"THE «OMMON PLIGHT, ~~ There is no man, however poor his lot, But holds one thing too dear to be forgot, There is no man, whatever be his fate, | But sees one thing that's his, or soon or late, Yet neither can, while hope or memory | lives, QGlve up his all for what another gives There is no man, how sad so e'er he be, But fancies that some wonld flee, ‘There is no man, he sing, But longs for, above all, some hidden thing neither can, them still Tive up the cup should each at Marah fill, one for him how glad so mote Yet while friends abide “There is no man, nor ever was, | know, Who on friend a costlier gift bestow, Than days, from one since ceased could once he got in earlier, happier whose charms to praise but why the theme he's long IS no man repeat? wh the play of life's H. V. we muse complete A BRUSH FIRE. It is sald fire good servants but bad in the Kesagami just south of Hudson the end August, 18302, fire was distinctly a bad master During the whole summer [ had been busy doing rough geological work round and near the end of the season found myself alone with tv ndians, up the West River, a large n which drains Kesagami Lake and flows north into Hudson Bay. My compani word of English, but in 3 trips among the Nascaupees | learned of their language at Known to and they, by n and a careful were able The able for usually moist fell di that and masters water are Every l.ake count Bay. toward thought that one ry of the southern shores of the bay © siream two ms not a several spoke my tk had enough to least 1 make them; wants umerons signs nee communi 1902 August On experion: limited to small southern Ontario, not feal especial alarm the sun cloud on the evening “Big fire over there’ monosviiabic the west “Good! Taking Jacko's on an island in and asleep without giving another thought to the great fir weatward. The next day broke clear and ca with not a sign smell in the alr. Accordingly. with no mis givings, eapecially as a iittle rain had fallen during the night, I starteq off on a two-day rtip west, my endeavor being to make a geological section of the country between the West River and much smaller stream ! eight or nine miles from I took Jacko with me, and hind Itzka, the other red man, t« care of the camp. All went ing the morning, and as the was not of peculiar geologi we had advan our destination when funch at noon Then, for the first noticed that the air smelled smoky: and I felt some alarm when Jacko pointing to the clouds swiftly floating eastward sald: “Big wind. now." It was indeed evident that the great fire was coming in our direction, for, as we watched, large black clouds of smoke floated rapidly by and the air grow gradually darker Now [| began to realize fully our impending danger. To turn back the way we had come was impossible for seven or eight miles of dense spruce forest lay behind us; and to he caught there in a fire meant certain death To advance to meet the fire seemed | equally hazardous. S111, we thought | that the Kattawagzami River could not He very far ahead of us: although we knew nothing whatever of this stream, it would, no matter how small, give us at least comparative safety. Jacko, marzaver, favored go- ing ahead, and so we continued our Journey westward. Soon we emerged an one of those broad, wet, mossy swamps, deep with | sphagnum, and thinly interspersed | with stunted spruce, so common in| the north, and known as muskegs. | Jacko was of the opinion that we should stop here, and fight the five in | the open; but the longcontinned | drought had so dried the surface of | the muskeg that 1 did not dare to do | #0, the more especially as 1 saw a! slight dip in the country ahead of us, | get in a dense red m wf Augnst 28th said Jack Nascaupee poi Island.” camped fell Camp advice, mids tream, on we rriin Wee e DUrnit far to the ‘m. smoke or of to the the Kattawagami, a said to lle som the former left be v take well dur miatry al interest far stopped already ed towprd we for time that dav, Fire come here sure the Kattawagami. My conjecture proved to be correct; but upon arriving there we were deed disappointed to find only a nar- row, shallow stream, a poor to an advancing fire, But as a last hope, we were glad to seek its protec: tion, and we decided to take in midstream, a gale, and the atmosphere was dente with smoke and rapidly darkening. By four o'clock it was so dark 1 was unable to see my hand in front of my and the air had begun to feel decidedly warmer, 1 shall never forget the and uncanniness of that awful gleom; wild shrieks of the night hawks unnatural night, or the rush of animals fleeing as before a terrible Out in the thick spruce forest the stream, in front and be bear, besides innumerable smaller an- imals, such as rabbits and squirrels We could not them, but as each new found refuge Jacko, long accustomed to the various made by the different in the forest, announced its ar Soe animal near us sounds tants of rival. The large animals forest, gu instinct 1401 through the tom or there being Ww Ly Mea WwW often MMiraging indeed rems sustainin when no of thought we conid longer. ahove the fire and eg we heard the Rain on long fire to allow The helore we terrible the the of di ROOT thuds tant roar was pouring in torrents All night morning the hed Hur ‘amp had gi man returning ger was past In our biackened and that throug every side it rained, and by suf urn toward animals in dawn was ently quan He t ret the river ne their terror of when the greater dan backward rampicks, still steaming in many place ined f the which trip throneh the gmoldering & all eplendi } ad passed the “avy at wide intervals or partly different tich had heen of common in the previous When we Weat River delight, and in a fervent the red man his mind that and was the tragic we bh we burned Came gingod car of animals and birds unable to reach a Thege particn. the which 1 place Ye shes Ary safety ware muskeg Saw dav reached onr on the with “amp Itzka was ome emhraced hie manner, quite unusual in He had fully made up we must have perished already preparing to news of our fate to neareat Hudson Bay post He, too, had had a terrible exneri ence, and, forced to bear U alone. had doubtless felt it more. The Weeat River however, is so much larger than Kattawagami that he had suffired leas from the heat: and having anunk Vere hear the the he, too, had eucaped in safety in apite of the width of the river however-—-at our camp more than three hundred yarda --the fire had jumped it. and continued ite terrible path of destruction still farther east We afterward learned that this fire, one of the worst ever known ty-five miles wide, till its awful course was stopped by the storm of rain Youth's Companion. When Nature is Remiss, Nature nods undoubtedly at times, as in the case of the child born with: out a brain, whose case has been made public this week. Not long ago an !nfant was born and lvad for weeks with a hole through ita heart, Thousands of us are color blind, others have no musical sense, And there are many Laura Bridg- mans, many Helen Kellers. The queen of Roumania has or had at her court in personal attendance upon herself the daughter of a blind noble man. She could neither hear nor speak and had to be taught to com- municate by holding the throat of a speaker and imitating the vibration produced by the effort ut what a grudge against nature must such a blind, taste who could neither One might be pardoned if such a life was worth living. Yet there was a beautiful fon in an exis the reat warm heart of Playfair discovered. He sent her a pretty finger ring. and the poor mite in this pitifully pretty letter: “Doar Sir Ly Play L.yon Playfair ser 4 Edith thank ring sir Edith, Here dumb smell, was a and girl was asking such ence, as replied fair. Sir ring in 1 Sir 1.3 ‘lay x, for Plaviair Edith.” Lyon Good-by fair come LO see dy and went again, from walked 1 after ‘indsor vesterday ne shopping filled things, the royal shops a ¢ give as ii Mr. Barber » to wail their pockets with party staying onsiderable trouble ‘and it ia them.” The would not to in small purchases i ked for on time They tin AR said an Queen and Princeaseg even trouble the shopkeeper have thing: rire Ime They ints wrapped the paper put pockets the ar as larger things : sent to castle, Her Majesty did and the pay for their but ti} not pure hard cash, remarked Can £ make unpropitious weather and pavements, and tramped along gayly, holding an animated con- and frequently stopping the wares displayed in windows of High street — © Lue on iradesman, "You me?” They of the wet one seemed to gquiie versation look at to the shop Lawmaker 100 Years Old. The 100th anniversary of the birth of Senator David Wark, LL. D. of Fredericktown, N. B., was observed recently. He is believed to be the legislator in the world In honor of the occasion the mayor and corporation of Frederictown presented the senator with an address and a luncheon. Many guests, including public men, members of the bar, clergymen and government officials, were guests of the city. Dr. Wark good health--hiz only infirm- iiy is a slight deafnons-—and expects to make the long journey to Otiawa in March, when parliament assem: He has never missed attend. session of the Senate since he member of it in 1876. Sen- ia a good walker, and he rides from his hotel to the buildings, The venerable legislator was born in Londonderry, Ireland, of Scotch He entered the New Bruna in 1842, and since oldest enjoys bles ing a became a ator Wark legislature legislative body, Throughout the West Indies and peninsula of Florida the prevailing the eantern coasts very healthy, while on the west coasts, where these trade are not =~ constant, the oli mate is less salubrions. New York City .- Narrow box pleats | are much Is vogue aid are always ef foetive, The novel May Manton blouse {Hustrated shows them used In groups | , ar Ob that the would be an the Inasmuch oo v i § {is Authorities best frick colored veil, preven of oraige fis yellow rays are there are be will hued veil, is non-actinic ing to such a brilliant went Tan largely yellow and It does low rave to the photographers use ’ 3 ’ _— : eht tan color is 1 COMposit not al freckle making That is 100, reach why order 1 the in J keep out netinde rays Caborhion Ornaments, Artixtie «i Oral bochons of rhines fer! ioc all manner oriental of Hpot Ringe sil fiew “a anlettes are and drooping lace or broldered batitute sleeves are jonable puffs below form he ell The quantity of srinl required for the medinm sin and three quarter yards twenty one of seven inches wid, ter yards forty four three and a half a half trated. ig three {We nts or two and a guar inches wide with i vards of lace two and inches wide to triin as ius Princess Efects, are more and more fashioned in the princess spirit—that is, jooking all in though more than likely separable into skirt and bodice all the time: and such frocks are of light fab rics, whether of pale or dark color, consequently the blonss I mean the dressy type of has jost much of value, and much less mand than it was cost a good many guineas and which was valued because it brought light ness and laciness to the upper part of the figure, although the lower be encased in a quiet dark skigt Frocks one, blouse in de that its in the blonse or crepe de chine or fine voile skirt made of it of its own fabric, | thereby creating the frock of princess | effect, in which case the blouse ceases | to be a blouse and becomes a bodice. - The Gentlewoman, 1 | { { ' Yells to Prevent Freckles, of tan and freckles weeks ahead, The not so sOaROM many —————— i. A ——————————— — —————— i A v ty ne, given o ing seamed The quantity of ma the terial required for ied sige is nine and three quarter ards twenty-seven vards thirty-two inches 2 A ER SR pe ato FN 3 & © 3 See ut “ ES SITET ais EE A an LOUNGING BORE, wide or six and & half yards forty. four inclies wide, with seven and a half yards of banding to tritu as ib lostrated, i Hall Hotel CENTRE HALL, PA. JAMES W. RUNKLE, Prop. ww’ equipped. Bar and table supplied with the best. Bummer boarders given special attention, Healthy jonality. Beantifol sosnery, Within three miles of Penns Cave, a most beeuti. ful subterranean cavers; entrance by & best, Well located for hunting snd Sshing Hented throughout. Free carriage W all traine, 1 a————— —————————— Hotel Haag BELLEFONTE, PA. F. A. NEWOOMER, Prop. Heated throughout. Fuse Blabiing. - RATEA $1.00 PER DAY. Bpecial prepasstions for Juror, Wiknesses, snd any persons coming Ww town on special eos cesions. Begulsr boarder well cused for. Sping Mills Hote BPRING MILLE, PA. GEORGE C. KING, Prep. First-class scoommodations at &'] times for both man aud beast. Free bus to and from olf trains. Excellent Livery sttached Table bourd firstclass. The best Mquors sad wiues at the bar, (id fat Hotel ISAAC BHAWVER, Proprietor, oi. Location : One mile South of Centre Mall, Acswmmodations first-class. Good bar, Parties wishing to enjoy sn evening given special sllenition. Meals for such cooasions pre pared on short notice. Always prepared for the transient trade, RATES: $1.00 PER DAY. Pen's alley Banking Company CENTRE HALL, PA. W. B. MINGLE, Cashief Receives Deposits . . Discounts Notes . . . —————— ATTORNEYS. 1. H. ORVIS C. M. BOWER Q&vis, BOWER & ORVIS ATTORNEYE-AT LAW BELLEFONTE, PA. gl Hod in Crider's Exchange vullding on or E L ORVIS DAVID F FORTNEY W. HARRISON WALKERS FORTNEY & WALKER i ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE PA Office Korth of Court Bouse. res BE GH TAYLOR ATTORNEY -AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, PAB Ko. UM Temple Court. All manner of legal bond bese promiAly attended Ww Creu ENT DALE ATTORNEY AT-LAW BEL EFONTE, Pa. Office N. W. corner Diamond, two dooms First National Bank. . TA 6G RUSKLE ad ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE Pi All kinds of legal business attended to prom Ppecial atten ion given W collections. Ofoe, oor Crider's Exchange 1] g, 0.0¥TTIG ATTORNEY -AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, PF, Collections and all lege! business sitended promptly. Consultations German and [i Office in Exchange Bullding N B. BPANGLER ATTORFEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE. PV Practices in all the courts. Consultation Boglish and German. Office, Oriders Buliding. ~~ L. OWENS v. ATTORNEY -AT-LAW, TYRONE, Pa, Our Specialty : Oollections and Reports. References on request. Nearby towns sented Bellwood, Alona, Hollidaysbung Hr wingdon 50 YEARS" EXPERIENCE NTI Traoe Manns CorvyrioHTs &C. Anyone sending a sketch and 4 quickly ascertain our opinion free w invention is probably patentable. RE tions strictly conBdential. Handbook on sent Troe, Oldest agency for Patents taken through Mumm RO 3 wn special motice, without Scientific American, A handsnmely fHostrated weekly. largest rulation of any scientie ra year: four months, $l i memo " MUNN & Co,2ereren. New Yor 5 ¥ St. Washingt BARGAINS! > FD The readers of this pe per are ~onstantly apo the alert to ascertad where goods can be pu chased the prices, and if a merchan | at low does not advertise and keep the buyer conven sant with his line of goods, how can he expe to sell them? F THINK OVER THI
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