Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-03-26
EVENING Chat

| It's an i'll wind that blows no one
any good. When the blizzard came
along some weeks ago and tied up
things generally for the Pennsylvania
Railroad men were in demand and the
company called out all of the men on
| furlough and gave them jobs, which.
II rather hard. were nevertheless well
paid for, and furnished employment
at time when it was needed. And
some of the men were shipped about
! and Kept busy for days after the storm
abated. And right here comes along
the trouble at Pittsburgh. Men we're
\ needed and again the furloughed fell
| lows were told they could have jobs If
they wanted them. The company has
a list of every man who is laid off and
the number has been rather large
| lately, so that when an emergency
arises the men can be summoned and
| sent out for wrecks, clearing track or
anything. being given the preference.
| The same plan is followed by other
| large employers who are sticking by
the men who are laid off.
There's good bit of snow about the
city yet in spite of the thaw which has
caused the banks to disappear from
many places. This was strikingly
Illustrated the other day when some
building material which has been
stored up town was moved. 1t was
stored so that the wind swept under
1t and underneath the stuff was large
mass Of ice. the remains of snow
which had melted and been frozen
again. Indeed, there are many places,
protected from the sun, where plenty
of evidence Of the big storm can be
found.
And while we are about it here is
good one told by a Harrisburger. He
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comforting intelligence that in the first
week of March when we We're suffer-
ing from all kinds of weather and
since friend of mine down in the
Argentine has been swimming and
disporting himself in summer attire.
He says that the summer down there
has been hot and that Christmas and
New Years days he spent working
hard with fans and cool drinks
When the big mbers were moved
from the pile on the Post Office lawn
yesterday by the men in charge of the
work there were found twenty-eiGht
bottles which had been thrown or hid
den under the beams. Why, no one
can say, except the desire of man
who drains a bottle to hide it as soon
as possible. There were twenty-on
half-pints in the lot and four quar-
ters, the others being pints. Judging
from that assortment, there must have
been considerable effort to escape the
chilling blasts of winter in Walnut
and other streets in the vicinity
You can tell that there was an auto
mobile show held here by the number
OF new cars that have been buzZing
about the city the last few days. Some
fine new cars, exhibit stock. have beer.
shown and they have been spotted by
the ''X' on the license plates. How
ever, this is the season of the year
when the new cars are coming in and
there must be either considerable
money or excellent credit about the
city.
w. Frank Wheaton, of Wilkes Barre,
who appeared here yesterday in the
argument against the State anthracite
coal tax is a former Judge of Luzerne
county. He was appointed and elected,
but he foUnd the charms of general
practice and opportunity for engaging
in legal battles more tempting than
sitting on the bench. The former Judge
is we'll known here, as he is one of
the leaders of the Luzerne bar and
has appeared here in notable cases,
particularly at the Capitol.
Among the petitions shown about
the city yesterday was one in which
every name was written in a peculiar
style of ink. There wss no doubling
the genuineness of the signatures be-
cause they were distinctive enough,
but the fact that they were all with
the same ink caused someone to re-
mark that there might be someone
who would say things. "Get out" re-
sponded the man with the paper
affably. That proves / got EN- all
myself That inks from my own pen.
They all used it to sign and asked
every one