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Circulation Examinee by THE ASSOCIATIOM OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. TELEPHONES BELU Private Branch Exchange. No. 3280 CUMBERLAND VALLEY Private Branch ExcWanga. . No. S4S-246 Tuesday, February 1013. FEBRUARY 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 MOON'S PHASES— Last Quarter, 7th; New Moon, 13th; First Quarter, 21st. WEATHER FORECASTS Harrisburg and vicinity: Kain or | J sleet to-night and Wednesday. Not \ much change in temperature. Lowest | temperature to-night about freezing. I Eastern Pennsylvania: Rain or sleet I to-night and Wednestjpy. East gales. YESTERDAY S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 40; lowest, 30; 8 a. ra., 32; 8 p. m., 39. AMERICAN LITERATURE DISTINCTIVE According to a declaration by Brander Matthews, referred to and commented upon in "The Dial," American literature has no existence apart from English, he holding that the literature of a language is one regardless of nationalities. The productions of the men of letters of this country are in the English language, certainly, and are therefore to he regarded as English literature,,but American lit erature is not by any means identical with British. It is certain that Professor Matthews recognizes the distinction between these two branches, even though he does not call particular attention to it in his most recent comments, for it was he who almost twenty years ago pointed out the difference most clearly in a lecture on "American Literature." He called at that time for a thorough understanding of '"the fact that the stream of English literature had only one channel until the end of the last cen tury (the eighteenth) and that in this century it has two channels." He named the new mouth, made by "this mas sive current," American, and the old mouth, Brit ish, and then, unlike the seer that "The Dial" con siders him to be, he declared that it was impossible to foretell through which of the channels "the fuller stream shall flow" in this twentieth centurv. Our prose and our poetry, though part of Eng lish literature, have little in common with contem porary British works except in the use as their vehicle of what is thus far practically the same language. As Professor Matthews said, in another part of his earlier discussion, man and nature are not the same in Great Britain as in the United States, and as a consequence "there cannot be any identity between the points of view of the men of letters of the two countries." "We Americans should feel gratified to have the works of our writers classified as English litera ture, —along with the productions of Shakespeare and the rest ot the notable list, —even apart from any considerations having to do with Kipling's recent assertion that the English are the only gen uinely humorous people; but though we may call our literature English in distinction from French and German, the designation American must always mean much more to us than the broader term. TIME FOR WHIPPING POST TO GO The introduction of a bill in both houses of the Delaware legislature providing for the abolition from the state of the whipping post serves to remind the country at large that Delaware still clings to that relit- of the unenlightened past. And now that the revolting custom has been called to the coun try's attention, the bill to abolish it would better be passed in Dover. All the states in the union except Delaware have done away with the whipping post, many of them having long ago taken the step in the development of a better civilization. They waiting for Delaware to do merely what it has delayed doing, and must do sooner or later, —completely wipe out the institution from this country. The whipping of wrong-doers as a form of pun ishment may afflict but it cannot correct. Scourg ing does not accomplish reform. Causing a crim inal to suffer physical pain will not make him more of a man, but rather more of a criminal. Punishment for misdemeanor necessarily does harm to the guilty persons one way or another, but it is not proper chastisement if it does not also do some good. At the whipping post, only resentful \ EARRISBT7RG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1915. furv is aroused. It is uo plaet-for vje accomplish ment of reform. The good in # bad person can generally be brought out, but not by beating. IN THE DIGNIFIED U. S. SENATE It was in the United States Senate on Friday, January 29, 1915. That august body was consider ing the bill to authorize the United States to sub scribe to the capital stock of a corporation author ized to purchase and operate merchant vessels in the foreign trade of the United States. The debate had been progressing for days,—the Democrats being desirous of passing the bill, the Republicans of defeating it. Vice President Marshall was in the chair. Motion after motion had been made and things were snarled and twisted in a confus ing manner, causing great perplexity to the pre siding officer, from whose decisions appeal after appeal had been taken, all with a view to prolong ing the filibustering. In the midst of it all occurred the following scene: Mr. SMOOT. For information, I ask if the Chair is sus tained in the appeal, then will not the question revert to the motion made by the Senator from Missouri [Mr.Stone]f The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the mo tion of the Senator from Kentucky [Mr. James] to lay on the table the appeal made by the Senator from New Hamp shire [Mr. Gallinger], If that motion carries, then the question will again come up on the motion of the Senator from Missouri [Mr. Stone] to lav on the table the motion of the Senator from Michigan [Mr. Townsend], Mr. LIPPITT. Mr. President Mr. JAMES. Regular order! Mr. STONE. The Chair ought not to permit this kind of cheap nonsense to go on. Mr. LIPPITT. If the Chair is going to be dictated to by the Senator from Missouri Mr. GALLING ICR. The Chair ought to suppress the Senator from Missouri. Mr. LIPPITT. Who is the Chair—the Senator from Missouri or the gentleman occupying the chair? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order. Mr. STONE. I have no time to waste Mr. LIPPITT. Mr. President Mr. ROBINSON. Regular order! The PRESIDING OFFICER. For what purpose does the Senator from Rhode Island rise? And this was in'the Senate of the United States, whose proud boast it is that it is the greatest delib erative body in the world! Nut' ced. The groundhog by noon to-day had not been able to see its shadow and at that hour there seemed to be little prospect that it would be able to cast one before sundown. Let us, therefore, take comfort in the prospect that spring flowers soon will be blooming! New impetus is given to the movement to induce tourists to "see America first" by the fact that German submarines, one thousand miles away from their base of supplies, are able to blow up merchant vessels and are threatening to send transatlantic, steamships to the bottom of the sea. The announcement that the new $49,000,000 bond issue of the Pennsylvania Railroad has been greatly oversub scribed proves that even in these war times the American people have a little money left which they are willing to invest when they know they can put it into gilt-edged securities. What will become of the Harrisburg City Commissioners' three-to-two method of making police appointments if the civil service bill, introduced last night in the Legislature, becomes a law? if puts the selection of policemen and firemen in the hands of the Mayor, the Commissioner of Public Safety and the Commissioner of Finance, and this board, in the case of Harrisburg, would be composed of two Democrats and a Republican, as this city's Commission is now constituted. It is hardly likely that the majority of the Harrisburg Commission, which consists of three Re publicans and two Democrats, will give its unqualified endorsement to the measure, for in event of the bill's passage the Mayor might actually have some voice in select ing his own police force. The meanest man we know of,—we call him a man merely because of his sex, is the one who, smug aud secure in a big automobile he doesn't owu, drives at break-neck rate, in defiance of law and the speed regulations, through a crowded thoroughfare in which the slush is four or"five inches deep,—for instance North Third street yesterday afternoon,—and causes the wheels of the vehicle to hurl ceaseless streams of dirty mud and water on the people on both sidewalks. He cares not for the comfort or health of the persons he drenches with the slime of the street, whether they be children on the way to or from school or women compelled to face a raging storm through no choice of their own. There are lots of his kind in Harrisburg and the most despicable thing about him is that he merely grins a cowardly grin in the knowledge that he is going too fast for anyone to catch up to him for the purpose of punching his face. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN ANOTHER TRIAL Financier—"That is not the same tale that you told me a few days ago." ®eggar No, sir. Hut you didn t believe that one." —London Mail. INCONSISTENT "Who are your best patients, doctor?" "The people who are always complaining that life isn't worth living."—Brooklyn Eagle. LIKE MANY OTHERS "How fast is your car, Jimson?" asked Harkawav. "Well," said Jimson, "it keeps about six months ahead of my income generally."—Harper's Weekly. FRACTURED LANGUAGE "You broke your word." "I d-d-didn't." "There you go, breaking another."—New York Times. STATIBFIED "I can give you a cold bite," said the woman. "Why not warm it upf" asked the tramp. "There ain't any wood sawed." "So? Well, give it to me cold."—New York Sun. PANTHEISTIC "You admit you are guilty, then?" thundered the Judge. "Ah do, Jedge. Ah's guilty. Ah stole dem pants. But, your honah, dere ain't no sin when dc motive am good. Ah stole dem pants to get baptized in."—Harper's Mae azine. SLIGHTLY MISUNDERSTOOD Railway Official (breaking the news gentlv to the wife of a commercial traveler)—" Ahem! madam, be calm. Your husband has met with a slight—that is to say, one of the front wheels of a passenger locomotive struck him on the cheek, and—" Wife—"Well, sir, you needn't come round here in order to collect damages. You won't get a penny from me. If your company can't keep its property out of danger, it'll have to take the consequences. You should have your en gine insured."—Exchange. PURE RICH BLOOD MADE BY HOOD'S Pure blood enables the stomach, liver and other digestive organs to do their work properly. Without it they are sluggish, there is loss of appetite, sometimes faintness, a deranged state of the intestines, and, in general, all the symptoms of dyspepsia. Hood's Sarsaparilla makes pure blood, and this is why it is so very successful in the treatment of so many ailments. Get it to-day. Adv. • , IT ongue-End Topics | Capitol Burned 18 Years Ago To-day Eighteen years ago to-day the ol > State caipitol building burned. It occu pied the site on which the handsomest State eapitol building in the world now stands. The old eapitol itself was re garded as one of the finest examples of colonial architecture in the United States audi was much admired. It was on the morning of February 2, 1897, that some of the attaches of the Sen ate —the legislature being in session, detected a strong odor of smoke in the vicinity of tho Speaker's desk, but little attention was paid to it as it was thought that some one was burning old papers in the cellar. About 11 o'clock the odor became so strong that an in quiry was set on foot which resulted in the discovery that there was Mire be tween the floor of the lieutenant Gov ernor's room, on the second floor, and the ceiling of the Senate chamber. • * * The Firemen Summoned Some of the eapitol attaches en deavored to reach the fire, but were un successful, .and an alarm was sent iu being responded to by several tire com panies. In the meantime the Senate had been called to order by Lieutenant Governor Lyon and was proceeding with its business, and the House was very busily engaged in the passing of bills. When the firemeu came, the Sen ate took a recess, but before it could reconvene the flames had spread so fast through the ceiling that the plaster be gan to drop, and this was followed 1 by large embers and pieces of blazing wood that dropped on the Senators' desks. * . * Senate Adjourned in Haste Lieutenant Governor Lyons was ab sent for the moment and Senator Gra dy, of Philadelphia, hastily mounted the rostrum of the President pro tern., called the Senate to order and on mo tion the Senate adjourned lor the day, overhead the flames bursting from the keiling. Then everybody in the Senate rushed for the doors, the clerks catch ing up their books, bills and all official documents iu thf;r possession. The I Senators, however, neglected to take anything, being under the impression j that the fire would soon be extinguish ed. Those who were familiar with the j construction of the eapitol knew bet ter. They knew that the timbers of tho old building were just that much match-wood, dried and and that the fire having gotten into the floor of the corridor outride of the office of the Lieutenant Governor, there would be no way to stop it. » , * Origin of Fire a Mystery As a matter of fact the old eapitol was doomed to total destruction from the start of the fire. The origin of the fire has never been fully settled. Some say crossed electric wires caused it. These wires wore run under the floor of the corridor and the room of the Lieu tenant Governor and through wood work that was dry and soft, being more like what is known a*s punk or vege table tinder. A spark in such a sub stance could very easily ignite and smoulder and gain great headway with out betraying a flame and at the same time give out an oJor of burning wood. • « * Water Supply Deficient It was but a short tim® until the fire had eaten its way through the hall floors to the hull of the House of Rep resentatives, and once there it was ap parent that nothing could be saved and the legislators began to hustle out of the back doors to safety. Meantime the .Senate side was a mass of flames, and the efforts of the fireman, the en tire department having by that time been called out, were futile. The waiter supply was pitifully deficient, no stream being thrown higher than the first srtory, and those who would gladly have worked' to save the old building were powerless and stood around until t'he main structure was a mass of ruins. The only part of the building saved was a rear wing containing committee rooms an 'La few transcribing rooms, with the room set apart for the Legislative Cor respondents' Association. • * * Big Dome Falls With Crash About 1 o'clock, the big fell with a crash, throwing up a great show er of sparks, and that was the last of the old eapitol. Those Senators who laughed when the fire first broke out and when tlvey were told that the ses sion they were holding was the last they would ever hold in the old build ing, regretted that they had not at tempted to save some of their personal belongings, but about the ottfy salvage was of a few desks from the House and a number of pieces of furniture from the rooms at the rear of the Speaker-'s desk. The Senate chamber contents were a total loss. It may be remarked that a fierce snow and sleet storm pre vailed while the old eapitol burned, something similar to the weather of yesterday. THOMAS M. JONBS. The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensary will be open daily except Sunday at 3 p. m., at its new location, Front" and Harris streets, for the free treatment of the worthy poor. "IEL" TROTTER TELLS LIFE STORY Song Service at This Evening's Meeting Will Be Led by Tab ernacle Chorus RECEPTION FOR MISSION WORKER! Organizer of Chain of Fifty Rescue Stations Will Go From This City to 1 Philadelphia Where He Will Take Part in "Billy" Sunday Service '"Mel" Trotter, of Grand Rapids, Mich., leader of Rescue Missions, arriv ed in this city shortly after noon to day for his mass meetings in the Chest nut street auditorium, this afternoon aud evening. He was met by George W. Riley, | whoso guest he will be during his stay | here, members of the board of directors 1 of the local Rescue Mission, and Urif-1 fith .lones, the superintendent. An auto- ; inible tour of the city wa-s enjoyed,! during which Mr. Trotter called to pay ' his respects to Governor Brunvbaugh at | Capitol Hill, and to Mayor Royal anil | Chief of Police Hutchison at the city j headquarters. The afternoon meeting, which was | for women, was well attended. James j W. Barker, president of the Harrisburg City Rescue Mission, presided. The sing ing was led by a ladies' choir from the j Stough evangelistic chorus, the "Make. Christ King" song book being used, j Mr. Trotter gave an address on the! story of his life, and outlined the need | and the usefulness of his chain of Res- i cue Missions which he has established j in fifty cities in America. After the afternoon meeting to-day, Mr. Trotter is to be tendered a recep tion by a number of local business men at supper ih the Commonwealth hotel. The Mayor and chief of police will be present. The evening mass meeting, intended principally for men, but from which women will not be excluded, starts -at 7.15 with a song service by a mixed chorus from the Stough tabernacle choir, under the leadership of Profes sor Charles Clippinger. The Stough song book will aigain | Men's Trousers $2.00 values at gy|« Men's Trousers $2.50 values at ■ ■ Men's Trousers values to $4 at $2.65 I B Men's Trousers values to $5 at $3.65 Men's Trousers values to $6.50, $4.65 All Clothing Specialties Reduced Here's a bit of money-saving news for indoor workers such as Hospital Attendants, Barbers, Bartenders, Waiters, Dentists and Office Men. SI.OO White Duck Coats at * at $1.25 SI.OO \\ liite Duck Bar \ ests 75 e office Coats at 50^ at 89tf $1.50 Office Coats at SI.OO $1.25 Butchers' and Hucksters' $3.60 Serge Office Coats $3.00 Frocks at SI.OO White Chef Caps at 15^> THE GLOBE Bituminous Coal All Kinds For Steam, Blacksmith or Domestic use. 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PASTOR ON MURDER JURY Northumberland Minister Selected In Sunbury Shooting Case Suribury, Pa., Feb. 2. —Charged with i tlio murder of Nicholas Gedro, who died of bullet wounds after a fight, in a Mount Carmel hotel, Bruno Verano and Antonio baerotche, both of Mount Car-1 niel, were put on trial in Judge Mo- j scr's court yesterday. More than 100 talesmen were examined before a jury was obtained. The Hev. 11. C. Michael, of North-: umlberland, was selected as juror num ber one after nearly a whole day had been spent trying to get a jury. Prince's Help for Peasants Petrograd, Feb 2.—'Prince Dom inique Radziwill, a member of Poland's ancient aristocracy, has come to Petro- I grad to seek material aid for his home- ; less and starving countrymen. MURDER SUSPECTED IN DEATH Dead Man Clutches Revolver, but Pow der Marks Are Lacking Norristown, Pa., Feb. 2.—Clutching a revolver in his hand, but with a hole l in his head devoid of powder marks, John Kuna was found dead on th>> I Gregory farm at Cynwyd, in Lnwer j Merion township. While it looks like suit-idle, Coroner McGlathery thinks that shot was fired from a distance. About 6 o'clock Sunday night a noise las though an automobile tire ex-p!od» I ! came from the little place in which Kuna lived, which led to an investiga tion. Kuna was 49 years old. Harrisburg Hospital The Harrisburg Hospital is open daMy except Sunday, between 1 and 2 ] o'clock p. m. for dispensing medical : advice and prescriptions to those un- I able to pay for them.