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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
PUTTING ON A BOLD FRONT

man imprisoned for forgery escaped from the
|rombs the other day by making use of visitor s
pass and bold front. He merely forged an inno
tent appearance and walked out of the place of his
confinement to freedom He was running big risk,
put he succeeded in his object. The bold front.
reinforced of course, by the pass, liberated him.
Boldness has enabled many men to succeed in
Fheir purposes and to discomt their opponents. In
military activities especially the worth of daring,
ven to the extent of foohardiness has been proven
What mechanical fighting has been unable to accom-
Plish, desperate attempts, seeming more likely to
fail than succeed, have often achieved.
The instance is good one of the two young men,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
Representative Maurer's Education

James H., Maurer, who represents
Reading in the House of Representa-
tives and is the only Socialist in that
body, made statement at the hearing
on the child labor bill that excited
much interest. Mr.. Maurer was plead
ing for short hours and the education
of the boy.
What labor did you perform as a
boy before you were sixteen9 ~ asked
Senator Snyder, of Schuylkill.
"When l was fourteen" answered
the president of the State Federation
of Labor, 81 went to work in a brass
foundry. Then l began to learn the
trade of machinst. When I was six
teen l awoke to the fact that I could
neither read nor write, and at once
set about getting some sort of an edu-
cation. -
The many persons in the big House
heard this statement with amazement.
Mr.. Maurer is one of the readiest
speakers in the House, never being at
a loss for language to express himself.
He must have made good use of his
time after he was sixteen, for he is
well educated.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
How the Trouble Began

He had been reading the paper and
occasionally repeating to her some item
that seemed particularly interesting.
Thus it happened he ran across an item
about the invention of machine for
washing horses.
"They II have machines for washing
babies next he suggested.
Huh!' she exclaimed Indignantly.
"I'd just like to see my baby washed
by a machine!O
$50 would |, he returned.
He afterward explained to some one
at the club that it was an exhibition of
the insncerity of woman, for, while he
had done absolutelySnothing but agree
with her, she was so displeased that
he found it impossible to read his pa
per in comfort.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
'Iongue-End Topics
what She Learned at school

A Harrisburg man has a daughter
who is attending school in an adjoin-
ing State, where she is taking q course
in domestic economy. Recently the
young woman s mother had occasion to
send her a new gown, which, when it
arrived, was found to be too small and
the daughter expressed her intention
of returning it. The other night father
found parcel post package at the
postoffice while on his way to the club,
and he took it with him, spending the
evening at the club, his family being
out OF the city. Returning home he
took the package with him and laid it
to one side for the night, but in the
morning he thought it good idea to
open the package and remove the gown
and shake the wrinkles out of it. AS
he took off the first layer of wrapper
he found an envelope, and opening it
came across a note from his daughter
which read:
The first loaf, of bread I ever
baked.'
The young woman had been so proud
of her achievement in the bread bak-
ing line that she forgot to send the
gown and sent what she considered
would be more appreciated. And it was
for 1t was most excellent bread
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
PLAN FOR A NATIONAL. DIRECTORY

1t is doubtful whether this country is fully aware
of the many wonderful possibilities of the recently
suggested plan to have the government compile a
directory of all the human beings in the United
States with their photographs and finger prints, and
require to be reported under penalty Of the law
+ all births, changes of addresses and deaths
Perhaps the country at large does not know that
such plan exists That the countrys welfare is
involved in the proposal is evident. The people
ought to be acquainted with the details of the plan
YIN some way or other Some sagacous Congress-
man could surely be found at the next session who
would introduce bill calling for the official regis
tration of the population. The bill would get
great deal of publicity, along with other especially
wise measures, and would show the general public
what careful planning has been under way for the
nations good
A directory of the United States completely Illus
trated, would be wonderful not only in the accom-
plished work, but in the process of accomplishment
Not only could the government give all the unem-
ployed in the country employment gathering the
required data, taking the accompanying snapshots
and classifying the material at central office but
it would have to go farther and induce persons
already having regular occupations to enter the
civil service that it would have enough of work
1t is proposed that the national directory photo
graphs and everything be accessible to all who have
occasion to make use of it, That is the splendid
part of the plan. 1t would give the country
chance to get acquainted with itself person
could go to the record of the population at any
time, hunt up old friends whom he has not heard
from for long time, see how they are looking and
find out how many children they have and all about
them.
The plan for national directory as it now exists,
is Objectionable in that it does not provide for the
collecting of enough of information about the hun
dred million or so of natives. The directory should
give more than dates 1t should tell of the occupa
ton, health and habits of every individual 1t would
thus provide material for the statistcians to work
on indefinitely and keep them out of other mischief.
And what would it all cost? Oh, what do we care
for expense9
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20

The official report of the British Admiralty ON the sink
ing Of three of the Allies batteshps the Daranelle
says the losses were caused by mines drifting with the
current and that the mines encountered in which
had hitherto been swept clear The report adds: 'Ths
danger will require special treatment This sounds like an
admission that the Allies encountered new form of
resistance in naval warfare that they had not taken into
account Moreover it goes to prove the present war
has been productive of methods destroying lives and
property well as on land
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
WHY SNOW HEATS THE HANDS
The Brain Calls to the Blood to Help
the Chilled Skin

1t is very wonderful that our hands
should become warm after playing
with snow, for it must be perfectly
certain that the cold snow takes heat
away very quickly from our warm
hands.
The warmth Of our hands is derived
entirely from the blood, except at times
when something hot is actually Shining
upon them Therefore, for some rea.
son or other, very much larger amount
of blood than usual must be flowing
through our hands The blood is no
warmer in itself, of the whole of the
body would at once notice it, but what
really happens is that the hands are
getting richer and quicker supply of it,
The effect is just the same, really, as
the delightful glow that we feel after
IL cold bath. The barin has the duty
of taking care of the skin, as of every
other part of the body. Now, when
the skin has been chilled its life has
been heavily taxed. and it will suffer
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20

In one of the largest military
parades New York city has seen in
years, the Twenty-ninth Infantry regi-
ment was escorted through the streets
Dy detachment Of the New York
National Guard, with vast throng
on the sidewalks cheering it, as it
marched to embark for q three years
tour OF duty in the Canal Zone. Flags
were everywhere on the line of march,
ana the sidewalks were lined deep by
the spectators drawn by the opportu-
nity OF seeing how the regulars and
tne crack troops of the State con-
pared.
=, In the accompanying pictures the
Iwenty-ninth is arriving in the city
from Governors Island, where it was
s.aIioned for several years, and Major
General Leonard Wood, Commander
VI the Department of the East, with
ns starr, is seen reviewing the regu-
l',rs as they march TO the strains OF
rue Girl Left Behind Me-"
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
Pure RICH BLOOD
made BY HOODS

Pure blood enables the stomach,
liver and other digestive organs to do
their work properly. Without. it they
are sluggish, there is loss of appetite,
sometimes faintness, deranged state
OF the intestines, and, in general, all
the symptoms of dyspepsia.
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes pure
blood, and this is why it is SO very
successful ip the treatment of so many
ailments. Get it to-day. Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
SYMPATHETIC

He was middle aged and untraveed For forty years
he had lived in the country At made trip to the
city There, for the first time his life he saw school
girl through her gymnasc exercises the
of the little at home After gazing with looks
of interest and compassion for time he asked bow
who standing if she had fits
No. the boy replied "Them's gymnastics
"Ah, how sad! said the man. How longs she had
'ems"-Exchange
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
Doesn't Like State Police

Representative Maurer is the nation
al champion of Socialism and brides
himself on his Socialstic standing. His
party has twice elected him to the
House of Representatives in one of the
largest cities in Pennsylvania. Mr..
Maurer does not believe in the State
police, and he never loses an oppor-
tunity to denounce these guardians of
the Pennsylvania rural districts as
'Cossacks, thugs, and other
names indicative of his hatred of them.
lie maintains that they are against the
laboring man, and despite the fact
that his constituents in Berks county
are the most persistent applicants for
State police protection, he still holds
to his belief that the State police ought
to 0e abolished.
Unpleasant Work of Pardons Board
Of all the duties pertaining to the
Offices of Lieutenant Governor, Secre-
tary of Internal Affairs, Attorney Gen
eral and Secretary of the Common
wealth, that of serving as member
Of the Board of Pardons is the most
distasteful to these officials, and has
been since the formation of the Board
forty years ago. The present members
are no exception to the rule. As gen
eral thing the seamy side. of life is
presented to the Board in more grue-
some manner than before court, and
this is not pleasant. The Board must
listen to arguments in each case pre-
sented to it; then it must consider and
decide on each case; then, if a pardon
is granted, it must make out the rea-
sons and, lastly--the members must
sign them before they go to the Gov
ernor. 1t is of record that only once
has the recommendation of the Board
been ignored, and that was when Gov
ernor Pennypacker declined to sign, the
recommendation for the Communication
Of the death sentence of Mrs. Kate Ed
wards, the Berks county murderess,
who was afterward set free by another
Board,
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
THE GLOBE

unless it is compensated. SO the brain
orders the small blood vessels in the
skin, wherever it has been chilled, to
relax and widen so that the warm
blood is able to circulate quickly
through them.-''The Child's Book of
knowledgeO y
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
TOLD IN LIGHTERVEIN
WORK FOR A CANDID COED

professor in the economics department of the Uni.
vesy of Missouri who assigning subjects for papers
to be written asked one of the girl students the day
what she was going to do after graduation.
TIM going to get married." replied the coed
VERY WELL then you may write papsr on thehigh cost
of living" said the professor-Columba Herald
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
What He Left on the Radiator

A man entered a tobacco store and
addressed the proprietor who was
busy packing cigars
. May l leave this package here?"
the visitor asked.
Certainly was the response.
The man placed box about a foot
square on the radiator, went out and
returned in half an hour. Picking up
the box he thanked the proprietor and
said
"I'll bet you couldn't guess what is
in this PACKAGE
The proprietor said he didn It have
the least idea.
Dynamite, said the man with a
laugh as if it were a good joke. And
the proprietor drove him forth with
anathema.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
Platinum

Platinum is dissolved by aqua regia,
a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric
acids. No acid known to chemists,
alone, will dissolve this metal but
these two combined, in the proportion
of one volume of nitric and three of
hydrochloric, will.-New York Amer
lean.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20

"What kind of cigars do you wish
to give your husband, madam-Havana
or domestic?"
"Oh, domestic, by all means! I'm
giving them to him to encourage him
to spend his evening at home, you
know. Judge.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20

Before awarding the contracts the new auto fire
apparatus let the City Commissioners remember that the
purchase OF them from the Morton company, Harris
burg means that much work Harrisburg workmen
who will spend their money with Harrisburg merchants
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20

The movie men trying to heaven and earth to
get the censorship law repealed.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20
Saturday, March 20, 1915.
WEATHER FORECASTS

Harrisburg and vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight. Sunday fair. Not
much change in temperature.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Partly cloudy
tonight. Sunday probably fair. Little
change in temperature.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20

so many persons have bought machines the Harris
burg auto shows this week that there danger of there
not being enough people to ride in the itnev buses
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20

Let us have Harrsburgmade fire apparatus since it is
just as good as and cheaper than the outside makes!
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-20

- YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest AS lowest, %; a. m 80; p M, 81.
The Huttig news., 1915-10-23

in these twelve counties. Begin hing on January l the new law for the eradication of ticks goes into effect and there are twenty-slx counties in that district, including five of the twelve above named and that work will be under con- trol of the State Experiment Sta ton at Fayetteville with imme- diate supervision under pr. R. M Cow of Little Rock. Get ticks of the farm and more stock on the farm and farmers will be able tc produce thirty bales of cotton iron forty acres where now it take more than sixty acres for that amount. Altogether Swat the tick.
The Huttig news., 1915-10-23
Bound Over to Grand Jury.

T. F. Houser of Lapeer had J. E. Cook, w. D. Manning and San Hodge arrested the first of the week for breaking into and robbine his store of a lot of merchandise on the night of August 2. The accused were given a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace c. B. Wood Tuesday afternoon and each was bound over to the grand jury in the sum of $500 bond They were carried to Fl Dorado Thursday morning by J. W. Perritt and placed in jail. The hear ing lasted from 4 o'clock in the afternoon until 10 o'clock Tuesday night and a number of witnesses were examined.
The Huttig news., 1915-10-23
HendrixsOn-C0lIett.

Miss Clara Hendrixson, daught- CT of Mrs. Nettie A. Sizemore. and Mir. Earl DeForest Collett went to Monroe last Saturday afternoon where they were united in marriage by Rev. c. c. Miller in the Metho- dist parsonage at 2 o'clock that evening, They were accompanied by her brother, Hugh Hendrixson, and returned to Huttig on the early train Monday morning.
 The bride has lived here num- Der of years and is a charming young lady. The groom is the son of MT. D. F. Collett, and the en- gineer at No. l saw mill for the Union Saw Mill Go. They will live with the brides mother for the present. The News joins with their many friends in extending congratulations.
The Huttig news., 1915-10-23
Arkansas Farmers Ship Wheat.

The results of the Diversified Farming Campaign being carried on along the lines of the St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern railway are becoming manifest as the har- vest and shipping period advances.
 Already this season forty-one cars of wheat have been received from stations on the Arkansas. Memphis & Valley divisions which heretofore have shipped no wheat and where many thought it could not be successfully grown. In all, about two hundred and twenty five cars of grain have been shipped from the cotton territory of Arkan- sas, and mi'lers pronounce 1t the equal of any for commercial milling
 Four parishes along the Iron Mountain in Northeast Louisiana raised over million and a half bushels of oats this year, and the farmers had little difficulty in sell ing their entire surplus for an av- craze of about AZ cents per bushel.
 Twenty-seve cars of corn have been received thus far from sta tions on the Arkansas, Louisiana & Valley divisions, which last year supplied only two cars. The United States Department of Agri culture estimates that the 1915 corn crop in Arkansas and Louisia- na will be about 56,OOO,OOO bush els in excess of that produced in 1914. In view of the many re- quests the Iron Mountain agricul- tural department is receiving for information regarding the handling and marketing of corn, D. c. Vel ty, Commissioner of Agriculture, has issued a large placard on the subject and it is being placed in ev- cry waiting room along the line in both those states. This plaoard gives valuable information as to gathering grain, storing it on the farm. fumigating it for weevils, preparing it for market and grading it. It also calls attention to the importance of selecting seed corn in the field,
The Huttig news., 1915-10-23

his eternal slumbers. When autos drove hlm from the pave of hust- ling towns and cities, we said. He's found his urban grave, which is thousand pities; but on the farm he'li have place, till farms are frozen over: along the furrows there he'll chase. and fill himself with clover But now, alas, he doesn't rank with agriculture S factors; the farmer draws upon the bank, and buys some big steel trac- tors; and one of these will haul eix blows. as through field it lumbers: the horses see 1t as they browse. and know they are back numbers. They re shipping now our foaming steeds across the briny waters. for Europe needs them where she deeds and Wades around in slaugh- ter To turn them to the butchers loose-that plan no one indorse; but it's about the only use that's left, just now. for the horse.- Watt Mason.
The Huttig news., 1915-10-23
What Kansas Women Do.

Kansas is the Women's Free State. When women find their status in other states is confining their inalienable rights, let them try the Sunf1ower state. Here are some of the things women can do legally in Kansas:
 Gan take back her maiden name after her husband dies, without le- gal process or legislative act.
 Gan keep her own name when she is married.
 Gan persuade her husband to take her name and give up his fam fly name, if she does not like it.
 Gan keep her maiden name and her husband can keep his name.
 Gan retain her maiden name for business transactions and use her husbands name for social affairs.
 If wife does not like either her name or her husbands, they can take a name that suits them better
 A woman can wear mems cloth ing without restrictions, except that she must not pose as a man.
 She can vote at every election.
 She can hold any office in the state and run for Congress.
 In other words, a woman in Kan sas can do anything, almost, man can do, and some things he cant.
The Huttig news., 1915-10-23
First lyceum Number Nov. 5th.

The Duncan Mills Go. will be the first number of our Lyceum course this season and will appear at the Union church on Friday night, November 5th.
 Miss Duncan has achieved an enviable place upon the Lyceum platform from sheer merit and her ability to universally please. She has dramatic talent of high order intensity of feeling and fnesse, and her versatility is remarkable. She is piquant, in love with life and bubbling over with fun and rippling laughter.
 Miss Mills has won the happy result of appealing both to those who love the classical in music and also to those who enjoy it's lighter forms, the so called popular music. She possesses high soprano voice of clear, sweet tone and quality, of wide range and admirably con- trolled. She is a pianist as well as a singer and plays with remarkable technique.
 The program presented consists of readings, impersonations, solos, duets, pianologues, duologues and sketches. This is one of the big gest little companies on the Ameri- can platform today.
 It you have not already pur- chased season ticket for the course of five numbers do so now and save a s in the price.
 You will miss an evenings en- joyment if you miss this number.
The Huttig news., 1915-10-23
Getting Rid of Ticks.

Arkansas is engaged quietly now in a great campaign to rid it's fields and pastures of the cattle tick. Seventeen counties are now tick free" and three more counties will be made free by government in- spectors in November, and practi- cally in every remaining county in the State farmers are interested, are building vas and dipping cattle. The Extension Division of the University has one specialist who is devoting his whole time to as- sisting farmers in the building of vats and holding public meetings. and heretofore his territory has been the whole state. From now on, however, this expert, w. A.. Denman, will be given special charge of the work in twelve coun- ties in the Southwestern corner of Arkansas including Union. Colum- bia, Lafayette, Ouachita, Nevada, Clark, Pike, Hampstead, Howard, Sevier, Miller and Little River. His headquarters for the winter will be at Little Rock in the old state house, but practically all of his time from now on for the next two years will be given to the work