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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
vas objected to low a rival comnnnr

was objected to by a rival company.
The York Water Company peti-
toned the commission to request the
Attorney General to proceed in the
name of the Commonwealth. by in
junction or other proper remedy, to
restrain the city of York from en-
forcing the provisions of an ordinance
passed by the city, requiring the Water
Company to conform to certain regu-
lauons in regard to meters. The COM
mission held, in this case, that there
is no such violation of the public SER
vice compaT act shown as the Attor-
ney General could be asked to re-
strain, and that if the ordinance of the
city is in conflict with the law, the
remedy of the complainants is in the
courts.
The commission heard the COM
plant of the Board of Trade of West
Chester, as to the rates and service
of the Philadelphia Suburban Gas and
Electric Company, at the conclusion
of which both sides agreed to endeavor
to adjust their differences before the
first of the year.
Action on the application of the Ian
caster, Petersburg and Mannheim Rail-
way Company for the approval of con-
tract with the borough of Mannheim
and of proposed crossing over the
Reading and Columbia Railroad was
referred to the engineers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23

posted. in the absence of any evidence
that these rates are unjust and un-
reasonable. The complainant alleged
that representative of the company
had estimated that the power neces-
sary to operate the laundry at the
home could be furnished for $50 a
year, and on the basis of this estimate
the installation of the service was
ordered. The bills rendered by the
company, however, exceeded the esti-
mate and the complaint followed.
In the matter of the petition of the
PhoeniXville, Valley Forge and Straf-
ford Railway Company for the ap-
proval OF an ordinance contract,
granting to the company the right to
construct and operate a line on GER
tain streets in the borough of Phoe-
niXville, the commission decided that
the approval was necessary for the
service, accommodation, safety or con-
venience of the public. The petition
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
She Will Now Join the Others on Their Vacation
Happy Change Arrangements
Trip She Never N o

For many months Mrs. Hugo Kotte
and her son and daughter have been
talking about, arranging for and an
ticipating the pleasant vacation they
intended to take this year. Many
weeks back they decided to leave Har-
risburg. But all their bright hopes
and pleasant anticipations were blast
ed few months ago when Mrs. Kotte
became afflicted with rheumatism.
First she had pains across her back.
then in her shoulders, arms, elbows,
and hands, and finally her knees and
ankles became affected and also her
heels I'D toes. She was obliged to
use a cane to hobble around. That
settled all thoughts of a vacation for
her. She began to doctor, use medi-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
STOMACH UPSET? END INDIGESTION,
GAS, SOURNESSSS -PAPE'S D|APEPS||I

Biliousness, Heartburn, Water Brash.
Pain in Stomach and Intestines. Head
aches from stomach are absolutely
unknown where Papes Diapepsin is
used. 1t really does all the work of a
healthy stomach. 1t digests your meals
when your stomach can't. 1t leaves
nothing to ferment sour and upset
the stomach.
Get large fifty-cent case of Pape' s
Diapepsin from your druggist, then. eat
anything you want without the slight
est discomfort or misery besides,
every particle of impurity and gas
that is in your stomach and intestines
will vanish.
Should you be suffering now from
Indigestion or any stomach disordAs
you can get relief in five minutes
Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23

cine and oil, but all to no purpose.
She called at Kennedy's drug store,
and while there decided to try a treat
ment of Quaker. After taking this
treatment a week she reported a slight
Improvement, the second week she
felt still better and yesterday she felt
so well that she has decided to take
the vacation with her children after
all. So thus another family was made
happy by Quaker Extract and Oil of
Balm.
If you suffer from rheumatism, ca
tarrh, kidney. liver, stomach or blood
trouble, try
Quaker Herb Extract, S1O0 a bot
tie, for $500. Oil of Balm, 25c.
At II. c. Kennedys, 30 South Third
Observation-Disclosures
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
THREE FOOTBALL VICTIMS

Three persons with as many injuries,
were admitted to the Harrisburg Hos
The first patient was Russell Murray, %
years old. 213S North Seventh street,
who received a broken nose. while in a
scrimmage game, Wednesday evening
Robert Thompson, $40 Poplar street,
Steelton, was the second. He has a frac-
tured right shoulder, received in a
game at Hummelstown; George Wolfe,
Highspire, a member of the Steelton
High scrubs. was the third admitted.
He. too, has a fractured shoulder. He
was injured in a scrimmage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
WILL FOUND IN BED SPRINGS
SbeeiaI to Tie TeIeernbh

oFttI"F 70 I"t ItFtBTdFH
Hagerstown. Md, Oct. 23. = The will
of Miss Anna NJ. Craig. of this city
Maryland Railroad. several weeks ago
was probated here. The will. which
was searched for. was finally found In
the springs of her bed but relatives
did not know of it's existence until the
furniture was being removed. The will
disposes of an estate OF several thou
sand dollars.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
In five minutes! No stomach mis-
cry, Heartburn, Gases or
Dyspepsia

You can eat anything your stomach
Graves without fear of Indigestion or
Dyspepsia, or that your food will fer
ment or sour on your stomach, IL you
will take Papes Diapepsin occasion
ally.
Anything you eat will be digested;
nothing can ferment or turn into acid.
poison or stomach gas. which causes
Belching, Dizziness. a Feeling of Full
ness after Eating. Nausea, Indigestion
(like d lump of lead in stomach) i,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
Deaths and Funerals
BURY MISS WEISS

Funeral services for Miss Lena
Weiss, who died at the home of her
brother, Rudolph e. Weiss, 1926 Mar
ket street, were held this morning at
9 o'clock from the st. Lawrence Ger
man Catholic Church. Burial was
made in the Calvary Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
MORE HAGERsTowN WEDDINGS
Special 10 The TeIeprabL

-FttFW' 10 7 Ut 7 tItBTuVI
Hagerstown, Md, Oct. %. - Miss
Elma May Dyer and Meade Arthur
Bulb, both of Milton, Pa. were married
sonage of the First Baptist Church, by
the Rev. +. X. Thomas.
Miss Virginia Bell and Alexander NJ
Kinds, Jr., formerly of Harrisburg
were married yesterday afternoon at
the parsonage of st. Marks Lutheran
Church. in this city, by the Rev. J. Will
liam OFT. The attendants were, Miss
Margie Whitehill and Charles L. Sper-
rell, of Union Bridge. Mr.. and Mrs.
Kinds left for a trip through Pennsyl-
vania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23

Frank Palmer, will be rendered by the
Harrisburg C. e. Choral Union and
Sixth Street G. E. choir. Addresses
will be delivered by II. b. Macrory, of
Pittsburgh, State secretary, and Karl
Lehman, field secretary OF the United
Society. The presidents annual re-
port will be made and election of
officers will be held.
Prizes, two Bibles and years sub
scription to the c.. e. World and the
State Bulletin, will be given to socie-
ties sending the largest percentage of
their members to the rally. 1t is esti-
mated that 1900 or 1000 Endeavorers
will attend and societies will march
to the church with banners.
Promotion Day. - Sunday will be
promotion day In the Pine Street Pres
byterian Sunday school, when new
classes will be organized in the senior
department and a new years work
will be begun in the elementary de-
partments. A class for studies pre-
paratory to church membership has
been organized and meets each Thurs
day evening under the direction of the
assistant pastor of the church. On
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock there
will be a reception at the church to
which all adult members of the con-
gregation and Sunday school will be
invited.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
PUBLIC SERVICE
GIVES DECISIONS
Refuses to Give York Water Peo-
pie Right to Have Attorney
General Sue City

The Public Service Commission has
decided that the Lehigh Valley Light
and Power Company is required to
charge the Good Shepherd Home, To-
Gated in Allentown, the rates set forth
in its tariffs and schedules filed and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
RI1RY AIRS ZIAINfERNIAN

Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth
Zimmerman, who died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. S. c. Shull. 1543
North Sixth street. were held this aft
ernoon. Private burial was made in
the Harrisburg Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
FUNERAL OF ANNA e. HOAX

Funeral services for Anna E. Hoax,
who died Tuesday at 1343 Vernon
street, were held this afternoon at
o'clock. Burial was made in the Har-
risburg Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF SON
.SteciaI to The TeIeerabh

Dauphin, Pa, oct. 23. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Singer announce the birth of a
son. on Tuesday. Ortober 81. Mrs.
Singer was formerly Miss Clara Gar
men, of Duncannon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23

Not Wealth, but the Ability to
Meet Difficult Conditions is the
Measure of a Man.-Anon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
E|VDEAVOR UNION
ELECTION OCT. q
1000 Young People Expected to
Attend Annual Rally in
South st. Church

The big annual
rally of the Harris
burg Christian En-
deaver Union will be
held in the Sixth
Street United Breth-
rem Church, Sixth
and Seneca streets,
on Tuesday evening,
October 81, at 7.45
o'clock. T.. j. Hug
gins, president of the
Harrisburg Christian
Endeavor Union, will
preside, and the song
service. under the
leadership of ].
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-23
\ Vote He Needed

I'm his trips over the country while
seeking the office of county superinten-
dent, one of the last places that young
Brumbaugh went was down to Auch-
wick, and late one evening he got to
the house of the late James Harper,
fine, sturdy, Scotch-Irish farmer, and
asked him whether he would vote for
him. He said no, he would have to sup
port Mr. Burnett who was one of
Brumbaugh's opponents. He said to
the young man: Come in anyhow
and get something to eat. If you have
no other place to go l will gladly keep
you over night During their talk in
the course of the evening he said:
Are you any relative to that boy who
helped his father down with the tele-
graph poles last summer?' The
answer was: Mr.. Harper, l happen
to be that boy He said: If that is
the case l Will support you, and L
will tell the other man 1 cannot sup
port him. DR.. Brumbaugh was elected
by a majority of one vote over two
opponents"
In conclusion Judge Orlady re-
marked: That illustrates not only
that DIR. Brumbaugh is a business
man; he paid all fathers debts before
he was 25, but that he possesses many
other qualities which we specially need
in Governor at this time"
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pearls to I'LL two gallon measure. some
Of them two-thirds Of an inch in diame-
ter. Explorers elsewhere have dug
pearls by the quart out Of old Indian
mounds.
One day not long ago a young man
from st. Louis on a fishing trip in Ar
kansas was sitting idly on a log by the
muddy shore Of Murphy Lake when he
noticed a bright object OF spherical
shape lying in the shallow water. A
negro told him that such things were
plentiful thereabout. and that they
were worthless except for use as mar
bles by the children. Nevertheless he
collected a number Of them. and sent
them to a jewelry firm In Memphis. In
return he received a check for a large
sum Of money. How the pearls came to
be preserved under such circumstances
could not be easily explained. In another
instance q man digging postholes in
Cypress Bayou came across number Of
pearls "as large as a "A calibre rife
ball" foot and half below the surface
Of the mud
The prospect is that in days to come
anybody who wishes to obtain pear
mussel seed will be able to do so by
writing to the Fisheries Bureau. In re-
turn for his application he will receive
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Pearl mussel fishing boat with apparatus Of drag hooks

closely resembling a drop Of molten cop
per- A sky blue specimen from Caney
Fork. Tenn. sold for $500. One mer-
chant at Carthage buys about SIS, 900
worth Of pearls annually. The highest
price he has paid was $4,000. Usually
prices run from $50 to 5000.
The market for baroque pearls. SO
popular in recent years, is largely sup
piled from the Cumberland Valley.
Nearly every specimen OF the pocket
book mussel contains one or more OF
these pearls OF irregular shape, which
are formed at or near the hinge o" the
bivalve. Some OF them. with a slight
addition Of gold or enamel. can be made
to resemble mans head, hat, an owl
or some other figure. according to the
fancy OF the manufacturing jeweller.
When 1t is considered that these bar
oques sell at first hand for $3.50 to $3.50
an ounce II will be seen that the ulti-
mate consumer usually pays a high
price for them.
Incidentally to its Investigation Of this
problem the fisheries bureau has made
an exploration Of the entire area
watered by the Mississippi and its
tributaries. 1t has located the finest
beds Of mussels existing within this
area, the beds which furnish the most
valuable varieties, and from these
sources 1t will draw its supplies of the
mo,iusks ior breeding purposes. But
inc'oehta,iy attention VIII be paid to
.ne production OF pearls matter
a'ose'ner asioe from furnishing ma
'er'ai ior the button INDUSTRY or Tor
o."er manufactures requiring mother
VI pearl
One thing ascertained in the course
OF recent observations In the Cumber-
,ahu 'uney ~ .hat ih"skrats seem 10
nave "e,"eu preference ior 'ne pigtoe
n"'Se wn'en' as already explained IL
one -, TIC nioS. Na'"ao,e commercial
Saie,,es. also 'he pearls IL produces
are vi e"'ep''"hai pea"'y'
The pearl making worm Is parasite
OF the mussei. Boring into the flesh
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sertion. llli bicycle. he said, he had left
at So-and-so's farm below, as the roads
were so heavy.
After examining with much interest q
COW offered for sale by our storekeeper
and liking upon the price, in a burst of
the most volube conversation ever
heard In those parts he abruptly took
his departure, refusing all offers Of din
ner, saying that he intended to strike the
railway at point near by in order to
get brother brakeman to help him
away with both cow and bicycle.
Nothing was ever heard OF he fellow
again, nor had bicycle been left at the
farmhouse he mentioned.
Why he went through all this farce Il
stiA matter for conjecture. as he
begged for nothing and refused all offers
OF refreshment. That he was a detec-
tive looking up something was the
general opinion.
Early one very hot morning a brig.
andish looking man, whose tattered
raiment and shocking bad hat were for
gotten In the admiration one felt for
the fascinating politeness he DISPLAYED,
stopped at my gate. and after giving the
conventional "holler" inquired the way
to l., the county town Of the neigh
boring county.
The question being answered In my
best manner, the stranger bowed.
thanked me with effusion and turned to
go-apparently. A youth Of perhap s
Is. who accompanied him and on further
acquaintance proved to be his son, re.
marked a. II to the surrounding
scenery:
Pap allus gifts a headache II he
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somewhat like ice tongs, with which
they seek to grasp and hold on to some
passing fish. II they fail in this en-
deavor they perish, their prospect Of
survival depending entirely upon Sc
curing a nurse fish to take care Of them
until they are older.
Now, the plan adopted for small
scale propagation by the Fisheries Blu
reau experts in the Cumberland VAL
ley is to take ripe pearl mussels from
the natural beds, abstract from them their
little brood packets, and place the lat
ter in tubs together with small fish, such
as sunfish and perch. This gives an
opportunity for the glochidia, as the
Larvae are called. to fasten themselves
upon the fms and gills Of the fishes,
which sometimes become SO heavily
loaded in this way that they can hardly
swim.
All that is then necessary Is to turn
the fishes loose in a stream. and the rest
Of the business will take care Of itself.
For at the end Of about seventy days,
the glochidia will drop of of their own
accord, and. falling to the bottom, will
assume their adult form.
Thus 1t appears that in babyhood the
pearl mussels are literally parasites of
on such a nurse, they set up an irrita-
ton which causes the fish to throw out
a sort of protective growth, forming a
cyst, alright and waterproof, to cover
them. Thus they are safe against in
jury or disturbance while undergoing
their early development.
The experts are satisfied that by this
means mussel planting can he kept in
future well ahead of mussel fishing, so
that an abundant supply of the mol
lusks will always be available for use
by the button making industry. But,
as matter of fact, much more than
this will be accomplished; for, in addi-
ton to maintaining the natural beds
already in existence (Which were threat
ened with destruction by overfishing).
new beds will be established in other
places and in other streams. all that Is
necessary for the purpose being to load
little fishes with the glochidia and dis
tribute them wherever they may be
wanted.
This will be accomplished on a large
scale by the use OF specially constructed
ponds, into which bass and perch can
be put together with mussels at the
season when the latter are spawning
Then, when the fishes are loaded with
the glochidia, they will be transferred
to suitable receptacles for shipment. or
II may be found expedient to turn them
loose in other ponds until the young
mussels drop of, whereupon the latter
can he collected from the bottom for
planting much in the same, way as seed
oysters.
An obvious advantage OF this mode
OF culture IL that the most desirable
varieties can be selected for propa ga ton
There are In the streams and lakes OF
the Mississippi Valley and elsewhere
more than 800 species Of pearl mussels
Most OF them are worthless CONNER.
cially, because their shells are too thir
to furnish suitable material for button,
or Tor other purposes demanding a good
auaiity of mother Of pearl. On tho
other hand some have the advantage OF
great size, and there are specially de.
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sirable varieties which run in color from
copper to salmon, pink. strawberry, sill
very white and flaming red.
Here indeed Is opened up q new and
very profitable kind Of water farming.
1t does not even demand expert knowl-
edge. Anybody who can find bed Of
first class pearl mussels. even II there
are only a few. can transfer some Of
the best OF them to a stream and stock
the latter with perch and sunfish. II
barriers are placed above and below
to prevent the fish from getting away.
while allowing the water free passage.
there will soon be very valuable mus
sci bed. yielding a highly satisfactory
annual income.
The business Of collecting pearl mus
sells in the Cumberland River is called
claiming and those engaged in 1t have
names Of their own for the different
varieties. such as pigtoe. washboard.
monkey face, butterfly. piak wartyback,
pockctbook, elephant ear. spectacle
case. snuffpox. cats claw. grandma. kid
ney shell, dromedary. squawfoot and
pistol grip. Among the most valuable
commercially are the pigtoe, the butter
ny and the niggerhead.
The mussels for a large button fac
tory at Dover. Tenn. are carried up the
steep river bank by steam power and
cleaned by steam In pans. But the
pearlers. who make business OF look
ing for pearls. do not subject the mol
lusks To any cooking process for obvious
reasons. They open them with a knife.
Most of the pearling IL done by farmers
at odd times and by men who in winter
are engaged in numbering or trapping.
Thirty thousand dollars worth Of
pearls were obtained in one week from
a bed at Goodall Island.
A great majority OF the pearls are
white. purple. yellowish or pink. the
colors corresponding with those Of the
different varieties Of mussels which pro-
duce them. Some are light green and
occasionally a bright red one is found.
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Plans Under Way for Artificial Cultiva-
ton of Mussels in Cumberland VAL
ley-Fish and Muskrats Will Help

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c.re' ho' " e",'o" pvspeeNe
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SUE resu,.
me ",e'nou auop'eu !" tue propasa
uoh vi .ne "us'e's 10 oaseu upon khowi-
e.se vi ."e iae, .na' ."e perpe.
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UNCLE SAM STARTS
FARMING FOR PEARLS

IN the flesh, attributable to Irritation
caused by the parasite.
Now II appears that only some mus
sci beds are thus parasitized. II a bed
is not infected II will not produce pearls.
The thing to do therefore when pearls
are wanted Is to hunt up an infected
bed, no matter Of what variety. and to
plant superior mussels in II. Then the
latter will become infected and may be
counted upon TO yield fine pearls.
The finding OF pearls has been
hitherto u pure gamble and every one
opened In the search for them has been
destroyed. But this is not necessary.
The intensive pearl farmer Of the flu
ture. whose business It will be to obtain
a maximum number Of large and fine
pearls from a relatively small number
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
From the mussel shell to ii.
pearl button.

oussShs
Of musses Of superior variety, will slip
between the valves Of each moilusk IA
sharp pointed pair Of pliers, pressing
the handles slowly together and thus
ascertaining whether there is a pearl
inside. II so 1t may be gently removed
Or II the mussel contains a pearl the
latter may be allowed to grow bigger
the bivalve being returned to the water
Another practical method is afforded
by the X-ray. This IL already being
applied in Ceyion, where on the island
Of Ipantivu, near the famous fishery OF
the Gulf Of Mannar, pearl oysters are
photographed at the rate of 400 a min
ute. The machine employed for the
purpose consists of an endless sheet of
canvas passing over rollers on which
the oysters are placed.
The strip Is divided into q number OF
sections, which are photographed one
after another by exposure to ROentgen
apparatus, n sheet OF sensitized paper
being placed beneath the oysters. Each
canvas section Is marked with a big
number 30 that the resulting photo
graphs are easily compared with the
groups Of oysters they represent. Those
which contain pearls are picked out to
he opened and the others are returned
to the sea.
The aboriginal residents OF the Scioto
and Miami valleys possessed large col
lections or pearls. Big chiefs wore
them by thousands on their clothing
With two skeletons In mound near
Chillicothe, Ohio, were found enough
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-22
Unaccountable Wanderers Who Pause
at Farm Houses in Secluded PART,
of the West Virginia Mountains

cry. FOR l had bite to eat down the
road a piece. but I do want to get do.
cent coat. I'm goin' to C ana
maybe will git a job there if | only had a
coat better than this yere bunch q rae.
I'm wearin'. That coat you ~, nm
brother. would do. although it aint yorv
good in the sleeves, but It's a hun in,
better'n mine; that coat has been
good one in Its day and reckon +,
would do me we'll"