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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
Victory Celebration
Held by Troop Sixteen

Troop 16, at Bethlehem Lutheran
Church, under the leadership of
Scoutmaster ]. w. Fortenbaugh and
A. S. NJ. George Spangler, are plan
ming Victory Celebration" for Fri
day evening.
This troop has recently been
granted permission to sponsor a
Pack of Wolf Clubs" This is COM
posed of boys from to 12 years of
age, G. S. Spangler acting as their
scoutmaster. Eight boys have al
ready enrolled in the new organiza-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
res keystone State.

In addition, there were over 2S,-
900 men who went out with the old
National Guard of Pennsylvania and
formed the famous Keystone or Iron
Division, and thousands of Pennsyl-
vanians who enlisted in the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps.
1t is believed here that when the
grand total is struck it will come
close to exceeding the figure of $685.
323 which has been given as the
number of men Pennsylvania fur
niNhed to the Union armies in the
Civil War, which was over three
times as long as the war with Ger
many.
The number of men furnished by
each draft board is as follows:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
SCOUTS ON HIKE

Troop IL, of Market Square Pres
byterian Church, under Scoutmaster
Edward Manser. will go on a hike on
Saturday to William Bailey's farm,
Fishing Creek Valley.
The troop will leave their quar-
ters at 10 o'clock sharp. Dinner will
be cooked at the destination.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29

ton, which will act as a feeder for
the troop of scouts.
Both scouts and cubs will join in
the celebration. The program is:
Opening, 7.30 to TAO; games, TAO
to S.15; stunts, S.15 to 800; eats"
600 to $50.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
kAUSTARINE CON0UERS TONSELITIS,
PLEURISY, LUNVBRGO and EURALGIA

yellow mustard-no cheap substitutes
arc used.
Use IL to banish rheumatic pafnl
and gout, for sGre infumed or frosted
feet, for chilklains, stiff neck or
joints or cramps in legs. II acts I'm
stantly and never fails to drive out
Inflammation In any part of the body.
Ask for and get Mustarine always in
the yellew boX.--Ady.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
FUEL RULIETINS

Last Saturday and in the next
three Saturdays the scouts are acting
as publicity agents for the local Fuel
Board. They are distributing pamph-
lets urging the saving of fuel. The
bulletins contain a great many hints
as to the care of furnaces and the
saving of fuel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
NURSERY HOME CANVASS

Forty scouts from various troops
of the city are assisting j. H. Pat
ton in the drive for the Nursery
Home. The scouts are making a
house-to-rouse distribution of bags
for the donation of old clothes, rags
and metals.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
Train Those Stubborn Bowels

Help nature take it's course. not
with a violent, habit-forming pur-
gative. but with gentle but certain
and natural laxative, DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. Tonic in action. it
stimulates the lax bowels. Sold by
-ruggists everywhere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-29
Drink Habit
SurrenderS TO TeScum

Tescum Powders for breaking up
the drink habit destroy all taste for
whisky, ale, beer or other alcoholic
stimulants. as thousands of wives and
home treatment that can be given
secretly and is sold under a steel
bound, money-refund guarantee by j.
Nelson Clark and other druggists.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
EoUALIZTNG COSTS

The postofGce department is being conducted at an annual
loss Of $70OOm, Seventy million dollars can cover a multi
tude Of inequalities and Inefficient employees, and Senator
McKelar. is entitled to the commentator of all fair-minded per-
sons in his exposure Of the hole in which this huge sum is being
sunk during the consideration of the revenue bill.
As so conclusively shown by Senator Mcclellan, the zone
system OF computing the cost Of transportation for s~econd-class
mail matter, including newspapers and periodicals, is the only
equitable solution.
If the postage rate should cause some OF the periodicals to
90 out of business, the result would be only the suppression Of
a lot of trash, of which there is an abundance, and the conscrva-
ton of large quantities of print paper, OF which there is an
appalling scarcity.
There is no more reason for granting the publisher Of a New
York periodical the same postage rate to Philadelphia and San
Francisco than there is for the newspapers to expect the same
freight rate on print paper to all points in the United States.
The periodical publishers contend that the universal rate is in
the interest of the reader, but the postoffice records show that
some of them receive as much as $1,000 a page and $3.50 a
column for their advertising in a single issue. The advertising
rate is based on circulation, and the circulation is possible
because the government pays the deficit in the cost OF mail
transportation. It is true, likewise, that for the short haul, where
the freight rate is cheaper than the postage rate, the publishers
Use the freight and express, and confine their use Of the mails to
hauls in which She postal rate is less than the cost of transport
tation, and the government makes up the deficit.
The small daily and weekly newspapers are not materially
affected by the zone system in the matter OF postage, but they,
the merchants and the people generally are vitality affected by
the influx OF periodicals that get little or nothing for their sub
scr1Pion, pay little or nothing for transportation, and derive
their revenue from the advertisers, who, in turn, get their money
from the readers.
This situation has led many so-caIed foreign, advertisers to
give their business principally to the periodicals published in
the East, and to withdraw it from the small country papers.
The local merchants lose the business of their neighbors,
and eventually some OF the smaller papers go out Of business.
The foreign publications have no interest in any particular COM
munity, and do nothing for its development, and the readers are
deprived of a local institution for community development,
These are but a few of the disturbing qualities that enter
into the scheme permitting publications printed at distant points
TO compete with small newspapers, but If there we're no other
sustain the injustice that alone would be sufficient to warrant
its abolition.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
The Public Be Served

NOW NICE.
when storage eggs are fresh. they IT very nice" says the food
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Spokesman-Review,
When storage eggs are fresh, when movies fail to flicker,
When shad is minus bones and grape Juice tastes like liquor,
When hades proves to be all paved with heavy ice, \
When opera seats are free-such things are very nice,
when walters haply fail to take the tips you leave them,
When actors loudly wall that press attentions grieye them,
w whsn : sS'd door i sneSs match sssGis t hismns a rST 1et tTn ne.
Won Tirpitz shaved his whiskers off before flying to Switzerland.
years.
AL Findlay was in the army one day and was honorably discharged.
Island Observer.
The old man sawed away at the Thanksgiving bird patiently for
an hour while his wife and her folks sat by and smiled,
g. a IS te {ougnest turkey l. ever saw" said he;
at all Turkeys were so high l thought / would save money and be
patriotic at the same time. so I got an eagSe"
Great Britain is said to be making great headway in the art Of
extracting explosives from chestnuts. But they're grabbing Chauncey
Depew's act,
The plowman who used to YEARLY wend his homeward way now
does 1t on a lizzie tractor.
And now the letters
From over the sea
Are dated Somewhere
In Germanee.'
Speaking of the psychology of current events. express rates are to
be boosted just at Christmas time.
The peace conference viii be held in the Hall of Mirrors at Yer
his best uniforms,
A Long Island school inspector was making the rounds and in ore
school he, found a lot of small boys being harangued BY one slightly
taller than the rest. The inspector couldn't stand the noise, s. he
What's de ideaG" piped one of the small pupils. Dat gy is
our teacher" e"%
And over here we are worrying about the freedom Of the freeze.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
FARMS FOR SOLDIERS.

After a thorough investigation I feel
safe In saying that any organization
made UP Of soldiers, directed by sol
diers, given the proper machinery. good
land and q little money, will make y
better showing asrieulturaIly than the
average farmer in the United States.
And 1t must not be overlooked that
our agricultural problems nePd this aid,
We have yet to learn In agriculture
what w have learned In all the great
industries which have been ~reorganized
In the past 40 years; !. Corporation tg
better than cut throat competition, Z.
Leaders are necessary to the life Of
any project, and therefore deserving Of
higher compensation, 3. Even common
lahorers and the most meniai of work
ers work better, more enthusiastically,
more %intelligently, and they get better
the enterprise they are engaged In.
AproPos of the land for-soldiers
movement, 1t Is believed that men re-
turning from active service will not
take kindly to the secretary Of the In
t%srior's plan Of first retaining land.
agricultural development. The record
81 the i%ndividual farm families for the
| past 40 years offers little inducement;
50 per cent Of our farm families have
had an income OF less than $500 an
nually on average N100-acre farms. val
ueu at x0,VUu, surely men VINO KNOW
little or nothing Of agriculture can
hardly be- expected to Go better than
experienced farmers, especially when
the farms to be offered are o-fifths
the eiae Of the average,
This plan IL not set forth as q pan
acea for all the national troubles which
will confront Us. Nothing of value along
the lines of readjustment can be done
unless the two commissions are created
and each granted sufficient strength
and power that a real service might be
rendered.
Action on these matters has already
been DELAYED too >long. The millions OF
soldiers have begun to stream home
ward, and war workers in great mum
bers are being h%onorably dismissed. We
must make up for lost time by inten-
sive effort. II we proceed with yea
and efficiency TO the settlement Of the
problems involved, the future of the
county will be greatly affected for the
better. II we neglect the plain duty
before us, the nation will feel the evil
effects for a generation. No man OF
woman who has made sacrifices fol
freedom and justice should have to suf'
fer from public pnappreeiation. The
American people are too grateful &c
these good servants to permit anything
80 unfair.--Lieut. Eugene Greanhut, In
Leslie's,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27

never hear enough Is the saga Of how
handsome, how wonderful. how talent
ed and how adored we are. The home
lest woman singing that song becomes
Venus; the dullest one liz endowed with
an immortal wit.
Think over the happiest married
couples you have known, the couples
In which the husband has been the
most coHtented Darby, and Q will
find that they have not been those in
which the WIFE was exceptionally beau
tiful or brilliant, or In which the hus-
band started out as an impassloned
Romeo,
On the contrary, the blue ribbon do
nestle prizes have one TO the insig.
nificant, commonplace little wives, who
have had no talent except the talent
for loving, and who have made Of their
affection and admiration an unbreaka-
bands to them.
After the honeymoon Is ended the
| principal things that q man asks Of
marriage are peace, cheerfulness ant
physical comfort at home, and these h
Is far more apt to get from the wife
the woman whom he broke his neck q
win, For the woman who does th'
counting never forgets that she has e
make good, so she's up and doing con.
tinually, trying TO please her husband
and keep him satisfied, while the WON
an who permitted herself TO be persuad'
cd 10 marry him feels that In Eettlnl
her he>got more than he deserved, anc
, that it's not incumbent upon her *
do anything. more than to aecept tht
worship and services OF devoted
slave. '~
Also, the woman who married thu
man she picked out from all other meI
for a husband 10 a happy woman, ant
q happy woman invariably makes !
happy home. No man ever gets ttret
Of coming hoRe to q house that iHsga,
and cheerful and full Of love and ten
derness that circles him az Its csnteI
and Its ktHg.
As for is indicating that a mar is
nonentity for him to permit the roma
to take the initiative In love making
that's nonsense, II II were true J
would practically brand the whole mas
culine sex as nincompoops, because IL
ninety marriages out 81 q hun
dred 1t is the woman who saw tn
man first and marked him for her own
Unfortunately, we are not yet ad
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
APPERTAINING TO AND,CONcERNING LOVE.
ny DOROTHY NIX.

A Young woman asks these aues-
"When a woman does the counting,
no TO Speak, do you think a man tires
Of her, II they marry, sooner than he
would OF q wife that he had wooed
Does It show that a man is 2 non
active part In love making?'
should unhesitatingly answer no to
both questions.
love with a ma than no Is With her
II tho case when the relationship Is
reversed. There are several reasons
why this should be true.
The first i~S@because In such cases a
woman does not throw away the bait
with which she caught her fish when
she gets ma,GisS; a. Y the w SHs'Om SaS .,
lured a man to the altar by means OF
beauty, neAtness, AVAILABILITY, sympathy
and other such charms. and then, h4S-
Ing secured their meal ticket have de-
generated into slouchy. sloppy, peevish
shTews,
II 10 easy to see how a man, who
has been caught BY a girls good looks.
would wriggN of the hooks when he
found that Ter beauty was merely
cAmouflage, and that when she took
off her complexion, and her hair, and
her straight front v the privacy OF
home, she was as plain az . mud
fence,
But the man who has married q WON
an because cha loved him, gate q wife
who hiss an attraction for him that
time cannot wither nor custom stale,
For as we older we crave love
more, not the romantic love OF youth,
but that deep, strong. steadfast affse-
| tlon that We can lean upon az upon q
staff, sure that It will never fail us In
our hour Of need. AZ nts heats and
bruises us in our fight with the world,
more and more we need the love OF
someone close to US to bind UP our
wounds with their faith, and salve them
with the healing ointment Of their AZ
lection.
No woman need be afraid that her
husband will grow tired OF her be.
OF her for a thousand other different
reasons, but never for that one, The
one voice in the world that never get'
upon our nerves Ia the voice that sings
our praises; the one story OF which We
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
A REVELATION

1t is indeed a sorry American who will not experience a
thrill OF personal and national pride in the accounts Of the
tributes paid to President Wilson personally, and to the nation,
through him, for the very exceptional service rendered by the
army and navy at a time when it counted most, and when the
need was most desperate,
There is no danger in the association of the president with
the kings and princes OF Europe, and no occasion for alarm. We
are Tar removed from monarchy, and the other nations, even
though they have not taken the name, have gone about as far
as we have in democracy, and about as far as they can and still
retain their ancient customs and observe their historic traditions.
II we should be frank with ourselves we might admit that
this nation has been unique for nothing quite so much as its
provincialism. We had learned little Of the politics of the world
prior to the beginning OF the war, and we do not know it all
even now that the war is over,
But our horizon has been expanded and broadencd Ne
nave looked beyond our own shores for trade and for markets
and the day is coming when the flag of this country NAV be
seen in the remotest ports of the world, and the sea will be
alive with. American vessels carrying the products of our vast
granarles to the utterfnost parts OF the earth.
we are merely at the beginning OF an era so portentous
mat II is difficult to apprehend its significance. We have estab-
lished our place in the ranks Of the nations that called them
selves great and minimized our strength. This country has
shown the world what it can do without revealing onehalf Of
what 1t might do, We have gained the wholesome respect oil
the world, that might have been lost to us, except for the
demonstration OF our ability to turn from the pursuits of peace
TO the arts OF war, and prosecute the war with the vigor tina
distinguished the American capitalists in commerce.
mere is no peril confronting US from without, and there il
nothing within that can shake our foundation. We need, nc
treaties to guarantee the friendship OF France and England, ane
any nation that looked to the day when we might be made il
victim has been disillusioned by our awakening,
The revelation has been worth while to us, as well \. =,
those VINO were not OF US. We have witnessed thc catastro,L,
that can betaI a nation whose ideals are moi BASED ,,non III.
eousness, and SO complete has been our triumph that w ar
chastened into the belief that no cause cxcept one that ;s ;"s
can survive. What we have witnessed and what W. b,yn 40 80
rienced will serve to keep this nation in the stra;gb, and r.rmrpp,
path for many years to Come. ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27

Vancsd enough for a woman To be able
to. come out openly and honestly and
tell 2 man that she loves him and ask
his hand IN marriage, and thus give
him q fair show to turn deWu the propo-
'sltion II 1t does not appeal to him,
Custom forces 4 woman TO 60 about
achieving the saAie end ~ Means Of
ways that are NpAFt finding out. and
that don't. give their roor Victim even
d sporting Chance Of escaLe
OF course men do not suspect that
women do the eourtinP ~ that their
%lSs: marTlsS them len spite q Their
loEs. Nevertheless. such IL the csse-or
else there would cA fewer wedding bells
than thsre r now.
(CopyriSht 1918, by the Wheeler Syn.
- dicatA. Iic.1
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
MUST NJ REAL.

Sam, the ehoremAn, returned from
the city with Q .aeaffpiu that containAd
the prids 81 hiGs heart and tie envy q
his village companions. He treated all
inquifiss from them Ms to Its value
and It's authenticity with high Rcorn.
His employer, after d. week Of bask-
ing IN It's radiance. asked Sam about
"sam, hi said, "is 1T . real Ola
wall" said Sem, III It amt I've
been skun out Of . alf-dollar."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
TOO HoMELIKEl

The burglar had entered the house
as quietly as possible, but his shoes
were not padded, and they made some
Noise. He had just reached the door
81 the bedroom when he. heard someone
UP, and he paused. The sound Of a
woman's voice floated to his ears;
III you don't take off your boots
when YOU come into this house" II
said, there's seing to be trouble, and
a lot OF It. Here's It been raining for
over carpets with your muddy boots, on.
Go downstairs and take them off this
minute"
| but he didn't take off his boots, Instead
he went straight cut into the night
again aAa the pa, WE we r. h warm. W.
'I can't rob that house." he said
| "It reminds me OF home"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
SOME ALIRI.

One night an old negro heard a flut'
ter among his poultry.
$50 ] takes down my gun" he says
IAN creeps long in De dark. De doah
Of my chick'n house Is wide open an
sticks % rsyolyah insiSe an says, 'E'
thiAvin' nis9Rh who's in ders. l jest
blow yo' black head-to pieces"
HE don't let on, AMI shout out
agen, Who's dah7'
Der I hesh that crim'n'l niggah say
soueaky, like . was Jest gwine to cry
It's only us chickens!"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
A ooopEELLoW.
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To The News Scimitar:
The News Sclmitar, always on the
alert for the best interests and char
table dealing for the trinity Of states,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas In
general and the city Of Memphis in
particular, has acted as a prince of
good fellows in it's splendid assistance
In securing funds necessary for the
alienation of the distressed poor. and
causing the Riddles" q Memphis. to
made possible by The News scimitar
santa Claus. Such a spleNdid NANTES.
part Of The News Scimitar. Its EN-
pleyss and owners ls deserving 81 the
The News Scimitar has yreathed the
holly and mistletoe Of happiness for the
season Of Eladness in many homes Of
the poor Of MemRhtG Long live The
News Scimitar. Your b~enefaetion has
gladdsned hearts and dispelled gloom;
YOU have played tho leading role In the
great drama: Making the children
81 the poor happy. oc.~,>,o~,
LELAND. Miss.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
Nsws Of Memphis
% Wear, Age,

~ =
Gov. Fishbaak, OF Arkansas, today
wrote President Cleveland that the
indian territory t~t0kiahomA) 10 q vsritA-
bic nest for criminals.
The Amateur Athletic association Of
Memphis Yesterday afternoon defeated
the G~rssnsille, Miss. football team "
Race riots occurred in widowed, Fla,
Yesterday following the lynching of q
The senate committee on foreign re-
lations torporrow will begin an invest.
satLor q the Hawaiian controversy and
pEcEMI
Many we're killed in a battle at Mos
COW, Russia, yesterday between soy
eminent troops and Q few rebels.
Gen. Allen, Of the United states sig
nal corps, is e~ndSavoring to Get con-
gress to appropriate money for q wire
less telephone fer the army.
The Fifty.sixth general assembly of
Tennessee will meet At Nashville on
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
SLIGHTLY CONFUSED.

for q meal one day, saying he was
willing to work.
81 will give you q meal" said the
farmer, III you will rotnd UP those
sheep on the common there and drive
them into this fold"
In three hours time the sailor came
CHANGING over the gate In III field,
the farmer saw the sheep safely In the
fold. There's q hare sitting up among
EN-" re exclaimed,
DO you mean that little fellow
there?" asked the sailor. Why, thats
trouble. I thought II was . lamb"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
HAD A REASON.

An old woman wearing q black bon
net boarded a train and. after calmly
surveying everything in the compart-
ment, turned to a red-haIred boy and,
pointing TO the communication cord,
asked: Whats that o.
That's the bell for the waiter In
the dining car"
, She thereupon hooked the end Of
her, parasol over the cord and gave 1t
2 vigorous jerk. Within a few moments
the train came to a stop.
The conductor rushed in and asked:
Who pulled that bell cord?''
II did" calmly replied the old LADY.
WELL what do you want?" asked
"A cup Of coffee and a ham sand
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-27
Twice Told Tales New, !" r :. i,
nEeEMRKR n. 1saa.

" ~. lovS'
Edgar A., Roper and Miss Charlotte
l., Mendenhap were married at $40
O'Clock yesterday AFTERNOON by Rev, W,
The elite Of Memphis. society will at
tend the charity ball gwen at the Pea
body hotel Monday night, Jan. l.,
The T~epnessee club members ysster-
day voted TO abandon their policy OF be.
Ing bachelors and admit women to the
entertainments once q week.
With temperatures of from 3s to Is
In Memphia, the Mississippi river 10 fro,
| zen at St. PauF and the Missouri at
Kansas City.
en- N, 1905.
Jan ! 1 and Memphis will be well repre-
Claus Spreckles, famous sugar Million
monia today In San Francisco.
The rifle grenade which is being used
in some part OF the United States army
Is expected by military experts to cause
universal peace on account Of ito dead
illness.