: + % ” : oe, Dewar aca. Bellefonte, Pa., October 3, 1913. The Test. [Continued from page 6, Col. 4.1 stronger each second. Dry snow began to rustle slothfully about their feet. So swiftly were the changes wrought that before the mind had grasped their import the storm was on them, roar ing down from every side. swooping out of the boiling sky. a raging blast from the voids of sunless space. Plerre’s shouts as he slashed at the sled lashings were snatched from his lips In scattered scraps. He dragged forth the whipping tent and threw himself upon it with the sleeping bags. Having cut loose the dogs, Willard crawled within his sack, and they drew the flapping canvas over them. The air was twilight and heavy with efllor escent granules that hurtled past in a drone. They removed their outer garments that the fur might fold closer against them and lay exposed to the full hate of the gale. They hoped to be drifted over, but no snow could lodge in this hurricane. and it sifted past, dry and sharp, eddying out a bare place where- in they lay. Thus the wind drove the chill to their bones bitterly. An unnourished human body re sponds but weakly, so, vitiated by their fast and labors, their suffering smote them with tenfold cruelty. All night the worth wind shouted, and. as the vext day waned with its violence undiminished. the frost crept in upon them till they rolled and tossed shivering. Twice they essayed to crawl out, but were driven back to cower for endless, hopeless hours. It is in such black, aimless times that thought becomes distorted. Wil- dard felt his mind wandering through bleak dreams and tortured fancies, al ways to find himself harping on his early argument with Plerre, “It's the | mind that counts.” Later he roused | to the fact that his knees, where they pressed against the bag, were frozen; | also his feet were numb and senseless. | In his acquired consciousness he knew that along the course of his previous ! mental vagary lay madness, and the need of action bore upon him impera- tively. | He shouted to his mate, but “Wild” Pierre seemed strangely apathetic. | “We've got to run for it at daylight. | We're freezing. Here; hold on! What | are you doing? Wait for daylight!” | Pierre had scrambled stiffly out of his cover, and his gabblings reached Wil- | lard. He raised a clinched fist into | the darkness of the streaming night, | cursing horribly with words that ap- | palled the other. | “Man, man! Don't curse your God! | This is bad enough as it is Cover | up. Quick!" Although apparently cnmindful of his presence, the other crawled back muttering. As the dim morning grayed the smother they rose and fought their way downward toward the valley. Long since they had lost their griping hunger and now held only an apa- thetic indifference to food, with a cringing dread of the cold and a stub- born sense of their extreme necessity. They fell many times, but gradually drew themselves more under control, the exercise suscitating them as they staggered downward, blinded and buf- feted, their only hope the roadhouse. Willard marveled dully at the change in Plerre. His face had shriv- veled to blackened freezes stretched upon a bony substructure and lighted by feverish, glittering. black, black eyes. [It seemed to him that his own lagging body bad long since failed and that his aching, naked soui wan- fered stiffly through the endless day. As night approached Pierre stopped frequently, propping himse!r with legs far apart; sometimes he laughed. In- variably this horrible sound shocked Willard into a keener sense of the surroundings, and it grew to {irritate him, for the Frenchman's mental wanderings increased with the dark- ness. What made him rouse one with his awful laughter? These speils of walking insensibility were pleasanter far. At last the big man fell. To Willard’s mechanical endeavors to help he spoke sleepily, but with the sanity of a man under great stress. “Dat no good. I'm going freeze right 'ere—freeze stiff as ‘ell. Au re- voir.” “Get up!” Willard kicked him weak- ly, then sat upon the prostrate man as his own faculties went wandering. Eventually he roused and, digging into the snow, buried the other, first covering his face with the ample parka hood. Then he struck down the valley. In one lucid speil he found he had followed a sled trail which was blown clear and distinet by the wind that had now almost died away. Occasionally his mind grew clear, and his pains beat in upon him till he grew furious at the life in him which refused to end, which forced him ever through this gantlet of misery. More often he was conscious only of a vague and terrible extremity outside of him- self that goaded him forever forward. Anon he strained to recollect his des- tination. His features had set in an implacable grimace of physical torture, like a runner in the fury of a finish, till the frost hardened them so. At times he fell heavily, face downward, and at length upon the trail, lying so till that omnipresent coercion that had frozen in his brain drove him forward. He heard his own voice maundering through lifeless lips like that of a spurts of a machine run down. » - - . - * » Ten men and many dogs lay togeth- er in the Crooked River Roadhouse through the storm. At late bedtime of the last night came a scratching on the door. “Somebody's left a dog outside,” said a teamster and rose to let him in. He opened the door only to retreat af- frightedly. “My God!” he said. “My God!" And the miners crowded forward. A figure tottered over the portal, swaving drunkenly. They shuddered at the sight of its face as it crossed toward the fire. It did not walk: it “I'm going freeze right ere.” shuttled haltingly. with flexed knees and hanging shoulders, the strides measuring inches only, a grisly bur lesque upon senility. Pausing In the circle, it mumbled thickly. with great effort. as though gleaning words from infinite distance: | “Wild Plerre — frozen - buried—in— snow~hurry!" Then he straightened and spoke strongly. his voice flooding the room: “It's the mind, Pierre—ha, ha, ha!— the mind!” He cackled hideously and plunged forward into a miner's arms. It was many days before his delirium broke. Gradually he felt the pressure of many bandages upon him and the hunger of convalescence. As he lay in his bunk the past came to him hazy and horrible, then the hum of voices. one loud, insistent and familiar. He turned weakly to behold Pierre propped In a chair by the stove, frost scarred and pale, hut aggressive even in recuperation. He gestienlated fierce- ly with a bandaged hand, hot in con- | troversy with some big limbed. beard- ed strangers. “Bah! You fellers no good --too heeg in the ches’, too leetle in the forehead. She'll tak’ the heducate mans for stan’ the ’ardsheep, lak’ me an’ Meestaire Weelard.” Waterproof Paper Coats. There is probably uo*more lmpervi- ous, serviceable waterproof than the raincoats and cloaks of Mitsumata pa- per made from the leaves and stems of a small shrub which grows in the mountains of Japan. Until one of the experts of the department of agricul ture discovered it a few years ago its existence was unknown to the outside world. Even now but little is known of it except that the plant has thrived in some mountainous portions of the United States and. further. that the method of manufacturing the paper is crude. THE RELATION OF THE STATE TO ITS HIGHWAYS. A study of the development of civil ization demonstrates that in the exact proportion that the education and en- lightenment of a people advance, sO does arbitrary government recede. The theory of the Divine Right of Kings lasted as long as the people composing the various units were kept In ignorance of the strength they could exercise if acting together. President Wilson on this subject said: “A nation is bound together by its means of communication. Its means of communication create its thought. Its means of intercommunication are the means of its sympathy; they are the means by which the various parts of it keep in touch with one another.” Absolutism in government began to disappear from the face of the earth when roads began to be built so that the people could get together, and the “consent of the governed” became, not grave of monarchy {a France, and | 0 oy oroument the question is, “shall made its government “of the people, (1. Sete Roads ey Built bi) shall by the people, for the people.” TO 4. Jrgtem of State-Aid to counties day France stands first among all na- tions of the earth in the wealth per interruption.” capita of its people, and in the general distribution of the land and other property. There are few, if any, great fortunes in France, as great fortunes ara counted in this country . i and townships be continued without There is no other question involved. No evasion, or equi- vocation, or argument concerning methods or anything else can have the ! slightest bearing. The proposition might as well, for all practical pur In the exercise of its functions of ,,..; read “For Good Roads” or government the State can have no higher duty than to provide for the tranquillity and well being of its peo- ple; not a part of its people, who live | in chosen localities, but of all its peo- | celerating, to the fullest extent, their | growth along limes of material, moral, ' and intellectual prosperity. The con- centration of energies necessary to ; this end can only be brought about by ready means of communication; of the producer with his market; of the preacher with his congregation; of the merchant with his customers, and of all the people with one another. This can only be achieved by the construction of highways over which the people can travel. Roads of easy grades, so that fair sized loads can be hauled: roads that will not cat up into ruts and mudholes; but roads that are broad, and hard and smooth so that with or without loads; for busi- ness or pleasure purposes, they will be available for all the uses of the peo- ple, and contribute to the wealth and happiness of all. The people of the State of Pennsyl- van!a recognized these facts in a gen- eral way when in 1903 they began aid- | ing counties and townships in improv- ing the roads: and again in 1911 when the magn: ficent system of State righ | ways was added. These state ‘igh. | ways from the main channels of com- munication binding together the differ ent communities, keeping them in touch with each in thought, in interest, and in enlightenment. The enact- ment of the State Highway law of ' Pennsylvania was the act of states- ! men, who builded for the welfare of a Great Commonwealth, and for the gen- erations yet to come. As the powers of the state are de- | rived from the people, the improve- | ment of the highways can go forward | only as the people will. The prosper- | ity of the people and the prosperity of ; the state are identical. If the people , 80 will, the roads will be improved as | rapidly as trained minds can conceive | and execute the work; if they will | otherwise the work will drag on for a | long series of years, and the great | grandchildren of present generation | will face the same questions which are | being faced today. The people will vote on the subject | at the November election. Stripped i i | 1 i i i ' i if { “Against Goel Roads,” as that is what it means in the final analysis. Those who want the good roads, who realize | the advantage of improved highways, . will vote for them; while only those ple; equalizing their burdens, and ac- | y who either do not understand or who have ulterior motives to serve will be found against them. Education advances; wealth accum- ulates; the refinements of human exis- tence multiply; the comforts and | pleasures of living are enhanced when | channels of communication are pro- vided so that communities as well as | individuals can “rub elbows,” “swap stories,” and “trade” horses and other ! things. The duty of the State is the duty of ! the individual. If the people of th. | state wish to save the twenty million dollars a year which is wasted because of bad roads, they will vote for Good Roads. If they wish the better means of communication, of marketing, of | getting about either for business or pleasure, that Good Roads provide they will, as units of the power of the | state, vote for the Good Roads; and next year they will elect a legislature which will devise the ways and meth- ods by which their wishes are to be ! carried into effect. Sick Man of Europe, | The phrase “The sick man of Eu- | rope,” frequently used with reference | to the Turkish empire, was made pop- | ular by the Emperor Nicholas I. of | Russia. Conversing in 1853 with Sir | George Hamilton Seymour, the Eng- | lish ambassador at St. Petersburg, he | used the following words: “We have | on our hands a sick man—a very sick man. It will be a great misfortune if | one of these days he should slip away | from us bef.re the necessary arrange | ments have been made.” He accord- | ingly made proposals to both England and France for a division of the sick | man’s estate, but his overtures were declined. Nicholas, however, was only repeating an old (illustration. Str Thomas Roe, ambassador from Kng- | land to Constantinople, in the time of | James II. had writtan home in dis patches: “Turkey is like the body of an old man crazed with vices which puts on the appearance of health, though near its end.” i ‘How to Build Up or Tear Down "This Community FARMS, The Farmer and the Merchant. HERE can be -no doubt that tne prosperity of the country—the entii~ people—is based on the quantity of produce RAISED ON and no other one thing so seriously affects the business interests of the country us a general crop failure. By J. O. LEWIS TB if the crops Ade FALL . SUITS that will be wanted by Discriminating Men. Distinctly stylish garments, conforming strictly to the prevailing laws of Fashion, And, in addition to their stylish character, they offer exceptional quality in material and tailoring, insuring the fullest degree of ser- vice. The showing for Fall and Winter is now complete. FAUBLE’S The Up-to-Date Store. 58-4 i » generally good throughout the country and happen to be a failure in one pur- ticular locality the merchants are not dependent on the home farmer. but van have his goods, produce, ete., shipped in from other sections and thus swpply the demand of his customers, while, vn the other hand, THE FARMER IS ALWAYS DEPENDENT ON HIS HOME MERCHANTS-th~ town or city which is his marketing place—und the home banks for the M™andling and disposition of his products. THE MERCHANT NEVER BUYS HIS PRODUCE, HAY AND GRAIN FROM OUTSIDE POINTS WHEN HE CAN GET THEM FROM THE FARMER, BUT THAT THE FARMER IS GIVEN LARGELY TO THE PRACTICE OF ORDERING MANY OF HIS NEEDS FROM STORES IN OTHER CITIES, MORE PARTICULARLY THE LARGE MAIL ORDER HOUSES, IS A WELL KNOWN FACT. ! Not a day passes that goods of almost every description, from soaps to farm implements, including gasoline engines, manure spreaders, seed planters, cream separators, cooking stoves and ranges, clothing. groceries and what pot, are seen in our depots and express otlices addressed to local farmers. MR. FARMER, DO YOU THINK IT RIGHT TO COME TO TOWN WITH A LOAD OF PRODUCE AND SELL IT TO THE MERCHANTS OF YOUR MARKET PLACE AND THEN TAKE THE MONEY HE PAYS YOU AND SEND IT TO SOME MAIL ORDER HOUSE AND BUY GOODS THAT YOU COULD BUY JUST AS CHEAPLY AT HOME AS FROM A MAIL ORDER HOUSE AND HAVE THE FURTHER SATISFACTION OF SEE- ING WHAT YOU BUY? You may say, “Oh, well, | sold my butter and eggs to the groceryman, but he doesn’t handle clothing!” Yes; but, my farmer friend, if the clothing man does not sell his clothing he must go out of business, and the loses a good customer, his business is curtailed, and he then must less of your produce. You are just as much in duty bound to buy ing, your hardware, your farm tools and other necessities from market as if these merchants all dealt in your wares first hand. THESE VARIOUS BUSINESSES ARE INTERLOCKING AND INTER- DEPENDENT, AND ON THEIR SUCCESS DEPENDS YOUR SUCCESS. A certain good farmer in this county ordered a corn planter from a mail order house and, owing to delays in freights, did not get his planter in time to do his planting while a good speil of weather was on. However, it finally came. He got it to the farm, set it up and started in with his planting. Through carelessness or oversight a small gravel got in one of the through which the corn drops and there lodged, with the result that the was broken. This put the planter out of commissibn. The farmer had to his corn planting and come to town to see if he could get another plate. called on the hardware stores and implement dealers, but as none carried these mail order house planters in stock he could find no the final result was he was forced to follow the plow and hand. Had he purchased his planter from a home merchant have got the necessary repairs and not been delayed. It certainly was costly to the farmer than if he had paid his ho | needs your your fis 11 i ; g hits The Pennsylvania State College. tl lB 0 M.A Be lB. OM MM MA A Mn SB AML MM. : Pennsylvania : State : College Aude EDWIN ERLE SPARKS, Ph.D., L.L. D., PRESIDENT. Established and maintained by the joint action of the United States Government and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania FIVE GREAT SCHOOLS—Agriculture, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Mining, and Natural Science, offering thirty-six courses of four years each—Also courses in Home Economics, Industrial Art and Physical Education—TUITION FREE tn both sexes; incidental charges mod- erate. First semester begins middle of September; second semester the first of February; Summer Session for Teachers about the third Monday of June of each year. For catalogue, bulletins, announcements, etc., address 57-26 THE REGISTRAR, State College, Pennsylvania. PWT YTTYY YY TY YY ve vw a ; Gasoline Engines. Jacobson Gasoline Engine For all Power Purposes. THE BELLEFONTE ENGINEERING COMPANY stands back of these machines and guarantees them to give tisfactory ce. Cut shows stan- dard engine on skids. Can be furnished on Hand Trucks or Two-Horse Portable. DO NOT FORGET That these engines are constructed to National Board of Fire Underwriters. Each ne bears their la Latest ruling of Under- writers: —“Engines not ng a label will not be considered a safe fire risk by Insurance Company.” Buy a Jacobson with Underwriter’s a ne wot tors, ch washing ts suita cream separa urns, ma- chines, corn shellers, grinders, fanning mills, milking machines, bone ice cream freezers, ice crushers, dynamos, etc. With pumps water service, power spraying, contractors bilge pumps, etc. WRITE OR CALL FOR BULLETIN AND PRICES. DISTRIBUTORS The Bellefonte Engineering Co., 58-26 BELLEFONTE, PA. FOUNDERS and MACHINISTS. em AN
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