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~” FRANKING MAIL MATTER.
At One Time Soldiers In This Country
Enjoyed the Privilege.
The postoffice was first established
for the principal and in some countries
for the exclusive purpose of carrying
official correspondence by mail. Later
in France, Great Britain and the
United States because of the great ex-
pansion and commercialization of the
postal system the free carriage of mail
matter came to be regarded as a privi-
* lege and this privilege was claimed by
persons in official position.
In England the house of commons
claimed the privilege as early as 1660.
It was abolished in Great Britain,
however, by the passage of Rowland’s
cheap postage measure in 1839. In the
United States the first appearance of
the franking privilege is traceable to
the action of the Continental congress
assuming control of the postoffice in
January, 1776. It is interesting to
learn that it was then granted to all
private soldiers actually in service for
all letters they might write or that
might be written to them.
In the early years of the United
States government the privilege was'
granted widely. but it soon became
necessary to restrict it. An act of
March 3, 1845, limited the privilege to
the president. the vice president. mem-
bers and delegates in congress, the
third assistant postmaster general and
all postmasters. Other offices were di-
rected to keep quarterly accounts of
postage.— Argonaut.
COSMOPOLITAN DAMASCUS.
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The Oldest City on Earth, It iy
All the World's Peoples.
At last we are set down in the midst’
of Damascus, a city that can claim
life without a break from its founding
back in the dim dawn of the world's
history. When Abram crossed the des:
ert from Haran 4,000 years ago this
city was standing (Genesis xiv, 15, and
Xv, 2). Shc dates back to the time of
the Pharaohs in Egypt. In fact. she
was old when Greece and Rome were
striplings in years. Rome may be
termed the Eternal City. but Damas-
cus is twice as old. and though her
streets have run red with blood of
battle and rapine many times, she
has not been overthrown. |
“Babylon is an heap in the desert,
and Tyre a ruin on the shore,” but
Damascus remains.
Was there ever such a place to see
the nations of the earth parading to-
gether? Here in the market place are
motley crowds of Persians. Moors. Af-
ghans. Indians, Egyptians. Sudanese,
Jews, Bedouins. Druses. Turks, Euro
peans. The streets—so crooked, so nar-
row, so dirty. so full of life, with that
strange spell of the desert upon them!
The residences as seen from the street
are ugly and disappointing enough.
yet like old barns and tumbledown
mills at home are fascinating and pic-
turesque.—Christian Herald.
Mystery of a Bridegroom.
The mysterious disappearance of a
bridegroom at a wedding is recalled
by T. F. Thiselton Dyer in his
“Strange Pages From Family Papers.”
The wedding took place in Lincoln
shite about the year 1750. *In this in-
stance the wedding party adjourned
after the marriage ceremony to the
bridegroom’s residence and dispersed.
some to ramble in the garden and
others to rest in the house till the
dinner hour. But the bridegroom was
suddenly summoned away by a do-
mestic who said that a stranger wish-
ed to speak with him, and hencefor-
ward he was never scen again. All
kinds of inquiries were made, but to
no purpose, and terrible as the dismay
was of the poor bride at this inex: |
plicable disappearance of the bride
groom, no trace could be found of
bim.”
A Change of Tune.
“Mamma, I'm tired of going
school.”
“What's the matter, Willie?”
“The teacher” —
“Now, don’t you say a word against |
your teacher. Willie. I've no doubt
you annoy her dreadfully. and she
seems like a very nice sort of person.” |
“Well, she said this mornin’ that she
didn’t think I had much of a bringin’
up at home, an’ "—
“Wait! Did she say that? Well, of
all the coarse impudence! You shan’t
go back there another day!”
Exit Willie. grinning. — Cleveland
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Do You Know the Answer?
A teacher was giving to her class an |
exercise in spelling and defining words. |
“Thomas,” she said to a curly haired |
little boy. “spell ‘ibex.”” “l-b-e-x.”
“Correct. Define it.” *An ibex.” an-
swered Thomas after a prolonged
mental struggle, *'is where you look in
the back part of the book when you
want to find anything that’s printed in
the front part of the book. "—Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Mean Thing!
A New England physician says that
if every family would keep a box of
mustard in the house one-half of the
doctors would starve to death. A mean
man suggests that everybody should
keep two boxes.—New Orleans Pica:
une.
Interested the Feline,
“Serenaded my girl last night.”
“Any member of the family come
out?’ :
“Only the cat.”—Chicago Record-Her-
ald.
QUEST oF 0 DORADO.
| That Elusive Land of Gold and Jewels
in South America.
Guiana is bounded on the north by
the great river Orinoco and on the
south by the still greater river Ama-
| zon. These two grand rivers are con-
nected with one another, the Cisiqui-
ure, a branch from the Orinoco, falling
into the Rio Negro, a tributary of the
Amazon. Within Guiana itself are
many rivers of very considerable size
The kingdom of El Dorado was re
puted to exist somewhere between the
Rio Branco and the Essequibo, called
by the Indians the Brother of the Ori-
noco. Manoa, the capital, was said to
be somewhere between the Rio Branco
and the Rupununi, a tributary of the
Essequibo. From the thirties of the
sixteenth century some eighteen expe-
ditions had been sent by the Spaniards
to Guiana in search of the golden king-
dom. Diego de Ordas, one of the cap-
tains of Cortes at the conquest of Mex-
ico, led the first attempt in 1531. After
him followed many a brave cavalier,
but all was in vain, and disasters as
well as failure attended nearly all the
expeditions.
From a state paper in the public rec-
ord office, London, it appears that in
1580 persons who traveled in America
had reported that there was a place
where the women wore great plates of
gold, covering their whole bodies like
armor. In every cottage pearls were to
be found: in some houses a peck. Ban-
queting houses were built of crystal,
with pillars of massive silver, some of
gold. Pieces of gold as big as a man's
fist were to be found in the heads of
some of the rivers. Raleigh read ac-
counts of these expeditions. but their
want of success did not deter him from
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VENUS AND AND MARS.
The Theory That Lif Life Exists Upon
Both of Those Planets.
We are bound to hold life to be a
general phenomenon in nature, develop- |
ing wherever the stars are shining on |
their attendant planets, and thus wher- |
ever a star twinkles in the depths of
the firmament.
Now as for Mars and Venus, in our |
own system, it need hardly be said |
that they are surely inhabited by living |
beings of some kind. Observations i
show that Mars has a rare atmosphere, |
a day thirty-seven minutes longer than |
our own, seasons of the same type, but !
longer duration; and snow caps at the |
poles, and thus water vapor. though |
the amount is small. Mars is a desert |
planet, with a very rare air, about like
that in the higher regions of the Him-
alaya mountains. But as life on the
earth extends to the highest plateaus |
and mountains, except when perpet- |
ually frozen, it may also exist on the
planet Mars, which has a moderate |
temperature, as shown by the forma-
tion of clouds in the twilight belt, after !
the sun has set for the Martians. i
The probability of Venus being in- i
' habited is much greater than that of
attempting to find the golden region.—
| Blackwood’s Magazine.
A LIGHT IN AN AUTOMOBILE.
Use One of the Spark Plugs When You
Have No Matches.
Did you ever while making an auto-
mobile tour find yourself on a lonely
country road, perhaps miles from the
nearest house, and suddenly discover
that you had no matches? If you
were anxious to light the lamps or ea-
ger for a smoke such a discovery
would not prove at all conducive to
the smoothness of your temper.
There is a simple way in which any
one may secure a light without the aid |
of matches. You may be anxious for '
a smoke or it may be getting dark and
you want to light your lamp. but in
any event you can secure the neces- |
sary light if you will follow these di-
rections:
Unscrew one of the spark plugs and
let it lie on the cylinder head. Wrap a
small wisp of waste around the end of
any small stick of wood or if there is
none handy wrap it around the end of
a screwdriver or any other tool. Dip
the waste in the gasoline until it is
thoroughly soaked.
should have only a very small piece of
waste; otherwise the blaze will be too
big for you to handle. After dipping
this in the gasoline lay it close to the
spark plug and turn the engine over un-
til this plug sparks. This will ignite
the waste and you will have a {little
torch sufficient for lighting your lamp
| Even if there is a heavy rain or snow,
' you can secure a light in this manner
sufficient for your needs.—Detroit Free
Press.
Fear of Old Military Service.
A prisoner’s appeal to the court of
criminal appeal for a longer sentence, |
although the first on record before
that tribunal, is not altogether unpar-
alleled at the assize, for offenders who !
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, hangs over these old lands.
Of course you '
+ mot quite so borrid an ogre as some
have had the advantage of inside
knowledge of the working of the pris-
ons acts have been known to ask the
judge to give them penal servitude in-
stead of a short period of hard labor.
They shrink from the more Spartan
diet and severer restrictions that at-
tach to the nominally lighter sentence
A century ago, when capital punish-
ment was inflicted for many trivial
crimes, a prisoner was sometimes giv-
en a choice—death or service in the
army or navy. And the services in
those days had such a terror for some
criminals that many elected to be
hanged instead of serving their coun
try.—London Spectator,
Government of Japan.
The government of Japan is not an
absolute monarchy. the mikado being
largely responsible to the parliament
' and, to a degree, to the people back of
the parliament. Under the mikado is
the house of peers, composed of the
princes of the blood and the nobility
and the representatives of the vested
interests, and the house of represents
tives, which is made up of some 380
members, representing the masses of
the people.—New York Journal.
An Exception.
Little Mary was coloring pictures
with her set of paints. She used a tint
that failed to please and exclaimed:
“Oh, I didn’t mean to do that! How-
ever, what's done is done and can’t be
undone—except shoe laces.”—Chicage
News.
Poor Dora.
“Dora must have suffered some ter-
rible disappointment. One never sees
her smile now. What is the matter?”
*“She’s had two front teeth pulled
out.”—London Telegraph.
Up In a Balloon.
To remain motionless and watch the
earth fall away from you as rapidly as
a baseball falls from you when drop-
ped from a window is the sensation of
going up in a balloon.
There is only one cure for public dis-
tress, and that is public education, di-
rected to make men thoughtful, merci-
ful and just.—Ruskin.
Lomesbi
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Mars, for Venus rotates in 23 hcurs 21
minutes and in all respects so closely :
resembles the earth as to be called her !
twin sister. Venus has an abundance
of air, clouds. water and also moun- |
tains and therefore seas, lakes and riv- |
ers. The seasons are like ours except |
they are shorter, the year being 225 |
days in length. Why should not such
a planet be inhabited? If a man were
transported to Venus and landed there
without injury it seems certain that he
could live and flourish physically un-
der the air and temperature of this
beautiful planet.—T. J. J. See in Les-
lie’s. .
GLOOMY CARLYLE.
His Pessimism and His Wonder at the
Optimism of Emerson.
Thomas Carlyle’'s friendship with
Ralph Waldo Emerson is a maiter of
history, but Charles Eliot Norton tells
in his published letters that Carlyle
marveled at the optimism of the Amer-
ican philosopher. Writing in 1873,
Norton says: ‘As we were sitting to-
gether just after my coming in this
afternoon, Carlyle spoke of Emerson.
‘There’s a great contrast between
Emerson and myself. He seems verra
content with life and takes much sat-
isfaction in the world, especially in
your country One would suppose to
hear him that ye had no troubles there
and no share in the darkness that
Its a
verra strikin' and curious spectacle to
behold a man so confidently cheerful
as Emerson in these days.
* ‘I agree with ye in thinkin’ that the
times that are comin’ will be warse
than qurs, and that by and by men
may through long pain and distress
learn to obey the law eternal of order,
without which there can be neither
Justice nor real happiness in this warid
or in any other. The last man in Eng-
land who had real faith in it was
Oliver Cromwell.
“ ‘Well, it may be as you say. I'm
not such a verra bloody minded old |
villain after all (here a cordial laugh), |
good people imagine. But the warld |
is verra black to me, and I see nothin’
to be content with in this brand new,
patent society of ours. There’s nothin’ !
. to hope for from it but confusion.’ ”
John L. Toole, the famous English
comedian and practical joker, and Mr.
Justice Hawkins, who was afterward
Lord Brampton. were great friends.
, They were at supper together one
| evening discussing the events of the
day. The judge incidentally mention-
ed that he intended on the morrow
giving the man he had been trying |
fifteen years because he deserved it.
As Toole was leaving he blandly in-
quired:
“Oh, would you mind calling at the
newspaper offices and telling them !
about that fifteen years? It will be a |
tip for them—exclusive information, |
you know—and will do me no end of
good with the press.”
“Good gracious! No, sir!” exclaimed |
-the judge. who took the precaution of |
accompanying Toole to his hotel and
seeing him safely to bed.
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Mohammedan Serenity.
A Mohammedan people enjoy one
great advantage over all others—they
never suffer from the anticipation of
that which is to come, and. as a natu-
ral result. they can always enjoy the
present. although oniy a few hours
may separate them from disaster or
even from death. Their implicit be
Hef in an ordained future imparts a
dignified repose and outward calm to
all their actions.—Blackwood’s Maga-
zine.
The Feminine Paradox.
The uvneducated woman has often
the quickest perception, the finest tact,
the most vivid sensibility. She will
feel without speaking: she understands
your inmost thoughts; she knows with-
out being told.—London Black and
‘White.
The First Skyscraper.
The first skyscraper was planned (but
not built) by a Parisian architect in the
year 1601. It was to be more than
800 feet high and provide rooms for
‘500 persons.
A Good Example.
Father—Why did you run away,
Franz? Franz—Because mamma was
#0 unkind. Fathals-That is no reason.
Do 1 run away?
Good manne. are the blossoms. of
Wood sense and good feeling.
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Pure Rich Blood
| BAD BLOOD CAUSES MOST AILMEN1S
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Hood’s Sarsaparilia.
Prevents Disease
HOODS SARSAPARILLA CORRECTS IT.
Bad blood, —that is, blood thatis impure
or impoverished, thin and pale, - isrespon-
sible for more ailments than anything
else
It affects every organ and function. In
some cases it causes catarrh; in others,
dyspepsia; in others, rheumatism; and in
still others, weak, tired, languid feelings
and worse troubles.
It is responsible for run-down condi-
tions, and is the most common cause of
disease.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla is the greatest puri-
fier and enricher of the blood the world
has ever known. It has been wonderfully
successful in removing scrofula and other
humors, and in building up the whole sys-
tem. Ask your druggist for Hood’s to-
day. Take it—give it to all the family so
as to avoid illness. 59-6
Fine Job Printing.
FINE JOB PRINTING
0—A SPECIALTY—o0
AT THE
WATCHMAN OFFICE
le of work, from the
ger” to the finest
There is no s
cheapest **
BOOK WORK,
that we car. not do in the most satis-
factory manner, and at Prices consist-
ent with the class of work. Kall on or
communicate with this office.
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Flour and Feed.
CURTIS Y. WAGNER,
BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of
Roller Flour
Feed
Corn Meal
and Grain
Manufactures and has on hand at. A times the
following brands of high grade flour
WHITE STAR
OUR BEST
HIGH GRADE
VICTORY PATENT
FANCY PATENT
The only place in the county where that extraor- :
fine grade of spring wheat Patent Flour
SPRAY
can be secured. Also International Stock Food
and feed of all kinds.
All kinds of Grain bought at the office Flour
exchanged for wheat.
OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Coal and Wood.
A. G. Morris, Jr.
DEALER IN HIGH GRADE
ANTHRACITE, BITUMINOUS
AND CANNEL
COAL
Wood, Grain, Hay, Straw
‘and Sand.
ALSO
FEDERAL
STOCK AND POULTRY FOOD
BOTH ’PHCNES.
a
Yard Opposite
P.R.R. Depot.
58-23-1y
Money to Loan.
ONEY TO LOAN on good security and
houses to rent.
J. M. KEICHLINE,
Attorney-at-Law,
51-14-1y. Bellefonte Pa.
Restaurant.
ESTAURANT. =
Bellefonte now has a First-Class Res-
taurant where
Meals are Served at All Hours
Steaks, Chops, Roasts, Oysters on the
half shell or in 2ny style desired, Sand-
wiches, So upe, and anything eatable, can
be had in a few minutes any time. In rn
dition I have a com plete plant prepared to
furnish Soft Drinks in bottles such as
POPS,
SODAS,
SARSAPARILLA,
SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC.,
for Pe nics, families and the public gener-
ally all of which are manufactured out of
the purest syrups and properly carbonated.
C. MOERSCHBACHER,
High St, Bellefonte, Pa,
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Meat Market.
50-32-1y.
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(Get the Best Meats.
You save nothing by buyingrpoor, thin
or gristly meats. I use only the
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
and Supply my Sugioms customers with the fresh-
choicest ood and muscle mak-
= ; Steaks and Rot My prices are no
higher than poorer meats are elsewhere.
I always have
—— DRESSED POULTRY —
Game in season, and any kinds of good
meats you want.
TRY MY SHOP.
47.19 MILL AT ROOPBSURG. P. L. BEEZER,
High Street. 34-34-1y. Bellefonte, Pa.
Groceries. Groceries.
SAUER
KRAUT
The original Kraut made in Germany, by
natural fermentation.
much of the highly advertised kraut.) It is
White Clean Goods, cut in long fibers like
Comes in pails about 13 lbs. for 75c,
18 Ibs. 90c, and 24 Ibs. for $1.15.
slaw.
Let Us Have
it will please you.
SECHLER & COMPANY,
Bush House Block, =. +i. 871 = .i= .% ; Bellefonte, Px
(Not with acids as
Your Order
LIME AND LIMESTONE.
LIME.
Lime and Limestone for all purposes.
H-O Lime put up in 201b. paper bags
LIME.
58-28-6m
for use with drills or spreader, is the econom-
ical form most careful farmers are using.
High Calcium Central Pennsylvania ime
AMERICAN LIME & STONE COMPANY.
Operations at Bellefonte, Tyrone, Union Furnace, Frankstown and Spring Meadows, Pa
General Office: TYRONE, PA.
Bellefonte, Pa.
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Attornessat-Law.
KLINE WOODRING—Attorney-at-Law,Belle-
fonte, Pa, Practicesin all courts Office
Room 18Crider’s Exchange. 51-1-1y.
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B. SPANGLER.-Attorney-at-Law. Practices
in all the Courts. Consultation in Eogish
or German. Office in Crider’s Exch
S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsellor at
Law. Office in Temple Court, Belle-
fonte, Pa. All kinds of legal businesslat-
tended to promntly.
H. WETZEL—Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Office No. 11, Crider’s Exchange, second
floor. All kinds of legal business attended
to promptly. Consultation in English or Gettin
M. KEICHLINE—Attorney-at-Law. Practices
3h; Shi the courts. Consultation in ipa
German. Office south of court house.
All Sl business will receive prompt at
ention. 49-5-1y*
KENNEDY JOHNSTON—Attorney-at-law
Bellefonte, Pa. Prompt attention given al
legal business entrusted to his care.
ces—No. 5 East High street. : 57-43
G. RUNKLE.—Attorney- 24] Jaw, Consul-
tation in English and Ge Office
in Crider’s Exchange, Bellefonte. 58-5
Physicians.
GLENN, M. D., Physician and Surgeon.
State College, Centre county, Fa.
at his residence.
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Dentists.
R. J. E. SAR, D. D. S., office next door te
Y. M. C. A. room, High street, Bellefonte,
Pa, Gas administe for painless extract.
ing teeth. Superior Crown and Bridge hi Price
reasonable.
R. H. W. TATE, Surgeon Dentist, Office in
the Bush Arcade, llefonte, Pa. All mod-
ern electric appliances used. Has had
years of experience. All work of Superior quality
and prices reasonable. y
Plumbing.
Good Health
ed Plumbing
GO TOGETHER.
When you have dripping steam pipes, leaky
water- fixtures, foul sew: , Or escaping
, you can’t have good Health. The air you
reathe is poisonous; your system mes?
poisoned and invalidism is sure to come.
SANITARY PLUMBING
is the kind we do. It's the only kind you
ought to have. Wedon’t trust this work to
boys. Our workmen are Skilled Mechanics,
no better anywhere. Our
Material and
Fixtures are the Best
Not a cheap or inferior article in our entire
establishment. And with good work and the
finest material, our
Prices are lowes
than many, who give Sod
work and the lowest fin
the Best Work trv Eraceo
Of, linsanitary
nishings. For
ARCHIBALD ALLISON,
Opposite Bush House
14-1v.
Bellefonte, Pa
Insurance.
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 56-27-y BELLEFONTE, PA
JOHN F. GRAY & SON,
(Successor to Grant Hoover)
Fire,
Life
Accident Insurance.
This Agency represents the lar Fire
his Am Companies in the Wear:
— NO ASSESSMENTS —
Do not fail to give us a call before insuring your
Life or Property. as we are in position to write
large lines at any time.
Office in Crider’s Stone Building,
43-18-1y. BELLEFONTE. PA.
The Preferred
Accident
Insurance
THE $5,000 TRAVEL POLICY
BENEFITS:
eet
5,000 fos of both hands,
5,000 loss of one hand and one foot,
2.500 loss of either hand,
2,000 loss of either foot,
"630 loss of one eve
25 per wi Jrock, total dis disability,
10 per. ihn paral aie,
PREMIUM $12 PER YEAR,
pavable quarterly if desired.
Larger orsmaller amounts in broport jon,
Any person, male or female, engaged in a
referred occupation, uy house-
Feening, Dyer slghteeh } Years 0 age of
ood moral an condition may
nsure under this Be
Pie Insurance
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