PENROSE TO LEAD
THE BUTTER FIGHT
Pennsylvania Senator Champion
of Dairy Interests.
■
TO FOLLOW TARIFF VICTOSY
Republican Leader of the Keystono
State to Lead the Forces of the i
Agricultural lnt:rests at the Next
Session of the National Congress.
[Special Correspondence.]
Harrlsburg, Pa., Sept. 7.
Reports from every section of tho
•tate confirm the predictions that the
farmers of Pennsylvania would be
found standing loyally by the Repub
lican party in the present state cam
paign.
In tho framing of the tariff bill,
which was recently passed at Wash
ington, the interest!- of th > f.nuers
and dairymen of the K> yjume Slate
were carefully looked after by the Re
publican representatives in congress, i
and by also conserving the welfare of j
tho wage earners and capitalists iden- \
tified with great industrial concerns, j
the same Republican representatives i
promoted the general good.
The farmers thrive when their fel- j
low countrymen are employed at re- j
munerative wages, for the great army
of workers in the factories and mines j
and in commercial life are the pur- j
chasers of the products of the farms.
From every Quarter comes the news
of revival of business and the relight
ing of the flros of the coke ovens and
the furnaces of great manufacturing ;
plants as the direct result of the pas
sage of a Republican tariff bill.
To Lead Fight For Farmers.
Senator Penrose, who filled a most
important role as a leading member of
the United States senate's finance
committee in drafting the tariff act,
had the hearty co-operation of his col
league. the junior United States Sena
tor George T. Oliver, and ©very one of j
the Republican members of the house j
from Pennsylvania.
Now that the tariff issue has beien !
settled prominent factors among the
grangers and the dairymen of this ;
state have inaugurated a movement i
for national protection for the butter
makers against the sale of oleomar
garine and other similar products in
imitation of butter
As he did in the tariff agitation.
Senator Penrose has come to the front
as the champion of the dairy interests
of his native state and tho country at
large as well.
He has recognized the numerous de
fects In federal statutes -which govern
the manufacture and sale of oleomar
garine, butterlne, renovated or pro
cess butter and adulterated butter and
he has agreed to co-operate with the
prominent leaders of the Orange,
Pure nutter Protective Association,
the National Dairy Union and kindred
agricultural organizations that wish
to sc 3 these evils corrected at the ses
sion of the congress, which
conv. nes in December naxt.
To Draft a Nsw CHI.
Senator Penrose has request >1 a
committee of the Slate Grange of
Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania state
department of agriculture and the
Pure Butter Protective association of
Pennsylvania, with A. H. Woodward, i
of Clearfield, and Assistant United .
States Attorney Walter C. Douglas, |
Jr.. as attorneys, to prepare a bill j
which Senator Penrose will Introduce I
as soon as congress shall reconvene.
Senator Penrose says the defective
character of the national laws works
great injury to dairymen, farmers,
merchants and consumers. The pro
posed measure Is to be drafted with
the greatest care, and while it will
not prevent the legal manufacture and
sale of oleomargarine and other but
ter substitutes, it will certainly pre- '
vent the sale of these products for j
butter.
Farmers, dairymen and all fair
minded people do not object to the
manufacture and sale of oleomarga- j
rine for wbat it is. but they do very
properly oppose the marketing of this
commodity as the genuine product of
the cow.
Statistics from the Pennsylvania de
partment of agriculture show that
about 90 per cent of oleomargarine
sold at retail is represented by the
venders to be pure butter.
Deception of this kind Is a great .
detriment to the dairyman, and It also
enables unscrupulous dealers to de
fraud consumers who are induced to |
pay a price for oleomargarine consid
erably in excess of its real market !
value
It is held that the word "knowinclv"
should he omitted from the oleoir.ar
garine laws because in many eases It !
has been found impossible to secure
convictions on account of Inability to
prove that the offender knowingly vio
lated the law. It Is also held that th"
definition of oleomargarine should be
fo changed that butter, with or with
out coloring matter, could not be used
In its manufacture, and that stamps
should be visible and a record kept of
the serial numbers so that every pack
age may be traced to the dealer or
manufacturer.
Not at First,
"When you first saw Niagara falls
did you feel that almost irresistible
Impulse to throw yourself over the
precipice that so many experience?"
"No. I hadn't seen my hotel bill
yet."—Cleveland Leader.
Quite Simple.
"What will you do with your money I
■when you die?"
"I shall leave it to tny children."
"But suppose you have no children?"
"Then it will goto my grandchil
»»*
They that love you are stronger than
your haters.—Edwin Arnold.
EXERCISING WITH TAFT
Physical Director's Experience
While Training the President. !
LIVELY WORK WITH GLOVES.
Under Dr. Barker's Tutoring Chief
Executive Develops a Nifty Wallop.
Hard Man to Throw In Wrestlirg
Bout—Gym Work to Reduce From '
305 Pounds to 280 For Coming Trip.
I Dr. Charles E. Barker of Madison. 1
j Wis., has developed another •'phenorn" j
' In the pugilistic world. The latest ce- |
i lebrity is President William Howard
Tuft. Dr. Barker is President Taft's j
physical director. The president has
; been put through all of the gymnasium
| stunts known to the doctor, who has j
| qualified as an expert. Now the | resi- 1
dent is teaching his tutor and giving !
! him the time of his life for an hour I
each day at Beverly, Mass.
\ The new "champ" tips the beam at
30.'), is six feet one inch tall and if it
were not for a bulge in front would
have a remarkable reach. Ills boxing !
partner. Dr. Barker, is a middleweight
of 10S pounds. lie stands live feet
ten aiul a half inches iu his stockinged j
feet and wears an elegant mustache
to be aimed at.
! The president's mustache puts him
1 in the erstwhile Champion John L.
i Sullivan's class. The big blond mus
| tache of the chief executive is a con-
I stant banter to Dr. Barker in the daily
| morning bout in the Taft gymnasium.
| Indue regard to social proprieties, nei
! tlier the president nor Dr. Barker goes
for the face, but confines himself to
i body blows.
President Has the Punch.
Dr. Barker's experience proves that
the president has a nifty wallop in his
right arm and a vicious whip to the
body with his left. lie is not as shifty
| oil his feet as the younger and lighter
man, but a course iu shadow boxing
will help some. Barker is quick, and
the president has a busy five minutes
when he puts on the gloves with him.
Tho president does not desire to pose
as a ring hero, and he is not encourag- 1
ing any undue talk from the doctor.
Incidentally he is not entertaining any >
bids for the moving picture rights on
any of his bouts.
Wrestling is another feature of the j
j Taft exercise. Dr. Barker says it takes
| a pretty good man to put the president
| on his back, and a tussle with him is '
| like a tug of war with a lot of healthy
! sailors.
j The little gymnasium over on the
j second floor of the Taft garage is fitted
with several kinds of exercisers. There
j are chest weights, a rowing machine.
leg weights and a platform punching !
I bag. The president plays the whole '
string out when he gets started, and j
j Robert and Charlie use the gymnasium 1
i when their father is not engaged in
his exercises.
The work in the morning with Dr.
Barker is a routine feature of the day. j
It begins before breakfast, right after
the president has emerged from his ,
I tub. He walks about 100 yards across j
the lawn from his cottage and meets j
! Dr. Barker, who lives in Beverly and I
makes the trip to the garage in a
White House automobile.
Trained to Finger Tips.
Once at the gymnasium uo time is
lost. The physical instructor puts Mr.
Taft through muscle exercises even
down to the lingers. A rubdowu aiid a i
thorough kueadiug follow, and then, to j
loosen up, wrestling and boxing are j
begun. After this the president takes :
his shower and is ready for bis '
breakfast, in the vernacular of the '
ring, "in the pink of condition." Golf
I follows the gym work, and it may be j
i said that all of the president's waking j
I time until 3 o'clock in the afternoon is >
| devoted to getting his body in good i
j shape for his western trip.
That Dr. Barker is succeeding is
shown by the indicator on the scales.
A year ago the president bordered on
350 pounds. Hard work at Hot Springs
and Augusta got him down, it is said,
to 270. The campaign and the long
tariff siege sent him up to 320 and
| then a C. Q. D. message for Dr. Bar
j ker called the physical director from
I Washington, The tramps over the
. Essex links, the automobile rides and
the daily work in the gymnasium
have taken off the flesh slowly, but
steadily. It is the hope of the two
: athletes that the president will be
down to 2SO before the western trip j
begins.
Good Body Duilder.
| Dr. Barker's reputation as a good \
body builder was started by ex-Sena
tor Johu O. Spooner. He prevailed on j
Barker togo to Washington from
Madison. W r is. President Taft. while |
secretary of war. heard of him and !
! got him to prescribe a diet and a i
course of exercises. After the secre- 1
tary of war became a candidate for
; the presidency he sent for Barker |
again.
One other doctor will be called in j
! soon to help the Taft body do its work
to the satisfaction of the president, j
This is l)r. J. J. Richardson of Wash
! ington, a throat specialist. He accom
panied Mr. Taft on all of his speech J
making tours and kept his throat so 1
that it could utter audible sounds. |
He has promised to make the western
trip with the president. Beverly |
(Mass.) Cor. New York World.
Pillow of Wires.
A wire screen supported at the ends
by curved metal springs has been pat
ented by an Illinois man as a pillow,
l which is claimed to be cool, comforta
| ble and sanitary.
Suspicious Circumstances.
"Do you know they suspect that old
man of leading a double life."
"What gives rise to that?"
"Why, he's so mean and cross around I
home that they think he must be j
pleasant and agreeable somewhere."—
I Exchange.
Ought to Have Known Better.
"What's the matter?"
"Just quarreled with my wife."
"What about?"
"She said that a woman whom wo
met was beautiful mid I agreed with
her."—Houston Post.
A BOWLDER BRIDGE.
Probably Placed In Position by an An
cient Cloudburst.
One of the most remarkable freaks
of wind and erosion known in the
west is to be found iu one of the small- |
er side canyons of the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado river liy.Vrlzona.
In a narrow gorge, carved through
centuries of flow of water and wind
driven sand down the little valley,
there lies a huge bowlder as big as the
average house moving van seen on a
city street. It is hjld up solely by
friction ou the sides thg gorge and
Is entirely free from any solid connec
tion with the sides of the sandstone ;
walls.
From the sandy bed of the little
gorge to the rock Is fully seventy-five
feet. The Indians who once roamed
over the Grand canyon country have,
of course, legends to accounf for the
location of the big round rock, but as
a matter of fact It is believed to have
rolled off the slope of a rocky and pre
cipitous mountain about five miles
distant from the canyon and to have
been picked up in the path of some
cloudburst years ago and rolled to its
present resting place.
The stone hangs only by a small
projection on each side, but it is so
solid that it forms a convenient foot
bridge across the gorge over which the
pedestrian may take his way.—Kansas
City Journal.
UNCANNY GUIDES.
When the Gallows Was Used as a
Landmark in England.
The old time guidebooks in England
were by no means cheerful reading.
A journey from London to East Grin
stead, a distance of five or six and
twenty miles, would have taken the
horseman past three gibbets, and it
was just as likely as not that from one
or the other of them a body would be
swinging in the wind.
Up till the beginning of the nine
teenth century the gallows was almost
as frequent a landmark as 'linger posts
or public houses have become now.
The traveler approaching York is di
rected by the guidebooks to "turn
round by the gallows and three wind
mills," and the road out of Durham is
"between the gallows and Crokehill."
Going out of Wells you "cross the
brook and pass by the gallows."
Any number of such directions can
be gleaned from the old books for tho
guidance of travelers a hundred years
ago, and as those interesting objects
were put up and the dead bodies of
' malefactors left upon them for the
special edification of footpads and
highwaymen there was a suggestive
ness about them that must have given
a special piquancy to cycle touring if
| it had been in vogue at that time.—
London News.
ARMY'S NEW TELESCOPE.
Gunners Can See Enemy While Re
maining Invisible Themselves.
. After years of patient experimenting
Dana Dudley of Wakefield, Mass.. '»•
cently bad the satisfaction of he
his "pan angle" telescope adopted !
tho war department of the Unite'
! States.
The Invention Is simple In its con
struction, yet, it is said, may revolu
j tionize modern warfare. It consists
| of reflecting lenses so arranged at an
-1 gles iu a tube that persons or obje< ts
• above or below and on all sides may
be viewed front n place of conceal
ment.
The device as constructed for use in
I warfare is arranged so that even on
I disappearing guns or guns used in
j trenches and tired from any point iu
j visible from the exterior the operator
| may ascertain the location of the ene
! my, target or other objective point
j without exposing himself.
Not His Fault.
j Howell—A good deal depends on th '
| formation of early habits. Powell—l
! know it. When 1 was a baby my
| mother hired a woman to wheel me
! about, and I have been pushed for
money ever since.—London Mail,
just a rrint.
Mr. Staylate—is that clock right?
;rflss Do Pink (wearily)—l think It
must need cleaning. It's been two or
three hours going that last hour.—New-
York Journal.
Grains Crisp and Gigantic—
Eight Times Size
Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice— You will think the foods queer, and
the foods shot from guns —are eight they are. But don't think that you
times natural size. will not like them.
Phey are four times as porous as Last month, there were seventeen
bread. They are nut-like, crisp and million dishes served in homes that
brown. have found them out.
And they are digestible, for every The fo|ks who Qnce mte , h
starch granule has been literally blast- , , , T-,, , ~
„ J „• demand them. Ihe folks at your
ed to pieces. , , , 3
table are just like the rest.
That's about all we can say. Cold Serve them one package and all
type cannot describe them. There is will say, "Let us have those puffed
nothing with which to compare them. foods always."
Puffed Wheat—loc Puffed Rice—lsc
These are the foods invented by Prof. An- Then the guns are unsealed, and the steam
derson, and this is his curious process: explodes. Instantly every starch granule is
, , . . blasted into a myriad particles.
1 he whole wheat or rice kernels are put into , . , ....
c „i i T , i i r rhe kernels of gram are expanded eight
sealed guns. 1 hen the guns are revolved for . . h ....
,; v( . times. \et the coats are unbroken, the shapes
sixty minutes in a heat of 550 degrees. , , ... , ,
are unaltered, vv e have simply the magnified
That fierce heat turns the moisture in the grain,
grain to steam, and the pressure becomes tre- One package will tell you why people de
mendous. light in them. Order it now.
Made only by The Quaker Oats Company nn
TREES IN HOLLAND.
All Streets and Canals Bordered With
Elms or Lindens.
The average Dutch town is an at
tractive place iu the
since practically every street*tid canal
! is bordered with shade trees, which
shut out the glare of the sun and offer
cool and inviting avenues for the ex
ploration of the tourist. The banks of
these canals are generally terraced in
| two levels —the lower one for ware
! houses and the upper for shops or
dwellings, but each elevation is plant
ed with trees.
At best a city Is an exceedingly poor
location for tree culture. Narrow
i streets, with tall buildings, exclude the
life giving sunlight; asphalt or closely
i paved walks prevent the necessary
! moisture from sinking into the ground
and nourishing thirsty roots, and leak
age from the gas mains is a deadly
poison to all vegetation. For this rea
[ son care should be exercised in the
selection of the variety of trees for
street planting In order to get the best
results. In Holland time has demon
strated that the elm and linden should
j be placed in the til'st rank, for there
i are many examples of these spe-ies in
Dutch towns which have withstood
j the ravages of more than two cen
turies. The elm appears to be the
hardier of these two trees and wil!
live under most edverse conditions.
The Dutch municipalities expend
large sums each year for the preserva
tion of their shade trees, but the re
sults amply justify tlie cost for main
tenance.—Harper's Weekly.
A MARRIAGE NOTICE.
The Modern One Sounded Quite Grand
to the Old Lady.
Old Lady Goodyear laid down the
I paper with a sigh and looked over her
spectacles at Grandfather Goodyear.
"I feel quite ashamed when I remem
ber our humble marriage notice," she
said.
" 'Married, in the First Congregation
i al church of llarborville, Abel Good
year to Mary Lawton,'" chanteJ
Grandfather Goodyear. "It read well,
, to my thinking."
I "Yes, for those days, but not for
, present times," said his old wife.
"You know, Anastasia Cummiug's
, daughter Laura married a Toby, and
their daughter has just married Sophy
, I Leavitt's grandson. Ilis mother, So
| j pby's child, married a Wilson."
' "Well, what of all that''" inquired
, Grandfather Goodyear, rubbing his
■ ! forehead in great confusion of mind.
"It's the fashion to keep all the faiu
[ ily names," said Old Lady Goodyear,
severely. "You hear how grand it
! sounds:
" 'Married, at the home of the bride's
mother, Mrs. Frederick Cummings
| Toby, by Jtev. Harold Lowden Kirk
i bright. Edith Suiythe Cummings to
George Brouno Leavitt-Wilson.'
"Now, there's something for old
Grandpa Broune and Grandma Smythe
to be proud of—if they were alive."
"M'm!" said Grandfather Goodyear.
" —Youth's Companion.
His Condolence.
An English lord used to toll a story
of a sheriff substitute lie once knew
slightly.
Although be was a very religious
. man, the sheriff had Ills faults, and
. 1 one of these was that he bad a habit
. of using strong language without re
alizing what bis words implied. The
sheriff's best friend was the niinisti -
{ of the parish, and a great mlsfortum
, befell the reverend gentleman by
, death of his wife.
, The sheriff wished to express hi
sympathy, but lie found himself quite
•i at a loss to know what to say. He
sat for a long time scratching his head
> and puzzling himself to know what lie
could say to the minister. At last lie
112 blurted out, "Well, minister, this is a
! d—l of a business."—London Express
The Averago.
• "Pa, what's an average man?"
1 "One who thinks his employer's busi
' j ness would be run a good deal better
r if he could have more to say iu the
matter himself."
»
' The owl may not be as wise as he
looks, but he is wise enough not tc
[ try to work both the night and day
shifts.—Atchison Globe.
NATIONAL MARATHON.
Many Classy Entrants For Big Race
at Lowell, Mass.
From recent Indications the Mara
thon race that will he contested over
the Merritnac valley motorcar cir
cuit at Lowell, Mass., on Sept. 9 wil'
have a field of prominent long dis
tances. The event will be held in
connection with the automobile speed
carnival races at Lowell. The race
will be known as the national Mara
thon, and a purse of $250 will be given
to the winner.
Included in the entries already re
ceived for the race are the names oi
men who have made Marathon history.
Among them are Johnny Hayes of
New York, who won the London
Olympiad; Bill Davis, the Canadian
Indian, and little Mike Spring of New
York, who won the B. A. A. Marathon
in 1004 and the Canadian Marathon
in 1905 and who has been running pro
fessionally for a couple of years. Then
there are Tom Morrissey of Yonkers,
winner of the B. A. A. run In 1908;
j Al Paines, who earned an enviable
reputation about New York, and Jim
my Lee, the ex-Somervllle boy, who
j won additional laurels since taking up
I his residence in New York. John Goff
; of Cambridge, one of the best known
of the local amateurs will probably
I be a contestant, and rumor has it that
; Charlie Muller, the Mohawk Athletic
club great cross country runner, will
be found among the professionals on
Sept. 9. Pat Dlneen of South Boston
and Ted Crooks, the Fall Itiver man.
are also expected to be in line.
VIOLIN OF TOOTHPICKS.
Indiana Workman Values His Novel
Instrument at $3,374.
, Three thousand three hundred and
I seventy-four dollars is the sum asked
; for a violin which is constructed of
exactly that number of white blrch
-1 wood toothpicks. This unique musical
Instrument is the handiwork of
i Thomas Atkinson, genius and expert
j maker of freak articles. Mr. Atkinson
| lives In Greenfork, a small village
j near Hagerstown, Ind., where his
j home is stocked with many articles
| made by him from time to time,
j The violin, which he was more than
■ a year in completing, has been tested
' by musicians and pronounced high
s grade in every respect. Its quality of
, tone is seldom surpassed. Its lines are
( graceful and the linish perfect.
Before ho started to work on this in
strument he discovered that the glue
which enters into the construction of
violins has much to do with their
sounding properties.
The Gypsies of the Gasoline Age.
j Arrayed In Uhakl, weather stained
And full of grease and oil;
Their faces tanned with sun and wind,
1 Their hands begrimed with toil,
With honk and hoot and siren shriek
They come from near and far
And travel in a cloud of smoke,
The gypsies of the car.
In limousine and touring car
And lively runabout.
They laugh at indigestion, nerves,
Insomnia and gout.
No dreams of dark and evil things
At night their slumbers mar.
They keep eternal holiday.
The gypsies of the car.
The wanderlust Is in their blood,
i 1 They answer to the call
Of open road and azure skies,
ftreen fields and forests tail,
I And leave a trail of gasoline
our' (Vis earthly star,
so ! cousins to the tramp,
e j; -sot the car.
—X . . Irving In New York Sun.
Finance.
Visitor—Why are you naughty so
much of the time? Bobby—Mamma
gives me a nickel every time I promise
: to be good, and sho never wants me
to promise to be good unless I'm
[ naughty.—Cleveland leader.
Elevator Etiquette.
"Do you think a man ought to take
off his hat in an elevator when there
! are ladies present?"
"Not if lie ' prematurely bald and
• the Indies ouug."—Chicago Rec
ord nr "a iif
Grass Baskets.
To restore the fragrance of baskets
' made from sweet scented grass after
they have apparently lost it, plunge
; them into boiling water, removing
them almost instantly.
W H H riTTI rr rrrn"rn
! Figures 112
| In the |
{ Steel Strike |
A STRIKE that will be number
ed among the most violent
ever occurriug iu Pennsylva
nia is that at the Pressed
Steel Car works, McKees Hocks, which
began 011 July 12, when about 500 of
the Hungarian workmen struck be
cause they asserted they were not get
ting their fair share of pay under the
"pooling system" which had been in
troduced by the management.
Almost ever since the trouble began
there has been severe fighting, and a
number of men have been killed and
injured. The situation recently assum
ed a national interest from the fact
that the federal government instituted
an investigation to determine whether
peonage has existed iu connection with
the industries at McKees ltocks. This
aspect of the mutter is a reminder of
the conditions existing iu Pennsylva
nia at the beginning of the first Itoose
velt administration, when the inter
vention of the president in a great coal
strike and the appointment of an arbi
tration commission resulted iu setting
Important precedents in such matters.
Prominent figures iu the affair are
the Pennsylvania state constabulary,
and the troopers have had their work
cut out for them in the present trou
ble. Although organized since March
1, 1000, the work of this body of men
is not generally known. Its powers
were granted to it by the state legisla
ture, and it is entirely Independent of
the police forces of the cities. The
organization is a permanent force ol
mounted men—four troops of two of
ficers, five sergeants and fifty men each.
Eight out of ten of them have seen
military service in foreign lands, and
most of them were noncommissioned
officers before they left the army.
I pknnsi'lyanta constabulary on guabd
I They resemble the Canadian mounted
police and the Texas rangers moi't
; than any thing else, although the organ
I ization itself was built largely 011 tht
! lines of the Irish constabulary, a frrce
that tins made Great Britain famous.
Every trooper can ride and shoot and
give a good account of himself iu u
roU',-!i and tumble li.u'at besides. l?ut
these talents, while they count In 11
pinch, do not establish a morale in the
force. The secret of that is the reallza
tion of one man strength, the power oi
quiet confidence and a belief in the
effect of the uniform. Captain John C.
Groome, state superintendent, recruit
ed. organized and equipped the con
i stabulary.
The four troops are distributed ovei
the state so as to cover as best they
, can the hundred odd coal and irou
mines. It is uot to be wondered that
this duty is attracting the best uon
| commissioned officers from the regu
lar army. The work is more exciting,
the men have a chance for more initia
tive and are paid quite handsomely. A
private of constabulary receives $720 a
3'ear, his horse, uniform and a house to
live in. The regular gets less than $l7O
a year and Ills food, clothes and care.
Hut the mess account at a constabu
lary barracks is not usually an extrav
agance. it runs about $lO a month per
man, and as he advances In promotion
his pay increases accordingly. A ser
' gennt receives SI,OOO a year, a lieuten
ant $1,200 and captain $1,500.
No married men are accepted In the
; state constabulary. Terms of enlist
ment are for two years unless sooner
discharged for cause, and with the
long waiting list at headquarters the
1 troopers have to lead rather exemplary
lives to hold their positions. When
Captain Groome began the examina
tions of men to enlist a force of 232 he
had over a thousand applications.
The constabulary is uniformed in
dark gray whipcord, with black put
tees and dark gray heliums. The
blouse is very much like the blouse of
the field service uniform of the regular
army, and for fatigue duty the troop
i ers wear a dark gray cap, also shaped
like those of the army. The combina-
I tion has a neat, soldierly effect and is
1 not without Its dignity. For winter
j there is a roomy greatcoat of the same
j color that will cover both the wearer's
; legs as well as the pommel and eantle
j of his saddle. For storms In summer
I the rubber cavalry cape Is provided.
' The horses are supplied by the state
as well as the uniforms. Most of the
I mounts come from the west.
Other states are watching this plan
of Pennsylvania In maintaining a force
pf mounted police with much Interest.
In some quarters It has come In for a
good deal of criticism, while In others
much praise has been given It.
/ E'ief Introduction.
Mark 1 i:: said the only Introduc
tion to a literary audience that seemed
to him thj tight word in the right
place, a real Inspiration, was as fol
lows :
"Ladies and gentlemen. I shall uot
waste any unnecessary time in the In
troduction. I don't know auythinr
about this man—at least I only know
two things about him. One is that he
has never been in prison, and the other
Is I can't see why he hasn't."
A word to the wise Is not only suf
ficient; It ia altogether too much.—Life.
RAISES THE FLAG
Republican HcodquartersOpened
For Fsli campaign.
j
1 BRIGHT G'JTLCOK FOR VICTORY
Will Not Be an "Off Year" In Penn
sylvania, Where All the Great In
teresta Call For Continued Republi
can Control In State and National
Politics.
[Special Correspondence.]
Philadelphia, Sept. 7.
With the opening of the state com
mittee headquarters today the Repub
lican compaign In Pennsylvania was
formally inaugurated.
Although it is a fact that Colonel
Wesley It. Andrews, chairman of th«
state committee, has been at work for
weeks corresponding with county
chairmen and other influential Repub
licans and has had the party machia-
I ery in active operation ever since ho
quit his activities in promoting the
passage of the tariff bill at Washing
ton, the general canvass for the elec
tion of the nominees of the Republican
state convention may be fairly said
to have been started this morning.
Republicans from interior counties
who come here will be delighted with
the new headquarters of the :Uat9
committee.
The old establishment on Locust
street below Fifteenth has been aban
doned and thoroughly up to date com
mittee rooms have been secured In tha
dwelling formerly occupied by former
Congressman Morrell on Broad street
below Spruce. It is a four-story struc
ture with all modern equipment. It Is
admirably adapted for campaign work.
Chairman Andrews, Secretary W,
Harry Baker, of Dauphin, and Treas
urer Charles Johnson, of Montgomery,
have all been located in desirable of
fices, and Sergeant-at-Arms Cassell
has assigned the corps of clerks and
typewriters to suitable quarters
throughout the building. Long distance
telephones keep the chairman in touch
with the county committeemei in all
parts of the state, and commodious
rooms are available for meetings of
the general committee or of sub-com
mittees as they shall be called to-
I gether from time to time.
An Important Campaign.
While this to many is what Is term
ed an "off year," Colonel Andrews does
not intend that it shall be an "oft
year" as far as the work at state com
mittee headquarters are concerned.
He is proceeding upon the line that
this is but a preliminary campaign
for the election of a Republican gov
ernor an ! the election of a solid Re
publican delegation to congress nejt
year. He has reminded all of his lieu
tenants that in June next the nomina
tions will b® made for governor, lieu
tenant governor and s rr"tarv of In
ternal affair:., for con rn -sxan In each
I of the thirty-two districts in the state,
I for state senator in all of the even
I numbered districts and for representa-
I lives in all of the state assembly dis
tricts, and that the legislature which
I will convene on the first Monday of
j January. 1911. will elect a successor
I to George T. Oliver, the Junior United
j States senator from Pennsylvania.
I With the important issues that will
confront the voters next year Colonel
| Andrews In all of his appeals for sup
port for the party nominees this fall
dwells upon the necessity of strength,
rning the Republican lines In every
direction and of indorsing the work of
the Republican congress at Wash
| Ington. which has protected Pennsyl
vania's Interests.
Too Much Expense.
"Yes," said Mr. Tyte-l'hist, "I was
Just stepping on the car when th«
conductor gave the uiotorinan the sig
nal togo ahead, and the car started.
My foot went out from under me, and
1 sat down on the muddy crossing,
ruining u twenty-two dollar suit of
clothes."
"Then you sat there, swore like a
trooper and gnashed your teeth in
rage, I suppose," remarked the sym
pathizing listener.
"No," said Mr. Tyte-Phist. "I may
have sworn a little, but 1 didn't dn
any gnashing. My teeth are new anil
cost me S3O." —Chicago Tribune.
Waked Them Up.
Dr. Hans liichter, the famous con
ductor, while supervising a rehearsal
In a London theater once was much
annoyed at the calm way the players
were taking the impassioned music.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen," said he.
suddenly stopping short, "you're all
playing like married men, not like lov
ers."—Westminster Gazette.
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