/ © Bellefonte, Pa., April 19, 1907. WALK OVER GLOWING COALS. The Participants In the Mystifying Spectacle Play With the Fiery Em- bers as Children Play With Sand and Emerge Unharmed. I once witnessed a most remarkable ordeal by fire at Benares, India. It was held on the grounds of a villa on the outskirts of the city, and among us were some of the most prominent men and women of official and social life in British India, Army and navy officers touched elbows with French savants, all more than glad to accept an invitation that might at least offer opportunity either to catch some clew toward solving the mystery of the In- dian fire ordeal or else catch the priest- ly performers in a nice trap at consum- mate and age long deception, success- fully worked among a superstitious and overcredulous people like the Hin- doos, Seats had been arranged for our par- ty out on the spacious lawn, where a trench had been dug sixteen feet long, six feet wide and four feet deep. The fire in the trench was lighted before noon, but the ordeal itself was not to come off until after sunset. The trench was filled with kindling wood and logs and was set afire by the attendants, who kept up a blaze as hot as a blast furnace all day long, unt!l the trench by sunset was filled three feet deep with a compact, glowing bed of red- hot coals. We were escorted to our seats at about 6:30, and we were not inclined to question the reality of that fire from the moment we sat down within twelve feet of it. Whatever else might be fraud or hypnotism in this Indian fire ordeal, we could not for a moment doubt the realism of that scorching heat that made our eyes smart and grow bloodshot. We, who had come to scoff and doubt, were soon realizing that the managers of the Benares fire ordeal had already gained 75 points out of 100 in favor of their honesty and of their power over the mighty element of fire, that figures so largely in orien- tal philosophy as one of the three or four primal elements of the physical universe, A great commotion and babel of voices soon proclaimed the coming of the procession of priests, headed by the arch priest Brahmapoots, carrying a huge Indian sword, followed by the two minor priests who were destined to walk unharmed through that yard “ thick fiery bed, scintillating in the in- creasing darkness and lighting up the dark faces of the hundreds of gaping Hindoos standing behind us. While we Europeans and Americans, always hypercritical and given to scientific re- seareh, were awaiting the coming of the mounient when our 75 per cent of credulity was either to be shattered or rounded out to the fullness of a com- pleted aud abiding faith in Hindoo control and mastery of the devouring element of fire, our Hindoo fellow on- lookers, on the other hand, were antici pating the ordeal with all the simplic- ity of credulous children. Ours was an almost terrifying heart tension, and we almost wished that we were not occi- dental skeptics, always bent on doubt- ing things of an extraordinary nature. The priests marched about the trench chanting and performing mystic incan- tations, earrying along a glass reliqu- ary, or shrine, in which was seen the image of the god Siva, who, in the Hindoo religious system, is one of the trinity and is worshiped as the de- stroyer, Brahma being the creator and Vishnu the preserver of the universe. We do not know to this day what those priests said as they perambulated about that fiery trench, but we do know what soon followed, for, at the end of the incantatiop, the two candi- dates for the ordeal plunged into the redhot coals and walked ankle deep the whole length of the trench, back- ward and forward, time and time again. They played with that scintil- lating, glowing fire as children play with the sands of Coronado beach, kicking it with their feet and stooping down to pick up handfuls of the glow- ing coals, tossing them in the air, to be blown by the rising evening breeze all over our heads and our easily in- flammable clothing. We were really afraid. No doubt about those sparks and live, falling coals! When the two priests had walked up and down alone through that flery trench unscathed and unscorched, then the whole Hindoo throng seemed . to suddenly catch “the spirit of thei priests, and, sure of their conquest over the power of fire, they began plunging into the trench. Old men and young children walked through that flery fur- nace, forward and backward, and when they had tired of this “playing with fire” they came out as they had entered, not a hair or a garment scorched, not even the soles of thelr feet blistered. Only males are allowed to go through the fire ordeal. Never yet has any scientific theory explained the power of the Siva wor- shipers over fire. We ourselves were absolutely convinced that trickery was not to be considered as an explanation of what we had witnessed.—Los Ange- les Times, A Caddie’s Cadenza. Lady Golfer (to would be caddie)— Bu‘ what do you know about the game? Can you make a tee, for in- stance? The Would Be Caddie—Can I make— Why, in my young days, lidy, I used ter lo it that well they called mem the teacaddy.—London Sketch. ANCIENT ARMIES. Ten thousand horse and 100,000 foot fell on the fatal field of Issus. The army of Artaxerxes before the battle of Cunaxa amounted to about 1,200,000. An army of Cambyses, 50,000 strong, was buried in the desert sands of Afrl- ea by a south wind. A short time after the taking of Ba- bylon the forces of Cyrus consisted of 600,000 foot, 120,000 horse and 2,000 chariots armed with scythes, Ninus, the Assyrian king, about 220 B. C., led against the Bactrians his | army, consisting of 1,700,000 foot sol- diers, 200,000 horse and 16,000 chariots armed with scythes, When Xerxes arrived at Thermop- ylae his land and sea forces amounted to 2,641,610, exclusive of servants, eu- nuchs, women, sutlers, ete., in all num- bering 5,283,220. So say Herodotus, Plutarch and Isocrates. Why Paper Cuts. Have you ever cut yourself with a plece of paper? The edge of a piece of glazed paper looks much like that of a knife under the microscope. Of course the little teeth have not the strength of steel, but if the edge of the paper is drawn swiftly over the finger without much pressure that pecullar property of matter called Inertia comes into play. and the tender teeth will cut the flesh before they are broken, The same prop- erty it is which allows a candle to be shot through a one inch plank or per- mits a bullet to pass through a pane of glass without shattering it, leaving only a clean, round hole.—C. H. Claudy in 8t. Nicholas. Lincoln and a Suit of Clothes. On one occasion a judge was ill and, being unable to sit In a case, delegated Lincoln to hear the matter. The ac- count of a guardian was In question. He had paid $28 for a suit of clothes | for his ward and jostified it on the | ground that it was a necessary ex- pense. Lincoln held against the guard- fan on the ground that it was an ex- travagant expenditure and in passing on the case stated that he had never in his life owned a suit of clothes that cost $28, Wasn't Sure. “Remember,” said the lawyer, “you have undertaken to tell nothing but the truth.” “I'll do my best,” answered the ex- pert witness, “but I won't know how far I have succeeded until I'm through with the cross examination.”-Wash- Ington Star. The Doubt. Borrows—By the way, Knox, did I leave my umbreila at your office yes- terday? Knox—You left an umbrella, but I don't know whether it was yours or not.—Exchange. Thunder in September indicates a good crop of grain and fruit for the next year.--Old Proverb. CASTORIA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bonght Bears the Signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER. Colleges & Schools. [F YOU WISH TO BECOME. A Chemist, 4 Teacher, An Engineer, 4 Lawger, An Electrician, A Physician A Scientic Farmer, A Journalist, stort, If you wish to secure a training that will fit you well for any honorable pursui THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE ‘fe, OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL ADVANTAGES, TUITION IS FREE IN ALL COURSES, ain, Pench, German 1900, the General Courses have been extensi Risa a much more varied range of electives, after the Freshman os re i SRE EEE Ecience, those either the moet thorough training for the Profession Graduates have no difficulty tn secaring nec 1 ey aon the Yory for or or dang ull information repsecting courses of THE REGISTRAR, State College, Centre County, ba As Others See Us. “And do the Americans shine in thelr conversation?’ asks the inter- viewer of the foreigner who has re- turned to his native land. “Let me tell you,” replies the for- eigner. “In mixed company the ladies assemble on one side of the room, and all talk at once about cooks and dress- es, and the men assemble at the other side of the room and talk about auto- mobiles and money.”--New York Life. His Quest. An Irishman whose wife was fond of moving from one house to another was met by a friend the other morn- ing while walking behind a van load of household goods and saluted with: “Hello, Mick! Shifting again? Where might you be going this time?” “I don’t know, begorra,” said Mick. “I'm following the furniture to find out.”— Kansas City Independent. Neo Chance. “Opportunity.” remarked the board- er who is always quoting maxims, “knocks once at every man’s door.” “Il never knock at any door of mine,” said the seedy boarder. “I sleep in an attie.”—Chicago Tribune. A man who shows no defects is a fool or a hypocrite whom we should mistrust.—Joubert. Castoria. CASTORIA FOR INFANTS and CHILDREN. Beais the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER. The Kind Youn Have Always Bought. In Use for Over 30 Years. CASTORIA The Centaur Company, New York City. 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Spain is second, with a produetion of 19, 000 tons from 1,600,000 hives. Travelers Guide. {C"STRAL RAILROAD OF PENNA. Condensed Time Table effective Dec. 3, 1906 Rea» sown No 1/80 5No 3 A. m.|p. m./p. m. ol 6 01 | Reap or. Stations No No anos . ] p.m. |p. m.a. m, .| Lye. Ar, 45 BELLEFONTE.| 9 10 5 15! 9 40 721 651 2 86... Nigh... 8 57 502 oo 7 26/16 56) 3 01) 511 457/90 21 I 5 T0 3 Hie 51) 9 15 1310 913 73001 os] 3 14 ...Hublersburg 900 743 713] 318..8n 9 05 7 4517 13] 3 %0|....... | 4 38 902 PhT8 iE aaa i | a rsines 432 887 7 5307 2 3 oe intondale.... {8 26! 4 20 8 54 75172 3 32 Reider asiding. 8 22| 4 25! 8 51 R01 7 . 3 36! ..Mackeyville....(f8 18] 4 20] 8 46 807 7m 8 421...Cedar Spring...| 8 12/ 4 14) 8 40 sigan i ....SaloDA, ..... 8 10{ 4 12] 8 38 8 15! 7 47] 8 50 ..MILL HALL... 8 05/4 07/42 33 (. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R.) { | . i P 3 % Frey Jersey Shore. ......| 8 26) 3 3 IT. y ve! 250 ne 2 11 3 Ly } wate PORT bare. 230 680 & Reading Ry.) | 730 so... 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MOERSCHBACHER, | 50-82-1y High Street, BELLEFONTE, PA ! DE J. JONES | VETERINARY SURGEON. A Graduate of the University of Loodon | has permanently located at the PALACE LIVERY STABLES, Bellefonte, where he will answer all ealls for work in his profes. sion. Dr. Jones served four years under State Veterinary Surgeon Pierson, Calls hy telephone will be answered promptly day or night. 50-5.1y Money to Loan. MONEY TO LOAN on good secarity and houses for rent. J. M. KEICHLINE, Att'y at Law. 41 ly The subscriber having put in a com- J H. WETZEL.— Attorney and Counsellor at the Law. Office No. 11, Crider's Xaehange second floor. All kinds of legal business atten od to promptly. Consultation in English or German, 20 4 ETTIG, ROWER & ZERBY,—Attorneys-at Law, le Block, Bellefonte, Pa. Sue- cessors to Orvis, Bower & Orvis. Practice in all the courts. Consultaiions in English or Ger. man, 50-7 M. KEICHLINE—ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,.— oJ. Practice in all the courts. Consultation in English and German. 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Bellefonte 43-34v F JOU WANT TO SELL standin timber, sawed timber, railroa ties, and chemiea! wood, lumber of aby kind worked or 10 the rough, White Pine, Chestnut or Washington Red Cedar Shing Sash, Plastering Lath, Brick, Ete Go to P. B. CRIDER & SON, 18-18-1v Bellefonte, Pa 3 Y 3 EEEEEEREEREEE SREP ESESESEEE THE MAN who BELIEVES he can't be suited with ready-to-wear clothes is the man we want. t.0 meet, he may have some foundation for his prejudice. But. we feel certain that, the Ciothes bearing THE FAUBLE LABEL will not. only remove that. prejudice but. will prove to him that the - Fauble High Grade Clothes : : : : \ are superior in every way to the average made- to-wear-ones that he has been wearing, and the Saving is Considerable. LET US SHOW YOU. EH M. Fauble @ Son. Shoes for Men and Boys at a Big Saving. A
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