Bellefonte, Pa., September 3, 1909.
It Is Flashed Out Over Nearly a Mil-
lion Miles of Telegraph Wires Every
Day In the Year—The Finely Ad-
justed Instruments That Are Used.
A few minutes before 12 o'clock noon
every day in the year a young man
walks into a certain room of the main |
building at the naval observatory,
which is set up on a hill in the north-
western part of the District of Colum-
bia. He glances at the various clocks
in the room and then goes over to a
table which is covered with electric
apparatus,
He watches the clocks to his left
closely and waits for the hands to |
reach 11:55. As the second hand ap-
proaches the 60 on the dial he pre- |
pares to shift a switch. The clock is
go finely adjusted that when the sec-
ond hand points to 60 it exactly marke
the beginning of a new minute.
As it touches the 60 the switches
are thrown on. That starts a signal
that goes out instantaneously over
900,000 miles of telegraph lines. In
Washington, New York, Buffalo, Cleve-
land, Newport, Baltimore, Newport
News, Norfolk, Savannah, New Or-
leans, Key West, Galveston, Chicago
and elsewhere the time balls go up on
their poles. People know that it is
five minutes to noon, Washington time.
The clock which keeps the time in
the observatory ticks on. With each
tick there is a contact of electric
points. A circuit is closed, and an in-
strument on the table similar in ap-
pearance to a telegraph sounder ticks
away loudly.
It goes on to the twenty-ninth sec-
ond, then skips one tick, then resumes
its steady sounding until the last five
seconds; then there is another gap.
These gaps are for the purpose of
giving listeners at the other ends of
the great system of wires a chance to
know what part of the minute the
clock is on. So it goes up to the last
minute,
At the twenty-ninth second there is
again the skipping of one second.
Finally the clock gets around to the
fiftieth second. Then the circuit re-
mains open for ten seconds. There is
silence ail along the telegraph wires.
At the other end, where there are
time balls or merely train operators,
the long pause Indicates that noon is
almost there. The second hand makes
on toward 60 and finally reaches
the mark. Then there is another click;
in about a second the sounder is down,
and that tells hundreds of thousands
of people that it is noon in Washing-
ton. :
It is a wonderful operation, this get-
ting the time, and highly technical.
Finely adjusted clocks, chronographs
and other instruments of great value
are used, and the taking and recording
of the time have reached a point where
the human equation is practically elim-
inated.
The results obtained are of great
value, particularly to mariners. The
time is not only flashed to hundreds
of points in the United States, but it
is sent far out to sea by wireless. A
cable carries the flash to Havana; an-
other to Panama and Callao, Peru.
The observatory here does not send
the time much farther west than the
Rockies, but they have an observatory
at the Mare Island navy yard, and
from there the time is sent up and
down the Pacific coast, just as it is
from here to the eastern part of the
United States. In the cities where the
central time is used the flash marks
11 o'clock. An hour later local opera-
tors drop the time balls.
The mean time is determined by as-
tronomical observations. When cer-
tain stars pass the seventy-fifth merid-
fan, called the meridian of Washing-
ton, it is a certain time. The operator
watches for the stars through a tele
scope, the field of which is covered
with fine wires.
As the stars reach a certain point in
transit the operator presses a key in
his hand. A contact is made and re-
corded on a chronograph. The chrono-
graph consists of a cylinder covered
with paper. A fountain pen rests on
the paper. It is held by an arm at-
tached to the mechanism. The cylin-
der revolves once a minute, and the
pen moves along the surface of the
paper, making a spiral line,
A sidereal clock of the finest make is
running in a vault underneath the ob-
servatory. With each tick of the
clock there is a contact of two points.
These two points are attached to wires
that lead to an electro-magnet &at-
tached to the arm that holds the pen
of the chronograph. The clock is so
adjusted that each minute the pen
jumps to one side. Consequently there
is a break in the line.
There are other breaks, too, when
the observer watches the stars
cross the lines in the field of the
telescope. The mean time thus re-
corded for each star, after being cor-
rected for errors, is the clock time of
the star's transit. Whatever difference
there is between the clock time and
the sidereal time marked by the trans-
it of the stars is the error of the
clock. From these astronomical ob-
servations the sidereal time is ob-
tained. The error amounts to but
little, rarely being more than from
five one-huudredths to ten one-hun-
&redths of a second.
The time of sending a flash over the
wires is practically nothing. A flash
has reached Greenwich, England, in
three-tenths of a second.—Washington
Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean.
There never was a day that did not
bring its own opportunity for doing
good that never could have been done
before and never can be again—W, H,
Burleigh.
1 rens Y. WAGNER,
| THE DUTCH KITCHEN.
Bed In the Corner.
Holland, of all countries, is a memo-
rial to the unceasing labor of man’s
hands. It exists not because the sea,
higher than its green stretches, suffers
it to. but because man by the labor of
his hands and of his brain has kept
! the water back. The Dutch people !
! have not only earned their land—they
have made it.
“When have they found time to do
it all?" you ask yourself. But you are
to know more of the work which in
' Holland never ceases. Of the work
which goes on within those houses you
know nothing until at Delft you make
| your first acquaintance with a Dutch
| kitchen.
The kitchen is properly a large room
, as compared with the other rooms in
| the house. for it is the gathering place
at all times for the family. The table
| mistress, sitting at one side, can reach
her hand out to the stove without ris-
| ing.
| In one corner of the kitchen is such
! a bed as you have never seen before.
! The stifly starched white muslin cur-
| tains make it look like a blind window,
but the grandson pulls the curtains
| back, and in the recess formed by the
| closet on one side and the corner of
the room on the other you see the
place where your hostess sleeps. There
are a high feather bed and many cover-
| ings.
The stove is a brick one, set in a
| deep old fireplace. The old mantel is
| piled with brass vesseis, which the
| old woman uses as though they were
| common tin. On one side is a china
| statue of the Virgin. On the other side
| under a glass globe is a waxen statue
| of Queen Wilhelmina in her wedding
| gown.—New Idea Magazine.
: las itisto fill the stomach with food and
' Largest Room In the House and Has a | oypeot to keep strong. Coal is converted
| inso heat
| tion. When the digestive and patritive |
: system is deranged the food crowded into
| the stomach is an injury to the body it
' should sastain.
| wonld be saved if people would pay more
| bill for
| nervousness, sleeplessness or other ailments
cansed by ‘‘stomach trouble,”” who could
bave been cheaply and completely cured
| hy a lew doses of Dr. Pierce's Golden Med-
is round and stands not quite in the
center of the room. but so that the |
i
——Do you know that yon can get the
| finest, oranges, havanas and grape fruit,
| aud pine apples, Sechler & Co.
| © =—Do you know we have the old style
| sngar syraps, pure goods at 40 cents and |
60 cents per gallon, Sechler & Co.
——Do yon kuow we have the old style |
engar syraps, pure goods at 40 cents and
60 cents per gallon, S-chier & Co.
—— Do yon know where to get your
garden seeds in packages or by measare
Sechler & Co. |
Castoria.
CASTORIA
FOR INFANTS and CHILDREN,
Beas the signature of
CHAS. H. FLETCHER.
ThejKind You Have Always Bought.
In Use for Over 30 Years.
CASTORIA
The Centaur Company, New York City.
54-35 21m
Flour and Feed.
nS
Beockeauwory Minis, Brrievonre Pa.
Manufacturer,
and wholesaler
and retailers of
ROLLER FLOUR,
FEED, CORN MEAL, Ete.
Also Dealer in Grain.
Manufactures and has on hand at ail
ig the following brands of high grade
r
WHITE STAR,
OUR BEST.
HIGH GRADE,
VICTORY PATENT,
FANCY PATENT—formerly Phes-
nix Mills high grade brand.
The only place in the county where
SPRAY,
an extraordinary fine grade of
Spring whest Patent Flour ean be
0 ned,
ALSO:
INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD.
FEED OF ALL KINDS,
Whole or Manufactured,
All kinds of Grain bought at office.
Exchanges Flour for Wheat.
OFFICE and STORE, - Bishop Street,
lefonte,
MILL . + = ROOPSBURG,
4719
Children Cry for
|
re |
Fletcher's Castoria.
It wounld be just a= seusible to fill your
pockets with coal and expect to keep warm,
only by combostion. Food
is converted into strength only by diges-
Many a severe illness
attention to the warnings of the deranged
stomach. Many a person pays a doctor's
treatment for ‘“‘heart trouble,”
ieal Discovery, the great remedy for diseas-
i of the organs of digestion and nputri-
tion.
— Subscribe for the WATCHMAN.
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
er pS —
Attorneys-at-Law.
Money to Loan.
Gor BLOOD
Means good health, and Hood's Sarsa-
ri Ia has an upapproached record as a
dood-purifier,
Thi«< medicine cures scrofula, eczema,
eruptions, eatarrh, rheumatism, anemia,
nervousness, that tired feeling, dyspepsia
loss of appetite, genera! debility, and
build= up the whole system.
It effects its wonderful cures, not simply
because it contains Sarsaparilia but be.
cause it combines the utmost remedial
values of more than 20 different ingre-
dients. There is no real substitute for it.
If urged to buy any preparation said to be
“just as good" you may be sure jt ie in-
ferior, costs less 10 make, and yields the
dealer a larger profit.
Get it toduy in the usual liquid form or
in chocolated tablet form called Sar
satabs. 100 Doses Ove Dollar, M35
Pennsylvania Railroad.
PENNSYLVANI
A RAILROAD
PERSONALLY-CONDUCTED EXCURSIONS
: TO
—)NIAGARA FALL S(
September 8, 22, and October 6, 1909
Round-Trip Rate $7.10 from Bellefonte.
Tickets good goicg on train leaving 128 PP. M., connecting with SFECIAL TRAIN of
Puliman Parlor Cars, Dining Car, and Day Coaches runnivg via the
PICTURESQUE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY ROUTE
Tickets good returning on regular trains within FIFTEEN DAYS, includiog date of ex-
cursion. Stop-off within limit
allowed at Buffaio returning.
ilustrated Booklet and full Information may be obtained from Ticket Agents,
J. R. WOOD,
PassengerTraffic Manager.
64-26-14t
Colleges & Schools.
GEO, W, BOYD,
General Passenger Agent.
F YOU WISH TO BECOME.
A Chemist,
An Engineer,
An Electrician,
A Scientific Farmer,
in short, if you wish to secure a training that wiil
THE PENNSYLVANIA
STATE COLLEGE
£ Teacher,
A Lawyer,
A Physician,
A Journalist,
fit you well for any honorable pursuit in life,
OFFERS EXCEPTIONAL ADVANTAGES.
TUITION IS FREE IN ALL COURSES.
TAKING EFFECT IN SEPT. 1000, the General Courses have heen extensivel
nish a much more varied range of electives, after the Freshman
ing History ; the Rogiish, French, German, 8
tures; Peyehology ; Ethics, Pedagogies, and
sdapted to the wants of those who seek either the most thorough trmining for the Profession
of Teaching, or a veneral Collere Education.
I he courses in Chemist:
test in the United
YOUNG WOMEN are admitted to all courses on the
modified, so as to fur-
ear, than heretofore, includ-
nish, Latin and Greek Languages and Liters
olitical Science. These courses are especially
, Civil, Electrieal, Mechanical and Mining Engineering are among the very
tes, Graduates have no difficulty in securing and holding Boos
fons.
same terms aa Foung Men,
FIRST SEMESTER bYeging Thursday, September 17th, 1908.
For specimen examination papers or for catalogue giving full iniormation respecting courses of
tudy, expenses, ete, and showing positions held by graduates, address
Clothing.
THE REGISTRAR,
State College, Centre County. Pa.
MEYER—Attorney-at-Law, Rooms 20 &
21, Crider's Exchange, Hellefonte, Pa
41
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B. SPANGLER — Attorney-at-Law. Prac
. tices in all the Courts. Consultation in
English and German, Office in Crider's Ex.
change, Bellefonte, Pa. 40.22
Law. Office, Garman House Block,
efonte, Pa. All kinds of legal business at.
tended to promptly.
H 8S. TAYLOR—Attorney and Counsellor at
.
1h
40-44
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| S KLINE WOODRING
i .
! ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Bellefonte, Pa.
Practices in all the courts.
51-1-1y Office Room 18 Crider's Exchange,
| H. WETZEL—Attorney and Counselior at
ie) es Law. Office No. 11, Crider's Exchange,
| second floor. All kinds of legal business attend.
. ed to promptly. Consultation in English or oar
| man.
i
|
i ETTIG, BOWER & ZERBY—Attorneys-at
i Law, le Block, Bellefonte, Pa. Suc
i Practice in
| censors to Orvis, r& Orvis. all
| the courts, Consultation in English or German,
i
i
| ¥ M. KEICHLINE — Attorney-at-Law. Prac
{e)e ticein all the courts, Consultation in
giish and German. Office south of court
house, All professional business will receive
prompt attention. 49-5-1ye
| Physicians.
|
8. GLENN, M. D,, Physician and Sur
. geon, State College, Centre county, Pa.
! Office at his residence. 35-4)
{
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; R. J. E. WARD, D.D.S,, office next door to
! ¥. M. C. A. room, High street, Bellefonte,
| Pa. Gas administered for painless extracting
teeth, Superior Crown and Bridge work. Prices
| reasonable, 52-32.
R. H. W. TATE, Surgeon Dentist, office in
the Bush Arcade, Bellefonte, Pa. All
modern electric Appliances used, Has had years
| of experience. All work of superior quality and
! prices reasonable, 4581y
Yeterinary.
D® 8S. M. NISSLEY
VETERINARY SURGEON,
Office Palace Livery Stable,
Bellefonte, Pa.
3:.20-1y* Graduate University of Pa.
Patents,
JPAIENTS, TRADE MAR COPY-
rights, &c. Anyone sending a sketch and
destriptivn may quickly ascertain our opinion
free whether an invention is probably patentable,
Communications strictly confidential. Handbook
on patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing
nts. 60 years experience. ttens taken
hrongh Munn & Co. receive Special Notice, with-
out charge in the
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,
a bandsome fllustrated weekly. Largest ctreula
Iation ol any scientific journal. Terms $3 a year;
four months $1. Sold by all newsdealers,
MUNN & CO,,
361 Broadway, New York.
Branch Office, 625 F St, Washington, D. C.
5245-1y.
Men's Furnishing Goods.
ONEY TO LOAN on good secarity
aud houses for rent.
J. M.KEICHLINE
51-14-1y Att'v at Law,
Meat Markets.
ET THE
BEST MEATS.
You save nothing ny buying, poor, thin
or gristly meats. ! use only the
LARGEST, FATTEST, CATTLE,
and supply my customers witn tne fresh:
est, choicest, best blood and muscle mak +
ing Steaks and Roasts, My prices are
, 80 higher than poorer meats are ese
where
I always have
wee DRESSED POULTRY ove
Gune in sesson, and any kinds of geoe
meats you want,
Tay My Suor.
P. L. BEEZER.
High Street. Bellefonte
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Travelers Guide
43-34-1y
ENTRAL RAILROAD OF PENNA.
Condensed Time Table effective June 17, 1908
Heav vows Rav vr.
_— Stations | al lid
No il 5No3 No o\Ko 4 No 1.
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a. m.'p.m. p.m. Lve, Ar. [p.m p. M.A, Ire
+105 655 2 20 BELLEFONTE. | 9105 05 9 40
T7151 708) 2383 ...... oN eecuress sue ee 452/927
TT 11] 237 .......e Dussssses 118 51 447/19 21
721 718 2 46 .HECLA PARK | 845 4 4 $18
T | 247... Dun kles.. $43 438 913
733171 23) 2 51 ..Hublersburg... 18 39 4 34/19 09
737 728) 255 ..Soydertown.....| 836) 420 3 08
7 40/17 30| 2 58/.......Nittany........| 18 31! 4 27/19 03
7 42/7 33| 8 01........Huston....... 118.32 4 24/f0 00
T46 7 38] 308 ........ | RA lie 20' 4 21°18 87
7 48 {7 40] 8 08,.....Clintondale....' 8 26/ 4 18 {8 54
7 52| 7 #4] 3 13|-Kriders Siding. 822 414) 8 80
756/749 3 160. Mackey ville... 18 18 4 09(f8 48
8 02) 754 8 22/. Cedar Spring...| 8 12/ 4 03) 8 43
806 7 87 8 25.........80l0DA....... 1810 4018 41
810 802 330. MILLHALL.. 805 258 & 36
(N. ¥. Central & Hudson River R. £3
I .. 8 5s ne Jersey Shore... 3 Sl " 3
9 rr. + vel |
fe 39] 11 30/Lve } WMe'PORT JAF S501 6 50
Phila. & Reading Ry.)
7 30{ 6 50}..cccocsense PHILAuwicsisenenns) {82¢ 11 30
10 o 9 00}.........NEW YORK.........| ® 20
| (Via Pnila.) | |
p. m. a. m.lArr. Lve. a. m./p. m,
tWeek Days
WALLAY H. GEPHART,
Ge- 1 Superintendent.
J3FLLEFONTE CENTRAL RAIL.
- ROAL.
Senea' le to take effect Monday Jan, 6, 1908,
wr v 1 [EASTWARD
Ten. w 1} read up
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Jenene metic. NR LIER
rou | AM lam Ly Ar am (rom nm,
2 ou} 17 15/6 30 ...Bellefonte..., 8 50, 12 50 ¢ 00
207 10206385 ..... Coleville......| 8 0 12 40 5 80
212 10 23.6 38 ...... ho 837 123TH M0
2 17, 10 27.6 43, .....Stevens “85 12355
| |..Lime Centre.. ! {
2 21 10 30 6 46 Hunter's Park, 12 31 5 40
22 10 34 6 50 ...,. Fillmore i 12285 38
2 32 10 40 ¢ 55 ...... Briarly...... 1224580
2 3) 10 45.7 00 ...... Waddles...... 12 205 9
2 50 10 57 7 12.....Rrumrine..... 12 07 5 07
3 0 7 25 .Oiate COlERe. CT
| T27 Strubles | ® 30
17 81 ...Blormeago...... T 40 |
3 0| 1735 Pine wrove M'is 735 320
F. HH, THOMAS Bunt.
Children Cry for
Fletcher's Castoria.
Hats and Caps.
RE DER DEERE
READY THIS WEEK
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OF THE (—
~NEW FALL STYLES
You will like what you
Men’s and Boys’ Clothing and Furnishings
SEE HERE. We have
Tried Hard to have our This Fall Stock include
The Best, The Very Best
the market affords. We believe we have succeeded.
We would like to have you see them, we know you
will be pleased.
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