Bellefonte, Pa., June 21, 1912.
A BUNCH OF VIOLETS.
HERE is the
card? cried Ruth
Ashton as she
opened a box con-
taining a
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sister Jane, anxiously. “Don’t you
think they're from Cousin Rob?”
“Cousin Rob! I should say not.
Cousins are not apt to send those
kind of bouquets all tied in chiffon rib-
bons.”
“It may be from George Butler, who
sings in our choir. That's just who
it's from. Not long ago we were dis-
cussing our favorite flower and I re
marked I just adored the modest vio-
let. Talking is not much on his line, |
but the way he turns my music is a
perfect education.”
“Has he ever shown you any spe |
cial devotion? Don’t be too positive;
you may be mistaken,” suggested
practical Jane.
“No, I'm sure he's the Mr. Anony-
mous. When they're most devoted
they're usually difident to show it.
It must have taken a whole week's
salary to pay for that bouquet,” add-
ed Ruth, who was prone to exagger-
ation,
Ruth was on the shady side of 20;
very little happened to disturb the
even tenor of her life. All her days
she had craved for admiration from
the opposite sex, but no one was the
wiser. The last few years she had
devoted her time to teaching in the
settlements, joining in the activities
of different woman's clubs.
At the meeting of the Service club
that afternoon when Ruth read her |
paper, the violets were pinned on her |
waist with their faces toward hers as |
if begging to be admired and loved. |
dren's play grounds |
she was fairly ra.
diant, saying to
herself, “I wonder
if they all know I
have a beau?”
One of the commit-
tee said to her in
the most natural
N way, “You must
) have a special
friend,” with a
quet.
“I have, but don't
mention it as yet,”
she answered quiet- |
ly.
The news spread
like wild fire, and
there were many
conjectures as to who the mysterious
party was. All were happy in her
happiness. At last Ruth was going
to make a grand match, judging from |
the violets. |
Returning from the club, Ruth met
Mr. Butler as he turned the corner in
his red car. Stopping his automobile
he asked if he might not take her
home. Ruth joyfully acquiesced, think-
ing this would be a goed opportunity
to acknowledge his gift.
George Butler was amazed during
the short ride to find how different
Ruth was. He had always found her
cold and indifferent. Today she was
a sweet, charming girl, sparkling,
witty and interesting.
Took Her Home.
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“May I call for you to go to church | NO time to waste on agents nor no horses were taught to kneel to permit
tomorrow evening?” he asked as they '
reached her home.
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" ; 1 h | cated the seedy gentleman as he fas- | g¢ petersburg shows a war horse of
Do coise; 1 uhould be Nappy: 10 40 | tened his little black valise, “I wouldn't many penis. ago kneeling low be-
with you.”
Her many references to the violets |
she wore caused him a jealous tinge. | In’ powder. This here dinky little gays mounted from the “off” side in
“l must get busy if I want to
that girl,” he said to himself.
After an intimacy of a few weeks
Ruth announced her engagement to
her amazed family. Just as they were '
congratulating her, a letter came from |
Martin, the florist, cemtaining a card |
with apologies from the firm, stating |
they had just found this card which |
should have been enclosed with a box
of flowers sent three weeks previous.
It was from the Ladles’ Aid Society in
' recognition for the good work she had
accomplished for the club.
“l thought it strange that George
was so silent about those violets, but
I don’t care now,” said Ruth as she
tore up the card. “I'm engaged to the
grandest fellow on earth, and the
next time they send me a bunch of
violets it will be addressed to Mrs.
Butler.”
win
Shrieks.
“I tell you,” said Farmer Corntossel,
“bein’ a sheriff around here is a
mighty hard job.”
“You never arrest anybody.” i
“No. But there is an awful lot o*
false alarms. Every time one o' these
summer girls sees a caterpillar you
think there's murder bein’ commit.
ted.”
Not a Scriptural Quotation.
“God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb” is not a scriptural quotation.
The sentence is taken from “The
Sentimental Journey” of Rev La:
renea Qtprne
| woman at tre back door.
~—Finest Job Work at this office.
carried, these cases being usual-
ped like oranges or apples and
four, five or six divisions open-
out on hinges from the center.
word is derived from the old
pome-amber, signifying amber
amber here being used in the
of ambergris and not the amber
ch beads and the
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days of Henry VIII and Elizabeth
of England were made of gold, ivory,
glass, sliver or enamel and were gen-
erally hung from short chains. Their
contents varied widely, but musk, lav-
ender, roses, ambergris, nutmegs, cloves,
mace and storax were among the most
usual ingredients.—New York World.
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A Royal Rebuke.
No one would be likely to call King
George V. a divino jure monarch, but
if one story of him is to be believed
he possesses a considerably greater de-
gree of spirit than is usually credited
to him. It appears that on one occa-
sion he was discussing affairs of state
with Winston Churchill, who, in the
course of the conversation, expressed
one of his more radical opinions—just |
which it is perhaps wiser not to say. !
The king objected, saying that such a'
sentiment was at variance with his
idea of the Rritish constitution. |
“Oh,” said the first lord of the ad- |
miralty piqued, “and what is your idea |
of the constitution, may I ask, sir?” |
“This,” said the king quietly, extend. |
ing his hand toward the first lord, palm
downward. There was nothing left for
Churchill to do but kiss the proffered
hand and retire from the room, which
he did.—New York Post.
Byron and “is Mother, i
How different Byron's character
might have been if he had had a dif-'
ferent mother! A worse parent for
such a child can hardly be imagined. |
Although at times indulgent to excess, !
her temper bordered on Insanity. She!
rarely passed a week without an out- |
burst of hysterical rage. One day’
after loading her child with abusive
‘epithets she mockingly called him “a
lame brat”’ At this outrageous taunt
| a fearful light came Into the child's
‘eyes, but he surpassed his mother in’
self control. For a moment his lips
quivered and his face whitened. Then
very slowly he spoke these five short’
words, “I was born so, mother,” and
turned from the woman, who dared
not follow him. Yet Byron loved her,’
and after she was found dead he was
found weeping In the dark beside her
lifeless form.—-John L. Stoddard.
_ Doubtful Economy,
Hans Schmidt, proprietor of a saw
mill, used for fuel the sawdust from
the factory. It cost him nothing, but
it kept four men busy shoveling it
Recently he was persuaded to put in a
new ecquipment which would reduce
the amount of fuel one-half,
After the machinery had been in
| stalled the agent called, expecting tc
be congratulated. But the German
eyed him gloomily,
“Doesn't the new plant do all 1
claimed for it?” he asked.
“Yah, but I oberlooks sometings,” re
plied Hans.
“What was that?”
“Vell, it dakes only dwo mens to han
dle de fuel, but it dakes de udder dw-
mens to haul away what we don't use
und a team pesides.”—Hampton's Mag: |
azine. I
The Peddler’s Retort. .
“Now, what do you wan.?" asked the
“I called to see if I couldn't sell you
some bakint powder,” answered the
peddler with the straggling whiskers.
“Well, you can’t sell no bakin’ pow- |
der here, ar’, furthermore, I ain't got
tramps whatsoever!” i
“Come to think of it, madam,” depre. |
keer to sell you none of this here bak.
kitchen is so low in the ceflin’ that the !
bread wouldn't have no chanst ter rise
anyhow. [I see yer next door neighbor
is better fixed. Good mornin." —Cleve- |
land Plain Dealer. !
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Why He Went on the Bench. i
At a dinner given by a chapter of|
Masons one of the leading speakers of
the evening was Introduced with spe-
cial emphasis on the fact that he was
a judge, also that he was a baseball
fan and had been at one time an en-
thuslastic member of an amateur team.
*The judge received his introduction
with calmness and responded: “In our
great national game if a striker misses
a ball he gets a seat on the bench. J
missed the ball.” —New York Press.
Giving Due Credit. i
There appears to have been once a
parson who, preaching upon an occa.
sion before Lord North. took this for
his text: “Promotion cometh neither
from the east, nor from the west, nor
from the south.” —*The Cheerful Day,”
by Reginald Lucas.
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A Time Killer,
“I've got an hour or two to kill. 1
wish | knew what to do.”
“Just go over and ask Brown how
the new baby is getting ziong.”—De-
troit Free Press.
Reassured.
“Well, Bess, yon needn't worry about
that brother of yours in America. The
paper says ‘our foreign relations con-
tinue to be excellent.’ "~London Illus
trated.
| tion or opposition.”
| gun cases. If you hav another pare to
| spare, my wife would like to get 'em to
, frosty the propriety of a bowl of hot
- Holmes.
plies the key to the remarkable phe-
' nomenon. The sands are really of a
| golden color, and when the rising
' wake of the ebbing tide. As the tide
| from the wet sand in search of food,
—*“%¥0oa know how to work a cash reg.
tine invaded the proofroom of this |
office, but one came in the other day, |
an utter stranger. It was in the body of |
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the point of an orbit, as of the
or a planet at which it Is in conj
The word
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pronounced sizz-e-gee.
“Sounds like the cracker to a
yell,” said the proofreader as he
the book.—Indianapolis News.
About a Pair of “Pants.” |
A Detroit man who had contributed |
a bundle of his castoff clothing for the |
relief of the victims of a great fire re-
celved from one of the sufferers the
following note: “The committy man
giv me amungst other things wat he |
called a pare of pants, and 'twould |
make me pant some to ware ‘em. I
found your name and where you live
on one of the pokits. My wife laffed so |
when I shode 'em to her that I thot she |
' wood have a conipshun fit. She wants |
to no if there lives and brethes a man
who has legs no bigger than that. She
sed if there was he orter be taken up
for vagrancy for havin’ no visible
means of support. I couldent get em
on my oldest boy, so I used 'em for
hang up by the side of the fireplace to
keep the tongs in.”—Spofford’s Library
of Wit and Humor.
Lowell's Retort.
The original contributors to the At-
lantic Monthly met at Intervals and
had dinner. The occasions were in-
formal, and. though the conversation
progressed once in awhile to lofty
flights, it freuqgently ran to a riot of
fun, says the Chicago Post.
At one time when the weather was
punch was fa'r. James Russell Lowell,
editor in chief, had an impending en-
gagement which was to take him some
distance, and he was looking at his
watch at frequent intervals. The com-
pany was remarkable, and he hated to
leave it. Still, the engagement. He
arose to go and was saluted by Dr.
“Have another glass of punch,” said
the autocrat. “It will shorten the
journey.”
“Yes,” sald Lowell, “and double the
prospect.”
A Beach That Changes Color.
There Is an island in the gulf of
Mexico where the beaches change
color twice daily with the tides. When
uncovered the sands are purple, but
the inflowing waters quickly trans-
form them to gold. The name of the
island is Snails’ island, and this sup-
spreads over the wide beach the gild-
ed bits of earth glisten in the sun-
light, but when the tide ebbs the gold-
en sands are made purple by myriads
of tiny purple snails crawling in the
recedes the purple becomes deeper as
millions of these littie snails come
moving with remarkable rapidity.
Kneeling Horses,
In ancient times. before the invention
of stirrups and luxurious saddles,
their riders to mount. A beautiful
Greek vase in one of the museums in
fore an amazon. The riders in those
contradiction to the modern usage.
Plutarch tells how in the first century
of this era certain effeminate Roman
riders found even the horse block of too
little assistance and had their horses
trained to kneel to them,
Split Soup.
“John,” his wife complained, “I wish
you would be more careful. It seems
to me you never go to a banquet with-
out spilling soup on your shirt or your
vest.” :
“I know it, Mary. | guess I'll have
to let my whiskers grow.”—Chicago
Record-Herald.
Could Work It,
Store proprietor (hiring a sew clerk)
ister?”
“Yes, sir. 1 was one of the first to
geton to it. I can work anything from
a taximeter to a gum slot, but they
watch you closer nowadays.” —Satire.
It Meant a Present For Her.
Gibbs—You say you were wrong in
quarreling with your wife. Then why
don't you go home and admit it?
Dibbs—The price of admission is too
high.—Boston Transcript.
| Too Big and Too Small.
1 “He offered me his hand and for-
tune.”
“Did you accept?’
“No; the one was too big and the
other too small.” :
Everything in the world depends
upen the will.—Disraell.
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COFFEE
The coffee market just now is a pretty hard proposition
: But we are doing all that it is possible for us to do under
present conditions to give our trade good values.
} We are selling a good sound coffee and of excellent
i flavor
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at 25 cents per pound.
This is a GENUINE BARGAIN.
And at 28 c. per pound and 30c. per pound we are
giving very high value for the price named. On our en.
tire line of Coffee you will always get better value here
for the price charged. Give us a fair trial on our coffees
and you will find the proof in the goods.
Sechler & Company,
Bush House Block, - 57.1 -
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Lime is the life of the soil.
USE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LIME
Some Farmers have actually doubled their crops by use of “H. 0.” lime
Drill it for quick results. If you are not getting results use “H. 0.” lime
We are the Manufacturers of Lime in vania. Ground
imestone and ge lorgene purposes, Penneyt
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Write for literature on lime.
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Attorney-at-Law, Bel
fonte, Pa. courts.
S Room 18 Crider’: A S1-1-ly.
S. TAYLOR—Attorney Counsellor
fos, oan House Hock Beal
tended io NSard legal business ¢-
H. Counsellor at Law
Office o
J iy No. 11 cri s Exchange,
to . in English or German,
ESTAURANT.
tou Nefonte now has a First-Class Res-
Meals are Served at All Hours
Oysters on the
can
ad.
SANITARY PLUMBING
is the kind we do. It
Quit to have. We don't ist thie. wank so
trae opcrien 4 Skiled Mectianica
Material and
Fixtures are the Best
Not a cheap or inferior article in our entire
finest material, our Work ad tae
Prices are lower
many who give you , unsanitary
work and the
Xo vic lowest grade finishings. For
ARCHIBALD ALLISON,
Opposite Bush House - Bellefonte, Pa.
56-14-1v.
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EDWARD K. RHOADS
Shipping and Commission
Merchant, and Dealer in
ANTHRACITE axp BITUMINOUS
COALS
CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS
and other grains.
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Builders’ and Plasterers’ Sand.
KINDLING WOOD
by the bunch or cord as mav suit purchasers,
respectfully solicits the patronage of his
friends and the public, at his Coal Yard,
near the Pennsylvania Passenger Station.
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Meat Market.
Get the Best Meats.
RL save Boiling bY Suying poor, thin
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
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~ DRESSED POULTRY =
Game in season, and any kinds of good
meats you want.
TRY MY SHOP,
P. L. BEEZER,
High Street. €34ly. Bellefonte, Pa.