Bellefonte, Pa., May 15, 1925. mmm THE PASSING YEARS. They're passing away, these sweet, sweet years, Like a leaf on the current cast; With never a break in the rapid flow, We watch them as one by one they go Into the beautiful past. As light as the beautiful thistle down, As fond as a lover's dream, As pure as the flush in the sea-shell’'s throat, As sweet as the wood-bird’s wooing note, So tender and sweet they seem. One after the other we see them pass Down the dim-lighted stair; We hear the sound of their steady tread In the steps of centuries long since dead, As beautiful and as fair. There are only a few years yet to love; Shall we waste them in idle strife? Shall we trample under our ruthless feet These beautiful blossoms rare and sweet, By the dusty byways of life? There are only a few swift years. Oh; let No envious taunts be heard; Make life's fair pattern of rare design, And fill up the measure with love's sweet wine But never an angry word. —New York Dispatch. PLEASANT GAP PHILOSOPHY. By Levi A. Miller. It is your own fault if dogs and tramps come to see you the second time. It is not what others think, but what others think of you, that fixes your value. The commercial world is so organ- ized, operated and controlled by col- lective interests that individual suec- cess is almost impossible. The real philosopher is the man who doesn’t care how much his wife's clothes cost. There was a woman once who could kep a secret, but she never got any to keep. A man who cannot keep a contract; a woman who cannot keep her word when she has given it to her little chil- dren; the churchman who lacks the courage to carry out his professions when he has ceased to worship and has begun to work; the politician who dare not be unpopular to save his con- science; all the vast army of well meaning and weak-willed men and women who are making life harder for themselves and those about them, need the spur of conscience disciplined in the ways of duty. And for the most of us who have work to do in the world, whether it is small or great, the supreme need of the hour is the duty of being true to ourselves and facing without weakness the obligations of the task that has been given us to do. He that maketh haste to gain knowledge, like the man in the rapid pursuit of wealth, will fall into many snares. If you try to please everybody you will please nobody. Live out your own idea of things and you will find people either smart enough or fool enough to agree with you. Self-love is in. alliance with the principle which endears home, kin- dred and native land to every human heart, and ‘the love of a child for his home, parents, brothers and sisters should find its counterpart in the love of the man for his country and illus- trious countrymen. We can usually tell the character of a man by his conversation. An inces- sant talker is a bore; an embarrassed and silent guest is a source of discom- fort, and his departure is hailed with delight; a witty man or woman is a pleasure; an egotist, who endeavors to monopolize the evening is worse than a criminal. The genial men and wom- en are benefactors and philanthropists and deserve praise and reward. Be a good listener, and when you do say anything be sure you know what you are talking about; do not interrupt a conversation, nor correct the mistakes of another. Select topics for conver- sation you think will interest; people like to have others interested in their personal affairs, if the latter can be touched upon in any way that their pride is flattered. In conversation with women, let thm lead and choose topics for discussion, and in this con- nection men should remember that la- dies care for something else than ever- lasting “small talk.” As it is called current topics, in the way of theatre, opera, the society news of the place, and the doings of mutual friends are safe enough provided gossip is not in- dulged in. Never argue with others; do not become absent minded when at a social gathering; be not too liberal with compliments when with ladies, and above all do not speak badly of any one. Poverty is a child of civilization, and the higher civilization rises the more dense poverty becomes. It is a result of natural causes, is in perfect harmony with the great system of the universe and, therefore, right. This is a shocking doctrine, but domestic economists enumerate it and philoso- phers say amen. They tell us that man was made to live on the products of the earth. Animal and vegetable foods were provided in abundance for all who are willing to go forth and gather them. Aboriginal man knew not poverty. There were fruits and roots, and flesh and fish and fowl in almost prodigal abundance, and he had the means at hand for applying them to his wants. Mother Earth has never yet failed to provide for those who re- main with her. Hot winds may scorch a large area; frosts may gather a crop too early, or a pest may consume the product of the soil; distemper may annihilate the cattle from the hills and flocks from the valleys for leagues around; yet there is a limit to all these, and beyond this limit there is plenty for all. A good Providence comes to the rescue. If parents are courteous toward their children, the latter will always be courteous in return. There is no bet- ter way to. train a child in courtesy than to observe toward it the most scrupulous politeness, and a child whose own conversation is respected can be easily taught to respect the conversation of others, and to know when to talk and when to be silent. The habit of listening, inculcated in childhood, will do much toward form- ing agreeable members of society in after years.. A guest should converse with a child for a moment, but it should not make itself tiresome by en- gaging his or her entire attention. Neither should strangers be allowed, under any circumstances, at home or abroad, to tease a child. Its angry answers may be amusing, but it works irreparable injury to the child. Chil- dren are apt to be troublesome when they talk too much. Never reprove a child in the presence of strangers. To do this injures its feeling of self re- spect, and is an annoyance to the vis- itor also. While it frequently hap- pens that a word of timely admoni- tion is necessary, reproof should be left until alone with the child. Do not allow children to be cruel in their treatment of animals, as it renders them brutal in disposition. It is said of Abraham Lincoln that he would not take a case in which his client was not clearly in the right. He felt that to defend a guilty person was to fly in the face of justice, if not to become a participant in the crime. In his estimation all knowledge of guilt is guilty knowledge. Others who have attained greatness in the professions, and whose opinions had, and yet have weight with judges and juries, and are held in high esteem by honest, intelligent people had similar notions. There are so many grades of lawyers, both in point of ability and character, that there need be no diffi- culty in finding one for any kind of job that will insure a fee. Notwith- standing the very general impression that lawyers, as a class, are rascals, the public has great respect for the cloth, and in spite of the fact that it is almost universally considered a very unforiunate thing to fall into the clutches of one of thm, they are ea- gerly sought when occasion may de- mand. To the average mind the law is a darkly mysterious thing and the lawyer is its oracle. It might be that Le would not be trusted very far in a horse trade, but in a matter of law his integrity is not questioned. To their credit be it said, it is a rare thing to hear of 2 lawyer acting dishonestly with his client. Geographically, Pleasant Gap is quite fortunate; the recent destructive storms happily passed us by; we had not a single mishap to report; all here continues serene, in view of which fact we were unmolested. Our sympathies go with the sufferers, however; we, fortunately, are not in a position to be required to ask favors. Fully half of our gardens are plant- ed, but vegetation lies dormant; the ground continues too cool to promote advancement; we are awaiting a warm breeze. Education is not the amassing of truths, but it is the deep realization of truth, and hence around the great forehead of Daniel Webster all the shouts of liberty in all the ages of the past should be great music in the up- per air. Education is the power to think, the power to act. What we need is not information alone, but awakening—something that will move the sluggish blood in our hearts and make us truly alive. Evrybody should read the novel where woman decorates the great truths of life; but where the’ novel is the simple history of love nobody. Alright A vegetable aperient, adds tone and vigor to the digestive and eliminative system, improves the appe- ' tite, relieves Sick Headache and Bil- iousness, corrects Constipation. Ss Chips off the Old Block NR JUNIORS~—Little NRs One-third the regular dose. 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This last remnant of the cedar forests so often referred to in the Old Testament was visited by the English botanist Hooker in 1860. He found about 375 trees growing in nine groups. Five of the oldest trees measured 30 feet or over around the girth. Hooker estimated them to be about 2500 years old. Some of the head of Kedisha valley near the an-! younger trees were estimated at 100 years. It is reported that even these survivals of antiquity were destroyed during the great war. In ancient days the white gum which oozes from the trunks and branches of these ce- dars was used for embalming. mr A Frank—I hear you received a letter from your brother? : Sam—7Yes I did. Frank—Did it contain anything im- | portant? Som—Darned if I know, I didn’t open it. It said on the outside of the envelope—Please return in five days —so I sent the blamed thing back. CHICHESTER SPILLS sit Roky pos brett Pills fn Hed and Gold metallic = boxes, sealed ye Rites, ifs Oicd TERY with Take ne other. Ask for! 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