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2
Receipts and
of Centre County
( Continued from seventh page.)
EE .
Miscellaneous Account.
Fo order Joha 1 Olewine,
hardware sssesss an
To order r Ch Beezer itv-
Cry BAe cooceiiciariicnnnnian 20
20 order Penna Tel Co, rent-
atin fe i easgsshssastansess 1300
Ro Is
et,
To order J. assesssnnnsses 39
a HE Co, Telit 5
an a
Bfte Hospital, are
oto i sae 100 00
o
Co, oflice su sassssess A300
a, 500
xo order 3 W pying. 2300
“vWD , €X
wl ares to Snow cesses 138
0 Harry
To order dues Hiarris 200
rder
monanscul ARITORHAtiGn. 300 W
0 order Kate copy- a5
LT
Toorder EM Weayer, ‘copy-
ANE ceresrcamsaricescscsansenss 16
To order William Reed,
shoveling SNOW. ...coceseesss 180
To grdor D Gettig, ex- 320
TS or “Tornado. Mig disin-
fottant ... os orn ieea ss B00
To order Mary J Hunt, ofice “od
To eros Panna Fel Co, mes.
To o “order FE" “Jonnston,
reight nnd drayage.......
oi 2 det Gustave Koons
To. Da TH “Harter P Mu
To order ed ‘Bartiey,
very Bire....oc.oceees abhats
Too or igh ic ice...
“ il ped So, pens
John Kaldf.coees vanensonen
To order UT & T Co, rental.
+ Henry Lowry, fix-
Wg OCKS. covvsssosacsonens
To urd: order Penna Tel Co, mes-
aac iesasasenae wasesans
Oe 0B vw uw = Boa 8 @ -
% 83 8 228 ENE 8B ER 2 OB
To 5 order DF Fortney, audit
ping for com’th. stent Po
0 order Hazel Bros, as
ht 2 3 Jotmaton,
freight an Aya aneps
PPoUrder Twiderbus
To order Mary ey,
COPYINErannsessooaarserrasanes nw
To order A M if Soren, sale
of ty pew cansssngse 30 00
To order hint ‘Mann Co,
office 8 mppleR, oni: 49 86
To order wacph Db ixon Cru-
eible Co, pe aasssass =e
To order Baltimore Supply
Co, office supplies.......... 918
To order H B Mann Co, dis-
INfeCtants.coeieienasccssses a7
De order dams “Express ges
To rr the Bell Tel Co,
rentid, ete. .oieariiiarennan 127
To order Mary J Hurt, offich
SUPPHOR. ceveranrsrerinrannes 16%
To order! Wim Cronobie PM “ee
To age Amsridan Union .
Tel Co, rental, @60..ccuvee. a
To order Bfte Hospital, care
Sadie Delile iiiernnnes 01 00
To order U & T Co, rentnl
for county Supbeeec.ceeees 450
To order Lyman Corman,
dray ES 300
i odor 4 Johnston,
ht A do TRAYRZC cooaees 100
Too er John Smith & Bro,
AWN MIOWES. coneaiaisirares 9 50
Te praer Clinton Hemoera: rn
nam Roi} toc.
To order a 6 9%
- 3 Tielt Co,
r i fot Biadic 100
> 0! tudio,
pl ny 17
™ pr A yi ; Behad, Plamb-
ing bill. wsessacasesssss 11 10
Toorder © i Huapt, meme.
rial day "ro 20 0
To aad Sunday, memo-
rial day pp casesaes. MOO
To order J Corman, memo-
rinl day ap pao adseess ssesnss. 00
To oraar Honty Lowery,
carpenter work. . 19 56
To urder Potker-ioy “Hnrd-
ware Co, m massersnsputiss 18 40
To order a "Harter PM,
postage 10 00
To order J A Quigley, . ‘memo-
vist day sppe. sesvenee L200
To order J Corl, express
and freight. c..coeneeeeess. 1000
To order Hiram Thompson,
memorini day appro....... 2000
To order Adams Express Co,
CXPION SEC a ssasssasrsisnanes 12
To order Bo v Fatin, stand
for addi: ag machine. ........ 15 00
To order HC § foiter, memo-
rinl day appro... ..c.coeeeeen 20 00
To order A Se Gia, nein:
vind ABY SPPO...c.cvivarens 20 00
To ey El Bit Fisher, Co,
rapairs to machine. 40
To order Clark Printing &
Mig | Co, registration sets... NU
To orde * hemas Mitchell i
making ou cuplicate..... 2000
To order il Bb Puntius, memo-
rial day appro £0 00
To order Hazel Bros, mdse. 836
“ Thomas Howley,
_ duplicate. ..... ese 139
To order Dw Zathy, ex-
pense to Phgh. oie. 417
To order CC Shey. con. for
Valentine... 400
Te order UT & T Co, ‘mes
Ry 130
To order J tl Friday, Memo-
pial day RRDEC was “sausseeiuses 20 W
To order omas Howley
making duplicate... » 12 60
To order Bulthmore "Office
Suppiy Co, supphes........ 4 65
To order Mary J Hunt,
DIANE .....connnziorirsrennas 12 00
To order Wm Mann Co,
binnks for prothy...c..o.... 21 50
To order Jos A Gray Co,
metal elastic bands......... 0
To order Archibald Allison,
plumbing ....ccoiiiiiiiiinans 19 8
To pres J EK Eckenroth,
PRINGIORE ... ieieiniiininnnie 587
To, wider 1 Olewine, hard wh
To. et DP Fortney, make
ing duplicate........coinenee 540
To order C W Garbrick, mak-
ing duplicate ....ooooiinenen 410
To ride” hn book store,
SUPPHON. coe cvnniiiirriianan “Hn
To apple D P Fortney, mak-
fog duplicate. ......ccoveinns 38
™ . oder Ball Tel Co, rental Hw
To order U4 KT Gol ven bl]
Y > y ex-
pense to Phgh . ..... 516
To order hia oupival, cars
of Sadie De ge andnnses 90 00
To vrderdas A Muler, pro-
fessional service... cesses 100 00
To order John G Dubbs,
lawn seed... 17
To onder dns i “Corl, ox-
penses to Phgh cessnenis. ATH
To order John Hr raftord ory-
ing commissioners sale. . 500
a order EM Weaver, mak-
ing Suplicates casseerer 16 50
To pedor ¥ P Bair, repairs “oo
To ordor wn Derstine, re-
PRICE ..ovvninaniinicnnsane 5
To ar James Toner, liv-
ery hire .......coiieiiiinnnies 4 50
T 1 er Racket Store Co, 300
To order Potter-ioy Hard.
ware Co, lawn seed......... 100
To order Candorbuch Barber
Lo, 18 Jad ss sasashasazanss ness 37
To order W © Cassidy,
PR for sheriff..... in
+ order dor Smith, Premier "oe
Fler’ ypewriter........
: rier fm YForinl Brush Go,
i ars . 08
To pe Clark Printing &
Mig Co, tration seta... 3A
10 order muel Al
ving water m seeess 328
To order & Arohibald “Alison, wo
2} order Wa G Joinston a.
To order T hs Co, rental. 5050
Corl, unseat-
oll net ati am: 25 00
To order Runk, mak
ing du atrssisuossunes 300
-
WIRE
making duplicates...
To order H M Bidwell, re-
Toorder T H Harter, P M,
d
Mo fie Hospital. care
of Sadie Oe es
73 order U T Co,
pve i ai assess iw
To order 3 C Coton
irish and nd eeessses
To ohare Feicpons Co,
20 o1de dam Cowher, me-
Lf a pL ite
sennsnn
$8 covieriiiiinnnnnins
To orde order - C Sabai
Too ty FU rr & F Co, rental,
To order Kaie Dunlap, sun-
To order
Bal
“up aly Co. su
pr 5 Diag Wm re Multi-
Con ribbons....
To Er lott Fisher Co,
PEPRIFS coven cersraaaaaiessas
To order Frank K White,
deeds to commissioners...
T° order o C Jehnston,
reight, pte sectescass
“es EX Weaver, sun-
dry co pying eesssetacenverses
To order Adams Estes Co
Lr
To order E Garman, mdse
“ James Toner, lv.
ery hire.....coeevsiianennnans
To order wv Cox, cleaning
FArd.... coe censpeeneiiianies
To order W F* Cox, dra; Iyage,
“ Bfte Hospital, care
or Sadie Delige.....ooovvneen
To order Jas H Cori, ox-
penses to RRERS oe oes»
To order ey M Td
dry Lopying causssstrraesrens
Toorder UT &T Co, rental,
esses sssssasasasRRtas nite
ete
To order W Cronoble P M,
To order T H “Harter, 2
To Jostage. Sanitary Vaeum
Cleaning Co....ccovvvuinnees
To order Mary J Hout,
DIRBKS...e0ceers iesansoess
ToorderUT & T ‘Co, mos.
sages
To order Penna vel Co, ‘es-
sages
To! order Robt Coie, pins for
To order Mazel Bros, madse..
Pomona Grange,No
s, r Of Hoaesneasrereeessssns
To order Centre Co Agr:
onlturtl CO..cocveeeeeinanss
To order M R Johnston, con-
crete pavement. ........ee.
To order RB B Taylor ice..
G Rankle, office
FONG, .onrscecstnsentransasnvs
™ ori Wm Shutt, shovel-
semana
sasssssnsantinnn
Ros & Sal
irs
Po Jas H Corl, fre ht,
To order Wm S Johnston &
vo, boOKS, €tC..cciunnniiinn.
order BartTinore Office
Su pply Co, office supplies,
To or The Index Book &
Swtionery Co, blanks......
To order John 1 Olewine,
hardware supplies..........
To order Clark Printing &
Mfg Co, blank books.......
To order Archibald y XIII
DEBTS.
To Road Funds on
hand Jan. 1, 1808....5207 62
To School Funds on
and. 108... S00 87
hand Jan, }
To Road Funds col
lected in 1908 .......5686 35]
To School Puts wol-
lectea in 1908........7922 72,
To Poor Funds col-
lected in 1908. .....
30
7%
10 00
60 00
28
i415
Hw
3m
2%
12%
"rn
20 00
400 00
17
7705
1416
1359
% 5
900
387
569 84
156
27 5
79%
15
250
175
60 00
23 sl
38 00
45
10 00
10 00
15 00
17
180
18
67 0
415 85
260 19
i260
100 00
138
5 00
204 40
4 45
5 00
20 10
43 00
ass 57-9039 76
umbing bill........ spstee
TS order Prof Etters, insti-
oy o"orior Siar Mi Biey,
sundry
To order E eaver, Sun-
Total amount 107% 11
Frank K. White, Treasurer, in account with
Boro and Road Funds arising from Liquor
Licenses—1908
Am't | Com | Am't
Districts, |bol'et’d] mis |p'd Total,
1908 | sions, | 190s
Belleionte $960 $ o12 $960 00
entre Hall 120 6 14 120 00
ward 240 2 28 240 WO
Millhei pd 12 228 240 00
Philips arg 20 1710 1800 00
now Shoe 360 8 2 360 00
s Twp! 190 6 iM 120 00
“ 0 3 55 60 0
Potter - 240 2 0: 240 00
Mites 60 3 57 6) 00
ash “ 180 9 17 180 00
Snow Shoe" #0 3 5 “0 00
nn ‘ 120 6 4 120 00
4560 00 228 00] 4332 00] 4550 00
Statement of Taxes 0 on Duplicates of 1901-02,
rm sa ——————
'05-°04='05 and '06, Jan 1, 1909.
Bellefonte Boro. [H § HS Tarior. - OL 02] $265 1 CF
Milembure “ v W Noll....'00-'05 = 15
Philipsburg « LJ N Sehoonov'r uy 97
“ IC HGulick......"08 56 12
Benner Towns'p y G Hastings...'06] 168 20
4 M Lucas es "0-0 148 18
* « JH Weaver....' 0 32
Curtin « |W D David Est 21 45
iy “ J E Yeager.... 6s 07
Halfmoon “ WT Wrye....... 112
Haines “ |C H Stover...... 220 92
Howard “ |W C Thompson tC = 77
Marion WE Walte...... 31 76
DT ile Boro G P Hall......... 33 61
Snow Shoe Twp [Jas Sullivan.. Mu
i 1875 36
Stasement of Outstanding Taxes on Duplicates
of 1907, January 1, 1909.
Bellefonte Boro. J RK Johnston, eT i
Howard J L Holter, “ 161 21
Milesburg * |W H Musser *“ 17 69
Ph Mpsburg “ IC H Guliek id 356 55
8. Philipsbrig H nn“ 16 55
Unionville ** [Geo I’ Hall “ 5 60
Bonner Towns’ |Geo Hastings * 258 37
“ Id H yy of “ 240 44
Cu in “ JE Yeager " 53 81
Ferguson * AH Hartzwick 154 12
Haines “ LD Orndor . 229 92
Howard “ IW H Musser * +11 82
Snow Shoe * lJas Sullivan “ 14 M4
Spring “ IJ Dubbs “ 49173
Liberty “ ITS Lingle “ 11 42
Marion “ IW E Waite “ ma
Miles « ICH Small “ AN
Taylor « AR Pri " 450
Potter “ Rord Preaster “ 50 76
Rush “ Callahan* 104 58
Walker “ rockenmiller] 30 50
{ 5909 12
Estimate of Fands Needea for 1909.
For General Exponses....75000 00
For Bridge Expenses ..... 15000 00
For Improvements to Coun-
ty bulldings .............. +o 5000 00
For Turnpike.............. +++ 10000 0 0)
#105000 00. 0U-1050%0 00
EE A A RS Sey
RECAPITULATION.
Of Road School and Poor Funds Arising from Ungeated Lantls for 1s,
..3376 08-16065 1526004 91
————
CREDITS,
By amt of Road Funds \
paid out in 1908...... 8479 03
By amt of sshadl F'ds
pid out in 1908....11653 25
By amt of Poor F's
paid out in LoS... ... 074 12-2410 3 }
By amt of commission
on Road Funds..... “a 26
By amt of commission
613 Is
on School Funds...
By amt commission
on Poor Funds..... 240 63—1300 0726008 57
———
B: amt over adam,
Athy 1908 or. 168
Frank K. White, Treasurer, in Ace’t with
Sheep Fands Arising from Dog Tax 1908.
Dr.
To balance Jan. 4, 1909.........
Jan, 1, '03, to balance in TrSuaurY
‘to arts cole'td during "08
creans
§ 375 73
1182 00
$4607 73
$1909 31
Cn
To am’ts paid out in 1908,
E H Marshal, Benner Twp eadrees
John W Packer Bogs ".
Dan Boyer “ oe:
Ed Con Kiy a
obs Brent enton . a"
kobe renman College "
J D Driblebis Ferguson “
J W Kepler "
Dan Irvin 9 “
John w Igen “ “
Harve: alker Liberty “
Alex asden y >
b a" “ “
“ “ " “
C A Dolan, Marion “
A E Brown, Rush “
W A Brown & Sons + si
Geo Valentine, Spring “
A R Rothrock “
“wn
—
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EPEC EE PEERS EESERY ESTEE ITS SE 388
Geo Valentine * “
Shuey “
G Witheright, Union go
Dora E Fisher .O “
a or bay 8 in oes
aon dogs...
“ - Kuings
BRIRCB.cosoeeassrrecess
Error in 7 ta
BEE Eaa BE HBRE SE LEE. CSeeeh
§
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ASSETS,
Gash) Wh Treasurer's hands
Commonwealth ‘of Penna
lum bills due from
taxes, lon,
AGN eres
Outstanding taxes dup. '08
Tax Liens entered........
Sealp Ace't due from Com-
monwealth of Penn'a..
$2039 18
8087 00
670 90
5314 48
os
7 12
Assets and Liabilities of Centre County, Pa , January 4, 1909.
820 65
Li'bl ts in excess of assets 14213 19-5135 00
LIABILITIES,
Amt due A BR Riv rt, Pro § 169
H Kline, i 3386 a
“ Com'nw’lt'h costs
* notes outstandi’
| . Runved nre’'mt'y
tas
“ onouts't'd’g bills 1012
a estm’d exonerat's
1345 00
14218 19
commisn’s 1410
Jan 4,'00, 1i'bI'L's over assets
published,
ATTEST: E. J. WILLIAMS,
Commissioners’ Office,
Bellefon t
February 27th, 1900,
We, the unders
Clerk.
We, the Commissioners of Centre coun do hereb
knowledge and belief, that the foregoing repo un is Ta Sr 0 the bust of fue
receipts and expenditures of said county for Poe year 1898, and desire that the same be
ned Auditors of Cautre count Sr
accounts of the County Commissioners, Sheriff and Treasurer of said county, do certify
that the fo ing is a true and correct statement of rece
thelr res ve CR for t he year . iptaund eXpundl ires, aude
iB REE davano
7!
3 Ww BECR go
a true and correct statement of the
JACOB W
Jace OODRING,
Commissioners.
JOHN L. DUNLAP,
having carefully examined the
Do you desire neat and attractive
Work? Then consult the Watchman.
Job
How a Hat Is Sized.
C. writes that the size of a hat is
calculated on a curious principle. It
is the length plus the breadth divided
by 2. Thus a head 8% inches long and
5% inches broad would require a hat
size of 14% divided by 2, which is 7%
—Gladstone’s size.
Your correspondent C. is perfectly
right in his description of the curious
way in which the size of a hat is ob-
tained, writes G., but his sample di-
mensions are slightly misleading. Such
an “oval” as 8% inches by 5% inches
would scarcely be met with twice in
a lifetime. The normal difference be-
tween the length and width (technical-
ly called the “oval”) is invariably
through the gamut of sizes 1% inches.
Thus an ordinary 6%; hat would meas-
ure 71 inches long and 6 inches wide
and a 74 (four sizes bigger) 8 inches
long and 6% inches wide. The longest
head I have measured in many thou-
sands was S53 by 75%, which is the
equivalent of a 2% inch oval. Needless
to say, the inside of the hat was the
shape of a canalboai. — Manchester
Guardian,
it Did Not Work.
Mrs. Billings was installing the new
cook, a maiden from Finland, to whom
the kitchen contrivances of America
were new and wonderful. “This, Ina,”
said the lady, indicating a perforated
wooden board that hung against the
kitchen wall, “is the order list. See, it
says ‘butter, eggs, sugar, coffee, tea,
molasses’—everything that we need to
eat. Whenever we are out of any of
these things all you need to do is to
place one of these little pegs in the
hole opposite the name and the things
will be ordered.”
Mrs. Billings is not a methodical
housekeeper. There were several con-
secutive days when she completely for-
got the existence of the order list in
the kitchen, but Ina labored with it
faithfully.
“Meesis,” pleaded Ina, after strug-
gling with the order board for thrie
days, “I tank dose board must be out
of order. 1 push dose peg in yust so
far as I can, but notting will come—no
egg. no butter, no nottings."—Youth's
Companion.
The Voice and the Phonograph.
A vaudeville monologue man met a
friend in a Broadway ear.
had talked awhile the friend said:
“I've been conscious ever since we
began to talk of some change in you,
but I couldn't make out what. 1 know
now. it is your voice. You speak so
much more distinctly than you used
to.”
“That is because I have been talking
into a phonograph,” said the vaude-
ville performer. “The surest remedy
on earth for slovenly speech is to hear
a little lecture of your own roiled off a
phonograph record and find that about
half the words have been pronounced
in direct opposition to Webster and ail
the rest of the authorities. That was
my experience. I practiced for two
months hard before I could improve
a speech that had been good enough
for the theater up to the point where
it would pass muster in a talking ma-
chine.”—New York Sun.
A Curious Ear.
The catfish uses his lungs as an or
gan of hearing. The needless lung be-
comes a closed sac filled with air and
commonly known as the swim blad-
der. In the catfish, as in the suckers,
chubs and most brook fish, the air
bladder is large and is connected by «
slender tube, the remains of the tiu-
chea, to the esophagus. At its front
it fits closely to the vertebral column.
The anterior vertebrae are much en-
larged, twisted together, and through
them passes a chain of bones, which
connects with the hidden cavity of the
air. The bladder therefore assists the
ear of the catfish as the tympanuun.
and its hones assist the ear of the
higher animals. An ear of this sort
can carry little range of variety in
sound. It probably gives only the im-
pression of jars or disturbances in the
water.
More About Crusoe.
Robinson Crusoe had just discovered
human footprints on his island.
He followed them up.
They led him to a knoll overlooking
the sea on which somebody had put up
a billboard with this inscription paint-
ed upon it:
Use Bunk's Pills
For All Liver Troubles.
25 Cents a Bottle.
Owing to the avarice and greed of
the publishers, however, who refused
to incorporate this incident in the story
nnless paid regular advertising rates, it
was omitted, and the book went to
press in the garbled and incomplete
form with which the reading public is
familiar.—Chicago Tribune.
The First Monotheists. -
So far as we know, the Egyptian
priests were the first monotheists.
There existed in Egypt two kinds of
religious teaching, the “exoteric” and
the “esoteric.” that for the masses of
the pecple and that for the select few,
the little company of the “wise.” The
masses were polytheists, believing in a
multitude of gods, while the few be-
lieved only in one god, of whom Osiris,
head of the popular deities, was but a
weak reflection.—New York American.
Stands For Many.
Boy—Cow is a noun. feminine gen-
der, third person singular, and stands
for Mary.
“Stands for Mary?" asked the master
in astonishment.
“Yes, sir," vesponded the urchin,
with a grin, “for if the cow didn't
stand for Mary how could Mary milk
the cow ?’—London Express.
We!
are equipped to do the work.
Some family trees seem never to
, bear anything but lemons. — Dallas
News.
After they |
ASKING
THE SPIRITS
By LULU JOHNSON.
Copyrighted, 188, by Associated
Ww
“Ghosts!” repeated Paul Orford, witt
a smile. “To be sure there are ghosts
1 have a personal acquaintance with
balf a dozen. 1 was one once. That
was when the dramatic club put on
‘Hamlet.’ ”
“Now you are frivolous,” reproved
Lucy. “It is a very serious matter to
penetrate the veil that separates the
present from the future and cross to
that other shore. Mrs. Glendis says
that we each should seek to test our
mediumistic powers.”
“There is one thing 1 like about
ghosts,” said Paul.
“What's that?’ asked Lucy quickly
as he paused.
“Their answers generally are yes
and no” explained Paul meaningly.
For nearly a year he had been trying
to pin Lucy down to a definite accept-
ance or dismissal of his suit, but that
tactful yet uncertain minded young
woman would say him neither “yea”
nor “nay,” preferring to enjoy the
greater freedom of action which is the
privilege of the unengaged, while at
the same time she held Orford her
slave.
“Ghosts say lots more than that.”
insisted Lucy. “Mme. Goya was tell
ing all about it. You start with the
alphabet, and when you come to the
right letter they give a rap, and in
that way they spell out words. Mme.
Goya says that it is the duty of every
earnest thinker to develop mediumistic
powers, because we never can tell
whether we have the gift until we try
to develop.”
“She's right,” declared P'aui, with a
greater interest than he had previous
ly shown in the discussion. “Do you
know I have thought for some time
that I could develop along those lines
| with the proper sympathetic support?”
“You must join our circle,” invited
Lucy beamingly. She had been grow.
ing angry at Paul's covert sneers at
Mme. Goya and Mrs. Glendis.
The latter had brought the adept to
the attention of the Tuesday dancing
class and had turned that select little
company into a “circle.”
The young man found it more inter-
esting to sit in the darkness of the de-
velopment room and hold hands, for
there were times when something sent
thrills through the investigators and
caused the more timid among the girls
to clutch more tightly the arms of their
escorts,
Paul was not a member ‘of the danc-
ing class in spite of his devotion to
Lucy, and he rather resented these
seances.
“J think,” suggested Paul, “that it
might be well to try me out before I
seek to display my powers in public.
It will be an hour before your mother
gets back from the Bradleys, and your
father is too busy with that new hook
he borrowed to interrupt. Suppose we
hold a sitting now?”
“I never heard of a sitting with only
two,” objected Lucy. “Even with the
fifteen or twenty of our circle we get
gearcely any return yet, and I do not
believe that the two of us ould get
any response at all.”
“We can try it,” pleaded Paul. “We
cannot do more than fail, and there
might come some slight indication that
one or the other had mysterious pow-
er.”
“Yes, we can try it,” assented Lucy
brightly, glad to see Paul's interest.
“Of course you must promise that if
there is no development you will not
be discouraged.”
“I'll promise that,” assented Paul
promptly. “I'll not be discouraged.”
“Then we'll try,” agreed Lucy as she
cleared the magazines and books from
a light table and brought it into the
center of the room. She placed chairs
on opposite sides, disregarding Paul's
suggestion that they be placed side by
side, and then, turning down the light,
she took her place In one seat and
called to him to take the other.
“They almost always sing,” she be-
gan uncertainly.
“Then we'll sing,” assented Paul
“We'll follow all the process.”
His hands closed over Lucy's, rest.
ing on the table, and softly Lucy sang
one of the songs approved by her eir-
cle.
“Now you must keep very still.” she
whispered. “Just concentrate on the
desire to obtain a communication. It
may be some time before we feel any
”
“That's all right,’ was the ready re-
ply. “I'd be willing to wait hours to
absolutely make certain.”
“You don't have to hold my bands
so tight,” suggested Lucy. “Just rest
your finger tips on mine to complete
the circuit.”
“This is better,” objected Paul, with
truth. “We establish a better contact
or whatever you call it.”
“Don’t talk any more,” cautioned
Lucy. “The spirits won't come while
you are talking.”
Paul subsided into silence. It was
very pleasant sitting there in the half
light with Lucy's hands in his own.
In the soft gloom he could just make
out the oval of her face and cateh
faintly the éager gleam In her blue
eyes. He was willing to experiment
nlong these lines forever.
Outdoors the rain beat against the
plate glass of the windows with a
sharp rattle that added to the com-
fortable feeling of those within, and
apart from that only the crackle of
coal In the grate broke the silence.
For twenty minutes no sign came
and then there was heard a successior
of sharp raps that caused Lucy to
clutch Paul's hands in tighter clasp
and somewhat shook his own placid-
ity.
The trial had been an excuse for
holding Lucy's hands. He had not ex-
raps.
“That is more than the proper num-
ber,” objected Paul. “One is ‘no,’ and
three is ‘yes.’ ”
“] suppose that a lot means under-
score marks.” suggested Lucy. “Ask
something else.”
“Are you willing to answer me?” de-
manded Paul, and the three raps made
an affirmative,
“May 1 ask some personal ques-
tions?’ Again the three raps.
“I want to know if Lucy wad I are
to be married?” explained Paul. And
Lucy gasped at this impertinence to-
ward the spirits.
“They won't answer that,” she in-
sisted in a whisper, but the three raps
came loud and clear, and, with a little
ery, Lucy sprang to her feet and turned
on the gas.
“You were cheating,” she cried. “You
were kicking the table leg.”
“See for yourself,” he retorted, turn-
ing the light table so that she might
see that there were no scratches on
the polished legs. “I am more mysti-
fled than you are. There must be some-
thing in it, after all.”
“There must be,” she assented soft-
1y.
“And you will accept their decree?”
he asked. “You will marry me?”
“lI suppose that I must, since it is
the will of those ‘over there,’ ” assent-
ed the girl. “I meant to some time,
anyhow,” she added half defiantly as
Paul caught her in his arms, and the
world beyond was forgotten in the joy
of the life right here.
Late that evening Paul smoked his
good night cigar in the comfort of the
big armchair. At his feet lay Bunch
the English bulldog that was Paul"
constant companion. Bunch was fas
asleep on a rug, but he roused whe
his master stirred.
“Bunch,” cried the jubilant Orfor¢
“tLere was something in it, after al
I thought that spirit thing was largel
a matter of imagination, but I'm ce
tain that Lucy did not do the rapping
and I know that I didn't. It was
clear case of spirits.”
Bunch blinked an intelligent eye an
wagged his stumpy tail In assen
Paul started as the familiar rappir
came again. Bunch’'s tail was poun
ing against the hardwood parquet bo
der.
“So you were the ghost. You wa
ged your tail when we asked que
tions because ‘you thought we we
talking to you?”
Bunch’'s stumpy caudal appenda
made answer again, and Paul's fa
was wreathed in smiles.
“We must never tell Lucy,” he c2
tioned, and Bunch, almost asle
made an instinctive effort to rep
Feebly the tail wavered, and only or
did it strike against the floor.
“Phat’s ‘no,’ and that goes,” asse
ed Paul. “You're all right, Bune!
And Bunch solemnly rapped «
“Yes."
Chinese Maritime Mottoes.
John Henry Grey in his “Chi
tells of the mottoes which decorate
Chinese vessel.
On the masts of the seagoing jw
are fastened strips of red paper
scribed with Chinese characters. 8c
of the mottoes follow:
“The mast is as a general comma
ing 10,000 soldiers.”
“From every side of the comp
may fair winds blow.”
“May this mast scorn tempests f:
whatever quarter of the heavens t
may come.”
On the poop a pavilion is bullt,
over its doorway is a chance for n
mottoes.
“May the wind not cause angry
ters to rise.” “May this vessel b
the storms of a hundred years.”
There is always a shrine on be
and here the Chinese gods are
pealed to.
“Wherever this ship may sail, g
her a prosperous voyage.” “En
us by trading to acquire wealth.”
The very names of the junks w
bring good luck if superstition ¢
bo an actual fortune—Good
cess, Golden Profits, Never Er
Gains.
Didn't Fall Quick Enough.
In a room on the top floor of a
factory a boy was amusing himse
going through the bayonet exe
with a long handled brush in lieu
rifle. His boss, coming quickly
him, gave him a box on the ea
wasting his time.
The sudden blow cansed the 1
lose his balance and fail dow:
hoist shaft; but, fortunately, he
his hold on the brush, the hand
which, getting across the shaft,
his fall and enabled him to gras
chain, down which he slid in saf
The boss was horrified at the
of his action and rushed brea
snd gasping with fear down the
flights of stairs to the basemen
pecting to find a mangled bod
which be would have to account.
He was, however, just In time
the lad drop on his feet unharm:
recovering his self possession a
breath, he exclaimed:
“Want to be a soldier, eh?
you're too slow for that. Why
I ean walk down all those stairs
er than you can fall down the
shaft.”"—London Answers,