13, 1911, Pa., January LINCOLN’S QUESTION. ft Stilled the Storm of Applause For His Opponent, Douglas. Professor lumes T. McLeary of Mankato, Minu. who for fourteen years represented a district of his state in congress, told this Lincoln “A friend of wine told me that when a boy he attended with his father one of the Gumous Lincoin-Douglus de- bates. in llinois My friend's father was a Lincoln man. bur the place in which that particular debate took place was x Douglas stroughold. “Douglas spoke first. and he was frequently interrupted by vociferous applause. I'he cheering and the hand- clapping at the ewd lasted four or five minutes. When Lincoln was intro- duced the crowd broke out into cheers for Douglas and kept it up for several minutes. Lincoln meanwhile waited patiently “When at length the enthusiasm had subsided Lincoln extended his long right arm for silence. When he had partly got this he said in an impres- sive tone, ‘What an orator Judge Douglas is” “Thix unexpected tribute to their friend set the audience wild with en- thusiasm. When this applause had run its course Lincoln. extending his hand again, this time obtained silence more casily “‘What a fine preseuce Judge Dou- las has! exclaimed the speaker ear- nestly. Again tumultuous applause fol. Towed the tribute “*How well rounded his sentences are! How well chosen his language is! How apt his illustrations are! ending up with, ‘What a splendid man Judge Douglas is! “Then when the andience had again become silent at his eall Lincoln lean: ed forward and said: “‘And now, my countrymen, how many of ron can teil me one thing Judge Douglas said? “My friend told me he searched his own heart for an answer and found ‘mone. Afterward he asked his father if he could remember anything Judge Douglas had said, and the latter re membered practically nothing ‘But’ my friend =aid to me impressively, ‘even now, half a century later, I can recall practically all that Lincoln sald.’ "—Exchange THE USE OF ARSENIC. How the Poison Acts When Taken as a Complexion Beautificr i “You no doubt uve observed the Hy | white complexion of some women. These wownen are sacrificing vears of their lives for that beautiful skin by | the use of wrsenic,” said a chemist of Manchester, England. “It is nn well known fact that thou. | sands of women in all countries of the | world use the poison in small quanti- | ties to bleach their skin It ix an ef. fective means of whitening and clear: ing the complexion, but the complex: fon given by its use has no perma mency unless the ahsorption of the drug | be continued. i “Arsenic, as selence has long told us. is an accumulative poison Whe. one | takes it either by preseription for the | upbuilding of an appetite or for the | bleaching of the skin he does not feel | any (ll effects for several years The | effect of the drug is bracing and makes | a person feel like eating. 1t also aids the diges'ien The average user of the poison takes it in such small quan- tities that he does not realize how much of it will accumulate in his sys- tem in the course of four or five years. “Being an accumulative poison, it often takes that length of time to see the results of the drug. Then the user | may complain of not being able to con- | trol I's fingers or toes, Subsequently he loses control of his hands and arms. Paralysis, superinduced by arsenical poisoning, Is the fearful result.— Wash. ington Post, That Was Enough. They were talking about the nosey | women who knew everybody in the! middle of the block, “Apparently she's got it in for those | people who moved nway from 35 last | week.” said he “What did they do to fier . “Nothing.” said she, “except to bor row her opera glasses the day before! they moved and keep them till the day after, so she couldn't get a chance to train them on their back room furl ture.”—New York Times. What Damp Means. Learn to know what damp means, especially when used upon polished woodwork. Think it means wet and you will be reviling valuable informa- tion as “newspaper rubbish.” Dip a cloth in hot water, wring it as hard as you can, then shake it in the air and it should have about the right amount of moisture.—~Exchange. The Silver Lining. “Oh, John,” exclaimed Mrs. Short. cash, who was reading a letter, “our son has been expelled from college. Isn't it awful?’ “Oh, | don't know,” answered Mr. Shortcash. “Perhaps I can pull through without making an assignment now." — Chicago News. Getting On. “How is your daughter getting along with her vocal lessons?’ “Splendidly. splendidly! She's got so now that sbe can say °‘l can't sing witthout my music’ just beautifully.— | Detroit Free Press. | called the North river. | forget it for a moment. How it re- LONDON’S HISTORIC TOWEP And the Egg From Which Was Hatch- ed the Great Charter. Richard Davey in “The Tower of London” connects the historic edifice with the wresting of the great charter from King John. King John, it would seem, though le- gally married to Isabella of Angou- lemme, fell desperately in love in 1214 with “Matilda” or “Maud,” “the Fair,” the beautiful daughter of Robert, Lord Fitzwalter. This lady, remaining deaf to his entreaties, was treacherously abducted from her father's seat at Dunmow by the king's order and shut up in the round turret of the White tower. On this Fitzwalter made a vain attempt to rouse the people to re- volt. but was forced to fly to France with his wife and remaining children. Maud once safe in the tower, King Jolin renewed his suit, but only suc- eoeded in driving her to utter silence, which so infuriated him that he sent her a poisoned egg for her breakfast, and she died early in 1215. A year later her remains were translated to the family vault at Dunmow. When the news of this crafty mur- der came to the ears of Fitzwalter he forthwith returned to England and discovered to his joy that the barons were on the point of declaring war against John. He at once placed him- self at their head, hoping, it is said, to combine his personal revenge with his duty as an English peer and is indeed supposed to have forced the king to sign the great charter for the express purpose of humiliating his daughter's murderer. Thus from an egg was hatched the great charter. Whether the story be true or false, it is a cer- tified historical fact that the barons held the tower in pledge till John con- sented to accept the charter and af- fixed his reluctant signature to the deed. About a year later, when the war with the barons was at its height and John ounce more a power, the tower again fell into his hands, and, though the barons laid siege to it, they were repulsed by the king's men. To com- plete its strange vicissitudes during this strenuous reign the tower became on Nov. 1, 1215, the temporary court of King Louis of France, whom the rebellious barons had summoned to assist in the adjustment of their griev- ances. Appearing before the gates with a large body of men, he so com- pletely awed the officials that they handed over the keys without striking a blow for thelr rightful monarch. FREAKS OF A RIVER. A Stream So Crooked That It Double Crosses Itself. There is n stream in Massachusetts It starts in a pond near Hanson and runs to the sea at Scituate. It is ten miles by alr line from Hanson to Scituate, and the river is forty miles long. This river is probably the most re- markable body of water, barring the |. Dead sea, on this footstool and has stood more abuse and bad ianguage than the Chicago river. When the tide is coming in the river runs upstream, and not only that. but the upper part of it, which is fresh water, also runs up, and the spectacle of a fresh water river beating it uphill is alone enough to call attention to itself. But there is much more to it than that. The North river Is noted for being the scene of the last Indian raid on the coast settlements. It is notable for having given birth to the ship Colum- bia, whose captain discovered and named the Columbia river, and was the first American vessel to circum- navigate the world. It is notorious for having suddenly changed its mind on its course on the night of Nov. 27, 1808, when it moved its mouth three miles to the northward, presented the town of Marshfield with a deep barbor, killed three men and converted about 200,000. acres of prime meadow land into a salt marsh. But the chief thing about this river is its crookedness. This river is so crooked that it double crosses itself. If you don't believe it go and see. There is one place in Hanover where by making three loops the river moves toward the sea for a distance of al- most fifty feet and meanders about for fifteen miles in doing it.—Boston Traveler. The Open Fire. The open fire is a primitive, elemen- tal thing. It cheers with more than mere heat; it is a bit of the red heart of nature laid bare: it is a dragon of the prince docile and friendly there in the corner. What pictures. what activity, how social, how it keeps up the talk! You are not permitted to sponds when you nudge it! How it re- joices when you feed it! Why, an open fire in your room is a whole lit- erature. It supplements your library as nothing else in the room does or can.—John Burroughs in Country Life in America. Out or In. “What's that noise?" asked the vis- itor in the apartment house. “Probably some one in the dentist's apartments on the floor below getting a tooth out.” “But this seemed to come from the floor above.” “Ah, then it's probably the Popleys' baby getting a tooth in!"—Catholic Standard and Times. Dolly and Doris. Nurse—Come, Doris. It is time for you and dolly to go to hed. Doris— What's the use? Dolly's so tired she can't sleep. and I've got a touch of insomnia.—London Punch. The best of us lack more'n wings to be angels.—~Thomas B. Aldrich. A Parting of the Hair From Which We've Partly Parted. What lias become of our well known fellow townsman that used to brush his hair two ways from a line extend- ing from crown to collar and swing the ends over his ears? He was a leading citizen. He sat in the next pew in front at church and always at- tended the shows. He worked in a bank in St. Louis and was mate on one of the Mississippi river steam- boats. He was a floorwalker in a New York dry goods store and kept a saloon just off the main street. Usually he wore a cluster of diamonds with a lit- tle chain attached in his shirt front. He was a conductor on the day ex- press, a Mason and an Odd Fellow, He practiced medicine and worked in the boot and shoe store. He had been to California and played cards for mon- ey. Well. be's still in town, although greatly changed. It was all the bar- ber’s fault. When he was in his prime and known to everybody the barber used to trim hair. Later he began to cut it. It wasn't long before our well known fellow citizen was nipped by the shears, his locks curled on the cal- fco pinned around his neck and rolled to the floor, and there wasn't anything to part. When the barber's ruthless shears cut their way to the very scalp they killed a famous pomade customer, for the man that parted his hair be- hind always stood (or sat) for the thing= in the bottles which cost 10 cents extra.—S8t, Louis Post-Dispatch, A Compliment For Him. | She was eighteen and very shy, and she never had been in the city before. There was no one at Broad street ste- tion to mect her, and she looked about ' timidly for a cab. Her mother had told her to take an hansom. She did not see any hansom, nor did she ! know that the “cebbles™ wore a livery | all their own. She did not see a police- | man either, so she approached a youth | who was standing on the corner of ! Fifteenth street with her bashful ques- | tion. : “Please,” she began, “are you a han- i som man?" : The youth raised his hend and | twirled his mustache ingratiatingly, | smiling with deprecating assumption ! of modesty. : “I am so considered,” he replied.— Philadelphia Times. Hunger From the Liver. i Hunger, appetite, does not start | from the stomach, as all believe and | as you all feel when hungered, but the ; call for food really comes from the ! fleshes of the whole body, mostly from the liver, it seems, for people who have had to have their stomachs taken en- tirely from their body still have the absent old stomach grow! and yell three times a day for meals, some- thing like people having finger pains and pleasures in a band that has been cut off for years.—New York Press. ROY of better materials. Machine. A A Al A Me A AN AB Al A Bn AM Br. A Br AM AS Mr. AB AO. 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Address Dr. I Worth Health: the health of their feet. them get wet. the best and the Bush Arcade Building, Yeagers Shoe Store Are Children Bringing Up? It can't be done without RUBBERS. This is what appeared in a recent number of the American Journal of The family doctor should din it into the mother's head all the time, that Keep the feet dry. Never let No child should be al- lowed to go out in snow or rain, or when walking is wet, without Rubbers. REMEMBER, Yeager's Rubbers are cheaper than the other fellows. Yeager’s Shoe Store, children lies in the prices just a little BELLEFONTE, PA. LYON & CO. THE LARGEST White - Sale Is now on at our store. Everything new and bought with special care to make this the largest and best White Sale we ever held. New muslin Underwear for Ladies and Children, new Table Linens and Napkins, Towels, etc. Muslin and Sheetings at old prices. New White Goods in Cotton, Linen and Wash Silk. Lace and Embroideries, the finest and at lowest prices. New Tailored Shirt Waists, Percales, Ginghams, in fact, every- thing that belongs to a large store. Complete in every department. We cannot give you a full list of all the Bargains. Come in and see our stock and you will see we mean to do as we advertise. Rummage Sale. In addition to this big White Sale we are a Rummage of all small lots of odds and ends in everything in thestore. This will mean goods bought at less than cost for winter and sum- mer stuffs. The R Table will mean dol- lars a customers. ASS LYON & COMPANY, Allegheny St. 47-12 Bellefonte, Pa.
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