Bemoreaic atc
Bellefonte, Pa., March 5, 1915.
HAD NO SYMPATHY COMING |
For His Own Good, Farmer Was
Given Altogether Too Much i
to Inference.
One day, as a good citizen of Posey
county was out in the woods looking
for ‘tater bugs he observed a small
animal of some sort dodge into a hole
in a bank.
“As the hole is none too large for a
cat, I must infer that the creature is
not a bear,” mused the farmer as he
drew nearer.
Standing off a few feet he examined
the hole with interest and continued:
“Yes, I must also infer that the ani-
mal is not a stray wolf. No large ani-
mal can conceal itself in a small
hole.”
This was philosophy not to be dis-
puted, and after patting himself on
the back the old man continued:
“I infer that it is not a coon as I
saw no rings sround his tail. Had it
been a fox it would have moved with
greater celerity. A woodchuck would
have left hairs behind him, and as
there are no tracks I must infer that
I have not holed up a ’possum. Yes,
my inference does me credit, but I
shall thrust in a pole and bring the
animal out just to see what species he
really does belong to.”
' Half an hour later as he approached
his house, his wife stood in the door-
way and called out:
“Mercy on me, Samuel!
you been doing?” :
“I got a critter in a hole and poked
him out,” he replied.
“But don’t you know better?”
“lI inferred that it was neither a
bear nor a fox.”
“Of course it wasn’t. Phew!”
“And I inferred that it was neither
‘possum coon or woodchuck.”
“Keep away, Samuel, keep away!”
“And so I poked with a stick to
see what it was.”
“Yes; that’s like an old fool! When |
you was inferring all them infers, why
didn’t you infer that it was a pole-
cat and let the thing alone? We won’t
get rid of the smell all summer!”
Our hindsight is always better than |
our foresight.
VENTILATION IN COAL MINES
Many Points to Be Observed in the !
Installation of Indispensable |
Machinery. .
What have
|
The supreme importance of good !
ventilation in coal mines is now gen- |
erally recognized, and what consti- |
tutes good ventilation is the subject |
of a bulletin issued by the U. S. bu- |
reau of mines. An efficient ventilat- |
ing system must supply fresh air in,
sufficient quantities for all the men |
and must dilute and render harmless, |
and quickly remove, all dangerous |
gases in the workings. Large airways |
and slow-moving but ample currents |
are better than narrow airways and
air currents moving so fast that they
stir up and carry the coal dust, and
the ventilating fan should be kept
running 24 hours a day whether there |
are men in the mine or not. The fan!
should not be placed over the shaft or i
in front of a drift or slope opening |
into the mine, but at one side, so that
it will not be disabled in case of an |
explosion. Generally it is a serious |
mistake to reverse the fan. If there |
is a fire in the mine this is likely to |
drive inflammable gases over the fire |
and cause an explosion, and at any!
time there is danger that reversing
the fan will push the inflammable |
gases out on naked lights.—Modern !
Mechanics.
China's Indestructible Wall,
Few people realize what an almost |
perfect condition prevails along a |
large part of the Great Wall of China. |
The bricks of the parapet are as firm |
as ever, and their edges have stood
the severe climatic conditions of North |
China with scarcely a break. Te pav-
ing along the top of the wall is so!
smooth that one may ride over it!
with a bicycle, and the great granite
blocks with which it is faced are
smooth and as closely fitted as when
put in place more than two thousand
years ago. The entire length of this
wall is 1,400 miles; it is 22 feet high
and 20 feet in thickness. At intervals
of 100 yards or so there are towers,
some 40 feet in height.
EE —————————
Famous French Writer.
Victor Hugo was born in Besancon,
France, in 1802. He was the son of a
colonel in the French army and re-
ceived a classical education. After the
revolution of 1830 his plays of “Ma-
rion de Lorme” and “The King
Amuses Himself” were performed at
the Theatre Francais. He was cre-
ated by Louis Philippe a peer of
France, with the title of viscount, but
he arose above this honor in being the
author of “Les Miserables.” He op-
posed Napoleon III and was banished
from France, but he returned on the
fall of the empire. He died in Paris
in 1885 and was buried in the
Pantheon.
Not With Girls Talking.
The report that ice cream con-
tains germs has died out. The young
men tried to keep it going, but they
just couldn’t.—Washington Herald.
One Thing After Another.
This year's sweet girl graduate is
next year’s gay debutante and the
tired housekeeper of year after next.—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
GING 1 HARENS
impoverished by War, Turks Are
Forced to Abandon Them.
Few Can Afford, Since Recent Balkan
Dispute, to Maintain Several Large
Establishments—Doom of Polyg-
amy ls Seen.
Berlin.—That the great poverty into
which Turkey bas been plunged as a
result of the disastrous war with the
Balkan states may in the end prove
a blessing for that country, because
it is destroying polygamy and making
the traditional harem life and expens-
ive “many-wives” system no longer
possible, is the statement of Gen. Izzet
Fuad Pasha.
America and Europe are not the only
places where it costs money—Ilots of
money—to keep a wife, not to men-
tion several wives, says the famous
i Turkish general and statesman. Amer-
icans who grumble at the wife’s milli-
nery and dressmaking bills would have
apoplexy if they had to foot the bills
of a wealthy Turk’s harem. Gen. Izzet
Fuad Pasha says that occidental hus-
bands haven't an inkling of what it
costs to keep several wives happy,
and the general ought to know.
In an interesting article in the
Deutsche Revue the Turkish general
and statesman, under the title of
“Turkish Harem Life and Its Indus-
trial Influence,” says:
“The great harems, with the excep
tion of the sultan’s, are no longer what
they were nor what the occidental pic-
tures them. Since the buying and sell-
ing of slaves has ceased in Turkey
polygamy has been at a standstill. One
can say that among the educated and
cultured Turks of modern Turkish so-
ciety the number of men who have
several legitimate wives at the same
time has become comparatively rare.
“Polygamy works destructively not
only upon the family, but upon the
very conception of the family. The
polygamist never had a family. He
merely had wives and children, the
latter born to him by his several legiti-
mate wives and numerous odalisques.
but that is all. The entirely natural
: and wholly human rivalry that exists
| among women reigned in the home of
my father-in-law in its most dangerous
and worst form.
“Among the children born to him by
his numerous odalisques there was nei-
ther love, happiness nor peace. There
was nothing but jealousy, rivalry,
| greed and envy. My father-in-law had
nineteen children by his four wives
and numerous odalisques. Had he
lived a few years longer the number
would have reached forty, as every
year four or five children were born to
him.”
Speaking of the cost of maintaining
several wives, the general says:
“Every mother has her own retinue
of servants, her own special meal
time, carriage horses, eunuchs, jew-
elry, ornaments, etc., and often her
own separate house. When an odal-
isque becomes a mother sle is served
! and waited upon practically the same
as the legitimate wives. The fact of
motherhood gives her almost the same
rank as wife. She enjoys all the
‘ruinous’ ease of the harem life except
that she cannot be present at family
festivals and such functions like the
legitimate wives of the lord of the
harem.
“Whether the word ‘ruinous’ is justi-
fied may be deduced from the follow-
ing: Each household for the wives and
odalisques includes servants or per-
sonnel to look after the dresses and
jewelry and ornaments and dress each
wife or odalisque; servants to do the
laundry work, servants to do the iron- |
ing, servants to wait on the table,
servants to prepare the coffee, serv-
ants for the sleeping rooms, servants
to receive visitors, teachers for music
and dancing. Each of these groups of
servants or personnel for the different
work consists of from four to twelve
women. If one multiplies this serving
personnel with the number of wives
and odalisques we have a small army
of 500 or 600 serving women which
composes the harem of a wealthy Ot-
toman. It called for enormous sums.
In this manner have the estates and
wealth of the rich rapidly decreased.
While the care-free polygamist Turk
who did not bother about the morrow
lost his money, his energy, his virtues,
the Greek and the Armenian became
rich.”
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SOUL
Displayed by Rev. R. R. Schleusner
at Spiritualist Convention
in New York.
Rochester, N. Y.—A lecture, illustrat-
ed by stereopticon views of the aura
or astral body that is said to corre-
spond to what is known as the soul, ac-
companied with odd snakelike marks,
said to be pictures of thought, and
flanked by photographs of the spirits
of the dead, was given by Rev. R. R. :
Schleusner of New York before the
New York State Spiritualists’ conven-
tion here.
“Every one has an aura and every
one’s aura may be seen by every one
else,” sald the lecturer. “By the color
code may be determined the physical,
moral and mental health of a person.”
U. 8. Crop Tremendously Big.
Portland, Ore.—D. W. Campbell, as-
sistant manager of the Southern Pa-
cific railroad, declares a train 7,000
miles long will be necessary to move
America’s big crop this year,
The Brunt
THE WEAKER SEX
|
of the Battle |
—Puck.
It isn’t the legions that bear it i
It isn’t the men that go
Face to face to the cannon
Or meeting the saber's blow,
But these, the women and children,
The wives and mothers of men;
For them the brunt of the battle, i
They face it again and again. {
The wives and sisters and mothers,
The sweethearts, troubled and sore;
For these the brunt of battle
For these the horror of war,
Thank God for their quiet courage,
Their trust and their pride and joy:
They know the brunt of the battle.
And they are the heroes, my boy.
—Bentztown Bard, Baltimore Sun.
OLD CURSE AT WORK STILL
Death of English Officer in France Re-
calls Malediction Pronounced
Centuries Ago.
The death by a German bullet of
Hon. Francis Geoffrey Pearson, Lord
Cowdray’s third son has recalled in
England the violent end of ofher heirs
to Cowdray, the historic mansion near
Midhurst, and of the curse that was
pronounced in 1538, when Sir Ar-
thur Browne, father of the first Lord
Montagu, received Battle abbey as a
gift from Henry III
Sir Arthur destroyed the great
church at Battle and the cloisters, and
converted the abbot’s lodging into a |
dwelling house. While he was holding
a feast in the great hall one of the |
dispossessed monks entered and sol-
emnly cursed the family, declaring that
the Montagu line should “perish by
fire and water.” It was not till 1793,
two centuries later, that the curse was
fulfilled. In that year Cowdray house
was destroyed by fire, and a week
later the last Viscount Montagu was
drowned in the Rhine.
After the death of the last Lord
Montagu the Cowdray property came
into the possession of the viscount’s
sister, Mrs, Stephen Poyntz, who soon
after receiving the estate lost her two
sons by drowning at Bagnor. On the
death of Mrs. Poyntz the property was
divided between her three daughters,
but was sold to the earl of Edgmont
in 1843. In 1909 it came into the
bands of Sir Weetman Pearson, and
when Sir Weetman, on being made a
peer in 1910, chose the title of Lord
: Cowdray, an old Sussex woman spoke
of the curse, which, says a London let-
ter, is still remembered among the
Midhurst people.
PLAN LONG BRIDGE OVER SEA
British Engineers Contemplate Pro-
ject Successfully Carried
Through in America.
The project of connecting the island
of Ceylon with the mainland of India
by a railroad bridge has been revived
again, though, like all such projects,
it must wait till after the end of the
war. The distance is 22 miles, nu-
merous rocky islets furnish natural
halting places, and the intervening wa-
ter is said to be shallow enough to
make pier-building easy for modern
engineers. :
Even if this bridge is built, it will
not be the longest structure of the
sort in the world. The Florida East
Coast railway goes out to sea 46
miles, from the tip of the Florida
peninsula to Key West. At one point,
it crosses nine miles of open water,
and passengers on its trains are out
of sight of land. The whole remark-
able structure is of re-enforced con-
crete, calculated to last for ages.
The engineers of British India will
have a hard job to beat the precedent |
set by the American builders whom
Henry M. Flagler set at work. It
will be interest to see them try.
What Causes the Trouble.
Half the trouble in life is caused by
the fact that a man will marry a living
picture and then kick about the cost
of the frame.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
ec TE
The Simple Life.
After a farmer retires from active
work he spends the balance of his
life helping his wife with the family
washing.—Louisville Times,
Naming the Baby.
Young Mamma—'“What shall we call
paby?” Ditto Papa—*“Coffee, because
he keeps us awake at night.”—Phila-
ielphia Ledger.
In What Direction?
The great thing in the world is not
80 much where we stand, as in what
direction we are moving.—Holmes.
Daily Thought.
What I must do is all that concerns
me, not what the people think. —HEmer
fon.
Drifting Is Decisive. :
Drifting is action, the most decisive
kind of action—David Graham Phil-
lips.
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WHY | WANT
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
I want votes for women for the
same reason that I want votes
for men. 1 want this for its ef-
fect upon women, for its effect
upon men, for its effect upon so-
ciety. The dignity and self-confi-
dence and position of men are
largely the result of the con-
science he feels of his ability to
control his own destiny and wel-
fare. It is this that distinguishes
him from the serf; it is this that
distinguishes him from the dis-
franchised classes in Europe. The
vote will have the same effect
upon women. She, too, will en-
joy an added dignity, added self-
respect which would change her
point of view, and in _turn the
point of view of man.
Votes for women will be good
for men. It will change their at-
titude toward women, not only
politically but socially as well.
They will begin to think in the
same terms, to be interested in
the same subjects, to read the
same columns of the paper. The
very existence of women’s pages
and men’s pages in the daily
press is an evidence of different
interests, which is largely the
result of the fact that society has
dedicated women to domestic
things and men to business
things.
Finally it is a terrible waste
to divorce one-half of society
from participation in society’s
work. That is what we do today.
I want woman’s voice in the gov-
ernment for the effect it will
have on government; for gov-
ernment today is a matter of
housekeeping, of domestic and so-
cial service. The changes in in-
dustry and society of themselves
demand the participation of wo-
men in politics.—Frederic OC.
Howe, Commissioner of Immigra-
tion.
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GOSBECK ON SUFFRAGE
For single or for widowed souls
‘Tis not a vital thing;
But I would open wide the polls
To every wedding ring.
[’'m not a fighter, as you note—
A gentle, peaceful man;
And T have never had my vote
Since I have married Ann.
My instincts are Protectionist
And Battleship Expense,
But mortal husband can’t exist
In constant self-defense.
When but a single vote is lent
To every married pair,
There’s criminal disfranchisement
Whenever Ann is there.
I'm willing she should take my ties,
My sweater’s as her own,
But ler her ballot publicwise,
And leave my vote alone!
—Juliet Wilbor Tompkins, in Puck.
Emphatically Yes.
“Do you women realize what you
are doing? Suppose you got to hold:
ing office—with your inexperience it
would be ten years before you would
be ready to pass any laws.”.
“Well, ask any business man if
that wouldn’t be the best thing that
could possibly happen to the coun-
try.”—Puck.
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TWELVE REASONS WHY
WOMEN SHOULD VOTE
1. Because those who obey the
laws should help to choose those
who make the laws.
2. Because laws affect women
as much as men.
3. Because laws which affect
women are now passed without
consulting them.
4. Because laws affecting chil-
dren should include the woman’s
point of view a. well as the
man’s.
Because laws affecting home
are voted on in every session of
the Legislature.
6. Because women have expe-
rience which would be helpful to
legislation.
7. Because to ‘deprive women
of the vote is to lower their posi-
tion in common stimation.
8. Because having the vote
would increase the sense of re-
sponsibility among women toward
‘questions of public importance.
10. Because hundreds of thou-
sands of intelligent, thoughtful,
hard-working women want the
vote.
11. Because the objections
against their having the vote are
based on prejudice, not on reason.
12. Because to sum up all rea-
sons in one—IT IS FOR THE
Shoes. Hats and Caps. Clothing.
COMMON GOOD OF ALL.
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pring 191
Stetson
HATS
are here.
See the By-Word
“The Hat”
for this season.
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