. The Mark of the Cross. No longer does the world send forth its call For men to strive and suffer all alone, fall, Beneath the on stone; No’ longer—but the side, Who greets you gmile all fair, Would cause you to eyed, Did you but shoulders bitter blows of stone every day with look at him open know what marks his bear! And they who in mills and Who swing the sledge, above ‘the books, Or in the world's great task do thelr one part In unfrequented, nooks; Who In high places rule who serve, And often ed to dross, Who pay the toil of strength and soul and nerve Upon their shoulder Cross, mart, or bend hidden, dusty and they see s is the chafing And we need but the years thoge in our dreams, we find the one our tears To smileg that glowed in laughter's | brightest gleams, the mother—patient, fond — To old days now shadowed Until who And ape hope- ful, night, And looked to the tomorrows beyond — Yet she ever light, And each ahd all, yes, Through time, We bear our cross in pleasure tress, Though on the way we fall we climb. No longer have but then It boots not if loss; There is no one Whose shoulders show of the ~—Walter B all the end er as we martyrs? Nay, we garner gain or of all the sons of men no markings cross Nesbitt in Republic. A PAIR The incident occurred in the office of the Palais de Justice all sorts of things are deposited, en articles, corpus delicti, tending to prove criminality Last April a young lawyer, lorgnon raised to his eyes, was amusing, him- self by examining this judicial brie a-brac, He went from brasg watches to revolvers, silver snuff boxes to bur. glars’ tools, plunging like the youth in the old tale, sophical reflec Suddenly he clerk's where ob mid stoi and objects with tions noticed in a sort of vel vet case, two gingular objects, round, flat, very peculiar in form, in color. ber or parchment, “What are those?” he asked, turn- ing to a young clerk who was acting as guide, “Why, ears?” “Ears of what?” “Ears of a man.” “Cut off?” “Certainly, cut off.” “With what? A sabre? razor?” “A Catalonian poinard.” Then, drawing a steel blade from a feather sheath, he added: “Here ig the instrument by which the aforesald ears were amputated.” The words evidently referred some drama. Curious, like men of his age, the young lawyer stopped and guestioned his guide: don't you see that they are A knife? A sir, pray tell me about it!” “Very well! It isn't a long story.” “S80 much the worse!” “Don’t Interrupt me. About three months ago, just at the close of win elegant villa near Sceaux, occupied by Comte de 8., with his young wife, an extremely pretty woman, with whom he was desperately in love. You havo divined that he wag an Othello under the mask of a man of fashion?” “No, 1 knaw nothing about him.” “A Bengal tiger could be no worse, One evening, late in January, he re turned from Paris by the rallway, his feet half benumbed by the cold, and hig eyes smarting from the glare of the snow, and dashed into the villa without ringing or knocking, thurricane, going straight to his wife's room. Do you know what he saw there? “Aha! Here's the key of the drama, What did he see?” “A very good looking young man who seemed to be pressing the coun- tess's hand.” “The deuce!" “Not doubting that it was some ad- mirer, he rushed to the weapons deco rating the wall, snatched this dagger and, In less time than it requires to * . tell it, cut off the stranger's ears, “Both of them!" “Those are the articles you see 80 carefully preserved in that case. Jus- tice keeps them as evidence of crim- “But the young wife?” “Wait! The fair countess exclalm- ed, ‘My dear, you are mistaken! My dear, monsieur is a stranger! My dear you have cut off one ear; spare the other, I beseech you!’ But you know tigers are always still more infuriated by the sight of blood. Besides, the more his young wife tried to soothe him the more he imagined that she was in league with the visitor. till both ears were “Well, what was the hacked off.” fellow doing “I'll tell youn. Did you ever read. a story by Balzac called ‘Message'?? A young man is accused by a friend of carrving a letter to a young married Except for the existence of the The stranger who called at which by chance he You know the “A minister!” ot “Yes, but the young man, as you may suppose, will not let the matter As Comte de 8. cannot give back his ears he intends to make him damages. Complaint has been with a demand for valuation | to serve as a basis for estimating the damages, which will not be less than | two eS thousand francs.” “What are you saying? and francs aplece. dear!” “Would you Come, give yours for but that Isn't wandering from Permit me to return to was the message one boarding school friend to the oth- er! It must be known. fail to revel it" “The examipation did reveal HN, the message read The young beauty in Paris wrote to her schoolmate in Sceaux: 'l have just consulted Dr. Z., whom all the young women in Paris are ques tioning their complexions. | “No, of course not; drama. about to have a fresh complex. throughout the year, during the month of May, with dandelion juice if you want fon face dally, every morning, Alice Z'" “What! Has fon julce been the cause of a jealous husband's ting off an innocent man's ears n the Palals de Justice the absurd lawsuit?” monsieur nch in Green Bag ABOUT RUGS. dandel cut- you see Some Practical Way From Calcutta. The United States buys each year many thousand dollars’ worth of what are known to the profession as “washed rugs.” Brightly colored Ori ental rugs are sometimeg washed with a solution of chloride of lime, which treatment partially ‘bleaches the- col ors and imparts a soft appearance to the rug. This chemical treatment is a process of "washing™ which pro out by the unscrupulous seller the procesg of washing as described invariably weakens, and in some cases destroys, the materials of the rug. The progressive effect of the chemi follows: The chlorine gas contained in the chloride of lime attracts oxy- gen and moisture from the air, by which rug become brittle and thus weaken the warp and deteriorate the wool When this deterioration is complete the pile of the rug may be gwept away by the ordinary process of sweeping, and the warp, which js the founda. tion of the rug, becomes so weak that disastrous treatment of rugs can be antique effect what hé desires. The effect shall be obtained by scientific. the colors in the By this method the perfect an- tique effect can be produced and at the same time a thoroughly desirable rug be had-—one that will equal tho possess all the strength and vitality that a rug can have. it not infrequently happens that a Persian rug is to staring-—for in- stance, in red--and is not salable. The unserupulous dealer will sabject the rug to a series of washings in chemi cally prepared water, and in this way turn out a rug possessing a soft and antique sheen that is truly captivat. ing and finds a ready purchaser at an advanced price. The existence of the Oriental rug manufacture depends on the American market. At one time London was the rug market of the world. At the present time comparatively few rugs find an actual market In London More fine rugs are taken by Germans, who, by the way, manufacture the tufted rag, which, when well made, Is a beautiful and serviceable floor cov. ering. The United States has become the largest rug market of the world. This fact should make Americans eaPnest students of rugs in order that they may be prepared to detect frauds and to got the worth of the money invest ed In beautifying and making com. fortable their homes, so far as rug contribute to that result—Consul General Wm. H. Michael. Costs sb — —————— LESS WHISKEY DRUNK Decrease of $15,767,038 Revenue. IN 1907. in Internal From the preliminary report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue apparent that the consunyp tion of whiskey and other ardent spirits Is on the decrease and that the consumption of beer is During the fiscal year ended on June 30, last, was paid to the Government as rev enue on whiskey liquors, For the year previous $147, 550,281 was paid, a loss in of $15,767,038. ‘There was which distilled last 119,808,402 spirits, a gallons of decrease over the ous year of 14,333,672 gallons. During the past year 058,747,680 barrels of beer, ale, &c., were of 201,569 over the ing year. On this beer, ale, the Government received the sum of $58,747,680, a $201,569, ‘he receipts from all previ preced gain of gources of gated $2561.665.950, being a decrease of $17,998,072 from the receipts for the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1907. Tobacco of all sorts yielded a revenue of $48.862,754, a loss of §1,948.315, 1507, cigars being $51,811,069. This contributed a total sum little cigars, $545,050, $4,870,346, and tobac of other kinds, including chew and smoking, $21.846,563. Oleomargarine paid revenue to thu the 79.107 previous year 402 pounds over resents ed, Renovated bulter was a close sec to oleomargarine, 50,240,708 being manufacture, upon revenue was pald. Filled cheese pald $1,271; mixed $2380. Playing cards Were $540810 a loss of $112. 804 for the preceding year Collectors of internal with the district $5,952, a” fol tion: , (First Collec tor Jordan, Anderson, $3. Eldman. $8, Collector 62: third Collector 483,604: fourteent h, Ward, $4.514.680; wantyfourth, Collector | Garlick $1.62 twenf y-eighth, Sanders, $2,205.927 llinols, New York and Kenlucky respectively are the largest contribu tors internal revenue illinois past year contributed $46, New York $3035865987. Ken Indiana is a to Kentucky with $26; Thirty-eight States and two Territories contributed to the total, New Mexico having pald $105.200 and Hawall $56,878, FOSSIL CAMEL BONES, Wild Horse Remains Also Unearthed on Chesapeake Bay. The discovery of the fossil remains number of animals never before have existed In the east the result of the work Collector Fo BAYS of 132.644, of a Supposed to ern States is liam Palmer, of the Smithsonian In stitution, “While we have not, ag yet, com additions to our knowledge of historic animals of the United States” sald Mr. Palmer. “We found remaing of a specimen has, to my knowledge, here tofore been found In America, al though it belongs to a group well “Same of the bones found may be long to a species of wild horse once the modern #8bra. Other bones have historic camel. Remains horses or camels have never been found In this region, though several North America”~Washington (D. C) correspondence of the New York World. PLENTY OF PERGOLAS. Every Happy Home Must Have One, Even If It Is Made of Gas Pipes. There is a rage for pergolas, per golas comStructed of anything from gas pipes to chestnut rails, from crim: scn ramblers to French beans, Only this morning, says a writer in the Gentlewoman, 1 heard of one or two simple expedients for achlev. ing a pergola, veranda posts, If you have them, plac wooden brackets and across them ' string two or three heavy wires from which hang clusters of vines, Grapevines are beautiful to behold, ’ put the common hop ls Deautiful too and bears the roughest treatment, grows insolently, flinging ts pungent green tassels all around. Hops grow good climbers are adlumis, swoet peas, nasturtiums, the Japanese ake bia and all varieties of clematis. . Governor Magoon has been honorary president of the firemen of Havana, Cuba, i ee Ta aT oe » EN Household Notes ms os 0st WAVAV VEY, ' NANT he rae henge USES FOR THE HOT WATER BAG. To keep baby's bottle warm at right or when travelling, make a flan ael bag to cover the hot water with a pocket the size of the nursing yottle, Place filled bottle in the your hot water milk will be keg when baby wants it, Cut the top off a discarded hot wa- ard it will hold tooth brushes and toilet articles injuring the articles in your sult case. As a lining for table bags for tooth brushes, valuable. Place bag poke. bag. The use the sponge, when other mats small ete, it is In- under your bread pan to help rise in cold weather.—Bos TO SEW HOQKS ON DRESSES used reels peets, on hooks, whether with eyes or hooks, all sewing on; it not only n strain come on different but it prevents ward and collars, plackets In sewing in connection the sizes them from howing at edges of and such Vien sewing th a boned lin ing the bone the front curves an after they em on can be slipped bet io ¥ i 3 ra Ys 1 back of the BOOK bave all been sewn very taut, thus saving labor of fast« usual way it her end otherwise it will "eo Ae IHLE the must, of course, be fas is after it is insert off the ed, entirely during dress. —Bost come the process of hooking un Post, AN AWKWARD SKIRT. Draw tapes are being introduced | to ultra-f skirts to skirt close al figure knees, In such a 4 studied bef . . : Mi ashionable draw 10 yout the below 1he skirt the gait has to b¢ a mirror until no care of being take: tripped by het ire ¥ Rg 510] in dang: or the wearer mas hackles at a ucial moment forget and gown in B would be apt Yet th gkiris say graceful in the oxi lieve it?—New York GARDEN a 1 I Ie gmbel A NOVEL WINDOW When bulidMmg of large window sashes were | our | ise Aa eft ovey free jater pre utilized for the pur roan which pose of constructing a smail the it by seven ‘by sitll room and yectin th ing doors wore and » slid put Ir wont tl 3 : % ssp im -~and { the house ling prog Cle feet shelves in It at stances p mmodate While there were many growing out side, only a few, the best, were pm into this rose room. “These were Bon : Queen’s Scarlet, Enchan and similar varieties. To make of being successful, a florist was eall ed in to look at the he brought nires: Silene, sur occasionally or to replace any which were the best of condition in were fresh and about buds and something very del lightfa' and not common in window gardens, The florist suggested mapy helpful ideas, among which was that several large ferns and palm be added to oc cupy the space beneath the lower row of shelves. This mass of green so off the bright roses in a most beautl ful way, and, besides, we had quite 2 refreshing little fernery.— Suburban Life. RECEIPES. Caramels. One ping one gil milk, one-hal' Chocolate brown sugar, ened chocolate, one "generous tea spoonful butter, one tablespoonful ex tract of vanilla. Toil all except the vanilla over a slow fire yptil the in gredients are dissolved, and stir occa sionally afterward, as it is liable burn. Test ® by dropping a littie ir cold water, and if it hardens quickly remove at once from the fire, add the flavoring extract and pour into but tered tins. When cool, mark the cara mels in squares with a buttered knife Lettuce Salad, Tremont Style— Wash and dry the fine leituce leaves as usual. Make a dressing of shy tablespoonfuls of oll, three of lemor juice, the usual amount of salt and { of white pepper, Add a heading table all well together, and polir over the The lemon. juice is recommended for this dressing instead of vinegar be or balances it better, rather, than the vinegar would.’ At discretion a bit of also a hint of red pepper may appear in It. — Household goods snipped to Cuba §opmamnied by a Jno. F. Gray & Son | Surccdssors to. GRANT HOOV ER Control Sixteen of the Largest Fire and Life Insurance Companies in the World. “ean THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST ., . . . No Mutuals No Assessments Before insuring r life see the contract of HE HOME which in esse of death between the tenth and twefitieth years re- turns all premiums paid in ed. | dition to the face of the policy. to Loam on First Mortgage Office in Crider's Stone Building BELLEFONTE, PA. Telephone Connection TET rrr re TIT rer rrreerdddd Money 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Trapt Manns Desions CopyRiGHTS &cC. Anyone sending a sketch and deseription may quickly ascerisin our opinion free whether ah invention is probably patentable, Communica tions strietly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent frea, Oldest agency fOr peomring patents, Patents taken through Munu & Co. receive mp ial notice, without charge, tu the “Scientific American, A hands, mely lastrated weekly. 1 arrest oir. enlation of any scientific journal, Terms, $3 a r months, $i. Bo id by all newsdenlors. ____ Branch Office w Ashireian, - HAS ROARING WELL. As Tide Changes, Strong Gale Enters or Leaves the Bore-- Noise Heard a Great Distance. Out on a ranch of Charles Christo- sherson, ten miles southeast of Ta- oma, there Is a “breathing” well that he people for miles around consider me of the most phenomenal freaks if nature they have ever seen, says « dispateh to the Seattle Post-Intelll- fencer Year in and year out for the four een years since the well was dug a trong gale of either going nto or coming The urrent and iometimes {it wine 3 1d out of the well of alr is always strong, amounts power of which, if the sappens to be going into the well, will carry newspapers or other light whjects into it. If the air is flowing out when the well is on one of these rampages, the »ind will blow one's hat off, and the roar of it can be heard for some iistance, ction saper man visited it, sherson said #t would change and the Jie tide turned. se. "For the four years | have lived sere this well has turn of the tides with a precision and jeavenly bodies. m at Tacoma, the crow flies, from his well, pegins to come out of the well. Af first, as the tide slowly turns, the sutgoing rush of air is scarcely per septible. As the tide strengthens and begins to roll in swift and powerful the aly the tide does. When the tide climbs the air current from m} well dies down, and at the turn of the tide there is no perceptible motior »f atmosphere at the mouth of the well. I have taken the tide tables 28 they are published in the news papers and verified the actions of the alr currents into and out of the well.’ When there is a heavy tide the aly surrent coming from or going into the well is at once changed into a bolster ous gale. quently when there Is a storm o wind that increases the height of the tide. ‘For instance, the first of las week, when there was a heavy wind from the southwest that was driving high waters into the inlets and bay surrounding Tacoma, the wind com ‘ng from the well produced such # gale that surface water which poun into the well was blown out, giving the appearance of fine spray of ar tesian water, The noise of the ah was such that it could be heard for tome distance. i A Nebraska Sod House, There are few surviving examples of the primitive stylé of architecture snece in fashion on the plains, With. in a radius of many miles of Central is inhabited can be found. It is the residence of Osear Nelson and is sit. gated south of Polk in Hamiltor Jounty. For thirty years it has shel. tered Mr. Nelson and his wife, and within its walls | children were born and raised. ome very severe storms and proved so stanchly built that surprisingly few repairs have Ne braska soll has proved reliable ir many ways, but fow san be cited of Its stant for thirty years when forming the walls of a Sod hom. Otuge ‘World. Rerald. a EB Ta ATTORNEYS, D ¥. PORTURY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, FA Gfios North of Court Houses, om vw. HARRISON WALKER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BELLEYONTR, PA TI Ko. 19 W. High Breet, All professional busines promptly attended 9 w.D po yed sss or ——— Iwo. J. Bowss C=-ETTIO, BOWER & ZERBY ATTORNEYS AT LAW EaoLx Broox BELLEFONTE, PAs Buccessors to Orvis, Bowes & Onvis Consultation in English snd Germen, B. D. Gerrio TI INT TTT YT TTY YY YY YT TRATA TTT ATRYN TTY : CLEMENT DALR ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTR, PA. Ofice N.W, corner Diamond, two doors fram First Nationa) Bank. free WwW G RUSKLE ATTORNEY AT LAW BELLZFORTR, Pa. All kinds of legs! business sllended to promptly Fpecial attention given to collections. Office, Boor Crider's Exchange. re HR B. BFANGLER * ATTORNEY-AT-LAW BELLEFONTE PA Practices in all the courts. Consuliation iz Ecglish snd German. Office, Crider's Exchange Buskling trol 0 For { Hotel EDWARD ROYER, Propristor. Location : Ome mile Bouth of Centre Hall, | Acsommodstions first-class. Good bar. Pertis wishing t enjoy an evening given sttention. Meals for such pared on short notices. Al¥anm for the transient trade, RATES : $1.00 PER DAY. [he National Hotel MILLEEIM PA. L A. BHAWVER, Prop. sags socommodations for the travsie table board and sleeping & partments oboloest Liguors at the bar. Stable ae fons for horses Is the best 0 by Bus toand from all treine on Be Lewisburg and Tyrone Raliroad, st Coburg LIVERY 2 Special Effort made to i commodate Com mercial Travelersoe D. A. 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