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THE OERTAE REPORTER.
THURSDAY, JUNE s, 1919.
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
Paragraphs of News Taken from the
Files of the Reporter of 1884.
October 15, 1884.
Every house in Centre Hall is taken
up and more would be occupied if there
were houses. Lots are cheap, labor is
low, and houses in demand—just the
thing wanted for a speculator of this
kind. Now is the time to build.
Dr. Alexander and wife made a nar-
row escape on Tuesday afternoon, near
Lemont, as they were driving on the
pike they were precipated over a bank
some 15 feet, among rocks. The cause
of the accident was a dangerous fll
along the railroad which is carelessly
exposed to mislead one in mistaking it
for the regular road. The horse was
badly bruised and a new top buggy
smashed by the fall.
On Monday morning the large stable
in the rear of Wolf's shops on Church
street, was destroyed by fire. The ex-
ertions of the citizens were turned to
saving the Lutheran church jby parties
who mounted the roof, The southern
cornice of the roof had caught, and the
flames soon spread to the interior of the
church, and the large fine edifice was
wrapped in flames in a few minutes,
Most of the church fixtures were saved.
There is an actual insurance of $3660 on
the church. It will be immediately re-
built. In the meantime the congrega-
tion will hold its services in the Evan-
gelical church:
The young ladies of this vicinity held
a leap year party at the Centre Hall ho-
tel on Thursday night. They went
around and picked up their fellows just
as though it was the best of fun, and
hustled them off to the place where the
fun was to come off, and did come off.
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REBERSBURG.
James Harbach and Sterl Miller, who
are employed at Cresson, were home for
a few days. Mr. Harbach owns a new
Ford car.
Edwin Barner and wife, of Milton,
motored here on Sunday and visited at
the Scott Stover home,
Prof. Elmer Bierly is shaking hands
with friends in town. He will spend his
summer vacation here.
One day last week the stork visited
the home of Arthur Cummings-and left
a baby boy—No. 4.
Hon, Willis Bierly of Williamsport is
spending his two weeks’ vacation at this
place, visiting the old home, now owned
by William Frank,
Dr. Henry Krumrine and family mo.
tored from Newberry on Saturday and
spent the night with his brother Sidney.
The telephone poles along the State
road leading through this valley were
whitewashed during the past week,
Baby No. 1 arrived at the home of
Orvis Swartz, on Sunday.
Mrs. Samuel Bierly is visiting her two
brothers at Hanover.
Mrs. Thomas Walker has the painters
employed at painting her dwelling house.
Lester Minnich has his concrete mixer
in operation daily. The machine surely
is a labor saver,
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Had First Call on Dance,
Down at Quantico one night recent
ly there was a dance for the men
of a certain company, who were to
leave for France the next morning.
Of course, other marines than those
about to go were on the floor. There
was one man who was a mighty good
dancer, and all the girls liked to dance
with him,
There was a very popular girl there,
too. She had her dance program full,
There wasn't a dance left.
A marine eame up.
“May I dance with you? he asked.
The young woman sald she was sor-
ry, but her program was full.
“I am so sorry,” she sald.
“1 am sorry, too,” replied the young
man. “I just came Into the hall, and
I did want one dance before I leave
for France.”
He started to tarn away.
The soldier who had the dance grab.
bed him by the shoulder,
“You thke my dance,” he sald,
Evidently Had Wrong Qirl,
Bouncer was . distinetly irritated
when he bumped into somebody along
the street, until he found that it was
an old acquaintance of his,
“Ha] Just the fellow I want to
see,” he remarked. “I wanted to ask
you whether you ever hear anythirg
of Borem nowadays. Did he marry
that girl he was so keen on?"
“No, I don't think so. In fact, Ive
heard that he's rather fond of going to
her house and putting the gramophone
on most of the evening, and every time
his back 1s turned to put a fresh rec-
ord on, Miss Gladeye moves the hands
of the clock on anywhere from ten
minutes to a quarter of an hour”
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Sun Lifts Much Water From Lake.
Evaporation of water from Gatun
lake, canal zone, reached a new high
record during the month of March,
year, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. Calculations show that the
sun withdrew 3,248,000,000 cubic feet
of water from the body, the equivalent
of 1,213 cuble feet a second for the
period of 31 days. This was one cuble
Soo a thceond in excess of the volume
wal passing through "
stocks of the Gatun ore nf
tion, which, during the same month,
produced 4,681,000 kilowatt hours of en-
ergy. This in turn shows the loss of
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POINTS OUT WRONG NOTIONS
Harvard Professor Corrects Imprés.
sions of the Peoples of Historic
Lands of the East.
“To speak of the pure old Egyptian
type 18 as Incorrect as to assert that
the old type of the Pharaohs 8 ex.
tinet today,” sald Prof. W. Max Mul.
ler of Harvard in an address on “The
Origin of the Ancient Egyptians” in
the University of Pennsylvania Arch-
eologienl museum. “The admixture
of negro blood, due to Intermarringe
with slaves, was as popular in Bible
times as now."
The speaker corrected many popular
misconceptions about the historie
lands, “You apply the term Hamitle
to all blacks” he continued, * ‘Sons
of Ham' to the discriminating scholar
of African conditions means white
people, not black, African residents
do not begin to eall n man black un-
til he Is chocolate or copper eolored,
“The degrees range all the way
down to dull conl bianck. Al shades
lighter than copper, such as the tan
of the American mulatto, are called
white, The yellow girl is the compli-
mentary way to address or to paint
a lady over on the Nlle,
“The handsomest people
world are the Abyssinians, slender,
high-browed, copper<hued-—these peo
ple who have reduced stealing to a sol
ence and begging to a fine art, The
rolor of the healthy man is a black
and greenish bronze hue, of a shade
often seen In statues, but genecally
belicved not to be found in real life.
“These men, by the way, have the
must luxuriant hair In the world, and
yet they never ean grow more than
the scantiest, serawniest beards”
in the
MOVE FAMOUS CHESS GAME
Club Where Leading French Players
Have Gathered Since 1681 Is Now
in New Quarters.
The Cafe de ln Regence no longer
shelters the chess pluyers whose tem.
ple It has been since 1854. The play-
ers now make their headquarters at
the Cafe de 'Universe, fucing the The-
ater Francaise, says New York Herald,
The Cafe de da Regence has been
in its present site in Rue Saint Hon
ore since the curly years of the second
empire, Eefore that It was at the
angle of the Paluls Royal square,
where the Hotel du Louvre now is, and
in that Joeality It operated from 10851
until it was expropriated in 1854.
In the eighteenth century the Cgfe
de In Regence was frequented hy the
encyclopedists; Diderot, Grimm, Map
montel, even Voltaire and later Robes.
plerre were habitues of the place, It
ds sald that Napoleon gave a chess
party in the old eafe. The cafe
charged by the hours for the use of
its chessbonrds and an extra charge
was made at the night games to pay
for the two candles which each pair
of players used. La Bourdonnals, fa
mous chessmaster of the Restoration,
played there and afte him Alfred de
Musset, Salnt-Amand, Newenthal, de
Bornier and other celebrities of ltera
ture and chess,
Charnt of Old San Antonio,
The charm of an old city lisse chiefly
around the historie spots and bulldings
tn which the romance of its early his
tory is centered, Rarely do we enter
a city that ean boast of snclent edi-
fices and haloed ground the history of
which is known the country over, Kap
or still Is the community whose qaint
bulldinga, picturesque scenes and roe
mantic atmosphere are its main ate
tractions, luring thopsands to its gates
erch year. Such, however, is the boast
of San Antonio, Tex., one of the guaint-
est and most interesting cities in the
United Sintes, says Architecture, No.
where else may you find a greater ap-
peal to the romantic and the ple-
turesque and have apch hospitable
welcome extended you: nowhere will
you find such a blending of the anolent
with the modern as In this delightful
city of our own Southwest,
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Vast Sum Eiuded Morgan,
Tn the mom™glne behind 5 Cuban
city, we are told, is ll buried a great
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amount of treasure, hig eq there BOO
years ago, when news came of a ju
pending attack by Sir Henry More
the pirate honored by an English king
for his onslaughts upon the Spaniards,
Most of the defenders were killed, and
the spolls were never found. Morgan
was outwitted agnin at Panama, and at
the bottom of the harbor there los
today, some have estimated, $80,000,
000 worth of gold and silver,
When he attacked Panama the treas-
are wae hidden under the plankings of
the ships at the wharves, The elty
was captured before the vessels eould
make thelr escape, but a long search
falled to unearth the spofls, go all the
eraft were sunk In revenge by the
pirate and his men.
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Source of Loyalty,
There 1s a loyalty which springs
From fection that we bear to our na-
tive soll,
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Fanaticism of Spaniards on lsia de
Mujeres Is Regretted by
Archeologists.
Fortified by grim rocks from the
wind-driven waves of the Yucatan
channel lies the Isla de Mujeres——Isle
of Women. The Spaniards on a voy-
nge In search of gold In the sixteenth
century were tossed up on this Island,
where they found no gold, but had
an interesting time. When they start-
ed on an exploring tour of the island
they eame upon a stone temple, Lured
by the fumes of incense, they entered
nnd saw many idols representing god-
desses, elothed In cotton garments,
Officiating at the ceremonies were
women dressed In bright cottons and
decked out with feathers and orna-
ments of precious metals,
The Spaniards, excited by this scene
of Idol worship, rushed In, smashed
the idols, triumphantly placed an im-
nge of the virgin on the aliar and
held mass before the eves of the as
tonished priestesses and native wor-
shipers, Archeologists have never
censed to regret the fervor of the
Spaniards, who thus unheedingly de
stroyed unique treasures of Mayan
civilization,
The Spaniards named the place Isla
de Mujeres for future reference and
salled away, The frightened Mayans
deserted thelr shrine, For years the
Isla de Mujeres lay still and forsaken.
Gradually it awakened, A fishing vil-
Inge grew up near the anclent altars
and the Yueatans hunt the hawk
billed turtle where once Indian mald-
ens swung the censers and chanted
thelr prayers.
ART OF WALKING REVIVED
That More People Take Beneficial Ex-
ercise ls an Indirect Result
of Great War,
he human race was forgetting the
Vanity had had some.
thing to do with Hand the shoemak-
ers, who eatered to vanity, For the
truth was, people were paying more
aitention to the style of the shoe than
to the comfort of the foot, Then ening
the war,
Whatever cleo they
to do,
wre ealled upon
fo welk, In walk
have shoes that fit—
shoes that do not « ramp the fool, shoes
low heels, Ro the
nrimies of the world provided their sol.
¢ with
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idiers hinve
ing, Ge must
with flat soles nn
4 8
which they eould
found the walk.
Ties shoes In
and the soldier
Ba
: easy,
Secing these milllons of soldiers
with good feet properly shod and find.
¥ could will for lope dis
without tiring, the rest of the
rad to mtiopt sens
ees, in the fulness of time nll
alk. Sand when
fd that we had
pig the
. «8 of locometton that has
#% yet been Invented,
Waiking ia the best
has been devise Vr
most pataral,
ing that th
te .
y Cine
iran tn ow
we shall fis
Years aver
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s. }
in a
most
exercize that
use: It Is the
walking anil
mal: the jwaipsg ¢ walking involves
very nerve snd muscle of ake Lody
ind Insures health, Men and women
who walk do not saffer from any kind
of discdse. Tut the first principle of
walking is a proper shoe for the foot.
~alithrest Ameriean,
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Buliding the Pyramida
In looking at pletures of the pyra-
mids and the Sphinx everyone has won
derad how great mente
auld Be Hut ji an age when there
vas no sueh thing us § oan derrick.
Dhiscussicn upon point has sun
through the centuries,
An English engineer has hit upon
whit appears to be the true explana.
tion, {is apinions are supported by
the evidence of aiicisil inscriptions
on tombe and temples, his engigeor
states that In bullding a pyramid the
Egyptians constructed an inclined
roadway to the level of which the work
had Fase hod,
Ag the pyramid grow taller the ane
gle of the vond vonmManily graw sleeper
and its length greater. Op this pond:
way passed all the material required
in building the pyramid, hauled by
#luyes and pack animals,
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8pecies of Whipposrwill,
Qhe cry of the whippooarwill ja its
song and only the male utters it, The
female Is lent. When It Ix singing,
Just as likely as not the whippoorwill
is sitting on the ground, although It
sings from the trectops at times, It
doesn't ging afier midnight, From
dark until about 10 o'viock Is its favor.
ite time for singing—or yellng, In the
South there is a kindred bird, some
what larger than the Nerthern whip.
poorwill, which 1s sometimes called
“chuck-will's-widow,” because that Is
what some feiks assert It says, And
in ¥nginnd there Is n bird very similar
to the whippoorwill known as the
“goat-sucker,” heggnse It Is supposed
to obtain its food frm the milk of
goats~~Exchange, -
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Mer y Came True.
A story is told to the effect that 8i-
mon Bolivar, when he was a child of
seven, had for a playmate in Bpain a
boy of about his own age pamed Fer
dinand, the future Spanish king, One
day, while engaged In a game of bate
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