Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-12
EVENING CHAT

| | EVENING CHAT
Considerable interest is being mani
rested on Capitol Hill in the conven-
tloh or sealers of weights and meas
ures of the State, which is to be held
at the Statehouse commencing next
tuesday, because it will bring out just
what the results of enforcement of
the law of 1913 have been. 1t is said
mere that thanks to the acts passed
/ last year, the use of "bottomless'
measures and of combination meas
ures has been checked and that firms
Whlch formerly made measures which
could be manipulated have stopped
shipping them into Pennsylvania be-
cause there is no demand for them
and they ran risks of getting into
trouble. Chief of Standards James
sweeney says that the enforcement
oil the laws by city and county seal
ers mas saved hundreds of thousands
OF dollars to the housekeepers of the
state, as the tons of crooked meas
| ufes and false weights taken illustrate
Some of the measures taken were art
Iully arranged to deceive, and at
| tempted destruction when seized
showed that the owners knew how to
use them. Sealers say that an at
! tempt to bring about changes in the
law to make it less rigorous will be
made next session, and they propose
TO let the State know what has been
accomplished in order to prevent it.
According to reports which State
Aoologist Fl. A. Surface has been re-
ceiVing at the Capitol there will he
an abundance of chestnuts through
out the State. Large areas are re-
ported to he well supplied with burrs
ana prospects are for an excellent
crop. In some parts of the State.
/ where blight was reported as making
lnroads a few years ago, there will be
large yields. infected trees having
been cut out The counties along the
Blue Ridge mountains report indica-
tons of very heavy crop.
| The big pieces of stone on the lawn
of the government building are being
put to good use by the squirrels from
| Capitol Park these days. and il is said
| ny the workmen that stores of nuts for
| winter use will he uncovered when
the time comes to clear up Every
! day squirrels skurry over from Capt
tol Park with nuts and disappear be-
|
come out looking innocent. The pea
nut man along Third street appears to
| he popular with the squirrels. be-
lcause they gather around him and are
rewarded by nut or two.
| Harrisburg policemen are com
| mencing to get tired of the boys who
ride about town in the evening with
out having their bicycle lamps lighted.
one OF the corner officers says that he
stopped dozen boys the other even
ing and that he intends to pull in"
some of the kids who fail to observe
common sense regulations. One in
lVeterate offender was stopped last
night and told to light up. He in
! formed the policeman that he had
been unable to get wick That's
what YOU gave me the other night"
said the policeman. Honest. I tried
n lot of places but they amt got my
size" The policeman told him to
find the right store or get in training
for trip to the police station.
When Governor Tener and the
members of his staff started for Bal
timore to-day to attend the Star
Spangled Banner celebration the Gov
ernor was attended by the State
color bearer, who carries the blue and
gold silk flag This flag has done
duty for four Governors and is one
of the handsomest in PENNSYLVANIA.
1t has been used at many encamp-
ments but is so well taken care of
that it is as good as new. But COM
lpared to the Maryland State flag it is
a very modest affair.
One of the many lines affected by
the war is the china industry 1t may
not be widely known, but it is the
truth, that the gold used in decorating
china is made only in Germany. There
is a gold paint made in the United
States, but the real gold that is
used on real china is made only in
Germany. Thousands of dollars in
gold coin have been destroyed in try
ing to find out how the German gold
paint is made. Domestic gold fire.
quently, according to china painters,
| turns black when the china is fired.
The German gold goes through fire
and comes out with brilliant gloss,
i Old gold effect is secured by slow
heating.
With the beautifying of Harris
burg's river front and the building of
the dam across the river below the
city there is an eVer-increaSing interest
in all kinds of aquatic sports among
; HarriSburgers. One of the most pop
ular sports, of course, is canoeing, and
this form of recreation is gaining more
adherents every day. The Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce and lovers OF
sport have recognized the sport and
are doing much to make it more en-
joyable by blasting many of the dan
, gerous rocks from the bed of the
river. While this work is being done
it has been suggested by number OF
canoeists that it might be a good plan
. to make canoe channel across the
, river to the Conodoguinet. This is one
| hest 1nnninR nlDpaS tc
but on account of the dangerous rocks
; and low water is now not accessible
from the Harrisburg shore. Whether
or not it would be possible to make
such a channel the canoeist did not
say, but if it is possible there would
be no trouble in raising a good sized
fund for the work among Canoeists II
someone would only make the start.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE