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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 <be used. Louis Houseai
and his corps of taibernacle ushers will
take care of the seating and the com
fort of the audience. A large attendance
is looked for at the evening session to
hear the story of Mr. Trotter's conver
sion.
N r o admission charge is made for
either meeting, but an offering will be
taken to help defray the expenses o"
,Mr. Trotter's visit. Mr. Trotter goes
: from here to Philadelphia where he is
one of the principal speakers at an non
denominational rally to be held there
from to-day until Thursday, and he will
also visit and take part in one of the
services at the "Billy" Sunday taber
nacle.
CITY INCOME TAX DROPPED
Proposal Discussed Without Action by
Board of Estimate
New York, Feb. 2. —A proposal to
tax all salaries of more than $2,000 a
| year in New York was considered yes
terijiay by the Board of Estimate as one
of several recommendations made by
Mayor Mitchel's Tax Commission to
investigate new sources of revenue for
tihe city.
The Board adjourned without taking
action on the suggestion, and Mayor
Mitchel announced that, there was "lit
tle likelihood of such an income tax be
ing levied in Neiw York in the near fu
ture.
Sends Volunteer Export to Jail
Bloomsburg, Feb. 2.—Pre as Rupert,
of Beaver Valley, staggered up to the
bench in court yesterday, after being
ordered from a local hotel, and sought'
to inform Judge Evans that playing
checkers for money was not gambling.
The judge committed, him to jail for
contempt.
"I Don't Feel Good"
That is what a lot of people tell us.
€sually their bowels only need cleansing.
will do the trick and make you feel fine.
We know this positively. Take one
tonight. Sold only by us, 10 cents.
Ueorge A. uory«».
Y* PRICE
CLOTHING SALE
STARTS
TO-MORROW
All Suits, Overcoats and
Raincoats
SIDES & SIDES
THE GLOBE THE GLOBE
We Are Right In the Midst of Inventory—
But Will Pans* Long Enough to Toll You About This
Special Sale of Men's Trousers
v Trousers for every purpose—for
dress, for business—for work—
hundreds of pairs—all well made—
/. HPi materials, best workmanship
— ever .v P a ' r perfect. Make this un
usual buying opportunity YOUR
opportunity.
¥fi>| 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.
We can furnish you run of the mine or screened
Bituminous Coal.
With Bituminous coal the big thing to look for is
quality. Price really should be the least consider
ation.
One mine owner sells his coal for one price and
another operator will ask a different figure.
Generally the man who does not have many orders
will put his price down in order to get some busi
ness. This is an indication that something is wrong
with the quality because a good grade of Bituminous
Coal will bring u good, steady price.
We have gone to considerable trouble to select the
kind we handle and it will be worth your while to get
in touch with us.
United Ice and Coal Co.
Foreter & Cowden Third & Boa*
15th & Chestnut Hummel b Mulberry
ALSO STEELTON, PA.
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.