— TS) Colleges & Schools. IE YOU WISH TO BECOME. A Chemist, A Teacher, An Engineer, A Lawyer, An Electrician, A Physician, A Scientic Farmer, A Journalist, in short, if you wish to secure a training that will fit you well for any honorable pursuit in life, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL ADVANTAGES. TUITION IS FREE JFFECT IN SEPT. 1900, the General Co! TR more varied range of electives, ing History ; the Baglish, French, German, tures ; Psychology; Ethics, Pedagogies, and IN ALL COURSES. urses have been extensively modified, so as to fur- after the Freshman Sear, than heretofore, includ- Spanish, Latin and Greek Languages and Litera- olitical Science. There courses are especially adapted to the wants of those who seek either the mostthorough training for the Profession of Teaching, es in Chemistry, Civil, Electrical, Te py in the United tates. Graduates YOUNG WOMEN are admitted to all courses on th THE FALL SESSION opens Sepember 12th, 1900. For specimen examination papers or for catal study, cts ete., and showing positions held 25-27 ral College Education. : one 2 Mechanical and Mining Engineering are among the very have no difficulty in securing and holding positions. e same terms as Young Men. ogue giving full information repsecting eourses of by graduates, address THE REGISTRAR, State College, Centre County, Pa. Coal and Wood. over K. RHOADS. Shipping and Commission Merchant, «=—-DEALER IN— ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS { ——CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, QATS,—— snd other grains. COALS. —BALED HAY and STRAW— BUILDERS’ and PLASTERERS’ SAND, KINDLING WOOD—— og the bunch or cord as may suit purchasers. tfully solicits the patronage of his Rothe friends and the public, at w....HI8 COAL YARD...... Central 1312. Telephone Calls { Commercial 682. near the Passenger Station. 86-18 ————————————————————— Saddlery. $5,000 $5,000 go. ———WORTH OF—— HARNESS, HARNESS, HARNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES, PLAIN HARNESS, FINE HARNESS, BLANKETS, WHIPS, Ete. All combined in an immense Stock of Fine Saddlery. me, NOW IS THE TIME FOR BARGAINS... To-day Price: have Dropped THE LARGEST STOCK OF HORSE COLLARS IN THE COUNTY. JAMES SCHOFIELD, 3-37 BELLEFONTE, PA. Jewelry. WwW EDDING GIFTS —— OF STERLING SILVER. _— COMBINE BEAUTY, USEFULNESS AND | DURABILITY, for these reasons nothing else is quite so fitting for the occa- sion. Articles for every use in the best expression of taste. rn (3) ee F. C. RICHARD’S SONS, 41-46 High St. BELLEFONTE PA For Sale. ROCK FARMS. J. HARRIS HOY, Manager, Office, No. 8 So. Allegheny St. Bellefonte, Pa. Horses, Cows, , Shoats, Young Cat- tle and Feeders for at all times. 43-16-1v va ar ere Demorvaicy alc Bellefonte, Pa., Nov. 23, 1900. Origin of Thanksgiving. The Day Was First Celebrated in 1621 dnd it is by Far the Oldest American Holiday. Thanksgiving Day was first celebrated in the autumn of 1621. The previous winter had severely tried the courage of the band of pilgrims at Plymouth, Mass., and 46 out of the original 101 had died and were buried in the cemetery that seemed destined to soon be the home of all of the little company. But the summer of 1621 changed the course of events and when the autumn came with fair crops the survivors were all healthy and ready to withstand the rigors of the coming winter. Governor William Bradford decided that there was cause for giving thanks -and for feasting, and he detailed four men to go hunting to supply the table with wild fowl. Wild turkeys were plentiful in the woods at that time, and in one day, histor- iane say, the hunters killed enough game to supply the company for a week. Thrifty housewives supplied the necessary pies made from the yellow pumpkins re- cently gathered, and thus turkey and pumpkin pie formed a principal part of the first Thanksgiving celebration, and they have of every anniversary of the day since that time. The Pilgrims were not content with cele- brating one day, and feasting and wmerry- making lasted for a week. Chief Massasoit and ninety of his copper-colored followers paid a visit to the colony during the week and were heartiy welcomed and royally entertained. While church services occu- pied much of the time there was no lack of out-door games and all are hountifully supplied with what the Indians called ‘‘comfortable warm weather,”’ but which is known to commerce as Holland gin. Thus Thanksgiving was born. It con- tinued to be celebrated in the New Eng- land colonies, though not with any regu- larity, for about fifty years. Thanksgiv- ing was observed in July, 1623, because of the timely arrival of ashipload of supplies. Six years later the accession of Willian and Mary to the English throne was similarly celebrated and the victory of the Pequods was the cause of a day of thanksgiving in 1637. It was about 1680 when the cele- bration of the day became an annual cus- tom in Massachusettes Colony and was regularly ordered by the General Court. During the revolutionary war there were eight public observances of the day by act of the Continental Congress. The first national Thanksgiving was ordered by Congress and proclaimed by President Washington in 1789, and since that time the last Thursday in November has been regularly declared a national holiday. Gradually the various States adopted the custom of recognizing the institution by proclamations by the various Governors, It is only within the past half century that the southern States have accepted Thanksgiving, and while the Governors now regularly issue the proclamations the people pay little attention to the day. Christmas continues to be the great holi- day for the people who live South of Mason and Dixon’s line. Having been first cele- brated in New England, the oldest of American holidays continues to he most generally ohserved there as a day for fami- ly reunions, religious worship and general jollification. The true New Englander ob- serves the day whether he is at home or abroad, and descendants of the Puritans will eat turkey Thanksgiving day in every country on the face of the globe. For the Thanksgiving Dinner. I think a Thanksgiving dinuer table should be differently decorated from one for any other occasion. It should look loaded. My centre-piece will be a big- scooped-out pumpkin, with the edges scalloped, filled with fruit arranged pretti- ly on leaves—bananas, oranges, lady ap- ples, and grapes. At one end end of the table will be a representation of a mammoth pumpkin pie (this for the benefit of the children, ) made from a bread pan, with crinkled yellow tissue paper around the edges and filled with sawdust. in which are concealed trifles, one for each person present, done up in yellow paper tied with yellow rib- bon. The ribbon bows and ends will make the top of the pie. At the close of dinner it will be passed, and everyone will get a pull and a package. At the end of the table I will have a bowl of yellow chrysanthemums—the flower of the Thanks- giving season. At the four corners I will put horns made of card-board covered with yellow crinkled tissue Paper. Out of one of these cornucopias will pour chocolates, out of another figs and dates, out of the third nuts and raisins, and out of the fourth candy fruits.— Woman’s Home Com- anion. Christening the Children. An English parson of a church in Ber- bice, British Guiana, writes entertainingly of his pastoral duties. In the matter of christening. the choice of name is left to the taste or fancy of the parents. On one occasion the parson asked, ‘‘What is the name of the child?” “The father said, ‘‘Ax, parson.” The minister looked inquiringly at the man,and said : “But I don’t understand you.”’ ‘Well, ‘parson,’”’ said the man, ‘‘my mind gi’e me to go troo’ de New Testa- ment. I have had four boys. The first was named Matthew, the second Mark, the third Luke and the fourth John. Now, this, the fifth one, is to be Ax (Acts), par- son,”’ China’s Lofty Mountain. It Is a Spot Held Sacred for Over Four Theusand Years. A two days’ ride through the mountain districts south of Tsi-nan brought one to the Chinese Mecca. Tai-ngan-fu. For sev- eral hours before reaching the walls of this most ancient city. I skirted the foot of bold granite mountains, the stone guard of the famous Tai-schan, which rises to a height of about 6.000 feet. My expecta- tions ran high as I passed through the dark city gate, for I was entering one of the most ancient cities of the universe, mentioned by Chinese historians in the year 2,254 B. C. That year the great Emperor of Shun visited Tai-ngan-fu in order to receive the homage of the petty princes then residing in this region, and was so delighted with the place that he re- mained several months. It was during this sojourn that the Em- peror ascended the Tai-schan, rising north of the city, and dedicated the mountain to the gods of heaven and earth. From the time of the imperial visit the Tai-schan became the holy mountain of the middle kingdom, ascended by hundreds of mil- lions of pilgrims, who also sacrificed in the gorgeous temples of the city. I hoped to find in this most ancient place some remnants of its glorious history—-old castles, palaces, towers or temples, which from such picturesque objects in cities compara- tively much younger. Jerusalem, Da- mascus, Constantinople, Cairo, have also been sacked and destroyed many times, vet they still contain ancient monuments inviting the admiration of the traveler. From what I had so far seen, China pos- sessed nothing of the kind; but here in the capital of this most ancient province there must be, I thought, some vestiges left of its former glory. Even here I was sadly disappointed. The uarrow, dirty streets were lined with poor, one-story houses, just like those in any other town of the middle kingdom, probably even more dilapidated; no squares, or temples, or palaces; none of those sometimes magnificent stone arches whica the Chinese love to erect to the memory of faithful widows or virtuous maidens, or to a beloved mother, and which are such graceful and conspicuous ornaments of almost every Chinese city. Even of these modern marhle arches I saw not one; and as for pilgrims—of whom, on the day that Mr. Williamson visited Tai- guan-fu, he said that he encountered ahout 70,000 within the walls—I conld discover but few.— Century Magazine. Looking at Saturn. What a Little Girl Saw at the Great Lick Observa- tory. A little girl’s visit to the Lick observa- tory in California, is described in the Octo- her St. Nicholas. The professor, says the writer, lifted the little girl in his arms and held her at just the right height. She knew that Saturn, like the earth, is a planet revolving round the sun. When she looked through the small telescope. he did not seem round, but eliptical. That was because she saw him and his rings as one mass. But through the great telescope, with his bright rings around him, he looked much as she had seen him in the picture. The professor seemed to think it worth while to explain things to a little girl, and kindly said : “The distance through Saturn is about 72,000 miles, or nine times the distance through the earth. Can you see three the whole system of rings. These rings are neither solid, liquid nor gaseous. We think they are composed of millions of lit- tle moons.’ *‘Millions ?”’ exclaimed the astonished Isabel, who bad always thought one moon lovely. : ““Phese rings.’’ he went on, ‘‘are abrut 100 miles thick, and when the edge of the rings get toward us, we cannot see it at a distance of so many millions of miles. So sometimes, we cannot see Saturn’s rings; but now the rings are tilted, so that we see them clearly. Now can you see the large moon ? Saturn has eight, and I think, if you look a moment you can see six.”” At first Isabel could see but four moons. “Look close at the upper edge,”’ said the professor. Then she saw two more little shining moons which she had not noticed. “I think I bave seen enough, and I thank you ever so much,’ she said for many people were waiting. Samuel McFetridge Shot. The Well Known Young Philadelphian Gets Two Bullets. Samuel McFetridge, a yonng Philadel- hia man, was shot recently hy Miss Anna Maorray, his reported fian- cee. McFetridge is a member of the firm of John R. McFetridge & Son, print- ers at 927 Arch street, Philadelphia. On Thursday evening the couple attended the theatre and afterwards went to the print- ing house. ~ People passing along Arch street heard two shots, and the door was forced open by the police. They found McFetridge with one bullet in his head and another in hisshoulder. The girl was unconscious, having fainted and both were taken to the Hahnemann hospital, where they will recover. There is a great deal of mystery about the whole affair and the real facts may never be known, as every effort is being made to keep this matter from the public and no suits will be brought. intimate friends for three years. McFet- ridge is tall and bandsome. Miss Murray is a type of brunette beauty. Together could be found. ‘When Miss Murray went to live in a fashionable house on Locust street, near Broad, McFetridge called often to see her. The other occupants of the house thought they were engaged to be married. Of late, MecFetridge’s visits became less frequent, and Miss Murray heard of another woman, and some think she became jealous. Miss Murray came from Johnstown a few years ago and has since lived in Philadelphia. She is highly spoken of by the parents of McFetridge, whose home she frequently vis- ited and they have made it possible for her to spend the winter in California and have sent ber there since the shooting. —— Charles M. Hays, at the age of 19, was a clerk in the Frisco Railroad office in St. Louis, with a salary of $40 a month. Last week Mr. Hays, now 42 years,became the president of tlve Sonthern Pacific rail- way. His salary will be $55,000 a year. GREAT LUCK OF AN Eprror.—‘‘For two years all efforts to cure Eczema in the palms of my hands failed,’”’ writes Editor H. N. Lester, of Syracuse, Kan., ‘‘then I was wholly cured hy Bucklen’s Arnica Salve.” It’s the world’s best for Eruptions, and all skin diseases. Only 25c. at Greens. rings? It is about 173,000 miles across | Miss Murray and McFetridge had been |’ they are about as striking a couple as | Personally-Conducted Tours via Penn- sylvania Railroad. Season of1900--1901. The Pennsylvania railroad company an- nounces the following personally conducted tours for the season of 1900-1901 :— California.—A thirty-five day tour will leave New York, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, and Pittsburg Feb. 14th. The party will travel over the entire route by the *‘Golden Gale Special,’ the finest train that crosses the continent. Florida.—Three tours to Jacksonville will leave New York and Philadelphia Feb. 5th and 19th, and March 5th. The first two of these admit of a sojourn of two weeks in the ‘‘Flowery State.” Tickets for the third tour will be good to return by regular trains until May 31st, 1901. Tickets for the above tours will be sold from all principal points on the Pennsyl- vania railroad. For detailed itineraries, giving rates and full information, address Thos. E: Watt. passenger agent Western District, Pittsburg; or Geo. W. Boyd, assistant general passenger agent, Phil- adelphia. 45-46-2¢ ——Dawson, with its three daily news- papers, électric lighting plants and a pop- ulation of twenty five thousand people, is now hardly a week’s journey from Seattle, and one can travel all the way with entire comfort. It is about three days by steam- er from Seattle up the coast, a few hours by rail over the White Pass Road, and then two days by steam to Dawson. During the last summer a steamer had heen run- ning every day each way between the ter- minus of the railroad and Dawson. The Valley of the Yukon, in future years will be found capable of supporting a vast population. They raised hig potatoes, cabbages and other vegetablesat Dawson this year. " KEEP YOURSELF STRONG—ANd you will ward off colds. pneumonia, fevers and oth- er diseases. You need to have pure, rich blood and good digestion. Hood’s Sarsa- parilla makes the blood rich and pure as no other medicine can do. It tones the stomach, creates an appetite and invigor- ates the whole system. You will be wise to begin taking it now, for it will make you strong and well. Hood's Pills are non-irritating. Price 25 cents. ‘‘What’s your purpose here ?’’ asked the savage. ‘We are going to civilize you,’’ answered the white man, who had just landed. . “Ah! what do you use—Springfield, Lee-Metford or Krag-Jordensen 2° — Washington Star. Jell-O, the Dessert, Pisases all the family. Four flavors: Lemon; range, Raspherry, and Strawberry. At your grocers. 10 cts. ry itto-day. 5 Medical. iE TERY EXERTION A TASK EVERY CARE A BURDEN There is failure of the strength to do and the power to endure ; there 1s weak- ness ‘“‘all over” that is persistent and con- stant. The vital functions are impaired, food does not nourish, and the whole system is run down. A medicine that strengthens the stom- ache, perfects digestion, invigorates and tones is needed. Caroline Schrag, 3153 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., was in feeble health for two years; the felt tired all the time; had constant headache and poor appetite. She was urged to try Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which she did, and after taking four bot- ties was well and strong. What Hood’s Sarsaparilla did for Mrs. L. B. Garladd, Shady, Tenn., it has done for others. she took it when she was all run down—without appetite, losing flesh, and unable to do her work. It restored . appetite, increased her weight, and made her well and strong. This is her own un- solicited statement. HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA Promises to cure and keeps the promise. The earlier treatment is begun the better —Dbegin it to-day. 45-42 HH PORTANT ADVICE. It is surprising how many people wake up in the morning nearly as tired as when they went to bed, a dis- agreeable taste in their mouth, the lips sticky, and the breath offensive, . with a coated tongue. These are na- ture’s first warnings of Dyspepsia and Liver Disorders, but if the U. 8. Army and Navy Tablets are resorted to at this stage they will restore the sys- tem to a healthy condition. A few doses will do more for a weak or sour stomach and constipation than a pro- longed corse of any other medicine. 10¢. b5c. and $1.00 a package. U. 8S. Army & Navy Taser Co, 17 East 14th Street, New York City. For sale at F. P. Green. 45-46-1t Plumbing etc. «Shseiinisssbisvesnsissrsesssinsiseisamarrsansssn seasesee HoosE YOUR PLUMBER . as you chose your doctor—for ef- fectiveness of work rather than for lowness of price. Judge of our ability as you judged of his—by the work already done. Many very particular people have judged us in this way, and have chosen ‘us as their plumbers. R. J. SCHAD & BRO. No. 6 N, Allegheny St., BELLEFONTE, PA. Of course you do. Every body does. But every body does not know that the place to satisfy that hunger when in Bellefonte is at Anderson’s Restaurant, opposite the Bush House, where good, clean, tasty mesls ean be had at all hours. Oyster- and Game in season. DO YOU PLAY POOL? If you do, you will find excellent Pool and Billard tables, in connec- tion with the Restaurant. DO YOU USE BOTTLED BEER? If you do, Anderson is the man to supply you. He isthe only licensed wholesale dealer in the town, and supplies only the best and purest brands. Will fill orders from out of town, promptly and carefully, either by the keg or in bottles. Address JOHN ANDERSON, Bellefonte, Pa 44-28-6m Green’s Pharmacy. cen. Ol On ER WE wg Her WATER “a BOTTLES ARE NOW IN SEASON. a - gp It is hard to get so much comfort je from the same amount of money ge a from anything else—Have you a pain anywhere? fill a hot water a bottle and lay on the painful part he co and you will be surprised at the a qnick relief—We have small ones for the face—One, two and three ig quarts for the body—No cold feet La at night with one of them in your bed—They range in price from gg 50cts. to $1.50—We have them also 2 in combination with fountain syrings. go “ag $< GREEN'S PHARMACY, L ¢ Hien Stree, ? 4 BELLEFONTE, - PA. ; : 44-26-1y { : [ Ee La Tt a TC ER TR i TT TU or Prospectus. G Ww SoMET FOR GIRLS AND BOYS. DURING the past year “St. Nicholas’ Magazine, which has been for nearly thirty years the lead- ing children’s magazine of the world (and now the only one), has introduced