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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29

was apparent. u simply save . GER
tain rate to shippers ON condition tina,
II the goods shipped got damaged OF
lost while in possession OF the railway
the owner OF the goods would accept q
limited payment for the damage. but
IL the shipper insisted on full value
the rate would have to be 10 per cent
higher.
This served to increase rate profits,
assuming the minimum was the same
before and after the new form of con-
tract was adopted. At the last ses-
sion Of congress Senator Cummins got
a bill thru congress prohibiting the
railways from making limited liability
contracts. Immediately the roads be-
gan to talk about the necessity of
charging higher rate. Perhaps. on a
showing before the commission, they
win be found to be entitled to small
additional charge owing to changed
conditions. That is matter to be
worked out.
However, the average shipper will
prefer to know that II his goods are
lost he can recover the full value of
the shipment than to discover after he
makes his claim that his shipping bill
limited the railways liability for loss.
Shippers Of horses in particular, often
suffered as q result Of that contract
rule.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29

The farmer who insists that he be-
lieves In good roads but II opposed to
the extravaganza Of gravel or paving
can It least keep his dirt road dragged.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29

A goodly number Of telephone users
Polish domestic who answered the
phone in the absence Of those more
1.cmsinrr.i 10 siiich i;riis :;a::
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
"BIRDHOTELS"IN CITYPARKSARE
PLACEDINMAN YAMERICANCITIE

he describes is made of glass, with a
tin roof, an arrangement which he
says furnishes protection for the
feeding birds, allows the light to en-
ter and permits the host to see the
visitors Another model described is
what is known as the weather Vane
type, so constructed that its glass
back is always to the wind, the lee
ward side remaining an open invita-
ton to hungry birds
Small Car, With Wheels
Among the other shelters of the
park exhibit is. one of the portable
class, consisting of a small car provided
with small wheels which travel on a
wire strung from window to some
convenient point, and another equip
ped with an automatic feeder of the
hopper type now used by poultry
men. Mr.. Crandall says that suet
holders furnish the simplest and prob
ably the best method for feeding in
sectivorous birds. such as woodpeckers
and nuthatches.
According to the assistant curator
the birds most likely to be attracted
to food depots erected about New
York are the blue jay, the downy
woodpecker, hairy woodpecker. flicker
nuthatch, brown creeper, chicadee
white throat sparrow, song sparrow
tree sparrow, junco, siskin, purple
finch and possibly the cardinal and
tufted titmouse. WoodpeckerS and
nuthatches he says will eat the suet
chiefly. and blue jays will eat almost
anything For finches a mixture OF
various seeds should be provided, such
as sunfiower, hemp, canary and mil
let. Bits of dry bread and nut meats
are relished by many birds.
There can be no doubt that suit
ably placed birdhouses are very po.
tent factor in the encouragement OF
birds runs an excerpt from the cam
paign article. If the locality is at all
favorable and a little thought be given
to construction, and especially to loca-
ton, it will be found that birds will
take possession of them. 1t is a
strange fact that while birds will fire.
quently ignore elaborate structures
they often will unhesitatingly occupy
the most unpromising cavities. Empty
cans, old hats and the toughest OF
boxes seem to offer all that the home
seeking bird desires. Hence it follows
that any boy can build suitable bird
boxes for himself that are as likely tc
be found acceptable as any others.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
SACRIFICE AND REFORM

NTHY is it that some such great
wv sacrifice as that which marked
the capsizing of the Eastland
in the Chicago river on Saturday must
preeede every reform in transporta-
ton methods? 1t required the Slocum
disaster with its loss of hundreds of
lives to make travel safe on excur-
sion steamers in the East and the
New Haven and Hartford railroad
wiped out scores of lives before a cor
rection of the evil responsible there
for was brought about. And now the
Eastland goes over. with its load of
human freight and becomes a watery
tomb to emphasize the wickedness of
over-crowding and the use of unrelia-
BILE boats.
Every. Sunday this summer the
Pennsylvania railroad has run a boat
excursion out of Baltimore from points
along the main line and hundreds have
been disappointed because when the
tickets sold at the various stations
reach the limit of the boats capacity
no more fares are permitted to be
sold. Were the passenger Officials
greedy for gain at the expense of
safety they might over-sell every week
and take chance" of getting through
safely. How much better had those
responsible for the Eastland looked q
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
DON'T CALL AN AUTO NAMES

COMEBODY called New York
y mans automobile a 'fiivver" and
was shot for his pains. Now,
aside from the fact that Webster and
the other authorities are silent as to
the meaning of the word 'fiivver" We
have heard men call their own cars
worse things than we imagine the
f1ivverest flivver that ever fiivvered
could possible be in its fiivveriest
other case of a man reserving the right
to say things of himself and his own
that he will not permit another to say
concerning the same.
Everybody knows that the man who
| "cusses'' his watch for a "turnip"
eleven times day will solemnly swear
to a friend that there never was a
watch made like it, and the same ap-
plies to automobiles. Approach the
owner of the most rattle-go- bang old
gasoline consumer that cutters the
highway and he will tax by the hour
of it's virtues it's speed and the
enormous mileage he gets from gal
lon of gas. He may intend to sell the
thing to junk man on the morrow,
but do not presume on that account to
take any liberties with it or reflect
on it's qualities.
The better way is to say nothing,
or if you. feel called upon to express
an opinion tell him its the best little
car for its price on the market" You
may be lying, and you may know you
are lying, but thereby you lay up u
future invitation to go riding with the
aforesaid owner and otherwise he may
do to you what the New York man
did to the man who called his machine
"iivver." Take no chances with an
automobile fiend
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

Miss Madeleine q. Doty, author Of
Maggie Martin No. 933" and Maggie
Martins Friends" a delegate to the
Woman's Conference at The Hague
and The Century's special representa-
tive, will write the inside story of the
happenings there
DR.. Hendrix Van Loon, the Dutch
historian, recently come to this coun-
try from the battlefields of Europe,
will write the close observations of a
neutral, under the title "Planmaessis'
and usgeschlossen."
A splendidly illustrated article on
New Painters of the Old World" will
be a feature in an early mum ber of
The Century. The author will be j.
n. Laurvik, Assistant Director of the
Fine Arts exhibit ait the Panama
Pacific Exposition.
In order to give its readers a COM
prehensive background from which to
observe the war, The Century is pub
fishing, month by month, a series OF
articles by different writers on the
various countries involved or closely
related. "Polands Story" Exit the
Turk" "Bulgaria's Dream of EN-
pire,' are some of these articles. An
other to come soon will be "Imperilled
Holland" by T. Lothrop Stoddard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
EhentnD Chat

This has been the best growing
season the gardeners and nursery
men in the vicinity of Harrisburg has
ever known" said o. P. Beckley. of
the Berryhill Nursery. Not only
have the rains come along whenever
rain semed to be needed, but the
| dew has been exceptionally heavy
and the plants have been covered with
a moisture almost equal to a light rain
nearly every morning this summer.
| whereas last year we lost about SO
| per cent. of the cuttings we set out,
! this year about SO per cent. grew
| and are thriving But if the plants
| have grown, so have the weeds. We
| have never done so much 'chopping'
as this summer, and still they con-
! tinue to come" Gardens all about
| Harrisburg are as green as they or
dinarily are in the middle of June
and there are hundreds of lawns
since Spring other than which nature
has given them.
Although snake stories in the
newspapers have fallen off consider
ably in recent years" said an old resi-
dent of a nearby valley, 81 know that
there are just as many of the reptiles
around now as there were in the old
days.
During the last week have been
clearing patch of weeds from one
of my hillsides" he continued, and L
don't care if you believe it or not, I
killed exactly nine rattlesnakes, one
with twelve rattles; twelve copper
heads several house snakes and seven
blowing vipers, and bIacksnakes. L
enjoy reading snake. stories and I GER
tainly do like to hear of big kills"
|
An old riverman who yesterday
hoisted sail in the upriver wind and
made Clark's Ferry with little trouble
estimates that there are at least fifty
camping parties strung along the
fifteen mile stretch of water.
He said he found them on Islands
and along shores. while many are
camping along the Perry county shore,
the majority are to be found on the
islands and along the Dauphin side.
At the Furnace there are a bunch of
college boys from Lancaster, while
near the Rockville bridge is a party
from Liverpool. Near the Ferry on
an island are another group of Ian
, caster county boys. The fellows GER
tainly do travel good distances to en-
joy our river"
Anybody who doesn't think that
advertising pays" said buyer in ono
of the city's big department stores tho
other day, should take a stroll
through our store on Friday morn
ing"
You know we close at noon on
Friday during the summer" went on
the department head, ''and to increase
sales volume on that day we usually
offer lot of bargains, announcing the
special opportunities m the news
papers. The results are sometimes
surprising even to those of us who
believe in the power of paper and ink.
! Sometimes the clerks haven't time to
take a deep breath, they're so busy.
And believe me they are glad for the
afternoons vacation wnen the gong
rings at noontime."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
MILITARY TRAINING

TNHERE is a rising sentiment
throughout the country in favor
of teaching the boys of the
United States the rudiments of military
science. Many thoughtful men of
affairs are urging preparedness as the
best security of peace. Some years
ago the Telegraph was instrumental,
through the late James H. Worden,
then president of the School Board, in
having military instruction included in
the high school curriculum. The or
sanitation of the High School Cadets
was partially completed, but the
physical instructor had absolutely no
interest in the work and permitted the
corps to disband.
There is now talk of organizing
cadets at both the Central and Tech
nical high schools along the line Of
the High School Cadets of Washing
ton, D. c. 1t is believed the great
students military camp at Plattsburg
IS having a tremendous influence in
rpreading the sentiment for military
training among the youth of the land.
university, college and high school
boys representing all the big edu-
cational Institutions. who are being
put through the PAGES by officers of
the United States Army under the
direction of the War Department. Fol-
lowing the instructions of the college
boys and when their camp ends, Au-
gust s. one thousand businessmen from
New York, Philadelphia and elsewhere
will go into camp for a month for
similar training.
Harrisburg has always maintained a
high place for efficiency in the COM
panies of the National Guard and mill
tary training of the boys of the two
high schools of the city would be bene-
fetal in many ways.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27

TIME birdhouse idea is being
adopted widely over the United
= State. Cities everywhere are
encouraging birds to nest in the pun
lie parks. Superintendent NJ. Harvey
Taylor caused a Bird Hotel to be built
in Wildwood Park and next year Will
have other boxes scattered about.
York is set forth in the New York
Telegram in the following article:
LAS the inaugural move of wide
spread campaign for Turing back the
little songbirds so rapidly disappear
ing from the parks and suburbs of the
city, the New York Geological Park
with signboards and labels advising
the birdloVer where each model may
be obtained and what birds are most
likely to be attracted by it. The eX-
hibits as we'll as the methods and aims
of the proposed campaign are describ-
ed in an elaborate article by Lee 5
Crandall, assistant curator of birds OF
the society, in the organizations July
bulletin.
"Mr. Crandall makes it plain that il
some remedial action is not taken ir
the near future the songbird is goine
to forsake New York, probably never
to return. Persecution of the feather
ed songster by man, the growing con
gestion of ~the outSpreading city ano
the recently improved methods of for
estry conservatism are given as the
chief reasons for the state of affairs
in this respect.
Forestry Methods Blamed
"The application of modern forestry
methods, the assistant curator writes
has so trimmed the branches of the
old orchards and so carefully removed
all dead or decayed forest trees anc
insect harboring underground thai
many of our birds are hard pressed
indeed to find a Granny in which tc
deposit their eggs or cover in which
to search for food
"As an instance of the growing birc
scarcity, Mr.. Crandall cites the rec
headed woodpecker, which was once
common around New York City, bu
which is now rarely seen. A pair i:
nesting in the Geological Park this
Spring for the first time in many
years He concludes that since thi:
condition was brought about by resi-
dents of New York it is incumbent OF
them to provide a remedy. This cal
be done through the widespread cree
tion of shelter boxes and suet baskets
Mr.. Crandall evinces a partiality IL
his article for what he calls the feed
ing shelter type of box. One of thos'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
Letter List

the Post office, at Harrisburg, Pa. for
the week ending July "a, 1915;
Ladies List : Mrs. Harry Albright'
Miss Goldie Cupp. Mrs, Mary Fryaplar.
Mrs. Gerg Miss Hattie Haines, Miss
Marguerite Harden, Mrs. Jack Hoff-
man, Miss Edna johnson, Miss Eliza
Kreider. Mrs. Grace NJ Lewis. Mrs. Mac
Kissock. Mrs Louise Madden, Miss
Lettye Mills, Miss Irene Moore Mrs.
George H. Morehogu4se Mrs Edna owen. NIi5.
Robert. Miss Ada Reynolds Mrs. Law
erty Rockwell, Miss Ethel Seller, Mrs
Name Spidle. Mrs. William, Tevelson,
Miss Helya wenss Miss EYerlenee Mil
retter Winters, Mrs. ]. S. Wolford, Mrs.
NJ. w. Yorly, Mrs C. E, Zahn.
Gentlemen's List - D. D; Armstrong
James Browne, Lewis Brown, Mr.. Bru-
baker, Clarns Butts, Edward Christ.
George R: Cloydi Marshall EyaIns' y9I' Earn Earn.
Katts, ]. c. Lang, Jacob Loven. Larry
Martin. GULLY Mcdowell, e. NJ. Meals.
Master Raymond and Jennings Meyer,
Rosch. Fred Schartner l. A. Shartzer
Cd. Ii. David Sourbier. Fred Streeher.
Robert THOMAS Wm; ~ ! Si+dI Thommpson, mp c.
ick. Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie Warner DN
T. NJ. White. S. A. Wilson, G. c. Wink
ters, Harry Zellers.
Firms = Electro Importing Co, S. H.
Robson & Co. Warren supply Co.
Foreign = Fortunoto Madufaro
Persons should invariably have their
mail matter addressed to their street
and number, thereby insuring prompt
delivery BY the faRFlSES PRASK c. SITES,
Postmaster.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The Iron Cross is responsible for
many wooden cross.-columbia State.
Canada Sends Dental Contingent to
France" Doubtless to fill up the gaps
in the front.-Columbia State.
The war-baby proposition in Turkey
pales it's Intellectual fires before the
problem of war -widows.--Wahingto ton
Post.
The Kaiser failed to state in his lat
est note whether or not he will permit
surf bathing on this side of the Allan
tic.-New York Evening Sun.
The question we have put up to Ger
man, we take il. is whether to run her
war on the European or the American
plan.-Columbia State.
The Georgia Legislature has adopted
a rule that no member shall be allowed
to enter the hall while intoxicated
Georgia is a prohibition State.-Mil-
waukee Evening Wisconsin,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE

The Orduna is off again Evidently
her owners have not heard of the old
adage about the pitcher that goes too
often to the well.
Statistics show that it costs in the
present war about $4,000 to kill a man.
If it's just the same. we'll take ours
in money and allow discount.
Says an exchange: Among the won-
ders at the Panama Pacific Exposition
is lump of coal weighing 1850 pounds
Real, or coal dealers weight?
Mr.. Bryan announces that he will
return to the lecture platform. Did
we hear Alright? Did he say return?
Hudson Maxim says the rapid fire
gun is the greatest life-saver invented,
but for our part we prefer having our
life saved in some other way.
Jess Willard says he has newspaper
clippings of all the great prize fights
of recent years. Keeping a scrapbook,
as it were.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
CURE SEEMED EFFIcACIoUs

IFrom the Philadelphia Telegraph
In a city clearinghouse some time
ago the guests were working away
at the evening meal when Mr.. Jones
broke through the din of gathering
knives and forks.
morning." he remarked, glancing
around the table. 1T seems that you
take off your shoes and stockings and
'What do you think of that cure
Mr. Jones?' eagerly interrupted the
Iandlady, who had also read the
story do you really think that walk
ing barefooted through grass will
make one strong and healthy?'
We'll" smiled Mr.. Jones, strenu-
ously trying to cut a piece of meat,
sit seems to have made this beef
pretty tough"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27

TIME announcement that the forces
of the American Red Cross will
be withdrawn from Europe at
the beginning of October because of
lack of funds to maintain them longer
will be received in this country with
regret. These units on mercy bent
have accomplished wonders in prac-
teal relief; they have represented the
people of this great nation with uni
form credit and satisfaction and they
have cemented friendships on both
sides of the line which is dividing the
people of Europe in a way that is
bound to be of the utmost benefit when
the time comes to restore conditions
to normal and resume the ordinary in
ternational intercourse of peace.
War has entailed immense expense
upon the people of this country, but
in this great conflict ell the noncom-
Blatant nations as we'll as the bellig-
erents have been compelled to pay,
and nowhere has the outlay been
made more willingly than in this
country Next to feeding the Belgians,
which became our special task, no
outlay has given us greater satisfac-
ton than that which was expended
upon the activities of the American
Red Cross, and it really does seem that
some extraordinary effort should be
made to continue this work as long as
it is needed.
There is no present prospect of an
early end of the war. On the other
hand, the military situation and the
financial situation indicate that it will
be a long drawn out and stubborn af-
fair. These dismal indications, of
course, may be dispelled suddenly by
some dramatic turn, but wise people
will place little hope in such a possi-
bility. And the longer a war con-
tinues the greater is the need of the
kind of sanitary and hospital work
that the American Red Cross has been
carrying on.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
LIGHT THE RIVER FRONT

TT. is expected that some arrange
: i ment will be made with the Harris
burg Light and Power Company to
establish the light standards along the
front steps" of Harrisburg between
Maclay street and the southern boun-
dary of the city before the September
celebrations Much progress has been
made in the preparation of the river
frent for the big event ALREADY and
during the next two months everything
will be put in, readiness for the great
event of the autumn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
BURTON. OF OHIO

[From the New York Sun.l
Ohio the fruitful mother of Presi-
dents and candidates for the Presi-
dency. has two Republican "possibili-
ties" Governor Willis and Mr.. Herrick,
tactful service as Ambassador to
France. If it be true that the Hon.
Theodore. Elijah Burton is about to an
publican party are to be congratulated
Mr.. Burton is an honor to both and rs
and guardians of the Treasury against
extravaganza. He is faithful to the
public interest. He is especially ia
ness. transportation and extension Of
our trade.
Whatever be the fortunes of Mr.. Bur
toms candidacy, If candidate he is to
be, the man who saved SSS,000,000 to the
taxpayers on a single bill deserves a
long gratitude and respect from his
fellow citizens.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
BEATING THE GAME
By Wing Dlnger

I started out, this season,
The game of golf to learn;
used up lots of golf clubs
And golf balls. too, to burn.
But every time I went out
I managed to cut off
A few strokes, till I figured
That I had mastered golf,
But, gee; the other evening
Again I went to play;
I topped the balls, I sliced them,
A few drove away.
I made the worst score ever.
And while I seldom wall
At luck, felt like putting
My outfit up for sale.
But everybody tells me,
Who dabbles at the game.
That with them very often
Things happen quite the same.
And after all. the real fun
In any game comes to
You If you beat it. while it
Is trying to beat you.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27

Harbor Point, Mich, July 27.-This
exclusive summer colony is to be the
scene of one of the most elaborate
weddings ever held in this country.
On July 81 Miss Catherine Barker,
said to be the wealthiest girl in the
United States will be married to How
ard Spaulding, Jr., of Chicago.
Miss Barker inherited a fortune of
$50, 600, 900 from her father, the late
John H Barker, noted car builder. She
has an annual income of about
so, 900, 900. She is but 10 and the
match is said to be one of pure love.
Miss Barker was IA years old when
she first met Mr.. Spaulding, who is a
son of a Chicago jeweler, a Yale grad
uote and an officer in the Haskell
Barker Company, of which her father
was the head. Her mother died when
she was IL years old and six years later
her father also died, leaving her his
entire fortune.
The couple have been engaged for
more than a year. Miss Barker has
been attending school in the East.
They have furnished a sumptuous
apartment in Chicago. where they will
live.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-27
AS TO FIGHTERS
rom the New Castle News. !

[From the New Castle News.l
A local gent" who prides himself
on his knocking abilities said a few
days ago that he came from a family
of hghters and they came here in
1906 from Kentucky. The man to
whom this bit of history was ad-
dressed retaliated by saying that his
people came here in 1867 from Ger
many and he was born four months
afterwards. That settled the argu-
ment.