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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
WINDOW-PORCH
BOXES POPULAR
Large Numbers Appearing Des-
pite Cold Weather; Many
Send in Names

Despite the cold weather of the past
few days, window and porch boxes are
appearing In all parts of the city In
extraordinarily large numbers. Flor
lists and carpenters are very busy and
the supply of boxes in the stores of a
number of dealers have been replen-
lshed as many as three and four times
to keep up with the unprecedented
demand
BY Memorial Day, when all boxes
should be in place. the city will be
we'll decorated and as the plants grow
with the coming of hot weather, Har-
risburg will be utterly transformed.
Among those who have volunteered
for the work of spreading the gospel
of the City Beautiful are Mrs. c. Harry
kain, 234 Seneca street, who will en-
deavor to arouse interest among the
residents of that street between Sec
ond and Third streets; Mrs Boyd NJ.
Ogelsby, 2317 North Third street, who
has volunteered to look after the block
between Emerald and Seneca; Mrs.
RI. b. Mcclure. 1910 Green street. who
Will look after the section between
Hamilton and Kelker streets.
individuals who have entered the
campaign in the past few days are:
Fisher Bros, 1001-3 Capital street.
Mrs. Anna OFT, II Prospect street.
Mrs. Harry Miller, 1929 North
mira SJTeeI.
Mrs. Paul. 2319 North Third street.
Mrs. Morton. 232 Seneca street.
Mrs. Paul Hooker, 226 Seenca street.
Mrs. Knight, 224 Seneca street.
Mrs. Edw. Fl. Fry, 222 Seneca street.
Mrs. Shaeffer, 220 Seneca street.
DR. W. r. Walter, 704 North Third
| street.
Greek-American Shoe Repairing,
Third and Briggs streets.
Mrs. II. b. Mcclure, 1910 Green
street.
Mrs. Mary Shultz. 1921 Penn street.
Mrs. Harry Martin, 1924 Penn
street.
Mrs. Katharine DonnelIy, 1928
! Penn street.
Mrs. Harry Baer, 1909 Penn street.
Mrs. w. r. Deepen, Penn and
Muench streets.
Mrs. Stiner, 220 Herr street
DR.. r. l.. Perkins, 20O1 North Sec
ond street
Mrs. II. NJ. kirkpatrick, 1929 White
hall street
Mrs. C. w. Fenstermacher. 1I3
Chestnut street
Mrs. N. K. Hoffert, 500 North Seven
teenth street.
Mrs. w. e. Orth. 430 North street
f. w. Clay, 701 North Eighteenth
street
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
THE BIG BROTHERS

One of the fine evidences of the eX-
istence of the spirit OF helpfulness is
seen in the Big Brother movement,
through which so many hundreds of
boys have been lifted out of untoward
environments and set upon course Of
high manhood, through the genuine
interest and association with some
Big Brother, some man who has sac
rificed time. thought and money to fol-
low out the Biblical injunction. 1t is
doubtful whether any one has been
saved or reformed truly in this world
by anything but love, and love is the
very spring and substance of this Big
Brother campaign.
1t is simple but great work. The
boy is assigned to certain Big
Brother, a business man, perhaps; in
Productions are made, and the boy is
made to feel that the man is his own
friend-not simply a professional
almsgiver, or a friend of his parents.
The Big Brother helps in securing en-
ployment if necessary, arranging for
schooling, and most or all by compan-
conversation, a quiet talk at night. a
letter. a slight gift, making sure that
the boy has right companions-thes
are the old but the permanent means
of showing brotherhood. One of the
best known lawyers In New York has
taken on six little brothers. He con-
fesses that he is six times happier. and
six times bigger and better. than he
was before. Is your life cold and
bare? Try to be Big Brother.
There s a boy somewhere needing you
and you need him.-The Christian
Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
is PATRIOTISM \ DANGEROUS
NIRTIfEp

The other day at the Gridiron club
dinner Mr. Wilson announced, as re-
ported in the press, that he would "be
as ashamed of being rash as of being
cowardly"-a statement which stands
on a par with statement on the part
of woman that she would be as
ashamed of being quick tempered as
of being unchaste.
Such statements from a private man
would call for no comment. When
made by the man who is of necessity
taken abroad as speaking for the
American people,, they call for the
sternest reprobation. These sentences
furnish the key to Mr.. Wilson's acts
in international affairs, both as re-
CARDS the Great War and as regards
Mexico for the past three years TAX
en- together with his acts, they show
that he is endeavoring to persuade the
American people to accept the view
that patriotism is sometimes Il dan
gerous virtue, and cowardice often a
venial fault.
1t would be impossible to overesti-
mate the harm done to the American
people by President Wilson in accus-
toming them to play an easy and dis
graceful part in the present crisis of
alien insult and aggression. The man
who habitually submits to shameful
insult gradually becomes incapable of
all manly action. The man who re-
peatedly permits his wifes face TO be
slapped, without resenting it save by
conversation, gradually loses all pow
er of self-respecting action. The ad-
ministration has done its utmost to
train the American people into men,
tai attitude which accepts making
money and avoiding risk as satisfac-
tory offsets to the wholesale and con-
tinually repeated murder of American
men, women and children by outside
enemies.-Theodore Roosevelt in the
June Metropolitan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19

the Germans do not wish wounded
men in the streets of the capital.
Worried About Family
The other prisoner far along in the
relentless grip of consumption, had
also suffered the loss of a leg He
dren at home and he did not know
how he could ever provide for them.
The invalid transport trains pass
ing through Sweden do not come to
Stockholm and the Swedish people as
a whole see very little of the wounded
men. The nearest approach to Stock
holm is Halsberg, where the men de-
train for dinner. AS the first train
from Russia came into Halsberg the
military attache of the Austrian lega-
tion in Stockholm was at the station
The train platforms were crowded
with soldiers on crutches and with
arms torn away. 1t was pitiful to
see the poor cripples straighten up
and salute with such hands as they
had left when they caught sight of
the officer in full uniform.
The attache and representatives of
the German legation distributed ciga-
rets, cigars, newspapers and German
weeklies to the men on the train.
And to each an envelope was hand
ed with special ceremony. These
envelopes were found to contain pic
ture postcards of Emperor William
of Germany. Emperor Francis Joseph
of Austria and Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg.
After dinner there were songs of
the Fatherland. sung with lusty Ger
man voices. When the singing first
began the MANNED soldiers came hop
ping to the song-circle as fast as
crutches and heavy canes could help
them. They gave cheers for the EN-
perors and stood with heads uncov-
cred as they chorused "The Watch on
the Rhine"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19

had to be cared for in far greater
pated, and the hours of neglect due to
the fact that the doctors had more
work than they could possibly handle.
Blood Was His Bed
One prisoner said he lay on the floor
of house or stable for two days and
the only soft thing about him was his
own blood. His uniform had been
entirely shot away by the explosive
which had cost him a leg. Some of
the soldiers said they had been robbed
by Cossacks as they lay wounded in
the field, money and little trinl1ets of
jewelry being ruthlessly snatched from
them. 1t became a custom, the
Austrians said, for the wounded to
turn their pockets inside out as they
lay upon the frozen ground to show
they had nothing and thus escape a
bayonet prod.
The Swedish doctors in charge of
the hospital trains listen to these
stories with indulgent smiles. They
say undoubtedly there have been cases
of great hardship, but the wounded
soldier as rule is very keen for
sympathy and talks accordingly.
There were two pitiful cases of tu-
berculosis on the train. The sands
of life were fast running out of the
glass for one of these, but he seemed
to grow a bit stronger as the train
neared Trelleborg where the prisoners
were to be transferred to a German
hospital transport.
1T will be so good to get home" he
sighed. .....
But the poor devil never will get
there said the doctor, for the pris-
oners coming from Russia are kept
outside Hamburg for a month as
rule to guard against the importation
of any infectious disease. They are
not taken to Berlin, for it is said here
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
EARLY DAYS OF FISHING

Fishing is probably the oldest sport
in the world, although in the begin
ming it was anything but sport. The
caVeman who went out with rude
spear to watch by brook or pool had
no scruples as to legal length or size
of bag. He was out for his supper.
But then the conditions of his life es-
tablished the sanest kind of bag linn
it. His fishing was so slow and so
difficult that there was little incentive
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
WILLIAM b. METZGER

Funeral services for William r.
Metzger, aged 79 years, who died at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. r. Earl
Graeff, 1S41 Berryhill street, Tuesday
afternoon were held to-day. The Rev.
Joseph d. w. Deavor, pastor of the
Epworth Methodist Church, officiated.
Further services were held at Mt. JOY
in the Methodist Church. Burial was
made in the church cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
REAL ESTATE
MODERN LITTLE OFFICE
BUILDING is PLANNET

South Harrisburg is to have another
modern little office building in the
near future when the plans of Simon
Micklovitz, lower end iron dealer,
materialiZe.
MIR. MickIovitz to-day got a permit
10 erect a two-story brick office struc-
ture in Paxton street. at the iptersec-
tion of the Pennsylvania railroad sid
ing. 1t will cost $4,000. Work will
be started at once.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
ToDAY's REALTY TRANSFERS

To-daN's realty transfers Included
the following:
Ida West to d. ]. West, Lykens,
? $6,29S; Il. NJ. Grimm to Jerry r.
Grimm, MillershurG. S175; J. j. Bow
man to II. G. HoltZman, Milersburg,
$375; y. f. Bauder to Paul c. Plume,
1890 Chestnut street, $500; c. w.
Plack to Addie NJ. Murray, Miffln,
near Keller street, 81 500.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19

Miss Veste Stibbs, of Lebanon, Ohio,
has the unique distinction of being one
of the two women in this country who
own, train and drive their own race
horses.
Miss Stibbs mas made a speciality of
training horses for the half mile
tracks in Ohio. She numbers many
winning horses among her string and
her earnings have shown a decided
profit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
An ON ONE

A very inquisitive man was sitting
at table next a man who had lost an
arm above the elbow.
81 see you have lost an arm" finally
was Ventured.
The one-armed man picked up his
empty sleeve and peered into it.
Great Scott! | believe | have" he
ansMered.-The Christian Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
2REs DEL VILLA AND CHILD

to catch more than he actually need
ed. To be sure he may presently
have reached the stage where he rec
ognized the social and commercial ad-
vantages of a small store of dried fish
somewhere I'm the back of his cave.
Thus may the marKet-hunter have
been born in the dim days of history.
-nnfInp
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
Deaths and Funerals
MRS. SUSANNA Helm sINGLEY

Funeral services for Mrs. Susanna
Helm Singley, aged 81, wife of John
II. Singley. who died at ther home,
1926 Swatara street, Tuesday, were
held this afternoon. The Rev. ]. A.
Lyter. pastor of the Derry Street Unit
ed Brethren Church. officiated. Bur
ial was made in the East Harrisburg
Gene etery
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
DANISH KING UNDER KNIFE

Copenhagen, May 10. - King Chris
tian y. of Denmark, has just under
gone an operation for intestinal trou-
BILE. The royal physicians report his
condition is satisfactory
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-19
HEAR ARGUMENT
ON PENSION CASE
Question of Husbands I'm
known Whereabouts to Be
Threshed Out in Court
Among the dozen

Among the dozen
cases listed for
hearing Tuesday at
the May session of
Argument Court is
the suit brought by
mutual agreement
OF the State author
titles and the trus-
tees of the Moth
ers Assistance
Fund" (the Moth
erS' Pension Board)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-24

%. More adequate appropriations
for department OF labor to carry on
it's work.
20. Senate resolutions demanding
information from cabinet officials as
to what uses, if any, were made of
Rockefeller or Carnegie funds in
their departments.
80. Prevented reduction in wages
and installation and collection of
rents for employees on Panama canal
zone,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-24
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS

Peoria, III.-Archbishop John Lam
caster Spalding seriously i'll. Only
fairly rational
SpringfieId.-GoY. Dunno will call
special session of legislature to pass
legislation permitting III. national
guard in Texas to vote in primary
and regular election if sufficient leg
isiators express willingness to at
tend.
New York.-Price for steamers Is
S175 ton, increase Of $125 since be-
ginning of war.
Pittsburgh. The Central Trust
Co. closed; bad loans and oVerdrafts.
Had deposits of 100000.
Caldwell, N. J.-Mrs, Frank Miller,
Two Bridges, found beaten uncon-
scious on lawn in front of house.
Husband missing minus his clothes.
Believed both victims of night attack
in their home.
Amsterdam.-Result of Dr. Karl
Lhebknecht's appeal against sentence
for war treason has been imposition
Of seVerer sentence Of four years and
one month. ~
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-24
SUES CARSON, PIRIE, SCOTT

0VEo NHN9ONI FINIEI $50 :
c. E. Poole, 1917 Wilson av., was
working in a barn at 1888 Ravens
wood aY., where Carson, Prize, Scott
& Co. keeps its department store de-
livery wagons, when one Of the wa
gons ran over him, he says.
He was severely and permanently
injured, said Poole's attorney, c. C.
Spencer, who today filed suit against
the store for $4,000. The accident
happened Sept. 9, 1914.
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and seven new safety stations

provided. ~
16. Senatorial investigation West
Virginia coal fields strike, whereby
peace was restored, eight-hoUr day
secured, check weighmen provided,
10 per cent wage increase gained,
right of organization guaranteed
and other improved working condi-
lions included.
II. Compensation for injuries act
extended to postofice employees.
1S. Postofflce employees annual
promotion maintained, notwith-
standing postmaster generals efforts
to substitute biennial for annual pro-
motions.
10. Eight-hour law for postofice
clerks and carriers retained, not
withstanding effort of postmaster
general to change radically.
20. Letter carriers salaries re-
stored, Notwithstanding effort of
postmaster general to reduce pay of
letter carriers, known as collectors,
from 81, 200 to 81 900 year.
Fl. Boiler inspection act extended
to cover locomotive engines and ten
ders.
%. Leave of absence with pay to
employees of government printing
Office extended from 26 to 80 days
per year.
%. Impea c h ment proceedings
against Judge Wright responsible for
his resignation. IA
"a. Investigations Colorado coal
and Michigan copper strikes wherein
charges made by men of labor
against the mining companies and
the alliance of these companies with
the political and military powers of
the states were officially verified and
substantiated.
25. Added annual appropriation of
S24O,OOO for 1914-15 provided for
payroll of metal trades mechanics in
NC chin ofOu naVV ward H!u11iEro IoTF | i
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13

the persistence of the original as sociation. Today lead pencils are made with graphite and have been since this substance was discoV- cred in 1865. It is one of the forms under which carbon occurs in nature. It is soft and unctuous to the touch, iron-gray in color and of metallic lustre.
 Graphite is dug from mines and is rarely found in sufficient purity to be available for pencil making. After being purified and pulverized 1t is mixed with clay, proportion of each depending upon the grade of hardness desired in the pencil. The iegree of softness depends upon he relative preponderance of the graphite in the mixture, and the softness is in accordance with the greater portion of clay. The re- quisite degree of hardness depends, too. on the compression of the mix ture into form ready to be glued into the wood castings.
 Ceylon, Mexico and Europe are the chief sources of graphite. In this country there are important mines at Tieoderoga, N. Y. All though lead pencils were not made in the United States until 1861. American manufacturers now sup ply nine-tenths of the home de- mand and have largely entered into competitor for the worlds trade.
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NNixtIxtAxtSxtIxtN r ~6
 BtTTtR FARMING HINTS. y N~ ( Sxt1E1aTiE1EfsS.2S ?
QUIT SELLING COWS.

QUIT SELLING COWS.
 The greatest calamity in Arkan sas just now is the sale oi COWS and heifers from our farms. Ther4 ought to be an embargo if it were legal, against selling any heifers O. any COWS under ten years of age Arkansas needs a thousand pure bred bulls brought into the state but she can't spare a heifer or COW. Our farms need the manure and our farmers need the cash they would realize next year from calves from scrub COWS and sired by pure bred bulls. Farmers can make money by growing calves and feed CTS for the Northern farmers te finish. Get in bulls but do not sell COWS. Two specialists of the Ex tension Division of the College ot Agriculture are helping bring in pure bred bulls. Write the Diree- tor Extension Service, old state house, Little Rock, for information about getting pure bred stock.
 SELL ON STANARDS.
 Farmers and other good manu- lecturers should always sell on standard and on reputation. It will pay farmers and their wives to make high standards and have their products sought for Sell only infertile eggs and eggs of uni form size and color Sell only sweet and clean butter in nice shapes. Sell only choice berries or apples or eantalocpes and perfect ly honest packages Hood River, Oregon, apples are sold in New York and Liverpool unopened boxes because the guarantee is perfect. A box of high priced ap- ples was bought in Northwest Ar kansas in December that had less than thirty perfect apples. Anoth- CT box was bought in February and two-thirds of them had to be thrown away in less than a week. Sell on reputation and guarantee standards. Write the Extension Division of the University and U. s. Department of Agriculture at Fayetteville or Little Rock for rules and bulletins.
 RAISE SHEEP.
 A small flock of sheep on a farm is always profitable, no matter what the market conditions of mutton and wool. Since August 1914 the destruction of woolen goods in Flu rope has exceeded that of any ten years preceding. The war has also reduced the holdings of sheep both in England and Australia. For ten years wool is bound to command a good price and all meats will be high. The Extension Division of the University and the U. s. De- partment of Agriculture with of fees at Fayetteville and Little Rock want to promote the growing of all kinds of live stock, and bulle- tins will be sent free on sheep, hogs, cattle and horses.
 INFERTlLE EGGS.
 Let every consumer ask the gro- cer or farmer for infertile eggs and take no other. Then the old roost- CTS will be fattened and sold and the young roosters that are to be kept for sale or for breeding pur- poses will be separated from the laying hens. Remember that the hens will lay more eggs if the males are not present and the pres ence of the males will render the eggs unfit for table use in hot weather after from thirty to forty hours. Swat the rooster. Sell on- ly infertile eggs.
 GOOD HEALTH.
 The farmers greatest asset is good health for himself and his family. To keep in good health all
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13
School Election.

There will be a school election held in Consolidated school district No 60, Saturday, May 20, for the purpose of electing two school di- rectors for a term of three years and to vote for or against a school tax.
 The school board desires the names of any and all candidates for school director, for the purpose of having names of all candidates placed on the ticket. The names should be furnished either secre- tary or president by Monday, May 18th. pr. L. F. Magee,
 w. H. Moore, Secretary.
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13
Kill the Ticks.

They are still discussing the question whether the ticks can be eradicated, notwithstanding one third of the originally infested area has been cleaned. THEY, refers te the politicians, the standpatters
 the ignorant and those who dont want to learn. Some men knew { years ago that the ticks could b. eradicated, and knew how it coule be done; but it will take some peo- pie l 5 years more to learn that the ticks can be eradicated for less than it takes to feed them one season. n.-The Progressive Farmer.
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13

ard mosquitoes are carriers of dis ease and must not be tolerated. Good drinking water must be pro- vided. Typhoid fever, malaria and tuberculosis are far too common in the country. Let everybody help make the country the safe place for living, not a dangerous place. Ask the county agricultural agents md the home demonstration agents for bulletins on health or write tc the Director Extension Service University of Arkansas and U. s Department of Agriculture, Little Rock, for bulletins.
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13
Tax Assessors Dates.

Tax Assessor R. E. Harris vii be at the following places in Lapile township on the dates named foi the purpose of assessing persona and poll taxes:
 BoIding, Wednesday, June z, af- ternoon.
 Fel5enthal, Thursday, June g morning.
 Huttig, Thursday afternoon, June 8. Friday, June g.
 Lapile. Saturday, June 10.
 Strong, Monday and Tuesday June l 2 and Is.
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SiOO Reward, $l0O

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages. and that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System thereby de- stroying the foundation of the disease, giving tue patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na ture in doing it's work The proprie- tors have so much faith in the curative powers of Halls Catarrh Cure that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address: F. J CHENEY & co, Toledo. Ohio. Sold by all Druggists. 7be.
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Notice.

The Union Saw Mill Company will pay $5O.OO as a reward to any one, not in it's employ, who will fur nish information from which any person shall be convicted of depre- dating or trespassing upon the tim Der of said Company.
 This lst, day of February, 1906.
 UNION SAW MILL Go.
 By F. w. Scott,
 Secy. and Treas
The Huttig news., 1916-05-13
Facts Worth Knowing.

Sulphur is used as fertilizer in France
 Alcohol is made from ohicory in Germany.
 New South Wales has an ulum mountain.
 New York claims to be the worlds greatest seaport.
 It is estimated that insects and rodents destroy $l l,OOO,OOO.OOO worth of agriculture in the United States every year.
 The whistle of a locomotive can be heard a distance of $500 yards when the air is still.
 United States rice exportation quadrupled in year.
 Roasted coffee is an excellent disinfectant for sick rooms.
 New York has 4 500 hotels and restaurants.
 Automobile output for the United States for 1914 was 100000 cars.
 Nearly two hundred and fifty million dollars were spent in this country last year for good roads.