= Bellefonte, Pa., June 11, 1915. STAIN NOT THE SKY. Ye gods of battle, lords of fear, Who work your iron will as well As once ye did with sword and spear, With rifled gun and rending shell— Masters of sea and land, forbear The fierce invasion of the inviolate air! With patient daring man hath wrought A hundred years for power to fly, And shall we make his winged thought A hovering horror in the sky, Where flocks of human eagles sail, Dropping their bolts of death on hill and dale? Ah, no! the sunset is too pure, The dawn too fair, the noon too bright, For wings of terror to obscure Their beauty and betray the night That keeps for man, above his wars, The tranquil vision of untroubled stars. Pass on, pass on, ye lords of fear! Your footsteps in the sea are red, And black on earth your paths appear With ruined homes and heaps of dead. Pass on, and end your transient reign, And leave the blue of heaven without a stain. The wrong ye wrought will fall to dust, ‘The right ye shielded will abide; The world at last will learn to trust « In law to guard and love to guide; The Peace of God that answers prayer Will fall like dew from the inviolate air. —Henry Van Dyke, in the Independent. The Hague, Netherlands. RETURNING FROM INDIA. By One on Medical Duty in that Far Eastern Country. China as Seen on a Brief Trip * Through Some of It’s Cities. SHANGHAI, MARCH 8th, 1914. Dear Home Folk: A dérk, rainy, sullen Sunday and I am sitting trying to imagine myself warm in an English boarding house kept for mis- sionaries. No, not by the biggest stretch of imagination could you think yourself comfortable on such a cold, wet day with- out any fire, but as I am going on to Pe- king in a day or two it will matter but little—just another thing that makes me long for money and then I'd go to the Astor House, a very decent hotel. I had intended to write you some more © details about Canton, but somehow the days on ship board slipped past and I didn’t keep any record of time. But I do wish I could take you in the sedan chair, after the *“sanpan” ride, where women are the rowers—and such nice, neat looking ones, fat, happy folks, who seemed to beon good terms with their neighbors. The chairs are so easy and you feel like the ladies on the circus elephant look, for of course all the folks natural to these parts stop and stare at you. y The Chinese folk wear clothes made to “sorter” fit them and all the coolies seem to have solved the puzzle of how to use both hands and yet carry a protection - from the rain. They wear hats shaped like a parasol and covered with oil-skin; the hats wide enqugh to even protect the shoulders. It really seemed as though I would enjoy wearing one my- self. i Did I tell you of the broth I saw the coolies eating; they had been unloading the boat and, tired and wet, the cook boat drew alongside and in it were little Chinese cups, with China spoons in them and for a penny he put in a little raw fish, chopped fine, a little ham and onion, and what looked like crackers—all chop- ped fine. Over this was dipped from an immense pot, steaming hot broken rice, cooked until it looked like thickened milk. This was handed to the patron at once and I can assure you he lost no time in disposing of this curious concoc- tion. Or to meet the long, long lines of coolies with their burden placed in two buckets—one on each end of a pole which they carried on their shoulder—and this ‘time they contained onions. I think all Canton must be preserved in onions, judging from the mass I saw. The cu- rios were so beautiful but if one started, I wonder where they would stop; ability to buy was all you needed—but I have bought but little. The trip to Shanghai was by the boat “8.8.” Siberia, U. S. mail steamer, and what * apleasant time we had. Oh, such nice folk, but the elements decided that we must have a new experience so a heavy, heavy fog drifted in over the sea and we were alone in the world. Down went the anchor and all one day and night we lay there waiting for sight. There were five other boats anchored just near us, so we discovered—but we did not know it until the next day. We came into Shang- hai late and had a little ride on the ten- der, as no big boat can cross the bar in Shanghai harbor unless half unloaded and s0 passengers are sent up the last twelve miles by the tiny boat. This bar has a history: Hundreds of years ago there was no bar, but the tides placed one and the Chinese say that Shanghai was loved by the gods and so the protection sent; but it was the cause of our nearly going to the bottom. As we were going along merrily, we were looking into the setting sun, when a great high black Russian mail steamer steamed right toward us. We thought that it would swing into the ' river at our side so the regulation signal was given and answered but instead of changing her course on she came, seem- ingly intent only upon getting away home. And then, folks dear, we puny humans realized that in less time than I can tell it, our little boat would be cut directly in two "unless something unfor- ' seen could save us—and it did. Just as we all with bated breath stood waiting for the crash, our man at the wheel] | swung our boat about into the direction | they were going and the big ship’s nose | ‘was swung about into our direction. { They struck us about four feet from the bow and down we all went like ten-pins; ; but not a scream nor a moan and I know for one, I expected to see our boat go under immediately. At once dozens of | native boats came alongside to render : aid, but it was found that only one bulk- head had been crushed and the other ' would take us the last six miles, so on | we steamed. We did not realize how ! fortunate we had been until next day, | the newspapers repeating the accident remarked that as the tides in the river at that point were so peculiar that had we . gone down most of us would never have come to the surface again. I came here | | with the people with whom I expect to i see Peking so, although it is not especial- [ly comfortable, they are here also and | that means much. : This city is too thoroughly tinged with the west to really be anything but a European city with a Chinese quarter. There are big, beautiful buildings, splen- ; did street car services, motor cars by the bushel; but I ride in the rickshaw, for I like to be jogged along by the funny padding men. Here, too, the asphalt streets, the rubber-tired vehicles make you remember that you are getting home, if the fact that I am living on the fourth floor after two years of a first floor exist- ence, did not remind me each time I climb to my room. Somehow, it seemed when I lived in the United States I knew plenty of peo- ple, but strangely enough they always seemed to belong and stay just where I knew them and so unlike nearly every other person I have met this far, I know no one out here and while my traveling eompanions are hunting up folk to visit with, I may look at the shops or study native life at a short quarter. Tuesday morning we leave early, going | to Nanking; then to Peking, stop at Shan Hai Kuan, to see the great wall; then on to Mukden, down to Antung, thence to Seoul, (Kor.a) and Fusan, and to Shi- monoseki, (Japan) and after that I don’t just know, for you see it will depend on many things. But I am hoping the cher- ry blossoms will be all abloom by the time I reach there for I do want to see them; but know this, that if Japan is as cold as it is here now those little pink blossoms would get their noses pinched by Jack Frost’s naughty fingers. These Chinese kiddies are the cutest affairs I have seen in the east; seems as though one can’t honestly tell which way they ought to move—they are so fat and round, rolling would seem the easiest. They’ are so ducky I want to squeeze one until J am honestly sure it isn’t all just a cotton baby. The Chinese ladies, of course, don’t wear skirts; they are far beyond us and when their fashion comes in I'll adopt it at once—all except their shoes, for the tiny feet, so deformed that they positively make me sick, is revolt- ing. I must just pinch myself to remem- ber that this is really my own self. And now I'm off to bed. (Continued next week.) Must Give Name and Address. An act prescribing the duties of col- lectors of taxes in boroughs and town- ships and for county treasurers has been passed and approved by Governor Brum: baugh. As the new law is of far-reaching importance to all collectors in the coun- ty they should peruse and become con- versant with the same which is as fol- lows: . SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc, That each collector of taxes before he assumes the duties of his office shall notify the county treasurer, in writing, setting forth his name, address, where the taxes are receivable, the office hours when he sits to receive taxes, and the district or dis- tricts for which he collects taxes. SECTION 2. The county tredsurer shall procure, at the expense of the county, a book to be known as the Tax Collectors’ Address Book, wherein he shall cause to be set forth and indexed, by township and by borough, and by name of collec- tor, the information furnished him as re- quired in section one of this act. Such! book shall be kept in the office of the county treasurer, and shall be open dur- ing office hours to public inspection. SECTION 3. Any person who neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of this act shall on conviction summari- ly before any alderman, magistrate or justice of the peace be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than fifty dollars. Advantages of the Zeppelin in War. The value of the airship in warfare has been much underrated for the reason that its powers and limitations are im- perfectly understood. It is true that when it goes abroad in daylight and in a clear sky it has small hope of escape when attacked by hostile zroplanes. In such a case its bulk, which enables it to raise heavy weights and to fly for days without alighting, is a serious disadvant- age. But the commander of an airship, if he has studied the limitations of his craft, will not expose himself to attack in daylight: or, if compelled to do so, will go out under the guard of a patrol of 2roplanes. An airship, hovering from dawn until dusk behind its own lines, protected by guns and by 2roplanes, can make a detailed and continuous survey of the enemy’s position. At night, with engines silenced, and flying so high perhaps that it is hidden among clouds, an airship can steal over the hostile territory without being seen or heard. Of course the enemy may detect its presence by means of search- lights; but it is not easy for a search- light to find it, especiglly above a great city, where the dense atmosphere re- duces the penétraing power of the light. —Claude Grahame-White, on “Aircraft in War,” in the Youth’s Companion. ’ ——They are all good enough, but the ‘of the people outside.” WATCHMAN is always the best. THE NEW CRUSADE. mt - BY CHARLES STELZLE. “The time has come when the church must emphasize more strongly the salvation of society. It must help to raise the level of hving and thinking to so high a plane that it will not be necessary to Lift men and women so far when they make the decision ' to adopt the Christian standard. (Concluded from last week) AS WIDE AS HUMAN LIFE. If it is desirable to preach about the Hebrew Fathers who lived in the wilder- ness three or four thousand years ago, it surely is more to the point to talk about the Abrahams and the Isaacs and the Jacobs who live in our city tenements today. If we listen with swelling throats to the story of Christ blessing the little children, what credit does such emotion do us if we can hear of the babies in the mills without a twinge of conscience? If it is a good thing to export our gospel to the heathen in foreign lands who need it in all the fullness of its healing power, surely it ought to be good enough for home consumption—or shall we confess that this gospel is effective only when it it exported, and that it is non-effective in a so-called Christian country where one would expect it to be at its very best? After all, is this gospel the best and the only solvent of the social question, as many of us have been contending when talking to workingmen? Let’s be honest about it, if only to ourselves. The gospel, as Jesus taught it, is as wide as human life and as broad as hu- man experience, Anything short of this ideal is an insult to him who gave it to us and a slander upon true Christianity. This gospel should have a clear-cut! message regarding child-labor, women in industry, the sweatshop, underpaid and over-worked men, the ‘unsanitary tene- ' ment and workshop,the scourge of tuber- | William McFarlane culosis, and every other condition which is breaking down human life * and! efficiency. Without committing itself to any particular social system, the church must apply the fundamental principles of Jesus to society in all its ramifications. It cannot endorse Socialism, Communism, Anarchism, or any other ism, but it should be big enough to tolerate and wel- come every man and woman whose life is dominated by the spirit of Jesus and who is honestly seeking to bring in the] Kingdom of God, no matter what their | convictions with reference to economic or social systems may be. They have a perfect right to accept these philosophies and systems—provided that they are doing what they consider is right and are animated by the spirit of Jesus. : Social service means bigger things than mere personal salvation. The church has for many years been limiting its work to the saving of individuals. This has been an important service. But the time has come when the church must emphasize more strongly the salvation of society. It must help to raise the level of living and thinking to so high a plane that it will not be necessary to lift men and women so far when they make the decision to adopt the Christian standard. The step should be made as short and as normal as possible. The Christian life will then be easier to maintain and there will not be the same chance to slip back into the old ways. : Every great period in the world’s pro- gress demands a new message, rather, a new emphasis on the old message. Mar- tin Luther preached the doctrine of “justification by faith.” It seemed to be the message needed in his day and he became its prophet. Later came John Calvin, who emphasized the ‘sovereignty of God.” Then John Wesley balanced up things by advocating the doctrine of “the free will of men.” He was follow- ed by Charles G Finney, who thundered “the law of God,” and next came Dwight L. Moody, who pleaded “the love of God.” Each became a prophet for his day, be- cause he saw the needs of his times. Each included the messages of his pred- ecessors, but he added a fresh emphasis. The day has arrived for the proclama- tion of a great new truth—the social | message of the gospel as contrasted with the message of the individual. The one is just a trifle blind and a good bit selfish; the other connected with all that even remotely may touch a man’s life in one way or another. And here’s the slogan for the new crusade: “He that saveth his life shall lose it!” NOT TO BE MINISTERED UNTO Somebody once asked Canon Wilber- force: “Wilberforce, how is it about your soul?” And the great man replied: “To tell the truth, I've been so concerned about these poor slaves that I forgot I had a soul.” And Wilberforce was near- er the Kingdom of God than many a zealot who is tremendously concerned about his own soul’s salvation. There's a church in an Eastern city which has a legend carved in the stone arch over its front entrance that reads: “This church is conducted for the benefit This is social service: it is forgetfulness of self. Jesus came not to be ministered unto but to minister. He came to give his life a sacrifice for mankind. This is the basis of all his teaching. This is the philosophy of his religion; and you will recall that he said to his disciples: “As the father hath sent me, even so send I you.” Some of us have been thinking only of what we could get out of our religion. Jesus thought only of what he could put into it. You will remember that he spent much of his time healing the sick and feeding the hungry. He was so busy ministering to the purely physical needs of the people that he forgot to eat. His disciples thought that he was “beside himself.” They, too, felt in a groping way that he was over-emphasizing the social service side of his mission, just as there are some solicitous people in the church today who cannot be patient with others who serve as their Master did, and who feel that his example and. his precepts are a sufficient basis of action for them. “He that saveth his life shall lose it . . . . and he that loseth his life for my sake” (and this means for the sake of our fellow men) “shall find it.” This is the fundamental principle of the great new crusade which is, after all, the oldest religion.—The Woman's Home Companion. A Great. Gift. Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages, is sent free on re: ceipt of stamps to defray cost of mailing only. . This great work contains the con- densed wisdom of centuries added to the latest scientific discoveries concerning the origin and development of the hu- man race, It tells the plain truth in | plain English. Its medical information may be the means of saving hundreds of |: ! dollars. i Send twenty-one cents in one-cent stamps for the book in paper covers, or thirty-one cents for cloth binding. Ad- dress Dr. V. M. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. SOLDIER DEAD. Following is a list of old soldiers bur- ied in the cemeteries of Ferguson and : College townships, as furnished us by | Capt. W. H. Fry: { PINE GROVE MILLS. | John E. Thomas Daniel Musser (1812) . E. Reed William Floyde (1812) amuel Reed John Goheen Reuben Reed . A. Murphy | W. H. Stonebraker 0s. Murphy | Michael Grosman G. R. Dunlap i Er Daniel O’Bryan * Fred Seigel Wallace Hunter Daniel Sheffer (1812) J. H. oIthey : G.Daniel Musser Alex Sampell | Robert Craig obert Eason George Trimbal R. G. Brett Joserh, Ward George Eckel .G. Heberling J. R. Smith James Dunlap Harry Sholl G. D. Dannley Isaac Merryman C. S. Faber D. L. Miller : W. H. Graham Cyrus Goss , Gabriel Lucas D.S. Erb D. H. Weaver Reuben Hamer John Musser W.]. Henry G. W. Keichline J. G. Hess Hs: Bailey H. W. McCracken illiam Musser Thomas Kustaborder MEEK’S CEMETERY. H. C. Campbell W. A. Carter John Campbell John McKelvey A. K. Harper D: S. Keys ; : BRANCH CEMETERY. . Gen. John Potter (1776 i PINE HALL CEMETERY. W. C. Patterson Harry Sheffler Samuel Lytle Joseph Sheffler | David Krebs A. R. McCollum George Murphy David Behrers John Cramer George Cronemiller John Bottorf Jae | Hugh Riddle ohn Fagan ¢ STATE COLLEGE. | Dr. George W. Atherton i BRANCH CEMETERY. Col. Robt. McFarlane Wm. Thompson Adam Hartsock Hiram Thompson George Glenn Thomas Glenn John Halderman Daniel Riley John Moore (1812) Daniel Osman (1812) Geo. Cronemiller (1812) Benj. Osman Reuben Cronmiller Dr.J.A.Lawrence (Mex) Jacob Ray W. P. Hasson artin Houser Capt. R. M. Foster Christ Houser Samuel Everhart Fred Carver Thos. Williams Andrew Shuey Wm. Williams Uriah Stover John Burrows Uriah Evey | J. W. Stewart L. B. McEntire Cornelius Dale Harry Fishel Alex Johnson ohn Hoy "Wm Burchfield . H. Boyer James Mattz J. C. Bathgate PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE. Robert Keatley Lem Scruders Geo. W. Sharrer ohn Cornelius ames H. Benn as. Cornelius ohn Goddard nos Calderwood ohn Burd Lieut. John Irvin m. H. Bateman George Goodman George Harris The Russian Soldier. “The Russian common soldier is one of the most patient of creatures. He has all the qualities of a willing horse. He follows his officers blindly. Judged by American standards, he lacks initiative; but in the war of the trenches initiative plays little part. You can put a com- pany of Russian soldiers into a trench and they will stay there until they are all killed, captured, or frozen. When it so happens that all their officers are disabled they have one simple rule—to charge. ‘They have received orders that under no circumstances must they go back, so they merely go forward. “I don’t believe that they know much .of what the war is all about, but they have a distinct dislike for the Germans. It is said that they never did understand why they were fighting the Japanese, who were a people practically unknown to them. But the ‘Germanskis,’ they have been told, want to take a big slice of Holy Mother Russia. : . No sacrifice is too great td prevent ; this. Judging from the great masses of | troops I have seen, and these include ; regiments from the Emperor’s Guard Di- vision and the Siberian Fusileers, I be- lieve Russia to have the finest raw ma- terial for her armies of any nation of the world.” . The Aeroplane’s Uses in War.. As the zroplane is built today, it has only two uses in war that are really ma- terial, or likely to influence the general course of a campaign. Those are as scout and as director of artillery fire. : Upon occasion, of course, it is used as a real offensive weapon; from it aviators drop bombs and tiny steel arrows upon the enemy, or make swift dashes into the hostile territory, and there bombard an airship shed and destroy or disable the lurking monster within it. Occasion- ally, one of these zroplanes may meet a slower-flying craft and put it out of ac- tion, or swooping down upon the enemy, it may stampede their horses, but these services are incidental to its chief work. It is when the scouting airmen, flying ahead of an army, are able to warn its commander of some impending attack that threatens to overwhelm him, that they render a service that may alter the fortunes of a battle, or even change the whole course of a great campaign—Claude Grahame-White, on “Aircraft in War,” in the Youth's Companion. “The White Man’s Burden” Medically speaking, is dyspepsia. The hurried eating of meals, the consumption of greasy foods, and improperly prepared dishes, tend to ruin the stomach. IlI- health and unhappiness surely follow. So long as men and women eat careless- | ly and hurriedly so long will Nature need the assistance of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. This great medi- cine acting directly upon the stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition, in- creases the flow of the digestive juices, cleanses the system of clogging obstruc- making glands, and so builds up the body with sound flesh and strong muscle. “Golden Medical Discovery” contains no Whiskey, alcohol or intoxicant in any orm. aT The Blood and the Brain. Among the many important physiological facts that should be as well known by people generally as they are by physicians, is the dependence of the brain for its proper action on the vitality of the blood. If this is impaired, the blood affords an'imperfect stimulus to the brain, and, as a necessary consequence, languor and inactivity of the entire nervous system follows, and a ten- | dency to headache or faintness makes its appear- ance. : It is probable that no other medicine ever pro- duced has done more in the way of revitalizing the blood, making it pure and rich, than Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which should certainly be given a trial where there is any to believe that the blood is defective in quality or deficient in quantity. Tha 8 x tions, stimulates the action of the blood- | 2 Hunch Almost Justified. After shaking hands at the ferry dock the other day, one colored man inquired of another: “Didn’t you mar- ry de Widow Jones. about de first of Jinuary?’ “Dat’s me—I did,” was the answer; “but I've dun left her.” “Why, how’s that?’ “Well, de fust week she called me honey; de next week she sulked around and called me old Richards; the third week she cum for me wid a flatiron, an’ I'se kinder got a hunch she don’t like me.”—Ezxchange. Couldn’t Prove It by Him. “It—er—seems,” said he, regarding the unfortunate with scientific inter- est, “that the attacks of fever and chills appear on alternate days. Do you think—is it your opinion—that they have, so to speak, decreased in violence, if I may use that word?” The patient smiled feebly.. “Doc,” said he, “on fever days my head’s so hot I can’t think, and on ague days I shake so I can’t hold an opinion.” Botanical Divisions, A teacher in a Woodland avenue school asked the other day: “How many kinds of flowers are there?” Three pupils held up their hands. She chose one to reply. “Well, Isidore, how many kinds of flowers are there?” “Three, teacher.” “Indeed? And what are they?” “Wild, tame an’ collie.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Toads. Thére is nothing very attractive ‘looking about toads. If you should find one of the homely little fellows hopping about among your flowers and plants do not allow anyone to disturb him, as they are invaluable to farm- ers and gardeners. They destroy many insects and bugs that would oth- erwise min plants. Insect Pest Causes Heavy Loss. It is reported that the blowfly causes an annual loss of more than 1,000,000 sheep in Australia. Victoria this pes, owing, no doubt, to the compulsory dipping of all sheep, and to the starlings, which are here found in large numbers. Source of Loneliness. Loneliness is one of the bugbears of mankind. With some people, it is a constant source of unhappiness. They make plans, sometimes exceedingly complex, to keep it at bay. They think that it lies outside. It really lies with- in their own consciousness. Pancakes Constitute a Meal, Pancakes contain all the ingredients necessary for a complete meal, says a British authority. Aside from its food value, the pancake also contains a certain medicinal value in its pro- portion of lecithin, which is important in digestive processes. Secret of True Industry. How profitable is it for every one of us to be reminded, as we are remind- ed when we make ourselves aware of the derivation of diligence from “dili- go,” to love, that the only secret or true industry is love of that work!— R. C. Trench. Wanted a Diagram. “That young wife was evidently buving her first turkey.” “She was,” said the dealer, “and she was greatly surprised that no book of instructions went with it.”—Louisville Courier- Journal. { Convalescent. Butler (to Rev. Dr. Priestley)—No, sir, Mr. Baker cannot see you today. He’s very sorry indeed, sir, but he’s too well now to see any of the clergy. =—Life. Subject for Congratulation. Maybe a man is lucky if his wife takes an interest in politics instead of reading best sellers and feeling hurt because he can’t act like one of the heroes. Daily Thought. In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fail immediately, they had bet- ter aim at something high.—Thoreau. German Scientific Discovery. German experiments have indicated that drainage waters do not.tfke any more plant food away from fertilized soils than from unfertilized. Dye From Osage Orange Wood. ' Osage orange wood is a source of dye and can be used to supplement the imported fustic wood as a perma- nent yellow for textiles, To Keep Butter. When there is no ice in the house, and there is butter to keep, submerge it in bran heavy enough to hold a po- tato at the surface. ¢ Uncle Eben. ‘ “Dey say dat opportunity knocks once,” said Uncle Eben. “De man dat misses it is liable to put in de rest of his lifetime knockin’.” Curious But True. : Love is a game in which we win when holding the smallest hands. Beware of Discontent. Discontent is the father of temptae tion.—Amiel. ——For high class Job Work come to the WATCHMAN Office. iy r has not yet seriously suffered from County Correspondence Items of Interest Dished Up for the Delec- tation of “Watchman” Readers by a Corps of Gifted Correspondents. PINE GROVE MENTION. ’Squire Keller is among the sick this week. Overcoats and gloves were in demand Tuesday. Wm. Wands is manipulating a new Maxwell car. . Rock Springs is undergoing an epidem- ic of measles. Walter Albright reports a new arrival at his home. Its a girl, No. 2. Willard McGirk, of Altoona, was a business visitor on the Branch last week. Little Daniel, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Frank, is seriously ill with bronchial trouble. y Miss ue Metin came up from Belle- onte for a few days’ outing amon friends on the Branch. 2 2 her Little Rosella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Keller, is recovering slowly from a surgical operation. J. H. Williams is breaking ground for a new home at Struble, to be completed before the snow flakes fly. Mr. and Mrs. George Harper were over Sunday visitors at the old farm home, with Ed. Mayes and family. Farmer Chas. Henderson, of Guyer, spent the latter end of the week with friends at Pine Hall and State College. Mrs. Calvin Lykens, of Benore, passed through here Saturday on her Foi to spend the day with friends in Bcalsburg. : J. C. Behrers, one of Halfmoon’s hust- ling young farmers, spent Saturday with his cousin, Chester McCormick, at State College familiar... Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Gingerich, of Arch Springs, _were welcome visitors at the N. C. Neidigh home at White Hall, part of last week. N.E. Hess and wife and Harry Shaffer and wife were royally entertained at Sunday dinner at the H. H. Goss home on the Branch. Samuel Albright, of near Bellefonte, with his family, were over Sunday’ visit- ors at the Jacob Sunday home near Meek’s church. Fred B. Goss, who for the second time was under the knife in a Pittsburgh hos- pital, is here with his mother recuperat- ing his shattered health. His friends in this section were sorry to learn of ‘Squire W. H. Musser’s acci- dent, at his home in Bellefonte, and hope he will not be laid up long. Farmer James Harpster is housed up with several broken ribs. He was ex- amining an injured horse when the ani- mal kicked him in the side. Mrs. George Homan is planning to leave her State College home and flit to her farm in the Glades; a most bounti- ful farm, and known as the Cal. Ayers place. ® Mrs. Clark Grazier is breaking ground for a new residence on east Beaver avenue, to which she will retire as soon as it can be completed. At present she resides near Warriorsmark. Mrs. George Glenn, of State College, gave a dinner party on Wednesday, for a number of commencement ' visitors. Ralph Gregory and mother, of Peters- burg, were the guests of honor. Dr. Ray D. Gilliland, with several chums, are planning an auto trip South next week. They expect to visit some of the old battlefields-Antietam, South Mountain, Gettysburg and other places of interest, and will be gone a week or ten days. George Roan, who has been at the Wills Eye hospital for the removal of cataracts on bothleyes, which almost blinded him, returned home Tuesday with his sight restored and able to read almost any kind of print. This his many friends will be glad to learn. » Frank Strouse and family are over from Baltimore for a week’s outing and attending commencement exercises at old Penn State, of which Mr. Strouse is d graduate in the class of 1892 and the family have taken refuge at the old and well known Strouse home at Pine Hall; a royal place to stop. On Monday evening while Mable and Ruth Swabb, in company with a gentle- man friend, were driving to State College, their horse fell on the railroad crossing near J. H. Strouse’s place. Passersby in an automobile rendered assistance and after the animal was gotten on its feet it was found to be little injured and the young people were able to contiune their journey without further misshap. Col. J. Miles Kephart came up from Bellefonte this week and has taken quar- ters for the summer at the St. Elmo hotel. The Colonel is one of the best known men in Centre county and through his eight or ten year’s residence in the south has imbibed enough of the south- ern style and vernacular as to make him appear almost “to the manor barn.” It is hoped that his sojourn in Pine Grove Mills will prove the recuperative atmos- phere he so much desires. S. E. Weber, the implement dealer of Boalsburg, was quite seriously injured while on a trip to the Major Ross farm last Friday. He had gone there on busi- ness and when his work was completed went to unhitch his horse to go home. While in the act of doing so the animal frightened at something, made a plunge forward and jammed Mr. Weber in the right side with one of the shafts. He sustained several broken ribs and was otherwise injured. He was kept at the Ross home until Sunday when he was taken home in a car and is now improv- ing. ‘ Couldnt See Use of It. At a town meeting a large taxpayer rose up to protest against building & new school house in a certain part of the town. “What's the good of it? They are an ignorant set down there anyway.” ‘ Wasted Brilllancy. De man what talks de longest an’ de loudest sometimes says somethin’, but his audience don't know it, kaze dey ain't expectin’ it.—Atlanta Consti-
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