Bewotie. Bellefonte, Pa., October 30, 1908, HALLOWE'EN. She ate the apple~ as did Eve— And looked into the glass ; She said. “The Fates will not deceive A little lonely lass.” She ate the apple, rind and all, So that the fates could see, Although she was so lone and small, She trusted utterly. The Fates—not always wholly kind — Now said among themselves, — “Here ix a darling to our mind; Send for the happy elves!” The happy elves came trooping in, Ready torun or fly ; And when she did the charm begin, They all were standing by, Ehe held the eandle up ; the flame Went filckering to and fro; The happy elves wrote out Ais name, And drew his face below, She kissed the mirror (yes she did; And I know what she sald; But | won't tell it—heaven forbid !) And then she went to bed, ~By John Vance Chaney. ELSI1E'S HALLOWEEN PARTY. It was a merry party that had assembled at Mrs. Taylor's on Hallowe'en. All bad come in fautastic dress; many wore wasks, and many were the guesses as to the identity of the jolly clowns and others of the motley band of fon-makers. Then came a pauee in the hilarity, and the girls began to question, '‘Whas can we do next?’ I say girls, because the boys bad lefts the room purposely to do some “plotting dark and deep,” as Fred Wil- liams put it. “Dear knows when those boys will be back. Conldn't you suggest something, Elsie?” inquired her special chum. Elsie was usually to be depended upon for “thinking up’’ things. *‘Well, I bad thought out a little game —something like Consequences— which we could play when our cooking class meets pext week ; but I don’t see why we couldn’s make it do for tonight as well. ‘Going to Market’ I named it.”’ Each girl—there were ten in all—was supplied with a slip of paper and pencil, and instructed to write an answer to a ques: sion that Elsie would ask, across the top, then fold it noder and pass the paper to the girl beside her, ready for another an- swer, and so oa. “What did you hay in market this morn- ing ?’' was Elsie’s tiret question. ‘‘Never mind,’’ she interrupted, asa thought oc- carred to her, ‘“‘snppose I say instead, what did you buy in market for Hallowe'en?" | Busily the pencils flew aver the ten papers as the names of varions vats and other Hallowe'en goodies were jotted down. Next came the question, ‘‘How much did yon boy ? Aud, girls, of conrse, make your replies as funny as you please.” The papers were passed along for the answer to the next question, which was, “*How did you carry it home ?’’ The three remaining queries were, ‘What did you do with it before you cooked it?"’ ‘How did you cook it ?’’ and ‘What opinion was passed upon is?’ Some of the answers took several min- utes to think oat entirely to the writers’ satisfaction’; but at last the papers were all ready for the reading. At that juncture the boys came in. ‘My! how quiet you girls were,” said Frank Spangler. ‘*What’s going on ?’’ remarked another. “‘No such mysterious plotting as yours, I warrant,” said Elsie. ‘Now, be quiet and you'll find out,’’ she finished. Emma held the first paper, so ehe un- folded it and read ibe answers, conuecting them with the questions to make the ren- dering intelligible. *‘I bought some raisins for last Hallowe'en; I bought half a peck ; I carried them home in a teacup ; I salted them down for two days ; then I stewed them in milk along with some allspice which was needed to bring out the flavor.” “Phew ! talk about deep, daik plots after that !"’ exclaimed Fred, when every- one was through laughing. It was May's turn next : ‘I bought some cider; I bought six yards of is ; I carried it home in a flour bag ; I put it through the meat-chopper; then I mixed is with onions and roasted it in a bot oven ; and brother said it would make excellent food for rab- bits.” May’s cooking recipe came in for much applause ; at the end of which Julia Davis managed to make herself beard : *‘I bought one ounce; I carried it home in a barrel ; I tasted it first, then pat it iv the refrigera- tor; then I boiled it all day in plenty of olive oil; and everybody said it tasted ex- actly like ice cream.” “Go on, Bessie, it's your turn,’’ shouted the others, as they clapped Julia's recital. “I bought some chestnuts,” Bessie ; “I bought a bottleful ; I carried them home one at a time ; I put them to soak over night in cold water; then I made soup of them and flavored it with garlic ; and sister Sadie said she'd like some every morning for her breakfast, it was so deli- ciouns,”’ “Sister Sadie’s a fine judge,”” was the general opinion; then everyone became anxious to hear what Sister Sadie bad to say for herself : “I went to market,” be- gan Sadie, ‘‘and bought some walnuts ; I bought ten bushels ; I put them in a tum- Dles aad jet Them, os the window-sill ; I m them wit rown sugar, poured whipped cream over the top and ol them in a chafing dish ; Uncle Joe said he Baver tasted asytbisg like it in all hie e. The girle, and even the boys, were so interested at the amusing and ridiculous answers that they were sorry when the last one had been read. Belle Desmond held the only pager Jets, ad she read itamid m aughter : bought some oranges as market; I bought one gallon ; I brought them home ina dress-suit case ; I hung them op to dry; shen I rolled them in saw- dust and fried shem brown ; everyone was of the opinion that it would be excellent diet for canary birds.” “Now, boys,’’ said Belle, *‘in return for these cooking-sohool lessons you might let us into your plot.” ‘‘Keep quiet, aud you'll find out,” re- torted k Spangler ; at which moment Mrs. Taylor came in to invite the party into the diniug room. Such a fantasticall spread table as mes the gaze! *“The wor of those boys,’ guessed Julia, and correct ly. And it was a funny sighs afterward to see clowns and harlequins and flower girls aud shepherdesses aud others assisting in “clearing up’’ the dining room, cleaning the dishes and putting everything ‘‘to rights.””—The Housekeeper,in the Christian Advocate What to Do on the One Night when You May Peep into the Future. Readers (and lovers) of delightful Leslie Goldthwaite will recollect that her All- Hallowe'en party—a model of its kind— was held in an old-fasbeoned New Evgland kitchen. A New Jersey suburbanite achieved a brilliant social success last year by celebrating the ever-popular holiday in a uew aud spacious barn. The revelers wore the rural costumes of 100 years ago— the women short gowns, which we name now “dressing sacques,”’ of gay calico bels- ed over brief skirts of the same waterial. Their hair, drawn back over high cushions, was covered by coguettish caps with float ing ribhons, Men who could not borrow from country atties short- waisted coats and long- waisted waistcoats, with knee breeches, improvised habiliments that lent fun and variety to the frolic. forcing Dame Fortane’s hand described herewith, were practiced. There was a jolly *“‘candy-pull,’”’ and for a wind-up an Old Virginia reel, in which—as a last cen- tury poet wrote of a Christmas ‘‘Sir Roger de Coverly” (the English dance which American descendants bave re-christened All the devices for | under the name of our oldest English colony ) : “From sixteen up lo sixty, All were dancing on the floor.” Since a majority of our readers must sigh | vainly for farmstead kitchen and big new | barn, les us accommodate ourselves good- | hnworedlv to circumstance, yet retain the | spirit of the time-honored festival. Apart from traditions of our for-bears’ manner of ohserving Hallowe'en that make simple wardrobes appropriate for the merry | waking, the character of the diversions in- | dulged in forbids flimsy draperies, delicate colors and expensive fabrics. A fine chance is offered here for the display of jaunty aprons and short sleeved blouses that allow free play to rounded arms and well-turned wrists in manipulating candy ropes and snatohing at snap-dragon ‘‘sweeties.”’ She is a dull-witted hostess who cannot suggest a degree of uniformity in costume thas will give piguancy and piciuresqueness to the scene. Refreshments should be archaic and simple. Our clever suburbavites actually broached a barrel of cider—home-made and pure—and served it in old mugs. Dough- pute, orullers, ‘‘olecooks’’ and cheese went around with it. There were brown bread sandwiches, plum cake, coffe: and tiny chicken pies, nuts aud 1aisins. No salads, no oysters and no ices, and all present voted the bold exclusion of these conventional “‘must-bes’’ of the modern ‘‘lunction’ a pleasing novelty. They would bave been incongruous with costumes, place and oc- casion. All-Hallowe’en Diversions, ‘‘Bobbing”’ for Apples.—If this is done in the drawing room, lay a square of oilcloth or a thick rug turned wroogside out under she large tub which is brought in and filled within fuar inches of the top with water. A dozen ; or more apples, with strong stems, are laid | on the surface. The sport is confined to | the young men of the party. Each gives to an apple the name of something be would like to have or accomplish, be it sweetheart, honors or wealth. A towel covers his shirt-frons and collar, and, koeel- ing down, he tries to get up the apple with his teeth. Three trials are allowed to each diver. Fairy Boats.— Halve Eoglish waloats and clean out each side neatly. Melt enough white wax to fill as many shells as there will be persons present at your party, aod stir in a few drops of perfume. Have ready short lengths of coarse cotton cord, loosely swisted. Hold a bit upright in the widdle of each ball shell, and pour in enough melted wax to fill it. It will harden quickly. Launch the spice lamps in a tub of wa- ter, and light the wicks, naming each for a guest, or letting him do it for himself. To set them in motion jar the tub lightly. It two boats approach one auother, touch and continue the voyage in company, the owners’ lots will sume time become one and the same, I! one sputters and soon goes out the owner will have a bref, troun- bled career. If two jostle and interfere with each other, those whose names they bear will quarrel. Should a boat refuse to quit the wharf or return when puoshed out, its namesake is indolent and lacking in enterprise Those that burn longest, predict length of days. Cabbage Stalks.—These are pulled from the garden by the young people in the dark, or if there is a moon, with closed eyes. Each must honestly bring to the light that which he or she first lays hold of. If much earth clings to the roots the holder will have wealth; if it is bare, poverty. A { healthy, well-made stalk promises a band. ' some partner for life, and vice versa. A bit gut from the top of the stalk indicates the temper of said partner. Some are sweet, some sour and a few bitter. When cabbage stalks cannot be taken | from the earth, order them from a market gardener. They must then be put intoa hag and drawn ont,one at a time, haphazard nesses. Each fair owner, after inzpecting and tasting hers, cuts her initials on the stalk, and all are laid on atahle with a cloth cast lightly over them. The young men are now admitted, and draw in their turn without uncovering the row. If a dance i= to come off in the evening, each young man dances the first set with the girl whose stalk he bas drawn. The Christian name of each girl’s husband will be the same as that of him who gets the stalk marked by her. The Cup of Fate.—Three tumblers or goblets are set on the table. One contains vinegar, another milk, a third olear water. Each person is led blindfolded to the table and dips his finger in a vessel. If it con- tain water, he will die a bachelor ; if vine- gar, he will marry a shrew ;il milk, his wife will be sweet-tempered. These rules hold good with women, with, of course, a change in the sex of the partners for life. The position of the tumblers must be shifted after each trial to confuse the next candidate. Up and Ont.—Names are written with an indelible pencil on slips of tr. These are folded small, the written side inward, then inclosed in pellets of Indian meal dough, one in each. When all are ready a certain number of balls containing men’s vames and a like number with women’s names inclosed are dropped carefully into a broad basin of water. In a minute they begin to rise, cracking as they come up,and must be fished ont at once, two together, coupling those that rise nearest to one another. If the pames thus disclosed are those of aman and a woman, a bappy union is foretold; if two men pop up side by ride, both will remain bachelors; if two women, they will die spinsters. Some arise, blank and whole, and refuse to crack after they are up. The persons represented by Shese are adjudged to be uusocial and sullen. Roasting Chestnute.—This may be done on the hearth of an open fireplace, on the hy the girls, with no mascuiine eye wit- | — TREHR From “Philadelphia Record,” October 19, 1908. SHAME! A DIRTY TRICK! WHO DID IT? . top of a steve or on a hot shovel held over | lished at the college last year, and ninety the grate. Two chestnuts are named and laid together on the heated surface. If, in burning, they rest contentedly side by side, the omen is favorable. If one hops away or refuses to ignite, the parties designated would do well not to attempt to join their fortunes. As in a Looking-Glass. — The girls are | sent out of the room in tur, one by one, to walk backward the whole length of a dim e or cellar,holding up a small mirror in which the walker sees her own face re- fleoted. If she sees nothing else, she is destined to live single. Not infrequently, however, it happens that by a clever manoeuvre on the part of an admirer his face appears heside her in the looking-glass. The Dumb Cake.—Not a word must be spoken while three or four girls beat eggs, weigh sugar and other ingredients, mix and bake the dumb cake. Before is is joed, the mother of one of the makers, or some elderly friend, secretes a ring, a half dime and a pear] button in the loaf, still without speaking, and coats it with [rost- ing in the same silence. On All-Hallowe'en it is divided into as many slices as there are unmarried people present. Each slice is crumbed or eaten in silence, which remains unbroken until the finders of three prizes display them all. The ring shows which of the party will he married first ; the ooin promises wealth ; the holder of the Luséon, if a man, will have to sew on his own buttons and tapes without the help of a wife. If a girl draws it,she will never hecome a matron. — Marion Harland, in she North American. Winter Courses in Agriculture, Two hundred and twenty-five students are enrolled in the four and two years’ courses in agrionlture at The Pennsylvania State College. Their education is part of the work of our State school of agriculture bat there are other young men neediog service. Many persons do not have the time for a college education, bat they can give the winter to stady. For this reason winter courses in agriculture were estab- W. Harrison WaLker, CANDIDATE FoR CONGRESS. Vote for Walker for Congress because he is your home candidate. Vote for Walker for Congress because he is a young, progressive man, well qualified to represent’ you. Vote for Walker for Congress because the present incumbent, Mr. Barcrav, who is asking a re-election, has done nothing to warrant his re-election. Vote for Walker for Congress because he will vote against the re-election of Jor Cannon as speak- Surely no christian man can en- dorse Cannon's insult to the churches of the land. er of the House. | solicited. | now assured, bus assistance in every seo- men were enrolled. They found the iectures and practical exercises adapted to the need of the men | who waut to increase their earning power. Underlying principles were studied, and practical methods of dealing with crops, soils, orchards, animals aud dairy products wete given these young men. They re- turned to their homes with a desire to en- courage others to come to the college next winter for study under its practical scien- tists, The enrollment will be large. The courses begin December 1st and close Feb- ruary 24th. The association with bun- dreds of students in agriculture and the study of problems arising in the every-day lite of the farmer make these winter cours. es an opportunity that a bright young man cannot afford to miss. The free illustrated bulletin desoribing the five winter courses in agriculture is ready for distribution. Address School of Agriculture, State College, Pa, Horticultural Exhibie, An exhibition of horticultural products of Pennsylvania will be a special feature of Farmer's Week at State College next win- ter. Large consignments of apples are be- ing received and placed in cold storage for this purpose. It is hoped that this will be the largess and best exhibit of apples and other garden and orchard products ever made in the State. Every county should be represented. The co-operation of Granges, county orgamzations, local soei- eties and individusl growers is earnestly The success of the exhibit is tion is needed to make it representative of the entire State. Farmers and fruit grow ers in different sections are requested to work up collections and send them as soon as possible to the Department of Hortical- ture, State College, Pa, Datailed instrue- tions will be furnished persons who can as- sist iv this work. —No matter wha* the market is the maker of good reliable buster can always find ready sale at hetter than quotations. ~By De Mar, Fan With Catnip. People who live in the coantry know | well the berb called catnip. We have seen | it produce exactly the effect described here on a pet cat that lived in che city, where it conld not get the plant. Some time ago an armful of fresh catnip was picked and taken to Lincoln Park to try its effect upon the animals there, says The Chicago Times- Herald. So far as is known oatnip does not grow in the vative homes of these animals, so it was the flise time they had ever smelled it. The scent of the plane filled the whole place, and as soon as it had reached the parrots’ corner the two gaodily-attired macaws set up a note that drowmed thonght and made for the side of the cage, poking their beaks and claws through. When the catnip was brooght near them they became nearly frantic. They were given some, and devoured it, stem, leaf and blossom, with an avidity comwmensur- ate with the noise of their voices. The keeper avd the catnip carrier then made for the cage of Billy, the African leopard. Before the front of his cage was reached be had bounded from the shell whereon he lay, apparently asleep, and stood expectant. ‘A double handful of cas- nip was passed through to she floor of the den. Never was the prey of this African dweller in hia wild state pounced upon with more absolute savage enjoyment. Firse Billy ate a moathfnl of the catnip, then he lay flat on his back and wriggled through the green mass until his black- spotted vellow hide was filled with the odor. Then Billy sat ona bunch of the catnip, caught a leal-laden stem up in either paw and rubbed his oheeks, chin, nose, eyes and head. He ate an additional moutbfal or two, and then jumped back | *Y* to his sell, where he lay, the very pioture of contentment. In the tiger's cage there is a very young but fall-grown animal. Wheo this greas, surly beast inhaled the first sniff of the cat- nip he bagan to mew like a kisten. Prior to this the softest note of his voice had been one which put the roar of the big- maned South American lion to shame. That vicious tiger and his kindly disposi. tioned mate fairly reveled in the liberal al- lowance of the plant which was thrust into her cage. They rolled about in it and played together like six-weeks-old kittens. They mewed and purred, tossed it about, ate of it, and, after getting as liberal a dose as bad Billy the Leopard, they likewise leaped to their respective shelves and blinked lazily at the sun. The big lion, Major, was either too dig- nified or too lazy to pay more than passing attention to the bunch of catnip which fell to his lot. He ate a mouthful or two of is, licked his chops in a ‘‘that’s not half bad’’ way, and then went pack to his nap. The three baby lions quarreled over the allow- ance and ate it every bit. Stop the Leaks. If a ship springs a leak it would be a foolish captain who would crowd on sail and try to run away from the leak. The first thing to do is to stop the leak, or the very press of canvass inoreases the danger. Look at the drains which affect some wom- en in the same light as the leak. It is no use to use stimulants and tonics, as if they could carry you away from the effects of that leakage of vitality. The first shiog to do is to stop the unhealthy drain, which is robbing the body of strength with every day. t's what Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription does, it stops the drains which weaken women. It regulates the periods, heals ulceration and inflammation, and cares female weakness. When the local health of the womanly organs is established women find an improvement in their gener- al health at once. Theres no need for tonics or stimulants. There is no more nervousness. The whole body is built up into sound health. ‘Favorite Presorip- tion’”’ makes weak women strong, sick women well. ~The lawyer who made a bloff at a big practice turned hastily to part from his companions. “I am sorry, but I must go,” he said hurriedly. ‘‘I have a case at home whioh I must absorb to the last detail.” “I guess,’ said one of the party, ‘‘it’s a case of beer.’’—Baltimare American. ——*'0Oh, baby,” exclaimed the Boston mother, ‘what does make you ory so?" “I really cannot say,” was the unex- pected answer. ‘‘I have never indulged in introspection.” —When work stook * is idle they require less grain. For that reason more attention should be paid to the saving and feeding of roughness, History of Socialism in Rassias, The socialism of Russia, as well as of the Latin countries of Spain and Isaly, bas been much influenced by the teaching of anarchy. The father of aparchy is the French phil- oscpher Proudhon, but three of its greatesy teachers bave been Russian. They are Michael Bakuin, Priuce Kropotkin and Leo Tolstoi. Anaicby bas been described as ‘‘individ- valism gove mad.’’ Ite philosophy, bow- ever, has had the greatest influence on the thought and literature of the nineteenth century. Alshough the philosophers of avaichy, as a rule, are opposed to physical foice and teriorism, their secondary teaching leads, if not directly, as least logically, to force. Individuals are respousible for the ills of Society, therefore, away with the individ- uals. The anarchists agree with the socialists in their criticism of present conditions bus their apaiysis and remedies are diametrical- Iy opposed. The great apostie of anarchy in Russia and southern Europe was Bakan, who was born in 1814. Io 1872, at the Hague Con- gress of the International, be was expelled from that body by Marx aod his party. He died in Switzerland in 1876. Bakuin rejects every form of external an- | thority, whether emanating from the will i of a sovereign, or from universal soffrage. ! The problem of freedom is solved by man's | obeying the laws of natore. These laws | are to be ascertained by scientific knowl. edge and research and diffused among the masses. Then the need for political or re- ligious organizations will disappear. Ba- { kuin will not admit of any privilege. *“The privileged man,” he says, ‘‘wheth- er be be privileged politically or economic- ally, is a man depraved in intellect and hears.” The ideal of avarchy is a condition of hu- wan knowledge and self-control in which every man shall be a law to himself. For the laws of God, they substitute the laws of nature and these, they believe, are writ- ten in the heart of man. It is an ideal which all religions and philosopbers have held ap as the goal of she human race, but the anarchists’ error to a socialist, is in their insistence on this state of freedom without regard to the long evolutionary prooesses of ethical and social i improvement. Capitalism, which follows economically the anarchistio principle of individ ualism— absolute freedom to every man to choose for bimself—is an example of how the teaching works at present. It has created a privileged class of rich avarchists, who do what they will with thie 1ights of those who bave less. Some of these rich men today are the freest men who have ever lived— free, that is, in the anaichistic principle of being controlled by any law either of God or man. Prince Kropotkin has contributed much to the scientific world and his law of “‘mu- sual aid” will in the future hold rank with Darwin's law of *‘the survival of the fis- test.”” Kropotkin shows by the study of animal and human life that although we do find the law of survival acting strongly throughout the world, there is another law, equally powerful and that is the law of watoal aid. Tolstoi is so well known thas it is nos necessary to go into bis teaching, but to mention his name in connection with an- archy, immediately calls to mind his doo- trine of non-resistance. He is however a phylosophical abaichist of the strictest type. iis criticism of religion, art and government is the tearing away of old beliefs an} traditions and his remedy ap- ! plies only to the individnal—set yourself right before God and wan, train yourself without the aid of any external authority and you will find truth, It is only a little over two oenturies since Itussia emerged from »emi-barbarism, and at present her mediae: al system of vil- lage communities form the only bulwarks against political tyranny. That Kuossia should pass from this ~ystem into a em of socialism, without the in- termediate step of industrial development, which capitalism gives, would be contrary to usual laws, hut we bave, in our day, witnessed Japan's leap from primitive feu- dalism into a constitutional monarchy, which means a gap of hundreds of years, according to European precedents. The socialism of Russia bas been infla- enced by the teaching of Bakunin and other anarchists as well as by that of Marx. The government is of foreign origin, superim- posed from above, and baving nothing in sympathy with the Ruseian people either in temperament or in tradition, holding its own only by the support of the estab- lished church avd the force of the police and coseacks. Owing to these faots there bave, at times, arisen a wing of the revo- lutionary body which has practised terror- ism as a weapon against its oppressors. Nibhilism in Russia has passed through three stages. The fArst was speoulative aod anti-religions. It was in the early years of Alexander II's reign. It was a period of reform and innovation confined largely to the advanced thinkers. The second period came through the Rus- sian youth, who bad been studying in western Europe, the new creed of social. ism. fall of hope for future reconstruction. In 1873, by an imperial ukaze these schol- ars were recalled home and they carried with them their new ideas. These nihi- lista were met with merciless repression from the government and in 1875 they also determined to show no mercy. Then be- gan that terrible struggle between the rev. olutionists and antocracy which culminat- ed in the death of Alexander II in 1881. The third period has heen a work of ed- ucation, secretly but steadily carried on, meeting with constant repression and oruel- ty that has been endured with fortitude and sacrifice to astonish the world. Since that ‘Bloody Sunday,’’ when the faith of the Russian peasant in his Czar was so rudely shaken, the country bas been flooded with literature on economics and socialiem, and there is now a large body of “Social Revolutionists’’ who are endeavor- ing to obtain political power through the ballot and government control through the education of the army and peasantry. Erizanere M. BLANCHARD. “Man, Know Thyself” Such an inscription was carved on the front of a Grecian temple. It isan insorip- tion which should be carved on the public buildings of every city. Doubtless there are thousands who die every year because of their ignorance of their own bodies. The value of Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Med- ical Adviser way be judged from this one fact—it makes men women to know themselves, and she faculties and functions of the several organs of the hody. This great work contains 1008 pages and 700 il- lustrations. It is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay the cost of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the book in pa- per covers, or 31 stamps for cloth. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Baffolo, N.Y.
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