14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A KBWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Fe>unaed lilji Published evenings except Sunday by i THE TELEGRATH PRINTING CO.. Telegraph Building. Federal Sqaare. E.J. ST A CKPOEE, Pres't Sr Editcrin-Chirf F. R. OYSTER. Business Manager. Gt'S M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press Is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this'paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. - Member American Newspaper Pub _ Chicago, ill. Entered st the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. i By carriers, ten cents a ( t Week; by mall. $5.00 a year in advance. ========== I FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1918 He who knows ,viost, gives most for wasted time. — DANTE. COAL STOCKING DR. GARFIELD, at this late date, denies that he told the Amer ican people last summer to buy coal in quantities, construing his instructions to mean that they should buy just as much as would provide them with fuel through the winter, and no more. Regardless of the fact that thou sands of people were restrained from | stocking up last year because theyj understood Dr. Garfield to say pre cisely the opposite, the fact remains that much of the fuel shortage inj Harrisburg this winter has been due| to this failure to purchase during j the summer for use during the cold| period. Just what Dr. Garfield did advise j is of little consequence now. We are j almost through with this winter and j are already looking forward to sup plying ourselves during the sum mer with coal for the cold months to follow. We should be permitted to do this, insofar as the supply will permit. Doubtless the Federal Fuel Administrator has this in mind. The sooner we hear that we are to be allowed to lay in next winter's sup ply ahead of time the easi<fr we will feel in our minds. If we were choosing a defender, we would prefer some other to Ollie ■lames: but, then, maybe the Presi- j dent didn't choose him. "KILLING GERMANS" George harvey, writing in j the North American Review for j February, says that the chief | business of America has come to be j the "killing of Germans." That is not a nice sentence, but it i is so distinctly the truth that it ought to be read and considered by every American. "Killing Germans" must be Amer ica's chief occupation henceforth until Germany is brought to her knees. The more Germans we kill the fewer will be left to kill us. It is plainly a case of kill or be killed. Either Germans or Americans must die, and as between the two we must j see to it that death comes to the j Germans. We must kill Germans in France or they will, kill us—and our wives, and children here in our own country. "Killing Germans" is to be our chief occupation, because the more we kill the more quickly peace will be restored. That is the reason why Americans are so desirous of quick and effective co-operation with our allies. That is the reason why we are so indignant over errors and delays and so insistent upon speed and efficiency. All our war preparations are be ing made with one end in view—the killing of Germans. , It is announced that a "schedule of garbage collections" is to be an nounced. The most encouraging thing is that those pigs at the garbage plant must eat. so we may hope that the schedule will be something more than a "scrap of paper." WASTED WATER POWER THIRTY-FIVE million horse power of energy capable of be ing transmuted into electrical current for all manner of industrial and domestic purposes is flowing away every year down the streams and rivers of government owned lands. Finally, after years upon years of controversy and debate. Congress is about to enact legisla tion that will add this tremendous asset to the available resources of the country. President Wilson's recommenda tions should be enacted into law without undue delay. There is no danger of exhaustion of waterpower possibilities, as there is In the de nuding of government lands of valu able deposits of coal and mineral ores by the letting of private con cessions for the development of such properties. The flowing stream lias been there for ages and will be for ages to come. It simply invites the adventurous hand of man to chain it for his own uses. It be comes no feebler for the using. Day FRIDAY EVEXIXT., , by day it can be made to yield a i ; maximum of power and yet be as I ! strong to-morrow as It is to-day. j | The Shields bill, which has tho backing of the White House, has i many provisions designed to protect I the interests of the people—the re tention of the government of the i right to buy back the plants to be erected after a fixed period at a rea- J sonable price; to tax developments, supervise accounts and regulate the rates chargeel consumers. In this connection the government also must protect itself against acquire ment of rights by persons or cor porations desiring merely to hold them undeveloped for speculative purposes. We now realize keenly the possi bilities of a "coalless" period. We are beginning to understand how necessary a plentiful supply of fuel of one kind or another is to the wel fare of the people and the opera tion of our industries. Coal will not continue to pour forever in lim itless quantities from the mouths of Pennsylvania mines. Some day we shall reach the crest of the wave. Some day we, or those who folloV us, will see the end of the Pennsyl vania coal supply, and before that time comes we should be looking about for a substitute, and we have to go no farther than our countless rivers and smaller streams to findait. | The government is moving in the i right direction. After the war is j over the biggest industrial develop j ment of the age will be the con i struction Qf great dams and gene j rating plants to utilize the boundless I energy that is now flowing uselessly I past our doors. France has set the United States a splendid example in the 8010 inci dent. HARMONY WIXS THE very satisfactory manner in which the Republican national committeemen composed their differences and reached a common platform of good feeling and liar- i niony is not only a most encourag ing indication of a concentrated drive for victory in 1920, but it should be a hint to Republicans else where to stop their bickering anel get together for the common wel fare. The choice of Will H. Hays, of Indiana, as national chairman, places a man at the heael of the party well qualified by ability and experience for the great task he is called upon to perform. Mr. Hays has gone through a number of grueling campaigns in lvis own State, always with success, and he is a happy choice from a geographi cal standpoint, also, for he is neither an easterner nor a westerner, but represents a compromise in that re spect as well as in many others. The retirement of John T. Adams was to have been expect?*. While there was no proof that Adams is not a loyal and patriotic citizen, nevertheless the great mass of ar dent Americans enrolled in the Re publican party would not for a mo ment tolerate a national "chairman against whom even the breath of suspicion had been directed. Mr. Adams doubtless understood this and his graceful endorsement of the elec tion of his opponent was notice to his friends that they should put party above personality and go home to work under the new chairman as loyally as they might have done tin der his leadership. The skies are full of promise for 1920. It is now for all Republicans to so conduct themselves in' the meantime that the country will look to them in 1920 to do the great re construction work following the war in the same masterly and efficient manner as they did following the conflict of the Sixties. To that end all should strive. TO BE EXPECTED THE newspapers of Berlin have received President Wilson's lat est message with scorn and hos tility. This was to be expected. The German press, for the most part, is subsidized by the government and I what few papers are free live con stantly in peril of their existence. Some of them have been closed re peatedly for daring to disagree with the military party. The President's message was entirely too fair and honest to suit the purposes of the blood-thirsty hounds who are using up the flesh and blood of Germany in a desperate effort to elevate them selves to world dictatorship. They don't want the people to reason. They don't want them to hear the truth. Consequently, the President's message must be held up to censure. But if it is published in its entirety it will not fail of its purpose, no matter what the editorial comment may be. THE RUSSIAN SITUATION THE new turn in the Russian sit uation is most puzzling. Prob ably it will not be cleared up until the end of the war. With the. Bolsheviki announcing hostilities at an end, Germany insists upon a peace treaty, although treaties in Germany have been regarded as only so many "scraps of paper." Just why Trotzky will not sign is problem atical. Maybe, he doesn't want to add another "scrap of paper" to the Prussian wastebasket. Maybe he is playing a better game than appears on the surface. Who knows? Cer tainly from the allied standpoint the new turn of affairs has a more en couraging appearance. But too much reliance cannot be placed In the sta bility of Russian conditions. They are apt to change over night. The ice Is gone, and we're glad of It, but maybe next summer we'll be wishing some of it back. foOtCc* Ck By the Ex-Committceman Dozens of blank nominating pe- I titions for filing in advance of the spring primary are being sent out from the Department of the Secre tary of the Commonwealth, includ ing some for a number of men who have requested the blanks for state wide nominations. Under the law the petitions may not be circulated before March 2 and must be tiled by April 11. Some of the requests for the nomi nating blanks indicate a healthy in terest in the primary as the num ber asked is considerably in excess of those required to name a whole state ticket. Socialists and members of other parties on the lists have made requests for papers, but practically all of those asked by Republicans and Democrats are for legislative nominations. One of the interesting features ij the demand for congressional papers, while there are many asking for state committee papers. —While there is no question but what the enthusiastic endorsement given to Highway Commissioner O'Neil by the Dry Federation as its preference for governor was the will of the great majority in that gather ing there were some puzzled people at the convention. They were chief ly Democrats or independents. They wondered how they were to be for O'Neil for the Republican nomina tion and how they could maintain their party connections. The ex-: planation was given that the resolu tion for a committee of live to "can-! vass" the situation in the Demo- j cratic party and urge the party to ( "center" on a dry candidate was a precaution and that it should dem- j onstrate that the Dry Federation , was above party, above man, for the. dry amendment to the November j election. ! —The Democratic argument was] that if O'Neil happened to be nomi-1 noted by Republicans and a dry Democrat by the Democrats, the j forces would be divided. They also! wanted to know what O'Neil woulel j do if he was defeated because fhey j eioubted whether the national lead ers who hail from Pennsylvania) woulel stand for sinking identity of | the Democracy in a gubernatorial | year by endorsing a Republican. The i Democrats were pained by the opin-1 ion given of their standing as a party. | but were sootheel by the O'Neil peo- j | pie by the assurance that the com- ] | misfioner was going to win and that | they needed not worry. —There are some reasons to sus- j 1 pect that ex-Juilge W. E. Porter, of ' New Castle, woulel be willing to be 1 a dry Democratic candidate for gov- > ernor. Porter and W. N. McNair, late caneiidate for secretary of inter nal affairs against the wishes of the bosses, were the only militant Demo- !■ crats here for the Federation meet- t ing. The ex-judge is said to think j e that this is a year of possibilities,; a but if he or his friends hael any mis- ; 1 givings aJ)out the endorsement giv'n j O'Neil thpy did not express them out; loud. \ I < —E. Dowry Humes elid not <rnne > here, as advertised, for the reason j 1 that he is a candidate and if he had i > come to the Federation he would, t have been in a nice position after that O'Neil endorsement. Humes is said to be a bona fide candidate,! which means that he won't get out of the race for any one less than a , national chairman. ] —Mr. O'Neil went home last night , pleased with the oration given him. He will be in Pittsburgh over the , week-end and make speeches next week in Cambria, Somerset, Blair , and other counties. He will have a , big meeting in Altoona on the twen ty-first. s —A somewhat promiscuous crowd j was centered after elinner in the corridor of the Bolton the other eye- . ning when State Chairman Dietrich, of the Washington party, now tfith j the State Insurance Department!' Gif Cord Pinchot. once and presumab- i ly now a ca. lidate for senator, "Farmer" Crea anel D. A. Orr, of , the Chambers!)!;:g Spirit, editor of , the Patriot in its better days, chanc ed together. Mr; Pinchot suggested to "Farmer" Creasy the retirement oi Pinchot and the lusty farmer to j an upper room for consultation when 1 Editor Orr, with a probable view ofj leading to some political confusion! called. "Pinchot while up there] nominate Creasy for governor." Mr. i Pinchot did not use the hesitation ] common to him when the name of another is suggested as a candidate, ! but with seriousness responded: "He is the man who would suit me ex actly, I am for him." An adjourn ment was made, Creasy and Pinchot retired together, arm in arm, and it Is not improbable that the nomina tion was made with unanimity. —Mr. Orr interjected that as this was Pinchot's second declaration within the week for two different gubernatorial candidates he couldn't make out "whether this was an in crease for Creasy or a loss for O'Neil. —Eater when Creasy was asked by •a passing friend, "To what party, 'Farmer,' do you now belong," the 'Farmer' answered: "Like David B. j Hill. I am a Democrat." Whereupon! Chairman Dietrich ventured: "Well i I see where you have one ailvantage j over Hill; you're alive." —The Philadelphia newspapers to-day pay particular attention to the fact that Senators Sproul and Vare lunched together yesterday and those of last evening said that the ?proul headquarters would be open ed inside of a week with W. Harry Raker and W. P. Gallagher in charge of details. —There will be much political writing in Philadelphia few days. Senator Penrose and Chair man Crow will meet many up-state leaders. —Auditor General Snyder yester- I day delivered himself of the remark ' that if necessary he would overhaul | every bill for salary and expenses | and that he had a man watching ev- | ery department to see that the state I gets its money's worth. —Eex N. Mitchell, of Jefferson county, last night lesseneei the num ber of candidates for Governor by saying he would not run. Mr. Mitchell's boom was typewritten with an Altoona date line and he lepudiated it as the mistaken efforts of a well-meaning friend. —According to newspapers Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, of the Al toona Tribune, will not be chairman of the O'Neil committee. Mr. O'Neil says he was not asketl to be. —Albert Dutton MacDade, former district attorney of Delaware county and one of the men declared to be against Senator Sproul, is out with a ringing endorsement of the Sena tor for Governor. —Mayor E. V. Babcock and W. J. Burke, former senator and now a councilman, had an amusing set-to In Pittsburgh council. Mr. Burke was afraid of an ice famine next sumuier and wanted a municipal ice house created. The mayor replied , that since the beer clubs haty been Irun out there could not be so much demand for ice next July. —District Attorney W. J. Maxey, of Eackawanna, is out with an an nouncement of candidacy for judge, in 1919. HAHRISBURG TELEGRAPH OH, MAN! BY BRIGGS tLMHEFO I GAZE .INTO THINE I \ —/ ~~ _ ~\l ' ORBS "DIVIMD- / IV-U3 15 A MI6HTV f A VAJC?MAM ARPRTCI AT£S F(7 G] PA 1" \ MR SWCER- I / SWEET LITTLC >ST:R4T(- I "H-IOAE U TT LE THOUGHTFUL I 1 THOU ART Miwe OWN / / ME , 0 -_ )T LI MAK\= ACTS — I ouGh T t 0 / MY UTTLE VALENTINE LUCY A LiTTLG Bo SUCH 77-MIMGS •,■ ( . / * — -\ HAPPIER. |P J OFTCMTRR - IT COSTS . " 'T'.L / 1 \ IT' TO HER "SO LIT I LIE. ANLD /HE N ~ m ~ '/ / L- ■RETURNS 3O "BIG "BV V —- / /s-v / i \ I "WWEM l GAZE n |PM£THINKS wyl-Hr;, i '// A ' ssfUrsr) i sw*- *■,. sd IJBKUr m # •.• zvsrrl W i . Lz i EDITORIAL COmENT"~|' A Washington report says Colonel j Roosevelt has already picked a man i for Secretary Baker's job. It is also | understood he has chosen a succes- i sor to President Wilson.—New York i World. "I charge," says Gumshoe Bill j Stone, "that Theodore Roosevelt is, the most potent and willing friend j of the Kaiser in America." That | won't be very gratifying information j for the Kaiser.—Syracuse Herald. j Evidence of the matchless courage i of the American soldiers constantly j creeps into the daily news. The: latest is a report from Camp Fun-! ston of a private who is sharing his j tent with a mule. —Kansas City Star. A POSSIBLE REASON "You may talk about Beanbor ough," said the fat plumber, "but he surely looks on the bright side of things." "What has happened to Beanbor ough?" the thin carpenter inquired. "The other day I went with him to buy a pair of shoes." "Uh huh." "He didn't try them on at the store, and when he got home Jie ; found that a nail was sticking right I up through the heel of one." "Did he make a fuss about it when he took the slice back?" "No. That's what I'm getting at." "What di(J he do?" "He told the clerk he supposed the nail was put there intentionally to keep the foot from sliding for ward in the shoe."—Youngstown Telegram. Man Who Reads My Paper i I'm not a selfish man, I think. Nor do I feel that printer's ink And journalistic brilliancy. Are spent exclusively for me; Yet somehow, when I sit and scan | My paper, I despise the man Beside me in the subway who So calmly sits and scans It. too. 1 turn the page, but without shame He reads the next one just the same. I'd like to tell liim what I mean. But that would only make a scene: And so I silently abuse, And quite forget to read the news. —W R. Burlingame in .the Century | Magazine. THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET I (With apologies wherever needed.) (From New York Times) ] How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood When winter is here and the coal bin is low! ■ In dreams I go back to the deep tangled wildwood j That gave us the backlog we burned long ago. 1 The jolly old backlog, the mug of hot cider — Of comforts like these did our grandfather tell, When grandmother sat with her candle beside her In that little old cabin that stood near the well— That little red cabin, That wood heated cabin, That old-fashioned cabin that Stood near the well. When summer is hot on the wheat and the poppies, And bumblebees buzz in the gay flowered balm, llow far from our mind then the plumber's big shop is! Our modern conveniences work like a charm. But, oh, when the mercury drops like a rocket And water pipes burst, then I'm longing tp sell And go back to the house with its moss-covered bucket, Its winter-proof bucket that hung in the well — That moss-covered bucket. That ice-spangled bucket, That bucket that never froze Down in the well. Then turn, O my heart, to the scenes of my childhood. The coal is quite gone and the fire is dead: . Both meatless and wheatlessj we , long for the wildwood That yielded our measure of ba con and bread; No meters to pay, and no 'plumber's i bill soaring, > No sneezing, no freezing, no funer -3 al knell, t But a jolly old backlog a-sizzling s and roaring 1 And a never-leak bucket to hang i in the well— i The old oaken bucket, The iron-bound' bucket: , Hurrah for the bucket that Hangs in the well! —Florence Boyce Davis, Baltimon American. mm^t MaHMM■■■■■■■■ THE PEOPLE'S LET'S ALL KEEP HENS | I c the Editor of the Telegraph: We are threatened with a meat | tamine—in fact, it is actually upon us, for all but the wealthy. And in the midst of it all the average Ameri can goes right on overlooking the one best bet in the way of supply ing a quick-growing,' wholesome me. I refer to poultry and eggs. fhe average family, for some rea- ! son not wholly clear, would rather grow flowers in the backyard, I which, granted, are good to look up- I on but not worth a cent from a food ; standpoint or as a help to winning the war. Some families will shift- i lessly allow the backyard to grow up in weeds, which not only are un- | sightly but not good to eat and 1 really an absolute menace, rather j than go to a little trouble and the imaginary humiliation of having a I few hens and growing chicks. There is a wasteful tendency to throw table scraps into the garbage cans, rather than feed them to a tlock of laying hens in the back yard. The argument has been raised, that poultry consumes good grain that should be used in making bread, etc. While chickens will, of course, eat the best grade of grains and feed, they do not demand it, thriving <iuile well on the poorer quality of grains and seeds, table i scraps and meat scraps from the butcher shops, articles of food that would otherwise be wasted. The hen will take these poorer grades of feeds and seeds and turn them into the "queen of breakfast foods," the fresh egg. Fresh eggs are practically sure to sell for $1 per dozen the coming winter. Why? Not especially be cause of the high prices of grains, but because, as in many other cases, we have left the supply to such a limited number of producers to pro duce. In other words, the eaters are away out of proportion to the producers. This should not be. You can't keep a hog in your backyard, or a steer, or a flock of sheep, but vou can and should keep a few hens. Some people may claim that it does not pay with prices of grain, etc., as high as at present. On the United States Department of Agri culture farm at Beltsville, Md., an extensive test covering an entire year during which time feed prices were way lip, showed that the cost LABOR NOTES j Canada will create a committee I of representative labor men who, j during the war, will advise with the j government on all questions of j labor. Time and a half was paid the men I who worked Christmas and New j Year's Day in the British iron and steel trade in the North and Mid lands. The British Parliament proposes to apply a supplemental sum of about 50,000 pounds sterling for the purpose of intermediate education for Ireland. The Chlswlck (England) Educa tion Committee has decided to de vote the greater portion of the gov ernment grant to increasing the teachers' salaries. Creation of a volunteer reserve of 250,000 shipyard workers is planned by the Shipping Board. The men will be recruited with the assistance of State Defense Councils. The British Federation of Engi neering and Shipbuilding Trades strongly criticises the action of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in withdrawing from the federation. Thomas Kennedy, president of the United Mine Workers of the Hazle ton (Pa.) district, has received an appeal from labor leaders of Lu zerne county to become, a Demo cratic candidate for Congress. Mobilization of 3,000,000 workers for agriculture, shipbuilding and war contract plants has been entrusted to the United States Employment Service by the Department of Labor. - Members of the Scranton (Pa.) City Fire Department are now af filiated with the American Federa tion of Labor. They have organized en local an<i have obtained a charter from the international organization. of feed per dozen eggs produced by Leghorns average about thirteen cents and for the larger breeds, or general purpose fowls, it averaged seventeen cents. Have prices of eggs been low enough at any time during the .year to admit of any doubt as to the I profitableness of poultry when au- i tliorities like the U. S. Department of Agriculture prove that the cost of producing a dozen eggs does not ex ceed the figures given above? So fall in line—keep as many hens as your space will allow—help to win the war—and at the same time help to put Mr. "High Cost of Liv ing" out of business. CONRAD BROS., 44 5 Verbeke Street. WA NTED—MUSICIA NS Camp Meade, Md. To the Editor of the Telegraph: The object of this missive is in the interest of any musician who would like to do his bit, and take an active part in making our coun try a safe place to live in. Any musician whom tliis might interest will communicate with Captain F. A. Awl or Hand Leader | J. C. Painter of the 315 th Infantry. | Mr. Painter, who was the former leader of the Third Brigade Band of Pottsville, whose ability is well known to a great number of people ip your locality. We will make a special effort to them to be either attached or assigned to this par ticular band at Camp Meade. Furthermore, Captain P. A. Awl, our Company Commander, taking the pride and interest in the welfare of his men. we, man for man, have the greatest respect and admiration for him, he being a real soldier and a gentleman. We would like to have his home city represented in our Band. It must not be construed that we are begging for musicians, far from it. We are credited with the best band in Camp Meade, consequently, there is no limit to the number of I men we may have. Men selected for military service, previous to being sent to Camp Meade, should communicate with Captain F. A. Awl, or Band Leader, J. C. Painter, Headquarters Com pany 315 th Infantry, Camp Meade, Md. Yours in Service. J. C. PAINTER. "COEUR OE LION" " 'We hope, by God's Grace, to re ceive the Holy City of Jerusalem.'— Richard Coeur de Lion, A. D., 1191. "Wake from thy slumbering, Heart of the Lion! Rise from the dream of it; cen turies old. Vjook ye from Ascalon eastward to Zion, Where in the dawning our ban ners unfold! "Over the domes of the infidel enemy Blows the Red Cross of the Cru saders' might! I Over the Sepulchre, over Geth semane, Ay, over Calvary, glowing with light! "Godfrey de Bouillon speeds with the tidings. Stirred, too, from dreams in yon Holiest Crypt, High in his stirrups, the dust of his stridings Staining the Crescent from Sala din stripped! "Nay, royal sire!—no mirage of hope dying. Fruit of the Dead Sea or figment of sleep!— Saladin's slain and his Saracens fly ing! God and St. George o'er Jerusa lem sweep!" —Stephen Chalmers, in The Living Church. A Brother to the Son BY JERRY SHEA j You may talk about the battle j Business gives to every man. And of the dollar goal to which We struggle as- we can. But what's the use of money When success in Life is won If you haven't been a father Who's a brother to the Son! Do You Know Htm? Father and Son Week. Do you "know" your boy? FEBRUARY 13, 1Q1& Ocer tfwe ly t ""pMtiau *- j It takes a very sharp dry goods salesman to bamfoozle the country folk. Other day an old lady from Adams County, examining a piece of calico minutely in a Harrlsburg store, first wetted it and rubbed it between her lingers, then held it to the light to see if the colors were good. Still not satisfied she finally snipped off a little piece and hand ing it to a tall gawky girl who ac companied her, she directed: • Here, Susan Jane, you take and chew that, an' see if it fades." * Mrs. Bacon—"Don't you think Emily sings with a good deal of feeling?" Mr. Bacon—"Yes; but I do hope she don't feel as bad as it sounds." • * * * Speaking of Germans, the county ot \ ork, this State, has for one of its oldest ministers, the Rev. Dr. G. W. Enders, who for 33 years has been pastor of Christ Lutheran Church at York. Only a few days ago he was finally compelled to take out naturalization papers, register ing as an alien enemy, lie came to this country 63 years ago and was always conspicuous in politics and civic affairs, though nqt an Ameri can citizen. * * * "What is your favorite flower, my I dear?" "Really, I don't know; we're using cornmeal now." II OUR DAILY LAUGH! | FIRST NIGHT. I I ' She They i s y M <s® tell me. Mr. ! \ Stung that your ! , marriage was ■j? y the result of / ,ove at <,rst (( | * Mr. Stung ■v A N Fift/i, (with a sigh)— je That's true. Had 1 been Blft " wt /m ed w |th second UW Wf ![. slght rd at in be I: j In the bachelor JTTVEXII.E STRATEGY. Miffi Robert, if you eat any more ot these preserves I'll give you a , whipping! C*~Y —2 t You wouldn't i ) A * whip a sick boy, ® A would you ma? /^C\\ v ft I ffL Of course not. [I yMiJ Then I'll eat 1 ffffj enough to make | ! me sick. jA UP-TO-DATE. /yyfyf'wty// T Mr!,> Mouse— ! ffi/i Tee hee! What I W/aT a nlce P'ace for a nest " Theso Jw / ukuleles are ' mrr w raß:e FLUSHER. I thought, "he ft Is a million- For sooth, he yT , that I Bmttng (ttljat ■ The usual number of ice bets have been made this month. Ice bets are a form of diversion which is esti mated to be at least 150 years old in Harrisburg. It is simply wagering on when the ice will break. A cen tury ago the people here used to make what we now call pools on how long the Susquehanna would remain frozen and it was a popular game in the riverside taverns and in some that were in more fashion able sections of young Harrisburg to bet that the ice would be gone by Washington's birthday. Old records show that the ice lingered longer than it has been doing in the last fitly years. Back in the time when Harrisburg was new the interests ot the place clustered about the ferry and the Susquehanna was a matter of as much interest as the Pennsyl vania railroad is now. This lasted until well on into the forties and fifties because the stream was the Steal highway for the raftsmen and not even the development of the c'j.nal and the coming of the locomo tive quite took away the Importance of the wide branching stream which tapped many towns worth while for many miles. Hence when the river closed up before Christmas, as seents to have been its habit, the folk* waited for it to freeze solidly enough to form an ice bridge and made that suffice, but when the ice began soft, or "rotten" as it is still styled when unsafe, the folks began to bet. They are still doing it. There are some pools around town on the length of time that the stream will be closed. • • From all accounts there are a lot of tool thieves around Harrlsburg. In a number of Instances carpenters employed in finishing up houses which have been worked on during the winter have discovered tools stolen when they came to work in the mornings. One gang of men fooled i the thieves by burying the tools under snow after first covering them with a tarpaulin. There were a lot of tracks on the snow, hut the box v:as never found. In another instance some carpenters who did riot want to lug tools home placed them up a chimney. • * Home funny things are coming to liglit as the snow fades. On lots you will see wheelbarrows, beer kegs, oil cans and what not showing above the snow as the sun's rays clear away what we all thought was going to make us a lot of trouble. ■Somehow or other you do not re member seeing those things before the snow began to fall, but they are emerging and probably a number of equally curious objects will soon show. • • • Ecfson J. Hockenbury, the well known campaign manager, has pur i chased a handsome home in Belle , jvue Park. Mr. Hockenbury will re move to that place as soon as the necessary repairs have been made. Mr. Hockenbury was absent from ' the city conducting two campaigns ' during January, during one of which he raised $127,000 for the Knights of Columbus of Milwaukee, where he last year had several successful campaigns for the Red Cross and other purposes. The Knights of Columbus fund goes for cantonment work. He was beset by all manner of difficulties at Milwaukee, includ ing blinding blizzards and new rec ords for cold weather but over-top ped the mark set. Following that he started out to get $33,000 for .i 1 hospital and went "over the top'' with some $2,000 to sparb. * Associate Judge E. S. Chase, of Sullivan county, which is hereafter 1 to be the title our old friend, Cap -1 tain E. S. Chase, of the borough of Eaglesmere, population 200 in mid winter and some thousands in mid summer, will be given many a glad Harrisburg hand next summer when the rhododendrons arc in bloom around Lewis Lake, which is the geographical name of the lake so popular in summer time. Captain I Chase has been a part of Eagles mere so long that few know that his original habitat was Wilkes-Barre. He is a civil engineer and settled on the banks of the Lake of the Eagles when the traditional eagles had ' their homes where some hotels now . stand. He has run lines for lumber r companies, railroads, water systems j and pretty nearly everything elso . and finds time to look after the in terests of the land company which ' developed the resort, is on intimate terms with the snorting engines that 5 pull the trains up the rocky narrow - gauge and acts as grand admiral of the Eaglesmere navy. J. Horace * McEarland found him at Eaglesmere J when he discovered its beauties and a number of Harijisburgers have an -5 nexed the captain for the summer f days. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~~ —T. R. Brooks, prominent Scran ton man, has been made chairman of the Smileage campaign for that city. —Bishop Conrad G. Elnt, promi nent in the Church of the Brethren, is very ill at his home in Meyers dale. He is eighty-four years old. —Dr. G. J. VanVechten, formerly Scranton health director, has been appointed in the public health tser vice and sent to Arkansas. —Robert K. Cochrane, of Pitts burgh, retiring president of the Na tional Association of Builders, has been elected head of the board of control. —Dr. Edward B. Jacobson. promi nent In Allegheny county Y. M. C. A. work, will take up field work in New Jersey. —The Rev. Dr. Hugh Thompson Kerr, of Pittsburgh, will go abroad to study Y. M. C. A. work on the _ battlefields. —Dr. E. J. Fithian, Prohibition candidate for Governor, has long r been identitied with the party's work in this State. —Lieutenant Robert S. Crause, e of Altoona, has been named as in structor in the bombing school in Camp Hancock. 1 DO YOU KNOW ~~ —That Harrisburg bakeries arc supplying a considerable section of the country around here as well as caring for Harrisburg? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The lrst lrecompany In Harris burg had a pretentious house on the river front. It was formed after a Are which burned a nail factory. Kaiser Smoking "Hop" It, 1 a.id that the Germans arft smoking hops as a substitute for to bacco. We have long suspected that j the Kaiser was smoking "hop," but some day his pipe will go out.- I Mankato Free Press.
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