Dense Ditan.
Bellefonte, Pa., July 15, 1910.
morning, a state of
makes him unbearable to
himself and to every ome who comes
pear him. Presumably It was not ever
so, for invitations to breakfast were
once common enough, and not so long
ago either. Mr. Gladstone used to
have guests to breakfast every Thurs.
day worpiug as recently as 1884, and
it was thought sufficient to supply tea
and coffee, eggs. bread and butter an!
perhaps some cold meat. But the
really solid breakfast had come into
fashion long before then, and it ix
sald that the English learned the fash-
fon from the Scotch. Motley. when he
was ambassador to England, found
that rhe substantial ULreakfast wns
grievously opposed to the simpler cus.
toms of his own country. He says,
“When | reflected that all these peo-
ple would lunch at 2 and dine at 8 |
bowed my head in humiliation, and the
fork dropped from my nerveless
grasp.”—Argonaut,
Big Clocks.
The big clock of the Metropolitan
tower at Madison square, New York.
is by long odds the costliest and most
elaborate public timepiece ever con-
structed and is the only great clock in
the world operated wholly by electric-
ity without the touch of human hands.
Some of its other wonders are its size.
being the largest four dial tower clock
and the third largest clock of any size
in the world, and its altitude, which
is the highest of any clock In the
world. It has also the biggest and
heaviest striking bell.
The other three largest clocks are
the one face dial of the Colgate fac.
tory in Jersey City, which is forty feet
across, the next in size of mammoth
public chronometers being the dial at
St. Bombort's, in the old city of Ma-
lines, in Belgium, which is thirty-nine
feet across. St. Peter's of Zurich,
Switzerland, hax a dial face twenty.
nine feet, and then in order comes the
Metropolitan tower clock. which Is
twenty-six feet six inches in diameter.
The Origin of the “Marseillaise.”
In the reign of terror under Freron
and Barras. when hundreds of vic-
tims were carved by the guillotine and
the people rose against the aristocra-
cy. was born the hymuo of France,
composed by Rouget de I'Isle. He
was an officer of engineers and at a
banquet was asked to compose a war
song. He wrote it in his room that
night before going to bed, and the
next morning his hostess, the wife of
the mayor of Strassburg, tried it on a
plano, and io the afternoon the orchs.
tra of the theater played It in the
square of Strassburg, where it created |
much excitement and gathered man: |
volunteers. Rouget called it a sons
for the Army of the Rhine, but snl
quently it was sung by a regiment of
volunteers, mostly assassins, who
marched out of Marseilles to Paris,
where it was appropriated by the cap-
ital and called the “Hymne des Marsel-
lals.” But Joseph Rouget. the author.
died In poverty. — Deshler Welch in
Harper's Magazine,
Westminster Hall.
Westminster hall, England's old hall
of the king's justice. Is one of the
world’s notable historical shrines.
Built four centuries before Columbus
sailed for America. burned. restored.
remodeled. it has seen more history
in the making than perhaps any other
building west of Rome. Here some of
the early parliaments met, and here
the second Edward wax expelled trom
bis throne. Here Richard II. was de
posed, Charles I. condemned and Crom-
well hailed as lord protector. whose
head, if the legend Ix authentic, wis
afterward exposed from one of the
ball’s pinnacles. Westminster hall was
the scene of the trial of Warren Hast-
Ings. In it sentence of death was pro-
nounced on William Wallace, 8ir Thom.
as More, Somerset. Esses, Strafford
and Guy Fawkes.—New York World.
Tried to Fly.
John Milton in Britain to the Con-
quest” says that the youth King Har-
old, last of the Saxons, strangely as-
piring, had made and fitted wings to
his hands and feet. With these, on the
top of a tower, spread out to gather
the air, he flew more than a furlong:
but, the wind being too high, he came
fluttering to the ground. maiming all
his limbs, yet so conceited was he of
his art that the cause of Lis fall was
attributed to the want of a tail, as
birds have, which he forgot to make.
His Recommendation.
Tom—Hello, Bill! 1 hear you have a
position with my friends Skinner® &
Co.? Bill-Oh, yes; I have a position
as collector there. Tom-—That's first
rate. Who recommended you? Bill—
Oh. nobody. I told them that I once
collected an account from you, and
they instantly gave me the place.
Firmness of Purpose.
Firmness of purpose is one of the
most vecessary sinews of character
and one of the best instruments of
success. Without it genius wastes its
efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.
The Real Grievance.
“You are always complaining. You
ought to be satisfied with the money
You've got.”
“Iam. It's with that which I haven't
‘I never say, “Oh, 1 can't!”
got that I am not satisfied.”
Going Round the World.
io sailing around the world east
ward the days are each a little less
than twenty-four hours, according to
the speed of the ship, as the sup is
met a little earlier every morning.
These little differences added together
will amoant to twenty-four hours.
This gives the sailors an extra day—
bot in imagination, but as an actual
fact. They will have done ap extra
day's work, eaten an extra day's ration
of food and imbibed an extra day's al-
lowance of grog.
On the other hand, In salling west-
ward the sup is overtaken a little each
day, and so each day is rather ionger
than twenty-four hours, and clocks
and watches are found to be too fast
This also will amount ip sailing around
the world te the point of departure to
one whole day by which rhe reckoning
bas fallen In arrears. The eastern
bound ship, then, has gained a day,
and the western bound xhip bas lost
one. This strange fact, clearly work-
ed out, leads to the apparent paradox
that the first named ship bas a gain of
two whole days over the latter, If we
suppose them to have departed from
port and returned together.—Philadel-
phia Record.
Modern Gold Mining.
Up until about 1830 only placer or
surface gold was mined —that is, free
gold, deposited in the beds of streams,
in sands and ip the crevices of rocks.
Placer mining, mainly in new and re-
mote regions, still furnishes a material
though not n large percentage of the
world's output. Formerly the alluvigl
gold was =eparated from the sands
and gravels containing it by washing
them in pans, cradies, rockers and
sluices. In 1832 the hydraulic method
was first employed in California. By
this means a “giant” strenm of water
turned against the side of a mountain
washes everything before it. The gold
settles to the bottom of the tunnel! or
sluice through which the gravel, sand
and water flow, In 1880 dredges or
excavators were first used {n Austra.
lla. Today steam and electric dredges
produce a considerable portion of the
world’s output.—Byron W, Holt in Ev.
erybody’s.
Why Boiled Water Freezes Easily.
Water which is bot of course cannot
freeze until it has parted with its heat,
but water that has been bolled will,
other things being equal, freeze sooner
than water which has not been boiled.
A slight disturbance of water disposes
it to freeze more rapidly. and this is
the cause which accelerates the freez-
ing of bolled water. The water that
has been bolled has lost the alr natu-
rally contained iu it, which on ex-
posure to the atmosphere It begins
again to attract and absorb. During
this process of absorption a motion is
necessarily produced among Its partl-
cles, slight certainly and imperceptl-
ble, yet probably sufficient to accel. |
erate its congelation. In unbolled wa-
ter this disturbance does not exist
Indeed. water when kept perfectly still
can be reduced several degrees below |
the freezing point without its becom-
ing ice.
Gardens In the lce.
A glacler when It dislodges itself and
sails away over the Arctic ocean never
travels alone. In the wake of every
large one floats a line of similar com-
panions. The Eskimos call this phe-
nomenon “the duck and ducklings”
and any one who has watched the
progress of the wild duck followed by
her brood will appreciate the aptitude
of the name. Strange us it may seem,
plants grow and blossom upon these
great ice mountains, When a glacier
is at rest moss attaches itself to it
protecting the Ice beneath, just as
sawdust does, After a time the moss
decays and forms a soll, in which the
seeds of buttercups and dandelions,
brought by the wind, take root and
flourish. Those who have traveled
much in arctic .lands say the poppy
does not bloom during the brief north-
ern summer,
A Bismarck Incident.
It used to be the privilege of Aus.
tria’s representative at any conference
of representatives of the German
states to smoke. the others refraining.
This was suppcsed to be an acknowl
edgment of Austria's supremacy. At the
first conference that Bismarck attend-
ed as Prussia's representative be be-
gan to puff smoke across the confer
ence table as soon as the Austrian dip
lomat lit up. That set everybody pres-
ent to smoking on equal terms, and
Austria's supremacy got a blow.
A Timely Warning.
“Your dog seems a very intelligent
animal,” remarked an inexperienced
sportsman to a gamekeeper
“Yessir,” was the ready response.
“Wonderful Intelligent 'e is! Yes,
t'other day 'e bit a gent as only give
me a ‘arf sovereign after a day's
shoot!”—London Scraps.
RE —
Her Dear Friend.
Susle—Now, when I'm asked to sing
I always
sit down at the piano— Jennie—And
let the audience find it out for them-
selves ?—Illustrated Bits.
The First Step.
Young Woman (Before milliner's
window, to her maid)~That hat is per-
fectly lovely. 1 must have it. Marie,
be sure to remind me to kiss my hus-
band when I get home.
Quickly Subdued.
Von Blumer (roaring with rage)—
Who told you to put paper on the wall?
Decorator—Your wife, sir. Von Blu.
mer—Pretty, isn't it?
Looks like everthing in the world
comes right if we jes’ wait long enough.
-Mrs. Wiggs.
oS ——
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Men's Fine Shoes
Boy’s Fine Shoes
white, russet and black.
gains.
Summer Clearance Safe
Our Summer Clearance Sale is now at its best.
Everything in Summer goods must be sold, as
we never carry summer stuffs the next sea-
son. We waut every economical buyer to
come in and see our bargains. Nothing re-
served and all Summer merchandise in all de-
partments must be sold now.
Dress Linens, Dress Goods, Silks, Ginghams, Lawns,
Organdies, Embroideries, Laces,” Gloves, Cor-
sets, Underwear, Shirt Waists,, Wash
Suits, Ladies’ and Misses’
Tailor made Suits.
Men's Working Shoes
Men's Fine Shirts
Men's Working Shirts
Boy's Working Shoes
Boy's Fine Shirts
Boy's Working Shirts
Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Low Shoes,
Everything in the Shoe line reduced. Now is
your time to come to our store and get bar-
LYON & COMPANY.
Yeagers Shoe Store
Allegheny St. 47-12 Bellefonte, Fa.
Re ud
Joseph Chamberlain, the English |
statesman, was once indebted to a '
nursery rhyme for a great oratorical
bit. In one of his speeches he was |
criticising Lord Beaconsfield and Lord
Salisbury on their return from Berlin,
where they had been earrying on ne
gotiations with Bismarck. Both had
made speeches explaining their ac-
tions, and one of them in the course
of his oratory used the word *4f” so
many times as to give Mr. Chamber
lain a chance in his reply to make one
of those popular allusions which are
remembered longer than any logic.
“What the honorabie gentleman has
said,” he remarked, “remind me of a
rhyme 1 learned from my nurse:
“If all the seas were bread and cheese,
If all the rivers were ink,
If all the lakes were currant cakes,
What should we have to drink?”
The effect on the audience was tre
mendous. No one ever forgot that “if.”
Marriage Marts.
The famous Tunis marriage mart is
held twice a year, in the spring and in
the uutumn. The Tunisian girls attend
by the hundreds, each with her dowry
in coin and jewelry disposed about her
person. The “golden girdle of maiden-
hood" encircles ber waist, and in it is
an unsheathed dagger. When the dag-
ger is gently removed by a passing gal-
lant and presently returned, it means
that a proposal has been made.
A prettier custom prevails among the
Ooraon maids, who, at stated intervals,
assemble in the market place. In front
of each Is a lighted lamp, an emblem
of conjugal | ty. A young men
feels attra and gently blows upon
the flame, extinguishing it. When the
girl relights it, it Is a rejectment; if she
allows the lamp to go unlighted, how-
ever, the suitor is acceptable.
Wise Elephants.
Elepbants. those animal sages that
are constantly changing keepers, be-
come 80 wise and know so much about
the tricks of the trade ard human na-
ture in general that they finally will
not work for any man. It is doubtful
if there Is a bull elephant more than
fifty years old performing in this coun-
try. They have not “gone bad,” as the
showmen say, but have learned too
much, picked up from their keepers,
and they cannot be worked with safe-
ty.~ An elephant that is going to make
trouble turns his back on his intended
victim and begins to swing his great
body from side to side. Then in a
flash he wheels, catches the offender
with his trunk and hurls him perhaps
twenty feet away, following
to crush the life from his body with
his mighty knees.
me —————
Generally Has That Effect.
She—I wonder why Methuselah lived
to such a great old age. He—Perbaps
some young woman married him for
his money.—Boston Transcript.
BARE FOOT
SANDALS
Are just the thing this
hot weather for children
and they don’t cost much.
We have the largest and
most complete line of
Bare Foot Sandals
in Centre County.
————
SOLD ONLY AT
Yeager’s Shoe Store,
Bush Arcade Building,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
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THE CALL OF THE SEA.
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From gay Atlantic City comes the call; fr
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uvenation; from Asbury Park and Long Branch
country with its sylvan shades meets the!
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crests of the incoming billows; from all the wave- |
washed coast of New Jersey, comes the summer call |
of the sea.
To all these delightful resorts, the service of |
the Pennsylvania Railroad is high-grade and con-
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venient. To Atlantic City, Cape May, Wildwood, |
and Ocean City, direct connection is made via the |-
Delaware River Bridge without transfer across
Philadelphia.
atfale
To Asbury Park, Long Branch, and
the Upper Coast resorts, good service! is
provided by through trains from Philadelphia.
The call of the sea is on. It promises
a regular dividend of pleasure, and an extra
grant of health and vigor to those who
heed it.
Will you come? -
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