a A... # - "Bellefonte, Pa., January S, 1912. Feats of Archery. In the days when the buffalo was found in vast herds on the western plains there were Indians who, while riding at a gallop, could send an arrow through a buffalo’s body. Remarkable as this archery was, yet it did not equal that reached by the archers of ancient times. It is of record that the MacRaes of Gairlock, Scotland, were such skillful archers that they could hit a man at the distance of 500 yards. In 1794 the Turkish ambassador at London shot an arrow, in a field near that capital, 415 yards against the wind and 482 yards with the wind. | The secretary of the ambassador, on hearing the expressions of surprise from the English gentlemen present, sald the sultan had shot 500 yards. This was the greatest performance of modern days, but a pillar, standing on a plain near Constantinople, record- ed shots ranging up to 800 yards. Sir | Robert Ainslie, British ambassador to | the sublime port, records that in 1798 | he was present when the sultan shot an arrow 972 vards.—New York Press. | Mark Twain's German Coffee. German coffee must have given Mark Twain a pain, judging from the | following recipe which he gave for its concoction: Take a barrel of water and bring it | to a boil: rub a chicory berry against ! a coffee berry, then convey the former Continue the boiling | into the water. and evaporation until the intensity of the flavor and aroma of the coffee and chicory have been diminished to a proper degree: then set aside to cool. Now unharness the remains of a once cow from the plow, insert them in a hydraulic press, and, when you shall have acquired a teaspoonful of that pale blue juice which a German super- | stition regards as milk, modify the malignity of its strength in a bucket | of tepid water and bring up the break- | Mix the beverage in a cold | and | fast. cup, partake with moderation, keep a wet rag around your head to guard against over excitement. Clever Crows. In a garden a dog was eating a plece of meat in the presence of foum covet- | ous crows. They evidently said a great | deal to one another on the subject, and | now and then one of them tried to pull the meat away from the dog, which he naturally resented. At last a big. strong crow succeeded in tearing off a piece, with which he returned to the tree where the others congregated. A loug powwow now ensued, which end- ed in all four crows flying down to the dog, the leading crow dexterously drop- | ping the small piece of meat within reach of his mouth. The dog immedi- ately snapped at it, unwisely letting go the big piece. which was seized by two crows and carried to the tree, where it was devoured with much fluttering and hilarity. while the cheated dog walked away with every appearance of discomfiture.—8t. Louis Globe Dem- ocrat. A Notorious English Spendthrift. Among the customers at Long's. the famous hotel in Bond street, was the last Marquis of Hastings. the most notorious of mid-Victorian spendthrifts. Hastings, according to one who knew him well, “gambled so that not even the Bank of England, backed by the | Rothschilds, with the mines of the Transvaal as additional supports, could have withstood the strain.” Yet even he protested at Long's when charged 2s. 6d. for a whisky and soda. The proprietor declared that this had always been the charge. “About time it was altered, then,” retorted the mar- quis. Just before his death Hastings remarked to a friend: “I've made a pretty hash of my life. Abeut all the good I've ever done was to bring down the price of a whisky and soda at Long's.” —T.ondon Express. Henley and Stevenson. W. E. Henley once met Robert Louls Stevenson and found his friend dis tressed because he was not a Voltaire or a Dumas, though he had an equip- ment which ought to have made him their peer. Stevenson put his “failure” down to the weakness of his lungs. “Perhaps. you. are right, Louis,” said | Henley. “I've always felt that if I had not been a blessed cripple 1 could have taken the earth in my hand and hurled ' {it into the sun.” A Suspicion. “1 declare.” said Mrs. Cumrox after making a round of calls, “all these butiers must have umpired baseball games.” “Impolite?” “No; polite. but positive. They seem to have got into the habit of saying everybody is out.” Washington Star. Professional Pride. The Judge—Then you acknowledge having robbed the safe. Were you assisted by any one? “No, indeed, yer honor. I've bin in the perfeshun for nineteen year, an' I ain't never collaborated with nobody.” Just a Shade. “l come of a very old family. We have a family ghost.” “We have two.” “1 guess that gives you a shade the best of it.”—Washinflon Herald. A Sure Cure. “Doctor, I have for years been ad- dicted to walking in my sleep. Is | l there any cure for me?” “Yes. Adopt a baby.”—Chicago Rec- ord-Herald. Nature's Monument to Washington. Gold Beaters’ Skin. Among the many monuments to! A cheap substitute is much desired Washington is the one which every | for goldbeaters' skin, which is prepar- visitor to the Cape Verde islands will | oq from the outside membrane of the | remember as one of the most colossal jarge intestine of the ox. It is said | | 08 warvelous Zuni of SeSuvat aol | sue guldboutens Dt 116d PUPS oor | 2 | ine! t metal, a | side of the harbor of San Vicente, the | her paper is still used In China and | principal town, rises a bold ridge of | Japan, but animal parchment has been | dark gray volcanic rocks, the crest of | mostly employed for two or three cen- | which forms an exact likeness of OUT | turies at least. While a thinner leaf | immortal George, seemingly lying face | can be beaten out between paper | | upward, as if in a peaceful sleep. The ' parchment sheets. it is damaged by | hero's large. bold features, the back- adhesion. A special German paper Is | ward wave of the hair. his massive | coated with isinglass or albumen. and , | shoulders and ever the frill of the shirt | paper parchment of some kind is much | front are all reproduced on a gigantic | ysed in the first stages. but goldbeat- | scale with wonderful exactness. The | ers finish thelr product between gold- | strange monument, sharply outlined pesters’ skins. still pounding an ounce | against the deep blue of the tropical | of gold into 200 square inches of leaf.— | | sky, is one of the first objects that | New York Tribune. meet one’s eye in approaching the is- | land. Its gigantic proportions, with the boundless ocean for a background, form a portrait wonderfully true to na- ture and overpowering in its magnif- | cence. Force of Lightning. It is hardly possible to use instru- ments for the purpose of figuring the | forces of lightning, yet there are many other ways of calculating familiar to every mathematician. The amount ! of light given by a single lightning | finsh is enough to illuminate an area of two square miles. The bolt itself | would be visible several miles farther | off, but the remotest part of the re- gion mentioned would Lave as much light as would be given by a candle— quite enough to read by. To produce such a light it would be necessary to | expend 13.000 horsepower for a sec- ond. These figures appear very large, | but the time is short. The flash might | be for only one-thousandth of a sec- ond, but the impression on the eye would continue for a tenth of a sec- ond anyway. Figured down to an exact hour this amount of force would | mean only about four horsepower.— i Electric News Bulletin. The Moral of the Story. Professor John Spencer Bassett, au- thor of “A Life of Andrew Jackson.” | in one of his lectures at Smith college. | | repeated a well known story in regard to Stephen A. Douglas, closing with a moral which aroused peculiar interest. | Douglas, as the narrative runs, was once sitting in a profound sicep in the corridor of the capitol when Adeline Cutts, a Washington belle. passed by. She did not know the sleeper, but was struck with compassion on seeing such | a splendidly intellectual face under such conditions, and stooping down laid her handkerchief over it to pro- tect it from the flies. Douglas on | awakening found the handkerchief, ! sought the owner and eventually mar- | led her. There was a pause, and then the professor added: “Young la- | dies. the moral of this story is. bave | your pocket handkerchief marked.” | A Lion's Vanity. The intricacies of a great man's character are often simplicities to his | wife. Once, when the present poet | laureate had paid a visit to Tenny-' son, his immediate predecessor, Tenny- | son walked with him as far as the | gate which led to the highway. There, | says Mr. Alfred Austin in his recent autobiography. while the elder poet! stood leaning on the gate, a party of | wide eyed sightseers appeared. “What a vulgar people the English are!” Tennyson exclaimed. ‘‘They come here to watch for me, and when they see me they say. quite loudly. “There's Tennyson!” i Mr. Austin afterward repeated this | to Lady Tennyson, who smiled tender- | ly, but archly. “My husband would be much more annoyed if the people didn’t come.” ' i Nothing Like Optimism. i There's nothing like optimism. Arm- with its breastplate, fitted with its colored spectacles, you can with- any pessimistic foe. see any w of hope. These thoughts were upon a friend of ours who was ting on the corner for his wife other afternoon. Minutes, hours, and she came not. An opti- friend joined him and shared ga HE Hi “Look again and see if Theodora Pt ”* begged the husband. “No. I don't see her yet.” answered optimist cheerily. “But bave cour- The women who are coming the street look more and more her every minute.” — Cleveland n Dealer. : ‘ PERE, Self Convicted. “Say. pa.” queried small Bobby, “what is gossiping. anyway?" “Gossiping, my son.” replied the old , man, “if we get right down to the | plain, unvarnished facts, is lying. But | why do you ask?" “Because,” answered the young in- | vestigator. “ma says you do a lot of | gossiping every time your business | keeps you late at the office.” — Ex- | change. Double Work in tha Choir. illage Tenor (hearing complaints of singing in the choir on Sunday)— ell. I do all I can. ma'am, but it's boys, you know: I always 'as to with my tenor and go back and ‘em with their treble. — London nch. i Her Ambition, Mrs. Rich—Tell me. please, Mme. utydoctor. how soon will you make handsome enough to wear colors t aren't becoming to me?-Smart 5 | 2538 ESF | | | He has not learned the lesson of inte | | who does not every day surmount a . fear.— Emerson. { my love, that she may buy hazelnuts, i spelling, Swayed by a Bell's Tones, | The Church of St. Nicaise. in the city | of Rheims, is surrounded with piliars, When a certain bell in the tower is | | | rung the top of one pillar always ' sways to the extent of seven inches on each side. although the base is im- movable. and the stones are so firmly | cemented as to seem like a solid plece of masonry Notwithstanding that each of the fove hells is about the same distance from the trembling pll- lar none of the others has the slightest effect on it. An Odd Beguest. The following is one of the oddest bequests ever recorded in a last tosta- went. It appeared in the will of a Bristol mariner proved in 1795. The old wentleman ordered his executors to “pay out of the first moneys collected, to my beloved wife, if living, one shil- ling. which 1 have given as a token of as | know that she is better pleased | with eracking them than she is with | mending the holes in her stockings.” Chirography. THE KING. There came a King to Bethlehem town Two thousand years gone by, Who had no ermine robe or crown To mork his royality; Who fouud no throng to pave his road With palms or carpets gay, Nor palace rich for his abode, Nor courtiers to obey. Yet empire vast awaited him On mountain, moor, and main; E’en Europe's tangled forests dim Held subject for his reign. There came a King to Bethlehem town Two thousand years gone by, And angels from the heavens spoke down A royal prophecy. —A. W. Eaton. Twin Gods of War and Melody. How do statesmen get themselves | into the frame of mind to declare "Jar According to a popular German story, | the method in Blsmarck's ease in 18066 was one that would hardly Le suspect ed. His subordinate Kendell wax an expert pianist and, as Sir Mountstuan Grant Duff puts it, “used, it is said to fulfill toward him the function which David fulfilled toward Saul.” On one evening Bismarck was unusual Iy moody, and Kendell surpassed him self at the piano. “Thank you, my dear Kendell.” said Bismarck finally; “youn have soothed me and done me so much good. My mind is made up; we shall declare war against Austria.” Five Great Hunters. There were five great hunters cof classic renown—Acastos and Meleager. who took prominent parts in the fa mous Calydonian hunt of the wild boar; Actaeon, the huntsman who was | transformed by Diana into a stag as a | punishment for intruding on the scene when the goddess was bathing: Adonis. beloved of Venus, who was killed by « wild boar while hunting: Orion, the great hunter, changed into the constel- lation so conspicuous from November “Ithelinds writes nn very pecnliar | through the winter. hand.” said Mande. i “Yes.” replied Msymie. “It's just a, A want of sympathy leads to the lot of straight ines and angles. When | vou read it you have to guess at the | the same ns she does.”— Washington Star. An Exoianation. \ greatest ignorance in the intellect as well as in the heart. Hood's Sarsaparilla. Money to Loan. —— —— ———————— —— | ct p— ro — . . NEY TO LOAN on good securit ity and Terrible Suffering |M™ ==" Gomme er | stay. Belicfonte. Pa. 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