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SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1918
Know ye soldiers all that Qod al
ways comes to a man's help in the
nick of time. —Cbomwell.
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THE WHY OF IT
A CORRESPONDENT asks, "Why
is the Telegraph for prohibi
tion?" and adds this question:
"If you believe so thoroughly in the
American citizen's ability to take
care of himself and run his govern
ment intelligently, why are you j
S* afraid to trust him with a drink of :
f whiskey or a bottle of beer?"
£ The Telegraph had thought it had j
* made itself perfectly clear on this*
„ subject, but at the risk of tiring its j
jj readers by repetition it will answer j
* again: In the first place, we are i
J j!t war and we have no business j
* spending money for things we do j
| not need. Now, it happens that the
annual retail drink bill of the United I
p States before the war was two bil- !
* lion four hundred million dollar:;.'I
m and, if anything, it is moro now. the i
> price of drinks having gone up. This
t sum would have taken up the entire
* First Liberty Loan and would have
£ left over the price of the Panama
J ("anal. Devoted to industry, there
is no telling what it would have
£ done. Spent on crop production, it
p would have prevented shortage of
C any kind.
(j Hut, in addition, had prohibition'
h been in force, the millions of bush
!w els of wheat, the millions ot pounds
of sugar and tho millions of tons of
molasses that have gone into booze
would have gone to the dining-room
tables of a hundred million Ameri
cans. And beyond that lies the vast
economic losses resulting from the
J liquor traffic, and the suffering it
* produces and the expense it causes
M in countless homes.
J So, for very good and sufficient
* reasons the Telegraph is for national
J prohibition, both now and after the
war, for by diverting tho vast sums
now wasted to the purchase of ne
cessities and refinements, for the ex
pansion of business and the employ
ment of labor, the benefits resulting
would be of such vast extent that
they cannot bo estimated.
With regard to believing in the
ability of the average American to
take care of himself, that goes
without saying, for the majority of
Americans have kept themselves
clear of the curse of drink. It is
the young man whose habits are
in the formative period and the
weak adult who must be protected.
We have made it impossible for peo
ple to buy habit-forming drugs
through drug stores or other agen
cies, and the law was hailed as a
blessing. Why not follow it with
the elimination of alcohol, second
cousin to the narcotic drug?
The Telegraph, it is true, does
place full trust in the good sense
of Americans, and it is for that
reason it is confident they will not
hesitate when the question of rid
ding the nation of John Barleycorn
is j.ut up to them.
It would appear from the rapidity
with which the Germans are moving
toward Moscow that they made peace
with the Russians in order to make
their Invasion the easier.
PENNSYLVANIA IN VAN
IT IS EMINENTLY fitting that
Pennsylvania, which has given
so many of her sons to the na
tional defense nnd whose industries
and patriotic zeal have caused the
Commonwealth to be called alike
the arsenal and the temple of Amer
ican liberty, should have taken the
lead in providing occupations for
her young men when they come
hack from war, Realizing from the
history of the Keystone State in the
wars for Independence and for the
preservation of the Union that war
fare is a stern business, State offi
cials have prepared the way to give
training for such work as men dis
abled by sickness or wounds are able
to do, and then to provide the Jobs.
!'• K- Palmer, acting Commis
sioner of T.abor and Industry, whose
foresight and alertness as a safety
engineer have given him a national
reputation, evolved tho plan which
WHS effective by the naming or a
(Mate committee from the Governor's
oflicc a few days ago. This com
mittee has been assured of the aid
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH • MARCH 23, 1918.
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of the educational, medical and
manufacturing interests of the State
In training:, treating and employing j
tho soldiers. The preliminary work j
has been well done. Thousands of |
places are open, even for men who J
may suffer some of tho terrible con-!
sequences of lighting among high ex
plosives.
While other States have been
I making surveys Pennsylvania offi
cials have gone to the teachers and
the manufacturers and made ready i
for what must bo taken care of.
And we will all back them up.
Next Saturday night you will turn
the clock an hour ahead, but there's
nothing in the new law forbidding you
arising an hour early to'morrow.
TEACHERS' SALARIES
UNLESS all signs fail, there will
be a shortage of school teach
ers next fall. Wise school
boards will enter into contracts with
their teaching corps as soon as pos
sible, if they can.
Already resignations have become
so numerous as to seriously embar
rass many school districts. The
reason is not hard to find. Salaries
cf teachers have not advanced in
proportion to th# cost of living, nor
have they kept up with the increases
of pay in other lines of work. The
wholo question resolves itself into
whether or not the school boards of
tho State will see the wisdom of
granting the advances which must
be forthcoming if the teachers are
not to go in large numbers into
other occupations.
There is no more loyal body of
! men and women in the land than
the public school. teachers, nor a
>ody that is so generally underpaid.
They love their work, but they are
only human and they would lie fool
ish if they did not look after their
own futures. They cannot bo ex
pected to cling indefinitely to jobs
that pay less than day laborers are j
receiving, with work only a part j
of the year, arid the school boards I
will find to their sorrow that they I
will not unless they act promptly. I
The things some of the members
of the Reichstag are saying of the
Kaiser make us think that there may
be some semblance between the Em
peror job and campaigning in Penn
sylvania.
TAKE A WALK TOMORROW
THE TELEGRAPH publishes this
evening the first of a series of
"Little Walks in Harrisburg
Parks," the result of an editorial
suggestion by this newspaper upon
which the Park Department acted
very promptly. With Commissioner
Gross' approval. Assistant Park
Commissioner V. Grant Forrer, who
knows every nook and corner of the
park system as does nobody else in
Harrisburg, prepared the program,
which will show thousands of folks
how they can get the most out of
their Sunday walk to-morrow. It is
J a fine thing, this outlining of tramps
through the parks of the city for the
benefit of those who want to enjoy
the delightful weather to which wo
are now being treated. It is to be
hoped that they will be continued
each week until every foot in the
system has been covered.
The advice Mr. Forrer gives is for
VOU, Mr. Stay-at-Home. It is de
signed to tempt you into the open,
to get you outdoors and out of your
self. to give you a breath of fresh
air, and educate you in the beauties
the enterprise of the city has set
apart for you. Take an hour or
two to-morrow, before or after devo
tions, put your Telegraph into your
pocket as a guide and sally forth to
explore that section of the park area
outlined therein. Get the park
habit.
Germans complain of Americans
seizing Dutch neutral ships on the
same day the U-boats sink two Span-1
ish neutral ships.
WHY WE FIGHT
WHY do we fight the Kaiser? |
The question is not asked so
I often as it used to be, because
it has been answered so well. The
pacifists and the pro-Germans are
now putting it another way—Why
not make peace?
Well, here's one reason why we
will not.
This is a quotation from a speech
of the Kaiser to German recruits at
Potsdam a few weeks ago:
Only one is master in the Em
* pire, and I am that one; I will
tolerate 110 other.
I represent monarchy by the
grace of Cod.
You must all have one will
and that is my will; there is only
one law, and that is my law.
.if I order you to shoot down
your relatives, brothers—yes, even
your parents—you must obey ine
without murmuring.
This is but an echo of the Kaiser's
address to his people September 13,
1914, in which he said:
The spirit of Ood has de
scended upon me because I am
German Emperor.
I am the instrument of the Most
High.
I am His sword. His instru
ment on earth.
Woe and death to those who
oppose my will! Death to the
infidel who denies my mission!
all the enemies of the Ger
man nation perish!
God demands their destruction
• —God, who by my mouth sum
mons you to carry out Ills de
crees.
The Kaiser is the same to-day as
he was in 1914.
We cannot make peace while a
man of his views holds it in his
power to renew the war whenever
he finds it to his advantage.
Emperor Wiihelm has said that the
future language of America should be
German. Now all he has to do is
persuade us to adopt it.
To some of us the Easter bonnet
problem Is almost as serious as the
spring offensive.
It begins to look; as though even
Washington will be'surprised by the
returns from the war tax and Income
tax laws.
T>oe*tCc Jk
""Pe-MtOiiltfcuuA.
By the Ex-Commltteeman
Senator William C. Sproul will
formally announce his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor to-night at a reception to be
given to him by Delaware county
friends and neighbors, which will be
attended by men of prominence in
Republican affairs in many eastern
eounties. Highway Commissioner
J. Denny O'Neil, the Senator's prin
cipal rival for tho nomination, will
be In Philadelphia to confer with
men favorable to his candidacy and
to consider advisability of making
any statenlent-as to inquiries wheth
er he will be an independent candi
date after the primary. He will
speak to-morrow in Philadelphia
churches. Robert P. Habgood and
Asa A. Weimer, the other candidates
for tho nomination, will await de
velopments. The factions of the
Democracy will continue their ma
neuvering to see whether their slated
candidate shall declare "wet" or
"dry."
The situation is betwixt and be
tween in both parties and the in
sistence of the Vares on the nomina
tion of Congressman John R. K.
Scott, of Philadelphia, as the Repub
lican candidate for lieutenant Gov
ernor as the price -of peace is pro
longing the uncertainty.
—Senator Sproul'tc friends say that
there will be no doubt about his
stand in favor of the "dry" amend
ment, woman suffrage and other is
sues, or his party regularity when he
makes his speech, and friends of Mr.
O'Neil say that his statements in the
next week will clear up any uncer
tainties as to where he stands.
—Most people look for a broad
! side from O'Neil. as soon as Mr.
Sproul makes his announcement,
and it is probable that there will
be some additional statements by the
Governor. The Sproul policy will
likely be against engaging in a con
troversy either with his opponent or
tho Governor unless the Governor
makes himself an issue in the cam
paign.
—U is interesting to note that
speakers at the Sproul reception will
be Lieutenant Governor McClain,
Lancaster, and the Rev. Dr. Russell
Conwell, one of the leading Baptists
of the state.
—The North American to-day says
that the Vares insist on Scott and
that up-state Republicans object. It
declares Senator E. E. Beidleman
will not be a candidate for second
place.
. —The Philadelphia Republican
city committee yesterday threw out
Magistrate W. F. Campbell, one of
the Penrose men, because of his at
titude in the last campaign. Senator
\ are attacked him ns a "traitor."
—ln Pittsburgh the controversy
between the mayor and the Alagee
councilmen is in lull swing and
threatens to be very bitter, it is over
places in the city legal department.
—-A dispatch from tho Telegraph's
Sunbury correspondent savs that
Major General C. M. Clement, who
was one of the Brumbaugh candi
dates for presidential elector, has
made a declaration in favor *of
Sproul.. The general is a candidate
for Congress-at-large and has been
claimed by the state administration.
Applications for blank nominating
petitions to be tiled for the May
primary for legislative nominations
have taken a notable jump at the
State Capitol the last week, and the
supply in hand is now lower than it
has been at any similar period since
the petition law became effective. If
all of the requests for papers had
been granted, there would have been
none left, as the demands have been
for ten times as many papers as are
required to nominate a candidate
in some cases. Most of the candi
dates for state nominations have had
their own petitions printed, forms
having been provided, and they will
file names by the thousand.
The time for tiling such petitions
expires on April 11, but thus far,
less than 100 papers have been en
tered at the Department of the Sec
retary of the Commonwealth. The
State officials have suggested that
candidates should not wait until the
last day, as defects which can not
be corrected in time re likely to be
found in papers held until within the
last twenty-four hours.
One of the oddities about the fil
ing Is, that hardly any papers have
been filed by candidates for state
committee places.
—People who are interested in the
return of legislators who have stood
four-square for local option and pro
hibitory measures in the general as
sembly are expressing gratification
at the bright prospects for the re
nomination and re-election of Rep
resentative George W. Williams, of
Tioga county. Mr. Williams was
sponsor for the local option bill in
1915 and ever since he has been in
the House has been one of the bat
tlers for local option. He will be a
strong man in the fight for the "dry"
amendment here next winter. Mr.
Williams has a lonpr legislative rec
ord which is of value to the Repub
lican party, too.
—An interesting situation has
arisen in the 26th Congressional
District as the result of the decision
of Ex-Mayor Francis A. March, of
Easton. to be a Republican candi
date. Prof. March, w_ho is a profes
sor in Lafayette colle'ge, gave East
on a real administration and ho will
bo very strong in the district. Tho
nomination of March would put the
Republicans in elegant shape to win
over the Democrats who have gotten
all snarled up because of the at
tempt of A. Mitchell Palmer and his
pals to slate Calvin F. Smith, an
Easton man, against Congressman 11.
J. Steele.
—ln the neighboring district Con
gressman Arthur G. Dewalt, who has
been marked for slaughter by Pal
mer and his pals, Insists that men
who are throwing hatchets at him
should come up and debate the is
sues.
—ln Chester county, legislative
aspirants are Harry C. Graham,
Captain Samuel A. Whitaker, of
Phoenixville and Marls ljpllings
worth, of New Garden, all members
at the last session; Sanders M. Col
lins, of Avondale, a former clerk of
the courts and candidate for legis
lative honors two years ago;ex-Bur
gess Harry Thomas, of Oxford, an
active no-license exponent, and
former.official of the Oxford Agri
cultural Society; Prof. Carl Benner,
of the Coatesville public schools and
member of the Chester county bar,
and others.
—Patrick McLane, state com
mitteeman, has settled the worries
of Democratic bosses over their in
ability to be able to induce the prop
er man to enter the light for con
gress. says the Scranton Republican.
"I am willing to stand aside for any
other decent, regular, upright Demo
crat who has a chance of winning,
but If no one else comes forward
l'or tho place you can count on me
jbein's in the light," Me Lane declared.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
COMMUNITY SINGING
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The following letter from Dr. F.
E. Downes, city superintendent of
schools, ought, I believe, to have a
place in the Telegraph, in view of
your hearty endorsement of the
community singing movement:
"I have been glad to read in the
papers of the great interest which
you and your committee are taking
in the community singing move
ment. I think that Harrisburg up
to the present time has badly lacked
(his phase of its musical education.
I feel like congratulating you over
your success in securing Dr. Freund
for your opening meetings. 1 In :nl
Or. Freund at Johnstbwn during the
Christmas holidays in one of the
most inspiring lectures, I think, to
which I have ever listened. I am
sure the people of Harrisburg will
miss a great treat who fail to hear
him." . •
Thanking you for publishing the
letter, I am.
Sincerely,
MRS. J. C. SANDERS.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Loot, the great harmonizer, has
temporarily silenced all protest in
Germany and all antagonism jbe
tween Germany and Austria-Hun
gary.—Chicago Herald.
What makes us madder than any
thing else is the person who stands
by his country in this crisis all right
but acts as if fe were making a
great consesslon.—Ohio State Jour
nal.
The Kaiser must be a little uneasy
about the ethics of the Russian raid
since he is willing to put the respon
sibility for its overwhelming success
uit to God.—Philadelphia North
American.
"Another sad thing is that 80 per
cent, of the Russians will be made
to read the history they have made."
—Toledo Blade. H'm. Just offhand
we would say that's whete they are
mighty lucky.—Philadelphia In
quirer.
Boy Scouts' War Record
Anna Steese Richardson calls at
tention In the April Woman's Home
Companion to this wonderful record
of the Boy Scouts.
" 'Every Scout to Feed a Soldier':
Under this slogan the Boy Scouts of
America conducted a vigorous na
tion-wide gardening propaganda in
the summer of 1917 and themselves
planted thousands of gardens, add
ing substantially to the food prod
uction of the country.
" 'Every rfcout to Save a Soldier': |
Liberty Loan No. 1 Scouts sold
139,1i45 bonds, amounting to $23,- I
238,250, and 8,463 Scouts qualified
for War Service Emblems for selling
subscription to ten or more families.
"Liberty Loan No. 2—Scouts sold
533,820 bonds, amounting to $102,-
084,100. Approximately 25,000
Scouts qualified for War Service Em
blems for selling subscriptions to ten
or more families.
"War Savings Stamps. The Scouts
are now co-operating in a nation
wide advertising and exploitation
campaign, as explicitly requested by
the United States Treasury.
" 'Every Scout to Boost America':
As Government dispatch bearers.
Scouts arc conducting a colossal
house- to-house campaign, distribut
ing war information literature in co
operation with the Committee on
Public Information.
"And Scouts are everywhere co
operating with local Ked Cross, Y.
M. C. A., and other war relief and"
civic service activities in addition to
the nation-wide campaigns above
mentioned."
Pacifists and War
Can the Ethiopian change his skin,
or the leopard his spots?— Jeremiah
13:23.
Or, as we Americans might now
fltiy and with no little dread in our
hearts inquire. Can ingrained Paci
fists wage war successfully? Is it
within the range of their tranquil
and philosophical natures to fetch
into ruthless action the requisite
fighting spirit and'lndomitable soul?
Does human psychology constitute
an Insuperable barrier? Can the
stern necessities of the moinent
crush out of being the cheery opti
mism of a lifetime? These are the
most vital questions which now con
front us as a Nation—questions
which must be answered soon and
cannot !>e answered too soon If we
would avert appalling cost to a cer
tainty and irretrievable disaster as a
possibility. North American Re
view
What Name For This?
BY ELLIS PARKER BUTLER
I THINK of Belgium as a youth,
a slender lad like David, tend- J
ing the flocks of peace while all j
around him slept the Goliath nations. f
He is armed with his sling and peb- 1
bles, this Belgium, but he has no j j
fear, for the giants have sworn that! (
however much they may battle he I
shall not be harmed. Then upon j t
him leaps a liar giant, a breaker ofj<
promises, and cries > "Stand aside, i
weakling! Break thou thy oath and t
let me pass." ,
Scarred, bruised, wounded but :
fighting still, the youth Belgium fell 1
back and back before the steel-clad, 1
blood-reeking monster, and Bel- .
gium's name shall ever be honored.
He used the sling and the pebbles
well and fought a good fight. Brave
Belgium.
There is another litfle nation.
Hard by Belgium and in the path
of the oath-breaking Hun was this
little nation I think of as a maiden.
Like Belgium, Luxembourg was a
Neutralized nation but, unlike Bel
gium, Luxembourg's neutrality was
an unarmed neutrality. "Child,", the
nations said to her, "you are our lit
tle sister and we will keep you in
violate. We vow the vow of strong
men that we will protect you and re
spect your weakness. Throw aside',
your puny weapon and trust to us.'"
The nations said that to Luxem-1
bourg in 1867. Her only fortressi
was then dismantled and razed to
the ground and her army was re
duced and limited to one company!
of gendarmes and one company of i
infantry. Thus she was made power-1
less to resist. She was made as de
fenseless as Nydia, the blind.girl of
Pompeii. It was like some chapter
in tales of ancient chivalry, with!
Luxembourg the tender, helpless
maiden, surrounded by the brave
and true knights sworn to protect
her. Had the knights sworn by the
blood of Christ (as knights did in
olden days) their oaths could not
have been more solemnly sacred. A
pledged word is a pledged word,
and doubly sacred when given to the
helpless. The giant nations kept
their oaths sacred. Except Ger
many. Except Germany! i
Against Germany we have marked
the wrongs of Belgium—Liege bom
barded, Louvain burned, old men and
women and children murdered, i
slaughtered soldiers and ruined i
towns, and in a million years Ger
many can not wipe out that stain of .
a neutral nation violated; but let.;
us not forget' Luxembourg. 'I
LIBERTY LOAN SONG
What Arc You Going to I>o to Help j
the Hoys'.'
Your Uncle Sam is calling now on
every one of you.
If you're too old or young to fight!
there's something else to do. r
If you have done a bit before don't
let the matter rest.
For Uncle Sam expects that very
man will do his best.
CHORUS
What are you going to do for Uncle
Sammy?
What are you going to do to help
the brfys?
If you mean to stay at home
While they're lighting o'er the foam
The least that you can do is buy a
Liberty Bond or two.
If going to be a sympathetic
miser, •
The kind that only lends a lot of
noise,
You're no better than the one who
loves the Kaiser.
So what are you going to do to help
the*boys?
It makes no difference who you are
or whence you came or how,
Your Uncle Sammy help'd you then
and you must help him now.
Your brothers will be righting for
your freedom over there.
And if you love the Stars and Stripes
then you mtist do your share.
Tyneside (England) workers sug
gest that peace terms should provide
Tor an international shortened work
ing day..
THE INCOME TAX
How to Report Your Commission
A salesman working on it compilgnlon basis can claim as deduc
tions the ainountß expended from his own funds for railroad fare,
excess baggage, taxlcab or street car fare, showrooms, assistants,
advertising, etc. Tf he Is not reimbursed for such expenditures by
his firm he should report under "Gross Income" the total amount
of commissions received, and he may claim such expenses as were
.actually incurred and paid In the earning of those commissions.
Without a fort, without an army,
Luxembourg drew up across the
road the Germans were flooding, a
motor van (called a panier-a-salad,
a salad basket). The Germans
laughed and rolled It Into a ditch,
and the mighty host of invaders,
having long been ready, marched
triumphantly into Luxembourg's
long-dismantled fortress, placed |
their feet on the breast of the maid-j
en they had sworn to protect, and
went their way along the smooth, \
unlawful road to France.
What is a motor van dumped into |
a dltcli? It is a silly thing, with |
helpless wheels sticking in the air, |
like a tortoise turned upon its back.
A salad basket set across the road j
to stop the war hosts of the All Pow- j
erful War Lord. The Germans j
laughed as they marched by it:
"There is Luxembourg's kolossal de
fense." A motor van upset In a
ditch. ' It was a good joke; they did
not forget that soon.
Neither let us forget It. Let us
not forget that if anything could be i
more vile than the rape of Belgium, I
the violation of helpless, unarmed |
Luxembourg was ten times more
vile. When the time comes to de
mand reparation for the wounds of
the youth who fought from the hills
of Liege to the sands of the Yser,
remember the maiden who, weak
and defenseless, saw her sworn pro
tector's iron heel fall upon her ten
der breast, making of her a pathway
and a slave.
What name have you for this? I
What name have you for this Ger- j
many? What shall we call this vio- i
lator of nations?
When Germany tossed the motor
van aside she besmirched a whole
world; said "Nations are liars; treat
ies are but scraps of paper; oaths
are not binding." (Tan any Luxem
bourg ever believe any nation again?
Yes. When the Hun is driven
back like a whipped cur and made
to swallow the lie that nations are
liars.. Not until then. When France
and Belgium are rebuilt —not until
then. And not then. Not until, with
a lesson well learned, the last squad
of German soldiers leaves Luxem
bourg and, leaving, replaces the
motor van—panier-a-salad—across
the famous road, the Luxembourger
Loch.
And then the nations should erect
there a panier-a-salad of bronze as
a sign to all the world that all na
tions ate not liars; that the nations
of the earth, united, have the will
an 1 the power to keep treaties invio
late.
LABOR NOTES
Continued agitation by organized
labor that a lack of housing hinders
war production is producing results.
!• The Government has established a
women's division of the United
States Employment Service.
Dublin (Ireland) teamsters have
refused the increase offered by the
Master Carriers; Association and
have gone on strike.
Journeymen Barbers' Internation
al Union has assigned live represen
tatives to assist its local in unioniz
ing New Orleans, La.
In the British munition factories
it has been proved that live women
are doing the work which it former
ly took six men to do.
San Diego (Cal.) Painters' Union
has secured an agreement which es
tablishes u minimum rate of $5 for
an eight-hour day.
Kansas City (Mo.) Street Car
Men's Union opposes the local trac
tion company's plan to employ wo
men conductors.
The International Union of United
Brewery and Soft Drink Workers is
assisting loenl unionists In organiz
ing cereal mills in Peoria, 111.
Organized workers, farmers and
£o-operators have formed the Cali
fornia Union of Producers and Con
sumers.
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Under the heading of "Cemetery
Notes,'' the following announcement
is found in the Altoona Tribune:
"Be sure to see 'The Little Orphan'
at the Star Theater Friday night,
and help boost the work of the
Cemetery Improvement Association.
There will be two performances, the
iirst at 7.30. Prices 10 and 15 cents."
The French soldier is paid S2O a
year; German, S3B a year; British,
SSB a year, and the American gets
$360 a year.
The old farmer was tying up his
team to a telegraph post when the
fly policeman interfered with, "You
can't hitch here!" "Can't hitch?
Like t' know why not. Don't this
here sign say 'Fine For Hitching?' "
American slang is penetrating to
the very vitals of old England. A
speaker in Parliament the other day
used the phrase "we butted in" and
the house nearly choked laughing.
The Hussian women are having a
tough time organizing a Daughters
of the Bevolution. Can't make up
their minds which revolution to be
daughters of.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT.
"Oh, Mrs. Bashly, I'm so glad t
•sec you. I hear you have he?b awnj
Visiting friends."
"No. Just relatives."
ON THE BETIBEI) LIST.
"Look Mamma the Swift's have a
now chauffeur."
"Yes, dear, I he last one couldn't b
retvilred any more."
THE BETTER WAY.
"Do you tell bedtime stories at
your house?"
"I*ned to until my wife grot next
•to me. Now I either get home in
arood season or say nothing about it."
' FREE FOR ALU
"My apartment house Is very noisy.
1 suffer in silence."
"You don't have to do that. Get
a graphophone yourself."
lEbemng Cftljal
"Wild water fowl by the thousand, |
ducks and geese especially have been,
seen on the Susquehanna, Delaware,
Juniata and other streams of South-*
ern Pennsylvania, in the last few
days, the flight of the birds from tho
south beingr now on and sportsmen
who have been observing the num
ber of the Birds are of the opinion,
that there will be some good shoot
ing in the fall when the birds start
to the Southern feeding grounds.
Under state and federal laws no
ducks can be shot In tho spring and
men who used to go out In boats
are now watching the birds from tho
shores. There seems to be no short
age of either geese or ducks this
year, in spite of fears on tho subject
expressed last year. The birds aro
coming back numerous and strong.
There have also been many black
birds seen in southern states, fields
being visited by large flocks, al
though spring plowing has not be
gun. Between the severe winter
weather and organized raids on crow
roosts, many crows have been killed
oft the last six months. In York,
Lancaster and Chester counties, far
mers destroyed many crows, making
shooting expeditions to the localities
where the black coated cohorts
roosted. Many were also killed by
poisoned corn, which was place near
roosts by game wardens.
These are boxing days at the Har
rlsburg post office and the list is be
ing made up for the new boxes,
which will be more numerous than
at present, and, from Indications a
bit more expensive. Postmaster
Frank C. Sites, sent out word yes
terday that box renters should come
around and arrange for their new
boxes. They arrived and to-day
more were arriving.
"Say, for heaven's sake give me
my old box number. I've got my
letter heads printed with that on
them and I just ordered a new lot,"
declared an early caller.
"Well, as you are the first man in,
you win," the answer.
The post office people are giving
the present boxholders, first right to
their old numbers.
A few individuals wanted to hook
up their telephone numbers or auto
mobile numbers to post office boxes
and a few got away with such com
binations, while the usual fellow
who wants to play "poker hands"
was around.
One man walked up and asked for
his present number. He found that
it would be a great big drawer, largo
enough for a state department. So
he took his box number with a 1 in
front of it. Another man asked for
his number plus 10. He also found
he would have had a drawer with
space enough for a clothes basket
full of mail.
Operation of the state's new dog
license code is commencing to bring
many questions from hunters and
farmers and it is probable that a new
crop of inquiries may be addressed
to state authorities, in the next few
weeks. Under the present rulings,
it is not certain just what are the
rights of hunters under kennel li
censes and farmers' dogs are liable
to be shot, if they stray into a road
or a woods adjoining" their owners'
premises. Construction given to the
tffennel license is that it is for
the kennel and that dogs ma,y, not
be taken out for hunting, unless they
have a regular license. County com
missioner A. C. Gumbert, of Alle
gheny county, was here this week
with some questions raised in Pitts
burg on the kennel license and it is
understood that a few knotty ones
have come from Philadelphia. It
seems to be the aim of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, to force the li
censing of every dog, whether own
ed for hunting or watch purposes, in
accord with the sheep protection
idea which was at the bottom of the
movement for the license. It is
even suggest*! that the department
will ask the Attorney General to pro
ceed against county authorities who
refuse to administer the law, and to
pay men for shooting unlicensed
curs. The State Game Commission
is sending a notice to all wardens,
urging that they use the utmost care
In destroying dogs, to be certain that
the animals are unlicensed and why.
It is believed that in some counties
farmers, for protection of whose
sheep the law was placed on the
books, will not take out licenses on
the ground that their dogs will not
leave their premises and not give
annovance. Dogs are held not to bo
running at large if on their owners'
property. Out of the dog licensing
there will probably come in the next
few years, ai reviVal of the proposed
cat license, for which bills have been
presented in the last three Pennsyl
vania Legislatures, because cats de
stroy more birds than anything else.
• * *
Some of the people in charge of
nominating petitions, have regular
routes. One man has been carrying
around a petition for a candidate
and set out some time ago to line up
a certain bunch of men. He got
most of them, but one who "got
next" to the idea, has been evading
the man with the paper. Finally the
circulator nailed him in a barber
ship: He signed.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—William It. Horn, who has en
tered the race for Congress in Phila
delphia, Is a 'select couhcilman and
active in politics.
—N. S. Grubbs, the Allegheny
county agriculturalist, has been en
deavoring to arrange a price for
milk in that county.
—II. G. McGowan, former Berks
legislator, la making Berks' new farm
labor bureau an object of much in
terest in many counties.
—Dr. Jesse G. Kistler, well known
hers, the head of the newly re
organized Grange in Allentown,. He
has long tieen Interested in such
matters.
—Senators William C. Sproul and
William E. Crow, were both born
in 1870, just six months apart.
—Neil Bonner, president of the
liquor dealers, believes that the
precedent of Philadelphia in order
ing dancing away from licensed
places will be followed in other
cities.
| DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrisburs is soiling
more cornmeal than ever be
fore and that honie grown corn
is being used?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Many trappers used to store .their
pelts here on return from the woods
and made their trades here.
Her Duly
The girl at the counter who sells
two yards*of ribbon to the customer
who wanted only one, is also doing
her bit. —From the Des Moines Reg
ister.