Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-17
EVENING CHAT

An interesting feature in connec-
ton with the inventory of the assets
OF Pennsylvania. to which reference
was made last night. is the fact that
1t will include the moneys in hand.
On the day the inventory is closed the
total amount of the State cash will be
taken and II will be seen where it
STANDS in active accounts. But 1t will
also be seen that the state is not only
out OF debt, but that IL has a surpris-
lnSiy large sum accumulated in its
SINKING fund over and above all evil
denceS of debt. Incidentally, it will
snow the very interesting fact that
Wnlie the Commonwealth is out of
uept u owes money to itself. Last
year the state paid off the last of the
outstanding public bonds. There re-
main some old non interest bearing
anu other loans on which interest
enoed long ago, but which the holders
nave never presented. although the
caSn awaits them. Then there are
half million of Agricultural script
bonds, which bear per cent. The
state owns these and the interest goes
10 state College, so that the state
makes an appropriation to the college
IN that form. These bonds will fall
que IN about ten years and the cash
1or them and for $4,000 of proceeds
are also held by the state, is in hand
But the state will be paying interest
TO itself for a while. But over and
above all these evidences of debt, and
Ihey do not aggregate $3.50, 900, the
state mas IN cash to-day $153.514.99
Ior redemption of debts which it does
not owe. The accumulation of a sink
ing fund must go on while any debts
remain unpaid. It's funny thing to
be out of debt and yet be piling up
cash to meet debts.
A company of blackbirds modified
IN Capitol Park the other morning
and chased the fat, lazy pigeons to
the tall timbers. The birds were part
OF a corps that has been hanging
around here for some weeks and ap-
parently sized up the Capitol Park as
a happy feeding ground. About forty
landed during the middle of the
morning when visitors were scatter
ing around peanuts and commenced
TO harass the pigeons. They would
wait until people went away and then
start after the nuts. For while the
active, pugnacious birds bossed the
place and did not scare even for the
squirrels.
People who have eaten peaches in
capitol Park have been surprised to
see the squirrels scamper after the
stones Every day there are people
VINO take their lunches to the benches
under the trees and have a flock of
pros ana squirrels for company. Yes
tsruav couple of peachstones were
thrown at pigeons who became foo
friendly. In a trice they were snapped
up by squirrels and carted off TO he
buried. ~
:, Il harrisburg got back to its regular
IAN strlde as convention city yes
terday. There were no less than six
meetings of general Importance in
progress: This is the first week in
months in which there have been inn
portant doings and between the vari-
GUS hearings on Capitol Hill, the Bull
Moosers: the sealers, Slovak Unionists
ana raliroad engineers there was
Ihere were some funny incidents
at the Washington party state com
nittee meeting yesterday and while
mere amt no politics in this coll
Illn I.,II they're worth noting. William
4, a. Iinh voted three times on one uues-
tlon. This is possible only in q RulI
Moose meeting. Finn did II becausa
ne was there as a member and had
Two proxies. L. A. Snyder, of Pitts
ourgh, did the same thing. 1t was
put down one and add two.
During the afternoon someone
strayed in with some war bulletins
noted down on the back of a letter
The wars going on. The Germans
began. way he
cut it. Sos Judge Brumm." re-
torted a man near him who wanted IN
hear the Schuylkill veteran of manV
battles. VI many
When the meeting came to an end
someone proposed three cheers for
MG,Gormlck: They were given with a
VIII ana when the tumult died away
thefe was heard the shrill voice of a
neWsie. And this is what he said
right after there had been cheers for
Mccormick: ioi
"All the news Buy the Telegraph. 3"
Ihe picturesque stream that for
Iorty years or more flowed through
Bonnymeads, the Boyd estate bevo1d
PaXtang, and supplied power that
turned the wheels in Welker's Mill
VIII soon be without a job-so far as
supplying motive power for grinding
the grain is concerned And the
stream and dam will figure merely as
beauty spots along the great estate,
Electriclty is to be used for operating
the mil and the changing of the ma
chlnery is now under way. Incident
ally a portion of the dam Is heinz
torn out and only enough of the oh.
struction will remain to preserve ~.
natural beauty of the scenery. Work
on the installation of the electric SER
vice by the local electric light com
pany is keeping anace with a. -.