- Bemoreaiy aca ‘They dreaded the hour of bed-time, My dear little lass and lad. ‘They told me the stairs were “slippy” And the bedroom dark and bad. “Till I named them—one of them Peary Andthe other one Doctor Cook. And 1 said, “There's a pole up yonder, You've called it a bedpost high: But now you must go and find it, By the light of the ‘midnight sky,’ And who shall be first, I wonder ?"’ ‘Then ere I could close mv book, ‘They scampered away young Peary And dear little Doctor Cook. A moment later | followed, And I found them both in bed, “In a snow house,” so they whispered, ‘With the quilts above each head. And what do you think they told me? Why, each had been first—but look One post had been found by Peary And the other by Doctor Cook. ~Lalia Mitchell-. HUNTINGDON RRESBYTERY. Text Regular Meeting Will be Held in Bellefonte April 11th, The presbytery of Huntingdon will hold its next regular in the church at Bell 730 p. m., Monday, April 11. At this commissioners will be elected to meeting the guiaral assembly which meets in At- latic Ci on May 19. ng are the names of the chairmen of committees to whom reports : The as Slerk, Rev. J. E. Irvine, Ph. D., Altoona, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1910. I—Sermon by the Rev. W. L.. Whallon. II—Constituting Prayer. HI—Roll. IV—Election of Officers. V—Report of Committee on Arrange- ments. TUESDAY MORNING. Vi—Devotional Half Hour Led by the Rev. W. K. Harnish. Vil—Reading of Minutes of Special Meetings and Approval of Printed Record, pages 505-528. VIII—Report of the Stated Clerk. IX—Appointments of Standing Com- mittees. X—Report of the Treasurer. XI—Reports of Special Committees. 1—Installation of the Rev. E. L. Ken- nedy at Wells Valley. 2—Denholm Mission. XII—Report of Executive Commission. XIlI—Receiving and Disposing of Cre- dentials, Calls and Other Papers. XIV—Report of Commissioners to Synod. XV—Reports of Stated and Occasional Supplies. XVI Election of Commissioners to Gen- eral Assembly. TUESDAY AFTERNOON. XVII—Reports of Permanent Commit- tees: tv nday School Wak ou People’s ieties. eh Cr on Evangelistic Work. 4—Sub-Committee on Pres. Missions and S Formperance. XVIII—Report of Committee on the Nar- rative. XIX—New Business. XX—Election of Trustee. (The term for which Mr. J. L. Sommerville was elected has expired.) XXI—Service in Memory of Ministers rh wmmcxmramettes Sm | —— “Glimpses of the Mississippi Valley. As Seen by a Centre Countian on the Way to Panama=1T8e First ofa Series of Impressionistic Stories of the South, the Great Canal and Native Life in the Tropics. g i 2 i ih: i i i fi | : | i : : i I I i g fi gis ES i] 53% i | ; i g i i | i i i : | i uF fq 7g 1 fF fi: hi it i HH : | i g £1 3 § I i il : i is i i pans Biti i ie Hi ihr i Hl fetlss HEH i Hil Me Jr ib a] i 10 IheHE i g : i : ; 5 g ; i i i : i j rl ero country, but use ce in cultiva- tion the yield ET Ey ee negligenos in ou be the farmers did not merely scratch around in their JAP SE ith dbokit fhe Suc Sisplay of judgment that 4 hen Would scratch your back yard. Georgia is not so e, consequen fertilize and cul ner and SY tivate in 2 more Progréssive man relatively than are secured in the gives Bottoms of Mississippi. Sub- a indifferently and think themselves exceedingly fortunate if they get om Ask them what the land is worth and they will tell that little of be bought for $150.00 an acre. And it is worth t and more if ble and the farming . New and Sought for less but it would all have to be clear- the cotton bottoms are necessarily seems to be grown by the farmers of this district; in fact was told ed them do not even raise the. vegetables they need for their fa use. The city of Vicksburg is a typical southern city of ante-bellum days. It has recovered somewhat od the effects of that awful conflict, but mingled with the evidences of its beginning of a new life are so many of the scars of the days of the Sixties that the impression is a sad one. Not that the peo- ple complain, for they don’t. ; Our party, the National Editorial association, was entertained by a drive over the city, luncheon and a visit to the National Military Park. The latter being constructed the government and is in commemoration of the as yed in the siege and defense of that city from March 29th to July 4th, 1863. A description of the park or a history of the siege are i ble at this time; especially since the average reader is familiar with Suffice it to say that some day it will probably be second only to Gettysburg in its ar splendor. One thing there, however, that you probably will be interested in is the magnificent memorial set up by our own State to mark the position of the Pennsylvania soldiery in the siege. The monument, one of the handsomest in the park, bears in bronze the profile of our own Gen. John I. Curtin, whom you will recall was in com- mand of the 45th Pennsylvania during that memorable struggle. just prior to the end of siege. It was a souvenir of the luncheon served the Press Club of the city to our party and because it is such a grim re- minder of what they all suffered in those days of strife I insert it for you to peruse: HOTEL DE VICKSBURG. Bill of Fare for July, 1863, Sour: Mule tail. BoiLep: Mule bacon, with poke greens; mule ham, canvased. Roast; Mule sirloin; mule rump, stuffed with rice; saddle of mule, a 'Larmee. VEGETABLES: Boiled rice; rice, hard boiled: hard rice; any way. entire year's crop of cotton ready he would take it to the market, receive the y for it aid squater the process before Uiinking of returning to his family o baying back an of the advances merchants had made fo sup- uring the ng. Invariably the whites like the blacks and treat ki it is only when some rum-crazed “nigger” commits some heinous crime that anything else than the gentlest treatment is resorted to in tothem. In M ippi three-fi of all the taxes raised for s schools for blacks. As itis in this itis in everything else where interests are mutual, so that candor compels me to say that black man is getting all that he is entitled to—at least as much as the whites are able to give him. After all why should they give him anything unless he deserves it. New the great industrial, railroad and maritime center of the South, sometimes called “the Winter Capitol of America,” has a population of 375,000. In some respects it is a American city of energy and wealth. In others it is Shigue, for wi American in the larger sense it is probably more known to traveler for its French Quarter than for its American characteristics. Canal street, the principal are of the city separates the new from the old so that on one side of remarkable street that carries five car lines abreast, with ample room for other traffic; are the great sky scraping business houses and hotels the like of which are to be found in New York and Chi , while on the other are the low, many porticoed buildings of the French many years ago. The population is meee American, though there is a large percentage of Creoles who speak rench. We arrived in the city the day following the close of the Mardi Gras, consequently many reminders were yet in evidence of the great annual festival that marks the nning of the Lenten season. St. Charles avenue is the residence section of the city and for miles and miles it is lined with most tial homes of so varied architecture that it would be untrue to say that t is a distinctive type. The great green lawns, with palms, cocoanut trees, an occasional tree and flowering shrubs were in giviking con trast with the ice clad hills we had left. The days I spent in New eans were not as mild, however, as you might imagine. A cold wave had swept South just after our arrival and overcoats felt very comfortable and looked decidedly out of place in the midst of what we would call almost mid-summer verdure. The places of interest in New Orleans are many. Having been founded in 1718 itis rich with history affecting several nations. It is never particu- larly warm in summer nor below freezing in winter. Its healthfulness is re- markable considering the fact that much of the city lies from five to fifteen feet below the level of the Mississippi. This necessarily means great engi- neering accomplishments in construction of levees and sewers, but all have been done in a way that has assured both safety and healthfulness. The old French Market, the French opera, where Patti made her American debul, and which is still the home of French grand opera in America, Tulane Uni- versity, one of the best educational institutions in the South, all have their interest for the traveler. But they are living curios. The really noted ones are the Cabildo, the old building in which transfer of the Province of Louisiana from the French to the United States was made in December 20th, 1803. St. Louis Cdthedral erected in 1794 and one of the oldest Catholic churches in the State. “The Haunted House,” occupied at different times by Lafayette, Marshal Ney, and Louis Phillipe. “Napoleon's House” erected in 1831 the French patriots of New eans when they had ned to rescue the prisoner of Helena. “The Hotel Royal, a stately four story building, occupying almost an entire city square that for some inexplicable reason is being allowed to tumble down. It was built in 1815 at a cost of a million and a half and was used as the capitol building when the capitol was being moved from Alexandria to Baton Rouge. The r of Brazil, the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia, General Boulanger the French revolutionist, Henry Clay and others of world wide note were entertained at the Royal and even randent McKinley was a guest there when he was Governor of Ohio. So recently as that was it a well established hotel, yet today no one lives in it but an old woman who takes what the tourist throws to her after she has shown him about its spacious halls, wide winding marble stair cases, the old slave market, auctioneer’s blocks and slave pen in the basement. The elevators, even the safe are still in the building, yet its windows are broken out, porticos rotted away and roof leaking so that the wails are already moss grows and stained beyond restoring to their former beauty. The three “St. is' ” cemeteries are interesting because there, in fact in all the others in -the city, the dead are all buried above ground. Owing to the fact mentioned before that most of the city is below the water line of the river graves can- not be dug in the ground, consequently they are made in marble - or concrete mounds or little mausoleums above the surface. Many of them look not unlike a country bake oven, a little more ornate perhaps, while others are quite costly; evidently asthe means of the family using them war- rants. St. Roch’'s cemetery is the quaintest of them all. It is especially dear to the Creole Catholics because special virtues are believed to be resultant from the prayers made in the little chapel in connection with it. Before the altar in this Chapel were burning many candles when I was there. They had been placed t by pilgrims who by so doing and making a wish were assured that the wish would come true. Piles of crutches, canes, spectacles, braces and other evidences of physical weaknesses remov- ed from pilgrims were piled at the side of the altar. Chalmette cemetery is ted near the field on which the American and British forces fought on : FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. DAILY THOUGHT. We need to be careful how we deal with those . and so little done—of so many things forgotten | and so many more which might have been repair- i ed.~Oliver Twist. | — Among the first spring hats are one or | two turned up sailors. Big turbans are promised a strong ! are more ribbons than feathers, + but flowers lead them both. i The more conservative milliners say | that no color has separated itself yet for ia leader. There are 2a number of net and lace i hats, black, for these may be worn | even now, for theatre hats. | We are back to leghorns again. Anoth- : % foot that fashion in a circle J not on a straight stretch. | A new form of combination, which i looks more like children’s rompers than anytling else, is the chemise-drawers gar- , ment. It is like a chemise in the upper j part, in that itis not drawn in at the wait | It was rumored that chemises were | going, but from the look of the | there are more of them than ever, in better grade of underwear. A corset-cover-drawers combinatian | Jems shits butionholed in it above the knee, | suspender garters to go jiiivagh, where the corset is worn on ; One curious, lace-trimmed little gar- ; ment isa chemise which answers the pur- ! pose of drawers. The back is ade long. | ly i satin. It is not full and loose, but | and trim. The | and ends are the | Vien the colors are apple gree n, plum purple, parrot , tu ise, blue, gera- | nium, red and Diack, with rhinestone cen- | ter. Tan shoes are in the ascendant. The golden tans are seen in every va- riety of shoes. Pumps, ties, sandals, bathing slippers and boots are acknowledged tan’s suprem- A le tans and ochre tints are ular in suede shoes trimmed with Dy In fact, the tan shoe, in its inflections, is to be worn almost to the exclusion of all others with dresses of color. But white, black and bronze shoes will be worn with white gowns. So many persons add a touch of gray i to thelr Roms now : ith It may a pillow of greenish gra ! silk the soft restful green tint of the pussy willow, or a scrap basket painted a delicate French gray. Dainty brocades in gray cover boxes ' which are used as receptacles for picture postcards that it is wished to preserve. Exquisite little tra are fashioned from h gray brocade picked out with silver thread and covered with glass cut to fit the size of the tray. i Even work baskets are to be seen of gray crash, with fittings and decorations in gray. i When one wears the hair flat about the head it is quite the fashion to ornament it with a wide band of satin or velvet to match the gown. Every one knows this is done for the evening, but the new thing is to do it for the day hours. One wears it under a hat. True, not much of it shows except with the large brimmed hat that flares ————SNS Sr —————— upward and outward at the left side. It is William Laurie, D. D, William P. EnTrEEs: Mule head, a laReb; mule hoof, jerked, a la Yankee; mule ears, made any better any place on earth it is strange that the fame of the place ite ive touch. Benedict and Elder James Harris, at fricassed. a la : mule side, stewed—new style, hair on; mule liver, has not & Rout The old Absinthe HO Tro storied oo Te He vue with gray 3:30, for which special m has been SiDE Disues: Mule salad; mule hoof, soused: mule brains a I' ome-elette; mule kidneys BR EE a or orer & Sousbon ae velvet with green gowns, and so on. , which will include the pre- raised on ramrod: mule tripe on half (Parrott) shell: mule tongue, cold. a streets, and might pass I t is more fashionable to carry out the senta of minutes on the deceased he P few tourists miss it, because it was once the head quarters of the pirate color scheme Of the goWN Then br uss o by committees appointed for this pur- JELLIES: Mule foot (3-t0-yard): mule bone. a la trench. Lafitte and there a funny little Frenchman, about the size of a mod- Diack 1ibboy. ; : ! PASTRY: Rice pudding. poke berry sauce: wood berry pie, al' Ironclad: china arp doll, Sefvas aysitie, adit nk 0 Selle ee! Ye an an. This fashion is y taken up for X PS Sanding Commitee: . berry : beechnuis: ‘blackberry-Jeaf ten: genuine Confederate ulant and persons addicted to its use to excess usually commit suicide by afternoon affairs Where, el te ong except Absence. Soles. throat cutting. SOWINS are WOR. bbon is added TUESDAY BVENING, Liquors: water, 92, very . $3: lime-stone water, late While in the city our party was entertained at the French opera, the hair without jeweled ornament or XXHI--A ar meeting in the inter- importation. very ne. £415; ring wate, bottled, $1. Paulhan, the di Aviator, who made some sensational flights in a od jsarette, and there is no perceptible ests of ons will be id at 7.30, to Meals at few hours. Gentlemen to wait upon themselves, Any inattention in service Rain asltinie dd by the Jackin Srawing Co, 3a dutch 1uficheon. Real- s ressed by a representative promptly teported wouldn't men tter affair managemen goods — Committee on al JEFRDAVIS& CO, Proprietors. on us in the shape of a flash light picture. However it proved a very pleas- and by a representative of one of the : a ; ant diversion and served to reveal to us a splendidly equipped and managed Dave een many different Vinds, Mission Boards, the Offering 10 80 10 pg CARD: The prvricorsa te ful celebrated Hae de Vicki having cotrged | Business but this is @ new one. XXIV Aprons of some one to ad.| Chl Pais arriving by the r Eo ay Se She Tac of nen eme Set St & (To be continued) de Ave ah wed. dress next r meeting of . Co tai chars of al Ease. No effort will be spared to make the of all asinter. ——— TE ————————————————— ———————————— ding, ad con oe Dy Dre. tery, to be in church of East - And Then Told the Author About His | this fashion would surely be appreciat acoquillas. — “he Crippled Old Despot Was Made to en Told ti s bd XXV—Report of Committee on Leave of From Vicksburg to “Proud Old Natches” as they call it down there, was Ly Ala Mighty el. to sora Petme deka Travel, day. when | Gi¥e her a luncheon at which 11 of her sence. arun little more three hours. 'e arrived there Tuesda night t } . friends to presen bride XXVI—Adoption of Resolution of Thanks. 9:15 and the welcome was such as to make us feel that if Natchez is proud by J. L. Kipling in his “Man and Beast | rising from lunch. said to his wife, a 8 okt Md the XXVII—. of Minutes. it isn’t the kind of pride that means indifference or aloofness. Verily the In India” of the humiliation of a mon- | very ignorant lady: “You will have at | Together the girls contribute the price XXVII—, t. entire town seemed to be congested about the station, a brass band, a com- key whom physical disablement pre- | your side at dinner tonight a very re- | of the dozen Soons Pr pany of f wadets: atioop of rough ¥i Xiders, Provnent Citizens 5d the feceiition vented from maintaining his despotic Sarkable Ban, He has Jel Hla Do each up White tissue and '% ——— Rake. coming parade, order looked position as leading male of the troop: travels, ‘or ven's sake, do mass center table, Fi ; world like Coxey’s army, toward the town hall. Sky rockets and red lights “One morning there came a monkey | to him sensibly. As you pass through | hidden under a wedding bell. ishing with a garden rake and a bicy lit up the way and there was so much of amusement about the whole Attached to each spoon and cle lamp is not sport, but it has been so genuinely cordial, that I was wonderfully impressed by the open chieftain, weak and limping. haviug | the library ask for the book and glance | 0's "oach place was a piece of satin rib- found very profitable in where a in which these people received us. In the town hall there were evidently been worsted in a severe | it through and bring the conversation |}, fish are raised for the t in much dancing. Afterwards a luncheon was served at the Elks home. fight with another of his own kind. | to this subject. Do not forget to ask The ribbons are pulled in turn, draw- the 8 Same antes 3 Digs sor Sg oo incidantaily the Ells ol establishments at yicksturg, Natchez One hand hung powerless, his face or. Denon's hind i ing jorth 2 spoon with an appropriate lands, which bl ; Rouge surpassing homes t order in m larger and eyes bore terrible traces of bat princess ol . but the thought | jingle a taal” Dalposs: Bot vajus fe Yor agricul ities Gf B6 NORN, rv. in si tle. and he hirpled slowly along with | of the torrent of sarcasm which would bride pulls first, and the other rs Sea The or smyrna on Jn, dopo. The | a bathe al of sulin, supporting | folow an unsuccesstl issue of her | 300i, 5 thy re shown, match ber, from a convenient stream. These ponds few places to invite the chance acquaintance ea rn ot himself on the shoulder of a female— | lord's commands made Ler fi the | Ar nr : are stocked with such coarse fish as find | you must remember ippi is a dry State and the white residents a wife, the only member of his clan | name of the author. “Give me,” said - a — bream, and | we met satisfied to have it remain so for the good that itis doing the | that had remained faithful to him aft. | the princess, addressing the librarian, | Potatoes in the Half Shell. —Wash care- eels. Under ordinary conditions the! blacks. It is a quaint, peaceful community depending almost solely on its er his defeat. “the adventures of this traveler. Lis- Sally, sri gorvh 2nd ee 4 a Patoss Cultivator ey on a et profit of one {ation crops and Oo} HY lected by ihe lalivre shout the Same ds “We threw them bread and raisins, ton. Jew. & nauie Wich wndé i) WES © 2 desire Sdn Jn - ponds, homes are probably its most interesting fea- and the wounded warrior carefully know,” ibrarian, smil- tablespoonful potaty Which Sousideraiy. snore han the a. ture, from the lovely p Ee stowed the greater part away in his | ing, and he handed her “Robinson J Of uit 3 all cuphu of ra ands will "produce headquarters during the war; Briars” where Jefferson Davis was mar- | cheek pouch. The faithful wife, see- | Crusoe.” stiff and salt and to taste. Fill fhe Sourse Of & year, Jt js aoe unusual tied *Concerd Ruins; home of the first Spanish Governor of the Province, ing her opportunity. holding fast his | Mme. de Talleyrand read the book the potato skins, heaping up the mixture and €ipDled persons, orphan asylums, Be ala are to be seen. i fons Sd an Tl} pa Bu one sound hand and opening his | and was enchanted with the story. and | put into the oven brown slightly. etc, to fish-ponds which provide | of the Southern winter was felt and rose gardens, palms and other flowers mouth, deftly scooped out the store of | more so with the thought th-t she was - without expense a quantity of staple growing outside in profusion; though large boxes at the side of each raisins. Then she sat and ate them | to dine with the author. At night she | Soft Ginger Cakes.—One cup of lard To Niven : told me that killing frosts were regular to the community and plants very calmly at a safe distance, while | found herself next to M. Denon at |and butter, one cup of molasses (Or- ly Ent. the Bang par. ot ae ye Bao cus capitol af Lusi, “It is awolior ] 1S, owed, 35d cluttered fn jmpotent | S3ble. She waz wot lows, i turing ro ID Of Sigur. ome table N acomlished ai Sight. She Sshing par quaint old city, where the scars of the war are still yet never men- : He cou Bro her neigh. | €aping teaspoon of ‘salt, two eggs, five den “He knew that without her help he | by the prince. so she said to ve rake, a good bicycle lamp or electric | tioned by the residents to a visitor. The themselves so : scant cups of flour, two tablespoons bull’s eye, and a basket. When the t n, as compared with cur own thirteen ail bi palace, the pathetic could not reach howe and was fain to | bor: “Your travels have interested me | ion on and two of ginger. light is thrown upon the water ha ttle monument to the State's soldiery in the capitol square, the magnifi- wait with what patience he might till | deeply. monsieur. V’hat joy you must -— the raisins were finished. This was | have experienced in your lonely island Roman probably her first chance of disobedi- | when you found ‘Friday! "—From |ning bel the very atmosphere, should be from the ponds, of glad southern sunshine as it was, seemed tinged with a of sadness ence or of self assertion in her whole | “L'Esprit de Talleyrand.” ~ ' with very large stones. SOuTSS--my be Teadily raked ashore and that I was unable to shake off. The hospitality of the is ideal, life. and | am afraid she thoroughly Sa——————— i EE placed basket. characteristic of the gen the South. Natchez and enjoyed it." ——Subscribe for the WATCAMAN | ——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
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