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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.
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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
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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,