Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, February 03, 1911, Image 7

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    Bellefonte, Pa., February 3, 1911.
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Little Pitchers. r
In a certain small town there are
:wo young women whose favorite oc-
supation has been to discuss the af-
fairs of their neighbors. Having met
for that purpose one afternoon. they
found themselves blocked in the In-
julgence of their pastime by the pres-
ence of the small daughter of the
hostess. A slight indisposition of
some sort prevented sending the child
out of doors, so they were forced to
put up with her presence, doing their
best, however, to nullify it.
Something eatable was produced and
nN absorbing new game invented
which she could play quite by herself,
so they breathed freely and began.
The talk at length reached a point
involving the latest scandal of the
neighborhood and the retailing of
some inside information which must
not become public proper.v. A hurried
look at the child on the floor found
her apparently so occupied with her
game that it seemed quite safe to go
on if one observed n decent discretion.
Voices were accordingly lowered and
direct allusion veiled, but when the
matter had been thrashed out to thelr
satisfaction the child raised her eyes
and remarked with deliberation and
emphasis:
“1 hear, 1 know, I understand, and
I'll blab!” —New York Times.
Books and Their Care.
Books on sheives may be seriously
injured if packed too tightly. When
quickly pulled out for use the top of
the book is likely to come off. More-
over, the constant pressure, if too
great, will loosen the whole back in
time and the friction in putting upon
end taking from the shelf mars the
covers. On the other band, a reason-
able amount of lateral pressure is
necessary.
too loosely the leaves tend to open
and admit dust, dampness and conse-
quent mildew. Ip the case of heavy
volumes the weight of the leaves will
be found resting on the shelves if the
books are placed too loosely. This is
likely to make the backs concave.
Badly painted shelves are another
source of injury to books. Care should
be taken when paint or varnish is used
that the surface is perfectly smooth,
hard and dry when the books are put
in place and that the surface will re
main so during variatien of tempera-
ture or humidity.—House Beautiful.
An Anecdote of Pope.
There is an old anecdote of Alexan-
der Pope concerning one of the old
watermen who were employed for
many yeurs in rowing Pope on the
Thames. Pope was in the habit of
having his sedan chair lifted iuto the
punt. If the weather was tine he let
down the glasses; if cold he pulled
them up. He would sometimes say to
the waterman:
“John, | am going to repeat some
verses. Take care to remember them
the next timé 1 go out.”
When that time came Pope would
say:
“John, where are the verses 1 told
you of?
“I have forgotten them, sir.”
“John, you are a blockhead.
write them down for you.”
John said that no one thought of
saying when speaking of him, “Mr.
Pope,” but that he was always called
“Mr. Alexander.”
1 must
Last Revolutionary Survivor.
The last survivor of the Revolution-
ary war was John Gray, who died in
Noble county, O., aged 104 years, on
March 26. 1868. He came to the Buck-
eye State early In its existence. For
some years before he died he drew an
annual pension of $500 from the gov-
ernment, General John A. Bingham
having got a special act through
congress for this. Gray's father was
killed at the battle of Stillwater and
ne took his place in the army. being
only sixteen years old then, He serv-
ed through the remainder of the war.
His military record is on file at the
office of the stute commissioner of sol-
diers’ claims. Columbus Dispatch,
The Bull of Perillus.
Perillus of Athens is said to have in-
vented for Phalaris, tyrant of Agrigen-
tum. 570 B. C.. a brazen bull which
opened on the side to admit victims
who were to be roasted by the fire
which was built underneath. The dy-
ing groans of the sufferers resembled
closely the roaring of 2 nud bull. Pha
Jaris greatly admired the invention and
by way of test rousted the inventor
first. Later the populace rose in re
bellion and burned 'halaris.
Progress.
“I notice a lady has received
at sea.”
“What was it?"
“Told her to brace up and she would
bw 0. KY
‘Well, well. Here's a case of drug-
less treatment by wireless prescription
for a sickless illness. What an age we
dive in!"—Philadelphia Ledger.
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Small Things.
We are too fond of our own will
We want to be doing what we fancy
mighty things, but the great point is
to do small things, when called to
them. in & right spirit.—R. Cecil.
Marvelous.
He—There is no doubt that nature's
works are indeed marvelous. She—
Aren't they? Only fancy, even the
tiniest insect has its Latin name.—
London M. A. P.
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wireless a prescription from her doctor |
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| leadership of their various clans.
A Famous Miser. :
John Elwes, who lived—we can hard-
ly say flourished—in the eighteenth |
century. wus a famous miser. When
he, possessed of a million of money,
walked the streets of London philan-
thropic people would sometimes thrust
a penny into his hand. so beggarly and |
poverty stricken was his appearance.
He would eat food that was in the last
stage of putrefaction sooner than
throw it away and would ride for
miles out of his way sooner than pay
a twopeuny toll on the turnpike. By
an accident in the street he received
an injury to both his legs, and a doe-
tor was called In. Elwes protested
that the expense was quite unneces-
gary and that he was not much hurt.
Qo he made an arrangement with the
doctor, The doctor was to take one
leg and treat as he liked. Elwes
would take the other and do nothing
to it. Amd he would bet the doctor
the amount of his bill that the untend-
ed log got well first. He used to boast
afterward that he beat the doctor by
a fortnight.
The Art of Boxing.
Pugilism. the practice of boxing or
fighting with the fists, was a manly
and exercise highly esteemed
among the ancients, In those days the
hands of the pugilist were armed with
the cestuy, leather throngs loaded with
lend or iron. This form of athletic
sport was at first only permitted to
frecmen among the Greeks, but grad-
| ually it was taken up as a profession
and lost much of its prestige.
As an illustration of its early use we
find in Virgil's fifth Aencid the ree-
| ord of n mulch between Dares, “with
nimble feet and confident in youth,”
and Dateling, the veteran champion,
wgtpone and weighty Hmbed™ when
the combatants
Toei dons uplift in air, their heads with-
raw
Back from the blows, and, mingling hand
with hand,
Provoke the conflict.
Pugilism has been a typical English
sport from the days of King Alfred.—
London Standard.
Convention of Stags.
Within the imperial preserves where
the kaiser and his guests secured 500
deer In one day is the Schorfhaide,
which each year toward the mouth of
November becomes the meeting place
of thousands of stags. I'his annual
assemblage on the sSchorfhnide has
taken place every autumi for cen-
turies past. Mention thereof has been
found in documents more than a thou-
sand years old. All sorts of theories
| have been put forward to account for
! jt. Some natives say that the animals
meet to decide matters affecting the!
it
seems hard to account otherwise for
the attraction which brings stags and |
their mates from Galicia, on the RRus-
sian border; from the Liechtenstein |
game preserves south of Vienna and
from the still Inrger estates in Hun-'
gary belonging to the Archduke Fred-
erick. all the way to the Schorfhaide.—
London Chronicle.
The Dialect Was There.
ax-Governor Bob Taylor of Tennes-
gee was once entertaining a northern
guest who was rather skeptical about
the prevailing dinlect in stories of
southern negroes. [He thought it over-
drawn. To disprove the contention,
Mr. Taylor laughingly made n wager
with his guest that the northerner
would be unable to interpret the lan- |
guage of the first negro they met. Ac-
cordingly they set out and presently
came upon a black man basking In-
dolently in the sun. Telling his friend
to pay close heed, Mr. Taylor stepped
up to the negro and demanded sud-
denly:
“Wek he?"
The negro blinked his eyes stolidly
and then answered in a guttural voice: '
“wal who?’— Everybody's.
Found the Saint's Day. |
One Russian peasant sued another to
recover the sum of 50 rubles, the debt- |
or having faithfully promised to re-
turn the money on St. Henry's day.
But, having failed to do so for a long
time, the lender discovered that the
Russian Orthodox church includes no
such saint as St. Henry, and the judge
before whom the case was tried was
much puzzled as to what verdict he
should give. Happily the idea occur-
red to him that, saint or no saint, All
Saints’ day included even the most
doubtful, so he gave judgment that the
50 rubles should be returned next All|
Saints’ day.
Very Obliging. :
“Sir,” tartly says the lady of uncer- |
tain age to the floorwalker, “is there |
any way of getting one of these sales- |
men to pay me some attention?” i
“Well,” says the floorwalker confi- |
dentially, “I'll introduce you to any |
one of them you fancy, but I'll tell !
you now that all of them have their
‘steadies.’ "—Judge.
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An Amiable Man. i
“Why do you argue with your wife?
Don’t you know it doesn’t do you a bit |
of good?" }
“Sure 1 do. But I ain't got such a |
mean disposition as to deprive her of |
the pleasure.” —Cleveland Leader.
His Preference.
“Tet me give you au pointer.” the in-
terlocutor said to the end man.
“Don’t give me a pointer,” replied |
the end man; “give me a fox terrier.” |
--Chieago Tribune. i
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All Ready For the Show. !
Orchestra Leader—All the orchestra |
players are drunk, Theatrical Man-
ager—Well, drag ‘em out. We adver- |
tied un full orchestra.—Lippincott's, i
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Diffused knowledge immortalizes |
itself. Mackintosh, |
, amusing caricature of himself done in
| stiff for fear you'll see it.”
LOST HIS LINEN JOB.
The Salesman Who Made a Caricature
of A. T. Stewart.
A. T. Stewart was shown one day by
one of his confidential employees an’
“Good, good!” he laughed. “hats
excellent. Who did it?”
“A young salesman at the linen coun-
ter. He scratched it off as you pass
ed the other morning. | managed to
get it from him, and now he's scared |
was the
laughing reply.
“Seared stiff, is he?” said Mr. Stew:
art, with a twinkle in his eye. “Just
sent him to me, will you?”
A little later a slim youth entered
Mr. Stewart's private office and said!
he understood he had been sent for.’
“Yes,” sald Mr. Stewart gravely and.
holding up the sketch asked, “Did you
do this?" \
The lad grew pale and stammered. |
“1 beg your pardon, sir; it was only |
a bit of fun. | meant no offense.”
“ihat's all very well, but you'll have,
to give up your job here.” t
The youth humbly protested. when |
Mr. Stewart burst ont laughing and |
sald: “Don’t say any more, my boy. |
I'm only joking. Your sketch is excel |
lent. and as it would be a sin to
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a man of your artistic talent behind
linen counter 1 propose to supply you
with the means to study art.” i
Mr. Stewart's proposition was grate
fully accepted, and it wax thus that!
John Ii. Rogers, the sculptor. began his!
artistic career.— New York Press.
His Little Joke.
A well known German who Is soe i
thing of a wag walked into one of the
public offices in Cincinnati the other
day. nud from the noise it was plain
that he was wearing a pair of new
shoes or ones that had recently been |
repaired.
" One of the clerks remarked about
the shoes, and the German said:
“1 comes pretty near selling dese
shoes the other day.”
“How is that?" usked the clerk.
“1 had ‘em half soled.” said the Ger
ped through the door.—Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
Net His Fault.
Vicar's Wife—1'm sorry to see you
coming away from the public house sc
often, riggs.
Blacksmith--Yes'm. They won't let
me stay there two minutes. As soon
as 1 get set down comfortable-like
somebody's sure to want a job done.
and out I has to come again.— London
Punch.
The Congenial Pair.
Purchaser—Please give me the tw
seats that have a post between ‘emi.
Box Office—Sorry, sir, but the married
couple pairs are all sold. —Cleveland
Leader,
A Maxim.
To be candid, speak of the present
as though they were absent. To In
charitable, speak of the absent ax
though they were present.—Lippin:
cott’s.
A one to deceive you in
this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
Just-as.good’’ are but Experiments,
and endanger the health of Children
Experience against Experiment.
WHAT IS CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for
Castor Oil, , Drops and
Se Ep mA nt
ns r m,
other Narcotic aubotance. Ts rig
era cores Tapreivor
everishness. It cures Dia
and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething
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i mer
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Cleaner, for adver-
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The “Simplex”
s guaranteed to do
as good work as
electric machines
costing $100.00 and
over. It is light in /
weight (only 20 Ibs) |
runs extremely easy |
and can be operated
rfectly and easily
y one person.
With ordinary
care the “Simplex”
will last a lifetime.
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ENTRAL RAILROAD OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Condensed Time Table effective June 17, 1909.
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HE 2 20| BELLEFONTE. | 9 505 9 40
715708 232... Nigh........| 8 31 452/927
7 207 1 23 Ts eres. 18 511 4 47119 21
7 271 7 18! 2 45 _HECLA PARK. 8 441 915
729 1240... Dunkles....... 843/438 + 13
7 33!¢7 231 2 51... Hublersburg.... f8 39: 4 34|1* (9
7 37) 7 28} 2 55|....Snydertown....| 8 36 429 «5
7 40/47 30, 2 58!........ Nittany. au 42711y 2
742/07 33 3 01 sesasien Huston... {8 32 4 24/19. W
746738 305........ Lamar... 18 29: 4 21/18 57
7 !f7 30) 3 08. _Clintondale..... {8 26; 4 18/{8:54
| 75217443 12}. Kxidev's Sidin.| 822 4 14; 8 50
7 56/17 49 3 16|....Mac! ....'f8 18] 4 09|f8 48
802 754 322. Cedar Spring... 8 12! 4 03} 8 43
805 757 325. Salona... 810 40} 841
890 8 02 3 300. MLL HALL. 805 35 836
(N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R.)
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(Phila. & Reading Ry. |
730 6350... PHILADELPHIA | 18 36 11 30
1010 900... NEWYORK... | 9 00
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t Week Days.
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General Superintendent.
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There Are Always Interesting Values
At The FAUBLE Stores.
last at
NOW after thirty days of price slashing we find odd
and small lots of Suits for both Men and Boys that
we don’t propose to let price stand in the way of
selling. There are about
One Hundred
Mens and Boys combined that you can buy while
Just 1-2 The Regular Price
If we can please you, the price should tempt you.
The Fauble Stores.
Fifty Suits
man as he walked out of the office. Troubles, cu Consti
A deep groan rie eat ws He Spr Flatulency. Ge aesimaaeen. the, Foo AA wonderful story of tie Progreso this Meehan. | Schedule to take effect Monday. Jan. $. 1910
2 ns as sly regulates the Stomach and Bowels. al Age. instructive, but more fascinating than | WESTWARD EASTWARD
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ostrich feathers or tips have become lildren’s anacea—The other's - years. | Rae e:3, Farmers, Busineas Mer, Jan. | — STATIONS. ~ :
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which they originally were. rs - * ways lo do 212/10 23/6 381... 12 3715 47
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Examine carefully every bojtle of CASTORIA, £1.50 per year, single copies 15 cents Hr Z 7 5 07
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, ASK YOUR NEWSDEALER Or Address J 20! 5.0
and see that it POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE 7 all msdort., 740 320
Beare thi Money to Loan. __ 323 Wasliagton St. 3400 |73%/PineGroveM’l 735! 1330
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In Use For Over 30 Years, houses to rent. Soot security an
The Kind You Hsve Always Bought. J. M, KEICHLINE, Children Cry for Children Cry for
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