Bellefonte, Pa., January, 27, 1911.
A SONG FROM FAR AWAY.
Of your day 1 claim no part,
Not a look, not a touch,
Not a beat of your dear heart;
That were joy too much.
Only let me take my place
in your dreams through the night.
1 will pass and leave no trace
Ere the east grows light.
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How you dreamed of love awhile—
But forgetting whose.
Amelia Josephine Burr in the January Century,
THE FOLLY OF CRAVEN.
“That fellow Craven has a nasty tem-
1" said Wheeler, Romaine’s
er by Re when I
slowly. He was a black-haired, piratical
chap, good-natured and full of laughter.
Wheeler was a lounger—a man that went
from casel to vase carrying a vaudeville
joke of antiquity to eac! e was crude
and not popular.
Romaine painted a stroke or two with
an exaggerated deliberation.
“What did say?”
“Me? Said sketch was a peach, and
a ie A Jo Ne
's year.
“Just stale,” said Romaine. “It touches
the temper generally.”
ground nibbling grass-stems, looked
winting and vit oil a juicy extmmhy.
“The old man,” he “takes more
than an ordinary interest in that Cana-
Romaine backed Away fois Bis Canvas,
the thumb
y in
ina over on the Island, and that she
row him to beat the band.”
“Students’ gossip! It's truth. Every-
body knows it. She pets him one minute,
the next; then says,
Hare. doggie,’ and he goes wagging his
Romaine struck another match to his
pipe and said nothing, while Wheeler got
to his feet, beating the grass from his
g
“There's the old man going to roast my
sketch,” he said. “Craven’s next. So
oung Mr. Craven, a field and a fence
beyond, had been working very hard all
winter—morning and afternoon, life class
and frequently in the evening as well.
The old man, wisest of teachers and best
of friends, had warned him against over-
doing & tations,
ut Craven, contrary to expec
came through the season without show-
the strain, and at once followed the
man to the country. The cl from
inside to outside work was grateful; his
face had taken on a ry brown
from the sun as had his right hand and
the thumb of his left; and considered
himself still fresh and going strong. But
at night, when everyone put on white
and gathered in the studio to sing
ragtime and grand opera, Jimmy sat to
one side, smoking and nodding. :
On this day that foretold the coming of
autumn, when Craven was working on a
twenty-five-thirty and the old man was
only a field away at Wheeler's easel, it
ely came to him that things were
not as right as they should be. Well he
knew that when sketches went wrong the
values must be out. He felt strangely
disinclined to search for and correct the
offending tones and was, at the same time,
conscious that he did not care. He knew
exactly what the old man would say
about it and exactly how he would stand
while saying it—hands in pockets, head
forward deep set eyes smiling
narrowly. And he would be “let down
he stepped back to view his handi-
work a wave of d passed through
him, of dismay and helpless Siscontage.
ment. With a sudden full arm swing
canvas was hurtled down the cliff into the
sea. More Selberately he packed palette
and brushes and set across the fields,
unmindful of the sensation his action had
created among the students by whom the
old man was surrounded.
He had at first no notion of whither he
was going nor of what he was to do.
Eventually he brought up at the studio
for just long enough to leave his traps
and to note the Canadian girl working
under the skylight. He set forth again
walking in a cloud of bitter thoughts,
craving Some son of consolation. Fol-
lowing blindly subconscious yearning
of his heart, he made for it, boarding the
ferry that ran to the Island.
Broad-verandaed was the house and
cool looking in its shade of trees. On
the i820 Were any people, It was her
bro! who saw greeted him first.
For her own part she looked him over mainl
critically.
" Y Jimmy, you tramp!” she exclaim-
ed. "Have you paint on your hands?”
or held her own flutteringly extend-
“I forgot my painting duds,” said Cra-
ven. “I'm sorry.”
“Oh, we can make
artistic tem
“I want to see you. Can't you come
somewhere with me?”
“How can I?” she asked with a motion
that indicated the others.
“Come anyway,” he insisted. “I don't
bother you often, and today I want
you—""
“I can’t,” she said, turning away. The
brother pushed a chair toward him.
“Well, how's art?”
“Fine,” said Craven mechanically, his
eyes turned to where she sat, his ears
listening for her voice. He wondered what
she was laughing at. Such Spontaneous
girlish laughter. And what that special
young-old man, whose face was barren of
intelligent expression, could have said to
on ‘he heard her brothe
'* he hea Tr r saying.
Jow about the class? Many good work-
ers -
“A good many,” said Craven slowly.
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ng in an inverse ratio to that in which
he held his own. He watched her silent-
ly; his eye followed her unhesitating
hand, wandered from the canvas it play-
ed over to his own, face to the wall, dis-
He moved to it, picked up the
palette within reach, mixed a tone,
and poised the brush undecidedly.
“I hate to bother you, Mr. Craven,”
said the Canadian girl, “but could you
help me just a moment?”
e was not pleased at the interruption.
However he was met by a question con-
had on
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er gray eyes smiled. “It's a great
It’s just like the old man. He Bits
one so.”
“Why,”" said Craven almost genially,
“it does me good just to have him swear
at me.”
“He did at me once—in Paris. I had a
Studio and he used to come in to criti-
“He must have been mad!”
*“No-o," said the girl reminiscently, “he
was pleased, 1 think.”
Thereafter came a pause. The girl
who had for some time been seated ended
the silence with a sigh.
“Do you ever get di 2"
asked, tracing patterns in the mixed paint
on her palette. “I do,” she continued be-
fore Craven could reply, “but I always
know it comes from overwork. Then I
stop and frivol. It makes one blue,
though. Doesn't it you?"
“Indigo,” said Craven.
The girl resumed the tracing of pat-
terns. Then she wiped her hand on her
apron.
“I am tired.” she said, “and you're not
fit to work, Let's sail down to the Point
and see those fine old trees; there'll be a
full moon in the afi "
Craven hesitated. His first inclination
i to fake, some excise. A outer
spirit urged him to go. He yielded a
fared forth to the boat yard.
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“Thanks,
" he said eagerly.
The Canadian girl, deep in her letter,
merely nodded. Craven ath the sky-
light hesitated. Miserlike, his instinct
was for solitude. He slit the envelope | and
Caefully “Dear Jimmy—I Jenow you
wi ye t to—" page
became a blur, his throa: tighten) and
choking. The letter c in his
He saw nothing, was conscious of no con
Nested t nor feeli
ingly with a rattling of dry branches. He
bent to the gale, heading for the shore on
the far side of the village. It seemed
that he was in a dream, from which he
would presently awake. Otherwise he
was aware of nothing save the biting
te. Bond
now y st on rately.
His brain seemed numb and dormant, re-
fusing to accept the blow that subcon-
sciously hammered at it. Simultaneously
he was bracing himself to receive it.
Nearer the shore the strength of the gale
increased. He was near the spot, he sud-
denly noted, where he had flung his can-
vas the summer before. Strangely
enough, it was the Canadian girl's rec-
ollection of the incident brought to mind.
Remembrance awakened, details of that
day t in, marshaled by a dominant
vision of the Canadian girl. In the same
charge incident followed incident until
there was hardly a week or day of the
late summer and fall unrecorded. At
once he knew that he was very cold and
the desolation of sea and land, chill in the
coming night, smote him like a dirge. He
hurried away from it, his feet racing one
against the other and swinging him for-
ward at a rapid gait. He felt himsélf;
free once to be going home.
The studio was lighted by a fitful glow
that rose and fell behind the curtains,
sending warmth and cheer out into the
gray twilight.
“You must be frozen," said the Ca-
nadian girl. “We'll have some tea in a
minute.
The long disused fireplace had been
cleared out and logs burned on the rusted
; above them hummed a kettle that
had formerly done duty as a still life.
Craven took off his overcoat and alter-
in russ lis Sou) to the Yass: Hest
was ng ti t in ringing vol-
Jeys, and Be Skytigie 3 shrieked and
the sea in
The Canadian girl threw another log
on the fire, and poured some water on
tea.
This was the period of talk, a give and | the
take of questions and answers that out-
lasted the time afloat. On the Point they
found the old man, painting frenziedly to
catch the moon rise. He was mellow in | terested.
Spink, like old wine, and beamed upon
a Hey he said to the rl, “was,
a very canvas.” He laughed
noisily, his head thrust forward and eyes
narrowing. These littie
raven;
wharf. strapping
his easel as he spoke. “Good night,” he
said, “and not a brush in the boat.”
The girl looked after him. “Bless his
heart,” she said, with an odd note in her
Yoice Craven felt that he should under-
stand its meaning. It seemed something
that he had dreamed or imagined but he
could not place it.
”
By degrees
Power and cut a path across the
is was the time of silence.
had her own thoughts; Craven
over the tiller and it was not until
boat slid into the dock that he spoke.
“We shall be late for dinner.”
“Yes,” was all she said.
he laughed. :
“Why, 1 wonder if she’s Irish?” he
said aloud
“They're all Irish if it comes to that,”
said Romaine behind him. “I'm
swimming. Are you with me?”
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One by one Craven had seen the stu-
dents depart, each after his kind; this
one stealing away quietly, that one with
a tnt blowing of trumpets. Lastly the
man had gone. Craven was at
depot to see him off, as was also
Canadian girl. Craven understood
she was waiting, under her ph
orders, for cold weather before
to town.
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NOTE GETS INTO PRINT.
person having possession of it
in the event that it was not given public-
ity.
I There was likewise a promise that who-
fe a Tl 00 ie or
possession prosper follow-
he history of the |
to t p t etter
it was written by Christ just after his
' crucifixion, signed by the Angel Gabriel
99 years ater the Savior’s birth and pre-
, sumably deposited by him under a stone
at the toot of the cross.
! On this stone appeared the legend,
is he who shall turn me over.”
| No one knew what the inscription
meant, or seemed to have sufficient curi-
: osity to investigate, until the stone was
| turned over by a httle child and the let-
| ter which follows was discovered:
' "Whosoever works on the Sabbath day
i shall be cursed. I command you to go
! to church and keep holy the Lord's day,
| without any manner of work. You shall
not id.e ur misspend your time in bedeck-
| ing your:elf in superfiuities of costly ap-
parel and vain dressing for | have order-
ed it a day of rest. | will have that
day kept holy that your sins may be for-
given you,
i “You will not break my commandments,
‘ but observe and keep them, they being
written by my hand and from my
mouth. You shall not only go to church
yourselves, but also your man servant
maid servant. Observe my words
and learn my commandments.
“You shall finish your work every Sat-
urday at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, at
hour the preparation for the Sab-
in the year, beginning on Good Friday
and continuing the five days following, in
remembrance of the five bloody wounds
I received for you and mankind.
“You shall love one another and cause :
them that are not baptised to come to!
church and receive the Holy Sacrament, |
that is to say baptism, and then the sup- |
per of the Lord, and be made a member |
thereof and in so doing I will give you |
1 life and many blessings. Your land |
shail be replenished and bring forth
abundance and I will comfort you in the
greatest temptation and surely he that |
doeth to the contrary shall be cursed. !
“I will also send hardness of the heart |
on them and especially on hardened and
unpenitent unbelievers. He that hath
ven to the poor shall find it profitable. |
ber to keep the Sabbath day, for |
day
to myself.
he that hath a copy of this letter |
written by my own hand and spoken by
my own mouth and k it without |
prising it to others, 1 , but |
that publisheth it to others shall be!
blessed by me and if their sins be as’
many as stars be night, and if they truly
believe they shall be pardoned and they
that believe not this writing and my com-
mandments will have my plagues upon
you and you will be consumed with your
children, goods and cattle and all other |
WOR enjoyments that I have given |
you. but once think of what I have
suffered for ou If you do, it will be well
for you in this world and in the world!
which is to come. :
“Whosoever shall have a copy of this |
letter and keep it in their house, nothing |
shall hurt them, neither pestilence,
der nor lightning,and if any woman be in |
birth and put her trust in me she shall |
be delivered of her child. You shall hear
no more news of me except through the |
Holy Seliures until the day of judg. |
ment. goodness prosperity
be in the house where a of this let- |
ter shall be found. Fini » i
The story goes that the little child who |
found it passed it to one who became a |
convert to the Christian faith. He failed |
to have the letter published. He tit, |
a or ae Cli}
it to different genera-
tions of his family for more than 1,000
iod the family suffered
years.
During this ted dif
repea ortunes, to dif-
I eS uuay She of sen
came to wi
them. They settled in Virginia, then
moved further south, still followed by
misfortune when finally the last member,
a daughter, her death bed and
called a nei , Mrs. Thompson, giving
her the letter and relating its history for
more than 1,000 years.
The Thompson woman began the
tempt to have it published and
appeared in the Rome (Ga.) Tribune on
October 31st, 1891. It then Appeared in
the Dalton (Ga.) Citizen and Mrs. Wort-
man, now living in Marion, Ind., clipped
it and kept it in her ion for many
years t an effort to have it pub-
iished. She was followed by misfortune
which she attributed to bar Deglect in
trying to have the letter publ
Recently the letter was published in the
neglect in this
Cork-raising in America.
Cork oak is to be given a tri-
al on the national Jiven 2 tiorough ui:
of Plant Industry of the
of Agriculture
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the seventh Gay I'have taken as a resting | the
- | the parasol is to be used. A dotted or
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
Before God's footstool to confess
A poor soul knelt, and bowed his head.
“I failed,” he cried, the Master said:
“Thou didst thy best—that is success!"
The warning to "eat less meat in hot
weather” has become so familiar that
many have come to believe that they
eat more meat in cold weather.
So far us fat is concermed (bacon, pork,
lard, etc.) this is reasonable, because fat
furnishes heat more readily than sugar,
starch or sbsmen, But Jean meat is not
as good a source as cereals, espe-
cially corn and oats. Thousands of peo-
ple live well in the temperate zone, doing
the hardest kind of work without eating
any flesh meat, and if one can live with
only a little in summer he need not in-
crease the amount in winter, though it
may be well to use more cereals, nuts,
olive oil, butter or cottonseed oil.
One of the most attractively dainty ar-
ticles of the wardrobe is the embroidered
parasol, and each ysar it seems more
charming and bewildering in variety of
design it was the season before. It
has become an essential part of the sum-
mer costume, and as the purchase of a
hand-embroidered sunshade to match
each frock is an expense beyond the | and
means of many, suggestions as to the
making and ornamentatinos of these pretty
j will doubtless be welcome.
is is much more easily accomplished
than it sounds, how that the Ane
showing most attractive parasols with plain
colord covers, in either silk or linen, at
very reasonable prices, so that all that is
left for one to do is the decorating. An-
other most economical way, and one well
worth trying, is to use the frame of an
old parasol, the cover of which is worn
out. Rip the old cover from the frame
and mark each rib and seam that went
i mules are best
| brain, a pleasant look
| would
FARM NOTES.
—A good disinfectant whitewash
tire aS, Hain by mixing crude pol
one pound
to 0 five gallons of fresh water slaked lime
Ww N
—Draft horses are
suitable for raisi
on level land, while any
ter horses and
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Horses designed for the saddle i gh
nse will develop activity and stamina on
rough and hilly pasture land while they
are young.
—A horse that is tle and safe under
all conditions is easily worth three times
as much as one of equal ability that may
not be trusted. hen buying a horse,
look for width between the eyes, a large
out of the
and a fine coat of hair. gs
—At six months of age a well-bred
colt will sell at from $60 up, and it will
cost very little to bring it to that age. It
take an average dairy cow two
years to be worth that price, and almost
the same length of time to build a fine
beef steer to where he will bring this
amount. Money spent for feed counts.
It is asking too much of the ewe to
make her grow the heaviest or next to
the heaviest fleece of her life and raise a
lamb in o0e yeah ut. can not be done
without ¢ ing the growth of the
d producing a lamb lacking in her
tution. Continuing in that line for sev.
od years, the ockmastes il) have, 3
uneven flock, and constitut
born out of them. ; »
—Lime was one of the earliest materi-
als used in improvi i roar
of the soil, as is ev by the writing
of Pliny ang Plato. and has Dean used to
a greater or degree in all parts of the
agricultural world ever i isa
os Just os esse
as or -
phoric acid, and some of it must be pres-
over it, in this way avoiding any trouble
ih He NEW Sous: 1h the way of ig.
as e space is li to vary a little
from the other.
Cut out the new cover as nearly as
rame. Then sew up all seams by
machine and tack firmly. In one,
which has two rows of soutache braid
around the edge, a small hem is made
after sewing up the seams and before
the f
the
ent in the soil or no crop can grow.
—Buckwheat will from on land where
most other crops starve, but for good
yields a fertile, well-drained, sandy loam
1s desirable. It will not do as well on
heavy clays or on wet lands. It is a val.
uable plant to turn under as a green ma-
nure on poor, sandy lands where clover
fails to catch, for, while it adds no fer-
tility, it makes humus in the soil, thus
increasing its water-holding capacity for
fastening on the frame. In fact, the en-
tire parasol could be finished before any
found easier to do the em
The cover of this sunshade
able in either white or colored linen, or
in a soft silk of plain color. e wavy
ign could be carried out in soutache
braid or covered cord; if the cord is used,
two rows around the
of the same thing. Cord,
be rather fine, is covered by cutting bias
strips of the linen or silk, wide enough to
around the cord and a small turn in.
ter sewing the strips together, baste
then turn in on either edge, place the cord
in the middle and blind stitch the edges
together. When sewing to the parasol,
keep the seam on the under side as much
as ble and sew firmly at all turnings
to keep the design distinct.
In two, are attractive heavy linen of
white with embroidered carried
out in white mercerized cotton. Button-
holed threeinches | and about
two ini apart, are made for the soft
ribbon to run through; this is tied in a
large, soft bow. One of the advantages
of this idea is, that the ribbon may be
changed to match the gown with which
-— ,
/s adapt
flowered ribbon would alsc be a pretty
contrast. A row of solid embroidery,
abouta quarter of an inch wide, is made
ee Bra Et ie sage and the
wi .
Two shades of i
the natural color or light tan for u
and a den brown for
r, which is about four inches
A daisy design could be carried
several colorings, either in the light
using floss silk to match the upper
or in the daisy colorings, white pe
yellow centres and green leaves; or
deep yellow petals, brown centres and
dark green leaves and stems. The most
em
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satisf: for general use
Erne
t tan,
centres. embroidery is quite as ef-
fal, 50 padding being used, the effect is of
softer and the work
e more quickly.
7 which cone
coverings
ge violet, green or
summery parasol
taffeta two
| ed by the co
the better growth of some succeeding
| Crop.
of the decorating is begun, although this |
can be decided for oneself, as it may be |
£m !
—If trees need manure, it may be put
on any time during the winter or toward
spring. The quantity should be regulat-
ition of the soil and the
apparent needs of the trees, as shown by
growth. If the manure is coarse, the
may usually be covered out a few
eet beyond the ends of the branches, and
if the trees are large, the entire surface
of the ground may be covered with bene-
fit. The more straw in the manure, the
better it is for the purpose.
—When heifers have reached an age
when they will thrive without milk, they
have the best hay that the farm
affords, and some form of succulent food
such as ensi or roots. Oats are the
best grain food to use as a part ration in
feeding young heifers from the time they
are taken from the skim-milk iation.
There is no other grain food superior to
ground oats for developing the organs of
maternity of young yy animals, or
to promote their breeding qualities.
~The great value of the soy bean lies
in its power to withstand excessive
drought, and it will also withstand much
wet weather. It is not attacked by cinch
; bugs and in addition to its greater feed-
| ing value makes an excellent second crop
following wheat or oats to build up run-
down or thin soil. Protein is very neces-
sary in a ration for building bone and
Rn a oii aere are suming Io
e soy bean is e
rich in this. It even stands ahead of on
falfa in this respect.
—Sheep manure is usually richer and
dryer than that from any other domestic
animal, except poultry. It ferments easi-
ly and is classed as a quick-acting ma-
nure, but k well when allowed to ac-
cumulate in the pens, where it is tram-
pled hard by the animals. When placed
in piles or composts it is benefitted
m with cow manure. It is -
ly valuable for use on flowers or vegeta-
bles, when a quick-acting manure is de-
sired. A produces about four
pounds of manure per day.
—An ex]
perienced says the
acid of buttermilk wil >
ve sort
gout are thus prevented by using butter-
hii, do erat Es yin.
ening v w
on decay. Buttermilk stimulates the i.
er, stomach and tones the stom-
peivang furnishes material for healthy
--Sugarbeets fed in moderate quantities
to horses at ordi work wil
i ect. quantity of feed
depends upon the animal, the character
of the hay and grain and the amount and
of work required.
f25028§
.
Saturday night, when the horses are to
be idle on Sunday, will be helpful in every
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CORES ak an I ai, Mend
ET Dc ol rae ores of |
rosebuds. This is mounted over a |
eta lining, and the handle is of Dres- |
den china.
“I am truly grateful to you for what
for me last winter,” writes Mrs.
men ng a cure of chronic |
diseases. But no Hotel or Institute would |
hold the great army of women who are |
under treatment by Dr. Pierce and his!
staff from day to day. Thourands of sick |
women are taking adeantage of Dr. |
Pierce's offer of a free consultation by let-
ter. That offer Bo Gpen to you Al cor.
respondence is strict rivate. ress
Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buftalo, N. ¥. Dr. |
Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes sick
women well and weak women strong.
in- | instance.
Pw Wi i
ter repea
and the bearded and
Experiment Station,
concludes that corn
Scotch
be used to advantage as a ay
tute.
— Pleres Pleasant Pellets are to
ordinary what the grain of mustard
seed is to ordinary seeds. They are very
| small but are remarkable in their action.
They cure disorders of the
and liver, and they ly.
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