Part 2. MAGAZINE SRCTION. BELLEFONTE . PA 1906. The Centre Lem THURSDAY JULY 26 Farm Notes, Choice Fiction, Current Topics BOSTON'S NEW CHURCH. CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS DEDI- CATE TWO MILLION DOLLAR MOTHER TEMPLE, Thousands From All Parts of World Thronged Historic City.~Church Seats 5000. Taller Hill Monument. The a mag- Mother de event Lis of the Neience dedication in June nificent new addition to Church of the Christian nomination, in Boston, was of the highest signiticance in tory of this religious body. Built as the result of a spontaneous recognition of Mrs, Eddy's life work and of the imperative demands of the mar velous growth of the pressing the liberality of thousands of Christian Scientists, and embodying the best in architectural and modern construction, this new building wis logically the central feature this year's gathering The chureh one of the not the largest in the United States, its seating capacity being 5012. Its style of architecture is Italian Renais The pews and interior finishings of mahogany The walls are Concord granite and Bedford stone, with beautiful decorative cary ings. The inside finish soft gray to harmonize with the Bedford stone columns supporting the dome, The height of the building to the top of the lantern is 224 feet, just one foot higher than Bunker Hill monument The dome eighty-two feet in and covered with terra match the edford stone. ing presents stately, impressive : ready marks of Bost The than consist nn the movement, ex design of largest, if is sance. other are is i diameter cotta to The build dignified and and is is FAnee, recognize on " the building ALERT the 1.06%) pounds, eleven bells, we We of ghs the iH) pounds and The "smallest The organ finest in the world The original “Mot! adjoins the new building 1.200, and yet three Su are required to accomodate the attend ance. It Is sald that when this edifice ET Va 5 is one largest h" whic h i 14] 4 er Chur about {OT Sl, Than Bunker | cession, gcope, which will merely detect and re- fcord the fact that there has beep an fearth tremor, Some of these are so lequipped as to indicate the time of [the disturbance, Second 1s the seismometer, the fune- | tion of which is to measure the maxi- mum force of the shock, either with or of is {without an Indieation its direction. The third Instrument the seismo graph, which arranged that will accurately record the number, sue direction, amplitude and period of successive oscillations. The last Instrument is by far the most delicate of the three, iS RO this earth the maker In the construction of quake-recording machine | must so suspend H | hewwy body that | when its normal is discurbed | in the most infinitesimal degree, no re. actionary force will be developed tending to restore it to its original position. The inventor has never been found who could accomplish this sus pension of a body to perfection. The selsmograph to-day, however, has reached a of perfection where approximations are obtained in the records made, The complementary gtrument levers pended body 08 that are moved by el These are constructed of highly sitive material, the suspended the vibrations of the e The chines vertical d two of h in disturbance, HAD A GO position of stage Close of System the in part * #& composed of a of connecting astatically Ww ian ith “14 varions surfa ockwork surfaces “en on which needles play weight to ¢ iri ns responds h's crust, these of recording orizontal of laborate of mn the motions most e are capable an h the eart the Cisse a seismic | — 0D SI PANKING. i From Administers an tional Lesson. Hiss Boy, Rescued Mother Addi- ting ‘a patrolman, » jumped into ¢ {3/7 Drowning, | % RENAMING THE SIOUX. SOME TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND INDIANS ARE RECEIVING CHRISTIAN NAMES, Educated Indian Tribesmen Selected by the Great Father” to Re christen Braves ~Bob-tailed Coyote Becomes Robert T, Wolf, Uncle Sam has recently inaugurated a unique and ingenious project in con nection with Indian wardg—or at least the most populous division of them. This nothing than a scheme for renaming every chief and brave, every squaw and papoose of the Sioux tribe. The object of this wholesale rechristening Is to insure the right descent of property, something that been attended with much diffienlty under the old condition of his is less has affairs when the Sioux had no famlly each redskin could be ) by his individual | fanciful name, a cognomen which most had not the slightest resemb ce to those of any of his relatives, 1 ing of the 2Z5,000 mem- bers of the Sioux Indian tribe was or- by President Roosevelt the advice of Hamlin Garland and George Bird 11, well known authors, and who have made a study needs of the Indians, To ded the ronaming was atter in comparison out of the nnd ifled only own ance y © renam dered on Grinm otl persons the upon vn carrying strange undertaking. SPICIONS OF THE INDIANS. I'he President and his advisors real m the that it would be Indians new * to induce the 1 ue however to an ea the N Outset give talented At the Eas 1 educated sre] to persor f inducing | ¢ a iil OF LAER) best 8k « ystem r government, sponsibility meant when it Dr. Ea lHages of understood it only wis all the Indian » and personally bestow m but he must also devise or in vent the new Just imagine selecting given names for 25000 per sons of both sexes and apportioning perhaps half as many or one third as “ names, eration, | G40 been proven that the new system of | names will we of thie wicalest | | benefit and value In Insuring the cor | {rect descent of Government allot ments of land from generation to gen for some viously denied them. As a case in point it may be cited that only a few weeks ago Dr. Eastman was intru- mental in securing for a young squaw acres of rich land of high which had been temporarily lost own tribe, and which an unserupulous | relative was on the point of selling when President Roosevelt's special commissioner stepped in and set things right. —_—- "Phoning Through Flesh. To talk through the human body— | or a row of human for the matter of that-—Iis one of the weirdest | bhoddies, value | to | her owing to her separation from her | Incidentally it may be noted | { that even thus early this untangling | | of lines of descent has won | Indians valuable property rights pre- | of Jimmy I | elbowing his | purse rather suspiciously THE BLACK / SEAL PURSE. it! Bnatch It!" whispered the “lookout,” pal to “Jimmy ‘“Bnatch teddy | the Bwift,” who won this title from the lightning rapidity with which he was known to relieve men's pockets of thelr contents, In a moment the practiced fingers md skillfully extracted a flat seal purse from the of a slight young n who busily though the crowd belated Broad- pocket in WAR way that was besieging a WAY Car. The day had not been a rich one for the “picks,” and Swifty eyed the thin “Mighty slim-looking, hey, Red?” { spell the hard words to his chum, who | listened with a eynical smile, At the end of the reading was about to shout with derigive laughter, when Jim, springing forward, collared him, and with a tone utterly new to him, suid sternly: “Look he } here, Red! friends—that's all right: but a8 I'm a thief, this here ain't for a feller to laugh at!” For an {edd thrust his hands his Jim whi nd turned on one foot with y stle wer had no mother,” ured “Bhe m1 ittle chap, 80 I never knew her, but it must be awfully nice for a feller a mother li} at to be good to him, and learn m thing Why, who knows, perhaps and me had had mothers like ’ of bein’ kicked the ‘i who never gets enough out of us, we might a had a d been make in’ an honest livin’, Instead of thievin’ New York.” These words of regret upon the past of his young life, and the expressed desire for ‘thing better, from one whose on ® in- w hose and the You I's rure and ax no staff answer into the a lo pockets, eying curiously ng w wh ' murm m died wi Was a to have o | “ ips if vou i instead by round ORS’, good schoolin'® ar ince d CTOOKSR for Oost uch whose worsh p th the » purse words in such an pression would t, he could 1 His hand dropped to h old man disappeared with the money, safe from Jimmy's wicked fingers. Jim's head sank until his chin rested © 8 Bl upon his naked chest, his companion glaring at him with eyes furious with anger “Well, "tai'nt mo use,” maid Jim, quietly but firmly: “I couldn't, Red, somehow, after that—and I'll never many different family names in ad {dition. In this portion of his novel mission. for Uncle Sam the Name tl Sioux term their RY work pe now fn : NEW CHRISTIAN SCIEN was planned some of were disturbed on They thought that large an auditor called for, the atten being only nbhout Mrs. Eddy, organ Church of Christ, in 1879 with twenty slow at first there From that time, was more rapid an churches and ganized as churches, cletles holding church ISSO there were only 450 m ! the entire connection In 1884 the total membership was 2.506 Five years later it had reached 15134 These igures show that the principal growth has taken during the past seven years The membership at the present time Is about 72.066) The dedientory OXOrCises were tended by visitors from nll the United States and Canada, Great Britain, Austealin, Sweden, Den mark. France, Germany, Switzerland, the Hawalian Islands, South America and other foreign countries One hundred and forty-five church edifices have already been erected hy the Christian SBeclentists, These, as n whole, compare favorably with those of the older denominations It Is sald that when funds are no longer needed for the completion of Mother Church a large number bulldings will he commenced In ferent parts of the country “iy un that time Ni was the growt that 1880 were in Oniy There "gr | churches } not - soietlog makine maxing BY ie hers in em i pind ol nt of parts of dir - - EARTHQUAKE RECORDERS. Ihey Are the Most Delicate of All Instruments, The instruments upon by sclentists as the most dell onte of all machines, So highiy sen gitive are they, Indeed, that the very slightest vibratory motion ix recorded perfectly, Even the tread of feet ean not escape this instrament, If sufficient tn eanse vibration, ‘ There are three classes of Instro. ments for the automatic recording of éarthquakes, each with its own partie ular function. First Is the selsmo- from | the | invented for the | recording of the motions of the earth's | erust during an earthquake are looked | E TEMPLE IN BO police it was » boy and at her son f Ace gave ¥ * purpose, am pl it wd on was or knee Her Master Was a Gentleman. A Boston coupl recreating near Aug and old negro woman to wom they took a fancy They it her to pay them a visit, and red woman accepted, es- pecially as her expenses were to be paid. In due time she arrived In Boston and was installed in the house of the white folks, She was given one of the best rooms, and ate at the same table with her host and hosts | At one of the meals the hostess sald: “Mrs. Jones, you were a slave, weren't yout | “Yes, mum,’ | woman. “I belonged to | Howell.” {| “1 suppose he never invited you to eat at his table?’ remarked the Bos- ton lady. “No, honey, dat he didn't. My mar- gter was a gemmen, He ain't never let no nigger set at the table “longside er : him” were met an RAR) the oo an ’ replied the old colored Mars Robert | Eschew Teeth Examinations, Never look a gift horse in the mouth: but If he's spavined or knock | kneed there's nothing to hinder your | taking account of these accomplish | ments. Could Talk United States, A Cuban negro, who eame to Ala. bama shortly after the cessation of the Spanish-American war, haeame In. volved, says General Fred Grant, In {a quarrel with a native colored eitl gen of the State mentioned. In imperfect English, the Cuban darky contemptuously referred to the Ala. baman as “an African” “Maybe 1 18” quickly rejoined the offended one, “hat of | Is an African, I thank de Lawd [ ain't no Spaniel; an’ what's more, I aint no black Phillis tine! I kin speak United States, | kin!" his | ives] rare ne regard for fa on among the Sioux that 1 has displ iy and tradit as done these ins VOT Dos one Mr tir 4 “ r olf nd Rotter hen transformed making a reservations most part man has been i the 1X located for the Imkotas and elsewhere in the | Northwest When he ! a branch agency, or tribal headquarters the purpose of rechristening the ha bit firet move to have a conference with the chief men or counselors of the place, The Kien fn ver at for ints his is EAGLE TRACK. {send out a herald or town erier to {summon all the people to a sort of mass meeting and at this the “Name { Giver” explains the President's wishes at length, THROUGH INDIAN RI'BTLETY. At the outset many of the assembled Indians may be prone to grumble against the new system, but grad and in his labors thus far he has not encountered more than half a dozen {Indians who have steadfastly refused to change thelr names However, hundreds of the Indians have cone fided to him that they would accept the new system of names only because they had the assurance of a fellow tribesman (Dr, Eastman) that It was a good plan, and that they would never have tolerated it had a white man come among them and broached the sehpmp Although the renaming of the Sioux Is not yet completed It bas already y, in turn, | ually Dr. Eastman will win them over, | hand, but far part f cenversation through the body if stinetly a nected prop= rly oon — or a % the Their Compass Points to the Soulh The C ng back wards, from a point. of view Thelr compass points to the South, instead of the north he men wear their hair long, while the women coll theirs in a knot, The dressmakers are men, the women carry burdens The spoken language not written, and the written language is not spoken. Books are read backwards, hinese Caucasian 1] BLACK THUNDER. {and any notes are inserted at the top White Is used for mourning, and bridesmaids wear black. —— An Argument, {One touch of nature makes the whole : world kin, One bunch of grafters takes the whole world's skin; One touch of humor makes the whole | world grin, {And food adulteration keeps the whole world thin. Kansas City Times. A Same Old Game. The angler rallies forth again, And by the brooklet's shore Doth idly lle and fish and then Goes home and lies some more, There are In round numbers one mil brid inhabited houses in Greater Lon. : y wide of vellow In reply Reddy his face, w, pulled the § Arms, exposing "Ww dt d for ww your booty.” here I ni y hen (1 ng--go abeaq am, pre and anvil Ror than to lL.ght between and Hn. the chow wns “snatch it Sw ifty slower in bringing his felt the purse, pressed hands turned it over and over at last, seeing Reddy's eyes flash reluctantly opened patience, he pocketbook. “Well, TIT be smothered!” eried Reddy, as Jim pulled out a faded pink envelope from which fell a lock of gray hair and a newspaper clipping bearing the seared marks of time It was an obituary, praising the life and work of the The dead woman, it sald, had been an exemplary wife and mother, and one of the sweetest, noblest and most honored members of the community, Her loss was therefore mourned by every one who had the happiness of knowing her She left an only son. All this the boy read aloud, amid frequent stops to PALISADE deceased f you want 't goin’ to nor nothin’ for me; I've 4 ir © night a nt black seal purse was he of one of the great w York with a note scrawled In pencil, as follows “Please try to find the owner of this I gess he wants it bad. thief as was. "—Los Angeles Times office Newspapers, The Ia Extremis. The four-year-old daughter of a clergyman was ailing one night and was put to bed early. As her mother was about to leave her she called her back. “Mamma.” my papa.” “No, dear,” her mother replied, “sour papa is busy and must not be disturbed.” “But, mamma." the I want to see my papa As before, the mother replied: “No, your papa must not Ge disturbed.” ut the little one came back with a clincher “Mamma.” she declared solemnly, “1 am a sick woman, and I want to see my minister.” ’ she sald, “I want to see eh al Id persisted, PATTERNS. 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