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"Bellefonte, Pa., June 19, 1925.
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Political Announcements.
FOR JUDGE OF THE COURTS OF
CENTRE COUNTY.
I am a candidate for President Judge of
the Court of Common Pleas, subject to the
decision of the Democratic voters at the
primaries, Tuesday, September 15th.
Should I be nominated and elected, T
will bring to the office an experience in the
trial of causes and in the general prac-
tice of law in our local and appellate
courts, of more than thirty-three years;
and an administration conducted with
fidelity, economy and to the best of my
ability.
Your support and influence in my behalf
will be much appreciated.
NEWTON B. SPANGLER.
I hereby announce my candidacy for
Judge ‘of the Courts of Centre county, sub-
ject to the decision of the Democratic
voters as expressed at the primary election
to be held Tuesday, September 15th, 1925.
‘In the event of my nomination, and finally
my election in November, all of my time,
energy. and eflorts will be devoted to
BERVICE and the best interests of those
who may have business before the Courts
of our county; and I now, without reser-
vation, solemnly pledge a courteous,
prompt, honest, economic and eflicient ad-
ministration.
Your vote, influence and friendly sup-
port is most earnestly and respectfully so-
licited.
W. HARRISON WALKER.
As a candidate I respectfully announce:
That if it be the plesaure of the Demo-
cratic women and men voters of our coun-
iy to nominate me for the office of Judge
of our Courts at the September 15, 1925,
primaries, I shall appreciate it highly.
And if it be the will of our voters to
elect me to said office at the general elec-
tion, I shall consider it as a call of duty to
serve all of our citizens in a practical, im-
partial, just and economic manner without
fear or favor; and shall maintain our laws
by example, as well as by precept, govern-
ed by no uncertain principles which our
sincerely patriotic citizen demand from
all public officials.
I sincerely trust that I may have YOUR
bearty co-operation.
J. KENNEDY JOHNSTON,
FOR JURY COMMISSIONER.
We are authorized to announce that
James C. Condo, of Gregg township, is a
candidate for nomination for Jury Com-
missioner on the Democratic ticket, sub-
Ject to the primaries of the party to be
held Tuesday, September 15th.
Mr. Condo will appreciate your support
and assures faithful and honorable service
shoul he be nominated and elected to that
office. .
Pete DePaclo Won Altoona Auto
Classic on Saturday.
That veteran driver, Tommy Milton,
had the prize for Altoona’s big au-
to classic, on Saturday, within his
grasp for almost a day, and might
have received it had it not been for a
protest filed by Frank Elliott. At the
finish of the race the starter announc-
ed Milton as the winner; DePaolo sec-
ond and Elliott third. The latter pro-
tested on the ground that he was not
given credit for one round of the big
bowl. A check-up on Sunday reveal-
ed the fact that the No. 1 scorer had
checked one round to Milton which
should have gone to Elliott, and thus
the mistake was made. The corrected
score showed that DePaolo won the
race with Elliott second and Milton
third.
Many Centre countians were among
the large crowd that saw the race and
while there were a number of mis-
haps no fatal nor very serious acci-
dents occurred.
was $25,000 and it was divided as fol-
lows:
PePacjo ............... ve £9.000
BIOL. coi Ls ai 5,500
MIlten iil a a an, 3,000
Farle 0 ria 2,000
Corum-Duray (split)............ 1,500
Kreiss’, iC, Ln 1.060
MeDonogh ........... 00800 900
BeVore s..0v:. cova vuiidiivenn 800
Hepharn, LL aa i, 7
Br QimmsieY 0. 600
i Farmers” Field Day.
Following close upon the annual
commencement Farmers’ Field day
will be celebrated at State College
today. The program includes tests
and demonstrations of seeds and farm
crops of hay and the various grains,
electric light and power demonstra-
tions, dairy science, stock judging,
etc. A special program has also been
arranged for the women who may be !
in attendance, the latter to include a
play by local talent entitled, “Mother
Sees Light.” An afternoon tea will
also be served to all visiting women at
the home economic extension depart-
ment.
——Walter Clark, the western pen-
itentiary prisoner who killed a depu-
ty sheriff of Allegheny county, at
Huntingdon last July while being
transferred from the penitentiary to
the Fairview insane asylum, was con-
victed of second degree murder at
Pittsburgh last week and promptly
given a penitentiary sentence of from
ten to twenty years to begin at the
expiration of his present term in 1929.
It will be recalled that just as the
train pulled into the Huntingdon sta-
tion Clark threw red pepper in the
deputy’s eyes, then grabbed his gun,
shot him and jumped from the train.
He was caught the same day.
The purse hung up !
i McCLURE.—Mrs. Theressa Ianda
McClure, wife of James I. McClure,
| passed away at her home in Bellefonte
‘on Sunday night following an illness
hat dates back about two months.
! At that time she suffered an attack of
the grip. She undertook to resume
i her household duties before entirely
‘ recovered, suffered a relapse, with the
| result that her heart became affected
and her death followed. °
She was a daughter of Samuel and
Sarah McCloskey Hall and was born
at Beech Creek a little over seventy-
six years ago. Her girlhood life was
spent in that place but after her mar-
riage to Mr. McClure forty-seven
years ago she came to Bellefonte as a
bride and this had been her home ever
since. She was a member of the
Methodist church and a good, chris-
tian woman. In addition to her hus-
band she is survived by four sons,
Charles McClure, of Wayne; J.
Harvey, of Aurora, Ill.; Samuel and
Lawrence, of Bellefonte. She also
leaves one brother and one sister,
Alvan Hall, of Cape Charles, Va., and
Mrs. Sarah Mobley, of Wilkinsburg.
Rev. Homer C. Knox, of the Metho-
dist church, had charge of the funeral
services which were held at two
o’clock on Wednesday afternoon,
burial being made in the Union ceme-
tery.
iq i
BREON.—John Henry Breon died
at his heme near Centre Hall, at 2:30
o'clock on Wednesday morning, fol-
lowing about a year’s illness as the re-
sult of a stroke of paralysis. He was
seventy-four years old and a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry George Breon,
deceased. He followed farming the
greater part of his life and was a res-
ident of Benner township many years
prior to his retirement. He was a
member of the Methodist church and
a good citizen in every way. Surviv-
ing him are his wife and the following
children:
Mrs. J. W. Benner, of Bellefonte;
William Irvin, residence unknown;
Mrs. J. Cloyd Brooks, Centre Halil;
George D., of Reading; Mrs. John
of St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs. Lynn Platt,
of State College, and Mrs. Marion
Keyser, of Cuyahoga, Ohio. A
Funeral services will be held at his
late home at two o'clock tormorrow
(Saturday) afternoon by Rev. Hassen,
of the Methodist church, and burial
will be made in the Centre Hall cem-
etery. :
1 1!
STOVER.—Mrs. Rachel R. Stover,
widow of the late Noah Stover, of
Haines township, Centre county, died
at the home of her son Charles, in
Altoona, on Sunday morning, aged 85
years. Her husband has been dead
for some years but surviving her are
two sons and one daughter, Charles
H. Stover, of Altoona; Harold C., of
Millheim, and Mrs. Harry Rohm, of
Lancaster county. Mrs. Stover was a
member of the Lutheran church all
her life. The remains were taken to
Wolf’s Store where funeral services
were held in Wolf’s chapel on Wed-
nesday afternoon, burial being made
in the cemetery adjoining the chapel.
Bellefonte Team Wins Two More
Games.
The “Afaletics,” of Philadelphia,
| have nothing on the Bellefonte base-
(ball team of the Centre County
| league. They won both games played
| the past week and were also awarded
i the contested game played with State
{ College on June 6th, which gives them
la clean score to date. Of course the
| season is quite young and there is
! plenty of opportunity for any or all
of the other teams to overtake the
home hitters.
| Last Thursday Bellefonte defeated
| Millheim by the score of 2 to 0, which
lin itself is evidence that there are
{ some good ball players on the Penns-
| valley team and the day will come
: when they will have to be reckoned
i with. The same day Hecla Park de-
' feated State College 7 to 2. Last Sat-
| urday Millheim won from Hecla 8 to
:2 and on Tuesday evening Bellefonte
played its postponed game with State,
; winning by the narrow margin of 2
10.1,’
| Tonforrow Bellefonte will play at
- Millheim and Hecla at State College,
;and next Thursday’s games will be
| Hecla at Bellefonte and State College
‘at Millheim. Following is the stand-
ing of the clubs to date:
Ww... 1 P.C.
: Bellefonte - - 6 0 1000
{anhely - - -73 3 500
| Heela Park - - 2 4 333
1 5
| State College - -
Dr. Pattee to Edit American Classics.
{| Dr. Fred Lewis Pattee, professor of
| American literature at the Pennsyl-
{ vania State College, has been asked
to edit the first of a series of early
American classics which are to be
reprinted by a well known publishing
house. It is felt that there is a
great demand for up-to-date editions
of the older and outstanding works
tof early American writers, and Dr.
Pattee will start the series with the
editing of Charles Brockden Brown’s
“Wieland.” This book was published
Nin a number of editions, the last one
appearing in 1887.
——=Sunday will be the longest day
of the year but notwithstanding the
long evenings the Scenic continues to
be the popular place in Bellefonte in
which to pass them. Of course Belle-
fonte people don’t need to be told
about the quality of pictures shown at
the Scenic, because they know them
to be the best that can be secured.
And manager T. Clayton Brown will
continue to give the best entertain-
| ment of any place in Bellefonte.
Brooks, of Barberton, Ohio; Edgar S.,
More by Way of Suggestion to Creditors of the
Centre’ County Bank.
The suggestion made by the “Watchman” last week concerning
the creditors of the Centre County bank has evidently met with favor.
As to how generally, we have no means of knowing as at the time it
was made there was no person or place suggested as to where or
whom the creditors might reveal their reactions to the plan.
Enough, however, have called
at this office to convince us that all
that is needed is a leader to carry the plan we presented, or, some other
one, to successful completion. Within the week some of the creditors
representing thousands of dollars
in the aggregate of deposits have
come in to discuss further the “Watchman’s” suggestions that they
reorganize the bank. All of them expressed their willingness to go in.
Several expressed so much faith in the hopefulness of the plan as to.
volunteer to not only leave all of their present credits in the reorgan-
ized bank, but to put additional money, besides, into it should the op-
portunity present.
We gleaned from their talk, however, that the thing that is
needed most is some one to organize or head the movement temporari-
ly. As no such person has come forward the “Watchman” offers to go
this far by way of helping them get together.
All creditors are invited to call or write this office expressing their
feeling in the matter. We will keep a list of those favoring the plan
and should enough appear to give reasonable encouragement we will
then notify all of them of a time and place of meeting where they can
get together for a general discussion and final decision as to whether
they will undertake it.
The plan suggested by the “Watchman” last week was only one
of several very practical ones that
might 'be'offgred. | We had intended
to present it in more concrete form today, as well ‘as outline one ‘of the
others that would prove more expeditious, but lack of space precludes
publication in this issue.
Meanwhile any who are interested might indicate their attitude
so that a working group can be secured at once. None of the plans we
have in mind will be affected by the new legal processes that were start-
ed yesterday or affect them. In fact
if they were worked out at once any
one of them would bring about a condition that might be very helpful
and certainly without any prejudice to the best interests of the
creditors.
NEW LEGAL ACTION BROUGHT YESTERDAY.
Yesterday morning a bill in equity was filed in the Comman Pleas
Court of Centre County. It is in the nature of a petition of Mary C.
Harris and George H. Shugert, administrator of the estate of John M.
Shugert, deceased, plaintiffs, and
makes Geo. R. Meek, Florence F.
Dale, Andrew C. Breese, and John Blanchard and Sarah C. Brown
executors of the estate of Lavinia C. Harris, deceased, defendants, in
a motion to dissolve the partnership known as the Centre County
Banking Company and praying that a receiver be appointed to take
charge of said firm and its books, property and business.
The defendants are given thirty days in which to answer the
prayer and as the service was executed only yesterday morning no in-
dication of what attitude they will take is to be had at this writing.
Shooting Affray Near Philipsburg.
Jack and Leo Dougherty, aged 10
and 9 years respectively, sons of Mr.
and Mrs. John Dougherty, of Chester Bellefonte Kiwanis club, has been
Hill, near Philipsburg, were peppered
with bird shot, last Saturday after-
noon, by J. R. Straw, principal of the
Chester Hill schools, because the lat-
ter believed the boys in the act of in-
vading his strawberry patch forgthe
purpose of stealing his berries.
Mr. Straw, it appears, has gone to
considerable trouble and put in a great
deal of hard labor on cultivating a
nice patch of strawberries. Since the
fruit has begun to ripen boys have
been invading his premises and steal-
ing the berries.
cided to do a little watching and se-
curing his shot gun loaded it with fine
bird shot, then secreted himself some
distance from the patch. In due
course of time he saw two boys skirt-
ing his premises and when they got in
close proximity to the patch he fired.
Fortunately he was some seventy
or eighty yards distant, and while a
number of shot hit both boys they did
not penetrate any vital spot. A phy-
sician extracted ten shot from one of
the boys and five or six from the oth-
er. Straw was arrested and inasmuch
as the shooting occurred just over the
line in Clearfield county he gave hail
for his appearance before the court in
that county. In justice to the boys it
can be said that they were not guilty
of any intent to pilfer Mr. Straw’s
i strawberries, but were on their way to
a store when the shooting occurred.
Centre County Boys to Judge Steck.
County agent R. C. Blaney is at
State College this week attending the
young farmer’s week and the farmer’s
field day today. The following boys
will represent Centre county in the
stock judging contests.
Dairy Cattle:
Rebersburg; Walter Johnson,
College; John Decker, Nittany.
General Livestock: Harold Calla-
han, Boalsburg; Eugene Burkholder,
Centre Hall; Harold Albright, Penna.
Furnace.
Poultry: Kenneth Thomas, State
College; John Kline, Boalsburg;
Gervine Schaeffer, Centre Hall.
The swine judging team. will be
State
made up of boys from the Spring
Mills Vocational school.
The young farmer’s week has been
an annual affair at the College for the
past five years. Each year boys and
girls who are members of the 4H
clubs, and students in vocational high
schools, flock to the College campus
for this program of education, recrea-
tion and inspiration. This year 400
are in attendance. Many of these rep-
resent their counties in the various
judging teams. Farmer’s field day is
also an annual event. It is a day for
the whole family, programs being pro-
vided for the farmers, wives and chil-
dren.
Katherine Bullock, the young-
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest
Bullock, was hostess Tuesday night at
a party given at Edgefonte, the sum-
mer home of the Garman family. For-
ty of the school set were Katherine's
guests, who were taken to Axe Mann
in automobiles.
On Saturday he de-'
Preston Zeigler, !
| 2ohn B. Payne Gees to St. Paul as
! : Kiwanis Delegate.
i Jo'n B. Payne, secretary of the
"elected delegate to the 9th annual con-
vention of Kiwanis International
which: convenes at St. Paul, Minneso-
ta, on Monday, June 22nd, at the big
municipal auditorium.
% He will to the: cenventi - i rom 4
phe will carty te the conventionases- L502 Jick re a Bio pI
sions the banner of representation of
the Bellefonte club, and will be but
one of five thousand Kiwanians from
the United States and Canada who
will take part in the annual business
of the continent-wide service organ-
ization and also the entertainment
features that have been prepared. He
will vote in the election for the Inter-
j national president of Kiwanis for
‘1926 and help determine the conven-
tion city for next year.
One of the entertainment features
is to be a mid-summer ice carnival, to
| be held in a large especially built are-
na. Hockey games and other ice
| sports by champions of the northwest
i will be a novel treat for the visitors.
The annual reception and president's
ball, to be held this year in honor of
i Victor M. Johnson, of Rockford, Ill,
International president, is scheduled
the second night of the convention at
the city’s coliseum.
State College club will meet with
the Bellefonte club at the Brockerhoff
house on Monday, June 22nd, at 7:30
p- m. This will be the occasion of join-
ing in with 1885 Kiwanis clubs in the
United States and Canada to observe
the opening session of the convention
held at St. Paul. These meetings
throughout Canada and the United
States are to be observed for the uni-
fied consciousness of devotion to the
ideals and objectives of Kiwanis.
94,000 Kiwanians on the continent will
assemble at the “zero” hour to take
part in the “fellowship moment of si-
lence.” President Victor M. Johnson’s
keynote speech will be broadcast from
: station WCCO.
John W. Harper, only son of
Mrs. Mary Harper, of Bellefonte, had
2 narrow escape in an automobile ac-
i cident at his home in Schenectady, N.
Y., last Wednesday. With his little
daughter Elizabeth he had motored
down town to do some shopping and
was on his way home when his car
was hit broadside by a trolley car.
The force of the impact knocked open
the door of the automobile and little
Elizabeth was thrown out, clear of the
wreck, and the only injury she sus-
tained was a contused ear. Mr. Har-
per was thrown against the steering
wheel with such force that he was
rendered unconscious and did not re-
gain complete consciousness until the
following day. His principal injury
was on the breast, caused by the im-
pact against the steering wheel and
while considerable concern was felt
the first few days in regard to his in-
juries he is now getting along all
right. His car was completely wreck-
ed.
——The regular Wednesday even-
ing summer concerts by the I. O. O. F.
band, of Bellefonte, will begin on the
evening of ‘June 24th, weather per-
mitting. They will be held in the park
between the court house and the jail.
.
CHRISTMAS ‘IN CHINA.
How the Chinese Celebrate the Sacred
Holiday. j
Chengtu, China, Dec. 25, *24.
Dear Home Folks:
—
It doesn’t seem much like Christmas
to us out here. Some how or other
the spirit of Christmas seems to be
lacking, at least so it seems to me.
Perhaps the big reason is because our
loved ones are so far away from us.
The Chinese make much more of
Christmas in the church than we do
at home. The celebrations begin the
day before Christmas and continue
until the day after. Yesterday the
kindergarten department of the
schools gave their entertainment. Bill
and I went and it certainly was inter-
esting to see and hear the little tots
perform. There are forty some little
kiddies in this department and their
teacher, Miss Rachel Pen, is a marvel.
She is from here in Szechwan but
went down river for her training. She
is a second generation Christian and
is one of the few Chinese who I
think really understands the Christian
religion and why the missionaries are
in China. She never had bound feet,
and one day this fall when she and
some of the W. F. M. S. girls were ,
walking down one of the streets which
was being repaired «nd was very hard
to walk on, she made this remark: “I
thank the Lord every day of my life
that I have big feet.” Of course her
feet are tiny compared with our mam-
moth ones, but her meaning was that
she didn’t. have bound.feet.
AN of-*Miss "Pen’s kiddies just love
her and I wig¢h*you could sée them in
school. She has one room set apart
where there are little basins and tow-
els for them to wash their hands. In
the same room are little cupboards
where they keep their school shoes,
for they are not allowed to wear their
street shoes into the school room. The
whole plan of her work compares very
favorably with such a department at’
home and she certainly gets results.
I do wish you could all have attended
the entertainment with me yesterday.
Tonight in the church there is an
entertainment for church members
and any who are fortunate enough to
have tickets. We secured tickets for
all of our servants and got our own
supper so that they could go and get
good seats. We didn’t want to go for
the entertainments of that kind are
more or less tiresome and we felt we
could make better use of our time if
we stayed home and wrote Christmas
letters to you home folks.
We had our dinner today across the |
street with the W. F, M. S. ladies.
They invited us to have Christmas din-
ner with them and I consented to go '
on condition that they let me furnish
the plum pudding, so I had the cook
prepare one. There were fifteen of
us sat down at the table at one time,
quite a crowd. We had a very good
dinner but lacked the Christmas tur-
key and cranberry sauce.
Bill and I received some very fine
presents. Your box hasn’t arrived
yet, nor has Anna’s, “so we'll have
another Christmas after while. The
Norths’ package came through with
the McCurdeys: of our mission, who
re just back from a futlough. ‘We
and quite a bit of fruit from some
Chinese friends. Some of the fruit
we sent back, for it is quite good form
here to send back a part of what is
sent to you.
The night before Christmas all cf
the folks from this end of town, be-
tween twenty and thirty of us, were
invited over to the Starretts for a
Christmas eve party. We had, first
of all, a delicious lap supper, and then
there was the distributing of gifts
from the Christmas tree by Santa
Claus. All of the grown folks got
crazy presents with some crazy poet-
ry attached. My gift was a small pot
of baked beans. I like baked beans
very well but seldom have them ke-
cause Bill can’t eat them, so every
chance I get I go across the street and
eat them there, so the girls across the
street gave this small pot of beans to
me. Bill got a Chinese toy, a funny
man’s face with a moveable mustache.
The Chinese really make some very
clever toys.
Daddy asks if we have honey out
here. We did get a little honey when
we were at the mountains this sum-
mer and Bill thinks it is quite good,
but it is not like our home honey. I'm
quite sure if you are able to send him
any, he will appreciate it very much.
Of course, we will soon be back at
Chungking and parcels won’t have to
come so far and will reach us sooner
there than they do here. Very often
parcels are held up for months at
Chungking before they are started on
their way to Chengtu.
Well, I must quit and get to bed.
Bill and I have been sleeping late
these mornings and not having break-
fast until eight and after, but tomor-
row morning he is to leave the house
at 7:30 to keep a teaching appoint-
ment, so we will have to get up at our
usual 6:30. I hate to get out so early
these cold mornings. We haven't
been having any fire in our bedrooms
this winter and it is quite chilly to
dress in a cold room. Of course, it
doesn’t get nearly so cold here as it
does at home, but it is a damp chilli-
ness that is more penetrating and dis-
agreeable. I will be glad when win-
ter is over.
A happy New Year to you all.
Mrs. W. R. NORTH.
——Quite a number of Centre
countians attended the Norris family
reunion held at Lakemont park, Al-
toona, last Friday, among them being
Mr. and Mrs. William Rishell and
daughter, of Lemont; Robert Bran-
nen, wife and daughter; Mr. and Mrs.
William Kennedy and son and Mr. and
Mrs. William Alexander and family,
of State College, and Mr. and Mrs.
Norris Martz and daughter, of Linden
all. They are all descendants of
Wiliam Norris, in his day one of the
largest iron ore operators in Centre
and adjoining counties.
——Billy and Rosanna Brachbill,
the two children. of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Brachbill, were both surgical
patients at the Centre County hospital
this week.
y= Campanella.
Written for:the “Watchman,” =
| Through the smoke and lightnings
‘and thunders of three centuries a
hand reaches into the present—from
Italy—and I grasp it with the ferven-
cy born of spiritual fellowship. It is
the hand of Tommaso Campanella
(1568-1639), a philosopher and Do-
minican monk. He had vision of bet-
ter things and had the courage to pub-
lish and proclaim them, with the re-
sult that he suffered the customary
persecutions of his time.
At the age of 23 he published at
Naples “Philosophy Demonstrated by
the Senses,” which excited against
him the partisans of Aristotle. And
he wrote an “Apology for Galileo,”
for which, and other heresies, polit-
ical as well as religious, he was in
1599 confined for 26 years in a dun-
geon at Naples and while there was
several times tortured by the rack,
but confessed nothing. Twenty-six
years—think of it! Yet he managed
while in prison to write various philo-
sophical works, prominent of which
was “Civitas Solis” (The City of the
Sun—the idea of a philosophic repub-
lic). The “Civitas Solis” enjoyed
considerable popularity and has been
often reprinted and translated into
several languages.
In 1626, through tke mediation of
the French court and of Pope Urban
VIII, he was liberated from prison
and removed to Rome where he was
well treated. After about eight years
at Rome he went to France, where he °
| was kindly received by.Richelieu and
pensioned.' by, the King. “He "died “in
Parisdn1639:7 .- 2
The dominant idea in his philoso-
phy was that there is a sensibility in
all created beings, including plants
and minerals. When developing this
id=a his lively imagination sometimes
rose to flights of impressive eloquence
—*“the book where the Eternal Sense
wrote his own thoughts.”
Campanella appeals to me through
especially two things: His defense of
Galileo and one of his sonnets, “The
: People.” In this sonnet he discloses
| his democratic feelings and also rec-
‘ ognizes the sad fact that the common
people are with the greatest difficul-
, ty made to realize and exert their own
! power—a difficulty which, it seems to
, me, is not as great now as it was in
his time.
The following faithful translation -
is by John Addington Symonds:
THE PEOPLE.
; The People is a beast of muddy brain
That knows not its own force and there-
fore stands :
i Loaded with wood and stone; the power-
less hands
Of a mere child guide it with a bit and
| rein.
One kick would be enough to break the
chain;
But the beast fears, and what the child de-
mands,
. It dees, nor its own terror understands.
Confused and stupefied by bugbears vain.
Most wonderful!
ties <
And gags itself; gives itself death and
war
. For pence doled out by kings from its own
store. )
Its own are all things between ‘earth and
heaven ;
But this it knows not,
arise
To tell this truth, it kills him unforgiven.
PLINTHOURGOS.
es eb
Circus Day Draws Near;
Grow Restless.
With its own hands it
and should one
Kiddies
With only one more day remaining
before the appearance of the: Walter
L. Main shows considerable interest
is being manifested, not only by the
younger generation, but by some of
the older “boys.” The Walter L. Main
: show, now on its 46th annual tour, is
i looked upon as a national institution.
| Year after year the big show comes
for its annual visit. Each season sees
an improvement, until finally it is be-
i lieved the limit has been reached. Yet
| the Walter L. Main shows, which come
| to Bellefonte tomorrow always afford
a new and novel entertainment. It is
true the old time features remain. Yet
‘novelties and European thrills are
; added each year as fast as they are
' discovered.
! Among the features are the flying
Jordans, the peerless Potters, gym-
nasts; the Nanking troupe of Chinese
equilibrists; the Maxwell trio, acro-
bats; Arthur Borella, the highest sal-
aried clown in America; the Florence
family of riders; the DeLong Sisters,
acrobats and nearly 100 other stars
and features of Continental Europe
and Great America.
Organized nearly half a century ago
by Walter L. Main, the show is still
under the active direction and man-
agement of this famous American
showman. Two special trains trans-
port the big show from city to city.
Neary 700 men, women and horses are
carried; the menagerie is one of the
largest ever to be exhibited in this
section of the State. The equipment
and paraphernalia is valued at $750,
000. Ten acres of ground is utilizec
to house the transient city. - i
The street parade will be seen at
noon on show day. There will be two
performances, at 2 and 8 p. m., the
doors opening an hour earlier.
reese pe eens.
Commencement at Reformatory.
The annual commencement exercis-
es and exhibit of Industrial. depart-
ments at the Pennsylvania Industrial
Reformatory, Huntingdon, Pa., will lc
held at that institution-on Thursday,
June 25, at 2 p. m. and 7:30 p. m.,, and
to which tte public is cordially invit-
ed.
eee fp eee.
——Tomorrow will be show day in
Bellefonte, when the Walter L. Main
circus will be the attraction. The
show will come to Bellefonte from
Philipsburg and because of this fact
! will probably not reach here before
six o'clock. It will unload at the de-
pot and transfer to the Witmer field,
on east Bishop street, where it can be
seen tomorrow afternoon and evening.
A big street parade will be given be-
fore the show, probably about eleven
o’clock.