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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
Rumors of Coalition
Not Taken Seriously

Mobile. Ala, Feb. 7.-Reports from
New York that organized railroad men
and union mine workers may form a
coalition for the purpose of pressing
demands for increased wages were
not taken seriously to-day by those
who are familiar with the coal min
ing situation.
Bituminous coal operators from
Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois, who will meet the rep
resentatives of the Union miners
from these States here in conference
tomorrow, held a meeting to-day to
map out their plans. The miners are
asking for an increase in wages on
the mine-run basis. and a two-year
agreement beginning April ].
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
THE READING
PHYSICIANS MEETING
By Associated Pres.

Chicago. ILL.,. Feb. Z. - Hundreds of
and surgeons and public
health officials and leaders in medical
are here to-day for the an
nual congress on medical education,
public health and medical licensure.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
Brass and White Enamel
Beds at New Low Prices

In view OF the recent advances in
brass goods, this offering of brass beds
should appeal to those who would save
a neat sum in furnishing the bedroom.
Enamel beds are also in the low-pricc
event.
2-inch Continuous Post Brass Beds,
with one-inch filling rods; in bright or
satin finish. February Sale Price
S12.95
Massive Brass Beds, with 21a-inch
posts and 1I-inch filling rods; in
bright and satin finish, or all bright
finish; full size. February Sale Price
$3.50
2-inch Post White Enamel Beds;
durable filling rods. February Sale
Price 1895
BOwMANS-Fifth Floor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
FARRAR WEEDS
Special to the TciesyabJ

Special 10 the Telegraph
New York. Feb. Z. - Geraldine Far
rar, the American prima donna, and
Lou Tellegen, young actor. wIliiI he
married IN New York tomorrow
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07

Division manager Of the Bell Telephone
company. with headquarters In Harris
burg, and one of the best known teie-
phohc men in the East. Mr. Reinoehl
began his career in the newspaper bust
ness,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07

Engineers up: Albright Brlggles,
Shirk Hummer, Howard.
Fireman up: Hunter.
Conductors up: Heiner Helbish.
Brakemen up: Heck, Humphreys.
Shively, Reed. Farleman. Hess, Prosser.
Yost. Powell. Kistler, Mcknight. How
ard
Nard Crews
~, Engineers for u, is. &c. 3S, nth s.
Firemen for 16. &c. 81, fifth s. Three
extras.
Engineers up Beckwith. Machamer.
Gloons, BleNer, Malaby Rodgers. Sny-
der, 10y. Leihy, Fulton, Fells, McMor-
ris, Mcdonnell, Sieber
Flremen up: Meyer, Walters, Bruaw,
BogneE, s,3; r., Zeigler, SNYDER, Desch, era
EWING Reeder, Berrier, Htz. Peiffer,
Smell, Jr.. Fleisher Blottenberger,
Weigle. Burger. Alcorn. Wagner, Rich.
ter keiser, Ferguson, Six
ENOLA SIDE
Philadelphia DivisiOn-226 crew first
TO go after p M: 21S, 236. 24S, 255.
2l9. 212, 26O, 2O7. 222. 2i7, 21S. 2O9, 217,,
! 2i3.
Engineers for 2O9. e55.
Conductors for 212. 21S. 225. 2GO.
Flagmen for 226, PAS. 255.
Brakemen for 2O7 (two), 200. 21S. 2S4.
#
Brakemen up: Shaffner. Coulder. Ha-
vel, Casner Shade, Smith, Dougherty,
Wilmington.
Middle DiViSion--1Oi crew first to go
after $3.50 D. m.: -. 1906. l07. 20.
Fireman for l19.
Conductor for 104
Brakeman for 102.
Yard CrcwS--To go after 4 p. m:
Engineers for second los. second 124.
Fircmen for 112. first 102.
Engineers up: Anspach, King, Smith,
BranyOn. BretZ.
Firemen up: EichelberEer, Kline,
Linn, Yost, Waller, Mcdonald, Ceiling,
L. G. Hall, Sellers, Hinkle, Handiboe.
THE READING
Harrisburg DivlsiOn-6 crew first to
go after $3.50 p. m: 2S, 1, 10. ,.
Eastbound-j2 crew first TO go after
3:15 D. m: 81, 60.
Engineers for So. %.
Firemen for so, 6.
Conductor for 23.
Engineers up: Fetrow, Barnhart,
BonawitZ, Pletz, Richwine, Merllle,
Middaugh, Wireman.
Firfemen up: Coble. Stormfelt2, Sui
livan, Keefer, Barr, Newark. Grim,
Fornwalt. Geib. Miller, Easterline, Dob
bins, Flicker. Peters.
Conductors up Orris, Sipes, Bashore.
Brakemen up: Redman, Heiner,
Mentzer. Moss, Stephens. Stauffer, Fen
stemacher. Dintaman, Harder, Dodson,
Creager, Nissley, Paxton, Minnich, Ar
ney, Dean.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-07
Only Furniture Sale of the Magnitude
of This One Could Offer Such Varieties
bELI.-19O1-UNITED
FOUNDED 1871


Substantial February
linked together
iSng establish a II
variety Period designs,
finishes
In variety of grades there extensive showing of medium
ON thissa
consideration o excellent wo
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
HAVE AFFECTION FOR TREES
Writer Tells How Lumberman Wept
Bitter Tears When Ordered to Cut
Down@a Fine Hemlock

That one should feel affection for
great trees is natural. In the Mime
sofa forests met a lumberman who
told me he wept bitter tears when he
got orders to cut down fine hem
lock. Every stroke Of the ak seemed
to him to be felt by the sturdy mon.
arch whose life he was taking, writes
julius Chambers in the Brooklyn
Eagle.
When have revisited the woods"
in which as a boy / gathered nuts. l
have fancied the trees used to climb
recognized me- They looked the same.
They hadn't aged. The shellback
hickory trees seemed trifie more
dangerous to climb than Of yore, and
the walnuts had gained noticeably in
girth, SO that my heightened arm had
barely kept pace with the expanding
bark. I could still encircle their
trunks and could have climbed them
If necessary, but the rewards of q
winters store of nuts no longer APP
peal to me. The walnuts and hickory
nuts one buys do not taste like those
gathered with ones own hands.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
Toilet Of the Lion.

At Belfort the lion of Bartholdy Is
n0bler and prouder than ever. Above
all he is, proud to be clean and tidy.
For some timeehe was a very dirty
Hon. The garrison that occupied the
fort Just above the monument had
thrown down upon the stony animal
KITCHEN Stops, old rags and all kinds
Of filth. One day it was announced
that the prince Of Wales would visit
Belfort on the following day. The men
on police duty were ordered to clean
up against an unforeseen difficulty.
The approach to the lion was by a
narrow passage in the rock Of which
the entrance was closed by strong
door, and the keeper Of the key had
been modified and gone. Fortunate
sly among the men on police duty was
a black sheep who had a reputation as
an expert housebreaker. He did the
trick and the door was opened. They
then proceeded with the toilet Of
the lion, which was no nice affair. The
prince arrived on the morrow and nc
corded the lion hastyy glance. He
did not know the trouble that had been
taken to make the colossus present
able lie Cri de Paris.
- H
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
VISIT TO EAST DUBUQUE ENDS
SERIOUSLY. &

Shortly after 6 o'clock Thursday
evening one of the toll men at the Dn-
buque high bridge found r. Curtis of
Manchester on the ground nea%the old
Star Brewing Company building on
Fourth street extension, with both
hands and feet badly frozen. He drag
ged him into the tool house, from
where he was taken to Mercy hospital
in the police patrol. 1t was learned
on Friday that the frozen members
were in very bad condition, but that
It was not known so far whether
It will be necessary to amputate any
of the frozen members. The stranger
had crossed the bridge from East Du-
buque some time before he was found
frozen and had evidently sat down
along side Of the old brewery COM
pany building for rest. 1t is thought
that while sitting there he fell asleep.
It is not known how long he was lying
on the road, but it was stated Friday
that If he had not been found he
would have probably frozen to death
within short time.-Dyersville Com
mercial. sssEi y
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
FINED FOR WEARING Boards
History Tells of English Judges Or
der for Compulsory Shaving OF
Barristers In His Court.

Nowhere was there more prejudice
against boards than at the inns court
of centuries ago. The black books OF
Lincoln's inn of the sixteenth century
are full of references to offenders who
We're "fyned double comens durrynge
such tyne as they shall have any
berde.-' This proving ineffective, a
batch of bearded barristers was in 1854
''banysshed from We HoYse," and
shortly afterward a judges order was
obtained for, the compulsory shaving
Of some Of the members. The Inner
Temple benchers were not quite SO Sc
we're, for a fine of 20 .shillings was the
sole penalty imposed in 1855 "for
wearying bearles of more than three
weekes growthe.' The war against
bearded barristers continued Mt the
Inns Of Court until the seventeenth
century.
Long after this the prejudice against
the unshaved barrister remained. The
late Vice Chancellor Bacon carried his
dislike so far that he refused to listen
to bearded or mustached counsel, pre-.
tending that he could not hear them.
Even now, although there are plenty
Of bearded barristers and X. C.'s, few
have attained eminence. The most
brilliant exception was perhaps the
late Judah Philip Benjamin, SILVER
tongued Benjamin." who, despite his
mustache and American "goatee,"
earned the princely income Of $4,000
a year.-London Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
Indian Relics In St. Thomas.

Capt. Theodore de BODY Of the
American Indian museum, New York,
has discovered on the Danish West In
dian island Of st. Thomas an Indian
burial mound and much valuable evil
dence of aboriginal life. He is still
working successfully on this discovery,
the first ever made there. He has I'M
earthed Carib burying ground in
which were found pottery and other
interesting relics. Capt. de Booy,
curator Of the museum, returned from
Santo Domingo last September with
Indian relics that he had discovered
in that country. He had an earthen-
ware Indian, IS inches high, that he
believed had been used in religious
ceremonies thousands of years ago.
That was the principal specimen, but
he had also about 1000 articles which
had been exhumed from % Indian
graves.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
STORIES AID 10 TEACHING.
They Are Of Little Value, However,
Unless Teacher Enters Into h
Recital With Enthusiasm.

All children love stories. The earli-
est memories Of most of us are inter-
twined with the wonderful narratives
of fairies and COLLINS told by grand
parents at bedtime. And so vivid were
the impressions made, that even now,
in spite of our scientific knowledge and
logical reasoning, we sometimes lind
ourselves subconsciously believing 1t
all.
This natural love Of stories may be
and should be made the basis OF all
historical teaching. But however seri-
GUS our purposes may be, the stories
themselves should be source OF Joy
to the hearer.
Conscientious teachers, taking up
the task of storytelling as an added
obligation of sch0olroOm duty. wonder
why the results are not what the evil
dence of other st0ry-tellers had led
them to believe. Storytelling as
duty, Enlightened and unbrightened by
a genuine love of the story and an
eagerness for the Joy it is to bring to
tne 'iASteiiers, cuu never proNe 49,
cess.
The story-teller must enter with all
his heart and all his enthusiasm into
the life and beauty Of the story he Is
telling, in order to achieve the best re-
suits. Without this he cannot win the
response NJ bis hearers, nor reap the
reward which should be his own.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
THESE BOOKS WERE DIGEsTED
History Furnishes Instances Of Au-
thors Being Compelled Literally
to Eat Their Words.

To literally digest a book is an ac-
complement which few can boast Of
having performed. Nevertheless, a
good deal of literature has been de-
stroyed In this way at one time or an
other
Barnabo Vfsconti compelled two
papal delegates to eat the bull of ex-
communication which they had brought
him, together with its silken cords and
leaden seal. As the bull was written
on parchment, it was all the more diff
ficult to digest. A similar anecdote is
related of an Austrian general, who
had signed note for 1000 forms, and,
when it fell due, compelled his cred
itOrs to eat it.
A Scandinavian writer, the author
of a political book, was compelled to
choose between being beheaded or eat
ing his manuscript boiled in broth.
Isaac Volmar, who wrote some satires
against Bernard, duke of Saxony, was
not allowed the courtesy of the kitch-
en-. but was forced to swallow them
uncooked. Still worse was the fate of
Philip i0idenbufger, d jurlst Of great
renown, who was condemned not only
to eat a pamphlet Of his writing, but
also to be logged during his repast.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
WRITING is MANUAL LABOR
In Five Hours Average Penman's Fin
gers Travel Over q Third Of Z
Mile Of Paper.

u =
The average person has no idea how
much muscular effort is expended In
writing a letter.
A rapid peurnan can write 30 words
q minute. To do this he must draw his
pen through space Of 1917 feet. In
40 minutes his pen travels furlong,
and In five hours third Of mile.
In writing an average word the PEN
man makes in the neighborhod OF 10
curves Of the pen. Thus in writing 80
words to the minute his pen would
make $50 curves 2S.8OO curves in an
hour and S8,4OO.Oc0 in year Of 800
days of ten hours each.
The man who succeeded In making
100000 marks with pen in month
was not at all remarkable. Many men
make 100000 while merely writing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
MEN ARE GROWING SHORTER
French savant Years Ago Gave Out In.
formation That Adam Was 123
Feet 9 Inches Tall.

In recent years ANTAGONISTS have
shown in practical way that the
height Of man or woman can be In
creased to Il considerable extent by ap-
planes for stretching. These extern
sions, however. have only been Of
inches or fractions Of an inch, and
giants have not been, nor are they
likely to be developed by artificial
means. 1t was a French savant, named
Henrion, who, 200 years ago, gave to
the world authoritative statements as
to the height Of Adam and Eve. He
said that the father Of the race was
1923 feet 8 inches high and Eve 11S
feet 8 inches. He noted that from the
creation of these enlarged editions OF
humanity, degeneration had been
rapid; that Noah was only ~, Abra-
ham only 20 and Moses but ID feet in
height.
According to this french authority,
IL the Christian dispensation had not
arrested this decrease, man by this
time 200 years ago-would have been
a mere microscopic object, and we may
conclude that by our time he would not
have been at all. NJ. Henrion did not
give any explanation as to height Of
those ancients.
Perhaps the most gigantic story on
record is that concerning an immense
skeleton, said to have been In Sicily.
which measured 800 feet in length.
This story, however carries it's own
REPUTATION, as it is said that found be-
side this giant was his walking stick,
which was 80 feet long and thick as a
telegraph pole. A clever calculator
made the estimate that a walking stick
only 30 feet in length for man who
measured 300 feet would be as ridicu-
lOus us one of seven inches for man
of ordinary stature. Kansas City
Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
Trees Used for cisterns.

Among the most curious of trees IS
the gigantic baobab, which tiOurishes
In central Africa, the trunk of which
sometimes attains diameter Of &C
feet, according to the Los Angeles
Times. This trunk serves us a natural
cistern, retaining rain water in large
quantities in Il cavity formed at the
top. The Arabs artiticially hollow
Out the trunks of large baobabs and
fill them with water during the pre-
valence Of ram as provision against
the dry season. These cisterns are In
many cases 20 feet in height and eight
or ten feet in diameter
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
The corporaI's Watch.

A corporal in the Life Guards Of
Frederick the Great, courageous but
full Of vanity, was too poor to pur-
chase watch; so he hung bullet on
the end of chain. The king, knowing
his foible and inclined to rally him,
one day said:
Corporal, it is six o'clock by my
watch; what time is it by yours?"
"Sire," said the man, drawing the
bullet from his fob, "my watch marks
neither five nor six O'Clock; but tells
me every moment that it is my duty to
die for your majesty"
The king was much affected. "Here,
my man." said he, "take this watch Of
mine, that you may be able to tell the
hour ALSO"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
THESE SHOES WEAR rs YEARS
They Are Made Of Grass and Are Still
Worn by Natives in Parts Of
Portugal and Spain.

a /. ID rs .
EspartO shoes, or shoes made Of the
toughest and strongest of the coarse
espartO fibers, are still worn in Iberia
and parts Of Portugal. There Is no
shoe made which will outlast them, not
excepting leather shoes. Indeed, one
pair Of esparto shoes has been known
to Outwear dozen tanned hide sOles.
This Is due to their faculty of picking
up and retaining in their interstices
stony particles. AS fast as the pebbles
are worn out they are replaced auto
matically by others. Thus self-soling
process is constantly going on. 1t is
not uncommon in some parts of Spain
or Portugal to hear the natives boast
of wearing pair of esparto shoes for
rs years or more.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
What Was Her RepIy7

Gilbert Stuart, the first great por-
trait painter Of America, had the ar
lists foible Of uneasy personal vanity.
He loved especially to dwell upon his
social triumphs abroad and at home.
When painting the portrait Of Isaac
Hull, a Boston philanthropist, he en-
tertained his sitter with anecdotes of
his friends among the aristocracy. I'm
fortunately, In the midst Of his Drag
gadoao, Mrs. Stuart, who did not
know that there was sitter, came in
from the kitchen, her apron on, and
her head tied up with a. handkerchief,
and cried out: "Do you mean to have
that leg Of mutton boiled or roasted?'
"Ask your MISTRESS" was Stuart's
felicitous reply.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27

Bound to Become Great.

\ Sir William Foster, late physician
to the house of commons, tells good
story about Joseph Chamberlain in the
early days when they were both mem
lbers Of local debating society in Biz
mingham. Mr.. Chamberlain at this
embryonic period would prepare his
speech carefully beforehand, write it
out, commit to memory and deliver
1t without the aid Of notes.
| Once in the midst OF, his Grafton he
came to full stop. He calmly began
again; but again broke down at the
same place. This time, however, he
coolly put his hand into his coat-tails
pocket. slowly turned over the leaves
and then went on again without the
slightest discomposure. "Such man."
adds Sir Walter, twas bound to become
great"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
DYNAMITE EXPLODES INSIDE OF
PORKER.

Independence COnservative)
A peculiar accident happened at the
County Home one day last week.
The men were engaged in blasting
rock on the side hill to put in fence
posts. One of them dropped dyna
mite cap and for fear that some one
might step on the cap and be injured
they started a search for it, Several;
Of the County Home hogs were run
ming in the lot and while the men
were searching there was an explos-
ion, followed by saueal. One of
the Poor farm porkers had been
nosing around and got the cap and
proceeded to chew 1t up, hog like. AS
a result the hog lost the larger part of
his masticating apparatus and over
seer McClintock was compelled to
butcher Unexpectedly. N
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
First American M. D.

The first native Of English-speaking
America to receive the degree of Doc
tor Of Medicine was William Bull, who
died in London just a century and a
quarter ago. He was born in South
Carolina in ITO, and in his young man
hood went to Europe to study medi-
cine, receiving his NJ. D. degree at Ley
rem. He practiced his profession with
considerable success in his native col
ony, and inn l746 BECAME lieutenant
governor, of South Carolina, a position
he retained until the revolution. Re
manning loyal to the crown, in 1852 he
accompanied the British troops to Eng
land, Where he resided. during the re-
mainder of his life. Lawrence Bolum
was the first physician in the English
Colonies of America, arriving in 1910,
and holding the position of physician
general of the colony of Virginia for
one year. His successor, John Pot, was
the first permanent resident physician
in the colonies.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
Mushroom ouarrles of Paris.


To the south of Paris, the country Is
honeycombed with abandoned quarries,
some Of which are Of enormous extent,
resembling the shafts Of great mines,
being from 300 yards to half mile in
length and lying from 80 to $50 feet
beneath the surface of the ground.
In these old quarries are grown
nearly all the mushrooms consumed in
the French capital. Mushrooms -four
ish in these caverns ut all seasons, and
they have, in Paris, the reputation of
being superior In flavor to those grown
elsewhere. The worst enemy Of the
mushroom growers is species Of fly
that swarms through the dark passages
in such numbers as sometimes to ex-
tinguish the candles of the workmen.
The larvae Of this fly destroy the beds
before the shoots have emerged above
the ground.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
New Mirror Is Maonifjer.

A mirror which magnities at any dis
lance without distorting the lines or
the focus Of the object reflected has
been perfected by an Erie (Pa) manu-
facturer. The mirror is particularly
adapted to, the needs Of mechanics in
looking underneath or in back of OBJ
jects, but is also practical household
article. AS it reflects white light, it
is said to recommend itself particular
ly to the examination Of internal or I'M
derDeath mechanical parts which are
difficult to readjust unless taken to the
light for examination. Hence, it is
also claimed to be invaluable for ex-
aiming the throat, teeth, mouth or
eyes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
Reparation.

We should make more Haste to
Right our Neighbor than we do to
wrong him, and instead Of being Vim
dlctive We should lfl leave him him to be
Judge OF his own satisfaction. True
Honor will pay treble damages rather
than Justice one wrong by another. In
such controversies, it is but too COM
mon to say. Both are to blame, to
excuse their own Unconcernedness,
which is a base Neutrality. Others
will cry, They are both alike; thereby
involving the Injured with the Guilty,
to mince the Matter for the Faulty, or
cover their own injustice to the
wronged Party. Fear and gain are
great Perverters of Mankind, and
where either prevail, the judgment is
yiolated.-William Penn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-12-27
Greek Names.

The Greek termination in the six
and seven-syllable patronymics with
which we have been made familiar by
the frequent changes in the cabinet,
is said to Indicate descent Thus, NJ.
Caloyeropoulas may count among his
ancestors ''calOyer," or at least in q
collateral line. a ''caloyer" is said to
be O monk Of the order Of st. Basil, an
order that exacts four periods Of fast
ing each year, the longest Of which is
seven weeks. The caiSyers have In,
the Orient the same reputation for
asceticism as the Benedictines In the
Occident.