundred how itzers, And ten army corps. And Josephus Daniels. I am the difference between wlr ning and losing. . I am the reason why. I am the garbage pail. —Christopher Morely in Life. Saviors oflhe Country Only tha clear-headed cltlzer standing for clean, honest and ec< nomlcal government, acting togethi earnestly and Intelligently, can sal the Individualism of American clt zenship as It emerged from. Tori town. —Houston Post
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