Bellefonte, Pa., January S, 1912. : — Tuning the Furniture. ; “RBafore a piano tuner can get good gesults he sometimes has to tune up the . general furniture as well as the piano,” sald an expert tuner. “The other day ! € was sent for to tune a piano that had mot Leen out of the factory six weeks. Et was a @ine piano. but every time } struck a note a noise like a battery of gin pans let loose sounded through the oom. 1 worked all morning without making any improvement. Finally | examined the rest of the furniture, and pretty soon [ discovered the cause of those jangling chords. A einbinet filled with old brass plates, platters and @leces of armor stood against the same wall. One leg was shorter than the others, and every time 1 struck the plano keys the vibrations caused a @light tipping of the cabinet and set the brass contents a-jiggling. I point- ed out the uneven legs to the pianist. “‘What you want is a furniture enender, not a piano tuner,” I said. “They got one in to add an eighth of an inch to that short leg. and the piano sounded sweet and true.”—New York Sun. Andalusian Girls. Despite thelr attractions Andalusian ' girls only marry after very long en- @agements, sometimes lasting ten years. One girl who has been engag- ed four years has a lover who comes €rom a distance twice a year to see fer, and yet he has never once men- tioned matrimony. He lives with his mother and no doubt keeps her, for Spanish mothers have great influence over their sons. When at last a mar- cviage takes place the bride has often ¢o reside with her mother-in-law, te whom custom requires her to be most ° subservient. Extremely devoted to thelr own mothers, Andalusian girls are in no harry to marry should their doing so require them to live at any distance from thelr old home. On the other hand. they do not appreciate having to wait ten years, but, as they ®ay, “No hay remedio” (there is no remedy). —Seville Letter. When Vapor Is Dry. Mr, M. Mott-Smith points out in Sci- ence a popular misconception in the supposition that aqueous vapor and ice are wet. They are in themselves dry and become wet only when they turn to water. “So dry is aqueous vapor, that it will dry any moist object that it comes in contact with.” Superheat- ed steam before it condenses is a dry | gas. Ice feels wet if the temperature | of the hand Is sufficient to melt it. As fee it is dry. Another misconception | fs that the air can be either moist or dry. [It is condensed aqueous vapor in the air that is moist, and it would be moist if there were no air. given quantity of aqueous vapor contined in @ given space will be wet or dry ac cording to the temperature. At 32 de grees, for Instance, it might be partial ly condensed and consequently wet, while at 70 degrees. owing to expan- son, it would be dry. 2 Bug Power. If asked to name the strongest ani mals most persons begin with the lar - the elephant, and continue with xen, horses, ete. This is, of course, ‘correct in so far as their total horse swpower is concerned. but for real | trength, proportioned to the size and eight of the animal, one must go to e insect world. Compared with in- ts. {he strength of almost any large mal, and ‘especially of man, is ab- rd. A uun is considered strong if can drag a mass weighing three or | four tlmes as much as himself, but | e beetle wit! walk with 500 times his wn weight. If a1 man were placed der a wooden box with five times weight on top to hold it down he ould remain there indefinitely. but retain a stag beetle prisoner in the me way one must pile on top of the box at least 1,800 tines its weight ' Oilcioth as a Cures. ! : Pretty soon after the new arrival had been assigned to his room he tele | ‘shoned down to ihe office for two! _ Strips of oilclorh. . French Matches. What is the explanation of the French match? Well, on every box there is printed the legend. “Manufac- ' tures of State; Contributions Indirect.” While you are struggling with the French match you are paying taxes. 1 do not know the exact amount of the revenue raised by the French match, but a French friend assures me that the atrocious badness of French matches is due to the determi- nation of the government to compel smokers to use ten matches instead of one. There was once a contractor who secured the contract for making the state matches, He was a conscien- tious contractor. He made good matches. He made matches that struck on the box In consequence the revenue fell off. The government was enraged. They warned the con- tractor that his contract would be can- celed unlesa he forthwith lowered the quality of tis matches. According to my friend. the object of the contractor | now is to make matches so vile that | the whole population of France Is forced to spend half its time trying to make them burn.—London Opinion. . Bear Lake's Black Bass. “The only black bass water I know of where the black bass are really black,” said a man who makes fishing tackle and tries it out on waters al- most everywhere, “is Dear lake, in the western corner of New York. It lies high among the hilis of Chautauqua county, uear the Pennsylvania line, It has no inlet and no visible outlet. A peculiarity of Bear lake is that it has no shallows. There is no gradual slope | from its shores into deep water, but | they pitch off at angles so acute as to be almost perpendicular, giving the im- pression that the water of the lake | fills an immense pit of great depth. | The lake is almost round and only a | mile In diameter. Owing to its odd | formation and unusual depth, Bear | lake has the appearance of a vast pool | of black ink. In those depths are black bass which are said to be natural to that water, plentiful, lnrge and full of fight. Black bass elsewhere are not . black at all, but of a dark olive green, but these Bear lake black bass are black.”"—New York Sun. —————————————— | When Bathtubs Were Curiosities. | The British Medical Journal Asserts | that a century back the English were | a dirty people. England can hardly | have been worse than the French. In. 1713 Jean Baptiste de la Salle publish- ed “Les Regles de la Bienseance et de la Civilite Chretiennes,” a manual for the guidance of youth which has run into over fifty editions and is still in | print. We are told that “for the sake of cleanliness it is well to rub the face every morning with a white towel in order to remove the dirt. It is not ad- visable to wash with water, for this exposes the face to the chills of winter and the heats of summer.” This pre. | cept continued to appear in the manu- | al until the edition of 1782. A similar , work, “La Civilite Nouvelle,” publish! ed in 1667, warns children that “to wash the face in water injures the eyesight. brings on toothaches and . colds and engenders pallor.”—London ' ~ Chronicle. Initials as Pen Names. Greatness has sometimes disguised itself under initials. About the middle of the eighteenth century there was published a book entitled “The Miscel- laneous Works, Comical and Divert ing. by T.R.D.J.8.D.O.8. P. 1. } This pompous array of initials hardly succeeded in concealing the personality of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift. dean of St. Patrick's, in Ireland. A more effective disguise was adopted by Ar thur Sykes. the author of an “Inquiry into the Meaning of Demoniacks In | the New Testament.” The author | takes refuge in Initials, styling himselr | “wr P.AP.OABILTCOS And this is the interpretation: “The Precentor and Prebendary of Alton . Borealis, In the Church of Salisbury.”-- | London Standard. i Willing, but Not Anxious. Ministers sometimes observe some curious phases of human nature among persons soliciting their services in the performance of a marriage ceremony. “Will you take this woman for your | wag ater found to be an escaped con- | 43-181y. “all murderers under life sentences, + a continual moaning and cursing and fll and bad been brought up to the ' ed, and raw recruits were stationed at ! ing of hard labor in company with ' night, always closely gnarded. At the ' lage, where he earns his living in his | a limited sense he becomes a pater- | ers. | hunters kill the fugitive and return LIFE CONVICTS FROM INDIA. Often the Most Desperate Prisoners Kill One Another, While Others Fall | Victims to the Native Head Hunters, | to Whom Murder Is Sport. | Frederick Taylor, F. R. G. 8., writing | in the Century Magazine about life in the Andaman islands, says: ! “The sailing of the Maharaja from Calcutta for the Andaman islands was not accompanied by the usual goodbys and handkerchief waving, for of my fellow passengers there were seventy to whom no one wished bon voyage or a safe return. These were convicts, who for some reason had escaped the death penalty, and included six wom- en, for the Maharaja is the ship used by the colonia! Indian government to transport convicts to the penal settle- ments near Port Blair, South Anda- man and, a distance of 650 miles from Calcutta. “The prisoners were all manacled and shackled about the ankles, with chains fastened to bands at the wrist. They were au despicable lot. At night hopeless sobbing came up from the hatches and made sleep out of the question for me. though the European officer in the steamer's cabin apparent- ly slept undisturbed. Early the first morning I went on deck and learned that two of the male prisoners were deck for air. They were closely guard- the railing to prevent them from com- mitting suicide by jumping overboard into the Hugli river. “The Andamans are literally the homes of murderers. The inhabitants are the most vicious members of an older civilization and the uncivilized head hunters. among whom murder is a sport and a pastime. In the settle- ment are about 1,700 prisoners, includ- ing 800 women.’ On arriving at Port Blair the prisoners first spend six months in solitary confinement in the ceiluiar jail of Viper island. They are then transferred to one of the associ ated jails and the comparative bless- others, though still occupying separate cells at night. After a year and a half of this they become slaves, work- ing in and about the settlement during the day and sleeping in barracks at expiration of five years a convict be- comes eligible to join the colony of ‘self supporters’ and live in the vil- chosen way, lives In his own house and can send for his wife and chil dren or marry a convict woman. Im familias, but is always carefully watched and cannot leave the settle- ment without permission. “Despite the rigid discipline and the vigilance of the authorities the com- munal life is far from harmonious, and the more vicious often rebel The murderers kill one another and are in turn murdered by the treacherous An- damanese, who regard the hapiess con- viets and their guards ns their natural prey. Occasional attempts at escape are made by the prisoners. but the ef- forfs inevitably prove disastivus. The fugitive. finding his conditional free- dom worse than servitude, either dies at the hands of the Jarawa warriors, falls a victim to fever or other dis- ease or starves. There is also a sys- tem in vogue by which the more friendly tribes of savages co-operate with the authorities in capturing es- caped convicts and receive rewards for the return of the unhappy desert. More often. however. the head only the head. recciving the reward just the same. the killing adding zest to the chase and the return of the head being the easiest and quickest i i way of earning the reward. ' “Under these conditions there are! few attempts ut escape. though many | | remarkably hazardous dashes for Ifb- erty have been made from time to | time, which, though futile, were most daring. Some time ago the steamer’ Fulata picked up a poor. emaciated | wretch who was sighted on a small | bamboo raft off the Arakan coast. He “Another one,” suid the clerk after | wedded wife?” asked a clergyman of | vier When picked up he had been on | sssaring the guest that the oileloth | - would be sent up immediately. “He is a somnambulist, | suppose. We keep strips of ollcioth in reserve fur | fellows dike him. They spread it on .the @eor a: either side of the bed.’ Sepping on cold olicioth when he gets witt of hed is pretty likely to awaken the most confirmed sleepwalker avd | « prevent noctarna! wandering.” New | York Press. i od St. Dunstan and the Devil. } :§ One of the most famous smiths of “the Weald was St. Dunstan. archbish- ! ‘ op of Canterbury. Mayfield, in Sussex. | fs the site of an anclent archiepiscopal | palace. and here, according to some, | took place the terrific encounter bLe- tween St. Dunstan and the devil. At any rate, the anvil, hammer and tongs Jvhich are alleged to have belonged to *the saint are still preserved at May- ‘field palace.—London Tatler. 4.4 Profitable. . “Seven years ago | landed in this town with only $1. but that dollar gave ‘me my start.” “You must have invested It very profitably.” { “I did. 1 telegraphed home for mon- joy louisvie Courier-Journal. Customer—Waiter, this is an ab- small steak you've given me. Walter—Yes, sir: but it'll take a won- a would be bridegroom. ; “Yes: I'll take ber)” remarked the wan in a hait dejected tone, “but,” he had secured water by catching the | added, with surprising frankness, »I'd | rather it were her sister.” : The ‘oman Question. “Yes, | have just finished a treatise on the single tax. Next | shall grap- ple with the woman question.” “Consult me, old fellow. 1 grapple | with a fresh cne every hour.” ! “How is that?" “1 am married.” Satire. Expensive Instruction, “Experience,” said the ready made philosopher. “is the best teacher.” “Yes.” replied the man who has had troubles with Wall street, “but you're go liable to go broke paying the first installment on tuition.” Washington ' Star. i A Souvenir. | Old Gentleman—Have you any hair the same color as mine? Barber—Do you require it for a wig, sir? Old Gen- tleman--No; I want a small piece to give to a lady.—~London Opinion. | An Artist. ! Sue—You said you were going to marry an artist, and now you're en- gaged to a dentist. Flo—Well, isn't he an artist? Fe draws from real | re, te msn eves s——— i There are no tricks in plain and’ I long time to eat, sir—FEvery- d's Weekly. : simple faith.—Julius Caeser. ! i the raft for twenty-nine days during | - one of the southwest monsoons and! rain and sucking it from his turban | and loin cloth. He lived upon fiying fish that flew aboard the raft, eating them raw. He was swept off the raft | many times by the waves, but had | managed to cling to it. After a month | in a hospital at Rangoon he was re- | turned to prison and solitary confine ment. : | “Another daring attempt at escape! was made by a party of six convicts | who were sent with two native police: men to a small island off the middle Andaman to work. They managed to escape from the guards and. hoisting the sail of the small boat, started out in a gale. After seven days of heavy weather they were dashed upon the rocks of the Tenasserim coast, and the boat was wrecked. All escaped with thelr lives and eventually reached the Siamese border, where they were ap- prehended by the local authorities and returned to the prison.” —————. Ql —— The value of a thing is the peace of mind i: gives you. To His Larder. “We're going to give Brown a sur- “But | thought yon had no use for Brown?” “I haven't. That's why I'm getting up the surprise party for bim.”--De- troit Free Press. : i Po Don’tOverlook This. A CAREFUL PERUSAL WILL PROVE ITS VALUE TO EVERY BELLEFONTE READER. 57 4 ; ; 1 it fi i ] | iii i EsiE f 3 5 i i i ik 13 ) : sig i e PEs H ge © i ) £ 5 | | 2 | g : x i 7 E- 3 i ! § = & 3 $ ; / 1 : h i: When you are ready for it, you will get it here. On LUMBER, MILL WORK, ROOFING, SHINGLES AND GLASS. This is the place where close prices and prompt shipments of reliable materials the orders TaePiaje et o AN ESTIMATE? BELLEFONTE LUMBER CO. 52-5-1y. Bellefonte, Pa. YA TAY wh AVL LVL THA Insurance. i EARLE C. TUTEN (Successor to D. W. Woodring.) Fire, Life and Automobile Insurance None but Reliable Companies Represented. Surety Bonds of All Descriptions. Both Telephones 5627.v BELLEFONTE, PA JOHN F. GRAY & SON, (Successor to Grant Hoover) Fire, Life Accident Insurance. This the Fi Sr Apap beni the Wek Te = NO ASSESSMENTS — Do not fail to call before insuring Life or Ee i avi position to 24d large lines at any time. Office in Crider's Stone Building, BELLEFONTE, PA. -TaTaY The Preferred : » Accident Insurance Co. THE $5000 TRAVEL POLICY pavable quarterly if desired. Larger in proportion. OI ina over age of may Fire Insurance sR H. E. FENLON, 50-21. Agent, Bellefonte, Pa. i i LYON &CO, BARGAINS We begin a general house clean’ ing and Rummage sale during inven tory. All small lots, odds and ends must be closed out in the next two weeks. Watch our Rummage Table it will be better than ever. We must have room for our Spring goods. LYON&CO. Allegheny St. 4-12 Bellefonte, Pa’ Yeager’s Shoe Store Fitzezy The Ladies’ Shoe that Cures Corns Sold only at Yeager’s Shoe Store, Bush Arcade Building, BELLEFONTE, PA. ~
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