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Monday. May 10, 1013,
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MOON'S PHASES—
Last Quarter, (Ith; New Moon, Irtth:
First Quarter, 'Jlst; Fuli Moon, 28th.
WEATHER FORECASTS
Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair, con- p
tinned cool to night with lowest tcm- \
perature about 4e degrees. Tuesday f
fair and warmer.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair, con
tinued cool to-night. Tuesday fair and I
warmer, Gentle shifting winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, <>."•; lowest, .">6; 8 a. m., 61; 8 p. in., 56.
THE SANE COURSE
Setting aside all consideration of the moral phase
of the question of the right of any belligerent
nation to slaughter citizens of a neutral nation as
the Anierieaus were slaughtered on the Lnsitania,
there appear to be sufficient legal grounds to justify
this nation to refrain from entering into a war as
a result of the killing of her people even if 110
reparation whatever is made by the nation which
may ultimately be shown to have been responsible
for the sinking of the great liner.
Every sane person in America wants to avoid
war. The question that all are asking is how can
we do it with honor and without sacrificing our
national prestige as the defender of our own people,
in view of the Lnsitania incident ? Everybody
knows that if we do go to war about it the results
to the nation, win or lose, would more than likely
be far more terrible than a score of "Lnsitania dis
asters.
There appear to be a number of grounds on which
United States could with honor abstain from enter
ing a war even it' the nation that may be shown
ultimately to have been responsible for the Lusi
tania deaths declines to acknowledge that responsi
bility.
Call them technical or legal grounds if you
choose but if they permit this nation to escape the
scourge of bloodshed that is now devastating
Europe they should be resorted to. Persons who
would urge the sacrifice of possibly millions of lives
to avenge an act that cannot be undone, when such
a sacrifice could be avoided without stultifying the
nation, have a false sense of national honor.
Although the full facts of the case are not yet in
the hands of this Government, enough is known,
even by the public, to indicate that, all moral con
siderations set aside, it is at least debatable whether
one belligerent nation has not the legal right to
blow up a vessel of a nation with which it is at war
in the territory of the latter nation. In the light of
sanity it would be better for United State* to recog
nize that legal,—call it technical if you will,—right
of the nation that made the attack rather than to
plunge this nation into the horrors of a world-wide
«ar.
FOOD SOLD BY THE CENT 'S WORTH
There are at present twenty public schools in
New York ( ity where one-cent lunches arc served
to poor children. The work is being carried on
by the school lunch committee of the Association
for the Improvement of the Condition of the Poor,
which went into the lunch business in I!X>7 after
the alarming fact was disclosed that thousands of.
children had been going to school in the mornings
without their breakfasts. For a cent or two these
children now can buy necessary nourishment, more
than could possibly be provided for theiu in their
homes for like amounts.
There are several obvious reasons why preparers
of school lunches, operating scientifically, tan sup
ply better and cheaper food to poor children than
can the children's parents. There are dieticians
who know how to arrange food with all due regard
to palatabilitv, purity and nutritiousness, selecting
it with the latter quality especially in view, rather
than flavor and attractiveness merely. Then, too,
they buy food iH large quantities, at reduced cost,
and make use of all scraps according to rules of
domestic economy which ought to be familiar ones
in all kitchens, but which are not.
The one-cent lunches have been provided at a
loss, it must be noted, since the cents received in
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HARftfaBURO STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING,' MAY 10, 1915.
payment for the baked potatoes, mashed potatoes,
sausages, peas, peanut butter sandwiches, beans,
cheese sandwiches, rice puddings, oranges, ice
cream sandwiches, cakes, pieces of pie or candies,
do not completely cover the costs of the articles of
food. Even with the losses taken into consideration,
however, the lunches in the schools have been
found to be cheaper than food,in the homes.
That the lunches are wholesome and nourishing
as well as very low in price is evident from all re
ports. and they surely are keeping many school chil
dren from being hungry during school hours and
thus from being handicapped in the pursuit of their
studies. Large numbers of children have been found
to be suffering from malnutrition, due to lack of
food, as well as to want of hygienic conditions in
their homes. In poor families economy is often
practiced first of all on the table, and then uot
often practiced wisely.
Providers of families have things to learn, ap
parently, from the preparers of one-cent lunches,
among which are the facts that even cheap food
may be nourishing if carefully selected and that
the more palatable food is not necessarily the more
nutritious.
ANTI-MILITARY IDEAS IN SCHOOLS
It is to be expected that the heads of military or
ganizations in this country should differ in their
opinions from ardent persons having anti-military
sentiments. The former object to the latter's ac
tions, which they say tend to put soldiers in dis
repute in this country during times of peace, al
though they have not yet shown that such actions
really affect the soldiers.
A major in the New York National Guards, for j
instance, does not like the popular song, "I Didn'ti
Raise My Hoy to He a Soldier,"' nor does he ad-l
mire the familiar painting in which a little girl is !
represented as piteouslv asking her soldier-father
if he is going away to kill some other little girl's
pap>. He has found that hoth the song and the'
painting are being used in a Brooklyn public school I
building for the purpose of prejudicing pupils'
against militarism, and has reported the matter to;
the Hoard of Education, protesting against the
anti-military propaganda in the public schools in j
general.
i The principal of the school in which the objec
tionable song and painting are used for the forming |
of pupils' opinions 011 matters military admits that
he has made the song a part of the regular singing;
exercises. He frankly asserts that his object is to
teach the children the honors of war. llis activi
ties in this direction happen to have come to pubic
notice, but he is only one teacher among many who
are these days imparting to their pupils anti-mili- j
tary ideas, in hope that they may do their part in
preventing future wars.
The National Guardsman contends that the agi
tation against militarism will discourage young men
from enlisting in the State militia which, accord
ing to the State constitution, shall consist at all
times of ten thousand armed, equipped and trained
soldiers. He is surely giving the teachings of the
anti-military faction credit for plenty of effective-j
ness. In case the influence of the lovers of peace
is as great as he considers it to be, he has cause to 1
worry. It is almost too much to hope, however,
that that influence could be so powerful.
One of the host "safety first" precautions that we can
recommend is for neutrals to keep out of the war zone.
They're off 011 the three dav publicity run which will help !
remind the other cities that Harrisburg is on the map.
The American people are proving they are possessed of;
sanity and self-restraint when such qualities are most
needed.
Perhaps, after all, if we are honest enough with our- '
selves to admit it, our lack of preparedness for war is one ]
of the reasons for our great desire to maintain peace. j
To avoid the extreme of a panic the officers and crew
of the sinking Lusitania appear to have gone to the other i
extreme and told the passengers there was'no danger, with 1
the result that some of the passengers failed to realize their '
peril in time and go perished. The difficulty in such ter- J
rible circumstances seems to be in the necessity of getting
the people frightened enough to seek escape without their '
becoming too much frightened to seek escape in too pre i
cipitate a way.
■ TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
UNDER PROTEST
First Waiter—"Pat mean guy I just waited on insulted |
me wid a dime."
Second Ditto—"What did ver do?"
Firs *—"l accepted it wid indignashun."—Boston Trail- i
script.
KITCHENER GROWS CAUSTIC
A good story is going the rounds about what Lord Kitch
ener said the other day after he had inspected some defense !
works on the east coast. It is short and sweet. The War '
Minister motored from point to point, walked over the !
ground, but never said a word all afternoon until the mo- j
inent he was leaving for London. Then he openel his grim j
mouth.
"Those trenches of yours," he said, "wouldn't keep out
the Salvation Army."—New York American.
SALUTING THE MAJOR
A new Territorial, who had not quite learned his busi ! '
ness. was on sentry duty one night when a friend brought !'
a pie from the canteen. As he sat on'the grass eating pie !
the major sauntered up in undress uniform. The sentry,!'
not recognizing him, did not salute, and the major stopped I
and said:
"What's that you have there?"
"Pie," said the sentry, good-naturedly. "Apple pie. !
Have a bite}"
The major frowned.
"Do you know who I amf" he asked.
"Xo," said the sentry, "unless you're the major's groom." (
The major shook his head.
"Guess again," he growled.
"The barber from the village?" (
"No."
"Maybe"—here the sentry laughed—"maybe vou're the (
major himself!" !
"That's right. lam the major," was the stern reply. <
The sentry scrambled to his feet.
"Good gracious!' he exclaimed. "Hold the pie. will
you, while I present arms!"— Philadelphia Record.
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BABY FRETFUL
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i Had To Be Carried At Night. Could
Not Let Clothes Near It. Applied
Cuticura Ointment Then Washed
With Cuticura Soap, Eczema
Gone In Few Months.
5702 Kaorr St.. Tacouy, Philadelphia,
Pa.— "My baby had ecxema. It was like
deep crack, and then It would weep and
get a hard surface on It. She was awful to
look at. Every place where there was a
crease, like the back of her ear and in her <
neck. It Was awfully bad. The child bad to
be carried at night. We could not let her
| clothes be near It. She was fretful.
I "She was a year old before I tried Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment. I applied tkie
Ointment and left it on Ave minutes, then
washed with the Soap. The ccsema was
gone In a few months." i,Signed! Mrs. M.
j Pagan, November 7, 1914.
I Do you realise that to go through life
i tortured and dlsßgured by itching, burning,
scaly and crusted eczemas, rashes, and other
| skin and scalp humors is, in the majority
| of cases, unnecessary? Cuticura Soap and
i Ointment afford immediate relief and prove
1 successful in the most distressing cases.
1 when the usual methods fail.
Sample Each Free by Mail
With .12-p. Skin Book on request. Ad
dress post-card "Cuticura. I>ept. T, Bos-
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IT ong ue- End Topics |
Balls Held Years Ago
The late Levi Wolfinger, for years
prominent in Harrisburg municipal af
fairs, was for fifty years the president
of the Washington Hose Company, from
184 1 to 1891. In that time Mr. Wolf
inger was foremost in all ot' the com
pany's social affairs, which were, in
those days, more frequent among the
firemen than at present, especially the
holding of public balls. .Mr. W'ollinger
was noled as a collector of data and at
his death left a great many papers of
value bearing upon the history of Har
risburg, among them being a number of
diaries containing much of interest re
lat.ng to the residents of Harrisburg
who were personal friends of Mr. Wolf
inger. He also collected in his time a
number of invitations to firemen's
balls, some of which have been pre
served to the present and are now in
possession of B. E. Cummings, North
Fourth street, Mr. Wolfinger's grand
sun.
Washington Ball in IK.VJ
These old ball invitations are very
interesting, containing the names of
many of the older residents whose de
scendants are still "in our midst.'' One
of them is that of the ninth annual ball
of the Washington Hose Company at
the Shakespeare hall, February 20,
1852.. The committee consisted of
William H. Bell, J. W. CNover. .). L.
Speel, John R. Boyd, F. K. Swartz and
John Shock. A "grand inauguration
ball" was given by the Citizens' Steam
Fire Kngine Company at Brant's hall
January 15, 1567, when Governor
Geary was inaugurated. The committee
was F. R. Mather, F. B. Kinneard, T.
S. McDevitt, W. H. Hippie, G. W.
Krause, S. M. Myers and C. W. Maurer,
the latter still living aud residing in
Philadelphia.
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Good Will Affair in 1870
The Good Will Fire Company gave a
ball in Brant's hall on November 23,
j 1870, when the committee of arrange-
I inejits consisted of A. Roat, James
| Kautz, William H. Crook. R. Hamill
and William Groff. A ball of the Hope
Fire Company was held at Barr's New
hall, Second and Locust, on January 8,
1569.' An anniversary ball of the Pax
ton Fire Company was held in the com
pany's engine house on November 22,
1865, when the committee was C. F.
Vollnier, John A. Halier, Franklin
Rhine and B. J. Slioop. Charles A.
Wilhelm, the veteran who still survives,
was the master of ceremonies on the
occasion of the annual ball of of the
Good Will Fire Company at Brant's hall
on Easter Monday night, April 13,
1868. The Paxtou company also gave
a ball on January 15, 1869, when the
cimmittee consisted of John A. Hock
er, Aaron Greenawalt, Henry Opper
inan, Peter Stucker, William H.
O'Brian, John Carichner, W. F. Pee
bles, Adam Fisher, Joseph C. Fries, Al
bert boy, Franklin Rhine and Wm. H.
Ettcr, Jr. •
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Well-known Names on Committee
One of the big balls of the Wash
ington Hose Company was that given
j in Brant 's hall on December 16, 1868,
when the following composed the com
mittee: Frederick Trace, George W.
j Simmers. Samuel McFarland, William
L. Haber, Samuel Shearer, W. J.
Hughes, John J. Keller, William K. Al
ricks, Henry Kettering, James Hantz,
John Koser, Thomas Peoples, Lem. Dun
can, James Boyd, Ehvood R. Croll, T.
0. » Zimmerman, Irvin Boas, Francis
Hoy. Henry Brubaker, Samuel Wenrick,
Mordecai Felix. George Sponsler, D. L.
Jauss, Henry Young, William Brodbeck
aud W. B. Jones.
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In Honor of Governor Curtin
On January 14. 1861, when Govern
or Curtin was first inaugurated, the
Hope Fire. Company held "a grand in
auguration ball" or "Hivers at home,"
at Brant's hall, when the following
committee officiated: G. W. Geety, P.
Finnegan, J. Sprucebanks, W. J. Putt,
H. Hummel, J. M. Barr, S. Cline, J.
Cuukel, H. Colestock, G. McAllister, J.
Hiuunclright, R. R. Barr, John Me-
Comas, James Hughes, W. F. McCoy
and William D. Earnest, as master of
ceremonies.
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Friendship Ball in IHAB
It was on December 31, 186S, that I
the Friendship Fire Company gave a
New Year ball in Brant' hall. On that
occasion the members composing the
ball coniihittec were Harry C. Shaffer,
James B, Floyd, J. W. Lescure, George
V. Corl, William N'. Brown, A. Schlayer,
Levi A. Weaver. John H. Corl, Jacob
! Rupp. Charles Orth, David Fisher,
I Christian t illey, Owen Millhousc, James
j K. Dumars, John H. Caslow, John Senr
fauss, William 'Hock, James McCloskev,
John C. Fox. Alexander Marshbank,
Robert S. Hnlbert. Theodore L. Rogers,
John Stormfeltz and James A. Jack.
All of these invitations arc'beautifully
and artistically printed in colors, gold
and silver, and at the time were con
sidered the very top-notch in style of
ball invitations. T. M. J.
MEASURED BY INCHES
Tiny Things Sway Calamity or Success
in Human Affairs
Everybody knows what a little thing
an inch is, but few realize what a hig
thing it is. Few stop to contemplate
what the difference in an inch really
means. A tailor knows when an inch
too much or too little has cost him any
where from $lB to SBO. A dressmaker
knows when an inch 100 little of the
goods on hand may cause her, after an
arduous day of planning, to abandon a
chosen pattern for another. An engi
neer knows when his train, with its
carload ol human freight, has gone one
inch off the track over a precipice.
Some men have minds one inch off
the judgement track, and that causes
I all their schemes, gigantic and bril
jliant as they may be, to ru'u amuck.
Every calamity and every success in
I life is controlled bv inches.
1 Men rarely go to their doom in an
I hour. It is inch by inch.
All successes are won inch bv inch.
As inch by inch the waters' of life
I creep in to engulf us, so inch by inch
; the obstacles that impede °u r progress
1 move aside.
j The man who attempts to leap over
the inches to reach his goal gets there
with a broken leg.
The word inch has n forbidding
sound. It is because it holds us in its
clutches. We cannot ignore an inch or
it immediately thwarts our intentions.
Every simple thing is performed by
man, as the saving goes, "within an
inch of his lile."
All diseases move inch by inch. Be
fore the scarlet fever breaks out in a
child it has been developing inch by
inch for nine days.
flie overstepping of an inch in the
proprities of life brands us. if a girl
in a theatre laughs an inch too loml
the audience looks around and puts
upon her the stamp of "not a lady."
Deportment is measured by inches,
and woe unto the man who fails to ob
serve its dictates. Even in the deep
est grief if one goes too far in his wail
iugs the grief is questioned, if not rid
iculed, and sympathy turned aside. An
inch ton far in the poet's flight to
imagination's realms and the world
laughs at his best efforts.
A single inch in any direction may
throw awav a man's chances for the
w orld s approval, and yet some men do
not even consider the yards.
It is the man who considers life
within an inch of every detail present
ed who succeeds.—New York Ameri
can
Mrs. A. Bierbowor
The funeral ot Mrs. A. Bierbower,
wife of Lewis H. Bierbower, who died
Saturday, was held this afternoon at 2
o'clock from her home, 231 1-2 South
street. The services were in charge of
the Rev. Dr. Ellis N. Kremer, pastor
of Reformed Salem church. Interment
was in Prospect Hill cemetery.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Automobiles and Baseball.
Somebody has discovered that the
number of automobile owners in our !
country is nearly equal to the number j
of baseball patrons. In this eonnec-1
tion It is suggested that, while the fans
haven't the same cause for pride, they j
don't worry any over tire trouble. On i
the other hand, the ear owners are not
anuoyed by outlaw leagues and um
pires.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Sadly Beautiful.
Some of the courtesies Imposed upon :
armies and navies are at times beauti- [
ful in tbeir expression. For instance, j
a Japanese warship the other day j
steamed about the spot where the F-4
went down. Its crew was drawn up!
iu salute, aud its flag was dipped In
honor of the men entombed below.— j
Rochester Union and Advertiser.
A Seasonable Explanation.
Every woman wants a new hat that ;
makes her look better than she looked
in her old hat, which was more fasci- i
hating than the one she had before,
and so on, back to the time she was an
angel in appearance; hence the diffi
culty of flndiDg a hat to suit—Toledo
Blade.
The Irish Tongue.
Seumas McManus declares that the
Irish language Is "the most forceful to |
curse, pray and make love in. as It Is j
the most expressive," and he adds, "It i
has 3(15 terms of endearment for a j
girl." In that respect it runs a close |
race with Spanish.—Boston Globe.
$3.00
TO
New York
AND RETURN
Via PHILADELPHIA &
READING RAILWAY
SUNDAY, MAY 16
SPECIAL EXCURSION TRAIN
From Lv. A.M. I
HARRISBURG 3.35 j
Hummelstown, 3.50 i
Swatara 3.55
Hershey 3.57
Palmyra, 4.04
Annville, 4 13
LEBANON 4.24
NEW YORK (arrive), 9.30
RETURNING—Leave New York
from foot West 23rd Street 6.50
P. M., foot Liberty Street 7.00 P. M.
same day for above stations.
rS DAHLIAS
FROM THE PEAOOCK DAHLIA FARMS, PRODUCERS of
THE WORLD'S Hest Dahlias. One hundred—l(K)—of the
latest varieties TO SELECT FROM. Remember we do not sell
little bits of roots: —but large clumps having two to five tubers.
Everyone who has had our DAHLIAS say "they are the finest
they evi»r saw." All kinds and varieties of the following:
NEW PAEONY, NEW CHRYSANTHEMUM SHAPED, CAC
TUS, DECORATIVE, SHOW, FANCY, POMPON, CENTURY,
COLLARETTE AND QUILLED.
The Dahlia is the coining flower and very few have the
least conception of the beauty of this Into summer and fall
flower. Large clumps, 10c to 23c each. This is the flower that
will capture some of the prizes offered for fine yards. Every
thing at Holmes' for the Garden.
IIQLMEB CEED POMPANY
■ ■ AVE W ATISFIED W USTOMERS
106-108 South Second St., Near Chestnut, Harrisburg.
FIRST
(UNDER AN ARRANGEMKXT WITH,
'i'HIC DEPARTMENT OK EAROK AND;
INDUSTRY THE STAR-INDEI'ENDK.NT 1
PRINTS EACH MONDAY \ PRACTICAL
AHTICEE REARING ON THE "SAKKTY
FIRST" MOVEMENT OU KINDRED'
SUBJECTS. PREPARED BY THAT j
BRANCH OF THE STATE GOVERN
MENT, OK WHICH COMMISSIONER
JOHN PRICE JACKSON IS THE
HEAD.)
DAMAGE FROM LltiHTlNti
FIXTURES
In many oases an inspection of light-1
ing fixtures often reveals that ver«» •••
tie attentiou has been paid concerning
t+ieir location in unsafe places. Fre
quently gas or electric light fixtures are
placed in such u position that persons
deriving illumination l'rom these lix
tures are accustomed to sit directly un- '
der them. Especially is this trno where !
lighting fixtures of the indirect tv;e
are used. The globes of these lights are
usually of very heavy material, and are!
(kept in position by bolts running!
through the glass or being bound around
the edges. Persons who frequent the
rooms in which heavy globes are placed
seldom give attention to the fact that ]
there is a possibility of the globe or I
shade cracking and falling down upon i
them.
In barber shops the electric light or i
lighting fixture is frequently hung di
rectly over the 'barber's head. If the
globe should crack or the rhadc become
loose, a serious accident to a |«tron
sitting in the chair directly underneath
could scarcely be avoided. An example 1
of this happened a few years ago. A
shop of this character had been com- ;
pletelv renovated and among the im-1
provements which were installed were !
large acetylene gas burners with heavy j
porcelain shades. Has of this kind pro- |
duces an extremely hot flame, and, I
owing to the fact that the shades were:
not the proper kind, but were intended |
for use as electric light fixtures, they j
became cracked through the intense j
) heat. A large piece fell down on one [
of the patrons of the shop and, fortu- !
nately, instead of striking him in the j
head, hit him on the arm. The injury I
was only slight, but it showed the!
necessity of safeguarding people from
t'he danger of the more serious acci- !
dents which might result if glass would
fall 011 the head.
Gas and ele.'tric fixtures are fre- <
| quently found in homes, so situated that i
j those using the light from them are i
| forced' to seat themselves directly un
i derneath. In some instances fixtures so 1
located have contained cracked or
broken shades. Such a condition is un- i
questionably one which may cause con- i
siderably injury to those unconscious of I
the danger.
It is only within the last few years j
[ that the source of danger has been re- j
| ceiving some attention, and the neces- j
sitv for it became apparent as soon as i
the large type of shade reflectors came !
j into use. This new type o>f shades is i
I usually made of extremely heavy glass, j
1 and naturally becomes a very great j
i source of danger if it is cracked.
The Department of Eabor and In-1
j dustry is glad to call attention to the j
! work of accident prevention along this j
j line Which has been accomplished by!
I various manufacturers. Especially is j
this true of a large electric fixture man-
I ufacturing company of Pittsburgh. This j
company has recently inaugurated a j
practice of placing a wire netting!
around all heavy shades on lighting I
fixtures. If the shade should break from i
any cause, the particles of glass are i
prevented by the wire netting from I
falling on a person who might ha.ppen j
to be underneath. The company has i
shown at some of its various safety'
exhibitions, pictures of the particles of I
glass from broken shades being held in !
position and prevented from falling by
the use of wire netting.
Attention is, therefore, directed to
this hnzard which may exist in fac
tories, homes, hotels, apartment houses,
department stores and various other j
shops. The department urges that ail i
proprietors of such places make pro- j
vision so that persons who frequent j
them will be prevented from being in- j
jured by falling [(articles of glass from I
fixtures which have been placed direct- !
ly overhead where iiersons are assem- j
bled.
Mrs. Susan Slegel
Mrs. Susan Siegel, widow of George I
A. Siegel, died at her home, 1421
James street, aged 80 years. Surviving |
are three sons and one daughter, Wil- I
liam, John and George Siegel, and Mrs. I
Eipma Greenour. The funeral will tie |
held to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock j
from her home, the Rev. C. H. Grove, !
pastor of the Green Street Church of j
God. officiating. Interment will be in !
the East Harrisburg cemetery.
Re.-dy For Carnival
Everything is now in readiness for
the Veteran Volunteer Firemen's car
nival, to be held here the week of May
17. This morning a number of auto
mobiles left Harrisburg for the sur
rounding territory announcing the car
nival. Invitations will also bo extended
to the nearby fire companies for the
week.
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.
I DEISS'
ECZEMA
LOTION
I Cures Eczema, Gnlls, Dandruff
and all skin eruptions.
WM. DEISS, 920 N. 2nd St,
Formerly
j FOURTH and WALNUT STREETS
A LAND OF MURDERS.
Papua, a Cold Blooded Country, Where
Life Is Held Cheap.
Fapun h:>s long been known as a
I bloody land. It Is n bloody land stiii.
But the blood of white men is rarely
let. aud the wanton slaughter <>f na
tives. the one by the other—at leasl
j In those fust widening regions which
i lire within the sphere of the law—is
fast diminishing. All this being so in
one year, nevertheless, when there
were. 210 prisoners committed for trial,
118 of them were charged with murder,
I nine with manslaughter and live with
i attempted murder.
To the civilized mind the motives to
1 murder, shocking enough, to be sure,
nor wanting an aspect of grewsome
humor, are upon occasion incredible.
As they are matters of record, how
! ever, disclosed on painstaking investi
gation. they are to lie accepted, not na
j irresponsible tales, such us wandof
| about the eastern seas, but as substau
i Hal facts, however singular and incoui
j prehensible they may appear.
It is a matter of court record, for ex
-1 ample, that certain natives of what is
! called the coast range, being upon trial
| for the murder of two carriers, whoso
J throats they had cut, admitted the deed
j without, the least hesitation and sougtit
to justify the ghastly business upon
j the ground that the carrier bad appear*
I ed to be "cold and hungry"—dejected
fellows, far away from their village.
! The prisoners had not eaten the car
riers. They had merely—with the most
j considerate expedition -cut the throats
j of the carriers, who were strangers, at
any rate, and therefore of no great con
i sequence, and uo ingenuity of cross
| questioning could elicit a motive ul*
! terior to the one so ingenuously ad
vanced—that the carriers, appearing to
! be "cold and hungry," were, in tin)
| opinion of the gentlemen, who had in
j continently cut their throats, much bet-
J terdead.
A similar case of raereif l extenuina
j tlon concerned a young na..ve employ
j ed to shoot game for a white planter,
i who encountered a sick man (Papuan)
on the road near a river and strau
! gled him to death. Upon trial he ev
j plained that the sick man had created
annoyance and a considerable embar
rassment as well by insistently re
| questing to be carried across the river
1 to the other side, whence his way lay
j forward to his village.
"Quite so." said the presiding oflicer.
"Why, then, didn't you carry him
across the river?"
"lie was too heavy." replied the na
( tlve. "It would have put me to a great
; deal of trouble."
"Why did you kill him?"
"What else could I do? The man
I was sick."
It was out of the question to endure
i the labor of carrying the sick man
j across the river. It was equnlly out of
the question to abandon the pitiable
object. Therefore the bewildered fel
low had strangled him-the most ob
tious way out of a dilemma which
bade fair to distress his feelings.—Har>
i per's Magazine.
A Sailor'* Compliment.
I Through all the years they were to
i gether Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont
| lived for her husband, as before her
: marriage she had lived for her father,
j Her brilliant mind, her heart and her
i hands were constantly busy In her hus
-1 band's service, and a gallant sailor's
compliment shows that her devotion
was widely recognized. During the
war, when Admiral Porter had com
mand of the Federal fleet on the Mis
sissippi. his flagship was the steamer
Benton, named after Mrs. Fremont's
father. The admiral named the little
j tender of the flagship Jessie Benton
Fremont, and he wrote to Mrs. Fre
j mont his explanation:
"You have alw-ays sailed close to
your husband and your father."
Poor Literary Pay
Dr. Johnson is commonly reckoned
ai a successful author, yet lie re
ceived for many of his compositions a
comparatively small rum. His most
profitable undertaking was the dic
tionary, for which he asked 1,57
pounds and he received more. But the
task occupied his time for seven years.
—Pearson's Weekly.