"Bellefonte, Pa., June 16, 1911.
Most of the Raw Material Is Bought
From the Government.
Jewelers derive their gold supply
from various sources, such as old jew-
elry, banks and refineries, but the
greater part of the raw gold used by
the manufacturer comes from the gov-
ernment.
From the refiner the gold comes to
the factory in the form of buttons or
granules. The refineries employ the
waste of the jewelry shops and by
burning off the material portions and
subjecting the result to certain proc-
esses recover much gold that other-
wise would be lost to the trade.
For many years there was a steady
drain on the gold coin in circulation,
caused by the use of the coin by jew- |
elers in search of raw material. The
fact that our government turned out a
coin that after passing through the
assay office was of twenty-two carat
fineness, only two grains below the |
pure gold standard. and had also been
worked over, the silver and copper
forming the alloy having been mixed '
thoroughly in the gold before the coin
was minted, made the gold coin par-
ticularly attractive to the jeweler.
The manufacturer experienced no trou-
ble when the gold coin was used, in-
g3much as the alloy always had been |
combined with the metal, and all that
was necessary for the commercial
utilization of the coin was to alloy it
sufficiently to bring the gold down to
the point required; also, from the jew- |
eler's viewpoint, a lot of time and diffi-
culty was saved. inasmuch as this
scheme did away with much bookkeep- |
ing and rendered unnecessary the ty-
ing up of considerable amounts of |
money in the purchase of raw mate- |
rial to be held as stock. Later, how- |
ever, the government made up the |
pure gold in brick or bar form, and it
is in that shape the greater bulk of |
the supply is now derived.
Thousands of dollars pass between
the banks and the manufacturing jew-
elers every year in the forms of bars
of gold, the banks handling these for |
the benefit of their clients. The bricks
vary in value according to weight from
$200 to $500 and come with the gov-
ernment assay office stamp as a guar-
antee of purity and fineness.—New
York Press.
STANDARD MEASURES.
The Old Bucket and the Half Bushel
Basket Were Alike.
Farmer Giles had heard rumors of |
the short weight scandal; but, as for
himself, he was honest in thought, |
word and deed. He was naturally in-
censed when an apple buyer from the
city objected to his balf bushel meas- |
ure.
“I've used that red bucket five years,”
he said, “and I know it's correct.”
“A dozen years’ use wouldn't affect
its correctness,” was the reply. “Have
you any other reason for thinking it
is correct?”
The farmer controlled his anger and
after a moment's thought
critic to the cornerib and showed him
a basket woven from hickory splits.
“That measure twice full fills this,” |
“And this holds exactly a |
he said.
bushel.”
“How do you know it does?"
“Because Bill Sullivan made it, as
he makes baskets for everybody, and
he said it was a bushel.”
Still the man was not satisfied. They |
went to interview Bill
“Why, of course,” said the basket
maker, “I weave every one of them
of an exact size. 1 make only one
pattern basket to hold a bushel.”
“But how do you know the pattern
holds a bushel?
“How do | know? I'm sure of it
1 made it originally to hold two of
this half bushel basket.”
“And this half bushel basket?’
Bill frowned and pulled his hair in
an effort to remember. Then his face
brightened.
“Why, yes,” he said, “I'm sure of it.
1 tried it one time, Giles, by that old
red bucket measure of yours!” —
Youth's Companion.
The Way to Bake Beans.
To make baked beans soak one and
one-half pints small white beans over-
night in soft water. In the morning
drain and parboil, but not enough to
crush the beans. Place in the bottom
of a bean pot several slices of bacon
(salt or fresh pork), then put in about
half the beans, over which sprinkle
salt, a heaping spoonful of brown sug-
ar or New Orleans molasses, then more
slices of the bacen. Over this place
the rest of the beans, with the salt,
sugar or molasses and bacon on top.
Cover with soft water and bake at
least eight hours, though they are bet-
ter if baked all day. Add soft water
as needed.
The High Hatbox.
If you keep your hatbox on a high
shelf in a closet you may find the fol-
lowing suggestion worth trying: Slit
open the two upright edges of one side
of the hatbox, so that when the cover
is raised this side will drop down as if
on hinges. This will allow you to re-
move or replace the hat without taking
the box from the shelf.—Harper’'s.
His Sincerity.
“I was surprised when 1 heard that
Grabrox had joined the church.”
“I wasn't. I happened to be present
when he and his business partner
shook dice to see which member of the
gr should join.”—Indianapolis Jour-
led his |
BASEBALL STRATEGY.
———
' Bench Orders at Times Queers the So Loose the Animal Can Almost Turn
Batter With the Fans.
One of the charms of the game is its |
' but fe
v
yeurself hoarse.
“Hit it out, you, you ‘bonehead!
What yer standing there for? Think
this a pink tea? They're all
good—hit ‘em! And the player at
the plate, bearing, longs to obey—for
all players love to hit—yet holds him-
k
‘ dering the game. A man is on
| There is but one out. Hits have
few and far between, but a lo
i will score the man. How get
| iy? By meeting one which “cuts
heart of the plate” square and A
How get the pitcher to serve
ball? By “working” him until
! balls have been called. when
| fourth '»:ll must come over the pla
of
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the orders. If they go wrong. if the
pitcher succeeds in getting three strikes
across before three balls, the batter
| strikes out. and a groan goes up from
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as might be expected from an anteater
of the dark continent.
He who has removed the pelt of o
badger and Is at all uhserving does not
wonder at this anir 1 being sharp bit
ten and that he ¢ + to hang with
bulldog tenacity “y+ formation
and adjustment « we are noted.
' Neither is it go mney of 0 mystery how
he manages to bore through the soll
so rapidly that half a dozen men with
shovels cannot overtake him, for he is
| a mass of cords and muscles, particu:
larly in the neck, chest and shoulders,
¥
or the batter be given a pass; hence
the crowd. But the batter knows, and
the pitcher knows. and the team
| knows, and the players on the bench
. know that the man at the plate struck
out because he was obeying orders.—
. World Today.
TOLD IN FEW WORDS.
Shortest Robber Story In History, as
Narrated by Voltaire.
In his study of “Seven Great States-
men" Andrew D. White describes the
work done in the eighteenth century
by the French minister Turgot against
the vicious system then prevailing of
“farming out” the taxes,
combination of contractors resulted,
who grew enormously rich at the peo-
ple’s expense, not. however, without
able criticism.
This syndicate assumed the charac-
ter of what in America of these days
A great
would be called a “combine,” and at |
the head of it were the farmers gen-
eral, wealthy, powerful and, as a rule, |
merciless. Their power pervaded the
entire nation. from the king's apart- |
ments at Versailles to the cottages of |
the lowliest village,
To those men and their methods Vol-
taire had made a reference which ran
through France and indeed through
Europe.
A party of Parisians were amusing
| each other by telling robber stories.
! Presently Voltaire, who had been
listening quietly, said:
“] can tell a robber story better
than any of yours.”
| The whole room immediately be-
| came silent and listened to the great-
est personage in the French literature
| of the eighteenth century.
| Voltaire after clearing his throat be-
| gan as follows:
“Once on a time there was a farmer
| general.”
Then he was silent. Presently all
began to cry out:
“Why do you stop? Go on. Tell us
| the story.”
“] have told the story,” said Vol-
| taire. “Do you not see that my state-
| ment implies the greatest robber story
| in history #*
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What Is a Bath?
What is a bath? Is it the simple
| bath of hot or cold water and soap,
| or the Turkish bath of hot air or the
| Russian one of steam, or the mud
| bath of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, or the
| compressed air bath of Reichenhall, or
| the baths of wine favored by famous
| beauties, or the sun bath of modern
hygienists, or the Laplander’s plunge
into the hot blubber of a just killed
! whale, or the bath of asses’ milk, to
provide which for his consort an Earl
of Portman bought cheap the Port-
| man estate north of Oxford street as a
| farm to keep a herd of asses? Now.
which of these is a bath?—London
Chronicle.
“The Almighty Dollar.”
The idea of the forceful phrase “the
almighty dollar” is much older than
the time of Washington Irving. Ben
Jonson's “Epistle to Elizabeth, Count-
ess of Rutland.” commences thus:
‘Whilst po for which all virtue now is
sol
And almost every vice, almightie gold.
--London Notes and Queries.
or ——
When Tennyson Sat Up Nights.
We have bad Alfred Tennyson here;
very droll and very wayward, and
| much sitting up of nights till 2 or 3
{in the morning with pipes in our
mouths, at which good hour we would
get Alfred to give us some of his mag-
jc music, which he does between
| growling and smoking, and so to bed.
—Fitzgerald's “Letters” (1838).
| Had Misjudged Him.
| “Does your father ever kiss your
| mamma, Willie?” asked the lady who
' had once been the gentleman's sweet-
! heart.
| “Yes, every morning when he goes
away to the city.”
“Dear me! And to think that I once
' doubted his courage!”—Chicago Rec-
ord-Herald.
Creditors have better memories than
: debtors.—Franklin.
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very similar in physical construction to
the ground mole,
The badger toes inward sharply when
traveling and always on the walk,
twisting about here and there very
much like the movement of a skunk,
while if it be in winter he makes a
business of hunting buried dormant
woodchucks.
He is a for bearer of rather coarse
quality. and there is a great range of
value in the pelts taken. depending
upon the length of the coat. A badger
is chiefiy valuable when it has a long
coat, so that the guard hairs can be
plucked and used to make shaving
brushes.
CORSICAN CRUELTY.
it Loomed Up Large In Napoleon's
made him forget the pain he bad gra-
tuitously inflicted by some show of af:
fection. But tenderness was not In
his character. Corsicans scarcely know
what it means, and. though Napoleon
used to say. “1 am less of a Corsican
than one thinks,” he was really more
so than any one or be himself thought.
Instead of quieting his nephew he be-
came angry and gave him a violent
slap on the face. The child ran weep-
ing to his Uncle Lucien, who was pres-
ent. while Mme. Murat was so upset
that she wax taken ill, “from the ef-|
fort.” says Lucien. who relates this
episode, “she made to control her feel- |
ings. which such violence to her child
outraged. As for the First Consul, he |
left the room, shrugging his shoulders '
and slamming the door and saying that
Caroline had always been an affected
creature and acted like all parents who
spoiled their children.” — Turquan's
“Sisters of Napoleon.”
Old Time Smallpox Cure. |
To cure smallpox was apparently a |
very simple matter in the good old
times. John of Gaddesden, court doc-
tor to Edward 1l.. has recorded that!
he got rid of the disease by the simple ;
expedient of wrapping his patients in |
red cloth. |
some other red cloth.
the son of the illustrious king of Eng-
land suffered from smallpox. I took
care that all about his bed should
red, and that cure succeeded very
well.”—London Chronicle. i
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Sleep and Dreams. i
The brain is more active while en- |
gaged in dreaming than when not thus
engaged. The only perfect sleep is
that which is dreamless The moment
the sleeper begins to dream he begins
to work. and the more vivid and pro
tracted the dream the more intense,
naturally, becomes the work It is
possible that at no time during the
waking hours of life is the brain so |
active as it is In the strange business
‘
of dreaming. i
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pulling children's ears. sometimes so Dut 1 found 1 hadn't enough to buy a | AT THE tNo5 tNo3No1 {tNo2(t Nod No 6
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Bellefonte.
Allegheny St.
In Men's and Young Men's Suits.
Odds and Ends, One and two Suits
of a kind, all this Seasons Goods, priced
away below their real value.
LET
US SHOW YOU.
The Fauble Stores. }
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