Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-13
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The biennial changing of rooms in
the Legislature and it's attaches has
been started on Capitol Hill and desks,
chairs, files and other Office parapher-
MALTA are being shifted about the build
ing or sent to offices in other build
ings in the city, including some of the
structures bought by the State in the
Capitol Park extension zone. The
by departments is under way, but 1t is
not regarded as likely that any of
them will give up their original suites
to branches of the government created
at later dates. Many of the legislative
committee rooms have been occupied
the last few years by bureaus of vari-
Gus departments and the offices of
most of the officers of the Legislature
have also been in use. Most of those
occupying these quarters the last six
teen months are being sent to the top
floor of the building. while furniture
men are busy making repairs to the
furniture and overhauling desks for
the legislative work. Tons of supplies
are being stored in advance of the
session.
There will be no knives in the pack
ages of supplies furnished to the legis-
lators this year. A number of ar
ticles were cut out of the list some
time ago and because of inability to
get satisfactory prices penknives have
been eliminated, while there will be no
match safes or pocketbooks.
L To ieINn J,a foII
ready to give up their money for al
most anything. This information came
recently from a United States govern
ment employe. He was telling about
case that came to his notice within the
past year. A young man wanted to gain
flesh. He answered an advertisement
in a New York paper and was told that
it would cost him IS for medicine and
an additional expense If he wanted to
follow instructions closely. Not an
swering promptly, the firm advertising
wrote the young man that if he an
swered at once he could have $40
worth of medicine for S5. The money
was sent. One week later package
was received. 1t contained 500 white
pills and these instructions: Take two
pills before each meal and two on re-
firing. Eat not less than six eggs a
day and drink from two to four quarts
of milk daily. Follow these directions
to eight pounds a month" The young
man followed instructions for one
month. Then the high cost of living
hit him hard and he stopped. The
pills were given to druggist to an
alyze. They contained sand and sugar.
The government is after the pill man.
His capture is not a certainty. Those
fellows keep moving.
A man identified with one of the
Sunday schools of the city called at
tention Yesterday to the fact that the
war had done one thing for which he
was glad. 1t had brought the Ameri-
can-made holiday cards to the front
as he said. For years there have been
| immense numbers of printed in Ba-
fvaria," etc, cards sold in this section
for Christmas. Now the American
cards are being given chance just as
are American made toys. 1t does seem
odd when iron toys are made within
| forty miles of Harrisburg for our
stores to be able to offer Nuremburg-
made juvenile attractions at a lower
price than those made in Lancaster
and Lebanon counties.
County Commissioner Harry C.. Wells
fondness for children is pretty well
| known and as a rule he never has a
bit of trouble striking up new friend
ships with the little folks; not always,
however. are his advances received in
congenial spirit. The eX-sheriff smil-
ingly told this tale of fall down"
the other day:
"On my way up town this morning, "
! said he, 81 passed a lot of little folks
playing on a porch. There were half
a dozen little girls. the oldest, l should
say. wasn't more than five. AS / went
by I smiled at them and said Hello.
ladies, having q nice timer And of
course ] was a bit startled at the re-
sponse of one of them-an exception
ally pretty thing with great hair rib
bons. She might have been four.
"'Yethir. we're havin' good time,
she chirped, but pleathe don't talk to
us until we introduced. Its'th fresh!' 4"
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/ One OF the interesting things about
the hearings held this week by the
Public Service Commission was the
immense amount of money represented
by the cases. Construction work of
probably $4,000 900, mergers involving
almost $40, 900 and freight rates of
several kinds, probably representing
| 100000, were among the matters
taken up.