Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-01
EVENING Chat

Judging from some of the reports
which are reaching the Capitol, a good
bit of vigilance has to be exercised in
regard to the payment of the bounties
which the State places upon the scalps
of foxes, weasels, hawks and other
animals and birds which are consid-
cred nuisances to the farmers. Re-
Gently an opinion was given that coun-
ties had to pay the bounties and must
look to the State for reimbursement.
In some counties the commissioners
have been trying to collect back bills
from the State and were not very keen
about making payments and in some
the bounty statute is not popular any
way. When the word was given that
the bounties had to be paid it became
known that the reason why over
$780, 900 provided through the hunt
ers license law had not been dis
tributed was because the General AS
Sembly neglected to pass the necessary
bills. 1t is expected that this will be
taken care of next winter. Meanwhile
the scalp hunters are getting busy and
some of the reports about them show
that 1t takes experts in natural history
to Identify some scalps. One man
turned in scalps of half a hundred
birds. saying they were goshawks and
that he had shot them in one county.
Game officials say that 1t is doubtful
II 150 soShI hIwks come into the whole
state in year let alone the county
which is not in the hawk belt. In an
other instance claim was made for
bounties on twelve weasels. The JUS
tlce of the peace was not up on
weaselS and sent for man who was.
The man took one look and the hunt
ers took their game and their de-
parturc hurriedly. The animals were
large rats. In another instance cats
ears were shown as basis for a bounty,
while unless a magistrate happens to
be booked on the varieties of hawks
against which Father Penn has put n
bounty he is apt to pay a bounty for a
hawk of value to a farmer instead of
one which prefers a diet of chicken.
The bounty act requires eternal VigL
| lance.
DR.. John ]. Mullowneys recent lec-
ture on China at the Cresson State
Sanatorium was greatly enjoyed by
the patients and employees of the in
stitution. 1t was an illustrated lecture
and was simply another instance of
the admirable work of the State De-
partment of Health, of which DIR Null
lowney is assistant chief medical in
spector He spent nearly three years
and half in China, from 1908 to
1912. He was a professor in the North
China Union Medical College and had
charge of the Hopkins Memorial Hos
pital, both of which institutions are
situated in Peking. the capital of China,
During his three years in China DR..
Mullowney had unusual opportunities
Tor obtaining first-hand information
and pictures of Chinese scenes, meth
DDS of travel, architecture and modes
of living. In 1911 he had a hand in
combating very Virulent epidemic
of plague which broke out in North
China Again in 1911 and 1912 he
had unusual opportunities to see vari-
Gus parts of the country after the re-
cent Chinese revolution occurred 1t
was then that he helped to organize
the first Red Cross corps to go out in
North China and he went to Central
China TO care for the wounded SOL
diers
Dr. Mullowney. in conjunction with
Chinese friend, has been working
for some time on a brief history of
the events which led up to the Chi
nese revolution and a character sketch
of some of the leaders on both sides of
the great conflict that has transformed
the methods of government of the
great Chinese nation The book is
now in the hands of the publishers
(Fleming II. Revell Company. New
YORK; and will be out in a few days.
DR.. Mullowney showed that there
are great commercial and manufac-
turing opportunities for Americans in
China. He said that Americans had
been altogether too slow in grasping
these opportunities, while the Euro
pean nations are getting in "on the
ground floor
AS fitting close to the lecture he
showed some pictures of scenes and
leaders of the revolutionary army
There is a good story going the
ROUNDS OF man at the Middletown
tair. The man was running a show in
which tacks were put up on a board
and for dime each person got three
balls to throw. If they drove in a tack
they got a box of good CANDY. The
first day cost the man thirty boxes.
one man getting five and a mere lad
three. The second day the havoc was
worse and he gave up in disgust.
Out on Allison Hill there Is a boy
VINO has the making of a great man
In him. He has been bothered by fell
lows borrowing things from him and
as ne owns printing press he has
inquired out plan whereby he can
| make money and save his things. He
prints cards setting forth that So and
So has borrowed Thus and So from
John. Tom or Dick and agrees to re-
turn 1t on a certain day. Business is
fair.
rotund man sat at one of the ball
games few days ago batting the air
and occasionally whanging his next
neighbor. He was hot in more senses
than one and his neighbors suffered
too. He was very active and in some
| of his gyrations he hit two people
Finally he was asked what allied him.
Bees" he replied tersely.
I'm your belfry?" was asked iocosely
Nav. They're after this lolly pop
and I've been stung already and there
are four hanging around. l don't
know how to get rid of them"
Then one of the sufferers cast the
offending sugar affair far away.