Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-14
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nave ever seen among birds" said a
nature lover yesterday. st was attract
ed by the excitement of a couple o,
olackolrds or grackels near my homo
and saw sparrow suddenly dart out
Oh nest with broken egg in its bill.
quick as a flash the male grackel
pounced on it, seized it by the necs'
when it struck the ground and liteyN
ally shook 1t as terrier does a rat.
never saw anything like that before.
The sparrow was dead in no time ana
once satisfied that it would raid NOV
more the grackel flew away"
Do you know what the walking sirn
Is? It's when you are riding on a car
and you go by striker or strike SYM
pathizer. The other afternoon couple
OF men were in car which was pretty
well filled and it happened to go by the
hand organ with which the strikers arc
touring the city. One of the strikers
bent down and beckoning to people on
the car made his fingers go in imita-
tlon OF man walking on the asphalt.
It's the walking sign and the men say
that there are no grounds for interfer-
ing with it.
AS result of Harrisburg soldiers
oelng near Mexico there has been more
| Mexican money sent here than in
years. Dozens of "shin-plasters.
which are fair samples of printing,
put poor as regards real value, have
come here by mail and there are nu-
merous coins of rare and valueless
vintage also forwarded. According to
what is learned in letters from the
front one American silver dollar can
BUY almost anything in Mexico. Incl
dentally American dimes and quar-
ters are being saved up by people
south of the border.
II you are interested in seeing that
ANIMALS are protected from abuse and
neglect, join the Harrisburg Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
which for five years and over has had
for its one object-a fair chance TO
every kind of animal. The humble
toad, which thoughtless boys kill for
sport all unaware that it is the farm
er's friend by its appetite for injurious
insects, has Just as much right to pro-
lection from cruelty as the blooded
horse, which is usually we'll cared for
because its we'll being means money to
| its master.
AS not every friend of animals
knows that he will be welcome addi-
tlon TO the society or quite under
stands how to cut the red tape of be-
coming a member, the Harrisburg
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
TO Animals has authorized Carroll K.
Denny, as solicitor. He is making an
active canvass for new members and
| contributors and is incidentally maxi
ing many new friends for the society
| by his eager zeal for its welfare 1t Is
the aim of the society to have a thou
sand members. Though this goal is
far from being reached, there has been
an encouraging increase in the past
| few weeks.
James NJ. Herbert, a brother of AL
derman Herbert, of this city whose
eiectlon as first vice-president of the
| 81. Louis southwestern has been noted.
was born on January Is, 1863, at Del
mont, Pa. He was educated in public
and high schools of Westmoreland
county, Pa. He first entered railway
service in $780, as nigh: telegraph
operator of the Wabash, st. Louis and
! racine. Since that time, he has been
consecutively station agent, yard clerk,
train dispatcher, chief train dispatcher
ana trainmaster of the same road;
trainmaster of the eastern division OF .
] the Grand Trunk, at Island Point, Vt;
tralnmaster of the same road at Belle
vile, ont; superintendent of the east
ern division of the same road at Mon
treal; superintendent of the Kansas
J ana colorado divisions of the Missouri
Pacific at Osawatomie, Kan; general
superintendent of the st. Louis, Iron
Mountain and southern; manager of
the Pacific system of the Southern Pa
cihc; general manager of the Denver
and Rio Grande and the Rio Grande
| western; Vice-president and general
manager of the Colorado and Southern
and first vice-president of the same
road, and president of the Colorado,
| wyoming and Eastern. AS first vice
president of the st. Louis Southwest
ern, he will have headquarters at st.
Louis, Mo.
You would hardly imagine the
number of Harrisburgers who live out
of the city in the Summer unless you
chance to ride the locals between Har-
risburg and the nearby summer re-
sorts for a few days. Every morn
ing the trains from the Aqueduct,
Cove, Perdix, Inglenook, Speeceville
! and numerous other beauty spots
along the Susquehanna bring hundreds
of businessmen to town for the days
work. From cottages along the yell
low Breeches the Conodoguinet and
! from the camping grounds at Stover-
dale and Boiling kSprings come scores
more. After the heat and toll of the
day, all these troop back to field and
stream and mountain where dull care
is forgotten until the faithful old
alarm clock goes off once more.
Just how many people spend their
summers away from the city cannot
be definitely estimated, but the num-
ber is larger every year. New cottages
are going up at many places along
the river both north and south of the
city, and not only the rich are enjoy
ing themselves in this way, be it
known. Quite a number of railroad
men for instance. live in their sum-
mer homes during July and August
and travel back to their work on
| passes.