Bellefonte, Pa., July 28, 1916.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
Methodist Day at Lakemont August 3.
‘What has been planned and expect-
ed as the biggest and best Methodist
Day yet will be the program for Lake-
mont park, Altoona, on Thursday, Au-
gust 8. The morning address will be
by Rev. Charles True Wilson, D. D.,
secretary of the Board of Temperance,
Prohibition and Public Morals, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, now re-
siding in Washington.
Bishop William Frazer McDowell,
D. D., LL. D,, a strong and able man
belonging to the whole world but now
particularly at home in Washington,
one whom the management has de-
sired to have at Methodist Day for a
number of years, has been secured to
make the afternoon address at 2.30
o’clock.
A stereopticon lecture on “World-
wide Missions” will give the evening
audience an opportunity to hear S.
Earl Taylor, Ph. D., secretary for the
board of foreign missions of the
Methodist Episcopal church, in what
has been termed by many one of the
greatest lectures of the kind ever put
before the public.
Provisions are being made on a
large scale by the members of Grace
Methodist Episcopal church, Altoona.
to serve meals to all who hunger, at
the very lowest rates possible. The
Llyswen Methodist Episcopal church
is just as carefully preparing to serve
all kinds of refreshments and light
lunch to all comers. Grace church
will also sell light lunch. The Meth-
odist Preachers’ association of Altoo-
na has provided for a checking tent,
where for a nominal sum parcels,
packages, etc., will be properly cared
for. Boy Scouts of the Fairview
Methodist Episcopal church, Altoona,
will have charge of this work and will
be glad to render assistance. They
can easily be found by looking for the
familiar khaki garb of the Scout.
Many Picnickers Poisoned.
In the neighborhood of fifty people
who attended the annual picnic of
Meek’s Sunday school, held in the
Kepler grove in Erb’s gap, Ferguson
township, last Saturday, became vio-
lently ill as the result of ptomaine
poisoning. Whole families were
stricken and a number of people went
into convulsions. Physicians were
summoned from Pine Grove Mills,
State College and Pennsylvania Fur-
nace and when they arrived on the
grounds remedies were promptly ad-
ministered to all who were ill and suf-
fering in any way. Automobiles were
in demand to convey the stricken
guests to their homes. Fortunately no
fatalities occurred but some of those
poisoned were quite sick for several
days, though all have recovered at
this writing. Just what particular
thing caused the poisoning has not
been determined, and it is just possi-
ble that the extreme hot weather had
something to do with it.
Sent to the Reformatory.
On Thursday of last week J. Irvin
Logue, of Unionville, arrested the
Sunday previous on the charge of
robbing the restaurant of Harry M.
Stere, of that place, was taken before
Judge Quigley and plead guilty to the
charge. He was sentenced to the
Huntingdon reformatory, to which
institution he was taken on Friday.
Logue is one of the young men who
tried to enlist in Troop L but was
turned down for the reason that he
failed to pass the physical examina-
tion.
—— A mer—
——The Lutheran reunion picnic of
Nittany valley and Lock Haven will be
held at Hecla park on Wednesday, Au-
gust 9th. The Lloysville Orphans’ band
will give a musical concert.
Prominent Methodist Bishop Electro-
cuted While Fishing.
Carlisle, July 25.—1he Rev. Wil-
liam Perry Eveland, missionary bish-
op of the Methodist Episcopal church
for the Philippine Islands, who had
been missing since yesterday when
he started on a fishing trip, was found
dead today near Mount Holly Springs,
having been electrocuted when his
steel fishing rod came in contact with
a high tension electric wire. He was
passing under a railroad bridge when
the accident occurred. At first, it
was believed that he had been killed
by lightning.
Bishop Eveland had been spending
his vacation at Mount Holly Springs
with relatives, and yesterday after-
noon started out on a fishing trip
with the intention of returning in a
few hours. Relatives became alarm-
ed last night when he did not return
and about’ 100 men searched the
mountain and streams near here all
night. Today his body was found near
a swollen stream.
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William Perry Eveland was born at
Harrisburg, February 12, 1864. He
prepared for college at Pennington
seminary and graduated from Dick-
inson College, Carlisle, in 1888. His
career as a minister began in 1890,
when he served the Shippensburg
chargz of the Central Pennsylvania
conference as a supply. He was ad-
mitted to the conference on trial in
1891 and returned to Shippensburg.
At the annual conference held in
Bellefonte in 1893 Rev. Eveland was
one of a class of seven young minis-
ters admitted into full membership,
another of the class being Rev. Ralph
Illingworth. During the session of
conference they were both guests of
Mrs. Henry P. Harris, at her home on
Howard street. During the confer-
ence week he made many warm
friends among the people of Belle-
fonte and has always been kindly re-
membered by all of them. The 1893
conference again returned him to
Shippensburg where he remained until
1895 when he went to Trinity church,
Danville. By this time the talents of
the young minister had attracted at-
tention and he was elected principal
of the Jacob Tome Institute at Port
Deposit, Maryland, a position he held
for three years; then, after a Euro-
pean tour, he returned to the minis-
try. In 1899 he served Duke street
church, York, and in 1900 was sent to
Chambersburg, remaining until 1908,
when he went to Bloomsburg for what
proved to be his last pastorate. Call-
ed to the presidency of Williams-
port Dickinson Seminary in 1905, he
remained at the head of that popular
school until called to the missionary
episcopacy by the general conference
of 1912.
Bishop Eveland came to the United
States to attend the general confer-
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church held at Saratoga Springs dur-
ing the month of May. Great was the
disappointment of many when his re-
turn from Manila was delayed so that
he could not be at the Central Penn-
sylvania conference in Altoona in
March and those who were at Osce-
ola at the Epworth League convention
in June will long remember his ad-
dress there. His last visit to Altoona
was just before he sailed for the Ori-
ent, when he preached the sermon at
Lakemont Park on Methodist Day, in
1912, and he had made his plans to be
present again on Methodist Day, on
Thursday of next week, although the
fact was not yet generally known. He
had intended spending the summer in
Pennsylvania and sailing for the Phil-
ippines in November.
He was married to Miss Rose Mul-
len, of Mount Holly Springs and
their married life was ideal. Not hav-
ing children, they were all in all to
each other, and the deep sympathy of
many friends will go out to Mrs.
Eveland in her sore bereavement.
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_GILLIAM.—James Shelton Gilliam, who
spent several years in Bellefonte as
manager of Gilliam’s store in Crider’s
Exchange and who left here a month or
so ago after a protracted illness with
heart trouble, going to the home of his
daughter, Mrs. J. A. Pilout, at Suther-
land, Va., died there on Sunday, July
16th, in his seventy-eighth year.
Mr. Gilliam was a Virginian by birth
and served in the Confederate army
during the Civil war. He was with
Pickett’s army in its famous charge at
Gettysburg and was taken prisoner,
During Mr. Gilliam’s residence in Belle-
fonte he made a number of warm
friends who learned with regret of his
death.
He is survived by his widow and four
children, namely: * Miss Kate G. Gilliam,
Mrs. Pilout, Allen C. and Edward W. One
sister, Mrs. Ada C. Wing, lives at Green
Bay, Va. The funeral was held on
Thursday of last week, burial being made
in the Blandford cemetery at Petersburg,
Va.
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SCHAEFFER—Michael Schaeffer, one of
the oldest and best known citizens of
Pennnsvalley, died at his home at Smith-
town, last Friday evening, following a
year's illness with cancer.
Deceased was a son of John and Cath-
arine Schaeffer and was born in Spring
township on August 16th, 1824, making
his age 91 years, 11 months and 5 days.
He followed farming most of his life but
for the past fifteen years or more had
lived a retired life. During his residence
in Spring township he served as tax col-
lector and overseer of the poor, and later
while living in Walker township was a
justice of the peace.
He was married to Miss Lydia Fiedler
in 1846, who died twenty-four years ago.
He is the last of a family of eleven chil-
dren but surviving him are three sons
and one daughter, namely: Benjamin L.,
of Smithtown; Mary C., of Flemington;
James L., of Illinois, and Newton B., of
Smullton. Burial was made at Zion on
Wednesday morning.
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FISHER.—William Henry Fisher,
a native of Bellefonte, died quite sud-
denly and unexpectedly at his home in
Philipsburg, on Saturday evening, as |
the result of an attack of acute indi-
gestion. Fisher was a carpenter by
occupation and worked all of Satur-
day morning. He ate his dinner as
usual then walked out into the yard
where he fell over unconscious. A
physician was summoned who found
him suffering with acute indigestion,
and he lingered in an unconscious
condition until his death at 9.30
o’clock that evening.
Deceased was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Fisher and was born in
Bellefonte on November 15th, 1861,
making his age 54 years, 8 months
and 7 days. In January, 1892, he was
married to Miss Blanche White, who
survives with one son and a daughter,
Leon and Miss Rhoda, both at home.
He also leaves one brother, Bond Val-
entine Fisher, of Bellefonte. The fun-
eral was held at two o'clock on Tues-
day afternoon and was private.
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NORMAN.—Mrs. Bertha May Nor-
man, wife of David B. Norman, of
Bald Eagle, died in the Clearfield hos-
pital on Wednesday afternoon of last
week, following an operation for can-
cer. She was a daughter of David
and Eliza Lewis, of Bald Eagle, and
was born on January 26th, 1874. She
was married to Mr. Norman at Port
Matilda in May, 1893, and practically
all her life had been spent at Bald
Eagle. In addition to her husband she
is survived by two children, four
brothers and three sisters. Burial was
made at Bald Eagle on Saturday
afternoon.
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FERER.—Mrs. Marie L. Ferer,
wife of Harry A. Ferer, died at the
Lock Haven hospital on Friday after-
noon, following a Caesarian operation
on Thursday. She was a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Fanning and was
born in Bellefonte twenty-eight years
ago. Her parents dying when she was
a little girl she went to Lock Haven
and made her home with relatives.
She was married to Mr. Ferer about
2 year ago and he survives, with an
infant daughter. Burial was made on
Monday morning in the Dunstown
cemetery. :
True Charity.
Just before the noon hour on Mon-
day an aged, care-worn German, his
shoulders stooped and bent with the
hard labor of many years, walked
with faltering steps along one of the
main streets of Bellefonte. He came
to a nicely-kept residence “where the
lady of the house was sitting on the
front porch. The German doffed his
hat and the lady engaged him in con-
versation.
He told her a small part of his life
story, beginning at the time he came
to this country about the time Garfield
was elected President. He went to
Ridgway, where he lived until the
past year or so when he went to
Scranton. His age and physical con-
dition were against him securing work
to maintain himself and the Scranton
authorities notified him that he would
have to go back to Ridgway and be
taken care of there. He told the lady
that he had walked from Scranton to
Bellefonte and when she asked him if
he wouldn’t rather ride he very signifi-
cantly turned his pockets inside out,
showing that they were empty of
cash.
The woman invited the aged man
into her home, gave him a good din-
ner, wrapped him up a lunch, went
with him to a store and bought him a
hat, three pairs of hose, - several
handkerchiefs, etc., went with him to
the station, purchased a ticket to
Ridgway and giving it to him with a
small sum of money saw him safely
on the train and wished him a safe
and happy journey. The aged Ger-
man was on his way to Ridgway to
enter the home for the poor, but we
venture the assertion that he complet-
ed his journey with a much lighter
heart than he began it, and that he
will long remember the angel of char-
ity in the guise of a Bellefonte wom-
an who tried to make life just a little
brighter for him, if only for a brief
time.
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS.—In pub-
lishing the list of contributors to the
Centre county Soldiers’ Relief association
last week the “Watchman” very unin-
tentionally omitted the name of Rev.
Father McArdle and we want to call
attention to the fact here because we
know that the boys at the front do not
have a warmer friend or’ sympathizer
than the venerable rector of the Catho-
lic church in Bellefonte.
Contributors announced during the
past week, which are in addition to the
list already published, are as follows:
Mrs. E, J. Wilkinson, Rev. E. H. Yocum, W. 1.
Fleming, L. A. Schaeffer, Horatio S. Moore, Max
Kalin, Hammon Sechler, Mrs. Rebecca V. Pugh
Knights of Columbus, Mrs. R. S. Brouse, Mrs. C.
W. Furst, W. H. Payne, Col. W. F. Reynolds,
Mrs, Margaret Wilson, Miss Mary Valentine,
Mrs. Thomazine Lane, M. H.& H. S. Linn, M.
I Gardner, H. P. Schaeffer, T.C. Brown, A.
Fauble, A. G. Morris, Centre Social Club, Mrs,
! M. Elizabeth Olewine, F, P. Blair & Son.
THE BELLEFONTE CHAUTAUQUA.— With
the exception of the all day rain on
Tuesday the Bellefonte Chautauqua has
been favored with nice weather and a
good attendance at the big tent on the
High school grounds. Dr. William Byron
Forbush is the superintendent in charge
and his afternoon talks have been much
enjoyed by the people who have heard
them.
So far there have been two evening
lectures, that on Monday evening of
Dr. Lincoln Wirt, on the “Conquest of
the Arctic,” and Dr. Thomas E. Green,
on Wednesday evening, on “The Bur-
dens of a Nation.” Prefacing his re-
marks Dr. Green said that he was glad
to come to Bellefonte because, although
it was his first visit here, his father was
born and raised in the Bald Eagle valley
and the first money Le ever earned was
made by cutting cord wood to make
charcoal for the old Valentine furnace in
this place. Though born in Chicage Mr.
Green lived for a number of years in
Altoona, but is now again a resident of
the Windy city. His talk on Wednesday
evening was along the same lines of
preparedness as advocated by President
Wilson, *
The Strollers male quartette and the
College players were the two features
of the Chautauqua yesterday while the
big feature this evening will be the
lecture by Dr. Leonard Levy on “March-
ing On.” “The Mikado” will be given
with a full cast tomorrow (Saturday)
evening and the Chautauqua will close
with the religious services on Sunday
evening when Mr. Edwin Vance Cooke
will make the address.
AT THE BoAL Camp.—Fully five hun-
dred people visited the camp of the First
mounted machine gun troop on the Boal
estate at Boalsburg, on Sunday, includ-
ing many Bellefonters who went up
to see how the young soldiers were pro-
i gressing. The camp is being conducted
along regular army lines and the men are
under the instruction of Lieut. Ross. In
the late afternoon they gave an hour's
drill, first lieutenant George Boal Thomp-
son being in command. The Boal band
was present throughout the afternoon
and gave a delightful concert.
On Wednesday the troop went on a
march through the western end of the
county. They first visited Pine Grove
Mills, where they were entertained by
the citizens with ice cream and cake,
lemonade, etc. From Pine Grove Mills
they went to White Hall and thence by
way of State College and Lemont back to
camp. Forty-six men were in line, that
being the total strength of the horse
equipment at present.
Yesterday the troop rode to Bellefonte
and after giving a parade through town
went into camp for the day out on Bea-
ver’s farm, returning home in the even-
ing. The troop will remain in camp
over Sunday and then will be subject to
any orders issued.
LIGHINING STRIKES BINDER.—During
the heavy storm which passed over the
county last Friday afternoon lightning
struck the binder on the farm of John
Blair, near Fillmore, and in a runaway
which followed the binder was complete-
ly wrecked. Mr. Blair's son Clyde was
cutting wheat and had five horses in the
machine. Seeing the storm approach he
decided to unhitch and go to the barn.
He unhooked the lead team and gave
them in charge of his sister to drive to
the barn and at that moment there was
a blinding flash and the lightning struck
the binder. The young man was stun-
ned for a moment but not knocked down.
One of the horses in charge of his sister
was knocked down and turned a com-
plete somersault but was not injured.
The girl was only slightly stunned.
Another boy a hundred feet away was
knocked down but not hurt to speak of.
The lightning frightened the three horses
hitched to the binder and they ran
away, completely wrecking the machine,
but themselves escaping serious injury.
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——Residents of east Linn street are
annoyed by a plague of army worms
which are eating the grass from the
lawns and destroying all kinds of vege-
tation. Some of the more enterprising
of the housewives are scalding the
worms and thus getting rid of them.
—— Miss Fannie Hoffer is ill at the
home of her sister, Mrs. A. C. Mingle,
suffering from torn ligaments about her
knee, the result of a fall from an auto-
mobile the early part of the week.
——Read the “Watchman” to get
all the news that’s going.
Kiffin Rockwell Shoots Down His
Third Aeroplane.
Paris, July 24.—Kiffin Rockwell, the
daring young American aviator from
Atlanta, Ga., has added to his laurels
by shooting down his third German
warplane.
The sky combat took place on Fri-
day amidst the clouds, 10,000 feet
above the ground.
Rockwell was reconnoitering with
Bert Hall above the German lines
when he was sighted by a German
machine ahead and gave chase. Mean-
while, two other German aeroplanes,
which were above Rockwell and which
he had not seen, swooped downward.
Hall joined the fight, but in thé
meantime Rockwell had gotten the
range of one of the hostile machines
and soon shot it down.
The two Americans then returned
through the clouds to their own lines.
Both machines were riddled with ma-
chine gun bullets, but neither aviator
was hit.
—Liming is assisting farmers to se-
cure good catches of clover.
With the Churches of the
County.
Notes of Interest to Church People of
all Denominations in all Parts of
the County.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY.
Service Sunday 11:00 a. m. Wednes-
day 8 p. m., 93 E. High street.
The union 'vesper services will be
held on Sunday evening, July 80th, in
the Chautauqua tent at 6.45 p. m. Ed-
ward Vance Cook will be the speaker.
Admission free to all.
United Brethren day will be observ-
ed at Lakemont park, Altoona, on
Thursday, August 10th. This will be
the fourth annual outing for the
United Brethren church people of the
Allegheny conference. The committee
in charge is planning to make this the
best and most interesting outing to
date, and a number of Bellefonte peo-
ple will likely attend.
The “Always Faithful” class of the
U. B. Sunday school will hold a festi-
val at the church on Saturday even-
ing, July 29th.
Wilson Will Not Insist on Child Labor
Bill.
Washington, July 24.—Several
Democratic Senators declared tonight
that they would not be bound by any
caucus decision to postpone action on
the child labor bill until next ses-
sion in the face of President Wilson’s
request that it be passed before ad-
journment. They pointed out that the
Republicans were ready to demand
that the measure be brought up if the
majority refused to include it in its
imperative program, and predicted
that an attempt to whip Democratic
senators into line against its consid-
eration might meet with serious op-
position.
Senators Simmons of North Caro-
lina and Smith of Georgia talked with
President Wilson about the bill today.
The President is understood to have
told them he would not insist further
on its passage if the caucus decided
against it. It is expected it will be
called up, however, either by Repub-
licans or by insistent Democratic
champions.
Democratic Leader Kern said to-
night that although no caucus had
been called, he expected one to be held
soon. He said he had received many
telegrams from southern States urg-
ing that the bill be passed.
The Kaiser and His Generals.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Kaiser Wilhelm’s retirement of
seven prominent German generals
would seem to indicate that all is not
going to the War Lord’s satisfaction.
And the daily dispatches give strength
to such an inference. Germany has
not, so far as the outside world knows,
made many changes in the high com-
mands. Von Moltke retired as chief
of staff not long after the war broke
out, and Von Kluck was shelved be-
cause of his failure to reach Paris.
Hindenburg and Von Mackensen forg-
ed to the front early in the game and
have remained there ever since. It is
probable that the generals just retir-
ed are rather old men unequal to the
strenuous demand of present-day
fighting. If the Kaiser is replacing
them with younger men he will be on-
ly following the policy adopted by
General Joffre early in the war.
Concerning Salaries.
A Chicago antiquary has discover-
ed that Columbus received a salary of
$320. He estimates that the whole
cost of the expedition that found
America was about $7000. John
Knox received a salary of $220 and a
leading lawyer in the time of Edward
IV. was content with a fee which
amounted to $1 in our money. A
sumptuous dinner could be bought
then for 17 cents. A dollar went a
long way in those days, but the sala-
ries of professional men and the
wages of laborers seem absurdly mea-
ger when compared with the best paid |
ability and skill in these modern days.
The good old times would present no
attraction tc those who imagine there
was a time when labor was much bet-
ter rewarded than it is today. Despite
the monopolies and the trusts, a mod-
erate fortune can be acquired now
more readily than it could in former
times. In 1820 a man who had $20,-
000 was accounted rich and such men
were very scarce.—Philadelphia “Pub-
lic Ledger.”
Why He Was Sad.
“Seemed to sadden old Geldbox
when his new son-in-law said good-
bye after the wedding. Is he so fond
of him?”
“Well, not exactly. You see the new
son-in-law didn’t say good-bye; he
said ‘Au revoir.’ ”—Browning’s Maga-
Zine.
Tempest Tossed Metaphors.
From the Christian Register.
It was a New England parson who
announced to his congregation one
Sunday: - “You'll be sorry to hear
that the little church of Jonesvillé is
once more tossed upon the waves, a
sheep without a shepherd.”
Need of Exercise.
Exercise in some form is absolutely
necessary for health. We are so con
structed by nature that the digestive
tract and alimentary tract demands
bodily activity in order to perform its
proper functions. Without it troubles
begin to appear. Constipation becomes
a chronic disease, the circulation be-
comes poor, the liver and kidneys do
not work properly and a thousand and
one little troubles begin to make them-
selves felt. You may begin to grow
‘corpulent because the body is unable
to eliminate the surplus sugar and
(starch products. Or you may grow too
‘thin because the assimilative organs
are unable to work properly from lack
‘of proper exercise,
WOODEN BUGLE IS HISTORIC
Instrument That It is Alleged Was
Brought to America by the
Pilgrims.
R. M. Bever, living near Hillsboro,
Ind., has a bugle, said to have been
made in England early in the seven-
teenth century, gccording to an ex-
change. It is three feet long, made
of cedar wood in two sections which
are glued together. It is about three
inches in diameter at the base and
tapers uniformly to a point.
Around it are ten crude rings made
from sections of a buffalo horn. It was
brought to America in 1620 by the Pil-
grims, it is believed, and tradition
says it was carried by the army of
Miles Standish in the expedition
against the Indians. The earliest au-
thentic account of it dates back to
colonial days. It was used at the Bos-
ton tea party and was carried by the
minute men in the battle of Lexington
and Bunker Hill.
At Bunker Hill the instrument was
struck by a British musket ball and a
portion of the end was torn away. It
was at the siege of Yorktown and
helped to celebrate the surrender of
Lord Cornwallis in 1781.
Afier the war the old bugle was
handed down as an heirloom in the
Bever family. Mrs. Michael Bever,
the great-grandmother of the present
owner, died in Tagewell county, Illinois,
45 years ago, when she was one hun.
dred and four years old. She came in.
to possession of the bugle when a very
small girl, and later prepared a his.
tory of it. Upon her death the old
heirloom was kept for a time by Jo.
seph Bever, an old tanner of Hillsboro,
and it then passed into the hands of
L. M. Cooper and wife of Waynetown,
from whom R. M. Bever received it
five years ago.
OWE DEBT TO SERVIAN BARDS
Men of Letters Have Kept Alive the
Spirit of Liberty Which Is the
Country’s Pride.
The schoolmaster as the citadel and
hope of national aspirations is today
what he was a hundred years ago,
when Korais laid the foundations of
Greek independence by purging the
native tongue of its barbaric infec-
tions and bringing it as near as pos-
sible to the language of Pericles. It
may be the professional schoolmas-
ters, or it may be the professors, writ.
ers, poets, who constitute themselves
the schoolmasters of a nation. With
the hedge priests of Ireland who kept
alive the national spirit under fierce
persecutions stand the Servian bards
who, through the centuries, kept the
national soul alive under the despot:
ism of the Turk. As applied to racial
awakenings, Faust's conclusion ig
wrong. In the beginning is not the
deed, but the word, the word that
often has to be taught to a people that
has forgotten it, and even when half-
learned falls upon their ears from an
ancient past as a -call to great deeds.
It is the schoolmaster and the book-
men who have stirred up and led rev
olutions in our own day, the intellec-
tuals in Russia, Nansen and Sigurd
Ibsen in Norway, Braga in Portugal,
D’Annunzio and Martinetti in Italy,
and now Pearse and his predecessors’
of the Gaelic league in Ireland. Among
the Jews today the revival of national
aspirations expresses itself, in one
form, through the rebirth of the lan.
guage of the Bible as a spoken tongue,
a parallel strangely akin to the Gaelic
renaissance.—New York Evening Post,
Yale's Famous ’53.
The late George W. Smalley be
longed at Yale to the class of ’53,
which included Isaac H. Bromley, the
brilliant journalist; Henry C. Robin
son, the leading Connecticut lawyer;
Gen. Edward Harland of Norwich, dis
tinguished in the Civil war; Edmund
Clarence Stedman, the banker-poet;
George H. Watrous, president of the
New Haven road; Andrew D. ‘White,
former ambassador to Berlin and pres:
ident of Cornell; Senator Tom Platt
of New York, Senator Randall E. Gib
son of Louisiana, Charlton T. Lewis,
prison reformer and insurance expert;
George Shiras, Jr., a member of the
United States Supreme court; Epis
copal Bishop Davies of Michigan, and
Wayne MacVeagh, a leading lawyer
and in Garfield’s cabinet. This is quite
a list for one Yale class to produce.—
Waterbury American. i
She Knew.
Olive, aged four years, went for a
walk with her father one June morn
ing. Hearing a bird singing by the
roadside she stopped to admire his
beautiful black and white coat.
‘Oh, papa!” she exclaimed, “see this
bobolink!”
“How do you know it’s a bobolink?"
asked her father.
“'Cause I ’stinctly heard it bobble,”
was the reply.—Ladies’ Home J ournal
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Chestnuts.
Chestnut blight has already dong .
damage estimated at close to $50,000,
000. The disease attacks both Ameri:
can and European species, but does
little damage to those from Japan and
‘China. Plant breeders by crossing
Japanese chestnut and native chinqua.
pin have produced resistant trees,
Some of the Chinese chestnuts ‘are
sald to grow. 100 feet high in their
home forests.
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New Talent.
“Why do you insist on taking sums
mer boarders?” !
* “I like to have ’em around,” replied
Mrs. Corntossel. “It's a comfort to
have somebody criticisin’ the table 9
sides my own family.” 1