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Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. R y carrier, ten cents a OfefeuSiOTJiaD week; by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1910 Me who sows courtesy reaps friend ship, and he who plans kindness gathers love.—Basil. FOOD PRICES FULLEST attention should be given the Federal Trade Com mission's charge that the five big American meat packing concerns are trying to get a monopoly on food staples in the United States and to * control the international markets. The denial of a single head of one of these concerns cannot be accepted as discrediting the report of the commission. The public is convinced that there is something radically wrong with food prices and is curi ous to know just where the blame lies, so that it may proceed to cor rect conditions. With so much beef and mutton In the country that the packers have been talking of advertising to induce people to eat more meat, prices are at topnotch and going higher. This, notwithstanding that the govern ment is about to throw out for sale $121,000,000 worth of foodstuffs no longer needed for Army use. Somebody is keeping food prices higher than they should be. If the packers are not to blame perhaps they can- tell us who is. At all ,events a little more light on pro vision prices and control will do no harm. By all means let's hear more ■ on the subject. A great fruit growing corporation is being organized in this State, with a capital of $50,000,000. It is proposed that this strong corporation shall cov er the entire field of fruit and produce growing in this country. If this or some similar organization will pro vide ways and means of preventing the waste of Cruit which has con tinued year after year In many sec tions of the United States and arrange better distribution it will achieve a laudable purpose. NONPARTISAN FAILURE GOVERNOR SPROUL has dem onstrated the courage of his personal convictions in approv ing the repeal of the nonpartisan law as applied to Harrisburg and •other cities of the third class. Of course, his political opponents will strive to make it appear that he is acting in obedience to political in terests, but the Governor has mani festly arrived at his conclusion in this matter through the same pro cesses of reasoning that have led others to a like view. Because a law is called a nonpartisan piece of legislation it doesn't follow that it is necessarily a wise enactment. Harrisburg made its greatest strides in municipal progress and development under the old system and when the Clark act, with its non partisan features, was imposed upon this and other cities there wus grave doubt in many Quarters us to its practical results as a reform meas ure. / It was contended by those favor ing the Clark act that It would eliminate the power of political par ties in the choosing of municlpul officials; that the nonpartisan ma chinery would give the people a higher class of public servants unq that the millennium of reform re sided in the new system of choosing municipal officers. But exactly the opposite effect followed the operation of the law. All manner of individuals wished themselves upon tho people in the primary campaigns. Any one could become a candidate on his own initiative and it was not unusual to find as many as twenty or thirty candidates rupntng on the non partisan ticket for a single office. Frequently the voter was entirely at sea as to the qualifications of the aspirants and voted with his eyes shut. No responsibility rested upon party leaders to choose fit men, but these leaders frequently made use of the hodge-podge ticket to help nominees who would not have been chosen in a strulght party contest. American government is bused upon political parties and the non partisan theory has not worked well in prat'lie*, with the elimination SATURDAY EVENING, of party nominations public inter est in large measure disappeared and under the operation of the Clark act there has been a gradual sub sidence of the individual concern which was previously manifested in choosing municipal officials. With party responsibility there is less danger of unfit candidates being foisted upon the people than through the operation of nonpartisan ma chinery. Multiplicity of candidates has been the rule since the enact ment of the Clark law and it is difficult to always choose out of a long list of aspirants the best qual ified candidates for the public serv ice. In fact, the least fit candidate frequently emerged as the success ful nominee at the primary polls. Returning to the old system of party nominations does not mean a step backward In any sense. It does mean, however, that party lead ers and party organizations will be compelled to select proper men for the various municipal offices. To do otherwise would weaken party prestige and invite defeat at the general election. It has not been forgotten that under the nonpartisan system llar risburg has lost the unselfish and able public services of the Board of Public Works, the Park Commis sion, the Board of "Water Commis sioners and other advisory bodies which contributed so materially to the transformation of this city from an overgrown town to the most progressive of Pennsylvania mu nicipalities. The trail of the nonpartisan law has been marked in many' places by inefficiency and mediocrity, and we believe the placing of respon sibility upon political organizations will give the voter a higher typo of men to choose from in the mu nicipal elections. IJere in Harris burg some of the most capable and public-spirited of our citizens have declined to permit the use of their names as candidates for important offices as a consequence of the free for-all primary campaigns in which individuals, without appreciation of the obligations of public service, have sought office simply as a job with a salary attached. It is now up to the party leaders to show wisdom in their support of available candidates. No right of the citizen is taken from him in the repeal of the nonpartisan law. He can still go to the polls and express a proper choice as between candi dates and the fact that he may be independent in his party activities will serve to prevent a careless or indifferent attitude on the part of party leaders and organizations. Not a word of objection has been heard against the City Planning Com mission's proposition to take over the Italian Park section and convert it into a beautiful resort for the people. City Council will doubtless realize the importance of accepting the free ten der of fifteen or twenty acres in the very heart of a growing residential section. THE GORED OX EX-CONGRESSMAN HERMAN METZ, of Brooklyn, N. Y., ap pearing before the Ways and Means Committee . recently, advo cated a fifty per cent, ad valorem duty for dyes. Metz was a Democrat in Congress, and he voted for the outrageous tariff-for-less-than-revenue measure which President Wilson clubbed through that body in 1913. That law knocked the daylights out of industry in the United States until the war resuscitated it, but Con gressman Metz didn't care about that. To-day ex-Congressman Metz wants dyes protected. Why? Because he is head of the Metz Laboratories, which manufac ture dyes. Funny how quickly the Democrats change their tune when their per sonal interests are affected. Representative Frank Clark, of Florida, always insisted vehemently on protection for pineapple?. All Harrisburg will be pleased to know that the Department of Parka and the City Forester are contemplat ing a real tree planting campaign in the coming autumn. For several years the trees along the streets of Harrisburg have been disappearing, and it is high time that some steps be taken to reforest the city, if we may use that term for general planting. May we not hope that those in charge of the matter will be prepared to give the people generally definite instruc tions as to the size and kind of trees to be planted and the best way to protect them from damage. SET BUILDINGS BACK THE proposed building code should contain a rule against erection of houses on the build ing line of Front street. Provision should be made to set all houses back from the street and a mini mum depth should be fixed. Front street is to be the city's one great driveway. It should bo kept as open as possible and no building should be flush with the street. Meantime, property owners ought to meet pub lic desire half way, and, even with no law to enforce the wishes of the people in this respect, ought to set all new structures a reasonable dis tance back from the sidewulk. There will he gratification among the fraternity throughout the country over the fine showing of the Benevo lent and Protective Order of Elks In the war. At the Atlantic City conven tion all the reports indicate the pa triotic policies which were observed by the Elks in their war uctlvities. When wo contemplate the colossal figures of $30,177,000,000 which rep resents tho war coat of the United States up to June 20 we are forced to conclude that this country had some thing to do with winning the wsr. Perhaps when Congress shall have created the Federal Power Commis sion to deal with power projects on navigable streams the Husquehanna river will come Into its own. Utilis ing the stream for power purpose* and transportation is no longer re gp.rded as a fantastic dream of vision aries. 'TotitlciU By the Ex-Committeeman Repeal of the third class city non partisan law is dividing attention with the Sproul appointments of the Philadelphia registration commis sioners in various parts of the State and while there is some criticism of the Governor among advocates of the nonpartisan system many peo ple candidly admit that the non partisan system has not worked well in certain of the cities and that public sentiment in quite a few places is in favor of a return to the old system. It is predicted that next session there will be a big de mand for repeal of the nonpartisan judiciary laws. In regard to the complaints from Reading, Erie and other places that a return to the old party system of election means that the Socialists will gain places some of the old-time political leaders suggest that the Republicans and Democrats cease fighting among themselves. Unquestionably the repeal of the nonpartisan act will stimulate po litical activity and it has been wel comed by many Democrats because it will revive party spirit which has been welcomed by many Democrats because it will revive party spirit which has been lagging because of the inefficient leadership of their party, as evidenced in recent elec tions and the or showing in the Legislature, anu the tendency of some of the bosses to indulge in nonpartisan movements to gratify their own desires.- | —The Philadelphia registration commissioner appointments have been well received and the Gov ernor's very evident desire to estab lish a fair commission is commend- I ed. Penrose arid Vare men all ex- I pressed approval and Senator Ed jwin H. Vare, although he lost two men and the Pierie and Walsh ap pointments are considered by some as more or less probationary, was quick to say that what the Gov ernor did was satisfactory to the Republican organization of which he is the head. The North American says that everyone considers that the new commission will be fair; the Inquirer says that the changes "end Vare domination;" the Press that the appointments "seemed to gratify all who heard the names," and the Public Ledger that the Governor "ended Vare control" of the com mission. The Record says that the appointments are "an improvement on the old order of things" and then takes occcasion to wallop Charles P. Donnelley, who secured the Quinn appointment, and to criticise him for not backing Fabian. It is said that Fabian was not taken because the Governor wanted a lawyer. Quinn is an attorney. The Evening Bulletin and Evening Ledger also commend the appointments. —lt is one of the ironies that Ladner and Carr, the two men call ed "Vare Democrats" by some of the newspapers, were put on about the time that Clinton Rogers Wood ruff, one of the Sproul appointees, was put off by Governor Brum baugh. Woodruff is one of the authorities on election matters in Philadelphia and it is said that he was one of the men most strongly urged by Senator Penrose. —The Philadelphia contests will now start in earnest and the Gov ernor says he expects Mr. Fell, his personal selection, to aid materially in getting a fair deal for everyone regardless of faction. —There is every indication that some of the liveliest tights in years are going to be staged in third class cities and that the lineups will be old-time party battles such as used to get out the votes and make party leaders careful of the men they put up for nominations. The cities which will elect their mayors and councilmen on party tickets again are Allentown, Altoona, Bethlehem, Bradford, Butler, Carbondale, Ches ter, Coatesville, Connellsville, Corry, Dußois, Duquesne, Easton, Erie. Franklin, Harrisburg, Ilazleton, Johnstown, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lock Haven, McKeesport, Meadville, Monongahela, New Castle, Oil City, I'ittston, Pottsville, Reading, Titus ville, Uniontown, Wilkes-Barrc, Williamsport and York. Lancaster operates under an old act of 1818, while Coatesville is seeking to go buck to a borough form of govern ment. —Reorganizations of various de partments of the State government affected by legislation signed or pending will not be taken up by the Governor until after he has disposed of the general appropria tion bill and various other meas ures in his hands. Even then they will likely be made gradually. The two departments where changes are watched with interest are Agriculture and Labor and Indus try, numerous changes being plan ned in the personnel, including seme Dauphin countians. —The Governor will take up the general appropriation bill, which supplies funds for the whole State government, immediately upon his return to Harrisburg and it will be disposed of during the coming week. This will be good news for the Cap itol attaches, as July 15 is the next pay day and the experiences of years gone by when they had to wait weeks for pay because tho big bill WUB not completed are well re called. —As a result of the Attorney Gen eral's decision, there will be only two constitutional amendments to be voted on at the election in 1920 They are relutlve to the debt limit of Philadelphia and the removal of limitations on bunking legislation. The graded tux bill fell and the so culled specific appropriation amend ment was dropped in the Legisla ture. —Three hundred and sixty bills of generul character huve been up proved by Governor William C. Sproul thus far and in addition forty-.one ruted as appropriation bills have been signed. There are approximately 500 bills in the hands of the Governor, about 400 of which ure appropriation meas ures. Korty-nlne bills hu a been vetoed. The Governor will probably dis pose of all of the bills welt within the bmlt which expires on July 26 and many will be acted upon dur ing the coming week as information MHked regarding them has been pre pared for hint. Kfforts are being made to have the copies of the laws printed as rapidly as possible after upproval and there Is a tremendous demund for such meusures us the compen sation, teachers' salary, mothers' pension, I'hiludelphla charter and slmllur measures. Notices are being sent thut no constitutional amendments are to be voted upon this year. This is in accord with the ruling of the Alter ney General's Department. BLAJRRXfiBTJRG TELEGKIPa | THE LOCKER SYSTEM >: By BRIGGS OLD of The \WCKHICKY '''/ 111 CouMTRY CLUIJ WHOSE "SUPPLIES" Con's (DeR a Buy dwindled <july y t l ,w -iuL flat First finjd charming social /tvS All Possibilities INJ A MEW MEMBER WHO AT I- -u VJJ j •j- He PRESENT MOMENT IS A TOTAL STR.AMG ER r)(btyq London Is Herself Again [London Correspondence of thej Weekly Manchester Guardian.] One by one they are coming back. The "vivid" four-inhand coach sets I out for Northumberland Avenue in j the ordinary way every morning,; with its well groomed horses and j its coachman blowirrg his horn, it is that which makes the colonial! soldiers rub their eyes, and old Nel-j son at his masthead, whose lions! are being washed today, must feel: that London is almost herself again. ! The fountains are now frothing like! pots of "four-'arf" round about himj In the sunshine. Quite suddenly the streets seem! full of horses, which seem to step! more lively since their demobiliza- j tion, like the young men in tlie| velour hats and coats with funny j pockets. The ice cream barrows I have mobilized in Fleet Street again, j and the redhaired man who plays! the miniature bagpipes in front of] Charing Cross Station is back again, and the swirl of his little pipes mingles with the traffic, reminding you (for you hardly notice him) of the story of the lost piper who went along the mysterious underground passage under the streets, his music growing fainter and fainter till it stopped. Well, there he is back again, and his pibroch is not lost! after all. The flower sellers and apple wo men, too. are turning up in their usual spots, and I should not be sur prised any day to see Pineapple Dick in his Melton Mowbray coat bucket ing along Fleet again with a basket of select pineapples. The round of flower shows is scenting London again, and Salter Bros.' steamboats go on their delectable voyages be tween Kingston and Oxford. Whatever is to come, London, at the moment, looks her happiest. j A Chorus of 10,000 Sang [London correspondence of the' Weekly Manchester Guardian.] There was a memorable scene the other evening in Hyde Park, where the Imperial Chorus and the massed bands of the Brigade of Guards per formed a few anthems and patriotic music in the presence of the King and Queen, the Prince of Wales, Princess Mary, Queen Alexandra and an audience of a million. It was an ideal evening and an ideal place. Somewhere to of the Mar ble Arch a natural hollow formed the performers' stage, and the banks rising on both sides were one huge mass of spectators. Underfoot the grass was green and velvety, and the trees in the park are now at their best. Considering that the choir alone numbered ten thousand singers the volume of sound must have been tremendous, but, fur or near, one never got that impression. The sound was in great part carried away, and the number of the per formers seemed only to add weight and dignity to the simple and mov ing beauty of the music. The ap pearance of the royal family was the signal for a great outburst of cheering, which was repeated later when his majesty and the queen acknowledged the greeting from the conductor's desk. It was a very democratic and sincere demonstra tion of popular feeling, and over all was the soft and solemn beauty of the perfect summer evening. Warm Weather Wishes [From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.] Oh. I would dearly love to be A fish that swimmeth in the sea; A bird that ffieth in the air. And findeth cooling breezes there. A walrus on u cake of ice— I That, too, methinks were very nice. And yet, if I could have my wish, I doubt if I would be a fish, For be the weather what it may, Fish must drink wuter, every duy. And I retract my former word That I should like to be a bird; For though it would be fine to fly, it would he work —and thut is why. And though indeed it would be nice To sit upon a cake of ice, Yet how much nicer it would be To have thut cuke of lee in me! 80, like the bird, I'll seek the shade. And there I'll have a cold drink made; And, like the fish. I'll soak It in Till It pervades my very skin. And in that drink shall clink and float A chunk of ice to cool my throut— And 1 shall be more happy, fur, Than bird and fish und walrus are! Samples Will He Furnished Now thut the question us to whether or not 2 3-4 per cent ber In intoxicating will be left to the Juries, far fewer men will think up excuses for dodging Jury duty. VALUE'S NEW CONCEPTION By BOYD S. FOWLER Yard Trainman, P. R. R., Harrlsburg (From the Railroad Trainman Magazine) DESPITE the amazing losses of the past four years, it is almost worth all that the war has cost us to have got the new vision of values that seems to have come to us as a people and a Na tion. Before we entered the < arena in the cause of democracy, our course of action in most matters was determined by the dollar (%) mark. Our first questions were, what is there in it for ME? how will it affect MY business, MY profits, MY prospects? The query j "What is he, she or it worth"? re quired an answer framed in finan cial terms, as a matter of course. The charge made against us by the nations of the world, that we were money-mad, had too much of a foundation of truth in it for our comfortable way of thinking. The way we were heaping up wealth was without precedent. Millionaires were as the leaves of the trees in numbers, while multi-millionaires j were so common that they excited | no special interest. Stories of stupendous' fortunes j and great financial success, were part of the common school educa tion, and served as an inspiration and incentive to our youth. We dreamed and worshiped, both se cretly and openly at the shrine of St. Midas, while the clutch of a dis torted and miserly conception of life was upon us. Our fears, hopes, loves and hates, energies and ambi tions found sole expression in "The Almighty Dolfar." Then we became involved in the World War, and so long as it was an overseas war, it seemed likely that it would only cater to our insatiate greed for money. Profiteering became both a science und an art. Men of mod erate fortunes became wealthy over night, from the products of and profits of a ten-acre farm or a two by four factory. The rich became richer by leaps and bounds, and there seemed no limits to the pe cuniary advantages of the United States from the world catastrophe. Even to those who tried to look be low the surface did there seem to be any depth or limit to which we would not go as a money-grubbing, money-worshiping nation. That the war could not be confined to Europe was our salvation. Just as soon us we were in it, a part of it, the clouds began to lift, and the vision of worth-while things and objects be gan to get clearer, und now with a world peace only round the corner we begin to see with a clear vision. Perhaps it is no exaggeration to say, there never has been a time in the history of the Nation when money was less prized for its own sake thun now, or when men were valued for their accumulation of wealth, and more for what they are and can do for the world. To-day the worth-while men are coming into their own, we are wit nessing the rebirth of the Nation. One of the marvels of this grcut duy, is the awakening of what we have been accustomed to call "The Moneyed Class" and "The Captains of Industry," heads of great con- I cerns and men of great wenlth, to their duties and privileges us citi zens of this great country, not as plutocrats, but as real red-blooded M-E-N. It has certainly been u revelation, us wo have witnessed the wholehearted and eager way in which they are trying to clutch the new idea, and follow the gleam of the new light which their vision senses. The rolls of the govern ments during the war, show thut all nations had us their hardest work ing and most efficient agents an ustonlshingly lurge number of such men—chosen not because of what they have, but because they pos sess unusuul tulonts for usefulness and service, fuctors which have made them most successful in their chosen callings or professions. The world could not with any sum at the command of its governments, purchase the time or tho service of these men, but both time and money und service was freely given, or win rendered for u wage so small us to be ridiculous when considered us puyment, and rendered, too, with u zest, u delight, and u degree of Interest that never characterized the old merely money-making days und pursuits. Theso men are reully liv ing, In the best and hightest sense of the word, for the first time in their lives, and It is Incredible thut they will ever willingly übundon this new und better thing that has come to them, and go back to the dollar- bounded ideals of the days which ure gone, and gone to stay. Many a hard-hearted, practical business man, whose successes and financial rewards in business life have been i phenomenal, will serve as striking: illustrations of what we are saying. Men who have turned aside from the consideration of their own af fairs to give themselves and their great talents absolutely, and joy ously to the Government's interests. We can not in fairness single one out of the many, but we will quote a prophecy made by the head of the shipping interests, a prophecy most significant and noteworthy because coming from such a man—"That the test of the men of the future will not be the wealth they possess, but the service they render to their fel lowmcn." This new conception of the value of service to mankind is not con fined to any one strata of our social foundation as the following tele gram bears witness. "I desire to congratulate officers and employes of the railroads under Government control for the splendidly patriotic response made by them in the Vic tory Liberty Loan campaign. Out of a total of one million eight hun dred and forty-one thousand two hundred and sixty-seven employes (1,841,267), one million four hun dred and seventeen thousand and forty-two (1,417,042), or seventy seven (77 pet.) per cent, subscribed ( for Victory Loan Notes, a total of one hundred and thirty-eight mil lion six hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred and fifty dol lars ($138,637,250). Employes of sixteen roads showed subscriptions of one hundred per cent. This is a renewed demonstration of the loy alty of the railroad men of Amer j ica. Signed: Walker D. Hines, Di rector General of Railroads." And this proportion holds good in every industry, so what we said In the be ginning will bear repetition, that it is almost worth all that the war has cost us to have got this new vision, this new conception and sense of values. (Copyright pending, 1919 ) As Col. Harvey Sees It [Harper's Weekly.] The Philadelphia Press hits the nail squarely on the head when it says: "If the President thinks that all that he has to do is to make a series of speeches in which he is to glorify the league idea, he is not in touch wjth conditions here. What he must face is the sentiment both in the Senate and in the country that such reservations are needed to pro tect American rights. He must face strong arguments in favor of this • necessity." I He must not only "face" the argu ments. he must controvert them suc successfully. It is one of the signi ficant oddities of the situation that his upologists have not even tried to do this. The Times, for example, sternly advocates acceptance of the League because of fear that its re jection would wreck the ltepubltcan party, and the World sharply re stricts its arguments to demonstra tion of the incontestable proposi tion that Henry Cabot Lodge is a partisan, while Senator Hitchcock flounders about htelplessly in a moruss of contradictions und Mr. Taft merely presents dally an excel lent imitation of a whule addicted to the use of bicarbonate of soda. If Mr. Wilson has something con crete to offer in defense of his pro posals we shall be glud to hear it, but It is only fair to notify htm that tho country has had its fill of slush. From Men Who Were There [From the Chicago Tribune.] At a dinner to the commanding officers of the regiments of Illinois In the A. K. F. there was given a most Impressive lesson on the sub ject of preparedness. Each colonel, fresh from his war experience, tes tified to the loss of life through our failure to make training in peuce a purt of clttxen duty. There was no dissent from the truth, that unpre paredness is paid for in the wasted blood of patriots. Hhull we listen now to the men who huve seen with their own eyes the demonstration of this lesson on the puge of history lin human blood? Every soldier at this dinner, und utmost all were rlv lllun soldiers, declurcd from their observations of conditions abroad thut war would come aguln sooner or later. JULY 12, 1919. Tests For Airmen [From the New York Evening Post.] Medical tests for the pilots of public airplanes, laid down by the International Aeronautical Conven tion, should lead to further sensible restrictions upon indiscriminate fly ing. Much has to be done to pre vent airplanes from being used by unskilled persons who would be a menace to themselves and to the community. The rules of the con vention practically bring into inter national use the requirements of the spinning chair tests and others which originated in this country for the weeding out of men unfit to be aviators. Federal legislation might enforce such regulations as exsited at every well organized aerodrome during the war. All our army and navy pilgta are familiar with the rules of right of way in the air, and "aerodrome discipline" was an ef fective factor in saving life on crowded training fields. There is the matter of time limits for the use in flight of airplane engines and airplane wings and other parts. Army experience has shown that after a certain number of hours of flying it is unsafe to use an air plane or an engine until it has been inspected and readjusted. A con tinuous replacement of parts under a regular schedule took place on our flying fields in war. Would it not be in the interest of public safety to provide that civilian fliers must take the same care, must exer cise the same vigilance in the re placement of parts, as was required in our military air service? i Hotels as Homes [From the Spokane Spokesman- Review.] The apparently unlimited willing ness of capitalists to invest millions upon millions of dpllars in the erec tion of magnificent hotels makes i natural the speculation as to wheth- I er we are on the way to becoming a country of hotel dwellers. As fast as each new hotel, with its thou sands of rooms and ingenious re finements of comfort and service, is completed it is instantly filled, starts a waiting list, and only regrets that it has not a few hundred more rooms to be let at a minimum of $5 a day. Americans who can afford such luxuries—and there are more in this class than ever before —are flocking into hotels because living conditions, particularly In the greater cities, are abnormal. If the abnormal condi tions become permanent and there fore normal the hotel dwellers will increase and the American home will become a new sort of thing en- I tirely. The municipality of new for- I tunes has intensified the search for j luxurious living conditions and made I consideration of expense negligible. Then there is the great shortage of suitable houses, created by the sus ' pension of building during the war years. Finally we have the ser j vant problem. j It is this last more than any j other factor that is hastening the trend toward hotels. Quiet Endeavor To have a cheerful home that knows not strife, A garden filled with sweetly smell ing flowers. And fruit and wine; few children, at all hours To know the constant love of a good wife; To have no debts; to leave lawsuits to fools. To hold relations in their proper pluce; Content with little, seeking not the grace Of this world's great ones; keeping honor's rules; I To live with no inordinate desire; To seek soul's purging in devotion's fire, To make the passions unswer rea son's call; To keep the spirit free, the judg ment clean; To tell one's beuds: doing these things, 1 ween, t A man may wait for death, nor fret at all, —Christophe Plantin. Why Won't World Reform? I From the New York World.] I Within forty-eight hours ufter the I signing of tho peace treaty we have ! been grieved to observe In the news thut the "conscience of the world" !is not reuctlng In a proper wuy. j Twenty-one American soldiers were j killed by Bolshevists. A plot to | uHsassinute tho Regent of Herhia | wus discovered. Two persons were | killed In a riot between French and | American soldiers in Brest. Berbtun : und Ituliun troops have clushed. It lis all very wicked, and httmun. j Where is the "great tide" that wus ("running In the hearts of menT" Itoning (Eljal Pennsylvania fishermen are now on the home stretch of the trout season without any restrictions as to the size of trout that may be taken for the first time in years, the act of the Legislature approved this week by the Governor having re moved. the size provision. This change was made in response to representations of sportsmen ths.t fish under the six-inch length gen erally died when they were returned to the water after being hooked. The undersized fish have been th | cause of many arrests in recent years and of much complaint, TRV change was made with approval oi the State Department of Fisheries after much investigation of the mat' ter and the discovery that few fl#- survived being caught. Weathtf l conditions have been the cause the trout season being considerably prolonged this year and probata more have been caught in Centra*- Pennsylvania counties and in the northern tier this month than lu any July in years. • • State game authorities are er pressing the fear that there maif be some cases of color blindness among hunters now that the amend ments to the game code permit tha killing of red squirrels at all times. This change was made because of the rapid Increase in the number of the squirrels and the damage they have been doing. In some of the rural counties the squirrels were causing much loss for farmers and compliants were being made to game wardens that the animals were a nuisance. The results of the change in the law will be carefully watched and if necessary recom mendation for a change may be made two years hence. For the first time the skunk or polecat is under the protection of the State and none may be taken, except by owners or occupants of lands where they have made them selves a nuisance, until the fifteenth of November. The act extending protection to this fur-bearing animal has become a law and State game officials are notifying the wardens of its provisions. Many amusing things come to light in the life of a recruiting of ficer, and the army men assigned to the station here are no excep tions. Yesterday one of them was speaking of a letter which they had received from "a loving widow," who said that she had been the wife of a soldier, and loved to do any thing she could for them, and e.ided with the implication that if ihey might recruit another husband for her she would be more than obliged. Another woman wrote in that she had lots of money, etc., etc., but no husband and suggested that if they saw some likely looking veteran, they should send him along for ap proval. So one day a nice, robust looking chap appeared at the can teen and learned of the ofTer. He immediately disappeared, but show ed up in a few days with a broad smile and the simple statement: "I got the job." An interesting epi sode came to light yesterday when Wilson H. Leiter, of Company M, 111 th Infantry, came to claim his button at the station. Noticing the D. S. C. on his chest, the Major asked him if he might see his cita tion; and here it is: "While his company was withdrawing to a place of safety, Private Leiter stopped in a most exposed position and picking up a badly wounded man, he continued in the withdrawal until the point of assembly was reached, at which time he brought him to a dressing station." The ci tation makes no mention of the fact that Private Leiter himself had a bad shrapnel wound in the fore head at the time. • • The largest flag in Harrisburg has been suspended in the rotunda of the State Capitol, having been strung across the space at the col lar of the dome on a stout cable. The flag, is thirty-six feet long by twenty-four feet wide and so great is the rotunda that it does not seem anything like that size. • • • The stowaway In the basket of the R-34 brings to mind the memory of other stowaways at one time and another. On a ship which brought back part of the Old Hickory Divi sion, the little house forward was occupied by a small Russian horse, the size of the ponies in the circus. The poor animal suffered violently from the rough seas, but uttered no complaint; he only looked his discomfort. Quite a story went with the pony. At the time of the St. Mihiel push, some members of the 113 th Field Artillery came upon the beast tethered to a tree near an abandoned Boche dugout. They took him in tow, and after leading him about as a spare blanket car rier through the early days of Sep tember, finally salvaged a machine gun cart and some harness. And ever after that "Billy," as he was known, was the sensation of the column In every town the regiment had to pass through, trudging along at the rear of his battery, his little cart piled high with veterinary equipment and other spare stuff. But the saddest part of the tale comes now. When the regiment landed at Newport News, the pony was ta off and lead into camp. Here so)&4 meddling, officious officer discovert it and dug up a ruling whereby mE foreign animals had to be tlned for six months before brought over, or some like reguba. tion. So that evening, amidst the general grief of the entire regiment und more especially of "Doc", his keeper, the little horse went back to his transport and in a few days headed out again for France. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ] —E. Lawrence Fell, the new Phil adelphia registration commissioner, is an expert on cost accounting. —Dr. S. T. Acheson, of Pittsburgh, here this week to see the Governor on wur camp community work, is just home from overseas. —George Wharton Pepper, as counsel for the Fairmount Park Commission, is taking a part in the test of the Sunday illations in Philadelphia parks. —J. V. Thompson, the Fayette county coal magnate, Is planning new coal developments In southwest ern Pennsylvania, it is said. —Humuel J. Graham, nominated for the court of claims, is a Pitts burgh lawyer and a personal friend of President Wilson of many years' standing. —John Wanamuker was congrat ulated yesteday upon his birthday. [ DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg's new school development plan is attracting much comment among the cities of the NtateT IIIKTORIC HARRIS BURG Hurrisburg's first schools are said to have been in Second street near Mulberry and on Walnut street.
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