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Trick That Makes a Yellow Stone Ap-
pear Clear Blue White.
Let me show you a little trick that [
would advise you not to put into prac-
tice, sald a jewel fancier to a number
of friends the other day.
The conversation bad turned to dia-
monds during the midday luncheon,
and the expert had been holding forth
on his favorite subject. The littie
group of St. Louisans were interested
still more when the speaker drew a
big solitaire from his finger and beck-
oned a waiter across the cafe.
“Bring me a glass of water and an
indelible pencil,” sald he when the
servitor came over to the table.
“This is a trick that is essentially |
crooked.” sald the jewel fancier, “and
will get by nine times out of ten even
when the examiner is an expert at
judging precious stones and detecting
trickery. It will make a yellow ‘off
color diamond look like & stone of the
very first water. Pawnbrokers in-
numerable have been fooled by this
The expert took the pencil and allow-
ed the indelible lead to dissolve in
the glass of water. In a couple of
minutes the water was as blue as indi-
go water.
“Now watch,” said the man who
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of its bath.”
At the end of a minute the stone was
taken out. The top of the gem was
dried with a soft handkerchief and
then the ring was waved to and fro
for a few moments. It was held up
for inspection. Not a gleam of yellow
was to be seen. The stone was ap-
parently a magnificent blue white gem
that any one would be proud to own
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“The deposit is so filmy that a strong
glass cannot detect it. You cannot see
ft from the rear of the mounting and
only a bath of alcohol will remove it.
It will stay on the gem for weeks if 1:
fs not removed in that way. It used
to be a favorite trick of many folks
“The trick Is called ‘doctoring a
stone,’ but, as | sald In the beginning,
I would not advise you to try it. |
St. Louis Republic.
How Artificial Furs Are Made.
The raw pleces of pelt are
and the skin carefully shaved o
thawed and sent to the tanneries
be made into leather. The frozen
which remains is allowed to
slightly at the bottom, so that a
part of the hair is freed from
This thawed portion is then covered
with a solution of rubber, which is |
allowed to set. i
The result is that large seamless
pleces of fur are obtained much |
cheaper than those which come with
the natural skin. These same artifi.
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Paris Nature.
Values.
We have just got the market price of
wives doped out, not to a penny, but
close enough. The research work came
to an end when we put the subject of
marriage up to a prominent bachelor.
“I wouldn't give 50 cents for a wife,”
he asserted.
“But,” we asked, “you'd give a
counterfeit half dollar for a better
half, wouldn't you?”
He acknowledged that he would. So,
you see, were getting right down to
cases.—New York Journal
Louis+’lle CourlerJ
EE TRY very oti
very
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for several months now and always
find her darning one of her father's
socks.”
“Bu ve you noticed that it is al-
Henry Upton wrote to his brother,
afterward third viscount, to request
him to go to thelr friend's lodgings in
London and find out what he was do-
ing at such and such an hour on a cer-
tain day. Tbe brother in London com-
| plied and found that their friend bad
died, but not on the day he had
seen abroad.
Later the landlady was asked on
oath as to the date and hour of death
and whether he had died in a white
shirt with a blue check. After
demur she confessed that ber
did not die when she first stated, bu
on the day when his friends had seen
him pass through the mess room.
It seems the date of demise had
been falsified on account of his pen-
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death.—London Court Journal. i
SHE WANTED LIGHT.
And 80 She Had the Windows Fixed
Exactly to Her Taste. {
The architectural feature of the
new house that caused a decided do- |
mestic rupture was the windows. The
man was in favor of medium sized
windows, with small panes to ma
the rest of the house, but his
sisted upon enormous sheets of
glass,
“You are away all day and do
know whether I can see my hand
fore me at noontime or not,” sh
“but I am in the house most
time and must have plenty of
and sunshine.”
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| was trying to persuade Mr. Spangler
, | day be found a man tinkering with the
| outside of the window ledge.
“He is just getting ready to put up
the awnings,” she explained. i
Her husband looked at the shutters,
| the two shades, the two curtains and |
the sash curtains and the arrange- |
ments for the awnings at each win. |
| dow, and then he laughed, but she |
could pot understand why.—New York
Superfluous Verbiage.
It was Sunday evening and likewise
his first call. She was entertaining
him at the plano, and he was not fond
of music. Of course she couldn't be
expected to know that, poor girl! She
was not particularly accomplished, but
she didn't know what else to do, and
he hadn't suggested anything. So she
played on and on, occasionally skip-
ping a few bars that she didn't re-
member and trusting to luck. Finally
from sheer weariness and to make
conversation she turned to him and
said:
“Papa thinks it is wicked for me to
play the piano on Sunday.”
“Papa is certainly right,” he replied
wearily. “But why does he—er—speci-
fy Sunday?"
It is perhaps needless to record that
he was never again invited to that lit-
tle flat.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Absinth.
Dr. R. Hercod of Lausanne in a spe-
clal contribution to the Alliance Tem-
perance Almanac points out that the
absinth liquor, which is now prohib-
ited in three European countries—Bel-
glum, Holland and Switzerland—owes
its peculiar noxiousness to the fact
that it is prepared with several es-
sences, among them wormwood, which
have marked toxic properties. Added
to the action of the alcohol (a strong
absinth contains 65 per cent) these
essences have a most deleterious ef-
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was short, her thread was
Drawne out and cutt, got heaven, her
worke was done.
This world to her was but a traged play.
Shee came and saw’t, dislik’t and passed
away.
When Dining Out.
“Pop!”
“Yes, my son.”
“What is an gltimate consumer?”
“Why, he's the one who usually has
to pay the check for the dinners, my
boy."—Yonkers Statesman.
The concessions of the weak are the
toncessions of fear.~Burke.
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BORDER TOWNS.
Many That Are Partly In One State
and Partly In Another.
A number of towns and viilages in
the United States are situated on state
boundary lines. The names of some of
these are formed on the model of what
Lewis Carroll called “portmanteau”
words. Delmar and Marydell, for ex-
ample. are on the line between Mary-
land and Delaware. Pen Mar is on the
Pennsylvania and Maryland line. Mo-
ark is named from Missouri (Mo.) and
in Texas and partly in Arkansas. Illi-
ana is on or pear the Indiana line.
State Line, which is half in Connecti
cut and half in New York, with nu-
merous instances of the sort in other
states, is a self explanatory name.
Other border towns whose names do
not Indicate their position are Port
Chester (New York and Connecticut),
Blackstone (Massachusetts and Rhode
Island), Westerly (Rhode Island and
Connecticut), Kansas City (Missouri
and Kansas), Guthrie and Fulton
(each partly in Kentucky and partly in
Tennessee), Harrison and Union City
(in Indiana and Ohio), and Great Falls
(New Hampshire and Maine). What is
virtually one town on the border
boundary of Tennessee and Virginia is
legally known as Bristol on the Ten-
nessee side and Goodson on the Vir-
ginia side. A number of smaller towns
might be added to the list.—New York
Tribune.
POSTED ON RUBBER.
He Couldn't Be Fooled About the
Growth of the Trees.
A promoter for a rubber company
to invest some of his savings in the
company’s stock. The demand for
rubber, he sald, was worldwide and
constantly increasing. The company
owned immense forests of rubber
trees and kept an army of workers
employed all the time in gathering the
crude rubber. The output was enor-
mous, and the profits—well, the scheme
was certainly better than a gold mine.
“] have beard,” said Mr. Spangler
suspiciously, “that the forests are be-
ing exhausted.”
“That's true to some extent,” an-
swered the other, “but we are not de-
pending on the existing trees. We are
planting hundreds of square miles
with new trees.”
“How long does it take for a tree to
grow big enough to tap?”
“Only six or eight years.”
“That won't go down with me,” said
Mr. Spangler, with emphasis. “My
wife has had a rubber plant in the
front parlor for six years, where it's
mer, and it hasn't grown a foot in all
that time. No, sir; you can't fool me
on that!"—Youth’s Companion.
Man Eating Wild Men.
in the celebrated “Travalles” of Ed-
ward Webb (1500) are dozens of stories
that would make Munchausen turn
green with envy. Une of the most cele
brated of these is his story of the wild
men of Prester John. which Is as fol-
lows:
“In the court of Prester lohn there Is
a wilde man and another in the high
street of Constantinople whose allow-
ance Is every day a quarter of raw
mutton, and when any man dyeth for
some notorious offence then they are |
allowed every day a quarter of man's |
flesh. These wilde men are chained |
fast to a post every day. the one in |
Prester lohn's courtd, the other in the
high street of Constantinople, each of |
them having a mantell about their |
shoulders, and all over their bodyes '
they have wonderful long baire. They
are chained by the neck lest they
speedily devour all that cometh within |
their reach.”
England's Uncrowned King.
Of the long line of kings which have
ruled England since the days of Wil
liam the Conqueror, nearly 900 years
ago, there has been only one un-
crowned king. King Edward V., the
boy king, who met an untoward fate in
the Tower of London in 1483, Is the
only monarch who reigned without re-
ceiving the church's blessing or the
forma! homage of bis subjects. Some
CLT LT ANN AV LAV AY LY AVY .AV A VA VA VAT LATLHLVT.A
people include Lady Jane Grey among |
England's monarchs. If this doubtful | cme am
claim is allowed England's only un-
crowned queen ranks with Edward V.
and deprives him of one distinction.—
London Tit-Bits.
A Triumph of Imagination.
Tallandler told me that a great
archbishop of his acquaintance in Paris
had set himself to make an exact de-
sign of the imaginary abbey of The-
leme, minutely described by Rabelais,
and told him that If such an edifice
were to be erected it would be the
most perfect building every known.—
Conway's Autoblography.
Peace at Last.
Mr. Hoon—Scrappington and his wife
have parted. Mrs. Hoon-Good gra-
clous! What is the trouble? Mr. Hoon
~There isn't any trouble now. They
have parted.—8mart Set.
Medical.
Signals of Distress
BELLEFONTE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW HOW
TO READ AND HEED THEM.
Sick kidneys give many signals of dis-
tress.
The secretions are dark, contain a sedi-
ment. .
Passages are frequent, scanty, painful.
Backache is constant day and night,
Headaches and dizzy spells are fre-
quent.
The weakened kidneys need quick help.
Don’t delay! Use aspecial kidney rem-
edy.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys,
backache and urinary disorders.
Bellefonte evidence proves this state-
ment.
Mrs. B. N. Dietrich, 319 E. Bishop St.,
Bellefonte, Pa., says: “I know that Doan’s
Kidney Pills are a good remedy for kid-
ney disorders and [ do not heisiate one
moment in confirming the public state-
ment [ gave in their praise in Oct. 1907. A
member of my family complained a great
deal of backache and headaches and I
heard so much about Doan’s Kidney Pills
that I procured a supply at Green's Phar-
macy Co. Their use effected a complete
cure and also strengthened my kidneys.
The benefit received has been permanent
and I have thus been convinced that
Doan's Kidney Pills live up to representa
tions.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and take
no other. 56-21
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Surely, you must think well of
any plan that will save you some
dollars on a set of Single
Now it is up to you to make us
make good.
SCHOFIELD'S MAIL ORDER DEPT.
Why send money when
can buy at home goods better
a ne
or
money refunded all freight
charges prepaid.
A Set of Harness in Nickle or Imi-
tation Rubber, at........... $12.85
This harness is equal to any $15 set on the
market.
Genuine Rubber............ $14.85
which has no equal for less than $17.
To insure prompt shi
accompany order.
will be mailed upon request.
Address all communications to
E. N. SCHOFIELD,
Mail Order Dept.,
to which he will cheerfully give his
0 wi wi ly gi prompt
t money should
cut of the harness
GUARANTEE—The above goods are as
Tr eied oF money refunded. ny
James Schofield,
SpringStreet 55-32 Bellefonte, Pa.
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Automobiles.
The “FORD” AUTOMOBILE
Needs no boosti
. It’s smooth-running motor, ample
power and durability tells the tale. Every car sold helps
to sell: others. It is the one car that speaks for itself
and the
Read the list.
og Car, Seppe, like above picture $ 780.00
Body, fully . . . « 728.
Runabout, fully equipped + re, %
rices commend it to would-be purchasers:
W. W. KEICHLINE & Co.,
Agent Centre County Branch sec
Bellefonte, Pal
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Shoes.
Yeagers Shoe Store
Fitzezy
The
Ladies’ Shoe
that
Cures Corns.
Sold only at
Yeager’s Shoe Store,
Bush Arcade Building, BELLEFONTE, PA.
Dry Goods.
Dry Goods.
LYON & CO.
Reduction Sale of
all Summer Goods.
Having more stock in Summer Stuffs than we
want to have, we are compelled to cut prices and this
makes quick selling. Our loss is your gain.
All thin dress goods in Lawns, Voiles, Flaxons and
Dimities at big reductions.
LONG GLOVES.—Ladies’' Long Gloves in black
and white only, Taffeta and Lisle, the $1.75 quality
now $1.25. The $1.25 quality now 75c. The 75c.
quality now 35c. These are exceptional values at
these prices.
DUTCH COLLARS in Venise, Irish and Cluny
Lace. All greatly reduced.
HOSE.—Ladie’s Drop Stich Hose, in black only.
The 75¢ and 50c qualities now 35c. The 40c qualities
now 22c.
LACE CURTAINS in white and ecru from 49¢ up.
Shoes for Men
Shoes for Women
Shoes for Children
Men's fine dress Shoes
Ladies’ Gun Metal Shoes and Slippers
Childrens Gun Metal Shoes and Slippers
All at Reduced prices.
Our space is too small to tell you of all the reduc -
tions in all our different departments. But we iavit,
a careful inspection of all our stock and we will mak
prices that will save you money.
LYON & COMPANY,
Allegheny St. 47-12 BeMefonte, Pa.