Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-17
EVENING CHAT

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Governor John X. Tener, who fin
ished what will probably be his last
Dig public function before next Janu-
airy, when his successor will be inaug
urated, when he inspected the Ma
tlonal Guardsmen at Mt. Gretna on
FRIDAY, has made record In sharp
contrast to one made by Ex-Governor
Edwin s. Stuart Mr.. Stuart never
put on his high hat to officiate at any
ceremony that 1t did not rain. Mr..
Tener did not get his silk hat wet
once. Friends of the Governor are
congratulating him upon his record
and asking him II he hopes to inaugu-
rate his successor in a day as brill
liant for sunshine as that upon which
ne took the oath of office. 1t seems
that, barring his inauguration day,
When showers fell after the cere-
monies, all Mr.. Stuart had to do was
TO put on his high hat and the
weather man did the rest. 1t rained
on him when he reviewed the troops
at camp, 1t rained when he spoke on
various occasions when procedure and
proper dress required a high hat, and
1t rained when he went away to dedi=-
cate mouments. Incidentally, a story
is told on Capitol Hill, of how on
one occasion, when he hoped to es-
! cape the ducking which appeared to
come whenever he appeared with the
SILK tile, fate spoiled all hopes. In
Winchester a monument was being
dedicated and the Governor was rid
ing from the site wearing his high
| nat and enjoying the pleasant South
ern sunshine. He had referred earlier
IN the day to cloudless sky when he
put on his hat. Everything was lovely
and the station was in sight when a,
hose used for sprinkling the street
burst beside his carriage and show
cred everyone. Thus far Governor
Tener has missed the rains, although
ne mas worn his high hat when occa-
sion has demanded It.
Half a dozen Germans and some
men who looked like Austrians. but
| VINO spoke an outlandish dialect, were
at Union Station on Saturday night
IN very much disgusted state. They
mao oeen summoned to return for
war service and some time ago had
packed up, kissed their friends good
by and started for New York. They
waited around New York for a time
ana found that the ships had quit
SAILING for their lands. Most of them
USED up what money they had keep
ing allve while waiting for ships, and
as tnere were no accommodations
they just came back to Pennsylvania
and were headed for the coal regions
TO go to work in peace.
The golden road is commencing to
make lts appearance along the roads
near the city, and some splendid
specimens of the typical American
mower are to be seen within a few
minutes walk of the built-up portion.
The golden rod makes a most attrac-
tive autumn decoration and the won
uer is that 1t Is not more generally
employed. Some of the stalks to he
high. -ee'
The last week or so has brought
more people to the city on automo-
pie parties than in any previous Pc
roo thls summer, and judging from
%at wnat they tell the hotel clerks, it is
because the roads are being put into
shape. The enforced cessation of
maintenance work last Fall cost this
city large amount of patronage. he
cause the highways toward Fall got
into state that made travelling anv-
thlng but enjoyable. But the High
way Department appears to have
wrought wonders in many localities in
spite of the short time it has been at
| work, and travel is booming with
hundreds coming to Harrisburg to see
the State Capitol and to look over the
city.
u
lating E. A. Jones. Deputy state
Highway Commissioner, on the issu
ance or patent to him and his
prother, John =. Jones, for an auto
! natlc stoker which will solve a prob
lem that has long vexed manufactur-
ers ana others who use the fine coal
/ recovered from washeries of anthra-
cite. An immense amount of carbon
mas peen wasted because the very
hne coal, some of which is in minute
particles, puts out most of the fires on
which 1t is employed. 1t has a ten
dency to become so closely packed
that there is no air space left. The
stoker invented by the. Messrs' Jones
VIII feed the coal and spray 1t over
the surface of the fire evenly and in
such quantity as to aid combustion.
1t has been tried out in Scranton.
where the waste dust from washeries
which is much smaller than buck.
fuel.
Some of the grocers of the city have
| been victims eff practical jokers since
| prices began to fluctuate and thew
have to be on the watch for hoexes
The other day some jokers called up
a grocer in one of the outlying dis
tricts and, taking the name of a rival
began to give him fits for cutting the
price of sugar. AS a matter of fact
both had advanced it and talked
about going up some more. The
other man" fired back that he heard
that his rival had been doing some
cutting in other lines, and for a time
there were sharp interchanges. Then
the jokers got the man they had i'm
personated on the telephone and
started to Jolly" him. He got mad
and called up a third grocer and
complained about the way he was
being treated. Just then the jokers
got NO. 3 grocer on another tele-
phone, using the name of the man
who was talking to him. The first
| grocer will not helieNe that he ~