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Circulation in Harrlsburir ano learby towns. 8 Circulation Examlneo by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. *rlvate Branch Exohan»ef LB * H ONES _ No E 32«0 private Branch Exchange. ■ - Wednesday, January 13, 1»15. JANUARY Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 MOON'S PHASES— Full Moon, Ist, 30th; Last Quarter. Bth; ! New Moon, 15th; First Quarter, 2;sd. WEATHER FORECASTS f ■■■ 'TTEagBI Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair and colder to-night with lowest temperature about 30 degrees. Thursday fair. Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair and V i . colder to-night. Thursday fair. Di- ininishing northwest win|ls. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 43; lowest, 30; 8 a. in., 36; 8 p. m., 43. COUNTY'S BONDS AS AN INVESTMENT In these days of a good deal of financial stress in some quarters the holders of the $421,000 Dauphin < 'ounty bonds need not remain awake at nights worrying about the safety of their investments. They can feel more than reasonably certain of get ling llicir money back at the specified dates of maturity of the various bonds and, in the mean time, that the various interest payments will lie promptly and regularly met. The report of County Controller Gough, just issued, shows that (lie County lias actual cash on hand sufficient to pay off all the bonds to-day, if necessary, save an insignificant item of $31,000, notwithstanding the fact that redemptions of the bonds do not begin to fall due until the year 19*31. There should be even greater comfort for the bond holders in the fact that they are further protected to (lie extent, of $848,501 by absolutely unincum bered property owned by the County,—chiefly buildings, grounds and so forth which are constant ly increasing in value. The county has no debt other than that repre sented by the $421,000 bonds which obligation even now is almost all offset by the actual cash in the sinking fund plus the cash in the treasury at the end of the year just closed. Incidentally it can be remarked that Controller Gough, in his first year as the "watchdog" of the County's strong-box, has through intelligent ad ministration of the County's finances, effected a number of economies which have saved the County thousands of dollars, for which he deserves the commendation of the taxpayers. RUSSIA'S PATRIOTIC STAMPS in order to meet the urgent needs of the families of Russian soldiers killed in battle the Imperial Russian Patriotic Society has eo-operated with the Czar's government in the issuance of "patriotic postage stamps," which are used on mail matter the same as ordinary stamps but are sold to the public at an advance over face value of one kopeck each. The revenue thus received above the re quired rates of postage is to be used "to clothe, feed and educate the orphans and the families of soldiers who have fallen on the battlefield while protecting their homes and country." The "patriotic stamps" will doubtless have a large sale in Russia, and it is not at all unlikely that many of the most liberal purchasers of them will be found outside of that country. Although some of these foreign contributors to the relief of stricken Russians may buy the stamps for charity's sake and preserve them for curiosity's sake, many of them will be matter-of-fact philatelists who may have not. a thought of the good they do \vhen they purchase the stickers, but will merely be gathering specimens for their stamp collections. Invitations have in fact been sent out from Petro grad for foreigners to avail themselves of the op portunity to get the new stamps direct from head quarters there, and these invitations seem to he aimed particularly at stamp collectors and dealers, as the latter especially invest large sums in all new postage stamps. It will be advantageous to the Russian govern ment as well as to the Patriotic Society to have philatelists buy large quantities of the charity •tamps, since these stamps, when they once get HABRIBBTTRG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1915. into the hands of the collectors, will never be used on nftiil matter and their sale will mean clear profit to the government over and above the insignificant cost of printing, gumming and distributing. The question which arises in this connection is whether the German philatelists, of which there are great numbers, will, in keeping their up to date, purchase quantities of the Russian patriotic stamps and thus aid in supporting a gov ernment against which they are fighting while pro tecting their own particular homes and country. ON THE CREST OF THE MAD'NINO WAVE Taking advantage of the breaking up of the ice on the Susquehanna river an old friend made an early appearance this year,—the big black bear which each season floats down the stream on a cake of ice, —or a log,—lands on an island and is not heard of until the next year when the ice breaks and bruin takes advantage of the opportunity to do it all over again. Gradually, as the years roll by, that bear gets further down the river; or, rather, is seen foating on the cake of ice far below the point at which his bearship was seen the previous year, but it must be the same old bear. Years ago this bear used to be seen, and was duly reported, at Clearfield or Karthaus. Later the hardy animal was reported at Hyners or Lock Haven. Then it got down as far as Williamsport, and marvelous were the stories that the news vend ers of that village sent to the city papers which fairly ifle up that kind of romance. \ Then, again, having survived Williamsport, bruin got as far as Sunbury, at which point the pens of the scribes fairly ran riot with descriptions of the bear and its frantic efforts to maintain its balance on the cake of ice as it was swept down on the crest of the turbulent flood. This year the bear has gotten further south, and the latest news of the-beast, —possibly the last for this year, for the story is good for only once a year,— is from Selinsgrove, where that same old bear, still black, not having grown gray in the service of pro viding newspaper stories, was seen on a cake of ice,—or was it a log?—sweeping majestically to ward an island in the dim distance where it was the animal's duty, according to all tradition, to hop off and wait for an encore next year. We have not heard the last of this wonderful animal. Coming generations will read with interest the story of the black bear and the cake of ice floating down the Susquehanna river, and the won derment at that great performance will never cease, —nor the revenues of the space-writers. CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE RANKS That the present war is one not of cold steel but of hot lead is the conclusion that has been reached by observers on the field. Surgeons who have treated soldiers of the different armies have testi fied that they have met with few if any saber, lance or bayonet wounds, but that they have at tended principally to injuries caused by bullets and fragments of bombs. When that is said only the surgeons have spoken and the testimony is not complete. Were Ihe phy sicians and nurses to speak for publication, and speak authoritatively, they might tell some startling things about the ravages of disease in the trenches. All the casualties of war are not caused by the lead, —much less of course the steel, —of the oppos ing forces. When human beings are crowded in trenches which have become unhealthful through long occupation, they are soon attacked by disease, an enemy common to both sides on the battlefield. In the very entrenchments which protect sol diers from opposing troops, ills may attack them which they cannot resist with anything like com plete success. The best of defenses may be put up against the enemy,—the French laud forces may be made invisible by an invention now being tried out and the adoption of which by the military authori ties is said to be pending,—rbut the soldiers who live in the open under conditions which cannot be made strictly sanitary, will always run ehances of being reached by deadly diseases if not by cold steel or by hot lead. When a photographer asked the Colonel to pose with Taft for a picture, the great Bull Mooser said: "Don't be silly." Huh! What did Bill sayf There is even a prospect of fun in the coming session of law makers. "Nev" Detrich and "Bill" Flinn promise to head a Bull Moose contingent to watch legislation. The man who bowled thirty-six hours continuously in Sioux City would probably be too tired if his wife asked him to chop enough kindling wood for the morning ftre. It used to be that nature fake ltories were confined to the early spring months, or at least to the tropical lands such as South Africa or the territory drained by the Biver of Doubt. That seven-foot shake seen in midwinter in Capital street by a man who walked away and wouldn't give his name to the reporter of an esteemed evening contemporary, deserves a place in history with the bear that "Came floating down the Susquehanna on a log." TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN THE SNOWY TRAVELER Ole Man Winter, with his blizzards on de blow, Trompin' thro' de country in his overcoat o' snow; Wen you heah him knockin' yo' troubles sho r begin— Better rise an' answer, or he'll smash de winder iu! (Ole Man Winter, Don't you cut up so; Out 'll go de fire Ef you pelt it wid de snow.) Time wuz ole Winter didn't have a place ter stay W'e» de roses made a gyarden whar de li'l folks could play; W'en de mockin' birds wuz singin' an' de bees made honey comb, Miss Springtime sont him flyin' out his house an' out his home. « (Ole Man Winter, Yo' welcome is in doubt; Wish you'd tell yo' blizzards Not ter blow de fire out.) —Atlanta Constitution. - "93" Hair Tonic sttys tin hair fro fiOtag lit , George A. Gorges. [Tongue-End Top ics| How No*h Lost His Bet Contributed by James 8. Kimmel Old Noah crawled inta his hay, He knew he'd won his bet; He looked out of th e Ark next day And saw the state -was "wet." Then Mrs. Noah lit her pipe And seemed demure an<l shy; She got the gang a meal of tripe And a pieee of rhubarb pie. Well, Noah's sons refused; to eat Without a drink of booze; And so they gathered up their feet And laid down for a snooze. The wives of those three Noah boys Had voted with the "drys;" They wanted real homelike joys Away from pig pen flies. Then came a strike upon the Ark, The folks could not agree; The men in charge of that old bark Went on a glorious s.prec. Those Noah men had voted "wet," Their wives had voted "dry;" And as old Noah won has bet, The women took their cry. The Noah women prayed all night To see once more "dry" land; They centered on a lawsuit fight,— And injunction job they planned. Of course, the judge was awful "dry," He sided with the "wots;" He winked at Noah on the sly And said: "Rope in your bets." The wives of Noalr's sons appealed Their case to a higher court; And 10, the fact was there revealed The vote of "wets" was short. In forty days the land was '' dry,'' The judgment was reversed; The order made old Noah cry As the-i'drys" were reimbursed. * * * A German Ruse A correspondent of the Associated Press in Berlin writes that a young volunteer from Obarlottenburg de scribes in a letter from the front a dar ing reconnaissance undertaken by him self, with a sergeant mai.jor and four other men, in an effort to learn which French regiment was posted in the trenches 600 yards away. A reward of 150 marks and the Iron Cross had been promised should the expedition succeed, but the six men declared that they would accept no money. They startefd on a dark nigbt, walking in stockinged feet as quietly as possible through snow, and gradually approach oil the enemy's trenches until they were but fifty yards away. They they were hailed with a "who goes there?" "Patrols who have lost their way," answered the young Charlottenburger; '' don't shoot, we are comrades.'' "Of what regiment?" called the French. "Of the Twentieth," was the an * * * Drew the French Tire The Germans advanced another ten yards, and the young volunteer asked: t '' Where is the road to Marieonrt ?'' The answer was another query: "What regiment do you belong tot" The sergeant major answered with a shot. The French cried out, jumped back into their trench and opened lire. It was taken up all along the trench and the bullets hailed about the Ger mans, who jumped backward a few paces and threw themselves face down. Three quarters of an hour they lay thus without moving. Then the French, who had meantime been strengthened, left their trenches, climbed over the barbed-wire entanglements in front and came forward, searching for the intruders. "Let them come on," whispered the sergeant major. Suddenly he com manded squad fire. Volley after volley greeted the advancing Frenchmen many of whom fell. The Germans retreated rapidly a few paces and again threw themselves down and remained motion less. Rifle fire tore up the ground around them and whistled over their heads. Rockets began to light up their position, and machine-guns added to the danger. The little party withdrew, leaving one of its number dead, and re gained the German trenches. BRIDE POISON'S HERSELF She Mistook Bichloride of Mercury for a Medicine New York, Jan. 13. —Suffering from bichloride of mercury poisoning, Mrs. Rose Fischelberg, twenty-one years old, of No. 712 East One Hundred and Seventy-sixth street, a bride of five weeks, was removed, from her home early last night to Fordham Hospital. She told doctors at the hospital she had taken five tablets of the poison in mistake for 'medical tablets. Soon afterward she told her husband, who summoned a physician. He ad-mdnis tered first aid and then called an ambulance. While the young woman's condition was said to be serious, it is expected she will recover because of promipt treatment. SAUSAGE MAKERS STRIKE They Ask Exclusion of Non-Union Workmen From Germany New York, Jan. 13.—The sausage makers are on strike iu Jersey City. Hoboken and Newark. They say strike-breakers are being smuggled into this country from Germany. The Com missioner of Immigration has been asked to investigate this charge. Ev ery person who has smuggled in a strike-breaking sausage maker is to be prosecuted. The strikers are pasting labels on union-made sausages and they ask the public to avoid every bologna und frankfurter not so branded. Eat Like a Boy Let Stuart'B Dyspepsia Tablets Assist Your Stomach Whenever It Needs Help. They Are Safe and Sure. A Trial Package Free to All. Tf yon really want to digest a meal, take a Stuart Dyspepsia Tablet after eating it. If you reailly want your old-time bay appetite to return to you once more, flyrin the practice of eating a Stuart Dyspepsia Tablet after each meal. Rosulte will astound you. "Good Old Mince Pie Like Mother • Used to Make." The reason a Stuart Dyspepsia Tab let is powerful enough to digest your next meal is because it is composed of those things which a weakened di gestive system lacks. One ingredient of these tablets di gests 3,000 times its bulk in food. Think what a great assistance this kind of co-operation on your part is to the worn-out nerves and juices of your stomach and intestines. You cannot, understand how the body really and gleefully O. K. 's such help until after you see that the or dinary distress after eating no longer bothers you. If all the, stomach sufferers who have been relieved of their misery and restored to health by Stuart's Dyspep sia Tablets could be gathered to gether into one column, they would make a larger body of men, women and children than were ever gathered together on this glo'be. This fact is a fact because no town is so small that Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets arc not to be found in its drug store. Wherever, you may go there yon will find in every drug store Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, price 50c •per box. A small trial sample package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will be mailed free to anyone addressing P. A. Stuart Co., 160 Stuart Building, Marshall, Mich. Adv. Camp Hill Citizens to Meet Citizens of Camp Hill have been re quested to meet at the fire engine house on Friday evening, January 15, at 7.45 o'clock to receive the decision of .Tjjdge Siebert in the water rate case and to decide upon further action. J. W. Wet zel, counsel for the iborough, will be present. ADVERTISING Physicians will tell you it takes nearly two per cent, of alcohol to prop erly digest food through the human stomach. For that reason FINK'S BEER should not be injurious when but little over three per cent, of alcohol is shown by actual test to be contained therein. FINK BREWING GO, HARRISBURG, U. S. A. Prompt Attention Given Calls On Either Phone. COUNTY FINANCES ON AM BASIS Continued From First Pace. 1914 business, despite the fact that beginning next. Monday the Dauphin County Auditors also will audit the ■County Treasurer's accounts for the last year, and it facilitates making preparations for compiling the 1915 annual budget and fixing the tax rate. The County Controller and the Coun ty Commissioners say that the tax rate will not be raised this year and it will be determined on Friday whether it can be lowered. It is said by County offi cials that there is a possibility of a decrease. Figures on the Bonded Debt The county during the year paid out $l2O as damages for the killing of cat tle by mad dogs. The balance remain ing in the dog tax fund, which will be distributed among the county school districts, is $1,469.72. The road tax fund, amounting to $1,269.80, will be distributed among the boards of road supervisors. These moneys will be dis tributed probably before the close of this month. Many properties that had been sold by the County Treasurer for unpaid taxes were redeemed by the original owners during the year, this procedure beitte based on the ruling that the deed of title given to the purchasers at the time of the sale becomes effective only two years after the sale and then only in the event that the original owner does not reclaim his real estate by pay ing the amount of the purchase price together with twenty-five per cent, in terest. In the redemption fund there now is $705.88 which can be claimed any time by the bidders, who must sur render their purchases. The county's bonded debt is divided as follows: Loan of 1901, $249,000; 1902, $51,000; 1903, $121,000, mak ing a total of $421,000. There are now in the sinking fund, bonds, mort gages and cash—representing the Sink ing Fund Commissioners' interest-bear- investments, —totaling exactly $253,022.52, so that the countv's net bonded debt is $167,977.48. There is a cash balance in tho treasury of $137,- 4;>6.35, so that the county would be able to pay all its liabilities, save less than $31,000, with actual cash on hand. However, the fact that the bonds will not mature until the years 1931, 1932 and 1933, respectively, and that they cannot be redeemed without tho consent of the county, removes all pos sibility o>f the county having to pay oft these obligations on demand, j The county's total resources are about the same as last year, since the Ccunty Controller used the figures that for years the audit boards have used. The resources are given at $1,269,- 501.43. Among the Treasury Receipts Amounts charged against the County Treasurer include these: 1913 balance, $142,562.02; 1914 county tax levy, $303,166.97; outstanding countv tax for years 1913, 1912 and 1911,'518,- 323.22; personal tax, $52,950.94; 1914 dog tax levied, $1,087; outstand ing dog tax for years 1913, 1912 and 1911, $315.61; 1914 liquor licenses, $8,315; received from State for pri mary elections, county fairs and re funding overpayment for care of in sane, $15,190.35; interest earned by sinking fund, $5,325.09; interest | earned by county fund, $1,993.56; I ADVERTISING BAD COLD? GET RELIEF AT ONCE WITHOUT QUININE "Pape's Cold Com pound" Ends Severe Colds or Grippe in Few Hours You can end grippe and break up a severe cold either in head, chest, body or limbs, by taking a dose of "Pape's Cold Compound" every two hourß until three doses are taken. It promptly opens clogged-up nos trils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose running, relieves sick headache, dullness, fever ishnesß, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! Ease your throbbing head—nothing else in the world gives such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold Compound," which costs only 25 cents at any drug store. It acts without assistance, tastes niee, and causes no inconvenience. Be sure you get t»!» genuine.—Adv. support of insane, $1,737; sale of ma terial, $91.10; fines from aldermen and justices, $96.50. Miscellaneous receipts, $20.55; Liockwood B. Worden, tines and fees. $7,906.32; Heury P. Holler, fines ami fees, $9,512.77; Oscar O. Wiekersham, $3,593,12; Kov C. Danner, $354.41; Directors of the Poor, $3,508.03; City for maintenance of prisoners, $4,934.02; maintenance of Federal prisoners, $180.75; Prison Inspectors, $5.80; de tective licenses, $100; redemption fund receipts, $597.96; return tax, $2,575.1 2; ( refund of overpaid tax, $20 5 .33. The Treasurer is credited with war rants and appropriations totaling $402,810.12, which, subtracted from the $587,605.63 charges, leaves $184,- 795.51. Shoes for Soldiers A study \)f the orders given by Na poleon indicates tho care he exercised to have a sufficient supply of s'hoei provided. On one occasion he wrote, "You know that shoes are always needed in war, and at another time he said to Baron "Shoes help on mairches, and marches win battles."' To Sir John Burgoyne's question ad dressed to. Wellington, " What was tho first requirement of a soldier!" "A good pair of shoes," he replied. "And the second requirement?" "A good 'pair of shoes for a c'hange." "And the third!" "A pair of soles for repairs." —Scientific American. A Test "When T wants to be plumb satis fied in muh mind dat a sistah has done been converted and not dess merely pollyfoxin' to be " confessed sage old Parson Bagster, "I takes her husband to one side and tells him to let a wet dog into de parlor de fust time it rains."—Judge. I ADVERTISING
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