SS Bellefonte, Pa., September 1, 1911. “y AM OLD,” SAID THE EARTH. “I am old,” said the Earth, “1 am old, Straightway uew men are born, And their laughter is all in vain, For they count the days and years; And they babble of loss and gain, And they drench me with their tears Is there never an end of all? May a great world never die, And rest like a mighty ball In the depth of the awful sky, Or feel at last in sea and sod New guick’ning touch of the hand of God?” —Ellen M. H. Gates.in “To the Unborn Peoples.” AN ADOPTED DILEMMA. Now, Louisa, my girl, just you come here: I've got something very important to i : : 2 “Yes, sir." The answer was uttered in an awed whisper, eyes. was thin of r; in appearance she was far from ng—just a ma- charity-bred girl. puckered eyes awhile, Bdgecng with the hem of woolen skirt. “If you please, father,” she said, “I think I should say, “Good marn- in, » ma'm.’ ” He sat her upright on his knee, beet- ling his brows, and shook his finger at her. “But, my child, that's exactly what u must not say; you'd make her mad. ember you're not a servant; youre my little girl. If you're mine, u're hers. You must call her mother. ,, Now tell me again, what would you say? “Good marnin’, mother. : “That's better; only say morning, not marnin’. Now run intotheyard and play till I'm ready to get my rig out. Dr. Vaudry and his wife had been mar- ried thirty eats, and had never had an children. When married people are child- less, one of two things hap ; either they become more to each other or very much less. In the beginning, before hope had been abandoned, the former had re- sulted—they had bridged over their empti- ness with additional tenderness. But as years went by and the nursery, which they had half furnished at the top of the house, remained still vacant, they had grown embittered—with themselves, then with life, and lastly with each other. The maiden name of Mrs. Vaudry had been Maria Fitch. All the Fitches,except- ing her, had had large families. Her hus- band, though he never blamed her, felt himself somehow duped, and in secret re- sented her involuntary departure from precedent. When it had become evident that they were to have neither sons nor daughters, they had both pretended to each other, and to their neighbors, that they couldn't abide children and prefer- red to be without. Maria Vaudry would tartly say, "They're sure sorrows and un- certain blessings." When her husband had displeased she would tell him. “If I'd had the raising of you, Vaudry, 'd have made a vastly different man. id weren't beaten enough as a lad.” He agreed with her in that statement, but did not venture to ask how he would have differed—whether for better or worse. At such times he was almost glad that he was childless. Another of her sa expressive of a Vaud: oe ' ak my audry, if we were grown-up, we'd be a happier world.” To which she would reply, a ly, | “Thank Vaudry, for telling me I'ma story-teller," and would bounce out of the tly to be found hours later crying in the empty nursery. i £7 was a fool. married.” iF Ed ier i ui in) Hy 7 i i : : 2 LI i: i ls FEEs fs is i: H : § g iz i | i i i 28 Ty Zt £ 5 S 1 i : 5% le ¢ 2k Eg § 7 i F 4d ] Ii? iii: 8 7 iz i i ol li y i | i +h i 7 i E E g Hii] [et il ih : Hitisstestel £5 g1 J 7! Bix gz=k legally. She was Louisa Vaudry now. As he turned into Main Street he ex- perienced the kind of pride a boy feels in ig a Dew rabbit or anew uppY— e e of ownershi ve which he loves is 3 his control, de- t on him for happiness and even for lite itself. . He kept a watchful eye, scanning the faces of the people as he them, searching for any sign whi should be- the writer of that letter to his wife in Italy. Th= street was fairly busy for so small a town; because it was Saturday, all the women were out marketing. Sev- eral of them raised their heads and nod- ded to him, then stared at sight of the tiny girl. p Cn he had formed his own sus- picion as to the mischief-maker. The man who had done this thing was Gaskel, the Eiderake T. po el, he knew; liz) “ grudge against him use he ay Sige of his clients. Creditors and debtors, bankers and bankrupts, doctors and undertakers, must be forever at war. When he drew near his establishment, Gaskel was seated outside his door, rock- ing himself in a cane-chair. He did not look up while the rig was passing; but, when it had gone by, he stared after it, inning with wide-open mouth, and the iy turning abruptly, caught him full in the eyes. t settled it; the under- “Darnation! I 't care," he mutter- ed. And Louisalooked upat this strange man who spoke aloud with himself; and he smiled down. It was really ridiculous that so forlorn and small a creature should occasion so much commotion in ing on Naples upset all his He had Ce a fortnight and he had with six weeks at , to “put alittle polish on * before his wife's return. Those six weeks had now been cut down to eleven days. It would be difficult in so short a time to train an institution-bred child to the politer man- ners of the house. Among her other fail- her food at table and was proneto be in | slovenly in her washing habits; also her grammar was uen incorrect, and she oe —— RY Ancoueey Of and, | each of these errors Maria was particu- jarly Miclerant; and she was not one to annoyance. “Well, well” he t, “I shall have to well” hie HONE once, and do what I can.” . OIE 10 cause ud a deal of expanse: We . it vant 10. throw. Sway seney I ! reckon Jon ought © be Io Make your own : you can your , meals out. In all the I've known { you, Vaudry, I've never a real vaca- i tion. Sol don’t feel selfish. N be Laght to herself, and a servant igh ye m1 wa was warm, Soup and towel on & Rear by chai. ow, Louisa, said, “you undress ae. Ti El to Pe 0 ha Pal sage. If you don’t know how r= aking, just callout: I'll tell you what to i He waited some time in the passage, fl had covered his face | be quiet, colimenced fo think matters out. | chil sail from ings, he found that she would snatch at | da £3 % ih iH £ i SE% £58788 {ke ji g.5 giz i Hs R is : i i : §aE8 g g fis 3 | i: 55 ALLL FH g 52% fil : Aik : ; g Lin REE. Es 1H iv FE fl Ee 1H bg fs et : Ez i S 1] ; ge i gg § EE 58 : : £5 i : H 4 g i fi i g i TH ged gis gi% 28% i 2 Fe Louisa passably presentable. On the twenty-seventh, the day before the Konigin Luise was due to dock, he re- . ceived a telegram from his wife, telling him on no account to meet her in New York. It must have been sent by wire- | less—a piece of startling extravagance. the | To him it was an indication of the stormy depths of her anger. She wished them ! to have their first encounter in a place. A peril Louisa by taking her with him to the station. So the next day, having received the intelligence that Mrs. Vaudry would ar- rive home by the nine-forty evening train, he attired Louisa in her meagre best and | left her to guard the house. He drove school district of the fourth class s down to the station in no pleasant frame | decide of mind. As he hitched his mare and of the approaching engine. He nerv himself up for the climax reiterating, “But I will be a father, anyhow.” The train came to halt upon the tracks. Glancing up and down station, he caught sight of his wife; she was alight- dren. noticed, even before he came up with her, looked nervous antl embarrassed. When nati ing his finger at the boy. h "% This De she said. “And. oh, h the heart of a great fellow nearing seventy, | Vaudry, I do you'll like him.” aed home he lit. his pipe | “Like him! 1 don't dislike him. Does and, seating her on his knee, bidding her 18 Jive here? I suppose he’s some Italian's “He oo, he Fepliod; “but he's ours now, gues, hope you aren't Cu ok bea RA he py -l wson, in Har- per's Weekly. A. W. Reese et ux to Moses Maiies, July . 1911, tract of land in Port Matil- Ambrose V. Ray, trustees to John W. Bathgate et al, August 16, 1911, tract of land in College Twp.; $300. Geiser Mfg. Co. to Catharine Swires, July 12, 1911, tract of land in Rush Twp.; Robert M. Lloyd’s heirs to C. & C. St. | Rail 1911, tract of land Raliway Sou 1 2 , Mary Rapp et al to Wm. C, Taylor, Feb- 3571, track of lend in Sping ; 81,- L. H. Musser et ux to Wm. J. Musser, July 3, 1911, tract of land in Huston Twp.; Ee Fg i ie | 8 il Bf E FF Bv FB £ To Avoid At 8 any territory that belongs to an ndependent district, including such ter- ritory as comes to it on the first Monday of July 1911, when the independent dis- taxes assessed and levied alty of five per cent. will be added rebate allowed for prompt payment erection of school buildings as heretofore except, that after the State Board of Education 1s organized, the plans and fications of new buildings and im- ements must be submitted to that Every contract in excess of three hun- dred dollars made by any school district jor uation of heating, ventilat- or ng syst tion, reconstruction school building, or work upon any school property, shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder, after due public notice 3poR proper terms asking resent members of the school boards in second, third and fourth class districts, except in independent districts, will serve until the first Monday of De- cember, 1911, when they will be super- by the school directors el in In districts of the first or repair of any has been given for competitive November, 1911. class. (Philadelphia and Pi present directors will be su second Monday of November, 1911, the directors appointed by the school director can serve as tax col- In school districts of the second class the secretary and treasurer shall not be members of the school board; in school districts of the third and fourth class membkers of the school board may serve as secretary or treasurer. The accounts should be audited on the | first Monday of July, and the auditors blish a summary of their re- er in a newspaper, or by prompt- ng six copies in as many different If in ny year before jhe ns day of ugust of school directors where she would be free to speak out all | any school district of the third class de- her mind. This decided him not to im- ! cide by a majority vote of the members . thereof not to have medical inspection in any or all of the schools of such district such medical inspection shall not be made in such schools during the following school year. If the board of school directors of its eggs during the early part and m by a majority vote of the members ch | thereof not to have medical inspection of waited, he rehearsed ‘all her probable | the pupils in a part of the schools of such arguments and accusations, and all the | distri answers and excuses which he had pre- | at Harrisburg is officially notified thereof pared. His courage was at a low ebb in writing before the first day of when he heard the bell and saw the lights | such medical inspection shall not be . in such school during the following school Present independent districts will be : abolished after the first Monday of July, : but the courts may, upon petition, re- ¢ \ ' constitute them at any time after that ing, and clambering down behind her was da a dusky little boy. He found the steps too muuch for his legs and cried out. Her | until January 1, 1912, be selected and husband was surprised to see her turn adopted under the old laws. and assist the boy to the platform. That | was not Maria's way—tobe kind to chil- | ed by one month and will expire on the | first Monday of July, 1911, at which ti He went forward to greet her, and! the school Yo 1diy Soni ho ted ct and the Commissioner of Health te. Text-books and school supplies will, e present fiscal year will be extend- S——— — A Northumberiand county farmer, who has suffered with thousands of others in the eastern half of Pennsylvanla from the | by oe raat crop essian fly, wrote to t te | unusually severe at Harrisburg, saying. “Our wheat was almost entirely de- stroyed by Hessian fly this season. Can the same ground and that which is near be safely sown to wheat this season?” oie reply of Professor Surface is as “The loss from the Hessian fly this year was, indeed, very i throughout the entire eastern part of Pennsylvania. Some fields which would | | money outlay if one does not yet have yielded from thirty to forty bushels acre are, at this time by actual threshing measure, averagi oniy three bushels per acre. The loss this pest alone in this State will amount to many hundreds of thousands of dollars. Some years ago I commenced a series of investigations on the Hessian fly, and have continued them with the greatest care. [I learned that some years the is more abundant, and in others m less abundant, but never entirely absent. I also proved that at the latitude and alti- | ™"\ tude of Harrisburg in those fields where ' wheat was sown before the 25th of Sep- tember, there is danger of the fall brood of the fly being pressiit and very destruc. ve, There are two distinct broods or gen- | erations per year in this State. The fall brood passes the winter in what is known 2 the flaxseed s Be, and from this & e spring comes t A which lays its he near the Sg bw of the wheat, from these hatch the spring brood, which causes the wheat to break down or become strawfallen. Ow- ing to the badly broken condition of the straw this year, many farmers entirely abandoned their bi and cut their wheat with mowers, because they could cut it lower with these implements. It yas Nig raked together and handled ike hay. Nearly all the flies remain in the field in the stubble. Very few are taken into the barn with the straw, for the reason that they do not live high in the straw to be cut off with the It is a good plan either to burn the stubble or ago, to plow the field before the latter part of August, Even earlier plowing would be more sure of turning them all down. If the soil is turned over completely by the plow, so that the stubble is thrown under, the fly will be destroyed. Of course, the objection to plowing or burning is that the clover or sown in the grain is thus destroy Also, it scarcely justifies one man, or even a few men in a neigh- borhood to do this unless all will co- : te and act in perfect unison. One ngle field in a sowiiship will contain eno! specimens of the fly in its stubble to infest an entire township, if it were | possible to them in every direc- tion. There the plowing and burn- ing is not absolutely necessary, but will | prove an aid. One can have good results other means, and at the same time preserve the grass. i These other methods consist in pre- ' paring the ground and planting a trap strip, of one or more drill widths across the field, in the latter part of August. This is to act as a trap to let the ay Jv e of September. Then about the 20th of September, it can be turned down, and the ground harrowed and reseeded. the entire field can be planted at the proper time, and this strip saved as a | trap to catch and destroy the eggs. This is advisableon a single farm, even though others do not act in accordance. In fol- lowing this method it does not become very important as to whether this was a field that was in wheat this year or not. ! You will be ahead of the fall brood of the ' Hessian fly. The only trouble is, that if your neighbor should plant too early, his . wheat will receive the eggs from the flies that are now in the stubble, and then if his wheat is near yours, next spring the | flies will come to Jos from his, andit is this spring brood tive by making the straw break and fall, t isespecially destruc- as mentioned above. Therefore, co- ed | operation in late seeding, or uniformity in ‘ and the annual d affidavit and that, instead of appearing hostile, she | certificate Nua Teport an his, t the entire section, is the i throughou! tendew Jorw a i to | keynote to the best possible method of Dt Ee etre ioe. | icing desivaction Ly. the Sisssian fy. his | the same officers as heretofore. | There is no known remedy after it once | enters the plant. TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATES. It is wrongly believed that the fly at- Pins themselves. It does not | tacks work in the head of the grain. The in- sects doing this are quite different pests, which entirely different treat- t. In the eastern part of this State a men small moth has been exceedingly destruc- | the two tive within the grains of wheat. For this the best possible remedy is to thresh from field as ble. This has a eully 22 Ds) n is Revised Game Laws. cer- | Following is a summary of the game superintendent. | jaws of Pennsylvania revised since the last session of the Legislature. Hunters and others would do well to remember the dates: Bear—Unlimited, October 1 to January ‘orbidden. 1. Use of steel traps f Blackbirds all kinds, and Doves—Un- limited. ber 1 to January 1. Deer, with visible horns—One each season. November 15 to Decem- tober 15 to November 15. sa Syer~Unlinited. July 15 to Decem- Shuai), commonly called Virginia part- 'enin one day, 40 in one week 75 in one season—November 1 to December 15. Raccoon—Unlimited, September 1 to January 1. a EE oe 50 in one ovember 1 to Decem- ber 15. wie Vinee Unlimited. September 1 SY ack Wilson—Unlimited, Sep- tember 1to May 1. : fox, black or gray—Six of the com kinds in one day—Norember 1 to December 15. Webfooted wild water fowls of all kinds —Unlimited—September 1 to April 10. Not to be shot at before sunrise. Wild in one day, two in one season. November 1 to 15. Woodcock—Ten in one day, 20 in one week and 50 in one season. October 1 to December 1. 4S | garments, with NEL te Ne FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. DAILY THOUGHT. But not to understand a treasure's worth, "Till time has stolen away the slightest good, Is cause of half the poverty we feel, And makes the world the wilderness it is. E § ] £ 2 § : girl dress. Naturally she will Gress. Sopurglly she will squire i ‘ mer's (if not last winter's) left-overs ble | likely to serve for these occasions. E the occasion be very im a ery Ipariant, into shape with some little trouble eel on the raiment for next winter. Serge, cheviot and the various cloths will be most used for street wear, as they are ih 8 . the most serviceable. Soft satins and taf- ter elaborations. ot that any of these creations are to look elaborate. The great desire is rather to cover up all traces of work and have the garments offering the maker the grea . nguishes There's to be a change in wearing of the hat. Napoleonic hat are still in trimmings on toques invaria have a backward tendency, but large hats are now trimmed in every possible way—at the side, all over the crown, from the front, and also from the back. ACCESSORY CHIC. No neck ornament has ever been so popular as the side-frill cravat. Some women are now showing a preference for the long lace jabot worn quite Steaigin from the throat and trimmed just the chin with tiny silk roses or a small black velvet bow. A slender platinum chain with a pendant may also be added, or a string of pearls, but anything at all striking-looking in jewelry is avoided. When no collar is worn, as on the gowns of this season. a neckiet of some sort is inevitable, and some of the jewelers have designed the most lovely things in seed pearls, turquoise and other dainty stones. All the big Paris dressmakers now make it their business to fit on the dress the Hight sort of handbag, and with a rainy day rig the right kind of umbrella. They are very fond of the long cord for the handbag. The smart women carry bags in tone with their costumes unob- trusively and easily, leaving the fashion of slinging them from the shoulder to those who wish to attract attention. Out from behind the locked doors of millinery rooms filters the fact that the first autumn hats are to be either very sal and very tall or very large and very “There is no doubt,” says one of the creators of “creations,” “that ty of very comfortable in the wearing. Broad brimmed felt hats are pictur- Queen Mary's at Windsor is said to contain the most valuable collec- tion of tableware in the world. Every reign since Queen Elizabeth's has contrib- uted to the collection, which is stored in two Toons. The walls are lined with cases made of glass mahogany, with similar cases the centre of each room. The most thing in these ae ne I Cd state. There is a table 9 the hishen: three feet in length. A rose water foun- tain of silver has a dome supported on columns around which are horses and hounds. A silver gilt almosta yard high is said to have been saved from She Armada, 25x of bellows Sounysd in silver and was once the of Nell Gwyn. There is a Sf Sretogs iu Solid Silver Sade for Churies Hand a bowl was contribut- ed by George IV. ht; felt i | s3f gs i 4 SF : | : ! ! i: : § i fis
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