| “The baby—Martha's baby. Where is
A QUEER ANIMAL.
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short cut up the hill from the railroad
‘station.
Cy EDWARD L. RECKARD
Copyright, 1905, by P. C. Eastment
I i Et aids
Mr, John Lloyd suffered the guilt of
an eavesdropper, and for the moment
was deeply and regretfully conscious
of his crime,
He mechanically removed from his
mouth an unlighted cigar, and pressed
his lips determinedly. There could be "' days the eggs reach their full develop- Ladies’ Long Jersey Leggive, doomed One hig lot Misses’ $1.75 Shoes, doomed
no mistaking the words spoken in AY was all Mr. Lloyd | pent and produce, not tadpoles, but price......... FRR TRI SRO Sc ils 1 Ds i “ msuttasiasmasrer ceanifl 1D
Mrs. Meilton's soft, motherly voice. “Is my mother, who will arrive to- ag Ln er ye a Children’s Long Jersey Leggine, doomed ind big lot Misses’ $2 Shoes, dutmed
Ne Lloyd ovves wih on the stair- morrow. I came ahead. Does this sat- Teyuire 10 Dreats the a oof yobs. Fe Shute Sessastserensessecntsinniic eras Be De hig lot Ladies’ Oxfords, “worth $8 and
2 Seed, isfy you, Mr. Impertinence? Please re- en JEDORTS. 1sorse.s rsstreeeess Sessutrssrrssans 50, doomed price..... aereriseeen cesssesiiares .
row on the 10 etek toasaby 8 | move your foot from beneath my lug. | Te et BY enna of Shale enteral Ben's Felt Boote........corvrnsnnnr. .. wreresss190 a Te wan Sipper, vegalar
er fhe ask um froth age dud cares it'iuto (he Bowe. Bu. FS cAL SL DEE io Tob, "oll, and ALY TBO.com tee ie $1 00, doouIed PriCe. ...csevusicrssmrrenrerne vere. 59%
’ . # now, must have attention .
The rustling of note paper revealed her Die fein Bon is passed Sxougn ety sapidly within Boys’ $1.50 Shoes, doomed........................ 98¢ Men's $8 high-cnt Hunting Shoes, doomed
source of information to Mr. Lloyd as Mr. Lloyd extracted his foot with | Dh €88. In due e the young toads Ladies’ $4 Tan Shoes.............cccevvvrere.ns $2.20 price.........c...... sansesnass Mesaeveanisiie asssreese nn $4.95 .
plainly as If be were in the SINE | ,jerity. though he did not obey the 0 He nuwber of 0a 100 burst open Children's Felt SHPpers........c..ov....rrnnns 19¢ Men's good, solid Working Shoes, worth $2
room itself, " | command. He had fought and won and thle entrance ut Those Men's long Wool Stockings for Gums.......... 490 and $2.25. doomed..........s..sun.o ono... $1.
ait ty eoehole month!" criéll | many hard legal battles, but bere was world. The mother toad rubs off the Men's 758 Blppem..........c..c..... « 1 2 seeneere 3000 Men's rolled-edge, Snag-proof, Lace Lumber-
Miss Edith, the one remaining mem! a golden opportunity to prove that there ing of the cells against any con. Ladies’ $1.95 Strap SHPPeIs......oees. + cnn. 79 men's Gums.......... Siskesa sirens snus sing «ne$1.59
of the Melton family who as yet are times when discretion is the better | °° ng Re or at : ay . P SPP srr reser Men's good, solid Working Shoes.......... .$1.19
escaped, through no fault of her own, part of valor. He fled, or, to be truth- Wey. : p $ he comes Ladies’ $1.75 Shoes........... ..................$1.19 Men's $5.50 Shoesnow.deomed.......... ...$2.39
the matrimonial halter. Mr. Lloyd tol- | ru) he limped abruptly down the little | ©%t In # brand new spring outfit. Oue big lot Children’s Shoes... ...............480 Men's rolled-edut:. Action, doomed $1.19
erated Miss Edith because she was In | path toward the village. As he collect- | One big lot Misses’ SBOES.........c0rcrnns ererr.890 Lae Re oO Ug uve 0
the house when he took up his resi | od his thoughts, being a good lawyer HIS HIGH MIGHTINESS.” z : 980 Men's and Boys’ Canvas Leggine... .......... 390
dence with the Meltons a year ago. and a wise jurist, he decided to revise Sou One big lot Ladies EOE auirusss tm 98 Men's $4 Russia Calf ShoeS.................. $2.29
Next to babies, Mr. Lloyd abominated and to overrule his previous judgment One of the Titles Proposed For the Children s $1.50 oes Gooled...... eon
spinsters of certain age out of pure
fear of their possible designs upon in- :
nocent and unsuspecting bachelors,
“They can have the big spare room, |
Mr. Lloyd did not wait to hear the
conclusion of the sentence, spoken in
Mr. Melton’s hearty tones. Ie stepped
quietly out of the wide, old fashioned
hallway Into the twilight and moodily
walked toward his law office, adjoin-
ing the courthouse at the other end of |
the prosperous little county seat where |
he bad won a name for himself in the |
few years he bad resided in Blairville, |
The spare room was across the hall |
from Mr. Lloyd's own ample and hand- |
somely furnished snuggery. So “Mar-
tha and the baby” were to go in the
spare room, were they? The doors
were to bang, the baby was to bawl |
and all of the members of the house- |
hold were to run up stairs and down |
again forty times an hour for eighteen |
hours a day and, from Mr. Lloyd's un-
sympathetic and pitifully deficient un- |
derstanding as to babies, eighty-one |
hours a night, waiting on “the baby,” |
making life miserable for the star :
boarder and supposedly delightful for |
everybody else? Not if John Lloyd |
knew it! He would return to the ho-
tel in the village, at which he had
been a central figure until the day he
had gone with the Meltons in their
big, rambling home on the hill among
i and upward, with rosy cheeks, laugh- |
. blank, while the very next day the
| varying waters of the same lake or
{ tomn has convinced the writer that
he, she or it, or whatever you call
‘em? Mr. Lloyd was desperate; but,
as boy babies and girl babies all looked
alike to him, his mixture of gender
was e~eunsable,
An unmistakable girlish giggle of
alc rippled from the shadow of the
big bat, and its owner let the suit case
drop to the porch. It landed squarely
on Mr. Lloyd's toes and brought the
tears to his eyes.
“I'm ‘the baby,” ” she laughingly sald
as she stood for a moment on the
threshold of the door taking him in
from: head to foot, striving to fix the
identity of her mysterious cross ex-
aminer. “I am ‘baby’ still, despite my
advanced age and the centuries of fu-
tile protest at my mother’s tender for-
getfulness. Did I not do well for an
infant” —this very saucily and boldiy—
“to travel way from Albany to Blair-
ville all alone, only to meet a severe
interlocutor barring the entrance to my
aunt's home?”
as to babies.
“Girl babies eighteen years of age |
ing eyes and fluffy hair nnd saucy dim-
ples,” mused Mr. Loy: smile play-
ing round the corners of Iv: mouth, “do
not come within the purview of the
precedents you have herciofore cited to
support your case. Judgivent is ac-
cordingly rendered for the infant de.
fendant, with costs to the belligerent
plaintiff. Case dismissed.”
Mr. Lloyd returned to the Melton
household to dinner as placidly as usual.
As time progressed he learned whether
his decision as to one girl baby in par-
ticular was to be affirmed by a higher
court, from which there is no appeal.
Winter Fishing.
Winter fishing has one merit, which |
all true sportsmen will recognize as |
such—namely, considerable uncertain-
ty. One day you may fish certain wa- |
ters—whether deep or shallow, whether
weedy or free—and well nigh draw a
same waters will give rich finny re-
turns. What is more strange is that
not seldom on the same day there will
be good luck in different depths and |
pond, and observation through the clear
black ice of carly winter or late au-
Peculiar Tondlike Creature That Is
Found In Surinam.
In Surinam there is a remarkable
toandlike creature the female of which
carries the young in a series of cells
iz the thick skin of the back, which as-
umes a strange honeycomb-like ap-
pearance. When this lady toad is car-
rying her nursery about with her she is
u very repulsive looking object. Single
handed she would be quite unable to
cope with the important question of
placing eggs where they will be most
favorably disposed for hatching, and
for this she has to rely on the good
services of her mate. Soon after the
eggs are laid they are taken up by the
male and pressed, ene by one, into the
cells in the thickened skin of his part-
ner's back. There they grow until they
fit closely to the hexagonal form of
their prisons, each of which Is closed
above by a kind of trapdoor.
After a period of some eighty-two
First President.
One of the embarrassments of the
new office of president was in regard
to title—how the chief magistrate of
the United States should be addressed.
The subject had occupied the attention
of congress, and a joint committee
from the two houses had been unable
to agree. The newspapers had taken
the matter up and discussed it freely.
With some “his excellency” was
thought the proper caper, others wished
a longer and higher sounding title, and
not a few favored the appellation giv-
en to rulers in Holland—*“high mighti-
ness.” It was finally decided to the
satisfaction of all parties that Wash-
ington should be called simply the pres-
ident of the United States.
While these controversies were at
white heat Speaker Muhlenburg was
one day at a dinner given in honor of
Washington and was asked by the
president elect what he thought of the
title of “high mightiness.”
“Why, general,” replied Muhlenburg,
laughing, “if we were certain that the
office would always be held by men as
large as yourself or my friend Wyn-
'koop (a large sized gentleman from |
! Pennsylvania sitting at the table) it
would be appropriate enough, but if by |
chance a president as small as my op-
posite neighbor should be elected it
would become ridiculous.” — Washing-
ton Post.
FURTHER
PRICE REDUCTIONS
That will make SHOES go with a still greater RUSH. It’s not a question of
CHOICE, but a question of MUST that forces the Shoes on the market.
To do this we have still further reduced certain lots that will sell the last pair of
them in short order. Read the prices. The goods are here to back every item:
This gigantic sale will
and close Saturday night, February 27th.
continue 15 days longer—lasting 25 days from the starting,
G. W. GROVES & CO.
YEAGER & DAVIS
HIGH STREET, BELLEFONTE.
OPEN EVENINGS.
: The Dominant Afr,
As through an opera runs the rhythm
of one dominant air, so through men's
lives there rings a dominant note, soft
SRAELI'S MAXIMS.
Every one loves power, even if he
does not know what to do with it.
OU INTEND
these mystic fishy moods of biting in in youth, strong in manhood and soft | Always have distinguished friends. YY
the maples. Hotel life had its draw- | winter are almost or quite independent ~ : But it | there, | Never have fools for friends. They are
backs, but the proprietor bad been un- | 4¢ (1 movements - the schools of Leprosy. aga old age Mays ‘
der contract not to room doting moth-
ers and leathery lunged Infants with-
in beariig of Mr. Lloyd's apartment.
The next morning at breakfast Mir.
Lloyd's silence and gloom were in
marked contrast with the animated
table conversation regarding the visit- |
ors who were to arrive that day. He |
had tried a dozen times during the
meal to tell them that he was to give
up his room and return to the hotel,
but each time the words stuck in his
throat. He finally decided that he
“bait” fish. About all that can be said
on such points in the way of general
suggestion is that winter fish bite usu-
ally better on a mild day than a cold
one, best of all during a gentle thaw;
that they take the bait more. freely
under thin ice—that is, in early winter
—than after the ice has thickened, and
that they appear to be quite unaffected
by noise, such as the rumble of skates
or the gentle thunder of the “settling”
ice. It is certain that some of the best
From reliable statistics we draw the
conclusions that leprosy is generally
contracted between the ages of fifteen
and twenty-five or that in a very large
number of patients the disease shows
itself at about eighteen; that it develops
very slowly, so that the patient does
not require much medical aid before
the disease has run four years; that the
majority of lepers die within five years
of their admission to the hospital, and
that the average length of life of a pa-
tient after he has developed leprosy is
and, whether soft in the gentler periods
or strong amid the noise of the peri-
helion, it dominates always and gives
its tone to the whole life.
His Happiest Hour.
He—Do you remember the night 1
asked you to marry me? She—Yes,
dear. He--For a whole hour we sat
there and not a word did you speak.
Ah, that was the happiest hour of my
life!--Trang’ated For Tales From Echo
de Paris.
of no use,
To govern men you must either excel
them in their accomplishments or de-
spise them.
To rule men we must be men. Our
wisdom must be concealed under folly
and our constancy under caprice,
Next to knowing when to seize an op-
portunity the most important thing in
life is to know when to forego an ad-
vantage.
The divine right of kings may have
been a plea for feeble tyrants, but the
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IN THE SPRING
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do and is!
eralalyyon and we wish to call
to the size
of our stock of aig
wen WWALL PAPER...
would quietly return to the house dur- Sifings of a lifetime have been taken nine years. — Pearson's Weekiy. Pain Through Teuesaace. divine right of government is the key- It iat 0 50,000 rolls of the “monk
Ing the morning, put his things in or- | When the fun of skating could be join- : All our ‘misery, all ‘our pain, is trace- stone of human progress. of Wall Paper ever brought
der and later send for them with a | © With that of watching the lines.— Oda’ Marriage Belief. : h Talk to women as much as you can.
polite note of explanation at the sud- |
denness of his departure. |
True to his resolution, Mr. Lioyd
crept Into the house unobserved and
placed his effects in some semblance
of order for removal. With every
sound from below be fancied he dis-
‘tinguished agonized squeals in infantile
‘treble. mingled with the chorus of
adult voices in soothing efforts to quiet
the tempest. Warm and flustered for
a dignified bachelor of thirty-five, Mr.
Lloyd slipped down the side staircase,
out on the little porch to which led the
* None of the family had observed his
‘burglarious entrance or hasty exit, but,
shades of Blackstone, a woman was
Outing Magazine.
Old Mirror Superstitions. :
The mistrust of the ghostly mirror is
80 old and so far spread that we meet
with it in the folklore of every land.
An old tradition warns us that the new
moon. which brings us such good for-
tune when we look at it in the calm
evening sky, carries a message of evil
to those who see it first reflected in a
looking glass. For such unlucky mor-
tals it is said that the lunar virus dis-
tills slow poison and corroding care.
And, again, it is declared that the
friends who glance at their reflections
standing side by side are doomed to |=
quick dissension. In Scandinavia the
Swedish girl who looks into her glass
An unmarried man or woman of
marriagesble age is something that is
rarely seen in the Fiji islands. The
reason of this is not far to seek. The
natives believe that if a person dies |
while in an unmarried state his or her A
soul is doomed! to wander about
through endless ages of eternity in an
intermediate region between heaven
and hades. At the end of each moon
they are allowed to look into heaven,
but are never permitted to enter,
——Satecribe for the WATCHMAN,
Castoria.
able to ignorance and misuse of our
forces. Enlightenment is the sover-
eign cure alike for physical and moral
ills.—Horatio W. Dresser.
This Is the way to gain fluency, be-
cause you need not care what you say
and had better not be sensible.
Light Heat and Power.
Is now assared through the mediam of the Lawrence Portable Gas
Machine, invented and patented by Mr. F. 8. Lawrence, of Chicago.
This machine, which is
TO BELLEFONTE.
~———SPECIALTIES——
ot Fenmnitil Seipas, Fiosar Spare
pa, Etcts
wenOUR PRICES.........
Hell WTAE S lke Tae of Brown! asi”
at So, So. hot fol) with match ceiling
Be i a two border at Sc.
‘coming ulong the narrow path over the by. sandler is tg tht she Flake — THE MARVEL OF THE CENTURY large Assortment of
rear lawn. directly up to the little 08S r lover, One supersti } : am ie
porch — a woman in a neat traveling | in this connection that seems to be al- (ASTORIA will reduce the cost of three of the greatest human necessites to less Combination,
gown and carrying a suit case! most universal is that it is very un- than one-third their former cost and has solved the great trouble
“Caugirt!” grouned Mr. Lloyd aloud, | lucky for a bride to see herself in a ; =A Our Ingrains and Gold are beautiful
and he felt a hot glow of shame and | mirror after her toilet is completed. | .. kind you Have Alwavs Bought has LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER than ever before wil i: ended |
vexation sweep over him. “Here's ° H ; !
Martha. by all that has to do with
If she be discreet she will turn away
This machive saves the consumer from 75 to 80 per cent. in the cost
to
made in the Wall Paper line
iD ‘made un be Dorennal : we are able to show you.
babies. fat or lean, squealing or coo- | her so well and then draw on her glove one to deceive you in this, Counterfeits, | of gas uscd for power purposes, and generates gas for illuminating pur- ——
Ing!" or have some tiny ribbon, flower or | !mitationsand re ea, i poses at a cost of less than 25 cents per thousand feet, as against a
The feminine gender in the traveling | jewel fastened to her gown that the rr nd sido sgalnst Experi | present average cost of $1.80]pe: 1,000 cubic leet. Every owner of
gown paused at the foot of the steps, | sour fates may be appeased and evil! ment. .
gazed in amazement at Mr. Lloyd's
stern and heated features and display-
ed from beneath a big hat the rosy
face of a very pretty girl. Mr. Lloyd
had not seen ber profile becaus® of the
turned away from the threshold,
Friendship Among Fishes.
The sea cucumber, with long body
and mouth fringed with tentacles In a
WHAT IS CASTORIA
Castoria fra harm’ess substitute for Cas.
a bome, factory, business houee, church, rchool, hall or farm house
will wans ove of these machines. The company now has orders for
over three hundred of its machines.
LET ME INTEREST YOU ,
orsesss SKILLED WORKMEN...
Are to put on the paper as it be
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bat. and wow that it came into full | feathery circle, gives \E to small- Sd ant, contain nit 4 in this wondcital invention. I am pow offering stock in the Painting,
view he looked aguin and did not er forms, which have called its or m, | ne nor other i ML RA A UCAS EA AR a a ww Graining,
move his eyes from the roguish ones | messmates, which actually live Within | iesirays Worms ad Sars Ba NATIONAL LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER CO. :
that sought lis so inquiringly. i} 18s body and swim in and.eut at will, |, ,, {bears Dirham and Wind Colic. it re- which is the parent company, as $1 per share, full paid aod non-asses. Paper Hanging,
“Martha, 1 suppose?’ he ventured, thus finding a welcome shelter and also | ton an ar It assimilates the sable. All stookbolders are on an equal footing in this company. ” Kouse Decorating,
impolitely, scornfully and audibly. * + | feeding on the half digested food of Fund, recuiiies the Momach and Hough, ’ I. believe that each shits ....
“Sir! The red lips parted haughelly, their hosts. In similar way sea anemo- | S05, No piny and, natural weer en There is no preferred Hguk ad po honde. each share 1 Sign Writing, Ete.
and the trim figure straightened per- | nes, attached to a rock and furnished of stock you now buy at §1 be worth $10 within six months,
ceptibly in the traveling gown at the
strange salutation,
: oy lars of this LasA Also dealers fn
“You're Martha, Mrs. Melton's sister, | food, make friends with fishes NR ek rat
of course, but where's"— Mr. 's | which swim fearlessly their MOST WONDERFUL INVENTION OF MODERN TIMES, 480 Picture and Room Moulding,
voice dropped out of hearing as sud- | grasp and are constantly infolded for u Boars the Signature of Don’t put it off—write today. To-morrow may be too late, as the ou Paintings,
denly as his courage. . few moments In what to the prey of the : i ‘ater Colors,
“I'm not Martha,” she answered | anemone would be a living tomb, but subecription list is liable to be closed at any time. Window Shades,
ply. | very soon the tentacles unclose and al- CHAS. H. FLETCHER. ; Paints,
“To be sure you are” insisted Mr. low the playful litle prisoner to escape WILLIAM B. MOORE, Fiscal agent. Tow’
bd sly. | etm orn Hemme and sporting within 8:Use Far Over 20 Years. National Light, Heat & Power Co., 36 La Salle 8t., Chicago, 111. SH. WILLIAMS, .
“The what? cried the young lady | the arms of tropical starfish. The Centanr Company, New York City, ERTS Sin ; “High sirect, BELLEFONTE, PA
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