democratic watchman, 1927-07-15 [p ]

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Bellefente, Pa.July 15, 1927. Rev. Dr. Colfeit Ends His Life Story. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. By Rev. L. M. Colfelt D. D. After a rest of several years at my country place Bedford, Pa., I receiv- ed invitations to assume a charge of Presbyterian churches at Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, but decided te accept a call to the West Green Presbyterian church, Phila- delphia, as being nearer my home and less exacting in services requir- ed. [ spent a happy half dozen years with its people and succeeded in re- viving it Tor the time. But the deadly disease that has brought about the dissolution of so many Protestant churches in Philadelphia had reach- ed its vitals. In spite of the sacri- fices and the hearty cooperation of the remnant of active workers, such as the Beattys, Jeflries, Townsends, Browers, Kennedys, Lambirths, and Dr. Stewart; the church was dying of slow strangulation from migration of protestant families occupying homes and their replacement by an apart- ment system of temporary dwellers of little or no value for the support and upkeep of efficient church organ- izations. 1 believe the church sur- vived my departure but a few months then closed its doors. As many years were growing apace and old age was now staring me In the face I determined to “retire” while my powers were yet unimpair- ed and avoid even the appearance ol “lingering superfluous on the stage. Nothing appeared to me more hor- ribe than for a preacher to wear out his welcome by his congregation and before their eyes; yet for thousands of ministers to whom, what with the ex- penses of living and claims of charity rendering it impossible for them to make provision for old age, it is but a mournful alternative to prolong de- pendence on their charges as long as possible or to be turned out like a horse too old to work, into the pasture to die. A belated attempt is being made by the Presbyterian church to raise an adequate Pension Fund and remedy this evil. All denominations might well tear a leaf out of Cath- olic history and custom in this respect and imitate the humanity of that body of Christians toward its super- anuated ministers. An incident that had occurred in this connection confirmed me in my decision. I once heard Henry Ward Beecher declare the saddest sight he ever beheld was that of his father, Ly- man Beecher, the “warhorse” among the preachers of his day, becoming physically infirm, with piping voice and nothing left but the wreck of a once stalwart man and the memory of his former eloquence. Yet he, him- self, lived to repeat the spectacle and the most pathetic sight I ever beheld was Henry Ward Beecher, himself, in his seventieth year, on the plat- form of the Academy of Music, Phila- delphia, with long white hair, totter- ing limbs, and that puffiness of cheeks that is nature’s death war- rant, reading in a low-toned monoton- ous voice a Eulogy of General Grant. ‘The contrast of this weak old man betraying in every lineament and tone the ravages of Time and the Boan- erges that thundered from Plymouth Pulpit and shook the nation was un- endurably painful. 1 registered a vow then and there that I would rath- er go to my mountain farm and wear out my finger nails in scratching a living from the niggardly soil than expose my old age and declining strength to the pity of those who knew me in better days. Accordingly 1 rounded out my ministerial life, and more fortunate than many of my profession, return- ed to the home I hadlong saved and slaved and prepared for this conting- ency. As this record of the evolution .of one life, however erratic for the help I trust of other wayfarers began with tke home-coming at Oxford .church I am moved to make its end- ing some words uttered in the hear- ing of those present. Every life has its dream of the future. My own dream always was after a more or ‘less extended career of preaching to spend life’s declining years away from narrow streets, bracken walls and madding crowds, mid the rural scenes -of my childhood, where life is sim- ple and unhastening, where the moun- “tains are sp close you can touch ‘them, and the streams leap and laugh at their own music, and the valleys smile with the growing crops, and the wild flowers spring up innumerable in ‘the growing griin, the meadows and the fence rows. Well; I have had my dream fulfilled. I have bathed to ‘the full in the wonders of the chang- ing seasons, the Spring with its ten- der greenery and blushing reds, the Summer with the whole earth simmer- ing and throbbing with the fulness of life, Autumn with its fruits and grains to be garnered and its riot of color, and finally Winter with its challenge to manhood in swirling "leaves and drifting snows. Oh! the joy of calling no one Master but God, cof familiar domestic animal pets, of ‘eating Baldwins, Greenings and Spys of your own planting, of smell- ing lilacs and honeysuckles of your mother’s rearing, of wide spaces of furrow and team, of meadow lark whistling cheerily overhead, of black- birds chattering impudently all about, and quail calling. Oh! the beauty and the splendor of the morning to which you are awakened, not by steam whistles but by a bird orchestra. Oh! the calm and peace of night with its rest for jaded nerves, aand tired mus- cles, when even the beasts lie down to pleasant dreams, when the crickets chirp and the whipporwills come al- most to the door to sing a half sad, half glad good night. And then there is your own home, however humble, with its fireside, your very own with its smoke curling out of the chimney. These are the things that twine their meshes about one’s heart and become interwoven with the fiber of one’s being. I thank God, therefore, that He has fulfilled my dream and given me an Indian Summer amid scenes I most love. I can truly testify that the world has treated me kindly and I have .22n the undeserved object of much human love and friendship. This earthly mansion of my father’s house has proved too many roomed for me to fully explore in my short span, but, 1 have cultivated acquaintance with a few of them, to my great instruec- tion and content. My lines have been cast in pleasant places and my last days of a truth have been my happiest and best days. My Theology now has grown quite simple, consisting of but two words, Men’s Pater, and my night- ly prayer but an expression of grat- itude to God for permitting me to live a day longer with unimpaired faculties to behold his beautitul world, hear His choristers voice their praise and do one little bit of useful work, if it be only caring for an animal or cultivating a bed of garden. Cato, the wisest Roman of them all was con- tent in his old age with raising turn- ips and teaching his household how to cook them. With every household comfort provided by kindly hands, I am more than content watching the operations of husbandry, and novelty of changing seasons, the fathomless mystery of growing things and in finding diversion in a bit of literary work such as this Biography which is drawing to a close. It has been a delicate and difficult as well as an agreeable task for the reason that every Biographer is in a strait not betwixt two but three de- lineations of his life’s history, that of himself as the world and especially as his frineds picture him to be, that of the man as he pictures himself to be, and thirdly that of the real man f known only to his maker. If my read- ers shall to any degree generously pro- nounce this poor effort of self-estima- tion, the encomium that I have made a sincere effort to furnish them, and those who shall honor me by its pe- rusal with some glimpses of the third or real man I shall be amply repaid. If IT were to venture to suggest a recipe for long life and a happy one I would sum all in two words “Be | Kind.” This is the Law and Gospel for the preservation of an equal mind and the maintenance of an ever whole- some atmosphere in which the body and soul may function. If aught were to be added to this it would be “Owe no man anything.” Nothing in the world beside can be conceived that will re- lieve huuman life of so much anxiety and return such large and sure div- idends of human satisfaction. When the Devil wanted to wreck all man’s happiness in God’s beautiful world he invented Debt for mankind and call- ed it Enterprise. And now having reached that Beulah Land where Bun- van’s Pilgrim relates thaat the “going seemed to be easier than aforetime,” 1 wait the Summons that soon or late must come to all, trusting in nothing that T have been or done but only in the Infinite Mercy of the All Father. At that time apprehensions of the swelling of the Jordon appal and weak human faith falters. 1 re- member His words “Be not afraid! I have the keys of Death and Hell.” 3 - The End. > : Curious Old Custom of Literary Giants Lipogrammatic works, the product of the early Greek authors, are those books in which one letter of the alpha- bet is omitted throughout the volume. Tryphiodorus, when writing his Odys- sey, had not an “a” in his first book, nor a “b” in his second. In so doing he was but copying the Lipogrammatir {liad of Nestor. Athenaeus writes of an ode by Pin- dar in which the latter purposely omif- ted the letter “s,” thereby leading us to surmise that this little hoax wes one of the literary fashicns of the day. A Persian poet once read to the cele brated Jami one of his own composi tions with the letter Alif consistently omitted throughout. Jami, who dai¢ not care for the sonnet, sarcastically made the following recommendation: “You can do a better thing yet, take away all the letters from every word you have written.” Although the Greeks originated this ingenious literary device, its use was by no means exclusive with them. Lope de Vega, the celebrated Spanish dramatic poet of the Sixteenth cen- tury, Gregorio Leti, and at a muck later day Lord North of the court of James I all employed this literary de- vice and produced Lipogrammatic books.—Market for Exchange. Wrong Number Feminine logic was demonstrated in 4 phone call received by a startled gentleman who picked up the Instru- ment the other evening to hear a frenzied female voice demanding: “Is this you, Jim.” “No,” he returned politely. aave the wrong number.” “Well, you big sap,” came the voice at the other end, in snappy accents, “why the dickens don’t you hang up so I can get my party? Of all the nit. wits I ever saw—why, you poor prune —" and so on, while the amused young man listened patiently to her colorful tirade.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “You Two White House “Fronts” There are two fronts to the Execu- tive mansion. In the days when the White House was constructed, coloni- al homes, especially in the South, were built with two “fronts” wherever it was possible to locate them near a river. The phrases, the river front and the land front, are found in many descriptions of colonial homes, In the early days of Washington, the Po- tomac flowed much closer to the White House than it does today. The build- ing, therefore, was regarded as having a river front as well as a land front. ~—Subscribe for the Watchman. . ecience and many INDIANS HAVE NO SINGLE RELIGION | Beliefs Among Various Tribes Differ. Washington.—Nearly 100,000 Indians in the United States are untouched by Christian doctrines, the board of In- dian commissioners recently estimated, and remain to all intents and pur- poses pagans, presumably still hold- ing in large measure the beliefs of their ancestors. What these primi- tive Indian religious beliefs are is told in a bulletin from the National Geographic society. “Poetic fancy and a natural tend ency to describe newly encountered beliefs and customs in terms of those already familiar have given white peo- ple many false ideas in regard to the religious beliefs of the American Indians,” says the bulletin, “Some enthusiasts have pictured the typical red man as noble and ethical beyond his white brother, believing in a fa- therly ‘Great Spirit’ and striving to live the good life that he may go after death to the ‘Happy Hunting Ground.” This is a fallacy. Have No Single Religion. “There is no single religion of the American Indians. Instead the be- liefs differed widely in different sec- tions and among different tribes. There was, however, a general simi- larity of views, and these were about what could have been expected from people of a relatively primitive degree of culture. Nowhere does what could truly be called the conception of a ‘Great Spirit; an overruling deity emerge. “There were greater and lesser spirits, to be sure, but the character- istic Indian belief is in a multitude of spirits animating animals, objects and the various forces of nature. Nor were these spirits inherently good or bad, morally. They might help or hinder the individual in his activities or health, and whether they did the one or the other was the test of thei~ ‘goodness’ or ‘badness’ for him. “The primitive Indian has no con- ception of a hell; nor is his entry into the spirit land dependent on his con- duct. He enters it as a matter of course, he believes, and continues there whatever activities have inter- ested him in this life. To some tribes this is a ‘skyland,” to others it is merely a region of the earth, ‘in the west,” ‘across the sea,” or ‘beyond Aa river.” Others believe the villages of the dead to be near their villages but invisible. Believe in Magic. “Coupled in the mind of the primi- dive Indian with a belief in many spirits is a belief in magic, through which the spirits can be influenced. The medicine men possessed the se- crets of suc. magic, it was believed, and often interceded. All Indians Be lieve in the possession of a soul which leaves the body at death. They also believe that it leaves at other times, and some tribes ascribe illness to this absence of the soul. The services of the medicine man are sought to re- cover the missing soul. Belief in a continuing soul did not lead to an- cestor worship as among Eastern peo- ples. “Most Indian mythologies do not oncern themselves with creation; vhey assume the existence of the earth and deal with its peopling and with the origin of arts, customs and rites. All these are supposed to have come by a sort of revelation. “Some tribes, however, especially those of the Pacific coast region, do have a creation myth. In some it is ‘Old Man Above,” in others an animal such as the coyote or the silver fox, who makes a hole in the sky, comes to earth and creates the animals and men. In some of these myths there is only water beneath the sky, but the descending being creates the earth in the form of an island which grows. Morality Well Developed. “Morality and ethics were well de- reloped among American Indians. They have a strong sense of con- individuals are strikingly benevolent. The tribal meo- rality was strict. He who lied, failed to keep his promises, or stole within the tribe was disgraced. Murder, too, was punished. War removed ethical barriers among Indians as it has among most people in all ages. It then became a virtue for the Indian to kill his enemies and to take their property. “On the whole, the Indian’s re- iigious beliefs may be described as being wholly practical and as spring- ing from fear of the more or less hos- tile forces of nature that surround him. His various rites arose from his efforts to propitiate or to take ad- vantage of these forces.” Form “Cavalry Troop” in China; Jse Ponies Washington. Lacking a cavalry troop and feeling that one might be useful, officers of the Fifteenth United States infantry, guarding part of the Tientsin-Peking railway in China, have improvised a mounted outfit with their foot soldiers, One officer and thirty-four men of ¢he headquarters company were told off for this duty. Their mounts are Mongolian ponies, which range from 18 to 14 hands in height and average about 700 pounds in weight. The Fifteenth infantry headquarters jompany platoon has been trained by Capt. H. M. Henderson in horseman: ship, cavalry drill, patrolling and street fighting, with frequent practice marches of 18 to 40 miles. All Sorts of Things Occupy Engaged Man Sunday: Engagement announced fn the society column. Monday: Received calls from eight: een insurance agents, who kept him on the defensive trying to explain why he didn’t recognize his added responsi- bilities, Tuesday: Was interviewed by seven furniture dealers, three motor cat salesmen and thirteen real estate specialists. Wednesday: Found approximately thirty-eight pounds of mail on his desk, chiefly from florists and gift shops, with a good representation from tailors, interior detorators, greeting card handlers and seed houses. Thursday: Held open house for sev- enteen miscellaneous callers who were completing follow-up campaigns. Friday: Spent an instructive two hours perusing circulars from travel agencies. Learned that every state and thirteen foreign countries offered honeymoon possibilities. Received pro- fessional cards from three plumbers. Saturday : Decided to close the office early, but not before the postman left a letter from a lawyer who conveyed the information in thinly disguised fashion that he specialized in all sorts of domestic misunderstandings.—Kan- sag City Star. Cloture and Closure Closure is a method of closing de- bate upon a subject in a legislative body and obtaining vote immediately or at a specified time. It was first in- troduced in the British house of com- mons in 1882 and it was then called “cloture,” which is a French word. Later “closure” became the more com- mon name for this method of ending debate, especially in the United States. but now there seems to be a tendency to go back to the French word *“clo- ture.” They have the same meaning —Pathfinder Magazine. Compromising Connections “Mother, if I should die, would I g0 to heaven?” “Yes, dear, I think so.” “If you should die, would you go te heaven?” “Why, my dear, 1 hope so.” “Well, I hope so to. It would be awful for me up there to be pointed out as the little girl whose mother was in hell.” POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. PRESIDENT JUDGE. We are authorized to announce that W. Harrison Walker, of Bellefonte, is a can- didate for nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of President Judge of the courts of Centre county; subject to the decision of the voters of the county as ex- pressed at the primaries to be held on September 20th, 1927. To Democratic Voters of Centre County :— I am a candidate for the office of judge of your courts, subject to your decision at the primaries Boptember 20, 1927. Sincerely yours, W. D. ZERBY FOR SHERIFF. We are authorized to announce that Harry E. (Dep.) Dunlap, of Bellefonte, will be a candidate for the nomination on the Demo- cratic ticket for the office Sheriff of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Cen- tre county voters as expressed at the pri- aahMg be held on Tuesday, September U, =i. We are outhorized to announce that Elmer Breon, of Bellefonte borough, will be a candidate for the nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of Sheriff of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Centre county voters as expressed at the primaries to be held on Tuesday, September 20, 1927. FOR PROTHONOTARY. We are authorized to announce that Claude Herr, of Bellefonte, will be a candidate for the nomination on the Demo- cratic ticket for the office of Prothonotary of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters as expressed at the fomary tc be held Tuesday, September 20, FOR TREASURER. We are authorized to announce that Ly- man L. Smith, of Centre Hall, will be a candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer subject to the decision of the Democratic voters of the county as ex- pressed at the primary to be held Septem- ber 20, 1927. We are authorized to announce that D. T. Pearce, of State College Boro., will be a candidate for the nomination for County Treasurer subject to the decision of the Democratic voters of the county as ex- pressed at the primary to be held Septem- ber 20, 1927. FOR RECORDER. We are authorized to announce that Sinie H. Hoy, of Bellefonte, is a candidate for nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of Recorder of Centre county, subject to the decision of the voters of the county as expressed at the primary to be held Tuesday, September 20, 1927. We are authorized to announce that D. Wagner Geiss, of Bellefonte, Pa., is a can- didate for nomination on the Democratic ticket for the office of Recorder of Centre county, subject to the decision of the voters of the county as expressed at the primary to be held Tuesday, September 20th, 1927. 3 We are authorized to announce that D. A. McDowell, of Spring township, will be a candidate on the Demecratic ticket for the office of Recorder of deeds of Centre county, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters as expressed at the primary on Tuesday, September 20, 1927. COUNTY COMMISSIONER We are authorized to announce that John 8. Spearly will be a candidate for the nomination for County Commissioner on the Democratic ticket subject to the decis- ion of the voters of the party as expressed at the primaries on September 20th, 1927. We are authorized to announce that John W. Yearick, of Marion township, will be a candidate for the nomination of Coun- ty Commissioner, subject to the decision of the Democratic voters as expressed at the primaries to be held September 20, 1927. Republican Ticket. PRESIDENT JUDGE | We are authorized to announce that M. Ward Fleming, of Philipsburg, Pa. is a candidate for nomination for President Judge of the Courts of Centre county sub- ject to the decision of the Republican voters of the county as expressed at the primary to be held September, 20, 1927. We are authorized to announce that James C. Turst, of Bellefonte, Pa., is a candidate for nomination on the Republi- can ticket for the office of President Judge of the Courts of Centre county; subject to the decision of the Republican voters of the county as expressed at the primary te be held September 20, 1927. We are authorized to announce that Arthur C. Dale, of Bellefonte, Pa. is a candidate for the nomination on the Re- publican ticket for the office of President Judge of the courts of Centre county, sub- ject to the decision of the Republican voters of the county as expressed at the primary to be held September 20, 1927. TREASURER. I hereby announce that I date for nomination as the Republican candidate for Treasurer of Centre County, subject to the decision of the voters of the party as expressed at the primaries to be held Sept. 20, 1927. Your influence and support is earnestly solicited. JOHN T. HARNISH Boggs Township. PROTHONOTARY. We are authorized to announce that Roy Wilkinson, of Bellefonte, Pa., will be a candidate for the nominaton on the Re- publcan ticket for the office of Prothono- tary of Centre county, subject to the de- cision of thee Republican voters as ex- pressed at the primary to be held Tues- ! day, Septmber 20, 1927. am a candi- How much or Trustee. 3 ANALY 3 AAAARM GARAAAAT GO ARRANGARRLR GAARA 3 ANAT GRAN DQ A Childs Income he average child in the United States has an annual income of $770. children have if you were taken from them? Make provision for their future and provide a competent Executor The First National Bank is fully equipped to perform that trust. | THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK STATE COLLEGE,PA. MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM (a) (2) 4) 0H AO 7 CENENE) income would your @ AT A OATTTISTELIA REN 4 2h eS A SS IN SAN NE NNN NETNAMES ANCA MAMMA ARNT) TIMES SQUARE a Much Favoreq b traveling withouyescory, ———— : Rooms $2so with Bath $3.00 Send Postal For Rates and Booklet W. 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Page 1: Democratic Watchman, 1927-07-15 [p ]

Bellefente, Pa.July 15, 1927.

Rev. Dr. ColfeitEnds His Life Story.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

By Rev. L. M. Colfelt D. D.

After a rest of several years at mycountry place Bedford, Pa., I receiv-ed invitations to assume a charge ofPresbyterian churches at Portland,Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, butdecided te accept a call to the WestGreen Presbyterian church, Phila-delphia, as being nearer my homeand less exacting in services requir-ed. [ spent a happy half dozen yearswith its people and succeeded in re-

viving it Tor the time. But the deadlydisease that has brought about the

dissolution of so many Protestant

churches in Philadelphia had reach-

ed its vitals. In spite of the sacri-

fices and the hearty cooperation of

the remnant of active workers, such

as the Beattys, Jeflries, Townsends,

Browers, Kennedys, Lambirths, and

Dr. Stewart; the church was dying of

slow strangulation from migration of

protestant families occupying homes

and their replacement by an apart-

ment system of temporary dwellers

of little or no value for the support

and upkeep of efficient church organ-

izations. 1 believe the church sur-

vived my departure but a few months

then closed its doors.

As many years were growing apace

and old age was now staring me In

the face I determined to “retire”

while my powers were yet unimpair-

ed and avoid even the appearance ol

“lingering superfluous on the stage.

Nothing appeared to me more hor-

ribe than for a preacher to wear out

his welcome by his congregation and

before their eyes; yet for thousands of

ministers to whom, what with the ex-

penses of living and claims of charity

rendering it impossible for them to

make provision for old age, it is but

a mournful alternative to prolong de-

pendence on their charges as long as

possible or to be turned out like a

horse too old to work, into the pasture

to die. A belated attempt is being

made by the Presbyterian church to

raise an adequate Pension Fund and

remedy this evil. All denominations

might well tear a leaf out of Cath-

olic history and custom in this respect

and imitate the humanity of that

body of Christians toward its super-

anuated ministers.

An incident that had occurred in

this connection confirmed me in my

decision. I once heard Henry Ward

Beecher declare the saddest sight he

ever beheld was that of his father, Ly-

man Beecher, the “warhorse” among

the preachers of his day, becoming

physically infirm, with piping voice

and nothing left but the wreck of a

once stalwart man and the memory

of his former eloquence. Yet he, him-

self, lived to repeat the spectacle and

the most pathetic sight I ever beheld

was Henry Ward Beecher, himself,

in his seventieth year, on the plat-form of the Academy of Music, Phila-delphia, with long white hair, totter-ing limbs, and that puffiness ofcheeks that is nature’s death war-rant, reading in a low-toned monoton-ous voice a Eulogy of General Grant.‘The contrast of this weak old manbetraying in every lineament and tonethe ravages of Time and the Boan-erges that thundered from PlymouthPulpit and shook the nation was un-endurably painful. 1 registered avow then and there that I would rath-er go to my mountain farm and wearout my finger nails in scratching aliving from the niggardly soil thanexpose my old age and decliningstrength to the pity of those whoknew me in better days.

Accordingly 1 rounded out myministerial life, and more fortunatethan many of my profession, return-ed to the home I hadlong saved andslaved and prepared for this conting-ency. As this record of the evolution.of one life, however erratic for thehelp I trust of other wayfarers beganwith tke home-coming at Oxford.church I am moved to make its end-

ing some words uttered in the hear-ing of those present. Every life hasits dream of the future. My own

dream always was after a more or

‘less extended career of preaching to

spend life’s declining years away from

narrow streets, bracken walls and

madding crowds, mid the rural scenes

-of my childhood, where life is sim-

ple and unhastening, where the moun-

“tains are sp close you can touch

‘them, and the streams leap and laugh

at their own music, and the valleys

smile with the growing crops, and thewild flowers spring up innumerable in‘the growing griin, the meadows andthe fence rows. Well; I have had mydream fulfilled. I have bathed to‘the full in the wonders of the chang-

ing seasons, the Spring with its ten-

der greenery and blushing reds, the

Summer with the whole earth simmer-ing and throbbing with the fulness oflife, Autumn with its fruits andgrains to be garnered and its riot ofcolor, and finally Winter with itschallenge to manhood in swirling"leaves and drifting snows. Oh! thejoy of calling no one Master but God,cof familiar domestic animal pets, of‘eating Baldwins, Greenings andSpys of your own planting, of smell-ing lilacs and honeysuckles of yourmother’s rearing, of wide spaces offurrow and team, of meadow larkwhistling cheerily overhead, of black-birds chattering impudently all about,and quail calling. Oh! the beautyand the splendor of the morning towhich you are awakened, not by steamwhistles but by a bird orchestra. Oh!the calm and peace of night with itsrest for jaded nerves, aand tired mus-cles, when even the beasts lie downto pleasant dreams, when the cricketschirp and the whipporwills come al-most to the door to sing a half sad,half glad good night.And then there is your own home,

however humble, with its fireside,your very own with its smoke curlingout of the chimney. These are thethings that twine their meshes aboutone’s heart and become interwoven

with the fiber of one’s being. I thankGod, therefore, that He has fulfilledmy dream and given me an IndianSummer amid scenes I most love. Ican truly testify that the world hastreated me kindly and I have .22n theundeserved object of much humanlove and friendship. This earthlymansion of my father’s house hasproved too many roomed for me tofully explore in my short span, but,1 have cultivated acquaintance witha few of them, to my great instruec-tion and content. My lines have beencast in pleasant places and my lastdays of a truth have been my happiestand best days. My Theology now hasgrown quite simple, consisting of buttwo words, Men’s Pater, and my night-ly prayer but an expression of grat-itude to God for permitting me tolive a day longer with unimpairedfaculties to behold his beautitul world,hear His choristers voice their praiseand do one little bit of useful work,if it be only caring for an animal orcultivating a bed of garden. Cato, thewisest Roman of them all was con-tent in his old age with raising turn-ips and teaching his household howto cook them. With every householdcomfort provided by kindly hands, Iam more than content watching theoperations of husbandry, and noveltyof changing seasons, the fathomlessmystery of growing things and infinding diversion in a bit of literarywork such as this Biography whichis drawing to a close.

It has been a delicate and difficultas well as an agreeable task for thereason that every Biographer is in astrait not betwixt two but three de-lineations of his life’s history, thatof himself as the world and especiallyas his frineds picture him to be, thatof the man as he pictures himself tobe, and thirdly that of the real man

f known only to his maker. If my read-ers shall to any degree generously pro-nounce this poor effort of self-estima-tion, the encomium that I have madea sincere effort to furnish them, andthose who shall honor me by its pe-rusal with some glimpses of the thirdor real man I shall be amply repaid.

If IT were to venture to suggest arecipe for long life and a happy oneI would sum all in two words “Be |Kind.” This is the Law and Gospelfor the preservation of an equal mindand the maintenance of an ever whole-some atmosphere in which the bodyand soul may function. If aught wereto be added to this it would be “Owe noman anything.” Nothing in the worldbeside can be conceived that will re-lieve huuman life of so much anxietyand return such large and sure div-idends of human satisfaction. Whenthe Devil wanted to wreck all man’shappiness in God’s beautiful world heinvented Debt for mankind and call-ed it Enterprise. And now havingreached that Beulah Land where Bun-van’s Pilgrim relates thaat the “goingseemed to be easier than aforetime,”1 wait the Summons that soon orlate must come to all, trusting innothing that T have been or done butonly in the Infinite Mercy of the AllFather. At that time apprehensionsof the swelling of the Jordon appaland weak human faith falters. 1 re-member His words “Be not afraid!I have the keys of Death and Hell.”

3 - The End. > :

Curious Old Custom

of Literary GiantsLipogrammatic works, the product

of the early Greek authors, are those

books in which one letter of the alpha-

bet is omitted throughout the volume.

Tryphiodorus, when writing his Odys-

sey, had not an “a” in his first book,

nor a “b” in his second. In so doing

he was but copying the Lipogrammatir

{liad of Nestor.

Athenaeus writes of an ode by Pin-

dar in which the latter purposely omif-

ted the letter “s,” thereby leading us

to surmise that this little hoax wesone of the literary fashicns of the day.

A Persian poet once read to the cele

brated Jami one of his own composi

tions with the letter Alif consistently

omitted throughout. Jami, who dai¢

not care for the sonnet, sarcastically

made the following recommendation:

“You can do a better thing yet, take

away all the letters from every word

you have written.”

Although the Greeks originated this

ingenious literary device, its use was

by no means exclusive with them.

Lope de Vega, the celebrated Spanish

dramatic poet of the Sixteenth cen-

tury, Gregorio Leti, and at a mucklater day Lord North of the court ofJames I all employed this literary de-vice and produced Lipogrammatic

books.—Market for Exchange.

Wrong NumberFeminine logic was demonstrated in

4 phone call received by a startledgentleman who picked up the Instru-

ment the other evening to hear a

frenzied female voice demanding: “Is

this you, Jim.”

“No,” he returned politely.

aave the wrong number.”

“Well, you big sap,” came the voiceat the other end, in snappy accents,

“why the dickens don’t you hang upso I can get my party? Of all the nit.wits I ever saw—why, you poor prune

—" and so on, while the amused young

man listened patiently to her colorfultirade.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

“You

Two White House “Fronts”There are two fronts to the Execu-

tive mansion. In the days when theWhite House was constructed, coloni-

al homes, especially in the South,were built with two “fronts” whereverit was possible to locate them near ariver. The phrases, the river frontand the land front, are found in manydescriptions of colonial homes, In theearly days of Washington, the Po-tomac flowed much closer to the WhiteHouse than it does today. The build-ing, therefore, was regarded as having

a river front as well as a land front.

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. ecience and many

INDIANS HAVE NOSINGLE RELIGION |

Beliefs Among Various

Tribes Differ.

Washington.—Nearly 100,000 Indians

in the United States are untouched by

Christian doctrines, the board of In-

dian commissioners recently estimated,

and remain to all intents and pur-

poses pagans, presumably still hold-

ing in large measure the beliefs of

their ancestors. What these primi-

tive Indian religious beliefs are is

told in a bulletin from the National

Geographic society.

“Poetic fancy and a natural tend

ency to describe newly encountered

beliefs and customs in terms of those

already familiar have given white peo-

ple many false ideas in regard to

the religious beliefs of the American

Indians,” says the bulletin, “Some

enthusiasts have pictured the typical

red man as noble and ethical beyond

his white brother, believing in a fa-

therly ‘Great Spirit’ and striving to

live the good life that he may go

after death to the ‘Happy HuntingGround.” This is a fallacy.

Have No Single Religion.

“There is no single religion of the

American Indians. Instead the be-

liefs differed widely in different sec-

tions and among different tribes.

There was, however, a general simi-

larity of views, and these were about

what could have been expected frompeople of a relatively primitive degree

of culture. Nowhere does what couldtruly be called the conception of a

‘Great Spirit; an overruling deity

emerge.“There were greater and lesser

spirits, to be sure, but the character-

istic Indian belief is in a multitude ofspirits animating animals, objects and

the various forces of nature. Norwere these spirits inherently good or

bad, morally. They might help or

hinder the individual in his activities

or health, and whether they did the

one or the other was the test of thei~

‘goodness’ or ‘badness’ for him.

“The primitive Indian has no con-

ception of a hell; nor is his entry into

the spirit land dependent on his con-

duct. He enters it as a matter ofcourse, he believes, and continues

there whatever activities have inter-

ested him in this life. To some tribes

this is a ‘skyland,” to others it is

merely a region of the earth, ‘in the

west,” ‘across the sea,” or ‘beyond Aa

river.” Others believe the villages of

the dead to be near their villages but

invisible.

Believe in Magic.

“Coupled in the mind of the primi-dive Indian with a belief in many

spirits is a belief in magic, through

which the spirits can be influenced.

The medicine men possessed the se-

crets of suc. magic, it was believed,

and often interceded. All Indians Be

lieve in the possession of a soul which

leaves the body at death. They also

believe that it leaves at other times,

and some tribes ascribe illness to this

absence of the soul. The services of

the medicine man are sought to re-cover the missing soul. Belief in a

continuing soul did not lead to an-

cestor worship as among Eastern peo-

ples.

“Most Indian mythologies do not

oncern themselves with creation;

vhey assume the existence of the

earth and deal with its peopling and

with the origin of arts, customs andrites. All these are supposed to have

come by a sort of revelation.

“Some tribes, however, especially

those of the Pacific coast region, do

have a creation myth. In some it is

‘Old Man Above,” in others an animal

such as the coyote or the silver fox,

who makes a hole in the sky, comes

to earth and creates the animals and

men. In some of these myths there is

only water beneath the sky, but the

descending being creates the earth in

the form of an island which grows.

Morality Well Developed.

“Morality and ethics were well de-

reloped among American Indians.

They have a strong sense of con-

individuals are

strikingly benevolent. The tribal meo-

rality was strict. He who lied, failed

to keep his promises, or stole within

the tribe was disgraced. Murder, too,

was punished. War removed ethical

barriers among Indians as it has

among most people in all ages. It

then became a virtue for the Indian

to kill his enemies and to take their

property.

“On the whole, the Indian’s re-iigious beliefs may be described as

being wholly practical and as spring-

ing from fear of the more or less hos-

tile forces of nature that surroundhim. His various rites arose from his

efforts to propitiate or to take ad-

vantage of these forces.”

Form “Cavalry Troop”in China; Jse Ponies

Washington. — Lacking a cavalry

troop and feeling that one might be

useful, officers of the Fifteenth UnitedStates infantry, guarding part of the

Tientsin-Peking railway in China, haveimprovised a mounted outfit with theirfoot soldiers,

One officer and thirty-four men of

¢he headquarters company were told

off for this duty. Their mounts are

Mongolian ponies, which range from

18 to 14 hands in height and average

about 700 pounds in weight.

The Fifteenth infantry headquartersjompany platoon has been trained byCapt. H. M. Henderson in horseman:ship, cavalry drill, patrolling and

street fighting, with frequent practice

marches of 18 to 40 miles.

All Sorts of ThingsOccupy Engaged Man

Sunday: Engagement announced fnthe society column.Monday: Received calls from eight:

een insurance agents, who kept him onthe defensive trying to explain why hedidn’t recognize his added responsi-bilities,

Tuesday: Was interviewed by sevenfurniture dealers, three motor catsalesmen and thirteen real estatespecialists.

Wednesday: Found approximately

thirty-eight pounds of mail on hisdesk, chiefly from florists and gift

shops, with a good representation from

tailors, interior detorators, greetingcard handlers and seed houses.Thursday: Held open house for sev-

enteen miscellaneous callers who werecompleting follow-up campaigns.

Friday: Spent an instructive two

hours perusing circulars from travel

agencies. Learned that every state

and thirteen foreign countries offered

honeymoon possibilities. Received pro-

fessional cards from three plumbers.Saturday : Decided to close the office

early, but not before the postman left

a letter from a lawyer who conveyed

the information in thinly disguisedfashion that he specialized in all sortsof domestic misunderstandings.—Kan-

sag City Star.

Cloture and ClosureClosure is a method of closing de-

bate upon a subject in a legislative

body and obtaining vote immediatelyor at a specified time. It was first in-troduced in the British house of com-mons in 1882 and it was then called“cloture,” which is a French word.Later “closure” became the more com-mon name for this method of ending

debate, especially in the United States.

but now there seems to be a tendency

to go back to the French word *“clo-ture.” They have the same meaning—Pathfinder Magazine.

Compromising Connections“Mother, if I should die, would I

g0 to heaven?”“Yes, dear, I think so.”“If you should die, would you go te

heaven?”“Why, my dear, 1 hope so.”

“Well, I hope so to. It would beawful for me up there to be pointedout as the little girl whose motherwas in hell.”

POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

PRESIDENT JUDGE.

We are authorized to announce thatW. Harrison Walker, of Bellefonte, is a can-didate for nomination on the Democraticticket for the office of President Judge ofthe courts of Centre county; subject to thedecision of the voters of the county as ex-pressed at the primaries to be held onSeptember 20th, 1927.

To Democratic Voters of Centre County :—I am a candidate for the office of judge

of your courts, subject to your decisionat the primaries Boptember 20, 1927.

Sincerely yours,W. D. ZERBY

FOR SHERIFF.

We are authorized to announce that HarryE. (Dep.) Dunlap, of Bellefonte, will be acandidate for the nomination on the Demo-cratic ticket for the office Sheriff of Centrecounty, subject to the decision of the Cen-tre county voters as expressed at the pri-aahMg be held on Tuesday, SeptemberU, =i.

We are outhorized

to announce that

Elmer Breon, of Bellefonte borough, willbe a candidate for the nomination on theDemocratic ticket for the office of Sheriffof Centre county, subject to the decision

of the Centre county voters as expressedat the primaries to be held on Tuesday,September 20, 1927.

FOR PROTHONOTARY.

We are authorized to announce thatClaude Herr, of Bellefonte, will be acandidate for the nomination on the Demo-cratic ticket for the office of Prothonotaryof Centre county, subject to the decision ofthe Democratic voters as expressed at thefomary tc be held Tuesday, September 20,

FOR TREASURER.We are authorized to announce that Ly-

man L. Smith, of Centre Hall, will be acandidate for the nomination for CountyTreasurer subject to the decision of theDemocratic voters of the county as ex-pressed at the primary to be held Septem-ber 20, 1927.We are authorized to announce that D.

T. Pearce, of State College Boro., will be acandidate for the nomination for CountyTreasurer subject to the decision of theDemocratic voters of the county as ex-pressed at the primary to be held Septem-ber 20, 1927.

FOR RECORDER.We are authorized to announce that Sinie

H. Hoy, of Bellefonte, is a candidate fornomination on the Democratic ticket forthe office of Recorder of Centre county,subject to the decision of the voters of thecounty as expressed at the primary to beheld Tuesday, September 20, 1927.

We are authorized to announce that D.Wagner Geiss, of Bellefonte, Pa., is a can-didate for nomination on the Democraticticket for the office of Recorder of Centrecounty, subject to the decision of thevoters of the county as expressed at theprimary to be held Tuesday, September20th, 1927. 3

We are authorized to announce that D.A. McDowell, of Spring township, will bea candidate on the Demecratic ticket forthe office of Recorder of deeds of Centrecounty, subject to the decision of theDemocratic voters as expressed at theprimary on Tuesday, September 20, 1927.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERWe are authorized to announce that John

8. Spearly will be a candidate for thenomination for County Commissioner onthe Democratic ticket subject to the decis-ion of the voters of the party as expressedat the primaries on September 20th, 1927.We are authorized to announce that

John W. Yearick, of Marion township, willbe a candidate for the nomination of Coun-ty Commissioner, subject to the decisionof the Democratic voters as expressed atthe primaries to be held September 20, 1927.

Republican Ticket.

PRESIDENT JUDGE

| We are authorized to announce that M.Ward Fleming, of Philipsburg, Pa. is acandidate for nomination for PresidentJudge of the Courts of Centre county sub-ject to the decision of the Republicanvoters of the county as expressed at theprimary to be held September, 20, 1927.We are authorized to announce that

James C. Turst, of Bellefonte, Pa., is acandidate for nomination on the Republi-can ticket for the office of President Judgeof the Courts of Centre county; subject tothe decision of the Republican voters ofthe county as expressed at the primary tebe held September 20, 1927.

We are authorized to announce thatArthur C. Dale, of Bellefonte, Pa. is acandidate for the nomination on the Re-publican ticket for the office of PresidentJudge of the courts of Centre county, sub-ject to the decision of the Republicanvoters of the county as expressed at theprimary to be held September 20, 1927.

TREASURER.I hereby announce that I

date for nomination as the Republicancandidate for Treasurer of Centre County,subject to the decision of the voters of theparty as expressed at the primaries to beheld Sept. 20, 1927.Your influence and support is earnestly

solicited.JOHN T. HARNISH

Boggs Township.

PROTHONOTARY.

We are authorized to announce that RoyWilkinson, of Bellefonte, Pa., will be acandidate for the nominaton on the Re-publcan ticket for the office of Prothono-tary of Centre county, subject to the de-cision of thee Republican voters as ex-pressed at the primary to be held Tues-

! day, Septmber 20, 1927.

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VA B. ROAN, Optometrist, Licensed bythe State Board. State College,every day except Saturday,

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