Part 2. —— MAGAZINE SECTION. The € ntre 4) BELLEFONTE, PA.,, TMURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1906. mocrat. Farm Notes, Choice Fiction, Current Topics. * RESCUED THE ALAMO. S—— FAMOUS TEXAN STRONGHOLD SAVED FROM DESTRUCTION BY 4 WOMAN. t a Miss Clara Driscol Prevents Catas- trophe-Alamo Was the Scene of the Most Terrific Fight of Early Days of Texas. " Through the command of a considers able sum of money a Texas woman has been enabled to save to her native state and to the United States one of the most noted relics of Texan and Mexican War times, The historical Alamo, an old fort, originally a mon-| astery, and the scene of one of the most thrilling incidents of the Mex- ican War, was about to be sold, and the ground utilized in the erection of a& modern hotel. The lesson taught by the handful of Americans who held the Alamo rather than sfarrender, appealed so strongly to Miss Clara Driscol, a successful author of magazine stories, that she made an offer of sixty thousand dol- lars for the property and it was ac- eepted. In speaking of this purchase Miss Driscol said that if the Alamo, a monument to the heroism of Texan soldiers, had been destroyed it would have made it impossible for her to live in the state, devoted as she is to it. Al most immediately after the historical fort came into her hands the people of Texas woke up to the situation. A bill was passed by the state legislature authorizing the purchase of the prop erty from her and at the same time appointing her honorary custodian of the Alamo. For some time Miss Driscol has been writing short stories concerning Texas and Mexico life, her first book P [J [fie [i of liberty. Already famous were the pioneer scouts and wdrriors who en- trenched themselves in that redoubt, and yet more, famous and glorious be- came thelr memory after the sanguin. ary and unequal fight, Men were they, heroes and intrepid characters, sur- rounded by a vast horde of savage Mexicans, with _many an old score %0 settle; yet not one thought of surren- der apparently entered their souls, The last of them was killed by Mexican bullets; but not until they had made | a fearful accounting among the swarm- ing hosts of the enemy. The tragic story of the Alamo will go down in history as one of the greatest of battles, and Texas and the Nation rowes a lasting debt of gratitude to the woman who has saved its crumbling walls and trrrets, Will See Snakes. Sarpent rings, broaches, bangles and necklaces are to be the fashion in the big cities this season, dealers having already received many orders for jewelry of a “snaky” description. One lady is having made a belt in the form of a gold rattlesnake and at a recent New York ball one of the guests wore a coronet composed of jeweled snakes, It is intimated that the new fashion will develop as } that ladies will study the art of sna deserting their toy dogs for pet reptiles. smsmm————— Plan For Salvation of Louisville. postmaster at eo charming, Some days ago th Louisville, Kentucky, received a com- munication from a man in Rutland, Vermont, who, having learned, he said, of the wickedness in Louisville, and desiring to do missionary work there, wanted a list of the unsaved men and women of that sown. Postmaster Bak 13) er, it MISS CLARA DRISCOL. WHOSE ENERGY AND M( “The Girl of La Gloria” being placed on the market within the past year, A Mexican Opera, Partly on account of her intense in- terest in the Texas country and its people and partly because this Is a subject heretofore untouched In either JMterature or drama she conceived the idea of writing an opera in which there should be only Mexican scenes and charsiier. Turough the co-operation of men well verse” In methods of producing operas, the whole story was put Into shape. Miss Driscol had collected a number of Mexican songs and dances and folk Jere music, all of the greatest value in the arrangement of a suitable musical setting, Inspired by these the musical composer of the opera was en. abled to gain the best results so that the actual character of the music as well 9as the costumes and scenery makes the play typically American, The first night “Mexicana” was pro duced one of the principals, a woman, carried out the time-honored associa tion of senoritas, sombreros and ciga rettes by appearing on the stage smok- ing one of these tiny rolls. Miss Dris col immediately sought the stage manager and remonstrated stating that the better class of Mexican women do not smoke, contrary to the general im. pression that all women in tropical countries Indulge In the habit; there after this seemingly necessary adjunct was removed from the opera, Miss Driscol has travelled exten pively visiting almost every country on the globe, When the Spanish Amer fean War broke out she was In Spain and while most of her American asso ciates made haste to leave, ns a matter of mfety, she stayed for six months longer, assuming a Spanish name and living as a Spanish woman, That this was possible for her to accomplish Is due to her brunette complexion, her black hair and her brilliant black eyes, She might easily pass as a daughter of any one of the Latin countries, The history of the Alamo Is ony which must fire the Imagination and patriotism of every son and daughter NEY HAVE AVE | £ ALAMO rectory with a letter, saying that the lirectory contained 250,000 names, and he was certain that this plan wouid afford everybory in Loulsville a “square deal.” It has been remarked that if the soul saver desires a more extensive fleld to work In he might procure a copy of the New York City directory containing a million and a half names, and possibly Chicago and a few other of the large towns might make application. —— A Short Road to Wealth. Here Is a plan for gaiuing wealth, Better than trading or leases, Take a banknote and fold It across And observe a? money In creases, This wonderfy plan without danger er one; Keep Jour cash In your hand and don't pen ' And you'll find that each time you fold it Acrons Joull double your roll; never lend ft. sm ——. LIKES FINE CHINA PIECES. Under Mrs, Roosevelt's supervision one of the most valuable collections in this country has been placed on exhi- bition in the basement of the White House, and it Is a proud day when she can add something of historic worth to the treasulgs. The exhibit is made up entirely of remnants of the dinner sets which formbrly served the Presi dential familles. It begins with some rare goldtrimmed plates and cups and saucers, ‘which were the pride of Martha Washington's heart, and the contributions continue down to the era of Mrs. McKinley, -_— Helen Gould's Charity. In the name of her father and moth- or Helen Gould, with the assistance ot Elizabeth Altman, annually distributes $500,000 In charity. Probably Miss Gould supports directly and Indirectly more charities than any other one per son living. Her donations annually reach 600 or more beneficiaries. Her total disbursements during the last eight years—and they are all made with business judgment and through a perfect system--reach $4,000,000, OLD CLERKS REDUCED. BLOW ABOUT TO FALL UPON VETEREN MEN OF THE GOV- ERMENT DEPARTMENTS. Congress Preparing to Cut] Salaries and Discharge Older Employees Who Have Spent Best Years of Life in Serving Uncle Sam. The blow, which the older govern- ment clerks at Washington have for sometime feared, is about to fall, and if the House of Representatives follows its apparent intention, the clerks of 656 years old and over, will have thelr pay cut from 25 to 50 percent. The investigation carried on by the Appropriation Committee, shows that over $2,000,000 annually paid to clerks over 65 years of age, and that if the plan proposed is carried out, over 75 percent of these will reduced. This will mean that many faithful em- ployees of the government, who have grown old in the service of thelr coun try, will suddenly find their Incomes cut nearly in half, It is ‘often stated that the average government job is an easy one, with short hourg and goed pay, so thal there thing of a disinclination throughout the country to feel ex 8 much sympathy for the govern- who is reduced, or per- for any reason, As & 1OWeYer . ne - Is be is Bome OF pre Y 1 rie nent Ciel hance Hism {sand , GIS A ] I [| matter act, | t are md ! table (unless cases, in which the ical, with ¥ ading things itside in «he com- ! years with ma ng h ny idemly thrown upon is Ww row and circumser! Seon r valuable to the gover In the meantime, his salary n barely iensurate with his Ithough some of es with thrifty le to buy a of these ! Ti yriion 8 of confining relations, unable 1 a8 much In a new line of life 88 eould his recently graduated son. This wonld mean that the man who has entered government service in middie fe, and through meritorious effort and aithful endeavor has worked up to a ary of $1600 or $1800, would in his experien be thrown irld, like an old horse, who ed his master faithfulls it fa sal ripe years and e, tH w o h lost the vigorou action of a ¥ I H conn m } nies w uld de to honor him with the increased sala experience and wi . which had done so much toward build. ing up the structure of thelr worldly interests, The sentiment has been freely ex- pressed upon the floor of the House, however, that it is nef Delleved that a ajority of its members will favor ans i tting down One plan ine to his come of faithful eclerd ‘ 1 by the Hou © braces a provision that when any ployee shall have reached the age ¢ sears, heshall he lmmediatels wl ile sonable liv Washington, heavy, it | mall sum for family. Old and } employees, from the administration of Washington have igned or died In the nation's service, hut Con: gress In its wisdom, in these days of un wonted national prosperity, seems to be pursuing extraorfiinary methods to increase the efficiency of the servies and to reduce the federal expenditures! Anent the subject, the Washington Post says: What a kind and benef cent government it would be that would cut a faithful servant, who had served It for years.and who is as effi clent a clerk now as he was ten years ago, because he has reached the age of sixty-five! What an Indocement to faithful service! What a splendid ex ample of the “merit system.” Bot it probably serves a man right for refiching the age of sixty-five, and be ing still vigorons and faithful and eapa- ble In the public service. The Speaker of the House, the honor able Joseph G Cannon, who will be seventy years old on the Tth of May next, should see to It that his friends on the Appropriation Come mittee take a back track on this Osler itish proposition. If the provision should not be stricken out in the House the twenty-six Senators who are over sixty-five, and the three others who will be sixty-five before this year Is out ought to be able to give It a quictus In the Senate, tn Various are the reasons given for the placing of the two buttons on the back of a man's coat. One ig that they are a survival of buttons which were used on the eighteenth century fiding coat. The Soat | tails were thus utton up when rider was on horse-back. Committe on Jism] £1.00) ht apm tobea ra Adis in the smaller towns, In whi Are so a man of mored government : down, re Tallest Skyscraper Yel. It 1s announced that the Singer Man- ufacturing Sompany 14a fled plana for A structure which will be higher than any existing New York city skyscrap: lone er by from 200 to 300 feet, and will be about 40 feet higher than the Wash- Ington monument. It is to be built at the north-west corner of Broadway and Liberty street, with a tower of 40 stories, which will rise to the height of*504 feet. The tower will be ,5 feet square for 36 stories, and will be sure mounted by a dome containing four ad- ditional stories, above which will be a TIMES BUILDING The Highest Structure in New York - and—{f that isn't high emough ’ ww The highest bulldng In New York to day is the Times Building, including the three stories which are below New York's pavement, ts c—— ‘ Restore Life After Death, | ——— Claim That Yictims of Electric Chalr Can Be Brought Back to Life. To be able to restore life after elec trocution ig the claim of J. M. Berger, an expert electrician, who states that by his method a pe n electrocuted at of our pr dead by the atte be restored to life ments are that the within ites after life is pronounced that the brains be not baked or the lungs car bonated. Mr. Berger states that he, himself, received more ts than are supposed to be necessary to kill a man and that he knows of cases where as high as } and 4000 volts have gone through men's bodies and they have beén re stored to life and health He cites as an {llustration, the case of Joseph Averell a Balt man, who was « ht in an alternating current of 3000 nd thrown from a pole to the middie of the street, He w i at city hospital and emergency treatment was qUickly applied. Bx of his hands were burned to a erisp and his skull was almost fractured by the fall to the street, but he recovered, Mr. B 3 method is very simple and one that he claims may be followed by any person who is coolheaded and not likely to become excited. He lays the victim of electrocution on his back with a rolled coat or Manket under his shoulders 80 that the head Is allowed to fall backwards. The operator should kneel behind the head of the patient, facing him, grasp the elbows and draw them well over tne head, 80 as to bring them almost together above and hold them there for two or threé seconds. He should then carry the elbows down to the sides and front of the chest, firmly compressing it by throwing his weight upon the elbows, After two or three seconds, the arms should be earried above the head and the same manoeuversshould be repeated at the rate of fifteen or sixteen times a minute. The operators must remem. ber that the manipulation must be con. ducted with methodical deliberation, Just as described, and never hurriedly or half heartedly. In addition to this, the tongue must be drawn out to free the throat. A cloth should be used in holding the tongue so It will not slip. it must be drawn out when the arms are hold above the head and allowed to recede when the chest is compressed. cont — In the seventeenth century button holes were a matter of ornament more than of use. They were carefully cut, jnd aid around” with gay colors, em- reldered with silver and gold th bound with kid and velvet. ly —— In the latter part of the sama century breeches were worn skin tight, A gentleman ordering a r is sald to have told his tallor~"If I can "1 n 0 tax body more line AUR voltage a ¢ to the 8 remove oO! th reer to them I wont pay for them.” EE — ON THE OKLAWAHA. MOST PICTURESQUE OF AMERI- CAN RIVERS-PALMS AND ORANGE GROVES. Further Descriptions of a Delightful Yrip From St. Augustine Through The Lake Region of Florida~Hange ing Spanish Moss. A word more before I leave the beau. tiful city of St. Augustine in Sunny Florida, although the whole of our visit was not made as a matter of fact in sunshine. We went into the old Cathedral with its three bells “all in a row,” and smaller bell hanging above, one of 1 » being the oldest bell in the United States, We also visited three of the principal churches in the city—the pretty Epi the unique Methodist, and the beautiful Presby- + ast a memorial built y only daughter. this of St. igh fort, de- one he Opal, terian church, t by the si; has a from which { bright green, ting sight fo * DATTOW D nn 8 wity seeker tures- with could glze, ear je in every from the little ones, just coming out of their shells, to the great big fellows that made 3 hudder, t} lifelike, palmetto, s! ed. All of ti mist—some , they looked so Is of pretty things in . were also exhibit. saw in the rain and » time under an um- er times too | d to that it rained. > Deep Biwe Skies On the last day which we spent in St. Augustine, the sun came out, the air was warm and balmy, the sky azure blue without a cloud, and I had my heart's desire of seeing St. Augustine bathed in winter sun shine. Carriages were being driven everywhere, side- walks were crowded, the hotel courts and the plaza, and even the hotels themselves looked so beautiful I wished I might be a part of it all for a month. We sat in the Casino, watching the bathers in the large marble swimming pool, and listening to the music by the Marine Band. The scene was gay with flags and banners of all nations while the crowd kept coming and going like 0" 4s r tin ntereste '|a kaleldiscope picture, After dinner we The Steamer “Osceola Some Loading Oranges on the Oklawaha. bay to Anastatia Islandand then the CArs 10 the lighthouse and South Beach, where we sat on the sand watching the Atlantic waves as they rolled up on gabte | jriver without banks, con stantly turn- took the little ferry boat across the I never saw such sind, so fine and white. Am old sea captain from Nassau had just landed his schooner at the wharf so we paid him a visit, bought some pretty pieces of coral, and were treated to Cuban ba nanas and my husband to black cigars as well, The Captain had some superb tortoise shells, While he is on his trips, his young wife keeps a little shop and sclly the treasures of the sea, with which he keeps her richly gupplied. Good-Bye To 01d St. Augustine, the beach. The next morning, after four days \ visit, we had to say good-bye to this fascinating old eity. It contains 60 much—the superb hotels with their wealth of beauty and luxuriant courts filled with tropical vegetation, the churches, the fort, the quaint old streets, the shops, the bay, the sea, the beautiful blue of sky and ocean, the sunshine—ah me, it makes a picture I shall never forget, a dream that has at last been realized, The next morning we rode by train for an hour through the pine woods to Palatka, there boarding the little steamer Osceola—which was to take us 25 miles through the St. John's River and 101 miles up the Oklawaha—the Indian name for “Crooked Water." Such a funny little tub is the Ox ceola, It is about 50 feet long by 22 feet wide, Fortunately we had telegraphed for The Fascinating Oklawaha, The St, is quiet and monote- nous, but the beauty of the Oklawaha Is extremely fascinating—a nartow John's ‘ng at right angles with itself, the great tall cypress trees full of waving gray moss, growing directly out of the waler, which Is of inky blackness. Now and then, but rarely, the river being very crooked, there i8 a short vista through these weird looking trees, with their branches rea hing out toward Heaven, and the Spanish moss sw aying gracefully i forth in the breeze. The surface of the water wag covered with lily pads, “bonnets” the captain called them, but it was too early in the season for the lilleg Now and then the _teamer stopped at a lonely wharf to take on wood, and on ihe upper deck at dusk, pine torches were lighted which burned all night, faintly illuminating each side of the river, and creating most fantastic shapes and shadows. About 8 o'clock in the evening, we heard the whistle of the down boat, and the pilot moored us in a part of the river wide enough It was a beautiful he. bad ou 1 way toward us, passing within & few inches of the Osceola, the flame of her pine knots casting weird shadows about us and the darkies on board singing as with cheers and burrahs she slipped out of sight, Weird Southern Melodies As we glided on through this strange ack and | SCeRY, Our OWn darkies gang their Picturesque Landing Point of the Oklawaha A - weird melodies, and 18 Hardly seemed as if we were living in this twentieth century. At one o'clock in the morning We passed through the narrowest part T (Continued on DexXt page.) In Rooseveum, have been reprod paper, suitable end jn frami }
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