THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA. Thursday, April 28th, 1910. GUARDED BY ICY WIND A Frigid Convict Station In the Northeast of Siberia. EQ i “ THE COL T SPOT ON EARTH No Precaut Escape Wind Fierce, ns Are Necessary Against When Hour Deatt Verhoyansk the Half y Cold at e Bitin w§ an in the Means The coldest would the north or! not. It is a Siberia nan There the the three degrees F. below BS degrees of the average below zero, one tered the grees of frost! The average January figure for London, on the other hand is 7 degrees above freezing point But [no Verhoyansk winter months is as hot there as In shadow of Wor bi but piace In the naturally expect to the south pole, the Verhoyansk i village In portheast average temperature worst winter mouths is zero, which frost means During January or 88 degrees of frost in the (8 } occas) thermometer regis remarkable figure of 120 d« most months are July, curiously enougt but the hang London, the terrible winter over even the warmest mouths. Even midsummer the which surround the desolate plain in the of which Verhoyvansk stands are withered and gray grass Is col The few flowers are odorless bare soll of the plain itself refuses to produce vege tables of any kind. The ground frozen hard to an incredible depth No farming. of course, Is There are uno cattle or poultry food is imported. Why, then, does thi little village exist? It is a convict sta tion, and its population of 400 Is mad. up of officials and exiles No pre against escapes needed Prisoners are known to have gone mad with the of place. But no one has ever been enough to try to escape. Verhoyai strange though it sounds, guards by the wind A gale wl the ther mometer st 3 zero wi that Is 1 O1 center he orless I'he is possible autions are loneliness mat is the comfortable at nigh ind warm furs io time however lk But are d day one can be quite ner nj ture rd Ww he ter let a wind once rise things ferent As Ver And th wit} gree and to life to s Half cold dry weaths t so dangerous as powerful in its effects. In that stilines n ir ax bead drop the gr smashes ke beard wood, other har hard De } travels glon rried is milk In in a hed his thermometer all Verhoyansk mperatures freezes i can be copper ith ind bullet n hot through All he « 1 find of a were a fon imps of red ice and some splint But what troubled discovery that I WAS At 40 de Eres i frozen nicotine blocks the rs or But Verhoyansk's glass nseasoned freezes iron this as in re solid nbhes to sleigh lis for quicksi or burst at tt! hammered e eed been turned a deal bo of « Ty ire fey y : he 1344 } Fas 1; smoke det torture a he mp o A To bars that skin touches Careless lay a the A left a means witlosxly to dry When he beat and almost through the air theatrical thun shirt ple ied itu g } it broke \ Wung it der Atl these made ike temperatures many usually trusty such as combs and razors and knife handles, bend or bhroak Verhoyansk is a huddle of mud plas tered huts along one straggling street, The windows gre of ice, so that can dles are needed both summer and win. ter. Twenty miles away, across a dis mal plain of snow, lies a low, black Hine of pine forests On the other side Is the frozen river, from which dense, unhealthy mists roll up for weeks together in the au tumn. There are not flowers in spring, and summer Is dingy. Perhaps they are right at Verhoyansk In looking forward to the long months of winter, But it I» not a cheerful place. Pear son's Weekly. articies The order of society Is founded on buman misery and imbecility, and these are foundations which will never grumble. Anatole France, temperature is 50 degrees | forests | | For a w Al | shrivel or | SIR MARK'S HOTEL BILL. Relic of | an E E gecuion th Mi irly Nineteenth Century Ireland, contested in the Sh in During tion in part of Somerville tor of the lodge or bill ole edrly Mark proprie to bonrd and nim tiie of an Irelnnd List © ith tury, to Pik orders the in should vote ed the framed st Looted tht w hie he rece nll for followin and It sti | hangs Somerville House, County Meath April 16th, | frecholders Sir Mark, at » after sUD- sup for a vas lost on the head them all night, Is to me . To six bed in another in one room, and at two gulneas every than four In Any time cheap is tO me nay in the morn- of them, and they brought lI can guess, is to ot more I Knows re as d punch, with- pes and tobac- breaking a pot other glasses e first day and very sure, but ys and a half of as little as 1 can to be very exact It thereabouts as near and not to be to me at least, ropping off the iine freeholders at 134 for every by my brother, is to me .. and nurse for poor in the middle of when he was not ex- To raw ¥ y Ar out talking of pi I 8 for stairs and for t CO, AS Wi above and delp! night, 1 am not for the three day the ele call it is In as 1 too partic For shavh heads of for Sir M head of them who has aii KR Vole ymit ; Tom Kernan the night pected, is to me ten hogs, 1 don’t talk of the piper for keeping m sober as long a8 he was sober, is to me 110 18 7 Cars wife is Mark X y's Mark X Sir by Signed in ired of hi ’ reliance hi is marriage | had ugh the civil war and had harrowing experiences through of which hes thoug the » chat After t} Was ser cer's state man on the » “Look didn’t worldly Wi ith volce W all no sever degro ent In his e ‘With re endow and despl efforts it after nu seerned perturbed beaming you w “ny w' The mn for a 1 ‘it then a kL en id Lhe ng by my fall Not What She Expected 1nd) English ae well ks, got a A clever tress, nhove the a in g setback a short time Arriving. as was her habit, at the theater a consid erable time before the rise of the cur fain, she chanced to meet the call boy “Good evening, “Good Harry.” | *I'm early, am | not?” “Yes, miss,” sald the boy | “You Harry, It takes a long time for me to make myself beaut) ful.” The boy looked at her for a moment, | then answered gravely: | “Yes, mins, | suppose it does.” oom! popuiar who Is considered ol fino erage ago mins” evening, she replied Ree, How to Make a Salmon Loaf. Take equal quantities of bolled salm- on and bolled rice. For a cupful of each use two hard bolied eggs, one tablespoonful of curry powder, two ta blespoonfuls of butter, half a table spoonful of cream; season with salt, white pepper and eayenne, Take all skin and bone from the Osh and put in A saucepan with the butter, Add the rice, the whites of the eggs chopped fine and place over the fire until very hot, then take up on hot platter, mold. ing It In shape of loaf with spoon, cover with yolks of eggs rubbed through a sieve and serve. The mix ture should be stirred often while on the Ore. | old house, (LD GAMBLINGCLUBS Famous Resorts the Betting Fraternity In London, of ~ Rv TH. WAY FOX WAS TRICKED. A Scheme Cheated Ce hat lowed Him Lord mended by Barrymore Lord E Srummel tier's, P by onized by Bes atr at and In America suc thi ne un pri etary clu! ged by one map is ain Is the London fit usual thing, a Hi most the devoted ni medium sized club (O some pecial purp £, as card playing In making ente are proprietary the old days this was a money and some fortunes were piled up by tors of d whenever hows signs rprise, Immense the proprie But of the members get London car club club perity din of governing now un to ist on forming some sort usual pre gether an shall have for member * to It that the propriet oper propor tion of his prof mn the comfort of the members Ins f putting every thing in his pocket I'he fashions rd tinually change the with the g century in cards body which power tO “ 1pDOn the nroposals clubs con. with that and A rules vOeurs the Agninst are rage the many to bef play whereas nowa between f the wrincipa ay is the hours and 7. The Income of the propriet today from the an nual subscripti from the fixed fees for card In the old days the of revenue from the ked floor after the game days is ms and money largest source was unters pl up from the Was over Raggett, the White's, one of tl bling clu Bt. Jame atten George us gam situated on rule to | ¢ Nerve | ng club, had a bylaw that no player should quit a | table to take his Oe unt At ti Pee Byron 1815 ularly d Fh iruma 1 1 «1 here reg club eventuas through the sglon of the admission Nwi Europe disrepute want supervy} hin hip urts of ih that a miwers pDurne Says that It was cards and which he The only “1 hope Ters vy! Every passed ret De ner the the y he had : chaangeq bul ; i : ing in wi sum Ing hate nally | i bh "hee rit 1} " hiv t 1 Th was orig! wide, and ide In the ome of the a ¥ been uo but used by many n n ive Interior art K gilt chair hat rollers of preserved in the « The proprietor of this club was orig fnally a swall Ashmonger named Wi Ham Crockford, who had a shop near Temple Bar His first venture in club proprietorship was to take Watler's where hazard, the Ameri can game of craps, was the chief at traction In this he had a partner named Taylor, and they both made money, but at the end of a year they separated, and Crockford went to St James’ street, where he prospered so well that he Instructed the Wyatts to prepare plans for a new buliding. This was opened In 1827, and, al though It was a proprietary club, Crockford was shrewd enough to In Yost a committee with the right of election to membership, an move to which many persons attribute his im mense sucerss, Among the first of the names presented was that of the Duke of Wellington, and almost every man of note In England was either a mem ber or a guest at some time or other. « Chicago Hecord-Herald. ment HELLS were the high seventy years ago are sti Inbrooms ! Some of the Pointed Questions Print. labor: ut YOU WON'T BE ASKED Below. merators ed anu compelled | t The census nr and are the census tions rout pr " per the fresh arrival was ready ha Tried in } | HIS MONEY A of Hetty Green Bachelorhood. H. 1 Gre THE TRUE TEST. efonte t has Test Be irs, but the ARE FIRE THEY will not burn like plain tin, of a department Lo as Will not erack and roll off like slate Bright, on thelr he rules I 11 FA CT, FUN AND FANCY. Sparkling lected and FOWL, Paragraphs—8e- Original WEATHER IP Hike phen { fappened. Used Hyperdermi His Fai BURDEN Laments K § th Unshaken. “1 od LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS nn Sy Stood the A Will not split © They never need repairs and last as long as the building fl. they make the handsomest roof and are not expensive P H ’ FRANK W is ne ler MLLEN. Admr Jellsn. a ’ ae ' S ersigne L 8 Pa ste are here persbne sted OOF r curl like wood shingles Will not rip at the seams Neither will they rattle during high wind storms, And last CORTRIGHT METAL ROOFING CO Philadelphia, Pa. A John F, Gray & So Successors to Grant Hoover Fire, Life and Accident Insurance CRIDER'S STONE BUILDING, + BELLEFONTE THIS AGENCY represents the Iargest fire ID8ErAnoe compan. fos in the world. We are pre pared to write large lines sb any time Also Surety Bonds Fire, Life Aceldent and Tornado TEMPLE COURT HARRY FENLON, INSURANCE Rucoessor 10 Frederick K. Poster and William Ruraside Ronda of every desoription BELLEFONTE, PA, —— COAL STRIKE SETTLED. The Central Pe ; bitume- ners are strike the and was COM - agree COM int Oper; ners It ARloona Dr. Sol M. Nissley, Veterinary Surgeon, Centre County Banking Co., Corner High ana Bpring Streets Receive Deposits; Discount Notes John M. Shugert, Cashier. W. H. MUSSER, GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT, Notary Public and Pension Attorney BELLEFONTE, PENNA, Beezer's Meat Market REE Boon T THEW Powe Brasomeiin HOW TO Bf Haghest Eeboronon U5 wd Fong Potente 160 Donrbors 0, Cliengs ———— Pure Candy Dealers by Manufae- Fa. are ANY guar- Food LTR Camp Candy MAN Company, Tyrone, Pennsylvania. h | r ) 1 “A Ar ' \ A A At pis yard, « pposite R. R sells only the best qual ANTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS A y v of the P stat > "noer ’ Passenge tation Wood, Grain, Hay, Stra Sand. Superior Screenings for lime 3d plas Ww and The New BUICK IS HERE Semon rat ha ars f supplies Wm. W. Keichline & Co. S. Water St, Beliclonte, PWT LIVERY ATTACHED x YH BUILDING MATERIAL When you are ready for It, you will got It bore. On MILL WORK. SHINGLES LUMBER ROOFING AND GLASS This is the place where close pt shipments of able AN ESTIMATE! BELLEFONTE LUMBER CO, Bellefonte, Pa.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers