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Bellefonte, Pa., January 8, 1915.
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WOMEN THIEVES IN CHURCHES
Articles Frequently Taken During
Communion When Communicants
Leave Pews. :
A clever band of women thieves is
suspected of “working” the wealthy
rongregations of several large Boston
churches, the Post of that city states.
Rectors and sextons have been notified
recently of purse and handbag thefts
luring services.
Circumstances have led to the con-
riction that it is the same band that
wperated last spring among Back Bay
thurch-goers. Trinity church in Cop-
ley square and St Paul's Episcepal
sathedral have been visited by mem-
bers of the female gang lately.
The suspects are all women. One
of them, at least, disguises herself in
deep mourning, apparently to throw
"her prospective victims off their guard.
Others of the suspected gang are stun-
ningly gowned girls, attired always in
the latest styles. One of the suspects
is about fifty years old, another is said
to be net mere than twenty.’
Invariably the thefts are from wom-
en in the congregations, and most
often the stolen articles disappear dur-
'ng communion services, when the
communicants leave their pews co re-
ceive the sacrameht.
They return, to find that the le-
mure, well-attired girl who sat beside
them is gone; so also is the purse or
handbag, containing money or jewelry,
perhaps, which they had left on the
cushioned seat when they went for-
ward. Or again, the sorrowful, aged
woman in widow’s weeds, whose heavy
veil had completely hidden her fea-
tures, has vanished and the worship-
er's costly muff or rich fur piece is
missing, too.
SHAVING A WASTE OF TIME
Doctor Gildersleeve Expects the Pres-
ent Fashion Will Ultimate-
ly Die Out.
The decline of Greek scholarship
was suggested to Dr. Basil L. Gilder-
sleeve, senior member of the faculty
of the Johns Hopkins university and a
foremost Greek scholar, as a theme
for comment in view of the fact that
he is just eighty-three years old. He
was not in a mood for a lecture and
he merely said that he had no new
comment to make along that line,
having treated it many times in his
writings. As he spoke he stroked his
beard and the subject of whiskers
came up.
“I have given much thought to the
decline and fall of whiskers,” he said,
holding on to his own luxuriant
growth and recalling with his remark-
able memory how it budded forth
many years ago. “When I went to the
University of Virginia in 1855 I had
a beard and a year later I think every
member of the faculty was similarly
adorned,” he said. Then he paused
while he thought of beards that are
gone and the men who wore them.
“Take the decline and fall of the
Roman beard. In the republic the
beard was out of fashion. But when
‘Hadrian came into power there was a
revival of beards. Hadrian himself
wore a beard because he had warts
on his face.
“I have asked men how in this busy
'sra they can spare time to shave.
Some have told me that shaving takes
one of their time and that they
shave while drawing their bath.
‘Shaving is only a fashion. Beards
iwill come back, although I may not
live to see them.”
Europe’s Richest City.
Which is the richest city in Europe?
‘Neither London nor Paris nor Milan,
‘but Basle, the great Swiss railway
center, Zurich, in a neighboring can-
‘ton, coming second. This is propor-
tionate to the number of inhabitants.
‘Basle’s richest citizen boasts a fortune
of £500,000; another has £300,000,
while no fewer than sixteen residents
pay income tax on a round million dol-
lars. :
Eighty-two are “French million-
aires,” possessing fortunes of a mil-
lion francs. The average wage-earn-
ing capacities of the various protes-
sions form an interesting contrast.
Basle’s doctors—the place is flooded
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with medical men—are the worst paid,
averaging £240 a year; druggists are
zood for mere, and lawyers the same.
Professors, on the other hand, earn
something like £500 a year and bank
directors anywhere from £1,000 to
£1,200.
Kosciusiko’s Monument.
Cracow stands even before Warsaw
'n the minds of Polish patriots Not
only was it once the capital of free
Poland, with a cathedral equivalent to
sur Westminster Abbey, wherein sleep
the generations of Polish kings and
heroes, but it possesses the most strik-
ing patriotic memorial in the world.
This is the Kosciuskoberg, a mound,
300 feet high, erected to the memory
of Kosciusko, and formed of earth
from every battlefield of Poland. In
the construction of thut memorial Pol-
ish nobles, statesmen and peasants
toiled side by side.—London Chroni-
cle.
More “Explanations.”
“I've just been reading a new white
book sent out by the German govern.
ment.” Te
“What is its purpose?”
“To make things look black for
fingland.”
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LiTTLE OCCASION FOR WORRY
Physician's Anxiety as to Germs Quiet
ed by Assurance Made by
Porter.
A party of physicians were on their
way to a medical convention and they
had gathered in the buffet car to dis-
cuss professional matters The talk
bad begun with proper cleanliness in
bandaging. It had progressed toc that
point where sneezing was condemned
for th. germs it disseminated. when
the engine whistled to announce an ap-
proaching station. The porter entered
He waved his whiskbroom.
“Bresh you off, suh?” he asked of
vne of the doctors The doctor turned
on him
“Just exactly what I've been coa-
tending.” he said, heatedly. “There's
one of the finest little systems of
spreading germs that ever was invent.
ad. The porter comes in here and he
brushes me off; then he brushes you,
and you, and everyone else, and
~tarts a lot of germs flying round
in the air to be breathed in and start
dise.se. | say that germs ought not to
be disturbed in public. It's dangerous
They ought to be let alone—not thrown
up into the air by all this brushing!”
There was a moment of silence ‘I'he
porter grinned foolishly. He first stood
on one foot, then on the other He
grinned again, then waved his brush
“Come on, Doctah!” he begged;
“come on and let me bresh you oif!
Pshaw! Don’t let that idea about mi
crobes bother you any! What little
breshin’ I'm going to do ain’t going to
disturb no germs. No, suhr!”—Youth’s
Companion.
SOFT BERTH FOR RUSSIAN
His Knowiedge of Japanese Super
ficial, But It Secured Him a
Professorship.
The war in Europe and rumors of
war nearer home have given occasion
to Japanese papers to publish some
reminiscences of the war with Russia. |
When peace was concluded between
Japan and Russia the study of the
Japanese language became something
like a craze among Russians. At Har
bin, for instance, Japanese were in
great demand as teachers of their
mother tongue. Many Japanese bar
bers and laundrymen shut up their
sheps and became instructors of Jap:
anese. As in most cases the instruc
tion was not conducted on a systemat:
ic method, many Russian students of
Japanese only succeeded in acquiring
a smattering of the language. Some
time ago a Japanese interpreter who
taught Japanese to Russian railway
men at Harbin, received a letter from
one of his whilom pupils asking for a
certificate of his proficiency. As a
matter of fact, his knowledge of Jap
anese does not extend beyond what
may be called pidgin Japanese, but a
certificate was forwarded to him as
required. A few weeks later the in
terpreter was surprised to receive a
letter from the Russian, informing
him that he had been engaged by the
government as professor of Japanese
at a monthly salary of 500 roubles.
Women Who Are Sea Captains.
America is the only country where
the full title of “captain” has been be-
stowed upon women. This was strik-
ingly illustrated a few years ago by a
decision of the London board of trade,
which refused to grant a yachtmas-
ter’s certificate to Lady Ernestine
Brudenell Bruce, a well-known yachts-
woman of England, who had thorough-
ly prepared herself for the examina
tion in seamanship and navigation.
She appeared befcre the board ot
trade and asked to take the examina-
tion, pointing out that she merely de-
sired authcrity to command her own
yacht, and had no intention of serving
on board other ships. The board of
trade, nevertheless, refused to grant
her request, on the ground that it
could not permit a woman to be ex-
amined for a “master’s” certificate, as
the word “master” clearly implied that
only men were eligible, not taking in-
to consideration the broader meaning
of the word.
The Walnut-Stained Boy.
Don’t censure the boy whose hands
are discolored with green walnut
stain. Any boy that will put in his
idle time after school hours pounding
green walnuts with a stout club, sepa-
rating the hull from its hidden treas-
ure, deserves a word of praise and
a word of encouragement. We've a
warm place in our heart for such a
boy. The green walnut is an unfailing
sign that he has.ambition and energy
and that he has exercised these ster-
ling qualities by looking after No. 1.
He may have stored walnuts for his
own use during the winter or he may
have sold them. It really doesn’t mat-
ter how he disposes of them-—the
strong point in his favor being that he
got them and has stained hands to
prove it. If in after years he tackles
life's tasks without fear of getting his
hands soiled we’ll wager he tastes of
success.—Evansville Courier.
Unloading Provision Ships.
An endless chain unloader, de-
signed for the handling of frozen
meat carcasses, is being used in un-
loading provision ships in English
ports. Each crosspiece of a chain is
provided with six hooks, on which the
frozen carcasses are placed by the.
men working in the hold. Several
men in the hold are required to feed
the unloader, which autdmatically dis-
charges its load into a barge. It is
said that a whole cargo can be dis-
charged by means of this arrangement
(n about one-third the time usually
iaken to unload by hand.
Just the Thing. |
Prospective Buyer—'Yes, 1 think!
the horse will suit me—but what age |
is it?” Dealer—"What age dc vou
want?” Prospective Buyer—“I don’t |
want it too young and I don’t want
it too old.” Dealer—“Then it'll suit
you, guv’nor, ’cause this hoss is iust
middle aged—say 30 or =o.” ’
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CASTORIA
Bears the signature of Chas.H.Fletcher.
in use for over thirty years, and
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
the meat.
CASTORIA. CASTORIA.
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his pere
7 on sonal supervision since its infancy.
7, 4 Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and ¢¢ Just-as-good >’ are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Ql, Pare«
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleaz:=:. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine mor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Tlatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrhcea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALways
Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY,
Hardware.
Don’t forget our
Annual Inventory
Sale that Begins
Saturday, Jan. 16.
There will be some
Great Bargains.
The Potter-Hoy Hardware Co.
BELLEFONTE, Pa.
59-11-1y .
Mistake of the Big Steak
Author of “Do Something! Be Something!’’
ATCH out for waste in circulation. Find out where your
story is going to be read. Don’t pay for planting the seed
of publicity in a spot where you are not going to harvest
the results.
~The manufacturer of soap who has his goods on sale from Oska-
loosa tc Timbuctoo doesn’t care how widely a newspaper circulation
is scattered Whoever reads about his product is near to some store
or other where it is sold—but you have just one store.
Buying advertising circulatior is very much like ordering a
steak—if the waiter brings you a porterhouse twice as big as your
digestion can handle, vou've paid twice as much as the steak was
worth to you, even if it is worth the price to the restaurant man.
You derive your profit not from the circulation that your adver-
tisement gets, but from circulation that gets people to buy.
If two newspapers offer you their columns and one shows a
distribution almost entirely within the city and in towns that rely
‘upon your city for buying facilities, your business can digest all of
its influence. If the other has as much circulation, but only one-third
of it is in local territory, mere bulk cannot establish its value to you
—it’s another case of the big steak—you pay for more than you can
digest. That part of its influence which is concentrated where men
and women can’t get your goods after you get their attention, is
sheer waste. : :
By dividing the number of copies he prints into his line rate, a
publisher may fallaciously demonstrate to you that his space is
sold as low as that of his stronger competitors, but if half his circu-
lation is too far away to bring buyers, his real rate is double what
it seems. He is like the butcher who weighs in all the bone and
sinew and fat and charges you as much for the waste as he does for
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i Shoes.
Yeager’s Shoe Store
‘FITZEZY”
The
Ladies’ Shoe
that
Cures Corns
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Sold only at
Yeager’s Shoe Store,
Bush Arcade Building, BELLEFONTE, PA
58-27
Dry Goods, Etc.
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LYON & COMPANY.
Clearance Sale
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WINTER STUFFS.
Our entire stock of
Ladies’ Coats and Suits, Children’s
and Misses’ Coats
must be sold now. This will mean a Coat or
Suit at remarkable reductions. We have a
large selection and all sizes. Coats that sold
at 15, 18 and $20 now sell at $10.00. Coats
that sold at 25, 28 and $30.00 now must go -
at $15. This same reduction will be made in
Ladies’ Suits. Misses’ Coats that sold at
10, 12 and $15 now must go at 35. Children’s
Coats that sold at 5, 7 and $9 now must go
at 3.50 and $4.50.
Furs. Furs. -
Wo have put the knife in the prices of Furs.
Furs reduced 1-3, 1-2 and more. Mink, Fox,
Red and Light, Black Fox and Pointed Fox,
in fact a very good assortment of all fine
furs in black and white, at big reductions.
Everything is now on the reduction list dur-
ing this yearly clearance. We invite every
one to come in and get our prices and see
that we mean a big saving on the low prices.
Watch for the Rummage Table next week.
We are getting ready for our big White Sale.
Lyon & Co. ... Bellefonte