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The midland journal., 1915-09-03
Limits Of peIsarte.

Friend-Does the Delsarte system
teach you haw to act when proposed
to?"
Bride-"Yes! I studied that part
carefully"
did you use it?"
Il used it with three or four whom
I rejected, and l did it beautifully, /
know; but when dear Tom proposed
forgot all about it. t."-New York Week
ly.
The midland journal., 1915-09-03
No HeIp Then.

"Hints on courtship abound. Every
magazine will tell you how to win a
wife. Anybody will gladly post you
on the etiquette OF love making"
whats on your mind?"
"But after mans marries he has
to shift completely for himself"
The midland journal., 1915-09-03
Interurban Prejudice.
asked

''Is this through train?" asked
the impatient man from New York.
'Yes," replied the conductor. 'It
makes only one stop between here
and Philadelphia"
That's good idea. It gives man
who has started for Philadelphia g
chance to think it over
The midland journal., 1915-09-03
Matter of Color.

Parson Snowball-Dat youngest boy
OBJ yourn do seem to be one OBJ de
pestiferous kind, deacon.
Deacon Flatfoot-Dat's what he
am, parson. He shore am de white
sheep OBJ nah flock.
The midland journal., 1915-09-03
The Query piscourteous.

$50 glad to see you again, dear. And
I've got such lot of news for you. Did
you know was interested in business
now?" said the first sweet young
thing.
"Whose?" asked the second, and
then the conversation Jagged per
ceptibly.
The midland journal., 1915-09-03
DISCOURAGED.

"How did you happen to leave your
last boarding placer"
"The landlady had such mournful
eyes,"
81 don't understand you"
"She always bent them upon me
when asked for second helping" s.
The midland journal., 1915-09-03
His Gait.

"That old sea dog at the banquet
last night seemed to be continually
steering for the wine on the side
board"
f'Yes, noticed he had quite a list
to port"
The midland journal., 1915-09-03

you didn't know that girl was mar
ried?"
mot until l was printing a kiss on
her lips and her husband showed me
that l was making a typographical
error"
The midland journal., 1915-09-03

Modern inventions are great"
"Yes; before long it will be the cor
rect thing for a child to take .
pocket adding machine to school tG
help in the solution of mathematical;
problems"
The midland journal., 1915-09-03

AL.A60Q OAY
QfALI5tt&
II Work He found -
Salvation for Goth q
!!0ody and find
0fQANK II. SWEET

ENNINGTON lit a ciga-
rette, took one puff, hes
itated, and threw it
away. He had forgot
ten the doctors quiet
ly spoken but incisive
words, and now remem-
bered them with a sud
den return of his old
dread of what might
come.
And yet, what odds Z?
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
SPARE THE POOR BRIDEGROOM!

Perhaps Representative Lee Smith, of Fayette
county, has good reason for wanting to make it
cost more for couples to get married IN PennSyl-
vania, but so far we have learned, he has not as
yet confded it to the public. Perhaps he will do
so when-or if-the House gives serious considera-
tion to his bill requiring the Clerk of the Orphans
Court to receive $500 for every marriage license
issued instead of $100 now, but until he does tro
out convincing reason for increasing the high
cost OF getting married we must conclude that he
wants to put unfair handicap on the operations
of the little god of Love.
OF course dollar more or less will hardly stand
III the way of youth contemplating matrmony
When fellow gets his heart set on marrying he
generally goes ahead and does it, whether it costs
one dollar or two Our American youths, especially
in the happy state OF brdegrooms about-to-be, are
just that earnest about getting married that they
don t care how much it costs. Or, even if they do
figure the expense they can go to Hagerstown, get
the knot tied at bargain rates and enter the cost
Of the railroad trip on the debit side of the honey
moon expense account.
Yet while extra dollar may not reduce the
number of marriages, is it fair to take advantage
of youth in the blissful state of love, who doesn't
stop to think Of expense? Prospective bridegrooms
are helpless lot. They living in a carefree
state up among the clouds where things financial
never enter their brains. Yet they are noble
band who deserve protection against financial i'm
positions during their temporary state of love-sick
irresponsbiliy.
Indeed this is a. time when the State, rather than
to force prospective husbands to dig further into
their pocketbooks should pass a law to help them
their funds Those dollars will come in
very handy in couple of years when the bills
begin to come in for pasteurized milk and pacifers
If the idea of Mr.. Smith s measure is merely to
increase the public revenues,-whch we are told
will not be sufficiently large to meet the various
lawmakers demands for their pet appropriations,
he ought to find another way of doing it. For
heavens sake don't let take that extra dollar
out OF the poor defenseless bridegroom
Just to show just how unseish we are in this mat
ter we are willing, if Mr. Smith will withdraw his
measure, to advocate that per capita tax of ten
per cent. be placed the salaries of editors which
exceed $4,000 year.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
Causes of Juvenile Crime

OF the many reasons given by the
inmates for tine commission of crimes
that caused their Incarceration, fifty
five give no employment; SIS, bad
company; one, reading bad books; eigh-
ty-siX, intemperance; Ave, home en-
vironment, and 195, had no excuse to
offer. In the two years embraced in
the report 35h per cent. of the in
mates received have served time in
other institutions, and 694 of them
were born in Pennsylvania. Regarding
their nativity, almost every country in
the world is represented. There are
23S out on parole, four from Dauphfn
county. All but forty of tie inmates
had attended school ait some time. OF
the paroled ones III were returned for
various causes and AS were absolutely
released by the courts. The cigarette
users numbered $40 and 800 of them
INDUCED more or less in intoxicating
drinks.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
ITALY's INTERVENTION UNLIKELY

The statement from Rome that Italys military
preparations may now be regarded as terminated,
points to the unlikelihood of that countrys inter-
vention in the war, unless of course contingency
not yet anticipated arises The season is not favor
able for an Italian entrance into the conflict and
certainly the present situation gives no prom
Use of changing very suddenly What may happen
later depends largely on whether Aly Of the bel
igerents tread on the toes of Europe's boot.
The disinclination of Italy to plunge into the
fight has surely changed the aspect of things some
what. The German Admiralty had been led to hope
for the aid of Italys fleet in the Mediterranean,
judging from the assurances of the Berlin foreign
office before the that the cooperation of the
kingdom could be expected if hostilities broke out
1t is not clearly explained how Italys hostile att
tude toward Austria reconciled at the time with
the expectations of the German foreign office
Italy evidently is partial, but it had better, for
its own good, remain peaceful. 1t is not being
compelled to fight, and had better rest it's interests
with diplomacy than with war 1t has had enough
OF trouble with its earthquake.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
Restrictions on Eel Fishing

Fishermen along the Susquehanna
and Juniata rivers are much interested
in bill introduced in the Senate by
Senator Mcconnell, of Northumberland,
regulating the use of eel baskets. The
bill makes the open season for the tax.
ing of eels in such baskets. from Sep
tember 10 to November 20, from
O clock in the afternoon until clock
the next morning, and no eel basket
shall be set in a stream known as a
trout stream. No wing walls of any two
eel baskets shall be within twenty feet
of each other at the upper end, when
side by side, or extend beyond each
other at the upper end, or reach from
main shore to main shore, or extend
over more than three-fourths of the
width of stream, or occupy so much
of the stream as to prevent the passage
of canoes or boats or fish at either side
of the stream, or be constructed of any
other material than loose stones.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
OPENING OF RUssIA's GRANARIEs

There is promise that the Allies will be aEle to
relieve much of their own privation in the report
which came yesterday from London that it was
decided at the conference in Paris of the Ministers
of Finance of Great Britain, France and Russia to
sell and convey to Western Europe the great sup
plies of cereals now stored away in Russia's gran
aries.
The plan is to carry the food by rail to Archs
angel on the White Sea- and to Vladivistok, on the
Sea OF JAPAN from which ports it can be shipped
to Western Europe. The supplies will have many
miles to travel over land, but the Russian govern
ment has promised to make bargain rates for the
occasion. The crops in Siberia are abundant and
the low cost of food in the Empire, together with
reduced rates for transportation, should be the
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11

means of providing England, France and Belgium
with grain at very reasonable prices.
The ports from which it is proposed to ship. the
food are icebound at this season Of the year, it
appears, so that the Allies cannot expect immediate
relief through Russia by the suggested method The
grain can be transported to the seaboard towns,
however, and be held there in readiness for ship
ment when the ports open at the approach Of warm
weather.
Wheat has been in abnormal demand in Europe
because the usual supplies from the Black Sea ports
have been cut off. There is plenty of the grain in
Russian store houses, however, for Russia S crops
of wheat are larger than this country's. The trou
bic has been that the food has been kept in storage
while multitudes have been in want. The release
OF the grain even though it may not at benefit
the sufferers, will no doubt be the means of
preventing starvation in the future. And, of course
will relieve this country of some of the response
bity of the feeding of Europe which it has been
undertaking.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
MISS LANDERS IS The STAR
Brilliant Woman Will Give Y. M. G. A.
Star Course Initiative Entertain
ment Tomorrow Evening

The first number of the Y NJ. G. A.
Star Course will be given tomorrow
evening in Fahnestock Hall at SIS
O'Clock. The artist will be Miss Lu.
cile Landers, of Boston, in one of her
best programs. Miss Landers ranks
high in the lyceum profession. This
will be her first appearance in this city,
but her reputation as an artist has pre-.
ceded her, for wherever she has ap-
peared in the large cities her reception
has been most enthusiastic.
Doors will open at 7.30 O'Clock.
Single admission tickets may be pur-
chased at the box office. All lovers of
ly ceum entertainments will embrace
the opportunity of hearing one of the
best reciters now before the public.
The program follows:
Part I-Reading, GAY "By Cour-
ier" (b) "In the Royal Garden,' o.
Henry; Scotch folk songs, "She Is a
Winsome Wee Thing" Turner, and II
Love My JEAN" Downing; reeitals,
"The Elephants Child" and "'The
Woman s Wednesday" Kipling; song,
His Lullaby" Bond; play, Janice
Meredith act III, Ford.
Part ia "Penrod" story, "Uncle
John,'' Harrington; sketch, First Aid
to the Wounded,' Montague; piano
logues (a) "God Remembers When the
World Forgets,'' Bond, (b) selected;
poems .(a) "The Little Grey Lamb, :"
Sullivan, (b) "The Conservative, (c)
"Comfort, Service.
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located. The bottom of the basket
must be made of well-rounded wooden
Stats. All baskets must be destroyed
within one week after the closing of the
legal season. No person shall operate
such baskets except the owner or
member of his family or bona fde en-
ploye. Besides eels the owner may catch
carp, suckers or mullets, but no other
fish. No basket shall be erected within
a quarter of mile<of any ishway,
chute or opening in dam, all raceways
and mills excepted. A license must be
taken out before such eel basket is con-
structed, the county treasurer issuing
the license, but the bill does not state
how much the license shall cost, if any.
thing. A violation of the law subjects
the offender to fine of $50 and for
feiture of all his fishing appliances and
boats.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
Elk Increasing in State

Secretary Kalbfus, of the State Game
Commission, says that the, elk intro
dnced in this State several years ago
appear to be increasing in numbers.
-Four calves were reported as born last
year and fully twice that number are
reported as having been seen. A cow
elk was shot by Centre county farmer
in his grain field and was found to be
with calf. Seven elk were reported to
have been killed last year. Possibly
some of them were destroying crops. 1t
is held that wild deer and elk found
destroying crops may be driven off with
guns and dogs, if necessary, so long as
NO permanent injury is inflicted, but an
irate farmer with a gun who sees wild
animals destroying crops is not always
going to be too careful when he shoots
at the destructive animal, and he
doesn't care very much whether he
wounds it or kills it.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
Tongue-End Topics
More Game wardens Asked

BY bill recently introduced in the
Senate the number of game wardens in
the State is to be increased from thirty
to sixty--or< just doubled. The ad-
ditional men are needed. 1T is contended,
to keep watch over the. game. that it is
now conceded is rapidly increasing in
this State. This is attributed to num-
ber of things, but chiefly to the vigor-
GUS way in which the laws are enforced,
particularly those forbiddipe the killing
of any but buck deer, the forbidding of
unnaturalizcd foreigners to carry guns
and the closed season for game birds.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
How to Become Rich

"My early difficulties taught me
some thrift said Mark Twain once,
"but | never knew whether it was
wiser to spend my last cent for a cigar
to smoke or for an apple to devour. -
~ am astounded,' observed a
friend, "that a person with So little
decision should have met with so much
worldly success.'
Mark Twain bent his head gravely.
''Indecision about spending money"
he said, sis worthy of cultivation.
When L couldn't decide what to buy
with my last cent l kept it and so be-
came rich. -
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
Life in the Omen

Men who ride to hounds learn much
more than the technique of sport.
Observation, quick eye, judgment and
number of other qualities are devcl-
oped. From the bridge of a battleship
I have seen a hunting landsman pick
up torpedo boats at night before the
lookout man saw them. If you can
brown your skin nerves vanish. Sun
beams are good for old bones and
Young. Hot baths and constant shade
multiply emotion and increase fads
and faecidity. Yet life in the open
tends to become for town dwellers an
expensive luxury for the few.-A.
White IS Essays.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
Work of Huntingdon Reformatory

The thirteenth biennial report of the
Pennsylvania Industrial Reformatory in
Huntingdon, submitted by T. B. Patton,
general perintendent, is most in
teresting document concerning the
workings of an institution that has
done world of good for younger crim-
inals in the way of working a reforma-
tion and fitting them to become useful
citizens. AT the close of the year 1914
there were rs inmates of the Reform
atory, but 1910 had been cared for
during the twelve months. Dauphin
county had forty three representatives
during the year who cost the county
S3,704.05, and Cumberland county had
three at coss of $277.20.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
The Fertilizing Rain

Probably few students of agriculture
realize the fertilizing qualities of tropi,
cal rains. In the Annales de Geogra-
phie NJ. Guillaume Capus, who has
chemically studied the effects of rainy
weather in French Indo-China, says
that lightning produces large amounts
of nitric acid In the thirteen dis
tricts of the Tonkin delta of Indo Chi
ma, where thunderstorms are frequent,
NJ. Capus asserts ethat the lightning
annually produces an amount of at
mospheric nitrogen equivalent to 1S1,-
$50 tons of nitrate of soda, or 1880
tons of sulphate of ammonia, the val
ue of which is nearly $20;000,000.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
JUST A LITTLE FELINE WAIF


Just a little kitten, who perhaps had
was chased by cur dog and ran up
CT our alley way
one QUICKLY climbed pole, just forty
ana then that eur looked up and bark
ed with all his might
He tried to climb that slipperv nole
On mischief he was bent
Every time he got part way up, kerflop
~ that old cur went.
iheh KITTY crawled up higher and sat
on long arm
Ihat dog he could not reach her and
she was free from harm.
The rain came down in torrents and
the sleet began to fall,
When man came walking by and
heard poor kitty's squall
she mad brayed the wind and rain just
In the morning she was rescued, lust
IN a fearful plight.
Then Constable Harry Emanuel soon
hove in sight;
Said he: That kitty must come down,
to leave her tbs not right"
They called up Mayor Royal and thus
to him did say:
Please send good pole clint ber and
that without delay"
'He need not come on horseback; lust
wear his boots and spurs.
Poor kitty seems played out; they say
she never stirs."
Then Crozier, being an expert, soon vol
unteered to 60
The pole was very slippery and that
lineman sure climbed Slow
At last he-reached poor kitty and took
her in his arm.
They both came down in safety and
kit was saved from HARM
Now all you little kittens, sure this to
you | say,
Just play in your back yard and never
run. AWAY
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
OUCH! LUMBACO!
RUBPAINS FROM
SORE, Lame BACK
Rub Backache Away
With Small Trial Bot
tie of Old "St.
Jacobs Oil"

Back hurt you7 Can't straighten
up without feeling sudden pains, sharp
aches and twinges9 Now listen!
That's lumbago, sciatica or maybe
from strain, and you'll get relief the
moment you rub your back with sooth-
ing, penetrating ''St. Jacobs OIL"
Nothing else takes out soreness, lame
ness and stiffness so quickly. You
simply rub it on your back and out
comes the, pain. 1t is harmless and
doesn't burn the skin.
Timber up! Don't suffer! Get a
small trial bottle of old, honest "St.
Jacobs Oil" from any drug store, and
after using it just once, you'll forget
that you ever had backache, lumbago
or sciatica, because your back will
never hurt or cause any more misery
1t never disappoints and has been rec
commended for 60 years,-Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
DO YOU SUFFER
FROM BACKACHE? /?

When your kidneys are weak and
torpid they do not properly perform
their functions; your back aches and
you do not feel like doing much Of
anything. You are likely to be despond-
ent and to borrow trouble. just as if
you hadn't enough already. Don't be
a victim any longer.
The old reliable medicine, Hood 8
Sarsaparilla, gives strength and tone to
the kidneys and builds up the whole
system. Get it to-day. Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
HEADACHE STOPS,
NEURALGIA GONE
DR.. James Headache
Powders Give Instant
Relief-Cost Dime
a Package.

Nerve-racking, splitting or dull,
throbbing headaches yield in just few
moments to pr. James Headache Pow
ders which cost only 10 cents package
at any drug store. It's the quickest,
surest headache relief in the whole
world. Don't suffer Relieve the agony
and distress now! You can. Millions
of men and women have found that
headache or neuralgia misery is need.
less. Get what you ask for.-Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
CHANGE IN PETTIcoArs

Fashion certainly does go from to the other
with the most astonishing celebrity and learn from an
authoritative that the girls now engaged
leapng from their present meage surroundings right
into three petticoats Columbus Journal
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
MORAL

That was sad catastrophe. Now this
you surely know.
If yoA, want to climb pole, just go
little slow.
Vessels large may venture more. but
little boats must keep near shore.
This little kit is satisfied and she will
roam no more.
Composed and written by ]. r. Miller,
aged 49,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11

An odd lot of Corsets of such well
known makes as Warmers, Royal
Worcester, G. B. and also Ferris
Waists-regularly $1.OO to $500.
Special for Friday at oNE-HALF
PRICE.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11
Reimbursing the Farmers

In an orchard near Alexandria, Hunt
ingdon county, wild deer ruined thou
sand trees, and the owner had no redress
at law. 1t is proposed to use the, hunt
ers license fund to reimburse farmers
for damage thus done. ~
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-02-11

81x9O Bleached Seamless Sheets
of medium weight-3-inch hem
even cloth--good, serviceable sheets
worth 69c. Special for Friday
at 49, '......'t... ..'.... 5Oc
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Large size double gray Cotton
Blankets with neat blue, pink or
gray borders-perfect in every way.
Special for Friday
$f.0O values at, per pair, 27H
$i.25 values at, per pair, Q7N
$f.30 values at, per pair,
silly
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Ladies Chamois- Suede Gloves in
white, gray, tan and black-all
sizes but not in every color--regu-
larly SOC. Special for Friday at,
per PAIR, Dag
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Botanically Speaking

/"Do you think woman should re-
gard her husband as an oak and herself
as the clinging ivy?"
"Well," replied Miss Cayenne. "Id
rather take a chance on being a cling
ing ivy than wall flower. washing
ton Star.
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Ladies' Boutonnieres, little but
tonhole novelties and an odd lot Of
neckwear--.5c values. Special for
Friday at each' '''..'""l2hC
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Ladies' All-Linen Hemstitched
Handkerchiefs, worth from 25c to
SOC. Special for Friday at, 10.
or 3 for SOC. ~
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Mems Stiff Bosom Shirts with de-
tachable cuffs-neat striped and fig
ured etfects--an odd lot in sizes IA,
163e and II only-regularly $1.00.
Special for Friday at, each, SQH
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Good staple Apron Ginghams in
all the best styles and colors-colors
absolutely fast - splendid, even
cloth--regularly &c. Special for
Friday at, per yard, ..SH
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42-inch Bleached Pillow Tubing
splendid cloth for general wear
worth 16c. Special for Friday at,
per yard' .'...........111hC
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WOMAN'S ADVANTAGE

"WOmen have all the best of it"
"How nows"
"a will drink two cocktails eat lobster and
hunk of plum pudding and then blame her headache on her
and get away with it.''-Pittsburgh Post
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BY WAY OF SUGGESTION

Jack-"You and Kitty seem to prefer billiards to
bridge"
Tom-"Yes; every time the balls kiss we follow their
example. boston Transcript.
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8x12 Fibre Rugs (only 8 of
these), very good designs-durably
made-regularly 5000. Special for
friday at 81 90