Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-06
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Geheral Peyton Z. March to be chief
or STAFF of the Army. This is the
place held lately by another Penn
sylVanian, General Tasker III. Bliss
Lewisburg man and a brother oF
Robert Z. Bliss, of the State Library.
General March is one of the six
sons of the late Prof. Francis III.
March, the grand old man of Lafay-
ette, all of whom have made good.
In addition to the General the other
members OF this remarkable family
are THOMAS 5. March, author and
state high school inspector. who
llNes here; Aldan March, editor of
the Philadelphia Press; Moncure c.
March, general counsel of the
Equitable; Pref. John March, of
Union College, and Prof. Francis G
March, of Lafayette.
Harry S. Calvert, who was secre-
tary of the old State Railroad Com
mission, was here this week on mat
ters connected with state depart
ments.
The claim that the United States
has claim of about $3,OOO,OOO
against the State of PENNSYLVANIA is
nothlnS new to people here. Such
thlngs turn up every now and then.
just IKE great estates abroad and
properties in the heart of every CITY.
When the latest claim came up peo-
pie at the Capitol gave three
guesses: New York, border claims
and washington. Most of them
guessed Washington first.
Jesse e. b; Cunningham. for
mer Deputy Attorney General ran
up against the law the other morn
ing, but seems to have survived and
also gotten breakfast. Mr.. Cunning
ham dropped into IL luncheon place
and after some thinking of bow
hood days ordered sausage and
wheat cakes. Back came the wait
ress.
Sorry but this is a meatless and
also a wheatless day."
1T is, it is remarked Mr.. Cum
ningham, We'll bring me what the
| law allows"
DR.. John II. Eager isn't going to
be cheated out of his spring hypati-
ca. (For the benefit of the benight,
the Telegraph pauses to explain that
the hypatica is spring wild flower
| and that when DIR. Eager in years
agone used to find the first hypatica
| the weather man sat up and took
note of the fact that spring had ar
| rived. But with winter calcuia-
| tons all shot to pieces, the Ground
| hog prediction for six more weeks
of cold weather and spring still
hull down in the offing, DR.. Eager
can sit in his easy chair by the fire
side these days and laughter on
| his window sill there is growing
a clump of hypatica plants that
are fine and thrifty despite the zero
| weather and that are going to bloom
on time, no matter how the blue
birds feel about their northern trip.
DIR. Eager said yesterday, in dis
cussing his hypatica plants with a
! friend that the public has destroy
ed most of the hypatca roots in
Wildwood park by too Jealous pick
, ing and that he now permits a friend
of his to find the first blossom of
the spring in little glen the secret
of which is not known to the gem
eral public and whose flowers are
watched and cherished by those who
know how to take care of them.
The thoughtless man has few
friends even in a trolley car. This
was rather strikingly shown the
other evening when a citizen who
wanted to go to about the top of
Allison Hill got on a Hummelstown
car, which was already packed with
people who had to go from five to
nine miles. Without regard for any
one else, or himself, he took a place
near the rear door, ignoring the in
junction to move up front" The
car was delayed about three and a
half minutes at Thirteenth and
Market streets while the switch was
cleared of snow and ice and when it
did get under way the man called
out that he wanted off at Howard
street and began to edge toward the
| front door NhV he r1t,F
while the car Nwas stalled at Thir-
teenth and Market, one block away,
no one knows. At any rate the car
went on until it reached Vernon
street and the man held it up half
a minute more while he gave the
tmotorman what he termed IA piece
of mind" for not stopping at How
ard street.
That's a skip stop. and we don't
stop there anyway" said the motor
man.
And you deserved to be carried
to Derry put in a passenger on
whose foot the man had walked in
his wild rush for the door.
Speaking of wild flowers a trio
Of West Shore people whose word
cannot be questioned, unite in as
serting that Tuesday morning of last
week they all three saw a big fat
robin and heard him sing. The
bird did not mind the snowdrifts,
apparently, but was as blithe and
as clipper as on a summer day
Naturalists commenting on its APP
pearance at this time say that a few
robins and other birds that ordi-
| narily go South each winter prefer
to spend the cold weather here and
mr age to stick it out despite the
riSors of the climate. There is nc
explanation for this variation from
habit.