THE OLD PORCH. By Wiliam Hervey Woods, We did not ask in those old days If it looked east or west, To our young eyes the landscape there Of all the world was beat: The steps led out to hills of home, Known flelds and meadows low, With childhood's morning glory lit— What more was there to know? The little wild things loved The pewee and the wren— The squirrel from the oak near by Would frolic there, and when Dur laughing Patsy's harmless Had chased him to his limb, He'd sit and scold at her as if The porch belonged to him. it, too, I'he slim, unpainted The roof where Ihe wabbly banisters, the bench, The battered croquet set, f see them all; and all embowered When June was at iis height, With rose-bloom thick as stars Some keen December pillars gray, mosses met, night There father's home<«made chair all day Its walting arms outspread, But might not clasp that stu Till daylight's tasks were Then in dusk came voice, And Patty's low replieg— The honeysuckle’s ath around, The young moon in the skies. sped the br And if at ‘{imes our glances caught A glimpse of marble pale Against the drooping cedars dark Beyond the garden's rail, It Brought no aching thomghts of those Who there in lay, For even our vanished ones, Were still not far away. They the house is haunted But {if the tale true— Heaven would bat Gf those old Himes renew Not all the gain nor ease nor power That cheats a world Could keep me: on To that old porch —You quiet wa say were hour If a single of men ser J 5 z 1 LALLY Knees | d ” f again ith’ 3 20 Companion. TRANS TATIT ROTATION SE Her Beautiful Rival. PPR PE PERN SEPP Pe “You got awfully sunburned today, Jim,” sald Jim Lancaster's nice littie wife, as she handed him his cup “I guess | have. My hat blew off just before fuitting time, and I would i not come down from the rocks for it He leaned back in his chair content edly. “Mrs. Holman has company,” announced, “Has she? Who?” RAFPRPRERORB " EPEPEPW RSPEI PY he Nan looked eam “You He teasing her, can't guess.” was “No, can't. I'm tng. Tell me, do!” “Well, its M Nan “You asked. Jin nodded ‘When did had cit not good at 8% ee au rs McClure.” Abner back in her chair Molly sank Stewart,’ mean 1anged morning had sd to loved v Stewart had been hi his BWe expects eetheart She was a rare beauty, to whom nature has given and given until i: she can add not on» thing more. And she had ways. No other girl could charm as could or dance or sing or laugh had never known between him and Molly had not asked Molly to marry and she had hinted that had that she would have none of him, Nan remembered walked home with from and how the people stared She was not nretty Molly, and she had not Molly's good clothes nor Molly's way of wearing them. She was just y sweet, dainty-looking girl, with heart capable of love Jim had always been her hero When he turned from Stewar: to her she could not stand it. Molly had married Abner McClure afterward and had gone away him. She had now been away years and people still remem- one of those geems she what He said She ne her church HHRe ideal, under- 100m with seven ‘ : i could not. She lay looking out of tho ! window at a certain star which strug. | gled wearily to free itself from a cob- web of cloud In which it had become entangled. Varied and very bitter were her thoughts, Molly had come back a widow, Nan could her in her black things with her vivid face and coppery hair, It was sald Abner MeClure had money, and Molly always would dress well anyway Nan idow 3 what a beautiful tomorrow, Jin, wag going back to Holinan's, into the old net that had en- him. She clinched her hands of and had heard may do, « Jim ht At up asleep, been se fell He had Toward morning Jim aroused her. an hour, “lI let you gleep as he sald. “Don't fuss over the break fast Just make me a cup of coffee and gi me bread and butter. I'm in a hurry today, dear.” Nan got breakfast. She did not eat She kissed Jim passively i ng as I could,” ve some herself, the door, “What's the matter? feeling well this morning asked anxiously Nan watched him up the hill. Then lay down on the lounge and had out. Noon came. She male drank ft It braced her up fully Indeed felt alm It « t that endure it a was there and 1} band. She would go After noon a hich rel ed car at Aren't Nan?” you he ler cry tea a nd she ost ghe longer. hus- { Yer: ish would not Jim ame © her moment ie her there, sprang up day. ‘Nan lawn with ushand bout lower Was 100, breeze the hot in a white dress her h loosened her hair and det it a little the nape neck that girding her felt + battle meant to have feved afully spots, a She face dr wp of the she was and she toward wr. Then she How he door, called Shep to fol above raising her She TORRES 11 4 ia i, for She she a minute essing,” back «an “How nice ‘re one she said, coming in that women | ever pink and dress’ of kn n Keen thelr com look the few wear in it." That did Nan good and heart when a great rust stairs announced rose to her ‘Why, Nan Farrell- 1 should say!” Molly eri ing her ecstatically 3 am § lelighted to see you! She held Nan off and looked at her Nan looked at Molly her doubts, he blew away i a sir siting” bes It was all haven't change« saying terday ew who could plex She was cool down ling of skirts on the Mrs. McClu Nan her had steadied met Nan Lancaster, o 1, embrace erfectly ar moment breeze. She ie Rer talk- over. si f “You you have leg { Holman, F hand toward as much In sn't he?” Molly She her with sald, seeing {isposed handsome as best to display But Nan did not She was thinking of Jim had been an illusion, and the ion was dispelled. toy Ove carefull RO and finish. FIRST PATENT IN AMERICA, lished Iron Works in New England. he first patent in America granted to Joseph Jenks, a founder and machinist who had omigrated from Hammersmith, England, wher he was born in 1602 He was a very ingenious man, and was induced by Gov. Winthrop the younger to come to Lynn, Mass, about 1642, as master mechanic, to was He was acknowledged head of the iron smelting and founding business and the first bullder of machinery 'n which had reached its transcendent point on her wedding day. The news sppressed Nan; she did not know why. didn’t tell you, did I, that Abner MeClure's dead?” Jim asked later 'n the evening. “No: Is he? Nan returned in what she tried to make a careless tone. Then she rose and went into the next room for something. A little while afterward he sald: “You needn't put up any luncheon for me tomorrow. I'm going to eat at {olman’s. There's some timber there that I promised to look at long ago, and I guess I'll do It tomorrow. The Yot day subdued itself Into a hot might. Jim slept heavily, but Nan having Intro granted by act of protection in America, duced the idea (first bv petition to the Massachusetts Bay, In 1646 he took patents for mill | improvements, and in 1655 he patent | ed the present form of the grass | scythe, for which he should be held | in grateful remembrance. In 1652 he made dies for the first coinage of | money, the pihe tree shillings. In | 1664 he built the first fire tngine, t¢ | the order of the selectmen of Bas | ton (the first ever built in the coun | try): In 16567 he built a forge and | entered upon the manufacture of his | improved scythes nine years before | | government of his application was granted. —From the Journal of American History. as%asTesTesTa sTe s%a Ye vherTe stint s% WORTH QUOTING IAI 3 i Dispatch: To responsi chauf like Says hold an ble dor feur, the automobile the reckless in New rather tart rine, tomobile owners employ liable chauffeurs looks the public safety. Pittsburg owner ness of his York sounds but to make au none but re like care lo@ as doct Reef of Norman's to every schoolb through “Wrec™ of the a short distag xe Rafe’ chasm, on north shore igsachusetts, explains (he Argon The Won, mnaue known L.ongfellow's perus,” Is but shore from Gloucester, M aut. > hes off the near of 8 genta red Joseph of stealing a pair to Cleveland Cont A Chicago judge Masterson, accused of trousers, to ° turn ken's ‘David Dic stay of judgment and read fleld'” A have asked, « Evening Post, « im of a punishment ents MTT m the nosition cruel instance this was aq thes dreds occur may be 89 Deeper veal that nal clase instinet erin ically exam ment and chiminal career deterrent. The fact mains. The “Rognes’ Scotland Yard, Chicago may he the photographs of |sOon 5nd wrele N ow sisi ied Reputations. Ree thao +0 “The Auto rat,” romarked the ondite Person, “made a remark fmport of whic h escaped me until the other diy. He said ‘Many a man has a reputation because of the rep utation he expects to have some day." “That's not a half Dad suggested the Practical Person, "but my son-<just out of collage, You know. and in the habit of (hinking hisnpbacked thoughts, as it were— sald something only this morning that appealed to me: ‘Some men/ he said. ‘get a reputation and keep it; remark,” “wuiNew York Times nn s—— them.* ———-— Breaking Things. it keep Congiess hus a house down in Wash: ington. Sally Ann. In board. “What have you broken now, you ber, who possesses a very expen. sive vocabulary. Sally Ann was quite unnerved, but she replied, very humbly: “*Taint de Fo'th Commandment, bress de Lawd!”—New York Times. i i COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. Jno. F. Gray & Son Suecdssors t GRANT HOOVER Control Sixteen of the Largest Fire and Life Insurance Companies ia the World. “ven THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST . . . No Mutuals No 0 Aucuments Before insuring 1 our life see the contrect of THE HOMB which in esse of death between the tenth and twentieth years re. turns all premiums paid in ed. dition to the face of the policy. Money 3. G. bun & Co.'s weekly review f trade says ith the disturbing tariff question out the way and with gi promise of satisfac- and of an aggregate of millions of dol- the | previous mfidence i8 devel. ft Is notice- not vet outs in buying for of ISNRIONs iundreds eXCess of eit ymsiness c y, although enterprise is hdobedsdiibili fndbdadisiliidinbind Sd b Tree hy conservalisin future, continue to advance branches of the iron rade and highe r quotations d on some prod ucts that on 4 very r basis wed that the leading follow the action producers in asking steel bars, plates and ¢ have been in active the general recovery stant ir and 8B ATs have It is interest of in- better to Losn om Firs Mortgage Office in Crider’s Stone Butldt BELLEFONTE, PA. Telephone Copaection TTT rrr Tr rrr Terr eeriiid Building Bhortly pendent for ns SAVE: in advices as {f the leading cereals, eg iffsconseqguent aast whe 50 YEARS’ the EXPERIENCE 10 crops, ultimate af- ements better uteome o ing in prices of bre aereon SFO 4 : at distri- ime- a trade with are the or because of a larger Fe good under the auen at and tail CATAN CS ment tion at Ie Of { enlargs sales fall wholesalers #8 this week, Connect- degree are industries COn~- Trave Marks Desicns CopymicuT 5 ac. ng un skeleh and desering ckly psoeriair be is probe of Anvones sen in qut from nent the some leading f jut, of out upward tendency in a larg < ye m, Fichennr i. lmes woiad m ice, with ‘Scientific American. A har rivest ofr cnintion « eg your Pi or le ved uk, MUNN & Co. 301 Brenty, or. New York Branch Office O86 Of a goods, OT perceptibl on visible Mmpioyes in This la 1 actured giratad wa a, Tr. gelantine : ra tier the Lik made of comm Give the Boy His Chance RUSSELL. particular point in average farmer is con. with his boy. He as a standard. If he so, why should By E. There is which the temptibly mean gets himself up didn't want so his boy? If he had to tur o'clock a. m. and work why should his be spared”? did not have a decent suit, or fin boots, or any spending money: why should his offspring go into such ex travagance? The farmer who reasons that way has a selfish motive under it. He knows as well as other people that the boys of to-day cannot be and are fiot treated like the boys of fifty years ago. He will admit that his father wore 2 hickory shirt without collar, to meeting, while he must have a white one, well starched and adorned with collar and necktie, but he won't ad- mit that his son has any right to ime prove on him. If a boy feels enthusiastic to learn to be a printer, barness-maker, or wood engraver, no father with any sense will command the boy to learn solid. 3% the trade of a stone mason. Western creamery, 29c.; Why, then, should a farmer decide 2 0) = that his son who has exhibited a demand; Penn. taste for mechanics, spoil his whole by firsts, life by ordering him to stick to the farm? if a boy, who wanted to learn the carpenter's trade, is made to learn to be a harness-maker, and thereby become a botch workman, why should not a farmer's son, who ought to be an architect, make a poor farmer? He certainly will, figure as you may. Let the farmer geek to « over what his son's taste runs to If to agriculture, he should be given a fair show He should have the best of agricultural ‘papers and every chance to improve the system his father has worked under. Some of the land and live stock ghould be his and he should be to a certain extent a partner. No man will dig and delve for you without pay as an incentive. A boy who Is expected to put his best efforts on the farm, because the law says his father is entitled to his services, will certainly disappoint you. one and Ne Ww XY Ork— Whent U ot Ar n out of bed at 4 dark, He ne until until boy 0 3 winter ship- Spot 6 ba., a 42 7350 + ips, 13.- Ages ania and ‘ane ¥, h do.. fair ch P hilade Tov fa mV hes at lower, contract grade, ad 1 ut steady; SEL T8 hanged. vi Heard to a 1 1 1 3 34 AUKUSS, i ib i ¥ nn« ¢. high- free eat . about tw cen: graded lots, anc offerings. Sales were made at red; 1.14% for No for special bin steam 1.14 for stock steame 1.10 for special bin for stock rejected, and regular rejected for the Steamer No. 2 red sold at per bu., the same price as spe bin rejected. Irregular rejected he drier sold at #8c. Small bas as io quality and condition 05 to 117¢. per bu. Western: July, 76%c. The remains sluggish At the call July was quoted at 77¢ car yellow, domestie, in No i9%e Stock In elevators. 139.87¢ shipments from elevators 5.640 bushels. The quotations for Oats on spot were: White, No. 2 56% 6 57¢.: do ‘ No bd @ b5¢.; mixed, No. 2, 3% @ Cheese—We quote, Gi 160 Butter-—Creamery pound, 2 274% @ 28¢.; +40. prints, 274 2%9¢.; Baltimore = W hie t fi was lower on for all grade tive re Ax fession the father must argue the matter as a reasonable man would. id at 1} Corn market midday Saies, = elevator, Oats busheis; earth with another botch farmer. his own exertion. If he is wise he out the bent of his inclinations. 3, Nine times out of ten where you ode, per Ib, 15% to blame for it. separator, pe) He has been too harsh and arbi imitation, pound 2-pound, po pound, 2 do., 1-pound, pe pound, 21 @2%¢.; locks, 2-pound per pound, 26 @ 28¢.: dalry prints Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virgi nia, per pound, 16 @ 17¢c.: Virginie and West Virginia, store packed, per pound, 18%e.: Ohio, store packed Fer pound, 18%. Eggs—Maryland, Pennsylvania an¢ firsts, per dozen, 21%ec.; Eastern Shore, Maryland and Vir. a per dozen, 21%c.; Western | . per dozen, 21%ec.; West Vir-, The electric lighting industry is per dozen, 21%%e¢, | *epresented In the United States by SL —— 3264 companies and municipal plants Live stock. | and in Canada, Mexico and the West Chicago--Cattle —— Market steady. [(ndies by 476. These figures com. Btoers, $5 60@ 7.65: cows, $4@5.0 - with 5016 and 448 April 1 $3.60@ 6.50; bulls, $3.40 | Pare an pr os 4.85; calves, $3 @ 8.50; stockers and 1609, showing a gain in the United feeders, $3.75 04.70. States of 249 and in the other coun- Hogs-—Market 10c. lower. Choice tries of twenty-seven in the year. Of heavy, $5.15@ 8.20; butchers’, $8.05 | the total of 5740 plants covered by Lio. ah aed, 3: ety. the statistics 3193 carry electrics! + 8 : + | supplies. The spread of alternating 3 ne 7. bi ea 60@ 7. &%; bulk | surrent methods is commented on, as Sheep—Market steady to stron many as 4154 of the plants having ale Sheep, $45.40; lambs, ' $6.50 ternating current. 8.25; yearlings, %s. BOG : wey 2 his son was a drudge. the least possible reward. All farmers are not so, many still are, no matter how much other classes have improved. The results have been and will ever be disastrous, ei uaa —— firsts, A 5 AS S10 — ATTORNEYS. i D. FP. FORTIEY ATTORNEY -AT-LAW BELLEFONTE Wa Ofios North of Cours House A Ww. HARRISON WALKER ATTORNEY AT LAW BELLEFONTE P& Ko. 19 W, High Street. All professional business promptly sttended te ns ra. W.D. Zzaey ——— cea 8 D. Gorrie ive. J. Bowes C-ETTIG BOWER & ZERBY ATTORNEYS AT LAW Eso Boos BELLEFONTE, Pa, Buccessons 10 Onvia, Bowes & Oxvis Consultation in Buglah end German. C LEMENT DALR ATTORY EY AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, Pa. Office N.W. corner Diamond, two doors from First Nationa! Bank. re Ww 4G RUNKLE ATTORNEY AT-LAW BELLEFONTE, Pa All kinds of legal business stiended to promptly Bpecial attention given to colisctions. Office, 8 floor Crider's Exchanges jy R B. BPAFRGLER ATTORNEY AT LAW BELLEFONTR FA Practioss 5 all the courts. Consuliation ia English and German. Ofos, Oriders Exchasngy Buliding rr Old Fort Hote EDWARD ROYER. Proprietor Loostion : One mile South of Centre Mall Assommodstions first-class. Good bar. Pertims wishing 0 enjoy an evening given speotad atlention. Mesls for such otessions Pop pared on short notice. Alwam prepared for the transient trade BATES : $10 PER DAY. [he Reta atl MILLERIM, PA Pb A. BHAWVER Prop Flat clam accommodations for fhe travels ©00d table board and sleeping 8 partments The ebolosst liquors at the bar. Siadis ae Semmodations for horses 4 (he best ¥ Be Bed Bw toand from sll trains on the Lewisburg and Tyrone Ralirosd, st Cobuse LIVERY Special Effort made to Accommodate Com mercial Travelers... D. A. BOOZER Centre Hall, Pa. Penna RL Penn's Valley Banking Company CENTRE HALL, PA W. B. MINGLE, Ceshie Receives Deposits Discounts Notes - - H. 4. STRCHTIEIER, PEMN Manufacturer of and Dealer In MONUMENTAL WORK in all kinds of i | ER TT ——— p——————— 90ND | NsuRANCE Logency IN CENTRE COUNTY H,. E.FENLON Agent Bellefonte, Penna. ;
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