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The Centre Reporter
PA.
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UENTRE HALL.
PLEASURES OF THE POOR
“Yhe pains of poverty,” wrote Thom-
as De Quincey, “I had lately seen too
much of, more than I wished to re-
member; but the pleasures of the
their reposes from bodily toll, can
never become oppressive to contem-
plate.” Indeed there are pleasures of
the poor, says the Kansas City Star.
One so sure of the delight of
bodily toil.” That
by De Quincey, is
is not
from
used
"reposes
phrase, as
the little negro boy who was pounding
his finger with a hammer and was cry-
ing from the pain. “Why do you do
that?” the senator asked him, “Oh,”
he said, “it feels so good when I quit.”
But if the toil is not oppressive, sure-
iy the of rest is the sweeter
because The pleasures of the
love of good reading
leisure for it; appetites for the
eating in the boiled din-
childhood,
swimmin' holes and bare feet and cir
cuses and bumble bee fights; the treat
of an occasional good play; the not
miserly exultation at money put by for
Rf rainy day; the selfish satisfaction of
self-sacrifice; the romance of youth
where marriage is of helpmates, “pard-
Oh, there
and
period
of it.
poor include a
and
best
ners,
world,
storing memories of
ners.” are pleasures of the
poor a whose
knew them so well,
country pioneers
whose newer com
must
less
them 80 weil
by
poverty
munities know vet
restore them eradicating need
"ny
!
unillumined
Many persons :
f , les
+
worrying, in print
naking
eager
I'¢
and out
it woman is °
in her
ness to grasp new opportunities is for
getting ileges.
But cause
to
L
a man of herself,” and
her immemorial priv
there is an equally serious
f indifference
He seems
or anxiety in man's
certain of his pre
to be forge tting the pleasures that ac-
Pa”
has
rogatives.
crue to him
longer
ed his
feminine
as a parent is no
turn-
y the
and
He
over
onto his job.
responsibili te
side the
starving a profound need of his nature
There rather
idealization
at the expense of fatherhood.
frequently it is the father rather
the mother who is able attain to
the vision of the family as a sacred in
stitution. He may be intimate
with the children mother,
and have depths of
tenderness which lacks
whether he exceeds her or not in spir-
and
ties
of house, is
in 80 doing has been
too much motherhood
Not
of
in-
than
to
more
shan the
understanding and
she But
itual comprehension of his sons
daughters, he shut out of
that inner room and confidence into
which all parents and children should
enter by right of community of inter-
est? it, the Amer
out in the
Perhaps he made the bluhder in
there himself, but none
the less it is the business of the wom-
en who are wise and the children who
are dutiful he is brought
back into association with
others
should be
No question about
ican father too often is
old.
stepping out
to see
heart
that
the
There's about the
dog days coming so late; they are the
insect-breeding The flilea and
mosquitoes when they begin their se®
son early have a way of setting upon
one good thing
days
people's garments just before they go
indoors and of darting inside when-
ever screens are opened for a minute
When the insects begin their season
late there isn't a chance for so many
of them to get into the house
An electrical scientist destroys all
the mites In cheese by electrocution.
He did not but he esti.
mated that in cheese weighing
two pounds there were 5,000,000 mites
Of course the dead ones were al’ left
in the cheese, which arouses the
query: What is difference be-
tween eating a dead mite and a Uving
one?
count them,
one
the
A French aviator predicts air ma
chines which will fly at a speed of
about two hundred miles an hour
At present what an alarmed public
is looking for in travel of all kinds
is less attention to whirling haste to
a goal and more prospect of getting
there alive.
it is sald that side whiskers and
frilled shirts of the olden time are to
be revived for masculine fashions.
The denunciations which feminine
styles have been receiving will now
have the field of criticism broadened,
and the women will have the chance
of their lives to hit back.
Five hundred students worked
their way through Columbia last year;
.
and Columbia.
standing around yelling after football
matches, or by imbibing cocktails.
—— ————
It sometimes brings up unpleasant
recollections when you dig up last
winter's derby and contemplate (ta
fatigued and generally dilapidated ap
pearance,
BECKER JURY
SAYS GUILTY
Is the Verdict.
BECKER DID NOT FLINCH.
John F. Mcintyre, Convicted Man's
Counsel, Announced He Would
Take An
Appeal.
Immediate
Lieutenant
of
degree by the jury
or instigat-
Rosenthal
New York Police
Charles Becker
murder in the firs:
which has been trying hin
ing the death
the gambler.
The v
degre«
midnight
sentence
Mrs.
of the
the verdict
Becker did not
the verdict prono
Bkinner, foreman ¥
John F. Meclntyre, Becker's
counsel, announced that he woul
an immediate appeal,
yond this he h
The 12 jur
and measu
court:
late:
from the Toml
yet
moment
As he
fous
none of
tenge 8)
A
al
was found guilty
¢
4
of Herman
raer first
and was pronounced yv at
Hecker
Tombs by Justice
erdict read "mm n the
was repianded for
to the Goff {
Becker, sitting ou ¢ the door
courtroom, fell in a swoon when
Wag announced
flinch heard
id B
when he
of
chief
d take
added be
nothing
ad
QO0
the defer
entered
Becker
Yes
tered
10
roll
the
dict.
Ww 4
Bkinner
“We
charged
ner
squarely
‘Do vou
murder is
Couns
ail Hoe
have, ¢ Foreman |
The jury rose to its feet
find th {
in
i
saiG
face
given,
proceedings be
“until
motio
“fw
Justice
remand
rose and
ns fo
3
i
it A y
Hi Gelen
Goff
the
tone o
had character
ing the trial
THIRD OF FARMS MORTGAGED.
fowa and Wisconsin Properties
Carry Heaviest Indebtedness.
nition Une-thirc
of the United States are
according to & bulls
‘ensus Bureau
that in 1810 the
na operated by
was 1.327.439
reported free
owners and mort
h 2,621,283 |
from mortigags
The average amount of mortgage in
debtedness per from!
$1.244 In 1890 to
the average value pe:
from $3.444 to 36.28%
the owner's
The
i
while
creased
1810, but |
fa increased |
hich shows that :
he
equity ibled
value of the farms
Ings were m
placed $6,300,000,000, while tl
amount of mortgages was $1,726,000.
000, or 27 per cent. of th
The proportion of
debtedness is higher in lov
consin than in any of the ol
and vet these
most prosperous ir
which org
at
e val
rigaged
a and Wis- |
her States, |
je
in-
States are among the |
agriculture
WHITE HOUSE SCRUBBED.
First Inside-and-Out Washing Since]
Cleveland's Time.
Washington For
since the Cleveland regin
House was washed thoroughly from
ocellar to garret Thursday, fire engines
playing streams of water upon the ex-|
terior and a small of
women scrubbing
hardwood floors
the wood work painted
the first
. time |
¢, the White |
y
army
he interior,
were
char |
All the |
ghellaced and
MINES FORCED TO CLOSE.
Result Of Exodus Of Greeks From
IHinois.
Galena, 11.-- Twelve
mines in this district have had to close
because of the exodus of Greeks and |
other foreigners who have returned |
to their native countries to take up|
arme against Turkey It is estimated |
that more than 500 men have departed |
in the last few weeks, |
and zine
lead
LEAD PENCIL IN BAIN.
Plece Inch and a Half Long Taken
From Baby's Mead.
Rochester, N. Y.-—~A piece of lead
pencil an inch and a hall long was re
moved from the brain of two vearold
William Tulley in a hospital here. The
baby fell while playing and the pencil
penetrated the frontal bone above the
left eye, entering the brain, Physi
clang say he may recover,
8
mois |
:
ren |
EN
———— a]
es
{iC an
right
MR. RODSEVEL
SAFE AT HOME
Must Rest A
Say Physicians.
Colonel Week
Discharging ~— Refuses Per
sonal Guard Offered
By Friends.
“xcept
Roosevelt
work in
{0 BuUgge
Lary perea
hapg
Iane
nel on his arrival at
CRicago
wouna the t
oral
Four phys
ere
and afte;
essential was compl
directions are obsers
the ex President
is probable, aithougt
sald that he is en
bem sil iin
Alexander
New
ake and Dr
examining
wound was
Y¢
in
(Ged
$ oy
wf 4 (ok
Oi he pose it
they
Hn
would poseibl
the :
were
be
work of a
Roosevel
ad been
('olonel
wound h
was no longer
vig ¢
Vision «
“all right
: 1
left alone, and
of their m
t
Hil
it was
Hut
HOt necessl
accede to hig wishes
was regarded by Colo:
friends as an indicat
ALMOST HAD HEAD TORN OFF
Autoist Drives into Stretched Rope In
Navy Yard.
Nearly
antomobile
Washington decapitated as
the result of an
O'Shea, a civil
local hospital
Mr. O'Shea,
AoC
er KE
between life
Alexander
at a
death
neer
and who is con
ing his motor car rapidly through the
road The
the chin.
rope
That
from his shoul
t him beneath
torn
the
ahd to the quick action of
friend in the tonneau, who sprang for
ward and reversed the egine
rope
|
ARMIES ADVANGE
INTO TURKEY
DZ CAPTURED
Men Of
Nineteenth
Without
Majority Of the
the
lous Regiment
Burrender
Felix Diaz
president
#
hag
Vera
with
about
istrp and Gen
1 y
were taken in his throat
hig vozal chords appeared paralveed
x
END OF STRIKE IN SIGHT.
Steps Toward Settiement
Kanawha Coal Field.
Charleston, W. Va
First
i
i
i
i
wheh an agreement
pany, at Dorothy.
Adrianople.
LARGE.
Ten Miles
Second Has
40,000
Servian Army Only
From Usup-
Engagement With
Turks
Away
he sas
irkish
a hers
gaye that
with the
Ta pie pnt
ik pariy o
ef
stro, capital
tod the
LI
soners
» advance
tory, but
resistance
He
cors
ccording to
from the
UNDESIRABLE BOOKS.
Those By Oliver Optic and Alger and
the Like Condemned.
Books such
and Alger, which par
century ago advo
children as suitable
have been placed in the “hor
lass by the District
The tales
children
and ago have
as “undesirable” along
th fivecent novels “penny
dreadfui’” type. The commission bases
condemnation of the old-time chil
classics on the ground of
and not by reason any
Wash
yw Oliver
ingtor ag
Optic
»
ents of a quarter
cated to their
reading.
rible example” ¢
Public Library
and romances
of two decades
been classed
Commission
that delighted
mora
Ww of the
its
dren's
mediocrity
viclousness
of
FATAL POWDER EXPLOSION.
Three Boys Murt, Two Fatally, At
Menominee, Mich.
Mich. Francis Younk,
Younk, aged 14,
were probably fatally injured, and Wik
liam Beyer, aged 15, was seriously
hurt here when a can of powder ex.
ploded in the home of former Alder
Beyer. The three boys
were in the kitchen opening the pow
Menominee,
ESCAPING CONVICT KILLED,
Shot While Going Over Wall At Ohio
Penitentiary.
Columbus, O~William Barnegraff,
union scale,
He was serving
a life sentence for murder,
i
|
ney
KIOOW
am
alike
LAaleq
DEATH FOR DIAZ
He and All His Rebel Officers Seem
Doomed.
before
{less
Orders
wii
One Man Killed
Seriously
and Three Are
Injured.
Is
Glassburn 1
Casn
{ Tampico,
was killed whe: 1ig automobil
plunged off a bridge at the
glee Pp
f %
foot of a
icine of
The
{ ‘arson, Tampico,
sontheast
here occupants of
and
were seriousis niured
Chicago,
KNOX NOT TO RETIRE.
Did Not Say He Would Leave Public
Life Next March,
Washington --“1 neither authorized
nor knew of any such statement being
contemplated by any one and am not
at present addressing my mind on that
subject,” said Secretary Knox, refer.
ring (0 a published statement that he
had declared hiz intention of
ing to remain in public life after
March 4 next, regardless of political
changes
AVIATORS FALL INTO RIVER.
100 Feet
Two Army Birdmen Drop
Into the Potomac.
\ . : '
I Washington. Lieut. Harold Geiger
{and Corporal Ward Rice, of the Army
Aviation School, narrowly escaped
| death when their hydro-aeroplane fell
| into the Potomac River from a height
tof 100 feet. A sudden gust of wind
{disabled the wings, The two aviators
were rescued by a launch. Neither
was injured
DROPS DEAD WHILE AT WORK.
Elmer E. Person, Well-Known News
paper Man Of Pennsylvania.
Williamsport, Pa Elmer E. Person,
; editor of the Williamsport Sun, drop-
| ped dead from heart disease while
working about hie home here. Mr.
Person, who was 47 years old, was
wellknown in the newspaper field
throughout the state and a prominent
"worker in the Methodist Church.
i
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CZAREVITCH OF RUSSIA
This is the latest photograph of the
czarevitch and the first taken in Cos
Aad w -
cosiume ne
ceiving a
ira ning
sack fittie fellow is re
itary
thorough
t Dug
CZAREV!
-
i
CH
Son Of Czar
By
Only
!
idolized His
GOVERNORS FOR FARMERS' BAN¥
Of
Those Who Appro
Goldsborough, Maryland, Among
$
iC
ve Taft ca.
Af.
ViaBe
eXpress
were rece
VErnors The
he Pre
South Dakota;
Goldshoroug?
SIDESWIPES FREIGHT CAR
On
Killed In Fog.
Pa
Pennsyivani
Engineer Pennsylvania Express
Will Dus
eastbound
press
Just east
whose home
killed
hitly
Getkin, engineer,
Harrisburg, Pa,
Two Passengers were slig
flying glass,
Was in his cat
hurt b)
GAVE 800 TYPHOID.
Mississippi River Steamer Cause Of
Unusual Outbreak In South,
An investigation of a
typhoid fever outbreak along the
Mississippi river has been found by
the public health service to have been
due to water supplied te passengers
an excursion steamer. Investiga
that S00 passengers were
Washington
on
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
Washington Nature lovers are
urging appointment of a “cat squad’
of local police. whose duty it shall be
to kill off the felines who are rapidly
exterminating squirrels in the capital's
parke
San Francisco. An unknown
scourge is killing thousands of wild
ducks. The same disease killed about
a million ducks near Salt Lake a short
time ago.
Latrobe, Pa.--Mrs. James Scovich
ghook her husband's trousers, several
dynamite cape dropped out and she
was severely injured by the explosion
that followed.
Detroit. ~8ecurities and cash total
ing $20,000 were found among the ef
fects of Adam George, miser, who died
of starvation in his shanty a few days
ago.