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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.
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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.
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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
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Wanted Merchandise. .
Ready-to-Wear Department
Luxurious winter coats. Phenomenal
values in one of the most attractive
showings of winter styles we have
ever offered.
Charming Dresses
Particularly interesting are those of
the new cloths. Others in Poiret
Twill, Bengaline and Faille, deftly
trimmed with bands, piping and
bright colored buttons.
Sweaters
For men, ladies and children in all the
new colorings and styles at prices that
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