8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH F . A newspaper por thb houe Pounded iljt Published •▼•nlnffa except Sunday by THE TBLKGRAPH FRINTINO CO, Telccrifh Bulldlnc, Federal Siure. E.J. STACK POLK, Pres"t Sr EdUorin-CMtf F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managini Editor. Ij- Member of the Associated Press—Tha 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. Al'. rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. j. Member American (T 1 Newspaper Pub- Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. . est J "fTp . By carriers. ten canta a rmffrfweek; by mail. $5.00 * year in advanca. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1018 O Love Divine, that stooped to share Our sharpest pang, our bitterest tear, On Thee we cast each earth-born care, We smile at pain while Thou art near! . —OLIVEB WENDELL HOLMES. I LIBERTY BOND VALUES AX owner of Liberty Bonds asks the Telegraph how it happens that Liberty Bonds, for which he paid par value of SSO, are selling on New York Exchange at less than that figure and he warjts to know if 1 the tfld bonds will not "bring face value now, why the new issues should be worth par. The answer is simple. Owners of > the two former issues of Liberty Bonds sold their holdings to the amount of about $700,000,000. So many were offered that the effect ■was to reduce slightly the present market value. But a Liberty' Bond is like an apple tree. The farmer sets out an orchard to apples and is content to wait ten years for his first crop. The Liberty Bond that sells for slightly below par now will be in full fruit age in ten years, or less. For when the war is over, and with greatly in creased revenues, the United States government begins to call in its •bonds in vast quantities, the effect ■will be to greatly enhance the value of the securities, and it would not be surprising if, within a decade, lJberty Bonds with a par value of 50, sold as high as 60. Civil War bonds and the Panama Canal bonds are examples. The value of the hond is there, but, as in the case of the apple tree, you must wait a period for the fruit. The ten-year old oschard is worth vastly more than the newly-planted orchard, ipd It is so with the bonds. * However, the bonds have this ad vantage as an investment, that from the very first they yield their owner a fair return in the way of interest cn the face value of the security. There is no better Investment than a Liberty Bond. It is as good as gold and better, and, in addition, it •will Insure liberty for you and your children. Don't sell your bonds. Stow them away and let them grow in value with the years. Tha Kaiser recently purchased $5,000,000 worth more of Krupp se curities. Maybe that was what was hack of the recent drive. The more munitions used the bigger the divl <i< nds. LIFE IN GERMANY CHEER up, folks! If you think we are having troubles in this country take a look into a Ger jnan or an Austrian newspaper and be happy by comparison. We hear a lot from the Kaiser about "Gott ■and Victory" and considerable from Hlndenburg concerning the "Ger man will to victory," but even the well censored Teutonic press can't repress its feelings about the real conditions at home. For example, the Leipzeiger ' Volkszeitung bewails the fact that there is no more leather for shoe soles and that henceforth the shoe makers will have to use wood. The Frankfurter Zeltung's editor, evi dently a man of appetite, declares disgustedly that even the fish sup ply has failed in large measure and rations are lower than ever. "Even p- herring and sprats are treasures," Jie says. The Vosslsche Zeltung haa ■worked itself Into a towering raga 'because, while it and many other In dustries are short of coal, much fuel •is wasted in "heavy Sunday passen ger traffic." The Deutsche Tages r.eitung notes that copper prices have .gone away out of sight and that lack of raw materials is killing the hard ivare business, and the Hamburgar JTrelndenblatt bleats loudly over the -decline of the wire trade for the jaame reasons. Every article of business is "scarce," "restricted" or jjust about to be one or the other, >and the future holds not a siiytle irainbow for a single German editor. Added to this are the almost hru tally frank Austrian criticisms con cerning the conduct of the war and | tall things of German origin. For ex- L*' j ample, a Budapest telegram to the WEDNESDAY EVENING, Frankfurter Zoitung shows that the Hungarians are still distrustful of the much-discussed economic union of the Central Powers. The Hungarian Manufacturers' Association declares .that any such union must be absolutely conditional upon Hungary preserving unre stricted her economic independence, while the existence of her national industries must be in "no way en dangered, as only the development of these industries after the war can bring about an improvement in the financial situation and make good the economic damage caused by the war. The association further in sists that the negotiations now pro ceeding between the Hungarian and German governments should be only of an informative character, and no definite or binding agreements should be entered into as long as the economic results of the tonclusion of peace can not be known. And so it goes, item after item, column after column. Life in the Central Empires, as reflected In the newspapers, is about as gay and carefree as the central figure at a lynching bee and with prospects not much more promising. By compari son, we in America are just now liv ing in the millenium. Again the Crown Prince's Paris din ner has been postponed. If somebody doesn't hurry His Royal Highness may get peevish. DON'T BE FOOLED DON't me fooled by all manner of sensational rumors set afloat by pro-Germans to ex cite the American people and lower their morale. For the past two weeks there have been persistent re ports of grave disasters to the allies and of serious defeats for American troops In France. Each Sunday re cently, when all the news wires arc closed, rumors that the "Germans have broken through." This shows that there are pro-Ger | mans In Harrlsburg and that the lie I was deliberately fostered here and spread. It could not have come from out of town because, ordinar-1 ily, there is no out-of-town news service on Sundays. The newspaper offices are closed and the operators are given a day of rest. One of the ununderstandable pe culiarities of the human mind is that it is ready to accept as gospel any wild rumor that comes to the ears. No matter how improbable or im possible it may be, without stopping to consider or deliberate, the hearer is prone to believe it and his spirits go up and down, according to the import of the news. Then comes the reaction, when he learns the truth, and it is for this reaction that! the pro-German plan. Don't believe j anything of a sensational nature re garding the progress of the war un- I | till it is verified by a reliable news- j paper. I For SIB,OOO l if Liberty Bonds you lean equin an Infantry battalion with j I rifles. I FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY j IRISH members of Parliament j have taken a mistaken view of' conscription in Ireland. Unless! this war is won. Ireland's hopes for I home rule and full self-government, i now apparently about to be realized, I will never come to pass. The Kaiser' will take good care of that. Unless : conscription prevails in all allied | countries the war may be lost. Thou- i sands of the bravest of the brave of Ireland's brawny sons are fighting' in the trenches. Those who will' not go to their aid should be made j to do so. America, with a universal i conscription law on Its books, does not look with any too much favor I on government representatives who | oppose such a measure. Having weathered the Easter egg season successfully, young America is already looking forward to the joys of •summer vacation. RURAL SCHOOLS' PLIGHT IF THE reports coming to the State Capitol regarding condi tions in some of the rural school districts, especially the remote sec tions of Pennsylvania, where there are not many resources and revenue by taxation is limited, are correct, possibly dozens of school houses will have to shut their doors In advance of the time when the term generally ends In spring. In many instances the children can help on farm or garden, and in a measure alleviate the labor situation arising out of the war. But there are others where suspension of educational work is un fair to the pupils. Altogether! It Is deplorable that Pennsylvania, which has prided itself upon the advantages it gives to young folks, should have school houses close ahead of time for lack of funds. The State Board of Education last week called attention of the federal government to the need of some ac tion to help the States maintain teachers at their desks in the face of the considerably higher pay offered In industries and business. That is all very good, but what is needed In Pennsylvania Is to have the way so prepared that when the next Legis lature meets, one of the first things It can do is provide funds so that next spring conditions will not be repeated. Da. Nathan C. Schaeffer, the State's veteran Superintendent of Public Instruction, has for several years called for reapportioning our State's magnificent grants for educa tion and the State ißoard of Educa tion has made recommendations. The trouble has been that when the legislators have met there has been so much fuss over factionalism, pat ronage and the like that things im portant to the country folks have been passed by. The next Legisla tive program should not be delimited to enactment of laws for benefit of any class, municipalities or interests, but a broad, well-rounded, compre hensive scheme that will remedy ur ban as well as rural conditions and distribute the funds which are so abundantly poured into the State Treasury on an equitable and at the same time business bases. Not even war must interfere with education in Pennsylvania. We suspect Mr.- Demaln looked at last winter's calendar when he mase his forecast for to-day. Lk By the Kx-Committer man The time for filing nominating pe titions for the May primary will ex pire to-morrow and practically ev eryone interested in politics in Penn sylvania is just now engaged In rush ing papers to the department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth or sitting around watching what the others are doing. The filing of pa pers is in accord with the very best traditions of the elventh-hour rush and the clerks in the department are working at the rate of twenty hours a day, as each petition has to be gone over. About one in every fifty is rejected. The plan of the department is to close the receiving of petitions with office hours to-morrow, if pos sible, although generally the depart ment has to be kept open to receive the papers from Philadelphia. Most of the state ticket papers are gener ally filed on the last day, there being a fiction that it is highly important to hold them as long as possible. What strategic position is gained by such moves It is hard to determine when candidates have been heralded over the state. —The Sproul petitions will be brought here late to-day or to-mor row. Only a small .part of the bale of signed petitions will be filed. The Beidleman papers are being made up to file to-day. There has been a very gratifying demand to sign pa pers for the Dauphin Senator. —At the O'Neli headquarters it was said to-day that nominating petitions in behalf of the Highway Commis sioner's boom for Governor signed by almost 90,000 persons were in hand. At least 10,000 more are ex pected. The petitions have been coming into the Third*street head quarters in bundles and the morn ing mail to-day almost filled a sack. Every person who circulates an O'Neil petition, whether a Capitol attache acting on orders or not, re ceives a handsome card of thanks from the headquarters. In all prob ability the O'Neil papers will be filed l_ate to-day or to-morrow and about 5,000 signers will be on the papers to be entered. —The filing of 'papers to run for fongress-at-Large on the Republican tjeket has created no end o specula tion about the Capitol, both factions being involved. The three Congress men-at-Large now sitting who are candidates for renomination have all filed papers and the O'Neil people have prepared papers for Aaron, Atherton and Burke. Lex N. Mitchell is looking after his o*n papers. Both sides are flirting with Thomas Rob- Inn, of Philadelphia, who filed papers late yesterday, as a means to get the Progressive vote. Anderson H. Wal ters, the Johnstown editor, another Progressive, has also filed. If the Penrose people take up Robins the Vares and O'Neil people will go along, but if Penrose backs Walters the other side will play to Robins. —The Philadelphia Record to-dav says: "The forces back of O'Neil, it Is understood, will not make a formal endorsement of the Scott candidacy, but will carry It along quietly. As neither Scott nor Beidleman can be considered "dry," the O'Neil forces apparently have made some sort of a deal with the Vares in deciding to carry along Scott rather than rush a straightaway "dry" candidate into the field for second place on their ticket. The disposition of the third place on the O'Neil ticket has not been settled, although it Is expected that Governor Brumbaugh will suc ceed in having Paul W. Houck slated for the nomination to succeed him self as Secretary of Internal Affairs. —Much interest is being shown in the filing of nominating petitions for Congress as practically all of the members now sitting have entered papers. Congressman Aaron S. Kreider filed his papers yesterday and Benjamin K. Focht, of the Sev enteenth, sent along a bundle of 3,- 000 signers and remarked that the fight was on and that he proposed to enjoy it. Congressmen Griest, Farr, Watson, Steele, Dewalt, Lesher, Rose and others have also filed. —According to the Pittsburgh Ga isette-Tiines Acting Democratic State Chairman Joseph F. Guffey said with emphasis that filing on Demo cratic tickets by Republicans woul-1 not be stood for. What aroused his ire was the fact that in Pittsburgh Max Leslie, who has senatorial spl rations, raided the Democracy's ranks. It seems to be the fashion to file on as many tickets as possible in the anthracite region. It also seems to be spreading. —Fred W. Scott, former burgess of Duquesne, will be a candidate far Congress against Congressman Guy E. Campbell, one of the accidental Democratic congressmen front Alle gheny county. —The settlement of the Schuylkill county senatorial rumps, which was outlined in the Ilarrisburg Telegraph yesterday, Came as a great surprise and has removed one fight that promised to be of state-wide inter est. Confirming what was said a Pottsville dispatch to the Phila delphia Press says: "Congressman Robert D. Jleaton, who is serving his second term, and who was an aspirant for re-election, has agreed to step Out and make room for John Reber, of this city, who was an aspirant for the Republican nomina tion for state senator. Heaton is to be the candidate for that office and Cyrus M. Palmer, of this city, who has been contesting with Reber for the state Senate nomination, has agreed to remain a candidate for H renomination for the Legislature from this district. The changes wrought are intended to bring peace between the Republican triumvirate of Schuylkill county. Petitions are being circulated for each of the can didates. It is believed Palmer's am bition to become district attorney is greater than that to become state senator and caused him to remain a candidate for the Legislature. Reoer and Heaton have the fields to then selves by this move." —Mayor Smith and the Vnres were scored by George W. Coles, chair man of the Town Meeting party, and ex-Director Porter, at a meeting held last night by the antl-Vare forces in Philadelphia. The meeting was a part of the drive for a bier registra tion next Wednesday. The Va-es were charged by Coles with trying to fool the church voters. HiRRISBURG <ti6Bbl TELEGR APH THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT tSSK I A_U-"'^-whea;s Hi|iP? lIIWll'/^ SSsr""fcS. iE T " S OER - . Ty/- W ## V W THE STATE PRESS The proper place to pull off ath letic stunts this summer is in a gar den or on a farm. Nothing else should be tolerated in the athletic line—not even the pastime on the golf links and tennis courts. —New- castle News. Perhaps the Kaiser's gallant sons, none of whom has received a scratch in the war, are operating that sev enty-six-mile gun.—-Scranton Repub lican. This country is no longer governed by railroads through their hired lobbyists in legislative halls, and they will not be permitted to resume their reign in the future. It has Anally dawned upon the people that transportation lines should be con ducted for the benefit and conveni ence of the public, and that canals are a desirable and necessary ad junct to steam lines.—Reading News-Times. That was a wise provision made by the food administration prohibit ing the killing for sale of hens and pullets during the spring. These i birds are now all laying, shelling out | a wonderful wealth of eggs, and con- , sequently will also bring to life mil lions of young chickens which would not otherwise have been the case.— I Pottsfville Republican. CLOSING IMPORT DOOR j [Omaha Bee.] President Wilson has issued an or der placing an embargo on a long and interesting list of imported ar ticles. These have been selected for one of two reasons; either thiv are produced at home in sufficient quan tities to supply domestic demands, or they are of a nonessential character. Liberation of tonnage now employed in a carrying trade of no war service for uses in traffic between hero and Europe Is aimed at. Thus we ore thrust back'to the simple life of the fathers, when patriots preferred the home product and only - nabobs or fops sought that which came from abroad. Americans may miss some of the things cut off, but they will find substitutes in domestic supplies, or go without, and none will kick or complain but the thoughtlessly sel fish, who already regard this war as a bore and an unpleasant interfer ence with their accustomed comfort. The embargo is apt to have another very good lesson. It will teach our folks the excellent qualities of things, produced at home, and if the war lasts any length of time we are apt to become addicted to the use of our own make or growth of goods, so that we will prefer them in the fu ture to any from abroad. A Love Toast Let's raise a toast to "Our Boys at the Front," Let's ring it loud and true: Let's cheer for the ones who are bearing the brunt Of the battle for me and for you. Let's make it a love song from each loyal heart To the Boys of the Red, White and Blue! Not All at Once Do you suppose General Pershing also offered the French that airplane we have sent over there?—lndian apolis Star. The Ninety-Fifth *Psalm O come, to the Lord, let us sing, O come and our thanksgivings bring, To the rock of our salvation, With the noise of jubilation, To God, the gfeat God, let us sing, Above all the great gods, the great King. He holdeth the deep in His hands. The strength of the hills he com mands. < And the sea is His, for his hand Hath made it and formed the dry land. O come, let us worship, bow heel: Before God who made us, let us kneel. For He is our God, and will keep People of His pasture as sheep, H!s voice, if ye hear it to-day, Harden not your heart, but obey. They doubted, they tempted, they tiled, In the day of'temptation, they died. For forty years long was I grieved. My promise they never believed. A people that err from my path. And therefore must learn of My wrath. Unto whom sware the Lord, the Most Blest, They shall not enter into my rest. R. M. RAMSEY. Newport. The Man Who Drinks and Lets It Alone Never Does THE man who thinks that he can "take a little drink and let it alone" usually doesn't. No ex' cessivist can ever—at any time, or under any circumstances, drink al/ cohol, even as a "medicine" —whicb it never is—without imminent dan ger of a -relapse into his former serf dom. The very first drink—even the "social sip"—is quite likely to caus all the old craving to flare up like a forest fire. The reason is evident. For the poison of alcobol and the nerve cells of one who has been its victim arc incompatible. Alcohol effects a union with the fat in the brain and nerve cells to form a poisonous com bination, which prevents absolutely the normal functioning of the brain cells. So, no man whose habits of drinking have become chronic, oan ever hope to drink "moderately." If he tries it, he is flirting around the edges of a whirlpool, that, sooner or HIS MOTHER'S GIFT | This poem of 1838 lias with it the I following note: " 'I require nothing of you,' said a mother to her inno cent son when bidding him fare well, 'but that you will bring back to me your present countenance.' What shall I bring to thee, Mother mine? What shall I bring to thee? Shall I bring thee jewels that burn and shine In the depths of the shadowy r ja? Shall I bring thee a garland a hero wears. By the wondering world entwined. Whose leaves can cover a thousand cares And smile o'er a clouded mind? Shall I bring thee the deep and | sacred stores Of knowledge, the high and free, i That thrills the heart on the hal- I lowed shores Of classic Italy? What are the jewels, my boy, to me? | Thou art the gem I prize. And the richest spot in that fearful sea • Will be where they vessel flies. The wreath the hero loves is won By the life blood of the brave. And his brow may lose e'er it wear the crown The Bmile that mercy gave. Dearly earned Is the volumned wealth That opes to the lamp at night. While the fairer ray of home and health Goes out by the sickly light. Bring me that innocent brow, my boy, Bring me that shadowless eye. Bring me the tone of tender joy That breathes in thy last "Good bye." LABOR NOTES A complete survey on the substi tution of women for man power in industry is to be made in Cleveland. i Sioux Falls, S. D., has adopted the ! city manager system instead of the commission form of government. The membership of the Toronto Moving Picture Operators' local Is 160, and of this number thirty-five have enlisted. It has been decided by the British Labor party to contest Bootle, Bonar Law's seat, at the next general elec tion. Aldershot (England 1 * Town Council I has opened a communal kitchen for j women workers and children at a cost of $1,250. Employment offices to provide po sitions for women have been opened in thirteen cities by the United States Employment Service. Boys 6t 16 years and over not per manently. employed are called upon to enroll in the United States Boys' Working Reserve. Major D. Watts Morgan. D. S. 0.. has been nominated by the minors of Wales as candidate for the now Parliamentary division of East Rhondda. later, will suck him under. Thou sands have been cured, only to re lapse, because they could not resist the temptation to "nibble at it" — all of whom might have remained permanently cured had they main tained a steadfast teetotalism. The only safe place for a drunkard is directly in the middle of the straight and narrow path. Perhaps the most difficult of all drunkards to cure are the "periodics" —those who, without any apparent cause, break out every month or six months, or at some recurring period of time, as regularly as the lunar cycle. The best medical opinion now in clines to the belief that dipsomania —as it is called—is a mental dis ease resulting, sooner or later — if not drastically eradicated in the meantime—in a complete nervous or even mental breakdown. —From "Curing the Alcohol Habit," by Dr. Edwin P. Bowers in April Physical Culture. A GREAT JOKE [Portland Oregonian.] The levity which has greeted the indiscretion of the jurors who drank part of the evidence in a bootlegging case is indicative of a sentiment which has a wider prevalence than it should. That sentiment makes en forcement of the law more difficult, i The impression is rather common! that bootlegging is a crime only when' one is caught at it. The otherwise j law-abiding citizen who succeeds in I bringing home a suitcase full of 11- j quor from California without being' detected chuckles over it among the friends he can trust. It is nothing to be ashamed of in his or their eyes. It is entirely different frohi picking a pocket, though just as unlawful. The jurors assert that the verdict was not affected by their iihbibing, because it was decided on before they imbibed; yet it appears that they drank in order to bo sure that the evidence offered was brandy. The contradiction makes clear enough that the jurors drank the liuqor be-: cause they wanted it, and thought! they could get away with it in safety.' As already said, it is the popular at titude. FUTURE PROBLEMS [Ohio State Journal.] What tremendous problems will be before the people when peace returns and life gets back to its own. These are. the problems of transportation, labor, profiteering, military rule, tem perance, selfish politics, vice, divorce, taxation, class legislation,* the public service, sinecures and others equally important that the people will liavo to face when the war is over. - And there is this, too, about them, that the war has greatly changed their character and created new relations to society about them all, so that tncy will provide absolute conditions of our peace and progress. They can not resume their ancient attitude toward the world. There will be start ed a new deal and all these prob lems will have to be solved so ns to obtain their new footing in the com ing order of things. All these prob lems will be vastly changed in their scope and import. LONDON RIVER [From Punch] Half a score o' sailormen that want to sail once more. Cruising round the waterside with the peter at the fore, Half a score o' sailormen the sea'll never drown Seven days in open boats a-drlftlng up and down! Out to find another ship and sail from London Town. Half a score o' sailormen broke and on the rocks. Linking down Commercial Road, tramping'round the Docks, Half a score o' sailormen, torpedoed thrice before — Ik Once was in the Channel chops, once was oft the Nore. Last waß in the open sea, a hundred mile from shore. Half a score of sailormen that want to sail again— And her cargo's all aboard her and it's blowing up for rain! Half a score o' sailormen that won't come home to tea. For she's dropping down the river with the Duster flying free, Down the London River on the road to the open m! APRIL 10, 1918. EDITORIAL COMMENT The Kaiser is willing to bear the troubles of his people, but they must continue to do the fighting:.—Cleve land Plain Dealer. You may rest assured of one thing, the Jersey mosquito will not be ar- for loafing.—New York Morn ing Telegraph. With pained surprise the German troops are discovering that American soldiers are not too proud to fight.— Chicago Daily News. r 'J 1 ' 18 * a source of regret to Lord Lansdowne that he has only two cheeks to offer to the enemy.—Phila- delphia North American. My idea of a far-sighted man is the soldier who wrote to the book com rni'^tee.aJ?d ® ske( l for a guide of the Telegraph' New York Morning Secretary Baker is In Europe, and his regular critics are now deciding whether to say he should not have gone or should have done it at leat two years ago.—Chicago Herald. The Irish-Americans who are ure ing on Congress a resolution virtual ly c° n< Great Britain are backing in a safety secured for them • y r.Vlf f c . U j;!. tieß of the British Fleet. —Philadelphia North American. iJl* News-llerald is opposed to shooting the poor devils who went to sleep on duty in France for the notl J in * severe lias been done to those of the people's repre sentatives in this country who have been half asleep on the Job ever since the war started.—Kansas City Times. [OUR DAILY LAUGH SENSITIVE. "ftello, old man, I hear you'v# bought a house In the country." "What if I have. You don't hav# to rub It In, do you?" Secretary—Here's a letter from a freeh air mission begging for a con tribution. Magnate—A frosh air mission? Send them a draft. "IMs Is & pretty poem of yours. Something tossed off to gratify a whimsical fancy?" "No. something grouad off to pay t wash bill.'' "Oh, Clara! You have broken those two cigars I hnd In ny vest pocket." "Too bad, George. Why dop't you buy stronger cigars." lEbemttg (Cfiat M State, county and city supervisors of gardening activities were to-dny calling attention to the sleet which fell at intervals yesterday as evidence that there may yet be some nasty weather and that people should not plant seeds or set out young plains too early. The remarkable interest being shown in the "war gardens'* in this city and by people at Steel ton, as well as in the circle of bor oughs round about, has led the men who are in charge of the general en couragement of the work to warn people not to throw away their ef forts. The traditional "onion snow," for which Central Pennsylanvia • waits before putting out its onion sets, has not come as yet according to some local weather prophets an£ until it does fall it is untoise to spend much time or money in plant- , ing. Instead people are urged to have the garden ground, dug up or plowed and if it has been plowed to prepare it for planting. Shirley IK Watts, who is in charge of the "war gardens" for the Chamber of Com merce, is having troubles of his ON n to hold back the eager gardeners. The trouble seems to be the same in the county section which is under the agricultural authority of H. Niesley, the county farm agent, where there are many inexperienced gardeners who wanted to start planting in March and who have failed to note the way the farmers handle their planting. Up at the Capitol the word is going out from the Department of Agriculture to the "war gardeners" not to plant too early. • • • The manner in which iron and steel are being turned out at the mills in South Harrisburg and Steel ton is probably not being noticed by one person in a thousand, but it is said to be at tho greatest rate Dau phin county has ever known. In the last half year the production ut the Steelton plant alone has gone beyond records and constant in creases are being made without be ing talked of. • • • "Are the birds next to the 'day light saving' move?" asked a man who observes things a day or bo ago. "Maybe you are only finding out they are on the job early," was the suggestion. "Well, every morning at a certain time the last week a flicker or somo flickers sharpened their bills on the tin roof over my head. It may be that I am nervous, but the fact is that by the same time by the clock ten days ago when our 'new time' had not commenced to work that bird gang was doing the same thing. Now they are not missing any time. They start on 'new time' where they worked last month." • • • Some of the operatives on the Second street line seem to consider the abolition of the short stops something which can be extended. Complaints have been heard that men run by such streets as North, Iteily and Maclay with no following car in sight. The other day one man who had run by a prominent street was met later in the day by a passenger who asked if the street he had run by was on the 'no stop' list. "No, but it ought to be," was the bland reply. "W6ll, when I signal you to stop there, I want on," came back the citizen. "If you don't I'll have to report you." "Go ahead and report. Lot of good it'll do," was the somewhat stunning answer. And the joke is that the motor- * man did run by him soon after just where he said. • # • One of the popular sports of the day just now appears to be to feed the fishes in Wildwood and Paxtang parks. Both parks have been stock ed with young fish and they seem to be on good terms with visitors. Sun day is a great day for Wildwood park visitors and they have been indulging tho fish, much to the delight of the aforesaid fish. In Paxtang park tho watchmen have )to be on the alert to see that the fish aro not overfed. * • Pennsylvania decisions upon ap peals frcun the Compensation code have now reached a point which people at the Capitol believe will cover every phase and the bulk of the opinions will hereafter likely bo affirmations, on the part of the State Compensation Board. The board has cleared up scores of appeals, cover ing such matters as lightning, sun stroke, men setting themselves on fire while striking matches on oil soaked clothing," 1 heat prostration, injury while at horse play, accidents due to pranks by fellow workmen, de fects in jnachlnery, etc., premature explosions, runaways, falls from buildings, crossing accidents, people struck by automobiles while on er rands and the like, while occupa tional diseases have also been pass ed upon. Over forty court opinions have also been given. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —John Reber, who may be the next Congressman from Schuylkill county, is a prominent retired man ufacturer living at Pottsville. —The Rev. Dr. W. M. Woodfin, Pittsburgh clergyman, is just home from a visit to the soldiers in France. —Robert W. Mearns, Just pro moted to be colonel in the Regular Army, is a Delaware countian and was appointed to West Point by Congressman Thomas S. Butler, who is still serving. —Patrick F\ McDermott, well known here, has been selected as president of the Allentown Flag As sociation. —E. T. Stotesbury, Philadelphia financier, is serving on the sinking fund commission of that city. 1 DO YOU KNOW —TTiat Harrisburg will got i number of additional state meetings wlien Its new hotel is ready? Inquiries aro already being made for dates. ' HISTORIC HARRISBURG At one time, more than 120 years ago, there were a dozen taverns along Front street alone. A £HILD'S MESSA GE + I am but a little child By ryiture here am-led. I can not dig, nor plow, nor sow, And yet I must be fed. But If I try, I think I may Just do a little day by day. I must not throw upon the floor, The crust I can not eat, For many little hungry ones Would think it quite a treat For willful waste makes woeful want And I might live to say O. how I wish I had the bread That once I threw away. JOHN G. KETTERMAN, 1160 Park St, Harrisburg, Pa,
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