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Bellefonte, Pa., May 13, 1910.
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Last Meeting of William Winter and
Richard Mansfield.
The last days of Mansfield were in-
expressibly afflicting and sorrowful
His condition underwent very many
changes, his suffering at times was
great, but slowly he gained a little
strength. He had for some time been
determined on a journey to England.
His passage was engaged for May 4,
but he was uot able to sail. I saw him
on the morning of May 11. 1907. “I
told them 1 would see you, Willy,” he
said, “even if 1 were dying.” We sat
together for some time. [le did not
speak much, nor could 1 speak ouch
to him. It seemed best that we should
both pretend to believe that be would
soon be well, but I knew that I should
never see him again. When he did
speak it was little more than a mur-
mured word or two. His mind was
busy with the past. Several times he
mentioned Jefferson and his paintings.
“Studies in green they are,” he said.
Once he spoke aloud to himself, “I
have not lived a bad life.” Presently
I rose to go and clasped his hand and
sald goodby. At the door I turned to
look at him once more. He was sitting
huddled in his chair. His figure was
much emaciated; his clothes hung
loosely about him; his face was pale
and very wretched in expression, and
1 saw in his eyes as he looked at me
that he knew our parting was forever.
1 went back and kissed his forehead
and pressed his hand and so came
away. We never met again. Since
then 1 have stood beside his grave
Life seems to be chiedly made up of
farewells like that and memories like
these.—*“Life and Art of Richard Mans-
field,” by William Winter.
its Discovery Was the Result of a
Workman's Carelessness.
Blotting paper was discovered pure-
ly by accident. Some ordinary paper
was being made one day at a mill in
Berkshire when a careless workman
forgot to put in the sizing material
It may be imagined what angry scenes
would take place in that mill, as the
whole of the paper made was regarded
as being quite useless, The proprie-
tor of the mill desired to write »
note shortly afterward, and he took a
plece of waste paper, thinking it was
good enough for the purpose. To his
intense annoyance the ink spread all
over the paper. All of a sudden there
flashed over his mind the thought that
this paper would do instead of sand
for drying ink, and he at once adver:
tised his waste paper as “blotting.”
The reason the paper is of use in
drying ink is that really it is a mass
of hairlike tubes which suck up liguid
by capillary attraction. If a very fine
glass tube is put into water the liquid
will rise in it owing to capillary at-
traction. The art of manufacturing
blotting paper has been carried to such
a degree that the product has wonder
ful absorbent qualities.
The original blotting paper was of »
pink color, due to the fact that rea
rags were used, rags which could not
be used for making the ordinary pa-
per, as the color could not be remov-
ed. Here was a method for using the
apparently useless matter, and so for
a long time pink was the predominant
color.—London M. A. P.
The Arch,
The consensus of opinion among the
learned is to the effect that the arch
was invented by the Romans. Some
claim that Archimedes of Sicily was
the inventor, while there are others
who would make it to be of Etrurian
origin, but there can be no doubt about
the fact that the Romans were the
first to apply the principle to archi-
tecture. The earliest instance of its
use is in the case of the Cloaca Max-
ima, or Great sewer, of Rome, built
about 588 B. C. by the first of the Tar.
quin line of kings, a work which is re.
garded by the historians as being one
of the most stupendous monuments of
antiquity. Built entirely without ce-
ment, it is still doing duty after a
service of almost twenty-five centuries.
—New York American.
The Word “Slave.”
An interesting instance in history of
the twisted application of the names
of a people is afforded by the case of
the word “slave.” Now, the Slavi,
tribes dwelling on the banks of the
Dnelper, derived their appellation from
“Slav,” meaning noble or illustrious.
In the days of the later Roman em-
pire vast numbers of these Slavs were
taken over by the Romans in the con-
dition of captive servants, and in thi-
way the name of the tribes came in
time to carry with it the idea of a low
state of servitude, the exact antithe-
Where He Belonged.
“Sir,” said a little blustering man to
a religious opponent—*] say. sir, do
you know to what sect 1 belong?”
“Well, 1 don't exactly know,” was
the answer, “but to judge from your
make, shape and size 1 should say you
belong to a class called the in-sect.”--
London Tit-Bits.
A Description.
“What kind of man is Withering-
ton?"
“One of those fellows who depend
upon their whiskers to lend them dis-
tinction.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
The Problem.
‘Howell—-What are you trying to fig-
ure out? Powell—-How long it takes my
wife's age to pass a given point.—New
York Press.
What makes life dreary is’ want of
motive.—George Eliot,
They Never Learn to Tie a Knot
Properly, Says a Skipper.
“I don't know why it is,” said the
captain of the tramp steamer, “but
you can't teach any of these Chinese
sallors there to tie a real knot.
“There isn't much need aboard a
steamer for the rope knowledge tha:
used to be so much the part of a
fo'c’s'le training, but we do need splices
and knots now and again just the
same.
“Those Chinese there, who were
signed on as A. B.'s, can do anything
needed in the way of splices that would
make an old tar green with envy, and
they'll fix up deadeyes better than
most of the men I've shipped.
“But you can't get one of ‘em to tie
a right knot. Teach ’em again and
sgain, and they remember the lesson
for half an hour. Next time there's a
straight everyday knot to be tied the
Chinese fo'e's’le hand makes up the
same old granny.
“Every child that tries to tie a knot
makes a granny, This kind of a knot
is made up by passing the ends around
each other in the reverse direction,
making the ends stand out at right an.
gles. The ends should be wound
around each other in the same direc-
tion. When they come out of the knot
they should lie alongside the line on
either side of the knot. Such a knot
won't slip. But a Chinaman can't
learn it for keeps—not he.
“The Lascar and Malay and Kanaka
learn the right knot easily enough. In
a storm that's one of the things we
have to guard against if we have Chi-
nese sallors.”--New York Sun.
Some Things That Are Said to Affect
the Sense of Vision.
Many eye Gefects, of course, are due
to the bad bablits of their possessors.
Tobacco, for instance, is generally held
to impair the vision, usually injurinz
the color sense so that gold and silver
become indistinguishable. Accordin:”
to some medical authorities, again, the
connection between eye and tooth trou
ble is more than an old wife's fable. In
his book dealing with the subject Han
cock relates the story of a boy who
woke up one morning to find himself
blind. On examination his teeth were
discovered to be crowded together, and
a few of them were removed, with the
result that by evening he could distin-
guish between light and darkness.
More teeth were removed, and in elev-
en days his sight was fully restored.
Other cases which tend to show the
connection between eye and tooth trou-
ble have also been noted. Very fre-
quently occupation has much to do
with one or other eye defect. Thus
nystagmus is sometimes known as the
miners’ disease.
Nystagmus is an involuntary oscilla-
tion of the eyeball to and fro or round
in its orbit. In contradistinction to
glaucoma, it is a young defect, having
been noticed in infants, but sometimes
it attacks miners after forty. Miners
are inclined to attribute the failing to
the bad light, but it is more likely to
be caused by the continual upward
glance so often necessitated by their
occupation.—Strand Magazine.
What the Light Revealed.
A story is told of a simple and de-
vout Methodist minister who was not
sufficiently eloquent or businesslike to
be approved by the presiding elder.
Through the influence of the elder he
felt sure he was appointed to a small
and widely scattered settiement where
there was much hard work, and the
results were necessarily meager. One
day he was commenting sadly on the
narrowness of his opportunities to a
friend, who said gravely that he ought
to pray for light that he might see the
hand of the Lord in his appointment.
“I have, brother,” he answered.
“again and again. But so far” he
added, with a whimsical smile, “I've
had only light enough to see the in-
terfering hnnd of Elder Brown.'—
Youth's Companion.
Eyeglasses.
“Did you ever notice,” queried an
optician, “that nearly every person
who wears rimless eyeglasses when
polishing the lenses with a handker-
chief holds the glasses by the nose
plece, thus putting all the strain of
the rubbing upon the screws which
attach the giass to the metal? Of
course this tends to loosen the glass
and wear out the thread upon the tiny
screw. This in turn causes the lenses
to wabble, resulting in great discom-
fort to the wearer. It's strange how
little intelligence intelligent people dis-
play in simple matters. but then it
brings us business.” —New York Globe.
Thrilling.
Sir John Benn recently related a
story of a bey who was asked what he
would like to be.
The boy said. “A lighthouse keeper”
The schoolmaster asked. “Why?”
The boy replied. “It would be so nice
to sit up at the top of the lighthouse
and see all the wrecks going to pleces
below.”—Dundee Advertiser.
Suffers For Her Belief.
“There are ro martyrs these days.”
“Oh, | wididn't say that"
“Do yuu think there ure any people
to%y who would suffer tortures for
their beliefs?"
“My wife believes that an eighteen
inch waist looks better than a twenty.
two, and 1 think she suffers a jot of
genuine torture because of that be-
er:"—Housten Post.
The san! Residue.
paid? Harler—Yes; his relatives were.
—Lippincott’s.
Have a purpose in life and. having
it. throw such strength of mind and
muscle into your work as God has xiv.
| en you.—Carlyle.
A cowboy entered the private law |
office of Clements, Parsons & Bowles
in St. Louis. He found there Mr. Cle-
ments and & young lady. Mr. Clements
said:
“You received my letter?"
“Yes. 1 came in as soon as possi- |
ble.”
“Here is a communication,” the law-
yer proceeded. putting og a pair of
glasses and taking up a paper, “from
Quimby & Quimby, attorneys, Cock-
burn street, London, anuouncing that
Hugh Orkenham, earl of Dunkenton,
died on the 17th of last wwonth, A
will executed twelve years ago leaves
to his younger son, Edward Orken-
ham, £5,000, provided that by the time
he bas become thirty years old he
‘shall have married, and” —
“I am thirty today,” interrupted the
—*gettled down,” the lawyer went on
without heeding the interruption. *1
bave understood that you were in-
clined to be wild.”
“I was considered so by my family
because 1 detested a life of fashion,
which they all led, and I preferred a
country life. Therefore I was sent to
America to shift for myself.”
“The date of your birth,” continued
Mr. Clements, “has been sent me by
your late father's solicitors. I knew
when 1 wrote you—if 1 could have tele-
graphed we would have had more
time—that the period for fulfilling
your part of the bequest would end at
12 noon today. Have you any lady
in view for a wife?’
“No. Besides, if I had there is no
time left for courting and marriage.”
“There is half an hour.”
“Ten seconds would do as well.”
Mr. Clements glanced inquiringly at
the lady. She nodded affirmatively.
“Miss Esterbrooke,” said the lawyer,
“this is Edward Orkenham, younger
brother to the present Earl of Dunken-
ton, the ear! being unmarried and an
invalid. Mr. Orkenham must have a
wife within thirty minutes,” looking
at his watch—*twenty-eight now. Will
you marry him?"
“Yes, on condition that we do not
live together till I elect to do 80.”
“Lord Orkenham.” continued the at-
torney, “in order to serve you I have
brought Miss Esterbrooke here that
she might, if you desire it, fulfill the
law. It is for you to signify your as-
sent or dissent, but you must be quick
about it. You have but twenty-six min.
utes in which to become a husband.”
“Surely,” said Orkenbam, “it is no
disrespect to Miss Esterbrooke if I
ponder for a moment. As a lady would
say on receiving such a proposition,
‘it is very sudden.'"”
The lawyer remained unimpressed
by the bit of humor. Miss Esterbrooke
smiled. “It is rather sudden for me,”
she said.
“When did you come to your own de
cision?" asked the cowboy lord.
“Since you entered the room."
“Indeed:
gallantry by a woman. 1 will be your
husband.”
No sooner were the words spoken
than Mr. Clement tapped a desk bell
and an ofiice boy appeared.
“Call Mr. Knowles,” sald the lawyer.
Mr. Knowles, who was waiting in
another room, entered. He wore a
clerical garb.
“Call Stevens and Parker,” said Mr.
Clements to the office boy.
Two clerks appeared. The cowboy
and the lady stood up and were mar-
ried by the clergyman. The witnesses
signed a statement that had been pre-
pared for the occasion that they had
witnessed the ceremony. noting the
date, hour and minute. The couple
were prononnced man and wife nine
minutes before noon. The room was
cleared of the clergyman and the
The True Test.
Tried in Bellefonte, It Has Stood the
Children Cry for
Fletcher’s Castoria.
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I will not be outdone iL |
JOHN F. GRAY & SON,
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clerks. Then Mr. Clement said. ad- |
dressing the groom: :
“You have my word for it that Miss
Esterbrooke is one of our most estima-
ble young ladies. She has a very larg" |
fortune and. desiring to euter a family |
belonging to the British aristocracy
consented. “nu my representations a
few days ago. to this match, reserving
her final decision till after seeing you.
I am advised that your older brother
is lying on a sickbed from which he
will never arise, and you will soon in-
herit the title. I bave drawn papers
that will prevent your possessing any
of your wife's property in case she
concludes to apply for an annulment
of this marriage. If. however, you
are both pleased to remain man and
wife she has enough to build up the
estates you will inherit, which 1 am
informed are heavily in debt, on your
brother's death.”
“I have to thank you,” said the new-
ly made husband. “for your invaluable
kindness in thus providing me with a
bride. 1 commend your taste. And
now,” turning to his wife, “may I
claim a bridal kiss?’
“Not by any means. This is a legal
marriage which you nead for inherit-
ance purposes. [| shall be happy to
see you at my home with other callers
and to consider you ip the light of a
suitor.”
The lady took her departure, her
husband seeing her to her carriage.
which was waiting at the door.
“Beg pardon.” he said. “Will you
kindly favor me with your address?”
“Certainly.” She gave it. and he
made a note of it.
It was two years before he succeed-
ed in winning her for aught beside a
saver of his inheritance. They are
wow Earl and Lady Dunkenton.
Castoria.
The Kind You Have
has borne Chas H.
Fletcher, has made
supervision for over
Chner "Gu i 9 Pleasant. and
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CHAS. H. FLETCHER.
In Use For Over 30 Years. 54-36-2Im
(Successor to Grant Hoover)
Fire,
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THE a TRAVEL POLICY
Mercury's Accident.
“What's the matter with your office
oe
“He hurt himself while running
when I sent him on an errand the
other day.”
“Come off! You don't mean to say" —
“1 do. He never did the errand. but
he found ovt why a horse had fallen
down in the street.” —Cleveland Leader
A Rare Bird Indeed.
“1 think I shall learn to like that
friend of yours.”
“You were favorably impressed by
him, eh?”
“Yes, indeed. He watched me play-
ing billiards for an hour yesterday
without once suggesting how a shot
aught to be made.” Detroit Fre
Press.
His Illustration.
“Papa, what is faith*"
“Well, my boy. they say your baby
brother sleeps, but I've never seen him
do it. Yet if I believe he does -that's
faith.” —Life.
important to Mothers.
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a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that it
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Flour and Feed.
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BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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