4 m II ARKS PLIED THE WAVES OF SHIM Dr. Swallow Recalls Many Different Forms of Navigation of the Stream ANECDOTES OF RAFTING PERIOD te Beads Interesting Paper to the. County Historical Society and Con fesses That He Has Never Been in the New Capitol , The Rev. Br. Silas C. Swallow, of "amp Hill, one time candidate for President of the United States on the Prohibition ticket, read a paper before ;he Dauphin County .'Historical Society ast night on the ''The Susquehanna Havigable, Vet Unnavigable." Dr. Swallow's iuteresting discussion is giv in in full, as follows: If I fail to stick to my text this [|| m n [j> [ n , IIM DR. SILAS C. SWALLOW felis Historical Society of Old-Time , r Navigation of Susquehanna svening please charge it to my 55 fears of wandering habits as an itiner ant minister. 1 am indebted for some of the data fthich follows, to the history written iy that versatile explorer of the past, [>r. Egle,' of whom our Historical So ciety and in fact our city and county was Justly proud. At the dedication of 'frv Vaclav school building I witnessed i good natured tilt between the doctor in sale of Wendell's Ambition Pills these days because the people of Harrisburg , who have tried them know that they tone up the entire system and ifiipart vigor and energy into run down people in a few days and because they are guaranteed to do exactly as advertised, and H. C. Kennedy is authorized by the maker to refund the purchase price if anyone is dissatisfied with the first box purchased. If you feel blue, have lost confidence in yourself, are despondent, weak and tired out, a 50-cent box of Wendell's Ambition Pills is all you need. Finest prescription for headaches, nervous troubles, poor blood, kidney and liver complaints, malaria, neu ralgia, trembling and loss of appetite. They never fail to end constipation. Get them at" H. C. Kennedy's and dealers everywhere for 50 cents. Mail orders filled, charges- prepaid, by the Wendell Pharraacal Co., Syracuse, ft. Y—Adv. more personal reminiscences since I am in the mood, I will say that the Pearce family, now living only in memory, had a somewhat keen appreciation of the humorous. The father, the Rev. IMar maduke Pearce, was one of the most logical of Methodist preaehers; a class noted more for the Billy Sunday type of the emotional, thau for the logical. He was once approached by an old farmer who said: •'Mishter Pearce, irtv boy tied. I ■tried to get Mishter Joiiusou to preach de funeral sermon, but I couldn't git ' him. Den I tried to git Mishter Wil liams tout I couldn't git him. Den 1 tought as I culdn't git anvpodv else 1 would come unt see vetter I couldn't git you." "Well," answered the aged (Marina duke Pearce, "God bless your honest old soul. Since you can't get anybody else. I'll do it," and he did. ■Now Marmaduke had a son, John .1., who perhaps when still in his teens I felt that he had a call to become a I preacher of the gospel; and on the even | ing he was to preach his trial sermon in the old Berwick church, of which I was afterward junior pastor, more | than fifty years ago, told his father not to come to the church, as it might embarrass him in preaching his first sermon; but the father went, and while his son Johu was offering the opening prayer, slumped into a rear seat, with the collar of his old cloak covering not j only his face but his head. When his j son John came to the parsonage, after j the sermon, the father said: I "John, you grunt when you "How do you know, father!" "1 heard you, for I sat on the back seat from beginning to end." "Oh! I saw you father, but I thought lit was somebody's old coat hanging on the corner of the pew." Getting m a Subject John afterward went to Congress on the "Know Nothing" ticket, from the West Branch District, and on his | return again became a pastor, then a j Presiding Elder, and then he some times lectured. The subject of one of his lectures was "Hell." A preacher introducing him to his congregation i said, "I assure you Brethren the lec | turer of the evening is full of his sub ject." [ I think it was Josh Billings or some other humorist, who in lecturing on ' -Milk, talked about evervtbinig ex cept milk, saying at intervals what he woulit tell the audience if his subject was not? '' milk'' and he believed in sticking to his subject; which he did by taking a sup of milk everv three minutes from a tumbler of milk on the lecture table before him. (My subject is "The Susquehanna aviigiaible, Yet Unnavigable." If vou will .be patient a little longer I expect to get to bhe Susquehanna. It is still some distance away. Permit me to re mark that it is an ancient addage that "Too great familiarity breeds con tempt." This is true of our home-life, and scenery, and of places of historic interest near us. In the year 1904 I was the guest, at Hotel Parker, in Boston, of the 'Honorable J. B. Lewis, a character with characteristics. He now heads the flying squadron holding hundreds of [ meetings and attacking the liquor traf fic front and rear. Arrivinjg there in the evening he said to me: "Now as you do not lecture at 'The People s Temple 1 till to-morrow even you will have all day to-morrow for sightseeing. Where do you want to .go?" "Well," I replied. "I would like to see Bunker Hill, the old Tea vessel, and where she dumped her cargo in Boston harbor; Old South Church, Faueuil Hall, the old State House, Boston Commons, Harvard College, Lexington Commons," etc., etc. "Well,' said he, "you don't want much." Had Never Been to Bunker Hill "No," I replied, "man wants but little here below, but wants that little strong." He replied: "You mention Bunker Hill first, so we will take that first in the morning. I have never been there but I know the way." "How long have you lived in Bos tonl " '' About years.'' "And never been at Bunker Hill HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, FRIDAY MARCH 12, 1915. Smw Victims «f U Grippe Herer FbOj Recover the Health of the Lungs La Grippe mI BnacUal Cafb Oka R*ndl, 4 h«MM m; DMBY, W» aad losft in • eonnd, healthy condition. MBS. T. A. TOWNS, Watertown, So. Dak., raja: "I had a severe eaae of grippe and m> doctor preeeribed Foun'e HONET AID TAB, end it soon overcome nj attack of crippe. When my children hire colds I oarer think of , any coach medicine bat EOLKI'S HOKBT AKD TAB, for I can always depend cm it." J. D. BNTXBKIN, Winston, Oa., writes: "I hsd e terrible attack of pneumonia, both longs involved. After recovering somewhat, my longs never cleared np, and I snffered se verely from congestion. I bought a 50c bottle of FOUR'S HOKET AKD TAB, and it alone entirely cared me." Fourr'l HONET AND TAB has a record for (nccassfnl healing that no other congh medi cine ean equal. It ia absolutely free or opiates and is the favorite congh medicine of a ma jority of people. Use it for all coughs, colds, croup, whooping congh, brooehitis and la grippe coughs. It will not disappoint, or hsrm the most delicate person. * * * EVERY USER IS A FRIEND. Geo. A. Gorgas, 16 North Third street nd P. R. R. Station monument? My! My! My!" But then as I had not been in' my own State Capitol's new building, though passing it every day, I bridled my surprise. .Of course I got my first applause by tell ing the erowded audience at The Peo ple's Temple that night, that'it was a fortunate thing for Mr. Lewis that I had come to Boston to show him the way to Bunker Hill. Yen, I haj passed the new Capitol ibuilding three or four times a day while it was in buildini?, without en tering, but met almost daily acquaint ances from different parts of the State and of the United States •who were traveling miles out of their way to look in upon the expensive and exten sive finishing and furnishing. Wheth er they really saw the $75 shoe shine stand that cost the State $1,600 or the $ 100 chairs, bought by cubic measure, I never knew. The building was too near me and too easy of access to challenge either my curiosity or my admiration. It was in 1797 that three foreign ers, natives of sunny Prance, viz.: the Dwke of Orleaus, the Duke of Mon pensier and Count Bcaufoleis, having been compelled to leave their native country then struggling in the throes of the great revolution and having wandered in exile through Lapland, Russia, Sweden and other countries, found safety in the Susquehanna Val ley and afterward pronounced it one of the finest spots on earth, but many of our own peojde have not yet discover ed its 'beauties. They must first go to Europe or Asia or Africa. "Susquehanna Navigable" But 1 am reminded that I am to talk about the Susquehanna Navigable. Well, I once, when about twelve years of age attempted with two younger brothers to navigate its North Branch in a small foot boat from our farm shore to the other side in the classic valley and near the village of Wyom ing. A terrific wind swiped us,* the whitecaps rolled seemingly mountain high, anil we, paralized with fear, prayed more fervently than we rowed. I think it must have been such an un ctuous prayer as my old friend .Rev. Henry Wilson once offered on a chance visit to the Pennsylvania Legislature nearly sixty years ago. The chaplain asked him to offer the morning prayer, which peratious of more modern times, the "•iver was ready for navigation in a few months from Wrightsville to Wy oming. Not many years later a way 'or trade was opened from the Chesa peake to the New York line. The first transportation boat used on the river was called the Durham'boat, from the town of Durham, on the Del aware a few ntiles below Easton. This boat was built at that place about 1 750. The Delaware boats were R0 feet in length, 8 feet in width and 2 feet in depth and when laden with 15 tons' weight drow 20 inches of water. The steru and bow were sharp, on which were erected small decks, while a running board extended the whole length of the boat on each side. They carried a mast with two sails and were manned by u crew of five men. Further on Isaac A. Chapman con structed a boat propejled by poles, op erated by horses on a tread machine. This was diseontivued as impracticable Then came the period of keel-'bottom boats, known as •' broadhoms." Navigation in 1790 In 1790 o\er 150,000 bushels of wheat floated down the Susquehanna to Middletown and were theuve transport ed over country to Philadelphia. In 1794 oi 1795 the first, ark ar rived in Harrisbrug It came from Huntingdon. About the same time the Conewago canal was commenced at York Haven, and was completed in 1797. Trade was then divorted from Harrisburg and Middletown to Colum bia. A few years afterward boats reached tidewater, and Port Deposit be eauie the niecca of northern ami wesi ern grain men. It was not till f 523 that an net was passed to improve navigation from Northumberland to tide water, and about $15,000 was appropriated for the improvement. It was about that time that a Bal timore company constructed three light draught steam boats, named, re spectively, "Pioneer," "Susquehanna" and "Codorus. ' They continued to visit Harris>burg and some points north until IS2G, when the "Susquehanna" exploded its boilers in an attempt to ascend the rapids at Berwick, Pa. Two men were kiPed and several injured. In 1857 a company brought a small side wheel steamer that had been used on the Delaware river at Philadelphia, but not proving profitable, it was sent back to Philadelphia. In 1832 a strong movement was made to interest Co.igrees in steamboat and sloop navigation from Chesapeake bay to the lakes, but no appropriation being secured it was abandoned. Rafting on the Susquehanna To those of minor age who never saw a raft or an ark on the Susque hanna, a statement of the number that passed a given point in a single year on the spring Hoods, from 50 to 75 years ago, would sound like exaggera tion—46B on Che North Branch and 4 70 on the West Branch are numbers given by one historian. I have counted twenty in sigljt at one time, mostly rafts composed of luinfoer bound for southern and eastern markets. The Raftsmen were jolly crews not. always mindful of others' rights, an I ■by no means sticklers for the golden rule. It was at the village of Sliillin ville, on the North Branch, between Berwick and Bloomsburg that four jo lv but hungry raftsmen asked a goxl housewife to sell them bread and pas try. She brow-beat them as thieves, and they, intent on being what she trusted theui to be, put two fence rails under her clay-formed garden oven and carried it, and its half baked bread, pies and cakes to the raft, and then floated; meanwhile watching the con tents of the oven that they might no; get too well '(tone. They feasted lor ifwo or three days. Oa their tramp re turn, two weeks afterward, toward their home a hundred miles further north, they Stopped and paid the good lady for the oven and its contents, s n I then tramped on northward, liver aft- Applying This Paste Actually Removes Hairs (Beauty Notes) Merdy applying an inexpensive paste to a hairy surface, say beauty special ists, will dissolve the hairs. This paste is made by mixing a little water with some powdered delatone; after about 2 minutes it is rubbed off and the skin washed. This simple method not only removes every trace of hair, but leaves the skin free from blemish. To insure success with this treatment, be careful to get real delatone.—Adv. p f f ff f tyTTtvff ?| T~y yv'^r , rv^ , rTT , r^T ▼ * j ; Before Purchasing a Kitchen Cabinet: • Investigate Our : : HASTINGS' KITCHEN CABINET CLUB i ► . 4 1 Now Forming ; ; SI.OO Places One in Your Home. SI.OO Week Pays for It. « " Ask for Demonstration and Particulars < ► _____4 ► Call 1991—Any Phone J3joama>n2 Pounded 1871 ll A Great Boon to Catarrh Sufferers Wonderful Bemlts From Breathing Medicated Air Medicine taken into the stomach will never cure catarrh. And neither will the sprays, douches, lotions, creams and other temporary reliefs that so many catarrh victims make a habit of using. To cure catarrh so it won't come back you must first drive from your body the millions of germs that are flourishing in the inner recesses of your nose and throat and are causing the disease. There is a preparation which does frhis called Ilyomei (pronounced High o-ine). Hyomei is a germ killing vapor ized nir formed from the purest oil of Eucalyptus conibiued with other heal ing and antiseptic ingredients. You breathe Hyomei through the mouth and nose by means of a little hard rubber inhaler which druggists furnish with it. This mediuated germicidal air pene trates into every fold and crevice of the mucous membrane of your nosp and throat, hills the catarrh germs that lodge there, soothes, reduces and heals the, swollen inflamed itiembranes. stops the discharge and opens up the clogged nose and air passages in a truly won derful way. It gives blessed relief in five minutes from catarrhal distress of every kind and if you make, a practice of breathing Hyomei for a few minutes each day for .just a few weeks not only will all the symptoms of catarrh vanish but the disease itself will be a thing of the past. No one need try or buy Hy omei on pure faith. 11. C. Kennedy and many other leading druggists in Harrisburg and vicinity sell it with the positive guarantee that it must cure catarrh or that the money paid for it will be refunded. Hyomei is very inex pensive and with this protecting guar autee behind your purchase there is ab solutely r.o reason why any sufferer from Catarrh should not give it fi fair trial.—Adv. er, it is s.iKI, she spake well of the r'v ■fcr men. All the raftsmen of that per o 1 knew tt j»i!ot known as "Uncle Hen.'' Some of his descendants Jive in the vicinity of Harri-iburg now. He was a logician ot' tin- practical type. "Uncle Beu" Teaches Lesson A fellow worker steered the raft on which they were floating, within a foot of a rock, and'when "Uncle Ben," the pilot, chided him for a.) close a call he excused himself by saying "a miss is as good as a mile.*' "Uncle 8.-n " dis sented and they came near to blows in the hour's argument that followed. Next, morning when the steersman awoke, lying on the raft with only a horse blanket for a bed, he was in a rage because s;mie one while he slept ha I placed a ptftrid IMi within an inch of his nose and he had been smelling the onlor all night. "Uncle Ben"' con doled with him, but this time chided him for his ill-temper, since "a miss was as gcod as s» mile," and the fish had not touched his nose. Thereafter that particular raft was steered as far as po-sible front danger. I Mi ink it i< now generally concede! by experts that the Susquehanna is too vide and IOJ shallow, and too susvept able to drjft to be kept navigable to steamboats, even if Congress could be induced to appropriate the millions that would be i;e<;e»:sary lo form a channel, build 'ocks around the various rapids, and thus render it temporarily navi gable. Besiidios an attempt to do so would me nr an endle-s war with the railroid* of the State that were unaided 1n; tinec to perfect their monopoly as can mon carriers, by blotting out the canal system of the Stat#?. And yet, where is the Harri*fourger j who dates to deny that the Hu->qunhan na is navigable, when he stands on its) sh'Oi'o?' and witnesses a dozen or more steamboats engaged in mining and i transporting biack diamonds from the! very bottom of the river, and thei ie-1 members that, in or near Hnrrisburg i zuoiit 1.1,000 tons of. anthracite coal j are thus say* I and utilized annually, | that otherwise would be not only wash ed, but left to fill the stream and ul timately force it out of its bank.--, at. j fljod time, as a destroyer of property, j And then when he remembers the! millions of tons,ailready on the way in I creek and river channels, due to arrive I in Harrisburg long before the present supply is exhausted, lie should feel ! grateful for the providing of Provi-1 dence and their utilization, through | man's ingenuity in appropriating the steamboat; though such boat may bo' low, iealt.v an I devoid of beauty! This | coal though losing mudli of its carbon through exposure to weather and water is yet a l)ooii to the manufacturer, and! r. source of joy to the laboring man,' who secures his bread through the labor! required in lifting and transporting it. j If tired of looking at the uncanny I steam coal boats let the fastidious Harris-burger turn his attention to the j many saud boats, plying Susquehanna's! wave, ami then admit that the Soisque- j hanna is really naviga.ble. And who does not know the value of sand? Why there is not a cowardly jingo, or aj speculator in human bloc i, clamoring I for an \merican war, that does uot I daily pray to his G'»d Mammon, that 1 President Wilson may have more sand. But wo are opposed to war, unless it be fought out as Ai'temus Ward said he was willing the war of his period should .be, fought out, viz:—by his first wife's relations; but our relations are quite j content with Wilson's quantity and I quality of sand. Surely President Wil-J son '* sand suits us exactly, as it is usekl to clog the channels against, the war ships, rather than to accelerate the speed of the jingo war-train. We are willing that the proverbial chip may be knocked from Uncle S'am's shoulder a hundred times while he continues his froiwnless smile and continues to keep his pants strapped down and to mind his own business. The old time Susquohanna Ark of 75 years ago, frequently gave its manager as much trouble as di'l the one that required 120 years of Noah's labor to construct, ami; thait was finally stranded on Mt. Ararat. Yes, as much trouble as was given to Israel and the Phil istines by that little three 'by three box of shittiin wood of Solomon's time, known as tl*a Ark of the Covenant. A Christian Science Methodist Mr. Billings, my father's neighbor of 75 years ago, had a small coal mine in Wyoming Valley. He showed his sym pathy with the under dog in the world's fight, by naming his son Abel; and ho demonstrate*! his impartiality to