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Bellefonte, Pa., December 17, 1915.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
KREPS.—George W. Kreps, of Tyrone,
died quite suddenly at noon on Friday at
the home of his son, William E. Kreps,
near this place. Mr. Kreps, who the past
year or so had made his home among his
children, came to Bellefonte two or three
weeks ago to visit his son and family.
Shortly after sitting down to dinner on
Friday he became violently ill and passed
away before a physician could be sum-
moned.
Deceased was born in Ferguson town-
ship on March 2nd, 1844, hence was 71
years, 9 months and 8 days old. Most
of his life was spent on the farm in Cen-
tre county, Spruce Creek valley and a
few years in South Carolina. . He was a
devoted member of the Methodist church.
His wife, who prior to her marriage was
Miss Mary Elizabeth Mallory, died a
little over eight years ago but surviving
him are the following children: Charles
D., of Spruce Creek; William E. of Belle-
fonte; Louis, of Stuart, Fla.; Mrs. Frank
Evans and Mrs. John Smith, of Tyrone;
Mrs. Leo Low, of Spruce Creek. He also
leaves one brother and two sisters,
Thomas Kreps, of Tyrone; Mrs. Emma
Ginter and Miss Barbara Kreps, of Pine
Grove Mills.
The remains were taken to Spruce
Creek on Saturday where funeral serv-
ices were held in the Methodist church
at eleven o'clock on Sunday morning
by Rev. H. H. Sherman, after which
burial was made at Franklinville.
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WiLLiAMS.—The sudden and unexpect-
ed death of Edward H. Williams, of
Boalsburg, was quite a shock to his num-
erous friends, many of whom did not
even know of his sickness. In fact he
had been ill only four days. Warding off
a threatened attack of pneumonia he
was apparently getting along all right
and was given permission to get up. He
expired while in the act of dressing him-
self. Neuralgia of the heart was the
cause of death. Deceased was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. Wash. Williams and was
born at Boalsburg thirty-nine years ago.
He attended school during the winter
sessions and worked at the carpenter
trade during the summer. During the
past seventeen years he had been one of
the county’s most successful school
teachers and this winter was in charge of
the Boalsburg grammar school. Eighteen
years ago he was married to Miss Maude
Condo, of Boalsburg, who survives with
two children. He also leavesone brother,
John A. Williams, of Port Matilda, and
three sisters, Mrs. W. H. Brouse, of
Boalsburg; Mrs. Rothrock, of Port Ma-
tilda, and Mrs. Lee Seger, in the west.
He was a member of the Lutheran
church, the Knights of Malta, I. O. O. F. |
and the Maccabees.
The funeral was held at ten o’clock on
Tuesday morning. Rev. Courtney offi-
ciated and burial was made in the Boals-
burg cemetery.
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WiLLIAMS.— George Williams, a life-
long resident of Lemont, dropped dead
in the postoffice at that place between
four and five o'clock last Friday after-
noon. He had been in fairly good health
for some time and his death was due to
heart failure.
He was a son of James and Mary Wil-
liams and was born at Lemont on April
14th, 1842, hence at his death was 73
years, 7 months and 25 days old. He
was 4 plasterer by occupation and fol-
lowed that work for many years. He
was a member of the United Brethren
church at Houserville for a period of
thirty-nine years, and was a devout
christian. In politics he was a Democrat.
and as a citizen was highly respected by
a wide circle of friends.
His wife, who before her marriage was
Miss Margaret Garner, died about twen- |
ty years ago, but surviving him are the
following children: Mrs. Grant Houser, |
of Oak Hall; James, William, Mrs. Jesse |
Klinger and Mrs. H. N. Kerns, of Le-!
mont. He also leaves one brother, John i
R. Williams, of Lemont. Funeral serv-
ices were held in the Houserville United !
Brethren church at 10 o’clock on Mon-
day morning by Revs. Foss and Mc- |
Ketchnie, after which burial was made |
in the Houserville cemetery.
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BARGER.—Mrs. Elizabeth Barger, wife
of C. C. Barger, of Curtin, died on Wed-
nesday morning as the result of a stroke
of apoplexy. Her maiden name was
Elizabeth Taylor and she was seventy-
four years old in June. In addition to
her husband she is survived by these
children: Mrs. Alice Gingher, of Lan-
caster; Samuel, of Reading; Mrs. Cora
McCannon, of Altoona; Mrs. Lydia Lutz,
of Bald Eagle; Mrs. Annie Adams, of
Milesburg; Mrs. Edward Funk, of Cur-
tin; Andrew, of Howard; James, of Cur-
tin, and Rachael at home. She also leaves
three sisters, Mrs. Rachael Watson, of
Milesburg; Mrs. Mattie Walker, of Snow
Shoe, and Mrs. Jane Fye, of Karthaus.
Burial will be made at Curtin this after-
noon.
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——Put your ad. in the WATCHMAN.
‘ever want to know another Christmas
' eve without them.”
RIDDLE.—Mrs. Anna Susan Riddle,
widow of the late Matthew Riddle, died
at her home at Pleasant Gap at 12.10
o'clock on Tuesday noon following a long
illness with chronic myacarditis. She |
was a daughter of Benjamin and Susan
Peters and was born in Huntingdon on |
January 27th, 1854, hence was 61 years,
10 months and 17 days old. Most of her |
life was spent in Spring township. She |
was a member of the Pleasant Gap
Lutheran church and was highly esteem-
ed by all who knew her.
Mr. Riddle, who during his life served |
as county commissioner, died a number |
of years ago, but surviving her are four !
children: Arthur Riddle, of Lincoln, |
Neb.; George, of Spokane, Wash.; Mrs. |
Milton Kunes and ralph, at home. She!
also leaves one brother, John Peters, of |
Cameron, Mo.; one sister, Mrs. John '
From, of State College, and a half-sister,
Mrs. Maria Wagner, of Tusseyville. Rev |
J. I Stonecypher will have charge of |
the funeral services which will be held
at her late home at ten o'clock this morn- |
ing, after which burial will be made in!
the Pleasant Gap cemetery.
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BROWN. —Theodore Brown, a former
Pennsvalleyan, died on Sunday at Lewis-
town of grinder’s consumption, after a
year’s illness. He was 42 years, 2 months
and 22 days old and was born at Mill].
heim. He followed the occupation of a
grinder in the axe works at Lewistown. |
He is survived by his second wife and
one son; also his father, Henry Brown,
of Millheim, and the following brothers
and sisters: Mrs. John Hagan, of Farm-
er's Mills; Mrs. William M. Hartman,
of Williamsport; Mrs. James Neff, of
Hecla; Aquilla, Charles and Ellery, of
Millheim, and a half-brother, Edward, of
Centre Hall. The remains were taken to |
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Millheim on Wednesday and the funeral
held yesterday afternoon, burial being |
made in the -Millheim cemetery.
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MILLER — Clayton Miller, of Beech |
Creek, died in the Lock Haven hospital !
on Tuesday of last week after a pro- |
tracted illness with typhoid fever. He |
was a son of Nelson Miller and was!
twenty-four years of age. In addition to |
his father he leaves the following broth- !
ers and sisters: Edgar, of New York |
State; Thomas, Owen and George, of |
Beech Creek township, Clinton county; !
Lear, of Blanchard; Mrs. J. B. Harvey,
of Tyrone; Mrs. Albert Glossner, near |
Beech Creek; Mrs. James Reynolds, of |
Lock Haven, and Mrs. Irvin Smith, of |
Beech Creek. The funeral was held last |
Thursday morning, burial being made in |
the Disciple cemetery at Blanchard.
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——Baltimore has adopted the old
English custom of placing a candle in |
the parlor window on Christmas eve, as |
a holiday greeting to the passers-by. Let
us follow Baltimore’s example so enthu- |
siastically, that in not one home in Belle- |
fonte will there be missing this silent !
greeting to one another and to the lone-
ly wayfarer who may be in our midst.
——Men’s guaranteed first quality high |
cut gums, $2 48.—YEAGER’S Shoe Store. !
49-2t
A Christmas Custom That Should te |
Revived.
“Old, very old in England, isthe cus-
tom of setting lighted candles in the win-
dows on Christmas eve to give holiday
greeting to the passer-by, but little use
has been made of this charming idea in
our country. Baltimore, however, has
had a city-wide lighting of candles which
was so successful that it is repeated every
year.
“Weeks before Christmas, when plans
were being made for the Community
Tree, it was suggested that each house-
hold set lighted candles in the parlor
windows to wish “Merry Christmas” to
their fellow townspeople, not even the
most enthusiastic supporter of the Can-
dle Greeting expected to see half the
number of windows that were so lighted
when Christmas eve came.
“Scarcely a city block in any section
of the city was without at least oneillum-
ination, and it was not rare to see
every house in a row brightened by this
evidence of “Peace on Earth, good will to
men.” It warmed the very cockles of
one’s heart to walk through street after
street with these silent Christmas greet-
ings everywhere, and no one who has
gone through such experiences could
——Ladies’ $5.00 colored top shoes,
new fall styles, now $3.59.—YEAGER’S
Shoe Store. 49-2t
Licensed Hunters ‘Were away and
Game returns to Hills.
‘While all the dirensed deer hunters
of Pine Grove Mills, near State Col-
lege, Pa., were scouring the Seven
Mountains for their last shots of the
season, five big deer, two bucks and
three does, came into the village and
spent most of the day feeding in the
fields and drinking from the town
reservoir.
Everyone of the three hundred vil
lagers went to see the animals, but
not -one of the stay-at-homes had a
license to shoot the game.
The deer were surrounded and
herded together until nightfall, in
hopes ‘that some disappointed but
legalized gunner would return home
and shoot the bucks. But none came,
and the deer went into the hills, safe
for another year.
Find Man Frozen to Death
The body of a man believed to have
been George Boden, no home, was
found on the west bank of the Schuyl
kill river near the Penrose Ferry
bridge, Philadelphia, by workmen.
From the condition of the body when
it was discovered it was evident that
Boden had been frozen to death.
The Infant Christ In Art
T no season of the year does "u-
H man thought so circle around
: the Christ Child as at Christ-
mastide, when the angelic
chorus sings again the heavenly mes-
sage, “Glory to God in the highest: on
earth peace, good will to men.” Of
course all lovers of art bow before the
pictures which represent the life of
Christ from the time of his birth to
his crucifixion and resurrection and as-
cension.
One writer says: “There was an ele-
ment in Christian art that classic art
never admitted—that is, suffering. The
one central figure that in the splendor
of his divine beauty has consecrated
art forever. was it not that of the
Master?”
It is to the pictures of the Christ
Child rather than as man that he at-
tention is especially directed at this
season. The holy night, the Nativity.
when as a babe he was cradled in a
manger; the adoration of the shep-
herds, the visit of the wise men, the
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flight into Egypt, the presentation iu
the temple. besides the holy family
and the Madonna, have been subjects
of the masterpieces of the world's
greatest artists.
These subjects of course have won
and held the imagination of a long line
of artists whose names would ccnsti
tute a veritable roll of honor. At ran-
dom one recalls the names of Giotto
‘Hans Memling, Mantegna, Ghirlandaio
Durer, Tintoretto, Titian, Rubens. Jon
Dyck, Botticelli, Rembrandt, Murillo
Correggio. Fra Angelico and El Greco
In modern art the gospel story no
longer holds its old place, perhaps. save
among the very devout. But on a sec
ondary artistic level the sculpture and
paintings sold for use in churches show
that the events attending the infancy
of Christ have, next to those of the
crucifixion, the widest currency in rep-
resentation. Many of the plaster fig-
ures, too. bought for home decoration
represent scenes about ‘the manger in
Bethlehem, and so it is also with col-
ored prints, paintings and lithographs.
H Chant of Christmas
Oh, holy night, the stars are brightly
shining;
It is the night of our dear Saviour's
birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error
pining
Till he appeared and the soul felt its
worth.
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A thrill of hope the weary world re-
joices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious |
morn!
Fall on your knees! Oh, hear the an-
gel voices!
Oh, night divine;
Christ was born!
Truly he taught us to love one another.
His law is love, and his gospel is
peace.
Chains shall he break, for the slave is
our brother,
And in his name all oppression shall
cease.
Sweet hymn of joy in grateful chorus
raise we;
Let all within us praise his holy
name. :
Christ is the Lord! Then ever, ever
praise we;
His power and glory evermore oro-
claim!
The Mission of the Christ Child.
Wondrous indeed was the mission of
the Christ Child. He gave himself to
the world on the first Christmas day,
and with him came every other good
gift. This is what is typified by every
Christmas tree and every gift it bears,
by every bulging little stocking that
hangs in the chimney corner, by every
wreath of holly, by every greeting and
merry wish. And this spirit, oh, how
much it is needed on the 24th of‘ De-
cember and cn the 26th, as well as the
25th, and on every day of the round
year as well. “Not to be ministered
unto, but to minister”—this motto lived
out on every day of the year would
dispel the sorrows of the world, smooth
out its wrinkles, abolish its poverty,
soothe its pain, comfort its heartaches,
heal its diseases, make it a heaven.—
Rev. Dr. Francis E. Clark.
The Birthday of Sympathy.
Christmas day is the birthday of
sympathy, human and divine. There
was sympathy in the world before
Christ was born, but the words, work
and personality of Jesus give to it new
meaning and make it universal.
True sympathy rests upon universal
brotherhood and that upon the uni-
versal fatherhood of God.—Rev. Charles
H. Eaton.
oh, night when |
The First Christmas
There were no mother dreams for her
Whose little son was born a King,
Though wise men came with gifts and
myrrh,
And star led shepherds, worshiping,
For she foresaw the blinding tears,
The heartache and the bitter loss
That lay beyond the waiting years
Within the shadow of a cross.
And when she held his little form
Against her heart that Christmastide
She knew the hollow of her arm
Would one day shield the Crucified.
And thus denied the hopes of old
To which maternity has clung
| The story of her life is told,
And at its end a cross is hung.
O mothers, you whose lips have known
The sweetness of a child's caress,
Yet stand today bereft, alone,
With hearts that ache with emptiness,
Turn to that woman, weary eyed
And pierced by life’s supremest loss,
‘Whose mother love was crucified,
Whose hopes were shadowed by a
cross. * *.'»
And when the Christmas bells proclaim
The advent of the Saviour’s birth
And far and wide his holy name
Goes ringing through the listening earth
Then let new hopes ascend like myrrh
From you whom grief has glorified
And sorrow made akin to her,
The mother of the Crucified!
—Ella Bentley. |
“The Man of Sorrows.” !
The sad have their summons as well |
as the glad, and the desolate, like the |
blessed. must answer to the great call |
of the Christ spirit wiich rings through |
the world. He whose sacred birth we !
celebrate wai above all else a man of |
sorrows. To many a human heart this
is the dearest of his titles. Whoever |
bore trouble as ae did? Whoever so |
grandly lifted the burden? Who so |
quietly and patiently and pleasantly, if |
one may say so. accepted the cruelest
of lots? Who so flung his own misery |
out of sight and sound? Who so ut- |
terly quenched himself and his per-
sonal pang in the happiness and the
comfort of others? There he stands,
sorrowful and smiling, a spotless mis
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The Sacred Day.
Thanks be to God for this sacred day,
which beholds the family circle again
united and makes home the happiest
of all places this side of heaven.
Thanks be to God .or this sacred fes-
tival which makes his house fragrant
with the trees of the forest and redolent
with the incense of grateful hearts.
Glory to God for his death and pas-
sion and the day of his victorious tri-
umph over the powers of sin and death |
and hell.—Churchman. \
upon the preaching
seem some grounc
- divine character of Jesus Christ that
' he should be born in a stable and laid
Hngels from the
Realms of Glory
NGELS from the realms of
A glory,
J . Wing your flight o'er all
the earth.
Ye who sang creation's story
Now proclaim Messiah's birth.
Come and worship,
| Worship Christ, the newborn King.
HEPHERDS, in the field abid-
S ing,
: Watching o'er your flocks
by night,
God with man is now residing
Yonder shines the infant light.
Come and worship,
Worship Christ, the newborn King
Religious Significance of
Christmas
IRISTMAS has new meanings
as the years go on. There
was a period—say half a cen-
tury ago and less—when the
religious meanings were somewhat en-
feebled in the minds of many by the
dazzling dominance of scientific discov-
ery and thought.
To many whatever Christmas then
had of spiritual meaning was rather
in the way of sentiment, of tradition,
of natural good fellowship and of the
spirit of practical charity.
There was a haunting sense of un-
, reality in the direct message of the
pulpit, a feeling that the historic su-
pernatural was much akin to the inno-
cence of the Santa Claus myth itself.
Since then the Christ idea has taken
new significance and proportions in
those minds which are of the kind call-
' ed skeptical, even in the minds over
- which the warrant of the supernatural
. has little sway or none at all. {
and sermons one comes
of the idea of
Christ and the message of Christianity
in a tone and in a language which ap-
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| peal with tremendous force not only
to the so called orthodox. but to all se-
rious minds of whatever training or
tendency.—Century Magazine.
The Newborn King.
To the superficial skeptic it may
for doubting the
in a manger and the first courtiers of
the young King of the Jews should be
| the rude shepherds of Bethlehem. But,
to him who thinks, these difficulties be-
come rather evidences of his glorious
character and beneficent mission to the
human race. Between the stable of
Bethlehem and the marble palace of
the Caesars in Rome there can be, in
' the sight of God, only the difference
between two little things, for all that
is created must be little in the sight
of the infinite God. And as the mis-
sion of Christ was to elevate the help-
less and the poor it was eminently suit-
able that he should be born among
' them. Tor those who are weak enough
to be scandalized at his poverty we
say, Behold the kings of the east are
| prostrate at his feet, offering their
' gold, incense and myrrh. Being wise
men, they well understood that the lit-
tle tinsel of earthly splendor was not
essential to such a royalty as his.—
. Archbishop Ryan.
Christ’s Perennial Love.
The living green of the holly is sug-
. gestive of the perennial love of Jesus
and the scarlet of the berry the price
that was paid on Calvary, and as the
circle is an emblem of eternity the
| wreath might teach us that—
His mercy flows an endless stream
To all eternity the same.
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Incarnation of
} Christ
PE incarnation
must, for all who
believe it, become
the absolutely
central truth of
their pbilosopby.
Just as the Copernican astron-
omy and tbe doctrine of evolu-
tion bave enlarged and modified
our views of the universe, so
the incarnation, once accepted,
throws a new light upon the
entire world.
for, on the one band, against
mere idealism it empbasizes
tbe value and importance of
matter as being the agent
through which God’s spiritual
purpose is effected, and, on the
other band, against mere ma-
terfalism it interprets this val-
ue and importance as consist-
ing in the capability to sub-
serve this purpose.
Thus, while rejecting the
respective negations of idealism
and materialism, it sanctions
their positive clements—the su-
premacy of spirit and the real-
ity of matter—and so, supple-
menting each by tbe other, com-
bines botb in a concrete whole.
—13. R. Illingworth.
Christmas Gifts
What can | give him,
Poor as | am?
If | were a shepherd
1 would bring a lamb.
If i were a wise man
1 would do my part;
Yet what | can | give him—
Give my heart.
—Christina Rossetti.
Christmas gifts for thee,
Grand and free!
Christmas gifts from the King of Love,
Brought from his royal heme above,
Brought to thee in the faroff land,
Brought to thee by his own dear hand.
Promises held by Christ for thee,
Peace as a river flowing free,
Joy that in his own joy must live
And love that infinite love can give.
Surely thy heart of hearts uplifts
Carols of praise for such Christmas
gifts.
—Frances Ridley Havergal.
The Vision of the Angels.
There is love in the will, truth in the
understanding. peace on earth, good
will among men. The sight of such a
glorious vision, even in the dim dis-
tance of future ages, kindled the holy
affections of the angelic host until their
joy burst forth into an anthem of praise -
that filled the heavens with harmony.
“Glory to God in the highest, on earth
peace, good will among men.” Let us
take up the refrain, and let the earth
re-echo the song “Glory to God in the
highest, on earth peace, good will to
men.”—Rev. Chauncey Giles.
Christ the Shepherd.
It is certainly significant of the mis-
sion of Christ that shepherds should
be the particular recipients of the
angelic message. In beautiful parable
the Master called himself the Good
Shepherd. There ir not one of the
ordinary vocations of our busy life
which has not in it ennobling and
divine elements. Unswerving fidelity
is the secret of honor,
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