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JANUARY
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MOON'S PHASES—
Full Moon, Ist, 30th; Last Quarter, Bth;
New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, a:sd.
~ <b."N WEATHER FORECASTS
Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to
liaSJy night and Tuesday, slightly warmer
iJjTLj}.* p Tuesday. Lowest temperature to-night
plCf-' about 25 degrees.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Partly cloudy
_ 10-night; Tuesday fair, slightly warmer.
«■' i * Gentle east winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBDRO .
Highest, 28; lowest, 20; 8 a. m., 21; S p. m., 25.
l GERMANY'S PREPAREDNESS
A There is little to support the contention of those
Y advocates of peace in Europe who hold that, if
other things do not bring about a settlement of the
great European war it ultimately must end through
the exhaustion of the German resources, in the
attributed, in a Berlin dispatch published
to Ihe German Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von
tJethmaun-Hollweg, which is in effect that Germany
has enough copper, oil, rubber and other supplies
fvind funds to "continue the wftr to the end." Ap-
I parentl.v by "continuing the war to the end" the
I Chancellor means until one side or the other suc
ceeds in annihilating its enemy, if such a thing
must be.
Assuming that the German Chancellor is accu
rately informed as to his country's resources the
peace advocates might just as well eliminate the
theory that the conflict will end itself through
r' Germany running out of supplies and of money,
and begin to think about other methods for bring
ing about a settlement. The Allies, in the general
opinion, are in far better position to obtain supplies
for the war than is Germany, and so if it be true
-hat Germany is actually in a position to "continue
the war to the end" that end must be brought
Rbout by some other plan than the starving out of
the subjects of the Kaiser.
Next comes the question: "What is the other
plan?"
VALUE OF DEBATING ORGANIZATIONS
Ponderous books or reference are used more ex
tensively at the Richmond branch of the Philadel
phia free library, according to reports, than in any
other library branch in that city. It is because of
the organization of debating clubs, with large mem
berships of young people, which gather at regular
L Intervals in the library for formal meetings and at
■irregular intervals for individual reference work.
A Boys between 8 and 15 years make up a large
Bart of the membership of the library 'eagues, and
Become deeply interested in the subjects of their
debates, rhe programs of the meetings
are arranged with the idea of stimulating such
interest, and are calculated to keep the dust from
settling on the reference works and on other sub
stantial books on the library shelves.
It is not difficult to arouse a boy's or a girl's
interest iu a subject of educational value, provid
ing the subject is at the same time made attractive
to him or her. Especially is it easy to stir up en
thusiasm if the subject is to l»e treaten in a formal
debate.
Normal children are eager to learn, when attract
ive subjects are offered to them, ami it is only when
they look upon studies as drudgery that they re
volt. 1 here is perhaps no better way to encourage
Htudy among children than to give them an early
itart on debating teams.
ATHLETICS AS SUBSTITUTE FOR WARFARE
I hat international athletic contests can satisfy
mankind s desires to gain victories through some j
sort oV physical competition aud can replace war- j
fare as a means of gratifying these desires, is the
contention of a Boston psychologist, and he speaks J
advisedly.
Warfare promotes human welfare in a way, by !
providing discipline, by stimulating manly courage
and by teaching endurance of discomfort. Yet all
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4. 1915.
these qualities may be developed through athletics,
and more. Friendly trials of streugth, endurance
and pluck instruct in fairness, and what is more,
the inspire respect for skillful opponents.
There is just enough of the spirit of keen com
j petition in any international athletic contest to
make it enjoyable and beneficial, yet not enough to
! bring about brutality. In athletic sports there is
! friendly competition, satisfying the desires of spec
, tators as well as of participants, for exciting strug
j gies. Cruel and bloody conflicts between armed
; men on the field of battle cannot develop in civil-
I ians and soldiers the highest and most commendable
I qualities.
j When the knights of old were not engaged in
j actual warfare, they exercised their skill iu tourna
i ments. The sport was a crude one and demanded
1 Ihe lives of tlie weaker participants, yet it met the
desires of the knights to engage in combat of some
' sort.
• Athletic sports of to-day call for skill, —not for
j cruelty; for strength.—not for brutality, and for
courage,—not for viciousness. They stimulate de
sirable qualities, and they require no sacrifice of
lives, except through unavoidable accident.
The learned psychologist has suggested that in
i ternational athletics could replace warfare, so far
as the psychological effects on man are concerned,
and it remains for peace advocates to plan for the
carrying out of the suggestion, for professors can
seldom put their own ideas into practice.
Dr. Brumbaugh does not talk much but apparently when
he commits himself he does it very emphatically.
There are lots of "rough-necks" who are not "bone
heads" and, it may be added, all "bone-heads" are not
| "rough necks."
The question in the Speakership fight, as the situation
looked early this morning, was: "Is more than one boss
trying to do the bossing?"
"Samuel Unterinyer Urges Reform," reads a Philadelphia
newspaper's headline over a Mew York dispatch. That is
nothing new for Mr. Untcrmyer.
E. F. G. Harper is the name of one of the Assemblymen
from New Castle, Lawrence county. Mr. Harper's initials
read as though his parents appropriated a part of the
alphabet when they had him baptised.
TOLXT IN LIGHTERVEIN
HER DIFFICULT CHOICE
Mr. Plowden, the well known London magistrate, who has
just retired from the bench, has a great repertoire of good
stories. His favorite one relates to a case in which he ap
peared as counsel. In the course of this case he had to
cross-examine the wife of a notorious burglar.
"You are the wife of this man?" he asked.
"I am," ghe replied.
"You knew he was a burglar when you married him?"
he proceeded.
"I did," she admitted.
"How could you possibly marry such a man?" Mr. Plow
den demanded.
"Well, it was like this," the witness explained, confi
dently: "I was getting old and two chaps wanted to marry
me. It wasn't easy to choose between 'em, but in the oud
I married Bill there. The other chap was a lawyer, same
as you, sir." —London Tit Bits.
ONE ON JOHN
"If women voted there would bo no more war," said !
Mrs. Inez Milholland Boissevain. "Woman would have i
voted, too, long since, but for the libels circulated about j
her everywhere. Aud yet every one of these libels is easy !
to disprove—as easy as the slandered wife found it. This j
wife asked her husband to tell her the details of a new i
partnership that he had entered into, but he shook his head !
and said, pompously:
" 'No, Jane, no; it's too important. I must not tell you. j
It wouldn't do. You women can't keep a secret.'
" 'Can't we, John?' poor Jane answered, with a kind of j
quiet bitterness. 'Can't we, dear? And yet when have I '
ever told anybody about the night you took $7 out of!
Willie's bank, and got tight, and were arrested aud fined |
for insulting a chorus girl?' " —St. Louis Globc-Democrat. !
DRAWING THE LINE
A Maine couple of strong neutral tendencies have named j
their infant son Berlin Paris.
That isn't so bad.
But the line must be drawn when t'uey begin afflicting
helpless infants with such names as Przasnysz Gumbinnen.
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
SAVING TIME
"What do you mean by striking me?"
"You started to argue about the war, didn't you?"
"Yes."
Well, if we ve got to fight, I'd rather do it now than 1
waste an hour or two first in talking."—Birmingham Age !
Herald.
A PECULIAR CASE
"Is there anything peculiar about this case!" asked the!
Judge.
"Yes, Your Honor," replied the police officer. "While !
he was going forty-five miles an hour wlieu I arrested him,
I investigated his story and found that he really was on an
important mission."—Detroit Free Press.
HER QUALIFICATION
"My daughter is very irascrible because I won't let her
go into grand opera," said Mr. Cumrox.
"Has she the voice for it?" *
"No. But she has the disposition."—Washington Star.
WHEN HIS REAL USEFULNESS ENDS
W'heu a Senator begins to need patronage to boost him it
is about time for him to quit.—Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch."
HUMANE
Lots of fellows who never thought of blanketing a horse
are careful to put a bed-quilt on their motor.—St. Joseph
Gazette.
A HINT TO THE KAISER
If the Kaiser cannot think of any one else to decorate,
let him hang an Iron Cross on G. Bernard Shaw.—Kansas
City Star.
HER CHANCE OF RECOVERY
"Your wife is out of danger, then?"
"I shall think so unless the doctor comes back."—Cleve- |
laud Plain Dealer.
SOME MUSICIAN
"Say, Hiram, what do they mean by a Stradevar'us?" . j
"Oh, a Stradevar'us is the Latin name for a fiddle."— j
Musical Courier.
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thousands everyday; its rare a.
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11 Tongue-En d Topics j
Old Time Editors Retire
Two okl Pennsylvania editors have
retired from active work in the news
paper field in the last month and one
other has died. Colonei William P.
Sieg, who established the Steelton "Re
porter many years ago when Steelton
was in its swaddling clothes, bat big
with promise, has reached the time
when he had earned and deserved that
rest that comes to all earnest, zealous
workers in the newspaper field, and he
has "quit the business." Colonel Sieg
began newspaper work under the late
George C. Beigner with tJbe "Tele
gra| h, and' was for years the 'business
Manager, leaving t'he "Telegraph'' to
join the forces of the Harrisburg
"State Guard," a morning paper that
was started by the late Wieu Forney,
of this city, and David Kauffman, of
Meckanieabiirg. When the "State
Guard" went to the discard Colonel
Sieg started a job printing offiise on
Third street near Walnut, conducting it
successfully for a long time. Then an
opportunity for a weekly newspaper in
Steelton presented itself and forthwith
he started the "Reporter," which for
many years was the organ of the Steel
tonites, and right well did Colonel Sieg
stand up for the town of his adoption,
until he saw it grow from infancy to
the era of sturdy, prosperous manhood,
and very proud he may be of his work
in furthering t'he interests of that town.
Colonel Grier Quits the Harness
"Colonel William Hayes Grier, for
many years a newspaper editor and .pub
lisher in Columbia, announced last weefc
t'nat lie is now on the retired list, and
with his going also went the Columbia
Independent,'' so long claiming him
as its head, Colonel Grier was an orig
inal resident of Jersey Shore, a printer,
and when the Civil war broke out he
enlisted in the Fifth Pennsylvania Re
serves and fought clear through the
great conflict. When he got back from
the war he started a newspaper in Co
lumbia, which he conducted for years,
and t'hen relinquished it to become Su
perintendent of Public Printing and
Binding under Governor Pattison. When
he returned to Columbia he started the
''lndependent," ami it was a thorough
ly independent paper, although the Col
onel is a hard-shell Democrat of the
Oiu Guard stripe, saying things out loud
that many a time didn't piease the
other Democrats, but saying them in a
convincing way. He says he is now go
ing to take a rest, settle down and live
quietly, but this is regarded as a mild
fiction on the part of the Colonel, for
nobody ever saw Colonel Hayes Grier
in repose, his activity from the time lie
was a young man being remarkable. He
deserves all the rest that is icoming to
him, for 'he certainly has earned it, but
—'Wait! The old eomrade still is
capable of much activity and it will be
surprising if he does not get into action
iu some manner before long.
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Death of John Lutz
John Lutz, tor niauv years editor and
publisher of the Bedford "Inquirer,"
died a short time ago. fall of years and
honors. He was connected with the
"Inquirer" for years, and was a power
in politics and the newspaper world in
Western 'Pennsylvania. He was au ar
dent Republican and was postmaster of
Bedford, but that didn't half requite
him for the great service done to his
party. He died in his SOt'h year, with
the respect and love of the entire com
munity.
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Sweeping Suow for Belgians
There had ben a slight fall of snow.
The door bell rang violently and the
lady of the house, wtlio happened to 'be
in the hallway, stepped to the door and
opening it was confronted by two small
boys biightfaced lads carrying
brooms.
"■Madam," sain one of the little fel
lows, "do you want the snow swept
from your sidewalk!" <
" Why, I don't know," dhc answered,
''has it stopped snowiugf"
" Yessum."
"We have a man hired regularly to
clean the sidewalk." she remarked,
but if you need t'he money—"
''Oh, we don t need the money,"
hastily injected one of the little fel
lows, "we are doing this to get money
tor She poor Belgians."
"For the Belgians!" echoed the
good woman.
"Yessum," said 'Small Bov No. 2,
"you see they haven't anything, and
they're starving, and we want to help."
And the lady told them to "go to
it,' only she didn't say it that way.
THOMAS M. JONES.
Properly Rebuked
Emma, Queen Mother of the Nether
lands, is the subject of manv stories
in her own country. During 'the time
when the acted as Regent before the
present Queen Wilhelmina came of age
it is said that one morning Queen
Lmma was awakened by a peremtpory
knocking at her bedroom door.
"Who is there!" she asked.
A precociously dignified voice an
swered, "The Queen of Holland. - '
The Queen Mother quietly answered,
"I am not dreßsed and, therefore, not
able to receive Her Majesty, but if it
is my little girl she may come in."—
London Mirror.
C. V. NE WS
VOTE ON LOAN_ON FEB. 12
Newville Council Elects Officers and
Plans Many Improvements Dur
ing the New Year
Newville, .lan. 4,—Planning exten
sive municipal improvements the New
ville town council 'has organized for the
looming year. Officers were elected. Feb
ruary 12 was fixed as t'he time on the
question of increasing the bonded debt
by SIO,OOO to purchase fire apparatus.
An increase in the mill rate of one
and one J hal<f mills for additional im
provements was decided U'pon.
An organization was effected bv the
election of t'he following officials: Pres
ident, J. V. Bowman; secretary, J. M.
•Reed; borough treasurer, Edward W.
James; attorney, Caleb S. Brinton, Car
lisle; borough engineer, 8. D. Mowery.
The offices of street commissioner and
viiief of police were consolidated and
Elmer Hollen'baugh was elected to fill
both positions.
LAO STOPPED A FOX CHASE
Penned Reynard in Bam and Now Is
Charged With Larceny
Carlisle, .lan. 4. —Who has t'he right
to catch a fox at a chase of the kind
in vogue iu this section? This inter
esting question will come u<p for a de
cision before Justice Hughes within a
Short time when Glenn Whitmer, a son
of Daniel Whitmer, who lives on t!he
Noble farm near here, will In? called
upon to answer to a charge of larceny
preferred against him by Charles H.
Brown, of town.
A week ago following a duly adver
tised schedule a fox chase was inaugu
rated just outside tfhe borough limits,
and Reynard, getting a flying start,
gave t'he dozen participants a lively
chase until finally he headed for the
Whitmer farm and entered the barn. It
is alleged that Glenn Whitmer immedi
ately shut the door, confining the fox
inside and would not let the hunters
on the premises. He claims that he did
not know the animal was in the barn.
11-owevcr, information was made and
Constable Kauffman arrested Whitmer.
His father gave bail for a decision be
fore Justice Wugfhes.
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH
Mrs. Mary Young's Clothing Caught
Fire at Cook Stove
(Mechanicsburg, Jan. 4.—l Mrs. Mary
Young, 75 years old, died late Saturday
afternoon from 'burns received at her
home at 'Main and Walnut streets.
He clothes caught fire while she was
making a freA fire in t'he coo'k stove
and the blaze rapidly spread over the
upper part of her body. She ran out in
the yard and fell in a pile of snow, ex
hausted.
Mrs. Young is survived by a broth
er in Steelton and a sister, Mrs. Chris
tian M. Martin, living iu this place.
Found Stolen Team
Waynesboro, Jan. 4.—Chief of Po
lice Staley received word Saturday
morning of t'he whereabouts of a stolen
team before he kuow of the theft. Fri
day night some one stole a brown horse
and falling-top buggy from Daniel
Smith, on the east edge of Smithrfburg,
and drove it over the road to Kinggold
anil then toward Weltyg.
Somewhere near the residence of W.
O. Woagly the team was turned loose
and the horse wandered about until a
wheel of the vehicle was caught in the
wire fence. There it remained until
tDavid Miner came 'by on Ins way to the
shops in Waynesboro and reported it to
the police.
Horse Ran Away, Wagon Upset
Gettysburg, Jan. 4.—Leaving a trail
of molasses, coal oil and groceries in
its path, a team belonging to George
Rentzel, residing about two miles north
of town, ran away on Carlisle street
Saturday morning, dragging the owner
along on the frozen snow for a half!
square or more. The horse was finally
cau'gtht without any serious damage be
ing done.
Sheriff's Widow Is Bead
Gettysburg, Jan. 4.—'Mrs. Elizabeth
Wolf, widow of ex-Sheriff Samuel Wolf,
of Adams county, died at noon on
Thursday at her home in Abibottstown,
aged 73 ytars. Mrs. Wolf was strick
en with paralysis on Christmas night
and her condition remained serious un
til death resulted.
Woman Dies From Old Age
Elizabeths own, Jan. 4.—Mrs. Bar
bara Byaer, 84 years old, ( died Satur
day from old age. She is survived by
one daughter, three brothers, six grand-1
children, and four great grandchildren.
For more than a half century gihe was
an active member of t'ue Brethren in
Christ church.
Two Break Limbs on Ice
Lebanon, Jan. 4. —Joseph Weber,
aged 66 years, fell near his 'home and
broke his leg near the knee. William
Forry, aged 25 years, of New street,
while walking on North Eighth street,
fell near the P. and R. railroad cross
ing and also suffered a fracture of 'his
left leg.
*1.21 Offered for Wheat
Blackwell, Okla., Jan. 4. —-Saturday
afternoon elevator men here offered
$1.21 a bushel for wheat. This breaks
all records for the wheat market in this
city. Very little was marketed at that
price, for t'he farmers coutinue to be
lieve there is a higher market coming.
Between 30 and 40 per vent, of the
1914 crop remains in the farmer's bins.
Omeffa
Oil
Rheumatism
and Lumbago
If you suffer from Rheumatism or
Lumbago, rub the aching parts with
Omega Oil, then soak a piece of flan
nel with the Oil, lay it on the place
that hurts and cover with dry flannel.
This simple treatment has brought
nights of peaceful rest to people who
have suffered agonies. Trial bv'Aia ioc.
AMUSEMENTS
t" \
MAJESTIC
Three days, commencing
with matinee Tuesday and Wed
nesday, Chicago Tribune "War
Pictures.
Saturday matinee and night, Janu
ary 9, "Twin Beds."
OEPHEUM
j Every afternoon and eveniug, high I
clai« vaudeville.
COLONIAL
Jivery afternoon and evening, vaude
ville and pictures.
Pictures of the European War
There ihas never 'been a motion pic
ture exhibited that had commanded bucli
universal attention as has the Chit-ago
Tribune's motion pictures of the Euro
pean war taken under the direction of
tiie Belgian government and to be
shown at the Majestic for three days,
beginning to-night with matinee to-!
morrow and Wednesday. During the j
presentation of tlio pictures in New |
York, three theatres were constantly i
filled with people eager to get actual
first hand knowledge of conditions as
they exist in Belgium.
These pictures taken iby Edwin F.
W Agile will undoubtedly stand as the
most marvelous historical record ever
mad®. Mr. Weiigde was -with the Bel
gian army, and on its firing line from
early in September until the fall of
Antwerp, and the scenes of the battles
of Ailost, Maline 'and Termonde, that he
was able to secure with his movie cam
era are of the greatest educational
value. They not only picture the pre
paratiora for, the carrying out of and
the effects of modern warfare, but show
clearly the pathos of war, without any
melodramatic glamor they bring home
the horror and woe that stalks in the !
trail of the modern lighting machine,
as the pictures bring one face to face
with existing conditions in the stricken
country. adv. *
"Twin Beds"
Not since the memoralble success of
"Baby Mine," has any play sco Ted I
such a laughing triumph as "Twin
Beds," an unroariously funny farce of'
domestic life in an apartment house,'
by Sali?Mbury Field and Margaret Mayo, I
which for over eight months past has j
been causing crowded houses to roar!
with merriment at the Fulton theatre, j
New York, and which is to be presented |
at the Majestic, Saturday, matinee and j
night, by Selwyn and company, the j
firm resi>ousi'ble for such utiusuully I
popular productions as "Within the I
baw" and "Under Cover."
"Twin Beds" is a rare theatrical \
treat. From the rise of the curtain un-1
til its final fall the audience is kept in |
a continual state of excitement and'
amusement. The fun is quick and clean, S
lines sparklingly witty, and the high- \
ly original complications in which the j
characters find themselves, so mirth-1
provoking as to be almost irresistible, j
An excellent cast and an elaborate
scenic production has been provided for
"Twin Beds." adv.*
At the Orpheum
Another week of "classy" vaudc- \
ville is scheduled to appear at the Or-!
pheusn this week. A rollicking "kid"j
art called "On the School Play-'
grounds," a Bart McHugli product, will j
lead tho van of merit. Mr. McHugh -will I
be recalled as the producer of "The|
Latwn Party," that was so popular at j
the Orpheum just a few weeks ago. I
However, in this uewest attraction, Mr.!
McHugh is said to have gone a step I
ahead of his other productions, both in
the numbers ami scenic pretentiousness.
"On the School Playgrounds" is a
grand frolic of comedy and song ami
the youngsters are particularly clever.
o<f almost equal iimportance will be a
novel comedy called "Vetenins" to be
presented by Harry Fern and company.
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four months.
TO-DAY is the day to begin.
You will always receive the most prompt and cour
teous attention at the MECHANICS TRUST COM
PANY.
but this time he returns with a cast
of four supporting players, presenting
•what vaudeville managers declire to
be the comedy winner of the 'eason.
An elaborate scenic, divestment is em
ployed representing the si Idicrs'
"home' - at Johnsville, Tonn.
Quite as pretentious as "Pekia Mys
teries" seen at the Orpheum several
weeks ago. although entirely different,
is the attraction known as Checrbert's
: Marvelous Manchnrians, a Chinese pro
| duction of unusual magnitude and tal
i eut. Stewart and LXomaiiue, a clever
j couiple oif eccentric song and patter art
j ists; tVaudius and StarJet, the pleasing
I duo with their /banjos, and Brooks and
I Bowen, the blackface singers, comedians
: and piano players, are three attractions
of wide popularity and they will likely
give each other an interesting chase
for precedence. Arthur Barrett, a won
derful equililbristic artist, will start the
show at a big pace that is sure to
strengthen as the bill marches on.
adv. *
At tho Colonial
"George, the Fixer," a fine comedy
sketch that was presented in Philadel
phia with much success last week by
• George Nagle and his company of live,
} moves into the Busy Corner to eijjoy
I headline honors there for the first Valt'
jof the week. At the William Penn
I theatre it created a laughing sensation.
I Bigelow, Campbell and Kaydeu, the
rathskeller boys, will offer a spirited
song and piano playing act; Stoddard
and Hvnes, novelty dancers, and Bibv
Gladys, the child wonder of the a'je.
will complete the vaudeville roster that
will be introduced to Colonial patrons
tio-d'Oiy. An interesting program in
moving picture features also goes on
view for the first time to-day. Adv. *
EDMUND BREESE CLEVER
Supported by Excellent Company in
Two Presentations of "To-day"
in the Majestic Theatre
Edmund Breese, in tho star role in
"To-da.v," scored a distinct triumph iu
two performances in the Majestic The
atre Saturday afternoon and evening.
Breese has the personality to carry elf
this drama of so-called New York lite
| of the present, day, even to the loving
! mail lly his wife, whom he murders lit
I the close of the show because of her
I infidelity.
The action of the show seems rather
' slow, it taking most of the four acts
| to work up to the exciting climax, yet
! the plot is rather obvious. Some sus
! pense is provided, however, by the un
| certainty as to what the husband will
j do when he makes the inevitable dis
covery of his wife's faithlessness.
Mr. Breese is capably supported by
I Miss Ethel Valentine in the part of the
J wife. Miss Margaret Robinson, as a
I New York woman well acquainted with
l the various methods used by wives in
deceiving husbands and who is re-
I sponsible for the wife's going wrong,
| played her part splendidly. Rarely has
j Harrisburg seen such an excellent com
| pany of actors.
Injured While Shoeing Horse
Willow Street, Jan. 4.—While shoe
ing a horse Saturday evening, Myers ;
lXmlaip was kicked in the head an 1 j
rendered unconscious. He lost consider- ,
able bipod and it is feared that his |
I skull - is fractured. He was about to 1
i finish roughing the animal when lie
i kicked.
Civil War Veteran Dies
I Mouutviille, Jan. 4.—A. R. Anderson,
| SO years old, died Saturday from an
| affection of the liver. He served dur
-1 ing the Civil war in the gallant 166 th
J P. V. V., and was by trade a carpenter,
I but for many years was a leading tan
uer. Four children, thirteen grand
children and eight great grandchildren
survive.
The Harrisburg Hospital is open
daily except Sunday, between 1 and 2
o'clock p. m. for dispensing medical
advice and prescription to those un
able to pay for them.