Bellefonte, Pa., July 22, 1910. a —————————————————————————————————— In the Majority of Cases It Is Under Eight Feet. The average term of an elephant’s life, although there is no precise infor. mation on the point, is seventy or eighty years. The elephant is not in full vigor and strength till thirty-five. The most ready way of forming an approximate idea of the age is by the amount of turnover of the upper edge of the ear. In young animals, some- times up to the age of eight or nine years, the edge is quite straight. It, however, then begins to turn over, and by the time the animal Is thirty the edges lap over to the extent of an inch, and between this age and sixty this increases to two inches or slightly more. Extravagant ideas are held as to the height of an elephant. Such a thing as an elephant measuring ten feet at the shoulder does not exist In India or Burma. Sanderson, an ad- mitted authority on the subject, said the largest male he ever met with measured nine feet ten inches and the tallest female eight feet five inches. The majority of elephants, however, are below eight feet, and an animal rarely reaches nine feet, the female being slightly shorter thau the male. The carcass of an elephant seven feet four inches tall weighed in portions gave a total weight of 3.000 pounds, so an elephant weighing two tons should be common enough. The skin was about three-fourths of an inch thick. Louis Philippe’s Lack of Nerve When the Crisis Came. Baroness Bonde wrote in ber diary the following account of the abdica: tion of Louis Philippe of France on the day of thar remarkable occurrence: “An aid-de-camp of the minister of war who was In the king's cabinet when he abdicated gave me a detailed account of this most signal plece of cowardice. He bad reviewed the troops in the carrousel on borseback. highly rouged, when a cry was raised, ‘Voici les Kaubourgs!’ No one bad any orders: no one gave any. The mob rushed forward, shouting, ‘Vive Ia garde nationnles—vivent les troupes! and shook bands with the outposts The king retreated precipitately with his sons, and a sublieutenant of the national guard rushed into the pakce asking to see him. He was admitted and in the greatest agitation sald, ‘Your majesty must abdicate.’ ‘Very well,’ says the king. ‘In favor of my grandson.’ ‘No, unconditionally.’ says the young and self elected mouthpiece of public opinion. “Would you belleve it? Of all who were congregated round the royal per. son Piscatory alone sald: ‘Go down and head your troops. Fight for your crown and your dynasty.’ He was overruled, and they all marched out of the palace except the Duchesse d'Orleans, ber children and the Duc de Nemours." Escapes In War. Until war ceases, which will be the greatest miracle of all, it will always be the exhibition ground of miracles. How can a bullet puncture a man’s coat behind and before or pierce his boot and sock and be gravely shaken out of both without wounding bim? And what mysterious channel dees this human body contain which leads a bul- let dexterously around the heart, a hair's breadth from the seat of life, yet never rending it—a phenomenon vouched for by more than one army surgeon? Shells have burst thunder- ously between the very legs of soldiers and left them still soldiers. Pompom shells of two inches diameter have passed through legs and arms without shattering the bone or bursting at the impact, though there appears to be lit- erally no room for such a merciful performance. In fact, a history of the escapes in war would be wild reading even after a course ef Munchausen. Sharing His Bed. A Grub street friend of Dr. John: son’s was Derrick, of whom he wrote, “I honor Derrick for his strength of mind." One night when Floyd. an: other poor author. was wandering about the streets he found Derrick asleep upon a bulk. Upon being sud- denly awakened Derrick started up. “My dear Floyd.” said be. "1 am sorry to see you in this destitute state. Will you go home with me to my lodgings?” And they turned in on the bulk to- gether like the good fellows they were. A Crowd Assured. “Can't we have our marriage cele- brated quietly, dear duke?" “You mean wizout ze gr-r-reat crowd? “Yes.” “I'm afr-r-raid not. My creditors are quite sure to find us out. and every one weel be zere!"—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Well Begun—Half Done. Sidney was walking on the beach with his Uncle John when his uncle told him that if he could find two peb- bles exactly alike he would give him a dolar. Full of glee. Sidney began searching. By and by be ran to his uncle crying. “Ob. Uncle John. i've found ome of them!'—Delineator. Artful Innocence. “1 wish | was a moth.” was the enig- matical declaration made by a young married woman to her husband. But Not Until Maynard Was Nearly Dead From Terror. Regnier, the French saririst of the reign of Louix XII. forced a quarrel upon the poet Maynard, who was al- most Quakerish In his love of peuce. Maynard could not well avold the ap- peatance of taking up the quarrel, but immediately after the preliminaries sought out his patron, Comte de Cler- mont-Lodeve, and begged him to “sur- prise” the party at the dueling ground and break up the affair. The count promised, and Maynard went away with a lighter heart. But his patron, wanting some amusement, hastened to the field and concealed himself in the shrubbery before the party arrived. Maynard went through the first stages of preparation very well, but grew more and more nervous us time passed and the count did vot appear. Then he began to play for delay. First he was sure that his sword was shorter than bis adversary’s. necessitating a slow and technical mensurement. Next his boots hurt him, and he had a long, bard struggle to get them off his feet, At last, after the cold perspiration had begun to drip from his brow and he | was more dead than alive, his pro- | tector emerged suddenly from the bushes and interfered. A peace was soon patched up. Maypard declaring that if he had said anything disagree- able about Regnier he had not intend- ed to do so and Regnier accepting this as balm for his wounded feelings. As Maynard threw down his sword at the close of the parley and reached for his hat be was heard to murmur, *Anoth. er time 1 shall trust to my own wits to pull me out of a scrape, for if 1 had depended on the count | might have been made into mincemeat a half hour ago” -—New York Post. : The Long Battle Between These Two Conquering Forces. The dominion of man over the beasts | ‘| of the field does not yet laclude the ' rodents. Aurochs, cave bear and mam- moth we put down with stone headed | arrows. We bave wiped out the buf- falo. The lion and the elephant will soon be gone. But still the rabbit of Australia cost the colonies millions a year. Traps, ferrets and poison still fail to make headway agninst the rats, mice and gophers of the Unite] States. While our animal enemies have be- come smaller In size, they have grown more pumerons. It is as if nature after trying vainly to chastise ber io- surgent sou with a catapult bad gone after him with a shotgun. The fact is that of all warm blooded creatures there are just two that are really dominant, successful, increasing in numbers and range and able to maintain themselves anywhere in the world against all rivals. These two are man and the rats. The genus The Explanation of the Automobile = Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. Driver and a Climax. ' After the victim of the accident was | | earried to the sidewalk the automoblie driver turned his machine and came | back and explained how it happened with considerable warmth, “This woman,” be volubly remarked to the policeman, “was entirely to blame. She ran around from ahead of the street car and deliberately put her- self in my way. After she bad dodged | the coal cart it was too late for me to stop. 1 couldn't tell which way she | was going, and when I saw that she ! was dazed and foolish | jammed on | the brakes and tried to puss to the | lett, but of course she bad to run the | same way, and the consequence was ' that in endeavoring to avoid a vaby | carriage with twins In it and an old ' man who was walking with a crutch | I suppose 1 must bave hit her. But 1 | wasn't going more than two miles an hour, and any woman who would | dodge around in that foolish way and ! lose her head shouldn't be permitted {to go on the streets without a bunch of guardians.” The policeman nodded. | “Come over to the sidewalk,” he said, “and take a look at her.” | So the driver went to the curb with | the officer and looked at the unfortu- | nate creature who had so actively con- | tributed to her own disaster. | And, lo, it was only a dressmaker’s | dummy that had fallen off the rear of |a delivery wagon! — Cleveland Plain Dealer, An Ancient Astronomer. About 500 B. C. Anaxagoras of Io- nia was born. When he “grew up in wisdom” he was the first to teach the | course and cause of both solar and lunar eclipses and to give his followers rules whereby they could distinguish 2 : & g § 8 Another Way. Student—1 want some Information about the bronzes. | suppose I had better write to the keeper? Attend- | ant—Y¥es, miss, or you might see him | verbally!~London Punch. The Degrees. “What are the degrees of a stingy man’s married life?" “I suppose they are matrimony, par simony, testimony and alimony.” = Baltimore American. crowd is not company, and faces but a gallery of pictures and t a tinkling cymbal where there love.—Bacon. 25, | | | | ee homo and genus mus gn everywhere | and eat everything. They are the two creatures that dwell in houses and travel in ships. Each drives its other rivals to the wall, but neither excep’ locally and for brief periods has ever come near to exterminating the other Civilized man bas fought the common rat for 200 gears, and the battle Is still drawn.—McClure's Magazine. Kind Words Mean Much. Cultivate kindness of heart; think | well of your feilow men: look with | charity upon the shortcomings in their lives. Do a good turn for them as op- | portunity offers and, finally, don't for- | get the kind word at the right time. How much a word of kindness, en- couragement or appreciation means to others sometimes and how little it costs us to give it. We do not need to wait for some special occasion, When calamity overtakes a friend words of sympathy and encouragement are offered sincerely enough, yet in | certain respects as a matter of course. | Such an occasion calls for expression | on our part, and we naturally respond. | But why wait for occasion? Why not | speak the kind word when there is no | special eccasion? The Roman Senate. The Roman senate had for many centuries but 300 members, selected from the patricians, or aristocrats. The office of senator was for life. The body was practically supreme in matters of legislation and administra- tion, The majority of votes decided a question, and the order in which the | voting took place was Invariably de- | termined by rank, beginning with the | president and ending with the quas- | tors. The senators wore on their tunics | a broad purple stripe—a hadge of dis- | tinction, like a modern decoration— and they had the exclusive right of precedence at theaters, the amphithea- ter and all other public gatherings. i What She Wanted. | “Are you fond of etchings?" asked the young man who had taken the hostess’ pretty niece down to supper. “As a general thing, yes," she an- swered, looking up into bis eyes with havoc to his heart, “but,” hastily as be started to say something pretty, “not any tonight, thank you; {it is rather late. A small piece of cake will be sufficient.” Prima Facie Evidence. The late Lord. Morris on one occa. slon gave a characteristic illustration of the meaning of “prima facie evi dence.” “If,” he said to the jury, “you saw a man coming out of a public house wiping his mouth, that would be prima a drink.” Women’s Woes. BELLEFONTE WOMEN ARE FINDING RE- Bie fi i | fie i155 ] | £ E % HE tare 8 wo i £k Esamine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, facie evidence that he had been hav- Sis and ure dy Tor iafents apd child =g and see that It " wo, Zoi False friendship, like the tvy, decays | Signature of 7 and ruins the walls it embraces, but | In Use For Over 30 Years. true friendship gives new life and ani The Kind You Have Always Bought. mation to the object it supports, ' | Castoria. CURTIS Y. WAGNER, Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of Roller Flour Feed Flour and Feed. | Attorneys-at-Law., C. -Law, JES ea BROCKERHOFF MILLS, BELLEFONTE, PA. KLINE WOODRING-~Altotiey-at -Law, ee FCs Exchange. Si-1-ly. B. SPANGLER—Attorney-at-Law. FA Lg or German. Office in Crider’s Exchange, 5. TAYLOR Aor Corn Meal | ih. ome be Rika ices bless: The Kind You Ha Always Bought d Grain X floor Na, JL Co i) Exhins econ ou ve - A Baa borne the signature Chas Manufactures and has on hand at all times the to promptly. Consultation in English German, flercher, and haa besu jade under following brands of high grade flour: years. no one to deceive you in rl " this. Counterfeit, ha ene WHITE STAR “Taw Eagle CBelgionte, Ba. Succom: Lk Aa Ro ae .- OUR BEST the in Engiah or German 30.7 HIGH GRADE VICTORY PATENT J M —Attorney-at-Law. WHAT IS CASTORIA : FANCY PATENT |J and German. Office south of "in Epson tAll professional business receive prompt at a me hi The only place in the county where that 5 Syrups, It is Pleasant. It a a ee aa ae in —T contains neither Opium, Morphine nor G ysicians. its guarantee tee. It destroys ¥ vs Worms and S P R AY 3 : "Wind Colic. It relieves T 4 WwW Seats Coll, Contre county, Far Ofcs Foun ra assimilates Food 4 at his regulates the Stomach and : can be secured. Also Sick Food | E BE ey and natural sleep. "The dnd toes St ainda. : Dentists Bears the Signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER. 47-19 In Use For Over 30 Years, 54-36-2lm RE —— Insurance. sess. SEE All kinds of Grain bought at the OFFICE and FINE JOB PRINTING { SiG PAT SR, nr D SH TS tees A EL VARD, D.N,S. ing rown and J. teeth. reasonable rE | ind prices reasonable. ONES Sober at sfees JM. % S141. ate, Pa. R. S. M. NISSLEY. Fine Job Printing, VETERINARY SURGEON, Tr Office Palace Livery Stable i Bellefonte, Pa., Ee 3201y* Graduate University of Pennsylvania, . t ~ Pr JOHN F. GRAY & SON, perl A - (Successor to Grant Hoover) | AT THE = tg, - Fire, WATCHMAN OFFICE BA Life loo inh hi Bo flue RESTAURANT. _ a ok . Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res-. Accident Insurance. BOOK WORK, taurant where al This Agency represents the largest Fire Tamm Meals are Served at ‘All Hours fac manne anda rics contr Oysters on —— NO ASSESSMENTS — ent with the ciate of work, Calf'ulf or hall shell oF in any siyle desired. Sand: anything i hoe Jail eo ive ua a call before Jnsuring Your he had in a Sh Rg BY, large lines at any time. Bustin fran ooh Pi Drea Office in Crider's Stone Building, Saddlery. POPS, Q18ly BELLEFONTE, PA. |= == SODAS, SARSAPARILLA, SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC., ti ie wd as ve the purest syrups and The Preferred Accident wis Insurance Co. THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY , over eighteen moral and may | re under this x : Fire Insurance Watch this space for New Announcement JAMES SCHOFIELD, Harness, Saddles, Blankets, Robes, Nets, C. MOERSCHBACHER, High St, Bellefouts;Pa. Meat Market. Get the Best Meats. You save or gristly meats. LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE ing by buying poor, thin use only Next Week. I alwavs have = DRESSED POULTRY = Game in season, and any kinds of good meats you want. TRY MY SHOP. — P. L. BEEZER, High Street. 43-34-1y. Bellefonte, Pa. DEALER IN EE ————————————————————————————— I invite your attention to my Fire Insur. | Goods. ance , the strongest and Most STE EEEE EE | | cone st en prgroNTE, PA H. E. FENLON, ¢ =— EDWARD K. RHOADS on, Agent, Bellefonte, Pa. Children Cry for : Fletcher's Castoria. ivting wud Soman Niagara Falls Excursion. PENNSYLVANIA SE NIAG ning via the PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED JULY 27, AUGUST 10, 34, SEPTEMBER Round Trip Rate $7.10 from Bellefonte, Pa. SPECIAL TRAIN of Pullman Parlor Cars, Dining Car, and Day Coaches run- ANTHRACITE ano BITUMINOUS COALS CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS and other grains. RAILROAD EXCURSIONS —— BALED HAY AND STRAW — Builders’ and Plasterers’ Sand. KINDLING WOOD by the bunch or cord as mav suit puschasers, respectfully solicits the patronage of his friends and the public, at his Coal Yard, near the Pennsylvania Passenger Station. Ege ,an Vo a =e, re ee ee = i : 161 Telephone Cats: { EEUU — EE a ppt - ILES.—A cure that is guaranteed if you use Graded FALLS 7, 21, OCTOBER 5, 1910
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