To the fiea. The earth is our mother, but thou— thou are father of us and of time; For all things now were not when thou wast strong in thy prime, There was silence firgt, and then dark- ness, and under tie garment of these Was the body of thee in thy with its infinite mysteries. And God alone wag aware of thy pres- ence and power and form; And out of His knowledge foresaw His will in thy calm snd storm. Answering unto His will, He thee lordship and crown, bade the kingdoms of man to worship thee and bow down. For earth He made out of dust, for change and defeat in the blast; thee Ie made eternal, through aeons and aeons to last, Uamarked by sun or wind, preme where thy tossed; Not an inch of thy beauty to perish, nor an ounce of thy might to be lost.—William Stanley Braith- waite In the Century. min s——— Ev ig yw mizht, gave And But and su waves are WITH MODERN IMPROVEMENTS. 3 BY CARROLL-WATSON-RANKIN, EPR PNR ERE PEPER PY ————— “It precisely as | feared, Ade. laide.,” said the girl's uncle, rising somewhat wearily from the papers he had been sorting on the dining-room table. “When all the bills are paid, you'll have just exactly nothing left. I suppose we should be thankful that your father left vou fr2e from debt. Of course, as I'm situated—" “1 shall »t along splendidly.” turned Adel with pride and courage. “I'm not and you needn't worry about me. nineteen, I'm through school, know of at least two are mine for the asking. If I earn a living any other way, I wash dishes for my board!” h, you'll need to do returned Adelaide's surviving relative, seriously. “1 know | sha'n't livings if | had to.” “I'm glad you're if you shouldn’t—" “But I shall! declared her chin elevated, her “By this time tomor cupying a salaried with Mrs. Hill, and independence.” Sure enough, the Adelaide drawing maps in an ant real office Never there a more enthusiastic clerk er was real est business studied so perseveringly; never did {earn so speedily Yet at the end of eight laiae, services had been to Gore & Pelham, month's salary—and why?" she demanded, “1 really can't tell you!” Mr. Pelham. “1 don’t exactly Mr. Gore perhaps" But the senior partner weakly waived the question, ing that Mr, Pelham might explain. Adelaide secured desirable position w is Ze de, afraid, positiong that never sole 1 con so confident; but boarding in my position, glorving morrow found was estate ate of unusual was paid an extra dismissed in her surprise Know suggest perhaps another rithin the week; spite foo, always favorable. But in tiring industry, this place, her at the end of the second month Again no reason was given; again her employer was vague and polite, bul his parting smile was slightly satiri- cal. The third place lasted Just six weeks, Mild, easy-going Judge Whit ney =aid, with apparent regret, that he guessed he would be his own clerk for a while. Oh, yes, Miss Adelaide had done all and more-—in fact, a great deal more than he had asked, Yes, indeed, she was punctual, indus. trious, accurate, clever. If she need- ed letters, call on him, by all means. He wished her all success, but—gooi. by! Four more offices welcomed Ade laide. Four more employers discov: ered very speedily that it was pos sible—and decidedly more comfortable -=t0 exist without this clever, enter. prising young woman's aid The morning after her polite dis missal from the city tréasurer’s. office found Adelaide perched om a high stool in what was known as Gray's store. She was keeping Ywoks for Thomas Gray & Company. This en. tirely respectable mercantile business of fifty years’ standing had been ee tablished by “old” Thomas Gray. I’ now belonged to “young” Thomas Geay; but “young” Thomas was fully sixty years of age, and his ways were even more antiquated than his fath. er's had been. He thoroughly dislike. what he called “new fangled notions.” yet because of hig unswerving honesty and kindliness, he stood high In pub He estimation, People wondered when he installed a bookkeeper. “It's because I'm a relic of the past,” confided Adelalde to her friend, Rose Miller. “He went to school with father, so I'm thereby connected with his won generation. He lkes that generation best; but I intend to make a few changes waen I get my vork to going smoostaly. Why, we're way behind te times! The firm's on a glendid footing financially, but ne dv woul kuwow It to Aook at us perched like a chimney I don’t sup. in the L.ook at me, sweep on this high stool! pose there's another like it State.” “It's a good place, sald Rose. “Whenever I want to be sure of get. ting linen that is linen, woo] that is wocl, or coffee that is coffee, | always come here. There are lots of more showy places, but you can depend on Gray's.” The black walnut office was certain. ly guiltless of modern improvements. A big cupboard held plles of whole: sale catalogues, trade journals, extra stationery, samples of drygoods and staple groceries. There were shabby books and pasteboard boxes on top of the big iron safe. A large unframed portrait of a tattered but still feroc foug tiger hung above the desk. “Ready,” said Adelaide, “to eat me if I make mistakes in these dingy old books. But just wait till my hand's in. There'll be some housecleaning round here, Mr, Tiger, and away you'll go, first thing.” But the books, kept according Mr. Gray's old fashioned Ideas, oc: cupied so much of Adelaide's time that for five weeks the tiger remain- just the same,” to During February, when trade was always dull, it was Mr. Gray's habit to go East to select his spring stock. Then Adelaide was left alone with day after Mr. Gray's departure came the winter's most severe snap. five days the thermometer registerel from ten to twenty below zero. Horses and pedestrians along In clouds of white steam. closely packed snow creaked noisily underfoot. frost. whistled with the intense cold. shopping district was deserted. In Gray & Company's the idle clerks huddled about the two hugs base-burning stoves that had warmed the building in the first Gray's time Adelalde, however, warm She on reaching for the that the tiger “What in the world are you doing?” asked Julie La Tour, who served was stood tacks up- “Cleaning house” time-worn tiger “Don't you think Bring me a roll of paper, I'm going to straighten ginger we fit? need “My.” exclaimed the Swedish clerk ingly, “but you're the smart one! nine years, and I gues; but Mr. Gray has touched those shelves in all that time.” “Bring me a big box, somebody,’ sald Adelaide, poking dusty cata- logues off cupboard with Gray's umbrella. “1 don’t quite dare the here.” warned Julie, “is fussy things changed I've be handier to have where the button no, he says so-—and that Mr. Gray” having told him it would the spool cases shelves are: but ways been just “But corner, this,” sald Adelaide, “iz my and I'm going to have it just as | can. I've sent for a cata- office furniture, and I'm going (iray to fix this place logue of demurred “This and “You know him)” the old shoe clerk. just about all the home he owns: and doesn’t to changes When he can™ same old brand of sheeting, the same make of lamp chimneys or same old cut overshoes, he's terribly put out. I'd go easy with that desk, Miss Adelaide” The office certainly don’t store is ne the of looked neater cloth into the roaring stove. It look- ed different, also. placed the tattered tiger An arti the safe. A damaged curialn, taken from the stock, hung before the cupboard. The desk, turned cor: nerwise, was bare except for a few new pencils, Adelaide's fountain pen, a new gecariet penholder—thoughtful ly provided by personal use—and a new bottle of ink. Even the pigeonholes wore a Sunday air of unprecedented neatness. The enterprising young woman eyed it all with complacency. But Mr. Gray did not. He reach. ed town after closing time, three nights later, Jet himself in with his own private key, to the old-fashioned office to write a letter. No one knows exactly what happened during ‘the. first. five - min- utes; but he spent the next thirty five in a frantic search for his own battered penholder, twenty-five more hunting for his own particular kind above the stack of bluelined paper that no longer occupled the right hand cor ner of the fourth shell of the fam- ilar cupboard. By the time he had accumulated these articles and found the necessary enyelope and stamp, he wis 100 annoyed to be able to write a good letter, To calm himself, he reached for “Jacob Faithful” for he read and re read Captain Marryat, in preference to anything more modern. Bat “Ja cob” no longer rested face downward on top of the southeast corner of the safe, Then Mr. Gray's eyes tought ‘he tiger's. An exceedingly uptodate girl returned the glance, “I'l discharge Anderson hy tele phone,” muttered the angry merchant, “if this is his work!" Bat Anderson, fortunately for him, had no Aalephone. arrived, bly worse than it had the begin ning, for her employer had spent most of the night restoring his ane} | ent treasures to their proper places | “Yes, 1 did it all,” confessed Ade | lade, eveing with consternation the’ chaotic office. jut I thought like it.” “Do you think so now?" Mr. Gray, surrounded by palm leaves, “No,” returned Adelaide, remaining outeide the rafling. “I don't.” Come in, I guess we'd better have a clear understanding in this matter Do you see this book? Well when I'm vexed or puzzled I like to read it— there's something sort of slow and restful about old Captain Marryat But I like to find him at home when I reach for him. His home's right here on top of this safe--not under sample packages of hapd-shucked rice. Do you see that tiger? When I get tired of being tied down to busi ness, I like to look at him. I've al ways had a fancy that I'd like to hunt tigers in tropical jungles, but I guess thig is the nearest I'll ever come tc it. Anyway, I'd be lonesome that pieture.” “If I'd known-—" “Do you gee this desk? It was fath So was that cupboard. This was I've a fancy in demanded scattered er's, father's penholder, I'm used to them been this Now you're ag father left them, You see, way for over fifty years. comparatively new—" “I'm nineteen” “Just so. And jobs" Adelaide colored painfully. “Without knowing exactly Yes, 1 thought so. Did you, by chance, introduce any modern im in the realestate busi the bank building, the insurance Did you work and make 2 they've you've lost severa' why any in a little missionary or Judge Whitney's gpelling, few alterations queer way of you think that t' wh Did fine: accounts? oked i i Lad t fre etter: keeping ‘avenue’ | en you well 1 to Im little." “I'm afraid 1 prove things a “Just 50." returned Mr. Gray, eyes were entirely kind yours, perhaps? A good outgrow, possibly, Yon ing elderly, experienced p Judge Whitney, Mr, New Truscott or Mr. Nichols ily what's expected of shouldn't wonder if nuisance to them, did try whose * see, improv eraons like Doctor ee wi comb, jan’ you Why, | Were a breaking rying to real thel you up Mn prove “How-—how did manded Adelaide, suspiciously “Just guessed it. Perhaps they had to lose you in ordes to be comfortable you know? de means,’ ke me to Mr. Gray, in it's this way, bookkeeping's al right clear head for figures smart, capable young those wretched modern FOUrs— “Suppose | promise to save for myself?” “Good'™ that “that returned of tones” Your “1 suppose go? the you'd “Well” lest girl you're a son: but per im cried Thomas Gray “In that case you'll do. Jacob and the tiger can live peaceably cage.” — From Companion. Folly of Worrying. A number of statesmen at Washing . the other day discussed the shnesg of worrying about things not likely to happen, or which, if they this story to illustrate his point: “Remindg me of a thing that han and one day the lecturer was a geo sharp, and chose ‘Niagara He told us all about the geological information of the falls, described the different peri ods that it Is believed are traced in the falls were slowly wearing course of some 200,000 years they would “have worn back to Erle, Pa. Just then one of the girls in asked the teacher, she wailed, in ‘I've got a the matter?” ‘Oh,’ mercial, The Craze for Labels. Many people anxious to show their friends how far they have traveled, and at how many places they have way labels from thelr bags and port manteaus. It is a harmless vanity as far as it concerns themselves, but one which causes much bewilderment to the rallway authorities, ber of comparatively fresh labels on a bag renders it very difficult for a porter to know which Is positively the last, and not infrequently luggage goes astray in consequence, especially when changes of train have to bo made on a journey. At holiday times this label fad is a real swisance to the rallway authorities, for if bag gage is lost and cannot be traced com. pensation hag to be paid. A smah leather case, about a foot long an! soven or eight Inches deep and wide, ing recently seen which had no few. than forty-two labels plastered on " miny of which were new enougn to ed hr oo lt aL oe enn Household Notes 0 me rn ot w—— CLEANING FOR CHAIRS. Leather-covered chairs can be cleaned with warm milk, applied with a plece of flannel or soft cloth, rub bing gently until dry. A good remedy for worn leather is a mixture of lin seed oll and vinegar, applied with flannel. Thig softens the leather and prevents it from cracking. —~New Haven Register EMBROIDERIES WASHED. In washing silk embroideries only fine white should be used In making the suds. It should never be rubbed on them. The water In which they are washed and rinsed should be tepid and never hot and the pleces soap should be rolled wet in a cloth with a cloth spread over, so that in rolling the silk will not fold back on itself When the plece is pearly dry it should be ironed with the cloth between it and the fron. Treated in this way, sllk will not soon grow yellow.—New A VIOLET ROOM. Violet is not a usual shade in which to furnish a room, but one girl whose color it was, experimented, and here is the result. The walls were papered with bunch es of violets, among which there were many gray shadows, upon an ivory ground; the woodwork was finished in ivory. Curtains, portieres and all covers were made of dotted swiss lined with violet eambric the only trimming being dainty the swiss, Mahogany furniture and tone to the room. provided with faintest hue that an warmth The writing note papel Is it a fra was added the wonder violet violet It a charming setting for a gold Pittsburg Dispatch elusive PIN CUSHIONS, PEN WIPERS A new method has been velvet may be tinted and most delicate of pastel and this new material is used Hitla iw in lightest cushions charming iin pin ! and Magnificent i perishable draw made of the shades are pen wipers, Hight an« rooms. oo, are darker makes a sofa cushions in must material the see that it is not used the velvet for the the be borne in library mind cannot be washed: ful housekeeper piaced in a po exposed firs art belter the | therefore I will Care; where it is As becomes may be used yet thought of, and clever woman to de may be empl 4 | vantage. Pittsburg Dispaich. io and dust the of tinting undersioo the for not velvet RUST STAINS ON Rust stains on matting moved in this manner ! some muriatic acid, a cloths, an old nail brush, a a bowiful of boiling water palifuls of clean cold water Cover the with paper place the hot iron on this matting is hoi dip a glass or stick in the acid and touch the stain; it will instantly turn to a bright yel low. Wash quickly with th water, using the nail brush? with the clear water, using sponge; wipe dry. The work must be done quickly and all the acid removed from the matting by repeated spong ing with clean water When possible heat the stain, as (he acid acts more quickly on a hot than on a cold substance. Straw matting will look bright and fresh at the ond of the summer if it i= carefully washed over with a soft cloth wrung out of salt and water ev ery time it ig swept. —New York Tess. MATTING may be re Have ready bot iron. sponge and (wo hols rod 1¢ bollin then ine RECIPES. 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Being a wife often means being a servant with the wages left out and the privilege of eating with the fam- 4 man's desire for a son is usu- ally nothing but the wish to dapii- in order that such =a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world. It isn't. the girls whom he has loved and lost that a man sighs for; it's those whom he has loved and never won. Lazy mon fancy that the wheel of lite is a roulette wheel, on which fortunes are won only by chance The happiest wife is not always best man, of the man she marries, “Who findeth a wife findeth a good saith the Seriptures Well, It isn’t the big vague vows he but the | | i | - i ATTORNEYS. yoo D. FP. PORTUEY ATTORNEY -AT-LAW BELLEVONTR, Fa Office North of Court Houss. oe Sn cin s—— —— Y. HARRISON WALKKR ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE PA ——— No 19 W. High Breet All } protemiona) business promptly attended tg rr ————— W.D Zeamy Ine. J. Bowen CS ETTIG, BOWER & ZERBY ATTORNEYS AT - LAW EaoLe Broox BELLEFONTE, PA. Successors to Onvis, Bowen & Oxvis Consultation in Englah and German. a Cl EMENTDALR ATTOENEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTR Pa ye, W. corner Diamond, two doors fros teat Natious] Bank. re WwW. a RUN KLE ATTORNEY AT.LAW BELLZFONTE Fa All Binds of legal busivess sllended to promply Fpecial allen lon given WW colisctions. Ofoe, MW Soor Crider's Bachan. yee HN. B.GFANGLER ATTOREEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE FA Practices in sil the courts. Cousultssion Is wish and German. Ofoe, Crider's Exchasgy Eg Busting trod Old Fort Hot EDWARD ROYER, Proprietor Loostion : One mile South of Centre Hall 1 man after he has just got his front immoral about hansom cabs It is difficult to tell who is the most grateful to Fate for his sex the woman who watches her husband into a tight corset and a dress that buttons up the back. to get on the “water wagon” against his will he is likely to fall off with a fearful splash. It isn’t the things a man says that prove he loves you, but the things he tries to say and can't—the things that choke right up in his throat and leave him sitting dumb and miser- able on your parlor divan -—From “Recollections of a Bachelor Girl,” \ the New York World. Mr. Bryan Answers Well, Recently a man asked Hon. Wil liam Jennings Bryan whether he really believed in advertising, and his follows: “The man who tries to at- tract business without advertising is like the fellow who throws his sweet. heart a kiss in the dark. He knows what he is doing, but nobody else does.” It would be pretty hard to give a better answer than that to the ques. tion, for trying to sell anything one has without telling people he has it for sale is certainly trying to do busi. ness in the dark, and such people are always failures. Recently a live stock man who held a public sale said to us: “I be lleve in advertising, but for a year BLUE 18 BETTER. 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