The Centre Reporter
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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