in Pitts Day the Speaker Kept Mim- self Stimulated With Porter. iil i 3 FEEL jit indiscreet as to attack Mr. Gladstone, then prime minister, upon some point of foreign policy. Mr. Gladstone re- plied witheringly that “the right hon- orable gentleman evidently has sources of inspiration from which her majesty’'s ministers are debarred.”—Argonaut. | AN HOUR OF THRILLS. | Shooting the Rapids of the Hodzu | River, In Japan. i The rapids on the Hodzu river near | Kyoto must fill even the most blase of | tourists with excitement. A train from | Kyoto climbs slowly and painfully up- | ward until finally it deposits its pas- sengers at a quaint little siding. 5" From here, says the Wide World Magazine, one goes to the river bank | and embarks in a rude, flat bottomed boat, which is pushed out by four men into the middle of a broad river, reed edged and sleepy. For a few minutes one glides dream- | {ly along; then, rounding a curve, one suddenly hears the roar of water, and the boat tears down a rapid, just miss- ' ing the rocks on each side. The high banks race past. death appears immi- nent, and then, with one mad swirl, it is all over and the boat is on the quiet, unruffled stream once more. This happens again and again for about an hour. At first one's whole mind is filled with the conviction that an accident must bappen, but gradu- ally comes a delicious feeling of safety as one notes the marvelous skill these men show in piloting the boat through the seething rapids and one is able to appreciate the beauty of the scene. Lucien Bonaparte and Wellington. Lucien, whom I had never seen be- | fore his arrival in England, as be was in disgrace with the emperor, was said to be at least as able as his brother and to have more decision of charac- ter. I have heard it said that it was he who saved Napoleon on the 18th | Brumaire, and, in fact, I had heard him greatly praised. My actual meet- | ing with him, as often happens, did | not come up to my expectations. He seemed to me cringing in his manners and false in his look. He is like Napoleon in the outward shape of his features—not at all in expression. | saw him last year, at a concert at the Duchesse de Canizzaro's, beg her to introduce him to the Duke of Wel- lington, who was present. 1 saw him cross the room and come up bowing and scraping to be presented to the | victor of Waterloo, whose reception was as cold as such baseness deserved. | —From Memoirs of Duchesse de Dino. ' An Ancient Rain Gauge. The credit of Inventing the rain gauge has always been given to Cas- telli, a contemporary of Galilei, who | made one in 1639, but the director of . the Korean meteorological observa- | tory, Dr. Y. Wada, has shown that it is due to a Korean king. The latter, | King Sejo, in the year 1442 caused an | instrument of bronze to be construct- ed to measure the rain, and it is set | out in the historical records of Korea that this was a vase fifteen inch. | deep and seven inches in diamete: placed upon a pillar. An example of this was placed in the observatory. and each time the rain fell the offl- cials were instructed to measure the | height and to make it known to the ! king. Other instruments were distrib- uted to the provinces and cantons, and | the results of the observations made were sent to court.—Knowledge. Queer Anatomy. Curious ideas about anatomy prevail in the press. It was stated the other day that a man was “shot in the ticket office.” Another paper says a man was “ghot in the suburbs.” “He kissed her passionately upon her reappearance,” “She whipped him upon her return,” “He kissed her back,” “Mr. Jones walked in upon her invitation.” “She seated herself upon his entering.” “We thought she sat down upon her being asked,” “She fainted upon his depar- ture.” A Regular Hamlet Player. “Did you ever play in ° et?” inquired a theatrical manager of a re- cent acquisition to his company. “Ever!” exclaimed the newcomer. “Why, I've played in every hamlet of Great Britain!"--London Tit-Bits. Like a Man. “Did Hawkins take his punishment like a man?” asked Lollerby. “You bet he did,” laughed Dubb- leigh. “He hollered and yelled and used strong language to beat creation.” wgHarper's Weekly. PLAYED A SHELL GAME. A Parliamentary Joke by a New South Wales Solon. weet be blighted in their bloom by coast, including the periwinkle, were added to the flowers worthy of protec- ! tion. The officials of the house discovered the hoax next day and set it right. quiet, and ali Australia chuckled at the expense of the pompous legislator. -London Answers. DON'T MIND BIG NOISES. But Slight, Rustling Sounds Make Gi- raffes Tremble With Fear. Among the curious characteristics of the giraffe is its strange indifference to loud nolscs as contrasted with its peculiar “scariness” with reference to slight sounds. Noisy sounds, like that of a man walking near in hobnailled boots, the giraffe does not appear to notice, but should it be approached by a woman whose skirts give out but the slightest rustle the sound thereof causes the giraffe to start up with pricked ears and eyes distended in fear, Officials of a zoological institution, situated near a canal, tell of a curious instance of this peculiarity of giraffes. , After a terrible explosion of gunpow- | der on a barge on the canal the keep ers were astonished to observe that the giraffes took little notice of the tremendous blast. They jumped to their feet, but almost at once lay down again when they found that nothing extraordinary bad happened in their inclosure. But were a keeper at night to creep along outside that inclosure in his stocking feet the queer beasts would exhibit such terror that one would imagine them about to dash themselves in terror against the fences. Giraffes fear the lurking foe, and a . big bang scares them hardly at all. To them the faint, rustling sound is a to- ken of the greatest danger. In that respect they are like deer.~New York . Press. Many Things Different In Holland. Holland is to me one of the most in- teresting countries in Europe, writes George R. Sims. Apart from the ex- citement of having to do a bit of Blondin, with the edge of a canal for your tight rope, at intervals of a few minutes all day long, the Dutch them- selves furnish you never ending study. I love to see the little Dutch boy of . six smoking his clay pipe or his cigar as he clings to his mamma's skirt. There is something at once novel and startling in finding Dutch cheese and a penny bun placed in front of every guest at the breakfast table. In a | land where a public company is a Maatschappij and nearly every house of restauration announces that the | thirsty traveler can there obtain *Tap- | perij, Slitterlj and Slemp,” there is al- ways something to amuse you. Oath of the Turkish Doctor. The oath which young doctors take | in Turkey when they come before the medical examining board contains the following pledge: “That when [ am called at the same time by two differ . ent patients, the one rich and the other poor, 1 will accept the call of the poor without taking into consideration the money offered and will do my best for | his treatment, and that I will never de- cline to answer any call, day or night, during the reign of common diseases or of an epidemic of contagious dis- ease.” Keeping His Word. “Henry, you owe me $5. You remem- | ber that bet you made me last week : that you wouldn't smoke any more for a month. Well, I saw you walking down the street last night smoking a big cigar.” “I'm not smoking any more; I'm simply smoking the usual amount.”— Exchange. Out of Place. Aunt Prisms—I am shocked at you, Maude. You permitted young Mr. Jones to kiss you. Maude—He only just touched me on the nose, auntie, Aunt Prisms-It was quite out of place, my dear. Maude—He knew it was, auntie. But you came in so sud- denly, you see, Fishing Luck. “Have any luck on your fishing trip? “Yes. Counting those that got away and those we threw back, we almost got seven.”-Detroit Free Press. Her Criticism. “I wish Fritz would write his figures plainer. [ can't possibly tel! from his letter whether it is 1,000 or 10,000 kisses that he sends me." —Fliegende g i g f i §8: { gE a EES jet I 1 ; e gf | 8 g sed ESE i Bf i Epik 7 11 ih “gg I £5 3 3 fs i: i =f 3 1 iL ; i : ; 8 g £ ; : i H i - £ E § § : is : couldn't have done it. Very few men dise which be cannot afford to buy for his wife, and his audacity upsets the whoie store for a month.”—New York Suan. THEY LIKE SHARP FOOD. Lions Gobble Up Porcupines, and Com. els Eat Spiny Cactus. A note in the London Field draws at- tention to lions that eat porcupines. It would appear that an animal protect- ed by such powerful spines should be quite secure from attack. Yet, if we may trust the account given, it ap- pears to be a habit on the part of the lion and not an isolated occurrence. Captain Dumbell had been told by a native hunter that the lion was in the habit of eating porcupines. And this has been confirmed by two English sportsmen. V. Kirby, for example. has taken a porcupine’s head from the stomach of a lioness. Others relate that it is not uncommon to find lions with porcupine quills sticking all over their noses, faces and paws. It seems to argue some indifference to pain on the part of the lion, as well as a fancy for porcupine's flesh. Compare this with the case of the camel, which a distinguished traveler describes as calmly chewing up a very | spiny plant with the blood dripping : from its mouth! The cattle in some of the arid parts of America. again. browse on that spiny cactus. And in gome parts of the English coast the | horses browse on the prickly sea holly. | while the donkey's partiality for this- | tles is well known. Incidentally such cases seem to show that spines in na- ture are not such efficient protectors as some have supposed. ih dropped Sleight of Hand Poisoning. very curious item in toxicological Jore 1 chanced to light upon, wrote Augustus Sala in one of his be called the feat of pol- sleight of hand. You were a lady. and you wished to her. Well, you asked her to lunch, you caused a very nice peach to be served at dessert. You cut the fruit with a golden knife, one side of he blade of which was endued with a eadly r+’ nm. You presented the poi- k . med bu... * the peach to the lady, who ate «th much relish and then wn dead. The wholesome half you nie yourself and laughed in | your sleeve and went on slicing more | peaches for the ladies of whom you | were jealous till you were found out and broken on the wheel. Aye. there's the rub! What high old times we might have, to be sure, but for that contingency of being found out! g Mer Drawing Powers. Pat and his little brown mare were but by dint of much ept her to the harness. leading ber to water he town.”—Housekeeper. Change of Life. There are two Feat ch which come to women. e first is the change | from girlhood to womanhood. The sec- | ond marks the termination of the period | alloted to maternity. During both these periods of ¢ there is need of care. | Almost always Nature needs some help in the re-adjustment of the physical func- tions. Dr. Pierce's Favorite ption gives to Nature just the help she needs n these crisis. It heals diseases of the delicate organs, nourishes the nerves, and increases physical vitality and vigor. It! cures the aches and pains common at such times and induces a healthy con- dition of body, which gives a natural appetite and refreshing sleep. There is no alcohol in “Favorite Prescription,” and it is absolutely free from opium, cocaine and all other narcotics. It makes weak women strong, sick women well. Important to Mothers. Esamine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the pense, KT In Use For Over 30 Years, The Kind You Have Always Bought. Hood's Sarsapar illa. Five Years of Severe Rheumatism ion free whether an j8 Divbabile patent of . Goldstein. 14 Bar- a Wo Mas iq Wr Handbook on patents sent free. perience. Pa, tory by Hood's Sarsaparila. 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NEW YORK FINE JOB PRINTING | JQELLEFONTE CENTRAL RAILROAD. | *="Schedule to take effect Mondav. lan. 6. 1910 o0—A SPECIALTY—0 WESTRARDY YA oad up. | AT THE | Nos tNo3No1| tNo4No 6 Pp. m.la. m. p.m | 50/ 6'00 WATCHMAN OFFICE 2% pL ¢% | 21211028 5 47 C2102 545 x the re oer to the finest 221 10% 540 igh 2 that we car: not do in the most satis- -—— On torih the class of work. Call on oF iu 3% communicate with this office. F. H. THOMAS, Supt. Children Cry for Children Cry for Fletchwur’s Castoria. Fletcher's Castoria. Clothing. Clothing. Bellefonte. BEER EERE SE DE SEs | Allegheny St., FER RIRACREERERE SERENE REE SN Men who have the habit of demanding The BEST for their Money always wear the Fauble Clothes. There 1s a reason. Ask your neighbor. If there were better clothes than we sell, we would not be sell- ing these. Only the Best is good enough for the Fauble Stores. Everything that man or boy wears at Fau- bles. The Fauble Stores. 4 EERE OREN ERE EEE |
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