Benoa Wild
Belletonte, Pa., January 19, 1917.
AMERICANS.
What is an American,
We hear so much about?
Is he just like other men,
Or is he very stout
Of heart and yoice and limb,
Of love and liberty
And life and home and friends
And to be always free?
The name has come to us
From old and ancient Spain,
Amuricus Vespucius
Is in the wondrous chain;
It does not matter then \
If we are light or dark,
Just so we act like men,
And always do our part.
Nor does it matter where
We first did see the light,
Nor need we have a care
Just so we stand and fight,
For her, our righteous flag,
Against whoever comes,
Or tries to slur or nag
Our people or our homes.
Here you have a chance
To live and grow and thrive
And make a fair advance
While with us here you live,
If you will doyour part
And learn to love our way
And stand with us in heart,
We'll bid you always stay.
"Tis our delight to give
A welcome broad and free
To all who come to live
And help our liberty.
If any do not care
To longer stay with us
We kindly say ‘“‘prepare
To leave without a fuss.”
We did not ask for you,
We will not beg you stay,
We will make no ado
When you have gone away.
So there is where we stand
And say to all so free
This is a glorious land
With institutions free.
—Dr. Eli Gifford.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS.
Will of Hon. A. A. Stevens.
The will of the late Adie Allen Stevens,
of Tyrone, was admitted to probate at
Hollidaysburg on Saturday and, although
there is no statement of just what the
estate is worth, it is variously estimated
at one million dollars and upwards. The
will was written almost three years ago
and the executors named were his son,
J. Howe Stevens, E. Frank Frain, who
had charge of Mr. Stevens’ property in-
terests in Tyrone, and W. L. Pascoe, his
law partner. Since the will was executed
the two first named have died, leaving
Mr. Pascoe the only executor. Inas-
much as Mr. Stevens was so well known
in Centre county and had extensive prop-
erty interests hereabouts, the “Watch-
man” publishes a condensed abstract
of his will, as follows:
To his wife, Mrs. Mary Hazzard Stev-
ens, under an ante-nuptial agreement,
satisfactory and ample provision for her
care, maintenance and support was
made, and to her is bequeathed the right
to use, with his daughter, Mrs. Brantley
and her (Mrs. Stevens’) daughter, Har-
riet Hazzard, the bungalow near Tyrone.
Bequests of $100 each are made to
daughters, nephews and nieces of his
two other wives, deceased, namely, Lil-
lian Hamill, Edna Claybaugh and Ollie
Evans, daughters of Mrs. Hamill, sister
of his deceased wife, Emma Howe Stev-
ens, and to Harry High, Florence High
and Nellie Billets, nephew and nieces of
his deceased wife, Sarah Cochran Stev-
ens.
To his daughter, Mrs. Mary Brantley,
for the term of her natural life is given
all the rents and profits from the Stev-
ens block, on Pennsylvania avenue, ex-
tending from the Miller property to the
Juniata river. In this block is included
the offices of the Tyrone Gas and Water
company, American Lime and Stone
company, and the law offices, besides
many others; also the Property on the
opposite side of the street; also from the
big double frame dwelling known as the
Flynn property, on South Lincoln ave- |
nue; also the furniture in the Lincoln
avenue mansion, or that in the Cameron
avenue home, as may be mutually agreed
upon by his wife and daughter. The
daughter also gets $10,000 in cash or its
equivalent to be paid at the rate of $1,000
annually, with accrued interest.
To his son, J. Howe Stevens, who died
several days after the will was made, |
was given, besides the property in which
the son and family resided on Lincoln |
avenue, all the capital stock of Mr. i
Stevens in the American Lime & Stone |
company, and a one-share majority of |
the stock of the Tyrone Gas and Water |
company, which corporation furnishes |
Tyrone with its gas and water supply. :
At his death the above stock to go to his
son or sons then surviving; also to his |
son Howe and and his wife, Mabel, $5,000 |
or its equivalent, to be paid at the rate |
of $1,000 annually.
To George Black Stevens and Helen |
Stevens, children of his deceased son, |
George Black Stevens, $15,000 each, to |
be invested and the interest thereon |
until they become twenty-five years of |
age, to be used for their maintenance, |
education and support, at which age the |
principal of his share shall be paid over
to said son, provided he shall, during his |
lifetime, abstain from the use of intox- |
icating liquors in any form and from |
gambling for stakes of any kind, “but I
do not mean from this that he shall ab-
stain from social games for pleasure.”
The amount bequeathed to Helen Stev-
ens to be held by trustee or trustees to
be named by her mother and executors
of the will, and the interest thereof to
be paid to her quarterly during her life,
and at her death, the principal and any
unpaid accumulation shall go to her
children or heirs.
To Edith Hoffman Stevens, widow of
George B. Stevens, the sum of $10,000
or her‘own use, to be paid $1,000 annu-
ally.
To Adie Allen Stevens and Martin Lu-
ther Stevens, children of S. Howe Stevens,
jointly the sum of $40,000, to be invested
for their special benefit, the interest to
‘be used for their maintenance and sup-
port until they are twenty-five years -of
age, at which time the prinéipal-and in.
abstain during their lifetime |
from the use of intoxicating liquors and
gaming for stakes.
To Molly Seeds, a cousin, living in
Tyrone, $1.000 as an appreciation of her
kindness to the family.
To Henry Comley, $200 for faithful
services in the household employ.
To Letitia H. McDowell, of Princeton
University, $500 as an appreciation of
kindness to the family.
To Joseph Sims, of Tyrone, $500.
To Maud Miller $200 for faithful serv-
ices to his mother.
To Aunt Kate McClellan, $200.
To J. Howard Calderwood, the choice
of any unsold lot on Perry street, Ty-
rone, and $1,500 cash, to build for him-
self and family, provided he remained
in the employ of Mr. Stevens at his death,
and continue in the employ of executors
as general caretaker of any property, for
a period of five years at present wages.
To W. L Pascoe, Esq., partner in law
practice all library law books, desks, fur-
niture, etc., in the law offices of Stevens
and Pascoe, and all fees or claims, etc.,
growing out of said practice. Also $5,000
capital stock in Tyrone Gas & Water
company and $1,000 First National bank
stock at par value, to be held as inter-
est bearing investments for his use. Also
$5,000 to be used in the payment of any
encumbrance on his home on Lincoln
avenue and the making of improvements
thereto.
To his faithful office assistant, Belle
Bookhamer, $1.500 in capital stock of
Tyrone Gas & Water company at par, to
be held as an investment, also $1,000 to
be paid out of any interest paying invest- |
ments.
To E. Frank Frain, $2,500 in capital
stock of Tyrone Gas & Water company
stock at par, and $5,000 cash to include
any indebtedness that may be owing by
him “to me” at the time of my death.
y and Rural Y. M. C. A. Notes. |
The first meeting of the county com-
mittee of the Centre Co. Y. M. C. A. will
! be held in the chapel of the Presbyterian
| church, Bellefonte, today. The session
‘begins at 9.45, continuing until noon.
: Mr. Fred B. Freeman, associate secretary
' of the International County Work com-
| mittee, of New York, will be present to
| meet the members of the committee.
{ Prof. Thomas I. Mairs, of State College,
| chairman; J. Will Mayes, of Howard,
| vice chairman; David F. Rapp, treasurer.
{ Frank H. Clemson, Stormstown; Dr. G.
| S. Frank, Millheim; C. L. Gramley, Re-
| bersburg; John F. Holt, Unionville; Oscar
| E. Miles, Milesburg; D. W. Miller, Pine
| Grove Mills; John H. Neidigh, Pine Hall;
, James H. Potter and Prof. J. E. Wagner,
Bellefonte; Dean R. L. Watts, State Col- |
"lege, and Darlington H. Way, Port Matil-
! da, are the members of the county com-
| mittee which supervises the extension of
the work in the small towns and rural
communities in Centre county.
County secretary Horner has received
| from the national headquarters of the
| Boy Scouts of America, a special com-
| mission for the extension and supervis-
{ion of the Boy Scout work throughout
| the county. In Snow Shoe he met with
| the new troop recently organized under
| the direction of George W. Sheeler, state
| forester. They have had their second
| meeting and in a short time will all be
| enrolled as Tenderfoot Scouts, upon com-
| pletion of the required examination.
| Scoutmaster Sheeler plans to take the
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To trustees of the Y.M. C. A. of Ty- boys out into the woods for their first |
rone, for the purpose of assisting, secur-
ing and maintaining a public library for
the use of its patrons and members, $3,-
000 in interest bearing bonds.
To Samuel Dickie, of Albion, Mich.,
$1,000 to promote and assist in the pub-
lication of “The American Advance,”
providing said paper shall continue to
oppose the liquor traffic.
To trustees named, $3,000 for erection
of four drinking fountains in Tyrone, at
places designated.
To Tyrone Grandview Cemetery asso-
ciation, $500 for care and maintenance of
cemetery lots and walks.
To Daniel Stillwell, $100 for faithful
services in looking after Grandview cem-
etery.
After the payments of all just debts
and legacies and bequests above named,
out of the remaining, the following:
First Methodist Episcopal hospital of
Philadelphia, $5,000 for maintaining and
support of a “free bed” for any member
of the Tyrone First Methodist church who
may require such care and attention as
a hospital provides.
To Wilbur F. Crafts, $5,000 in trust
for assisting in paying for or improving
the building in Washington, D. C., used
for the advancement of prohibition.
To the trustees of Central Pennsylva-
nia Conference of the Methodist church,
$5,000 to be held invested in the fund for
retired preachers.
All the rest, residue and remainder of
the estate to be held by the trustees and
equally divided among the four grand-
children, Helen Stevens, George B. Stev-
ens, Adie Allen Stevens, Martin Luther
Stevens and his wife, Mary Stevens,
share and share alike, after first deduct-
ing the sum of $10,000 to be equally di-
vided between E. Frank Frain, William
L. Pascoe and Belle Bookhamer.
The trustees and executors named are
J. Howe Stevens, William L. Pascoe and
E. Frank Frain.
The will further provides that in han-
dling the residue of the estate the trus-
tees shall form two corporations under
the laws of Pennsylvania, to in-
clude among the corporators his wife
and Belle Bookhamer, one of which cor-
porations shall hold and handle his coal
lands in Clearfield and Cambria counties
and the other to handle and manage the
balance of the estate.
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Diphtheria at Beech Creek.
The borough of Beech Creek had a
diphtheria scare last week and as a re-
sult the schools were closed on Wednes-
day for the balance of the week. Anna-
belle Bitner, the six year old daughter
of Mr. and James A. Bitner, died on
Tuesday evening from the dread disease
after only several days illness. The
case was slow in developing and it was
not until a few hours before her death
that the nature of her illness became
assured. The Bitner home was imme-
diately quarantined and private burial
of the little girl was made on Thursday
afternoon.
On Friday morning three other mem-
bers of the Bitner family became ill,
namely,§Mrs. Bitner, her nine year old
daughter Pearl, and her mother, Mrs.
Strawcutter, who is seventy-nine years
old. Anti-toxin was at once adminis-
tered to the three afflicted ones. In the
case of Mrs. Strawcutter, it is a most
unusual thing for a person of that age to
contract the disease and the matter will
be called to the attention of Dr. Samuel
G. Dixon, the State Health Commis-
sioner.
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Killed on the Railroad.
James G. Tenny, a brakeman on the
Pittsburgh division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, was instantly killed at New
Florence on Wednesday of last week
when he unthinkingly stepped in front
of a fast express. Deceased was a son
of Frederick W. and Sarah Ellen Tenny
and was born at Powelton, this county,
nineteen years ago. He is survived by
his father, two brothers and five sisters.
The remains were taken to Osceola Mills
where burial was made on Friday.
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Doctors Elect Officers.
At the annual meeting of the Centre
county Medical society, held in the grand
jury room on Wednesday of last week,
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Dr. L.E,
Kidder, Boalsburg; vice presidents, Dr.
David Dale, Bellefonte, and Dr. Grover
Glenn, State College; secretary and
treasurer, Dr. M. W. Reed, Bellefonte.
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| lesson in woodcraft, studying the trees in
| their dormant stage, and noting the
| characteristics of the more common
| trees.
i nent men of the town was formed which
{ will have supervision of the work done
and hear tests the Scouts are submitted
| to. The members of the committee are,
|W. C. Snyder, supervisor of mines; Dr.
| E. H. Harris, Robert Keck, Wm. Sickle,
| Charles Weaver and J. B. Harvey. An
auxiliary advisory committee has been
; appointed, consisting of Rev. Hodgson,
| Rev. Wolf, Father Connolley, Oscar
Harm, H. W. Roberts, Alfred Thompson,
1 O. S. Morgan and W.S. Knapper. Troops
[ will be formed in other towns where
conditions favor organization.
' During Mr. Fred B. Freeman's visit
] he, in company with the county secreta-
| ry and various members of the county
| committee, will visit different towns to
| interview interested persons and advance
| organized work among the boys, wher-
| ever possible, in the form of association
| groups, Boy Scouts, church clubs, inner
circles for High school boys, or agricul-
i tural clubs, such as corn clubs, pig
| clubs, etc.
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| Gils’ Physical Standard Contest. ...
The Centre county Young Women's
Christian Association is inaugurating a
| girls’ physical standard contest which
| will be open to any club, class or branch |
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day school class or individual.
contest begins on January 28th, and ap-
plications for entry should be sent to
State College, Pa., by January 20th,
Each contestant will be required to keep
a score card for one week and included
in the list of things that will enter into
the contest are the following:
Time out of doors (number of hours.)
Hours sleep at night.
Teeth cleaned (number of times.)
Nails cleaned.
Baths.
Did you eat between meals?
Have you a cold?
Did you use chewing gum?
Windows open at night.
Did you exercise?
Did you drink at least one quart of
water?
Penn State’s Football Schedule.
Graduate manager Ray H. Smith has
announced the Penn State football sched-
ule for 1917, and it includes the greatest
number of changes ever made in one
year. Only four old games appear upon
the list while State will meet five new
ones. Of the nine games scheduled six
will be on the home field, The schedule
follows:
September 29—Muhlenberg, at State College.
October 6—Gettysburg, at State College.
October 13—St. Bonaventure, at State College.
October 20—Washington and Jefferson, at
Washington, Pa.
October 27—West Virginia Wesleyan, at State
College.
November 3—Dartmouth, at Hanover, N, H,
November 9—Lehigh, at State College.
Noverter 17—Maryland “Aggies,” State Col-
ege.
November 29—University of Pittsburgh, at
Pittsburgh.
Big Appropriation Asked by State Col.
{ lege Trustees.
A budget calling for a State appropria-
tion of almost $3,500,000 to meet the
needs of the Pennsylvania State College
during the next two years has been pre-
pared by the Board of Trustees, This
sum is required, they say, to maintain
the institution and to erect new build-
ings made necessary by the rapid growth
of the student body. A State-wide cam-
paign to inform the public of the work,
growth and needs of the college has been
launched. Circulars setting forth this
information are being distributed by stu-
dents, alumni and friends of the college.
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—All Centre countians who are plan-
of the Centre county club of Philadel-
phia, to be held at the Hotel Adelphia on
Thursday evening, January 25th, are re-
quested to send their name and re-
mittance to Dr. S. Gray Mattern, treas.
urer, on or before Tuesday, January 23rd.
The dinner will be $2.50 per plate, -
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Miss Margaret Hiller, woman’s building, |
ning to be present at the annual dinner!
| ment shows how high it has been car-
“ing my first sentence, and I am sure
The Way the Accused Put the Case Ug
to the Court.
Writing of Polish temperament and |
talent, Sidney Whitman in “Things I |
Remember” has an amusing story of a |
bright Polish Jew who traded in
chemicals. He was brought before the |
law courts for selling poison without i
fulfilling the legal enactments bearing |
on such transactions. !
The magistrate proceeded to read |
out the charge when the Jew sudden- |
ly interrupted him with the question: |
“Excuse me, Mr. President. Do you |
understand. anything about chemi- |
cals?’ i
“Mr. 8., the expert, is here mn that |
capacity,” replied the judge. ]
“And you, Mr. 8.” queried the Jew. |
“do you understand anything about |
law?" |
“You have just heard from his |
worship that 1 am an expert in chem- |
icals. If you want to know anything |
about law please address yourself to!
the judge.”
“I ask you, Mr. President, just to!
consider the case for one moment, |
You are the judge of the court and ad-
mit that you do not understand any-
thing about chemicals. and the expert
tells us that he does not know any-
thing about law. And IL a poor Jew,
am expected to be familiar both with
the law and with chemicals, Now,
Mr. President, I ask you how you can |
possibly convict me?”
FINDING THE ALTITUDE.
How Airmen Measure the Heights t:
Which They Ascend.
Altimeters or barographs are used by
aviators to measure the heights to
which they ascend. Both of these in- |
struments are constructed on exactly
the same principle as the aneroid ba-
rometer. They depend upon air pres-
sure. At sea level, where the air is |
much compressed by its own weight,
the pressure is about fifteen pounds to
the square inch, but at greater heights
it becomes less. The barometer is gov-
erned by the pressure and so indicates
the height above sea level.
There are many forms of barometers.
The simplest is a bent tube of glass.
shaped like a very long letter J and
partly filled with mercury. The upper
part is closed, and the space above the
column of mercury is a vacuum. The
lower or hook end of the tube is open
and subject to the pressure of the at-
mosphere. As the pressure becomes
less on rising above the surface, the
mercury in the long part of the tube
falls. The extent of the fall indicates
the height.
Airplanes use one of these instru-
ments mentioned, which are practically
self registering barometers, and when
the airplane comes down the instru.
ried.—Philadelphia Press.
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Looking It Up.
He was that type of genteel beggar
that “puts up a front,” as the fellows
say. His face had more tears in it
than a cemetery, and he was just get-
ting ready to tell his down and outer’s
tale when the man at the desk reached
into a drawer and brought forth a die-
tionary, placing it in front of the ap-
pealing one.
“What do you want—sympathy?” the i
man at the desk asked.
“Yes, sympathy,” was the half sob-
bed reply.
“Look in 8 for it.
other day.”
The sympathy chaser grunted and
headed for the door. He wasn't look.
ing for work, just sympathy—in the
form of a piece of loose change.—In
dianapolis News.
I saw it there the
Goose Fat.
Goose fat makes excellent pastry that
is absolutely free from any flavor of
the bird or of the onion stuffing. The
pastry turns out light and “short”
when this sort of fat is used. A Bel
gian recipe is as follows: Throw all the
fat left after drawing the goose intc
cold water with a little salt as soon rs
the goose is drawn. When the bird is
half done ladle off some of the dripping
before it browns or becomes strong and
as the roasting proceeds leave only
enough dripping in the pan to baste
with. Next day put the dripping, with
the fresh fat, in a stewpan, with slices
of apple, and onion if approved. Add
salt and pepper. When done clear it
and strain it into a jar. Cover it and
keep it in a cool place.
S—e
Spoiled His Speech.
“When I rose to speak it was so still
in the hall you could have heard a pin
drop.”
“Yes?”
“Well, I stood there for a moment
looking out over the audience and fram:
that I should have been able to gel
along all right, but just before I had
got ready to utter my first word some
fool in the back end of the hall yelled
“Louder!”
Reckless Disregard.
“The law of supply and demand,
said the economist, “is as inexorable as
the law of gravitation.”
“You can’t always enforce either of
them. The law of gravitation doesn’t
prevent people from getting up in the
air these days.”—Washington Star.
At It Night and Day,
“My daughter is a wonder at the
piano,” ‘said the proud father,
“That's so, for wonders nevei
cease,” said the man who occupied the
adjoining flat. —Boston Transcript,
Powerful Mind.
“So Stubkins has a mind of his own?
“I should say he has. And you ought
to see her use it.”—Chicago Herald.
An Ameer's Nice Choice of Words In
Speaking of a Fall.
A good horseman may be thrown
from his horse, under some circum-
stances, with little or no reflection
upon his skill. The accident may have
been excusable, even inevitable, when
all the details are known; but as cas-
ually related the excuses frequently
disappear, and the fall, with its ig-
nominious suggestion of incompetency,
alone remains. Lady St Helier, in
telling of the deep admiration and re-
gard entertained by the Ameer of Af-
ghanistan for Lord Kitchener, gives a
i little anecdote of the oriental's instant
perception and avoidance of the pos-
sibility of any humiliating implication
for his friend,
Lord Kitchener had suffered a severe
accident that resulted in a leg so bad-
ly broken as to necessitate several
weeks complete rest at the time, and
later, two months’ furiough in Eng-
land, and a resetting of the bone. One
of Kitchener's staff gave the news of
his misfortune to the ameer during a |
great tiger hunt at Gwalior.
“I told Lim,” the officer wrote Lady
St. Helier, “that the chief had a nasty
fall at Poona, his horse tumbling down
an embankment. Ile immediately ask-
ed for a piece of paper and wrote a
telegram of sympathy in Persian. He
handed it to Sir Henry McMahon and
asked him to send it oif immediately.
Sir Henry wrote it down in Iuglish,
but when he came to the words ‘to
bear of your fali from your horse. the
ameer instantly corrected him, saying:
*'No, no! Net from your horse—
with your horse; in Afghanistan—Dbig
difference!’ ”
CAPRI, A TWIN HUMPED CAMEL
Isiand Rich!y Dowered For Artist, His-
torian and Geologist.
Capri, a great twin humped camel of
an island, kneels in the biue just off
the Sorrentine peninsula. From the
sway backed huddle of white, pink,
blue, cream and drab houses along the
large harbor up the breakneck road to
the fascinating town nestling among
the hills, white roofed and Moorish,
and on, still higher, by the winding
road or up the nearly perpendicular |
flights of rock stairs which furrow the
frowning crag with their sharp, zigzag |
outlines to Anacapri, 500 feet or so
above, every step of the way breathes
the pride and splendor and degradation
of the island’s greater days.
Here a cyclopean mass of shattered
masonry in the warm emerald water
tells of a Roman emperor's bath, yon-
der on a chimney-like cliff the sinister
ruins of a stout castle keep whispers
of ancient garrisons and pirates not
armed with automatic rifles or high
powered artillery, and here, overlook-
ing the sea, the vast ruins of a villa re-
call “that hairy old goat” Tiberius and
his wastral voluptuonsness that turned
fair Capri into satyrdom.
Capri today is richly dowered for
sightseer, artist, historian, antiquary
and geologist. On every hand are shad-
ed walks and sequestered bowers in
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laurel and myrtle, wild backgrounds of
tumbled rock, titanic rifts in the coast
into which the sea has thrust long, in-
sidlous blue fingers.—National Geo-
graphic Magazine.
An American Golf Club of 1794.
It may come as a surprise to golf
players to know how long ago, almost
a4 century and a quarter, the royal
game was enjoyed by Charlestonians.
In making research through the files
of the South Carolina Gazette recently
I came upon the following notice,
which I send as a contribution to our
ging records:
City Gazette and Daily Advertiser.
Saturday, November 15, 1794.
Golf Club.
This being the anniversary of the Sours
Carolina Golf Club, the members are re-
quested to attend at Williams's Coffee |
House, in lieu of Harleston's Green, on ac-
count of the bad eveather.
Dinner on table at 3 o'clock.
By order of the president.
EDWIN GAIRDNER, Secretary.
—Charleston News and Courier,
Her Fame.
The Duchess of Westminster has the
reputation of being the wittiest woman
in society. The duchess tells an excel
lent story about an ex-shah of Persia
who was very fond of paying compli-
ments to English ladies.
When the Duchess of Westminster
was presented he greeted her heartily.
“I have heard much about you,” he
said. “Your worthy name is well known
even in my country.”
The duchess was surprised at first,
then a light dawned upon her, “Gra-
cious me, I do believe he mistakes me
for Westminster abbey!” she said.
What was more, she was right.
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Something in the Filling.
“Do you know you can tell a man’s
disposition by his teeth?” asked the girl
who believes in signs, bumps and palm
reading,
“How interesting!” said her compan-
ion, who did not believe in anything.
“Then Jack must have a golden dispo-
sition.”
‘Discretion. .
“What did yo’ do, sub, when big
Brudder Tump called yo’ a liah?”
“Uh—well, sul,” replied small Broth.
er Slink, “as de gen'leman am six feet
high an’ weighs mighty nigh a ton,
what could I do but move dat sve
make it noononimous ?”—Exchange,
Asking the Impossible,
Bob—Perhaps we had better forget |
one another? Bess—Oh, I couldn’t do
that; I have so few things to laugh
about—Puck.
Celebrity sells dearly what we. think
she gives.—Emile Souvestre.
vided they Satan during soa Liat | Count | A POSER FOR THE JUDGE. | ORIENTAL COURTESY. | HIS CHEERFUL RECEPTION.
The Compliment Came After He Made
His Little Talk.
A Washington newspaper man was
once a member of congress from an
Ohio district. He is not an orator and
rarely makes a speech. When he was
running for congress he got word that
he must come to a small town on the
edge of his district to attend a meeting.
A famous “spellbinder” had been se-
cured, and the candidate was expected
to be there, to shake hands and show
himself,
When he arrived at the village he
was horror stricken to find that the
speaker of the occasion had missed his
train and would not be there.
“Come right up to the hall,” said the
chairman of the delegation that met
him. “There's a big crowd there, and
they are anxious to hear some talking.”
The candidate went in fear and trem-
bling. He was introduced and talked
for fifteen minutes. He started to git
down, but the chairman motioned him
to continue. He went on for another
quarter of an hour and by that time
had told all he knew or ever expected
to know that was of interest to his au-
dience.
Then he dropped into hig chair. The
man who was presiding came cheerful-
ly forward and said: “We have heard
our candidate. Now, if there is any
one present who can make a speech we
shall be glad to hear him.”—Youth's
Companion,
TEETH MENDING IN CHILE.
Not an Easy Matter For Foreign Den-
tists to Practice There.
Not every foreigner who comes along
with the claim of being a dentist can
practice that profession in Chile. The
government sees to it that any one
who is to look after the health and
preservation of the teeth of its people
must first demonstrate his qualifica-
tion.
The law provides that before a li-
cense may be granted a foreigner to
practice dentistry in the country the
applicant must secure permission from
the rector of the University of Chile to
take the examination. His foreign di-
ploma, duly certified and authenticat-
ed, must be attached to the permit, and
a fee of 500 pesos (about $75 in United
States money) must be deposited for
the license in the office of the secre-
tary of the university. If the applicant
passes the examination successfully the
license is issued, and he ig authorized
to open his office for business.
Any applicant who holds a dental
diploma from a school not known or
recognized by the Chilean authorities
is required to complete the third year's
work of the dental department of the
University of Chile and must also pass
a satisfactory examination before he
can obtain a license to practice.—Pan-
American Bulletin.
Warning Before Command.
In bringing up my children I found
that at night when they were tired
they were spared many tears by being
warned before I gave them a strict
command. Instead of saying “Now it
is time to go to bed. Put away your
blocks at once,” I would say: “It is
nearly time to go to bed. Finish your
house first and then put away your
blocks.” In this way the children were
fully prepared to £0, and there was
| consequently no begging and no temp-
tation for me to show my lack of firm-
ness by being persuaded to allow them
to build “just one more house.”
. Imagine a mother in the midst of an
| absorbing chapter being told by one in
higher authority to put down her book
at once and go to bed. Would it not
save a frown of impatience to be told
to finish the chapter first? —Harper’s
Bazar,
A Mummy’s Doll.
Among the ancient objects exhibited
in the British museum is a doll more:
than 3,000 years old. When some ar-
chaeologists were exploring an ancient
Egyptian royal tomb they came upon
a sarcophagus containing the mummy
of a little princess seven Years old.
She was dressed and interred in a
manner befitting her rank, and in her
arms was found a little wooden doll.
The inscription gave the name, rank
and age of the little girl and the date
of her death, but it said nothing about
the quaint little wooden Egyptian doll.
This, however, told its own story. It
was so tightly clasped in the arms of
the mummy that it was evident that
the child had died with her beloved
doll in her arms.
Remarkable.
“One of the astronomers claims that
he has charted 60,000 new worlds.”
“By George, it's remarkable!”
“Not ‘so very when you consider the
fact that he has the use of the largest
telescope in the world.”
+ “I wasn’t thinking of that. What I
consider strange is that with so many
other worlds in existence the lady who
is acting as stepmother for my chil-
dren had to light on this one.”—Chi-
cago Herald.
Weeding Out Process.
“How are you getting along with your
new efficiency expert?”
“Remarkably well,” answered the
head of a large business firm. “In fact,
we are still quite friendly, although he
has discharged several members of my
family.” —Birmingham Age-Herald.
Quarrelsoma,
Polly—I never knew such a quarrel-
some girl as Molly. Dolly—That’s right.
Half the time she isn’t on speaking
terms with her own conscience.—Phil-
adelphia Ledger.
Neither should a ship rely on one
small anchor, nor should life rest sn a
single hope.— Epictetus.
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