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Bellefonte, Pa., Mar. 25, 1898.
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IF I KNEW.
If I knew the box where the smiles are kept,
No matter how large the key
Or strong the bolt, I would try so hard—
*Twould open, I know, for me.
Then over the land and the sea, broadcast,
I'd scatter the smiles to play,
That the children’s faces might hold them fast
For many and many a day.
If I knew a box that was large enough
To hold all the frowns I meet,
I would like to gather them, every one,
From nursery, school, and street ;
Then, folding and holding, I'd pack them in,
And turning the monster key,
I’d hire a giant to drop the box
To the depth of the deep deep sea.
—Boston “Transcript.”
LIFE-LONG REGRET.
It was a wild November night. The
rain poured down in torrents, driven by a
fierce wind into every nook and corner,
and the few foot passengers were glad at
times to seek a temporary shelter in any
neighboring archway until they could suf-
ficiently recover breath to proceed. One of
these, a tall, slight girl with an interesting
face, leaned against the wall of her friend-
ly, protecting passage, and smiled.
“I wonder what Gerald will say when I
tell him ?”’ she thought. ‘‘He is sure to
be surprised—he may possibly object, but
even for his sake I cannot give it up !”’
There was a sudden bustle at the en-
trance of the passage—a sound of voices—
and the girl shrank further into the arch-
way.
The newcomers were two young men.
And when they again spoke Ethel Linden
made an involuntary step—till, as she sud-
denly realized that she herself was the ob-
ject of their conversation—she drew back
again into the shadow.
‘‘Beastly dirty night!’ said the first.
“The little Linden will be expecting me,
as usual ; but ‘blessed is he who expecteth
nothing’—you know the rest.”’
“Gerry,” said the second intruder,
‘‘what is your object in paying that poor
child so much attention? It is a great
shame for you to lead her to imagine you
care for her, when all the time you know
you are as good as engaged to Celia White ?’
‘‘Pooh I’” answered Gerald Bryden.
““What a fool you are, Petherick! Asifa
girl in her position ever took a man’s at-
tentions seriously. She’sawfully ladylike.
I admit ; indeed, she is a lady. But that
doesn’t alter the fact that her father is a
third rate architect, with a small house, a
limited income and a large family !”’
A moment later as the storm seemed to
have temporarily abated, the two men once
more unfurled their umbrellas and went
out to the night, quite unconscious of
the fact that in the passage behind them
stood the subject of their recent conversa-
tion, with a white face and blazing, indig-
nant gray eyes, trying to realize the fact
that her idol was shattered, and every ves-
tige of her faith in man’s honesty for the
time dispelled.
She gathered her skirts around her and
turned homeward with a numbed feeling
about her heart, and as she walked her
mind traveled quickly back to the day
when she first made Bryden’s acquaintance.
He was introduced to her at an ‘‘at
home” given by a mutual friend. She had
sat opposite him as he gave a reading from
his most recently published novel, and her
bright face had beamed appreciation of all
his best points and saddened as his expres-
sive voice lingered over the pathetic pas-
sages.
It came about so naturally ; and when
the evening was over he escorted her home
and was introduced to her people and
seemed so much to enjoy the conversation
they held. She was delightfully happy,
and he saw it.
It was the afternoon of the following day.
Gerald Bryden sat correcting proofs in his
comfortably furnished room, when a letter
was brought to him, addressed in a hand-
writing he did not recognize. He opened
it to find it ran as follows:
“Dear Mr. Bryden—I was sorry not to
see you last night, as usual, as I wished to
say ‘good-by.’ Iam leaving home to-day
to commence my training as a nurse in a
London hospital. Please do not inquire
my address. I do not wish to have any
letters, except from home and very famii-
iar friends. Believe me, yours faithfully,
‘‘E. LINDEN.”
Had a thunderbolt fallen at his feet Bry-
den could scarcely have been more greatly
surprised. He sat for a time with the open
letter in his hand. Then he muttered to
himself : ‘‘Well, women are incomprehen-
sible creatures! I could have sworn she
was mine devotedly, and yet she is like all
the rest ! Still, in time she might become
a nuisance. So I suppose it is for the best.
Five years later success had not attended
Gerald Bryden’s onward career. Had he
not possessed an assured but small income,
his pen would have barely supplied his
daily needs. And now sickness had ‘come
upon him in one of those insidious forms
which are so inexplicable in their cause
and so far-reaching in their effects, and,
acting upon the advice of his family physi-
cian, he came up to London and placed
himself under the care of an eminent spe-
cialist, Sir William Palmer, to await the
necessary operation.
He seated himself in a chair near the fire
at tke request of a fair haired little proba-
tioner, who looked with pitying eyes on
the tall, manly form before her.
‘“Do you think,’’ said he, ‘‘I could have
the bed beneath the window? I am a
Journalist and wish to write a good deal,
and I should like to be in a good light.’
‘Well, you see,’’ she replied, ‘I cannot
arrange that for you without consulting
sister.”
Bryden was wondering who the ‘sister’
could be, when a voice which sounded
wonderfully familiar to him came from be-
hind it.
‘‘Bryden—occupation, journalist; aged
32 years, unmarried. I once knew some-
one—"" Here the voice died away, leaving
the listener still more puzzled.
When he was safely ensconced between
the white sheets, looking at the pictures
and texts on the walls and admiring the
exqusite taste with which the flowers on
the table were arranged, the screen was
pushed aside and a tall, soldierly looking
man, with iron gray hair, keen eyes and
clever, quick fingers, entered. Bryden
guessed intuitively that this was Sir Wil-
liam Palmer. The house surgeon was also
in attendance, and behind him a slender,
graceful woman, with a clever face, wavy
hair and large, lustrous gray eyes.
She was dressed in a nurse’s uniform.
Bryden gave an incredulous gasp. It was
Ethel Linden !
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The operation was a thing of the past.
The patient lay comparatively convalescent
watching with grave intentness the slender
fingers of Sister Ethel as she carefully ar-
ranged the flowers in the glass vases on the
table before her. She was utterly uncon-
scious of his scrutiny.
She had grown graver than of old, with
a gentle consciousness of dignity and power
that sat well upon her. And he? In the’
hour of his weakness had come to him one
overwhelming passion of his life. He
loved Ethel Linden with all the force of
his misguided nature.
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For the first time in five years they stood
alone—face to face. Bryden’s voice vibra-
ted passionately.
‘‘Sister Ethel —Ethel, dearest—will you
be my wife? I want to take you away
from here, where you are wearing out your
life, to care for me the remainder of mine.
I love you dearly—dearly ! Say you will,
Ethel. Say ‘Yes, Gerald !”’
‘I am sorry, Mr. Bryden, I thought you
had understood. It is impossible. For
two reasons—first, because five years ago I
stood in the passage on Windy Hill, on
that wet and stormy night, and heard the
conversation between you and Mr. Pether-
ick, in which you gave him your reasons
for paying attention to me. Any passing
fancy I might have felt for you died at
that moment. And, secondly, I am leav-
ing next month to be married to Sir Wil-
liam Palmer. Itis curious that he does
not object in the least to my father’s being
a third-rate architect, with a small house,
limited income and large family 1? -
He walked blindly to the door. Turn-
ing for one Jook, he saw her standing,
smiling, musing over her future happiness.
He himself was face to face with ‘‘a lifelong
regret.”’— Forget-Me- Not.
China and the United States.
The attitude of the United States toward
the powers in the partition of China is a
factor of importance that Russia is not slow
to recognize. Count Cassini, one of the
most astute members of the czar’s diplo-
matic staff, has been appointed ambassador
to Washington. He has been the head of
the Russian embassy in China for many
years, and his transfer from Pekin is signifi-
cant of the labor he is to undertake in this
country.
By extraordinary adroitness he gained
the first concessions to the czar in Man-
churia and distinguished himself as the
negotiator of the famous treaty of 1896, the
crafty provisions of which are only now
beginning to be understood in their full
meaning by the rest of the world. He
forced Li Hung Chang to accede ignomin-
iously to his demands, captured the em-
press dowager, and, as a climax for his
stern statecraft, brought the emperor to the
terms of his treaty.
The struggle in the Pacific, in which the
four great powers of Europe are taking
active part with Japan, is, first and last,
for commercial gain. For the complete
success of the trans-Siberian railway an ice
free terminal on the Pacific is demanded.
Vladivostock does not occupy a position of
commercial advantage in relation to the
established routes of the world’s com-
merce. * The czar, seeking a port to the
south, took advantage of the weakness of
China to force further concessions to his
great project for the development of his
country. The aggressions of Russia, threat-
ened to invalidate Great Britain’s rights in
China, the outpost of Indian defenses,
which brought out the firm declaration in
favor of free trade in all Chinese ports for
itself and every other power. Emperor
William, always alert for the encourage-
ment of German commerce, seized upon a
flimsy pretext to force grants for Germany
as an offset for the gifts to Russia. With
the partition of China thus begun, France
became aggressive in Tonquin, made an-
nexations on the frontiers of that country,
and is now slowly pushing its way into
Yunan.
Russia has been the aggressor and the
initiator in the partition of China. Now
that it has virtually gained sovereignty of
Northern China it does not pause. With
affairs in Asia brought to a crisis, it trans-
fers the leader of its diplomatic staff in
China to the United States and raises the
legation at Washington to an embassy.
These facts certainly are not without
meaning. Active participation of the
United States in the affairs of the far east
is not now among the probabilities. What
we insist upon is equal privilege with
every other commercial nation, to which
we are entitled under our treaties. By
reason of natural position no less than by
the commercial activity of the country, we
have gained a considerable portion of the
Chinese, trade, and the extent of this com-
merce is increasing with remarkable
rapidity. With one-fourth the population
of the world, a rich, extensive, undevel-
oped territory, navigable rivers and a fine
seacoast, China is the greatest market in
the world. In its development no coun-
try is more directly interested than the
United States.
Despite its great importance, the ques-
tion has been lost sight of by this country
in the excitement of the hour. But events
in the Pacific are crowding to a crisis and
the problem must soon be dealt with. Our
best interests now appear to be conserved
by the British policy of equal privileges to
all nations. The policy of Russia is not
declared, but, whatever the outcome of the
present situation, the commercial position
of the United States must be maintained
upon the same basis as that of the most
favored nation.
His Own Surgeon.
A story comes from Austinville, Tioga
county, to the effect that David B. Hunt,
of that place, has successfully amputated
the toes of his right foot. Mr. Hunt had
been a great sufferer from chilblains, and
the lett foot, which was in a worse condi-
tion than the right foot, wasamputated by
a physician. The operation was success-
fully performed and everything possible
done to save the other foot. For a time it
improved, but on Friday became suddenly
worse and the intense pain nearly drove
Hunt to distraction. Summoning his wife,
with the aid of a razor he succeeded in
amputating one of his toes, which caused
him the most pain. Since then a toe a day
has been Hunt’s record, and Wednesday
he completed his surgical operations by re-
moving the large toe. The man has no
knowledge of surgery, but has performed
the operations with success.
Most Valuable Piece of Property.
The southeast corner of Broadway and
Wall street is the most valuable piece of
mother earth for its inches in the world,
and it is also one of the most talked about.
It contains 1,274 square feet, and the
owner would probably be willing to sell it
at $500,000, and even this would be .con-
sidered higher than the highest price per
foot previously paid. This was $330.70 a
foot for 508 square feet at the southwest
corner of Broad and Wall streets.
The Work of the Central Pennsylvania
Methodist Conference.
The Central Pennsylvania Methodist Preachers
Met in Danville.—Various Reports and Routine
Work—The Appointments for the Altoona Dis-
trict.
The Central Pennsylvania M. E. confer-
ence opened in St. Paul’s M. E. church,
Danville, Tuesday evening. The song ser-
vice was followed by temperance addresses
delivered by Rev. W. W. Evans, D. D.,
Rev. J. B. Steimand Rev. Dr. C. H. H.
Mead.
The conference met in the opera house
on Wednesday with Bishop Andrews pre-
siding.
The program for the day was as follows :
2 p. m., missionary sermon in St. Paul’s
M. E. church by Rev. A. S. Fasig, of New
Cumberland. 3 p. m., anniversary of Bi-
ble society, Rev. J. B. Mann, presiding.
Address, Rev. James Morrow, D. D. 4 p.
m., pentecostal service, in charge of Rev.
B. C. Conner. 6.30 p. m., anniversary of
church extension society, in the Danville
opera house, Rev. Geo. Leidy, presiding,
speakers, Rev. M. M. Swartz and Rev. W.
A. Spencer, D. D.
THURSDAY'S SESSION.
At the conference Thursday, Rev. T. S.
Wilcox, of Shamokin, was re-elected secre-
tary ; Rev. T. M. Aller was chosen statis-
tical secretary, and Rev. John Horning was
selected conference treasurer.
Presiding elder Monroe’s report for the
Altoona district showed the following ad-
vance of Methodism in Centre county.
“The heroic little band of members at
Milesburg, led on by the inspiring courage of
the pastor, brother George E. King, have
erected an edifice of brick, in Gothic style,
that for convenience and attractiveness will
compare favorably with any church in the
district. It will seat 900 persons, and was
dedicated by our beloved senior Bishop
Thomas Bowman, November 21. The ser-
vices were participated in by Revs. Drs. E. J.
Gray, W. A. Stephens, the writer and Rev.
B. P. King and the pastor. The cost was
$6,700 ; amount paid, $4,700, and the balance
provided for by reliable subscriptions.
At Moshannon, on Snow Shoe charge, the
brethren, with commendable enterprise and
zeal, under the leadership of brother C. W.
Rishel, have erected a very neat church with
a seating capacity of 200. It was greatly
needed, and on February 6th the dedicatory
services were held. Revs. T. 8. Wilcox, W.
W. Cadle and the writer assisted in the ser-
vices. It cost $1,200; under the skillful
management of brother Wilcox the amount
asked for was secured. It cost $1,200 and
almost the entire amount has been provided
for. The enterprise reflects great credit up-
on the pastor and members, as the society is
only about two years old. New churches are
now building at Keneda on Howard. brother
A. P. Wharton, pastor. Others are contem-
plated at Snow Shoe. Funds are now being
raised by the ladies of Philipsburg, to replace
their present with a more elegant and mod-
ern edifice.
A new parsonage has been built at Storms-
town on Half Moon circuit. It is a most de-
sirable home in the centre of the town. It
cost $ on which $——have been paid,
and, as the members are fully able to meet
the balance, it is hoped it will not long re-
main unpaid. The pastor, brother R. W.
Runyan, and his able helpers are to be con-
gratulated. The parsonage at Pleasant Gap,
brother G. W. Mcllnay, pastor, has been en-
larged at an expense of $400. Br:ther T. S.
Faus has greatly beautified and improved
the parsonage at Spring Mills, and the work
has been paid for.
Presiding Elder Yocum’s report showed
that in the Danville district four churches
have been erected during the year. The
missionary collections of the district will
exceed more than $200 the amount contrib-
uted last year. More than 2,000 have eon-
fessed conversion and 1,500 received into
the church as probationers.
Supernumerary preachers were con-
tinued as follows : Revs. C. W. Maishall,
Camden, N. J.; James C. Clarke, Balti-
more. Md.; L. G. Heck, Lock Haven, Pa.;
C. W. Barnley, Swathmore, Pa.; L. A.
Rudisill, Mountain Lake Park; W. H.
Bowden, Schellsburg ; Elisha Shoemaker,
Saltillo ; S. P. Boone, Turnbach ; Samuel
Creighton, Mackeyville; A. W. Hauntz
and E. S. Latshaw, of Howard.
WHAT WAS DONE ON FRIDAY.
At the anmiversary of the Freedmen’s
Aid society, Rev. C. V. Hartzell stated
that when Lincoln signed the emancipa-
tion that only one in every ten thousand
could read. Now 100,000 are being edu-
cated in the schools of the Methodist
church. There are 238 colored universities,
110 colleges, 16 law schools, and 22 schools
of medicine. There is a total school popu-
lation of 2,000,000, with a school enroll-
ment of 1,200,000. Towards the means of
affording this education the south has con-
tributed four times as much as the north.
The white man exceeds the negro in think-
ing power, but the negro surpasses the
white man in feeling. In the colored race
one in every 2,700 is a homicide, while in
the white race the proportion is one to
every 14,500. In the civil war there were
176,000 colored men wore the blue, while
36,000 were killed in battle. Seven mil-
lion five hundred thousand negroes appeal
to us for help. 4
Dr. Freeman, of the Sunday school union,
spoke for the largest educational institu-
tion in the Methodist church and said that
in the world they had 31,000 Sunday
schools, 350,000 officers and teachers and
2,600,000 scholars. There have been 127,-
000 conversions in the Sunday school the
past year, and an average of over 100,000
in the last eight years. The newest feature
in the Sunday school union is the home de-
partment, which reaches people whose
hearts are in the school but who are not
able to be there in the body.
Dr. Payne, secretary of the Methodist
board of education, spoke for the board
and said it helped educate 1,754 students
in 132 institutions in 24 different languages
last year. Ten years ago it helped only
200 students, but now surpasses any board
of education of any denomination. The
Central Pennsylvania conference this year
gave $1,700, which helped educate 35
students.
The following young preachers were con-
tinued on trial : David J. Brouse, W. W.
Rothrock, J. J. Resh, Robert J. Allen, M.
S. Derstine, D. N. Miller, D. W. Dickson,
S. J. Sarver, O. G. Sleep.
The following were examined for admis-
sion to full membership: D. F. Kapp,
Elmer E. McKelvey, William C. Charlton,
Daniel M. Grover, Samuel §S, Carnell,
Matthew N. Walker, Harry D. Flanagan,
John C. Grimes, Alvin 8. Williams, Thos.
W. McKenty.
WHAT WAS DONE ON SATURDAY.
DANVILLE, Pa., March 10.—The confer-
ence was called to order at 8.45, when Rev.
B. H. Hart conducted devotional exercises.
The ninth question, who are in the studies
of third year, was taken up. Revs. Fran-
cis E. Purcell, Harry W. Newman, Wil-
liam C. Wallace, C. P. Albertson and G.
N. Remley, who have completed the third
year’s studies, were advanced to the class
of fourth year. Revs. Elliott S. Latshaw,
William H. Miller, A. W. Hontz and C. G.
Roop were continued in the third year.
Those completing the four years’ course
are Revs. David D. Kauffman, John C.
Bickel, Joseph C. Zemens, Frank C. Bey-
ers, Franklin E. Hartman, William W.
Hartman, Wilson E. Vandermark and
George F. Briggs. These ministers were
also elected to be ordained elders. The ac-
tion whereby Revs. Charlton and Flanna-
gan were continued on trial was reconsid-
ered, and they were admitted into full con-
nection and elected to deacons’ orders.
The cases of Revs. Rothrock and Resh
were also reconsidered, and they were ad-
vanced to the studies of the second year.
Rev. John T. Creek was elected to be or-
dained a local deacon.
Rev. George S. Woomer was elected to
be ordained a local elder, as was also Rev.
John A. Miller.
The proposition .for the equalization of
ministerial and lay representation in the
general conference was submitted by Bish-
op Andrews, and after a spirited debate,
participated in by Revs. W. W. Evans, E.
J. Gray and James S. Beyer, a vote was
taken in favor of the proposition by unani-
mous vote.
A second proposition, looking toward the
reduction of the number of ministerial rep-
resentatives, was presented and, after some
remarks, the proposition was not concurred
in by a count vote of 74 for 92 against.
Rev. Dr. Lippincott, of Philadelphia
conference, briefly addressed the conference
in behalf of the Methodist Episcopal hospi-
tal in Philadelphia. Rev. Samuel Creigh-
ton was called upon and spoke in praise of
the hospital.
The order of day, the matter of redis-
tricting the conference, was taken up. An
exciting discussion ensued and when a vote
was taken the resolution favoring six dis-
tricts instead of five was defeated.
The question, where shall the next con-
ference be held, was taken up. Ridgeave-
nue, Harrisburg, asked for the next session
and by unanimous voice the invitation was
accepted. ?
The orders of Rev. A. C. Spencer from
the United Brethren church were recog-
nized, as were also those of Rev. P. F. Jar-
et, of United Evangelical church, and Rev.
Thomas Phillips, of the Primitive Metho-
dist church. Conference closed by expira-
tion of time.
A special service was held at 2.30 o’clock
at which Bishop Andrews consecrated a
candidate to the office of deaconess, Rev.
Samuel Creighton delivered an ad-
dress on revivals, after which Mrs. A. W.
Black presided at the anniversary of the
Woman’s Home Missionary society, ad-
dressed by Miss May Leonard Woodruffs,
of New York.
Rev. M. K. Foster, D. D., and Hon. H.
T. Ames delivered addresses at the evening
anniversary in the interest of the Preachers’
Aid society.
THE SERVICES SUNDAY.
DANVILLE, March 20.—Sunday is al-
ways a great day at the seat of the annual
conference. To-day was no exception.
The love feast, conducted by Rev. George
Warren, at 9 o’clock, was a precious sea-
son.
At 10.30 to a congregation of 1,200, Bish-
op Andrews delivered a sermon of great
strength and beauty on *‘Christ Our Life,”
from John x: 10, “I am come that ye
might have life and that ye might have it
more abundantly.’” At its conclusion he
ordained to the office of deacons Rev. Dav-
id F. Kapp, Daniel W. Grover, Samuel S.
Carnill, Alvin S. Williams, John C. Grimes,
William C. Charlton and John T. Creek.
At 3 o'clock Rev. B. B. Hamlin, D. D.,
delivered one of his famous sermons on
faith going out toan immense throng, after
which Rev. David D. Kuffman, John C.
Bickel, Joseph Clemens, Frank C. Beyers,
Franklin E. Hartman, William Hartman,
Wilson E. Vandermark, George F. Boggs,
George S. Woomer were ordained elders by
the bishop, assisted by a number of trav-
eling elders. :
The missionary anniversary was held at
7.30, at which addresses were delivered by
W. P. Shriner and A. B. Leonard, D. D.,
one of the corresponding secretaries.
Rev. M. Horning, the conference treasur-
er, read the following statement showing
the contributions to this cause .for the last
year : Altoona discriet, $10,819, increase,
$23; Danville district, $9,507, increase
$215 ; Harrisburg district, $10,847, increase,
$117.50 ; Juniata district, $5,726, increase,
186 ; Williamsport district, $10,159, in-
crease, $373. Total, $47,058, increase, $1,-
972
All of Monday's sessions were devoted to
executive business and reports. At 11.30
o’clock Tuesday morning Bishop Andrews
announced the appointments as follows :
ALTOONA DISTRICT.
David S. Monroe, presiding elder.
Allegheny—H. M, Minnigh.
Altoona—Chestnut Avenue, N. H. Schenck;
Eighth Avenue, B. H. Moser; Epworth, C.
A. Biddle ; Fifth Avenue, W. McK. Reiley ;
First, M. L. Ganoe ; Simpson, G. M. Hoke;
Fairview, W. P. Shriner.
Ansonville—John B. Durkee, supply.
Bellefonte—W. A. Stephens.
Bellwood—S. D. Wilson.
Birmingham—Jonathan R. Shipe.
Center—J. W. Chambers.
Clearfield—Amos S. Baldwin.
Coalport—Jacob P. Benfort.
Curwensville—J. A. Wood, Jr.
Duncansville—S. M. Frost.
Glen Hope—Hugh Strain.
Half Moon—R. W. Runyan.
Hastings—George F. Boggs.
Hollidaysburg—E. E. A. Deaver.
Houtzdale—B. B. Hamlin.
Howard—A. P. Wharton.
Karthaus—John C. Collins.
Lumber City—W. W. Cadle.
Mahafiey—John W. Forest.
Martinsburg—J. K. Lloyd.
McKee’s Gap—Job Traux.
Milesburg—George E. King.
Morrisdale—Samuel Blair.
New Washington—W. J. Sheaffer.
Osceola—W. R. Picken.
Patton—Edwin H. Witman_
Penn’s Valley, T. S. Faus.
Philipsburg-—T. L. Tomkinson.
Pleasant Gap—W. J. Stewart.
Port Matilda—Edmund Feight.
Ramey—H. A. Staab.
Roaring Spring—Elton H. Wallace,
Shawmut—L. I. Logan.
Snow Shoe—C. W. Rishell.
State College—A. W. Guyer.
Tyrone—First, H. L. Jacobs; Columbia
Avenue, V. T. Rue.
Utahville—John C. Wilhelm.
Wallaceton—F. W. Leidy.
Warriorsmark—George L. Comp.
West Clearfield—W. F. D. Noble.
Williamsburg—George A. Singer.
Woodland—James S. Beyer.
. OTHER CHANGES.
Rev. W. W. Evans D. D., who has been
presiding elder of Harrisburg district for
the past six years becomes presiding elder
of the Danville district, his place at Harris-
burg being taken by Rev. E. H. Yocum, D.
D., the talented presiding elder for the
Danville district. Rev. John A Mattern
is assigned to Jeansville, Rev. James B.
Stein to Sunbury, Rev. J. Ellis Bell to
Chambersburg, Rev. William Moses to
Thirteenth street, Harrisburg.
Rev. J. B. Polsgrove is reappointed pre-
siding elder of the Juniata district. Rev.
R. H. Gilbert remains at the First church
Huntingdon. Rev. William Brill is ap-
pointed to Burham, Rev. George W. Stev-
ens to Lewistown, Rev. Alfred L. Miller
to Newton Hamilton, Rev."C. W. Wasson
to Saxton.
Rev. J. H. Black is again presiding eld-
‘ta Distriet.
| island has had connection with American
er of the Williamsport district. Rev.
George Leidy receives the Lewisburg ap-
pointment, and Rev. M. L. Smyser will
minister to the congregation at Mulberry
street church Williamsport. Otherwise
the changes in this district are of minor
importance.
Rev. G. W. Mecllnay, of Pleasant Gap,
has been sent to Burnt Cabin in the Junia-
United After Many Years.
The Strange Story of Two Halfmoon Township Runa-
ways and Their Return Home.—One of Them Was
Missing 25 years and Had Spent All of the Time in
Mifflin County—Scarcely 100 Miles Away.
A rather remarkable occurrence had its
culmination in this county on Thursday,
March 10th, the facts of which have just
reached here.
Twenty-five years ago Isaac Wyre, a
well to do farmer of Halfmoon township,
came to Bellefonte incidentally to transact
some personal business, and combined
pleasure with business by visiting a circus
that day showing here. When he departed
from home he left two of his sons, Darius
and Harry, aged 18 and 16 respectively, at
work in the potato field. Blair Wyre was
with his brothers a part of the time. Noon-
time came and the first two failed to come
to dinner. A search was made all over the
farm but they were not to be found. When
the father returned home and was informed
of the two missing sons, a general search
was instituted for miles around, but the
only trace found was from a neighbor who
gave the information that the hoys had
been to his place in the afternoon and de-
clared their intention of leaving home.
They gave as their reason, harsh treatment
by their step-mother, and further that their
father had promised to take them along to
Bellefonte to see the show and did not do
80.
Five years passed by and though every
effort possible was made to locate the run-
away boys, nothing was heard of them
until one day the youngest, Harry as sud-
denly reappeared as he had departed.
Harry had led a roving life, been out in
the far west and traveled through many
states, but never settled anywhere, and
tiring of such an existence, he returned
home. But the returned rover could give
no information of his brother Darius. The
two had parted within a week after leaving
home and that is all he knew. Twenty-
five years passed by and Darius Wrye, who
was in rather frail health, had long ago
been given up as dead. Two years ago his
father died, and his brothers and sisters,
some of whom were born after he left home,
have grown up and married. Everything
is changed except the old farm, which looks
very much like it did a quarter of a century
0.
Last Thursday a bronzed and bearded
man drove up to the farm house and in-
quired for Isaac Wrye. Being informed
that he was dead, but that his widow lived
there, the man went in and introduced
himself as the long lost Darius, and the
man of now 43 years of age had little
trouble in proving his identity. And now
comes the strange part of the whole occur-
rence. Through his information it had
developed that Darius, in all this time, had
never been further away than Mifflin coun-
ty, where he went when he ran away, and
where he remained ever since; first working
as a farm hand and saving his money,
finally purchasing a farm for himself, and
now being a successful farmer of that
county with a wife and family. And in
all this time, though separated by only
100 miles, neither one had heard from one
of the other and Darius had no knowledge
of his father’s death until his home-coming
last week.
Past Experience With Spain.
Wars Have Been Possible Almost from the Revolu-
tionary Days.—A Little History Recalled.
With Spain the United States has had
many controversies which threaten war be-
fore the present uprising in Cuba took
place. They go back to the revolutionary
days. Spain was almost as hostileas Eng-
land to the endeavor of England’s Ameri-
can colonies to secure independence, for
she knew that United States success would
incite risings in her Central and South
American possessions. Her loss of these
colonies in the early part of this century
through the United States’ example engen-
dered a hatred in Spain for this country
which would probably have endured to this
day even if other complications had not
supplemented and intensified this rancor.
For over a dozen years after the end of the
Revolution the Americans had much trou-
ble with Spain about the navigation of the
Mississippi, Spain owning the territory on
the west bank of the river, and on both
banks near the river’s mouth, from 1763 to
1800, when she retroceded it to France.
In the second decade of this century
Florida, which was Spanish territory,
threatened to create war between the two
countries. Jackson, during the Seminole
conflict, invaded Florida in 1818 to punish
Indians and whites who made raids on the
people on the American side of the line.
He captured St. Marks and Pensacola, and
hanged Arbuthnot and Ambrister, British
subjects, who gave help to the Seminoles.
This enraged Spain, but as she saw that
the United States could seize and hold
Florida at any time, in spite of all her
efforts to retain it, she was frightened into
signing a treaty ceding Florida to the
United States in return for the assumption
by this country of claims of American citi-
zens amounting to about 5,000,000 against
Spain.
Cuba, however, has been the principal
cause of controversy between the two
countries. In one degree and another that
politics ever since the administration of
John Quincy Adams. Projects have sever-
al times in the past 60 years been started to
buy it. Buchanan, Mason and Soule, in
the Ostend manifesto of 1854, advised the
Pierce administration to buy Cuba, or to
seize it if Spain refused to sell. The fili-
hustering expeditions from the United
States in the 40s and 50s to capture Cuba,
were a cause of considerable annoyance to
this country. The Cuban rebellion of 1868
and 78 threatened several times to bring
this country into the trouble. In 1873,
when the Virginius was captured in Cuban
waters and some Americans whom she car-
ried were executed, the excitement in this
country ran high fora few weeks. Spain
made ample preparation for the outrage.
It was found, moreover, that the Virgin-
ius was not entitled to sail under the
American flag, yet that incident brought
an attack by the United States nearer than
at any other time in our history except at
the present moment.
To=Morrow and To-Day.
To-morrow hath a rare, alluring sound.
To-day is very prose. And yet the twain
Are but one vision seen through altered
eyes.
Our dreams inhabit one our stress and pain
Surge through the other Heaven is but to-day
Made lovely with to-morrow’s face for aye.
—Richard Burton in Century.
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
Eat no meat at all. Become a vegetar-
ian ; they always have beautiful skin.
Once in six weeks or s0 eat a meal of fresh
meat. This does away with the tendency
to scurvy—the curse of the vegetarian.
Drink as much water as you can, eat little
grease, and touch no tea or coffee. Your
breakfast may be oatmeal and oranges ;
your dinner fruit, nuts, tea — prefera-
bly quince tea—graham muffins, cauliflower
croquettes, marmalade and dishes of stewed
vegetables. The diet is not so bad when
you get used to it. In large towns you
will find one or two restaurants catering to
such as you.
Summer dress skirts will be trimmed ;
there is no doubt about that. Many of the
skirts will be elaborately ruffled from the
hem to the belt, as in past seasons. One of
the latest skirt revivals is the puff which is
put around the hem. The puff is made of
a bias band of the goods, which is gathered
on both edges and sewed around the skirt.
If it be a wash dress the puff is easily man-
aged by ironing in the usual way. If it be
a dress that cannot be washed the puff is
stiffened by crinoline or a delicate inner
lining, so that it keeps its shape the whole
season.
Lace will be used a great deal upon
these skirts, and it will be put on in the
form of puffs and ruffles. Puffs, it may here
be stated, will be the most fashionable
shirt trimming there is. Everything is
puffs, ribbon is puffed and lace is puffed.
The bicycling costumes this season are
made on much the same lines as last year,
with the skirt of medium length, cut so as
to look well both on and off the wheel.
For midsummer, shirt-waists will be worn
with this skirt. For early spring wear, the
newest coat is the style between an Eton
and a mess jacket. It fastens at the throat
and yet hangs away at the waist-line. It
is finished down either side of the front
with a row of little bone buttons, has a
narrow turn over collar and three straps of
cord which go across and over again, fasten-
ing or not, as desired. The skirt, which
opens at the side, as all good bicycle skirts
must needs do, has two short rows of
small bone buttons on either side of the
front breadth. The material most in favor
is light cheviot of a tan color ; but there
are many gowns made up in blue and
black.— Harper's Bazar.
Round waisted bodices are promised for
hot weather dresses. With the small
sleeve has come a perfect mania for bretelles
to give the shoulders the breadth formerly
afforded by the sleeve. We have slashed,
gathered and plaited bretelles. One style
is intended to give a pretty sloping effect ;
another the broad look from shoulder to
shoulder. The sleeve beneath the cap is
only a close shape devoid of wrinkle or
puff. Shoulder arrangements of some
kind seem equally becoming to both slim
and stout figures. A silk reception gown
is noted with a half dozen tiny frills form-
ing the sleeve cap, while another has three
successive caps each slashed in the middle
and faced with plain silk.
To message the face always rub the
cheeks, temples, forehead upward and
backward except when the instruction
conflicts with the following: To soft-
en the indentations and wrinkles left
by time rub exactly across the line of their
formation. For instance, the deep furrows
which extend from the nostril to the cor-
ners of the mouth must be firmly rubbed
with the cushion of the hand by an outward
and upward movement. The perpendicular
lines showing between the brows must be
firmly stroked with the fingers in a hori-
zontal direction and the horizontal lines
crossing the forehead, must be rubbed
upward and downward. The wrinkles
of the temples and under the eyes
must be studied and rubbed according to
the general instructions above given.
Shirt waists ‘for wear with tailor-made
gowns, to be comme il faut should have :
A yoke invariably on the bias, with a
deep point in the centre.
The fullness below this yoke should be
laid in plaits, fastened down tight from
yoke to waist. Two or three on either side
of the point turning toward the centre.
There should be no fullness on the un-
der arm of the sleeve at the cuff. What
little there is should be gathered into a
cluster about an inch and a half wide
along side of the placket on the top.
It should be fastened down the front
and at the placket on the sleeves with
pearl buttons ; gold and jeweled studs
have been relegated to second place. These
buttons may be flat ones with four holes
to sew through or, newer yet, shanked
bullet shaped.
Gold cuff links should be worn with the
flat pearl buttons. Dumb bell links of
pearl to match are de rigueur with the
round kind.
If the shirt waist is of silk a standing
white collar is the thing, with a wash one
a collar of the same material is the latest.
Not the shape collar of last summer, that
is, a poke, flaring up in front with points
meeting in the centre, but a straight band
like effect, one side lapping over the other.
To be strictly up-to-date a plaid should
have the front and yoke on the bias, but
the back sleeves and collar should be
straight. Stripes may be bayadere, bias or
up and down as preferred.
With the first breath of spring woman’s
thoughts involuntarily turn to her tailor
made or street gown. An ultramodish
jacket and skirt suit was developed in
brown whip cord. The skirt is finished
with a circular ruffle, embellished with six
straps of the material stitched on, and fin-
ished with black jet buckles. The same
trimming effect is carried out on the
jacket.
Another fetching costume designed for
street wear is in blue ladies’ cloth, with
bodice in blouse fashion. The trimming is
narrow black braid, put on in double rows
in scallop effect or festoons. The stock
and girdle are of black satin, the latter
also braid trimmed and finished with black
jet clasps. The hat is of black looped
straw, with an Alsatian bow of green and
blue changeable, and a bunch of blue
morning glories for garniture.
The mode of trimming dresses’ favors
tiny effects, diminutive buttons, extremely
narrow cords, ribbons, small beads and
small scrolls. The general styles char-
acteristic of the latest vogue and sanctioned
by Europe are bayadere and raye, or hori-
zontal and verticle. These horizontal
trimmings run in straight lines around the
skirt and bodice, and sleeves as well ; the
monotony of the straight line is varied in
wavy and Vandyke designs.
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