Bellefonte, Pa., August 12, 1910.
A Bird's Barbed Wire Fences.
There may be seen along the road-
sides in Central America a brown wren
about the size of a canary which builds
a nest out of all proportion to its ap-
parent needs. It selects a small tree
with horizontal branches growing close
together. Across two of the branches
it lays sticks fastened together with
tough fiber until a platform about six
feet long by two feet wide has been
constructed. On the end of this plat-
form nearest the tree trunk it then
builds a huge, dome shaped nest a foot
or so high with thick sides of inter-
woven thorns. A covered passageway
fs then made from the rest to the end
of the platform in as crooked a man-
ner as possible. Across the outer end
as well as at short intervals along the
* inside of this tunnel are placed cun-
ning little fences of thorns with just
space enough for the owners to pass
through. On going out this opening is
closed by the owner by placing thorns
across the gateway. and thus the safe-
ty of the eggs or young is assured.—
Harper's Weekly.
Finding Mark Twain by Faith.
One evening a few years ago Brander
Matthews and Francis Wilson were
dining together at the Players club of
New York, when the former made the
suggestion that they write a letter to
Mark ‘I'wain. “But.” objected Mr. Wil-
son, “we don't know where he is,” for
it was at a time when Mr. Clemens
was away traveling somewhere. “Oh,”
said Professor Matthews, “that does
not make any difference. It is sure to
find him. [I think be is some place in
Europe, so we had better put on a
five cent stamp.” So the two sat down
and composed a letter, which they ad-
dressed to “Mark Twain, God Knows
Where.”
Within three weeks they received a
reply from Mr. Clemens which said
briefly. “He did.” The letter had been
sent by the New York postoffice to
Harper & Bros. thence to Chatto &
Windus of London, thence to a bank
in Vienna and from the bank to the
small town in Austria in which Mark
Twain happened to be staying.—Book-
man.
He Got Badly Left.
Experiences of a correspondent of a
Nuremberg paper go to sbow that the
German adulteration laws are drastic.
He says: “A French friend sent me
four bottles of burgundy. After pay-
ing the duty I was Informed that all
wine coming from abroad bas toc be
analyzed. As my consignment includ-
ed two kinds of wine a double analysis
was necessary, and for this 1 paid a |
fee of $0.24. As the end of a week |
received first a certificate attesting that
my wine was pure and, second. the |
case In which the bottles were sent. |
I was also informed that two bottles |
had been required to form the basix of |
each analysis and that consequently
there wa: no wine left. 1 am natural i
ly grateful to the state for the precau-
tions taken to guard my health, but I |
cannot help thinking 1 am entitled to |
the empty bottles. Surely these were
not also analyzed.”
Got His Receipt.
‘He had run up a small bill at the
village store and went to pay it, first
asking for a receipt. The proprietor
grumbled and complained it was too
small to give a receipt for. It would
do just as well, he said, to cross the
sccount off and so drew a diagonal
pencil line across the book.
“Does that settle it?” asked the cus-
tomer.
“Sure.”
“An' yell niver be askin' for it
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“Certainly not."
“Faith, thin,” said the other coolle,
“an’ I'll kape me money in me pocket.”
“But I can rub that out,” said the
storekeeper.
“I thought so.” said the customer
dryly. “Maybe ye'll be givin’ me a re-
ceipt now. Here's yer money.”
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One of the Natives.
A gentleman was once showing a
countryman round a zoo, when they
came to a cage containing a kanga-
00.
“What is that?” inquired the coun-
“Oh.” replied the gentleman, “that is
‘a native of Australia!”
Immediately the countryman threw
gp his arms in horror, exclaiming.
“Goodness gracious, my sister married
one of them!™-—London Telegraph.
Training For a Crash.
*sThat man is always anxious to get
into the spot light.” said the observant
citizen.
“Yes.” replied Senator Sorghum, “but
he doesn’t discriminate. One of these
days he's going to stand in front of a
focomotive headlight and not realize
fis mistake till be is run over.” —Wash-
ington Star.
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Labouchere’'s Sarcasm.
Of Gladstone Henry Labouchere
once remarked, “1 do not object to Mr.
Gladstone occasionally baving an ace
up his sleeve, but 1 do wish he would
pot always say that Providence put it
there.”
Hedging.
Clergyman—Will you take this wo-
man until death? Prospective Bride-
groom—Isn’t there any minimum sen.
tence?—New York Press.
The énvious man pines in plenty. like
“Tantalus up to the chin In water and
yet thirsty. —T. Adaios.
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beating would you call in the police?”
The woman addressed. a veritnhle
amazon in size and aggressiveness, |
turned a smiling countenance toward |
the justice and answered: :
“No, jedge. If he was mab hushaq’ |
an’ be treated me lak he did ‘ls wife |
Ah wouldn't call no p'liceman. No. |
sah: Ab'd call de undertaker.” — |
Youth's Companion. |
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Flexibility of English.
English is not only, as Richard Jef-
feries asserted. the most expressive
and flexible of tongues. but also, In’
Swinburne’s opinion. the most musi- |
cal. He proclaimed the laes— |
Music that gentller on the spirit lies |
Than tired eyelids upon tired eyes |
to be unmatched for melody in any |
language. And few would venture to
contradict such a master of music and
tongues. But surely French ranks
nest on the roll of languages. For
clearness of diction it is unrivaled,
and, thanks to its abundance of vow-
els (close on one for every consonant)
it lowes rhythmically from the tongue.
Against Westley’'s dictum, that French
is to German as a bagpipe to an or-
gan, may be cited a saying of another
famous divine. Dr. Dollinger, “L’'Alle-
mand n'est pas une langue, mais ceux
qui parlent ce jargon se comprennent
entre eaux” (German is not a lan-
guage, but those who speak this jar-
gon understand one another).—London
Chronicle.
Facts About Giants.
That very few of the giants who |
have ever lived have been healthy or
well formed recent researches prove
beyond a doubt. All we know abort
Goliath is that he was very tall, but in
the second book of Kings we red
about another giant. who had more
fingers than an ordinary human "wins.
and. according to modern scientists,
this is invariably a token of deren:
| eracy. Marcel Donnal saw at Milan |
| glant who was so tall that bis body
| filled two beds at night. but whose
| legs were so weak that be could hard. |
Iy stand upright. Willlam Evans, the
gigantic porter of Charles 1.. bad little
strength, and Cromwell's porter. an- |
other giant. ended his days in a luna- |
tic asylum. Finally, O'Brien. the Irish |
glant, has been described as “an enor-
mous sick child who grew up too
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Another Fake.
“Did you see the ‘lightning calcu-
| 1ator’ in the sideshow?" asked the old |
farmer in the wide straw hat. i
“By heck, yes.” drawled the other
ruralite, “and he was the biggest fake
in the show."
“How was that?"
“Why, thar was a thugderstorm go-
ing on while 1 was in the tent and
when I asked him if he could calculate
where the lightning was going to strike
he just gave me the laugh.”"—Chicago
News.
An Ominous Symptom.
“A good wife is heaven's greatest
gift to man and the rarest gem the |
earth holds,” remarked Mr. Jarphly
the other morning. “She is his joy,
his inspiration and his very soul.
Through her he learns to reach the
pure and true, and her loving bands
lead Lim softly over the rough places.
She is"—
“Jeremiah,” said Mrs. Jarphly sol-
emnly — “Jeremiah, what wickedness
have you been up to now?”
Doubled In Value.
A Missourian who bought some
Texas land and wanted to unload it
told a prospective buyer that it had
“doubled in value since I bought it.”
“But,” said the other. “you offered to
sell it to me for the same price you
paid. How has it doubled in value?”
“well, you see, I gave twice as much
as it was worth.”"—Kansas City Star.
Exchange of Compliments.
Maud—My mamma says she can re-
member when your mamma kept a
grocer’s shop.
Marie—My mamma says she can re-
member how much your mamma owes
her for groceries.
The Danger.
«It is always dangerous to try to get
something for nothing.” remarked the
wise guy.
“Yes, you might get what you de-
serve,’ added the simple mug.—Phil-
adelphia Record.
Life.
Life is a burden imposed yon you
by God. What you make of if, that it
will be to you. Take it up lLravely,
bear it joyfully, lay it down trium-
phantly.—Gail Hamilton.
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The Obliging Proprietor.
“Won't you please give me an or-
der?’ pleaded the persistent drummer.
“Certainly,” replied the crusty pro-
prietor. “Get out!"—Lippincott's.
Heaven often smites in mercy, even
whep the blow is severest.—Baillle.
Summer Vacations.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
ATLANTIC CITY, CAPE MAY
WILLWOOD ANGLESEA HOLLY BEACH
OCEAN CITY SEA ISLE CITY STONE HARBOR
NEW JERSEY
Thursday, August 25
$6.00 Round Trip $5.75 Round Trip
Via Delaware River Bridge Via Market Street Wharf.
FROM BELLEFONTE
TICKETS GOOD RETURNING WITHIN TEN DAYS
STOP-OVER ALLOWED AT PHILADELPHIA
For full information concerning leaving time of trains, consult small
hand bills or nearest Ticket Agent.
. R. WOOD GEO. W. BOYD,
_ Traffic Manager. 55-26-7t. Caner Di Agent.
Groceries. Groceries.
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Sechler &
COFFEE
When goods advance on the market the retail price
usually follows. But in regard to the recent advance in
Coffees we have not followed the ordi course, either
by marking up the ice or reducing the quality. We
have found a new and more favorable market in which to
buy the goods and maintain the high standard of our
leaders at 18c, 20c and 25 cents per pound.
If you are using a Coffee at 20 cents per pound fry our
18 cent grade.
Company
i of you are paying 25 cents for your Coffee try our
i cent A
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.
Sechler & Company,
Bush House Block, . - Bellefonte Pa.,
The Pennsylvania State College.
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Wall Paper Reduced.
Big Reduction In Wall Paper.
Owing to receiving our stock late in the season we have decided
to cut prices on all our goods. Our papers are all this Spring's
Stock therefore this is an for get the choicest se-
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lections obtainable at mark We also handl
Decorations. Seethe Chi-Namel Self Grainer, sosim-
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Of the Patrons of Husbandry of Central Penna., GRANGE PARK, CENTRE HALL, PA.
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Yeagers Shoe Store
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Everything----All Styles,
All Kinds and All Sizes
at a Big Reduction.
Yeager’s Shoe Store,
Bush Arcade Building, BELLEFONTE, PA.
LYON & CO.
Early Fall Dress Fabrics.
The early Fall Dress Fabrics and
Tailor-made Coat Suits
are here.
We invite all who would like to see
the early Fall Styles to come in our
store.
All the new Shades in fine Dress
Goods are here. From now on you
can see something new. Our Fall
stock will be replenished as we are re-
ceiving new goods every day.
Summer Goods Must Go.
Summer goods must go now in
order to have the room for our new
goods.
We have made greater reductions
on all Summer Stuffs.
The greatest bargains and money
saving prices on all Summer goods.
LYON & COMPANY,
Allegheny St. 47-12 Bellefonte, Pa.