Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-22
Ehrntng Chat

vice say the European war has not
ihtertered with the thrifty Dutch and
belgian growers of ornamental shrub
oery and the shipments from France
nave been very little interfered with.
For years Antwerp was one of the
great ports for the shipment of azaleas
70 Philadelphia and there were also
many shipments made from Holland
ports. When the war wave over
spread Belgium it was expected that
mere would be no more shipments
rom that kingdom. But the inspec-
tlon service, which is now in a lull, has
noIeG With surprise the number of 4
belgian shipments Inc Germans
nave encouraged industry and ship
ments and there have been bundles
rre1achlng Philadelphia docks marked
Ghent, Antwerp and other places.
Most OF these imports came from the
puIch seaports, but there appeared to
pe no interruption worth speaking
aDout o IN the shipments from the Bel
siah Hover districts to tidewater in
queen Wilhelminas land. The records
,'a od tne o1nces here show that in the last
ear immense shipments were inspect
e1 that came from Holland and
france, but the Belgian shipments
seem seem 10 have been of pretty good
size. The inspection service is main
tanned by the State Department of
agriculture and is designed to keep
OUT the moths and other pests which
are not unknown in Europe The jap
dnese nave been making an effort to
ger IN some of their shrubbery but the
orlehtal shipments do not begin to
meet those from Europe.
Senator William E. Crow the Re-
publican State chairman. has been
erected president of the Fayette coun-
~ association which was recently
formed to encourage the raising of
pure bred stock. The Senator has a
lne farm and some fine herds and likes
to go out and watch them browse and
TO think how peaceful is a rural life
away from politics.
In view of the weather conditions
prevailing lately there is a good bit of
speculation about the city whether
the Guardsmen will go to the mobil-
zatlon camp in weather as atrocious
as that which prevailed when they
started out in April, 1898. On that
morning 1t rained and showed and
the weather seemed to want to do
everything TO discourage people from
acting as escorts or turning out as
spectators. The camp site was thor
oughly flooded and Harrisburg in
fantrymen roasted in a chicken ex-
hibition building.
The ceremony of drawing to settle
ties in nominations which was under
way at the office of the secretary of
the commonwealth to-day is an an
cient one. Deputy Secretary God
charles, who presided to-day, looked
up precedents and found that ties
had been settled by drawing straws in
the traditional ways, by cutting a book
10 see what page had the lowest fl
nal number, by casting paper into IL
hat and drawing out and even by
tossing a coin. The decisions have
never been questioned and only about
one in every fifteen summoned ever
takes the trouble to show up.
State Treasurer Robert K. Youngs
special fund for conscience stricken
tolks which is showing signs of ac-
tivity again is as old as the Capitol.
1t was established years ago as a mis-
cellaneous fund irGD which to send
moneys not spoCdhed for payment.
But as the conscience of the people
quickened and the money began to
be paid to the State for "holdouts''
and other things the fund was erect
ed and became thing apart solemn
ly reported upon. 1t happens that I
once in a while some crank gets an
idea he has defrauded some one and
sends money which he did not even
morally owe. A few years ago a man
sent several payments of money he
could hardly spare, laboring under the
hallucination that he had cheated old
Father Penn. His wife found what
he was doing and stopped it.
Lieutenant Colonel r. S. Williams,
U. S. A, in charge of the army re-
cruiting service, is said to be booked
for foreign service, according to gos-
sip at Washington. Colonel Williams
has not yet been assigned to any duty
and is working to send goodly num-
Der of recruits from this city.
Only the military man, the Guards
man or regular who has had military
training can really appreciate per-
haps, the real significance of Lieuten-
ant-Colonel Maurice E. Finney's gem
eral order yesterday relative to what
the Guardsmen are to take to camp
and what they are not to take.
No camp chests, or dining tables
will be taken along to camp; men
will use field mess kits and camp
dishes will not be carried
Those few lines have real signif-
canoe. They mean that the Guards
men who leave for Mt. Gretna Sat-
airy articles that help make the divis-
ion and brigade encampments so
comfortable, but just the necessary
utensils. Mess kit" means tin cup.
meat ration can, knife, fork and
spoon. The meat ration can makes
really two plates in pinch.