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Bellefonte, Pa., December 25, 1903.
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A New Feature in the Watchman.
With this issue the WATCHMAN inaugu-
rates a mew feature which it hopes will
prove of interest and profit to all of its
readers. Wkile it is designed especially
for Sunday school teachers, scholars and
Bible students it is a matter that could be
read weekly by anyone who seeks after the
good and pure.
‘‘The International Sunday School’’ les-
son is the subject. It will be discussed in
this paper regularly two weeks in advance
of its presentation in the Sunday schools of
the country and as we have been fortunate
in securing the services of the Rev. Dr.
DAVIS WASGATT CLARK, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, to edit the column ite excellence is
assured.
It would be a matter of satisfaction to us,
it after the service has run long enough to
give an idea of what it will be, those who
find it of any help to them will kindly ad-
vise us of their opinion, for the demand on
our space is too great to continue ii. if it is
not appreciated.
Centre County Horticulture and Fruit
at the St. Louis Fair.
Cyrus T. Fox, Esq., of Reading, who has
been appointed superintendent of horti-
culture =i the St. Louis exposition, has
addressed the following inquiries to horti-
culturists and fruit growers generally
throughout Pennsylvania and desires a
prompt reply from all who can give him
any information on these subjects. If any
citizen of Centre county has anything in
either of the lines mentioned worthy of ex-
hibition at that show we would advise
them to write to Mr. Fox at once.
Following are the inquiries :
1, Will it be possible to secure from your
county any winter varieties of fruit, of the
crop of 1903, for exhibition at the St. Louis
exposition ?—
: 2. Are any considerable quantities of win-
ter apples and pears now in storage in your
immediate vicinity, and can you give the
names of a few parties having frnit in stor-
age ?— os ii
3. What varieties of apples and other
fruits, native to your county or section of
the State, can be obtained for exhibition,
either now or during the summer and fall of
1904 ?7—
: 4. Will it be possible to secure for exhibi-
tion specimens of small fruits—strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries, etc., in your sec-
tion, during the season of 1904 ?7— :
os Be How did the fruit cron 0£1002 in your
neighbor compare with other years as to
quantity and quality ? Was it poor, medium,
average or very abundant ?—
6. Who are the successful fruit growers
of your immediate vicinity 7—
q. Are vegetables grown to any exient for
market in your section, and is much atten-
tion paid to new varieties? How about
potatves ?—
.8. What can you do for Pennsylvania’s
horticultural display at St. Louis ?—
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ADDITIONAL LOCALS
, ——Mince meat—our own make—fine as
it can be made at Sechlers.
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'——County Treasurer and Mrs. Phil D.
Foster entertained the county officials at
dinner at their home on west Linn street
on Wednesday evening.
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— Domino coffee sugar, Maraschin
cherries, three sized bottles, Burnett's
extracts, sardines boneless and peeled ——
fine olives, pure olive oil, figs, nut meats,
fine table raisins. Sechler & Co.
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CHRISTMAS IN THE CHURCHES . —A#$
Bt. Jobn’s Catholic church the services
to-day will be of musical interest. A¢5
o'clock Christmas mass will be. celebrated;
at 6 A. M. low mass and at 10:20 A. M.
high mass. Vesper service and benediction
will be held at 7:30 P. M. The choir under
the direction of Miss Mary Brown will
render special music at all the services and
several solists have heen engaged for the
occasion,
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‘—Services will be held in St. John’s
Reformed church on Christmas day as fol-
lows. At 10 a. m. a service of praise.
“The choir wall render Novello’s ‘“‘Adeste
Fidelis’ Steanes, ‘‘Let us now go even
unto Bethlehem,” together with the
Gloria in Excelsis, Benedictus; Magnit-
icat and Nunc Dimitto. At 7 o'clock
Chyistmas evening the Sunday school festal
services will be held, consisting of Christ-
mas carols and recitations. All are in-
vited. ’
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+—In the Methodist church a prayer
and praise service will \be beld on Christ-
maé morning at 6 o'clock. The Sabbath
gchool entertainment and candy giving
took place on Christmas eve at 6:30 o’clock
and Sunday morning, Deo. 27th, special
Christmas music will be sung by the choir.
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——Owing to the death of his mother
Rev, George I. Brown will not officiate at
the Christmas service at St. Johne Epis-
eopal church this morning, “at 10:30. One
of the vestrymén will read the seavice and
the choir, under Miss Bradley, will render.
the fall program of Christmas masiec.
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——The Evangelical Christmas enter-
tainment in Bellefonte will be held on
Christmas evening at-7- o'clock... :
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ELDERS AND DEACONS INSTALLED.
—The Rev. Rufus P. Miller, of the Piesby-
terian church of Philipsburg, officiated at
the ceremony of installing elders and
deacons in the Presbyterian church in
Bellefonte ou Sunday. At a congregational
meeting some time ago Dr. Thomas EB.
Hayes, William P. Humes. Frank McCoy
and Charles E. Gilmour were elected elders.
At the same time William R. Gainfort and
F. H. Thomas were made deacons. The
time for their installation having arrived
the pastor, Dr. Laurie, was unable to per-
form the function and Rev. Miller had
charge.
After Rev. Miller bad delivered a ser-
mon on the Brotherhood of God the formal
ceremony was sclemnized. All of the new
officials presented themselves for installa-
tion except Dr. Thomas R. Hayes, who is
spending the winter in California, and Mr.
F. H. Thomas, who was in Missouri at the
time.
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——Fine celery with turkey is a necessi-
ty to most every one. Sechler has as good
as is in the market. ‘‘Don’t forget ti.’’
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-—Kokaks for Xmas, at Bush’s.
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PENNS VALLEY Longe I. O. O. F.
BANQUETS.—On Tuesday evening Penns-
valley lodge 276, I. O. O. I'., celebrated
the fifty-fifth anniversary of its institution
with a banquet in their new ball at Pine
Grove Mills.
The committee of arrangements, Hon. J.
W. Kepler, Dr. R. M. Krebs and J. B.
Heberling bad everything looked after toa
nicety and when the ninety members and
guests appeared at the tables the scene was
one of memorable pleasure. The tables
were beautifally decorated and ladened with
delicacies that contributed to the excellent
menu that was served. It was a late hour
when the speech making that followed the
banquet closed and the merry party broke
up, carrying with them most pleasant
memories of the evening.
The guests of honor were Rev. and Mrs.
A. A. Black, Rev. and Mrs. R. M. Camp-
bell, Rev. and Mrs. R. N. Harnish, Rev.
and Mrs. C. T. Aikens and Rev. and Mrs.
Edgar Heckman.
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COUNCIL IN SESSION.—On Monday even-
ing council met in regular session with
members Reynolds, Fenlon, Wise, Whit-
taker and Kirk present. Col. Reynolds
was chosen president pro tem in the absence
of president Cunningham and the business
was transacted as follows :
Solicitor Fortney stated that a settle-
ment had been effected in the water cases
and the money turned over to the treas-
urer. While this matter was up Dr. Kirk
moved that all meter consumers who had
been charged at the rate of 12cte. per thou-
sand gallons be reimbursed to the amount
of Gets. per thousand. Mr. Fenlon second-
ed the motion and it was carried.
The engineer, Mr. Wetzel, submitted
plans for the West ward sewer. They were
disculiegd “at some length and then Dr.
Kirk moved that he make an estimate to
the next meeting of the entire cost of such
a sewer, complete.
A proposed ordinance regulating the
water department was read and laid on the
table after discussion. Alsoa proposed ordi
nance regulating the new electric street
railway franchise. It was held over for
another meeting.
Bills to the amount of $610.88 were ap-
proved and council adjourned.
——20 per cent reduction on suits and
overcoats beginning today. Montgomery
& Co.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.—Following is
the list of marriage licenses granted by or-
phan’s court clerk, A. G. Archey, during
the week:
Edward M. Conser, of Livonia, and
Laura Jane Showers, of Madisonburg.
Allen M. Yearick, of Woodward, and
Adda Catherman, of Laurelton.
Harry J. Hockman and Mary L. Sitler,
both of Madisonburg.
Toner A. Spicer and Bessie Baney, both
of Bellefonte.
Berton H. Erb aud Sadie M. Williams,
both of Philipsburg. : :
Wm. P. Hoffman, of South Philipsburg,
and Annie M. Wensel, of Yarnell.
Walter F. Clark, of Pleasant Gap, and
Alverna Miller, of Brockwayville.
Frank B. Sarvie. of Moshannon, and
Estella Mande Lyons, of Curwensville.
George C. Yarnell, of Yarnell, and Maude
B. Fetzer, of Milesburg.
F. M. Musser, of Altoona, and Mary E.
Meek, of Waddle.
Edward B. Robb, of Romola, and Ida C.
Bickle, of Abdera.
Howard O. Smeed and Gertrude Galla-
gher, of Bellefonte.
Marray E. Leitzel and Sarah E. Wiel-
and, of Linden Hall.
Real Estate Transfers.
The following real estate transfers have
been recorded during the past week by
‘| Recorder John C. Rowe :
F. W. Crider to Samuel Decker, Jan. Sth,
1903, land in Gregg Twp: consideration
J. H. Reifsnyder et ux to Samuel Deck-
er, Nov. 18th,1902, land in Gregg Twp; con-
sideration $55. ’ :
Harrison Kline, treasnrer to J. H. Reif-
snyder, Aug. 30th, 1898, land in Gregg
Twp; consideration $4.98.
W. T. Speer, treasurer, to Samuel Deck-
er, Aang. 20th, 1900, land in Walker Twp;
consideration $7.51. :
Rachel E. Datcher, et bar, to Harry
Gunter, Dec. 12th, 1903, land in Rush
Twp. ; consideration $900. fii
William W. Schreck, trustee to John
W. Dale, Dec. 12sh, 1903, land in College
Twp. ; consideration $758.97, © i
William W. Schreck srnstee fo John W.
Dale, Dec. 12th, 1903, land in College
Twp. ; consideration $961.45.
THE WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE
Some Features of the New Structure
Spanning the East River.
In every respect the Williamsburg
bridge, spanning the East river and
connecting New York and Brooklyn, is
the most remarkable “highway through
the air” in the world, says the New
York Herald. The weight of the steel
in each of the towers is 3,048 tons. The
steel in the Brooklyn approach weighs
6,085 tons, while that in the Manhattan
approach weighs 10,550 tons. The main
span weighs 7,772 tons, while the ca-
bles and fittings weigh 5,000 tons. The
diameter of the suspension cables, out-
side of the wires, is eighteen and three-
quarter inches. There are 7,696 wires
in each cable. Each wire is about
three-sixteenths of an inch in diam-
eter, and the length of each is 3,500
feet.
The timber used in the construction
of the bridge amounted to 6,500,000
feet. The excavating equaled 125,000
cubic yards. Of concrete “masonry
there are 60,000 cubic yards and of
stone masonry 130,000 cubic yards.
The steel used amounted to 40,000 tons.
The Manhattan anchorage rests on
8,500 piles driven through clay to sand
overlying rock. The Brooklyn anchor-
age rests on natural sand.
The foundations for the towers of
the bridge rest on the solid rock. The
north pier on the Manhattan side is
fifty-six feet deep at high water, while
the south pier is ten feet deeper. On
the Brooklyn side the north pier is 110
feet below high water, while the south
pier is only 90 feet deep.
The first wire for the construction of
the temporary footbridge was strung
on April 11, 1901, and the first wire for
the permanent cable crossed on Friday,
Nov. 29, 1901.
PATTI GOES SKATING.
Two Hours Upon the Ice at Toronto,
and a Concert Day Too.
When Mme. Patti, the famous singer,
was in Toronto recently she received
an invitation from a gentleman to go
skating on his private lake, says the
Kansas City Star. To the surprise of
everybody and the consternation of her
manager, she accepted the offer. Mme.
Patti and her husband, Baron Ceder-
strom, drove three miles to the estate
of the gentleman in question. Mme.
Patti surprised her host and hostess
by drawing her own skates out of a
chamois bag. The skates had steel
runners, but were mounted in silver
and gold. For two hours Mme. Patti,
who is past sixty years of age, enjoyed
herself on the ice with the baron, who,
being a Swede, knows, of course, ev-.
erything about skating. In fact, he
taught Mme. Patti to skate on the lake
adjoining Craig-y-Nos.
After the sport at the pond Mme.
Patti returned to the mansion and ate
a luncheon, in which champagne fig-
ured, too, after which the baron and
she drove back to town. After a rest
of half an hour she dressed for the con-
cert and at 8 o'clock was on the stage
-of Massey hall singing. At 11 o’cléek:
she left the hotel to go to her private:
car, where she took supper, and start-
ed for Cleveland at midnight.
Quite an active day for any woman,
young or old, but remarkable in the
case of a celebrated singer. Prima
donnas seldom leave their rooms the
day they are to sing, and, as for eating
beforehand, it is suicide of the voice,
they say. :
BEVERIDGE’S IDEA OF WORK
Indiana Senator’s Experience With |
a Russian Interpreter.
When Senator Albert J. Beveridge of
Indiana was gathering material in Rus-
sia for his book, “The Russian Ad-
vance,” recently published by the ‘Har-
pers, he had an amusing experience
with a native interpreter. Mr. Bever-
idge has the prime quality of the suc-
cessful man, a capacity for hard work.
Having engaged the interpreter, Mr.
Beveridge started in on a good day of
American “hustle,” with this result:
After first day’s work, from 7 a. m. to
7 p. m., interpreter somewhat exhaust-
ed, Mr. Beveridge fresh and hearty:
after second day’s work, same hours,
interpreter gasping, Mr. Beveridge en-
thusiastically planning the work for
next day; after third day’s work, inter-
preter requesting a day off for rest, Mr.
Beveridge regretfully giving his per-
mission. But after that day the inter-
preter never turned up again. Later
the senator heard that he complained
he couldn’t work with a man whe
wanted to do a year’s work in a day.
Subsequent frequent relays of fresh in-
terpreters enabled Mr. Beveridge to ac-
complish his own work in his own way.
Radium In Utah Ore.
The rare element in the mineral king-
dom known as radium, the quoted price
of which is $2,721,000 a pound, has
been discovered to exist in ‘‘carnolite,”
a newly discovered ore in Utah, says
the New York Press. The discovery
was made by Professor Alexander,
Hamilton Phillips, assistant professor
of mineralogy, who found it possible
to obtain from twenty-five pounds of
carnolite a sample of radium that
shows about 1,500 activity as compared
with 7,000 activity in the element ob-
tained from European ores. This being
a little less than one-sixth in activity.
makes a corresponding reduction in
price, so that the Utah radium can be
had for the present at the bargain fig-
ure of $450,000 a pound.
Disinfection of Slate Pencils,
The school board of Springfield, O.,
at the suggestion of Dr. Seys, the
health officer, has decided to’ disinfect
the slate pencils used by the children
in the public ‘schools, says the Medical
Record. Hereafter the slate pencils
will be kept in formalin overnight, then
washed off and sharpened in the morn-
“ing before being given out for use by
the pupils during the day.
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A TRIBUTE TO SPENCER.
The following appreciative poem was
.| written by Grant Allen, who was a
great admirer of the famous philoso-
pher, the late Herbert Spencer, and an
ardent evolutionist:
TO HERBERT SPENCER.
Deepest and mightiest of our latest seers,
Spencer, whose piercing glance descried
afar,
Down fathomless abysses of dead years,
The formless waste drift into sea or
star,
And through vast wilds of elemental
strife
Tracked out the first faint steps of yet
unconscious life.
Thy hand has led us through the pathless
maze,
Chaotic sights and sounds that throng
our brain,
Traced every
ways
And woven anew the many colored
skein;
Bound fact to fact in unrelenting laws
And shown through minds and worlds the
unity of cause. :
strand along its tangled
Ere thou hast read the universal plan,
Our life was unto us a thing alone;
On this side nature s*ood, on that side
man,
Irreconcilable, as twain, not one;
Thy voice first told us man was nature's
child
And in one common law proclaimed them
reconciled,
No partial system could suffice for thee,
Whose eye has scanned the boundless
realms of space,
Gazed through the eons, on the fiery sea,
And caught faint glimpses of that awful
face
Which, clad with earth and heaven and
souls of men,
Veils its mysterious shape forever from
our ken.
As tiny builders in some coral shoal,
Raising the future mountain to the sky,
Build each his shell, unconscious of the
whole,
Live each his little life and work and
die,
Even so the lesser toilers in thy field
Build each the little pile his narrower
range can yield.
But, like a skillful architect, thy mind
‘Works up the rock those insect reasons
frame,
With conscious plan and purpose clear
defined,
In arch and column,
aim,
Till, joining part to part, thy wider soul
toward a single
Piles up a stately fane, a grand, con- |
sistent whole.
Not without honor is the prophet’s name
Save with his country and his kin in
time;
But after years shall noise abroad thy
ame,
Above all other fame in prose or rhyme,
For praise is his who builds for his own
age,
But he who builds for time must look to
time for wage.
Yet, though thy purer spirit do not need
The vulgar guerdon of a brief renown,
Some little meed, at least, some little:
meed
Our age may add to thy more lasting
‘crown;
Accept an unknown singer's thanks for
light >
Cast on the dim abyss that bounds our
little sight.
GIRLS AS MACHINISTS.
Two Sisters Learning a Trade, Al-
though They Have Fortunes.
In order to complete the full mechan-
ical ‘course at the Ohio Mechanics’ in-
stitute Artie May Lomb, nineteen, and
‘Esther Lomb, sixteen, daughters of G.
W. C. Lomb, a mechanical engineer of
Cincinnati, are working daily in the
machine and blacksmith shops of the
institution. They forge and weld iron
and steel with skill, always making
something useful in accordance with
the rules of the school, says a Cincin-
nati dispatch.
In the machine shop they operate
lathes, planers, shapers, drill presses
and milling machines, making tools and
parts of machines, engines and other
products of the machine shop. They
are not actuated by the same motives
as the boy who enters an apprentice-
ship to learn a trade, for each has an
independent fortune of $25,000 left to
her a year ago by Judge Daniel H.
Porter of New York. >
It is a matter of principle with the
girls, because they enjoy the studies
and work. They wish to be equipped
with a practical education as compe-
tent mechanical engineers in case they
should ever need to support themselves.
Both will be graduated in June after a
six years’ course, and both expect to
enter Vassar college.
Story of a Portrait,
An interesting story comes from Gu-
ben, Germany, where a man recently
bought a portrait of the Emperor Fred-
erick, painted by Professor von Len-
bach, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
As there was no signature, he wrote
to the professor, asking him to supply
the missing detail, but was surprised to
receive a reply that the portrait was a
forgery, as the original was sold to a
well known amateur and was already
signed. An expert, however, expressed
the opinion that the picture was genu-
ine, and on examination of the canvas
the professor stated that he had him-
self been victimized, as the work was
genuine. He had painted two portraits,
as one did not satisfy him, and he was
about to sign the second when his
steward substituted the first, and, with-
out detecting the difference, he had
signed it, and it duly reached its des-
tination. The second canvas found its
way with others to a Munich art dealer.
' No Title For Toledo’s Mayor.
Some handsome charts and calendars
recently have been issued in Toledo,
O., giving the names of the heads and
subordinates in all the city offices of
These adorn the business
houses and offices of many professional
men and city officials, says a Toledo
dispatch. A
The other night as one was hanging
in the mayor's office Mayor Jones’ at-
tention was called to it. It contained in
good sized type these words: “Hon.
Samuel M. Jones, Mayor.” He deliber-.
ntely took out his pocketknife, cut out
the “Hon.,” returned the knife to his
pocket without a word and ther went
on with his discussion. 1. -
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so STUEAIOT
TRAVELING BY WEIGHT.
Radical Changes Which the Colorade
Innovation May Bring About.
The officers of the Pueblo and Beulah
Valley railway in Colorado, an electric
line seventeen miles in length, have de-
cided to adopt a passenger tariff sys-
tem whereby persons desiring to be
carried over the road must pay accord-
ing to their weight instead of by the
mile, as usual in the United States,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Passengers, a dispatch says, will be
required to step upon scales at the tick-
et office and will be charged at the rate
of 1% cents a pound for the round trip
between Pueblo and Beulah and for
shorter trips proportionately. This sys-
tem is said to have been adopted with
success on some European lines.
The Colorado line is one of small im-
portance, of course, being agpurely Jocal
affair, but if the new tariff principle
proves successful in this instance it
may be applied to the hanaling of pas-
senger traffic on the trunk lines. In
that event and in cases where persons
are planning to take long journeys they
will of course go into training in ad-
vance with the purpose of reducing
their weight to the minimum. The fa-
ther of a large family. will be enabled
to make quite a considerable saving on
a thousand mile trip to be taken by his
loved ones if he reduces them to a milk
and water diet for a month or two be-
fore entering upon the journey. Anti-
fat remedies will of course under such
circumstances become more popular
than ever, for lean people will be able
| to travel much more cheaply than those
' who are troubled with a tendency to
embonpoint.
As a natural result of the innovation,
should it be generally adopted by our
common carriers, people who are about
to be weighed will of course remove all
metal articles either in the way of
knives, keys or coin from the pockets
and divest themselves of all surplus
clothing. They will also purchase their
tickets before rather than after meals,
and shrewd and experienced travelers
will drink charged mineral water so
that they may be light and effervescent
when they step upon the scales.
All necessary details of this improved
tariff arrangement doubtless will be at-
tended to, including a preferential
round trip rate for persons who visit
the health resorts in an emaciated con-
dition and return with their blood full
of iron and their hearts full of joy.
CYCLONE DEFYING BARN.
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| Circular Structure Erected on an
Indiana Farm.
A circular barn, one of the most
unique structures ever erected on an
Indiana farm, has been completed by’
James Sears, whose farm is near La-
pel, Ind., says the Chicago Record-Her-
ald. The walls, or, rather, wall, of the
barn is twenty-five feet high and sixty-
five feet in diameter, the roof running
to a cone. There is no such thing as a
post or pillar in the barn. In order to
prevent the weight of the roof from
spreading the wall Sears, who is a
practical = blacksmith," “forged’ ’ three
heavy steel hoops, and with these he
encircled the structure as a band
would be put around a big water tank.
The barn is cyclone proof, for Boreas
has no chance to get a hold on the
structure. 2 3 BAT
Inside, a driveway runs clear around.
The stalls for horses and cattle are ar-
ranged in a circle, there is a big feed-
ing room in the center, and a silo ex-
tends from the ground’ to the roof’s
cone.
Mr. Sears claims that he can shelter
more stock and stow away more feed
in the barn than in the ordinary farm
structure.
“GET AWAY FROM CITIES.”
Advice of a Chicago Society Whose
Mission Is to Aid the Poor.
Plans for affording the poorer resi-
dents of crowded cities a chance to ac-
quire farms and homes in the country
was discussed at a banquet of the
Field and Workshop society at the Au-
ditorium in Chicago the other night.
The society’s object is to form branch
institutions in every large city and
place bonds needed for the purchase
of lands, tools and seeds with railroads
and other interested industrial enter-
prises. The keynote of several ad-
dresses was, “Get away from the cities,
their crimes and strenuous life, and
into the country, where the best citi-
zens are produced.”
A Child’s Appeal to Mark Twain.
Apropos of Mark Twain and his story
“A Dog's Tale,” which appeared in the
December Harper's Magazine, a pretty
incident is related. A little friend of
Mr. Clemens, who considers him quite
her “nearest and dearest,” listened
eagerly while her mother read aloud
the story. She absorbed enough of it to
be in ecstasy and begged to be allowed
to write the author a little letter. The
little letter was sent—just as it was
written—and the reply from across the
water will be awaited with interest. It
as as follows:
deer Mister Mark—i liked your doggy
and the poor little puppie to. now pleas
wont you rite us a cats tail quick your
playmate jessie.
"—New York Times.
Rockefeller’s Liking For Skating.
John D. Rockefeller has taken to skat-
ing with as much ardor as he plays.
golf, says the New York American. He
appeared on the lake at Lakewood, N.
J., one afternoon recently with a new
pair of club skates. He wore a fur cap
that well protected his bald head,
“I like this almost as much as golf,”
he said. “It gives me an appetite’
Pointing to a “shinny” stick he car-
ried, Mr, Rockefeller said, “I feel safer
with that in my hand.”
» Mr. Rockefeller was out about an
hour. He likes to skate just as he plays
golf—all- by. himself, ‘a : little skating
trust. © saad wheal? id 3 Preis
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““Comin’ Through the - Rye.”
THE GERM THEORY.
De Foe Gave a Hint of It In the
Early Eighteenth Century,
De Foe’s “Journal of the Plague Year,”
published in 1722, contains two pas-
sages which grope toward bacteriology.
De Foe himself pretends to disbelieve
the theories. But his way is to seem to
doubt what he is really eager to ad-
vance.
Having shown that contagion was al-
most certain in the case of people liv-
ing in the same house, but often avoid-
able by segregation and precaution
against physical contact, De Foe says:
“This put it out of question ito me
that the calamity was spread by infec-
tion—that is to say, by some certain
steams or fumes, which the physicians
eall effluvia, which effluvia affected the
sound who came within certain dis-
tances of the sick. Others talk of in-
fection being carried on by the air only
by carrying with it vast numbers of
insects and invisible creatures, who en-
ter into the body with the breath or
even at the pores with the air and
there generate or emit most acute poi-
sons or poisonous ova or eggs, which
mingle themselves with the blood and
so infect the body.” .
In another place is this passage:
“I have heard it was the opinion of
others that it (the disease) might be
dftinguished by the party’s breathing
upcen a piece of glass, where, the breath
condensing, there might living crea-
tures be seen by a microscope of
strange, monstrous and frightful
shapes, such as dragons, snakes, ser-
pents and devils, horrible to behold.
But this I very much question the
truth of, and we had no microscopes at
the time, as I remember, to make the
experiments with.”
John Stuart Mill.
Describing his impressions of John
Stuart Mill, Sir Leslie Stephen said: “I
heard him speak in the house of com-
mons. Instead of an impassive philoso-
pher I saw a slight, frail figure trem-
bling with nervous irritability. He
poured out a series of perfectly formed
sentences with an extraordinary rapid-
ity suggestive of learning by heart and
when he lost the thread of his discourse
closed his eyes for iwo or three min-
utes till after regaining his composure
he could again take up his parable. Al-
though his oratory was defective, he
was clearly speaking with intense feel-
ing and was exceedingly sensitive to
the reception by his audience. Some of
his doctrines were specially irritating
to the rows of stolid country gentlemen,
who began by listening curiously to so
strange an animal as a philosopher and
discovered before long that the ani-
mal’s hide could be pierced by scornful
laughter. To Mill' they represented
crass stupidity, and he became unable
either to conceal his contempt or keep
his temper.”
The Songs That Reach the Heart.
At a time when the fashionable opera
was in highest vogue Jenny Lind came
to America and achieved her greatest
‘triumph by singing such simple airs as
They
touched a popular chord, and it vibrat-
ed. throughout continents. It is the
touch of nature that makes the whole
world kin. And just as the simple
songs of Burns gave pleasure without
militating against the culture of a
taste for the higher creations in vocal
music, so the enjoyment of the simple
melodies which we know as ragtime
are harmless and without danger of
taking the place of the more’ elevated
style of music. We cannot play trag-
edy all the time, but must have the
melodrama and the farce as the lighter
features of the stage. And so in mu-
sic, literature and art the philosophy
applies with the same force.—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Assayed.
She had a silvery laugh and golden
hair. He had plenty of brass. He
knew she was engaged to another man,
but believed he could copper the other
fellow’s bets. But one day he met her
on the golf links. Her arms were
bronzed and her teeth gleamed as
pearls when she smiled at him.
“Your lips,” he said, “are like rubies
and your eyes are like great dia-
monds.”
“And your nerve,” she tittered, “is
like steel, but you haven’t got enough
tin.” .
It was then that the iron entered his
soul. “Alas,” he sighed, “she can never
be mine!” —Judge.
Baiting a Gossip.
Miss Kidder—They’ve only been mar-
ried six months, but whenever her hus-
band goes away on a business trip she’s
delighted and prepares to have a good
time.
Miss Meanley—Aha! Do you know,
I suspected something like that. I al-
ways said—
Miss Kidder—Yes. You see, he takes
her with him.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Regardless of Expense.
“There is a firm which doesn’t spare
any expense in conducting its busi-
ness,” remarked Straightman.
“I should say they don’t,” replied
Neverpeigh. “They have had a $3 a
day man after me for a week to collect
a bill I owe them for $2,”—Cincinnati
Times-Star.
Hardships of Begging.
Lady—Begging must be hard.
Tramp—It is, lady. This is the sixth
“time I have had to eat soup today.—
Fliegende Blatter.
Lots of Heroes.
Sillicus—Have you noticed that most
heroes are married men?
Cynicus—Sir, every married man is a
hero.—New Yorker.
_ You may not be ablé to remove a
wrinkle, but you may remove a frown
and so change your wrinkles into rivu-
lets of laughter.—Schoolmaster. . |