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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
APPLEBUTTER

"HIS matter of food conservation
sounds worse than it is. We
note two bright spots, at least,
in the latest sheaf of instructions"
from the learned gentlemen at Wash
ington whose business it is to devise
formulas that will satisfy our stom-
achs and not distress your Uncle
Samuel in his efforts to make the
grub" supply GO around. They have
some mighty fine ideas of table econ
omy, do these culinary experts of the
national kitchen. They can do every
thing but tell you how to eat your
cake and have it, too. and it is under
stood a corps of them is working
out solution of that problem.
Wisdom fairly oozes from the
pores of these eminent domestic
scientists. Take applebutter, for ex-
ample. All the "windfalls" and the
"culls' of the orchards shall be
turned into applebutter is the decree
that has gone out from Headquarters.
Thus the apples will be saved and
lhe loou supply or the nation in
creased. It's a fine thought, albeit
a trifie tough for the hogs that used
10 fatten on the culls.
BE patriotic and eat more apple
butter than usual" advises the bulle-
tin. This is the grandest little way
of being patriotic we know. Doing
ones bit with piece of applebut-
ter bread in one hand and a coffee
cup in the other beats dining without
meat or wheat in our estimation
and we hasten to obey.
Mother, bring in pint of apple.
butter, some fresh-churned butter. q
loaf of homemade bread and the
coffee pot. Then go away off and
watch us help Hoover lick the Ger.
mans.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
MAN WHO LET RUSSIA OUT OF CAGE

coat with large buttons, a short jac-
ket, and wide breeches, like those of
the Dutch workmen, and was work
ing in a shipyard, at Zaandam. He
called himself Peterbas, or Master
Peter; and if he was addressed by
any other title he pretended not to
understand. At shipbuilding, he
worked four months, not simply
watching other men, but using his
own hammer and adze. a little later
he went to England. William III gave
him a cordial welcome, and quite
won his heart by getting up sham
naval battle for him.
This energetic young Tsar never
learned to behave himself properly,
If he felt too warm at dinner, he
sprang up and threw off his coat. He
met a lady of the court one day and
shouted Halt" at the top of his
voice. Her watch hung at her waist.
He caught it up, looked to see the
time, and passed on. A handsome
house was loaned him while he stay
ed in England; but after his depar-
ture, the government had to pay the
owner a large sum, for this strange
visitor had carelessly torn the hang
ings down, ruined valuable pictures,
and even broken out doors and win
dows. 1t is said that, before he left
England, he presented to the English
king a magnificent uncut diamond,
wrapped in a bit if dirty paper He
went to make call on the German
emperor, and kept putting his hat
upon his head and pulling it off again
throughout his visit. The instant he
escaped from the palace, he leaped
into a boat on q pond in the park
and rowed' about with all his might,
as if he could not have borne the
royal interview another minute.
When Peter returned to Russia, he
built schools and factories, made
roads and improved the laws; he es-
tablished a printing press and
built mills for making paper and
linen. He had learned that his army
was not equal to the troops of west
ern Europe: so he set to work to i'm
prove it. He made his men give up
their cumbrous long-skirted robes
and dressed them in a more soldierly
fashion. Then he armed and drilled
them as the troops of the west We're
armed and drilled. He still longed for
port on the Baltic, but another
king, quite as energetic as he, held
the land. This was Charles XII of
| Sweden. He was only IS, but he was
| already a remarkable military COM
mander. Denmark, Poland and Rus
| sia united against him, and he beat
! them all. When news of the defeat
was brought to Peter he said, Il eX-
pected the Swedes to beat us, but
they will soon teach us how to beat
them" He set to work to drill, to
make cannon, even melting up the
bells of the churches when other
metal gave out, and to prepare for q
severe battle and victory. He was
also building, on a swampy island al
the mouth of the Neva river, his cap
ital, st. Petersburg, which was des-
tined to be one of the most brilliant
cities of Europe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
Light That Should Shine

IF the mayor of Lowden, Iowa.
where several prominent citizens
have been arrested on a charge of
treason, measures up to the record
of the dispatches, his talents have
been wasted. The mayor, whose
name is Hoeltje, is said to have
issued a proclamation warning the
American. people not to say any,
thing to irritate and provoke our
COMMUNICATIONS
A mayor with such point of view
toward the war deserves a larger and
more conspicuous stage. He ought
to be in the United States Senate
helping Reed and Gore burke the
food control bill. He should be pre-
senting petitions opposing the select
i've draft and seconding the Hard
wick resolution prohibiting the send
ing of drafted troops to France with
out their consent. He ought to be
making speeches on the floor of the
Senate for Potsdam peace and sup
porting the Prussian maneuvers OF
La Toilette, Gronna and Sherman.
His is a light that should no longer
be hidden under bushel.-The New
York World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14

TROM the time that Rurik is said
II to have ruled Russia, the coun-
try had little history for nearly
eight hundred years. One reason was
because it was overrun for two CEN
turies by barbarians from Asia, call
ed Tartars. Another was because, al
though it had become strong, it was
like lion shut up in cage. He may
be powerful, but he cannot show his
power until he gets out. In this case,
the cage" was the different people
that kept the country from the rest
of the world, writes Eva March Tap
pan in her "Old World Hero Stores" &"
The Tartars shut it from the Black
and Caspian seas, the Lithuanians lay
between it and Germany, and the
Swedes and others held the land
about the Baltic Sea. Archangel was
Russia's only seaport, and the harbor
of that was frozen many months of
the year.
The man who let Russia out of the
cage was wild, rough, young fell
low of seventeen, named Peter, af-
terwards called Peter the Great.
When he was a small boy, he came
across an old half-rotten boat. 81 can
remember when your great-uncle
used to sail that" said an old peas
ant. He could sail against the wind"
No one could show the boy how this
was done, but he searched till he at
last found a teacher. He learned to
sail the boat and so began his navy.
He picked up boys in the streets and
grooms from the stables for a COM
pany of soldiers; and this was the be-
ginning of his army.
When this kingdom without a sea-
port fell into his hands, he set to
work, first, to build a navy, and he
sent young men to Holland and Eng
land and Italy to learn about naval
affairs. Return when you have be-
come good sailors, and not before"
he commanded them. After a while,
he himself set out for tour of
Europe, and never was there such a
traveller with such wide-open eyes.
He wanted to see everything and to
learn everything. II want to know
how these people live" he said, on
one occasion, stopping his carriage
before a house. He sent the owner
out of doors and then examined it at
his leisure. Another time he waded
in water kneezdeep across a meadow
to visit a mill that struck him as
worth seeing. He learned how to
make ropes and sails and
fireworks. He studied architecture
with one man, natural history with
another, and even took drawing les
sons and was taught how to engrave
He sent home great blocks oi
marble for the use of artists-wher
there should be any; he sent arm:
and tools, and a stuffed crocodile fol
the beginning of museum. He sem
also sailors gunsmiths anC
naval officers.
This remarkable sovereign was no
satisfied to see things done and tC
hire men to do them; he wanted tC
do them himself The next we heal
of him, he was wearing a red waist.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
The Race of Heroes

More than a year ago a young man
from Kansas City died fighting in
France. He hadn't waited to be
drafted. He hadn't even waited for
the United States to enter the war.
He fought splendidly, bore many
wounds and fell only after a game
fight.
That was the story sent months
after his death to his parents here.
But the colonel who wrote it did not
know that tho young lieutenant was
Of a race of heroes, that seven of his
ancestors fought with Bruce on Flod-
den Field.
The advance guard of Americans
who have been fighting in constantly
increasing numbers since the war be-
gan have been big factor in win
ming the ground on which our army
will stand. They have proved their
heroism and vindicated their Ameri-
canism. That kind never came from
line of slackers.-The Kansas City
Star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
What Father Crotty Said

After Easement had exhausted his
arts in trying to persuade the men
to desert their flag, and when a
number of them had been shaken IN
their allegiance, Father Crotty,
whom I look upon as one of the
heroes of the war, was asked by his
German mentors if he would speak
a word of authority to the waverers
that day at mass. Faith, and l
will" said he. 1t must have been d
dramatic scene-the Irish soldiers
gathered together in their rough,
camp chapel, the priest near the
altar, the German officer in uniform
waiting, like Mephistopheles, for the
words to fall from the priests lips
that were to betray these men into
his power. The time came for the
good priest to speak to his children.
Men of Galway, Glare and Con-
naught," he said, "the German En-
peror wants you to go and fight on
his side, and some people have been
telling you that it is a proper thing
for you to do. And l have been ask
ed to tell you the same. But 1 have
been sent to you by his Holiness
the Pope, not to talk politics to you
or to mislead you, or TO be the pro-
curer of any King or Kaiser on
earth, but to tell you in the name OF
God and of the Holy Church what
Is good and right for men to do. AS
the priest of God I tell you it is your
duty as good Catholics to keep the
oath you have taken to be loyal to
your king. And that's all / have to
say TO you this day. May the grace
of God rest upon you and help your
IF Seton Delmar in The Times OF
London
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
HYMNS FOR SOLDIERS

rrYMNBOOKS for the soldiers is
the latest plea, and it has
sound common sense behind 1t.
Nothing steadies a man away from
home as do the good old songs he
learned to love in his childhood.
Nothing SO stiffens the backbone of
a down-hearted. discouraged home
sick soldier as a familiar song or a
ringing chorus.
But there are hymnbooks and
hymnbooks. Those back of the
movement to send supply to the
soldiers should choose the old stand
bys; the dear. sweet, enduring old
hymns, such as Lead, Kindly
Light" Rock of Ages" Onward,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
La FOLLY !!

= A TOILETTE appears not to
have recovered from that fit of
mental alteration he suffered
in Philadelphia several years ago,
which cost him whatever chance he
had of being nominated for presi-
dent. Either that or he is a friend
of Germany and an enemy of the
United States. To judge him men,
tally erratic is the more charitable.
To talk peace as La Toilette pro-
poses is to give aid and comfort to
Germany. The senator's peace reso-
luton is not only out of place, but
borders on treason, if it is not the
vaporing of a disordered mind.
La Follette's name has been mis-
spelled and mispronounced as much
as that of any man in public life
Why not give it a new twist? Why
not spell it La Folly?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14

Christian Soldiers" and the like. In
recent years hymn and gospel song
writing has reached the point of
competition with the versatile gen.
tlemen of the fagtime shops, who
turn out compositions at 30 much the
dozen. The words are bad and the
music is worse. If we arc going to
send our boys regtime, let's give 'em
the genuine vaudeville stage kind,
not the variety that masquorades be-
tween the covers of some OF the new
collections OF so-called sacred songs,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
Proved BY Statistics

An old man went into a life insur-
ance office in Hartford, Conn.,, and
requested to be insured. The COM
pany asked his age. His reply was
"ninety-four."
why, my good man, we cannot
insure you," said the company.
"Why not?" he asked.
Because you are a."
What of that?" cried the old
man. Look at the statistics and
they will tell you that fewer men die
after "a than before it."-Chicago
Herald
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
Don't Apologize

A clergyman who preached a
strong sermon against gambling and
betting at n church near Newmarket ct
was surprised at a Subsequent lunch
con to find himself opposite to a
well-known bookmaker, who had sat
in a front pew. The clergyman
thought 1t necessary to explain that
he meant nothing PERSONAL by his
remarks from the pulpit The book
maker smiled pleasantly. "Oh, don't
apologize" he said. 1T would be a
mighty poor sermon that didn't hit
me somewhere" - Chicago Daily
News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

r. /. O'Donnell, the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad general superintendent,
is home from France where he went
last month to look into the railroad
situation.
Senator Frank P. Croft gave a
dinner at Fort washington to boom
Improvement OF highways in the
vicinity of Valley Forge.
Col. e. M. Young, of the Gov
ernor's staff. took leading part in
securing the new market site for
Allentown.
Grant e. DELPHI, of Pottsville.
has been chosen as the first registrar
of Kutztown State Normal School.
B. Gordon Brimley, prominent
philadelphia lawyer, is serving as
a member of draft board.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
Belgian Prince Murders

It is fair to the German navy to
say that not all the U-boat comand-
ers are such vile wretches as the one
who murdered the crew of Belgian
Prince. Some OF them, indeed, have
shown both humanity and courtesy.
But if any of those who have perpe-
trated foul crimes have been pun
ished for it by their superiors. the
fact has never been made known.
Those Germans who realize that
worldly wide hostility to their country
is mainly due to German atrocities
have on opportunity to demand of
their government an explanation of
the affair of the Belgian Prince
The Springfield Republican.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
What Virginia's Vote Means

The victory of Westmoreland Davis
in Virginia has put the vets in a
broad smile and has doubtless caused
much chagrin, IL not alarm, in dry
circles. But while the liquor forces
doubtless gave him a boost" with a
right good will. the result of the
Virginia Democratic primary can
scarcely he translated into a verdict
for reaction. Mr.. Davis did not make
his canvass on a wet platform and he
is distinctly pledged to uphold exist
ing egislation.-The Baltimore Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14

the country are now employing wom-
en- since they have been found to
excel in making wings and wing sur
faces.
British women or girl typists or
telephonists with the army who COM
nit any offense will be tried by the
ordinary courts. and not by court
martial.
By the general vote of the member
ship of the Amalgamated Society of
Engineers of Canada, A. r. McNamel
of Montreal, has been selected their
general organizer.
Linoleum workers of Kirkcaldy,
Scotland, have received another adj
vance in wages, making a total
advance OF so per cent. since the out
break of the war.
A new process for the distillation
of peat has been patented in Great
Britain, which produces coke, fuel
oil, toluol, ammonia, pariffin and ace
tone of high grade.
To deal with the British Imperial
Army's post bag there are eighty-five
officers and 1000 N. C. O.'s and men
and in London 140 discharged soldiers
and 700 temporary sorters.
Fifty thousand employees of the
nglish bleaching and dyeing trades
in Lancashire, Cheshire and Derby
shire have been granted bonus OF
from S1.75 to 1915 a week.
The worlds tin-smelting capacity is
placed at $4,000 tons. Asia is cred
tied with $4,000 tons. Germany with
1920 tons. the United States with
l1,200 tons and Australia with 3,40C
tons.
Owing to the increased demand for
experienced inspectors, the United
State Arsenal at Springfield, Mass. is
considering the advisabiIity of EN-.
ploying women to inspect arms made
there.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
He Wanted Courtesy

(which would you rather vote for,
an old-fashioned politician or an up
to-date reformer?"
'I believe 1 would prefer the old
fashioned politician"
But he's apt to be crooked"
"I don't care. He has a courte-
Gus way of soliciting my vote that
formers who think they are battling
for religious cause don't stand on
ceremony and rudely demand my
vote. e."-Chicago Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
A Fine Trip

Bayley entered the empioynent
agency office hurriedly, barely paus-
ing to wipe the perspiration from his
brow.
Have you a cook who will go to
the country" he questioned anx-
iously.
The manager turned and opened
n door, leading into the adioinine
room and called out:
rs there anybody here would 1,lxe
to spend day in the country ?"-
Chicago Daily News
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
A PROPER RULING

"HE public will agree with the
ruling of the War Department
requiring Quakers and others
having religious scruples against war
to serve their country under the
draft act. There are plenty of places
for noncombatants in the military
service. conscientious ob1ectors"
are not going to be nearly so numer-
Gus as result.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
Kansas Deteriorating

Kansas isn't what it was. For the
first time in the history of the state
it has been deem ed necessary to send
Kansas men to a college of oratory.-
The Topeka Capital.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
No Need of a Home

An Atchison woman explains that
she and her husband concluded not
to buy the house they were consider
ing last spring because they have
bought a car and don't need a home
now.-The Atchison Globe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
Following the Fashion

What has become Of the old
fashioned adventures who could
block traffic on a wet street by lifting
her skirt to her ankles ?-The Gal
weston News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
Another German Blunder

German Zeppelins over London
brought hundreds of thousands of
recruits to the British army. The
mistake is now repeated by German
submarines, which have sunk the to-
bacco consignments for Pershing's
army.-The New York Evening Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
Momentous Question

VIII the Colonel ever recognize
Major General Taft as superior Of
ficer?-The Rochester Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
Chance to Use a Wrench

What Germany needs is an open
plumbing form of government.-The
Chicago News
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
TUESDAY EVENING. AUGUST II

He toho toiH neUer do anything
that he is not paid for 4oiH soon
reach the place a0here no one a1iH
pay for anything that he does.
CHRISTIAN REGISTER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
PEACE PROPOSALS

with Joy news that Pope Bene-
dict has proposed terms of
peace to all the belligerent nations.
but even the most optimistic will not
hope for too much at the present
time.
The best that can be said of the
proposals are that they come from
o source friendly to the allies. This
the vatican has taken pains to i'm
press upon the world in the past
week or two. 1t may be read into
every item of news that has come
out OF Rome in the past fortnight
First came word that the Pope ia
vored the return OF Alsace to the
French. This announcement was
made through the papal secretary of
state. Then came the rumor that
the Pope was displeased with his
secretary as a result of this publica-
ton and that he meant to replace
him. Quickly followed the emphatic
denial of this by the Pope himself
and his exp preston of entire conf
dence in the official under fire.
In all this may be seen clever dip
lomacy-the Pope letting the allies
know that his heart is with their
cause, and that his move for peace
is in the interests of world democ-
racy, at the same time maintaining
a position that on the surface must
be regarded as strictly neutral and
against which Germany can lodge no
objections that the world would rec
ognize as valid. The whole busi-
ness has been handled with discre-
ton characteristic of the diplomacy
of Rome and the developments of
the week lead up skilfully to the
of peace that startled the
world to-day.
The effect cannot be other than
beneficial to the cause of the allies,
no matter what the immediate out
come may be. The allies have no
reason to conceal their aims. A plain
statement by the governments of all
the allied nations would do no more
than clear the air and emphasize the
honesty of their purposes. Such a
presentment of facts and policies
would immensely strengthen the
cause of the entente and of America.
On the other hand, Germany will
be placed in the position of being
forced either to definitely set forth
her terms of peace, or stand convict
ed of being bent upon laying the
whole world tribute to Prussian
arms. 1t must be remembered, also,
that the great Catholic party of Ger
many is inclined to peace and the
characterization of the German gov
ernment and the turmoil stirred up
by the centerists in the Reichstag re-
Gently, which was quieted only after
herculean efforts on the part of the
junkers, no doubt will break out
afresh if the Kaiser and those who
are in his confidence do not conduct
themselves with the utmost appear
ance of sincerity in the negotiations
about to be started.
Then, too, there is Austria, hun
gering for peace, whose diplomats
may be suspected of being in pretty
close touch with the vatican, and
Bulgaria, whose ruler to-day openly
admits his people are desirous of
ending the war as soon as possible.
Against these are innumerable in
tricacies of European diplomacy
that do not appear on the surface,
and which will initiate against an
early settlement of the war. But,
to repeat, the coming of peace will
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
Labor Notes
By Briggs
Dublin, ireland. laundry workers
demand war bonus.

Battle Creek Typographical Union
has raised wages of its newspaper
members. Floormen are advanced 81
a week and machinemen 81 a week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg has dou-
bled the number of motor We
hicles owned here in three years?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
OUR DAILY LAUGH

Mr.. Bird-You never have any
thing but cold worms for dinner.
Why don't you have some nice hot
Ere hies2
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14
HTSTORIC uARRTcpvrr,

Troops camped along the River
of the Whisky Instruction.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14

Aeroplane manufacturers all over
the country are now employing wom-
en- since they have been found to
excel in making wings and wing sur
faces
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-14

Il. ]. .STACKPOLE. Prss't s. Editoy-ia-C Chisf
+. r. OYSTER, BsSinsis Mamoger.
Gus NJ. STEINMETZ, Ma.agiaS Editor.
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