= Bellefonte, Pa., “November 17, 01 AN INSPIRING TRIBUTE. it Made a Remarkable Scene In the House of Representatives. A touching scene occurred in the house of represeutatives a unmber of years ugo when an aged member from New Jersey arose and for the first time addressed the speaker. All eyes were turned in his direction as he’ stood calmly awaiting recognition, He was tall, spare and erect. His vener- able appearance and kindly expression, coupled with most courteous manners, at once commanded attention. As In husky tones he again said . “Mr. Speaker” there came from the farthest end of the great hall in a whisper, but distinctly heard by all, the words. “Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt." | A moment later aud from the floor and gallery many voices blended in the familiar refrain. “Don’t you re- member sweet Alice, Ben Bolt?” The ovation which immediately fol- lowed was such as is rarely witnessed | in the great hall. Business was sus- | pended for the moment and the hand of the new member warmly grasped by the chosen representatives of all parties and sections. ' It was an iaspiv- | ing tribute, one worthily bestowed. | The member was Thomas Dunn Eng- | lish, author of the little poem, sung in | palace and cottage, which found its ' way into all languages and touched all | hearts. Adlai BE. Stevenson in “Some- | thing of Men I Have Known.” CURIOUS ESKIMO LIVING. The Pallet Roms in Homes Entirely Devoid of Furniture. “Pucniture is quite noknown in a! common Eskimo home. writes the | wife of the Danish governor of Green- iand, Anna Bistrup, in an article on | “Eskimo Women [n Greelund” in the! Century. “The houses of the Eskimos ave all built of stone and turf, with the wia- dows opening toward the sun, the one entrance always being on the side that is least exposed to the wind. Along the back wall runs a platform, a pallet of boards, raised eighteen inchex above | the floor. It is from six to eight feet : deep, and through its whole length it’ is divided into rooms or spaces of . eight or ten feet. Each room Is sepn- rated from the neighboring room by a pariition of board or skin. An open passage runs the whole length of the house nlong the pallet rooms and serves for the traffic of all the Inmates, but each pallet room claims for its own the bit of passageway adjoining “Bach pallet room is occupied by one famiiiv, and there they stay night and day. The best pallet room is the in- nermost and is always occupied by the owner of the house or the oldest if the house has more than one owner.” Worthy of the Highest. The talk had turned to the orphan children of Henry Doane of Cherry- ville. The former resident asked the stage driver how they had prospered. “They've done first rate,” was the hearty response. “Both of them have done fivst rate. “Joe Eddie, be learned the carpenter's trade and has worked right along, and as for Emma Susan-—well, I'll tell you what somebody from over the Center sald to me only last week about her in conversation regarding hier husband. “Emma Susan married Frank Bax. ter, one of the James Baxiters. Well, that mun from the Center, he said to me: ‘I hear Frank Baxler's been cho: sen selectman, Well, | don’t know but what he'll do all right for you, he said; ‘but, whether he's the man for the place or not. there's one thing certain-— if ever a woman looked suitable 10 the position of selectman’s wife and would do it credit Emma Susan Baxter's thar roman! Te Yonth's Coruion. = = Too Many Books. : ' Barnaby Rich In his preface to “A New Description of Ireland,” published fn 1600. wiles: “One of the diseases of this age is the multitude of books that doth so overcharge the world that it is not able to digesi the abundance ‘of idle matter that ix every day hatch- ed und brought into the world. that are as divers in their forms as their authors be in thelr faces. It is but a thriftless and (hankless occupation, this writing of books A man were better to sit singing in a cobbler's | shop, for his pay is ceriainly a peuny | a patch! But a book writer, if he | gets sometimes a few commendations | of the judicious, he shall be sure to reap a thousand reproaches of the ma- , Hclons.” 2 No Use. Pocahontas had saved the life of | | addressed. Captain John Smith. “What would bave been the use of | 1 : killing him, anyhow, pa?” she said. | | shark and the whale (which latter, being utilized to the advantnge of i ! “it you had died when yon ought to” + aver published Is the i ficial “fossils” and hidden (bem in a | quarry, to which they then enticed the | brother, ' move fllnesves than other fish?” A Mighty Drinker. William Lewis, Esq., of Llandisruan, who died on Dec. 30, 1793, in the act of | drinking a “tumbler maur”—that is, a Origin of the Four Poster. In medieval times, when life was very insecure, it was usual for people to sleep on a bed which was surround- cup of Welsh ale containing about a {sd by sides of boards with strong wine quart—had made it a rule in his life to read a certain number of chap- | ters in the Bible every morning and by | way of assisting in the digestion of so much spiritual food to drink neo less | shan eight gallons of ale every morn- ing. It was calculated by some mathe- | matical genius of the time that in the course of his life Mr. Lewis must have | drunk e ough ale to float a seventy- four gan ship. His size was extraor- dinary. If we may believe the Gen- tleman’s Magazine he weighed 560 | pounds, and the diameter of his body | was no less than six feet. Fortunate- | Iy, says the writer of his obituary no- ! tice. he died in his parlor, for it woukl hmve been impossible to bring him downstairs in a coffin. Even as it was, the undertakers had to use a | crane to lift the coffin on to a car- riage and to have the same machine in the churchyard to let it down into his grave. Chambers’ Journal | i Whale Extract. i It is said ‘hat the flesh of both the | however, cannot, of course, be proper- Iy classified as a fishy are largely uti- lized in northern Europe for the prep aration of a fish extract (hat resem bles in some respects the popular ex- tracts of beef, being at the same time far cheaper. All fishy flavor is elim- imared by chemical processes, and the extract Is vaiuable for the foundation of soups and In general cookery. Whale meat Is very nutritious. but its excessive amount of fat venders it un- | palatable to most persons. No this fai is removed before the extract is boiled | "down 10 a sirupy consistence and sea!- ‘od In jars. In many of the fish facto ‘ pies of Norway a “‘fish meal? Ix made | that is eaten extensively by the na | tions of northern Europe. In these | several ways fish which were former- | ly vejected as heluz nnfit for food ave | many.—Scientific American. Hoaxed the Naturalist. Une of the wost remarkable books | “Lithographin | Wirceburgensis,” written by a Wurz- | burg naturalist named Bebringer In | 1726. Probably very few copies ave | in existence, as the author destroyed | ail that he could get possession of soon after the book appeared. He had heen victimized Ly some practical jokers, who had made a great variety of arti. professor. Behringer was overjoyed by so rich a find and had ao suspicion | of the trick, although many of the fos. wile were of a very grolesque churac- ter. He took his treasures home, made elaborate drawings of them and wrote a minute description of each, ax well | as an exbaustive commentary filled with fogenious and plausible theories. When he Lad published the book the jokers confessed, and then, of course, the profes<or did hiz utmost 1o sup. press {he work Superstition About Cats. In the Man errato It is belleved that all the eats whe wander about upon the roofs during the month of Febrn. | ary are really witches, whom it is Inw ful and even necessary fo shoot. An old German superstition has it that if a black ext site upon the bed of a sick man it 1s a presage of his death, while if afier his decease it Is seen upon his grave it is enough to arouse doubts as to the locality to which his soul has< departed. In Hungary it Is thought that cats generally become witches between the ages of seven and twelve years. A French belief con cerning the cat is that if the antmal be carried in a cart and the wind blow from it to rhe horses they immediately fall tired. If any part of the horse- man’s clothing he made of cat's skin the hovse will feel as though it carried a double hnrden Restored Courage. The southern lover was impetuous, ! says the anthor of a book of reminis- cences of eastern Virginian entitled | “Memory Days” and the maiden was | timid amd nnused to passionate pro- | posals of marringe. “Oh, don't!” she interrupted in a whis- | per. “You frighten we dreadfally!” i Overcome hy contrition, the young man humbly apologized for his fervor, | and a painful silence ensued. The gir) | broke it at [ast i “Robert.” she began, with a hopeful | smile, “1 -don't think I shall—-bhe so frightened (his thine” | Sick Horivmm, “Why,” said a youngster to his elder : “do herrings have so many | “Who says they do?” asked the youth “Why, this book says that thousands | upon thousands of them are cared ev- i “There ave millions of other Jon | ery year. ” { Smiths, and there wouldn't have been a line about it in the papers.” Her news instinct was unerring. | Saving the captain's life made a first page story of the affair. — Chicago | News. “ Black Eggs. The black Cayuga BR a South | * swell fate? American bird, frequently lays black | eggs. ‘The coloring does not penetrate | the shell. being due to an oily pigment which can be rubbed off. In succes- sive layings the coloring fades and dis- appears. Society as the Dector Saw It. When the doctor was asked what he | thought of the reception he had at- | tended the previous evening he sald: “It was a cacbuncle.” “What {do vou mean hy that?” “Why, it was an great gathering and | - New York Times. i The , Bluff Physician. The Doctor—Yon would have an at- | | tack of brain fever but for one thing. | Tmpatient Patieni—And what's that? ! | The Doctor--The fact that nature made | you an immuue from that particular | Baltimore American. | "much damp. | felt secure.” ! man unfortunately addicted to drink | time.” , three more kicks. The Usual Way. | variety of fever. She—What would you do if you had pe — enough to supply your needs? Wealth " social " its origin and d start in to make a lot more to | should be used for social purposes.— eo my wants. —Kxchange. | Comte. | posts at the four corners. These sides sontained sliding doors, which could | be fasteued inside. When men retired Ww rest tifey took a weapon with them. If attacked in the night they were sroused by the noise made by the crashing in of their wooden defense and were able to defend themselves. When the law became strong enough to protect human life the sides of the bedstead were gradually dispensed with, but the four posts remained. The boxlike bedsiead still survives in the rurai jaris of Scotland and is al- most necessar; where the earthern floors and imperfect ceilings cause Kmily Broute in “Wath- ering Heights” describes one of these bedsteads in the old mansions as form- ing a “litle closet,” Mr. Lockwood, who had ‘e «<leep in it, says, “I slid back the paaei sides, got in with my light, pulled thew together again and ——————— at He Lagged Suparflusus. Pittsfield, in the Berkshire hills, had in the old duys, like many another New England town, a number of men and women who were called “charac- ters.” One of these was Bill Brown, a and frequently intoxicated for days at a time. On one occasion he went into the shop of the local hatter, Mr. Smith, and ssked for the best beaver in the , right, for the lugs certainly do busi- stere. Mr. Smith produced the desired article, saying as he took the money. | “That beaver will last a man a life ! Rill went proudly down the main | i street with his tine beaver on his head | and immedixtely celebrated the even! with a proivacted debauch. i When he recovered he returned to | the shop with x most disreputable hat, ! MLook bere, I thought you said this here beaver would last me a lifetime.” “So it would,” growled Mr. Smith, — Youth's Companion, Penalty of the Peach. | The Egyipcinns appear to have been | | acquainted with what Is commonly | called prassic acid, the most deadly of poisons, It is held that they dis- tilled it from certain plunts and trees, notably the peach. Iu the Louvre there ix an ancient Egyptian papyrus from which the following has been de- cipbered: “P'ronounce not the name of 1. A. U, under the penalty of the peach.” This hax been supposed io he a death warning to those who might be tempted to reveal mysteries in con: nection with the religions rites of the priests, ‘The Roundus probably learned of prassic acid {rom the Egyptinns, His | tory hax it that in the reign of Tiberius a Roman knight accused of treason drank poison and immediately fell dead at the feet of the senators, a siz- nificant circumstance, inasmuch as no other poison hax the almost instan taneons effect of prassic acid, The Light Was There. A well known New York clubman was found by a police officer very late one night in a pitiahle state of intoxi- cation. The wretched fellow stood he neath a lamppost, which he was Lick ing with might and main. Slightly amused, the policemsn watched Lim a moment, Then he said: “Here, sir, what are yon doing there” No veply. Only—bang, bang, bang —the tipsy one dealt the lamppest ‘What are yon repeated | the policeman. doing?" | fully concealed. audiences to be reputable business, and when he replied that he had decided 10 do it and Lad signed a contract to that effect the dear old indy wrote back that she was “still” that she would tell lage about It ne one in the vil GCifice of the Lungs. “What is the office of the lungs? a teacher asked x small pupil in a class | in physiology. | “The chest.” she promptly replied. “And.” said the teacher, telling the story. "I guess she was somewhat near ness in the chest.” Helping Him, Intrepid Widow Speaking of conun- drums, Mr. Slocum. here's a good one, Why is the letter “0” like a wedding | ring? Proceastinaiing Bachelor Ol, I'm no good at conmudrums. Intrenid Widow-You give it up? Why. he rause “we” can’t be “wed” without it. | The Possibility. ! He--Nothing could over come be tween us, could it, dear? She—1 can't think of a single thing unless 1 should ! happen to become engaged to some | other man hefore we get married. | Not Digestible. Tramp—Piease, ma'am. will you give me a bite to eat? Lady--[ haven't any- thing cooked. hint 1 can give yon a pair of old shoes. Tramp — Exense me, ma'am, hut "in no goat. A Way They Have In In Germany. | “One day while [| was in a big beer | garden in Bavaria,” said a returned | traveler, “a2 handsome young officer in | and seated himself at a nearby table. There was brought to him a big radish, several slices of rye bread and a tall | mug of beer. ‘Then I saw that band- | some young officer draw from the tail pocket of . that magnificent uniform | something wrapped in paper. This he | unrolled, a sweet smile playing about | his blond mustache as he did so. and | at last a piece of sausage seven or | eight inches long was revealed. My | astonishment at this sight was cave! I doubt it any officer | of our infantry would dare attempt | such a movement on the subsistence | depa rtment.” —Indianapolis 2 News. What More Could Me Want? | “What Is vour father's objection to} me, Millie?" asked the yeung man. i “He says you have no application. Gerald.” “No application!” he echoed bitterly. | “1 wonder If he knows U've been com- | ing to see you (wice n week for neucly | six vears I=Ohienge Tribune. a | a magnificent new uniform came i | i { ‘ i Peculiar. “Peculiar chap, very, boss in his house.” “What's peculiar about thaty” “He admits it." —Toulsville Courter. Journal. His wife is; The man delivered another quick volley of very furious kicks, and then. looking up. he said: ! “Oh, | know she's in all right. | ‘cause there'sh hic a light upstairs.” | A i A Poor Press Agent. Max O'Rell was exceedingly popular | as a lecrurer, and the way in which | his mother viewed the suggestion that her son should take to the platforin is worth repetition. 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