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tion and the craning of necks was
ain in his crimson cope, proudly
e cushion on which reposed the
iple crown so soon $0 rest on the
ius. He was accompanied by the
1 jeweler and by a special guard,
of Swiss, and was followed by
ir of the Sistine Chapel, in white,
¢ as it went along.
RIVAL’S FELICITATIONS.
The 10w ceiling sent back an exquisite
echo of the Tues Petrus,sang by the Sistine
choir, whose voices were heard outside in
the piazga of St. Peter’s. Cardinal Ram-
polla advanced with dignity, knelt and
kissed the foot of the Pontiff. He then
presented in a firm voice the wishes and
greetings of the Chapter of St. Peter’s
which he said “offer an act of obedience to
Your Holiness, and wish you a prosperous
and glorious pontificate.” The cardinal
recalled-that - the bodies of the first Pope
and of St. Paul rest in the ilica, which
fact he said was” of good augury for the
work of the new head of the Catholic
church. 3
The Pontiff was visibly touched, and an-
swering in a trembling voice warmly thank-
ed the chapter for their well wishes. :
“Good wishes,” he said, ‘‘are extremely
precious.”’
The procession then reformed and pro-
ceeded to the door of the Basilica, through
which Pius X cast an almost terror-stricken
glance, whispering to Lapponi : ‘Shall I
ever be able to go through with it?”
THE AUDIENCE APPLAUDS.
The people in the Basilica had meantim-
become very impatient, and when the
gleaming cross which preceded the pro-
cession was seen it was greeted with ap-
lause. On the appearance of the Pontiff
imself it seemed as though the people
would seek to carry him in their arms, so
great was their enthusiasm. :
ON THE THRONE.
The quaint ceremony was then carried
out. The master of the ceremonies knel$
three times before the Pontiff, each time
lighting a handful of hemp which sur-
mounted a silver torch, and as the flame
flashed and then died out he chanted :
Pater Sancte,sic transit gloria mundi (Holy
Father, thus passeth away the glory of the
word ).
The scene presented on his mounting the
throne formed a magnificent picture, to
which no pen could do justice. The cen-
tral figure was the Pontiff seated on the
throne. Two lines of cardinals, clad "in
in silver and scarlet, reached to the high
altar with its burden of burning candles
and sacred vessels, while around stood the
Papal guards, tbe pontificial court, monks
and officials. The cathedral was illuminat-
ed with twinkling lights, while the marble
columns and walls rendered the eolor
scheme more vivid. Overhead was the
most magnificent dome in the world up to
which floated the harmony of the music.
ON THE THRONE.
_ From the throne Pius X, surrounded by
his suite, walked to the high altar, stand-
ing over the crypt of St. Peter, into which
meanwhile Cardinal Macchi descended to
pray. The altar was surmounted by a
baldacchine, supported by four historic
bronze pillars taken from the Parthnon.
The appearance of the Pope in that elevat-
ed position called forth another burst of
enthusiasm. The Pope then blessed the
altar, and after saying the Indulgentiam,
the Maniple. a symhol of the cord with
which Christ was bound on his capture
was placed, with great ceremony, upon the
Pope’s arm.
At the same time prayers for the corona-
tion was recited by Cardinals Vannuteli,:
Mocenni, Agliardi and Satolli. y
Returning from the orypt Cardinal Macchi,
placed upon the shoulders of the Pope the
pontifical pallium and attached it with
three golden jewelled pins, saying : ‘‘Re-
ceive this sacred pallium as asymbol of the
fallness of the pontifical office, in honor of
Almighty God, the most glorious Virgin’
Mary, His mother, the blessed Apostles,
St. Peter and St. Paul, and the Holy
Roman Catholic church. - A
Mass was then celebrated with great,
ceremony, the voice of the Pope becoming
gradually more firm and sonorons until it
was even audible in the most distant sor-'
ner of the immense church. Following
this, Cardinal Macchi performed the rite of
incensing the Pope, whom he subsequent-
y kissed three times on the cheek and.
chest, as did Cardinal Segg and Vannutem.
On the Pope’s return to the throne the
cardinals offered their last obedience to the
Pontiff, kissing his hand and feet, and be-
ing embraced by him twice in turn. The
bishops and archbishops kissed his foot and
Jig: nes, while the abbots kissed only’
is foot.
THE LAST RITE.
The Holy Father then walked to the
shrine of St Peter's for the culminating
rites of the extremely fatiguing ceremony.
The whole Sacred College gathered about
the Pope singing Palestrina’s Corno Aurea
Super Caput Ejus, while the choir burst
forth into song. Cardinal Macchi then re-
cited the Pater Noster, and offered the
following prayer: “Omnipotent and
ever eternal God, dignitary of the clergy
and author of sovereignty, grant they
servant, Pius X, grace to fruitfully govern
Thy church so that he, who by the clem-
ency, becomes and is crowned as father of
kings and rector of all the faithful through
Thy wise disposition may govern well.”
‘‘Amen’’ rang out from all corners of the
Cathedral, from the choir, the people, the
clergy and the patricans.
THE POPE CROWNED.
Cardinal Deacon Segna then raised the
Pontiff’s mitre, and Senior Cardinal Dean
Macchi placed on his white head the triple
crown. As this moment the church was
filled with the ringing of bells, the blow-
ing of silver trumpets, the triamphant
strains of the choir and the acclamation,
of the multitude, which could not longer
be suppressed.
When comparative silence had heen re-
stored, Cardinal Macchi addressed the Pope
in Latin as follows: Receive this tiara
ornaments with three crowns. Remember
.|.and left the.
the rector of the world, the vicar on earth
of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who is the
honor and glory of centuries.’’ .
‘‘Amen, amen,’’ again burst forth from
a
Pope Pius was quite overcome and had
scarcely strength left to impart the apostol-
ic benediction. Cardinals Macchi and
Segna granted a plenary indulgence to all
present, and’ the procession then reformed
ilica.in the same form as it
came.
THE POPE FATIGUED.
-The.Pope was visibly fatigued and his
| right hand shook as he raised it time after
time to bestow his blessing.
... When the ceremony was over, all the
exits to the Basilica were opened and with-
in lese than an hour, the vast cathedral was
empty.
Condinal Gibbons, after participating in the
coronation ceremonies started for the villa
of the American College, at Castel Gandolfe,
accompanied by Mgr. Kennedy, the rector
of the college, where he will spend a few
days. -
Strong as Pius X is physically, he sup-
ported the ordeal of his coronation to-day,
perhaps with less fortitude than did Leo
XIII when he was crowned, although the
latter was merely a shadow of a man. But
he possessed a will which nothing could
break.
This evening, when the Pontiff received
the Duke of Parma he said to him: ‘‘Not
counting the election, today was the most
tremendous experience of my life. I must
find a way to stop the noise in the church.
It is an offense against religion.”’
It is regarded as almost marvellous, con-
sidering the tremendous crowd at St.
Peter’s to-day, that not a single untoward
incident occurred and the perfect order is
attributed to the good organization of the
military and police.
~~ FREEDOM OF THE CHURCH.
Premier Zanardelli,; although ‘not well,
remained in Rome purposely to personally
direct the policy of the government. He
left immediately after the coronation, say-
ing: ‘Rome and Italy have given proof
to the world of the freedom of the church.”’
The officials of the Vatican refused dip-
lomatists accredited to the Quirinal any
facilities for being present at the corona-
tion. Nevertheless some of them were
there as private individuals, of the French
Embassy to the Vatican, through the
courtesy of their colleagues.
Besides Cardinal Gibbons, there were
present at the ceremony to-day Monsignor
Kennedy and the entire American College
party, the Archbishop of Manila; Mgr.
O’Connell, rector of Washington Univer-
sity, and Very Rev. Charles P. Grannon,
of the same institution ; Father Wall and
Father John Burke, of New York; Father
Waller, of Sioux Falls, and Father Charles
B. Donavon, of Montgomery, Ala. No
place was specially reserved for the family
of the Pope, the only member of his family
present being his nephew, Parolin, who is
a parish priest.
Fishing Boat Silver Spray’s Encounter
With Canadian Revenue Cutter.
On Historic Lake Erie. The American Boat Was Bad-
ly Shattered by Shots Fired From the Cutter and
Was Nearly Captured.
ERIE, August 12.—The Silver Spray, a
fishing boat owned here, came into port
this afternoon in a badly shattered condi-
tion due to an encounter in mid-lake about
noon with the Canadian revenue cutter
Petrel.
The Canadian authorities bave had
trouble with American fishermen for years,
who were poaching on their side of the lake
and the Petrel is kept constantly on the
outlook for shem.
About noon she came upon the Silver
Spray on the Canadian side of the lake and
* | at once ordered Captain Chris Chau to stop.
The Petrel is a strong steel craft, and it is
said attempted to ram the American boat
before she could comply with the former’s
order. Captain Chau remembering the fate
of several other hoats from this side, which
had been captured and confiscated, two
from Erie, only last season, decided to try
and escape and started ahead at full speed.
The captain of the Petrel, when he saw
that the Silver Spray was trying to get
away, opened fire with all the guns he had
on board. and before he ceased firing some
twenty shells had struck her. One
through the smokestack into the pilot
house in which Chau stood at the wheel
and two more struck the pilot house, one of
which came within a few inches of him,
Seatering a myriad of splinters around his
ead.
The fact that no one was killed is sim-
ply miraculous, as two shots entered the
water closet, two in the cabin, two in the
roof, three in the after hurricane deck and
the others in various parts of the boat.
The chase was kept up for some little
time and Captain Chau was nearly in de-
spair as his cold water pump refused to
work and he was also afraid that his boat
might be struck below the water line and
sunk. He was very lucky, however, to
get across the dividing line, and the Petrel
gave up the pursuit. Les
The Silver Spray is a double decker and
was for twelve years in service at Buffalo
as a pleasure steamer.
Captain Chau will report the affair to
the State Department at Washington, as be
says he was only looking for some of his
nets which had drifted from this side to-
ward the Canadian shore. -
A large number of American fishing tug
have been confiscated by the Canadian gov-:
ernment, one, however, belonging at Dun-
kirk, was a few weeks ago, ordered return-
ed by Secretary of State Hay.
An Amazing Blunder.
From the New York Times.
What, retire from the service by a cold,
formal announcement from the pen of a
department clerk that splendid soldier
General Miles, who has literally fought his
way to the highest rank, and almost sim-
ultaneously raise to the rank next to the
highest, over the heads of a multitude of
seasoned and experienced officers of inter-
‘'vening grades, General Leonard Wood,
really a civilian who has seen almost no
fighting at all? No, no, Mr. President;
no, Mr. Secretary, that will never do. It
is a frightful blunder, of which no one
would have thought the Administration
capable had it not bee comuibied.
Either one of these acts by itself would
have subjected the President and the Sec-
retary of War to a storm of criticism. To-
gether they constitute an act of blind
misjudgment from the consequences of
which the Administration should with all
speed shield itself by a saving measure of
correction. What nation on earth ever
dismissed the chief general officer of its
army with such insulting curtness ? Where
in history has the record of a brave and
brilliant soldier come to such a contemptu-
ous closing ? An impartial world will read
with astonishment, and the American peo-
ple with indignation, the story of the ig-
noble manner in which the Administration
bas chosen to record the retirement of Gen-
thou are the father of Princes and Kings,
eral Nelson A. Miles.
The August Heavens.
The Sun Is Hurrying Away From Us and Shortening
Days Have Appeared.
The month of Aogust finds the sun hur-
rying away from us at a great pace while
the shortening days and lengthening nights
admis of repose and rest after the debilitat-
ing effects of the dog days. Rather more
than nine degrees of declination mark the
path of the sun between the first and the
last days of the month, his speed being
half as much greater at its close than it is
at present. From this it can be plainly
seen that as the sun recedes from the sum-
mer solstice the days decrease more rapidly
until the time of the autumal equinox,
when genial old Sol slows a bit in order to
give his friends on the other side of the
equator as much of his comforting heat as
possible.
As a result of this southern movement
we find that whereas we have sun-up today
at 4:36, we cannot get the old chap to smile
on us on the last day of the month before
5:07. And, furthermore, while he now
bids us good night at a few minutes after 7
o’clock, it will only be 6:22 when he sinks
out of sight at the month’s close. So by
these antics we find our length of day now
to be fourteen hours and thirty minutes,
but from this we shall have to take rather
an hour and a quarter before September
comes to us.
The moon left over from July fulls on the
8th, and as it is at that time fairly well in
the southern section of the heavens, where
it always seems much nearer and clearer to
us than when it passes high overhead near-
er the zenith, we should have some beauti-
ful nights in which to enjoy it. The phase
of last quartering comes on the 16th and
the new moon for August comes on the
22ud, followed on the 29th by the first
| quartering.
The consideration of the moon, our near-
est neighbor in the celestial spaces, is‘al-
ways of great interest, for in the develop-
ment of modern astronomy the problems
connected with it have perhaps created the
most fertile field of invention and discov-
ery. She is, to be sure, much smaller than
the earth, and, compared with most of the
other heavenly bodies, a very insignificans
affair, but her proximity makes her far
more important to us than any of them, ex-
cept the sun. The very beginning of as-
tronomy seems to have originated in the
study of her motions and in the phenomena
which she -causes-in connection with tides
and eclipses. “August and November are
the months most noted for meteoric show-
ers or shooting stars. The name Perseids
is given to the swarm that is particularly
allotted to this month, and they are far
more numerous in the earlier portion of the
month than later.
While the November shooting stars move
very swiftly and are of a greenish or bluish
tint, with vivid and persistent trains, those
we are now expecting are of a more yellow-
ish color and move with far less velocity
and have very aptly been called celestial
fireflies. The difference in velocities of
these heavenly projectiles compares not un-
favorably with our improved modern artil-
lery, which gives fo much increase of veloci-
ty over that of the old time smooth bore
guns and the black powdérs. The Perseids
and the old inhabitants of the solar system,
whereas the Leonids—the name for the
November showers—-are comparatively new-
comers. It is claimed that there is a very
close connection between comets and me-
teors, and there are theorists who state that
it is very possible that comets are swarms
of closely packed meteors.
While this month finds the planets in
line and ready to help out the program ar-
ranged for our midsummer’s amusement, .
there are not many striking numbers that
would attract any very special attention.
We have one more than the usual number
of meetings between the planets and the
moon, as Uranus receives two visits—one
on the 3rd and the second on the 30th.
These meetings are not of a particularly
cordial nature, the distance between the
two heavenly bodies being about the same
on hoth occasions, and quite too grea to
admit of attractiveness.
Next month ‘Uranus will be in quadra-
ture, half way on his journey to conjune-
tion with the sun, and therefore we find
him among the evening stars.
Saturn and the fulling moon are at their
closest on the 7th but on that occasion also
the scenic effect is spoiled by too much in-
tervening sky. Wenow have Saturn as an
evening star, in which category he will re-
main throughout the rest of the year. Re-
ferring for a moment to the meteors above
mentioned, some of the leading astronomic-
al minds have determined that Saturn’s
rings can be neither solid nor liquid sheets,
but that all the known conditions would be
answered by supposing them to consist of a
flock of separate and independent bodies,
moving in orbits nearly circular and in one
plane—in fact, a swarm of meteors. We
shall have to wait another month to have
Jupiter in all his glory, when, after being
in opposition to the sun, he will become an
evening star for the rest of the year. He
is already assuming quite a conspicuous
place, and is about to fling his cap in the
ring as a rival of Venus as the ruler of the
starry hosts. He and the moon, three days
alter the full, appear quite close to one an-
other, and as far as scenic effect is concern-
ed it is to be regretted that the moon’s disk
is quite so full and bright.
Neptune and Luna come fairly close to
one another on the 19th, by which we may
‘judge that the planet ranks asa morning
star, This planet appears in the telescope
as a small star of between the eight and
ninth magnitude, absolutely invisible to
the naked eye, though easily seen with a
good opera grass. Itshows a greenish disk
and has: a diameter that seldom varies
more than one-fifteeth of its extreme
measarement. In diameter, by the way,
being about 35,000 miles whereas the cir-
oumference of the earth, or Puck’s girdle,
is only 25,000 miles.
~ Mercury remains among the evening
stars this month and is on his way toward
far eastern elongation, where he will arrive
early next month, and at which time we
shall be able to see him low down in the
west shortly after sunset. Seen from a
favorable position on the planet’s surface
our sun, instead of rising and setting daily
as it does with us, is said to appear to them
as though it oscillated about 47 degrees
back and forth in the sky every eighty-
eight days.
Mars still ranges himself under the
leader of the evening stars and will not
change again this year. He and the moon’s
growing crescent will be in fairly close
neighborly contact on the 28th, but there
will be too much moonshine to suit this
warlike representative.
In view of the efforts that are being
made to construct a large canal across the
state it will be a matter of great interest to
see how the Martians have progressed with
their system since we last had a look at it.
The probabilities of either being completed
before the other are at present extremely
hazy.
Venus, the fair and lovely queen, is now
at her period of greatest brilliancy, and her
radiant face adorns the sky for some time
after sunset. She is gradually. withdraw-
ing toward the sun, and so Jesmening our
opportunities to comment on her loveli-
Still, as we look about us and think
of the enjoyable times at mountain or sea-
side resort, we perhaps will be willing to
give her some oredit for the feelings she
has inspired,—From the New York Times.
Baby Killed by a Rooster.
A two-year-old child of Lee Montgomery,
an Osage, I. T., farmer, was killed by a
Plymouth Rock rooster on Friday. The
child was throwing sticks and pebbles at
the fowl, which suddenly flew at its baby
tormentor and drove its spurs deep into
the baby’s head, neck and back. The par-
ents rescued the child and started imme-
diately to Cleveland for medical assistance,
bus before they reached the town the baby
was dead. -
ADDITIONAL LOCALS
——There will be two camp meetings in
Sugar valley next week.
bes
——The Aaronshurg Sunday schools are
to hold a union picnic in Col. Coburn’s
Woods at that place on Saturday, August
22nd.
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——Mrs. Myron Smith, who was Miss
Ella Johnson, of this place, is now serious-
ly ill with typhoid fever at her home in
Altoona. ;
>
——The music at Hecla park for busi-
ness men’s picnic day will be furnished by
the Lock Haven and Bellefonte orchestras
and the Milesburg and Mill Hall bands.
—— min
——Farmer’s institutes will be held in
this county during the winter at the fol-
lowing places : Centre Hall, Feb. 3rd
and 4th: Rebersburg, February 5th aud
6th.
——The degree team of Bellefonte Castle
K. G. E. numbering about twenty men,
went down to Milesburg last evening to
give the second degree to members of the
Castle at that place.
ee Ql eres.
——William Bilger, of Pleasant Gap, has:
secured the contract to build theabutments
| for the new county bridge that “is to cross
Pine creek near the residence of Nicodemus
Lose, in Haines Twp.
reece Qe mei eee.
——Some facetious individual has start-
ed the story that the scale works will not
be moved away from Bellefonte now that a
state fish hatchery is to be located here,
because they will be needed to make scales
for the fish.
eee Gp eters.
——A. M. Harter, the Coburn lumber-
man who is conducting extensive operations
in West Virginia, is going to move down to
his new job and is at home now packing
his furniture preparatory to taking Mrs.
Harter there to live.
rl
——The Bellefonte Masons intend estab-
lishing a camp at ‘‘Dowdy’s hole,”’ near
Curtin’s, during the latter part of the
month. They will keep the camp open for
two weeks and a hack will leave here every
morning to take those who care to spend
the day in camp.
” —————r— rr eere——
——Charles Ertle was haunling in bay
near Penn’s Cave on Tuesday afternoon.
When the storm came up he got off his
wagon and went to talk to another man
some distance away. A bolt of lightning
fell on his horse, killing it instantly and
very likely would have killed Ertle also
had he been on the wagon.
BE a ——.
——The two sections of the Wallace
circus train ran together in the yard at
Durban, Mich., early last Friday morning
and twenty-four persons were killed in the
wreck. Most of the killed were circus
employees, but several officials of the
Grand Trunk railway lost their lives also.
The Wallace shows were here last season,
HOUSE BURNED AT EAGLEVILLE.—
Early Monday morning the home of Mrs.
Laura Snyder, at Eagleville, was totally
destroyed by fire, which is supposed to
have caught from an exploding lamp.
About $200 worth :of the furniture was
saved but the building and other contents
was entirely burned. The lossis partially
i
~——¢John Taylor,”’ the Lock Haven
horse that has been winning so much big
money on the grand circuit this spring was
beaten at New York on Wednesday for the
Empire $5,000 stake for 2:20 trotters.
“Kinney Lou’ heat him in two straight
heats in 2:09% and 2:07. It is supposed
that ‘John Taylor’’ was’nt after first mon-
ey for fear of getting a mark down below
the paying point for next season.
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——Several weeks ago Mr. and Mrs. J.
Howard Lingle, their two yonnger chil-
dren, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Montgomery
went to Atlantic City on a pleasure trip.
Last week Mrs. Lingle was suddenly taken
ill and so serious was her condition that
her friends were greatly concerned about
her. At first it was feared that typhoid
fever would develop but by Wednesday of
this week her temperature was so much
lower that her physicians allowed her to be
moved from the hotel in which she had
been staying to a cottage on Pacific
avenue.
in
—-M. G. Walker, a young man from
Marengo, was brought to the hospital on
Monday and Wednesday morning was
operated on for appendicitis. His case was
not a serious one ; being in the middle
period, and he is doing nicely. It was the
first one, however, in the experience of the
operating surgeons in which a seed has
actually been found in the appendix. It
was the popular impression at first that
appendicitis was caused by the presence of
small seeds, such as grape or berry, in the
appendix, but after the frequent exposures
through operations it was discovered that
seeds were rarely found and as a matter of
fact the seat of the trouble is invariably
some foetal secretion.
RE ——_—
——The Centre county veteran clubs
will picnick at Pine Grove Mills on Sep-
tember 12th.
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——Charles Kunes, of Altoona, and Miss
Lulu Hoover, a daughter of George Hoover,
of Union township, were married at the
home of the bride on Wednesday evening.
i ——— A —
——The Logan Engine Co. will go to
State College this evening to join the Alpha
company of that place in the festivities of
the big time they are having up there this
week. The train will leave at 6:30. The
round trip fare will be 50 cts.
fpf en :
——Louig¢ Rosenthal, the Bloomsburg
junk dealer, bought the machinery and
fixtures of the defunct. Houser Springless
Lock Co. in this place. The plant was
built several years age to manufacture a
springless lock invented by Scott Houser.
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——John Schoeley fell from the base of
the spire on the Great Island Presbyterian
church, a distance of fifty-feet, in Lock
Haven, on Tuesday afternoon, and escaped
with a broken ankle and a concussion of
the brain. He has not regained his’ senses
full enough yet to explain how the acci-
dent happened. dF 3
——According to reports Boalsburg is
snffering from an invasion of skunks very
much like Salona bad last week. The
odor saturates the atmosphere about the
plaée and Tom Allen will vouch for the
statement. He made war on a colony of
them with a club a few evenings ago and
just outside the town limits Harry Baily
found six in his path. At one shot from
his gun he killed three and then kept up
the fire until they were all down and out.
On Sunday evening they were especially
noticeable and Boalsburg people think that
forest fires so near the town drove them
oat of the woods. They are being killed
wherever found for they have been raiding
chicken coops, but present indications are
‘that a dozen new ones come to the funeral
of every old one.
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Now A STATE FisH WARDEN.—County
detective Joe Rightnour has another office.
The berth that was offered Thos. H. Harter,
editor of the Gazette, several weeks ago in
order to gratify his longing for ‘‘some-
thing,’’ has been handed over to Joseph
and he is now a fish warden ; appointed by
the Governor to round up illegal fishermen
in Centre, Clearfield, Clinton and Ly-
coming counties. The office carries a salary
of $45 per month and is quite a nice one
for Mr. Rightnour, as it is in line with his
regular duties as a detective.
——
A CHICAGO VIEW OF. BELLEFONTE.—
Recently there were among the summer
boarders at Mzs. Hoover’s home on Spring
St. a Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Williams, of Chi-
cago. Few people knew either of them
when they came, but those who could
look back in memory to the forties and
fifties remembered an Ellis Williams who
had heen quite prominent in thesocial life
that characterized the Half-moon and Buffa-
lo-run valleys. In fact he was a cotem-
porary of Col. George Thomas and Caleb
Kephart, when they were the beaux ideals
of a set that thought nothing of driving
ten to twenty miles over rongh country
roads for an evening’s entertainment and.
honse parties were a necessity and not a
fad.
The gentleman who stopped at Mrs.
Hoovers with his delightful wife was the
same Ellis Williams. Grown old in years,
but so young and warm and sunny in
spirit as to cause us to marvel at what
strange elixir he had extracted from the
western atmosphere he has breathed for
many years past, : 1
Both Mr. and Mrs. Williams were pleased
with their stay in Bellefonte and in
evidence of the latter we allow her to
speak for herself through a letter she pub-
lished in the Evening Telegraph, of ‘Dixon,
Ill, under date of July 27th.
EDITOR TELEGRAPH :— :
As you see, I have enlarged my field of ob-
servation, since I last wrote from my window
covered by insurance. ot nook on Centre street, Chicago. What a
change of landscape one meets on the trip be-
tween Chicago and the heart of the Allegheny
mountains, our present stopping place. At
Tyrone we left the Pennsylvania Central R.
R., taking the Bald Eagle Valley road, which
follows a little river which bears the same
name. The valley is about half a mile wide,
Muncy mountain looming up on one side and
the big Allegheny on the other side, and at
this season of the year, so covered with ver-
dure, the eye never tires of their beauty.
This quaint little city of 5,000 inhabitants,
founded in 1795 is named from a wonderful,
never-failing fountain, that is not only able
to furnish abundant water for the city. but
wastes more than is consumed,and a peculiar-
ity of this spring is that the temperature never
varies. I am told that the fountain discharges
15,200 gallons every minute. *
The streets and houses remind one of old
Philadelphia, although there are many mod-
ern spots sprinkled hére and there, and one
cannot go in any direction without encoun-
tering a hill, some of them like John Bun-
yan’s hill of difficulty.
Visiting the cemetery, I find that Governor
Curtin is buried there. They called him the
War Governor. Governor Hastings is anoth-
er distinguished sleeper in this bit of God’s
acre,
Bellefonte is rather a sleepy old town; its
age possibly has robbed it of the ambition
that our young pioneer towns have, but for
my own selfish interest, the quiet is simply
delicious, from contrast with bustling, noisy
Chicago. - The people are not so grasping and
greedy, and are most kindly hospitable, re-
minding one of the southener before the war.
About 25 miles east of Bellefonte, at a place
called Lock Haven, they have a big industry
in the manufacture of wood pulp, made from
a peculiar pine, called the jack pine, growing
in this section, and our postage stamps are
made from this pulp. i bs
Sounds similar to the discharge of cannon,
heard daily, at first caused no comment,
thinking they were possible echoes of the 4th;
but we soon learned it was dynamite used in
blasting limestone rock, and that 50 car loads
of crushed rock and lime are sent out from
Bellefonte each day.
The western farmer with his broad acres
would smile at the proportions here. From one
of my windows I can look on a Half-Moon
hill farm and one field of golden grain seems
to me about the size of a bed quilt.
From this Jolut we go to Washington for a
few days, and then return to Chicago, to live
it over in memery.
: Respectfully,
GEORGIANA W, WILLIAMS:
—— Walton Mitchell, of Pittsburg, who,
with his family and a party of friends, is
spending the month of August at the Beta
Theta house at State College, was sum-
moned home last Friday .by the . critical
condition of his father, Joseph L. Mitchell,
who was 62 years of age, Mr. Mitchell
bad a stroke of paralysis - several years
ago and from the effects ‘of it he never
fully recovered. He died on Tuesday aad
Mrs. Walton Mitchell left Wednesday
morning to attend the funeral, which took
place yesterday afternoon.
MARRIAGE LICENSES. —Following is
the list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, ‘A. G. Archey, during
the past week, =
David Davis and Annie Richards, both
of Rush Twp. :
Samuel Ketner, of Woodward,
Mattie Burd, of Aaronsbarg.
Ward M, Thompson, of Howard, and
Rilla E. DeLong, of Romola.
|, ——
CHEERFUL HATTIE.
: She seemed to be all unconscious
"Of the pleasure that she gave;
So modest and unassuming,
So patient and so brave.
_' Back among her snowy pillows
' Lame and helpless as she lay—
Smiling still through all her sufferings—
! ‘Seemed to sing her pain away.
and
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In a voice of wondrous sweetness
She would pass the hours along —
Now with sentimental ditty
‘And again with sacred song,
Care-worn faces ’round her brightened,
Pain-racked forms that long had lain
’Neath a spell of silent anguish
+ For a time forgot their pain.
And each day she won a battle
Greater than she ever knew
As the giant care she banished
With all his sombre crew.
They, who heard her bravely singing,
Now have wandered far apart
But yet her name is graven =
Deeply on each grateful heart.
‘ M. V. Taomas,
Smullton,
Mr. John Styers entertained his nephew,
Mr. Styers, on Saturday.
G. H. Smull made a flying business trip to
Atlantic City during the past week.
Mr. Shaffer and wife, of Bellefonte, were
guests of the former’s sister, Mrs. Newton
Brungard, over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Winters and son Har-
ry, were guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Winters. :
On Sunday W. J. Hackenberg and family
visited at the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hackenberg.
Mrs. Geo. Winters had as her guests over
Sunday, her two sisters, Mrs. Frank Sylvis
and Mrs. Stover, and their children,
The festival held on last Saturday evening
was well attended and many familiar faces
were recognized in the surging crowds.
Lemont.
Samuel Hazel transacted business in Belle-
fonte Wednesday.
On Thursday evening of last week we had
‘the heaviest rain of the season,
. Frank D. Osman is taking a few days’ rest
visiting friends in Ohio.
Geo. 8. Keller is shipping a car of fine
handle hickory from this place.
Mrs. Herbert Bryan and family are visiting
at the homes of Will and Christ Houtz.
Mrs, John Johnstonbaugh, of Mill Hall, is
visiting at the home of Mrs. Thos. Houtz.
Geo. A. Tate is spending his week’s vaca-
tion visiting his parents and wife and child.
Mrs. Alice Williams and Mrs. W. W. Shuey
are making a visit of a few days in Philadel-
phia. a 0
Mrs. Robert Herman and family spent a
few days inside the walls of our burg this
last’ week. he 2
Jackson Hassinger is quite ill at this writ-
ing and it is stated that he has suffered much
with convulsions.
Mrs. Malinda Graham, of Winburne, pur-
chased the Berry Ray property for $270 Wed-
nesday of last week.
Prof. Thos. C. Houtz and son ‘John, of
Selinsgrove, are visiting among their many
friends in these parts.
Mrs. Frank Whitehill and family are in
Boalsburg for a few days this week, at the
home of her parents.
Miss Mary Dale, of Oak Hall, is taking a
few days’ rest from her work as a music
teacher, at Atlantic City.
'R. U. Wasson, one of our up to date teach-
ers, will teach the advance grammar sckool in
Bellefonte this coming term.
Rev. MecInay, of Spring Mills, filled the
pulpit of the M. E. church Sunday evening
in a very acceptable manner.
8. B. Weaver, our enterprising division
boss, is in Bald Eagle attending a wedding
and enjoying himself royally.
A. L, Whitehill, one of our old neighbors,
took up his grip to journey to Pittsburg,
where he intends staying a few weeks.
The Lutherans of Shiloh held their picnic
in D. A. Grove’s woods Saturday and report
a pleasant time, with lots to eat and lots of
fan. be
The surprise party for Mrs. William
Schreck was quite a success; there being forty
guests and all enjoyed the evening very
much. Ra
Miss Maud Mitchell and Miss Janet Mc-
Farlane started for West Virginia Wednes-
day, where they intend visiting the former’s
brothers. '
R. F. Evey, one of our enterprising mer-
chants,spent Monday and Tuesday in Shamo-
kin, laying in a supply of goods and visiting
Mt. Carmel and other places of interest in
the coal regions.
Miss Marie M. Zimmerman, a teacher of
mathematics in Carthage college, Carthage,
Mo., was a guest at the home of George C.
Williams during the past week. She was ac-
companied by Miss Henrietta Thomas, of
Milesburg, Pa. ind
Sunday evening Robert Brennan drove his
team up to the M. E. church and tied them
while he attended church and when he cafe
for them they had run away and had it not
been for E. C. Ross, who caught them, they
would have torn the carriage to pieces. :