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CHAS. R. KURTZ,
TEACHERY
INSTITUT
The 54th Annual Session at Belle-
fonte This Week
MINUTES OF EACH SESSION
Attendance is Larger than Usual-—Some
Entertaining Instructors and Fine
Lectures— Reported for the Demo-
crat by LeRoy Delong.
AFTERNOON
The 354th inual se
county
this place
'
ston
convent
p.m.
chat A ol
Was ma
vemb
the th
Lehi,
siding
the «
mas
H M
exercise foute,
Cleme: e, k=q ll nte, was
introduced 2 hearty welcome
county, and
itaiity of
renerously extend-
iven
able
H. Mauser,
response was g
Prof
Philig
BENOON
The OHrst 3 renoon
taken ug
ESSION WAS
who chose for his
subject called attent
to the
especially
formerly wa
discourse ar
for
carried
any
anything
He also spoke of
a word
said that when | was without s
or some
to be ob
burying
Any
another
burned it NAryY word Is
obsolete that will
express or when
there of the word
He spoke of
the
use or
mn resulting from
ELIS Le and a
many new w have
veated lo ex}
Dr
reviewed : tea
ress new ideas.
Pattengill next took the floor an
hers on his talk of the
previous day, after which he took up the
The Big lhe
Knowledge of the How In explaining
second topic of Four,
his ideas on the teachers who have such
elevated ideas that they are beyond the
comprehension of the pupils, he made the
remark that "he liked good incentives,
that
was not worth a cent.”’
but an incentive would not ‘incent’
He also said that
many teachers evidently took Emerson's |
advice when he said, "Hitch your wagon
but that Emerson should have
long
chain to leave the hind wheels of your
Lo a star,”
added, "leave a enough
wagon on the earth He impressed the
teachers that their motives should not be
go exalted that the dullest child
pot understand them. He then took the
could
third section of * The Big Four,’
tion." In
that it was the
Sense.” His
point and be showed how a litle more
rump
defining gumption he said
‘h osophy of Common
talk was fine and to the
gumption would add to the success of
the teacher and pupil. He left all in
a
rietor,
sun
| keep.’
trace | p
great anxiety for the continuation of his
| subject, Gimp."
TURSDAY AFTERNOON,
After the opening exercises Dr. Pat. |
tengill resumed his talk, taking for hus
subject “Gimp,” a word of his own
| manufacture which he defined as spirit, |
zeal or enthusiasm. Although we may
know what to teach and how to teach,
gumption, lack
we must surely be failures as
of the must
have spirit in our work, so as to inspire
and have yet if we
“Gimp”
instructors young, for we
the pupil by creating in him an absorb
ing faculty, which will at all times be
benefitted by breathing in the good from
The only
his surroundings. way
the
to get
“Gimp' is to appreciate work in
which we are engaged to such an extent
attention of the
He spoke
5 SOM
act the
ourselves.
ly remedy,
“Mar bave to do i
vourse!lf
m all, even if you
Then in
his four talks, he li d *
edge of the What
summi
Lae
ng
“ha 1
I'he }
bed of s
Knowledge
which dashes at lightning
bed. The
with the wheels of *
the solid road
t be fitted
and propelled by “Gimp,
ston, I
riel intermis
Watson,
of
uced and
State College, was
given the subject of *
He
facts that readily
[
Study brought forward
show the
m was foll
Ellis, his
He said that someone
continuing subiect 0
‘Words
had defined words
as the "Treasure houses of the experi.
ments of the earth,”’ whereas they really
were ‘the storehouses of the experiences
of the earth.” In his remarks he spoke
of the unraveling of mythological stories
and ancient languages, thus finding out
their history, their origin and their fate
y KE
He also spoke of the wonderful motive
power of words, that is, the power of
‘
words to move persons i
»s on this he spoke of the
yusness of the se cry of Fire
and showed what an immense factor of
.
evil and terror one word may generate
On the other hand, of the wonderful in
fluence for good brought about by Abra
ham Lincoln's address on the Gettysburg
battle field when he made the excellent
“The world
may
remark, MAY never know
what be said here today, but it
has been done
that
made will be as immortal
Also of James A
New York City, at the time of Lincoln's
can never forget what
here let us hope the address
as the dees
Garfield's remark,
assassination, when, carrying a small U,
of
vengeance,
into the midst a clamorous
he
raised the flag above his head, and utter
S. flag
muititude, murmuring
ed the imperishable words, ‘God reigns
and the government at Washington still
which words had the wonderful
motive power
lives,’
as to cause the crowd to
melt away as the frost before the bright
He also illustrated the depression
of some words, and the elevation of
others, bringing the thought that
“words are known by the company they
out
' His earnestness was intense and
his audience as attentive as it was possi.
bie to be,
Prof. 1. G. Lybarger, of Philadelphia,
| wan next introduced and spoke on "In-
telligence Education
ing his subject
ve In explain
that “A
may be educated and not be in.
he remarked
person
| telligent, and that he may be intelligent
and not be educated. ‘He went on speak +
ing of psychology and from that to books
and made the remark that "Books were |
Continued on page 4, column 3,
| Wm. Penn and
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20,
SOME OF THE
EARLY SETTLERS
Our Historical Review of Centre |
County Continued
1000,
BIG COAL DEAL.
Karthaus Fields Will be Operated More
Extensively.
The Karthaus
pany recently organized, was capitalized
Bituminous Coal com-
In its the
that
| at $1,000,000 prospectus
| company to close estate
PIONEERS |
state an
over 6,200 acres of bituminous coal lands
NAMES OF SOME
were purchased at Karthaus and that it
is estimated that over 45,000,000 tous of
The
beds,
His Land Grants—Set- |
tlements Made About Philadel
phia—Others Along the Susque-
hanna, Juniata and Tuscarora.
coal are contained in the property,
fields are divided into five coal
from three and a half feet in
Already
the
varying
thickness, have
the
700,000 tons
The whites had, in several instances, | Pe€n taken from property and
present organization has been formed to
The
encroached upon the rights of the Indians
work cale
the
by settling on their lands before those on a more extensive
company
that
were purchased, which occasioned much also call attention to
the
. Ne \
complaint on the part of the Indians ANEW
1s were, however, November
removed
by
borhood of Fort
force and arms, others in the neigh
were notified
hastened to Maryland
more, who had set
from indistinctne " N
road altCoburn, wa
bounda line between the province :
njured on Saturday afternc
Maryland and Pennsylvania A failure, | :
DEAYEeT am |
however, of adjusting the difficulties at . :
. 5 y to the tunnel
this time, caused the border settiers heariog the {
wearing the frei
for a period of nearly
cighty years
his
one vear and te
Penn
on
tt)
i
Before Penn
there
’
"
Thoma
e
of the wagon and
The
settlement made near tke Susquehanna,
first perma extensive
was commenced by some I weaticth ntury Jubilee
OWiss ID
Mennon-
the Cantons of
Wi
the state
grants—they were persecuted kesbarre and other large t
ites, who had fled from are making arrangemen
Zurich, Bern, Schaffhausen, in Switzer. | twentieth centu ibilee
land, to Alsace, above Strasburg, where ace on New Year's eve
they had remained some time before | societies, firemen and
they immigrated to America, in 1707 or | tions are to take parti
8, and settled in the western part of
now Lancaster county, near
creek, within the present limits
Lampeter township, where they zens make a move
irchased ten thousand acres of land Our town genera
These settled in the midst of Mingoe, | in all that is becoming
Conestoga, Pequea and Shawanese In. | the ba
had nothin
hing
dians, from whom they we're ali
fear. They mingled with them in f a welcome
avd hunting
Keep the Back Windows Tight
Fn
ec ol In
In 1708 or gq, some French
Huguenots
last week bh
Ho'n and Wil
and the
sailed for America ; arrived at New York lay night
year | dene W H
Beward, in Ps
Mf
f burgiars
in August, 170g--after spend an
DE A
or two at Esopus, in that state, some of atterson,
them settled in 1712, on Pequea creek, church in
near Paradise—these were the Fereers, band
Le Fever's, Dubois and others Shortly thieves partook of a lunch in
made
various parts, within the present limits
after these settlements were in | consisting of canned [ruit a 1 grapes,
and departed taking with them his over
Severa
coat and a lot of silver spoons
of Lancaster county, by English, Swiss,
musical instruments were carried away
the
to the places burglarized were efi cted
Germans, Scotch and Irish, principally
immigrants from Lutheran church, Katrances
Those who first came to Massachusetts
arrived there prior to 1662, hy prying open back windows
-
As early as
1666, the Legislature of Maryland passed
an act for the naturalization of Hugue.
nots. Virginia passed a like act in 1671,
and the Carolinas in 1666, and
in 1703. Though named state
had become an asylum for the Huguenots
as early as 1656,
Gruesome Evidence
Last week one night the grave of Adam
: ’ Goodling, who was murdered on the ad
New York ¢ R
of October, was opened, the id of the
the last
coffin taken off and a lot of shot extract
ed from the head, to be used as evidence
The
cofhin 11d was replaced and the grave fl
This took place at the Ar
. ' n rt, says the Liverpool Sun
In 1679, Charles II in con y ¥
sent, his
ships, a company of
Huguenots to South Carolina, in order
that they might there cultivate the vine,
&e. In 1690, William 111
colony of them to Virginia,
that
hundred families in
at own
expense, in two
ed up again
bogast church, in Perry township, Say
der county.
sent a large -
addition Accidental Shooting
in
to which, colony received three
160g. In 1752, A
large body of them arrived and settled
in South Carolina.
Before 1720, settlements had been ex.
The jury
Clelland,
fa the case of Joseph Mc
the young lad who, unfor
tunately, In handling a gun, shot and
killed little Bessie Burkholder, at Houtz-
dale, on Monday, has returned a verdict
:
Continued on 4th page, third column | of accidental shooting.
he Centre Lemocy
WHO PADDED
TH k CENSUS Bright Sparkling Paragraphs
New Keasons
County's Small Poll
Two
AFTER A JUDICIAL DISTRICT
In 18 did
then
in
Appointed Political Hecler
go and the Enumerators
Rest—Making
Incompetent
the
up
Enumerators
SNC
In a recent is
the enumerato
“1 The appon
the
ia
stalwarls,
ay tton the
At
as
in repubit
Can party that time there was no
such a thing harmony and the one
qua thcation a man needed to secure an
Appointment as an enumerator was that
he must be ferninst Dan. Hastings
The result is that a lot of political hes
ers compiled the censas, and it is claimed
that the decline since 15go is solely due
to their incom petency and carelessness
That is not a bad point, and we have no
doubt but that there is much truth in it,
A Singular Accident
jonathan Rubl, a farmer living Dear
Ty met with a sin.
gular accident a few days ago
vilie, Sugar vanes,
In com
son he went into the woods
suddenly
pany with his
to fell trees had partly severed a
loud
back:
ward, striking the old gentieman violent.
tree, when there was a
crack, the tree split and sprung
ly on the right side and arm, and throw.
ing him quite a distance from the stump,
| fracturing his arm in two places.
for Centre
1000
L.
FACT,
——
VOL. 22, NO. se.
FUN AND FANCY,
Selected
and Original
No Santa Claus.
(
I'he Boy
I'he v }
Who Has
»rs Mor
lay
resist.
adered,
ug wounde
A
ard Ham and Cha
judge Mitchell's Order
Mitche
Wi
ng his
» |) \ > Pe
Judge med a g sur
OCCAs)
prise at iamsopont Asi week In AD
noun court calendar for 1901.
He stated that the grand jury must meet
the week previous to the beginning of
His has de-
cided upon the new departure because in
the criminal court honor
the past the court proceedings have al.
wavs been delayed by the siowness with
disposed of
which the grand jury has
business
- -
Train's Fatal Dash
Monday night the St. Louis express on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, ran through
a crowd of young people walking on the
e going from church, at Ryde
Stewart Stall,
tracks wh
Station, near Lewistown
man, aged 22, of Orbisonia, Was instant.
iy killed and Alexander Love, aged 22
of Blair's Mills, fatally injured.
HORSE SENSE.
In order to sucoced in advertis-
ny the large af cirovlation, af a far
price, payt better than the small
cirowlation at a low price.