vy The modern seacoast fort is a bat. tery whose guns are protected in front and flank with enormous monoliths of concrete, covered, in the sides exposed to the fire, with sand enough to de- flect projectiles before they reach the concrete, says the Engineering Maga- zine. Deep down in the interior of these huge masses of stone are placed the magazines and operating rooms re- quired for the service of the batteries. They are simply caves in stone, arti ficial, to be sure, but as permaneni as the everlasting hills. [It is weird znd uncanny to reflect that in one of those caves, scintillating with the highest resources of science, men stand over a drawing board on a table and prac- tically see and plot on a chart every movement and position of the ships of a hostile fleet and flash forth to the gunners in the open such instructions for pointing their guns as enable them to make consecutive bullseyes on a target 06,000 yards away or from groups of great twelve inch rifled mortars to make 47 per cent of hits with flocks of projectiles on the deck of a moving target anywhere within range. It is vastly important that such rooms be made as comfortable as pos- gible for the strained human intel. lects working out their country’s de- fense within them. But to make them comfortable is a difficult problem. In the United States the first modern bat- teries were completed during an exigency caused by the war with Spain. But since their completion during the warm and humid months of summer and early fall their gal- leries, magazines and service rooms reek with moisture. Water stands in great beads upon the walls and ceil ings, from which it drips down to form great pools upon the floors, and they are not safe places for either human beings, ammunition or material of war. To remedy the evil many expedients have been tried and much valuable experience gained. But the problem is beset with difficulty. FALLS ONLY TO RISE. An Experiment Which Shows a Sort of Perpetual Motion Effect. A novel experiment in the demon- stration of perpetual motion is to be! performed simply. A glass beaker | about six inches high and four inches in diameter is filled with water to! the height of about four and a half | inches, and two and one-half to three | ounces of commercial aniline are add- ed, which will sink to the bottom of the vessel. The temperature of the beaker and | its contents is now raised to 170 or | 175 degrees Fahrenheit by means of a | burner, when it will be observed that | the aniline will rise to the surface of the water, from which it will hang in | a mass of curved outline. Almost im- | mediately the suspended aniline com- | mences to alter in shape, and grad-' ually a large drop an inch or more in | diameter detaches itself from the mass and falls through the water. And now, the detached drop having! fallen to the bottom of the beaker, | comes the surprising part of the ex-! periment. The fallen drop is seen | gradually to rise to the surface, where it joins the max: from which it pre- viously broke away. At once another drop commences to form and, having become detached, falls and rises in the same manner as the previous drop. So long as the temperature of the water is maintained at 170 degrees | Fahrenheit or over this procedure con- tinues indefinitely. — Spokane Spokes- man-Review. Worked Both Ends. Queens at their best are but women. Said Mary of Modena once in her days of exile, “It took all the jewels that all the goldsmiths could procure to decorate my crown.” She was “pow- dered” with gems, which Fountain- hall says “made her shine like an angel.” And Queen Caroline, too, the wife of George II., used to allude to Lord suburbs could make it, for, besides her own jewels, she had on her head and shoulders all the pearls she could borrow of the ladies of quality at one end of the town, and on her petticoat all the diamonds she could hire of the jewelers at the other.” The Polar Bear. The polar bear is a pretty formidable RED TAPE IN GERMANY. A Railway Ticket, a Controversy and « Delayed Train, In an account of the duchy of Teck and its inbabitants by the Rev. 8. Bar ing-Gould an amusing experience is thus described by the author: “We are wont. we Englishmen, to grumble at red tapism, but with us it does not go beyond the government offices. In Germany it is everywhere. I had an instance of it between Ober Lenningen and Owen. I had asked at the former place for a third class ticket to Owen and had stepped into a third class carriage. On these branch lines nearly every one travels fourth, I counted twelve compartm (=) fourth, nine third and three second. There was no first class compartment. Be- fore reaching the next station—in faet, a mile from Ober [Lenningen—the in- spector came round. “‘Hah, you have a fourth class ticket and are in a third class com- partment! The fine is 6 marks.’ “I explained and offered at once to pass into an inferior carriage or pay the difference. “ “That will not do. You have in- fringed the 1 w aud must pay 6 marks.’ “I get out at Owen and will explain matters to the station master. “1 did so. **The fine is ¢ marks,’ said this lat- ter peremptorily. “ ‘But,’ said 1. ‘1 demanded a third class ticket and was given one for whizh I had not asked. This was an oversight of the clerk.’ “You should have examined your ticket." “The train was delayed five minutes while the matter was thrashed out on the platform. the travelers craning their necks out of the windows of their respective carriages, looking on and listening with lively interest. At last reluctantly the station master | vielded. 1 must pay the difference. * ‘What is it? “*One penny!” MADE THE GUESTS PAY. Demanded Tips For the Servants at | the Court of Napoleon Ill. “Before we left Compiegne at the ! conclusion of our visit at the court of Napoleon IIL.” writes Mme. de Heger mann-Lindencrone in Harper's, “when we were taking our morning tea we | were interrupted by the coming in of i the major domo, who handed us a pa- | per. We were not unprepared for this visit, as we had been told by one of the guests who had been here before that every one was expected to remain in their rooms until this important per- sonage had made his rounds in order to collect the pourboire. 1 say pour- boire because what one generally gives separately is lumped into one sum. This paper, which he handed to us al- most at the point of his hallebarde, proved to ‘be a gia scritto receipt for G00 francs—our poufrboire! “We were rather a subdued party in the train. The conversation mostly ! turned on the subject of pourboires. The hussier decided the exact amount that each ought to give. For instance, he knows an ambassador ought to give 2,000 francs. For a minister of state | 1,000 francs suffice. Unofficial people like ourselves cannot be expected to be out of pocket more than 600 francs. As for the poor nobility of France, they escape with 500! Some were of i opinion that it was pleasanter to give en masse in one big sum than to give in driblets, others thought it more satis- factory to hand one's offering person- ally to the different servants. but we all with one voice voted the officious beadle an imposition.” The Stickleback Legend. The stickleback is one of the species of fish that build nests. There is a | legend that the stickleback builds a nest because during the deluge it pulled the tow out of the bilge hole of the ark, and if it had not been for the hedgehog, who plugged up the leak with his own body. Noah and his sons would have had an exciting time bai- ing out their boat. When Noah found out who had done the deed he ordered as a punishment that the culprit should be compelled each year to build a nest, while cther fishes would have ! an easy time of it. Her Act. “Well, have you heard the news,” asked a friend brightly. “My wife and I are going on the iaudeville stage. A clever friend has written an act for us and we are going to put it on next week.” “Good work, old man,” we exclaimed enthusiastically. “What is it—a song and dance act or a society sketch? “Neither—it is a monologue.” “A monologue? 1 thought you and your wife were both in the act.” “We are. 3But—do you know my wife?'—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Physical Difficulty. “Is it anything serious, doctor?’ asked a youth of a doctor after the latter had examined him. “No. no; not at all,” replied the med- jcal man. “Nothing serious—just a little stiffness in the back of your neck my lad. But you must keep an eye on it."—London Telegraph. Care Partly True. “Before marriage 1 gg dream of life in a fine house, with sixteen serv- ants.” “Dreams never come true.” “They do, partially. We live in a flat instead of a house, but we've. had the sisteun servants.”—Washington Her- A Sure Sign. Bangs—Are you a good prophet? Bings—Only swallows a safety pin. there's to be a squall WARRANT OFFICERS. Their Grade In the Naval Service and the Pay They Draw. The grade of warrant officer in the pavy forms one of those naval castes which are puzziing to the civilian, says Searchlight Philosophy. The warrant officer holds his posi- ¢on by virtue of a wurrant issued by the secretary of the navy. The warrant runk is next below that of midshipman and consists of boatswains, gunners, carpenters, war- rant machinists, sailmakers and phar- | macists. The pay is graded according to the length of service and nature of the assiznment. i During the first three years the pay | en sea duty is $1500. on shore duty $1,125 und on leave or waiting orders | $875 a year. The pay rises with each’ three years of service until the time of | service excends twelve years, after which period the pay reaches $2,250! while 2 sea daty. $2,000 on shore duty or detached Assiznments and $1,500 when on wuiting orders or when on' leave. All gunpers ore not warrant officers. but when a gunner has attained a war- | rant officer's rank he has. under the commissioned ordnance officer, charge | of the ordnance. magazines, etc. The | warrant officer gunuer is usually an | apprentice with a good record, ap-| pointed after examination upon the | recommendation of the commanding | officers. | When the ship's carpenter is a war- rant officer he is chief of all the art | sans and mechanics. This force Is called the carpenter's gang and con- | sists of shipwrights, plumbers. pipe- fitters, blacksmiths, painters and car- penter's mates. After ten years’ serv- fee the carpenter was formerly com- | missioned chief carpenter. with the rank of consign. | The hoatswain is one of the most | | important of the warrant officers. He | has, under the executive officer, charge | of the rigging. anchors, cable, cord- | | age, etc, He summons the crew at. all genera! evolutions and acts as as- | | gistant to the executive in carrying on’ | the general business of the ship. The | badge of office or the boatswain is his call or whistle. COLORS AND NERVES. Red and Yellow Are Said to Have a! Stimulating Effect. That colors have a profound psycho- logical effect on human beings is a fact that should be emphasized. Used in small quantities, either in the cloth- ing or in household decoration, the color red, for instance, is most stimu- lating, both in the way of helping to overcome depression and quickening the intellectual processes, But when used in any amount it tends to over- stimulation, with resultant nerve strain. According to a leading Eng- lish authority who has made a care- ful study of the psychology of colors, | RV. Pierce, Buffalo, N M. H. Peters, , there are some people so constituted that they become violently excited, fall into convulsions or faint if obliged even for a short time to look at any- thing vividly red. The same effect has beeu noted from yellow. In one instance, the case of a man operated on at the age of thir ty years for congenital cataract, it is recorded thut “the first time he saw yellow he hecame so sick that he thought he wonlkd vomit.” And that yellow has a nerve stimulating effect fully comparable with that of red is i curiously evidenced by the statement of a friend of mine, a shrewd observer. who says: “Whenever the day is overcast or | have to do a piece of work calling for unusual mental exertion | always wear a red or yellow necktie. | find that either color has a beneficial effect on my thinking apparatus.”—H. Adding- ton Bruce in Ainslee's. } Bursting Steel. i An experiment that demonstrated the i capacity of steel to endure greater i pressure than the hardest stone was made in Germany. Corundum was cho- | sen for the stone, and small cubes of | both substances were placed under | pressure. A weight of six tons smashed the corundum. but forty-two tons were | i required to crush the steel. When the | steei did give way the eects ure Ge- | scribed as remarkabic. With a loud explosion the metal tlew into powder. and its sparks are suid to have bored | minute holes in the crushing machine. —New York Tribune. | i | Ne Free Hand Drawing. Son—Father, I've decided to become . an artist. Have you any objection? i Father—No, provided you don't draw on me~Boston Transcript, Mean. “What did the lady say when you told her I was out?" “She smiled and =:id. ‘Friday's not always an unlucky day.'" i Free. Dr. Pierce's Comimbn Sense Medical Adviser, containi oe. pages. is sent free on request. 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