Bellefonte, Pa., July 14, 1911.
ALL OF CANADA ONCE A GIFT |Join ‘io punisners. ‘Robinson &
It Was Handed Over Bodily by James
I to Lord Stirling, Who Didn't Know
Enough to Keep It—The Hudson Bay | publishers were present. H
Company's Famous Present. 2 Was wily
America has been freely parceled out | cided that their chances were good
| and agreed to pay him a annuity of
in gifts since Columbus first set eyes .,.. ° 1 of & lump sum for bis
upon the new world. Most of the Unit- |
ed States territory has been at some | go, eter the bond was signed the
time or other handed over to public | goctor went to Cornwall, where he re-
and private companies. New York, for | covered his health, and returned to
example, fifty years after it bad been | London without any cough, which was
sold for something like $25 was pre- | fer from being a pleasing sight to the
sented with other lands to the Duke of | persons who had to pay his annuity.
York by his brother. the king. and the One day he called upon Mr. Walker. |
few years before the king had carved
out Maryland for Lord Baltimore.
Pennsylvania was given to William
Penn, the. Quaker who founded the
state, in payment, it is said, of a debt
that Charles II. owed Penn's father,
and the same monarch gave both North
and South Carolina to eight London
gentlemen who stayed at home, called
themselves the lords proprietors and
lived on the rents until the people re-
fused to pay any more and George II.
took over the colonies.
The story of Colonel Talbot at the be-
ginning of the last century is one of
the romances of Canadian history.
The colonel went out in 1793 as an aid- |
de-camp to the governor, and the
founding of a colony became the ruling
passion of his life. He was given 100,-
000 acres, which grew later to 650,000,
on condition that he place a settler on |
every 200 acres. Today this territory |
is occupied by some of the most flour-
ishing towns in the Dominion, and at |
the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign |
Colonel Talbot, who was then still liv-
ing, was the recognized chief of twen-
ty-eight towns, all of which had been
given to him years before as unoccu-
pied land.
Prince Edward Island, covering 3,000
square miles and embracing such
flourishing towns as Georgetown, Char-
lottetown and Princetown, was given
away in 1797 to absentee proprietors
and was bought back again on the or-
ganization of the Dominion of Cana-
da for £160.000. The Canadian com-
pany, founded in 1826, received a grant
of 1,000,000 acres, and bought 2,300,000
ore at the rate of half a crown an
acre.
The mention of the Hudson's Bay
smpany recalls what is probably the
“yt famous gift of territory in his-
ry. In 1670 Charles II. gave Prince
apert by royal charter territory 200
= 300 miles wide around the eastern
«d southern shores of Hudson's bay,
~ addition to a vast empire of forest
“1 prairie. “Rupert's Land,” as the
ritory was called, ultimately stretch-
across Canada, from the Atlantic
1 of Hudson's strait to the shores
~ the Pacific. As rent for this ter-
.ory, covering 2,800,000 square miles,
+ company paid to the king each
ar “two elks and two black bhea-
="
omething over forty years ago the
nadian confederation took over the
apany’s monopoly for £300,000, but
+ company retained a twentieth part
its lands. The original capital of
» company was £10,500, and in two
aturies its income from furs was
2,000,000.
3ut the most amazing gift ever made
ice the world began was surely that
‘de by James 1. to Lord Stirling, the
ist, who was then his favorite. On
ot. 21, 1621, King James, who must
ve been extraordinarily deficient in
sgraphy, made Lord Stirling, then
+ William Alexander, a present of
.» whole of Canada. The gift, which
sluded Nova Scotia and Newfound-
ad, was confirmed by Charles I., and
.e poet was so moved by the high
mor that he received that he pub-
hed “An Encouragement to Colo-
es,” a work that attained three edi- |
ws. The gift became the subject of
teresting legal proceedings, and Can-
‘a once more became the property of
e crown.
The city of Liverpool was given
‘7ay by William the Congueror and
“ain by Henry II, who bestowed it
. “the keeper of the castle and pris-
of Lancaster.” King John bought
2 site from this keeper and founded
‘e city. Henry III. leased all the
own revenues and royal customs of
.verpool to the Earl of Chester for
‘0 a year. and the town changed
nds several times between the reigns
Henry [I1. and Charles Stuart.
“at unhappy monarch. being in a
ate of impecuniosity. offered the town |
r sale, and it was purchased by some
ndon merchants. who in 1632 sold
@ crown rights for £450. Forty years
terward the rights were purchased
y the corporation.
Bombay. the earliest settlement of
we British in India, was so lightly re-
irded by Charles IL. that immediate-
after its cession to England &e sold
to the East India company for £10
Tear.
What It Was.
“I thought I could get along without
asses awhile longer. but 1 find I
ny"
“Yes? It was an optical illusion.” |
mart Set.
His Idea For Theorist.
Fommy--Pop. what is a theorist?
'mmy’s Pop A theorist, my son, is a
m ®ho thinks he is learning to swim
sitting on the bank and watching a
)g~Philadelphia Record.
| the manager for the parties, who, sur-
| “Much better,
| thank you.” sald Wogott. “1 have
' taken the measure of my asthma; the
| fellow is troublesome, hut 1 know his
strength and am his master.” “Oh!”
said Mr. Walker gravely, and turned
isto an adjoining room, where Mrs.
| Walker, a prudent woman, had been
| listening to the conversation. Wolcott,
| aware of the feeling. paid a keen at-
| tention to the husband and wife and
i heard the latter exclaim: ‘*“There, now,
| didn't 1 tell vou he wouldn't die? Fooi
that you've heen! | knew he wouldn't
die.”
| Peter Pindar survived both the part- |
| ners.—New York Post,
| CAUGHT ON THE BOUNCE.
' The Parson's Second Barrel Play on
| the Wounded Ducks.
When the night wind whines about
| the gunning cabin nestled in the beach
hills the hearts within grow reminis-
cent.
“The best canvasback shooting 1 ever
had was down off the mouth of Crazy
inlet,” said the parson. “A ripping
portheaster wus blowing, and | was
out on the end of the point alone. The
ducks came down wind along the edge
! of the shoal, and they were so far
thick, but 1 let a lot of them go by.
At dark 1 had picked up twenty-two
birds. Not one of them was dead
when I dropped them as they wheeled
by: but, boys, | didn’t have to shoot a
single cripple in the water.”
Curley gave the parson a long look.
filled and lighted his pipe. then snort-
years later.
It has been claimed that, as a general
rule, there is a direct relation between
Size also seems to have a certain rela-
tion to longevity, the elephant and the
whale being generally held to be the
longest-lived of mammals! but here again
enters the exception, since the little beav-
| er livess more than twice as long as the
+ rhinoceros.
The average ages of other animals arg’
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. estimated as follows: Ass, 30 years; bear,
| 0x, 25 years; deer, 20 years; dog, 14
, years; fox, 14 years; goat, 12 years;
| guinea-pig, 4 years; hare, 8 years; hip-
popotamus, 20 years; horse, 25 years;
| hyena, 25 years; jaguar, 25 years; leop-
by the Chevalier Marion du Frense.
that time it was fu
real age was
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may be judged
from this one fact—it makes men
women to know themselves,
sent free on receipt of stamps to pay the
cost of mailing only. 21 one-cent
stamps for the book in covers, or
31 stamps for cloth. Address Dr. R. V.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Fur Seals Are as Particular as Women
In Fixing Up.
The cat carries her clothesbrush in
; her mouth, for with her rough tongue
| 20 years; beavers, 50 years; camel, 75
| years; cat 15 vears; chamois, 25 years; |
! ard, 25 years; lion, 40 years; monkey, 17 |
| years; moose, 50
| pig, 15 years; rabbit, 7 years; rat, 7 years:
years; mouse, 6 years; '
rhinoceros, 20 years; sheep, 10 years; |
| spuirrel, 8 years; stag, 50 years; tiger,
! Fears; wolf, 20 years.
i ile the average age of the whale is
| somewhere between one hundred and
' two hundred years, Cuvier asserted that
she cleanses her glossy coat as a boy
brushes off his clothes. She licks one
of her front paws and rubs it over her
face and she is ready for her break-
fast.
Foxes, dogs and wolves do not use
their mouths when they need to wash
and brush, but scratch themselves vig-
orously with their hind paws and are
as fresh as ever.
The cow with her long, rough tongue
- combs her coat of hair until it is clean
‘it is probable that some whales attain the |
| age of one thousand years.
Some thirty years ago one of the Roths-
, childs installed in the Zoological Gardens '
‘in London an animal then described as
“the oldest living creature in the world.”
It was one of the giant tortoises of the
' Aldabra Islands, off the coast of East
* Africa, and at that time it had had a re-
corded existence of 150 years, in addition
to the unknown increment of its age
| previous to its transportation to the Island
of Mauritius. ‘Lhis was, it was thought, i
in ‘ water into his long trunk and blowing
the same tortoise that was mention
the treaty between Great Britain and
‘ France when the island was ceded by the
, former country in 1810, and it had re
fore changed its status as a national heir-
! great care of his skin.
| loom four times in a century. When the
, length of the life of other animals is con-
| trasted with that of the giant tortoise, it
is clear that the latter must enjoy some
of habit conducive to longevity.
In the Bishop's garden at Peterbcromgh
| England, a big tortoise died in 1821, whose
away that It was just im ie to : special advantage either of structure or
| kill them outright. 1 could have had a |
' the result. Pugilist—1 was.
hundred shots that day, they came so |
| life was said to have exceeded two hun- i
| dred and twenty years. me
The Lambeth tortoise, which was in-|
troduced into the garden by archbishop |
Laud, about the year 1625, and died in
1 1753, owing to some neglect of the gar-
! dener, lived in its
| years.
ed in disgust, for he was an old band. |
and he knew that one needed more
than a pinch of salt to capture a
wounded canvasback In open water.
“Suppose you hypnotized those birds
you couldn't kill dead into coming
, ashore for you to wring their necks?’
he grunted.
“No.” said the parson slowly; “they
were going =o fast that when I knocked
‘em down they'd hit the water and
bound up ten or fifteen feet. Then I'd
kill em on the first bounce with the
second barrel.”—Outing.
The Name Tibet.
Many forms of the name Tibet
sprang from the Chinese T'ubar (fifth
century) through the variations of
Tuebet, Toboet, Thibet (1165), Tebet
(1298). to Tibet (1730). The origin of
the name has been variously account-
ed for, but the weight of historical ev- |
idence indicates that the word is de- |
rived from Tubat. a famous family
| name proper to several ancient Tartar
, dynasties, extensively used in the
sense of “chief” Hodgson asserts
that before the arrival of Indian teach-
. ers the people had no name for them-
selves or their land. and, though the
present name is not, as some say. un
| known in the country itself, the mod-
ern Tibetans call themselves Bod-pa
| and their land Bod-yul, Bod being a
| Buddhist appellative suggested by the
| Sanskrit b'ot, or bat, so working back
| to the Tartar name.—London Specta-
tor.
Kean and Macready.
When Edmund Kean and Macready.
intense rivals, played in the same
pieces at Drury Lane it was usuzl to
consult them in the course of the even-
ing as to what they would appear in
next. One night when the prompter
| was sent to ask Mr. Macready what be
| would play with Mr. Kean the great
| tragedian frowned upon him till he
. blushed. “Sir,” he roared, “how should
1 know what the man would like to
play? The prompter retired to seek
the desired information from Mr.
| Kean. “Sir.” said Mr. Kean sharply,
| “how should 1 know what the fellow
! can play?”
Analogies.
! “I understand your friend Jenkins
Joa, Jesigee that city clerkship he
“Resigned? H'm!"
{ “Oh, wasn't it voluntary?”
i “Well, it was just as voluntary as
his contributions to the campaign fund
| were.”—Philadelphia Press.
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| The Riddle.
| “Woman is a riddle.” remarked the
. Wise Guy.
“Yes,” agreed the Simple Mug. “She
keeps us guessing, and we hate to give
her up.”—Philadelphia Record.
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: Waiting.
“De man dat puts in too much time
learnin’ to wait patiently.” said Uncle
Eben, “is liable to git out o' practice
foh doin’ anything else.”—Washington
Star.
Time ripens all things. No man is
born wise.—Cervantes.
“last situation” 128 :
In 1833, Sir Charles Colville, governor |
of Mauritius, sent to the London Zoolog- |
ical } Gardens at tortoise weighing 285
| pounds.
| long, and had been in Mauritius for sixty-
| seven years, having been brought to
| thatfisland from the Seychelles in 1766, |
and curly. The horse more than any
other animal depends on his owner to
keep his coat in proper condition, but
often he will roll on the green grass
or rub himself down against a tree or
fence.
Field mice comb their hair with their
hind legs, and the fur seal in a similar
manner spends as much time as a wo-
man in making herself look smart.
Although the elephant appears to be
thick skinned and callous, he takes
He often gives
himself a shower bath by drawing
it on the different parts of his body.
After the bath he sometimes rolls him-
self in a toilet preparation of dust to
keep off the flies.—Our Dumb Animals.
Not Misplaced.
Backer—You got trimmed bad. I
thought you said you were confident of
Fd get licked!—Puck.
Important to Mothers.
Ezamine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA,
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that it
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gas, you can’t have good Health. The air you
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Travelers Guide.
ENTRAL RAILROAD OF PENNSYLVANIA.
! Condensed Time Table effective June 19, 1911,
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a. m.!p. m.ip.m. Lve, Ar.p.m. p.m. a.m.
17.056 453 20 BELLEFONTE. $40 656 48
| 715] 656 232. F.. Nigh......... 927 452 933
720701 237... Zion......... 1921 447/927
| 721 708 245 HECLA PARK. 915 441 921
729 | 2 47|.F..Dunkles....... 913 438 918
7337 13 2 51. Fublersburg.. 19 09 4 34 9 14
{ 737 718 2 55..F.Snydertown... 9 06 4 29 9 10
i 740/17 20| 2 38 Sibi Nittany... {9 04 4 27 9 07
| 742723 301|.F. Huston... 902 424 904
| 746728 3050... Lamar... {8 59 4 21 sol
| 748/17 30! 3 08. Clintondale.... f8 56' 4 18 8
i 752 734 3 12|F Krider's Siding 8 52 4 14 8 55
© 756/17 39 3 16... Mackeyville.... 8 48 4 09' 8 50
| 802 744 322.F Cedar Spring. 842 403 8 44
80574732 Sa Salona....... 8 40 4 01 8 42
8101 752 3 30... MILL HALL... 835 33 837
(N. Y. Central & Hudson River R. R.).
140| 845......... ersey Shore.........| 309 740
$12 27] 11 30 Lve. Arr. 230 648
! (Phila, & Reading Ry. |
730 650... PHILADELPHIA | 18 36 11 30
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t Week Days.
WALLACE H. GEPHART,
Genera! Superintendent.
ELLEFONTE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Schedule to take effect Mondav. Tan. 6. 1910
Clothing.
TWARD [EASTWARD
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WATCHMAN OFFICE vo, 0m, hl Belictonte.| 8 8! i2 30 6 00
| 3207/1020 6 35." » 840/120 550
| 2121023638 a! $4 a4
There is no style of work, from the : 217,10 - 643 ~ roy 835) 12 3 45
cheapest ger” to the finest | 221 102/646 | 8311231 540
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BOOK WORK, | 235 1045700 | 820/122 525
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factory manner, and at Prices consist- | | 727... re) 8 45
ent with the class of work. Call on or i {7 31. Bloomsdorf.| 7 40 i
communicate with this office. 3 40! | 7 35 PineGroveM'll 7 35 i330
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