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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
A COURAGEOUS GOVERNOR
[From the Ooutlook.1


Few governors have rendered a
public service more bravely than Gov
ernor Slaton of Georgia.
There is in every community an ele-
ment that may be formed into a mob.
1t is this element that is sometimes
called the rabble. In most American
communities it is very small element
indeed. 4 rabble or a mob is always
cowardly. 1t never attacks a body of
equal size or power. 1t usually is di-
rected against a single individual. 1t
is easily dispersed by any organized
force. 1t is thoughtless as we'll as
cowardly. By mere numbers it may
at times seem dangerous to the COM
munity, and it is always dangerous to
individuals. There are two ways of
dealing with the mob. One is to
to 1t, parley with it, and submit to its
dictation. There is only one other
way, and that is to defy 1t and sup
press it. During the trial of Leo NJ.
Frank there was abundant evidence
to show that the mob was largely in
control. The very fact that the court
was not willing TO have the prisoner
face his accusers when he was SEN
fenced, as is the prisoners right, for
fear of mob violence shows that at the
crucial moment the mob was upper
most.
Governor Slaton dehed the mob,
and won a victory for the State of
Georgia and or American civilization.
Governor Slaton was rightin saying:
It's not the people of Georgia out
there" (referring to the mob--"not
the worthwhile people. It's the ragtag
element. l want to tell you that their
demonstration doesn't mean an ex-
preston by the State, sir"
1t has remained for Governor Slaton
to express what we believe to be the
true spirit OF the people of Georgia
and of America He has said that his
decision means that he is henceforth
to live in obscurity If that is so, it
| is by no means the heaviest penalty a
man can pay. But we misunderstand
the people of Georgia If Governor Sla-
ton will not have from them, not a
penalty, but a reward-a reward OF
confidence and gratitude.
The reign of terror in Georgia is
over, and the man who has driven the
usurper from his throne is John NJ.
Slaton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15

keepers, he has to his discredit the de-
struction of fifty-nine umbrellas and
more than sixty hats, among which is
a policeman's helmet.
Strange Animals of All Kinds
Near at hand is the bird house,
which with a large fight aviary built
over a wooded stream, and some
smaller ones, confines nearly seven
hundred birds, including 172 different
species. There is another good sized
building known as the antelope house,
----?s.erein are to be seen many specimens
or Snis &St-iS::l in various forms and
sizes. There IS tAe Sentabok, the
hartebeest, the water buck. the gnu
and the great oX-like eland, the larg-
est of them all, together with fleet
footed gaZelles, many of which are
killed in the East to obtain their skins
for water sacks.
One gazelle from India, with
peculiar spirally twisted horns, is sup
posed to have inspired the story of the
fabulous unicorn. Americas antelope,
the prong horn, differs from those of
the Old World in that it sheds its
horns annually, as does the deer, but
otherwise conforms to the African and
Asiatic species in general appearance
and habits There are also specimens
of the chamois-and many goats and
plants, hippopotami, tapirs. zebras
and American bison are along the
road to the north of the antelope
house.
Just across the main driveway, to-
ward the west, are the main Enclosures
for the bears, which include twelve
different kinds and twenty-eight in
dividuals from climes stretching from
pole to equator Other bear dens are
against cliff on the southern side of
the park.
Many Loose Animals and Birds
In the valley below are the kennels
for the wolves. foxes and dogs. There
also are the sealion and beaver pools
and Enclosures for the otter. On the
eastern bank of Rock Creek are to be
seen the water fowl and elk, and on
the western are the paddocks of the
llamas, camels and yak.
Along the main pathways are cages
containing animals so hardened to
changes of climate that they can re-
main out all winter. Not all the
animals and birds of the park are
kept in confinement. Many squirrels
rabbits and raccoons run free and
fiocks of wild turkeys. coveys of
partridges and many peacocks wander
at will all over the reservation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
NECESSITY OF PRECAUTIONS

TINE foot and mouth disease epi-
demic now Just about stamped
out cost the people of Pennsyl-
vania over 5000 head of cattle and
more than 5000 head of swine, rep
resenting the stock killed by the State
Livestock Sanitary Board and agents
Of the National Government to pre-
vent q further spread of the malady.
The bills paid by the State and United
States Governments, and those to be
paid, to farmers and stockbreeders for
cattle and hogs killed will amount to
more than $3.50 900, which does not
account for the difference between the
real value OF the animals killed and
the partial values placed upon them
by the government agents.
These figures from the report of the
State Livestock Sanitary Board may
be made the text for comment on a
notice just issued by the United States
Department OF Agriculture to the
farmers of Pennsylvania urging them
to make special efforts to prevent a
fresh outbreak of the malady.
t bG@ASN@4 OGtAAGS Al6duS Dy
which the disease may be checked and
says that experience in this and pre-
vious epidemics has shown concIu-
sively that precautions are necessary
to prevent the disease being carried
from one section of the country to an
other, just as local quarantines are
necessary to prevent its sweeping
through the herds of a county as
smallpox used to sweep through cities.
Where the people have realized this,
the loss has been confined to COM
parattvely small proportions; where IL
has not been realized and the tenn
porary inconvenience caused by the
guarantees has caused laxity in their
enforcement, the loss has been crush
ing.
It is not, however, so much a matter
of the present as of the future. If
the disease were once to gain the
foothold here that it has abroad. eradi-
cation would be an impossibility and
the stock interests of the country
would lose far more each year than
1t has cost to suppress this epidemic.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15

limits. There are vast ranges of par
tally wooded lands in Dauphin eoun-
ty that are not worth much for farm
purposes but which even now are ad-
mirable shelter for all manner of
game.
Not many Harrisburgers know that
deer, bear. wildcat, wild turkey and
many kinds of smaller game have
besn killed within few miles of Har-
risburg in recent years and that the
mountains and valleys to the north
of the city abound in all manner of
wild life. This being so without any
protection other than that prescribed
by the game laws it may be imagined
that not much difficulty would be
found in creating well stocked game
preserve in this county at small ex-
pense within very few years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
BOOST THE ICE FUND

XToU have noticed, doubtless, that
the Associated Charities is ap-
pealing through the newspapers
poor with ice.
But have you given the matter more
than passing thought?
The Telegraph means you, Mr.. Man.
with more money than you need for
your own wants.
How would YOU like to so ali day
without a little OF the GOODNESS that
lends such a pleasant zest to food and
drink these hot days?
Think minute about It.
How would you like to so home TO
find the ice box empty the drinking
water warm. the milk sour and nothing
az hand with which to Quench that
parehing thirst7 How would you like
lit we repeat.
Well. that is the daily condition in
hundreds of Harrisburg homes where
there is no money for ice.
And what makes the situation vastly
worse is the plight of the babies in
such families. Milk cannot be kept
properly this kind Of weather without
ice. This means that hundreds Of
babies are being fed on a diet that
would be dangerous to even an adult.
You may turn q deaf ear to the
needs of grown folks, but you can't
dismiss the helpless little ones in that
fashion.
You wouldn't like to think that
there is a baby in Harrisburg facing
death because you are too stingy to
give q few of the nickels you spend so
freely for cigars and soda water.
There is Just one way to square
yourself"
Send contribution to the Telegraph
for the Ice Fund.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

In his Hollow Tree Stories" Albert
Bigelow Paine has built up one of the
pleasantest imaginary worlds for chill
dren that have ever been conceived.
1t is a world in which everything is
quaint and amusing and unexpected
without being distorted or lurid. These
tales have, in fact, all the traditional
fascination of the animal fable with
out any of the crudities or the un-
childlike touches that sometimes oc-
cur in genuine folklore. Except that
the Hollow Tree Stories" contain no
dialect, they are as savorsome as are
the tales of Uncle Remus = and to
some readers and hearers the absence
of dialect will seem an advantage.
Certainly Mr.. Paine knows unusually
we'll the kind of adventures that small
children like to imagine. and he knows
how to tell his tales in the way of all
those born with the gift of really tell
ing and not merely writing stories for
the young.
The characters in the tales - Mr..
Crow, Mr.. Coon, Mr.. 'Possum, and the
rest-all have singular and quaint
naturalness, and in their portrayal
there are both many quietly humorous
touches such as a child may easily ap-
preciate. The result is that parents
enjoy reading these stories to their
children as much as the children love
to hear them. and when there is a
touch of fun that appeals to the child
the parent may join in it without men
tai reservation. 1t will be good news
to many that the Hollow Tree
Stories" have lately been issued by the
Harper's in a uniform set of six
volumes. fully illustrated by J. NJ.
Conde, whose pictures reflect the spirit
of the stories so truly that no reader
would be content with any others.
Trees and Shrubs by w. ]. Bean,
published by E. p. Dutton & Co., is a
book which stands out by itself as the
work of a master of the subject, for
not only does it describe concisely and
accurately from personal knowledge
all tho trees and shrubs which we
know, but also a great number of re-
cent introductions, about which we
know little or nothing. Mr.. Bean has
managed to get into the space of two
octave volumes a mass of knowledge
and experience which is unrivaled, and
though one does not look for. literary
polish in work of reference like this,
his writing is fluent, precise, and free
from vague statements. The book
must remain for many years to come
by far the best on a subject which
will always be dear to every lover of
nature and gardens. 1t is fully illus
trated with $50 line drawings and 81
half-tonesy
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
VXTAsHINGTON, D. c., July 15.-,
wv Just twenty-five years ago a |


w Just twenty-five years ago a
congressional act placed the
tract of land purchased the previous
year for a national geological garden
under the direction of the Smithsonian
Institute. This land, comprising about
167 acres in what is known as the
Rock Creek Valley, is a short distance
beyond the confines of Washington.
Here are housed and coralled nearly
1,400 animals, birds and reptiles FROM
all parts of the world, under the cars
of DR.. Frank Baker, superintendent.
The Washington Zoo, as it is popu-
larly known, is the outgrowth of a
small collection of living animals.
which for several years had been as
sembled in sheds and paddocks ada
cent to the Smithsonian Building in
the Mall, where they were kept
primarily for scientific study, although
they were constant source of inter-
est to the public.
A Great Playground
The act establishing the park de-
clared one of its purposes to be. the
instruction and recreation of the
people" which it serves admirably.
Thousands of children make it their
playground. babies dig in the sand
boxes or sleep in the pleasant shade,
small children wade in the creek and
play on the rocks, older ones play ball
and tennis on the lawns in summer
and skate on the ponds in winter,
while all ages picnic in the shady
woods. Schools come to pursue their
nature studies and teachers to extend
their knowledge of the wild birds,
animals and plants of the region.
Most of the buildings are grouped
within q comparatively small area on
a hill in the central part of the park.
The largest is the lion house, which
contains most of the large cats, There
are represented speciments of the lion,
tiger, puma, leopard, jaguar, lynx, SER
val and ocelot and other animals.
Behind the lion house is the mon
key house, where forty monkeys of
various species maintain a continuous
vaudeville show to the great joy of the
visitors. One of the most nnischievous
of this tribe is mandrill named Nap
per- He stands in the front part of
has cage apparently bored and list
less, but If an unwary visitor attempts
to arouse him by thrusting out an um-
brella or a hat, he becomes active in
stantly, and seizing the object in his
powerful hands, he tears 1t to pieces.
In spite of the watchfulness of the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
MAXIM AND MODERN WARFARE
IOmaha Bee. /

lOAlldhd Dee.
If Mr.. Hudson Maxim is correctly
quoted by the Associated Press re-
porter, he is at least entitled TO credit
for faith in his works. But it is alto
gether probable he will have some
difficulty in convincing many of his
countrymen that they will be safer
in Europe's battle trenches than in
an automobile on an American road
Those of us who are still listed as
pedestrians will admit that a certain
degree of danger resides in an auto
mobile, but so far as reliable figures
are obtainable, the self-propelled
pleasure vehicle has not as vet taken
any such toll of life as has the ma
chine gun. AS far as the trenches
are concerned, it is we'll known they
are very comfortable places. when
properly drained and equipped with
modern conveniences, yet life in them
is tinctured with an uncertainty as
to when one is to be overcome by
poisonous gas, annihilated by a bomb
upheaved by an exploding mine or
otherwise disturbed by some sudden
manifestation of Maxim's genius in
providing for the efficiency of modern
weapons. The great inventor of war
machinery and explosives may be cor
rect in his assertions, but those who
own them will very likely cling to the
auto in preference to the firing line.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
THROWING AWAY SEQ, ,OoO,o 900
New York Sun.1


One of the relics OF the reign of
political insanity in the past decade
which remain as monuments to the
madness of reformatory zeal that
afflicted Congress is the process of
physical valuation in which the rail-
roads of the country are engaged. The
Interstate Commerce Commission has
charge of the work under q special
statute directing that 1t be done, but
the principal burden and the bulk of
the cost fall on the railroads.
An elaborate account of what all
this means in the case of one railroad
system has just been prepared by the
New Haven. In reading it one gets a
very vivid idea of the reckless ease
with which legislatures generally and
Congress in particular. vote away other
peoples money, and the intolerable
readiness with which laws have been
passed TO add to the troubles as well
as the expenses of the common car
riers of the country.
AS at present estimated, IT will cost
the New Haven about S500,000 for
valuing itself. but there is room for
expansion in this item. All the figures
originally arrived at by the govern.
ment have had to be revised upward
more than once as to the expenditure
involved. At first the governments s
share was put at s2,500,000 for all the
railroads in the country. The latest
calculation on behalf of the Interstate
Commerce Commission places the sum
as high as S20.000,000 for the govern
ment and perhaps twice as much for
the railroads. In other words, the
money to be paid out in this undertake
ing may reach or even exceed
$4,000. 900.
There is no reason why any of this
expense should be charged to the COM
mon carriers. In fairness the govern
ment should foot the bill itself. The
railroads never asked for a valuation.
II was saddled upon them by crank
theorists who thought that through il
some basis could be established for a
mechanical regulation of freight and
passenger rates
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Major J. F. Edwards, of Pitts
burgh, is one of the active spirits in
developing the State field hospital SER
vice.
The Rev. A. J. Turkle. of Pitts
Northwest.
j. Fred Townsend is the new pres
ident OF the Traffic Club of Pitts
burgh.
DIR. Albert ]. Carnoy, professor
from wrecked Louvain University, will
lecture at the University of Pennsyl-
vania.
j. B. Mather is the new chief of
the Columbia county farm bureau.
William NJ Elkins has gone to
Darkharsbor, Me.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15

When the outbreak of the European
war caused a furry in American bank
ing circles. the banks issued many mil
lions of dollars worth OF emergency
currency under the provisions OF the
Aldrich-vreeland emergency currency
act. The act which thus proved the
wisdom OF it's authors, when put TO the
test of practice, was enacted by Re-
publican Congress and signed by Re-
publican President
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
DAUPHIN GAME PRESERVE

MO time should be lost by. the State
IN in taking advantage of the offer
of the Pennsylvania Wild Life
League to provide ground for a game
preserve in Dauphin County.
It will be a comparatively easy mat
ter to find 5000 acres of admirably
adapted land within the prescribed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15

In Germany in 1911 1t was calculated
that one out of seven animals suscep-
tihle to the disease was suffering from
it Under such circumstances the
slaughter of exposed herds becomes
an impossibility and the disease re-
mains 3 chronic drain upon the re-
sources of the country. as the price
is too great to pay for freedom from
such a calamity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
THE ANSWER

The British Ambassador wants to
know what British patriotic societies
may lawfully do toward sending vol
unteers from the United States to
Great Britain. That's easy. If said
volunteers are British subjects, buy
them passage tickets, in any other
case the answer is Nothing at all.''-
Washington Observer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
Our Daily Laugh
STUNG.

Lady: II e r Q,
you said if I fed
you, you'd chop
some wood.
Weary: Yes'm,
an if you'll look
at yer calendar
you'll see this is
April 1st-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
m HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS
AGO TODAY
[From Telegraph of July is, 1865. ]
Stole Buggy

man whose name is not known
hired buggy owned by Judge Muir
ray driving away but not returning
with the horse and carriage. The
police are looking for the thief.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is furnishing
larger amounts of freight than
ever from this city?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
ENLARGE Two Hotels

Extensive wings have been added to
the Buehler House and the Lochiel
Hotel. The new additions will be
ready for use in the near future.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15

Al Jennings. ex-Oklahoma outlaw,
ex-attorney. and ex-candidate on the
Democratic ticket for Governor OF
Oklahoma, is reported to have professed
religion and Joined the church at Los
Angeles. Cal. Now, IL Al will abjure
Democratic heresy his reformation Will
be complete.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
Organize Chess Club

S. D. Ingram has been elected presi-
dent of the chess club recently organ
lied in this city. Sixty members are
enrolled at present
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
SUPERSTFTTOUS

a WRITER in current magazine
IA mentions the early days of New
England as "a period in which
superstition ran rampant in America. "
How we do love to smile at some
of the foolish beliefs of these sturdy
old settlers, and how Mortified we are
that in their benighted ignorance
they so far forgot the principles of that
religious doctrine by which they set
such store as to burn at the stake in
nocent old women who designing per-
sons charged with the practice of
witchcraft. Yet our own fingers are
not wholly free from pitch.
What one of us is without his own
pct superstition? Here, for instance,
is list OF signs, symbols and portents
from which if you escape scot free YOU
are indeed entitled to assume superior
airs and to smile or frown at the
weaknesses of your forefathers, ac-
cordingly, as you may view the mat
ter:
II you shiver. some one is walk
ing over your future grave.
When pour nose ttches something
will soon happen to veS you.
When your right eye itches it is
a sign Of good luck: when your left
eye, of bad luck.
a spider descending upon you
from the roof is a token that you
will soon have a legacy from
Candle and other lights are sup
posed to burn blue and dim when
invisible beings are present, es-
pecially If they be evil spirits,
1t is q good omen for swallows
to take possession of a place and
build their nests around it; while
sake place which they have once
tenanted.
If you. have any white marks on
your nails. commonly called gifts"
you may expect TO get as many
presents as there are marks, as soon
as these get up to the nail ends, in
the course OF their natural growth.
A new shoe, placed upon a table
for inspection, will lead the wearer
into unlucky paths.
II you see the new moon through
glass YOU will have ill-luck
through the month.
II you see it in the open and turn
the silver upside down in your
pocket you will be wealthy for the
month.
good luck; bad II you let it lie.
To walk over a cellar door or
under a ladder is bad luck.
Gifts of a knife cuts friendship.
Finding a fouT-leaf clover brings
good luck: possession OF an opal
brings bad luck.
An umbrella raised in a house
brings misfortune or death; touch
ing wood wards of evil.
We are all superstitious, every one
OF US. and though we may not admit
it. even to ourselves. nevertheless it is
true to some degree. Probably you
found your own favorite belief in the
list quoted. If not, be sure it is hang
ing about somewhere in your sub-con-
sciousness, ready to be trotted out
when the occasion prompts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15

The State Department is making
strenuous efforts TO secure the release
of S50.o0o,000 worth of goods ordered
from Germany by American importers
but held in that country because Great
Britain will not allow its shipment.
But what has become of the "Made-in-
America" policy to which this adminis-
tration was supposed to be committed? +?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15

The Democratic members OF Con-
gress voted almost solidly against the
postal savings bank bill. but when they
got into power they didn't repeal it.
And they don't dare to.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15

Saving of 1000 tons of coal by shut
ting off OF six OF the Lusitania's boilers
didn't even save the eoal.-St Louis
Globe-DemocraG
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
THURSDAY EVENING, JULY is.

Though Hfs IS Ha5s up Of mere 5zb5ieJ,
'Tis bstssr :hon ssdny Gpsr.
For U,hiIs we've Z 10. of trosbIss.
The most Of them EsvsT oeesr.
NIXON WGssTsaS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15

when the history OF the war is
written what place will be accorded the
Kaiser?" asks an exchange, That part
already is written.