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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

no you know why it is cool up in
! the mountains? What makes the
- wind blow? When you are mo-
toring or camping out far from wealth
er reports, do you know how to make a
creditable forecast for yourself Or do
you rely on the ground-hog and your
rheumatism and other ancient super
Unless you are professional wealth
er bug, your answers will probably re-
veal a comprehensive ignorance of q
force in nature that influences every
day of your life. Not only your golf
and your tennis and your vacation in
the country, but your success in bust
ness, not matter what it is, depends
energy go up and down according to
the seasons. Every thunder storm spurs
you on. and every long spell Of un-
changing weather makes you lose
money.
The importance of the weather is
shown by the fact that the Entente
allies have cut cables and intercepted
wireless, and even excluded weather
vent the Germans from making accu-
rate forecasts; for the fortunes of war
depend largely on weather Dispatches
from France report that there are
winds from the east which will en-
able the Germans to use poison gas,
and that the French soldiers are put
ting on their masks.
The Importance of the weather is be-
ing appreciated more and more by
scientists. They are constantly explor-
ing deeper into the. underlying forces
studying the effect of weather upon
man. Our own weather bureau was
established only about fifty years ago
py group of scientists. and it was
twenty-five years before the govern
ment took it over and began building
up the Invaluable organization which
sends % out the daily weather reports.
NOW there is a movement on foot.
discussed at every gathering of
meteorologists. to establish an inter-
national weather bureau which shall
cooperate to furnish every nation with
reports from all parts of the world. But
this growing attention to weather is
scarcely shared by the layman. Country
people still swear by the old sayings
grain of truth in them, while the
town dweller usually disregards the
weather entirely, despite the import
ant effect it has upon him and ali the
doings.
Before you can understand the wealth
er you must know the general princi-
pies OF atmospheric movement and
temperature. The atmosphere is a mix
ture of oxygen and hydrogen, with
about five other gases in very small
quantities, and also dust and germs,
Inese latter are present in the fresh
est ar that you can find and are as
important as the oxygen itself. The
tiny organisms that inhabit the air
ferment and disintegrate the soil SO
thaI tii pants can grow upon it. Without
them, the world would be a mere chunk
OF rock whirling through space. The
gust is still more necessary. 1t modi-
hes the light so that it will not blind
ttcles form the nuclei upon which All
moisture condenses. Without dust. our
whole system of rainfall would he
thrown out of commission
So the atmosphere in which we live
is an envelope q few miles thick made
OF gases holding dust and moisture In
suspension. This mixture holds and
tempers the heat of the sun, presents
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
ONE HE MISSED
by Wing Dinger

I'd not rob Job of his glory
Well. indeed, he held his goat
But one mighty trial of patience
OF the present day. please note
He escaped-the bore who thinks thai
He must to the movies go,
And interpret all the titles
For the folks about, you know.
'Twouldn't be so bad. dear reader,
If this chap his English knew,
But in nine times of each ten
It is butchered ere he's through.
T'other night Lakes of Killarney"
Flashed a moment on the screen,
From the rear, | got in loud tones,
Here's the Lakes of Kilareen.'
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
EDITORIAL COMMENT

One paper speaks OF Mr.. Roosevelt as
a passive" candidate. Wonder what
they would consider an active candi-
date Nashville Southern Lumberman.
Spain is placing $4,000, 900 munition-
contracts in this country. She knows
something about the effectiveness Of
American guns.-Philadelph North
American.
- BY reversing all the protests that
Great Britain made to the United States
during the Civil War it is possible to
obtain a fairly correct notion OF con-
temporary British theory of interna-
uonal law.-New York World.
According to the finding OF a New
Jersey jury, the doctor who, after hav-
ing performed an operation. sewed up
a pair of forceps in a patients body
was not guilty of negligence, as charg-
ed. Apparently he left them there on
purpose, so. that they would be handy
in case of further need of them.-New
York Morning Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
THE scHooLHoUsE FIRES

A LII Harrisburg will await with i'm
"A patience the solution of the
three mysterious schoolhouse
fires of to-day. The welfare and the
lives of our children are in danger so
long as these fires remain unexplained
and the miscreant or miscreants per-
mitted to be at large. There has
never been more dastardly crime
in the history of Harrisburg than that
which aroused the city to a high
state of indignation and alarm when
the news of the fires became generally
known.
Fortunately all of the fires were
started while the school buildings were
empty, but parents will not breathe
easy until the guilty person or per-
sons are brought to justice, for nobody
knows where or when the torch may
be applied next 1t is scarcely be-
lievable that the fires of to-day were
the work of any sane man, but this
only makes the situation more
fraught with peril, for nobody can
reckon with the possibilities of de-
mented brain.
The police should bend every effort
toward apprehension and the school
board would be justified in offering
substantial reward for the capture and
conviction of the culprit or culprits.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
THE STATE FRON DAY TO-DAY |

The Philadelphia North American,
which has for years been known as
the staunch supporter of the Anti
Saloon League, was yesterday liter
ally honeycombed, on the page which
1T devotes to the State of PENNSYLVANIA
with headlines that indicate a strong
pull in favor of the antis. Here are
just few of the Number Fours":
IT'S a Long Way Between Drinks in
Fulton County: Three License An
plicants Withdraw in jefferson"
"Watsontown Folk up in Arms Against
Saloons; Seven Old SchuyIkir Co.
Rum Stands Lose Licenses; Flight
on Bloomsbury. Rum Licenses Be-
gum; Five License Applicants Re-
fused in Clinton County; and so on.
Raise the flag!" Butch" Nc
Dewitt expects to select his bride to-
day, is the latest report that comes
from Atlantic City, where bulletins
have been coming each day report
Ing Butch's progress in his search for
a soul mate. Mayor Riddle, it is said,
is TO be permitted to perform the
marriage ceremony. The choice has
or three fortunate damsels.
West King street. says the Lancas-
ter Intelligencer, was entirely devoid
of street cars the other evening, and
the impatient crowds demanded to
know the why's, to say nothing of the
wherefores. Beer car off track
was the cause, and the antis are
jubilant, claiming it to be another
point for their cause.
William Wyrough and his son James
of Altoona, are both suffering from
broken noses. 1t seems to be a family
trait of some sort. The father got his
by falling on the slippery sidewalk
and the son in "one of those rough
basketball games. Plans are under
way by friends to have an extra
syllable inserted in the last name of
the unfortunate family, changing it
to Whysorough.
The fifty-seVenth annual meeting
of the State Horticultural Association
of Pennsylvania is in session for three
days at Reading. Cyrus Il. Fox, OF
that city, delivered the address OF
| welcome.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
PROTECTION

The tramp had scaled the fence
about four inches ahead of the bulldog.
What are you doing around here
anyway" asked the woman who had
loosed the dog.
Madam" said the tramp with great
dignity, "I was a-goin' to ask for
somethin' to eat but all I now ask is
that you will feed that there dog
Ladies' Home Journal
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
The Man and His
Clothes

What is the score?
How is the stock market?
What is the weather outlook?
When a man wants to know
anything of these things he turns
to his newspaper. 1t is his ref
erence book, What Is more
natural than he should refer to
1t when he wants to buy clothes?
Several manufacturers of
branded clothing have been
shrewd enough to see this and
have advertised their trade
mark in the newspapers. This
advertising has cashed in direct
ly over the counter of the deal
err, as the latter has been only
too glad to cooperate in push
ing sales for he believes in
newspapers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
SOMETHING ELSE

"They charged like demons" said
the retired colonel, excitedly. II never
saw anything to touch it. The way
they charged positively staggered me-"
who does he mean" whispered
the man who had just come in TO his
neighbor. rs he talking about one Of
his old battles?"
NO" replied the other, "he is talk
ing about the holiday he spent in the
Highland hotels. .''-Tit-Bits
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

President Stamm and his colleagues
of the School Board are giving much
thought to the new Central High
School proposition, and 1T Is under
stood some definite plans will be de-
veloped within the next few weeks. 1t
is not a small problem and must be ap-
preached with care and intelligent
thought to the end that the solution
may be a real solution when it shall
have been finally reached.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
SMITH AND HARMONY

States and an official who be-
lieves his administrative policies will
be best furthered through political
harmony and the dominant party,
Thomas b. Smith. now in the first
month of his administration as chief
executive of Philadelphia, is demon
strating great good sense and Cour-
age in formulating his plans and like
wise in using his good Offices in the
interest of Republican cooperation
and party solidarity.
There is no excuse or reason for
the constant pickering among Repub-
1ican leaders in the metropolis of the
Commonwealth, and throughout the
State there is general criticism among
Republicans of the never-c -ceasing fac
tional strife in that city, which is an
outgrowth of the clashing of personal
ambitions and greed for power. Never
has there been a time in the history of
the United States when there was so
much at stake as in the present year
and harmony of action must be Sc
cured without regard to the petty re-
sentiments and ambitions which are
constantly clashing at the confluence
of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers.
Mayor Smith is doing his utmost to
maintain the political equilibrium so
far as the Republican party is con-
cerned in Philadelphia, but no prob
ably finds it difficult and thankless
task He has been strongly commend
ed by the press of that city for his
manifest interest in the welfare of the
big community and upon his admirable
grasp of the important relations of the
city to the State. Fortunately, Mayor
Smith is man with vision and he
is able to look ahead with a clearness
that is creditabIe to him as an official
and reassurlng to all good citizens.
And whether they may feel disposed
at all times to approve the Mayors
acts it is manifestly to the interest of
the squabbling political leaders to up
hold his hands rather than defeat
their own purposes through attempted
interference with his program.
One thing that has particularly i'm
pressed those who have watched
Mayor Smiths work thus far in his
administration is his keen interest in
the things which make for the welfare
and upbuilding of Philadelphia. He
has a broad view of the Importance of
the city and is evidently determined to
do his utmost to develop its resources
and it's manifold interests. He has
entered upon his work with O serious
purpose and 1T is only fair to him and
to the people themselves that he be
given the cordial cooperation of the
potential political influences which
can either help or hinder his admins
tration. Many of his appointments
have been warmly commended by the
newspapers of the city and amid the
factional atmosphere in which he is
striving to obtain results this fact is
indicative of public confidence.
- Mayor Smith is deserving of the
good will of Republicans throughout
Pennsylvania. Unfortunately Phila-
delphia has been the center and cir
cumference OF Republican factionalism
which has occasionally extended into
the State, and wise leadership at this
time in that city ought to achieve
much in the direction of permanent
harmony for the good of the party and
the Commonwealth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

With the rapid passing of the first
month of the year the heads of the
several constructive departments of the
city government are finding plenty to
oo in planning work for the open sea-
son. II is understood that one of the
features of the Park Department will
be the setting out of many trees, the
nursery on the island having an abund-
ant supply of elms and naples and
other varieties for transplanting to the
various park areas of the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
TOO IMPATIENT

IFrom the Kansas City Journal
After all the Americans in Mexico
are slaughtered there will be no fur
ther cause for complaint on that score.
Yet impatient critics of the admins
tration are not content TO wait.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
STRONG MAN NEEDED

Prom the Boston Herald. !
1t is good news that Pennsylvania
purposes to send Philander Chase
Knox back to the United States Sen
ate. His earlier record there and in
the Cabinet was that of a strong man.
OF that kind we can have none too
many.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

More power to the City Planning
Commission. 1t is doing fine work
in bringing together city officials and
those corporation representatives who
have to do with permanent city i'm
provements, such as the enlarged sub
way at Market street and other projects
of that character
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

Wildwood Park will come into it's
own, winter and summer, when it is
more accessible through street railway
facilities and subway entrances. These
will come in due course.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

Just take a walk about the city on
one of these fine winter days and see
what changes for the better have taken
place during the last few years in the
character Of our residential districts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

Tonight is the night, and the big
Chestnut Street Auditorium is the
place. The big Charity Ball will fur
nish at once an opportunity for meet
ing your friends and at the same time
helping a most worthy cause.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

Now is good time to consider what
you are going to do in the way of porch
md window boxes for next summer
Consult your florist and make your
plans during the long winter evenings.
Flowers cannot be grown over night;
they should be started early in the
Spring.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

Another section of the Capitol Park
extension zone is being cleared of build
ings this week. Month by month the
work Of demolition goes on and the
next important step on the part of the
Commonwealth will be the planning of
the permanent treatment of the public
grounds. Governor Brumbaugh has a
large interest in this matter and his
great love for Pennsylvania will find
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

expression in the final scheme Of i'm
provement of these acres of property
now owned by the Commonwealth in
the very heart of Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

There are many attractive homes and
the tendency is now toward detached
houses and attractive surroundings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

Republicans who are running around
with chips on their shoulders seeking
a row are not manifestng much inter-
est in the welfare of the party.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

st. Valentine and the Ground
Hog are looming up on the high road
of the immediate future and close be-
hind them come Abraham Lincoln
and George Washington, arm in arm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Harrisburg is the burial place OF
Half King, famous Indian chief, but
his grave is unmarked.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg is making steel
for Spanish concerns?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

The man who gets wet skating
on thin ice is guilty of damp fool
ishness and you may pronounce it
any way you like.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

Preparedness ought to be popular
in those districts where Congressman
are proposing that $5,OOO,OOO naval
academies be established.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
TELEORAPH,S PERISCOPE

Twins thrice in three years."
says a Reading dispatch. No, the
father has neither run away nor gone
crazy.
-Kipling has sent the Russians q
greeting in verse. 1t was not, how
ever, ''The Bear That Walks Like a
Man."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

y. ]. STACKPoLE. PyrsE AID EditoriN. Chisf
IF. f, OYSTER, Business MdHdgcr.
GUS NJ. STEINMETz, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

The fifty-seventh annual meeting
of the State Horticultural Association
of Pennsylvania is in session for three
days at Reading. Cyrus II. Fox, of
that city, delivered the address of
welcome.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
THURSDAY EVENING, JAN. 20

One today Is aCOrtb ttGO TOMORROW
BENZ. FRANKLIN.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-06-16
Cemetery Improvement

The movement recently inaug-
urated by the Ministerial Union
to improve the road leading to
the Roanoke Rapids Cemetery, to
fence the cemetery and clean up
and improve the grounds should
have the hearty approval and
cooperation of every citizen
and every business interest in
the entire community.
The community unquestionably
owes q duty to its dead to keep
decent and slightly their last rest
ing place. The reason this duty
has never been performed here
is because the attention of our
citizens has never been forcefully
directed to this question.
We trust the Ministerial Union
will continue in this work until
it is satisfactorily concluded and
the community need no longer
be ashamed Of its cemetery.
The best way to secure per-
manent results in this connection
would be to organize a Cemetery
Association governed by a Board
Of Commissioners selected from
the entire community and let
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-06-16

There are sports clothes for every
body, but It is the young woman that
may be as daring as she likes in Sc
lecting them. Other people lock well
enough In them, when they are care
fully selected, but she can carry en-
anything that happens to please her
fancy. 1t is already evident that
sports coats and sports skirts please
her 80 well that she Is determined to
enliven the streets with them. Here
tofore she has relied upon fads OF the
hour, in the way of accessories, 10
add snap and individuality to her
tailored suit. Now she goes gayly
about In coats and skirts that don't
need anything additional in the way
Of snap.
1t Is a matter for thankfulness that
the colors and color combinations In
sports clothes are attractive. White
contrasted with bright green, light
yellow, tan, brown and several pleas
Ing blue shades, white and black, and
considerable rose color are predomi-
mating In the realm of sports clothes
White and green, white and blue, with
white and black, still divide honors In
popularity.
Two knitted sports coats Of silk,
with hats to match, are shown in the
picture. These are sweater coats
with knitted sashes that tie at the
front. Their hanging ends reach to
the bottom of the coat. At the left
grass.grecn is contrasted with white.
Tue coat has wide border Of white
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-06-16
Town of Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
June l4th, 1916
Advertisement for Proposal for
Constructing Granolithic
Sidewalk

Sealed bids will he received by til,
Mayor and Eoaid of Commissioners o.
the Town of Roanoke Rapids Moth
Carolina, until : clock P. NJ on the
28th day OF June 1916 for laying and
grading granoi,hIc sidewalks IN saio
town
Certified checks To the amount of :
percent of the bid offered will be
required with all bids, and the success
full bidder will be required to make
bond for forty percent of contract
price,
Plans, proiiles, specifications, forms
of proposals and instructions to bidders
may be obtained from the Mayor or
Clerk at Roanoke Rapids by depositing
the sum of five dollars as u guarantee
of their return.
. The right is reserved BY the Mayor
and Board of Commissioners to reject
any and all bids.
Estimated 10000 square yards OF
walk to be laid
J. w. TAYLOR, Mayor
j, 7. CHASE, Consulting Engineer.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-06-16
DIR. PAISLEY FIELDS
DENTIST
Office Hours 8 to 5. 7 to8p. m.
Office Second Floor Lyric Theatre Building
NOTICE

North Carolina,
Halifax County.
c. I. BRYANT, Plaintiff
VS.
MARY BELL BRYANT, Defendant
The defendant above namedwill take
notice that the plaintiff has commenced
an action entitled as above in the
Superior Court of Halifax County, to
obtain an absolute divorce from the
defendant; and the said defendant will
further take notice that she is required
to appear at the term Of the Superior
Court of said County. to be held on
the 3rd Monday before the first Mon
day in September at the Court House
of said County at Halifax, North
Carolina, and answer or demur to the
complaint filed in said action, or the
plaintiff will apply to the Court for
the relief demanded in said complaint.
S. M. GARY
Clerk of the Superior Court,
This 18th day of June, 1916. 6-l6-16-4t.