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Bellefonte, Pa., April 4, 1924.
Compensation.
The following verse, by Edgar A. Guest,
was found as a marker in the Bible of the
late Mary Belle Struble, who died here last
week. hose who read the record of her
life in this paper would feel that she “had
paid with something fine.’
T’'d like to think when life is done
That I had filled a needed post,
That here and there I'd paid my fare
With more than idle talk and boast;
That I had taken gifts divine,
The breath of life and manhood fine,
And tried to use them now and then,
In service for my fellow men.
I'd hate to think when life is through,
That I had lived my round of years
A useless kind, that leaves behind
No record in this vale of tears;
That I had wasted all my days
By trading only selfish ways,
And that this world would be the same
If it had never known my name.
Y’'d like to think that here and there,
When I am gone, there shall remain
A happier spot that might have not
Existed had I toiled for gain;
That some one's cheery voice and smile
Shall prove that I have been worth while;
That I had paid with something fine
My debt to God for life divine.
—Edgar A. Guest.
HENRY BERGH.
(The champion and founder of the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals).
By L. A. Miller.
“A merciful
beast.” —Bible.
Henry Bergh did more towards
eliminating the suffering of dumb
brutes and the feathery tribe than any
man living. This under Providence,
he did, and he is entitled to all the
laudations that humanity can bestow.
There are plenty of facts to prove his
tenderness, his sympathy, his benev-
olence, as well as his great will-pow-
er and obstinate firmness.
This benefactor has for many years
pleaded, in private and in public, the
cause of creatures without capacity to
speak for themselves. That they are
neglected and cruelly beaten without
cause of provocation, is a fact patent
to all observers. They are the slaves
of tyrants, who overtask them, pun-
ish them when they are young, and
abandon them to the cold and cruel
hospitality of the common and the
roadside when they become old.
Thoughtless boys and men over-
burden the horse, and then forget to
feed him with sufficient oats and hay.
They neglect to water him, to clean
him, and they apply the boot and the
lash, because he does not pull and run
with his accustomed strength, speed
and spirit. If his driver happens to
be in a bad temper, the dumb beast
has to suffer a shower of blows. The
iron bit is jerked furiously in his
bleeding mouth; the rawhide is plied
savagely upon his back, until the blis-
ters rise in long lines upon his shiv-
ering body. He is beaten over the
head with huge sticks and kicked un-
til his persecutor becomes too tired to
continue his cruel treatment. How
often an inconsiderate person drives a
horse until the poor animal is drench-
man is merciful to his
ed in sweat, and then ties him to a;
post and leaves him unblanketed in
the cold, while he (the driver) halts
at a tavern to take his moonshine,
toasts his feet and chats with his
neighbors. He then mounts his seat,
and the liquor poured down his throat
seems to circulate in the whip he
wields over the horse. The dumb
beast catches cold and becomes rheu-
matic; but he must make so many
miles and hour or suffer the conse-
quences; he must draw so many bush-
els of produce or endure the penalty
of kicks and blows.
Mr. Bergh stepped to the front to
defend the useful animals that render
us such efficient service. He has
spoken well and written wisely in
their behalf. He secured legislation
to aid him in his praiseworthy endeav-
ors, and in all directions societies have
been organized to prevent cruelty to
the “good creatures of God.”
“A merciful man is merciful to his
beast;” a cruel man is cruel to his
beast; he is a beast himself, and de-
serves the punishment he gives his
horse. We need a Bergh in every
town to protect the rights of the
horse; horses have rights as well as!
men and women. They have a right
to be well fed, well sheltered, well
curried and well cared for in the fur-
row and on the road. They are good
creatures of God, and He created
them to be serviceable to man, not to
be the objects of his neglect and
abuse.
When a man’s horses and cattle
troop about him at the sound of his
voice you may be certain he is a kind,
good-hearted person. You will find
him kind at home, kind abroad, and
everywhere commended for his hospi-
tality. On the other hand, when you
see a man whose horses and cattle and
sheep flee at his presence, you may
rest assured that he is a tyrant to his
family; that he scolds his wife, whips
his children, and quarrels
neighbors. There are no hpocrites in
nature outside the pale of humanity.
The meek-eyed ox, the innocent sheep,
and the noble steed will not hasten to
taste salt in the hands of a merciless
master.
How often do we see boys pelting
cows with sticks and stones, making
the speechless animals atone for the
indolence of their drivers by increas-
ing their speed from the meadow to
the stable. Do these boys ever reflect
that they, probably, owe to the cows
they over-drive and beat, the physic-
al strength that enables them to hurl
the cudgels and stones that urges the
gentle animal to an unnatural gait?
Our new civilization has a heart with
which it feels, as well as a head with
which it thinks, and it begins to open
its eyes to the cruelty to animlas.
Car loads of starved and thirsty
cattle, sheep and swine still point to
the barbarism of a darker age; but
law now demands that the poor, four-
legged prisoners shall be fed and wa-
tered, and the men monsters who dis-
regard this human law do so at their
peril, and, as we advance along the
path of progress and intelligence, the
evasion of this law will become more
and more difficult.
With the age of steam came that
refinement which shrinks at the
thought of speed purchased with the
sweat and blood and life of the spirit-
ed race-horse. The iron horse, with
its lungs of fire, mane of smoke, and
legs of steam, can travel faster than
the swiftest steed, and its speed can
be increased without pain, so that
there is less need now than ever be-
fore of horses with flying feet. Still,
“the whole inferior creation, groan-
ing and travailing together in pain,”
appeals to man and his maker in dumb
eloquence for relief. Even now “the
fear of man and the dread of man is
upon every beast of the earth, and
upon every fowl of the air, and upon
all that moveth upon the earth, for
unto man’s hands are they delivered.”
A wail comes up from the woods
and prairies, from the lakes and riv-
ers and marshes, because of the wan-
ton cruelty of man. Birds and deer
and other game are rapidly disappear-
ing before the wasteful footsteps of
men, whose murderous guns and traps
and nets spare nothing that ministers
to their gluttonous appetites and their
cruel cupidity. Herds of Buffalo are
scattered and slain for the amusement
of some “sport,” who never did a no-
ble act in his life, and who is not en-
titled to such a sacrifice on the altar
of his vanity and ambition. Prairie
chickens are caught in nets and car-
ried off to market, to fill the purse of
some one who does not care on whose
land he trespasses, or whose rights
he invades, so long as he can get the
designed to be distributed to all and
not to be monopolized by the few.
Aside from the unjust and mean and
cruel monopoly of the fowls of the air
and the beasts of the field and the in-
justice which comes of it, there is
creatures themselves. They suffer
fright and pain; many that are not
wantonly killed are separated from
their mates and wounded. Parents
are slain and their offspring starved
to death. See how the poor things
tremble with fear in the presence of
man; hear their cry of pain coming
sound of the gun strikes terror to the
heart of the unoffending bird. The
truant boy, who steals the young
brood from the warm, round nest,
breaks the heart of the mother, and
she proclaims her loss with a pathos
which might move the hardest heart.
Flocks of wild fowl, entangled in nets
spread by men whe care not for
the relations of the mother-birds to
their offspring, flutter and scream in
anguish, and appeal in vain for the
freedom of the unchartered air, which
is their right. The graceful and
beautiful deer, whose innocent face
should be its protection, is pursued
by men who hunt it merely for pas-
time, and wound it and kill it merely
for amusement.
Happily, Legislators gave us bet-
ter game laws. A grateful constitu-
ency of humane men and women will
who" notices even the sparrow which
falls to the ground, will bless you.
Do this work of mercy now; no time
should be lost.
Cruel men can only be restrained by
the force of the law. Away with the
rets that grasp so greedily more than
the prairies. Put an immediate stop
to hunting at times of the year when
the young need the protection of par-
ents. Our advancing civilization calls
for still stricter laws for the protec-
tion of our game. We cannot afford
the wanton waste of life which marks
the age. Cattle and sheep, sent to the
slaughter, are receiving a little pro-
tection; now strike for the welfare of
the innocent inhabitants of the woods
and waters. Nature and Scripture
are on the side of mercy. Interest
and principle join in indignant pro-
test against cruelty to the creatures
of God. America owes to herself the
duty of shielding her friends, the
birds. Our crops will be consumed
with worms and insects if we do not
spare the birds, the police of the air,
that destroy the devouring flies and
bugs and worms so destructive to our
harvests.
In 1861 Mr. Bergh was appointed
secretary of Legation to Russia, by
President Lincoln, and afterwards
Consul to St. Petersburg, remaining
there until 1864, when ill health forc-
ed him to resign his position. Soon
after his return to America, in 1865,
he mapped out the plan for the forma-
tion of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals.
This organization has flourished in
the teeth of savage and hateful hos-
tility, and has been a source of relief
to beasts of burden that were over-
with his |
worked, underfed and cruelly beaten
i by intemperate and heartless men.
Cattle, sheep, swine and other animals
used as food, now have better care
while in transportation. Bergh once
said: “State after State is adopting
our laws and seal, and when I have
succeeded in planting a kindred soci-
ety in every State of the Union, I
may be pardoned for believing that I
have not lived in vain.”
The highest expectations of Mr.
Bergh have been realized. Societies
have sprung up in all quarters, agents
are employed everywhere, and the
strong bit of the law is put in the
jaws of brutal men. It is gratifying
that the press all over the land de-
fends and applauds the noble work of
the society he founded.
When Mr. Bergh began his great
work, there were no laws in the Unit-
ed States for the protection of ani-
mals from assault. Now about forty
States lift the shield of the law for
their protection, and humane socie-
ties are enforcing the law with vigor
and success.
The Society for Prevention of Cru-
elty to children seems to have been
suggested by Mr. Bergh’s society, and
to have grown out of it. When just
and tender sentiments crystalize into
statutes for the benefit of brute crea-
tion, we may be sure that helpless hu-
manity will find shelter under the
charitable wings of an advanced
christian civilization.
When Mr. Bergh seized the cruel
evil of the abuse of speechless brutes
by the throat, at once there came up,
as from the pit of perdition, a chorus
of malicious criticism and misrepre-
market value of the wild fowls God |
positive and wicked cruelty to the |
up through the listening ear. The |
appreciate such a service, and God,
a fair share of the winged game of
sentation from the press and from the
bar, and he had to carry his banner
through storms of ridicule and abuse, ta
invective sarcasm, and persecution;
but he knew that his patent-right of
protection came from Heaven, bearing
the seal of truth and the signature of
mercy. With a patriotic, humane, and
martyr spirit, he stood in the front of
the great moral agency whose influ-
ence of the present day reaches be-
yond geographical limitations. A
man of education and refinement, he
relinquished the ease and luxurious
indulgences which his wealth could
afford, and because the butt of laugh-
ter and scorn, that he might save the
dumb beast from harsh, cowardly, and
brutal cruelty.
He was bullied by coarse lawyers in
courts of justice; he was ignored by
the do-nothings and social tramps, as
a fanatic in pursuit of notoriety; but
he kept on working bravely in the face
of opposition and persecution. Mr.
Bergh was abundantly qualified to
conduct his own cases in court with
marked efficiency. On one occasion,
being called to task for his interfer-
ence in court, he exclaimed: “I stand
here as an humble defender of the
much-injured brute creation. I am
here as an advocate of the people.”
He once said, “Two or three years of
ridicule and abuse have thickened the
epidermis of my sensibilities and I
have acquired the habit of doing
things I think right, regardless of
public clamor.
He began a brave and zealous cru-
sade against cock-fighters, dog-fight-
ers and pigeon slaughterers, when-
ever they pursued their cruel sports
within his reach. He surely rendered
a great service to the community and
‘humanity. In 1874 he rescued two
{ little girls from inhuman women—
this led to the founding of a “Society
‘for Prevention of Cruelty to Chil-
{ dren.”
Louis Bonard, a Frenchman, came
to America many ‘years ago, accumu-
| lated a fortune of $150,000; at death
!he bequeathed the sum total to
Bergh’s society. Wills aggregating
half a million dollars in bequests have
been drawn by philanthropic men in
favor of this grand society. A mon-
i ument should be erected to this grand
man in every State where his organi-
zation exists.
{ CLEAN UP WEEK THIS MONTH.
Clean-up week will be observed
- throughout the State during the third
i week of this month. Requests are be-
!ing sent to the officials of every city,
‘ borough, community and hamlet in the
i State by the officials of the State de-
| partments of health, forest and wa-
| ters and state police to prepare for
| the most intensive clean-up period
i that Pennsylvania has ever witnessed.
The clean-up efforts this year will
i not be confined to the settled portions
‘of the State. In the most remote
towns and hamlets there will be direct
| crusade to eliminate dirt, fire hazards
and conditions that menace the public
health. Especial attention will be de-
' voted to breeding spots for flies. The
avowed aims of the State-wide drive
are announced as health protection,
fire protection and forest protection.
In setting the third week in April
as the clean-up period, the State of-
: ficials explain that they selected that
seven day period because it falls in
the week that housewives throughout
the State generally devote to spring
house-cleaning. April 1, too, has gen-
erally been regarded as moving day
through the State. A later date is
not advisable, it is explained, be-
cause the intent of the drive is to
eliminate the fly breeding spots be-
fore the first spring flies deposit their
eggs.
A program providing for a certain
type of cleanup work on each day of
the week has been formulated by the
State officials in charge of the drive.
Thus, Monday is proclaimed as “street
and alley day” with the work of the
day set forth as cleaning streets, side-
walks, gutters, ditches and sewers.
Tuesday is forestry day. Dead
growths, underbrush and lawns are to
be cleaned that day while it is propos-
ed to have fences repaired, whitewash-
ing done and tree boxes straightened.
Wednesday is fly and mosquito day.
Cesspools, stables, pig pens, chicken
coops stagnant pools and garbage cans
are to receive the attention of the cit-
izen clean-up army on that day.
Thursday is junk day, providing for
the removal of rubbish, junk and
waste. Cellars and attics are to be
visited that day. :
Friday is truck day and it is rec-
ommended that trucks be employed to
haul away the refuse of the four days’
clean-up work. Saturday is “put in
order” day. Everything overlooked
during the preceding five days is to
be finished then.
The appeal to the local authorities
and welfare organizations suggests
that a meeting be called to outline the
work of the week.
“Call a meeting and start the ball
rolling,” the letter reads. “Numbers
of strangers motor through your town
each day. They notice and remark
about it; whether they remember your
town, because it looked so well kept
or whether they can’t forget, because
it was so unsightly, depends upon
you.”
The clean-up drive this year is the
second held under State auspices. One
of the features of the program will be
the broadcasting of “clean-up” talks
each night during the week from sta-
tion WDAK, near Harrisburg. The
week’s radio program will open on
Saturday, April 12th, with Rev. C.
Waldo Cherry, of the Pine Street
Presbyterian church, of Harrisburg,
urging his invisible audience to aid in
cleaning up the State. Preachers
throughout the State will also be
asked to appeal to their parishioners
to aid in the work by means of pulpit
talks on Sunday, April 13th.
No Such Car. :
The teacher was trying to give her
pupils an illustration of the word
“perseverance.”
“What is it,” she asked, “that car-
ries 2a man along rough roads and
smooth roads, up hills and down,
through jungles and swamps and rag-
ing torrents?”
There was a silence, and then Tom-
my, whose father was a motor dealer,
spoke up: “Please, Miss,” he said,
“there ain’t no such car.”—Youth’s
Companion.
"her about the deal.
‘had it fixed up to sell 2 man a loft
yond mortgage on the
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SOME THINGS WORTH KNOWING. |
Q.—What is the population of Mex-
a?
A.—Approximately 15,800,000.
Q.—What was the Stool of Repen-
tance?
A.—The stool so-called was an ele-
vated seat on which persons guilty of
certain offenses stood in Scottish
churches.
Q.—What is the meaning of the |
Latin inscription on the seal of Har-
vard University ? :
A.—“Seal of Harvard Academy in
New England; for Christ and Church;
truth.”
Q.—When was Governor Sulzer of
New York impeached ?
A.—August 13, 1913, and the mat-
ter brought to a vote on October 16,
1913.
Q.—Is there a government leper
colony in the United States?
A.—Yes, at Carryville, La., operat-
ed by the U. S. Public Health Service.
Q.—Is it true that the name of
Mount Rainer has been changed to
Mount Harding ?
A.—No. However, a mountain in
Missoula county, Montana, was on De-
cember 6, 1922, named after the late
President.
Q.—How can linen be told from cot-
ton?
A.—One way is to set fire to one of
the threads. If itis cotton, it will
blaze up, and continue to burn. If
linen, it will smoulder. Another way
is to wet the finger, and place it un-
der the cloth. If the moisture comes
through it is linen.
Q.—Are there any homestead lands
in Alaska?
A.—Yes, there are large areas ot
land in Alaska that can be taken up |
under the homestead laws. Write to
the Commissioner of the General
Land Office, Washington, D. C., for in-
formation.
Q.—What is lampblack ?
A.—A finely divided soot formed by
the incomplete combustion of carbon
compounds, such as heavy oils or pine-
wood. It consists chiefly of carbon
with about 10 per cent. of complex
hydrocarbons, and is mainly used in
the preparation of printing ink.
Q.—What is the size of bacteria?
A.—They range in size from a
sphere less than one micron (11,000
MM, or about 125,000 inch) in diame-
ter to a large spiral form about 40
microns in length. Some 4,000,000,-
000 bacteria of average size could be
packed into a grain of granulated
Q.—When is the best time to plant
peach and plum trees?
A.—The spring of the year is the
time to transplant fruit trees. It is
advisable to do it early in the spring,
giving the trees a start through the
summer. If transplanted in the fall,
one runs the risk of having them die
during the cold weather.
Q.—Which is the largest building in
the world? What is its capacity?
And its size?
A.—The General Motors building in
Detroit. The building has space for
6,000 people. There are 30 acres of
floor space, containing among other
things about 1,600 offices. Four miles
of corridors connect the various sec-
tions of the building.
Q.—What is the British Mons Star?
A.—The Mons Star campaign serv- |
ice bar was given to British soldiers
who served in France from August 1,
1914, to November 23, 1914, without
regard to the particular campaign in
which they were engaged. The Mons |
Star 1914-15 campaign service bar !
was given to the men who served be- |
fore December 381, 1915, without re- |
gard to the campaign in which they |
served. {
Q.—Which is the fastest train in
the world ?
A.—The fastest traveling on a reg-
ular schedule was placed in service in
July last on the Great Western Rail- ;
way, England. The train runs be-
tween Cheltenham and Paddington,
London, a distance of 77:1-2 miles, |
which the time table requires to be
covered in 75 minutes, or a speed of
68.8 miles an hour.
Q.—What is caracul? And Baby
Lamb?
A.—Caracul is the skin of the:
young of a certain species of Persian
sheep. Baby Lamb is the name given !
to the fur obtained from lambs
killed just before the birth of
the lamb, and the lamb is removed
from the mother in order to get the
fur, which is supposed to be finer be-
fore than after birth. It is difficult to
tell one from the other, except that
caraon] is usually not as fine as baby
amb.
Black Prevails.
Black is again supreme. If woman
wants to be fashionable she has to be
in black; in any case her hat must be
black, even if it is worn with another
color. Beige is the second most fa-
vored color. It is often seen combined
with brown. Brown, too, is accepted,
and a little groy. Coats follow the
rules of dresses. However, in order
not to look absolutely as if they were
ready for a funeral women very often
wear on the black background a scarf
or large handkerchief of vivid tones,
which gives a gay note to the ensem-
ble. Rose Descat has a nice choice of
crepe de chine scarfs embroidered in
vivid multi-color designs of Russian
inspiration. She shows also long
scarfs of reps de soi in brown color-
ings embroidered in brilliant silk with
geometric designs in a lighter or
darker tone to match the background.
Big Business.
A real estate man was plainly- wor-
ried, and his wife asked him to tell
It seems that he
building, a marble yard, with dock
privileges; a factory site and a sum-
mer garden and to take in part pay-
ment a block of frame tenements, a
small subdivision, an abandoned !ime
kiln and a farm.
“He assumes a $20,000 mortgage on
the loft building,” explained the rea!
estate man, “and I take over a sec-
subdivision.
Get me?”
“I guess I get you,” responded his
wife. “But what is the hitch about?”
“Well, I want $4 in cash.”—Pitts-
burgh Sun.
———— A pes a
—Get your job work done here.
MIGNONETTE
—
Today you sent me mrignonette;
As if, perchance, I might forget
That winding garden of our play filled
hours
Aflame with ~olor, fragrant with bright
flowers
1 need not even ci~se my eves to see
The hoxwood hedge. or the crepe-myrtl”
tree:
And though I left it many years ago,
Birds hover near the roses still. T know,
And little children stoop to look within
The lily cups, so white and pure an?
thin.
I see that dear old garden bloominfs
vet
In every spicy spray of mignonette:
—Eleanor G. R. Young. in Christia~
Science Monitor.
Doctor Tells How to
Care for Child’s Teeth
We have been taught to believe that
dentists have much to do with good
teeth. The work of the dentist, how-
ever, only begins after the teeth are
here, when they are all formed and in
whatever condition they are developed
in the jaw, which is the result of the
prenatal influence, whether good or
bad, so far as the teeth are concerned,
It has been said that a clean tooth
never decays, but the teeth must be
sound in the beginning to make this
true. Prenatal influences and care are
very necessary, and also as much care
and attention in regard to diet and
hygiene should be given when the child
is from two to five years old.
The sixth year in a child’s life di-
vides the preventive and reparative
care necessary, and the limit should
not be reached before this care is
given. Care in the kindergarten age
is better than when in the first grade
at six years, and the nursery or pre-
school time is better than the kinder.
garten.—Dr. Harold Cross in the Na-
tion’s Health.
Cafeteria Chief's | ded
Halts Drain on Profits
How efficiency can be used to stop
small leaks and increase large profits
was illustrated recently in a downtown
cafeteria where the manager evolved a
3 2: ted way to conserve on toothpicks.
sugar like logs of wood in a wood pile. |
Originally he had a sort of slot ma
, ¢hine to deal out the toothpicks, but
| this brought little good will to his pa-
trons, as most of them would resent
being permitted to take only one. Anx-
fous to keep his trade, he corded the
toothpicks in a large open glass dish.
This made it handy for his customers
to take a pocketful at one grab and
some of them took enough to start the
furnace fire at home, judging from the
way the cafeteria’s stock wus depleted,
Then the manager hit upon the plan
of dumping the toothpicks into the
howl and stirring them up with a large
spocn. This gives the customers the
impression he is liberal, but the tooth-
picks’ tangled condition ‘makes it dif-
ficult to get more than two or three
as the patrons pass in front of the
cashior’'s desk.—New York Sun and
Globe.
Raccoon Washes Food
The raccoon, colloquially callea
“coon,” because of its manner of walk-
ing and other similarities to the bear,
has been nicknamed “the little brother
of the bear.” It is common to the
whole of the United States. It reli-
giously clings to a quaint trait of wash-
ing meat of all kinds before eating it.
When meat is offered the racccon it
must be thoroughly washed or else
eaten under protest, apparently, many
a coon preferring to go hungry rather
than eat flesh which it has not been
allowed to wash. Moreover, the rac-
coon is not willing to let any one else
do the work for it, insisting rather on
being allowed to do it all himself, hold-
ing its food in both forepaws and
sousing it about in the water—no mat-
ter how dirty it is—until it is reduced
to a pallid, flabby, unappetizing mess
which only a coon could look upon
without misgiving.—Detroit News.
IN BIRDLAND.
#1 say, old top, how do I look in a
straw hat!”
Worth the Money
A Los Angeles woman relates tha
during her trip to England she went to
a place where she hired a guide to
show her around. After he had ex-
plained the principal attractions of
the neighborhood she remarked, as she
handed him his fee, “I trust that what
you have told me is absolutely true;
I never feel as though I should pay
for untruths.”
“Well, ma'am,” responded the ald
fellow, scanning the coin, “truth or
untruth, you've had a good shilling’s
worth.”
Evidence of Sincerity
Several people at the house party
warned Bluebelle not to take her new
admirer too seriously. More than one
matron playfully cautioned her not io
jot him turn her head. He was a nice
enough fellow, but too much of a flat-
terer, they all said.
Bluehelle gazed with a baby stare.
“Nevertheless,” murmured the girl
“how can I doubt him?”
“Th?”
“He says 1 nm so beautiful.”
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| SMULLTON.
| Most flittings are now over and
| everybody cosily housed for another
! year.
| L. E. Meeker and Sherman Lutz
| were business callers at the Keystone
i printing house, last Saturday.
| Harry Bowersox will leave for
: Woodward this week to assist John H.
| Brindle in his farm work this summer.
Saturday night an electrical storm
passed over this section and it was
quite a freak for this time of the year.
{ Very little rain accompanied the
storm.
! J. V. Brungart and J. H. Showers
expect to give special attention to
. the raising of chickens this summer.
i Mr. Brungart has already a fine lot of
young chicks.
| Amos Fehl has improved his home
by re-roofing his house. Mr. Fehl
takes pride in having his buildings in
g repair, and has the assistance of
his good wife in the work.
i Mrs. L. S. Bierly is at present hous-
ed up with rheumatism. We are sor-
ry that her first week in our midst
should have to be spent in this way,
and hope for her speedy recovery.
Our item of last week in reference
to the “night sneak” was relished by
some of the good thinking people of
this town, who know that such things
are going on here We do not want
to dwell too much on this but if those
who are guilty of this kind of conduct
would read from the 4th page and the
3rd column of the Bellefonte Repub-
lican of last week they will find what
kind of medicine is given such per-
sons.
Herbert H. Stover will erect coal
sheds at Coburn this spring and in-
stall a coal conveyor, thus doing away
with the tiresome work of shoveling.
His lumber is sawed and practically
all his material is ready, and as soon
as weather for building will permit
he will start. His many customers
whom he accommodated during the
coal shortage of two winters ago have
not forgotten him and his orders for
coal are daily received.
We are living in a great age; an age
of inventions and discoveries. If
those who have slept 'neath the clods
of the earth for fifty years and more
could come back to this old world
they would find things quite different.
Everything has changed. They would
not be at home here. We have thous-
ands of what are called modern inven-
tions; we have electrical apparatuses
of all kinds; the speed wagon; the
aeroplane, and what not. There is
one thing that has never been invent-
ed, and thanks to the good Lord for
that, for it has never been tried, as it
is the nature of carnal man to hide
from it; that is a machine that can be
turned upon man and show his inner
nature. The Lord invented this ma-
chine, when in His word he says, “by
their fruits ye shall know them.” Can
a man be judged by another; not ex-
actly, but he judges himself by the
way he moves in this world. For in-
stance, if he does not speak to his
neighbor, if he tries to spoil work for
another, if he throws insulting re-
marks about some other perscn pub-
licly on the streets, when ia fact no
harm has been done him; when he
fights with another man’s children be-
cause he does not like their parents;
when he tries to keep other peopie
from going to places he does not go,
these are some of the things thot
show up the nature of a man in {h»
light of the Divine word. There were
times when such things as these did
not exist but they are too prevalent
today. No wonder John Bunyen,
when he wrote “Pilgrim’s Progress”
likened the human heart as being {''-
ed with all kinds of wild and deceit-
ful animals.
BOALSBURG.
Miss Martha Houtz, of Pittsburgh,
is spending some time at the home of
her parents.
Charles Segner returned home
Thursday from a five day’s visit in
Washington, D. C
Mrs. Lester Brouse entertained her
mother, Mrs. William Rockey, of Tus-
seyville, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Clement G. Dale, of
Pleasant Gap, spent Thursday at the
home of Austin Dale.
| Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reitz and P. B.
Lonebarger and daughter visited
friends in Williamsport on Sunday.
I Miss Abyss, Cyrus Wagner, William
Gettig and John Hess, of Altoona,
, were week-end visitors in town.
| Prof. Lewis Lenhart and wife, of
: Beech Creek, visited at the home of
| Mrs. Jennie Fortney, on Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Korman, of Oak
i Hall, enjoyed a few day’s visit at the
| Home of her grandfather, D. M. Sny-
er.
{ Mrs. J. H. Ross, of Linden Hall, vis-
. ited from Saturday until Tuesday with
| her daughter, Mrs. George Mothers-
baugh.
Foster M. Charles, our enterprising
plumber, is arranging for some de-
cided improvements to his home on
west Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brooks and
daughter Evelyn, of Spring Mills,
| spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Meyer.
A number of Knights of Malta went
to Altoona on Saturday to attend a
special Malta meeting, returning ear-
ly Sunday morning.
Mrs. E. H. Meyer, of Newark, N. J.,
arrived in town on Sunday evening to
assist in caring for her mother, Mrs.
William Meyer, who was suddenly
taken ill on Friday.
Evening services will be held in the
Lutheran church, Thursday and Fri-
day, at 7:30, the week preceding
Palm Sunday. Communion services
on Palm Sunday at 10:30 a. m.
Mr. and Mrs. George Rowe and
daughter Daisy, and Ralph Rishel,
motored to Williamsport on Sunday
for a day’s visit with the former's
daughter, Mrs. Harry Kuhn and fam-
ily.
Two handsome evergreen trees were
planted beside the fountain on the
public square, on Friday. The pro-
ject originated with the Civic club.
A number of the townsmen went to
Petersburg for the trees and the pu-
pils of the schools assisted in the
planting.