The Centre Reporter In — CENTRE HALL. PA. WORTHLESS READING. “Worthless reading makes worth fess people.” Put that in big letters and hang it up in your sitting-rocom, where you can see it every day, and where the young people can sce It Maybe it will call their attention to the books they are reading, which are uplifting or degrading, says the Ohlo Btate Journal. They are one or the other. Parents don't seem to realize this. Nine out of ten of them do not seem to understand the significance of a book. An education amounts to nothing if a boy or girl turns it into shallow reading. Their minds are filled with trash and their thinking is weak, when they the kind of books that are mostly read these days. It is a sad mistake to allow this mat. ter to go at random, and to allow the youth's taste for reading to grow rank and wild. ‘he highest triumph of an education is the desire and habit to read good books. It makes no differ ence a boy gets along in his mathematics or language, if he has no taste for g it is all waste. interest in the gchool, but as to him in they were read how well wd reading Parents will take great marks their child they what his after giving attention gets at Are hi pelessly j careless mean for life It is time to this subject. For at least four hundred years jour- nalism has been a profession without academlc of study recognition, in that a course to its seph Pulitzer felt to the proper was required The enter late Jo raised and college, says quirer. To the institution is endowed a Philadelphia In headship of this new Dr. Talcott Wil one of the deans of founded and the called liams of this city, American journall experience, and wholly admirable Journalism wholly taunt I Ye sm, and one whose travel, accomplishments scholars the selection is not 8 more re cruits than almost any other slon, by the waysid profes and postulants fall gout process successes in many dir work. which mal is given no young 1 and left able lessons The claq: England th 8 } is a institution | ‘rance flourished In powerful , “che! 1joys a recognized status f at the only where a de claque” and makes is a mistake to suppose income comfortable that duty of well members of toullleurs™ is to applaud. A includes who have cultivated infectious laughter T organized claque some the art hese “cha attend the lighter forms of 80 heartily and nat in, that Then who are right These ir peighbors house, Join convinced the pla, there are paid to st moment du are the real dra gobs melodramas at the ertion Is produced tc the effect that there the tele; ceptacles of ized by messages poured into them by some unfortunate who has curt busy.” are no germs In hone mouthpiece Those re img teres TEL TEacd age must be steril the the heat of waited 15 minutes to get the information that “the line's A Pennsylvania judge has decided that a girl Is entitled to keep an en gagement ring after the engagement fs broken. It isn't lkely, however that many of the girls who have been keeping engagement rings would have returned them, even if the Pennsyl vania judge bad decided the other way. The whole family feel the throb of spring within their veins. Young hopeful hunts up his old baseball glove, sister has a new beau, father is getting out his fishing tackle and mother has begun to recount the num ber of years she has worn the old bonnet a new and practical application In New York, where a farm is to be es tablished for bad boys mow sent to a reformatory. Plenty of good, hard farm work will remove the objection of work from other and objectionable quarters for idle hands, Chicago's police force lately devel oped the fact that It had a member who indulged the eccentricity of al ways paying for his drinks and cigars He was permitted to resign, as such unprofessional conduct 1s not likely to spread : The salary of the president of Swite. erland Is only $4,000. But then he does not have to keep up an automo bile: all he has to do Is step out of the front door and slide. SERIAL STORY A ROMANCE By Louis Joseph Vance (Copyright, 1gio, by Louis Joseph Vaoce.) = SYNOPSIS. Garrett Coast, a young man of New York City, meets Douglas Blackstock, who invites him to a card party He nccepta, although he dislikes Blackstock, rea son being that both are in love with Kath. erine Thaxter. Coast falls to convince her that Blackstock Is unworthy of her friendship. At the party Coast meets two named Dundas and Van Tuyl There is a quarrel, and Blackstock shoots Van Tuy! dead. C¢ 1Kkles to wrest the weapon fron thus the police dis cover them, Coast is arrested for murder He Is convicted, but as he begins his sen. tence, Dundas names Blackstock as the murderer and kills himself, Coast be- comes free, but Blackstock has married Katherine Thaxter and fled. Coast pur- chases a yacht and while sailing sees a man thrown from a distant boat, He res cues the fellow who is named Appleyard They arrive at a lonely island, No Man's Land Coast starts plore place and comes upon deserted bulidings. He discovers a dead pon golng further and approach ing a house sees Katherine who explains that her husband, under the name of Black. has bought the lsiand He is blind, a wireless operator and fa stati Coast Informs her her husband murdered Van Tuyl sees Blackstock and burying a man. They is rem Appleyi to the safely, veals and h the isl Coast of No 14 HAY the out to ex the the he there gels and there he n less: nly like 1 ed moved iden! hesitated half fluttering - Then that he was frightened another n glide heedless of Bul rx Fyre TR abruptly, oment would hurry consequence, sumed command of astonishing r hands 1 her herself od and Ustening 8! ood door The crashing of port, as if released fre woman moved quickly door. ller hand rourd Coast's forearm silent } the wirel m Ose Tr closed From col low but Listen, Garrett Something has | to leave the Island speak; Hush--don"t abnormally sharp; when He has jus clear pending A be gay when gathered pack uj The 1 and she stopped speaking in breath they heard the thrown out the sending tor “He's fishing for the answer, Coast ventured In a guarded “Hush!” she told him sharply, whis pering. “Wait! " She inclined her head, sedulously on guard, and for a while seemed to hold her breath. The hand upon his arm was trembling violently; he put his own palm over it with a strong and reassuring pressure “Steady, dear!” “Don’t be afraid She shook her head with a futile el. fort to smile bravely. “Only be quiet « « + she begged. A minute passed, and another, and od will as wiki come for Pa after He a few dinner, has necessaries olse of the wirele Immediately, the hush hiss the to divert the current apparatus in switch mn detec of Pas fre to the now,” {one he murmured. dynamo and the “He warned me strictly to say noth. ing of this either to you or to the both you and Chang you at once.” “No explanation--?" “None; he seemed to think it super. fluoug~—with me.” Coast's fears conjured up a miscar- riage of Appleyard's plans. Somehow, perhaps, the little man had falled to regain Quick’s Hole in time to prevent the escape of either the Corsair or her crew. In such case the latter would seek the quickest mode of com: munication with No Man's Land. But speculation was Just thea out glide Coast's concerns. His first, his whole only duty was to Katherine, “Don’t worry,” he begged her In a hurried whisper; “we'll ind some way out. Appleyard won't fall us-<and Mi he should I'll manage to steal that boat and get you off, Either that way i or another, Now go, while 1 soe what he wants of me. [met vou on the way. Go quickly | we've tlelaved long enough . . . { heart of my heart!” | This last was in an undertone as brusque cessation of the the briefest glance | hurried toward the by farm way house collect and this | she left him, striving to | traln his faculties against | ticipated turn of events have had which might well i yond his knowledge not the | to choke up with a series of guttural | snorts and stop dead. The unlooked | for suspension of its contented work ing song left a distinctly audible void in the stillness, In which the key the droning dynamo ran down scale to a sour whine cre ceased together Roused by this, Coast pulled himself together and hurried round the bulldipg with shameless elation to the of an which followed Blackstock’s rec ognition of the mishap A chalr scraped roughly « of it listening storm ger feil with was thrown violently stock got his brea the doors and was conscious of the uneasy sensation of being watched-—which, of course was absurd, the man's affliction brought to mind “Well ” A a 1 i i i { though this | could already with the confe him “Mmmm i d'you suppose bheca "One | isn't he ICES, was not strictly true; a shrewd g sion of neglect to guide hazard L.ook here, what of the Corsalr?” anether, In guess is as it? EOoOd fd “What d'you mean by that?” “That | “You'd to get Vouldn't “Without 4 pretty tough “Well, but w “Not | cumstances {to clear the and even today, up noon at ged sea at home don't know.” think Finn off by yoo "ud ‘ve this Blackstock grumbled. it managed her time-—eh ? you’ outside help, I'd judge jot heln help ith BO €agyY 10 Th Sound «¢ io there 4 U« ng « the cir- enough traffic, get, under at wind was f ordinary gOme alter a fairly rug craft Lime least, smaller kee] “Oh, you eh? ommentea NHackstock that look over Cons his even mace was not g him, yr hi nil ver ’ : ue % 14s gather 1 “That's could expression continued Voorhis tongue began ped form als something had the ston EIEN v y complicate He flew every who to the physical unhapp wing a night of diss! pation has had added grave reason for mental As 1 younger man Blackstock stopped short door with a lowering look “Who's that?” he demanded sharp ly, with a nervous plucking digquiet drew ing the fe fac the gesture teeth. “You, Handyside?” wished to see me “1 would gtock cried cigar upon Black: the his could!” wrathfully, dashing the floor He lifted to God 1 his head, while his features twitched. Abruptly he dropped them. “Here” he sald curtly, “what d'you know about stationary motors? Everything, I suppose?” “Not Coast pacif- quite,” returned “Then what the devil are you doing here? “I'm supposed to be a wireless op erator “Oh, y'are, eh?” “Not a skilled mechanic,” Coast con- tinued evenly. “Still, 1 know a little something about motors. Anything | can do?” “You can take a look at that damned engine, if you don’t mind. It fainted dead just now. in the lurch, hang him! 1 don't know whether it's oil or gas or water it needs. Perhaps you do.” “Tl see,” sald Coast With an impatient grunt Blackstock resumed his walk, guiding himself in and out amongst the furniture and ma- chinery cluttering the room with his habitual but still extraordinary ease. The sound of Blackstoek's [foot steps ceased behind him, while he was Perhape chinery—" Finn never then ™ the by kstock or else Lave him bers cast disgus onversation of del turning intent Blac i time tedly ibherate ) inced that had been talking to ki to make it. for some occult purpose You've about ruined this machine, as far as | can fudge. The lubricating i tank’s dry as 8 bone, the bearings £0 | hot 1 can't bear my hand on them, and the chances are the connectingrod babbitt has burned out. | can't tell how bad it is without taking the motor down, and that's an expert's job Where's your cylinder oii? A good dose of that will case matliers a bit until 1 ean investigate without blistering my hands’ “Over there-—that large can in the corner.” Blackstock indicated . To reach it Coast had to pass be- tween the man and the door; as he did so, temporarily off his guard, Blackstock stepped suddenly to his gide., Grasping Coast's right with his left hand, he thrust It up | smartly, interposing his shoulder | prevent it from coming down as he his own right ®&rm across chest, seizing and pinioning bis left. Having him thus helpless in one of the simplest of Jiu-jutsu holds, Black: | stock thrust his left band Into Coast's | pocket, withdrew the automatic pis tol and let him go with a shove that gent him reeling and staggering back against the wall. “I've been wanting this toy ever { since you mentioned it last night,” he | sald calmly, balancing the weapon in | hig palm. “It's one of ny rules that no arms shall be carrie! on thic is land.” (TO BE CONTINUED) NEWS OF DISASTER | WAS WITHHELD Chief Admits Advising Operator to Hold Back. BALTIC LEARNED THE DETAILS Senat: Committee Adjourns Inquiry to Washington and Wii Make it Mor: Thor ugh--Titanic Had Warning f Berga. the botion Burden Of Testimony. the $outis wher rough a sea berge were known to tl markable calmness Ww and ments of the sin gOnEers crew faced ope ing sh TORNADO IN OKLAHOMA, Lives Lost and Four Mouses and Vil lages Wrecked, Ok have Oklah« Three persons are known killed, at least a score injured and many farm. yma City, to been houses and village dwellings were wrecked when a tornado which form- in of Yukon, near Oklahoma City, swept in a northeast erly direction through the counties of Oklahoma and logan. Fifty houses were demolished at the town of Hen. nessy. Mrs. Mary Holmes and an other woman whose name cannot be ascertained were killed. ed the vicinity Labor Unions Adjust Differences. Pittsburgh, Pa The differences which have been the source of con- troversy between the American Fiint Glaseworkers' Union and the Glass Botileworkers’ Union for admost 10 veare, were adjusted here after a con ference of national officers of the re spective organizations covering five days. Among the representatives of the Flints was President Clark, of Toledo, O., while the bottle blowers were led by President Dennis A. Hayes, of Philadelphia. COMMERCIAL Weekly Review of Tradz and Market Reports. — Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review lopments CONBETrvVa Jobbing Live Stock {) Market er for beevea, but CHIC AL Cattle to 10¢ high helfers Texas steers, $5 4.2046 60 6.90; strong cows and Jeeves, $5.50 8.70; $4704 Western gtookers and feeders heifers, $260 Wea gleers, 6; MGT: cows and calves. $508.35 Hoge—Market slow, but generally under last night. Light, $7.206 mixed, $740@7.75; heavy, $7.40 G80: rough, $TA8GTE5; pigs, $490 @ 7.15; bulk of sales, $7505 7.75. Sheep Market weak, 10 to 15¢ low er. Native, $425@G625; ‘Western, $4 400685; yearlings, $5 80@GT: jambs, native, $55087.75; Western, $6G R10, Be - (AO Beeves—Dressed bee! Exports none Market culls, $5 NEW YORK Veals, $7.10; @ 6; bdbuttermilke, $5 Sheep and Lambs—Unshorn sheep, un unshorn clipped Iambs, lambs, 36506880; onlls, $556@6.20; $5.50 7.25. PITTSRURGH Cattle steady, sup ply light. Cholee, §7.25@ 3.10; prime, 7.70, a
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