Bellefonte, Pa., February 17, 1911.
Jefferson Davis and His Nerves.
Jefferson Davis shrank from the
sight of every form of suffering, even
n imagination. When the “Babes In
the Wood” was first read to him, a
grown man, in time of illness, he
would not endure the horror of it.
His sympathy with the oppressed was
almost abnormal, “so that,” says Mrs.
Davis, “it was a difficult matter to
keep order with children and serv-
ants.” All this shows that he was
pervous, sensitive, which is a terrible
handicap to a leader of men. He suf-
fered always from nervous dyspepsia
and neuralgia and “came home from
his office fasting, a mere mass of
thfobbing nerves and perfectly ex-
hausted.” He was keenly susceptible
to the atmosphere about him, especial-
ly to the moods of people, “abnormal-
ly sensitive to disapproval. Even a
child's disapproval discomposed him.”
And Mrs. Davis admits that this sen-
gitiveness and acute feeling of being
misjudged made him reserved and un-
approachable. It made him touchy as
to his dignity also, and there are sto-
rlos of his cherishing a grudge for
some insignificant or imagined slight
and punishing the author of it.—Gama-
Hel Bradford. Jr., in Atlantic.
i
Irving and His Money. |
John Hare, the English actor. said |
that one of the failings charged to!
Irving's account was that of extrava- |
gance—that he did not know the value
of money. It is quite true he did not
know the value of money for himself, !
but he knew its value to others. He
knew its value to the poor and help- |
less, and to these he gave with a
lavish hand.
Once. not long before his death,
playing a three nights’ engagement in
an unpretentious midland town, his
habit was to drive nightly to the thea
ter (a very short distance from his
hotel) in the same dilapidated fly. The
fare was a shilling. The conveyance
was shabby. the driver old, poor and
worn out. At the conclusion of the
engagement, on entering his hotel, Irv- |
ing said to the landiord. “Have you |
paid the cabman?’ “Yes, Sir Henry.” |
“What did you give him for himself?” |
«I gave him half a crown, Sir Henry.”
“Give him a sovereign,” was the re-
joinder; “he drives very well, and he
doesn’t drive often.”
The Myth of the Doones.
How largely Mr. Blackmore drew |
upon his Imagination for the story of |
“Lorna Doone” is made clear by I
W. Hackwood in his book. “The Good |
Old Times.” There were, in fact. no !
Doones. The word was simply a local |
bogy, a modified form «of © Dane. a |
memory of the fnrol ti pa the
riking invaders harried iat The
only vestige of actuality .. overnbiv
is a faint tradition that a fugitive from
the battle of Sedgmoor, to escape the
hangings of Judge Jeffreys, appropriat-
ed the ruins of some wretched huts iu
recesses of the Badgworthy glen, now
‘the Doon valley,’ finding there a safe
retreat in which he reared a consider-
able family, which managed to eke out
a living by committing petty depreda-
tions in the district. The ‘last of the
Doones,’ an old man and his grand-
daughter, are said to have perished in
the snow during the winter of 1800."
Joy In Store For Some One.
Among the advertisements
monthly magazine we find this:
For Sale or Exchange.~A fine young
male bobcat and a female coyote; also a
mandolin and pair of ficldglasses.
Such opportunities as this are not
often offered. The fieldglasses most
of us could manage to do without, but
the male bobeat, the female coyote
and the mandolin would go far to
make life happy for any reasonable in-
dividual. All these are productive of
music, and music gives joy to all right-
ly constituted persons. There are, of
course, some people who cannot play
upon a mandolin, but anybody can
play upon a bobcat or a coyote. This
fine chance to get a varied and inter-
esting collection of musical instru-
ments will undoubtedly bring many
replies. Rochester Union and Adver-
tiser.
in a
The Laziest People.
There is no doubt that the Malays are
ameng the laziest people in the world,
Except in rare cases they will not tuke
the trouble to learn when they are
young, and afterward. if they hare
learned, they will not exert themselves
to apply their knowledge fo any object
which require a sustained cori
That they possess effort is known to
any one who hax seen Malays enzagzed
in any enterprise which of
sport. They do not mind the trouble
if there is only some risk and excite
ment in the work. Times of Malaya.
suvors
A Marked Judge.
The descriptive reporter of a certain
daily paper in describing the turning
of a dog out of court by order of the
bench recently detailed the occurrence
as follows: “The ejected canine as he
was ignominiously dragged from the
room cast a glance at the judge for
the purpose of being able to identify
him at some future time.”
Work of Providence.
“Phe man died eating watermelons.”
some one said to Brother Dickey.
“Yes, sub,” he said. “Providence
sometimes puts us in paradise befo’
we gits ter heaven."—Atlanta Consti- |
tution. :
1
Unspeakable.
“What would you think, daddy, if |
Algernon Nocash thould suggest be- |
coming your son-in-law?’ i
«withdraw. my dear. while 1 think
~ alound.”—Brooklyn Life.
| a diamond sword
i
Pretty Big Sometimes, but Then There |
is Another Point of View.
1 have a warm spot in my heart for
and because of regular attendance for |
years at some of the most famous clin- |
jes in this und other cities 1 have been |
a witness of thelr unadvertised chari- |
tles—acts of mercy and kindness which |
were never heard of outside the walls |
of the hospitals they honor by their |
services.
1 knew a wealthy man whose daugh |
ter was suddenly stricken and whose |
life was saved by the attending sur. |
geon. His fee was $25,000. Straight- |
way the father emitted a wall. :
“It's robbery.” he said. The sur
geon stood firm.
“Your daughter's life Is worth $25.- |
000 to you." he countered. There was |
no denial.
“Well, this fee means that 1 can op |
erate on fifty persons without any’
charge, and if you don't like it yom |
can force me to sue, but 1 will get it |
without an suit or you will stand a lot |
of publicity.”
And he got the money without re
course to a court of law.
It is safe to mark it down when
you see n story of some great surgeon
who has charged a high fee that there
are many of his patients enjoying
good health and relief from pain he
cause he charged them nothing at all.
THE CLANRICARDE PLAQUE.
A Famous Specimen of the Sixteenth
Century Goldsmith's Art.
One of the greatest cinquecento jeu
els in the world ix the Clanricarde
plaque. owned by Lord Clanrieanle,
who is known as the “hermit peer” ind
who ciaims direct descent from the
kings of Connaught. He guards with
jealous care this precious example of
the goldsmith's art. Keeping it sal:
from possible thieves and the common
gaze in a bank vault, to which he
goes occasionally with great secrecs
to feast his eyes upon its magnificence
Some years ago. by royal request, h:
lent it to an art exhibition in Londou,
where it was admired and coveted by
some of the grentest connoisseurs of
Europe.
The huge disk is as delicately
wrought as a spider's web and repre
sents the figure of Hercules wielding
The sword blade
is composed of a muss of perfectly
| matched steel white stones, and a su-
perh blue diamond scintillates from
the hilt. The present owner inberited
it from bhix mother. who was n Miss
Canning before her marriage to the
| Irish lord. and the plaque is practically
priceless. Aside from its value to col
lectors and Its worth as a specimen of
rare and exquisite art. it is incrusted
with a fortune in jewels.—New York
Press.
“Clipping Sunday.”
At Painswick, in Gloucestershire, the
Sunday following Sept. 8 is called by
the curious name of “Clipping Sun
day” and connected with a quaint cus
tom. In the churchyard are nineiy-
nine yew trees, and tradition says thot
all attempts to complete the hundred
by planting another yew have failed
becomes the newcomer invariably dies
Every year before the feast of the
Nativity of Our Lady--Sept. S—thes:
mystic yews are clipped. and the Sun
day “in the octave” thus becomes
“Clipping Sunday.” After service
there Is a procession of parishioners
around the churchyard. and then all
join hands and form a ring round the
church. Finally they gather at the
foot of a flight of steps leading to the
chancel door, from which a sermon is
preached.— London Chronicle.
City of Three Kings.
Do you know what city has been
given the name of the City of Three
Kings? It is Cologne, in Germany. |
and the reason is that it is in Cologne |
that the three “kings,” or *“magl” or
“wise men,” who went to Bethlehem |
to offer gifts to the infant Jesus are |
supposed to be buried. According to
an ancient legend, their bones were
brought from Milan to Cologne by the |
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in
1162 and presented to the archbishop |
of Cologne. Visitors to the cathedral |
are shown the supposed souls of the
magi, studded with diamonds and in- |
geribed with the wise men's names in |
rubies.—8t. James’ Gazette.
Her Correction.
Two young women were talking
over their restaurant luncheon the
other day about the quality of a cer
tain prima donna’s voice. t
“Oh, she can sing” cried one of |
them enthusiastically. “She certainly
can sing. Music like that would coax |
Apollo from his lyre.” i
The other girl flushed and looked |
troubled. After a slight pause she |
spoke in gentle reproof. i
«1 don’t want to correct you, dear,” |
she said. “But don't you think that |
word is usually pronounced ‘lair? It |
is spelled lair, you know."—Phila- |
delphia Ledger. |
Disinterested Affection.
“I'm afraid. Edward. you're marry-
ing me only because I've inherited
from my uncle 100,000 crowns.” |
“Why. Blanche, how can you think !
that of me? Your uncle is nothing to |
me. 1 would marry you no matter |
from whom you inherited the money.” |
—Der Floh.
The Faultfinders. {
Mention has been made of a person
who, even in heaven, would complain |
that his cloud was damp and his halo |
a misfit.—William Winter. :
Who serves his country well has 20 |
need of ancestors.— Voltaire.
‘honor.
SPENDTHRIFT ISABELLA.
A
We are accustomed to think that the
day is long pest when a sovereign
could oppress and offend a whole king-
dom by personal extravagance. But
the late Isabella of Spain belonged in
spirit to the sixteenth century. An in-
cident of her reckless career—which
| ended in the loss of the throne—is not-
ed in Munsey's Magazine.
She spent money. pouring it out Hke
water, at a time when the treasury
was nearly bankrupt and when the
proverb “Poor as a Spaniard” was
far too true. All her best advisers
urged her to practice economy. Very
few of them succeeded. and these only
for a short time.
A certain chamberlain of hers once
hit upon a plan to make her realize
how enormous were the sums that she
was spending. [Passing through the
hall of the palace. she was surprised
to see a vast heap of silver pieces. re-
sembling the contents of a great bin
of wheat. but piled up in the middle
of the floor. The queen summoned her
chamberlain.
“What is the meaning of all this
money?" she demanded of him.
“Oh.” he replied. with a low bow,
“this is merely ihe amount which 1
have brought out to pay the bill of
your majesty's glovemaker.”
The queen colored and then laughed,
and for several months she was less
extravagant in her expenditures for
clothes.
E Pluribus Unum.
The country is indebted to Jabn Ad-
ams for its national motto. with an
Englishman of note sharing in the
It seems that while Adams
was minister to England Sir John
Prestwick. an eminent English anti-
quary, suggested to him a good motto
to represent the union of the American
colonies. Adams at once was taken
with the iden. which he transmitted to
Charles Thompson, the secretary of
congress, who on June 20, 1782, report-
ed to that body his design for a gov-
ernment seal. In this the Latin legend
“E Pluribus Unum” was to be borne
on a ribbon held in the beak of an
eagle.
European glaciers. The southern
Alpine snow line is only a little over
7,000 feet. Glacially polished rocks
are rare, and in many ways the moun-
tains are singularly different from
those of central Europe.
A Natural Mistake.
“1 was just telling our friend here.
Molly. that it was storming on the
day of our marriage.”
“Surely not, Hiram! The weather
was perfectly lovely!”
“Well. well! 1 don't know how |
got so mixed up about it: probably
Time to Make a Change.
Sir William Phips was appointed
governor in chief of the province of
Massachusetts Bay in 1082. During
his administration the terrible war
against witchcraft raged for some six
teen months. When his own wife,
Lady Phips, was named as having ex-
ercised the powers of witchcraft Sir
| William began to view this whole ter
| rible madness in n new light, and he
because it's been storming ever since™ .
—Atlanta Constitution.
A Fish Story.
“There are ax good fish In the sea nx
were ever taken out of it,” remarked
Small to Young. who had been refused
by Moneybag's daughter.
“Yes. I know. But
goldfish.”
Circumstances are the rulers of the
wreak. They are but the instruments
of the wise.—Samuel! Lover.
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has borne the signat: Chas
Fletcher, and has been of chan
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Wack.—Puck.
Ambiguous.
“Why did you spend so much money
on your wife's funeral?’ asked 3 man
of a neighbor.
“Ab. sir.” was the reply, “she would
have done as much for me and more,
too, with pleasure.”
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Clothing. Clothing.
Bellefonte.
Allegheny St.
There Are Always Interesting Values
At The FAUBLE Stores.
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 # Fifty Suits
Mens and Boys combined that you can buy while
they last at
Just 1-2 The Regular Price
If we can please you, the price should tempt you.
The Fauble Stores.
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