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The Centre Reporter
CENTRE HALL PA
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DIVERSITY IN FARMING.
The farmer is in a hazardous bus}
ness at the best. His success depends
to a very large extent on the weather.
Droughts or excessive rains are disas
trous to him, Early frosts
him, says the Charleston News and
Courier. As In other hazardous busi
the good years to make up
loses of the bad years.
must be recorded in ten-year periods
one year what his profits are.
over, It is evident that as a
sion of seasons must "assist each other
in malotaining 8 general average of
Buccess, s0 the best Insurance he can
have in any one season is the planting
of diverse crops, the harvesting of
which will take place at different sea
sons of the year. He can thus escape
a8 complete calamity in the event of a
storm or other natural disturbance.
The man, for instance, who has
made money on truck in the spring can
face the loss of his cotton crop with
equanimity. In the average for the
year he finds things balancing up, and
although he has lost the profits of the
One crop in the destruction of the
other, he has been insured against abd
solute loss on the entire year's opera
tions. It is the capacity of the soll in
this section for widely diverse crops
that makes it so valuable. This is not
& one-crop section. The lands are not
merely good cotton lands. They are
good truck lands, good orchard lands,
good pasture lands. They can be made
to yield wealth In a variety of ways.
A woman paused the other day on
her way to Reno——regarded by those
journeying thither as the fount of eter
nal happiness—and explained that the
American husband was a bore and the
educated Englishman was not. There
certaln amount of truth in what
she says. When relieved of the neces
sity of working for the family living
the Briton has time to cultivate those
is a
graces of life which appeal so strongly
to the feminine heart, the New
York Herald. But he who must work
for every dollar that his wife spenis
has more time to devote to social
matters than if he were trying to fill
a sleve water. But it
cruel to call such a man a bore and to
intimate that because he i8 necessar
ily much away from home he
transferred his affections to
other quarter? If the connected
Englishman could unite with his
tinguish , capacity for spend
ing and manner the
making
should have a husband of the sort
culated to rob Rer {f most of
iness.
says
no
with is not
has
some
well
1 dis
ed bearing
suavity ofl money
American we
ral
of the
gifts
its bus
ire
The | 11 fected
Ella Flagg Young, superintendent
innovation by
ols of Chicago, |
in
for the ¢
the introduce
“8
i
n of instruc Hpping,” which
ar
is another
tion }
name rt and mys
tery of descending scathless from mov
ig vehicles, The
body acquired skill In
idea Is that every
this
gex—will
a street
who has
direction—irrespective of
know too much to jump off
car heading In any other direction
than that in which the car {8s moving
Of course, before the generation that
has been taught “fiipping” supplants
that which is now in control, a great
many accidents may occur to reckless
patrons. In the meantime, however,
it is inexplicable that intelligent wom.
en continue to alight from street cars
in such a way as to court danger.
A Pennsylvania busband put
purse In the stove for safekeeping
His wife, ignorant of the fact, started
a fire, and now thgy are hoping the
treasury department will redeem the
charred remains. There are regularly
chartered institutions In the business
of caring for other people's money and
they pay a premium for the privilege
of doing so. Money hidden about the
house is never safe and the people
who thus hoard their funds had bet
ter put thelr trust and their cash in
some good bank.
port gave a dinner and dance for her
domestic servants a few evenings ago,
lower sphere of iife,
leave his mother-in-law as security for
his board bill In Atlantic City. No
to get that board bill paid.
The doctors don’t want the mortar
and pestle on their automobile tags.
That is the symbol of a druggist, they
declare, and very naturally they don't
care to be taken for soda water dis
pensers and souvenir postal card
dealers,
A New Jersey woman wants a di
vorce because she finds bungalow life
too monotonous, It is hard to tell
whether some of the miseries of mar
ried life are tragedies or jokes,
HOLD PASTOR FOR
Charged With Poisoning Fiancee
fo Wed Heiress.
—
Rev. V. T. Richeson, Pastor Of a
Baptist Church At Cambridge,
Arrested For the Mysterious
Death Of Miss Linnell.
Boston. Clarence Virgil
Richeson, an
the Baptist
old, and
Church, of Cambridge, was locked
a cell the Jalil
will remain October
when he wil be given a
the Municipal Court upon
of i Missy Avis
Thompson
of
Years
Baptist
ordained clergyman
35
of Immanuel
denomination,
pastor
in
and
31.
in
at Charles Street
there until
hearing
the charge
Linnell
sweetheart, in
murdering of
Hyannis, a former
der to wed an heiress
This state has had some mysterious
murders, the detalls of
been shocking to the communities
where they occurred, but
within the memory of the oldest police
officer has there been a
tardly crime than the one this clergy
man is accused of having committed
In effect, Richeson is charged with
furnishing a 19-year-old girl, to whom
he is said to have been engaged to be
married, and who, of six
months’ time,
mother, with
and the inference
that by taking the
would bring about a
in her physical
reality he furnished
ceived the girl ag to the nature of
Qr
which have
never before
more das
in the course
have be
of
would come Aa
cyanide potassium,
is that he told her
drug
desired
deadly she
} when
cvanide
cont
it in
the de
its
effect for the express purpose of caus
ing her death so that no entanglement
might which
arriage to
Brook!
'
could
Miss Violet Ed
Fat)
exist possibly pre
ine, whose er
Drug To Kiil a Dog.
hard to
that a m
to a druggist and, with
nurdering a
nd, say
purchased the
to have
Newton C
i¢ became §
pretty
schoo
volce
attention soon became
, and
stood” that the couple
Members of M
were
to be
married
say that the er
into
nell’'s family
was entered nearly thre
ago
the wedding was to have heen
ago this month, but
Avis showed a diamond r
clergyman gave her
eaid that the froken eng:
Richeson became pas
Cambridge
the
ard the girl's mother
ne
the and
igemoen
renewed
the Frit
pulpit
eloquence w
church
having supplied the
weeks his innin
gregation
Can Mall Vice Report.
Washington
Hitchcock
order of the Postoffice Department ex
cluding from the United States mails
Postmaster General
has revoked the original
the report of the Vice Commissioners
of the city of Chicago. After congider
ing carefully the purpose
port and the intent of
sion, Mr. Hitchcock has
postmaster at Chicago to
mailing of the report. In reaching
this decision, Mr. Hitchcock was in
fluenced by the high character of the
members of the commission and the
evident sincerity of their motives.
of the re
the commis
directed the
permit the
Woman Killed By Train.
Wellsburg, W. Va
approaching train because
that she wore over her head,
Mre. Sarah Bevers, an aged woman of
Went Wheeling, was run down and
Potomac train.
ed to see the unfortunate woman until
it was too late, a heavy fog envelop:
ing the track.
Torpedo Hits Target.
Norfolk, Va--It was unofficially
stated here that after several attempts
the cruiser Montgomery fired a tor.
pedo almost entirely through
recently constructed steel caisson that
was towed to Hampton Roads several
days ago to become the target in tor.
pedo tests. The torpedo, which was
fired at a distance of 500 yards along
a cable, failed to reach the target on
two occasions, stopping half-way be
tween the cruiser and the calsson,
lw
CARVING
(Copyright 1811)
| Bronze and Silver Medals For Those
Who Risked Their Lives To Save
Others—Widows and Orphans
Get Pensions.
Pa
giiver
Pittsburgh,
twelve
by the
mission at
Forty-seven
medals were award
Carnegie Hero
and
ed Fund Com
its fall meeting
of
in
recognit heroism In saving hu
the
as
man li atter which
was jeopardized
addition medals, cash awa
loss, for
pur
were made for reimbursing
relieving debt on homes the
chase of homes,
other worth)
$53,036
ounting [iso
with
niidren,
were
AWaRras
amount
1eir lives
Pension for Heroes’ Widows.
y *"
& + 5
© AWAros \
Died To Save Others.
{ Ande sased
ial to father an a Died
WLILE
reon ie
at
t., May
L Manlove
medal to mother and $250. Died
from
1910
Jr.
190%
Russell 3 deceased,
i¢
drown
siiinting to save boy
Hanapolis,
I. Marqua,
medal
ntwl # ning ft
ri from drowning a
i. i810
H. J. Pickett,
2.000 education
July 7
Has
to mother, d
harles bronze medal
Pickett,
from drown
13, 19810
bronze
for
1
swedl
14. saved companion
g at Laceyville, Pa.. August
Edward T Rasmussen,
ial and $2000 for od
Faved san from drowning at Fairport
H ., August 6 190%
12 DAYS MORE FOR TAFT.
Ineation
irbor
President Extends Mis
November 12.
itinerary To
Mont The itinerary
Taft's “supplemental tour”
was completed here and date of
his return to Washington was fixed for
November 12. The original trip will
end at Pittsburgh October 21
The itinerary of the continued trip
iz as fcllows
November 1
Virginia, at
Billings,
President
of
the
University Vest
Morgantown
November 2-6--Hot Springs, Va.
November T--Cincinnati, to vote.
November 8-—Louisville, Ky
November %— Frankfort, Ky
| November 10 Abraham
| Memorial at Hodginville, Ky
November 11--Nasghville and Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
November 12 Washington.
It is probable that smaller cities
villages will be added to this
{itinerary if the railroad facilities will
:
of
Lincoln
BEGGAR WORTH $50,000.
Riches To Sister.
San Francisco--Michael Sullivan,
who had begged on the streets of San
in hig hovel heré. Bank books found
than $50,000. Sullivan's death was
apparently due to natural causes. He
left a will in which he bequeathed
$60,000 to his sister, Mary A. Sullivan,
of Utica, N. Y.
UGENE FLY
trol of Machine.
Machine Fails To Rise Again After
Making a Sensational Dip—Ely
To Jump Qut As He
Descends With Aercplane.
Tries
torr sy
Ely left a wit fi
weeks age C01 3
flights for t¢ {
had 1
tions here
News
Macon make
He
exhibi
ng up on
He ot
night,
osphorus
5
een gE ng spectac
fe ght dave
relia State Fair
ular
EO
netorm
One occas ior I a Thi
on
offered to ok a
painting
Miah
HIE by
way #4 $
with §
ined
f
ture of the tragedy
the spectators to
nire. T
by the
littered field was cleared
it of the wreckage Ely's
tie, gloves and cap disappeared
had a premonition disaster
he ascended. He told his as
sistants he felt
happen and asked them to notify Mrs
Ely in New York
he policemen were
crowd and a few
collar
Ely
before
§
of
that
ELY A WAR SCOUT.
First To Fly From a Warship—
Scouted For the Army.
New York
the best
Eugene Ely was one of
known of the American
aviators His reputation was
national as an expert,
and experienced pilot
ably done as much as any other
i American aviator in furthering mili-
‘tary experiments with the aeroplane,
particularly in connection with the
{ United States Navy.
out Blow.
Manchester, Ga -- Without firing a
‘short or exchanging a blow a mob of
130 men quietly lynched Jerry Love
lace, a negro brakeman, charged with
(having assaulted Yardmaster Kernan.
| Half a dozen masked men overpower.
{ed Marghal Colller and took the jail
keve from him. They led their victim
to Ferndale Park and hanged him to
ia tree within 10 feet of the sidewalk,
i
: hire
Gill Breaks Air Record.
8t. Louis. Howard W. Gill, in a bi
, plane, broke the American endurance
{record at Kinloch field by remaining
{in the air 4 hours 16 minutes 35 sec
{onds. The former record, made by
the late St. Croix Johnstone, was 4
hours 1 minute. Gill ascended at
1124985 o'clock and descended at
5.06.30, His flight was principally
‘over the fleld, but at times he flew
| over a triangular course of more tha..
i
Chwang ~~ The Japanese
Issue a Denial
Berlin
ed Tuesday at Hankow from a crulser
and two gunboats. After sharp fight
{that threatened the German
sion. Members of the German celony
| suported the marines. Five addition
al foreign warships have arrived at
Hankow Vice-Admiral Bir Alfred L
Winglow, commander of the British
Eastern fleet, arrived there, The Ger-
Hankow in
movement,
Japanese
the
com
Cap
mans
{ internat
co-operated at
Corps
the
iohiai
manded by naval
i tain
Die
iments
| States
develop
United
Post, commenting
Hankow, attacks the
the ground that that
to too big a role in
powers, the pa
mili
interesls
the in
on
at
on
trying
sntustion
have
forces and
should
Measures
coun
try is play
Other
more
{the
| per save, important
rary commercial
in China and take lead
| protective
The Forelgn Office received this dis
patch
| Hankow
from the German commander
Ad
troops
Hear
steamer with
Hankow quiet miral
40.000 regular arrived
expected German Colony
noncombatants
ROOSEVELT IN A NEW ROLE.
To Maintain An
Silence
ry
The Colonel Wants
Eloquent
art
1€ pa which
fevel w iake
prob.
This be.
here through a
Congressman
Ai Campaign
gllence
WOMEN TEACHERS WIN,
To Put Them On
Salary Basis As Men
A 5
New York Same
Cr severa
tenchers |
York
ther
U. 8. NO PLACE FOR DODGE.
Don't
a Gentieman.
Says Americans Know How To
Treat
Cr
3
1 she sailed
8 Dodge, whi
States because
don't know how to
over here”
Dodge married M
England in 1906 A
brought
Helen Steck in
few days ago she
guit for divorce, alleging
The notoriety incident to the
Mr. Dodge, paid
ade his last rance
mde
cruelty
suit and he
angered
that h
¢ has n appea
iin this country
Express Co. Quiz
Washington All the
mpanies of the country will
‘be bared when the
| under onth, about one hundred ques
| tions propounded in an order just fs
sued by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The questions overs
phase of the express business and the
information received will be used ae
{the basis investigation of the
| companies
secrete of the
OXpress o« 1
officials answer,
cover
of
oe
a
Postmaster Ends His Life.
Zanesville, © Benjamin Dugan,
| postmaster at South Zanesville for 15
| years, and short in his accounts $1,400,
{ committed suicide by shooting him:
self,
Recover Twenty From Maine.
Havana Twenty corpses from the
petty officers quarters and berth deck
of the battleship Maine were removed
from the wreck Friday to Cabanas
fortress,
raising the sunken craft began.
arrival of a battleship is being awaited
at present, when the rest of the ex.
plogion’s victims will be taken from
the shattered hull
Edison To Get Nobel Prire.
Stockholm, Sweden It is sald that
the Nobel prize for physics probably
will be awarded this year to Thomas
A. Edison.
Killed By Mexicans.
Akron, 0-8. E Weegar, of this
city, learned through a letter signed
by Charles Smith, of Douglas, Arig,
that his stepson, Edward Mason,
formerly of Akron, was shot and kill
ed by natives at Agua Prieta, Mex,
about twy weeks ago. No detalls were
given
iam“
CHINA'S CAPITAL
NOW IN DANGER
Government Believed to Be
Holding Back News.
FLAGSHIP SUNK, IS REPORT
Three Thousand Imperials Said To
Have Been Killed
Battle—Fears For
in Hankow
Capital.
Peking. There is nodo
Eerious news than tha
of the Government troops by
Wednesday
lutionists ut Hankow
been received at Peking, but not
re are persistent
that Admiral Sah Chen Ping
Was or captured
It is roported that
ling Hwangchow
int of
now hol
rowest the
ition
3.000 Repco
S18
ried Killed.
ts the impe
12 AMERICAN WARSHIPS
Largest Of Any
Chinese
Foreign
Waters.
TAFT GETS GOLD BRICK.
Lifting Of the Aur
fercus Bars.
BO BUCK
he spoke
he tariff vet:
was presented wi
vid jek worth more th
“Jy
President
& a great pleasure to
" sald Rep
wmking
bricked
Pres
aent
STATES ASK LEAVE TO PROTEST.
Southern Attorneys-General File Peti.
tion Against Tobacco Plan,
The At
and South
New York
of North
ginia filed a
United
against the
pian of the
pany
The
tornevs- General
lina and
petition
Cirenit {
Caro
oint
States
proposed re
American
officials ray
their States raise
260.000 000 pounds of leaf tobacco an
nually and that the hundreds of thou.
sands of persons engaged in the in
dustry there are vitally concerned in
of the trust as order
ed by the Federal Supreme Court
They assert they have made a care
ful study of the dissolution plan sub.
to the court, which in their
tion.
Cosgrave Goes To Collier's.
New York.—-John O'Hara Cosgrave,
editor of Everybody's
Banker Goes To Prison.
Pittsburgh. — Jacob W Hill, a
prominent banker of East Brady, Pa.
was sentenced to serve five years In
the Federal prison at Leavenworth,
Kansas, for violation of the banking
laws. He was charged with false ree
turns to the comptroller of the cur
rency. Hill declares he was not re
sponsible for the wrecking of the First
National Bank of Kast Brady, of
which he was cashier, and had he
been given time he could have saved
the Institution.