eee ————————————————————— Bellefonte, Pa., October 17, 1924. Yis English Admirers Annoyed Bret Harte It is sald that Bret Harte used to be- tome weary to exasperation at the foolish admirers who could not sepa- rate him from his characters, and who sisted on confounding their experi- ences and predilections with his own. . ‘Since he wrote of pioneer mining camps in the early days of the gold fever, his characters were often heroic only in part; indeed, they were quite a8 often rogues as heroes. As he obviously could not be identified with the roughest types among them, the favorite notion seemed to be that he was, or had been, a gentleman gambler, says the Kansas City Star. With that idea in mind, a young Eng- lishman once tried hard to get Harte to describe and explain poker, which 1¢ referred to as “your American game.” Harte conveniently misunder- stood him, : ; “So you say ‘great game’ over here?” he inquired amiably. “In the States, now, we call it ‘big game'— grizzlies, catamounts, buffalo and big horns, don’t you know. But we don’t chase them with pokers. No, 00. They're abundant, but they don't often come into the houses, really. It's usually necessary to go outside with R gun.'” At another time he learned tha: R certain noted hostess, whose invita- tion to dine he had just accepted, had been concerned whether it were true he was a reformed gambler. “Not reformed,” said Harte, wearily. “Tell her that I am beyond reforma- tion. Teh her that I was my own model for the gambler, Oakhurst, and that the scene of his suicide is pure autobiography.” Americans Accorded Honors by Britain The first native American to be «nighted by an English monarch was Sir William Pepperell, who was born in Kittery, Maine, June 27, 1696. His father was a Welshman who came to New England as an apprentice to a fisherman. The son became a mer- chant and amassed a large fortune. As a military leader he took part in several conflicts with the Indians and attained much distinction. For thir- ty-two years he was a member of the royal council of Massachusetts, and as chief justice of common pleas he won eminence as a jurist. Since Pepperell’s time many Amer icans have achieved knighthood and higher British honors, Lord Astor and Lord Shaughnessy, the former a na- tive of New York and the latter of Milwaukee, being -among the more prominent latter-day examples, Iguana Fearsome Beast A monster iguana has recently been added to the attractions at the Lon- don (England) zoological gardens. When the weather is warm and fine this strange beast is allowed out into the open. With its spiny breast, which turns blue with excitement, the creature looks so terrifying that spec- tators are not likely to ignore the mo- tice warning them that “The animal is very dangerous. Do not touch.” This is fortunate, for, apart from in- flicting a severe wound with its claws or muscular tall, the iguana has such massive jaws, set with needle-like teeth, that it could almost bite through the hand, Wearing a collar, the iguana is tethered to a stake, where it can get the sun. Despite its fresh-air treatment, the iguana has lost its appetite, so it is being forcibly fed by the attendants Honesty A man who wanted to know what the percentage of crooks is in the world sent a hundred one-dollar bills to as many persons, together with a letter explaining that they had been overcharged to that extent. Nobody had been overcharged, of course, be- cause there had been no business re- lationship between the sender of the letters and their recipients. Sixty- three of the hundred returned the money—thirty-two women and thirty- one men. Of five letters sent to bar- keepers, only one returned the cash. Thirty-seven of the one hundred per- sons silently pleaded guilty to being dishonest.—Hearst International Maga- zine, Seraglio’s Location Fixed The ancient palace of the sultans of Turkey at Constantinople is called the seraglio, the Kansas City Times in- forms wus. It is beautifully situated on the site of ancient Byzantium, and incloses within its walls an area of nine square miles, irregularly covered with baths, mosques, kiosks, gardens and cypress groves. The chief build- ing is the harem, ted as a resi- dence for the wives of the sultan. The outer court of the seraglio is free to all, and is entered by the sublime porte. The new palace of the sultan of Turkey is on the Bosphorus, oppo- site Scutari. Turned Quarry Into Lake A heavy blast fired In the Pextang stone quarries, one of the largest workings in central Pennsylvania, turned the quarry into a lake over- night. The charge blew a hole in the bottom ¢ the rock and struck a spring, which in 24 hours made a lake ap- proximately 400 feet long, 100 feet in width and from five to seventy feet hn depth, R, W. Stone, assistant state geologist, expressed the opinion that the lagoon is permanent. Saved Time by Taking Three Meals at Once My mother, writes a subscriber to the Youth’s Companion, told us chil- dren many times over of an incident that once happened in grandfather's home when she was a girl of sixteen. A good-for-nothing, shiftless old fel- low by the name of Joe Minnick was in debt to grandfather, and in order tc get what was coming to him and also to help Joe out grandfather en- gaged him to cut some wood in the timber section about a miic from the home place. Old Joe lived only a mile farther on from grandfather's, but, as it was customary for a day laborer to have his meals included in his wages, he walked over to grandfather's for breakfast. The family had already finished the morning meal and my mother was clearing the dishes away when the old man came in. Mother promptly pre- pared the extra meal, and, since it was a mile to the timber, she put up a sub- stantial noonday lunch. After Joe had finished his breakfast he said to mother, “Susan, if you will put the dinner on the table, I will eat it now, for I don’t like cold victuals.” Mother did so, and when he had eaten he turned to her and said: “Now, Susan, if you will get my sup- per for me, I will eat it here and now, end then I won’t have to walk all this way back before going home.” Mother immediately cooked old Joe's supper and spread it before him. He ate with avidity, and after this third meal he turned to grandfather and said: “Isaac, I never work after eating my supper. Good evening.” And away the shiftless old fellow went! Nor di? grandfather ever collect the debt. Pawnbroker Has Long Been Known as “Uncle” Authorities differ as to the origin of “uncle” as applied to pawnbrokers. Some say “uncle” in this sense is a pun on the Latin word “uncus,” a hook. Before spouts were adopted pawnbrokers used hooks to lift arti- cles pawned. “Gone to the uncus,” say these authorities, was soon cor- rupted into “gone to my uncle’s,” the pronoun “my” being supplied for the sake of euphony, according to the De- troit News. This theory receives some slight confirmation in the fact that a pawnbroker’s shop is also some- times called a “spout.” This is be- cause a spout is usually used to lift the articles pawned. But there seems to be a more plaus- fble theory as to the origin of “uncle” as applied to pawnbrokers. People in- stinctively try to conceal the fact that they have pawned an article. It is natural for such persons to pretend that money thus obtained is from a rich uncle. Game Birds In a certain hotel on Broadway three men who, from their conversa- tion, were evidently fond of sports, were, after exhausting golf, tennis, ete, with the first course, now debat- Ing as to which kind of game was the best. A large, impressive individual of the professional type stoutly de- clared that nothing could he com- pared to the pheasant, while his com- panion was vainly trying to impress upon his mind that partridge was the best. Then the other one, more en- thusiastic than the rest, decisively an- nounced that quail had no equal, and to prove his point asked the colored waiter to settle the argument. “Well, suh,” came the unexpectea answer, “for mah part, I would rathah have an American eagle served on a silvah dollah.” — Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati). The Test The loftiest test of friendship—un derstood as companionship—is the power to do without it. And in this world of external confusions and sep- arations, there is often such need. We do not yield the friendship, but must forego the companionship. Then comes the proof of our capacity for sacrifice, our loyalty, to the highest of all. We turn our faces from each other, but never our hearts, and walk our opposite ways. Gradually the heavens widen and deepen above us; we find ourselves breathing new, yet strangely familiar atmespheres, sweet with the breath of the old affection; we see ourselves—each sees the other —met once more in a Presence which has never forsaken us.—Lucy Larcom. Little Known About Atom No ene has ever seen an atom al though scientific records of today are filled with researcl. information, all of which has been gleaned from study- ing the performances of groups of atoms. No microscope has ever been invented powerful enough to make an atom or even u large molecule, which is a group of associated atoms, visible, and there is little hope in this direc- tion because the modern microscope, according to those who should know, is about as near perfect as it may be expected to become. ps That’s Where They Live A man went into a telephone booth and started what proved to be a pro- tracted conversation. He had left the door ajar. A line composed of men waiting their turn formed outside. Now and then they could hear the chap in the booth murmur, “Yes, my angel.” A drummer joined the line just ia ¢ime to hear an emphatic, “Yes, my angel.” “Hello,” said the drummer, “cen. tral's given somebody heaven.”"—Pitts- burgh Chronicle-Telegraph. RR ah oA Expression Actually Invitation to Death The origin of some common expres- sions Is always interesting, and wheth- er the following is authentic or not Is an open question. When in ancient days the weaving industry of Hali- fax, England, was a cottage craft—a farmer's family working on clumsy handlooms—the “pieces” used to be spread out on the hillside, and were therefore peculiarly liable to theft. Particular crimes led to particular remedies, and a custom, which had the authority of a local law, grew up, that anyone convicted of stealing cloth to the then value of 13 pence halfpenny was liable to immediate exe- cution, a drastic law which naturally safeguarded the cloth industry. Punishment was carried out, not by hanging, but by a sort of guillotine, ‘This was the Halifax gibbet law, the name of which is preserved by a still standing street {n the town, while the actual knife of the gibbet may be seen In the old manor rolls office at Wake field. Halifax thus acquired a repu- tation among thieves and vagabonds as the last town in England desir- able to visit. And to tell anyone to 80 to Halifax is equivalent to bidding him to “Go hang!"—Chicago Journal Genius of Philology Given Stern Justice Curious pleas have sometimes been put forward in support of the reprieve of notorious criminals. One of the strangest was that on behalf of George Ruloff, an American school teacher, who was convicted in 1870 of a series of robberies and murders, his own wife and daughter being among the victims. For cold-blooded cruelty his record would be hard te beat, but Ruloff had his other side. He was an ardent philologist, and had been engaged for years on the in- vention of a universal language. No one could attempt to palliate his crimes, but a widely signed petition was presented to the governor of Vir- ginia for his reprieve on the ground that as his invention, if completed, would be of the utmost benefit to man- kind it would be criminal folly to ex- tinguish such a light of learning. The governor thought otherwise and Ruloft was duly hanged. By No Means A farmer had ‘a dispute with hia don. For some months they quarreled until, at last, wishing to settle mat- ters one way or the other, the farmer issued a summons against the young man, “Your name is Hezekiah Perkins, is it not?” inquired the son’s counsel. “It Is sir,” replied the farmer in dignified tones. “You have brought 4gainst your son?” “lI have, sir.” “And do I understand you to say chat you have ignored your son for the past month?” “What?” asked the old man, some «hat puzzled. “Have you ignored your son for th. past month?” “Oh, no,” said the old man, shakin, nis head. “I have had nothing what- ever to do with him.” this action Nothing Snobbish About Hin. Two literary lights, one from Har ¢ard, the other from Yale—that's as far as we care to go—were having a jolly little talk when something cropped up which caused the Yale man to remark: “The trouble with you Harvard mer. 18 you are inclined to be a little snob- bish.” : “That is not 80,” replied his com panion. “Why, when I rowed on the crew, I knew every man in the boat except three down in the stern.”’— Orton Tewson in the New York Eve- ning Post. Acres of Flowers Each year there are acres of flow ers, roses, lilies, violets and others, raised in France and southern Italy to supply the world’s increasing de- mand for perfumes. The process of extraction of the oils exuded by the flowers is quite lengthy and millions of freshly picked blossoms are re- quired to make the supply equal the demand. Large distilleries have re- cently been built in southern Italy for the extraction of valuable oils from citrous fruit rind which yields es- Sences used in the making of per fumes. Ancient Ban Lifted A notice dated London, 1695, read. “Several persons of quality were af- fronted by persons who rode in hack- ney carriages, wearing masks, etc. Complaint thereof being made to the lord justices, an order was made that no hackney carriage be permitted to go into sald Hyde Park.” That ban, which extended more than 229 years, has been lifted and taxicabs are now allowed to use the roads in Hyde park for getting to and from other parts of London. Unnecessary Deaths It 1s estimated that 85,000,000 peo ple die throughout the world annual- ly, and that 70,000,000 are sick. Im the United States there are about 1,- 500,00 deaths a year. Sanitary scl ence Las demonstrated that at least one-quarier of these deaths could be postponed, and that 40 per cent of the sickness could be averted. The lead- a united effort to raise the standard | of sanitation and to stamp out dis | anasy ing nations of the world are making! Glass F. lowers Close Imitation of Nature Marvelous artificial blooms that re- semble nature's finest specimens in every respect except scent, are now be- ing made by expert glassblowers. Every part of the flower or plant is faithfully reproduced, from the long, delicate stems and colored petals to the almost invisible pollen. The first thing which the maker of these wonderful blooms does is to blow the petals from glass as thin and fragile as tissue paper. The glass petals are then shaped and colored exactly like the natural ones. Some of the rarer plants cannot be easily reproduced, and often several experiments have to be carried out with different colors before a really good imitation is obtained. These glass flowers are used exten sively in museums, both to show de- tails of plant or flower formation and as backgrounds for displaying spec) wen: of birds and beasts. Antiquity and Whiskers Tradition says that Adam wore a full beard. That is quite a natural supposition since that was before the time of razor advertisements. Beau- tifully executed bas reliefs have left no doubt that the early Persian kings cultivated whiskers. In fact, for fur- ther adornment they plaited them with golden thread. The Winged Bulls of Assyria are but types of those kings. The Chinese are a shaven people; the Egyptians were the same. But the Mohammedans are bearded, and Saladin’s son, Turkish historians tell us, wept for fear when he saw the shaven envoys of the Crusaders. The world is, and always has been, divided into shavers and bearded. The greatest benefactor of barbers in the world’s history was Alexander. He, who shaved himself to preserve his youth, shaved his army to prevent the enemy seizing their beards. Venetian Glass Venice has long'led the world in the manufacture of beautiful glassware. Glass works were early established in that city and the taking of Constanti- nople in 1204 gave the Venetians the opportunity of acquiring additional knowledge of the art. During the Fourteenth century beads, false stones, and imitations of jewels, rath- er than cups and the like, seem to have been the chief productions of the Venice workman. Venetian glass is usually of extreme thinness, being nearly always blown, and there is an endless variety to be found in the shapes and in the application of color. Glass-blowing, like throwing clay on the potter's wheel, induces beautiful curved forms and strength of substance. Names of Irish Towns The following are the names of some townlands in Castleisland dis- trict, with English meanings: Ahane- boy, “Little Yellow Ford.” Anglore, “Noisy Ford.” Ballynaboul, “Town of the Holes.” Bawnaskehy, “Lea Field of the White Thorn.” Bawnaluskahs, “Bawn of the Burning.” Beheenagh, “Birch Tree District.” Caheragh, “Chieftaincy.” Cahereen, “Little Man- sion.” Canguilla, “Hill of the Gallaun (Standing Stone).” Coolavanny, “The Field of the Milk.” Coolnageragh, “The Field of the Sheep.” Crag, “The Rock.” Dooneen, Little Fort.” Dro- multon, “Wethers' Ridge.” Fahaduft, “Black Field.” Facranabrack, “Land of the Trout Streams.” The Cot Dollar The “cob dollar” was a Spanish dol- tar which at one time had wide circula- tion in the United States. In 1778, when the articles of confederation were adopted, the cob or Spanish dol- lar was used in practically all business transactions throughout the colonies. Owing to its convenience it was adopt- ed with glight change as our standard dollar. Even the dollar sign originated on these cob dollars coined in Spain and her American colonies. The smaller Spanish coins representing fractions of the cob dollar were called “cob money.” “I keep six honest, men; (They taught me All I Knew): Their names are WHAT and WHY and WHEN, and HOW and WHERE and WHO" KIPLING WHAT was the Declaration of London? WHY does the date for Easter vary? WHEN was the great pyramid of Cheops built ? . HOW can you distinguish a malarial mosquito ? WHERE is Canberra? Zeebrugge? ‘WHO was the Millboy of the Slashes ? Are these “six men” serving you too? Give them an opportuni y placing | WibsTiRs in your home, school, office, £ club, library. This“Supreme © Authority” in all GQEEEE knowledge offers service, N immediate, constant, lasting, trust- worthy. Answers all kinds of ques. tions. 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