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<l the colored professor, Howard Bay,
hen president of our School Board,
iiat may be of interest to some of my
learers. We three were to deliver brief
Kldiesses. Dr. Egle spent much of his
ime eulogizing Congressman Maclay;
ifter whom the building is named. He
(tnphasized the blue blood in his veins.
•Br. Day followed 'by saying, "when
; heard that, I looked at "the hand of
ny neighbor sitting on the right, Dr.
Jwallow, and saw that he had blue
llood in his veins; then I looked at the
land of my neighbor sitting on the left
wd saw that he had blue blood in his
leins, and then I looked at my own
land and behold I discovered "that I
ad 'blue blood in my veins, and then
rememfoerfed that' a very wise man
amed Paul had spid some eighteen hun-
Ired years ago, that 'God hath made
<t one blood all nations to dwell on all
be face of the earth.' By that time
krth doctors gave facial, if not prima
acie evidence of blue blood tinsred with
ed."
Some Personal Reminiscences
Some of the facts in my paper were
ulled from the "History of Luzerne
Sounty," written by my old time
iiend, Hon. Stewart JPearce', of Wilkes
farre, and if you will pardon some
til.
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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<ik Lb|(
LaJ to Tdirrdirii.
TIKBVR the nuoo why yon should stop
Oon TloUct, weakening li nippa couha.
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matters them quickly, sod laevee the throet,
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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."
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croup, whooping congh, brooehitis and la
grippe coughs. It will not disappoint, or
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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 <he did with such fervor, force,
paihos and unction, that the members'
hats, usually worn, came off, and the
cigars usually smoked during prayer
were removed from their mouths; and
one of the njemlbers asked my friend,
Hon. Lindsay Mehaffey, from the Ly
coming district:
"Who did you say in your introduc
tion that preacher wast"
"Why, my pastor at Newberry, the
Bev. Henry Wilson."
"Why," said the legislator, "he
prays like the devil, don't bet"
This remark revealed wiat lawmak
er's most intimate associate and patron
saint. 1 think our prayer on the occa
sion of the boat ride was more like
that of the old lady whose horse ran
<iway with her, and when asked what
she did in such extreme danger, she
«aid:
"I trusted in the Lord till the
britcben broke, and then I did not
know what to do."
Or possibly our prayer was more like
that of the good pastor's wife whose
hu'band went up from a six hundred
country pharge to preach for a Bos
ton tiwo thousand-dollar preacher,
while he took his summer vacation.
Country Parson Makes a Hit
The country parson so pleased the
city congregation that they extended
to him a call to become its pastor. This
greatly incensed the country congrega
tion to think that any preacher, es
pecially their preacher, would be so
worldly as to leave a six hundred-dol
lar for a two thousand-dollar charge,
and they called an indignation meet
ing of the members. One woman, more
indignant than the rest, said:
"I will go down to tihe parsonage
and tell our pastor what I think of
him.''
The pastor's little daughter answered
the door-lbell.
"Where's your father?"
"Uip in the library."
"What is he doing?"
"Praying to find out whether he
ought to go to Boston."
"And where is your mntiher?"
"Oh! Bhe is praying, too, and pack
ing papa's trunk"—which is an evi
dence that women get answers sooner
than men.
Well, we 'boys paddled and prayed,
and I survive to tell the story of that
earlj- attenvpt to navigate the Susque
hanna.
The Indian meaning of the name is
Broad Shallow River. It is 450 miles
lonjr and much the largest in Pennsyl
vania. Its flow is about 2'/ s miles an
hour «t low stage and 5 miles an hour
at higjh stage. Its average fall is about
B feet to the mile. Rivers have had
special attraction for the poets. One
oi them sings thus:
"See rivers how they run,
Through woods and niSads, in 4hade
and sun,
Sometimes swift, sometimes slow;
Wave succeeding wave, they go
A. various journey to the deep,
Like human life to endleas sleep."
Susquehanna's chief tiibutaries are
the North and West Branches, which
unite at Northumberland. The North
Branch rises in Otsi-go lake, the West
Branch in Northern Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg a Distributing Center
iHarriaburg was the source of grocery
supplies for the northern region, even
*8 far north as Wyoming Valley, for
mapy a long year. The farmers drifted
down in canoes laden with farm pro
duets and, exchanging these for salt
and other groceries, pushed witih poles
the canoos back to their homes.
In the year 1771 the Provincial As
sembly of Pennsylvania passed an act
declaring the river a pub
lic highway. Portions of the land
along the river had 'been settled and
cultivated for many years, and the in
habitants needed some commodious
avenue to market for grain ajid other
products. They proved to pay a cer
tain proportion of the money required
to render the river navigable. The
Assembly appropriated an additional
sum, and appointed commissioners to
«uperintend the work. Tihe gravel
bars were cleared away, stamps %ud
trees taken out, a channel opened and
towing paths constructed along the rap
ids. Somewhat different from public
<>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-
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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 <toni
battants by naming another son Cain.
The three constructed an ark, filled it
with co»l from their awn little hole in
the grounU l and started to navigate the
Susquehanna southward. They had not
gone fur when their vessel struck a hid
den rock and sank. Now Mr. Billings
was nut only an amiaible man, but he
was also deeply pious, and something of
a Christian Science Methodist. He
paced up and down the Shore line sing
ing a militantly religious song. It had
an even one hundred! stanzas. I will not
sing tihem all this eivening, but per
haps I had better sing one or two in or
der to give you the hang of the tune for
wo little can tell how soon in life's
swift current, and amid its rocks, shoals
and breakers you may have occasion to
use the song and then it will be im
portant for yon to know the tune. In
fact I am not quite wire that some of
you have not long been familiar with
words and music. It ran something like
this: |
" Die on the field of battle
"Die on the field of battle
m "Die on the Held of batifcle
"Glory to my soul."
"Well, Gain! Abel! we can't do any
thing with this wreck till'l lower water
aptf warmer weather, so we must try it
again. You can walk faster than your
old dad, so hurry baok up home, get up
the team, haul some lumber dawn to the
river for another ark, and haul the coal
to fill it."
" Die on the field of 'battle,
"Die on the fi6ld of battle,
"•Die on the field of battle,
'' Glory to my soul.''
The Susquehanna is still navigable.
I The Susquehanna is still unnavigable.
TEN THOUSAND MEN IDLE
Delaware and Hudson Closes Collieries
for Tliree Weeks
Wilke.s-Barre, Pa., (March 12.—Ten
thousand men at eight 'collories of tho
Delaware and Hudson Coal Company
have been thrown into idleness by a
company order wbielh closes the collier
ies for the next three weeks. The sus
pansion order went into effect yester
day, the following collieries being
closed: Cayuga, Brisbin, Continental,
Sloan, Dodge, Hallstead, Avondale
and l.oomis.-*
C. K. Toberv, general manager of the
company, declares that the coal 011 hand
is much greatei than the demand, and
that because of a lack of storage fa
cilities the suspension order is neces
sary.
CITY SAVES IN LIGHTING DEAL
Gets Cher per Electricity in Every Par
ticular
Reading, Pa., March 12.—At a meet
ing of Council yesterday five-year con
tracts were awarded for street lighting.
The Metropolitan Company was award
ed the park lighting and street illumi
nation. Both bids were reduced, the arc
lump price from $65.40 per lamp to
$65. fiat. The jark lighting bids were
reduced from $36 to $24 per lamp.
At present the city is paying $67.50
for street arc lamps. The bid for iu
-andoacent lamps is $15.12 instead of
519.20 per lamp. The city will save
$21,000 with the new prices in five
years.
EX-GOVERNORS AS GUESTS
Lancaster Travel Club Entertains For
mer Executives of State
Dancastev, Pa., March 12. —The Lan
caster Travel Club, at the meetings of
which prominent speakers discuss topics
relating to various countries, lafc't night
entertained ox-Governors Kdwin S.
Stuart and Samuel W. Pennypacker,
Lieutenant Governor McClain and
castor's ..Mayor, H. L. Hunt, all of
whom discussed the su'bject of "Penn
sylvania'' from a historical standpoint.
The meeting was followed by a ban
quet with covers laid' for 150. Presi
dent Charles M. Reiling acted as toast
master.
VERMONT "DRY" TEST LOOMS
Prohibition Referendum Only Needs
Governor's Signature
Montpe|ier, Vt., March 12.—The
prohibition referendum bill previously
adopted by the House passed tlie Sen
ate yesterday. If the bill is approved
by Governor Gates the question of
State prohibition will be decided at
the municiipal election in March, 1916.
After sixty yearu of prohibition, tuie
State adopted a local option policy at
a speeial election in 1903.
It'B GREAT FOE BALKY
BOWBLS AND STOMACHS
We want all people who have chronio
stomach trouble or constipation, no mat
ter of how long standing, to try one
dose of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
one dose will convince you. This is the
medicine so many of our local people
have been taking with surprising re
sults. The most thorough system
cleanser ever sold. Mayr's Wonderful
Roinedy is sold by leading druggists
everywhere with the positive under
standing that your money will be re
funded without question or quibble if
ONE bottle fails to give you absolute
satisfaction.
496 SHIPS IN HA CANAL
Handles 2,387,344 Tons Cargo in Six
Months—Tolls $3,120,8*2—N0w
Average SIOO,OOO Monthly
Washington, March 12.—1n the first
six months of its operation the Panama
canal handled between the two oceaus
496 vessels, carrying cargo of 2,367,-
244 tons. The tolls levied amounted 1o
$2,126,832. Tolls collected on barges
before August 15 brings the total to
$2,138,442. The average now is $400,-
000 a month.
The first six months of -commercial
operation were completed February 14,
1915. The routes of the 496 vessels
were:
Number
of Cargo
' Route. Vessels Tonnage
United States coastwise,
eastbounrl, '97 409,439
United States coastwise.
j westbound. .• 109 493,272
United States Pacific
coast to Europe 68 444,855
I Europe to United States
i Pacific coast IB 59,518
South America to United
States and Europe,... 89 378,356
United States and Eu
rope to South America, 31 138,922
United States Atlantic
coast to Far East 4 8 287,752
l r ar East to United
States Atlantic coast,. 2 11,500
Miscellaneous routings,. 13 80,500
Vessels without cargo... 45
Totals 498 2,387,244
There were 252 vessels and 1,340,-
6'2'5 tons of cargo eastbound and 244
vessels and 1,026,610 tons westbound.
More than forty-one per cent, of the
cargo handled has been in coastwise
trade. More than twenty-one per cent,
lias been in movement 'between the Pa
cific coast of North America (princi
pally the United States) and Europe.
Approximately twenty-one per cent,
also has been between the west coast
i of South America and the seaports on
the Atlantic seaboards of the United
States and Europe.
The six principal commodities have
| been grain, nitrates, coal, refined pe
troleum and petroleum products, lumber
j and cotton.
Republican Praise for Wilson
Springfield, 111., March 12.—Presi
dent Wilson and Congress were com -
mended lor their sl id neutrality in
the Knorpean war in a resolution adopt
ed by the Senate vesterd'iy. The meas
ure was offered by Senator Jewell, lie
publican, and urged the P. evident and
Congress to remain steadfast in their
| policy of neutrality and impartiality.
Missouri Lead Mines Resumo
Bonne Terre, Mo., March 12.—An
| nottucement was made here yesterday
that all the ' : ead mines in St. Francois
county would resume operations on full
| time March 16. Forty-five hundred
employe;- and four mining companies
| will be affected.
Dutch Dedicate Simply at Fair
San Francisco. March 12. Dedica
; tory exercises at the Netherlands pa
vilion at the Panama-Pacific Intcrna
i tional Exposition yesterday were siin
! pie. as a reflection of the sorrow of the
: Dutch people over the European war.
Killed Before Natal Feast
Pottsvillc, Pa., March 1-. —George
•Ict'ullough, of this city, was instantly
i killed at iluck Run colliery, yesterday,
by a fall of coal. This was the twenty
j lirst anniversary of McCullough'»
! birthday, and he was just preparing to
! leave the mine for a banquet when a
I two-ton bjulder fell upon .him.
Boy of 14 to Marry
Reading, March 12. Emanuel He-
I iter, 14-year-old son of Einnnuel Holier,
of Tilden township, this county, was
I granted a license here yesterday to
marry Miss Edna F. M'oyer, 18-year
old daughter of Harry A. Moyer, of the
'same place. The wedding will take
place on Saturday.
Another Furnace Fired
Allent.'wn, Pa., March 12. —Furnace
|%'o. 1 of the Thomas Iron Company,
IHokendauqua, was put in blast yes
terday nioruing, giving employment to
140 iiands after an idleness.of several
l months The furnace has a capacity of
j 225 tons a day.
|
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tissue builders,
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