A an asylum doctor of long and varied experience, that there are scores of men and women in insane asylums who have literally been sent there through excess of joy. Many of these “eases which are, in my opinion, the saddest of all have come under my own observation. I remember in the very first asylum with which I was connected one of the patients was a strikingly hand- some and very well educated man, who was as sane as you or I except on one point. He was really a man of considerable wealth, but his delusion was that he was a pauper, and he would tell the most pitiful tales of his destitution, begging, with tears in his eyes, for a few coppers with which to buy bread. According to the story told me, he was thie only son of a wealthy mer: chant. In his youth he had fallen among evil companions and had led such a dissolute life that his father ‘mot only threatened to disinherit him, but forbade him ever to enter his house again. After that he seems to “have sunk into the lowest depths of poverty until he was glad to earn a few coppers by selling papers or matches in the streets. It was at this last and lowest stage that news came to him that his fa- ther had died intestate and that he Was heir to all his vast fortune. The sudden news completely turned the man's brain and brought on such a condition of excitement ‘that he had to be seat to an asylum, and when he calmed down again he had lost all recollection of his good fortune, and nothing could shake his delusion that he was oun the verge of starvation. Another patient in the same asylum was a young and in his lucid moments a most intelligent fellow, whose “brain was turned,” as the saying is, on learn- ing that he had passed an examina- tion. Ile had sat for the matriculation examination at the University of Lon- don, on passing which he had set his heart and had asked a friend in Lon- don to wire the result as soon as the names were screened. at Burlington House. About three weeks later came a fa- tal telegram, “Failed—sorry,” which sent the young man into the lowest depths of despair, for he was too old to sit again, Not many hours later, however, came another telegram, “Passed Poners—very sorry crush so great did not see name this morning.” The revulsion of feeling was so great that the student's reason gave way, and he became so violent in his ex- ecitewent that he had to be confined. Fortunately he was not with us long and Is now, I am glad to know, doing very well as a solicitor, Disappointed love sends many people to asylums, but it is very seldom that success in woolung drives a man mad. It had this strange effect, however, on one of wy late patients. house for her brother before he had screwed up his courage to the point of proposing te her, but an offer followed by mall very quickly after her. Weeks and months passed and ne answer came to the impatient lover until, after waiting two years in de- spair, he became engaged to a girl who bad nothing but her money bags to | recommend her and for whom he had | not a particle of love. Searcely, how- ever, was his fate sealed than he re- ceived the long despaired of letter from India, accepting his offer and ex- plaining that the girl's brother had re- ceived and mislarl the letter, which had only just L «n found and had come into her hauds. Within an hour of the receipt of this letter the man was a raving maniac, and, although his condition is improy- ed, | doubt whether he will ever re- | cover his renson. | In smother remarkable case it was the joy at seeing her husband again that robbed a lady patient of her rea- son. Her husband was the captain of a merchant ship which was reported to have gone down with all hands. The widow had deeply mourned her husband for nearly a year when one day ou returning from a walk she found him sitting in the drawing room As hale and robust as ever, + With a shriek she fell unconscious | on the floor, and when she recovered her reason was gone. It seems that ‘her husband. after flonting for some time. had been picked up by a possing “tramp” and had been landed on the west const of Africa. from which he kad returned home by the first avall- able vessel.— London Spectator, Confucius. Confucius regarded his own life as a failure. He spoke against ambition, yet he coveted high office, nothing less than that of political adviser to some great valer. A man of the highest lineage in China, lie was yet poor and early supported himself by teaching. His pupils showed him an extraordi- nary devotion. The pick of the young men in his native state of Lu sat at his feet, and it was they who trans- mitted his tremendous infiuence. But Confucius saw not his immortal suc- cess, but his temporal failure. Only for a few brief years did circumstances ‘permit him to exercise his practical genius for government. He became first a magistrate, then chief criminal judge in Lv. and, to quote Professor Legge, “crime ceased.” Confucius, however, became dissatisfied with the ruler whom he served, a weak man | ‘who neglected his duty and gave him- self up more and more to dissipation, ‘20 he resigned his post and banished ‘himself.—London Spectator. pa The girl he ! loved had gone out to India to keep ST — | The Leather of the Egyptians. The ancient Egyptians were skilled ! EE ae ufactured It in various ways and for : === | various purposes besides that of fur- | nishing covering for the feet. Indeed, it is to those builders of the pyramids that we are indebted for the first artis- | the researches of archaeologists, the | Egyptians were the first shoemakers | who were worthy of that name. It is a fact, too, that tanuers of today em- | ploy very much the same methods as did the ancients. materials are used, and the processes | are almost precisely similar to those in vogue hundreds of years ago. It is | true that tanners of the present day have found a means of greatly shorten- ing the time required to convert a hide into leather and that steam power and | modern machinery have done much to | expedite and improve the processes of finishing the leather; but. after all, the principals of tanning remain the same as they have been from the first.— London Globe, Posthaste. He kicked off his wet boots, slid his tired feet into a pair of carpet slippers, lit his pipe, sat down in the easy chair with a sigh of relief and declared that twenty thousand wild horses .couldn’t make him stir from the house till morning. _ “Henry.” remarked the lady with the knitting needles. “you posted that let- ter I gave you this morning, I sup- pose? blushingly. “I asked ma to postpone her visit for awhile,” his wife went on. You see"— Henry did see. His wife saw too. What she saw was the tired man jump from his chair, kick off his slippers, put en his boots and skip out into the street as If rain was the very thing he liked wading through. And when, five minutes later, Henry came back with a tale that he'd just been to see how the thermometer out- side the postoffice stood she smiled. — London Seraps, Just Like Eve's Apple. A fruit supposed to bear the mark of ‘Eve's teeth is one of the many hotan- cal curiosities of Ceylon. The tree on which it grows is known by the sig- nificant name of “the forbidden fruit,” or “Eve's apple tree.” The blossom has a very pleasant scent, but the real- ly remarkable feature of the tree, the one to which it owes its name, is the fruit. It is beautiful and hangs from the tree in a peculiar manner. Orange on the outside and deep crimson with- in, each fruit has the appearance of having had a piece bitten out of it. This fact, together with its poisonous quality, led the Mohammedans to rep- resent it as the forbidden fruit of the garden of Eden and to warn men against its noxious properties. The Eve. Why the bite of Adam did not also leave its mark is not known, but as only one piece seems to he missing its loss ix ascribed to the woman. Constable Had the Evidence. One of Philadelphia’s leading corpo- ration law ers was visiting in New England, and, returning home, he told how he had been arrested there. He had not had a vacation for some years, 1 and, getting into the country. he pro- ceeded to he a boy again, He struck a plece of country road | ana ran along for a half mile. He | found a fence and vaulted it. He saw | a tree and climbed it. Finally he re- turned to the village. Just as he struck the town a haud was laid on his | shoulder, and a man said in a gruff | voice: Come with me.” “hat for?’ inquired the other in | amazement. “I'm the constable, and you're unG2r arrest. I've been following you, and I think you're crazy.” — Philadelphia Times. Cool Presence of Mind. Debtor (to shopgirl)—It's an outrage for your employer to have you present this bill here at the railroad station in the presence of all these people! Tell him I'll attend to the matter as soon as I get home. And now give me a kiss, so the people will think that you are a relative and have come to bid me goodby!—Fliegende Blatter. A Risky Study. “Why have you dropped your popu- lar astrouciny ?" asked the visitor. “Cause I got too many lickings,” confided Tommy. “The other night I told pa that Mars’ face was ever changing, and ma heard me and thought I meant her face. Next thing I didn’t get any supper and got a lick- ing besides.”—Chicago News. Ministers Aboard Ship. A minister aboard ship has always been taken as a “Jonah sign” by sea- men. In recent years, however, this superstition has been modified to a cer- tain extent. A young minister, the seamen believe, will not bring as much of a “Jonah” with him as an old one. Simplicity Itself. “There are only two pomnts in suc- cess.” “What are they?" “Work and keep other people from working you.” Do 1t Now. ! Decision never becomes easier by postponement, while habit grows stronger every day. Common sense you as conscience says, “Choose : : The feet of Fate are tender, for ot ‘ sets her steps not on the ground, on the heads of men.—Homer. —— —— About the same ' “I did, my love,” he answered un- | mark upon the fruit is attributed to Whey Are Frequently Miscalled by i Travelers Abroad. How far are you going?" asked my fellow traveler as we came across the St. Gotthard. “To Paris,” 1 replied. He looked puzzled. Then 1 recollected | that he was an alin aud that he had told me he had never been out of Italy as before. “Parigh” | sald. smiling, and | he knew at once what 1 meant. Then it occurred to me to mention | London to him and see if he under- | stood. He obviously did not. * “Lon- dra.” 1 translated. “Ah, Londra!” he | repeated. “Yes, yes” Here were two of ux journeying together across Eu- rope In an age which is supposed to | have broken down the barriers that once hindered free intercourse, yet we were not even agreed as to the names of the principal places on our | route. He enlled Milan Milano, Florence Firenze, Turin Torino. Naples Nape'l For Basle he said Basilea and Lucerna for Lucerne (which the Swiss them- selves eall Luzern, pronouncing the z" like ts), . Stop a moment, though. When I say he called Florence Firenze, and so on, I am laying myself open to miscon- ception aud the charge of insular in- solence. Rather should I put it that we English call Firenze Florence, just as we call Padova Padaa and Livorno Lezhorn, We cannot evenr give the Eternal City its proper beautiful name. insted of Romm we say Rome, which is only a trite better than the Ger- mans, who deep down in their throats grunt ont “Rom.” The Germans are very bad offenders i in this matter of miscalling places, for they give them often such eacophonous equivalents as one would never think of connectir< with the real name. The first time | went to Italy 1 let the train leave Bellinzona without me, | was drinking a cup of coffee and it slipped off. | thoroughly enjoyed a sunny September afternoon's ramble amid vineyards and along the shore (so far as I recollect) of an enchanting little lake. Then I went back to the station to catch the evening service tc Milan. Presently a long and important look: ing train thundered in. On it were boards—*Berlin-Mailand.” 1 regarded them idly, wondering where Malland was and why 1 had never heard of it before, It wax only when | saw 2a friendly porter wildly summoning me to enter and heard a guard erying out, “Chiasso, Como. Milano,” that 1 re- alized the situation and understood Mailand to be German for the city we call Milan, The German for Venice is even more iil sounding—*Venedi;.” Who would ever associate that harsh trisyllable with the glories and loveli- ! ness of the miracle city of the lagoons? | —London Mail. ~ Gda vigns. A tinman in the south of England has a sign which reads, "Quart Meas- ures of All Rhapex and Sizes Sold Here” At a market town in the midlands the following placard was affixed to the shutters of 1 watchmaker who had i i t ftors mourning: | Mainspring Broke.” In one of the principal streets of | occupied by a doctor and a shoemak- er. the man of medicine having the front and he of the leather working in the rear. Over the door hung the sign, “We Repair Both Body and Sole.” On the window of a coffes room there one day appeared the Till Repaired.” Playful Monkeys. Apes and gorillas are asually vicious and resentful and less addicted to key. Indeed, the monkey. asx we ail know, Is a trickster both in his wild and domestic state. In their native for. ests monkeys spend hours in swingin: from the branches of trees. suspende! by their tails. and chattering and gri- macing with evident signs of delight. Humboldt mentions seeing over a hun- dred so employed in a South American forest. Nothing | Mirasulous. “You had rheumatism in your right leg for years amd were cured of it In an instant? How?" “By being accidentally mixed up in a train wreck. My right lag Is a cork leg now.”"—Chicago Tribun \ I ———. decamped. leaving his confiding cred: | “Wound Up and Yuet another small town the same shop was notice, : “This Coffee Room Removed Upstairs ' playful tricks than the common mon- Te Pennsylvania Bate College. The Boy Was , Willing vile a Fen H to Senator Hanna. | When Senator Hanna was walking | through his factory in Cleveland some | years ago ou the lookout for ov | ideas or anything which would aid the progress of business he overheard a | little red headed lad remark: | “Wish 1 had old Hanna's money and | he was iu the poorhouse.” The senator returned to his office | and rang to have the boy xent to him. | The boy came to the oftice tmigly. | just a bit conscience stricken, wonder- | ing if his remark had been overheard | i and ready for the pennlty. As the lad twisted his hands and nervously stood | on one foot hefore the maze of those | twinkling dark eyes fixed on him by | the man at the dexk he felt the band | of Uncle Mark on his shoulder: i “So you wish you had old Hanna's | money and he wax in the poorhonse, eh? Suppose your wish should be | granted. What would von do” “Why.” stammered the lad, “the fest | | thing 1 would do, sir. would he 10 get | you cut of the poorhonse.”” The senator laughed and sent the ! boy back to his work. Today he is one of the managers of a large fac- tory. but he never tires of telling the story that beld his first job.—Joe Mitchell Chapple in- National Maga- | zine. Canine Etiquette. In their relations with one another dogs have a keen sense of etiquette. A well known traveler makes this un- expected remark about a tribe of naked black men living on one of the south sea islands: “In their everyday intercourse there is much that is stiff, formal and precise.” Almost the same remark might be made about dogs. Unless they are on very intimate terms they take great pains never to brush against or even to touch one another. For one dog to step over another is # dangerous hreach of etiquette unless they are special friends. It Is no un- common thing for two dogs to belong to the same person and live in the same house a:.1 yet never take the slightest notice of each other. We have a spaniel so dignified that he will never permit another member of the dog family to pillow hix head upon him; but, with the egotism of a true aristocrat. he does not hesitate to make use of the other dogs for that purpose.—Henry C. Merwin in Atlan- tic. 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