THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEF ] |} | ————————————————— ———————— MISS ALICE DUNLAP, For Thirty Years She Has Managed the Same Telegraph Office. Thirty years as manager of the same gelegraph office is the record of Miss Alice Dunlap, who has charge of the MWestern Union Telegraph company’s jpusiriess in Peru, Ind. She had five ears’ experience at the key and sound- r previous to coming to Pern and gworked at Roanoke, Huntington and (West Lebanon for the Wabash rall- woad. In that time she was never the cause of an accident, but by flagging lan official train at West Lebanon she ved the lives of many, as the train pvould have run Into a freight train Jess than a mile away ! Miss Dunlap learned telegraphy when 3he old register system was in use and MISS ALICE DUFLAR seas the first woman in the employ of the Wabash company who was able to take the messages off the sounder with- out the register. The Western Union Telegraph com pany, appreciating the good work of Miss Dunlap as manager of the Pern office, assisted her in the way of trans portation on a tri] the Bhe home months and visited several countries in Eurcpe, the northern part of Africa, In dia, China and Japan Miss Dunlap since she raphy milion messages and received an equal number.—Pern Dispatch around world. y was absent from several teleg began has sent more than a has Childhood's Critical Period here 18 a critical period in childhood, occurring at the years, which has received until recent- ly very little attention, says the Moth- ers’ Journal. The \ and is commonly accused of laziness The face 18 pale and the manner lan- guid. The period lasts usually only a few CASS poms two years. Th crisis that comes to childhood, yet it is the one least regarded. The period Is one of rapid growth, and so much blood 1s required for the growing tissues that the heart 1s Hable to be overtaxed in its effort to meet the demand A well nourished child, a nor mal heart action, will safely pass this most critical period, but the child with faulty nutrition, to lay up symptoms of an ov sometimes of alarming pervous de rangement. Even the mal child ill show great disineclination to men tal and physical exertion. Less schoo] work should be done at this time than during the preceding year ak lowanee shoukl be made for nervous ir ritabiltty, and careful attention should be given to nutrition. At no in the child's life is the dally bath a great er as It reileves the taxed heart and assists in restoring the nerves to a normal condition. : age of seven or eight child fatigues easily months, but in some exceptional may continue for t} most serious the syn is is We with who has not been able a reserve force, will show ertaxed irt an no Some time necessity, over 4 ’ What Home Is. Home is a place of peace, a shelter not only from all Injury, but from all terror, doubt and division. In so far as it is not this, It is not home; so far As the anxieties of the outer world pen- etrate into it and the unknown, un- loved or hostile society of the outer world is allowed by either husband or | | | | : four walls by taking outdoor exercise, n walk every day or a spin on a bicy- cle; in short, she must exercise the body and mind in a healthful manner, and she will find the bloom of youth and health remain with her for years after It has faded in other women of the same age. “The ordinary woman,” says a celebrated physician, “leads | such a monotonous existence that her wife to cross the threshold it ceases to | be home; it is then only a part of that outer world which you over and lighted fire in. But so far as it 1s a sacred place, a vestal temple, a temple of the hearth watched over by household gods, before whose faces none may come but those whom they this and roof and fire are types only of a nobler shade and light, shade as of the rock in a weary land and light mind has no occupation but worry. What she needs is to come out of her- self wuch more than she does, Bhe must have intercourse with more peo ple and take more exercise, This can be done without neglecting the home, and every right minded man will do his best to secure for his mother or his sister or his wife these aids to the re tention of youthfulness of body and mind.” Boston Republic. Uses For Screw Eyes, Screw eyes, to be bought at the hard- ware store at a few cents a dozen, are what we consider a household ne- cessity. When you have them you will find innumerable uses for them, We have one screwed in the end of the broom handle and also the mop handle and one in the end of the molding board, by which to hang these articles up. We have two or three of them screwed into the underside of an out of the way shelf in the pantry and rings of wire the size of a tea saucer suspended from them, through which we hang our disheloths, and let me say right here that unbleached cheese cloth makes excellent disheloths at small ex- pense. —Letter In Exchange . 4 DPedroom Dookease, A pretty bookease for a bedroom or a cupboard for a few choloe cups and saucers can be made from four oblong boxes about 12 inches by 8 inches Put one of the boxes on top of the other. having the top one meet the outside odge exactly, but standing on its small er end. Berew boxes together In centers. Put her two boxes together evenly and screw. Then screw the two ploces together through the sides. Stain with ponce or mahogany or paint white, Buy a small brass rod or use curtain wire instead of a rol Make a silkoline curtain the depth of the lower boxes and not quite so ong and pull back about half way. the the the ot Women on the Farm, If the opportunities afforded to wom- by generally fewer farmers’ daughters for in cities, positions ercrowded and Instances are be frequent of the line of special raising. ' breeding Lave farming were on n more understood, would seek employ ment where often are os undesirable, wore and wolnen winning coming more success In sone of “tal VOR le been success by and of the best rs of blooded stock have » BOY a wide range of marked SOL iu scientific possiliiiues A Goud Curtain Hist thod of prolonging the handsome but very old by appliqueing slik of oy ue nove: ie a tion of sheer dell lly basted on this foun the net cut away and th a soft linen itiined with shade as the founda ate shade he pattern o floss of the same tion. The effect ally charming, the richness of brocade being combined with the alriness « Water For the Complexion. The woman with a muddy skin and dull water drinking to best loctor eyes EOnerons cheapest and of al Two glasses of ning and night will clear her complex. Let the and a few ¢ treatment will nents for the woman affliction is an unattrac muty water brighten her eyes fon and Improve water be absolutely pure, th [4 * i 8 of we simp every mor wr digestion mont gain many ¢ whose greatest tive skin Artistie Bookbinders, In the city of Chicago there are eight or f profitable occupation in artistic In ten woimnen who find a bookbinding. brought mind this work taste is especially to it done into play. Book do paying h prices have right and to know that the Inside of the book finds expression In the cover Art leathers, vellum and rich silken bro<ades are fabrics used, overs not Smart Lamp Shades. Some very smart lamp shades are be ing built of flowered cretonne. The | shade is made up of a series of panels have roofed of the cretonne. It is necessary to | study the design of the goods carefully before cutting It in order to have the | panels consecutive--that is, to have the floral wreath or spray continued from | one to another, can receive with love—so far as It is | double willow settee rockers. as of the Pharos In the stormy sea-—so | far it vindieates the name and fulfills the praise of home, , And wherever a true wife comes this | home is always around her. The stars only may be over her head, the glow- worm in the night cold grass may be the only fire at her feet, but home Is yet wherever she is, and for a noble woman it stretches far round her, bet- Rer than celled with cedar or painted pith vermilion, shedding its quiet light far for those who else were homeless, — Nursery Rockers. Have in your nursery one of the Noth ing will give the children and the moth- er more comfort. One mother says she has spent many happy hours in one of these comfortable peats with ber baly on her lap and two other children tucked In at the side. Harsh calico is hard to sew and often causes needles to break. This difficulty may be overcome Ly rubbing the hem pean with a dry plece of soap, when the needle will penetrate easily, Sir John Cockburn, an eminent Eng Hah medical authority, says women are less nervous and therefore better fit ted to be surgeons than men, Painted furniture wiped over with a ltt milk and water will look as " . ———————————— | CAN AMA ANN NDNA Ae 3 ON THE BITTER § : CREEK RUN 4 > By W. BERT FOSTER ~Uops right, 1&8, by T. C. McClure... VV /VVTYVWIVN VY N/V Ve “Besides,” observed Lester, ity, “you will get your hands and face all smut, and Evie!” But Evylyn was not to be dissuaded. “Write me the order, Lester,” manded. “What Is the good of belng the daughter of a man railroad and the sister of a boy think of your clothes, slog If 1 can't ride in the cab?” “But Jim Lestrange” — “Mr, Lestrange is nothing whatever Merely because we know him when we were makes no difference. engineer,” “Humph! tried elope together In wagon and with a pound of crackers to me to and some cheese that mother had sent | a's woe; | you were about five then, weren't you?” | vyiyn's glance would have withered | She you to the for, Evie? store brother the order address if the an older with wuly but wrchaxd away y the engineer western spe her head in the alr ] color in her cheek The fact that Jin Lestran nd been f playmate if het [treme mith did not freeze Miss Evyiyn } wired that remem ru 11 ¥ 3 1 he soundly spanked her Laster had mentioned, "3 | v ’ smart of that chastiseen ¢ } vr ryd . Jim had expired In ¢ BOO the Granthains after Tig A ft that fatefu had enst Eons visits to the town of her birth Jim. The d ring vylyn hear Gran is went up the social and 8 by and bounds. Jim with a pair of strong brains, had vylyn's risen at all leapa Te, SOT the sooty faced fellow in a greasy cap and overalls who took pass she remched the platform hich Ninety -uine and its long vestibule cars a sirange beside train 1 § A noe ure in the par her eastern {riends i Evie,” Khe stopped without his "Good morning, Miss sively far fliar aboard the panting locomotive answering and artily wishing she 1 not But FJ girls of hae come wl nt adventure to crack ff heen was friends and seer of a parior car wr te ad dared logger to towns gua and exit of the ear But Miss E and LF oe pas] kr wv | n ™ ¥ TT. n did not know much about the huge 1 chine on which she was ride affront to personal swung hin considered [ostran wel f and struct in front view of the stepped up ing her from the front window of Under saw the muscles of his shoulders and arms slip back and f like the con tracting o he t its tawny hide left hand back walted, glancing shead, for ductor's signal asc pose the cn ’ N : his tight Stting wr ger's tendons He on to seize the les the er nating in his tense The compressed alr signal * hand ‘here was scarcely a ‘nine, taking deep breaths, pulied out of the Logger station little the Bitter the eye of tor awes them only thoug! overhead Instantly the on lever tightened Jar as Ninety There is Creek iriets in eanyon to but It KRheer walls that for sn hour at midday Is the bottom of the gorge flooded with sunlight. Through this the single track of the division weaves its way, crossing and recross ing the whitened torrent upon work Around these plies the water roars when at its full, seeking to tear down the obstructions man has placed in its path, “You should have chosen a pleasant er day for your ride, Miss Evie,” Jim sald casually. “It's been raining this morning and the creek will be high And I shouldn't be surprised If we got more of it before long. The canyon will be dark™ Khe sat stiffly upright in her corner of the narrow seat and made no reply. But the rain eame ere the western special plunged Into the gloom of the gorge. Jim reached behind her and shut the sliding pane to shield her from any chance gust. In doing so the sleeve of his jersey touched her shoulder and she shrank aside, but he seemed utterly unconscious The train swept into the canyon and sped over the glistening rolls lke a flery eyed serpent. It was dark and the girl shivered, Suppose the angry creek should wrench free some portion of the trestlework? She only breathed with cmnfidence when the train was npon the solid Jedges of rock, which had been carved out of the cliffs by the water nges before, Suddenly the shovel fell from the i jones certainly rise so high trestle she Com. | who | thinks he owns the Bitter Creek divi- | used to | children | He is only the | "Member when he and you | his goat | a deepanad stood would | under | when be stretched his | There was something | | through the canyon | safe speed; the western special darted | away at a pace double that, for the | | slowly | shot through his own mind | the coupling and | tender would he free of the heavy train { of coaches, and that white wall of wa She | To | had | renciuxd | her and lifted her bodily back upon the | seat | manded hoarsaely, the tidal wave behind, stared stralgiit | ahead, her Ups a firm lone of white, too I ue | moving And to her | 3 “the { yu's despair the tral: | ahead | down to examine | was satisfied tha | fight he came back | Ing in dry | was | stoker landscape | i the train, | determinedly the entrance of the canyon. But she, | too, saw what had startled the fire mas. A wall of white water curled above the tracks. It swept the canyon from wall to wall, bearing down upon the rear of the long train so swiftly that it seemed as thongh the cars must be almost instantly swallowed by the flood. | "A clondburst!™ she beard lm ex- | ling | elatm, and then, before the words had rouing | himself a clgarette with an air of final- passed his lips, the train | Twenty miles an hour | was considered a | more than leaped ahead, chance of wreck on a curve ahead was | less to be feared than the certain death | | that followed behind! who owns a | Involuntarily Evylyn clutched at the arm of the engineer, “Will it cgich us? | Can't you go faster * she gasped. He turned his face around to her | When she could see it he was | actually smiling. “We'll make a record | for the Bitter Creek run this day.” Exasperated, she shook him angrily by the arm. “That will catch us—it will! she cried. “Can't you cut off the | train? Couldn't get away if the cars didn't hold us back?’ He turned a quizzical glance upon her. “Cut off the cars? he asked “Thero hundreds of people back there. There are only thme of us here, | Would it pay to sacrifice the others ™ She was silenced and abashed, but | sho Aid not know that the thought had | first of all. | blow of the sledge on | tt ocomaotive and we are Ome minashing we ter wags cotulng faster ang frstog, Evylyn ould not kedp her own eyes fron It. Ble kaped down from the | seat, with a shire k Instantly the ng arm of the driver 1 around the lever. He caoght “Stay where you are” he ocotn and sha, forgetting all angry for speech. Nobody In her life had ever touched or spoken to her 80, Bhe saw the fireman sgain kan over | | the lever and shout In Lestrange's ear, i her | “The basin’ Jun nodded, Suddenly the walls of the canyon spread apart. The train was ying #0 swiftly that it seemed the cliffs were | instead of themselves. The | train mo out upon a loug trestle, for in this wider part of the gorge, known as basin” ere rock shelves on wide and the water roared among the debris fallen fre either side ervek bed was yin the helghts ahave, Jim reversed the engine and to Evy down But she was t ay . rye ras too ang to speak. And stopped when ersc great an a it did was to rise » cab and fy-nines wn the arried away treat lowork ) LAE Jim, without a glance at her, Jeaped When he the machine was all his engine we fren - al In haa cleaned out the fire box and was pitch Jim stooxd so that she gage of the woe sheltered] from the “Well, are you sorry I diin’t cut off Miss Evie?’ he asked youl” she declared, ooking sway f “1 hate ht om 3 “Well I: for t you know, 1 had the compal tr to ok out for dent's daughter.” snliling. *1 hate you'!™ she declared again “That's pretty observe] in. "And it's #0 bong wy're seen each other too! Deo know, 1 couldn't ever bring myself to the point of hating you. Fact is, | feel exactly the opposite and always have gince we played at sweethearts. Do you remember, Evie?’ i She turned upon him then, but the fire died out of her eyes. She remem bered how he had looked when he sat her dowy again in that corner with a comimard. i Her hands went suddenly up to cover | her face. “It's too bad” said Jim, | “but the coal dust will settle on the | woodwork. I'm afraid you're getting | your face all smut from those gloves” | And he pulled the hands away and | held both in one of his. “The fire's going again, strange.” sald the stoker mt. But, s proper- | real sorry as well as the pres He was actually " tough.” he been singe you Mr. Le OMelal Book Barnings, The last authorized book burning lo Great Britain was in 1779, when “The Commercial Restraint of Ireland Con- sidered,” by the Hon. Hely Hutchinson, was given to the flames. The war against books began under Henry VILL, when books were burned | by both religions parties. All coples of Tyndale's Bible that coukl be bought up were publicly burned at St. Paul's on Shrove Tuesday, 1527, and a genoral de struction by fire of unlicensed books was ordered three years later by the , In 15805 the star chamber claimed IF ONTE, PA. SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. No. 201. «Primal Acrostie, A very eminent and f of fiction both in prose and in It has been sald avorite Verse 44 . ding | 1: A famous SB 2. A America, 3. A famous Ameri 4. A Bwiss who delisei try from the Austria stored its Independence 8. A name borne by the king of Eng land, 8 A ) time of the French reve tion 7. One of the best and wisest of t} ancient 8 A taken prisoner by} reign of the Emper 9. The name poem, 10. A great Italian 11. An Atheni man who lived times of Greek histor: out f range of his and Cons u yoke re (reeks bras who wa Romans in , RO2. ~Kyncopautions, who gives = the No. 303. ~Box Puassle, Z burn measure of from 4 to 4 after son w from 7 b pronoun; to raise; fron 1 & Sto 7,1 a river of Beotland; fr vour; fron wit} with a a ry from M . f decree; | from 4 to 8 na seat; Ia m0 to 10. to de 208 ~Riddlemerece afer But not Ker. ut not ir + writer the Fourtn is in ment, HOT BOT TH NEN; ifth is In beer, but not in ale; Whole is something that we always need, No, 200. Subtraction, Take four from living and leave a drink No, 207 «Floral Enigmas, 1. The author of the “Marble Faun.” 2. The chiwes of a noted cathedral 8. The signet of a monarch of Israel. Wrong Title, wrote a lovely poem to The Nelle bel Fred 4 3 Ma 1 know, but she got mad and r Ne I'he Fred-—-He bel's Face.” idea! Why? bended it “Lines ~Jllustrated Bits on Ma- The Henson, I wonder why {t is that men suc who only mind thelr own bus He ceed ness Ehe petition.—Life Because there is so little com Key to No. 251 What 2. Rhode Island 8 the Puzzler. INT ty | ] BJ-edge. 38.1 VIN-TE-NA the greatest of all restores a weakened nervous syste hausted vitality, brain-fag, nervousness and sleeplessness, by purif ing and repletishing the blood sup; red blood. Guaranteed All druggists, x ners Makes pure ~Krumrine’s Instantanious Headache Powders will relieve the most obstinate cases of nervous and sick headache. cents. tf 10 TWO DAYS Thursday=-=Friday SEPT, 24 & 25. AT THE Brockerhoff House, BELLEFONTE, PA., HO1 from ay from 8 A.M. U« RS~Thursday ¥r Prof. Angel's reputation for his ability wor established universa best treatment fof ship Is well He giv Those who want t ache, weak or defective eyesight no other twat! and v tw satisfaction he Prof. J. ANGEL FALL OPENING 2ISPL.AT PIANOS! oF $i R most interesting opening di designs of High Grade Pianos, as well in Piano, Chapel and Parlor styles, a showing z display of - all the latest a8 Urgans which has never been equaled here, which means that it will be well | worth seeing, PUSHING UP BUSINESS By pushing down prices is one way to succeed, so long as merit is not sacrificed. We think we have attained “the golden means” by keeping up quality in Pianos, and giv. ing prices a gentle push downward. You won't think it— you'll know it—~when you see and hear our instruments and learn our prices. We offer this week a number of excellent Pianos just returned from rent. will be made on them. They were new when they went out, and have been in use only a few months, A special price We have also a large line of all the well known makes of Organe at special bargains—§15, $20, §25 and upwards, suited for home and school purposes. moderate pricee. Organs to rent at CALL ON OR ADDRESS M. C. GEPHART, 20 80, ALLECHENY STREET, MPG. Krups. BELLEFONTE, PA.
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