Democratic ata. "Bellefonte, Pa., January 13, 1911. HEMMED IN BY LIONS. A Bad Gass of Stage Fright and a Reo- ord Stunt In Singing. Stage fright of the sort that affiicted Whit Cunliffe, at one time a promi- nent singer in English music halls, is not avoidable. Fortunately also it is not common. At a place where he was engaged in Birmingham one of the at- tractions was a lion show, some of the beasts being really wild and untamed. Nearly the whole stage was taken up with the “setting” --the animal show, “Just as 1 was going on,” said Cun- liffe in telling the incident, “I heard a hurried rush and confused shouting, and some one slammed an iron gate. 1 heard a voice say, ‘Just in time; he was nearly out.’ My music was start- tng, so 1 had no time to inquire. I went on the stage. “In a moment | heard ominous growls and savage snarls mixed with much whip cracking and strenuous breathing. | am never fond of a wild animal show, and 1 felt distinctly nervous that night. The cloth behind me sagged and swayed. and then, to my horror. suddenly in the wings I saw the huge head and front of a lion. “] was singing an song called ‘1 Would! which had a lot of short verses. As | sang them, my blood running cold. | watched the lion. It seemed slowly to advance, and its baneful eyes glittered in a truly borri- ble way. 1 could not go off that side without passing it. so 1 prepared to ‘exit’ with haste, “Turning. | was doubly horrified to see another lion on the other side. “] was caught like a mouse in a trap. [ dared not go off the stage: I dared not show my OE oomitare to the audience. There was only one thing for me to do-sing. So | sang in des. peration. hoping that some one would come and take those lions away. They told me afterward that | sang ninety- eight verses. But I think that was un- kind. “I wondered how long it would take those twn brutes to make up their minds to come into the full glare of the footlights, and 1 had just prepared to leap Into the stalls, regardiess of the consequences, when 1 heard the hoarse voice of one of the stage hands say: ‘Eve. Bill, these two chaps are too far forward. Give a ‘and with them. will yer” And. coming up be- tween the two lions, they lifted them bodily. They were papier mache!” LIFE IN SANTIAGO. Curious Customs That Prevail In the Capital of Chile. They have women conductors on the electric cars of Santiago. the capital of Chile. This was made necessary by a war. which took so many men to the front and imposed upon women the work usually done by men. The custom has heen kept up, the women having proved equally as efficient as the men had been. One of the most peculiar customs seen here is the evening promenade in the plaza or park, which is attended by young ladies and young men and quite small boys and girls. They do not mix, but keep quite separate paths. Yet even the little girls at seven or eight years are finished coquettes. Their eyes languidly observe every man and boy in the plaza, and they take care that each shail receive a due share of their smiles. Another curious custom which pre- vails in Santiago and which is joined by those fortunate enough to have fine horses and carriages is the prom- enade at the Parque Causino, a beau- tiful park near the center of the city. A company of mounted police stands in single file in the center of the drive, and the carriages, with uniformed coachmen and footmen and beautiful ly gowned women and fashionably dressed men occupying tlie carriages, ride around nnd around these mounted police Sometimes there are (wo or as many as six rows of carriages, some going in the opposite direction and alternat- ing, the ladies smiling and the gentle men tipping their hats in a polite man. ner. This promenading lasts from 5 o'clock in the afternoon until 8 o'clock in the evening. —Logical Point r— The Moslem’s Exalted Month. Ramadan is the month exalted by Moslems above all others In that month the Koran--according to Mos lem tradition—was bronght down by Gabriel from heaven and delivered to man in small sections In that month Mohammed was acenstomed 9 retire from Mecen to the cave of Hira for prayer and meditation In that month Abraham, Moses and other prophets received their divine revela- tions. In that month the “doors of heaven are always open, the passages to hell are shut, and the devils are chained.” So run the traditions.— Christian Herald. The Missing Word. A “new missing” word contest has just appeared. It is as follows: A good church deacon sat down on the pointed end of a tack. He at once sprang up and said only two words. The last was “it.” Any one guessing the first word and sending a dollar in cash will be entitled to this periodical for one year.—Lippincott's. Her Little Joke. “Mrs. Pulferly Is tickled to death with the way she fooled the customs inspectors.” “How did she do it? “She didn’t buy a thing abroad.”"-— Cleveland Plain Dealer. | | | Vergil's ° NEXT DOOR'S FRUIT TREE. fhe One Whose Branches Extend Over the Fence into Your Yard. The next door fruit tree, growing so near the line that laden branches ex- tend over the fence, has proved a source of untold spankings to the small boy. quarrels between otherwise good neighbors and even resort to the police courts. One is inclined to sus- pect that the original apple tree of trouble hung over a neighbor's fence. The cause of friction is, of course, the question of the ownership of or at least the right to take and use the uit on the too widely spread branches. Generally this fruit is claimed by the person whose property is thus invaded, but if he asserts this claim to the point of gathering the fruit without permission he may feel the iron hand of the law, says Har- per's Weekly. If he objects to the presence of the branches which extend over his property the owner of the tree must remove them. But if the owner of the tree applies for the fruit or asks permission to enter and take it the owner of the land over which the branches extend cannot refuse permis- sion for entry for this purpose. If he refuses either to hand over the fruit or to allow the owner of the tree to enter and take It, then the owner of the tree may enter without permission, but he must use no force nor commit any damage in so entering. Certainly the most neighborly thing to do wend be to divide that fruit. INDEXING B BOOKS. The Custom Is an , an ON One That De- veloped Rather Slowly. The custom of indexing books de- reloped gradually. Cicero used the word “index.” but in the sense of a ble of contents. Seneca provided some works which he sent to a friend with notes of particular passages, *‘so that he who only aimed at the useful might be spared the trouble of exam- ining them entire.” This was at least a partial “index” in the modern sense. Annotated, or at least explanatory, tables of contents seem to have pre- ceded the index proper. Such tables followed the order of appearance of the subjects in the book itself. Alphabetical arrangement, which was the beginning of the real index, appears not to have been thought of until the invention of print- ing, and even then it spread but slowly. Erasmus was one of the first to provide his works with alphabetical | indexes. The custom did not become universal until well into the sixteenth | century. The first index to an Euglish book is | said to be that printed in Polydore ‘Angliae Historine,” in 1546. An edition of this work published ten | years later has an index of thirty- | seven pages. Stories of Wellington and Blucher. I once met Wellington at dinner. He | was then much aged, talked gravely | and with great distinctness, ate but little, drank no wine and left early. He was a member of the Union club when 1 joined it, and I have heard a story Crockford’s, the famous gambling re-' sort, that he might blackball his sons | if they became candidates. I remember the touching anecdote | of how he and that old Prussian war- | rior Blucher met upon the field of | Waterloo and mingled their tears over the bodies of the slain. The well known and much more probable story is told of Blucher that, having been entertained at a city dinner and thor oughly admiration of London, concluding, | however, with the startling exclama- tion, “What a splendid city it would | be to sack!"—-From Sergeant Ballan- Jine's Experiences. “I Don't Think.” Many correspondents have traced “I don't think” through many writers speakers. But this writer, who the habit of reading the Bible in the last thing at night, suddenly Sao upon the seventeenth chapter of 8 Luke and the parable of tre servan : “Doth he has ' bed Fo that were commanded him? I trow not.” Now, the Greek words are simply these in modern characters, | “Ou doko,” which mean just “I don't think.” Anyhow we cannot get bet- ter authority for the use of the | pression which Christ employed in one | of those lightning sketches he threw | out as he walked and talked.—London | Chronicle, Tolstoy's Thoughts on Death. The fear of death is unnatural. fear of death is the consciousness of sin. The fear of death emanates from the | fact that people regard as life only a small part of it, limited by their own erroneous conception, Just as the owner of the fig tree knows the time when the fruit is ripe, 80 God knows when to call the right- eous from this world. Strive to keep your life at a point | where you neither fear death nor de- sire it.— Tolstoy's “Cycle of Readings.” The Helpful Waiter. Contemptuous Waiter (who ean stand it no longer)—Scuse me, sir: you don’t seem hable to get all that soup hup with your spoon. Shall I get you a piece of blotting paper?— London Tit-Bits. Nicotine and Nervousness. “Does tobacco make a man nerv- ons?’ “It is likely to,” replied the physi- clan, “If his wife objects to his smok- | Ing.”"—Exchange. that he became a member of | enjoying its gorgeous hospi- tality, he delighted his hosts by his | The | | There will be a change in the firm of M. Fauble & | Son after February 1st, and we are extremely anxious to convert as much of our merchandise into cash as possible. It will be worth your while to see us. AT FAUBLE’S and IT’S HONEST. He Tried to Bestow It In Charity, but It Went Astray. Diplomacy doesn't always work, as a certain kina hearted business man in West Philade:pnia has just found out. He says that the lesson was cheap at the price, but at the same time he will employ more direct methods next time he wishes to play the philanthropist. It happened on the subway the oth- er night. Ie had just closed a real estate deal at considerable profit and was feeling very generous, so when he saw a poor woman in a threadbare dress carefully count out five pennies for her ticket and saw that it was the jast money in her worn pocketbook he determined to help her. Of course it wasn't easy, but the man prides him- self upon being a diplomat. So, erum- pling a dollar bill up iv ‘ix hand, be stooped over as if picking something up and then. holding it ont to the wo- man, said: “Madam, here Is some money you dropped.” He tried to smile signifi- cantly as he said it, but she didn't seem to understand and said simply: “Tain’t mine.” “You'd better take it,” he said. “It isn’t mine. and it was lying right by you.” . The woman shook her head at first, then took it slowly out of his hand and Jooked at it gloatingly. The man smiled, well pleased with himself, but an instant later the woman, seeing a man looking down at the platform, rushed up and cried. “Was you look- ing for a dollar bill?” “Il sure was” answered the man | promptiy. “Well, here it is,” said the woman, and the man with a delighted “Ob, thanks!” calmly pocketed the sum and walked sway.—Philadelphia Times. A Stone's Throw. “The ancient Romans had a catapult that could huri rocks more than a mile.” “Now 1 understand it.” “What?” “My landlord told me this house was a stone's throw from the depot. He must have had it on his hands since the time of the Caesars.”—Cleveland Leader. Cleverness and Cunning. patible. I never saw them united. The latter is the resource of the weak and is only natural to them. Children and | fools are always cunning, but clever people never.—Byron. Some Balm. “Duke, I'm sorry,” said the million- I aire, “but my daughter can't marry you.” “Then I have loved in vain? “Not wholly, duke. Here's $50 for you. ” The first years of man must make Cleverness and cunning are incom- | No Skill Required. Litigant-- Your fee is outrageous. Why, it's more than three-fourths of what | recovered. Lawyer—I furnish- ed the skill and the legal learning for your case. Litigant—But 1 furnished the case. Lawyer—Oh, anybody can fall down an conl hole!—Boston Tran- script. Alarmed Her. Servant—Heavens! | have knocked the ‘big flowerpot off the window ledge and it struck a man on the head. Mistress What! My beautiful Jolien-Pilagenie Blatter, A Friendly Sugention. Baron (to creditors)—1 see no hopes of being able 10 pay what 1 owe you. Meggendorfer Bia tter. Her Handwriting. “Is your wife economizing?” “l think so. She now writes eight words on a page of letter paper in- stead of only six.”—Washington Star. Castoria. - CASTORIA FOR INFANTS axp CHILDREN. | Bears the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER. The Kind You Have Always Bought. In Use For Over 30 Years. 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Schedule to take effect Mondav. lan. 6..1910 | WESTWARD ____Readdown. | agtNo3 No: Nol STATIONS. i t No 2 NodNo# Pp. MESON ISSN m.|a. m.la.m.|L ih w AY GIANG | & sleisnens anes a +3. Cry for | provision for the last. —Johnson. : Mn 9 9, S141. mealies | Fletcher's Castoria. Fletcher's Castoria, | oui Td Ef GN t { | | | { i { | Clotuius- Clothing. Month. UNUSUAL REDUCTIONS : On All Clothing | | | | J, OY | YY | Y wv LY 73 Bellefonte. ’ Allegheny St., ings and Hats. DONT MISS THIS. Saha) ov) ow’ IE LEAR ov ow aw, LS > vy Tempting Reductions on Certain Furnish- The Fauble Stores. r IE ni Ld rd i Cll nil © Fe wl wi saiwminmntainiaiwnawiw aia fy —-— FoF 4 ITS EEE EEE EE EE 2 Price, The Greatest of all Salasit, is working at The Fauble Stores and will be here all through This Ln FoF
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