VOL. LXXVII. CENTRE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR. 148th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers. By 1. P. Meyer, Sergeant Co. A., Regime nt, BP. V. {To be Continued |} I. THE PRISONER'S 8 148th V "ORY, CHAPTER “Homes and ‘Lodges sick-leave, and for those not yet under, (A by 1 for men on or just out of the care of the ment, or who had left “Feeding Stations’ WwWern- their for been Regiments, } tier for the wives and mothers of sol visit I) their ek who had cone to wounded, were established. On every flag-of-truce boat were placed clothing, medicines, ete, for the prisoners who had been returned. With bouad! mercy they cared for all while living, and gave Christian burial, and ed graves of the dead. million dollars in money aud supplies Imark- sions during the war, We return to our now getting dark, and days ration, consisting ofa t ounce loaf of wheat Ls pound and a half of boiled mes: three big onions and a quart of I ate the louf o It was narrative, we received wenty Ire shout slrong, hot coffee. f bread, all for =a p the quart of hot coffee, the remaiving onion bread and ate that. gry. a loaf of bread, but they said I kill myself eating, and they give me any ; but er quart of coffee, ar had eaten a whole days ration and ecg i I+ han- I 1 went to the enok-hou was sti Rg wouid dared not } ii I FAVE [De anot 1 I drack that still hungry ; I was making up fo time. It was now night, down board bunk ) 8 IK on a blanket around me to sleep ; but so full I eould not endare lying Bo I got up and by the light of a sj candle I Then I walked the frozen wning., I had lowance for twenty-four wrote a few letters he £1 grou tLe TOY side Li me i ir mE HOUrs or I) Y10re per and would get no 1 i I went over to ing. it and stole a loaf of bread, breakfast on coffee ; I bad nothing for dinn that and two supper I had my twenty-four lowauce of bread, : $ heat, Next morning OLIOLs, coffee, as before. vothiog toeat, SB I Barkdoll and James Fisha ’ MI done, persuaded co ryland soldiers to go went down to the city, { Aunapolis ties, Here they w ter veasels and sorting o what the; OUT eagerness to gan to crack notiein they Lime or helped us along we had a Then we bege aud pepper, al a and went Up a ravine to cool our a vrackers ly Here some had there were lots of array around on the ground: all we needed, started af troops CAI pre it we gathered ire, | soon al i 8 18» fsoup, | had our three gallon kettle full « or rather, oyster mush ful fire, we had the oyster mess I ever helped to eat, there was none left over. A * By that cheer big 4 a iw est and %1 and | All the pris- oners who were well, and as resource | ful, ate just as much as we did. Io a few days many began to sicken, in consequence of this dog-like gorge-| Pa- put | ing. We were moved to role, ou short rations, and strictly “Camp "two miles from town, sud ¥ guarded : | we thought they were starviug us, One day I slipped the guard and walked down through the eatup, and in passing the open window of the Head Quarter Cook House, 1 saw a platter heaped up with nicely “done brown" Codfish balls. I said to the cook : give me a few of those. He set the platter on the window and said help yourself ; ‘I ate them all. were not very large, but there were about fifty of them. I went to my quarters and lay down ou wy bed. Dr, Lincoln scon after made bis rounds, He bailed me in his usual pleasant way : hello, my boy, how are you to- day ? I feel fairly good, I said : some- what tight "under the belt.” He ex- amined me, and said that he was puz- zled in my case ; he could vot under- stand why I should be so bloated : 1 said I had the same trouble down in “College Green Barracks.” He sald he would call again during the day ; toward evening be called again and pronounced me better. 1 said I did not feel near so much bloated. A lit. tle later I was given a furlough home for a few weeks, and on my return I found that the National and Confeder- ate governments bad agreed on ex- chaoge, which included all the squad paroled with me, This released us of our Parole obligations, and we ceased to be prisoners, Most of my compen fons had already started for the frout, Ou May 26th the balance of our ’ They NO. 8, WHAT WAR IS, Despatches from the scene of con- flict tell with the terrible pitilessness of truth what war is. The graphic ac- count printed of the destruction of the | Russian warship Variag described it as Gen. Sherman characterized all war as “agiving hell’”’”., A Russian lieuten- ant said: was blood, blood, severed limbs and “There blood everywhere, torn bodies.” There is no light and to war. pleasing side It may be a display of patri- otic zeal and bravery on behalf of high principles, but war itself is sombre and Le I'he the brush of Vercshiehagin never threw rrible, words of Tolstoy nor too strong a light upon its malign and dreadful front. War is the spectacle of men striving » slay each other, erushing flesh and t blades ; burniog, starving, freez- drowning the enemy any method Cunning devices have EB ir the ending of great ships, freighted with the led, go to the bottom. This is Av, La the conflict of Japan and Russia thousands Al- ready the has afforded sepulchre st {ee ATC die miserably. shot and shell have elaim- ed their quivering tithe, ito many. a Hastening fallen vie- icy blasts and their corpses This is the | to the sacrifice, mien have {tims in the lie War. And at rig stark on rigid Baikal. I'he Hague there is a silent ed the Czar, for the rbitration of dis- tu Oy national -— > — rney made a significant in u, in which the wioffice d 01 Ou speech he delivered hh 1 Washingto fre boodlers that the Machen Hid Re gi oiler purpose “There is in the is somebody in this **a skeleton in eds protection; tM i (res ttin KO ¥ 3 not 10 tnaster Gener. en given wide. y 4 up the cases to OLA, OWes DUAL TRAINING, J. M. Stiffler, Freeport, 111, ] The tendency of modern education. many it includes and concludes every- ial methods is to attach more impor- | thing that pertains to the formalities tance to the practical—to the establish- | of the school room. (m nt ofa more harmonious relation | the vestibule and step on to the stage | between mind and body. The capaci- | of active practical life where they en- ty to earn and contribute is increased | counter the {in proportion to the degree that edu-| where they cational training These pass from stern logic of events; are brought face to is made practical. | with the real the The theorist may theorize, It is theory | where the command is given and to contribute something to exist- ing conditions, But these should properly equipped to battle with the world. It is practical knowledge and practical training they y face and serious, and | | i i to act i educed to practical purposes that the ! it | busy producers of the world are asking be | for and must have. The young aspirant who starts out iife cram full f in of theory and has require, given no thought £ : 0 the practical, js only partially equipped to do battle in the world, A diploma of merit, from some great ingtitution of learning, stimulates in We still remain under the the breast of its proud possessor a sen ge ban of “work or starve’ and until this of contemplative delight, and well it should, for it stands for large quanti- ties of the “mid-night oil”—for much of life But after stooping to receive their hot ors, never muke any further effort. They simply recline their equipment, ud are finally lost sight of entirely in the busy world. Many too, of these, find themselves poorly equij is lifted we must by tain our self respect We where we may radiate all means main- in- io and face the evitable work ! should strive and energy. bow gain a position as much, al least, as we absorb and build up as much as The human drone contributes nothing and we destroy. on The human parasite feeds on life-blood of other and The Ameri- can citizen would vote no premium on We meritorious in the humble and life, honors, is au object tor contempt. he is loathsome, L ale ! : amid the active business life, tically tostand up turmoil and struggle of i a leisure class, nherit no titles of . To bank entirely on a diploma, © honor, bat conduct, even ' eh po ' entirely on the lavish dispensations of UsClUre Lious : 3 ja ire stations in |... 1 dul to stand alone ul father will often land in- All to to be self supporting is crowned witli 01 highest 3 : 1. our higuest bankruptey. must learn » » re Educational methods are changi : =. i ; nangi be independent, and may then I'hey are constantly becomin effectual ; are better i . : : se #alety bank on earning capacity, fitted to existing : ous than as the in the We have and give more conditi Ww Environment very often gives sha The Limes Case : “ws ] 4 . 4 ™ ti tf past. more of the practics] 80d color to haracter, ints I gent man, who has made if aiid attention dy I man. practi iaougut rf 7 § {a « up of i f P* Physical culture to the building mind and b tual because reducing theory to BOON Bizes together al up nr of d out fi # y ~ t 1 f ual training are accompaniment which he finds himself, and, as mental training. help rou ter of course, readily adapts himself to his om Y and gi 14 nvironment We are for # Pp pine 3 training It is sometimes with pride a certain enjoyment it inted iividual is p He is od Lor should rest on broad she by % A y to h ported a strong frame reads ii Bie ever muscles 18 be # BRIgUIDen I that aw bere is much included in the seho and weight or college course y BL present, power of discrim- might, with safety, Le eliminated y of far as it pertains 1 the | common sense are sll ac pa cticable and of ug ale it iB eOn LEO wg} sr wes b and the impra rn, reared He Ineasured bo deve J bo building the ACK ? The on Ly 1 =i Cag earn, y Xteen } inspires and is & lead a debt as long ss % are not dis first time they | wit. Ifsunybody | untry demands i wh ia WO is shield. Bly LOCALS of near Ceotre Hill, re Alte at § } ona, and city. tds FLEE 0 not frozen are Mi are the lucky § £3 Ww past (3. the Bush- two f a good, first. or fixtures about all on J. A. Reesmuan. 1 Wanted : Men or women local re p- bh class magszine, Emission Lash prizes, J. N Trainer, 80 East Washiog- on Bqusie, New York, N. Y. H resenintives fora bh 4 , Nathaniel of Old pi wed on the Ree Mr. Zeigler and will re- 1 Lisere daring the next year, Mrs, Nancy and son John Benner, who for several months had been in Puiladelphia, arrived in Cen- tre Hall last week. In the spring they will move to the Benner farm, east of town. Zeigler, east iii the Henney farm, 183 i lenner G Bruce Goodhart, of White, Bouth Dakota, writes a note to the Orange- ville (Illinois) Courier, in which he says up to February 1st they had a mild winter, but after that time that section experienced a regular Dakota blizzard, Timeliness is only half the problem in good magezine making. The real achievement is to have the subject of the moment treated by the man who knows most aboui it. In the Febru. ary number of Everybydy’s Magazine there is a character sketoh of the Mus. envite autocrat by Arnold White, the well-known English publicist, who is one of the few men outside the Empire familiar with the conditions actually prevailing in Russian court circles, Continued from first column, squad, myself included, also started for the front, at Petersburg, Virginia, Now the “Prisoner's Story” is fin- ished. The object throughout this en. tire narrative, was to accurately and minutely set forth the conditions as they existed, in all the varied phases of prison life ou Belle Island; and to locate, in a measure, the responsibility fo: these long continued miserable conditions, is but the prepar- a wade” and opin. period in school life, but to the jons are practical “MOTHER GOON SPEAKERS POR CONFERENCE This Extravaganzs will Appear at Che Program fo syivanisa Methodists Arranged r Central nut Street Uprra Honese Philadelphia &. & transfer their The t Kiaw mighty Erlanger gra I nual session of the Central Penvsyiva hie thirty-sixth ar spe] fie New York, Hou igs beauty pole f er from Theatre, New 3 Nireel Goose’ nia Conference of the Methodist Epis- to «© B M the pal church H Hart ft biom was complet of the Fifth Str urch, Harrisburg, where » t Opera Monday, Feb for three weeks only uA stereotyped express we store ‘ 11, Wie ference week be 4 Ths % 12 tis Cot niotable event int ing 3 Drisd niens theatrical stance “Mother (House, whic of the Drury Lane Th spectacles, i« universally b+ the most tion and the umph known thestrical in each attractions © | be held in it is Justifys 5 | B»y the fact ¥ to o'clock, ang Bishop hin, N¢ ii vil presided is the greates Mo! abe, London to resentine over eatre L8H eoncedad : te will In suniversary ex evenings ercises, at which sddresses will be mands by Rev. Dr. J. M. Berry, of Chicago, # 5 cr Mere WEE colossal = { greatest spectacular tri- $ It A : of the edit Dr. W. L. MeDowell. of New secretary of the Rev, W, * History to 1 i ie worl awe-inspiring ¥ grander of ils more gorgeousness in scenic embellish. ita Af) magnitude, and joard of three acts contains one P. Thirkield, of Cincinnati ments afd superb costumes than any ple's Temple, Boston ; Rev, Dr. A. B. Leooard, of New York, secretary of the Missionary Rev. Dr. "James M. King, of Philadelphia, and Rev, Dr. Leroy Bolt, president of Ads University, Ada, Ohio. Rev. Dr. Joseph Smith, of Redlands, Cal, will bold a pentecostal service each day during the conference from 4tod P. M. — * Florida, production of its class ever seen in the United States, One of the greatest effects ever seen in theatrical entertainments is the flight of the premiere of the famous Aerial Ballet, “The Grilolatti's,” when at the end of the second act, after the most gorgeous stage spectacle ever con- ceived, a beautiful young woman makes a flight from the center of the stage over the heads of the audience seventy-five feet, cireling like a bird to the gallery rail and back again to the center of the stage, all the while scat. tering roses and carnations below. The =ale of seats began Tuesday. ai A Nociety : The last Jacksonville tour of the sea- via the Pennsylvania Railroad leaves New York, Philadelphia, and Washington by special train March 1. Excursion tickets, including railway transportation, Pullman sccommoda-~ tions (one berth), and meals en route while traveling on the special train, will be sold at the following rates New York, $50.00 ; Buffalo, $54 25 : Rochester, $54 00 ; Elmira, $51.45 ; Erie $54 85 ; Williamsport, $50 00 ; Wilkes- barre, $5035; and at proportionate rates froma other points. Tickets will be good for return passage ou the reg- ular traios until May 81. For tickets, itineraries, and full in. formation apply to ticket agents, or |On World's Fair at St, Louis, The Louisiana Purchase Exposition will open at Bt. Louis April 80, and will be in perfect condition on that date, The Pennsylvania Railroad Jompany will run the Hirst low-rate e¢nach excursion from the East to the World's Fair on May 10, sffording resi- dents of the eustern section an oppor- tunity toseethe great Exposition in sll the glory of its prestine freshness, | Tickets will be sold from all principal stations on the Pennsylvania Rail road Bystem. The fare from New address Geo, W, Boyd, General Pas. York will be $20 ; from Philadelphia, | senger Agent, Broad Street Mtation, $18 50, with proportionate rates, ap- Philadelphia, proximating one cent per mile, from rt AA ot i sss, other poluots, These tickets will be Seed Potatoes, good going only on special conch trains | Rural New York seed potatoes oan to be run on May 10. and returning in be purchased from 8. W. Smith, Cen- coaches at regular trains leaving St. tre Hall. Either home-grown or New Louls not later than May 10. York seed can be bad. The letter will I A | be sold only In lots of one bund; Rev. M. L. Mudge, of Phoenixville, | Yin Wits of ane vundred aud was installed pastor of the first Prox” 5 -five poutids. Cash inet nssom. . Contluuedint fous of next column, O ARE IT ’ AN EDIT iN. Horie the to Get His Story Wire. Gn i i i : byierinn church, Lewistown, | Baa y ode. The Bora} Now Jou is Subsisxt on Scorplons, gitire $45 Aid 1 ar » end of its in the HOMous, it it goes in search ele sut it is comparatis wns, while mice ir quickness the word ] many gen- scorpion oar- nu he meets it Hifted abdomen, takes ngle bite and pro- meal of his helpless i to be the only an- SCorpions, arned the rive lis wii 1 Loins 435" hs Off ti i at to make it is al that rv —————— A A———— AON § 7 ' ila Earache, » harmless and infallible cure eliected by making a 1 of stiff paper and saturat- a ball of cotton the size of a hick nut with ehloroform and dropping it into the funnel; place the small end of the fans the ear, draw a long breath and blow the breath into the Large end of the funnel. The fumes ef the chloroform are thas carried into the ear, and ali pain ceases at once. Made Him Ashamed. The Chicago man had been talking boastfally. after the manner of his epocies. but the New York man took him down several pegs very neatly by obwrrving: “My dear sir, do you know that Chi- cag time iv actually one hour slower thai New York time” As for the Chilengo man, he was cov cred with confusion and presently stole PAY Nar: Set. Un a Differcut Footing. “A man dat’s pot a fast hose,” sald Utils Epb'm, “don’ keer how off'n he Lol to git shoes fur ‘ln. Hits diff raat Af he's got u buy." Chicagy Tribune. 1 fa I in p «4 BaDN Erne 3 N for earache is x § staal fun ing ory in S00 * [OWH AND COUNTY NEWS. 1APPE ad iN INGS OF LOCAL INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS. concert in Grange Arcadia ular meeting of y afternoon. farm Fairbrook, in the from ad been in Orne ¢ at p Hon. L. iis daughter, |! tall wile Ei visited ill in farrisburg wit Elsewhere + found he anne ‘uing of His Mill Hostermai E | “pring (> '. Mu ract of timber in Brush Vall I. H. Reifsnyder, Hw RET ( bought a ey from will pul a mill on road will Beech Creek and freight station, mod Way. I'he dair d to it his Homan, of gent f the eto him for interest to co Halil National Se pa sr Ousk of R CARLA. tie The Rep rural mail box Centre Hall * Ww nearly every route from i & meant that y Ve: Oly y OF § ! missed by the Re porter, Edward 8t Tiss Miner Were i rone, and Wingate, of the in rr i¥ 1 X va narried at the home Ha £6 » roish, I Kman, decided ¥ Crowe, feather. il slate cents for Hall, a between that car, Phursday fry in €Trai Courier former- ip : Prof. ax teacher rake place, f Farmers f Centre ir inp to While a’ “ay OF Kershner, isl Year = the Ben- Hall in be pur- formerly nathan L. Valk FERRY ot J yvior, of ast week J. Will Mr. Taylor store in Athens, i smiling Ts fe lmad Lie Conley and i ririen guess i Mrs is conducting a jewelry aud, apparently, upon hi “Wireless Energy, $13 § OTe is 1 ¥ Wonder of & the title of Waldemar B. vumber of It ing account of der, and everybody he Twentieth Century,” | i § gr Tlic = Kaempflert in ti le Woman's ives a clear a s fascinating » £ MATCH Home Companion d intercst his modern wot should read it. The State College Times has this to say : Messrs. Wilbur Peters, of Kan- sax, and John Peters Missouri, started for howe last week afler an ex- tended visit with friends and relatives in these parts. Mr. and Mrs. John From gave a farewell dinner in their honor last Wednesday, at which mem- bers of the Peters family from Pleas. ant Gap and Oak Hall were present. The Peunsyivanis railroad will, in the near future, spend $3.000 000 on new freight stations in Philadelphia. It is understood that according to pre sent plape, six will be erected, the inrgest of which will be at Fifiy-seo- wd street and Belmont avenue, This «ation will be known ss the Park freight classification depot and will be one of the best in its class in the world, / Prof, A. Merrill Allison, of Orange City, Iowa, was a caller recently. Prof, Allison was called home on socount of the death of his father, Archibald Allison, of Spring Mills. Prof. Alls «on is well pleased with bis position in Towa, and states that the school term is nine months; that the wages oaid in the country are bardly as high 8 in Centre county, and the qaali- fications of teachers not better than bere. Iu the town, be suys, the ys Is very goud, 0 Of
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