Bellefonte, Pa., July 22, 1910. The Tale of a Fox From the West Coast of ireland. It has often beep said that the fox fs the most cunning of all animals, but the following story of vulpine sagucity seems to require some cre dence. Some tishermen on the west coast of Irelund were in the habit of going to a small island a few hundred yards from the mainland In quest of bait. The island was Inhabited by large numbers of rabbits and could be reached at low tide by wading. the water then being only a few inches deep. One morning they went in their boat quite early, it being high tide, and on landing saw what seemed to be a dead fox lying on the beach, The fur of the animal was all bedraggled. and he seemed to have been drowned. One of the men, remarking rhat his skin was worth something, pitched him into the boat. Procuring their bait. they returned to the mainland. and then the man who had possessed bimini? of the fox seized bim by the tail and flung him on shore. As soon as the animal struck the beach he picked himself up with considerable agility for a dead fox and shot off like a fash along the cliffs, while the men stood staring at one another in mute astonishment. The men concluded that be had crossed over to the island during the night when the tide was low in search of rabbits and, finding in the moruing that he was cut off from the mainland, counterfeited death, with the expectation of thereby procuring a passage to the shore in the boat, an expectation which was fully reaiized.—London Globe, Richard Strauss Composed Dance Mu- sic at the Age of Six. Richard Strauss was a musical prodigy. His first effort at writing music was made at a Christmas cele- bration, says the Designer. Some chil. dren were dancing around the tree and singing a three part song. *l can com- pose music like that,” =ald the six- year-old Richard to bis mother. ‘I'here- upon be sat down and did so. But his mother was obliged to write In the words, becanse, although he could write music legibly, his pot books were too large. Strauss himself not only vouched for the truth of this story. but said that while he was still six years old he composed a polka and u schottische. Richard was only fifteen when a sym- phony composed by him was brought out by Herman Levi, court conductor at Munich and conductor of the tirsr performance of “Parsifal” at Bay. reuth. bow his acknowledgment of the ap plause which followed the symphony a man in the audience turped to his neighbors and asked, “What hax that boy got to do with it?" “Nothing.” was the reply, “escept that he's the composer.” Ancient Ideas of Africa. In mediaeval times Africa was an unknown continent as well as Asi. | Until a few years after the discovery | of Columbus no one had sailed around At, and it was quite generally thought, as it had previously been thought in regard to Asia, that the African cou- tinent extended on and on indefinitely. It was supposed that far to the south was the zone of heat, in which vo bu- man being could live, This was by no means an unreasonable inference to the ancients. They knew that the far. ther they sailed to the north the colder it grew and that in the extreme north was a region of perpetual snow. They alse knew that the farther they salled to the south the warmer it grew, and what was more natural for them to suppose that if they went far enough in that direction they would come upon lands that were parched and baked and upon seas that boiled. where notb- ing could live but salamanders? The Smile. We talk of a smile of defiance. There is really no such thing. Such a so called smile is nothing more oor less than a snarl, a survival of the way our savage ancestors bad of show- fng their teeth in order to strike fear into the hearts of their enemies. ‘Lhe real smile of pleasure begins with slightly opening the mouth, and is, ot course, traceable to the joy of those same savage forefathers of ours at the prospect of food. A Mean Comparison. “Confound these railway time ta- bles!” snapped Mr. Stubb as the loug folder refused to remain closed long enough for him to place it in his pock- et. “They remind me of a woman.” “The idea!" replied his wife in sur. prise. “What is the comparison?" “Why, they are bard to understand, and you can’t get them to shut up.” An Old itory. Doctor—1 shall have to forbid you smoking, drinking and staying out late nights. Patient—Oh, doctor. be erigi- nal! My wife's dene that already.— Boston Transcript. A Proud Prerogative. “When can a boy be said to have ar- rived at man's estate ?™ “When he begins giving his old clothes to his father.”—8t. Louis Re- public. A Change Impending. He—If you accept me it will make another man of me, but if you refuse me 1 shall never be the same man again.~London Punch. It is as easy to deceive oneself as it fs difficult to deceive others.~Roche- foucauld. — Hit Him Coming and Going. An attorney went to a livery stable | and hired a. team for two or three pours and ut the end of that time, in a state of absentmindedness, left the team at asotber livery siable, where it remained eight days. At stable No. 1 there was no worry about the team. good for the pay. They knew that if be kept the team a month the bill would be paid promptly on presenta- tion. They presumed that he knew what he was about and concluded it | was bis business and not theirs. Ar | stable No. 2 there was equal freedom | from anxiety. The attorney came | there. left the team and went away. | saying nothing. They put the horse | into a stall and “chalked it down™ on the office slate, knowing him to be a» business man who paid «<i. Discov ery came at last, and ihe Inwyer was presented with two bills, one tor elzht days’ hire and the other for eight days’ They knew the attorney was perfectly keep. He paid both bills promptly, | | "Boxing the Compass. | Boys who live Ip seaport towns are asked to. “box the Lom pass.” If they can do it quickly and accurately they are tine sallors and may grow up to be the captain of a four master. If they miss a point or lubbers and will pever see blue water. | To bos the compuss weans to uaine all the points in order just as fast as you can speak. This is the way an old down east skipper will rattle it off’: North, nor’ by east, por'-nor'east, nor - east by north, northeast, nor'east by east, east-noreast, east by north, east, east by south east-sou’eust, sou'east by east, sou'east, sou'east by soutl sou’-sou‘enst. sou’ by east, south, sou’ by west, son-ou'west, =ou'west by south, son'west, sou'west by west, by west, nor'west, nor'west by nor, | por-nor'west, nor’ by west, north, Can you do ii7-Eschaoge. but it cured him of being absenimind | ed for pearly a whole month. i The Coffee Cup In Persia. | The expression “to give a cup of coffee” hax in Persia a somewhat omi- nous significance. This is due to the fact that the coffee cup is one recog- nized medium for conveying poison. Some years ago the governor of Aspa- dana, having long been at daggers drawn with the chief of a powerful mountain tribe, determined in this way to put an end to all trouble. He professed to entertain a great degree of friendship nnd exteem for the chief- tain and invited him to visit him at his palace. The chief unsuspiciously came, accompanied by his two young sons. For a week they were royally enter: tained. But at last one morning when the chief came into his host's presence he was coldly received. and an attend: ant soon stepped forward with a single cup of coffee in his band. which he of- fered to the guest. The latter could pot fall to understand that he was doomed. Preferring., however, steel to poison, he declined the cup and was thereupon. at a signal from his host, stabbed to death. Salad of the Shoes. Freshmen bave troubles the world over. The “comscrits,” as they are called at the famous Ecole Polytech- nique in Paris, are subjected to ap amusing Initiation called the salad of shoes. The freshmen report some days before the upper class men so that they can receive their uniforms and become famillar with the routine of the school. The first morning after their tormentors return the freshmen are aroused by a demand that they throw their shoes out of the windows When Richard came om tn | | in a big circle around this, the fresh- men are obliged to go through some ridiculous gymnastic movements at the study bell rings they have but a and it is a strenuous minute around that pile of shoes. Tennyson Disturbed. ard's book “My Friends the French:” “A granddaughter of Wordsworth, | being full of admirasion for the young | poet who was to succeed her grand. i father in laureate honors, was once taken to see Mr. Tennyson by Mrs. | Taylor, the wife of another poet of some distinction. Tennyson received them very badly, showing great irri- tation at being disturbed, and when Mrs. Taylor rallied him on his manner he said: ‘Madam, I am a poor maa. and as I can't afford to buy the Times I bire it from the stationer’s. He charges me a penny for it, which enti- tleas me to keep it for an hour. Why will people always select just that | hour to come and call upon me? After which he flung out of the room, leav- ing Mrs. Tennyson to apologize for his brusquerie.” Currency In China. Writing from the interior of China, a traveler says: “Currency is primitive to a degree. Lump silver only is used and copper ‘cash.’ Coined money is not eurrent. Even in Honan city, which Is distant only two days by rail from Pekin. lump silver, the same cum- brous currency that has been used for centuries, is still employed. It is cut into small pieces by hammer and chis- el. Every town and village has its own weights and scales, and there is no pretense at uniformity.” The Man and the Parrot. Exasperated Purchaser-—Didn't you guarantee that this parrot would re- peat every word he heard? Bird Dealer—Certainly 1 did. “But ae doesn’t repeat a single word.” “He repeats every word he hears, but he never hears any. He is as deaf as a post.” Life's Percentages. It sometimes happens that a man plays an erroriess game because he ac- cepts mighty few chances. The man in the right girden is pretty. sure to have a better fielding record than the shertstop.—Atchison ‘Globe. Outdone. “He doted on Alice and would have married her but for her mother.” - “Ah! Her mother” “Yes; her mother was stil more at- tractive.” Missed Fire. Putton-Ayres—] am .caviare to the general. you know. Miss Innocent— Oh, are you really? My brether is in the military too.~Boston Transcript. Grief is crowned with consolation— Shakéspeare. into the courtyard. The shoes are | | gathered into a heap, and. kneeling the command of their superiors. When | minute to appear in the class rooms, | This story is told in Robert H. Sher. | | Gunpowder and Artillery. west-sou'wesi, west by south, west, | | west by purtl, west-nor'west, nor west | i There ix abundant evidence that the i { origin of gunpowder and artillery goes | far back lu 1he dim agex of the past The Hindoo code, compiled long before the Christian era, prolibited rhe muak- Ing of war with cannon and guns or i any Kind of firearms. Quintus Curtius | informx ux that Alssander the Great met with firs weapous in Asia, and | Philostratus =ny« that Alexander's cone { quests were arrested by “rhe use of | gunpowder. It ix alse written that | those wise men who lived in the eiries of the Ganges “overthrew their ene mies with rempests and thunderbolrs shot from the walle" An Odd Turkish Superstition. An odd Turkish superstition Is as follows: If one finds a piece of bread Iying upon the ground he must plek it up, kiss ir and carry it until he tinds a serted. To step upon a piece of bread dooms the offender to the third hell where he ix perpetually gored by an ox that has but a single horn that is in the center of his forehead. Adva'.cad Ancestral Pride. i “80 Wooley Ix very rich now When 1 knew him ne was poor. His only treasure In those days was the musket his great-winudfuther carrled in the Revointion.” “Oh, his great-grandfather hus been promoted since, Womdby exhibits bis sword now.” =Philadelphin Press The Limelight. “Pa, what Ix meant by the lime light? | “The limelight, my boy, Is something that evervhady wants to be in withomt | paying adveetising rates tor the priv | Dege."—Detroit Free 1'ress. Groceries, hole iuto which the bread ean be in | or to leave It Iying upon the ground is | ene of the unpardonable sins and | | The Firstborn. | Visftor—My: What a fine baby! How much does he weigh? Fond Mother—~1 really don’t know. He hasn't been welghed since noon. -Life. Happiness is an equivalent for all can only do it slowly they are und: | eeanhiesome things - Epictetus. EE i Hood's Sarsapsrilla. | | | | That have great medicinal power, are | hat have § go efficiency, for puri- {ying and et R the blood 28 they are “My two boys were broken out with Hoods Sarsaparilla ach. it cured thers. n less than a month.”"—Mgs. IRA BIRD, Port orris, N. J. 40,366 Niiuionials received by actual count in two years. Be sure to take HOOD'S SARSAPARILLA Get it today g usual liquid form oF Choce- B—— wo ———— — Travelers Guide. ENTRAL RAILROAD OF PENNSYLVANIA. Condensed Time Table effective June 17, 1909. | ] | READ DOWN | | =meap ue. m————] SPATIONS . No 1No5No3 0 6 No 4 No2 | a.m. p.m. p.m. Lve., Ar. -m. a.m, | ¥'05"6 55 % 2) BELLEFONTE. § 10.5 05 § 40 7151706232... Nigh.......... San ey Thnl zy vob haz ih Zion, PO RE 44% 15 TB Ene 34 tH oh] 733723 251... 839 434909! 1372 255... 836 $8 9%) 7400730 288.70 834 4270002 74733 301... iB 32 {us| FH 30 Ciiotondaie, 3 38 4 1818 54 7874 32 Keidorwotng 822 4 148% 7 Ba 49 3 19) Mackeyville.... 18 4 09.68 48 802/754 32 812 403 843 805 757 325. Salona... {810 401 841 810 802 330. MILL HALL.. 805 3 56. 8 36 (N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R.) 11 40/ 8 53......... Jersey Shore......... | 309-782 1215 9 30/Arr. . | 235 1720 11229 11 30 Lve. WAMPORT | 7! 230 6850 7% 650... PHILAD! 1836 1130 1010 900........ NEW YORK......... | 900 p.m) amar Vig Pasa.) Lve. a.m. p.m : t Week Days. WALLACE H. GEPHART, Superintendent. ELLEFONTE CENTRAL RAILROAD. Schedule to take effect Monday, Jan. 6, 1910 WESTWARD 1 EASTWARD Readdown.' Read up. es SEATON, i ] tNo5 tNo3 Nol tNo2tNo4 Nob , | | ! . m.'a. m.la.m.|Lve. y Lip. m./p.m 200 10 15) 6 30... Bellefs “ 6 00 312 1073 638 38 2 i 10 7 643). 545 221 10 30 6 46iF 54 226 10 34/6 50. 535 2321040 655..... 530 235 1045700. 525 EE Bloomsdorf. 7 40 35 PineGroveM'l' 7 35 F. H. THOMAS, Supt. Children Cry for w 8 w 8 Sechler & Company marking up the buy the 18 cent grade. 20 cent COFFEE When advance on the market the retail price usually follows. But in regard to the recent advance in Coffees we have not followed the by rice or reducing have found a new and more favorable market in which to goods and maintain the high standard of our leaders at 18¢c, 20c and 25 cents per pound. If you are using a Coffee at 20 cents per pound ry our If you are paying 25 cents for your Coffee try our goods . Or if you are buying at 30 cents try the high grade goods we sell at 25 cents per pound. This is a severe test but we are very confident we can make good. Give us a trial, and please mention in which paper you saw this advertisement. course, either e quality. We Bush House Block, . Sechler & Company, 55-1 - Bellefonte Pa, IF YOU WISH TO BECOME A Chemist An Engineer An Electrician positions. 85-1 al i BB Be Be A MB BM. A BM. DB. AM BBB Me. M.D The Pennsylvania State College. The Pennsylvania State College Offers Exceptional Advantages A Scientific Farmer Or secure a Training that will fit you well for any honorable position in life. TUITION IS FREE IN ALL COURSES. Tiss Serr Bu Sr Gm Epa pate adapted Tis os Sp Sea Smt YOUNG WOMEN are admitted to all courses on the same terms as Young Men. For specimen examination papers MILA rem a Ao ll tn a ~ A Teacher A Lawyer A Physician A Journalist NY YY YY UY YY YY UY YY YY YY YY TY TY YY ve State College, Centre County, Pa. pr Yeagers Shoe Store 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. ET SOLD ONLY AT Yeager’s Shoe Store, BELLEFONTE, PA. Bush Arcade Building, LYON & CO. Summer Clearance Sale Our Summer Clearance Sale is now atits 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, @®rgandies, Embroideries, Laces, Gloves, Cor- sets, Underwear, Shirt Waists,, Wash Suits, Ladies’ and Misses’ Tailor made Suits. Men's Fine Shoes Men's Working Shoes Men's Fine Shirts Men's Working Shirts Boy's Fine Shoes Boy's Working Shoes Boy's Fine Shirts Boy's Working Shirts Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Low Shoes, white, russet and black. Everything in the Shoe line reduced. Now is your time to come to our store and get bar- gains. A 4 ame 4 Em 4 me A ae 4 am 4 am J LYON & COMPANY, Allegheny St. 47-12 . Bellefonte, Ps. +
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