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iux. ilutlcratc tasks and leisure. Quiet living, strict kept measure, Jiuth in uttering and in pleasurc 'Tis for thig thy nature yearns. Arnold. WHEN Till: TROOP COMES HOME HAIUUSBUnCJ will give the men of the Governor's Troop cordial a welcome home us It pave them on enthusiastl eml oft when they marched away luft summer in rifiporiMC to the President's call to rum.

They have made their sacrifice to the common good not the need arose. Tl.ey went to the border fully believing they would be called upon either for service in Mexico or to resist invasion. They knew, as no civilian can know, how poorly equipped they were for the rough work they thought was ahead of them, liut for all that not man faltered, and they are just as truly military heroes as though they had fought through a dozen campaigns. Theirs was the will to do and in that lies the test of courage and conviction. llarrisburg can always trust its safety in the hands of such men and Is proud to number them among its citizenry.

So it is but natural that the whole city should celebrate right Joyfully "When Johnny marching home again." A western girls' seminary is debating the wisdom of studying biology. "Why not make it unanimous by spelling It boyology? I.KMOYXE WELFARE LEAGUE U1E new Lemoyne Welfare League's first work will be the conduct of a municipal Christ mas tree celebration. The league has undertaken to raise money for the tree and to arrange the program. This is the kind of public spirit that makes for the betterment of any community. Xo town is better than its people and any town ia a good town exactly in proportion to the efforts of its people in that direction.

The new league will do much or little, as its members may determine. Certainly it is headed in the right direction and Lemoyne already is feeling its beneficent influences. "Girl Awarded $170,000 Against Wealthy Recluse for Breach of Promise." Newspaper headline. But think what she might have cost him if he had married her. Ol'R NEW SHIPS AMERICANS are alternately chesty with confidence over the preparations the nation is making to resist the attack of an enemy or shuddering with dread over the country's feebleness when compared with the assured strength of Europe.

After learning from the Governors assembled at Washington last week that the Kational Guard is hopeless as a part of the first line of defense and that the national military policy must be wholly revised If we are not to remain a second China among the nations, it is solacing to note the pendulum begin to swing in the other direction for a moment. Just as our spirits are at lowest ebb, along comes a noted naval authority to tell us that our new battle cruisers, the construction of a division of six having been authorized, "are without exaggera tion In their combination of size, speed and power, the most novel and sensa tional ships designed for any navy sincethe day of the British dread naugnt. 'inese new giants or our navy have the length of the largest trans Atlantic liners, the speed of the fastest destroyers, and the gun power of a modern battleship. On one point only, that of armor protection, is information lacking. The thickness and distribution of this armor is not given out; for if there Is one feature of warship design more than any other upon which the naval constructor Is silent, it is that of the armor plan of new ships.

To come down to details, the new battle cruisers are 850 feet between perpendiculars and 874 feet over all; their beam is ninety one feet, and their draught is over thirty feet Now 850 feet between perpendiculars is just 100 feet greater than the length between perperftliculars of th famous Lusitania, and it is exactly equal to the length between perpendiculars of the Hamburg American liner Imperator. In view of these figures it is surprising and very significant to learn that the displacement of the battle WEDNESDAY EVENING. lunrusDuno TELrciuvrit DECEMBER 20, loifl. It's almost a public disgrace to be supreme sacrifice of life or limb. tojeen on the streets these days without be sure, hut that Is not because they i at least a half doien bundles.

ready and willing if the jiiuiacr mil nly SI loo tona Tl.ia' la ixrrttl lliouaaiul lui.a than lha lull luu.l rill. i i lha l.ii.iunu, ami atmut Jtf.oott luiia Ill til I lie full Kdd ihplu. rincnl t( the The apparent tlia. irriaiiay la i l. iiu by lha nUuve.

ly luu.Urale ninny of the iilllc i rulavra, anil the remulk able ttliriii'M tf thrtr lliodii. The mu Uut of the of sun I liuh or It Inch) lo Miounlril In the iiiu in l.ntirry of the new tattle truUrra I ua brrll tlrtlJml In fatr of the new I I int h. io.taliU tun, aiil ten of ihr.e will mount! in four turret, two of thrm art) Inn three sun and two of thrm lao guna each, the Itttiti brr of iiuu anJ their rut thud of mi. I'lut't mriil l.i in alluilar to that of the baiilrlii. Neaii4 and tiklahoina.

The tulal enrrgy. however, la i gnaiilrrubly WicaUr. Ihe lo iulibrr gun of the b.it 'lie tnilirr ilrvrloi.lntf "0. 000 foot tona of rniilo a itealitat CS.UuO loot tona for the 41 oltbt guna a I niounti il on the Nevada. Tl.l nieuna ithat a broudxlde mho from the but tie crtilMra will hae a lol.il muixle tmrity of fooi iona, or uitl eletil to lift 1.00 tuna TOO feet Into the air.

lefrne iigainnt torpedoea will be InlrurUd to batirry of twenty 1 iiii guna, alxtcen of whlih will be inounlfd amid hl on the uer nt auperatructure dcikn. No lean than right torpedo libra for tiring the new 21 lmh torpedo with range of 10,00 jnrda will be empluced, four of thee being above uter and four below. The new tdilpx, becauae of their greut bI.o, will naturally carry large complement, greater. Indeed, than that of any hlp The total number,) Including officers and men, will be 1.274. These description have a oul natiRfyliiK sound for timid, peace lov i Init folk.

They amuck Mrongly of the moit effective kind of peace In aurance policies now belns written. The more of them between Europe ond America and Aia and America when the war In Europe ends the greater our own security will be. CHRISTMAS AND YOU! GENTLENESS and consideration for others are the first characteristics of the Christmas spirit. Love is the essential quality of the Great Holiday. "Peace on earth; good will to ward men" are its watchwords.

There is no place in the season of yule for the harsh word or the selfish act. Santa Claus is a jolly elf whose very existence is based upon the truth that it is more blessed to give than to receive. Even the arctic coldness of Old Scrooge melted before the cheery countenances of Tiny Tim and Scrooge's nephew we've forgotten his name, but not his "Merry Christmas, Uncle!" MERRY Christmas that's the word MERRY! Be merry, and you can't be merry and cross at the same time. Remember all this when you go shopping these busy days, and let the tired clerks know that YOU at least have caught the divine glow of the true Christmas spirit. The whole of Harrisburg will sympathize with City Solicitor Seitz and Commissioner Bowman in their illness.

It is hard enough to be sick at any time, and harder by far at the approach of the Christmas season. All their many friends hope for their early recovery. NOW GET BEHIND IT that have been under way for some time for the rejuvenation of the Harrisburg Y. M. C.

radical changes in policy and a broadening of the scope of the work to met existing conditions and place it in a position where it can render the greatest service to the greatest number are outlined on another page of this newspaper to day. It is with pleasure that the Telegraph notes the decision of the board to canvass the entire situation in regard to the activities and membership of the association, with the intention of adequately meeting the requirements of the city so far as the Y. M. C. A.

is concerned. It will be the duty of the community to get behind the board of directors and see to it that they have proper support when the time comes to act. There can be little doubt this will be forthcoming. The Harrisburg of a few years ago is not the Harrisburg of to day. The Y.

M. C. A. that met the needs of that period is insufficient now. This the board has come to recognize.

We have become a great industrial community. Hundreds of young men have come here in the past few years to accept places in the offices of the big corporations, especially those employing technical men, and at the Capitol. A building that was ample for the needs of the community when it was erected years ago may be found too small when the association puts its new program into operation. Perhaps the people of the city will be called upon for contributions toward the erection of such an addition as will meet the requirements of an enlarged membership. We have no doubt the response would be as ready and as generous as it was when the Y.

W. C. A. went before the people a few years back with a similar project. Certain it is that the directors with their new program in operation will require full and hearty support on the part of the men of the city.

The board naturally resents outside criticism at a time when It had its own plans well matured, only awaiting the completion of its program to make public announcement, but the people will judge AINT IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING TaRTICULAiSLY hard up Just ChRistmaS AMD YCCR 300 BECOMES MQUtSiTlvJE a4 To vjjhat CLAUS IS GCnSG. To fcHiwG only by results, and the little flurry occasioned thereby will be quickly forgotten when things begin to hum at the association building. No surprise in attached to the decision of the Allies to reject the German peace proposal. There was no other course open to them. Teace, without reparation and a guarantee of permanency, for a generation or two at least, would bo intolerable from the entente point of view.

Villa promises to give the Carranza forces something for Christmas probably the proverbial bunch of switches. It's gotten so now that when the merchant tells us that "prices have advanced again" we weakly murmur "how much," and are glad that it isn't more. Py the Ex Commltteeman Names of five men may be submitted to the Republican caucus for speaker of the next House of Representatives and what is interesting people here is when each candidate will announce whether he will abide by the decision of the caucus. The names which will probably be submitted are those of Richard J. Baldwin, Delaware; Edwin R.

Cox, Philadelphia; Nelson Mc Vicar, Allegheny; George W. Williams, Tioga, and Joseph H. Phillips, Clearfield. In the event that the latter's name goes in it will be for a ballot to demonstrate that Central Pennsylvania has a member who is willing. The possibilities of Mr.

McVicar becoming a candidate were much discussed to day. He has declined to give any assurance where he stands, but while here last night made a lawyer's critical survey of the situation in regard to the leading candidates. The Tarentum man has been claimed by the Cox people, but refused to discuss what he would do or the suggestion that he might become a candidate. George W. Williams is a candidate to the finish with no chance of compromise, according to word that comes here and although the local option' standard bearer has not been backed by the Anti Saloon League or the Local Option Committee of Pennsylvania he is out seeing members and gaining, according to his friends.

The position of the Anti Saloon League is peculiar. Generally it has come out for a candidate, but this year in spite of the minimizing of the local option issue by the chief supporters men connected with the league say they are advocating Cox. The local option committee is said to have issued circulars in favor of Cox. The Williams backers are not taking kindly to these activities and the chances are that next week there will be a declaration from the Tioga man. The proposed removal of Banking Commissioner William H.

Smith has stirred up protests from one end of the State to the other and the Governor is getting many letters on the subjet t. The Governor's position is that Mr. Smith, while an able and efficient official, has not been in the best of health and that with a record of honorable service behind him, Mr. Smith can give way to a younger man. The Governor's friends point out that in a contest which means so much to him he is justified in using appointments.

Reports that Hightvay Commissioner Frank B. Black threatened to resign last evening or that Governor Brumbaugh contemplated asking him to quit or to change jobs with insurance commissioner brought unqualified denial from men aligned with the Governor to day. Mr. Black, like Commissioner of Health Dixon, has standards for his department which the Governor has approved and the men will not be used for political purposes even in the present emergency. Denials came from State administration officials to day that there was anything to the report that Auditor General Powell would resign and be named to the Public Service Commission, and Charles A.

Snyder go into the Auditor General's department without serving in the Senate where the administration does not want him. to be frank about it. Mr. Powell said the same story was sprung about State Treasurer Young and Harmon M. Kep AMD You KecP XtoDGlMG PCCPLE To whom You Owe mcmeV If A FRierJD, ALL OF A 6UDtei CAME ACPOiS WITH A HUNDRED 'Dollars he Oujed You AWT it a Gft RAND AND GLOR YUS FEELIN' hnrt.

who will succeed him. Mr. Powell has generally been credited with an ambition to run for judge In Allegheny and will also engage in corporation tax settlements. Governo Brumbaugh Is getting tired of dening rumors about men being asked to resign and the story about Commissioner Dixon and Secretary of the Commonwealth Woods today brought forth a reiteration of the statement that the Governor had no such thought. Attorney General Brown said that in the case of the utterly baseless report about William M.

Hargest that some one was trying to make trouble. Some singular rumors are being printed in the newspapers of the State about dismissals of men connected with the State government. A situation like this brings out of holes every talebearer and backbiter and the man with a grudge is in clover. The loyalty and fidelity of men whose attach ment to the governor and his cause is sincere is assailed by weasels who dare not come out into the open. However, the Governor and the men about him are not losing as much sleep as the snappers at the heels who are so busy giving mysterious tips to newspapers.

Edwin R. Cox, while here last evening declared that things were looking up for him and that he expected to make a fine showing with votes from the anthracite region. James McKirdy, assistant director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, who resigned yesterday, will leave January 1. Mr. McKirdy has been engaged in preparation of important legislation for the coming session which is about ready for submission.

Pittsburgh City Council has changed the name of Grant Boulevard to Bigelow Boulevard in honor of Edward Manning Bigelow, the former State Highway Commissioner, who laid it out. Mr. Bigelow is being given unusual honors in his home city. E. R.

Dissinger has been named as the postmaster at Mt. Gretna and Pen Mar has been put into the presidential post office class. Summer resorts simply can't be kept down. I. B.

Kirk, one of Coatesville's councilmen, has taken charge of the city's affairs until it elects a new Mayor. Bethlehem will erect three new schools. In Pottsville the Mayor and Coun cil who had repairs made to the city hall without asking for bids, may be forced to pay the bills. Mayor Jermyn has refused to name more than one magistrate for that city. The Mayor will likely be taken into court.

Van Dyke JLauds France in Poem The first poem to be published by Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American Minister to Holland, since his resignation was announced appears in the December issue of the Art World and bears out his statement that the main reason for his resignation was "my wish to return to work as a writer, with full freedom to say what I think and feel." The poem, dated September 28 last, is called "The Name of France." It runs: Give us a name to fill the mind With the shining thoughts that lead mankind The glory of learning, the joy of art A name that tells or a splendid part In the long, long toil and the strenu ous fight Of the human race to win its way From the ancient darkness into the day Of freedom, brotherhood, equal right A name like a star, a name of light: I give you, France! Give us a name to stir the blood With a warmer glow and a swifter flood At the touch of a courage that conquers fear A name like the call of a trumpet, clear And silver sweet and iron strong, That brings three million men to their feet, Ready to march and steady to meet The foe who threatens that name with wrong A name that rings like a battle song; I give you, France! Give us a name to move the heart With the strength that noble griefs impart A name that speaks of the blood outpoured To save mankind from the sway of the sword A name that calls the world to share The burden of sacrificial strife Where are cause at stake is the world's free life And the rule of the people everywhere A name like a vow, a name like a prayer; I give you, France! A lA TA TYa Tf ft. throughout the country, in gaining The Name of France Give us a name to rill the mind, With the shining thoughts that lead mankind, The glory of learning, the joy of art, A name that tells of a splendid part In the long, long toil and the strenuous fight Of the human race to win its way From the ancient darkness into the day Of freedom, brotherhood, equal right, A name like a star, a name of light, I give you France! Give us a name to stir the blood With a warmer glow and a swifter Hood At the touch of a courage that conquers fear A name like the call of a trumpet, clear And silver sweet and iron strong, That brings three million men to their feet Ready to march and steady to meet The foe who threatens that name with wrong A name that rings like a battle song, I give you France! Give us a name to move the heart. With the strength that noble griefs i nn rt A name that speaks of the blood outpoured To save mankind from the sway of th swnrd A name that calls the. world to share no hnrrien of sacnnciai strire Where the cause at stake is the world's free life.

And the rule of the people everywhere A name like a vow, a name like a prayer I give you France! Henry Van Dyke. September 28, 1916. AMD Wish You Could afford This Porch asc OP A GOOP 3r BRIGCsji AT 'Jaakaa' a. I LIQUOR ARGUMENTS AS THEY APPLY TO DRY STATES FAVORITE contention of the liquor interests and their supporters Is that "prohibition does not that, under prohibition, all sorts of disreputable secret and evasive methods are resorted to In order to obtain and to supply Intoxicants, and that the false pretense attendant upon such farcical enforcement of "dry" laws is more harmful morally than the open sale of liquor, under proper regulation, could possibly be. "Look at Maine!" they say, as a clincher to their argument.

They usea to aaa, Anu look at Dut tney nave arop ped that. Well look at Maine. Maine adopted the policy of prohibition by law Just seventy years ago. It passed even more strinirent laws for the exclusion of liouor sixty nve years ago, una, i with the exception of the years 1856 on and 1857, the later statute lias been in force ever since. For years it was the only prohibition State in the Union, and upon it the liquor interests of the Nation concentrated all their strength and ingenuity.

They have endeavored fur more than half a century, by Introducing illicit liquor into the State, by promoting "blind by encouraging "bootlegging," and by other means, to bring prohibition into contempt and ridicule, and they have succeeded at times, and to a degree Look at any of the prohibition Stales, as compared with the nonprohlbition, and you will II rid the condition of the mims of the people In the former vastly, better. Iook at Colorado, one of the youngest of the prohibition States, and what do you find? That 1,260 washerwomen in Denver have turned over their work to the laundries, because, since prohibition became effective, their husbands are supporting them; that the criminal court of the city has dismissed one Judge, and one judge now takes care of the entire criminal docket; that the breweries are making "soft" drinks, and that one of these establishments is making soap; and that the decrease in the prison Inmates, since Denver became dry. Is 33 1 3 per cent. All this could not be If tlie illicit sale of liquor were going The argument Is advanced thut the illegal sale of liquor In Boston would surely result from no license. In Boston from 1901 to 1915, under license, there were over 5,000 liquor raids, and in 25 per cent, of these, seizures of liquor were actually made.

Statistics for the State of Massachusetts estab beyond question that the illicit sale of liquor flourishes in license towns and cities. Boston, arrests for drunkenness increased from 18,601 in 1900 to 57,811 In 1915. The only inference is that 11 their object, but they have never sue 'cense has been making habitual drink ceeded in turning tne great mass oi the people of Maine from a policy which has, on the whole, despite all underhanded proceedings on the part of the liquor traffic, worked out for the welfare of the Commonwealth. Maine is more firmly attached to prohibition to day than at any other time in the last quarter of a century. The State has just elected a governor committed to strict enforcement of the prohibition law.

It will not be helpful to the liquor traffic if the fair minded people of the United States look at Maine. But why not continue to look at Kan sas? Exactly me same tactics mat were employed in Maine by the liquor interests were useu ror several years in Kansas, and with like purpose. Instead of retreating before the almost ceaseless attacks of an unscrupulous enemy, Kansas proceeded to tighten the lines about the traffic, finally making it a misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment, to dispense or to obtain liquor from an apothecary shop, even on a physicians prescription. If you look at Kansas you will find a State with the largest per capita wealth, the least poverty, crime and insanity, the greatest freedom from disorder, ers at a terrible rate. Figures show that the arrests for drunkenness in license cities of Massachusetts are two and a half times greater than in no license cities.

It is contended that license contributes handsomely to the public revenues. On the contrary, it is established that, in the whole State of Massachusetts, license osts tnree times as much as it brings in, and that, in Boston, license means, for every dollar paid by the liquor traffic, the expenditure of $4 toward the repair of the havoc which the traffic has created. It is held that the saloons help business. They harm any neighborhood in which they are located; they impair the purchasing power of the masses; the drinking man's family rarely has the means of meeting its needs. Finally, It is asserted that the closing of the breweries, distilleries, and saloons of Boston will throw thousands of men out of employment.

The breweries, distilleries and saloons of Boston have costs tens of thousands of men their employment. No license will open up new and better vocations for the men forced out of the liquor business Nothing but evil proceeds from the liquor traffic; nothing but good can re the largest opportunity for the average suit from its extirpation. Christian worker, or any in tue sisternood. fcclence Monitor. OUR DAILY LAUGH AGAIN THAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

Are you sure that she Is going to give you something? Quite sure. She called on me today and wished that she had one of those wallpaper serving trays. ALL OVER. Your wife Is quite a social favorite here. Is she not? Not now any more.

She 'won first prize at tho Bridge Tournament yesterday. Loud Enough "What on earth will I do? Here's my automobile horn on the blink and won't make a sound!" "That's all right. Ethel here has on her new sport skirt." Mulian quuil broiiicht from tin liiHhlitmla of the aouthtrn republic lo lo kept until apring for iliatrlbutioii throughout I'miia) huiiid fr fatluitf lo Maml lha i lliiiitlv. act unlliiaT to ri pntia 111)1111 the Hulo ilaiue Com iiiUalon lo iluy. Tlio bird do not an in tu auflrrllU from any ill but the ihuniin In 1 lunula urtcitliiK Hum.

"Vt lira Iuiiik ifurn of Mr.K have hud I Item Ulnllll Al li 1 11 1 1 ill Itlltl llllililt'l phla and ilo hot 1111. 1 any iliru urTrrllna; them, mil. I I r. JoM ph Kalbfu. aerretury of thefiiume Com iiiIkIoii, lii.ihiy.

I think It niuM Ixi the Itinute, We hale bud the bird huiiai ii up and run fully li n.li an. I fed, but the 1 liuni!" avrma lo h.ne i ll too 111111I1," Dr. Kulbfiia, nho lma been itcttliitf I'cpotta on the kill of dcrr, fcal.l (but thiiuicht tin totul woulU run Ira I bun lit Mt leur III Mplto tf Incrruaeil Inn km Hliot In l.w oiuliiif. 'Union un.l other in nil t'ounilea. The number killed in noiithcrtl count lea la lea, ul tlioiith more, hunnra were In the Mood a.

a "Winter plcnlca" are heoomlnii pop ular In ll.irnliiirif. The automobile la pholnx lurue part In makliiK the country nil Inviting plucc to city folka whi told winda blow un.l the mow Ik on the Kroiuul. The other day parly of ll.irrlburu men iuotort.1 to Ellen il.ile orne which la where the roud thut extend from Dauphin out Honey crceK valley conica lo a audden und very illNtinci end und then, pucka on back, hiked three or four mllca up tlio alley ulong Money creek, following un oiii wood roud ubove the Ice dam. Near line, lurite spring they inudo cump. built a lire place of mountain wtone and broiled bacon and a large.

Juicy aleak over the conla. Ilnlwhliu' me mem witn urean, onion and a kettle of coffee, also boiled over tho camp lire. They were dressed for the outing and not only were comfortable. ami ph used with their trip, but are ho delighted with the experience that they urc planning others of the kind and are showing snapshots made 011 the trip to skeptical friends who doubted the truth of some of their statements. The pictures amply prove all that they have been telling their friends.

Another parly packed up tho sledM of a dozen "kiddies" In an auto truck, put the "kiddles" themselves In another and drove uwny over into Cumberland county, where they not only enjoyed coasting without any In terference on the part of policemen or street cars, but had a hot lunch from thermos bottles and a big humper thai was pnrt of the luggage In tlio van. It wi great. Is the way those who were jrtunate enough to be along described the trip. One of the most popular places on the park system this winter will be the dam near Paxtang along the park way. It Is easy to reach from the Hill district and trolley cars run directly past it.

For the most part the water Is not so deep to be dangerous and there Is little or no current. The will be under Purk Department direc tion and subject to park rules. Lieutenant General Samuel B. 1 oung, retired United States Army extracts from whose excellent' address on military training were printed in the Telegraph editorial col umns yesterday, has had a long and honorable career in active military life and is still doing splendid work as a retired officer In an advisory capacity. General loung came to Har risburg at the very beginning of the Civil War and was mustered Into serv ice tn Company Twelfth Pennsyl vania Volunteer Infantry, at Camp' Curtin, April 29, 1861.

David K. Ebersole, who resigned from the sales department of the Moorhead Knitting Company last Sep tember, is now located in Chicago ns sales manager for the Paramount Knitting Company, one of the largest hosiery manufacturing companies In the West. Mr. Ebersole, writing to friends in this city, says he enjoys his new work. He is a former member of tho Harrisburg Rotary Club and well known here.

"Blam! Open that door!" No answer. "Blam! Blam! Open that door!" No answer. There were eighty seven in the Reservoir Park car when It got to Cameron street last evening; and a few minutes before it reached there a Steelton car had discharged half a hundred Hill men. They were anxious to get home. So, when the Reservoir car finally came along "Blam! Open that door!" The conductor of the Reservoir car smiled sweetly, but he didn't open that door.

Instead he rang two ells to the motorman. The latter shot the "juice" into the motors. Tlfe car moved; and stonped. They millmen who wanted to get home had pulled down the trolley pole. Open that door!" It's the popular outdoor sport at Cameron and Market eacrT evening when the already crowded Reservoir cars attempt to go by Vithout further taxing their capacity.

Among visitors to the city yesterday was Major J. Harper Shindel, of Lebanon, who came here on legal matters. Major Shindel was for years connected with the National Guard. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE F. M.

Kirby, prominent Wllkes Barre man, has been elected a trustee of Lafayette. Judge Raymond MacNeille, who resigned from the Philadelphia municipal court, was formerly counsel for the dairy and food division in that city. Highway Commissioner Frank B. Black is starting a new coal operation in partnership with, his brother near Somerset. Councilman Robert Garland is working out a new plan for a tunnel for Pittsburgh traffic and the city may build it.

Ex Senator J. H. Thompson, here this week in insurance cases, says practicing law is more strenuous than serving as a major in Pennsylvania militia at the border. DO YOU KNOW mat iian isurg steel is used in New York wharves? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Provincial officials took to holdifig conferences with Indians at Harris P'erry as early as 1740. Municipal Dividends Chnvles B.

Hill, finance commissioner of Buffalo, well says that the dividends earned by the business of a city are' returned to the community not in dollars and cents, but in service. In terms of public welfare the business of a city may pay well or ill, depending upon the manner in which it is conducted. now the eovernment of Kansas City has an opportunity to pay in public service bv rinding a way to supply the needy with coal at cost. Undoubted ly there are oostacies in me way 01 bringing these needful things about. vt nnhndv doubts they can be brouerht about by the right kind of municipal ability, purpose and perseverance.

The results in service to Deoole who otherwise might suffer from cold will be the right sort of municipal dividends. Kansas City Times..