Dewan flap.
= Beilefonte, Pa., January 15, 1909.
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The Feeling of Pride That Is Born of
Paying Taxes.
“Many a time,” said a policeman in
the southern part of the city, “when
taxpayer.
fore and never gave a thought to taxes,
but as soon as 1 moved into my own
bouse I began to appreciate the feel-
ings of men who resented arrest be-
cause they paid taxes.
“There is certainly a considerable ad-
dition to the dignity of the man who
country ought to become a taxpayer
as soon as he can. And the mere fact
that he does help support the govern-
ment and bears his share of the ex-
pense makes him a better citizen,
Habitual criminals are rarely taxpay
ers. They know they may have to run
eny day and perhaps never come back.
#0 they do not buy real estate, but are
roomers and lodgers all their lives.,'—
St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
A WHISTLER DINNER.
Sealing Wax Played an Important
Part at the Banquet.
In the Pennells’ “Life of James Mac-
Neill Whistler” is the story of a din-
ner given by the eccentric artist in
which he was assisted by Mr. Luke
Ionides, who describes the banquet:
“I remember calling one early after-
noon, when Jimmy was busy putting
things straight. He asked me if 1 had
any money. [I told him I had 12
shillings. He said that was enough.
We went out together, and he bought
three chairs at two and sixpence each
and three bottles of claret at eighteen-
pence each and three sticks of sealing
wax of different colors at twopence
each. On our return he sealed the top
of each bottle with a different colore¢
wax. He then told me he expected a
possible buyer to dinner and two other
friends. When we had taken our seats
at the table he very soleninly told the
maid to go down and bring up a bottle
of wine, one of those with the red seal
The maid could hardly suppress a grin.
but I alone saw it. Then, after the
meat, he told her to fetch a bottle with
the blue seal, and with dessert the one
with the yellow seal was brought, and
all were drunk in perfect innocence
and delight. He sold his picture, and
he said he was sure the sealing wax
had done it.”
A Queer Trunk Problem.
One of the minor problems that pre-
gent themselves to managers of homes
for elderly persons is the accumulation
of trunks. Each new arrival brings
one or more trunks, often several, and
it is not expected that these ever will
be taken away, as the inmates are to
remain permanently. It is not, how-
ever, considered safe to sell the trunks
or give them away. as they are the
private properly of the inmates, and
there is a possibility that the trunks
may be needed again through some
change in affairs or fortunes. The
trunks therefore pile up until they
become the despair of managers, and
it is a relief when some of the older
or least substantial boxes break apart
from mere decrepitude and can con-
scientiously be consigned to the scrap
heap.—New York Press.
Napoleon's Bible.
An Italian journalist has the copy of
the Bible which Napoleon used during
his compulsory sojourn in the Isle of
Elba. It is a copy of a cheap popular
edition, illustrated with rough wood
cuts, with the initial N. and the im-
perial crown stamped upon its back.
A number of texts are underlined, and
the inference is that the exiled em-
peror searched the Scriptures for pas-
sages appropriate to his misfortune
and his hopes. “I will smite the shep-
herd, and the sheep shall be scattered,”
is perhaps the most significant of them.
The Bible was discovered in the sanc-
tuary of the Madonna del Monte, in
Elba.
Strategy.
Rodrick—Great Scott!
lost his mind?
Van Albert—I don't think so. Why?
Rodrick—Just look at the fllumina-
tion in his house. He has had every
gas jet burning all day long.
Van Albert—Oh, that's just a little
scheme Bilkins has to increase his gas
bill this month. His wife is coming
back to-morrow, and he told her he
had been remaining at home and read-
ing every night since she went away.
IT she looked at the gas bill and found
it to be only 32 cents, he would be
cornered for an explanation.—Chicago
News,
Has Bilkins
Eternal Fitness.
“] see a retired knockabout come-
dian is going to buy a title and have a
coat of arms.”
“Has he decided on anything?”
“I think &e is considering two slap-
sticks crossed over a seltzer siphon.”
Pittsburg Post.
The Poor Sheep.
Mr. Foolish—Why are‘sheep the most
dissipated animals? Mr. Billy—Be-
cause they gambol all their lives, spend
most of their time on the turf, many of
them are blacklegs, and all are fleeced
fn the end!
" EFFORT BY PROXY.
Involuntary Attempts to Help Athletes
at Exciting Moments.
In pictures of athletic competitions,
chiefly hurdle races and high jumps,
an occasional spectator is seen in a
quer posture,
if it is a picture of an athlete leap-
ing, ten chances to one the spectator
has involuntarily raised his right leg.
twisting his body in automatic expres
sion of a desire to help the jumper.
With hurdle race photographs this of-
ten may be noticed, too, and in the
case of sprinters not a few men stand
with faces twisted up and holding the
breath in correct imitation of the ath-
lete actually competing.
So, too, with football views. In one
of a big game there was a photograph
of a man on the side line watching a
tackle who was crouching down in al-
most exact imitation of a waiting de-
fense man who was shown at the mo-
ment making ready for his leap at the
runner.
Men who follow athletics know how
involuntary this is. One athletic train-
er has appeared in hundreds of pic-
tures as watching some one of his
charges high jumping, with his leg
swung out just as if he were making
the leap himself. There is a sort of |
relief for the feeling of trying to help
the jumper in swinging the leg up so,
and almost any person is likely to find
himself doing it instinctively. ?
It may be noticed at prizefights that
some men go through the entire battle
punch for punch, crossing and counter-
ing an imaginary opponent as they
watch the struggle before them, Men
drive and ride horses in races from the
stand, making the effort in the stretch
along with the jockey of their fancy.
This is one of the well known features
among the race crowd where there are
many “grand stand riders.” In wres-
tling matches almost any one will try,
purely by instinct, to help the athlete
who is down and who is bridging des-
perately to avoid the fall.
And yet there is rarely enough tele-
pathic suggestion in the air surcharged
with desire to bring about a result dif-
ferent from what naturally might be
expected at the moment when the
greatest wish for something else is
born—that is to say, the high jumper
doesn't necessarily clear the bar, nor
the sprinter squeeze out the inch or
so that he needs, nor the jockey whip
his mount in for the head that means
victory.— Washington Post.
Eugene Sue's Vanity.
Notwithstanding the extraordinary
literary success which he enjoyed
when his works were the vogue, Eu-
gene Sue posed much more as a man
of fashion than a man of letters. After
his dinner at the Cafe de Paris he
would gravely stand on the steps
smoking his cigar and listening to the
conversation with an air of superiority
without attempting to take part in it.
His mind was supposed to be far
away, devising schemes for the social
and moral improvement of his fellow
creatures. These philanthropic mus-
ings did not prevent him from paying
a great deal of attention—toe much
perhaps—to his personal appearance,
for even in those days of beaus, bucks
and dandies, of Counts d'Orsay and
others, men could not help thinking
Eugene Sue overdressed.
Umbrella Etiquette In Turkey.
In China ladies are attended by serv-
ants who hold umbrellas over their
heads. The Chinese and Japanese in-
troduce both the umbrella and parasol
into their decorative work and athletic
sports. In western Turkey it is neces-
sary to close an umbrella on meeting
people of high rank, and a European
traveler who was passing one of the
palaces of the sultan was nearly run
through by the guard before he com-
prehended that he must put down the
open umbrella he carried. Every one
passing the actual residence of the
sultan lowers his umbrella as a salu-
tation to “the brother of the sun and
the moon.”
An Old Idea.
Macaulay was not the first man to
frame the famous image of the man
of a new civilization standing amid
the ruins of that which we know to-
day. Long before he wrote of his
traveler from New Zealand meditat-
ing upon London bridge Mrs. Barbauld
had used the same image, with the dif-
ference that she applied it to Black-
friars bridge. An earlier reviewer had
used it in an article published in 1767,
we are told by an English commenta-
tor, and Horace Walpole says in one
of his letters, “At last some curious
traveler from Lima will visit England
and give a description of the ruins of
St. Paul's.”
The Perfect Woman.
There is a quaint old tavern sign in
Kent, “The Perfect Woman"—a wo-
man's head without a mouth. This
signboard was once quite common, and
as late as 1818 a “silent woman” stood
fn St. Giles’, in what is now New Ox-
ford street, hearing beneath the picture
of a headless female the following
anza:
A silent woman—how can it be?
Patient traveler, do not scoff.
Drawn from the very life is she
And mute because her head Is off.
—London Chronicle.
Like a Mule.
“A man wif a bad disposition,” said
Uncle Eben, “is a heap like a mule.
You's always havin’ yoh doubts about
whether his usefulness on some occa-
sions pays foh his troublesemeness on
others.” —Washington Star.
Ogllby, translator of Homer and Vir-
gil, was unacquainted with Greek un-
til he was past fifty years of age.
RULE OF THE ROAD.
A London Policeman Explained the
Matter Very Clearly.
“The first day In England,” says an
American traveler, “my heart jumped
into my throat several times. Riding
on top of a bus, the driver would al-
ways turn toward the left when we
were about to pass another vehicle,
and, although I knew that that was
the English custom, I held on tight
and got shivers anticipating a collision
every time. One morning [I stepped
up to a policeman at King's Cross to
get my bearings, and, as he was dis-
posed to be talkative, I kept him com-
pany.
“Among other things, I asked him
whether there was any rule requiring
pedestrians to keep to the left. No, he
told me; it was only for the roadway
that the rule held.
“I then asked him why it was that
in England they always turned to the
left, whereas iu all other countries the
rule was to turn to the right.
“Oh, it's very important to keep to
the left,’ he said seriously. I knew it
was very important to observe the
rule of the road, but why turn to the
left?
“ ‘Well,’ he said, ‘I'll show you. Now
you come here,’ and he led me to the
middle of the roadway. ‘You see,’ he
continued, ‘how the traffic moves along
the two sides of the road?
“Yes, I saw, and a pretty sight it
| was, too—a string of all sorts of con-
veyances coming toward us on our
right and another moving away from
us on the left as far as the eye could
see,
“ ‘Well, nov'—and he was very im-
pressive—‘suppose you were driving
along in the middle here and another
kerrige was coming the other w'y, and
suppose you turned to the right, don't
you see you would be getting in the
w'y of all those vehicles?
i “Yes, I saw that.
“ “Well, that's why we always turn
| to the left.’
| “1 learned afterward that the ‘bobby’
expected a tip for all the information
| he had given me."—Youth's Compan-
fon.
A ROYAL DESPOT.
Wourttemberg Prince Who Sold His
Subjects Like Cattle.
Cruel and despotic were some of the
petty princes who ruled the father-
land before the Napoleonic wars swept
them away. Charles Eugene of Wurt-
temburg. born in 1728, died in 1793
and during his sixty-five years of life
tormented his parents, his wives and
his subjects. His first consort, Fred-
ericka of Beyreuth, was worthy of
him. When entering Wurttemberg
soon after their marriage the girls
threw masses of flowers in front of
them. “What do those dogs want?”
the princess asked her husband. They
were always quarreling and never
spoke to each other without snarling.
The prince was always short of money
and sold 6,000 of his subjects to Eng-
| land to raise the wind. He took the
poor wretches from the fields, clapped
a uniform on them and sent them to
their destination as if they were cattle.
Once he called all the young men of a
certain district before him and made
the following speech: “My brave boys,
do you want to go to fight in the ranks
of the English heroes against the sav-
ages of the continent?’ No reply was
made for the moment. Then a number
of the youths stepped forward, and
one of them said, “We do not want to
be sold like sheep.” The prince prompt-
ly gave orders for two of them to be
seized. put against a wall and shot at
once. Then while the blood was run-
ning from the mutilated bodies of the
two unfortunates the prince by divine
right said: “Run away. You see I do
not want to impose my will on you. I
think of your welfare like a father
does of his children. You want to
fight by the side of the valorous Eng-
lish.” All consented. Schiller heard his
father tell this story, and he himself
related it in a scene of one of his
plays.
Phil May's Drawings.
The late Phil May was popularly
supposed to be the “lightning artist”
par excellence of England. It is quite
true that he could draw many wonder-
ful things “straight off.” But when a
subject had been chosen for a Punch
{llustration many drawings were made
from a model or models who first had
to be discovered. By a process of se-
lection each drawing of the subject
bore fewer lines. When the drawing
was published most of those who look-
ed at it thought that it had been done
with a few rapid strokes of the pen,
whereas it probably represented a
week's hard work.—London News.
Bank of England Watchers.
When you enter the Bank of Eng-
land by any door four pairs of eyes
watch you, though you are unaware
of this fact. Situated close to the
doors are hiding places in which are
four guardians of the bank. You can-
not see them, but they can watch you
with the aid of reflecting mirrors In
which they can see your entrance and
exit and every movement from the
time you enter the portals of wealth to
the moment you leave them.
Her Version.
Mr. Highbrow—It was Michelet, 1
believe, who observed that “woman is
the salt of man's life.” Miss Keen—
Quite true. Young men aren't half so
fresh after they get married.—Boston
Transcript.
History Revised.
The Professor—What was it defeat-
sd Leonidas at Thermopylae? The
Bright Student--The new rules. He
held the pass too long.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
“There are no fewer than 2,000,000
cave dwellers in’ France,” writes
traveler, “Whether you travel
south, east or west you find
rious imitations of the homes
itive man. They stretch for fully
enty miles along the valley of
Loire, from Blois to Saumur, and
the train proceeds you can catch
glimpse from time to time of their
turesque entrances, surrounded by
flowers and verdure. As likely as not
you will see
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some of the characteristics
troglodytes of old and that their
homes are mere dens. Not so, as you
wil! find on visiting them.
“They are nearly all well to do peas-
ants, owners perhaps of some of the
vineyards that deck the slopes on all
sides, and their habitations are, as a
rule, both healthy and comfortably
furnished. These singular houses am
remarkably cool in summer without
being in the least damp, while in win-
ter they can be warmed much more
easily and better than ordinary apart-
ments. The health of the modern
troglodyte is, as a rule, excellent, and
it is not uncommon to find centena-
rians among them. This, however, is
by no means surprising when we con-
sider that their homes are not only
healthful to live in, but are also com-
fortably furnished and fitted ap.
“In the majority of cases these rock
houses were not excavated for the spe-
clal purpose of being inhabited, but
with the object of obtaining stone for
the building of houses. At Rochecor-
bon there is a rock dwelling carved
out of a single block of stone, and the
ingenious owner, in addition to making
a two story villa therefrom, has pro-
vided himself with a roof garden,
from which a fine view of the valley
can be obtained. A similar house ex-
ists in Bourre, in which locality the
disused quarries are said to date back
to the days of the Romans.”
WAYS OF THE ARABS.
Dodging the Evil Eye and Tests of
Filial Piety.
Very curious to the occidental mind
are some of the ways of Arabia and
other Mohammedan countries. A trav-
eler says: “One of the objects of the
most anxious solicitude for Moham-
medan parents is the shielding of their
children from the evil eye. Any person
expressing admiration for a child ex-
cept by pious ejaculation or the invo-
cation of blessings upon the prophet
fills the heart of the parent with ap-
prehension. When children are to be
taken into the street thelr faces are
often even smeared with mud or
greasy substances lest their comeliness
should attract attention, and in order
that the person of the child itself
should escape attention gaudy and glit-
tering ornaments are hung about it
and written charms sewed into leather
medallions saspended from its neck.
“One of the best of Arab character-
istics 1s that of filial plety. Sons and
daughters of deceased parents take
upon themselves all sorts of irksome
tasks accounted as expiatory of the
minor faults committed by the depart-
ed ones during their lifetime and dis-
charging falthfully every payment or
obligation left unfulfilled by dead par-
ents, for has not the prophet said that
martyrdom even will not atone for an
unpaid debt?
“Eloquence is accounted the greatest
of all possible gifts. According to
Arab tradition, the most superlative
degree of cloquence was attained by
King David, such being the beauty of
his diction, added to the poetry of his
words, that when he declaimed the
Psalms even birds and wild beasts
were spellbound, while on some oceca-
sions as many as 400 men died from
the excess of delight induced by his
reading.”—Chicago News.
Fumigating Library Books.
The library subscriber sniffed suspi-
ciously at the copy of “The Three
Musketeers” which she was about to
take home. “Carbolic acid,” she sald.
“Have you been fumigating the
books 7"
“No, we haven't,” said the librarian,
“but some subscriber has. Many of
our patrons like to do their own fumi-
gating. Usually they use carbolic acid.
At times when a good deal of sickness
is reported the fumigating craze is es-
pecially severe and one-third of the
books brought into the library smell to
heaven with carbolic acid.”"—New York
Press.
A Raw Recruit.
Corporal (to town recruit on stable
guard for the first time)—Now, you've
got to patrol these ’ere lines an’ 'am-
mer in any pegs that get loose an’ gen-
erally look after the 'orses.
Recruit (whose knowledge of horses
is of the slightest)—And what time am
I to wake the horses in the mornin’ ?—
London Tit-Bits.
Off Guard.
“How did it happen that your friends
got the best of you?’ queried the in-
quisitive person.
“They got busy while 1 was watch-
ing my enemies,” explained the man
who had got the short end of it.—Chi-
cago News. :
Simplified Spelling.
“Write me an example of simplified
spelling. children,” said the teacher,
and Tommie wrote: “The man who
earves monuments urns his living.”—
New YorA Times.
Man's great fault is that he has so
Ssany small ones.—Richter.
Lyon & Co. Lvon & Ce.
Lyon &. Company.
OUR GREAT
WHITE :-: SALE
IS NOW GOING ON.
Everybody knows what values they get when they
buy at this store.
Sheeting by the yard or made up, Pillow Cases,
Bolster Cases, Towels and toweling, Bed Spreads,
Table Linens and Napkins, everything at White
Sale Prices. We havg no space to give prices on
everything only mention a few things.
Yard wide Unbleached Muslin, regular price 7c.
Sale price 5 cents.
Yard wide Bleached Muslin, regular price 8c.
Sale price 6% cents.
Yard wide Bleached Huck Toweling, regular
price 7c. Sale price 5 cents.
Children’s White Dresses and Ladies’ Muslin
Underwear the largest line at prices that are lower
than any other store.
Children’s Short White Dresses from 25c. up.
The largest line of fine Shirt Waists in lace and
embroidery trimmed, all over tucked, the new
sleeves, high collars, regular values from $1.00 to
$5.00. Sale price from 75c. to $3.75.
Two thousand yards of fine Embroideries in
matched patterns, all different widths, regular
values from roc. to $1.25. Sale price sc. to 75¢.
8oo yards Lace, reg. values 1oc and 15¢c. Now sc.
In addition to our White Sale we will sell all our
Winter Goods at cost. Ladies’, Misses and
Children’s Coats, Ladies’ Coat Suits, Men's
Overcoats and Suits, Gloves, Underwear, Hosiery,
Caps, etc. Everything in Winter goods must be
sold now. We are showing new Spring Dress
Goods and must have room.
LYON & COMPANY,
7-12 Allegheny St., Bellefonte, Pa.
Bellefonte Shoe Emporium.
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BRING the CASH
along.
o 0
BIG SACRIFICE SALE
of Shoes at Yeager’s.
The very dry and warm
fall made the demand for
Winter Shoes very back-
ward and the result is I have
most all my fall shoes on the
shelves, and they must be
turned into cash at once.
Beginning
JANUARY 15TH, 1909,
I will start one of the lowest
priced sales of good new
shoes ever attempted. Every
pair of shoes in the store will
be sold at a sacrifice, nothing
reserved. I need the money
and if you are in need of good
shoes cheap, and have the
cash, come and I will give
you more good value in shoes
for a small amount of money
than ever before attempted.
Sale starts
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15TH.
YEAGER’S SHOE STORE,
successor to Yeager & Davis.
Bush Arcade Building, BELLEFONTE, PA. .
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