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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-03

important highway matters pending
upon which it is desired to secure
action without delay.
Tho Holiday Precedent
In making the announcement
Governor Brumbaugh followed up a
singular line of precedents of an
nouncement of important appoint
ments either on holidays or on Sat
urdays. The name of Mr.. O'Neil
has been mentioned in connection
with the highway commissioner
ship fc- over a year. Before Mr..
Black was appointed he was talked
of for the place and his selection
as insurance commissioner was
more or less of surprise.
Last winter during the speaker
ship contest there were reports that
Mr.. Black would retire or be
switched to another place and MIR.
O'Neil's name was mentioned again.
When the Somerset man resigned
Mr.. O'Ncil was again brought to the
front, but deprecated mention of his
name. 1t is understood consider
able pressure was brought to bear
upon him to get him to accept. Mir.
Amber has been mentioned for sew
eral places recently.
O'Neils Busy Career
Mr.. O'Neil, who mas been promi-
nent in State mercantile and in,
Allegheny county political circles
for years, was born in Elizabeth
where he is president of u bank, a
newspaper publishing company ana
large department store company.
lie was recorder of deeds of Allie
gheny county and county commits
Lloner, being appointed insurance
commissioner June 20, 1916. He
was also president of the State Mer-
chants Association and an officer of
the Associated Dailies Association
of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. O'Neirs appointment by Gov
ernor Brumbaugh, whose friends he
had opposed in Allegheny county
was one of the surprises last year.
Mr.. O'Neil has been a vigorous in
surance commissioner since taking
office and his work has attracted
national attention, notably his stren-
uous manner of putting companies
into the hands of receivers when
found insolvent. Several of the pro-
ceedings have been hotly contested
in the courts and the man from Nc
keesport has won every time.
Mr.. Amblcr's Life
Mr.. Amber was born in Jenkin-
town, Montgomery county, January
5, 1874, but has lived most of his
life in Abingdon, where he was edu-
Gated. After being in the mercantile
business he became president ofaroad
building and general contracting
company. He served one term as
postmaster of Arlington and as a
member of the House of Represen-
tatives from the First Montgomery
district in the sessions of 1903, 1905.
1906, 1907, 1909, 1913 and 1915,
being chosen speaker in the latter
session. He was a candidate for
the Republican nomination for audi
tor general last year.
Mr.. Amber has also been talked
of for Highway Commissioner and
Commissioner of Labor and Industry
in the political gossip of the last
year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-03
LIEUT.. PONIEROY
COMMISSIONER

Among the 800 new officers whose
commissions have just been signed by
President Wilson are several men
from the district and. one from the
city of Harrisburg. First Lieutenant
John n. Pomeroy, of 25 South Front
street, has heceived his commission
in the Ordnance corps and will leave
for Chambersburg; others in the dis
trict who have received their COM
missions are John Gebelin sent 10
Fort Hunter and Larmar Washing
ton goes 10 Bloomfield.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-03
DULL, SPLITTING,
SICK HEADACHE
DR.. James Headache Powders
relieve at once-10 cents a
package.

You take a DR.. James Headache
Powder and in just a few moments
your head clears and all neuralgia
and pain fades away. It's the quick
est and surest relief for headache,
whether dull throbbing. splitting or
nerve racking. Send someone to the
drug store and get dime package
now. Quit suffering-it's so needless.
Be sure you get DR.. James Head
ache Powders-then there will br no
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-03
NORWAY Food SHOT

Copenhagen, Sept. 3. = The Chris-
tiania Social Demokraten asserts that
Norway has provisions for only one
month and that the import prospects
are very gloomy. The paper demands
that the government seize all private
imports and food distributions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-03
CHICAGO STOCK MARKET

Chicago. Sept. 8. = Opening live
stock quotations in the Chicago
markets for to-day were as follows:
Hogs = Receipts, 10000; market
$17.OO@$1S,75; mixed, $16.9O@s1S.75;
heavy, $16.S5@ S1S.75; rough, S16.S50
S17.15; pigs, S12.OO@$16.75.
Cattle : Receipts $4,000; market
weak. Native beef cattle, $1,000
$16.50; western steers, s6.9O@$1S.SO:
stockers and feeders. $600@S9.2O;
cows and heifers. $4.SO@$13.O0; calves,
$12.00@$ $1,000.
weak: Whethers, s7.S5 SLIPS; lambs
$3.50 $1740.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-03

o by
is be used by the soldier after
distributed
for removal to the training
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-03
QUEER ARMY SUPERSTITION

The most genefally-accepted super
stition among soldiers is that of the
danger of using one match to light
three cigarets. 1t is a crime almost
for anyone to light the cigarets of
two companions with the match he
has just used to light his own. The
reason, IL is said. Is that such an
action means the speedy death of one
If not all three of the group.
In proof many stories are told. but
one in particular. A group of men
was billeted in house far back from
the battle-line. There had not been
a shell dropped in the village for
several weeks. A recruit suddenly
passed a box of cigarets among his
newly found friends. He struck a
match. and before any in the group
had realized it three cigarets had been
lighted. When it dawned on the
group what had occurred there was
a deep silence for fully a minute. The
offender, on being reproved. tried to
laugh his fears away, but he couldn't.
Two hours later the first shell in
weeks struck the billet. and the
lighter of the three cigarets with the
one match was instantly killed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-03

Howard Wilt, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Henry Wilt, 1447 Vernon street, is
serving his country as a private in
Machine Gun Company No. 33. United
States Infantry. now located at Gatun,
Panama Canal Zone. Private Wilt is
one of five members of the Gilbert C.
Cullmerry Sunday. School Glass of
fourteen young men in Olivet Pres
byterian Church, all under the draft
age, to enlist in the Army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-03
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ORPHEUM
Tuesday, matinee and night. Septem-
Der 4 AL. II. Wilson in a new
play, THE Irish Fifteenth"
Thursday. matinee and night, Septem-
Der 8 - The Broadway Bellies"
(Burlcsque).
COLONIAL
To-day and Tuesday = Charles Ray
in Sudden jim"
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday -
Alice Joyce in Within the Law"
REGENT
To-day, Tuesday and w ednesday -
Douglas Fairbanks in "Down to
Earth"
Thursday, Friday and Saturday--Mar-
guerite Clark in THE AmaZons."
~ PAXTANG
Vaudeville
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-03
O'NEIL is NEW
STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONER

[Continued From First Page.l
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TContinucd From First Page
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
Responsibility Of the Individual
By DR.. SAMUEL C. DIXON
Commissions Of Health Of Pennsylvaniia i.

When talk about representative form OF government and the
rarely think OF individual the
responsibility efficiency of and Its act
area highly critical the which municipalities and
conducted without blush at our
individual responsibility governmental affairs when 1t
time to direct them they should go.
The large majority from the time get the morning
after domestic affairs and those concerning bu
profession until the days consider efforts too great Tor
efficiency them be what they The large majority of voters
however stop weigh earnestly the acts of public officials day by
time for nominating officials
of nused take of affairs 1t
rarely you polls ngeny anaze the char
lives health
our personal property of paid
in higher civilized life
should be careful in voting for public officials are IN
Selecting which propose to deposit earnings
occupy part day lives that keep touch with
neglect play part government it becomes
interest affairs.
Indifference toward duties members OF
representative be compared with neglect
individual the morning and formulate daily
work looking professional duties but
the sanitary condition of our homes and the
physical and mental bodies place them the
highest point of efficiency.
Now let and deliberate and take thought
to the individual his body physically and
mentally p to the highest health it the adding
m of the strength individuals that the strength of
nation.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
3 SOBER SECOND THOUGHT
eBy GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS.
sQaQQQQQQQoQQQQQoao2QQQ2QJ

The Impulses of our Nature do not
Lead us, they Arouse us. And no
man is fit to contend gleriously for a
Fact or for a Cause until he is thor
oughly Aroused But to act upon
FIRST Impulses is an unwiSe and
most disastrous policy.
Halter your Impulses with Sober
Second Thought.
You will never lose anything by
carefully Thinking things over before
you act. In fact, it is our Sober Sec
Ond Thoughts that give us courage to
carry through successfully what comes
to us as necessary to be done. Cool
heads are always wiser than hot heads.
Halter your Impulses with Sober
Second Thought.
Most Of the regrets of the world
arise from important things done on
Impulse, which if but introduced at
once to Sober Second Thought, would
not have been done at all. Many q
man has resigned a good position on
Impulse only to be left for months and
years working up to where he left off.
Sober Second Thought is a companion
worth cultivating. : Halter your I'm
pulses with Sober Second Thought.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
One Could Get Credit at
Post Office in Early Days.

How letters were mailed before
postage stamps came into existence is
shown by an exhibit of old letters that
were sent to Wisconsin towns in the
territorial days, now preserved in the
state historical museum at Madison,
according to the Milwaukee Sentinel.
The old letters had no envelopes,
but consisted of sheets folded and
sealed. The postage was 8 cents a
sheet and an extra charge was made
for an envelope. Postage was paid. to
the postmaster and he marked the
letter paid.
1t was possible to have an account
at the post office, for which the post
master sent statement every month.
The postage was based or distance
sent, as well as the number Of sheets.
Although stamps made their appear
ance In 1S47, some letters sent to Blue
Mounds, Ore, and Madison as late as
1854 bore no stamps, and were simply
marked paid by the postmaster.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
G>xterrninste Stable Giles ard
Saw, Nto,u(.iw. Stock ec s. 4

cause flies are most numerous during
those seasons.
Il. Why is typhoid fever common
in one community and not in another?
Largely because the common houSef1y
is abundant in one locality and is con-
trelled in the other.
b. Where are flies most abundant?
Where there is most filth.
a. How shall we kill the fly? (a)
Destroy all filth about the house and
yard; (b) Put lime into the vault and
over the manure; (c) Trap all flies be-
fore they enter your home by using
wire fiytraps; (d) Kill all flies, large
or small, with a "swatter;" (e) Use
sticky fiypaper or fly poisons around
the house or store; (f) Pour borax
solution over manure, filth or other
places where the fly may rear its
young.
The Fly Peril in Cities.
In the fight against the deadly house
fly the public should understand the
odds against which it contends to rid
cities of this pest and the vigilance
necessary to obtain even modicuIn or
safety where the insects exist.
Each female lays 120 eggs, which
hatch in eight days. Ten days later
the new generation is in flight, carry
ing on the work of death. 1t is esti-
mated that the progeny of single
pair in one season is one seXtillion, or,
in figures, 100000 900, 000,00 100000.
Manure, garbage, and other filth are
the breeding spots of flies. The de-
partment of agriculture in its expert
ments has found larvae and pu-
paria enough in a pound of horse ma
| nure to make 200 houseflies. A sim
gle ill-kept stable will supply house
flies for a large territory.
There is hope of greatly lessening
the pests in cities if the authorities will
enforce good ordinances on the sub
ject of removing manure and garbage
promptly. The increase in autOmo-
biles and auto trucks has already aided
! in exterminating flies. Horse owners
can help the crusade by mixing
chloride of lime with the manure in
| the ratio of a quarter of pound of
the former to eight quarts of the lat
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11

McTnnis of the Athletics, .Hoblitzel and
Gamer of the Red Sox, Judge of the
Washingtons and Heilman of the
Tigers.
Sisler, however, led all the Ameri-
can. league first basemen in batting
and base running. He hung up a
batting average of 800 and stole "a
bags. Sisters fielding at times was
sensational. In fact, Jones said that
he frequently saw Sisler make plays
that Hal Chase could not have ex-
.celled. Sisler, left-handed batsman,
pounded the best pitchers in the John
son circuit and displayed so much nat
ural skill with his war club that Jones
predicted last fall that the former Uni
versity of Michigan star surely would
be one of the greatest hitters in base
ball history.
Jones' contention that Sisters value
to the Browns equals that of Cobb and
Speaker of the Tigers and Clevelands,
respectively, is based on the fact that
the st. Louis star can play every pO-
sition on the field, except behind the
bat. Sisler is frst-class left-handed
pitcher. In fact, Jones had an idea
of using him regularly in the box until
he discovered that Boston, an expert
mental first baseman, was weak at the
bat.
Sisler has covered second, third and
short acceptably and also has done
splendid work in the outfield, but his
best position is the first corner and
he will be stationed there permanently.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11

The following advice to newly mar
ried couples is given by Foster G. Id
dings, police court judge Of Sioux City,
Iowa:
"There's no house big enough to
shelter two families.
"Too much mother-in-law is not a
good thing for young couples.
"Too much father-in-law has the
same effect.
"a wife should leave her husband
to visit relatives at least two weeks
every year. On her return she appre-
ciates him better.
"a husband should leave his wife
at least two weeks each year. He ap-
rebates her more when he returns.
"a young couples place Is by them
selves. Their battles are their own.
"Welcome your relatives as COM
pany, but don't permit more than one
to come at a time"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
Sea Sled Fastest Boat.

Scarcely less spectacular and inter-
esting than mans conquest of the air
is the recent development of methods
for Swimming over the water. First
came the keelless motorbOats known
as hydroplanes, which are made of
very light material, and skim over the
water like a fiat dish. Now this type
bids fair to be superseded by the sea
sled, which has two keels instead OF
none and rides upon the cushion of air
imprisoned between them. A sea sled
has been adopted by the United States
government and is said to be the fast
est boat atioat.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
Greenbottle Fly.

ter. A still cheaper and more effec-
tive destroyer of the larvae is kerO-
sene, a pint of which sprayed upon
every eight quarts of manure will kill
the maggots.
So far as the dwelling house is con-
cerned there are a number of effective
ways Of destroying flies. Carbolic
acid is one Twenty drops Of this on
heated shovel or anything of the
kind will kill the insects by it's vapOr.
But as this is a dangerous thing to
have in the house where young chill
dren are, it would be better to get
something harmless and yet effective.
Buy one dram of bichromate of
potash at drug store. Dissolve 1t in
| two ounces of water, add little sugar.
and place the mixture in shallow
dishes about the house.
Another good remedy is formalin or
| formaldehyde. A spoonful of this in
quarter of a pint of water will kill
all the flies. AS this is poison, it
must be placed where children cannot
reach it.
When q room is found full of flies
they may be Immediately destroyed by
the use of pyrethrum powder. Close
the doors and windows and pull down
all the shades except one, which leave
UP about a foot Take into the room a
tablespoonful Of the powder on hot
shovel. The fumes will drive the flies
in their death struggle toward the foot
of light at the window. There they
will fall dead and may easily be swept
out.
There are various kinds of sticky fly
paper. traps, etc. The papers should be
burned when they have done their
work.
Screen every window and door OF
your house and keep the screens on
till you start up your furnace.
Have separate screen covers for
food which must be exposed In pantry
and kitchen.
Let cleanliness, and cleanliness, and
vet more cleanliness be your motto all
summer long.
important Don'ts.
Don't dine at hotel, boarding
house or restaurant where flies are
tolerated.
Don't allow flies in your house.
Don't permit them near your food.
especially milk.
Don't buy food where flies are per-
mitted.
Don't allow them In the Sickroom.
Don't let them crawl over the baby
or the nipple of its nursing bottle.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
Iondon,s Dirty Windows.

London is a city of dirty windows.
This is especially true of the windows
of the large office buildings and the no.
tells. Woman cleaners have been en-
ployed, but they have confined their
work TO the windows nearest the
ground Most of the work is at dan
gerous heights, and the insurance COM
panies have refused to insure against
accidents to woman window cleaners.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
Flash Lights.

Everybody knows that silence !
is golden, but few try to get rich
: that way.
: When q married man starts
: making the acquaintance OF
chorus girls some divorce law
; yer begins listing him as a pos
, sible client.
One of the queer things about
this world is the amount of in
side information that is peddled
on the outside.
The millionaires aren't really
such bad lot. We know a num- !
Der of them who still have the :,
same wives they began married !
life with.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
GEORGE SISLER is PICKED
TO RIVAL COBB WITH STICK
Fielder Jones Calls Star of Browns
Best First Baseman in Ameri-
can League.

Fielder Jones, manager of the st.
Louis Browns, expresses the opinion
that George Sisler is the best first
baseman in the American league,
the same class with Tyrus Cobb and
that at the end of the season the
Browns crack first saeker will have
a batting average that will compare
favorably with the record of both
Cobb and Speaker.
Sisler played 140 games at first base
last year. He made "a fielding errors
and his percentage was 1856. Heswas
excelled in this respect by Pipp of the
Yankees, Gaadil OF the Clevelands
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11

"What Is your
definition of q
philosopher ask
ed the Old Fogy.
"a philosopher,
reptile d tn e
Crouch" is q man
who studies and
analyses his own
weaknesses and
makes other men
wonder how he
discovered their
weaknesses"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11

Ira Black. aged seventy-fve OF
Palermo. Me-, husked out 163 bushels
of corn. made Al long traces. picked
nearly all the apples on his farm ana
gathered the garden vegetables last
fall
The tusks OF the African elephant
sometimes weigh as much as 100
pounds each. and reach length OF
eight or nine feet.
There are about 35.000,000 fur felt
hats made In the United States each
year. and about 100000 wool felt
ones.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
SOME SMILES
Unconqucred.

" eS, SAD the
veteran of many
wars, II have par
ticipated in no
less than seven
t e en- en- g a & e.
mentS."
"W h q { ~ eX-
claimed the pretty
grass widow. "And
you gre still a
bachelor
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
The Housefly.

e regions where domestic animals
Zee reared. In regions bordering on
tropics the flies are of Importance
&tDughOut the entire year. In the ex-
eine southern part of our. country
mere is no month during the year in
which flies are not annoying to horses
md cattle. In the Northern states,
Ae. fly is particularly injurious and
lundant in the late summer and
Itigations made during recent
bowed clearly that the vast ma
bf stable flies bred in straw
1t was also shown that while
breeds in pure horse manure. it
M mixture of this substance
raw.
was found to be breeding in
Phter abundance in oat straw
wheat straw. Rice straw was
nd to furnish suitable breed
ktions end there is little doubt
riley and rye also serve as food
immature stages of the insect.
evelopment of this insect is
that slower than that OF the
Rly and it Is therefore quite nee
wthat the eggs be deposited in
krge quantities of material for
sd out successfully.
most insects, the deStruc-
his one when it is actually
injury is what is most de-
hose concerned. With this
with many others, this is
Ifficult time to accomplish
Cesult.
recent outbreak in Texas
ent substances were tried
of repelling the flies from
Although some materials
ksure of protection for a
Id a lasting effect. In adj
temporary value of these
6jury was sometimes pro-
their application. Many
mixtures, particularly of
se, have some value, but in
Ase care should be taken
re not made too strong
when animals are being
hot sun. If they are
Gng they are likely to
ting of the animal and
Eiding of the hair.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
PraiseWoPthy.

Rich Uncle-Is it true that you have
compromised with your creditors for
two cents on the dollar?
Nephew-Yes, uncle, but
Rich Uncle-But nothing! I doubled
my legacy to you when heard of your
cleverness.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
Lucky Ma!

'NOt until / married did I realize
how lucky my mother was" sighed the
bride.
"Why."
swell, she had me to help her wash
the dishes and have to do our dishes
all alone"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
Rudyard Kipling has found tina

Rudyard Eipling has found that
shopkeepers. instead of cashing his
smaller checks. sell the autographs to
curiosity seekers, always for more,
often much more, than the face value
of the check.
The Swedish match factories have
decided TO reduce the size of matches
owing to the fact that Russia has for
hidden the export of aspen wood.
Two Illinois inventors patented q
bracket with which it is possible TO
hang both shades and curtains at win
dows without using nails or screws.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
Tobacco.

The area devoted to the cultivation
OF tobacco in the United States IN
1915 was 1,36S, 400 acres. The produc-
ton of tobacco was LOGO, 5S70OO
pounds. ana the farm value on De-
:eIaber l, 1915, S96.041. 900.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
A Mean Man.

ST never thought Smith was man
TO desert a woman in an emergency"
'Why, what did he do:"
''Their cook gave notice yesterday
and this morning he left his wife cry
ing for help"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-05-11
He Knew.

Willie Willis-What are 'pieces of
artillery" pa?
Papa Willis-I think they must be
the kind that the girl next door plays
on the piano.