I——— Bemorvahi atc, 5 , Pa., September 9, 1910. A QUICK CHANGE. ; The Sweet Taffy That Came After the | Cold Roast. i “Say, Jen." suid Katie, the brunette, with white side combs in her bair. “| see Mamie bax bleached her bair again | Ain't it terrible?’ “Yes, perfectly awful!” replied Jen- aie. “She asked me if | would dv Iv | if 1 were she, und | said ‘yes.’ Don't she look perfectly dreadful—and I<! getting streaked already. You could | tell In a minute it was bleached, the | © POOts are so dark.” “Sure. | noticed that!” responded | Eatie. “And. say, did you see the ray | of a dress she had on yesterday? And | it's ftit—gracious! Looked perfectly dreadful, didn't it? “Perfectly dreadful.” echoed Jennie. “Well, she wanted a pattern, and | gave her the one of that dark blue silk I bad three years ago,” sald Katle. “You did” SALT SEA YARNS, Signs and Omens to Which the Sailor Grimly Clings. A JOKE THAT PROVED FATAL. Superstition and a Guilty Conscience Proved Teo Much For the Norse- man-—A Bucket of Water That Stopped a Mysterious Wailing. It is a well known fact that in the past the sallor was among the most superstitious of mortals, and even in these enlightened days there are a goodly number of old salts who cling tenaciously to their bellef in certain signs and portents. Some, no doubt, of these superstitions have vanished altogether into the limbo of forgot- ten things. but there will always be a credulous few who will shake their heads solemnly and prophesy dismally if a knife Is stuck in the mast or an | albatross or a stormy petrel is cap- | tured and brought on board. The “Yes, | did.” | origin of some of these superstitions “Oh | cannot be traced. Many of them have “And the bat she was wearing.” con | pan panded down from father to son tinued Katie. “Did you get your optics | gr 4 great number of years, with a on that? | touch probably added here and there, “Yes. turning a comparatively ordinary sto- “Perfect sight, wasn't it? int ird and mysterious legend. “Where did she get 1t?" BS Oo. We Veolppons “Oh, down at the Moody's. I helped | her pick it out,” was Katle's reply. | “Why. why, here comes Mamie now." | she continued. “Hello, Mamie, you | dear, sweet *hing! How nice you look | -too darling for anything! | “Yes, indeed.” added Jennie. “Yon. do look perfectly charming. Say, let's | all go and get some soda.” | And the three friends walked away | together.— New York ‘Times, | THE PEANUT. it Starts Growing In the Open, but Finishes Under Ground. Most people of tbe north suppose | ! ter and many other things, : which The Finn is the most superstitious | of all sailors. There are many of this race who still believe in the ominous | portent of the phantom ship, the folly of starting a voyage on a Friday (a no- tion by no means contined to seafaring men), the low burning blue lights which are ghost spirits hovering near to give warning of approaching disas- all of Fili the sallor's mind with murmurings And speak to him of wrecks. A story is told of a brigantine which numbered several extremely supersti- tious men among ber crew. One night when there wus no moon and a slight ground swell was running the watch, that peanuts grow, like potatoes, on the | who happened to be the most super- roots of the vine. Orhers with equal! stitious of them all, heard an unearth- confidence state that they hang from! ly walling coming apparently from the the branches like peu pods. Both are| very surface of the sea. The mate and right, and both are wrong. The peanut | the bhelmsman also heard ir, but the starts In the air and sunlight above ground In the shape of a Hower grow- ing ut the end of a long tube. After the fall of blossoms this tube, or pe- duncle, elougntes and bends down- | ward, pushing liself Inches Into the| ground. If for any reason It cannot | do this it dies in a few hours. But | if it succeeds in burying itself to its own satisfaction the ovary ar the base of the peduncle slowly enlarges and forms the familiar pod. which is there | fore dug out of the ground | Senrtered over the roots of the plant, Qowever, are nuUerous warts or toe Lervies, In’ which, by the ald of a good @icroscope, can be seen myriads of | minute orgnnisms, ‘These bacteria-like bodles, though they get their living from the plant, contribute materially to its supporting by collecting nitrogen from the air and holding it in storage, ' $0 to speak. supplying it to the plant as need requires. These wouderful little storehouses often contain, by. analysis, a greater supply of this in. despensable fertilizer than the sur sounding soll. | The vative country of the peanut has fong been a watter of dispute, but the | depurtment of agriculture states that the weight of evideuce seems to be in’ favor of Brazil. Thus the peanut Is added to the four other plants of great importance that America has given to the world—namely, cotton, Indian corn, | tobacco and the potato. | The Literary Squire. | Travellng luspector (cross question: | ing the terrified class)—And now, boys, who wrote “Hamlet?’ | Timid Boy-—P-p-please, sir, it wasn't | me, l Travellng Inspector (the same even- | fing to his host, the squire of the vil-| dage)—Most amusing thing happened today. | was questioning the class| and asked a boy, “Who wrote ‘Ham- | det” and he answered tearfully, “P-p-please, sir, it wasn’t me.” Squire (after loud and prolonged | faughter)—Ha, ha! That's good, and, 1 suppose the little devil had done fit all the time.—~London Answers. ' former lacked imagination. and, al- though he was certainly interested, he nearly blew the wateh's bead off when he ventured to suggest mermaids. The helmsman did not feel quite bappy, but be had to stick to the wheel. The watch was pale with terror, but he kept silence owing to the mate's com- plimentary references to his courage and abilities. Slowly the sound began to move along the ship's side, becom- ing more and more agonized as it ap- proached. This annoyed the mate, and, golog to the side of the vessel, he wait- ed until be had located the sound and then emptied a bucket of water over the rail. There was a gasp, then dead silence, and nothing more was beard | that night. When rhe watch went off duty he of course guve a detailed and lurid ac- count of the incident to his shipmates, who listened, as be thought, in awed silence and then called on one of the audience for his version of the matter. Thi= man, a Tyne-sider, who dearly loved a joke and had no respect at all for hoary superstitions, bad con- spired with bis fellows to play a trick on the watch. On the night In ques- tion he bad crept over the bows with- out a sound, carrying with him the ship's cat secured in a bag. Crouch- ing under the stays. the joker let the cat's head out of the bag. which he tied round the animal's neck so that it could not escape. He then applied his teeth to the unfortunate animal's tail. Everybody knows the fearsome sounds an angry cat is capable of producing, and those to which a cat whose tall is being bitten gives vent are among the most bair raising. The sound was more or less regulated by squeezing the luckliess beust’s body. The mate's bucket of water was as unwelcome as unexpected and caused the Tyne-sider to beat a hurried retreat. Not only is the origin of many sea superstitions “wropt In mystery,” but also any logical explanation of cause and effect. It would puzzle any one to say why it should Le unlucky for the ship's boy to whistle on the weather | bow, except that it Is generally un- i pleasant from a music lover's point of Knocked $nto a Coskad Hat. , view for a boy to whistle on any bow “knock cock- Atall a Be ye to 0 a but On one occasion superstition and a perhaps its origin Is not so generally | guilty conscience caused a practical known. Cocked hat was a variety of joke to have fatal consequences. The the game of bowls in which only three incident arose through one of the sail- pins were used, set up at the angles of | a triangle. When in bowling tenpins all were knocked down except the three at the corners the set was said to be “knocked Into a cocked hat,” whence the popular expression for de priving anything of its malin body, character or purpose. Perfect Happiness. * “Do you really believe there is such a thiug in this world as ‘perfect happl- ness?” “Of course, but same other fellow al- ways has it.”—Philadelphia Ledger. The Distinguishing Mark. “How do you distinguish the waiters from the guests in this cafe? Both wear full dress.” “Yes, but the walters keep sober.”— Cleveland Leader. The Jokes on the Men. Mrs. A.—Do you ever read the jokes in the pewsoapers? Mrs. B.—Only the jokes on the men—the marriage no- tices, you know.—Boston Transcript. The only wealth which will not de! cay Is knowledge.— Langford. | ors, a Norweglan, boxing the ears of the ship's boy for the aforementioned | erime of whistling on the weather bow. Not unnaturally the boy was annoyed and determined to pay the Norwegian out. Aided by two other sailors, a white shirt and some string. a very presentable “ghost” was arranged in the foc’sle on the night the Norseman was on watch. He was to be allowed only a glimpse of the “spirit” on enter- ing the foc'sle, and it was then to van- ish from view, being jerked by means of a string underneath the bunk of one of the jokers. Everything was ready, and the three conspirators lay in their bunks awaiting thelr victim. Unfor- tunately they all fell asleep, to be sud- denly awakened by a loud cry from the Norwegian. He stood gazing at the “ghost,” the dim light shed by the lamp falling on bis ghastly face. The three were about to call out to him when he spoke. *“No, no,” he cried, “I did not mean to kill you. Morgan! Oh, mercy, mercy!” And be rushed madly from the foc’sle. Terrified, his ship- mates followed him, but as they reach- ed the deck they saw the Norwegian throw himself into the sea.—London Globe. teeth were like stars. meant to infer that they come out at night. a and see that ft —-Patience—Did you ever try count-' Bearsthe ingen before speaking? Signature of y Yes: I tried it once, but I can't In Use For Over 30 Years do it. Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. : | ——Miss Antique—He told me my Miss Caustique—Yes? | wonder if he PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD REDUCED FARES ACCOUNT G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT. Groceries. Groceries, Sechler & Company COFFEE When goods advance on the market the retail price usually follows. But in regard to the recent advance in Coffees we have not followed the ordi course, either by marking up the price or reducing the quality. We have found a new more favorable market in which to buy the goods and maintain the high standard of our leaders at 18c, 20c and 25 cents per pound. 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