——————————————
The Centre Repoiter
CENTRE HALL PA
BIRDS AND THEIR ENEMIES.
A recent report of the United States
of the strongest arguments imagina-
ble upon the absolute economic folly
of exterminating America’s bird life.
This country, says a bureau expert,
suffers each year through Insects a
loss aggregating $1,200,000,000; ro
dents cost us 200,000,000; weeds
more than $400,000,000. These
staggering figures, indeed. They need
not be minutely accurate to point a
moral as obvious as It {8 important
Every thinking person knows they
are near enough the truth to make
the warning significant. In nature's
fine balance of living agencies the
birds found their largest utility in
keeping the insect pests of mankind
in subjection. Not all birds eat In-
sects, but most do. Others destroy
rodents, and many eat the seeds of
weeds. It was a fine scheme of econ-
omy nature had. Man in his cruel
blindness has upset the balance. He
has made plumage fashionable for
hats and glorified bird dinners. Even
pot-hunting has been winked at. A
policy widely recognized as indefensi-
ble has been followed for years.
America foots the bill for her own in-
difference The first punishment is
vigited upon the farmers, but its ef-
fects are felt by every family in the
land.
are
transmission of pews
Hottentots is a
Rider Hag-
gard is unable to solve. Mr. Haggard
Pretoria in 1879, at the time
of the battle of Isandhiwana. Twelve
hours after an old Hot
tentot told him that
the British
the fight
that
The rapid
AmMOng
mystery
and
even
Kaffirs
which Mr.
was at
the disaster
washerwoman
Cetawayo had defeated
detalls of
Haggard
he reported the Infcrmation to his of
ficial The British
pointed out that it was impossible for
the as Isandhiwana
was 192 Pretoria, and po
telegraphic or railway communication
existed between the On
the following day official confirmation
troops, and gave
So impressed was Mr
superior. official
news to be true,
miles from
two places
of the disaster was brought by 1
ed messengers, who were dispatched
immediately after the battle and trav
eled at all the Y et
the natives won by twenty hours, and
the washerwoman's story was true In
every detail,
top speed WAY.
The assertion that cats are necessary
in bakeries ported by
servation and
practical and
all parts of
pests, and no
than cats has
is sup wide ob
by the judgment of high
scientific authorities in
the world. Hats are
better antidote for them
ever been found. Polson
will not do—especjally In a bakery
where the smell of the poisoned rats
coming from the holes which
they had retreated to die ild cor
rupt the air and the It 1s
captious criticism that would object to
bakers keeping cats
into
Wi
bread.
Dr,
health
about
Hastings, Tororto
officer,
a9
“uo
the medical
complains that only
of the L000 cattle
killed for consumption weekly in that
city are inspected, and that an aver
age of §5 diseased animals a week are
sold for food A Canadian govern
ment analyst asserts that for the last
third of a century the pepper used in
Canada has been adulterated 40 per
cent. We are doing better than Can-
ada In some things.
per cent
How interesting It would be to stu
dents of mechanics as well as to sty
dents of history to sce the first steam.
boat in which Fulton took passengers
on the Hudson in 1807 iy preserving
in the National Museum at Washing
ton the first flying machine purchased
from the Wrights for the war depart
ment, the government is providing a
treat for students in centuries to
come
We are Informed #iat an easterner
whose best girl gave him the frigid
mitt has gone Insane. We have
often heard of people who went crazy
with joy.
We fall to understand why some
tion bug when all the delights and
dangers of the game may be experi
enced on a roller coaster,
0 be armed with clubs made of paper.
These will logically go with paper san-
itary drinking cups.
Boston highbrows are trying to de
termine whether “been” should be
pronounced “bin” or “bean.” If they
are patriotic Bostonians the bean will
win In a walk
A woman of eighty In a Connecticut
town captured and held a burglar un.
til help came, Here is the first knock.
out blow for the age limit
Advice to the aeroplane operator:
Be careful,
ANDREW CARNEGIE
GIVES $25 00001
Aid His Educational
Institutions.
For
"PLACED WITH CORPORATION
Steel
thropies To the Carnegie Corpora-
Which Will
Ald Or Organize Libraries.
tion, Hereafter
New York.—Andrew Carnegie
|
|
|
|
|
i
i
i
i
i
to the of New
York, organized here
granted by the New
last June, “to promote
ment and diffusion
understanding among
the United States.’
Carnegie Corporation
under af
York
the
of knowledge
the
advance
people of
{0 re
income to the
Carnegie,
home
poration, organized
ceive it and apply its
purpose indicated, Mr
statement given out at his
Fifth avenue tonight, said he
to leave with the corporate body
especially
in a
on
intends
the
i
which he
on
institutions
has
educational
as an individual
MANY Years
The statement
“The Carnegie Corporation of
York, incorporated by
by the New York legislature June §,
1811, was organized Ni 10,
1811. The purposes of corpora
tion, stated
follows
* ‘Section 1
Elihu Root,
lam N. Frew,
Charles lL.
and
carried
is as follows
New
an act passed
vember
the
as in the charter, are
Andrew Carnegie
Pritchett, Wil
S
Henry 8S
Woodward,
Franks
their successors
tobert
Robert A
and
constituted a
Taylor,
Bertram
are hereby
ate by the 1
tion of New York for
ving maintaining a
funds and applying the
of to
diffusion of
James
body cor por
ame of (
‘arnegie Corpora
{ the purpose of
rece and
income
promote the advancement
ng among
tates
stitutio
sclentifi
publicat! by
agencies and means as shall fr
tot be four
ie ncorporators
ile
YEE “eed of on %
CUSE FriGay
her 10 1611
JET Ab 123
negies n
ven
. BCCH I
adopted the constitution
and
resident A's
dent iid
$ 1 1,
ted the
ele fol
pres;
ert A. Fra
ran
Mr. Carnegie transferred
poration for
twenty-five n
mortgage
its Corporate
lions of 30S
tonds
Corporation
vaiue frst
United St
rid
EGI0
ites Steel
SCENE OF CARNAGE,
Twelve Thousand Soldiers Engage In
the Slaughter.
‘hina
» shambles of
er The sun
rapine, desolation
corded
Twelve
per
Hil,
from beneath their s
driving bef
of the city
in modern history
thousand Manct
ial ol }
where they
ore them
out
Innocent
thing behind them,
stricken and
in the fields at
The
20,000 and
Chinese,
destitute,
the
iatter,
to the
rear of the
res
forces numbering
tween DU0U, are impotent
to cheek the slaughter or
slain, of
munit
The ad
second attack upon
Manchus pending the arrival of
munition expected from
The Manchus took advantage of the
situation
the
am
avenge
because their lack of
on
revolutionists bh delaved oa
concerted the
am
Shanghai
Lincoln and Roosevelt.
Wis
cited
Milwaukee, Lincoln and
by Dr. Carl
Barnes, of Philadelphia, in an address
the Wisconsin Teachers’ Associa
tion as the only two brilliant presi
dents of the United States since Jef.
ferson
Dr. Barnes’ assertion that Ameri
cans put more trust in excellence of
character than in brilliance of intel
Roosevelt were
Slain By Robbers.
Reading, Pa, November 10.---A
cinity during the last 10 days culm!
nated Friday in the murder of Gor
ducted a bakery in the lower section
of the city.
Indarse La Follette.
Denver.—In accordance with reso
lutions adopted at the recent meeting
of the National Progressive Republi
ean League at Chicago, Progressive
Republicans of Colorado have com
pleted a permanent organization and
indorsed Senator La Follette, of Wis
consin, for the Republican presidential
nomination and passed resolutions
calling for state-wide primaries for
the expression of presidential choice.
The organization declared for a presi
dential primary law and indorsed the
recall for all elective offices,
i
|
i
i
i
3
i
PROCLAMATION
ly en.
wii
REVOLUTION IS SWEEPING ON
i
Canteen, the City,
Formally Proclaims Its independ:
Largest Chinese
ence~~Foochow Turned Over
To Revolutionists.
For
The 1
» taking in
of
great
Peking esidents he
quan
Fif
00 cavalry
tities of rice and other stores
teen hundred d
of the
¢ xis i 4 r 3 s 8 LF *
from Shi Kia-Chuang aft
infantry an
Manchu First Division, who
ef
’
sassination of General Wu
arrived here and entered t
iegations consider ths
Manchu dynasty
All cousular
imperial
the
received
report i
Capital agree that 1
has got beyond
lis Smpire
Lion o1
the Britl
ge tl
exer
road from
FOV:
« offered
of Foochoy
Yyoiutionists
pu
tire
massacred
neriean cruiser
Amoy together
trover
COMMISSION FOR SACRAMENTO.
Democrat Will Be Mayor Until New
Law Goes Into Effect.
‘al
ranks of «
Sacramento, ( Sacramento step
ped into the ities having the
of
gover: nt as a
The
ma-
fority of 68 out of a total vote of more
than 8.000 Mayor M R Heard,
Democrat, was reelected with a plur
ality of 374 over Allen W
He will serve until
takes effect, which
commission form
is
It
rest of the municipal election
new charter was adopted by
Stuart, So.
the
will
new
charter be
Juls
:
WALSH LEFT $125,000.
At Height Of Success Wealth Egtl. |
mated At $15,000,000.
Chicago. According to the state
meant of one close to the family of the
late John R. Walsh, the estate of the
former bank president, railroad mag
nate, financier and manipulator,
whose opinions once moved the mar
ket, will amount to but little more
than $125,000. At the height of his
power, and just before the govern:
ment successfully prosecuted him for
bank wrecking, the former newsboy
was worth $15,000,000,
Bombs From Airship,
Tripoli, via Rome. —Terrillec execu
tion was done by the Halian military
aviation corps which is fighting the
Arabs, Bombs dropped from aero
planes killed scores of natives and
Furkish soldiers who were unable to
respond,
Girl Killed By Boy Munter.
Winnipauk, Conn. Margaret Wood,
18 years old was accidentally shot and
almost instuntly killed by Timothy
O'Neil, fifteen years old, who had been
out hunting.
|
SHELLS HALT TURK RAID
Severity After
World
Men
Italians Their
By
Cross
Relax
Resentment
Red
Slain.
Tr ipol Via
been resumed about
Hamidieh,
Italians
harbor
ab populs
Turks
ELC 4 PARTY SSES HOPE,
The Wash ngton Politicians Get Much
Consolation.
War!
the
ners “
ETRY
Ling
Te.
CO plicated
the presid ahout
and
about as
but
consociation
equal advar Republicans
Democrats are
badly mixed as were t returns,
ail parties profess to find
in the
issues entered into t
fact that local
cam
to use the re
rate
outcome The
he various
$ At
makes it Meocult
paigns
sults as a basis for accu forecast
Republicans sa riurning of
Jersey and
the
of Maryland protend
Republican victory next year. Dem-
ocrats point to in such
cities as Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Col
umbus and smaller
towns, and of Foss in
Massachusetts, as a harbinger of party
next year and indicative of
the trend of the popular mind against
the party in power
W. L. Houser, in charge of the
Progressive Republican League, or La
Follette headquarters in Washington,
made no statement for publication
about the result, but he and those as
sociated with him evidently believe
they see in the election of Tuesday
a material gain in progressive senti-
ment.
the legislatures in New
York and
chief magistracy
i
New the character of
the revolt
innumerabi«
the reelection
SUCCPRR
Basketball Barred.
Spurta, Wis-—The board of educa
tion issued an order forbidding the
playing of basketball by girl teams in
the high schools, the point being made
that such public exhibitors are not
conductive to good morals.
Women Qualify As Voters.
Los Angeles, Cal.-—In the 23 legal
business days which have elapsed
since the registration of women was
begun in preparation for the city elec
tion on December 5, 66,527 women
have qualified as voters.
Fire Destroys Old Church.
Springfield, Mass. ~A spectacular
fire destroyed the Olivet Congrega
tional Church on Armory Hill, the
second oldest house of worship in the
city, causing a loss estimated at $30,
400,
OLD LINCOLN HUT
‘Martyred President's Birth-
place Preserved.
i
"PRESIDENT TAFT ACCEPTS
Cther Distin
Part
Dedicating a
Taft
Persons
President and
guished Take in
Ceremonies
Granite Structure.
This movement
by Robert
w York, for the erec
Years ago
al to Abra
of his birth
fs ! +
fact in 1
bie memor
} y
Lhe place
an accomplished ne
gathering in which
was obliter-
were
ornersione was laid by
President Hoosevelt on the centennial
of
inst J
Thursday President Taft was
central
Lincoln's birth, two
anniversary
VEars ago February At the dedi
cation
figure. The
the The
was purchased by
Association
th nn fund
4 & ung
the exercises were
farm,
Lincoln
held at ynas Lincoln
ich
Farm
wh the
several Years ago
sub
prop
with
raised LY opular
scription After acquiri
HAIng
cabin
War
s far: sil vans
i All BAVA
#idesed
LuG«
» adhered
fas reels
taauva
from
interest were formed
solved and fall har
greatest
GIRL HERO OF ELECTION,
Got Out Blg Vote and Defeated a Bond
issue.
Ind Virginia
Hammond, the young
{i Hammond, Miss
g
Brooks, of W
v eat
reformer ber most brilliant
| tory when 1
won vie
¥
ie citizens repudiated the
| Interstate Electrical Company bond
| issue in the special election by a vote
jof 3 to 1 Miss held mass
meetings, hired carriages to take the
| volers to the polls, through personal
effort, she got out the biggest vote
ever known in the city's history
| The bond issue defeat may result in
| Miss Brooks being nominated for
| mayor of West Hammond at the com
ing municipal election
Brooks
Find Man is Sha k
Pensacola, Fla. --A dozen men arm:
ed with rifles killed a giant
which devoured Jules Antoine. Por.
tions of Antoine's body were found in
the shark Sallore on the British
steamer Aldergate saw the old man
fall overboard. A shark seized the
body and the crews of several vessels
began a general shark hunt. The
monster was more than 12 feet In
length.
SAA AA BS
Dead From Hazing.
Champaign, 1lL--Friends of Eugene
Norton, 18 years old, attribute his
death here from pneumonia to hazing
to which he was subjected two weeks
ago. At that time upper classmen at
the University of Illinois routed the
boy from bed at 2 A. M. and forced
him to do ghost dances on the campus
attired only In his “nighties.” A bad
cold resulted, which eventually de
veloped into pneumonia,
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.
psn.
i
—— —
Dun & Company's weekly re
view of trade save
The volume of business is fair
amount and trade continues ex
hibit a quickening spirit; in most lines
it aril capacity,
generally consisting of the supply
ing immediate necessities The
absence of large unsold stocks on the
and the presence of supplies
#0 great that this country is
now abie to finance the pressing need
of Kurope to an extent that has rarely
it ev been equalled in the past
elements of | strength
of
1G
below
in producing
of
shelves
of credit
er are
apie
Bradet =
raceireel s save
Hetn rade, which now
the cents
occupies
48 regards dis
been greatly stimulated
a wide dYea of
reports regarding
business display bet-
than they have last
The turnover has been espech-
marked In such lines ary
boots and shoes, furs,
ig and furnishings and the long-
deferred breaking up of stocks seems
Jobbing livex
volume of orders,
expect
cold
r of the
stage
tribution, has
by colder weather over
In
branch of
country fact,
this
ter
Bpring
wii
a
tenor gince
S|
as
Eoode, rubbers,
clothir
to be now under way
report a fairly good
though ig still too early to
much benefit from recent
wenther
Wholesale Markets
NEW YORK W eRsy
7 export
No. }
» b, atioat
« export,
heat Spot
J elevator or
afloat
Amery seconds,
creamery
whole milk,
is, 15c;
Sep
cur
gpecia
cainies,
¢ » GO,
4
193
is
ras wv
gathered
Gi:
fresh
Stale,
hennery,
vestern chick
114: 1 te
Aig ie tur
Vy 1 % Cory
ig Vs EElEerN
TE 1¥
«gin
tur
for lo
natural,
«, White
Western
a6
exira
arby prints,
higher:
er nearby firsts,
current
Western
current
per cas¢
‘ennsyivania and ott
cases, $5.70 per cage: do,
canes, $K 1
KR 44 ao
§7.80@5810
Firm; New York
15¢ do, fair to
free
receipts free
firsts, free cases,
rex pis, free cases,
full
good,
teads fowls,
S 12
19%, spring chick
: geese, 13
fresh killed
West
broil
do,
chickens,
15; tur.
20@
Firm;
c: do.
101
19@ 20;
DE
Western,
roosters,
nearby,
Western,
nearby
keys,
) es § 1
roast
IRE~—~Wheat-—-No. 2
contract, 85i4¢;: No. 3
No. 2 red, 92;
red Western, 921
gE was
Year,
red
P) sleamer
steamer No. 2
Lorn
£4
4
steady;
67%. Jan-
67%; “1 67% .
The closi
n
spot, Lee, non ):
uary, 6T@67%;
March, 68%
Cats—White-—No. 2, 50%e asked:
standard, 50 asked; No. 3, 493, asked
Lightweight white oats are bringing
a premium over the above prices.
Rye-—~Western, Domestic-—No. Ra.
$1.06; No. 2, $1.05; No. 3, $1.03@ 1.04:
No. 4 $1011.02 Nearby, No 2,
$1.01@1.02. Bag lots, nearby, new, as
to quality, $11.05.
Hay--Timothy No. 1. $240024.50;
No. 2, $23@2850; No. 3 $0622
Clover Mixed-—Cholce, $22¢2250: No.
1, $21.50@22; No. 2, $1921. Clover
No. 1, $22@2250; No. 2, s20@21
Milifeed—We quote, per ton, in 100
ib. sacks; Spring bran, $260026.50;
flour to white middlings, 32@33;
Western middlings, $28G 28.50; City
Mills middlings, $27 .50@ 28; City Mills
bran, $27.50G 28.
Butter — Creamery, fancy, 33:
creamery, choice, 31@32; creamery,
good, 29@30; creamery, imitation, 25
@27. creamory, prints, 326384.
Eggs—We quote, per dozen, loss off;
Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby
firsts, 28¢c; Western firsts, 28; West
Virginia firsts, 27. Southern
260026%; guinea eggs, 13014.
Cheese-—Jobbing lots, per 1b, 1% e
17e.
ina
February
Live Stock
CHICAGO-—Cattle—Market strong
to 10c higher. Beeves, 4609.15:
Texas steers, $4.10G5.90; Western
steers, $4.15@G 7.25; stockers and feed.
ers, $2.80@5.75; cows and heifers, $2
@6; calves, $6@8.75.
Hogs—Market 5@10c lower. Light,
$6.56@ 6.25; mixed, $5.6666.40; heavy,
hy 00 Qe. pigs,
5. i. 40;
bulk of sales, $6.9586.25.