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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
TRICKS GENEROSITY

TT is a fine thing to be wealthy if
one uses his wealth as did Henry
c. Frick when he made good the
losses of the school children of Pitts
burgh whose savings of years were
wiped out when the Bank for Savings
went down last week. No more gen.
erous or appropriate Christmas offer
ing was made this year anywhere than
the gift of Mr.. Frick when he signed
a check guaranteeing return in full
for every penny held on deposit in
the defunct bank by the boys and girls
of the Smoky City. Thus at stroke
of his pen he brought joy and cheer
to. many sad little hearts and 10 older
ones, too, for most of those whose
money was lost were either down.
right poor or at least not very
prosperous.
But the pleasure of loss retrieved
and the joy of regaining a treasure
that had dropped out of sight ap-
parently forever was as nothing beside
another thing that Mr.. Frick did when
he gave this money a thing that one
must look beneath the surface to see.
Childish minds are impressionable
TO a remarkable degree The wreck
of the Pittsburgh bank, carrying with
1t the savings of thousands would have
left a bad taste in the mouths of
hundreds of boys and girls, many of
whom would have gone through life
nursing a grudge against banks in
general, suspicious of the integrity of
all of them and distrustful of the
activities of capital in any form. All
the good that had been accomplished
by years of habitual thrift would have
been lost and much harm done. At
this juncture, however, comes the
beneficent and philanthropic Mr..
Frick with his check to cover the
entire amount lost by the laundering
of those whose business ii was to know
better. In a moment distrust is re-
moved and capital and capitalists are
raised in the eyes not only of those
whose savings were in the ruined bank.
but in the minds of thousands and
hundreds of thousands of others. The
lesson taught by the F'rick gift is
worth many times the sum itself, and
who knows that 1t was this thought,
as much as desire to make Christmas
happy for the boys and girls of Pitts
burgh, that prompted the millionaire
to makeNthe biggest present of the sea-
son.
Also, this unexpected act reveals a
new side Of Frick. whom to many has
appeared not much more than a hard
headed businessman occupied with the
development\of dividend paying prop
critics and the builder of a gigantic
apersonal fortune. Frick. the man. has
not been lost in Frick. the money
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
HIS LOVE FOR A HORSE
Ex-Secretnry Knox Relates How
Origin Was Revealed 10 Him

Ex-Secretnry Knox Relates How Its
origin Was Revealed 10 Him
Former Secretary Philander c. Knox
in the Breeders Gazette.
l have always loved a horse and for
many years 1 was at loss to discover
the reason for my affection. 1t did not
come from early association with him.
The mystery OF my passion
was finally solved. My gentle mother,
OF whom DR. John \. Brashear. the
sISat s astronomer, once wrote, she was
more nearly wingless angel than any
one l have ever known" being on her
way TO the Pacific coast, stopped several
DAYS with me at my home in Pitts
pburgh. tb 1ielding to my persuasion, to
noon, and to my specific promise that
l would drive slowly. she, notwith-
standing her seVenty-tive years. went
Ior drive with ME behind as quiet and
swift little mare as could be desired.
, WIN literal adherence to my pro-
lSe Dolly logged along and We enjoyed
the day. Presently an alertness in the
mare, which could be felt rather than
seen, indicated something coming be-
mind. With one eve on the little lady
IN the seat and the other on the one in
the shafts let the latter have her way
gradually without seeming to disturb
the former In a moment we We're step
ping some, but not enough, for with a
whl2 and a cloud of dust we had been
passed. This was new experience for
the mare. She resented ii and was soon
IN full pursuit. l had not yet gotten
tully INTO the game. | still felt the re-
straint of my promise and while hesi-
tating what to do l felt a motion at my
side and turning saw my mother tight
ening her bonnet strings and in tones
or excited pleasure she said, There.
Phil there is a wide place you can
pass hlm there; and we did.
have never since doubted where ]
got my love for q horse
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
Concentration is the secret o
strength.
CANDLE-LIGHTING

NHRISTMAS EVE with candles
" burning in thousands of win
do%s will remain long pleas
ant memory of those who had occa-
sion to be in the streets after night
fall. 1t is to be hoped that the custom
so auspiciously revived in Harrisburg,
will not soon he abandoned. The
readiness with which the people of the
city responded to the idea as presented
through the columns of this news
paper shows not only how widespread
is the Christmas spirit here, but how
eager and active the residents of the
city are to do their part in any COM
munity undertaking. 1t is a good sign.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
THE MUNICIPAL TREE

TIME municipal Christmas tree has
j become an established insdtu-
ton, not only in Harrisburg,
but in the towns surrounding. Christ
mas Eve saw hundreds gathered to
sing and hear Christmas songs and the
Christmas story in Central Pennsylva-
MIA towns. Thousands gave generously
of their time and their money and
voted the celebrations well worth the
price.
Harrisburg led the way in making
community trees, popular in this To-
cality, but neighboring towns were not
slow to follow, and in the general
adoption of the municipal tree idea by
our neighbors one may observe the
influence this city wields upon the
suburban territory surrounding. 1t is
10 be hoped that the example we set
may be always as good as it has been
in this instance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
THE STATE FROM DAY TO DAY

Christmas comes but once year,
thought a burglar in Williamsport, so
when he was caught in the act in the
basement of the Park Hotel at an early
hour Christmas morning he took a
Christmas tree by the base and swung
it heavily upon the old clerk, who is
seriously injured. What would Santa
have thought of that?
Speaking of Christmas, State College
this week will be the mecca for prize
winners in the various corn clubs in
the different parts of the State. Among
these will be John II. Sherman, who
won The second prize in the corn clubs
for Pennsylvania.
There are 65. 900 members of the
Grange in Pennsylvania, and of this
number nearly one-siXth live in Tioga
and Bradford counties.
A letter written in the Lithuanian
language and signed Dog" was re-
ceived by a music dealer in North
Scranton the other day. The letter
demanded $1,000 and said in part II
am Il dog, and was turned to a dog
about eighteen months ago. ! would
like to help you out. l have been
sleeping in shanties for long time"
The letter then goes on to threaten
the mans life in case he does not pro-
duce A delightfully."- amusing and en-
couraging Christmas gift, we think.
Philadelphia suffered nightly from
the big Christmas storm that came
almost too late. Windows in the sub
urbs were broken, fences were torn
down and branches were twisted from
trees by the fifty -mile-an-hour gale
that swept the city. Street lights were
out for three hours early last night
because of fallen wires.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

w. E. Corey active man in Mid
vale affairs, has been creating some
excitement by visiting other plants.
Isaac Sharpless, president of Hav-
erford, is spending the week at the
seashore.
j. A. Fenner, postmaster of Weiss
port is about completing twenty years
as postmaster of his town.
DR.. j. p. CARRIER, head of Phila-
delphia schools, has issued a circular
outlining the new child labor law.
-Prothontary W. B. Kirker, of AL
legheny county, was presented with
gold watch and chain by his office staff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
A LESSON IN THRIFT

IT IOW TIC NHnSaS OItN Times.
Economists who predicted a short
war in Europe because the belligerents
would run out of money would have hit
II Just as close II they had predicted
the abolition of Christmas because the
supply of stockings wouldn't hold out.
There will always be n stocking for
war When all the mints and the banks
and the treasures go broke it will be
found that good part of their vanish
ed boards are tucked safely away in the
savings of the people, who are-the real
bankers of nations y Consider the i'm
mense domestic loans-running into the
billions-that have been raised by the
warning nations. These great sums
come from the national stocking and
are apparentlY ineXhaustible.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
LIKE MARY USED TO SMILE

! saw a couple walkin'
Out In the park one day,
The fellow was a-tallSin',
Girl hadn't much to say;
He'd emphasize his subject,
An eV'ry little while.
Shed sorter smile up at him,
Like Mary used to smile.
A kind of soothin' sweetness,
I never can forget,
Delight o joy in livin'.
I see her sweet eyes yet;
a lot of folks are praisin
Such things as dress an style,
But all that's true is smilin'
Like Mary used to smile.
/ feel so kind o. lonesome.
A-goin' through this world,
A dizZy-like sensation
Has got me sorter whirled;
THEY'RE gettin' few an fewer,
But yet, once I'm a while.
You'll see a girl a-smilin'
Like Mary used to smile.
I've been so weak. here lately,
Amt felt like dom much:
I don't feel good for nothin'
Like doin' chores an such:
Last. night / was a-dreamin-
Could see thousan' mile
I saw an angel smilin'
Like Mary used to smile.
John Quill, in The Christian Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
is AMERICA DEMOCRATIC.

I chanced to he in Paris when hos
tilities began, and l came home filled
with the solemn impression of the
French sense of duty made on me by
seeing the whole manhood of France
march to the frontier without a MUIR
mur and without a quaVer. I knew
that the same thing was going on in
Germany. I thought that men could do
no more. Now the rights and wrongs
pose. imma terial: all that concerns me
is the national standard it illustrated of
self-sacritice and of duty. And on both
sides OF the Rhine | found that stand
ard good. 1t seemed to me also to be
the true standard of pure democracy
For what can he moro democratic than
that prince and peasant, plutocrat and
pauper, shall serve their country to-
gether side by side, marching in the
same regiment, wearing the same uni
form, submitting to the same discipline.
enduring the same hardships and dying
the same death In mass, universal
service is absolute equality: some men
1t is true, serve as officers, but these
mon are officers because they have
made themselves, by lives devoted 10
obedience, to self-denial, and to study.
it for command; and this fitness for
command is recognized by their coun-
trymen, who have chosen more lucra-
tive or easier walks in life, when the
hour of danger is at hand. I had sup
posed that in our democracy these great
facts would have been appreciated and
honored by all, even though II might
possibly be argued that in America fhe
necessity for such self-abnegation had
not. as yet, arisen. l never fell into
greater error-Brooks Adams in tho
January Yale Review.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
YES. HE CAME
LFrom the New York sun.

lFrom the New York SUM-
Well, he came-didnt he. boys and
girls. And the jolly old Saint, a lit
tie hit sobered by the heavy demand
on the tin soldier department of his
toy factory, is especially anxious that
the young coloneis and generals who
drill them and shoot them down by
platoons and regiments may never
know the horrors of real war. but only
the pomp and panoply of parade and
the ardors of blank cartridge battles,
in days of peace with perfect national
honor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27

striving for its attainment from the
older schools. America will be
brought to a point where art will re-
ceive no further stimulus from old
masters, and It has been proved by
past experience that without their aid
our efforts do not give much salts
faction. The question now arises
shall we, as a result, develop an art
truly American? Nobody at this
time can tell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
WHAT PREPAREDNESS MEANS

tfrom the Kansas city star
What is spared in money is spilled
in blood This utterance by David
Lloyd-George in the House of Com
mons is a complete statement OF the
meaning of preparedness for national
defense. England was not prepared
when war came and has had to prepare
while fighting for her existence.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
ashton

Some one had described fashion
as "the art of making the many
wear what is becoming only to
the few"
There is wit If not wisdom in
the definition.
Nevertheless. few men or wo-
men have the courage to utterly
disregard the mode"
They want to be in sartorial
tune with public opinion.
They take it as a mark of
knowing whats what"
And for this reason most peo-
pyle like to glance through the
advertising in n live newspaper
like the Telegraph to see news
of fashion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
BUSTED HOPES
BY Wing Dinger

Well. we had bang-up Christmas,
And hope you had the same,
Many incidents quite happy
/ believe that l could name.
But the thing that bout this Christina
From me gets the loudest praise
Is that it so hit the week. friend, =
That got two holidays.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
GOOD evenings!

There are some men and women in
whose company we are always at our
best. All the best sto, in our nature
are drawn out by their intercourse,
there before.-Henry DrummOnd.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
SIGNS OF SEASONS IN KANSAS

At Toronto we mark the arrival of
winter by the time Frank Hall puts on
his felt boots, and not, as generally
supposed over the State when Colonel
Kelley begins wearing earmuffs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
Our Daily Laugh
THESE
YOUNGSTERS.

YOUNGSTERS.
Bobby, W a S h
your face.
Where's it dirty,
ma?
Wash 1t all over
and you'll be sure
10 strike the dirty
places.
Yes. but I'd be
sure TO strike
some of the clean
places, toe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27

Ostrich is to be the dish extra
ordinary at New York hotels on New
Years eve. Tough as the crowd that
will eat it, we suppose.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27

Pardon us if We appear to be
ahead of the season, but now that
CHRISTMAS is over we are beginning to
look forward with pleasure toward the
garden catalog period.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27

We'll. whatever it cost, Christmas
was worth it, wasn't it now?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27

There is one sure way of not
breaking any New Years resolutions
don't make any.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
TELEORAPH'S PERIScOPE

We think we could guess the most
popular man in Pittsburgh without
trying very hard
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27

THOSE who remained up long
enough had their wish for a white
Christmas.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg was one of the
starters of the Christmas savings
club plan?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

HISIUItIO TINTtTtIobVItV
Three tribes of Indians used to make
this vicinity their winter hunting
grounds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-27

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The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
ETIQUETTE OF THE DROSHKY
Being Allowed Selection of Companion
One Can Imagine Mode Of
Travel Enjoyable.

The Siberian method of riding in a
droshky requires an etiquette all its
own, which, although sometimes sur
prising to the English traveller who
encounters it for the first time, Is
based upon practical considerations
The danger of being thrown out has
determined the prevailing usage, says
Mrs. John Clarence Lee in Across
Siberia Alone"
If a gentleman escorts a lady, 1t is
his task to hold her in the carriage
not an easy occupation. He accom-
plishes it by putting his arm round her
waist. A man who fails to do so is
considered as lacking in courtesy.
When you have become acquainted
with the custom, it seems entirely SEN
sible and comfortable, but it seems
strange at first to find yourself set
thing back into a strangers arms.
An American, who had lived in Rus
STA and whom we met in China, told us
that he was driving with a woman
physician, a Russian, middle-aged
and of the rotund Russian type. He
knew nothing about his duty TOWARD
her, and they thrashed round tha'
three-by-fve droshky until the woman
turned angrily toward him.
Have you been brought up in thu
back woods that you don't know
enough to hold me in this droshky?
she said.
He Immediately put his arm roun'
her waist as far as it would go, ant
held on hard.-Youth's Companion.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
STOMACH MISERY
GAS, INDIGESTION
"Pape's D~iapepSin" fixes sick,
sour, gasSy StomaChS in
five minutes.

Time it! In five minutes all stomach
distress will go. No indigestion, heart
burn, sourness or belching of gas, acid,
or quotations of undigested food, no
dizziness, bloating, or foul breath.
Pape's D%iapepsin is noted for its
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
1t is the surest, quickest and most GER
tain indigestion remedy in the whole
world, and besides it is harmless.
Please for your sake, get a large
ffty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin
from any store and put your stomach
right. Don't keep on being miserable
life is too short-you are not here
long, so make your stay agreeable.
Eat what you like and digest it; en-.
Joy it without dread of rebellion in
the stomach.
Pape's Dlapepsin belongs in your
home anyway. Should one of the fam
lily eat something which don't agree
with them, or in case of an attack OF
indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis OF
stomach arrangement at daytime OF
during the night, it is handy to give
the quickest relief known. ADV.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
Raising Late Strawberries.

Representative d. II. Drunkker OF
New Jersey gave a few friends a sur
prise one evening last September.
He had been discussing agriculture
with some members, and remarked
that he had enjoyed Strawberries
raised in the open in his native state.
The other congressman hooted at
the idea of Jersey selling strawberries
from the field in the latter part OF
September, but Drukker stuck to his
point and invited the doubling Thorn
asses to dine with him a few nights
later.
In the meantime he had wired for
several quarts of berries to a trucker
near his home who made a specially
of late berries. The strawberries came
and were served for dinner, much to
the surprise of the gentlemen, who
found it difficult to credit their own
senses.
R~aspberries and strawberries in
| October are now getting to be quite
a fad among those up-to-date farm
ers who know how to do the stunt
which consists in pulling off from the
plant the early blooms.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
SICKENS! It SAuVATES!
DON'T STAY BILIOUS, CONSTIPATED
Guarantee "DodSon's Liver Tone Will Give You the Best Liver
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had-Dont Lose a Days Work!

under my personal guarantee that 1t
will clean your sluggish liver better
than nasty calomel; it won't make you
sick and you can eat anything you
want without being salivated. Your
druggist guarantees that each spoonful
will start your liver, clean your bowels
and straighten you up by morning or
you can have your money back. Chill
dren gladly take Dodson's Liver Tone
because it is pleasant tasting and
doesn't grippe or cramp or make them
sick.
1 am selling millions of bottles Of
Dodson's Liver Tone to people who
have found that this pleasant, vege'
table, liver medicine takes the place
Of dangerous calomel. Buy n bottle
on my sound, reliable guarantee. Ask
your druggist or storekeeper about me.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11

Calomel makes you sick; you lose a
days work. Calomel is quicksilver
and it salivates; calomel Injuries your
liver.
If you are bilious, feel lazy, sluggish
and all knocked out, If your bowels
are c~onstipated and your head aches
or stomach is sour, just take a spoon
full Of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone
instead of using sickening, salivating
calomel. Dodson's Liver Tone is real
liver medicine. You'll know it next
morning because you will wake up
feeling fine, your liver will be work
ing, your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular. You will feel like
working. You'll be cheerful; full OF
vigor and ambition.
Your druggist or dealer sells you q
50-cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
To Launder Wooden Garments.

To clean blankets oil Atwood gar
ments, shave up half a bar of any good
laundry soap, add four tablespoonfuls
Of borax and a little water, and melt
over the fire. Then add four table
s%poonfuls of household ammonia put
in the tub and half fill the tub with
cold water. Enter the articles to be
cleaned, and let soak four hours. Then
rinse in water containing four table
spoonfuls of ammonia. Do not wiring
The article will be just like new and
will not shrink.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
outside the Pen.

Ebenezer Holcombe had a 1900
pound hog, which he had exhibited in
a tent at the fairs for three years,
charging ten cents admission.
One day a travelling man who was
passing through the town in which
Mr.. Holcombe lived called at the house
and asked if he might see the hog, OF
which he had heard so much. Eben
ezer proudly led the way to the hog.
house, but at the door he turned.
""Cost you ten cents" he drawled.
The visitor took a dime from his
pocket, passed it to the farmer and
turned back.
"Why, you amt seen the prize hog!"
called EbeneZer.
YES, l have" retorted the travel
ing man. I've seen him" and contin-
ued his walk back to the country
store.-Harper's Magazine.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1915-02-11
SALT PORK PROPERLY FRIED
This Is a New Method, and the Results
VIII Justify the Time Spent
on IL.

Here's a new way to fry salt pork:
Slice salt pork in slices a little
thicker than bacon, remove the rind,
place in a skillet of cold water and
add a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda,
bring to boil. Rinse with cold water,
aredge with -four and place in light
ly CREASED skillet.
Sprinkle lightly with red and black
pepper and sift in a small amount OF
sage. Now sprinkle with sugar about
as one would salt the same amount
Of fresh pork. Do not use too much.
Lastly, dust with nutmeg to give
pleasant aroma, but not sufficient
to taste. Fry a light brown on both
sides and remove to a hot platter.
Pour off the grease from the top,
lNaving about two tablespoonfuls OF
grease the skillet.
Place in a heaping tablespoonful OF
Hour in skillet and stir till 1t becomes
q rich brown. Pour in about a pint
Of milk and bring to a boil. Season
with salt. Serve with gravy and
meat separately.
Spinach with a dessert Of hard
boiled eggs and vinegar, is an excel
lent accompaniment to the above.