Bema | , HEROES OF COMMONPLACE | J § 3 see no light, no warmth, but the same pitiless world that has been their lot for years! And yet these smile bright. ly. They are the ones who fill the chinks of life and shut out for us an often chily world; they are the apos- tles of the little things, the despised things, whose sacrifices we accept with as slight thought as we bestow on the things themselves. Yet are they the links which hold the world together.—Collier's Weekly. New Year's Gifts. The New Year's gift no doubt orig inated with the Romans, for with them giving and taking was carried to such an extravagant degree during ail the 866 days of the year that Emperor Claudius prohibited the demanding of presents except on New Year's day; but the practice continued for many years. In England and Scotland the sixteenth century customs are numer ous, and many of them are strangely childish. In Scotland it was perfectly allowable to ask for a New Year's gift, and Henry the Third is said to have extorted presents in plate and other valuables; while Queen Eliza beth's jewelry and wardrobe were al- most wholly provided from these gifts. In old times gloves were popular, but in that age very expensive New Year's presents and when money was given instead of a gift it was called “glove money.” A BAD BEGINNING. “Gee! I'm almost sorry I done re wlved to play hookey every day this . rear.” New Year's in the Far East. i In Japan the New Year is welcomed i with far more energy than in this sountry. Let a man’s energy be ever 10 defective, he is expected to rise at | a. m. and don new clothes to meet the auspiciors morning. Then, with is gala garments in due order, he io the spirits of his ancestors, and pays homage to all relations older well as the first ray of the New Year's sun strikes it. On every table figures | a red laequer tray, covered with ever- | green leaves, and supporting a rice | Sumpling, a lobster, oranges, persim- | Now Year invokes shades of the good resolutions of the past. Ah! these “what might have beens” are a source of mental annoyance. But, don’t let that deter us from again forming our good resolutions. Make ‘them by all means, and having made them, let's stick to them, and when 1914 comes to make its exit our good resolutions will not have evolved themselves into these fatal good in- tentions. Mad Audience. Ham-—Gee, but our audience was mad ast night: Let- Nore, eh? Ham —Naw: we played at the insane asy- jum. Stanford Chaparral. Encouragement. Jack—1 am afraid ths: If | ask fo be my wife you will treat my posal as a joke. Molly -But all § ire pot rejected, Jack. A 7) THE MAN WHO KNEW SANTA CLAUS BEST } VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS "Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, And Mama in her kerchief and I in my cap Had just settled our brains for a long winters nap; When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter, Away to the window I fled like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash; The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When what to my wondering eyes should appear But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver so lively and quick I knew in a moment it must be Saint Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name. “Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer! and Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! To the top of the walll Now dash away! dash away! dash away, alll” As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky, So up to the housetop the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys and Saint Nicholas too. And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof— As | drew in my head and was tuming around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in furs from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack; His eyes—how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up in a bow, Ade eu) Hi hil tg so Wie 8 he So, The of a pipe ight in hi bod hate heed adn 4 He had a broad face, and a little round belly That sk:ck when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly. a saw him, in spite A A wink of his eye and a twist of his head | peril in motherhood it is chiefly due to! Our Longest River. Our longest river is the Mississippl. | There is no other stream within our borders that can stand a moment's omparison with the “Father of Wa- ters.” To be sure, there are some who claim that the really great river is the Missouri. that that stream is the main one, of which the Mississippi is only a tributary. But the claim is without foundation. The Missouri. from its source in the northwestern Rockies to its junction with the Mississippi at St. Louis, is a distinct stream from the one into which it empties near that point. It ix quite true that from the headwaters of the Missouri to the gulf the distance is greater than it is from the headwaters of the Mississippi to the gulf. but in the one case it is two streams, in the other only one.—New York American, The Dream Lion. A Vienna professor is credited with saying that dreams are usually wish fulfiliments. Maybe so. What about that childish dream in which the fe- rocious lion comes bounding along be- bind you, and you run as boy never ran before, and the lion closes the gap little by little, and then—all of a sud- den—your legs grow limp and your | musclex turn to water and your feet fray out. und the lion leaps—and you | awake with a yell. if your voice isn't paralyzed, and everybody in the house wakes with you? — Cleveland Plain Dealer. An Egoist. “Here is another definition of an egoist.” “Let's have it.” “An egoist is a man who never dis- appoints himself, no matter how often he disappoints others.” - Birmingham Age-Herald, Same Answer. “And so you married a poor man after all. What are yon living in? “A little at.” ' | | | | “And how do you find married life?" | “A little tat.” - Pittsburgh Post. Rapid Passage. “Do any of the good things you hope for come $) puss?" “They all come to pass, but they come and puss xo Jdoggoned swift 1 an’t grab ‘em.” - Houston Post. Real Fame. “My grandfather tiew his own pen- nant as a commodore in the navy.” “Yuh! My grandfather helped cap- ture one in a world's series.” —Pitts burgh Post, A woman needs to give double care to | the preservation of her health—once for her own happiness ai®: once for the health and happinsse «!' the children she may have. How often she take this extra care of herself? Rarely, indeed, until she has entered upon a course of suffering, and has learned from experieuce the necessity of care. It ought to be a part of a mothers duty to instruct her | : daughter in the necessity of preservi her womanly health. e budding gir! ought to be taught that the high office of motherhood has its weighty obligation, and responibilities, and that if there is the neglect of the necessary laws of heaith. The best way for young women to protect and preserve ir womanly health is to use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription on the first sympton of irreg- ularity. Irregularity is the beginnin often, of complicated and painful femi- nine disorders. “Favorite Prescription” regulates the periods, cures inflammation, ulceration and female weakness, soothes and strengthens the nerves and enriches the entire body with vigor and vitality. It contains nelther alcohol, nor narcotic. _— Hood's ‘Sarsaparilla. 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All the countries of the world steadily draw closer together, and the telegraph wires bring the happenings of every one. No other newspaper has a service equal to that of The World and it relates everything fully and promptly. The World long since established a record for impartiality, and anybody can afford its Thrice-a-Week edition, which comes every other day in the week, except Simday. It will be of particular value to you now. The Thrice-a-Week World also abounds in other Stung leatures, serial stories, whey, Siarkess, cartoons; in fact, everything that is to be found in a first- class daily. The Thrice-a-Week World's regular subscription price is only $1.00 per year, and this pays for 156 papers. We offer this unequalled newspaper and _ The Democratic Watchman together for one year for $1.65. The regular subscription price of the two papers is $2.00. 58-46-tf The Centre County Banking Company. Strength and Conservatism are the banking qualities demanded by careful depositors. With forty years of banking ex- perience we invite you to become a depositor, assuring you of every courtesy and attention. We pay 3 per cent interest on savings and cheerfully give you any information at our command concerning investments you may desire to make. The Centre County Banking Co. Bellefonte, Pa. 566 The First National Bank. The First National Bank Bellefonte, Offers Its Good Wish- es for A Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
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