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Miscellaneous
FURNITURE PAOKINO
PACKING—A. H. SHRENK. 190« North "
Sixth street, first class packer of fur
niture. china and bricabrao. • Ball ybon*
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W.J. WENRICIi. 3J» Hamilton street— {■
Furniture, china and piano packing. I
feblpmeuts looked after at botli ends.
Also all kinds of hauling- Ball puuut J
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MISCELLANEOUS WANTS. J
KS'I IMATIiS given tor all kinds of elec- ,
trie Hglit wiring and repairing; elec- ;
trie cnuracling a specialty; no job 100 I
small or large; all work guaranteed. , ?
iiL.is.crmc iiKi'-viKiiNG J
(A)., iiiVs iJroad St. "
OLD GOLD AND SILVER c
UL.D GOLD AND SILVKII watches, Ula- v
inonds and jewelry bought, tor nigh- 1
est cash prices. JO». D. BKENiNEK, .So. :
1 N. Thiid at. Ben phone
STORAGE. A
STORAGE In 3-story brick building, 1
rear 4U» Market sit. Household goods t
In clean, private rooms. Reasonable
rates. Ajipiy to F. ui&X&ti. Jowelar, •
iu » Alarket St.
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. HARRISBURG STORAGE CO. Two I
new eight-story brick warehouses,
sue absolutely meproot, divided into 1
Dreproof private rooms of various
sues for tne storage of nouseliolu a
goods; iha other wareuouße of the uiost 1
approved type of fire reiardant con- -
structiou for general nisi cnanuise. They 1
u.e 1 11 u i: I ,i.> j Willi two largo electric j
Height elevators and spiral chute lor 1
the quick and safe iiauuiing ot nousa- (
hold goods and all kinds of merchan- *
disc. Lew storage rates, boutn aecond
street, near i'aAton. oa tne uacks of
i'enna. R. it. t
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PIANO MOVING c
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PIANO moving by experts, WINTER
PIANO cu.. -o N. Fourth St. call
lU, Bell phone. ,
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MONEY TO LOAN
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LOANS—SS to 9-tfO tor honest working
people without bank credit at less c
than legal rates; payable In install
wants to suit borrowers' couveuieb ;t
CO-OPERATIVE
L<oan and investment Co, r
204 Chestnut at. i
ALL KINDS OF HAULING "
ALX. kinds oi hauling; large two-ton
truck; furniture, pianos, freight, in | 1
the city and suburbs. Prices reason- ' 1
able. Picnic and pleasure trips, day or
evening. WM. H. DAltki H.J Vernon 1
St. Bell phone JSI7J.
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5316 and Exchange i (
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FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—Reo five passenger tour- i
ing' car, all new tiles and tirbes; three
extra tires, five extra tu-beg, electric
horn: also ice cream factory, 2%-H. P. ,
gas engine, 40-quart freezer, crusher,
can and tubs to pack 100 gallons cream.
All in first class condition. Soda water ;
tank, brand new; hot soda apparatus ,
complete. Address Hoover's Cafe, Hum
melstown. To,
t\ W. H. LANGtiETZ, I.umher—We are '
overstocked with all kinds and
grades of lumber and we can offer you <
big bargains. It will pay you to sea
ua. Office Cameron and Mulberry Sts. i
FOR SAUE—Uight delivery wagon, (
good as new, suitable for grocery or
laundry delivery. Call or write OMAR j
U HUMMBU Hummelstown, Pa.
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WlUt. SEU. piano just purchased, four 1
months ago; also a very nice side- '
buard; prices on the above very cheap. '
MRS. R. KLJNGER, 240 N. Fourteenth ,
St., City, I
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SIXTY LAYING pullets. GEORGE W. ,
WEAVER, 811 N. Front St., Steelton.
FOR SALE—At GABLE'S, 111-117 South -
Second St.; Red Tip, Ring Point, Blia- )
rard, Rowe Junior, Can't Slip, Giant
Grip and Always Sharp Calks. g
FOR SALE—At GABLE'S, 111-117 South C
Second St., 6,000 sets New Sash, Bxlo
xl 2 L-. primed and glazed, at gl.lii per
set. Also other sixes. 1
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- . Belated Anxiety i
Maid (knocking in tho morning)
Madame, I've forgotten whether you [
wanted to be waked at 7 or 8. 'Mad- i
ame—What time is it now? Maid—
Eight.—Lustige Blatter. *
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
1312 N. Third Streef
-0 ft. front on Third street ex
tending an even width 148 ft. to
Susquehanna St.
Improved with a three-story brick
dwelling on Third and a two-story c
frame house on Susquehanna. c
A good business location—easily a
remodeled into a store-room on first ,
floor and housekeeping apartments
on second and third floors. And a
garage and warehouse ou the Sus
quohunna end—or leave the frame
house stand as it is now bringing 1
a very fair reutal.
The price is reasonable.
235 Maclay Street
Three-story brick dwelling —at
the southwest corner of Maclay and
Green Hts.—nine rooms—bath and
steam heat—front porch. Lot
21x98 ft.
A very desirable residence at a
very fair price.
MILLER BROS. & NEEFE
ItRAL ESTATE
Fire laiaranee Surety Boads i
Ls«ss« sal Cmrt Mmta
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Wants
HELP WANTED—MALE j
LARGE eastern factory wants reliable
party tu manage distribution, excep
tional patented utility selling every
where; big Income assured. Protection
given. References required. Write
Troxell, Hotel Commonwealth.
ARMY OF UNITED STATES. MEN
WANTED: Ablehodied unmarried
men between ago of 18 and 35; citizens
of United States, of good character and ]
temperate habits, who can speak, road .
and write the English language. For
Information apply to Recruiting Officer,
Bergner Building, 3d & Market sts.,
Harrlsburg, 48 N. Queen St., Lancaster,
353 Pine St., Williamsport, 37 W. Mar
ket St., York, or 113 Independence St.,
Pa.
AUTO transportation school wants men j
to become practical chauffeurs and )
earn $75 to SIOO per month. We give a j
thorough course in crud" and practical
work for $35.00. No. 5 N. Cameron; i
Bell phone 1710. *
SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE,
WANTED—Colored man wishes position
as cook, waiter or houseman, or any
kind of work. Apply 116 Vii Liberty
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A RELIABLE colored man, married,
desires work as porter, Janitor, house
man, watchman or driver. Can furnish
good references. Address 133 Balm St. |
WANTED—Position as tenant farmer
by a wlwte married man with wife
and one child. Call or address No. 313
Briggs street, Harrisburg Pa.
WANTED—Young man wishes restau
rant or counter work; experienced in
both; can give good references. Apply
or address 1024 Market.
WANTED—Civas. H. Moore, ISS South
Fourteenth St., to whom two reserved
tickets were awarded to-day, good for
the evening performance, January 25.
Call for them at the Star-Independent
office before 8 p. m., January 22, or they
will be forfeited.
WANTED—By a middle-aged man with ;
a family, any kind of work; janitor or i
night watchman or collector, or
agency. Can give good references. Ad
dress 2543 Agate St.
WANTED—Position as hotel man, but
ler in private family, or cook. Ad
dress 329 Cherry St,
A COLORED MAN wants a position
around a house or store; can furnish
references. Call or write 620 Brown
Ave.
HELP WANTED—FEMALE.
WANTED—A young woman for dining
room work; permanent. Applv to the
HERSHEY HOUSE. 327-329 Market St.,
Harrlsburg.
DO YOU WANT to be a Stenographer?
If you do, buy tuition from an EX
PERT IN GREGG SHORTHAND—one
who knows what the student needs, and
how to give a thorough training in a
short time. Tuition charged for seven
months only. Free Trial. Bell 704 R.
Call. Harrisburg Shorthand School, 31
N. Second St.
COMPETENT MAID WANTED for gen
eral housework. No washing. Good
wages. Reference required. Call 424R
Belt , hone,
SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE.
WANTED—General housework by col
ored Ave.
WANTED—Washing at home, and work
by the day. Address 1506 Howard
Ave.
WANTED—Position as nurse or maid
by colored woman. AddVess or call
121 Short street.
WANTED—Work of any kind by color
ed woman. Apply or address 121
Short St. Can furnish good reference.
WANTED—Position as chambermaid or
assistant cook. Apply rear of 210
Chestnut street.
A RELIABLE colored woman desires
positi-on as general housework; first
class cook and laundress. Apply or
write 1088 South Ninth street.
LADY wishes housekeeping for a re
fined widower; city preferred; can
furnish reference. Apply 1805 Berryhill
street City.
WANTED—A position as chambermaid
or waitress; experienced. Address 101
S. River Ave.
WANTED—By lady—housework, wash
ing or ironing. Address 336 Cherry
GERMAN GIRL wants general house
work. 541 S. Front St., Steelton, Pa.
WANTED—MiddIe-aged white woman
wants position to do general house
work; good references. Address MRS.
K. WAGGONER, Hummelstown, Pa.
YOUNG GIRL wants position as house
keeper, in small family, or chamber
maid. Call 2017 Kensington St.
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YOUNG GIRL (colored) desires posi
tion as child's nurse, light house
work. Addrens Advertiser, 1308 N. Sev
enth St., care Vennie.
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Bosinass Opportunities j
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
GENTLEMAN wishing to retire offers
manufacturing plant for sale; only
one of kind in city; price very reason
able. Will bear close Investigation.
Address 3437, care Star-Independent.
Reversing a Phonograph Record
A remarkably curious experiment
may be performed with any ordinary
fphvnogTaph. The sound box is re
versed so that the ueedle slopes the
other way, enabling the disk to be
turned ba&kward by the finger being
placed near the center. The effect pro
duced is extremely astonishing. You
hear the human voice singing songs
backward; vou hear the harmony of
Wagner backward—plain English
sounds like a Chinese language. The
most remarka'ble effect is perhaps to
play a chime of bells in this reversed
manner. Tho soumi rushes up and up,
but there is never a single strike or
clash of a 'bell. The strike on the ear
is reversed nnd is nothing but a sharp
"cessation of sound."—Strand Muga
zine.
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HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1915.
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Real Estate
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
$1,550 WILL BUY a brick and frame
house on Jefferson street; 7 rooms and
bath; furnace; porch; No. 2522. Inspect
the interior. Owner occupies property.
BELL REALT Y CO.. Bcrgner Building. I
PENBROOK LOT. 30x150, for sale at
great sacrifice. This lot is well lo
cated and must be sold soon. An unusual
bargain. BELL REALTY CO., Bergner
Building.
I $2,700 WILL BUY a 3-story brick house
on Allison Hill; 8 rooms; bath; gas;
electric light; porch; furnace. Only
S3OO needed. BELL REALTY Cu„ Bcrg
ner Building.
NO. 1432 BERRYHILL STREET for sale
at a reasonable price; brick; 9 rooms;
bath; gas; furnace; porch; price reason
, able. Also other desirable houses. BELL
! REALTY -CO.. Bergner Building.
I OUR JANUARY BARGAIN SALE;
I 2417 Reel St., reduced SSO.
2448 N. Sixth St., reduced S4OO.
1909 N. Third St.. at the right price.
280 & 282 Herman Ave., Lemoyne, re
duced S4OO.
BRINTON-PACKER CO.,
and Walnut Sts.
OUR JANUARY BARGAIN SALE:
141 Acres—-11 miles from Harrisburg;!
frame buildings; 3,000 fruit trees;
some in bearing; station on property;
can be bought on easv terms.
BRINTON-PACKER CO.,
| Second and Walnut Sts.
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—Or will |
exchange for improved city property,
an Imposing 14-room 40x40 ft. Colonial
suburban residence. All Improvements;
porch 10 ft. wide, 70 ft. long. Lot. 116 x I
200 ft. Shrubbery; six kinds of fruit j
in bearing. Trolley near; 12 minutes
and one fare from Market Square. Call
801 l phone Nq. 3048 L
FOR SALE—Beautiful home on Camp
street; well built; tile bath room:
■ Chamberlain metal weather stripping; :
will please the most critical and can j
only be appreciated when seen; Just ]
one house from Sixth street. Price right !
|if sold quickly. Address No. 3438, care !
| Star-Independent.
, FOR SALE—One new brick house, near!
] the center of the city; a beautiful lo
cation, 6 rooms and bath and all con- I
veniences. Price only $2,400; and sold
on easy terms. Also building lots at ;
Riverside, Penbrook and Paxtang. Job
carpenter work promptly attended to I
in any part of the city. Estimates!
cheerfully furnished Apply to S. HAL-
I DEMAN iV CO., Carpenteis and Builders, !
, 3222 N. Sixth St., Harrisburg, Pa. Bell j
phone 3622J-3.
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT.
; FOR RENT—Three-story brick house,
i 310 Nectarine avenue, handy to car
, line, near Mulberry street bridge; all '
improvements. Apply 320 Crescent St.
• FOR RENT—Two story brick dwelling,
No. 1118 N. Fourteenth St.; all im
i provements; large front porch and back
I and front stairs. C. H. ORCUTT. No.
i 267 Cumberland St.
DESIRABLE houses and apartments for
rent in all parts of city. Reasonable
rent and good locations. Inquire of!
HARVEY T. SMITH, 204 South Thlr
[ teentll street. Bell phone 248 L
J FOR RENT—AII improve
ments—
-1614 Catherine, $16.00
539 S. Fifteenth $16.00
530 S. Eighteenth, .. .$18.50'
» Apply Kuhn & Hershey,
; 18 South Third street.
' FOR RENT—Houses with all improve*
ments. at moderate rentals. J. &
GIPPL.E, 1251 Market St
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i BEA - L ESTATE FOR SALE OR RENT J
HOUSES FOR RENT and Hi-story
dwelling houses for sale. Elder Heal
| Eatate__Co ll and Perry Sts J
APARTMENTS FOR REN*
i FOR RENT—Apartments at southeast i
I corner Fourth and Peffer streets. All I
conveniences at .reasonable rent. Out
side porch. Apply B. F. UMBERGEH,
108 N. Second St., flr 427 Peffer St. j
107 SOUTH FRONT STREET—Second I
floor housekeeping apartments; large '
rooms with kitchenettes and baths; 1
modern improvements; electric lights;
gas; city steam; Janitor service. Apply
at above address.
APA RT M ENTS FOR RENT—3 rooms
and bath, coal and gas ranges, gas
or electric light, sls per month. Apply
at Mehring's Liquor Store, Sixth and
Muyich streets. Bell phone 2671. United
If
Lost and Found
FOUND.
FOUND—A place without trying. Care
ful cleaning, best of dyeing. Where?
At Eggert's Steam Dyeing and French
Cleaning Works, 1245 Market St. Call
■Uli-Lijj.'.on- 1 -- Call and deliver.
LOST.
COLLIE DOO, cinnamon color, white
feet, white ring around neck, tipped
tail. LESTER SAWYER, 182 Vine St.
IX>ST—Roll of money in bills, Monday
night, probably on Market Square or
Market street from Mayor's office to
Commonwealth Trust Co. Reward. Re
turn to Star-Independent office.
I/3ST—A gold watch in leather wrist
band; 15-jewel Waltham movement;
monogram U A. D.; lost at Second and
Walnut. Reward if returned to Mrs.
A. P. DRAYER, 210 Geary St.. New
Cumberland, Pa.
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Death and Obituary
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IN MEMORIAM.
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE of Fannie
A. Griggs, wife of Darius H. Griggs,
who departed this life January 21,
1913.—(Hignedi Husband, Daughter
and Grandchildren.
I APARTMENTS
Suites of 2 Rooms and Bath
IN THE
Reynard, 208 N. Third Street
Large, light, aify, and comfortable rooms.
I Steam heat and constant hot and cold water sup
plied.
Hardwood floors; electric light; wired for tele
phone service.
TILED BATHROOMS.
Ready About February 1, 1915
APPLY TO
Commonwealth Trust Company,
iX£!3 Market Street Harrisburg, Pa.
|For Rent!
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Desirable offices in the
Union Trust Building.
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; Union Trust Co.
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FOR SALE
| The four-story brick dwelling '
j bouse No. 109 S. Second Street, i
J Harrisburg, Pa., fronting twenty-six ,
| feet on Second Street, and extending
j iu depth ninety-five feet to an alley;
first floor now occupied as a whole- '
sale liquor store. Title perfect.
FREDERICK M. OTT,
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Executor of Mary E. Winters, De- • <
ceased, 222 Market Street, liar
j risburg, Pa. 1
FOR SALE
A knitting factory; all Improve- <
ments; electric power; two-story
frame; steam heat, well lighted; '
equipped with tlie latest knitting I
and sewing machinery. Possession ]
given at once. We will rent If party
would be Interested In the manu
i 'aeturlng of ladles' garments.
Information Wanted—Call Bell 1
I phone 74. Steclton, Pa., or
M. R. ALLEMAN
143 s, FRONT STREET
STUKLTON. PA.
IXve MONEY Loan I
Employes' Discount C«.
36 North Third Street
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Legal
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I EXECUTOR'S NOTlCE—Letters testa-
I mentary ui»on the estate of Elmlna
Darby, late of the City of Harrisburg, 1
I Dauphin County, Pa., deceased, testate,
j having been granted unto the uniler
-1 signed by the Register of Wills of said
I County, all parsons indebted thereto !
I are requested to make prompt payment
| and those bavins: claims against the
same to present them without delay to 1
W. F. DARBY,
_____ Steelton, Pa. ;
NOTICE is hereby givon that the an
nual meeting of the members of The
Pennsylvania Mutual Burial Associa
tion for the election of a Board of
Directors for the ensuing year, and
the transaction of such other business
as may properly come -before said meet
ing. will be held st the Office of the
Corporation, Room 4, Spooncr Building,
Harrlsburg, Penna., on the 6th day of
February, 1915,-between the hours of
6 and 8 o'clock p. m.
10LMlilt G. FINLISY,
Secretary. i
CHAHTER NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that an appli
cation will be made to the Governor of
Pennsylvania on Friday, the sth day of I
F&bruary, 1915, under an act of Assem
bly. entitled "An act t.> provide for the
incorporation and regulation of certain :
corporations," approved April 29, 1874,
and the supplements thereto, for the '
charter of an Intenden corporation, to
be called The Grate Water Company,
the character and object of which is
for the purpose of supplying water ;o
the public In tiie borough or Gratz, In
the county of Dauphin and state of
Pennsylvania, and to 'live, possess and
enjoy all rights, .benefit* and privileges
of said act .if Assembly and supple
ments thereto.
F S. SIMPSON,
Solicitor for Applicants.
NOTlCE—Letters of administration
testamentary on the estate of Alex
ander McAllcher, late of Harrisburg,
Dauphin county. Pa, deceased, having
"been granted to the undersigned, re
siding In Harrlsburg. all persons in
debted to said estate are requested to
make Immediate payment, and those
having claims will present them for
settlement.
P. E. M'AUCHKR,
2124 Penn St.,
SHERMAN G. M'AMCHER,
63J Dauphin St., /
All at a Glance
Mr. .Pester—"That's a pretty wom
an that just passed us."
Mrs. Pester—''H'm! She's wearing 1
her last season's hat, her puffs don't
match her hair, her waist hikes up in !
the back and her skirt sags on one side.
Men never notice anything."—Boston
Globe.
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FINANCE
STEEL CHANCES HANDS IN
LARGE LOTSJT OPENING
Stocks In Brisk Demand During the
Early Session, the Trading in the
First Hour Almost Equalling Tues
day's High Record
By Associated Press,
Now York, Jan. 21.—(Wall Street)
—The rally which attended yesterday's
late dealing in stocks was resumed at
to-day's opening. Reading, Southern
Pacific, Canadian Pacific, U. S. Steel
and Bethlehem Steel pfd., rose u point
or more. Trading was on a very broad
scale especially in steel, which again
changed hands in large lots. Missouri
Pacific opened lower but soon recov
ered. There was unusually heavy trad
ing in American Telephone and St. 'Paul
convertible bond issues at slight ad
vances. London furnished its customary
change of lower prices for Americans.
Stocks were in brisk demand during
the early session, trading in the first
hour almost equalling Tuesday's high
record. 'Missouri Pacific led in point of
activity, 'but was erratic, losing over
a point on realizing sales. Before mid
day, however, this was more than re
gained, that stock, as well as others of
greater potential value, selling at best
prices for the current movement. There
were gains also in many low priced
shares. Bonds in general were up with
the stock list.
LIVE STOCK PRICES
Conditions in the Philadelphia Market
for Three Days This Week
Philadelphia, Jan. 21.—Conditions for
three days, ending Wednesday evening,
January 20:
Bee/ Cattle—Tho market appeared to
be a trifle stronger with arrivals of
stock divided between Ohio. Indiana,
Illinois and Kentucky brands. Trad
ing was moderate, and current offer
ings equal to local requirements. Calves
at, well as cows of the belter class were
steadily held. Quotations:
Steers—Extra higher; average best,
$8.6008.78; choice, sß.y>©B.so; com
mon. 87.7507.85; bulls, $5.0007.00; fat
cows. $5.0006.25; thin cows, $175®4.50;
milch cows, common to choice, s4o®
70; extra, $80; veal calves, exceptional
lots, $10011; good to choice. $9,500
10; medium, $809; common, $607;
southerns and barnyards, $5 07.
Sheep and Lambs—There was a frac
tional decline in lambs, with sheep
keeping fairly steady. Demand was
rather conservative. Quotations:
Sheep—
Wethers—extra, $6.0006.50
Choice $5.5006.00
Medium $4.5005.00
! Common $3.0003,50
Ewes, heavy, fat, $5.2505.75
Lambs—
Extra, $8.5008.75
Good to choice $8.2508.50
Medium $7.7508.00
Hogs—'Unsettled cooditions prevail to
a great extent, yet quotations nominal.
City Dressed Stock—All varieties of
choice and prime meats were steadily
held, under trading of an ordinary char
acter. Quotations:
Steers, lOH016c; heifers, 1O0l3Hc;
cows. 8012 c; veal calves, 15016 c; ex
tra calves. 17c; southerns and barn
cards, 10012 c; country dressed, 13®
14c; extra. 16c; sheep, lO0Uc; extra
wethers, 12c; lambs. 15016 c; extr*
lambs, 17c; hogs, 10010 He.
Philadelphia Produce Market
Philadelphia. Ja.n, 21. —Wheat higher;
No. 2 red spot, export, 143 if/. 146: No. I
northern. Duluth export, luT©-»54.
Corn higher; No. » spqt, export. 790
80: No. 2 yellow local, 80^08114.
Oats higher: No. 2 white, 59060,
Bran tirm; winter, per ton, S2H.£»OO
2».50; spring, per ton, $27.00027.50.
Refined sugars tirm; powdered, 6.05
05.15; fine granulated, 4.9505.05; Con
fectioners' A, 4.8504.95.
Butter steAdy; western creamery, ex
tra, 32; nearby prints fancy, 35.
Hogs—Unsettled conditions prevail to
10.66; current receipts, free case, 10.35;
western extra firsts, free case, 10.65;
firsts, free case, 10.35.
Live poultry steady; fowls, 13© Is
old roosters, 1001014; chickens. 120
14; turkeys, 12©1«; ducks, 15016-
geese, 13015.
Dressed poultry Arm; turkeys, fancy.
21022; fair to good, 13 0 20; fowls
heavy. 18019; average. 14017?*; small,
12013; Old roosters, 13; broiling chick
ens. nearby, 16022; western, 14020;
roasting, 16018; ducks, 12017; geese.
10 014.
Potatoes weak; Pennsylvania, per
bushels, 63065; New York, 45052; Jer
sey, per basket, 30035.
Flour firm; winter straight, 6.25®
6.50; spring straight, 6.4006.60; surhur
patent 6.6007.15. v 8
Hay steady; No. 1 large bales. 18.500
19.00; No. 1 medium bales, 18.50® 19.00-
No. 2 do., 17.00018.00; No. S do., 14.500
15.60; sample, 13,50014,50; no grade
11.00013.00; light mixed. 17.50©1g.00 :
No. 1 do.. It.50017.00; No. £ do., 15.000
16.00. w
Chicago Live Stock Market
Chicago. Jan. 2.—Hogs—Receipts,
5,000; weak. Bulk, 6.6006.80; light. 6.45
6.90; mixed, 6.5006.90; heavy. 6.30©
6.80; rough, 6.3006.45; pigs. 5.2506.85.
Cattle—Receipts, 7,000; weak. Native
steers, 5.5009.25; western. 5.0007.50-
cows and heifers, 3.2O08.OO; calves, 7.25
010.50.
Sheep—Receipts, 8,000; strong. Sheep,
5.9006.66; yearlings, 6J607.80; lambs,
7.0*0 8.76,
IBIS WILL INTRODUCE
DIR. COBB. OF PADUGAH
By Ellis Parker Putler
Up and down Main street, New
Vork, and around the corner where the
boys get together for lunch once h
week and all through the chain of clubs
where the fellows think more of a fjood
joke than of the club constitution, they
have called this dahk-hai 'ed gemnian
from Paducah, (Kentucky), "Old Irv
Colbb" so long and affectionately thut
a lot of folks think he was christened
that way. I lvatl a notion myself that
the "Old" was a sort of affectionate
diminutive for Old-Bourbon-Bottiled-at
the-Still. Come to find out, his name
is a regular three-jointed-affair-Irvin
Shrewsbury (Jobb—and he had the
laibel pasted on him along in the sev
enties. Ho came along as ft sort of
Centennial souvenir, with the miniature
liberty bells that the Paducahns keep
on their what-nots.
But there is nothing miniature about
Old Irv. He's the only reail four-dimen
sioned humorist now in captivity, and
any way you look at him you can ob
serve that he has length," brebdth,
thickness and joviality. Ho is a great,
big Southerner, with a chuckle, and an
apipetite. He has written more good,
plain, wholesome food, and more rich,
gravied, hard-to-digest food than any
man living-—and has eaten more. Just
when our humor was getting thin and
anemic, and heartless and sophisticated.
Old Irv slid up from Paducah and
brought along his appetite and his heart
and things looked more cheerful.
The general run of us are "In New
York," but Coblb is always ""From
Paducah." He knows every corner of
New York, but sees it with the fresh
ness of vision of a cub reporter of the
Padtu-ali "iDaily News." After hearing
some five hundred of his seven thousand
or more happy stories you get an idea
that Paducah is a place where peoiple
•gx> around with their human nature
peeled, and where ony one could pick
uip chunks of humor and wads of char
acter without trouble. The fact is that
Cobb has the smrest insight and the
quickest perception of salient charac
teristics of any man since Mark Twain.
If other people did not enjoy Cabb's
stories more than he enjoys them it
would be safe to say that Cobb enjoys
them more than other people do. He
has a chuckle at them before he passes
them on.
Old Irv started in short-handling and
woirkiog the comic papers when he gave
up the nursing bottle and took to real
food, or along aibout then, and he was
editing a paper, a daily paper, when
he was nineteen, and editing a daiily in
Paducajh means that you have to get
around among the folks. You have to
learn the subscribers' idiosyncrecies,
and learn them well, in ordgr to avoid
stepping on them .
Cobb did not tell me this; know
it. The New York "Sun" is well
enough as a path to literary fame—
Cobb footed it, by the way'but it is
pounding a small local daily into shape
that takes a man right down to foun
dations of human nature and rnlbs. his
nose in it There is only one thing that
beats it—'being managing editor. Cobb
had three years at that, there in Pad
ucah, and between whiles he ran a
special eolrnmn in the Louisville '' Even
ing Post" under the refined but pleas
ing title of "Sour Mash."
There is no use trying to hide the
fact that Ccdb'b is not a parlor poet.
I doubt if ho ever wore a a pair of
lavender gloves in his life, and if lie
did he probably wore them to a funeral,
in consort with a pink shirt with de
tachable cuffs, and then rode home
with the driver of the hearse. If he
did ride home with the driver he got
a good story out of him between the
cemetery and the livery stable.
Coblb is a man's man. He.Jias a sub
foundation of the old style Southern
—not New York Main Street Southern
—chivalry, and knows how to be a
gentleman in his shirtsleeves; but, as a
metaphor, he likes to shuck off his col
lar and tie and h'ave a real good time.
After a while The "Saturday Even
ing Post" grabbod Cobb and" "room
cd" him, as he would say. Since then
he hasn't done anything tout write a
lot of the best stories ever written.
Cobb, himself, dosen't know how good
they are.
The biij, noisy, good-natured Pad
ucah genius! I dropped into the Dutch
Treiat Club last Tuesday, whore some
fifty or more imagazinists were at lunch
at the long table that seats them once
a week. Another menHber came in and
took his seat alongside of me.
<<»Vy h , at ,' s the matte r " he asked.
Nobody s laughing. Isn't Coibb here
to-day T 99
Cobb is coming to llarrisburg on
January 28. Then you'll know him
better.—Adv.*
Aftermath
" Afterwath " is a persistently ill
used word. Early July is the time of
the math -that is, the first mowing
of the meadow. The short grass with a
sufficiency of rain will grow again,
and later will come the "second mow,"
or "aftermath." The phrase "The
storm and its aftermath" seems a fa
vorite with some story writers, but it
is dillicult to understand how a storm
can have a second mowing.
Advice to Stage Villain
j "Don't go down to the scene of
your crime in the last act," says Jerome
K. Jerome. "You always will do this.
We suppose it is some extra cheap ex
cursion down there that attracts you.
(But you take our advice and don't you
go. That is always where you get
nabbed. The police know your habits
from experience. They do "not trouble
to look for you. They go down in the
last act to the old hall or the ruined
mill, where you did the deed and wait
for you. In nine cases out of ten you
would get off scot free but for this
idotic custom of yoars."—'London
Standard.
11
FOREIGN TRADE IS
MUSSED
St. Louis Convention
Considers Problems
of International Law
and U. S. Commerce
MAIN ADDRESS BY
PROF. J. B. MOORE
British Government Imposes Searching
Prohibitions on Trade With Enemy
and Holds Up Neutral Goods It
Chooses to Call Contraband
By Associated Press,
St. Louis, Jan. 21.—Several hundrcl
delegates representing the leading com
mercial organizations of the United
States attended the opening session of
the second NationaJ Foreign Trade con
vention which met here to-day. An ad
dress was delivered by (Secretary of
Commerce Redfield.
Permanent organisation then was ef
fected and the convention began tlvo
•consideration of problems of interna
tional law as they afl'ect American
commerce during the present European
war. The principal address on this top
ic was mad© by Profoseor John Basset I.
'Moore, former counsellor of the State
Department. After a discussion of the
points raised in Mr. Moore's address
the convention hearrl an address by
jjohn J. Arnold, of Chicago, on "For
eign Banking, Loans and Credits."
The afternoon session was to be de
voted to a consideration of the govern
ment regulation of commerce aa it af
fects foreign trade and to the problems
j of the small manufacturer who desires
foreign trade.
Among those who discussed th»
i points raised in the address of Profes
' sor Moore was Carman F. Randolph, of
| New York.
Mr. Randolph's Discussion
"All things considered," he said.,
j "we may hold the British government
| responsible for the far reaching and se
j vere restraint on international trade,
j At home it imposes most searching pro-
I hibitions on trade with the enemy. At
sea it holds up whatever neutral goods
jit chooses to call contraband and
| chooses to suspect of ultimate enemy
> destination.
! "Considering British policy, 1 am
Iby no means persuaded that it will
| hasten the peace or prove a decisive
.factor in the war.
| "The particular interests of the
j United States are quite sufficient to
warrant a strong but temperate demand
| for a proper respect for neutral com
jnterce and the United States will, 111
maintaining its trade at as high a level
as a .just regard for belligerent inter
ests permit, serve the larger and perm
anent interest of the world."
Secretary of Commerce Rellfield in
i his address reviewed the work of tho
[Department of Commerce in promoting
foreign trade. He said that since May,
1914, the department bad stationed
eight commercial attaches abroad.
"The department," he continued,
"now has in mind the development of
co-operating branches of the bureau of
foreign and' domestic commerce all over
the country in the thought that in time
1 every Chamber of Commerce may be-
I come affiliated with the bureau and
1 keep in constant touch with it."
Causes of Cotton Troubles
The problems of the exporter of cot
ton and the cotton grower were ascribed
to scarcity of shipping and to e'normbus
increases in transoceanic freight rates
due to the war, in the address of D. W.
Kempner, of the Galveston Cotton Ex
change, who spoke before the Foreigu
Trade conference.
'Freight rates to Liverpool have ad
vanced an average of about s."> on a
bale of cotton, sjud Mr. Kempner.
"It may surprise some of you to
know that the highest freight rates for
any service are now demanded by own
ers of American vessels." said Mr.
Kempner, "and it is by no means un
usual for such ship owners to demand
for the hire of a vessel worth $300,000
a rental of $40,000 per month, out of
which is paid by the ship owner only
the wages of the crew and the upkeep
of the vessel, the charterer in addition
'being expected to pay insurance ou the
vessel for the voyage, coal for her
steam and deliver her back on this
side to the port of the owner's selec
tion.
Lessons of Commerce in War
"Whether the solution of our diffi
culties lies in a government ' owned
merchant marine, I am uot prepared to
say, but 1 am prepared to affirm that
the lessons of commerce in this war
teach us that in times of peace every
advantage and benefit should be given
to vessels flying the American flag to
the end that in the time of war, wheth
er we 'be neutrals or belligerents, the*
may serve the commercial and martial
needs of this country."
No Place for Letters
A learned young woman of Boston
was spending her vacation in a little
country place. To the lo.'al 'bookshop
ot' the village she went one afternoon
and made known her mental wants to
the clerk:
"I should like the ''Letters of Jane
Welsh <'arlyle.' "
"I beg your pardon, miss," said the
clerk, ''but this ain't no postoffice."—
New York Globe.