14
MODERATE. GALE
QUICKLY BLOWS
RAIN FROM SKY
Twenty-Mile Winds From the
Northwest Play Havoc With
Flags and Shutters
A moderate gale, blowing twenty
miles an hour from the northwest,
about 10.30 o'clock last night, began
to bl|>w the rain clouds from t)te
sky and put an abrupt end to the
rainstorm that held Harrtsburg and
vicinity under the weather for two
days.
The fair weather brought by the
wind and sudden drop in tempera
ture will continue to-n[ght and Sat
urday. with further frigidity of tem
perature, according to the United
States Weather Bureau reports. A
cold wave in the northeast portions
is responsible for the sudden change
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FRIDAY EVBXIXC.
Captain Lumb Thanks
Scouts For Aid
Dear Mr. Virgin:
I am writing to tell you that I
was very much impressed with
the splendid work . performed by
the Hoy Scouts in seating the
hundreds of people who occupied
tile grandstand during the inau
gural ceremopies.
I have seen many large crowds
of p<-ople, hut never saw them
liandJcd witli greater courtesy
and expedition than was display
ed by your splendid Scouts on
the occasion of the inaugura
tion of tiovcrnor William C.
Sproul.
Again, in the evening, their
presence at the Governor's recep
tion and their conduct under
trying liours of standing duty, in
my opinion, entitles them to the
highest praise.
It Ls to be regretted that many
more boys of Scout age arc not
active and interested in this
splendid work which gives them
opportunities for such honors
as they won at Governor Sprout's
inauguration.
With kind personal regards,
Very singerly,
(Signed),
GEORGE F. LCMH,
Acting Superintendent.
Department of State Police.
GFL-WTF
from yesterday. The northwest gale
I will diminish this evening.
The wind blew harder than it has
for many months. Not long after the
i quickening breezes reached Harris
. burg the rain clouds were torn away
I and huge rifts appeared across the
! rainy sky. The temperature dropped
| with almost record-breaking celerity,
1 and before morning a gale was blow
ing from the northwest. Windows
rattled, shutters banged, flags were
torn from their staffs and the river
was kicked up into a choppy sea.
The high waves tossed up In the
river caused the thirty-foot launch,
aachored just north of the Harris
burg side of the Market street bridge
to fill with water and founder along
the side of the concrete promenade.
The boat was buffeted about all day j
by the waves and damaged consid
erably.
The storm is now passing seaward ]
] off the New England coast. It is at
| tended by fresh to moderate gales
, along the Atlantic coast from Hat
• teras northward over the eastern J
j portion of the Great Lakes. The
highest velocity reported at 8 o'clock
was forty-four miles an hour from
the northwest of New York City.
Rain hits fallen generally from j
the lake region eastward to the At- I
lantic ocean and south and east of j
the Ohio river, while in the St. Law
rence Valley snow was falling this I
morning. The wind is diminishing, !
while the temperature still is falling, j
Foreign-Born Residents
Attend Big Entertainment
About one hundred foreign-born ;
residents, many of them attending
the Americanization classes at Cen
tral High School, were present last
night at the first entertainment
given since the course began. The
program included magic by Pro
fessor Clarence Zorger, one of the
instructors. Accompanied by his
wife, he sang several solos also. Pro
fessor A. W. Wallize assisted in the
presentation of the tricks. Other
numbers were a violin solo by Miss
Goldsmith; vocol solo by Miss Elsie
Meitzer, and a short talk by Jacob
Cown, the president of the school.
Interest in the classes is con
stantly increasing, Professer J. H. i
Blckley, supervisor of special acsiv-!
ities. said to-day. Enrolled in the
school is a young woman who was
graduated from a high school in
Russia in 1905. She has a diploma
signed .by the superintendent of ped
agogy and and the secretary of edu
cation of that country, and bearing
the seal of Ukrainia. She then
went to Paris to continue a course
in a university there, but came to
this country when the war began
in 1914. She is also attending the
lectures on social science being
given weekly.
On Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
a meeting of Rumanian men and
women will be held in the Penn
Building to explain to these resi
dents of the city the value of the
classes at Central High School.
Mayor Daniel L. Iveisfer, Professor
Btckley and R. Ross Seaman will
be speakers.
MAY VISIT MII)I)I,i:TO\YN T
City councilmen and other officials
have been invited to accompany the
Chamber of Commerce members
next Thursday evening when they
visit the government ordnance depot
|at Middlctown. A number of the
j officials have notified those in charge
i that they will be present.
SCHUYLKILL COAL
LAND'FAR BELOW
ITS REAL VALUE
Mine Expert Throws Bomb
Into the Midst of Sen
atorial Probe
By Associated Presr
Pottsvllle, Pa., Jan. 24. —T. Ella
worth Davies, of Scranton, the coal
mine expert who haa ao materially
| increased the valuation of coal landa
In Luzerne and Lackawanna counties
for taxation purpoaea, threw a bomb
Into the midst of the Schuylkill coun
ty oal land ownera when ho testi
fied before the committee that the
coal lands of Schuylkill county, if
assessed on the same rate of valua
tion as in Lackawanna and Luzerne
counties, would have a total valua
tion of $5,000,000,000.
; He estimated that there are about
; 23,000.000,000 tons of unmined coal in
I the Schuylkill fldfds.
The Senntors were astounded when
| told that the present valuation is but
I $25,000,000 for taxation purposes, al
j though Lackawnnna, with only 400,-
I 000,000 tons, has Its coal lands as
sessed at $80,000,000, and they are to
be increased to $100,000,000.
The basis upon which he figured
has been tested and proved in county
and State Supreme courts, he added.
Fguring on tfie present rate of min
ing, he estimated for the Senators
that the coal in Schuylkill county
would not be cxhuastcd for 900 years.
The taxation per ton of qoal at the
rate he proposed and which is- in
force in the two counties of the
northern coal field amounted to
about one six-hundredth of the profits
now made on a ton of coal.
GREAT VESSELS
BEAR SOLDIERS
[Continued from First Page,]
S day that she had changed her
course and was proceeding to New
; York instead of Newport News, as
j announced yesterday. The vessel is
: expected to reach New York, Feb
ruary 2.
! The steamship General Goethals
| arrived later in the day with a
i skeleton organization of the 34th
; division, comprising eight officers and
84 men from the west. Also on board
were two officers and 114 men of
casual company No, 11, of New York
and 37 casual officers of various
branches of the service, making 245
troops in all on this vessel.
Mongolia on the Way
The transport Mongolia has sailed
from France for New York and will
arrive here January 30 with one
hundred officers and five thousand
men, including about one thousand
sick and wounded.
The Mongolia is bringing home
twenty-two casual companies, in- i
eluding three from Pennsylvania and i
two from Massachusetts; detachment, i
tractor artillery school; fifteen cas- ,
ual officers and six naval officers.
The transport Samarinda is due |
here January 31 with two casual i ,
companies and thirteen officer cas- i
uals.
On the Louisiana were the head
quarters and supply companies, a .
medical detachment and Batteries J
A, B and part of C, of the Fifty
ninth Coast Artillery Corps—in all
thirty-three officers and 887 men— .
together with three casual officers (
and five casual civilians. • ,
Members of the Fifty-ninth also |
were on the New Hampshire—Bat
teries D, E and part of C, compris- ,
ing twenty-four officers ahd 874 men,
together with two officers and six
teen men of a medical detachment of
imentof engineers—headquarters de
officers and civilians.
Colored Troops on the Chicago
On the Chicago were the 814 th
pinoeer infantry, made up of seven- .
teen white officers and 314 colored i
men; casual companies Nos. 15, 17
and 18, comprising six officers and
370 men. and twenty-five casual of
ficers and men.
The Goentoer brought home forty
officers and 652 men of the 40th reg
iment of enginers—headqparters de
tachment, medical detachment,
headquarters detachment of First
battalion, replacement detachment
and Companies A, B, I and K.
Also on the Goentoer were four
officers and 205 men of Battery F of
the 56th coast artillery corps; four
officers and seventy-six men of the
102 d trench mortar battalion, and
three officers arid 142 men of casual
company No. 418.
On the Accomac were twenty-sev
en casuals from various branches of
the service.
Army officials at the embarkation
offices in Hoboken said there was
nothing in their records to show that
any of these vessels was bringing
home wounded men.
BULGAHS IN "f
OF MURDERERS IN
THE WORLD'S WAR
London, Jan. 24.V Appalling and almost unbeliev
able atrocities were pjacticed on Greeks and Serbians by
the Bulgarians duringihe war, according to a report sub
mitted by an official Serbian commission which hasibeen
conducting an invjstiition. Not only has evidence of
brutalities been found tat the names of Bulgarian officers
who ordered them haveen secured, it is said.
Hundreds of crimeifegainst civilians in occupied ter
ritories have been provil by the investigation, it is re
ported. In one district.ht is said, five hundred Women
and children were ordcnil massacred by a certain Lieu
tenant Stojamov. The sat where this wholesale tragedy
occurred is said to be sti\ marked by human skulls and
bones. ' \ .
SHIPPERS WANT
WILSON'S HAND!
OFF THE RATES
Spokesman Asks Congress to
Withdraw Arbitrary Power
From the President
By Associated Press
Waahtngton, Jan. 24.—Withdrawal
immediately by Congress of the ar
bitrary powers possessed by the
President to fix freight rates was
asked to-day by Clifford Thome, rep
resenting various shippers, before the
Senate Interstate Commerce Commit
tee. H| said incalculable injury
would be suffered by the shippers un
less this was done.
Optratlan la Distasteful
Mr. Thtrne told the committee that
Government . operation of railroads
was "so (istasteful among the ship
pers of the United States that were a
popular vote taken to-day it would
be defeated overwhelmingly." The
railway administration, he said, how
ever, had accomplished some good
things that "must be saved out of the
wreckage." He advocated amend
ment of existing law so as to re
store the suspension powers of the
Interstate Commerce Commission;
strike out t(e clause which he said
attempted to make the orders of the
President suterior to state and Fed
eral law, and add a provision requir
ing the direefcr general to pay final
judgments aghinst common carriers
under his contiol and charge the same
to operating expenses where so
chargeable priir to Government op
eration.
Mr. Thorne added that, while leg
islation designed to bring about' a
solution of the Qiilroad situation was
being worked oU, the shippers want
ed "protection against a business or
ganization powers that are
autocratic and tespotlc in charac
ter."
Asks Restoration of Court Powers i
"It Is paramouat," he continued, I
"that you lmmedately restore the
full powers of our courts and com- '
missioners over tht railroads of the
United States." •
The attitude of 3oven}ment rail
road officials towa*ds the shippers
was also, criticised by Mr. Thorne,
who said Mr. McAdto and the rail
road administration ts a whole had
"created a very intetse hostility on
the part of the shippers of the coun
try."
Deposed Hun Miiister
to Sail For. Spain From
Mexico City; SkunsHome
By Associated Ptess
Mexico City, Jan. 2,l.—Although
the United States has offered safe
conduct to H. von Etkhardt, the
recalled German minister to Mexico,
to return to Germany, jt is stated
unofficially that the fotmer repi e
sentative of Germany dots not care
to return to the fatherlaid, but will
take a Spanish steamer from Vera
Cruz to Spain, where he #iU remain
an unspecified time.
PROCLAIM MONARCHY
IN PORTUGAL
[Continued from First Fnge.]
Silveramos, sent from Lisbon to aid
in suppressing the monarchist re
bellion, are reported to have Joined
the royalists at Santarem, 45 miles
northeast of Lisbon.
The widely circulated rumer that
former King Manuel of r Portugal
was about to land on Portuguese
territory is at least prematura Ex-
King Manuel was still in Lond*n to
day.
The Portuguese navy has remain
ed loyal to the government, accord
ing to all accounts received In Mad
rid. The Madrid newspapers, bow
ever, have advices reporting thai the
army is on the side of th revolu
tionists.
FOR BAD HEARTS
Generally Indicated liy Nervous Rx
hanstlon. Tiredness, Pnlpitation,
Cold Kxtrcmltlcs, Poor Clrcii.
latlon, Take CARpIANI
50 Cent Bottle (30 Doses)
FREE
Thousand* of people have madt
the mistake of buying: stomach ant
liver medicine becsuae palpitation
and Irregular action of the heart
Treat the heart first. Is a wish rule.
nulld up the heart, make It strong
and regular in Its action. If you want
to be well.
A full stream of rich, pure blood,
circulating through every organ,
every part of your body, makes you
feel years younget* stronger, more
active.
We want all who have heart trou-'
ble, weak and over-taxed Hearts,
Palpitation, Nervous Heart, "Tobac
co Heart," "Nervous Kxhenatlon, cold
hands and feat, poor circulation, or
Impairment of the Heart furfutiona, to
have a free SO-cent bottle of CAR
DIANI
Mend your name and address to
THfc. CAHUIANI COMPANY, Dept. C
-7114, liaat Hampton, Conn. You will
receive by return Parcel Post a full,
also 60-cent bottle (10 (loses) of
CARDIANI and new heart book, free
from ail further expense or obliga
tion. Absolutely free from any habit
forming or dangerous^drug, Guaran
teed not to In4ure the most delicate
system. ' * ,
Take It, Kind hew quickly bad
symptoms disappaar, and bow bright
| and aue you feel. Very valuable after
tMEgfafiawS or othar w ** k * n '
" r ' "l - ■ R-R/o of fresh
eggs, does to reduce it.
1' lour to-day is anotler staple
ar .h c j e that has made a big jump
within the past year and has caus
ed the size of the consumers dollar
to shrink still further. Witter flour
sold, at 69 cents per twelve pounds
a year ago, but since that flme the
price has advanced at least pne-half
cent per pound. This has represent
ed a really important item in the
year's bill-of-fare for the amount
consumed at home and in pirchas
ed flour products represent V large
quantity.
Granulated sugar remains about I
i the same price to-day as twelve
months ago. The price ranget from
9 to 10 cents then and these a-e the
figures prevailing to-day in Harris- j
i burg, although most cities' teport !
figures somewhat in excess of these.
Ilea ns Arc Ixivvcr
Lard is selling at a slightly bwer
figure to-day than it did in mid-
January, 1918, the figures of the
same central district grocer slows.
The pure article has dropped a full
four cents, but the compound gtods
. is selling at the same figure. 3ut
this drop is rather inconsequeitial
as compared with the year's exjfcn
i ditures for other staples.
3 Figures of grocers show fiat
s beans are averaging from two to fix
, cents lower this year. The gray ban
1 shows a drop of from twelve to t-n
. cents and the navy mean has drJ>-
G ] ped all the way from eighteen -o
i twelve cents per sixteen ounces,
i Coffee Raises
~ Milk in Harrisburg to-day COSB
sixteen and one-half per cent, ii
excess of the retail figure of lag
year. Milk in epe/sentative cities oC
the country shows a general rise
due, the producers, say to the gen
i eral rise- in lalior and food costs.
The smallest rise is reported iq Mil
• waukee. where the advances total a
- bare 'tight per cent. Boston reports
I an -increase of ninety per cent,
Coffee has made one of the most
1 spectacular escensions in the food
i meet. This article has rise on an
average of from six to ten cents per
pound, largely within the past two
months. The rise dates from De
cember 10 dealers affirm, ascribing
it to the manipulation of the mar
kets by Braxillan exporters and to
the resumption of trade with Eu
rope.
Prices generally will remain high
for somemonths dealers unanimous
ly report. While there have been
some few slight reductions since the
conclusion of the war, they have
been quite Inconsiderable nnd only
affect a few of the staples furnishing
a small portion of the general bill
of-far. dust now the shipments of
food overseas is probably greater
than at any time during the war,
and not until these are considerably'
reduced and a resultingly larger per
centage of the enormous American
product released for domestic cort
sumptlon, will their be an appre
ciable reduction in the cost of setting
the American table.
SISTERSLEAP
OFF BIG LINER
[Continued from First Page,]
members of one of the city's most
prominent families.
The Misses Cromwell were twin
daughters of tho late Frederic Crom
| well, for many years treasurer and
a trustee of the Mutual Life Insur
ance Company. Their brother, Sey
mour L. Cromwell, Is president of
the Society for the Fatherless Chil
dren of France." and a. recipient of
the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
Tho young women, who were can
teen workers, wont to France a year
ago and had been engaged In Red
Cross work continuously sines.
The Misses Cromwell were or
phans, and for a number of years ,
had resjdrd with a housekeeper In
an apartment on Park avenue, At
their home It was Bald that a mes
sage had been reoetved several days
ego announcing their Intention to
|atl for the United State*
Gee McNeil's J*ln E*R>rnlnaU>r..Ad
GRACE PREDICTS
PROSPERITY WHEN
PEACE HAS COME
Bethlehem Steel Head Looks
For No Heavy Buy
ing Now
New York, Jan. 24. —President
Eugeno C. Grace, of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, predicts "a per
iod of unusuul prosperity supported
by an era of construction" after
American manufacturers have put
their whole economic structure on
"a norhial peace time basts."
He also expressed the belief yes
terduy after the annual meeting of
the board of directors that for the
Immediate future there would be no
large buying movement in the steel
market.
, Referring to a pt'ellmlnafy report
of the corporation's earnings for
IS 18. which showed a net income
after deduction of war taxes and
other charges of J16.000.000. against
827,320,736 the previous year. Mr.
Grace said they represented "a prolit
of but 3.5 per cent, en the shipments
for the year, practically all of which
were ( to the United States govern
ment and its allies."
During the year, Mr. Grace said,
the corporation had expended $27,-
866,000 for extensions to plant thus
giving it an annual capacity for
steel output of more than 3.000,000
tons with finishing plants of sufllcient
capacity to convert this entire ton
nage into commercial products."
There remains, he said, $20,000,000
to be expended in 1919, to complete
the corporation's construction pro
gram. The Sparrows Point, Mary
land, pjant, when completed, will
represent an outlay of $50,000,000.
The Bethlehem corporation yes
terday declared an extra dividend of
11-4 per cent, on both classes of
common stock. A and B In addition
to the regular quarterly dividend of
1 1-4 per cent. The corporation also
declared for the full year but pay-
quarterly the full dividends on
its 7 per cent, and 8 per cent, pre
ferred stock.
RECURRENCE OF
INFLUENZA HERE
[Continued from First Pnge.]
ventilation of tlio home, no cough
ing nor sneezing in public and other
similar requests. Persons suffering
front severe colds or influenza ought
to stay at home until they have com
pletely recovered. They endanger
their own lives and the lives of other
persons by not doing so.
"Here are some rules which
should be remembered:
"Gnsses and eating utensils rrjust
be sterilized by washing in boiling
water.
."The waiter whose fingers handle
eating utensils, soiled by use, should
not touch your bread, edge of your
glass, cup, plate, knife, fork, bowl
or spoon. i
"If you must shake the hand of
a person with a cold or the 'fly, l ,
avoid touching your nose, lips er
eyes until you have washed your
own hands. Never eat without- first
washing your hands.
"To avoid infecting your child, do
not kiss it. ,
"Do not visit one who has the 'fin*
or pneumonia
"Those who have colds or the "flu"
risk their lives and the lives of
others by going to work or schooL
"Keep yourself fit by avoiding
work and overeating, worry, fatigue,
lack of sleep and unvontilated
room." /
j work and overeating, worry, fatigue, I
| lack of sleep and unvontilated
j room."
I Derailment of Three Cars
Caused by a Break in
Rails East of Palmyra
1 Traffic east and west on the Phil
adelphia and Reading tracks was
held up several hours to-cay when
the combination baggage car and
smoker and two coaches of the
train which left the HarrUburg sta
tion at 6.10 in the morjiing, were
derailed just east of Palmyra. West
bound traffic was run around the
wreck area on sidings after a couple
of hours, and eastbound traffic was
resumed at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Railroad officials belisve the de
-1 railment was caused by.'a break In
the track, and the displacement of
a piece of rail. Some damage to
i the track was caused. The train
which was derailed runs to Reading,
'• where it joins the main line traffic.
1,500,000 Mfn Killed
France Has Lost Equal t Number
l Wounded JJ
s New York, Jan. 24.—Fjrance in
four years of conflict, to preserve
t her own liberty and that of the
I world, according ti> Andre Tardie,
i French high comoiissioncr to the
' United States, has lost 1,500,000 men
' tilled and almost many wounded.
America owes France a debt of grati
: tide not only for this great sacrifice,
lit also for the reported paving of
thousands of lives in this country due
ito the discovery by French peasants
of a perfect remedy for Stomach and
•intestinal ailments, the ingredients
of which are imported from France
by George 3. Mayr, a leading Chi
cago Chemist, "ho sells it in America
under the name of Mayr's.Wpnderful
Remedy. It Is a simple, harmless
preparation tSat removes the catar
rhal mucui from the intestinal tract
and allays the infammatlon which
causes practically all stomach, liver
, and intestiial ailments, including
appeidicitis. Ono dose will convince
or money refunded. Geo. A. Gorgas,
H. C .Kennedy, Clarkjs Drug Store.
IS YOUR FAMILY
FREE FROM COLDS?
Coufhs and Colds don't linger
when Dr. King's New
Discovery is used
Ym owe It to your family—to
yourolf—to ltoep thle standard rem
edy n your iqediclno cabinet
, 7c- almost three generations It
Has besn ths flrst-chqloe cold and
oougt reitaf of millions of psojilo,
you m and old.
Hips to bring quick rollsf—loosen
choststufTlness, reduce fever, sooth
Irrltged throats, check coughing.
Bad by druggists everywhere.
Dirry? Bilious? Constipated?
Pdt't permit yourself to beeotps
mnakpateri, gs yadr system- Immedi
ate!) begins to absorb poison from
the hacked-up W*te matter. Use
DmSlns'e New Mf Hla and keeg
JANUARY 24, 1919.
The year 1919 Is Ukqly to be
one of the worst "locuit yeurs"
on record. But entomologists of
tho United States Department of
Agriculture see nothing alarming
In the prospect.
The periodical cicada, the :-eal
name of the Insect commonly
called "locust." will appear this
year In the following states: Ala
bama, District of Columbia, Del
aware. Georgia, Illinois, -Indiana,
lowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Mas
sachusetts, Michigan, New Jer
sey, New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Caro
lina, Tennessee, Vermont, Vlr
giniu, West Virginia and Wiscon
sin.
The Injury done "by the peri
odical cicada consists almost
wholly In chiseling groves in the
branches of trees for depositing
eggs. This Injury always appears
to be greater thun it actually is.
Popular alarm is usually out of
proportion to general damage.
17-YEAR LOCUSTS TO
ARRIVEJHIS YEAR
[Continued from First I*nge.]
erty applied only to members of the
grasshopper family, and while It has
a seventeen-year period, it also has'
a thirteen-year period. It has been
so long miscalled by the name of lo
cust, however, that thereto no hope
of diverting it of that incorrect ap-'
pellatlon, and in the regions where
there is the longer period of recur
rence, it will continue to be known
as the "17-year locust," and In the
areas of the shorter recurrence pe
riod, as the "13-year locust." The
scientifically accepted name of peri
odical cicada, therefore, is the only
one that exactly fits.
The statement that this is the
most interesting insect Is the world
will hardly be questioned anywhere,
and it is the most interesting be
cause it is the most anomalous,, or
possibly, because it hits always ap
peared to be so mysterious'. The fact
that it appears in qovntlesg,numbers
one year, then is hot see rtagain for
half the averqge life time of human
beings and then suddenly appears
again in countiese /lumbers, has kept
tl/e popular mind mystified and has
woven many superstitions about the
cicada. When it, is known that the
insect spends the thirteen ot* seven
teen years in slow devolpment be
neath the ground and emerges at
almost exactly the same spot .where
it entered tke ground thirteen or
seventeen years before—then the
mystery disappears but the interest,
if anything; is intensified. One of the
querest things in nature is that in
spite of such extremely slow growth
in their subterranean habitat ail the
millions of individuals attain matur
ity and burst from the ground fit al
most the same moment.
Appearance Foretold Accurately
"Every "locust year" -is, in some
sort, a year of fear and dread. It ap
pears to have been s6 with tli.e sav
ages and has remained so with their
civilized successors, notwithstand
ing the fact that the cicada has been
.under investigation for well ovbr 200
1 years, and the appearance of the
swarms' are foretold by entomologists
as accurately as eclipses of the moon
are foretold by astronomers. People
have fancied that they could detect
in the cry of the cicanda a resem
blance to the name of the monarch,
Paraoh, that persecuted the Israel
ites, and that occult belief or fear
added to the somewhat dolorous
sound has served to make the cry of
the eicada generally an unwelcome
one. Very long ago some superstition
attached to the dark bars of the
filmy wings. These bars are always
in the shape of the letter "W," but
few people remember that through a
period of thirteen or seventeen years,
and great significance is attached to
it at each recurrence. Some prophet
has arisen always to announce that
the "W" on the locust's wings means
"war."
Inasmuch as the coming . 1919
brood of Jocusts may be one of the
largest on record, it is particularly
important to allay excessive fear of
destruction to timber as well as to
have people on guard, so that the
few preventive measures possible
may be applied. The belief that the
1919 brood will be exceptionally
large is based on the fact that the
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Easy for you to reach. '
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For the benefit of our many coal customers
we have provided offices within easy reach*
of your home as follows:
Allison Hill—lsth and Chestnut Sts.
Heart of City—Forster and Cowden Sts.
Up Town—6th, near Hamilton St.
Up Town—7th and Reily Sts.
Up Town—7th and Woodbine Sts.
v We operate three large coal yards; one at
15th & Chestnut Streets on the P. & .R. R. R.;
the second at Forster & Cowden Streets on
the Penna. R. R.; the third at 7th & Wood
bine Streets on the Penna. R, R. We are
able to make prompt deliveries any place in
the city. , i r ,
si
United le|j|r Coal Co., , I
; Main Offte* A Cewdan Sta. ' •
'{■ j • Alto Steejjroir, p a ,
I seventen-year brood coming out tl
year Is brood 10, perhaps the largi
j of the seventeen-year broods, a
j that brood 19 of the thlrteen-ye
family conies out at the same tin
The year 1868 was the greatest I
cust year in history. *
1 • A flat rute of SI cents an hour 1
been Jixed for bricklayers^ l joine
masons, plasterers and Wood-cutti
machinists in the T.vne and Blj
district of Knglund. Building labi
f rs .fctve been granted an incret
to 27 cents an hour.
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Liver and Bowe
Brew It at Home Tourself, Sat
Money and Keel Better
Bight Away.
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I rcrfiedy for constipation, sick he:
ache, dizziness and torpid-liver ge
small packuge of Dr. Carter's K. i
B. Tea to-day and drink a cup of y<
own brewing whenever you need
rns old reliable vegetable rem<
has stood the test of time and is n
more popular than ever.
Keep a package in the house all
time and brew a cupful when '
reel out of sorts, feverish or billlc
I It always helps— promptly—and
I ing mild and gentle. Is Just as gi
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; For Want of Iron?
Iron Is Ilrd-Olood food Nuxa
Iron Helps Put Itoses Into the
Cheeks of Women and
Strength and Energy
Into the Velna
•I Men.
If you were to go without eat
until you become tveak, thin
emaciated, you could not do a m
serious liurm to yourself than w
you let your blood literally starve
want of iron iron that gives
strength and power to change f
into living tissue, muscle and br
Without plenty of iron in the bic
no matter how much or what you
your food simply passes through
Without doing you any good
don't get the strength out of it
instead of being filled with youtl
strength and energy you are wi
nervous and all-run-down. If you
not strong or well you owe it to yc
self to make the following test:
how long you can walk or how
you can walk without becoming ti
Next take two live-grain tablets
ordinary Nuxated Iron three ti
per day after meals for two we
then test your strength again and
how much you have gained. Nunil
of nervous, run-down people who v
ailing all the while liave most
tonishingiy increased their strer
and endurunce simply by taking .
in the proper form. But don't t
the old kinds of iron simply to t
a few cents. You must take iron
form that can he easily absorbed
assimilated like Nuxated Iron if
want it to do you any good, otl
wise it may prove worse than i
less. You can procure Nuxated ]
from your druggist on an absc
guarantee of satisfaction or j
money will be refunded.
When Tongue
Is Coated Drink
Celery Kii
1 Take it yourself and give it to
children for it's a purely vcget
laxative tea that acts promptly
the bowels and never causes the 1
distress.
It putf you right over night
when you catch cold and bee
feverish you mustn't fail to drin
cupful hot b"-oro going to bed.
For sick headache. . biliousr
dizziness, disordered stomach
sluggish liver there is nothing
wfll do the work so well. E
druggist has it A generous pi
age costs only a few cents.
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