16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH _ NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published eveningu except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Dulldlag, Federal Sgaare E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER. Business Manager bus. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Exerattve Beard I."P. McCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY, F. R. OYSTER. GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. (All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. r A Member American •* rj Newspaper Pub syl\wnui^Associa- Avenue_ Building, Chicago, 111. K ■ \ Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. I . . By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail. $3.00 a Wdsi year in advance. •THURSDAY. DECEMBER 11, 11 Re not deceived; God is not mock ed: for whatsoever a man sotecth j Ikaf shall he also reap. — Gal. 0:7, •' A RINGING SPEECH GOVERNOR SPROUL'S keynote speech before the Republican ; National Committee yesterday i . might have been the acceptance ad- [ dress of a presidential candidate, so j well and powerfully did he sum up the problems which will be the j issues of the 1920 campaign. In good old-fashioned Republican style ' he called a spade a spade, spoke j plainly, clearly and definitely, and without calling names or using harsh phrases unnecessarily he arraigned j the Wilson administration in lan- j guuge beyond misunderstanding, gnd in terms that will win the ap- ; proval of Republicans everywhere, j Governor Sproul's address was rot sensational. He offered no new or unusual methods of dealing with the serious questions now confront ing the nation. He was only the stronger for that. Americans are' growing tired of cure-all nostrums for sick governments. Honest, fair treatment for both capital and labor, with none of the Wilsonlan camou flage for political advantage, econo my in expenditures, a firm hand in Mexico, a peace policy that will protect America, the return of the railroads, the removal of wartime restrictions of business, the restora tion of the United States to the place It once held in the respect of the world and the encouragement of red blooded Americanism in every com munity in the land—the more im portant planks in the Sproul plat form —constitute a declaration of principles on which any man of any party may stand and which the Re publican party would do well to adopt. Governor Sproul has loomed large in the public eye for years, but he never appeared to better advantage than in Washington yesterday. His friends have been putting him for ward as presidential material and the more the people see and hear of him the more ground they have for believing that he is more than a mere "favorite son" candidate, and that he is really a great and cour ageous leader worthy of any honor his party may give him. We wish those immigration of ficials who refused to let a little girl accompanied by her aunt come into the country, had been only half so watchful when Berkmann and Emma Goldman came along SIMPLER GOVERNMENT THE whole trend of the Consti tutional Commission now- being helil in Harrlsburg appears to be toward simpler processes of gov-J prnment. Many of the amendments offered during the opening sessions are designed to substitute business- j like and economical methods for wornout and expensive forms that have cluttered up official activities I at the Capitol for years. This is as it should be. Mere formality for formality's sake has no place in the , business of modern governments. Jt is a relic of the days of kings and | their courts. It accomplishes no j . good purpose and is both costly and ] Irritating to men who are accustom-] ed to stjort cuts. Another amendment that will re ceive State-wide approval would dt , vide the cities into seven classes. It has long been apparent that the pres ent division of first, second and third ' class cities does not fill the bill. Third class cities are bulked together in' • population from towns ranging in population from overgrown bor ; oughs to cities of the second claasj notwithstanding that their interests i sre widely divergent and their gov ernmental needs and desires often s far apart as those of first and sec end class cities. Harrlsburg. for ex ample. an inland railroad and manu •rncturlng town, has been bulked with Erie, a maritime city, while Reading, a great manufacturing center, of large population, must accept the THURSDAY EVENING, same kind of Government as little Sunbury, the baby third class city of the State. The system is wrong and the classi fication which tho convention pro poses no doubt would result in much benefit to the muncipalities of Penn sylvania as a whole. I 1-ooks like Rryan would bo a can didate again, and we hope they let j him have it. East time he was re j fused, you remember, ho helped wlsa i Wilson on us. HOSPITAL NEEDS T' HE amazing statement is made that Harrisburg has fewer hos pital beds thau any city of its i size or importance in the State. 1 Wilkes-Barre. for example, which stands highest, has six beds for every thousand of its populatiou. while Harrisburg has only one bed for every two thousand of its popula tion. Little wonder the two hospitals are planning extensions. Hospital accommodations in ample propor tions are a necessity for any progres sive community. The longer we let this need go. the worse we shall be off, and the more costly the remedy. Why tax a pint of whisky a half-million dollars, when it would be just as easy to put a million on it. HOUSING HELPS THE Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce, through Its newlj - formed Housing Bureau, of which Ritchie Lawrie, Jr., is the head, has just issued a pamphlet on "Plans for Financing Home Build ing Projects" that ought to be widely read by those Interested in any form of building development. There is much more to housing than merely the erection of houses. The need must first be established, i which includes a census of all those desiring to buy or to rent, the types, | value and location of the houses the> j desire, and the ability of the pros- j peetive purchasers to pay. But back of the success of any project of the kind must be a care fully worked out financial plan and the State Chamber has come forward with a series of helpful hints that any town with a housing problem on'its hands would find valuable. Isn't It strange how auickly the sugar supplies began to Increase as soon as the price was pushed up? BOARD S REMEDY THE Federal Reserve Board, which recently curbed the epi- j demic of speculation on Wall street in handy fashion, has ideas also as to how prices may be brought to a more reasonable level. There is little new in the Federal Board's prescription, but its formula would bear reprinting though it had ap peared a dozen times. We need re peated doses of this medicine. Says the Board: The remedy Is to work TtEU larlv and efficiently, in order to tirotluce and distribute the Ist ' . -t possible volume of com ™°A l " t. . and to exercise reasonable £b? ri . m n a d rt, t y o l^ he -aMr °J demand for necessaries, travagaiices of a desire for luxuries. The war | is over —in a military s>emse while bills have been settled b> I loans to the G 7 a e / n ™ en t k ev |?e 1 obligation?. ?o . as> tne> . narried bv banks, must be absorbed before the war chapter ; of the financial history of the country can be closed. RAILROAD RATES J.- THE increases in wages the * I soft coal miners are to re- j ceive out of the earnings of the mine operators, why not make up the increases the railroad men seek out of the deficit of the rail roads?" asks a newspaper para grapher facetiously, but behind I i the joke lies a subject for serious I thought. Whether wages go up or j not. it is certain that the railroads , S must have higher freight rates it , they are to survive, but that need j not affect the cost of living nearly j |so much as 1450.000.000 a year j added to the price of bituminous j | coal. Discussing this matter In a re- j cent issue, the Railway Age quotes a letter written by Julius Krutt-| schnitt to Chairman Esch, of the House Committee on Interstate and , Foreign Commerce, to show how j little influence freight rates have | ! upon the cost of living. It is ltighli j j enlightening. Mr. Kruttschnitt points out that; ! in 1914 the average value per ton' I of freight carried on the railroads 1 of the United States was fifty-six j ! dollars and that the average rate on | j it was two dollars per ton, which j I was 3.6 per cent, of the value of the freight. In 1919 the average value of a ton of freight is sll9 and the average freight charge on it only two dollars and eighty cents, which is but 2.4 per cent, of the | value of the freight. Between 1914 j and 1919 the average value of a ton ; of freight increased sixty-three dol- j lars. while the average charge on j it increased only eighty cents. Therefore, the increase in the aver age freight charge per ton was only 1.3 per cent, of the increase in the value of the freight. He shows that between 1899 and 1900, when commodity prices In general advanced, freight rates were unchanged; between 1907 and 1909, when there was a fall In prices, freight rates were declining; that between 1915 and 1916, when there was a further Increase in prices, freight rates were still declining; in 1916 and 1917, when prices were higher than at any time In nlueteen years, freight rates were lower than at any time In nineteen years. He also shows that the sharp advance In freight rates in 1918 was follow ed by a decline in prices. The reason lying back of this Is that the freight charge is so very small In relation to the average value of commodities that it would take a relatively enormous change in rates to affect prices. It iB a notable fact that in 1914 the freight charge -was 3.G per cent, of the average value of commodities, while In 1919 |t was only 2.4 per cent., which demonstrates that if freight rates were advanced ut the present time exactly fifty per cent, they would be made only as large relatively to the value of commodi ties as they were live years ago. High freight rates we must have, if the railroads are to escape bank ruptcy, but they need not cuuse any serious price disturbance. 'POTTTXCO MT By the Ex-Committeeman " Everything now points to Pennsyl vania sending an uninstructed dele gation to the Republican National Convention and that every vote will be ready to go on record in favor of Governor William C. Sprout in the event that he decides to be a candi date for the presidential nomination. Whether he will be given a compli mentary vote, whether he wants it or not, will depend upon events, but there ore some men being spoken of for National delegate in various sections of the State who are de claring that the Pennsylvania Gov ernor is the type of man that the Nation needs and that they believe it to be their duty to bring his qualifi cations to attention of the party. The Governor won many admirers in the west last summer and many in Massachusetts this fall. They have been sending word here that they Would like to have him declare himself, but the Governor only smiles and says that he wants to see the Republican party take charge of affairs and bring order out of tlie welter at Washington. —The Democratic situation is be coming considerably muddled and the anti-Palmer men are taking heart at the reports of dissensions at Washington and the.rumors about William B. Wilson. The Secretary of Labor has been one of the staunch supporters of Palmer front the days when they sat in Congress together. The National Administration lias the Pennsylvania Democratic organiza tion behind it, but various things are likely to happen in spite of the care that the Palmer men have given to the details. However, at this time it looks very mtich as though Palmer would have a big following in the delegation and with the patronage that iie will still be able to command that he may smooth some ruffled feathers. Bond issues to the amount of $14,- 700,000 have been authorized by Pennsylvanian counties for improve ment of highways and more than $9,000,000 has been set aside for is sue by county commissioners for the same purpose, with propositions'tor millions of additional dollars being put out for the future construction. Figures compiled at the Slate High way Department show that county bond issues approved by the people are as follows: York, $2,500,000; Mercer, $1,500,000; Erie. $1,300,000; Bradford. Indiana, Venango, Law rence. Washington and Armstrong, $1,000,000 each; Warren and Mc- Kean, $750,000 each; Jefferson. Clarion and Lycoming, $500,000 each, and $400,000 by others. Coun ties where commissioners have authorized road loans are Allegheny, $3,000,000; Butler and Westmore land, $1,500,000; Fayette, $1,000,- 000; Greene. $150,000; Schuylkill, $300,000; Beaver, $975,000; Craw ford, $200,000, and Venango. SIOO,- 000. In addition, it has been heard that Chester county is considering a $2,000,000 loan and Cambria a pro gram that will cost $5,000,000 in five years' time. Requests have been made to Somerset county authorities to consider a bond issue of $1,000,- 000 for roads, and Lackawanna. Lu zerne and other counties have been reported by visiting delegations as having loans for road building under discussion. —From all accounts there is more or less uncertainty about Western Pennsylvania having a candidate for Auditor General this year. Col. Joseph H. Thompson, of Beaver, who was mentioned for a time, has been rather overshadowed by Samuel C. Jamison, the coroner of Allegheny county, and now it is intimated that Jamison may not be a candidate. Harry S. McDevitt. secretary to the Governor, who was mentioned as a possible eastern candidate, has given no signs of ambition since some newspaper publications booming him were made and the swing is now back toward the central section. —The name of Judge S. B. Sadler, of Cumberland county, is now being mentioned as a possible candidate for Supreme Court before very many years go by. —Governor Sproul has not given any signs in regard to his intentions in appointment of an orphans' court judge in Westmoreland county, but it is expected that he will do so be fore very long. —Speuker Kobert S. Spangler, of the last House of Representatives, is said to be thinking about being a candidate for re-election in the York city district and if he does he will possibly be an aspirant for re-elec tion to the speakership. —Considerable interest lias been attracted to the manner in which various cities are discussing annexa tion of outlying territory. In the western section of the State the at tention of municipalities has been at tracted to the growth in population at Erie and several places are dis cussing taking in adjacent tracts. Wilkes-Barre and Heading are re ported to have such ideas under way. Allentown is reaching out and wants to take in liittersville and other dis tricts which will add 20,000 to its population. —The movement for consolidation of Allentown and Bethlehem is being boomed and Mayor-elect M. W. Gross, of Allentown, is referring to the possibility that some day there will be one metropolitan district in cluding Allentown. Bethlehem and Easton and their adjacent municipal divisions. —The Philadelphia Press ex presses the hope editorially that the present Constitutional Revision Com mission will lead to a constitutional j convention. 1 —Dr. C. C. Cooner, of Kulpmont, is to be the new deputy coroner of Northumberland county. —The citizens of Chester are being heard from because the city council defeated an ordinance pro ' viding for u salary of $5,000 for the city treasurer of that municipality. The ordinance was designed to do away with the big fees. —Reading city authorities and Berks county commissioners are dis cussing a plan to get rid of grade crossings and build more bridges. —The borough of Spring Garden has approved annexation to Pitts burgh. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'? .... .... .... BR/GGS ■ | VU H£M You've HAD A -AN D AFTER TH6 CONTRACT - AND YOU PUT IN WEEKS SCORE OF OFFERS AND T S SAFE IN THE TA A NIGER'S OF REHEARSAL AND FINALLY DECIDE AFTER HANDS YOU GET AN AWFUI- EVERYTHING GOTS V/JRONG RACKING YOUR HEAD FOR SCAR.e THAT THE PLAY IV\AY /*— —— 71. — N WEEKS ,To 3IGN A COM- PROVE A FLIVVER AND RuivoveA/ I^VPLWASE) TMT FO ft KEWP W YOUU.Be OUT A JV|\ -AND YOU NEARLY 6E.T _ THEKI ON THE - AND THE CRITICS SAY THE F.^RVRF OPENING MIGHT fne PLAY VviLL RUN Foft YEARS SIwCLOTHeV HOUSE GOES WILD - OH-H-H BOY! AIM" T -J \MITH JOY IT A 6R-R-R R-RAND NLD R-ROUS Back in Arkansas I wisht we's back in Arkansas, Where we come from to here, Where all the folks was neighbor folks And helt their neighbors dear. And visited at even' time. And gossiped round about Of marryin' and buryin' And how the crops turned out. To set out in the old door yard Amongst the maple trees, And hear the crickets chirp and ' chirr Their age-old melodies, Or set in, in the wintertime. In tilted chairs to hear Some jiggin' tune old Buckram Boone Had learnt to play by ear. There folks'll howdy as they pass, And just about express In that word, howdy, all the love That this world holds, I guess. And speak to strangers same as friends, And make 'em feel, by gum! The past's forgive, and they're at home No matter where they're from. I wisht we's back in Arkansas; I'm kinda lonesome here; I miss the old-time gossipin', And all the neighbors dear, I want to hear old Buckram Boone Tune up his violin And play, you know, them soft and low Home melodies ag'in. —Jay B. Iben in the Country Gen tleman. Look to a "Golden West" [From the Times.] Many educated ex-service women are thinking of settling overseas. Mrs. Norman Grosvenor, vice chairman of the Society for Settle ment of British Women Overseas (in which are amalgamated three so cieties dealing with the problems of women going to the dominions), says: "Conditions overseas are harder and more unfinished than they are here, and women who think they can pay to get things done for them away from the big cities will find it is not so. False ideas of the •Golden West' are a handicap for the woman settler. We would prefer that six women with no illusions should go out rather than sixty who will be disconcerted by rough conditions or unexpected hardships, and blinded by these inconveniences to the real prospects the dominion offers them. No woman who is feeble In health or character is wanted in the colonies —only the strong, ener getic and hopeful. "All ex-service women are en titled to third-class passages free to the dominions. But few women care to go third class, and the port of landing is often many miles from a suitable sphere of wprk, and the railway journey may be as costly as the journey out. "Things are going to be very bad here during the transition period of the educated woman, and those who have thrown themselves into hard work during the war are not likely to take kindly to a period of idleness. But numbers of officers and workers of the 'Wrens,' 'Waacs,' 'Wrafs,' and "V. A. D.s,' and many of the land army, are eagerly discus sing opportunities overseas and we are most anxious to help them." Ideas [From the Washington Star.] "You had some ideas for averting a coal strike?" "I did. And I put 'em into prac tice. 1 placed an early order for a cellar full of coal. Oar Wat/ We've lately warned the Mexicans, And sternly told 'em. darn "ein. That if they do not heed us now Ten further times we'll warn 'em! —Tennyson J. Daft. Seems Reasonable [From the Dallas News.] Our position simply is that a woman who Is able to pay SI,OOO for furs ought to contribute some thing to the support of the zoo. His Occupation How doth the busy Bolshevik Improve each shaping minute? I By raising hell until we tire [ And rise and shove him in 1L —-Tennyson J. baft. A Real Fox Hunt in the Kentucky Hills Night in the Woods Makes Following the Hounds Impossible, but the Old Timer Traces the Course Accurately by the Cries of the Pack. [George I". Buros in the Columbus Dispatch. ] THE other fellow's sport is fool-, ishncss to those who do not take J part in It. The man who does; not enjoy fishing can't understand] how any one gets pleasure out of i catching a bass. To him there isn't; an excitement in a 150-pound manj landing a two-pound fish. The t'el-l low who doesn't play golf thinks it silly for an intelligent man to knocic! a small rubber ball all over a pas-i ture. And the party who has never been inoculated with the fox-hunt- ] ing germ smiles when he htars poo- | pie talking about the sport ot seeingI half a dozen hounds chasing a fox, through the fields. But'to the fox hunter—well, there' is nothing this side of heaven more ; glorious than the chase, lie will go | out by himself at night and endure! the cold and rain for hours while] listening to the hounds give mouth; as they chase the l'ox over the conn- I try. He understands the chase, how-| ever far it may be from where he is. standing. He knows the relative dis-] tance between the dogs unci the fox] —he can tell that by the way the; hounds yelp. He can locato everv hound; knows exactly which is lead-, ing and which is in the rear. lie; will explain it to you in whispers as j it proceeds—and urge the clogs on] in an undertone when they are a i mile away from him. The Kentucky Expert The Kentucky fox hunter is a dif-1 ferent individual from the fox liunt- : ere of other regions—especially is 1 he different from the English fox hunter. The Englishman rides with j the hounds; the Kcntuckian makes; no attempt to keep up with the chase, i contenting himself with the music of] the clogs. Where one rides to the hounds, he must hunt during the day; the Kentuckian prefers to hunt the fox by night, when there are fewer noises to interfere with the music, when the air is eool and soft and carries the sounds better. He sel dom sees the hounds during the cliase, and practically never sees the fox. Usually when I go to Kentucky for my annual hunt 1 take a party of friends with me, and of course take them fox hunting. Always they en joy the fox hunter more than they do the fox chase. They take more interest in studying him, and in tak ing note of his enthusiasm, than they do in the chase itself. This last visit to Kentucky was no exception; my guests are still talking about the fox hunter who accompanied us. but they may have forgotten much of the chase. We had promised to "come out" upon a certain evening to take part in the chase. In the afternoon our fox hunter host sent word for us "not to fail to come." and that he expected us in time for supper—and we -didn't disappoint him. We got to his home a little before dark — and found him waiting for us. He' had seven hounds locked up in their kennels, lest they take tt into their heads to go hunting on their own account before we got there, as hounds frequently do. So after a splendid supper, the kennel was un locked and the dogs wormed out with enthusiusm. Tlie Hounds Eager As they came winding out It re minded one of a great string of sausages linked together, and when the horn was blown for the assem bly they twisted and yelped and jumped about the feet of the fox hunter as If insane from excitement. But scarcely had we left the yard when every one of them disappeared into the woods and were seen no more until the chase was on. The hunt was to be "back on the hills," a couple of miles from the home of our host, and after a hard, slippery climb we reached an emi nence of considerable height. We were walking this time; usually we go on horses, but the chase was to he in the hills where there were no paths, so we had to walk. But we got there none too soon, [for there was considerable mouthing from tlie dogs by the time we reached the designated place. They had struck & trail and were "working It out." as the host explained. He could tell from the way the hounds were yelp ing that a fox had been hunting In the briars some time before. Jumping about here and there, and creeping along slowly In hope of surprising n rabbit So the hounds were having a hard time getting the trail straight ened out." Finally they did so. Evidently the fox had heard theni, or had decided to cross a ridge where the hunting might be better, for the houirds struck out upon a direct course and the yelping increased in volume and the fox hunter told us the chase was on. Traced Course by Cries lie knew that the trail the dogs were following was a hot one and that they would soon be close upon the quarry. And, verily, they were, for suddenly there began the con stant, rolling voices of the hounds that could mean nothing else than that the fox was not far in the lead. It was a gray fox, our host in formed us. He knew instantly, with the dogs half a mile away und th 3 night dark, that it was a gray fox and not a red one—knew by the course being taken and the manner in which the hounds guve voice. He also knew about where the fox would "cross," meaning the ridge he would follow in his rounds. So he led us through the woods to another emi nence, after much hard work to get through the brush and briars. While on the way to the "stand" we vou'd not hear the dogs at all times. Thev would get out of hearing, away across the hills. Then they would bring the fox over a ridge and we could hear them faintly and ngain their voices died down us the chase led through a hollow or ravine. The night was a frosty one and we built a fire there in the woods— after taking the usual precaution of clearing away the leaves so as not to start a forest fire —and seated our selves about it on the ground. Then the faint voices of the hounds were heard, and our host jumped to his feet and asked us to accompany him for a few rods—away front the tire—for the chase would come close to us. End of the Chase The voices became stronger and stronger, the hounds were headed our way, as the fox hunter said they would. On and on they came, until there was a rustling in the leaves not 'SO yards from us, and the hunter whispered that it was the fox—with the dogs a quarter of a mile behind. On came the dogs and crossed ex actly where we had heard the rust ling in the leaves, confirming what the host had said about the presence of the tox. Well, we remained in the vicinity for two horns, and wore never again out of hearing of the chase. The fox circled about the ridges and hills and deep into the valleys. They I gained at times upon the fox and at times the fox gained upon them as he played some trlek to throw them off the trail. But finally there was no chance for the tricks; the (logs were less than a hundred yards be hind the fox the last time they came close to us, and, driven to despera tion the fox started in a certain j direction. Our host said it woul l soon be "all off," that the fox was evidently making for the river, where 'there Were dens. And sure enough, as the voices of the dogs sounded as if they were nipping at the very heels of the fox, the chase ended and the hounds yelped as if they had "treed" something meaning that they had something up u tree or in a hole. Wo made our way to the P.lace and found the hounds scratch ing and yelling übout the entrance to a den wherein u tired fox was i probably licking Ills bruised and fe verish feet. But he was safe from iharm: he had saved his life for the | time being: he had won the race. December Brown hills, I Ho lately robed in Joyous green; Gray skies, i That only yesterday were blue; North winds ! That sting and roughly flaunt their power. | A silver mist—in summer's wurmth a dew. . Wild geese, I That northward Ilew In spring. I To marshes under sunny skies have fled: The trees Htand hare and restless in the wind That chants a dreary dirge, For summer thut is dead. 'Whttelaw Saunders. DECEMBEK 11, 1919. Popular Interest Sought [From Pittsburgh Dispatch.J The proceedings of the commission on revision of the State Constitution just opened at Harrisburg should be closely followed *by the public at large. Unfortunately the subject is too apt to be considered dry and of little popular attraction, yet the hearings and discussions should be of the highest value to every citi zen of the Commonwealth, involving as they do the fundamental law of j the State and therefore affecting the ; people in countless directions, public I and personal. Kveryone can recall I suggestions, proposals and move- J nients that have been subject to the I provisions of the present Constitu-1 tion, often to the dissatisfaction of I large bodies of opinion. This will | doubtless be true of whatever revi- j sions may be made or omitted by the present commission. Yet this is the time to think these tilings out, to offer suggestions in the way of eliminations, amendments or addi tions. Properly considered, t> Con stitutional 'Commission should pro vide the basis for general discussion of the basic law, to the end that the people of the Commonwealth may consider it intelligently, to weigh proposals thoughtfully and later to vote intelligently upon whatever report is submitted by the Legisla ture, whether for separate amend ments or for a new constitutional convention to take up the whole question. The good citizen, thkt is the 'man or woman who takes an intelligent interest in the affairs of State and community, will follow the delibera tions of the commission with the at tention the potentialities of the dis cussion warrant. This is the real politics, the science of governpient. and the better it is studied by the people the nearer we shall come to genuine popular government. "Faust" Was a Real Person [From the Detroit News.] "Faust." hitherto regarded as a legendary character emanating from the brain of Goethe, really existed as a self-styled prophet, quack doc tor and peddler of fake horoscopes, according to a discovery made in the recataloguing of the Munich library. ' In the diary of Canon Kllltan Lieb I there was found this entry: I-aust. 5 June, 1528, when the sun and Jove meet in the same con stellation other prophets like myself will be born." Under this Canon Lieb had writ ten: !• aust may believe he was a great commander with high sounding titles undertaking a pilgrimage through Germany, but he was, as a matter of fact, a quack doctor, sel- I ling horoscopes and remedies. The fact thut he became rich was due chiefly to his education, lie having beep a graduate of Heidelberg in the class of 1487." A'o Coal For Foreign Vessels [From the New York American] Bunker coal will not be furnished to foreign vessels. This announce ment wis made by officials of the Tidewater Coat Exchange in this port in compliance with an order from the fuel administration in Washington. The order has been issued, It was said, as a conservative measure for the nation's supply of fuel. Agents of foreign steamship lines were notified they must get their hunker coal elsewhere than ut United States ports. Re Ye Holy I am the Lord tliut bringcth you up out of the land of Egypt, to lie your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.—Leviticus xi 45. A Fair Proposition [From the Washington Star] "If the price of oysters keeps going up," remarked Mr. Growclier, "it'll he only fair to include at least one pearl In every order." Sum Has Things to Learn [From the Baltimore American.] A woman in Buffalo was killed In the rush at an army food sale. Uncle Sam, with all his ability, does i not yet know how to conduct a bargain Bale. llulcher Privateer Fined [From the London Times.] At Plymouth, Henry Prior, a butcher, was fined $260 and also had to pay $17.75. (posts for overcharges: on lamb, mutton and suet. famttitg (Eljat I'ifteen hundred books have been placed in the schools of the city by the Harriaburg Public Library for the use of the pupils of the various grades below the high schools, In ac ™r?"n.ce ~W ilh the arrangements made by the library recently. The funds were provided by donations r ß '^' B , of the cit y wh ° de " sired to uid the library in placing mm" n ,he lca cb of the school i hilar en In buildings which could 'A ?, e ltiipped with the funds at | the disposal of the institution. hose books have been sent to i nineteen school buildings in cod | operation with the Harrisbur/ . .School Lourd, which has ar ranged to have the pupils of the .higher schools make the cases. The plan is to place libraries in the junior high schools as well, and then llar ilsburg will have more school libra- Irles than any city of its size in the , State, probably in the country. At the tecent State Educational Congress in thl S o, l !h< i Har Hsburg plan was llu subject of much favorable com ment and Miss Alice R. Eaton, the librarian, who presented the details, was overwhelmed with questions as to how llarrisburg did it. The school libraries here will likely have their counterpart in various cities of the Mate shortly and that the young sters who had to depend upon chance donations of books will have oppor tunity tor good reading under the guidance of their teachers. * • • Herman L. Collins, who writes the Lirard column in the Philadelphia Press, is a great admirer of Highwav Commissioner Lewis S. Sadler. Me l a j, to huy a l>°ut him: "Mr. ■ ! el " rare Kitt HS a man of affairs. Each task that he takes up is handled with an enthusiastic zeal and a boyish enthusiasm as if that were his first and only job in the u°Ti Talk with Commissioner i Sadler for five minutes and he has you thinking that the finest picture on earth is a new stretch of State highway, and that the really perfect gem is a chunk of concrete which will stand the stress and wear of twenty-five years of good service. None of your cheap optimists, who whistles while the house burns down, is Mr. Sadler, but a man who has the genius of summoning into a dull task good cheer, an alert brain and industry that never flags " • • * homo of the rum being consumed in and about Harrisburg must have an awful kick or else the people who drink it have been away from liquor so long that it hits harder than in days when people could get all they could buy. There have been a num ber of persons seen on the streets in the evenings who have been imbib ing Whether it is regularly 'manu factured or home-made, it is llard to say, but the fact remains that they show the effects. Unquestionably, there must be some home concocting £ointf on in and about Harrisburg:. because the supply here is reported by men who know to be limited. And it it is home-made stuff the example of its victims ought to be enough. The antics of the egg market In New York are causing a number of people to think about sending their eggs to the big city, as is alwavs done by some people to the total dis regard of the home market, which is their meal ticket most of the year, q This recdlls the experience of some people who a few years ago became excited when a.- man came along and optioned everything In sight, because prices were rising. He asked that the owners hold "for a few days" the goods which were of the perishable variety and on which he paid nothing down because the market and his remarks looked like ready money. The weather turned warm and some of the goods were held until they be came offensive reminders that all is not gold thut glitters in stock mar ket reports. Another story about markets comes from people in this section who sold their eggs at a fancy price and shipped them to New York. Be tween the time of shipment from this part of the State and arrival in New York prices were hit by something not foretold by the weather-bureau and the sellers had some time collecting from the >iet tropolitan buyers who purchased In such big lots. Prospects of curtailment of rail road and industrial operations duo to the coal strike are already being reflected in application for places at the State's employment agencies which have proved a barometer of even the unusual conditions prevail ing this year. During the steel strike applications for work jumped at several of the agencies and when the coal strike began there was also an increase. Now, when suspensions and reductions of work dun to the coal situation will be forced, there are men taking time by the forelock and seeking places in lines which will not be affected so much. One of the odd effects is that there have been many inquiries as to what farmers will want, while municipal authorities say they will be able to command all the labor wanted for City park authorities are taking no chances with the elm trees planted along the River Front. V.Grant For rer, the superintendent of the parks, has gone 'along the whole line of trees and where one is not in good condition ho has hud it Fixed up. In the last few weeks men have gone to eneh tree and tilled in and fertilized where needed. One of these days the city is going to have a magnifi cent avenue of fine trees and the care which Mr. Forrer is now giving is going a long ways toward it. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ] —Councilman A. K. Oliver ad dressed the Pittsburgh Real ICstate Board on the responsibilities of city government. —C. J. Tyson, n member of the Constitutional Revision Commission, Is one of the authorities on fruit growing in Pennsylvania. —Senator K. E. Jones, of Susque hanna. who was here yesterday, says that Pennsylvania's road program is attracting national attention. —McLeun Stork, mentioned for eity solicitor of York, is well known to many residents of this city. —'Adjutant General F. D. Beary spoke at the Lancaster National Guard meeting last night. | DO YOU KNOW ). —That llarrisburg Is furnish ing mutcrial for manufacture of automobiles and docs not make any itself? HISTORIC HAIUUSBURG --The annexation to Harria-f burg was Maclaysburg, whicir brought in everything up to North street.
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