Bellefonte, Pa., November 27, 1914, A PEEP AT MEXICO. HAS LOST A VAST TERRITORY. Nearly a Million Square Miles of Its Land Have Been Added to the United States—Stili a Big Country, Though, and Has an Enormous Coast Line. It is interesting to note that the area of Mexico is practically as great as that of the United States between the Mis- | | | { | VIUHLD'S OLDEST BOOK | ~ ANDREW JACKSON'S FINE. SOME FACTS CONCERNING PACK OF PLAYING CARDS. Have Been Known as Far Back as History Reaches, and Their Signifi- cance Has Seldem Been Thor- oughly Appreciated. “The oldest bcok in the world,” said : the wise woman of the party of card sissippi river and the Atlantic coast, | the great lakes and the gulf of Mexico, varying in altitude from sea level to 18.000 feet. Its climate is affected by these elevations and by a range of eighteen degrees of latitude. hundred miles is the distance traversed fn passing south from Juarez. on the 900 miles more to the southeastern boundary. The gulf of Mexico and players, indicating the pack of cards held in her hands. “Its leaves have been called playing cards since the fourtcenth century, but they were known as far back as history reaches, by the Chinese, Persians and Egyp- tians, not to name the ancients of prehistoric times. A pack of cards said tc bs a thousand years old is preserved in the museum of the Roy- I al Asiatic society. Twelve | “The women who play bridge all , the morning and then all the after- noen, and after that go to bridge par- northern boundary, to the capital, and 2 ger Caribbean sea coast line extends for 1,700 miles, while the Pacific ocean and gulf of California touch 4,000 miles of Mexican coast. Prior to 1836 Mexico, as a Spanish colony. and the United States covered | approximately equal areas. but the Texas secession and the result of the Mexican war added nearly a million square miles to our territory, and the extent of Mexico now is less than one- fourth that of continental United States. Mexico has still territorial ex- panse equal to the aggregate of Aus- tria-Hungary, Germany, France, Great Britain and Ireland. The total area of the republic. 767,000 square miles, is less than that of Texas. California, Montana, New Mexico and Arizona combined. The average density of population of Mexico approximates twenty per square mile. the most thickly populated parts, outside of the federal district, being the states of Tlaxcala and Mex- ico. the former being less than Dela- ware in size and of about the same density of popuiation and the latter be- ing nearly as large as New Hampshire. but with more than twice the number of inhabitants. The federal district. molded after the District of Columbia, but of eight times greater area. is sur- rounded by the state of Mexico, the large population of the capital, 470,000, materially aiding in bringing the aver- age to more than 1.200 per square mile. During nearly 300 years subsequent to the conquest by Cortes, Spain domi- nated Mexico. A century ago a bold effort for freedom was started, which eventually resulted in the republic of Mexico of today. More than half of the firs* century of Mexican independ- ence was abortive, one coterie after another coming into temporary power and a number of those acclaimed rul- ers after brief regimes meeving igno- minious death at the hands of the peo- ple they sought to govern. The form of government adopted by Mexico follows in general that of the United States. having executive, judi- cial and legislative divisions. Each of the twenty-seven states is represented in two houses of congress, composed of senators and deputies. Congress holds two sessions each year for limited pe- riods. Each state has its governor and legislature and is subdivided into dis- tricts or counties, over each of which a jefe politico is placed, the districts baving subsidiary municipalities with magistrates, presiding officials and councils. The so called autocratic fea- ture of the government may be largely due to the fact that governors hold of- fice with approval of the president, that jefe politicos have similar rela- tions with the governors and that the officers of the municipalities are gener- ally controlled by the jefe politicos. The church and state are independ- ent, and congress cannot pass laws prohibiting or establishing any reli- gion. Of the 16,000,000 inhabitants two fifths claim direct descent from ancient tribes or families which are accepted as the basis of Mexican his- tory, two-fifths are of mixed native and foreign blood. the remainder being classed under the common appellation of “foreign.” The City of Mexico, 264 miles by rail west of Vera Cruz and 7.400 feet alti- tude, is reached by two rail routes climbing from the hot lands through difficuit mountain passes, ene of which closely follows the trail taken by Cor- tes in 1519, by General Winfield Scott with American troops in 1847 and over which fifteen years later the invading French troops passed. It is the most populous city. One-half of the railroad mileage of the country is between sea level and 5.000 feet and about an equal amount betweén 5.000 and 10,000 feet. —From National Geographic Society in Washington. Ancient Gold. In olden times gold was obtained abundantly from the rivers of Asia. The sands of Pactolus. the golden fleece secured by the argonauts, the .yellow metal of Ophir, the fable of King Midas, all illustrate the eastern origin of gold. Alexander the Great brought nearly $500,000,000 of gold from Persia. Gold also came from Arabia and from the middle of Africa by way of the Nile. Ways of a Woman. “Let us go into the garden,” he said as the twilight hour approached. “I'm afraid you’ll want to sit in the hammock with me and hold my hand.” “] swear 1 won't.” “Then what's the use?’—Detroit Free Press. Habit is the deepest law of human nature.—Carlyle, | year. ties in the evening,” said another of the party, “little think what ancient things they are playing with. But what was the purpose of this book in the time before it became a game?” “The mystic book,” answered the wise woman, “held the hidden wis- dom of the ancieni world. It was ised by the priests in their temples’ when time was young. Call its ori- gin Egyptian or what you will, it is ‘full of astronomical symbolism, and the wisdom of numbers; such learn- ing as men had of old was carefully ccncealed from the uninitiated. But to those who could read it the mys- tic test book was a veritable book of fate. “The cards, for one thing, are all symbols of the astrological art. Each one is an emblem. It would tire you if I would attempt to go into the sub- ject deeply. I can only glance along the top waves of the deep ocean. Put notice a few particulars which lie upon the surface. “The 52 emblems or pages of this bock represent the 52 weeks in the The 12 court emblems are the 12 months, the 13 cards in each suit represent the sun and the 12 signs ui the zodiac, the four suit figures the four seasons. “Further—but this you can easily see—the heart is the emblem of spring and love, the trefoil or clover leaf— we call it club—of summer and knowl- edge, the diamond of autumn and wealth, and the acorn or spade, of winter, labor and death. The pages of this book are in red and black. White was once used in place of red. These colors in the cards symbolize night and day, astro- nomically, and the lights and shades of life as applied to man. “Lock closely at the court cards and notice the emblems carried. These all survive from the ancient forms. The queens hold the lotus flower, supplemented in the case of the queen of spades by the distaff, emblem of industry, kept through all the long centuries. The king and queen of clubs bear symbols of wisdom, the king still plainly showing the winged globe. “Each suit has its mystic symbol- ism, corresponding to the planets, in both suit and spots. Venus and Mer- cury rule hearts, Mars and the earth rule clubs, Jupiter and Neptune, dia- monds; Saturn and Uranus, spades. But I am becoming too astronomical. I must close this fascinating book.” “No, no,” the others protested. “And what about the joker? “Oh, the joker is a modern inven- tion. He dees not count in any se- rious game of life or of cards. Yet there was in the days of old always a court jester, so this new card is not really out of place among queens and kings.” Fortunes in Lace. ‘Several millionaire families in New York possess immense fortunes in laces alone. The laces owned by the Astor family, are valued at $300,000; those of the Vanderbilts at $500,000. It is said that the New York Four Hundred buy more lace than any collectors in the world. No fewer than twenty wealthy women may be mentioned who each own lace worth $50,000. Lace is the luxury of the rich. No ordinary middle-class collec- tor can hope to possess anything but a few choice pieces, if lucky enough to be able to have those. There are several fine collections amongst the English aristocracy. The priceless lace of the late Queen Vie- toria, worth at least $375,000, was chiefly left to H. R. H. Princess Henry of Battenberg. Queen Alexandra has a magnificent collection; years ago its value was said to be $250,000. Living-Room Hints, In the living room, where the fam- ily is wont to gather after the day’s work, let there be a number of small tables, with a good light for each, so that everyone may have a chance to read or work in comfort, or lie stretched at ease on the couch, paper magazine in hand. : ‘Let the living room be the subject of much thought, that it may have a very definite influence on the life of each member of your household. Plan, for a big room, if possible, at least a couple of couches and numberless easy chairs, says Mother's Magazine. Many 2 man who now spends his time at the club or the saloon would far rather stay in his own home could he but have the chance to sit and read by a well-lighted table, where he could smoke in peace, with no fear of drop- cing ashes-or leaving the odor of an av ¢lanome cigar behind. CR SA How Judge Hall Came to Punish the Doughty General. When the war of 1812 was over vague rumors of peace drifted into New Orleans, but still Jackson did not feel justitied in revoking the martial Jaw. under which he had placed the city. While the city was in this state this peculiar incident started. A man | named Lounillier was tried as being | a spy and was acquitted. This dis pleased Jackson, and feeling that in the martial law he had complete com- mand of the city, be, iu opposition to | the court, retained Louaillier in prison and sent Judge Hall out of the city with orders vot te return until it was regularly posted that peace bad been declared or that the enemy bad left the coast. The following day came the overdue notice officially explaining that peace had been declared and that the treaty bad Leen ratified. Upon hearing this Jackson revoked the martial law ana set all his prisoners free. Then pre paring to send home the detached mi litia from Louisiana, Tennessee and Kentucky amid the greetings and dem- onstrations of the populace, Judge Hall returned to the city. In order to uphold the honor, as it seems of the civil over the martial gov- ernment. Judge Hall issued, on Mareh 21, au order summoning Jackson to court for contempt of a habeas corpus writ and also to state his reason for so doing The pext day Jackson ap- peared in court in person. He npeld a written protest against the decision which was to be given. Hall then imposed a tine ot $1.000. remarking that “the duty was unpleax ant, that he could not forget the im portant services of the defendant to the country. and that in consideration thereof he would not make imprison ment a part of the punishment.’ The tine was promptly paid ama cheering ot the crowd for the popular hero. Philadelphia Press. THEY JUST MADE HIM SING. When Scanlan Wooed Minister Wu and the Chinese Officials. When W J Scanlan was in the show business he invaded Washington on one occasion with a brand new comic opera. In order to give the piece a tine sendoff he formulated the plan of send ing free tickets for boxes to the presi dent. the cabinet members and other men high in social life. “That won't do,” one of his newspa per friends told him. *Too common Do something picturesque. Why don't you go after Mr Wu, the Chinese min ister? If you get him he will bring down a lot of other diplomatic people’ Scanlan fell for the proposition and called at the Chinese legation. “What sort of show is this?” askea Mr. Wu “It’s a comic opera,” repiied Scanian “Any good jokes in it?" Scanlan said it was full of gooa jokes. “Tell me some of them.” commanded Mr. Wu. : Scanlan did so, and Wu got such a series of laughs out of them that he sent for his whole establishment, num bering thirty-two people, and made the embarrassed Scanian tell them all over again. 5 “Now.” continued Wu. “are there any good songs in this show?” “The show had so many good songs.” declared Neanian ‘that we had to throw some ot thew away.” aims your policy. When you stop to reflect what yomr space costs and that the wrong talk is just noise—bang without biff—you must see the neces- sity and sanity of putting the right man behind the gun. Don’t tolerate an ambition on your adman’s part to indulge in a lurking desire to be a literary light. People read his advertising to discover what your buyers have just brought from the market and what you are asking for “O. N. IT.” They buy the newspaper for information and recreation and are satisfied with the degree of poetry and persiflage dished up in its reading columns. Don’t exaggerate. Poetic licenses are not valid in business prose. The American people don’t want to be humbugged and the merchant who figures upon too many fools finds himself looking into a mirror, usually about a half hour after the sheriff has come to look over the premises. Don't imitate. Advertising is a special measure garment. Busi- nesses are not built in ready-made sizes. Copy which fits somebody else’s selling plans won't fit vour store without sagging at the chest or riding up at the collar. Duplicated argument and duplicated results are not twins. Your policy of publicity must be specially measured from your policy of merchandising. Don’t put your advertising in charge of an amateur. Let some- body else stand the expense of his educational blunders. Remember you are making a plea before the bar of public confidence. Your ad- writer is an advocate. Like a bad lawyer, he can lose a good case by not making the most of the facts at hand. Don’t get the “sales” habit held too often their effect is weakening. The merchant who con- tinually yells “bargain” is like the old hen who was always crying “fox.” When the real article did come along, none of her chicks believed it. Don't use fine print. x a “All right,” said Wu “Sing me some of the hest” : “1 sang them.” said Scanlan, telling | the story afterward ‘But that wasn’t so remarkable. | had to sing ‘em | There were thirty-two Chinamen to make me sing ‘em. The amazing part | of the thing was that all thirty-two of them came to see the show that night.” -Popnlar Magazine. Her Art Not Appreciated. Varnishing day at the Royal academy is always an important and interest ing function. Canvases and panels that have been thirsty enough to ab | sorb the oil from the whole or portions of the pictures painted upon them have once more the luster of their first | painting restored by these pick-me-ups. Members of the year’s hanging com wittee are always at hand on these oceasions to consider suggestions and complaints about their recent labors The chief complaint was by a lady who found ner work had been hung horizontally instead of vertically. Un kind friend< cautioned her that possi bly it had been accepted on the hori | zontal understanding. - New York Sun | Why tne Boiler Rumbles. | That noisy rumbling and clattering | in the Kitchen boiler after the gas wa ter heater has been lighted for some time has scared many a woman. The editor of the Monthly Gas Chat says it need alarm no one. as it is caused by the expansiou of the water as it is heated from the top of the boiler. The colder water below rushing ap to dis warsvers [lelvetins i place the expanded water above, will often cause A concussion eo a a Frankness. i The Sire What would vou think ir | I told vou that at vomr age | never disobeved is parents or teachers? | The Son YY wd ek me if | told von | what 1 thought Nashville leppes | Been | A I Ne i | Great Idea. Interested P'acty Yau say this boat | cannst dpset dnventor Us impossi ble Ile tanks are tilled with righting fluid Buftale Express | Vigthie has many preachers. bur few | | | i Some Don'ts When You Advertise By HERBERT KAUFMAN : Author of “Do Something! Be Something!” HE price of the gun never hits the bull’s eye. And the bang seldom rattles the bells. ] It’s the hand on the trigger that cuts the real figger. The aim’s what amounts—that’s what makes record counts— Are you hitting or just wasting shells? Don’t forget that the man who writes your copy is the man who Make it easy for the reader to find out about your business. There are ten million pairs of eyeglasses worn in America, and every owner of-them buys something. And Don’t start unless you mean to stick. The patron saint of the successful advertiser hates a quitter. (Copyright.) Conscientious Governess. The Employer—By the way, the, children usually eat with us. i The New Governess (firmly)—I must object to that. “Why 2” “They're sure to pick up such faulty notions of grammar.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Second Edison. Farmer—Yes. sir, that hired man of mine is one of the greatest inventors of the century. City Boarder—You don’t say! What did he invent? Farm- er—Petrified motion.—Judge. Their Purpose. He—What candle light power has your electrical fixings? She—Oh, those aren’t real candles on that chandelier. They're merely make believe.—Balti- more American. Including Herself. Arthur Askem--How did you lke Europe? Bertha Binthare—Not very well. Why, actually every place we visited was overrun with foreigners.— Chicago News. Man must always in some sense cling to the belief that the unknowable is knowable.—Goethe, “Sales” are stimulants. When Yeager’s Shoe Store “FITZEZY” The Ladies Shoe that Cures Corns Sold only at Yeager’s Shoe Store, >» Bush Arcade Building, BELLEFONTE, PA 58.27 Dry Goods, Etc. LYON & COMPANY. We are now ready to supply your winter needs at greatest economy. Underwear for men, women, children and infants. Wool, fleeced and cot- ton, in white and grey. Blankets. Blankets in wool and cot- ton. In wool we have the red, white and gray; also the fac- tory blankets in white and checks. Cotton blankets from 50c. up. Comfortables from $1.00 to the finest satteen covered. Hosiery. Our stock of winter Hosiery is now at the best. In cotton | we can give you the Blue Ribbon and Bursons from 12% to 50 cents a pair. The Blue Ribbon Silk Hosi- ery for men, women and chil- dren have been tested and are the best wearing stockings at prices that will mean a big saving. We buy these direct from the factory. : Rivoli Silk Hosiery—We are also sole agents for Rivoli Silk Hose for ladies. Assort- ment of all the new colors; also in black and white, from 50c. to $1.75 per pair. These values can not be matched at these prices. La Vogue Coats & Suits. This department is always alive with the newest and lat- est models. We have again this week replenished our stock of Coats and Suits with the newest up-to-date models. We have also added a great many new models in Misses’ and Children’s Coats. Furs. A visit to our Fur depart- ment will convince you that we have the largest and best ° assortment in Fur Sets and single Muffs; just the thing for these cold snappy days. Prices the lowest. Specials for Little Tots. } We have this season added everything necessary to make the little tots warm and com- fortable. In this department you will find all wool crib blankets, wool hand knit af- ghans, drawer leggins, sacks, caps, mittens and boo- tees. The little Eskimo Suits in red, tan and grey, Teddy Bear Blankets and Eiderdown Caps. See our Holiday Line of Leather Goods, Party Boxes, Neckwear, Ribbons, Gloves, Veil ings and Jewelry. Our remodeled store front has been greatly admired. We can now show merchandise with the very best light. We invite all patrons to the new store. Lyon & Co. .... Bellefonte
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers