—— Bewrilaan. __ Bellefonte, Pa., Pobruary 3, 1910. A BLOW IN JAMAICA. “Have you ever been through a West Indian hurricane?’ sald a man who bax lived in the tropics on and off for a number of years “De you want to know what the experience is like? “A hurricane will leap out of a clear sky. swoop down on a city, blow ev- erything iv its path tat and pass on. Then follows the tail of the hurricane, a steady breeze blowing in the same direction, but at a ‘much lower veloci- ty. This is likely to continue for many hours, sometimes for many days, and Ix always accompanied by a tor- rential downpour of rain. “1 was io Kiugstou, Jamaica, at the time of the hurricane of 1903. At 3 o'clock in the ufternvon | was in my office vn the top floor of a rickety wooden building. As suddenly as a clap of thunder the room went dark. “l had a pretty good idea of what was about to happen and, going to the window, looked out across the roofs. A black cloud had whirled up out of the southwest, obscuring the sun, but the mountuins back of the city were still golden with light. “In less than a quarter of au hour the wind reached us. The first struc- ture that went was a wooden watch- tower about 200 feet high that had been used in the old days to locate ships approaching the harbor. it had weathered all previous hurricones, but this time it went down like a house of cards. Spars of lumber from that tower were carried as far as (wenty blocks before they came to the ground. “Then the spire of the church went, the roofs of a good many residences were tora off, and some fine palm trees in the public gardens snapped off about halfway from the ground. Buildings in Kingston, however, are calculated to stand a pretty severe blow. They are puilt only a few stories high, and the roofs present a broad and cowmpara- tively flat surface to the wind. Consid- ering the velocity nt which that hurri- cane was traveling. the damage was aot great. kven my crazy office build- ing withstood it. But the tail of the thing followed, with a beavier rain than | have ever seen before or since. To say that it came down in bucket. fuls would be mild. It was as if the clerk of the weather had taken the plug out of some huge vat suspended above our beads and allowed the wa ter to plump straight down on us. “in three hours the macadam on the streets nd heen washed into the har- bor. The street outside my window was u rushing river ax much as four | feet deep in places. | saw a cart try | to cross it, but with the water ahove | the axte of the wheel and the horse's legs being washed away from noder it it wax an impossible task, and the driver turned hack Big casks and packing cases were dancing on the sur: face like corks, “AS you can bmagine, | Cid not get Bote to supper that evening, It was 8 o'clock before the rain stupped and the water in the streets nl drained into the harbor Even then trattte had not | begun to reorgnnize itself, “he trolley em tracks had been washed onl, and ue ears were run ning Cabs, however, were doing a roaring business, amd eventually 1 got a cabman to drive me home for three times his customary charge. “The dnmage to property in King: ston mounted up to hundreds of thou sands of dollars, but the real destruc tion wax wrought in the country dis. tricts. Floods wiped out many n negro village and sent the timsy houses floating down the rivers. The ratiroads were tied up for nearly a week Every banana tree iu the path of the burri cane was uprooted. Oh, yes, a West Indian burricane cau do a lot of dam- age when it gets busy. “Loss of life, did you say” Of course there was. Nearly 200 people were killed throughout the island on that oc- casion, but we grow accustomed to that in the West Indies. We expect a burricagse every once in awhile, and we know that it will take its toll of human life when it comes. If you had fbeen telling the story you would prob- ably have mentioned that first of all, ibut sudden death is so common below ithe tropic of Cancer that we get cal Jous, | suppose.” —New York Sun. Albion and Columbia. “Albion, the Gem of the Ocean.” was “written and composed by Jesse Ham- mond, an English government dock of- ‘ficial, about 1820 and wns heard above aM others in the theaters, music halls and on London streets. It Is apparent that “gem of the ocean” fits an island mere aptly than our large tract of con- iment, and “borne by the red and the blue” {the red of the British army and blue of the navy i= more lygical than the meaningless line “borue by the yet, white and blue.” The lines of the Eng fish songs ure almost word for worl identical with our version, “The Red, White and Blue.” - Exchange. A Manly Woman. “Why do you say she is a manly woman?" asked Jinks. “She always gets off a car proper. ly.” said Minks. ~Buffalo Express. —— o—— Tomorrow is not elastic enough in which to press the neglected duties of today. > The Explanation. " Mrs. Youngbride—Mrs. Smith says there is lots of cream on her milk vot- tles every morning. Why is there nev- er any on yours? The Milkman—['m too honest, lady. that's why. 1 fills my bottler so full that there ain't nev- er no room left for cream.—Woman's Home Companion. Bloodhuunds to Halt an Uprising. Kiorm swept Jamaica was in 1738 the scene of a rising of the negro plantation slaves At tirst there were brushes between the soldiers of the island garrison aud the insurgents, and ives were lost on both sides, Then the commander, General Walpole, be- thought him of having 100 dogs trained to track slaves brought from Cuba. These powerful and savage brates, wisnamed bloodhounds, were really of the mastiff tribe. says the London Chirouiele. After being muzzled they were led to the position taken up by tie malcontents. General Walpole seul a message to the slaves threaten- ing to unmuzzie and unleash the ani wals if they did not surrender. The uegroes, who had shown themselves to be by vo means afraid of the bul- lets of the military, were now mad with terror. They threw down their arms and gave in. Rewarks a con- temporary historian of Jamaica, “It is pleasing to observe that not a drop of blood was spilled after the dogs ar rived in the island.” Finding His Bride In one part of the canton of Ticino, in Switzerland. a very quaint marriage ceremony previdls. The bridegroom dressex fn his “Sunday best” and, ac- companied by as many friends and rel- atives as he can muster for the fete, goes to claim his bride. Finding the ‘| door locked. he demands admittance. The inmates ask him his business, and in reply he sclicits the hand of his chosen maiden If his answer be deemed satisfactory he Is successive- Jy Introduced to a1 number of matrons ard maids. some perhaps deformed aud others old and ugly. Then he is presented to some large dolls, all of which he rejects with scorn, amid gen- eral merriment. The bewildered bride- groom. whose mmpetuosity and temper are now sorely tried, is then informed that his iadylove is absent and in- vited in to see for himself He rushes into the house and searches from room to room until he finds her in her bridal dress ready to go to church. Then are Rix troubles over and his state as a benedict assured, He Was Relieved. The other day a person dropped down In an apoplectic fit immediately in front of a police station and was carried inside, A moment after a wo- man forced her way in through the crowd gathered around the door, ex- claiming: “My husband: My poor husband! Clear the way and let in the air!” She then busied herself by taking off the man's cravat and performing other little offices until a surgeon ar- rived, when the patient gradually re- covered his senses On this the ser- zeant in charze chserved thar it was a happy relief for his distressed wife as well as for himself. “My wife!” exclaimed the man. | “Why. | am a bachelor!” On seeking for the woman It was found that she had disappeared and with her the watch and purse of the patient. which she had adroitly ab stracted under the very eyes of the police.— Loudon Tit-Bits. A Touch of Nature. He was the worst hoy in school: she was the teacher, She was angered by his stubbornness; he was defiant. She took him to the hall for punishment. Angrily she administered the penalty, and—then somehow a great wave of pity for the boy swept over her. She looked at the worn coat of the little fellow. She thought of the frail body deprived of nourishing food. She thought of the hard and loveless home and of the starved soul of the poor kid. Tears sprang to the teacher's eyes us the boy waited for further punish- ment, Then he saw the tears. His own eyes grew moist and overflowed. Thinking of how the poor boy had no chance, in an impulse of love she put her arms around the boy. and they cried together. That is religion. She and the boy both found it.—Mor- rill (Kan) News. To Make a Glass Cutter. A glass cutter can easily be made with an ordinary mapping pen and a small piece of carborundum or car bide of silicon. Cut off a part of the nib to form u small tube. Fit a erys- tal or part of vue of carborundum into the tube, take it out again and dip one end In cement and replace it. Next wind a piece of tine wire tightly around the tube and part of the handle and fix it in a notch cut in the latter. Put it aside for a day to allow the ce- ment to harden. A glass cutter made thus will do its work as well as the expensive diamond and a great deal better than the ordinary wheel cutter. Why He is Disappointed. *1 am disappointed.” said the doc- tor “if 1 don't make a hundred dollars a day” “Oh, come off!" they cried. “What are you ‘giving us? You know you never make a hundred dollars a day.” “1 know it," he assented plaintive- ly, “and so I'm always disappointed.” —New York Press. Queer Custom. Comanche Pete—Yeh, pard, I krowed im. He died with his boots on. KFor- eign Tourist—Deah me! How very singular! Is that one of your—aw-— fads out here ?—Chicago Tribune. Wanted Her to Have the Best. Nell - Rather conceited. isn't he? Belle | sbenld say. He said the best «4 none too good for me, and then he proposed. - Syhadelphis Record. It's 1 na! when a man speaks with. at thinking that he says what he :hinks. - Philadelphia Record. | ing at 104! Daniel Webster Was Not Long In Dis- covering Its Source. Once years ago, when Daniel Web- ster was secretary of state, there was an important foreizn matter up for dis cussion before the cabinet, and the ut- most secrecy was of course maintain- ed, but the whole thing was blazoned about in a few hours after the cabinet meeting. So the president hastily sent for his cabinet to talk over this leak. Each man had a different idea of it. Finally Mr. Webster arose, saying, “You, gentiemen, go on with your dis- cussion, and I'll be back in a minute.” In a few minutes he returned and re- peated eve y word that had been spo- ken in the room in his absence. He | expinined that if by standing close to the door outside the cabinet room you held your ear to it you could not dis- tinguish one intelligible word, but if moving back from the door and a little to one side upon a certain spot in the carpet you kept an attentive ear ev- ery word could be plainly heard as though whispered. Some enterprising eavesdropper had been experimenting with the door and had found that upon that exact spot there was some acoustic property of the door or room that convevad the sound in perfect en- tirety. “Going—Going"'— The auctioneer had auctioneered for the last time, for he was very ill and lay now almost at death's door. Beside his bed stood the doctor and the auctioneer's wife, anxiously watch- ing each symptom, each movement, cach respiration. “Doctor.” hoarsely hammer wielder's wife, pulse now?" whispered the “what is his The doctor raised the patient's wrist. “His pulse,” he answered, “is now going at 104.” The auctioneer sat up excitedly in bed. “Going at 104!" he cried feebly. “Go- Who'll make it 105? Do I hear 105 for a pulse that has been run- ning steadily for forty-seven years and never once stopped? Will you bid 105? Who'll make it 1057" But no one made it 105. And a min- ute later the auctioneer was going—go- ing—gone!- Exchange. How Eskimo Women Die. On her first entrance to her new hut of snow an Eskimo woman is buoyed by hope of welcoming a son. What of her last incoming to those narrow con- fines? She knows that the medicine man has decided that her sickness is mortal when she is laid upon her bed of snow. She gazes upon the feebly burning lainp beside her, upon food and drink set close at her hand. She sees her loved cones pass out of the doorway that needs no tunnel entrance to keep chill airs away, for presently the door i= sealed with snow. The chill of death pierces through her en- ——— Claser's Clothing More. not been misplaced. lasts for a short time only. Crider’s Exchange, CANMTAVAVAVYAVYAVAVYAVAVYAVAVYAVAVAVYAVaAY MT ATAVAVAVAVAY AVAYT AVY AVAVAVY AVA GET IN LINE! If it's only out of curiosity, come and see what magnificent chances to save money. Bear in mind this sale Clasters Clafng Stare. The comment of this section of the State is the success of our GREAT CLEAN-UP SALE Our sales have gone head and shoulders above cur most sanguine expectations, it's because of the unmatch- able values we present and the exceptional quality of our merchandise. The throngs that have daily crowded our immense store are testimonials as to our integrity and we have proven to our customers that their confidence has Allegheny Street, For Saturday only, Kline’s $4 Just Wright Shoes $2.98 Claster’s Underselling Store, soul, companioni. fresh itself with food; but, and freezing, her feeble body starving will wit- ness coven hat soul's departure and | know that § < hour has come to perish Alone —llatnery] Bazar. Paying For t Spots. “l conee'ved a perfectly carving,” said a young married wo- man. “Every time he gets a spot on the tablecloth I have him cover it with a coin. The larger the spot the larger the coin, and more often than not it takes paper money to cover it ail. Then Norah takes up the money when she clears the table, axl we save it up to buy kitchen u'ousils™ — New York Press. Think It Over. Fuddy—What a happy world this would be if more of us got what we wanted! Dady—Yes, or else fewer of us got what we deserved. — Boston Transcript - Comforting ths Sick. Louise Jebb—And tell Tom not to worry about me. Mary--1 did. He said he wouldn't. “The horrid brute!” Life. The song that nerves a nation's veloping frrs. Her tomb insures that . i no long tarryiux will be hers. The | heart is in itself a deed.—Tennyson. ' suoes. ma em et ——— Bush Arcade Building, Y6a0eis Shoe lore BIG REDUCTION IN LADIES SHOES JOHN CROSS, DOROTHY DODD, AND CLEMENT & BALL Ladies High Grade Lace Shoes Reduced to $2.48 YEAGER’S SHOE STORE. successor to Yeager & Davis. BELLEFONTE, PA. < with her. may re. | dandy | scheme for saving my table linen and | teaching Jack to be dainty about his | | | = i i 4 : 1 sin 4 » 4 : : ; GET BUSY! 4 » Bellefonte, Pa. Ap ns YOUNG WOMEN are admitted to all courses on the same terms as Young Men. For specimen examination courses of study, expenses, etc fed, to aatn furnish a hich more varied after the Freshman year, heretofore. including History kogiah. French rench fae Spani bolita 2 Gre These courses are especial Bcidory, Bile of those hous wh seek citer ih at thors € training for the Profession of Teaching ie 0 jak Sithet the The courses in Chemistry, Ci Electrical, ce yay ae era Engineering sone he very best i he. Ur States. Graduates have no d IT WY WW WY WY YT YT YT YYT YY TY ee wy Dry Goods. papers on for catalogue giving full information respecting The Pennsylvania State College. Bo Al. BB AM. AM. AM AA AM A AB. AM AA. AM. Ml. BA BM. A. The Pennsylvania State College Offers Exceptional Advantages IF YOU WISH TO BECOME A Chemist, An Engineer, An Electrician, A Scientific Farmer, Or secure a Training that will fit you well for any honorable position in life. TUITION IS FREE IN ALL COURSES. TAKING EFFECT IN SEPT. 1900, the General Courses have A Teacher, A Lawyer, A Physician, A Journalist, Deen extensively modi. showing positions held by graduates, address. THE REGISTRAR, State College, Centre County, Pa. GY YOY UY OY UY UY WY WY WY WY WY TY vv wv wv Dry “Goods. LYON & CO. Our White Sale has been very successful and we are adding new things every week. We are receiving this week our second lot of new Embroideries and Table Linens, something specially good and at lowest prices. See our Night Gowns, Drawers and Corset Covers, the best value, prices the lowest. Shirt Waists—anoth- er new lot of Shirt Waists just opened. Receiving new Spring and Summer dress goods every day. the largest and best assortment of Silks and fine Dress Goods in town,” was told to us frequently by a number of customers. We are getting ready for a big Rum- mage sale. Odds and ends from every department must be sold. New Mat- tings, Carpet, Linoleums and Oilcloth just in. “You have LYON & COMPANY, Allegheny St. 47-12 Bellefonte, Pa.
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