Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-10
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NJ. b. Foster, the naturalist. who
lives back in one of the mountain
valleys, had many interesting snake
stories to tell to his audience when
he lectured in the Technical High
school auditorium the other evening
under the auspices of the local Natu-
raj History society. One of the snake
stories that he related is as follows:
young woman in one of the Wes-
tern states who had a propensity for
chewing gum, was one day walking
nome over the plains to her home
from visiting the town stores. Busy
moving her jaw she tripped over a
stone. AS she fell.she was Mortified
to see rattlesnake coiled up in front
OF her and ready to strike. In falling
she dropped her gum which lodged in
the mouth of the reptile. The fangs
OF the snake became frightened from
the chewing gum, and prevented the
snake from striking. The woman at
once dispatched the snake. and re-
turning to the town received four dol
lars for the skin, in addition to twen-
ty-tive cents for the rattles. A little
later she was seen going home with
lour dollars and twenty-five cents
worth of gum under her arm" Mr..
Foster then proceeded to let a real
live rattler with drawn fangs run
around the Tech" rostrum.and more
than one present breathed easier when
the reptile was replaced in the bag,
Lieutenant Derwent Wood. the FAM
Gus English sculptor. is the son of
former citizen of Harrisburg, who
married an English woman and set
tled at keswick, where the son was
% %porh. lie has done some remarkable
work In providing masks" for the
dlshgured soldiers of Great Britain.
me most pathetic case of all of these
was that OF a trooper named EVeritt
whose face had been broken by an ex-
ploslVe bullet. His nose had been car
rled away almost entirely and his left
cheek torn open from his ear to the
corner of his mouth. Like most of
these victims of facial disagreement
he has had to undergo operation after
| operation. He received his wound on
May IL of last year. Finally he was
| brought to a London hospital on Sep
tember 2, and up to a couple of weeks
ago, despite the fact that his wound
| had entirely healed and surgery ad-
mittedly had done all that it could
for him, he remained a sad sight. Be
| fore the war he was a taxi driver.
Now, made at least presentable by
the wonderful facial mask" which
! Wood has contrived for him. a mask
consisting of the false nose, cheek and
a "mustache" which conceals his in
jured lip, eX-Trooper Everitt is plying
his old trade again and doing well at
| it.
When he saw himself with his
mask for the first time" said the
sculptor, he jumped for JOY"
One of the interesting things about
the present campaign for legislative
nominations is that in adjoining coun-
| ties up the Susquehanna river, two
first cousins. named for the same man,
are candidates for House nominations.
Jesse Beaver Kremer, of Milton,
northumberland county and Jesse
Beaver Gearhart. of Danvile, Mon
tour, are candidates for Republican
honors. Their mothers were sisters,
daughters of Jesse Beaver of Dan
vile. member of the war legisla-
ture" of 1861 as member from Union
county, and a brother of General
James A. Beaver, afterwards COVER
nor.
People are so glad that Spring has
come that they go out for tennis or
golf no matter how high the wind.
| Y esterday afternoon the courts and
links at the country clubs were filled
with players and the wind was blow
ing a regular gale at the time. Some
of the tennis matches were marked
by wierd shots and as for those per
feet drives in golf they described very
peculiar angles.
A friend who keeps tabs on the de-
Ivelopment of city transportation mat
ters calls attention to the fact that
special rates for children are now
being agitated in a number of cities
For instance the question is raised in
Pittsburgh il the Pittsburgh railway
system does not have the right to give
a reduced rate for schools, while
monthly tickets for school children are
being considered on the Mahoning and
Shenango system.
The new Lebanon armory, which Is
being dedicated to-day, is regarded
by guardsmen as one of the model
armories for a single infantry COM
pany in this part of the State. The
building was started last summer and
was held up for a time, but is now
4 70.