———————————————————————————————————— Bellefonte, Pa., December 15, 1911. Oh, the Difference! “you look pretty this evening," the bachelor said to his fair companion. She gazed at him philosophically. “1 Am sure you mean that well.” she re- plied. “but you bave no idea how such a speech wrings the heart of ove like me—or would if 1 had not become nard- ened to the inevitable. Nobody ever says to me ‘You are pretty. It is ai- ways ‘You look pretty. There is a dif- ference 3s wide ‘as rhe wideness of the sea. The girl who really Is preity never has to give the subject » thought. | Nothing she can do or leave undone | affects the vital fact that she is pretty. The girl whom nature bas not thus dowered must be forever uying 10! make herself ‘look pretty.’ Of course in a way she deserves far more credit | for making herself acceptable to the! public than the pretty girl does—algo0 it is » compliment to her taste, in- genuity. skill and various other mental qualities to assure ber she has attained success—but it always reminds her of the battle she must continually wage.” — Exchange. The Summeriess Year. The year 1816 was called the “year without a summer.” Spring came that year. but ip its faintest form. Snow, cold rains and winds were incessant. It was the 1st of June before the first left the ground. The farmers planted their crops. but the seed wonid hardly | sprout, and when they came to the sur face there was not heat enough to make the frail plants grow. It is re corded that during the wonth of Inne birds froze io death in the woods and flelds. Small fraits, such ax there were, rotted on the stem, there being | no birds to eat them. But little corn matured. Only in sheltered spots were | sized roasting ears to be found. Prosis prevailed every month in the | year nad almost daily. The people | after reneated hopes of a change for | the heries settled down almost in de- spair. ‘Che like of it was pever known | in the country before and, fortunately, has never heen repeated.—New York Amerlean, Tolstoy and the Bear. When Count Tolstoy was a youug man he took part in a bear hant that | nearly ended fatally. When the beast charged him Tolstoy fired and missed. He fired a second shot. which hit the bear's jaw and lodged between his teeth. Tolstoy was knocked down, fall ing with his face in the snow. “There,” he thought: “all is over with me.” He drew bic head as far as possible be- tween his shoulders, ex g chiefly | his thick fur cap to the s mouth till she was able to tear with ber upper ! teeth only the cheek under the left eye | and with the lower teeth the skip of the left part of the forehead. At this moment the famous bear huut leader. Ostashkof. ran up with a small switch | in his hands apd cried out bis usnal “Where are you getting to” Where are you getting to?’ ‘I'his. says Tolstoy. ' sent the bear scuttling off at her oi- | most speed. The Real Old Article. ‘The stranger ip Boston was inter esied iu the oid family names of that city. He hore a strong letter of lo: | troduction to a prominent towasman. | “} ean give you from memory the ' names of ail the old families of our | city,” the prominent townsman said, | and be rattled off two or three dozens | at ap nmnzing rate. i The stranger looked up from his | copy pud expectantly. « ) “Is that all?” he asked. : i “} have given Fou i compete ist of Boston's lending families.” the promi. gent tow oxmaun replied. “Not one of them d:iex hack tess (hun six genera. tions." i The strauger siured. “But surely you have other old fam- ilies of ote in Boston?’ “Merely transients.” iclly replied the Boston man.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Goud and Bad. A remarkably brief, effective sum- ming up was once quoted hy Lord James ip sp after dinner speech. It was delivered hy ap Irish judge trying « man for pig stealing. The evidence of his gulit was conclusive, but the prisoner insisted ov calling a number of witnesses, who testified most em- phaticaily to bisgeneral good character. After hearing their evidence and the | counsel’s speeches the indee remarked. “Gentlemen of the jury, | think that the only conclusion vou cap arriveatis | that the pig was stolen by the prisoner | and that he is the most amiable men in the county.”—lLorAdon Chronicle. Eg! 22. Not Her Fault. : The mistress comes howe withowt warning. She finds the maid in gain attire. “Why, what do yor wean.” she cries, “hy wearing my best black skirt?” “It is not my fanir,” replies the maid, | “Madam jocked ap all ber cotored | ones.” —Cleveland "nin Deasler. Positively Brutal. Grace--Just see how much your lit. tle wifie loves yon. She made this eake for you all by herself. Arthur— Yes, my darling. And now if you will eat it all by yourseif | ghall possess indisputable proof of your devotion.— Pittsburgh Press, Heartless. Gritty Plkes—It's a heartless world, Think what a woman done when I asked her to give me some- Ring to keep body and soul together! | of somebody else and in turn affording | | we may take | laughing gull has thought te begin its ! bird than ! gust the fish js dro 1. and with a, gu yee | pleces and divided among those who 5 2 : ge REL g Gritty | WINGED RASCALS. ————— Birds That Are Accomplished and Daring Thieves. HOW A GULL ROBS A PELICAN — It Works a Clever Trick on Its Clum- sy Victim and Is In Turn Flesced by the Lightning-like Frigate Bird—Vil- lainy of the Butcher Bird. The system of living at the expense i a living for another parasite is as com- | mon in the anim.! world as among | men, and as a chance example of it | the mosquito, which. | feeding on man's lifeblood, is in its | | turn preyed upon by a tiny insect which sometimes causes its death. | One of the most common instances of | living by robbery in the animal world is that of the osprey, which is de- | spoiled of its fairly caught fish by the | more powerful but ale lazier eagle, for the eagle can catch its own fish and does so when it cannot steal them. But a much more interesting case Is | that of the flying fish. Pursued by its | enemies in the water, it leaps into the air and is caught by the pelican. When | the pellcan has got its pouch full of fish it wings its way to land and pro- ceeds to eat. The pouch is a bag of skin hangivg froin the under mandible. and in order to get a fish out of it the bird must open its mouth and by a toss of the head throw a fish out of the pouch, The gull. knowing this and being » | lazy fellow, watches the clumsy and | rather stupid pelican until it goes | ashore to feed. Then the gull. with | the impudence which comes so natu: rally to villainy. actually perches on the long head of the pelican and waits. Open yawns the great mouth. flip comes up a scaly morsel, wide gapes the hungry throat of the pelican; but, alas for it. the fish is already in the jaws of the gull, which, with a wild scream. has mounted aloft to enjoy its stolen meal. But the sharp eye of the lightning. like frigate bird has been watching the whole game, and the moment the feast it sces a stronger and a quicker itself darting toward fit like an arrow. With a shriek of dis- graceful swoop it is caught by the last thief of all. A sneak thief is the owl [It lies concealed all day and only ventures abroad when its victim is asleep and when its movements cannot be seen Its body and wings are covered with . downy feathers. so that as it goes | =—=— through the air it makes none of the rushing noise which characterises the swoop of the hawk, and therefore its sharp talons ave buried deep into the body of ite prey before the latier i« aware of its presence. There is a little bird called the shrike, which for its cunning and sc complishments deserves a high place in the rogues’ gallery. It is not swift enough to catch many of its feathered fellows in fair pursult, so it sits in ambush aud imitates the cry of a distressed bird until a tender hus band or » sollcitous wife flies to the spot to lend the aid supposed to be wanted, whereupon the wicked crea ture pounces on the beguiled bird and. if not hungry enough to make a men! at once, impales its prey on a thorn. Almost as great a villain as the butcher bird. as the sbrike is usoslly called, is the bee eater of Afviem. If is very fond of bees, but is some times too lazy to hunt for them. It alts on a bush and waits for a bee to 25 2g : E 4 : 8s with a bee in its bill. Now ' s opportunity. The mo- | newcomer is near it it flies ery as if pursued by a | newcomer is immediately i ¢ for safety. The thief . the bee and enjoys it ai iit must said for most animsis they rob or murder for the pur of getting food, but here and is a thoroughly depraved fellow steals for the fun of it. One of is the wolverene. It is very fond : following a trapper at a safe dis and after the man has carefully his traps to steal all the as carefully. Sometimes it unt] a fox has been caught coolly walk up and kill the it from the trap, eat as much , bury the rest and go on other traps. Of course the trap- hate the wolverene and try to: it. but it ¥« an expert trapper | do it. All sorts of devices but the wolverene fagii- 2 a t i Hi FEE f g z how to avoid them. One man made = | most elaborate and complicated series “of traps, laying corde about the ap | proaches to the bait so that the mos: | wary man would have been sure to | | stumble on one and pull the trigger of ‘a gun placed so that it would shoot | the disturber. ‘The next morning be . visited his trap and found all the cords | bitten through and tbe bait gone. poses ma He Was Smart. Mrs. Benbam—What Is the meausst thing a womsn can say to a man? Ben ! ham--“Yes” when he is fool enough tv | ! propose. —Town Topics. | i i | Give a buy address and accomplish | ments and you give him the masteiy | | of palaces ~ Emerson. | eities bas an Indian name, and among | | those that have it is usually an adop- ' on from some neighboring lake or GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES. Racial Marks Left by Our Early Ex- plorers and Settlers. While most of the siates of the Mis- sissippi valley, besides countless civ- | ers and lakes in all parts of the coun- try, bear Indian names, but a small number only of the towns that are the work of the white man have adopt- ed names borrowed from the original ! owners of the land. Not one in ten, it | bas been pointed out, of the 150 large | stream. The early explorers and settlers have left thelr racial marks. Up the Hud- son and Mohawk the trail of the Dutchman is pretty clear. The French influence in uorthern New York and Vermont and along the line of the great lakes is familiar in many names. Mississippl has no “saints” in its jist. whereas. scross the river, Louisi- ana. by nine parishes and many towns, rivers and lskes. perpetuates the re liglous teneis of its early settlers. Kentucky and Tennessee evidence the vocabulary of the hunter and trapper; Montana and Tdaho that of tbe miner. All the region scquired from Mexico, particularly southern California, main- tains in its place names the memory of its Spanish explorers and settlers, There are relatively few Indian | names on the Pacific coast. North of | the Spanish belt capes and towns fre- | quently reflect the joyalty of early set- ' tlers to the older sintes of the Union.— Pittsburg Press. THE FRUGAL ARABS. Bread and Dates a Day. The daily routine of the Arab is sim- ple and well ordered. He is up with the daybreak and as soon as possible loads his camels: then he rides for some four or five hours before he has his first morning meal: then he is off . again until late in the afternoon, when a halt is made for the night. Supper | usually consists of warm bread, with ! an onjon or dates as a relish, Bread is prepared in as simple a manner as possible. While the coarse flour and | water are being kneaded into dough a | large fire Is made, which provides a good heap of hot ashes. On part ob * these the flattened dough is laid, then covered with the remainder of the They Live on Two Simple Meals of two miles from his farm. On the even- ‘ | ashes. In about fifteen minutes the dough fs sufficiently lmked. It is then well beaten to free it from ashes, broken in | from their bags have contributed the ' | will and, poured out into tiny cups. is sol- emnly handed around to each one. Dates often take the place of bread in Arabia. There are many varieties, . and the composition of the date does not differ so very much from that of bread. Fat is lacking in both. but | this 1s supplied by the butter churned in skin bags suspended from a tripod and shaken or rolled on the gronnd.— Chicago News. The Limit In Close Bargains. “Over in my county,” said the talker in the hotel lobby, “we have a thrifty merchant, a bachelor, now getting along in years, who is noted for driv- ing close bargains. He is straight as a string in money matters, but a very close harvester of the coin. He pays all his bills inside the thirty day limit in order to get the cash discount. The other day, meeting his favorite neph- ew, he said. ‘Andy, you've been a good young man, and | intend to remember you in my will.’ “ “Phat’s nice of you, uncle,’ said An- dy, ‘but Pm having some hard luck now, and if you could advance me something ir certainly would be help- fal.’ “Here was the opportunity of the un- cle, always on the lookout for a bar- gain, so he said, ‘Suppose 1 give it all to you now, how much of a discount you make me? "—Indianapolis News. Could Not Do Without Him. Henry Austin was slow. His work was always behind that of the neigh- boring farmers, although he always got it done eventually. He had been | courting Jennie Blake for five years, and at last they were to be married at her home in the Stumpfield district, ing on which the event was to take place his neighbors, the Fosters, drove by his house on their way to the wed- ding. Henry was just going to the barn with bis milking pail. Mr. Fos- ter shouted: ‘Where are you, Henry? I should think you would have been there long ago.” Henry, equal to the occasion, re responded in his slow drawl, “Waal, | guess they won't do much business’ fore | get there.” Youth's Compan- | fon Diplomatic. Young Man-So Miss Ethel is your oldest sister Who comes after her? Smal! Brother—Nobody ain't come yet, but pa says the first fellow that tomes can have aer.- Exchange. A Kitchen Jar. Lady —~ Susan. I've come down to help you. Nervant-i'd wuch rather A A ORR HRB, Killed by His Affinity. Clarence Wickard Button. thirtw. { pine years of age, the son oi Con- stable William H. Button, was siab- bed to death on McNamee's hill, on the edge of Cumberland, Md.. by Fan- nie Williams. aged thirty-five years, whwo confessed to the crime and is in jail. No one witnessed the tragedy. William Johnson and John Heck were walking along the hill, when Mrs. Williams came down ‘oward the city. She stopped and said: “Oh' [I've killed poor Clarence But- ton.” She raid she was going tn give hon self up. Mg, Johnson and Mr. Heck Ceonsiderate. “Why do you argue with your wife?” asked the bachelor “Don't you know the futility of it*" “Of course,” replied the married man, “but T have to allow her a little pleas ure once in awhile "—Puck. Diligence, above ull. Is the mother of good luck.—Samue! Smiles. —There should be no hidden, inacces- sible places in milk vessels. The seams shou Id be soldered over smoothly inside and out. Heow's Sarsaparilia. Knees Become Stiff FIVE YEARS OF SEVERE RHEUMATISM. The cure of Henry J. ein, 14 Bar- ton Street, is anot vic- tory by Hood's Sarsaparilla. This great ne has succeeded in many cases where others have failed. Mr. Goldstein says: 1 suff from rheuma- tism five years, it kept me and exc! ating pain. My knees me as steel. I t medicines without - Sarsaparilla, soon felt much better, and now consider sel entirely cured. | recommend Hood's." . Hood's effects its wonderful c not because it contains sar- <aparilla, but use it combines the ut- most remedial values of more than twen- ty ingredients. . ysual liquid fi HO Oa ets called Sarsatabs. 16-43. Youth and Happiness. Make youth the most attractive period possible—crowd every pleasure and bit of sunshine imaginable into that day for the sorrows will enter all too soon—but in doing so watch the recipient of your favors and sacrifices that he or she does not develop into a selfish boy or girl. For Toasted Cheese.—Cut a half pound of rich cream cheese into thin slices, spread it on a heated flat dish and stand over boiling water to melt. While this is melting, toast four slices of bread and butter it. Place it on a hot dish, add the , seasoning to the cheese and spread it over the toast. Serve verv hot. Mag zines. Lo . a Lr a N= Popular Mechanics Magazine Are you reading jt? 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