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Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to night.
Sunday unsettled. Gentle to moderate
north and northeast winds.
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 74; lowest. 54: S a. in., 57; $ p. m., 6S.
DEAD LANGUAGES AND THE CLOTH
The governing bodies of churches of different
denominations, when they consider moans by which
they may invite more young men to enter the min
istry. give evidence by their consideration of such
a topic that candidates for the cloth are all too
scarce. "Why Young Men Are Keticeut About
Entering the Ministry" was the not unusual theme
discussed at a session yesterday in Selinsgrove of
the Susquehanna Synod of the Lutheran church.
The discussion resulted in action by the synod
which appears to embody a very sane solution of
the problem.
The conclusions reached by the synod wore that
the present seven-year course for theological stu
dents is too long, and that the inclusion of dead
languages in the curriculum is unnecessary. The
body went on record as favoring a shortening of
the present course, which consists of four years in
college and three years in theological seminary,
to four years of combined collegiate and theological
training, through the elimination of the dead lan
guages.
Such a change, if put into effect, would not make
too short or too easy the course of study for theo
logical students, but would merely remedy condi
tions which at present discourage young men who
have no love for dead languages and no time to
waste on them, from studying for the ministry.
The object iu view in the shortening of the course
would surely not be to attract young men to the
ministry by means of a flowery path, for there are
branches iu the curriculum which are more difficult
as well as more useful than dead languages. The
purpose would be rather to withdraw from the
rough path, as it now is. those things which repel
prospective candidates for the cloth and which are.
after all. of little actual advantage to most of the
students who travel the path.
Thorough knowledge of Hebrew. Greek and Latin
is unquestionably valuable to the scholars who
know how to make proper use of that knowledge,
using it when called for and refraining from nsinsr
it when occasion does not require it. Thorough
knowledge of these languages, however, is acquired
by but small proportions of those who study them.
The others, make no speeal efforts to retain such
knowledge because they tind that they need the
space in their brain cells for the storing of facts
of more immediate interest.
It is only natural that theological students should
rejoice whenever the professor of Hebrew deserts
his classroom* for a day to go somewhere to preach
a scholarly sermon. They are •'taking'' ancient
languages because the course requires thorn to. and
not because they have-firm convictions that those
.studies will make thom more useful in the ministry.
POOR TEDDY!
Poor Teddy! How they abuse him!
Boss Barnes is after his scalp and now comes
Herman Kidder, in his "Staats-Zeitung," with the
announcement that the Vereiniguug Alter Deutscher
Studeuten and the Allgemeinen Deutschen Sprach
vereins have dropped the Colonel from honorary
membership in the societies. The "Staats" ex
plains it as follows:
Both leagues have dropped Teddy abruptly and finally
from their lists, in which till now he figured as an honorarv
meptber. The Old German Students dropped Mr. Roosevelt
sonic time ago without any ceremony. The occasion for
this procedure was the attitude which Mr. Roosevelt has
taken in this war against Germany. The Allgemeine
Deutsche Sprachverein likewise cherished for some time the
intention to endure the loss of the honorary membership
of Mr. Roosevelt. Rut it resolved upon this only at its
last meeting, probably because of the sufficiently well-
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, SATURDAY KYKNfNG, MAY 15, 1915,
known declarations made public by Mr. Rotwvelt in con
nection with the winking of the Lusitania. In both leagues
it was not considered worth while to discuss the matter
long, but was found appropriate to drop hiut smoothly and
without much ado.
Again we say: Poor Toddy! It has Won a quick,
smooth course on the toboggan for him sauce 1912.
HALTING HASTY MARRIAGES
Efforts are being made in Louisiana to have
enaeted a state law preventing marriages wbioh
are not formally aunouuced two weeks before the
performance of the ceremonies. The purpose is the
prevention of hasty marriages as well as of secret
unions. Should the law be enacted there would be
oue result that can readily be foreseen: In Lou
isiana's neighboring states the marriage ceremonies
of many of Louisiana's temporarily happy couples
would be quietly anil effectually performed.
The proposed law is not a bad one. certainly; and
might aid. as its sponsors suggest, iu lessoning the
business of the divorce courts by interfering with
unwisely hasty marriages before the thoughtlessly
consider vows of the contracting parties are spoken.
If two weeks' notice of a marriage were to be
required there would be at least that much addi
tional time provided for newly met sweethearts in
which to got better acquainted with each other aud
to discover the various faults which wore not ap
parent to either of them at first.
If at the end of a period of two weeks a pair of
prospective married folks should decide that illus
ions were at an end and that a union would be un
satisfactory, the announcement of the proposed wed
ding could be forgotten and the divorce court would
be cheated of a possible case.
Meritorious as a law aimed at hasty marriages
may be, however, its adoption in one state would
for the time be of little avail. Couples having cour
age enough to arrange hasty unions would not hesi
tate to plan elopements to neighboring states in
which there would be no objections to their unan
nounced marriages. Hasty unions might be all the
hastier if trains had to be caught by the impatient
candidates in their evasions of the strict laws of
their native state.
The day may come, however, when the people
of the United States will see the advisability of
having uniform marriage and divorce laws in all
states and then it might be well for the Louisiana
plan to bo remembered.
Icebergs are taking their place with submarines as
menaces to transatlantic navigation.
Tli? German-Americans, generally, are not hesitating to
declare themselves loyal to the Stars ami Stripes.
We trust the Kaiser will be governed by what the rank
and file of his people think about it. just as President
Wilson has been.
"Plan $2,000,000 Merger of l"p-State Corporations,"
says a Philadelphia "Inquirer" headline to day in referring
to a proposed combination of utilities concerns in Franklin
county. The "Inquirer" copy desk might profitably study
Pennsylvania geography.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
ALWAYS AT THE WRONG TIME
Some men want to make hay in February and cut ice in
August.—Chicago Tribune.
THE BEST WAY
The best way to get along with some people is to get
along without them. —Chicago Journal.
NEWLY DEFINED
"Father, what is untold wealth?"
"The property you -*eep from the income tax list, my
son."—Harper's Magaziue.
NOT FOR HER BAKE
Girl —"Promise me you won't drink, for my sake."
Youth—"l promise. If I drink it won't be for your
«ake."—Dartmouth .lack o' Lantern.
HE KNEW HIS BUSINESS
"Did you say that man is a green grocer!"
"He's a grocer, but he isn't green. He is one of the
most sophisticated grocers I know of."—Washington Star.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SCALES
"What has the lawyer to say about this charge against
his client of stealing a pair of scales?"
"He says his client merely made a weigh with them."
—Baltimore American.
MODERN FARMING
"How many head o' live stock you got on the place?"
"Live stock?" echoed the somewhat puzzled farmer.
What dve mean by live stock? I got four steam tractors
and seven automobiles."—Judge.
THE UNEXPECTED
"Sir. I admit being a poor man, but I am determined to
marry your daughter in spite of her wealth."
"Oh, well, if that's the case I'll just remove the ob
stacle."—Judge.
CAN'T BOTH BE TIGHT
"A fact I'll recite,"
Said old Mr. Prober:
"When money is tight
A man should stay sober."
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
NOW THE BUTCHER S WORRIED
Doctor—"You have nervous dyspepsia, same as Brown
had. His was caused by worrying over his butcher's bill.
I directed him to stop worrying.'
Strnnger—"Yes. and now he's cured, and I've got it.
I'm his butcher."—Boston Transcript.
MEAN HUSBAND
"Why the dissatisfaction, girlie?"
"My husband has such a small income."
"You knew he had a small income when vou married
him."
\ es: but I didn't think he'd be mean enough to insist
on my living within it."—Kansas City Journal.
CLASSIC EXCUSES
"Charge it, please; the smallest I have is a $lO bill and
I don't like to break it."
"I'd lend you the money in a holy jiffy, old top, hut I've
just got a life-insurance premium to pay and it will take
every cent I can scrape up."
"Something for the Belgians? Great Scott! I need a
lift myself during these hard times."
"I'd just love to go but you see I've got a terrible head
ache this evening."—Portland Express.
A SPRING TONIC
Old Reliable Hood's Sarsaparilla la
Pleasant and Effective
In the spring your blood is impure
aud weak, eruptions appear on your
face and body, you lack vitality,
strength and animation, your 'appetite
is poor and you feel all tired out.
Get Howl's Sarsaparilla from any
druggist. It combines just the roots,
barks, herbs and other substances that
you need.
! It purities aud strengthens the blood
| —makes the rich red blood that you
must have to feel well, look* well, cat
and sleep well. This is confirmed by
i thousands of letters from people in all
parts of the country.
llood's Sarsaparilla is the best
spring medicine, but it is not simply a
spring medicine—it is an all-the-year
round blood purifier and tonic. Remem
ber it has stood the test of forty years.
Be sure to get Hood's, and get it to
day.—Adv.
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i [Tongue-End Topics |
Odd Relic of Capitol Fire
An interesting relic of the tire that
• destroyed the old Capitol has turned
j up in Pittsburgh in the possession of
I Fred. Roberts, private secretary to
i Mayor Armstrong. At the time of the
j tire Mr. Roberts was stenographer for
! lieutenant Governor Walter Lyon and
helped to save a number of tine pieces
of furniture from the building, espe
cially from the resr of the president
pro tern's rostrum. In leaving the
building for the last time, from the
rear, he saw. as he passed through the
barber shop, then as now run by An
thony Freuie, the slate on which Sen- !
ators wrote their names in their order
of "next" for being shaved. Mr. Rob- 1
erts took down the slate aud carried !
it off and unconsciously retained it un- j
til he reached his hotel. Then he laid ,
it away amon£ his things and eventual
ly took it home with him. Looking
through some of his effects the other :
day he came across the slate, and odd j
to say the names of the Senators, as 1
written by themselves, were plainly j
legible. Mr. Roberts retains it as a j
memento of a very strenuous day.
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Few of tho Old Press Agents
''Only a few of the old boys left,''j
said Dexter Fellows, the press agent j
for Barnum's big circus, when he was
in Harrisburg the other day. AH of the
old pre:** agents of tweutv-five years j
ago have gone into retirement but Mr. j
Fellows and Major John F. Burke, he
of the diamond horseshoe scarf pin and
luxuriant white mustache. Charlie I
Stowe, the first BaTnum man, is dead, j
and George Starr is now running the j
Crystal Palace, l<ondon, England, and j
has quit this country for good. They |
were among the fore-runners of the j
present day circus and theatrical press '
agents, and there has been nothing
new invented in the business since they 1
started it many years ago.
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McClain Puts Ban on Smokes
Lieutenant Governor McClain is a j
very decided stickler for the dignity j
of the Pennsylvania Senate, and he in
sists on asserting said dignity on any !
and every occasion. The other day Sen
ator Magee. of Allegheny, the young
est member of the Senate, having just !
entered the thirties, wandered across
the aisle from the section in which his
desk is located, and lit a cigar. Lieu
tenant Governor McClain regarded that
act with evident disfavor, whereupon
Senator Magee arose and moved that
Rule 3S be suspended for the rest of
the session. Rule 3S forbids smoking
in the chamber during a sessiou of the 1
Senate. The Red Rose of Lancaster i
oast a glance of withering scorn on the 1
Allegheny Senator and said in sarcas
tic and emphatic tones:
"The Chair declines to entertain
the motion of the Senator from Alle
gheny, as suspension of that rule does
not comport with the dignity of this
Senate."
Then he added:
"Moreover the Chair cannot recog
nize a motion from the Senator from
Allegheny, for the reason that the Sen
ator is not in his seat."
That was all, but it was enough.
There has been no smoking in the Sen
ate chamber.
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Sells Taffy For Little Girl
Representative Herman, of Wyom
ing, is a big-hearted lawmaker. The
other day a small girl with a basket
on her arm entered the House when it
was in recess. Approaching Mr. Her
man she asked him if he would pur
chase some taffy, at the same time un
covering the candy in her basket. Mr.
Herman questioned her and found she
was selling the candy for the benefit
of some charity. The candy was home
made and it was "only a eent a cake."
"If you are selling candy for char
ity," said Mr. Herman, "a cent a cake
is not enough. Here, come with me,"
aud he convoyed the small girl among
the Republicans in the House, acted as
salesman, demanded big money for the
taffy, and having sold it all, placed
$10.26 in the delighted kiddy's hand
and saw her go away with tears in her
eyes—tears of joy.
* • •
"Don" Cameron 82 Years Old
J. Donald Cameron, Secretary of
War in Grant's Caibinet and former
United States Senator from Pennsyl
vania, was B'2 years old yesterday, ac
cording to the Philadelphia "Public
Ledger." Relatives here and in Lan
caster county, where Mr. Cameron's
Donegal home is situated, said the day
had no special observance, as the form
er Senator spent the anniversary in
Virginia with Mr. Fairfax, one of his
personal friends. Old timers in politics
paused a minute here to realize that
"Young Don" actually was S2. The
details of the Cameron regime in the
Republican politics of Pennsylvania
have been so often rehearse*! that men
who were mere babes when J. Donald
Cameron took up the control bin father
laid down feel that they actually hail
a personal part in them. .1, Donald
Camerou took his seat in the Senate in
1877, suoeeediro; his father, Simon
Cameron, who had held the place ten
years. For twenty years the younger
Cameron represented this State in the
upper branch of Congress, and for the
greater part of that time he was potent
in the State councils of the Republican
party.
C. V. N
PLAN MERCER OF TROLLEY.
CAS AND ELECTRIC CO'S.
New York Promoters Announce Plan
for Formation of $5,000,000 Cor
poration to Take Over Nine Public
Bervice Plants in Valley
Chambersburg, May 15. I'hc merger
of all of the gas, electric light and
street railways companies in the Cum
berland Valley nine in Chambersburg,
Greencastlc, Shippensburg and Waynes
boro—is proposed by a band of New
York capitalists, who outlined a plan
here yesterday afternoon whereby it is
intended to torm one big company hav
ing a capital stock of $5,000*000 and
float at least $4,000,000 worth of
bonds.
Options have been obtained, it is
said, on all of the nine plants in ques
tion, as follows: Shippensburg (ias
Electric Company, Chambersburg Gas
Company, Chambersburg & Shippens
burg Street Railway Company, Cham
bersburg & Gettysburg Street Railway,
Chambersburg, Waynesboro & Greencas
tie Street Railway, Ureeucastle Electric
Company, Waynesboro Kleetrie Com
pany, Waynesboro Gas Company and
Mercersburg Turnpike Company.
The engineers who have obtained
these options and who have been work
ing in the Cumberland Valley during
the last fortnight let it be known here
that they represent four large tiust
companies of New York City. They
declared that the deal surely will be
carried through. I'nder the general
plan just outlined here, it is predicted
that the plants of the nine companies
can be obtained for at least $2,000,000
and that a sum equivalent to that
amount will be usfcd for improvements
and extensions.
No date has been fixed fur closing
the deal, although the promoters repre
sented that they desire immediate ac
tion. One of the plans, it is said, is
to'extend trolley lines to Gettysburg,
Metcersburg, by way of St. Thomas, to
Carlisle from Shippensburg and further
extension of gas mains throughout the
valley.
SIDE OF FACE BLOWN OFF
William Shearer Critically Injured
When His Shotgun Was Accident
ally Discharged Yesterday
Gettysburg. May 15. William
Shearer, 17 years old. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Shearer, of near Logan
ville. while hunting crows on the farm
of Samuel Ferree, uear Abbottstown,
had the left side of his face shot off
and was otherwise injured when a
double-barreled shotgun was accidental
ly discharged yesterday morning. The
young man's condition is regarded as
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critical and little hope is entertained
for his recovery. The accident oc
curred when Shearer's shotgun, which
bad been placed against a tree, fell to
the ground and was discharged.
REMOVE KNOB KHOM ROAD
Eyesore Known as Cemetery Hill to Go
on Good Koads Day
Carlisle, May 13. —Just east of
Xewville, in Cumberland county, there
is an elevation known as Cemetery Hill
which has been the cause of great com
plaint by users of the highways for
many years.
The citizens of West Pennsboro
township have seised "State-wide liood
Koads Day" May «t>, as the occasion
to remedv coalitions existing on that
hill.
A committee is to meet the road
supervisors to arrange for a turning out
to whack oft' the hill that has been an
eyesore to the community.
PROTEST SCHOOL REMOVAL
RouzerviUe Residents Plan Court Fight
Against Education Board
Waynesboro, May 15. —The people
of Kouzerville will not give up the
Washington township high school with
out a good fight to keep it in its pres
ent location.
The Washington township school
board have purchased a lot of ground
at Wayne Heights for a new high
school and have plans drawn for it
and submitted them to the State K,id
eational Department for approval.
The Bouzerville people do not want
the high school taken from their village
and they not only have secured more
than 300 signatures to a petition pro
testing against the change—and claim
they will get many more—but they
have retained O. C. Rowers, a Cham-
Just the thing to fortify your system
against the sudden changes of Spring.
FINK'S
BEERS, ALES
and PORTER
made from the very best of materials —
all pure and transformed into a tonic
property, fresh and perfectly hygienic,
with the stimulating basis of solid food.
FINK BREWING CO.
HARRISBURG, U. S. A.
(Sold in Bottles and Delivered on
'Phone Message to the Home)
bersburg lawyer, to take tho matter
before the courts with tho purpose of
procuring an injunction against the di
rectors.
Forgery Was on Back of Check
| Havre He Grace, Mil., May 16.
1 Charged with forging the endorsement
<>Mrs. A. I*. McCombs to a stolen
; check for slti.so anil trying to cash it,
| a stranger, who gave his name as
Charles Smith and resilience as I'hila
delphia, was given a hearing before
j .lustice Hamburger yesterday and is
being held for tho Harford county
| grand jury.
Custom Spares Sunday Sellers
Hngerstown, Md., May 13. Al-
I though it investigated a number of
i violations of the Sunday selling laws,
| the Grand Jury adjourned yesterday
afterticon without finding indictments,
j declaring a persistent and growing \ io
i lation of thes t > laws had long been tol
erated. <0 it did not feel it would be
just, without warning, to indict the of
fenders.
, Sleep walker Injured In Fall
Carlisle. May 15. —Crawling uncon
; scioi sly through a second-story window
|of her home iu Mount Holly Springs
j early yesterday morning while iu a
j somnambulistic trance. Miss Mottern
; Sehriver. Itj years old. operator for the
] C. V. Telephone Company in that town.
; fell to the ground and now is in a
j serious condition at her home. She re
; eeived a deep cut on one side of her
I head about four inches in length, 5
I smaller one under her chin and sus
! tained serious bruises and lacerations
jon her body. She also is suffering
j greatly from «hock.
For a sturdy spring drink, try Pink's
! Wurzburgcr.—Adv.
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