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6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Etttiblishtd iSjt PUBLISHED BY THE TELKGRAI'II PRINTING CO. E. J. 6TACKPOLE. Prea't and Treaß'r. F. R. OYSTER, Secretary. GUS M. STEINMKTZ, Managing Editor. Published every evening (except Sun day), at the Telegraph Building, 2H Federal Square. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, llasbrook, Story A Brooks. ■Western Office, 123 AVest Madison street, Chicago, 111., Allen & AVard. Delivered by carriers at • nix cents a week. Mailed to subscriber* at $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg as second class* matter. ® The Association of Amtr- ( > ican Advertisers has ax •mined and certified to i* _ the circulation of this pub- < , lication. The figure* of circalatioa i i 1 contained in the Association's re- 1 1 I port only are guaranteed. i 1 Association of American Advertisers 1 1 j No. 2333 Whitehall Bld|. N. Y. City J •worn dally STerage (or the month of February, 1914 <fc 22,493 Average for the year 1918—21,577 Average for the year 1912—121,175 Average for the year 1911—18,851 Averaae for the year 1910—11.495 TELEPHONESi Bell Private Branch Exchange No. SO4O. United Business Office, 203. JMltorlmi Room 685. Job Dept. 203, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH 11 RAILROADS AND GOVERNMENT PRESIDENT REA, at the meet ing of the stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad yester day, was direct and forceful in his comment upon the existing an tagonism In legislative and adminis trative circles toward the railroads of the country. He said: if large numbers of railroadmen and others depending on railroads for every character of supplies and w6rk are out of employment, and a general loss of confidence exists, and suspicion has been engender ed, no attempt must be made to place this responsibility upon the vallroad management. They have issued warnings and mado petitions for fair dealing, but without effect. The time has uome when all fair minded men and investors as a whole must individually and collec tively impress on their State and Federal Senators, representatives and Government that they are a j part of the nation entitled to at | least fair consideration. This statement is not made to predict calamity, but it is made to prevent calamity. and because heretofore we have used our ef forts to influence investors from asserting their rights, but we will no longer occupy that position while every other interest in this country petitions for Its own special welfare, and are having the benefits of legislative protection. President Rea and all other repre sentatives of the great business inter ests of the United States now realize how insincere were the protestations of Woodrow Wilson regarding legiti mate business when he was a candi date for the Presidency. All over the country there is an awakening among those who are responsible for the country's prosperity and while there is 110 disposition anywhere to talk calamity, the indifference of the ad ministration at Washington to the business interests is no longer to bo ignored by those who realize the situa tion. A. Nevln Detrich, chairman of the Washington party State committee, be trays in a public statement grave ap prehension over the possible endorse ment of Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh by the Washingtonians as a candidate for Governor. Chairman Detrich must be feeling the Republican undertow. LOCAL OPTION" PLEDGES IT is manifestly tho purpose of the local option forces of tho State to insist that every candidate for the Legislature without regard to party or faction shall declare unequivocally ihis position on this question. In every election district there is a movement ■under way with a view to obtaining a direct expression from the prospective legislator as to his attitude on the lo cal option proposition. For years the sentiment favorable to a submission to the people of this question has been growing and how ever individuals may differ as to the details of such a law there is a wide spread belief that it is a matter for decision by the voters, especially 111 j view of the strong sentiment nowa days in favor of the referendum on questions of public concern. As this newspaper contended at a previous session of the Legislature 011 this same question, it is the right of the people to settle for themselves all these problems and it will not do for the Legislature to persistently re fuse to submit to the voters questions that affect the various communities and the State. Individual opinion as to the principle of local option has nothing to do with the case. Whether it be an impractical theory or a dis criminatory regulation is aside from the main question. What the people manifestly demand is a chance to be heard and candidates for the Legis lature this year must reckon with the local option sentiment. It is not a party question and must be met purely on moral and economic lines. UNDERWOOD VS. WILSON WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST, true to his traditions, has stirred up what promises to ' be another splendid Demo cratic row. On one side stands Presi dent Wilson and opposite hii.i is a no less redoubtable personage than Oscar W. Underwood. President Wilson wants the clause giving to American chipping free use of the Panama Canal repealed Mr. Underwood is emphati cally of the opinion that the President i* wrong and tlmt the future of the WEDNESDAY EVENING American merchant marine depends on free use of the big ditch for vessels Hying the United States flag. The President never has been cross ed within his own party. Underwood la fond of a scrap. The outcome may develop the lirst open differences at Washington, That Underwood is in earnest is i evident from the fact that he has j written a full page article tor the ! Hearst newspapers over Ills own name. [ In It, if he does not openly say so, ho at least intimates that the President is in this matter siding with England | abroad and a railroad lobby at home. I Says Congressman Underwood, rec ' ognized as Democratic leader on the floor of the House: I can see no real distinction be tween a ship loaded at Duluth with wheat going through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal without loekago charges and landing Its cargo at " Buffalo, or a barge loaded with coal starting at Pittsburgh going through the canal and locks on the Ohio river and unloading its freight at Now Orleans, and a ship start ing with American merchandise from the port of San Francisco going through the Panama Canal free of tolls and landing its cargo at New Orleans or New York. Further along in his statement Mr. Underwood says: But assuming that there may be a doubt as to whether we are vio lating a solemn treaty made with a foreign nation or not, there is certainly more doubt In our favor than in favor of the foreigner, and It does not appear to me that we should tamely surrender a great economic principle beneficial to all the American people without at least a fair contest for our rights. | If there is doubt and serious doubt, the matter can be submitted to ar bitration. If the court finds a ver dict against us we can accept the results and live up to the findings of the court, but for my part I see no reason why we should surrender the American citizen's rights as to a question that, to say the least, is unsettled until it has been decided against us. I do not feel that there is a nation in Europe that would surrender us Important a question as the development of Ita commerce without at least insisting on a court of arbitration. And, In my judgment, It will be a great mis take for our Government to sur render at this time what may have a lasting effect on the development of the trade and commerce of our nation in the future. What will the President think of a chief lieutenant in Congress who will thus fly in the face of White House policy? And will Underwood be ablej to force his/views on Congress, des pite the President, or will the Demo cratic House jump as usual when the President cracks the whip? The City Council is doing well in forcing through without delay all the measures for public work this year. By reason of the fact that many men are out of work, these measures are re garded as the promise of employment within the next few weeks. ERIE'S EYES OX THIS CITY ERIE is one of the most progres sive of the third-class cities of the State and the "Times" is evidently impressed with the wide-awake attitude of Harrisburg re specting parks and playgrounds. Our esteemed contemporary on the shore of Lake Erie reprints from Commis sioner Taylor's interesting budget the main provisions relating to parks and playgrounds and follows with this comment: It appears from the above that the park management of Harris burg is vastly different from that of Erie. In the Capital City, It seems Council assumes the burden of creating and maintaining the playgrounds, which here falls up on tne School Board. We do not say the Harrisburg system is bet ter, though the playgrounds can very properly be regarded as a part of the park system. The disad vantage of it is that if the City Council carries the load its ability to spend money for other thtngs Is lessened because It cannot legally levy a tax of more than ten mills for municipal purposes. The ex tract above quoted shows that Har risburg Is doing much more than Erie in providing playgrounds for the children. Erie ought to be more alive to the Importance of this matter. It surely ought to be able to keep; pace with a city of less population and smaller financial re sources. It is always gratifying to observe the attitude of the other third-class cities toward I-larrisburg. This atti tude is almost universally one of ap- j proval of the way this city is handling j most of its municipal business. And this very attitude will doubtless he a source of inspiration to Commissioner Taylor and hia associates in develop ing the important features for the year covered by the budget. "City children are becoming more ana more helpless as the result of idleness Imposed upon them by city life," says an article in the current number of the School Review issued by the University of Chicago. "The boys, at least, are ex posed through their long evenings and holidays to the vicious Influences of the street." The employment of vocational teachers is urged the year around. Yet there are those who are insisting upon legislation which would prevent from engaging In any employment until the ago of 16 years, forgetting that reasonable employment under proper conditions is the best training for the future man. THE BLUEBIRD ( tnP Hls Bluebird for Happiness!" 6 * I Likewise the Bluebird for X Springtime and flowers and hope of summer and a plenti ful harvest. The bluebird, harbinger of sunshine and flowers, is even now stretching his wings for a northern flight that will bring him and his mate to us again. Who shall say what influence prompts the hardy little pioneer of the feathered folks to wing his way northward while snow flakes are still falling and Jack Frost and the March Hare are engaged in a desperate con spiracy to frighten timid housekeepers into laying in an extra supply of coal! But we do know that when he does appear, like a flash of blue across the horizon, with his cheery note to wake us at dawn, that the forces of winter soon break and buds and blossoms come forth to bid the daring little songster welcome. The bluebird is a really splendid lit tle fellow and deserves all the admira tion that is showered upon lilm. "First come, first served," is his motto, and woe be to the luckless feathered adven turer that attempts to oust him and his mate from the nest they have pre empted. Me is a game tighter in such instances, lie sits outside his home nnrt "squares off" at his enemies. This Is no mere bluff. Even the bluejay and that tyrant, the kingbird, retreat before his onslaughts. And as for the pugnacious English sparrow, he is as a terrier before a bulldog when he j meets in combat an Irate bluebird, j Thoreau, Burroughs and a host of others have sung his praises. One en thusiastic writer has said that he car ries "the sky on his back and tho dawn on his breast." But all the naturalists and all the poets that have ever bid him welcomo back to his northern home after a winter in the South have not felt a keener appre ciation of his song than does the gar dener, the fisherman, the school boy that glad day he rouses at sunrise to hear the first call of the bluebird sound clear across the lawn where the tulips are beginning to shoot and the sap Is stirring in the goldenbells. City Commissioner Bowman Is de termined that economy shall be the handmaiden of efficiency In his de partment. At tho meeting of tho Coun cil yesterday he Introduced an ordi nance to abolish a couple of expensive clerkships In the City Treasury on the theory that the Treasurer, under the present generous fee system, can afford to compensate his clerks without an appropriation from tho city. PROMISE Ol' EMPLOYMENT NO item in the last improvement loan was more Important than that authorizing the construction of sewers to the amount of sloo,ool'. It la highly important that the sewerage facilities of a city shall be adequate" and It Is unfortunate that the growth of Hurrlsburg in certain directions has been Interrupted by rea son of the lack of necessary drains. Commissioner Lynch put in an ordi nance yesterday covering a large part of the appropriation for more than fifty sewers and when this work shall have been completed Harrisburg will be in better shape for its substantial growth and development. This is the character of public improvement which is not spectacular and sometimes falls of appreciation by the people, but it means much for the city, and the ordi nance in question will not only provide the sewerage that is so greatly needed, but will likewise give employment to a large number of idle men during the summer. Now that practically all of the can didates have declared in favor of a woman suffrage amendment, there is little doubt that the proposition will be submitted to the people by the next Legislature. As in the case of local option, these questions must In the last analysis be decided by tho people them selves. WIMONISM AND ITS lIFSLI/IS [From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.] The meaning: of Republicanism has been prosperity. The battle cry of the Progressives is social justice. There is no incompatibility between the two: rather should prosperity and social Justice go together. The line of cleav age is in the emphasis, and there is no reason why a single party should not unite the two purposes measure for measure, and so give to the voters an opportunity to pass effectively on thu economic policies of the Democrats, who, though in a minority, are now in control through a Republican split. The Public Ledger has repeatedly pointed out that Democracy has be come submerged in Wilsonism. The policy of a tariff for revenue only has been abandoned. A competitive tariff has been substituted, which is part and parcel of a theory to the effect that in dustrial war at home is the secret of industrial success at home and abroad, that cut-throat competition within the nation will enable the nation to fight better in foreign markets. This is a doctrine of individualism, as respe< s trade, and a feature of it is refusal of the administration to protect national business interests abroad, on the ground that such protection is "dol lar diplomacy." Yet the Government Itself, in the usurpation of complete control, is promoting centralization as it never before was promoted and Is rushing pell meel into a general pro gram of monopoly. In private business Wilsonism denies that in union there is strength; refuses to put the prestige and strength of the nation behind its business enterprises in foreign fields; insists that our trade warfare shall be carried on with obso lete weapous, although our competi tors, having borrowed the idea from us, are concentrating their resources and quadrupling their effectiveness thereby. It took nineteen centuries of Chris tian civilization to teacli mankind that materialism is the handmaiden of ideal ism. that the true appreciation of na ture consists in taking advantage of her offerings, of transmuting her crude riches into usable forms, that spiritual progress is fostered and increased Im material progress. There can be 110 such thin!? as a "new freedom" unless it is based on the new materialism. Wllsonism, therefore, is fallacious; this will become more apparent month by month, as It has become apparent already in our foreign relations. It is imperative that those who are worry ing about how we shall use our suc cess, be careful lest during the excite ment this success itself disappear. The opposition must be reunited. There Is no other way in which to pre vent the overturning of Americanism as we have come to know It. Govern ment cannot be wholly a moral under taking any more than it can be en tirely a business undertaking. Moral ity and business must be attuned for material progress pays a moral divi dend. despite Wilson doctrine to the contrary. The road back to solid ground will not be easy, but it will be sure It means the welding together of those who believe in energetic Americanism firmly asserted. POPULAR PRIMARIES [Lancaster News] When Senator Penrose says, "If the primary election act is to be anything more than the false pretense of selfish agitators who change but do not improve conditions, we must see to it that no factl&n and no leader shall be permitted to dictate a single j one of the nominations to he made > next May,' he states a self-evident truth which the powers that be in the Democratic and Washington parties have deliberately ignored in their ef forts to profit personally by political conditions. When the primary election is over the Republican party will have a ticket selected as the law says it should he selected by the voters themselves. It is possible that Senator Penrose will not be on that ticket, hut nevertheless he and his friends will be expected to loyally support the men who are nom inated and the Penrose adherents have a right to look for the same kind of treatment at the hands of the people who are at present in opposition in the event of Penrose's success at the primaries. I EDITORIAL COMMENT! Hon- About the Wife f [From the Baltimore Sun. I "Never Quarreled In Sixty-five Years." Model husband, that. Two Sliublr .loll* [From the New York World.J 1 If Governor Glynn can save Niagara Kails and the Democratic party at one and the same time, lie will be iloinp I very well for a voting man. faARBISBPRG tfijjflt TELEGRAPfI evening cft&T People who have been observing the trend of the Iron business and the con struction of million and two million dollar furnaces and renewed develop ment of mining properties in the euat ern part of the country are commenc ing to think that the day of Harrls burg as a blast furnace center Is draw ing to a close. There arc now seven furnaces In Dauphin county which can be classed as on the active list, three of them being in South Harrlsburg. Two in this city are the Paxton fur naces and one the Lochlel stack. All In Harrlsburg are idle now and not many more campaigns are coming to them because of expense of operation. In years gone by Harrlsburg was qulto a celebrated iron center, considering Steelton as a part of this city. There were the two Paxton furnaces, tho Wister furnace, which was along the canal below the present Philadelphia, Harrlsburg and Pittsburgh bridge; Porter furnace, at State and the canal, and Dock furnace, below Steelton. Lochlel and the Steelton furnaces caine along later, but at ono time In the eighties there wer© nine good fur naces In the county. Before that Cam eron and Conewago furnaces, at Mid dletown, and Swatara furnace, at Union Deposit, were making iron years before, and prior to their day Victoria furnace, on the Bayard lands back of Dauphin, and Mada furnace, on the Grubb properties at ManadaGap, were noted. The latter two itfero abandoned long ago; Porter, AVlster and Dock furnaces disappeared over twenty-live years ago; Swatara was dismantled re cently, leaving but seven that have operated in the last ten years. Only one furnace remains of the half dozen or so known In Perry forty years ago and the Cumberland county furnaces are now memories. Once more the shadfly. The real harbingers of Spring are again pro claiming that the season of floods, movings and gardening is at hand. Yesterday the sunny side of Market Square was well infested with the bugs and some of them seemed to have grown since their last appearance In January. This is the second time the shadflles have come around. The first time was during the thaw in January, when the balmy weather made the buds come out and folks got out light overcoats. For a couple of days the flies were to be seen In sunny places, apparently well satisfied with life and prepared for an extended stay. Then came the ground hog with his sure enough predictions and we have been too busy shivering and shoveling snow to wonder what became of the shad flies. Here they are again. Wonder now long they are going to stay. As a result of tho extensive snows nnd the generally moist condition of roofs, men who make a business ot repairing tops of houses are being im portuned by a good many people to know when they can look over their properties. There is nothing under the shining skies that will point out the hole in the roof or the spot where there are not very good joints quicker than snow water. Some roofing men say that the requests for their aid are coming in very rapidly, particularly from owners of old houses. The Barber Asphalt Company, which has laid a large part of the pavement In Harrlsburg, is taking advantage of the movement for better sti/eets and highways, which is as prevalent In the boroughs as well as in the large cities. In an unusual way. offering prizes of SIOO for the best papers written by graduates of engineering schools on •he use of asphalts in construction. As \n advertisement the offer, of course, las some features, but it is significant that this bigr company realizes that men who make studies of such sub lets while in college will make valu able additions tp their forces when they come out into the world. Years ngo the railroads, engine and boiler works and steel plants adopted the same plan and they have secured some mighty able men. Frank Julian Warne. the statistician who worked up the figures of own ership of various railroads of the united States, showing that over three fourths of them were controlled by the big systems, is well known here. He is a University of Pennsylvania graduate and figured in the splendid nvestigation work undertaken by stu -lents during his college days. Mr Warne has written several books on labor conditions in Pennsylvania, notably on the anthracite field, and a series by him has been printed in sev eral magazines. \ —L. L. Willard. Connellsville coke man, says that the coke tonnage of tho Connellsville region was 20,000,000 tons last year. —General W. G. Price, of Philadel phia, will take a Kuropean trip. —Major John H. Duval, of the reg ular army, detailed with the Pennsyl vania Guard for years, has retired from the connection. —J. H. Hlllman, the Pittsburgh coke man, is one of tho new directors of the First-Second Bank of Pittsburgh. —John P. Wood, of Philadelphia, has been elocted president of the Tex tile Alliance. . —The Rev. C. A. Soars, prominent Baptist clergyman of Philadelphia, is 111 in a Baltimore hospital. frOUTlCAbSlpefclSftftfl —The West Enders came to tho front handsomely last night. —The move to force Joe O'Brien on the Democratic State ticket does not seem to be traveling very fast. . —Wonder if they will'not bring in Bryan as a life-saver. Perhaps not. It might revive memories of 1890. —Looks as though Palmer was throwing out an anchor in that Bech tel endorsement. —Judge Trexler will command strong support among people in this section. —Congressman Brodbeck is flying distress signals in the York-Adams district. —The wise man jvill see that ho is enrolled properly. March 17 and IS are the dates. —Robert E. Cresswell must smile at the industrious way in which they are trying to get him back into the Demo cratic reorganization line. —Democratic voters were to-day wondering if they would have to take Lybarger as the perpetual candidate. —Perhaps it would be a good thing to nominate Lybarger for a couple of offices at one time. —The Democratic ring committee meets to-morrow to frame the slate under gulso of fixing up the rules. —That McCormlck man who tried to hurrah the Philadelphia Democratic city committee will probably hear a few things in a day or so. —Those Democratic club endorse ments for Ryan are not played up here to-day. —Owen B. Jenkins is to run for Senator in Philadelphia. —The slate being made, Gifford Plnchot is going West to help out the other Bull Moosers. ■MADaVIHTEm worn SHIRTS SIDES ft SIDES JUDGE TREXLER TO BE CANDIDATE Allentown Jurist Announces That He Will Stand For Reaomina tion Next May ON NONPARTISAN LINES President Reported Incensed by Antics of Democratic Con gressmen Last Night Judge Frank M. Trexler, of tho Su perior Court bench, who was named by Governor Tener to succeed the late Judge James A. Beaver, last night an nounced his candidacy for the nomi nation for the full term and hla friends will make an active campaign in his behalf. Tho judge Is very well known throughout the eastern part of the State, especially, and will be strongly supported without any regard to party. Tho appointment of Judge Trexler by Governor Tenor evoked very com plimentary statements from many sec tions as the Judge's ability was wide ly recognized and the movement In his behalf inaugurated In his home county of Lehigh last night will be taken up In other counties. His nomi nating petitions will be in circulation within a day or so and will be filed shortly. Judge Trexler did not issue any for mal statement, but simply said last night, "I am a candidate for nomina tion for the Superior Court at the May primary. While I have always been a Republican the election of judges has been placed on a nonpartisan basis by the act of the last legislature and my campaign will be made along strictly nonpartisan lines." One of the most surprising stories to be printed about the jugglery of ap pointments by congressmen in years is published to-day In the Philadelphia Led ger under a Washing- President ton dateline about the Reported manner in which Angered schemes for division of patronage have been handled. The Ledger's dispatch came from a staff correspondent and says: "Democratic congressmen front East ern Pennsylvania to-day balloted sec retly on whom to recommend for the Eastern Pennsylvania judgship, the majority indorsement being l'or H. O. Bechtel, president judge of the Com mon Pleas Court of Schuylkill. The unusual procedure was arranged by A. Mitcliel Palmer to appeaso his asso ciates. It is reported Presidont Wil son is incensed over what is termed a political lottery, and will not accept such recommendation by the congress man, Those who participated in the lottery were Mr. Palmer, Representa tives Lee, of Pottsvllle; J. Washing ton Logue, of Philadelphia; Michael Donohoe, of Philadelphia; Robert Dif enderfer, of Montgomery county, and J. H. Rothermel, of Reading. Mr. Palmer had hoped to control the situa tion and in the end obtain a solid dele gation for William A. Carr, but he was outwitted by Representative Lee, who is aspiring for leadership. President Wilson, it is believed now, will not consider either Carr, Mr. Palmer's preference; Webster Grim, supported by Representative Donohoe, or Judge Bechtel, indorsed by Representative Lee, for to do so would place the judgeship on the level of political bar gaining." Jesse Job-hunting Lybarger, defeat ed for the House and defeated last Fall for county controller, has been slated for another nomination for the Lybarger House by the bosses of l*ops From the Democratic ma- Forgettery chine and to-day pop pod out of the Forget tery to which, in an incautious moment, the mourning or gan of the regangsters had consigned him. Lybarger was cut by many Dem ocrats last Fall because of his per sistent office hunting and the fact that he made an opera boufte play over one of the chicks which he received j for the fat job the machine secured for him in u legislative department, as consolation for defeat for the House, helped it along. Lybarger s announce ment failed to arouse enthusiasm even in Market Square to-day. John A. Marshall and L. Calder Shaimno are already in the field for Democratic nominations und the bosses are hunt ing victims in tho county, it being re ported that they are dubious about the strength of H. B. Sassaman and J. J. Newbaker who were on the first slate. Word was passed along tho Demo cratic line to-day that Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson has been designated as the speaker on behalf of the ad minis- Bill Wilson tratlon for the Jersey Planning to slate in the Pennsyl- Speak Here vania primaries and that ho would come Into the State to make speeches with in a month. This action of the na tional administration will have the effect of still further irritating Demo crats who will not stand for presiden tial dictation of who shall rui) for Democratic nominations In Pennsyl vania. The action of the Philadelphia city Democratic committee in endors ing Ryan by a decisive majority aftor an attempt had been made to swing it for McCormlck is declared by reor ganizes to have been a piece of strategy to tie Ryan up to that or ganization. The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day says that a conference to endeavor to find a running mate for J. Benjamin Dlmmlck, of Scranton, at the coming prlmar- Dimmick ies, Is expected to be Candidacy held in Philadelphia Languishes to-day, as Mr. Dlm mlck, who is an aspi rant for United States Senator in opposition to Senator Pen rose on the Republican ticket, thinks he should have a candidate for gover- After you die who will take care of your family? You can not afford to carry the risk. A SIO,OOO policy at uge 35 requires but $129.90. Dividends reduce cost after first year. Assets $140,000,000. Organized 1847. Write for sample policy. PENN MUTUAL LIFE 108 n. tecoad St. iliac Millar. I l<oo«l r. O. Doualdioa. I Ag«nt* | - n MARCH 11,1914. nor In sympathy with his aspirations. Speaker Alter, after the conference here last week, declined to enter tho race. It is now said that County Commissioner O'Neill, of Allegheny, may take tho field for the governor ship on the Republican ticket. The activity of Mr. Dlmmick's friends in seeking to get an opponent for Dr. Martin O. Brumbaugh, it is declared, has lost him a number of supporters. Michael J. Ryan yesterday announc ed that ho will speak in Scranton on Tuesday, March 17, where Congress man Palmer will make an address at the same gathering. On the follow ing night ho will speak in Wllkes- Barre, on Friday, March 20, In Johns town, and on Saturday, March 21, in Pittsburgh. Ryan was endorsed in Philadelphia lust night by Democrats of the Sixth, Fortieth, Thirty-sixth, Thirtieth, Thirty-ninth and Thirty seventh wards of Philadelphia at sepa rat ward meetings. "DOWN WITH KINO GROUNDHOG" Br Wlmg Dinger Old Groundhog you're a tyrant king. With iron rod you've ruled Since you have seen your shadow And with tlie weather fooled. Tou've sent us many snowstorms, You've ordered winds to blow, You turned the mountain coal pll* Into a mole-hill low. You've brought upon your shoulders The wrath of women folks, Who can't wear new spring clothing While you keep up your jokes. You've spoiled the plans of merchants Laid for an early Spring, And there's a lot of others Who have felt your wintry sting. Your foes, old boy, aro legion. So rule now, while you may. For Monday you will be dethroned, And all will cry "Hooray!" ['HVbARRWBUR&PIf-ty ye ♦ Aft-otcH) ay* [From tho Telegraph, March 11, 1804] Heavy Hog A hog weighing 919 pounds was killed in West Chester a few days ago. In Harrlsburg, where pork is selling at 15 cents a pound, said hog would be worth $137.85. Shoot Deserter On Friday next (18th inst.) Isaac Fishel will be shot at Carlisle bar racks, he having recently been found guilty of "desertion and giving intelli gence to the enemy." The execution will take place between 11 and 13 o'clock on the above day named. new«-Disp&rcf>es -OPM'hfr' CIVIL-WA-R [From the Telegraph, March 11, 1884] (.rant at Capital Washington, March 11.—Lieutenant- General Grant was summoned to Washington last night'from the Army of the Potomac and returned to this city this morning on a special train, accompanied by General Meade, Skirmish Near Suffolk Fortress Monroe. March 10.—A skir mish took place yesterday two miles this side of Suffolk between the enemy and three companies of our ooloreil cavalfy. Tho rebel loss was 25 and our loss 10 killed by tho rebels. ii ———i«^— . 1 I 1 f Your Money to Work and let It earn you an income. you _^EjßttMsK§S ' 35}8 liave money on hand that you are : SSRfi holding for future Investment you can \ |TUK make It earn an income in the mean iJJfJj time by Investing: It In our Certificates _"fc ' m2| °' Deposit, which are Issued for any Wfs • ■ ; H|R amounts desired—earn 3 per cent, and 1 ; jSsX are exchangeable for cash on short no- K&iM t ce. Call and let us oxplaln al about , JjgjSS Union Trust Company mmSm °f Pennsylvania Union Trust Building * I i TO THESE WISE | 1 HOUSEWIVES I § 1 m A large percentage of Harrisburg house- G }ff Wives have shown rare wisdom in having their [I kitchens equipped with Gas Ranges and Gas j|| $ Water Heaters. To these we wish to address || the following: |§ A few days, then Spring. A few more days, || | then housecleaning. You will be busy, the ED [sg house will be topsy-turvy and you may feel a Hi p little cross at times. ||j & Have us send an inspector at once to inspect j|j jig and adjust the Gas Range and Gas Water || |i Heater. That much will be done and when || £ other things are turned upside-down they will ia § be ready for perfect service. j| Our inspection and adjustments are free. ||j | Harrisburg Gas Co. | \ U need a tyscult Nourishment—rig fl a . vor—purity—ca, pneas —wholesomenet All for 5 cents, it tho moisture-proof P>*oge. J Baronet Biscuit Round, thin, tender— with a delightful flavor —appropriate forlunch eon, tea and dinner, zo cents. GRAHAM CRACKERS A food for every day. Crisp, tasty and strengthening. ?resh baked and fresh de livered. 10 cents. Buy biscuit baked by NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY Always look for that name i Fggsag;,,., ,i