Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
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Tor years pastor of Market Square
| Church, said one time that his idea
or an unfortunate person was a left
handed man trying to work a re- ,
VoIVlng door the wrong way in a
croWded doorway. There were two
incidents last night in Harrisburg
Whlch happened almost at the same
Ilne whose leading participants Of
Ter claims to the position so justly
| set forth by DR.. Stewart. A man
VINO had been hunting with two dogs
got into car going toward Allison
! Hill. About the time the car
reached the Pennsylvania railroad
station entrance he discovered he
was going the wrong way and rush 4
ing TO the rear Of the car, demanded
TO be let off. The conductor told
MIN to go to the other end. The car
was crowded, of course, and the man
ana the two dogs on the chain left a
| trall Oh words and bruised feelings in
thelr wake. When they reached the
front door the car was rapidly de-
scending the grade and the man
had to stand on the platform until
the Reading station was reached.
When he got out of the car after
enduring much Kidding and some
words not jocular, a lone boardyard
cur cruised up and took on both of
MS hounds. By the time the fight
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the chain holding the two dogs was
between his legs. The other unfor-
tunate man had on an oVercoat ap-
parently new. At any rate the fur
collar was new. He started to cross
Market street near the courthouse.
diagonally. Wise people cross at
right angles. A trolley car lust
missed him and a jitney didn't. 1t
hit him. 1t knocked his hat under
the next car and rubbed the coat in
| the dirt. Just then girl who knew
the man spoke to him out of the
jitney.
Including the 100000 copies of
the QUESTIONABLE for men register
ed under the selective service law
for the Army. which have been sent
to the local draft boards, the state
draft headquarters expects to ship
something like 10.6O0,0OO blanks.
envelopes, forms and similar papers
between now and the start of the
second call. The questionnaires are
practically all in the hands of the
local draft boards, which will start
distributing them December Is.
There are to be received at state
headquarters for shipment to local
boards two envelopes for each regis
trant one to be used for mailing him
the questions and the other for the
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other forms and blanks and papers
are to be mailed out.
Probability of war being declared
with Austria has brought a flood of
inquiries to the State Capitol from
men interested in maintaining forces
of laborers either on constructive.
work or in industrial plants. There
are thousands of Austrians employed
in Pennsylvania's iron industry and
state officials are being asked to de-
fine their status in event of war.
People at the Capitol say that it is
a matter for federal authorities.
State apiary advisers are urging
the beekeepers of the state. who are
generally believed to be increasing
: in number, to discontinue the old
fashioned method of smoking out
bees to get the honey. The bee men
say that there are better ways of
getting the bees quieted than
smoking them which is disagreeable
at best and just as apt as not TO
make trouble for the man who does
it. In this part of the state there,
have been hives burned through
careless firing.
Harrisburg used to be a great
place for hay sales, but there is com =
| DaTdIlNelN
longer. One of the reasons assigned
by a farmer who was talking about
) the matter yesterday is that so many
farmers bale their hay on their
farms and ship it right off to agents
in large cities. This year there is a
; great demand because of the war. 1T
: used to be nothing unusual for large
wagons filled with hay to come here
and have the contents baled and then
sold to people in other cities. But
l the farmer now makes the money
that he used to pay the city man.
Samuel D. Matlack, who has been
selected to do the legal work for the
commission to revise the banking
laws of Pennsylvania, is one of the
most qualified men in the state at
that work. He was the law clerk for
the commission which drafted the
remarkable decedents code which
passed the last Legislature and is re-
garded as n monumental work. Mr..
Matlack will make a general digest
of the state banking laws and the
commission will have sittings in var
ious cities to hear suggestions.
A man blew into one of the city
restaurants yesterday and finding
something with wheat in it refused
to order and walked out. His idea
| was tnaC tne restaurant people
should not supply anything like that
on wheatless days. Half an hour
later he came back and ordering
about a dimes worth hunted up the
proprietor prepared to scrap.
Il don't believe in eating wheat
food on such days" said he.
Neither do /. Here's your hat"
answered the man at the desk.
mr. Josenh Kalbf1s. whose talk
before the Pennsylvania State So
ciety yesterday attracted unusual at
tention because of the wide know
ledge of birds shown by the speaker,
is developing very interesting SER
les Of talks. The society has been
holding monthly luncheons and the
plan to bring the officials of the
state government together is work.
ling out very well.