Part 2. ¢ MAGAZINE SECTION. | he entre Democrat, BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11,1006. Farm Notes, Choice Fiction, Current Topics. AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON. . SINGER OF SOUTHERN PLANTA- TION MELODIES BECOMES FAMOUS IN ENGLAND, ! Is to Sing Old Negro Songs to King and Queen, Carcer, Preferring to Sing the Na- tive Songs of the Southland. Another charming American girl has set the fashionable world of Lon- don by the ears. She has sung her way into their hearts and taught them the beauty of old plantation melodies until the English capital is fairly ring- ing with the sound of her praises. This fortunate young woman 18 Miss Clara Alexander of Memphis, Tenn., and as pretty and attractive ¢ girl as ever crossed the water to Old England. She {8 just now anticipat- ing her appearance before the King and Queen of England, and when this is ac feel that A little more than a yea: [0 8 e interested friend Mis Alexander pent her Journe) to London, armed with letters to prominent mem- bers of the social world tiwre One of these was to the fan Mrs. John Mackay, who ! i sor, and pra made ¢ clever ttle girl from Tennesse he ast of London draw Mins ander ha the ut from in the south, and a who : learned the learned to who spent south could tmitate the old darky In al i characterist and her Was declared complete when e wed a fashionable audience to tears by her touching recital of a little negro poe. W. 8. Gilbert, author of “Pinafore”™ advised her strot ly to go In for emotional acting, and lady Bancroft, one of the shiniug lights of the Lon. don social world, and herself & talent od actress, offered to coach the young American girl in the role of Juliet If she would study for the stage Lady Ludlow recently lent her splendid mansion In Portland Place for a recital by this talented American girl for which the London cheerfully paid 85 a ticket Her services are constantly In demand and with Mm. Mackay amd other Ine on het us " sta “ad real planta sing then her early fir th been in ) ie nt he) “4 fluential women to sand sponsor for | her, this little girl from Tennd in adding fresh laurels to her crown And now she Is to appear before the King and Queen! The “command” whith has been sont to Miss Alex ander in the same as that which goes to every artist whom King Edward and Queen Alexandra wish to hear, It ¥ in reality an invitation, but is ealled a “command” for the reason that an Invitation from thie King or Queen brooks mo declination and Is therefore, In a sense, obligatory Miss Alexander breathes the life of the south in all her work and no amount of persuasion will induce her to give It up for a stage career. She fs taking Into London dmwing rooms and even Into the presence of [ia Majesty, King Bdward VII an atmos phate of love, freedom and the pretty stinets which muke of the southern rl another type of the Ameriean ut Rate ots ou Engi rede across the water, ‘ sRee Has Declined Stage] { on the lower step | made it IT PAYS TO DRESS IN STYLE. Stirring Adventureof the Hon. Augus~ tus Browne, in Cleveland, Ohio. Things went very hard the other day with the Hon. Augustus Browne, of Cleveland, Ghlo., As Mr, Browne stepped off a street car during the busiest hour of the day and at one of the most crowded localities in Cleve- land, his well-made trousers caught it seems that some of the Iron work was loose. Simul taneously, the conductor started the car, and the Hon. Augustus Browne at once sat down upon the Belgian blocks in a shocking manner. More- over, the Hon. Augustus kept right along with the vehicle, towed by the left leg of his expensive trous- ers, and presenting a picture of unus- ual distress and consternation. What CHINA'S ARMY OF 40,000, FOREIGN ATTACHES WITNESSED RECENT FIELD MANOEUVERS— AMAZED AT RESULTS. Japanese Training Apparent in Su- bordination and Discipline,~Mauser Rifles Used, but Cavalry Service is laferior. Evidence that China is shedding her gkin of conservatism and is preparing to take ber place with other Oriental nations, 1s evidenced by her frst regu- jar army manoeuvers, just ended at angtung. A number of diplomatic representing the military of the principal nations of the world, worse was the fact that the gpectators on the sidewalk were dis- posed to be disrespectful. Mr, Browne expostulated against the treat ment he was receiving, though, of course, in a perfectly dignified way, de collect ares and d ot him At Mr. Brow: spenders gave with a mis and their was left ng in the street, the car vanishing into the dis nee, and the trousers flying wildly from the lower st Naturally, t Hon Browne couldn't sit there in the mid die of the stres definitely. Already he A OAH a garbage re a “ haired ladies on bi and took a lox the of a pair ed trousers and a f ons, which ng f last way OW! with tar or Augustus or loss f abras e him to take his for a week Browne was in pretty fair shay He wore a very shiny silk hat, n perfectly cut frock coat, patent lena ther shoes, a boutonneire, garters in the market, and a suit union underwear fit for the most mp id and Nustrious legs in any land, It is undoubtedly a sad thing to be 4 vested of one's trousers wm hroad day lght, but it was ventured, by an eye witness, that there ought to be a whele lot In a silk hats frock coat boutonniere, patent leather shoes, and fmproved garters. The frock coat must | have concealed any ravages caused by { the gentleman's rapid transit over the | Belgian blocks In a sitting posture, and otherwise | On the whole It In a ntelnlece ely . the question In attempt to collect excessive damages from Hon. Thomas Johnson, the ano. cent owner of the ear line a — ” a Jupan's Grand Old Man. Marquis Ito, who was recently stoned by a Japanese mob, Is of com: paratively humble birth. His father, Juzo Ito, was a rustie gardener. Mar quis Ito first went to Europe, stow. ing himself away in a bale of silk on board a ship bound for Liverpool. He Lwas concealed In this bale for 36 hours, until he was discovered by one of the ship's officers. The reason for his leaving Japan was that he desired to esoape the vengeance of the Con sorvative party of that country, which resented his more advanced views and attempts to adopt Western manners and customs in Japan, He Is now said to he the most Western Japanese in the Oceldent, and spends bly five hours a day reading ropean newspapers and magazines, Yet, with all, he ins sald to be the poorest Prime Minister In this world's goods, either actual or retired in the world, finest | of | were present as guests of the viceroy, | Yuan Shi Kal, by whom they | lavis 11y Jo those remember the condition of Chinese five years ago this feat of raising an army of forty thousand men to its prescat effi ilency is mar There i critic . 10 be 8 stinted praise for u of the dis soa entertained. troops velous, were ire, troops ans pline, the that ’ g Will Lads i Armed With Modern Equipment. The scheme the manocuvers was the d invasion of Chilel by a southern force from Shantung, whose advance was opposed by the northern army. ‘The infantry were armed with Mauser magazine rifles, with short dagger bayonets, Officers carried sword, revolver and fleld glass. The private’s kit welghed fifty-four pounds, knapsacks being of Japanese The pioneers carried picks » of A88U LL pattern, shovels and saws. The cavalry were mounted on small, Mongolian hors and carried Mauser carbin sabres id revolvers, This is regarded by the military observers as being the weakest branch of the army, I'ere were no tom-toms, no stink- pots, fire works, gods on poles, or hid- cous masks, in which the Chinese sol- dier of the past placed his whole re Hance Hand of Japan Discovered. This wonderful transformation in a few years, {rom an unorganized mob of fanatics to a well equipped, intel ligent army of defense, is sald to be dud largely to J influences. One attache remarked that he had no ticed at least twenty Japanese officers among the Many of the can non are of Japanese type, and the knapsacks are Japanese in design. The fine hand of Japan every turn. © The sted id guns of vari 1 Ja; ¢ moup taln gur rie n mule back The gun ly, and this brar : h : » | efficient F oN, at apanese FOODS. i] I'y Cons of fl ing api itus, and Each regimental vinded td y-iwo wagons ring pattern, but poorly constructed miions consisted of rice O ounces: rity-ty : pounds; to draw hina will be owerful : Ea Texas Sulphar Deposits. Texas, a State which claimed the at. tention of the whol As a cat tile State, and as eum State, will probably soon become remarkable a8 A sulph trans-Pecos country in El Paso county, north of the | Texas Pacific Railroad, geologists com pute that there are ten million tons of | 40 per cent native sulphur ore avail able and almost in sight. The sulphur area which has been explored and sun veyed covers about ten thousand acres and the de: an average thick: ness of nine and « half feet. It has been recently reported that this sul phur field has been bought by Illinois capitalists, who } lated with {them in the enter; a number of | European capitalis At present no | raliroad is near the deposits, the near {est station being Toyah, twenty miles to the northwest. The Intervening country presents no obstacles in the way of rallroad construction, the grades being low It is calculated that the United States annually consumes 500.000 tons of sul phur. Much of the sulphur used In : , in the ir State Tr osit has yO AVE ASROC rige ia social world of | Cleveland whether Mr. Browne should | the United States is Imported from italy, the tonnage brought in from that country varying from 100.000 to 260,000 tons a year, The American State which leads in the production of sulphur is Louisiana, but a vast amount of sul phur is obtaiped from the pyrites mines in Loulsa county, Virginia. It is sald that the visible supply of sulk phur is sufficient for the requirements of trade for the next twealy years The sulphur trade of the world Is prac tieally monopolized by the Anglo-Sieil lan Sulphur Company, Limited, of Lon. —— An Enfeebled Giant, It looks as If Europe had another “sick man” on Its hands, the mighty Empire of Russia, although It ma not be incurable as Is the case wit Turkey, or chronic as is the ease with Spain. Nations, like men, go down In the march of time. Russia Is too young, perhaps, to go to pleces like Turkey, which in the days of the English Tudors was the first military power of earth, and too virile to go as Spain did, which at the time of V was the world's military power, were | who | ia seen at 1%. A NEW EASTER LILY. Crossing the Bermuda Flower witha Philippine Species Is Successiul. If the expectations of the Depart ment of Agriculture are realized with experiments now golog on, the price of Easter Lilies will be much lower next year. This will enable persons who have been obliged to deny them. selves the luxury of an Easter Lily, to purchase this beautiful tower with out laying themselves open to the charge of belng extravagant, The | high price of this spring Hower through the long the bulb before it From the Bermuda caused | season of to bloom. of the {IL 48 10 | to seven plant the { that ETOWILE bursts in the bulb lily Is planted until ful bloom a period of wonths, Flori us bulbs in September in order © the Col always ween time Lalli 5 S18 Eus | studyl 4 | Hower with a WE hope of RUOT i i ) f ol | ] the | ting son is ily | this int excent that PUBLIC TIMBER GRABBING, IOUS THAT CONGRESS SAVE AMERICAN FORESTS. Second Instalment of Commissions Report Land Law. uve URMY | « v | preducti land attention the 1d Two pleces of publie | tion which engaged the winter were mile h w last CONEress Is | bill, bill cre, or square ymests and the lie land timber he former was defeated the ed, both properly. bill it was seught 1 160-acre homestead twenty ] Hon or i as pa Gil-acre the - | covering of land in i in Bp Use HOT and mil South Dak 10 G40 Acres, ie cl the land was not support a fami 1d that acres BOIL | ACTeS Color 11 ado, ling that GA0 also of the re vigorously that for i) res or ac a farm of to iitable for mater of AS & RF fron y can be pro than the old — — - Starting in Early. told me that work de One year the gardener | ¢ rose bugs threater ed struction among my choice I hit upon the idea of } | youngsters to pick them | stroy them ten \ {bugs. This worked beautifully for a short time, until suddenly there came {a devastating horde of the pests, Dick | grasped the situation at once and sal Irving forth invited his frie to as sist, at five cents per hundred, sub coniracrtin it we wt he did the bossing and pocketed the profits. th to ring cel el nas I, As re © OWERING partment of year, grown extreme Dakota to twents Colorado's nl “ § ; r and the Ci Land on Public Lands C shown by the following rt. Timber Lieu Lands, One of the most detrimental o. the land laws has been what was ki {as the lien land selection law, which i od t tL are created by the government, set pS ral oeneral the v $4 wn tf where for OTrves Detorested Land mn Minnesota, Timber Seems om Government Lands in Oregon That night | had a bill of $3 from wot tired Arthur, and nearly #14 tom my enterprising and business. like younger hopeful. So I reduced wages to ten cents per thousand, whereupon they Mpg struck, The Bent Sa 1 fon theta ard ator rosebugs for a confiding neighbor, at the original price, while wy bushes were left to Weir fate. tlers or private corporations owning lands within such boundaries might select In lieu thereof any public land not reserved, and this right was trans ferable. The result was that parties sold thelr lieu land rights and these were purchased by glant timber syn- dieates and lumber tions for speculative purposes. tite to | | PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ANX- | Protests Against 640 Acre | Homestead Scheme—Repeal of Lieu | hundreds of thousands of acres of {land embraced within the forest re lly almost bare of forest vhich had. been stripped of and left worth perhaps n acre, were thus purchased ms and exchanged on am serves natul cover or their timb a dollar by even | timber eral COrIM } legisla- | . of i0- | latter | Under | m entry, | LT La Be he Public Lands f of the of that com- the a : Presi- ni ssion, f the law of its that Lisi » allowed A Oils ( ndempation yf the Com- "of : farn ), and Ing, grazing wis that any attem without a earefy ublle lands must feces of this kind are be to time, and legisla. character Is now pending, modeled the Nebraska 6Sé0acre homes stead law, which was passed as an exper ment to meet a certaln restricted local con dition. This act (33 Swat, M7) rmite the entry of S40.acre homesteads a the sand hill region of that State, Whether In practice the operation of this law will re sult in putting any considerable number of settlers on the land Is not yet determined, Your commission Is of opinion, after care ful consideration, that general provisions o fihis kind should not be extended unth after thorough study of the public lands (Continued on next pags.) Do You Use Acet ylene? if so, We Want to Send You A SAMPLE BURNER 1134,33 BROADWAY Room 10 New York, KN, X.
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