Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
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oeeh extended to period some time
before Abraham had business deal
ings with the Chaldees. The Harris
burg institution is well equipped with
books dealing with various epochs of
history, but the latest addition to its
material consists of four stones, loan
ed TO the library by Robert u. Bliss,
or the state Library and Museum.
Sir. Bliss has been a student of liter
AZURE of every stage and his interest
mas been shown in the Harrisburg
Library i'll many ways. The exhibits
are four specimens of the writing of
the people who lived in what we
know best as Babylonia. None is as
large as Bartlett pear and one is
small enough to be put inside of an
ordinary watch, but they stretch out
hands across the ages to the Harris
burger who wants to see how men
wrote when the deluge was probably
thlng terribly recent, as human
MINDS go. our forefathers were
| probably living in caves when a mes
senger carried around with him a
credentiaI' in the shape of a small
stone that is hardly the size of a
{ hali dollar and which commands
I people to give him food and accom-
modatlons. This tablet is the oldest
OF the four loans. 1t dates, conser-
! vatively, from 1850 b. c., and
! is said to have been employed
! by governmental or royal couriers.
( Near 1t Is another and larger tablet
/ which bears the name of u king who
! was contemporary of the man
whose life is such a fascinating
/ theme for Bible students, the man
VINO began nation. The third loan
Is cone, covered with inscriptions,
winch was used by priests to place
! in n h1IiIHit,cr 4
sort of MeSopotamian cornerstone
ceremony, probably. The last is a bus
mess contract which dates from only
! gil b. c., but, however, some time
before Horatius kept the bridge and
| When EGYPT was n very potential
factor in world affairs. They are
all good specimens of the cuneiform
method OF writing and probably the
latter is as keen in its stipulations
as some contracts that we hear of
these days, for delivery of wheat,
making steel or building a bridge.
|
Men who came out of the woods
yesterday at the close of the deer
season recalled a meteorological CO.
incidence with the close of the deer
season in 1917. The last three days
of that season, which was pretty
stormy itself, were marked by high
winds, intense cold and snow just as
we have had the last few days. There
are some who recall the suffering
they had to get their equipment and
game to shipping points in the driv-
ing storm that uShered in the worst
winter in recent years. Last night
men who came down the Cumber-
land valley said that they had felt
the cold of the last few days intensely
and that game had almost disap-
peared.
A good bit of favorable comment
is being heard about the Crane
method of attracting public attention
in the street cars these days, because
Mr.. and Mrs General Public are re-
minded of various things in a rather
striking way. The latest admonition
about shopping early, not only as
days go, but as hours go, so as to
relieve the crowds that mark the
rush hour, is certainly timely. 1t
makes the suggestion of morning
shopping or early in the afternoon
when travel is lightest. Everyone
who has gotten into u car with a
lot of bundles knows what that
| means.
Some interesting news is coming to
Harrisburg these days from the
other cities of the State. In Lam
caster at the annual bidding for
stalls in market the other day some
stalls were run up as high as $500
and there was as much interest in
the curb stands as in the market
houses. Harrisburg has been unable
to establish a curb market. Bethle-
hem plans to enforce daylight saving
of it's own regardless of what is pro-
1 rngn1 hN fhn "a
Lackawanna school teachers de-
clared at their annual meeting
against teaching anything but Eng
lish in the schools of the county.
The manner in which Harrisburg
and Steelton received the word thai
Christmas holidays were going to be
dry" because that was the way
everyone appeared to regard the Su
preme Court decision on wartime
prohibition, was interesting, if not
right off the reel that they looked
for that decision and that it did not
affect them. 1T will not mind it in
the least" remarked others. The
fact is that there was hardly a mar
who expressed emotions ranging
from disappointment to wrath, grie
or speechless indignation, although
many must have felt it. Similarly
the number of advocates of prohibi.
ton for reasons of business eff
cheney" has increased rapidly lately
Announcement in Chambersburs
the other day of the retirement OF
John G.. Orr from the presidency Of
the Chambersburg Hospital board
will interest many people, as Mr. Orr
was for n number of years a resi-
dent of Harrisburg, being treasurer
of the Patriot company. Mr.. Orr wal
for long time president of THU
board and keenly interested in Tho
hospital and the Children's Aid So
ciety of Franklin county. Although
advanced in years, he maintains
close touch with the charities of thai
county.