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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21
PAXTANG NEXT WEEK

This weeks vaudeville show at the
Paxtang Park theater is one that any
one who enjoys vaudeville should take
the opportunity of seeing this even
ing if they have not already done SO.
1t is without doubt the best park bill
we have had this season. In fact the
bill compares favorably with any OF
the shows presented at the leading
theaters of the town.
Next weeks program will be an
nounced on Monday and some sur
prises in the way of headliners sell
dom seen outside the dollar admission
theaters are promised.
Another big fireworks display will
be given at the park on Thursday
evening. The public has become SO
we'll acquainted with the quality of
the fireworks shown at Paxtang that
a first class pyrotechnical entertain
ment may be looked for on that date.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21

the fact that Herman Yeager, former
conductor of the Orpheum orchestra,
is to play the big pipe organ. Mr..
Yeager is one of the best organists in
the State and he is one of the most
popular musicians in Harrisburg. He
will play the organ from to in
the afternoon and from to IL IN
the evening.
The theater will be open every day
from II to IL. The price has been
set at ten cents for grown-ups and a
jitney for children.-Advertis
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21
EDUCATIONAL
Harrisburg Business College
Day and Night School
Sept. z, 1915

Business. Shorthand and Civil Serv-
ice. SOth year. $40 Market ST.. Har.
risburg. Pg
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21
New Speed Record Comes
With Cooper's Victory
Special to The Telegraph

BIgin, III, Aug. 21-The Chicago
Automobile Club Trophy for which nine
drivers entered over the Elgin course
was won yesterday by Earl Cooper. The
time for the 301 miles established a
new record for the course. Cooper's
record for the distance over the Elgin
track was at the rate of 1875 miles per
hour. made by Ralph De Palma last
year.
start and held the lead for the first
fifty miles, when he broke a rocker
arm. He laid up at the pit for more
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21
ROBBED DENTAL PARLoRs

Waynesboro. Pa, Aug. 21.-A thief
went into the dental offices of DIR. j.
G. Criswell, in the Wayne building, and
the dental parlors of Drs. Stevenson
and Heefner, in the Bank of Waynes-
boro building, early yesterday and
took all the scraps of gold filings and
bridge material laying around loose
to the value of $100.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21
BAPTISM IN RIVER

Marysville, Pa, Aug. 81. - THE
Principles of the Christian Faith" will
be the subject of an interesting SER
mon in the Methodist Episcopal
church on Sunday evening, by the Rev.
S. B. Bidlack. On Sunday afternoon,
the Rev. Mr.. Bidlack will conduct a
baptismal service in the Susquehanna
river.
The Rev. L H. Hiesley, of near this
place, divinity student at Albright
College will preach in the Church of
God on Sunday morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21
Cumberland Valley Railroad
TIME TABLE

TRAINS leave Harrisburg
For Winchester and Martinsburg at
sos, sT:52 a. m. ss:40 p. m.
For Hagerstown, Chambersburg. Car
Isle, MechanicsburE and intermediate
stations at sb:03. s7.62, s11:6s q. m,
Additional trains for Carlisle and
Mechanicsburg at s:4s a. m. 2.1s; s:2e.
$3.50, e:3b a IN.
'11:53 a. M. 2:l6, s3:40. b:37 and 6:So
sDaiiy. All othsr trains daily exceps
Sunday. II. A. RIDDLE.
J. 4. TONGR. g. p. n
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21
FIREMEN WILL PARADE

Marietta, Pa, Aug. 21.--To-day the
Pioneer Fire Company held a concert
and festival, the proceeds to be used in
going to Philadelphia to the State
Firemen's convention. The Liberty
Band of Marietta, furnished the music
and they will accompany the fire lao
dies on their trip.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT
Special to The Telegram

Marietta, Pa, Aug. 21.-Announce-
ment was made to-day of the marriage
of Miss Clara Hardies. of Detroit
Mich, and Chester r. Bushong, which
took place on July 81, the Rev. H
Horny, of the Lutheran church, off,
ciating.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21
TROLLEY OAR HITS CATTLE
Special TO The Tslesrobh

Waynesboro. Pa. Aug. 21.-A car on
the Northern trolley leaving Shady
Grove at 1890 in the evening, ran into
herd of cattle belonging to Lewis
Bowders, near Reid. Md, killing two
of the animals, severely injuring two
others, and detailing a fifth member of
the herd. The front of the trolley car
was battered and all the windows were
broken
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21

Plans for the big park bargain day on
September first are rapidly being per-
fected and the days program will be
announced some day next week. 1t is
Manager Davis object to make this
one of the big days of the season and
great bargain opportunities for pleas
ure seekers are promised.-Advertis
ment
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-21

than an hour while the part was being
replaced. and started again, although
hopelessly beauten. Finally seeing
that the pursuit was hopeless he drop
ped out to have his motor for the race
TODAY
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1915-01-22
HERMANN
MACHINE SHOPS
OTTO H.. vOELKERDlNG,
Hartmann. Mo.

Tteine DerfitGiie 1T nit allen n6ibigsa
Wlaidinen aus8eriifei nm ale Reparain,
rem an EompI, uno Observation-Disclosures
Brcfd)' uno Grutemoidliaen raidl urb gu.
ans3uiiihren.
MoFd,inentbeile R6bren, Gel. Bumper
uin. Itete on Ssnh.
3futsmsbitsI.tparaturT cine Gpe5ia
litGt.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1915-01-22
Edvv. walX
Hermann, Mo.

Rauit Gsflasel Gier und 5arnpfs.
bNktt unb besablt bafir bur4 Gu'
tuei5une auf bic Sermann earrings
Banf. Birbesablen piinfttiH far
iebe Mlieieruue.
Sn Oh. Bals Gebdube, an ber
SrontftraBe.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20
THEY'RE THE SWIFTEsT DOGS
Greyhounds, II Has Been Proved, Can
Run as Fast az Carrier
Pigeons Fly.

Comparatively few people realize OF
what remarkable speed dogs are
capable. The wolf can run between
fifty and sixty miles in one night, and
the Arctic fox can do quite as well, ii
not better hansen met one OF these
foxes on the ice at point more than
seventy miles northwest of the Sanni-
kow territory, which is 4S0 miles
from the Asiatic coast. Eskimo and
Siberian dogs travel As miles on the
ice in five hours. and there is one case
on record in which team of Eskimo
dogs travelled six and one-half miles In
% minutes.
English settlers and pointers hunt at
the rate of eighteen to nineteen miles
an hour, and they can maintain this
speed for at least two hours Fox
hounds are extraordinarily swift. as 10
proved BY the fact that a dog Of this
breed once beat a thoroughbred horse,
covering four miles in six and one-halr
minutes. Greyhounds are the swiftest
of all four-footed creatures. and their
speed may be regarded as equal to that
OF carrier pigeons. English grey
hounds which are carefully selected
and which are used for coursing are
able to cover at full gallop space be-
tween eighteen and twenty.three YARDS
every second 1t is said that hare
at its greatest speed never goes faster
than at the rate Of eighteen yards q
second These interesting statistics
fully prove the right of the greyhouha
TO rank as the swiftest of the quad
rupeds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20
NORA'S- BLUE EYES
One OF Many Romances Of the
Great Receiving Room at
Ellis Island.
BY HAROLD CARTER.

DR. Sergius O'Flanahan, stationed at
his post In the great receiving room
at Ellis island. examining immigrants
for trachoma, let his hands fall upon
his apron and gasped. He found him.
self staring into sweet face uptarned
twinkled with fun and then suddenly
to his and into two blue eyes that
clouded with sorrow.
Nora Mulcahy!" he muttered.
GLORY be! l guess there's nothing
the matter with your eyes. Nora. How
did you get here?"
Whist! You're holding up the line
Sergius," said Nora. I'll see you aft
erward at the place they're sending
me to. unless they won't let me go
there"
Then she was gone and Sergius
O'Flanahan was resuming his daily
prosaic task of examining eyes. He
looked into several hundred pairs that
him in the least like the blue eyes
Of Nora Mulcahy, his former sweet
heart.
"Mulcahy?" asked the official to
whom he applied. He turned to his
register. That little Irish girl?
They're holding her in the detention
room until her man comes He was to
have met her. They won't let her in
| II he doesn't come
So Sergius found her in the deten.
ton room, her eyes piteously red. her
face white, her lips trembling. At the
sight of him a faint smile came to her
lips. and presently she was twinkline
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20
JUDGE WILLING TO PLEASE
Protesting Prisoner Escaped With
Light Sentence After He Had Put
Up an Argument.

Judges were very considerate in
the old days. Lord Brampton, in his
"Reminiscences" relates story H.
Illustrating this:
Baron Martin, a famous English jur-
list OF the old school, whose native le-
niency and sense of fun often placed
him at the mercy OF the very men he
was trying, was once about to sen-
tence an old offender charged with q
petty theft.
Look" said the baron, with an as
sumption OF severity; II hardly know
what to DO, but you can take six
months"
Il can't take that, my lord; it's
too much" said the prisoner, respect
fully but firmly Il can't take 1t.
Your lordship sees didn't steal very
much. after al"
The baron INDUCED in one of his
low, chuckling laughs before reply
ing:
We'll, that's very true; ye didn't
steal much" he said. "Well, then.
we can take four months. Will that
do-four 'months?"
Nay, my lord. but cant take that,
either" WAS the reply.
hen TAX three"
That's nearer the mark, my lord"
the prisoner said, approvingly. But
I'd rather you made it two. II you will
be SO kind
Vera well, then, TAX two" said
e jrdge, with the air of one who is
pleased to have done the right thing
It list AID mind, don't come again.
II you do III give yer-wcll, 1t all de-
EcpC.a"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20

with laughter again. Nora was never
sad for more than few minutes to-
gether
Sure, Nora, this IL bad business"
said the young doctor, sitting down
beside her. II hear you're to be
married"
THAT l am" ;. answered Nora. look
ing sidewise at him.
Its a bad business" said O'Flana-
han again. Who ia 1t, Nora darlin'?"
You mustn't call me that, Sergius,
nor squeeze my hand" said Nora
primly. 81 wouldn't have thought it
Of you, Doctor O'Flanahan."
I'm not squeezing it, Nora; I'm
Just holding It," said Sergius, and. as
she made no protest, he continued
holding 1t. who is the lucky MANI"
ne continued. rs 1t Piggy Mac
Shane?"
Now do you think that I'd be after
marrying MacShane?" cried Nora in
dignantly mo, indeed 1t isn't"
Then it's Terry MacBride; bad
luck to him." cried Sergius. II knew
he'd get you, Nora, II you didn't take
care Is 1t MacBride?"
mo, it isn't MacBride,' said Nora
family. And please-please don't
ask me. You'd be SO Jealous"
Then l know who 1t is for sure, "
said the young doctor. ITS Ellis
OFlaherty. Ellis, who always boosted
that he'd get you and went to Chicago
four years ago and made his pile
fattening pigs"
And what II he does fatten pigs,
Sergius O'Flanahan7" exclaimed Nora
Indignantly. Hes worth his ten
thousand dollars today, ia Ellis, II he's
worth a penny. Mind you" she added
I'm not saying that 1t lis Ellis
though"
81 know it's Ellis" answered Ser
gius O'Flanahan gloomily. II knew
he'd get you. He always beat me out
of everything. Do you remember
when he won the pig at the fair by
staying on the mule when ] got
pitched into the mud? He was al
ways great on pigs, Ellis was. All
Nora, II only you hadn't turned me
down when | asked you, before ] left
the Old Sod to walk a lonely wander
er over the earth. Twice ! asked you
and each time you said no."
"Twice!" exclaimed Nora. why
Ellis asked me seven times before ht
sailed and wrote me five times after
ward. Why didn't you try me again
Sergius?" she continued softly.
The young doctor edged closer to
ward her. "Youd-youd have takeI
me. Nora?" he whispered.
Then he saw that the tears stood II
her eyes again. He clasped her il
his arms, and she did not resist blu
lay there.
Mora, is it too late?" he asked
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20

proud to go to him, but sha w-,... .
,e''er which remains unanswered 90
que puts her love into a book Rut
me STORY ends with the publication of
Tue DOCK 1t isn't story"
But it's life," answered Avra
| IL send it back" said Fftton won
uerihg at Ayre's strange manner
II write the girl that it's a good
uook' but we can't accept it in view q,
the conclusion"
however before the letter and man.
useript had been mailed Elton re-.
celVed visit from the author in nor.
son. A very pretty young woman q,
ABOUT twenty-five came into his Office
, one attracted his interest Immediately
.ess On account of her beauty than
, from the character in her face.
/ called about my manuscript sha
said. little timidly.
All. yes! Sit down. Miss-Miss
RAYMOND" answered the publisher
! Inc fact is, have a letter in the
stenographer's hands at present ad.
dressed TO you. Your book is won
derful. But it is inconclusiye."
Lille is inconclusive," answered the
girl, and for moment it seemed odd
10 F1tton that Ayre had used almost
the same expression.
| You bring your couple upon the
scene excellently," said Fitton. I'VE
were greatly impressed. The setting
Is superb. In fact. Miss Raymond
your novel has the staging of a great
success But it doesn't end. What
end there is is tragical. We don't re.
fuse to consider tragedy but at least
the ending must be made clear. Now
In your book the heroine simply con
NOES her sorrows to a book, trusting
that the lover will see it and realize
her feelings, which shyness prevented
her from expressing. II you could
change the end"
The girl smiled YEARLY. Il will
think it over, Mr. Fitton," she an
swered.
i hope you WILL replied the pub
Usher, because our reader, Mr.. Johr
Ayre, thinks highly of it, But here hi
is coming into my office. Now, Mis-.
Raymond, | want you and Mr. Ayre t
have a good talk"
He ceased, for the girl had suddenl,
Strengthened herself and was lookin,
at Ayre with the strangest expression
upon her face The publisher hat
only once seen such look, and tina
was at the same time, for its answe
was on the face of his head reader
He looked at them in establishment
and then he understood And, be
cause he was human as well as a pub
Usher, he went discreetly out and lef
them in his Office together.
When, ten minutes later, he ver
tured back, he knocked cautiously be
fore entering He heard a hast
movement within. John Ayre an
Miss Raymond were standing opposit
each other beside the desk And tn
look on the face of each one mad
the publishers heart very happy. Fo
he loved John, in spite of his odd way,
Mr. Fitton, have persuaded Mis-
Raymond to change her ending" sal
John.
Yes" answered the girl slowl!
For, you see. know the sequel now
Fitton's hand descended hard o
Johns shoulder.
John he said. "if the sequel prove
success I'm going to take YOU int
partnership believe you will deve
op the qualities Of mixer after all
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20
An
Unfinished
Story
By HAROLD CARTER
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Copyright. 1915. by W. G. Chapman1

NS@>>>>
Copyright. 1915. by W. G. Chapman)
"If John Ayre were to leave me-"
said Fitton & Co., Il don't know what
I should do"
Fitton & Co. was Henry Fitton, the
famous publisher. He had started in
the business Eve years before, with
capital Of q thousand dollars, and his
record since then had been one of con.
tinuous success.
Many publishers stated that they de-
sired only literary merit in their pro-
auctions, and not big names; but
Henry Elton meant it. He had
brought half a dozen new authors to
the front. He was always represented
on the list OF best sellers. But John
Ayre was the cause of his success.
Ayre was his head reader, and ap-
peared omniscient. Ayre had never
let a masterpiece slip through his fin
gers. He had an intuitive instinct
which told him whenever a novel, sub.
mitted to the firm, was going to sue.
ceed Ayre seemed able to plumb the
depths Of the human heart-in manu-.
scripts.
But not in life.
"Ayre," said Fitton & Co. one day
81 wish you were mixer. Id take
you into the firm. But you aren't
You are only a mixer in theory.
wish you were the sort of fellow who
could put a little personality into your
work, make good impressions, and
build up the business"
Il guess I'm only cut out to be q
reader" answered John Ayre.
You're darned good one. anyhow
said Fitton & Co, and that was true
Ayre had picked that little schoolgirl
manuscript from Arkansas, which ev
cry publisher but Elton had rejected
He had spotted its human qualities, he
had punctuated and revised it, and il
had sold into three hundred Thousand
copies
He had taken that illiterate cowboy
tale, with its marvellous realism, ant
changed the title, rewriting most o
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20
whats This, Ayre7"

the book, except the descriptions. He
had changed the hero into heroine
and given her blonde hair and fancy
name. That book had sold to the ex-
tent Of two hundred and fifty thou
sand.
Ayre was q mystery. He was man
Of thirty-five. Elton had given him
job out of pity four years before.
The man looked half insane. He
seemed to have been through some
mental stress which had changed his
nature. Fitton had suspected him of
drinking. But Ayre never touched
liquor, and inside of a year he was
head reader.
About a week after Fitton's remarks
Ayre brought him q manuscript. 1t
was written with the pen--a thing
which would have condemned 1t in
nine Offices out of ten. 1t was in
Womans hand, and 1t was tied with
pink ribbon. thing which would have
Killed its chances in nineteen offices
out of twenty For usually one can
tell the type of mind that produces
hction from the appearance Of The
story.
What's this, Ayre?" inquired the
publisher.
"A good story, Mr.. Fitton," an
swered the reader From a young
woman in Washington. l am com
PEELED to tell you that it is likely to be
the success of the season"
Why, compelled Ayre?"
Because I want to ask you not to
accept it, sir" answered Ayre, and
Triton saw that he was trembling.
Ayre left the manuscript on Fitton s
desk and walked unsteadily away.
Triton looked after him in some aston
ishment. Then, being himself no mean
Judge of the value of book, he turned
70 the books perusal.
he was fascinated by it. II was. in
Iced. story in q million. But when
ne reached the end ne saw, as he sup
posed, why Ayre had objected to its
acceptance. 1t was indefinite. he
took the manuscript to his reader
l see what you mean, Ayre. ne
said. It's a splendid story, but II
doesn't come to an end. The couple
Quarrel, and the girl turns him down.
Years after ard she realizes that she
mas always :oved tine man She is GO
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20
Eortv and a Bittock.

The novelist, Barrie, has given a
new phra.e Scottish phrase which
may be adopted into the English Ian
guage. IL is TO take the place Of the
awkwardly polite terms Of "a woman
of uncertain age" or ION the wrong
side of forty" or "of years Of discre-
ton" His phrase is forty and biz
took" A "bittock' is Scotch for bit
more or a short distance. 1t may
mean five years O. twenty years. In
the case Of Madame Yale, Lillian Rus
sell or that woman of imperishable
youth, Sarah Bernhard, 1t might
mean even more years beyond forty
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20

softly. I'VE were \ couple Of young
fools to quarrel over nothing ut all,
ashore And all the years I've been
in America I've been seeing your
sweet face before me night and day,
darlin'. And when / wrote you from
Newark, when I had my last job
there, / was sure you'd come out to
me, but you didn't even answer me.
wouldn't you rather take fine. ris-
ing young doctor with a government
job than old Ellis O'Flaherty, with his
ten thousand dollars and his pig
sticking?"
Nora was smiling up at him as she
lay in his arms.
Yes. Sergius. darling, I'd like to-"
she whispered. But now-now that
they've sent q telegram to the man
I've come out to marry I'm afraid it's
too late. He may be here any mo-
ment And how would look, walking
OF with the doctor? II only I'd known
you were here. How long have you
been at Ellis island. Sergius?"
"A month last Saturday" the doc
tor answered. WHY"
%, nothing" sighed Nora.
Nora, ashore" whispered Ser
gius. 1T isn't too late. l think l can
square the folks here. They can't
hold you SO long as you've got some
means of support. And l can support
YOU, Nora, yes, even If l lose my
place in consequence. And l guess a
woman's always privileged to change
her mind
And what about Ellis. Sergius?'
inquired Nora demurely.
1T is Ellis, them"
I'm not saying it's Ellis" Nora
protested.
Sergius O'Flanahan snapped his
I fingers. Nora" he said, you always
! were a tease. II Id had a grain OF
sense in the old days I'd have cap
tured you and carried you to the pries
| and made you marry me before 70,
knew what | was doing to you. Blu
it isn't too late yet. And as for FL
lis, man who let's a chance like 20,
slip through his fingers isn't wortl
the having. Now I've got you and In
4 going to keep you. Come along ant
see the commissioner"
He led her out of the detention
room. along the corridor, and up tn
stairs to the room in which the OF
fees of the commissioner are situated
He paused at the door.
I'D like to see you a minute, sir,
he called.
Come in, O'Flanahan," the commits
sioner answered. Let the lady com
IN. BY the way. here's telegram jus
come for you. l held it here. know
ing you'd be up for the board NEE
ing. You'd better open it,
The doctor tore open the envelop
and pulled out the missive inside. II
read
yes. Sergius. Nora"
1t had been resent from Newarl
And the place of dispatch was ELI
island.
Nora was looking over his shoulde
Now. as he began to understand, sh
snatched the telegram out of hi
hands.
Don't you understand, you stupid
she whispered. 1T was you. ! ser
1t to you at Newark when I lande
here. It's you, you, you, you, and NJ
ellis O'Flaherty at ALL"
A sound behind them made the
start. The commissioner, with h
back turned. was coughing exceedin
ly loudly.
Il beg your pardon, DOCTOR" he sal
turning round, What was 1t that yc
wanted to see me about?"
Copyright, 1912. by W. q. Chapman
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20
Wasted Her Breath.

Paul had taken OF his shoes and
one still remained in the middle Of
the floor. Little Ruth came running
in and accidentally stepped on It, "Oh,
excuse me-" she exclaimed, and she
turned and saw no one except an old
shoe. Angry, she said. Why, you
amt no one. and l wasted my breaf
all for nothing"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20
c.,;u. Liked unlishted Cigar.

List INDUCED in strange form OF
cold smoking. Massenet who kne"
him well in his later years, relates
that List could not play unless ne
held in his mouth cigar winch ne
never troubled to light He would sit
down 10 the piano with a cigar be
tween his teeth and keep munching IL
all the time he played When the
cigar was quite eaten up the Aope
would rise from the instrument ex-
hausted
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-20
Mean 6rutei

"A woman can't be in two places AZ
The aame time" snapped Mrs. Gabp.
~sbe can't eh?" growled Mr.. Gabb' i
,o,;ce that she can be in the house
80 o,,t of IL at the same time when
certain people that she doesn't ike
sino the doorbell and try to call on
her"